Heating woes

[BeH]

I have a functioning water heater, which is nice. Not only warm water
but warm water right away instead of waiting for it to gurgle it's way
through cold pipes from the furnace.
I'm just about ready to give up on the heat-pump guy ever getting his
shit together and just order one on-line instead.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 07.12.2022 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmq6om$3qb$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> My hot water works but the sulfur smell is getting worse.
> I will have to call someone to install a purification system.
>
Just how deep is your well? You probably should check that the cover is
secure and solid enough to repel debbils.

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BeH

[Wand...@noemail.com]

On 07.12.2022 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>
> My hot water works but the sulfur smell is getting worse.
> I will have to call someone to install a purification system.
>

The sulfer smell is most likely caused by bacteria in the water heater. Try turning up the temperature on the water heater but be careful not to burn yourself. I think the bacteria is eating the heating element or temperature sensor. You can call a plumber and they will replace the part.

[BeH]

On 09.12.2022 16.10, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmt4gg$134j$3...@gioia.aioe.org:

> My well is around 180 ft deep.

That will be ~60m in proper units, then.

I would think hell is lower than that...

> There is no cover per se.
> https://www.canr.msu.edu/contentAsset/image/2719385e-f0ed-405b-97f6-
> 9e31caa0b70f/fileAsset/filter/Resize,Jpeg/resize_w/750/jpeg_q/80


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BeH

[BeH]

On 11.12.2022 18.38, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tn2opv$13l0$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

>
>> On 09.12.2022 16.10, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmt4gg$134j$3...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 07.12.2022 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmq6om$3qb$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a functioning water heater, which is nice. Not only warm
>>>>>> water but warm water right away instead of waiting for it to
>>>>>> gurgle it's way through cold pipes from the furnace.
>>>>>> I'm just about ready to give up on the heat-pump guy ever getting
>>>>>> his shit together and just order one on-line instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My hot water works but the sulfur smell is getting worse.
>>>>> I will have to call someone to install a purification system.
>>>>>
>>>> Just how deep is your well? You probably should check that the cover
>>>> is secure and solid enough to repel debbils.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My well is around 180 ft deep.
>>
>> That will be ~60m in proper units, then.
>

> You need to be more flexible and accepting of other cultures' customs.

Whenever I try to be flexible my back hurts for days. Also I'm very
accepting of other cultures - unless they are very silly.
I even made the conversion myself this time.

>>
>> I would think hell is lower than that...
>

> You think my well is to portal to Hell?
> The pipe is probably about a foot in diameter, so they would have to be
> tiny demons.

They will have to be quite small anyway if they can go around possessing
people without anyone noticing.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 13.12.2022 15.22, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tn571n$8rr$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

>
>> On 11.12.2022 18.38, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tn2opv$13l0$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 09.12.2022 16.10, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmt4gg$134j$3...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07.12.2022 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tmq6om$3qb$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a functioning water heater, which is nice. Not only warm
>>>>>>>> water but warm water right away instead of waiting for it to
>>>>>>>> gurgle it's way through cold pipes from the furnace.
>>>>>>>> I'm just about ready to give up on the heat-pump guy ever
>>>>>>>> getting his shit together and just order one on-line instead.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My hot water works but the sulfur smell is getting worse.
>>>>>>> I will have to call someone to install a purification system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just how deep is your well? You probably should check that the
>>>>>> cover is secure and solid enough to repel debbils.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My well is around 180 ft deep.
>>>>
>>>> That will be ~60m in proper units, then.
>>>
>>> You need to be more flexible and accepting of other cultures'
>>> customs.
>>
>> Whenever I try to be flexible my back hurts for days. Also I'm very
>> accepting of other cultures - unless they are very silly.
>> I even made the conversion myself this time.
>

> We use a mash-up of measurements here.
> No one in my age cohort knows their height/weight in metric.Probably
> because we were weighed and measured by people who learned to do so with
> the imperial system.
> The outdoor or room temperature is always in Celcius although I cook
> exclusively in imperial with ingredients purchased in metric sizes.
> For small measurements like how much snow or the height of shelf, people
> generally use one or the other or both depending of the phase of the
> moon. . We drive in kilometres but if you ask a Canadian how far is it
> to another city, they will tell you how long it takes to get there like
> Toronto is 5 hours away.


All I can say is that it's confusing and overly complicated and no way
to build a space rocket. Also driving for 5 hours is madness - you
should definitely move your cities closer together.

I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units [1] here
since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s) when my mum sometimes
bought a pound of coffee or a half pound of butter - and even then a
danish "pound" was exactly 500g.

>>
>>>>
>>>> I would think hell is lower than that...
>>>
>>> You think my well is to portal to Hell?
>>> The pipe is probably about a foot in diameter, so they would have to
>>> be tiny demons.
>>
>> They will have to be quite small anyway if they can go around
>> possessing people without anyone noticing.
>>
>

> It is my understanding that the 'host' is mentally ill and has therefore
> imagined the whole thing.

That's what they want you to think...

[1] There was a change from using calories to joule as base unit for
energy but that was a change between values derived (calculated) from
SI-units.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 14.12.2022 15.53, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tnaq1l$jg$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> I saw a meme about how Europeans don't get it.
>
> Europeans: I drove for 45 minutes to spend a weekend in France and
> stopped on my way home to visit some friends in Germany.
>
> Me: I drove west for 19 hours and I'm still in Ontario.

"[...] And then danish farmer said: 'I had a car like that once, too' ".

>>
>> I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units [1] here
>> since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s) when my mum
>> sometimes bought a pound of coffee or a half pound of butter - and
>> even then a danish "pound" was exactly 500g.
>

> Some people still call it a pound of butter. Or a brick.
> I believe it is a pound i.e. 455 g.

I've heard/read 'stick' too - but I think that is supposed to be a
'cup'. As if anyone would use a cup to measure butter...



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BeH

[BeH]

On 16.12.2022 17.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tnftd0$1tak$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Huh?

An old joek: Danish-American come home to the old country and starts
bragging. "[...]My farm is so big it takes me 19 hours to drive all
around the perimeter".

> Anyways, it is a 20 hour drive from here to the Manitoba border.

>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units [1] here
>>>> since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s) when my mum
>>>> sometimes bought a pound of coffee or a half pound of butter - and
>>>> even then a danish "pound" was exactly 500g.
>>>
>>> Some people still call it a pound of butter. Or a brick.
>>> I believe it is a pound i.e. 455 g.
>>
>> I've heard/read 'stick' too - but I think that is supposed to be a
>> 'cup'. As if anyone would use a cup to measure butter...
>>
>

> I think a stick is a half cup...?
> Anyways, no one uses an actual cup to measure butter since the markings
> are on the side of the wrapper. Way back when they taught little girls
> how to cook and sew, I learned how to measure a cup of butter using
> water in a liquid measuring cup.

...and ended up with wet butter.

Did they also teach the conversion to larger-scale measures. If say you
had to make Sauce Béarnaise for 50 people?

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BeH

[BeH]

On 22.12.2022 21.41, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tnlbkm$1ppu$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Ah. I'm guessing the joke is that Denmark is less than 19 hours to drive
> around.

Nobody has that much land. It's a joke about crappy cars...

>>
>>> Anyways, it is a 20 hour drive from here to the Manitoba border.
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units [1]
>>>>>> here since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s) when my
>>>>>> mum sometimes bought a pound of coffee or a half pound of butter -
>>>>>> and even then a danish "pound" was exactly 500g.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some people still call it a pound of butter. Or a brick.
>>>>> I believe it is a pound i.e. 455 g.
>>>>
>>>> I've heard/read 'stick' too - but I think that is supposed to be a
>>>> 'cup'. As if anyone would use a cup to measure butter...
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think a stick is a half cup...?
>>> Anyways, no one uses an actual cup to measure butter since the
>>> markings are on the side of the wrapper. Way back when they taught
>>> little girls how to cook and sew, I learned how to measure a cup of
>>> butter using water in a liquid measuring cup.
>>
>> ...and ended up with wet butter.
>

> The water beads on it and falls off. It's not like water can saturate
> the butter.

>
>>
>> Did they also teach the conversion to larger-scale measures. If say
>> you had to make Sauce Béarnaise for 50 people?
>>
>

> That would be the caterer's problem.

And caterers always carry a slide-rule around just in case?

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BeH

[BeH]

On 24.12.2022 16.48, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:to6ukp$thb$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Which was apparenlty lost on me.
> Oh well...
Sarcasm and cutting remarks are part of our genetic inheritance - I
though that was evident by now.

>>>>
>>>>> Anyways, it is a 20 hour drive from here to the Manitoba border.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units [1]
>>>>>>>> here since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s) when my
>>>>>>>> mum sometimes bought a pound of coffee or a half pound of butter
>>>>>>>> - and even then a danish "pound" was exactly 500g.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some people still call it a pound of butter. Or a brick.
>>>>>>> I believe it is a pound i.e. 455 g.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've heard/read 'stick' too - but I think that is supposed to be a
>>>>>> 'cup'. As if anyone would use a cup to measure butter...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think a stick is a half cup...?
>>>>> Anyways, no one uses an actual cup to measure butter since the
>>>>> markings are on the side of the wrapper. Way back when they taught
>>>>> little girls how to cook and sew, I learned how to measure a cup of
>>>>> butter using water in a liquid measuring cup.
>>>>
>>>> ...and ended up with wet butter.
>>>
>>> The water beads on it and falls off. It's not like water can saturate
>>> the butter.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did they also teach the conversion to larger-scale measures. If say
>>>> you had to make Sauce Béarnaise for 50 people?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That would be the caterer's problem.
>>
>> And caterers always carry a slide-rule around just in case?
>>
>

> I bet they have an app that can convert any recipe based on the number
> of people being served.

