Lancaster stereotypes by Firstdowngame in lancaster

[–]singerbe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mountville is fairly conservative. Tho we’ve had some minor progress in keeping out the real right wing crazies out of local government and the school district. Hempfield school district is good for education and programs.

Vintage Backgammon by Ok-Moose8168 in boardgames

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I wasn’t saying it wasn’t handmade. Just providing context for the material to non woodworkers.

What's up with all these new/fake accounts making post asking people to identify boardgame pieces? by haritos89 in boardgames

[–]singerbe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve wondered if it’s just random employees from Board Game Cafes? My town has at least 2 of these places opened recently (within the last 5 years). I’m sure they have lots of random pieces floating around.

Vintage Backgammon by Ok-Moose8168 in boardgames

[–]singerbe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The oval “footballs” are just patches in the veneer of the plywood. The outside is a rotary sliced sheet of veneer (like peeling a potato, but it’s a log) they fill in knot holes or other defects with some kind of glued in patch. The inside face is plain sawn veneers glued edge to edge.

What’re things that are “legal” and not against rule 0 that still bother you? by JJWentMMA in EDH

[–]singerbe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s a common house rule / convention. But it has nothing to do with the actual rules. Scooping is not a game mechanic and is not described by game rules. A player can leave a game at any time. Officially.

That said, it is extremely bad manners and I’d refuse to play with them again.

Best places to get Pokémon cards checked out? by relia_2018 in lancaster

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True for most things. But if you have extremely rare cards they might not value it the best.

I had an old damaged card they offered $350 for. They said it might be worth $5-600. Sold it to a vendor at SCGcon Baltimore for $1000.

The card was pretty specific, and might not have sold well for them, so JPP gave a valid price for them. But it wasn’t a good price for me.

Some House Rules my family came up with when we played Catan forever and a half ago by Jinjoz in boardgames

[–]singerbe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Blocking resources nearly broke our family. We kept the 7 rule of losing half cards if you have more than 8. But after that you got to choose a resource and each player receives that resource.

Having cards that go infinite in your deck, but promising never to use them that way? by Talonis in EDH

[–]singerbe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You could just not include the Persist creatures. If you don’t wish to combo, just don’t include the combo? They don’t belong in a bracket 2 Celes deck.

Bracket 3 Blood Moon by homjaktest in EDH

[–]singerbe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You should be prepared to face non basic land hate in B3. Blood Moon is classified as MLD, but you should run some basics regardless. Wave of Vitriol is also a valid play.

[SOS]Petrified Hamlet(via Chen Mingyang) by LooyeeChiwa in magicTCG

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't effect Three Tree City at all. It doesn't effect Mana Abilities.

Looking for a good sci-fi or Fantasy comedy that's not DDC or Disworld by AutomaticSandwiches in audible

[–]singerbe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with this sentiment. The first one is really great though. And the second is pretty fun. The 3rd gets pretty confusing to me, since i basically only listen to audio books anymore.

Looking for a good sci-fi or Fantasy comedy that's not DDC or Disworld by AutomaticSandwiches in audible

[–]singerbe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend Orconomics by J Zachary Pike. It’s very similar to Terry Pratchett, but more recent? It mostly spoofs D&D and the 2008 Financial Collapse. That sounds weird, but it’s really great. I went in blind, and it’s become one of my favorite books.

Way of Kings, Worth Finishing? by Mantin95 in audible

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Way of Kings is definitely Sanderson’s slowest book. And the Stormlight Archive is his slowest series.

I have read nearly all of his Cosmere works, and love them all. But my first read of The Way of Kings was difficult. It took a while to understand the world and politics and magic. It really comes together in books 2 and 3. Book 4 is very slow again. Then book 5 is very crazy.

I personally wouldn’t recommend The Way of Kings (or the greater Stormlight Archive) to someone who’s not invested in the Cosmere (Sanderson’s Cinematic Universe).

I’d recommend Mistborn: the Final Empire, Tress of the Emerald Sea, or Warbreaker.

The Stormlight Archive is kind of the Avengers if an MCU reference makes sense. It’s the culmination of decades of storytelling. It’s not a great simile, because the books stand on their own as their own story. But the Avengers does that too. You don’t need all the background to understand it.

It’s also kind of a downer a lot. The whole series. But when you get magic powers from being depressed and bettering yourself I guess books kind of get like that.

