Discussion:
The WELCOME BACK CONTRO Party Thread
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Chucky @ Work
2012-08-28 09:39:50 UTC
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Once upon a time, in a newsgroup far, far away, there was a party
thread that lasted forever. Until, one day, at the unravelling end of
creation and the final rattling gasp of time's breath, usenet
collapsed into nothingness and web forums and social networks and
comments boards took over what was whimsically called "the universe"
by people who didn't remember what the universe once was.

This is that newsgroup, and this is that thread, and I'm still here
and today is *not that day*.

sunnuntai, 28. helmikuuta 2010 20.11.47 UTC+2 willy turbulence
This is the end ...
Beautiful friend ...
*beautiful hat*
Pretty much.
You just ruined my solo. But whatever.
But I CREATED a DUET. Let it never be said I don't give back to the
world.
Wubbles the Bear. He was King of the Prom. He had a whole colour named
after him. The colour was lavender. I don't remember why this is.
*remembers a hat*
At least you did that much. So few people do these days.
Join me for a final beer?
That depends on what you call a beer, of course, but I think we can
work something out.
There was a great debate about whether stout and beer were the same
thing. I don't remember why. I only remember that I won. But I might
just be remembering that because I always won.
All in all this thread was for people who came to the newsgroup more
than two days running, something I've never done. But I've always
respected it! Well not always, I suppose... or really ever. I mean,
shit, look at the name. It has "Welcome" and "Contro" in it.
I guess it stands to reason that the only group member I ever
conflicted with was the other happy go lucky goofball. BUT I HAVE A
BRAIN CELL.
Wubbles and Contro came to e-blows over the question of whether Wales
was a separate country. One of them held an irrational and ludicrous
view based on near-absolute ignorance of any of the key terms, no
knowledge of history or politics or basic debating, and a deep-seated
inability to maintain a coherent cognitive process. The other thought
Wales was part of the UK.

E-blows, incidentally, were not what they sound like. But we can
pretend they were, because neither Wubbles nor Contro will disagree.
*a hat appearing to consist of several hands hanging down patting me
on the back, others holding their thumbs up in front of my face, while
two more spring from the center clapping incessantly*
Hats. I remember hats.





***@w

*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
Chucky @ Work
2012-09-07 09:51:03 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Once upon a time, in a newsgroup far, far away, there was a party
thread that lasted forever. Until, one day, at the unravelling end of
creation and the final rattling gasp of time's breath, usenet
collapsed into nothingness and web forums and social networks and
comments boards took over what was whimsically called "the universe"
by people who didn't remember what the universe once was.
This is that newsgroup, and this is that thread, and I'm still here
and today is *not that day*.
Hum hum.
Post by Chucky @ Work
*remembers a hat*
At least you did that much. So few people do these days.
Join me for a final beer?
I'll have another beer.

Hum hum.

Actually, I'm just testing my sig. I'll come back and try and be more
clever later. Still have those re-read notes to post, damn it.



***@w

*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
Chucky @ Work
2012-09-07 09:53:59 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
I'll have another beer.
Hum hum.
Actually, I'm just testing my sig. I'll come back and try and be more
clever later. Still have those re-read notes to post, damn it.
Didn't work. Trying again.

Hum hum.



***@w
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Dr. Nick is Dead
2012-10-20 01:25:25 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
I'll come back and try and be more
clever later.
That'll be a first.
Post by Chucky @ Work
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
It suits you.
Contro
2013-01-19 23:52:50 UTC
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Post by Dr. Nick is Dead
Post by Chucky @ Work
I'll come back and try and be more
clever later.
That'll be a first.
Post by Chucky @ Work
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
It suits you.
Hello!

*Kindle version of A Memory Of Light for a hat*
--
Contro.
Chucky @ Work
2013-02-25 13:37:36 UTC
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Post by Contro
Post by Dr. Nick is Dead
Post by Chucky @ Work
I'll come back and try and be more
clever later.
That'll be a first.
Post by Chucky @ Work
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
It suits you.
Hello!
*Kindle version of A Memory Of Light for a hat*
Call that a hat? Fuck off.



- ***@w

*teetering pile of the entire damn series, with prequel and BBoBA, as
a hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Contro
2013-03-03 15:52:37 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
Post by Dr. Nick is Dead
Post by Chucky @ Work
I'll come back and try and be more
clever later.
That'll be a first.
Post by Chucky @ Work
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
It suits you.
Hello!
*Kindle version of A Memory Of Light for a hat*
Call that a hat? Fuck off.
*teetering pile of the entire damn series, with prequel and BBoBA, as
a hat*
It still cost as much!

