Re: Phil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>> On 29.11.2023 15.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>> [Snippage]
>>>>>> [slippage]
>>>>> [shippage]
>>>> [scrippage]
>>> [front page]
>> [page 6]
> [Is that the one with the barely dressed wimmen?]
[Maybe in the past. I'm sure some femi-nazi made them discontinue that 
practice]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I put it on my calendar.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a calendar too?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ugh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RTFM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. (Actually I did but only to stop all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the 'automatic' functionality attempting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to breach my privacy.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remind me, why did you get a cellphone?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Two factor authentication! The bank made it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so I couldn't do transactions over a certain
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> amount without using the code they sent via
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SMS. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I need 2 step authentication to even sign
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into my bank account (and a whole bunch of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other accounts). Which I don't mind. They
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have options for people without cellphones.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They can call a number and an automated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> robo-voice says the code OR the code is sent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the email they 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have on file. Stuff like that. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That must be nice, having options like that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even the damn supermarket chains have 'apps'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now, with special discounts one only gets if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one pays through the app. I don't buy any of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those items... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Most store have rewards apps now. The grocery
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stores track our purchases and then give
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coupons based on the buying history (I assume).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The stupid thing is they send coupons every
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> week for items that need to be purchased once a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> month or less frequently OR the coupon is for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bonus points for every $10 spent on an item
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that costs $9.99. Like I'm buying 2 10kg drums
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of mayonnaise. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First of all I'm appalled that you even consider
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buying one 10kg drum of mayonnaise. How can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone use that much before it goes rancid. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apps our stores have have actual reduced prices
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for normal in-the-store stuff that non-app users
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can also buy - but at the not-reduced price. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't know how this than be legal... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's like a club, innit?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So you get the app and then you save too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't care what they call it - it's still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discrimination based on concern for one's privacy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's loyalty program for loyal customers. You have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to subscribe to get the discounts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's actually slightly dodgy according to danish
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trade law, and they have to wriggle things a bit to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not get harsh words from the consumer ombudsmand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So I guess you don't want to save money.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I want everybody to be able to save money - regardless
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of whether they have a smrt-phone and choose to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> install the shops stupid app. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Life doesn't work that way.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well it should. And when I'm the undisputed ruler...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh! Something else to hope for!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm still waiting for the appointment to be official...
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why wait? Make it happen!
>>>>>>>>>>> It's more official if someone else does the appointing.
>>>>>>>>>>> Probably my edicts will carry more weight too.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.
>>>>>>>>> I'm concerned someone, somewhere might attempt to question the
>>>>>>>>> legitimay of my absolute ruling.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As the ruler, can't you over-rule or silence them?
>>>>>>>> Dark pit anyone?
>>>>>>> I rather see myself as a benevolent absolute ruler, so I don't
>>>>>>> want to be seen to put anyone in the dark pit unless they do
>>>>>>> something truly egregious like trying to unseat me or steal my
>>>>>>> snacks. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can see myself stealing your snacks.
>>>>>> uh-oh!
>>>>> You are really itching for a trip to the dark pit, aren't you?
>>>>>
>>>> You wouldn't!
>>>
>>> No! It's cold and damp as well as dark in there. And you don't get
>>> any coffee.
>>>
>> Great! I'll go through DTs and have an afro.
> But nobody will see it. Because of the pit being very dark.
Surely they'll see me when I return.
>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't buy that much mayonnaise. It was an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exaggeration for illustrative purposes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still appalled that 10kg drums of mayonnaise is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing that is available to private households.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if it was a 10kg drum of coffee?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That would be fine, especially if it involved a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> substantial rebate. Using 10kg of coffee before it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> goes bad is easy enough. Also coffee doesn't go
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rancid the same way mayonnaise does. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would never use either before they went to the dark
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> side. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can keep coffee in the freezer - keeps it fresh an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> potent... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *gasp*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I used to keep coffee in the freezer until my hippie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> uncle started roasting his own. Apparently, you're
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> never supposed to keep it in the freezer but in an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> air-tight container at room temperature. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've kept coffee in the freezer for years with no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apparent ill effect. I suspect the airtightness of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> container is the important bit. And coffee comes mostly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vacuum packed around here. (Pre-roasted too.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The coffee comes vacuum packed from the store here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coffee roasting will be a valuable skill once the world
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> descends into chaos (zombie apocalyse or whatever). 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> All things considered I think I would rather not be awake
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for that. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> No coffee for you!
>>>>>>>>>>> Even coffee won't keep you awake if you are dead by zombie.
>>>>>>>>>> No but it will give me a jolt to run away.
>>>>>>>>> And straight into the arms (and slighly decomposed mouth) of a
>>>>>>>>> different zombie. That's how it works.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Didn't you watch The Walking Dead?
>>>>>>> Nope.
>>>>>>>> You only get eaten when you stop to help someone else out.
>>>>>>> What if you stop to steal something for someone? Or if you have
>>>>>>> to pee? I know very little about zombies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are very slow. Shambling even.
>>>>> Yes, that is the tradition, I understand.
>>>>>> Except for the ones in The Last of Us. they were fast.
>>>>> How come? Did they load up on Monster Energy drinkers branes?
>>>>>
>>>> Not sure. Maybe it's the difference between getting infected from a
>>>> virus vs. getting infected from a spore?
>>> Waitaminute! Zombies don't become zombies by being infected. They
>>> get bewitched by a Voodoo priest(ess).
>>>
>> Clearly not.
>> The CDC told Rick Grimes that we all have the virus inside us.
> Thay must be talking about something else. Chicken flu maybe. Or
> whatever is the cause of gambling fever.
> 
I bet it wasn't.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Not that zombies are real or anything)
>>>>>>>>>>>> {They could be. Maybe it's a side-effect of the COVID
>>>>>>>>>>>> vaccine} 
>>>>>>>>>>> Like autism and 5G mind control...? I think not.
>>>>>>>>>> No one knows for certain.
>>>>>>>>> Certainly not any of the mindless sheeples who can't even be
>>>>>>>>> bothered to do their own research on f*cebook.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm thinking FB is not a good place to do research.
>>>>>>> Or do anything else for that matter. But try telling that to a
>>>>>>> f*cebook "researcher".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Also isn't it bad enough already - what more do you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> want.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> {The pendulum always swings back the other way}
>>>>>>>>>>> {Observe the pendulum... follow the movement of the
>>>>>>>>>>> pendulum... concentrate on the pendulum...}
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Getting hard to concentrate....
>>>>>>>>>> Must watch the pendulum...
>>>>>>>>>> Can't
>>>>>>>>>> seem
>>>>>>>>>> to 
>>>>>>>>>> stay
>>>>>>>>>> awake
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
>>>>>>>>> Wupsie!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *snaps fingers* You can wake up now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Huh?
>>>>>>> Sorry - I didn't realise you paid attention to anything I say. I
>>>>>>> hope you didn't miss any important zoom meeting...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most of the meetings I go to coulda been an email.
>>>>>
>>>>> Email isn't the technological marvel it used to be. You have to
>>>>> innovate or the cool kids will laugh at you.
>>>>>
>>>> I work with analysts and mathematicians. I am the cool kid :)
>>>
>>> Cool. That explains all the zoom meetings, then.
>>>
>> I think the zoom meetings are a function of everyone working at home.
> I'm not.

You're not what?