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I was under impression that Freehold's question was a sort of "what do YOU know about that character".
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Battle Of The Bumper Stickers
Don't Mess With Texas
versus
Mother Nature Bats Last
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Using Solomon Kane as the basis for a paladin character would be interesting (to my mind, that's what he is - grimdark paladin)
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So, I could go into a long political tirade here (why no, that's not a ton of eraser marks on my monitor. Why do you ask?), but instead I'll just say PG&E certainly did right by me the moment I started sounding like a lawyer:
(1) They immediately sent a tech out to resolve the issue
(2) They emailed me and notified me that the issue was resolved
(3) They phoned me to tell me that they'd generated a new statement for me and would be giving me a significant credit for my "inconvenience".
So yes. PG&E is paying me because they failed to bill me and I got uppity.
We live in a strange, strange world.
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Using Solomon Kane as the basis for a paladin character would be interesting (to my mind, that's what he is - grimdark paladin)
I always got an Inquisitor vibe off him...although since the character was tortured by the Spanish Inquisition, that does seem kind of ironic.
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Does anyone know anything about Solomon Kane? Like quotes or anything? Asking for a friend.
I have the complete Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard. What sort of quotes were you looking for? Or were you referring to the 2009 movie which I didn't see and couldn't help you with.
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NobodysHome does not mince words.
"Just reviewed that doc. They're just trying to resurrect my old 2016 course and they don't understand that the entire portal has been rewritten since then. It's like dealing with people from the Stone Age. You tell them things and they just don't understand. I swear, if they haven't seen the portal in 2 years they shouldn't be designing training for it. But maybe that's just me..."
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OK. Holy carp.
I was wondering what kind of "discount" PG&E gave me. $10? $20?
No, it looks like we haven't been paying our full gas bill since October, resulting in an $876 bill due this month. Looking at our payment history, they just knocked it down to our "normal" $176 payment.
So a $700 credit for being uppity.
That's just... staggering.
I suspect it's because they're fearful of bankrupting people with such mistakes -- getting me back on a regular payment schedule instead of massively gouging me is probably more profitable for them than running credit checks to find out who can afford such a surprise. How many people in these times who haven't paid for their gas in 3 months can suddenly shell out $700 extra? Better to write off the loss and get the person back on schedule.
Good business practice, better for people, and better for me.
So I'll say ONE nice thing about PG&E today!
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Okay, fellas, just to make a small suggestion... it's not always about what you can google or find on wikipedia, sometimes it's about your own personal connection to a character or an anecdote you remember. Is there any chance that there might be value in something similar here?
That's usually why I ask about things in my groups. It's not that I can't get the facts, it's that I like to see people's views or memories or connections to things. I ask in a group of nerds because I want the view of fellow nerds.
Also, building personal connections and all that touchy feely stuff we're supposed to do. I put that on my daily task list because my therapist said I should try to be human. So there's that.
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Being human is overrated. Be a potato instead.
I have almost achieved that status thanks to COVID.
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Sweet potato status is also an option.
For some, perhaps. ;)
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Being human is overrated. Be a potato instead.
Son-tar-HA! Son-tar-HA!
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Does anyone know anything about Solomon Kane? Like quotes or anything? Asking for a friend.Sure Freehold...LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU...
Sorry.
I'm in a bit of a mood. Thanks Work.
Nonsense. I know work can drive to distraction.
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Didn't she write Interview with a Vampire?She was Governor of Texas in the early 90s.
wasnt she on King of the Hill?
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I was under impression that Freehold's question was a sort of "what do YOU know about that character".
Yes that's what I was going for.
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FH, when you asked about Solomon Kane I thought of Sean Connery's character Quartermain from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for some reason. I'm of no help whatsoever.I had to fight off Solomon Grundy.
I loved the Erudite Grundy arc and could have used more of him.
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Does anyone know anything about Solomon Kane? Like quotes or anything? Asking for a friend.I have the complete Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard. What sort of quotes were you looking for? Or were you referring to the 2009 movie which I didn't see and couldn't help you with.
The Savage Tales, not the movie.
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So, I could go into a long political tirade here (why no, that's not a ton of eraser marks on my monitor. Why do you ask?), but instead I'll just say PG&E certainly did right by me the moment I started sounding like a lawyer:
(1) They immediately sent a tech out to resolve the issue
(2) They emailed me and notified me that the issue was resolved
(3) They phoned me to tell me that they'd generated a new statement for me and would be giving me a significant credit for my "inconvenience".So yes. PG&E is paying me because they failed to bill me and I got uppity.
