Re: Polar vortex

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> 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]
> [Oakley]
[offramp]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.
Watch out below!
> 
>> I feel like I'm setting myself up for a bad pun here.
> When have I ever produced a bad pun?

Puns, by definition, are bad.

> Also I don't see a possible pun presenting.
Phew!
That would make me stark raven mad!
> 
>>>>>>>>>> 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.

Ooo! A peeper!
{more of a frog joke}
> 
>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

It's mostly twigs and mud. Low resale value.