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Post by youngbuck on Feb 21, 2021 18:53:28 GMT -5
That was all quite fascinating. But who would have thought you could get parasitic roundworms from insects, that is mind blowing.  I never would have guessed that insects have parasites, I would have assumed they were too small to have parasites. I would have had to be extremely hungry to eat bugs and now that I know this, I would have to figure out someway to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock. TMI! Really, TMI! |
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Post by The Editor on Feb 22, 2021 10:53:09 GMT -5
I never would have guessed that insects have parasites, I would have assumed they were too small to have parasites. I would have had to be extremely hungry to eat bugs and now that I know this, I would have to figure out someway to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock. TMI! Really, TMI! Squeamish youngbuck? As you get older you will get over it. Better to know, than not know. If we are ever starving, we just have to heat our bugs before eating them. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Feb 23, 2021 23:10:47 GMT -5
mao, I think your crickets are jumping all over the place now.
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 24, 2021 20:55:28 GMT -5
. . . I would have to figure out some way to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock. How would you keep them from getting away? If you've killed [swatted?] them, then you've lost some of the nutritional content, haven't you? Perhaps boiling water in an empty metal [dogfood/drink/tuna] can from which you've removed the top, then dropping the live bugs into the boiling water? Read a novel a couple of weeks back called A Long Time Until Now. The protagonists [ten time-stranded soldiers in two MRAPs] used discarded soda cans from the back of their vehicles for cooking. Sit these in the coals of a fire and stir the contents with a long green twig until done, then fish them out of the coals using more green twigs fashioned into tongs. |
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 24, 2021 20:57:02 GMT -5
mao , I think your crickets are jumping all over the place now. Hi, Mighty Darci ! Welcome back! |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 24, 2021 22:32:11 GMT -5
. . . I would have to figure out some way to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock. How would you keep them from getting away? If you've killed [swatted?] them, then you've lost some of the nutritional content, haven't you? Perhaps boiling water in an empty metal [dogfood/drink/tuna] can from which you've removed the top, then dropping the live bugs into the boiling water? Read a novel a couple of weeks back called A Long Time Until Now. The protagonists [ten time-stranded soldiers in two MRAPs] used discarded soda cans from the back of their vehicles for cooking. Sit these in the coals of a fire and stir the contents with a long green twig until done, then fish them out of the coals using more green twigs fashioned into tongs. That would be an interesting thing to see how someone does it in real life. |
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Post by mao on Feb 27, 2021 12:25:18 GMT -5
my crickets are dead! they were my fav worldly possession
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 27, 2021 15:52:24 GMT -5
my crickets are dead! they were my fav worldly possession Maybe the noise has just drowned them out. Are you sure you were that fond of crickets? |
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Post by mao on Feb 27, 2021 16:18:25 GMT -5
my crickets are dead! they were my fav worldly possession Maybe the noise has just drowned them out. Are you sure you were that fond of crickets? I am |
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Post by hengest on Mar 2, 2021 18:52:56 GMT -5
mao, I think your crickets are still kicking, to be honest, I hope we can finish them off.
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Post by The Editor on Mar 3, 2021 1:37:18 GMT -5
. . . I would have to figure out some way to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock. How would you keep them from getting away? If you've killed [swatted?] them, then you've lost some of the nutritional content, haven't you? Perhaps boiling water in an empty metal [dogfood/drink/tuna] can from which you've removed the top, then dropping the live bugs into the boiling water? Read a novel a couple of weeks back called A Long Time Until Now. The protagonists [ten time-stranded soldiers in two MRAPs] used discarded soda cans from the back of their vehicles for cooking. Sit these in the coals of a fire and stir the contents with a long green twig until done, then fish them out of the coals using more green twigs fashioned into tongs. If you don't have any type of container to put them in that will complicate the matter. I don't think killing them will affect the nutritional content much as long has you are not mashing and smearing them around. Water does not have to be boiling which makes it a bit easier if you have to improvise a way to cook them. You can also wrap things in mud if you have access to good clean mud as opposed to muck and bake things in hot coals that way. |
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Post by The Editor on Mar 3, 2021 1:38:26 GMT -5
mao , I think your crickets are still kicking, to be honest, I hope we can finish them off. Some areas are supposed to have cicadas this year. Good chance for people to try eating bugs, because in those areas there will be billions of them. |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 4, 2021 1:28:26 GMT -5
