Re: Phil

From	BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Phil
Date	2023-09-08 21:26 +0200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 06.09.2023 14.23, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:ud6kkc$1sfh1$6@dont-email.me: 
> 
>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:ucl123$29ksj$8@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:ubtp8u$1gij7$6@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> The point was ..
>>>>> Nevermind!
>>>>
>>>> Fine. Just don't complain about the cold come February, or I'll have
>>>> to remind you how you complained about the heat in July.
>>>
>>> Ok. It's a date!
>>
>> Actually it's a month. So 29 dates, really. I'm only going to remind
>> you once, though.
>>
> Great! Then I only have to ignore you once.
At most. Maybe I'll forget to remind you.

>>>>>>>>> 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.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Remind me, why did you get a cellphone?
>>>> Two factor authentication! The bank made it so I couldn't do
>>>> transactions over a certain amount without using the code they sent
>>>> via SMS. 
>>>>
>>> I need 2 step authentication to even sign into my bank account (and a
>>> whole bunch of other accounts). Which I don't mind. 
>>> They have options for people without cellphones. They can call a
>>> number and an automated robo-voice says the code OR the code is sent
>>> to the email they have on file. Stuff like that.
>> That must be nice, having options like that. Even the damn supermarket
>> chains have 'apps' now, with special discounts one only gets if one
>> pays through the app. I don't buy any of those items...
>>
> Most store have rewards apps now. The grocery stores track our purchases 
> and then give coupons based on the buying history (I assume). The stupid 
> thing is they send coupons every week for items that need to be 
> purchased once a month or less frequently OR the coupon is for bonus 
> points for every $10 spent on an item that costs $9.99. Like I'm buying 
> 2 10kg drums of mayonnaise.

First of all I'm appalled that you even consider buying one 10kg drum of
mayonnaise. How can anyone use that much before it goes rancid.
The apps our stores have have actual reduced prices for normal
in-the-store stuff that non-app users can also buy - but at the
not-reduced price. I don't know how this than be legal...

-- 
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
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 16:24 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 13:38 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 17:40 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 11:44 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-09 12:19 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 00:33 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 15:03 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 21:24 +0200
                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
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 09:16 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:23 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:26 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 16:07 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 17:25 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 21:39 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-03 00:33 +0200
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 16:54 +0200
                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
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-20 01:11 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-26 04:37 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-29 14:51 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 01:32 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 15:22 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-07 22:21 +0000
                Re: Phil BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 14:39 +0100
                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-14 15:02 +0000
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                Re: Phil Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-24 20:56 +0000
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