Comments on: The Tea Tastes Great, So I Must Be In…

By: More Future Scientists Revealed! at Asymptotia

More Future Scientists Revealed! at Asymptotia — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:04:27 +0000

[...] This year I was unable to do so due to a trip across the Atlantic concerning the birth of my sister’s son (details of the london trip here, here, here and here; Last link has a fun trip to Harrods and to the Science Museum). But my USC colleague Chris Gould -the chief organisational engine behind the fair- has prepared hundreds of photograps again, and you can go and have a look here, and see some of the project descriptions also. [...]

By: Big Ears | Cosmic Variance

Big Ears | Cosmic Variance — Sat, 27 May 2006 00:12:10 +0000

[...] I was put in mind of it last week when I popped over to London to play the role of uncle, wander the streets for a bit, do a bit of sightseeing, and hemorrhage a bit of money. I was all prepared to be annoyed by the Guardian, which was once my favourite newspapers, since I had not seen it very often since they (lamentably) made major modifications to the format. As it turned out, I did not get annoyed too much, although I would prefer it if they took it back to the correct size for a respectable newspaper. It still has a lot of news and good writing in it, and I am led to understand that the huge amount of football-related stuff in it is a passing phase because there is some sort of contest going on in Germany of some relevance. (Um… that would be “soccer”, you folks over on the extreme left hand side with the funny shaped ball.) [...]

By: adam

adam — Fri, 19 May 2006 01:12:14 +0000

Hmmm, no Maldon sea salt? I hope that this is not a product of growing prejudice against the products of Essex, or I’m in trouble myself.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 19 May 2006 00:32:54 +0000

Tudor House (in Santa Monica) stopped stocking Maldon Sea Salt (why why?) but you can get it from Whole Foods apparently, doubtless for the price of a small body part.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 18 May 2006 23:46:46 +0000

I’ve found that British chocolate bought over here often tastes a bit stale. I guess that the shipping process isn’t very kind to them.

Also, Cadburys that is produced here is made by Hershey, showing that they can, in fact, make nice-tasting chocolate, but generally choose not to.

Pickled Onoin Flavoured MonsterMunch >> Twiglets. If I die and go to Hell, it’s going to be a neverending twiglet buffet, I know it.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 18 May 2006 23:00:32 +0000

Are they worse than Marmite flavoured ones?

Horrible, repulsive, and somehow….. can’t. stop. eating. them.

-cvj

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:39:58 +0000

“seeps in through the packaging” indeed! I too once thought that British goodies only tasted right when bought over there. Until, on one horrific occasion, I agreed to carry back a jar of Branston Pickle for a friend, only to find, on arrival, that my packing hadn’t been quite as secure as I’d thought, and that the jar, and its contents, were now uniformly spread through the suitcase.

Pete

PS: My local Indian grocer (El Toro, CA) now stocks Worcestershire Sauce flavoured Twiglets, which are loathsome beyond my ability to describe.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 18 May 2006 18:37:09 +0000

Plato, and others: It’s a boy…..

Sean, Mark:- Thanks. Yes, I know you can get Hendrick’s in the LA, as you can all the other things I mentioned…. but that’s not the point, really. Somehow, everything tastes better when you’ve brought it over yourself. It is the illusion of it being a hard-won commodity, to be rationed. Seeps in through the packaging. Like in the old days. (This globalization thing has just gone too far for me… ) Thanks, though.

Pacian:- we haunted South Ken for the same reasons, it seems.

candace:- If I do a pub do, I’ll be sure to let you know.

SteveM:- Ah, yes, the stillness. LOL.

I’ll pass on everyone’s good wishes to Carol. Thanks.

-cvj

By: Plato

Plato — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:10:47 +0000

Your funny:)

Little girl, or little boy baby…I had my own once, and have five grandchildren, who were all “babies.”

I sense a little girl, but could be wrong?

Just guessed my daughter in laws sister’s and guessed my own son’s weight at birth, as well as, the day and gender.

The “money pool” of course went to the child.

By: SteveM

SteveM — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:00:15 +0000

“…looking at lovely cloud patterns through the window, and some beautiful shafts of morning sunshine from time to time. And listening to the birds”.
Glad to see you are allowing time for “The Stillness”. Always…The Stillness!:) Check out this week’s new “Down the Line” show if you have time, for phone-in discussions of the inverse square law of gravitation, and sheep at war. (”I come from a military background–I don’t muck about!”)

Congrats to your sister.