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Title: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 13 Feb 2013, 21:32
It has just occurred to me that I spend WAAAAY too much time here. I mean look at the forum front page a minute ago:

(http://s9.postimage.org/c8abr0d27/holycrapbluechilloutman.jpg)

Not that it's going to teach me any manner of restraint any time soon.

Does anyone else spend as much time here as I do?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Skewbrow on 14 Feb 2013, 02:59
Well. You have very quickly overtaken my post count. I give you that. But neither of us is close to the "only pretending to work" -rating yet. :psyduck:

But the number of hours I have spent here in the past is higher than I care to admit. I delude myself into believing that it is so only because I occasionally left a window open, and then rushed to teach for a couple of hours...

Edit: 35 days 12 hrs and 40 minutes here
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: de_la_Nae on 14 Feb 2013, 03:27
I have no idea what you're talking about.

*eyes post count uneasily*

None at all.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Feb 2013, 04:16
You're all amateurs.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Lines on 14 Feb 2013, 04:41
Hahaha post counts...
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Feb 2013, 05:27
+1 post/av synergy.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: lepetitfromage on 14 Feb 2013, 06:09
I think if I actually admitted how often I'm here, I'd be instantly deemed creepy.   :-P


And probably fired.  :-o



I think I censor myself too much though- if I didn't do that, I'd have a much higher post count. I can't even begin to count how many times I typed out a response and then just closed the window because it wasn't as good as it could have been and I just didn't feel like rewriting.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: celticgeek on 14 Feb 2013, 06:27
My post count is 1504, but my total time logged on is 183 days, 11 hours, and 50 minutes. 

Hmmmm...
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 07:38
Yeah, you definitely have me beat there. Forum says I have 5 days, 1 hours and 40 minutes. I feel like a little kid hopped up on gummy bears, running around here tearing shit off the walls....yep. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: cesium133 on 14 Feb 2013, 08:54
The forum says I have 14 days, 5 hours, and 24 minutes. I think that means I lurk more than Bluesummers does.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: ackblom12 on 14 Feb 2013, 08:55
252 days, 15 hours and 34 minutes.

Why did I look?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 14 Feb 2013, 09:17
I think that if you don't explicitly log out (does anyone?) it times out at 15 minutes after your last interaction, so 15min is the smallest amount that it will add to that total; you could probably justify saying it's an overestimate...
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: idontunderstand on 14 Feb 2013, 10:05
12 days here. That must mean I'm efficient!
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Feb 2013, 12:16
I'm on Tapatalk, so I can't say.

EDIT: I had to preview the forum default skin to look - ye gods, 51 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes.  :-o
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Papersatan on 14 Feb 2013, 12:24
I'm at a cool 32 days of online time here. 

The logged in time v. active time is something I encounted perviously when looking at my Steam data. 

I have spent 2317 hours playing Civ V, and far more playing IV.  I was feeling bad about it, but then Stephen reminded me that I frequently Alt+Tab out and wander off to class, leaving the game running. 
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: KingOfIreland on 14 Feb 2013, 12:44
About five seconds.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 15:10
Quote from: cesium133 on 14 Feb 2013, 08:54
The forum says I have 14 days, 5 hours, and 24 minutes. I think that means I lurk more than Bluesummers does.
You've also been a member for 6 months longer...but yes, u lurk moar. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: cesium133 on 14 Feb 2013, 15:16
Quote from: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 15:10
Quote from: cesium133 on 14 Feb 2013, 08:54
The forum says I have 14 days, 5 hours, and 24 minutes. I think that means I lurk more than Bluesummers does.
You've also been a member for 6 months longer...but yes, u lurk moar. :mrgreen:
I have? Holy cow, I just realized I've been on this forum for almost a year.  :psyduck:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Feb 2013, 15:22
Oh, one of these threads again! Cool.

