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for simpson's fans, the movie also answers the question asked by at least a few, "who the hell is rory calhoun?" HA! Good Fun!

actual footage o' the nz bunnie problem. if only the poor dumb fool had a semi-auto... or if those +90 pistol shooting clubs in new zealand 'could get their act together. *shrug* regardless, amentep likely recognizes the movie as night of the lepus, which starred marion crane and dr. mccoy, or rather, janet leigh and deforest kelly. HA! Good Fun!

Left-sided traffic? Japan? yes. picture is the tateyama kurobe alpine route. mentioned earlier in the thread 'bout how japan were the snowiest place we has ever actual been to. HA! Good Fun!

don't give 'em names. even if name is something you only use in your head to distinguish one critter from another, don't do it. mostly kidding. were always a numbers issue for us. one or two ________ may be individuals. a dozen _________ has a less unique identity and also tends to require more group work. feed two chickens takes almost same time and effort as feed a dozen, but you don't so much see each chicken when feeding the dozen. feed the chickens v. feed attila the hen and cluck norris. HA! Good Fun!

It's unacceptable. I won't be supporting any Obs product at full price until I see some drastic QA changes. I played thousands of hours of POE 1 and it was troubled, but this one seems even more poorly optimized. I’m sad to say I agree. am knowing it is correlation rather than real evidence, but the game were relative stable before turn-based were added, and now it ain't. sure, before tb there were bugs, but obsidian were fixing the bugs with each build. now it appears as if each attempt to fix bugs creates new problems, and a few bugs is soon gonna be eligible to collect social security. deadfire is not a new game. obsidian is no doubt devoting most o' their resources to other projects. makes sense. am doubting obsidian qa sudden got worse. nope, am thinking deadfire gots a relative smallish post-release team, which is normal, but whoever ultimate made the decision to add tb to deadfire underestimated the scope o' additional resources needed to implement and stabilize the game after adding the new feature. simply put, somebody got bad advice or ignored good advice and added tb to deadfire w/o having the resources to do the job. is too late. only way to fix is to invent a time machine, cause the folks need to fix deadfire in a timely and professional manner is working on other projects, projects which got development milestones which need be reached. fix deadfire necessarily handicaps other projects. am guessing, but would appear current problems stem from the decision to glomp tb onto deadfire. am not seeing a trend. am not thinking the deadfire problem is the kinda thing which would likely be repeated neither. am also not making excuses for obsidian. contrary. the current issues has resulted in 0 hours of gameplay for Gromnir in the past two months. even so, in our experience following obsidian games, this is a unique situation. make fundamental engine changes a year after release o' a title? what could possibly go wrong, yes? HA! Good Fun!

am admitted personal in favor o' a more reactionary approach to the popular vote for Presidency debates. our suggestion is to return the Presidency to original 1787 roots... well, maybe 1804... or 1787 with a dash o' 1804? have President be a relative apolitical office selected by wise men (and women) from across the nation who would be entrusted with the duty o' choosing a wise man (or woman) to lead a small executive branch tasked mainly with foreign policy negotiations and day-to-day mundanities o' government. jefferson is the President who got things off-track. rather than further embracing the mistakes o' jefferson, lincoln, wilson and fdr, perhaps we should instead try a fresh start. is not a genuine suggestion, but much o' the federal govt. problems today is 'cause while the Court and Congress function, for the most part, as the founding fathers intended, the chief executive is a far different entity than were envisioned when the Constitution were original penned. the scheme o' checks and balances only made sense when branches were coequal with different areas o' influence. the executive now has its own judges and magistrates handling executive rule interpretations. the executive may also functional legislate through department rules creation and executive orders. the President is even grabbing for Congressional purse strings and may succeed 'cause Congress abdicated authority to the executive in times o' crisis, and the President can pretty much decide what is and ain't a crisis. solution, from our pov, is to increase the distance o' the President from popular influence and to limit his powers to pre jeffersonian levels. that ain't gonna happen though. but as to the electoral college specific, ignoring big picture concerns stated 'bove… meh. is a handful o' elections which were determined by quirks o' the electoral college, and at least in the most recent case, weren't the electoral college as much as willful obtuseness by one candidate which determined the election. were four key battleground states in 2016 and the democrat candidate largely ignored those states. change the system 'cause one candidate were epic stoopid? am having a hard time embracing our righteous indignation on this issue. HA! Good Fun!