*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
--
Contro.
Chucky @ Work
2013-03-04 13:03:45 UTC
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Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?

- ***@w

*bowl of guac as a hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Contro
2013-03-04 20:02:35 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?
I can't do both!
Post by Chucky @ Work
*bowl of guac as a hat*
*picked onion and dips for a hat*
--
Contro.
Chucky @ Work
2013-03-05 06:05:28 UTC
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Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?
I can't do both!
True, I have unrealistic expectations. Always have.



- ***@w

*stapled-together hat composed mainly of Wubbles and Tseng*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Chucky @ Work
2013-03-05 06:10:22 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
*stapled-together hat composed mainly of Wubbles and Tseng*
Oops, that's Corbin, Corbin and Tseng, not Wubbles. Wubbles is mostly
in one piece, far as I can tell.

*chuckles awkwardly, pulls pieces of Wubbles off hat, uses staples to
fix them back onto the rest of Wubbles's body*

Good as new.

Heh.

Better, actually, because of the staples. You should be thanking me.
Ingrate.





- ***@w

*hat, Corbin, Tseng, fresh staples*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Contro
2013-03-06 20:21:10 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?
I can't do both!
True, I have unrealistic expectations. Always have.
Better than realistic unexpectations though!
Post by Chucky @ Work
*stapled-together hat composed mainly of Wubbles and Tseng*
*whatever happened to Jade Tseng? Was it a woman or a man?! hat"
--
Contro.
Chucky @ Work
2013-03-07 10:45:08 UTC
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Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?
I can't do both!
True, I have unrealistic expectations. Always have.
Better than realistic unexpectations though!
You're collapsing into nonsense!
Post by Contro
*whatever happened to Jade Tseng? Was it a woman or a man?! hat"
I don't even know. Face sliced off by a time-travelling gateway of
some sort, that's all I remember. I'm waiting for my past self to get
here and tell me.



- ***@w

*in the meantime, it makes a good hat*

*...*

*hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Contro
2013-03-07 20:07:30 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
It still cost as much!
*invisible money for a hat...on a plate, just so I have something to
show for it*
Could you at least put some nibbles on that plate, and make yourself
useful?
I can't do both!
True, I have unrealistic expectations. Always have.
Better than realistic unexpectations though!
You're collapsing into nonsense!
It's more dramatic than just walking in
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
*whatever happened to Jade Tseng? Was it a woman or a man?! hat"
I don't even know. Face sliced off by a time-travelling gateway of
some sort, that's all I remember. I'm waiting for my past self to get
here and tell me.
Perhaps your future self will get here first!
Post by Chucky @ Work
*in the meantime, it makes a good hat*
*...*
*hat*
*I actually can't remember when I last wore a hat...I think it was a
baseball cap hat*
--
Contro.
Chucky @ Work
2013-03-08 07:17:13 UTC
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Post by Contro
Post by Chucky @ Work
Post by Contro
*whatever happened to Jade Tseng? Was it a woman or a man?! hat"
I don't even know. Face sliced off by a time-travelling gateway of
some sort, that's all I remember. I'm waiting for my past self to get
here and tell me.
Perhaps your future self will get here first!
Well, I did.

I tried telling 1999-Chucky to get a colonoscopy, but he laughed at
me.




- ***@w

*colonoscopy kit as a hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-14 03:09:40 UTC
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sunnuntai, 3. maaliskuuta 2013 17.52.37 UTC+2 Contro kirjoitti:

*sips warm, flat beer*

*toots sadly on broken, fifteen-year-old party tweeter*

Toot toot.




***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
David DeLaney
2014-07-14 04:01:37 UTC
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Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
*sips warm, flat beer*
*toots sadly on broken, fifteen-year-old party tweeter*
Toot toot.
Tweeeeet! Tweeterrrrr!

Dave, balefire smells like BACON. Ozonated bacon mmm!
--
\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
Vampire Muffin Man
2014-07-15 09:55:00 UTC
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I place the blame for the deterioration of this thread squarely on the shoulders of Contro...
Vampire Muffin Man
2014-07-15 09:56:37 UTC
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Post by Vampire Muffin Man
I place the blame for the deterioration of this thread squarely on the shoulders of Contro...
*werewolf as a hat*
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-16 06:51:39 UTC
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Post by Vampire Muffin Man
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
I place the blame for the deterioration of this thread squarely on the
shoulders of Contro...
*werewolf as a hat*
What happened to the Vampire Kitten?

