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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
Well, since so many people had their intro threads wiped out and are starting new ones, I figure I could use these events to start my own, ultra-untimely intro, seeing as how I've been around HoP for like 3 years.
So then:
Name: Vance
Alias: Van, Vanize, Add, Zaidou (my 'African' name) ... oh, and I almost forgot, Pixie Banger! (don't ask if you don't really want to know).
Age: 34 (35 now)
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa (WSW of Jo'berg) presently. Grew up in Houston, Texas. Most of my Family lives in Austin, Texas. I'm moving to Berlin, Germany in January for 2 years. (ok, been in Berlin for a year now)
Favourite Toys: sailboats (been sailing 29 years), surfboards (been surfing 19 years), poi (3.5 years) (almost 5 years now)
Occupation: Reasearch scientist (Ph.D. in space physics)
Hobbies: Too many - sailing, surfing, poi, scale models, travelling, collecting stamps and paper money from places I visit, Dungeons & Dragons, SCUBA diving, tropical fish, reading, painting, drawing, getting projects ready for Burningman, ....
Your favourite website/s: www.burningman.com
Music: I'll listen to most anything except modern country music. My favorites are classical (e.g. vivaldi, beethoven), trance, classic rock (led zep, hendrix, beatles), and what used to be called alternative (foo fighters, pixies, whale, ...)
Movies: blade runner (director's cut), strictly ballroom, band of brothers (more like a mini series I guess), amelie, ... er, I know there are more, but I can't think of them just now.
Books: mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and history.
Philosophy: Technological Gaiaism, Quantum Fatalism
Favourite Colour: Burgandy ( sorry Alice!)
Favourite Quote/Saying:
From a movie: "Gentleman, we have a blind date with destiny, and she just ordered the lobster!" - the Shoveler (Mystery Men).
From literature: "The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love" - W. Somerset Maughn
From personal life: "I was just telling Sara K. that I have no particular segway between being stone cold sober and really wasted. Then she kicked her glass of water across the room..." - Zouwera (Christmas day, 2002, west africa)
So that is that. We'll see if it goes anywhere, eh?
EDITED_BY: vanize (1111489303)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Location: no home, between homes, always at home, Germany
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100 posts
Location: no home, between homes, always at home, Germany
Posted:
oh, have fun in istanbul, that'll be awesome
we were thinking that we'd be in berlin on the 11th and maybe stay for 2 nights then on to prague, and since this may be our only opportunity to see ya while you're still in berlin i thought that would be cool
so
we shall see what happens
oh, have fun in istanbul, that'll be awesome
we were thinking that we'd be in berlin on the 11th and maybe stay for 2 nights then on to prague, and since this may be our only opportunity to see ya while you're still in berlin i thought that would be cool
so
we shall see what happens
people are people
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Hi lasersurge!
I sent you a reply email. did you get it?
Hi lasersurge!
I sent you a reply email. did you get it?
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
It's your birthday?
Ooooh!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
It's your birthday?
Ooooh!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
damn, that little thing pops up early. The b-day is tomorrow (the 1st), but I guess Happy B-day wishes are in order now, so I hope you have many happy, happies tomorrow!
damn, that little thing pops up early. The b-day is tomorrow (the 1st), but I guess Happy B-day wishes are in order now, so I hope you have many happy, happies tomorrow!
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
a wishbone y'see... cos you're going to turkey....
a wishbone y'see... cos you're going to turkey....
Meh
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member
100 posts
Location: no home, between homes, always at home, Germany
member
100 posts
Location: no home, between homes, always at home, Germany
Posted:
Hey i got your reply thanks!
oh wishbone... i get it now, since you've spelt it out Cantus. I thought oh wishbones, did they originate in Turkey, and i guess they kinda did, and chickens too
So if you're not too tired from your istanbul experience it would be so totally awesome to come to your place. Mieke and i wanted to go to instanbul in November, but we've got somewhere to stay in Crete, so that's quite cool too
Hey i got your reply thanks!
oh wishbone... i get it now, since you've spelt it out Cantus. I thought oh wishbones, did they originate in Turkey, and i guess they kinda did, and chickens too
So if you're not too tired from your istanbul experience it would be so totally awesome to come to your place. Mieke and i wanted to go to instanbul in November, but we've got somewhere to stay in Crete, so that's quite cool too
people are people
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Vanize, these two peopel have stayed with me more than probably anyone else in London. THey are fantastic guests and I would have no problem in letting Dylan have my babies. That goes for you too
Take care of them for me!
Vanize, these two peopel have stayed with me more than probably anyone else in London. THey are fantastic guests and I would have no problem in letting Dylan have my babies. That goes for you too
Take care of them for me!
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
Oh I forgot about the HoP time zone!
Thanks Spritie.
Ok, well you get 2 happy birthdays now, Vanize.
errrrr.... HAPPY PROPER BIRTHDAY!