the amusing part being, the popular vote should benefit republicans in close elections and the real reason should be something for trump to tweet non-stop 'bout, but he doesn't know 'bout it... so please don't tell him. the sooper tiny states which get functional free votes is actual tending to balance out 'tween republican and democrat close. slight advantage for democrats traditional, but close. nope, is a quirk of the Constitution that the electoral college is based Congressional representatives of each state. two senators and at least 1 rep per state, but do folks know what that actual means? "The Constitution provides that each state will have a minimum of one member in the U.S. House of Representatives, and then the apportionment calculation divides the remaining 385 seats among the 50 states. Congress decides the method used to calculate the apportionment. "The method for calculating the apportionment has changed over time. The methods used through most of the 20th century have been based upon the use of a mathematically determined priority listing of states. Adopted by Congress in 1941 and used each census thereafter, the method of equal proportions also results in a listing of the states according to a priority value--calculated by dividing the population of each state by the geometric mean of its current and next seats--that assigns seats 51 through 435. The method of equal proportions is calculated according to provisions of Title 2, U.S. Code." is Not number o' citizens who determine number of reps. honest. reps is based on census numbers regardless o' citizenship and is balanced according. so ca, ny, wa, tx, and fl is skewing the electoral college based on a high amount of non-citizen residents, and a few states must necessarily lose to balance out the aforementioned gains. pa, oh, mi, nc, and in is the states current losing. in a popular vote, only citizens would vote, yes? if trump knew what were actual happening, he would be screaming 'bout undocumented immigrants even more than he is. HA! Good Fun! you are right 'bout the clip... have been doing that for years. picked it up from our grandfather. dad, who were military, would pick up a paper clip and howl at us, "this is a clip!" *chuckle* good times. again, you seem to have have no idea how fast a revolver can be reloaded. insert a new magazine is no faster than the ammo reload from the revolver. 4 seconds. 16 shots. you see video which you say we can't see showing somebody getting shot while trying to tackle the shooter. pick up the loaded revolver and shoot the charging assailant is gonna be as quick as adding more ammo to an ar-15. and reload the revolver is comic fast with only small practice. and 5 or 5000 miles/km don't change how bullet resistant is bunnies. and our experience with killing bunnies were almost total with a winchester model 69 bolt action rifle. has such been illegal in nz... evar? https://www.guncity.com/357-mag-smith-wesson-686-6-stainless-steel-6-7-shot-316580 also looks to be available to "hunters" in nz, which is weird. thought were a range weapon only? is a bit o' overkill, but is a nice .357. not 8 rounds as were the revolver in our video, but seven. no doubt prohibited for self defense, but appears ok for range shooting and other sporting activities as long as is licensed. close enough. the fact the shooter didn't use a handgun is precise the point. nz has nice restrictions on handguns, but they ain't illegal in spite o' their lethality. the ar-15 was targeted by politicians only because it were used in the shooting, and not 'cause o' inherent lethality. you are kinda missing the point. keep going though. tell us 'bout nz's iron bunnies.

you got a serious advantage over shady when it comes to improving push ups. takes real effort for shady to make gains, but since you has only done once in decades, your gains would/should come much faster. is always a bright side. HA! Good Fun!

