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Thread: Ship speculation
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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Here is a place for light hearted speculation about our imminent (ish) New Vessel.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I wonder if Captain Simon will keep his sinking ship avatar.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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I was just thinking about his avatar -- the only animated avatar on the Ship. I love it -- but I am SO grateful that no one else is allowed to have animated, flashing, bouncing avatars.
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jacobsen
seeker
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Perhaps the hosts could have ship related avatars. A lifeboat for All Saints, or Grace Darling, or Air-Sea rescue vessels...
And Hell? Skull and crossbones, natch. ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
I was just thinking about his avatar -- the only animated avatar on the Ship. I love it -- but I am SO grateful that no one else is allowed to have animated, flashing, bouncing avatars.
RooK has had a flashing maple leaf in one of the Hosts and Admins days/weeks, and way back Jonah the Whales avatar used to blink. I cant remember any more.
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
Perhaps the hosts could have ship related avatars ...
Er, sort of no. I'm very fond of my little piglet avatar. If someone would like to build (or knit) him a little boat, or even a raft, that would be nice, but he's not going anywhere.
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Graven Image
Shipmate
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There is so much talk on the ship about food and drink, surely the new ship must have a well stocked galley. I am requesting tea and gin if the quartermaster is preparing the provisions to set sail.
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Gill H
Shipmate
# 68
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Tots of rum will be freely available, I hope.
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jacobsen
seeker
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I am astonished that Long John Silver has never appeared as an avatar - in "Treasure Island" he was in fact the ship's cook.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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quote:
Originally posted by Graven Image:
There is so much talk on the ship about food and drink, surely the new ship must have a well stocked galley. I am requesting tea and gin if the quartermaster is preparing the provisions to set sail.
Gin is reserved for Hosts’ lounge. How else would we cope?
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Lothlorien:
quote:
Originally posted by Graven Image:
There is so much talk on the ship about food and drink, surely the new ship must have a well stocked galley. I am requesting tea and gin if the quartermaster is preparing the provisions to set sail.
Gin is reserved for Hosts’ lounge. How else would we cope?
We could share a shot of GIN with exceptionally well-behaved Shipmates on occasion!!
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Piglet
Islander
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I'd like to think that there'll be at least one fully-stocked bar, with GIN (different varieties for the more discerning) whisky (Highland Park, obviously, plus a few lesser brands* ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ) and an endless supply of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and Argentinian Malbec.
The galley will indeed be well stocked and equipped, with plenty of lamb-shanks in the freezer.
* and some Johnnie Walker for cleaning the headlamps ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
[ 28. January 2018, 15:17: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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roybart
Shipmate
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Don't leave out a sober lounge ... for those of us in recovery. We could share old war stories (a.k.a. "strength, experience, and hope"). I suspect the laughter coming from our room might surprise a few of you.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
Ships have headlamps?
Nope, but the new ship will need cargo lamps like these.
[ 29. January 2018, 01:22: Message edited by: balaam ]
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Piglet
Islander
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My apologies - I didn't really consider what the lamps on ships were called.
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Sipech
Shipmate
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Anyone else thinking that the new ship will now launch couple of weeks from now, as Simon's Valentine's gift to the shipmates?
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Curious
Shipmate
# 93
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I'm so glad I've managed to sneak back on board. I'm hoping for a decent Gin Bar, a chatty lounge, plenty of gossip, some flaming darts and the continence of a few that welcomes the programme and newbies alike.
Curious
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
# 13538
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I think it may launch on April Fool’s day 🙂
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Sipech
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Boogie:
I think it may launch on April Fool’s day 🙂
Or Easter Sunday... ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Gill H
Shipmate
# 68
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St Simeon's Day?
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Hugal
Shipmate
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I am looking forward to the mobile version. That brings to mind a picture of Simon and the hosts on Strings spinning round above a cot/cradle.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
# 4543
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quote:
Originally posted by Hugal:
I am looking forward to the mobile version.
The whole point of a ship is that it is mobile. Who wants a static ship?
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Gill H
Shipmate
# 68
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All the people who visit the Cutty Sark or HMS Belfast?
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- Lyda Rose
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Gee D
Shipmate
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We are expecting that the new Ship will have as its masthead bikini-clad Simon dancing while he sings "Anchors Away".
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Galilit
Shipmate
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"Anchors aweigh", surely?!
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Well, this IS the Ship of Fools. Maybe we just frickin' want the anchor away. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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Well, if the prep work goes on much longer, I WILL manage to hit 15,000 posts in this incarnation.
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Gee D
Shipmate
# 13815
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Originally posted by Galilit:
"Anchors aweigh", surely?!
Oops!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Originally posted by Rossweisse:
Well, if the prep work goes on much longer, I WILL manage to hit 15,000 posts in this incarnation.
I'm trying to get to 18,000, Ross. Only 32 more to go after this post, I think! I'll have to take a screenshot if I make it, since nobody will know on the New Ship.
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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Corraggio, JJ!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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And to you, Ross!
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
# 2349
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Grazie!
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Gill H
Shipmate
# 68
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Prego (or ‘Oregon’ as my autocorrect would have it).
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jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
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Wondering how many more I'll manage before the Rapture.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Jacobson - I think 8000 (you next big milestone) might be a challenge.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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quote:
Originally posted by Gill H:
Prego (or ‘Oregon’ as my autocorrect would have it).
I'll say Oregon the next time instead of you're welcome! ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) That should work!
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jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Jacobson - I think 8000 (you next big milestone) might be a challenge.
Not if I try really, really hard.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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I understand that playing games in the Circus is a sure-fire quick post count builder.
Of course, so is posting one-word replies like "Grazie." (I will not comment on the weirdnesses of autocorrect.)
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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quote:
Originally posted by Rossweisse:
I understand that playing games in the Circus is a sure-fire quick post count builder.
Of course, so is posting one-word replies like "Grazie." (I will not comment on the weirdnesses of autocorrect.)
Or you can post and delete, post and delete to your heart's content. But what's the point? Do we get a free Ship's mug or something when we reach certain post counts?
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Nope, free mugs do not come with certain post counts. Free mugs have been prizes for certain competitions.
(I feel guilty and/or embarrassed about my post count going up, in my mind I see it as evidence of too much time prevaricating on the Ship.)
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Nope, free mugs do not come with certain post counts. Free mugs have been prizes for certain competitions.
I do realize that, but I was wondering why raising one's post count is such a big deal for some people.
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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Oh, I just thought 15,000 would be a nice number on which to go out.
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jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
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The word "challenge" does it for me.
When creating a series of posts on different threads, hitting the flood control will usually result in a longer post than originally intended, as now. Talk amongst yourselves.....
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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There will be a part of the Ship (The Ship's Hold?) which will be decorated to look exactly like the old Ship. So that people can go there and feel safe, warm and comfy, in the illusion that everything is exactly the same as it was in 1662, erm, I mean 2017.
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jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
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And all quotations will be required to be from the KJB.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
And all quotations will be required to be from the KJB.
Not the Vulgate? Revisionist!
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aliehs
Shipmate
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Can't we quote from anywhere else?
Big Fan of King James Version personally, but there are many rooms in the mansion[ or ship in this case]. And there are other quotable sources if not necessarily with divine authority but I would have thought the saints were worth a mention from time to time.
Incidentally, I am pleased to see that every Anglican in Sydney isn't necessarily a Sydney Anglican. Thought I felt a schism coming on. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
# 2349
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"In my Father's Ship there are many cabins"?
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