So you return from your vacation, a bit tired from the journey (and hauling your overpacked black duffelbag of doom), and with only a dry sandwich from Charles De Gaulle airport in your stomach...

In short: you are hungry, you are tired, you are spoiled on great french food, and you have almost no food left in the kithcen...

To the rescue: Frakels Fabulous Seedmeeting 2010 Homecomming Feast

... or: what can I make of whatever I have?

This turned out to be:

- dry pasta
- a can of chopped tomatoes
- a can of kidney beans in chily sauce
- two eggs
- ketchup

Make a sacue of the chopped tomatoes, kidney beans and some kethcup in a pot. Add salt and pepper.
Boil the eggs with the pasta and some salt and olive oil until the pasta is done (the eggs will be hardboiled at this point). Peel the eggs and cut them in half.

Serve the pasta with the eggs on top and add the sauce. Add to this some fresh spice herbs, a glass of redvine, and 30 degrees in the sunset on your balcony... Then you only need some Pastis to be back in provence wink

big_smile Huzzah!

Birthday is january 9th, 1980.

The cottage looks great Norah /waytogo

Norah wrote:

Scrap that, I found one that has decent prices in the week starting from 26 June too.

Yay big_smile

Darkhawk wrote:

I'm authorized to say that Frakel is in from the 26th June and onwards. I don't know if that qualifies as early enough, but if so, he wants to join us. The date is fine by me.

Thanks for giving voice for me DH smile. It so happens that my internet is back up again, so I can hereby confirm the validity of DHs claim: Ill be able to go from 26th of June and onwards.

Well sorry to say it... I can go, but not during spring...

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(12 replies, posted in Sava's Garden)

Hep! Sounds like a nice idea and id really like to go smile

Only ´but´ for me would be the season. May and early june is out of the question for me due to work. So its juli and late june for me. But thats probably high season and will be more costly... Another option would be to find some smaller holiday, or an extended weekend or something...

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(3 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Ok, some first impressions...

Something is actually happening... Which is quite a lot if we remember that this is Ryzom we are talking about... wink


- I notice some improvements to the interface, like tooltips and timers - so apparently the new owners do know how to work with the code... Nothing groundbreaking but many small handy improvements.

- Played three hours yesterday, encountered a character who was clearly a member of the event team - talking in character and generally acting out ok. Nothing groundbreaking here as well, but an ok effort.

- Tried some of the missions that are part of the ongoing event. There are many tough delivery missions requiring mounts or packers (one brings you full circle through all the areas of the lakelands...). For once a reason to actually make a packer or mount convoy and bring some escorts to protect it...


So what can I say? The game is still the same, but there are something happening...

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(3 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Hello people smile

After a long, long break from online gaming I´ve decided to pay for a month of Ryzom, just to see whats going on.

The game is patching itself as I write this, so apparently something has been added or changed in the last year wink


Ill post my impressions in this thread. For now Id like to point your attention to these links:

Apparently all the lore and chronicles, as well as recent news on events etc. has been put together on this page known as ´the Official website for Ryzom RolePlay". That doesnt sound too bad...
http://atys.ryzom.com/

Then there is this piece of news, as well as an announcement on the forums, that a major event (lasting several weeks) is currently taking place in the game:
http://atys.ryzom.com/news/22

Midragar wrote:

Now I had a peek at some of my class it's advanced skills and one of them is getting tentacles and drawing an enemy closer to you.

Yikes!:shock: Id hate to meet you in a dark alley! :mrgreen:

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(7 replies, posted in Sava's Garden)

I hope you have a great day Esme! :mrgreen:

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(13 replies, posted in Steambaths)

No... it is not a new pastry recipe (sorry Nuala)...

But I thought you should know that you can now become a fan of Den Gamle By museum on Facebook, write the guestbook, post your pictures etc. - we love to hear from our international guests smile (this includes people from the Insula Diavolo, Miho :demon:)
Just make a search for ´Den Gamle By´ from your facebook profile.

But please dont post any of those pictures where I gave you a tour of some of the ´backstage´ areas (the ones where we are trying the hats in the dressing room etc.) - that will just make the other guests envious :mrgreen:. Besides we do like to keep the illusion that the city really is placed in another time. So no backstage.

