Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 23/04/2024 18:51, Hymermut wrote:
> > On 23/04/2024 18:03, Sn!pe wrote:
> >> Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >>
> >>> As a child I was quite upset about Puff the Magic Dragon's demise.
> >>
> >> No! Say it ain't so!! When did that happen?
> >
> > Burn-out apparently.
>
> And illegal substances. Over did it chasing himself.

So it's true, puff does lead on to stronger stuff.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 23-Apr-24 14:49, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
> >>
> >> That's gneiss for him.
> >
> > No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>
> So he did a lot of running around in his younger days,
> but has cooled it since then - shaped up and settled down?

He was a bit fast and loose as a young'un but he's
solid as a rock these days.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <1qsh2cq.1eg5bcd13zspnwN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 14:49:56 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>> > Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>>
>> That's gneiss for him.
>>
>> Tone
>
>No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>
Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 23-Apr-24 14:49, Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>>>>
>>>> That's gneiss for him.
>>>
>>> No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>>
>> So he did a lot of running around in his younger days,
>> but has cooled it since then - shaped up and settled down?
>
> He was a bit fast and loose as a young'un but he's
> solid as a rock these days.
>

Running tends to make me a bit loose too…

Tim

--
Please don't feed the trolls

In article <1qshgat.2cub9c3oarfaN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 19:49:53 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 23-Apr-24 14:49, Sn!pe wrote:
>> > Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>> >> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>> >>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>> >>
>> >> That's gneiss for him.
>> >
>> > No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>>
>> So he did a lot of running around in his younger days,
>> but has cooled it since then - shaped up and settled down?
>
>He was a bit fast and loose as a young'un but he's
>solid as a rock these days.
>
As Kaolinite?

One moment, while I sip my tea from some metamorphosed Kaolinite.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> >> On 23-Apr-24 14:49, Sn!pe wrote:
> >> > Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
> >> >>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
> >> >>
> >> >> That's gneiss for him.
> >> >
> >> > No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
> >>
> >> So he did a lot of running around in his younger days,
> >> but has cooled it since then - shaped up and settled down?
> >
> >He was a bit fast and loose as a young'un but he's
> >solid as a rock these days.
>
> As Kaolinite?

Definitely not, kaolin is decomposed granite; it's china clay.

> One moment, while I sip my tea from some metamorphosed Kaolinite.

Quite so.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <1qsh2cq.1eg5bcd13zspnwN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> <snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 14:49:56 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
> >Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
> >> > Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
> >>
> >> That's gneiss for him.
> >>
> >> Tone
> >
> >No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
> >
> Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
> 500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?

How rude, he's in his prime and still pretty magmatic.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Sn!pe wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Sn!pe wrote:
>>
>>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 22-Apr-24 22:49, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Speaking of fair game, how is Gordon these days? Is he prospering?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gordon is immutable, as ever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where can I get one like him? I'm thinking about getting one
>>>>>> to bring some joy into my life! =)
>>>>>
>>>>> Your own rock will find you when the time is ripe.
>>>>
>>>> That would make rocks the original hunter-gatherers.
>>>
>>> They're not just inanimate objects, y'know; they have uvqqra cbjref.
>>
>> That's true. Otherwise, how would Sn!pe know his name is Gordon and his
>> state of mind? Obviously there is some communication going on here.
>
> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth. He considered
> installing Ethernet or USB but he says he didn't want to be tied down
> with cords and anyway, he didn't fancy the surgery.
>
>

Thank you Sn!pe, mystery solved! =)

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Peter wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> wrote in
> news:ba45b9b5-3250-324b-cac5-1b488dbe318e@example.net:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024, Adrian wrote:
>>
>>> In message <20240422153659.5068d528dcfff540d94f0fd3@eircom.net>, Ahem
>>> A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>>>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:54:29 +0200
>>>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It turned out that 2 super models from Jehovas Witnesses
>>>>
>>>> I strongly suspect it's apocryphal that one young woman
>>>> disposed a
>>>> JW nuisance by answering the door sky clad with an altar and upside
>>>> down cross visible in the background and said "Welcome you must be
>>>> the sacrifices".
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The JW's called last week, as luck would have it, I was el swear at
>>> the time. Had I been at home, it would have been just before lunch
>>> time, so I could have used by non-conformist druid routine,
>>>
>>> "Welcome we're non-conformist druids and you're just in time for
>>> lunch, we eat non-believers."
>>>
>>> Oh well, there's always next time.
>>>
>>> I disunforget whether it was the JWs or the Mormons, but mother
>>> disposed of them rapidly by suggesting that they come in and discuss
>>> it over a cigarette and a glass of gin.
>>>
>>> I did get stopped in the street once by a couple of Mormons, who
>>> asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to talk about tbq. I pointed
>>> out the church up the side road, and suggested that they try there.
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>
>> Very worrying. They never seem to be interested in discussion and
>> dialogue. What do they want?! People who just uncritically accept what
>> they say? ;)
>
> AIUI (i.e. not very well) it is a condition of JW's membership that they
> talk about Jesus to a certain number of strangers a week, actual conversion
> being a very unlkely and largley irrelevant bonus. I suspect that they just
> uncritically accept this and find that the easiest way to get that number
> is by knocking on doors. The chance of coverting someone on the door step
> must be very close to zero, but that doesn't matter provided they aquire
> their quota of trying, by whatever means.
>
> Well, it takes all sorts...
>
>
Ahh... well, it does make sense when you put it that way.

Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

> A few old myths about beer revealed.
>
> <https://theconversation.com/five-things-our-research-uncovered-when-we-recreated-16th-century-beer-and-barrels-223599>

Interesting, thanks, Chris.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:17:40 +0100
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 23-Apr-24 18:03, Sn!pe wrote:
> > Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >
> >> As a child I was quite upset about Puff the Magic Dragon's demise.
> >
> > No! Say it ain't so!! When did that happen?
>
> Must be wrong.
>
> Dragons live forever
> But not so little boys
> (etc.)
>
Ah; perhaps that's what got to me; facing my own mortality aged 3(?)

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

On 23-Apr-24 20:33, Sn!pe wrote:
> Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <1qsh2cq.1eg5bcd13zspnwN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
>> <snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 14:49:56 awoke Nicholas
>> from his slumbers and wrote
>>> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>>>>
>>>> That's gneiss for him.
>>>>
>>>> Tone
>>>
>>> No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>>>
>> Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
>> 500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?
>
> How rude, he's in his prime and still pretty magmatic.
>
Does he have any relatives in Iceland?

--
Sam Plusnet

Soup wrote:

> builders tea, Nato standard tea, or some-at else?

BS6008:1980 perhaps

<https://spark.iop.org/british-standard-cup-tea>

126zu is quite spendy for a recipe, thobut.

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> >>>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>>>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
> >>>>
> >>>> That's gneiss for him.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tone
> >>>
> >>> No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
> >>>
> >> Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
> >> 500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?
> >
> > How rude, he's in his prime and still pretty magmatic.
>
> Does he have any relatives in Iceland?

Only by marriage.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 24/04/2024 15:37, Sn!pe wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's gneiss for him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tone
>>>>>
>>>>> No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>>>>>
>>>> Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
>>>> 500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?
>>>
>>> How rude, he's in his prime and still pretty magmatic.
>>
>> Does he have any relatives in Iceland?
>
> Only by marriage.
>

Do you take this stone....?

No. You should leave them where you found them.

Tone

In article <v0bc7q$2ducn$1@dont-email.me>, Hymermut <tone@email.com> on
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 17:32:57 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 24/04/2024 15:37, Sn!pe wrote:
>> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> On 23/04/2024 12:54, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>>>>>> Gordon is equipped with 5G, WiFi and Bluetooth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's gneiss for him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No schist! Gordon is purely igneous, of course, not metamorphic.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Being igneous does not preclude metamorphosis. If Gordon is more than
>>>>> 500 million years old he is almost certainly metamorphosed, from what?
>>>>
>>>> How rude, he's in his prime and still pretty magmatic.
>>>
>>> Does he have any relatives in Iceland?
>>
>> Only by marriage.
>>
>
>Do you take this stone....?
>
Isn't that a rather traditional view of marriage? N fgbar nebhaq gur
arpx?
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> writes:

> Aren't Mormons into ancestry in a big way; something to do with tracing
> the ancestors of current Mormons so that the ancestors can be saved post
> death?

Allegedly, LDS has the biggest genealogical data base in the US,
possibly the world. I've only seen passing mention of retroactive
salvation, none of the theological or procedural details.
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:

> I'm afraid I consider the door-to-door bible-thumpers as fair game. I talk
> to them reasonably and calmly, with logic rather than fervour, until they
> start edging off down the path looking for a way to escape with dignity.
>
They come round here regularly, but the never ring the bell. Aparently they
have to visit so many doorsteps, but do not have to face the wrath of those
behind teh door.

Bit like other ogd botherers who get strangers in teh street to turn on
their hi-tech on their holy day.

--
braind

snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: [...]
> > > > I disunforget whether it was the JWs or the Mormons, but mother
> > > > disposed of them rapidly by suggesting that they come in and discuss
> > > > it over a cigarette and a glass of gin.
> > >>
> > > > I did get stopped in the street once by a couple of Mormons, who
> > > > asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to talk about tbq. I pointed
> > > > out the church up the side road, and suggested that they try there.
> > >>
> > > > Adrian
> > >>
> > >
> > > Very worrying. They never seem to be interested in discussion and
> > > dialogue. What do they want?! People who just uncritically accept what
> > > they say? ;)
> > >
> >
> > Are they after donations?
> >
>
> Converts! They have to save our benighted souls. It's a tradition or an
> old charter or something.
>
Isn't their heaven a fixed size, and already full, so new converts won't be
saved?

