Re: First major snowfall this year

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm guessing that no one will die from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eating broccoli or cauliflower. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, the poison in those are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> insidiously 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slow-acting, so I can't refute your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guess outright... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or not poisionous at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Get over it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR, and hear me out here, I could not eat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> broccoli and/or cauliflower... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have no issue with that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You also don't get to besmirch it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Facts aren't besmirching.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Things that you made up aren't facts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which just shows that I didn't make it up.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course you did.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or maybe you made up that I made it up.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't sound like something I would do...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In this instance it absolutely sounds to me like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something you would do. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You would say that!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you say that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because it's true.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite. If I say something it is likely to be true...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have my doubts, but it's not like I can fact check
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is your favourite search engine broken?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alternatively you could trust me (for once).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will once you admit that made up the stuff about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brocolli being poisonous.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/broccoli-bad-for-you/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Haha! In theory, all fruits and vegetables are toxic since
>>>>>>>>>>>> they get sprayed with pesticides and crap.
>>>>>>>>>>>> All the vegetables in the cabbage family can affect our
>>>>>>>>>>>> thyroids. You'd have to eat like 10 lbs of it or something.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wow! There are a lot of kooks out there!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe this could be one of the commandments for our cult.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We need as many kooks as we can get for the legitimate and
>>>>>>>>>>> totally real religion. The biggest threat to success is
>>>>>>>>>>> being out-kooked by some other sect.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As the messiah, you're not going to let that happen.
>>>>>>>>>> I beleive in you!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you, but the is a limit to my kooking abilities...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm sure if you put your mind to it, you can outkook anyone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm looking at all the flat-earthers, the
>>>>>>> moon-landing-was-fake'ers, the young earth creationists and the
>>>>>>> election-was-stolen'ers on the internets and I feel wholly
>>>>>>> inadequate... poisionous broccoli is nothing compared to those
>>>>>>> people. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pfft! Everyone knows the moon landing was fake (and broccoli is
>>>>>> not poisonous).
>>>>>
>>>>> At least one of those statements is definitely wrong...
>>>>>
>>>> Kook!
>>>
>>> I happen to believe that people have landed on the moon... The
>>> French used a very big cannon to shoot a capsule all the way in the
>>> late 1800s. 
>>>
>> I heard it was a gigantic elastic band.
> 
> No-no. I'm sure it was a gun. I've seen pictures...

Ok. I'll believe you this one time.
> 
>>>>>> See! You're good at kookery.
>>>>> I don't know. I'm not at all sure mountains are the fossilised
>>>>> remains of giant prehistoric trees, for example. Although I agree
>>>>> the moon is most likely made from cheese.
>>>>>
>>>> We'll never know for sure since the moon landings are fake.
>>>
>>> It was all misdirection - in reality the apollo missions went to
>>> Mars, but they had to keep the sovjets from finding out.
>>>
>> Oh no! 
>> Now you've blabbed it on the internet!
> 
> I think everybody who does the proper research already know about the
> true purpose of the apollo mission. Anyway the sovjets don't exist any
> more - Ronny Raygun single-handedly took care of that. They are all
> respectable members of the capitalist conspiracy now.
> 

Shhhh!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *starts new lsit*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Things to not feed BeH:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brocolli
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cauliflower
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spinach
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> avocado
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> creamy salad dressing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> check, check, check, oh why not, check...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you mean 'why would I not make you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vegetarian tacos'? (because you said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something about tempeh) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I say a lot of things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {yes, yes, you do...}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyway that was regarding the relative merits of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plant-based protein products vs. actual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fauna-based meat. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See. You snipped it and I forgot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good thing I'm here to remind you, then...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I knew you were going to ask that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ask what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ask what I reminded you of.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And what is that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My stance on the relative merits of plant-based protein
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> products vs. actual fauna-based meat.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which is?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cited in an earlier post.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Which you strategically snipped.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is why you should study during the term...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nah. Why waste time when I can Google shit later?
>>>>>>>>> What if the test is closed book (and laptop)?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So,  I already did well in school and have a good job.
>>>>>>>> Is this an instance where I can pay someone else to do it for
>>>>>>>> me? 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That would be unethical. Also the cost may jeopardise your
>>>>>>> handbag budget... 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I doubt that.
>>>>>
>>>>> So you think an competent test-taking impersonater comes cheap -
>>>>> in this economy?
>>>>>
>>>> Do I need to hire a competent one?
>>>> They don't need to pass, they just need to take the test for me so
>>>> that I am free to do other things (like not study)
>>>
>>> If you don't pass you will have to take the year again.
>>>
>> Or drop out.
> 
> I didn't take you for a quitter... *not angry - disappointed*
> 

I triage everything into 2 categories: 1) affects my life , 2) doesn't 
affect my life.

The test falls into the latter.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do you mean 'why not try them'?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. I'm not afraid to try new things. (As
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as they are not poisonous.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why no caek?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You said on numerous occasions that you can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no longer eat caek. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would still be nice to be asked... Also I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can eat a *little* piece. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *removes 'vegetarian tacos' and 'caek' from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lsit* 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You forgot. I fixed it for you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was a note for people watching from home.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The many lurkers, you mean?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All they know for sure is that we've been arguing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about brocolli for 20 years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite. You are inordinately stubborn when it comes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to broccoli. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hilarious
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, seriously. I'm still laughing about that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I was the suspicious type, I might start to think you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> were being sarcastic...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That also made me laugh.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But was it a sarcastic laugh?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Never!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Much relieved...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm very insecure...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No you aren't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nah.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe you are right - now I'm not sure...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> YAY! A point for me!
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> No points. We have been over this...
>>>
>> LOL!
>> I was goofing around hence the winky face.
> 
> So there are points to be had after all?
> 

Nope.