Old Man

Re: The cranky thread I sympathize, I had to buy $2000 worth of valve cover gasket and distributor on Thanksgiving.

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC?

Re: Jokes It's really not hard to be smarter than your teacher. I've seen assistant football coaches pressed into service as science teachers. I've seen tenured teachers so close to retirement that they would spend class time sorting M&Ms, when they could be bothered to show up. I've seen teachers that were more interested in teaching "values" than facts. I've seen teachers that were completely ineffective for reasons of health, mental health, age, class size, lack of administrative support, you name it. Many school districts require that teachers have a degree in teaching, not in the subject they're teaching. Some districts don't even have that requirement. The bar is set real low here.

Re: The cranky thread

Re: Musings on Random Musings Oh, he's sick all right. Just not in the same way.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Re: Here There Be Dragons "Here their be dragons."

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I like roller coasters as much as anyone, but eventually they stop being fun and just make you sick. I want off.

Re: Musings on Random Musings

Re: Jokes What are you waiting for? Hurry up and crush their spirits, man! You call yourself a teacher?

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC? I'm sure he didn't mean to tread on your sense of humor like that.

Re: Musings on Random Musings I aim to please.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Phineas and Ferb is awesome.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I think I'd have instinctively grounded her for that.

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC? Hey guys, I'm more interested in the APC discussion than in the who's trolling discussion. Especially if we can relate it to Hero gaming, which we all agree is awesome.

Re: I have a dream. (and MAN was it wierd!) What always bothered me about dreams like that is that my subconscious came up with them all by itself. I wind up lying awake wondering why.

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC? The current trend toward modularity seems to be an institutionalized acceptance of what inevitably happens to just about any armored platform. The M113 isn't the only vehicle that's had countless variants built on its chassis--in fact I can't think of any armored vehicle that didn't have lots of variants made. Modularity and upgradability is just going to be written into the specs from now on, I think.

Re: Jokes

Re: The cranky thread Also, LAX and its near total lack of power outlets.

Re: The cranky thread In bed at 1. Up at 430am to make a 7am flight. Security.

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC? They've had to be because they don't get any budget and are treated like a red-headed stepchild by the Navy.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings God I love the internet. Chinese extraterrestrials expected to arrive in 2012: http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-seattle/extraterrestrials-now-live-among-us-china-and-u-s-a-newspapers-report

Re: Musings on Random Musings Well, Bourbon Street, anyway. Haven't had a chance to investigate the whole French Quarter, nor will I as long as it's thirty-something degrees.

Re: Writing Setting Material The latter could work, depending on the setting. But you might want to add in comments by an "editor" from the opposition, so that it's more clear to the reader that the original account must be taken with a grain of salt. This form would also be slightly more work for other GMs who want to use the material, but as far as I'm concerned, this is a lot of writing and if it isn't fun for you you won't finish it. The former approach is a lot more conventional and, done right, can be very successful. I am reminded of the Traveller Starship Operations Manual, which was a typically dry account that had a lot of quotes mixed in from an old crusty starship captain for color. "Why do we dim the lights right before a jump? Well, it used to be that we needed every scrap of power for the jump drive. Now it's just a silly superstition. But I always dim the lights."

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Bourbon street is really... cheesy. Strip clubs and bars with rock bands. Absolutely no jazz whatsoever.