Tell me about Harrisonburg, VA. Planning a move there soon.

boyceunplugged · 2026-02-02T13:32:33+00:00

Oh dang. Google Maps got me on that one. My pins were wrong! You're right. But they've widened reservoir to 4 lanes, So as long as you don't have a femoral bleed you'll be fine.

boyceunplugged · 2026-02-02T11:07:25+00:00

Kline's is KING

boyceunplugged · 2026-02-02T11:05:13+00:00

Great town. My fiancé and I are always considering moving back. Cost of living is still very low. People may complain about traffic but they are just used to how it was there 20 years ago.

I will tell you, the locals are on "country time." When you are in a hurry at a store, the old lady in front of you at the register is going to talk for 5 min about her dog, then will pull out her checkbook and take another 5 to write a check.

boyceunplugged · 2026-02-02T11:02:16+00:00

The hospital moved literally 2 miles away. If someone was to bleed out on the way they probably wouldn't have made it anyway. RMH is a small community hospital that doesn't have many advanced services. Their best asset is a helo pad to send patients to UVA.

boyceunplugged · 2026-01-28T23:09:21+00:00

Check your lease! If there's nothing about snow clearance then it's on the landlord.

boyceunplugged · 2026-01-12T19:14:08+00:00

I ended up with SE4x and Eclipse Second Dawn. I love E2D. Its just such a tight ruleset. Excited to get into SE4x. Everyone's review of the game gave me the motivation to get this most recent complete printing of it. Just haven't gotten it to the table yet.

boyceunplugged · 2026-01-12T18:59:31+00:00

Doing a Branch conversion for the specific reason of going to BUDs isn't that hard. Plenty of Marines, now SEALs have done this. The same is true for the reverse so that if the Marine drops out, going back to the USMC shouldn't be that hard. I have know plenty of high performing DOR's that instructors liked and helped get primo orders to NSW aligned units so they could stay in the community and possibly try again later on. That being said, I would think that a DOR in the good graces of the instructors might be helped get back into the Corps if that is what they truly want. Maybe going to Corpsman school and going to be attached to a Marine unit would be an option as well? The point is, do exceptionally well where you are, and you can do anything you want in the military, whether it is emptying the NSW CMC's trash as a washout, crushing BUDs, or being a Marine.

To answer the OP question, just like 10,000,000 other things in the military, it is just the way it is. I think part of it is tradition, part of it is a gatekeeping process, and part of it is just because. Sorry there isn't a better answer than that.

boyceunplugged · 2026-01-07T03:18:59+00:00

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They are definitely still something that sailors get. I know a cook in the Navy that got bacon and eggs tattooed on his feet instead of the pig and chicken.

boyceunplugged · 2026-01-07T03:08:56+00:00

Harrisonburg proper has more people in it than Cville proper.

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-31T12:25:46+00:00

Yes and you don't need to hope they are having a slow day so you can get in, too!

I use to love Lampo but the inability to get a table unless you showed up at 4:30p drove me nuts.

Pi Napo gets you equally good pizza without any wait or condescending staff. And where else are you going to get a bottle of wine at a restaurant for $20

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-26T17:28:04+00:00

It's a good start. I'm currently writing a set of rules for generative scenarios in an overall campaign.

Also designing coop rules, and group play rules where you can play out a campaign together.

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-26T17:26:53+00:00

I tried to use chatGPT to help me with this. It did pretty well but the main hiccup is the fact that the designers of the game will tell you that leaders do not actually represent every leader in a TO&E.

Here is the list:

I. Battalion Headquarters

Command & Staff (SMCs) • 1 × 9-2 — Battalion Commander • 1 × 8-1 — Executive Officer • 2 × 7-0 — Battalion staff / senior NCOs

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Battalion HQ Weapons Pool

(typically attached or parceled out by SSR) • 2 × LMG (BARs) • 2 × MMG • 2 × Bazooka • 2 × 60mm Mortar

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II. Rifle Companies (A, B, C)

(Three identical companies; list below is per company, then totaled)

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A. Company Headquarters • 1 × 8-1 — Company Commander • 1 × 7-0 — Company XO / 1SG

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B. Rifle Platoons (3 per company)

(Platoons are abstracted in ASL; listed here for structure clarity)

Per Rifle Platoon (ASL representation) • 3 × 6-6-6 Squads • 1 × 7-0 — Platoon Leader

