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13 Dec 2009, 02:08
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Signs you are getting grown up
My life has changed.
Every morning I get up at 6.30 to get to the bus that leaves at 7.20. At 7.40 I get off the bus and walk for ten minutes to get to the school where I teach (mostly kids from the age 9 to 13).
Gone are long the days of playing Planetarion (and getting up at 0450 to launch a fleet) or staying up at 03 to play Football Manager or Hearts of Iron at weekdays.
This year I have asked for a Kenwood as xmas present.
It can be viewed here: http://www.elkjop.no/is-bin/INTERSHO...tSKU=KM615MEGA
I guess this makes it official. Im now longer a young adult. Im now mature
help!
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
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13 Dec 2009, 13:09
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
What will you make?
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13 Dec 2009, 21:28
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
I guess I will mostly use it for cakes, but also some more "fancy" food. It's blender can be used to make various stuff, including things like Gazpacho (tried it today) and things like smoothies.
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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15 Dec 2009, 21:10
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I am.
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
are you a vegetarian? I can never remember.
Only home made paté is rather nice and v v simple
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16 Dec 2009, 22:39
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I see you!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Zhukov was round a friend's house preparing Christmas dinner when she asked him to turn the veg on.
Apparently fingering her disabled sister wasn't the correct course of action.
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17 Dec 2009, 00:34
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by Nadar
Zhukov was round a friend's house preparing Christmas dinner when she asked him to turn the veg on.
Apparently fingering her disabled sister wasn't the correct course of action.
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just so you know.
that is a tasteless joke from the 1980s.
I understand that humour travels slowly.
but just so you know.
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17 Dec 2009, 01:39
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I see you!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
I'm from the 1980s as well and I consider myself young still.
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17 Dec 2009, 07:19
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
nice zhukov i'm jealous! maybe next year i'll ask for a kitchen aid, cause my hand mixer sucks. this year i'm getting a space heater from my parents.
i thought it was pretty funny to see a growing up post from you :P but glad to hear your life sounds pretty good
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17 Dec 2009, 12:17
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I see you!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
You're not grown up until you tell your kid in the shop that he can't have a candy.
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19 Dec 2009, 18:18
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
i was hoping to read "i'm embracing capitalism now", but got disappointed.
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19 Dec 2009, 21:15
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Of course I am not a veg. I fact, I make fun of them and loat them.
The Kitchen Aid may look cool, Aryn, but it's wastly overprized.
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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20 Dec 2009, 04:52
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Happy
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
well tbh i'd be happy with any brand mixer :P as long as it works!
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20 Dec 2009, 10:49
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Good Son
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Oh Jew god not this
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21 Dec 2009, 22:33
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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23 Dec 2009, 22:49
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Comrade LENIN
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
signs your getting old
1. your hair goes grey
2. your hair starts falling out
3. you start to enjoy shouting at teenagers on the buss
4. you get realy angery about small things {like people not able to count change at the till in the super market} or { queing at the post office}
5. you start checking how mutch tax the goverment is takeing off you in eatch pay packet then complainging about it
6. you go to a club and you f**k a girl who is almost young enough to be your daughter
7. you start buying sensible cars
8. you find loud music not apealing any more
9. you find a fine wine more apealing than getting shit faced on shots
10. your sad enough to read the entire rant of this old man and either find me funny or agree with my ranting old man statements
all hail the nation of the old men!
we will all get there so just enjoy it, its enevitable and as i love to prove a disgrasefull old age is a fun old age!
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24 Dec 2009, 00:21
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by BLACK_OPPS
signs your getting old
3. you start to enjoy shouting at teenagers on the buss
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oh darling aren't you sweet.
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24 Dec 2009, 00:22
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Comrade LENIN
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
you know that Yahwe its been a long time!
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it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.
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26 Dec 2009, 19:33
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nomen est omen
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
I`m already old. The "signs" have been around for years.
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5 Jan 2010, 07:18
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by Yahwe
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I purchased one of those for The Lady Joy a few years ago. However, all we use it for is preparing cookie dough.
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5 Jan 2010, 07:21
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
My life has changed.
to get to the school where I teach (mostly kids from the age 9 to 13).
this makes it official. Im now longer a young adult. Im now mature
help!
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So where are you warping the unsuspecting minds of todays youth?
I find in rather interesting to watch you all getting more mature as I begin my trip into my second-childhood.
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5 Jan 2010, 08:01
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Dementia?
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6 Jan 2010, 01:10
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USS Oklahoma
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
Dementia?
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8 Jan 2010, 20:09
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by dda
So where are you warping the unsuspecting minds of todays youth?
I find in rather interesting to watch you all getting more mature as I begin my trip into my second-childhood.
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In Bergen, the 2nd largest city in Norway. I have moved classes, so I now teach 1-3 grades (6-9 year old). The small bastards can be demanding, but most of them are eager to learn and quite nice kids. Not that being a teacher pays that much compared to the private sector with equal length of eduction, but getting stormed by kids who want to hug you when they see you in the morning, is a reward of a different kind.
Im afraid we have long suspected this second-childhood dda :\
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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18 Jan 2010, 11:07
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
i feel old today,
at least on the outside where i pulled a muscle in my shoulder getting out of bed, am wearing a suit, am sat in my office deciding the future of a department, have just ordered a new kitchen, my best friend is having a baby, my boyfriend has an 18 year old daughter, and a pot of darjeeling is brewing nicely beside me.
but on the inside i am still 17, posting on a nerdy game forum, sometimes wondering if they know they have employed a nutcase, have just painted my finger nails blue and am going to have chocolate for breakfast.
