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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Jeff Scott said:
I've never gotten into gaming, so I am completely lost within these discussions about them. Being killed and then put back onto your horse alive is an interesting concept, however. :smug:
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Not a great deal different, really. Being dead is no excuse for taking time off work (to loosely quote Time Bandits). We run back to the site of our demise from the graveyard. There is a spirit guy at the graveyard who will resurrect you on the spot in exchange for gold, additional damage to your gear and greatly decreased health for 15 (? I forget) minutes as you overcome resurrection sickness. Otherwise run back (fly back if inaccessible by foot) and go back to work taking down that boss. There's Phat Lewt to be had.

The raid - or the kind of raiding I grew up with before any cartoon class maroon could raid - is as complex an affair as I've encountered. Yeah and how we raided Black Temple and that's more fun that some may think should be legal. Just the sheer amount of work it takes to hold a raiding guild together is worthy of a medal. Just the amount of work it takes to run a guild is worthy of a medal ....
 
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El Güero said:
Is the moose fenced in or fenced out?
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There are moose everywhere especially in Anchorage and Fairbanks and outlying communities. They are even nuisances in suburban areas where they walk through communities looking for food. That shot was by a FB friend earlier yesterday. He caught it in a nearby park.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
Living in Alaska must be weird. That's the ugliest beaver I've ever seen...
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The Alaska Beaver is quite smaller than the moose and doesn't have horns. :laugh:

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Actually living in Alaska in my community is quite nice. Our children don't need to learn school gunmen procedures and we have maybe a couple dozen homeless that stay at a local church during the winter. Nearly everyone is employed and we don't lock our cars and sometimes don't lock our homes either.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
The Alaska Beaver is quite smaller than the moose and doesn't have horns. :laugh:

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Actually living in Alaska in my community is quite nice. Our children don't need to learn school gunmen procedures and we have maybe a couple dozen homeless that stay at a local church during the winter. Nearly everyone is employed and we don't lock our cars and sometimes don't lock our homes either.
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Now, that is refreshing to hear :thumbsup::thumbsup:!
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
I stand corrected by your astute observation. Car doors that aren't locked. Thank you for correcting me. :)
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Ah what I had in mind that apparently didn't come through clearly is all about them high-faluting people who drive (ownership is a different deal!) cars that aren't hoopties. My father said of used cars, don't buy someone else's problem. The real problem is when you can't afford not to buy that "somebody else's problem" car, and more often than it is a money pit of grief. That feels more true of 70s cars than now. And some 80s cars. Er a lot of 80s cars ....

So that's my resume for explainthefunnyoutofthejoke.com.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
Ah what I had in mind that apparently didn't come through clearly is all about them high-faluting people who drive (ownership is a different deal!) cars that aren't hoopties. My father said of used cars, don't buy someone else's problem. The real problem is when you can't afford not to buy that "somebody else's problem" car, and more often than it is a money pit of grief. That feels more true of 70s cars than now. And some 80s cars. Er a lot of 80s cars ....

So that's my resume for explainthefunnyoutofthejoke.com.
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I might get tarred and feathered for saying this, but at work it's mostly the American cars that still leave oil spots in the parking lot. I've owned both Toyota and Subaru and neither have ever leaked even one drop of oil.... now off and running... :bag:
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
I might get tarred and feathered for saying this, but at work it's mostly the American cars that still leave oil spots in the parking lot. I've owned both Toyota and Subaru and neither have ever leaked even one drop of oil.... now off and running... :bag:
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The older American cars used to leak like crazy. I don't know about the newer ones. I do know that I had a 2013 Ford Fusion that was built like a tank. It felt just like my old Volvo and then I understood why they bought Volvo in the first place- to pillage their tech. Was a great car and I wish I still had it.
 
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LBS-bass said:
The older American cars used to leak like crazy. I don't know about the newer ones. I do know that I had a 2013 Ford Fusion that was built like a tank. It felt just like my old Volvo and then I understood why they bought Volvo in the first place- to pillage their tech. Was a great car and I wish I still had it.
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Understood. The earth has gotten so much smaller and easy to share trade secrets when big companies swallow up the smaller ones. My old college flame also bought a Ford Fusion she still has and loves it. Says it feels very solid and is very dependable on maintenance.

Jeff Scott said:
Latest sighting of Will, Jr., and he ain't looking too happy about this, at all!

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