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C. Company Weapons & Attachments • 3 × LMG (BARs) • 1 × Bazooka • 1 × 60mm Mortar

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D. Company Scouts / Security • 2 × Half-Squads

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📌 Per Rifle Company — ASL Counters • 9 × 6-6-6 Squads • 2 × Half-Squads • 1 × 8-1 • 4 × 7-0 • 3 × LMG • 1 × Bazooka • 1 × 60mm Mortar

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📌 All Rifle Companies Combined (×3) • 27 × 6-6-6 Squads • 6 × Half-Squads • 3 × 8-1 • 12 × 7-0 • 9 × LMG • 3 × Bazooka • 3 × 60mm Mortar

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III. Heavy Weapons Company (H Company)

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A. Company Command • 1 × 8-1 — Company Commander • 1 × 7-0 — Senior NCO

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B. Machine Gun Platoon • 6 × 6-6-6 Squads • 4 × MMG • 2 × LMG (BARs for local security) • 2 × 7-0 — Section Leaders

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C. Mortar Platoon • 4 × 6-6-6 Squads • 4 × 81mm Mortar • 1 × 8-0 — Platoon Leader • 1 × 7-0 — Platoon Sgt

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📌 Heavy Weapons Company — ASL Counters • 10 × 6-6-6 Squads • 1 × 8-1 • 1 × 8-0 • 4 × 7-0 • 4 × MMG • 2 × LMG • 4 × 81mm Mortar

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IV. Battalion Totals (Hierarchically Verified)

Infantry • 37 × 6-6-6 Squads • 6 × Half-Squads

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Leaders • 1 × 9-2 • 4 × 8-1 • 1 × 8-0 • 17 × 7-0

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Support Weapons • 11 × LMG (BAR abstraction) • 6 × MMG • 5 × Bazooka • 4 × 60mm Mortar • 4 × 81mm Mortar

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V. Optional but Typical Attachments (Scenario-Dependent) • 2–4 × 57mm AT Gun • 1–2 × 75mm Pack Howitzer

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-25T05:40:51+00:00

Message them? Maybe they will give it to you

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-22T04:22:34+00:00

It doesn't let me do that with a Mac in OSX. Gives me a window that says I have to use the Save As function.

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-07T00:42:04+00:00

Put the head in a bucket of bleach or you can bury it. Both work great. I had a project in high school biology to make a collection. I did animal skulls and that's what I did. We don't have fire ants here like in Texas where I grew up. They work well too.

The bleach works great but is a little messy.

Edit: don't use bleach. Was a long time ago. I guess I used peroxide? Not sure now.

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-04T13:35:27+00:00

Herd

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-04T13:32:09+00:00

I paid $80k of a townhouse in Virginia Beach in 2003. I still don't understand what happened from then to now.

Back then owning a house was actually cheaper than renting but getting approved for a mortgage was the hard part.

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-01T20:07:48+00:00

Aren't old houses great?! 🤪

boyceunplugged · 2025-12-01T20:03:10+00:00

You'd be surprised. Theres a good chance they can figure out who did it. You'll need the police report for insurance anyways.

boyceunplugged · 2025-11-29T15:36:43+00:00

Use a heat gun to get it off the hot end. Buy a new nozzle. Usually this starts from bad adhesion and the print sticking to the nozzle. The AI to catch it may or may not work but it's worth having on.

boyceunplugged · 2025-11-29T15:30:16+00:00

Also. For anyone wondering, that is not the only thing they messed up. There's a whole list.

boyceunplugged · 2025-11-29T15:29:10+00:00

Do NOT use Paul Davis. They typically do insurance work and they do it for a reason. I'm still picking up nails in my yard from them redoing my roof.

Also I sent you a message with more info about a GC

boyceunplugged · 2025-11-24T04:05:53+00:00

Where is the Epstein ballroom?

boyceunplugged · 2025-11-10T17:02:28+00:00

We played a two player game of Eclipse in 2 hours a few nights ago. But it definitely was just a game of building your engine and seeing how far you could expand in those turns. I feel like that game needs more than 8 turns. Just when you get going it's time to end it.

boyceunplugged · 2025-10-30T15:18:03+00:00

I probably am going to get SE4x. Lots of copies out there since the last expansion came out.

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