Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
> 
Actually no.
There are wires sticking out from under walls and such.
Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops.

>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
I've done that a few times.