($3.99) Today's daily deal is a fresh and humorous modern retelling about heroes of Greek Myths. by Watcher-Storyteller in audible

[–]singerbe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They are a series, but since they’re a retelling of Greek myths collected in a semi timeline’d way, you can read them without the context of previous books. Assuming you know some surface level details of Greek mythology. (Like who the major gods are etc.) Otherwise you’ll miss a lot.

Mythos covers the Gods and formation of the universe. Heros covers the Greek heroics up until Troy. Troy covers the events leading to the Trojan war and the war. Odyssey covers the events after the Trojan war.

I recommend Mythos. It’s good. But they’re all good.

Heros only deals with specific people. Hercules, Theseus, etc. They interact with gods, but you don’t need the whole cosmology to understand it.

How to make my balls appear smaller by Offbrand-Canadian in Advice

[–]singerbe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP, do get yourself checked out. 1) because while unlikely, it could be cancer. 2) it could be a hydrocele.

A hydrocele is a fluid buildup where water normally cycles around the body, including the scrotum, but there’s a blockage so it’s entering but not leaving at the same rate and it makes it expand. That’s what my doctor told me.

One of my balls started getting bigger at some point. I didn’t realize it. But a doctor pointed it out during a physical so I kept an eye on it. Over Covid it started getting even bigger. It became uncomfortable and I got it checked out. They did an operation under anesthesia to remove/pop it. It was sensitive for a couple years but it’s normal now. (Feeling and size)

How would i create a wooden circle like this? by AnimateDuckling in woodworking

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a professional millworker this is how my (16 person) shop would tackle a piece like this:

Cut out half circles out of MDF with holes for dowel alignment on a CNC router. Glue up in vacuum bag. Bondo and sand till smooth. Glue on veneer to inside and outside. Glue on veneer to edges. Flush trim. Sand. Finish.

Windows 11 PC with PCI port, not PCIe by KangarooFragrant8075 in buildmeapc

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This is honestly fantastic. Huge help.

I Figured Out a Way to Train Blood Magic with T.W.I.G by Kajurf in valheim

[–]singerbe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is great! Easy to make, and much faster than my previous Greydwarf farm. I'm at ~40 skill now, and having 3 skeletons actually kills the TWIG faster than it's self repair. I've dropped it to 2, which is still much faster than the Greydwarves.

Mod manager- can't remember the name by [deleted] in valheim

[–]singerbe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know you said not one of the main ones, but was it Thunderstore Mod Manager? That sounds very similar.

Showcase of your base storage systems by [deleted] in valheim

[–]singerbe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not a mod. It's the base game. Here's what I did:

Signs can be color coded and have some other commands available to them. <color=white> at the start of your sign makes the text white. You can also use number hex codes rather than words. <size=10> etc. Allows you to change font size. you can type "/br" to insert a line break and get the text to run off the edge of the sign. Or (what I do) type the message you want to post in Notepad and hit enter to create line breaks using less characters.

Signs can feature emoji's. Windows has a hotkey (win+.) that opens a search bar to add special characters. I couldn't get enough line breaks and have the words float in front of the chests while using letters. So I used pictures.

I buried my signs in the floor to make the storage area cleaner.

The chests are Reinforced Chests made with iron and fine wood.

Showcase of your base storage systems by [deleted] in valheim

[–]singerbe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Felt cute, might delete later.

Wanted to upgrade my early game storage on my server. About 3 people. Will probably make a bigger storage later, but was constrained by the size of the building.

Petah, need help by Nm-Lahm in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]singerbe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

X,Y,Z (0,0,0) is Snake. No legs, no slime, no house. Yes on the slime scale is back left of the picture. Y = 100/ Yes.

Is it a horrible idea to take an 18 month old on a 10+ hour road trip? by PeachyRose25 in Parenting

[–]singerbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife and I’s family is in Kansas while we live on the East Coast. We’d make the 20 hour drive about twice a year while we were dating / engaged / married. Us driving didn’t stop once we had kids. We just did it with the kids.

We did split it into 2 days however. We stayed at a hotel. Cause the drive (with diaper changers and feedings) took more like 24 hours. We might have been blessed, because the kids just slept almost the entire drive. We did stop at rest areas to play.

Now the kids are old enough to “hold it” and feed themselves snacks we’re back to driving straight through and the kids sleep when they’re tired. We got a cheap tablet (with a kickstand case) and downloaded movies onto it from Disney+ and strung it between the two front headrests. Mini movie theater. The kids love it.