*looks down at the slimy red snow-cone Vamps has just handed me*

Oh, you *didn't*.



***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
Vampire Muffin Man
2014-07-21 11:14:39 UTC
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Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
I place the blame for the deterioration of this thread squarely on the
shoulders of Contro...
*werewolf as a hat*
What happened to the Vampire Kitten?
*looks down at the slimy red snow-cone Vamps has just handed me*
Oh, you *didn't*.
Of course not... I've just changed hats a couple of times. *shrug* It happens...

*werewolf as a hat*
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-22 07:26:19 UTC
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Post by Vampire Muffin Man
Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
What happened to the Vampire Kitten?
*looks down at the slimy red snow-cone Vamps has just handed me*
Oh, you *didn't*.
Of course not... I've just changed hats a couple of times. *shrug* It happens...
*werewolf as a hat*
In this party, I suppose it does.

I mean, look at what's left of Corbin. How many hats did we get out of him?


***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
Vampire Muffin Man
2014-07-22 10:04:07 UTC
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Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
What happened to the Vampire Kitten?
*looks down at the slimy red snow-cone Vamps has just handed me*
Oh, you *didn't*.
Of course not... I've just changed hats a couple of times. *shrug* It
happens...
*werewolf as a hat*
In this party, I suppose it does.
I mean, look at what's left of Corbin. How many hats did we get out of him?
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
If it helps, I still like my hats and they still like me. lol

*werewolf as a hat*
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-22 12:08:48 UTC
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Post by Vampire Muffin Man
If it helps, I still like my hats and they still like me. lol
So we're not likely to get any of them appearing on the group, accusing you of crossing state lines with a minor and being incontinent?

Shame.




***@h
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
--
Good times.
David DeLaney
2014-07-22 20:00:17 UTC
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Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
If it helps, I still like my hats and they still like me. lol
So we're not likely to get any of them appearing on the group, accusing you
of crossing state lines with a minor and being incontinent?
Well, you HAVE to be in-continent to cross state lines. Hawaii has a sort of
state wriggly shore instead.

Dave, hat-las
--
\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-23 05:49:28 UTC
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Post by David DeLaney
Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
Post by Vampire Muffin Man
If it helps, I still like my hats and they still like me. lol
So we're not likely to get any of them appearing on the group, accusing you
of crossing state lines with a minor and being incontinent?
Well, you HAVE to be in-continent to cross state lines. Hawaii has a sort of
state wriggly shore instead.
Oh, well played!

*raises glass*




***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
Chucky@Work
2017-08-07 09:38:13 UTC
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keskiviikko 23. heinäkuuta 2014 8.49.28 UTC+3 Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster kirjoitti:

*hic*

This thread is listed as only having fifty-something posts in it. That makes me laugh.

***@w

*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
--
LAUGH I TELL YOU
p***@gmail.com
2017-08-16 01:43:37 UTC
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Google groups is saying "99+", which is technically true, but really phoning it in.

-Sean M
Post by ***@Work
*hic*
This thread is listed as only having fifty-something posts in it. That makes me laugh.
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
--
LAUGH I TELL YOU
p***@gmail.com
2017-08-16 01:54:19 UTC
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I posted another thing, but it was full of me being wrong, and there's enough archived here forever of me being wrong and ignorant of how ashamed I should be when I was tween trying to make all the funny Australians like me.

But somehow we've lost the majority of the cultural treasure that was this thread.

-Sean M
Post by ***@Work
*hic*
This thread is listed as only having fifty-something posts in it. That makes me laugh.
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
--
LAUGH I TELL YOU
Chucky@Work
2017-08-31 06:08:01 UTC
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Post by p***@gmail.com
I posted another thing, but it was full of me being wrong, and there's enough
archived here forever of me being wrong and ignorant of how ashamed I should
be when I was tween trying to make all the funny Australians like me.
You're not going to get us to like you if you don't wear a hat to the party! Come on, it's only been 18 years. You should know this stuff.
Post by p***@gmail.com
But somehow we've lost the majority of the cultural treasure that was this thread.
It's a tragedy. And comedy.

