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I... maybe? Would depend on how much bookage y'd need and/or what's available online along those lines.

... though I don't remember gnomes being in shadowrun. Maybe one of the celtic critters, but not, y'know, the normal fantasy sort. Memory might be failing me, though. I've only read maybe a dozen of the novels, and it's been a couple years since I last read one, I think.

Anyways, we need to acquire a scroll of Ondusi's unhinging from the Mage's guild, so we can go in and talk to Vivec. If anyone might help us figure out what's going on, it would be him. Normally he doesn't speak to people who barge in, but he might if he realizes we're from another world.

... I'll support this course of action.

It would have to be driving distance close.
That is ridiculous.

somethingsomething atmosphere something magnification something handwave somethingsomething this is not the physics you're looking for mumble

So, uh. Have you checked around your area to see if anyone does work on lawnmowers? That'd probably be my first suggestion... even if you don't want to pay 'em for the work itself, you can usually at least ask 'em about where to find parts and information. I know you can find parts for fairly old mowers (grandparents use at least one that's from the 90s or so, and can still get it fixed up when it breaks), but I'm not sure how easy it is to find 'em online. Ebay and whatnot plus checking with any still-existent manufacturers you can find online would probably be my best suggestion to check with, first.

Especially if you can find a parts manual, you'd be in fairly good shape to start hunting for replacements. Sometimes you can find those online, sometimes not.

Would be up for it, sure.

If you're actually looking for a reason (if undoubtedly not all the reasons, of course*), you might check out the employment rate. (2010 numbers... would be interesting to see what latest numbers are, but that's close enough, really.**) It's not uncommon for folks that can't get work to go back to school, and when there's a pretty noticeable gap between male and female employment rates, well...

And to preempt it, no, you (general you, to everyone) don't want to be looking at unemployment in this case. Unemployed is a specific thing which leaves out quite a bit of the picture. What you particularly want to compare is the labor force and not in labor force numbers; that would include the total employment numbers and the folks who are not currently looking for work but are, say, going through training. Also nets in stay-at-home folks, but yeah.

60-40 split starts looking a bit less unsurprising when you see a 58-70 split going the other direction. Less males in school because, hey, they don't need it quite as much.

If you want a more detailed picture, you could check the data here. Bounce back and forth between the male and female data sets, particularly in relation to total numbers in the workforce vs. total numbers at varying levels of education. What holds true across nearly all of them (with the only exception being at the doctoral level, and then by less than a percent?)? A higher percentile of males end up working, when compared to the total number of individuals who obtain that particular level of education. Interesting bit: You don't really start seeing a noticeable gap close until you start getting into masters+, and even then there's a ~10% difference between professional degree holders in the workforce (though only ~4% in masters and, as noted, <1% in female favor with doctorates). You want to account for stay at home stuff, compare across 'not in labor force'. At least at first glance, no, the numbers wouldn't explain the difference.

Now, can solid conclusions be drawn from that? Well, about as solid as those drawn from the difference in college enrollment, hrm.

*As with all this kinda' shit, multivariate problem is multivariate like goddamn.
**Actually, they've got the 2012 numbers up, silly me. Let's take a gander... E: Looks like the trend's mostly exaggerated. Women now have a notable lead in doctoral job acquirement, have closed the gap a bit on professional level, and made some gains in the some college bracket, but are otherwise worse off.

So apparently they've just kinda' casually added in physics as a kind of major feature. That, uh. Should be interesting.

Because when you chose to get drunk, you understood that impaired judgement came along with that, and you have to live with that. You chose to impair your own judgement.

Much as I generally agree with that, I can definitely see how it wouldn't be something you'd give legal weight... or particularly moral, really.

By the same standard, if you get drunk and someone talks you into letting them chop your arm off, you'd be unable to, y'know, call the cops or whathaveyou. Senior Limbchopper would by and large be in the ethical clear zone if you were going to apply that sort of heuristic to consent while self-intoxicated.