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Re: Hello Acme

From BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
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>

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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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  Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 09:20 +0200
    Re: Hello Acme SpudTater <spud@flocci.org> - 2023-09-05 08:53 +0100
      Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-06 10:31 +0200
        Re: Hello Acme SpudTater <spud@flocci.org> - 2023-09-06 19:14 +0100
          Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:39 +0200
            Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
              Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 15:58 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 17:32 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 21:40 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-03 01:13 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 17:00 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-18 11:55 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 23:45 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 22:10 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-08 13:11 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-20 01:27 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-26 04:43 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-29 14:56 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 01:40 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-04 15:52 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-07 22:21 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 14:48 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-14 15:02 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-01 14:51 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-11 14:49 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-02-23 00:12 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-02-24 20:56 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-12 00:24 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-12 13:30 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-03-26 20:13 +0100
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-03-31 20:39 +0000
                Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2024-04-07 15:31 +0200
                Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-04-07 15:29 +0000
      Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
    Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
      Re: Hello Acme BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:43 +0200
        Re: Hello Acme Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000

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