"the landlord's daughter was not keen on protection"
Pretty sure there's a song about that in the Wicker Man
Posts by Nicholas Nada
19 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Sep 2014
Beware the Friday afternoon 'Could you just..?' from the muppet who wants to come between you and your beer
Dine crime: Chippy sells deep fried Xmas dinner
Bedroom design outfit slapped with £160k fine for 1.6 million spam calls
Monday 26th November 2018 16:12 GMT 
We'll always have Connie's Bathrooms
A newish but notable feature of the east-Glasgow landscape (or 'blight on' depending on point of view), Connie's approach to advertising is to get an old taxi or van, bolt a bathtub to the top of it, stick a mannequin in the bath, and park it somewhere. Not sure I'd ever hire them, but they're certainly the first name to come to mind when thinking of bathroom fitters.
The law of run Nintendo consequences: Sega brings out mini Mega Drive / Genesis
Maplin shutdown sale prices still HIGHER than rivals
Wednesday 14th March 2018 12:04 GMT
70s Catalogue Covers
I love the sci-fi covers their catalogues had back in the 70s.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=maplin+70s+catalogue+covers&num=40&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibhtOE4uvZAhXqAMAKHeopDLsQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=829
(excuse the Google image search link, it's the only collection of images my work PC will let me access!)
Meet R2-DILDO: 'Star Wars' sex toys? This is where the fun begins
Poor NASA sods sent to spend Xmas in Antarctic ahead of satellite launch
'My PC needs to lose weight' says user with FAT filesystem
You know what, maybe Tabby's star ate a planet, ponder space eggheads
Anti-smut law dubs PCs, phones 'pornographic vendor machines', demands internet filters
'Ultimate Team' scheme: EA hackers charged for stealing in-game coins
'Alien megastructure' Tabby's Star: Light is definitely dimming
ZX Printer's American cousin still in use, 34 years after purchase
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Star Wars Special Editions
Thursday 17th December 2015 13:21 GMT
Koona t'chuta, Solo?
I'm fine with all the special edition changes except Han not shooting first, as it messes up his narrative development. His was the redemption story - a rogue and a smuggler, you're supposed to think that this is a dangerous man that Luke and Obi Wan are having to trust here. The kind to shoot first, who's only out for himself and the money he can make to pay off the debts he owes to gangsters.
That's where he comes from, so when he shows up at the end to help save the day, after apparently taking his money and leaving, it's meant to be a surprise. If he wasn't a bit of a bad guy to begin with then it's no surprise when he shows up to play the good guy at the end.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
