UncleArthur

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[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Alfa is so spelt so that non-English speakers would pronounce it correctly. The letters 'ph' could be problematic.

 

"I don't think Charlie is such a bad choice of name, even for a girl," I told her.

"You should talk to my sisters, Alfa, Bravo and Delta," she replied.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Quite. It's how I've been watching YouTube ad-free for ages.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Julian May's Galactic Milieu trilogy from the '90s has a fun FTL concept involving a ship generating an upsilon field to break through superficies into a "grey limbo" hyperspace. Each translation (in and out) causes physical pain; the tighter the catenary and the longer the jump, (the faster the trip) the more pain is caused.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Blues Brothers (1980) or Clue.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

At the end of the year, I was being made redundant for the second time. I ended up being self-employed for around a decade as there were no jobs to be had in my industry after the August 2007 credit crunch.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got the joke.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

UK retiree here. I really, really wanted to re-visit New England again some day. Ah, well: there's still lots of Europe to explore.

Edit: now I'm considered a terrorist.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you! Noted.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I've done it for OP.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Proof that prayers don't work.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Rivers of London books are fantastic, and keep getting better.

I've literally just finished reading the latest one, Stone and Sky.

 

Can also be used as a time-out zone for naughty toddlers.

 
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