65 days, 6 hours and 56 minutes here. I've been here about five years, so i guess wait holy shit that's a quarter of my life
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Patrick on 14 Feb 2013, 16:52
Oh come on guys I've been here since at least 2005/2006. And fairly active for almost the entire time.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Patrick on 14 Feb 2013, 16:54
Do not read my post history, it is bad, I was 16
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Feb 2013, 17:18
that is eight years pat

pat

pat that is literally a third of your life
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Valdís on 14 Feb 2013, 17:20
Quote from: Patrick on 14 Feb 2013, 16:54
Do not read my post history, it is bad, I was 16

You do realize you're actually saying "Please, please, please read my post history", right? :wink:

It gets pretty weird when you still have access to accounts on art-sites from when you were 14, though. Eep. <_<

Oh gods, the irony of things like "too bad your bad at english but if i could type this in korean i would ;) *goes of to find a translator so i can bug your forum's!* :D ". Please remember that I is foreign (and for context he apologized in the description that he wouldn't respond to comments due to lacking English skills).
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Feb 2013, 17:59
Hahh...imagine putting your time spent here on a resume.

Actually, I did get a free trip to Los Angeles to review a Naruto Gamecube game because I was a mod on a forum. But that was eight years ago...
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Carl-E on 14 Feb 2013, 18:25
Total time logged in: 48 days, 6 hours and 46 minutes.

Member since 13 Aug, 2009. 

Posts: 6,962  (5.435 per day) <---- I love this factoid. 



I am NOT proud of this. 
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Blue Kitty on 14 Feb 2013, 19:08
I've always wondered why you have more posts than I do at 153 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: de_la_Nae on 14 Feb 2013, 19:42
Oh god, this puts me in mind of checking my World of Warcraft playtime stats.

In my defense I did play for years, and often left it logged in for chatting and times when I wasn't there.

To my damnation it was still pretty large by the time I retired it.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Lines on 14 Feb 2013, 19:56
With my 7 year anniversary quickly approaching, I have a log in time of 69 days 13 hours.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Kugai on 14 Feb 2013, 21:10
Date Registered: 08-05-2006, 19:15:33.

Total time logged in: 31 days, 16 hours and 12 minutes.

My Post Count is kinda obvious.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Akima on 15 Feb 2013, 00:58
Registered: 03 June 2009. Have I really been hanging around here for nearly four years?  :psyduck:
Apparently I didn't post outside Comic and Band until the following August.
Time Online: 60 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes.
Post count: 2,440 (1.803 per day)
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 15 Feb 2013, 01:20
I've got in the way of thinking of myself as a comparative newcomer, but actually I realise I've been around for more than half the life of the forum.  Hmm.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Pilchard123 on 15 Feb 2013, 02:03
11 days, 4 hours and 57 minutes logged in
~7 months since registering
Average post rate of 3.971 posts/day
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: BeoPuppy on 15 Feb 2013, 02:33
0.808 posts per day.

Go nuts.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Barmymoo on 15 Feb 2013, 04:16
Interesting, my total time logged in is only 57 days and four hours, but I have been here for over six years. 2.516 posts per day, which doesn't surprise me. It is weird to think that this forum has provided more continuity in my life than almost any person, including my parents.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Welu on 15 Feb 2013, 04:51
Considering I only try to post when I think I have something worth to say I think I talk quite a lot.

I'm more ashamed/proud of my deviantART forum post count but I've been on there a lot longer and had three accounts. Not including side accounts.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: bainidhe_dub on 15 Feb 2013, 05:10
27 days, 4 hours, 53 minutes logged in, over almost 8 years.
856 posts = 0.295 posts per day, but it looks like all the pre-CHATTER (Sandbox, etc.) posts have disappeared, so that's like 2 years' worth of inane prattling no longer available, thank god.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 15 Feb 2013, 05:27
The sandbox went years ago.  Ben and I each went through a period of purging old threads that were embarrassing rather than illuminating.  Indeed, when Ben handed over to me, he suggested clearing out Chatter (or whatever it was called at that point) and starting afresh, which I thought was maybe a step too far!  Band is the area that has kept its history most complete.

