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| From | BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: Hello Acme |
| Date | 2024-01-04 15:52 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <un6go8$3mcd2$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (22 earlier) <XnsB0C45702F83CCKamilot@135.181.20.170> <ujuese$352cv$4@dont-email.me> <XnsB0CB651E578F5Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <uktole$1f1ll$4@dont-email.me> <XnsB0DE962A7D60EKamilot@135.181.20.170> |
On 18.12.2023 20.45, Merlyne wrote: > BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in > news:uktole$1f1ll$4@dont-email.me: > >> On 29.11.2023 15.56, Merlyne wrote: >>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>> news:ujuese$352cv$4@dont-email.me: >>> >>>> On 22.11.2023 14.33, Merlyne wrote: >>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>> news:uje94r$sb8$2@dont-email.me: >>>>> >>>>>> On 08.11.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>> news:uibknn$kd3j$4@dont-email.me: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:uh1gou$1vlmj$4@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 18.10.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>> news:ug91md$2i33j$4@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.10.2023 16.13, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:uffiqo$36123$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:uesno3$22oon$3@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:uekc39$a4ot$3@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:ue4cak$3raqk$6@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:udfta0$3l84n$1@dont-email.me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06.09.2023 20.14, SpudTater wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06/09/2023 09:31, BeH wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05.09.2023 09.53, SpudTater wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05/09/2023 08:20, BeH wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 04.09.2023 21.44, SpudTater wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, it's certainly been a while. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well hello there Mr. Tater. How is life...? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Haha, well, got an update for you right there, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as it's no longer Mr. Tater, but Mx. Tattie. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And very much happier for it. Still Acme's very >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> own potato, though! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All righty then... So I use 'they' when I talk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about you behind your back now? Not that I'll >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ever do that... talking behind someone's back, I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mean. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You got it! I's a they. 8^) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I stuck around in Edinburgh after university, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a wife, a programming job, and two cats. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The years have kinda flown by tbh. After >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving Usenet behind, have pinged from >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LiveJournal to Dreamwidth to Facebook to Reddit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Mastodon. Maybe I should have stuck right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8^D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You would have been pretty much on your own here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> most of the time. I never had a facebook account >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I feel utterly vindicated and rather smug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about it now. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So two cats? Merlyne has a cat. I have no cats. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also no wife. Or job... I spend a couple of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years as self-employed consultant after >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rage-quitting and then retired and moved to the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> countryside. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can I ask what kind of work you do? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm just a common-or-garden Java programmer, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing too exciting. Getting into front-end >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff more now, though. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Careful with that. You may have to interact >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> co-operatively with actual end-users... (Mostly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kidding - talking with real people can be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enlightening. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. I'll call you soon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are not a customer of mine... I wouldn't know >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what to say. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I find that hard to believe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aren't ignored middle children usually garrulous? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't know about that. I'm certainly not. At my first >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> real job I was at first nicknamed[1] Nilfisk (a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> venerable danish manufacturer of vacuum-cleaners) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because they motto was "The quiet dane". >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1] By an annoyingly garrulous graphics designer/sales >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rep. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is surprising since you always have a lot to say >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Write. And it takes a long time... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *eye roll* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Writing is just typing out what you would say if you were >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> having a conversation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I assumed you did other things --reply to a couple of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> posts and then have some coffee and a smoke and another >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coffee and then reply to more posts and then you have to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pee from drinking all that coffee. You hear a show come >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on that you want to watch and then the mailman comes by >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the shoes you ordered last week and you chat with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> him about something banal like the weather which reminds >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you about usenet because I'm always complaining about the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weather, so you come back and post some more. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm perfectly capable of drinking coffee and smoking while >>>>>>>>>>>>>> replying to usenet post. (Not peeing, though. I have to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> get up for that). I don't have any other media running - >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it would ruin my concentration. Your expectation regarding >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Danish Postal Service are wildly at odd with reality - >>>>>>>>>>>>>> packages don't normally get further than designated >>>>>>>>>>>>>> pick-up spots (usually a shop of some kind). Also it's >>>>>>>>>>>>>> been more than 10 years since the last (and only) time I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> bought shoes on line. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> My gawd! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Not quite. Merely frugal... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Running shoes need to be replaced often. I usually get good >>>>>>>>>>> deals online. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I don't do a lot of running. The latest shoes I bought was a >>>>>>>>>> pair of heavy walking shoes. Serves me well enough, though I >>>>>>>>>> had to replace the laces this year. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I usually buy Skechers for walking. No laces. >>>>>>>> I don't know what those are, but assume they despite the >>>>>>>> similarity in lace use are not flip-flops. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> They are like running shoes with no laces. >>>>>>> I wear flipflops all summer, much to the chagrin of the people >>>>>>> who work near my office. >>>>>> So I conclude that you don't run a lot in the office. >>>>> No. It's not safe. >>>> Lots of scissors, I imagine. >>>> >>> Actually no. >>> There are wires sticking out from under walls and such. >> That's almost as dangerous as scissors. You should complain to your >> work safety representative. >> > I don't think that exists any more. Then who checks the fire extinguishers and takes care of the unsecured scissors? > >>> Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops. >> That too. Not that I've ever tried. >> > It's shoe/boot time again. Which practically invites running. Even more reason to secure the wires. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> People are weird. I used to have coffee sometimes with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the IT guy that sat beside me. If it was just the 2 of us >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> he would talk a lot, usually about stuff like the rabbits >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in his yard or Nikola Tesla. He was totally gay for >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tesla.But if someone else joined us, the IT guy wouldn't >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> say a word. People would say to me 'He's so quiet' but >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not so much. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> That could be me... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So you want to talk incessantly to me so that I appear >>>>>>>>>>>>> crazy to other people? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How does me (or the IT guy) talking to you make *you* appear >>>>>>>>>>>> crazy? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I already explained that above. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Also why are you so concerned about what other people think >>>>>>>>>>>> of you. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I don't so much. >>>>>>>>>>>> You should have more self confidence. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> You should talk... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I would need somewhere to keep it... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In the shed? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I don't have a shed. I have a garage, but that already filled >>>>>>>> with firewood and bikes and other stuff that definitely should >>>>>>>> not be taken to the recycling center. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> That makes me think there is a ton of junk in the garage. >>>>>> >>>>>> Not at all. All the stuff in the garage is things that I need or >>>>>> possibly will need or will have a use for sometime in the future. >>>>>> IOW good stuff. There is also an assortment of tools for various >>>>>> things. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Okie dokie. I sit corrected. >>>> >>>> You certainly do. Apropos there are also some chairs out there that >>>> I plan to re upholster at some point. >>>> >>> I've done that a few times. >> >> When I get around to it I will have done it once. >> > So after the water feature then? Maybe I'll spontaneously do it one day. Who can say. I'll need some cloth first. And a sturdy stapler. -- 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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