Re: First major snowfall this year

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 31.05.2023 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On 26.05.2023 17.44, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 24.05.2023 13.06, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 21.05.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18.05.2023 13.59, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 17.05.2023 13.05, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13.05.2023 13.13, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.05.2023 14.48, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 07.05.2023 15.46, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 03.05.2023 13.17, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.04.2023 13.52, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.04.2023 14.35, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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?
> 
Because it's true.

>>>>>>>>>> *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.
> 
Ask what?

>>>
>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
Hilarious!