Re: First major snowfall this year

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Upon closer examination it appears that I, as well as the picture,
>>>>> was wrong. They never landed on the moon, they were deflected by a
>>>>> meteor on the way. I don't know why anyone would fake that for a
>>>>> photo-op... 
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/from-earth-moon-verne-jules/dp/149611342x
>>>>>
>>>> Makes sense.
>>> Who?
>>>
>> Jules Verne.
> 
> He was french, you know. All that stuff about the english he wrote in
> 80 days - he made that up.
> 
I don't remember what he said about the English.

>>>>>>>>>>>> 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!
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that is commonly accepted... ?
>>>>> Peace on earth and good will to all mankind forever more.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *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.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's because you are scared of failing, is it?
>>>>
>>>> No. It's because I don't care if I do.
>>> Well, there goes your chance to win a gold star.
>> 
>> I already have a gold star.
>> So there!
> 
> You can never have too many gold stars. Just look at all the
> generals... 
> 
They only have 5 max.

>>> [no points here]--
>> 
>