The mental image I now have of Eck trying to leap upstream to spawn.... Thanks for that. (View Post)

Rather off-topic, but I remember a couple of people mentioning they enjoyed the French TV show 'Spiral'. The writer has a new one out : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21354694/ Only watched t… (View Post)

Julia was twenty-six years old... and she worked, as he had guessed, on the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department. She enjoyed her work, which consisted chiefly in running and servicing a … (View Post)

Though she did hold that sword upright for ages. Which must be a plus in this most modern of European countries. (View Post)

Many years ago I 100% did not work for the Post Office. And they 100% didn't give a temporary promotion to a postmistress as a nice treat/PR-piece because she'd done a fancy xmas display in… (View Post)