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Topic: what are your hobbies besides music
Posted By: dude
Subject: what are your hobbies besides music
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 07:51
| we all have hobbies,what are yours. Mine are Astronomy, Martial Arts, Gym,piano..and desperatly trying to get women to notice me!...without much success...maybe if i were taller, better looking,had more money..........!!!! |
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Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 08:28
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... or listened to Enrique Iglesias or Justin Timberlake... Seriously, my main hobby besides prog is movies. And any form of escapism. Not much of an athlete, though. Regards |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 09:02
PACO FOX: some excellent westerns were made in Spain!!!TOUCHE on the Timberlake thing(i will get my notebook out!! ) stay safe!!!
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Posted By: Verisimilitude
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 09:58
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Ahhh, I don't think there are any easy ways of noting down how "it's" done... But anyway, I enjoy just about everything... Movies and music figure highly of course... Like Paco Fox said: escapism... Sports are good too, I try to be the runner that I'm currently not... (not sounding too sappy am I?) |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 11:09
| I am in the process of moving from the Sierra Mountains down to the San Joaquin Valley so I can start back to running and biking. I'm getting too old do the hills. I also enjoy playing guitar with my much more talented wife, and I watch Hockey (my hometown Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks). Movies and beer, Sam Adams............. AAAAHHHHHHHHHH! |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: February 12 2004 at 13:14
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I play hockey, listen to movies and It is cool to know a little more about you guys ... ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Gonghobbit
Date Posted: February 12 2004 at 14:49
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Versimilitude, I recognize that 'lil guy walking around your signature from another site...I seem to spend my time just getting to and from work and plotting against the neighbors... ------------- 'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here' |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 12 2004 at 16:15
| So MAX, the Sens got a chance in the East? |
Posted By: Aqualung
Date Posted: February 13 2004 at 07:49
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i understand you , guy However my hobbies are watching movies ( i'm a sickly of cinema) , basketball ( sometime i also play it), drinking beer and sleeping all day i also enjoy go to the beach and swimming too ------------- 
"Closer to the heart" |
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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: February 14 2004 at 06:21
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Hobbies. Hobbies! Hobbies? And non-music related to boot? Well there's the mandatory watching and collecting of movies. I practice Tae Kwon Do, but I'm not sure if that's a hobby or a continuing attempt at a lifestyle change. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, target shooting, off road driving and collecting swords, knives & other misc. edged weapons take up a lot of my time and money. I fix my own and friend's computers and since I don't get paid for it I have to assume that's a hobby too. |
; Then there's my mighty smilie collection. The majority of which won't work on this forum, for some reason.Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 16 2004 at 05:07
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Photography, Films, Playing Music (badly at the moment, but we all have to learn), avoiding DIY, & finding new & exciting ways of winding up the cats...... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: February 18 2004 at 14:41
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Taking my Australian cattle dogs Ozzie and Harriet for runs and scaring the crap out of the other dogs in the park. This music thing is something which stems from my childhood and teen years and I'm just starting to get back into it. I just transgressed into the 21st century and got a DVD player for Christmas which is still somewhat of a novelty to me. I'm semi-retired and I'm trying to get a book published so I spend a lot of time with that as well. |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 17:09
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The Owl enjoys:
Owls (of course), walking, bicycling, Seinfeld, 1960's TV shows (especially Batman), 1963 Ford Galaxie's, Swing/Latin/Ballroom Dancing, Gibson SG's ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 17:56
All outstand avocations. You don't have a Galaxy 500 you want to unload, by any chance? |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: February 19 2004 at 19:15
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Well with BONDRA they sure have chances.... ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: February 20 2004 at 15:59
Unfortunately, no. Have no wheeels period right now. ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 23 2004 at 09:47
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Hobbies besides music?? uhm: NONE |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 23 2004 at 09:48
| well, ok, I like playing Red Alert 2 |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: February 23 2004 at 19:15
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I'm going to sound really boring now. My main hobby other than music is Golf. I get to wear ridiculously colourful clothes and daft hats and nobody batters an eyelid. I like Football (proper Football I enjoy good TV, usually comedies and enjoy the occasional drink. Yep, that just about sums up my hobbies. ------------- 
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 24 2004 at 14:34
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If drinking is a hobby, then it's one of my hobbies too! (and eating) So, what do you like to drink?
