Monday 24 July 2017



I thought this looked interesting but I soon got rather bored by this Canadian astronaut telling me - repetitively - what a hard-working, humble, thoroughly reliable, all-round decent good guy he is. I'm sure I'd like to have him onside in a crisis, but he sent my Great British cynicism soaring. I was hoping for something more like this.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 July 2017 at 09:21

    Yes! The Right Stuff is a terrific book.

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  2. Mary24 July 2017 at 11:03

    It's ages since I read it, Callmemadam - but it was brilliant, wasn't it? And far more convincing than Mr Canadian Nice Guy!

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  3. Gina24 July 2017 at 19:06

    Must look out for The Right Stuff... Chris Hadfield was just a bit too good to be true!

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  4. Mary25 July 2017 at 01:05

    Far too much of his own opinion of himself, Gina! The Right Stuff is from another generation of space travel but it's still a great read.

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  5. Anonymous27 July 2017 at 20:29

    I so agree with you about him. He just keeps on banging on and on.

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  6. Mary28 July 2017 at 00:37

    So repetitive, isn't it, Toffeeapple? I once went to a talk by an astronaut who banged on in just the same way - are they a type? Was hard to believe that here was a man who had done something so interesting and managed it to make it so boring. He couldn't seem to raise the discussion beyond the 'how do you go to the loo' question.

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  7. Anonymous28 July 2017 at 16:31

    Your last sentence made me laugh aloud! And yes, I think they must be a type but I can't speak about 'our Tim'.

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