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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
You know, there are some people around here that I don't know as much about as I would like to. I would like to feel like I know you all better. So, why doesn't everyone share how old they are, their gender, and where they live?

Now, I know that I've been here for a couple of years now, and I have a bunch of posts. But I think that it's important that you new members participate. I understand that some new members have problems with "oldbies." I won't go into speculation as to why this is. Newbies, if this thread by an existing member bothers you, or you don't want to participate, I hope you will just do your best to ignore it, please.

-o-

Oh, and 32/M/FL



[ September 13, 2004, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
Man, bad AOL flashbacks here, Ick.

26/M/NY
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
30/M/UT
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
18/female/bloomington IN
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
26/F/Bloomington, IN
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I'm a 90-year old woman living in Argentina.

At least, that's what I tell all those registration forms.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
I can't believe it's gotten this many serious posts. Must be the fact that Icarus actually posted his own info as a sign of trust.

22/F/AZ

Okay, I posted too slow. Thanks alot, Porter.

[ September 13, 2004, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
33/M/VA
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Heh.

30/F/UT
 

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Posted by Toretha (Member # 2233) on :
 
I thought that meant ASL as in the language....
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
That would be hard to do on a forum, Toretha.
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
30, female, thin, hot, in amazingly good shape, wicked smaht, rich, and I have a full time nanny.

Oops. Sorry, that was the dream me.

40/yo frumpy female from a town with a burp-sounding name.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Maybe not ASL, but Mack has been known to use at least one manual sign pretty effectively here.

[ September 13, 2004, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
 

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Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
 
SABF seeking RL SWM or SWF, DDF and with a SOH.

24/F/RI
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
Why can;t they be womanual signs, Sndrake? Why do you have to be so darned sexist, huh?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 

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Why can;t they be womanual signs, Sndrake? Why do you have to be so darned sexist, huh?

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Partly habit, partly cussedness.
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
Icarus, that was a really good drawing of Jerry Garcia's hand!
(He was missing the middle finger of his right hand)
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
15/m/NY
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
What's OTB? and I'm glad I'm not the oldest any more.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
"Older Than Bob"

As in Scopatz.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
And that's old.
 

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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
 
28/M/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(or am I? )
 

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Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
 
0130/YX/OS

-Bok
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 

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"Older Than Bob"

As in Scopatz.

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Exactly!

But as the originator of the term - and one who fits the description - I think it's important to use the italics appropriately:

"Older Than Bob"
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
35/M/SoCal
 

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Posted by IrishAphrodite19 (Member # 1880) on :
 
19/f/KY

~~Irish
 

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Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
 
Oh man... I'm having terrible flashbacks of chatting back when I was 14/M/quebec... Back when all I did was hang around in Yahoo!Chat...

*shudders*

But that was then, and now I'm 21/M/Ontario..

Ugh... This is one of the things I was actually happy not to do anymore. After this thread dies, let's not mention A/S/L again...
 

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
 
22/M/NJ
 

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Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
 
25/M/ID

I don't know if it's because I'm getting old or because it's posted on Hatrack by Icarus (i.e. only a 40% chance of trolling for cybersex), but for the first time, I didn't cringe when I saw the title.
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
35/F/NoCal

Yes, I know I'm too old for my nick now...
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Wow, I had no idea there would be so many negative associations with this. But then, I haven't ever done the chatroom thing (except hatrack chat.) The first time I came across the term A/S/L was while playing isketch!
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
23/F/MT

Dude. I'm old.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
31/F/MN

Annie, then what does that make me?
 

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Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
 

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23/F/MT

Dude. I'm old.

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Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
 
29/F/NC

Dude. No you're not.
 

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Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
Sigh. I'm not empirically old, I'm just used to that bit of information reading 15/F/MT
 

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Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
 
21/F/AZ

This is helpful. So far I've only incorrectly guessed one person's sex but it's still nice to know for sure.
 

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Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
 
87/hermaphrodite/Russia
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Who's did you misguess, Uhleeuh?
 

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Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
 
Who's on first.
 

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Posted by WishfulWiggin (Member # 6823) on :
 
19/f/ny
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Whose did you misguess, Uhleeuh?

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Wanna bet it's you, Dags?


And I am 30/f/L.A.
 

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Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
18/M/IN

Alterntately:

Untold Millenia/Usually Male/Valinor

Alternately:

105/Male/Fornost, Eriador, Middle Earth

Depends which life you want: real or one of the two virtual
 

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Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
 
PSI's
 

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Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
 
17/M/AZ
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
I wouldn't have bet against it, rivka.
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
17/Female/Bloomington, IN
 

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Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
 
Even though I know there is no hope, I am still keeping my fingers crossed that somone will post that they are from south carolina, and I won't be the only jatraquero in the state any more...

Eventually...maybe...

--ApostleRadio
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Uhleeuh: Everyone does that. That makes you fit in that much more.
 

