02/15/08 [DMFA #879] - CRACK

[Akisohida]

That taur is way too cute.

Also seems kinda short.

[Aleolus]

Any idea what kind of taur it is?  I don't recognize either half.

[rt]

Canadian Tire is a pretty fair company and isn't really the kind to screw people over in giving them BS prices...

Yup, usually fairly fair. Not the best, not the worst.
Hopefully they gave you a KM estimate / timing for those down the road repairs, some repairs are even based on KM driven (usually the belts that are better to replace before they go snap and the car goes k-plunk, though they do have wear gagues for confirmaton) and if your lucky some of those "take the engine appart" repairs will come close together. I know I saved a load of cash replacing one such part a bit early during another repair. (Infact I think that was the timing belt)

Oooh and comic . . . yes that's what were here for 

I'll have to remember this trick, I'm not sure where to get chlorophorm 

[thegayhare]

this might just be me... infact I'm pretty sure it is and it's probably a mixed result of the painkillers and residual perversion from the story I'm working on but...

Just now when I clicked to get to DMFA and I saw that two headed taur stairing at me like it had every other time all day an odd thought popped into my head...

In the grips of passion do you think both her heads react the same?  or might they have differnt, err habbits.  *chuckles and slinks off to the bad bunny place*

[techmaster-glitch]

Anyone notice that the taur is talking normally now? Maybe she can talk normally if she puts in the effort but does not bother when she is with the snake dude since they are friends?

Maybe it's just when they both talk together that they make more sense?

I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

I think that's it...in the first comic, it's only one head talking, and not making normal grammar. In this one, both are talking at first, and they speak just fine, but in their last sentance, it's only one head talking again, and fails the grammar again.

And on the subject of chloroform cost in Furrae, remember the sciences have been slow to advance thanks to Creatures. Chemisty, I'm guessing, isn't a very high priority.

[Darkdragon]

Well, at least they know what chloroform is, Chemistry can't be that unknown in Furrae. However, I agree that there isn't a large rush to develop it.

[WhiteFox]

Any idea what kind of taur it is?  I don't recognize either half.

I don't think you're supposed to.
*Point*

[Naldru]

To Amber:  You could ask them why they feel that the timing belt needs to be changed.  That would be quite reasonable.  I would suspect that they saw something on the engine analyzer.  I wouldn't think that this is something to be done based on milage.  (Or would it be kilometerage?)

If you want to get chloroform, you could go to Thomas Scientific.  They have a wide variety of chemicals and supplies.

[Tapewolf]

If you want to get chloroform, you could go to Thomas Scientific.  They have a wide variety of chemicals and supplies.

Interesting link.  There are a number of people on another board trying to get decent isopropyl alcohol for cleaning tape decks, so this may come in handy - although the quantities they are supplying are a little on the large side 

[Brunhidden]

Anyone notice that the taur is talking normally now? Maybe she can talk normally if she puts in the effort but does not bother when she is with the snake dude since they are friends?

Maybe it's just when they both talk together that they make more sense?

I guess we'll just have to wait and see...

I think that's it...in the first comic, it's only one head talking, and not making normal grammar. In this one, both are talking at first, and they speak just fine, but in their last sentance, it's only one head talking again, and fails the grammar again.

could it be that one has the right lobe and the other the left? thus to function as a whole individual they must cooperate. if this is the case one is artistic and the other logical, but neither can probably accomplish much without the other anyways so arguing with herself is probably both difficult and full of headache

[Jack McSlay]

even if high tech such as computers, cars and videogames aren't popular on furrae, I don't think chemistry is all that unadvanced. afterall, they do need to know a good deal of chemistry to make potions, right?

[Naldru]

If you want to get chloroform, you could go to Thomas Scientific.  They have a wide variety of chemicals and supplies.

Interesting link.  There are a number of people on another board trying to get decent isopropyl alcohol for cleaning tape decks, so this may come in handy - although the quantities they are supplying are a little on the large side 

For smaller quantities, look at your local pharmacy.

[Tapewolf]

For smaller quantities, look at your local pharmacy.

Those are usually 30% water, which will rust the heads.  It has to be >90% pure, which some people were having difficulty obtaining.

[Fuyudenki]

even if high tech such as computers, cars and videogames aren't popular on furrae, I don't think chemistry is all that unadvanced. afterall, they do need to know a good deal of chemistry to make potions, right?

Not really.  Potion making is a combination of magic and alchemy, the precursor to chemistry.  The magic does most of the work, which is why you can get magical effects out of potions.

For smaller quantities, look at your local pharmacy.

Those are usually 30% water, which will rust the heads.  It has to be >90% pure, which some people were having difficulty obtaining.

was going to say "can't you distill it?" but then I remembered alcohols have a lower vapor point than water, so that would be more than a little counter-productive.

When I first read "isopropyl alcohol," I thought, "Oooo, alcohol burns!"  I've got an eye out for flammable liquids which can be kept in Altoid tins.  Unfortunately, the Altoid tins themselves have little hinges, which everything would leak out of normally, so I'd have to get one that's a snap-on lid, instead of a flip-open.

[Yugo]

The mythos can look like whatever Amber wants it to look like. In this case, cute. XD

[Naldru]

For smaller quantities, look at your local pharmacy.

Those are usually 30% water, which will rust the heads.  It has to be >90% pure, which some people were having difficulty obtaining.

