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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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...I hardly ever use the phone, so I have a landline for the computer and so other people can phone me. I did have a mobile for a while, but I threw it away. Apart from anything else, I have grave difficulties with rechargeable batteries - they just don't work for me.
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:36:08 -0800, Kurt Busiek <k...@busiek.com> wrote: ...*I* remember using them. The margarine came in a bag, and you pinched it where the capsule was, then worked the sealed bag until the color was even enough to suit you. I don't recall that we ever thought of snipping a corner of the bag... more »
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...It's chicken AND egg. Some people got cell phones, fewer coins were dropped into pay phones, a few marginal phone booths were removed, the few people who had been using those booths had to get cell phones -- and didn't use any other booths either, so a few more booths didn't pay their way, eventually there came a tipping point and I'm looking... more »
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...I think he is considering literary merit, not casualty statistics or who wins. There's an SF story from the old days, in the form of the script of a recorded broadcast announcement from the Soviet nuclear space station in the event of the East being nuclear destroyed: that their sealed orders for that contingency say "Surrender". Unless as usual I'm... more »
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On 6 Nov 2009 19:53:26 GMT, "Default User" <defaultuse...@yahoo.com> wrote: ...Indeed, they are ever so much nicer if you drop them cut-side-down into a hot buttered skillet. Toasted is the only way to serve a stale bagel -- and if you can't see the oven it came out of, it's stale.
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:12:28 -0800, Dimensional Traveler ...It wasn't even a rule -- it just *was*. For a faint notion of the effect that wearing an out-of-date hemline would have had on a girl's comfort, imagine having your suitcase stolen while you are participating in a masquerade, and having to catch a plane before you... more »
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...Hmm... turning towards the driver's side (ie right for us; left for those who drive on the right) is straightforward, but the signal for turning towards the passenger's side seems to vary from country to country is not easily understandable if you haven't learnt it. Where I live now, it looks more like (what in England would be) a stop signal.... more »
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