142 books in the list, definitely down from 2 years ago and probably down from last year but that list got corrupted in May, I reread the first two Harry Dresdens when I got 3 and 4 so that's 144.

All the books turned up on Amazon, though my bit of Perl to find ASINs came up with omnibus editions for some of the Reggie Perrin and Stainless Steel Rats instead of the individual volumes and a lot of the older ones are third party sellers only.

At 19:28:34 UTC on the 4th October 1957, a Soviet R7 Semyorka rocket launched from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR to put the first satellite in orbit.

So yesterday I went into the big city to visit the Chelsea Flower Show.

Following some diaries of a year ago, I decided to keep a list of what I read this year. In some semblance of order, here's a plain list.

The Scientific Basis

Comedy legend Ronnie Barker dies.

Shot man not connected to bombing

I try to garden organically, especially in my vegetable patch. The only chemical I normally use is Glyphosate weed killer on the bindweed. I've been forced to use artificial fertilizer recently as my usual has been unavailable. That has now changed so I have gone back to my old ways, but while potting up some Fuchsias this afternoon I got to wondering.

Remember to change your underwear before you go out shopping, you might have an accident and think what the ambulance crew might find.

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