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[Tax-chick]

I hope your lunch was a success. I had a falling asleep incident.

[Monkey Face]

I wanted to fall asleep. I still do, but I have to wait for a while. Last night wasn’t a good sleeping night.

The brunch was a success, as such things go, and it only took us about 25 minutes before we got a table. We had to do the mimosa thing, which is a tradition for us, but since I was driving, I had only one. Then I ate this horrendously hugh omelet.

We were out of there at noon, and there were two cars with no handicap plates or placards in handicap spots, and I got incensed by it, as usual. My standard curse to the offenders is that they will need the space some day, legitimately, and they won’t be able to use it because someone without one will be parked there. Sort of a self-perpetuating curse, as it were.

Wednesday, I’m going to have the tires rotated. Last time I did that, I had to buy a new spare. The one that was on there was from 1995...

My daughter’s youngest son and his wife have a new baby girl. He’s working three jobs and she’s not even going to school any more. I think there’s trouble brewing in that little family. No data on the birthdate or other particulars, so I’m in the dark, there.

[Tax-chick]

I’m glad you had a nice lunch and that you have a new great-granddaughter. I hope things turn out well for them!

[GeronL]

I wonder how hard it would be to make one of these armor suits look like a spacesuit...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/12459303664/in/photolist-jYZUwJ-jYZbUq-jYX5je-hWUt4g-hKNkrG-hYpB76-hPKMfX-i7Xm4j-i7jCXK/

[NicknamedBob]

It might be a little tricky. Keep in mind that if you’re describing them, that’s relatively easy. But if you want an illustration, be prepared to modify the images a lot.

Suits of armor were designed to protect from injurious impacts. The pieces overlapped each other, but had room for air to move through. Otherwise the knights would bake in the sun.

NASA hard suits, on the other hand, often had bellows connections over joints, a very weak design for defense, but necessary for air-tightness, (and “constant volume”).

You could work it, though. Hard suits with circular joints that moved in rotation look like armor. Depending on your need, you could add in other features too. NASA suits had umbilicals. You wouldn’t want that.

[GeronL]

These would be a bit different since it supposed to be far in the future.

[GeronL]

and they were actually riding large flightless birds in the story too...

lol

[GeronL]

spacesuited figure and a long lance on this and we got something

[NicknamedBob]

Jousting and “far in the future”, all in one story?

Have you been consulting with futurists employed by the State of Maryland or something?

[GeronL]

I am considering the title:

Swords & Spacesuits

[NicknamedBob]

It’s a terrible combination. Fraught with peril and potential calamity.

It’s like standing at a steak-knife demonstration conducted by Lorena Bobbitt.

[GeronL]

Well, it happens in the story dang it

[GeronL]

I just submitted that story BTW, and it could take up to 8 weeks to be rejected. lol

[GeronL]

I was once asked if I was well-versed.

I said no, I have only been to a few.

[GeronL]

Tick, tock
Who ate my sock?
Ding, dong
Was it King Kong?
Bow, wow
Don’t blame the cow!

[Tax-chick]

[GeronL]

lol

[Covenantor]

determined to pass Ranger course

[moose07]

[GeronL]

lol