Re: 14th

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> On 12.07.2023 13.22, 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 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.]
>>>
>> [Sure. Except for the live studio audience]
> 
> [they will all be too busy taking selfies...They'll never notice]
[But if they have their backs to the stage, you will be in the picture 
and then someone on social media will zapruder it.]
>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 they say that about facts that someone made up i.e. legitimate
>> fake news]
> [They also say it about real true facts that a provable.
> Also: "Legitimate fake news" is akin to "natural artificial
> flavouring"] 
[No, legimate fake news is akin to sucking a lemon]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> **
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> They need to get cellphones so they can say 'Alexa, buy me some
>> birdseed and a mink coat'
> I don't know who Alexa is, but they still need to be able to dial the
> number first...
> 
No they don't. That's how Alexa works. You talk to the phone and it does 
stuff.

>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>>
>> 
>> Behold! The pugliest dog in the world!
>> 
>>>>>>>> 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...
>>>
>> No one reads newspapers anymore.
> There are on-line versions. On the internet.
As I said, no reads newspapers anymore. They get their news from social 
media. Except in Canada where Meta had a big fight with the government.
> 
>> Get with the Times...
> No thanks, that's a Murdock paper now... I don't read stuff like that.
> 

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