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Scintillae wrote:
fantasy races

I love playing weird ones, but if not that, some vague similarity to a shapeshifter, psychic, and/or half-elf are my favorite (in no particular order).

And I don't mind the complications.

Example: I loved playing my half-frost-giant half-drow ranger, and delighted in both the looks of terror he often got, the inquisition from local elves, and the ability to slowly overcome that and become a hero in the eyes of many (even if that old woman still threw a shoe every once in a while, her daughter knew the truth; besides, she was old and set in her ways, and what's a little shoe between friends/casual acquaintances/a young healthy ranger and a frail old crazy lady who hates him?).


But being unable to see - or ruining your party's stealth by being the only one that needs the light - sucks.

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TL wrote:

What's more, if you suggest that you're just trying to go by the AP's suggested guidelines of what you get, you should be awarding 125% of WBL to the new guy.

If within the AP there is a statement saying that, then I would. But I've run 2 APs and there's never been any statement like that within the book itself.

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TL wrote:

If you're saying he was trying to spend coins he doesn't have, that's fair.

A Calculation error gave him more coins then he actually should have had.

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What you can do is actually shake me for loot, if I choose to accept, I'll tell you that I'll dock your cash from the AP and insert said item somewhere. Once it ended up in a popsicle. Generally helping NPCs gets you items that are beneficial to you. Like they often give useful ioun-stones for quest rewards.

I.e the guy doing disable device ended up with a cracked ioun stone for disable device as a quest reward from an NPC.

Scarab Sages

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I recently wondered just how long a forum thread could get. If there way any limit. I guess I have at least a partial answer. I'll check back once in a while to see how this grows :)


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I'll do my best.


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I'm thinking, all I need to do to get to 20,000 favorite'd by others is sit and wait for Tacticslion to catch up. :-)


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Is it Friday yet.


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It's friwednesday.


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Apparently it's giant f*&~ing horse day at Tiny T-Rex's school.


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Just a Mort wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:

I'm biased and prejudiced and I like it=D

Vidmaster7 agent of hydra wrote:


Yes Good Good let the hate flow thorough you

It feels good to be bad!
so...about this yowling...

Oh here's an example of yowling Mort:

(This really happened at work)

We're potentially changing printer vendors. There's some vendor and us politics business. So someone sources out a new vendor and next thing we have a new printer for trial.

Me: Trial? Sure. Time to test out if it can do everything the old printers can, so I can get my job done.

*scans first page, flips to second page, just to realize that the document has already been sent in black and white*

*starts yowling - hey I should be able to scan multiple pages in colour*

*figures the setting for colour and multiple page scan, tries again*

*moves on to next set of documents, only to find that the printer has reset to default once the job is done*

*yowls more, kicks printer with paw for good measure*

Colleague who sourced the trial printer comes in.

Me: Lists issues.

Colleague: It's not your job to figure out how to change the settings etc.

Me: (not saying it out loud) If the printer can't do the job I want it to do, perhaps we shouldn't even consider it rather then just saying it's not my job to figure how to change settings? Is it not better to find out the problem now, rather then have a problem free trial, get our printers replaced and I can't do my job?

*more inward yowling*

What is the point of having a trial period without testing out all the functions you want the printer to have?

this...is not the yowling I was hoping for.


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captain yesterday wrote:
Apparently it's giant f%&!ing horse day at Tiny T-Rex's school.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL


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I see they took my suggestion of stuffed animal day a bit too literally.


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The best part, I hugged and then sold them every single one of them.


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Tacticslion wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:
John Napier 698 wrote:
captain yesterday wrote:
Crookshanks has learned a very valuable lesson about the futility of trying to hide stuff from her mother.
Doesn't she know? All mothers are psychic.
Do I get that when I become a mom? Cos I don't feel very psychic at the moment.

Oh, trust me! When you raise a child from birth, you get an inherent +20 bonus to Sense Motive checks on that child.

