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Saturday, June 21, 2008

channeler for delicate flower as he rants&raves about tallfreak ...

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"I still like him, but he cares little for this earth,
even though he might tell you differently."
- delicate flower speaking of tallfreak

backstory on delicate flower/tallfreak: last year in march, i had an initiation of a face-to-chest (albeit briefly) conversation with delicate flower's (aka billn's) friend, tallfreak. (btw, i still **heart** tallfreak. he gets the chick-&-shoes thing!) and prior to the face/face meet-up, this is the first time i was introduced to billn's moniker of delicate flower. nevertheless, i checked-in with tallfreak a few weeks ago regarding his vast knowledge of power generation and energy stuff. and with a simple nod at delicate flower of my chat, the banter started once again ... well, more accurately, delicate flower ranted absent any tallfreak exchange. (some may interpret that as talking to oneself ... a few steps short of insanity ... but i digress).

so to keep it all in context, i have decided to serve as a channeler for delicate flower's rants&raves. it's unlikely delicate flower'll get this up on his sorely-stale-blogs, but that's o.k. - he can link to this or i'll give him the code. (HINT!!!)

SIDE NOTE: on serving as a channeler ... i volunteered to serve as one - for someone's match[dot]com efforts. (you read correctly.) yeah. really. gratis. i know. i. know.
the beginning o' banter in vintage '07 ... it started here.
  • TALLFREAK speaks of DELICATE FLOWER.
  • DELICATE FLOWER speaks of himself and of TALLFREAK.
for convenience, some cut/paste below -
TALLFREAK [T/F]: If he hasn’t referred to himself as this yet, he is a Delicate Flower. He is also a rich, white, male landowner who’s’ [sic] philosophy is “The Fee is first."

He likes his coffee like he likes his women…black and strong, anything else is a waste of good coffee (cream/sugar).

DELICATE FLOWER [DF]: [billn] ... is a delicate flower; however the reason he enjoys black coffee (like his women) is hot and bitter.
... is also so arrogant that he talks about himself in the third person.
... approves your use of blog information.
... and [approves] this message."

[T/F]: [DF] Enjoys reading construction drawings and long walks through Mechanical Rooms.

[DF]: [T/F] enjoys playing two records at the same time and being a dirty liberal.

[T/F] [correction]:[T/F] enjoys masterfully playing two records at the same time and being a cutty-pasty dirty liberal.

[DF]: I'm sorry that [T/F] had to tell us what [T/F] likes to do with his male-equipment when [T/F] plays two records at the same time. [T/F] should learn to keep that type of information private. Shame on [T/F].

[T/F]: In offense of [DF'S] intelligence or lack there of, I offer Exhibit A:
[DF] most incompetently makes reference to my use of the word “masterfully” with humor that is both base and incorrect.
As a side note, [DF] is neither masterful, nor practiced in the “male-equipment” realms [DF] references on account of [DF's] lawful marriage to the mother of his children.

[DF]: Further side note, [T/F's] last girlfriend can attest to my masterful practice.
Base, incorrect? Yes. Funny? Yes.
Finally, judging base is best judged by those most base.

[T/F]:Considering her recent restraining order against you, I would refer to it as your masterful mal-practice.
Best of luck with that.

banter into circa '08 ... DELICATE FLOWER resurrects rant&rave on TALLFREAK as "... a fake environmentalist. why is he fake?"
    • on geographics ... he lives in SD, where there is inadequate water for the population.
    • on kitchen appliance ... he has two refrigerators (who cares if they are both EnergyStar, that too much electricity to be using for a household of two)
    • on watering system ... he has an automatic lawn irrigation system installed at his home, using potable water - meaning he waters his grass with the same water he might drink.
    • on job ... he does not build wind turbines.
    • on local offerings ... he does not live in a place where there is local food, abundant water and low population density.

  • and as if this isn't enough, [DF] continues the rant&rave on [T/F] ...
    • on dining accessories ... we use cloth napkins every day, we do not have paper napkins.
    • on kitchen supplies ... we do not have any paper towels here either.
    • on home heating ... we burn biodiesel for heat and are going to supplement our heating this winter with locally harvested wood.
    • on food waste ... we compost or garbage-disposal our food waste.
    • on plastic bags ... we do not use plastic wrap. we only plastic bags for special uses. we have reusable supermarket bags (not paper or plastic for us).
    • on transportation ... tall friend does not carpool or bike to work. I carpool.
channel change.
must negotiate this heat in BA.


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4 Comments:

Blogger JenM said...

How do you keep this banter straight?

Sat Jun 21, 05:47:00 PM PDT  
Blogger shirlnutkin said...

in response to jenm ... i had to draw a logic diagram from the '07 banter of the 2 children. was NOT easy. the '08 certainly was easier, given DF initiated the soliloquy.

(i will be sending an e/m to tallfreak to give him a heads up on the post.)

Sat Jun 21, 10:59:00 PM PDT  
Blogger JenM said...

I think you will be doing a little more channeling after that e/m is delivered.....

Sun Jun 22, 07:55:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DF's representation of his low-impact living is a bit elitist. I'm thinking he's lost touch with his Long Island roots way up in the great white north. All though I deem him...I mean a response to him beneath me, I'll engage as a matter of defense.

-on dining...we eat veggies off the vine from our garden. How much potable water do you use washing your napkins?

-on kitchen supplies...we use cloth towels as well, washed every couple of weeks.

-on heating...we live where we rarely need heat or A/C. We also installed a tankless (on demand) water heater so we aren't heating water for no reason (unlike DF).

-food waste...you waste food?

-on plastic bags...we reuse our ziplock bags (when we use them). we bring out own cloth supermarket bags as well.

-on take out food...we bring reusable containers for take out food or leftovers. we bring the cloth bags to carry the food.

-on transportation...i carpool with 3 other coworkers on a regular basis. my company has a Natural Gas powered minivan we drive to jobsites and on work related errands.

-on local food...I and many coworkers partipate or have participated in community source agriculture procurement. A local farm drops bags of veggies twice a month for a small fee. We bring our bags, they fill them with veggies.

-your company...sells one renewable energy product.

-my company...GIVES away free information about all forms of green energy, green building methods, water conservation, transportation, climate change, and policy implementation. We manage a portion of the second largest renewable energy incentive program in the world. We are the energy center (energycenter.org).

-on recreation...we use portable solar panels to power LED's for lighting when we go camping.

-on home power...we purchase renewable energy from utility scale wind. all of our bulbs are CFL's.

-on kitchen appliance...ALL of my appliances are EnergyStart where EnergyStar was an option.

-during our recent home renovation, we used no VOC paint and installed cork floors in our kitchen and laundry area.

DF needs to remember that this is not a contest, it's a cutural shift. But if it was a contest, I won a long time ago.

T/F

Mon Jun 23, 10:47:00 AM PDT  

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