Re: Phil

From	BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Phil
Date	2023-08-20 21:24 +0200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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References	(17 earlier) <XnsB05B54C17BABDKamilot@135.181.20.170> <ub3ojj$heq0$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB05FB1C73EA42Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <ubihfh$3a8cm$2@dont-email.me> <XnsB0645A194E5DKamilot@135.181.20.170>

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On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:ubihfh$3a8cm$2@dont-email.me: 
> 
>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:ub3ojj$heq0$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:uanq1i$26g26$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:ua3bti$2ladp$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 27.07.2023 15.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:u9oc7b$13rsf$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 22.07.2023 17.21, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:u9bg3l$2o7m6$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18.07.2023 13.24, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u8rdu4$sro$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.07.2023 13.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u8hidn$2jid9$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 08.07.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u8a262$1etv2$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u813g0$3m74$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:u7rra4$3am35$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Happy birthday to you, wherever you are...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> North Carolina?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wouldn't surprise me if he's one of those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> off-the-grid mountain men/prepper kooks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then hew may not see this...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Phil! (just in case)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH - Spring is here...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       <boing-boing> look at it go!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dude! you need to spring into summer!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not unless it stops raining half the day. And the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> heavy wind abates. One could mistake this for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> autumn... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky you!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's been hot and humid here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/a-
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hot-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mugg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> y- week-in-ontario-and-quebec-could-break-records
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have just had two days with the highest global
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tempetature ever (in recorded history) they said on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the news. They also had a story about a local ferry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> who had to raise their mooring points because of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> higher water level or something. I wasn't paying
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attention. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isn't it an El Nino year?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think so, but that doesn't immediately affect me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> personally, so... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try to remember this weather when it's -40C in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> February. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can set a reminder on your phone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can but won't.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about you set a reminder on your phone to remind me?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know when it's -40C in your area.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Someone should invent a website when people could search
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the weather in other countries.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> There's an idea... But don't you have people on the TV or
>>>>>>>>>>>> radio tell you how the weather is supposed to be. That's how
>>>>>>>>>>>> I usually find out. Also I don't think such a website will
>>>>>>>>>>>> tell when it's -40C a half year in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I already told you when to look.
>>>>>>>>>> Regrettably I can't go into the future to look at the website,
>>>>>>>>>> which makes setting an alarm now pure guesswork...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did you miss the part when I said February?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No. Hence the need for time-travel as February is a good six
>>>>>>>> months in the future.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure that even a monkey could set a reminder on their
>>>>>>> phone for February right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But setting a reminder now on your phone for February with the
>>>>>> correct weather forecast for that day is something else entirely.
>>>>>> Find me a monkey that can do *that*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to set a reminder on your phone for February to check the 
>>>>> temperature here so that you can remind about how I was bitching
>>>>> about the heat in the summer.
>>>> Rationally it's bound to be colder next February that this summer,
>>>> so the checking of temperature shouldn't really be needed.
>>>>
>>>>> I know you want to.
>>>> The only problem is that I'm not sure how to set a reminder on my
>>>> phone. 
>>>>
>>>
>>> What?
>>> A smart guy like you?
>> There have never been a need...
>>> I had to set one last week, oddly for February.
>> Then _you_ can check the weather at the same time. No need for me to
>> be involved.
> 
> I already know what the weather is here.
So the whole setting reminder/checking webpages is moot?

> 
>>> I put it on my calendar.
>> There is a calendar too?
>>
> Ugh!
> RTFM

No. (Actually I did but only to stop all the 'automatic' functionality
attempting to breach my privacy.)

-- 
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: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
    Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 14:32 +0200
      Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
        Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-08 00:04 +0200
          Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
            Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 20:24 +0200
              Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 14:09 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-29 16:58 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-18 11:55 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 23:40 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 22:02 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-08 13:11 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
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