@SG-17: "The air is moving, it could be alive" - a '70s guy use to carry this sign around Seattle. Had an interesting conversation with him.

@em.: I agree, my brother and I went to a Catholic grade school - it has been 50 years but I am still fighting what the nuns did to my mind. Oops - sorry, too much anger still leaks.

@Jim-Bob: Er, are you redefining success as quitting?

@danhughes: Er, disposable BBQ?? Is that one of those disposable turkey pans with briquets included?

@thedarkerside.to: Oh, look - I have a can of Polish milk you can have. It actually split the label with wonderfulness.

@Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake!: COSTCO already thought of this - they have/had a bucket of 275 servings of Vegan-ready food-like stuff. It sits in my shed as a stool until the great Seattle e-quake.

In the Manchurian Candidate, Angela Lansbury is only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey but plays his mother

@Yerzriknot: Keep the left out of it - you sure paint with a wide brush.

@geolemon: He was not the father of the Segway, he just bought the company - the father of the Segway is still alive and non-ironically, still inventing stuff.

I consider Cordwainer Smith one of the top 5 sci fi writers of all time. Who else could come up with Lord Loveaduck and c'Mell or the 'robot, rat, and Copt'

@John_Hazard: What would you say to a little 'bird'? Sorry - it's the only Harlan story, I know.

@Wabbited: No it is not - it is neither a cycle of life nor evolution. Nature sets a predator/prey ratio - pets are not part of a natural relationship because there is no downside to their part of the cycle. If a cat fails to kill a meal, it will be fed by a human so cats do not need to kill to survive so they just…

@Architectin: The metal arms can be removed, the cable inserted then reattached

@enlight10ment: Don't forget Niven's "Gil 'the Arm' Hamilton" from the early '60s/70s - I think it may be part of the 'known worlds' stuff.