And they never drop their 'electronic device' into the sauce?

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BeH

[BeH]

On 27.12.2022 22.31, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:toa9km$1p70$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> That only tracks if the other person recognizes the remark as sarcastic.

Not at all. The sarcasm is meant for the other danes in attendance to
allow us to laugh at the silly foreigners while they stand bewildered by
without 'getting' the joke.

>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyways, it is a 20 hour drive from here to the Manitoba border.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't think I've heard anyone using anything but SI-units
>>>>>>>>>> [1] here since I was a little lad (so latter half of 1960s)
>>>>>>>>>> when my mum sometimes bought a pound of coffee or a half pound
>>>>>>>>>> of butter - and even then a danish "pound" was exactly 500g.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some people still call it a pound of butter. Or a brick.
>>>>>>>>> I believe it is a pound i.e. 455 g.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've heard/read 'stick' too - but I think that is supposed to be
>>>>>>>> a 'cup'. As if anyone would use a cup to measure butter...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think a stick is a half cup...?
>>>>>>> Anyways, no one uses an actual cup to measure butter since the
>>>>>>> markings are on the side of the wrapper. Way back when they
>>>>>>> taught little girls how to cook and sew, I learned how to measure
>>>>>>> a cup of butter using water in a liquid measuring cup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...and ended up with wet butter.
>>>>>
>>>>> The water beads on it and falls off. It's not like water can
>>>>> saturate the butter.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did they also teach the conversion to larger-scale measures. If
>>>>>> say you had to make Sauce Béarnaise for 50 people?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That would be the caterer's problem.
>>>>
>>>> And caterers always carry a slide-rule around just in case?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I bet they have an app that can convert any recipe based on the
>>> number of people being served.
>>
>> And they never drop their 'electronic device' into the sauce?
>>
>

> I have no data on that, having never hung out in a caterer's kitchen.
>
I suspect the sauce will taste strange if they do.


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BeH

[BeH]

On 29.12.2022 16.13, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tohkqn$4uj$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Got it. As a foreigner, I should avoid groups of Danes.

Well, you should probably start of with individuals or small groups at
least...

> Or not. Who's to say?
> I can picture a bag nearby containing a cellphone and some rice.

That doesn't even work against water - I can't imagine it will work
against butter heavy sauces...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 31.12.2022 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:ton7cu$k3v$3...@gioia.aioe.org:

> You?
> You don't scare me.

Of course not, I'm nice. But I am sarcastic...

> It worked for me when I dropped my work phone in the toilet.

Huh? The water possibly hadn't reaches and of the electronics then... Or
it was turned off and stayed off until dry?

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BeH

[BeH]

On 01.01.2023 20.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tos8be$t18$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Funny. I don't get that vibe from you...

You're being sarcastic, aren't you? Or did you mean I don't vibe nicely?

> I can't remember.

In that case I assert that it must have been so.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 03.01.2023 21.26, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tp1kf6$1k51$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Yes.
I knew you were going to say that.

[-context-]

>> In that case I assert that it must have been so.
>>
>

> Okie dokie.

Thank you. (Win)

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BeH

[BeH]

On 04.01.2023 20.40, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tp4a2v$1itv$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> You can never be 100% sure.
Since there are two questions which can each be answered with yes or no
it was by far the most likely outcome, bordering on unavoidable.

> I could have said something nice like you sound sweet but then you might
> get all weird about it.
Absolutely.

>>
>> [-context-]
>>>> In that case I assert that it must have been so.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Okie dokie.
>>
>> Thank you. (Win)
>>
>

> It's important to you.
It warms my heart. And every little bit helps save on firewood...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 05.01.2023 15.56, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tp6jt2$1515$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> I wouldn't have been able to sleep if I had said anything other than
> 'yes' in that situation.

Precisely. And I knew that.

>>> I could have said something nice like you sound sweet but then you
>>> might get all weird about it.
>> Absolutely.
>>
>>>>
>>>> [-context-]
>>>>>> In that case I assert that it must have been so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Okie dokie.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. (Win)
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's important to you.
>> It warms my heart. And every little bit helps save on firewood...
>>
>

> You need some slippers.
Slippers fall of or turn into weird shapes that causes stumbling and
potentially falling down.
I need some good norwegian winter socks. Like the ones I was issued
doing national service, of which I still have one left. I wish I had the
one for the other foot as well...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 06.01.2023 20.20, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tp9d1e$1b7h$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Must be some weird European slippers.
Or maybe I just have weird feet. I don't know. I've never worn a slipper
that didn't twist so I ended up walking on the seam or something...

> You keep odd socks forever?
Not normally. Odd sock aren't often an issue if you buy 12 pairs of the
same kind and colour. But this sock is special - it's nearly 40 years old.

> I have some sherpa socks that are nice and warm and have no-skid
> thingees on the bottom.
I am familiar. I want some woolly norwegian polar socks, if only they
weren't €20/pair...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 08.01.2023 20.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpe295$sm2$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> The only slippers I ever had that twisted were the ones my Gran
> crocheted. Who's going make a big deal about that?

No-one. I never had any slippers that your Gran crocheted, though. Or
anyone else. Maybe my feet are just crooked...

>>> You keep odd socks forever?
>> Not normally. Odd sock aren't often an issue if you buy 12 pairs of
>> the same kind and colour. But this sock is special - it's nearly 40
>> years old.
>>

> I see. It's a comfort sock.

Not so much. I was using in just last week along with a newer, lesser
sock to keep my feet warm.

> Like I should talk. I still have a pillow from when I was a kid. Can't
> sleep without it.

Awww.

>>> I have some sherpa socks that are nice and warm and have no-skid
>>> thingees on the bottom.
>> I am familiar. I want some woolly norwegian polar socks, if only they
>> weren't €20/pair...
>>
>

> Like this: https://nordicsockcompany.com/

no more like these:
https://www.army-star.dk/eskimo-uldsokker/?options=3565995
Mostly wool and very thick.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 09.01.2023 22.33, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tphjv4$bfn$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Could be.
> Anyone: Tell me about BeH.
> me: Well, his feet are crooked and smell like cauliflower.

I said my feet are *maybe* crooked. It could also be I fidget with my
feet when I sit down, and that causes the slipper crookedness.

Also I do wash on occasion. My feet smell like perfume free shower gel.

>>>>> You keep odd socks forever?
>>>> Not normally. Odd sock aren't often an issue if you buy 12 pairs of
>>>> the same kind and colour. But this sock is special - it's nearly 40
>>>> years old.
>>>>
>>> I see. It's a comfort sock.
>>
>> Not so much. I was using in just last week along with a newer, lesser
>> sock to keep my feet warm.
>>
>>> Like I should talk. I still have a pillow from when I was a kid.
>>> Can't sleep without it.
>>
>> Awww.
>>
>>>>> I have some sherpa socks that are nice and warm and have no-skid
>>>>> thingees on the bottom.
>>>> I am familiar. I want some woolly norwegian polar socks, if only
>>>> they weren't €20/pair...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Like this: https://nordicsockcompany.com/
>>
>> no more like these:
>> https://www.army-star.dk/eskimo-uldsokker/?options=3565995
>> Mostly wool and very thick.
>>
>

> It's funny that they're called 'eskimo wool socks'.
> Oops!

It's an outrage, but what can you do. They are good socks.

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BeH

[BeH]

On 11.01.2023 14.12, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpkdul$1cru$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Me: Don't talk about his feet.

Thank you. They are quite sensitive.

>
>>
>> Also I do wash on occasion. My feet smell like perfume free shower
>> gel.
>

> So, nothing then. And I'll take your word for that.

Not so much nothing as undetermined skin-cleaning substance.

>>>>>>> You keep odd socks forever?
>>>>>> Not normally. Odd sock aren't often an issue if you buy 12 pairs
>>>>>> of the same kind and colour. But this sock is special - it's
>>>>>> nearly 40 years old.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I see. It's a comfort sock.
>>>>
>>>> Not so much. I was using in just last week along with a newer,
>>>> lesser sock to keep my feet warm.
>>>>
>>>>> Like I should talk. I still have a pillow from when I was a kid.
>>>>> Can't sleep without it.
>>>>
>>>> Awww.
>>>>
>>>>>>> I have some sherpa socks that are nice and warm and have no-skid
>>>>>>> thingees on the bottom.
>>>>>> I am familiar. I want some woolly norwegian polar socks, if only
>>>>>> they weren't €20/pair...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Like this: https://nordicsockcompany.com/
>>>>
>>>> no more like these:
>>>> https://www.army-star.dk/eskimo-uldsokker/?options=3565995
>>>> Mostly wool and very thick.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's funny that they're called 'eskimo wool socks'.
>>> Oops!
>>
>> It's an outrage, but what can you do. They are good socks.
>>
>

> I'm not outraged. As an [alleged] privileged white girl, I know I would
> be cancelled for saying that.

*cancels Merlyne* (Also no alleged about it; being white is am instance
of privilege)
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BeH

[Frog Funky]

Speaking of heating, I recently submitted my gas and electric readings recently. They calculated I have to pay £30 extra a month for gas and electric going forward, but at the same time they also gave me a significant refund for what I'd paid so far. It defies all logic!

