My FO BARs never got too far, mostly because I played them as my "first" chars and had to quit and stop so I could start a real char and figure out just what was going on. (V. hard to play FO without knowing wth you're supposed to do. 
I think my jinxed moron is pretty far along in FO1, however. I should get back to him...
Great job on blowin' up the Enclave with your half-wit. 
I never noticed the bug, personally. I stayed far, far away from radiation at all times, so I never used anything but Rad-X and RadAway.
So, how does a 1 INT char use a slot machine?
[o: *LEMMING* :o]