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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 20:33:01 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 20, 2013 21:11:31 GMT
Having names like this for all packaged foods sure would make grocery shopping more entertaining.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 21:22:52 GMT
Too funny ;D
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2013 23:38:41 GMT
Oh gawd! Oh gawd! Those are hilarious. I particularly like #6.
#13 is such a common item here that you probably couldn't find a store that did not carry it.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 21, 2013 2:06:50 GMT
Soup for sluts - cheap, fast and easy!
I'm so used to seeing the sherry brand "Dry Sack", that it didn't register as a testicular disorder or whatever. It is getting to the time of year where I feel like drinking that sort of thing. Sherry, I mean.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2013 2:29:13 GMT
haha... Lagatta, you made me laugh! ;D
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Post by Don Cuevas on Nov 21, 2013 8:21:39 GMT
I've always been mildly amused by "Calpis Water". I finally tried some, at Mikasa, an Asian supermarket in Colonia Roma Norte, México, D.F.. It was pretty innocuous stuff but not very appealing. It looks like milk of magnesia.
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 21, 2013 11:30:55 GMT
Come, come. You haven't lived till you've dined off followed by And if you're looking for something between meals: or:
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Post by mez on Nov 21, 2013 23:32:59 GMT
Laugh all you like but Golden Gaytimes are still one of the best ice creams I have ever eaten. I think at one time there was a small wave of people who wanted a name change but it's such an icon that it has stood the test of time. ;D
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Post by questa on Nov 22, 2013 2:26:57 GMT
Mezz...Gaytimes...mmm, I like them too. Roll on proper summer weather. My part of Oz is cloudy and 18 deg max. Normally it should be 28 deg.
Good weather for curling up in a warm room and watching the cricket, not for beach and Gaytimes.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 22, 2013 18:20:45 GMT
Questa, that does seem rather cool for almost summer in Oz. I imagine you are among the coolest parts, except for Tasmania (apples, wines etc) but that is still enviably warm. It is 4°C here, but that is normal in Montréal in almost winter.
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Post by questa on Nov 22, 2013 22:52:59 GMT
Lagatta Good thinking, but the areas for wine growing are relatively small and irrigated.
South Australia is known as 'the driest state of the driest inhabited continent' and is very hot in summer. Adelaide has about 6 weeks a year when the daytime temp is over 38C and night time 29C. It is the hottest capital city
The dry winds come from the vast deserts north of the populated area, bringing temps of 45C and dust storms at times.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 24, 2013 5:03:34 GMT
Yes, I was just assuming it was cooler because it was farther south of the equator, but of course desert winds would carry heat. Adelaide is actually warmer than Darwin, on the Timor Sea? Wow.
Looking at both (just cursory, wiki glance) I see that there is a north-south transcontinental railway between the two, and that it has passenger as well as goods service. Have you ever taken it?
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Post by questa on Nov 24, 2013 13:06:15 GMT
Lagatta,
You are talking about one of the world's best railway journeys. The train is called "The Ghan" short for the Afghan camel drivers who carried all the goods from the inland to the coasts and back in the days of early exploring and settling.
It used to only go from Adelaide to Alice Springs but in the last few years the link to Darwin was built and the train is booked out for months ahead by tourists and lovers of train travel.
Today it is a luxury trip, but I rode it back in 1964 when I was doing a solo drive around Oz. My plan had been to drive south from Alice but the police there forbade it as they had just finished a desert search for a family who perished in the area.
We compromised that I only had to train through the main desert and I could drive from about half way. I loaded my Morris onto a freight car and climbed aboard.
Then the old Ghan was a rickety, un-air-conditioned workhorse that mainly carried freight and intrepid passengers. It had a habit of breaking down. It was 3 days from Alice to Adelaide, but many of the areas get flash floods and it was common for the train to be stuck for 3-4 days waiting for the tracks to settle.
Now, of course, they re-routed the lines, built bridges and the sleek silver train that curves through fantastic scenery and serves 5 star cuisine is nothing like the old one, but it is still a bit of an honour to say "I travelled the OLD Ghan."
If you Google "The Ghan" you get a better story.
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Post by lagatta on Nov 24, 2013 17:17:25 GMT
Sadly, I doubt I could ever afford that, in addition to a ticket to Oz. (If I do get to Oz it will probably because of an eventual work trip to a Southeast Asian country).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 22:11:01 GMT
I followed this blog for a long time, because it was really fascinating how much thought goes into name changes.
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