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| From | BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: Hello Acme |
| Date | 2024-01-12 14:48 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <unrfvf$3fj4e$5@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (23 earlier) <XnsB0CB651E578F5Kamilot@135.181.20.170> <uktole$1f1ll$4@dont-email.me> <XnsB0DE962A7D60EKamilot@135.181.20.170> <un6go8$3mcd2$3@dont-email.me> <XnsB0F2B0A2E1360Kamilot@135.181.20.170> |
On 07.01.2024 23.21, Merlyne wrote: > BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in > news:un6go8$3mcd2$3@dont-email.me: > >> 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? > > The scissor fairy does. You work in an enchanted office building? >>> >>>>> 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. >> > > I'll put in a complaint about that. You probably should. Do you have a complaints department in your enchanted office building? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. > > You need a staple gun. Yes, I know. I tought I had one, but it was a crappy piece of junk that was unable to dispense staples with any regularity. Also the included staples were the wrong size. At least it was cheap. -- 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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