It was a scene of gaiety, glitter, and show; of richly–dressed people, handsome mirrors, chalked floors, girandoles and wax–candles; and in all parts of the scene, gliding from spot to spot in silent softness, bowing obsequiously to this party, nodding familiarly to that, and smiling complacently on all, was the sprucely–attired person of Angelo Cyrus Bantam, Esquire, the Master of the Ceremonies.

Collingwood are saying that's Stephenson's 10th game

This was an unnecessary and frivolent post that did not contain any reason or logic. — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.ultima.series/msg/4dd74e0205254b64

'To crack a tinny' is to open a cold can of beer—always antarctically cold, never warm.