The Moose Factory (virtual Bar & Grill)

[Rymac91 15]

@ defcon pilot: Sim Journal I'm laughing pretty hard right now...for most of winter...nothing but cold rain...first day of spring BOOM! We are (and the area around me) are on a winter Storm warning!. gotta love ohio! I bet our Spring will have more snow then fall.

[SamFlash 0]

Originally posted by: Fairlane500

For the first time in my life, I now officially have a girlfriend! It seems sort of strange for a guy who hadn't even had anything close to a reltionship for 4 years to suddenly have success on his first try, but I did. In celebration, a round of drinks for everyone. As for the highrises of a city, personally I think one of the amazing stories is that of Bellevue, Washington. The city wasn't incorporated until 1954, and today it has 116,000 people, and quite the impressive skyline, more substantial than most cities of its size. And this picture doesn't even have the new Lincoln Center Tower, which rises 137 m. To add to the skyline, two additional 137 m towers are under construction, along with several other high-rises .

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Congratulations on the girlfriend.  I guess after having had no relationship for four years this takes a little getting used to.  Have fun.

Great picture of Bellevue with the snow covered mountains in the background.

[sloppet 3]

Originally posted by: Fairlane500

For the first time in my life, I now officially have a girlfriend! It seems sort of strange for a guy who hadn't even had anything close to a reltionship for 4 years to suddenly have success on his first try, but I did. In celebration, a round of drinks for everyone.quote>

thanks, but i don't drink alcohol... so, one orange juice for me than...

[The Terminator 0]

Bellevue does look cool, but isint in Seattles shadow? my faveorite city, Newark,NJ is in New Yorks metro area, so it always gets upstaged by the New York skyline. i suppose the same thing happens with bellevue, but Bellevue probably doesent have the negative repuatation Newark does.

[brancra 1,201]

Yes, Newark and Camden paint very appealing images in my mind...Newark seems decayed comapred to Bellevue, the technology mecca. Now if Phoenix and Wichita and some other cities would follow Bellevue's lead, we'd have an amazinf increase in the number of highrises.

But, I grew up in the rustbelt, so I'm used to living in a place that no one cares for and no ones wants to care for. Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Flint, Syracuse...the list could go on. I resent the disparity in prosperity in the United States.

[vidioman 21]

I'd say something, but it will probably be deleted. So, I'll settle for ~deleted~.

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

*Tosses the other delete key at vid*

Llanfair

English: lan-fair

Spanish: yan-fa-ear

Zukish: l-lan-fa-ir

*The Myonian ships begin shooting at the transports, while the zuke craft drains all the energy from the confederate ships*

[vidioman 21]

Originally posted by: Leech10 *Tosses the other delete key at vid* Llanfair English: lan-fair Spanish: yan-fa-ear Zukish: l-lan-fa-ir *The Myonian ships begin shooting at the transports, while the zuke craft drains all the energy from the confederate ships*quote>

I meant the Welsh pronunciation

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@Fairlane500: Well, congratulations. The nicest thing about that skyline is the mountains in the background. Looks like a nice little city.

@defcon pilot: Thermos brand bottles have a glass liner that holds the vacuum. It is double walled. If you drop it, it will shatter. Some of the really good newer ones have a double stainless steel wall, which is much better.

@sloppet: Don't overlook the autosystem. It will dealcoholize on request or if you are under age. How about a slug of peach schnapps on top of the O.J? (No booze, just flavour).

@brancra: You must be a sadist. High rises in Phoenix? Would ruin the character of the place, and would also be dangerous. Large planes have enough trouble missing the mountains when landing at Sky Harbor without contending with high buildings. Desert cities should all be low rise or flat. It is a desert, you know.

@vid: Well, I can at least spell it: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch link Now, can you say it?

[brancra 1,201]

Not a sadist. Actually, I'm going to cite this lovely image from "camelback road" at skyscraperpage.com, which I have saved as an attachment to save space.

