Re: Polar vortex

On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
> 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 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.]
>>> [Okay then. Mystery solved]
>> [And without everybody having to listen to a lengthy monologue in the
>> library, too.]
> [The suspects need to know the detective's thought process]
[Or, just posssible, the author needed another 1000 or so words to reach
the minimum words requirement.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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...
>>>>
>>> And where is he now?
>> Still in prison, presumably.
> Didn't they execute him a number of years ago?
How barbaric... (I dunno)

>>> I was thinking that back in the old West, their personal hygiene was
>>> of low quality, so it might be hard to tell if the guy beside you at
>>> the Saloon was loaded and ready for a gun fight.
>> From my extensive research watching old John Wayne movies, I would say
>> that the stranger beside you in the saloon is *always* loaded and
>> ready for a gunfight.
>>
> John Wayne movies had the worst fighting.
They had chairs being broken and people flying out windows and bottles
on heads - what more do you want.
Also sometimes the good guys hit several bad guys with a single shot.
Awesum!!

> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
>>>>
>>> Why aren't you a billionaire, then?
>> Because I come from a long line of really poor people.
>>
> I heard from a reliable source that that's a common mistake people who 
> want to become billionaires make.

It's true. And I regret it to this day...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>> I'm in. As long as it doesn't ruffle any feathers.
>> We can only implore everyone to calm their tits, as the saying goes.
> You always find a way to work boobies into the conversation. And not the 
> blue-footed kind.
Very different birds. A tit is much smaller and doesn't have webbed feet.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
>>> [OOOO! Excellent knowledge of local currencies]
>>> Yep! It makes cents that I would have some.
>> Attached to a magnet, perhaps... [1]
> I never carry one around.
That will make it harder to find coins in the snow...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
>>>>
>>> And better than none.
>> I get a reasonable amount of exercise anyway. It keeps me going...
>>
>> ad 1: Very old ACME reference.
> 
> I remember Phil used to go on and on about it. I thought that's how 
> vending machines work: they have magnets which draw the coins into the 
> appropriate slot so that the machine knows you put in the correct 
> amount.
I'm pretty sure the mechanical vending machines uses weight/size to
determine value. Nowadays it's possibly optical scan.

> I'm guessing he would be less thrilled to hear that when I pay for 
> parking in the States, I use Canadian currency. I probably can't do that 
> anymore since the parking meters have gone digital.
I don't know anything about parking meters, but I'm sure using the wrong
currency is some kind of counterfeiting.

-- 
BeH

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