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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-
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
well, whatever they are, it still looks like an ardvark, and I can't find any animal called that so I'm still clueless....
well, whatever they are, it still looks like an ardvark, and I can't find any animal called that so I'm still clueless....
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
no - now that you have said it, you must visit me!
I will not leave you alone till you do!
Written by: Tao Star
i'll visit you!!!! i'm a bit pissed right now...so i might take this backkk (never!) but i want to see you, and anyway....mymum fancied you now
i'm not sure how that changes things.,..but it does so there,.
no - now that you have said it, you must visit me!
I will not leave you alone till you do!
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
if I am not mistaken, wombles are limted to a very small area of england - perhaps even as small as wimbleton common - though they may have spread their territory in recent years...
if I am not mistaken, wombles are limted to a very small area of england - perhaps even as small as wimbleton common - though they may have spread their territory in recent years...
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
sure is!
Written by: GothFrogette
ya know i have never been to Ireland and always wanted to now i have a really great reason to get my ass and other parts over there
sure is!
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
only 4 this time darling...
and of all the people - you best be one of the first to visit! you hear me young man!
Written by: Unfortunatly Can Obtain Fruit
6 in a row Van?
Thats horrendus.
Im up for goign to Berlin. You know I am.
So I guess I will just have to actually look into it, rather than saying I wil... and not.
only 4 this time darling...
and of all the people - you best be one of the first to visit! you hear me young man!
-v-
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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:
Ahem. Sweetheart... you did of course mean Wimbledon... (or wimbleton if said with a belfast accent)
Ahem. Sweetheart... you did of course mean Wimbledon... (or wimbleton if said with a belfast accent
) Getting to the other side 
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I found this to help out all those people not raised on The Wombles
https://www.wombles.easyweb-solutions.co.uk/
I found this to help out all those people not raised on The Wombles
https://www.wombles.easyweb-solutions.co.uk/
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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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:
Hahahahah... that is utterly splendid Skull.
Uncle Bulgaria. What a superstar.
Hahahahah... that is utterly splendid Skull.
Uncle Bulgaria. What a superstar.
Getting to the other side
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
hehe it doesn't matter how hard you look you won't find them butif it helps i am very warm
hehe it doesn't matter how hard you look you won't find them butif it helps i am very warm
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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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:
Awwww. I'd love to see a womble in real life
Awwww. I'd love to see a womble in real life
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:
Hmmm... need to dust this thing off.
news: Berlin is actually having some reasonably warm weather!!! Wooo. I haven't been this warm since I was in Italy last september! yeay!
on sunday I was at one of the "beach bars" on the spree river. there were so many women around with their thongs sticking out above the top of their shorts/trousers/skirts that I was tempted to do a photo essay on it, but then ran out of motivation and spun some poi instead.
Going to london on friday the 13th (of May 2005).
Back to texas a week later for a visit to the family and to go to burning flipside. will finally get to meet Mand! (knock on wood)
Hmmm... need to dust this thing off.
news: Berlin is actually having some reasonably warm weather!!! Wooo. I haven't been this warm since I was in Italy last september! yeay!
on sunday I was at one of the "beach bars" on the spree river. there were so many women around with their thongs sticking out above the top of their shorts/trousers/skirts that I was tempted to do a photo essay on it, but then ran out of motivation and spun some poi instead.
Going to london on friday the 13th (of May 2005).
Back to texas a week later for a visit to the family and to go to burning flipside. will finally get to meet Mand! (knock on wood)
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
*Jumps on Vanize and tickles him*
*Jumps on Vanize and tickles him*
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
!!!
YOU SHALL PAY DEARLY FOR THAT!!!!!
!!!
YOU SHALL PAY DEARLY FOR THAT!!!!!
-v-
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
that was muchley fun
that was muchley fun Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
the landing on my back was a bit rough when the couch broke apart though...
the landing on my back was a bit rough when the couch broke apart though...
-v-
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
ahh hstop being a wuss your just peeved that i got you down 
ahh hstop being a wuss your just peeved that i got you down
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I let you get on top of me darling... because I like it!
PS - props for being able to take several point blank blasts in the face without flinching...
I let you get on top of me darling... because I like it!
PS - props for being able to take several point blank blasts in the face without flinching...
-v-
Wiederstand ist Zwecklos!
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
lol
lol
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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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:
Yeah!!!!!