I could set a job to automatically remove topics older than a certain age (set per forum), but haven't felt that it was necessary.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 15 Feb 2013, 06:37
Quote from: Patrick on 14 Feb 2013, 16:54
Do not read my post history, it is bad, I was 16

Me and Pat signed up within days of each other and mine is also quite bad.

Someone on here who I don't think posts any more still has their signature set as a quote where I'm saying I wish Hayley Williams was holding my dick in the 'crushcrushcrush' video.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 15 Feb 2013, 07:59
I remember that.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Patrick on 15 Feb 2013, 08:28
I think back to that conversation every time I hear Paramore, because let's be honest, who would not rail that chick
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: nekowafer on 15 Feb 2013, 08:34
I enter this conversation just to say: I hope she likes girls 'cause UNF
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: dr. nervioso on 16 Feb 2013, 17:08
I'm a gay man and I would totally kiss her. And it doesn't really get much farther between me and girls.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Kugai on 16 Feb 2013, 18:04
Hmmmm, says I'm averageing 1,433 per day.  Had no idea I was that prolific!!    :-o
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 16 Feb 2013, 18:33
Quote from: dr. nervioso on 16 Feb 2013, 17:08
I'm a gay man

this explains your avatar so well you johnlock shipping son of a bitch
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 17 Feb 2013, 08:47
At the same time, I am dead convinced that Hayley would be shit in bed. You know, kind of girl who would just lie there like a log and take it from you then tell you how shit it was later.

SEXISM
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Cire27 on 17 Feb 2013, 10:57
Who can beat 0.249 posts per day?

Been here for just over 6 years.  That means I've been here since I was 14.  I can definitely say lurking in this forum so much shaped me as a teenager.

Oh, almost forgot.  Total Time Spent Online: 41 days, 11 hours and 35 minutes.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Welu on 17 Feb 2013, 16:11
Been here just under two years (what) and got 1.839 a day (WHAT). I got 15 days, 1 hours and 30 minutes.

I am terrified and incredibly curious about the amount of time I have spent on some other sites.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Feb 2013, 19:24
Quote from: Cire27 on 17 Feb 2013, 10:57
Who can beat 0.249 posts per day?

Well, we've already had people with more (lots more), so I'm guessing you mean having less...

I'm sure there are plenty of those, though. 
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: cesium133 on 17 Feb 2013, 19:33
I'm guessing many of them are ones who signed up, posted once in "Hi, I'm New" and never came back.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 17 Feb 2013, 20:24
Quote from: Cire27 on 17 Feb 2013, 10:57
Who can beat 0.249 posts per day?
Me.

10.479 posts per day. And unless I'm suddenly confined to an internet-free zone for an extended amount of time, I intend to keep it above 8.0 :parrot:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: CrowFairy on 17 Feb 2013, 23:45
Quote from: Kugai on 16 Feb 2013, 18:04
Hmmmm, says I'm averageing 1,433 per day.  Had no idea I was that prolific!!    :-o
It's a decimal, not a comma. :)


I've been logged in 6 days and 8.5 hours. What am I doing with my life??
I have .585 posts per day, and Tuesday will be my two-year anniversary with the forums. :)
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 00:20
Quote from: cesium133 on 17 Feb 2013, 19:33
I'm guessing many of them are ones who signed up, posted once in "Hi, I'm New" and never came back.