Note that when you look at the map, it has sea level elvation. Phoenix sits at a mean 1,075 feet. Theoretically, in the upper left corner you could see a building hit the 600-foot mark. Granted, it's not Dubai-esque, but it would be undoubtedly a highrise.

So, anyways, not a sadist, just a bit of an eccentric dreamer

EDITED for functionality.

[vidioman 21]

N_O_Body |@vid: Well, I can at least spell it: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch link Now, can you say it?quote>

Way to Google! I can say it, but I have a hard time understanding how the heck 'Ll' becomes... 'put your tongue like you're going to make an L sound and blow'

It's isn't 'Lanfair' it's more like shanfair, but it isn't shanfair...... And W is a vowel. I can kinda understand that, it is in French (Ou) but still, you look at that language and have to wonder, where

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@vid: Yep, that's about it. Or you could think of the Spanish or Italian double 'l' and kind of say "yhee' but don't actually vocalize it, just breathe out.

So, 'w' is a vowel. It is sometimes in English too. Wait until you get to some of the OME pertry, and you'll set a lot of it. Also, the OME yot is often transliterated into 'y' and it is a vowel too.

@brancra: Don't forget that Phoenix is on irrigation by the Salt River project. I don't think very many high rises would be acceptable because of water pressue problems.

Party Ash and Dani

Sunday, March 26, 2006, all day drop in.

General Buffet Menu managed by the autosystem.

Entertainment by the zukes with a fly past by the KK Dragon and the Pern Riders.

Everyone welcome.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Erroneous post, Please delete.

[sloppet 3]

wow! 113 pages.. now that's impressive! congrats everyone!

[Voar Tok 4]

N_O_Body: I read in a Spanish dictionary that the letters "ll" and "ch" are no longer considered to be actual letters in the Spanish alphabet.  Weird isn't it?

[vidioman 21]

Because ll and ch were independent letters (a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, etc..)

[defcon pilot 0]

So, the Spanish used combinations of Latin letters to make combinations which they considered, in themselves, letters? Well, that was an interesting trivial fact. :nod; And I didn't know that "w" was used as a vowel... Another interesting fact! And completely useless to me!

I'll join in on the party! I brought hot cocoa for the kiddies!

Also, N_O_Body: Well, yes, I know about the double walls. Just not the glass. Mine is all stainless steel... But it's only a Mini-Thermos, so it can't support my drinking needs. (I gulp down at least 1 litre of water every day. Sometimes, I even manage 2. )

And good luck on your SJ, Rymac.

And the battle goes on! *Pulls out Moose Factory game console and checks what's happened since his last turn* Ah... Heh heh.

*The general, seeing the action taken by the Myonians, attatches a small device to his "pulse" area. He then types a code into the device and rigs it to blow the ships prematurely should he die. He then commands the ships to contain all energy within their reactors, for both a larger explosion and to stop the zuke craft from draining the power.*

[Firebird 40]

What's the admission fee?

[sloppet 3]

hmm

now that's really interesting..

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@Voar Tok: Well, it is a fascinating thing. I haven't been following their efforts, but I suppose their national acadamy is reforming their alphabet and spelling. Mussolini got that done in the 1930's with Italian which is why they have no X nor J and cannibal is spelled antropofago instead of anthropophago. Got rid of all non-phonetics. In Italian, if you can say it, you can write it. E.g. Iulio Cesare (pronounced Eeu-lee-oh Ch-e-sar-e, with all e's short.)

@sloppet: Well, McD's fountain drinks are made with the local tap water. I know, because I worked in one. I'd rather get a fountain water than a bottled one. In the Antimony issue, we are talking parts per trillion, but heavy metal poisoning is cumulative over your life time, however shortened.

[simmax 0]

Such reforms are badly needed in French and English... How can you tell, by reading the words rough, plough, and cough, that they aren't pronounced the same way? The same goes in French: the noun 'couvent' (convent) and the verb 'couvent' (from couver, ie. to brood(eggs)) are pronounced in totally different ways - and they can theoretically be placed one next to each other, although it doesn't make much sense.