I don't think killing them will affect the nutritional content much as long has you are not mashing and smearing them around. Yeah. That. I can't really think of a way to kill bugs without "smearing them around" . . . unless it's chemically, which you don't want to do if you're planning to eat them. Correction: If they're conveniently concentrated - like ants in an anthill hill - you could pour boiling water over them. And you could pour salt over slugs and other such squishy targets. But outside those limited cases, I'm at a loss. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Mar 8, 2021 12:11:49 GMT -5
mao , I think your crickets are jumping all over the place now. Hi, Mighty Darci ! Welcome back! Hi raikenclw, it looks like the game is really taking off. I'm glad you have more players now and it is getting so active. Looks like Raven is going to be killed off, but that is cool. I so don't have time to play. I wonder if anyone will try to keep Peng out of trouble going forward or will you all become pirates in the future? |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 9, 2021 0:27:20 GMT -5
Hi raikenclw , it looks like the game is really taking off. I'm glad you have more players now and it is getting so active. Looks like Raven is going to be killed off, but that is cool. I so don't have time to play. I wonder if anyone will try to keep Peng out of trouble going forward or will you all become pirates in the future? Oh, pooh! Sad to hear you won't be playing.  Ah, well. Real life always trumps gaming. As to becoming pirates . . . not as such. Peng is leaning more toward a Firefly/Serenity [per the TV show/movie] type of crew. A collection of scoundrels with dubious pasts who crew a ship that's kept aloft with a lot of baling wire, duct tape and love. They'll take honest work when that's on offer [e.g. that cargo of bobblehead dolls referenced by Inara in Serenity]. But they also don't mind skirting around the fringes of the law [e.g. Episode 4, Shindig] if that's what seems most likely to put food on the table and fuel in the tanks this month. When circumstances warrant [e.g. beginning of Episode 2, The Train Job] or the potential payout is too tempting [e.g. Episode 9, Ariel], they'll jump right over said fringe and into the fire of illegality . . . so long as innocents are not seriously harmed thereby [e.g. conclusion of Episode 2, The Train Job]. In other words, Robin Hood in a starship.  |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2021 3:23:32 GMT -5
In other words, Robin Hood in a starship. And that will be fun to watch as it unfolds. I have never played Traveller and don't have time to start now. But I am enjoying the game. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Mar 30, 2021 11:56:57 GMT -5
Hi raikenclw , it looks like the game is really taking off. I'm glad you have more players now and it is getting so active. Looks like Raven is going to be killed off, but that is cool. I so don't have time to play. I wonder if anyone will try to keep Peng out of trouble going forward or will you all become pirates in the future? Oh, pooh! Sad to hear you won't be playing. Ah, well. Real life always trumps gaming. As to becoming pirates . . . not as such. Peng is leaning more toward a Firefly/Serenity [per the TV show/movie] type of crew. A collection of scoundrels with dubious pasts who crew a ship that's kept aloft with a lot of baling wire, duct tape and love. They'll take honest work when that's on offer [e.g. that cargo of bobblehead dolls referenced by Inara in Serenity]. But they also don't mind skirting around the fringes of the law [e.g. Episode 4, Shindig] if that's what seems most likely to put food on the table and fuel in the tanks this month. When circumstances warrant [e.g. beginning of Episode 2, The Train Job] or the potential payout is too tempting [e.g. Episode 9, Ariel], they'll jump right over said fringe and into the fire of illegality . . . so long as innocents are not seriously harmed thereby [e.g. conclusion of Episode 2, The Train Job]. In other words, Robin Hood in a starship. I have been reading and following along as I get the chance, it is really a fun game and with all the new players it is hopping. Sorry I don't have time to commit to the game. I just cannot guarantee I will be on every week, let alone 2-3 times a week and that is not fair to everyone. A game has to be active and move or people lose interest. |
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Post by raikenclw on Mar 30, 2021 19:10:54 GMT -5
Oh, pooh! Sad to hear you won't be playing. Ah, well. Real life always trumps gaming. I have been reading and following along as I get the chance, it is really a fun game and with all the new players it is hopping. Sorry I don't have time to commit to the game. I just cannot guarantee I will be on every week, let alone 2-3 times a week and that is not fair to everyone. A game has to be active and move or people lose interest. As I said, sorry to hear you won't be [re]joining. Although . . . In the PbP games I run, I use something I call "Interludes." These are side-plot scenes - usually featuring only two or three player characters - which occur out of sequence with the rest of the game. For example, two players may choose to play through the first meeting of their characters, years before the current game began. Or three players may choose to play through resolution of some personality conflicts, which in the current game have "already" been decided [in some unspecified manner]. One Interlude I ran detailed a lethal gunfight between a PC and an NPC. Something like that could involve very slow posting, without impacting the rest of the game. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 31, 2021 3:20:07 GMT -5
