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Post by Space Cowboy on Feb 23, 2022 13:27:20 GMT
Sorry, sometimes the obvious meaning is the right one. I'm a golden oldie myself but know that these days things don't always mean what they once did. It was just the fact you used italics to emphasise it that gave me pause. Too suspicious for my own good. Apologies. It's all good. 🙂 I didn't know the word 'guy' could mean something else. I answered in that way because I thought it's boring to just say; I'm a man. I already used moustache in the other round. 😛 I emphasize it to indicate that's my answer to the Q. 😄 I was born in the 60's too.
These kids with their newfangled slang
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Post by seven on Feb 23, 2022 21:03:22 GMT
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 28, 2022 9:55:22 GMT
It has been 5 days now with no movement on this thread. I guess, like me, everyone was waiting for someone else to make the first move. So I'm going to step up and hope it doesn't backfire on me. As last game there are more claiming to be male than female, although of course one female role has already been eliminated. I mixed things up a bit by asking about human/non-human. At present, though, I'd rather aim at one of the male claimants simply because there is more likelihood one of them is a spy, even though of course both Dadi and Fylimar could also be female. Still, I have to start somewhere. Since I voted for Seven erroneously last game and OG was the spy then, I am going to opt for Pelassarias but I admit that it is paper thin logic.
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Post by fylimar on Feb 28, 2022 16:23:57 GMT
Ok, I have no idea who I should vote for, but I don't want to be the last one again, so I randomly vote seven
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Post by seven on Feb 28, 2022 18:50:39 GMT
Backsies for fylimar.
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Post by Space Cowboy on Mar 1, 2022 16:39:49 GMT
OK I'll vote for Dadi, just to have vote recorded
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Post by dadithinkimgay on Mar 1, 2022 18:13:33 GMT
Space
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Post by pelassarias on Mar 1, 2022 20:49:02 GMT
At present, though, I'd rather aim at one of the male claimants simply because there is more likelihood one of them is a spy, even though of course both Dadi and Fylimar could also be female. Still, I have to start somewhere. Since I voted for Seven erroneously last game and OG was the spy then, I am going to opt for Pelassarias but I admit that it is paper thin logic. That's fair, and I also think that odds are likely that at least one of the male claims is probably a spy again. It's also likely that the spies might have split up on their claims though to keep things tricky for us. But since it's the first round, I have next to nothing (besides what I said), and because I don't want to vote last again, I'll boomerang and vote for gervaise for now.
ETA: Temporarily forgot that we are playing the Heartbreaker game. Still, I think it's likely that the spy is probably hiding within the male claims again.
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Post by fylimar on Mar 1, 2022 20:53:05 GMT
For now, we have only one spy, since Heartbreaker decided to kill Cati instead of turning a player.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on Mar 2, 2022 6:25:22 GMT
Are we entering another 1st round tie breaker?
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 2, 2022 7:52:59 GMT
Are we entering another 1st round tie breaker? Not quite, since OG is going to have to make the deciding vote.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 2, 2022 7:56:35 GMT
Are we entering another 1st round tie breaker? Not quite, since OG is going to have to make the deciding vote.
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Post by adonniel on Mar 5, 2022 15:22:15 GMT
Pela -1 Seven - 1 Fylimar - 1 Dadi - 1 Space - 1 Gerva -1
Still to vote: OG
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Post by adonniel on Mar 5, 2022 18:02:21 GMT
Hi guys,
I've been mia a lot, and I plan to continue the game, but there is a lot on my mind so I'm lurking plenty.
My grandmother is 83 years old. She lives by herself in Kharkiv, Ukraine. As you know, this is currently a war zone and the situation there is desperate.
First, we started getting the reports that Russian army started bombing Borispol - which is a large civilian airport in Kharkiv. They also bombed a tractor factory (my mother's cousin lives next to it) and other military objects such as the warehouses.
