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Forum: General Discussion Topic: I made a thing |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 10:37
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/checks notes
10 difficulties, 7 tilesets.
But that doesn't really matter...
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| Dr Zoidberg |
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 20:02
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| ... Moon, by Mary Robinette Kowal 6) Harrier 809 by Rowland White 7) Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis. 8 ) Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner. 9) The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. 10) The Goodbye Cat, by Hiro Arikawa. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Squirt |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 16:16
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| You're all being very silly. Clearly those are actual size notes and Penny Mordaunt is actually a Borrower. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 15:02
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Replies: 85
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| ... Moon, by Mary Robinette Kowal 6) Harrier 809 by Rowland White 7) Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis. 8 ) Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner. I always thought that Germany felt like a country I'd enjoy living in, and this confirms it for me. ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 13:07
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Replies: 3000
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Got my gig ticket, did a tip run, about to have a haircut.
What a day! Hitting the notes and rocking the boxes. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 17:40
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Replies: 85
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| ... It's OK, very OK. Into the Beanstalk by J Paul Roe This is more like it. Exceeding entertaining,rip roaring, cyberpunk adventure. Hits the notes and belts them out. Merckx - Half Man Half bike by William Fotherington Cyberpunk adventure in which an enhanced humanoid is a taxi cab for the ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Craig David's Bow Selector |
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 22:54
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Replies: 100
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| **Makes notes that if I'm going to attack Trooper and stand a chance of defeating him, wait until the weather is bad** |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 18:38
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Replies: 85
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| ... It's OK, very OK. Into the Beanstalk by J Paul Roe This is more like it. Exceeding entertaining,rip roaring, cyberpunk adventure. Hits the notes and belts them out. Merckx - Half Man Half bike by William Fotherington Cyberpunk adventure in which an enhanced humanoid is a taxi cab for the ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2024 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 18:52
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Replies: 85
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| ... It's OK, very OK. Into the Beanstalk by J Paul Roe This is more like it. Exceeding entertaining,rip roaring, cyberpunk adventure. Hits the notes and belts them out. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Grim... |
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 22:44
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Replies: 3000
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| TheVision |
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 19:19
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Replies: 3000
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| Voice notes are rubbish. They're only convenient for the sender. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| GazChap |
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 17:28
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Replies: 3000
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So do I, normally (with one or two exceptions), but he refuses to text and I really hate answering phone calls and listening to voicemail on the voicemail system, so it's the only option really.
If WhatsApp ever add in an AI powered auto-transcription service for voice notes I'll be a happy bunny. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 17:21
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Replies: 3000
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2023 13:28
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Replies: 170
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| Hello! Do you have an eBook reader? Would you like a free book? I wrote it, so it's rubbish, but I'd love some notes on how to make it better (and where all the spelling mistakes are). Bobby described it as "space Jack Reacher hangs out with a sex robot", which is pretty ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2023 |
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 15:13
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Replies: 170
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| Hello! Do you have an eBook reader? Would you like a free book? I wrote it, so it's rubbish, but I'd love some notes on how to make it better (and where all the spelling mistakes are). Bobby described it as "space Jack Reacher hangs out with a sex robot", which is pretty ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: EBay tales of yay. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 13:45
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Replies: 34
Views: 3875
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| ... at it and said it was perfect but insisted he take some money for it. Grandad refused, and some bartering took place where they pushed some £10 notes into each others hands for what seemed like an eternity, Eventually the young man left with the car and the money. But the next day there was ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: EBay tales of yay. |
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 12:05
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Replies: 34
