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That photo of us meeting has been deepfaked by AI. Nice try though, Becks

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Thanks for mentioning my course, and for anagammatising my name 🤣

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You certainly don’t need a creative writing course, I feel I should add neither does Terry. You are both creative enough. I don't understand iced tea either, give me builders brew everyday. Once again thanks for the chuckles. Or am I commenting to robots 🤔🤔xx

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Feb 21Liked by Rebecca Holden

Two things: that’s *clearly* an AI-generated photo of your first meeting. 🤣 Also, way more women take writing courses? Why am I not surprised. Men tend not to lack confidence, howsoever equipped…

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Quite fluid, indeed!! Perhaps you and Terry should hold a blind tea-tasting event, with press and paparazzi taking full advantage. At least there would be WITNESSES!

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Feb 21Liked by Rebecca Holden

Dr. Meefy Ranter! Hilarious! ( I always thought his real name was Ferdy Mere-Rant.) But what really cracks me up is your use of "teabaggage". At my age, I carry around a LOT of baggage. Teabaggage, fortunately, is not a burden that weighs me down. Whew!

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Feb 21Liked by Rebecca Holden

Meefy Ranter?

Sounds like the name of a reggae band. :).

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Feb 21Liked by Rebecca Holden

Another delightful read (by a possibly fictitious author!!)

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I want to know the qualifications of Dr. Meefy Ranter. Does he hold a PHd from Full Sail Online college? (A real school in the US.) An undergraduate degree in Tea Leaves from Harvord College? (Not a real school. Note the spelling.)

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Golly, is that true? That Tetley's might have supply issues? 'Cos it is my better half's favourite brand also.

AND, in his time he and his Dad would always take thermos's of iced tea out to the paddocks when they were working over summer. Didn't appeal to me at all.

Tea's tea - surely it's meant to be hot. There's something very comfortable about tea and especially when one has had a shock. A good brew with a dash of milk and a hefty spoonful of sugar seems so restorative. Iced tea? Meh!

33 degrees here today, my brain is sluggish to dormant and I missed the anagram. Sorry, Terry!

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Things are going to heat up around here if you are truly taking a course with Dr. Meefy Ranter🤣

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Feb 23Liked by Rebecca Holden

I found this Tea Fact Sheet - 2022 from the Tea Association of the USA https://www.teausa.com/teausa/images/Tea_Fact_2021.pdf.

Ice Tea or iced tea is a year round thing in Texas. When I moved here in 2011, Jim said that if I ever asked for iced tea, to refrain from asking for the ice, as most iced tea was kept in the fridge. He suggested that if I asked for ice, then I would be identified as "not from around these parts".

I found this on EnterpriseAppsToday, "Tea is mostly referred to as an aromatic beverage. It is easy to make a beverage and requires ingredients such as water, milk, sugar, and tea powder." I thought of you and Terry and shuddered for you. Tea powder?!

Also, January 2024 was the US's National Hot Tea Month.

When you and Terry meet up again in person, live stream it so we can all weigh in on if either of you are real . . . 😄

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