Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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:
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>>>>>>>>> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
> 
They are like running shoes with no laces.
I wear flipflops all summer, much to the chagrin of the people who work 
near my office.

>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
That makes me think there is a ton of junk in the garage.