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Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: February 24 2004 at 18:01
| anything that will boost my BAC, for one |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: February 24 2004 at 19:09
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When I'm not drinking Beer, which is quite often sadly, I am a big coffee drinker.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 25 2004 at 06:58
Ah yes, beer & caffiene, 2 of the 3 major food groups (the other for me is, I'm ashamed to say, nicotine..... I will give up, honest!) -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: February 25 2004 at 07:20
I gave up the nicotine 10 years ago and I still feel like crap when I walk up the stairs. Am I richer? No but the wife has more money to spend on useless stuff. Do I still miss ciggys? Yep. -------------
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: February 25 2004 at 08:36
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JOREN:apart from beer i like a nice Ouzo and coke(JIM GARTEN:Not high on the I.F.A.R.T scale unfortunately!!)
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 25 2004 at 10:33
Ouzo & coke?? 
You sick puppy......... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 25 2004 at 18:48
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Dammit Jim, ya don't mix them. You take a shot of Ouzo and chase it with flat, slightly warm coke. It's great. I used to be a bouncer in a local pub and we did a shot and a coke at the beginning of the shift.
Sam Adams is my beer of choice. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 26 2004 at 03:08
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My main problem is with the ouzo - this is made with that most heinous of substances, the devils jizz itself - aniseed!!! ....
Now if we're talking shots, you cannot beat a good schnapps, or a freezing cold shot of black label Smirnoff -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: February 26 2004 at 08:32
I stand by my comments!! OUZO AND COKE!! its no point to me downing an ouzo and THEN chasing it with a coke thats double handling and it just takes longer to reach drunk city!! do it all at once and get it over with i say!!!!!.As for JIM ....well he's just a big girls dress !!(p.s JIM; did colin the dog survive?!!) stay safe freinds
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 09:21
I never tried Ouzo AND coke, but I like Ouzo and I like coke, so... but slightly warm coke??!! I like vodka too! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 17:58
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I play a lot of Chess and get involved in organising a bit. I also like watching football(soccer) and for my sins follow Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 22:55
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Believe it or not guys, in the summer of '79, I rode (solo) a single-cylinder Honda XL250 most of the way across Canada, from St. John's, Newfoundland to Calgary, Alberta, turning 19 in a hotel bar en-route! Why such a small bike for such a long trip, you ask? My Goldwing was in the shop that week..... Oh, and I really like beer and barbeques, too. In winter the beer stays cold in the snow. When it's minus 30 out, I have to drink it faster before it freezes! Hey, no problem.....
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 23:03
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(Except for the odd Caesar. Spicy! Yum! Almost unknown in America, very popular here in Canada!) ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
"Wine is fine, and liquor is quicker, but I find they just make me sicker. Beer is Best -- you can keep the rest!"Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 05:57
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From what i have read,most of the CAESARS were pretty odd!! ET TU BRUTE!!!?
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 08:22
Caesar?? Is that a drink? |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 08:28
Over here, Caesar's a fancy dog food..... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 08:31
Big girls dress?? Swine!!  I challenge you to a Babycham drinking competition - Damn! What a giveaway....
As for Colin the dog, he was last seen passing over Wolverhampton @ approx 15,000 feet -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 22:39
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I await your indignant, baby-sham-breathed replies! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
A Caesar is sort of like a Bloody Mary, only with vodka and Motts Clamato (made with tomato and clam juice. Yes, I know, Jim & Dude; it has occurred to me. Don't even bother...) Worcestershire, Tobasco, pepper, salt, a rimmed glass (again, don't bother), lots of ice, and a celery stick. Tasty, but not for panty-waists such as yourselves. I'll get the next "shout" Jim. A warm flat twiggy ale for you, and a Shirley Temple for the Dude?