Yeah, in N/S Dakota. So far as I am aware neither is in New Zealand and oddly enough there are differences between there and here. Your self proclaimed expertise does not trump the expertise of actual experts, in New Zealand. Our pest density is simply far higher than in the US, and we have a near absolute need to control them since most lack any natural predators. And you'd again be just plain wrong. The guy got tackled while reloading, if he'd been slower or if he'd had fewer bullets loaded he'd have been stopped then and there, and that's addressed by a mag ban. That's not some abstract 'Gromnir think' situation, that's what actually happened in the mosque shooting. [belated edit: it's illegal to view the gunman's video here, I haven't and wouldn't advise anyone else to either] again, we got loads o' personal experience shooting rodents, including rabbits and jackrabbits. pest density has Zero impact on what firearm is necessary for downing a varmint. 'course given zor's blatant perversions o' the english language, perhaps you refer to actual molecular density o' new zealand rabbits. is new zealand rabbits sooperfied and repel ordinary weapons ammo? zor believes 'cause somebody claims an assailant coulda' been tackled in the heat o' a gun fight 'cause o' the minimal time it takes to reload. naive. the video you cannot see shows a man firing 16 shots from a smith and wesson revolver. 4 seconds, which is including a reload. you don't need reload individual bullets into a revolver. a lever action rifle is gonna hold ~15+ rounds, if you really want a rifle. and finding the hero who is gonna rush the assailant while reloading is fantastic, but only works if the assailant don't simple pick up the loaded revolver on the table or ledge in front o' him to shoot the would-be hero as he rushes... then go back to his casual and ghoulish reload. but again, 16 shots in 4 seconds with reload. so again, a couple pump action shotguns or lever action rifles and a couple revolvers is gonna be no less lethal than a guy with an ar-15 and clips. the shotgun and revolvers is also less likely to jam, though if an ar-15 is proper maintained, jam rate should be low. this law is nothing more than a security blanket for desperate folks. give the masses something to feel better 'bout. now the people o' new zealand may tell themselves they did something 'bout a real problem and they can go back to their lives feeling safe and full o' justice. shady is correct, goal should be to keep the weapons outta loon hands. these kinda bans don't bother us. am personal in favor o' gun control measures even if 2nd amendment nullifies most such attempts here in the US. nevertheless, the focus o' gun control measures 'pon particular weapons and accessories is asinine. is bass ackwards. politicians appeal to the evocative nature o' military weapons to pass measures which complete miss the target. HA! Good Fun!

agreed. is a second amendment issue here, but even so, am never understanding what is the preoccupation with military-style weapons following every mass shooting. link again. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls HA! Good Fun!

is almost always our intent is to do light side pot roast, but after a few hours o' cooking, particular with the meat flip every 30 minutes, we feel the pull o' the dark side and eventual give in to our hunger. HA! Good Fun!

dear lord. just like wod stalinism. nevertheless, thanks for clarification. largely leaves our post unchanged however. bear hunters would never have been affected by an sa ban regardless. vermin hunters woulda' remained unhampered. the added protection from banning some class o' semi-autos and ar-15s *snort* does nothing to enhance protections o' folks from future mosque assaults. HA! Good Fun! Typical Grom. Now you're an expert on pest control in New Zealand. There is no blanket ban on s/a because... they're essential to pest control, here. That is, literally, the reason given for a non blanket ban. But sure, you know best. No doubt you can provide another link from some ill informed US website as justification for your ignorance, I'll just go watch New Zealand's PM, Police Minister and head of the Police literally stating the reasoning on live TV. As for the mosque attacks, if you'd paid the slightest bit of attention there you'd know that if the gunman hadn't been able to quick switch magazines he'd have been taken down, very quickly. No swappable mag s/a AK models and AR15 being available and no high capacity mags does protect against further attacks. It won't 100% prevent them- nothing practical can- but it certainly protects from them. got more than a little experience with pest control by means o' firearms. new zealand bunnies is wearing kevlar? cloaking tech? am s'posing new zealanders could be horrible shots. and the link wasn't a real excuse for our ignorance. am in agreement. chicago tribune had exact same title for their initial story, but am agreeing we shoulda' gotten more details. sure, trib could perhaps use same excuse as zor and their flappy-happy use o' conjunctions, but we shoulda' gotten details more than quick-hit articles. see, is not so hard to admit oversight and/or mistake. am gonna again disagree stop swap out o' clips hardly does anything for safety. look again at video we posted earlier showing how quick even a revolver can be reloaded with even a little practice. as we said, a couple shotguns and revolvers (or non-military sa handguns) in hands o' somebody who has practiced even a smidge, particular in confined indoor areas, is gonna be no less lethal than some clown with an ar-15 and a bunch o' clips. HA! Good Fun!

is a bit frustrating to realize obsidian being "in the process of having this issue remedied ASAP," is a multi-month effort. is even more disappointing to observe how new and more annoying bugs has been spawned in the interim. have not played deadfire since january. IF obsidian were doing the work o' michelangelo, we might be more patient. will need be patient regardless. HA! Good Fun!