I cleaned up the members database a while ago (and I know Ben did a few years ago).  When I did it, 70% of the database consisted of people with zero posts - those with no posts who had last logged in over six months ago (I think) were deleted, which cut the database size down by more than half.  There is, of course, the possibility that those who have no posts but do log in are lurkers who like to have the forum software keep track of what posts they have read.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: CrowFairy on 18 Feb 2013, 00:38
I just checked, and I went a full three months between my first three posts and my fourth. But I was still reading the posts. I think it's important to account for lurkers. :) The ones who haven't logged in in more than six months probably aren't coming back. And if they do, what are the odds that they will actually remember their username and password?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Skewbrow on 18 Feb 2013, 04:24
Quote from: LoliBot on 17 Feb 2013, 23:45
Quote from: Kugai on 16 Feb 2013, 18:04
Hmmmm, says I'm averageing 1,433 per day.  Had no idea I was that prolific!!    :-o
It's a decimal, not a comma. :)
Depends on where you live. Comma in these parts.

Here's a deal. You give up foot/pound/gallons and convert to metric. We give up  on decimal commas and start using a decimal point instead.

After that we only need to agree to disagree on the meaning of billion, trillion et cetera.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 06:10
How could a billion possibly be something other than a billion? :psyduck:

I spend my entire junior year chemistry class by pissing off the teacher, who insisted that metric was superior to the apothecary system (what's used in the United States), because there was "no link between units of measurement".

Truth be told, I do like metric more than standard U.S. measurements, but I was bound and determined to prove her wrong:

1 pint = 1 pound (assuming volume density 1:1 relative to water, same as 1mL = 1cm3.
1 gallon = 231 in3 (exactly 231...no rounding or whatever)

She did eventually recommend me for AP Physics. ;D
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 06:15
When I was young, a billion was a million million, a trillion was a million million million, and so on; and some people still cling nostalgically to that definition.  In that regime, a milliard (which tends to mean "a lot") was reserved for a thousand million.

Oh, and "a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter", "a gallon of water weighs ten pounds" - there'll be none of your penny-pinching US pints and gallons for me, thanks.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: cesium133 on 18 Feb 2013, 06:35
On the subject of English-vs-Metric units, I find it interesting that the U.S. has indirectly been using metric units since 1896, when all the U.S./English units were redefined in terms of metric units: for example, 1 inch = exactly 25.4 mm.

And as for the gallon, I think the U.S. gets to dictate what that is now, since the British have switched to using the metric system. Plus, in the words of Alton Brown, "a pint is a pound the world around." If we can't believe Alton Brown, who can we believe?  :psyduck: (for people from outside the U.S. who might not know who he is, Alton Brown is a TV cooking-show host)
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 06:41
A UK pint is still the standard measure of beer and such in a pub.  Actually, both gallons originated in the UK, as was mentioned in a similar discussion in this thread (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24757.msg967669.html#msg967669).

The imperial measures of volume (in the US form) follow a long trail of binary relationships, as listed later (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24757.msg968485.html#msg968485) in that same thread.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Skewbrow on 18 Feb 2013, 07:25
Quote from: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 06:10
How could a billion possibly be something other than a billion? :psyduck:
It is, of course, a billion, but is it 10 to 9 or 10 to 12? The former is milliard here (I think we have been following German practice there for quite some time).

Quote from: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 06:10
1 pint = 1 pound (assuming volume density 1:1 relative to water, same as 1mL = 1cm3.
1 gallon = 231 in3 (exactly 231...no rounding or whatever)

US liquid pint  is 473 milliliters, but a pound is 454 grams, so a US liquid pint of water weighs 473 grams. Much like a fluid ounce of water weighs more than an ounce. Avoiding conversion factors like 231 cubic inches to a gallon is the essence of the metric system. Of course the basic units don't need to match with models in Paris for it work well in physics classes - they could be something else.

Having said that I do like beer in UK pints (568 milliliters).

