The New Moose Factory - Virtual Bar & Grill

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Craig:  We are moving the slider to full funding.  You may have the MRI and the CAT Scanner in the back room, and the lab work can be performed by the K.K. Dragon, who will be ably assisted by Vlad Tepes.

homeandaway:  Hope you enjoyed your tea.  Was it red or green?

Hi, Jacky.  Coffee and two slices buttered toast.  Did you get white, brown or rye toast?

[octaves 4]

Uhmm...my foots asleep...does that count to get into this clinic thingy?! 

[octaves 4]

*Page Flip*  The 'Ibuprofens' work just fine, btw. 

[homeandaway 1]

its was black tea - thanks! - its very nice - best i have had around here! - i hope all is well

take care as i have to go to school now - duh!

~alex~

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

**Blushes to a violent shade of crimson - wipes tear from eye**

Well aw shucks guys! I am all a dither - a MRI and a CAT scanner!  I don't know what to play with first.... 

Hmmm....     Right!  lets see now ..... *cracks knuckles loudly*

Brad: - MRI of that foot STAT!   - Please change into a gown (you know - the ones that tie at the back and flash your butt crack to the world... *yes mods I know this is a family show*) - oh and please remove all metal items - they tend to fly around a bit in the electromagnetic field.

*busily sets about attaching ECG leads humming tunelessly "O Canada"  - the familiar beeping sound now can be heard from behind the screen*

MRI Results and diagnosis to follow.  Glad to hear that the headache is better BTW.

Edit:  Dude! I have just  checked your patient file a little more closely - I note that you "have a serious uncontrollable fear of hypodermic needles, rubber chickens (not joking), gym equipment, gym facilities, and gym teachers. Also the subject gym."

Are you seriously planning on checking out of this clinic anytime soon? I think you should cancel all further engagements until further notice while we run some tests - and  BTW did you actually see the size of that syringe that I was holding on page 23?

Ryan:   Still awaiting results.

The Moose Factory Clinic

Slider now on max - §150/m

Current capacity  - 2/15

Staff Morale -

BTW - I have put some new stuff on my space today - some Google Earth shots of "My Region"

Edit Edit: Tuesday, 10:00 (sorry about all these edits but you lot are a bit slow posting - like I post - go to bed, get up and there is only like - 1 post after mine ....  and we can't be breaking the 2PR - similar to CPR but less "life critical".)

Just running a quick beta test (whatever they are)  - on Brad ....  Gosh I love Google Images...

Brad: Please rate your anxiety levels on the following pictures.  Sorry I forgot to say - you are NPM until after your scan - time for food later.  *mutters to self in Gollum style - that boyiz will needsiz  Jellys and Icecreamiz by the time we is donesis with him my preciouses*

      

The last one is titled "Forgotten Gym Kit".

And yes of course you can have a warm blankey - *bustles over to blanket warmer and comes back with a blanket and tucks it in - (the blanket warmer is set at 70°C no idea what that is in °F - we are all metric here.)*

Here is your music to listen to while you have your scan - MRI's are noisy and you need to put on headphones.

http://www.singforcanada.ca/anthem.html

[octaves 4]

YAY!  Hospital gowns!  Wait--No!!  Is it okay if I wear a blanket while I go in and out of the MRI...?

But seriously...no needles or I will FAKE that I am fine.  (I've done it before!  Don't make me do it again!)  And there better not be rubber chickens and gym included!!!!!

Just a piece of rye toast with some goat butter on it today.  Not all that hungry with all the vomit behind that clinic curtain...

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Craig: That is a neat pic on the anthem site.  Thanks very much.  I hope you are having fun with the new toys.  Did I mention the new, all-singing, all-dancing colour ultra-sound system?  It was part of the package, so I took it.  Very nice for echo cardiograms.

Let's see:  70°C = 140 - 14 + 32 = 140 + 18 = 158°F.  Very cozy.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Yay! 2 posts after mine - *talks sternly to self - but we mus'ntiz wastes our postsiz my precious"*

*continues converstaion with self (tone matter of fact) - "yes my sweet but we does likes to posts dosen't we"*

*goes shaves and showers, empties dishwasher and returns to PC*

OK - now I have got "O Canada" stuck in my head.  N'mind must crack on....

No idea where all the vomit came from - ... I distinctly remember Moose asking a certain someone "Please do not throw up on the floor, use the brass cuspidor" (see pg 23) 

Brad:  -  Just taking a look at the MRI pictures now...    Hmm....

