Jarrod said:

Didn't take a pic of the billboard with your phone to share, Kay?  [Image Can Not Be Found]

Oh, Jarrod,  Don't you know I'm a Luddite?  I don't have a phone that takes pictures.   In fact the only reason I have a cell phone is in case something happens while I am driving or traveling and I need to reach someone.  I don't keep it turned on and don't give anyone the number.  I know.  It's pathetic.  [Image Can Not Be Found] 

Kay

Kay, you are NOT pathetic, or I am too. I also have a prepaid cell phone that I use for travel. We do turn it on when we start out  in case someone wants to get in touch with us. Also, we like to let them know where we are and when we may arrive. I did finally give the kids the number, but it is turned off almost all the time. We found a place to get very inexpensive minutes. Doubt we will ever use many of them. No camera on ours either.

Jarrod said:

Found 30 Quantum Nuka bottles finally!  Also found GNR headquarters, and did the small quest for Three Dog, which was neat (I thought I'd pretty much done all of the quests).  I gave Three Dog some Enclave Hellfire Armour and Helmet, just to keep him safe in case he makes any public appearances.

 

Now I'm going through and 'discovering' all of my undiscovered locations.  Good thing I took that perk that shows you where everything is!

Jarrod,   I greatly envy you getting to 30 Quantum Nuka bottle.  Early on, I make many mistakes -- like selling my Quantum Nuka bottles.  And now I have lived to regret it.  But life is full of disappointments like this.  

On the other hand,  I am now taking my teddy bear collection to give to baby Maria in the Pitt.   I liked The Pitt as an addon.  It worked better for me than Operation Anchorage.  The Pitt was still in the wasteland.  And the wasteland is what Fallout 3 is about.

I have now loaded Broken Steel and Point Lookout. 

For someone who was wondering if she even wanted to go back to the Fallout 3 wasteland environment,   I am having a very good time with these addons. So I will continue forth.

But Jarrod, you said.............Now I'm going through and 'discovering' all of my undiscovered locations.  Good thing I took that perk that shows you where everything is!

Jarrod, what perk is this?  I must have it.   I will give you 10,000 bottle caps,  225 stimpacks,  2 lazar rifles, 1 scoped 44 magnum if you will tell me how I can get the perk that shows where everything is.   Jarrod,  if that is not enough,  I will go back into the Pitt and steat the baby Marie for you.   Jarrod,  what else could I do?  Please tell me.

Here is a little addon note to Scout.  You told me I was one lucky person since I hadn't played the original Fallouts when thay came out.  .   So I was able to play Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout 3 in succession.  You were right Scout.  It has been a great adventure for me to do them one right after the other.  What a treat.

And I guess Fallout New Vegas is almost here.

Kay

Haha, yeah Kay, I'd sold a heap of mine too, and I'd forgotten which locations I had been to [Image Can Not Be Found]  I went to the sewer works or someplace, incidentally, and found a teddy bear conveyor belt full of teddy bears, which seemed really random.  I'll see if I can find it again tonight, and let you know where it is.  There were maybe around 20 bears there.

Also, just to add on to what Scout said, the Explorer perk can be taken at level 20 onwards.  Keep your credits, stimpacks, lasers and pistol - I've got more than I know what to do with already!  My kitchen in Mageton is full of 100% repaired plasma rifles, my living room is full of 100% power armours and raider armours etc.  And my lockers woooooooooow.  If I could do a mod for my PS3, I would create a vendor with greater money so I could sell everything off!  Or make an empty museum somewhere where I could store and show off all of my loot.

And bring on Fallout IV Scout!  Any idea when they hope to have it done by?  I'd image that it won't be for a couple of years, what with New Vegas and the MMO coming out soon-ish.

Ah, so that's what investing in the trade caravans means!  I thought it just meant spending money on them and repairing etc.  I had heard that their repair skills went up, but just thought it was a long laborous process that I wasn't quite pulling off correctly.  Thanks!  How good!  First trade caravan I ran into after doing that had 2000 bottlecaps with which I could trade in some leftovers, which was great.

I usually only trade in multiples of common things I have, like armour and weapons.  Anything that looks unique I keep out of habit, otherwise I leave stuff well alone - if I know I need it for someone, I'll start making a pile somewhere of that relevant thing.  Right now there is a small hillock of cameras building up in the citadel, waiting for the return of the guy who made Prime (Rothechild?).

And Kay, it was the Sewer Waystation near Grayditch that had all of those teddybears, if you are interested... http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/.....Waystation

Oh good.   More teddy bears.  Thanks Jarrod.  Kay

Haha - yeah, I think it's healthy to become a klepto in the FO universe.

I just made my way into Hubris Comics in FO3, which is interesting.  Looks like a lot of ghouls in there.  Almost found every location - it was very tough finding on to the far west - an irradiated vault - ouch!

Also, I'm making the move up to Brisbane this weekend, so I'll need to pack away my PS3 for the time being until I settle in.

Scout said:

What, no Vegas thread up yet?

Next June.    [Image Can Not Be Found]

Hey Spike - transplanted finally to Bris Vegas yesterday (not to be confused with New Vegas) - looks like there's not much room to set up my PS3, which is a little depressing (if only in the short term).  Weather is pretty warm up here - if you like the sun, you'd be laughing.

Now, time to pump out my resume and get employed again!

(and maybe look into what good PC games I can get for my circa '05 machine)

Grats on level 20 Kay! Fawkes is a tough hombre indeed - I was always too scared to travel with a companion, in case I got them killed off.  Exploring is a bit of fun, I've now come across three or four abominations, that I otherwise would never have known about - great modelling on them, by the way - if you get a chance, check out the mish mash of armour they wear.

And you don't need a whole computer to play Fallout 3 or New Vegas, just a PS3 will do, and you can take it with you [Image Can Not Be Found] Show your sister the joys of the Megaton City while she's on the mend.