|||1188|| e readers to note that the Transbelvian contribution to the Red Fleet consisted of this factory and a pedalo boat sent to Leonid Brezhnev in 1972%2C which was sent back after the gearage system tried to eat one of his grandchildren.%0D%0A%0D%0AStill%2C when my father arrived at the State Print Works%2C washed and dressed with shining morning face after a stay in Vrygdryznz%27s most opulent and well-appointed hotel - a title it held by virtue of it being the town%27s only hotel%2C and even then it went to the judges - he was somewhat shocked to find that the pinnacle of Transbelvian printing technology was largely based on the Mark IV of his training years. The Belvoprint B9 was a hulking great machine%2C three times the height of a man and ornery as a herd of camels. Part of its innovative%2C unique%2C and utterly deranged design was that it was a linotype machine and printer all in one. This%2C those who know printing at all%2C was something of a problem.%0D%0A%0D%0ASee%2C typesetting machines of the vintage that the Belvoprint was designed after used liquid metal to form the letter press. The exact admixture eludes me%2C but the things that made up type metal in the Western world were lead%2C tin%2C and antimony. Not so Transbelvian type metal%2C goodness no. In order to harden the type even more%2C and thus save on metal used since the stamping wouldn%27t wear it out as fast %28so the thinking%2C if you can call it that%2C went%29%2C Transbelvian type metal cut it with iron. This had the minor downside of making the liquid metal a hell of a lot hotter than normal%2C with some interesting implications.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe moulds for the individual letters had some mechanical defects%2C as perhaps ought to be expected of a product of Glorious Traditional Transbelvian Industrial Workmanship. Chief among those was a tendency for the sides to warp and weaken under pressure%2C a circumstance under which they are often put due to the nature of hot metal typesetting. Additionally%2C linotype machines being what they are%2C if you incorrectly justified the matrices then a jet of molten metal would spurt out in some direction and hit the wall with a highly dangerous splat. Lastly%2C and most damning of all%2C the lower half of the machine was full of rolls of treated paper%2C which the astute among you will recall is rather flammable.%0D%0A%0D%0ALike I said%2C an interesting time of his life.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe print works managed to survive fairly well until ideologically-sanitized versions of Western literature began to be demanded. The Vrygdryznz works was selected for the production of %5Bi%5DLord Of The Springs%5B%2Fi%5D%2C a proletarian vision of Tolkien%27s works in which Sauron%27s burning%2C lidless eye is white rather than red and Aragorn is elected Supreme Soviet of the Democratic People%27s Republic of Gondor%2C among other and more insane changes. For a full account%2C see Dr. Emily Berkenstein%27s excellent translation%2C containing footnotes and details of the changes made by Transbelvia%27s Consumable Media Subcommitte %28Literature%29 and notes on Soviet Transbelvian literary heritage in general. Despite being a legal printer by training%2C my father was picked by the local party official to man the production of this work. To my mind%2C he succeeded admirably given what he had.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt involved reworking the entire Belvoprint setup to allow it to print books%2C and this is probably where everything started to go a bit wrong. Since the linotype slugs were so much harder%2C they had to print reams and reams of page 1-2 before setting page 3-4. Now%2C despite the enormous hatchet-wielding skills of Soviet censors and the vagaries of both the Russian and Transbelvische languages%2C %5Bi%5DLord Of The Springs%5B%2Fi%5D is%2C in its collected form%2C actually a good twenty or thirty thousand words %5Bi%5Dlonger%5B%2Fi%5D than the original books. The job was enormous%2C the time scale was ridiculous%2C and the means of production were Transbelvian%3B that collections from the Vrygdryznz works exist at all is to be lauded. However%2C there are not very many.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlcohol was everywhere in the print works itself%2C and the heat of the place was enormous. The place was a sea of sweat%2C the kind of parade of shirtless%2C hairy%2C burly men normally found in a Victorian foundry or certain special interest magazines of which you cannot prove I own a truly vast collection. The amount of books and pages destroyed by fire is incredible. 78%25 of the total run burned%2C and even the completed books were lightly singed and reeked of type metal and burnt vodka. Eyebrows became a distant memory. Chest hair became a liability. But the run did get out.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then%2C once the last of those pages had been shipped out to the binders in Zbgnvszk%2C only then did the venerable Belvoprint B9 decide its task was done. Nobody is quite sure what caused the explosion%2C since everyone involved woke up four days later with the kind of hangover only Transbelvian drinking culture can cultivate %28Father likened his to having the inside of one%27s skull attacked by several dozen outraged clams made of razor-sharp hammers%29. The blast had levelled the print works%2C and the noble firemen of the city battled the blaze for over 48 hours. The Transbelvian printing experiment was over.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was a rather sad day%2C as the British legal print delegation boarded its thankfully not-Transbelvian plane and departed for the free shores of home%3B despite the ideological differences of the British and Transbelvian governments%2C the actual people on the ground had wanted it to work. I am fortunate enough to own a Transbelvian %5Bi%5DSprings%5B%2Fi%5D signed by President Vugblat himself%2C and his inscription reads thus%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22To %28MY FATHER%27S NAME REDACTED%29%2C a fine example of his trade and his union%3B may our nations come together through the peace and nobility of the written word%2C and may our days be as sunny and beautiful as the prose within his work. Art in service of the People is the People%27s greatest friend%2C and therefore the greatest friend of mankind%3B and the tragedy of this cooperative exchange is that it lasted but a short while. For this book%2C and for all those that follow%2C you have the thanks of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Transbelvia and her Allies. Good luck.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%2C good burghers of this forum%2C is why Transbelvia is such a dear country%3B for all its flaws and for all its total lack of resources%2C quality control%2C or competence%2C it strove to punch above its weight and make a name for itself. Then again%2C I%27m British%3B we love an underdog%2C no matter how useless.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd Transbelvia%27s the most maddeningly%2C heartbreakingly%2C gloriously useless of them all.%0D%0A%0D%0AThank you for reading.%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DIs this fanfic%3F Does this count as fanfic%3F If it%27s wrong of me to post something like this%2C please remove it%2C but I love the ethos of Transbelvia and its wonderful incompetence.%5B%2Fsmall%5D 14|10|13|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Verbena||18:22:51|05/14/2016|That...was..INCREDIBLE. SO wish I had a %27like%27 button%21 I was dying laughing%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0A Fearless creatures%2C we all learn to fight the Reaper%0D%0A Can%27t defeat Her%2C so instead I%27ll have to be Her 15|10|13|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Mercutio||20:25:46|05/14/2016|%3E The place was a sea of sweat%2C the kind of parade %0D%0A%3Eof shirtless%2C hairy%2C burly men normally found in a Victorian foundry %0D%0A%3Eor certain special interest magazines of which you cannot prove I own %0D%0A%3Ea truly vast collection. %0D%0A%0D%0AThis was an extraordinarily excellent aside%2C made all the better that it is easy to miss because of where it is positioned in the text.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%5Bsmall%5DIs this fanfic%3F Does this count as fanfic%3F If it%27s wrong of me %0D%0A%3Eto post something like this%2C please remove it%2C but I love the ethos of %0D%0A%3ETransbelvia and its wonderful incompetence.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0ADude%2C I don%27t own the forums%2C but after %5Bi%5DFly Girls%5B%2Fi%5D%2C I think it%27s safe to say that collaborative organic endeavors of this sort are positively welcome.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 16|10|13|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||22:19:15|05/14/2016|Dang%2C Traitor. For reasons we don%27t need to get into here %28including but not limited to the news about Darwyn Cooke%29%2C I have been having A Day%2C and there was that waiting for me when I got home. Nicely done. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 17|11|16|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|The Traitor||06:33:19|05/15/2016|Glad I could help. %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AI know a few serious Tolkien geeks%3B it might be worth making the Berkenstein translation of %5Bi%5DLord Of The Springs%5B%2Fi%5D one of these days. I mean%2C what could possibly go wrong with that%3F %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DTechnically%2C the copyright is still held by the Transbelvian government%3B however%2C I have ready access to good whiskey and blue jeans%2C so this probably isn%27t too much of a problem. %3D%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D 18|12|17|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|SpottedKitty||11:18:58|05/15/2016|%3EI know a few serious Tolkien geeks%3B it might be worth making the %0D%0A%3EBerkenstein translation of %5Bi%5DLord Of The Springs%5B%2Fi%5D one of these %0D%0A%3Edays. I mean%2C what could possibly go wrong with that%3F %3D%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C it couldn%27t be worse than the somewhat dodgy Swedish translation%2C and I%27m sure I remember a German translation that had an advert for instant soup inserted into the text...%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Yes%2C that was a Real Thing that Really Happened.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 19|13|18|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|MoonEyes||07:17:05|05/16/2016|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-16-16 AT 07:26 AM (EDT)]%3EWell%2C it couldn%27t be worse than the somewhat dodgy Swedish %0D%0A%3Etranslation%0D%0A%0D%0AI will have you know that there is absolutely NOTHING %27dodgy%27 about the Swedish translation.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s an utter hack-job from a ham-fisted moron with delusions of adequacy%2C and all those books should be collected for an enormous bonfire%21 The name %27Ohlmarks%27 should be prohibited by law.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eand I%27m sure I remember a German translation that had an %0D%0A%3Eadvert for instant soup inserted into the text... %0D%0A%3E%28Yes%2C that was a Real Thing that Really Happened.