It's really pretty alarming how easy it is for me to say, "That's a lie. That's the truth. He's hiding something" for both Impii.

And it frequently extends to a +10 Sense Motive against all kids in your kids' age group, making them fear and dread you.

I have no ranks in sense motive. Period. I'm as insensitive as a lump of wood.

Sounds like you could be a harem anime protagonist!

(I don't know if there are female protagonist for harem anime, but I feel certain there are, somewhere, and the Freehold knows them, and which ones to recommend or avoid.)

well theres hana yori dango, but thats pretty old nowadays. I find more reverse harem stuff in otome games than in anime.


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Tacticslion wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:

Same as party in all 3 occasions. You get what they get, roll with it, matter settled.

In scenario 2, same as party =old party wealth added up(before rogue left)/ number of players(4) to determine what the new gal gets.

Saves me all that thinking =D

Generally for my games you bury your dead comrades with their loot,or if you don't I'll just do some spontaneous loot disintegration when anyone else picks it up.

... so you'd actually audit everyone's character sheet, look up the price value of everything they have, and then go through all of that math, rather than look at the value printed for you in the book (which is actually a rule, if a soft one) and just hand them that?

You must like math a lot!

watch your language!


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Tacticslion wrote:
Tacticslion wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:
John Napier 698 wrote:
captain yesterday wrote:
Crookshanks has learned a very valuable lesson about the futility of trying to hide stuff from her mother.
Doesn't she know? All mothers are psychic.
Do I get that when I become a mom? Cos I don't feel very psychic at the moment.

Oh, trust me! When you raise a child from birth, you get an inherent +20 bonus to Sense Motive checks on that child.

It's really pretty alarming how easy it is for me to say, "That's a lie. That's the truth. He's hiding something" for both Impii.

And it frequently extends to a +10 Sense Motive against all kids in your kids' age group, making them fear and dread you.

I have no ranks in sense motive. Period. I'm as insensitive as a lump of wood.

Sounds like you could be a harem anime protagonist!

(I don't know if there are female protagonist for harem anime, but I feel certain there are, somewhere, and the Freehold knows them, and which ones to recommend or avoid.)

OH~! DUH! Of course!

Ouran Highschool Host Club! She's even studying to be a lawyer! Now all you have to do is join the local Host club...

ah, forgot about that one...


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NobodysHome wrote:
Tacticslion wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:

Well this is a description:

Their special Heat Treatment right after my regular scraping and cupping. It is supposed to burn 6,000 kcals – twice the amount in a regular session – and this can be done on either one’s thighs or abdomen. I chose abdomen. Slimming cream is applied to the area and carefully covered in plastic and then towels. The towels are then soaked in some Chinese herbal liquid which is, by the way, flammable – and then set on fire.

I was asked to indicate when I could feel the heat from the fire on my skin. The flames are then doused with a damp towel, which is left on top of my tummy for a few minutes to allow the heat to sink in. This is repeated four more times, with the heat allowed to get more intense each time the towels on my tummy are set alight.

That... that sounds as specious as the "vacuum ear wax candle" thing.
Yeah, I was trying to be polite, but there are no laws of physics that indicate that such treatment would do, er, anything for weight loss.

they said the same thing about freezing the fat away, didnt they?


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lisamarlene wrote:

Teensy Valeros is doing the standard thing of deciding that food is "horrible", "gross", and "disgusting" before he's tried it, bursting into tears, throwing a tantrum, and demanding dried cereal.

And when he didn't get his way, sat on the staircase outside the dining room playing his harmonica sadly until it got taken away.
And I thought Hermione was a drama queen.

(Dinner, btw, was a crimini mushroom, red pepper and Italian sausage risotto with fresh basil, and roasted asparagus (or "despairagus" as Val calls it) on the side. Not in the least disgusting unless you don't particularly like risotto.).

