*** Quoting Maurice Kinal from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> Yeah.  Now if they also came in a version that didnt add sugar, I'd 
 CS> like'em better.

MK> I don't like sugar in hot drinks either although it is okay occasional
MK> in certain hot drinks.  I never add sugar when I make coffee or tea.
MK> A squirt of lemon in tea is okay though, when it happens to be around.

I like a little sugar in my hot tea.  Not alot of sugar, but about 1 of the
1/2 ¨sized small cubes works for a large mug.


 CS> Naw, that would be too big for real use every day at work like these 
 CS> are.  They take breaks and refill at need and the larger ones hold 
 CS> 1/2 gallon at the least.

MK> As long as refills are handy the that would be fine.

They are.  Though they want the refilled on the berthing barge (a temp
place ¨with AC while the ship is being worked on and has no AC, about 1200
feet from ¨the ship).


 CS> I've seen so many SUV's stateside!  WOW!  We have'em in Japan too but 
 CS> most are smaller sized versions.  We also have mini-cars which get 
 CS> 80MPG or better and are more common than SUV's by far.

MK> I think that is smarter and wiser.  The bike thing too.

You'd have to see Japan to understand it also.  The side roads are really
small ¨and above my Cho apartment when I lived out in town, was an area you
could only ¨reach with a moped, bicyle, or foot.  Every now and again you'd
see people move ¨in or out and things had to be hand carried down to the
nearest spot you could ¨get a truck to (sometimes my complex, then up a 3
story steep stairwell).  They ¨have rules on size I think on what you can
have the movers bring up.  I gather ¨that because my address was so close,
they had to check carefully before we ¨could be moved in.  I've seen them
use my apartment elevator to get to the 4th ¨floor and there you can step
out to a landing and go straight to the little ¨'street' (it's all of a
meter wide if that) to get to that row of houses.  ¨Moving refridgerators
and such and yes, they were smaller ones, like you would ¨find in an office
perhaps.
                                       xxcarol

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