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    Ice rink

    There is an Icerink there. Trust me.
  2. Mississippi basin is rather large.
  3. I started this a couple of times, but couldn’t get “into” it or even past the first episode. I was assured by a friend to stick it out. Glad I did. Not a laugh a minute but enjoyable nonetheless.
  4. Bottas gets an early Christmas present.
  5. I hadn’t even thought of F3. How did that compare to F2. Does my bee analogy hold?
  6. For some reason only watched this last one. Twas excellent. Like bees buzzing around. Passing all over the place. Will certainly watch next year.
  7. Didn’t Steve Bruce “manage” us?
  8. A very wise man once said: Here, Heir, Here.
  9. To take a term from another topic here for the younger me that film had some 207 moments.
  10. I guess I meant page 50 as in there are 100 pages of old topics. The 80 and 90 pages are pretty much full of poles. Ah not polish folk I might add. Fascinating reading.
  11. Interesting read from page 50. Wonder if some views have changed?
  12. I see a similarity between the “Million MAGA March” and the “St Andrew’s Trillion Trophy Stadium”.
  13. The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons have always drawn me in. Having said that not too sure if I totally “got” them. Nonetheless I found them totally engaging, engrossing and enjoyable. He does need a better editor though. Glances at the books shelf and goes grrrrr at Drood. Crock Factory by the same was enjoyable as well. There was another (title to be added when the cat gets off me) that went into absolute minutiae about a sniper. Wind speed, angles, weights, distance, calibre, but fascinating. Thinking further, Carrion Comfort is rather a cracking on your seat read. But look no further my friends than the veritable Jack Vance. Science fiction, fantasy, mystery. He has an incredible turn of phrase. Read Vance and in a week your whole speech pattern will change. And it will truly put a smile on your face as these little word structures tumble out without a second thought. Unfortunately for me after a time it wears off. But a quick reread, and he has a whole catalogue, you will be espousing Vancian like a pro. (True story someone came into the bookstore a couple of years ago and in conversation he said something Vancian. Which I said that sounds like Jack Vance to which he replied that he had been reading Cugel’s Saga and it must of rubbed off on him). Jack Vance can’t go wrong. Well except for the Cadwal series. (Maybe that is a little harsh)
  14. Yeah I agree. He has said such nonsense, hatred, lies etc for the last four years. That speech was, well normal for him. No one has changed their minds after seeing that.
  15. And clearly I have snuck into a rabbit hole. Things of note: * How steep it really is after that first turn * How there really is not even a pit lane as we would know it. * How some hay bales and “she will be wright attitude” worked as a safety protocol.
  16. Just saw this. Some nice camera angles. I guess it is the Grand Hotel hairpin out of a window? Gotta get that in. So cool.
  17. Finished last night. Had it’s slower moments but all in very good if not better. As an aside if you are wont to have a few on the couch with the cat beside yourself a perfect check on your cerebral status is a quick game of chess. Absolutely woeful with eight in. Astonished I was. Cat not so much. Very wise is she. Back to the show 8/10. Will watch again.
  18. Can’t defend McCain’s record one way or nuther. Having said that he did sort of legitimize the f*ucknuttery we have now by choosing Sarah Palin as a running mate to appeal to the tea party. And thus letting a lot of folk seeing the presidency as something that any half-wit can do. On the other hand without his yay vote for the health care act I would be paying $14000 plus a year for the privilege of said health care. But I do agree with you he needs not be mentioned in the circumstance we are in.
  19. I’ve already voted and I voted Biden.
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