I am doing my best not to let it hurt my feelings. Hermione went through this phase as well (albeit without the sad harmonica) and now eats everything I make.

i really want to see the little guy in a jailbird outfit, mournfully playing while other kids ask him what he's in for.

That said it really is just a phase, he'll be eating everything long before puberty hits. No need for hurt feeings as you are not trying to convince him your liver is actually good(liver and onions are not for eating, mom).

As an aside, bring the food he won't eat to me at the abscondi-cave, and I will regale you with how delicious it is.


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captain yesterday wrote:
Apparently it's giant f%#@ing horse day at Tiny T-Rex's school.

Please tell me that "f%#@ing" means "flaming"...


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Freehold DM wrote:
lisamarlene wrote:

Teensy Valeros is doing the standard thing of deciding that food is "horrible", "gross", and "disgusting" before he's tried it, bursting into tears, throwing a tantrum, and demanding dried cereal.

And when he didn't get his way, sat on the staircase outside the dining room playing his harmonica sadly until it got taken away.
And I thought Hermione was a drama queen.

(Dinner, btw, was a crimini mushroom, red pepper and Italian sausage risotto with fresh basil, and roasted asparagus (or "despairagus" as Val calls it) on the side. Not in the least disgusting unless you don't particularly like risotto.).

I am doing my best not to let it hurt my feelings. Hermione went through this phase as well (albeit without the sad harmonica) and now eats everything I make.

i really want to see the little guy in a jailbird outfit, mournfully playing while other kids ask him what he's in for.

That said it really is just a phase, he'll be eating everything long before puberty hits. No need for hurt feeings as you are not trying to convince him your liver is actually good(liver is not for eating, mom).

As an aside, bring the food he won't eat to me at the abscondi-cave, and I will regale you with how delicious it is.

Don't have kids yet, do you?

Impus Minor is 14 and eats lasagna, chicken strips, pizza, and salmon.

That is all.


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Tacticslion wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Just a Mort wrote:
Happy bdae NH!

LOL! Thanks, but you're 50 days early! Or 315 days late! Take your pick! (315 days late on my 50th, 50 days early on my 51st)

Happy *does quick math* early-by-thirteen-days birthday and/or sobriety day!

** spoiler omitted **

Your love of math is amazing.

It's 14 days. :-P


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NobodysHome wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
lisamarlene wrote:

Teensy Valeros is doing the standard thing of deciding that food is "horrible", "gross", and "disgusting" before he's tried it, bursting into tears, throwing a tantrum, and demanding dried cereal.

And when he didn't get his way, sat on the staircase outside the dining room playing his harmonica sadly until it got taken away.
And I thought Hermione was a drama queen.

(Dinner, btw, was a crimini mushroom, red pepper and Italian sausage risotto with fresh basil, and roasted asparagus (or "despairagus" as Val calls it) on the side. Not in the least disgusting unless you don't particularly like risotto.).

I am doing my best not to let it hurt my feelings. Hermione went through this phase as well (albeit without the sad harmonica) and now eats everything I make.

i really want to see the little guy in a jailbird outfit, mournfully playing while other kids ask him what he's in for.

That said it really is just a phase, he'll be eating everything long before puberty hits. No need for hurt feeings as you are not trying to convince him your liver is actually good(liver is not for eating, mom).

As an aside, bring the food he won't eat to me at the abscondi-cave, and I will regale you with how delicious it is.

Don't have kids yet, do you?

Impus Minor is 14 and eats lasagna, chicken strips, pizza, and salmon.

That is all.

those can be worked with and prepared dozens of different ways.


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Zelda's youngest is 11, and is just coming out of the "no, I don't like that, it's disgusting" phase. She still does it, but is finally coming around. Last weekend she tried some sushi from an actual sushi chef. We've got a pretty good place in Peoria - yeah, I wouldn't have believed it either until The Adult Child insisted we try it a couple years back. Most importantly, she really liked everything she tried.

