The Moose Factory (virtual Bar & Grill)

[zmveliger 16]

@N_O_Body : chattels? I don't understand what it means. Louer is used for car, apartment, house, boat, chainsaw... It has another meaning to louer le Seigneur (something like praise the Lord). A few humorists and even singers used that double meaning in text to talk about the rich and powerful Christian Church: (praise-rent) God for 100$ a week...

BTW, I guess that you already know that Stephen was for the war in Iraq and  the missile shield... He's gaining some points here because he's repeating exactly what Gilles is saying about fiscal imbalance and increased province autonomy. Interesting since BQ might have a strong effect on long term federalism after all.

 

MsD and Truckin_Papa silence is worrying.

[vidioman 21]

I could hint at what MsD and T_P are doing but I wont out of respect for the dead.

Creepy stuff. And no, Im just kidding. shock value, kiddies.

I feel soupy today. Is there a soup of the day here, or is it anything goes?

Bienvenue

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@vid: That was improper. Please don't do that again. The soup du jour is served with a large slice of humble pie. I hope you enjoy this. It is macabre mood soup with a dash of gallows humour. Made from Tongue of newt, toe of frog, willow slivered i' the moon's eclipse, finger of a birth-strangled babe, ditch delivered by a drab.

@ zmveliger: Well, after watching last night's debate(?), I rather hope that any gaines Steven gets in Quebec are at Paul's expense and not Gilles. I think the BQ should have 75 seats. You are slowly convincing me that Pays du Quebec isn't all that a bad idea, but we would have to have a very strong economic union. That's interesting about louer. I didn't know about the colloquialism, but am glad that it is the general meaning to lease or rent. I suppose enforced tithing could be considered louer le Seigneur. What is the phrase for selling indulgences? I have only read the tranlation of Luther's propositions in English.


@vid: the little wiggler could correct me but I think that chez Page 90 would be better..

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Date: 1/9/2006 8:03:41 PM Author: Leech10 *A plasma leech wiggles into the plasma recovery system and begins to suck up the plasma*

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*Another leech wiggles in and joins the first*

Like I said earlier, zukes are atheist, so they don't have a God. Leeches are not advanced enough to believe in a God.

*There is movement in the darkness*

[gggg 9]

Date: 1/10/2006 7:06:40 PM Author: vidioman I could hint at what MsD and T_P are doing but I wont.... blah blah blah

TP?

is that a toilet paper?

ehhh...

nvm....

*go's back to his dark corner*

[Voar Tok 4]

Seeing as how today is ST's third birthday, do we have a celebration cake?  If so, can I have a slice?

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*A leech bites gggg because he disturbed it when he moved into the darkness.*

[Mikeaut1 261]

Ohh!! Congratulations ST!! It's 3 years old today!!

Also, I think today the Moose Factory on Simtropolis turns 1!!

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

PARTY!

Happy birthday ST

Happy Birthday ST

Happy birthday Moose Factory

Happy birthday to both

A hero size cake appears on the bar with a cake slicer, plates and cutlery. Dig in fellows. We should wait for dirk to cut the first piece but he's pretty busy, so go ahead.

[vidioman 21]

*cookies appear*

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*The megleech becomes active and starts wiggling around all over the place*
You better look before you sit down...

*A zuke smashes a piece of cake in Lauren's face, and the zuke is suddenly lifted up and flung out of the building to land with a thud in the road.*

*SCEEEEEEECH!!!!!............CRASH!!!!!!!...thunk..clank..owwwwww...*
The zukes fine, but I can't say the same for that car...

*There is a sound of crinkling as the zuke repairs the car and heals the driver*

*Lauren licks the cake off of her face, and she and the zukes laugh about it*

*The plasma leeches continue to suck up plasma*
Doesn't that hurt the autosystem?

*Eats some cake*

[zmveliger 16]

To French learners: bienvenue

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Date: 1/11/2006 8:43:22 PM
Author: Leech10
Doesn't that hurt the autosystem?

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Extra plasma for your leeches is taken from interplanetary space. The hydrion collectors are quite efficient as they are powered by the solar wind and collect part of it. Only having the sun go off the main sequence would disrupt this process, and that doesn't seem likely in our lifetimes.

[hym 358]

Since we're partying about ST's birthday, I'll grab a huge slice of cake.

Well, since you mentioned the sun, I thought that I'd post this little article about the  North Star.   I has some interesting facts about why the North Star changes every few thousand years. (I set the link to open a new window; if you wouldn't mind telling me whether you prefer that or having the link take you there in the existing window.)

