Tassie Dave’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2011)

Tassie Dave’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

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Trike wrote: "Just call ‘em donuts and be done with it."

doughnuts 😜

BTW the most overrated and ruined dessert treat.

Doughnuts are only nice straight out of the oven, with a light sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.

Those cold ones covered in all manner of sweet shit, like chocolate/icing/sprinkles etc are horrible 🤔

Scones and doughnuts would be a perfect accompaniment while reading Legends & Lattes. 😎

I kinda want to go back and get the audiobook version now 🤔 I just got the eBook.

Ruth (tilltab) Ashworth wrote: "I pronounce it sc 1s (I don't, but now I kinda want to)."

scwuns. I like it 😉

I'm using that next time I hear someone say 'sc-owns'

Legends and Lattes continues 'Swords' dominance of March Madness. 6 of 8

Also the 2nd winning book that I was the first to nominate 😎
Invisible Library in 2017 was the other.

Rob wrote: "John (Taloni) wrote: "Cool beans! *ducks, runs for cover*"

*Throws scones in protest*"

As long as you rhyme them with 'Dons' and not 'Stones' 😉

I had no problem with Picard being fan service-y. It should appeal to the fans of TNG,

It would have been nice for it to do that and also appeal to non-TNG fans.

ST: Lower decks does it well. Fans of Star Trek will get the little throw away references and they give enough context for viewers to get the references they need to know.

Stephen wrote: "The Helmet let Pascal act in the Last of Us without any conflict days."

I doubt Pedro has ever been in the suit, outside of the helmet-less scenes from last season.

They have made it obvious that we will never see him sans helmet again. Hence the upgrade to the stuntmen/body doubles credits.

That would be one cool gig. Read a few lines from wherever he is in the world. With the muffled filter the sound quality doesn't even need to be that great. Like I said before, he could, literally, phone it in. 😉

I gave up in Season 1. It doesn't have a lot for people, like me, who didn't watch much of NG. Too much fan service. Which is ok for that audience.

Lower Decks is much more friendly to people who have only a basic knowledge of ST.

With the decision to keep Mando's helmet on and the body doubles getting a, long over due and well deserved, prominent place on the credit roll, it's safe to say that we will never see Pedro Pascal, physically, on The Mandolorian again.

He can, literally, phone it in.

I love it. We lose it in 12 days. Back to driving to and from work in the dark soon.

What, the smug shit eating grin and rubbish that comes out of his gob hole weren't enough 😉

(view spoiler)[I know what you mean. (hide spoiler)]

She looked like an older Bella Ramsey too.

The voice actor for Joel in the game was in last weeks episode too.

This Dave isn't a Scouser 😉

I like peanuts, but hate peanut butter. So you lost me there.

My favourite sandwich is what is known in Britain as a Chip Butty. I've just always called it a Chip Sandwich.

Take fat long chips (not Fries 😉) between 2 well buttered pieces of bread. Add Tomato sauce (not ketchup 😉) and enjoy.

Tomato sauce is sweet, but the vinegary tomato taste is what we are going for. I like it on pizza and fish & chips.

In Australia: Tomato sauce = ketchup. What you call Tomato sauce we call tomato paste. Jelly=Jam. Jello=Jelly.

Yes we are weird. 😉or you are 😉I blame the Brits 😉

When I was kid I thought they meant what we call jelly on sandwiches. Until I realised later in life they meant jam.

I'm not a fan of mixing sweet and savoury. I like Maple syrup on pancakes. Bacon goes in a bun with cheese and egg.

John (Nevets) wrote: "I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like Jelly sandwiches, but not the combination."

You're not alone. Most people outside the US would consider combining peanut butter and jam (jelly) an abomination.

I'll also agree with A Psalm for the Wild-Built as a cosy read.

I'd also add T. Kingfisher's A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

On the Sci-Fi side I would, cautiously, add Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Though I did have a few problems with how Marty Stu the hero is. He is great. 🙄 Everyone loves him 🙄 and every thing he touches turns to gold. 🙄

But it is cosy.

Never meet your heroes.

I don't think that applies to Veronica and Tom 😉

I enjoyed both Children of Time and City of Brass. Both solid reads.

I think Legends & Lattes will win. But I did really like the only Annalee Newitz book that I've read.

I did read their book Autonomous.

So overall their are no bad choices left, for me.

Trike wrote: "Middle-earth Recipes"

You'd need a lot of recipes just for the Hobbits with all their meals.

Breakfast
Second Breakfast
Elevenses
Luncheon
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
Supper

Not to mention in between meal snacks.