Re: First major snowfall this year

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> On 16.06.2023 17.54, 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 17.05.2023 13.05, 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 03.05.2023 13.17, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.04.2023 13.52, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.04.2023 14.35, Merlyne 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.
> 
> https://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/broccoli-bad-for-you/

Haha! In theory, all fruits and vegetables are toxic since they get 
sprayed with pesticides and crap.
All the vegetables in the cabbage family can affect our thyroids. You'd 
have to eat like 10 lbs of it or something.
Wow! There are a lot of kooks out there!
Maybe this could be one of the commandments for our cult.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *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?
> Cited in an earlier post.
> 
Which you strategically snipped.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
> But was it a sarcastic laugh?
> 
Never!