You're a bit behind the times there chum. These days weekend binge drinking is the very epitome of fashion.

We as a nation are rightly proud that we've moved on from the times of lonely old men nursing pints of silty beer in tobacco stained pubs to a bright, new future of dynamic, young (allegedly) women clutching their high heels in one hand and a bottle of WKD in the other while their doting beau gallantly holds their hair aside as they're sick into a policeman's hat.

Truly, this a golden age.

The wheel is pretty old; I don't think I'd want to give up that.

Virtual Rome wasn't built in a day, you now.

"Component video is absolutely terrible." Incorrect.

And, if past experience is any indication, that will be somewhere near 99%. When was the last time you heard of a class action getting the complainants anything near full restitution?

Actually ignore that. In my naiveté I expected them to be transparent about the PPP stuff.

I wouldn't have a problem with paying for that... if they were honest about it.

Speed limits are in space are a lot like the top speed on the speedo in my old Mini: it clearly says ninety and you can just about reach it... on an incline... with a favourable tail wind... and no passengers... or seats... but you can't go any faster without some serious re-jigging of the laws o' physics.

A less drastic, but equally annoying solution might be to just turn it off for a month. See what they bill you then.

"It was turned off" is a lot more likely to persuade a small claims court to your side than "I was overcharged by 14%, and here are the dozen esoteric ways I can prove it".

Why would they? From what I've seen there are a great number of them that don't even understand their own nation's founding principles; I can't count the number of times I've heard/read people complain about private entities not abiding by the first amendment. Getting over a smear campaign against the red/yellow terror from decades ago is likely one of the least of their worries.

As a queer, I find that offensive.

Yes, but Gordon Freeman would be a terrible narrator (unless you can tune in to his inner monologue).

Why stop at power?

Of course it is. Just look at the way some of them fall over; sometimes it borders on interpretive dance.

Meep-meep?