Be aware... I've missed you all :(((( LOADS!!! :)))
And we you.
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*muse to self during continuing floor tour of Einstein's boards* SO ... looks like no one has won THIS THREAD YET... INTERESTING... EVEN WITH David's clue about it being a woman...
Did I say that?
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*hook door behind ear and pull closed on way out*
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I'm going to have to reread this thread from the top to see what hints I've given. But not right now.
Okay, I have now reread the whole thread, or at least my posts and relevant others. I did indeed say the mystery person is a woman. I also said said person is not an actor and is an author, but not a TV writer. I should clarify that that is a secondary occupation, although still completely relevant.
Other clues along the way:
- outer space
- H.G. Wells is in the broad direction (very broad)
- Tom Hanks is less incorrect than Jim Lovell
- Arthur C. Clarke is far too obvious
- not Douglas Adams or anyone connected with Hitchhiker's
- along the lines of Paddy Kingsland (but as I said, not connected with Hitchhiker's; I'll add, also not connected to the BBC)
- and I slipped an important word into a comment about something else
I'm thinking there were other hidden clues, [strike]but I didn't find them. Maybe they were in another thread.[/strike] Ah. Found it. In a rather brief post. Hard to find, and was rather tedious to write.
[aside] Now I know why Mike uses the [strike] tag. The forum code here doesn't recognize [s].
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
In the realm of text games, I spent plenty of time exploring all the possibilities of Leather Goddesses of Phobos (ever try it opposite sex?). Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was also good, although the "hints off" command didn't work, which meant I couldn't stop myself reading the hints to solve the game.
Leisure Suit Larry was a hoot!
I think I intended to respond to this and forgot.
It was indeed, and I seem to remember getting through it on my own, with few or no hints. The consequences of failing to use the prophylactic were hilarious.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Ah dear. Evidently the clever opponents haven't twigged to the gig yet. It would be a poor broadsheet indeed that couldn't sell copy on both sides of a debate.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) I am trying to recall a really old quote about 'the stink of the righteous in our nostrils'. That sort of thing. You so often smell that on both sides of debates these days. From topics ranging from where to ( not ) put a parking space right through to which country to ( not ) bomb. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ....
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
My other half only buys it for the back pages... *slow blink* ... y-e-e-s... so I just smile and unplug the television aerial when he brings one in the house. I mean - if the sport's that good he doesn't need to watch it does he? :))))
I don't have a problem with the girlies - they're often very pretty* :) it's the tripe that surrounds them on every other page that gets right up my nose and there's only so long you can keep a peg on a nose before you have to worry about the tip dropping off...
Anyway... having thunk about it's appearance here... you know, the news... and, given that we're looking for a woman, does she have big boobs David? :)
edit:*their faces - I sometimes worry about their erm... chassis being a trifle... cumbersome... you know... to cart around day in day out... I have a friend with natural GINORMOUS ones... the kind that enters the room about three minutes before the rest of her and she really suffers poor thing :( perhaps she could prop them on my zimmer frame from time to time - preferably when I'm not using it to drag myself about... :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
When I lived in Scotland, MANY years ago now, we US Navy guys bought the paper EVERY DAY so we could quickly skip to page 3!! It was the hi-lite of our day as that would NEVER show up in a US newspaper that they could sell to anyone and everyone. All that kind of stuff is classified as 'adults only' material and sold from behind the counter only.
Anyway... having thunk about it's appearance here... you know, the news... and, given that we're looking for a woman, does she have big boobs David? :)
Not that I am aware of, no. My posting of that link here had nothing whatsoever to do with the mystery person.
New clue: the science fiction in question is a rather large, expansive universe of TV, movies, games, books, and pretty much any other media you can think of. (There is even a subculture of people who like to paste the female characters' faces onto bodies like those on Page 3 that you are so concerned about, and write stories about them having romantic encounters. My interest in these was weak and passing, and long ago.) (Note: that does not say "long, long ago" because that might lead you into the wrong universe.) Said person is married to someone else who also works for the same enterprise. (Whoops, there I go with misleading clues again, but only a little bit misleading.)