[BeH]

On 12.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpn37h$1nbp$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

>
>> On 11.01.2023 14.12, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpkdul$1cru$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 09.01.2023 22.33, Merlyne wrote:

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> You can't trick me into smelling your feet.

I wasn't trying to make you smell my feet. I was just pointing out that
perfume free things mostly still smell of something...

> And here I thought I always got my way because I have large breasts,

I bet there are people in this world who are completely unaffected by
breast size... Somewhere.

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BeH

[BeH]

Not really. I think you guys (used to) have a mandated cap on prices -
so if you have used less than estimated they have to give you back
money. This years prices have gone up so much that your smaller volume
will cost you the extra £30. It's not illogical; it's just greed...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 12.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:

> Frog Funky <frog...@aol.com> wrote in
> news:9b6473bc-4b0c-439e...@googlegroups.com:

> Very strange indeed!
>
> Welcome Back!

I don't think Froggy can see you. He's posting through google...

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BeH

[Frog Funky]

Has Merlyne been 'cancelled' by Google? It's politcal correctness gone mad!

[BeH]

On 13.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tppdgo$267$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Clean?

Possibly.

> Like a Spring day in Ireland?

Nope. That's a perfume...

[-socks]

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BeH

[BeH]

The other way around. She refuses to be archived, making the
conversations look very onesided indeed to future historians...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 13.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:

> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tppdvk$8s6$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> That will teach me not to read headers.
> (no it won't)
> Anyways, it's the thought that counts.

So the post was superfluous? Friendly but superfluous...

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BeH

[BeH]

On 15.01.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpuj0r$1e0l$4...@gioia.aioe.org:

> It should smell like fresh outdoor air or freshly mown grass or
> something.

It's a little known fact that 'they' don't use any actual outdoor air or
grass in those kind of product; nor pine needles or lemons or what have
you. It's all fake - done with possibly harmful additives.

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 15.01.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:

> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpuj5c$1e0l$5...@gioia.aioe.org:

> I'm your imaginary friend.

You could also be a fake identity I use to pretend I have a friend...
I don't think that's the case, though.

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 15.01.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tpuj9r$1e0l$6...@gioia.aioe.org:

> You saw it.
> How superfluous is that?

It was directed at Froggy and he can't see it... unless your real
objective was to inform me that you are welcoming him back. In which
case I can only say: "I knew you were going to say that."

--
BeH

[Frog Funky]

I wish some of my old posts hadn't been archived. I cringe at some of the things I used to say, some of it was very ignorant.

[BeH]

On 17.01.2023 12.54, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tq4f6f$1iev$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> *traumatized*

*orders emotional support llama for Merlyne*

> Really? I no idea...

Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big Scent".
Truly horrifying.

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 17.01.2023 12.54, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tq4fcb$1nfi$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Great! I will ask you when I forget my passwords..

Then I will have forgotten it as well, no?

>> I don't think that's the case, though.
>>
>

> Let's imagine it is...

Okay. Hi, Imaginary friend. What shall we do today?
--
BeH

[BeH]

Heh! I don't care - all *my* posts were excellent and well-informed ...
(I think you may be able to request your posts be deleted from google,
probably by proving you are you. That of cause doesn't help with the
posts people around the world have printed out framed and hung on the
wall in a prominent place).

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 17.01.2023 12.54, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tq4fj6$1qg6$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> You replied to it so he can see it now should he return.
> So there!

And that was part of the reason why I replied to it. But them it becomes
hearsay and not admissible in court. Which may not be relevant, but true
nonetheless.
And don't you 'so there' me, young lady...

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 20.01.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqc1sa$v15$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Not a llama!
> They are mean creatures.

Thay are not mean, they are reserved... as in they like to keep some
distance, not as in set aside for someone else.

> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.

try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...

>>> Really? I no idea...
>>
>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big Scent".
>> Truly horrifying.
>>

> Feel free to elaborate.

It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide use of
ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 20.01.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqc203$v15$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> No.
> You remember everything.

Oh, right... but if you are me then you also remember everything, no?

>>>> I don't think that's the case, though.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Let's imagine it is...
>>
>> Okay. Hi, Imaginary friend. What shall we do today?
>

> What you usually do?
> Candy crush has a challenge to collect all the rabbit gems.
> Wait. Why am I deciding?
> You should be deciding what to do.

I'm trying to infuse some semblance of realism into the scenario. Does
not Hobbes at times make decisions instead of Calvin...? Just saying.
--
BeH

[BeH]

On 20.01.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:

> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqc2ag$15f0$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Your organ puns are eye-conic!

...and earily relatable.

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 20.01.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqc2jp$18at$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Oh yeah?
> What are you going to do about it?

Something! Maybe start posting to alt.captain.busternaut instead.
Or I may cancel the order for your llama...

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 21.01.2023 15.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqf2v3$153m$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1OQwdS2k2A

I'm not watching all that - not with the obnoxious adds interrupting all
the time, but those a sheep...

>>> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.
>>
>> try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...
>

> lalalala-loyd!

Tsk. No respect. - Llywellan

>>>>> Really? I no idea...
>>>>
>>>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big Scent".
>>>> Truly horrifying.
>>>>
>>> Feel free to elaborate.
>>
>> It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide use of
>> ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.
>>
>

> Still?

Probably not so much anymore with the lamentable lack of dead whales,
but still gross...

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 21.01.2023 15.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqf38t$18nt$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> I remember stuff eventually...

>
>>
>>>>>> I don't think that's the case, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's imagine it is...
>>>>
>>>> Okay. Hi, Imaginary friend. What shall we do today?
>>>
>>> What you usually do?
>>> Candy crush has a challenge to collect all the rabbit gems.
>>> Wait. Why am I deciding?
>>> You should be deciding what to do.
>>
>> I'm trying to infuse some semblance of realism into the scenario. Does
>> not Hobbes at times make decisions instead of Calvin...? Just saying.
>

> I'll take your word for that.
>

> What to do, what to do...
>
> We could vacuum and wash the floors.

No point; it will only get dirty again...

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 21.01.2023 15.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqf3du$1a5p$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Ugh! You're punstoppable!

You hit that right on the nose...

--
BeH

[BeH]

On 21.01.2023 15.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqf3je$1a5p$2...@gioia.aioe.org:

> *small voice*
> I'll be good.
>
> It would be funny if the llama arrived around Valentines Day.
> I might get ideas....

Oh dear. [I don't actually know the typical delivery time for a llama,
but I imagine it fluctuates quite a bit]

--
BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 24.01.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqk3m2$5tn$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> Then you won't know what llamas act like.

Of course I do. I've met several llamas in my life. They even have (or
at least used to have) llamas in the petting zoo area of Copenhagen Zoo.
Along with many rabbits and goats. And also a cow.

>>>>> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.
>>>>
>>>> try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...
>>>
>>> lalalala-loyd!
>>
>> Tsk. No respect. - Llywellan
>>
>>
>>>>>>> Really? I no idea...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big
>>>>>> Scent". Truly horrifying.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to elaborate.
>>>>
>>>> It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide use
>>>> of ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Still?
>>
>> Probably not so much anymore with the lamentable lack of dead whales,
>> but still gross...
>>
>

> Agreed.

Point.

--
still BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 24.01.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqk3rq$8qr$1...@gioia.aioe.org:

> {That's a defeatist attitude}

I prefer 'rational'.

> Fine. Crap all over my idea.

I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might end up on
the floor...

> You pick.

Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many, and some
of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).

--
still BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 24.01.2023 13.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqk431$8qr$3...@gioia.aioe.org:

>
>> On 21.01.2023 15.36, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqf3je$1a5p$2...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 20.01.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tqc2jp$18at$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17.01.2023 12.54, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in news:tq4fj6$1qg6$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15.01.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:tpuj9r$1e0l$6...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 13.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <old...@wits.end> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>> news:tppdvk$8s6$2...@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12.01.2023 12.44, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Frog Funky <frog...@aol.com> wrote in

>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:9b6473bc-4b0c-439e-a8cf-
> 868a22...@googlegroups.com:

> I know in my heart it's a gift for Random Act of Kindness day.

When is that, then? Or is it a random day - to stat with the theme...

--
still BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 25.01.2023 19.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:tqrqm5$oivv$6...@dont-email.me:

> *raises eyebrow*
> Aren't petting zoos for kids?

Primarily - in Copenhagen they it for education purposes sometimes.

> Also, who wants to pet a cow?

Some kids have never seen a live cow. Much less how we get milk from
them... Also cows a eminently pettable most of the time.

>>>>>>> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...
>>>>>
>>>>> lalalala-loyd!
>>>>
>>>> Tsk. No respect. - Llywellan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Really? I no idea...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big
>>>>>>>> Scent". Truly horrifying.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feel free to elaborate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide use
>>>>>> of ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still?
>>>>
>>>> Probably not so much anymore with the lamentable lack of dead
>>>> whales, but still gross...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed.
>>
>> Point.
>>

> There are no points awarded here.

When did that change?

--
still BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 25.01.2023 19.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tqrquu$oivv$7...@dont-email.me:

> Your socks must be filthy.

Only if I walk around on the floor...

>>
>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>
>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might end up
>> on the floor...
>>
>>> You pick.
>>
>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many, and some
>> of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).
>>
>

> With subtitles?

Sure. Subtitles in danish.

