@mia@hcommons.social2026-10-22 09:11:07
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@eyebee@mstdn.social2026-10-10 08:50:44
England in the Middle Ages: If a criminal is at large, he is summoned to the county court. If he fails to appear four times, he is declared an outlaw on the fifth occasion. Thereafter he may be beheaded on sight.
(source: Ian Mortimer - The Time Travelers Guide to Medieval England)
@EclecticLee@digipres.club2026-09-08 02:10:35
Found the 1982 Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog at my parents' today. For just $20,000, you could get the LaserTour by Perceptronics, a computerized system that lets you bicycle different routes via an exercise bike and laser disc player connected by a specialized computer.
![The cover of the "Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book 1982" featuring cartoon art by DePaola of a line of people in medieval costumes and domino masks. The night sky above is filled with five-pointed stars and a line of angels with their backs turned.
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HIS/HER GIFT 1982
Fitness can be a real trip, with the help of this year's His/Her Gift for Christmas 1982.
Possibly the best inducement to exercise since the discovery of the mirro…](https://digipres-club.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/232/974/499/778/515/original/c493ecb020bd833e.jpg)
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As you pedal off on the bicycle, you're plunged into a variety of locations and situations—projected from the laser video disc onto the large screen, eye level projector. The faster you pedal., the faster you whirl through the landscape. At intervals, road signs give you a choice of destinations at the push of a button on your cycle's handle. You can vary the same tour as the day's mood dictates. Glide down the beach bi…](https://digipres-club.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/232/975/746/080/011/original/c6988de55c77266f.jpg)