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 03:38
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I've heard of Bloody Mary, but I've never tasted it... It is said that it takes away your hangover |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 07:45
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE!!!..i prefer a "Britany Spears"... thats Ouzo.......and clam juice............Hopefully!!!(CMON PETER..did you REALLY think that i could let that slip by!!!!) JIm: 15000 feet!!! thats what i call a "Wolverhampton Wanderer"
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 07:52
Given your advancing years, I wouldn't dream of an indignant reply - I shall just put your lack of tase buds down to a senile tongue. Babycham breath????? That is rich coming from a man who's idea of a tasty refreshing drink includes extract of crustacean. You and I both know that the most glorious drink in the world is warm, flat and slides smoothly down your throat  and you don't need to stick any vegetation into it to make it vaguely interesting (celery! Hah!)-------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 13:05
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Secondly, the celery in the Caesar is so that you can skip lunch! (I once heard that chewing and digesting celery -- a largely useless food -- consumes more calories than it contributes. Thus, locked in the celery warehouse, you may not die of thirst, but you'll starve.... Hmmmm.... "warm, flat, and slides smoothly down your throat?" Sounds like Michael Jackson's (the alien, crotch-grabbing, falsettoed freakish pop idol, not the beer expert) favourite drink! I assume you mean Guinness, Kilkenny, Caffrey's, Beamish et al? I'll still take mine chilled, thanks. Your shout. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Jim, get it straight: a clam's not a crustacean, it's a mollusk and a bivalve. 
(Crustaceans include crabs, lobsters, shrimp, etc., the "bugs" of the sea!) 
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 18:10
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GENTLEMEN PLEASE!!! all this talk of Celery and Micheal Jackson...I mean next it will be who smokes the biggest cigar!!!(YES i know that "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"!!!..................and sometimes it aint)...WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT!!!.....of COURSE a cigar is just a cigar ....imean its long and full of tobacco..what idiot psychiatrist could possibly see it as anything other than what it is!!!!!NOW LET US HAVE NO MORE TALK OF SUBMARINES......I MEAN CIGARS..I MEAN CELERY..CELERY(oh boy i need a Virgin Mary...NO!!i mean a Bloody Mary!!..yes thats it.. a Brittany Temple...NO...NO..i mean.....Oh hell im OUTTA HERE!!
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 20:15
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"Lewd" Dewd: Keep me laughing, buddy! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 03 2004 at 03:03
Smartarse! It took me ages to work out how to spell crustacean  - had I known it was a mollusc (hah! you spelt that wrong buddy!!! IN YOUR FACE  !!!! hah hah hah hah hah hah), I could have used the extra time to do something useful - like drinking some Wadworths 6X, or sending some dried frog pills to Dude, who is so obviously in need of medication  -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 03 2004 at 08:45
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(A horrified Mrs Rideout runs into the smoldering, shattered computer room): "Aargh! My beloved and expensive robotic husband is spread all around the room! I'll never find a mate with an "off" switch again! (And he did the housework!) What's this on the computer?"
(Alerted by their grief-stricken mother's hysterical scream, the adorable Rideout progeny run to her side): "Mommy! Mommy! Please wake up, Mommy! What was that loud bang? Where's our wonderful daddy? Oh my goodness! These smoking slippers must mean that..... Oh no! Daddeeeeee! Mommeeee! Wahhhh!" (The RIDEOUT 2001 glides into the room): "At last (click, bleep), my chance has come! Mr. Garten (click, whir) I think we can work together." Could this be the start of a mutually-beneficial relationship? Will the wretchedly-reduced Rideouts ever recover from the rapacious blow? Has Jim learned his lesson at long-last? Will he fearfully flee his fog-shrouded island home? Stay tuned!
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
"Jim," eh? Curse your nit-picking bones, you thoughtless beast! Jim Garten, wherever you are I will hunt you down and have my revenge! Aieeee!" (she faints)
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 03 2004 at 09:17
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*skips channel*
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 03 2004 at 19:57
| JIM: DONT ENCOURAGE HIM!!!I WILL NOW HAVE TO SEND OUT MY DUDE MARK IV AUSTRALIAN BUILT ROBOT HUNTER KILLER I HAVE SET IT FOR "CANADIAN IMPOSTER NEWFOUNDLAND(did they lose the old foundland?) the only problem is being Australian built ITS DRINKING ALL THE BEER AND I CANT STOP IT !!!!!!!!!HEEEEEEEEEELP |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 00:45
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You gentlemen are obviously suffering from a lack of consumption of 12 year old single malt Kentucky corn liquor. Don't report back until you've given yourselves appropriate medicinal dosages. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 00:47
Joren, the best (and only) cure I know of for a hangover is to never stop drinking! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 00:59
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When I really want to hurt my head the next morning, I turn to a large bottle of strong Belgian bottle-conditioned beer (6 -10%!) Chimay is a particularly favoured "weapon." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 03:15
The problem is, at some point you won't be able to drink any more In Holland, there is a pub where they serve a special anti-hangover breakfast. It contains 2 eggs and bacon, a glass of beer and two asperines |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 03:44
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Hertfordshire, England..... As the sun crawls above the horizon, barely able to pierce the looming smog, our hero emerges from a deep sleep, and regards the day ahead with trepidation........