--
braind

On 2024-04-25, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> writes:
>
>> Aren't Mormons into ancestry in a big way; something to do with tracing
>> the ancestors of current Mormons so that the ancestors can be saved post
>> death?
>
> Allegedly, LDS has the biggest genealogical data base in the US,
> possibly the world. I've only seen passing mention of retroactive
> salvation, none of the theological or procedural details.

AFAIK, (I am Not A Mormon), there is a way in Mormonism that you can to
baptised even by a distant relative even after you are dead.

After reading a book when In was youngg,["Secrets of The Goths"] I find
that puzzling. (Its not for sale from Amazon)

--
greymausg@mail.com
Death2Influencers

In article <mpro.sciz1e008c9qz0700.me9@privacy.net>, me9
<me9@privacy.net> on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 02:05:38 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
>snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>
>> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: [...]
>> > > > I disunforget whether it was the JWs or the Mormons, but mother
>> > > > disposed of them rapidly by suggesting that they come in and discuss
>> > > > it over a cigarette and a glass of gin.
>> > >>
>> > > > I did get stopped in the street once by a couple of Mormons, who
>> > > > asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to talk about tbq. I pointed
>> > > > out the church up the side road, and suggested that they try there.
>> > >>
>> > > > Adrian
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Very worrying. They never seem to be interested in discussion and
>> > > dialogue. What do they want?! People who just uncritically accept what
>> > > they say? ;)
>> > >
>> >
>> > Are they after donations?
>> >
>>
>> Converts! They have to save our benighted souls. It's a tradition or an
>> old charter or something.
>>
It is worse than that. They have to save their own beknighted souls.
^^^

>Isn't their heaven a fixed size, and already full, so new converts won't be
>saved?
>
They hope that there is space left for two.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
> > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
> >> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:

[doorstepping JWs and Mormons]

> >> > Are they after donations?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Converts! They have to save our benighted souls. It's a tradition or an
> >> old charter or something.
> >>
>
> It is worse than that. They have to save their own beknighted souls.
> ^^^
> >
> > Isn't their heaven a fixed size, and already full, so new converts won't be
> > saved?
> >
>
> They hope that there is space left for two.
>

My JW Aunt told me that those who don't make it to Heaven will have
dominion over a paradisical Earth. She also said that JW's partners
would be there even if they were unbelievers, getting in on a spousal
visa sort of thing. Also, everybody would eternally be 30 years old
physically, that being the prime of life.

Second best is not too dusty, eh?

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <1qsmfo0.1urpatw1mkftw0N%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 12:31:52 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>> > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>> >> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
>
>[doorstepping JWs and Mormons]
>
>> >> > Are they after donations?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Converts! They have to save our benighted souls. It's a tradition or an
>> >> old charter or something.
>> >>
>>
>> It is worse than that. They have to save their own beknighted souls.
>> ^^^
>> >
>> > Isn't their heaven a fixed size, and already full, so new converts won't be
>> > saved?
>> >
>>
>> They hope that there is space left for two.
>>
>
>My JW Aunt told me that those who don't make it to Heaven will have
>dominion over a paradisical Earth. She also said that JW's partners
>would be there even if they were unbelievers, getting in on a spousal
>visa sort of thing.

Convenient! Or not?
> Also, everybody would eternally be 30 years old
>physically, that being the prime of life.

Now there is a shame, I would never have met my wife ;(
>
>Second best is not too dusty, eh?
>

--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 26/04/2024 12:31, Sn!pe wrote:
> Second best is not too dusty, eh?

Heaven by proxy, eh?

But would I want to spend all of eternity with a bunch of JW's. That
would be hell.

Tone

On 26-Apr-24 12:31, Sn!pe wrote:
> Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>>>> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
>
> [doorstepping JWs and Mormons]
>
>>>>> Are they after donations?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Converts! They have to save our benighted souls. It's a tradition or an
>>>> old charter or something.
>>>>
>>
>> It is worse than that. They have to save their own beknighted souls.
>> ^^^
>>>
>>> Isn't their heaven a fixed size, and already full, so new converts won't be
>>> saved?
>>>
>>
>> They hope that there is space left for two.
>>
>
> My JW Aunt told me that those who don't make it to Heaven will have
> dominion over a paradisical Earth. She also said that JW's partners
> would be there even if they were unbelievers, getting in on a spousal
> visa sort of thing. Also, everybody would eternally be 30 years old
> physically, that being the prime of life.
>
> Second best is not too dusty, eh?

You can tell the JWs are a new outfit.
Back in the early days of (say) Christianity, lots of people never made
it to 30, and those that did were pretty knackered by then.

--
Sam Plusnet