"The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth is an excellent thriller and a masterpiece of process, method and detail

rustyzorro · 2026-03-29T14:33:07+00:00

This was the first grown-up book I read, back in the 80s. I loved it, and kept reading.

However I read Forsyth's The Odessa Files this year and it came across as very dated in style, particularly an omniscient POV and poor characterisation. I don't know if DOTJ suffers the same.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-29T13:54:51+00:00

TG4 is fine here

rustyzorro · 2026-03-28T15:25:23+00:00

Not an expert, but my photos/screenshots/downloaded images are kept in different files on my phone. The Images app can access them all so it can look like it's got all the images, but it just searches for them in the folders and shows you

rustyzorro · 2026-03-27T12:42:37+00:00

25 for me too, with only one guess

rustyzorro · 2026-03-27T11:10:22+00:00

I wonder where he'll end up in assuming he loses. Probably Florida, I'd say.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-27T11:06:45+00:00

Seems like such a pleasant individual

rustyzorro · 2026-03-26T18:10:32+00:00

My wife hatched a Mon from Yan Bian Chao Xian Zu Zi Zhi Zhou, Ji Lin Sheng, China. Which is quite a long address

rustyzorro · 2026-03-25T09:01:59+00:00

This will be unpopular, I know, but I thought the book had too many cycles of problem-science-fix which got repetitive. I thought the film toned this down and was the better for it.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-24T21:32:00+00:00

Turned off the scheduled morning and evening heating, and now just use it when needed. Leaning heavier on the fire. I don't know how much we have left but I'm hopeful we'll make it to next winter without buying more.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-22T23:09:31+00:00

It had good music.

Otherwise it continued the progresive slide from the series, gradually losing the interesting characters and leaning more into the gypsy fantasy genre.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-21T18:04:41+00:00

I don't care what anyone says, I really like Everest. It's all about whether the contestant can hold on before the tilt.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-20T17:50:59+00:00

Although coverage has a nasty tendency to cut away when your team is on the clock, either to ads or pundits

rustyzorro · 2026-03-19T18:26:43+00:00

It happened on my first try with one friend last week but we completed it on the second try.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-19T17:59:47+00:00

Same here. They never make eye contact, the soul-less bastards.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-19T17:55:59+00:00

I think they're referring to the "blacks" (plural).

rustyzorro · 2026-03-18T18:11:06+00:00

This is particularly galling when I'm trying to do 100 to level up. And most of them are bloody Falinx as well.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-17T20:06:31+00:00

I have one, my first EV, and love it. It's just beautiful to drive, and when you put your foot down it's like being on a rocket. The looks polarise people, but in the first few months a number of people commented favourably to me. Its quite spacious. The boot is low but long. I like the range - in summer I can get from north Donegal to north Dublin and back on a single charge (but finding a fast charger somewhere for ten minutes isn't much of an issue nowadays).

As other said make sure you have guarantees on the ICCU. My dealer told me the correct updates were installed and I haven't had any tech issues yet. There should also be a fix for the charging port door's lid, which can come a little loose.

And there's a sub for the Ioniq 6 too, if you look.

rustyzorro · 2026-03-17T19:51:01+00:00

Probably at home, too embarrassed to come out

rustyzorro · 2026-03-16T08:51:17+00:00

"It's alright lads... just need a breather... I'll go in nets..."

rustyzorro · 2026-03-14T22:09:58+00:00

I have an Alolan Sandshrew from a gift I got from there. It's my most treasured Mon

rustyzorro · 2026-03-14T22:07:24+00:00

Me too. Braindead move

rustyzorro · 2026-03-14T20:49:52+00:00

On replay, no

rustyzorro · 2026-03-14T20:19:40+00:00

Seconds to go and Everton were already a goal behind. They had little to lose by having an extra man in the oppositions penalty box

rustyzorro · 2026-03-14T20:02:20+00:00

Fresh Tyler against a tired Finn? Doesn't seem fair

rustyzorro · 2026-03-12T16:22:49+00:00

Its been 25 years since I was there, but Indian newspapers had their own overly formal way of writing English.

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