Re: 14th

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 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.
> 

Someone comes over once a year and does a tune up.

>>>>> 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.
> 

I think Midsomer has some plots around that too.
Or maybe it was Father Brown.
I bet there are still some bell-ringing competitions in the UK.

>>>>>> [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 checked and the internet says definitely not poisonous]

>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
It's not the same if you don't loudly declare victory and award yourself 
the point(s).