Deep 6 FaWtL

[Sharoth]

Why Interstellar Travel Is so Damn Hard

[Sharoth]

Naked space travel? No way! I need my spacesuit, not my birthday suit!

[Celestial Healer]

Sharoth wrote:

How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

This makes me want to find a good fountain pen.

[space master7]

Sharoth wrote:

Why Interstellar Travel Is so Damn Hard

That's a bit sad.

[gran rey de los mono]

lisamarlene wrote:

gran rey de los mono wrote:

lisamarlene wrote:

We're just now eating dinner after 8 on a school night because we're four rounds into the final battle of the entire AP and we can't stop now.

It took us 3.5 weeks to get through the fight. Admittedly, doing it online is a bit slower than in real life, but it was still a long fight.

We spent 5 solid hours on it today. Ochymua and one of the two Aboleth Engineers are gone. We've left the table up for tomorrow at lunch/dinner.

Because we had 6 PCs, tbe GM added a 3rd engineer, Ochymua put me an a Maze twice (1st time I got out on round 3, 2nd time round 1), then the rogue was put in a Maze for like 7 rounds. As mentioned previously, I turned one engineer to stone (which really helped since he hadn't been touched and hit us with Fireball and Cone of Cold). After killing Ochymua and the other two engineers, we made relatively quick work of Jazzhands. Turns out, a 17th level fighter with ghost touch is pretty much all it took.

[Vidmaster7]

Sounds like one classed minotaur would of also tore it up.

[John Napier 698]

Hello, everyone.

[Vidmaster7]

Hey John.

[John Napier 698]

Hey, Vid. What's up?

[Vidmaster7]

Same old same old John. I am ready to get on with my life find new job new place to live but kind of want to wait and see if this lockdown for 6 weeks is gonna happen I really don't want to be between jobs for it or just starting a new one.

[Freehold DM]

Celestial Healer wrote:

Sharoth wrote:

How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

This makes me want to find a good fountain pen.

we must do the fountain pen crawl!

[Woran]

Hey John

[Nylarthotep]

199.7. First time sub 200 in a long time. Scale also showing drop in bf % so not just water lost

[captain yesterday]

Looks like another week of building before we're possibly shut down until spring. Although if we get our back wall built and our base in for the patio I could potentially come out here whenever the temperature gets above freezing (it's actually only a few miles away from my house, and we already have our trailer, tools, and material staged on site).

[Vidmaster7]

captain yesterday wrote:

Looks like another week of building before we're possibly shut down until spring. Although if we get our back wall built and our base in for the patio I could potentially come out here whenever the temperature gets above freezing (it's actually only a few miles away from my house, and we already have our trailer, tools, and material staged on site).

So what do you do in these months when it's too cold to work?

[captain yesterday]

Snow removal or hobbies.

Or other jobs, like concert and event security, but you know, probably not this year.

[John Napier 698]

Hi, Woran.

[Nylarthotep]

I have always assumed that his 'snow run' comments relate to snow removal.

[Limeylongears]

Freehold DM wrote:

Celestial Healer wrote:

Sharoth wrote:

How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

This makes me want to find a good fountain pen.

we must do the fountain pen crawl!

I bought ALL (DE)'s daughter a quill (with a fountain pen nib) for Xmas, which probably means that there will soon be ink EVERYWHERE.

[Mark Hoover 330]

I have never used a fountain pen. My older brothers all had lessons in calligraphy but I never did. I also like to imagine myself a writer (big emphasis on imagination there) but the tools I've used my whole life have been

1. pencils
2. ballpoint pens
3. a typewriter (briefly)
4. word processing programs and computers

You think this makes me a sham writer? Or is it the 2 unfinished novels... *obligatory Debbie Downer noise*

[Freehold DM]

FOUNTAIN PENS FOREVER! DEATH TO MATH! FIMBULWINTER! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Celestial Healer]

I did calligraphy in high school, but I never kept up the skill.

[Vanykrye]

My grandmother started teaching me calligraphy when I was...4? 5?

[captain yesterday]

I'm left handed, so if you want a calligraphy teacher to quit in exasperation I'm your guy!

[NobodysHome]

It's December 7. In Albany, the average high for this date is 60°F, and the average low is 41°F. The record high is 72°F.

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

I'd like some winter, please.

[captain yesterday]

NobodysHome wrote:

It's December 7. In Albany, the average high for this date is 60°F, and the average low is 41°F. The record high is 72°F.

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

I'd like some winter, please.

I'll trade! We'll be lucky if we get up to 35 today.

[Freehold DM]

NobodysHome wrote:

It's December 7. In Albany, the average high for this date is 60°F, and the average low is 41°F. The record high is 72°F.

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

I'd like some winter, please.

sends some winter

[NobodysHome]

captain yesterday wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

It's December 7. In Albany, the average high for this date is 60°F, and the average low is 41°F. The record high is 72°F.

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

I'd like some winter, please.

I'll trade! We'll be lucky if we get up to 35 today.

Deal!

[Vanykrye]

We've hit 37! We're warm!

[Mark Hoover 330]

CY: as a fellow lefty, I had the experience of being schooled, grades 1-8 in a Catholic school. By the time I hit 3rd grade I was being marched down to the small office beside the boiler room to sit with Sister Eustel and learn penmanship in my right hand because the left hand was "of the devil." I'd like to say I'm exaggerating for comedic effect, but all of this really happened.

For a while I was forced to be ambidextrous, at least for writing. I could write equally well in both hands until college at which point I got "lazy."

I still remember Sister Eustel's bad coffee breath as she forced the pen into my right hand; the sound of the machinery in the next room; the old linoleum tiles and the very dim light coming in through the basement window wells. I think of all of this every time I buy a notebook with the rings on the left side meant for righties to write in.

