Re: Crossed the threshhold

On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> 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.]
> [Why did you write Eeek inside my thought brackets? Get out!]
[I got into your head, did I? I got scared about the openendedness of
the thing.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>
> They have a cute little 'prrrrrr!' which I think means 'Hey there!'
Must be foreign thing. These cats just stop dead and stares at me.

>>>>>>>>> (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...
> 
> Why not?
> Then I can hide indoors for a few months until the next big thing 
> happens.
You don't want to spend all summer long inside. You will want to be
outside in the sun and smoke from distant forest fires.

>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>
> I'll sit here and wait for you to change from a pear to a cucumber.
It could take a while since the only muscle that get generous use atm is
the diaphragm.

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