Re: First major snowfall this year

On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
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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.

The character description of Phineas Fox and the members of the club, I
mean.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

Only the USians. And that's just because General Marshall didn't want to
be a Marshall.

But then there's all the stars and stuff they wear on the breast.

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

-- 
BeH

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