Ten Forward Lounge - Miscellaneous General Chat & Welcome Thread

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Locutus of Bored, Jun 19, 2015.

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  1. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Having the Time of My Life Moderator

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    Recently it was brought to our attention by rhubarbodendron that some of the lounge posters would like an all-access lounge available to posters of any rank to interact. A place where they could have free-flowing conversations, spammy posts, games, post jokes or articles, share links to sites they like, and so forth without having to worry about whether there was enough content to justify a thread of its own.

    MacLeod suggested calling it Ten Forward, which, as it happens used to be the name of the category under which all the lounges were carried back in the day, as pointed out by Jim Gamma. That seemed like a good choice of name for the new lounge thread to me.

    Stickied threads tend not to get a lot of notice unless they're already established (like the video thread) so I'm going to keep this thread unpinned until it starts to get a following amongst the regulars, then we'll sticky it up at the top of Miscellaneous. I also need to do some housekeeping up there, so I'll be unstickying the rarely used existing welcome thread to free up some space. This can take its place.

    So, please feel free to discuss whatever subjects you like (within the board rules) and have fun. While spammy posts (the non-solicitation kind) are welcome, please be mindful to not abuse it with an endless string of one word, rapid fire posts that go on for fifty pages just to up your post count. We want people to be able to have conversations here.
     
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  2. Pondwater

    Pondwater Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Hawaiian Punch Flavored Cotton candy. I wondering of it will be any good. This bar tender lady puts it in drinks.
     
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  3. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    ew...am I the only one who really can't stand cotton candy?
     
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  4. Robert Maxwell

    Robert Maxwell memelord Premium Member

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    In before sticky.

    I'm totally stealing the far corner with the best view of the stars.
     
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  5. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Having the Time of My Life Moderator

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    :lol: These posts inadvertently work well together.
     
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  6. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Having the Time of My Life Moderator

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    I cleaned up the sticky threads a bit to free up some space so it's not so cluttered up there, pushing regular threads out of the way, so I decided to just go ahead and sticky this now. Hopefully it will be visible enough to build a following.
     
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  7. HIjol

    HIjol Admiral and Consummate Peacemaker Admiral

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    Great Idea, and many thanks to Rhubarbodendron! (long time no talk, hope you are well!)

    Like Robert, I request the corner cushion seat, to the right of the Bar. Back to the Door, dontcha know!
     
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  8. auntiehill

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    Move, bitches! The seat at the end of the bar is MINE.

    Now get me my ice cream, and no one gets hurt.
     
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  9. CorporalCaptain

    CorporalCaptain Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    To me as a kid, cotton candy looked too much like fiberglass insulation for me to ever want to try it. :lol:
     
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  10. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Anybody up for a drinking song?
     
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  11. HIjol

    HIjol Admiral and Consummate Peacemaker Admiral

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    You betcha! :techman:

    Hey, do they play any music in here?
     
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  12. T'Bonz

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    **Throws an ale bottle**

    **for old times sake**
     
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  13. Amaris

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    *walks in wearing a pancake on his head*
     
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  14. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    (*Walks in with crate holding ten bottles of whiskey*)

    Nine of these are mine. The rest of you will now fight for the tenth.

    And if I'm not properly entertained by your alcohol-driven combat skills then you will have to sit and watch J. pole dance.
     
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  15. HIjol

    HIjol Admiral and Consummate Peacemaker Admiral

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    <ever clever, HIjol ducks the 'Bonz bottle and approaches His Coolness on the sly, as the others are mixin' it up
    ("Wagon Train To The Stars", indeed!) over the hootch and breakfast (J's pancacke) with an offer of Latnum for Whiskey...
     
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  16. Mary Ann

    Mary Ann Knitting is honourable Premium Member

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    Yo, that corner seat is mine. *brandishes knitting needles* You wouldn't want me to "accidentally" trip into you while I'm holding these, would you?

    Bartender, get me any drink with one of those little umbrellas in it.
     
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  17. HIjol

    HIjol Admiral and Consummate Peacemaker Admiral

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    Oh...uh, macloudt! Um, I heard you were on Star Base II!...I didn't realize...I assumed this seat - oh, now, wait a minute!!!...hey, what are you gonna do with theses needles?...here, here, take the seat!...Guinan, the drinks are on me!...

    ...Hurry!
     
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  18. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Also, you should all know that I brought my own pole.
     
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  19. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'm reminded of that fact every time I misguidedly log onto your webcam feed.
     
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  20. { Emilia }

    { Emilia } Cute but deadly Moderator

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    Is this where I get to wear all my fancy dresses?
     
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