My grandmother lives in an apartment building. She's friends with her neighbours who have been helping her during the pandemic and helped her in war too. Prior to war we've been communicating with them too on friendly basis and sending gifts like baby clothes when their little girl was born. At this point my grandmother can function independently, just by doing things slowly, she's walking slowly, however, even without the war and pandemic, my grandmother is an elderly lady and she has enough health issues to make life difficult as is. She can't see out of one eye and the other eye is working poorly. My aunt had planned to go to Ukraine this April to visit and arrange an eye surgery for my grandmother.
Since the war started, the city reported shortages of food, water and medicine, but some apothecaries were still open. My grandmother said that she had medicine for about 7 days. We've been keeping in touch with her via her cell phone and skype. However, her phone is old (she didn't want to learn buttons on the newer version) and the battery in it barely lasts a night, so, she's been asking us not to call during specific times because she's afraid she'll be left without communication. The power in her building keeps going on and off. When there is power, she calls us via skype and charges the battery. And she's moving food off and onto the balcony so it doesn't spoil, and it's still cold outside to preserve it. The residents were considering cutting the power out intentionally at night because they're also afraid of the marauders and they keep the light off to not attract anyone's attention.
Majority of the population went into basements and subways since the shelling started. However, bomb shelters have poor conditions. My grandmother's sister, who is 85, lives in a small city near Kharkiv. She went into shelter during bombing and caught a cold, plus this aggravated her general health problems, so, she went back to her apartment half way through the night. The apartment building where my grandmother lives doesn't have a basement, and bomb shelter is far. My grandmother refused to go there. She says she'll suffocate in the shelter since she's not good in stuffy places and gets dizzy.
The situation kept escalating. In the next couple of days we've received news that Russians are assaulting the city. The power was cut out and we had no communication with my grandmother. We saw on BBC that there is vicious fighting. We also saw battled reports is in the area very close to my grandmother's residence. At 10pm our time my aunt spent us a picture from Kharkiv town hall website of an apartment building being hit by a bomb - this was a street my grandmother lives on. All the apartment buildings look the same on that street and we couldn't see the building number. We've been looking at that picture and no one was sure if this is her house or not. She lives on the 3rd floor and I'm looking at the 3rd floor and I'm seeing a giant hole in its place with all the stair flight decimated. Then my father went to the town hall site and googled to find the building number. This was a building on the other side of the block where my grandmother lives.
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Post by adonniel on Mar 5, 2022 18:02:55 GMT
The next morning we've received a skype call from my grandmother. She said that Ukrainian military line held off the attack and Russians could not take the city. The power to her building got restored and they've had 'calm' for about an hour and a half. She said the sky was dark red all night with the white lines crisscrossing it and she had a very bad headache because of the tanks and artillery firing right next to her windows. Her neighbours have a large bathtub, so a part of their family slept in this bathtub and next to the toilet away from the windows.
The apartment building she lives in is almost fully empty. Her neighbours have a ninety year old great-grandmother who cannot walk, so, they also stayed in their apartment. Also, one alcoholic remained because alcohol isn't allowed in the bomb shelter, so, he stayed home.
The building doesn't have a garbage shoot, so, you have to go outside to throw out the garbage. My neighbours told my grandmother to put her garbage on the stairway flight and they will take it down, but she's been inside so long and she wanted to survey the area so she went to take her garbage outside herself. She went out, opened the garbage container lid and as she did something exploded right next to her so she hurried back inside. But she also said she saw two positive things because the garbage was collected so the city services must be functioning and she also saw glass bottles in another container which means people are still there (she sorted her garbage like that too - come on grandmother you're sorting the garbage outside when the army is firing on you). Russians couldn't take the city, so, they've resorted to using long range weaponry and started shelling the city from the distance. They're randomly hitting various places that have NO military targets.
My grandmother's neighbours went out and came back with a month worth of medicine she needs daily. Plus other people brought two buns and a bottle of water. Kharkiv has a natural spring. The civilians are trying their best to help each other.
