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Re: To eat or not to eat

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)
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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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