To work or not to work

Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:34 pm

I'm an airline pilot and a devotee to all things Fallout. I just walked in the door from my 4 day trip and I now have off until Satuday.

2 cases of Red Bull (sugarfree) and Chipoltle on speed dial.

I've already informed the wife she will be a New Vegas Widow for the next 100 or so hours. It seems she's used to it!

Good luck to all the wastelanders out there. I'll buy you a round at Ceaser's Palace

Now if we could get gamesas to release at midnight in your local time zones, that would've been great.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:36 am

Also, this: "Allistair Tenpenny came to the Capital Wasteland from Great Britain to seek his fortune, so that alone tells you that the U.K. was also hit in the war. And if he came to U.S. to succeed, that says a lot about how screwed up Europe must be. So we just allude, a little bit, to the state of the rest of the world. We like to leave a lot to the players' imaginations, and somebody like Tenpenny serves as a catalyst for those thoughts." Emil Pagliarulo

I kinda liked Allistair, but I did wonder about the background of an educated well-spoken Englishman and what his post-war ancestors must have been like for the generations in the 200 years leading up to Allistair being born and heading State-side. Hehe. He should have been Al Halfpenny from what remained of Sarf Landan, a character straight out of a Guy Ritchie movie. Heh ha.

Allistair and Dukov were perfect stereotypes. :laugh: :goodjob:
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:20 am

Do it, this is the one game I can think of that I will pick up at midnight. I will be on my way in another hour or so, and no work tomorrow. And yes, I am 35 with a wife, two kids, and a career. Enjoy.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:14 am

I'm a high school teacher. I teach economics, I could just leave a list of questions with my students asking them how a nuclear war would affect economies around the world. Ha.

And I have plenty of sick/personal days.

Just leave em with a test. On the Fallout Series.

It could end up being for bonus points.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:27 am

No fair!

I have only one day off this week, next Monday.

... I -had- Friday off... Boss has a Doctor's appointment and I get to cover.


... I may just drag my box into the office and play at work, lol. Sysadmin says: 'go away, I'm busy'
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:29 am

I got really lucky - on short term disability until next Monday - just waiting to pick up game and then.... well, my 12 pack sitting in the fridge and waiting with me until 12:01am. After that all I have is eat and bathroom from time to time. It's been long wait for this game and I know it's well worth it. It's time to pick up game at my local game stop now. Guys, enjoy this one and I hope all of you will have some time off to wonder the wastelands.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:07 am

I'm a high school teacher. I teach economics, I could just leave a list of questions with my students asking them how a nuclear war would affect economies around the world. Ha.

And I have plenty of sick/personal days.


Actually that sounds like a good idea for a test. It would encourage creative thinking by envisioning such a scenario and looking through the many possible affects such a thing would have on all economies around the world.

Best test I got back in my Academy days in the 90s, what we call High School in the US, was being asked to write a short story based on the Snow Goose, so I did, I wrote a story looking at the end of the story and how the male lead died and what he was thinking and feeling as he was helping the soldiers to safety.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:51 am

Oh, the irony. Here I am sitting In the parking lot of my local GameStop about to pick up New Vegas. Low and behold, since about 4:30 today I have legitimately been feeling terrible. And the feeling is getting worse. Sore throut, congested, all that crap. It's actually pretty funny. I guess the good thing is now this will actually go down as a sick day and not a personal day (personal days are more valuable). I'm roughing it out but I doubt I'd go to work feeling like this, especially since it will be much worse in the morning. Either way, it's almost time. Just thought I'd share. This was an interesting post. Made me laugh a few times.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:50 am

Same dilemma here.

I'm feeling bad. Guilty... but hey, the game is finally unlocked here on Steam!!

Then I'm also feeling good.

Like one of the enemies in Baldur's Gate (a zombie or a doppelganger, not sure), always saying the same line over and over, "it is useless to resist"... :sadvaultboy:

Well, but just as someone said somewhere in this very thread, it's not a habit, so... :mellow:

Preparing to enter Vegas...
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:11 am

Same dilemma here.

I'm feeling bad. Guilty... but hey, the game is finally unlocked here on Steam!!

Then I'm also feeling good.

Like one of the enemies in Baldur's Gate (a zombie or a doppelganger, not sure), always saying the same line over and over, "it is useless to resist"... :sadvaultboy:

Well, but just as someone said somewhere in this very thread, it's not a habit, so... :mellow:

Preparing to enter Vegas...


Work is overrated.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:24 am

Its almost the end of the year. Alot of people have left over vacation days to throw away.


This is me. I'm going to end up carrying days over to next year if I don't take em. And I can only carry four over...
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