Re: 14th

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 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]
[Oh great - then my speech will be cut up into little segments in
between all the adds].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 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.

> For sleeping soundlessly through the night, I'm a huge fan of ear plugs.
Then you are missing all the birdsong.

-- 
BeH

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