Cancer Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Oh, wow, man. </Cheech & Chong> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Dave's not here, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 So today I think I might need to watch Dune for the first ever time. As a newbie what is the best way to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 Don't, is the short answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Just the film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 the movie Dune was ... bad. Really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 ...but I really like the soundtrack. So maybe have it playing in the background whilst doing something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Sounds appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 I ended up with the miniseries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Don't know anything about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules The Oxford Comma Necessary https://thewritelife.com/is-the-oxford-comma-necessary/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 In an antique/junk shop I saw something I hadn't seen or thought of in nigh on fifty years: a big yellow Umleitung sign. Nostalgia comes in very strange parcels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 * drums fingers * Trying to schedule service to take care of a safety defect recall I got yesterday. It seems the front-seat passenger-side air bag could kill whoever's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Reminds me of what a vascular surgeon once said. We were closing up after an abdominal aortic procedure, and I asked why he was spending so much time on the retroperitoneal fat, making sure that all of the vessel was covered before continuing. "Because," says he, "if we're not careful, the aorta can come into contact with the gut. Then the friction might open up an aorto-duodenal fistula, and the patient would bleed out in three heartbeats. Obviously, that's not functional." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 The urgency seems irrelevant in this case with the earliest possible repair appointment being on June 26. Guess everyone has to sit in back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Had a male Downy Woodpecker on the suet feeder yesterday evening, which is the first time for that (there's been one or more females before, but not a male). Interesting to think the downies might be moving in nearby. They are much smaller than the flickers we have in great abundance. Also, the female Townsend's warbler was there, as was a female [American] goldfinch. The warbler is an occasional winter visitor, but I'm not sure I've seen one in our yard this late in the winter before. Now, the snow is still pretty thick up in the hills, so that might be the reason, but I wonder if they're moving into our relative lowland neighborhood also. The goldfinches have been in the neighborhood forever, but they haven't been regulars in our yard. BTW, for our non-North American posters, American goldfinches are very different from European goldfinches (same subfamily, but different genus). The male American goldfinches, in season, are intensely yellow more or less all over with some black accents on head, wings, and tail. (The females are much more drab.) USers new to Europe, on seeing a European goldfinch after being used to the North American variety, wonder why the European sort are called "gold". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 This weekend finished 2 books and nearly finished #3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 As an author? Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 What do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Have you, under the weekend, written nearly three books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 I bet that it's been done. Like, by Enid Blyton, or Isaac Asimov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 ... Writing machines, those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Enid published a Famous Five novel consecutively for 21 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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