 

Hmm...

Brad Brad Brad *slowly shakes head* - and just how often have you been changing your gym socks my lad?  Right! -  straight off to the gym (YES I said GYM) showers for you and give that foot a darn good scrub - that should fix your problem.  If not let me know ASAP.  Also please don't forget the deodorant.

Ah! - Here's your rye toast - enjoy.

*aside to rest of the factory - lowers voice* - "teenagers ...  - should have known what his problem was...  hardly a need for an MRI, but then you give me the toys - and I will feel obligied to use them.

Right - time for for lunch, I'll order a ham, cheese & pickle sandwich and a bowl of corn chips, hand full of grated cheese (microwave 30 seconds) and topped with sweet thai chilli sauce. Yum.  Oh and a black coffee.  

Wow! That was fast - great service! *munching corn chips with left hand and clicking mouse with right*   - Moose must have fixed the autosevergiverouttathingy.

Moose:  (sorry I just can't get used to the N_O_Body thing)  thanks for the upgrade on the ultrasound machine, also I am seriously thinking about changing the read out on the ECG to the Windows Media Player Visualisation style.

Edit:   K - it is now midnight - 12 hours since I started this post and I am now at the RL clinic on nightshift.  Thank goodness for internet access - but unfortunately the fire wall at work will not let me put any pictures up.  Took some nice ones of the blanket warmer and the sluice...  have to wait until I get home to post.  Tonight we have a cyclist vs bus trauma - #ribs, #shoulder blades, ruptured spleen, chest drain .... and you should have seen the bus...

[Ryan B 35]

Y'all, sorry for being a bit late on the update, but I had a heck of a weekend.  Turns out the tests came back negative - Christina is mono-free!  So we were able to celebrate our anniversary, which was awesome.

Thanks for your concerns, thoughts, and prayers.  We appreciate it!

[homeandaway 1]

hiya! - hows everyone here? - the weather is so warm and windy in the UK - can i have a chocolate muffin to go please?

thanks!

~alex~

cya!

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

*yawn*

K - it is now 4:15 am here in NZ, the hit by a bus guy is doing OK - going back to the ward soon.

I have been showing my colleuge on with me tonight around my clinic - she thought it was funny, ... but we all know this is a very serious business.

Ryan: Great news mate!  I am happy to discharge both you and Christina from the clinic for now but please feel welcome to return at any time.  

Well looks like me old (well ... new) mate Brad is the sole patient at the moment so please don't be shy - come and see me down the back of the factory if you have any medical concerns major or minor.  Moose has seen to it that I have all the latest up to the minute equipment and I can't wait to try it all out.

The Moose Factory Medical Clinic

Current capacity 1/15   current funding - §150 / month - slider on max.

Staff Morale -

Can I please have a strawberry yoghurt, apple and a Milo (malted hot choclate)?

Alex: My 0.5 makes great chocolate muffins - double chocolate chip.  I will Fedex one right away.

Hey! I just noticed that my status thingy has changed from "stranger" to "passerby" Whooho! I am on the way up - I think.

[octaves 4]

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My fears in IMAGES!!!!!  Okay, okay, okay.  Cool it Brad...cooool it...coooooool it....COOOOOL IT!!

AHH!!!! Ahhh!!  ahhh!!! ahhh.

But seriously.  No more needles gym and rubber...chickens...

Don't you think 70 is a little warm...?  And I'd much rather have The Used instead of Oh Canada...  Today I don't feel like anything to eat...all these fears...I think I've lost my appetite...wellll....maybe some pulp free orange juice...

EDIT: Btw, I don't wear gym clothes.  Wearing gym clothes to me is like wearing poisonous SQUIDS to you.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

ryan:  Well, give thanks above.  Mono is such a horrible thing to have to endure.  Hope your celebration will lead to better things when you grow up.

homeandaway:  Double chocolate chip muffin, OK?  Enjoy, it's still warm.  Wx here is cool and rainy, but we plan to plant our wild flowers and other showy stuff tomorrow.

brad:  If you don't wear gym clothes, do you cavort there in the nude?  What do the coaches have to say about this?

Craig:  Carry on.  What's the National Anthem of NZ?  I don't recall hearing it.  Don't tell me you are still "God Saving the Queen"?

