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| From | Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: 14th |
| Date | 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:uesl0a$22aqc$1@dont-email.me:
> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:uek9gd$9qtc$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ue4as5$3raqk$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>
>>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:udfqhm$3k0ht$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:ud6ilb$1sfh1$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> [unreadable stuff snipped]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stay out of my birdfeeder!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tell that to the bears.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *opens window*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *yells 'Hey bears, stay out of my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> birdfeeder* The birdfeeders are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>in >>>> the >> garage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you get many garage birds? Mine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is >>> too but that's because I only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> feed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> birds in the winter. This time of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> year >>> they steal all my cherries -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ripe or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Putting the birdfeeder in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>garage >> is >> an interim (and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>temporary) measure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to >> dissuade the bears.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know how resistant your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>garage >>> is, but I've heard of bears
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ripping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out > doors if the reward (or need)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>is >> high > enough.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good luck with that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I haven't seen any bears sightings in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the area for a while. It worked.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's good then. Unless the bears are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having a tactical pause while they
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wait > for the birdfeeder to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>re-appear...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe they've hacked my wifi and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ordered their own seeds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That would be alright though, wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it? Unless they used your credit card to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pay for it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which could happen if they get into my
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amazon account. Oh deer!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not deer, bears. I doubt deer are good
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> haxors, what with the hooves instead .of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hands. Also the antlers tend to knock over
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the screen when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they look down on the keyboard.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They need to get cellphones so they can say
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'Alexa, buy me some birdseed and a mink
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coat'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know who Alexa is, but they still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to be able to dial the number first...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No they don't. That's how Alexa works. You
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> talk to the phone and it does stuff.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's Siri, innit? Or GoOoOogle, maybe.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyway they need to unlock the phone first,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I don't think face-recognition works very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well with bear-faced seed-stealers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't use face recognition on my phone. It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be hard for them to guess and then type
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my pin. they'd have to use a twig which I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> imagine would be hard to hold onto without
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> opposable thumbs]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bears could use a claw possibly. If they were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> careful. Bearclaws are very pointy and sharp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The kind attached to bear arms; not the pastry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kind.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I want a pastry :(
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There you go. I'm sure it's all very healthy:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wienerbr%C3%
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B8d&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ia=images
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A lot of good a picture will do me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyways, I bought some 2-bite apple turnover
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thingees at the store.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm sure they were good too, for what they were.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2-bite? As in tiny ones?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are small.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perfect for when you need something sweet but don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want to eat a big slab of pie.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isn't that what fruit is for?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if your not in the mood for fruit?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if you want caek or pie?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if eating cake or pie is highly discouraged?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm sure it's on no country's food pyramid.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The baker's guild begs to differ.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> They can beg all they want. Cake and pie will never get on
>>>>>>>>>>>> the pyramid.
>>>>>>>>>>> But I'm certain there was plenty of delicious baked goods
>>>>>>>>>>> *in* the pyramids.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>>>>>>> Something their Mummy made?
>>>>>>>>> A chicken wrap maybe...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ramen noodles?
>>>>>>>>>> Fruit of the Tomb?
>>>>>>>>> Tut y fruity Ice cream...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ancient Egyptian puns are hard :(
>>>>>>>> I'll end making an asp of myself.
>>>>>>> You can probably ask your smart phone... that O'Siris thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That didn't land.
>>>>> Did your eye-phone die?
>>>> As if I can afford or want one of those.
>>>
>>> I'm confident your [brand] smart phone has a similar Oracle-like
>>> functionality by whatever name.
>>
>> I never use it since if I shout a question at it, it shouts back the
>> answer.
> That'll learn you to speak nicely to the mindless piece of software.
Unlikely!
> You do know that [Mega tech Corporation] has records of all your
> shouting now, right? You probably get served a lot of ads for lozenges
> and such.
>
If I see ads for lozenges, how will I be able to tell if from the
shouting at Google or because I viewed and/or purchased them online?
>>>>>>>>> Whatever an ancient dead pharaoh/demi-god liked to eat with
>>>>>>>>> their coffee, I guess.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did they have coffee?
>>>>>>> What good would being an ancient pharaoh if it didn't include
>>>>>>> coffee?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm wondering when coffee was introduced to Egypt.
>>>>> Now I am too. Are you going to look it up?
