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Inspirations, the Stories Space Coffee House: If you're reading this it just might mean I'm back, sorta. If you're not reading this, well, congratulations.

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Hi, Gypsy. Good day, Cynthia. Morning, Scott. I'm finishing up my first cuppa java of the day.

Just finished giving a friend a response concerning the teaching of gender stereotypes in a class on "Civics."

Tonight is an evening of short plays. A good friend directed one of them. Good fun, one hopes.

Cheers, all.
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Here is some music.




Haha... I just got home from a concert and this was playing when I turned my car off.
hayley
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On my travels I like to take lots of pics... especially if they are funny ... or in this case ... HILARIOUS!!!


This is the mild Herbal(ing) Tea ...





and this is for the brave herbalists ... omg!




Ah, Chinglish. Being married to someone from that country, I fully understand why they mangle English the way they do. The languages are just that different and they are applying Chinese habits to English. Still, you'd think a company selling stuff in the West could hire someone, even a well-educated Chinese person who was fluent in English, to review and fix stuff.


Nooooo! Wasn't the English I was posting about but the tea itself. More particularly what it claims to do. It's from Thailand so probably does exactly what it promises, Thai goods tend to. I use brown sugar from Thailand at home although it's not always in stock. I love wandering through Asian supermarkets/stores, it's like a whole different world. They eat so differently don't they? I was going to say their food/diet is very healthy but then I remembered the tea and it's therapeutic intentions!

You are right about the translations. Even major companies from Asia make the odd faux pas in their literature. That's bad for their image really. But it happens with/in every language. Bet we make some howlers translating into Chinese.

I have a really good friend in Sao Paulo who speaks Portuguese (of course), German and Czech. Her English is not great so she freely translates her German... this is fun ... so if she were to ask you "What are you doing this evening?" .. she takes 'was machst du heute Abend?' and comes out with "What do you make today in the middle of the night?" .
She is awesomely popular.
AnnaMayZing
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It's a great song.
How about this to relax to:



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
Mendalla
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It's a great song.
How about this to relax to:


From the movie, Legend, right? Or something like that? God, I love Ferry's voice.

I've got a thread on my other board celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. He turns 80 today and is doing a charity gig in his hometown, Orillia, Ontario, to celebrate.

From 1969, one of my favorite Lightfoot hits:

Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.

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From the movie, Legend, right? Or something like that? God, I love Ferry's voice.

I've got a thread on my other board celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. He turns 80 today and is doing a charity gig in his hometown, Orillia, Ontario, to celebrate.



Yes, Legend. He is a superb artist, I agree. I am listening to 'Boys and Girls' right now on a disc which is rotating at 33&1/3 RPM.

I also like Gordon Lightfoot. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a fantastic song.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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Morning, everyone! Earl Grey tea here, please!






Here is some "good 'ole" upstate NY Earl Gey to start your day. I have no idea if it's any good but since white tea is the very best of teas, and since this is blended using white tea, guess it's a pass?.





Hope you like to take your tea 'tiffin' style. I do

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Coffee doesnt like me, unfortunatly. But lucky for me, Tea and I are old friends.

You need some proper Kenyan tea in this coffee shop so here you go, some of our finest quality handpicked loose leaf.

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Gordon Lightfoot is 80?!?!



He is??? Who is Gordon Lightfoot when he's at home?
AnnaMayZing
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Tea! Eww...



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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From the movie, Legend, right? Or something like that? God, I love Ferry's voice.

I've got a thread on my other board celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. He turns 80 today and is doing a charity gig in his hometown, Orillia, Ontario, to celebrate.



Yes, Legend. He is a superb artist, I agree. I am listening to 'Boys and Girls' right now on a disc which is rotating at 33&1/3 RPM.

I also like Gordon Lightfoot. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a fantastic song.


OMG you two! Just spent a week discovering Carole King now you give me this Lightfoot guy? He must be country singer if he sings about wrecks.
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Tea! Eww...



Awwwwwww ... some tea is good for you Anna... like green, English breakfast, Prince of Wales, Russian Black (my tutor used to drink this.. you should see what it does to the inside of a white china teapot!).
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From the movie, Legend, right? Or something like that? God, I love Ferry's voice.

I've got a thread on my other board celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. He turns 80 today and is doing a charity gig in his hometown, Orillia, Ontario, to celebrate.



Yes, Legend. He is a superb artist, I agree. I am listening to 'Boys and Girls' right now on a disc which is rotating at 33&1/3 RPM.

I also like Gordon Lightfoot. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a fantastic song.


OMG you two! Just spent a week discovering Carole King now you give me this Lightfoot guy? He must be country singer if he sings about wrecks.


Nah, not country. He’s a fantastic Canadian singer in the storyteller style, kind of like Harry Chapin and Jim Croce, but better. You should look them up too, though.
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hi people
Coffee please !




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Awwwwwww ... some tea is good for you Anna... like green, English breakfast, Prince of Wales, Russian Black (my tutor used to drink this.. you should see what it does to the inside of a white china teapot!).


If only it tasted nice...



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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OMG you two! Just spent a week discovering Carole King now you give me this Lightfoot guy? He must be country singer if he sings about wrecks.


Just for you, Hayley.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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Never mind, could not link what I wanted to.
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From the movie, Legend, right? Or something like that? God, I love Ferry's voice.

I've got a thread on my other board celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. He turns 80 today and is doing a charity gig in his hometown, Orillia, Ontario, to celebrate.



Yes, Legend. He is a superb artist, I agree. I am listening to 'Boys and Girls' right now on a disc which is rotating at 33&1/3 RPM.

I also like Gordon Lightfoot. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a fantastic song.


OMG you two! Just spent a week discovering Carole King now you give me this Lightfoot guy? He must be country singer if he sings about wrecks.


Nah, not country. He’s a fantastic Canadian singer in the storyteller style, kind of like Harry Chapin and Jim Croce, but better. You should look them up too, though.



He's Canadian? Ok will start there.. Google maps will fing Canada for me.. I hope!

I've heard of Harry Chapin (I live in West Village) but have never heard his music that I can recall. Jim Croce? I'll find him.
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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I've heard of Harry Chapin (I live in West Village) but have never heard his music that I can recall. Jim Croce? I'll find him.


Probably Chapin's best-known song:

Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.

Grace of Bigelow Street | Stories Space
AnnaMayZing
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Do any of you know Mike Harding?



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
AnnaMayZing
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Do any of you know Mike Harding?



New on me, but I love it. Thanks.


He is a Manchester comedian most popular in the 70's. His folk songs are incredible. His father was an Air Gunner in Lancasters and was killed. That song was his tribute to him.
You may also appreciate 'The Accington Pals', a song about how whole towns of menfolk were slaughtered during WW1.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
Mendalla
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Popping in for a tea as I wait for an upgrade to finish. It's for the board where I admin (link is in my profile) but it's not on the live board, just on our test site. I am actually waiting for the next major update to upgrade the live board.

Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.

Grace of Bigelow Street | Stories Space
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Having my cuppa java, preparing for rehearsal today. I saw some brilliant short plays last night. Good fun.
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Having my cuppa java, preparing for rehearsal today. I saw some brilliant short plays last night. Good fun.


Have a fun, Larry

Have a wonderful day everyone.



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