Re: Polar vortex

On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>>>> 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]
>> [operate]
> [oaklike]
[Oakley]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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?
Some do. Mostly (including swallows, sadly) the young'uns just excrete
over the edge of the nest once they a big enough to move around a bit.

> I feel like I'm setting myself up for a bad pun here.
When have I ever produced a bad pun?
Also I don't see a possible pun presenting.

>>>>>>>>> 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!
It's my lawn and I'll do what I want. Anyway I'm mostly standing on the
doorstep when I observe the nest.

>>>>>>> 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?

Building a brag-worthy nest is.

-- 
BeH

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