"Bugger, the cat's done it in my slippers again!!" Knowing the Rideout 2001 is coming, armed to the teeth with that most fearsome of weapons, a Canadian accent, and fully fuelled with a mollusc flavoured libation, Jim Garten prepares grimly for the final confrontation...... "Tea, dear??" Pausing only to step over the hungover remains of the DUDE MARK IV, and to reflect on why it began to malfunction after only half a pint of weak British beer, JG descends the stairs, pauses in reflection for a moment, considers the beauty and sanctity of life.... then kicks the cat. He sits in his favorite armchair, listening to 'Hatfield & The North's "Rotters Club", drinking his first cup of Earl Grey tea, and has the first of many cigarettes. It could be a long wait..... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 05:53
| On a nearby rooftop a figure squats in the morning sun, long shadow drawing behind him. he smiles, an evil grimace really, as he survays the town below,waking with dawns bright promise. "Soon" he mutters "Soon the battle will begin,and two great adversaries will be locked in the age old struggle for dominence and supremacy,but there can be only one,my plan has worked to a tee and only i will be left,the Canadian and the Englishmen will be no more.Laughing he turns toward a nearby doorway, cape swirling in the sighing breeze and dissappears into the shadows...and trips down the stairs! "Damn" he spits in anger,"i should get that cape shortened" |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 06:19
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On his 3rd Earl Grey, and 4th cigarette, Jim ponders on the great mysteries of life, such as - why can Australians not spell 'survey', 'dominance', or 'disappears'.
At the sound of a distant clatter, a smile plays across his lips - he knew it was worth greasing all nearby staircases. Grinding out his cigarette, he lifts the phone and dials a familiar number - "we have an intruder - release the badgers" Across town, the local pizza delivery service replaces the receiver...... "badgers?" -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 06:38
| Brushing himself down he makes for the nearest exit as an odd thought crosses his mind "HEY" he thinks "its survey you dolt" still no matter, the Englishmen must be on his third,perhaps fourth poisoned cigarette the predictable Canadian left for him.as he steps out onto the busy street he wonders at the thought that millions may die in the battle to come,the thought gives him only a vague feeling of unease,a sense that the deaths though regrettable are necessary to his plans..he walks striding with confidence, pausing only occassionally to shake off the odd badger. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 08:10
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Puzzled, Jim turns from the window....
"what an odd badger....., hang on...this cigarette tastes funny, there's something of the, of the, No, No NNNOOOOO..... MOLLUSC!!" The room swirled around him, strange colours flitted in and out of his periphery vision, the floor came up to meet him - shook hands, & went away again. Just in time, he remembered the antidote to Canadian Bivalve Poison; groaning, he reached for the one substance which could save his life and sanity....... a voice came to him from faraway..... "darling, why are you eating the cat litter??" -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 08:41
| Stopping suddenly a thought occurs to him "DAMN" he says out loud "what if he has cat litter" a grim smile forms on his face "a worthy adversary if so.....a worthy adversary indeed!" a women nearby looks at him with an exspression he has seen all his life.. he knows it well...."Why cant this man spell SURVEY ". He strides on, grimly determined to improve his grammer....and shake of the very odd badgers!!! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 11:36
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Weakened by the remains of the toxins in his system, Jim takes to his bed with only the burning fire of anticipated revenge keeping him alive.
