Cptn Moose

Thank you all.

My wife kidnapped me early Friday and whisked me to Las Vegas. We got back late last night, so sorry I haven't acknowledged the notes before today.

It was odd being there with her and without you all or the Trek exhibit ... but I managed to persevere ;-)

Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Moooose

My targ ate my post.

Of course he will ... he's a Scorpio.

I'm a Scorpio. Too many of you know me personally for me to deny any of Snoopy's allegations towards my people.

I'm sorry, but for me, Star Wars jumped the shark when they revealed that Leah was Luke's sister.

As a funny side note, my brother missed that fact when he saw "Return of the Jedi" twenty years ago, and almost swallowed his tounge when he heard it for the first time at the end of 'Sith'. He's probably the only person on the planet for whom that was a surprise ending.

Things from the "Extreame Makeover" blooper real that you'll never see.

::suddenly realizes she could've passed Moose up on the street any number of times:: B)

Isn't that a wierd feeling. Many years ago, I started my first advanced sim on the same night as another player. It turns out we both lived in the Chicago area. Finally, after several months of wondering if we'd passed each other on the street, she invited me to a concert in which she was singing. When she sent me the flyer, I discovered that she was performing with someone else I had known for years. So we actually had a mutual reference before we met in person.

A few months later, one of the guys on the ship was coming through town on business. She had arranged to meet him, and at the last minute came to her senses and invited me along. This way, she didn't have to meet him alone.

A few months after that, one more crew member came to town. We went to meet her and discovered that the brought her mother-in-law with her. MIL was a good sport, listening to us spout Trek-babble all night, but it was a smart thing to do. Neither one of them had any idea what type of wierdo's we were going to turn out to be.

No matter how friendly and honest we all seem online, please be cautious if this thread starts getting you into "let's meet" conversations. Use the same precautions that you'd use meeting any kind of stranger. Tell people where you're going, meet in a public place, and bring a friend or two along.

Believe it or not, not everyone is as they represent themselves around here.

Moose (the beautiful, young blond girl with nice shoulders)

My favorite was Wrath of Kahn.

My least favorite was Final Frontier.

I didn't think First Contact was a good as everyone said it was, although I liked it alot. And I enjoyed Nemesis more than everyone told me I would. : )

I'm from Chicago. The closest person that I've met is 1 1/2 hours away (name omitted to protect the innocent), but I know there are others in the area. In the old days, about 1/3 of the Arcadia crew either lived out here, or had a reason to cruise through town often. Other than Shore Leave, I don't see as many people face to face as I used to.

As fun as this topic is, please be carefull about how much personal information you reveal about other members. : ) I would let folks reply on their own rather than "outing" their home locations.

Happy Birthday, old man. And thanks for making me feel young for another year. ;-)

Moosethusela

Thank you for the kind wishes everyone. You all started a day early, and I couldn't quite figure it out until I realized that Fred is on the other side of the International Dateline. It was my birthday there before it was here.

So in true Sci Fi fashion, I got birthday greetings from the future.

Thanks everyone.

Moose

Am I correct in assuming the play-by-forum simmers have arrived en masse?

I certainly hope so. We've got plenty of room for everyone.

Bring 'em on. : )

Theres not THAT much to do in Vegas...well, that doesnt require large amounts of cash.

Are we talking about the same Vegas? This is the city that's designed for tourists. Sure, they'd like you to gamble, but there is nowhere on the planet that's easier to have a cheap vacation.

a) Hotel and airfare for three nights / four days is often under $500, always under $600.

b ) You don't need to rent a car. Other than to and from the airport, you can get almost everywhere for $1.50 monorail ticket.

c) Almost every hotel has something spectacular to do for free: lions at the MGM, white tigers and an exploding volcano at the Mirage, the Chihulley glass exhibit at the Bellagio, the choreographed fountains at the Bellagio, the statues that come to life at Ceasar's Palace, the circus acts at Circus, Circus, the laser light show over Freemont Street, etc. etc. etc. Just to walk around and see how some of these places are decorated is astounding. And if you want to spend a little money, there are at least a 1/2 dozen roller coasters, countless 3-D motion simulator rides, trips to the top of the eiffel tour, gondola rides, etc. etc. etc. I haven't even gotten to the stage shows (ranging anywhere from $30 to $130 a seat), the shopping, and the nice restaraunts if you're so inclined.

d) Some of the cheapest restaraunts in the world. Where else do you find an all-you-can-eat prime rib buffet for $5.95?

There is plenty of inexpensive things to do if you get tired of spending time with the people and need to move.

