Annoying Questions I'd Like Answered...

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:01 am

Mmm. Glenfiddich 15 year is nice. I usually drink my scotch neat, but some like mixing in some water or ice.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:21 am

Actually, it occurred to me on Count's mention of water- definitely add a bit of water. Of course I can't find the article now, but water actually will change the flavor of whiskey by masking some aromas and unbinding flavour compounds to make others more apparent.

Try a bit neat, then add a bit of water and try that, see which you like better.

And by a bit of water, I mean, like, maybe a quarter teaspoon water to 3 oz whiskey.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:03 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:But seriously, I don't recommend using decent booze to make mixed drinks, that's what you do to cheap booze to make it more palatable.

I tend to drink much cheaper whiskey and I mix it with ginger ale. If I happened upon a bottle of nice stuff, I'd hold onto it for guests, because I've never developed a taste for straight whiskey or scotch.

Prak wrote:Actually, it occurred to me on Count's mention of water- definitely add a bit of water. Of course I can't find the article now, but water actually will change the flavor of whiskey by masking some aromas and unbinding flavour compounds to make others more apparent.

Yeah. I know someone who is extremely fussy about his scotch, and he always puts in a tiny splash of water and never any ice. He says the water does something to the oils that brings out the flavor.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:43 pm

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I wasn't even sure if what I have is good stuff. And if I don't like it, I can hand it to a friend and stick with my cider and rum and such.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:29 pm

How to you get a kitten to stop trying to nurse on your nipples?

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:34 pm

Apply catnip to the concerned areas.

This should work if only technically.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:35 pm

A sophisticated technology I call a 'shirt.'

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:53 pm

@erik how?
i only know 3 reactions to catnip from cats:
a) no reaction at all
b) hyper hyper!
c) dude, i am like . . so totally high . .
none of which ever managed to get any cat i know away from food.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:27 pm

If he's young enough, bottle-feed him.
If he's old enough, slap him (lightly of course) and scold him the way his mother would. You should generally do this to all biting behavior to teach him not to bite when excited. It can take a while for him to learn.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:13 pm

Stahlseele wrote:@erik how?
i only know 3 reactions to catnip from cats:
a) no reaction at all
b) hyper hyper!
c) dude, i am like . . so totally high . .
none of which ever managed to get any cat i know away from food.

I was expecting totally hyper, tripping out and attacking.

Which technically isn't nursing.

Wearing a shirt and/or giving a light swat if too old to be nursing could work too.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:11 pm

Whenever I read an OSSR by AH, he keeps mentioning stuff about someone finishing a Farcast review. What's Farcast, and why is the review so important to him? I only ask out of ignorance.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:22 pm

Farcast is a blog AH did for a full year, writing some homebrew for Eclipse Phase once a day for the entire year.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:30 pm

Dammit Shrapnel, I was going to facetiously ask this in an effort to rustle jimmies, and now you've beaten me to it.

The review is in IMHO, and I disbelieve that you could have missed it.
He wants it reviewed because once enough people have seen it there's the chance that they'll activate the item found on day ███ so that it can ████████████████████████████.

::sensitive items of this post were redacted in actu::

[edit: bah, can't un-censor that.]

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:06 pm

Aaaaahhh. Mystery solved. Sorta. How come no one's finished it?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:21 am

Because it's 365 blog posts about a niche game that very few of us have looked at, let alone know much about. I can't speak for anyone else, but my attention span was blasted to pieces by the internet long ago.

Except for trainwrecks, but even FATAL was reviewed in several sittings.

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:06 am

Yah, having to address 365 individual things is more taxing than most any OSSR review where you may hit on a a few score of things.

Granted it was more of an effort to write the 365 items in the first place, so my hat's off to AH for that. I've been tempted to wade in and help with the reviewing, but all I know about Eclipse Phase is only from reading threads here and I have a hard enough time getting motivated on my own projects.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:22 am

Prak wrote:Because it's 365 blog posts

366. Year and a day.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:58 pm

Screw it. I'll begin my review in earnest of the Farcast stuff after work. I just finished a game last night that consisted of literal dungeon delving and orc slaying in Eclipse Phase, and I want to have something legit EP influences in my brain again.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:03 pm

Would the Dragonball series be considered "high fantasy"? I mean, it's set on an imaginary version of earth, and the characters are all, as wikipedia describes it, "epic" in scope and that jazz.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:17 pm

Yes. DBZ Earth is clearly a secondary world (despite having some things in common with out world, like consumer electronics). In addition to whimsical elements like dinosaurs, anthro-dog rulers, and a tiny rabbit-covered moon (when it has a moon), it clearly operates under a different set of rules, especially as regards what martial arts can achieve.

schpeelah · Post by **schpeelah** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:44 pm

If the last one was a qualifier of high fantasy, low fantasy would be impossible.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:06 pm

Not really. Most low fantasy simply doesn't have consistent rules for its fantastic elements; shit just happens for no rhyme or raisin.

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:45 am

Dragonball doesn't fit well in Western literary genres at all.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:15 am

hyzmarca wrote:Dragonball doesn't fit well in Western literary genres at all.

I've always assumed that the terms "high" and "low" fantasy applied more to a setting, rather than a genre.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:37 am

About how many extra women voter, if any, in terms of % did Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel capture (or rather, their parties) over base demography?