@LouiseW_psych@francisxyzk I still have my copy of Soundings, swirly green cover, from Leaving Cert 1982. I loved poetry - and indeed English as a subject in general - but the true serendipity of my Leaving Cert English course was that I ended up with a wonderful teacher. It makes all the difference.
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Honestly - a few of the replies to this little tribute to engineering excellence exhibit a level of stupidity that suggests to me that it won’t be long before our spacecraft are the only thing that remains of our increasingly dim-witted civilisation. Until recently my guess has been that the answer to the Fermi Paradox might be found in biology - complex biological systems are rare. I’m increasingly of the view that the reason for The Great Silence is that civilisations are inevitably crushed by the weight of nobheads shortly after inventing the internet.
@GladonK @PrimitiveKnot 2/2 It was so mental that a stage diver died that night. Chap called Lee O'Connor. Remember that? Anyway, if you're interested in hearing what the whole experience was like from the support band's perspective and how supportive of us Motorhead themselves were, give me a shout.
@GladonK @PrimitiveKnot We actually played a full set. Yes, many of the Motorhead fans wanted nothing to do with us, but there were plenty of appreciative faces at the barrier. We got bottled. Motorhead got bottled. Lemmy stopped the show - remember that? 1/2