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Carpal \'Tunnel
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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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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
who said what?
Written by: Skulduggery
Funny you should say that....... I was told that the other day about you!
who said what?
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
ahhhhh now that would be telling and a girl never divulges her source!
My comment was to the gentleman bit not the abilities comment. I just typed slower that firepoise
ahhhhh now that would be telling and a girl never divulges her source!
My comment was to the gentleman bit not the abilities comment. I just typed slower that firepoise
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
ah, ok then - no one is in trouble, which is the way I like it (unless I can actually spank them in person anyway).
ah, ok then - no one is in trouble, which is the way I like it (unless I can actually spank them in person anyway).
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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:
Lol, yeah right
Lol, yeah right
Getting to the other side 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
-v-
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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
*passes Skully a shovel if case she wants to dig any further*
Vanize - don't let them off. I wanna watch and laugh from the sidelines about skullys foot-in-mouth disease!
As long as you don't fight in the back of the car....otherwise i will be forced to discipline you and if that doesn't work i'll do the old parental trick of telling you to get out and slowly creep away whilst you bawl on the pavement. (Although parents tend to give in if the kid wails loud enough.....)
And Miss Skully - any more misbehaving from you and i'll take you to the naughty girls home.
(did that scare you??? used to scare me!)
*passes Skully a shovel if case she wants to dig any further*
Vanize - don't let them off. I wanna watch and laugh from the sidelines about skullys foot-in-mouth disease!
As long as you don't fight in the back of the car....otherwise i will be forced to discipline you and if that doesn't work i'll do the old parental trick of telling you to get out and slowly creep away whilst you bawl on the pavement. (Although parents tend to give in if the kid wails loud enough.....)
And Miss Skully - any more misbehaving from you and i'll take you to the naughty girls home.
(did that scare you??? used to scare me!)
Gayle.....!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Thanks for the shovel Gayle. Now if he misbehaves I'll just thwap him with it 
*gets ready to run*
Thanks for the shovel Gayle. Now if he misbehaves I'll just thwap him with it *gets ready to run* Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
he's coming..........quick Skully, run for your life - he's got a feather duster!!!
he's coming..........quick Skully, run for your life - he's got a feather duster!!!
Gayle.....!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
YAY Don't you just love a man with a feather duster in his hand.... is he wearing pink rubber gloves and a frilly apron too?
YAY Don't you just love a man with a feather duster in his hand.... is he wearing pink rubber gloves and a frilly apron too? Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
*gets binoculars out*
...It's rather hard to tell, we're so far away.......wow Skully didn't know you could run so fast.......Hang on!, he's coming into view.........It looks like................looks like.....he's wearing womens underwear.....He has a bra and panties on........no wait......hang on......oh, it's just his apron......phew!......Better start running again Skully, he's gaining on us.......quick!!!!
*gets binoculars out*
...It's rather hard to tell, we're so far away.......wow Skully didn't know you could run so fast.......Hang on!, he's coming into view.........It looks like................looks like.....he's wearing womens underwear.....He has a bra and panties on........no wait......hang on......oh, it's just his apron......phew!......Better start running again Skully, he's gaining on us.......quick!!!!
Gayle.....!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Pfffffft! You can keep running girl but if him catching me means he'll do the cleaning....... *sits down and waits*
Pfffffft! You can keep running girl but if him catching me means he'll do the cleaning....... *sits down and waits*
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old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
old hand
863 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany
Posted:
hmmm... that cleaning thing I would like to see too...
*sits next to Skully*
hmmm... that cleaning thing I would like to see too...
*sits next to Skully*
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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Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
is Vanize a "modern" man then? Doing the cleaning and all that. You know it's just a trap so he can spank you....
Written by: B-Skulduggery
Pfffffft! You can keep running girl but if him catching me means he'll do the cleaning....... *sits down and waits*
is Vanize a "modern" man then? Doing the cleaning and all that. You know it's just a trap so he can spank you.... Gayle.....!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
are you all having fun girls?
...and you just don't appreciate how hard it is to run in heels!
sheesh!
are you all having fun girls?
...and you just don't appreciate how hard it is to run in heels!
sheesh!
-v-
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
I can't walk in heels let alone run in them Vanize.... I'm in awe of your talent! 
I just stand and stike a pose in heels.... Moving about in them is a no no if I want my ankles in my old age!
I can't walk in heels let alone run in them Vanize.... I'm in awe of your talent! I just stand and stike a pose in heels.... Moving about in them is a no no if I want my ankles in my old age!
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
vanize, buy "cheat" heels. Shoes that make you look taller but are flat soled like Skully's vans and my buffalos.....You can run quite quick then.....
