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RogerBW
RogerBW
Wed, Dec 24, 2014 9:59pm

When I was living in east London the local cycling club would do a “Christmas Lights Ride”, trundling about and seeing the most garish displays. I remember the year blue LEDs got cheap…

Beowulf
Beowulf
Fri, Dec 26, 2014 10:10pm

Wow, they’re actually inflated. Most of the ones I see around most houses lie limply on the ground like the empty spacesuits in THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT.