OT: Big Mac's Bar & Lounge: Coffee Talk with Linda Richman

[Tom Hanks]

Most things give you bad breath man.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Tastes like burning, if you buy coffee from Starbucks.

 

[Clare2904]

Ahhh so many places.

Melbourne is a great city. If you love sports it basically has a bit of everything. Aussie Rules football, Cricket, tennis, Grand Prix, horse racing is pretty big especially on the major race days guys and girls get dressed in their finest awesome time. There is an ice hockey league too. Lots of good food in Melbourne very multicultural. Nice parks and gardens. Go to a big Aussie Rules game with 80,000-100,000 people and it’s pretty cool when they start to cheer loudly.

Brisbane the weather is always good and just further north you get the white sandy beaches that squeak when you walk so clean. Steve Irwin’s Zoo is up that way and Fraser Island would be great to check out. Check out the Great Barrier Reef!

Never been to Sydney. Adelaide is cool but there is better places to go. Perth is right out the way but laid back nice beaches.

Tasmania is a the southern state that’s an island. It’s nice but if you have limited time there’s better to see.

I always recommend Alice Springs it’s your base to explore the outback. There will be some 3-5 day organised tours you can take from there to explore Uluru, the Olga’s and Kings Canyon. Youll see things you probably won’t see anywhere else. You’ll actually meet people from all over the world there too. There is a bar in Alice Springs that streams video of the place so your friends and family can watch you. They can even buy you drinks with their credit card. Some of the locals have gotten in trouble when they go out with the boys and their wives/girlfriends watch.

If you have time you could start in the Brisbane area drive down the coast to Sydney spend some time there and then Melbourne. They are all on the same coast. Brisbane to Melbourne is 2hr flight or about 20 hour drive total time.

I’d stick to the east coast (there are places outside the major cities too) and if you can get to Alice Springs and explore around there for 5 days or so it’d be quite the trip.

One thing I did was take the train from Melbourne to Sydney, got to see more of the country from a comfy seat. Also took the train from Sydney to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Flying is convenient but you miss out on seeing the country.

Saying that, I'll be never forget looking out of the plane window as I flew over Australia (coming from Singapore) the Outback, a sea of red that went on forever.

 

[Clare2904]

And the Australian Open, many memories of taking time off work (or recovering from knee surgery or Swine flu), changing my body clock and watching the whole tournament in the middle of the night in the UK. I used to be a member of a now dead tennis forum and the old BBC 606 forum, would be watching and chatting all night.

 

[Clare2904]

And finally, I got to see a rare occurrence at the Rod Laver arena. The day I did the tour the court was being replaced. It takes three days, one to rip up and clean, one to apply the adhesive and one to set. Then local players come in and bed it in. Adjustments are made them it is ready. All this is done in September.

 

[Ogrezilla]

But that's not the actual numbers. It's close.. but it's not exact. Or at least my google conversions tell me so!

So earlier when I said schools should teach how to actually understand math and numbers instead of just pure plug and chug? I present...Exhibit A.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Coffee sucks. I never understood why people want bad breath.

I hate people and I want every interaction to be as unpleasant as possible for everyone involved.

 

[Ogrezilla]

If it stays this cold for much longer I'm going to have to learn to like coffee just because it's warm and work provides it. They won't get me any hot chocolate

 

[Big McLargehuge]

*sips on iced coffee*

*dreams of cold weather*

*throws rock at parrot squawking in palm tree*

STOP MOCKING ME BIRD!

 

[Ogrezilla]

*sips on iced coffee*

*dreams of cold weather*

*throws rock at parrot squawking in palm tree*

STOP MOCKING ME BIRD!

You think you want cold weather, but you don't want this.

edit: though I guess it may be preferable to the state being literally on fire

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Woke up with a migraine. This is odd.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

You think you want cold weather, but you don't want this.

edit: though I guess it may be preferable to the state being literally on fire

Honestly Montana made me love winter storms, but I am most certainly glad I don't have to drive in that weather...


Feel better nubs

 

[Tom Hanks]

If it stays this cold for much longer I'm going to have to learn to like coffee just because it's warm and work provides it. They won't get me any hot chocolate

What about some green tea?

Woke up with a migraine. This is odd.

Are you dehydrated?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

If it stays this cold for much longer I'm going to have to learn to like coffee just because it's warm and work provides it. They won't get me any hot chocolate

This winter I decided to make hot chocolate from scratch because it sounded delicious. Seeing how much sugar it takes to make it taste decent ruined it.

Also, f*** this cold.

 

[Clare2904]

I hope Boston is habitable by the 2nd I may have to rethink my plans and spend my time in a pub

 

[Ogrezilla]

What about some green tea?

yuck

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Tastes like burning, if you buy coffee from Starbucks.

So true.

f*** Charbucks

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I hope Boston is habitable by the 2nd I may have to rethink my plans and spend my time in a pub

What a hardship

 

[Speaking Moistly]

As someone who has cut caffeine out almost completely and doesn’t want to freeze to death, there a lot of teas to use as coffee alternatives. An overwhelming number of options.

 

[Clare2904]

I'm staying warm this morning by staying in bed with a teddy bear and cat

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I'm staying warm this morning by staying in bed with a teddy bear and cat

So cute.

 

[Tom Hanks]

I'm staying warm this morning by staying in bed with a teddy bear and cat

I have two pugs under my blanket. They usually do the trick. I don’t like my heater on while I’m sleeping.

 

[Clare2904]

One thing I do not like about winter is dry skin. My feet are so sore and cracked

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Luckily, I already had a massage scheduled for today. That scalp massage was awesome.

 

[DegenX]

yuck

Yeah, it's a little too ... vegital ... for me. I do find the idea of genmaicha interesting. I haven't tried it, though, mostly because I don't know that rice flavored grass water would be any better than regular grass flavored water. The somewhat recent matcha flavored everything fad was seriously puzzling for me.