More about comma vs point. We use point here to indicate ordinals, so "1." is "the first" and so on. This is used e.g. in dates, so "18.02." is "February 18th". Programs like MSExcel tries to cope (the different kind of separators and such are regionally configurable in Excel), so when I copy numerical tables produced in the US to a Finnish edition of Excel, it interprets figures containing a decimal point as dates, and performs an irreversible conversion (at least I haven't figured out how to revert it). Arrggh.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: cesium133 on 18 Feb 2013, 07:29
And as for English units in science, the velocity unit feet/nanosecond is particularly useful.  :roll:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Skewbrow on 18 Feb 2013, 07:35
^LOL. I thought that the very good approximation c=3x108 meters per second was proof that "God is metric", but now I'm having second thoughts :-D
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: celticgeek on 18 Feb 2013, 07:49
I prefer using the FFF (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_System) system of units.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Valdís on 18 Feb 2013, 08:13
Quote from: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 06:15
When I was young, a billion was a million million, a trillion was a million million million, and so on; and some people still cling nostalgically to that definition.  In that regime, a milliard (which tends to mean "a lot") was reserved for a thousand million.

It depends on the language. In Scandinavian/German 1 000 000 000 is a Milliard (Miljard) and your "Billion" we use for Trillion (Biljon).
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Feb 2013, 08:39
Quote from: Skewbrow on 18 Feb 2013, 07:25
...and performs an irreversible conversion (at least I haven't figured out how to revert it). Arrggh.

Ctrl + Z. 

Then try it again.   :wink:
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 09:00
Quote from: Valdís on 18 Feb 2013, 08:13
Quote from: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 06:15
When I was young, a billion was a million million, a trillion was a million million million, and so on; and some people still cling nostalgically to that definition.  In that regime, a milliard (which tends to mean "a lot") was reserved for a thousand million.

It depends on the language.

But in English it also depends on the country!
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 13:53
Quote from: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 06:15
Oh, and "a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter", "a gallon of water weighs ten pounds" - there'll be none of your penny-pinching US pints and gallons for me, thanks.

bwha?! I'm very confused..."A pint's a pound the world around", my mother used to tell me. And a gallon would be 8 pounds by that reckoning...

What's the metric equivilent of your british pint and gallon? You've genuinely piqued my curiosity now.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 18 Feb 2013, 14:35
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS THREAD
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Blood-Tree on 18 Feb 2013, 14:42
Quote from: Cire27 on 17 Feb 2013, 10:57
Who can beat 0.249 posts per day?

0.106

Joined in Feb 2011, logged in for 23 hours and 54 minutes.

They call me El Lurko Supremo
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 14:57
Quote from: Gareth on 18 Feb 2013, 14:35
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS THREAD

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA, JUST GO WITH IT, ACT NATURAL
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 15:04
Quote from: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 13:53
What's the metric equivilent of your british pint and gallon? You've genuinely piqued my curiosity now.

Our pint and gallon are simply a quarter larger than yours (i.e. 0.568l and 4.546l) - the history I linked to earlier.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 18 Feb 2013, 15:05
Cats have to drink plenty of water to avoid urinary tract infection FUCK YOU GUYS
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Feb 2013, 15:06
Are you saying that you think cats are healthier with English pints than US pints?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 18 Feb 2013, 15:16
Yes?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Valdís on 18 Feb 2013, 15:26
Practically every time I hear "Pint" it's from Brits in a pub, so now I'm picturing you giving your cats booze. You're bad people!
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 18 Feb 2013, 15:31
my father was confused when his uncle woke him up to offer him a brew in england. 
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Feb 2013, 15:59
He didn't even have second breakfast yet, did he? ;D
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Feb 2013, 09:27
England =/= the Shire. 
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Cire27 on 19 Feb 2013, 09:49
No, the Shire is in New Zealand.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: de_la_Nae on 19 Feb 2013, 10:23
Welp, after reading this thread it's official, where do I sign up for that One World Government thing? :x
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 19 Feb 2013, 19:58
Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Feb 2013, 09:27
England =/= the Shire. 
Quote from: Cire27 on 19 Feb 2013, 09:49
No, the Shire is in New Zealand.

