Re: Polar vortex

On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, 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]
>> [The way my brane has been misfiring lately I might as well have had.
>> Is chronic fatigue a symptom of a stoke?]
> [I'm not a medical professional. Anyone I know who had a stroke has 
> paralysis of some kind i.e. they can't move the left side of their body 
> or have slurred speach. Extreme fatigue can be a symptom of about a 
> million things like a virus/allergies or vitamin deficiency. You should 
> see your doctor]
[Or take more naps. Naps help so I probably didn't have 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?
>> It's still mostly nitrogen and phosphates - perfectly viable as base
>> for a bomb... They used to use guano in gunpowder production in the
>> olden days. 
>>
> Interesting. 
That's what Timothy McVeigh said too...

>>>>>>> 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.
>> It's the first billion that's the hardest, wher you really have to put
>> in the effort (or have ancestors who put in the effort). After that
>> the billions more or less make themselves. Unless the plebs decides to
>> eat you. 
>>
> 
> Seems like too much work.
> I come from a long line of really poor people.
That's the common mistake people who want to become billionaires often make.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>> Not likely - I'm not exactly a featherweight...
> Dammit! I already used egg-cersise!
> And I was quilling these puns...
I'm down to end it here if you wish...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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!
>> That must have been quite a large bill. I this economy.
> It was actually cheep.
Just a few loonies, then?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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!
>> Oh yes! And it's four times the distance...
>>
> You need the exercise.

I need the tobacco products is what I need. The exercise is incidental.

-- 
BeH

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