I'm all about the sun tea, never sweetened.
Fake sugars are not an issue with me as I have always avoided sugar due to a family filled with diabetes. I don't notice the taste.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Jul 08, 2025 7:52:54 am PDT #8180 of 8192
Our wings are not tired.
-t - Jul 08, 2025 8:14:51 am PDT #8181 of 8192
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How do you feel about lemonade, Jess?
I am completely agnostic on whether tea should be hot or iced (or lukewarm having sat in the pot or cup for hours), sweet or unsweet, cream added or not. I may have a preference in the moment but I don't in general. Not really a fan of canned, though, or bottled for that matter. There used to be a Snapple unsweetened peach tea I really liked but I haven't seen it in, oh, decades, only "zero sugar" with splenda or something but mostly they just don't taste good to me and they seem astoundingly expensive compared to a teabag (and even when I am not in a position to turn a teabag into tea I can't help but make the comparison)
Don't like Stevia. I've only tried it a couple of times but it's got an undertone or aftertaste or something that's icky
Jessica - Jul 08, 2025 8:49:16 am PDT #8182 of 8192
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How do you feel about lemonade, Jess?
Most lemonade is too sweet for me, but I drink a ton of lemon Spindrift. (Which is just seltzer + lemon juice, but I regularly spend $4/can on it anyway. Less so now that I'm in an office with seltzer on tap.)
Cass - Jul 08, 2025 8:57:45 am PDT #8183 of 8192
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Seltzer on tap? I have a seltzer fizzer but ON TAP? That's the dream.
Steph L. - Jul 08, 2025 9:04:55 am PDT #8184 of 8192
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Cass, I was just going to say that!
lisah - Jul 08, 2025 9:17:07 am PDT #8185 of 8192
Punishingly Intricate
My family would always drink very strong iced tea with orange juice (instead of sugar or lemon). I loved it as a kid but haven’t had it probably since my grandmother died 20 years ago (how is time??!!). I’ve never heard of others who drank iced tea that way.
Jessica - Jul 08, 2025 9:48:23 am PDT #8186 of 8192
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Seltzer on tap? I have a seltzer fizzer but ON TAP? That's the dream.
It is literally the only good thing I can name about this terrible cursed building, but it is VERY nice.
JenP - Jul 08, 2025 9:50:06 am PDT #8187 of 8192
I think I like tea in all its forms. Hot, cold, sweet, unsweet, fruit flavored, herbal, black, green, etc. Knowing that, you'd think I'd drink it more often.
brenda m - Jul 08, 2025 10:46:00 am PDT #8188 of 8192
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sweet tea and unsweet are two entirely different categories of drink.
Seltzer on tap? I have a seltzer fizzer but ON TAP?
We have those at the office and it is very nice. You could do it plain or add flavors at various levels of intensity (not sweeteners, just flavors like watermelon or lemon or mint).
Since I’m not in the office today, and had a 30 minute break between calls, I decide to move a large coat rack from one side of the living room room to the other to solve a space issue.
Fast-forward 30 minutes and I have run the dishwasher, replanted a rosebush, planted some zinnias, and taken out the trash.
No movement on the coat rack front. I’m not even sure how I got from plan A to plan C to plan 11.
Steph L. - Jul 08, 2025 11:08:20 am PDT #8189 of 8192
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I’m not even sure how I got from plan A to plan C to plan 11.
Tim calls this the "but-firsts": "I'm going to move the coat rack but first I need to run the dishwasher. [runs dishwasher] Okay, next the coat rack, but first I'll take out the trash. [takes out trash, notices flowers] Okay, for sure the coat rack next, but first I'll plant these flowers since I'm out here already."