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Calbrena
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by Calbrena » Fri May 21, 2010 10:15 am
It's 42 degrees Celsius here in Doha but I still have tea every single day
Proper one, not even iced one
As for PG tips it isn't the best tea ever but their big boxes are definitely the best value (for drinkable tea I mean...) and the most convenient ones when I go shopping (I have no car and mall is far enough from my flat to make it pretty impossible to walk there in this heat...). Though at work I always drink much better tea, like Twinings or Lipton or whatever is available.
Also we have mint growing in the Embassy's garden so when we have a collective tea break with other services we often have proper Moroccan Mint Tea with fresh mint leaves
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by Damien » Fri May 21, 2010 10:52 am
Minty Mint-Tea
It's nice here today too, but more 26 than 42.
Calbrena
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by Calbrena » Fri May 21, 2010 12:25 pm
It was only around 29C when I first arrived, and last week it suddenly went from ~30C to ~40C, a bit tiring at first but it's ok now. I'm not exactly looking forward to reaching 50C in a couple of weeks though
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by Lord Golbez » Fri May 21, 2010 3:25 pm
This is super crazy. I had 3 cups yesterday, also! What are you doing over in the Middle East, Cal?
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Calbrena
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by Calbrena » Fri May 21, 2010 4:06 pm
Working at the French Cultural Centre. Not teaching anymore but working basically as a link between admin staff here on local contract and my bosses, who are Embassy staff like me but mostly working from the Embassy and who are a bit too absent for my colleagues' taste. Using tea, biscuits and leet mediator skills as my main weapons to glue the team back together as when I arrived a couple of weeks ago there were too many flame wars going on at the office but now things are getting a bit better.
Also when drama isn't wasting too much of my time I do my best to finally get my actual job done, aka teachers' training and course designing.
What about you, what do you do to keep yourself busy these days apart from drinking tea and eating biscuits?
Lord Golbez
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by Lord Golbez » Sat May 22, 2010 4:03 am
I'm still working on my bloody PhD. Don't ever do nuclear physics. It takes forever.
Almost done though.
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Calbrena
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by Calbrena » Sat May 22, 2010 5:21 am
I'll keep that in mind
If I ever did a PhD it wouldn't have anything to do with physics anyway but more with languages or something.
Anyway, Dr Golbez will be a cool name, better than Totally not Golbez
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by Damien » Sat May 22, 2010 9:59 am
I have nothing to add to this conversation, but want to be winning.
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by Calbrena » Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:36 am
You've been winning for too long :O
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by WaWard » Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:43 am
This winning business belongs to me for the time being.
Damien
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by Damien » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:01 pm
Somebody (with lots of spare time) should calculate who's won the most
WaWard
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by WaWard » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:35 am
u do it
Damien
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by Damien » Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:46 am
No, I think I should delegate.
U!
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by WaWard » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:28 pm
no way
Damien
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by Damien » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:48 pm
Teagame
Cybernetic Empire
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by Cybernetic Empire » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:09 pm
I remember the last time I was winning like it was now.
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by Anonymous » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:18 am
That's some fault memory you got there.
Cybernetic Empire
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by Cybernetic Empire » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:05 pm
Well when you posted wasn't now so I wasn't winning. Now it is.
Damien
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by Damien » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:51 pm
Here because I hear somebody posted.
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by eightman » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:16 pm
You heard a post whore?
You posted a herd of whores?
Whores heard you post?
Well I've posted you a whore.
Damien
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by Damien » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:20 pm
eightman wrote: You heard a post whore?
You posted a herd of whores?
Whores heard you post?
Well I've posted you a whore.
Yup
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:44 pm
Nah.
eightman
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by eightman » Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:28 am
Cybernetic Empire wrote:
I'm drawing a blank...
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:44 am
Blah.
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by eightman » Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:23 pm
Because I anticipated a hot hot summer impending I have ordered an air conditioning unt which has arrive today. It is 15 degrees out and raining... I feel foolish.
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by Anonymous » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:52 am
And that is why you suck.
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by eightman » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:57 am
For ordering it or feeling foolish?
You suck for not being clear. Clearly you suck at clarity.
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by Lord Golbez » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:52 pm
Air conditioning is important, so you shouldn't feel foolish. It's difficult to appreciate a hot cup of tea during the summer without it.
The TBB offers you tea and biscuits.
Cybernetic Empire
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by Cybernetic Empire » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:56 pm
FUCK your tea drinking! THERE! I SAID IT! Win~
Lord Golbez
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by Lord Golbez » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:42 am
That was so fail. It may have won the thread, but it was a major fail of a post.
The TBB offers you tea and biscuits.
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:49 am
Maybe you suck for both reasons?
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by eightman » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:16 pm
And maybe you suck for being indecisive?
.... Oh shit!
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:46 pm
Maybe, but probably not.
Damien
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by Damien » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:52 pm
I've been away
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:05 am
Anything good?
WaWard
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by WaWard » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:10 am
Damien wrote: I've been away
me too!
1) New orleans is a dump.
2) Bourbon street is a dump.
3) I got drunk!
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by Anonymous » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:21 am
The RDM supposes he knows you're answer to "anything good?", then.
Yes.
Drinking.
WaWard
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by WaWard » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:24 am
Nah. I just drank in a dump.
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:25 am
Blargh, then.
The RDM's neighbor's car burned down last night.
Damien
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by Damien » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:58 pm
I've just been in Manchester.
They have the drunkest, craziest girls in the world there
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:49 pm
Some.
Damien
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by Damien » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:02 am
I got a new job yesterday.
Gotta work one month of notice here and be checked out by police before I can start.
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by Anonymous » Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:18 am
Government job?
Damien
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by Damien » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:03 pm
The Robo D Monkey wrote: Government job?
Public sector.
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:44 pm
Sweet.
Have fun being investigated.
If they're anything like the people who investigated the RDM they'll be very thorough.
Damien
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by Damien » Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:51 pm
I'm not worried. Pretty sure I buried the bodies deep enough.
Anonymous
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by Anonymous » Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:53 am
They don't care about the bodies.
But speeding tickets.