Re: 14th

On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Snippage accomplished]
>>>>> [Bravo!]
>>>> [Thank you. couldn't have done it without my trusty mouse. And
>>>> quanities of no-longer-relevant text]
>>> [An acceptance speech!]
>> [I'll probably have to embellish it a bit if I win an award]
> [Great! Something to look forward to]
[I'm not aware of being in the running for any post-snipping awards
anytime soon, though]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Planting potatoes is back-breaking work and not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worth the effort] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It's like magic. You plop a potato into the ground
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and later you dig it back up and there are *more*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> potatoes. Also you have many potatoes.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Potatoes are cheap to buy]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [In your shops, maybe... Not as cheap as digging them up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for free.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I used to grow potatoes. Fancy ones. It's not worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> throwing my back out over]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Hardly anything is worth that, to be fair. It doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really quantify an upper limit on the price of potatoes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The very first new potatoes can easily go for DKK30/kg or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> more around here. Comparable to how the french act about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new Bordeaux.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Egads! I can get 10kg for that]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [Quite. It is completely ridiculous. I think they might be
>>>>>>>>>>>> farmed in doors under artifical light - just to be the
>>>>>>>>>>>> first.] 
>>>>>>>>>>> [Or on Mars]
>>>>>>>>>> [Not likely. A)the logistics cost would be quite absurd, quite
>>>>>>>>>> apart from there not being a commercial route to that planet
>>>>>>>>>> currently; B) I don't think it's possible to grow potatoes on
>>>>>>>>>> Mars (Hollywood fantasms notwithstanding)]
>>>>>>>>> [I was going to say. It could work. I have never tried to grow
>>>>>>>>> potatoes in my own shit]
>>>>>>>> [And you are probably well advised not to. It's illegal here to
>>>>>>>> use human faeces as fertiliser even in private gardens - because
>>>>>>>> of the e-coli, probably. Although I think it was made legal some
>>>>>>>> years back to use urine... (for the leek which people did
>>>>>>>> anyway; don't ask) ] 
>>>>>>> [I have heard of master gardeners peeing in their composter. The
>>>>>>> urea rich compost is good for the plants]
>>>>>> [They don't advertise that much though: Giant marrows - now with
>>>>>> extra pee.] 
>>>>> [The produce growers spray uncomposted animal waste on the fields
>>>>> which is why there are always recalls due to e. coli]
>>>>> [fun fact: there are thousands of different kinds of e. coli but
>>>>> only 1 is toxic to humans]
>>>> [It's a hell of a job sorting them, though. Might be why regulations
>>>> just try to limit all of them. Governments, eh?]
>>> [Yep. It's the 'all go without for the sake of one' mentality]
>> [It doesn't take many rotten apples to spoil the barrel]
> [I feel a song coming on]
[A country song?]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>> And here I was interrupted by a scraping sound from outside.
>>>>>>>> Turned out it was the deer contemplating the open door to the
>>>>>>>> garden. It ran off when I got up; just as well, I don't have any
>>>>>>>> deer snacks... **
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The deer never come close to the house here.
>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure the deer would like to snack on whatever's in the
>>>>>>> garden.
>>>>>> It does. Meandering about sampling the various leaves and 'wild
>>>>>> nature plants' unless I disturb it...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thank gawd you didn't plant a garden yet.
>>>> Yes, that would have been so tragic. I might have not got any yield
>>>> from it. Much like last year. I understand people with many fruit
>>>> trees complain about the deer eating the bark and kill the young
>>>> trees. I suppose that is a valid concern. What they do to a few
>>>> leaves off the hedge or a perennials or two is no concern of mine...
>>>> They always seem to survive.
>>> They eat fleshy plants here. Like my tulips.
>> I don't think they have ever eaten any tulips from me. They mostly go
>> for the green stuff.
>>
> Tulip leaves are green. It's like lettuce for deer.
> Of course now there are a couple of bears in the neighbourhood.
They mostly go for the petals, don't they?

