Re: Crossed the threshhold

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
>> 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:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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...]
> [The openendedneess of unclosed brackets, not your head. Your head
> can't scare me]
> 
[Oh no! I left an open bracket. I do that a lot]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> Sometimes I also say hello or something. They hardly ever answer.
> Excepts the neighbour's old cat, who usually comes over when there is
> a visiting dog at home. She has quite a lot to say on those occasions.
> 
But you don't speak cat, so you guess it's about the dog.

>>>>>>>>>>>> (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 was enough for the alerts in US cities to reach the news over
> here... 
> 
It's always all about them.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> The boob muscles you mean? (Pectorals?)
> 
Ugh!

Not that high up. More like the obliques.