***@w

*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
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And - yes - a menagerie.
willy turbulence barometer
2017-09-24 18:11:06 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
Post by p***@gmail.com
I posted another thing, but it was full of me being wrong, and there's enough
archived here forever of me being wrong and ignorant of how ashamed I should
be when I was tween trying to make all the funny Australians like me.
You're not going to get us to like you if you don't wear a hat to the party! Come on, it's only been 18 years. You should know this stuff.
Post by p***@gmail.com
But somehow we've lost the majority of the cultural treasure that was this thread.
It's a tragedy. And comedy.
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
--
And - yes - a menagerie.
Cultural... treasure.

Also I don't know if I ever read that bit Chucky posted about how Contro and I arguing but it's gold. I think that was the most I ever wrote on this dumb ng.

wtb

*Jade Tseng's remaining and badly decomposed body parts as a hat*
Chucky@Work
2017-10-28 10:27:48 UTC
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Wubbles stole my hat!

- ***@h
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*Wubbles as a hat*
Brinner
2018-03-09 08:44:22 UTC
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I spend 10 years waiting for Contro to come back. I go away for 7 years and he’s been and gone again. This is a let down.
p***@gmail.com
2018-04-03 21:57:38 UTC
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Post by Brinner
I spend 10 years waiting for Contro to come back. I go away for 7 years and he’s been and gone again. This is a let down.
There's something comforting and familiar about being let down by AFRJ, and letting it down in return.

*hastily taped-together tube of notebook paper declaring "EMERGENCY HAT" as a hat*
Chucky@Work
2020-01-17 13:47:07 UTC
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*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*

*pours a drink*

*bottle turns out to be full of dust*

*chugs dust*



***@w
--
*dusty hat*

https://hatboy.blog
Cassie
2020-01-17 22:13:42 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *

* Orders an other drink *

Welcome back my old friend :)

Cassie
Chucky@Work
2020-01-18 06:41:03 UTC
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Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *
* Orders an other drink *
Let's see if we can find one that isn't dust.
Post by Cassie
Welcome back my old friend :)
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.


***@h
--
*dusty hat*
Cassie
2020-01-19 21:00:53 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *
* Orders an other drink *
Let's see if we can find one that isn't dust.
Post by Cassie
Welcome back my old friend :)
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
That would be epic then :)

Cassie
Chucky@Work
2020-01-24 09:39:34 UTC
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Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *
* Orders an other drink *
Let's see if we can find one that isn't dust.
Post by Cassie
Welcome back my old friend :)
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
That would be epic then :)
Of course, Google has dropped a lot of posts from this thread but given that we started it in 1999 - this party is a solid 21 years old at this point and still going strong even if "strong" now has to be defined as "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust" which, let's be honest here, has pretty much always been what "strong" meant anyway, and - 'scuse me -

*drinks more dust*

- and I think it's high time we all just admitted to the fact that "strong" has always meant "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust", and ... and what exactly is in this dust anyway?


***@w
--
*dusty hat*
Cassie
2020-01-25 16:44:45 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *
* Orders an other drink *
Let's see if we can find one that isn't dust.
Post by Cassie
Welcome back my old friend :)
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
That would be epic then :)
Of course, Google has dropped a lot of posts from this thread but given that we started it in 1999 - this party is a solid 21 years old at this point and still going strong even if "strong" now has to be defined as "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust" which, let's be honest here, has pretty much always been what "strong" meant anyway, and - 'scuse me -
*drinks more dust*
- and I think it's high time we all just admitted to the fact that "strong" has always meant "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust", and ... and what exactly is in this dust anyway?
Yep. The dust on this bar has not been cleaned for a long time. We will
need a maid or a bartender.

*drinks some dust*

The thread is so old that people born when this thread started have
their own children now :)
Marek Mercury
2020-02-19 00:29:14 UTC
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Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*puts a hat on, hopefully stands up from where he was lying behind bar*
*pours a drink*
*bottle turns out to be full of dust*
*chugs dust*
* Says hello *
* Orders an other drink *
Let's see if we can find one that isn't dust.
Post by Cassie
Welcome back my old friend :)
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
That would be epic then :)
Of course, Google has dropped a lot of posts from this thread but given that we started it in 1999 - this party is a solid 21 years old at this point and still going strong even if "strong" now has to be defined as "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust" which, let's be honest here, has pretty much always been what "strong" meant anyway, and - 'scuse me -
*drinks more dust*
- and I think it's high time we all just admitted to the fact that "strong" has always meant "two middle-aged-adjacent nerdlingers standing at the bar drinking shots of dust", and ... and what exactly is in this dust anyway?
Yep. The dust on this bar has not been cleaned for a long time. We will
need a maid or a bartender.
*drinks some dust*
The thread is so old that people born when this thread started have
their own children now :)
Wait, where's Contro?
Chucky@Work
2020-02-21 11:02:00 UTC
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Post by Marek Mercury
Post by Cassie
The thread is so old that people born when this thread started have
their own children now :)
Wait, where's Contro?
He's semi-active on Facebook but I haven't seen him on Usenet in forever.