"this is not just the work of that Canadian scoundrel" he thought "there are darker forces at work here....." He wondered, could the DUDE MARK IV be so stupid as to think he could collude with Rideout 2001 without Jim knowing..........????? Jim's wife Vicky bought in a cup of Earl Grey, a biscuit and his cigarettes.... moments later, surrounded by crumbs, cigarette ash and a drying tea stain, Jim is asleep, dreaming dark dreams of vengeance. -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 20:12
| WILL JIM RECOVER FROM HIS MOLLUSC POISONING!!WILL DUDES PLAN SUCCEED!!,WILL MAX KICK US ALL OF THE SITE FOR BEING SELF INDULGENT!! DO THE REST OF YOU EVEN CARE.STAY TUNED FOR PART TWO WHERE YOU WILL HEAR PETER RIDEOUT SAY "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL HAVE YOU TWO BEEN DOING IN MY ABSESNSE!!?,WHERE JIM WILL REVEAL A STARTLING SECRET FETISH INVOLVING FISH AND WHERE DUDE WILL CONTINUE TO MANGLE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!!! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 06 2004 at 02:19
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No sooner had Garten nodded off, however, than the boozey DUDE Mark IV came crashing through his bedroom wall. "Don't you know that it's dangerous to SMOKE IN BED?" screamed the alcohol-addled Aussie automaton, before agent Garten jumped up and grappled with him, knocking the metal-manthing through the open bedroom door, and "arse-over kettle" down the stairs. A satisfying sproing-ing sound, like that of a large leaping marsupial, told Jim that the "Austrailian avenger" was out of commission, at least for now. "What ho, pip pip, that was easy," mused the unflappable, stiff-upper-lipped -- but stale Woodbines smelling -- Englishman. "Lucky for me it was Australian built, and thus forced to walk on its hands here in the northern hemisphere. Most unstable..... Bloody 'ell, me bleedin' bed's on fire again!" Meanwhile, the grim-faced RIDEOUT 2001, armed to the teeth with a mind-boggling array of sophisticated and deadly weaponry (plus clam juicer, glass rimmer, and ice dispenser; but lacking a basic geography chip, and having therefore been earlier thwarted by a mysterious, large salty body of water in its aim to drive to Garten's corrupt, tea-and-crumpet-soaked island home), was experiencing yet another setback, in the guise of a burly security guard at Toronto's Pearson International Airport: "Sir, I repeat: Do you have anything metal on your person?" "Infernal carbon-based peon, my entire perfect and lethal body is made of metal!" the miffed man-machine replied, before ripping the luckless guard's head from his shoulders. "I'm never flying British Airways again" fumed the revenge-bent robot later, as, still seething, he tore into his complimentary in-flight peanuts. "I'm sure I asked for a window seat, the beer is flat, twiggy, laughably weak, and as warm as moose urine, and there's no Kraftwerk on any of the music channels!" Thinks were looking decidedly "rum" for Garten, who slept on, blissfully unaware of the looming danger looming ever loomier in the gloomy, polluted Dickensian-grey skies above his wretched, tottering island. "Perfect," reflected the robot with smug superiority, "they're already in bed over here! No wonder they lost their puny empire!" ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 06 2004 at 06:28
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Dude as his alter ego Jens Bland secret agent 003(and a bit) of T.A.R.T.S(Tactical Action Reaction Team of Superspies) arrived fashionably late at the party for dutch abassador Van Vandenvan.....He knew his archnemesis Rideout would be there.As the great doors of the ambassadors house swung open the volume of noise rose from the party,he had done this many times,the thrust and parry of conversation,the empty platitudes to flatter some old doweger...he checked his sock before entering ..."AH bland"the ambassedor walked up to him arms outstretched "Welcome",Bland smiled warmly "nice to see you again"...COME said the ambassedor "there is someone you simply MUST meet!" he led bland into the noisy crowd to a tall bearded man "RIDEOUT"!! He thought to himself.THe ambassador introduced them.."This is wealthy cattle baron and gerbil breeder ROGER DE CABENBOY,the two exchanged coldly polite looks,"so MR De cabenboy you sell cattle?" yes De c.answered "i am a big Bull shipper"",And the gerbils?" bland asked,"they are popular with.........some people"..But here let me introduce you to my wife!",Bland turned to the attractive women by his nemesis side.."so nice to meet you madam,he bent to kiss the proferred hand."ER...Bland thats my hand" said De C...Iwas reaching for some cake!!","i am terribly sorry!" replied Bland "But the painted fingernails