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  1. Thread: Happy Birthday!

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    Many happy returns of the day, guys! It's...

    Many happy returns of the day, guys!

    It's always a pleasure and privilege to be able to share ideas (and even dissenting views) with y'all and I look forward to more happy years of the same!...
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    Originally posted by Janus [B]The...

    [QUOTE]Originally posted by Janus
    [B]The question is, why do humans desire to acquire?
    One can be motivated by need, greed, and desire of power or prestige.

    In the UFP all basic needs are...
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    Okay, here are my least favorites, in descending...

    Okay, here are my least favorites, in descending order:

    -Neelix (actually, he and Weasley were tied for first place, but Neelix edges out front by just a bit)
    -Wesley (PLEASE don't get me...
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    Yep! Just by way of illustration, here's a line...

    Yep! Just by way of illustration, here's a line from Vonda McInTyre's novelization of TSFS.

    "If he [Peter Preston's father] thought that an artist who didn't like being interrupted was eccentric,...
  5. Thread: Precious Cargo

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    Alas, I read someplace that she won't do Trek...

    Alas, I read someplace that she won't do Trek anymore. It's a shame, since I think she was one of the best guest-stars they've ever had. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Actually, I doubt that an actor would say...
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    Sticky: USS Excalibur (refit Constitution class) ...

    USS Excalibur (refit Constitution class)

    L'audace, Toujours, L'audace

    -Audacity, always audacity
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    Exactly! Also a quote from Orwell's "Animal...

    Exactly! Also a quote from Orwell's "Animal Farm".

    Unintended by the writer's but you gotta agree that it adds up to the same thing, doesn't it?
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    Poll: Nemesis

    Great special effects.

    But B4 singing "Blue Skies" at the end kinda summarized the whole thing for me.

    Sigh
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    I always used the guides from the old FASA book,...

    I always used the guides from the old FASA book, "Trader captains and merchant Princes."

    The Federation rarely, if ever, uses hard currency by the late 23rd century, all your financial information...
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    Another reason I wouldn't want to live in the...

    Another reason I wouldn't want to live in the 24th century: synthehol.

    Give me the real thing or nothin', boys and girls!
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    Re: Utopia-n-lat. meaning "no place"

    One minor thing. I agree that it is largely the fault of the writing and production staff that the TNG universe is so wholesome and antiseptic, but it certainly leads to some rather uncomfortable...
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    Utopia-n-lat. meaning "no place"

    Let me apologize in advance for the length, folks. I have to agree with Dan, sadly, but please hear me out.

    I never even thought about the Federation utopia as potentially repressive, so I thought...
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    Drat, drat, and double drat! I'm still unable...

    Drat, drat, and double drat!

    I'm still unable to get a download of the conversions guidelines.

    Don, can you give a rough estimate when they might be done (assuming any of us survives the...
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    From my first foray into the wonderful world of...

    From my first foray into the wonderful world of LUG:

    The Federation was being invaded by a decent sized group of extragalactic aliens, the Tenarii. One Constitution class ship, Excalibur, faced...
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    Awww, poor kitty! It's kinda like that old...

    Awww, poor kitty! It's kinda like that old article, "How to bathe a cat." (Fill tub. Get cat. Put cat in. Bandage wounds and get cat off of ceiling.Put cat in again. Reattach nose. Get cat off...
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    If we ever go to uniforms, its time to call it a...

    If we ever go to uniforms, its time to call it a day.

    Otherwise, I use a lot of selected background music (Trek films, light classical, Stravisnski for the really far out stuff, and LOTR),...
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    Poll: Motive power: Two vulcans hopped up on espresso,...

    Motive power: Two vulcans hopped up on espresso, running twin squirrel wheels.

    Whee, look at those little suckers go.

    Alternateive Power: Thrust provided by simultaneously venting all sewer...
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    My favorite early tribbles cartoon showed a...

    My favorite early tribbles cartoon showed a klingon stomping on one, the remnents squirting every which way.

    The caption: "It feels so good when you squish them!"

    THe Tribble: "Eek!"

    Ever...
  19. Thread: One Wish...

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    how about a championship season for the Chicago...

    how about a championship season for the Chicago Cubs in 2003?

    Don't say it...I know...I know...:cool:
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    The moderates in power. Yeah, both of them. ...

    The moderates in power.

    Yeah, both of them.

    Of course, a large meaure of the blame lies with the democrats for lacking the spine to bear forth with the anti war position that held such promise...
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    Put the gun down, Frodo...easy does it...nice...

    Put the gun down, Frodo...easy does it...nice Frodo.
  22. Thread: Fire Swamp?

    by whoami
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    *Slaps forehead* D'oh! "I do not envy you the...

    *Slaps forehead* D'oh!

    "I do not envy you the headache you will have. Sleep well, and dream of large women." :D
  23. Thread: Fire Swamp?

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    Lots of people who eat chili beans? Sorry, the...

    Lots of people who eat chili beans?

    Sorry, the only thing I recall is a really bad Flash Gordon flick from the early 80s.

    (Ducks a hail of rotten vegetables)
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    I'm really enjoying all these posts! I started...

    I'm really enjoying all these posts!
    I started as fairly rigid, canon-is-canon kinda guy. I felt that, if it was on screen, I had to accept it, even the parts that might not be everyone's cup of...
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    - Galaxyquest replaces Trek in my campaign...

    - Galaxyquest replaces Trek in my campaign history as a media phenomenon in the late 20th century.
    - An early Federation cruiser, the NX class USS Excalibur NX-57, was present when the surface of...
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