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Thread: New ship and new boards... please support us!
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Oscar the Grouch
Adopted Cascadian
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Can I be the first person to say that I don't like the look of the new Ship? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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Originally posted by balaam:
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Originally posted by Landlubber:
here's to a stable platform and an unrestful Ship.
If we have an unstable platform expect the ship to be really unrestful.
I am expecting teething trouble, and am giving time for the waters to settle after the launch and asking all shipmates to make allowances.
I am also recklessly mixing metaphors.
If you chew on me, I will pick you up and drop you overboard. In love.
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
Can I be the first person to say that I don't like the look of the new Ship?
Living up to your name there, eh? And in the future too.
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Originally posted by Simon:
Now that we've broken through our revised £4,000 target (currently we're at an amazing £4074.60), this is just to say a very big thank you to everyone who's given so generously to the fund for the new Ship. It's hugely – astronomically! – encouraging that together we've raised such a big amount in just 12 days, and it gives us everything we need to complete work on the site. So grateful thanks to everyone for lending a hand to the Ship.
I've just a few mins ago received the final designs for how the new site will look, which means we're now seriously into our build phase of the work. I'll post more news about how that's developing when there are things to share. But for now, everything's looking very promising.
Thanks again!
How much gin does 74.60 buy?
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
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Not enough
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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£299.60 should stretch to a few single malts (or one very good one).
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Gladly The Cross-eyed Bear
Fixed Bearly Tone
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Supported, and de-lurking (for the moment)
Will there be a wake for the old ship? Or just from her?
Gladly
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Gladly, I'm glad to see you.
Moo
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Donated.
Has the "Mobile Device" testing been done just with Internet Browsers ?
Will the new forums be available on "all your forums in the same place" apps like Tapatalk ?
Are there any plans (even with stratospheric projected costs) to make an actual S.o. F app ?
Oh, and incidentally, my avatar appears to be "not available"
[ 04. December 2017, 12:38: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Donated.
Thank you ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Has the "Mobile Device" testing been done just with Internet Browsers ?
Will the new forums be available on "all your forums in the same place" apps like Tapatalk ?
As far as I'm aware, we've only tested it on mobile browsers. I know that Tapatalk plugins are available for Vanilla-based forums, but whether we enable them is a policy discussion we've not yet had.
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Are there any plans (even with stratospheric projected costs) to make an actual S.o. F app ?
None that I'm aware of.
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Oh, and incidentally, my avatar appears to be "not available"
The problem is with the website that hosts your picture, rather than with the Ship.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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jacobsen
seeker
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Do we need to do anything yet as regards re-registering? I think I may have missed something here.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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When we're ready to run out the gang plank for Shipmates to cross over to the new Ship it will be very obvious. There'll be a new Styx thread, probably email to all active Shipmates, stuff on the Facebook group, tweets.
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lowlands_boy
Shipmate
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I've been rather more intermittent in my visits since the summer so only noticed last week it was all being done.
I've just donated, so it can just end up in the running costs if the upgrade costs have been met.
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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Will the two Ships sail side by side for a while?
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RooK
1 of 6
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Posted
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Originally posted by Boogie:
Will the two Ships sail side by side for a while?
Long enough for the gangplank to succeed.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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Originally posted by RooK:
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Originally posted by Boogie:
Will the two Ships sail side by side for a while?
Long enough for the gangplank to succeed.
Had to read that twice...
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Oscar the Grouch
Adopted Cascadian
# 1916
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Originally posted by RooK:
quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
Will the two Ships sail side by side for a while?
Long enough for the gangplank to succeed.
I don't wanna gangplank. I wanna be airlifted across....
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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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Dude, it's either gangplank or swim.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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Although if you want, you can get some air experience from part way across.
Depending on how big you are, we might be able to get shipmates to throw you across. But then, you might just hit the side of the new ship.
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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I have a Canadian canoe I’ll gladly lend ...
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Garden. Room. Walk
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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How about some of those wing suits that base jumpers wear? Fly off the crow's nest of this Ship, have fun flying for a few minutes, then land on the deck of the new Ship?
