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Just finished my quarterly doctor visit, my muscle mass is up 2lbs, and my fat mass is down 9 lbs.
 
I was also told to eat more salt.

Agreed.
 
 
He has too many enablers in power.

L. Marcus traded his Beatles paraphernalia for an old trombone.

A practical use for AI-generated art?
 
 

I've got bad news for  MAGA folks who want the Niners to win because Taylor Swift is rooting for the Chiefs. It doesn't matter. The 49ers have Gavin Newsom. Remember he was Mayor of San Francisco before he was Governor of California. So regardless of the outcome, Woke wins, and MAGA loses! 😜

Fahnestock/Fuhnesteck/Fuhmesteck
Browncrow
Crowvel
Weyler/Welrey
Baratill/Billarat
Jakamault
Veumelynis
Tackertal
 
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Bushido was so perplexed, he accidentally invented a new language.

February 6th 1685. James II succeeds to the throne with the death of his brother Charles II
 
February 6th 1806. Battle of San Domingo. Naval battle in the Caribbean between France and England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo
 
February 6th 1862. Battle of Fort St Henry, the first Union victory of the American Civil War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Henry
 
February 6th 1919. The American Legion is founded
 
February 6th 1922. The Washington Naval Treaty is signed between America, Britain, France, Italy and Japan 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty
 
February 6th 1944. The first of the Great Raids Against Helsinki begin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Helsinki_in_World_War_II#Great_raids_of_February_1944
 
February 6th 1951 Major train derailment in New Jersey kills 85 and injures 500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge_train_derailment
 
February 6th 1952 Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne as George VI dies
 
February 6th 1958 The Munich Air disaster. 23 people are killed in a plane accident 8 of them members of the Manchester United football team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster
 
February 6th 1973 An earthquake strikes China killing over 2,000 people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Luhuo_earthquake
 
February 6th 2005 Super Bowl XXXIX the New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21
 
February 6th 2011 Super Bowl XLV The Green Bay Packers beat the Philadelphia Steelers 31-25
 
February 6th 2023 Major earthquakes strike near the border of Syria and Turkey killing over 50,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkey–Syria_earthquakes
 
Born this day. Queen Anne of Britain, Adam Weishaupt (founder of the Illuminati), J E B Stuart, Henry Irving, Babe Ruth, Ronald Reagan, Eva Braun, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Patrick Macnee, Denis Norden, Rip Torn, Fred Trueman (cricketer), Leslie Crowther, Jimmy Tarbuck, Gayle Hunnicut, Bob Marley, Natalie Cole, Axl Rose, Rick Astley and Alice Eve
Died this day, Charles II, Capability Brown, Joseph Priestley, Gustav Klimt, George VI, Arthur Ashe, Joseph Cotten, Jack Kirby, Falco, Frankie Laine Gary Moore and Rosamunde Pilcher

So far as I have seen-- ans rhis is really a Simon question-  some get archived; some get purged (I would assume the oldest arxhives get purged first), but there seems to be an appreciqble effort made to not do either until it is absolutely necessary for the heath of the server and the site.
 
I base this wild assumption on the fact that as long as I have been here, I have only seen one purge (though more may have hapened during my years-long absences).
 
 

Border Patrol Union Endorses Bipartisal Border Bill

Nature's best science pictures of the month

Opposed Skill rolls, s the best idea.  The trick is finding the places at which to roll.
 
If you are both rolling your "baseball skill" skill at each other, that die roll doesn't have to mean "and four hours later, Tom Merchison's team is victorious."
 
For a better example:
 
When a player in your game successfully rolls against his Detective Work skill, what does he learn?  How does he learn it?  How long does it take?
 
I am willing to bet it isnt a matter of "there is a tatter of scarlet fabric snagged on the bookshelf."
 
I roll Detecrive Work.  Made it by six.
 
Okay, that color is familiar.  It looks like a bit of the cloak worn by Mister Magus.  Obviously, there is a secret entrance behind that shelf.  He snuck in here looking for an ancient tome in which was written something he needs.  It was probably the second spell he needs for his master plan to create an army of unstoppable zombies.  That means there are only two spells left.  Pulling the wall sconce twice will reveal the secret passage from here to the boat dock on the marsh.  This was the ideal in-and-out because he is holed up in the ruins of the Mayfield mansion out on the remote island just outside US jurisdiction.  However, his guard golems crumble in the sunlight, and must be recharged every sunrise.  This means there are two hours during which he is "blind" to invasion by boat, since he will be in the basement of the manor- which he has converted into a magical fortress, penetrable only by those carrying a charm of leather and wrought iron- which, coincidentally, is not unlike the keyfobs the guy in the lobby of the Carson Museum sells; those would probably work.  And since this villain is a mere mortal, a little tear gas should render him helpless, so let's pick up some supplies and end this campaign, Okay?
 
I bet you don't so that.  I bet you break up the use of the more familiar clues into smaller bites.
 
You just have to figure out how to do that with Baseball Skill.
 
I cant help you there.  I don2t know much about any non-motorcycle-related sports, I am afraid.  Maybe competitive camping; I might have suggestions there, but that's not baseball, either.
 
 
 
 
 

To me, this is another area that comes down to more or less granular resolution systems.  A game focused on hockey or baseball needs a granular resolution system for the games themselves.  But a fight can probably be resolved with opposed skill checks if combat won't be a major factor in the game.

Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds
 
I got to see those a few years ago when a coworker was driving me home. We both thought it was they were pretty cool.

Yes, old school D&D, where characters' lives were nasty, brutish, and short. 
 
The way it should be. 

Yes, it's a fantasy version of California, where it's actually an island. Its name is Insula Calafia (Island of Calafia) after the mythical Amazon queen who ruled centuries ago. San Francisco is called Porta Aurea (Golden Gate) in this universe.

Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds
 
I got to see those a few years ago when a coworker was driving me home. We both thought it was they were pretty cool.