Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 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 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.
> That's almost as dangerous as scissors. You should complain to your
> work safety representative.
> 
I don't think that exists any more.

>> Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops.
> That too. Not that I've ever tried.
> 
It's shoe/boot time again.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
So after the water feature then?