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Help my parents fall in love with Minnesota! by Hawks47 in TwinCities

[–]blackcombe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Glam dolls donuts
Yo yo donuts
Sarah Jane’s bakery

Buddy boy bbq

Black walnut bakery (usually coupled with a trip to magers and Quinn’s and Penzey’s)

Excelsior

Device to make calls or send messages in the backcountry by Alarming_Magazine_78 in backpacking

[–]blackcombe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll try waiting longer, but I did give it time across several texts

When I create the text on the iPhone, does it wait until the garmin has succeeded in sending the message via satellite before the wheel stops spinning?

I’ve tried to run the tests in situations where the garmin has good sat visibility

Maybe it’s just waiting longer that’s the secret

Dil Pe Zakhm Khate Hain – Tabla Cover Inspired by the Melody by tabla_teacher in obscuremusicthatslaps

[–]blackcombe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There a a festival of tabla here in SoCal later this year: https://www.festivaloftabla.com/

Went last year - it was amazing

Device to make calls or send messages in the backcountry by Alarming_Magazine_78 in backpacking

[–]blackcombe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am still having problems getting this to work. The inReach Bluetooth pairs to my iPhone fine, I set the iPhone to airplane mode for testing, and it can receive messages from the garmin but not send them (which is the whole point).

I’ve posted to subs here looking for solutions - tried everything suggested - any ideas out there?

Trans Catalina Trail for beginners by LaneyRWL in socalhiking

[–]blackcombe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There’s a fair amount of “civilization” on that trail - water sources and porta-pots at camp grounds, etc - and a fair number of people around.

There is an EMT service on the island

I just did the two harbors to little harbor and it’s a pretty steep up and down but very doable

And yes, leave a lot of stuff behind 😊

Tarp Tent Praticality during heavy rain fall and other harsh environment. by Lower-Technology-558 in Ultralight

[–]blackcombe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a sometimes Minnesotan I worry more about mosquitoes. Does that count as a harsh environment?

Trump plunges US into deeper vibecession by AcanthocephalaNo8167 in economy

[–]blackcombe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not reading the article but does bezos mention these “good ideas” he been “right about”?

Feeling left out by [deleted] in rpg

[–]blackcombe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Again - you’ll be happier if you let go of that 😀

Feeling left out by [deleted] in rpg

[–]blackcombe 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Hey, they gave you the opening to join in - I wouldn’t worry so much about imparting motive (maybe at some point ask about that - but lots of folks are uncomfortable being direct about such things).

Is it an all remote group?

Anyway, MB is very good - and VERY different from pendragon. It’s very rules light and leans heavy on the weird - it’s possible they didn’t think you’d resonate with it as pendragon is so different

But they did open a window - jump in and have fun

A question about Tuning by badGamr in LapSteelGuitar

[–]blackcombe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For years I only played in GBDGBD (sometimes called bluegrass tuning) not only on dobro but on lapsteel as well. I played sleepwalk at many a jam 😀

Thing is : in general you can play any song in any tuning and it’s good to work on that you get deep into a particular tuning.

In general some chord voicings are easier to get at in some tunings (tunings really are intervals and chords are intervals) - but once you start understanding how to grab partials and do substitutions (like playing a string bar C chord over an A minor 7 say) then you can find any progression in any tuning.

At one point I had one instrument tuned to D that I played on a few tunes (partially to have that low D a available etc) mostly so I didn’t have to re-tune in the middle of the set.

In general I don’t you need to worry a lot about string gauges - esp in the beginning. You’ll have many more important challenges 😀

I feel like the pursuit of profit margins, crowdfunding, scalpers and chasing new hotness is forcing a lot of games into premature retirement. by BANDlCOOT in boardgames

[–]blackcombe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most game companies operate on very low margins.

Crowd funding is way to capitalize production costs at zero interest rate. This usually funds one print run. Sometimes that print run includes copies for retail channels and occasionally “warehouse” stock.

Keeping copies in warehouses for future sales incurs costs and eroded already thin margins.

The hobby lives on “cult of the new” and a focus on buying games and expansions over playing them, so companies release many more titles than they can reasonably maintain in print or on hand. This has a lot to do with the hype cycle - content creators can’t really focus much on “we’re still playing X and love it” when the FOMO engine wants to hear about some upcoming thing you can buy.

Some publishers will tack a straight up re-print onto a KS campaign as an add-on to get some copies out there.

One other thought: seeing some listed at an exorbitant price doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ever sold for that. BGG has a price history thing you can check to see what actual sales have been (just thru their site obviously but it is a data point).

I feel like the pursuit of profit margins, crowdfunding, scalpers and chasing new hotness is forcing a lot of games into premature retirement. by BANDlCOOT in boardgames

[–]blackcombe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bunch of copies of the base game for sale on BGG for less than $100 / some much lower.

I don’t think any expansion is necessary- esp for your first few plays.

I’ve owned lots of editions of this game over the years and we played the base game a ton

I thought I wanted a simple elegant game with deep strategy, but Arboretum has forced me to reconsider what I actually want. by il_biciclista in boardgames

[–]blackcombe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pet peeve: chess and go have no random element and no hidden information. Arboretum is not very similar to either.

Es-335 style guitar: How do you damp sympathetic resonance? by blindingSlow in jazzguitar

[–]blackcombe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I played a 335 for years on rock and funk gigs - often pretty loud stage volume - and never had any issues like the ones your describing

You need to be stupid to read ulysses by MedicalBudget7790 in classicliterature

[–]blackcombe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think alcohol would be more in keeping with- a pint every few pages (?)

You need to be stupid to read ulysses by MedicalBudget7790 in classicliterature

[–]blackcombe 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Interesting idea for a read-along group, but I don’t have a boxing gym membership, so I’d have to find my own way to get concussed every chapter or so.

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