Just discovered that I apparently CAN get mods on steamdeck without a computer science degree a v excited to spruce up one of my fav games, any recs much appreciated.
You go to rural Lincolnshire, especially the South of the county, and it is about as bleak as you can get. Just endless cabbage fields and the odd house. And these houses are often for sale. Who is buying them? A random house on a 50mph road in the middle of nowhere. I ll tell you who. Witness protection programmes. I think the police and other agencies from around the world send their CIs to live in Lincolnshire. Who else needs to live such a monotonous, remote place? I bet in the pub everyone is gingerly asking about each other's backgrounds and when you get 5+ years back it all gets very vague. I think everyone who lives there is either a farmer or a farmer who 5 years ago was in organised crime.
Because 'great teams just manage themselves', right?
Having played club cricket in England for a few seasons now (at a v low level) this is one of my biggest bugbears with the game. Everyone playing knows the rule (or should) and it is always blindingly obvious when a plum LBW isnt given. Equally, if you are umpiring and give a plum decision because, yknow, thats the rule, your team mates sometimes get super arsey with you.
I had this yesterday, was umpiring, teammate was stone dead, so i gave it, having already turned down one very close call, and there was no reason i could see why he wasnt out. When i came off to pad up, half my team was giving me the eye. An older player who was scoring bluntly said to me 'lets see how many LBs they gave us, ooh none, why did you give it?'.
Earlier this season a clubmate was denied a hattrick from a rejected LB call. After the game the player who was umpiring came up to him and said 'i actually thought it was out but i didnt give it because the batter is my captain and i was worried he wouldnt pick me for next week.' In what world does that make sense?
It is just such an abused rule in that teams can just not give their mates out and theres nothing you can do, especially if they have lost early wickets or its a close game.
I think, if there is no independent umpire, a successful LBW call should result in a run penalty of 5 or 10 runs, or perhaps if there are two of them in an over or something. Not that that would get rid of all drama, but hopefully it would lessen the ridiculous 'damned if you do, damned if you dont' situation that we have now. Im sure people will be v quick to tell me why this wouldnt work, but right now i dont think the LBW rule works at a low, self-officiating level, and is massively prone to abuse.
This is a take on the zombie apocalypse genre, except the virus is an alien intelligence from outer space that manifests as metallic spines and growths. Sufferers are amalgamated into an apparent hive mind of sorts. Baker teases details and facts about the virus, but we know very little.
The books are a mixture of claustrophobic, body, and action horror. The first and third (Outpost and Terminus) are my favourites, taking place on an oil rig and the NYC subway respectively. Each book features completely new characters and ends in an open manner, with the protagonists ultimate fates unclear. Each book is close set and anxiety-inducing, and sometimes the only thing keeping the characters going in truly nightmarish scenarios is the animal will to survive.
Baker writes in a staccato, quickfire manner, not skimping on the gory details and showing some of the best body horror i ve seen. The characters are often pretty irredeemable humans to start with, which makes the stories more compelling and interesting to me.
He has also written two great books set in feudal Japan which are well worth a read.
So yeah, Adam Baker. Check him out.
Even with titanium there can be trace nickel elements.
Seriously, what is the use? They re 'lightweight and more scratch-resistant'
How weak are you that you need a lighter watch? The difference cant be more than a hundred or so grams, and the manufacturing cost of titanium is so much more than stainless steel. More than that, they just feel like toys when you hold them. 'Wrist fatigue'? Are you kidding me?
Oh, and they definitely DO still scratch up. Even if they didnt, what are you people doing with your watches that they live in such peril of damage?
Like so many other things in watches, its a gimmick designed to justify a massive price inflation without any real upside.
Lived in LDN, people were always building, moved to rural East Anglia, people are always building
Pray for me, i have drunk about 10 gallons of water today and havent pissed once
Always chuckle imagining him rocking up in some deeply self-serious HH novel and all the other characters having to call him Smashfucker.
I can sit in my favourite seat, not stand for the entire time or perch on a stool, i can watch either alone in peace or with a pal, see and hear the game clearly, not get price gouged to hell by a pub wanting £7 a pint, and best of all, i dont have to hear blokes arguing over who had the most completed dribbles in the Bundesliga last season or other random shit takes, racism, or other bollocks. I can go to the live thread for all that instead, plus hilarious memes.
Key element of shithousery is to accept when good banter comes your way and to take it in a sporting way.
Argentina, despite being absolute prime shithousers the entire world cup, especially the knockouts, immediately lost all their aura and respect by just having a massive crash out post final whistle, and then the ridiculously immature 'im not looking at you' thing they did when Spain lifted the trophy.
Dont give it out if you cant take it, and dont fucking start something you cant fucking finish. Instead of good competitors, they just look like little bitchy whiners who cry when they dont get their own way.
Seen on moorland in Cornwall
Took a photo in Cornwall and this was all I could think
On Cornwall on a cliff walk yesterday and snapped what I thought was a Kestrel in flight. Upon looking at my photos today I think it may be a Cuckoo, can anyone confirm?
Honestly, the opening scene with the hapless Scrat and his beloved acorn, and his subsequent many brushes with death, is in my opinion one of the most iconic and funniest film sequences of at least the last 25 years, if not all time. I first saw it as a kid, im now in my 30s and it never fails to make me cry with laughter. The emotion Scrat conveys without any words, just facial expressions and noises, is just amazing.
And yet you never see it mentioned in any of these 'top 10' lists or any of that nonsense. I think the intro and tbh the film as a whole are criminally overlooked and are reall classics of the animated and comedy genres.