I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. This will leave me
with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
and melange. Do you think I'll get through Lent? Toci

toci > writes:

> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. This will leave me
> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> and melange. Do you think I'll get through Lent?

I don't know. Melange could kill you...

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

On 2009-02-20, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> toci > writes:
>
>> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. This will leave me
>> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
>> and melange. Do you think I'll get through Lent?
>
> I don't know. Melange could kill you...

toci subsists on only one packet?


N.

On Feb 20, 3:54*pm, toci > wrote:
> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent? * * Toci

I'm not of the religion so I have no idea how long this is for, but I
it seems like an easy out I'm going to give up unopened tea that I
don't own So, if you win do you get like the VIP treatment
upstairs? If you fail do you go directly to hell and not collect $200?
Inquiring minds want to know.

Funny, true story: When I was in college (one semester at a private
Catholic university taking some general credits) I went to lunch in
the cafeteria one Friday and the usual sandwich cart where you could
make your own sandwiches was covered with a tarp. Nothing on the line
seemed good so I peeked under the tarp and the meats were there,
fancying myself a master McGyver cafeteria creator, I grabbed some
roast beef, a slice of bread, and made an open faced sammich and
tossed it in the microwave. I sat down smiling with happiness at my
creation to a hot meal at a table near one full of nuns and got some
of the dirtiest looks I've ever seen in my life. I had no idea until
later that night when I suggested going out for hamburgers and someone
informed me that it was Good Friday. Doh!

- Dominic

Overkill. All you need for fish are the greens.

Jim

On Feb 20, 1:54 pm, toci > wrote:
> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. This will leave me
> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> and melange. Do you think I'll get through Lent? Toci

On Feb 20, 2:59*pm, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> toci > writes:
> > I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> > with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> > and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent?
>
> I don't know. *Melange could kill you...
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /

Not Melange de Cermonix. I think nutmeg by itself in sufficient
amounts is bad for you, though. Toci

On Feb 20, 4:18*pm, Natarajan Krishnaswami
> wrote:
> On 2009-02-20, Lewis Perin > wrote:
>
> > toci > writes:
>
> >> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> >> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> >> and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent?
>
> > I don't know. *Melange could kill you...
>
> toci subsists on only one packet?
>
> N.

I think that's about 160 cups of tea, and I drink definitely less than
a liter a day. Toci

On Feb 20, 5:58*pm, wrote:
> Overkill. *All you need for fish are the greens.
>
> Jim
>
> On Feb 20, 1:54 pm, toci > wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> > with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> > and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent? * * Toci- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'm trying to finish the greens first. That's China gunpowder green,
which makes a week of resteepings, Kukicha twigs, and Celestial
Seasoning Antioxidant Green Tea, which is really another melange, with
eleuthero, alfafaa, and stevia. Toci

On Feb 20, 5:04*pm, dxt178 > wrote:
> On Feb 20, 3:54*pm, toci > wrote:
>
> > I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> > with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> > and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent? * * Toci
>
> I'm not of the religion so I have no idea how long this is for, but I
> it seems like an easy out I'm going to give up unopened tea that I
> don't own So, if you win do you get like the VIP treatment
> upstairs? If you fail do you go directly to hell and not collect $200?
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Funny, true story: When I was in college (one semester at a private
> Catholic university taking some general credits) I went to lunch in
> the cafeteria one Friday and the usual sandwich cart where you could
> make your own sandwiches was covered with a tarp. Nothing on the line
> seemed good so I peeked under the tarp and the meats were there,
> fancying myself a master McGyver cafeteria creator, I grabbed some
> roast beef, a slice of bread, and made an open faced sammich and
> tossed it in the microwave. I sat down smiling with happiness at my
> creation to a hot meal at a table near one full of nuns and got some
> of the dirtiest looks I've ever seen in my life. I had no idea until
> later that night when I suggested going out for hamburgers and someone
> informed me that it was Good Friday. Doh!
>
> - Dominic

I haven't checked upstairs for any goodies I might get. Probably
about as many as my daughter who gave up wearing yellow for Lent one
year. Lent is 40 days. Toci

On 2009-02-21, toci > wrote:
> On Feb 20, 4:18Â*pm, Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote:
>> On 2009-02-20, Lewis Perin > wrote:
>> > I don't know. Â*Melange could kill you...
>> toci subsists on only one packet?
>
> I think that's about 160 cups of tea, and I drink definitely less than
> a liter a day. Toci

Sorry, I took Lewis's comment as a "Dune" reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange_(fictional_drug)

"The spice exists on only one planet [...]"

:-)


N.

On Feb 21, 11:10*pm, Natarajan Krishnaswami
> wrote:
> On 2009-02-21, toci > wrote:
>
> > On Feb 20, 4:18*pm, Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote:
> >> On 2009-02-20, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> >> > I don't know. *Melange could kill you...
> >> toci subsists on only one packet?
>
> > I think that's about 160 cups of tea, and I drink definitely less than
> > a liter a day. * * Toci
>
> Sorry, I took Lewis's comment as a "Dune" reference.
> *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange_(fictional_drug)
>
> "The spice exists on only one planet [...]"
>
> :-)
>
> N.

Very well. I didn't read the book, Dune, and it's the only movie I
ever walked out on. Immediate, unrelenting, unexplained, and boring
violence. Melange is French for things all messed up together?
Toci

toci > wrote:
>
>Very well. I didn't read the book, Dune, and it's the only movie I
>ever walked out on. Immediate, unrelenting, unexplained, and boring
>violence. Melange is French for things all messed up together?

Read the book. It's not the kind of book that would make a good movie.
The fact that they keep trying over and over again to make movies from
it and failing is a sign of that. I recommend the book.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Natarajan Krishnaswami > writes:

> On 2009-02-21, toci > wrote:
> > On Feb 20, 4:18*pm, Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote:
> >> On 2009-02-20, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> >> > I don't know. *Melange could kill you...
> >> toci subsists on only one packet?
> >
> > I think that's about 160 cups of tea, and I drink definitely less than
> > a liter a day. Toci
>
> Sorry, I took Lewis's comment as a "Dune" reference.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange_(fictional_drug)
>
> "The spice exists on only one planet [...]"

Wow. It wasn't consciously on my mind, but I gratefully accept your
interpretation.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

(Scott Dorsey) writes:

> toci > wrote:
> >
> >Very well. I didn't read the book, Dune, and it's the only movie I
> >ever walked out on. Immediate, unrelenting, unexplained, and boring
> >violence. Melange is French for things all messed up together?
>
> Read the book. It's not the kind of book that would make a good movie.
> The fact that they keep trying over and over again to make movies from
> it and failing is a sign of that. I recommend the book.

That book took over my life for a week when I had strong reasons for
doing something else. "Gripping" would be an understatement.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

On Feb 20, 2:54*pm, toci > wrote:
> I'm planning to give up any unopened tea for Lent. *This will leave me
> with the teas I have- Four blacks, three greens, one each TGY, Puer,
> and melange. *Do you think I'll get through Lent? * * Toci

March teas- I'm circulating four blacks and two of the greens. The
malange and Celestial Seasoning are dropped to try again for iced tea
when that time comes. I haven't gotten around to the puehr or the
TGY. Marching onward.... Toci