Re: First major snowfall this year

On 09.06.2023 14.58, 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. 
>>
> You would say that!
Why do you say that?

>>>>>>>>> *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...
> About what?
I knew you were going to ask that.

>>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>
> Sure.
> All they know for sure is that we've been arguing about brocolli for 20 
> years.

Quite. You are inordinately stubborn when it comes to broccoli.

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