Re: Polar vortex

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

> 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]
[oaklike]
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.

Do birds clean the nest?
I feel like I'm setting myself up for a bad pun here.

> 
>>>>>>>> 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.

Get off the lawn!

> 
>>>>>> 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.
> 
Bragging about making a nest is?