Re: Polar vortex

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

> 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]
[obfuscate]
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.
[waits some more]
> 
>>>>>> 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'm sure that's not how the birds see things.
> 
>>>> 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...?
Yeah
>> 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.
> 
Some male birds make the nest. I'm sure some the bragging is about that.