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It would be a trilogy of films without an Enterprise. It wouldn't go where no one had gone before. It wouldn't feature the tightly-knit crews and personalities that made the more successful films so good. And it would probably break continuity something terrible. A convoluted time-travel plot à la the Enterprise series wouldn't be out of the question either.

Notice the excessive use of the word would in this paragraph, meaning the author is hypothesising. Obviously, this is little more than speculation by a disgruntled fan. The writer has already noted he isn't happy with B & B, so he/she's obviously just crusty about Ent. (maybe Voyager, too - and who could blame someone for that?) and looking for something to moan about.

I think a trilogy that follows up on Ent. could be quite interesting if they did it right.

But, then again, I don't believe everything I read. The article they reference at startrek.com is 4 and a half years old and it was about an idea thrown around 10 years before that point. Take it for what it's worth: Nothing.

If I could not get her to smuggle Romulan Ale to me, then I would join Red Shirt in a margarita. 

Yeah, the first one's on me.

It's Angelina Jolie - obviously.

Wesley doesn't know.

Personally, I expect someone to be spliced with Porthos in a transporter accident if history is anything to go by at that site.

Well, I'd like to take a stab at this, but I can barely make choices about my real life, so instead I'll pick out someone for TUH.

TUH's Match

I think Malcolm would be a good match for you. You're both quite serious and both seem to respect tradition. You are both strong in your opinions and can sometimes be very conservative while at the same time remaining politically correct and not failing to maintain a certain sense of manners and etiquette (conversationally, of course, since that's all we've got here). Yet, I suspect he's more of a physical person than you, though this might provide a good balance to what might otherwise be an overly intellectual relationship.

OK, I think romance on Trek is a joke and never comes across as anything but cheesy. With that in mind:

TOS: Kirk and any other female for two consecutive episodes.

TNG: Wesley and Troi ("Hmm, Wes, I sense your mother is upset about something").

DS9: Garak and Bashir (Don't tell me you've never thought about it).

Voyager: Neelix and an exploding torpedo. (Wait, that's not a relationship - I just kept wishing he would disappear magically.)

Ent: Is there a relationship we haven't seen or don't expect to at some point? Well, for the sake of the thread, I'll say Phlox's wife and Trip.

A margarita.

Sorry dude but when a lady wants to see my body who am i to disagree

Yeah, yeah, just don't drop the camera any lower.

I'm not sure about that one either. Let's face it, the Orion slave girls were just an excuse to get some skin on the TV back in the day, anyway. It might be interesting if crew members (eg. Sato and T'Pol) had to infiltrate a group to get information at some point. I could see it being quite comical - a lot of eyebrow raising and eye-rolling by T'Pol, though I imagine a lot of people would go off on it as an excuse to, well, you know.

Hmm, this thread's going in different directions than I intended. Oh well.

I go to the gym a lot. I find it really fun. I love to run. Once it warms up I am going to start running outside more and I always bike a lot in the summer.

What kind of bike do you have?

Here's a pic of my baby. Mine's a little different: blue instead of black and it has hydraulic disk brakes, mud guards, a comp, lights, a bottle rack and slick tires, but it basically looks like this.

I know what the secret is, but I'm not say'n a word.

All in favor of changing CJLP's name to Wesley Crusher until he talks, say "aye"!

Aye.

I'm not talking about sports. What do you do in your everyday life to avoid getting fat? I ride my bike to work and back everyday as long as it's not too cold, too hot or raining. It's about 10km (about 6 miles) and it's actually faster than the subway unless I go super slow and way cheaper than a car.

I just read this article on the BBC about how buildings contribute to people being overweight. Personally, I'm not sure how much impact just walking around in the office would actually have on people - you'd need to be working in a pretty big building I'd say.

Click for Spoiler:

Architects join fight against flab

By Katty Kay

BBC News correspondent in Washington

Obesity costs American companies some $13bn (£7m) a year

If there is a lift to take you up to your office every day are you really going to choose the stairs?

Perhaps architects can help you decide by designing fat-fighting buildings which simply force you to walk more.

In the heart of suburban Kansas is an oasis of corporate fitness.

Telecom giant Sprint designed its 200-acre headquarters to make employees lose weight by forcing them to walk everywhere.

The motive: obesity now costs American companies some $13bn (£7m) a year.

'We lost 83kg'

Sprint employees Ed and Mary still drive 16km (10 miles) to work, but the rest of the day they walk.

Between them they have lost 83kg (182lbs), and they credit the layout of the campus.

"I don't ever take the elevators," says Mary.

"I have my computer case, my bags, all that and I'm walking up three flights of stairs every day just because I want that."

Ed adds: "Now I can get through a day, I'm not fatigued, I'm not stressed, my energy levels are much stronger and I feel I'm more productive."

Sprint built the car parks a 10-minute walk from the office buildings.

Now I can get through a day, I'm not fatigued, I'm not stressed and I feel I'm more productive

Ed

Sprint employee

Inside, Sprint asked the architects to make the staircases airy and inviting.

The company wants people to use them, so by contrast it has made the lifts slow and small.