This is why we party for him!

***@w
--
*the abstract concept of Contro as a hat*

*also my book series, The Final Fall of Man, which has Contro as the Chief Engineer on a starship and which Contro has never actually finished reading the ungrateful cunt, as a hat [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074BG6ZTY]*
Chucky@Work
2020-02-21 11:03:16 UTC
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Post by Marek Mercury
Post by Cassie
The thread is so old that people born when this thread started have
their own children now :)
Wait, where's Contro?
He's semi-active on Facebook but I haven't seen him on Usenet in forever.

This is why we party for him!

***@w
--
*the abstract concept of Contro as a hat*

*also my book series, The Final Fall of Man (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074BG6ZTY), which has Contro as the Chief Engineer on a starship and which Contro has never actually finished reading the ungrateful cunt, as a hat*
Cassie
2020-02-22 16:13:38 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
Post by Marek Mercury
Post by Cassie
The thread is so old that people born when this thread started have
their own children now :)
Wait, where's Contro?
He's semi-active on Facebook but I haven't seen him on Usenet in forever.
This is why we party for him!
--
*the abstract concept of Contro as a hat*
*also my book series, The Final Fall of Man (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074BG6ZTY), which has Contro as the Chief Engineer on a starship and which Contro has never actually finished reading the ungrateful cunt, as a hat*
Nice artwork on your books.

Cassie
Chucky@Work
2020-02-26 10:02:55 UTC
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Post by Cassie
Post by ***@Work
*also my book series, The Final Fall of Man
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074BG6ZTY), which has Contro as the Chief
Engineer on a starship and which Contro has never actually finished reading
the ungrateful cunt, as a hat*
Nice artwork on your books.
Thanks! I was lucky enough to find a fantastic artist on DeviantArt:

https://www.deviantart.com/gabrielgajdos


***@w
--
*FFoM as a hat*
Robert E v24 8/12
2020-03-08 12:37:47 UTC
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space whales killed him
Chucky@Work
2020-03-11 02:36:21 UTC
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Post by Robert E v24 8/12
space whales killed him
Oh you.

***@h
--
*https://hatboy.blog/ as a hat*
David DeLaney
2020-03-04 09:27:11 UTC
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Post by ***@Work
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
... wait, I think I've heard of this play.

Dave, oh, we're already waiting? well then
--
\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
my gatekeeper archives are no longer accessible :( / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
Chucky@Work
2020-03-11 02:35:44 UTC
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Post by David DeLaney
Post by ***@Work
Now we just need to wait for Contro. He should be here any day now.
... wait, I think I've heard of this play.
Dave, oh, we're already waiting? well then
I'm not sure that's a comparison that's ever been made, and we've been waiting for Contro for an awfully long time.

***@h
--
*https://hatboy.blog/ as a hat*
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-16 06:49:59 UTC
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Post by Vampire Muffin Man
I place the blame for the deterioration of this thread squarely on the
shoulders of Contro...
Damn his non-being-here hide.

AND WHERE'S YOUR--

*sees later post*

Alright then.



***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
2014-07-16 06:48:46 UTC
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Post by David DeLaney
Post by Mr. Hoity-toity McAsstaster
*sips warm, flat beer*
*toots sadly on broken, fifteen-year-old party tweeter*
Toot toot.
Tweeeeet! Tweeterrrrr!
Dave, balefire smells like BACON. Ozonated bacon mmm!
The smell of bacon that you can't remember smelling, or eating. Quite possibly the perfect bacon.

Now it's a party!


