Re: Phil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>>>> 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]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy birthday to you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wherever 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you >>>>> are... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> North Carolina?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wouldn't surprise me if he's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one >>>> of >> those off-the-grid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mountain 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> men/prepper 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kooks. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then hew may not see this...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Phil! (just in case)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH - Spring is here...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       <boing-boing> look at it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> go! >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dude! you need to spring into
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> summer! 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not unless it stops raining half
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>> day. And the heavy wind
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> abates. One 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could mistake this for autumn...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky you!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's been hot and humid here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/a-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hot-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mugg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> y-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>week-in-ontario-and-quebec-could-break- 
>>>>>>>>>>>> records
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have just had two days with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> highest 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> global tempetature ever (in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>recorded 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> history) they said on the news.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>They >>>>> also had a story about a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>local ferry 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who > had to raise their mooring
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> points >>> because of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> higher water level or something. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't paying attention. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isn't it an El Nino year?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think so, but that doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> immediately 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> affect me personally, so... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try to remember this weather
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when >> it's -40C in February. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can set a reminder on your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>phone. >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can but won't.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about you set a reminder on your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> phone to remind me? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know when it's -40C in your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> area. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Someone should invent a website when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people could search for the weather in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other countries. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There's an idea... But don't you have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people on the TV or radio tell you how
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the weather is supposed to be. That's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how I usually find 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out. Also I don't think such a website
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will tell when it's -40C a half year in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advance. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I already told you when to look.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regrettably I can't go into the future to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> look at the website, which makes setting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an alarm now pure guesswork... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you miss the part when I said February?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. Hence the need for time-travel as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February is a good six months in the future.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that even a monkey could set
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a reminder on their phone for February right
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But setting a reminder now on your phone for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February with the correct weather forecast for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that day is something else entirely. Find me a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monkey that can do *that*. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need to set a reminder on your phone for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February to check the temperature here so that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can remind about how I was bitching about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the heat in the summer. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rationally it's bound to be colder next February
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that this summer, so the checking of temperature
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shouldn't really be needed. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know you want to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The only problem is that I'm not sure how to set
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a reminder on my phone. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A smart guy like you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There have never been a need...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had to set one last week, oddly for February.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then _you_ can check the weather at the same time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No need for me to be involved.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I already know what the weather is here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So the whole setting reminder/checking webpages is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> moot? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The point was ..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nevermind!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fine. Just don't complain about the cold come
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February, or I'll have to remind you how you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> complained about the heat in July. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. It's a date!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually it's a month. So 29 dates, really. I'm only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to remind you once, though.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great! Then I only have to ignore you once.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> At most. Maybe I'll forget to remind you.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Super!
>>>>>>>>>>>> I already feel like I just got away with something.
>>>>>>>>>>> If you start complaining about the cold I'll probably
>>>>>>>>>>> remember, though.... 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You're putting a lot of pressure on me not to complain about
>>>>>>>>>> the weather.
>>>>>>>>>> It's what Canadians do best!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's because you have very little else to complain aboot,
>>>>>>>>> eh? 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We complain about foreigners who say we say 'aboot'.
>>>>>>> People still do that? Enough to complain about - even if you
>>>>>>> have nothing else to complain about except the weather?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no shortage of things to complain aboot.
>>>>> I know, right. There's weather ALL THE TIME!
>>>>>
>>>> You should do something about it.
>>> Nobody seems inclined to appoint me undisputed ruler anytime soon.
>> 
>> I think you need to just declare it yourself.
> Modesty prevents...
