Re: First major snowfall this year

On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.04.2023 14.35, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.04.2023 13.09, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [MEGA SNIP]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was an uncommonly easy and pleasant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> child - possibly except for the urge to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> roam. And my somewhat selective sense of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have  no reason to not believe you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's true is why.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, when your Mom made a vegetable that you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> did like (for ex. cauliflower), you just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> quietly ate it? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not at all. I quietly but insistently refused
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to eat it. I did not and do not like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cauliflower. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you sit there until midnight?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nah. Not allowing the dastard thing to touch my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plate was enough... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky you, we were just served a plate of food.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There was no negotiation. If I was lucky, we were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> served something that my brother didn't like and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we swapped or the dog was nearby. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There was no dog when I was little. No pets at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all, really. I suppose I had demonstrated enough
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strength of will for the parental units to give up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think defying my mother just made her dig her
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heals in more. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There's no reason to give in on core beliefs. Of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course it also helps if you like me are the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stubbornest person in the immediate family. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There were always consequences for pissing off my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parental units. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's how it is when fighting the powers that be.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've always been of the opinion that stupid rules need
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not be adhered to. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eating healthy vegetables isn't a stupid rule.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eating things that contain poison is stupid no matter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what rules may apply. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of people eat vegetables like cauliflower and live
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to talk about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I fail to see how having eaten slow acting poison is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something to brag about...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess eventually, you will be the only person alive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I doubt that. There are new persons being created all the
>>>>>>>>>>>> time. But I will definitely be one of those that don't die
>>>>>>>>>>>> from eating poisonous vegetables... probably.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm guessing that no one will die from eating broccoli or
>>>>>>>>>>> cauliflower. 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, the poison in those are insidiously slow-acting, so I
>>>>>>>>>> can't refute your guess outright...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or not poisionous at all.
>>>>>>>>> Get over it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OR, and hear me out here, I could not eat broccoli and/or
>>>>>>>> cauliflower... 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have no issue with that.
>>>>>>> You also don't get to besmirch it.
>>>>>> Facts aren't besmirching.
>>>>> Things that you made up aren't facts.
>>>> Which just shows that I didn't make it up.
>>> Of course you did.
>> Or maybe you made up that I made it up.
>>
> Doesn't sound like something I would do...
In this instance it absolutely sounds to me like something you would do.

>>>>>>> *starts new lsit*
>>>>>>> Things to not feed BeH:
>>>>>>> brocolli
>>>>>>> cauliflower
>>>>>>> spinach
>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>> avocado
>>>>>>> creamy salad dressing
>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> check, check, check, oh why not, check...
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean 'why would I not make you vegetarian tacos'?
>>>>> (because you said something about tempeh)
>>>> I say a lot of things.
>>> {yes, yes, you do...}
>> Anyway that was regarding the relative merits of plant-based protein
>> products vs. actual fauna-based meat.
>>
> See. You snipped it and I forgot.
Good thing I here to remind you, then...

>>>>> OR 
>>>>> do you mean 'why not try them'?
>>>> Yes. I'm not afraid to try new things. (As long as they are not
>>>> poisonous.) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Why no caek?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You said on numerous occasions that you can no longer eat caek.
>>>> I would still be nice to be asked... Also I can eat a *little*
>>>> piece. 
>>>>
>>> *removes 'vegetarian tacos' and 'caek' from the lsit*
>> You forgot. I fixed it for you.
>>
> It was a note for people watching from home.

The many lurkers, you mean?

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