Re: 14th

On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:

>>> The emergencies are broadcast by SMS especially when a child get
>>> picked up from school by the non-custodial parent 1000 miles away.
>> As important as that is, it hardly qualifies as a national emergency.
>> At most a regional emergency.
>>
>>> They also broadcast on tv.
>> Yes but that isn't going to help in the national emergency when all
>> the power is down and the cellphone towers don't work. That's why you
>> need to hoard batteries for the transistor radio. And candles.
>>
> I have a generator.
Which will work for as long as you have fuel for it. (And contrary to
one guy on a civil defence exercise once, you remember to regularly top
up the oil for lubrication.)
A national emergency sometimes takes a while.

>>>> Truly. Science has come a long way since the days of Peter Wimsey.
>>>>
>>> Who?
>> *sigh* Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey - brother of the 16th duke of
>> Denver. War hero and gentleman detective. His valet Bunter does all
>> the photographing and chemical analysis for the cases (when not doing
>> all the valet things, of course).
>> Fictional. Invented and written by Dorothy L. Sayers.
>>
> I never read that series.
They are really old and _very_ british. There is one novel where the
plot revolved around campanology.

>>>>> [No. I dreamt we argued about brocolli]
>>>> [What a stange dream. How can there be opposing views on broccoli.]
>>>>
>>> [I know, eh? Everyone knows that brocolli is a delicious and
>>> nutritious superfood.]
>> [Except for the fact that it tastes terrible and also is poisonous.]
> [Those are not facts]
[True facts. I even checked on the internet.]

>>>>>>> I remember that you would declare yourself to be right and award 
>>>>>>> yourself points for it.
>>>>>> Only in situations where I was obviously right and deserving of
>>>>>> points. 
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't remember things that way at all...
>>>> You should probably allocate a good amount of time to research this
>>>> topic on google while you still can. It will all come back to you...
>>>
>>> I think that google is keeping the historical stuff. They will just
>>> stop archiving your rantings in February.
>>> If I have time, I will do a study to see how many times you awarded 
>>> yourself points for no reason vs actually being right.
>> Oh, I can tell you that right now: never.
>>
> You forgot to award yourself points.

The point was implied.

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BeH

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