Re: Polar vortex

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> On 06.09.2023 14.22, 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]
>>> [outré]
>> [outrém]
> [latlh]
[?]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 could, I suppose. Only I don't have an obelisk (yet). a guano tour
>>> might not be as compelling to the touristy masses.
>>>
>> This reminds me of the P.T. Barnum thing about how someone could put
>> a sign that says 'Come and see the egress --$5' and people would
>> queue up. People don't know what that it, but they know if they have
>> to pay, it's worth seeing.
> Most people know what bird-poop is, though...

You have to make it sound exciting. Somehow.
> 
>> An aside - a coworker and I were discussing this in the kitchen one
>> day at work. And the other people there wandered over and asked us
>> what an egress is.
> I hope you didn't just tell them for free.
D'oh!

> 
>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>> I'll be sure to duck.
>> At least you'll get some egg-cersize.
> This is a yoke, right? If I get any more eggcersise I'll be end up a
> shell of my former self...
> 
I see you poached some yolk-tastic egg puns. 
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>> HA! Emus don't even fly. ('Emo's may or may not, but they aren't
>>> happy about it either way.)
>> Those kids quack me up!
> Don't crow about it; I'm sure you hade your phase of being edgy and
> different too...
I got tweetment for it.
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>> Like Uber eats?
>>>
>>> I'm not familiar. There is no Uber here. They got mad and closed
>>> down when they found out they had to follow the rules for taxi
>>> companies (having a licence and paying their drivers and such).
>>> Also I live in the county-side. I don't think anyone delivers to
>>> here... 
>>>
>> I don't think UberEats delivers here either :(
>> A few places in the Village will.
> 'My' village is too small to have places...

It must have somewhere to buy tobacco.

> 
>> The taxis protested about it here, because they buy licenses from the
>> city and then sell them for thousands when they retire. Ride sharing 
>> basically ruined that for them. Taxis are ridicously expensive. 
>> I think most the taxis have also signed up for Uber now. Sometimes 
>> change is good.
>> 
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