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Must be a new record for this thread. Almost 19 hours between Posts! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[edit--Krsqk revisits elementary school to learn subtraction. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ]

[ 26 March 2002: Message edited by: Krsqk ]</p>

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mac5732:
"Do cats really purr when they are happy or is this just a myth"... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <hr></blockquote>

yes they do only purr when they are happy,

you have to remeber that the little darlings dont just purr when being cuddled or sitting in your lap, they may be happy whilst savaging small furry rodents, chucking up on your nice maple floor or sitting on the bird table with a peanut on their nose and their mouths wide open

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
..."wheels within wheels, a pattern so grand and complex"
<hr></blockquote>


Oooh, a reference from Rush. Now I am impressed!

Between discussions of kissing large (and small) quadrupeds, hiding the bodies, and just general machismo (it practically reeks of testosterone in here), I can only come to one conclusion. As Sam the Eagle put it best, "You are all weirdos!"

Like I have room to talk.

Quikngruvn

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Quikngruvn
Thankyou for the most genereous compliment though you did forget to mention the Gryphin Positon.

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Not so much an oversight, Gryphin, than I simply couldn't wrap my mind around both the Gryphin position and moose-kissing.... (Acutally, I envision the Gryphin position as a cross between the Lotus position and 'praying at the altar of the Porcelain Goddess'....)

Quikngruvn

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Seems like as good a place as any to look for forum members...

Hey Mac5732, you've got mail! (P.M. to be precise)
Also, I've set up the beta game on PBW, so come join, eh!

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“wheels within wheels, ect and so forth.”

For some reason, my memory is suggesting that Rush may have stolen that from someone else. Blake seems to ring a bell. I will have a look when I get home. Any English majors, as opposed to English lawyers, out there to help?

As for the reek of testosterone, I must get a bit off topic. This thread is normally quite disciplined about staying on topic, but I shall digress. A couple of months ago I went to the Mr. Kenya Bodybuilding Championship. Towards the end of the night, it was getting really warm in the auditorium and you truly could smell the testosterone. The crowd was 85% men and everyone was going mad, jumping and shouting. It reminded me of seeing some of the big metal bands in the 90’s, the whole atmosphere was like a Ministry concert. As much as we try, I do not think we will quite reach that level of testosterone.

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hmmmm,, Moose & Gnu Kissing along with the Gryphin Position Combination, this sounds very intriging, might have to enlarge my scientific research into thses areas...

Quickngruvn
As for being weird, I to thank you for the compliment, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif , the discussions on this thread are meant to enrich ones meaning of life as seen through the eyes of those who read our Posts, and besides, this is a bar & grill cantina, so any and every topic (within reason) is allowed. So if your ever blue, down, depressed, hyper active, or just want to contemplate upon the wonders of the universe, pull up a chair, grab a brewski, tweak a cats tail, kiss a Moose or Gnu, join in and and enliven your inner self, let yourself gooooo http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

just some ideas mac5732

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Blake liked to read the Old Testament, usually following the ingestion of various substances, so I wouldn’t be shocked if he had a few extra wheels spinning in his head.

My copy of Gold has arrived. Only problem is that it has arrived in Canada. I will pick it up and be back, ready to go, around April 15.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by capnq:
Google comes up with, among other things, Ezekiel 1:16 and Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

But the first thing I thought of was Dusty Springfield's "Windmills of Your Mind". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <hr></blockquote>

I wouldn't be surprised if Rush 'borrowed' the line, as much as they drew from literature....

Thanks for the welcome, Mac. As long as the beer wench doesn't look like a wildebeest, I think everything will be copacetic.

Saxon: I thought that much testosterone in a room would be lethal....

Quikngruvn

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr> “wheels within wheels, ect and so forth.”
For some reason, my memory is suggesting that Rush may have stolen that from someone else. Blake seems to ring a bell. <hr></blockquote>Google comes up with, among other things, Ezekiel 1:16 and Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

But the first thing I thought of was Dusty Springfield's "Windmills of Your Mind". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Knock

Knock

Whats going on in here?
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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I am impressed that so many of you are obviously closet Rush fans - I believe Neil Peart highjacked the wording from Poul Andersen who in turn highjacked it from Blake

Anyone care to name the song and album?

