Re: Hello Acme

On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
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>> 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:
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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.
So I conclude that you don't run a lot in the 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.

Not at all. All the stuff in the garage is things that I need or
possibly will need or will have a use for sometime in the future. IOW
good stuff. There is also an assortment of tools for various things.

-- 
BeH

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