Re: Polar vortex

On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> [attributions]
>>>>>>> [arbitrations]
>>>>>> [artifacts]
>>>>> [artifactory]
>>>> [artichoke factory]
>>> [olfactory]
>> [oligarchy]
> [obfuscate]
[operate]
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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]

THEY LIVE. I hear them when the parent-birds bring food (and remove
droppings). So far I've only seen three wide-open beaklets at a time.

>>>>>>> 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.

No, they probably see a giant potential predator.

>>>>> 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.

That too... pretty important part of bringing up young'uns.

-- 
BeH

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