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tizeye said:
Just FYI - Appears to be another instance British/American word dual meaning. (When I lived in the UK, still remember the look on British neighbor's face when I stated I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich then learned that "jelly" is the British word for American "jello" :) ) I also acquired a taste for coke with lemon and no ice, and room temp beer.

Starbucks Iced Brews appears to be a combination of two drinks - Iced Coffee and Cold Brew. I suspect you had iced coffee. Iced coffee is like it sounds...regular coffee served over ice. Cold brew is totally different as no hot water is used in the actual brewing of the coffee. Rather room temperature water in a container with long brewing, typically overnight. Both are good, however, I have far more frappuccinos than iced coffee and cold brew doesn't lose much when bottled so great first thing in the morning when camping.
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Starbucks do call it an iced brew, which I take to mean iced coffee as you describe. All the coffee chains make it here, but Starbucks does it with finer (more finely shredded) ice. I wouldn't bother asking for iced tea if visiting the UK (that is one of the things I miss from my brief time at HQ in Dallas)...
 
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tizeye said:
Just FYI - Appears to be another instance British/American word dual meaning. (When I lived in the UK, still remember the look on British neighbor's face when I stated I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich then learned that "jelly" is the British word for American "jello" :) ) I also acquired a taste for coke with lemon and no ice, and room temp beer.

Starbucks Iced Brews appears to be a combination of two drinks - Iced Coffee and Cold Brew. I suspect you had iced coffee. Iced coffee is like it sounds...regular coffee served over ice. Cold brew is totally different as no hot water is used in the actual brewing of the coffee. Rather room temperature water in a container with long brewing, typically overnight. Both are good, however, I have far more frappuccinos than iced coffee and cold brew doesn't lose much when bottled so great first thing in the morning when camping.
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So you will probably enjoy this one.... sitting in a bar in New York while there with work. British colleague and I sat enjoying a Guinness and he chirps up with "I could murder a fag".... the look of shock on our local friends was absolutely priceless.... he of course meant he really wanted to have a cigarette, but you guys use that word for something entirely different... lol...
 
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Internaut said:
Starbucks do call it an iced brew, which I take to mean iced coffee as you describe. All the coffee chains make it here, but Starbucks does it with finer (more finely shredded) ice. I wouldn't bother asking for iced tea if visiting the UK (that is one of the things I miss from my brief time at HQ in Dallas)...
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Woah hang on.... HQ in Dallas? I was working in Dallas at the HQ of our company.... We were on West Plano Parkway... where were you?
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anotherscotsman said:

Full moon by another scotsman, on Flickr

Probably another one of those CGI creations...
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Love it. I posted today already so cannot show one of mine....
 
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kenoh said:
Woah hang on.... HQ in Dallas? I was working in Dallas at the HQ of our company.... We were on West Plano Parkway... where were you?
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North Dallas late 2007/early 2008 (though actually staying just inside Plano (close to Preston/West Park blvd). Fantastic time as it was $2 to the £ back then (we probably came across as overly generous with our tips).
 
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Internaut said:
North Dallas late 2007/early 2008 (though actually staying just inside Plano (close to Preston/West Park blvd). Fantastic time as it was $2 to the £ back then (we probably came across as overly generous with our tips).
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What did you think of the Texas climate? My brother lives in Texas—we enjoy visiting in the winter, which is like 2-3 months of what I’m used to calling “Fall.” The rest of the year appears to be some variation of summer.
 
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Internaut said:
North Dallas late 2007/early 2008 (though actually staying just inside Plano (close to Preston/West Park blvd). Fantastic time as it was $2 to the £ back then (we probably came across as overly generous with our tips).
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Down the road from Stonebriar mall?
 
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Darmok N Jalad said:
What did you think of the Texas climate? My brother lives in Texas—we enjoy visiting in the winter, which is like 2-3 months of what I’m used to calling “Fall.” The rest of the year appears to be some variation of summer.
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Late August? Hot as hell. Later in the year, pleasant. December/January? Strange. Thing of it like this: Friday there's a bit of an ice storm. Sunday, you're sat outside at a bar in shorts, t-shirt and sandals drinking a beer. Mostly though, winter was pleasant for me.
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kenoh said:
Down the road from Stonebriar mall?
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Yes, we used to go to the cinema there at the weekend.
 
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okay, bringing us back around to the topic of photos. ? taken this morning with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 (probably at f/4).


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