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThere is an image for you. While Ohlmarks translation was%2C in all honesty%2C shit and he really sholdn%27t have been allowed NEAR anything in another language%2C at least he didn%27t do THAT. Are you sure you%27re not thinking about %27Bored of the Rings%27%2C though%3F I know there is a %27variation%27 of Minas Morgul in it%2C there known as %27Chikken Noodul%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AGott%27s Leetle Feesh in Trousers%21 20|14|19|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||10:19:56|05/16/2016|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-16-16 AT 10:20 AM (EDT)]%3E%3EWell%2C it couldn%27t be worse than the somewhat dodgy Swedish %0D%0A%3E%3Etranslation%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI will have you know that there is absolutely NOTHING %27dodgy%27 about %0D%0A%3Ethe Swedish translation. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s an utter hack-job from a ham-fisted moron with delusions of %0D%0A%3Eadequacy%2C and all those books should be collected for an enormous %0D%0A%3Ebonfire%21 The name %27Ohlmarks%27 should be prohibited by law%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%27m sure you can see%2C Captain Andersson%2C that your position is hopeless. Surrender is your only rational option now.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Y%27know... it%27s a funny thing about us Swedes. You think we%27re all nice%2C calm%2C reliable sorts of people%2C and then one of us goes and does something completely daft and unexpected. Like invent dynamite%2C or colonize North America%2C or %5Bb%5Dfire photon torpedoes%21%5B%2Fb%5D%22%0D%0A - Olivia N. Andersson demonstrates the USS %5Bi%5D%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m%5B%2Fi%5D%27s voice-activated command override system%0D%0A%0D%0AThat reminds me%2C obliquely%2C that I must remember to include a character quirk I recently ran across online in Swede%27s portfolio. One of the Yogscasters%2C Rythian%2C is Swedish%2C and evidently from Malm%C3%B6%2C Swede%27s hometown. Whenever they play %5Bi%5DCiv 5%5B%2Fi%5D on their channel%E2%80%94which they do a lot%E2%80%94he plays Sweden%2C but the first thing he always does is delete Stockholm and call his capital Malm%C3%B6. If questioned about this%2C he generally either feigns ignorance of anyplace called %22Stockholm%22 %28%22are you sure you%27re not thinking of Denmark%3F they have a lot of crappy cities in Denmark%22%29 or just dismisses it as too inferior to Malm%C3%B6 to be worth bothering about. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 22|15|20|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|MoonEyes||13:09:11|05/16/2016|%3E%22Y%27know... it%27s a funny thing about us Swedes. You think we%27re all %0D%0A%3Enice%2C calm%2C reliable sorts of people%2C and then one of us goes and does %0D%0A%3Esomething completely daft and unexpected. Like invent dynamite%2C or %0D%0A%3Ecolonize North America%2C or %5Bb%5Dfire photon torpedoes%21%5B%2Fb%5D%22 %0D%0A%3E - Olivia N. Andersson demonstrates the USS %5Bi%5D%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m%5B%2Fi%5D%27s %0D%0A%3Evoice-activated command override system %0D%0A%0D%0AIs this in relation to Ohlmarks%27 translation or my reaction to calling it %27dodgy%27%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThat reminds me%2C obliquely%2C that I must remember to include a %0D%0A%3Echaracter quirk I recently ran across online in Swede%27s portfolio. %0D%0A%3EOne of the Yogscasters%2C Rythian%2C is Swedish%2C and evidently from %0D%0A%3EMalm%C3%B6%2C Swede%27s hometown. Whenever they play %5Bi%5DCiv 5%5B%2Fi%5D on their %0D%0A%3Echannel%E2%80%94which they do a lot%E2%80%94he plays Sweden%2C but the first thing %0D%0A%3Ehe always does is delete Stockholm and call his capital Malm%C3%B6. If %0D%0A%3Equestioned about this%2C he generally either feigns ignorance of %0D%0A%3Eanyplace called %22Stockholm%22 %28%22are you sure you%27re not thinking of %0D%0A%3EDenmark%3F they have a lot of crappy cities in Denmark%22%29 or just %0D%0A%3Edismisses it as too inferior to Malm%C3%B6 to be worth bothering about. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd there%27s a bit of a laugh...because if there is ONE city that could be taken for a crappy Danish one%2C in Sweden%2C it would be Malm%C3%B6.%0D%0A%0D%0AHell%2C the entire county is generally %27dismissed%27 as reserve Danes anyway. %3AP%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C Massive Entertainment is located there%2C so they do have ONE saving grace...%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AGott%27s Leetle Feesh in Trousers%21 25|16|22|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||14:51:22|05/17/2016|%3EHell%2C the entire county is generally %27dismissed%27 as reserve Danes %0D%0A%3Eanyway. %3AP %0D%0A%0D%0ACould be worse%2C you could be backup Norwegians.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 28|17|25|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|MoonEyes||04:20:57|05/18/2016|%3ECould be worse%2C you could be backup Norwegians. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C considering that my old man%2C despite having lived here for something like 40 years%2C was proudly and unrepentantly still a Norwegian citizen%2C I think backup Norwegian would fit me%2C actually. But I%27m not a DANE%2C at least.%0D%0AFrom both sides%2C I have a LANGUAGE. Danes%3F Have a throat illness%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3AP%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AGott%27s Leetle Feesh in Trousers%21 23|15|20|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|ebony14||15:41:12|05/16/2016|Sounds like he%27s suffering from... %2Aputs on sunglasses%2A Stockholm Syndrome.