Re: Hello Acme

On 29.11.2023 15.56, Merlyne wrote:
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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 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.
That's almost as dangerous as scissors. You should complain to your work
safety representative.

> Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops.
That too. Not that I've ever tried.

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

When I get around to it I will have done it once.

-- 
BeH

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