A buddy of mine has a 1995 Ford F350 dually, crew cab, diesel. He’s had it since 1996, and it’s kinda ratty around the edges but still runs and drives. He drives it every day.

Not my car, but my Dad. He was mechanically challenged in many ways. A smart man in some ways, but he didn’t know diddly about cars.

Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument is worth the trip, and you’ll also be close to Mount Rainier which is stunning. I can also recommend driving the North Cascades Highway. (Washington State Route 20)

I remember loving Adams when I was a teen age punk. Then I grew up and started reading real literature. Yeah, he’s still readable but I generally don’t.

No, just because I think it’s a more enjoyable and better crafted story.

My first vehicle was a 1951 International L110 pickup. It was originally a US Marine Corps vehicle so it was gloss olive drab with white stars on the doors. The high school my Dad worked at in the early 70's had bought it as surplus for a grounds maintenance vehicle. In about 1972 Dad bought it from the school for…

I’ll take your word for it since I haven’t read the book in a decade or more, but I’ve read it five or six times all told.

I personally don’t really “get” the idea of royals, or why I should care about any of them. That said, from what I can see Harry and Meghan seem to be some of the less offensive of the lot of them.

I saw the Lynch’s movie before I ever read the book. (Just hadn’t come across it yet.) It inspired me to read it. I don’t ever remember Feyd being described as a “big man.”  In fact, he’s described as a “boy” several times, and I took it as fact that he’s not much older than Paul.

Always nice to meet someone who actually appreciates Lynch’s version. Problematic as it is, I still enjoy it if only for the visuals and the casting decisions. I never bought Kyle MacLachlan as a teenage boy (even when he was a teen actor) but other than that the casting was fantastic.

It’s not one of my favorites, but everyone has a recommended Pratchett novel to start with. The good thing about Discworld novels is few if any of them are really dependent on a previous novel. He’s very good about giving you all the information you need to enjoy it even if you’ve never read one before. Guards!…

Oh gods, Pratchett is far and away funnier than Adams, and his books are filled with parody. Adams books are not. They’re just silly. Pratchett’s books require you to be educated, or at very least have a working brain. Take Wyrd Sisters, for instance. An out and out parody of Macbeth. Masquerade is a parody of Phantom…

That’s not my point. My point is religious parodies including Pratchett’s kinda bore me these days. It started with The Life of Brian and continues.

You need to be reading Terry Pratchett. Unfortunately he’s dead, but he left us with a treasure trove of very insightful parody novels. Start with Witches Abroad. Thank me later. (Or Guards! Guards! or possibly Reaperman. Some people recommend Small Gods, but while an excellent novel it’s not my favorite.  Religious…

Right?

I work hauling shred out of a metal scrap yard, and I saw a nearly identical (except red) version of this being dropped off as scrap yesterday. I remember thinking “That’s a shame. Those are becoming rare.” It was actually pretty straight, although it clearly had been sitting out in a field somewhere for a decade or…

As is so often the case.

Apparently so, now that I looked it up.

“Everything is poison. It’s all just a question of dosage.”

Well, Clapton stole that one from Bob Marley anyway.  ./shug