Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
> Then who checks the fire extinguishers and takes care of the unsecured
> scissors?

The scissor fairy does.

>> 
>>>> Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops.
>>> That too. Not that I've ever tried.
>>>
>> It's shoe/boot time again.
> Which practically invites running. Even more reason to secure the
> wires. 
> 

I'll put in a complaint about that.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
> Maybe I'll spontaneously do it one day. Who can say. I'll need some
> cloth first. And a sturdy stapler.

You need a staple gun.