Captain Sidecar

What? Did the ref give himself one or something?

Says man who looks like a 14yo incel gamer.

Can't speak for the Nimbus specifically, but given a decent sprung saddle rigids aren't too unbearable on reasonable road surfaces.

You in another decade

Idris Elba, but only if I can have a reciprocal one for Caroline Quentin.

Not really. Getting to full Colonel requires *some* ability beyond the average, even if it's just persistence. And 29 years suggests plenty of that.
Admittedly, Linda Reynolds making Brigadier does kind of call that into question, but it's risky to project the general from the particular as it were.

Which suggests he might be a bit too bright to be a good fit in the Nats. Assuming the ADF isn't too dissimilar to the British Army, the truly stupid would tend to hit a fairly hard ceiling at about company level.

Yes, but it's not about the benefits to society as a whole of an educated population. Nor is it even about the economic numbers. It's about ensuring that only the "right" people can get tertiary education without subsequently being shackled by a massive debt. See also: unpaid internships.

The trouble with lawyers is their tendency to believe that their cleverly constructed prose has the power to change objective reality.

More to the point, will any of the institutions whose basic function it is?

She's either fucking stupid, or knowingly lying to/gaslighting us in a contemptulously transparent manner.

I tried being a nihilist but it felt a bit pointless.

I've heard the theory advanced (no supporting evidence, so :shrugs:) that twin headlamped bikes get SMIDSY'd less often, because the human brain is programmed to recognise, and take notice of, things that look like the eyes of large predators that enjoy the taste of monkey.

Mutiny In The Common Soldiery YouTube video by The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing - Topic

m.youtube.com/watch?v=JsaP...

Definitely some necrosis of the scalp going on there.

Oh I dunno. You kind of got 2 races in 1. First all the turbos would disappear over the horizon and have a bit of a dice 'til they all went bang around half distance, then the Cosworths would get a go for an hour or so. Best of both worlds.

I guess it all depends on one's view on redemption.

Ooh. A right-wing bot to block.

They say they want liveable/walkable cities, but what they *actually* want are theme parks.

Back when I lived amongst what someone more snobby than me might refer to as "the lower orders", in Bristol, I watched people put significant effort into fucking each other over, in potentially life altering ways, for half an ounce of rolling tobacco, so :shrugs:.

Unless English cities have transformed radically since I left 30 years ago, there are plenty of folk around who will nick stuff, or work a con, "just because".

The Honda C50(?) based thingy looks fun, although I'd fear for the rider's reproductive organs in the event of hitting any bumps, given that "seat".

I'm just horrified that there's still at least one G-Whiz (possibly the least appropriate name for a car *ever*) still in existence.
Yes, I *have* driven one, in a professional test and evaluation capacity. It was *terrible*, even by the standards of 20 years ago.

Sounds like investor bait vapourware to me, so I'm not going to get too concerned about this specific proposal, whilst simultaneously acknowledging the very real, general, problem of increasing amounts of shit in orbit.

I will admit to having enjoyed Firefly. However, when it comes to stories of a group of spacefaring, fringe dwelling misfits with Pasts, I continue to think that Blake's 7 did it better, on a tiny fraction of the budget. It certainly lasted longer.

It's OK. Noone will ever see them again after Copperhead Road (for The Hollow).

If Honda were aiming for an underpowered bag of crap with a fragile engine, they got it spot on.

After his load-bearing role in that fucking ridiculous "Stand up to hate" ad (which seems to have sunk without trace), it wouldn't surprise me.

Go fash, lose cash.

Bit of a load bearing assumption without visible evidence there.