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Congratulations Bob Crowe!
Feb. 7th, 2014 01:24 amYour strike has proven that yes, the Tube can operate with much fewer ticket office personnel.
Caffeine-deprivation-induced rant
Apr. 6th, 2012 11:42 pmOK. Am reading yet another - actually quite excellent - Stargate 'Atlantis claims independence' fanfiction and am struck yet again by one of the most moronic tropes ever, that way too many writers use, i.e. they run out of coffee.
Why does it never seem to occur to them that coffee is not actually a product that is spontaneously produced, but is actually a plant that grows?
That any sensible colonist or expedition supply officer would take seeds with them?
Coffee is a bit fiddly to germinate, but I'm a certified black thumb and I managed it myself in a London climate by doing it indoors on a windowsill under a plastic Coke bottle. It even got to 2 foot high before I went away on holiday and forgot to get it watered and it died. Any half-decent biologist could grow it. Parrish or Katie could do it in their sleep.
Sure, you don't want to introduce new plants into an ecosystem, but the city would of necessity have greenhouses, and that is an enclosed ecosystem. Not a problem.
So - please, please, please - if you are about to write Atlantis fanfic that's set after the first year and reconnection with Earth - use your logic!
Coffea arabica.
Definitely one of the most important seeds (along with Camellia sinensis) to add to your expedition's survival packs.
Why does it never seem to occur to them that coffee is not actually a product that is spontaneously produced, but is actually a plant that grows?
That any sensible colonist or expedition supply officer would take seeds with them?
Coffee is a bit fiddly to germinate, but I'm a certified black thumb and I managed it myself in a London climate by doing it indoors on a windowsill under a plastic Coke bottle. It even got to 2 foot high before I went away on holiday and forgot to get it watered and it died. Any half-decent biologist could grow it. Parrish or Katie could do it in their sleep.
Sure, you don't want to introduce new plants into an ecosystem, but the city would of necessity have greenhouses, and that is an enclosed ecosystem. Not a problem.
So - please, please, please - if you are about to write Atlantis fanfic that's set after the first year and reconnection with Earth - use your logic!
Coffea arabica.
Definitely one of the most important seeds (along with Camellia sinensis) to add to your expedition's survival packs.
The Government's New Policies
Nov. 11th, 2010 08:32 amI have zero sympathy for dole bludgers, but it seems to me that:
New Universal Benefit (supposedly guaranteeing you will always be better off in work than on the dole; and penalising those who can work but refuse what they're offered)
+
Drastic Cuts to the Police Force
=
UK Crimewave in the 2010's
Or is that is just me being cynical?
New Universal Benefit (supposedly guaranteeing you will always be better off in work than on the dole; and penalising those who can work but refuse what they're offered)
+
Drastic Cuts to the Police Force
=
UK Crimewave in the 2010's
Or is that is just me being cynical?
Bwahahahaha!
Mar. 24th, 2003 08:23 pmAnother unintentional funny from fanfictiondom:
"A smile on the face of the child fixing his wounds, her sweet continence plagued by bruises and cuts."
"A smile on the face of the child fixing his wounds, her sweet continence plagued by bruises and cuts."
Boy, there's some doozies out there
Jan. 8th, 2003 08:42 amAnother unintentional LotR fandom funny. Obviously this writer has a thing for Chinese...
"...allowing Legolas' considerable elf-hood to spring forth in wonton eagerness."
"...allowing Legolas' considerable elf-hood to spring forth in wonton eagerness."
