Strange things you're not used to

[Jeraly 4]

Sure it is - it's normally 110f here and I can only drink cold things or sometimes herbal tea but even that is best after being put in the freezer

[weedebz 0]

I can drink coffee in any temp. Drinking something warm can actually help you cool down. It makes you sweat which cools down the body naturally rather than shocking your internal system by throwing something freezing in to it. Drinking something cold cools you down for a while but it also tricks the body into thinking it's cooler than it is so shuts down the natural cooling systems.

Edited August 30, 2008 by weedebz

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Actually, when it is hot, I drink iced coffee. There is often a little left over from after dinner the night before and it tastes lovely the next day over ice. It gets hot here too - mid-90s most days of the week.

A few weeks ago at Big Lots they had packages of tea biscuits - like social tea - on sale for 33 cents a package - I bought 8 packages. They are wonderful! They are made in Israel by Kedem.

Edited August 30, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Jeraly 4]

I sweat plenty without the coffee though!!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

went to a big Spec's today - one with a gourmet food section - and Oh. My. Goodness.

German and English food galore... got Ritter Sport (and showed Dave Niederegger marzipan for future - Christmas - reference ) - and Lindt chocolate, could have got all manner of Cadbury's (the Fry's Turkish Delight was sold out ); got three different sorts of German bread; could have got Hobnobs or Jammy Dodgers; even got Lyle's Golden Syrup! and a bottle of Pimm's!!! I know I'm forgetting half the things but it was SO cool... we have to go back again soon

[Gemmie 142]

I'm always being told off for being weird here.

When I'm eating hot food, I always want something cold like a Coke or juice. If it's cold food, I like it with hot drinks like tea.

Edited August 31, 2008 by Gemmie

[Jeraly 4]

went to a big Spec's today - one with a gourmet food section - and Oh. My. Goodness.

German and English food galore... got Ritter Sport (and showed Dave Niederegger marzipan for future - Christmas - reference ) - and Lindt chocolate, could have got all manner of Cadbury's (the Fry's Turkish Delight was sold out ); got three different sorts of German bread; could have got Hobnobs or Jammy Dodgers; even got Lyle's Golden Syrup! and a bottle of Pimm's!!! I know I'm forgetting half the things but it was SO cool... we have to go back again soon

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I can't find it online to find where it is - am I missing something?!?!?!?!?!?

Oh and I have a headache after our VJ-fest last night

Gemmie - I can't drink anything hot when I am eating at all!!!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

it's in downtown Houston... Smith Street, Dave says

Spec's is a chain around here, but of course I don't know where else it is; might only be Texas... the others I have been to are just liquor; this one was special

I made up a big jug of Pimm's - Dave's first taste of it - and we had it for lunch, along with home made paratha bread and all sorts of dips... what a grand day

[StillThePrettiest 3]

here's their website: http://www.specsonline.com/

looks like it IS just Texas, and only parts thereof at that :?

man, they had so much stuff! Maldon sea salt... aforementioned chocolate and biscuits... ALL SORTS of tea... fair trade coffee... cheeses... pasta... just all manner of stuff; it was fabulous

[Jeraly 4]

I am all jealous now!! What with my headache and pringles... we kinda want to go and buy some more pork to make food but...

Hmmm I think I need to take a trip to TX

[Jeraly 4]

But you can buy online!! I am soooo going to check this out when Jeremy is at work

[Nessa 23]

another thing that I think it's really strange is public swimming pools without checkups. I don't know if it's everywhere, but the ones on base anyone can show up and use it. In Brazil for you to use any not private swimming pool, u need a doctor check up first. And not only that, they throw dog parties in the pools here, like #######?

Edited September 1, 2008 by Nessa

[Krikit 1,165]

another thing that I think it's really strange is public swimming pools without checkups. I don't know if it's everywhere, but the ones on base anyone can show up and use it. In Brazil for you to use any not private swimming pool, u need a doctor check up first. And not only that, they throw dog parties in the pools here, like #######?

Eww

[TBoneTX 46,273]

went to a big Spec's today - could have got Hobnobs

StP, do you think that your countrywomen on here will allow you to live, what with encountering Hobnobs but not buying any?

Spec's is an amazing chain. The store on Smith Street is their flagship, I believe. (I don't drink, and I don't yet see myself killing for Hobnobs, but maybe that's just me, si man, and I've been in a Spec's or two.) In Mexico on Saturday, I did buy 4 boxes of little chocolate bars with nuts in them, AND 8 boxes of little individually wrapped peanut-brittle-type bars. Burrrrrrrrrp! (Note: Being a guy, I can burp cyberspatially and gain the nodding approbation of my fellows, si man.)

Gemmie isn't weird; we should still hobnob with her, wot, eh, si man.

A bit of good gnus (polite antelopes?): Cristina will physically retrieve her physical K-1 visa on Monday. Bets on whether the bloody thing has mistakes in it, si man?

[TBoneTX 46,273]

another thing that I think it's really strange is public swimming pools without checkups.

This is an interesting difference. I don't think that any Americano would dream of a medical check-up being necessary before being allowed to swim in a public pool.

Most public pools in the U.S. are heavily filled with chlorine, and they're cleaned regularly. Almost certainly, Health Department rules (state or local) apply.

One would imagine that anyone with open, festering pustules would likely not jump into a public pool, for whatever reason. (All together now: "Ewwww!", si man.)