Dear So and So

[Owlie]

Dear certain black tea--
What gives? I never had to put milk in you before. What did I do wrong? Granted, I haven't brewed you for a few months, but still! I guess we're going back to exactly two teaspoons of leaf and three minutes of brewing time and figuring it out from there.

Dear two other black teas--
Why are you both nearly gone? Your vendor has closed, sadly, and I have no idea how to replace you.

[OakLeaf]

http://www.rishi-tea.com/

On the expensive side, but totally worth it. Rishi's plain old sencha is nearly as good as Teavana's gyokuro.

[Owlie]

Rishi is pretty good--I have a couple of grocery store tins of their tea and it's still good. They don't have what I was looking for, though. (There are one or two other things, though...)

[Blueberry]

Dear certain black tea--
What gives? I never had to put milk in you before. What did I do wrong? Granted, I haven't brewed you for a few months, but still! I guess we're going back to exactly two teaspoons of leaf and three minutes of brewing time and figuring it out from there.

Dear two other black teas--
Why are you both nearly gone? Your vendor has closed, sadly, and I have no idea how to replace you.

PM me if you want. I might have some ideas

[tulip]

Carytown Teas. They ship (but lucky for me I can ride my bike there)

[Owlie]

Blueberry, PM sent.

Thanks for the link, Tulip! They for sure have one of the teas I was looking for (or a slightly nicer version), and they have the other, I'm just not sure about the flavor profile. The one in my stash has a nice, cocoa-y flavor to it, and not all grades of that particular tea type have that flavor. Maybe I'll send them an e-mail.

[indysteel]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

[Blueberry]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

That sucks

I'm still dealing with PT and pain (of course on my own dime) from the person at the MS Ride last year who didn't see the red light, stopped car in front of me or me stopped with a foot down, and decided to stop herself by grabbing my arm and wrenching it behind me, taking me and 2 other people down and causing some (admittedly minor) damage to my then new bike.

[Catrin]

Dear college student not paying attention while driving. Thanks for rear ending me. I really appreciate having to deal with insurance, car repairs and a sore neck. We were already stopped for God's sake. How hard is it to just pay attention? I've now had bodywork done on this car five times, each for no fault of my own.

Yikes, glad to hear that your injury was not worse! Hopefully the college student has insurance...

[indysteel]

She mentioned that had recently married. She was driving a car insured by her new in-laws. Oops!

[tulip]

Blueberry, PM sent.

Thanks for the link, Tulip! They for sure have one of the teas I was looking for (or a slightly nicer version), and they have the other, I'm just not sure about the flavor profile. The one in my stash has a nice, cocoa-y flavor to it, and not all grades of that particular tea type have that flavor. Maybe I'll send them an e-mail.

Well, if you send me a PM with the name of the tea, I'll go buy some and report back. I can even send you a small amount for you to try (smaller than they ship); that would allow you to try it out and decide for yourself by just trying a pot or two. Imperfect way to do it, but a good way for you to perhaps try it out and for me to try anew tea or two ...

[Owlie]

Well, if you send me a PM with the name of the tea, I'll go buy some and report back. I can even send you a small amount for you to try (smaller than they ship); that would allow you to try it out and decide for yourself by just trying a pot or two. Imperfect way to do it, but a good way for you to perhaps try it out and for me to try anew tea or two ...

And this is why I love you guys. PM sent.

Indy, I'm glad you're okay, and that everything should work out.

Dear BF:
Seriously? You can't make spaghetti without asking me questions? This isn't rocket science. I managed to figure it out when I was ten!

[tulip]

Carytown Teas. They ship (but lucky for me I can ride my bike there)

Owlie, I sent you a PM on the tea thing.

[lph]

Dear TE'ers:

it's killing me til not comment on the dancing school spam post, but I'll be a really good girl this time and let it disappear by itself. (Or by moderator, as the case may be).

But surely here I can snicker at it.

"Dancing is a pleasurable commotion for all ages and all juncture."
"Our classes are familiarized in the direction of duos and we do not necessitate duos to spin."

Oh my.

[Catrin]

Dear TE'ers:

it's killing me til not comment on the dancing school spam post, but I'll be a really good girl this time and let it disappear by itself. (Or by moderator, as the case may be).

But surely here I can snicker at it.

"Dancing is a pleasurable commotion for all ages and all juncture."
"Our classes are familiarized in the direction of duos and we do not necessitate duos to spin."

Oh my.

Here is another one:

"In the present day, nearly all populace go to dances to dance with their collaborator" Makes it sound like an illegal activity

At least it IS in the "way off topic" forum

It does make you wonder how much spam the moderator catches, probably far more than we realize...