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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 2023-01-08 10:46 +0100
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On 06.01.2023 20.20, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp9eiu$1vb2$1@gioia.aioe.org:
> 
>> 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?
> Never!
>> Also what else do you call that thing?
> Gas shut-off valve? idk.
It was for (or against) water, but okay...

>>> 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.
> 
> That would be most people.
> Of course, if the installer mentioned a stopcock, the 12 year old in my
> head would be giggling uncontrollably.
Really, now! It's a perfectly ordinary british word. Just like the 
stopper for the hole in a (wood) barrel is a 'bung' that is inserted 
into the barrel's 'bung hole'.

>>>> 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.
>>
> You could always call them about it.
It may come to that.

-- 
BeH

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First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-16 16:56 +0000
  Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-17 22:29 +0100
    Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 20:41 +0000
      Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-24 14:35 +0100
        Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-24 15:48 +0000
          Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-25 20:58 +0100
            Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-27 21:31 +0000
              Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-28 16:00 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-29 15:13 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-30 18:57 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-31 14:49 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-01 16:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-01 19:06 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-03 17:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 20:26 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-04 18:01 +0100
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                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-05 14:59 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 14:56 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-06 16:26 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-06 19:20 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-08 10:46 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-08 19:51 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-09 19:11 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-09 21:33 +0000
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-11 13:12 +0000
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-12 11:44 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-12 18:03 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-13 11:44 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-14 17:03 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-15 15:29 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-16 22:42 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-17 11:54 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-19 19:16 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-20 13:38 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-20 22:39 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-21 14:36 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-22 20:59 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-24 12:55 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-25 19:12 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-25 18:55 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-26 23:19 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-27 13:29 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-28 01:11 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-28 15:08 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-29 21:23 +0100
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-03 12:33 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-03 23:14 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-04 15:27 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-05 21:19 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-07 15:19 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-08 02:06 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-08 12:19 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-09 00:13 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-09 13:06 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-11 00:15 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-14 22:47 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-15 19:57 +0100
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-15 20:34 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-16 21:45 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-17 12:10 +0000
                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-19 01:30 +0100
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