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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • Always liked that one, too.

    I once went to a restaurant with a friend. My friend ordered a root beer, then the waitress turned to me and asked what I would like. I said “I’ll have a root beer, also.” The waitress nodded, wrote that down, and walked away.

    It soon became clear that something had gone awry; our sodas didn’t come and the waitress could be seen walking around the back of the restaurant asking other staff something. Finally, the waitress sent out the (very pregnant, I felt bad that she had to walk out) bartender to tell me that she was sorry, but she’d never heard of a “root beer alto” and so wasn’t sure how to make it.

    I always found that a bit embarrassing. I tend to use “also” instead of “too” because I find it less ambiguous and also because I have pedantic friends who, if I had said “I’ll have a root beer, too” would say things like “root beer 1 not good enough for you?” My intent was to be more clear, not less! That’s the only time it’s backfired for me, though.





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    12 days ago

    Not sure whether it’s true, exactly, but from my experience with tilting my glasses, they don’t roll across a surface; they do rotate, or rock, but don’t spill unless overfilled.

    I never took mine on a sailboat, nor did I take any others, so I can’t compare. However, I can say round bottomed cups are harder to spill than regular ones.