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Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Well if anything can be said upon technology, the more we depend upon it the more frustrating it becomes and the more frequently it fails :)


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Indeed, but I am still unwilling to live without my laptop and Internet connection. :)

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Yay we made it to 500 posts IG!


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
Sable Eboncrow wrote:
Yay we made it to 500 posts IG!

Woot! Woot!


Female Human Fighter 1

Ditto. I want to keep my Internet and laptop functioning. And ditto Woot 500 post!


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

I'd be completely lost these days without my computer. I got to college all online, manage my bills and accounts online, read and write on the computer and a large portion of my socialization is done online as well.


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Tom. Good luck on the job search.

You should have been in Santa Fe this winter, the old house I bought has been keeping the plumbers very busy.
1. Cast Iron sewer pipes were bad the day we moved in.
2. Sewer line choked with roots
3. Two frozen pipes in uninsulated mudroom.

All this just to keep the water flowing till eventually we can do a remodel.

Seems plumbing is a skill that will always be in demand no matter the economy, so hopefully you find something quickly.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Oh heck, Tom, I didn't know you did plumbing. I'm having plumbing issues right now on this stupid trailer I bought (tons of regret so far). It started leaking after the pipes froze in February. I got under there, ready to do it myself if it was copper (yes, I'm a woman and yes I know how to sweat copper) but, alas it is galvanized steel. That's a whole other can of worms, I'm sure you know!


male Aasimar Clr 3/Pal4 HP:62/62, AC:21/T:12/FF:21 - Percep: +13(Dark Vis) F:+10/R:+5/W:+14 CMD: 20, Spd: 20ft, Init: +2

Sorry to hear about the job Tom. I know what a bummer lay offs can be, I've been through it twice!

That said, each time I fell on my feet and did ok, so hoping its the same for you.

You should move to Australia, we have more work than we have tradesmen, tradies earn a fortune - doubly so if they move to the mining areas.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

That's just what we all need, MORE incentive to move to Australia.

Sorry to hear about the job, Tom. I hope things pick up for you soon!


Female Human Fighter 1

I could go for moving down there if I had the money to get there. Also probably too hot for me. I like the cold/moderate weather we have here near San Francisco. My sympathies on the job front, Tom. I'm also having trouble finding one of those.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)
Kaylen wrote:
I could go for moving down there if I had the money to get there. Also probably too hot for me.

At least my sugar gliders would be at home :P They probably wouldn't survive, having been all bred for generations for domestication and whatnot.


male Aasimar Clr 3/Pal4 HP:62/62, AC:21/T:12/FF:21 - Percep: +13(Dark Vis) F:+10/R:+5/W:+14 CMD: 20, Spd: 20ft, Init: +2

Queensland is tropical and warm, Sydney is more temperate with cold/wet winters (down to about 5-6c/42f winter and up to around 40+c/110f in Summer) and further down Melbourne is cool all year around. Dont gp to Tasmania, in winter it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

Im away down to those colder climes this winter and expect to be out in days reaching up to 40f while the sun is out, and around arounf 14f nights.

And we have Sugar gliders here too!

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Yeah I have (among many other pets) 3 sugar gliders. I also had a colony of 11, but they are with my ex-wife. I may breed them again but I haven't decided as of yet.


Female Human Fighter 1

I had to look up what sugar gliders were, but those are ridiculously adorable. I can think of a few people who would squee over one the way they did over my hedgehog.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Sadly they are illegal to own in California, but yes they are exceptionally cute. They have the intelligence (and are as difficult to care for) as a 2 year old human.

Hedgehog isn't on my list of pets... Yet.


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

I had to look them up too. Very cute.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

I've seen pictures of the little cuties but haven't had the pleasure of seeing them in person.


Male Not man enough to be human
Winter Snow wrote:

Sorry to hear about the job Tom. I know what a bummer lay offs can be, I've been through it twice!

That said, each time I fell on my feet and did ok, so hoping its the same for you.

You should move to Australia, we have more work than we have tradesmen, tradies earn a fortune - doubly so if they move to the mining areas.

You don't know how strange that is...I had a company in Sydney that was going to hire me without an interview, but I have no resources to get down there.


