I don’t personally remember them, but in the pub I used to work in, in the late 90s/early 2000s (about 10-15 years ago) one of the locals always used to ask for them as part of his “ordering crisps joke he did every day for years on end”.

“Do you have any hedgehog flavour Crisps?”
“Okay, do you have any helicopter flavour crisps?”
“No helicopter? I guess I’ll just have plane (plain) then”

Basically, yes. It’s all explained in the Epstein Files.

Sorry to upset people thinking of him dieing soon, but they’re going to sit him in a gold throne, kept barely alive, in suspended animation, then keep him alive and in charge for 40,000 years.

They’ll use AI every time they want him to “say something”.

I think most of the people disagreeing with the post are from the USA, which has completely different costs/taxes/prices etc.

In the UK (as the original post is), it depends where you live - our mortgage is about £350 per month (5 bed terrace), but if would have been almost £500 a month without the deposit. Rent in the area is about £600 - £1500 per month, for similar or smaller properties.

Note that this is in Northern UK, in the sort of town sometimes described as “a bit of a shithole”. I could get a train to a town an hour away and the prices would literally double - but the ratio between mortgage and rent would be pretty much the same.

Even with the cost of repairs, and a tiny bit on insurance etc, it’s a significant saving. Also, the repairs actually get done, which was not the experience I had in rented accommodation.

An arms fair sounds like the least fun type of fair.

This is brilliant and inspiring. I’m so thankful for people like this, using their skills for the benefit of everyone.

Like my knees :(

Don’t be silly. Hah! A decade ago! Community didn’t exist as a TV programme in the 1990s!

I kind of like it. I say bring it back.

If we all started using it, þen sooner or later it would start showing up in AI generated answers.

At that age, kittens will hiss at every smell that’s not their siblings or mother. If you keep up being near them as often as possible, they’ll soon get used to you.

There’s quite a lot needed from peripheral manufacturers, regarding drivers and utilities. You still can’t, for example, just buy any new printer or scanner - you have to check compatibility first.

Here is an example of the discussion stage:

The actual sleeping stage was just a pile of multi-coloured fur.

Good work, thank you :)

Before games had full epic soundtracks, you still got quality “intro tracks”, occasionally with a few other songs for whilst you’re playing.

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe intro music (youtube link)

From the same Atari ST/Amiga era: Chaos Engine, Frontier Elite 2, Xenon 2 Megablast, Syndicate Wars

For newer stuff with “full soundtracks”, you can’t beat Stellaris OST (youtube link)

We think one of our cats thinks he’s a human, whilst believing his sister and two brothers are still cats.

“Mama! Papa! one of those cats is trying to get into our bedroom and sleep on our human bed for humans”

Yeah, Mac stuff is white or silver now. They stopped doing the colourful stuff 20-odd years ago.

Even if your four-year-old narrative feels a bit “cringy” in retrospect, these sound like really interesting, imaginative, well-thought-out concepts and ideas for sci-fi worlds.

I hope you revisit these ideas in future, or get the chance and inspiration to write again.

Reddit? Left?

Did it work?

On Google Earth (rather than Google maps), you can view all the previous streetview photos from any location that has them - so the 2012 one won’t be the default one, but you can switch back to it with a few clicks.