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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050
    edited May 2021

    NylonGirl said:

    I once ordered a bottle of chives on Amazon that I was pretty sure was actually marijuana. They gave me the refund and said I didn't have to send it back. 
     

    That's pretty funny... Did the product page say " Fresh "Chives"... Wink-wink, nudge-nudge "Chives"..."?

    Also did you add them to your recipe, and were they groovy?

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    I had ordered a container of peach ice tea pitcher mix from Amazon Fresh. The screenshot was the promo picture of that tea.

    I found a twelve pack of what I thought was the same flavor as it was also peach tea. I didn't realize the new 12 pack was black tea instead. I got a refund for it but didn't need to return it.

    this Black tea has a tad different flavor than the first pack. Also I think black tea has caffeine which isn't good for drinking before bed.

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    I had ordered a container of peach ice tea pitcher mix from Amazon Fresh. The screenshot was the promo picture of that tea.

     

    I found a twelve pack of what I thought was the same flavor as it was also peach tea. I didn't realize the new 12 pack was black tea instead. I got a refund for it but didn't need to return it.

     

    this Black tea has a tad different flavor than the first pack. Also I think black tea has caffeine which isn't good for drinking before bed.

    If the photos you took are of the new tea, and the stock image is of the old tea, then they are basically the same...

    The tea in the stock image claims to be made with "Instant Tea"...
    99% of instant tea is made with black tea unless it's specified as being something else like "green tea"... and actually, black and green tea both come from the same plant Camillia Sinensis (no relation to actor Gary Sinise), the only difference is green tea leaves haven't been allowed to oxidize like black tea and many manufacturers claim to pick more tender leaves for green tea, but that's unlikely... 
    In fact, Yellow tea, Oolong tea, and White tea are all made from Camillia Sinenesis too... and many commercial brands of tea mix black tea in with other ingredients like a filler to extend more costly ingredients and add robustness.

    Instant tea is just black tea that's been boiled into a reduction, freeze dried and spray powderized to make it more easier to mix in cold water.

    So unless you are specifically drinking tea that's sold as decaffeinated, you are most likely going to be drinking a caffeinated black tea mix.

    The difference in flavor could be because of age or ratio of tea to peach flavoring... of which "natural flavoring" comprises "Less than 2%" of the ingredients for that brand...

    I'm hoping the "natural flavoring" is some level of "peachiness" or "peaches and peach byproducts" and not something like "...bat and or rat droppings or various insects and arachnids that may have fallen into the processing machinery"... 
    Because pretty much if you threw a bunch of dead pigeons into the vat of chemical artificial flavoring you could say that since pigeons are naturally occurring and have a particular flavor, they are "natural flavoring"... I'm not saying that it's made with sky rats, but it's pretty sus that they can't add the word "peach" to "natural flavoring"... really, would it break the bank to write "natural peach flavor"?... It's kinda shady as hell to mention "Corn Syrup" which everyone is always up in arms about, but you can't muster a tiny bit of pride to specifically call out your natural peach flavor... 

    I'm not saying it's Subway Rat droppings, road killed possums that have been rotting in the North Carolina sun on I95 for several days, or even the internal organs from decayed beached whales (which can have a very peachy flavor if sun dried properly, and I've always kinda wondered what they do with those whales after they cart them off the beaches)...

    I'm sure it's something much more peach-like that they use...

    Probably...

    Don't worry...

    Its probably fine...

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036

    ..hmmm then there's organs from decayed exploded whales (an Oregon delicacy).

     

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,049

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    I had ordered a container of peach ice tea pitcher mix from Amazon Fresh. The screenshot was the promo picture of that tea.

     

    I found a twelve pack of what I thought was the same flavor as it was also peach tea. I didn't realize the new 12 pack was black tea instead. I got a refund for it but didn't need to return it.

     

    this Black tea has a tad different flavor than the first pack. Also I think black tea has caffeine which isn't good for drinking before bed.

    Did they ship it to you in a diaper?

  • This thread just gets wackier and wackier!  :D :D :D

  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 1,807

    McGyver said:

    NylonGirl said:

    I once ordered a bottle of chives on Amazon that I was pretty sure was actually marijuana. They gave me the refund and said I didn't have to send it back. 
     