Quikngruvn - yep, the Cantina is a place to chill and indulge in a little SEIV related posturing and, as the song says, if you dont what you see here, get the funk out etc

Saxon, I am not going to even to ask what you were doing at a Kenyan muscleman competition - were you helping them grease themselves up or something? Hmm, methinks the public have the right to know

Moose kissers is a slang territorial army term for Canadians who, I might add, I had the honour to go on exercise with. It is actually a term of affection. You dont even want to think about what we called american soldiers
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ 28 March 2002: Message edited by: Growltigga ]</p>

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Tigga,

Sometimes I wonder what you are thinking. I was obviously at the muscleman show looking for big bruisers to keep my staff in line. I figure a ratio of three enforcers to each staff member will focus the workers on their duties. Naturally, when things get out of line, you lose a few people and need to get replacements.

If you want to get very odd, put a Rush CD in your CD drive while playing SEIV. You will find that it takes different tracks at different times of the game. Think of the different music in the game and then drop in random tracks from your favorite Rush album. One guy claims that the game runs faster if you put in Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfeild, I think. Very old thread in the forum.

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Saxon, glad you got your gold, is everyone who is going to play the Galactic Bash want to try getting started sometime at the end of next week, or should we wait until everyone has a chance at the gold????

As for Testrone levels, believe me, at my age ANY testrone level is quite an experience to have http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

GT, then "Moose Kissing" is a Canadian only concept?? What about the "Kenya Gnu Smooching"? My, my, so many new and different directions for research, sigh, I don't know if I'll ever catch up, just researching "Circle the Wagons" and The Gryphin Position" takes up so much time let alone the injuries to ones wrist while cking the various aahh, eerrr, scientific sites found on the net.

BY all means, everyone who reads this thread is more then welcome to drop in, have a brewski or two and enjoy yourselves and post whatever you would like (within reason).

Also in regards to the Cantina serving Wenches, I'm afraid they are hired by Growltigga and The Gryphin, so we are at their mercy in this area of enjoyment, however I have already let them be aware of what I enjoy in this far reaching regard when it comes to the bouncing activities of the serving employees, and if you check out earlier in the G&G thread you would see that GT has much experience at sipping toddies and enjoying the finer aspects of oooggglinng world wide, and as for the Gryphin, the man attracts them like fleas on a cat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif so I would say I don't think we have any wilderbeasts here, BUT, then again one never knows

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I like to put cd's by

The Fall and

The Orb in.

Right Now it is Rebirth of Cool Vol 11

Hey Tigga did you grow up listening to Punk ??

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Nah, I am not that old Tesco and except for memorable renditions of Anarchy in the UK a la Sex Pistols, I was more a glam rocker in my youth

Was well into all those Californian bands like night ranger, poison, tony macalpine etc

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Saxon:
Tigga,

Sometimes I wonder what you are thinking. I was obviously at the muscleman show looking for big bruisers to keep my staff in line. I figure a ratio of three enforcers to each staff member will focus the workers on their duties. Naturally, when things get out of line, you lose a few people and need to get replacements.

If you want to get very odd, put a Rush CD in your CD drive while playing SEIV. You will find that it takes different tracks at different times of the game. Think of the different music in the game and then drop in random tracks from your favorite Rush album. One guy claims that the game runs faster if you put in Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfeild, I think. Very old thread in the forum.<hr></blockquote>

Saxon, I find your excuse as to why you were attending the Mr Muscle competition as extremely spurious - is there a darker side of your character you would like to confess to your compatriots on the forum?

I do put Rush on the CD when playing SEIV - some of their more instrumental numbers are quite excellent during combat - almost as good as I my megadeath compilation CD

Mike Oldfield has weird effects on one when playing the computer, more a case of Tubular Bowels one feels

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Wizarc
"What's going on in here?", Pull up a chair, let your hair down and join us. Short of the standard "forum etiquette" restrictions including but not limited to Flaming and referances to R rated activeties, just about anything on or off topic goes. A lot of banter, (which is how this got started).
Welcome and Enjoy

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tis tooo quite at the old bar & grill cantina, hopefully, My hard drive will be replaced this weekend. everyone have happy easter or whatever you celebrate

just some ideas mac

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Yes I have noticed that as well.

Hmmmmmm

'All I said was that there was trouble down at mill....'

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Maybe this will stir things up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

For anybody who uses Yahoo!Groups, they've changed their Privacy Policy to allow them to spam you. The default settings give them permission to send you offers in every Category by every contact method they have on file for you.

To block this spam:

1) Go to Yahoo!

2) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link for Updated Privacy Policy.

3) Scroll down to the section about editing your marketing preferences, and click on the marketing preferences link. You'll need to log in with your Yahoo! member ID at this point.

4) Edit your preferences.

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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

mac

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capnq
Does Yahoo have an SE IV news letter?

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A quick search on Yahoo!Groups for "Space Empires" gives 17 hits, 6 or 7 of which are about SE IV. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

None of which I belong to; I found out about the privacy changes from someone else in a group about Steve Jackson Games' _Transhuman Space_.