--
still BeH

[BeH on Usenet]

On 25.01.2023 19.55, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tqrr1p$oivv$8...@dont-email.me:

> https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

I can never remember dates and what they signify - anyway I'm kind
almost every day anyway, so...

--
still BeH

[BeH]

On 27.01.2023 14.29, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tqutja$1bpfc$6...@dont-email.me:

> The only thing I learned at petting zoos is that goats will aggressively
> boot other animals away from the snacks kids are feeding them.

As well as the kids if they try to withhold the snack for any length of
time.

>>> Also, who wants to pet a cow?
>>
>> Some kids have never seen a live cow. Much less how we get milk from
>> them... Also cows a eminently pettable most of the time.
>

> It's the same everywhere - kids think milk comes from a carton.
> I blame the education system. They are so focused on having kids pick
> pronouns and less focused on teaching them things like math, cursive
> handwriting and how to point out our home town on a map.

Right, 'cause pretty handwriting is an essential requirement for so many
jobs these days. Also being able to recite the royal line of succession
from Gorm the Old onwards. Or maybe that's only here...

>>>>>>>>> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> lalalala-loyd!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tsk. No respect. - Llywellan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Really? I no idea...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big
>>>>>>>>>> Scent". Truly horrifying.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Feel free to elaborate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide
>>>>>>>> use of ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Still?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Probably not so much anymore with the lamentable lack of dead
>>>>>> whales, but still gross...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>> Point.
>>>>
>>> There are no points awarded here.
>>
>> When did that change?
>>

> When Phil left.

I knew there was a point to him somewhere...

--
BeH - one is just like the other

[BeH]

On 27.01.2023 14.29, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tqutms$1bpfc$7...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 25.01.2023 19.55, Merlyne wrote:

[previously on ACME:]

>>>>>>>>>>> Let's imagine it is...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay. Hi, Imaginary friend. What shall we do today?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What you usually do?
>>>>>>>>> Candy crush has a challenge to collect all the rabbit gems.
>>>>>>>>> Wait. Why am I deciding?
>>>>>>>>> You should be deciding what to do.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to infuse some semblance of realism into the
>>>>>>>> scenario. Does not Hobbes at times make decisions instead of
>>>>>>>> Calvin...? Just saying.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll take your word for that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What to do, what to do...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We could vacuum and wash the floors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No point; it will only get dirty again...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> {That's a defeatist attitude}
>>>>
>>>> I prefer 'rational'.
>>>
>>> Your socks must be filthy.
>>
>> Only if I walk around on the floor...
>

> How do you get from your bedroom to the kitchen then?

Blindly but carefully - that's before coffee.

>>>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>>>
>>>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might end up
>>>> on the floor...
>>>>
>>>>> You pick.
>>>>
>>>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many, and
>>>> some of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).
>>>>
>>>
>>> With subtitles?
>>
>> Sure. Subtitles in danish.
>>
>

> *Merlyne plays with her phone and then falls asleep*

I don't think that's very "chill"...

[BeH]

On 27.01.2023 14.29, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tqutr4$1bpfc$8...@dont-email.me:

> So?

So I have more than once taken the trip to the store only to find out
(by way of the store being closed) that it was national holiday...

> (and I never accused you of not being kind)

I meant I just can't constain my niceness to only one specific day...

[BeH]

On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:tr1oam$1t69a$6...@dont-email.me:

> Usually, the children are on the other side of a fence to avoid them
> being trampled.

Not in Copenhagen, they aren't. Of course that's also where they invite
kids to come see when dead animals are being autopsied.

>>>>> Also, who wants to pet a cow?
>>>>
>>>> Some kids have never seen a live cow. Much less how we get milk from
>>>> them... Also cows a eminently pettable most of the time.
>>>
>>> It's the same everywhere - kids think milk comes from a carton.
>>> I blame the education system. They are so focused on having kids pick
>>> pronouns and less focused on teaching them things like math, cursive
>>> handwriting and how to point out our home town on a map.
>>
>> Right, 'cause pretty handwriting is an essential requirement for so
>> many jobs these days. Also being able to recite the royal line of
>> succession from Gorm the Old onwards. Or maybe that's only here...
>>

> Maybe cursive isn't a job requirement, but if someone leaves you a note
> you look like an idiot running around trying to find someone to read it
> to you. For digital natives, most young people have no clue on how to do
> anything. One of my friends calls them lazy, stupid and entitled.
>
> I have no idea who or what Gorm is. So definitely an over there thing.

He's the first one:
https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-monarchy-in-denmark/the-royal-lineage/

> I remember having to memorize all the Indian bands across Canada and
> learning all the capitals of world countries and stuff like that.

So what is the capital of Angola?

>>>>>>>>>>> Plus it would be hard for me to stop pronouncing both l's.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> try saying that to Lloyd George, or someone from Wales...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> lalalala-loyd!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tsk. No respect. - Llywellan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Really? I no idea...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Really! The stories I could tell about the duplicity of "Big
>>>>>>>>>>>> Scent". Truly horrifying.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Feel free to elaborate.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's mostly too gruesome to post on the internet, but the wide
>>>>>>>>>> use of ambergris in cosmetics is worth noting.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Still?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Probably not so much anymore with the lamentable lack of dead
>>>>>>>> whales, but still gross...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Agreed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Point.
>>>>>>
>>>>> There are no points awarded here.
>>>>
>>>> When did that change?
>>>>
>>> When Phil left.
>>
>> I knew there was a point to him somewhere...
>>
>

> *groan*

[BeH]

On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tr1og8$1t69a$7...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 27.01.2023 14.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH on Usenet <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:tqutms$1bpfc$7...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 25.01.2023 19.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [previously on ACME:]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's imagine it is...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay. Hi, Imaginary friend. What shall we do today?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What you usually do?
>>>>>>>>>>> Candy crush has a challenge to collect all the rabbit gems.
>>>>>>>>>>> Wait. Why am I deciding?
>>>>>>>>>>> You should be deciding what to do.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to infuse some semblance of realism into the
>>>>>>>>>> scenario. Does not Hobbes at times make decisions instead of
>>>>>>>>>> Calvin...? Just saying.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll take your word for that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What to do, what to do...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We could vacuum and wash the floors.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No point; it will only get dirty again...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> {That's a defeatist attitude}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I prefer 'rational'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your socks must be filthy.
>>>>
>>>> Only if I walk around on the floor...
>>>
>>> How do you get from your bedroom to the kitchen then?
>>
>> Blindly but carefully - that's before coffee.
>

> Unless you have a single serve machine like a Keurig, making coffee
> takes a high degree of alertness. You have to properly measure the water
> and coffee and somehow get one and only one filter from the stack and
> place it properly in the basket lest it fall over and fill the carafe
> with grounds.

I have many years of practice. And no I don't have one of those single
serve machines. I bet they use stupid pods as well...

>>>>>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might end
>>>>>> up on the floor...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You pick.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many, and
>>>>>> some of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With subtitles?
>>>>
>>>> Sure. Subtitles in danish.
>>>>
>>>
>>> *Merlyne plays with her phone and then falls asleep*
>>
>> I don't think that's very "chill"...
>>
>

> If I were anymore chill, Netflix would be involved.
>
> It's rude to make your imaginary friend watch tv in a language they
> can't understand. I can't imagine that you'd imagine me enjoying that.
> I'd also be bothering you the whole time 'What did that guy say?" "who's
> that guy?" "What happened to the key that was hidden in the heel of the
> dead guy's shoe?"

As my imaginary friend I assumed you were fluent in danish. Also who
hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds more like a
James (Jane) Bond thing...

[BeH]

On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tr1omv$1t69a$8...@dont-email.me:

> Happens to the best of us :)

There really ought to be somewhere one can look up that sort of thing...

>>> (and I never accused you of not being kind)
>>

>> I meant I just can't constrain my niceness to only one specific day...
>>
>
> It's a sign of the times that we have to have a day for that. Sad,
> really.

It's not much different from having a "mother's day" or "father's day"
though. I bet there are some individuals who become victims^W recipients
of many random acts by people running around trying to fulfil their
obligation at the last moment...

[BeH]

On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tr6j2i$2s7ms$6...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:

[Llama, llama, llama]

>>>>>>>> Of course I do. I've met several llamas in my life. They even
>>>>>>>> have (or at least used to have) llamas in the petting zoo area
>>>>>>>> of Copenhagen Zoo. Along with many rabbits and goats. And also a
>>>>>>>> cow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *raises eyebrow*
>>>>>>> Aren't petting zoos for kids?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Primarily - in Copenhagen they it for education purposes
>>>>>> sometimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing I learned at petting zoos is that goats will
>>>>> aggressively boot other animals away from the snacks kids are
>>>>> feeding them.
>>>>
>>>> As well as the kids if they try to withhold the snack for any length
>>>> of time.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Usually, the children are on the other side of a fence to avoid them
>>> being trampled.
>>
>> Not in Copenhagen, they aren't. Of course that's also where they
>> invite kids to come see when dead animals are being autopsied.
>

> Ew...
> I'm amazed that you are as normal as you are.

How very dare you!
Actually, I've never seen a live animal autopsy. After my time, I guess.

