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Books & Comics / Re: Whats everyone reading?

« on: Today at 10:53:01 am »

Just finished Normal by Warren Ellis. It's a glorified short story - maybe 100 pages - with a locked room conundrum: what happened to the guy, locked in his room with no way in or out, and why has he been replaced by a swarm of insects?

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Off Topic / Re: The Progmuda Triangle

« on: Today at 10:33:23 am »

Boo-drokking-hoo.

It's been over a year since my subscriber prog arrived on a Saturday.

Welcome to Wednesday, punks.

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Off Topic / Re: Friday chat - what's happening with you?

« on: 20 September, 2019, 10:05:06 pm »

Mrs X is away to Manchester with her sister - they live at opposite ends of the country and have a weekend away once a year somewhere in the middle.

So, binge watching Preacher S3.

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Games / Re: Last game played...

« on: 18 September, 2019, 04:46:39 pm »

Quote from: Professor Bear on 12 August, 2019, 11:23:39 am

again: I had to go online to find out how to finish the game's tutorial.

that was it for me and I quit the game, uninstalled the data, and sold the game on Ebay for a fiver, an act that feels less like a monetary transaction and more like passing on a cursed parchment that brings only misery.
A frustrating, joyless slog of a game.

My very experience of Endless Legend yesterday. Bought cheap on a sale, uninstalled when the tutorial asked me to put a marker on a "Dye Site" without explaining what that actually was. Life is too short, and I have lived more than half of it already.

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Off Topic / Re: Friday chat - what's happening with you?

« on: 15 September, 2019, 09:25:13 pm »

Quote from: TordelBack on 15 September, 2019, 05:25:47 pm

Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 15 September, 2019, 03:39:41 pm
Watched SW Ep 1 last night and it was good. I think they could make a sequel.

I wish they had.

Actually it was Ep 4, A New Hope, but I get confused. The gag stands.

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Off Topic / Re: Friday chat - what's happening with you?

« on: 15 September, 2019, 03:39:41 pm »

Just ran the Cumbernauld 10K. 51:42 was the official time but I am going with my Fitbit's 50:55.

Either way, the fastest I have run for a couple of years.

Now just about to load up Astral Chain on the Switch.

Watched SW Ep 1 last night and it was good. I think they could make a sequel.

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Suggestions / Re: ‘Vote Dave’ tshirt please!

« on: 11 September, 2019, 07:31:53 pm »

They had to go and make two.

Bought the one without Dredd. And a lawgiver t. And some specials.

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Music / Re: Misheard lyrics

« on: 04 September, 2019, 12:06:32 am »

Don't want to start a new thread, but I am chuckling at hearing a Scottish commentator repeatedly refer to Boris Johnson as Maurice Johnston.

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Off Topic / Re: Friday chat - what's happening with you?

« on: 01 September, 2019, 08:24:47 pm »

I've been lost in an alcholic fugue since Friday: do on Friday (5pm-11.30pm), do on Saturday (2pm-8pm, then a bottle of wine); football this afternoon (11.30-5ish).

NOT a normal weekend.

I could do this week in week out... twenty years ago. Now, I just want a cup of team and a mint club.

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Suggestions / Re: ‘Vote Dave’ tshirt please!

« on: 01 September, 2019, 08:21:50 pm »

Five

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Film & TV / Re: Wheel Of Time.....

« on: 26 August, 2019, 10:59:53 pm »

I saw the pilot just after reading the books and quite enjoyed it. Sure, it was made without a budget or care, but it was set before the books (at the time the previous Dragon was going nuts) and had a few nods to the books’ backstory.

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