Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Felix]

Forgetting why I don't keep my bank card in that pocket while snowboarding

Picture of the other side or it never happened.

[McNab]

The realisation that I have become the sort of person that looks at a cardboard box and thinks "That's a nice box, it's a shame to throw it away. I wonder if I should save it for something."

[gremlin]

Might come in useful.

Save the bubble wrap too.

[McNab]

Might come in useful.

Save the bubble wrap too.

Don't get me started on bubble wrap....

[Yambo]

Don't get me started on bubble wrap....

A long time ago I had to deliver 2 rolls of bubble wrap to this guy in Penrith. He was pretty busy when I got there and just said "Pop 'em in that corner over there."

Took me 3 fuckin' hours!

[Rockburner]

Might come in useful.

Save the bubble wrap too.

Don't get me started on bubble wrap....

I keep finding bubble wrap in the workshop and wondering why the hell I kept it... I obviously had a reason.

[MrLongbeard]

Youtube deliberately glitching and lagging when adblockers are turned on
Luckily they haven't caught on to Enchancer for Youtube yet

And youtube enhancer has now joined the list of adblockers that no longer work on youtube, so jumped to Firefox with Ublock Origin

[weeksy]

I bought 3 books by Iain M Banks as people rave about him. I've tried 1-2 of his previously and felt i recall they were mostly gibberish, but thought i'd give them a go as they're highly regarded. Again though, it's just gibberish and complete random bollox, it's not like it draws you into an imaginary world as it throws in far far too many things that you don't know who's human shaped, robot, anything else.. or where they are in terms of planets, universe, it's just way too random.

I'm going back to death and violence.

[Mr. Dazzle]

You just need to read the instructions

[weeksy]

You just need to read the instructions

*throw in bin*

Yup, that'll be the ones i want.

[KungFooBob]

I bought 3 books by Iain M Banks as people rave about him. I've tried 1-2 of his previously and felt i recall they were mostly gibberish, but thought i'd give them a go as they're highly regarded. Again though, it's just gibberish and complete random bollox, it's not like it draws you into an imaginary world as it throws in far far too many things that you don't know who's human shaped, robot, anything else.. or where they are in terms of planets, universe, it's just way too random.

I'm going back to death and violence.

I loves M Banks, got them all.

If you want sci-fi with a bit of death and violence, try Neal Ashers Agent Cormac series, starting with Gridlinked.

John Scalzi's Old man's war series is good too (little bit less death than Asher tho)

[weeksy]

I loves M Banks, got them all.

Based upon that, your recommendations stay in the bin with him too

[KungFooBob]

The Neal Asher stuff is proper Hollywood block buster Sci-fi, completely different to M Banks. I've read most of his stuff and it all gets a bit samey, but coming to it fresh you'd enjoy it.

[Rockburner]

I bought 3 books by Iain M Banks as people rave about him. I've tried 1-2 of his previously and felt i recall they were mostly gibberish, but thought i'd give them a go as they're highly regarded. Again though, it's just gibberish and complete random bollox, it's not like it draws you into an imaginary world as it throws in far far too many things that you don't know who's human shaped, robot, anything else.. or where they are in terms of planets, universe, it's just way too random.

I'm going back to death and violence.

Which books did you try?

[KungFooBob]

If you started with something like Excession I could see why you might give up, should start at the beginning with Consider Phlebas.

My fav is Use of Weapons.

[weeksy]

should start at the beginning with Consider Phlebas.

Did that one a couple of years ago.

This one is something Windward. or otherwise known as Complete Bollox.

[Rockburner]

should start at the beginning with Consider Phlebas.

Did that one a couple of years ago.

This one is something Windward. or otherwise known as Complete Bollox.

Look to Windward.

Yeah, definitely NOT the best book to start with. Try Use of Weapons, lots of death and mayhem. Or Player of Games, which is focused on one person.

The best order to read is actually the published order because Banks expanded the universe with each book.

[weeksy]

should start at the beginning with Consider Phlebas.

Did that one a couple of years ago.

This one is something Windward. or otherwise known as Complete Bollox.

Look to Windward.

Yeah, definitely NOT the best book to start with. Try Use of Weapons, lots of death and mayhem. Or Player of Games, which is focused on one person.

The best order to read is actually the published order because Banks expanded the universe with each book.

Or not

[KungFooBob]

On a complete tangent, if you like death and violence with some very funny moments, have you tried The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie?

It's kind of fantasy rather than sci-fi, it's kind to f a faster paced, funnier Game of Thrones.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pvV ... &q&f=false

[Gregor]

The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road are decent non Sci Fi reads.