However, to contrast with that, a couple weeks ago she went on a diatribe of how nasty sour cream on a baked potato has to be. It's not like she's never had it in her life, but she was talking *exactly* as if she had never had it, and it just sounded like it would be the grossest thing on the planet.

That said, I have the same reaction to Mort mentioning sea urchin and sea cucumber. More specifically the sea cucumber. I have a hard time thinking about eating something that poops out of its own mouth.


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Freehold DM wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:


Don't have kids yet, do you?

Impus Minor is 14 and eats lasagna, chicken strips, pizza, and salmon.

That is all.

those can be worked with and prepared dozens of different ways.

With some kids that will work, but many, if it's not in the exact form that they expect it to be, won't even eat it then.


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Meanwhile, why do little boys think their underpants are magic pockets of holding?!?

Seriously... this morning, my son had legos, coins, and a puzzle eraser in his underpants. WTF?

It's sort of like a dragon/turtle combination: carrying your horde of treasure around with you.

Girl children do not do this.

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Vanykrye wrote:

Zelda's youngest is 11, and is just coming out of the "no, I don't like that, it's disgusting" phase. She still does it, but is finally coming around. Last weekend she tried some sushi from an actual sushi chef. We've got a pretty good place in Peoria - yeah, I wouldn't have believed it either until The Adult Child insisted we try it a couple years back. Most importantly, she really liked everything she tried.

However, to contrast with that, a couple weeks ago she went on a diatribe of how nasty sour cream on a baked potato has to be. It's not like she's never had it in her life, but she was talking *exactly* as if she had never had it, and it just sounded like it would be the grossest thing on the planet.

That said, I have the same reaction to Mort mentioning sea urchin and sea cucumber. More specifically the sea cucumber. I have a hard time thinking about eating something that poops out of its own mouth.

Don't worry. My cousin is the same way with sea cucumbers because she says she's not eating something that looks like a slug.

I know my eating habits are the exception and not the norm and I wouldn't bring you on this sort of weird food tours unless you asked me to do so. We can all have nice looking normal foods that taste good =)


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Also, today is Zelda's birthday. She's of an indeterminate age, but younger than me. Funny story though...yesterday she was given a senior citizen discount by a high school aged cashier. Zelda was pissed.

The Adult Kid's birthday is Friday. 26! Well, not the math expression of 26!. That would be really too old. I can't have a kid who's 403,291,461,126,605,635,584,000,000 years old.


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Today's our nineteenth anniversary.
After we get the kids to sleep, we're going out to get some gelato and go see The Death of Stalin.


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Vanykrye wrote:

Also, today is Zelda's birthday. She's of an indeterminate age, but younger than me. Funny story though...yesterday she was given a senior citizen discount by a high school aged cashier. Zelda was pissed.

The Adult Kid's birthday is Friday. 26! Well, not the math expression of 26!. That would be really too old. I can't have a kid who's 403,291,461,126,605,635,584,000,000 years old.

What purpose does ! serve in mathematics anyway? I've never understood the practical use of it, nor have I ever seen it in any real world equations.

anybody know what good it does?


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Vanykrye wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:


Don't have kids yet, do you?

Impus Minor is 14 and eats lasagna, chicken strips, pizza, and salmon.

That is all.

those can be worked with and prepared dozens of different ways.
With some kids that will work, but many, if it's not in the exact form that they expect it to be, won't even eat it then.

Correct. It's not, "Dozens of different ways."

It's, "It MUST be exactly THIS brand, cooked EXACTLY this way, or I won't eat it."

Variation is not tolerated.


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lisamarlene wrote:

Meanwhile, why do little boys think their underpants are magic pockets of holding?!?

Seriously... this morning, my son had legos, coins, and a puzzle eraser in his underpants. WTF?

It's sort of like a dragon/turtle combination: carrying your horde of treasure around with you.

Girl children do not do this.

I did not know that.


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lisamarlene wrote:

Today's our nineteenth anniversary.

After we get the kids to sleep, we're going out to get some gelato and go see The Death of Stalin.