We live in a strange, strange world.
always make a stink.
What's the worst they can say. No?
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Being human is overrated. Be a potato instead.Son-tar-HA! Son-tar-HA!
...wha?
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Okay, fellas, just to make a small suggestion... it's not always about what you can google or find on wikipedia, sometimes it's about your own personal connection to a character or an anecdote you remember. Is there any chance that there might be value in something similar here?That's usually why I ask about things in my groups. It's not that I can't get the facts, it's that I like to see people's views or memories or connections to things. I ask in a group of nerds because I want the view of fellow nerds.
Also, building personal connections and all that touchy feely stuff we're supposed to do. I put that on my daily task list because my therapist said I should try to be human. So there's that.
Your therapist should have told you to be a tiefling. So the pic would match.
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Your therapist should have told you to be a tiefling. So the pic would match.
He was strictly a CRB/DSM-4 kind of guy.
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...wha?Being human is overrated. Be a potato instead.Son-tar-HA! Son-tar-HA!
The Sontarans on Doctor Who. The joke was they looked like potatoes. Killer, militant potatoes. Son-tar-HA! was their battle chant.
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the 3 day weekend was nice. now I am back. Oh an I am looking at out first potential house sunday.
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Does anyone know anything about Solomon Kane? Like quotes or anything? Asking for a friend.
Lived in ancient Athens... had a sled?
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todays game for me was kind of chill the greatest threat to the party in this one was the cat folk knocking off an alchemist potions from shelves. Granted that was a legitimate threat.
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todays game for me was kind of chill the greatest threat to the party in this one was the cat folk knocking off an alchemist potions from shelves. Granted that was a legitimate threat.Mixing random potions can have... interesting... effects.
The best part was when the party started making reflex saves to catch the potions as the cat knocked them off. Then tried to restrain the cat to no avail. (his escape artist checks are ridiculous.)
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This is why the gods made Hold Person.
You know completely on the cleric for not thinking of that.
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My one and only complaint about the Abomination Vaults adventure path is it's labelled as a mega dungeon but the party only gets to 11th level exploring it and at most it has 12 dungeon levels.
Maybe I was spoiled with Undermountain but it seems a mega dungeon should be way bigger.
At any rate, it's a great adventure path so far and I highly recommend it, especially since it's only 3 parts with the ruby phoenix adventure path immediately following (also only 3 books, going from 11th-20th level).
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The Savage Tales, not the movie.Does anyone know anything about Solomon Kane? Like quotes or anything? Asking for a friend.I have the complete Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard. What sort of quotes were you looking for? Or were you referring to the 2009 movie which I didn't see and couldn't help you with.
Fictional biographical info follows: Kane was raised as a puritan in England, but in his heart he was an adventurer. This conflict resulted in him being unable to stay still and continually wandered looking for people in need of help, his excuse for his adventuring lifestyle. He was a skilled swordsman and decent shot, but notably not the best. Rugged, but not handsome. Didn't use magic personally, but didn't object to others using it or to accepting magic items (like the Staff of Solomon) so long as they were not tied to the Devil.
What sets Kane apart is his will and his faith. Both were massive, making him practically fearless. He was on the beach with Sir Francis Drake when Drake used a drumhead trial to execute Sir Thomas Doughty in 1578 and was one of the few who objected to the injustice of the proceedings despite Drake's fervor and absolute power. He faced demons and monsters secure in his belief of his acceptance into Heaven.
He also had a dogged determination: once he set himself on a goal, he would never stop until he achieved it or perished. This is how he often bested opponents stronger or more skilled than himself: when others would give up, he pressed on.
Solomon Kane on himself: "Naught but a wanderer, a landless man, but a friend to all in need."
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FH, when you asked about Solomon Kane I thought of Sean Connery's character Quartermain from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for some reason. I'm of no help whatsoever.I had to fight off Solomon Grundy.
SOLOMON GRUNDY WANT PANTS, TOO
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Please feel better soon, Limey.
A math problem I can’t figure.
It’s a three dimensional puzzle and I just don’t have the head space.
I’m working out the dimensions of a sailing ship made of flat planes (yes, I know, I can’t even begin to hope to do the curved ones), but an stymied when you get to the front angles. Seems like it should be obvious, but just... isn’t.
