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« on: October 26, 2005, 12:47:15 AM »
...it means several things.

  • First, you can read. And that's surely a good thing, for if you couldn't, then you'd be surely spamming randomly around.
    You'd be worse than a gremlin! :P (yes, I tend to make a lot of lousy jokes, please, don't laugh)

  • Second, you are reading a post from yet another uruguayan, like WASABI, Melian (these two dragged me over here, whatever happens it's their responsibility :P), darkshines, Dod and ... well, yes, Mialee (if she shuts up for a little while she can be quite charming ... until she starts random-ranting again :roll:)...

    Ok, now I'm ranting :roll:, as I was saying, I'm from Urugu---no, wait, not that Uruguay, I meant this Uruguay :P. That, among many things, means that English is not my mother tongue, and thus, even if I have a little understanding of your language, I will at make an abhorrent mistake from time to time. Please do mock me :P

  • Finally, well, if this is a presentation, I guess I should say something else 'bout me. Hm... don't know... let's see...


Oh, yes, yes, mi name is salociN, but at the registration office the guy was so backwards that wrote it ... well ... backwards (again, the horrible jokes! :?), so people called me Nicolas until they heard me cough. I got a um... well "particular" kind of cough, quite rough, quite loud... quite... annoying to tell the truth :P

Anyway, from the moment my cough was released in this world (actually, when I was 16, and I beleive I coughed before that, but nevermind) I was baptized as "foca", which in your language is "Seal", for those of you that aren't spanish-inclined.

Thus I adopted the nickname and proudly coughed it for 4 years until this day (and I think I'll keep coughing it some more). So there you go, I'm 20 and you can call me Seal, or foca.[/list:u]
Maybe some other time I can tell you about the hash mark in my nick. Or maybe you ban me for my boring, long posts which you will not read entirely, and then I will not need to explain the # :P

Who knows? :)

Well, being a bit serious -as much as I can, beleive me-, these are some nice forums, I'll try to stay around ;)

All hail geeks! :D
#foca
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2005, 02:32:55 AM »
Ah, another one. I won't dismiss you, don't worry. But please, you don't need to sign your posts. We know who you are.

Other then that, welcome to The Geekery! :D
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2005, 06:07:00 AM »
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Ah, another one. I won't dismiss you, don't worry. But please, you don't need to sign your posts. We know who you are.

Ok, ok, it's just a habit, i'll try to remember :roll: :)

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Other then that, welcome to The Geekery! :D

Thanks! :D

#f-uhm... nothing to see here :roll: :P
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2005, 09:51:23 AM »
Welcome Nic.  I enjoyed your seal story!
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2005, 10:44:10 AM »
Wonderful! Another African geek!
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2005, 11:52:25 AM »
Welcome Welcome
enjoy your stay.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2005, 01:17:18 PM »
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Wonderful! Another African geek!

African? Only on tuesdays. :P

Bah, only on sunny tuesdays, I don't like to swim accross the Atlantic under the rain, I get wet.
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2005, 02:12:09 PM »
Howdy n00b
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2005, 02:35:09 PM »
uh! hi foquita!!! ^^ welcomeeeee!!! lalala..(shut up mistao! they could discover us! :shock: )






PS: I´ll be back!
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2005, 03:57:10 PM »
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uh! hi foquita!!! ^^ welcomeeeee!!! lalala..(shut up mistao! they could discover us! :shock: )

PS: I´ll be back!

For instance, when you are banned and decided to rejoin? I'm sure you'll be back.
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2005, 09:43:37 PM »
What a nice intro... welcome!
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2005, 10:48:12 PM »
Thanks for not being a typical gremlin.
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2005, 11:47:34 PM »
Yes, I found myself chuckling to this intro.

Welcome to teh Geekery. :o
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« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2005, 06:10:55 AM »
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Thanks for not being a typical gremlin.

You're welcome :)

When they entered the other forum I know'em from they were too a nuisance (bah, they still are :P), but eventually you learn to love them (/ignore, anyone?).

Other than that, thanks to all of you for your welcomes!

All hail teh Geekery! ;)
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« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2005, 07:40:35 AM »
What's this other forum of which you speak?
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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2005, 08:12:37 AM »
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What's this other forum of which you speak?

The forum is Teatro Mágico (it's in Spanish though - most of the members are from Uruguay, there next to Ethiopia and inside El Salvador).

The name (Magical Theatre) is borrowed from Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, which is the forum-founder's favourite book, and also expresses the forum intent: it's meant only for crazy people ;)

If you can handle the 99.99% of the posts being in Spanish (there are some in English, specially in the Literature subforum) you're all invited!

(Bah, you are invited even if you can't handle the Spanish, but then you won't understand much :D)
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2005, 08:20:19 AM »
Question.

Despite all of you being seemingly crazy, you all seem to have a very good grasp of English.

Is English widely spoken in Uruguay, or is it just the crazies that know it?
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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2005, 08:29:41 AM »
Awesome.  I recognize more American musicians than Latin artists in the music section.  One of them being Dream Theater, a band that my cousin (Kevin Moore) used to be in.
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2005, 10:11:01 AM »
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Question.

Despite all of you being seemingly crazy, you all seem to have a very good grasp of English.

Is English widely spoken in Uruguay, or is it just the crazies that know it?

It's not widely spoken. In fact, it's not spoken at all if it wasn't for special situations (like calling to another country :)).

However, it *is* a requirement (or at least a very good qualification) for jobs in general (it's difficult to get a job with an English level of less than Cambridge's FCE), and so most people usually learn at least some English at one point or another of their lives.

However those of us that came to teh Geekery have a bit more understanding of English than the average person around here :)
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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2005, 10:12:59 AM »
Well if you don't mind me saying so, most of you seem to have a better grasp of English than most of the newbies we get here who were born and raised in the USA.

Not that that takes much, mind you.  :)
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2005, 11:38:12 AM »
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uh! hi foquita!!! ^^ welcomeeeee!!! lalala..(shut up mistao! they could discover us! :shock: )

PS: I´ll be back!

For instance, when you are banned and decided to rejoin? I'm sure you'll be back.

you are ....God?...you are oscar wilde!(chan! it isn´t broken! quote, quote, quote =P)

Foquita^^ [/quote]
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« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2005, 11:42:00 AM »
What the fuck has happened to this place?

/leaves
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« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2005, 11:44:37 AM »
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uh! hi foquita!!! ^^ welcomeeeee!!! lalala..(shut up mistao! they could discover us! :shock: )

PS: I´ll be back!

For instance, when you are banned and decided to rejoin? I'm sure you'll be back.

you are ....God?...you are oscar wilde!(chan! it isn´t broken! quote, quote, quote =P)

Foquita^^


You are walking a very thin line there, missy.

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« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2005, 11:51:24 AM »
Now Demo... I think you need this
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« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2005, 11:58:03 AM »
Heh.  I love that one.  :)
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