Re: 14th

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> On 05.07.2023 14.14, 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.] 
>>>> [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.]
[You can pretend to wipe it away when they come back from the break]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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!]
[Fake NEWS!]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
Which could happen if they get into my Amazon account.
Oh deer!
>>>>>> 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.
> 
You should definitely get one.

>>>> 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.
> 

I won't hear the answer because of the ear plugs.