The Moose Factory - Virtual Bar and Grill - Version 3

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Originally posted by: mrdazza_460

Hello every body, what been going on?

 can I order some roast pork, with extra crackling

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Nothing much.  If you really want to know, read the last couple of pages.

Enjoy your pork.  We do it with rosemary, and garlic on the skin (crackling) and dry roast it in a medium oven.  Flavours it very well.  Served with your favourite beer, of course.

[DazzaDazza 29]

ummmmmm thats good stuff, thanks

[pckiller 1]

I need to use the Tele Com system again for my order of a 24 oz. Prime Rib med rare from The Big Texan restaurant in Amarillo Texas. And a large Pepsi lite on the ice.

[Meastro444 1]

Hello everybody.

Is everything alright? Automated delivery system isn't malfunctioning? It hasn't poured a cup of tea (thea? You decide) instead of coffee?

Well, of to bed now, need to get some sleep.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Originally posted by: Meastro444

Hello everybody.

Is everything alright? Automated delivery system isn't malfunctioning? It hasn't poured a cup of tea (thea? You decide) instead of coffee?

Well, of to bed now, need to get some sleep.quote>

Well, yes.  All is correct. 

For you, my friend, an English writing lesson.  That should have been off to bed now.    I realize you are spelling phonetically, but it doesn't always work in English.  'of' is a preposition of ownership.  'off' is a slang expression which in this case means 'I am going'.  'of' is often pronounced 'ahv', while 'off' is quite positive and pronouned like the last sylable in kissoff.  It sure would be nice if English were phonetic, but with all the words sneaking in from other langauges it is impossible.  English is full of hononyms.  Here is an example:  The peer peered down the pier and into the dock.

[Meastro444 1]

DAmmit! I am not doing things phoneticly.

Do you want money for these engrish lessons?

[DazzaDazza 29]

yah while your there you can give me some of those English lessons as well, I really need them, you would hate to see my post before they put though the spellchecker

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Maestro:  The lessons are free if you pay attention.  If you are not spelling phonetically, the why did you say 'of' instead of 'off'?  A typo?  Type in haste and repent at leisure.

Mrdazza:  You live in an English speaking country, so you have no excuses except style and carelessness.  Your dialect doesn't even seem to be the standard Strine.

We can either throw brickbats at each other or have fun with this.  You have to watch out for me occasionally, my Dr Strangelove overlay on English sometimes gets the better of me.  We have our ways....

Anyway, greetings from within UBUNTU Lucid Lynx (aka version 10.04 Beta 2).  The full release of this beast is scheduled for the month end.  As beta operating systems go, this still leaves a lot to be desired.  All kinds of strange stuff has been going on and this is the first time it has been stable enough to run well.  It currently seems to be the version of the day.  This is one of the things I do for fun (test operating systems).

[Meastro444 1]

Type in haste? No, not me. I just tend to type fast and then sometimes I make a mistake.

Testing operating systems eh? Why exactly? You like breaking things?

PS: My names is Meastro, not Maestro.

[DazzaDazza 29]

Struth mate, Thats fair shake of the sauce bottle.

[jacqulina 162]

hiya everyone hows you john,just a coffee plz thnks

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Originally posted by: Meastro444

Type in haste? No, not me. I just tend to type fast and then sometimes I make a mistake.

Testing operating systems eh? Why exactly? You like breaking things?

PS: My names is Meastro, not Maestro.

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Oops, sorry.  It was late at night, I think.  Too bad the spelling checker can't handle word choice.

Morning, Jackie.  Enjoy your coffee.

[Meastro444 1]

Damn you and your spelling chequer.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Originally posted by: Meastro444

Damn you and your spelling chequer.quote>

Watch your language, this is a PG13 board.  You say you play chequers?

[Meastro444 1]

Chequers... No clue what it is.

Also, appologies, I was joking, as you could see.

I play check though. I have seen the local chess club but I don't like the pace, I prefer to be done in an hour or two. I prefer cards. We have some Dutch cardsgames; Klaverjassen, Toepen en Rikken. I have absolutely no idea how to translate it into English.

The english wikipedia articles on them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaverjas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toepen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikken

Also, don't ask about how to use hyperlinks. Frustration all around.

[jacqulina 162]

thanks john have you a steak sandwich and a coca cola plz thnx

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Meastro:  I am sure there are equvalents.  Chequers is put there as a pun on checkers.  The board game I play is Chess, or en français: echeques.  I teleplay with my brother-in-law who lives in another province.

Enjoy your steak sandwich, Jacky.

Well, folks, today I became a lonely old man.  I had to give up my dogs due to my immenent move to a senior's establishment and now they have gone to a new couple in the U.S. (Clevland, OH).  So now, I have only my hot computer for company rather than a warm puppy.

[jacqulina 162]

awwww im sorry to hear that john,there in your heart though and lots of memorys.and silly you did you forget you have lots of friends here at st everyday,you wont be lonely my friend.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Thanks for the cheer up.  A day without dogs bugging you is like soup without salt.

[Meastro444 1]

I hope you will be able to keep visiting us.