fooled me". De Cabenboy snatched his hand back with an annoyed look and turned to his wife "Darling could you excuse us for a while?" "of course" she said and walked off to join a conversation elsewhere....the two men were alone.."So Rideout, we meet again"!!. "I see you escaped GARTENS DEAdly Badgers Bland or should i say DUDE said RIDEOUT"Yes" replied Bland "Though it was close, after he disabled the DUDE MARK IV i had to leave in a hurry,i hadnt counted on that!" still he is recovering from your poisoned cigarettes and is unaware that the RIDEOUT 2001 is heading for him now...I thought you two were partners?!!" RIDEOUT WAS GRIM.."WE were and still are we had a slight ......disagreement and i am just voicing my ...Displeasure! still you know that he and i are after the worldsmost expensive jewel the "STAR OF VEGEMITE" THE WORLDS ONLY BLACK DIAMOND... and you BLAND and your TARTS wont stop us HAHAHA!!!!...............Bland raised a glass of wine and drank deeply pausing only to spit out a cigarrette butt......"We shall see"...."We shall see"..Bland watch RIDEOUT walk toward his wife then he turned "by the way" he said..."Your sock is showing"...Rideout walked away smiling,leaving Bland to pull up his zipper..in the gaze of dissapointed ladies
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Posted By: Aerandir
Date Posted: March 07 2004 at 01:45
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Well my primary hobbies are : 1. Music 2. Cars 3. Fantasy Fiction (tolkien , salvatore, etc) 4.RPGs (role playing games) 5. i'm planning to add Traveling when i get my own car Concerning Ouzo young ppl drink it mixed with Coca Cola or with any sort of juice (orange and lemon being at the top selections) when they go out to a bar or a club! When we have launch and have fish as the major plate we mix it with water and/or ice ! You should really try Raki , Tsipouro and Tsikoudia ! they rock too. ------------- That which doesn't kill you, postpones the inevitable |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 08 2004 at 08:06
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Deep in the heart of the rolling British green and pleasant countryside, lies the Erno Crumfeldt Memorial Resthome for the Terminally Bewildered; in a private room, well away from the prying eyes of the public, the tabloid press, the depraved, the Canadian and the Australian, lies our hero.
Having been transferred to this secluded refuge after a near terminal encounter with a burning duvet and an insane robot, Garten lies semi concious, and partially incontinent in a drug induced stupor, babbling inanities and swatting at imaginary flies..... his recovery is complete! His messenger wasps had recently returned from a recce of the Dutch Low Countries, and confirmed his earlier suspicion that Rideout & Dude were indeed working together; they had been seen speaking at Van Vandenvan's little soire in Amsterdam (indeed, one partucularly astute wasp had even seen DUDE kiss RIDEOUT's hand - confirming Gartens suspicions regarding these debased colonials), and although their exact words could not be accurately picked up over the general hubbub, the words "Star Of Vegemite" could just be distinguished - "damn that General Hubbub" thought Garten, "I can never hear anything over his voice!!" Lighting a cigarette (vetted by HQ for mollusc traces), he pondered on how this situation had come about - the 1922 expedition when he & Rideout (then only 74 years old) had stolen the 'Star Of Vegemite' from the dying hand of its creator, Mustafa Leak; the later disagreement over custard, which led to their estrangement (and ultimately, the great dessert war of 1932/5, when the 'Star' was lost forever - or so Rideout thought), and eventually RIDEOUT's desperate alliance with the evil southern barbarians to regain control of the worlwide trade in weak cold pissy lager. "Sad, so sad" thought Garten, as he opened a secret pouch secreted about his person, and brought out a velvet purse, wherein lay...... "The Star Of Vegemite" He sighed........ "so many deaths, so many needless deaths, the orphans, the widows, the breweries" Garten wiped a tear from his eye, "Sod 'em!!" -------------
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 10 2004 at 17:29
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************Commercial Break******** Pop SSSHHHFPPP clink SSSSLLLUUURRPPPP AAAAHHHHH!!! BBBUURURRPPP!!!! Camera pans from the condensation puddle on the mahogany bar and focuses on a balding middle aged nerdish deviant with a weathered, sweat stained Tormato Tour t-shirt. The voice emanates forth from a gap toothed cavernous maw causing the small green booger on the tip of his left nostril to vibrate. "Boddington's, the prog reviewers beer of choice." A putride smile creeps across the tobacco stained teeth as the camera pans back to the bar and focuses on the half empty bottle. Background sound of a loogy being hawked upon the barroom floor..... |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 11 2004 at 00:37
