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#77102 08/05/02 01:34 AM
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and oolong has about two-thirds as much.


ah! that's why I like oolong...



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This thread is making me hungry for about six different kinds of cake.


My three-year stint as a baker cured my sweet tooth.
It's been so hot here lately in Kentucky, and we're in a drought. I'm surprised I haven't been dreaming of lemoinade.






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do Australasians go for iced tea?

Bit late, but ... no, it's not a big thing here. I've seen it for sale in shops but not hugely popular. (Then again, I'm not a tea drinker - hot or cold - so I'm probably not the best person to be responding. OTOH, I'm the only Australasian responding, so who cares?)


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do Australasians go for iced tea?

Nope. Iced coffee however...

http://www.natfoods.com.au/great_brands/Farmers_Union_Iced_Coffee.asp


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Anyway this thread is making me thirsty...

A pretzel or two too many, huh Alex?


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I concur with my convict-descended comrades. Iced tea is not at all big up here. Of course, tea of any sort is foul devilspawn, an apostate imitation of the true ambrosia, qahwa forever.


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I concur with my convict-descended comrades
..whilst not exactly being "thick as thieves".
Wasn't that the title of a Split Enz album?

tea of any sort is foul devilspawn
Speaking as someone with a tendency towards volume drinking, I have to say that I'd be a nervous wreck inside a week or two if I had to replace tea with coffee. Tea may have more caffeine, but it's never given me the shakes.

"Self-discipline"? What's that?









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.whilst not exactly being "thick as thieves".
Wasn't that the title of a Split Enz album?


I think that's an album by another group from down under, INXS. Come to think of it I think it was called "Listen Like Thieves." Their album "Shabooh Shoobah" still sounds great after all this time. Too bad about the singer.

As a bass player I have to add that the bass part in Split Enz's "I Got You" is one of my all time favorites.


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an album by another group from down under, INXS. Come to think of it I think it was called "Listen Like Thieves"

You're certainly right there, Alex - though as it turns out I was thinking about an entirely British group, The Jam!

Have to say INXS didn't do much for me, and certainly compared to Split Enz (and then, in a very different vein, Crowded House & Finn bros stuff) INXS pales into insignificance.

Yes, I'm completely biased - and an acoustic guitarist rather than bass-player.




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AHHHHHHHH! I can't believe it! Somebody else in America knows Split Enz! Ohhhhh, ALEX! I'm listening to I Got You right now!! I've never paid all that much attention to the bass part, being rather fond of a certain former non-bass guitarist who introduced me to this group. But you're right, it's cool. [cranking it up] It took me a long time to start paying attention to the lyrics of "Charlie", but when I did...I just got shivers of dread. These guys were good.


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