Also, I hate hate MS Word. So bad.
...Apparently I also hate my pants.
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THE PANTS CONFINE YOU! DOWN WITH PANTS!
THIS MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH
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I've heard not wearing pants in Scotland means you'll probably get kilt.
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I've heard not wearing pants in Scotland means you'll probably get kilt.
I am inclined to doubt if Freehold would remember such details as wearing kilt after taking off pants.
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He began to pace the office in an agitated manner. Then he began talking about how he wanted to get a gun and kill the Police that he believed continually harass him, the doctors that he believed poisoned him, our Supervisor at the Security Office, then everyone else in the World. He said that he'd kill everyone "Satan Style." I couldn't let someone that potentially dangerous just walk around. So I wrote him up, and notified the Supervisor. Last I heard, He's in jail.The only time that I had to write an incident report was in September of '16, when one of my fellow guards had a psychotic break. It was ... disturbing to watch.What was the psychotic break like? Curious kitty wants to know.
in jail? He needs to be in the hospital.
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Home.
With a belly full of spit roasted pork/chicken and beer.
Yup had a look at some weapons and armors/shields. Things seemed mostly either very roughly bashed together (ie not worth buying) or of really good quality (ie out of my price range)...so I went home empty handed, but full bellied =)
Don't really know much about the praxis and practice of archery...so I can really be of much help there.
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Reenactment stuff tends to be very hefty indeed, and good quality weapons and armour are not cheap (especially armour - my life, the cost of that stuff...), but it's worth paying the extra cash for something that isn't going to collapse the first time you use it, unless you just want to hang it on your wall and /or waft it about at stinging nettles (not that there's anything wrong with that)
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I am having a work dilemma.
So yesterday I took it upon myself to begin writing task-appropriate quizes for different types of contractors; and I'm not sure how difficult I want to make these quizes. Definitely not hard -- but easy enough for a trained monkey to pass? Or moderately challenging to ensure that contractors must pay attention?
On the one hand, my Global Megacorp is generally very safety-focused, and my superiors are somewhat skeptical of this little project so I want to present quizes that actually prove safety knowledge. Definitely don't want this to come off as "I want to make training easy for myself and idiot-proof for trained monkeys."
But policy dictates that I retrain and re-quiz anyone who fails (<80%) a quiz, and I'm sure my boss would get annoyed with quizes that result in retrainings.
This little project could look good for me and for the plant, come annual incentives; and holy hot dogs am I tired of telling contractors "I know this situation will never ever apply to you, but for the purpose of the quiz this is our policy..."
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Nope, no injuries. And in fact I've always had this impression that if you need an armguard, you must not only be self-injurious but a highly irregular shot as well -- as it seems like if the bowstring scrapes along your arm(guard) during the fire, it'll throw your arrow off-target. That's just my asssumption though, I could be totally wrong.
Not that I'm a great shot, myself. I had a couple of zen moments where I could almost feel the bullseye, but mostly I was no better than the next kid. And I haven't shot in decades, so I probably stink now.
Wow, didn't know that about recurves and human brains. It sounds like shooting is a don't-overthink-this thing?
Recurves tend to snap back after the release, and unless your wrist is four inches away from the hand grip it can be struck by the rebounding string, and at 50lbs+ your skin and flesh can be ripped open quite painfully. A leather pad allows you to hold the bow at a more natural angle and not worry about flaying your skin open with a dull bow string.
Edit: arm guards are worthless with a compound, but it keeps the string further away from your grip hand.Re-edit: a ton of physical stuff like that tends toward the, ponder but don't analyze side of things.
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I just discovered that the elementary school in the town my mom lives in, Jefferson Elementary, has an airplane for its logo.
Sadly, the students are known as the "Jefferson Jets" instead of the "Jefferson Airplanes", probably for legal reasons.
No word as to whether a dancing White Rabbit makes an appearance at sportsball games.
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So... WHY do I work here again?
Manager: NobodysHome; please check these recordings to make sure the version they used is the correct one.
NobodysHome: OK. I reviewed the published student and activity guides and they're in alignment.
Manager: No. That's not OK. You have to actually watch the videos.
NobodysHome: You mean the button that says, "Download the guide for this video" doesn't download the guide for the video?
Manager: That is correct. The published guide and the video are not kept in sync.
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I am having a work dilemma.
** spoiler omitted **
This little project could look good for me and for the plant, come annual incentives; and holy hot dogs am I tired of telling contractors "I know this situation will never ever apply to you, but for the purpose of the quiz this is our policy..."
So, speaking as someone who's had to do legally-defensible certification exams, the big question is: "Are you willing to spend the time it takes to get it right?"
The first question would be: "OK, I've been working with contractors for xx years now. And for every 20 that walk in the door, at least xxx of them are complete idiots. So I expect nn% to fail the test the first time."
Question 2: "Would my boss accept that failure rate?"
Once you know that, it's not that hard to design the exam, focusing on the most common, most dangerous mistakes contractors make. But if you already have a good idea of how many will fail, and you already know your boss won't accept that failure rate, then you might as well not start...
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He began to pace the office in an agitated manner. Then he began talking about how he wanted to get a gun and kill the Police that he believed continually harass him, the doctors that he believed poisoned him, our Supervisor at the Security Office, then everyone else in the World. He said that he'd kill everyone "Satan Style." I couldn't let someone that potentially dangerous just walk around. So I wrote him up, and notified the Supervisor. Last I heard, He's in jail.The only time that I had to write an incident report was in September of '16, when one of my fellow guards had a psychotic break. It was ... disturbing to watch.What was the psychotic break like? Curious kitty wants to know.
Was it because he forgot to take his meds or something?
Why I asked - I may need to RP psychosis next time in the future, so you just gave me an account.
The issue is I'm pretty normal, and the people I know are pretty normal, so I don't know what it's like to be different.
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Nope, no injuries. And in fact I've always had this impression that if you need an armguard, you must not only be self-injurious but a highly irregular shot as well -- as it seems like if the bowstring scrapes along your arm(guard) during the fire, it'll throw your arrow off-target. That's just my asssumption though, I could be totally wrong.
Not that I'm a great shot, myself. I had a couple of zen moments where I could almost feel the bullseye, but mostly I was no better than the next kid. And I haven't shot in decades, so I probably stink now.
Wow, didn't know that about recurves and human brains. It sounds like shooting is a don't-overthink-this thing?
Recurves tend to snap back after the release, and unless your wrist is four inches away from the hand grip it can be struck by the rebounding string, and at 50lbs+ your skin and flesh can be ripped open quite painfully. A leather pad allows you to hold the bow at a more natural angle and not worry about flaying your skin open with a dull bow string.
Edit: arm guards are worthless with a compound, but it keeps the string further away from your grip hand.
Re-edit: a ton of physical stuff like that tends toward the, ponder but don't analyze side of things.
Ah paladin weapon proficiences... man, I'm a sorry excuse for a ranger/wizard that doesn't get any proficiences ><
We've gotten about six of those calls in the last three days, John. We just chuckle and let the machine handle 'em. :D
sounds pretty rich to me....I mean, we're not poor. We're definitely upper-middle class. But calling us "millionaires" is quite a stretch of the imagination. Especially when I'm sitting here wondering whether I can afford the $600 to buy the kids new backpacks for next month's trip, or whether I'll have to rent again. Rich enough to afford the trip, not rich enough to just mindlessly buy what I need. That's a pretty dead-on description of us.
Yep. We're definitely well-off. NobodysWife had a good scale:
(1) Cannot afford even the basics such as food, shelter, and clothing
(2) Can afford the basics, but nothing else, even medical care
(3) Have basics and medical care, but as things wear out can't afford to replace them
(4) Have basics and medical care, can afford to replace things with cheap/used alternatives, may be able to afford an occasional trip
(5) Can afford to replace things with new, equivalent items, can go on one big trip a year
(6) Can afford upgrades, plus one big trip and several small trips a year
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(10) Can travel whenever you want to wherever you want, buy whatever you feel like, and otherwise completely disregard money as a concernIn grad school we were at at (3), which is as little money as we've ever had. We're up to a (6), which is as rich as we've ever been. But watching Hi's brother just decide on a whim, "Oh, we're going to do 4 weeks in Bali! Hi! Watch our house for us!" and just go, multiple times a year, we know we're not nearly that rich. We still have to plan our purchases, save up for them, and budget for our trips. It's a much bigger budget than it used to be, but I always think of "rich" as, "Doesn't have to worry about money at all" instead of, "Still worries about money, but in larger denominations."
