Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Merlyne Newsgroups: alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup Subject: Re: Sick - so very sick Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 11:32:25 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 278 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 11:32:25 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c27a15bacf2b093d23e2b555921c5c30"; logging-data="3834046"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Sf9/z2X9p889gZC/y3vYI" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JY6Aepeo0cF9PLXjvrmMZbwoNCQ= X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 230731-6, 31/7/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-No-Archive: yes Xref: csiph.com alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup:6229 BeH wrote in news:ua3ajp$2l6nn$1@dont-email.me: > On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote: >> BeH wrote in >> news:u9obt2$13rsf$1@dont-email.me: >> >>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote: >>>> BeH wrote in >>>> news:u9bfie$2o7m6$1@dont-email.me: >>>> >>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>> news:u8rdc3$sro$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>> news:u8hi3q$2jid9$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>> news:u8a1m3$1etv2$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>> news:u812de$3jj8$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u7mafc$2h0fa$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u77s94$7njq$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u72830$3d6lg$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u6l2id$1bbas$2@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u6fpog$gmtf$2@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u6ag02$3milb$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u62rfc$2e5jn$2@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5qvru$18e3i$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5ia9t$a3l$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With an actual fever, and coughing and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> runny nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TB or something... any time now I'm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> likely to start coughing up blood >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flecked phlegm. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That sucks :( >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like covid to me. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Feel better soon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So not tuberculosis after all - no blood >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no way to find out short of a trip to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the situation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like the same symptoms I had. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have that kind of time... I have >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> things to do. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can still watch tv or sit outside and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drink coffee. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eventually I will have to buy some food. And >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff. Also do some garden things. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean the garden things that you should have >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> done 2 months ago? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those, and the things I should have done in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between then and now. And the things I should do >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regularly. And the things related to the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> projected pond and stream. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, right. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can hardly wait to see the pictures. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As said, it could take a while - for now there is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only horrendously unkept lawn. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Replace the grass with clovers. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have seriously considered that, both for the not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that muich grass left what with the patch covered in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I'm going to overseed with clover. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They have some nice mixes at WestCoast seeds: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative- >> lawn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - >>>>>>>> blend >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nice with a mix with different flowering periods so >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there's something going on for a good part of the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> year. Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> poppies. The idea is obviously to keep the poor >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> animals stoned all season. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kills off the butterflies and other beneficials. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The bastards. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 100 years from now, researchers are going to discover >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and a dandelion... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nothing is done about it, if that's the case. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only >>>>>>>>>>>>> after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Also: IT'S CAPITALISM! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> You say that a lot. >>>>>>>>>>> It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering >>>>>>>>> only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to >>>>>>>>> react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the >>>>>>>> evidence and finds nothing substantial. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or >>>>>>> the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is... >>>>>> >>>>>> Money talks and bullshit walks... >>>>> You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of >>>>> the people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the >>>>> people all of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, >>>>> you know, a different democratically elected governing body or >>>>> something.) >>>> >>>> Sometimes that happens. >>> >>> Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should... >>> >>> [Snipporific extraction] >> [And the winner is ......*drum roll*] > [*Attempts to look unconcerned*] [You look worried or gassy, not sure which] > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW >>>>>>>>>>>>> Coffee! >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Their coffee is so smooth. >>>>>>>>>>>>> But still just coffee - by any other name. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> All coffee is not equal. >>>>>>>>>>>> You've apparently never had a really good cup of coffee. >>>>>>>>>>> All my coffee is good. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Soo you say. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is true. Because it has coffee in it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Not all coffee is good. The thought of drinking coffee that has >>>>>>>> been sitting for hours in a thermos makes me nauseous. >>>>>>> Coffee doesn't sit for hours around here. >>>>>> >>>>>> So you drink a pot in a short span of time? >>>>> A couple of hours, usually. Irrespective from the fact that I >>>>> don't have a coffee maker ATM, I usually put it in a couple of >>>>> thermos mugs. The inevitable loss of heat is preferable to leaving >>>>> the coffee on the hotplate for any length of time. >>>>> >>>> My god! How are you making coffee? >>> >>> I boil water in a kettle and pour in over ground coffee contained in >>> a liquid-permeable paper bag - just like gawd intended. >>> >> Sounds like how I make tea. > You mean you don't do the whole chinese/japanese traditional > tea-making performance? I'm not sure what that is. My people come from the British Isles. > >>>> My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh >>>> for hours. >>> I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid >>> disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker >>> stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because >>> the warranty expired. >>> >> You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month? > Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special* coffee > maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the smell) > Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the job. (Once a week with the humidifier) >> But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the >> warranty expires? > It's coded in the chip. > Ah. >>>>>>>> Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil >>>>>>>> goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment. >>>>>>> But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then... >>>>>>> >>>>>> Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way. >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes and no. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thought so... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then why ask the question? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For verification... Always verify your data. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You know what I do for a living, right? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More or less. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So lots of data verification. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So you ageee, then. Point for me. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> No points. We discussed this already. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> *pout* >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> That is so adorable! >>>>>>>>>>> Does that mean I get the point? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something >>>>>>>>>> to whine about' generation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Please miss, may I have another point. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mean. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Whiner. >>>>> >>>>> Bully. >>>>> >>>> I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something. >>> You were threatening violence...! >>> >>>> Stop being a suck. >>> I'll suck however much I want. >>> >> It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here. > > I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck. > You just keep believing that.