is all a ruse. wod is actual an rbg alter... is a persona for how she posts when doing mushrooms. unfortunate, we know rbg hasn't been healthy o' late and has had to cut back on her extracurricular habits. is another reason to hope for a democrat in 2020 'cause then rbg will retire and likely return to doing 'shrooms... can once again post as wod on the obsidian boards. HA! Good Fun!

dear lord. just like wod stalinism. nevertheless, thanks for clarification. largely leaves our post unchanged however. bear hunters would never have been affected by an sa ban regardless. vermin hunters woulda' remained unhampered. the added protection from banning some class o' semi-autos and ar-15s *snort* does nothing to enhance protections o' folks from future mosque assaults. HA! Good Fun!

great comparison. reform party died after getting 19%. perot and reform knew 3rd party weren't viable. 19% and call it quits. and while it ain't a popular choice, we respected george h.w. bush. a republican who nevertheless championed environmental causes and americans with disabilities. got nafta going. tried to do education reform but were opposed by his own part. thousand points o' light sounds ridiculous by today's standards, but am thinking it were kinda indicative o' the man who believed voluntary grassroots initiatives were how americans could most help improve the nation as a whole. economy sucked, for reasons not bush's doing. reelection were doomed. woulda' been fine with kerry people want the President to do wrong stuff, so is no wonder we get guys incapable o' doing a good job, but there has been major party candidates who did not result in gut clench. 3rd party, until gets more support local and state, is pointless for President save as a vote 'gainst some other candidate. HA! Good Fun! ps, have stated before, so we didn't mention, but we also liked mccain. followed campaign contribution limits in spite o' the Court rendering such unconstitutional. etc.

had this debate once or twice. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/107959-the-political-thread-browncoat-edition-down-with-the-alliance/?p=2140545 ross perot had 19% of vote in 92. johnson's numbers is insignificant by comparison and ross perot did not usher in a sea change for 3rd party candidates or reform. and yeah, our priorities is income inequality and debt crisis, which were not gonna be addressed by clinton or trump. 'course a libertarian with 0 Congressional support would be almost as ineffectual as is trump, though less dangerous. even so, if johnson were other than a turd bag candidate, we mighta' considered voting for him. like it or not, a President is most vital when it comes to foreign relations. americans expecting their President to do what Congress is 'sposed to do is perhaps the real problem. even so, johnson were the more honorable choice in 2016, but not necessarily better... and definite kinda stoopid if voting for him in the four keys states we mentioned. regardless, vote against a bad candidate is perfect reasonable. again, reform party had 19% in 92. meaningless. libertarians, the party we most identify with, is going at this complete bass ackwards. start getting more recognition local and state where being a libertarian actual means something. makes more sense than repeated proving kodos right. HA! Good Fun!

the internet is dangerous deep with shallow info, so take for what is worth, but am recalling reading how men who is able to do at least 40 pushups at a time fall into a category o' an extreme lowish rate for heart problems. 'course is not as if push ups prevent heart disease, but 40 is s'posed almost a litmus test for general health sufficient for negating most heart related problems. better indicator than treadmill tests. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/well/move/how-many-push-ups-can-you-do-it-may-be-a-good-predictor-of-heart-health.html read more on the study elsewhere and 30 at a time is considered pretty good, but still represents a significant increase in danger compared to 40. so, if shady is doing 1 set o' 40 and two sets o' 30, and he is able to maintain such for next decades, then am suspecting he is doing well. take it for what it is worth. HA! Good Fun!

we're simpatico? HA! Good Fun!

