Re: First major snowfall this year

On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>> 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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>
>> The character description of Phineas Fox and the members of the club,
>> I mean.
> 
> I don't remember the descriptions. The one who bet against Phineas Fogg 
> was a real asshole.

And not even in a proper gentlemanly way, either.

The very first scene is where Fox fires his servant for serving a boiled
egg that has not been boiled exactly the required time. And then he goes
to his club.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>
> 
> Those medals for stuff like turn a corner. Very prestigious.

Quite. And also quite cumbersome and heavy, one would imagine, when the
whole front of the jacket is filled with them.

-- 
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr