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sabs wrote:Actually Englad does use the Metric system.
Except for Beer, beer is sacred and comes in Pints.

So sacred that it's enshrined in the founding document:

The Magna Carta wrote: 35. Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale;

sabs wrote:Actually Englad does use the Metric system.

They do? Because I could have thought the speed limits were in MPH. I mean 25 km/hr is really really really SLOW.

Josh_Kablack wrote:

sabs wrote:Actually Englad does use the Metric system.
Except for Beer, beer is sacred and comes in Pints.

So sacred that it's enshrined in the founding document:

The Magna Carta wrote: 35. Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale;

As well it should be!

I think that Americans of all stripes and political affiliations could agree readily to adopting a more European standard for our booze.

They use both.. but they do use the Metric system, and it's taught in schools. You just have a lot of old foggies clinging to the Imperial system.

alright, god damnit....

We have a cat, who's getting onto his early teens in years, I think. He's still pretty healthy, overall (I guess he was losing weight because he didn't like the food we bought for a while, or something, but such things are resolved now).

But, he isn't pissing in the litter box. He'll shit, and I guess he pisses in there once every couple days or so, but otherwise he pissed either in from of it, or on the bathroom tile. My mother keeps throwing him out of the house when he does so, or looks like he's going to do so, but I'm concerned for the little pain in the ass, and it's clearly not fixing the problem (except for the problem caused to the floors).

We've bought a different style of litter box (going from a covered, open front box, to a tall, open top box), spending money we didn't have, and it hasn't fixed the problem.

My current thoughts are:
1) He, for some reason, doesn't like pissing on sand (except that he'll do it when the litter's fresh or something.)
or
2) He doesn't like pissing in the box when there's a clump of litter from an earlier trip (and we sure as hell can't afford a $75 self-cleaning litter box).

So what the hell do we do to get him to piss in the box besides clean it every fucking time he uses it?

He might have a urinary tract infection. Our kitten once upon a time began making it a habit to pee upon our comforter on our bed, it was discerned she had an infection and a little antibiotics cleared the problem right up.

I think since he can poop but not pee in the proper place, this might make it more likely. I dunno why, but a UTI for some reason makes them want to pee elsewhere.

If you cannot afford $75, I dunno whether you can afford a vet visit. =-( I don't recall it being terribly expensive, but it was 5+ years ago and I think we had a vet appointment on the books anyway so our only extra cost was the antibiotic (which I recall not being too much).

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Count Arioch the 28th wrote:I think that Americans of all stripes and political affiliations could agree readily to adopting a more European standard for our booze.

American booze has been metric for decades Count. It was one of the first things to go metric.

Why does my son have to be particularly attracted to cinnamon - especially in concentrated form - or spicy curry powder? Why the fuck can't my kid have a food fetish involving something innocuous and bland like that cream of rice cereal mush that most kids I know eat?

Maj: All kids are like this. This is one way in which they test their boundaries.

My kid loves sucking on limes and, at times, eating the rind.

When she found out that the response was more along the lines of laughter and a whole bunch of head shaking, she decided to keep at it.

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On another note, does anyone know of something like Nutella. I just want to try another sort of flavor?

If you find a cheaper substitute for Nutella, let me know. As far as I'm concerned, Nutella is proof that God exists, and wants us to be happy.

Maj wrote:Why does my son have to be particularly attracted to cinnamon - especially in concentrated form - or spicy curry powder?

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

(Believe it or not I actually do this ... I actually like an egg matozh with mayo and topped with Garam Masalla - a general blend of indian spices)

Cynic wrote:Maj: All kids are like this. This is one way in which they test their boundaries.

My kid loves sucking on limes and, at times, eating the rind.

When she found out that the response was more along the lines of laughter and a whole bunch of head shaking, she decided to keep at it.

I don't have a problem with him eating it. My son has never liked eating bland food. Cheese? Sharp. Thai food? Spicy. Lemons? Sour.

My problem is the chemical burns that inevitably result when he dumps it out in my bed and gets it all over himself while I'm taking a shower.

Even after a second bath last night, my son still smelled like curry and coconut this morning (coconut oil for the chemical burns).

It drives me out of my mind.

On another note, does anyone know of something like Nutella. I just want to try another sort of flavor?

Yes. Unfortunately, it's not really common, but it's there.

mmm... Chocolate peanut butter. it is also expensive compared to peanut butter or nutella. But I think I can splurge to just experience the taste.

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
I think that Americans of all stripes and political affiliations could agree readily to adopting a more European standard for our booze.

As long as we don't adopt their shitty portions for shots.

[Political, but not politics]

What the hell did Rachel Maddow do get such ire from the conservatives, at her and her specifically?

I know Marco Rubio, currently a Florida senator, ran an ad saying you know his economics plan will work because Rachel Maddow thinks it's wrong, because one of the local TV stations extend to enough of Florida it was deemed worth the time to run the ad.

I've also seen two different videos of people recording Tea Party protests being demanded what the hell they're doing there, do they work for Rachel Maddow?

The TVs at work are on MSNBC a lot, and I've learned to work and listen at the same time. Maddow doesn't have the open condemnation skills of Ed Schultz, or the methodical "This is the facts" air of Lawrence O'Donnell.

So I don't understand why she's evidently such a boogeyman.

What the hell did Rachel Maddow do get such ire from the conservatives, at her and her specifically?

Maddow is a homosexual who has short hair. They go after her a lot because they can attack her for what she is rather than for what she says or what she believes. It's a well poisoning ad hominem. For Tea Baggers, you actually can just bring up Maddow as a human being and get them angry. Because they are homophobic, and she's a homosexual. She is automatically "one of them" and they can make boogey boogey noises without substantively addressing anything she actually says.