After that the situation grew worse and worse. The bombing pressure started 'mildly' and got more intense and they're firing just to hit something.
a maternity hospital was hit a new opera house (Kharkiv is an academic city and it has a lot of universities, theatres and the city center has a lot of landmarks and beautiful architecture that's being turned to rubble) an administration building in the Freedom Square was decimated there was a line outside waiting for food at the humanitarian aid center and a shell exploded beside it killing people
My grandmother lives in a one bedroom apartment, her kitchen is very small and it has a window. It's dangerous to be near the windows. Some buildings had their windows knocked out by the blast waves. When she's cooking she is trying to do what she can outside the kitchen. There is a small corridor beside the front door where there are no windows. She set up a stool next to the door, there is not much room for anything else. When she hears the bombing getting worse she goes to sit on this chair, including in the middle of the night. She performs cooking tasks that can be done out of the kitchen on this chair. She is alone, sitting on that chair by the front door in darkness while hearing the blasts near her house and singing Ukrainian songs to herself. A few nights ago there was a massive explosion nearby in the middle of the night. She jumped up from the bed to go to the corridor, got dizzy and fell back down, at least on the bed and not the floor, but she twisted her ankle. During the day she found some ointment to put on her ankle.
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Post by adonniel on Mar 5, 2022 18:03:10 GMT
There was another major assault on the city by air. Once the planes are above the city the Ukrainian military is restricted because shooting them down results in crashing them into civilian buildings. The paratroopers have landed inside the city and there was vicious fighting once more. My grandmother afterwards said she heard those planes right above the head. She says good thing she's deaf and can't hear all the banging very well, but she very much can and she has also learned to identify by sound which side is firing.
This assault got repelled again. At this point the Russian army has resorted to the pure terrorist tactics. They're using long range rockets to bombard the city. They're also using vacuum and cluster bombs, which is a war crime on its own as such weaponry is outlawed in the world.
the civilian buildings are being hit everywhere the rescues parties that arrive to extinguish the fires and pull people out of the rubble are getting targeted. the medics and rescue parties are working under fire they've intentionally attacked a hospital where all the wounded are being kept
The shelves of the stores are completely empty. There are scouting parties of men during the day searching through rubble for the medicine for the soldiers. My family heard that MIST (Ukrainian postal service) has the channel to deliver food supplies to the citizens. My family paid for two food packages, one for my grandmother and one for the neighbours. We've received an email the next day that these packages cannot be delivered and we've been asked if we want to get the money back or distribute these packages to other Ukrainians in need. We said to distribute, but my grandmother did not get this food. When my parents visited my grandmother before the pandemic, they fixed everything around the house and brought her a lot of food and other items, however, during the pandemic the neighbours were helping my grandmother buy food. Since they have to carry it in their hands, she was asking them for the minimum she needed, so when the war started she didn't have that many food reserves and now there is the war and food shortages everywhere.
There were two evacuation trains out of the city, however, getting aboard them is not realistic. The taxi drivers are afraid to drive through the streets, they are charging $1000 (literally) to take someone to the train station. There is the panicked crowd effect going on where stronger people are shoving weaker people off the train to get a spot and these trains can barely move with so many people aboard. We have relatives in Poltava, in a city is slightly better off, and they've invited my grandmother, but moving out of the city is not realistic for her. She gets sick and dizzy in the car right away. She said the corona virus never went anywhere so going into any crowded place is too risky. She said suffocating to death from covid is scarier than getting hit by a bomb so she doesn't want to move anywhere and she cannot realistically do so. My grandmother's sister is also badly off, though the shelling is not so severe. That city she's in literally doesn't have anything, it's really a hole. So what the Russian army is shooting at there as well is a big mystery as there is nothing of value. That city is even worse off than Kharkiv, no power, no food, no water.
