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Old February 22nd, 2002, 08:15 PM
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DONT DO IT - go and work in McDonalds instead, it is more fun.


I know. That's the reason why I work as a paramedic, too.

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Whatever they have told you, it is not true, the travelling the world, the women, the fame and glory is not true and you dont even get your own swamp!!!


Reminds me of song:
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was nothing but lies
Everything that they brought us
was nothing but bribes

I can leave most of the mentioned things alone but NO SWAMP?!?! [/off getting his 50kt Nuclear Nav beacon launcher]

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That being said, I did read in the legal press about the German lawyer who made 8 million euro in one year


I wish I would know him. Might take his place
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The Tandu are nasty in the sense that you don't want to meet one in a dark alley. Or a light alley. Or anywhere for that matter. They're totally insensitve to losses- they use "engines" that give them a massive manuevering advantage, but occasionally blow up, taking the ship with them. Also using reality-warping weaponry, which is pretty unpredicable. One shot might turn the target into antimatter, another send clowns running down the hallways and through bulkheads. It's also mentioned in the book that the Terrans never beat the Tandu, even when the odds were in their favor.

Their clients are even weirder though.

Like the Epsiarchs. A sentient biological weapon? Ow. For those not familar with the books, an Epsiarch is a "psi adept" of extreme power. If one looks at you and decides you shouldn't be there, you AREN'T there any more. In one book, they were used to make a bridge by denying that the water underfoot existed at all. They use this same talent to power the "engines" the Tandu use. They're also insane..

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just brief note, I shall be busy for the next several days, so won't be on forum probably until Monday, so see ya all back then.

PS. I think "Tiggles" is a CUTE NAME

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Yes, I do have Enigma in my CD drive during SEIV. I move it to my Sterio System when I CTW.



oh lordy, it gets worse - Guffin, Guff's Fyre and the furry fella grooving on down to Enigma whilst circling the wagons!!! Guff, half of me is glad to hear this as I kind of thought you would be a Tammy Wynette sort of chap
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Old February 25th, 2002, 10:32 AM
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I wish I would know him. Might take his place



Mephisto, if you do, will you marry me?
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Old February 25th, 2002, 10:36 AM
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The Tandu are nasty in the sense that you don't want to meet one in a dark alley. Or a light alley. Or anywhere for that matter. They're totally insensitve to losses- they use "engines" that give them a massive manuevering advantage, but occasionally blow up, taking the ship with them. Also using reality-warping weaponry, which is pretty unpredicable. One shot might turn the target into antimatter, another send clowns running down the hallways and through bulkheads. It's also mentioned in the book that the Terrans never beat the Tandu, even when the odds were in their favor.

Their clients are even weirder though.

Like the Epsiarchs. A sentient biological weapon? Ow. For those not familar with the books, an Epsiarch is a "psi adept" of extreme power. If one looks at you and decides you shouldn't be there, you AREN'T there any more. In one book, they were used to make a bridge by denying that the water underfoot existed at all. They use this same talent to power the "engines" the Tandu use. They're also insane..

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Phoenix, I knew there was something about you I really liked and it must be that you are a fellow afficiondo of David Brin.

That is pretty much a good summary of the Tandu but I should point out for Guff that in addition to all the above, the Tandu themselves were as bad as bad gets. Imagine a nine foot tall multi headed black praying mantis, with chitinous razor blades on all legs and two damn great big sword like blades on its 'praying arms'. This thing is immune to pain, regularily loses limbs and heads without worry (even does so as part of a ritualistic yakuza style remorse ceremony on a regular basis). Oh, did we mention these things are pyschopathic blood thirsty lunatics?
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just brief note, I shall be busy for the next several days, so won't be on forum probably until Monday, so see ya all back then.

PS. I think "Tiggles" is a CUTE NAME

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