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Wifey doesn't drink it anyhoo. <span class="emoticon e_hmm" title="(hmm)"><span class="e__">(hmm)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.181&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.181"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_182"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_182"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">19 Oct 2014 18:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Oct 2014 11:30"></span></span> <span class="message_count">182 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.182">41209.182</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.176">41209.176</a></div> <div class="message_body"> See, you know it!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.182&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.182"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_183"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_183"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time">19 Oct 2014 20:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: fixrman <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Oct 2014 03:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">183 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.183">41209.183</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.180">41209.180</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><b>quote:</b> <a href="messages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.180">fixrman</a></div> <div class="quote">I grew up with an English grandmother (born there) who put milk and sugar in her tea</div> Me too! <div class="quotetext"><b>quote:</b> <a href="messages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.180">fixrman</a></div> <div class="quote">I grew up with an English ... mum (born there) who put milk and sugar in her tea.</div> How strange, me too!<br /><br /> Gad to see you have a mum though, not a mom! <span class="emoticon e_wink" title=";)"><span class="e__">;)</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.183&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.183"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_184"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_184"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">20 Oct 2014 03:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Oct 2014 06:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">184 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.184">41209.184</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_183" target="_self">41209.183</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well, the English had been fairly Americanised out; she came over in 1947 and the kids teased her and called her a Limey as the little shits would. She grew up in a mostly catholic neighborhood as well which only added to the trouble.<br /><br /> Funny, my grandmother lived here more time than there, but all she ever talked about was England. <span class="emoticon e_tongue" title=":-P"><span class="e__">:-P</span></span> But that was her youth...</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.184&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.184"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_185"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_185"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">20 Oct 2014 12:13</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Oct 2014 13:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">185 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.185">41209.185</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_183" target="_self">41209.183</a></div> <div class="message_body"> He's not Dan! </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.185&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.185"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_186"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_186"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time">20 Oct 2014 13:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 20 Oct 2014 13:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">186 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.186">41209.186</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_185" target="_self">41209.185</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Oddly enough, I was thinking the same thing as I wrote that. But I though that throwing Dudley into the mix would be a tad confusing.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.186&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.186"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_187"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_187"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">30 Oct 2014 01:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Oct 2014 07:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">187 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.187">41209.187</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_186" target="_self">41209.186</a></div> <div class="message_body"> All this tea drinking has me thinking I should go out and get a damn good tea. Real tea, loose, high quality, insanely enjoyable.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.187&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.187"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_188"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_188"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time">30 Oct 2014 10:24</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: fixrman <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Oct 2014 10:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">188 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.188">41209.188</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_187" target="_self">41209.187</a></div> <div class="message_body"> We had a day out to a formal gardens near us on Tuesday (far more enjoyable than it sounds, nice woodland walks and tons for the kids to do) and they've got a <a href="http://www.bettys.co.uk/">Betty's tea room</a> there. It's a small chain located around Yorkshire and from what I saw, insanely expensive. We got a table in the cafe/restaurant and had a meal and some tea. I got a pot of loose Earl Grey and after figuring out the protocol with the tea strainer was most impressed. It was a very smooth tea without any bitterness. A vast improvement on the bagged supermarket variety.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.188&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.188"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_189"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_189"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">30 Oct 2014 10:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: graphitone <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Oct 2014 10:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">189 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.189">41209.189</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_188" target="_self">41209.188</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">they've got a <a href="http://www.bettys.co.uk/">Betty's tea room</a> there. It's a small chain located around Yorkshire</div> <p>My wife's friend tried a tea shop business years ago, but the market was not good for that here, unfortunately. It never really took off. Ahh, Yorkshire... Home to my favourite manufacturer of another "brew". <span class="emoticon e_wink" title=";-)"><span class="e__">;-)</span></span> <br /> </p> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">I got a pot of loose Earl Grey and after figuring out the protocol with the tea strainer was most impressed.</div> <p>See, shows my ignorance I guess. I would have figured that everyone in Britain drank tea the "proper" way. But then again I suppose a lot of people there think we all carry six guns on our hips, chew tobacco and eat grits.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.189&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.189"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41209_190"></a><div class="message" id="message_41209_190"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time">30 Oct 2014 11:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: fixrman <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Oct 2014 21:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">190 of 256</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.190">41209.190</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41209.181#a41209_189" target="_self">41209.189</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Stereotypes are easy to maintain, I guess. 'Specially so when they're reinforced by TV, films, magazines... Once you wade through that crap you generally find people are the same no matter where they come from. <br /><br /> Except David Lynch.<br /><br /> Sometimes there's just no explanation for things.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41209.190&return_msg=41209.181" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41209.190"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="41209.191" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>