Re: Crossed the threshhold

On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
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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]
[Please be more careful. It is quite frightening. Also the letters may
fall out.]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
It's the only situation in which she communicated to that level. I think
it's a reasonable inference...

>>>>>>>>>>>>> (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.
This one time where it isn't their fault... It will be 'gender reveal
forest fire' season again soon enough.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
I don't think I have any of those...

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