Re: 14th

On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, 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 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.] 
>>> [Google? I mean the company, not to google for an answer]
>> [Oh great - then my speech will be cut up into little segments in
>> between all the ads].
> [It will give you time to compose yourself]
[It will break up my flow. Also I'm not sure I can keep a single tear in
the corner of my eye for that long.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 you doubt your kook abilities :)]
>> [True facts about the privacy-invading information-stealing cabel
>> isn't kookery. Only the branewashed masses would think such a thing.
>> WAKE UP SHEEPLE and smell the conspiracy.]
> [that's very good!]
[True FACTS!]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>> I haven't seen any bears sightings in the area for a while. It
>>> worked. 
>> That's good then. Unless the bears are having a tactical pause while
>> they wait for the birdfeeder to re-appear...
>>
> Maybe they've hacked my wifi and have ordered their own seeds.
That would be alright though, wouldn't it? Unless they used your credit
card to pay for it.

>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There are worse ways to be woken up.
>> Certainly. Like the neighbour speaking to her mother - at festival
>> volume. 
>>
> Or snoring.
> Or the cat barfing.
> I could go on and on...
I don't have a barfing cat.

>>> For sleeping soundlessly through the night, I'm a huge fan of ear
>>> plugs. 
>> Then you are missing all the birdsong.
>>
> Great!
> Given that the windows haven't been open at night for some time due to 
> air quality warnings and/or hot, humid weather, I'm probably missing a 
> lot of outdoor sounds. Not that I'd hear them.

That global climate change has a lot to answer for.

-- 
BeH

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