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Posted by Jess N (Member # 6744) on :
 
37/F/GA

When I put it like that, I do feel old!
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
ELJay:

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31/F/MN

Annie, then what does that make me?

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You are both WAY too young to complain about this here....

Oh, yeah..

34/M/WMASS

[ September 13, 2004, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
 

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Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
 
14/male/fl Am I the youngest person here? *feels stupid*
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
I have have been feeling really old lately. I know 17 is no where near old but I just never actually thought I would grow up.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Jaime, maybe, but don't sweat it. I've seen several that are 15, and you're smart enough to pass for older than you are. Stick around.

edit: Umm, not that I thought you were going somewhere. I just meant, if you're here long enough, you will be older than some other posters.

Maybe I should go to sleep now.

[ September 13, 2004, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
19/F/IN

Wow Jaime, I was sure you were midtwenties!
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 

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You are both WAY too young to complain about this here....

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I wasn't complaining, thank you very much. I was just curious if Annie thought I was ancient, since she's old.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
The word is antediluvian, ElJay.

Or older than dirt.

Or . . .
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Well of course, rivka... I must be, since I'm older than you...

(I really want a *batseyelashes* graemlin, for when I'm being particularly naughty.)
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
What are you gonna do with it, use it as a signature?

 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Perhaps.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
So does that make me dirt? Or floodwater?

Because I'll have you know, I'm an ice age relic.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 

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14/male/fl Am I the youngest person here? *feels stupid*

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I dunno, you may be. How old is IvyGirl?

Don't feel stupid for being young. That's stupid.
 

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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
I'm 15. I thoguht I caught wind of a 12 year old amongst us but I'm not sure
 

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Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
GOOD HEAVENS!!! Blacwolve is 19... and I'm 18... and Raia's 18...

*wanders off singing "Its the end of the world as we know it, its the end of the world as we know, its the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine!" *

EDIT: What do you mean didn't get your name right blacwolve? I got it perfect *hums innocently*

[ September 14, 2004, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Alcon ]
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
I have been feeling the same exact way Alcon.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
eighteen/female/ontario
 

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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
 
15/m/OR

I'm one of those 15 year old young'uns.
 

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Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
The number of 15 year olds surprised me. I didn't think many people on Hatrack were younger then me.
 

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Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
 
*whispers* They're playing with your mind

*frowns at Alcon* My own friends can't get my name right, what hope is there in the world?

[ September 14, 2004, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: blacwolve ]
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
14,000 some odd (don't keep up with the centuries)/F/Cyberspace
 

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Posted by signal (Member # 6828) on :
 
22/M/IL
 

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Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
 
28/guy/SoCal.

-Beren
 

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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
I feel young.
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
19/M/Love

Hobbes
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
Wait. Hobbes is that much younger than Annie? I didn't know that.

24 (for another week)/F/Poland, alas.
 

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
 
"that much younger" If by 'that' you mean approx. 4 years, then yes, he is.

Hobbes
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 

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Untold Millenia/Usually Male/Valinor

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Yo, Alcon! No going usually male on me! NOT appreciated!

18/F/Jerusalem, though usually IN as well.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
There are LOTS of surprises here -- even for those of us who have been here awhile and should already know these things.

I am surprised Tick is only 26 -- not because he looks old, but just because his maturity made me think he was older than that.

Having met Hobbes and Annie, I would never have known there was any age difference there.

Dag is also younger than I expected -- just because he writes such mature and thoughtful posts...

oh... 43/F/KS

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
 
19/M/TX....
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Invader Zim.

 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
You know, I never really thought anyone would successfully pull off an A/S/L thread here on Hatrack. Maybe it only worked because Icarus was trying (and, it should be noted, dismally failing ) to be funny?

DisneyReporter is the youngest member we've got right now, that I'm aware of. S/he is either 12 or 13--I can't remember which.

As for me, the details of my life are quite inconsequential.

::crooks pinky at the corner of mouth::

[ September 14, 2004, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
I think Icarus gets by with an A/S/L thread because we know him - he's been around awhile. It isn't like a newbie just popping into Hatrack and saying "Hi, by the way, what is your A/S/L?"

This really isn't much different than the birthday thread, or the "how old are you" thread, or the Faction thread (locations), etc.

FG
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Hey! What about, like, Legoman and his sister? (I can't remember her SN.) They have only posted a couple of times but they are members!
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
Farmgirl, I get that all the time. Although I do believe I must look pretty old. Keeping the beard going helps that along, too.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Mooselet has also posted once or twice. He's 3. I think his dad helps him with his spelling, though.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Well, Noemon, I know your gender and location (no, I'm not telling)...

...but now I'm trying to decide if I want to start a "guess how old Jake is" thread.....

