I think I've been quite lucky in managing to have a decent amount of time on my hands when there are plots/events going on :)

I tested out the balloon donator and it still works - I've still got several tiers to complete - but the only balloon I recall off the top of my head is rainbow balloon and there's definitely plenty of others that should work. Gamer! I got well before the move to the new system, but I haven't heard anyone else say they've had problems with it. There's maybe a certain page you need to go to to trigger it?

In my vault I have a 'recycle dump' category that I throw stuff into. Hoarding stuff for recycyling is so much easier now there's the 'move all to inventory' option on account search, and you can account search straight from the recycle beast list.

I have a billboard in my vault to use for the achievement, but know zero about what to put on it! I managed a grand total of 4 Sarah quests when I joined before I had too much sp, and by the time I realised I wanted to go back and complete more, I didn't want to spend my saved sp, so that's a whole load of achievements I'll probably never get around to getting. Don't have the free food one either.

I guess it depends on what sort of games you like/are good at. Looking at your achievements, you have most of the low tier cumulative ones. Rock Paper Scissors is pretty easy to work through the tiers, just choose random options and your wins will add up over time.

the Balloon Donation thing accepts balloons from in the Carnival Prize Shop, eg not the holiday balloons like . So the achievement is a fairly straightforward transaction:

500 Balloons = 500 Carnival Tickets Play Mallarchy Pond ~ 230 times (you average 2.2 tickets per play) for 500 Carnival Tickets Can play every 12 minutes, so takes 46+ hours of playing Costs ~ 230 Wizard Tokens to play Wizard Tokens are worth under 3,000 sP each

So that achievement costs 690k sP if you do it all by yourself.

Or if you want it faster, then you can buy balloons for usually around 25k (total cost = 12.5m) Or if you make a thread in the Wanted forum, then Carnival tickets can be bought for 20k (total cost = 10m)

Final reward: sells at 9m.

That's really helpful, thanks!

"Southern Quebec Blamed For 34 Deaths" "The heat wave, which started last Friday, is the worst to hit the province in decades"

Just in my city: "Montreal’s health department reported Thursday that the death toll had risen to 18"

That's the latest news :(

I'm ok-ish. I do have health issues (including asthma). However, I have a bit of air conditioning... works in the kitchen but not rest of apart. I have fans.

I have outings on Thurs for summer. They changed their plan to go see the movie "Ready Player One"... it would have been great if the focus was working o.O The projector was defective and the company couldn't fix it but we stayed anyways since we were in air conditioning. The toughest part was getting back home, brutally hot on the bus. Hotter than outside... stuck with people in a glass enclosure stopping frequently for a long time not good.

I got home ok and was exhausted so I took a 4 hr nap. After waking up I hear Gismo (my hairless cat) meow weakly... I go investigate in the living room and he's nowhere to be found. I had accidentally locked him in the bathroom... which tends to be warmer. He was ok but I cooled him off in front of the air conditioner (he wasn't a fan) and brought him to the water bowl but he refused to drink. I got him some wet food from the fridge and put water in it... after some encouragement, he ate. He's ok now, resting in a box in front of me. Dang he gave me a scare and boy oh boy did I feel awful :( I know it's an accident and I'm so very careful but with this heat, it's brutal on my memory and attention span... even forgot to take my meds today x.x

I hope everything if okay! I hear if you gently wipe down a cat with a cool, damp towel, it can help them cool down too (it's supposed to help evaporate extra heat from their fur or something). I'm glad you found him though.

I'm guessing it's not usually that hot in Quebec? I'm in Southern Ontario so while we have the same kind of warnings, I'm hearing more about roads buckling than about people dying.

news says it hasn't been this warm for this long in decades, breaking temperatures warm. My parents live in Gatineau (near Ottawa but Quebec side) and it's cooler there than brutally warm here. Just in the living room, it can reach 34C (not including humidity). A bus driver had a thermometer in the bus and said it was over 42C without humidity (glass amplifies temp). Add humidity and it's really tough just to function. I haven't been able to do laundry, difficulty washing dishes, really tough making food... it's brutal. Supposed to rain a bit in a few hours to cool things but it'll be in the high 20s so it won't be much help. I HATE summer! Bring on fall!

I'm in a similar situation (low to mid 30s here). We just had a pretty bad storm, so apparently it's going to be closer to 25 now (though, I'm not going to trust anybody who says it's going to be cooler until I feel it myself). I have a feeling that these temperatures are more expected/usual for us then it would be for you guys in Quebec though.

A agree in general though - Summer sucks, I much prefer Fall.

It's too hot in the UK, too. Need it to rain. We're not used to sunlight and dryness in these parts, it's unnatural!

Little ping for anyone who reads the Talk And Stuff thread but always forgets to check the NVLB forum -- just made a new thread for chatting about achievements. NVLB&;s Official Achievement Thread

Hope everyone keeps safe in the unusual heat

This is definitely the most summery Summer we've had in the UK in a long time! Not used to it at all and the ridiculously high pollen levels are triggering a lot more hayfever than usual too. It's gotten to the point that my work have even relaxed the dress code for the rest of the month because the air con in the office isn't coping with the temperature particularly well either. I've been enjoying being able to sit in my garden reading, but a proper thunderstorm to clear the mugginess would be wonderful.

Oh christ yes the awful, boggy air. It's like that here, too, and I'm wilting. :(

You know you look bad when your supervisor walks out of the cash office and stops her in tracks because she couldn't believe how pale I was. D: She ended up replacing my shift and letting me go home.

Does anybody want my extra ? I hate trying to sell things, despite still needing the shop till achievement.

I'll buy it. Chuck it in a trade or your shop - it's about the same amount of clicking!

Trade Lot

I was debating on putting it in my shop but I think I would rather have some more money to smuggle away into my vault.

thanks :)

It's finally rained here, after weeks of drought. We've all really enjoyed sitting indoors listening to the water drumming on the roof and trickling down the windows -- or going outside to feel it tap on our faces and damp into our clothes, while hearing it patter through the trees, bounce off leaves, and smelling it soak into the parched soil.

More rain, please. Let's have a good thunderstorm with crashes and flashes of lightning, heavy stair-rods of rain lashing down, and cool gusts of air to blow away the dust.

I hope you got more rain too! I wouldn't mind a storm myself but I'm the kind of person who gets a little excited when the clouds are dark. ._.

Congratulations to for winning the Potion Lottery! :D

Thanks! Wow that was a surprise.

I just realized that my user has a lot of letters close to my real name. It's only the 'v' that isn't in my name at all. It's completely unintentional, I swear.