Hello From My Englishness

[Ironfan]

Hope everyone's ok

Hey all,

Made it back from my deployment. Seems it's all gone a bit quiet here. Hope everyone's doing OK in perpetual lockdown.

 

[AngelicaS1780]

Hey all,
Made it back from my deployment. Seems it's all gone a bit quiet here. Hope everyone's doing OK in perpetual lockdown.

I'm glad to hear that you have made it back home safe and sound.
Yes, it's been quiet here for a bit. Nothing much fun to report from this side of the pond. It's ridiculously cold here in Chicago. We already have a bunch of snow and are supposed to get another 8-12" overnight. It was already a challenge getting the car down the alley, as the city doesn't plow them. We may not be driving anywhere until the next thaw.

 

[Cogan]

I'm glad to hear that you have made it back home safe and sound.
Yes, it's been quiet here for a bit. Nothing much fun to report from this side of the pond. It's ridiculously cold here in Chicago. We already have a bunch of snow and are supposed to get another 8-12" overnight. It was already a challenge getting the car down the alley, as the city doesn't plow them. We may not be driving anywhere until the next thaw.

It sounds like the next car will be a 4X4.
We'll have 2-3" of snow tonight on top of the other 6", but it will disappear by Wednesday they say. Then it's fifty shades of gray, and not in a fun way!

 

[AngelicaS1780]

It sounds like the next car will be a 4X4.
We'll have 2-3" of snow tonight on top of the other 6", but it will disappear by Wednesday they say. Then it's fifty shades of gray, and not in a fun way!

The current car is all wheel drive, but doesn’t have the ground clearance.

 

[Ironfan]

Is it alive

Good Morning all,

Thought I'd check in and see if this thread is still alive.

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Good Morning all,

Thought I'd check in and see if this thread is still alive.

You resurrected it! Good morning

 

[JonBHappy]

Good morning from me and my mug of English Breakfast tea.

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Good morning from me and my mug of English Breakfast tea.

Tea, that's a good idea, will have to be Tetley's though with real milk. It's looking lovely outside, the morning light always makes the old sandstone look beautiful.

 

[JonBHappy]

Now, when you say real milk, do you mean raw milk?

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Now, when you say real milk, do you mean raw milk?

No, I just mean from a cow It sticks up a finger to the Oat, Almond and Rice 'milk' it's outnumbered by - though to be fair, they aren't totally insufferable.

 

[JonBHappy]

Cows do have a long history of getting it right dont they, alternatives have their, carefully chosen, place though.

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Cows do have a long history of getting it right dont they, alternatives have their, carefully chosen, place though.

They do but I'm glad cow's milk is still an option for me. They are definitely an alternative but only in desperate circumstances.

 

[mr_d_w]

Tea, that's a good idea, will have to be Tetley's though with real milk. It's looking lovely outside, the morning light always makes the old sandstone look beautiful.

Really, I come to Lit for tea chat.
Happy Friday all! Sainsbury's red label forever

 

[Ironfan]

Tea has it's place but for me, black coffee all the way. Speaking of which time to put the kettle on.

 

[Todger65]

I can remember oop north the milk delivered direct from the farm by horse and buggy. Poured from the urn unto a jug or other container that you supplied, and that was 7 days a week all year round.

The guy carried on in competition to the new dairies with electric hand carts until his horse became too old to continue.

My Aunt used to brew tea in a pint mug for each of us. A heaped teaspoon of loose tea straight in the mug, boiling water left for two minutes before adding milk and sugar. All stirred up and then you had to leave it 5 minutes for the tea to settle, and then remember not to drink the last inch in the bottom otherwise you got a mouthful of tea leaf.

 

[where_is_RUTH]

Ohhh sugar in tea, that's fighting talk

 

[Wand3rlust]

*wanders in *

I don't like tea.

*wanders off again *

 

[thefishfryer]

I can remember oop north the milk delivered direct from the farm by horse and buggy. Poured from the urn unto a jug or other container that you supplied, and that was 7 days a week all year round.

The guy carried on in competition to the new dairies with electric hand carts until his horse became too old to continue.

My Aunt used to brew tea in a pint mug for each of us. A heaped teaspoon of loose tea straight in the mug, boiling water left for two minutes before adding milk and sugar. All stirred up and then you had to leave it 5 minutes for the tea to settle, and then remember not to drink the last inch in the bottom otherwise you got a mouthful of tea leaf.

Thank god for teabags ........................... Yorkshire, mind.

 

[thefishfryer]

*wanders in *

I don't like tea.

*wanders off again *

Please don't go. I'm sure I can find you something more to your taste.

 

[where_is_RUTH]

Tea, teabagging...

Stirs the pot and also exits stage, persued by a bear.


Although, point of order. Did you know that a teacosy (according to laws of physics) has no bearing on keeping teapots warm.

 

[Daisy_Love]

*wanders in *

I don't like tea.

*wanders off again *

Tease
How do you call yersel English but you don’t like tea?!?!?
Wee weirdo

 

[Ironfan]

*wanders in *

I don't like tea.

*wanders off again *

Looks like I'm the random coffee drinker, you could keep me company in the corner.

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Tease
How do you call yersel English but you don’t like tea?!?!?
Wee weirdo

Well said Daisy. Never trust anyone who can't drink a decent cup of tea - decent I say, not one of those insipid ones that are scared by the sight of a tea bag.

 

[mr_d_w]

Tease
How do you call yersel English but you don’t like tea?!?!?
Wee weirdo

This is Lit, a wee weirdo is something else..

 

[falkor207]

Hello, Not English, but my family's heritage goes back there. Coffee drinker, but like Cherry Brandy, real dairy (halnhalf) only. None of that chemical flavored nonsense.