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3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Name: Charles (AKA INFERNO, Jimmy the Juggler, Krazy Karl, Oliver Twist)
Age: 27 (until 4th of June)
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Your favourite website/s: Home of Poi, BalloonHQ.com, rec.alt.unicycling
Favourite Toys: Firestaffs, Fiance, Unicycles, Sculpting Balloons, Juggling balls etc etc
Been twirling for: ??? Not sure now, um, I think 3 years???
Occupation: ??? Firedancer, Juggler, Unicyclist etc etc, oh, and, when I have time, I'm the Public Training Consultant at the New Zealand Institute of Management. But looking to drop that when I can.
Hobbies: See Toys. Also, live poetry, Fiance, Crowd Dynamics, Fiance, Science History, Chess, Teaching English, Volunteer Counselling, Fiance, etc etc etc
Music: Same as Pele "All music genres have notable artists, not all artists have notable music. I'll listen to anything once, after that it depends on mood."
Movies: Toy Story, Princess Bride, Shine, Chasing Amy
Books: Any Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett, Alan Dean Foster
Favourite Colour: Blue
Favourite Quote/Saying:
"People being people"
"I like dogs, dogs are my favourite people" Anonymous
Favourite Food (KFC) -but only on Saturdays!
Best Advice Ever Given
1. "Don't worry what people think of you, they are far too busy worrying what you think of them"- Dinah
2. "Life's not fair" Dad
15 days to go til I marry my wonderful beautiful gorgeous angel (1st of June)
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[ 15 May 2002, 16:48: Message edited by: Charles (INFERNO) ]
EDITED_BY: Charles (1136247588)
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
you mispronounced 'it' there valura.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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Oh...hangon....you were joking weren't you...
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
So you may not have been joking then, Badgerking?
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Super Gidg!!!!
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
giggle He probably wasn't Charles. Patrick is knee deep in snow
Happy New Year!!!
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
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
So, is this the home of the unicycles, where they roam wild and eat green grass?
Oh, Safe, Happy, and Healthy New Year, Charles!
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
Actually rain, no snow
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Thanks Lightning, although it's more like
"The home of unicycles, where they coast free and eat shins"
Have you managed to calm down your intro thread or is it still bordering on PRON...?
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Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Sorry to hear about the rain, Badger, if it's any consolation, ITS SUMMER IN NEW ZELAND!!!!!!
Haa haaa haa haa haaaaaaaa.... (Runs off where he gets hit by a rogue unicyle that takes a chunk out of his shin...)
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Mumma Hen
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
is there tiny little unicycles for tiny little people? (like me?)
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
veteran
1,260 posts
Location: Now in the land of Oz, Australia
dunno bout the little unicycles, but may be you could make one? you could call em Baby Unicyckels. tehehe. and yup it summer over here and its grate. sooo hot!! went swimming in the river yesterday and it was greaat! cant remember the last time that the water was so warm. ahaha you all miss out
(dont worrie for that im sure to get swallowed by a fish
) What if we think the jokes on them,
But really - the jokes on us....
and also... i wuv Rougie *snuz*
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Yes, of course there are tiny unicycles...In fact....
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The 1985 and 1986 Guinness Books listed the smallest unicycle as one with a
wheel diameter of 11/16" ridden by JeanPaul Jenack. Why did they take this
record out?? Guinness works in mysterious ways. I have ridden this
unicycle, which is also hard, but not as. The "tire" is a thin belt which
acts as a chain, making this unicycle one of the world's smallest giraffe
unicycles, with crank arms about 1.5" long!
or there is the actual production line ones too, this one has a rim only 12 inches wide! (standard uni as a minimum of 20 inches)
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Mumma Hen
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
do you reckon they are harder to ride charles?
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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For adults they can be harder than the standard 20", exactly how petite are you? (height).
Most riders who are big on shortness (like myself) need to have their seatpost shortened so it can go low enough, but apart form that the wheel seats pedals and cranks don't need any other adjustments...
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Mumma Hen
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
ummm (whispers) *five foot two*
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Unicyle sizes, seat posts lengths and the difference between the different wheel sizes...
It's actually your leg length that matter more...have a look at the above link, and it should help you out more, but don't forget, read the whole page...
PS What's happenig in your part of Australasia?
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ZORT!
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by a completely random coincidence, i dreamt that i was riding a 12 inch unicycle last night.
i havent touched my uni for 3 weeks now. i think im suffering from withdrawl.....
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
Mumma Hen
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BOO!!!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Valura scared me....
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Mumma Hen
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tee hee gotcha!!!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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Na, not really, I was just pretending...
(runs off to clean his pants)
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Mumma Hen
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dont you mean WADDLES off?!?!?!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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Now why would I want to move myself along th efloor with the skin underneath my lower jaw???
(Ally McBeal watchers should know what a waddle is! )
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Found this floating face down on page 6.
*brushes it down*
You really should pay more care and take more attention..
That came out wrong didnt it?
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Actually, for a mistype, that was pretty accurate.
I need to pay for lots more care as I have a family now.
And, as a self-confessed attention seeker (in real life, not HOP), taking more attention sounds like a great idea to me...
Perhaps I shouldn't talk as much about waddles...it seems to lose peoples interest...
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Probably would be for the best wouldnt it?
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But maybe someone else out there has a funny waddle story of their own?
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I take it this means patrick does not know what a waddle is?
(tee hee, and I thought badgers were the wise old souls of the forest)
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Patrick took a header backwards off his uni and hurt his elbow! Ouch!
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
Funny you mention waddles I found 2 while camping this weekend.
They look like they are a part of the waddle set that was probably on one of the old fishing boats from about 200 years ago. I found them the beach right next the the bay where most of the waddling was done in Ireland right up to about 70 years ago.
I'll post pics asap....
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