Finally, the neighbours said they can't take this anymore. They have a little girl six/seven in grade one. She's old enough to understand what's going on, she hears the booming all around and she's crying all the time, she's so scared. They had a car, but all four wheels had been taken off that car, so, they must have found and paid for a ride somewhere. They're heading for a small village not far from Kharkiv where they hope the fighting isn't as severe. There were going to be six of them in one car plus a cat. They've written to my aunt that they're sorry. They came by my grandmother's apartment and left her some bread and a pack of spaghetti and left. Now she is even more alone and they are not going to be able to help. My aunt who immigrated later than we did had a lot of friends in Kharkiv, so, she's been desperately calling all of them to get in touch. We've also researched emergency, humanitarian lines, supposedly these lines are helping people in dire circumstances, for ex they can bring a bit of water and grain type food if someone is in bad need. We called all these lines and no one is responding.
Soon after the neighbors had left, my grandmother's apartment building was hit by a rocket. A part of the building was annihilated and there are fires on the third floor in the left wing. My grandmother lives in a different section of this building. She is alive. Miraculously, the windows in her apartment are intact, but they were knocked out on the flight of stairs. It snowed over night, the temperatures his -10C and it is freezing. She's tucking blankets under the door to keep the cold out. She also searched her apartment for scotch to reinforce the windows. She found duct tape initially and used it and then she found scotch so she did it over, but she says it's just harder to see outside now but isn't likely to make it much safer.
My mother is crying. I'm praying for my grandmother. Please pray for her too. Please ask for this war to stop. All these NATO sanctions are fine and dandy, but my grandmother is not going to live a year until they make any serious impact. This war needs to be stopped today.
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Post by seven on Mar 5, 2022 20:24:46 GMT
I'm so so sorry Adonniel.
I really hope that she stays OK.
It's absolutely ridiculous, first Covid, and now this?
I will be thinking of her, and your family also.
❤
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 5, 2022 20:49:50 GMT
I am so sorry to hear of your grandmother. It must be terrible for you. We have been praying for Ukraine since the fighting began but hearing your testimony really emphasises how ordinary people are suffering in this war. I will remember your grandmother in my own prayers.
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Post by fylimar on Mar 5, 2022 21:01:12 GMT
I'm truely sorry about your grandmother, adonniel, and really hope, someone will get to her and help her. This war is crazy - we here in Europe are all in shock. I know, that a lot of humanitarian organisations are going into the warzones to help those in need, but it is not easy at the moment - especially since the Russians target civilian targets. I really hate Putin and hope, that he will be stopped. I feel so helpless seeing and hearing about those people in need and I really hope, they will get help soon. All the best to your grandma and her sister.
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Post by Catilina on Mar 5, 2022 23:18:49 GMT
Oh my, sorry Adonniel, this is terrible. I wish the best
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 6, 2022 3:29:44 GMT
Sorry to hear about your grandma Addoniel. Prayers for her and everyone caught in the conflict.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 6, 2022 3:33:53 GMT
Ok, I'll not vote because I've no clue. Let it be a deadlock. 😄
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Post by Space Cowboy on Mar 6, 2022 10:29:01 GMT
Sorry to hear that Adonniel. Scary times. I hope she will be ok.
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Post by adonniel on Mar 6, 2022 15:01:52 GMT
OG Sorries, but voting is part of the charm. You're going to have to make a choice.
Guys, thank you. All the support in the world very much matters. I've been talking to my grandmother and the fact that the world is supporting Ukraine gives her a lot of moral strength. She sincerely, maybe even naively, believes the rest of the world will come to help. It does make it easier for her.
I talked to her today and she said last night when the power went out she turned her back onto the curtains that are glowing red 'because my back is immune to bombs, right?' and went to sleep listening to the gun fire. She woke up from silence.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on Mar 6, 2022 17:44:54 GMT
Thank you for sharing Adonniel. My heart goes out to you and your family.
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