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| ... at it and said it was perfect but insisted he take some money for it. Grandad refused, and some bartering took place where they pushed some £10 notes into each others hands for what seemed like an eternity, Eventually the young man left with the car and the money. But the next day there was ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 15:12
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Replies: 3000
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| ... breast pockets. When I was on office based I.T. support I had a folded sheet of A4 paper in the shirt pocket, and a pen, so I could easily make notes when I was visiting a customer. When I was a mobile customer service engineer I had to wear a company polo shirt with no pocket, so my pen had ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Bin Thread |
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 13:21
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Replies: 639
Views: 64183
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| ... at the workplace but haven't really had a label for it until now. I didn't do much work at uni, to be honest. I went to most lectures and took notes but rarely studied outside of that. And ivd leave assignments right til the last moment. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 22:31
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Replies: 227
Views: 4824
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| ... too. A short description doesn't do it justice - body-hopping, time-travelling whodunnit. The author's workspace must be a morass of string and notes, as this is densely plotted and incredibly complex, but I'm sure it all hangs together. Honestly, I didn't remember every detail, as the protagonist ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 22:25
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Replies: 227
Views: 4824
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| ... too. A short description doesn't do it justice - body-hopping, time-travelling whodunnit. The author's workspace must be a morass of string and notes, as this is densely plotted and incredibly complex, but I'm sure it all hangs together. Honestly, I didn't remember every detail, as the protagonist ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:12
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Replies: 227
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| ... the series of books Verity was writing, because Verity is in a coma and shit. So Lowen goes to Verity's house to look through her office full of notes and OH NO! She falls in love with Verity's husband Jeremy! And oh no! She finds Verity's first draft of an autobiography and it turns out Verity ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!) |
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:25
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Replies: 107
Views: 21126
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| ... by 20% a few days after I buy it. Rascals.) I played the demo and wrote about it here once upon a time, but I'm going to write a whole new set of notes about the full RUB anyway without referring to my demo post, and see how closely my enlightened won-the-whole-game-nyah reactions marry up to ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 15:23
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Replies: 3975
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| ... and it digitalises your work (these three qualities may all be in the same product, that’s why I was asking). This allows me to photograph my notes ant automatically puts them in my works onenote. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: What have you bought? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 7:40
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Replies: 3975
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| ... is something special. Does it come with free internet and a web browser though, so you can check beex on holiday. Which I last used in [checks notes] 2011... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Mince pie review season |
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:48
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Replies: 243
Views: 35510
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| ... more generous. Although reasonably tasty, there just needs to be a bit more body to it - either for filling depth or richer, more lasting tasting notes. Very pleasant to eat and a worthy purchase, but the experience breezes past you pretty quickly. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread |
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 23:59
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Replies: 1411
Views: 143942
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| ... time... The booking hospital looked me up, got confused, went away for half an hour, rang me back and said "honestly no clue because your notes are fine so I've sent emails, if you don't hear back from me don't turn up". At this point I think the gastroenterologist I didn't ask to ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: General Purpose UK TV thread |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:05
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Replies: 2366
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Mimi wrote: I just thought it was made in the U.K: U.K. TV, made in the US: U.S TV, made anywhere else: goes in the foreign TV thread.
This was my understanding also. Otherwise I really should have made a thread for the TV I watched on my hols *checks notes* two years ago (sob) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: BeeX Virtual Meet & Quiz |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 20:06
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Replies: 1704
Views: 69260
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| I too Kickstarted it and used it a bit, but never really found a workflow that wasn't a bit too much faff to be bothered with. So I just took notes like a normal notebook. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 books 2021 |
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:05
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Replies: 233
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Grim... wrote: Which I suspect means "Some other dude wrote it and James Patterson might have read it and given some notes".