And tea is tea, no matter where you drink it. :P I'll have a scone, please.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Papersatan on 19 Feb 2013, 21:57
Nah.
'Tea'-commonwealth:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Meissen-teacup_pinkrose01.jpg/800px-Meissen-teacup_pinkrose01.jpg)

'Tea'-USA:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Iced_Tea_from_flickr.jpg/400px-Iced_Tea_from_flickr.jpg)
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 19 Feb 2013, 22:19
That's not real tea...that's an American bullshit excuse for a cold drink. Long Island is the only place that does American tea correctly around here.

My genuine tea comes in two varieties: English High, and Matcha.

Okay, three varieties. Because no one can take my Yerba Mate away from me.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Papersatan on 19 Feb 2013, 22:45
Long Island Iced tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Iced_Tea) is my favorite! 

But perhaps you were speaking of some beverage which has tea in it.

Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Feb 2013, 05:23
Quote from: Papersatan on 19 Feb 2013, 22:45
Long Island Iced tea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Iced_Tea) is my favorite! 

But perhaps you were speaking of some beverage which has tea in it.

Hahahahaha......no. You had it right the first time. ;D
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: nekowafer on 20 Feb 2013, 06:24
I really like Tazo Passion and Wild Sweet Orange tea. It is super sweet on its own and even better with a bit of sugar. I'm guessing basically everyone in the UK would scoff at me for it.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: lepetitfromage on 20 Feb 2013, 06:38
Tazo passion tea is awesome. And just keeps coming up in conversations here for me lately. I neeeeeeed some nowwwww.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Zingoleb on 20 Feb 2013, 12:51
oh god their passion tea is awful. I can't stand it.

their wild orange tea makes excellent iced tea, though - kind of like a citrus kool-aid, just without the fake stuff.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Blood-Tree on 20 Feb 2013, 13:02
I think I'll stick to Earl Grey.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Feb 2013, 14:19
Here is a photo of one my oldest friends drinking green tea, which looks quite a lot like piss:
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/12042_4421473888033_1843256553_n.jpg)
By the way she is absolutely beautiful and my god if photos could do her justice you'd probably all just cry like tiny little girls right now.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Redball on 20 Feb 2013, 14:23
Naw, but I smiled back at her!
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Feb 2013, 14:25
She has an infectious smile.

Brothers and sisters, I've been crushing on this girl since 2002.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Papersatan on 20 Feb 2013, 15:37
Quote from: Gareth on 20 Feb 2013, 14:19
Here is a photo of one my oldest friends...

She doesn't look all that old.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Feb 2013, 15:45
That's cause I'm not either, babes.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Barmymoo on 20 Feb 2013, 15:57
My oldest friend is probably Redball, if you mean people I'm actually friend friends with, and his friend whose name has temporarily slid out of my brain if you mean people I have socialised with (who is in his nineties, is that correct?). But I don't think that's quite what you meant, is it Gareth?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Feb 2013, 16:07
I meant people we have been friends with for the longest time.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Papersatan on 20 Feb 2013, 16:30
I figured.  I was trying to be clever.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Thrillho on 20 Feb 2013, 16:57
I know. I was playing dumb for the first post, and for the second there didn't really seem to be any recourse except for giving a straight answer. I'd have made the exact same joke and there wasn't really anywhere I could go with it.

BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS HOW GODDAMN PRETTY IS SHE
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Redball on 20 Feb 2013, 16:59
Quote from: Barmymoo on 20 Feb 2013, 15:57
My oldest friend is probably Redball, if you mean people I'm actually friend friends with, and his friend whose name has temporarily slid out of my brain if you mean people I have socialised with (who is in his nineties, is that correct?).
Now that I think of it, I suppose you're one of my youngest friends, and a pleasure to have a friend that bridges a couple of generations. You're thinking of Dean Wilson, about 92, beginning to fade, but said something a few weeks ago about accompanying him to South America. He has a friend down there, a former secretary, he thinks I should meet.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Feb 2013, 18:00
Am I a worthless hipster shitcock for liking Teavana? I don't drink it to brag that I can brew loose-leaf tea, I drink it because it tastes good...


