• Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 29 12:54:27 2021
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    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Lynn

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Fri Oct 29 19:25:23 2021
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    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Heydt on Sat Oct 30 09:35:22 2021
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    On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

    That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
    and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Dorothy J Heydt on Sat Oct 30 12:00:33 2021
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    On 10/29/2021 2:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    I was really hoping that someone would comment on my title which is a
    play on "The Dragon and the George". Oh well. I guess that there are
    not many Gordon R. Dickson fans here.

    Lynn

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Sat Oct 30 17:20:30 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <sljtnh$pdj$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 10/29/2021 2:25 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    I was really hoping that someone would comment on my title which is a
    play on "The Dragon and the George". Oh well. I guess that there are
    not many Gordon R. Dickson fans here.


    I noticed it, but I didn't really have a comment to add.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid on Sat Oct 30 21:09:15 2021
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    In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

    Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
    of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
    summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
    every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
    than Vallejo.

    That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
    and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.

    Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
    of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to Heydt on Sat Oct 30 19:20:55 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

    Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
    of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
    summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
    every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
    than Vallejo.

    That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
    and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.

    Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
    of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

    I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
    a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to J. Clarke on Sat Oct 30 20:04:16 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 10/30/2021 6:20 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

    Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
    of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
    summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
    every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
    than Vallejo.

    That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
    and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.

    Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
    of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

    I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
    a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.

    Plus, the doggie poo and cat vomit stories are hilarious until it
    happens to you.

    Lynn

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Sun Oct 31 03:03:59 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <slkq2h$2tk$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 10/30/2021 6:20 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:09:15 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <gvsqngp9n62puvgtlfhq2n0jen93r7l0ug@4ax.com>,
    Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:25:23 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <slhcgj$ck8$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Over The Hedge: The Roombas and the George
    https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/10/29

    That situation looks very tricky.

    Well, he seems to be keeping his balance all right.

    Perhaps having one leg on the ground helps.

    (How did she come to have *three* Roombas in the house? My one
    died ten years ago, darnit.)

    Had the Roomba mattered enough to you, it would have been replaced.

    Not considering how broke we were. And still are, in the context
    of trying to save up enough money to move out of Vallejo this
    summer. We tried to do that last summer, only to discover that
    every part of the Bay Area that isn't Vallejo is more expensive
    than Vallejo.

    That's one way to tell what really matters: if it is lost or damaged
    and you don't replace it, well, it clearly didn't matter very much.

    Not as much as eating, paying the rent, and saving up to get out
    of Vallejo, city of too many hills.

    I'm a gadget freak from way back and lazy besides. I've never wanted
    a Roomba. Too much effort keeping a path clear for it.

    Plus, the doggie poo and cat vomit stories are hilarious until it
    happens to you.

    We don't have dogs. I can't remember the last time a cat vomited
    on a carpet, and linoleum is easy to wipe off. What we need to
    get up off the floor mostly dust, which a Roomba can handle, and
    shed human hair, which it can't.

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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