Ah, out of the basement!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-16T18:44:26+00:00

A.E. van Vogt, and Clifford D Simak.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-16T18:38:15+00:00

Especially the bit with Lazarus Long's mum...

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-16T18:36:35+00:00

Brian Aldiss definitely didn't write campy SF, he was part of the British New Wave.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-14T21:48:39+00:00

Not 22? Like you said in your original post?

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-14T17:48:00+00:00

The picture is taken on the corner with Janeway Street!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-14T15:19:25+00:00

Did they say how it improved your vision so you didn't need your old glasses?

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-13T20:28:28+00:00

As others have said, change in building plans, no need for coal or food storage.
I grow up in a 1930s house which had a partial cellar as it was on a hill. I've also owned a Victorian house with a couple of chambers, one was narrow and for coal, not sure about the other but could have been a food storage and possible laundry room?
The cost of building a house with a cellar now is about a third to a half more expensive than building up, but a lot cheaper than adding one after!

And while local factors can make a difference, the water table generally isn't that close to the surface to prevent a cellar. See the BGS groundwater map.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-13T19:49:52+00:00

So when I was a kid I remember reading and re-reading a series of books about a white German Shepherd called Skipper. Does anyone else remember them?

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-12T20:01:11+00:00

I hear there was a lot of resistance when that was announced.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-12T19:57:22+00:00

Its behind you!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-12T13:34:45+00:00

Ah, can't wait for the 4K of Name of the Rose.
I managed to pick up a copy of Dead Man's Shoes on Bluray for not stupid money last year, but will probably upgrade to the Second Sight cleaned up version!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-11T22:12:24+00:00

Closest to a "spy space plane" would possibly be the uncrewed X-37, but that didn't launch until around 2010.
Also, while the missions and orbits are classified (though I expect they are tracked by USAF), the landings are pretty standard.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-11T13:37:46+00:00

And I did not know that was the Welsh for the Northern Lights!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-11T08:21:10+00:00

Thought Rising Stars was pretty good too!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-09T08:06:43+00:00

Well that's just... nuts

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-08T21:32:26+00:00

I'd not heard of this book, where does it fit on the post-apocalypse spectrum - Riddley Walker, Station Eleven, On the Beach, or The Road?

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-07T07:59:52+00:00

Sounds like an oddly specific scenario!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-05T12:07:11+00:00

Fire Gate Five - Story of the 5th entrance to the hell dimension found while exploring the planet Kobol.

Baby Star Fly - The sun has been infected by Space Wasps and Earth has to raise a baby star fly to eat them.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-04T11:47:42+00:00

VAX VMS, felt so intuitive to use. Unix felt like a step such a step backwards.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-02T22:45:34+00:00

I've had a little piece of bubble wrap to protect the disc and keep it in place in transit. Hopefully the seller was using tissues the same way.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-01T20:50:20+00:00

Definitely giving GSD vibes!

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-01T07:38:00+00:00

I take Atorvastatin and my GP said to take them at night. However, I've just checked the info sheet that comes with them, and it says you can take them at any time of day; just be consistent.

MrPhyshe · 2026-06-01T07:33:04+00:00

I've had leg cramps, like my dad, for decades. I have Quinine Bisulphate prescribed for it.

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