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Schwans
Apr 20, 2020 14:26:34 GMT -5
Post by The Captain on Apr 20, 2020 14:26:34 GMT -5
There's one that comes up and down my street on occasion. I know they stop at a couple of my neighbors' homes to deliver.
My parents bought stuff from them when I was growing up, but my wife and I never have. Just not something that has ever appealed to me.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 20, 2020 9:20:22 GMT -5
I'm feeling the same as the rest of you about the comic shows. I had planned on attending the Three River Comic Con over Memorial Day weekend with both of my daughters, marking the first time my younger daughter would be going to a show with me and her sister. We're going to have to put it off for probably another year, and I'm just hoping they both still have interest in it at that point.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 18, 2020 11:48:26 GMT -5
There’s also this - I don’t think the monthly comic shows that i used to attend will be available any time soon. I have to physically own the originals. Digital doesn’t work for me nor does collected TPBs I'm with you. Though I do read digital and TPB's, I BY FAR prefer the originals. The others just aren't the same. I used to feel this way about collected editions, but I have changed my stance on this over the past few years. The main reason is there is so much out there that I want to read, but I would never be able to if I tried to pick it up in floppies. Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Tales of Suspense; none of those early issues are remotely in my price range, nor can I really justify spending absurd amounts of money on a single book at this point. For $35, I can get 20 issues of Fantastic Four from #33 - 51 and Annual #3 in an Epic Collection, whereas just a beat, low-grade copy of #48 is at least $400 (heck, a coverless one just sold on eBay this week for $159). For certain series, like my Captain America run, yeah, it had to be entirely floppies, but for other things, I would rather just own the stories and enjoy them. We all do the hobby differently. It's what makes it fun for each of us in our own ways.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 18, 2020 7:40:05 GMT -5
I've been following this man's story for the past week or so. Simply incredible. For many people of his generation, giving back selflessly to one's community and country is ingrained as just something that is done.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 18, 2020 7:16:46 GMT -5
I'm rationalizing that since I don't eat out everyday for lunch when I work, that overall, I'm saving money. Yeah, that's lame. I know I'm a little late to the discussion, but I agree with what everyone else has posted on this. If you aren't eating lunch every day, you are helping put some money back into the economy. I put $28 in cash in my wallet in early March (I always carry cash with me, as my wife and I take an "allowance" every month for things we want and I do it in cash to avoid having to reconcile with the bank account). I looked this morning and the same $28 is still in there. I've toyed with the idea of contacting my buddy who owns the LCS I frequent and seeing if he is going to be in there any time in the next week doing inventory, grading books, etc., and to ask if I might be able to stop by for a little private shopping session. My wife and I are both still working full-time so nothing has changed with our income, so the monthly allowance is just piling up, and there still is the money I made selling Magic: The Gathering cards at the end of last year that is largely untouched. I wouldn't go crazy, but there are some of the Marvel Epic Collections that I wouldn't mind picking up, especially some of the early Amazing Spider-Man books, and if I could help him out a little during this time, I would be happy to do so. We're all dealing with this unprecedented situation in different ways, and if your way of getting through it is buying Thor comics on eBay, have at it! Take care, be safe, and stay healthy, my friend.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 16, 2020 16:30:55 GMT -5
Ugh, what a nightmare. Sorry to hear that. I read that a lot of people who filed their tax returns with Turbo Tax in a prior year had their direct deposits go into whatever they used as their payment method, not their direct deposit accounts. Horror stories of people having their stimulus put onto temporary gift cards they had long since thrown away. What a fiasco. Much as I would love to blame the government for this, it was a massive exercise to undertake in a short period of time for a huge number of people. Hopefully they get things sorted out for situations like these. Did you think it was going to turn out anyway other than this? People who were connected and knew how to navigate the system were able to react quickly and get to the front of the line while the guy who owns the local bakery or the woman who owns a pet grooming business will see their life's work vanish during this.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 15, 2020 13:48:33 GMT -5
The first video game that I was addicted to was Centipede (great taste in games, beccabear67 !). Our local supermarket had a machine at the front of the store, and when I went with my mom to do our weekly shopping, she would give me two quarters and let me play while she got through the store (I don't think she appreciated my "help" with that task). There was also a little arcade in the same shopping center as the supermarket, and it was there that I fell in love with Dragon's Lair, featuring Don Bluth animation of the adventures of Dirk the Daring, who was attempting to rescue the lovely Princess Daphne from a dragon and an evil wizard. It was done on a videodisc, so each motion of the joystick or push of the button caused the disc to skip to the next scene in the sequence. Some of the challenges were easy, but the majority were reliant on split-second precision to move just right through the castle. I was never great at it, but I was so into it. My best memory around this game involved my maternal grandmother, who lived in Memphis and made an annual two-week visit to Pittsburgh every summer. One year, she took me up to the arcade, handed me a sandwich baggie full of quarters, and stood there and watched me play this game for what seemed like hours, not once complaining or rushing me. She's the same one that gave me my first comic books, and I think what I miss most about her is that she "got me" as a person when everyone else in my family wanted me to be something that I really wasn't. After that, it was Gauntlet, 24/7/365. My buddies and I would go to the arcade at the mall in the next town over and pump an unending string of quarters into that machine. It was the first game I can remember that four people could play at once, which was great for our little group. These days, the only time I ever play an arcade game is on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD. There is an arcade there that has one of the Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga anniversary edition units, and I will play that while my wife and daughters play skee-ball. As well, there used to be a House of the Dead shooter that I enjoyed, but it wasn't there the last time we visited in 2018. On the home front, I had (in sequential order): Atari 2600 (favorite game was Track & Field), Atari 7800 (Robotron 2084), Nintendo (Legend of Zelda, duh), Sega Genesis (NHL 94, the greatest sports game for a home video console ever), and finally a Playstation 1 (I still replay Castlevania: Symphony of the Night every year or so). We currently have a Wii, but I rarely if ever play it; the only game for it that was specifically bought for me was Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and while it's fun enough, the controls for these games have gotten so complicated that I have a hard time doing well at it.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 15, 2020 7:08:17 GMT -5
Paddle
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Post by The Captain on Apr 14, 2020 20:15:31 GMT -5
Verdict
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Post by The Captain on Apr 13, 2020 7:15:05 GMT -5
Brunch
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Post by The Captain on Apr 11, 2020 17:40:21 GMT -5
Electricity
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Post by The Captain on Apr 11, 2020 9:34:03 GMT -5
Ugly
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Post by The Captain on Apr 10, 2020 21:09:30 GMT -5
I have awesome memories of playing D&D in high school and even my first year of college. So many friends and late nights and long Saturday sessions.
After I got out of college and into my first professional job, there were a few people at work that played and we started a campaign, but the scheduling got tricky and it died pretty quickly.
A few guys at my church have thrown around the idea of starting a group to play, but I think that scheduling will again be an issue since everyone has kids, activities, etc.
As for joining a local gaming club, I think I'm past the age of just getting together with random people to play. It's one of the minor problems I have with playing Magic:The Gathering at local shops at this point, in that I find a lot of gamers to be annoying prats whose company I don't really enjoy. However, to be fair, I find 97% of people I meet to be annoying prats, so it's not really the gamers and more that I just don't like people to begin with.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 10, 2020 14:53:50 GMT -5
Man, that one cuts (ouch! sorry...) a little too close to the bone to be funny... Just needs a saltwater pool or tub of lemon juice at the end to make it perfect.
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Post by The Captain on Apr 9, 2020 9:45:56 GMT -5
Call
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