Sounds like you all had a good time, it's even enough to get me to consider paintball - I've always wussed out in the past as I've seen far too many nasty bruises on other people, though considering some of the injuries I've picked up doing Live Action Roleplaying in the past I'm not sure why I'm worried.
Hi Sean,
I posted on here a few weeks ago asking if it'd be possible to come along, am I still too new or did my post manage to slip under your radar?
Dan
My real name (or at least the version of it that I use) gives 300+ hits, most of which aren't me - I share my name with an american journalist who writes about kit cars.
Putting in my regular online nick (not the one I use on this site) gives 136 hits that are almost all me or referring to me.
I must admit, I have had one partner who smelt very bad down below, and it really put me off going down on her.
Personally I know I sweat buckets and whilst there's not a hell of a lot I can do about it whilst I'm playing with somebody I do make an effort to ensure I'm freshly showered and in (or recently out of) clean clothes when I get started. Apart from anything else, I don't feel particularly relaxed or sexy if I'm covered in a layer of stale sweat and honking to high heaven, so making sure I'm clean and minty fresh is as much about looking after my own interests as being considerate to whoever I'm playing with.
Have fun and dive safely.
I used to get one of my female housemates at Uni to walk up and down my back in bare feet, not for sexual reasons though, she sorted my back and shoulder pain out a treat.
I should probably point out that she was 4'11" and about 8 stone wet through, I really wouldn't have wanted to try it with anyone bigger, or wearing high heels for that matter.
Personally I'm not too bothered by accent/dialect, most of those in the UK are quite pleasant and like Ms Amber I'm not going to offend anyone by mentioning the ones I don't particularly like.
I was brought up a Brummie, lived in Cardiff for three years, and moved to the North East a couple of years ago, so I've got pretty used to understanding strange accents. Six months working for National Rail Enquiries also helped with that one. I speak with a fairly slight Brummie accent (these days, it was a lot stronger before I'd moved away) and I have noticed that I still use quite a bit of Brummie/Black Country dialect, to the bemusement of the locals in these parts (I've lost count of the number of times I've had to explain what 'bostin' means - I just tell them it's the same as 'canny').
That's a difficult one to diagnose, especially from long distance.
approaching things logically, if the same problem is occuring with both the in-car charger and the PSU/inverter combination then I think you can rule out either of those being the problem. It could be the truck's dropper (I'm no expert on vehicle electrical systems, unfortunately), but since your old laptop worked fine it's unlikely (though it could just be that the new laptop is a bit more particular about the quality of it's power supply). I take it it charges up fine using it's PSU plugged into 220V AC (a normal wall socket)?
That leaves the new laptop, and in particular the power management programs within the operating system (what is it incidentally, Windoze, Mac, or a proper OS like Linux?) Actually isolating a problem in here without access to your set up is nigh on impossible, though if you're using Windows you could fiddle around with the power management utility in the control panel and see if anything in there makes a difference.
Anyway, good luck, it sounds like you might need a bit.
Pololady - is that hole going to be a pond/sandpit/very small outdoor pool, or are fallout shelters coming back into fashion 'round your way?
I've spent most of the afternoon contemplating building enough radiator covers to equip a reasonably large house, and a few breaks looking up info for my preferred dream project - turning 20-something sheets of plywood, a stack of 2x4s, and a decent sized pile of other bits and pieces into a 20-foot yacht complete with two masts, a cabin, and pilot house .
This got me wondering how many of you guys/girls have built something you consider impressive, whether due to it's size, complexity, or other reason?
N.B. To avoid the obvious comments from all the mums and dads on here I'm not prepared to consider the production of new humans unless you can put them together from component parts, Dr. Frankenstein style.
, but I don't have an easy solution 
.and still working now 1 year later ... damn site cheaper than buying a ready built one from the shops too but a lot more stressful
