I know I overstated it a bit, and there was more to it, but I’ve read the same story thrice at some point.

I want trying to downplay the astronauts archievement either, though I found them thanking the Lord over criticizing the company that made a bird so prone to failure a bit strange.

The writing style I found very curious, though it was skillfully written I think there’s art in being succinct, and that art was lacking it was almost literary edging.

Il look for that. Ty!

There is an exorbitant of fluff in there though. Expertly so, it’s no ai slop, but someone very cleverly writing, getting payed by the word and rolling it out.

‘Thrusters failed, they turned off and on again, during that time the pilot had to manually fly it. Ironically thanks God afterwards.’

Is the gist of it, but there’s a lot of introspection, retrospection, repeating, rehashing and rephrasing. Reminded me of this Mitchell and Webb scetch

It sounds like it’s a good thing you quit

Bonds Wodka Martini does have 3/4 of gin and only 1/4 of wodka:

The International Bartenders Association (IBA) recipe calls for 45 ml gin, 15 ml vodka, and 7.5 ml Lillet Blanc in place of Kina Lillet

He was on alcohol and Benzedrine (amphetamines):

https://www.thejamesbonddossier.com/features/champagne-and-benzedrine-amphetamine-use-in-the-james-bond-books.htm

Is it in larger supermarkets like Intermarché/Leclerc? I’ll look for it next time I’m over there

Where can you buy these products in France?

Keep it going. There are genuinely nice people out there to have a relationship with. I only encountered my wife at a later age (she was turning 50) and she had a miscarriage, so kids are not going to happen for us (and we’re fine with that).

But you can meet new people, even at your age. I never had any meaningful relationship either before I met her.

Argelian

From where?