(but you probably won't tell us even if we guess right)

FG
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
I know.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
no fair! You know everything...

bet I could find out if I really wanted to search old threads -- but I'm just too lazy to do that today

FG
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
I know, too. And you don't even have to search too old of threads to find out.
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
If you guess I'll happily reveal my age. You should know about how old I am, Farmgirl, but I'll give you a hint--there is a very good reason why dkw knows my birthday.
 

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Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :
 
Hmmm, okay, I guess so.

25/M/WV...
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
I'm assuming you share a birthday with her, then, Noemon......

FG
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Nope. Not quite. I'm her junior by a week.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Okay, yeah, I finally found what I wanted. You will be 33 later this year...

FG

p.s. - and I should have remembered that -- because your birthday is my sister's birthday

[ September 14, 2004, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Out of curiosity, what is your sister like?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
She is very much a Scorpio (if you do that sort of thing). She is firstborn (older than you) -- very exacting (she's a CPA, and CFO of a company), very driven, very careful with her money, with her time, and with her emotions. The exact opposite of me... <grin> Don't know how much of those are just firstborn traits, and how much is the November thing....

Farmgirl
(oh, and because MY firstborn son is a November 16th birthdate -- I see all the same traits in him....)

[ September 14, 2004, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Well, that's pretty much the opposite of me too, so I don't think it's a November thing.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
excuse me? Aren't you like -- an engineer, or something? Aren't all engineers kind of like that? (detail oriented perfectionists, I'm saying)

FG
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Heh. Nope, I'm a network administrator--I keep a little fleet of Domino servers running and happy (along with about 1200 users or so). I'm much more of a "type B" person than a "type A" person.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Ah... so you are more like me!

Where are you in birth order?

FG
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Second (of two). My brother is much more of a "type A" person than I am. It's interesting how much impact birth order has, isn't it?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
That is interesting. I'm also second of two (I have three younger sisters, but they are all half-sisters and I wasn't raised with them)

FG
 

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Posted by drumsntolkein (Member # 6095) on :
 
15/m/Bloomington, IN

yeah I'm a little one
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
27/M/Detroit
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
erm.. actually it's more like:

500,000/Male/Valinor

killed by evil god and a giant spider
 

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Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
 
But you got better, right?
 

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Posted by Magson (Member # 2300) on :
 
Wow. It's even mostly serious posts all along.

Okay, I'll bite.

31/M/UT
 

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Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
 
To beat the rush, I'm marking this thread as the point where Hatrack jumped the shark.
 

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Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
 
Ehhhhh!
 

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Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
 
36/F/NY (right now) WA (on the weekends)
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Umm, excuse me??? The Fonz does NOT say "ehhhh"! He says "'Eeeeyyyy."

[ September 14, 2004, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
Careful, the shark jumps back.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Hey Noemon, wanna cyber?

<3
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 

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15/m/Bloomington, IN

yeah I'm a little one

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Baby!

Just kidding, dear...
 

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Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
 
20/f/WI

I've been here, however, since I was 15 (realizes anniversary is coming up). At that time, I felt very young - probably because I was one of the youngest on the board at the time. Don't worry - you get over it. Eventually. If you're lucky.
 

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Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 

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Untold Millenia/Usually Male/Valinor

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Yo, Alcon! No going usually male on me! NOT appreciated!

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Well its more that, ya know being one of the valar, I have to ability to go female if I want. But don't worry, I stay male.

[ September 14, 2004, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: Alcon ]
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Squick and Ick, y'all crack me up!
 

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Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
to Alcon! Good to hear.
 

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Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :
 
36/M/UK (until December) then TX
 

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Posted by Master Kakashi (Member # 6165) on :
 
16/f/NEBRASKA!!!! THE CORNHUSKER STATE!!!!
 

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Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
 
111/Pi = 35.33239740677391768153009907252

Explanation
Age= I'm 111
Sex= as good as pie
and You're age should never be divided by how many times you've had sex.

 

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Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :
 
32/F/Kansas
 

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Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
 
19/M/British Columbia
 

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Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
 
44/M/UT
 

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Posted by BelladonnaOrchid (Member # 188) on :
 
Why not?

22/f/OK

Now, this does not translate into '22-year-old female who is eh...okay'.
 

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Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
 
*snicker*

-Trevor
 

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Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
 
20/M/Vermont

Vermont is a state, not part of a state (too many people have asked me that). Vermont is not part of Canada. Vermont is not full of crazy liberals, only Burlington.

EDIT: Oh, yeah: Howard Dean was normal when he was our governor.

[ December 13, 2004, 03:48 PM: Message edited by: WheatPuppet ]
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Hmmmm - I can't imagine how I missed this the first two times around . . .

the overarching question is: should I tell the truth, or should I lie?


 

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Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
 
Lie and run away. Far away.
18/F/NorCal
 

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Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
 

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14,000 some odd (don't keep up with the centuries)/F/Cyberspace

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