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Oh yeah love a good necropost 

Have you read them Danzare? Apparently there are many different 'starting points', as the books come at the narrative from eight or nine different plot lines (see helpful image below). Was just curious if someone had a recommendation.

Was thinking of reading a Discworld novel, but I'm not really sure where to start. Can any fans of the series suggest a good starting point?

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Yep you got it 

I don't think so, but for this should give it away:

I streamed it last year, so I figured I might as well do it again. Will be at https://www.twitch.tv/tulevikeu

Thanks!

Drowning in work (from home...on a Saturday night, ugh I hate my life ) Wishing everyone a great time!

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Just getting caught up...lots to listen to! Going to need booze...

If you haven't seen it, you need to watch the music video (the guys who made it went on to direct the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie)

Yeah, actually I did just see the video recently for the first time. Adopting milk dude as an avatar for now. 

The real hero of tracks like these is the drummer. How in hell can they keep a double kick going that long?!

I mean, that's pretty much standard for any extreme metal drummer, but what's amazing about this guy in particular is the sheer amount of stuff he's got going on at any given moment.

It's not the speed for me, it's the complexity... Like... he's not improvising. He's learned all that. He can remember all that. He can repeat it. The mind boggles.

(I once saw them live but the volume was too brutal to appreciate any of the fine detail. I tend to prefer to listen to bands like these at home and with headphones in order to be able to hear every single thing they're doing!)

That's unreal. You'd think for tracks that complex you'd actually need sheet music or something (a conductor? ) to keep everyone in the band aligned. I mean, that funeral doom track you shared must include some kind of sheet music or be improvised at times or something. Ca

The thing that's always been iconic to me about Tom Waits' sound is that xylophone or whatever it is he uses.

Dact, I've heard some cool randoms (at least randoms to me) play on that NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Alright so long as we're in random town at the moment:

No correct answers yet.

Excuse the weird cropping on this next pic. The entire movie takes place in a single location, so it is kind of hard to find shots that don't just give it all away:

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Haha well the characters are pretty easy to recognise, and you've got a clear shot of both right there. 

OK this one might also be a fast turnover:

The Conjuring 25: The Conjurerer

[that I could infect someone by chance]

...I worry all the time that I could infect someone by chance

You contracted coronavirus?

Well thank God the weather is taking action.

Where are you guys that haven't gone into lockdown? We've got police patrolling the streets after 8pm to ensure no one is outside after curfew (it's 7:50pm here now and we just got the loud emergency message to our smartphones reminding everyone they should now be home). Telecom companies now broadcast messages telling people to stay home every day. Literally nothing is open aside from large grocery chains and banks (on reduced hours).

Oh wow, that is great (that you haven't had to change your lifestyle). I wish I could say I'm reading more or building/writing something cool, but a lot of the day involves working remotely and trying to keep my wife/son from going stir crazy. Lots of worksheets and little activities for my son. I'm trying to teach him some guitar here and there. Then family aerobics workout thing on YouTube (PE with Joe...anyone else watching? ) Then a few hours of studying or helping my wife cook pretty elaborate meals we normally wouldn't eat. We hang out on the balcony a lot too and barbecue a bit. My son and I play networked Minecraft games with each other once in a while, which is a lot of fun.

So how is everyone keeping busy from home these days?

Ghost World

You are supposed to buy those (one use gloves), in a box. I use them, although I doubt it makes much of a difference - given the virus is airborne anyway.
Also, I have to suppose that I was already infected weeks ago, and in that case over it.

From what I understand, the virus isn't airborne, it is transferred through droplets. I mean, it COULD become airborne (e.g. someone sneezes into the air, and the thus aerosolises the virus, and then you breathe in that air before it settles on some surface), but that wouldn't be the usual way it would be transferred.

But see this is exactly why gloves and masks one EVERYONE is critical. The idea is that if everyone participates, those that are ill (perhaps unknowingly --it can take days for symptoms to develop) are less likely to pass it to others. The gloves and masks help keep the germs localised to the infected person.

Just got back from Carrefour. Everyone wearing masks. You are now given plastic gloves and a spray of disinfectant on the way in, another spray on the way out. Still very orderly ~ I hope it stays that way.