-Username17

Maxus wrote:[Political, but not politics]

What the hell did Rachel Maddow do get such ire from the conservatives, at her and her specifically?

First you need to define which conservatives. I mean a whole lot will just hate anyone from MSNBC just because, and in part they are justified in their assertion.

Second, according to Salon she loves it when they do that, so she might be encouraging the whole attitude thing here. (Sort of the same way Glenn Beck really loves to goad the progressives.)

FrankTrollman wrote:Maddow is a homosexual who has short hair.

There's nothing wrong with a homosexual who has short hair. Unless she is sort of flat chested has a tatoo on her shoulder and sort of dresses artsy - goth in which case she could be confused with a slightly younger male and that's not wrong but potentially embarrassing when she was first hired to work at my gaming company.

Maxus wrote:So I don't understand why she's evidently such a boogeyman.

My guess? With Keith Olbermann gone from the liberal MSNBC [to Current TV, but who's watching?], she's next in line.

erik wrote:He might have a urinary tract infection. Our kitten once upon a time began making it a habit to pee upon our comforter on our bed, it was discerned she had an infection and a little antibiotics cleared the problem right up.

I think since he can poop but not pee in the proper place, this might make it more likely. I dunno why, but a UTI for some reason makes them want to pee elsewhere.

If you cannot afford $75, I dunno whether you can afford a vet visit. =-( I don't recall it being terribly expensive, but it was 5+ years ago and I think we had a vet appointment on the books anyway so our only extra cost was the antibiotic (which I recall not being too much).

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I've pretty much exhausted google trying to fix this, because I disagree with my parents' "we don't have the money for a vet visit, and you're ruining the house repairs we went into poverty to fix, so out you go and tough shit" response. I'd take the cat to the vet myself, except I don't have the money either, nor do I have credit cards. They refuse to believe that a UTI is even a possibility, because he doesn't exhibit any signs they are familiar with. How likely is it that pissing outside the box (And only sometimes) is seriously the only symptom (he doesn't even exhibit pain or distress)? What other solutions are out there? Does a single cat household seriously need two little boxes?

Have you tried calling the Humane Society/local animal shelter and asking for help? Or calling a vet to ask about rates/payment options? Do you have a pet store nearby like Petco or Petsmart where you could talk to someone for advice? A local veterinary school?

Yeah, but it'll all need to wait till tomorrow.

I'm playing Pool of Radiance, an old DOS game based on AD&D. It doesn't bother to explain anything at all, and the manual isn't entirely thorough either. So, can someone explain to me how a 1st Edition Fighter's sweep ability works? I thought I had it figured out as "you can sweep a number of small size creatures equal to your Fighter level," but ever since my party Fighters hit level six they've started sweeping up to three medium creatures, except sometimes not. Is it actually based on something besides size, so that more powerful creatures will not be sweeped even if they're medium?

Tangentially related, why can't you buy a cart in that game? It's got to the point where I'm just leaving thousands of gold and weapons which are clearly magical in the treasure rooms because it's too inconvenient to carry them.

EDIT: And one of my Fighters just sweeped five medium creatures. I have no idea how this works now.

And this is a plot-related nitpick, but don't the level ~5 town guards have something better to do than enforce the ban on loitering?

Chamomile wrote:I'm playing Pool of Radiance, an old DOS game based on AD&D. It doesn't bother to explain anything at all, and the manual isn't entirely thorough either. So, can someone explain to me how a 1st Edition Fighter's sweep ability works? I thought I had it figured out as "you can sweep a number of small size creatures equal to your Fighter level," but ever since my party Fighters hit level six they've started sweeping up to three medium creatures, except sometimes not. Is it actually based on something besides size, so that more powerful creatures will not be sweeped even if they're medium?

Tangentially related, why can't you buy a cart in that game? It's got to the point where I'm just leaving thousands of gold and weapons which are clearly magical in the treasure rooms because it's too inconvenient to carry them.

EDIT: And one of my Fighters just sweeped five medium creatures. I have no idea how this works now.

And this is a plot-related nitpick, but don't the level ~5 town guards have something better to do than enforce the ban on loitering?

Okay...I'll see if I can explain any and/or all of this, as I played that game a ton back in the day...

The fighter "sweep" ability hits 1 HD or less creatures up to the fighter's level. At some point, the fighter's attacks switch from one a round to 3 every 2 rounds, but I forget when. Either level 6 or level 8. This actually messes with the sweeping, which blows.

The money thing is normal. You generally want to keep some gems and jewelry for quick cash if you need some, otherwise, ID anything magic, and dump it.

There is a glitch in one of the hirelings in the game that's kinda weird. If you pick up the level 1 cleric, you can actually modify his stats, and they don't work exactly like your characters' stats. I never actually figured out if there was an in-game advantage to this, or if it was just a weird thing.

You were right on average. My level 7 Fighters just started making 3 attacks per 2 rounds.

Another question, how much does silver do against undead? Would it be wiser to use silver weapons as opposed to the +2/3 magic weapons I use by default?

Chamomile wrote:Another question, how much does silver do against undead? Would it be wiser to use silver weapons as opposed to the +2/3 magic weapons I use by default?

Use your generic stuff, and upgrade your generic stuff when something better comes around.

Any sort of balance these games might have breaks shortly after fireball comes online. Barring fuck-you monsters like dracoliches and beholders, the biggest threat is attrition. I forget if PoR has Fix and/or a spell memorization list - it probably doesn't.

Don't bother with money. If you want to collect money as some sort of highscore, create a 7th character and give it most of the money (and specialty items that you don't use).

After PoR, play CoAB, Gateway and the first two Dragonlance games. Be warned that SotSB, PoD, Treasure and DQK are delayed blast fireball spamfests.