Base is (and thus sides are) 130 ft long, deck is 205 ft long, 45 ft. from deck to base, and figuring out the intersection point of the triangles created by the two narrowing elements just baffles the daylights out of me in what seems like it should be easy-to-grasp triangles. I’m probably overlooking something obvious, but at this point outside of building a physical model, I’m stumped.
Weird.
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Speaking of "simple repairs you can do yourself at home"...
F the producers of taps, who state "use simple wrench, not an adjustable one" in their instructions and then having the nuts being an off-size for a simple wrench...
In fact, I checked that exact wrench on the tap that was on the display and it fitted exactly. So I picked two taps of the same type and went home. The wrench also worked perfectly fine to unscrew nuts on the old tap. It's only the nuts on the new tap - otherwise identical to the old one - that are silghtly thicker and not fitting. Apparently, the producer changed the nut thickness between the runs...
Now I am going to check if I have adjustable wrench somewhere in the cellar (or rather if I have one somewhere where I can find it in the cellar because there are surely multiple ones buried somewhere in the father's trash).
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I wonder if I hired a plumber today, could I ask for birthday deduction from the bill?
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Happy birthday, O' Mighty Dragon!
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A math problem I can’t figure.
It’s a three dimensional puzzle and I just don’t have the head space.
I’m working out the dimensions of a sailing ship made of flat planes (yes, I know, I can’t even begin to hope to do the curved ones), but an stymied when you get to the front angles. Seems like it should be obvious, but just... isn’t.
Base is (and thus sides are) 130 ft long, deck is 205 ft long, 45 ft. from deck to base, and figuring out the intersection point of the triangles created by the two narrowing elements just baffles the daylights out of me in what seems like it should be easy-to-grasp triangles. I’m probably overlooking something obvious, but at this point outside of building a physical model, I’m stumped.
Weird.
I can't picture what you're describing, but it sounds like you need the Law of Cosines, an extension of the Pythagorean Theorem:
For ANY triangle with sides A, B, C, and corresponding angles a, b, c:
C^2 = A^2 + B^2 - 2AB cos c
Thus, if you have the lengths of the three sides, you can calculate the angle.
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Happy egg hatching day, Drejk!
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It'd be happier if I had hot water for a bath...
Apparently there is no 29 mm simple wrench and 30 mm (which I found in basement) is too large for those nuts.
EDIT: There is 25×28 that I bought yesterday. There is 30×32 that I found in the basement. I am even looking on sets of wrenches and there is no 26 nor 29 (26×29 would fit the size progression)...
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It'd be happier if I had hot water for a bath...
Apparently there is no 29 mm simple wrench and 30 mm (which I found in basement) is too large for those nuts.
EDIT: There is 25×28 that I bought yesterday. There is 30×32 that I found in the basement. I am even looking on sets of wrenches and there is no 26 nor 29 (26×29 would fit the size progression)...
Oh, I know THAT pain. I have an old, reliable wrench set with both Imperial and metric measures... except for reasons I cannot comprehend it's missing a 14mm wrench.
So of course, everything I run into that I need to assemble/disassemble uses 14mm nuts.
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So, I could go into a long political tirade here (why no, that's not a ton of eraser marks on my monitor. Why do you ask?), but instead I'll just say PG&E certainly did right by me the moment I started sounding like a lawyer:
(1) They immediately sent a tech out to resolve the issue
(2) They emailed me and notified me that the issue was resolved
(3) They phoned me to tell me that they'd generated a new statement for me and would be giving me a significant credit for my "inconvenience".So yes. PG&E is paying me because they failed to bill me and I got uppity.
We live in a strange, strange world.
always make a stink.
What's the worst they can say. No?
I had to buy a new washer and dryer a couple weeks back (yay homeownership), told them I wanted to pay less, and they knocked $50 off the total. It works that way sometimes.
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My one and only complaint about the Abomination Vaults adventure path is it's labelled as a mega dungeon but the party only gets to 11th level exploring it and at most it has 12 dungeon levels.
Maybe I was spoiled with Undermountain but it seems a mega dungeon should be way bigger.
At any rate, it's a great adventure path so far and I highly recommend it, especially since it's only 3 parts with the ruby phoenix adventure path immediately following (also only 3 books, going from 11th-20th level).
We've got to get you on Roll20 somehow. You should be running these campaigns.