The Retirement Thread

[rustybolts]

Hope I haven't started WW3. 😁😁😁

I tink dat yew shud be kommendid fer tellings peeples how two spell proppurly but you will probbabley bee sent too de bold boys korner fer refleckshun

 

[ColinJ]

Mr Wordle/Wardle has just cashed in for a "7 figure sum", so that means $1+ million!!

I must get my game finished...

 

[Dave7]

I'm making coq o vin and just put a cherry cake in the oven

Can't be mithered with that foreign stuff
I prefer the taste of brazed chicken with wine, lardons, mushrooms and onions etc

 

[BoldonLad]

My 75th is Feb 16th so we are planning a family do for 12 (maybe 14). It will actually be on Sunday 20th.
Venue is the Millhouse.
Menu looks good.
I am going later to book it.
https://www.joseph-holt.com/pubs/millhouse

Only 12? Haven’t you allowed for our invitations?

 

[welsh dragon]

We have a small piece of lamb. We will have that with lots of veg

 

[Tenkaykev]

Back from my 10k shuffle/walk. A lovely sunny day. All this talk of birthdays/ anniversaries has reminded me that yesterday was the 41st anniversary of packing up smoking and going for my first run 🏃‍♂️It was through running that I met Mrs Tenkaykev, what a lucky man I am👍

 

[Dave7]

Only 12? Haven’t you allowed for our invitations?

You lot don't need invites......its a free for all for you

 

[Dirk]

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I tink dat yew shud be kommendid fer tellings peeples how two spell proppurly but you will probbabley bee sent too de bold boys korner fer refleckshun

Very loosely reminds me of the book Feersum Endjinn by Ian M. Banks which has some distinct writing style in it.
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Writing style[edit]​

A quarter of the book is told by Bascule the Teller and is written phonetically in the first person using phonetic transcription and shorthand (also evinced in the novel's title). No dialect words are used, but there are (inconsistent) hints of a Scottish and a Cockney accent.[1]

Scroll down to Chapter 4 of this extract to see what I mean:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Feersum_Endjinn/4yN5qQbESqoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

 

[SpokeyDokey]

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You should celebrate at 22.22 tonight.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Very loosely reminds me of the book Feersum Endjinn by Ian M. Banks which has some distinct writing style in it.
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Writing style[edit]​

A quarter of the book is told by Bascule the Teller and is written phonetically in the first person using phonetic transcription and shorthand (also evinced in the novel's title). No dialect words are used, but there are (inconsistent) hints of a Scottish and a Cockney accent.[1]

Scroll down to Chapter 4 of this extract to see what I mean:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Feersum_Endjinn/4yN5qQbESqoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

Very loosely reminds me of the book Feersum Endjinn by Ian M. Banks which has some distinct writing style in it.
.

Writing style[edit]​

A quarter of the book is told by Bascule the Teller and is written phonetically in the first person using phonetic transcription and shorthand (also evinced in the novel's title). No dialect words are used, but there are (inconsistent) hints of a Scottish and a Cockney accent.[1]

Scroll down to Chapter 4 of this extract to see what I mean:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Feersum_Endjinn/4yN5qQbESqoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

I like the way that SpaceX has used the names of some of the Culture ships for their Falcon 9 drone recovery. 🚀

 

[classic33]

I'm making coq o vin and just put a cherry cake in the oven

Resist I must, must resist...

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I like the way that SpaceX has used the names of some of the Culture ships for their Falcon 9 drone recovery. 🚀

I loved reading the novels of The Culture ecosystem - very smart SF unlike a lot of the infantile dross that is served up within the genre.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I loved reading the novels of The Culture ecosystem - very smart SF unlike a lot of the infantile dross that is served up within the genre.

They were wonderful, I've lost track a bit over the years so could probably start reading them again. I'm sure that SpaceX's naming of the recovery drone ships ( A shortfall of Gravitas and Of course I still Love You are two of them IIRC ) must have introduced the Culture novels to a wider audience.

 

[Sterlo]

You should celebrate at 22.22 tonight.

Even better, in nearly three weeks time at 8.02 pm it will be 20.02 on 22.02.2022, fully palindromic date.