Re: Spiderman movies

BeH <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:27:26 +0200
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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 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]
[I'll get back to you on that in a few years when my house is under water]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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
I find me requirements both reasonable and modest. Namecaller.

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BeH

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