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C%22Who Are You%3F%22 - The Who%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D2%5DI%27m not sorry.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22 24|16|23|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||14:49:15|05/17/2016|%3ESounds like he%27s suffering from... %2Aputs on sunglasses%2A Stockholm %0D%0A%3ESyndrome. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%3C%22Who Are You%3F%22 - The Who%3E %0D%0A%0D%0ASchoolboy error%3A The opening theme to %5Bi%5DCSI Miami%5B%2Fi%5D %28to which the sunglasses thing is a reference%29 is %22Won%27t Get Fooled Again%22%2C not %22Who Are You%3F%22 I%27m afraid that%27s a two-minute penalty.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 26|17|24|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|ebony14||16:40:02|05/17/2016|%3E%3ESounds like he%27s suffering from... %2Aputs on sunglasses%2A Stockholm %0D%0A%3E%3ESyndrome. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3E%3C%22Who Are You%3F%22 - The Who%3E %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3ESchoolboy error%3A The opening theme to %5Bi%5DCSI Miami%5B%2Fi%5D %28to which the %0D%0A%3Esunglasses thing is a reference%29 is %22Won%27t Get Fooled Again%22%2C not %22Who %0D%0A%3EAre You%3F%22 I%27m afraid that%27s a two-minute penalty. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0APoop. I don%27t watch the shows any more anyway %28being in a relationship with an actual forensic scientist spoils the suspension of disbelief rather fiercely%2C and she won%27t watch them at all%29. Still%2C it%27s a fair cop. %2Agoes off to sit in the penalty box%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22 27|18|26|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||16:56:37|05/17/2016|%3EPoop. I don%27t watch the shows any more anyway %28being in a relationship %0D%0A%3Ewith an actual forensic scientist spoils the suspension of disbelief %0D%0A%3Erather fiercely%2C and she won%27t watch them at all%29. Still%2C it%27s a fair %0D%0A%3Ecop. %2Agoes off to sit in the penalty box%2A %0D%0A%0D%0ASure%2C I don%27t think any of the original three are even still in production. I hadn%27t followed any of them beyond whenever season 3 of %5Bi%5DCSI New York%5B%2Fi%5D was %28and whichever seasons that same year was for the other two%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 29|16|23|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|MoonEyes||18:51:07|05/20/2016|http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnVrPjEX.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A...%21%0D%0AGott%27s Leetle Feesh in Trousers%21 21|14|19|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|SpottedKitty||11:05:02|05/16/2016|%3E%3Eand I%27m sure I remember a German translation that had an %0D%0A%3E%3Eadvert for instant soup inserted into the text... %0D%0A%3E%3E%28Yes%2C that was a Real Thing that Really Happened.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThere is an image for you. While Ohlmarks translation was%2C in all %0D%0A%3Ehonesty%2C shit and he really sholdn%27t have been allowed NEAR anything %0D%0A%3Ein another language%2C at least he didn%27t do THAT. Are you sure you%27re %0D%0A%3Enot thinking about %27Bored of the Rings%27%2C though%3F I know there is a %0D%0A%3E%27variation%27 of Minas Morgul in it%2C there known as %27Chikken Noodul%27. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt was a long-standing problem%3B apparently the publisher had an advertising contract with a certain well-known %28only in Germany%29 manufacturer of instant soup. I%27ve come across a mention of at least one of the early Discworld books getting the same treatment %E2%80%94 PTerry wasn%27t pleased either%2C and eventually changed his German publisher %E2%80%94 and possibly some of the Pocket Star Trek novels as well.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have the collection of JRRT%27s Letters%2C and I%27m trying to find the one where he reacts to finding out what happened. IIRC he was wonderfully scathing%3B almost as good as the time %28just pre-WW2%29 when a prospective German %28again...%3F%29 translator of %5Bi%5DThe Hobbit%5B%2Fi%5D wanted to know if someone with a good German name could prove his good Aryan origins...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 30|1|0|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|SilenRevered||15:38:58|05/22/2016|What fast food chains exist in the 25th century%3F We know In-and-Out%2C BK%2C Chet%27s Chow%2C Red Robin%2C and McDonalds are around%2C but what else%3F 31|2|30|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||17:35:14|05/22/2016|%3EWhat fast food chains exist in the 25th century%3F We know In-and-Out%2C %0D%0A%3EBK%2C Chet%27s Chow%2C Red Robin%2C and McDonalds are around%2C but what else%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AStrictly speaking%2C Chet%27s and Red Robin aren%27t fast food chains%2C they%27re in what I believe they call the %22casual dining%22 sector %28they have table service and whatnot%29. Beyond that%2C this is kind of too broad a question to answer accurately. I mean%2C there are a million-zillion fast food chains %5Bi%5Dnow%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and I can only think of a couple of dozen off the top of my head%3B and that%27s only the ones on Earth. Who %5Bi%5Dknows%5B%2Fi%5D what they%27re hitting the drive-thru at on Reticula Prime right now%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C you can pretty much assume that any fast-food place you can think of has at least %5Bi%5Done%5B%2Fi%5D example kicking around somewhere in the 25th-century galaxy%2C although not all of them will be survivors of the pre-Contact era%3B some are revivals%2C like those modern companies that use old-timey IPs for branding purposes.