    That's pretty funny... Did the product page say " Fresh "Chives"... Wink-wink, nudge-nudge "Chives"..."?

    Also did you add them to your recipe, and were they groovy?

    They were not fresh per se. And every time I put them on a baked potato, I could hear this song playing...

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036

    ...I had the 45 of this back in the 60s. The recording was one of the first to use what is known as a flanging effect (the "wooshing" sound heard.

    Trippy back then.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    I think the only time I ever heard that song clearly (it wasn't really a radio song) was in a "head shop" in the early 80s... In case the term Head Shop is not a widely known term, it was funkigroovidelic store that sold velvet black light posters, incense, fragrance oils, unique occult items, wind chimes, sometimes records, groovy jewelry (mostly "roach clips", aka joint holders), various handcrafted glass sculptures (bongs), and "health scales"... I think you see where that's going... basically it was where one could go to buy accessories for their "hobbies". 

    The place was called Yogi-Lala's and the (I think) owner was the quintessential grey haired mellow hippie... I used to go there to buy cheap glass eyes, which sounds weird, so I'm not going to explain that any further. 

    Whenever I smell patchouli oil or hear certain kinds of sitar music it reminds me of that place... also the owner, who'd I'd get into long philosophical discussions with on occasion.

     

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    nomad-ads_8ecd56922e said:

    This thread just gets wackier and wackier!  :D :D :D

    I can make it wackier... 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited May 2021

    McGyver said:

    I think the only time I ever heard that song clearly (it wasn't really a radio song) was in a "head shop" in the early 80s... In case the term Head Shop is not a widely known term, it was funkigroovidelic store that sold velvet black light posters, incense, fragrance oils, unique occult items, wind chimes, sometimes records, groovy jewelry (mostly "roach clips", aka joint holders), various handcrafted glass sculptures (bongs), and "health scales"... I think you see where that's going... basically it was where one could go to buy accessories for their "hobbies". 

    The place was called Yogi-Lala's and the (I think) owner was the quintessential grey haired mellow hippie... I used to go there to buy cheap glass eyes, which sounds weird, so I'm not going to explain that any further. 

    Whenever I smell patchouli oil or hear certain kinds of sitar music it reminds me of that place... also the owner, who'd I'd get into long philosophical discussions with on occasion.

     

    Ooh, ooh, the smell of patchouli... instant fond memory lane revisit of a headshop...tie-died T-shirts, haze filled shop,  perpetually trippy music, and the ubiquitous bead curtain deliniating the sacred area where friends and some especially trustworthy customers would get to enter and sample the currently available crop.

    I bought some patchouli scented incense sticks a few years ago.  I tried actually recreating that memory in my living room.  Kak... gag me with a spoon, the smoke is too strong, sickening and it coats everything in the room.  Back in the '70s smoke was everywhere, cigarette smoke, cigar smoke, industrial smoke, trash & garbage smoke, vehicle fumes, we were use to inhaling smoke 24/7.  Incense was a respite from the perpetual drudgery smoke.  We were used to brown slimy sludge on all once-white surfaces.  But now, after the nationwide "clean up the air" campaigns and the "cigarettes are really gross" campaign and being personally cigarette free for almost 20 years, my whites stay white and even the smell of incense makes it hard for me to breathe.  Progress.indecision  Now if we could just get rid of the irresponsible gum chewing.angry

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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    LeatherGryphon said:

    ...  Now if we could just get rid of the irresponsible gum chewing.angry

     

    I feel like gum chewing has gone down in popularity over the years... so many fewer instances of stepping in a gooey sticky glob of it... now it's like vaping is the new gum... I'm kinda sick of seeing vape cartridges all over the place... it's actually worse than cigarette butts.

    I keep finding vape carts in my lawn by the street and since nobody really walks down this street much I'm thinking the squirrels are vaping too now.

  • dyretdyret Posts: 182

    I tried, but there's no IGNORE-button

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    dyret said:

    I tried, but there's no IGNORE-button

    I thought I found an ignore button but it was just plain text.
  • dyretdyret Posts: 182

    I'm trying hard to cut down on the puns, but no luck. Sh*t!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036

    McGyver said:

    I think the only time I ever heard that song clearly (it wasn't really a radio song) was in a "head shop" in the early 80s... In case the term Head Shop is not a widely known term, it was funkigroovidelic store that sold velvet black light posters, incense, fragrance oils, unique occult items, wind chimes, sometimes records, groovy jewelry (mostly "roach clips", aka joint holders), various handcrafted glass sculptures (bongs), and "health scales"... I think you see where that's going... basically it was where one could go to buy accessories for their "hobbies". 

