PredictableChick

This is my first time using and modding OpenMW and I chose to do the Total Overhaul. Everything was going fine in the game until I needed to go to Tel Vos. There is awful lag anytime I’m outside - my frame rate hovers around 2. I have tried turning off Grazelands OAAB and adjusting various settings like ground cover and distance viewing but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. What else can I try, or what info can I add to this post to help diagnose the problem?

I've ordered an L-Tek, but I'd like to continue playing while it's on the way - and possibly DIY one of my soft pads to have a second-player mat for my kids to use occasionally.

I've taken apart the soft pad I was using and there's a tiny break in the black line running from the left arrow sensors to the plastic box that houses the electrical. I assume the current is being disrupted there, so is there something I can use to repair it? Any insight on how the electrical works would be appreciated, as it's not my area of expertise.

It was a rant list on a larger website written by a man in NYC titled something like “a list of things that need to die now, in no particular order since they’re all way past due” One of the list items was yogurt. It was your average black-background, light colored text basic HTML website from the early 2000’s. Google doesn’t seem to have it, but maybe if someone remembers the URL I can put it in the Wayback Machine.

I took in a Foster dog a few days ago in an emergency situation. I'm wondering how to react to her interaction with one of my dogs.

Foster dog is a little over a year old and spayed, is near the same size as Dog #1. Dog #1 is a 6yo ACD and neutered. He's also blind. Dog #2 is a smaller mutt, 6, spayed, and has lived with Dog1 her whole life - she's been playing nicely with Foster dog and doing well.

Dog #1 has been growling at Foster Dog while wagging his tail. She has a long whippy-destructo tail I think may be bothering him. Today while she was upside-down playing with #2 and showing her belly, #1 came over and started nipping at her back legs while growling/wagging.

I immediately assum

I took in a Foster dog a few days ago in an emergency situation. I'm wondering how to react to her interaction with one of my dogs.

Foster dog is a little over a year old and spayed, is near the same size as Dog #1. Dog #1 is a 6yo ACD and neutered. He's also blind. Dog #2 is a smaller mutt, 6, spayed, and has lived with Dog1 her whole life - she's been playing nicely with Foster dog and doing well.

Dog #1 has been growling at Foster Dog while wagging his tail. She has a long whippy-destructo tail I think may be bothering him. Today while she was upside-down playing with #2 and showing her belly, #1 came over and started nipping at her back legs while growling/wagging.

I immediately assum

My car has a bunch of body and parts damage - some from me running the bumper into a parking block many years ago, but some other damage to the underside that the mechanic says is probably from running over something big at a high speed. The car has comprehensive & collision coverage.

Is it possible the repairs (all or part) could be covered by the policy, or does the mystery source of damage rule me out?

EDIT: A second mechanic has told me there's only body damage, mostly cosmetic or minor >.> So trying to claim it on insurance has become moot. Thank you all for the help.

I recently re-acquired an old Dell Dimension 9200 I had given away. I have done a new install of Vista Home Premium(OS it came with) but it is still running very slow and making a loud chugging sound pretty constantly.

How do I find out what needs replacing/upgrading? Is it even worth it to try to fix this (8 year old) computer? The only spare parts I have are in the form of even older Inspiron laptops.

I only know how to do the simplest part replacements but I can learn. I'd like to learn how to upgrade/build computers as much as is necessary to avoid paying for a new machine.

I'm LC with NM and, consequently, ED - phone calls ~once a month, physical visits every few months for only a day or two at a time. I went to visit them and my sister this weekend to announce my 2nd pregnancy. Though baby was planned and we are very happy, N's gonna N and I wasn't looking forward to this announcement.

I don't like the way normal/"healthy" people treat pregnant women, so Nfam had been warned that any future pregnancies would be announced at a late date. They've been really positive about the idea of another baayyybeeee but I was braced for negativity concerning the pregnancy timing/finances/whatever. That was about the only thing they didn't deliver. I was fussed at for the

Just taking a moment to appreciate my blessedly normal in-laws. I'm pregnant with #2 and not telling family yet - we plan on announcing after finding out the sex. I just hated the way I was treated when pregnant with #1, especially by Ns, and wanted to jump the gun on any of my Nfam and Flea-fam's boy-or-girl drama.

Hubs was on the phone with his mother and put #1 on to say hi. "Hi Grandma my mommy's gonna have a baby!" Hubs took the phone back and made some poor coverup ... and MIL completely dropped the subject. Let it go. Surely she heard what kiddo had to say. Surely she comprehended it. But there was no poking, no prodding, no awkwardness. Where do these normal people come from? Where

I've been pulling and eating hair since infancy. It's not been severe enough to cause issues in a while, but I'm newly pregnant and it seems like it's getting worse and worse. On top of everything I think I may have anemia. Naturally part of my normal prenatal care is checking for anemia, but the test was accidentally skipped at my first appt. Apparently trichophagia can have effects on anemia, and my ob isn't aware I have it.

Will an OB even know what trich is or be familiar with how it might affect me? Other issues aside, do you disclose to doctors (that you see regularly) that you pull?

I'm a lifelong trichster (some of my earliest memories have to do with trichophagy - yay!) I pull out and chew on my hair, mostly from my head, though I've pulled from all the places you can pull from.

I have been trying to cut down - such tricks as chewing gum, playing with silly putty, keeping my hands busy, taking NAC, etc. Lately I have been flossing excessively - it gives me the same sensation of playing with a piece of hair and holding it close to my mouth as well as interacting with my teeth. It's a winner.

Hope this helps somebody.

My NM has been worthy of LC (instead of NC) for the last few years. After a rapid spiral into a whole lot of awful about 5 years ago, she was admitted to a mental hospital and court-ordered therapy. She was on medication for her long-since-diagnosed anxiety disorder for the first time in my life, which was helping with her N-nosity. We were able to repair our relationship and actually interact in a healthy manner. It was nice.

But over the last year, it seems she has been slipping - increasingly more erratic behavior in front of strangers, more "friends" of hers coming and going, losing a long-term friend or two, more grandiose ideas. Excessive spending. Passive aggressive pressuring. Lots