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#1 2005-11-02 06:21:41

Roraborealis
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How is everyone?

How are you all? I hope you're all OK. I haven't used the internet for about ten million years, apart from being forced to use it at school, and the internet is the only way I can know if you are.
I hope that there was a huge Drama on the news about hurricane Wilma, because I was there, and it was hardly anything! We filmed most of it, and all it is basically a banana tree waving about and a few seconds of rain. When I got back, all my friends were all: "Rora! Thank God you're all right," and I was like......ummm........what? So I exaggerated badly to them, and they believed me, and it was very funny to see their expressions when I told them I was only joking.
Bonfire night has started early over here; the fireworks started going off about five days ago. It's quite pathetic, because I was just reading this novel I have to read for an exam, and this tiny little firework went off on its own, and it looked really, really stupid. Apparently, Newcastle is the second worst place for early bonfire nights.
Oh, and I have a pet snake. It's called slinky.


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#2 2005-11-02 08:29:08

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Re: How is everyone?

Really nice to hear from you ...

You should get a t-shirt "I Survived Wilma" (superimposed on a hurrican image, in case you offend anyone called Wilma) !

Slinky the Snake? Does it bounce down stairs ? Take a photo, you can now upload it with your message smile


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#3 2005-11-02 09:59:38

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Re: How is everyone?

I shudder at your snake.

Snake... Ew...


Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

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#4 2005-11-02 20:41:16

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Re: How is everyone?

ok Zach your wierd

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#5 2005-11-02 22:18:19

justlookingforthemoment
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Re: How is everyone?

Everyone's weird in their own way.

Hi Rora! Nice to hear from you... have you noticed insomnia is a mod now? smile

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#6 2005-11-03 03:00:37

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Re: How is everyone?

Yep. Zach's weird because he thinks he's a ferret (hence the snake shuddering), Rod's weird because he called me a force of nature, jjjj is weird because she not only chose a really long name, but she also doesn't have a signature and I don't know where to start explaining why insomnia's weird. tongue

Oh, and hi Rora!


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#7 2005-11-03 06:59:18

Curunen
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Re: How is everyone?

Yes, a bit blustery but not much.


Techniques are many, Principles are few.
Techniques may vary, Principles never do. smile

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#8 2005-11-03 18:59:40

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Re: How is everyone?

You forgot ganesh - he's weird because he isn't weird.

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#9 2005-11-03 20:23:15

jU
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Re: How is everyone?

what about me!

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#10 2005-11-03 21:36:16

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Re: How is everyone?

Um...no reason for your weirdness. big_smile

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#11 2005-11-05 10:14:49

jU
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Re: How is everyone?

oh thanks [/scarism]

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#12 2005-11-05 11:20:53

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Re: How is everyone?

You're welcome. And just in case you ever want to use that word again...it's sarcasm.

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#13 2005-11-05 11:23:05

jU
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Re: How is everyone?

sorry

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#14 2005-11-05 17:55:41

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Re: How is everyone?

I liked "scarism". Much more descriptive.


El que pega primero pega dos veces.

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#15 2005-11-05 21:48:29

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Re: How is everyone?

Sounds like a religious movement. Perhaps they only believe in hell.


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#16 2005-11-07 01:04:31

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Re: How is everyone?

If you believe in hell, you must believe in heaven. Everything must have an opposite or something like that.

Hey Rora!! How's the band, life, etc.?

It's weird not being able to use the internet. I read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown in two days.


Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly

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#17 2005-11-07 17:07:01

justlookingforthemoment
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Re: How is everyone?

Was it good?

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#18 2005-11-07 18:35:27

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Re: How is everyone?

I liked it ... quite amazing historical stuff about Jesus, Da Vinci, etc. It is mix of fact and fiction.

Apparently the ideas in the book have been talked about for a while, so Dan Brown thought "I will tie it all together into a novel". It was reasonably successfull, and just when sales were going down, religious people said "Don't read it, is is full of nasty lies", so sales went up again!!


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#19 2005-11-07 18:46:13

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Re: How is everyone?

I still haven't got around to reading it...and we even have it at home.

When everyone was talking about it, I thought, I'll wait for the hype to stop and then see what it is all about. Except I never got around to it. Maybe I should.

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#20 2005-11-07 20:32:00

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Re: How is everyone?

It will change your perceptions (I think). Also, it will make you look for a tape measure (or equivalent)


Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly

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#21 2005-11-08 03:19:17

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Re: How is everyone?

It didn't change mine. I thought it was an Ok story. The primary focus of the book was the ideas and history, and not the story, which really watered it down for me since it seems based less on history and more on myth. (How big is the difference?)

Angles and Demons (the book he wrote first but no one had heard of until after) was way better. Highly suspenseful, with tons of interesting places and info about them. The only one of his where I didn't guess the ending.


El que pega primero pega dos veces.

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#22 2005-11-08 15:35:23

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Re: How is everyone?

I've decided I'm going to start reading this weekend. And...introducing the maths version of Angels and Demons: Angles and Demons!

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#23 2005-11-09 08:50:02

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Re: How is everyone?

OK! Here he is. Or she. Actually, I'm not sure. Maybe Slinky's some kind of mutant and is an it.....I wouldn't know!

slinky3.jpg


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#24 2005-11-09 08:56:32

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Re: How is everyone?

This is one shiny snake!


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#25 2005-11-09 10:54:15

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Re: How is everyone?

Ew. Snake.


Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

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