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Congratulations Lord Synos!
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Gratz LordSynos.
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Speaking of being Californian, this should speak worlds to people who have REAL weather.
We had a massive storm over the weekend; quite literally more rain than I've seen in years on Friday.
I just checked the rain gauge, and we got an astonishing 3" (7.6 cm) of rain in about a day and a half.
So yeah, a day with 1" of rain around here is considered a "heavy" rain. A day with 2" is a storm of epic proportions.
So, Ragadolf, how many days a year does New Orleans break 10" in a single day again?
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Freehold work something something
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It's a staff only day in our school district so I took the kids to the mall, I figured why not.
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Just got my mom's birthday package mailed. It's not much; Val and Hermione's school photos in a double frame, and a homemade batch of the Italian anisette biscotti that she likes to have with her morning coffee.
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Meanwhile, although I haven't actually *purchased* anything, I at least have compiled an Amazon cart for the kids for Christmas.
I'm torn over the fact that Teensy Valeros has decided that he needs a skateboard. Is 6 and three quarters too young? I mean, he's been riding a two-wheeled bicycle since he was four, and he's got great balance, but he's got no judgement or common sense. So I know he will be able to learn how to ride it, but I'm fairly certain he will have trouble not being uncommonly stupid with it.
How stupid, you ask?
Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
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Pasghetti and meatballs for dinner!!
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Meanwhile, although I haven't actually *purchased* anything, I at least have compiled an Amazon cart for the kids for Christmas.
I'm torn over the fact that Teensy Valeros has decided that he needs a skateboard. Is 6 and three quarters too young? I mean, he's been riding a two-wheeled bicycle since he was four, and he's got great balance, but he's got no judgement or common sense. So I know he will be able to learn how to ride it, but I'm fairly certain he will have trouble not being uncommonly stupid with it.How stupid, you ask?
Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
Impus Major had a skateboard at that age.
On the other hand, I was trying to link to the famous, "Jake... fell off his horse?" line from Silverado, but I couldn't find the clip, so yeah, that's Impus Major and "falling".
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Yup, it's Wisconsin! Started out the day at 44 degrees.
It's currently 14 degrees (and super windy, obviously).
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Meanwhile, although I haven't actually *purchased* anything, I at least have compiled an Amazon cart for the kids for Christmas.
I'm torn over the fact that Teensy Valeros has decided that he needs a skateboard. Is 6 and three quarters too young? I mean, he's been riding a two-wheeled bicycle since he was four, and he's got great balance, but he's got no judgement or common sense. So I know he will be able to learn how to ride it, but I'm fairly certain he will have trouble not being uncommonly stupid with it.How stupid, you ask?
Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
So, did Dad nail the landing?
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So, did Dad nail the landing?Meanwhile, although I haven't actually *purchased* anything, I at least have compiled an Amazon cart for the kids for Christmas.
I'm torn over the fact that Teensy Valeros has decided that he needs a skateboard. Is 6 and three quarters too young? I mean, he's been riding a two-wheeled bicycle since he was four, and he's got great balance, but he's got no judgement or common sense. So I know he will be able to learn how to ride it, but I'm fairly certain he will have trouble not being uncommonly stupid with it.How stupid, you ask?
Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
He alleges he did. No bones or teeth were broken, and the bike was still in working order, which is more miraculous.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG the weather report says were supposed to get a "frozen wintry mix" of precipitation at dawn tomorrow!
Could just be sleet, could be hail the size of Texas ruby red grapefruit, but I'm hoping against hope for just a little dust of snow.
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So, if you ever want to understand the state of driving in the U.S., all you have to do is train a new driver.
Impus Major has never:
- Taken a driver's ed class
- Driven at night
Impus Major has almost never:
- Studied the driver's handbook
- Driven in the rain
And yet he is now a fully-licensed adult driver, able to drive in any state under any conditions, and in many other countries, including some countries where you drive on the left.
Er, OK?
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We've been getting a lot of rain...it's just stayed a few degrees too warm for any serious snow, even though we've had snow three times so far. Less than what Cap's been getting, but again, he's about a 3 hour drive further north than I am.
I could see the skateboard at that age. You just have to drill into him that the same rules apply as if he were on the bike.
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So, if you ever want to understand the state of driving in the U.S., all you have to do is train a new driver.
Impus Major has never:
- Taken a driver's ed class
- Driven at nightImpus Major has almost never:
- Studied the driver's handbook
- Driven in the rainAnd yet he is now a fully-licensed adult driver, able to drive in any state under any conditions, and in many other countries, including some countries where you drive on the left.
Er, OK?
Yeah...that's not how it works in Illinois...