>>>>>>> Also, who wants to pet a cow?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some kids have never seen a live cow. Much less how we get milk
>>>>>> from them... Also cows a eminently pettable most of the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the same everywhere - kids think milk comes from a carton.
>>>>> I blame the education system. They are so focused on having kids
>>>>> pick pronouns and less focused on teaching them things like math,
>>>>> cursive handwriting and how to point out our home town on a map.
>>>>
>>>> Right, 'cause pretty handwriting is an essential requirement for so
>>>> many jobs these days. Also being able to recite the royal line of
>>>> succession from Gorm the Old onwards. Or maybe that's only here...
>>>>
>>> Maybe cursive isn't a job requirement, but if someone leaves you a
>>> note you look like an idiot running around trying to find someone to
>>> read it to you. For digital natives, most young people have no clue
>>> on how to do anything. One of my friends calls them lazy, stupid and
>>> entitled.
>>>
>>> I have no idea who or what Gorm is. So definitely an over there
>>> thing.
>>
>> He's the first one:
>> https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-monarchy-in-denmark/the-royal-
> lineage/
>>
>>> I remember having to memorize all the Indian bands across Canada and
>>> learning all the capitals of world countries and stuff like that.
>>
>> So what is the capital of Angola?
>

> Is your google broken?

Just testing...

[BeH]

On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tr6jd3$2s7ms$7...@dont-email.me:

> You can get bio-degradable pods or ones that you wash and reuse.

So all the hazzle of single cup brewing and extra work also? Also
possibly not the cheapest way to by coffee...

>>>>>>>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might
>>>>>>>> end up on the floor...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You pick.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many,
>>>>>>>> and some of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With subtitles?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure. Subtitles in danish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Merlyne plays with her phone and then falls asleep*
>>>>
>>>> I don't think that's very "chill"...
>>>>
>>>
>>> If I were anymore chill, Netflix would be involved.
>>>
>>> It's rude to make your imaginary friend watch tv in a language they
>>> can't understand. I can't imagine that you'd imagine me enjoying
>>> that. I'd also be bothering you the whole time 'What did that guy
>>> say?" "who's that guy?" "What happened to the key that was hidden in
>>> the heel of the dead guy's shoe?"
>>
>> As my imaginary friend I assumed you were fluent in danish. Also who
>

> You really screwed that up.

My imagination leaves a lot to be desired.

>> hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds more like a
>> James (Jane) Bond thing...
>>

> Bond would have a tracker in the heel of their shoe.
> Detective shows are about finding people with the motive to kill the
> dead person. Then the police accuse the wrong person 3 times.
> The key opens a locker at the bus station where there are compromising
> pictures of the prime suspect.

Damn. I was hoping for a severed head or something.

> Or something I don't speak Danish or Swedish.

Just look at the pretty landscapes...

[BeH]

On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tr6jtp$2s7ms$8...@dont-email.me:

> Yeah!
> Other the upside, you got some fresh air and exercise :)

True enough. But I could have gone to the beach and looked at all the
tourists instead...

>>>>> (and I never accused you of not being kind)
>>>>
>>>> I meant I just can't constrain my niceness to only one specific
>>>> day...
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's a sign of the times that we have to have a day for that. Sad,
>>> really.
>>
>> It's not much different from having a "mother's day" or "father's day"
>

> I guess. Or Valentine's day or any number of 'Hallmark' holidays.

[BeH]

On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trbp6n$3u4su$2...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:tr6j2i$2s7ms$6...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [Llama, llama, llama]

> [where's my llama]
[In back order]

>>>>>>>>>> Of course I do. I've met several llamas in my life. They even
>>>>>>>>>> have (or at least used to have) llamas in the petting zoo area
>>>>>>>>>> of Copenhagen Zoo. Along with many rabbits and goats. And also
>>>>>>>>>> a cow.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *raises eyebrow*
>>>>>>>>> Aren't petting zoos for kids?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Primarily - in Copenhagen they it for education purposes
>>>>>>>> sometimes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only thing I learned at petting zoos is that goats will
>>>>>>> aggressively boot other animals away from the snacks kids are
>>>>>>> feeding them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As well as the kids if they try to withhold the snack for any
>>>>>> length of time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Usually, the children are on the other side of a fence to avoid
>>>>> them being trampled.
>>>>
>>>> Not in Copenhagen, they aren't. Of course that's also where they
>>>> invite kids to come see when dead animals are being autopsied.
>>>
>>> Ew...
>>> I'm amazed that you are as normal as you are.
>>
>> How very dare you!
>

> Huh?

I'm *exceptional*

> I have no idea what the capital is.
> Or if it's even currently a country.

It certainly is.
(The capital is Luanda)

[BeH]

On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trbpgr$3u4su$3...@dont-email.me:

> But makes sense if you only want to have 1 cup.

But who in the world will only want one cup of coffee. Additionally I
for example have to make four cups to fill my thermo mug. (Or eight to
fill it twice.)

>>>>>>>>>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it might
>>>>>>>>>> end up on the floor...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You pick.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so many,
>>>>>>>>>> and some of them are half decent (for being swedish, obv.).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With subtitles?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sure. Subtitles in danish.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Merlyne plays with her phone and then falls asleep*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think that's very "chill"...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If I were anymore chill, Netflix would be involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's rude to make your imaginary friend watch tv in a language they
>>>>> can't understand. I can't imagine that you'd imagine me enjoying
>>>>> that. I'd also be bothering you the whole time 'What did that guy
>>>>> say?" "who's that guy?" "What happened to the key that was hidden
>>>>> in the heel of the dead guy's shoe?"
>>>>
>>>> As my imaginary friend I assumed you were fluent in danish. Also who
>>>
>>> You really screwed that up.
>>
>> My imagination leaves a lot to be desired.
>

> Imagine that!

I'm trying...

>>>> hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds more like
>>>> a James (Jane) Bond thing...
>>>>
>>> Bond would have a tracker in the heel of their shoe.
>>> Detective shows are about finding people with the motive to kill the
>>> dead person. Then the police accuse the wrong person 3 times.
>>> The key opens a locker at the bus station where there are
>>> compromising pictures of the prime suspect.
>>
>> Damn. I was hoping for a severed head or something.
>>
>>> Or something I don't speak Danish or Swedish.
>>
>> Just look at the pretty landscapes...
>>

> I'll just play with my phone and eat all of your snacks.

Sensible enough - carrots are good for you.

[BeH]

On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trbpm4$3u4su$4...@dont-email.me:

>> tourists instead.. >> That doesn't sound fun.

With the sort of tourists we get around here - it's hilarious.

> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around in the sun
> reading.

When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a smoke...

[BeH]

On 03.02.2023 13.33, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trh5es$1152r$1...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:trbp6n$3u4su$2...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:tr6j2i$2s7ms$6...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [Llama, llama, llama]
>>> [where's my llama]
>> [In back order]

> [you didn't order it, did you?]
[there wasn't any point since they were out of stock]

>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course I do. I've met several llamas in my life. They
>>>>>>>>>>>> even have (or at least used to have) llamas in the petting
>>>>>>>>>>>> zoo area of Copenhagen Zoo. Along with many rabbits and
>>>>>>>>>>>> goats. And also a cow.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *raises eyebrow*
>>>>>>>>>>> Aren't petting zoos for kids?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Primarily - in Copenhagen they it for education purposes
>>>>>>>>>> sometimes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The only thing I learned at petting zoos is that goats will
>>>>>>>>> aggressively boot other animals away from the snacks kids are
>>>>>>>>> feeding them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As well as the kids if they try to withhold the snack for any
>>>>>>>> length of time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Usually, the children are on the other side of a fence to avoid
>>>>>>> them being trampled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not in Copenhagen, they aren't. Of course that's also where they
>>>>>> invite kids to come see when dead animals are being autopsied.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ew...
>>>>> I'm amazed that you are as normal as you are.
>>>>
>>>> How very dare you!
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>
>> I'm *exceptional*
>

> Oh. Yes, yes, of course you are.

Is this sarcasm?

> I'll forget this in an hour.

Good thing you have this post to remind you then.

[BeH]

On 03.02.2023 13.33, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trh5mv$1152r$2...@dont-email.me:

> Wow! That's a lot of coffee.

Not really. Those coffee-maker cups a ridiculously small.

> I have 1 mug of coffee in the morning which contains 2 cups on the water
> scale of the coffee machine.
> I have a SB on Saturday morning after grocery shopping and I often have
> one on Monday when I am in the office.

If you can call that coffee.
Is it still true that some of St*rb*ck's offerings contain more sugar
than soft drinks does?

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fine. Crap all over my idea.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think not. For one thing it's pretty rude and also it
>>>>>>>>>>>> might end up on the floor...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You pick.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay. Swedish detective series it is then. There are so
>>>>>>>>>>>> many, and some of them are half decent (for being swedish,
>>>>>>>>>>>> obv.).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With subtitles?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sure. Subtitles in danish.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Merlyne plays with her phone and then falls asleep*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think that's very "chill"...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I were anymore chill, Netflix would be involved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's rude to make your imaginary friend watch tv in a language
>>>>>>> they can't understand. I can't imagine that you'd imagine me
>>>>>>> enjoying that. I'd also be bothering you the whole time 'What did
>>>>>>> that guy say?" "who's that guy?" "What happened to the key that
>>>>>>> was hidden in the heel of the dead guy's shoe?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As my imaginary friend I assumed you were fluent in danish. Also
>>>>>> who
>>>>>
>>>>> You really screwed that up.
>>>>
>>>> My imagination leaves a lot to be desired.
>>>
>>> Imagine that!
>>
>> I'm trying...
>

> Try harder.