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NON-Modder vs Machine Part II

I"m back you hunk of metal putridness, yes, you know I'm here, but I'm ready, I've done my homework, I've asked for help from those on the Fourm, ha, ha, You sneaky pile of mechanical evilness, Thought you'd get me by crashing my Hard Drive did ya, WRONG, I've replaced and re-loaded. I;m ready..... my wife is in the next room, warned ahead of time of my upcoming battle with your pugness of deceit and hidden agendas. (especially since she didn't talk to me for 3 days the Last time) I boot, everything goes right, I go to the SE4Gold Directory, I look, the laucher is still there, TDM-Modpack is there, but now I know what I did wrong, I go to path, scroll down, find the word "none" way over on the right of my screen where it was out of my sight. I slowly delete and put in TDM-Modpack, I relaunch, THERE in the Mod section under None is the mod pack, shaking with excitement I ever so carefully clik on Play SEIN... and there it is in all its glory. I did it.. you pile of recycled tin cans, your defeated, ha, ha... I then clik on the other mods, they all load and go into the launcher. I'm so excited I feel like I'm 40 again.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I also feel like a dumb ja....., once I figured out what I was doing wrong, 1 word, 1 stinking word, was all it was, that and not moving the slide bar.
uuusgggghhhhh.

Tesco, Mephisto, Saxon, Imperator Fyron, SJ, Val, PhoenixD, Gryphin and all the rest, I thank you all for the help, I'm embarassed because of my dumbness, http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif But now I know..

an excited but embarassed mac

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Yay, mac's back!

Check out the PBW P&N v2.6 test game. I don't think you've gotten in there yet.

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Glad you made it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by mac5732:
tis tooo quite at the old bar & grill cantina<hr></blockquote>

You are right Mac, this bar is far too quiet and is obviously too full of shandy drinking north americans http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

the Gryphin and Growltigga thread was far more testosterone fuelled and busier! must be the effect Gryph et moi have on y'all.

Mac, I have lost your PM address hence no response to your emauil giving me that naughty dutch site - send me another

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More information than you needed? Sure, but it gave you something to respond to.

At least you have a garage. They come in handy for hiding Avon ladys. Your Garage is probably bigger than my entire apartment.

I ready when you are.

There is something about you and me GT:
We just posted simultaneously to "new player struggleing" My sweetheart is begginning to wonder about us.

[ 02 April 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]</p>

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Well, there is something about us, you are the short sighted line dancer with the stetson, the furry unmentionable on your lip and the energetic sweetheart

I am the good looking charming suave polyglot with a double garage which is now covered in flashboard, a headache, 3 cats, 1 wife, a ferret and a 7 year old Renault Clio which is currently only held together by the stubborn understains and rust (a bit like Mac's underwear actually)

I need this week to get sorted and then next weekend, we shall kick off the game - still not sure what shipset etc will use)

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Well, there is something about us, you are the short sighted line dancer with the stetson, the furry unmentionable on your lip and the energetic sweetheart

Correction: I am not short sighted,
I have Retinitis Pigmentosa
This results in Tunnel Vision, Night Blindness, and about half the color vision most people have
Comment: Glot, that I would belive
Comment: Poly? And you thought I was strange
Comment: The rest of the description, No Comment
Question: How would you know about the condition of macs garmets. No wait, I don’t want to know.
Question: Are you Gold yet or will it be 1.49?

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How did my un-mentionables get brought into this discussion??, Ya know, I was wondering why all of a sudden some of them disappeared, I always thought my wife took them out to the landfill and burned or buried them, or, I was getting senile and just forgot where I dropped them, hmmmm, have to change to locks on my doors.

Serious note: Saxon I believe is traveling this week and next if I remember right, He should be somewhere in Canada, We might have to wait until we hear from him before we start. Other then that I think everyone else is ready, If not please let us know, so we can plan and get ready

just some ideas mac

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GT, my mother-in-law has all the recipes that were posted, she hasn't tried them yet, but she said she is going to, also gave Tesco's and Puke's recipe to friend of ours, she & her husband plan on using them for cook out season.

PS. Tesco, never got the sauce,

just some ideas mac

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As far as your garmets getting into this, you know anything goes. I just wonder how he knows.

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BTW mac, I've replied to your PM.

[ Edit ] Since when did I make General??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif I only noticed my promotion a few minutes ago.

[ 02 April 2002: Message edited by: capnq ]</p>

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Testoterone? Mine is drained. My sweetheart is taking all I have.