Male Not man enough to be human
Bree Longfield wrote:
Oh heck, Tom, I didn't know you did plumbing. I'm having plumbing issues right now on this stupid trailer I bought (tons of regret so far). It started leaking after the pipes froze in February. I got under there, ready to do it myself if it was copper (yes, I'm a woman and yes I know how to sweat copper) but, alas it is galvanized steel. That's a whole other can of worms, I'm sure you know!

You could always take off one of the fittings and do an iron pipe x plastic fitting, and redo the whole place in pex. :)


Male Not man enough to be human
Sebastian DeGray wrote:

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Tom. Good luck on the job search.

You should have been in Santa Fe this winter, the old house I bought has been keeping the plumbers very busy.
1. Cast Iron sewer pipes were bad the day we moved in.
2. Sewer line choked with roots
3. Two frozen pipes in uninsulated mudroom.

All this just to keep the water flowing till eventually we can do a remodel.

Seems plumbing is a skill that will always be in demand no matter the economy, so hopefully you find something quickly.

What happened with the sewer line? Just a quick cable to get it running, or did you replace them all?


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Under the house we had the cast iron stack and the galvanized sewer return lines replaced with PVC. Our feed from the street is still galvanized and may need replacing one day, but everything else is copper. Hopefully everything will hold together till we have enough to do a proper remodel.

Outside the house, somehow they ran a new PVC pipe through the old root choked clay pipe to the street. Not sure how they did it, but it was trenchless. So augured it I guess and then ran the new pipe inside it, they did it in a day while I was at work, so I didn't get to watch.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
tom_thiessen wrote:
Bree Longfield wrote:
Oh heck, Tom, I didn't know you did plumbing. I'm having plumbing issues right now on this stupid trailer I bought (tons of regret so far). It started leaking after the pipes froze in February. I got under there, ready to do it myself if it was copper (yes, I'm a woman and yes I know how to sweat copper) but, alas it is galvanized steel. That's a whole other can of worms, I'm sure you know!
You could always take off one of the fittings and do an iron pipe x plastic fitting, and redo the whole place in pex. :)

Yeah, except I can't afford to do much right now at all. I looked around online and I think I'm going to try to tighten the joints and use rubber patches with clamps on the non-joint leaks.

I just have to make it work until this fall when my next set of student loans come in and I can afford to completely redo the plumbing. I also have a window pane that needs replaced, a deck that needs rebuilt and they want me to paint the outside.

Any leads looking optimistic on the job search so far?

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)
Sebastian DeGray wrote:
I had to look them up too. Very cute.

Here you guys go.

The last Joey the colony had- Nami

Nereus


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Great! Now the wife wants one. :-)


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
Sebastian DeGray wrote:
Great! Now the wife wants one. :-)

Of course she does!

Since we're talking animals now and not just plumbing and locations, I'm throwing out there that I've decided I'm going to get a Newfoundland dog as soon as I can get a fence built. These dogs are huge, I love them.

Newfoundland Images


Male Not man enough to be human
Bree Longfield wrote:
Any leads looking optimistic on the job search so far?

I had one company in Toronto interested, although they never did call me back after a phone interview.

One local company that I've been doing an email interview with--which has to be the weirdest thing ever. I'm used to talking about work face-to-face.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
tom_thiessen wrote:
Bree Longfield wrote:
Any leads looking optimistic on the job search so far?

I had one company in Toronto interested, although they never did call me back after a phone interview.

One local company that I've been doing an email interview with--which has to be the weirdest thing ever. I'm used to talking about work face-to-face.

I imagine that would be odd. I wonder why, if they are local, they aren't having a sit down meeting with you? Strange.

Well, you know what everyone told me years ago when I was first looking for a job is that if the company does not call you back, call them. Supposedly employers like that, because it shows that you're serious about the job. How long ago did you speak to the company in Toronto?


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Border Collie are the breed for me. Although the two dogs I have currently are BC mixes, with chihuahua and blue healer. They look like BCs but weigh 15 pounds. I call them South of the Border Collies


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

When it comes to dogs, I like what I call either a "bear dog" or a "horse dog", something that is big and sturdy. Something that my 3-year-old could almost ride on, lol. I had a Great Dane for awhile as a teen and I absolutely adored that dog, unfortunately, my step-father was not quite so fond of Roxie and decided she had to go.

