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Re: First major snowfall this year

From BeH <oldman@wits.end>
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject Re: First major snowfall this year
Date 2023-01-06 16:26 +0100
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On 05.01.2023 15.56, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp6l42$1mg8$1@gioia.aioe.org:
> 
>> On 04.01.2023 20.40, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp4bck$b6e$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 03.01.2023 21.26, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp1lss$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.
>>>>
>>> This is what happens when you watch a children's show about a guy
>>> with a huge penis...
>> I don't think Ian Fleming (or directors of JB movies) ever watched
>> Dillermand. And anyway he (Dillermand) uses his penis to help his
>> fellow human - not to reduce reasonably competent actresses to sex
>> objects...
>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>>
>>> You would be foolish to pay 100% of the bill before (or to pay
>>> tradespeople by the hour).
>>
>> Was that why I ended up paying for 2½ hours to have a stopcock and a
>> dish-washer installed... And also had to complain about the components
>> that were billed but never used?
> 
> *googles stopcock*
With safe search enabled?
Also what else do you call that thing?

> Wow! They bill you for things they never used? They probably do that
> here too. Especially to a woman.
They probably do it the anyone who seems to not know how to do things 
themselves. Like people who hire someone to install a dish-washer.

>> On the other hand I still haven't received the bill for putting op the
>> water heater (different plumber and pre-agreed price).
> 
> They'll find you eventually.
I have no doubt, but it bothers me to have an outstanding bill like that 
for months and I have to set money aside for when it turns up.

-- 
BeH

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