John Phillips

"At 00:35 on 19 January, he called the mountain police. The content of the conversation is disputed. Rescuers said it wasn't an emergency call but the lawyer says he denies telling police that everything was fine. He scaled the summit and descended on the other side, leaving Kerstin behind. Prosecutors say he left her at 02:00 am. Webcam images show his torchlit figure coming down from the summit."

This bit really struck me. Just carried on to the top without her.

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Zuckerberg continuing his streak of creating products no-one wants.

A photo of the boxed cassette, featuring the games Cybo Run and Super Gran.

The only thing I remember about Cybo Run, is that it was included in one of Dixon's game packs, meaning it ended up sharing a cassette with Super Gran :)

"A video game interpretation of the film score by Vangelis" was presumably some copyright-dodging thing?

Unfortunately I don't store my big-box speccy games in order as they're all various sizes. Here are the ones that got sold .. bit more manageable :)

A photo of lots of single-case ZX Spectrum cassette games.

Today's challenge: Packaging up probably the largest single order I've had in terms of number of items. All spectrum games and these are just the single-case ones.. now to dig out the big-box ones next.

Agreed. Back when I was really under gambling's spell, just watching a football match and seeing an online casino sponsor would be enough to start me off.

Plus I'd recommend more promotion of the tools available to help someone stop gambling - gamstop, blocking gambling transactions on cards etc.

Banquet *of* the American people.

So many mail platforms have conversation mode as a default or a filtered inbox to just show what they think is important. I turn all that stuff off immediately.. just give me all emails in chronological order please.

I'm sure those talked-about fifty-year mortgages will help...

Or "Whitsun Watson". An annual Songs of Praise kind of thing.

I hope we can ban 'manfluencer' while we're at it.

They get an extra kick out of you listening in.

I'm in between 'Nottingham Forest Football Supporters', 'Oracle Database Professionals' and 'Slovenian Intellectuals and Media Professionals'.

I'm not too far off the 'Guatemalan Progressive Community' too.

I never knew I was so diverse. :)

Dataserve have that kind of thing - www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-...

Live = Memorex
(one for the older generation)

My first bought spectrum games were from a local newsagents that had a spinning rack of Mastertronic games. Tank Trax, Viper III, Voyage into the Unknown etc. Certainly not the best games, but as a youngster, each game was a new experience.

"I sure seem to have missed a lot of goings-on over the centuries, but I'm sure everything was fine"

What could go wrong?

*everything goes wrong*

"42,001... 42,002.. 42... oh, oops.. lost count.. time to start again. 1... 2... "

I'm in the same boat. Glad I can ignore it this year, but not looking forward to it next year. I've still not seen anyone adequately explain what the point of it all is.

High score table from Dark Star on the ZX Spectrum

Another High score table from Dark Star on the ZX Spectrum

I liked Dark Star's approach to high score tables. When you loaded it up, you wouldn't get the same names every time. I just loaded it up on an emulator and got these two. :)

"We've stopped murdering people in boats" is a weak boast, particularly when they're murdering people on land instead.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

If it helps, it's available to watch on Amazon Prime Video (all bar three of the seasons) - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

"We've shot one foot off. Time to finish the job"

Even with such a low bar, he's still managing to bang his head on it.

This is who runs this account