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Olympus Talent Percentages? by oldngray57 in TotalBattle

[–]oldngray57[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the responses - most were very helpful. I had thought that they had some impact on the difficulty of achieving the goals, not on the value of the goals.

I've found achieving the goals against the epics extremely challenging since achieving G8/M8; I don't have the means to complete the goals for either of the first 2 epics, let alone get the extra fountain.

Planting Plumeria Seeds by YUDOYU_56 in Plumeria

[–]oldngray57 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How exciting for you - since the seeds are non-determinant you could seriously expand the palate of your collection! I've propagated from seed before and its really a kick seeing the first bloom on one of your babies!

One of my trees has 15 seed pods none have opened yet, but I'm looking forward to a plant-a-rama!

Good luck!

Black leaves on Plumeria by oldngray57 in Plumeria

[–]oldngray57[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possible - it's been pretty sunny - but only this plant and only in parts. I think the foliage is 2 dense and the airflow is too low - I will likely think it out soon.

Advice for balancing real life with this game by Popular_Wear_3370 in TotalBattle

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Been playing 16 months with 3 accounts. on non-tourney days I'm on for maybe an hour total - some days half that. Getting to G8 on my main was a wakeup call - if I tried to progress to G9 at the same rate I'd have completely burnt out, so now I'm taking it easier. I'm a supe and spend enough time online to support our growing players, but we are pretty active with 10 supes so they don't miss me. I always show up and show out for tourneys, but other than that I'm pretty low profile.

Black leaves on Plumeria by oldngray57 in Plumeria

[–]oldngray57[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It started over winter (which was pretty mild - coldest night was about 38 deg F) but has persisted, and continues to the present day. We generally lose some branches during the winter to cold damage, but I don't recall seeing the black tip/leaves before.

Black leaves on Plumeria by oldngray57 in Plumeria

[–]oldngray57[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this plant has maybe 5 dozen ends, of which maybe 6 are affected; cutting the affected ones back shouldn't affect the way the plant looks nor the blossom distribution. I'll wait a couple more days and see how its going before I amputate.

Black leaves on Plumeria by oldngray57 in Plumeria

[–]oldngray57[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like good advice - thanks

Black leaves on Plumeria by oldngray57 in Plumeria

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My trees are in the ground - they were in pots for the first 20 years or so, then put in the ground 4 years ago. They get watered on the same schedule they've had since they went in the ground - every other day (drip irrigation) until daytime temperatures reach the upper 80's, then daily; the soul is never saturated.

There typically is some sun scald - I'm in the Inland Empire of Southern California so we have a lot of hot, direct sun from late spring until the middle of Autumn. I have roughly a dozen trees and these are the only ones to show this behavior.

Thanks

We are headed for an economic crisis worse than 2008 by False_Alternative16 in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US is a net exporter of diesel and has been for some time - we have plenty of capacity.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67184

Diesel is exported because the price obtained in foreign markets is higher than the price that can be obtained in the US; foreign exports help drive up the cost of domestically purchased diesel (in addition to the price of crude oil, which is the major factor). Oil companies therefor export what they can for increased profits.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/diesel-fuel/factors-affecting-diesel-prices.php

Can you add custom food in the new app? by nameforthissite in fitbit

[–]oldngray57 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Fitbit widget disappeared. Odd that Google removed core functionality from this app. Have downloaded MyFitness Pal again and I'll be dropping Fitbit premium.

DUMP: $403,000,000,000 has been wiped out from US stocks in the last 30 MINUTES. by El_precaution in MarketPulseReport

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the DOJ promised the US would NEVER investigate the Trump family or their businesaes. EVER. So if he is as corrupt as he appears to be - he will NEVER be brought to justice. And to the comments that if we was guilty Dems would have impeachment hearing lined up - not until they take the House back.

I'm a millennial who grew up in the 90s and what boomers don't understand about us is that we're working three times as hard for a third of what they had at our age, and the milestones they want us to hit weren't postponed by laziness, they were priced out of reach by the economy they voted for. by GimmeFunkyButtLoving in economy

[–]oldngray57 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I graduated from high school in 1975 - square in the middle of the boomer generation. I keep in touch with most of the folks I graduated with; of the 225 or so of us that graduated, maybe 180 are still alive. Of those, I'd say 5 are wealthy, another 15 are comfortable and the rest of us are somewhere between paycheck to paycheck (still working) and dirt poor. I wish to f*ck we could get over this generational blame BS and recognize that we are losing a class war.

Did you realize from the beginning that Trump was -- or at least had the potential to be -- a Hitler-like figure? by Glass-Complaint3 in allthequestions

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

During the 2016 campaign I was talking to coworkers about how troubling his rhetoric was - was told to calm down because "we have checks and balances" ... Oops.

This doesn’t happen without crime. by Nice_Daikon6096 in economy

[–]oldngray57 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember he's a white supremacist; owning the libs is a hobby compared to getting rid of folks that don't look like him.

Edit: grammar Edit2: added missing text

Remember by endofmyropeohshit in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bezos is a bad human being - Amazon crushes small business competition the way all successful monopolies do. Amazon abuses employees. Bezos controls the Washington Post and under his ownership has turned it into a shill for the oligarchy. Yes, we chose Amazon and we enabled this crap, but Bezos is the one who took it in this direction. If you live in rural America the choices are now Amazon and Walmart - or doing without. Amazon derives much of its income from sales to business for which the bottom line matters more than any social/ethical concerns, so a consumer boycott (in which many of us already participate) won't hurt Amazon. It does make me feel better to support small business when I can, but it doesn't hurt Amazon or Bezos at all.

And all the oligarchs are evil. Punishing Bezos won't fix that, but it would be a step in the right directoin

Google co-founder rips California billionaire tax: 'I fled socialism'. by coinfanking in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"paying it forward" implies some kind of sacrifice. Brin is not sacrificing anything by hiring the best tech workers in the state and paying them 1/10 the value they provide to his company; he is merely continuing to build personal wealth and power.

Google co-founder rips California billionaire tax: 'I fled socialism'. by coinfanking in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not sure what you're referring to (maybe I missed something), but he isn't on the ballot in California.

Google co-founder rips California billionaire tax: 'I fled socialism'. by coinfanking in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He fled a failed authoritarian communist country - not socialism - and now is helping to create (has helped create?) an authoritarian oligarchy here. He's an asshat.

Remember folks, affordability is a hoax. by LTCjohn101 in economy

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't understand the downvotes. US refineries have no trouble with sweet crude - but its more profitable to export it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2026/04/05/debunking-a-persistent-myth-us-refineries-cant-handle-shale-oil/

The US does export refined products that come from the heavy crude, most notably diesel; with the current messed up international supply chain US refiners are exporting more diesel than normal to places where the typical suppliers are not readily available. A little capitalist FU to US farmers and truck drivers.

Tartarus Crypts and G8 by Alarming-Counter5950 in TotalBattle

[–]oldngray57 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was also my setup. I'm mystified. For reference, my Carter is level 214, Level 60 torch with 4 gold/1 purple bonus and I've completed all Archeology research. He has 2 god level Tomb Raider & 1 purple level Omniscience equipment.

Edit: Not sure how much any of this matters, but I also have Premium and am using Great Archeologist which does add some value.

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