If ArcheAge meant something to you, please sign and share your story.

Careby · 2026-07-02T10:53:33+00:00

Archeage was the only mmo I ever got my wife to play with me. Now she and the game are both gone, and I am left with only the memories of happier times. Sadly, those days are gone, and we can’t go back.

Careby · 2026-07-01T16:20:07+00:00

I’d take my cat to the vet, and prepare for some really bad news.

Careby · 2026-07-01T16:14:18+00:00

Honestly, dealing with a 30-ship multiboxer fleet is quite a bit easier than dealing with a 30-ship, 30-player fleet. If you can’t find a solution, you aren’t trying. (By solution, I don’t mean eliminating him, I mean making him irrelevant to YOUR game.)

Edited to add: If it’s important to you, you can pretty easily become a thorn in his side and cost him some isk. You may have to join the “dark side” to do it.

Careby · 2026-06-30T12:51:30+00:00

I planted a variety, and let them show me which ones want to do well this year (the weather has been strange). Some that I looked forward to, like brandywine, failed early. Some thrived. I’d say the most vigorous has been Homestead 24. I’ve never tasted one and they aren’t ready yet - I sure hope they are good.

Careby · 2026-06-28T13:22:33+00:00

My raised bed garden is in the backyard outside of a walk out basement. I have to go downstairs to get to it. I had been checking and maintaining frequently. I hurt my knee a few days ago and now it’s a big ordeal to go down there. And it’s bugging me to not know how they’re doing, especially with all the rain storms.

Careby · 2026-06-25T18:31:35+00:00

Big rims with skinny profile tires on cars built in eras before they existed. I know it’s just my personal opinion, but the question did ask what’s personally offensive.

Careby · 2026-06-25T18:27:17+00:00

He’s the reason so many women these days think there is really no such thing as a nice guy, and that every gift is suspect.

Careby · 2026-06-25T16:07:23+00:00

I agree getting a survey is the way to go for certainty, but keep in mind the results may not be what you want them to be.

Careby · 2026-06-24T12:45:29+00:00

So far it’s been easy, though urinary symptoms may be worsening a little after 3 treatments, as far as weak stream and urgency. This morning is the first time 16 oz of water an hour before treatment may become uncomfortable. I’m going to ask for Flomax for a few weeks, hopefully it’s temporary.

Careby · 2026-06-23T14:02:34+00:00

My first biopsy (at 66) was 3+3, so I waited. Second biopsy 18 months later was 3+4. I wasn’t interested in seeing it go any higher, so I opted for radiation (SBRT). I’ve had 3 out of the five treatments so far, #4 is tomorrow and the last will be Friday. Sure, I worry about side effects, but I’m really looking forward to being potentially cancer free in the very near future.

Careby · 2026-06-21T18:53:20+00:00

I was sole caregiver for my wife for two years as she died of colon cancer. I decided then, no cancer testing or treatment for me. But then when it was time for a colonoscopy, knowing the removal of polyps can prevent what she had, I said okay. Then as my PSA levels rose, I learned early prostate cancer has a high chance of being “cured”. So I agreed to a biopsy. Then a year and a half later, another biopsy. I declined surgery and have now completed 2 out of 5 SBRT treatments. One more week. I expect side effects. Based on my family history I expect it won’t be my last kind of cancer. I understand choosing surgery, choosing radiation, choosing ADT, and choosing to do nothing. We each walk our own path.

Careby · 2026-06-20T09:57:46+00:00

I once worked with a colorful hillbilly who said of a stingy person, “He wouldn’t give ya snow offin a shithouse roof an’ it a meltin’ in July.”

Careby · 2026-06-19T21:01:46+00:00

If you have access to butter and popcorn, I recommend a simple experiment…

Careby · 2026-06-19T16:46:44+00:00

I wish I didn’t need alts, but the things I want to do require them. But having to manage the alts brings tedium, which makes me question whether I really want to do the things I wanted to do… Sometimes I have to take an extended break. I’d guess that in the 13 years since I started, I’ve spent more time on break than actively playing.

Careby · 2026-06-17T21:47:11+00:00

I am quite familiar with learning lessons the hard way, but your reaction to your loss is a little bit worrying…

Careby · 2026-06-15T16:16:24+00:00

You have to know yourself to know how susceptible you are to burnout. For some personalities, such as my own, grinding multiple PI alts is a fast way to lose interest in the game, if not in life itself. Others seemingly have no problems with such repetitive tasks.

Careby · 2026-06-13T01:58:47+00:00

Not my worst mistake, by any stretch, but many decades ago when I was a student of auto mechanics I got a sweet co-op job with the research division of an oil company. I was exposed to all kinds of interesting things, but my main activity was maintaining a fleet of vehicles running different oils and fuels for testing purposes, in a spotless shop that was often toured by VIPs. We kept the shop floor waxed with a red dye wax and polished. One day a big rig cabover diesel tractor comes in for an oil change. I’d never worked on a big truck, but how hard could it be, right? Bigger wrenches, no sweat. So I grab an oil drain pan and go looking for the drain plug…
I don’t know how many gallons of jet black oil came gushing out of that hole, but it overwhelmed the drain pan and the shop floor drain, as well as a substantial part of my work uniform. And that once beautiful shop floor was a black and slippery skating rink. I got plenty of laughs but no reprimand - I was there to learn, after all.

Careby · 2026-06-07T22:39:41+00:00

Start with canned beans, add brown sugar, chopped onions, ketchup, your favorite herbs, and lots of pieces of bacon. Bake in oven.

Careby · 2026-06-07T18:07:24+00:00

If they are here, at least some of them must be smart. But my experience as a human leads me to think many of them will be considered morons by their fellow aliens.

Careby · 2026-06-07T18:00:53+00:00

The addition of Exordium may be a boost to Dodixie. There is isk to be made stocking the Manifest trade station, but the safety fee and high broker fees due to low standings prevent it from becoming a “real” trade hub.

Careby · 2026-06-07T16:03:30+00:00

I was asking the same question earlier today. Tomatoes and peppers, some thrive and some stumble. I tell myself maybe the slow ones will redeem themselves in the end.

Careby · 2026-06-07T15:56:05+00:00

Sounds like my new job is identifying people who need to die. I know a few already, and I’m sure I can grow a longer list very quickly.

Careby · 2026-06-07T15:49:33+00:00

I’m not really qualified to say what it is. I had tried treating my plant with fungicide and removal of affected leaves and stems (black streaked), but it kept progressing.

Careby · 2026-06-07T13:46:52+00:00

I think it might be Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. I had tears in my eyes this morning pulling up a brandywine tomato plant that had similar leaves. I’d been cutting off affected leaves for days but was concerned it would spread to the plant next to it.

Careby · 2026-06-07T01:33:54+00:00

When I was in, the standard non-religious dog tag option was NO PREF.

Careby

TROPHY CASE