So, are you a "modern" man then?
vanize, buy "cheat" heels. Shoes that make you look taller but are flat soled like Skully's vans and my buffalos.....You can run quite quick then.....
So, are you a "modern" man then?
Gayle.....!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
yeah, I know what you mean about the ankles...
in reality, my left ankle is completely wasted thanks to all the skateboarding I did as a teenager.
saw a woman running in heels on icy cobblestone last year - she was good!
yeah, I know what you mean about the ankles...
in reality, my left ankle is completely wasted thanks to all the skateboarding I did as a teenager.
saw a woman running in heels on icy cobblestone last year - she was good!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I can cook better than most, and like doing so, but I don't really care for doing dishes. When I do start cleaning, I'm pretty over the top about it - vacumming out drawers and unscrewing faucet handles to scrub the junk out from under them, etc. Ask Babajaga about that - her kitchen got a complete spit shine from me once or twice. takes to much energy though, so it doesn't happen that often.
the one thing I really hate is grocery shopping.
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So, are you a "modern" man then?
I can cook better than most, and like doing so, but I don't really care for doing dishes. When I do start cleaning, I'm pretty over the top about it - vacumming out drawers and unscrewing faucet handles to scrub the junk out from under them, etc. Ask Babajaga about that - her kitchen got a complete spit shine from me once or twice. takes to much energy though, so it doesn't happen that often.
the one thing I really hate is grocery shopping.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
maybe that makes me "half modern" or so?
maybe that makes me "half modern" or so?
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol !!!!!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
you can clean my car if you like???
you can clean my car if you like???
Gayle.....!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
Gayle hun, I have to do something to get my lil ol' 5'4" inches to look taller. I'm thinking about learning to stilt walk. I wonder if that would be frowned upon by the DPS.... hmmm.
Vanize my whole house needs the spit shine treatment. Can I book you for a week in May? I promise I won't make you wear heels as you clean! I'm also the worlds worst cook, gardener, decorator...... You don't happen to enjoy ironing, gardening and house renovations do you?
Maybe I should start dating carpenters, builders and landscape gardeners.........
Gayle hun, I have to do something to get my lil ol' 5'4" inches to look taller. I'm thinking about learning to stilt walk. I wonder if that would be frowned upon by the DPS.... hmmm.
Vanize my whole house needs the spit shine treatment. Can I book you for a week in May? I promise I won't make you wear heels as you clean! I'm also the worlds worst cook, gardener, decorator...... You don't happen to enjoy ironing, gardening and house renovations do you?
Maybe I should start dating carpenters, builders and landscape gardeners.........
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I don't iron, but quite enjoy gardening and renovations and if you don't mind my version of decorating (some women even like it), then that is all good too.
I don't iron, but quite enjoy gardening and renovations and if you don't mind my version of decorating (some women even like it), then that is all good too.
-v-
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
If its bright and colourful I'll love it.... if it involves magnolia (posh name for beige) then I'll die before I'll let you touch my walls!
How about instead of you going to falmouth you fly over and I give you the keys to my house and you can do it all up whilst I go and play!
If its bright and colourful I'll love it.... if it involves magnolia (posh name for beige) then I'll die before I'll let you touch my walls!
How about instead of you going to falmouth you fly over and I give you the keys to my house and you can do it all up whilst I go and play!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
magnolia is beige? there was a huge magnolia tree outside the house I grew up in, and green or green tinted white (flower color) I could understand, but beige? I don't get it.
magnolia is beige? there was a huge magnolia tree outside the house I grew up in, and green or green tinted white (flower color) I could understand, but beige? I don't get it.
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
Don't ask me.... ask all the dumb paint companies!
Don't ask me.... ask all the dumb paint companies!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
they are dumb, I agree.
they are dumb, I agree.
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
WOW! That has to be a first... we agreed on something! Someone note that on the calender!
WOW! That has to be a first... we agreed on something! Someone note that on the calender!
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now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
now available in "advanced"
6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
*makes a note*
*makes a note*
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Super Gidg!!!!
8,506 posts
Location: Portland Oregon USA
Posted:
Only permanent leg extensions would be frowned upon. Using stilts shows that you have an active and inventive mind.
Written by: B-Skulduggery
Gayle hun, I have to do something to get my lil ol' 5'4" inches to look taller. I'm thinking about learning to stilt walk. I wonder if that would be frowned upon by the DPS.... hmmm.
Only permanent leg extensions would be frowned upon. Using stilts shows that you have an active and inventive mind.
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is NOT.
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Sanity is a highly overrated state of mind.
I'm normal ... it's everyone else that's crazy.
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
Ooooo Yay! I'm going to have to mug Frodo for his Dura stilts at Falmouth then!
Ooooo Yay! I'm going to have to mug Frodo for his Dura stilts at Falmouth then!
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