Re: Hello Acme

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 07.01.2024 23.21, Merlyne wrote:
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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.
> You work in an enchanted office building?
I like to think I do.

> 
>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
> You probably should. Do you have a complaints department in your
> enchanted office building?
> 
No one can find it.
Also, no one listens.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> Yes, I know. I tought I had one, but it was a crappy piece of junk
> that was unable to dispense staples with any regularity. Also the
> included staples were the wrong size. At least it was cheap.
> 

You can borrow mine.
Do you want the manual one or the electric?