MuckleWiggles

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

20 year old me just got a little bit excited. 40-odd year old me is sad that he's never going to fit back into his leather trench coat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I didn't mind the Preludes trilogy. In fact, there's a scene in House Harkonnen (I think) which has stuck in my mind and made me vow to destroy any Harkonnen I ever meet. The Denis Villeneuve films could do with that sort of scene as currently I don't despise the Harkonnens in his adaptation the way I feel I should.

The Legends trilogy I managed to get through by sheer determination, but the rot was setting in and I only managed half of the first sequels book before giving up.

Bearing in mind that I didn't really think too highly of Heretics and Chapterhouse, but I haven't given them a re-read for many many years.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong, that grass is far too green.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I moved into a new build property just before winter. ASHP, hot water tank, solar panels and under floor heating. There were some teething problems with a frozen pipe, but that was due to an imbalanced feedback valve. Since that was solved I've had no problem with the system.

Ask me for an update after this winter and the system is a year old.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have a tin of spam, a tin of beans and wash that bad boy down with a can of McEwan's Export.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We made it... and we can break it just as easily!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I do a similar thing but with arborio rice and no saffron. Delish.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I'm certain that I'm not the only one who reads headlines like this and thinks "good for them, let's not go ruining it for the locals shall we"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The problem with "moral" problems is, who sets the morals? The church has been setting them for years, but they are now regarded as outdated and, to be frank, not a shining example of good "morality".