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23 Jan 2010, 01:19
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break it down!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by madi
i feel old today,
at least on the outside where i pulled a muscle in my shoulder getting out of bed, am wearing a suit, am sat in my office deciding the future of a department, have just ordered a new kitchen, my best friend is having a baby, my boyfriend has an 18 year old daughter, and a pot of darjeeling is brewing nicely beside me.
but on the inside i am still 17, posting on a nerdy game forum, sometimes wondering if they know they have employed a nutcase, have just painted my finger nails blue and am going to have chocolate for breakfast.
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that's a whole lot of crazy right there...
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23 Jan 2010, 17:19
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Good Son
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Yeah I was about to say, madi, that, you COULD really be doing better too. Who am I to talk.
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23 Jan 2010, 21:53
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Up The Hatters!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
, but getting stormed by kids who want to hug you when they see you in the morning, is a reward of a different kind.
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That reward would probably feel even better if you had a semi automatic weapon of sort to aim at them!
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
In Bergen, the 2nd largest city in Norway. I have moved classes, so I now teach 1-3 grades (6-9 year old). The small bastards can be demanding, but most of them are eager to learn and quite nice kids. Not that being a teacher pays that much compared to the private sector with equal length of eduction, but getting stormed by kids who want to hug you when they see you in the morning, is a reward of a different kind.
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That sort of behaviour would have you in jail in the UK.
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23 Jan 2010, 22:28
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Good Son
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
That sort of behaviour would have you in jail in the UK.
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This?
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24 Jan 2010, 21:56
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
That sort of behaviour would have you in jail in the UK.
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Then lucky me I don't teach in the UK!
I get hugged every day. Some days I even lift them up on my shoulders and swing em around, something many of them seem to enjoy a lot. I even take them on my lap if they need to be comforted too (the 5-6 year olds).
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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30 Jan 2010, 19:01
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deserves a medal
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
The only part of me that's growing up is my belly.
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1 Feb 2010, 08:53
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
Then lucky me I don't teach in the UK!
I get hugged every day. Some days I even lift them up on my shoulders and swing em around, something many of them seem to enjoy a lot. I even take them on my lap if they need to be comforted too (the 5-6 year olds).
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oh my god this is great
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1 Feb 2010, 08:54
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
I am reminded daily that I am growing old. In terms of lessons, I teach a very similar thing each year (now in my 3rd/4th year of teaching) and can visibly see pupils move through the school from innocent 12 year olds to moody adolescents. All I do while this constant progression happens and matures... is grow old
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2 Feb 2010, 10:32
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a little bit broken
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by _Kila_
that's a whole lot of crazy right there...
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Have just been meeting with the other senior managers in my division and it appears that they are well aware that they have a raving loony on the team despite me doing my best impression of a regular person, apparently running about the building bare foot being chased by a puppy isnt normal.
Who'd have thunk it?
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2 Feb 2010, 20:55
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by madi
Have just been meeting with the other senior managers in my division and it appears that they are well aware that they have a raving loony on the team despite me doing my best impression of a regular person, apparently running about the building bare foot being chased by a puppy isnt normal.
Who'd have thunk it?
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Be as eccentric as you like
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3 Feb 2010, 23:33
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by Tomkat
oh my god this is great
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It truly is. Sometimes it really saves the day.
Just before xmas I got sent in to take over a class. The teacher they usually had, was sick (first swine flu, then infections in the lungs). The class had quite alot of sub teachers, and that didnt help, as the class needs a stern hand and stability.
It took me two days of rather intense struggle to settle things, but then things really started to improve. So when their teacher came back, she was quite pleased that she didnt have to sort out everything. But I have never been as "nazi" as I was with that class those two days. I didnt even know I could be so "nazi". But I also started to "fly" with them after school was over. Kids at that age is rather predictable. They it when you lift them on your shoulders and swing them around.
One girls is particular found of it. Yesterday she asked me when the next flying section was. I said friday, since that's when I teach them now. She got distressed, as there wasnt school on friday. She said she is going to whip me if she doesnt get to fly this week (missed last week since I was sick and in London). Im glad she isnt an adult and I need to worry about getting whipped
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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4 Feb 2010, 00:17
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I am.
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
I have never been as "nazi" as I was with that class those two days. I didnt even know I could be so "nazi".
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Well ... in fairness it probably helped that collaborating with them was in your blood
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15 Feb 2010, 23:11
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
shut up, idiot.
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<Germania>but you called Fury a bully, and that is terribly unfair
<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
<Nantoz> Zhukov for Lord Protector!
<Jakiri> (Windows)XP was fine on release
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15 Feb 2010, 23:57
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Has Soup On His Head
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
What has thick black hair , and lips that have never been kissed
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I am.
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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What has thick black hair , and lips that have never been kissed
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.Susan Boyle's Fanny.
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you're on the wrong forum.
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17 Feb 2010, 18:40
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Has Soup On His Head
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
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you're on the wrong forum.
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Yep , theres nothing general about that post. Not in the slightest.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
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Has Soup On His Head
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Re: Signs you are getting grown up
Signs im getting old
- Im writing this list
- Im getting grey hairs
- I find that exercise now causes me more pain than it used to
- Im more concerned about job security than whether im picked for the first team squad on a Saturday
- My sunday night now consists of ironing 5 shirts , ties , and sets of pants for the week , whereas previously I would have been gaming till 2am.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
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