Howdy do.
Howdy do.
So Space. How should it be made?
With the current materials, chess pieces and glass pieces, setup is a mess. I plan to use discs. They could be wood or plastic. There is also the issue of how to mark runners.
Wood
:-) This has good size, shape and heft. It is available and known. I've even done spray painting discs before.
:-( This would require buying a set of troublesome sprays and involve a sequence of tasks to make it. Could the colours be chipped off, even after being sealed? I'm not sure if wood discs are the best for
mixing them up.
Plastic
:-) Head to the nearby dollar store, or make an online order, then you've got cute little translucent pieces with the colours already there. These are ideal for mixing up the pieces.
:-( Are the right pieces available? The dollar store didn't have a yellow colour. Size is a question mark. Is a certain height required so they are easy to pick up? Gluing two together is a no.
Note that I've had experience with COLOUR Dice, where a letter is written on a cube, it's covered by scotch tape, and the deal is sealed with nail polish. You don't even notice it's there.
However, writing on plastic cubes doesnt work so well.
For marking the runners
Drilled holes are simple and decisive. No fussing over colours. Nothing is going to come off; it's a hole.
Stickers can be slapped on and sealed up with nail polish. However, shape and colour have to be sorted out. Stickers might not be as flush as scotch tape. If it sticks out that won't work. They could in theory come off.
Cubes (think dice) are an option.
:-) Cubes in the right colours are available.
:-| I don't know how good they would be for mixing up.
:-( I just want to use discs instead.
But enough speculation. I got plastic discs from the dollar store and drilled them.
An Altoids tin?
Q: When did the Altoids mints brand begin?
A: 1780s
Q: Many people in the treasure hunt community have one thing in common. What is it?
A: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
That came as a surprise to me. I got it from this. Two and a half minutes. Interesting.
There's also this excitable North Dakotan. Siblings Ema and Jam on Treasure Hunt With Us have their yapathon.
I don't have ADHD, but I've been around it. I've heard it described as a Ferrari engine with ten-speed bicycle brakes. I can't say that I love ADHD. One can be put off by their behaviour when they don't focus on the needs of other people*, even with good intentions. But that's because they can't focus, because of the way their brains are wired, not their fault. ADHD people (some people will yell at you for saying that) actually are capable of focusing, especially if something interests them. They're good under time pressure.
So it's not their fault; it's the way their brains are wired. But when someone also has the inevitable other personality foibles, where does ADHD end and ..
* I just picked up a text from a daughter, "instead of sending me reels can u please answer me".
Q: What do they call Starbucks in Russia?
A: Tsarbucks
"Deluxe in French is de luxe, of luxury. It's pronounced like this. Some raison d'être too."
In my day luxury was pronounced luxury. Now many people pronounce it lug jury. That sounds both inelegant and wrong. Not high standards.
Where is wi-fi on the electromagnetic spectrum?
I watched Disclosure Day, in the theatre.