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    giamem::mackinnon
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mi

    What brand did you have in mind?
    
    Are we talking about Tetley type stuff or some of the more tasteful
    Twinnings teas.  (like English Breakfast, Earl Grey etc.)
    
    I assume you mean bags, not leaves.
    
    
    rick - 637.3698

    
    
    Rick,\
    
    
    The brand I want is Red Rose.  It comes in bags.  There is such
    a difference between the tea sold in Canada and the tea sold
    in the States.
    
    Michele

    I think we can work somthing out.  Gimme a chance to get to the
    store, then internal mail should do the trick.  No law against shipping
    tea bags around is there?

    
    
    As far as I know there isn't.  My mail stop is BPO3.
    Thanks a million.
    
    Michele

    I happen to know the gentlemen who has offered to send you your
    tea!!   If I were you I would check the package closely before I
    used it!!
    
    good luck 
    Mr. Afriendofrick

    Remember the Red Rose commercial from the 60's, With the chimps
    dressed up in suits performing a Red Rose Jingle. I remember it
    as sort of a loud Jazz-rock diddy. I never got tired of seeing that
    ad.

    Michelle, I know exactly what you're talking about.  All of my
    grandparents are from Cape Breton, NS and when we make our annual visit
    "down east", we always buy tea to bring home.  You're right in saying
    that the tea here is not as strong.  The "gauze" tea bags are what we
    look for.
    
    -- Chris

   re: .-1
    
    HAH! What part of Cape Breton? My wife and I are both from God's
    Little Paradise ... Inverness & Sydney Mines respectively.
    
    Properly brewed tea is done in the pot, NOT in the cup. Best served
    to a table where a killer Crib game is in progress. (Tea to soothe
    the savage trump ...)
    
    Scooter

    
    
    Chris,
    
    You hit the nail on the head.  That is the big difference between
    the two country's teas.  I want the "guaze" tea bags.  Last night
    we counted the bags left.  It seems we have to save them for special
    occasions until we repelinish the supply.  My family is from NS
    also.  My dad was born in Antiginish (please don't kill me on the
    spelling -- it has been a while!).  My grandmother was born in Sydney.
    Whenever we get visits from our family they usually always bring
    some tea.  Unfortunately this year has been full of marriages and
    new babys so travelling has been cut drastically. (Actually the
    marriages and new babys are very fortunate, the lack of travelling
    is the unfortunate part.)
    
    I miss my tea!!!
    
    Michele

re:  129.9

Scooter, as there are four counties in Cape Breton and I have a 
grandparent from each one, my roots are very much embedded in Cape 
Breton.
         Maternal Grandmother (MacKinnon) from Marion Bridge
         Maternal Grandfather (MacKillop) from Grand River
         Paternal Grandmother (Campbell)  from Lake Ainslie
         Paternal Grandfather (MacKenzie) from Boulardarie

re:  129.10

Michele, one of my uncles is leaving next week for Nova Scotia and 
I'll ask him to bring you back some tea...we have Morses at home 
right now.

--- Chris

    
    
    CHRIS,
    
                   THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!
    
    THANKS,
    
    MICHELE

    Hello Michelle,
    
    My name's Ted and although I can't send you any Canadian tea (I'd
    love some Salada myself) I can send you anyhting from a wide variety
    of choice teas sold in Ireland (I now live in Dublin)Let me know
    if you want to take up the offer.
    
    Ted.

    Is the offer open to anyone?  What kind of tea might you have that
    we can't get our hands on here?
    
    rick
    
    ps. Mitch, the tea bags are in the mail.  As for checking them out,
    as Dave T. suggested, don't worry about it, my dear wife bought
    them, and they are still sealed.  ;-)

    Hi Rick,
    
    Yes I don't see why the offer should only be restricted to Michelle.
    
    The teas I was referring to are brand name teas which you may not
    be familiar with (i.e. Barry's, Lyon's, Punjana, Typhoo, PG Tips,
    Tetley etc... ) some of which are ENglish. The Irish by the way
    drink more tea than the English do which is a little known fact
    (well it was to me before I married an Irish girl). She turned me
    into an addict, I think I drink more tea than she does now.
    
    Those mentioned above and a good many more are available in the
    super markets in Dublin. For any not mentioned that you wish, II
    could always shop around. MAybe we can do a trade?
    
    Let me Know.
    
    All the BEst,
    
    Ted.

    
    
    Hey Ted,
    
    I know what you mean about the Irish drinking alot of tea.  When
    I lived in South Boston we had a group of Irish college students
    from Trinity College stay with us for a couple of summers.
    These guys had their tea before they left for work, as soon as
    they got home, before they went to bed, etc.  The thing that
    killed me was that it was the summer.  Somehow the thought of
    drinking hot tea on top of a roof of a city building in the
    middle of the summer just doesn't appeal to me.  I would much
    rather be up there with a cold beer, but not these folks.
    
    They didn't have any preference for teas here.  Maybe I just never
    noticed it.  There are foods from Ireland available in the 
    stores in Southie, so maybe they did drink their tea from home?
    
    One thing that I remember them eating was vinegar flavored
    potatoe chips!!!!!!!!!  These things smelled horrible, but
    they ate them up in droves so I guess they were pretty good.
    I wouldn't go near them.
    
    Michele

    
    
    Rick,
    
    Thanks again!  Mom is really happy we will have tea for the
    holidays!  Have a good Thanksgiving!  I know that your Thanksgiving
    Day was in October, but if you celebrate this one have a great
    day!!
    
    Michele

    Hi Michele,
    
    That's nothing!!! My wife Geraldine actually has a cup of tea after
    a pizza or a Big Mac not a cold soft drink like normal humans. She
    just ain't got no culture but I love her just the same. I think
    there is more productive time in Ireland taken up drinking tea than
    there is actually doing productive work but it's a habit that is
    easily acquired ( beleive me I've acquired it).
    
    About the vinegar flavoured chips, which the Irish call crisps,
    they also eat cheese and onion, bacon, pickled onion, and prawn
    flavoured chips (I'm partial to cheese and onion but I sure do miss
    the plain chips we have in Canada. My favourites were HUmpty-Dumpty).
    
    Ted.
    

    
    
    Hello folks,
    
    I havent received any tea yet.  Rick, did you send
    some out through Dec mail?  I know you had said
    that it was on its way.  But it hasn't arrived
    here yet so I thought I would see what was up.
    I tried to send you mail, but it doesn't seem
    to want to go through.  Any ideas???
    
    Michele

    Hi Michelle,
    
    You say that you didn't receive any tea yet.
    
    From whom did you request the tea? and what type did you ask for?
    
    All the best,
    
    Ted.

If it was sent through interoffice mail, it may never arrive.

Seems our mailroom folks, in their own interpretation of the "No personal mail
sent through company mail" policy, throw away (or steal?) items which appear to
be of a personal nature.

See HUMAN::DIGITAL topic 712.

You could also look in some specialty tea shops in the area, or shops that
specialize in imported foods.

Or you could learn to like loose tea.  Get a pot with a strainer spout and
try the different varieties of Twinings tea available in every grocery store.

/john

    
    
    hi folks
    
    I got my tea through interoffice mail.  Though it was sent to me
    from a US site.  Maybe you cant ship tea through the mail?
    
    Thanks
    Michele