The problem is that alcohols and water form azeotropic mixtures.  The alcohol makes the water more volatile, so there is a concentration where the water and alcohol have the same volatility.  I suspect that the 70% is the azeotropic concentration.  I would look in the yellow pages for chemical supply houses and possibly hobbyist centers. (Or whatever the local equivalent in Wales for the yellow pages and Thomas catalog.  Take a look at http://www.besanet.org.uk

[e_voyager]

and she's right about the cost being high.. that's too night for me. 38 for a single 500ml bottle?

[Jack McSlay]

Not really.  Potion making is a combination of magic and alchemy, the precursor to chemistry.  The magic does most of the work, which is why you can get magical effects out of potions.

well that's my point really. if one can make a potion to shrink heads, what's difficult about making chloroform? While we make chloroform through chemical reactions, on furrae they could make it just as well through magical devices

[techmaster-glitch]

Not really.  Potion making is a combination of magic and alchemy, the precursor to chemistry.  The magic does most of the work, which is why you can get magical effects out of potions.

well that's my point really. if one can make a potion to shrink heads, what's difficult about making chloroform? While we make chloroform through chemical reactions, on furrae they could make it just as well through magical devices

http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_652.php

[Tezkat]

Heh, it does seem like a lot of work to make something like that through magic, doesn't it? Synthesizing chloroform is a fairly simple matter of mixing bleach and acetone while trying not to poison yourself. On the other hand, sleep spells are often pretty low level, so enchanting one into potion form could actually be easier than magically transmogrifying liquids into chemical sedatives.

[Tapewolf]

I would look in the yellow pages for chemical supply houses and possibly hobbyist centers. (Or whatever the local equivalent in Wales for the yellow pages and Thomas catalog.

I already have a supplier - I thought your link would be handy for a couple of other people in the US who I know were having difficulty finding some  .

[Jack McSlay]

Heh, it does seem like a lot of work to make something like that through magic, doesn't it? Synthesizing chloroform is a fairly simple matter of mixing bleach and acetone while trying not to poison yourself. On the other hand, sleep spells are often pretty low level, so enchanting one into potion form could actually be easier than magically transmogrifying liquids into chemical sedatives.

that would depend, woudn't it? causing chemical reactions magically, can be easier and/or more magical-energy-effective than enchanting a potion with a low-level spell, or not.

besides, one thing videogame RPGs taught me is that sleep spells are low level, but are only effective on targets that are low-level as well

or maybe sleep potions simply smell like chloroform...

[Brunhidden]

or maybe sleep potions simply smell like chloroform...

I would assume that a bottle of 'industrial strength sleepy time' from jycorp (produced by a huge machine which makes 50 gallons an hour) is cheaper then paying a wizard to grind up some pixie testicles and brewing it for a day and a half.

[Amber Williams]

I would assume that a bottle of 'industrial strength sleepy time' from jycorp (produced by a huge machine which makes 50 gallons an hour) is cheaper then paying a wizard to grind up some pixie testicles and brewing it for a day and a half.

Have you seen how fast those buggers breed?!  One should always spay/neuter their pixies ASAP otherwise you are gonna have a whole slew of them.


As for Shira, she is kind of a wacky one.  Don't get too fooled by the second head, there isn't a case of two individual personalities for her...she is more or less a single entity and views herself as one.  Her biggest problem is her kind isn't really skilled at communication the way we are. (her species tends to have more a musical language that consists of duets and harmonies)  It takes both her heads to get the string of words to come out right, however most times when she isn't bothering to make a good impression she will simply use the one head  to make basic statements.

And I swear if it wasnt for the fact I know the creator is a nice guy who I have met, I would totally want to club the kneecap of the people who created the whole "taurs=herms" misconception.

[Reese Tora]

I would assume that a bottle of 'industrial strength sleepy time' from jycorp (produced by a huge machine which makes 50 gallons an hour) is cheaper then paying a wizard to grind up some pixie testicles and brewing it for a day and a half.

Have you seen how fast those buggers breed?!  One should always spay/neuter their pixies ASAP otherwise you are gonna have a whole slew of them.


As for Shira, she is kind of a wacky one.  Don't get too fooled by the second head, there isn't a case of two individual personalities for her...she is more or less a single entity and views herself as one.  Her biggest problem is her kind isn't really skilled at communication the way we are. (her species tends to have more a musical language that consists of duets and harmonies)  It takes both her heads to get the string of words to come out right, however most times when she isn't bothering to make a good impression she will simply use the one head  to make basic statements.

And I swear if it wasnt for the fact I know the creator is a nice guy who I have met, I would totally want to club the kneecap of the people who created the whole "taurs=herms" misconception.

Here I was going to suggest, based on what I've observed (where only one head talks, it feels like words are being left out) that the responsibility of certain words belong to one head or the other, and when only one speaks only that head's words come out.

taurs = herms? yeah, that Chakat guy has a lot to answer for...

One of the other comics I read has both a Chakat(two, actually) and a regular taur on the cast, and the difference between the two was established pretty clearly.

[Kayriel]

Some people think the reverse is also true. Herms have to be Chakats. Bah.

[Janus Whitefurr]

And I swear if it wasnt for the fact I know the creator is a nice guy who I have met, I would totally want to club the kneecap of the people who created the whole "taurs=herms" misconception.

taurs = herms? yeah, that Chakat guy has a lot to answer for...

Don't Australians come up with the neatest stuff? 

[Stig Hemmer]

Say, she isn't selling girl scout cookies, is she?

[Kajet]

Am I the only one who didn't see the club hitting dan at first?

[e_voyager]

no but don't worry the others won't admit what the saw either.