[Ditter]

I was joking about the hot water. ;9) Your mom probably used Liptons Tea at home, why don't you try English Breakfast Tea & see how it comes out?

[Prodigal Son]

Another thing we always did was put baking soda in the tea. I never thought to ask why and to this day I still don't know- it was just part of the tea making procedure. They're not real big on ice in drinks in Europe anyhow. I went down to the supermarket one Saturday evening looking for ice trays- didn't stock 'em. Had to wait for a Monday to go prowling all over town for a set.

It's weird little things like that make you homesick. For instance- here in the UK- you're not supposed to put electrical plug ins in your bathroom. Want to blow dry your hair- leave the bathroom. They seem to have a bit of a phobia about electricity in the UK- all the plugins have to have a switch (like a light switch) to cut the juice off at the wall. Many's the time I put on a kettle of water to boil somewhere during a tv commercial and ten minutes later I was fustrated to learn someone had cut the appliance off at the wall- I guess out of fear that it would cut itself on while no human was in attendance and organize the other appliances into rebellion. At least it's not like that in the rest of Europe.

And another thing that ticks me off here... (don't get me started ;-))