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| From | Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: To eat or not to eat |
| Date | 2023-01-11 13:12 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <XnsAF8953765BFACKamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink) |
| References | (22 earlier) <tpe3mi$1evb$1@gioia.aioe.org> <XnsAF869719E8EF3Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tphkp2$o3m$1@gioia.aioe.org> <XnsAF87A867FC301Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tpkec9$1iug$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tpkec9$1iug$1@gioia.aioe.org: > On 09.01.2023 22.33, Merlyne wrote: >> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tphkp2$o3m$1@gioia.aioe.org: >> >>> On 08.01.2023 20.51, Merlyne wrote: >>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tpe3mi$1evb$1@gioia.aioe.org: >>>> >>>>> On 06.01.2023 20.20, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tp9e0p$1onh$1@gioia.aioe.org: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 05.01.2023 15.56, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in >>>>>>>> news:tp6k4f$1515$2@gioia.aioe.org: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 04.01.2023 20.40, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in >>>>>>>>>> news:tp4acf$1rhq$1@gioia.aioe.org: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 03.01.2023 21.26, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>> news:tp1ko4$1rn3$1@gioia.aioe.org: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 01.01.2023 20.06, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:tos8jp$124b$1@gioia.aioe.org: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 31.12.2022 15.49, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's something I should get off my ass and organize. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I need to decide who will be more likely to cherish my >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> grandmother's things like the good china -- my cousin's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> daughter or my granddaughter. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yap. One never knows. All my stuff (and any remaining >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> money) goes to charity - better than having it sucked >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into the state coffer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The state just spends it on stupid things. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sometimes, yes. But mostly if I leave it to a non-charity >>>>>>>>>>>>> they will take half (close enough, I'm not going to look >>>>>>>>>>>>> it up) anyway in inheritance taxes. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, there is that too. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Not that there's going to be much left if 'they' don't stop >>>>>>>>>>> raising the price on everything that I need... and not >>>>>>>>>>> raising the price of things I can sell. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You can come and live here. >>>>>>>>> I could, if my bus pass was valid all the way to Canada - and >>>>>>>>> if I wasn't afraid of being eaten by a bear. Or being served >>>>>>>>> cauliflower. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There are no bears around here. >>>>>>> So you say. One never knows when a bear suddenly appears... >>>>>> Hmmm. Maybe that's where my picnic basket went.. >>>>> Quite possible. Bears are notorious picanic basket stealers. >>>>> Especially if they contains things like honey or peanut butter... >>>> >>>> That's not my picnic basket. >>> >>> Oh. I wonder whose picnic basket it is, then. How can you be sure it >>> isn't yours? >> >> I would never pack peanut butter and honey. > > Not even if you are going on a picnic with someone who really likes > peanut butter and honey? Probably not. > >>>>>>>> *And* I would never serve you something that I know you don't >>>>>>>> like. I'm offended that you think I would seriously do that. >>>>>>> You might forget, and serve it thinking I'm partial to purple >>>>>>> foods... >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe. And then I'd want to avoid having to listen to all the >>>>>> wailing about it being poisonous. Self-preservation. >>>>> True. Also you wouldn't have to experience how bad my social >>>>> and/or conversational skills are first hand... >>>>> >>>> >>>> So you say. >>>> You seem to do okay here. What's the difference? >>>> I type(say) something and then you type(say) something sarcastic >>>> that goes over my head. >>> >>> The typing. If you only knew how much time I spend editing and >>> revising these >>> >> >> *looks at time stamp of postings* >> Doesn't seem like a lot. > > First I read and consider all the posts. Then, for each post, I think > about and draft a reply. > It doesn't take that long to transfer the draft to the actual > newspost. My brane hurts. > >>>> Also, you were self-employed so you must have had to meet and sell >>>> yourself to prospective employers, so you must have social and/or >>>> conversation skills. >>> >>> Funny story: Apart from a half day at a company that had a problem >>> with something I had made while employed, I only ever had one >>> customer; and that was a former co-worker who left a couple of years >>> before me. >>> >> >> Really? >> I thought you met potential clients in Australia and Saudi Arabia. >> Maybe I was drunk or high and imagined that. > > I had a potential employer in Australia but that fell through (after a > phone interview, so). The Saudi thing never amounted to anything... > Okie dokie.
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Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-12 21:21 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-13 17:50 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-13 21:44 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-14 21:28 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-15 23:40 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-16 12:29 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-17 14:30 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-17 20:34 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-20 21:52 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-23 13:12 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-23 20:36 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-24 12:27 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-25 13:41 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-26 14:06 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-26 22:01 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-27 13:31 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-28 20:31 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-11-29 12:29 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-11-30 19:07 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-02 14:30 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-02 22:47 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-03 16:04 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-05 15:21 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-06 14:17 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-07 14:42 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-07 19:36 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-08 17:34 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-09 15:09 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-10 20:54 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-11 17:38 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-11 18:58 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-13 14:22 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-13 21:47 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-14 14:53 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-15 20:26 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-16 16:55 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-17 21:29 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 20:41 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-24 14:14 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-24 15:48 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-25 20:46 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-27 21:31 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-28 15:41 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-29 15:13 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2022-12-30 18:35 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2022-12-31 14:49 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-01 16:24 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-01 19:06 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-03 17:22 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-03 20:26 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-04 17:43 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-04 19:40 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-05 14:42 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-05 14:56 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-06 16:16 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-06 19:20 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-08 10:51 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot@gmail.com> - 2023-01-08 19:51 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-09 19:01 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-09 21:33 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-10 20:30 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-11 13:12 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-11 20:40 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-12 11:44 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-12 17:55 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-13 11:44 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-14 16:58 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-15 15:29 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-16 22:30 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-17 11:54 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-19 19:08 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-20 13:38 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-20 22:28 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-21 14:36 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <oldman@wits.end> - 2023-01-22 20:17 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-24 12:55 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-25 18:30 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-25 18:55 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH on Usenet <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-26 22:47 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-27 13:29 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-28 00:29 +0100
Re: To eat or not to eat Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-28 15:08 +0000
Re: To eat or not to eat BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-01-29 20:42 +0100
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