Re: First major snowfall this year

From	BeH <oldman@wits.end>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: First major snowfall this year
Date	2023-01-04 18:01 +0100
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On 03.01.2023 21.26, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp1lss$e4u$1@gioia.aioe.org:
> 
>> On 01.01.2023 20.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tos9m0$1i7i$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 31.12.2022 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:ton8pd$1fp5$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 29.12.2022 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tohlmu$hke$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 27.12.2022 22.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:toaa1q$1uol$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 24.12.2022 16.48, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:to6v7t$15gb$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22.12.2022 21.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:tnlccj$3u1$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 16.12.2022 17.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://albums.memento.com/Merlyne
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I remember one year we had snow like that. Not what year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it was, but that it was a year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Incidentally when I moved (using rental vans) it was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February and snowy like that - except there were quite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strong winds across the fields so snow wasn't on trees but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in dunes on the road. Fun for all...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I moved here in February and I think the high for the day
>>>>>>>>>>>>> was -20C. A different kind of fun.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And the power went off for 30 minutes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>         From the wires getting wet?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure why. Heavy wet snow on the wires?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyways, there is a storm coming tonight-rain, freezing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rain, wet snow. It's supposed to flash freeze over the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> night hours and then start snowing with up to 90 km/h
>>>>>>>>>>>>> winds. Power outages are expected. Again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yuck. Maybe you should move to Mexico or something...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No Way, José!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They have cheap tequila, you know...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't drink.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I believe they also have cocoa - for chocolate drinks. And
>>>>>>>> possibly tacos.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I expect that if I had chocolate and tacos every day then a) my
>>>>>>> digestive system would be in disarray and b) I would grow to
>>>>>>> dislike chocolate and tacos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I though tacos was only for tuesdays. Also you don't have to
>>>>>> drink chocolate every day - there is also coffee.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what do I eat from Wednesday to Monday?
>>>> They most likely have other types of foodstuff in Mexico: burritos
>>>> and chilli con carne and such... Or maybe a nice mixed salad once in
>>>> a while (with or without feta cheese) >
>>> I'm thinking that tacos, burritos and chili have the same basic
>>> ingredients: beef, beans, corn, spicy. What do I know?
>>
>> Possibly, I'm not mexican. They were all the foodstuffs I assume they
>> have in Mexico. They may well have other stuff not containing the same
>> ingredients.
>>
>>>>> I'm not supposed to drink coffee. I imagine in Mexico, I would have
>>>>> sore swollen joints and never sleep and be, therefore, horribly
>>>>> homesick.
>>>> Now you are jut making up excuses. But don't move to Mexico then,
>>>> and live with the wind and the cold and the snow on the wires. It
>>>> was just a suggestion. Or you could move to some other place that
>>>> don't have those types of weather.
>>>>
>>> *eye roll*
>>> I never said I wanted to move.
>>
>> Well, then what are you going to do about the wind and the cold and
>> the snow on the wires?
> 
> Survive it.
> I was going to say 'take it like a man' but then a man would whine about
> it a whole bunch.

Not James Bond. He would just shoot it with some ridiculously outsized 
gun - or f*ck it, which symbolically is much the same thing.

>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As it turned out, the power did not go off here. Probably
>>>>>>>>>>> because I filled the bathtub with water.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't think it works like that. And if it does; salt water
>>>>>>>>>> conducts electricity better than fresh water.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It is blustery out there today. -20C with the wind chill.
>>>>>>>>>>> The long range forecast is for 7C and rain next weekend.
>>>>>>>>>>> The weather is bipolar.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We've had mostly +/-1C at night here. And the heat pump is
>>>>>>>>>> still not operational...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Uh-oh!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Quite. Still no change except I'm running out of things to burn.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have lots of wood, Just bragging.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good for you. I have a heat-pump connecting guy who isn't going to
>>>>>> show up until after new-years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I still have some stuff to burn, but it's mostly branches from
>>>>>> various trees and rather messy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Branches burn really quickly. You need a good overnight log.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. But I don't have any... And I'm supposed to have the heat pump
>>>> working any day now, and if not I shall be properly miffed - I might
>>>> even make a sarcastic comment about it when he shows up.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Really? I can't imagine.
>>> Does it seem smart to piss off the guy who's hooking up your heat
>>> pump?
>>
>> I might wait until the installation in complete (and tested) to
>> deliver my sarcastic comment. Humour is all about timing...
>>
> 
> It's definitely all in the delivery.

Exactly. I already have taken delivery of all the hardware, and he still 
isn't getting paid until it's operational...
-- 
BeH

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