To: All family members and friends.
Re: Plans, going out, doing stuff.
- As you all well know, we have a very young toddler at home.
- Our toddler is a happy, well-adjusted kid.
- One of our secrets is she is on a very solid schedule, taking 2 naps a day (currently).
So:
- We aren't being rude if we don't see you during the week at night. Her nap schedule and normal routine makes it difficult to go out of the house and still stick to her sleep schedule.
- Don't be surprised if we don't go out as often as we used to - we love going out and seeing everyone, but dragging a pile of baby gear and the baby herself is a daunting task, especially if you are a long distance away.
- We don't mind going out singly (leaving the other home with baby), but we try not to stick the other person with too many of those days.
- Family get-togethers are fun, but are also usually exhausting, both for us and for her - she gets pretty wired in new environments, and usually crashes at some point (after we leave, of course!)
- If we decline an invite, it usually just means we think it will impact her schedule too much - maybe it is too long of a day, or maybe there isn't a place for her to take a nap while she is there.
- Declining an invite could also mean it will be impacting something else, like bath night, that is important (who wants a stinky baby?)
- When she misses a nap, she is a bear. Period. So, we avoid missing naps like the plague. Remember - you don't have to deal with her later - we do! ;-)
I'm a PC gamer, and I've been a member of the Game Trading Zone (username: moneal) for over 4 1/2 years now. Being a member of that community has helped me build a fairly formidable backlog of older games to play - all in the process of getting rid of other games that I had already played and no longer wanted.
I've come into a rather odd situation lately, though. For some games (RPGs, primarily), I'm finding I would prefer to have the printed "official" strategy guides for helping me through the process. (I have a 15-month old daughter - I don't have time to spend 90 hours playing through a game anymore!) So I have been online, trying to pick up some of the strategy guides for these older games (anywhere from a year old to 5 years old). Imagine my shock when I realize that the "used game strategy guide" market is basically overrun by high-end book merchants who are selling guides that sold new for $15 to $20 in the average neighborhood of $50 -- well out of any reasonable price range that I would even consider spending for what is really a luxury to begin with.
Is there anybody who even consider dropping that kind of cash on something like that? It isn't exactly a collectible that I could see appreciating in value over the course of years. I understand the theory of supply/demand, but it just seems insane to me. Who the hell would spend that kind of money on a book - particularly on a book that I could only see would lose value over time?
*boggle* Is this guy plain delusional, or am I just a rotten bastard at heart for not wanting to do what he asks?
John Smith wrote:
Well... i have books and i send it to nice people who ask. If you want something from me (books), ill be happy to share!.. :)Mark O'Neal wrote:
On 10 Mar 2004 at 18:27, John Smith wrote:
> Can u send me the D&D 3rd ed. or AD&D players handbook and dm's guide?
> pls pls pls....On 11 Mar 2004 at 2:31, John Smith wrote:
> Dragonlance Chronicles vol 1-4 by weis and hickman?They are readily available through quite a few online vendors (Amazon.com, etc.), as well as many regular retail stores. Frankly, I hope you don't take this personally, but why would I send you $80 - $90 worth of books for nothing? I don't even know who you are!
(Note: Obviously, the name of the other person was changed - although I'm seriously reconsidering that decision.)
Of course, this might help me get out of my other current predictment with a certain wrecked book I need to replace....