>>>> *sigh*
>>>> According to the National Coffee Association (who knew?):
>>>> "By the 15th century, coffee was being grown in the Yemeni district
>>>> of Arabia and by the 16th century it was known in Persia, Egypt,
>>>> Syria, and Turkey. Coffee was not only enjoyed in homes, but also
>>>> in the many public coffee houses — called qahveh khaneh — which
>>>> began to appear in cities across the Near East."
>>>>
>>>> Not in King Tut's time.
>>>
>>> No wonder he died young, then.
>>
>> I thought he was murdered.
> Don't think so... He was a sickly kid born with all sorts of defects.
> Perhaps not too surprising, given the family tradition of selecting
> spouses from within the family.
>
It keeps the blood lines pure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What if you need all the vitamin C you can get?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I eat lots of fruit during the day. And broccoli.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you get too much vitamin C, you pee it out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If only the broccoli poison were that easy to get rid of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ugh! Not this again!
>>>>>>>>>>> Right. Abolish broccoli.
>>>>>>>>>> Just accept it's existence and move on.
>>>>>>>>> Does that sound like something a rabid cult leader would do?
>>>>>>>>> Banish the abomination!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well..
>>>>>>>> When you're snoring in your yurt in your spiderman pajamas, I
>>>>>>>> will sneak out and eat brocolli.
>>>>>>> HAH. And Hah again. I don't even have any spiderman pyjamas...
>>>>>>> So there! {and I'm not going to comment on your spelling}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that's how 'yurt' is spelt.
>>>>> Sure. And broccoli is no less evil no matter how it's spelled.
>>>>
>>>> I thought we agreed that you would stop saying negative things
>>>> about broccoli if I agreed not to serve it to you?
>>> You brought i up and I couldn't help myself.
>>
>> uh-huh.
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe if you fed the birds in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> summer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they wouldn't take your cherries.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They >> tend to steal berries like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raspberries
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and blueberries. There
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is bird netting that can be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>purchased
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to keep them away from the fruit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://duckduckgo.com/?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> q=bird+netting&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=image
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Birds, insect larva or mildew - the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> result is the same: not very many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cherries for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me. At least with the birds I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the >>> pleasure of being woken up very,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>very >>> early by their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> maniacal chirping... And
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bird poop on the windows.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are worse ways to be woken up.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Certainly. Like the neighbour speaking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to her mother - at festival volume.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or snoring.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or the cat barfing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I could go on and on...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have a barfing cat.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should definitely get one.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No need. I already have the birds and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> neighbour. And also the neighbours
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hysterical smushy faced mutt...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Behold! The pugliest dog in the world!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For sleeping soundlessly through the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> night, I'm a huge fan of ear plugs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then you are missing all the birdsong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Given that the windows haven't been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>open at night for some time due to air
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>quality
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warnings and/or hot, humid weather, I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably missing a lot of outdoor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sounds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not that I'd hear them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That global climate change has a lot to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> answer for.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I won't hear the answer because of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ear plugs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can read about it in the paper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> later...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No one reads newspapers anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are on-line versions. On the internet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As I said, no reads newspapers anymore. They
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get their news from social media. Except in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Canada where Meta had a big fight with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> government.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Get with the Times...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No thanks, that's a Murdock paper now... I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't read stuff like that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remember Bat boy?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ehh, no?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh dear!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What!!?! Who is bat boy?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was a tabloid thing back in the day.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm shocked - shocked I tell you - to learn that a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> newspaper would just make up a story, with no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regard for the integrity of the press.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, you aren't.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That may or may not have been sarcastic...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought it was fake outrage.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The outrage is real. The shock maybe not so much.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I see. Batboy enrages you. Noted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not Batboy as such - the lack of clarity about the fact
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that Batboy was wholly fictional.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's pretty obvious, no?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Although, I'm sure there are a few kooks who believe he
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is real. *shrug*
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I refer you to the case of the radio dramatisation of H.G.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wells' "The War of the Worlds".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, yes...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is also the ancient dictum (about writing manuals):
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't write to be understood - write to not be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *mis*understood.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I always write user guide like the audience is a 6 year
>>>>>>>>>>>> old. Even then (with screenshots) people mess things up.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I had a math professor that told me: it's not that people
>>>>>>>>>>>> can't do math, they just can't read.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah...the lost art of reading...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Speaking of... I just finished The Clan of the Cave Bear.