12 years ago, when the Adult Kid was getting licensed, I had to account for 50 hours behind the wheel *outside* of the hours she spent behind the wheel with her driving instructor, and she had to go through Driver's Ed to graduate high school. Yes, I made sure she drove at night, and in adverse weather. I made her take her mother's stick-shift Mustang in the snow.
Zelda's eldest had a similar experience, and her boy is about to go through it.
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I am so ready for this project at work to be over...
A couple of you will understand the enormity of the project by this phrase: Collapse three domains into one other pre-existing domain.
The upside is that it finally corrects years of issues. The downside is that it's an enormous undertaking, and all 4 domains involved are in active use, so we can only do the majority of the work at night.
Of course there's absolutely no way this will go wrong when we migrate users and computers at an office that has no on-site technicians.
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Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
Wait... The one who is notoriously overcautious, builds extensive web of preventive measures against all dangers that can be thought of (and some that can't), and would rather retreat and regroup at the first sign of trouble?
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Ugh. My keyboard seems to be getting less and less responsive... Some keys stop working at random for a short time... Dust underneath? Failing circuits? (one that shows that behavior the most often is 'i', and now space was offline for a minute or so...)
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Ugh. My keyboard seems to be getting less and less responsive... Some keys stop working at random for a short time... Dust underneath? Failing circuits? (one that shows that behavior the most often is 'i', and now space was offline for a minute or so...)
GggrrrrryyyAGA!N
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So, if you ever want to understand the state of driving in the U.S., all you have to do is train a new driver.
Impus Major has never:
- Taken a driver's ed class
- Driven at nightImpus Major has almost never:
- Studied the driver's handbook
- Driven in the rainAnd yet he is now a fully-licensed adult driver, able to drive in any state under any conditions, and in many other countries, including some countries where you drive on the left.
Er, OK?
Apparently he could not drive here unless he gets International Driving Permit to compliment his US driving licensee. Or alternatively he could apply for a Polish driving license, which would require him to pass theoretical exam from Polish law without need for a practical test... And he would need to do the later if he would stay for more than six months.
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When I got my license here in Illinois *mumble mumble* years ago, the requirements were substantially less than that. As I recall, first we had Driver's Ed at school. One hour, twice a week, for 6 weeks. That included taking the written exam. Completing that got you your white slip. The white slip allowed you to drive with either your parent or a driving instructor in the passenger seat. Your parents had to sign off on like 12 or 15 hours of drive time. I think it included a couple hours of night driving. You also had to log another 12 or so hours with the instructor. Completing this got you your blue slip. The blue slip let you drive as long as there was a licensed driver over the age of 21 who had had their license for at least a year. You usually had that for about a month before you turned 16, went to the DMV, took the driving test, and (assuming you passed) got your license.So, if you ever want to understand the state of driving in the U.S., all you have to do is train a new driver.
Impus Major has never:
- Taken a driver's ed class
- Driven at nightImpus Major has almost never:
- Studied the driver's handbook
- Driven in the rainAnd yet he is now a fully-licensed adult driver, able to drive in any state under any conditions, and in many other countries, including some countries where you drive on the left.
Er, OK?
Yeah...that's not how it works in Illinois...
12 years ago, when the Adult Kid was getting licensed, I had to account for 50 hours behind the wheel *outside* of the hours she spent behind the wheel with her driving instructor, and she had to go through Driver's Ed to graduate high school. Yes, I made sure she drove at night, and in adverse weather. I made her take her mother's stick-shift Mustang in the snow.
Zelda's eldest had a similar experience, and her boy is about to go through it.
Oh, it was absolutely easier back in...urm...1989-1990. Or...well...if you count all those other times I drove a vehicle before a legal age...
But now, if you do get a license at 16, I believe you still can't drive with more than one passenger in the car for your first two years.
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Ugh. My keyboard seems to be getting less and less responsive... Some keys stop working at random for a short time... Dust underneath? Failing circuits? (one that shows that behavior the most often is 'i', and now space was offline for a minute or so...)GggrrrrryyyAGA!N
It seems that a whole patch of keyboard including i, j, k, m, and space isn't working... Time to buy cheap usb keyboard. It's 6 am, though, so it needs to wait a few hours...
Also, on-screen keyboard sucks... Doubly so, as you can't simply search for k-eyboard in programs because K isn't responding...
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Well, you can take the keys off and give the underneath part a thorough cleaning, but it has to be absolutely dry before you use it again. I know a guy who rotates through five keyboards, and when he gets to the last working one he takes the other four unresponsive ones, pries off all the keys, and uses the bathtub, soap, and water to clean them. Then he lets them dry for a couple days. Anything that doesn't work after that gets replaced.
