Re: 14th

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 02.07.2023 16.29, 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].
[It will give you time to compose yourself]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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!]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

>>>> 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...

>> 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.