Woo hoo! Congratulations!


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Re Kitty and drinks.

Uhhh…
Looks tempting! *Slurps and licks turtle beakish-lips*. I'm not that much of a melon person, but some of those look really good!
*Opens valet, moths fluttering out*
*Grumble*
Think I might have to make pale attempt at a copy product, since a trip to Singapore might be a little beyond me right now ^^'.

Edit:
*Pokes sea cucumber, while making a disgusted expression*
Yea, I'm with the picky kid.
Somethings aren't food, and I've go a llooonnggg list of things like that.
*Lumbers along after LM + husband to the gelato shop, while wishing them a happy anniversary*

Re Re Spellpoints.
Didn't make myself all that clear. Didn't necessary mean that the system was un-balanced per say, but rather, that its hard to figure out if its is.
Look I'm a failed historian, not a mathematician dammit! I don't do mathematical models! It more of a what feels "balanced" versus what doesn't. Every time you get a new sub-system you get these ups and downs to get a feel of things…
What would be the right amount of spellpoints?
like if you say that its 1 point to cast a single spell level, you would kind of figure that the pool of point for a level 20 caster, should be round enough for him to cast 4 spells of every spell-level + maybe a minor extra pool - 5-10 points to represent meta magic spending - which would be around 185-190ish points. I mean is that balanced?
*shrug*
I don't know…but I'm willing to try it out ^^

Re WBL and Stuff
Really, I wish I could scoop up Kitty and plop her down in one of my games.
It's mostly about expectations. My players know that their are in a game where almost everything is dictated by the capriciousness of their GM (ie Me :P) for whom every rule is a guideline. They also know that every whim they are subjected to is mollified by me need for everyone to have fun. I try to be as cooperative and non-antagonistic as possible with my players, as they then in return, let me be playfully capricious with them at times.

Edit edit: *Tips turtle hat to Zelda* Happy B-day!


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And I just realized I never responded to Mort's inquiry about my finger. No, I'm not Lynora levels of flexible. I used to be very flexible for my size, but nothing I would call hyper-flexible. I do have a fair bit of nerve damage though, so I don't always feel things as they happen.

The finger feels stiff, and is painful in that annoying "It doesn't really hurt, but it makes its presence known...and if I forget about it and do the wrong thing...like fish my phone out of my pocket with that finger...it lights me up like a Times Square Christmas Tree."

Since I'm right-handed and it happens to be my right index finger, it tends to get used quite a bit. Doesn't hurt to type, but using it with any real pressure (particularly on any lateral or twist motion - can't use it to open a screw type bottle cap, for instance) is just pure fire for about 2 minutes before it subsides again.


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Stupid g&+!!*n f~~#ing rain!

It wasn't even supposed to rain today!


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So, seeing as Fritzy hasn't seen action in far too long, let's go on

NobodysHome's Political Tirade:
If you look at the polls, you would think that incumbents and big money didn't stand a chance in modern elections: Congress' approval rating risks falling into the single digits. The president's is consistently under 50%, with an amazingly strong dislike of the man. People overwhelmingly say that corporations have too much influence in government, and our country is becoming a plutocracy.

Then, along comes an election:

  • Every incumbent wins
  • In areas with no incumbents, the number of votes cast for a candidate is directly correlated with the amount of money he or she spent
  • For every ballot measure, the result was directly correlated with the amount of money spent for/against the measure.
  • So, Californians: You claim that you're sick of business as usual, then you overwhelmingly vote in favor of... business as usual.

    *SIGH*

    It reminds me of that old adage: To find the IQ of a group of people, take the lowest IQ in the group and then divide by the number of people.


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    lisamarlene wrote:

    Today's our nineteenth anniversary.

    After we get the kids to sleep, we're going out to get some gelato and go see The Death of Stalin.

    Congrats!


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:

    Meanwhile, why do little boys think their underpants are magic pockets of holding?!?

