Springtime for Spacers

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• Commented on Ancient clock displays Olympic calendar and astronomical cycles
  What awes me about this is that based on precise observation it models the workings of the solar system insofar as they pertain to a human made calendar system yet the people who built it didn't have to know how...
• Commented on Truman Show Disorder
  The versionn of this I played when young was that the aliens were having me imagine I was at school so they could pick my brains for the secrets of earth science. Yes it is odd that they would need...
• Commented on Cute message on kitten's fur
  That kitty was far too little to be taken outside into the sunshine. Poor thing, hope it survives the attention....
• Commented on Father and son sport forehead tattoos
  Two very sad tattoos I've seen belonged to local neo nazis. The first had "BORN A SKIN DIE A SKIN" on his shaved head. (That's "skin" as in skinhead btw). I always thought how apt that would be if he...
• Commented on BBC Micro creators reunion tonight at London Science Museum
  I still miss the word processor I used on the BBC....
• Commented on The wit and wisdom of Prince Philip
  He visited a school local to me which was on show due to having been turned around from a failing school to a successful one. He turned to a group of parents and said something like "Were you here in...
• Commented on Scotland Yard wants DNA samples from 5-year-olds in case they grow up to be criminals; Oyster card records to become part of "war on terror"
  At #13 Pugh is actually a Welsh name (ap Hugh) but that doesn't invalidate your point -- after all as my dear old Nana taught me Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a thief............... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taffy_was_a_Welshman...
• Commented on Bright lights cause big sneezes
  So explain this: I knew a guy with the sun sneeze reflex, he could trigger one by looking at a lightbulb (yes when it was on) as well. He also claimed that that thinking about sex, specifically thinking about his...
• Commented on Photo of "The Monster" pizza
  Eating that looks like a form of self harm to me, it just looks like it's gonna hurt....