Quote from: Gareth on 20 Feb 2013, 16:57
BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS HOW GODDAMN PRETTY IS SHE

IF YOU LIKE HER SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU MARRY HER? :emotrex:

Seriously, ask her out! ;D
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Lines on 20 Feb 2013, 18:53
Quote from: Gareth on 20 Feb 2013, 16:57
BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS HOW GODDAMN PRETTY IS SHE

Very! But her glass is far too big for tea. Hot damn, she must have had to peeeeeeee after drinking all that.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Akima on 20 Feb 2013, 18:58
Quote from: Bluesummers on 19 Feb 2013, 19:58
And tea is tea, no matter where you drink it. :P
Not so. (http://chineseteas101.com/) There are many different teas, and you should match your brewing method to the tea. For example, you will ruin green teas if you brew them at the high temperature needed to extract the flavour from Oolong. More elaborate methods are also appropriate when you make tea for guests, simpler when you just want a nice cup for yourself.

Quote from: Bluesummers on 20 Feb 2013, 18:00
Am I a worthless hipster shitcock for liking Teavana?
I would be the last person to criticise you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture). If you think you take tea seriously watch this guy's videos (I couldn't find better English-language ones):
Title: Re: Holy crap, a new topic. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Feb 2013, 19:47
Well yeah, because I have stuff from teavana, I know the brewing requirements for white, green, oolong and black, as well as rooibos and yerba mate...I was implying that "high tea" was an almost identical practice anywhere in the British Commonwealth, be it England or New Zealand. ^^;;

I like my tea heater. It dispenses hot water at 175, 195 or 208 Fahrenheit, depending on what tea I'm brewing. It also has a de-ionizer. Now if I could only find the power cord...
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Redball on 20 Feb 2013, 20:39
Hardware store? homedepotlowesmenards? They're not usually hard to find unless it's a real odd one.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Feb 2013, 21:09
It's proprietary...I'll probably have to contact Zojirushi for another one.  :'(
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Redball on 20 Feb 2013, 21:25
You're right about proprietary, if this Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Original-Detachable-8-CDP-P300-Zojirushi-Dispensing/dp/B0015QUR9W) listing is an indication. Not nice of them! I'm a little compulsive about replacing a missing power cord, even if I haven't used the appliance for years. Dumb.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Barmymoo on 21 Feb 2013, 05:25
Dean! That's the name of the fellow. It was on the tip of my ... fingers?
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 21 Feb 2013, 05:54
Quote from: Redball on 20 Feb 2013, 21:25
You're right about proprietary, if this Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Original-Detachable-8-CDP-P300-Zojirushi-Dispensing/dp/B0015QUR9W) listing is an indication.

You, sir, are a life-saver.

A cherry-flavored one.

:emotrex:


Seriously, thanks ^.^
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Redball on 21 Feb 2013, 09:07
One of my favorite flavors. And, acting on my compulsion, it took about five minutes, though with no certainty it would fit your particular model.
But in the U.S., there aren't that many power cords in use, and most are available in hardware/Radio Shack stores.
If that Japanese company uses its own style, it may have standardized the cord across its entire line of appliances.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Bluesummers on 21 Feb 2013, 15:36
I hope so...it does look like it would fit.
Title: Re: Holy crap, a [literal] tea party. By Blue.
Post by: Carl-E on 21 Feb 2013, 22:13
The Tea Drawer in the kitchen...

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8496221123_def8dfa5fc.jpg)


the tins on the left and at the back are loose tea, as is the YokoTea on the right.  Not pictured is the go-to Lipton on the counter. 

All the way in the back in the center is a tin of Russian tea my father brought back from Kiev in 1977.  The pricetag is still on it (.76 rubles), and I've never opened the foil packest inside the elaborate tin.  Everything else gets drunk (drank?). 


I like tea.  I can't drink coffee, which makes me sad.  So I compensate...