New Ship Questions (because I'm getting jittery, and want to make sure):
--Are Limbo, Oblivion, *all the current threads*, the Christmas pageant, etc. all going to be saved and available? Hopefully, both, but I'd go for saved, if that's all that's possible at this time.
--Do we need to clear out our mail, or will it be transferred?
Many thanks.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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RooK
1 of 6
# 1852
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Originally posted by Golden Key:
--Are Limbo, Oblivion, *all the current threads*, the Christmas pageant, etc. all going to be saved and available? Hopefully, both, but I'd go for saved, if that's all that's possible at this time.
My understanding of the plan is that the Old Ship will remain intact but read-only, so all the historic goodness will be preserved.
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--Do we need to clear out our mail, or will it be transferred?
The New Ship™ will be a totally new and separate system, and everybody will create a new account from scratch. No individual account content will be carried over.
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Golden Key
Shipmate
# 1468
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Read-only is fine.
Thx, Rook.
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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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a fresh start and new boards, coming soon - therefore not much point in starting a 2018 Death Pool thread in the Circus ?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Probably not, unless you fancy copying posts across to the new boards once they go live.
You can start putting your lists together now, of course.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Ohher
Shipmate
# 18607
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OK, I've lost my grip on a couple of marbles. Hope a host or admin can help. I have a dim recollection of making a contribution to the new Ship (or at least thinking seriously about it) at about the same time I came down with pneumonia a week or so ago. I don't recall the amount (if indeed I did pitch in), but it was modest --probably in the 10-15 US dollar range. It would have been around Nov. 29 or 30, or perhaps Dec. 1.
Can someone tell me if I actually followed through? I want to contribute, but also can't afford to do so twice. Sorry -- I was actually quite ill for a few days, and am now somewhat muddled (and not, alas, only about this). Note to self: in future, do not contemplate financial transactions while entertaining fevers of 103.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Have you checked your PayPal account to see if the transaction was posted?
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Ohher
Shipmate
# 18607
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If I did this, I probably just used a debit card.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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In which case it would have been posted to your bank statement.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
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Which will not have arrived yet. Unless you do online banking, I don't because I worked for a bank.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
# 273
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but you can get a mini statement at a cash dispenser.
Jengie
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RooK
1 of 6
# 1852
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Originally posted by Ohher:
I want to contribute, but also can't afford to do so twice.
Admins do not have access to the detailed financial information, but the grand total contributed speaks very loudly about the cockle-warming generosity of the Shipmates as a whole. So I feel pretty comfortable in thanking you for even worrying about it, and recognizing your intended generosity, but to implore you to worry no more about it.
Namaste.
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Bishops Finger
Shipmate
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What a gracious reply.
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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Holy shit, Rook’s account has been hacked! That is completely out of character for him to post like that. I mean, imagine if the imposter got away with this and continued to...wait, never mind.
Everything is cool, nothing to see here, move along. ✋🏾👉🏽
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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It's Christmas... he knows that Santa's watching to see if he's been a good boy.
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Ohher
Shipmate
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Originally posted by RooK:
Namaste.
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Who are you and what have you done with our RooK?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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It's all that money coming in. It's softened him right up.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
It's all that money coming in. It's softened him right up.
I don't like the soft RooK, can I have my money back?
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RooK
1 of 6
# 1852
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Originally posted by balaam:
I don't like the soft RooK, can I have my money back?
It's not about liking the RooK, it's about having the required gestalt of fear and respect. Softness is irrelevant when you have power - just ask Gozer.
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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That looks to me like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
This is Gozer.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Rossweisse:
That looks to me like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
This is Gozer.
That is its first form, it changes to the Marshmallow Man soon after. So still a fitting analog to our Rook.
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Sipech
Shipmate
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Is there a current expected date when the new ship is floating?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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"No man knows the day nor the hour" ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
# 2349
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
That is its first form, it changes to the Marshmallow Man soon after. So still a fitting analog to our Rook.
Thank you for the correction. (This is clearly not amongst my areas of expertise.)
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
"No man knows the day nor the hour"
This is one of those times I could really use a "Like" button!
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
"No man knows the day nor the hour"
But there’s a woman on her way to let you know
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Originally posted by Boogie:
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
"No man knows the day nor the hour"
But there’s a woman on her way to let you know
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