My parents are definitely a 5.
I myself am somewhere on the low end of between 3 and 4, but not quite as low as 3. Remove work-paid insurance, however, and I am a solid 2.
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Also, me: when I come back, start from here!
Man, I have even more to catch up on...
Anyway, after about seven or eight years, down to only my wife (the GM) and I (friends moving out of town sucks), we finally finished Kingmaker last night.
Granted, that’s because I did something kiiiiiiiinda dumb, but it worked out really well! I skipped 1/3 or more of the final area, and confronted the final boss on accident; turns out, I made good friends out of said final boss, handled a biiiiiiig problem said final boss had (which mostly negated the need for the boss’ evil plot), pulled a Moana, and fixed a looooooot of stuff that had gone wrong,
(Also, my character, who is basically, it seems, an amnesiatic/delusional Count Renalc, has surprisingly personal stakes in the matter.)
At a risk of major spoilers for both Moana and Kingmaker, the final confrontation went from a nasty fight, to more or less this song by using every diolomancic trick I could, and it worked out extremely similarly (but with more romance).
Best! Ending! Ever!
Heart you all, and sorry I’ve been here less, as I’ve been either suuuuuper busy, suuuuuuper sick, or both. We had two days for downtime and we powered through the end of Kingmakwr with them! Woohoo! Long live Harathia, and the River Kingdoms! So hype!
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We've gotten about six of those calls in the last three days, John. We just chuckle and let the machine handle 'em. :D
We've let Impus Major take over, because he loves them.
"Hi! How's it going! You haven't called in weeks! We should get together, go out for a beer or something! So my computer hasn't done anything sketchy since the last time you called, but did you want me to give you my card number again?"
Just hilarious.
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...stuff...
Welcome temporarily back!
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I'm getting Chinese takeout tonight.
Because when you spent all day cutting straight lines with a 60 pound saw stirring something is next to impossible.
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sounds pretty rich to me....I mean, we're not poor. We're definitely upper-middle class. But calling us "millionaires" is quite a stretch of the imagination. Especially when I'm sitting here wondering whether I can afford the $600 to buy the kids new backpacks for next month's trip, or whether I'll have to rent again. Rich enough to afford the trip, not rich enough to just mindlessly buy what I need. That's a pretty dead-on description of us.
Yep. We're definitely well-off. NobodysWife had a good scale:
(1) Cannot afford even the basics such as food, shelter, and clothing
(2) Can afford the basics, but nothing else, even medical care
(3) Have basics and medical care, but as things wear out can't afford to replace them
(4) Have basics and medical care, can afford to replace things with cheap/used alternatives, may be able to afford an occasional trip
(5) Can afford to replace things with new, equivalent items, can go on one big trip a year
(6) Can afford upgrades, plus one big trip and several small trips a year
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(10) Can travel whenever you want to wherever you want, buy whatever you feel like, and otherwise completely disregard money as a concernIn grad school we were at at (3), which is as little money as we've ever had. We're up to a (6), which is as rich as we've ever been. But watching Hi's brother just decide on a whim, "Oh, we're going to do 4 weeks in Bali! Hi! Watch our house for us!" and just go, multiple times a year, we know we're not nearly that rich. We still have to plan our purchases, save up for them, and budget for our trips. It's a much bigger budget than it used to be, but I always think of "rich" as, "Doesn't have to worry about money at all" instead of, "Still worries about money, but in larger denominations."
My parents are definitely a 5.
I myself am somewhere on the low end of between 3 and 4, but not quite as low as 3. Remove work-paid insurance,...
I think we're at 5, I just need to get better at planning.
And airline pricing.
It helps adding an extra income after 14 years of scrapping by on one.