%0D%0A%0D%0AExamples that are readily found in New Avalon%3A Wienerschnitzel %28most of which also have a Tastee-Freez in them%29%2C Jack in the Box%2C all the various KFC %28depending on where you are in the galaxy%2C the C might not stand for Chicken%29%2FTaco Bell%2FPizza Hut permutations%2C and Dairy Queen. Dairy Queens are required by Avalon County law to be the kind that have burgers and stuff and not just seasonal ice cream stands. For reasons which are obscure to outsiders and even many Avalonians%2C virtually every one of the city%27s many Tastee-Freez locations that isn%27t in a Wienerschnitzel is in a Chinese restaurant%2C by virtue of which said restaurants also sell Big T burgers and fries along with their more traditional offerings.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe city also has one lone Hardee%27s out by NAU for studio in-joke purposes. Also%2C in the %22fast casual%22 borderland%2C you have things like Johnny Rockets%2C Five Guys%2C and that Tex-Mex place I can%27t think of the name of that%27s slightly fancier than Taco Bell.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd of course there are Shyam Shacks %5Bi%5Deverywhere%5B%2Fi%5D%2C not just in Salutown%2C easily identified by their jaunty yellow roofs and giant revolving shyam-hoop signs. If you need a paper cone full of noodles and meat that you eat with a miniature oil filter wrench%2C and you lack either the time or the sobriety to sit down and unfold a napkin%2C Shyam Shack is your best pal.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 32|3|31|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Mercutio||21:24:34|05/22/2016|%0D%0A%3EThe city also has one lone Hardee%27s out by NAU for studio in-joke %0D%0A%3Epurposes. Also%2C in the %22fast casual%22 borderland%2C you have things like %0D%0A%3EJohnny Rockets%2C Five Guys%2C and that Tex-Mex place I can%27t think of the %0D%0A%3Ename of that%27s slightly fancier than Taco Bell. %0D%0A%0D%0AMoe%27s Southwest is what you%27re thinking of. %0D%0A%0D%0AOr at least I think it is. There%27s Chipotle and Qdoba%2C but they%27re more than slightly fancier than Taco Bell%3B their ingredients are clearly a cut above what the Bell uses. Moe%27s%2C however%2C serves substantially the same stuff you%27d get in a Taco Bell%2C they just serve more of it and arrange it differently and their locations don%27t have that air of desperation that every Taco Bell does.%0D%0A%0D%0AI... I know more about fast food than any one man should.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 33|3|31|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Bushido||22:37:03|05/22/2016|Of course%2C the quality of a specific location of a fast food franchise %28quality of the food and the personnel working there%29 also depends on the location. There%27s places in New Avalon that you%27d eat at without a second thought that you wouldn%27t go within a mile of on Kane%27s World. 34|3|31|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||23:42:05|05/22/2016|%3EFor %0D%0A%3Ereasons which are obscure to outsiders and even many Avalonians%2C %0D%0A%3Evirtually every one of the city%27s many Tastee-Freez locations that %0D%0A%3Eisn%27t in a Wienerschnitzel is in a Chinese restaurant%2C by virtue of %0D%0A%3Ewhich said restaurants also sell Big T burgers and fries along with %0D%0A%3Etheir more traditional offerings.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh yeah%2C I forgot to include the explanation of where this comes from. It%27s a reference to an odd thing that happened around where I live. I should start by explaining%2C for those who aren%27t familiar with it%2C that Tastee-Freez was a chain of restaurants offering classic American drive-in fare%26mdash%3Bburgers%2C French fries%2C a range of deep-fried items %28fried clams were a popular thing at the ones here in Maine%29%2C along with various desserts based on soft-serve ice cream %28which was their trademark%2C hence the name%29. They were similar to Dairy Queens%2C but less modern-fast-food and more %2750s-drive-in style. They used to be one of the biggest chains in the country%2C and while there are still a few of them scattered around%2C they%27re quite rare now%3B as far as I can tell%2C mostly the trademark is used for the ice cream they sell at Wienerschnitzel hot dog joints. %28Fun fact%3A Wienerschnizel restaurants don%27t serve Vienna schnitzel%2C which is a breaded veal cutlet.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C when I was a kid%2C there was a Tastee-Freez in the little town over by the Interstate%2C 12 miles or so from here. It was run by a nice old couple who closed up shop and went to Florida every winter%2C and my parents %28along with a good many other people in the region%29 would eagerly look forward to their return every spring. I have many fond memories of eating dinner in the back seat of our old Caprice%2C being careful to save room for ice cream.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I was in high school%2C the old couple decided it was time to retire%2C but rather than close the place down%2C they sold out to a Vietnamese family who lived not far from us. They converted the Tastee-Freez into a Chinese restaurant%26mdash%3Bbut it was also still a Tastee-Freez. Which meant you could rock up and get a burger and some chicken fried rice%2C a Coke%2C and a banana split. That was almost %5Bi%5Dunfathomably%5B%2Fi%5D cosmopolitan as dining experiences in late-1980s rural Maine went%2C and it was my and my high school crew%27s favorite place for years.