Posted by alexandra_k on April 23, 2009, at 21:51:32
In reply to Re: the ongoing saga, posted by Phillipa on April 23, 2009, at 21:27:26
There is only one set of water controls for the shower / bath. I'm used to one set for the bath and one set for the shower. Turn the water on and want it to switch from trying to fill the bath to coming out of the shower head. Took a while to realize that water needs to be flowing at a certain pressure before the button will 'stick' so it comes out the shower head instead of trying to fill the bath. I don't know if that set-up has a name but I've never encountered it before.
I approve of pulled pork. A lot. And bagels, too. I hear they aren't as good as NYC but they are pretty good. Guess you can get bagels in Australasia but they aren't so prevalent as they are here. Pretzels are good, too. You can get one kind in Australasia (The loops in bags) but there there are a whole bunch of different kinds. Puffier. Blue corn chips are fantastic, too. Never seen those before. Nachos are awesome. Beans and salsa. Fresh. Ambivalent about refried beans.. The texture is odd... But black beans are great and mexican food more generally is awesome to me (even though I hear there is better elsewhere). Burritos are good. Play the role of pies, I think. Fresh corn that is the difference. Never had corn chips or kettle chips actually cooked fresh rather than cold from bags before. I realized I didn't make pumpkin pie I made squash pie lol. Squash pie is pretty good - not sure that I've actually had pumpkin pie now. Fried ocre is pretty good. And gumbo (but lets not argue about whether it was 'real' gumbo)...
I approved of pizza for a while. A long while. Ate far too much pizza... Still am lol. Finding it kinda gross now... But still compelled to eat it. Gave up on chicken (so cheap!!!) after realizing it tasted... Odd. Behind the sauces... The texture... Old and hormones and steroids, I think. People died in Georgia from salmonella poisoning. Found out while I was eating chicken. Put me off. Some pretty good beers. Gotta be careful cause the percentages are much higher than I'm used to. Took me some time to realize that was what it was. I love it how you can go to the bar by youself as a female (and a guy too) and sit at the bar and get somethign to eat and strike up a conversation with people. Would be weird to do that in Australasia. I love the free wireless access almost everywhere. Outstanding. The number of (crappy) cable channels. Realizing that TV shows are aired as seasons... HBO... Lol. Some of that stuff is amazing. Sure it is missed when people head in the other direction. Know I'll be sorry to lose it when I go back home.
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