Sunbird she/her Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Okay, I have a random question for any Sharders who live in Australia or have attended school in Australia: what does the calendar of a school year look like for you? What I mean to ask is, in the US the school year usually starts at the beginning of September or in late August, lasts about nine-ish months, and ends in late May or early June, leaving students with the hottest months of the year--June, July, and August--for summer vacation. Does Australia do a similar thing--nine months of school and three months of vacation? If so, do you also get the hottest months of the year off of school? (December, January, and February, I imagine, because Southern Hemisphere.) Or does school in Australia go pretty much year-round, with shorter but more frequent breaks, as some countries do? (I believe Japan is one.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I just realized (cause I'm learning for exams and stuff) that I can list Surges in order without even learning it way easier than to remember stuff I'm learning right now If suddenly waken up and asked, I'd probably also could recite the metal categorization without even recalling what does that metal do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Sunbird said: Okay, I have a random question for any Sharders who live in Australia or have attended school in Australia: what does the calendar of a school year look like for you? What I mean to ask is, in the US the school year usually starts at the beginning of September or in late August, lasts about nine-ish months, and ends in late May or early June, leaving students with the hottest months of the year--June, July, and August--for summer vacation. Does Australia do a similar thing--nine months of school and three months of vacation? If so, do you also get the hottest months of the year off of school? (December, January, and February, I imagine, because Southern Hemisphere.) Or does school in Australia go pretty much year-round, with shorter but more frequent breaks, as some countries do? (I believe Japan is one.) Summer holidays are roughly nob/dec-mid January, the rest of the year is split into four school terms with about a two week holiday between each term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 36 minutes ago, Oversleep said: I just realized (cause I'm learning for exams and stuff) that I can list Surges in order without even learning it way easier than to remember stuff I'm learning right now If suddenly waken up and asked, I'd probably also could recite the metal categorization without even recalling what does that metal do. Heheh. I'm still attempting to memorize which metal has which Allomantic property from the poster on my wall. I tend to get copper, brass, bronze, and zinc mixed up--how they're paired, mostly. Still almost entirely clueless on which Feruchemical metal does what; I have to look it up usually. Except for copper, because of the Coppermind Wiki. 15 minutes ago, Delightful said: Summer holidays are roughly nob/dec-mid January, the rest of the year is split into four school terms with about a two week holiday between each term. Ah, okay. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 @Sunbird no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 MY NAME IS ETHAN BRADBURY *cough* *cough* *sneezy voice* sorry guys, can't help it. I have I'M ETHAN BRADBURYitis. Can't help it at all. My friend caught the disease after watching ETHAN BRADBURY, and spread it around the whole school, you can't go two metres now without someone yelling out I'M ETHAN BRADBURY whilst pointing at their next target. *cough* *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STINK he/him Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Seems that even the weather disagrees with the referendum, it's tipping down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 This is just awesome! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 3 minutes ago, Iron Eyes said: This is just awesome! They ruined a perfectly good book! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Why does kindle world's have such a small selection of stuff? Let's campaign to get more put up there So I don't feel bad doing fanfiction when I "should" be doing "real" writing Edited June 24, 2016 by Quiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WayneSpren he/him Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I was wondering if there was a Lost thread somewhere on the forums? If someone could point me there it would be greatly appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 25 minutes ago, WayneSpren said: I was wondering if there was a Lost thread somewhere on the forums? If someone could point me there it would be greatly appreciated. If there is I can't find it. Might be... misplaced or something. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) For any and all who might be interested, I have found a ponified version of Dalinar's army just before marching out to meet the Parshendi. Edited June 25, 2016 by Silverblade5 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 33 minutes ago, Silverblade5 said: For any and all who might be interested, I have found a ponified version of Dalinar's army just before marching out to meet the Parshendi. Hide contents There...there are no words for this level of amazingness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: There...there are no words for this level of amazingness. I've been staring at this thing for over ten minutes. I think I have a new screensaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Who's Ethan Bradbury? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) I just found this awesome resource for sci-fi authors. It has so much info. on what things in sci-fi would be like, meant as a tool for sci-fi authors. Just to give you an understanding of how in depth it is, here's just one page dedicated to mining. Now imagine several dozen pages like that (and counting). Subheadings include: ice mining, asteroid mining, lunar mining, martian mining, harvesting gas giants, and element bottlenecks (basically all about how people living on another planet could make up excess minerals not found on planet.) I think I've found the second most addictive site on the internet. It might even become the first, though TV Tropes is strong competition. EDIT: If you go to the bottom, and click the arrow to the next page, then you'll come to a page talking about NASA's attempt to build an inflatable space station. I find this absolutely hilarious. Edited June 25, 2016 by The Young Bard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 12 hours ago, Silverblade5 said: For any and all who might be interested, I have found a ponified version of Dalinar's army just before marching out to meet the Parshendi. Hide contents I. I didn't know this was a thing. I am so happy that this is a thing. All the bridgerunners are dragons, right? I mena, no one seems to bat an eye at Spike as Twilights slave. Preumsbaly this is where all those other dragon hatchlings and Celestia are up to while Twilight and company are singing friendship songs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Quiver said: I. I didn't know this was a thing. I am so happy that this is a thing. All the bridgerunners are dragons, right? I mena, no one seems to bat an eye at Spike as Twilights slave. Preumsbaly this is where all those other dragon hatchlings and Celestia are up to while Twilight and company are singing friendship songs. Does this mean cutie marks are this world's equivalent of bonded spren? Making it a world where no spren can disguise itself, or all spren choose not to, or else one where Cryptics are ridiculously common, which doesn't make a lot of sense, because if Rainbow Dash has bonded a spren, you know it's going to be an honorspren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Does this mean cutie marks are this world's equivalent of bonded spren? Making it a world where no spren can disguise itself, or all spren choose not to, or else one where Cryptics are ridiculously common, which doesn't make a lot of sense, because if Rainbow Dash has bonded a spren, you know it's going to be an honorspren. Actually, what if we're looking at this dynamic all wrong, and ponies are Equestria's version of the Parhsendi? They appear to be native to their native, and getting your cutie mark could be the equivalent of the Parshendi adopting new forms via spren; it's just that in the case of ponies, cutieform is the only thing they can hack into, and once you do, you can't back out of it. Unless you're Starlight Glimmer, but that's besides the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Anyone here watch OITNB? Just finished the new season and OOOOOMMMMMGGGG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Went to a garage sale today. Picked up two games for a total of $10. Dawn of War Gold Edition and Dungeon Lords. Anyone heard of either? Are they any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Dawn of War, the Warhammer 40k one? I played it and it's veery good. The combat animations between troops are very cinematic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 16 hours ago, Silverblade5 said: For any and all who might be interested, I have found a ponified version of Dalinar's army just before marching out to meet the Parshendi. Hide contents Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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