Re: Crossed the threshhold

On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 31.05.2023 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [Decongested]
> [*inhales deeply*
Eeeek!!1!  ]
[It's a lovely feeling, isn't it? I remember it well.]

>>>>>>>>>>> I'm guessing you won't map the cables until something bad
>>>>>>>>>>> happens and you are forced to.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You might be right. Actually something did happen. Some years
>>>>>>>>>> ago a lightening strike (possibly in a junction box) fried my
>>>>>>>>>> modem, computer and all connected peripherals, as well as
>>>>>>>>>> seemingly essential parts of my oil furnace, as well as the
>>>>>>>>>> attic-born cable I used at the time to connect the modem to
>>>>>>>>>> the office. I'm now using a different connection to
>>>>>>>>>> concentrate all my internet needs to the proximity of my
>>>>>>>>>> (only) TV. Yet still I have no map of available cable
>>>>>>>>>> connections or their purpose. 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I sit corrected. Not even a castrophe would prompt you to map
>>>>>>>>> the wires. 
>>>>>>>> I have no cats.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should get one!
>>>>>> I have the neighbours cats around all the time...
>>>>> Ooooo! Free cats!
>>>> Exactly. And they totally ignores me and are eminently unresponsive
>>>> to any "pspspsps" - just as if they were my own.
>>>>
>>> You have to get down on all fours and supplicate yourself.
>>
>> Not gonna happen. If they want something they can come and ask nicely.
> And you speak cat?
It's gonna be either 'Feed me' or 'pet me'. For the rest there's no
mistaking that for asking nicely...

>>>>>>> (Also, I spelt 'catastrophe' wrong. So no cat for you!)
>>>>>> I thought you meant a song performed by or to a cat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Caterwauling maybe?
>>>> Catcalling more likely...
>>>>
>>> *whistles*
>>
>> That's sexist. And assault of some kind...
> 
> So?
I'm just saying. You don't want to risk get cancelled...

>>>>>>>>> It's not like you have other things to do with no job, no
>>>>>>>>> raking and no weeding the garden.
>>>>>>>> I have very many important things to do... Watching/reading the
>>>>>>>> news; keeping up with my stories on the telly; playing games on
>>>>>>>> the computer; baking more bread; sitting outside enjoying the
>>>>>>>> weather and coffee; going to the shops to buy various
>>>>>>>> necessities (rolling paper) to name but a few...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Those all sound like things to do *after* you've spent sometime
>>>>>>> doing yardwork.
>>>>>> They are also things to do _instead_ of doing yard work.
>>>>>> Especially when the sun is shining.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You could always start early and then lounge.
>>>>> It's 30C here all week, you would burn in about 30 seconds.
>>>>
>>>> It's "up to" 20C and sunny here, with UV warnings on every weather
>>>> report. Is good. I should probably take the bike out and get some
>>>> semblance of shape going...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh yeah?
>>> What shape are you?
>> Pear.
>>> What shape are you striving for?
>> Cucumber.
>>
> Mmm...sounds like the beginning of a nice salad (or smoothie).
It's only in shape I may (come to) resemble those things. Texture and
nutritional content with be completely unlike either. Also I'm too big
for the blender.

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BeH - Spring is here...
      <boing-boing> look at it go!