In reply to Rowan Dawson (msg # 197):

No worries, Ian. Rowan's priorities are pretty clear.

Tony

In reply to The Marshall (msg # 199):

I am going to be AWOL for a bit. Wife is giving birth either later today or tomorrow.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 200):

Will keep fingers crossed for a safe delivery and a joyful experience.  Keep us informed. :)

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 200):

Hope everything goes smoothly and safely!

Tony

Blessings be upon you for the new arrival, Jason.

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 203):

He was born at 7:30 am on 7/12/2016.
6 lbs 12.5 oz and 19 3/4 inches long. His name is Camden James Carter Wall. He is adorable.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 204):

I am happy to share my birthday with him!  Happy Birthday Camden!

Congrats to the parents.  That is a totally adorable name and I'm sure he will live up to it.  :)

Wonderful news. Congratulations to you both and welcome Camden.

Oh, and happy birthday Jane :)

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 206):

Thanks Smoker.  I just realized that not only is it my birthday, as well as young Camden's, but it is also ALL my characters birthdays.  I always use my birthday for theirs so tonight I think I'll have to have a giant virtual birthday party for all my characters.  LOL.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 204):

Yay! Congrats to you, your wife and baby Camden. Hope everything went smoothly!

And happy birthday to Jane and all your characters.

Tony

Marshall can we move on

In reply to Rowan Dawson (msg # 209):

Nope! Please go read the in-game thread.

Tony

This week is graduation at the university where I work. I'm marshalling at the ceremonies so may not be around very much to post.

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 211):

Sorry about absence lately. My RL weirdness magnet is active. Explain later tonight I hope.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 212):

For those who don't know. Weirdness magnet is a process by which any possible weird thing in the world could happen. A meteor falls out of the sky and lands at your feet killing the wormling that was about to get you. It is a process that I sometimes use for Veterans of the West in my Deadlines games. Tony has it I believe in the game that I run here.

So my RL magnet is turned on. Here is why.

Thursday I call Florida for an update on my arrears for child support. They tell me it is nearly $10k so my response is "I guess you guys still haven't found that missing tax return."
"NO Sir we haven't. Is this the first time speaking to us about this?"
"Nope every time I call for the last two plus years."
"Write the Governor sir it might help and I know that it has shown results before." This was Thursday. So I write the Governor and Friday morn when I awake an e-mail I'd in my inbox. From the FL IRS "We sent it back to the Federal IRS." So off I go to track this money down. No one and I mean no one knows exactly where it is. So I let it go. I have a meeting tomorrow about it with the feds. Today in the mail I get a letter from DCFS and child Support in FL. We want a meeting and your arrears are $1,100. Meeting is scheduled for Aug 5th. I live in IL.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 213):

A road trip from Illinois to Florida seems like a pretty major chore! At least they came down from wanting $10k to eleven hundred. But still. Two steps forward, three steps back.

Tony

Have they not heard of Skype? Or even Ma Bell?

After all, if someone is struggling to make payments, major road trips are not really on the cards!

Although I had the same problem job-hunting. The rules said that you had to be prepared to go for jobs up to 90 minutes' travel away (by public transport) but they refused to fund the travel for interviews depite the 'job seeker allowance' not being enough to actually live on never mind take a trip anywhere!

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 215):

Yeah calling them today. Point is that is full blown weird.

Reading all this is interesting for me. It seem that the states is a very different place compare to over here.

In reply to Vundra (msg # 217):

I hear that. I've never heard of "RevCan" (Revenue Canada/Canadian Revenue Agency) pulling anything like that, but child support is not something I've heard much about.

Tony

Fortunately I've never had anything to do with them, but the UK Child Support Agency is a mess. To start with, they are lazy and concentrate their efforts on people who are quite happy to pay child support... and then hound them to distraction with unreasonable demands, interfering in agreements that both parents are content with. Then they ignore the folk who refuse to contribute. And worse, money never seems to make it through to the parent who has custody or at best is late or incorrect.

In reply to Smoker Nix (msg # 219):

 Yeah the US IRS is a bunch of inept flunkies who have no idea what the guy next to them is doing let alone the guy across the country.

In reply to Jason Sinclair (msg # 220):

I am a little too tired to post tonight.

Will post tomorrow!

Healing poultices won't work on Lauren's heart attack as it's internal damage. The medic has had her eyes destroyed. One has already been applied to her so all the good it can do has already been done.

Tony

Sorry i was sick the past week and alot seems to happen. Catching up now.

In reply to Vundra (msg # 222):

Sad to hear you were sick, great to hear you're better!

Basically, you managed to get out alive. Most of you.

Tony