Re: 14th

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

> 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 12.06.2023 22.15, 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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]
> [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.]
[The Grammy winners know in advance that they've been nominated. Who do 
I contact to get the forms?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]
[Google is your friend]
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
Putting the birdfeeder in the garage is an interim (and temporary) 
measure to dissuade the bears.

Maybe if you fed the birds in the summer, they wouldn't take your 
cherries. They tend to steal berries like raspberries and blueberries. 
There is bird netting that can be purchased to keep them away from the 
fruit.
https://duckduckgo.com/?
q=bird+netting&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images


>>>> 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!
>