Re: Polar vortex

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> On 09.09.2023 22.51, 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 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]
>> [?]
> [Same thing but in klingon... or so goooogele claims]
[I thought you had a stroke]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.
> I could have a poster explaining how terrorists use it to blow up
> stuff, I suppose.
Isn't that chemical fertilizer?
> 
>>>> 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!
> You'll never make billions if you don't think of these things...
I guess that's why I'm not a billionaire then.
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> Yeah - my humour is really getting air under its wings. Soaring you
> might say.
> 
Shell-arious! Don't get whisked away...

>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> Must have been a trill for you. Did you get coffee and magpie after?
Yes! I gobbled it up!
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> That's in the bizarrely places suburban neighbourhood down the road.
> And anyway they don't always have what I need, and I have to go all
> the way into bigtown.
Oh no!
> 
>>>> 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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