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Back to the show soon.... (it's evolving in my fertile, fecund, frolicsome, follically-challenged head.) (Feel free, friends.) ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 11 2004 at 01:12
| WILL THE RIDEOUT 2001 SUCCEED OR WILL ITS OUT OF DATE 1 GIG PROCESSOR FAIL WILL, JIM WAKE IN TIME TO COUNTER THE DEADLY THREAT!! (OH WAIT....he is awake AND HE,S GOT THE DIAMOND..DAMN!!!!)AND WILL JENS BLAND(DUDE) EVER GET THAT SOCK RIGHT!!!STAY TUNED FOR PART THREE WHERE YOU WILL HERE PETER SAY......"HELLO"...WHERE JIM WILL REVEAL A PLOT TWIST SO MINOR THAT NO ONE WILL NOTICE AND WHERE DUDE WILL WRITE 15 PAGES OF WORDS THAT WILL MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ANYONE NOT EVEN HIM....he.......thou...WHATEVER!! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 11 2004 at 03:42
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Danbo - a minor point......
I will not, under any circumstances, ever, EVER, drink Boddingtons; this Mancunian filth has no place under the title beer....... It's so appalling in fact, I believe it could be Australian! Dude & Peter - looking forward to the next instalments, but Dude, you may want to follow this link, first http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0198613474.02.LZZZZZZZ -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 09:28
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dreaming and smoking grass ------------- 
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Posted By: Tauhd Zaïa
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 10:59
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Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttt !!!! Eh, la réputation que tu vas nous faire, ici Perso, j'essaye de garder, hum.... "une certaine forme" Je ne fume plus mais les effets retard ! ------------- The State Of Grace Is Achieved |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 17:53
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YEAH!!! |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 18:24
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I really need to invest in a French-English translation Dictionary.
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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:08
High school was a long time ago, but: "You don't smoke anymore, but you still feel the effects." ???? Oui? Non? Baisse morte? |
Posted By: Tauhd Zaïa
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:29
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Yes But...what is "Baisse morte? " ------------- The State Of Grace Is Achieved |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:34
who is dead? ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Tauhd Zaïa
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:42
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Hobbies B-side music ??? Humm, children, cooking, washing, repassing, housekeeping are not hobbies but : Gardening, Drawing with Photoshop, reading, collecting shells on the beach, sleep and the funny discussions here are hobbits, sorry hobbies and I have still the time for ------------- The State Of Grace Is Achieved |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:43
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ow, behave!
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Posted By: Tauhd Zaïa
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:51
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Malgré les efforts inhérents à ma nature ô combien généreuse et considérant le fait que la barrière linguistique me laisse à des années lumières d’un quelconque espoir de compréhension, je me retrouve face à l’immensité, à cette adversité sans nom dont le gouffre sans fin n’a d’égal que mon appétit naissant. Je vais donc aller manger ! (good translation ------------- The State Of Grace Is Achieved |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 13:54
Oh, now we talk about hobbies again...Ok, here are mine:
- First Hobby is the soccer club Eintracht Frankfurt, I'm a fan and watch every home and away game (in the stadium) and use lot of time informing on the net and helping in the active fan scene...
- Music, first of all Prog is another Hobby...not only listening but also informing on the net (wrtiting here) talking with a friend (who's the only one in my circle of friends who loves Prog as much as I do) about it, reading album reviews and so on...
