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About Earl Grey, black:
A few years ago, I thought that by the time Elite 4 came out, I'd be as bald as the Captain. Now, it seems that I'll still have some hair atop my head, but I'll still be drinking Earl Grey.
Good, at least someone here respects tradition!100% agree .. only true way of enjoying tea as a Starship Captain
A few years ago, I thought that by the time Elite 4 came out, I'd be as bald as the Captain. Now, it seems that I'll still have some hair atop my head, but I'll still be drinking Earl Grey.
Bald is good. Bald is soothing.
If people are going to insist on having tea, they should do it properly... will we have a teapot?
As for the floral pattern, perhaps, but surely it should be willow pattern. We don't need fancy indicator lights on a kettle, just go for an old fashioned whistling kettle.
As for the floral pattern, perhaps, but surely it should be willow pattern. We don't need fancy indicator lights on a kettle, just go for an old fashioned whistling kettle.
Do we get a sun visor strip with our commander name on it?
I want my space kettle to whistle the Blue Danube when its boiling. Here is a thought though. what happens to steam in Zero G... we all pretty much know how water behaves but how would steam behave coming from a kettle in zero-G?
Pretty much the same it does in a gravity environment, I guess... the kettle would have to be locked to the oven somehow, though, or the steam would function as a thruster for the kettle.
what happens to steam in Zero G... we all pretty much know how water behaves but how would steam behave coming from a kettle in zero-G?
Clearly the only answer is to have a tea making centrifuge as standard equipment.
There should be just enough to survive with dignity and go to the neighboring star system to hope to sell something. Such is the beginning in Elite, according to tradition
Not sure the Whistling Kettle will be popular with all players here. There seems to be lots of forumites who don't like Steam! AHAHA HAHA HA! ahem.
Pretty much the same it does in a gravity environment, I guess... the kettle would have to be locked to the oven somehow, though, or the steam would function as a thruster for the kettle.
Not sure about that - 0:25 "hot air doesn't rise".
Looks like this vid confirms it. You'd end up with a hot liquid around a core of scalding steam. So maybe I'll stick to microwaving my tea and drinking it luke warm.
Not enough backup coffee machines
I'd only need 3 backup coffee machines, But I'd also need 3 backup Yorkshire tea machines, totaling 8 drinks machines, of the non-alcoholic type, I'd also need a few real ale machines, and brandy ones, and whisky ones...
Damn no space for weepoons, and cargo.... Oh well needs must.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Try reading The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle if you want to see this fixation on coffee in an actual sci-fi book! There's literally mention of coffee in every chapter in that thing!
Come to think of it, that book really does remind me of the Empire in a lot of ways. Very feudal, militaristic space empire. No slavery that I know of.
Come to think of it, that book really does remind me of the Empire in a lot of ways. Very feudal, militaristic space empire. No slavery that I know of.