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Re: Crossed the threshhold

From BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject Re: Crossed the threshhold
Date 2023-06-17 21:59 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <u6l3br$1bih2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (22 earlier) <XnsB021A56A25109Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <u6agh2$3milb$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB023702D9DD93Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <u6fq4v$gmtf$3@dont-email.me> <XnsB025792E7AA00Kamilot@135.181.20.170>

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On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in news:u6fq4v$gmtf$3@dont-email.me:
> 
>> On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:u6agh2$3milb$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:u62s24$2e5jn$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:u5r0db$18e3i$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:u5iahk$a3l$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5aefj$2qtfk$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 31.05.2023 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [Decongested]
>>>>>>>>> [*inhales deeply*
>>>>>>>> Eeeek!!1!  ]
>>>>>>>> [It's a lovely feeling, isn't it? I remember it well.]
>>>>>>> [Why did you write Eeek inside my thought brackets? Get out!]
>>>>>> [I got into your head, did I? I got scared about the openendedness
>>>>>> of the thing.]
>>>>> [Wow! Harsh...]
>>>> [The openendedneess of unclosed brackets, not your head. Your head
>>>> can't scare me]
>>>>
>>> [Oh no! I left an open bracket. I do that a lot]
>> [Please be more careful. It is quite frightening. Also the letters may
>> fall out.]
> [There's usually an error in the log]
[Sometimes the parsing just keep skipping 'till eoi or the buffer runs full]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm guessing you won't map the cables until something
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bad happens and you are forced to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You might be right. Actually something did happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some years ago a lightening strike (possibly in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> junction box) fried my modem, computer and all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connected peripherals, as well as seemingly essential
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parts of my oil furnace, as well as the attic-born
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cable I used at the time to connect the modem to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> office. I'm now using a different connection to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> concentrate all my internet needs to the proximity of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my (only) TV. Yet still I have no map of available
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cable connections or their purpose. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I sit corrected. Not even a castrophe would prompt you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to map the wires. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have no cats.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should get one!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have the neighbours cats around all the time...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ooooo! Free cats!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly. And they totally ignores me and are eminently
>>>>>>>>>>>> unresponsive to any "pspspsps" - just as if they were my
>>>>>>>>>>>> own. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You have to get down on all fours and supplicate yourself.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not gonna happen. If they want something they can come and ask
>>>>>>>>>> nicely. 
>>>>>>>>> And you speak cat?
>>>>>>>> It's gonna be either 'Feed me' or 'pet me'. For the rest there's
>>>>>>>> no mistaking that for asking nicely...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They have a cute little 'prrrrrr!' which I think means 'Hey
>>>>>>> there!' 
>>>>>> Must be foreign thing. These cats just stop dead and stares at me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it's because you stop dead and stare at them.
>>>> Sometimes I also say hello or something. They hardly ever answer.
>>>> Excepts the neighbour's old cat, who usually comes over when there
>>>> is a visiting dog at home. She has quite a lot to say on those
>>>> occasions. 
>>>>
>>> But you don't speak cat, so you guess it's about the dog.
>> It's the only situation in which she communicated to that level. I
>> think it's a reasonable inference...
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Also, I spelt 'catastrophe' wrong. So no cat for you!)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought you meant a song performed by or to a cat.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Caterwauling maybe?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Catcalling more likely...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *whistles*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That's sexist. And assault of some kind...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So?
>>>>>>>> I'm just saying. You don't want to risk get cancelled...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why not?
>>>>>>> Then I can hide indoors for a few months until the next big thing
>>>>>>> happens.
>>>>>> You don't want to spend all summer long inside. You will want to
>>>>>> be outside in the sun and smoke from distant forest fires.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was only for 2 days. And it wasn't sunny. More like a bizarre
>>>>> yellow haze. Stephen King would love it.
>>>> It was enough for the alerts in US cities to reach the news over
>>>> here... 
>>>>
>>> It's always all about them.
>> This one time where it isn't their fault... It will be 'gender reveal
>> forest fire' season again soon enough.
>>
> What a bunch of maroons!
Maroon 5?

> It's a little bit smoky today again.
We've had rain the last two nights. Not a lot but enough to freshing up
the air and make the flowers stand up straight.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's not like you have other things to do with no job,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no raking and no weeding the garden.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have very many important things to do...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Watching/reading the news; keeping up with my stories on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the telly; playing games on the computer; baking more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bread; sitting outside enjoying the weather and coffee;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to the shops to buy various necessities (rolling
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paper) to name but a few... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those all sound like things to do *after* you've spent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometime doing yardwork.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are also things to do _instead_ of doing yard work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Especially when the sun is shining.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You could always start early and then lounge.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's 30C here all week, you would burn in about 30 seconds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's "up to" 20C and sunny here, with UV warnings on every
>>>>>>>>>>>> weather report. Is good. I should probably take the bike out
>>>>>>>>>>>> and get some semblance of shape going...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh yeah?
>>>>>>>>>>> What shape are you?
>>>>>>>>>> Pear.
>>>>>>>>>>> What shape are you striving for?
>>>>>>>>>> Cucumber.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mmm...sounds like the beginning of a nice salad (or smoothie).
>>>>>>>> It's only in shape I may (come to) resemble those things.
>>>>>>>> Texture and nutritional content with be completely unlike
>>>>>>>> either. Also I'm too big for the blender.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll sit here and wait for you to change from a pear to a
>>>>>>> cucumber. 
>>>>>> It could take a while since the only muscle that get generous use
>>>>>> atm is the diaphragm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I coughed so much when I had covid that I pulled all the muscles
>>>>> over my ribcage.
>>>> The boob muscles you mean? (Pectorals?)
>>>>
>>> Ugh!
>>>
>>> Not that high up. More like the obliques.
>> I don't think I have any of those...
>>
> Is this about punctuation?
Obliques are more a Mediterranean thing. Ancient Egypt and Greece and
Rome and such... We mostly just have burial mounts with big stones on
top. Simple people - even back then.

-- 
BeH - Spring is here...
      <boing-boing> look at it go!

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                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 19:55 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
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                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 19:56 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 14:52 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 16:16 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 19:46 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
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