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Please don't ! The world isn't ready for a female Monk Mayfair !

I have the box set of "Wild Wild West' (the T V series) and it is fun. As far as I am concerned the movie version was an absolute travesty, done by people with no taste or appreciation of the source material that they were bastardising !

If we are talking pilot/sportsmen how about the Australian test cricketer Keith Miller who served in the air force. Once when asked whether he was feeling pressure during a game he is supposed to have replied "Pressure ? This isn't pressure. Pressure is having a Messerschmitt up your arse !"

How about Trofim D Lysenko, the Russian genetecist whose Lamarckian views coloured Russian biological thinking throughout the 1930's (and beyond).

So it was a high tech update of the Le Mat ?

If the Murdoch Media despises Trump, and the Liberal media despises Trump, who is left supporting him in the media ?

Recently saw "Watchmen" again and realised how much I enjoyed it, especially the music. (I may never be able to hear "The Hallelujah Chorus" (er I think that is what it was) again without smiling however).

I can't find anything in my "Complete Book Of The Olympics" about Lee winning any individual medals, only team medals in 1924. Which event did he win an individual medal in ?

I was watching Fox News today (Yes I know that it isn't the best place to get unbiased news or opinion) and they had Trump leading in some of the "swing states" (it looked like a lot of them actually). How are most of the U S polls running at the moment ?

Just finished "The Curse of Chalion" by Lois McMaster Bujold. Not her best work in my opinion. More like a historical novel with a light dusting of fantasy.

Running off at a bit of a tangent has anyone been reading "Rough Riders" from "Aftershock comics ? A sort of American "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" with Teddy Roosevelt forming a team with Harry Houdini, Thomas Edison, Jack Johnson, Edward Eastman and Annie Oakley to investigate well I would call them "anomalies". Looks good so far (four issues down as far as I know).

But could she play his cousin Pat ?

What, no bayonet ?

"The Grey Ghost": a man with ghostly/desolid powers (from the nickname give to Confederate partisan leader John C Mosby).

Hey ! We don't have many dinosaur fossils in Australia, so we have made an effort to beautify them !

Another point that might be made is that Australia used to have a unique slang. This has been largely lost these days, but might still provide an Aussie character with some uniqueness. Terms like "Buckley's chance" or just "Buckley's" for a very slim chance for example or "As brave as Ned Kelly" for someone who shows courage in a desperate situation. (Kelly was an Australian outlaw in the 19th century, although we call them "bushrangers") and Buckley was an escaped convict from the early days of settlement who managed to survive in the bush when it was thought to be impossible for a white man to do so (he had the help of the aborigines I think).

Perhaps "thick as two short planks" would work better ?

Well Jobson Growth didn't do as well as expected , but Cliff Hanger looks to be doing well !

Another adventure comic available in collections is "Corto Maltese" by Hugo Pratt. Translated from Italian I think. Modern comics (1960's and later) but set in the pulp era.

One Pulp era comic that is available in collections (I personally have six volumes covering the period 1934 to 1946) is Milton Caniff's classic adventure strip "Terry and The Pirates". Absolutely brilliant black and white action adventure in the far east.

I thought that Trump was a wealthy and successful business tycoon ? Why can't he pay for his campaign ?

We have had so many stories about a "new" "Doc Savage" movie that I am inclined to use a quote from an old movie ("The Crimson Pirate") "Your humble servant will believe it when your humble servant sees it "t describe my attitude to this latest announcement.

Currently reading "Wearing The Cape" by Marion G Harmon. Interesting take on the superhero idea. A young woman reveals that she has super powers (strength and flight so far) and is inducted into the city's premier super team. Ilike it so far as it touches on aspects of the Superhero lifestyle frequently glossed over in comics.

Nom D'une chat rouge ! How could I forget Jules De Grandin by Seabury Quinn and, if we are allowing comivc book characters into the mix D C 's Dr Terry Thirteen.

A couple of "old timers" to add to the mix William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki and Algernon Blackwood's John Silence.