Old habits hard to break ?
 

I realised today that everyday before I make supper, whether it is a weekday and I am getting home from work or a weekend and we are home I always make a cup of tea and drink it as I cook supper.

I have been doing this for 41 years, probably because my parents did the same thing. Even when it is 100+ degrees I still walk in the door and put the kettle on. It is certainly a habit hard to break!

Anyone else with old habits they cannot break?

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I drink tea all day when I'm home, doesn't matter how hot it is either. I don't mind a cold drink, but I'll still have my mug of tea.

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Me too - tea all day. I was told years ago that drinking warm/hot drinks on a hot day was better than ice cold as it's less of a shock to the stomach. Don't know if it's true but hey, any excuse for a cuppa! I do like the odd ice cold beer as well though.:lol:

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I make a great big mug of tea every night before bedtime (Bigelows Earl Grey). Never keeps me awake either

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I still occasionally walk to the wrong side of the car to get in the passenger side.

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I do that when I'm tired - which might also be a good sign that I shouldn't be driving :unsure:

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Cracking off the perfect fart after some good grub. Been doing it for 51 years and it still makes me happy....

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Where ever you be let your wind blow free..:lol:

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Hehe....

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I am also a tea lover. It is an old habit and I have no intention of changing. I packed 8 boxes of 240 PGTips tea bags in my case before I left the UK last week. :thumbsup:

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Driving on the left.

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I was told that if you take cold drinks your body tries to raise it's internal temperature back to normal so you just get hotter whereas a hot drink has the opposite effect (via sweating and evaporative cooling).

My wife wouldn't be able to survive without her PG Tips!

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I do this much less frequently than at first. If I do this I simply spend the next minute rifling through the glovebox looking for that important thing I was obviously looking for when I opened the passenger door.....

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I do the same, only with glass of wine, and a and a shot of either Brandy or Single Malt Scotch for a nightcap. That's my three a day.

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I always try to get in the wromg side of the car.

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This! Not necessarily Bigelows or always Earl Grey, but now I'm just being pedantic.

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It took me a about 10 years of living in California to get out of the habit of always taking a jacket or coat with me every time I left the house ...

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Even in warm/hot weather I take along a jacket to protect me from overzealous air-conditioning. I hate sitting in an icy draught in a restaurant.

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I remember going into a Department store in Seattle and being mistaken for a store clerk. Where are men's suits sir, where are the restrooms? I soon learned not to go shopping in jacket and tie.

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I use a cardigan a lot more here than I did in the UK

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I drink like a 12 year old. Ribena is my favourite drink in the world, besides tea. We can be having a big family Christmas dinner and I'll always eschew wine and booze in favour of Ribena, water or tea.

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I do a lot of hot weather hiking in Scottsdale (106 in the shade) and use a 'camelbak' to carry large amounts of water on the hike. Some people put their water pouches in the freezer first, but I read the same thing - drinking icewater is not going to do you any good.

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I'm with you on that one! I f**ing hate cold restaurants! I always imagine the thermostat is being set by a waiter who is running around all hot and sweaty, without concern for the patrons. Scottsdale in summer can be really, really tough in this regard. I almost always sit outside in summer for this reason, but nowadays, everyone has those damn 'misters' which, unless perfectly placed, just end up dripping and blowing on you.

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I think the only habit from 'the old days' that I still have is that I still really, really enjoy a 'packet of crisps' (chips).

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I used to have a major squash habit but the cost here for a titchy bottle of Ribena has almost cured me. I have found these which will do in a pinch MARCO POLO BLACK CURRANT SYRUP - Rodmans

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I have definitely been here too long - it took me several puzzled seconds of trying to understand what racket sports or courgettes had do do with Ribena before I realized what you were talking about ...

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As long as I've been here I still call carbonated drinks (coke, Pepsi etc) fizzy drinks.
The guys in my office have finally stopped trying to change me.

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When we were kids they were know as pop....still called pop here in Toronto.

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Probably to protect the beer bottles from rattling...so they have a cold beer at the end of it?

Though mountain bikers use cans of beer...well the ones I know that do this.

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When we previously lived in TX, I recall some people calling every type of soda "Coke," whether or not referring to Coca Cola. As in, when asked, "Do you want a Coke" it is perfectly acceptable to say, "Yes, I'd like a Sprite please." Completely confused me. Don't know if that usage is still common or even used across TX/South or regional?

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When ordering Coke or Pepsi in NJ it was usually referred to as soda.

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As it is here in California. I got a sense that the usage I was referring to was a TX or maybe Southern thing, but maybe others can confirm. Have never heard it here.

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This is quite common here in ATL, but then we're home of Coca-Cola so that might have a bearing

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It's a Southern thing. ;)

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I find it hard to stop picking my nose when sitting at traffic lights for more than 3 minutes.

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3 minutes ??!? Come on ... 2 seconds. Actually, better while driving ... less chance of being spotted.

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here are some stats Pop vs. Soda Stats