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[Asso]

I am building an MU travis character, and even there he is almost a blank slate. You can take the few grains fo sand you have to work from and build any kind of skysraper you wish for. Make him a hero, a villain, a coward, a traitor, anything at all and no one can contradict you.

But, at the end, what is he?

[JadziaKathryn]

Jadzia, you are still traveling in Australia? BTW I love your avatar and I tried to come up with a story that would give Travis a personality. I can't come up with any...

Yep, I'm here until mid- November; I'll be home just in time for Thanksgiving. Glad you like the avatar. It is hard to write Travis because, even though bnb is correct, it's hard to get inspired to write Travis. There's nothing about his sadly underused character which makes you think, "It's be an interesting story if..."

[CX]

Rigil and I have given Travis a personality, and we have even used him like an actual main character.

On another note, I got my first experiance at gas welding and brazing (which only really differ by the type of metal you use as a filler), and I actually managed to not suck that bad at it, especially for them being the very first welds I'd done that way.

[Bether6074]

I hope that everyone is safe from the latest hurricane threat. Anyone here from Texas?

[Distracted]

It's pretty windy up our way, too. And I've got RELATIVES over for this one. Not enough beds, but plenty of relatives.

[Eian Flannagan]

I hope that everyone is safe from the latest hurricane threat. Anyone here from Texas?

Well...we of Clan Flannagan live in the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth metro-mess. The breeze is kicking up here already. We expect it to get a wee bit worse by tomorrow.

Eian

[TPoptarts]

Gah even here in SoCal we're getting like "hurricane leftovers". Which is like a gloomier, windier version of June Gloom.

I hope everyone's okay

[Alelou]

This looks to be pretty bad. Hope it turns out better than it looks.

[TPoptarts]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080913/ap_ ... _collision

[blacknblue]

At least you're not trapped in a catwalk with Phlox and his critters. It could be worse.

[Asso]

I hope that everyone is safe from the latest hurricane threat. Anyone here from Texas?

Well...we of Clan Flannagan live in the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth metro-mess. The breeze is kicking up here already. We expect it to get a wee bit worse by tomorrow.

Eian

I keep my fingers crossed.

[Lady Rainbow]

Jadzia, you are still traveling in Australia? BTW I love your avatar and I tried to come up with a story that would give Travis a personality. I can't come up with any...

Yep, I'm here until mid- November; I'll be home just in time for Thanksgiving. Glad you like the avatar. It is hard to write Travis because, even though bnb is correct, it's hard to get inspired to write Travis. There's nothing about his sadly underused character which makes you think, "It's be an interesting story if..."

I used Travis as a main character in "Boomer Bust", "Deadly Negotiations" and "Broken Loyalties". Mainly explored his Boomer background. (They're on ff.net and CX's GoF. )

[JadziaKathryn]

Right, I liked those! Travis got a background, and *gasp* a personality!

[CX]

Understanding Engineers - Take One

Two engineering students were walking across a university campus when one
said, 'Where did you get such a great bike?'
The second engineer replied, 'Well, I was walking along yesterday, minding
my own business, when a beautiful woman
rode up on this bike, threw it to the ground, took off all her clothes and
said, 'Take what you want.' The second engineer
nodded approvingly and said, 'Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't
have fit you anyway.'

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Understanding Engineers - Take Two

To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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Understanding Engineers - Take Three

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a
particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer
fumed, 'What's with those blokes? We must have been waiting for fifteen
minutes!' The doctor chimed in, 'I don't know,
but I've never seen such inept golf!' The priest said, 'Here comes the
greens keeper. Let's have a word with him.'

He said, 'Hello, George! What's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're
rather slow, aren't they?' The greens keeper
replied, 'Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters. They lost their
sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year,
so we always let them play for free anytime.' The group fell silent for a
moment.

The priest said, 'That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for
them tonight.' The doctor said, 'Good idea. I'm
going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything
he can do for them.'

The engineer said , 'Why can't they play at night?'

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Understanding Engineers - Take Four

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons and civil engineers build targets.

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Understanding Engineers - Take Five
Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible
designers of the human body.
One said, 'It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints.'
Another said, 'No , it was an electrical engineer.
The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections.'

The last one said, 'No, actually it had to have been a civil engineer. Who
else would run a toxic
waste pipeline through a recreational area ?'

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Understanding Engineers - Take Six

Normal people believe that if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it isn't broke, it doesn't have enough cool
features yet.

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Understanding Engineers - Take Seven

An engineer was crossing a road one day, when a frog called out to him and
said, 'If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess.'
He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke
up again and said, 'If you kiss me and turn me back
into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week.'

The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it
to the pocket. The frog then cried out, 'If you kiss me
and turn me back into a Princess, I'll stay with you for one week and do
ANYTHING you want.'

Again, the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into
his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, 'What is the matter?
I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, and that I'll stay with you for
one week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?'

The engineer said, 'Look, I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a
girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool.'

[blacknblue]

It's true! It really is! Every word of it is gospel truth!