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {Content was here}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {Where?}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {Nevermind. It's gone now}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {I need closure}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {You can always re-read the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> older >>>>>> posts} >> [Heh, A weird
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> say >>>> inside >> brackets] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Brackets provide closure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> themselves 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *gasp*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An unclosed bracket!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR! ERROR!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I knew you were going to say that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Know what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That unmatched brackets cause errors
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and  that you knew that I was going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to >> point  that out? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh yeah, that... ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fixed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *phew*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And all was well in the universe... Well
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something was well. Actually not very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> much was well. Just the matching of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brackets, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really. But I guess we will have to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> count what positives we can the way the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> world is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at present. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thinking positive thoughts is good for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your overall health. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So they say. I mowed my lawn(s) yesterday
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - for the first time this year. That's a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> positive. On the other hand there are news
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> programs. And I'm probably supposed to not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eat raisins - rum soaked or not. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because of the sugar?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite. Or possibly because I rather like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them, to correspond with all the other
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> things I not supposed to eat. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *shrug*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We all eat things we're not supposed to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but we are supposed to feel bad about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I never do.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I would if I ate an entire family-sized
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bag of chips at one sitting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (also - haha!)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mowing the lawn for the first time is no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> laughing matter. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right. I was laughing at something else
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How random of you...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's no-mow May. You're not supposed to mow the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lawn. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The grass does not seem to have been informed of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this. It's almost due another mowing. Dastard
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No-mow May is about the pollinators.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not mowing the bee-hives. Also there is plenty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of wild flowers and stuff everywhere that is not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> designated as lawn. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah. See here the only thing with flowers right now
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are dandelions. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And you really think there are dandelions in my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lawn? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You never invite me over to see.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't think you would want to go all that way to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> look at grass (and dandelions).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not *just* to do that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is also the cherry tree of course, though that has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shed its flowers by now. And possibly some potato plants
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at some point in the future...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ooooooooooooo!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best keep your enthusiasm in check - I haven't actually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> planted any yet... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can nag you until you do.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't respond well to nagging... It will happen when it
>>>>>>>>>>>> happens. Or not. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If I go all that way to see your garden and you've not
>>>>>>>>>>> planted anything, I won't be silent about it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You should probably not book tickets before I have planted
>>>>>>>>>> anything, then. I wouldn't want you to get a sore throat...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A sore throat?
>>>>>>>>> I might get a little hoarse from talking too much.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Talking I can ignore - it's the high-pitched screaming I worry
>>>>>>>> about... 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is that how your mother motivated you to do chores?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't have chores. It's not like *I* was the one growing up in
>>>>>> a log cabin on the prairie.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Really? You never had to clean your room or do dishes or take out
>>>>> the trash?
>>>> Not as an organised or assigned activity, no...
>>>> My parents subscribed to the - in retrospect - dubious idea, that I
>>>> one did well enough in school, one would eventually be able to pay
>>>> someone to do all the tasks one didn't learn to do.
>>>>
>>> Wow!
>>> So how did that work out?
>> I had to learn all that stuff on my own later on...
> 
> You could be doing it all wrong. Like not separating your whites and 
> colours before tossing them in the washing machine.
I could, yes. If not for the fact that I do know how to read
instructions. Also I'm pretty smrt.

>>> You should have gotten married to fill in some of your chore gaps.
>> I think you mean I should have gotten a housekeeper.
> 
> There's still time. Go for it!
Those types habitually will expect to get paid.

>> Choosing a partner based on supplementing skillsets doesn't seem like
>> the best basis for a happy union.
>>
> There's no magic formula for meeting your soulmate.
> Opposites attract and all that...
I am not a magnet.

> You should keep an open mind.
And get a head cold on top of everything else. I think not.

-- 
BeH - Spring is here...
      <boing-boing> look at it go!