Although . . . In the PbP games I run, I use something I call "Interludes." These are side-plot scenes - usually featuring only two or three player characters - which occur out of sequence with the rest of the game. For example, two players may choose to play through the first meeting of their characters, years before the current game began. Or three players may choose to play through resolution of some personality conflicts, which in the current game have "already" been decided [in some unspecified manner]. One Interlude I ran detailed a lethal gunfight between a PC and an NPC. Something like that could involve very slow posting, without impacting the rest of the game. Another thread you should start raikenclw. |
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Post by mao on Mar 31, 2021 3:38:08 GMT -5
Although . . . In the PbP games I run, I use something I call "Interludes." These are side-plot scenes - usually featuring only two or three player characters - which occur out of sequence with the rest of the game. For example, two players may choose to play through the first meeting of their characters, years before the current game began. Or three players may choose to play through resolution of some personality conflicts, which in the current game have "already" been decided [in some unspecified manner]. One Interlude I ran detailed a lethal gunfight between a PC and an NPC. Something like that could involve very slow posting, without impacting the rest of the game. Another thread you should start raikenclw . |
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Post by raikenclw on Apr 4, 2021 23:58:49 GMT -5
Although . . . In the PbP games I run, I use something I call "Interludes." These are side-plot scenes - usually featuring only two or three player characters - which occur out of sequence with the rest of the game. For example, two players may choose to play through the first meeting of their characters, years before the current game began. Or three players may choose to play through resolution of some personality conflicts, which in the current game have "already" been decided [in some unspecified manner]. One Interlude I ran detailed a lethal gunfight between a PC and an NPC. Something like that could involve very slow posting, without impacting the rest of the game. Another thread you should start raikenclw . Where should I start it? |
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Post by hengest on Apr 5, 2021 0:02:44 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 5, 2021 2:51:05 GMT -5
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 23, 2021 15:03:46 GMT -5
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Post by Morton on Apr 24, 2021 23:28:01 GMT -5
I had a pet cricket once, spent a lot of time feeding him and polishing his shell all nice and shiny. Fattened him up on leftovers and then day when he was nice and fat and juicy I ate him with a little hot sauce. Very tasty.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 29, 2021 1:31:57 GMT -5
Although . . . In the PbP games I run, I use something I call "Interludes." These are side-plot scenes - usually featuring only two or three player characters - which occur out of sequence with the rest of the game. For example, two players may choose to play through the first meeting of their characters, years before the current game began. Or three players may choose to play through resolution of some personality conflicts, which in the current game have "already" been decided [in some unspecified manner]. One Interlude I ran detailed a lethal gunfight between a PC and an NPC. Something like that could involve very slow posting, without impacting the rest of the game. I looked at "Interlude: A Friendly Game At The Lucky Draw" and it looks like you have been away from it for a while. Do you have any committed players or do you need to recruit them or wake them up? |
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Post by raikenclw on Jun 1, 2021 22:59:48 GMT -5
@hengest [ hengest ]seemed interested, back when. He actually made an initial post. For myself, I've been moving back and forth between shifts at work (somebody quit again soon after starting), so it's been a little hard to get good sleep. Thus, my creativity has been at a low ebb. I'm still interested, however. [Darn it! I can't seem to make the "@" thing work . . . oh, well.][PD explained what was happening]. |
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Post by mao on Jun 2, 2021 4:53:38 GMT -5
@hengest [ hengest ]seemed interested, back when. He actually made an initial post. For myself, I've been moving back and forth between shifts at work (somebody quit again soon after starting), so it's been a little hard to get good sleep. Thus, my creativity has been at a low ebb. I'm still interested, however. [Darn it! I can't seem to make the "@" thing work . . . oh, well.][PD explained what was happening]. i will play. raikenclw |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jun 3, 2021 15:48:14 GMT -5
Business has picked pack up!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 3, 2021 16:45:39 GMT -5
Business has picked pack up! That it has, I've not heard any crickets for a while. |
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I never would have guessed that insects have parasites, I would have assumed they were too small to have parasites. I would have had to be extremely hungry to eat bugs and now that I know this, I would have to figure out someway to heat them. I guess a minimum of a magnifying glass and heat them on a flat rock.
