Impish Kat

I've had the editor get weird on me if it thinks there is a "continuity" problem. If it's a door thing, yah... just let the silly editor do it's thing, then place new doors where you want them. If it's right next to an "old" door, the old one will automagically delete itself.

Sometimes though, there is something barely detectable on the walls, like a single cable set into the pattern of the wall so as to virtually disappear.

To be sure, go into the room you want to clear, go to the big edit bar and hit the "current room" button. It will list every item in that room. Check to be sure all your wall items are cleared. You can just "select" by clicking on the item box, and it will highlight the item in the room. Then if it is an undesired item, you can "sell" it from the edit bar.

By all means, if ya got more questions, feel free to pop in to the Base Construction forums or shout out in game on the BaseBuildersInc. global channel.


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The most heavenly hollandaise sauce evah; from The All New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook, complete and unabridged, tenth edition, 1959.

I inherited this little paperback cookbook when I married my Hubby, as his mother had given it to him (already somewhat worn) when he "left the nest". It is packed with the greatest little recipes (the index is 81 pages!), and is my most used cookbook.

So... word for word:

Put in a small heavy sauce pan or double boiler top
3 egg yolks
Beat with a wooden spoon or wire whisk until smooth but not fluffy
Add
2 tablespoons lemon juice or mild vinegar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons hot water
1/4 teaspoon salt
few grains of cayenne
Set over very low heat or over hot water and beat until the sauce begins to thicken (about 5 minutes). The sauce will be thicker as it cools. Makes about 1 cup.

Now, note that you do not put the sauce over heat until all the ingredients have been added, so have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go. Indirect heat seems to work best. I prefer lemon juice over vinegar, and butter by far over margarine. Also, 5 minutes is a long time to whisk, but it is totally worth it... the sauce comes out so light and smooth... absolute heaven.

Excellent for eggs benedict, served with tea, of course.

Also wonderful over salmon, rice, omelettes, asparagus, spinach.... I could keep going....


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Fun!

Looks about as much fun as the Repel-ball courts I've seen.

(I've not played Repel-ball, but I've heard it's fun)

In the big edit bar at the bottom, click on the "current room" button (you'll need to be in the room you want to edit). It will then list all the items in that room. Find your maps and "sell" them from there. This also works great for items that might have gotten embedded into a wall, or are just plain difficult to click on due to placement.

Yes, if you delete a room, all items will be "sold" with it. UNLESS you have a storage bin/table/rack with items in it, then you will not be able to delete either the storage unit or the room. Storage units must be empty before they can be deleted/sold. Don't forget, the vault is also considered a storage unit.

You can move a room with all the items in it, as long as there are clear walls for doorways.


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Hmmmmm.... might have to take Arti' to the tailor....

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The New Tea Lover's Treasury is an excellent information source for almost anything you want to know about tea.

There is all kinds of great historical information and fun tidbits:

• The oldest wild tea tree is 1700 years old
• The oldest cultivated tea plant is about 800 years old
• Why the coffee houses were at odds with tea houses, and why drinking tea was considered "immoral" for a time.
• Just how powerful was the East India Trading Company? (think Starbucks with the weight and power of the U.S. military behind them)
• How and why the elaborate tea customs in Japan differ from China.

Also, there is a great section on varieties of tea and how each variety can/should be prepared.

Really, for a "coffee table" book, it's jam packed with all kinds of great info.

A note on tea preparation... the method of pulling certain properties/constituents from a plant by steeping in oil or water is called an infusion. The longer an infusion is allowed to steep, the more properties are pulled out.

With a hot water infusion, the heat shocks the herbs into releasing their properties in a quick burst. First the flavors will be released, then the more bitter properties, then the oils. Tannins are one of those "middle" properties, and they can be very bitter. The reason 3 minutes is the recommended time is that it produces a nice balance between the flavor properties and the tannins. Too much steeping, and the tannins will overwhelm the balance.

A cold water infusion, on the other hand, can be allowed to steep longer, as there is no shock burst. The herbs will release their properties much slower. There is still the danger of over steeping, but it is much more forgiving time-wise. This is why "sun-steeped" teas are relatively easy to do.

NEVER NEVER NEVER boil your tea/herbs. You will end up pulling out not only the flavors and tannins, but also the essential oils. Essential oils are very tricky, some plants that are fine for tea have extremely toxic essential oils. Oil infusions also bind/pull out essential oils, so be careful what herbs you use for flavoring oils. Research before trying something new. Boiling, or decoction, is reserved for woody herbs (like cinnamon sticks), and only for very specific purposes.


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Another vote for being able to invite/promote/demote offline SG members ... and there needs to be an SG leader "logbook" of such actions.

Raise the capacity of SG salvage racks to be on par with the rest of the SG storage units. The so-called hoarding issue has been proven to be a fallacy. With the merging of the markets, the argument is even more ridiculous.

Also, see my sig.


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I'm not really an "old vet", but have some time under my belt.
I have a general feel for some maps, recognize the layout, know a couple spawn points... but I don't actually have them memorized.

It's paradoxical, considering that memorization is one of my "talents"... I rely on it when I'm working. I can have an entire script memorized for months, but as soon as the production is done, the lines are out the window. I wouldn't be able to recite a thing within two weeks.

This little phenomenon also allows me to read books and watch movies repeatedly, and even though I know the general storyline, I will still not know "what comes next". It's always somewhat fresh for me.

Same with the game.


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Thanks for the ideas, folks... I'll make a few edits.

It's a question/suggestion that comes up from time to time. If I recall, there is a technical reason they don't do it but I don't remember what it is. Usually, when the reason is presented, the consensus is to leave things as they are.... zoning is livable compared to the alternatives.

I dunno EK, perhaps it's because I actually DO think MB brings a lot of good stuff here, that I was rather appalled at how he treated Lone Hero...

In general, I usually agree with MB... but in this case I really felt he was off base. I would react the same way, do the same thing, if it was a personal friend who had done this.

Lone Hero apologized in this thread, post #11 at 4:02 am PT

MB got pissy with him in this thread, post #13 at 6:05 am PT

Bill claims he *didn't see it* despite the fact that I told him about it in my very first response to him:

Never said you needed to be modded, just a little bite of humble pie... and maybe some common courtesy. You're displaying some seriously bad form here.