I don't have any harder.

>>>>>> hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds more
>>>>>> like a James (Jane) Bond thing...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Bond would have a tracker in the heel of their shoe.
>>>>> Detective shows are about finding people with the motive to kill
>>>>> the dead person. Then the police accuse the wrong person 3 times.
>>>>> The key opens a locker at the bus station where there are
>>>>> compromising pictures of the prime suspect.
>>>>
>>>> Damn. I was hoping for a severed head or something.
>>>>
>>>>> Or something I don't speak Danish or Swedish.
>>>>
>>>> Just look at the pretty landscapes...
>>>>
>>> I'll just play with my phone and eat all of your snacks.
>>
>> Sensible enough - carrots are good for you.
>>
>

> *Merlyne turns orange*
> People will think I'm related to Donald Trump
You don't turn orange from eating carrots. Unless you're a flamingo and
even they are more pinkish.

> Can I have some hummus with the carrots?

Probably not. I live in the country - the product selection is somewhat
basic... (also I haven't looked for it).

[BeH]

On 03.02.2023 13.33, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trh5td$1152r$3...@dont-email.me:

> Explain.

Mostly they are here for one or two weeks - renting a holiday home.
Given that it will rain half the time they need to get a proper sunburn
on one of the first days in order for the peeling to have ended and some
actual colour to show up before they go home to brag about their holiday.
But seriously, they a mostly germans - who are their own kind of weird -
or 'rich' assholes from the Copenhagen area who thinks they bought the
whole county (and everyone in it) when they rented the house. And don't
ask me about their parking.

> I usually go to a small rural beach. There's usually no one there except
> June the yoga instructor and her dog Steve retriever.
> Last summer, the beaches on the river were red flagged due to high
> bacteria levels but I swan anyways and lived to talk about it.

Yeah, well swans mostly just float around on the surface...

> I used to go to the provincial park. In Quebec, the last 2 full weeks of
> July is called the construction holiday. Almost everyone goes camping.
> It's Speedo week on the beach. I'm still traumatized. There are some
> things you can never unsee..

The germans have an affinity for nude bathing, so we don't see that much
Speedo wearing around here.

>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around in the sun
>>> reading.
>>
>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a smoke...
>>
>

> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea air...

All things in moderation.

[BeH]

On 04.02.2023 16.27, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trk15b$1jvv0$3...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 03.02.2023 13.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:trh5es$1152r$1...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:trbp6n$3u4su$2...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:tr6j2i$2s7ms$6...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Llama, llama, llama]
>>>>> [where's my llama]
>>>> [In back order]
>>> [you didn't order it, did you?]
>> [there wasn't any point since they were out of stock]

> [doesn't back ordered mean you ordered something which is out of stock
> and they shipped it when they get more?]

[Possibly. Or it means the retailer is out of stock and have ordered
more, but that order has not yet been fulfilled. Anyway they weren't
taking new orders.]

>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course I do. I've met several llamas in my life. They
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even have (or at least used to have) llamas in the petting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zoo area of Copenhagen Zoo. Along with many rabbits and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> goats. And also a cow.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *raises eyebrow*
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aren't petting zoos for kids?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Primarily - in Copenhagen they it for education purposes
>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The only thing I learned at petting zoos is that goats will
>>>>>>>>>>> aggressively boot other animals away from the snacks kids are
>>>>>>>>>>> feeding them.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As well as the kids if they try to withhold the snack for any
>>>>>>>>>> length of time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Usually, the children are on the other side of a fence to avoid
>>>>>>>>> them being trampled.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not in Copenhagen, they aren't. Of course that's also where they
>>>>>>>> invite kids to come see when dead animals are being autopsied.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ew...
>>>>>>> I'm amazed that you are as normal as you are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How very dare you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Huh?
>>>>
>>>> I'm *exceptional*
>>>
>>> Oh. Yes, yes, of course you are.
>>
>> Is this sarcasm?
>

> No, no. Not at all.

Riiight. Okay then.

> What post?

This one.

> Who said that?

Said what?

[BeH]

On 04.02.2023 16.27, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trk1m8$1jvv0$4...@dont-email.me:

> SB coffee is very good. It's my reward for saving money at the grocery
> store.

I wouldn't know. I've never had a starb*cks product, nor have I ever
been in one of their stores. With a total of 16 outlets in the country,
the closest being 75Km away I doubt I will have the experience anytime soon.

> They have Frappucinos which are basically an ice cream sundae in a cup.
> Lots of layers of whipped cream and syrup. It would not surprise me that
> those have more sugar than a soft drink.

To balance out the fat content, no doubt...

> Is it back ordered too?

By back is quite troublesome enough already. I daren't thy ordering it
to do anything.

>>
>>>>>>>> hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds more
>>>>>>>> like a James (Jane) Bond thing...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bond would have a tracker in the heel of their shoe.
>>>>>>> Detective shows are about finding people with the motive to kill
>>>>>>> the dead person. Then the police accuse the wrong person 3 times.
>>>>>>> The key opens a locker at the bus station where there are
>>>>>>> compromising pictures of the prime suspect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Damn. I was hoping for a severed head or something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or something I don't speak Danish or Swedish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just look at the pretty landscapes...
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'll just play with my phone and eat all of your snacks.
>>>>
>>>> Sensible enough - carrots are good for you.
>>>>
>>>
>>> *Merlyne turns orange*
>>> People will think I'm related to Donald Trump
>> You don't turn orange from eating carrots. Unless you're a flamingo
>> and even they are more pinkish.
>>
>>> Can I have some hummus with the carrots?
>>
>> Probably not. I live in the country - the product selection is
>> somewhat basic... (also I haven't looked for it).
>>
>

> You can just make some then.

I don't know how. Also that most likely requires some raw materials that
I don't have.

[BeH]

On 04.02.2023 16.27, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trk2ak$1jvv1$2...@dont-email.me:

> A sunburn is a horrible way to spend a vacation but whatever.
> The same thing happened in Prince Edward County. It was a nice rustic
> area with a provincial park for camping and nice beaches. Some
> journalist wrote about how nice it is in some Toronto magazine and now
> it gets overrun every summer with rich people from Toronto. They are
> buying up properties and building McMansion 'cottages' everywhere.

As the kids say: Let's eat the rich.

>>> I usually go to a small rural beach. There's usually no one there
>>> except June the yoga instructor and her dog Steve retriever.
>>> Last summer, the beaches on the river were red flagged due to high
>>> bacteria levels but I swan anyways and lived to talk about it.
>>
>> Yeah, well swans mostly just float around on the surface...
>

> I would blame the typo on fast finger syndrome except that I don't have
> fat fingers. I just suck at typing.

>>
>>> I used to go to the provincial park. In Quebec, the last 2 full weeks
>>> of July is called the construction holiday. Almost everyone goes
>>> camping. It's Speedo week on the beach. I'm still traumatized. There
>>> are some things you can never unsee..
>>
>> The germans have an affinity for nude bathing, so we don't see that
>> much Speedo wearing around here.
>

> Nude sunbathing is verboten here, not that there aren't private beaches
> where it is done. Now I see why you go to the beach -- to see boobies.

Not at all. It's for the fresh sea air... and the smoke.

>>
>>>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around in the
>>>>> sun reading.
>>>>
>>>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a smoke...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea air...
>>
>> All things in moderation.
>>
>

> Except moderation.

Excessive moderation is what causes things like Tr*mp's social
network... just saying.

[BeH]

On 07.02.2023 16.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trp38o$2m2dv$3...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 04.02.2023 16.27, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:trk15b$1jvv0$3...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 03.02.2023 13.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:trh5es$1152r$1...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01.02.2023 13.25, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:trbp6n$3u4su$2...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 31.01.2023 15.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:tr6j2i$2s7ms$6...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 28.01.2023 16.08, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [Llama, llama, llama]
>>>>>>> [where's my llama]
>>>>>> [In back order]
>>>>> [you didn't order it, did you?]
>>>> [there wasn't any point since they were out of stock]
>>> [doesn't back ordered mean you ordered something which is out of
>>> stock and they shipped it when they get more?]
>>
>> [Possibly. Or it means the retailer is out of stock and have ordered
>> more, but that order has not yet been fulfilled. Anyway they weren't
>> taking new orders.]

> [a convenient excuse]
[It's the way the free market works. I can't control the free market.]

> What reason would I have to make sarcastic comments about you?

To practice being more danish.

> I forget.

I knew you were going to forget that.

[BeH]

On 07.02.2023 16.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trp4qu$2m2dv$4...@dont-email.me:

> You should get a doctor to look at that.

She'll only tell me it has to be walked away...

>>>>>>>>>> hides keys in the heel of dead people's shoes. That sounds
>>>>>>>>>> more like a James (Jane) Bond thing...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bond would have a tracker in the heel of their shoe.
>>>>>>>>> Detective shows are about finding people with the motive to
>>>>>>>>> kill the dead person. Then the police accuse the wrong person 3
>>>>>>>>> times. The key opens a locker at the bus station where there
>>>>>>>>> are compromising pictures of the prime suspect.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Damn. I was hoping for a severed head or something.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Or something I don't speak Danish or Swedish.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just look at the pretty landscapes...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll just play with my phone and eat all of your snacks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sensible enough - carrots are good for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Merlyne turns orange*
>>>>> People will think I'm related to Donald Trump
>>>> You don't turn orange from eating carrots. Unless you're a flamingo
>>>> and even they are more pinkish.
>>>>
>>>>> Can I have some hummus with the carrots?
>>>>
>>>> Probably not. I live in the country - the product selection is
>>>> somewhat basic... (also I haven't looked for it).
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can just make some then.
>>
>> I don't know how. Also that most likely requires some raw materials
>> that I don't have.
>>
>

> Being your imaginary friend isn't as much fun as the brochure made it
> seem :(

I can imagine some hummus if you want. Not sure how long it stays fresh,
though.