Have fun in Turkey.
Oh I forgot about the HoP time zone!
Thanks Spritie.
Ok, well you get 2 happy birthdays now, Vanize.
errrrr.... HAPPY PROPER BIRTHDAY!
Have fun in Turkey.
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Happy Birthday Vanize!!!!!
Happy Birthday Vanize!!!!!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
thanksforthe birthday wishes guys!
it was a pretty hectic day - no birthday lazing around for me!
buttomorrow I´m off on vacation with Spritie, soI´m just going to pretend THAT is my birthday.
lasersurg: I´ll PM you my cell number. drop me a text (if you can) and we can keep in touch that way while i´m in turkey. otherwise imay be online once or twice before I return.
god... I´m 36 years old now...how did that happen?!?!?
thanksforthe birthday wishes guys!
it was a pretty hectic day - no birthday lazing around for me!
buttomorrow I´m off on vacation with Spritie, soI´m just going to pretend THAT is my birthday.
lasersurg: I´ll PM you my cell number. drop me a text (if you can) and we can keep in touch that way while i´m in turkey. otherwise imay be online once or twice before I return.
god... I´m 36 years old now...how did that happen?!?!?
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Thought I'd leave an update since I haven't been around much lately.
T'was great having Dylan (Lasersurg) and Mieka (sp?) here (email me when a good time to visit Belgium might be!) right on the tail of 10 days touring Turkey with Spritie. now, a week later, Rouge Dragon will be settling into my flat for a few days. She'll have it to herself most the time though, since tomorrow morning I am off to Boulder, Colorado for 10 days. I'll be looking for job there since I am almost certainly leaving Berlin come mid-January.
And the same huricanne that is bearing down on Spritie right now might very well destroy my storage unit in Houston. Actually, I won't care about most the stuff, but things like photo albums would be a sad loss. So cross your fingers for me and Spritie.
Thought I'd leave an update since I haven't been around much lately.
T'was great having Dylan (Lasersurg) and Mieka (sp?) here (email me when a good time to visit Belgium might be!) right on the tail of 10 days touring Turkey with Spritie. now, a week later, Rouge Dragon will be settling into my flat for a few days. She'll have it to herself most the time though, since tomorrow morning I am off to Boulder, Colorado for 10 days. I'll be looking for job there since I am almost certainly leaving Berlin come mid-January.
And the same huricanne that is bearing down on Spritie right now might very well destroy my storage unit in Houston. Actually, I won't care about most the stuff, but things like photo albums would be a sad loss. So cross your fingers for me and Spritie.
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Posted:
Crossing my fingers!
Crossing my fingers!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
No Way!!! You really are 36? To answer your question about HOW it happened. That one is easy ... you blinked.
Written by: vanize
god... I´m 36 years old now...how did that happen?!?!?
No Way!!! You really are 36? To answer your question about HOW it happened. That one is easy ... you blinked. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
*bump*
Hey sweetie, I heard a rumour you could be moving back across the pond?
Boulder, eh? Hmmmmmmmmm....... *smirk*
*bump*
Hey sweetie, I heard a rumour you could be moving back across the pond?
Boulder, eh? Hmmmmmmmmm....... *smirk*
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yup!
looks like I will become a semi-permanent addition to the Boulder (or perhaps Denver) population sometime around January 19th.
Berlin has been good (though i still don't like my job here), but it is time to put some work into my romantic life, and that is easiest to do in Colorado.
so smirk away!
yup!
looks like I will become a semi-permanent addition to the Boulder (or perhaps Denver) population sometime around January 19th.
Berlin has been good (though i still don't like my job here), but it is time to put some work into my romantic life, and that is easiest to do in Colorado.
so smirk away!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
if anyone is interested in what I am (hopefully) doing in March, go here , or [Old link]
tres cool!
if anyone is interested in what I am (hopefully) doing in March, go here , or [Old link]
tres cool!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Ok, so it is pretty much oficial now - I am moving from Berlin back to the states on January 19th, which means i leave here in 13 days! I have too much to do before then, but i am really antsy to get out of this horrible German weather and be with my lovely girlfriend in Boulder.
Probably the saddest thing about leaving Germany is that i won't have easy access to English or Dutch gatherings anymore, and also not being as close to the other performers i've gotten to know around Europe. You all have been awesome, and I hope you'll each be able to accept my open invitation to come visit me in Colorado whenever you like. The mountains there are increadible - excellent skiing in the winter, gorgeous hiking in the summer, and sunny weather year round. also not a bad place to go thru on your way to Burningman...
that is a serious invitation - not just me trying to give a polite goodbye.
anyway, i've been exeptionally busy the last couple months dealing with the end of this chapter of my life, and haven't been around HoP much. But that doesn't mean i've dropped off the face of the earth or out of doing poi.
till later, -v-
Ok, so it is pretty much oficial now - I am moving from Berlin back to the states on January 19th, which means i leave here in 13 days! I have too much to do before then, but i am really antsy to get out of this horrible German weather and be with my lovely girlfriend in Boulder.
