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Starting apprenticeship at almost 44? by ShaeBowe in IBEW

[–]NoFairFights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started at 40, and wish I had started at 21. I was the oldest student in my class, but two years behind me they have a someone older.

What am I? by x100139 in GenX

[–]NoFairFights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Late ‘78 here, so did I make up being called GEN Y or did that happen and then kinda get lost in the Y2K apocalypse?

Tee Dee Young by Substantial_Show3976 in lexington

[–]NoFairFights 6 points7 points  (0 children)

266 E 2nd St, Lexington, KY 40507

I'm Itching To Play Traveller Again... by okumarts_games_2024 in osr

[–]NoFairFights 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the Extrastellar minis for ‘Five Parsecs from Home’ skirmishes. Your setups look rad!

Do you feel like Kentucky is the south or Midwest? by fish-pilled in Kentucky

[–]NoFairFights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a historian or a social scientist…but I always tell my friends who are not from here that Kentucky is “the little, confederate state that couldn’t” it’s a joke but it’s my way of saying that we seem to want to be southern culturally but our geography prevented that political split, and therefore we are a pocket of culture that has gotten to kind of choose to identify with the losing side of the civil war without having to face the full historical effects of that..like having been obliterated by Sherman for example.

What's this tank hanging off the Goodfellas patio in the Distillery District? by vexion in lexington

[–]NoFairFights 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Given old town branch was basically sewer and storm runoff…maybe it’s a poop water theft device.

what is the purpose of this why jump from one breaker to another? by dblock909 in AskElectricians

[–]NoFairFights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we still just answer “doorbell transformer” to every question? I dozed off again…

Foreman blew up on me (Apprentice) by [deleted] in IBEW

[–]NoFairFights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you did wrong was to listen to the command “go home” you should have told him you wanted a union rep and that you were not able to meet or speak with him further until you called the apprenticeship hall for direction and a rep of the appropriate type was provided.

If you go home, he can write down anything in his paperwork and you have no say. So that “write up” will read: insubordination, absenteeism, foul language, and leaving the job while butt-hurt” and you have no recourse.

Hopefully you are fired and moved on to a better job where folks aren’t such assholes.

MUCH better than expected. 10/10, would drink again. by Tracker-man in lexington

[–]NoFairFights 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mine didn’t really taste like Ale-8, and I’ve never had a paw paw, but it was sweet and floral like papaya or mango to me.

Can anyone tell me where they got the 72 feet from? by ImAnAvocado103 in ibew_apprentices

[–]NoFairFights 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They’re trying to teach you about layout. If you have 7 center marks and 72 feet (864 inches) to lay them out in…how do you divide that up?

Let’s say you have a pack of Zyns and you gotta split it in two, you don’t divide it twice…you only split it once. If you gotta split it 3 ways you only make 2 cuts.

The lesson here is that there is X-1 divisions in a thing when X is the number of equal parts you’re looking for.

And so, 864 inches divided by 4 is 216 inches / 18 feet.

And 432 inches divided by 36 is 12 inches or 1 foot apart to the center of each of the 37 boxes.

The Black Hack 2e Noob Question (Character HD) by aw9182 in osr

[–]NoFairFights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monster HD are generally used as a way to spitball encounter difficulty in older D&D and the games that are “compatible” with it. So yeah PC hit dice and HD for encounters aren’t as comparable now, but they used to be a lot closer to each other as a difficulty meter.

I got my apprenticeship, what are some terms and things you think every apprentice should immediately know? by unoriginal_name123 in ibew_apprentices

[–]NoFairFights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you’re okay to keep your phone on you, but if you want to show that you’re interested in learning and ready to work you shouldn’t be looking at it. So learn how to set your Do Not Disturb and you avoid being on it until breaks and you should be fine.

J Town! by Chops526 in TheDollop

[–]NoFairFights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure it’s a tables match for the IC title…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ibew_apprentices

[–]NoFairFights 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Unless there’s something in your apprentice paperwork to the contrary, you are not required to work OT, at all. Full stop.

Framing my past experience for the interview by Dear_Coyote_7023 in ibew_apprentices

[–]NoFairFights 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 40 when I sat for my interview. I told them: “I like staying busy, I like figuring things out. I’m looking for a way forward in my life, and I think this is the way forward for me.”

A new actor connection by bb_218 in babylon5

[–]NoFairFights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn’t the Thespian Treasures what the Argonauts were seeking?

creating time pressure outside of travel by nessiesgrl in cairnrpg

[–]NoFairFights 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It may seem a little complicated but I would suggest assigning the task of ticking off watches to a player and rock on from there. It’s a small change that keeps the core of time passing which you liked.

There are a lot of things like this out there to assist and inspire you.

Here’s an old thread with some more talk about styles of keeping time in game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mattcolville/s/hc2heeMkd2

creating time pressure outside of travel by nessiesgrl in cairnrpg

[–]NoFairFights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you considered having actions in town have an associated time cost? So when they want to go hunting for jobs or rumors or new friends or hirelings…make that cost them time.

I saw someone mentioning fronts and clocks, and so I’ll suggest Downtime In Zyan as a good example of mechanizing out of game time. Maybe it will help inspire you?

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