hate to admit this, but kang was right. or was it kodos? whatever. point is, if you voted 3rd party in wisconsin, pennsylvania, north carolina or michigan, then you were arguable stoopid, but am doubting gd sees that way. oh, and seeing how nz has gone ahead and decided to ban semi-autos and ar-15s... sure, this guy is hardly the norm, but one may see how quick a double-action may be fired and how easy it is to quick reload a revolver with even a little practice. as we mentioned earlier, double-action revolvers is not semi-auto. a single pull o' the trigger fires and reloads, so descriptions o' semi-auto is frequent failing to convey practical differences. school shootings and mosque attacks and what not tend to take place inside buildings which is not gonna be testing practical limits o' a rifle's range. perhaps gd or shady could tell us what ranges they had to be proficient at as marines with their m4 or m-16 or whatever? a loon with a duffle bag filled with a couple smith and wesson revolvers, a pump action shotgun, and a bunch o' ammo is gonna be more lethal in the confines o' most buildings than he would be with an ar-15 and a bunch o' ammo clips. however, bear hunters and vermin plinkers will be almost complete unaffected by nz ban on semi-auto weapons. we no longer hunt, and our personal most powerful firearm is a model 700 7mm, but bear rifles is typical bolt action. am certain if somebody were to ask a bear hunter for rifle recommendations, they would get a list o' .375 (or similar) and .45-70 government bolt action or lever weapons. if the bear hunter misses with their first two shots, and the bear charges (unlikely bet definite possible) then they typical switch to their backup defense weapon, which is also gonna be a manual weapon, particular for big bear-- likely a .454 casull handgun or pump-action 12 gauge. hasn't been many auto-loaders chambered enough to handle the kinda ammo needed to take down bear, and even rifles which does fire right ammo is gonna need be extreme reliable in terrible conditions. just hasn't been many such guns made. and killing bunnies sure don't require semi-auto. just silly. semi-autos is far more popular for hog hunters. fair point. as such, the nz semi-auto ban won't genuine make much difference to anybody save pig hunters and gun enthusiasts, but it sure won't make people safer neither. aside, we did know a couple bear hunting guys who swore by their browning bar. don't think o' ww2 fully auto bar. civi browning bar is semi-auto and chambered up to .338. additional aside, we know folks who hunt brown bear with a bow, which is kinda for adrenaline junkies only and almost as stoopid in our book as voting 3rd party in wisconsin 2016. you can double-lung a brown and it might still cover 50yds before it drops. HA! Good Fun!

am not familiar with the source material, which is a nice change for superhero stuff. had no expectations. don't have reflexive need to compare to the comics. that being said, we cannot help but wonder if the show is perhaps trying too hard to be faithful to the source material, 'cause after having watched five episodes, am thinking what we has seen so far coulda' been better conveyed in three episodes, or perhaps 2.5. lack o' a clear defined UBG (ultimate bad guy) is an odd choice for a superhero vehicle, but is not necessarily a flaw. unfortunately, such absence leaves the show a bit directionless at this point. am not doubting we will watch complete, but is becoming more effort than entertainment. HA! Good Fun!

don't feel bad. the term "once and future" made us immediate think o' t.h. white book. near fifty and am clear still stuck in nerd mode. HA! Good Fun!

suspecting is simple trump pathological need to never appear to weak. trump made a comment 'bout McCain, and 'cause so many people, including visible republicans, rushed to defend McCain's honor and legacy, trump felt need to show he weren't cowed, so the President not only repeats earlier McCain gripes, he adds. the more folks defend McCain, the more trump is gonna respond. is not unique behavior. HA! Good Fun!

