Piers Anthony books really appealed to me fiften-twenty years ago - but I tried re-reading them lately and couldn't get started.

That room though - desperately needs coving. It's like being in a shoe-box.

Splendid!

It's neat - but I still tend towards the "There's your dinner - you don't have to like it, but it's what there is today." method.

Compare the power output of a modern motorcycle engine to the units Sikorski and his contemoporaries were using and it's probably possible.

I just love the idea of the Chinese government getting upset about safety.

It's a shame that we don't succeed in teaching science very well these days.

Cordless power tools certainly predate the space programme - I've seen them in Popular Science from the 50s somewhere.
Ordinary pens turn out to work just as well in micro-g by capilliary effects.
Electrically heated gloves were certainly around for airgunners during the second war.

Some of the others are a bit dubious, too.

I still reckon the blind people who navigate by tongue-click sonar are a better solution - they don't suffer from flat batteries.

Conspicious consumption really ain't attractive, is it? Weddings are memorable enough on their own, Shirley?

10/13 - stumped by string, sticks and stone Indians.

Bah - 25xx - but then I was being distracted by the kitten.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. comes down to "Other people, please love me."

Oooh, even better,
"One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" becomes
"This person is a small step in the giant leap for mankind"

A possible improvement over the original, I feel.

"When push comes to shove" settles down to "If you like him"

I like the long-term planning aspect. Having to decide you need a bridge a decade or so beforehand is good for village communities.

So - the government has told them to hop-it?