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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 2023-01-09 19:11 +0100
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On 08.01.2023 20.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tpe3cs$1b0o$1@gioia.aioe.org:
> 
>> 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...
> 
> <generic> shut-off valve, then?
> 
>>
>>>>> 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'.
>>
> 
> *giggles*

Quiet down, class.

>>>>>> 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.
>>
> 
> Then you will have to find something else to stress about.

That is not going to be a problem. I have a lits.

-- 
BeH

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  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
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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
                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 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> - 2023-01-20 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
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                Re: First major snowfall this year Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-01-28 15:08 +0000
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