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egoflux

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There goes the neighbourhood...
« on: October 25, 2006, 07:39:01 AM »
Well, I've been reading the forums for a couple of months now and decided that I'd finally sign up and contribute somewhat to the ranting/flaming/whoring/etc.  :evil:

A little background information; the name's egoflux (RL name Michael), I'm 17 next month, I live in Ireland, I like to use commas a lot,,,  :-D
Looking forward to some anarchy, technology debates and entertainment whoring... And, no, I don't do politics!

See you all on the boards!
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2006, 07:40:23 AM »
Welcome.  What system of shoe-sizes do they use in Ireland?
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2006, 08:19:03 AM »
We go by the UK system here in the north, could be different in the south, possibly eur..
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2006, 12:38:48 PM »
Aloha.
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2006, 03:17:03 PM »
hello andwelcome

and im pretty sure ireland would use a differnt system from UK. UK and ireland dont get along
 my parents are from ireland. its very much engrained in the brain about how much we dont like them.

but welcome anyway.
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2006, 03:36:58 PM »
Quote from: egoflux on October 25, 2006, 07:39:01 AM
And, no, I don't do politics!

I do, Mark Foley to be precise...i mean uh...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2006, 04:28:49 PM »
Welcome!
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2006, 04:52:00 PM »
Quote from: trekchick on October 25, 2006, 03:17:03 PM
hello andwelcome

and im pretty sure ireland would use a differnt system from UK. UK and ireland dont get along
 my parents are from ireland. its very much engrained in the brain about how much we dont like them.

but welcome anyway.

Slaps head...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2006, 04:52:57 PM »
Quote from: egoflux on October 25, 2006, 07:39:01 AM
Well, I've been reading the forums for a couple of months now and decided that I'd finally sign up and contribute somewhat to the ranting/flaming/whoring/etc.  :evil:

A little background information; the name's egoflux (RL name Michael), I'm 17 next month, I live in Ireland, I like to use commas a lot,,,  :-D
Looking forward to some anarchy, technology debates and entertainment whoring... And, no, I don't do politics!

See you all on the boards!

What county are you in.  I have a few buddies over there...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2006, 07:12:32 PM »
Quote from: Cyber_Sniper on October 25, 2006, 04:52:00 PM
Slaps head...

um... why did i just get SLAPPED?!
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2006, 08:23:41 PM »
I don't think someone who lives in Ireland would be wrong about his own feet..   :w:
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2006, 09:40:15 PM »
he lives in North Ireland. there is a difference between North Ireland and Ireland
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2006, 09:50:54 PM »
Welcome to The Geekery!  :-D
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2006, 01:13:25 AM »
Quote from: trekchick on October 25, 2006, 03:17:03 PM
hello andwelcome

and im pretty sure ireland would use a differnt system from UK. UK and ireland dont get along
 my parents are from ireland. its very much engrained in the brain about how much we dont like them.

but welcome anyway.

Quote from: trekchick on October 25, 2006, 09:40:15 PM
he lives in North Ireland. there is a difference between North Ireland and Ireland

Quote from: Cyber_Sniper on October 25, 2006, 04:52:00 PM
Slaps head...

*nods*

Oh, and -1 one to the both of you.
« Last Edit: October 26, 2006, 01:24:29 AM by LuciferSam »
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2006, 03:06:46 AM »
Northern Ireland - County Antrim. A little port town near Belfast.

BTW, trekchick, love the hoodie xD
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2006, 09:03:55 AM »
Co. Antrim sucks, I don't blame you for coming here to escape.

I've lived on and (favorably) off that pitiful little Inis for 60 years, was born Dublin, moved down to cork city, the cobh for a while, and the Armagh. Can't stand belfast, though. Too many protestants. That's sort of the reason I try to stay out of country anymore - too many damned christians on both sides.

I think that we all missed something important here, however, and that was not what shoe size system you *use*, but how you put on your shoes. Are you stocking stocking shoe shoe* wellie, wellie, or stocking shoe wellie, stocking shoe wellie?

*Sorry, forgot you were from muddy antrim. Shoe changed to wellington boots.
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2006, 12:01:45 PM »
thank you egoflux

 i am STILL trying to figure out why i got SLAPPED and why lucifersam gave me bad karma...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2006, 12:08:18 PM »
*Slaps Trekchick*

Wake up woman! He slapped you because he's an ass! :slap
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2006, 12:35:23 PM »
oh... i have nothing clever to say to that...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2006, 12:48:44 PM »
 :slap

You were slapped for making typically stupid american observations about the irish mentality, by an englishman (Cyber) and an Irishman (Myself), respectively. No offense.
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« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2006, 01:08:27 PM »
thats what i was taught from birth prac. once i was buying my grandmother some tea bags, and apparently it was from a british comp. and it didnt go over very well.

also, i had made a brit. friend at an ROTC camp i went to, and when he called and asked for me, my dad was not happy at all.

so, thats my "stupid american observation" from an irish family living in the states
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2006, 01:20:37 PM »
Quote from: LuciferSam on October 26, 2006, 12:48:44 PM
:slap

You were slapped for making typically stupid american observations about the irish mentality, by an englishman (Cyber) and an Irishman (Myself), respectively. No offense.

Note he does not deny being an ass. I love it!  :lol:
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2006, 03:35:07 PM »
i just love how i dont know anything about my own mentality...
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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2006, 08:37:38 PM »
So do I, it's fantastically naive. Why don't you educate yourself, dear?

www.irelandsOWN.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland
http://www.politics.ie/

In shorthand, it's not about them being english, it's about them being a part of a protestant heirarchy not native to ireland (rather, imported and landed from the UK when Ireland was a trading colony) yet controlling a small (and frankly, not appealing) part of it.

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Re: There goes the neighbourhood...
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2006, 02:06:50 PM »
Thanks for calling me an Englishmen LS, always English, never British...

trekchick.  I can't stand ill informed opinons from people who do not know what they are taking about.  Your post also caught me at a bad time...

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yet controlling a small (and frankly, not appealing) part of it.

The gold is there somewhere...
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