Re: Spiderman movies

Merlyne <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Oct 2023 14:13:40 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 
> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> 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.]
>> [The weather is cyclical by nature. But whatever]
> [Unless disrupted by catastrophic events such as volkano eruptions or
> giant meteors from space or man made climate change. But whatever.]
[Neither of us will be around to find out]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
>>>
>> Then why have snow at all?
> is preetti !
> 
>> Also, if you skiied, it wouldn't matter if the snow was removed or
>> no. 
> However, since I don't ski, and biking is less pleasant on snow
> covered bike paths, it does matter.
> 
Whiner