Re: 14th

On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
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>> 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]
[I meant:"I suspect one has to be nominated _by_someone_else_ 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?]
> [No, but they do a song about bad apples and spoiling]
[Oh. Okay then. But that was a long time ago wasn't 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.
>>
> Maybe. Right now they seem to be going for the birdfeeders.
Easy food is the best food.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {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.
I don't think anyone has married expecting to gain a housekeeper since
the 50s. At least I hope not.

>>>>>> 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.
The massive amount of thinking going on will take care of that. Or the sun.

-- 
BeH - Spring is here...
      <boing-boing> look at it go!