Re: Spiderman movies

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 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Low cost snipping provided]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [How low?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Down to here]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's pretty low]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Especially considering the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> quality 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of >>> workmanship] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Don't sell yourself short]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I try]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's something at least]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The hardest part is overcoming my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> naturally unassuming character] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It's good for your brane to work
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outside 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your comfort zone] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's going to be quite a problem,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> since I have no intention of leaving the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zone. Someone needs to invent remote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> braining or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll just add that to one of you litses]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Assuming I will get anything done is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hardly a viable strategy.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Yes, it seems that way]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [There's plenty of time... No hurry.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [You say that and then suddenly the doomsday
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prophet is right] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Well, I'm not doing all that work and have it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all come to nothing because of a stupid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doomsday...] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's a defeatist attitude]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Are you calling me a quitter...?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [If the shoe fits...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [What shoe? You need special shoes for doomsday,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now? I'm not buying a pair of shoes that I can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only use once.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That cult in the US liked Reeboks. You could try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Bah. All the 'some sports person wore them' brand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sneakers are stupid expensive - and also doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> last very well.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'm pretty sure sneakers are made to not last very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [And we all know why that is...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [*sigh* Capitalism?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [By jove I think she's got it...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Who,by jove, is jove?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [A nickname for Jehova/Jahve, probably... you could ask
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan Lerner if he was still alive.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Huh? Not looking it up]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [Okay then]
>>>>>>>>>>> [So, how 'bout that local sports team?]
>>>>>>>>>> [It's the off-season now. I have no idea what they get up to
>>>>>>>>>> ATM.] 
>>>>>>>>> [Some fan you are...]
>>>>>>>> [The not-obsessed-with-the-private-life-of-sportspeople kind of
>>>>>>>> fan, you mean. Very true.]
>>>>>>> [Right. You have other things to do]
>>>>>> [Exactly. A water feature isn't going to make itself.]
>>>>> [How's it coming along?]
>>>> [It's still in the planning stages. I need to re-lay some pavement
>>>> stones that have been undermined by water and/or ants first. But I
>>>> have the stone and a largeish pile of dirt all ready for the
>>>> wellspring part.] 
>>> [Best get on that. It will be winter before you know it]
>> [Actually yesterday was recorded as a "summer day" by the
>> meteorologists. (Air temperature above 25'C). The latest date for one
>> of those in recorded history. That's climate change for you.]
> [El Nino.]
[Not around her it isn't. The Mistral doesn't reach up here either. It's
climate change for sure.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who exercises after drinking?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There's the standing up, and the walking around, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the social interacting, and the dancing, and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mating rites, and the walking home... It can be quite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exhausting. So I've heard. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't remember.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You must have seen it in movies and such.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't remember a movie with drunk people talking about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how exhausting it is to walk home after dancing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You were probably supposed to infer it from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exhaustedness displayed by whichever actor was doing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> walking home after dancing. As they say in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> storytelling business: 'show don't tell'. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clearly, they are all bad actors.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Or maybe you just haven't seen any movies with drunk people
>>>>>>>>>>>> walking home after dancing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Probably. Name one.
>>>>>>>>>> Singing in the Rain.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Were they drunk? It's been so long since I've it.
>>>>>>>> Let's say I remember and that they were. Why else would they be
>>>>>>>> singing in the rain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A valid point. I think people just liked tap dancing and stuff
>>>>>>> back then.
>>>>>> Some of us still do. Especially in the rain. When drunk.
>>>>> Uh-huh...
>>>> I would show you but it isn't raining now... Also I'm not drunk.
>>>
>>> Another thing I will have to wait on you for...
>> I don't control the weather, you know... If only I did.
> 
> Then what?
Tail wind on the bike path for one thing. And also no raining when I'm
outside...
> It would snow all the time because Scandahooivans love skiing.
I'm not your average Scandinavian. No more snow than the municipality is
able to remove from the bike paths in a timely manner.

-- 
BeH

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