Because of the existence of Kiwi Fruit?

Take a Bow by Muse works almost too perfectly, too

I looked at smaller things like the Pi and in the end decided I had more flexibility by just having a little PC and bunging Linux on it.

I just got a new smart TV, but it’s never going on the internet, lol

I got a very cheap second hand HP G4 mini PC with a Bluetooth remote control.

It sits under my TV, and I use it for all my downloading needs (away from any computer that gets used for email or banking, etc), playing videos, and emulated games with an old Xbox controller.

Works faster than anything built into the TV, and the remote is better because it has a proper little keyboard on it :-)

TBH the experience is so positive I don’t understand why anyone would want to use the smart features of a modern TV when they could be doing this instead.

Boot Liquor is a new one on me, thanks for the tip :-)

This is where a lot of Americana music comes in … the online station Americana Boogie Radio has lots of defiant working class songs on it’s playlist :-)

1 - Starship Troopers, or V for Vendetta (flip a coin on that one)

2 - The 51st State … I don’t think there’s any way to say that’s political. Apart from the first 5 minutes … and the stupid Nazis … and post- credits scene … and some commentary over the industrial decline of the UK … and some other stuff …

Trying to think of a nonpolitical film is nearly impossible :-/

Stabilizers are marketing BS, they can’t rejuvenate old fuel and they generally work by introducing an additional component that reduces the ability of the fuel (mostly the methanol content) to absorb water … however they rarely have a positive effect over all because they cause other problems.

Long shelf-life fuel is made in the refining stage. European standard E10 petrol can last a year or more if it’s stored correctly … I know this because I sometimes do store it for that long by accident.

That’s not correct. I have ethanol-free petrol for my chainsaw that has a shelf life of 5 years guaranteed (probably lasts longer, since that’s from the time of purchase)

It’s realistic that the most vicious people would hold on to the status symbols of before, and to indoctrinate those born after into the same way of thinking

I once jumped a car onto a moving train while on fire

Yeah, I live halfway up a small mountain (in Europe) and usually have everything needed to survive a month, including if the water and power are cut.

We’re currently putting together a pair of bug-out bags as well though, so we can be mobile in an emergency too

Just chipping in to say I ate a can of food that was made during WW2 in 1990, so yeah cans do keep for a long time … when they get very old the trick is to shake the can before opening and if it sounds like there’s air inside it’s gone bad