Re: 14th

On 08.07.2023 17.01, 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:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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]
[I don't know. It may appear staged if I leave it all through the break.
Maybe I'll just sob quietly into my hands for a bit. No one will be able
to tell how much sobbing I do during 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!]
[That's what they all say about FACTS they don't like.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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!
Not deer, bears. I doubt deer are good haxors, what with the hooves
instead .of hands. Also the antlers tend to knock over the screen when
they look down on the keyboard.

>>>>>>> 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.
No need. I already have the birds and the neighbour. And also the
neighbours hysterical smushy faced mutt...

>>>>> 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.
You can read about it in the paper later...

-- 
BeH

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