Re: Heating woes

On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> [Unmessyness achieved]
>>> [A half-assed job]
>> [The unmessying of a usenet thread is a neverending task.]
> [If only you were so vigilant with the housework]
[If only that could be achieved from the comfort of the recliner]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [My brane hurts]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [You really should get one of those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brane massage thingies] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Which?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The ones with the wires and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> little > balls... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR: Expecting a ].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Aren't those for massaging the scalp?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Well, you obviously have to remove the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> top of the scull first for the best
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> results] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [There's always a catch. First you need
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the massage thingie and then you get it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out of the box and see you need a Stryker
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saw. At this point, I've already opened
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the box, so 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't send it back for a refund. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> replacement blades for that thing aren't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cheap. Then I get 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> part way around and realize I can't get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my skull undone at the back] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Maybe the friendly people at the hardware
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> store can help you out. If I buy wood I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can get it cut to size for DKK50 per
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cut...] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I don't want someone who cuts wood for a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> living playing around with my  skull]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [You should have some faith in your fellow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> human, I'm sure they are perfectly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> competent. And willing to sanitise the blade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a nominal fee.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Hard pass]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [If you prefer. But you don't know where that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blade has been.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [*runs away*]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [There really is no way to please you, is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there?] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Not when it comes to opening my head with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rusty blade, no} 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *crying and shaking from TWO unbalanced
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parenthesises* 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The rusty part is on you, though, if you won't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pay the cleaning fee] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Can I borrow some money? I'm a bit short right
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Doesn't your health insurance cover de-rusting?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I doubt it. It covers only the essentials, not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cosmetic things] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [You could argue that not un-rusting the saw is an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infection risk, so it could be more expensive in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long run.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Have you every tried to argue with an insurance
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> company?] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Nope. But I'm sure they are all nice people with your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> best interest in mind.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'm sure their profits are ahead of my welfare]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It must be a miserable life to have mindset like that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But that's CAPITALISM for you]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Money makes the world go around. I feel a song coming on]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [Is it the Internationale? Or maybe Le Marseillaise? Beneath
>>>>>>>>>>>> the Red Banner?]
>>>>>>>>>>> [Nope]
>>>>>>>>>> [I give up, then. What song?]
>>>>>>>>> [99 Red Balloons]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But that's not even about capitalism...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know. I just like the song.
>>>>>> {opium for the working classes... bread and circus... similar
>>>>>> catchy phrases of pedantic disapproval}
>>>>>
>>>>> I see -- you dislike my taste in music.
>>>> It has nothing to do with your taste in music. The important bit is
>>>> how evil and dangerous not good capitalism is.
>>>
>>> Please explain how 99 Red Balloons proves that.
>> It doesn't. That's sort of the point. Those other songs at least
>> attempt to address the evilness.
> It was the song that came up next on my playlist.
> Behold! The randomness of all things...
Ahh, but was it really random or was it the inherent capitalistic nature
of your music-playing device that prompted the choice of a song
glorifying the excessive consumption of inflatable latex pouches?

>>>>>> Did you know that "Hagen" is danish for 'the chin'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow! Fascinating...
>>>>> Isn't Hagen an aquarium supply company?
>>>>
>>>> No idea. I don't have an acuarium...
>>> Or a spel chekur
>> Or good lighting for the keybored....
> Maybee u need a nu lamp.
I suspect getting up and turning on the lamp I already have will do the
trick.

[*big munch*]
-- 
BeH

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