basic pot roast ideally, this is a two-day recipe, but doesn't need be. preheat oven to between 250 and 300 F. 250 is probable best temp, but takes longer to cook already long meal, so am almost always doing 300. sue us. am favoring well-trimmed bottom round for pot roast 3-4 lbs. connective tissue is your friend as that is what turns to gelatin, but fat turns to oil. trim external fat but offer a prayer or two to the connective tissue gods. nice big chuck works fine, but tends to be more fatty and therefore oily. oil is gonna be the stuff which %$#@ your gravy. simple rule o' thumb for bestest cut choice: select meat furthest from head and hooves. salt all sides of the roast. kosher salt. be generous with salt, then add a little more salt. am conflicted 'bout pepper. pepper and then sear meat is stoopid, 'cause burn pepper ruins the pepper. nevertheless, grandma did coarse black pepper along with the salt and so we typical do coarse black pepper as well. still stoopid. get a big dutch oven and heat up a couple T of vegetable oil. sear your roast on all sides. avoid overheating oil, particular if you pepper your meat. don't wanna burn. after searing, remove meat to a dish deep enough to collect juices. now, brown vegetables in the same dutch oven you seared the meat. what vegetables? classic mirepoix is okie dokie. 1 C each. chopped. am actual preferring parsnips to carrot. whatever. anything but bell pepper is gonna be worth experimenting with. once veggies is tender and browned, add minced garlic-- five or six nice sized cloves, unless you really don't like garlic. is gonna be a low and slow braise, so all that wet heat is gonna tame the garlic into near imperceptibility, so am typical adding more garlic than many recipes would recommend. be careful not to burn the garlic, but make sure you give it a minute or so to get nice and fragrant. add 2C beef stock to your vegetables. scrape browned bits from bottom of dutch oven. bring to a boil. add 1/4-1/2 dry red wine and alternatively: 2T sugar or 1/4C raisins or 1/4C chopped prunes you ain't gonna be eating the prunes or raisins, so don't freak out. all three options cut down on some acidity from the wine and the prunes and raisins add curious depth. if sounds too weird, just use sugar and you will be fine. return meat, accumulated juices, and a couple sprigs o' thyme (perhaps thyme and rosemary) to your dutch oven. ok, you are gonna be braising, so this is where you add water until meat is half submerged for chuck and perhaps a bit more fluid for bottom round. bring fluid to simmer. cover your dutch oven with tin foil and then lid so you have a nice and tight seal, and place dutch oven in your pre-heated oven. if you are cooking 300, then every 30 minutes remove the roast from the oven and flip meat before returning. if fluid level drops, add a bit o' water to maintain. keep braising depth is important to gelatinize connective tissue. if you are cooking 250, then wait 1 hour and then start flipping every 30 minutes. after a 90 minutes or so, start checking internal temp. you want internal temp to be above140 ish for ~20 minutes. when meat is correct temp, remove to plate and tent. strain fluid in the dutch oven to remove solids. discard solids. ok, now this is where you got two options. one is the choice of good, and the other is the choice o' evil. am typical going with evil, but is the wrong way to do this. try right way at least once. Light-Side Ending find a deep dish which will hold your meat and maintain same/similar braising level you had while cooking. add all the strained roasting fluid to your dish... and wait 30 minutes for it to cool a bit. (the reason why you aren't letting the fluid cool in the dutch oven is 'cause your dutch oven is designed to stay hot for a long arse time.) now add your meat to your fluid, cover tight with foil, and put in refrigerator overnight. there is a reason why pot roast tastes better the second day and that is 'cause it takes time for meat to fully reabsorb liquified gelatin back into the meat. let roast sit in fridge overnight has two purposes 1) greasy fat will congeal when cooled and may be easily removed by scrapping solid fat from top o' fluid the next day. 2) resting in fluid overnight allows liquified gelatin to be fully reabsorbed into your meat. next day, take roast from fridge and remove meat to a separate dish. if you didn't clean your dutch oven from previous night, pour now hopeful grease-free fluid back into the dutch oven and bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer. you wanna reduce fluid by at least half. meanwhile, put roast in oven and reheat... kinda depends on how fancy your oven is to best achieve. doesn't matter, you want meat reheated w/o additional cook. your reduced fluid, a true meat-based nectar of the bovine gods, you may drizzle direct over your roast, or you may use as fluid from which to be turning into gravy. fin. Dark Side Ending who the hell wants to wait 'til tomorrow after you spent hours cooking today? hell. return strained fluid to the dutch oven and reduce by half. serve fluid with your roast which you has kept tented after having removed from oven. you want real gravy? *shrug* use the ice cube trick to get as much fat as possible outta your meat juice and then use for gravy. otherwise, skip gravy 'cause your juice will be more than good enough. don't need to be a jedi to know how this is likely to end do whatever you want with vegetables and other sides. doesn't matter 'cause the pot roast is the only thing on your plate which is gonna matter. ok, this were kinda long... will look at it later to see if anything important were forgotten. HA! Good Fun! ps extreme late edit fork-tender is goal for pot roast. internal temperature is a swell gauge, but real measure for doneness is when meat pulls apart easily with a fork.

regardless o' the explanations, people still become confused. in any event, thinking we were speaking to or 'bout you when we has now mentioned at least four times recent in this thread alone how folks in general improbable miscomprehend the distinctions is a kinda narcissism. even so, in spite our your tim apple defense, you did learn the ar-15 is a semi-automatic weapon, so our explanations helped at least one person clear up their clear misapprehension. thank goodness for basic reading comprehension skills. HA! Good Fun!