What makes a man...

[simon c]

I think it's Banksia poisoning.

Nah, I was sick of looking at Alex but couldn't think of anything witty to replace him with, so this is one of my favourite books.

Hi silentC,

Not only do we share an interest in probability and coffee but also in authors. Except I prefer Iain Banks when he doesn't have the M (Wasp Factory, Crow Road, The Bridge, etc) though I've read most of the M ones too.

Simon

[silentC]

I like the non-genre stuff as well. Favourite is probably "The Bridge" followed by "Walking on Glass". I've read 'em all, some twice. Just waiting for the lazy Scottish git to write another one. Since I've caught up with the back catalogue, I need more than one every couple of years.

[simon c]

Just waiting for the lazy Scottish git to write another one.

Yes, and it needs to be a good one - I thought Song of Stone was a bit boring and The Business was a bit too straight. Dead Air was OK as a book, but it was just a good story, nothing very Banksy. Favourites would be The Bridge and The Wasp Factory in the "weird" range and Crow Road and Complicity in the "more like a normal thriller" range.

Have you read any Stephen Fry - Making History, the Liar and the Stars' Tennis Balls all have that Iain Banks weird intelligence but probably a bit more humour.

Simon

[simon c]

An update

The Algebraist by Iain M Banks has just been or is just about to be released.

Supposedly, it is something to do with algebra and probability

Simon

[journeyman Mick]

#56. (A real Toolman Classic) Turbocharging the lawnmower with a hairdryer

Works only if you remove the heating element.

#57. Getting cheezed off with the price and longevity of lawnmower blades and making your own ones out of 4 mm thick Stainless Steel (Can then Grind stumps, rocks, concrete, cats )

Squizzy,
bisalloy works better! Been using a 6mm bisalloy cutter bar on my ride on for quite a few years now, it will probably outlast the rest of the mower.

Silent,
"The Bridge", is that the one which seems like a long drawn out hallucination/bad dream, but turns out to be some guy teetering on the edge of death in hospital?

Mick

[silentC]

Have you read any Stephen Fry

Haven't read any Stephen Fry. Didn't know he wrote to be honest. I'll give it a spin next time I'm near a bookshop.

The Algebraist by Iain M Banks has just been or is just about to be released.

Excellent. Wonder how long it's going to take to get on the shelves here?

[vsquizz]

#58. Turbocharging your ride on Mower with Bisalloy blades fitted

[bitingmidge]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I thought anything to do with mowers was Secret Women's Business!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

P

[Rodgera]

Please dont mow 'em down (yet) :mad:

[bitingmidge]

Please dont mow 'em down (yet) :mad:

All are safe!
NO risk of me going within a hundred yards of a mower!

P

[Rodgera]

Only one hundred yards!!!
If its turbo'ed it aint warm yet? :eek: :eek:

[HappyHammer]

#59. Saying poo and sex rather than scatalogical

[Rodgera]

It only looks bad!!