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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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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Ooooooo That seems to have it a nerve with Gidg
How did it get to be Monday morning again so damn quickly? How did I manage to get through the entire weekend without actually tiling my bathroom? Do I have enough grouting gloop? Why am I on this computer instead of just doing the damn tiling? How many stamps will it take to send UCoF his super hero cape? Why does my head hurt? Who are my last banana? ...............
Ooooooo That seems to have it a nerve with Gidg
How did it get to be Monday morning again so damn quickly? How did I manage to get through the entire weekend without actually tiling my bathroom? Do I have enough grouting gloop? Why am I on this computer instead of just doing the damn tiling? How many stamps will it take to send UCoF his super hero cape? Why does my head hurt? Who are my last banana? ...............
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
poor thing - tut tut.
if it is of any consolation, I once tiled my diningroom floor in two days but took a year and a half to get around to ever grouting it!
poor thing - tut tut.
if it is of any consolation, I once tiled my diningroom floor in two days but took a year and a half to get around to ever grouting it!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I stupidly picked glass mosaic tiles........ grouting is going to be a nightmare!
I stupidly picked glass mosaic tiles........ grouting is going to be a nightmare!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
live and learn as they say - especially true when it comes to home improvement!
live and learn as they say - especially true when it comes to home improvement!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Thats the problem! I have been renovating this house for 6 years...... its driving me nuts! When I got it there was no bathroom and a kitchen that consisted of a sink, a free standing rusty gas cooker and a bathtub with a flip down work surface over it. There was no heating apart from 2 storage heaters and it needed damp proofing, rewiring and generally bringing it out of the 1950's. It will be finished one day...... but when that day will be is anyones guess I've lived and learned an awful lot but this house still keeps on throwing those curve balls at me. You don't happen to know a dishy carpenter that wants to date a flaky spinner do you?
Thats the problem! I have been renovating this house for 6 years...... its driving me nuts! When I got it there was no bathroom and a kitchen that consisted of a sink, a free standing rusty gas cooker and a bathtub with a flip down work surface over it. There was no heating apart from 2 storage heaters and it needed damp proofing, rewiring and generally bringing it out of the 1950's. It will be finished one day...... but when that day will be is anyones guess I've lived and learned an awful lot but this house still keeps on throwing those curve balls at me. You don't happen to know a dishy carpenter that wants to date a flaky spinner do you? Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
by te time you are finished, it'll be time to start renovating again!
you need a bored man around the house who is good with tools.
like they say, "the ladies don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
by te time you are finished, it'll be time to start renovating again!
you need a bored man around the house who is good with tools.
like they say, "the ladies don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
-v-
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Can you recommend anyone? Just rememebr to never let them read any of my posts on here. It might put them off!
Can you recommend anyone?
Just rememebr to never let them read any of my posts on here. It might put them off! Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
or make them overly interested in things besides house repair... wouldn't want them distracted, now would we?
or make them overly interested in things besides house repair... wouldn't want them distracted, now would we?
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I don't know what you mean Vanize 
I don't know what you mean Vanize Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
me neither. :
(as usual)
shrug:
me neither. :
(as usual)
shrug:
-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:
hehe i shall keep an eye out for you and if i find one will kidnap them and bring them to falmouth
hehe i shall keep an eye out for you and if i find one will kidnap them and bring them to falmouth
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:
gotta watch out for bored guys with tools though - they tend to start more projects than they finish. Plus you may come home and find something upgraded that you didn't want messed with!
gotta watch out for bored guys with tools though - they tend to start more projects than they finish. Plus you may come home and find something upgraded that you didn't want messed with!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Vanize as long as the house is still sellable at the end of it they can do what they like. I want to buy a Chapel or old school room with high ceilings next so I can spin indoors!
Vanize as long as the house is still sellable at the end of it they can do what they like. I want to buy a Chapel or old school room with high ceilings next so I can spin indoors!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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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:
didn't you know thats why you chain man slaves up... that way they only do what you say and when. lol
Written by: vanize
gotta watch out for bored guys with tools though - they tend to start more projects than they finish. Plus you may come home and find something upgraded that you didn't want messed with!
didn't you know thats why you chain man slaves up... that way they only do what you say and when. lol
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 don't have to live in a church to have high ceilings! mine are high enough to spin in, and Babaja's aprtment you can do staff throws in (th place is hell to heat though!).
