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Re: An observation
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Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:17:43 GMT
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Jim Baker writes:
> Also sprach Steve Anderson:
> : Of course, there's always the possibility I could work at the local space
> : research centre. But not at an office. Oh yeah, I'd have to wear sunglasses
> : 24/7.
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> You think you have problems ... I have over 100 astronauts who have
> *never* had a house ... there are only two beds for them total. They
> *never* get to sleep, and I suspect this is the primary reason for the
> Blacktron rebellion. Sleep deprivation can be dangerous.
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> They're also cranky because they have had to wear their spacesuits
> continually for decades. TLG never sends them to a class-M planet,
> where they can wear their wigs and breath free air. In fact, they don't
> even have wigs. Until the AUCzilla airlift of 1998, all of them have
> had to keep their helmets on. And it's been years since they got a new
> spaceship with a sealed cabin.
And this isn't just a current problem, either! Why, I have entire armies of
knights who can't sleep, horses who roam free, and footmen who can't ever leave
their post - because their castle has no stairs!
Not to mention a over abundance of government - a king for every 7 or 8
soldiers, and nary a peasant in sight.
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| (...) That's because the peasants are all dead. I'm rapidly accumulating a population of skeletons, who can't even keep their arms up. (That must have caused them to starve to death or something.) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| James Brown says... (...) By sticking with the present (well, early 90s I aim for) I've ensured that 'my' people are in actual fact an autonomous self-governing collective with bi-annual elections to be the leader of the house. I'm guaranteed no (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Also sprach Steve Anderson: : Of course, there's always the possibility I could work at the local space : research centre. But not at an office. Oh yeah, I'd have to wear sunglasses : 24/7. You think you have problems ... I have over 100 astronauts (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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