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• Brendan commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  There are things I appreciate in the Laundry series of novels that don't get a lot of celebration. I can't remember all of them at once, but one of them is how Stross portrayed the United States. Not just the hucksterish false Gods / false religion so many pray to, or the vast Walmart-ness of the country, but also that so much of America is a death cult. Thanatos propels much of the country, and its Laundry is appropriately run by ghouls. Also, in Dead Lies Dreaming, I get the sense that the 'memory London' looks a lot like those...
• gasdive (he, him, ia) commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  "Where do you get 2'+ (need room for the paper, and larger than the 2') bike panniers?" Your sarcasm detector is off. https://yubabikes.com/cargobikestore/go-getter-bag/ 24"x18"x4" it would stick out the top a bit, but the bag has enough give to fit 2' objects if they're thin. Largest kit I've ever transported by bicycle, dive gear ie. twin 88's, backplate, double wings, drysuit, weights, oxygen for decompression, fins , mask, reel. Total about 65kg. Largest I've accompanied, 3 piece lounge and a wardrobe, but it was someone else on their bike, I just rode with them....
• Damian commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  Good question, actually. Piecing it together, I suspect I had intended to reply to a different comment, an easy mistake to make after a couple of gins. But there's no point in second guessing. From Greg's point of view, this should be welcome reassurance that I shan't try to eat him. It's important to give such assurances now and then to avert unsought-after fearfulness and terror....
• Elderly Cynic commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  Next problem - will it fit on a particular bicycle? It wouldn't fit on mine. Most importantly, your roads may be wonderfully smooth, but ours aren't, and I wouldn't expect glass to survive such a trip without substantial protection. I have transported fragile items by bicycle before, but not with great success. However, it were half a mile, I would walk. Not everyone can carry sheets of glass that distance, though....
• Moz commented on Crib Sheet: Dead Lies Dreaming
  What are YOU giving up for the common good? My immediate reaction to that was that you're actively trying to be an arsehole by ignoring everything I've posted on the topic and "just asking questions". But I'm reminded that you see things very differently to how I do, and that comes across in your reply that ends with the above question. So I'm answering below rather than just saying "read my post history". So: what I have personally sacrificed? In many ways nothing at all. I've done what made me happy and comfortable for most of my life. I've taken...