***@h
--
*Jade Tseng's face as a hat*
Chucky & Janica
2013-04-13 17:39:01 UTC
Permalink
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:33:42 -0700 (PDT), Ilya Popov
This thread still going?
HELL YES!
Because I've missed all of you.
Oh I just bet. Hey, I was recently reliving a Taimandred argument from
2009. You were there. But it was the Other Group so it wasn't much
fun.
Well, okay, some of you.
I totally missed you. You suck at Facebooking.
Shelob, mainly. There was a cool cat.
I'm going to tell her you said she was a cat.
Maybe C&J.
Ah shucks.
Anyway, we all wearing our party hats? And optional pants?
Well, yes and no.

I mean that.
*taps on channeling rod*
*magic Draconic zazz hat appears atop head*
Oooh, now that's fancy.




C&J

*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*

*s*
Ilya the Recusant
2013-04-13 23:13:06 UTC
Permalink
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:39:01 +0300, Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:33:42 -0700 (PDT), Ilya Popov
This thread still going?
HELL YES!
Well then, let's party!
Post by Chucky & Janica
Because I've missed all of you.
Oh I just bet. Hey, I was recently reliving a Taimandred argument from
2009. You were there. But it was the Other Group so it wasn't much
fun.
I saw! It looked strenuous and painfil. A sucky combination.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Well, okay, some of you.
I totally missed you. You suck at Facebooking.
I do indeed, suck at Facebooking. Or blogging. Well, both are getting
better.

I still prefer this antiquated newsgroup to modern stuff. Stupid
excessively glittery GUIs with their whizbang flashery will never
replace my love of this simpler format (still using FreeAgent, even on
Windows 7).
Post by Chucky & Janica
Shelob, mainly. There was a cool cat.
I'm going to tell her you said she was a cat.
Well, okay, cool Spider. But you know I mean. Nifty. Rad. All that.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Maybe C&J.
Ah shucks.
Hey, truth, beauty, and a picture of you two, and all that.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Anyway, we all wearing our party hats? And optional pants?
Well, yes and no.
I mean that.
Ah. Of course.
Post by Chucky & Janica
*taps on channeling rod*
*magic Draconic zazz hat appears atop head*
Oooh, now that's fancy.
I think I stole it from David Gemmel. Or maybe it was R.A. Salvatore.
Not sure. One of those guys.

Don't tell them.
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*
*s*
Hey, a zaz hat is still a zaz hat.


Ilya



Ilya the Recusant

-----------------

"Asshole" has a special place in my childhood, the point at which I
first learned that typical Americans were assholes.
- C&J
Chucky & Janica
2013-04-14 06:25:05 UTC
Permalink
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:13:06 +1000, Ilya the Recusant
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
This thread still going?
HELL YES!
Well then, let's party!
I think I might be too old to party. But heck, I'll give it a go.

*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Post by Ilya the Recusant
I still prefer this antiquated newsgroup to modern stuff. Stupid
excessively glittery GUIs with their whizbang flashery will never
replace my love of this simpler format (still using FreeAgent, even on
Windows 7).
Preach it, sir. Why change something that works?
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*taps on channeling rod*
*magic Draconic zazz hat appears atop head*
Oooh, now that's fancy.
I think I stole it from David Gemmel. Or maybe it was R.A. Salvatore.
Not sure. One of those guys.
Class acts, the two of them. I remember Salvatore wrote one of the
Star Wars Episode I, II or III books, and did his damnedest to make
Anakin less annoying. It was pretty funny, watching him grinding his
teeth.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Don't tell them.
Consider it vaulted.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*
*s*
Hey, a zaz hat is still a zaz hat.
Mine's been to London!



C&J

*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
Ilya the Recusant
2013-04-16 14:05:40 UTC
Permalink
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:25:05 +0300, Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:13:06 +1000, Ilya the Recusant
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
This thread still going?
HELL YES!
Well then, let's party!
I think I might be too old to party. But heck, I'll give it a go.
One is never too old.
Post by Chucky & Janica
*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Oh god. 90's flashback!
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
I still prefer this antiquated newsgroup to modern stuff. Stupid
excessively glittery GUIs with their whizbang flashery will never
replace my love of this simpler format (still using FreeAgent, even on
Windows 7).
Preach it, sir. Why change something that works?
This is what I'm sayin'!

