Re: Polar vortex

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

> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
> [attributions]
[arbitrations]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [gone but not forgotten]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I've already forgotten]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Doesn't bode well for your end of term
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exams. You want me to paste it back in?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [exams?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Yes. At the end of the year.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [So I still have some time then]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's not the right attitude. If you don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> keep up during the year you'll never be able to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get through it all in revision.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll copy off your test]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I shall be giving the test.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Then you'll give me a good mark because we know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> each other] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That is not how it works. That is not how anything
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> works. Also it may be someone else doing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marking.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [You'll tell me the answers so I get a good mark]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That would be cheating]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [So? do you want me to fail?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I want you to study, apply yourself, make the effort,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff like that] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Why? What's in it for you?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I want you to do well, is all]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'm destined to fail since I don't even know what I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>> being tested about]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [It's about all the vital and interesting information being
>>>>>>>>>>> presented in this very newsgroup. I though that was clear.]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [Nope. Was as clear as mud. I think I will be away that day.]
>>>>>>>>> [You are going to make me look bad when no-one passes my
>>>>>>>>> test.] 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [Looks good on you since you refused to help me out]
>>>>>>> [So my options are to look like an incompetent test-giver or
>>>>>>> behave unethically? Why do you hate me?]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Deflect!]
>>>>>
>>>>> What?! Squirrel? Where...?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Apparerntly you've mistaken me for a dog.
>>>
>>> So the squirrel wasn't the deflection? What was it, then?
>>> Surely it can't be the pair of swallows that has built their nest on
>>> the door to my garage/storage shed/workshop....
>>>
>> 
>> You have a workshop?
> I have a long table with a lamp and a couple of vises and a lot of
> stuff on it in the garage. That ought to count.
> 
> Not that I can easily get to it at the moment, with the nest on the
> door. The eggs have hatched so it's now a nest of baby birds
> constantly being fed by two very busy swallows.
> 

Aww...cute!
Yep. They'll dive-bomb you.