Bad Machinery by John Allison for February 11, 2025

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    John Campbell  about 14 hours ago

    Fun fact: 27.3% of Bad Machinery cases end with Lottie in a small boat on the Tack. This one is unusual in that it’s Shauna with her rather than Sonny and Mildred, and the Tack has somewhat expanded its purview.

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    robinafox  about 11 hours ago

    Mike is no newspaperman! Story first, counting the cost later.

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    ClaytonEmery1  about 7 hours ago

    “Catching crabs” is when your oar misses the water and just skims, throwing spray. Mark of an amateur.

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    scyphi26  about 6 hours ago

    For a good cause, Shauna, for a good cause!

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    GaryCooper  about 3 hours ago

    So … are Lottie and Shauna both going to wear Mike’s single set of clothes, like a clown act where two people wear the same pair of pants at the same time? Meanwhile, I guess he’ll wear a barrel, like in old cartoons (I don’’t think he’ll fit into the girl’s wet clothes). Or maybe the Cormorant has a stock of extra dry clothes? (That would be a good idea for a newspaper, actually.)

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    6turtle9  about 1 hour ago

    Well, maybe this is an improvement. The streets are clean and now Tackleford can claim to be the Venice of England.

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