Thanks, Derek.
I had to look at that for a second before the sentence parsed, but then it
was laugh-out-loud funny.
> I thought Virus broke Promise.
>
>
>
> From: []
> On Behalf Of
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:40 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is feeling Chatty
>
>
>
>
>
> Guys--
>
> I "broke my promise" (below) because my messages weren't coming through,
> and I didn't see any point in sending out the next installment if it was
> just going to fall into some black hole. By the time Tim fixed the problem
> it was several hours later, so was too late. I will return to this later
> today.
>
>> Test 1--I haven't seen my last one come back through yet.
>>
>>> Remember me?
>>> I'm conscious of the fact that I left us partway through this several
>> days
>>> ago, and don't want to let it get too stale. I'm in charge of testing a
>> .NET MVC project that has to be completed by March 31, and time is
> running
>>> out, so I have to get back to that, but I also want to keep this
> moving.
>>> I think what I'll do now is say a couple of initial things to remind
>> myself of where I was and send it out.
>>> First, as Bardbear who asked the initial question (which I still
> haven't
>> answered yet--be careful what you ask for, apparently I don't give a
> damn)
>>> and I are both Duke grads, wow, Mercer was good (or Duke isn't, your
>> call). If we were going to lose to anyone (in the first round) I'm
> actually proud that it was to the only Div 1 school that started 5 Seniors
>>> all year. I think that's a wanted corrective to all this Johnny
> "Where39;s
>> my NBA Contract" stuff (I live in KY, home of the disease). As K said of
> them with unfeigned admiration in his quickie halftime interview,
> "They39;re
>>> old and they're old together, they know what to do. They're men." But
> on the topic, I've established
>>> 1. Where "Star Viking" came from and how we refined what it means, how
>> that implies other groups in the same time (Guild and Free Traders) and
> how the RC is no longer around to tell people, "don't call us SVs," which
>>> implies that the pro-Imperial guys of the Regency are probably going to
>> be
>>> writing history
>>> 2. That we were trying to nuance things to make it clear that although
>> we
>>> were already accused of being "dark" that's not what this was about 3.
> Why the RC was in Old Expanses, built on repurposing some of the
> late
>> MT MSs
>>> 4. We decided that GDW was going to commit itself to writing TNE to
>> demonstrate our commitment to the new line and allay fears that it was
> going to be unsupported the way MT was
>>> 5. Some stuff about the D10 to D20 system, but that doesn't really
>> affect
>>> the storyline, which is what the questions were about. (At some point I
>> may digress into "why a storyline at all?" but that's really off-topic,
> so
>>> I will try not to go into it too deeply.)
>>> I think that's about it, but I'll probably remind myself of other
> things
>> I've recently said as I go, even if I forgot them above.
>>> So if any of you are reading this now before I send out the resumption,
>> if
>>> it looks like I'm about to forget to touch on something I said I'd get
>> back to, feel free to say, "Don't forget the XXX thing you said."
>>> More soon.
>
>
>
>
I had to look at that for a second before the sentence parsed, but then it
was laugh-out-loud funny.
> I thought Virus broke Promise.
>
>
>
> From: []
> On Behalf Of
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:40 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Since Dave N is feeling Chatty
>
>
>
>
>
> Guys--
>
> I "broke my promise" (below) because my messages weren't coming through,
> and I didn't see any point in sending out the next installment if it was
> just going to fall into some black hole. By the time Tim fixed the problem
> it was several hours later, so was too late. I will return to this later
> today.
>
>> Test 1--I haven't seen my last one come back through yet.
>>
>>> Remember me?
>>> I'm conscious of the fact that I left us partway through this several
>> days
>>> ago, and don't want to let it get too stale. I'm in charge of testing a
>> .NET MVC project that has to be completed by March 31, and time is
> running
>>> out, so I have to get back to that, but I also want to keep this
> moving.
>>> I think what I'll do now is say a couple of initial things to remind
>> myself of where I was and send it out.
>>> First, as Bardbear who asked the initial question (which I still
> haven't
>> answered yet--be careful what you ask for, apparently I don't give a
> damn)
>>> and I are both Duke grads, wow, Mercer was good (or Duke isn't, your
>> call). If we were going to lose to anyone (in the first round) I'm
> actually proud that it was to the only Div 1 school that started 5 Seniors
>>> all year. I think that's a wanted corrective to all this Johnny
> "Where39;s
>> my NBA Contract" stuff (I live in KY, home of the disease). As K said of
> them with unfeigned admiration in his quickie halftime interview,
> "They39;re
>>> old and they're old together, they know what to do. They're men." But
> on the topic, I've established
>>> 1. Where "Star Viking" came from and how we refined what it means, how
>> that implies other groups in the same time (Guild and Free Traders) and
> how the RC is no longer around to tell people, "don't call us SVs," which
>>> implies that the pro-Imperial guys of the Regency are probably going to
>> be
>>> writing history
>>> 2. That we were trying to nuance things to make it clear that although
>> we
>>> were already accused of being "dark" that's not what this was about 3.
> Why the RC was in Old Expanses, built on repurposing some of the
> late
>> MT MSs
>>> 4. We decided that GDW was going to commit itself to writing TNE to
>> demonstrate our commitment to the new line and allay fears that it was
> going to be unsupported the way MT was
>>> 5. Some stuff about the D10 to D20 system, but that doesn't really
>> affect
>>> the storyline, which is what the questions were about. (At some point I
>> may digress into "why a storyline at all?" but that's really off-topic,
> so
>>> I will try not to go into it too deeply.)
>>> I think that's about it, but I'll probably remind myself of other
> things
>> I've recently said as I go, even if I forgot them above.
>>> So if any of you are reading this now before I send out the resumption,
>> if
>>> it looks like I'm about to forget to touch on something I said I'd get
>> back to, feel free to say, "Don't forget the XXX thing you said."
>>> More soon.
>
>
>
>