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It's the anniversary of the troubled Papal election of 1130, so ALL (DE) are having a couple of hours out to celebrate.
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Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?
Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?
Mostly nonsense. Some heartfelt moments, but really mostly nonsense.
Welcome back, whether it be temporary or permanent.
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Bothe ye grate boss and ye lytle boss wert absent this afternoon, so ye maydens in ye ofyce were merye as sparrowes, and did gad about gygling about bosomes and pizzles, and showing one anothere Screneshottes they had taken of somme electronical entertaynement where Churls and Slatterns do gette all t'lot out in an attempte yto attract an paramour.
Thenne, thankes be, I was able to escaype and doe somme Wholesome Dager practysse at Wednesday HEMA
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I just got home from choir practice.
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, but he was a sadistic, alto-hating sonofableep and I'm glad he's dead.
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Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?This and that. You should really go back and read all the posts you missed just to be safe.
Aw, Nobodyshome left?
I just got home from choir practice.
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, but he was a sadistic, alto-hating sonofableep and I'm glad he's dead.
Blimey. I do quite like his music, but I've never tried to sing it. The French Horn parts were always reasonable, IIRC.
Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?
Hey there.
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Sign in a restaurant:
Rare means RARE. A very red center that is still raw. Only the outside is cooked.
Medium Rare means JUICY. A pinkish-red center that has begun the cook.
Medium is still PINK. The center is cooking.
Medium Well. The center has lost all its pinkness and the juices are drying up.
Well Done. It's a burnt offering. You have destroyed a piece of nature and the Chef hates you.
CH and I got into a debate about this a few years back and there may be an issue where someone who does not have sick days available to them or may not be able to take time off of work, may have wanted the meats they had access to cooked well as they, and possibly their community, suffered if they ate meat that made them I'll.
I tend to request meat done-ness depending on my mood.
Aw, Nobodyshome left?Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?This and that. You should really go back and read all the posts you missed just to be safe.
he'll be back.
Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?Hey there.
Hey. Been a long time. I looked up my old posts, I last posted when I was getting ready to move to Japan. Which fell through, sucks. Travel-wise I have been on vacation to Japan, though. Also I did get to go on a school study trip to Mexico City before the pandemic, and then last month I went to Yucatan, and last year I got to explore Egypt all the way from Aswan to Alexandria. And I've been to Iceland and found an actual viking grave. So travel wise I've had some fun times even if Japan fell through.
Sadly when I was here talking about motorcyclws a couple years ago, I didn't talk about what was actually going on my life. My father was in a coma at the time, died in April 2020. Which has been a huge adjustment in my life.
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Anyway reason I left and am back are basically the same, and pretty simple. I left because I stopped playing Pathfinder, so I stopped frequenting on the Paizo forums. I'd switched over to D&d 5e (though I never did begin using WOTCs forums). Now I'm switching from 5e to PF2e, so now it makes sense to be on the Paizo forums again. And I' not jumping to Pathfinder because I'm mad at WOTC over the OGL thing. What it's about is, back in the PF1e days, I really liked the Alchemist and Witch and wrapped those into my worldbuilding. I never really stopped using them, but 5e just cannot provide a suitable replacement, and it's been a frustration for years. And my favorite monster type has long been undead, which 2e has released a whole supplement for in Book of the Dead, and Dark Archive also looks interesting. I am pro-muzzleloading firearms in D&D, there's Guns and Gears. The Kineticist is coming to 2e soon for all my Avatar needs. In general I love archetypes as a concept. I prefer the higher level of character options of PF over modern D&D. It just sorta feels like PF2e better fits what I actually want to do in my fantasy.
We're playing 2e in our regular Sunday game at the moment. It doesn't feel drastically different to me, but I might notice it more if I was playing a class I'd also played in a 1e game.
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Son: I don't have any socks!
Also son, as I clean out the Pit of Despair, aka his bedroom, and find SEVEN dirty mismatched socks (under and on top of the bookcase, under his piano, in his backpack, in his Lego bin, in his dinosaur drawer along with one of his grandmother's shrimp forks, and one on top of the ceiling fan): Oh.
My phone is barely alive but I use it so little that investing any money into new one would be pointless. At the moment I am making about six calls a year, and spend around $5 per year. The cheapest smartphone would cost over ×10-20 times as much.
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Good news! I am alive!!
Also, life is better now, communication is improved and I finished my secret project!
Most importantly though, I am alive!!
Considering I worked 40 out of 48 hours that is quite the accomplishment!
Auwohowowohwo, you're still alive, as Eddie Vedder might say. Glad to hear it!
In other news, apparently I am the only person who finds the phrase 'plump skin' at all unusual or disturbing.
Jesus f*@*ing Christ.
What an awful day.
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The garden show exhibit we built!
And by we, I mostly mean Robert (the college kid I trained up when he was in high school) and I.
I'm very proud of the work we put into it!
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Jesus f&!&ing Christ.
What an awful day.
Sorry to hear that! Anything we can help with?
Sorry to hear that! Anything we can help with?Jesus f&!&ing Christ.
What an awful day.
Unless you have a time machine, I am afraid not.
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Fantasy Monster: Clockwork casket.
Not a mimic.
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Are you sure it isn't a mimic pretending to be a clockwork casket?Fantasy Monster: Clockwork casket.
Not a mimic.
Sounds like a clockwork version of a Chest Creature to me.
Today, we take down the garden show display and store it until next winter.
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I am old. I bought a new pair of frying pans.
Now you can fry in stereo. Result!
Not without replacing (or at least repairing) the stove - only one burner (?) works.
I have a day off while I wait for the next snow storm.
It's pretty weird, not sure what I'm going to do with my day.
Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be underwhelming.
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Holy crap! I have a day off?!!
No deadlines, no snow, no secret project I have to think about... Today is going to be a good day!
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I'm gone for two full months and you've managed 459 total posts in all that time?
For shame, FaWtL. For shame!
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And for the record:
(1) Mom had her first stroke at 91. Being a "grizzly woman", it only affected her physical mobility, not her mental capacity. The day after the stroke the physical therapist walked in, took one look at her determinedly doing every rehabilitation exercise obsessively, and said, "She'll be fine."
Sure enough, Impus Major visited her over the holiday weekend and said that she's back to walking a mile a day. She needs a walker, but she's determined to get back up to two milse a day.
(2) GothBard starts her new job today!!
193 days of unemployment heck. At $450/week for unemployment with a $10,000 max, she drained her unemployment fund to $150.
Nice timing, but considering unemployment is less than minimum wage, she'd've rather have had a job.
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Just had a guy get mad at me because we don't have an iPhone cable he could use. It went something like this:
Guy: "I need an iPhone cable."
Me: "I'm sorry sir, we don't sell those."
Guy: "I don't want to buy one, just give me one to use."
Me: "Again, sir, I'm sorry, but we don't have cables for guests to use."
Guy: "UGH! Just go grab one out of Lost and Found!"
Me: "Items in Lost and Found are not for lending out."
Guy: "WELL HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CHARGE MY PHONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CABLE FOR ME TO USE!?!"
Me: "I suppose you should have brought one with you."
Guy: *storms off muttering under his breath*Gentle reminder: Hotels are not responsible for providing you with chargers/cables. Now, some will have a few random cables that they lend out. Hell, we did back when I started here. But do you know what happens about 50% of the time you lend someone a cable? You never see it again. So we ran out and stopped. (We used to take the chargers/cables that had been in Lost and Found for over 6 months and lend them out, but now they're just put out for employees to take.) Same thing happens with ice scrapers, we loan them out and about half of the time the person just drives off with them.
50%? At a hotel? Your guests are far more honest than I'd've given them credit for.
We have cable drawers: One for network, one for USB, one for video and audio. They're only for the family. Yet at least four or five times a year I open the drawer, find we're out of a particular type of cable, and immediately order two more.
In theory, our house is an infinite sink for cables.
In practice, I'm sure there's a cozy raccoon nest made of charging cables somewhere under the house...
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he'll be back.Aw, Nobodyshome left?Okay, what have I missed in the past several years?This and that. You should really go back and read all the posts you missed just to be safe.
I TOLD YOU
I'm gone for two full months and you've managed 459 total posts in all that time?
For shame, FaWtL. For shame!
Told ya!
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Just had a guy get mad at me because we don't have an iPhone cable he could use. It went something like this:
Guy: "I need an iPhone cable."
Me: "I'm sorry sir, we don't sell those."
Guy: "I don't want to buy one, just give me one to use."
Me: "Again, sir, I'm sorry, but we don't have cables for guests to use."
Guy: "UGH! Just go grab one out of Lost and Found!"
Me: "Items in Lost and Found are not for lending out."
Guy: "WELL HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CHARGE MY PHONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CABLE FOR ME TO USE!?!"
Me: "I suppose you should have brought one with you."
Guy: *storms off muttering under his breath*Gentle reminder: Hotels are not responsible for providing you with chargers/cables. Now, some will have a few random cables that they lend out. Hell, we did back when I started here. But do you know what happens about 50% of the time you lend someone a cable? You never see it again. So we ran out and stopped. (We used to take the chargers/cables that had been in Lost and Found for over 6 months and lend them out, but now they're just put out for employees to take.) Same thing happens with ice scrapers, we loan them out and about half of the time the person just drives off with them.
50%? At a hotel? Your guests are far more honest than I'd've given them credit for.
We have cable drawers: One for network, one for USB, one for video and audio. They're only for the family. Yet at least four or five times a year I open the drawer, find we're out of a particular type of cable, and immediately order two more.
In theory, our house is an infinite sink for cables.
In practice, I'm sure there's a cozy raccoon nest made of charging cables somewhere under the house...
Taking into account what you said so far, I suspect that those raccoons are called Raccoon Major and Raccoon Minor...
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Just had a guy get mad at me because we don't have an iPhone cable he could use. It went something like this:
Guy: "I need an iPhone cable."
Me: "I'm sorry sir, we don't sell those."
Guy: "I don't want to buy one, just give me one to use."
Me: "Again, sir, I'm sorry, but we don't have cables for guests to use."
Guy: "UGH! Just go grab one out of Lost and Found!"
Me: "Items in Lost and Found are not for lending out."
Guy: "WELL HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CHARGE MY PHONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CABLE FOR ME TO USE!?!"
Me: "I suppose you should have brought one with you."
Guy: *storms off muttering under his breath*Gentle reminder: Hotels are not responsible for providing you with chargers/cables. Now, some will have a few random cables that they lend out. Hell, we did back when I started here. But do you know what happens about 50% of the time you lend someone a cable? You never see it again. So we ran out and stopped. (We used to take the chargers/cables that had been in Lost and Found for over 6 months and lend them out, but now they're just put out for employees to take.) Same thing happens with ice scrapers, we loan them out and about half of the time the person just drives off with them.
50%? At a hotel? Your guests are far more honest than I'd've given them credit for.
We have cable drawers: One for network, one for USB, one for video and audio. They're only for the family. Yet at least four or five times a year I open the drawer, find we're out of a particular type of cable, and immediately order two more.
In theory, our house is an infinite sink for cables.
In practice, I'm sure there's a cozy raccoon nest made of charging cables somewhere under the house...
Electric raccoons!