Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
>> 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:
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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.
> 
> I don't do a lot of running. The latest shoes I bought was a pair of
> heavy walking shoes. Serves me well enough, though I had to replace
> the laces this year.

I usually buy Skechers for walking. No laces.
> 
>>>>>> 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...
> 
> I would need somewhere to keep it...
> 
In the shed?