Re: Polar vortex

On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
> 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]
[oligarchy]
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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]
Nothing further to report yet.

>>>>> 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'm not. I'm smoking around *my' 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.
As in making bird sounds...?
> Usually enrages them.
It's usually male birds that make the most noise. Something about how
great they are at the sex and bringing up young'uns. And they as a rule
don't like other male birds making noise close by.

-- 
BeH

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