- Photoshop
- playing handball and torture myself on the hometrainer ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 17:41
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That's as close as my addled memory could get to "drop dead". As in buzz off or go away and leave me alone. |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 03:38
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I am drawing and painting since I was born.. but I am doing something with it since 2000/2001 that means that I was about 13/14 years old, I'll make some scans/photo's soon.. did have them.. but this computer crashed.. bye bye -------------  
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 12:36
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I'm curious! You can post them on the 'ART' topic ...if you think you're good enough
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Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 13:22
In relation to the other Topic: Who defines, what is "good" enogh ? ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: March 21 2004 at 03:28
owyeah and is it objective or subjective.. -------------
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 22 2004 at 05:04
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Posted By: theis the one
Date Posted: June 25 2004 at 18:53
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is there something I like Beside Music Only Drinking, bit I love to play my guitar more than any other things. ------------- Theis|Shogun |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 25 2004 at 19:16
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Computers. Been taking them apart and fixing them for years. One day I'll work out how it's done... 'til then I'll enjoy my current job, which is seeing how many subtle ways I can find to break them (I'm a test engineer). It's great when you can get paid for your hobbies!
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Posted By: Dusanyu
Date Posted: June 27 2004 at 01:57
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Hmm hobbys Becides nusic?
Alcahallism (love my sake), Opensource Software devlopment (the KDE Project and other Linuxy things) I also injoy Literature, Art and the martal arts (Shinto-Ryu-Ken-jutsu , Aiki-jutsu and Kyoudo in particular) i know thire is more i am just to drunk to think of them |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: June 27 2004 at 03:06
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I am one of those boring old farts that plays golf. Hobby wise, other than golf and music, I have no time for anything else as I'm usually asleep. -------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: June 27 2004 at 11:41
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You're talking my language ST! |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 10:18
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Sleep is a great hobby that I have yet to master- which explains all the time I have to write silly posts on the forum. I also like literature (Russian authors, Beat generation, good science fiction and fantasy, James Joyce, Dr. Thompson) animation (adult swim!), computers (from writing code to playing bad video games) and trashing popular culture (politics included- it's all entertainment now). Smoking good bud with my wife. Cooking. And my two English Bulldogs, despite their negative reaction to many of my musical choices. Hmm, my life seems a tiny bit richer when I sketch it out like that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: gentstan
Date Posted: July 01 2004 at 11:12
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Graphic arts and photography (mostly landscape/nature)...
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 06 2004 at 13:28
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Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: July 06 2004 at 13:46
cool, sometimes I like to do the same...but I'm not a professional...Yesterday I made some photos when I was jogging... ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: July 06 2004 at 15:54
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yes being crazy, drinking, getting more crazy, fg |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: July 10 2004 at 01:05
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Hobbies... hummm I like to travel.. and I run away from home often. I spent a month in Thailand and Malaysia last year... really loved it... thought about becoming an ex-patriot.. whatever that is... I also spent a month is Scotland and England... which was fun for awhile.. then Carl Palmer's guitarist got tinuitis and they canceled the rest of his tour... so then I had some friends take me to a few of the Aussie PF shows in England. I don't think I appreciate tribute bands. I also love photography and graphic design. I now have a side line busiess of repairing old and vintage photos. I find that a stress relieving job. Here's some photos I took in Malaysia and Thailand. I should be a travel reporter...hummm http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations/DSCF0059.jpg - http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations /DSCF0059.jpg http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations/DSCF0083.jpg - http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations /DSCF0083.jpg http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations/DSCF0014.jpg - http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations /DSCF0014.jpg and a nice deep-fried bug stand in Bangkok.. http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations/DSCF0087.jpg - http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Pebble/Misc/Vacations /DSCF0087.jpg ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 10 2004 at 01:07
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Picking my nose endlessly could be considered as an elegant hobbie in the depths of this forum???
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 10 2004 at 01:09
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Nah, seriously (besides the nose picking thing), filmmaking, travelling, reading... and anything related to soccer! BTW, is anybody following the Copa América? ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: July 10 2004 at 14:05
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I like to play Chess, Backgammon and a few dazzling video games. For exercise I play basketball for fun and do a lot of walking. Also bicycling.
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Posted By: Eelco
Date Posted: July 12 2004 at 04:27
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I play the guitar for 10 years now. At the moment I play in a pop/rock
band which is great fun, but I would like to find some musicians to
play more progressive oriented music with. But it's difficult to find
the right people and to find some time to accomplish this wish. I'm also a big fan of fantasy books and in particular a collector of Tolkien books. But i'm only a fantasy reader, role playing and that sort of things just don't fit me. Some other things i like to do: - Snowboarding - Computer games (Counterstrike) - Getting drunk with friends (on a not so regular basis) |