Re: 14th

On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
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>> 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:
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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?]
[The Grammy winners are all famous actors, I'm just an usenet snipper. I
have no idea who the governing body of usnet snipping awards are.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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]
[Google is part of the privacy-invading, information-stealing cabal.
That's not very friendly.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
I don't know how resistant your garage is, but I've heard of bears
ripping out doors if the reward (or need) is high enough. Good luck with
that.

> 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
Birds, insect larva or mildew - the result is the same: not very many
cherries for me. At least with the birds I have the pleasure of being
woken up very, very early by their maniacal chirping... And bird poop on
the windows.

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BeH - Spring is here...
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