Re: Hello Acme

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

> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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.
No. It's not safe.

> 
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

Okie dokie. I sit corrected.