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Nick Deverill

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  1. In my dinghy sailing days, we always wore a canoeing life jacket as wearing the proper thing made it nigh on impossible to right a capsize. True you could be clobbered and knocked out by the rigging, but it's rather unlikely if you are sailing single handed.
  2. And today sees the epilogue posted. Tale is complete, so someone who can might like to move this thread.
  3. And now chapter 63. The final four chapters will all post next week, so on that basis, 67 chapters to tell the tale. Yes it is very black at first, but I do like the author's style and he has a first class editor in Craftingmom.
  4. Be careful, the thought police are omnipresent. Cues spooky music a la Twilight Zone
  5. I have zero sympathy for the system, but ordinary folk are just the same as anywhere really. Yes, Uganda is known for having a both corrupt and bad regime, but have a read of the first dictators obituary and quite a lot will fall into place. http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/18/guardianobituaries As bad men go, Idi Amin was one of the worst. As for Morgan and electric vehicles, range is usually the killer. The claimed range of 150 miles is important, but just perhaps, a niche vehicle which this certainly is will score, I hope it's a success. I've done 100 mile days in my vintage one (a 1930 Super Sport Aero), but you wouldn't want to drive it further on a regular basis.
  6. Quite a famous boy, even now if you have links to the scout association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwell_Scout_Badge I don't particularly like Wikipedia although at the time of reading, it's pretty correct. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Jutland. His mother was on her way to the hospital and he died while she was en route. I don't know for sure, but there is a good chance that with modern antibiotics, the wound would not have been fatal. He lived for two days after the battle...
  7. This will take a while to read, but it is worth it. How many other kids in that country have had unfair trials, let alone adults? Makes one think. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35106294
  8. Stayed up all night many times in the past. I was however paid for it - I worked shifts at several transmitting stations. The hardest thing though was going from night shifts to day shifts, even though you generally had 2.5 days or more. The idiot in me though had me going to a car rally the day after a night shift. How I stayed awake is anyone's guess. As for 'passel', although the on-line dictionaries list the word as 19th century American, I'd not be surprised if in fact, it was far older.
  9. If one wants the un-opionated truth, the Daily Mail is not the best of sources. Bearing in mind, both the UK and Denmark are in the European Union, I'm not too sure if it is even possible to ban import of something made by another member state. That of course, would spoil a nice story and while I'm not sure what number it is, the rule about never letting the truth get in the way of a good story is pretty high up the list when it comes to tabloid journalism.
  10. If you really want a disgusting foodstuff, try some Surströmming. Probably banned in the USA as a weapon of mass destruction, but you can get it in London along with its home, Sweden.
  11. So that's why Trumpington in Cambridge gives me major giggles. The naughty boy in me wants to cross out the 'ing' in the middle as it is. And of course, as fellow Brits of a similar age will know, shout out 'Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, and Grub'. As of course, one knows, children find fart jokes very funny, and one of the perks of being grown up is you can be a child anytime you like with nobody telling you to act your age.
  12. I can't remember the programme now, but I believe it was a BBC Radio 4 comedy programme that made the record. Long before I went deaf, I've heard it, someone lent my brother the record and I remember thinking then how hard it must have been to record.
  13. Pay... Just do as I've done and use Classic Shell which both works and is free.
  14. Because of this thread re-emerging, I've just re-read the story. At times, a kleenex (tissue) one, but not excessively. It has got to be Mihagel's best, and in all honest, perhaps the best gay themed story written by any author. And truthfully, up there with the best from any genre. Set aside plenty of time and read the story (again). http://awesomedude.com/mihangel/their-finest-hour/index.htm
  15. Speedway don't make three wheelers that I can see and the cars they do are probably meant for smaller children. In any event, the Morgan pedal car was fairly unusual as the machine was not a replica, but a junior model made by the manufacturer. Bugatti comes to mind as the only other maker to do this with the type 52, a half scale electric type 35 for children. From memory, about age 7-12 is about the right size for a junior Morgan pilot.
  16. Not quite sure when production ended of the pedal car, but I think they'd stopped by the time of the centenary celebrations in 2009. Nice film, but it really ought to finish with a kid riding/driving one. Most though were bought by adults for adults to stick in their house!
  17. I missed this one when it first appeared. A very cute tale that could do with a tiny bit of polishing (needs a bit more punctuation and a homophone correcting). I have read something similar, but this is sufficiently different to not be plagiarism.
  18. And now chapter 46 is now posted. Nothing remarkable in itself, but unless you had read from the beginning, you'd not understand a lot of little bits.
  19. He was poorly advised really, and still is. He should never have made 'The Karate Kid', but Hollywood seems to love remakes as it is a bit short of original ideas. According to IMDB he's not learnt as 'Karate Kid 2' is to be made this year. It's tough making the transition from cute little kid actor, to teenage actor and adult actor. Many try and most fail. Dean Stockwell is one of the few who made it. First film in 1945 (he was 9) and 203 film and TV credits to date. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 edited by Nick who didn't realise the IMDB stats include TV
  20. Doesn't do anything for me. But there again, I'm hardly in the target group. This I feel is more representative: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8504552/Boy-wears-skirt-to-school-in-protest-against-discrimination.html And the BBC made a film about the book, 'The Boy in a Dress'. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4307924/ Which I'd rate higher than IMDB do.
  21. A little bit cart before the horse as it's not yet complete, but signs are it will be worth it.
  22. Chapter 43 now posted and the cat is out of the bag. There's a semi-cliff hanger end to the chapter, but I get the feeling the end-game is now being played and there ought not be too many more chapters to wrap the story up.
  23. I will confess I sussed the twist very early on, but it does not detract from the enjoyment of what is a charming tale. Just the right length too, no bits missing and no spurious frills.
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