But not everyone appreciates the enforced fitness regime.

"Walking over from the parking garage sucks," said one disgruntled employee.

"It's not bad," says another, "unless it's 110 degrees outside or below freezing and raining and cold."

Sprint vice-president Faye Davis says the grumbling is inevitable when you change people's habits.

Anyway making its workforce healthier is a battle the company cannot afford to lose.

"If you're overweight, you probably have a higher level of absenteeism or you get more fatigued during the day, perhaps you have a lower concentration span," says Ms Davis.

"We all know when we do exercise we have a higher energy level, we're more focused and we're not sick as often," she adds.

Sprint says this experiment shows that if you give employees a nudge, they will take more exercise and so lose weight.

It is good for company profits and for the health of the staff, of course.

Notable exception

The problem is, this is an exception.

Most office buildings in America simply give people the easy way out.

We took Sprint's architect Phil Dordai on a tour of a traditional office block in Washington DC to see how it fared in the fat test.

How did it rank as a fitness-friendly building?

Well, not very good.

"There's actually the three lifts here and no way to find the stairs," he comments.

How important is it for architects to help in the obesity battle?

"I think it's hugely important because none of us has much time in the course of the day to exercise, so if you can incorporate exercise and physical activity as part of your normal day where you work, that's very advantageous."

Back in Kansas, Sprint's campus is surrounded by six-lane highways.

In a culture where the car is king architecture can only do so much.

The challenge nationwide is to get Americans back on their feet.

Architects vs Flab

Oh, yeah, Neelix must go.

OK, I'm not really big on chat but I was just in the chatroom and realised that nobody else knew I was there because there's no way to know unless you actually go in, right? Or have I missed something obvious? If there's some kind of indicator on the main board, could somebody tell me where it is? It's kind of boring chatting to myself, although I can also amuse myself at times. If there is no indicator, perhaps one could be added? Just a thought.

I said Data because he'd be so boring to watch - where would the challenge be for him.  I'd keep Wesley on just to watch him suffer.

RSV,

No offense. Lessa Soong has taken out a contract on your life (for voting for Data). Personally, I always liked you. Oh well. Nice knowing you. <_<

Wow, thanks for the warning. Luckily I'm moving next month! I guess I'd better change the flag indicating my location, too.

Hey, Lessa,@we all know Data would win hands down - that's why I didn't think he needed to prove himself (again). *OK, I'm running as soon as I hit the Add Reply button.

He also played the baddie, Devor, on "Starship Mine," which I think may have been his first Trek appearance. You can see Stewart scrapping with Russ briefly if you click on the episode preview. I can't remember exactly whether he had some special role or not or what happened to the character in the end. It would've been nice if Voyager had made some kind of reference to him infiltrating some terrorist organisation as a Vulcan spy (don't remember if they did because I hated Gilligan's Island, err, I mean Voyager and didn't bother watching most episodes after a while) - perhaps a Voyager fan could enlighten us as to whether any reference was ever made?

Raiders because his character was more serious. I thought Crusade was produced better, but lacked an edge and had too many jokes in it. I won't say they weren't funny, I just like a more serious film.

Oh, you only do that when you're angry? :)

I'm just glad this board has rules about that kind of thing or I wouldn't come across as coherently as I do. I didn't realise how much I curse until I dated someone whose first language wasn't English and started noticing what she picked up from me and what situations she used it in. It wasn't pretty, but it was a reflection of me I suppose. I've tried to cut down and seem to be having some success.

Oh, there's another one I forgot. I sometimes try to put other people in a bad mood or make them angry. Somehow it makes me feel better in a comparative way. And it's kind of fun, too. You just need to be careful who you try it with.

Ooh, I sorted out the move today. They're going to do it for just under US$300 including tax. The negotiator started out at a ridiculous fee of US$750, but I worked him down a bit. I'm not sure how to translate it into English exactly but I think I said something along the lines of "Yeah, like that's gonna happen" when he said the first price. I'm so happy I went to Japanese school.

I think I could've gotten it for less, but didn't want to push him too hard because I can't be bothered spending the time getting any more estimates and wasting time talking to salespeople. Tragically, I'll have to pack my own stuff, but it'll be fun going through it, as Ace mentioned.

Never. Absolutely never. I can almost always work out the problem by myself in an acceptable amount of time, which means the next time it happens, or something similar occurs, I'll be able to deal with it in no time.

If all else fails, just go by the following rule...

Throw money at a problem and it'll go away.

Hey, it's better than wasting time on it.

Wow! Those are great. Thanks.

Yes, could it be an interaction between the Pa'nar syndrome and the trellium?

On a side note, why are there so many apostrophes in Vulcan names for things and people?

I've Seen That Ad, lol

 

Another Ad I've Seen...Which Is Downright Insulting...Shows These 2 "Nerds" At A Party Sitting On A Couch With Two Girls.  To Distract The "Nerds" And Get Away, They Turn On The TV And You Hear Star Trek Coming On, Then The "Nerds" Stare At The TV As If Nothing Else Mattered, And The Girls Get Up And Leave.

 

Who Comes Up With This Crap? 

That's hilarious. :)