Or you can go out and get a new keyboard.
Your time, your money, your decision, but I know what I'd be doing. It has nothing to do with owning five keyboards.
Also, on a completely unrelated note, I may be one of the more normal individuals in my batch of friends. Yes, that is fear that just leapt into your heart. I understand.
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As different as it was for me back in the before-times, I can only imagine what NH went through. They were probably still debating the usefulness of a Stop sign back then, and the concept of a speed limit had less understanding than we have of dark matter today.
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Well, you can take the keys off and give the underneath part a thorough cleaning, but it has to be absolutely dry before you use it again. I know a guy who rotates through five keyboards, and when he gets to the last working one he takes the other four unresponsive ones, pries off all the keys, and uses the bathtub, soap, and water to clean them. Then he lets them dry for a couple days. Anything that doesn't work after that gets replaced.
Or you can go out and get a new keyboard.
Your time, your money, your decision, but I know what I'd be doing. It has nothing to do with owning five keyboards.
Also, on a completely unrelated note, I may be one of the more normal individuals in my batch of friends. Yes, that is fear that just leapt into your heart. I understand.
It's a laptop so prying the keyboard open is a bit of work and will leave even more access to motherboard for dust. On the other hand, I should probably clean its interiors... I'd feel less nervous about that if I had a decent back-up computer, though I dread having to spend that amount of coins from my meager hoard :(
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And because it's laptop, external keyboard will occupy second out of three usb ports...
The laptop is a bit over five years old... It should work fine, but the keyboard membrane is probably worn out.
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Have you tried vacuuming the keys? Turning it upside down and shaking out the crumbs and dust?
I routinely pry off the key caps when a key starts sticking, and swab a bit of alcohol around to degunk it.
If you do one key at a time, as they start to fail, it's not much work.
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Probably right about the membrane. Especially with the amount of use you go through with it. And laptop keyboards are just a general pain to replace and, generally speaking, cost more money than they're worth.
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And I'm done with the work for this evening. Tomorrow, another 3-6 hours in the evening after my normal shift. Oh joy.
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Ugh. My keyboard seems to be getting less and less responsive... Some keys stop working at random for a short time... Dust underneath? Failing circuits? (one that shows that behavior the most often is 'i', and now space was offline for a minute or so...)
I recommend the dishwasher.
Either it works with no issues and your keyboard is like new (0.001% probability), or your keyboard is ruined, you stop worrying about it, and you buy a new one like a sensible person (99.999%).
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External keyboard will involve another problem, though. It will occupy space on the desk just in front of me, forcing me to write without keeping my arms extended... That might be less than convenient.
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As different as it was for me back in the before-times, I can only imagine what NH went through. They were probably still debating the usefulness of a Stop sign back then, and the concept of a speed limit had less understanding than we have of dark matter today.
This is still very much the case in Bradford.
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I am so ready for this project at work to be over...
A couple of you will understand the enormity of the project by this phrase: Collapse three domains into one other pre-existing domain.
The upside is that it finally corrects years of issues. The downside is that it's an enormous undertaking, and all 4 domains involved are in active use, so we can only do the majority of the work at night.
Of course there's absolutely no way this will go wrong when we migrate users and computers at an office that has no on-site technicians.
oh boy...
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We've been getting a lot of rain...it's just stayed a few degrees too warm for any serious snow, even though we've had snow three times so far. Less than what Cap's been getting, but again, he's about a 3 hour drive further north than I am.
I could see the skateboard at that age. You just have to drill into him that the same rules apply as if he were on the bike.
We've been getting all rain too, for now.
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First day off with the kids at school! If only I did all the housework yesterday so I can just sit around playing videogames and watching retro cartoons on Disney+ all day.
Oh wait, that's exactly what I did!
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Wait... The one who is notoriously overcautious, builds extensive web of preventive measures against all dangers that can be thought of (and some that can't), and would rather retreat and regroup at the first sign of trouble?Well, his father once rode his BMX Mongoose off of the garage roof.
As in, carried the bike up to the roof, got on it, and went all Evel Knievel at Snake River Canyon.
He was astonishingly reckless in his youth.
There are stories about the projectile weapons he improvised with the illegal black powder he brought back from a church youth group trip to Mexico, and what happened to his neighbor's garage as a result...
Then he got old.
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Also,
CONGRATULATIONS, LORD SYNOS!
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Ooh, before I log off and go to work...
Best Hermione quote from Sunday's game.
The PC's kill the Boss Naga.