Written by: vanize
Back to texas a week later for a visit to the family and to go to burning flipside. will finally get to meet Mand! (knock on wood)
Yeah!!!!!
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
busy-tofu!
133 posts
Location: montreal: bagel capital
133 posts
Location: montreal: bagel capital
Posted:
All this talk of visit makes me happy!
I'll actually be on a 2 month study trip in Berlin (june and july). You could be the first person I actually meet from HOP! (and win a jolly good time with yours trully)
I hear beer is part of the essential food groups in Germany, and it will be a great way to be forgiven of not having dropped by your thread since I really started school
All this talk of visit makes me happy!
I'll actually be on a 2 month study trip in Berlin (june and july). You could be the first person I actually meet from HOP! (and win a jolly good time with yours trully)
I hear beer is part of the essential food groups in Germany, and it will be a great way to be forgiven of not having dropped by your thread since I really started school
there is no better way to say I love you than with the gift of a spatula!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yeay!
I'll be back from texas on June 7.
let me know when you get here.
yeay!
I'll be back from texas on June 7.
let me know when you get here.
-v-
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newbie
5 posts
Location: Russia, Moscow
5 posts
Location: Russia, Moscow
Posted:
hi Vance! Today is my first day on HoP, besides it is my birthday! so 2 births in one bottle, as we say here in Moscow. Great to meat you here!
hi Vance! Today is my first day on HoP, besides it is my birthday! so 2 births in one bottle, as we say here in Moscow. Great to meat you here!
you make me move...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Hi Polonskaya!
thanks for stopping by and welcome to HoP!
Hi Polonskaya!
thanks for stopping by and welcome to HoP!
-v-
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
are you back yet?... are you back yet?.............are you back yet?.............................
are you back yet?... are you back yet?.............are you back yet?............................. What is psychology?- Looking for a black cat in a dark room. What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is looking for a black cat in a dark room -- in which there is no cat -- but finding one anyway.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
noy just yet. I get on the plane tomorrow and will be back tuesday.
how are things? settled yet? still need help moving?
noy just yet. I get on the plane tomorrow and will be back tuesday.
how are things? settled yet? still need help moving?
-v-
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Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia
Skinny poi maker
313 posts
Location: Moscow, Russia
Posted:
weeeeeeeeeeeeee =) Vance back on HoP =)
weeeeeeeeeeeeee =) Vance back on HoP =)
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
*jumps on returning Vanize
*jumps on returning Vanize Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
hi all!
my trip to texas was fabulous, despite a sick mum.
I SOOO love hot weather and sunny skies! I have a suntan now too! yeay! vitamin D rules!
and in case poibox drops by - thanks again for coming to flipside! it was wonderful to have you there!
hi all!
my trip to texas was fabulous, despite a sick mum.
I SOOO love hot weather and sunny skies! I have a suntan now too! yeay! vitamin D rules!
and in case poibox drops by - thanks again for coming to flipside! it was wonderful to have you there!
-v-
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Froggie ... Ribbit !!!
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
Posted:
poibox? from uk ??? am i right ?
if it is him whom i met at ejc WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERSON HE IS
glad to hear texas was indeed inspiring and good; it is wonderfulm that you got to see family and friends who are so important to you
it was lovely to chat with you over the phone, and with pretty much every single memeber of your family i am getting ready to organize crepe training classes for your cousin
well... not much to add really; i am just going to sit back and grin cause i get to hug you in no time YAY
boy am I excited and happy to see you
shine on
cass
poibox? from uk ??? am i right ?
if it is him whom i met at ejc WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERSON HE IS
glad to hear texas was indeed inspiring and good; it is wonderfulm that you got to see family and friends who are so important to you
it was lovely to chat with you over the phone, and with pretty much every single memeber of your family
i am getting ready to organize crepe training classes for your cousin well... not much to add really; i am just going to sit back and grin cause i get to hug you in no time YAY
boy am I excited and happy to see you
shine on
cass
"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
"NON !!! La Plume de mon oncle n est pas Bingibangibungi !!!"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
no no - poibox Andy - the german who oft in bangkok Andy... though I suppose he was in the UK for awhile somewhere along the line...
see you soon VAB
no no - poibox Andy - the german who oft in bangkok Andy... though I suppose he was in the UK for awhile somewhere along the line...
see you soon VAB
-v-
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