I don't much care for little dogs, I'm of the mind that if it's smaller than my cat, it's not a dog :-P


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Funny thing is I don't either, but when you get pound rescues sometimes its a crapshoot. We saw the mother was a 40 pound BC, we can only imagine what the father's were. We got them as puppies and at some point early on, they just stopped growing. The cat wrestles with them..physically wrestles with them...head to head, they rear up lock front paws and wrestle side to side...its hilarious.

I have a friend with your similar taste in dogs. She lives alone and so likes having big strong males about. She has had a big Lab, a Pyrenees, and now an Akbash.


Male Not man enough to be human
Bree Longfield wrote:


I imagine that would be odd. I wonder why, if they are local, they aren't having a sit down meeting with you? Strange.

Well, you know what everyone told me years ago when I was first looking for a job is that if the company does not call you back, call them. Supposedly employers like that, because it shows that you're serious about the job. How long ago did you speak to the company in Toronto?

Spoke to the Toronto company on Saturday. It is weird that I haven't heard anything.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Yeah I adopted my cat from the Humane Society. Here in a couple of months I'll probably get another one from there again. I'm waiting though, because one of my friends thinks her cat may have gotten pregnant when she got out.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
tom_thiessen wrote:


Spoke to the Toronto company on Saturday. It is weird that I haven't heard anything.

I say call them back. I would, I'd call and just tell them you were wanting to touch base with them because you are very interested in the position.


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

yeah, definitely call. Thank them for their time the other day and ask when they might be making a descision

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Don't forget to threaten their children, it shows integrity.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Oh wow.


Female Human Fighter 1

It tends to help if you have one of their children there to make pleading noises through the phone.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)

Beloved pets and cherished vehicles can be substituted in a pinch.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Or, you could just show up at the office every day in full gear ready to work. Eventually they may forget they never actually hired you and start sending you out on calls.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)
Bree Longfield wrote:
Or, you could just show up at the office every day in full gear ready to work. Eventually they may forget they never actually hired you and start sending you out on calls.

It worked for Stephen Spielberg. True story.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)
Sable Eboncrow wrote:


It worked for Stephen Spielberg. True story.

And look at how famous he got!


Male Not man enough to be human

George Costanza tried it, and it didn't work out so well for him :)


Male Half-Elf (Taldan) Bard (Archivist) 7 Drow Stats 51/51 hp;AC 19/T 14/FF 16; F +2/R +8/W +3; Int/Wis Skills -1

Yeah, but maybe then you need to do the opposite of everything you think a good plumber should do.

Liberty's Edge

Male Elf Witch/10 (HP: 27/27; AC15; FF13; T15; F+2, R+5, W+10; Perc: +31, Init +2)
Sebastian DeGray wrote:
Yeah, but maybe then you need to do the opposite of everything you think a good plumber should do.

So... don't oppose Bowser and save the princess?


Male Not man enough to be human

Looks like the pausing site is going down on Saturday, so if anyone needs to get in touch with me.... thiessentom0 at gmail dot com. Either direct email or Google talk is fine. :)

Things are looking up...I have an interview on Tuesday.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Hurray for interviews!! Which company the local or the one in Toronto (or another one completely)?


Male Not man enough to be human

It's been a long time since you all rolled for initiative, and I want to be sure no one is getting bored.

I've played in games that were rp-heavy and found myself making excuses to leave sessions early. but I've also been in games where we may as well have played d&d miniatures.

I can skip all these set pieces and push the storyline. or if everyone is enjoying it we can stay the course. I promise though that some of the battles are pretty epic, and you may want to go back to RPing :P


Male Not man enough to be human
Bree Longfield wrote:
Hurray for interviews!! Which company the local or the one in Toronto (or another one completely)?

A local job. One of the ones I applied for and never imagined I'd get. Doing building maintenance/management.

Weird coming full circle--it was the job that got me started in the trades.


Female Human Rogue-Knife Master/10 (Init: +4)

Sometimes life just goes that way...

As far as the RPing, that's always been my favorite part. I'm still getting the feel for Pathfinder and all, so I'm good either way. This is a learning experience for me, and I hope I'm doing OK so far. None of the other players have killed me yet, so I suppose that's a good sign...

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