I'd forgotten what I've missed...

Back in the US for work and let me tell ya, just in the 18 hours I've been here already I've realized there are things that I've missed:

Half & half for my coffee. Australians invariable ask me "half what and half what?" but WE all know what it is. Regular milk in coffee? Puleez, you may as well just add water too it. And having a skim of fat from regular cream makes you want to run a sponge over your coffee first to sop it up. Yeah, half & half is god's perfect creamer.

How to use the "h" sound - properly. Now I can say "herbal tea" without sounding retarded by pronouncing the leading "h".

Service apathy. There is nothing like making a purchase and then being a non-entity the moment the transaction is finished. Or even more typically, while the transaction is going on.

That's when I knew I was home.

- Farmer Ted