Quotulatiousness

July 26, 2009

QotD: Over-eager fans

Filed under: Books, Humour, Quotations — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 09:14

Whoever asked “What’s next?” Note that I just finished the book on Tuesday.

There are people who inquire brightly of new mothers, as they are being wheeled out of the delivery room, “So, when are you going to have another?” These people would deservedly be in want of their kneecaps, if only the mothers could get up.

Lois McMaster Bujold, posting to the Bujold mailing list, 2009-07-26

I’ll take his word for it

Filed under: Britain, Cancon, History, Technology — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 00:14

. . . but it looks like a random collection of bits to me:

Fairey_Swordfish_wreck

It may not look like much to the untrained eye, but to those of us who are Warbird afficionados, it is incredibly complete. There have been rebuilds to fly from wrecks recently dragged out of the Russian wilderness which were found in worse condition that this.

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