Re: First major snowfall this year

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
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>>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
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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 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.04.2023 14.35, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote
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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.
>>> Quite. If I say something it is likely to be true...
>> I have my doubts, but it's not like I can fact check it.
> Is your favourite search engine broken?
> Alternatively you could trust me (for once).
I will once you admit that made up the stuff about brocolli being 
poisonous.

> 
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *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'm here to remind you, then...
>>>>>> About what?
>>>>> I knew you were going to ask that.
>>>>>
>>>> Ask what?
>>> Ask what I reminded you of.
>> And what is that?
> My stance on the relative merits of plant-based protein products vs.
> actual fauna-based meat.
Which is?
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>
>>> I know.
>>>
>> No, seriously. I'm still laughing about that.
> 
> If I was the suspicious type, I might start to think you were being
> sarcastic...
> 
That also made me laugh.