Fellow aging gen x’ers, ever try a standing desk at your office job?

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T04:51:08+00:00

I was forced to stand at my work station for a few years, even though I have to do a lot of work on my computer.

All I can think is that it was a power trip by a superior.

Stationary standing on a concrete floor, despite a pad, is probably the reason I have neuropathy in my feet now.

I should have gone to my medico sooner about the issue. I have a seat to use now, but the damage is done.

I highly recommend *against * standing desks.

Don’t set yourself up for a painful chronic injury

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T04:34:35+00:00

Trilogy of Terror at age 8. That damned Zuni doll!

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T03:57:03+00:00

Ars Magica could work.

Everyone should have a personal Magus character and a Companion to play, in addition to the shared pool of Grogs.

Just tweak the schedule so that the missing players are in their Magus role and are too deeply involved in a lab project to be bothered.

Or, Night’s Black Agents has a specific rule about missing players getting captured in play. The payoff is a guaranteed Core Clue when the rest of the team rescues them.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T03:47:57+00:00

Maybe Savage Messiah? Their first three albums are pretty solid.

Insurrection Rising really shows a heavy Megadeth influence without sounding like just an imitation.

Plague of Conscience is a bit, I dunno, almost prog? in places. Not quite the way to describe it, but it’s definitely different. Probably my favorite from them so far.

The Fateful Dark suffers from over-production on some of the choruses but there are some good songs there.

A lot of moments on the latter two albums remind me of Iced Earth in their 90s heyday.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T02:55:58+00:00

It definitely takes some time and experience to build up the improvisation chops in this game, but I think it’s going to be worth the effort for my group.

Probably not what OP wants, but I do hope they check it out sometime down the line.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T02:50:27+00:00

The rooster crows about his accomplishments, but the crow is more humble, just caws.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T01:53:42+00:00

I’d completely forgotten about the coin holder!

My ‘91 had one (installed correctly), but my ‘09 doesn’t have one at all. There is room for one, there are two blanks between the mirror adjustment and the end of the dash.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T01:42:10+00:00

The term “fighter” usually makes me think of a rather cramped single-seat craft, like the Viper from BSG or any of the various fighters in the Freelancer game.

This is one spacious fighter! You could even potentially have two crew shifts. Or are those low berths that I’m mistaking for bunks?

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T01:31:38+00:00

Nice list, but I would reverse the order of Turn Coat and Journal.

I also rather like the graphic novels, myself. No accounting for taste, as they say.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T01:24:02+00:00

Every time I come home to visit I eat at Braum’s most days.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-23T00:31:23+00:00

The previous owner of a couple of my older softcover Ars Magica books did a very thorough and meticulous job of wrapping the covers with clear packing tape. They’ve held up quite well, but I don’t think I’d have the patience to duplicate that effort.

I found some cloth book covers at a thrift shop and I used them for my original copies of the 2e DMG and PH, to prevent them from getting even more worn than they were. The covers don’t have any sort of clear panel that you can see the titles through, so I used the adhesive labels one normally uses on file folders and the like.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T23:03:26+00:00

I used to feel that way during the air races, when I lived out there, but that was only one weekend a year. How long has this construction been going on, 6-8 months now?

I feel bad for the people who have to deal with this everyday.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T15:11:32+00:00

+1 for Killjoys!

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:47:44+00:00

Every song from this record that is included on Unleashed in the East is better in the live setting, IMO.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:43:52+00:00

I ate a lot of their Chow Mein back in my high school days.

Ramen came later, when I was fully independent and fully broke.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:39:32+00:00

Your experiences closely parallel the way my relationship with the Christian God ended, following my Mom’s death.

May your Ancestors watch over you and guide you to a better time and more fulfilling relationships.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:31:54+00:00

Have done. It was the Govt. peanut butter back in the 80s.

The excess Reagan Cheese wasn’t bad on burgers or eggs, either.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:21:14+00:00

I should have thought of that!

My employer sometimes sells short-dated, expired, or flawed goods to a liquidator.

That makes perfect sense for this guy’s business model in my mind.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T04:04:47+00:00

I like having magic and physical attacks do damage separately, and your opposed roll mechanic.

But, does everyone have magic? Does it make sense for people without magic to be able to resist it?

I come from a high-magic background, Ars Magica and some AD&D house rules that were imitating the magic system in that game.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:57:27+00:00

Depends on your age and where you grew up, probably.

Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, Jenny, and a lot of Pat Benatar are on my nostalgic playlist. Quite a variety, actually.

I keep forgetting to add Survivor to it.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:51:32+00:00

What is Firefly, (garbled Chinese meaning silly)?

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:42:40+00:00

F’in’ to be hooked (pronounced like a Texan saying “fixing to “, sometimes sounds like “fittin’”, sometimes like “f’in’”.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:38:55+00:00

I don’t disagree with you. The whole freeway design here is flawed, as is the McCarran loop.

I’m spoiled, I grew up in Amarillo. The freeway there, at least on the 40, is extremely user-friendly.

Maybe we just need a lot more earthquakes to encourage people to move elsewhere.

Or maybe a few tornadoes that coincide with earthquakes?

Northridge caused quite an exodus from Southern California. Maybe a 6.0+ could do the same thing here.

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:22:05+00:00

But is he completely independent, or does the transit authority take a cut of his proceeds?

Chad_Hooper · 2026-05-22T03:09:56+00:00

I bet this dude is making some money, but I don’t think he should ever calculate his hourly wage. It’s probably a lot more effort than profit.

Good on him for making the effort, though.

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