%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly%2C not long after I moved back to the area in the early 2000s%2C the matriarch of the family retired and left the place in the hands of her daughter%2C whose local-born husband decided that what the region %5Bi%5Dreally%5B%2Fi%5D needed was another bar%2C not an awesome Chinese restaurant-cum-Tastee-Freez. They made a gesture toward preserving the restaurant by adding a wing onto the bar with some seating and keeping part of the kitchen open%2C but the Tastee-Freez franchise and all its equipment went%2C and the magic was lost. A few years later%2C part of the building burned down and they never reopened. I pass by the site on the way to and from the Interstate%26mdash%3Bso basically all the time%26mdash%3Band it still makes me a little bit melancholy.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich is why there are Tastee-Freez Chinese restaurants in New Avalon. It%27s a cultural feature%2C the kind of thing that turns up in articles about going there in the tourism sections of other places%27 newspapers.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 36|3|31|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Peter Eng||02:39:53|05/23/2016|%3E%0D%0A%3EWho %5Bi%5Dknows%5B%2Fi%5D what they%27re hitting the drive-thru at on %0D%0A%3EReticula Prime right now%3F%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASome guesses on fast food in the UF galaxy%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AFast food has been invented on every planet that has a use for it. Cybertron has no native fast food%3B Mondas and Skaro had fast food%2C but precisely what it was is more a matter for archaeologists.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe people of Earth have had the most success with franchising to other races%3B Tastee-Freez and Dairy Queen are especially popular on Salusia for obvious reasons.%0D%0A%0D%0AKlingons have not successfully opened franchises on any worlds without a significant Klingon population.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 37|4|36|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|BobSchroeck||08:05:56|05/23/2016|%3EKlingons have not successfully opened franchises on any worlds without %0D%0A%3Ea significant Klingon population. %0D%0A%0D%0AThe very concept of %5Bi%5DKlingon fast food%5B%2Fi%5D is simultaneously intriguing and terrifying.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%222%22%5DI mean%2C just the equivalent of the McDonaldland characters alone... and let%27s not even get into rivalries and franchise wars...%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 42|5|37|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|SpottedKitty||22:50:15|05/23/2016|%3EThe very concept of %5Bi%5DKlingon fast food%5B%2Fi%5D is simultaneously %0D%0A%3Eintriguing and terrifying. %0D%0A%0D%0AI keep trying to parse that as %22Klingon not-fast-enough-%5Bi%5Dtherefore%5B%2Fi%5D-food%22... %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 46|6|42|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Peter Eng||14:27:29|05/24/2016|%3E%3EThe very concept of %5Bi%5DKlingon fast food%5B%2Fi%5D is simultaneously %0D%0A%3E%3Eintriguing and terrifying. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI keep trying to parse that as %22Klingon %0D%0A%3Enot-fast-enough-%5Bi%5Dtherefore%5B%2Fi%5D-food%22... %3B%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A...which is not the same as %22Klingon Not-Fast-Enough food.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Your delivery arrived in forty-five minutes%21 You have brought dishonor upon your House of Pizza%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 48|7|46|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|CdrMike||19:21:25|05/24/2016|%3E...which is not the same as %22Klingon Not-Fast-Enough food.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Your delivery arrived in forty-five minutes%21 You have brought %0D%0A%3Edishonor upon your House of Pizza%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%22That%27s the third delivery driver we%27ve had ritually kill himself this week%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AOr the nightly news report%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Tonight%2C a delivery driver lies dead%2C the victim of a duel with a Klingon customer. The victor is quoted as stating that the driver had no honor and was killed for bringing shame upon his House. Authorities are not filing charges%2C as the duel was in keeping with local laws regarding honorable challenges.%22 50|8|48|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|BobSchroeck||08:06:33|05/25/2016|%3E%22That%27s the third delivery driver we%27ve had ritually kill himself this %0D%0A%3Eweek%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr the nightly news report%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Tonight%2C a delivery driver lies dead%2C the victim of a duel with a %0D%0A%3EKlingon customer. The victor is quoted as stating that the driver had %0D%0A%3Eno honor and was killed for bringing shame upon his House. %0D%0A%3EAuthorities are not filing charges%2C as the duel was in keeping with %0D%0A%3Elocal laws regarding honorable challenges.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AI suspect %5Blink%3Aninjaburger.com%2F%7CNinjaburger%5D would fit in nicely in an area with a Klingon demographic...