When I think back to all the petty degradations heaped on us as kids growing up it is a wonder that any of us make it to adulthood.

[The Vagrant Erudite]

Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain reboots live up to the originals.

[CrystalSeas]

NobodysHome wrote:

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

EU climate scientists bulletin, Dec 7, 2020

November 2020 highlights:
Globally, last month was the warmest November on record, by a clear margin

As were January, May, September, and October. 2020 will be the warmest year on record if December continues this trend.

[Vanykrye]

The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain reboots live up to the originals.

Excellent. "Random Zany" is a tough thing to sell as comedy over actual reality compared to a couple-three decades ago.

[The Vagrant Erudite]

Its not just random zany, though. Its a perfect mix of intelligent commentary and slapstick.

[Freehold DM]

Mark Hoover 330 wrote:

CY: as a fellow lefty, I had the experience of being schooled, grades 1-8 in a Catholic school. By the time I hit 3rd grade I was being marched down to the small office beside the boiler room to sit with Sister Eustel and learn penmanship in my right hand because the left hand was "of the devil." I'd like to say I'm exaggerating for comedic effect, but all of this really happened.

For a while I was forced to be ambidextrous, at least for writing. I could write equally well in both hands until college at which point I got "lazy."

I still remember Sister Eustel's bad coffee breath as she forced the pen into my right hand; the sound of the machinery in the next room; the old linoleum tiles and the very dim light coming in through the basement window wells. I think of all of this every time I buy a notebook with the rings on the left side meant for righties to write in.

When I think back to all the petty degradations heaped on us as kids growing up it is a wonder that any of us make it to adulthood.

You have got to be shitting me.

[Freehold DM]

The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

Its not just random zany, though. Its a perfect mix of intelligent commentary and slapstick.

Similar to the original, then.

[Freehold DM]

CrystalSeas wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

So can anyone explain to me why it's only 10:30 am in the morning and it's already 70°F outside?

EU climate scientists bulletin, Dec 7, 2020

November 2020 highlights:
Globally, last month was the warmest November on record, by a clear margin

As were January, May, September, and October. 2020 will be the warmest year on record if December continues this trend.

Damn.

[Nylarthotep]

All I know is that it is damn cold here in NC today. Started in mid 40s, but has been dropping since sun rise. May be a multiple dog night.

[NobodysHome]

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

[Freehold DM]

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

[Feros]

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

Fully armed.

[Mark Hoover 330]

Freehold DM wrote:

Mark Hoover 330 wrote:

CY: as a fellow lefty, I had the experience of being schooled, grades 1-8 in a Catholic school. By the time I hit 3rd grade I was being marched down to the small office beside the boiler room to sit with Sister Eustel and learn penmanship in my right hand because the left hand was "of the devil." I'd like to say I'm exaggerating for comedic effect, but all of this really happened.

For a while I was forced to be ambidextrous, at least for writing. I could write equally well in both hands until college at which point I got "lazy."

I still remember Sister Eustel's bad coffee breath as she forced the pen into my right hand; the sound of the machinery in the next room; the old linoleum tiles and the very dim light coming in through the basement window wells. I think of all of this every time I buy a notebook with the rings on the left side meant for righties to write in.

When I think back to all the petty degradations heaped on us as kids growing up it is a wonder that any of us make it to adulthood.

You have got to be s&**ting me.

"No, I am not s&**ting on you" - A. Shwartzenegger, Gov.

[Mark Hoover 330]

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

Isn't that the same state that basically worships a bunch of white letters on a hill and a tacky plaster doughnut? Emphasis on "nice" things I guess... :O

[Drejk]

Having used fountain pen in elementary school, I say good riddance to that crap.

Also, any script that links letters together should go and burn in hell. Those twisted unreadable monstrosities are travesty of Latin alphabet.

[NobodysHome]

Mark Hoover 330 wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

Isn't that the same state that basically worships a bunch of white letters on a hill and a tacky plaster doughnut? Emphasis on "nice" things I guess... :O

If it's more than 10 years old, it's survived vandals, fires, earthquakes, and drought. It deserves our worship. Even if it's the Easter Horse.

[Limeylongears]

Vanykrye wrote:

My grandmother started teaching me calligraphy when I was...4? 5?

My paternal grand-dad was very good at it. He liked to copy out pages of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

[Limeylongears]

NobodysHome wrote:

Mark Hoover 330 wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

Isn't that the same state that basically worships a bunch of white letters on a hill and a tacky plaster doughnut? Emphasis on "nice" things I guess... :O

If it's more than 10 years old, it's survived vandals, fires, earthquakes, and drought. It deserves our worship. Even if it's the Easter Horse.

The Easter Horse does sound like some sort of Slavic pagan deity.

[Freehold DM]

Feros wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Yep. We hit 74°F. All-time high for this date.

And why California can't have nice things.

(Not meant to be targeted at any particular religion or political group, but yet another ridiculous example that if you put up any kind of structure or monument in California, you're going to offend some group so much that they want to tear it down...)

That wouldn't happen if we put up a giant Gundam.

Fully armed.

Gundam doesn't need a weapon.

[lisamarlene]

Cursive is a standard part of our curriculum. As an incentive, I have a wooden box with a dip pen, a handful of nibs, and two pots of ink. I usually reserve it for my 6 year olds who have really practiced all year, after we return from Spring Break.
My work-around as a lefty is to put a folded paper towel under my hand. Sometimes it works.

Left-handed story: my grandfather from Poland saw me coloring with my left hand when I was little and told my mother, "You must make her change; this is very bad!" My mother looked at him and said, "Pa, *I'm* left-handed." (She'd been his daughter-in-law for seven or eight years at this point, and he hadn't noticed.) He just shrugged and said, "Well, okay, never mind then."