Re: Polar vortex

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

> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> 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]
>>> [artifacts]
>> [artifactory]
> [artichoke factory]
[olfactory]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.
>>>
>>> It appears I was wrong. The increased activity I observed must have
>>> been a final effort to finish the nest before laying. Probably
>>> something to do with a mortgage maturing or some such. So we are all
>>> still waiting for the hatching (and the gender reveal party).
>> Hopefully it won't start a fire.
> Swallows have more sense than that.
> 
>> There'll be 2 of each.
> We shall see. All in good time.
[waits]
> 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Aww...cute!
>>>> Yep. They'll dive-bomb you.
>>>
>>> The last pair I had didn't. They were too busy to worry about me at
>>> all. At most they made an extra go-around to try and confuse me -
>>> the giant predator - before landing.
>>>
>> 
>> Except you aren't a predator.
> They don't know that. Also I could be a fire hazard. No smoke without
> and such...
> 
Maybe you shouldn't smoke around their home.

>> I can put in a good word, if you liek.
> You speak swallow? These are barn swallows; they may have quite a
> strong accent.
> 

I have an app that talks to birds.
Usually enrages them.