[BeH]

On 07.02.2023 16.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trp7em$2m2dv$9...@dont-email.me:

> I've never heard any kids say that. Ever.

You haven't been around the right kind of kids, then.

>>>>> I usually go to a small rural beach. There's usually no one there
>>>>> except June the yoga instructor and her dog Steve retriever.
>>>>> Last summer, the beaches on the river were red flagged due to high
>>>>> bacteria levels but I swan anyways and lived to talk about it.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, well swans mostly just float around on the surface...
>>>
>>> I would blame the typo on fast finger syndrome except that I don't
>>> have fat fingers. I just suck at typing.
>>>>
>>>>> I used to go to the provincial park. In Quebec, the last 2 full
>>>>> weeks of July is called the construction holiday. Almost everyone
>>>>> goes camping. It's Speedo week on the beach. I'm still traumatized.
>>>>> There are some things you can never unsee..
>>>>
>>>> The germans have an affinity for nude bathing, so we don't see that
>>>> much Speedo wearing around here.
>>>
>>> Nude sunbathing is verboten here, not that there aren't private
>>> beaches where it is done. Now I see why you go to the beach -- to see
>>> boobies.
>>
>> Not at all. It's for the fresh sea air... and the smoke.
>>
>

> I don't believe that for a second.

You never believe anything I say. But it's true; that and for a chance
to get off the bike for a while.

>>>>>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around in the
>>>>>>> sun reading.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a smoke...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea air...
>>>>
>>>> All things in moderation.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Except moderation.
>>
>> Excessive moderation is what causes things like Tr*mp's social
>> network... just saying.
>>
>

> Is that what happens when someone over moderates?

Well, moderation was what kicked him off twitter. Megalomania was what
made him think he could make a clone and make money off it.

> Cool.

As if yet another social network is what this world needs...

[BeH]

On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:truqln$3u9eg$2...@dont-email.me:

> Do you make sarcastic comments about me?

No, of course not. (I'm already pretty danish)

> Forget what?

What who said.

[BeH]

On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:truqru$3u9eg$3...@dont-email.me:

> So go for a walk. Or several.

I don't have to. The doctor hasn't looked at my back.

> For a while if it's in the fridge. Like weeks.
> Mmmmmm... so garlicky.
> Keep your distance lest I breath on you.

It has garlic in it? I never imagined that...

[BeH]

On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:trur78$3u9eg$4...@dont-email.me:

> And you have?

Well, no. But I've read about them on the internet.

>>
>>>>>>> I usually go to a small rural beach. There's usually no one there
>>>>>>> except June the yoga instructor and her dog Steve retriever.
>>>>>>> Last summer, the beaches on the river were red flagged due to
>>>>>>> high bacteria levels but I swan anyways and lived to talk about
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, well swans mostly just float around on the surface...
>>>>>
>>>>> I would blame the typo on fast finger syndrome except that I don't
>>>>> have fat fingers. I just suck at typing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I used to go to the provincial park. In Quebec, the last 2 full
>>>>>>> weeks of July is called the construction holiday. Almost everyone
>>>>>>> goes camping. It's Speedo week on the beach. I'm still
>>>>>>> traumatized. There are some things you can never unsee..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The germans have an affinity for nude bathing, so we don't see
>>>>>> that much Speedo wearing around here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nude sunbathing is verboten here, not that there aren't private
>>>>> beaches where it is done. Now I see why you go to the beach -- to
>>>>> see boobies.
>>>>
>>>> Not at all. It's for the fresh sea air... and the smoke.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't believe that for a second.
>>
>> You never believe anything I say. But it's true; that and for a chance
>> to get off the bike for a while.
>

> Ok
> *suspicious*

>>
>>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around in
>>>>>>>>> the sun reading.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a smoke...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea air...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All things in moderation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Except moderation.
>>>>
>>>> Excessive moderation is what causes things like Tr*mp's social
>>>> network... just saying.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is that what happens when someone over moderates?
>>
>> Well, moderation was what kicked him off twitter. Megalomania was what
>> made him think he could make a clone and make money off it.
>>
>>> Cool.
>>
>> As if yet another social network is what this world needs...
>>
>

> There will be more. Just wait.

I think there are enough now. No more are needed. Further socnets will
not be required.

[BeH]

On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ts1agi$c5lo$3...@dont-email.me:

> So, if I understand correctly, making sarcastic comments will make me
> become Danish the same way that eating donuts everyday will make me
> become fat?

Well, sort of. Except becoming fat isn't inherently desirable.
>
> How will I know when I have reached peak Danishness?

When you recognise all my sarcastic comments as such.

> I don't follow.

Follow what?

[BeH]

On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ts1alv$c5lo$4...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:

[Coffee and not-coffee]

> Be preemptive.

I did walk all the way to the coop store today to buy more tobacco, and
also some oranges. And I was away yesterday as well. Buying about 25Kg
of just the essentials (for which I paid what used to be my monthly
household budget).

> Have you never had hummus?

I doubt it. I can't remember.
It turns out they do have hummus in the local supermarket. With garlic.

[BeH]

On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ts1ats$c5lo$5...@dont-email.me:

> It must be true then!

That's what I was thinking too...

> You need to post that on social media.

Or I could get a Meta-world account and tell it to all the people I meet
there... both of them.

[BeH]

On 14.02.2023 23.46, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ts6hgd$15u60$2...@dont-email.me:

> I recognise your sarcastic comments.
> I just accept them as part of the rich tapestry that is you and move on
> from it.

And now I wonder what type of tapestry you imagine. Not something
flowery, I hope...

> I don't know.

That makes it pretty hard to follow...

[BeH]

On 14.02.2023 23.46, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ts6i47$15u60$3...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:ts1alv$c5lo$4...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [Coffee and not-coffee]

> [the universe collapses under the weight of it]
[disappointingly current theory seems to indicate that the universe
isn't going to collapse at all - just keeping on expanding until entropy
wins in the end]

> Everything is so much more expensive now. Lettuce is crazy expensive
> here. I bought generic, store brand peanut butter for the first time
> ever.

OMG! Has my frugalism finally rubbed of on you.
But yes. A bag of normal wheat flour is up 20% over a few months ago.
And eggs, don't mention eggs (close to 50% rise).
In other news ARLA (the dominant dairy producer) are 'advising' their
farmers to move away from ecological milk production because the sales
are down (it's normally more expensive than 'dirty' milk).

> *drool*

I didn't buy any. I liek my carrots on their own...

[BeH]

On 14.02.2023 23.46, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ts6i8j$15u5v$1...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:

[snippedidooda]

>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie around
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the sun reading.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a
>>>>>>>>>>>> smoke...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea air...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> All things in moderation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Except moderation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Excessive moderation is what causes things like Tr*mp's social
>>>>>>>> network... just saying.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is that what happens when someone over moderates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, moderation was what kicked him off twitter. Megalomania was
>>>>>> what made him think he could make a clone and make money off it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cool.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As if yet another social network is what this world needs...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There will be more. Just wait.
>>>>
>>>> I think there are enough now. No more are needed. Further socnets
>>>> will not be required.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You need to post that on social media.
>>
>> Or I could get a Meta-world account and tell it to all the people I
>> meet there... both of them.
>>
>

> *Merlyne's sarcasm detector bings*

Well done! Have a Dannebrog sticker to put in your notebook...

[BeH]

On 15.02.2023 20.34, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tsjb1n$2v6fq$2...@dont-email.me:

> lol

> Who's following what now?
> My brane hurts...
>
Makes you think, doesn't it?

--
BeH - the phantom poster

[BeH]

On 15.02.2023 20.34, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tsjbnv$2v6fr$3...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 14.02.2023 23.46, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:ts6i47$15u60$3...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:ts1alv$c5lo$4...@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08.02.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [Coffee and not-coffee]
>>> [the universe collapses under the weight of it]
>> [disappointingly current theory seems to indicate that the universe
>> isn't going to collapse at all - just keeping on expanding until
>> entropy wins in the end]

> {alrighty then]

> *embarrassed*
> Maybe. I guess. It could be my Scottish heritage...

>
>> But yes. A bag of normal wheat flour is up 20% over a few months ago.
>> And eggs, don't mention eggs (close to 50% rise).
>> In other news ARLA (the dominant dairy producer) are 'advising' their
>> farmers to move away from ecological milk production because the sales
>> are down (it's normally more expensive than 'dirty' milk).
>>
>

> Here the milk prices are set by a marketing board which pays farmers to
> dump their milk when over their personal quota.
> Milk prices are always artifically high.
>
> Fun Fact: in Ontario and Quebec, milk is sold in 4 litre plastic bags.

How in the world does on pour from one of those. We had milkbags for a
while back in the day - and a plastic holder like a jug to put them in
for pouring. But that was 1L and easy enough to make a mess with.

> It's so good.

If you say so. Isn't it made from chickpee?

