klondike_klive

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by klondike_klive 1y ago
I'm a longtime fan of Nicholson Baker's work since I first read The Mezzanine. His close attention to detail and his careful choice of words really impressed me.
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by klondike_klive 1y ago
He really set the tone for the late 90s/early 00s, everyone wanted to copy his style (me included) but few had the chops. I definitely didn't!
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by klondike_klive 1y ago
The only reason I know the meaning of both words is because they occur in the lyrics of the Motorhead song "Orgasmatron"
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by klondike_klive 1y ago
You just need to drastically recalibrate your definition of good.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Hot damn this is inspiring!
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Not the commenter you asked but I inherited my mother's sewing machine and decided to make a ball cap by seam ripping apart one that was wearing out but fit really well. I traced the pieces onto new fabric (waxed cotton) and reused the
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
That's interesting - I always assumed that "shoddy" and "slipshod" were related since their meanings are so similar, but apparently not! Thanks for leading me to that definition.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
You just described my Catholic upbringing
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
That's a mass protest I could get behind
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
One of my dad's sayings when somebody in a film delivered a line and then disappeared was "6 months rehearsal for that."
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
I seem to remember that conkers with a flat side and sharp edge were called cheesecutters.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Is it really unrelated? The leaves and nuts seem so similar.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Where did you get yours, if you don't mind me asking?
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
I remember going on a walk in London with my dad when I was little and we ended up in Hyde Park (this is late 1970s). There was a sign that said 'no dumping" which he chuckled at and explained to me the slang term 'dump'
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
The theme tune is now bouncing around my head. 'Chicken Man' by Alan Hawkshaw, for anyone interested.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
My gf and I went to Ronda in Spain a few years ago and stopped at the amazing bridge over the gorge. Looked around for a few minutes and then spotted a mother cat leading her litter of kittens through a field down below. We watched them, e
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Ironically I find "legibility" to be a real train wreck of a word to read. Not just in this font (although I do find the shorter ascenders difficult) but as a word, generally.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
I'm so much less articulate when I'm speaking than when I'm typing. I can't see myself ever having the wherewithal to use this,but u have to say it's an interesting concept!
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
I get a spike of anxiety if I even see the LinkedIn name in an email header.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
That's true. I only heard of it because I follow Charles Huettner on social media. If it had been a couple of months later, after I'd deleted Instagram, I'd never have known.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Wait Scavengers Reign was cancelled? That's depressingly typical :(
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
My partner and I visited a few years ago during the fall when my son was a few months old. It was beautiful, (and I'm partially red-green colour blind so couldn't fully appreciate the leaves' colours.) Coincidentally I recen
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
My favourite Bond film. Where he goes undercover as a 14th century Benedictine Monk.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
As an aside, I wonder if places like the UK with a lot of antiquated plumbing are responsible for more than their fair share of safecrackers? Every time I see a heist movie with someone crouching, grimly turning a dial an almost imperceptib
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
What used to drive me nuts was the announcements referring to the platform _number_ on the underground. Always struck me as the most user-unfriendly way to do it - it works above ground because you can usually see other platforms from the o
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
Sewing with my mother's machine that I inherited. I'm hoping to finish one of the projects she left unfinished. One of these days.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
You might enjoy Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, which is a post apocalyptic novel set in Kent. It's doesn't fit the definition of Ergodic but it's a cracking read anyway.
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
My dad drove a three-wheeler Reliant Robin while he was learning to drive a car, because they are legal to drive on a motorbike licence. I accidentally wrenched the gear stick out of it once. Thankfully I was going at v low speed on private
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
We've let the garden go wild this year (and last) because we're concentrating on other things. I can't help but notice how much the bees love the cow parsley that's sprung up, as well as the purple toadflax. Haven't
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by klondike_klive 2y ago
It's super hardy and opportunistic. It's not uncommon here in the UK to see it growing out of cracks in brickwork at the tops of buildings.

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