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| From | BeH <oldman@wits.end> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: First major snowfall this year |
| Date | 2023-01-10 20:40 +0100 |
| Organization | Poor |
| Message-ID | <tpkf06$1q72$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (20 earlier) <XnsAF8491E7C1FB1Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tpe3cs$1b0o$1@gioia.aioe.org> <XnsAF8697198DC27Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tphlbv$115k$1@gioia.aioe.org> <XnsAF87A868B8C0DKamilot@88.198.57.247> |
On 09.01.2023 22.33, Merlyne wrote: > BeH <oldman@wits.end> wrote in news:tphlbv$115k$1@gioia.aioe.org: > >> 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. > > *giggles more quietly* Right. That's it. Off to the principals office with you, while the rest of us learns about the human digestive system. >> >>>>>>>> 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. >> > > *adds 'Merlyne could randomly show up to paint the living room' to the > lits* *stresses about the number of items on the lits* -- BeH
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