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| From | BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: 14th |
| Date | 2023-07-04 13:20 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <u80v9v$3ajp$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (22 earlier) <XnsB02C7B32E1507Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <u77o45$78uu$1@dont-email.me> <XnsB0314C97E3ABAKamilot@135.181.20.170> <u7m7ce$2gngk$1@dont-email.me> <XnsB0356AA61A126Kamilot@135.181.20.170> |
On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote: > BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in > news:u7m7ce$2gngk$1@dont-email.me: > >> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote: >>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>> news:u77o45$78uu$1@dont-email.me: >>> >>>> On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote: >>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>> news:u72au6$3dhuh$1@dont-email.me: >>>>> >>>>>> On 19.06.2023 14.40, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>> news:u6l52k$1bih2$7@dont-email.me: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 16.06.2023 17.54, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:u6fs3h$gmtf$9@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>> news:u6aild$3mogo$6@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u62t17$2e5jn$6@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5r1k3$18m50$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5ibj8$f0k$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u5aft8$2r44l$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 31.05.2023 15.41, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Snippage accomplished] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Bravo!] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Thank you. couldn't have done it without my trusty >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mouse. And quanities of no-longer-relevant text] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [An acceptance speech!] >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I'll probably have to embellish it a bit if I win an >>>>>>>>>>>>>> award] >>>>>>>>>>>>> [Great! Something to look forward to] >>>>>>>>>>>> [I'm not aware of being in the running for any post-snipping >>>>>>>>>>>> awards anytime soon, though] >>>>>>>>>>> [Waits] >>>>>>>>>> [I suspect one has to be nominated for such an award] >>>>>>>>> [Keeps waiting] >>>>>>>> [I meant:"I suspect one has to be nominated _by_someone_else_ >>>>>>>> for such an award.] >>>>>>> [Send me the paperwork and I'll get started on it] >>>>>> [I don't have the form. I don't even know who issues the form.] >>>>> [Whenever you get all that stuff coordinated, I can submit the >>>>> paperwork] >>>> [I don't think it befalls me to do the coordination. For one thing >>>> it will be hard to be properly surprised and self-deprecating when >>>> the winner is announced.] >>> [The Grammy winners know in advance that they've been nominated. Who >>> do I contact to get the forms?] >> [The Grammy winners are all famous actors, I'm just an usenet snipper. >> I have no idea who the governing body of usnet snipping awards are.] > [Google? I mean the company, not to google for an answer] [Oh great - then my speech will be cut up into little segments in between all the adds]. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Planting potatoes is back-breaking work >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not worth the effort] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It's like magic. You plop a potato into >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the ground and later you dig it back up >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and there are *more* potatoes. Also you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have many potatoes.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Potatoes are cheap to buy] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [In your shops, maybe... Not as cheap as >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> digging them up for free.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I used to grow potatoes. Fancy ones. It's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not worth throwing my back out over] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Hardly anything is worth that, to be fair. It >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't really quantify an upper limit on the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> price of potatoes. The very first new potatoes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can easily go for DKK30/kg or more around >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here. Comparable to how the french act about >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new Bordeaux.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Egads! I can get 10kg for that] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Quite. It is completely ridiculous. I think >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they might be farmed in doors under artifical >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> light - just to be the first.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Or on Mars] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Not likely. A)the logistics cost would be quite >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> absurd, quite apart from there not being a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> commercial route to that planet currently; B) I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't think it's possible to grow potatoes on Mars >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Hollywood fantasms notwithstanding)] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I was going to say. It could work. I have never >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried to grow potatoes in my own shit] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [And you are probably well advised not to. It's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> illegal here to use human faeces as fertiliser even >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in private gardens - because of the e-coli, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> probably. Although I think it was made legal some >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years back to use urine... (for the leek which >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people did anyway; don't ask) ] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [I have heard of master gardeners peeing in their >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> composter. The urea rich compost is good for the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plants] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [They don't advertise that much though: Giant marrows >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - now with extra pee.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [The produce growers spray uncomposted animal waste on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the fields which is why there are always recalls due to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e. coli] [fun fact: there are thousands of different >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kinds of e. coli but only 1 is toxic to humans] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It's a hell of a job sorting them, though. Might be why >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> regulations just try to limit all of them. Governments, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eh?] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Yep. It's the 'all go without for the sake of one' >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mentality] >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [It doesn't take many rotten apples to spoil the barrel] >>>>>>>>>>>>> [I feel a song coming on] >>>>>>>>>>>> [A country song?] >>>>>>>>>>> [Jackson 5?] >>>>>>>>>> [That's not a country, is it?] >>>>>>>>> [No, but they do a song about bad apples and spoiling] >>>>>>>> [Oh. Okay then. But that was a long time ago wasn't it.] >>>>>>> [Does that matter? Or am I only supposed to quote recent songs?] >>>>>> [No, you can quote Händel's Messias if you want. But there >>>>>> aren't 5 Jacksons left, was my thinking.] >>>>> [So I only quote music where all original members are alive. Ok. >>>>> Take it Easy. I saw the Eagles last year on tour. They had Vince >>>>> Gill and Glenn Frey's son replace him.] >>>> [To the best of my knowledge Händel has been dead for quite some >>>> time, so no. Also I don't know who any of those people are.] >>> [Google is your friend] >> [Google is part of the privacy-invading, information-stealing cabal. >> That's not very friendly.] > [And you doubt your kook abilities :)] [True facts about the privacy-invading information-stealing cabel isn't kookery. Only the branewashed masses would think such a thing. WAKE UP SHEEPLE and smell the conspiracy.] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ** >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And here I was interrupted by a scraping sound from >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outside. Turned out it was the deer contemplating >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the open door to the garden. It ran off when I got >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up; just as well, I don't have any deer snacks... ** >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The deer never come close to the house here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure the deer would like to snack on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whatever's in the garden. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It does. Meandering about sampling the various leaves >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and 'wild nature plants' unless I disturb it... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank gawd you didn't plant a garden yet. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, that would have been so tragic. I might have not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> got any yield from it. Much like last year. I understand >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people with many fruit trees complain about the deer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eating the bark and kill the young trees. I suppose that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a valid concern. What they do to a few leaves off the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hedge or a perennials or two is no concern of mine... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They always seem to survive. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They eat fleshy plants here. Like my tulips. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think they have ever eaten any tulips from me. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> They mostly go for the green stuff. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tulip leaves are green. It's like lettuce for deer. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course now there are a couple of bears in the >>>>>>>>>>>>> neighbourhood. >>>>>>>>>>>> They mostly go for the petals, don't they? >>>>>>>>>>> Is this another bizarre Danish joke? >>>>>>>>>> No. It's not bizarre. Also lots of flowers have edible petals. >>>>>>>>>> They a sometimes used in salads and such. Bears like salad, >>>>>>>>>> I'm sure. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Maybe. Right now they seem to be going for the birdfeeders. >>>>>>>> Easy food is the best food. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Stay out of my birdfeeder! >>>>>> Tell that to the bears. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *opens window* >>>>> *yells 'Hey bears, stay out of my birdfeeder* >>>>> The birdfeeders are in the garage. >>>> Do you get many garage birds? Mine is too but that's because I only >>>> feed the birds in the winter. This time of year they steal all my >>>> cherries - ripe or not. >>>> >>> Putting the birdfeeder in the garage is an interim (and temporary) >>> measure to dissuade the bears. >> I don't know how resistant your garage is, but I've heard of bears >> ripping out doors if the reward (or need) is high enough. Good luck >> with that. > I haven't seen any bears sightings in the area for a while. It worked. That's good then. Unless the bears are having a tactical pause while they wait for the birdfeeder to re-appear... >>> Maybe if you fed the birds in the summer, they wouldn't take your >>> cherries. They tend to steal berries like raspberries and >>> blueberries. There is bird netting that can be purchased to keep them >>> away from the fruit. >>> https://duckduckgo.com/? >>> q=bird+netting&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images >> Birds, insect larva or mildew - the result is the same: not very many >> cherries for me. At least with the birds I have the pleasure of being >> woken up very, very early by their maniacal chirping... And bird poop >> on the windows. >> > > There are worse ways to be woken up. Certainly. Like the neighbour speaking to her mother - at festival volume. > For sleeping soundlessly through the night, I'm a huge fan of ear plugs. Then you are missing all the birdsong. -- BeH " We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-19 12:40 +0000
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Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
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Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
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Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 12:32 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
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Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-10 23:54 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 14:33 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 20:55 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-29 16:25 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 08:42 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 20:52 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 15:33 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 16:48 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 20:54 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-02 23:45 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 16:23 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-18 11:55 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 20:21 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:05 +0100
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 20:22 +0200
Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:08 +0100
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