Re: 14th

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

> 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]
[Keeps waiting]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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?]
[No, but they do a song about bad apples and spoiling]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
Maybe. Right now they seem to be going for the birdfeeders.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {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...
Maybe. probably depends on the person.

> 
>>>>> 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...
> 
But it will keep your head warm.