Re: Crossed the threshhold

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 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.]
[Wow! Harsh...]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

Maybe it's because you stop dead and stare at them.

> 
>>>>>>>>>> (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 was only for 2 days. And it wasn't sunny. More like a bizarre yellow 
haze. Stephen King would love it.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

I coughed so much when I had covid that I pulled all the muscles over my 
ribcage.