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.
The Blues Brothers (1980) or Clue.
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.
I got the joke.
My old town, East Grinstead, finally famous for something unrelated to Scientology!
Indeed! Especially as I have relatives living there, who I’ve never met.
I’m just one retired bloke from the UK so hardly representative, but my wife and I were planning a visit to New England next year which has now been binned for the foreseeable future. Canada is looking favourite at the moment.
I’ll make you watch Season 1 of DARK. You’ll also get popcorn, crisps and wine.
Cynic that I am, I expect the book sellers to leave the prices unchanged whilst they pocket the VAT savings.
Fried bread!
Sync on my phone and any old browser on the PC.
Of course! You leap out of bed and stagger around the room whilst shouting, “Oh, god! Oh, christ! Arrgh!” The cramp eases off in as little as 5 minutes’ time.
Chronically, kidney stones followed by gall bladder stones. Acutely, cramp anywhere in the leg.
At the end of the day, it gets dark.
Either my council tax or my utility bills.
That’s a bit harsh. When I say someone is envious as opposed to jealous, I am trying to convey a particular meaning. It doesn’t bother me if someone uses the terms interchangeably as I can usually work out what they mean, but I do like my communication to be as clear as possible.
Well done on that semi-colon: really pushing my buttons!
Abberant apostrophes (and missing ones).
Sentences that miss out words for no reason: e.g. “A couple things” vs. “A couple of things”.
Confusing envy and jealousy.
The above is a personal list; I don’t get judgemental about others’ grammar but I do cringe internally.
Quite. It’s how I’ve been watching YouTube ad-free for ages.