>>>>>>>>>>> All 587 pages of it. That's a lot of words. Not all of them
>>>>>>>>>>> strictly necessary in my opinion...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm on book 3 of the Wheel of Time series. The average size
>>>>>>>>>> is 826 pages. There are 13 books plus a prequel.
>>>>>>>>>> So there!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not that it's a competition or anything but I did finish the
>>>>>>>>> next book in the series and am 2/3 through the third.
>>>>>>>>> Before that I (re)read the 13 volumes of the chronicles of
>>>>>>>>> Pern that I have. It's mostly about dragons - science fiction
>>>>>>>>> dragons.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I used to read those when I was a teenager. My dad took them to
>>>>>>>> work for a book sale and all the computer nerds lost their
>>>>>>>> minds.
>>>>>>> That can't have been good for productivity...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They were government jobs.
>>>>> Government jobs have productivity measurements too. They are
>>>>> just... different.
>>>>
>>>> People who don't work in the government seem to think we don't any
>>>> work.
>>> I have been working a lot alongside public employees of various
>>> kinds. To avoid annoying you I shall refrain from commenting on
>>> this. They do hold a lot of meetings, though. Long meetings.
>>>
>> When I worked for Census, we did have a lot of meetings.
>> Not so much where I am now.
>> Depends on who's in charge.
> When I was there it was usually because of some (major) changes in
> organisation and/or workflow. Gotta hold meetings about that sort of
> thing.
>
When I worked in the private sector, they had a huge all staff meeting
in the ballroom of a super-posh hotel to annouce the company was
changing it's name. One woman in the middle of the crowd jumped up and
screamed 'I love it!' after the new name was revealed. I was just there
for the free food.
>>>>>>> I never knew about them before I inherited them, and I didn't
>>>>>>> consider them for reading for a long time, thinking they were
>>>>>>> 'Fantasy'. Because of the dragons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I liek dragons!
>>>>>> The books are more about how civilization can devolve.
>>>>> And the importance of preserving knowledge.
>>>>> And how some people are just shitty humans, through malice or
>>>>> ignorance. And dragons.
>>>>
>>>> YAY! Dragons!
>>> Yes. Science-fictionally believable dragons.
>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't been reading as much as I normally do in the summer.
>>>>>>>> Usually, I go outside and lounge and read but this summer has
>>>>>>>> been either super hot or raining, making the mosquitoes quite
>>>>>>>> fierce. Also my Kobo broke.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assuming a Kobo is some kind of e-reader and not your favourite
>>>>>>> lounge-chair, let me point out that books also come as
>>>>>>> self-contained stacks of printed paper...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes. I can put several on a Kobo which weighs a few ounces. This
>>>>>> comes in handy when you finish a book when you are away from
>>>>>> home.
>>>>> Unless you run out of battery and forget the charger.
>>>> Yep that could happen.
>>> And that would be bad.
>> I can play with my phone instead.
> I thought the phone was for public transport and zoom-meetings...
It's for any times when I am bored.
>
>>>>>> Also, with paper books, you have to procure more and then rid
>>>>>> yourself of them once finished.
>>>>> Get Rid Of Books!!?? What is this madness. What if you want to
>>>>> read them again at some point?
>>>>
>>>> The number of books that I keep is very small.
>>> Which for instance prohibits you from now re-reading the chronicles
>>> of Pern.
>>>
>> Which I don't want to reread.
> Okay then. Don't read about the dragons...
Okay. I won't.
>
>>>>> Also a Kobo has infinite storage, I take it?
>>>> I forget how many books it can hold. More that you can carry even
>>>> with a cargo bike.
>>>> So there!
>>> Hard-cover or paperback? My cargo bike is rated for 200Kg. How many
>>> books is that?
>>>
>>
>> My new one can hold 12,000 books. How much does that weigh?
>
> From an admittedly small sample size paperbacks weigh ~50g/100pages.
> Assuming an average length of 350 pages that's 175g * 12000 or about
> 2.1 metric tons. However you aren't going to read nearly that many
> books in one sitting/vacation/year(/lifetime).
> One cargo bike full is about 1200 books, which will do me quite well
> for a while.
>
I think the point is that I can carry more books than you can.
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Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 14:41 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-07 22:21 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 13:30 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-14 15:02 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-01 12:53 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-11 14:49 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-22 21:15 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-24 20:56 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-11 23:28 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-12 13:30 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-26 19:20 +0100
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-31 20:39 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-04-07 14:37 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-04-07 15:29 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 20:22 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:08 +0100
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