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Brad:  
'National songs, ballads and hymns have a tendency to elevate the character of a people and keep alive the fire of patriotism in their breasts'. The Saturday Advertiser and New Zealand Literary Miscellany, 1 July 1876
http://www.mch.govt.nz/anthem/index.html

BTW Brad, those images were the most mild I could find on Google image - intresting result to the Beta test - I think I will have to run just a few more before I am happy to discharge you.  

Please remember to breathe - in through the nose out through the mouth - in through the nose out through the mouth - that's it -  well done - all nasty pictures further up the scroll bar now - that's it - you're OK now.

The blankets are 70°C in the cabinet, however they cool fairly quickly when you take them out and unfold them.  Great for nightshift too.

Moose: Well aparently God Save the Queen is still an official anthem, (learn something every day...) however God Defend NZ is most widely used.  At rugby games and other international sporting events you will most likely hear both the Maori and English version.

Link below is one of the more modern versions - electric guitars and everything.  (Even Brad might approve.) *not holding breath*

Please feel welcome to minimise media player when it opens, stand with me and sing along...

http://www.mch.govt.nz/anthem/sounds/nzanthem1.mp3

God Defend NZ
Maori Version

E Ihoa Atua,
O nga iwi matou ra
Ata whaka rongona;
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai;
Kia tau to atawhai;
Manaakitia mai
Aotearoa

English Version

God of Nations at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.

Alex: Hope you enjoyed the muffin - did Fedex deliver OK? - or did "Wilson" (ref. to Castaway) get it first?

Edit:  Brad - Just to show that I am not completely heartless some pics just for you...
   
Please rate your anxiety levels on next post - thanks.

[jacqulina 162]

hiya n_o_body how ya doing today i got white sorry and could i have the same today plz thankyou,hows everyone else today

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Jacky: Here's your coffee and toast - rye OK? its fresh, homebaked and smells divine.

PS: Lucky I was up and awake to get your order - on night shift - now 0230 NZT. *yawn* 

I think Moose is out in the garden planting his seeds and plants at the moment. ... but wait a sec ... today for him, was yesterday for me and I was asleep during the day on Wednesday and now it is Thursday morning for me, but all the rest of the folks in NZ are asleep - gosh these times zones can be confusing...

Moose:  This is what our Brad listens to - Its called "A box full of sharp objects"  Enjoy!  - albeit for 30 seconds...  Interesting actually ... I didn't think the boy was supposed to like needles...

http://www.allofmp3.com/r2/The_Used/The_Used/group_2867/album_1/song_7/albref_26/preview.shtml

[Ryan B 35]

I thought y'all would like to have a look at the very happy couple that consists of Christina & I.  So, without further ado, here we are:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/230/ryanchristinadancewb6.png

[homeandaway 1]

i am enjoying my muffin so much! - now please can i have a omelette? - tomato, cheese, ham, onion and salt/pepper!

thanks!

take care and be safe

~alex~

'hi' to abcvs, NOBoby and Jacqulina! - how are you my friends?

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Sweeeeeeeeet! 2PR intact this time. Sorry bout earlier but gotta do something on night shift.

Alex: Done - your omlette is served. Please eat it while it is hot. Please use the napkin provided to wipe your fingers and mouth - NO... I said the napkin NOT the table cloth.

Moose: My goodness you have to watch the lads round here.

Ryan: Welcome back after the "Big Weekend"

OK it is now 0700, end of shift gotta go home to bed. Y'all come back now.

[octaves 4]

Phew...you really scared me for a second...I was too scared to look at the thumbnails until I saw Bert McCracken in it...  Anxiety: 0/10 of the pictures of The Used.  Anxiety: 6/10 over the anthem...

N_O_Body: I just wear my usual clothes.  The gym teachers get pretty ticked

[homeandaway 1]

abcvs - ...(mumbles)...what? - i can hear you! - (uses table cloth to wipe mouth) - oh i am so sorry - (abcvs gives me a napkin - i wipe my nose and mouth on it and give it back to abcvs - and he stands in horror with his mouth open like a fish) - ah! - thats my fee - im outta here - dont worry - ill be back soon!.

~alex~

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

OK I am home now, it's 0800 - have you ever tried driving on the motorway (freeway, autobhan, turnpike, whatever) and tried to stay in your lane when you have been up all night posting messages on ST?

