Re: Heating woes

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

> On 07.01.2024 23.21, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 29.11.2023 15.44, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Unmessyness achieved]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [A half-assed job]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The unmessying of a usenet thread is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> neverending task.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [If only you were so vigilant with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> housework] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [If only that could be achieved from the comfort
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the recliner] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Eventually, you will need clean dishes or fresh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> underwear] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll have you know I currently have both due to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an uncharacteristic spurt of domestic activity.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Well, there'll be 2 moons in the sky tonite!]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [That's not a thing that happens. One of them is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably the space station. Or a chinese balloon.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [*waves* Hi China! I have clean underwear too1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The chinese would expect nothing less. Also the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chinese will probably already have assumed that based
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on the information supplied by your washing mashine]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The washing machine only knows when I wash something,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no what I wash] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Do you use the same program for all your washing needs,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then?] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Let's say I use the delicate cycle. The machine doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know if I am washing a silk blouse or my unmentionables]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [They might know how many of each you have bought in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> last ten years and make some educated guesses AI-style]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [Ha! I haven't bought any silk shirts in the last 10 years]
>>>>>>>>>>> [That makes the educated guessing so much simpler -
>>>>>>>>>>> presuming you follow the current trend of selling your
>>>>>>>>>>> clothes on after a few uses, and binning what can't be
>>>>>>>>>>> sold.] 
>>>>>>>>>> [Not me. Anything that is worn or stained, I throw out.
>>>>>>>>>> Anything I don't want or can't fit into that is in good shape
>>>>>>>>>> goes to charity. Most stuff I keep]
>>>>>>>>> (Amaz*n must be so disappointed in you.]
>>>>>>>> [ERROR: expecting a )]
>>>>>>>> [I never buy clothes from Amazon}
>>>>>>> Total parenthesisal Anarchy!!!2! i'm going to cry. *drip*
>>>>>>> Also to reiterate : Amaz*n must be so disappointed in you.
>>>>>>> Don't you have a minimum amount purchased to keep your
>>>>>>> prime-ness? That's what I would do if I was an evil capitalist.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no minimum purchse required.
>>>>> Yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>> If their policy changes, I will hold you responsible for jinxing
>>>>>> me. 
>>>>> I don't see how I can be responsible for the natural increase over
>>>>> time in nefariousness of Evil Capitalist Corporations.
>>>>>
>>>> You wrote it on the internet. People see things.
>>> I somehow think that whoever is Amazons vice president for
>>> nefariousness has other things to do than read usenet posts.
>>>
>> Anyone could be watching.
> Yes but does it seem believable that an Evil Capitalist Corporation
> will pay for someone monitoring the literally tens of messages posted
> every day on usenet on the off chance that someone invents a nefarious
> profit making scheme that the Evil Capitalist Corporation can steal
> and exploit. 
> 

Maybe their assistant googles "ideas for Amazon to make more money" and 
you post pops up.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [*big munch*]
>>>>> [ditto]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [hungry?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Just tidying up]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Nesting, are we?]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll be spring before you know it. Best to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prepared.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [By the time Spring comes, there will be 6 inches of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dust on everything] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [A lot of the dust tend to get stuck in the spider
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> webs so maybe not.] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [*sigh* 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need to stop hoarding spiders]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll rather a few spiders than a lot of invisible
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> crawlies and flies everywhere.]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Maybe you should find the source of the crawlies and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flies. Is there a dead varmint somewhere? Or some mashed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> potatoes that fell under the couch? Maybe you need to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shower more than once a month?] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The microscopic crawlies are always there. And no I don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have dead varmints or misplaced mash. I do have a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> substantial amount of nature right outside, and also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> several pigfarms in the area (for the fly supply). Also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the crawlies aren't on me in excessive quantity which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> means I shower sufficiently, no? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I guess?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I was just putting that out there.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Farms attract lots of flies.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> True. And those buggers get around.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They are winged.
>>>>>>>>> That may be part of the reason they get around so well. But
>>>>>>>>> there are no pigs in my house so what do they come here for?
>>>>>>>>> Mobile but stupid is what they are.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.
>>>>>>> That's hardly relevant since a) I have no fence. and 2: there is
>>>>>>> no grass inside my house.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I doubt the flies noticed or care.
>>>>> Noeh, I suppose not. Anyway flies seem more interested in poop.
>>>>> Not that I have any of that lying about either...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't explain the flies then.
>>> No. Completely incomprehensible, flies are. And annoying.
>>>
>> Sure.
>