MikeJD

I guess this conversation just illustrates how movies, like music, tend to polarise people's views. I haven't seen S.N.Y., but I've read both good and bad reviews. I think with film makers that are critics' darlings, the early reviews are often over-generous because they're based on reverence for their earlier work. And nobody wants to be the first to point out that the Emperor's naked. Anyway, maybe I'll make the effort to dig it out now and see what the fuss is about. On a side note, what's with this new trend of people posting their opinion of a film halfway through watching it? Somebody recently was reviewing the new Star Trek movie on here a few minutes at a time. Don't you people know that these things are paced and designed to be watched end-to-end?

What, you've never yelled at your TV? I don't believe you.

Maybe a bit more 'real'. The full moon is a beautiful thing, but it never looks 3D to me. They should do something to make it less flat.

Bry/ Olympia, If it's a DZ.com issue, try posting in Error and Bug Reports - someone can probably help you there. I don't use this feature, so I'm not missing it.

Sorry in advance for the pedantry below.

Mike, the posts in this thread (well ok, most of them) are debating Jackson's legacy as an entertainment icon, so not breaching any forum rules. I see his post-death surge in album sales are exceeding those that followed Lennon's assassination - I guess that's one way to make a comparison, but then it is much easier to buy music now on a whim. Although I find it a bit mystifying why people feel the urge to suddenly purchase anyone's work just because they're dead.

Should hope not. Speed they're going, they ought to keep both hands on the wheel!

It's the tailwheel of the AN-2 they're putting into orbit.

Fixed it for you.

At least she's being open about it, I guess! I've known couples who have 'quit' together. Then I've been out with them singly, each of them smoking and asking me not to tell the other about it. Sad.

I had cats for 13 years, and of course no mice. Earlier this year, my first without cats, I got my first batch of mice. Big, and bold as you like. One actually ran over my bare foot while I was sitting at the table! I think there's no substitute for the classic sprung mousetrap - they're designed to instantly break the mouse's neck or crush its head, so ideally they're pretty quick and clean. But be prepared to put the mouse out of its misery if not. I put down just two of those traps, and caught four mice within two days and a fifth a few days later. Since then I've had no problems. The electronic trap caught nothing for me. I think poison is pretty effective, but I wanted to be as humane as possible - and also if the mice die where you can't get to them, then you'll have to put up with the smell as they rot. You can bait your traps with peanut butter, but I bought some specialist stuff that smelled kind of like caramel and that seemed pretty irresistible to them. I'd also recommend putting all your food into plastic containers, at least until you're rid of your pests. Good luck!

The Bonfire is in my favourites: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=forum_view&forum=1&cocheese_threads=blocked Edited to add: I kid, of course.

Give in and light up. You know you're too weak-willed to quit - might as well just accept it. After all, you gave it your best shot for a few hours.

I had a friend literally blow his hand off while fooling around with a firework. Although I think it was somewhat bigger than the firecrackers you're talking about!

Got some pre-existing scouse words for you since I'm not feeling creative: Divvy - stupid person Bizzy - police officer Leccy - electricity Ozzie - hospital (anyone see a pattern? ) Keks - trousers (pants!) Sound - good As for new made up words - sorry, got not'n.

I like the kind that are set off by people who know what they're doing. [killjoy mode]In general I hate this whole nanny state thing, but I'd make an exception for fireworks - I think they should be restricted to professional display organisers and not sold to the general public.[/killjoy mode]

I think it depends which skydiving discipline you're talking about.

There's the whole problem in a nutshell. If you had to quit again, then you didn't quit the first time!

If they're having to close the roof at Wimbledon, that means my garden is getting watered. So it's not all bad news.

Not jumping, but a friend is getting married soon and we're supposed to be going on a pub crawl to mark his Loss of Independence Day.

Until the ribbon versions first appeared, and also in the days before microlines, we'd just use lengths of old rigging line as pull-up cords. We also made closing loops out of them.

If anything I'm the opposite. In the real world I've got a very dry sense of humour that I don't think comes across well on here. Knowing how easily things get misread online, I'm actually more reserved on the forums than I would be if you met me face-to-face.

Different generations, which makes it harder to compare. There must be a lot of 'kids' out there who are huge Michael Jackson fans but for whom The Beatles and Sinatra barely register because they're just before their time. Sure, they'll still hear the classic songs but they might not know the artist. If anyone's the odd one out there, I'd say it's Sinatra. For my money, not that great a singer - really a crooner (and of other people's songs).

'Can't see it for looking', huh? It's a recognised peculiarity of the brain, though quite how and why it works is beyond me! The magician/ hypnotist Derren Brown says he uses it to persuade people that he's made something disappear even when they're staring straight at it. Although the tool goblin theory is more fun.