Alex: You really are a naughty boy. Please go to the clinic and wait for me. I shall be preparing a special treatment for you. *changes to alter ego - Sister E. Nema (no job too big or too dirty).*

Brad: Did you like my choice of track? - "A box full of sharp objects"? I will be needing to do some further tests on you but need to go to bed now so please check back later.

Night Night everyone, (even though it is day here and everyone else in NZ is just getting up) *smirk*

[jacqulina 162]

thankyou so much i enjoyed the toast and coffee

[homeandaway 1]

OMG! - im in trouble..oh no...erm...craig - do you watch 'Home and Away'? - and no i havent tried driving a motorway while posting here....eh?...take care my friend - good night to me and good morning to you! lol!

~alex~

PS - Hi Jacq!

[Nerd_Guy 4]

ummm... I missed a lot lol! I have cheerleaders coming to my house to sell me cookie dough!! It's a win-win siituation!

[octaves 4]

Brad: Did you like my choice of track? - "A box full of sharp objects"? I will be needing to do some further tests on you but need to go to bed now so please check back later.quote>

A Box Full Of Sharp Objects = bestest song ever.

Also, what do you mean "choice of track"?  Did I miss a link?  Whuh...?  Maybe all this anxiety is making me stupid...er....

*Music Note* I found a box of sharp objects, what a beautiful THIIIIIIING!!!!!!! *Music Note*

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Sorry, I have been out planning where my oriental poppy bed is going.  We are also planting a miscellaneous collection of wildflowers, probably on the composting area that is now a bed, some Icelandic poppies (the whole plant is poisonous), and some scarlet runner beans (edible).  All this and 25Kg of grass seed.  The lot is 15,000 sq. ft.

We are raking up 17 years of forest debris as we go, except one area full of spruce seedlings that we are declaring a reforestation area.  We think they got raked out in years past, but we are keeping them.

We think the poppies will grow better here than in Afghanistan.

[homeandaway 1]

Good morning everyone! - how are you my friends?

Please could i have a hot black tea and toast with jam/marmalade mixed together? - thanks!

ciao for now!

~alex~

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Morning! slept well thanks - OK it is now actually 6.30pm here and I have just had dinner but you get that sort of thing on shiftwork.

Actually I am having to type this whole freaking post again as the server crashed when I tried to reply - is it just me or is this site a bit sluggish and tempermental at times.

Moose:  I thought you would be in your garden today. Please do not mix up the poppies and the beans - the poppies may look nice in a salad however I would hate for you to be rushed to the clinic with a bad case of icelandicpoppygastroentroitis.  Very nasty.

Speaking of the clinic... *straightens uniform importantly*

The Moose Factory Medical Clinic - Now Open

Current capacity 2/15   current funding - §150 / month - slider on max.

Nurse on duty - Sister E. Nema - no job too big or too dirty.  Quite old, heavy makeup to hide years of botched plastic surgery, blue rinsed hair and a pink cardigan with various assorted stains over her uniform.

Staff Morale -

NB: Patrons at the factory may adjust the funding slider - however please remember that adjusting sliders has consequences on service.

*busily lays out a freshly laundered double starched gown*

*the beds have triple starched sheets and are mitred at EXACTLY 45°*

Alex:  Please present yourself down at the clinic and change into a gown (yes the same sort that Brad has on - ties at the back) you can put your clothes folded neatly (I said ... NEATLY...) in the beside locker. Quick as you can, there's a good chap.

*bustles around moving the screens around Alex's bed for privacy - but leaves a small chink still clearly visable to the bar*

*prepares a washbowl of steaming hot water complete with spotlessly laundered towel*

You may think that dysnapkinitis is nothing to be sneezed at however I know differently.  Please give your self a through washing down (head to toe) and I shall be back to check on you later.  Please feel free to chat to Brad in the next bed however please do not mention anything to do with rubber chickens, large hypodermic 20 guage needles, or gym class. Apparently the boy is quite sensitive.  

BTW you are NPM (nil per mouth) until I instruct otherwise - we can't risk any further victual induced hysteria.

Brad:  How's the foot getting on my dear?  We need to keep you here just a little longer as gymsockpongyitis can be quite serious indeed and we need to make quite sure that you won't have another acute flare up.  The new lad in the next bed is Alex - but please keep all food away from him.

[jacqulina 162]

good morning everyone how are you today,im in a rush today could i plz have a bacon sandwich on white bread with a white coffee to take out thankyou