However, you are correct that Shore Leave is all about spending time with the people. This is usually why we either don't leave the pool, or once we sit down in Quark's Bar we end up sitting there all day munching on "Holy Onion Rings of Betazed" The biggest complaint anyone ever has is that we didn't do enough.

Imagine if the Goverment took 200 Billion dollars and gave it to the education system?

If they had done that, then I probably wouldn't be able to tease you about your spelling and grammer mistakes. ;-)

But seriously, robots and telescopes are fine, but a manned mission to the moon is the first step towards going anywhere else. And it's a step we haven't taken in 30 years.

If they start now, we won't make it to the moon until Kroells is thirty. If we wait until Iraq and Katrina and possibly Rita are behind us, then we may loose another decade or two on top of that.

Who's to say that this isn't the start of something better. Wouldn't a mission to Mars be better off starting from a moon colony with full fuel tanks and food larders? What would a super-telescope mounted on the dark side of the moon be able to reveal? I'm not saying that Nasa is planning these kind of things now, but they'll never be possible if we don't lay the infrastructure, and that means making routine trips to the moon.

If NASA starts the project now, they'll be ready to go when someone comes up with a really good idea as to why we should be there.

Moose

All right boys, put the guns back in your pockets where they belong and give it a rest.

No offense to anyone, but I have yet to meet a member of this forum who is so naturally entertaining, that they've earned the right to rain (not my first word choice) on someone else's parade just for sport.

If this thread annoys you, simply don't read it and go find something else to do. And please take the "who's going to beat up who" discussion somewhere private.

Thanks,

Moose

First of all, Congratulations to all of our Aegians. 10 years is an outstanding achievement.

I've started a thread over on the startrek.com message boards, asking for folks to contribute one of their favorite moments to the thread. It would also be nice to read about some of those here, but please pop over to startrek.com and share your stories with the world. What was your favorite story? What was the funniest thing that happened to you? Who were the friends you made?

Our longevity is one of our strongest selling points, and this is a wonderful opportunity to share with the Trek world at large exactly why we hang out here.

I can't think of a better way to honor the Aegis on this eventfull occasion.

Congratulations again all.

Moose

Laura Bush wasn't sure if her Secret Service escourts truly understood the word 'incognito'.

Things were never quite the same in the valley once the Jolly Green Giant started taking side jobs.

Even Scotty was stunned by Bones' choice as to where to insert the meat thermometer.

No matter how nice they said it looked, no one really liked Picard's new toupe.

This Week's Picture:

Paris> It's a pleasure to finally meet Tuvok's acting coach.

This Week's Picture:

Paris> Tuvok, we'll never reach a compromise as long as you see every issue in black and white.

The problem is the times. It's human tendency to become more liberal over time.

I don't think that's true. Individuals may grow more liberal as they age and mature, and their priorities change. But mankind as a whole has not been growing steadily more liberal through the centuries. Permissiveness goes in waves, and I guarantee 21st century America would appear absolutely prudish to an Ancient Roman.

Inter-racial couples are commonplace in America today thanks to decades of racial awareness that many people fought hard to achieve. That same awareness doesn't exist yet in South Africa and other countires. It has nothing to do people mellowing over time.

I think if America were discovered today, instead of 600 plus years ago, the thing that would change how the country was settled would be technology. The thought of forming a Second Continental Congress to receive a reply to a letter sent out one year previously by the First Congress, is ridiculous by today's standards of communications. Some of the behavior by the explorers and colonists might have been slightly different if the eyes of the world were on them instantly, and if it took six hours to get here from London.

But I don't think people are fundamentally different today than they were then. There are still people trying to exploit Antartica.

In spite of advancements in technology, transporter accidents were still common well into the 24th century.

Remember the TNG episode "The Neutral Zone" where Federation and Romulan outposts along the zone were disappearing? Evenyone assumed later that it was the Borg doing it.

 

There is no episode or movie where this is even hinted at.

Actually, in "The Best of Both Worlds" Part 1, Enterprise goes to examine a destroyed colony. They make reference to the fact that the damage is identical to that done to the Neutral Zone outposts, and because they since had knowledge of the Borg, they connected the two incidents.

There are three things I would remove from canon:

a) Wesley turning into a superbeing and going off with the Traveller.

:lol: Worf and Troi dating. ick Worf and Jadzia didn't bother me. Worf and Troi? ick.

c) The death of the NX-01 crewman in the Enterprise finale (name withheld in case anyone hasn't seen it yet.)

Moose