![]() ![]() A few more showed up, though what really caught my attention was the one pulling a large metal wagon with ‘HOGSLAYER’ on the side. The six humans and I sat around drinking beer and discussing the upcoming activities. It seems that the stump removal process is a major ritual for them. I shouldn’t be, but they surprised me again. Given the human’s love of manual labor with everything from gardening to collecting firewood, it seemed appropriate. I had initially assumed that we were going to dig these things up. There were about six humans there for the activity. Being as it was a large empty field, I am not sure what they were in the way of or for, but did not bother persisting. Now, I asked why they remove them, and unsurprisingly got a typical human response… they were in the way. These stumps have a root node, often of considerable size. For those who might read this and not know what a stump is, it’s the part of a tree that is left when they cut one down to make firewood. I did not initially realize why labor had him excited until I realized it was some form of a ritual. The task had seemed straightforward enough, Tomcat had been excited that we were going over to help Big Red remove some stumps. After the lesson this week, I have joined their self-medication. I have studied some of their histories and fear the Korag would find someone truly more dangerous than themselves. This planet combined with its inhabitants can make even what are seemingly mundane tasks dangerous. I am now convinced that the Korag aren’t coming, and even if they did it would be futile. I wish I could report what those were… but the primitive ‘television’ I have here gets one and a half channels… I say half because sometimes it comes in, and other times I only receive Tomcat talking on his CB. With what I have learned, I doubt our tranquilizers and holding cells were sufficient for the humans we took. I have a sick feeling I may know why I am not getting any response to my reports. Guess it was all over the news they have made some major breakthroughs recently. ![]() I did hear one of the human’s describing the new “space ship” they were working on. I am still writing these stupid reports with no response, I suspect more to help me understand and process what’s going on than for anything else. It is to numb the pain and allow them to find humor in the challenges their ‘mother earth’ so willingly provides. The beings here live in such a harsh world I think I understand why they put all these toxins in their systems. I have found that as foul as I initially thought beer was, it grows on you. More severe glazing may require 2 rounds, but I would have the second round be for a shorter duration, say 5-7 seconds.Earth - Weekly Report: Nor’ik, assigned human observer: Mild to moderate glazing should only require 1 go around. Let the car sit long enough to cool down. Push the clutch in, drop the rpms, turn off the car. Anywhere from 300-400rpm's should be fine. Slowly let out the clutch until the rpms start to drop. Turn the car on (I did it when cold:tsk:, but you can do it while warm) You basically have to turn the flywheel into a grinder. So even if my clutch only has an extra 5k left (which would take me ~6-8 months), I'd rather have a safe 5k than an unpredictable 15-20k left.Īlso the process is extremely easy. ![]() I did really piss him off though, judging by the way he tailgated me. This could have caused me to be hit (in one particular instance), but the driver was aware and slowed down. I couldn't do anything about it except put the clutch back in, let the RPM's die and try again. If I was in a tight situation / a car was oncoming and I had did a u-turn (I am in delaware which is notorious for U-turns), then decided to hit it to get up to speed, sometimes the car would red line immediately. The glazing was so bad that it posed as a hazard. But with 126k I would not expect it to last much longer. ![]()
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