Re: 14th

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> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>>>> 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.]
>> [Send me the paperwork and I'll get started on it]
> [I don't have the form. I don't even know who issues the form.]
[Whenever you get all that stuff coordinated, I can submit the 
paperwork]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]
>> [Does that matter? Or am I only supposed to quote recent songs?]
> [No, you can quote Händel's  Messias if you want. But there aren't 5
> Jacksons left, was my thinking.]
[So I only quote music where all original members are alive. Ok. Take it 
Easy. I saw the Eagles last year on tour. They had Vince Gill and Glenn 
Frey's son replace him.]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> Stay out of my birdfeeder!
> Tell that to the bears.
> 

*opens window*
*yells 'Hey bears, stay out of my birdfeeder*
The birdfeeders are in the garage.

>> Oddly, there is a rabbit who grazes on the seeds that the birds spill
>> on the lawn.
> Not that odd - seed is high nutrition food for anyone who can get to
> it. Rabbits know that... I just hope they don't get to distracted to
> stay out of the way of the bears. Rabbits are high nutrition food for
> bears. 
> 

Some people eat rabbit.
Not me but other people.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {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.
>>>
>> I hope it wasn't true then either.
>> I thought people in that era got married so that they could leave
>> their parents' house.
> I thought people in that era got married because they had some
> impregnation prevention mishap...

A small percentage, maybe.
It's because they didn't teacher sex education in school.

>> 
>> The only thing worse is arranged marriages. Not sure how I'd feel if
>> my father traded me to the village idiot for a goat.
> You should be angry. He would be mad to let you go for less than a
> good working horse and five goats... at least.
> 

Should I be worried that you've been speaking to my father?

>>>>>>>>> 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. 
>>>
>> As long as you have a plan.
> There is always a plan. With contingency plans...
> 

Perfect!
Party on!