Re: Hello Acme

On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
>>
>> 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.
I don't know what those are, but assume they despite the similarity in
lace use are not flip-flops.

>>>>>>> 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?

I don't have a shed. I have a garage, but that already filled with
firewood and bikes and other stuff that definitely should not be taken
to the recycling center.

-- 
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
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