Re: 14th

On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
> 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:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [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]
> [Waits]
[I suspect one has to be nominated for such an award]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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?]
> [Jackson 5?]
[That's not a country, is it?]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>> 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?
> Is this another bizarre Danish joke?
No. It's not bizarre. Also lots of flowers have edible petals. They a
sometimes used in salads and such. Bears like salad, I'm sure.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {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.
> It was an example intended for illustration purposes only.
>>
>>>>> 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.
> Unlike a spouse ...
Quite. That's a whole other level of expectations...

>>>> 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.
>>
> Wear a hat.
That would negate the effect of the open mind...

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