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Thread: This is a great place. Seriously.
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lilBuddha
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Serious for a moment, I agree with the OP, this is a great place.
Even when it hurts to post, perhaps especially then.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by Twilight:
The heading in Ruth's link mentions Joanne. Is it wrong that I would love to have witnessed her?
I always thought it would be awesome to witness a real-life hurricane, until I ended up in the middle of one while on holiday in Cuba last year. The reality on the ground isn't quite the same as seeing it on TV - what on TV is "wow cool! That tree totally destroyed that building!" becomes "oh shit! That tree is totally going to destroy the building I'm in!"
Such devestation may be kinda fun to watch from afar, but it's not something you should ever hope to experience yourself.
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Adeodatus
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Originally posted by MrsBeaky:
Having lurked (and loved it!) for a long time and then finally having come on board this summer I must confess to spending time trying to imagine what some shipmates look like and what their lives are really like especially when I've been captivated by what they've written....
I know, I'm odd... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
But this really is a great place to spend time, you're a good bunch of people and I'm very grateful to all of the hosts and admins who keep us afloat.
It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars. (Come on, I can't be the only one who thinks so!)
Actually, isn't there a gallery somewhere? I never look at it because I don't want to be disillusioned.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Originally posted by Adeodatus:
It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars.
I find I'm less and less orange as I get older.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I look pretty much like my avatar at the end of the summer (if we've had a summer, that is).
I've heard many reports about how hard Erin and the other admins had to work when the hurricane hit, so was very glad nothing like that ever happened when I was a host. Perhaps, Twilight, you don't appreciate what relentless work being a Host or Admin can be at times, without additional chaos to try to rectify.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Last year I recognised Adeodatus immediately from his!
[and he from mine, no doubt - at least nobody can call me two faced!]
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Fr Weber
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Adeodatus:
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Originally posted by MrsBeaky:
Having lurked (and loved it!) for a long time and then finally having come on board this summer I must confess to spending time trying to imagine what some shipmates look like and what their lives are really like especially when I've been captivated by what they've written....
I know, I'm odd...
But this really is a great place to spend time, you're a good bunch of people and I'm very grateful to all of the hosts and admins who keep us afloat.
It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars. (Come on, I can't be the only one who thinks so!)
I will eventually resemble mine, I'm sure.
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Originally posted by Adeodatus:
quote:
It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars.
Oh dear.
M.
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ElaineC
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Originally posted by M.:
Originally posted by Adeodatus:
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It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars.
Oh dear.
M.
And it's 'Oh dear' from me too!
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Zappa
Ship's Wake
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
the MW board transmorphed into a place full of AngloCatholic tat-queens discussing the minutea of how precisely a thurible needs to be swung and exactly what shade of scarf was right for the coming Sunday (or, more often rant about how their priest got it not quite right the previous Sunday). A legacy that still infects Ecclesiantics.
And there's a problem with that? ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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and mayhap this too: http://broken-moments.blogspot.co.nz/
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Nicolemr
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I look lik my avatar, that's why I picked it.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Originally posted by Zappa:
I am told I do resemble The Old Bugga™
I only wish my bank account resembled his)
Never mind the money. Next question: are you married? Just askin'
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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Alan Cresswell: While her back was turned the MW board transmorphed into a place full of AngloCatholic tat-queens discussing the minutea of how precisely a thurible needs to be swung and exactly what shade of scarf was right for the coming Sunday (or, more often rant about how their priest got it not quite right the previous Sunday). A legacy that still infects Ecclesiantics.
I personally have the feeling that Small Fire (the Alt.Worship scene) fell a bit overboard with the merger to Ecclesiantics.
(PS I look like Jesus.)
[ 02. August 2013, 12:05: Message edited by: LeRoc ]
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Erroneous Monk
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I've been here since late on in my first pregnancy. That little baby is now an enormous 7-year old. I do use lots of other internet (other fora, twitter) but nothing keeps me coming back like the Ship has done.
A big thank you to the crew.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Although, I remember Erin commenting on a couple of occasions that she made a mistake at the time by assuming that people talking about MW reports couldn't get into a lot of trouble and therefore she didn't look in very often. While her back was turned the MW board transmorphed into a place full of AngloCatholic tat-queens discussing the minutea of how precisely a thurible needs to be swung and exactly what shade of scarf was right for the coming Sunday (or, more often rant about how their priest got it not quite right the previous Sunday). A legacy that still infects Ecclesiantics.
Which would have been fine had it not had to share space with Small Fire, which, true to the latter's name, was pretty comprehensively squashed.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Posted
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Originally posted by ElaineC:
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Originally posted by M.:
Originally posted by Adeodatus:
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It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars.
Oh dear.
M.
And it's 'Oh dear' from me too!
my avatar is an exact likeness of myself. right down to the pokey nose and whiskers.
eta: more facial fur than actual whiskers, I guess. I'm embracing the beard.
[ 03. August 2013, 00:46: Message edited by: comet ]
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Huia
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
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Originally posted by balaam:
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Originally posted by balaam:
Money to the ship? Time for a new avatar I think.
And here it is. Thanks Simon.
Good one!
Yes, you look so much younger.
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Evensong
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Posted
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Originally posted by comet:
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Originally posted by ElaineC:
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Originally posted by M.:
Originally posted by Adeodatus:
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It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars.
Oh dear.
M.
And it's 'Oh dear' from me too!
my avatar is an exact likeness of myself. right down to the pokey nose and whiskers.
eta: more facial fur than actual whiskers, I guess. I'm embracing the beard.
I'm blonde and very pale but not often serious.
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MrsBeaky
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Originally posted by Adeodatus
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It's one of the Ship's better kept secrets that we actually all look like our avatars. (Come on, I can't be the only one who thinks so!) Actually, isn't there a gallery somewhere? I never look at it because I don't want to be disillusioned.
Hilarious/ hideous thought!
Not sure how it would apply to my avatar....and not sure I want to know either.....
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http://davidandlizacooke.wordpress.com
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QLib
Bad Example
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Posted
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Originally posted by Evensong:
I'm blonde ...
We guessed.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Now, now.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Nenya
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian: The reality on the ground isn't quite the same as seeing it on TV - what on TV is "wow cool! That tree totally destroyed that building!" becomes "oh shit! That tree is totally going to destroy the building I'm in!"
Such devestation may be kinda fun to watch from afar, but it's not something you should ever hope to experience yourself.
I find hurricanes terrifying when I watch them on TV. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) I'd be a gibbering wreck if I were ever in the middle of a real one. We were living on the south coast when the UK hurricane of 1987 struck.
Nen - nothing like her avatar. Blue and square. Oh wait...
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Evensong
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Originally posted by QLib:
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Originally posted by Evensong:
I'm blonde ...
We guessed.
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Bottle blonde. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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