[justanothersim86 83]

(sigh) French class. I will never take that again.

French is important, but it is one of those things I just do not seem to learn very well. I'm very good at history, geography, science, etc. However, when it comes to different languages, I end up more confused leaving class then I did coming in. What I learned slips from my memory by next morning.

I still pulled off a 76%. My lowest mark by 10%, but not bad.

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Oh, look, a

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@simmax: Yes, but you make a very good point. Now if we believe Bernard Shaw, the word for swimming creatures with fins and gills is ghoti. That's gh as in cough, o as in women, and ti as in attention. I think revising English would add letters to the alphabet, probably bringing back thorn and yot as well as others. Phonetic French would be a real problem. Musselini could do it in Italy because he was dictator. Can you imagine it in a democracy. We adopted the metric system years ago, but I can still buy things by the pound.

@justanothersim86: I suffered though four years of French in high-school. Actually, it wasn't all bad: the GR IX teacher was very skilled, and used to teaching French as a second language to English speakers, the gent I had in X, and XI taught us enough to survive the man-hungry teacher we got in XII. In fact, this guy taught us to read French classical authors in the original, and it was quite enjoyable. The dame in XII was one of those expat French women who was heading for a early spinsterhood, and she knew it. She had the personality of a pet rock. I dropped French for Grade XIII which was required in those days for univerity entrance and took my fourth year of Latin instead.

@Leech10: Well, two different forms for the two 'th' sounds would be nice, but I will resist because I didn't grow up with them. It would take an entire generation to get rid of the th diphone.

[Firebird 40]

Originally posted by: sloppet

hmm

now that's really interesting..quote>

I am hesitant to click on that link...

[brancra 1,201]

simmax: on the other hand, there would be an argument that the languages are being dumbed down and that the sancity of the language would be violated. I would think that to avoid a standardisation of English and French is a likely route in coming years. No one wants to go the path of the German language, which is losing ground to English for popularity. I've heard estimates it could be a dead language within a century or two.

N_O_Body: I repsect your statement, but as we talk of an already massive community, I do not doubt there is still some room left in the ultimate suburbia that is Phoenix metro.

I know six people who work, or have worked, at a McD's. Most of them say it's boring and they have little incentive to stay. Hence the high turnover. This may also be related to the fact they're in their teens, like myself.

So, has anybody ever read Animal Farm by George Orwell? I found it's views quite intriguing, but nevertheless the realism it uses cannot be ignored. Almost Hobbesian, in a way.

[justanothersim86 83]

Animal farm is one of my favourites! 1984 is also a classic and I would highly recommend it. I think Animal Farm is a great satire on how revolutions usually go horribly wrong. But its more then that as well.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

@fire_bird: It's OK. I did. You get to a McDonald's site.

@brancra: When GE/Honeywell had the manufacturing plants at Camelback Road and Deer Valley Park I spent a lot of time in Phoenix with courses and benchmarks. I haven't been there for about 20 years, now, so have really no idea where it is currently going. I used to like it when it was a lot smaller and Scottsdale was a protected town. I gather this is no longer the case.

Working at McD's is not only boring, but low pay unless you are in the management training stream. I lasted about three months then had to quit due to health reasons. The job is for the young and fit and still in high-school. Good for pocket money, but not much else.

I haven't read Orwell's Animal Farm since I was about your age, which makes it about forty years ago. It is a diatribe against communism, as I recall, showing the emergence of an elite class (pigs) and a praetorian guard (dogs). After the collapse of the USSR how can one doubt the vision in the book. The Bolsheviks meant well ...

[Voar Tok 4]

N_O_Body: What I would really like to see is a language that didn't have so many exceptions to the rules.  Also, when they take words from other languages, don't keep the spelling - instead modify it to fit the rules of the other language. That just makes life easier for everyone.

[MC6Ash 4]

brancra: aye, I read the book a long time ago and liked it. glad to see you enjoyed it. it has a good theme.
~Ash~