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02-27-2009, 10:51 AM
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Regarding the tea, honestly I don't taste the difference in the tea I add sugar to vs. the sweet tea down south. And believe me, I've had plenty of southern sweet tea in my life.
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I just don't know what to say, other than bless your heart. I taste a big difference. 
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The "sweetener" tea here is all flowery, and healthy for you...
The Sweet Southern Tea is Lipton Brisk + C6H120 (pure Dixie Crystal sucrose) no substitutions, brewed for 5 hours and is diabetic...
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LOL. And if there's one thing that I hate more than unsweetened tea, it's fruit-flavored teas. Blech. Oh, and bottled teas and instant teas. (OK, I guess that's 3 things.)
In my family, we use the 2-2-5-5 recipe. Two cups of sugar boiled in two cups of water (a simple syrup), then five tea bags steeped in the syrup for five minutes. Then add water to dilute to a gallon (or to taste). It's perfect.
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02-27-2009, 11:42 AM
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I just don't know what to say, other than bless your heart. I taste a big difference. |
Me too. Huge difference.
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In my family, we use the 2-2-5-5 recipe. Two cups of sugar boiled in two cups of water (a simple syrup), then five tea bags steeped in the syrup for five minutes. Then add water to dilute to a gallon (or to taste). It's perfect.
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Interesting (@ the bolded). I've never steeped the bags in the syrup; I've always steeped them in the water, then added the syrup. I may have to try syrup-steeping sometime.
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02-27-2009, 01:49 PM
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We get ESPN here. The ESPN classics channel (442) show cricket re-runs. 
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02-27-2009, 10:08 PM
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We get ESPN here. The ESPN classics channel (442) show cricket re-runs. |
What do the Brits think about ESPN? And not "The Ocho" stuff, I mean like ESPNews and Sportcenter with Boomer, Stuart Scott and MNL?
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02-28-2009, 03:26 PM
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http://www.norcalclothingco.com/
You have never seen this before TSteven? And you live up there? I respect your opinion but EVERYBODY I know that's college age from Northern California calls it NorCal...heck, even WE from Southern California call it NorCal because they do! All the guys have those NorCal shirts. And they all say "hella" constantly and none of them have remotely what I would call a Valley girl accent. I honestly am blown away that you disagree with all of that. "SoCal" and "NorCal" are mainstays in the college age vocabulary for residents of BOTH areas.
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02-28-2009, 04:52 PM
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People in Washington and Oregon say "hella," too, and people from Southern California think it's funny. Kinda like how people from Boston say "wicked." In fact, there are competing groups on Facebook regarding use of the word "hella." Northern California has more in common with the pacific northwest (PacNW) than it does Southern California. Personality, climate, scenary, popular culture, industry, political ideology...just everything.
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03-01-2009, 04:22 PM
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http://www.norcalclothingco.com/
You have never seen this before TSteven? And you live up there? I respect your opinion but EVERYBODY I know that's college age from Northern California calls it NorCal...heck, even WE from Southern California call it NorCal because they do! All the guys have those NorCal shirts. And they all say "hella" constantly and none of them have remotely what I would call a Valley girl accent. I honestly am blown away that you disagree with all of that. "SoCal" and "NorCal" are mainstays in the college age vocabulary for residents of BOTH areas.
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No, I have yet to see these shirts. The company is based in Santa Cruz and the shirts seem to be more "surfer" type. As such, they are not the kind of shirt I or my peers tend to wear.
And while "NorCal" or "SoCal" might be "mainstays" in the college age vocabulary, I am not college aged. Nor do I generally socialize with 18-22 year olds. The college aged men and women I know - and whom I might socialize with on occasion (i.e. an alumni or family event for example) - have yet to use "NorCal" around me. Maybe they did and I just did not pick up on it. So I don't disagree that it is used. However, I do state that *I* have yet to hear/notice it. I will try to be more alert to it now that you and others have made me aware of it.
As for "hella", I have heard "hella" a lot. I never disagreed about that. Nor did I mention people speaking with a Valley girl accent. Never my point. However, my point has simply been that *I* often hear variations of valspeak (the over use of "like" being the most common example).
As a resident of California, are you (any resident of California) saying that you do not hear some variation of valspeek at all? The use of "like" as a filler for example.
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People in Washington and Oregon say "hella," too, and people from Southern California think it's funny. Kinda like how people from Boston say "wicked." In fact, there are competing groups on Facebook regarding use of the word "hella." Northern California has more in common with the pacific northwest (PacNW) than it does Southern California. Personality, climate, scenery, popular culture, industry, political ideology...just everything.
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I would agree.
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03-02-2009, 02:06 PM
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So far as you know, do most private US schools offer comprehensive financial aid to research students?
I have confirmation that Stanford would finance 5 years if successful. Any others?
How about Caltech's SS department?
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03-02-2009, 02:18 PM
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Talk about being defensive all day long.
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03-02-2009, 02:30 PM
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hella.
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03-02-2009, 08:06 PM
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Talk about being defensive all day long.
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I dont understand.
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03-03-2009, 08:22 PM
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It was not forgetfulness that kept the Tar Heels from being in that list. After all, like the old saying asks, "If God is not a Tar Heel, why is the sky Carolina blue?" (And it's Tar Heels, not Tarheels.) 
Very well put MysticCat. And as far as sweet tea goes... I grew up in North Carolina and then moved to Michigan. Ya'll cannot just add sugar to your tea and have it be the same.
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