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

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

There's your problem ;-)

Brad wrote: "Richard, I’m not sure what went wrong with formatting but all I can see anymore from your posts is a single image, nothing else."

It looks alright on my iMac :-? I can see the individual book and author pictures & links as well as the Amazon links

How are you viewing it? The mobile app version of Goodreads is notoriously bad.

Mark wrote: "D'oh! And I can't use ebooks as TP."

You can, but you will need to wash and disinfect the eReader after you've finished ;-)

This is 2 episode ago, from last month

Iain wrote: "Stepping away from SF I am investigating the weighty mater of the history of Anzac Biscuits..."

The biscuits will be the only way to celebrate Anzac Day this year. All the services and marches have been cancelled :-(

I'm guessing they will do a televised service.

Edit: For non-aussies. Anzac Day (25th of April) is is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served"

It's almost like you have a moron in charge ;-)

So do we , but your moron is a unique type of moron :-?

Mark wrote: "What’s a metre? ;-)"

0.546807 Fathoms
0.00497096 Furlongs
2.19 Cubits
0.874891 Ells

;-)

Asohka would be 45 in the Mandalorian timeline.

Ashley and Rosario are similar ages (38 & 40) but Ashley is much shorter.

According to the Star Wars pages Asohka and Rosario are both 1. 7 metres (whatever that is in furlongs or fathoms that you old fashioned folk use) ;-)
Ashley is only 1.57 metres.

It was an ok, but nothing special book.

terpkristin wrote: "Can the OP or a mod please add "TLB:" to the beginning of the thread title?"

Done. We've been pretty good with adding these (when forgotten)

It may take a few hours, depending on when the mods visit the site.

Ruth wrote: "I forgot about the discord and now I can’t find the information! Anyone got the link/deets?"

https://discordapp.com/channels/54897...

or this if the above doesn't work for you
https://discordapp.com/invite/e2YUWzz

Trike wrote: "Come on Murderbot! You can do it!"

Grandpa forgot to take his meds again ;-)

So the Coronavirus may get him to sit down and write the book he's been working on for 11 years ;-)

Every cloud has a silver lining

Trike wrote: "so I’d never heard of the Corrupted Blood event"

That must be the inspiration for "Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet"'s Blood Ocean virus

It's a comedy on AppleTV+, set in a Blizzard like game company, so I'd guess everything in the show can be related to WoW

It's over 4 months away. They don't need to make a decision now.

We could very well be on the other side of the Pandemic by then.
The date of WorldCon is outside NZs very strict travel limitations that are in place now. No-one can know where we will be in late July.

If there is still danger in July/August, then WorldCon and the NZ government will make the correct call.

Trike wrote: "Health officials: stay home as much as possible, avoid large crowds.

Introverts: MY TIME HAS COME!"

Mark wrote: "According to this article, the term March Madness, was born in the Supreme Laser's home state, and coined by one Henry V. Porter.

https://www.ihsa.org/Sports-Activitie......"

That may be the origin of that 'specific' term, but I'm sure he got the the idea, for the term, from the popular idiom "Mad as a March hare" which goes back many centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_as_...

Trike wrote: "Just a reminder that if you’re traveling to New Zealand for Worldcon, you might want to purchase travel insurance in case travel bans and other lockdowns happen."

I'd give the chances of that going ahead as close to zero.

Don't be surprised if NZ is in lockdown before the end of this month.

I will likely read most of the books left in the competition. Even if they aren't picked eventually.

Iain wrote: "Anne wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Try living in a country that has 5 time zones ;-)"

But... why? Why are they doing that?"

Queensland!!!"

I think of Queensland and Western Australia as foreign countries ;-)

Anne wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Try living in a country that has 5 time zones ;-)"

But... why? Why are they doing that?"

It's Daylight savings. Once that finishes next month we will be back to 3 time zones like America. (Western, Central and Eastern)

The northern States/Territories don't do Daylight savings. Hence the weird time zones over summer.

Are we all subconsciously predicting that This Is How You Lose the Time War is going to win?

:-?