In addition to its other loot (which includes a Headband of Alluring Charisma +4, so it's not like the book is loot-poor), the naga is wearing a Hand of Glory around its neck.
WW says, "WHOA. How much is that worth?"
Me: "No, you can't have that. You're the good guys. You burn it with the rest of the naga bodies."
WW: "But I could use it for GOOD."
Hermione: "Papa, that's what Boromir said about the ring, but it ended up driving him mad."
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When I got my license here in Illinois *mumble mumble* years ago, the requirements were substantially less than that. As I recall, first we had Driver's Ed at school. One hour, twice a week, for 6 weeks. That included taking the written exam. Completing that got you your white slip. The white slip allowed you to drive with either your parent or a driving instructor in the passenger seat. Your parents had to sign off on like 12 or 15 hours of drive time. I think it included a couple hours of night driving. You also had to log another 12 or so hours with the instructor. Completing this got you your blue slip. The blue slip let you drive as long as there was a licensed driver over the age of 21 who had had their license for at least a year. You usually had that for about a month before you turned 16, went to the DMV, took the driving test, and (assuming you passed) got your license.So, if you ever want to understand the state of driving in the U.S., all you have to do is train a new driver.
Impus Major has never:
- Taken a driver's ed class
- Driven at nightImpus Major has almost never:
- Studied the driver's handbook
- Driven in the rainAnd yet he is now a fully-licensed adult driver, able to drive in any state under any conditions, and in many other countries, including some countries where you drive on the left.
Er, OK?
Yeah...that's not how it works in Illinois...
12 years ago, when the Adult Kid was getting licensed, I had to account for 50 hours behind the wheel *outside* of the hours she spent behind the wheel with her driving instructor, and she had to go through Driver's Ed to graduate high school. Yes, I made sure she drove at night, and in adverse weather. I made her take her mother's stick-shift Mustang in the snow.
Zelda's eldest had a similar experience, and her boy is about to go through it.
Driver's ed completion completely waived the driving test when my parents took me in. Still required 50 hours (10 at night). In retrospect, it really does explain so much about the highways in KC.
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Speaking of being Californian, this should speak worlds to people who have REAL weather.
We had a massive storm over the weekend; quite literally more rain than I've seen in years on Friday.
I just checked the rain gauge, and we got an astonishing 3" (7.6 cm) of rain in about a day and a half.
So yeah, a day with 1" of rain around here is considered a "heavy" rain. A day with 2" is a storm of epic proportions.
So, Ragadolf, how many days a year does New Orleans break 10" in a single day again?
Too.
Bloody.
Many.
>_<
Which is why I NOW live 2 hours to the SIDE of New Orleans.
Same amount of rain.
Less bowl-shaped city to collect it in.
;)
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Regarding driving & training for said driving,...
Yeah. O_o
When I was trained, *mumble* years ago. I had to take a Drivers Ed course. But it was provided for through the school I was in. As above, not too many hours of class, either in class or behind the wheel. But I was taught the basics and got in some practice.
As far as I know, parents were not required to log in any extra hours on me beyond that. (If so, then they didn't!) ;P
I did pretty well actually. But my best 'training' came a few years later, when working as a part-time hot-shot delivery driver for a small auto parts chain.
Turns out, when your driving a tiny white pickup truck with a company logo on it, it is the same as driving with a BULLS-EYE on your b@##.
I got really good at dodging idiots with delusions of dollar signs.
REALLY. Good. ;P
'Meh' job, but best drivers training EVER! ;)
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Ky - 1988. Eligible to sit for written test the day you turned 16. This gave you a permit where you could drive so long as a licensed driver was in passenger seat. No other real restrictions.
Eligible to take practical in car test one month after your got the permit. No specific requirement for hours or types of driving.
If you took drivers ed (through school or through a private company), you got a 10% discount on your insurance. Not shabby for male driver under 25 back in the day.
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Back in my day, Driver's Ed was how to sit in the saddle and hold the reins properly, and determine the age of your vehicle by the condition of its teeth...
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Need some advice on Shattered Star, and the AP threads are apparently dead now that PF 2 is out:
Now they plan on turning in the entire gang to the city guard. The gang consists of 9 humans and 3 wererats, including the gang leader.
So:
- Should I just have the city gratefully accept the gang? There's nothing in the AP about arrest warrants out for any of them; just that they're a known Sczarni gang
- Should the PCs get a reward? They got 100 gold pieces for turning in another guy. I'm thinking maybe 1000 gold pieces for taking out one of Magnimar's minor gangs?
Just one of those, "OK, the AP writer didn't plan for this little shenanigan, so what do I do about it?" moments.