Germans do like their high ceilings though, which are also effective for chaining up slaves - they feel much more inadequate chained to a big wall than a small one - probably especially true for man slaves...
you don't have to live in a church to have high ceilings! mine are high enough to spin in, and Babaja's aprtment you can do staff throws in (th place is hell to heat though!).
Germans do like their high ceilings though, which are also effective for chaining up slaves - they feel much more inadequate chained to a big wall than a small one - probably especially true for man slaves...
-v-
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
This is Wales Vanize where the average height is about 5'7"! They didn't build their housed with high ceilings! So if I'm going to stay in Wales it will have to be a chapel or a school hall.
This is Wales Vanize where the average height is about 5'7"! They didn't build their housed with high ceilings! So if I'm going to stay in Wales it will have to be a chapel or a school hall. Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
sounds like between all your renovating and height needs, you might be better off just building your own house!
sounds like between all your renovating and height needs, you might be better off just building your own house!
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Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
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Location: Wales
Posted:
maybe..... but that would involve me having to date a builder/roofer/carpenter/electrician/plumber/planning official/land owner......... thats just too many people I'd need to date to get it done!
maybe..... but that would involve me having to date a builder/roofer/carpenter/electrician/plumber/planning official/land owner......... thats just too many people I'd need to date to get it done!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
Actually, you would be the land owner hopefully, and he would be the rest. that way, when he is done - you can kick him out instead of vice versa!
Actually, you would be the land owner hopefully, and he would be the rest. that way, when he is done - you can kick him out instead of vice versa!
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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:
Well I thought I might have to date a land ower to get the land for a good price.......
Well I thought I might have to date a land ower to get the land for a good price.......
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
someone help me quick! I just exherted a massive amount of self restraint by not posting a joke into the the "self harm awareness day" thread, and I think I pulled something...
someone help me quick! I just exherted a massive amount of self restraint by not posting a joke into the the "self harm awareness day" thread, and I think I pulled something...
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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:
You are a sick man and need help
You are a sick man and need help
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grumpy poorly froggy
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Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
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Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
oh go on you know ou want to...hehehe i want to hear it now anyway, goes with my sence of humor
Written by: vanize
someone help me quick! I just exherted a massive amount of self restraint by not posting a joke into the the "self harm awareness day" thread, and I think I pulled something...
oh go on you know ou want to...hehehe i want to hear it now anyway, goes with my sence of humor
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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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:
PM me the joke Vanize. If its really bad I'll
you for it 
PM me the joke Vanize. If its really bad I'll
you for it Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
bah - that was a whole day ago - can't remember it now exactly. had something to do with poi people all being masocists and hurting themselves all the time anyway so we should have to wear orange and white beads and then tell eeveryone we do not intend to stop our self harm and all that. Just as well I didn't post it as it sounds not only insensitive to the thread meaning, but also pretty lame now that I look at it again...
bah - that was a whole day ago - can't remember it now exactly. had something to do with poi people all being masocists and hurting themselves all the time anyway so we should have to wear orange and white beads and then tell eeveryone we do not intend to stop our self harm and all that. Just as well I didn't post it as it sounds not only insensitive to the thread meaning, but also pretty lame now that I look at it again...
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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:
(y'know... just because)
(y'know... just because)
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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:
*Pushes some comfy looking furniture into the room. Leaves again*
*Pushes some comfy looking furniture into the room. Leaves again*
Meh
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
excellent work Sir Cantus, fraggle master!
you can push comfy furniture into here anytime you please!
excellent work Sir Cantus, fraggle master!
you can push comfy furniture into here anytime you please!
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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:
Grand! Great job fraggle. Now I get to sit in a comfy chair and watch
Grand! Great job fraggle. Now I get to sit in a comfy chair and watch
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Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
2,014 posts
Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
comfy AND watching??? hmmm, why do I think that's not quite vanize's style?
attires and arranges Clare so she's eye candy for the rest of us
comfy AND watching??? hmmm, why do I think that's not quite vanize's style?
attires and arranges Clare so she's eye candy for the rest of us
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