Re: Phil

On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy birthday to you, wherever you are...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> North Carolina?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wouldn't surprise me if he's one of those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> off-the-grid mountain men/prepper kooks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then hew may not see this...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Phil! (just in case)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH - Spring is here...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       <boing-boing> look at it go!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dude! you need to spring into summer!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not unless it stops raining half the day. And the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heavy wind abates. One could mistake this for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> autumn... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky you!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's been hot and humid here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/a-
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hot-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mugg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> y- week-in-ontario-and-quebec-could-break-records
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have just had two days with the highest global
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tempetature ever (in recorded history) they said on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the news. They also had a story about a local ferry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who had to raise their mooring points because of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> higher water level or something. I wasn't paying
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attention. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isn't it an El Nino year?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think so, but that doesn't immediately affect me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> personally, so... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try to remember this weather when it's -40C in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can set a reminder on your phone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can but won't.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about you set a reminder on your phone to remind me?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know when it's -40C in your area.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Someone should invent a website when people could search
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the weather in other countries.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> There's an idea... But don't you have people on the TV or
>>>>>>>>>>>> radio tell you how the weather is supposed to be. That's how
>>>>>>>>>>>> I usually find out. Also I don't think such a website will
>>>>>>>>>>>> tell when it's -40C a half year in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I already told you when to look.
>>>>>>>>>> Regrettably I can't go into the future to look at the website,
>>>>>>>>>> which makes setting an alarm now pure guesswork...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did you miss the part when I said February?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No. Hence the need for time-travel as February is a good six
>>>>>>>> months in the future.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that even a monkey could set a reminder on their
>>>>>>> phone for February right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But setting a reminder now on your phone for February with the
>>>>>> correct weather forecast for that day is something else entirely.
>>>>>> Find me a monkey that can do *that*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to set a reminder on your phone for February to check the 
>>>>> temperature here so that you can remind about how I was bitching
>>>>> about the heat in the summer.
>>>> Rationally it's bound to be colder next February that this summer,
>>>> so the checking of temperature shouldn't really be needed.
>>>>
>>>>> I know you want to.
>>>> The only problem is that I'm not sure how to set a reminder on my
>>>> phone. 
>>>>
>>>
>>> What?
>>> A smart guy like you?
>> There have never been a need...
>>> I had to set one last week, oddly for February.
>> Then _you_ can check the weather at the same time. No need for me to
>> be involved.
> 
> I already know what the weather is here.
So the whole setting reminder/checking webpages is moot?

> 
>>> I put it on my calendar.
>> There is a calendar too?
>>
> Ugh!
> RTFM

No. (Actually I did but only to stop all the 'automatic' functionality
attempting to breach my privacy.)

-- 
BeH

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