Re: Polar vortex

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> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>>> On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
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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:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [attributions]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [arbitrations]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [artifacts]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [artifactory]
>>>>>>>>>>> [artichoke factory]
>>>>>>>>>> [olfactory]
>>>>>>>>> [oligarchy]
>>>>>>>> [obfuscate]
>>>>>>> [operate]
>>>>>> [oaklike]
>>>>> [Oakley]
>>>> [offramp]
>>> [osprey]
>> [ookpik]
> [awww... olympic]
[ouched]
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 don't use that door at the moment anyway. I will probably be
>>> available soon, though. The new birds have taken to fly about...
>>> Which hopefully means the pile of shit below the nest won't grow any
>>> further. 
>>>
>> You can clean it up.
> 
> I'll probably have to. It's not like the birds are gonna do it. After
> all I've done for them...
> 

You can add it to the obelisk tour -- come and see the amazing guano.

>>>>>> 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.
>>> Only the puny ones. They are hard to swallow.
>> I'm going cold turkey.
> Chickening out, you mean...
Careful! I have a fowl temper...
> 
>>>>> Also I don't see a possible pun presenting.
>>>> Phew!
>>>> That would make me stark raven mad!
>>> There's no reason to let your gull rise because of a pun.
>> I'm starling to get annoyed owl-ready.
> Don't go all emu on me...
That one flew over my head. 
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>> And yet they tend to come back to it year after year. Also the
>>> little (staying) birds like to use it in winter.
>> 
>> The birds here don't seem to reuse nests. The robins have 2 batches
>> and seem to make a new nest each time.
>> Maybe it's part of the pagentry of laying eggs.
> Or maybe they just have to much time on their hands... Getting their
> food delivered and all.
> 
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