Uranus is taking a battering

EarlyMorning wrote:Well maybe you shouldn't worry so much. Knives under pillows.

I don't like monopoly. Used to play it as a kid with my Dad. He'd always get Park Lane and Mayfair, plus hotels, where I'd be left with the Old Kent Road. I used to buy the stations. Was the only thing I liked on it. Oh and the water works and electricity company, if I was lucky. Everyone always wanted the dog or the hat. I wanted the iron.

Do not pass go, go straight to jail, pay a fine.

No. Not for me.


Liked operation and buckaroo, but always set off the buzzer or made the horse flip.

I liked connect 4 though. Could play that for hours.

And Twister. Funniest game ever. Plus you have an advantage if you're not a sock wearer. Not so slippy.

None of this has anything to do with astronomy.

I don't actually know much about astronomy.

Should learn more. But I always associate astronomy with physics and maths.

I can't help myself, I like to live life on the edge.

In my university days, I got a bit too much invested in monopoly. Which was strange considering I was a communist back then. But it really reached it's peak when I threatened to have a professor's electricity and water stopped because "I own the electric and the waterworks, with a new hotel being built on Mayfair."

It always troubled me how an iron can be a landlord and property investor and it also makes me wonder how those Parker Brothers can sleep at night knowing all the conflicts they've caused.

But other than that I like to play connect 1. I win every time.

Just remember this:

Astronomy is real.

Astrology is for junkies and hippies.

And on the talk of maths, you know that really difficult maths question in the GCSE's?

It's a really easy probability question where you use the "And" rule then multiply. But it's the way it's set out.

Still, I do fear for this generation.

LeOkAsPEr wrote:Astronomy is real.

Astrology is for junkies and hippies

T Shirt.

And on the talk of maths, you know that really difficult maths question in the GCSE's?

It's a really easy probability question where you use the "And" rule then multiply. But it's the way it's set out.

Sorry. May as well be chinese.

I chose the iron purely for practical reasons, plus shape. I wasn't sure why it was there either. Or the dog, or the old boot.

I will learn more about astronomy. I thought listening to Holst was enough, but I guess not.

EarlyMorning wrote:

LeOkAsPEr wrote:Astronomy is real.

Astrology is for junkies and hippies

T Shirt.

And on the talk of maths, you know that really difficult maths question in the GCSE's?

It's a really easy probability question where you use the "And" rule then multiply. But it's the way it's set out.

Sorry. May as well be chinese.

I chose the iron purely for practical reasons, plus shape. I wasn't sure why it was there either. Or the dog, or the old boot.

I will learn more about astronomy. I thought listening to Holst was enough, but I guess not.

I might have to turn it into a t-shirt now.

Oh well, if you insist.

It's a very interesting topic. Good luck with it though.

New Ceres video



-- Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:02 am --

Why Pluto is a planet, and Eris is too.

Hubblesite Gallery

I just won a science victory on Civ. The second most slowest and hardest victory to get.

Is that like some alternative Nobel prize for people with crashed planes in their gardens?

MacBuddhaBurger wrote:Is that like some alternative Nobel prize for people with crashed planes in their gardens?

No, it's the victory you get when you actually listen to your science advisor. The man who thinks that a population of 10 making 2 science per turn is a text-book example of efficiency.

Basically it's all about launching a rocket into space.

You get it because someone else got the domination victory before anyone reached the classical era and when you do reach the classical era someone else wins the culture victory. Then it's down to the science and diplomatic victory.

If you can somehow win the diplomatic victory it's only because you're either allied with every city state in the world, have a diplomat in everyone else's capital and done a few "sexual favours" in return for delegates.

Then there's the time victory but the person who got the domination victory is going to win that by default.

Mmmm

So no prize money or peer reviewed acclaim then.

Bummer!

MacBuddhaBurger wrote:Mmmm

So no prize money or peer reviewed acclaim then.

Bummer!

Yeah but the feeling you get when you wipe the smug smile of that mod civs face.

It's so gratifying.

Now I know what Stalin felt like.