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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Going to be Away?

« on: August 19, 2018, 11:58:20 AM »

Forthcoming awayness: today to Monday 27th inclusive. In fact I'm already 'away', as I'm typing this at Gatwick Airport. It's going to be a ramble through the erstwhile Holy Roman Empire by train: Vienna tonight, then Innsbruck, Verona, Switzerland, Frankfurt am Main, and finally Antwerp.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: August 17, 2018, 10:54:50 PM »

article

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: August 15, 2018, 03:19:52 PM »

rope

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: August 12, 2018, 03:39:48 PM »

corporation

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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story

« on: August 11, 2018, 11:52:40 PM »

I'm so glad I'm not jaundiced about this series

Though I note that the toastmaster first appears as an odd grey-green colour, rather than the expected yellow?

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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story

« on: August 09, 2018, 01:00:52 AM »

because I thought the joke could get lost for people who don't know that an Ordinary is a clerical role

This reminded me of a quote from SF and fantasy author Mary Gentle, in her introduction to her White Crow series:

This is why, when I say that there are jokes in Rats & Gargoyles that only three people in the world will understand, and one of them is dead, this is not an apology.

Please don't be afraid of obscure jokes and subtle references. Maybe some people won't get them, but others will - they'll connect what you've written with what they know, and a certain joyful smile will cross their face: "Oh, yes, that's what he means." Or maybe they won't understand at first, but will be motivated to do some research, and then that moment of discovery and connection will come a little later.

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Arts, Crafts, Music & Drama - The Artisans' Guilds / Re: In which Jubal decides to find out how hard writing comics is

« on: August 05, 2018, 10:28:45 PM »

I like this very much, and would enjoy more of it.

Also I feel the comic deserves a name of its own, not just "In which Jubal...", but I'm not sure what it should be.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: August 02, 2018, 06:42:55 PM »

Diet

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: July 31, 2018, 09:52:21 PM »

shriven

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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Nature yays

« on: July 31, 2018, 09:51:40 PM »

I just got lucky it didn't fly away from me. Also finally figured out the proper settings for my phone camera. Huehue

And this is how great photos are made: luck in catching the moment, and knowledge of how to handle the camera - plus an artist's eye for a picture. Well done: I think they're amazing!

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: July 30, 2018, 06:46:27 PM »

errant

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: July 30, 2018, 08:30:17 AM »

switch

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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Space yays

« on: July 24, 2018, 06:01:56 PM »

I'll just wait here then.

- North America

You shouldn't have to wait too long - just under six months. There's a lunar eclipse on 21 January 2019 for which North America is perfectly positioned - details here.

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History, Science, and Interesting Information - The Great Library / Re: Space yays

« on: July 23, 2018, 08:10:24 PM »

Meanwhile, coming up overnight Friday / Saturday: the longest (at least by a few seconds) lunar eclipse this century. It will be visible from Australia, most of Asia and Europe, Africa, and parts of South America. The eastern and western edges of that range only get to see part of the eclipse; as seen from Australia, the moon will set before it's finished, while it will already have started when the moon rises for Europe. More details for this eclipse here, and for lunar eclipses generally here.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: July 19, 2018, 12:20:51 PM »

discus