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* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Thomas Koenig
+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dorothy J Heydt
||+- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
||`- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dorothy J Heydt
|+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
||`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)pete...@gmail.com
|| `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
|`- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
| `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Tony Nance
|  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Tony Nance
|  | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
|  |  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)pete...@gmail.com
|  |  |  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |  |   +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)pete...@gmail.com
|  |  |   |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
|  |  |   | +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)J. Clarke
|  |  |   |  |+- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Wolffan
|  |  |   |  |+- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   |  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |  | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |  |  `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Torbjorn Lindgren
|  |  |   |   `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Joe Pfeiffer
|  |  |   |    |+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   |    || `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)William Hyde
|  |  |   |    ||  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha
|  |  |   |    ||  | |+* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | ||`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | || `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  | | +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha
|  |  |   |    ||  | | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | |  +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | |  +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)J. Clarke
|  |  |   |    ||  | |  +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
|  |  |   |    ||  | |  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  | |   `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | |    `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | |     `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | |      `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | |       `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | |        `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|  |  |   |    ||  | |         `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  |  +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
|  |  |   |    ||  |  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   |    ||  |  |`- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Quadibloc
|  |  |   |    ||  |  `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Kevrob
|  |  |   |    ||  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha
|  |  |   |    ||  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  | +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha
|  |  |   |    ||  | |+- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)William Hyde
|  |  |   |    ||  | |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  | | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Woodward
|  |  |   |    ||  | |  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  |   |    ||  | |   +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Ninapenda Jibini
|  |  |   |    ||  | |   `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Woodward
|  |  |   |    ||  | |    `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |  |   |    ||  | `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)William Hyde
|  |  |   |    ||  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    ||  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Woodward
|  |  |   |    ||  | `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)J. Clarke
|  |  |   |    ||  `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  |   |    |`- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |  |   |    `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Woodward
|  |  |   +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Kevrob
|  |  |   `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Andrew McDowell
|  |  +* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Tony Nance
|  |  |`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dimensional Traveler
|  |  | `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Tony Nance
|  |  |  `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|  |  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
|  |   `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|  |    `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
|  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
|   +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Lynn McGuire
|   +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Tony Nance
|   `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Dorothy J Heydt
|    +- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Paul S Person
|    `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)The Horny Goat
|     `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
|      `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Kevrob
|       `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
+- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Robert Carnegie
`* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)pete...@gmail.com
 `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
  `* Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Leif Roar Moldskred
   `- Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)Kevrob

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Subject: Re: Scott Adams didn't think this through. (Dilbert)
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 by: Dimensional Traveler - Tue, 17 May 2022 04:14 UTC

On 5/16/2022 6:54 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 5/16/2022 7:50 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> ...
>>> I need to reread the Dies The Fire series because I do not remember
>>> who the Powers are and why they are messing with humanity.  I reread
>>> the first four books last year.  I seem to recall that Rudy makes it
>>> to Nantucket around book #8 or #10 after a long tedious journey.
>>>
>> Juvyr ba Anaghpxrg ur znxrf "pbagnpg" gubfr erfcbafvoyr sbe Gur
>> Punatr.   "Gurl" ner gur zretrq pbafpvbhfarff bs nyy fragvrag orvatf
>> va gur tnynkl/(havirefr?) sebz znal ovyyvbaf bs lrnef va gur shgher.
>> Nf orfg nf ur pna qrgrezvar gurl sryg gurl jrera'g va fhssvpvrag
>> rzcnguvp pbagnpg jvgu angher, gurzfryirf be fbzrguvat fb gb nqqerff
>> gung gurl qrpvqrq gung uhznavgl arrqrq gb or ybj grpu sbe n srj graf
>> be uhaqerqf bs gubhfnaqf bs lrnef ybatre.
>>
>> I almost threw the book against the wall and stopped reading the
>> series at that point.  I think he realized that was a mistake later as
>> he seems to have moved away from that to "it was the Old Gods" in
>> later books in the series.
>
> https://rot13.com/
>
> Man, I don't remember that.  My suspension of disbelief got rocked by
> that one too.  I just remember "the Old Gods".
>
It was a bit subtle, you had to think about what was being communicated
because it wasn't straight "speech" Rudy was receiving. And I'm used to
automatically thinking "Why are they saying it like _that_?" with, well,
pretty much everything anyone says.

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