    Seriously... this morning, my son had legos, coins, and a puzzle eraser in his underpants. WTF?

    It's sort of like a dragon/turtle combination: carrying your horde of treasure around with you.

    Girl children do not do this.

    I did not know that.

    The Impii never did that?

    Okay, I assumed it was a "boy thing". Maybe Val is just weird.
    I mean, we already knew that "Mr. Blues Harmonica in the stairwell 'cause I don't like Mama's food" is weird. I meant weird-ER.

    FAWTL poll... Cap? Does Tiny T-Rex do this? Anyone else with boy-children want to weigh in?


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    NobodysHome wrote:

    So, seeing as Fritzy hasn't seen action in far too long, let's go on

    ** spoiler omitted **

    It reminds me of that old adage: To find the IQ of a group of people, take the lowest IQ in the group and then divide by the number of people.

    Oh you mean

    Spoiler:
    Feinstein
    ?

    Or a different one?


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    The Game Hamster wrote:
    Vanykrye wrote:

    Also, today is Zelda's birthday. She's of an indeterminate age, but younger than me. Funny story though...yesterday she was given a senior citizen discount by a high school aged cashier. Zelda was pissed.

    The Adult Kid's birthday is Friday. 26! Well, not the math expression of 26!. That would be really too old. I can't have a kid who's 403,291,461,126,605,635,584,000,000 years old.

    What purpose does ! serve in mathematics anyway? I've never understood the practical use of it, nor have I ever seen it in any real world equations.

    anybody know what good it does?

    The most basic reason is that there are x! ways to sequence x objects.

    If you have 5 objects, there are 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 120 ways to order those objects.

    For small scale, you have two objects, A and B. They can be ordered in 2! ways, which is 2. AB or BA.

    Up that to three objects. 3! = 6. So, ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, and CBA.

    It basically instantly tells you how many combinations there are.


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    lisamarlene wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:

    Meanwhile, why do little boys think their underpants are magic pockets of holding?!?

    Seriously... this morning, my son had legos, coins, and a puzzle eraser in his underpants. WTF?

    It's sort of like a dragon/turtle combination: carrying your horde of treasure around with you.

    Girl children do not do this.

    I did not know that.

    The Impii never did that?

    Okay, I assumed it was a "boy thing". Maybe Val is just weird.
    I mean, we already knew that "Mr. Blues Harmonica in the stairwell 'cause I don't like Mama's food" is weird. I meant weird-ER.

    FAWTL poll... Cap? Does Tiny T-Rex do this? Anyone else with boy-children want to weigh in?

    No, no, no; I didn't know that girls didn't do it. I figured tightie whities were a standard, legitimate storage mechanism.


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    lisamarlene wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:

    So, seeing as Fritzy hasn't seen action in far too long, let's go on

    ** spoiler omitted **

    It reminds me of that old adage: To find the IQ of a group of people, take the lowest IQ in the group and then divide by the number of people.

    Oh you mean ** spoiler omitted **?

    Or a different one?

    I didn't have any particular candidate nor ballot measure in mind. I'm just utterly fed up with listening to everyone complain about how we've become a plutocracy, and then correlating the election returns with money spent and seeing that yep, we really ARE a plutocracy, 'cause he who spends the most gets the win.

    Either stop voting for the biggest spender, or shut up about how much you hate how much influence big money has in politics. It's that simple.


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    lisamarlene wrote:

    Today's our nineteenth anniversary.

    After we get the kids to sleep, we're going out to get some gelato and go see The Death of Stalin.

    Happy anniversary lisamarlene!


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    Vanykrye wrote:

    Also, today is Zelda's birthday. She's of an indeterminate age, but younger than me. Funny story though...yesterday she was given a senior citizen discount by a high school aged cashier. Zelda was pissed.

