Re: First major snowfall this year

From	Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: First major snowfall this year
Date	2023-01-04 19:40 +0000
Organization	of Kamilot
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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...

>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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).

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    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
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          Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-25 20:58 +0100
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                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-03 17:42 +0100
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                Re: First major snowfall this year BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-05 14:59 +0100
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                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
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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
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-15 15:29 +0000
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                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
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-03 12:33 +0000
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-15 20:34 +0000
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