[Livin in Sim 83]

I'm glad that the pooches found a good home.  But yeah, I sit for my "grand dog" every now and then, and we have great fun.  It is rather bland after he goes home.  But I also have a cockatiel, and while rather messy, he is quite sociable.

I have returned to the forums after surgery to my right eye for a detached retina about 2 1/2 weeks ago, so I will have some carrot juice with a shot of kale, please?

[jacqulina 162]

i know what you mean john,hey liv i hope all goes well for you.

coffee and ummmmm a couple of slices of toast pls thanks

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Meastro, I will be around, probably more now that I have no other responsibilities.

Livin in Sim:  Detached retina?  Wow, I had one of those.  I hope all comes out OK.  Here's your juice.  What breed is your "grand dog" and how often does he visit?  By the way, mine were not pooches, but pure breds.

Thannks, Jacky, here's your breakfast.  Enjoy.

[Meastro444 1]

Well, In 8 hours I will order my breakfast. See you then.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Originally posted by: Meastro444

Well, In 8 hours I will order my breakfast. See you then.quote>

I am disappointed you didn't show up.

Moose Factory Continental Breakfast

Coffee, Chocolate, Tea, Milk

Brioches, Beignets, Croissants with Butter, Baguette Pieces

Jams and Spreads

All items may be heated as desired.

[Meastro444 1]

I thought I could lay down for another 5 minutes, which I overslept by 15. I had to rush to uni. Sorry.

How about a cup of coffee? It's on me.

[Livin in Sim 83]

Oops, I tend to call all dogs pooches, sorry about that.    The grand dog is a Yorkshire Terrier, but he was a shelter dog that my son and his fiance adopted, so no breeding details are known.  (He was found on the street.  )  He is two years old or so.  He comes a couple times a month when my granddaughter is busy and they're at work, or when they're gone.  He really is very well behaved and affectionate, not at all yappy or high strung, so he must have had a great previous owner.  It's a wonderment how he came to be on his own.

Yeah, the detached retina was quite an experience.  It was one which I'd rather not repeat, although I've heard it can reoccur.  I had the gas bubble repair.  Afterward I couldn't see out of that eye for about a week.  I couldn't focus to read for more than a minute or two.  Thank God for audio books.    As the gas started to dissipate, I could see over the top.  That was wonderful, as one eye vision is quite challenging.  The bubble is now very tiny.  The vision in that eye is blurry, but so appreciated.  I understand it will probably improve.  I will have to have cataract surgery this fall, as shooting the gas in causes one.  That procedure has a chance of causing another detachment, but I hope it is not too likely.  I'm not sure how the retina became detached from the back of my eye.  It was caught early.  (Anyone reading this--if you develop a flashy, dark blob, or "curtain" in your vision, get checked by an opthamologist ASAP.)  I had always been quite nearsighted in that eye, and had developed a rather large "floater" in it in the last few years.  Perhaps that pulled the retina off.  Thankfully, my other eye is much better, more normal for my age.  (I'm fifty-ish.  ) 

I'm sure you're familiar with all this through your experience.  How did they repair yours, and how did it come out? 

More carrot/kale cocktail, please.

[Meastro444 1]

Seeing as I am the co-host, here you are livin in sim.

Good to hear your vision is coming back, it sure doesn't affect your typing.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

What a lovely Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie as they are sometimes called).  He looks like a veritable coucher of high qulification.  I've been without dogs now for a week and find that I am reverting to type with my nose in a book instead of petting the puppies.

A detached retina is a frightening thing.  Mine was repaired by installing a buckle on the back of the eye and was quite successful.  However, I had already had cataract surgery on that eye and it was botched.  The resulting inflammation was the cause of the detachment.  After several more front-of-the-eye pokes to try and get the inflammation under controls, the last cornea transplant would not seal.  That eye collapsed and is now blind.  So I am monocular and this really limits you.  I've quit driving and don't even own a vehicle now.  You know how horrible it is to be without binocular vision, but after a while you do adjust, sort of.  I hope you have better success, as my troubles were over 20 years ago, in fact, at about your age.

Now the good news is that you will probably wind up with an Interoptic Lens (IOL) that will give you very close to 20/20 vision in the affected eye.  I had my remaining eye rehabilitated last year because of a problem with the vitreous humour leaking into the corneal space causing trouble with the endothelium (the eye had been aphakic for many years).  The surgeon implanted a new IOL, the cornea more or less settled down, and I have much better vision than I have had for years and years.  And no more +12 contact lenses, either.

So good luck with your next surgery, if necessary.  There is always the chance that you won't need it, or not very soon.  Cataracts are subtle things, and if one starts forming, you will start to lose colour definition in that eye until there seems to be a yellow cast over everything with that eye but not with the other.  The vision loss is so gradual that you need to check regularly.

Rest and recover.  Don't overdo it, and build a large library of memories of great scenery.  Believe me, it helps.

Meastro: Thanks for filling in.  What can we serve you?

[Meastro444 1]

No problems N_O_Body. I'll have a cup of coffee. With some milk please.