Morihalda Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 hours ago, TGP said: It is supposed to go up above freezing by Friday….? Should be a touch less cold in your neck of the woods. So good news? Ah yes, lack of sleep had me off by a day haha, thanks! Last night was very cold, tonight will be "just" cold, and tomorrow will be well above freezing. We're still going to wait until Monday to get groceries for safety from the big crowds (and because there just aren't any groceries). My rheumatologist and physical therapy appointments were understandably cancelled for this week, but it's gonna take forever to get a spot again. Thankfully, our vaccines weren't cancelled for the third time, so we got our first shot today. But we made it through and count ourselves lucky - while we were the longest without power, a few of our friends have extensive water damage to repair now. We'll be dropping off some extra cooked food next week to help ease the load a bit. We're gonna give ourselves time to relax tonight, try to recover from the last few weeks of bad stuff, and make sure the power stays before we start printing again. Then it's back to life! ... Yay...? Yay! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said: 6 hours ago, ManvsMini said: On today's date in history: 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York. 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. We were thinking about wanting it back, but not before you guys clean it up and hand it over in it's original state. I believe there was an ill-conceived idea in recent years of buying Greenland from Denmark. I'm open to giving you Staten Island if you can convince the Danes to give us Greenland never ever entertain that idea. Edited February 19, 2021 by ManvsMini fixed 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 minute ago, ManvsMini said: 48 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said: 6 hours ago, ManvsMini said: On today's date in history: 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York. 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital. We were thinking about wanting it back, but not before you guys clean it up and hand it over in it's original state. I believe there was an ill-conceived idea in recent years of buying Greenland from Denmark. I'm open to giving you Staten Island if you can convince the Danes to give us Greenland. How did Denmark wind up with Greenland when it was Norse/Icelanders that tried settling it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I'm so tired. Slept like a rock last night and it's just not going away. Been trying to keep busy but not having much luck with that either. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, TGP said: How did Denmark wind up with Greenland when it was Norse/Icelanders that tried settling it? The same way territories always change hands: the rise and fall of power from various nations. It's actually pretty interesting. I suggest reading on Wikipedia about Greenland's history, which will have you reading about Norwegian and Danish history. Quite a rabbit hole. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 hours ago, TGP said: How did Denmark wind up with Greenland when it was Norse/Icelanders that tried settling it? I'm going to guess it has a lot to do with king Harald Bluetooth, though it might be more modern than that even. Either way trump didn't buy it, so it's still Danish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 So I have a thread pertaining to GW bits & wanting a figure from a set. I've decided to just get the set as it's relatively cheap (for GW) at 25 or around that. GW's own site has it in stock, I figured I'd get it there. I see they have a free shipping threshold at $32 dollars...sigh Other then the ghost paint that started this whole chain, there really isn't anything I want from GW, that I haven't already placed a order for, ha ha. I really don't want to order paints right now, not with a giant polar vortex dividing me & the east coast right now. I'd rather just try & get the paints in a nearby town vs mail order. Thou after Saturday, I don't know when my players will meet up with a ghostly figure again, so ehh. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werkrobotwerk Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 mumbles something about forming a cadre of Martian knights. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, ShadowRaven said: 3 hours ago, TGP said: How did Denmark wind up with Greenland when it was Norse/Icelanders that tried settling it? I'm going to guess it has a lot to do with king Harald Bluetooth, though it might be more modern than that even. Either way trump didn't buy it, so it's still Danish. It had a lot more to do with the Napoleonic wars. I took MvM's suggestion and scanned the wiki article. 12 minutes ago, haldir said: So I have a thread pertaining to GW bits & wanting a figure from a set. I've decided to just get the set as it's relatively cheap (for GW) at 25 or around that. GW's own site has it in stock, I figured I'd get it there. I see they have a free shipping threshold at $32 dollars...sigh Other then the ghost paint that started this whole chain, there really isn't anything I want from GW, that I haven't already placed a order for, ha ha. I really don't want to order paints right now, not with a giant polar vortex dividing me & the east coast right now. I'd rather just try & get the paints in a nearby town vs mail order. Thou after Saturday, I don't know when my players will meet up with a ghostly figure again, so ehh. What else is in the set? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 45 minutes ago, haldir said: So I have a thread pertaining to GW bits & wanting a figure from a set. I've decided to just get the set as it's relatively cheap (for GW) at 25 or around that. GW's own site has it in stock, I figured I'd get it there. I see they have a free shipping threshold at $32 dollars...sigh My rule is, if paying for shipping puts the total above the free shipping threshold, buy bases. Can never have too many bases. Granted, that may explain why I have a shoebox full of them, but still... bases. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 57 minutes ago, haldir said: So I have a thread pertaining to GW bits & wanting a figure from a set. I've decided to just get the set as it's relatively cheap (for GW) at 25 or around that. GW's own site has it in stock, I figured I'd get it there. I see they have a free shipping threshold at $32 dollars...sigh I agree with @ManvsMini---get some bases. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ManvsMini said: 59 minutes ago, haldir said: So I have a thread pertaining to GW bits & wanting a figure from a set. I've decided to just get the set as it's relatively cheap (for GW) at 25 or around that. GW's own site has it in stock, I figured I'd get it there. I see they have a free shipping threshold at $32 dollars...sigh My rule is, if paying for shipping puts the total above the free shipping threshold, buy bases. Can never have too many bases. Granted, that may explain why I have a shoebox full of them, but still... bases. Buy a box of gryph-hounds. Those are cool. He said, in an entirely unbiased fashion. Edited February 19, 2021 by TGP 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted February 19, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2021 Actually, they are kinda cool looking critters. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 43 minutes ago, ManvsMini said: My rule is, if paying for shipping puts the total above the free shipping threshold, buy bases. Can never have too many bases. Granted, that may explain why I have a shoebox full of them, but still... bases. Glad I'm not the only one who's done this to poke things just a bit above the minimum free shipping threshold. ....Of course, I've also put in orders with Reaper that literally were ~JUST~ bases. I suspect whoever picked that just shrugged and went about their day. Now, compared to those who've had to pick some of my Instacart orders... I bet they've done some weird looks at my shopping lists! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, TGP said: What else is in the set? Thorns of Briar Queen: (the guy I want is the candle bearer, but I'm gonna glue the "cage" around his face area as that is how I seen it while looking for info on their green "ghost" paint.) 48 minutes ago, ManvsMini said: My rule is, if paying for shipping puts the total above the free shipping threshold, buy bases. Can never have too many bases. Granted, that may explain why I have a shoebox full of them, but still... bases. 37 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said: I agree with @ManvsMini---get some bases. Problem with that is GW has switched to non-D&D friendly base now, so I'd just be getting things I wouldn't even use. At least night when I order pizza from Pizza Hut, I got something to put me over the delivery threshold. Pizza I ordered was 11.99 (guess what the number was.....). So I just threw in a .99 cent parm cheese mini shaker Note: I just noticed there are small amount of 25mm bases on there. 36 minutes ago, TGP said: Buy a box of gryph-hounds. Those are cool. He said, in an entirely unbiased fashion. Those are nice, I think I used one for something I ran at ReaperCon one year as it was perfect for it. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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