[BeH]

On 15.02.2023 20.34, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tsjbtb$2v6fr$4...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 14.02.2023 23.46, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:ts6i8j$15u5v$1...@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 09.02.2023 14.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [snippedidooda]

> [my-o-my what a wonderful day]
*twirls cane*

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach, I usually swim and then lie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around in the sun reading.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I go to the beach it's usually to sit and have a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> smoke...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Seems to defeat the purpose of getting some freash sea
>>>>>>>>>>>>> air...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> All things in moderation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Except moderation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Excessive moderation is what causes things like Tr*mp's social
>>>>>>>>>> network... just saying.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is that what happens when someone over moderates?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, moderation was what kicked him off twitter. Megalomania
>>>>>>>> was what made him think he could make a clone and make money off
>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cool.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As if yet another social network is what this world needs...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There will be more. Just wait.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think there are enough now. No more are needed. Further socnets
>>>>>> will not be required.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to post that on social media.
>>>>
>>>> Or I could get a Meta-world account and tell it to all the people I
>>>> meet there... both of them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> *Merlyne's sarcasm detector bings*
>>
>> Well done! Have a Dannebrog sticker to put in your notebook...
>>
>

> Is that some kind of sausage?

Hrmf! It's the national flag of Denmark - the worlds oldest flag still
in use.

[BeH]

On 2/17/23 13:10, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tsm8np$3cgk3$1...@dont-email.me:

> That's what it is. A large bag containing 4 litres split into 3 bags
> that are put in a plastic jug. And then you have to cut it open. Not too
> big or the milk will go everywhere when poured and not too small or else
> it will take all day to pour.
> Americans think I made it up.

Okay, so it's a three-pack of milkbags. I imagined one floppy bag of
four litres and a giant two-handed jug.

> Um. Chickpeas (+ tahini + garlic + lemon juice)

Ohh... peAs. Yes that makes a lot more sense. Also explains the colour.

--
BeH - all that is old is new again

[BeH]

On 2/17/23 13:10, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tsm8tr$3ci8s$1...@dont-email.me:

> If I stick that on my notebook, other kids will make fun of me.

Not at all - they will all want one. And also you can pretend you have
viking heritage, just like we do.

[BeH]

On 19.02.2023 20.59, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:tsrpnj$5qme$2...@dont-email.me:

> We also have ketchup flavoured potato chips.

Uuuhh - fance.
The locally big name in snack producing used to have some 'screws'
[reconstituted potato matter in a helix shape] with added tomato taste.
I don't know if they still exist.

> I was braced for a post about how 'chickpeas are evil'.

I would never... I don't remember ever eating anything chickpea-based. I
anything I expect it to be kind of bland, based on the look and added
garlic in hummus.

[BeH]

On 19.02.2023 20.58, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:tsrps8$5qme$3...@dont-email.me:

> Given that my ancestors all hail from the British Isles, it's probably
> true that I have some viking heritage (and French and Spanish...)

There is a decent chance, yes. If say they where from Shetland or Orkney
it would be a near certainty... That would probably be Norwegian
heritage then, but the distinction was somewhat blurry back then.

[BeH]

On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:tt0r43$sb3n$7...@dont-email.me:

> They are pretty bland on their own. They are great in Indian-inspired
> dishes.

Instead of rice? Or as a filler, perhaps... Like potatoes in irish stew.

[BeH]

On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in news:tt0rba$sb3n$8...@dont-email.me:

> My Scottish people are from Glasgow and Ayrshire.
> Can you read really old handwriting like from the 1500 or 1600's?
> I have some old wills but can't read them.

Dunno. I'm so old that we had to learn how to read gothic (german)
script, possibly as a punishment, or to read really old chancellery
documents.

English script is rather different I think and changes a lot over time
along with the vocabulary. Even being able to read it doesn't imply
being able to understand it.

[BeH]

On 23.02.2023 13.40, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tt5t3d$1jp5n$2...@dont-email.me:

>
>> On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:

[redacted]

> More like a filler instead of meat. They are a good protein source.
> An idea for the next taco Tuesday has been birthed!

Have fun with that. But only on Tuesday. Also aren't there already often
beans in tacos? Beans are also a good protein source. Not as good as
steak, but still.

[BeH]

On 23.02.2023 13.40, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tt5tgh$1jp5n$3...@dont-email.me:

> Ok. I'll send it you.
> For fun.

It never arrived... Funny that.

[BeH]

On 25.02.2023 16.04, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttau1r$2940f$6...@dont-email.me:

> Beans can used in tacos. Sometimes they serve refried beans on the side.
> Those are smushed and paste like.
>
> I would also like to state for the record, that I don't like beef or
> pork.

Fine! Fish it is then. Fish has a lot of omega3 fatty acid, which is
good for you.
Or maybe lamb. Lamb taco will probably be fine, although the maybe not
with hummus. Unless one really loves garlic.

[BeH]

On 25.02.2023 16.04, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttau4v$2940f$7...@dont-email.me:

> Hilarious!
> I haven't sent it yet.
> I'm trying to get on the 'things that stress you out' lits.

It's not an award, you know...

> Wouldn't it be weird if I randomly sent you some old wills before you
> read my previous post?

Not if I'm mentioned in them.

[BeH]

On 26.02.2023 15.40, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tte49g$2m3ub$6...@dont-email.me:

> No red meat, no fish or seafood.

What do you put in your tacos, then... crickets?

> I will probabaly make hummus today.
> It could happen.

I'm on the edge of my seat here...

[BeH]

On 26.02.2023 15.40, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:tte4di$2m3ub$7...@dont-email.me:

> I wasn't going to brag about it.

Good. It's hardly bragable to be on my stress lits. Or rare...

>>> Wouldn't it be weird if I randomly sent you some old wills before you
>>> read my previous post?
>>
>> Not if I'm mentioned in them.
>>
>

> AFAIK, I have no old wills that mention you.
> I'll keep looking just in case.

Please do. It would be nice to be mentioned in a will. I've never been
mentioned in anyone else's will before.

[BeH]

On 28.02.2023 14.02, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttj2q1$3bbuf$6...@dont-email.me:

> You wish.
>
> A non-exhaustive lits:
> Chicken (either ground or pulled)
Or choked... (yes, I'm 12)

> Tempeh (my personal favourite)
Mouldy soy-beans

> Cauliflower
Yuk - also poisonous.

> Black bean + sweet potato (or squash)
'kay.

> Tofu
Non-mouldy soy-beans.

> Lentils
non-soy beans.

>>> I will probabaly make hummus today.
>>> It could happen.
>>
>> I'm on the edge of my seat here...
>>
>

> *smacks you with a rolled up newspaper*

Thank you, may I have another.

[BeH]

On 28.02.2023 14.02, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttj33f$3bbuf$7...@dont-email.me:

> Can I confer with the others on your lsit?

There aren't really any persons on my lits - one of the many advantages
of not working.

>>>>> Wouldn't it be weird if I randomly sent you some old wills before
>>>>> you read my previous post?
>>>>
>>>> Not if I'm mentioned in them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> AFAIK, I have no old wills that mention you.
>>> I'll keep looking just in case.
>>
>> Please do. It would be nice to be mentioned in a will. I've never been
>> mentioned in anyone else's will before.
>>
>

> I find that surprising.

Laws of inheritance in most cases make wills mostly unnecessary, unless
you don't have any children or siblings. Or you are very rich...

[BeH]

On 01.03.2023 14.02, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttn62h$3tf7g$6...@dont-email.me:

> Woo...sexual innuendos...
> You can't put your choked chicken in my taco.

Don't worry. I don't want anything bitten off...

>>> Tempeh (my personal favourite)
>> Mouldy soy-beans
>>

> Ahem. Fermented.

Tomato - tomato...

>>> Cauliflower
>> Yuk - also poisonous.
>>

> Lies.

>
>>> Black bean + sweet potato (or squash)
>> 'kay.
>>
>>> Tofu
>> Non-mouldy soy-beans.
>>
>>> Lentils
>> non-soy beans.
>>
>>>>> I will probabaly make hummus today.
>>>>> It could happen.
>>>>
>>>> I'm on the edge of my seat here...
>>>>
>>>
>>> *smacks you with a rolled up newspaper*
>>
>> Thank you, may I have another.
>>
>

> Absolutely.
> *smack*

I can't read the paper it you keep waving it around.

[BeH]

On 01.03.2023 14.02, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on...@gmail.com> wrote in

> news:ttn6e8$3tf7g$7...@dont-email.me:

> Are you trying to convince me to stop working?

That's completely up to you. I'm just saying it considerably shortened
my stress lits when I did. And then some other stuff got added instead.

>>>>>>> Wouldn't it be weird if I randomly sent you some old wills before
>>>>>>> you read my previous post?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not if I'm mentioned in them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK, I have no old wills that mention you.
>>>>> I'll keep looking just in case.
>>>>
>>>> Please do. It would be nice to be mentioned in a will. I've never
>>>> been mentioned in anyone else's will before.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I find that surprising.
>>
>> Laws of inheritance in most cases make wills mostly unnecessary,
>> unless you don't have any children or siblings. Or you are very
>> rich...
>>

> I'm not sure. I feel that I would still have to go to probate court if
> my surviving parent died without a will.

Sure - here as well. But seems mainly to make sure the inheritance tax
is paid in full.
The current law specifies who inherit and how much based in familial
connection. Also that in case of any "life-heir" (spouse or direct
descendants) half the estate is reserved for those, so no disinheriting
the black sheep...