For what do you pine?

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Oh oh oh!

And to further on hsiadogah’s thoughts…

Vegetarian food equalling a healthy choice. MOst of the vegtarian stuff here is so oily! And why does it almost always taste exactly the same from one Buddha buffet joint to the next? Is there one cookbook that they’ve all got?

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raw oysters
cold weather
hot men
experienced news reporters
Tim Horton’s
Seinfeld
muscular men
14.5% tax on everything you buy NOT
chiseled men
Krispy Kreme
egg salad sandwiches
hot, sweaty men

Yes, these are all things I pine for right now. RIGHT now. :help:

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that’s 21 and 22 for me
23) Whole foods grocery store (the way people pronounce “jewel” grocery)

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914 wrote:

[quote]raw oysters[/quote] I can point you to a real oyster bar if you want.

[quote]cold weather[/quote] Wait a month or two, or do you mean North Dakota-style?

[quote]hot men [/quote]which team are you batting for?

[quote]experienced news reporters[/quote] There are a few, mostly foreigners working for outside agencies.

[quote]Tim Horton’s[/quote] No idea what this might be. Tim Horton’s what?

[quote]Seinfeld[/quote] Boring.

[quote]muscular men[/quote] I know one.

[quote]14.5% tax on everything you buy NOT[/quote] What this could mean I don’t know unless it has to do with something that Tim Horton has.

[quote]chiseled men[/quote] There are lots of gristled men at Carnegie’s, so I hear.

[quote]Krispy Kreme[/quote] This sounds like a candy.

[quote]egg salad sandwiches[/quote] I can make them with the best.

[quote]hot, sweaty men[/quote] We have our own resident Almas John for that. Comes with his own bottle opener, too

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[quote]No idea what this might be. Tim Horton’s what?
[/quote]
Tim Horton’s mother.

And thanks for the compliments Wolf.

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[quote=“sandman”]
Me, I’m pining for the fjords.[/quote]

I knew someone was going to say that!

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[quote=“Dangermouse”]Colemans Mustard
[/quote]

I saw some at Jason’s the other day.

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[quote]No idea what this might be. Tim Horton’s what?
[/quote]

Tim Horton’s is a chain of highly successful donut\coffee shops. You will find on on every other street corner in Canada.
It was founded by an hockey player (Tim Horton) who played for the NHLs Buffalo Sabres.
Unfortunately, he was killed whilst drunk driving.

  1. Bounce dryer sheets
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Nothing. Seriously.

I miss my lady when she is away. Aww, its Friday night and Im all horny.

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[quote=“namastestore”]2)Food Courts (don’t ask)
3)Shopping malls (again don’t ask)[/quote]
Taipei 101 has both, nyet?

Available online, nyet?

Skidu, check your PM’s.

My list:
Guns and ranges
High-stakes gambling in Las Vegas
Machine shops, tool shops, and materials shops
Malnati’s and Due’s
kayaking

Hmm, not much else.

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  1. Western stuff that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

  2. Relative humidity of less than 100%.

  3. Chinatown in San Francisco.

  4. Good, cheap Mexican food. Ay caramba!

  5. Cheap cerveza. Andale! Arriba!

  6. Two Buck Chuck.

  7. The Parkway.

  8. Derby, my sister’s cat.

  9. Long road-trips through wide-open spaces.

  10. Woodford Reserve bourbon whiskey. Mmmm, damn good!

  11. Starbucks. Gee, if only I could find a branch here… :stuck_out_tongue:

  12. Cajun food. I’ll make my own as soon as I get my own apartment…

  13. The proximity of Central America. A great, cheap place to visit and easy to get to from the US.

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The sound of willow striking leather.

Large English supermarkets.

Getting padded up, and striding out to the middle with the bat weighing delightfully heavy in the hand.

English sandwich shops, selling cheddar and tomato, cottage cheese and cucumber, banana and date, and countless other mouth-watering combinations, all in granary bap.

Scampering through for a quick single.

Waking up to a world of pristine whiteness after a heavy overnight snowfall.

Striking the ball crisply through the covers for four.

Going out and about in chilly weather wrapped up snugly in a heavy cashmere overcoat, scarf and gloves.

Diving full length to catch the ball inches above the ground in the slips.

Autumnal smells and colours in a misty country lane with a carpet of leaves underfoot and a whiff of smoke from a garden bonfire in the air.

Getting one to turn, beating the bat, and scattering the stumps.

As Dangermouse said, the smell of freshly mown grass.

Chatting cheerily about the weather with complete strangers.

A good caning.

Pottering about in the garden.

And cricket.

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  1. blue skies
  2. cold weather (really)
  3. real Korean food
  4. insect-free living space
  5. Leno and Letterman
  6. my dogs
  7. people who understand me when I talk quickly and use big words
  8. my family
  9. an ugly Chinese guy who looked like a frog
  10. silence
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[quote=“rooftop”]MOst of the vegtarian stuff here is so oily! And why does it almost always taste exactly the same from one Buddha buffet joint to the next?[/quote]Because soy products are cheaper than vegetables and Taiwanese buddhists confuse misery with dharma and deny themselves chili and garlic in pusuit of ‘merit’. What’s left to flavor food except oil, salt and MSG? :frowning:

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  1. the GAP
  2. jamba juice
  3. walgreens/longs
  4. long summer days
  5. having a driveway
  6. pillsbury
  7. slurpees
  8. taco bell
  9. 30 minute doctor appointments
  10. information sheets that come with prescriptions
  11. the 11 o’clock news
  12. old navy
  13. target
  14. hallmark cards
  15. el camino real
  16. having a deck with patio furniture and bbq and dinner outside in the summer
  17. feeling clean
  18. large, diverse LGBT community
  19. my grandma’s danish accent
  20. my dad’s sense of humor
  21. my mom
  22. carpet
  23. taking my shoes off at the front door but not having to wear slippers
  24. the cafe
  25. all things not tiled and or of red-bean
  26. people who don’t point out a pimple in front of a room full of people
  27. bavarian cheese
  28. french on the cereal box
  29. blueberries
  30. hot, warm, and cold water temperature selections on the washing machine
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Couldn’t agree more with Canucklehead on the disappointment of Frog’s “Cheese Nachos” :raspberry: !!! What a joke. I definitely wasn’t expecting a ‘real’ plate of nachos but … come on. Their sour cream is some sort of sweet fluffy concoction as well… That was a year ago, it’s still on the menu?! (Chicken Quesadillas there are actually good… try 'em)

I miss…

Hanging out in my big, quiet backyard on a nice day
Adults behaving like adults
Sane driving (on everyone’s list no doubt)
Real breakfast diners … haven’t found anything comparable here :frowning:
A huge diversity of people walking around
Leaving windows open on a nice day without a coating of dirt ending up all over everything
Creemore (beer)
Great second hand clothing stores…namely Value Village (esp. at Halloween!!)
Most stores having clothes that fit me AND that don’t look like a 6 year old should be wearing them

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[quote=“MaPoSquid”][quote=“namastestore”]2)Food Courts (don’t ask)
3)Shopping malls (again don’t ask)[/quote]
Taipei 101 has both, nyet?
.[/quote]

Baby that crap over at 101 don’t even come close to a ‘real’ food court. I need a big ole real cezar salad with grilled chicken done up American style… :notworthy: :bravo: :laughing:

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Omni wrote:

Sometimes you scare me Omni!! :wink:

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Smoking a fattie whilst watching a clear sundown

dry cold, and snow

being able to prepare a full, diverse meal from only one grocery store

sidewalks

strip joints

Cap’n Crunch, Vachon cakes, and souvlaki