Re: Hello Acme

On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
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>> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
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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:
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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.
Lots of scissors, I imagine.

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

You certainly do. Apropos there are also some chairs out there that I
plan to re upholster at some point.

-- 
BeH

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