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(16 replies, posted in Lord of the Rings Online)

Midragar wrote:

Endgame sucks though...

Does it now? *brings out pocket book of philosophy* From what I hear from older players, there is a continuing adding of new content - which more than make up for the decline in some attributes. There is even the option of changing class at several stages. It is not possible to change to another race though - a single noteworthy player (of bard class) tried that once, but it was never quite succesful. :demon:

Ill agree with you on the PvP though :mrgreen:

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(7 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Mehken wrote:

You could have tried logging in? tongue

Blah blah blah - wise guy wink. Hrmpf, I was expecting to be poked if RP started to happen... A bitter man, yes sir, thats what I am! :mrgreen:

Anyways, Im happy to hear that things are up to speed, and that you are having fun!

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(7 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Darkhawk wrote:

But I'm not playing SoR all day long, maybe a few hours one or two days a week at most, so feel free to nudge me out of game if you want RP smile Goes for all of you naturally.

How was I to know that you have started playing x/7? wink

Besides there may be others, like me, who wasnt aware of that...

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(7 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Since we arent playing 24/7 - far from it actually :mrgreen: - I thought we might need a thread to proclaiming future RP activity...


... I could start by saying that Ill be there to RP this sunday evening (oct. 5th). Hope to see you there big_smile



EDIT: And when I say evening, its the evening here in Europe Im referring too... Do we need a set time? Or is it ok, just to say evenish? (Nice word: evenish...)

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(5 replies, posted in Roleplay)

[small][Im putting this little piece on Mercellus´ whereabouts here, since it takes place at the same time as we encounter Perun in the piece above... And because the title of the thread is very fitting as well :mrgreen:...][/small]


Dusk was settling in - if he should return to the house, now was the time. But then again, the clear sky and the lingering warmth in the air promised a beautiful night. How long had it been since he had spent a night in the open. No kitins sighted in these parts in weeks and his mount still fresh... He could go on a little further...

So joyful the stars, radiating with a playful golden glow like fireflies. This night were truly something to behold. This stream, this crossing... How long had it been since he had came this way from the exodus path? The stream was lazy and the crossing shallow... He could go on a little further...

The excitement of sneaking past the pack of sleeping ragus in the first rays of the morning sun. His mount tense and careful... The relief of leaving them behind after a brisk gallop. Old skills of surviving stirring. These tiny predators posed no threat to him. He could go on a little further...

Looking down on the barren hils baking in the midday sun. What might wait behind the horizon?

He could go on...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6991/goingonfo5.jpg

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(15 replies, posted in Saga of Ryzom)

Apparently I too have people replying for me... :mrgreen: But yeah, It might be that I could be persuaded to take a spin on Atys from time to time wink. Im a little bound up on RL obligations, but a poke is allways welcome - like my mobile waking me with its stirring in the middle of the night, due to DH sending a text message (at 4am in the morning)... But since it was about Ryzom it was ok wink

Happy Birthday!

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(659 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Seems you are right... But Ive allready come up with much more efficient garbling tricks... Muhahaha!

And nice title you´ve got there DH wink

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(659 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Gorbi it was! Mehken is next.

http://seedthecommunity.org/gallery/albums/28/frakel-image-game/game1.jpg

That was fast! Next time Ill garble it some more wink

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(659 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Hep! Then Im gonna jump at this opportunity :mrgreen:

OK this is gonna be a little different - im gonna post a garbled image, and every day Im gonna ´ungarble´ it a little bit. So in time the question will become easier...

The question is: Who is this person?

http://seedthecommunity.org/gallery/albums/28/frakel-image-game/game2.jpg

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(27 replies, posted in Sava's Garden)

Woops... IRC... Eheh... :sifflote:
I have been informed that Nuala - amongst others - wants to punch me in the stomach for being abent from IRC... (but thanks for the hug Nuala!) Well we cant have that can we wink

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(659 replies, posted in Steambaths)

Im looking forward to the day this thread moves away from being exclusively about obscure and obsolete games... Yes - Im a bad sport and a sore looser wink

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(12 replies, posted in EVE Online)

Hey Wheri! Im still soloing in EVE from time to time. With you comming back Id have a good reason to start RPing as well. Actually I think Sherrick might find an IC mail waiting for him once you returns.

Looking forward to see you there.