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 38|4|36|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|The Traitor||08:06:38|05/23/2016|There is an exception to that%2C and that is in worlds with a heavy Indian%2FBangladeshi%2FSouth Asian population. Put it like this%3A the guys who made edible stuff out of traditional British food %28the chicken balti pie is a GOD AMONGST MEN%29 looked at Klingon dining and took it mostly as a challenge. This isn%27t the kind of Heston Blumentalesque molecular gastronomy thing%2C either%2C though you do find those%3B rather%2C it%27s mostly street food%2C thick with spice and chili%2C the kind best eaten after many%2C many lagers%2C the kind served out the back of a van by a fat bloke in overalls. Food that actual people eat.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe most common dish is probably %5Bi%5Dtargh tIq qul%5B%2Fi%5D%2C the heart of a targ served with weapons-grade vindaloo sauce%2C but also of note is the fifty-second variety of %5Bi%5Dqagh%5B%2Fi%5D. This is a syncretic dish that adds a mix of crushed chilies%2C turmeric%2C ground pepper%2C ground cloves%2C crushed mustard seeds%2C garlic%2C more chilies%2C onions%2C and white vinegar to the %5Bi%5Dghevi%27%5B%2Fi%5D into which the friendly%2C greedy worms are plonked for eating. Some of the more high-end places also add things like turmeric%2C cayenne%2C and clove extract to the %5Bi%5D%27Iw puj%5B%2Fi%5D %28diluted blood%29 upon which the starved %5Bi%5Dqagh%5B%2Fi%5D feast as they are fattened for eating%2C though the combination of blood and spices %28as ever with this sort of thing%29 used in dishes varies wildly from family to family.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd yes%2C I %5Bi%5Dam%5B%2Fi%5D making all of this up. %3D%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%22She%27s old%2C she%27s lame%2C she%27s barren too%2C %2F%2F %22She%27s not worth feed or hay%2C %2F%2F %22But I%27ll give her this%2C%22 - he blew smoke at me - %2F%2F %22She was something in her day.%22 -- Garnet Rogers%2C %5Bi%5DSmall Victory%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AFiMFiction.net%3A we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have %5Bi%5Dstandards%5B%2Fi%5D. 39|3|31|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|ebony14||09:28:14|05/23/2016|Of note%3A Dairy Queen Texas is a separate entity and has a separate menu. This menu%2C marketed as %22Texas Country Foods%2C%22 is substantially different from the standard DQ Grill%2FBrazier locations%2C and includes tacos%2C %22The Dude%22 chicken fried steak sandwich %28available on Texas Toast by request%2C which is only right and proper%29%2C the steak finger basket %28with country gravy%29%2C and the half-pound %22BeltBuster%22 burger.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%2C by the way%2C is 100%25 real. I recommend the Dude. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AEbony the Black Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Life is like an anole. Sometimes it%27s green. Sometimes it%27s brown. But it%27s always a small Caribbean lizard.%22 40|3|31|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|zwol||13:21:39|05/23/2016|%3EAnd of course there are Shyam Shacks %5Bi%5Deverywhere%5B%2Fi%5D%2C not just in %0D%0A%3ESalutown%2C easily identified by their jaunty yellow roofs and giant %0D%0A%3Erevolving shyam-hoop signs. If you need a paper cone full of noodles %0D%0A%3Eand meat that you eat with a miniature oil filter wrench%2C and you lack %0D%0A%3Eeither the time or the sobriety to sit down and unfold a napkin%2C Shyam %0D%0A%3EShack is your best pal. %0D%0A%0D%0ASpeaking of shyam%2C is it original to UF or did it come from a source %28%5Bi%5DNinja High School%5B%2Fi%5D or otherwise%29%2C and why a miniature oil filter wrench%3F 41|4|40|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||14:09:56|05/23/2016|%3ESpeaking of shyam%2C is it original to UF or did it come from a source %0D%0A%3E%28%5Bi%5DNinja High School%5B%2Fi%5D or otherwise%29%2C and why a miniature oil %0D%0A%3Efilter wrench%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOriginal %28named after a boss I didn%27t particularly like at an old job%29%2C and it%27s not %5Bi%5Dreally%5B%2Fi%5D a miniature %5Blink%3Awww.autozone.com%2Fshop-and-garage-tools%2Foil-filter-wrench%2Foem-truck-swivel-oil-filter-wrench%2F210209_0_0%2F%3Fcheckfit%3Dtrue%7Coil filter wrench%5D%2C that%27s just what the usual tool for eating it looks like to the 20th-century Earthman worldview.%0D%0A%0D%0ASide note%3A Years ago%2C Zoner%2C Truss%2C and I were at an AutoZone store in Waltham%2C and we noticed a sticker on the entrance door reading%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bcenter%5D%5Bb%5DATTENTION%3A AutoZoners cannot open safe%5B%2Fb%5D%5B%2Fcenter%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AWe all thought that was an odd shortcoming for Zoner%27s robot doubles to have. After some discussion%2C we eventually decided that he must have needed to take a five-point disadvantage during chargen%2C and went with %22Cannot Open Safes%22.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 43|3|31|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|McFortner||00:51:36|05/24/2016|While no longer canon%2C I remember Biscuit Baron being mentioned in Day of Infamy. Any in New Avalon%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22black%22%5DMichael C. Fortner%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22green%22 size%3D-1%5D%22Maxim 37%3A There is no such thing as %22overkill%22.%0D%0AThere is only %22open fire%22 and %22I need to reload%22.%5B%2Ffont%5D 44|4|43|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||09:16:47|05/24/2016|%3EWhile no longer canon%2C I remember Biscuit Baron being mentioned in Day %0D%0A%3Eof Infamy. Any in New Avalon%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AProbably%2C yeah. You ever try to keep the Corellians from selling something%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5Dthat%27s probably racist.