Re: 14th

On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote:
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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 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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]
[I don't think it befalls me to do the coordination. For one thing it
will be hard to be properly surprised and self-deprecating when the
winner is announced.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]
[To the best of my knowledge Händel has been dead for quite some time,
so no. Also I don't know who any of those people are.]
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
Do you get many garage birds? Mine is too but that's because I only feed
the birds in the winter. This time of year they steal all my cherries -
ripe or not.

>>> 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.
Some people do, yes. Greek stifado is pretty good.
Eating nothing but rabbit will kill you, though.
> 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.
I thought it was because of the shotgun...
(also lots of places still don't teach sex ed 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?
I haven't. But if he says the same thing I can only compliment him on
his business acumen.

>>>>>>>>>> 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!

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