Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Kerr-Mudd, John" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:09:28 +0000 Organization: Dis Lines: 19 Message-ID: <20241112100928.488a6153d496d9d2f86ad8a1@127.0.0.1> References: <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <10a1e4fa-c029-1ce7-173f-da67ddf34c16@example.net> <8389f094-f7c0-44ef-e36e-c79cd876a752@example.net> <7f4e3405-df74-74d9-79ee-5295ecd0fe5b@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:09:29 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b9ff34162847004c6f0aec2d3884414"; logging-data="1622186"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19jECu3dls9vs3hqOHOefoXr+nswuyOj00=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:kUFdLpmy203c4yLcJLEFuwV64Kk= GNU: Terry Pratchett ;X-no-Archive: Maybe SigSep: is ALWAYS dash dash space newline X-Newsreader: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Bytes: 2644 On 11 Nov 2024 20:00:08 GMT rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:22:47 +0100, D wrote: > > > I always wondered about that climbing thing. If the choice was between > > meeting an attacking bear (without guns) on a level field, vs climbing > > up a sturdy tree, and trying to kick it in the face from above, I always > > thought that it sounded more pleasant to kick it in the head from above, > > than being crushed on open ground. > > Climbing a tree in this area can be difficult if you're not a bear. > Pshurely you lot need a rec.sport.tree-climbing NG to chat in. -- Bah, and indeed Humbug.