Re: 14th

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> 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 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.]
[Google? I mean the company, not to google for an answer]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 :)]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

>> 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.
For sleeping soundlessly through the night, I'm a huge fan of ear plugs.