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He didn't forget to take them. His paranoia wouldn't allow him to go to a doctor in the first place.He began to pace the office in an agitated manner. Then he began talking about how he wanted to get a gun and kill the Police that he believed continually harass him, the doctors that he believed poisoned him, our Supervisor at the Security Office, then everyone else in the World. He said that he'd kill everyone "Satan Style." I couldn't let someone that potentially dangerous just walk around. So I wrote him up, and notified the Supervisor. Last I heard, He's in jail.The only time that I had to write an incident report was in September of '16, when one of my fellow guards had a psychotic break. It was ... disturbing to watch.What was the psychotic break like? Curious kitty wants to know.Was it because he forgot to take his meds or something?
Why I asked - I may need to RP psychosis next time in the future, so you just gave me an account.
The issue is I'm pretty normal, and the people I know are pretty normal, so I don't know what it's like to be different.
Oh dear, that's really bad.
I'm getting Chinese takeout tonight.
Because when you spent all day cutting straight lines with a 60 pound saw stirring something is next to impossible.
I have 2 pounds of high-quality ground beef, 2 big jars of Trader Joe's spaghetti sauce (because believe it or not it's really the best jarred sauce we've ever found), a loaf of fresh Semifreddi's sourdough to turn into garlic bread...
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(1) Cannot afford even the basics such as food, shelter, and clothing
(2) Can afford the basics, but nothing else, even medical care
(3) Have basics and medical care, but as things wear out can't afford to replace them
(4) Have basics and medical care, can afford to replace things with cheap/used alternatives, may be able to afford an occasional trip
(5) Can afford to replace things with new, equivalent items, can go on one big trip a year
(6) Can afford upgrades, plus one big trip and several small trips a year
...
(10) Can travel whenever you want to wherever you want, buy whatever you feel like, and otherwise completely disregard money as a concernI think we're at 5, I just need to get better at planning.
And airline pricing.
It helps adding an extra income after 14 years of scrapping by on one.
Yeah, having two people can make a HUGE difference. In grad school I made a whopping $12,000 a year, no NobodysWife's $17,000 as a receptionist put us into the "we can survive in Davis" category, but even then we were at a (3).
We had only a couple of good years when I was a teacher because NobodysWife was a biotech worker, but we still looked like we'd never afford a home. Then I got picked up by tech, and my single income in tech was enough to get us a house and to let NobodysWife quit working to raise the kids. Unfortunately, around here a tech income can only do so much, so we were at the low end of a (5).
She's only been back at work for about 18 months now, but WOW that second income changes your outlook.
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OK. FFS.
Amazon messed up again. This time my dinner was missing!
I mean, seriously. I personally work in the enterprise software industry, and one of my specializations is integration.
I do this fricking stuff for a living, and I would FIRE anyone involved with this ordering system.
Well, Amazon Restaurants is now "on the list".
So much for getting food delivered. Except for our wonderful Indian place, because they deliver it themselves and are very sweet. (One night we were the only delivery they got, so they threw in an extra order of lamb tikka just to thank us. Nom. Lamb tikka!)
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Actual Whingey Wizzard quote from dinner...
Hermione: "Daddy, if you could have any one superpower, what would it be?"
WW: "*Actually* just one? Or could I game the system to turn one into like nineteen? Because..."
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There was a chalkboard sign up outside the Lego Room at the big indoor playground that Grandma and I took the kids to today.
It said,
"That's what I do; I play with Legos and I learn things."
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Actual Whingey Wizzard quote from dinner...
Hermione: "Daddy, if you could have any one superpower, what would it be?"
WW: "*Actually* just one? Or could I game the system to turn one into like nineteen? Because..."
*sigh*
Yep.
There was a chalkboard sign up outside the Lego Room at the big indoor playground that Grandma and I took the kids to today.
It said,
"That's what I do; I play with Legos and I learn things."
I may pass the Lego store in a few days. I'll take pics.
Yep.
I would just take perfect size control.
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Yep.I would just take perfect size control.
Kinky!
I'd take super strength, or super speed, depending on what day it is.
Out with the john; in with the vid.
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I am convinced you are the same person.
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Actual Whingey Wizzard quote from dinner...
Hermione: "Daddy, if you could have any one superpower, what would it be?"
WW: "*Actually* just one? Or could I game the system to turn one into like nineteen? Because..."
Yep. That's exactly what GMing him is like. Every. Single. Time. *shudder*
I am convinced you are the same person.
But then when would we sleep?