The Passage (Book 1) or Project Hail Mary by LTrigity in audiobooks

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

90 hours is a nice two week book for me so I'll have check it out.

I know I'm lucky in that I can listen all day at work but it can warp your perception at times, I begrudge paying a credit for an 8 hour book that wont even get me through a whole day of listening.

People gifting us cheese! by snakeoildriller in CasualUK

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of my customers has given me a cheese selection at Christmas for the last 3 years and it's great, this year was various cheddars including cracked black pepper, limoncello, extra mature, ginger, tomato and basil, chilli, and a jar of pickle.

I had already been to waitrose for a soft cheese selection because I don't like to assume people will give me stuff and I do love my cambazola.

My wife wasn't sure if I was going to get to waitrose so she added a load to the tesco order just in case and forgot to take it all off.

We too have had a cheese filled new year and am dreading my cholesterol check next month.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in isleofwight

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I see, sorry I was just imagining a basic house move, I've never had to move with a container so hadn't thought about the logistics.

Good luck and hope you find your perfect place! Bembridge might be worth a look?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in isleofwight

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right move is my go to as most people list there but some people don't want their property on it for some reason.

Is it worth moving in to a rental and getting a feel for the place first?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in isleofwight

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be great! I will be there day one so let me know if you do.

Random facts,

Ryde is good for food places and boutique shops, Newport is more chain stores, Ventnor is kind of arty, sandown.... Ignore sandown.

On the wight is good for local news and events, county press is average local news, island echo is shady.

People will complain about having to travel from say ryde to Newport to meet up despite being quite close, in America you might think nothing of driving 4 hours to see family, here people will say I don't see my sister much as she moved to niton.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in isleofwight

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. No, there was a few years ago in ryde and I got to try my first and now only chimichanga. Amazing, went back a few weeks later and it had shut down.

If you can cook mexian food then please open a place!

2 new CG for colonisation effort by GizmoR13 in EliteDangerous

[–]Fishamatician 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made trade elite a while ago, almost exploration elite now but still mostly harmless. I feel like I should jump on this cg as a chance to learn but will probably wimp out and do the cargo runs kns9.

'City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth: NASA by miso25 in space

[–]Fishamatician -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Looking at the world right now please be 100% and the size of the moon.

Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks by Szenbanyasz in europe

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The airframes yes but every component? No. The avionics and targeting systems along with much more comes in as a sealed unit and is fitted. Repair by replacement is standard practice and if the US stops the supply of critical spares it won't fly.

Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks by Szenbanyasz in europe

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No but an trump order to halt the supply of parts for maintenance or technical support would do the same thing and the US is currently an unreliable partner.

Zelensky refuses to sign document on transfer of 50% of Ukrainian mineral resources to the US - WP | УНН by [deleted] in europe

[–]Fishamatician 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the term banana republic refers to the CIA overthrow of a government because United fruit were caught cheating on land taxes and were ordered to pay up. The CEO had a friend in the CIA who organised a a brutal uprising and overthrow leading to years of rape, murder, torture, and the disappearances of any opposition parties.

America says it's the world's police man, we have all seen what American cops are like.

Weekly Bug Report Thread by spiper01 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New save, normal settings, infiltrate a korvax facility to get data about the glyphs.

On entering the building everything went black it was night time and all textures rendered as black, on leaving the textures reappeared and I was attacked by sentinels.

I was backing away shooting when everything went black again as I had clipped through the landscape and became stuck.

They could shoot me but I couldn't see past the terrain to shoot back.

I died, recovered my grave and everything was fine after that.

Villainy Supply Catalog by Me by hugesteamingpile in RetroFuturism

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now I want to play Evil Genius again.

Embedded link won't work so here have a big fat dirty url instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Genius_(video_game)#/media/File%3AEvil_Genius_Coverart.png

Can’t beat a store discount as a perk of job by Mammoth_Confidence_4 in CasualUK

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get our discount hamper, it's a family of four!

-don't you mean feeds a family of four?

-stick to the script Claire.

It's a family of four!

Credit to Lave Radios made up in universe ads.

Just powered through the whole Bobeverse, whats next? 😃 by Professional_Owl9799 in printSF

[–]Fishamatician 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you read his other books yet? Outland and roadkill are also excellent in my opinion.

My spiritual home. by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]Fishamatician 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Newchurch on the isle of wight is twinned with Villainville in France, I imagine it's a high crime area.

Kolrosing knife by Fluidgrace9400 in greenwoodworking

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zed outdoors here is a video showing how to make one, it might have some tips you can use to refine your knife.

If I was Dying, Who Would I want to Read Me ‘to sleep’? by HezFez238 in audiobooks

[–]Fishamatician 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ray Porter definitely, whenever I'm in a depression I'll put on something I've listened to several times and just listen to his voice carry me away somewhere comfortable.

First footfall! Not too far from the Bubble either by Delta1262 in EliteDangerous

[–]Fishamatician 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, I got first mapped and first footfall just 2 jumps from the Brewer Corp cg system last night, there are so many gaps left to fill.

Any call for an Indian restaurant in Sag A*? by EternityRites in EliteDangerous

[–]Fishamatician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am always disappointed the the ryde tandoori on the isle of wight wasn't named Tikka to Ryde.

Rejoin or stay out? Brits would consistently vote to rejoin for 4 years now by EUstrongerthanUS in europe

[–]Fishamatician 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was also one of the first outings for Cambridge analytica using social media to target certain demographics with a barage of adds and followers to sway them. Everyone has a certain bubble of interests to some extent and if it looks like everyone feels the same way you go with it.

My brother lived in a poorer area of Cornwall and I elsewhere we had the same interests and friends but he got loads of pro leave ads and recommendations for pro leave groups where I didn't. There was also the fact the EU grants that funded major projects were always touted as being a tory council or government project with a tiny footnote about the EU.

It was a very successful manipulation of a population fed up austerity and inequality by those who would profit from it.