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conversation in the field
Me: Something happened to this hillside. The soils are very compact.
Steve: This looks disturbed, or maybe not.
Not disturbed, just compact. Something very large sat on it.
[pause]
A mosquito!
Mosquitos aren't large, Steve.
You must be in a better mood. How do you know if Thanate's in a good mood? It's not safe for Steve to sit next to her.
Well, you keep saying silly things.
It's a good thing I'm 57, and I know that. When I was twenty I didn't know I said silly things, and I might have gotten upset. When you're twenty, you don't know that if a woman laughs at you that's not always a bad thing.
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Someday, Steve, you're going to make my brains explode.
Well, good!
Steve: This looks disturbed, or maybe not.
Not disturbed, just compact. Something very large sat on it.
[pause]
A mosquito!
Mosquitos aren't large, Steve.
You must be in a better mood. How do you know if Thanate's in a good mood? It's not safe for Steve to sit next to her.
Well, you keep saying silly things.
It's a good thing I'm 57, and I know that. When I was twenty I didn't know I said silly things, and I might have gotten upset. When you're twenty, you don't know that if a woman laughs at you that's not always a bad thing.
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Someday, Steve, you're going to make my brains explode.
Well, good!