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I put it on my calendar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a calendar too?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ugh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RTFM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. (Actually I did but only to stop all the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'automatic' functionality attempting to breach my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> privacy.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remind me, why did you get a cellphone?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Two factor authentication! The bank made it so I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't do transactions over a certain amount without
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using the code they sent via SMS. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I need 2 step authentication to even sign into my bank
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> account (and a whole bunch of other accounts). Which I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't mind. They have options for people without
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cellphones. They can call a number and an automated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> robo-voice says the code OR the code is sent to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> email they have on file. Stuff like that. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That must be nice, having options like that. Even the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> damn supermarket chains have 'apps' now, with special
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discounts one only gets if one pays through the app. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't buy any of those items... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Most store have rewards apps now. The grocery stores
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> track our purchases and then give coupons based on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buying history (I assume). The stupid thing is they send
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coupons every week for items that need to be purchased
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> once a month or less frequently OR the coupon is for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bonus points for every $10 spent on an item that costs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> $9.99. Like I'm buying 2 10kg drums of mayonnaise. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> First of all I'm appalled that you even consider buying
>>>>>>>>>>>>> one 10kg drum of mayonnaise. How can anyone use that much
>>>>>>>>>>>>> before it goes rancid. The apps our stores have have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> actual reduced prices for normal in-the-store stuff that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> non-app users can also buy - but at the not-reduced price.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know how this than be legal... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's like a club, innit?
>>>>>>>>>>>> So you get the app and then you save too.
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't care what they call it - it's still discrimination
>>>>>>>>>>> based on concern for one's privacy.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's loyalty program for loyal customers. You have to
>>>>>>>>>> subscribe to get the discounts.
>>>>>>>>> It's actually slightly dodgy according to danish trade law,
>>>>>>>>> and they have to wriggle things a bit to not get harsh words
>>>>>>>>> from the consumer ombudsmand.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I guess you don't want to save money.
>>>>>>> I want everybody to be able to save money - regardless of
>>>>>>> whether they have a smrt-phone and choose to install the shops
>>>>>>> stupid app. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Life doesn't work that way.
>>>>> Well it should. And when I'm the undisputed ruler...
>>>> Oh! Something else to hope for!
>>>
>>> I'm still waiting for the appointment to be official...
>> 
>> Why wait? Make it happen!
> It's more official if someone else does the appointing. Probably my
> edicts will carry more weight too.
> 
Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.

>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't buy that much mayonnaise. It was an exaggeration
>>>>>>>>>>>> for illustrative purposes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Still appalled that 10kg drums of mayonnaise is a thing that
>>>>>>>>>>> is available to private households.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What if it was a 10kg drum of coffee?
>>>>>>>>> That would be fine, especially if it involved a substantial
>>>>>>>>> rebate. Using 10kg of coffee before it goes bad is easy
>>>>>>>>> enough. Also coffee doesn't go rancid the same way mayonnaise
>>>>>>>>> does. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would never use either before they went to the dark side.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can keep coffee in the freezer - keeps it fresh an potent...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> *gasp*
>>>>>> I used to keep coffee in the freezer until my hippie uncle
>>>>>> started roasting his own. Apparently, you're never supposed to
>>>>>> keep it in the freezer but in an air-tight container at room
>>>>>> temperature. 
>>>>> I've kept coffee in the freezer for years with no apparent ill
>>>>> effect. I suspect the airtightness of the container is the
>>>>> important bit. And coffee comes mostly vacuum packed around here.
>>>>> (Pre-roasted too.) 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The coffee comes vacuum packed from the store here.
>>>> Coffee roasting will be a valuable skill once the world descends
>>>> into chaos (zombie apocalyse or whatever). 
>>>
>>> All things considered I think I would rather not be awake for that.
>> No coffee for you!
> Even coffee won't keep you awake if you are dead by zombie.
No but it will give me a jolt to run away.
> 
>>> (Not that zombies are real or anything)
>> {They could be. Maybe it's a side-effect of the COVID vaccine}
> Like autism and 5G mind control...? I think not.
No one knows for certain.
> 
>>> (Also isn't it bad enough already - what more do you want.)
>>>
>> {The pendulum always swings back the other way}
> {Observe the pendulum... follow the movement of the pendulum...
> concentrate on the pendulum...}
> 
Getting hard to concentrate....
Must watch the pendulum...
Can't
seem
to 
stay
awake
...
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