    The Adult Kid's birthday is Friday. 26! Well, not the math expression of 26!. That would be really too old. I can't have a kid who's 403,291,461,126,605,635,584,000,000 years old.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZELDA


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:

    So, seeing as Fritzy hasn't seen action in far too long, let's go on

    ** spoiler omitted **

    It reminds me of that old adage: To find the IQ of a group of people, take the lowest IQ in the group and then divide by the number of people.

    Oh you mean ** spoiler omitted **?

    Or a different one?

    I didn't have any particular candidate nor ballot measure in mind. I'm just utterly fed up with listening to everyone complain about how we've become a plutocracy, and then correlating the election returns with money spent and seeing that yep, we really ARE a plutocracy, 'cause he who spends the most gets the win.

    Either stop voting for the biggest spender, or shut up about how much you hate how much influence big money has in politics. It's that simple.

    Illinois

    Spoiler:
    already had our primaries a while back, but our governor's race (aka "Next Winner of the Orange Jumpsuit") is down to a Republican billionaire from Chicago (the incumbent with a lower approval rating than Trump) or a Democratic multi-billionaire from Chicago.

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    NobodysHome wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:
    lisamarlene wrote:

    Meanwhile, why do little boys think their underpants are magic pockets of holding?!?

    Seriously... this morning, my son had legos, coins, and a puzzle eraser in his underpants. WTF?

    It's sort of like a dragon/turtle combination: carrying your horde of treasure around with you.

    Girl children do not do this.

    I did not know that.

    The Impii never did that?

    Okay, I assumed it was a "boy thing". Maybe Val is just weird.
    I mean, we already knew that "Mr. Blues Harmonica in the stairwell 'cause I don't like Mama's food" is weird. I meant weird-ER.

    FAWTL poll... Cap? Does Tiny T-Rex do this? Anyone else with boy-children want to weigh in?

    No, no, no; I didn't know that girls didn't do it. I figured tightie whities were a standard, legitimate storage mechanism.

    Yeah...that's...that's a thing. I don't know why.


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    Vanykrye wrote:
    The Game Hamster wrote:
    Vanykrye wrote:

    Also, today is Zelda's birthday. She's of an indeterminate age, but younger than me. Funny story though...yesterday she was given a senior citizen discount by a high school aged cashier. Zelda was pissed.

    The Adult Kid's birthday is Friday. 26! Well, not the math expression of 26!. That would be really too old. I can't have a kid who's 403,291,461,126,605,635,584,000,000 years old.

    What purpose does ! serve in mathematics anyway? I've never understood the practical use of it, nor have I ever seen it in any real world equations.

    anybody know what good it does?

    The most basic reason is that there are x! ways to sequence x objects.

    If you have 5 objects, there are 5! = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 120 ways to order those objects.

    For small scale, you have two objects, A and B. They can be ordered in 2! ways, which is 2. AB or BA.

    Up that to three objects. 3! = 6. So, ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, and CBA.

    It basically instantly tells you how many combinations there are.

    Wow, I'm rather embarrassed actually, because I use sequencing a ton, even just for fun. I have no idea how that slipped my mind except that I just got up an hour ago... and usually stuff like that doesn't happen.


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    Vanykrye wrote:
    Freehold DM wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:


    Don't have kids yet, do you?

    Impus Minor is 14 and eats lasagna, chicken strips, pizza, and salmon.

    That is all.

    those can be worked with and prepared dozens of different ways.
    With some kids that will work, but many, if it's not in the exact form that they expect it to be, won't even eat it then.

    Correct. It's not, "Dozens of different ways."

    It's, "It MUST be exactly THIS brand, cooked EXACTLY this way, or I won't eat it."

    Variation is not tolerated.

    huh. Weird.

    He wont eat them with rice (cultural thing there, not sure if crazy white people eat rice with everything like my people do, from what I understand that is regional), freshly killed (in the case of chicken fingers and salmon, I tried to hunt wild lasagna once and almost died, those bastards are vicious and will fight to the bitter end), or prepare it on his own (unsure if 14 year olds are allowed in the kitchen/stove in your household)?

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