something rotten

Last night I found The Killing in the guide and I was thinking, yay, get me some Danish coppers, as I was in the mood for a bit of Scandi-angst, but no, it was the dashed American version, wasn't it. Oh, how we laughed at the old Needle, not wearing its bright birthday livery. McCathyist Red, snarked the Peanut Gallery, unkindly, as it was 'galaxy gold', as I recall, with 're-entry red,' 'orbital olive' and 'astronaut white' rounding out the colours, which Prince Phillip called garish, and history notes it as being the only time the old codger and I have shared an opinion, and you know you're getting old and grumpy when you start nodding at anything Prince Phillip says.

Sadly, I realise I never took a picture of the outside, so chastened last time by friends over my Warhol-like study of the old Needle (less of the old, I'm not far behind, oh mercy). I remember my first sight of my very beloved Needle again, re-painted, and squeaking. What had they done? I'm down with the retro, but still, what a shock. Good thing The Killing never got renewed, or they'd kill themselves over the continuity - grin.
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