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: RE: Good morning
Hi Mikey!!! :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
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RE: RE: Be aware... I've
Okay, I have now reread the whole thread, or at least my posts and relevant others. I did indeed say the mystery person is a woman. I also said said person is not an actor and is an author, but not a TV writer. I should clarify that that is a secondary occupation, although still completely relevant.
Other clues along the way:
- outer space
- H.G. Wells is in the broad direction (very broad)
- Tom Hanks is less incorrect than Jim Lovell
- Arthur C. Clarke is far too obvious
- not Douglas Adams or anyone connected with Hitchhiker's
- along the lines of Paddy Kingsland (but as I said, not connected with Hitchhiker's; I'll add, also not connected to the BBC)
- and I slipped an important word into a comment about something else
I'm thinking there were other hidden clues, [strike]but I didn't find them. Maybe they were in another thread.[/strike] Ah. Found it. In a rather brief post. Hard to find, and was rather tedious to write.
[aside] Now I know why Mike uses the [strike] tag. The forum code here doesn't recognize [s].
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: RE: In the realm of
I think I intended to respond to this and forgot.
It was indeed, and I seem to remember getting through it on my own, with few or no hints. The consequences of failing to use the prophylactic were hilarious.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
In the I never thought I'd
In the I never thought I'd see the day department...
(Not the day that it would be back, the day that it would be gone.)
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Ah dear. Evidently the clever
Ah dear. Evidently the clever opponents haven't twigged to the gig yet. It would be a poor broadsheet indeed that couldn't sell copy on both sides of a debate.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) I am trying to recall a really old quote about 'the stink of the righteous in our nostrils'. That sort of thing. You so often smell that on both sides of debates these days. From topics ranging from where to ( not ) put a parking space right through to which country to ( not ) bomb. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose ....
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
My other half only buys it
My other half only buys it for the back pages... *slow blink* ... y-e-e-s... so I just smile and unplug the television aerial when he brings one in the house. I mean - if the sport's that good he doesn't need to watch it does he? :))))
I don't have a problem with the girlies - they're often very pretty* :) it's the tripe that surrounds them on every other page that gets right up my nose and there's only so long you can keep a peg on a nose before you have to worry about the tip dropping off...
Anyway... having thunk about it's appearance here... you know, the news... and, given that we're looking for a woman, does she have big boobs David? :)
edit:*their faces - I sometimes worry about their erm... chassis being a trifle... cumbersome... you know... to cart around day in day out... I have a friend with natural GINORMOUS ones... the kind that enters the room about three minutes before the rest of her and she really suffers poor thing :( perhaps she could prop them on my zimmer frame from time to time - preferably when I'm not using it to drag myself about... :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
When I lived in Scotland,
When I lived in Scotland, MANY years ago now, we US Navy guys bought the paper EVERY DAY so we could quickly skip to page 3!! It was the hi-lite of our day as that would NEVER show up in a US newspaper that they could sell to anyone and everyone. All that kind of stuff is classified as 'adults only' material and sold from behind the counter only.
RE: Anyway... having thunk
Not that I am aware of, no. My posting of that link here had nothing whatsoever to do with the mystery person.
New clue: the science fiction in question is a rather large, expansive universe of TV, movies, games, books, and pretty much any other media you can think of. (There is even a subculture of people who like to paste the female characters' faces onto bodies like those on Page 3 that you are so concerned about, and write stories about them having romantic encounters. My interest in these was weak and passing, and long ago.) (Note: that does not say "long, long ago" because that might lead you into the wrong universe.) Said person is married to someone else who also works for the same enterprise. (Whoops, there I go with misleading clues again, but only a little bit misleading.)
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
RE: Good afternoon
Good morning!!