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Post by Admin on Jan 30, 2019 22:20:08 GMT
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Post by stxdpr on Jan 30, 2019 22:29:48 GMT
Is it meant to be snowing? Nothing but a dusting around here this week, not much more last week either. Waiting for Brexit levels of chaos tomorrow night getting home and then back to work on Friday.
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 30, 2019 22:53:36 GMT
crankcaller sets off for work, wondering what all the fuss is about  "Where's the bloody bua..."
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Post by whatalark on Jan 31, 2019 6:36:20 GMT
Science fiction chatter..... I've just started reading the first of the Galactic Center series by Gregory Benford, In the Ocean of Night. He's an Astrophysicist as well as an author so it's going to be "Hard Science". It's a bit slow going in the early chapters. Are they worth sticking with. Any one read the series ? Published in 1977.
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 31, 2019 7:55:29 GMT
I am just going outside and may be some time, fam.
Bit parky out. Freezing fog not helping.
TV. First episode of True Detective s3. Off to a good start.
Games. Supercar/sportscar racing in GTA. The pariah got a new paint job as well.
As per usual today is my Friday.
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Post by tenthenemy on Jan 31, 2019 9:04:07 GMT
Morning, chattering nerds.
Games: I don't even.
TV: started watching Peaky Blinders again, series 4.
OTTM: cold but no snow show.
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Post by Faceless on Jan 31, 2019 9:05:55 GMT
Hello.
I definitely didn't slip over on a patch of ice while getting out of the car this morning. Anyone who says I did is a liar.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jan 31, 2019 9:16:47 GMT
Cold out but still no snow.
We have a new fuse board now though, and suddenly the internet is shit slow. Progress.
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 31, 2019 9:17:55 GMT
Hello. I definitely didn't slip over on a patch of ice while getting out of the car this morning. Anyone who says I did is a liar. You're supposed to sprain your ankle before you get in the car so you can't get to work. Not when you get to work and can't get home. |
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Post by B!NK on Jan 31, 2019 9:49:01 GMT
Hello. I definitely didn't slip over on a patch of ice while getting out of the car this morning. Anyone who says I did is a liar. Haha lol |
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Post by Faceless on Jan 31, 2019 9:56:45 GMT
Hello. I definitely didn't slip over on a patch of ice while getting out of the car this morning. Anyone who says I did is a liar. You're supposed to sprain your ankle before you get in the car so you can't get to work. Not when you get to work and can't get home. I might claim psychological damage. The only difficulty will be attributing it to slipping over. |
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 31, 2019 9:57:05 GMT
Science fiction chatter..... I've just started reading the first of the Galactic Center series by Gregory Benford, In the Ocean of Night. He's an Astrophysicist as well as an author so it's going to be "Hard Science". It's a bit slow going in the early chapters. Are they worth sticking with. Any one read the series ? Published in 1977. Published when I was still reading a book every 2 days (in my teenage years I was voraciously getting through them, often 14-15 a week) I sort of liked this, but I found its author too keen on philosophizing... too self-indulgent - the brilliant ideas mixed in with the wacky. I did like the Jupiter project though |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jan 31, 2019 10:04:10 GMT
Games - no
OTTM - no
Theres a small possibility of the outlaws leaving early next week or even this weekend.. pray for Dankyl.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jan 31, 2019 10:05:13 GMT
I think I've only read Timescape by Gregory Benford, but I really enjoyed it.
I have a nagging feeling I've got In The Ocean Of The Night buried in the to read pile.
Chumbles
Two books a day? The monks in the scriptorium must have really hated you.
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Post by amipal on Jan 31, 2019 10:30:28 GMT
Hello you lot.
Bit chilly isn't it? Maybe I shouldn't have shaved yesterday - could do with that added layer of face insulation.
Watched the first few episodes of the second series of Great News last night. Sad to hear that it has already been canned. It's really very good.
Followed up with some AC Odyssey. I accidentally fought a pitched-battle with the entire contents of a fort, which also included the island's leader and three mercenaries. At one point, I had to make a tactical withdrawal to get things to calm down a bit, before ploughing back in there to finish them off. Good times.
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 31, 2019 10:31:35 GMT
There's a larger possibility the outlaws are staying and Danky is moving out.
No games, no snow, no OTTM.
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Post by tenthenemy on Jan 31, 2019 11:06:48 GMT
I feel I could really go into hibernation. Bears have the right kind of idea.
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Post by Chumbles on Jan 31, 2019 11:58:05 GMT
I think I've only read Timescape by Gregory Benford, but I really enjoyed it. I have a nagging feeling I've got In The Ocean Of The Night buried in the to read pile. ChumblesTwo books a day? The monks in the scriptorium must have really hated you. I was organized and lucky - I was School Librarian at 14 (it was a Secondary Modern so a studious nerd was very rare and only the fact that I was 6' 1" and 15 stone stopped me getting beaten up). Six months after the master in charge left and they forgot to put another one in charge ... so for three years I selected all the books  I had to get them off an approved list, but even so we had a stunning SF&F collection! |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jan 31, 2019 12:16:49 GMT
Nice article over on the other place that matters about Silent Hill. I mean I assume it is, I'm not reading that.
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 31, 2019 12:27:05 GMT
In the days before the internet became all encompassing, book suppliers used to send crates of books round libraries to choose from. You had them for a couple of weeks to choose.
I'm not saying library staff ever took advantage of this to read books that weren't out for general sale yet.
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Post by Felice Landry on Jan 31, 2019 12:34:50 GMT
Just made my weekly soup for dinner, (Leek, Potato, Ham and Stilton), really nice may not last until tonight
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Post by Shenguin on Jan 31, 2019 12:36:47 GMT
Just made my weekly soup for dinner, (Leek, Potato, Ham and Stilton), really nice may not last until tonight No wonder you look a bit thin in your profile photo if you only eat once a week. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jan 31, 2019 12:49:27 GMT
In the days before the internet became all encompassing, book suppliers used to send crates of books round libraries to choose from. You had them for a couple of weeks to choose. I'm not saying library staff ever took advantage of this to read books that weren't out for general sale yet. The rock'n'roll lifestyle of a librarian - reading books not yet out for general sale. Pure hedonism. |
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 31, 2019 13:20:39 GMT
This snark from the man playing Dota auto chess.
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Post by crankcaller on Jan 31, 2019 13:31:59 GMT
BabyfarkmcGeezakLogitech stuff on sale today on Amazon if you're still thinking about their mouse.
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I had to get them off an approved list, but even so we had a stunning SF&F collection!
