Re: Polar vortex

On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
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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:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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?]
[It certainly was in the good old days of pulp fiction. Writers were
paid by word, giving the preponderance of such phrasings as: "The tall,
dark stranger with the piercing blue eyes drew his six shooter and fired
- bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang... "]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.
So they did (on 11th June, 2001). It was a federal death sentence...

>>>>> 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.
I though the CIA/Russians/Mafia/Cubans/KKK/Big
Oil/Cabal/Illuminati/Masons made that up to confuse things.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
Very much so. But at least no child of mine shall go forth in life with
the same handicap.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
Don't pretend you didn't already knew what a tit looked like. They are
pretty and mostly quite colourful.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
Another avenue to millionairity not taken...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
Not really. I did see someone taking one apart once on the internet.

> I thought it was magic.
No the magic is when you actually get the desired product out the other
end...

>>> 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?

Nah, it's probably not worth the postage anyway.
My only objection to parking meters in general is that they usually come
with a parking space...

-- 
BeH

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