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Gryphin, thank you for providing far more information than any of us really wanted!!

count yourself lucky, the one free day from work I had over Easter was spend sticking flashboard over the holes in my garage roof - I would frankly be happier de-fluffing my naval with a hoover.

On a serious note, we are about to commence this international intergalactic interdimensional challenge are we not?

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Yep, I fly out Friday night and will be back the 15th. Would it help if I got my act together and sent Mephisto my race info now? The Killer Easter Bunnies from Hell is my latest thought on a species.

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Capnq, got your answer, tks, I'll use the bigger one, tks again congrats on your promotion

Saxon, go ahead and send them to Mephisto if you want to, just let us know when your back and ready, meantime it'll give the rest of us some time to get the final touches together. have safe trip, watch out for kissing Moose http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Gryphin, I must agree with your inquiry http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

just some ideas mac

[ 03 April 2002: Message edited by: mac5732 ]</p>

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So what else is up ??
I have been really busy the Last few weeks.

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Tesco, Growltigga and Gryphin conversing as usual, Saxon enroute to Moose Kissing Country, I finaly beat the metal monster and was able to download the mods of the gold cd, embarrasing myself as usual, everyone getting ready for the galactic showdown, we need to know if your friends are going to join in, Mephisto as been kind enough to host, so later this or early next week we'll all have to discuss the final setup for the game, Oh and lock your doors at home, there is a rumor that someone or something is removing ones unmentionables from the premisis,
weird huh, as you can see, just the usual goings on http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

just some ideas mac

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Gee, all this concern about the kissing of moose. Given the looks of some of the ladies in Ohio (Mac’s wife is from out of state) I am surprised that there is not more of this kind of activity going on.

I had hoped to stop in London and see if Shreck really looks like Shreck, but unfortunately he lives about a million miles from where I though he did, so that will not be possible. Instead, I will ask him to confirm a rumour that I have been told. Is it true that I can get a pint at 5 AM on Cowcross St.? There is said to be some legislative error that allows them to serve very early in the day.

Oh, on a different note, I must crow. I am in a three way PBEM game with some friends and have just scored a major victory. Something about having waited nine months to get to this point really adds to the pleasure. That said, I must reiterate that AI races should be left out of our game, they do make things unequal. I get the EEE as neighbors, you get the Rage, hmm, who has it easier?

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Some go set up the game in PBW and drop a line here saying what game it is. Then we can go join it.

And set a milestone on the start date.

I will adjust accordingly to the rules.

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Glot, that I would belive, Poly? and you thought I was strange

polyglot means someone who speaks several Languages which I do (french, spanish and a small amount of german and greek)

Are you Gold yet or will it be 1.49?

I have gone gold today but doubt I will be able to instal over the weekend. BUT AGAIN I HAVE BEEN HIT BY IMPORT DUTY OF $6 ON SHIPPING THE DAMN THING IN - WHY IS IT ONLY ME WHO GETS THIS? IT IS NOT FAIR!!

I am going to have a sulk

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. Is it true that I can get a pint at 5 AM on Cowcross St.? There is said to be some legislative error that allows them to serve very early in the day.

Cowcross Street? that is behind the Savoy Hotel isn't it? I recall that there used to be some daft provision for bankruptees in the 1800's that meant they could be arrested and thrown into debtors' jail if caught anywhere in England, except for around the Savoy Hotel which was technically, part of the Duchy of Savoy and therefore had extraterritoriality - that may be why this bar can serve alochol so late/early (depending on your point of view) but I have never been and dont know.

I would say that if you need a pint that badly at 5 am then 2 things spring to mind

1 you have not roistered enough that night if you still need alcohol at that time of the morning - me, I am normally curled up in a gutter cuddling a kebab and dribbling by 11.30pm or

2 you are starting way too early

I would be interested to know how you get on and how many Moose you 'make it with' (is that the correct American phrase?) whilst you are in BC

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posted in the "my first coputer was..." thread
"Mesh 800 hertz athlon
do you get the feeling I am joining the computer revolution late?"
I guess I could get derisive but that would not be gentlemanly of me.
Welcome abord, better late than never.

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Yeah yeah Gryphin, I did not have a computer as I was being too healthy getting lots of fresh air, playing sports and drinking

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GT,
I'm sorry, I forgot how young you are.
mac and I are still not sure how you know about the condition of his unmentionabls.

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gryphin:
mac and I are still not sure how you know about the condition of his unmentionabls.<hr></blockquote>

Well elementary my dear Watson, deducted from inference

PS the sad thing is that he is not denying anything

[ 05 April 2002: Message edited by: Growltigga ]</p>