Re: Polar vortex

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 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.]
[Is that a thing?]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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 think he requested it be done sooner rather than later.
So the State obliged.
> 
>>>> 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!!
> 
Maybe this is where the single shot theory from the Warren report came 
from.

>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
And it too late to start over.
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
I learn so much here.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
I hadn't considered that.
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
You've spent a lot of time thinking about this.
I thought it was magic.

>> 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.
> 
Are you going to turn me in for the reward money?