%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 45|5|44|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Mercutio||11:44:09|05/24/2016|%0D%0A%3EProbably%2C yeah. You ever try to keep the Corellians from selling %0D%0A%3Esomething%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E%5Bfont size%3D%221%22%5Dthat%27s probably racist.%5B%2Ffont%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AOnly if you mean Corellian as an ethnicity %28they%27re ethnically Atlantean%2C if I recall correctly%29 as opposed to Corellian as a nationality%2C in which case it%27s just stereotyping. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 35|2|30|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Peter Eng||02:25:08|05/23/2016|R-Type ate at a Carl%27s Jr. in New Avalon.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 47|3|35|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Kendra Kirai||15:37:26|05/24/2016|That%27s the aforementioned Hardee%27s%2C I think. %3B%29 49|4|47|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|JFerio||21:49:48|05/24/2016|%3EThat%27s the aforementioned Hardee%27s%2C I think. %3B%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C if you look%2C anymore the only visual difference between the two brands happens to be what%27s written using the font listed in the Graphic Identity Guidelines. 51|4|47|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Peter Eng||11:51:48|05/25/2016|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-25-16 AT 11:52 AM (EDT)]%3E That%27s the aforementioned Hardee%27s%2C I think. %3B%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Precise explanation of why You Are Wrong deleted for brevity%29 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C I wouldn%27t know the difference%3B I haven%27t eaten at either Hardee%27s or Carl%27s Jr.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 52|5|51|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Kendra Kirai||12:04:26|05/25/2016|They%27re the same chain%2C just named regionally. They don%27t even have different ads anymore. 53|1|0|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|jonathanlennox||11:31:15|07/14/2016|In the car post you mentioned%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bblockquote%5D Then%2C one day in April%2C it suddenly occurred to me that I%27ve got a decent-paying full-time job for the first time since %28depending on whether you view my job as a newspaper editor as %22decent-paying%22%29 either 2005 or 2002%5B%2Fblockquote%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ASo it sounds like congratulations are in order. What%27re you doing%3F 54|2|53|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||23:09:31|07/14/2016|%3EWhat%27re you doing%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI have one of those jobs where it%27s generally best if I just say %22I work with computers.%22 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s a little more complicated than this%2C but I%27m basically a DBA%2C populating and maintaining the backend for the website of a company that makes K-12 school curriculum products. Mostly just a math curriculum at the moment%2C but they%27re starting on an English Language Arts program now that the math product is mostly in maintenance mode%2C and supposedly there%27s to be a history one after that. So one of these days%2C I might actually end up doing something relevant to my degree%21 Or not.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 55|3|54|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Mercutio||23:26:32|07/14/2016|I thought you were getting your Masters%3F Or are you doing that at the same time you do this%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 56|4|55|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||23:28:06|07/14/2016|%3EI thought you were getting your Masters%3F Or are you doing that at the %0D%0A%3Esame time you do this%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AYes.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 57|5|56|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Mercutio||01:09:08|07/15/2016|Geez%2C you%27re a better man than I. I just tried to imagine writing a masters thesis while holding down my current full-time job %28which isn%27t even super demanding%29 and I%27m like %22Nnnnnope. Nope nope nope. I%27d go spare.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI mean. I know a lot of people do it. My mom did it %28twice%21%29 while raising three kids on her own. But it seems like it would be mentally ennervating.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Merc%0D%0AKeep Rat 58|6|57|||1||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|Gryphon||01:30:28|07/15/2016|%3EI mean. I know a lot of people do it. My mom did it %28twice%21%29 while %0D%0A%3Eraising three kids on her own. But it seems like it would be mentally %0D%0A%3Eennervating. %0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C keeping my day job means I don%27t have to be a TA.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 60|7|58|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|BZArcher||19:37:40|07/17/2016|%3E%3EI mean. I know a lot of people do it. My mom did it %28twice%21%29 while %0D%0A%3E%3Eraising three kids on her own. But it seems like it would be mentally %0D%0A%3E%3Eennervating. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOn the other hand%2C keeping my day job means I don%27t have to be a TA. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a former TA%2C I cannot stress the wisdom of this choice enough. %0D%0A 59|3|54|||||RE%3A AGA%3A Rebuilding After The Apocalypse|BeardedFerret||17:49:51|07/17/2016|Congrats%21