Probably the saddest thing about leaving Germany is that i won't have easy access to English or Dutch gatherings anymore, and also not being as close to the other performers i've gotten to know around Europe. You all have been awesome, and I hope you'll each be able to accept my open invitation to come visit me in Colorado whenever you like. The mountains there are increadible - excellent skiing in the winter, gorgeous hiking in the summer, and sunny weather year round. also not a bad place to go thru on your way to Burningman...
that is a serious invitation - not just me trying to give a polite goodbye.
anyway, i've been exeptionally busy the last couple months dealing with the end of this chapter of my life, and haven't been around HoP much. But that doesn't mean i've dropped off the face of the earth or out of doing poi.
till later, -v-
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Posted:
Holy crap! You are alive!
Holy crap! You are alive!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
just barely!
just barely!
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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Posted:
Dude, auto asphyxiation isn't cool! 
Dude, auto asphyxiation isn't cool!
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Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia
Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia
Posted:
Wooooooooo ))
*Like I didnt know* )))
Im just really glad you're getting together with Liz at last!!! Say hi to her and I hope to manage visiting you.
Dont be an ass and drop me a line whenever you're online here or on yahoo
HUUUUG
Wooooooooo ))
*Like I didnt know* )))
Im just really glad you're getting together with Liz at last!!! Say hi to her and I hope to manage visiting you.
Dont be an ass and drop me a line whenever you're online here or on yahoo
HUUUUG
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
hi beautiful! (no, not you patrick!)
thanks for dropping by my thread.
things are really hectic here, and i probably won't be able to catch up with you on IM till next week.
to everyone else (and _So_ too!):
today is my last day of living in Germany and Europe. I've already mentioned being sad about leaving all the great fire and poi peeps in these parts. i have learned so much from all of you, and am now happily very different from the rank and file american spinner. thanks for all that and more.
so I will drop a note from Boulder sometime soon after i get settled there.
ciao, -v-
hi beautiful! (no, not you patrick!)
thanks for dropping by my thread.
things are really hectic here, and i probably won't be able to catch up with you on IM till next week.
to everyone else (and _So_ too!):
today is my last day of living in Germany and Europe. I've already mentioned being sad about leaving all the great fire and poi peeps in these parts. i have learned so much from all of you, and am now happily very different from the rank and file american spinner. thanks for all that and more.
so I will drop a note from Boulder sometime soon after i get settled there.
ciao, -v-
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Hey Vance! Where did you disappear too? Are you under one of those boulders in Boulder?
Happy Birthday!!!!
Hey Vance! Where did you disappear too? Are you under one of those boulders in Boulder?
Happy Birthday!!!!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
Proud member of the HoP DPS.
Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
Gidg
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Yep indeed... happy birthday Vance, hope all is going splendidly
Yep indeed... happy birthday Vance, hope all is going splendidly
Getting to the other side 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
wow... more than a year since my last post.
hmm...
well, I live in Austin, Texas now. I even own a house as of a few weeks ago. I made sure to buy one with high enough ceilings so i could practice poi indoors.
anybody I know still out there?
wow... more than a year since my last post.
hmm...
well, I live in Austin, Texas now. I even own a house as of a few weeks ago. I made sure to buy one with high enough ceilings so i could practice poi indoors.
anybody I know still out there?
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Hey Love!
*pounces on vanize's lap*
How've you been? Whatcha up to?
Congrats on the house! I've had mine for 2 years and I LOVE it. No one to tell me to stop throwing stuff, to turn down the tunes, to be all nice and respectable.
In fact, you might like this, we even have a pirate flag flying on the front of the house.
So when's the house warming?
*hands a plant*
It's aloe...I know how much they come in handy for the likes of us.
oh yeah...WELCOME BACK!
Hey Love!
*pounces on vanize's lap*
How've you been? Whatcha up to?
Congrats on the house! I've had mine for 2 years and I LOVE it. No one to tell me to stop throwing stuff, to turn down the tunes, to be all nice and respectable.
In fact, you might like this, we even have a pirate flag flying on the front of the house.
So when's the house warming?
*hands a plant*
It's aloe...I know how much they come in handy for the likes of us.
oh yeah...WELCOME BACK!
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
Hey Vance!
It was lovely to see you again this summer.
Glad everything's going well.
Hey Vance!
It was lovely to see you again this summer.
Glad everything's going well.
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
hey i bought a house too! we'll have to come visit each other! good to see you back around here!
hey i bought a house too! we'll have to come visit each other!
good to see you back around here! I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Lambretta Fanatic
4,998 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Lambretta Fanatic
4,998 posts
Location: United Kingdom
Posted:
easy dude... glad to have you on board again.
easy dude... glad to have you on board again.
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