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*The megleeches become unusually active and wiggle around all over the place before they all disappear into a dark corner*

*A zuke with an over-sized crossbow walks around to the back to the new shooting range that recently appeared*

[vidioman 21]

*wonders if it is sanitary to have zukes wander around the bar like this*

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Date: 1/12/2006 10:31:15 PM
Author: vidioman
*wonders if it is sanitary to have zukes wander around the bar like this*

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Since the zukes and friends are virtual creatures, we don't worry about them becuase we are all virtually immune to any virtual diseases they may carry. If they bother you, you can have a no-see-zukes treatment.

@hym: Quite right about Polaris. However, it will be a long time as the galaxy turns before it becomes a major navigational issue. Modern technology (GPS) has obviated the need for celestial navigation; but if civilization goes away, it would be nice to have a sextant and a set of tables, eh?

[hym 358]

@N_O_Body: Yeah, GPS has made star navigation rather obsolete.  However, it's still an interesting subject that most people haven't heard about.  Until a few years ago in science class, I didn't know that the North Star changed every few thousand years.  What would really be strange is if at some point in the future, the earth had shifted so much that the sun was the North Star.

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*The megleeches go wild and start doing pranks everywhere*

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@hym: Holy polar shift, batman! If the sun ever became the pole star, the earth would have to have tumbled in its orbit. Take a look at the idea of the Plane of the Ecliptic.

@ Leech10: You keep trying our patience with these critturs. Well, that does it! The autosystem starts sending out quantum packets that transport all the leeches and their friends to Pluto.

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*Most immediately teleport to places all over the planet with help from friends, but others begin building an empire on Pluto*

The megleeches are only active because it is Friday the 13th.

*If zukes were teleported, beware of a zuke rebellion. If not, no zuke rebellion will happen.*

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Hehe, snap frozen. Mmmm...

Though, if the Pole Star became the Sun, the Earth would become unliveable, because one side would always be in darkness, and the other side would be in lightly roasted sunlight.

Oh, and the polar caps would melt, despite the fact that it's likely that water levels would stay roughly the same, since water shrinks when it is heated from a solid state.

[brancra 1,169]

Hmm...I'll file that whole sun being the pole star thing with the Earth without a moon concept, the Orpheus concept, and the idea that there is a special organization responsible for the missing handbags and wallets in our world.

Won't the leeches die if they're sent to Pluto? Since it has no atomsphere and it's like 60 K? I mean, you could lock them in a dry storage room in the back of the bar to keep them from bothering patrons...

 

EDIT: Okay, nearly no atmosphere, but you get the point...

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@Leech10: The QT (Quantum Transport) system is instantaneous and depends on the activities of Schrodinger's cat. Now you are here, and now you are there. Doesn't miss. This is not the same as teleport because it is totally mechonical.

@Shadow_Assassin: If the polar caps did melt, the water levels will go up because much of the polar cap is considerably above sea level. The runoff will raise the level. New York, for example, would either be a reef or a shoal.

@ brancra: Have a chat with Leech10. I don't think zukes can be injured by vacuum nor cold. 60

[hym 358]

Date: 1/13/2006 10:10:32 PM Author: N_O_Body @hym:  Holy polar shift, batman!  If the sun ever became the pole star, the earth would have to have tumbled in its orbit.  Take a look at the idea of the Plane of the Ecliptic.
 

Yep, earth would become the Inner Planet equivalent of Uranus.  Think of the mixed up weather we would have if the earth's axis was on its side and the earth spun in a counter-clockwise pattern in addition to its Uranus-like rotation.

 

As I see that I generated a little discussion on this subject, I thought that I'd mention that, given my random-thinking brain, I come up with ideas like this all the time.  That said, anybody want to speculate as to the link between higher  IQ scores and increased video game playing?

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*The megleeches that came back suddenly wiggle, and then mysteriously vanish and later reappear in leechland*

Beware of leeches if you go to leechland

*A zuke wiggles*

Zuke armor keeps the heat in the zuke, so they are just fine in just about any temperature.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@hym: IQ scores were originally invented for the purpose of selecting canon fodder in the British Army. A score between 90 and 99 meant you were NCO material. 100 and over sent you to OCS.

Any other interpretation/adaptation of the system is a fiasco.

Specific aptitude tests are much more effective.

[Voar Tok 4]

Holy Smokes!  The zukes are gone!  Somebody please help me get my mouth off the floor!

[hym 358]

Date: 1/14/2006 9:11:01 PM Author: N_O_Body @hym: IQ scores were originally invented for the purpose of selecting canon fodder in the British Army.  A score between 90 and 99 meant you were NCO material.  100 and over sent you to OCS. Any other interpretation/adaptation of the system is a fiasco. Specific aptitude tests are much more effective.

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Well that's a strange history for IQ tests.  I heard that interestingly enough, the way IQ tests are developed, people nowadays would score higher than their peers from the early 1900s even if the two were taking a test covering the same material (and the material is something that both participants would already have learned ).

[vidioman 21]

I haven't been here for a while. And probably won't be in much today.

Apparently, we had a blizzard yesterday. I was asleep.