    The place was called Yogi-Lala's and the (I think) owner was the quintessential grey haired mellow hippie... I used to go there to buy cheap glass eyes, which sounds weird, so I'm not going to explain that any further. 

    Whenever I smell patchouli oil or hear certain kinds of sitar music it reminds me of that place... also the owner, who'd I'd get into long philosophical discussions with on occasion.

     

    ...we had one here on the Southeast side of Portland called The Thrid Eye, that was an urban icon for over three decades   It closed down four years ago due to losses amounting to 600,000$ after cannbis was legalised and competition new cannabis shops increased. 

  • dyretdyret Posts: 182

    @Miss Bad Wolfie... I have no idea right now how to answer person to person, as it's been maybe 10-15 years since I was active on(in?) these kind of forums. But: Me not finding the button, I guess, is because I'm just too buttoned up. And again: Exsqueeze my norwenglish. 

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited May 2021

    ...button, button, who's got the button?

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    dyret said:

    @Miss Bad Wolfie... I have no idea right now how to answer person to person, as it's been maybe 10-15 years since I was active on(in?) these kind of forums. But: Me not finding the button, I guess, is because I'm just too buttoned up. And again: Exsqueeze my norwenglish. 

    I was joking.
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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    kyoto kid said:

    ...button, button, who's got the button?

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036

    ...never, ever touch the...Red Button.

  • dyretdyret Posts: 182

    @Miss Bad Wolfie. So was I. Ti hilaugh

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505

    kyoto kid said:

    ...never, ever touch the...Red Button.

    Who rang that bell!angry

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited May 2021

    ...I still love that film.  The Art Deco style of the Emerald City was wonderful.

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  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    My goldfish friends always ignore my request for them to make my bed or clean my aquarium. They seem to expect me to do that and take care of all their needs. I probably should make my bed soon and prepare for another water change. Also need to check the filter cartridge. All that goldfish waste gets that cartridge so dirty.
  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    kyoto kid said:

    ...we had one here on the Southeast side of Portland called The Thrid Eye, that was an urban icon for over three decades   It closed down four years ago due to losses amounting to 600,000$ after cannbis was legalised and competition new cannabis shops increased. 

    The death of the mom and pop headshop. Sadly mom and pop weren't corporate billionaires pumping rivers of hot green cash into... ah... never mind.

    My "legalize it" friends used to envision a leafy future where the green stuff was no longer vorboten and everyone danced in the sun, but I was always the boring one who said it would eventually end in big pot and the little guys getting the shaft... it's not there yet, but technically it's barely begun and it clear it's heading in that direction... not the reason for the place pictured above going under, but eventually it will for others.

    Tis the way of all things.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    kyoto kid said:

    ...never, ever touch the...Red Button.

    Or install it next to a light switch.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036

    McGyver said:

    kyoto kid said:

    ...we had one here on the Southeast side of Portland called The Thrid Eye, that was an urban icon for over three decades   It closed down four years ago due to losses amounting to 600,000$ after cannbis was legalised and competition new cannabis shops increased. 

    The death of the mom and pop headshop. Sadly mom and pop weren't corporate billionaires pumping rivers of hot green cash into... ah... never mind.

    My "legalize it" friends used to envision a leafy future where the green stuff was no longer vorboten and everyone danced in the sun, but I was always the boring one who said it would eventually end in big pot and the little guys getting the shaft... it's not there yet, but technically it's barely begun and it clear it's heading in that direction... not the reason for the place pictured above going under, but eventually it will for others.

    Tis the way of all things.

    ...the big cigarette companies have been ready for years. 

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,258
    My friend Loki thinks she is a fish, but I think she is a she. Can you guess where she got her name?
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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,050

    Miss Bad Wolfie said:

    My friend Loki thinks she is a fish, but I think she is a she. Can you guess where she got her name?

    Easy... Louisiana Omnipotent Kangaroo Institute... I'm surprised anyone still remembers them after that incident in 98'.

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