Weekend Chatterbox

I wonder if the bookies are taking bets on that?

Good morning all and sundry.

Gamesblog - my settlers ran out of sandy sandstone to build my latest blueprint, so off I went to Sandy Shores to retrieve some. On returning, I found that the blueprint had disappeared and the building was half finished.
I began to demolish what they'd already laid, but then a thought occurred - will I simple be able to lay the blueprint again, and they'll kick off from where they got to?
Turns out that it works. Phew.

TVblog - none, but my partner has absolutely loved Kingdom.

OTTM - yesterday at work, everything that could break did break. And so, come the evening, I indulged in a little beer and wine.
This morning, I feel like how I imagine cobblers' does every day.

Hullo.

I had the rare opportunity to watch Rick and Morty last night, the one with the Meeseeks, it was good.

Ottm: 'The Lad' should get his Universal Credit today, which means he will return all the things I've 'lent' him recently.*

* No, no, I'm sure he wouldn't lie to me....oh.

Hello

I’m working. No, I don’t know why either.
Work seem to have taken the decision to install software that will allow people to work from home. How I’m going to lug a desktop back when I’ve walked in, I don’t know. And a monitor. Still, going to be some sweet sweet worving when it happens.

Games - no.
Tv - started Killing Eve, whilst doing some other stuff, so I have no idea what’s going on.
Films - no.
Poor life decisions - driving round trying to find some hand sanitiser. For 3 hours. Not my decision.

Out work isn't issuing any more VPN accounts at the moment. I feel they may be having to sort out more access whether they like it or not.

All this home working is great until folks home Internet goes down and the openreach engineering masses all get batflu.

Hi

I woke up this morning with what I would ordinarily call 'a cold'. Nothing I can watch on the telly or read on the internet tells me anything else. Oh.

We were told to take our laptops home yesterday and check all OK for working from home, but then to turn up on Monday.

Ha! I'll be dead by then, suckers!

A stupid way of doing it, should have been done on a work day just to do a stress test apart from seeing if the set up works.

Hello.

Ganes: The usual. Finally sorted my overflowing inventory. Why is it that developers never give you enough space for all the stuff in their game? One would have thought that that is an easy one.

After that bit of housekeeping I turned my attention to the last few tablet targets. I don't think it's too much of a spoiler when I tell you that the last three will only be revealed after getting through the story. That's because they have components that only become available during or after the endgame. To amipal and gongfarmer: this information is a bit difficult to find online, but if you can get the number of mini medals up to 82 you'll be in possession of some sweet gear that makes the endgame a doddle. There is, however, absolutely no need to do that as it makes the excellent and very pretty gear you'll acquire in that phase redundant, sadly.

One of these last three tablet targets is "making lots of different tile types". You'll probably will have seen the counter for it already without necessarily knowing what it is. Let me tell you that, like so many room recipes, you should NOT attempt this without an online guide as the materials are completely arbitrary. 

OTTM: So our government was pursuing a 'herd immunity' strategy, a.k.a. "let the shit hit the fan"? Let at least 60% of the population get infected and then keeping your fingers crossed that this is sufficient to protect the remaining 40%? Really?? REALLY??! If this was the plan I don't know what we would have done without a plan.

Asked how the son-in-law's elderly parents are coping with the situation, it's very tricky for them as they usually walk to the shops and back to get their groceries. Their daughter will help them with that but she's also got small children to look after. They aren't computer literate, problematic in this day and age. The Pref. Mam., only semi-computer literate himself, thanks his lucky stars every day that about 20 years ago he showed me how to make and save a file on a computer. Before that I was still using a typewriter.

Ocado watch: After their website fell over yesterday I was able to log in later in the evening and check that I didn't forget to order eggs.

Game mechanics that you hate?

Like Tent Hen I think restricted inventory space is irritating but my number one hate is degradation of weapons/armours, why? I don't need any bloody "realism" in a game with dragons flying around burning shit up.

Main reason I don't want to touch BotW.

 

Also, mounted weapons overheating. Just let me shoot all the bullets I want, damn it.