I think it's more along the lines of - "Here's an idea, go and write it as I don't have the time" which soon became, "Yeah that idea sounds fine, go write it". |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 books 2021 |
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 16:30
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Replies: 233
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| Which I suspect means "Some other dude wrote it and James Patterson might have read it and given some notes". |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:41
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Replies: 3000
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| ... he's dropping a new one at 15:00 every day. I do like how he's playing with Twitter's limitations with sub-threads to create deeper dives and side notes. Very nicely done. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: BeeX Virtual Meet & Quiz |
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 15:32
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Replies: 1704
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| ... WOMAN. Unfortunately, a few minutes after I was moved I could hear the faint strains of music coming from a vending or fruit machine. The same 12 notes, with canned clapping, playing continuously, for three hours so far. I’ve a good mind to call the cops and complain about noise nuisance. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 books 2021 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 16:33
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Replies: 233
Views: 13617
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| ... to Post" could easily make an excellent, if confusing, time travel movie. They're 70 years old so they come with all the standard notes about old fashionedness - especially the gender politics of it all. Anyway, good little stories from a classic British sci-fier. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gardening Corner |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:58
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Replies: 640
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| ... after we moved here. We’ve been here just over five months now, so I hope I’ll have a greater sense of things after a full season. I’m making good notes, though (which was my main reason for the dedicated IG account as I can get pictures and dates of showings, yields, etc, and keep them in the ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:49
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Replies: 3000
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| ... it transpired that cute girl hadn't made any progress with this older lad, so would look favourably on a proposal to "go out" with me. Notes were exchanged, but somehow never developed into an actual date, probably because I was backward at coming forward. So, nothing ever came of it, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!) |
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 18:21
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Replies: 107
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| ... when I would've played Heat - there was no save game on my console. Well, anyway, I'm going to write about Heat again because I kept all these notes for a reason, dammit. It starts kinda okay, I guess. Takes an age to load. The title screen music is kinda dull. It doesn't blow your hair back ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cryptocurrency Mining |
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:23
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Replies: 138
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| And the value of cash is an illusion anyway. A £50 is only worth 5 £10 notes because everyone agrees that it is. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 14:39
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Replies: 178
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BikNorton wrote: I'm assuming they'd moo in the notes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind as you did.
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nice things |
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:31
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| I'm assuming they'd moo in the notes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind as you did. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Apple Thread |
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:18
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Replies: 1104
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| ... sound setup which makes it seem like the speakers are off to the sides. It's quite effective but for me it can be a bit distracting as certain notes/ranges sound like they are out far wider than others. It was a little distracting, I found, when I was watching some youtube videos. It's not ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:30
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Replies: 3448
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| ... than normal :ninja: Once I’ve updated the map I’ll try and make entries for some of the new places as well but they might stay hidden if I put DM notes in them and then I’ll make them public once you’ve been there. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:33
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:32
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Dimrill wrote: I don't think the notes are worth posting this week. As it was all giant.
Plus during that long list of names of giants, empires and battles I sort of zoned out. Too many names to ask the spelling of. It was like this
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 22:46
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| I don't think the notes are worth posting this week. As it was all giant. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 18:30
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| ... all that detail would be so easily collated in one post online or something?! Bet they were gutted when they clicked. It's a good thing our notes, plans & doodling are borderline insanity or else we could be spoiling it for others! :D |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 15:35
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| I'd like to make a suggestion, now that the campaign is becoming more of a sandbox. Could one of you take session notes each week and share them either here, or in the Discord, or in Legend Keeper? I'm thinking basically a rough outline of what happens in the session - where you ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 18:49
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sdg wrote: Dimrill wrote: x1 Ruby - valuation unknown, or not noted! I'm not sure about this one, can't find it in my notes.
Was in session 8. Possibly in the well with the cloak of billowing. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 14:31
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Replies: 3448
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| ... that nano-management in our campaggens so superfluous. x1 Ruby - valuation unknown, or not noted! I'm not sure about this one, can't find it in my notes. x1 Tiger Eye - valuation unknown, or not noted! 10gp |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dungeons and Dragons |
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 15:50
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| I think I've calmed down enough to do this now. LOOT! Staff - black adamantine - magical - spider staff - Myptik Rough notes Map of mines Black leather sack 190e - 38 each 130g - 26 each 15p - 3 each 9 gemstones dwarven ale mug - Erm potion healing - dave mace - sunburst - lightbringer ... |
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