Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 06.09.2023 20.14, SpudTater wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06/09/2023 09:31, BeH wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.09.2023 09.53, SpudTater wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05/09/2023 08:20, BeH wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.09.2023 21.44, SpudTater wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, it's certainly been a while.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well hello there Mr. Tater. How is life...?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Haha, well, got an update for you right there, as it's no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> longer Mr. Tater, but Mx. Tattie. And very much happier
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for it. Still Acme's very own potato, though!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> All righty then... So I use 'they' when I talk about you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> behind your back now? Not that I'll ever do that...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> talking behind someone's back, I mean.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You got it! I's a they.  8^)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I stuck around in Edinburgh after university, have a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wife, a programming job, and two cats. The years have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kinda flown by tbh. After leaving Usenet behind, have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pinged from LiveJournal to Dreamwidth to Facebook to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reddit to Mastodon. Maybe I should have stuck right here!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  8^D 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You would have been pretty much on your own here most of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the time. I never had a facebook account and I feel
>>>>>>>>>>>>> utterly vindicated and rather smug about it now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So two cats? Merlyne has a cat. I have no cats. Also no
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wife. Or job... I spend a couple of years as self-employed
>>>>>>>>>>>>> consultant after rage-quitting and then retired and moved
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the countryside. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can I ask what kind of work you do?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm just a common-or-garden Java programmer, nothing too
>>>>>>>>>>>> exciting. Getting into front-end stuff more now, though.
>>>>>>>>>>> Careful with that. You may have to interact co-operatively
>>>>>>>>>>> with actual end-users... (Mostly kidding - talking with real
>>>>>>>>>>> people can be enlightening.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ok. I'll call you soon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You are not a customer of mine... I wouldn't know what to say.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I find that hard to believe.
>>>>>>>> Aren't ignored middle children usually garrulous?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don't know about that. I'm certainly not. At my first real job I
>>>>>>> was at first nicknamed[1] Nilfisk (a venerable danish
>>>>>>> manufacturer of vacuum-cleaners) because they motto was "The
>>>>>>> quiet dane". 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] By an annoyingly garrulous graphics designer/sales rep.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is surprising since you always have a lot to say here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Write. And it takes a long time...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *eye roll*
>>>> Writing is just typing out what you would say if you were having a 
>>>> conversation.
>>>> I assumed you did other things --reply to a couple of posts and
>>>> then have some coffee and a smoke and another coffee and then reply
>>>> to more posts and then you have to pee from drinking all that
>>>> coffee. You hear a show come on that you want to watch and then the
>>>> mailman comes by with the shoes you ordered last week and you chat
>>>> with him about something banal like the weather which reminds you
>>>> about usenet because I'm always complaining about the weather, so
>>>> you come back and post some more. 
>>>
>>> I'm perfectly capable of drinking coffee and smoking while replying
>>> to usenet post. (Not peeing, though. I have to get up for that).
>>> I don't have any other media running - it would ruin my
>>> concentration. Your expectation regarding the Danish Postal Service
>>> are wildly at odd with reality - packages don't normally get further
>>> than designated pick-up spots (usually a shop of some kind). Also
>>> it's been more than 10 years since the last (and only) time I bought
>>> shoes on line. 
>> 
>> My gawd!
> 
> Not quite. Merely frugal...

Running shoes need to be replaced often. I usually get good deals 
online.

> 
>>>> People are weird. I used to have coffee sometimes with the IT guy
>>>> that sat beside me. If it was just the 2 of us he would talk a lot,
>>>> usually about stuff like the rabbits in his yard or Nikola Tesla.
>>>> He was totally gay for Tesla.But if someone else joined us, the IT
>>>> guy wouldn't say a word. People would say to me  'He's so quiet'
>>>> but not so much. 
>>>
>>> That could be me...
>>>
>> 
>> So you want to talk incessantly to me so that I appear crazy to other
>> people?
> 
> How does me (or the IT guy) talking to you make *you* appear crazy?

I already explained that above.

> Also why are you so concerned about what other people think of you.

I don't so much.
> You should have more self confidence.
> 
You should talk...