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om aQuote by gillianleeza
Scott, I love seeing Red Rose tea mentioned; it's my husband's favorite. He hates the American version, so his sister regularly sends him the Candian kind.
It's our go-to orange pekoe at home but I only drink it a couple times a week since I'm into fancy looseleaf teas. I prefer to the Tetley's we have at work, which can get quite bitter if you steep it too long on the first pass. OTOH, I get why work buys Tetley's. They sell massive boxes of it at Costco so it's fairly cheap per bag.
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Tomorrow we get to watch my youngest son get married in Germany. This was supposed to be their "courthouse" wedding. They are planning a bigger celebration later for all family and friends. But now it's taking place in a castle. We'll enjoy the festivities online with my parents. We will be on mute, so my father can't be heard saying anything rude or offensive. Our son's fiance wrote us the most beautiful letter assuring us that she will do everything she can to make sure we are always included in their lives, and we will never be sorry that our son moved away from us. It cemented to us that she is too good for our son, lol. We can' wait until we can visit them.I hope everyone is doing well. Have a great weekend.
Mine is married but there hasn't been a big celebration yet. Maybe this year once our "6th wave" (which really seems like a resurgent 5th but whatever) is over. They just had a private ceremony with an imam (she's Muslim) in Ottawa where they live. We weren't part of it due to being on the outs with him at the time but we get on well with them now.
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Ape and Bear and Pingu, you Canadians can root for the Bluejays
London's got hockey and basketball teams destined for their respective playoffs so baseball will barely be noticed around here for a couple more months yet, longer if the Knights (local junior A hockey team) make the Memorial Cup (national championship). And I live in a funny place. We're halfway between Toronto and Detroit so probably have as many Tigers fans as Jays fans, esp. since the Tigers were THE team around here before the Jays started up.
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My son bought me TWO bottles of Jack Daniels, for my birthday as he knows along with Single malts that is one of my favourites. I see that bourbon figures in your delights.
Never really had Kentucky bourbon. I've had Canadian rye whiskey and a few single malts. Much prefer the Scotch.
Good morning! Kind of grey here and got a ton of rain last evening. Oh well, that's April for you.
Coffee pot is full and hot, tea is Red Rose, hot water is on for other hot bevvies, and I've made sure the fridge is still well-stocked with cold ones. Happy Thor's Day to all you Norse and Germanic pagans and Happy Thursday to the rest.
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52 of them! Lots of different themes to choose from. Unfortunately, I just got this on Monday and some are due the end of this week so probably too short, but there's some for May and June, too. Still reviewing to see if there's anything I might want to strive for.
» 52 Themed Submissions Calls for April 2022 (authorspublish.com)
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Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some cupcakes and Crackjack ...
Doesn't quite have the same ring. But sweeter, I guess.
My big sports thing this year is going to be the FIFA Men's World Cup in the Fall. Canada made it for the first time in over 30 years so I'll have to watch. Not that I am really expecting us to get out of the Group Stage, but stranger things have happened.
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Quote by elizabethblack
Just finished the first two hours of Benjamin Franklin. Excellent, of course. Learned a lot I did not know about him. But he was certainly free with his inventions, refusing to have them patented.
I watched a bio of him (not the Burns one, which is what I assume you are watching) a while back and he had quite an interesting life. We mostly hear about the kite thing and his role in the Revolution but there's a lot more to the story, eh.
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I know I shouldn't be counting.
At 88? You're entitled. I'll probably be counting the minutes at 88 given my crappy genes (At 56, I've outlived half my mother's family).
Anyhow, enough depressing talk about aging and lifespans. If the transhumanists get their way, we'll all just upload our brains into our computers and live forever as neural networks (yeah, right).
Coffee is brewed and there's Russian Caravan and English Breakfast in the teapots. All consumable supplies are refreshed.
Have a good one, all!
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Eighty eight years!
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So someone let slip in the celebration thread that he is eighty-eight today. So let's have a party for Redwriter's b-day. And "8" is an auspicious number for the Chinese so "88" is definitely an auspicious age. Expect good things this year.
Cake is out and ready for cutting. There's coffee and tea to go with it, and hot water for other favorite hot beverages. Made sure the marshmallows are festive colourful ones.