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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:52 pm

Somewhere in these threads in the last few months, someone posted information about how to obtain a copy of Fantastic Worlds of Grenadier in CD form. A Brit, I think? I have searched every way I can think of and all email addresses I can rustle up for the author, Terence Gunn, bump right back to me. Anybody know how I can get one? In any form?

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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:03 pm

I love living in Texas during dove season. :roll:

Yes, peaceful doves are hunted in Texas. With loud shotguns.

I just heard one or two blasts and thought "OK, who's trying to kill whom?"

I stepped out on my deck and briefly listened to two people talking. Nope, nothing illegal happening. As a guess, they were 100 yards away. Scrub cedar trees were blocking the view.

From what I've heard, hunting doves is not difficult, especially if one puts birdseed on the ground. The doves come down to feed, and then they get shot when they fly away. Hunting grasshoppers would be more difficult. I have no idea what these two guys were using, and I haven't heard anything since. [Edit: Nope, still firing away.] Maybe the doves strapped razors to their feet and strafed them.

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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:32 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:I love living in Texas during dove season. Yes, peaceful doves are hunted in Texas. With loud shotguns.

I just heard one or two blasts and thought "OK, who's trying to kill whom?"

I stepped out on my deck and briefly listened to two people talking. Nope, nothing illegal happening. As a guess, they were 100 yards away. Scrub cedar trees were blocking the view.

From what I've heard, hunting doves is not difficult, especially if one puts birdseed on the ground. The doves come down to feed, and then they get shot when they fly away. Hunting grasshoppers would be more difficult. I have no idea what these two guys were using, and I haven't heard anything since. [Edit: Nope, still firing away.] Maybe the doves strapped razors to their feet and strafed them.

I'm not big on dove hunting, nothing to eat on the ones around here so it is just the chance to go out and kill something nothing more. But most hunting isn't hard, just boring. Deer hunting is a matter of waiting for the deer to come to you. Bear hunting is just a matter of finding out where they den and waiting for them, and then cutting them down from a distance. The only real point to hunting is meat. If you're a carnivore they should require you to have to butcher a few chickens, pigs and cows each year. People need a carnivore license. Too easy to buy a burger and not know where it comes from.

Those guys are probably drunk hunting, and they usually bag some other drunk hunters so they go home successful.

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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:54 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:I'm not big on dove hunting, nothing to eat on the ones around here so it is just the chance to go out and kill something nothing more.

I've heard that the doves are small but worth the effort.

I am worried that people in the area may over-hunt the doves and rabbits. More people charging people to hunt on their land, more people poaching.

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:19 am

Hey, if you want doves and rabbits then come visit me on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake sometime (the southern, rural part). The rabbits are often so thick on the ground that I could hunt them with thrown rocks (not kidding). And the ubiquitous mourning doves, though peaceful, sound so much like infants crying that I'd welcome a few shotgun blasts.

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:22 pm

periapt no more http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 799560.ece a malison on those brits :twisted:

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:32 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:People need a carnivore license. Too easy to buy a burger and not know where it comes from.

Bah! You want to eat meat, you should raise the animals from birth, learn and use modern humane techniques to feed and care for them properly, and then have the guts to kill them for food.

Guys that spend a whole day in the bush with a firearm don't know shit. :roll:

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:08 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:periapt no more http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 799560.ece a malison on those brits

Periapt heading for the toilet? Say it ain't so!!!!

Reminds me of the advantages of wading through Gygaxian prose at a young tender age. My little brother taking a IQ test was the only one in his age group to get the word "Harpy" correct ( I think he was 7 or 8 at the time) undoubtedly because his exposure watching us play D&D. He probably knew what a periapt, halberd or censer was....kids should be reading the 1E DMG at a young age, no doubt!

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:46 pm

Which plane of game-collecting hell is sorting through FASA's Star Trek Combat Simulators I, II, and III and the Star Trek RPG (which includes Combat Simulator I)?

I have found a page that lists the various parts, more or less:

. . . http://www.anzwers.org/free/fasa/TheFas ... index.html

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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:11 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:periapt no more http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 799560.ece a malison on those brits

Who uses a Collins dictionary? Compared to Oxford dictionary, where I am sure these fine words will be safe, Collins works are little more than agrestic recrement anyway.

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:08 am

Brewers are in!

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:35 am

Plaag wrote:Brewers are in!

ShaneG.

Too bad it will take a miracle for them to get past the divisional round. C.C. Sabathia has been overworked the past two weeks and Sheets will not be pitching in the playoffs. The Phillies have the most potent lineup in all of baseball and their pitching staff isnt too bad. Cole Hamels and Jamie Moyer have been great all year and Brad Lidge is pretty much lights out as their closer. Hopefully the Brewers bats can do some damage but I just dont see it happening.

With that said, if the Cubs get past the Dodgers I would rather see them play the Brewers in the NLCS than the Phillies. Pretty sure the Brewers would be facing the Mets in a playoff game today had Piniella not put Bob "Bonehead" Howry in the game yesterday. That guy is the worst relief pitcher the Cubs have on their roster.

The Brewers may not have been to the postseason since 1982 but the Cubs havent won the World Series in 100 years. They are due damnit!

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:43 am

In the end the Cubs will self-destruct... they always do... :lol:

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:54 am

Invincible Overlord wrote:In the end the Cubs will self-destruct... they always do...

A White Sox Fan

White Sux....sorry...I mean Sox still have to beat the Tigers today. I'm betting they lose. It's pretty sad that the White Sox won the series a few years ago and the majority of people in Chicago have already forgotten about it. The Cubs are Chicago's team. They should move the Sox to a different city. Maybe Boise, Idaho or Albuquerque, New Mexico.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:00 pm

Look,

White Sox fans have lower expectations. So when they do really well, everyone is happy because they don't expect them to do well.

Cubs fans always expect to go to the World Series every year, and self destruct in the end.

I'm proud to be a fan of a championship team. And if they win today, a subway series could be in the works....

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:22 pm

Invincible Overlord wrote:Look,

White Sox fans have lower expectations. So when they do really well, everyone is happy because they don't expect them to do well.

Cubs fans always expect to go to the World Series every year, and self destruct in the end.

Well when you have a manager like Ozzie Guillen it is no surprise Sox fans have low expectations. :roll:

But as for Cub fans thinking they are going to go to the World Series every year.....well that must be just the fans in Chicago or something. Most people I know that are Cub fans think the exact opposite.

If I had to take a wild guess as to who I think it will be in the series, I would pick the Cubs and the Angels. They do have the two best records in their respective divisions and two very formidable lineups. I dont think the Rays have what it takes to win a championship. But I said the same thing about the Marlins in 2003 and look where that got me.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:42 pm

Wow....the Tigers didnt even show up to play today. Tie breaker tomorrow with the Twins. The White Sox are the lucky that they won the coin toss to decide where a tie breaker would be played. They are 1-8 against the Twins at the Metrodome this year and 7-2 against them at U.S. Cellular in Chicago. But...Danks is starting on just three days rest for the Sox and he has sucked against the Twins this year.

I figure its about even. Wouldnt be surprised if a few Cub fans showed up at the Cell to cheer the Twins. :wink:

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:37 am

It was a blackout at Comiskular Field on Tuesday night.

Probably one of the best pitching duels this year, where the White Sox prevailed 1-0 over the Twins.

And Cubs fans are still reeling after losing a 2-0 lead yesterday...

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