Also, the fact that it doesn't require large amounts of RAM to work?
Definitely a plus.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*taps on channeling rod*
*magic Draconic zazz hat appears atop head*
Oooh, now that's fancy.
I think I stole it from David Gemmel. Or maybe it was R.A. Salvatore.
Not sure. One of those guys.
Class acts, the two of them. I remember Salvatore wrote one of the
Star Wars Episode I, II or III books, and did his damnedest to make
Anakin less annoying. It was pretty funny, watching him grinding his
teeth.
And then Stover came in and made Episode III even more kickass.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Don't tell them.
Consider it vaulted.
Good lad.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*
*s*
Hey, a zaz hat is still a zaz hat.
Mine's been to London!
Pfft. London. Mine's been to Helsinki.
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*




Ilya the Recusant

-----------------

"Asshole" has a special place in my childhood, the point at which I
first learned that typical Americans were assholes.
- C&J
Chucky & Janica
2013-04-17 11:29:53 UTC
Permalink
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:05:40 +1000, Ilya the Recusant
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
I think I might be too old to party. But heck, I'll give it a go.
One is never too old.
Post by Chucky & Janica
*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Oh god. 90's flashback!
I told you! I warned you! You wouldn't listen!

*sobs*
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
I still prefer this antiquated newsgroup to modern stuff. Stupid
excessively glittery GUIs with their whizbang flashery will never
replace my love of this simpler format (still using FreeAgent, even on
Windows 7).
Preach it, sir. Why change something that works?
This is what I'm sayin'!
Also, the fact that it doesn't require large amounts of RAM to work?
Definitely a plus.
Indeed.

Hey, what are your travel options looking like these days? When were
you going to be in this hemisphere?
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*
*s*
Hey, a zaz hat is still a zaz hat.
Mine's been to London!
Pfft. London. Mine's been to Helsinki.
I - you - okay, you win this round.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.



C&J

*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
Ilya Popov
2013-04-18 02:09:40 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chucky & Janica
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:05:40 +1000, Ilya the Recusant
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
I think I might be too old to party. But heck, I'll give it a go.
One is never too old.
Post by Chucky & Janica
*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Oh god. 90's flashback!
I told you! I warned you! You wouldn't listen!
*sobs*
Funny enough, I was listening to 90's music on the way to work today.
Smashmouth and Lisa Loeb, among others. You got me back in the spirit,
and reminded me of a time when we all knew and accepted that R&B
sucked and shouldn't be allowed on the radio.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
I still prefer this antiquated newsgroup to modern stuff. Stupid
excessively glittery GUIs with their whizbang flashery will never
replace my love of this simpler format (still using FreeAgent, even on
Windows 7).
Preach it, sir. Why change something that works?
This is what I'm sayin'!
Also, the fact that it doesn't require large amounts of RAM to work?
Definitely a plus.
Indeed.
Hey, what are your travel options looking like these days? When were
you going to be in this hemisphere?
Looking better. Starting a new job in a few weeks that pays a better
salary, one that'll make it easier for me to save money for
travelling. Not sure what my holiday time and whatnot is like. What'd
you have in mind? And when?
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*boring mammalian Zaz Hat*
*s*
Hey, a zaz hat is still a zaz hat.
Mine's been to London!
Pfft. London. Mine's been to Helsinki.
I - you - okay, you win this round.
Thought so.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
If only that were true.
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Sneaker-y hat, full of converses, conversing in code*

***@W
Chucky & Janica
2013-04-19 10:12:46 UTC
Permalink
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:09:40 -0700 (PDT), Ilya Popov
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Oh god. 90's flashback!
I told you! I warned you! You wouldn't listen!
*sobs*
Funny enough, I was listening to 90's music on the way to work today.
Smashmouth and Lisa Loeb, among others. You got me back in the spirit,
and reminded me of a time when we all knew and accepted that R&B
sucked and shouldn't be allowed on the radio.
Oh Smashmouth. You just basically described my iPod.
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Hey, what are your travel options looking like these days? When were
you going to be in this hemisphere?
Looking better. Starting a new job in a few weeks that pays a better
salary, one that'll make it easier for me to save money for
travelling. Not sure what my holiday time and whatnot is like. What'd
you have in mind? And when?
Well, we were wanting to catch the Hindles before they left jolly old
England for the States, but that's happening in May already so not
sure if we're going to get a chance. But yeah, maybe the UK,
Controville (aka. Manchester), sometime in the next few months?

Otherwise, no big plans until my folks are over in August, we will
probably do Sweden, and then Eastern States of Australia in 2014 and
then back to Perth in 2015 for my 20th Goddamn Year Reunion for high
school.

Twenty. CUNTING. Years.
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
If only that were true.
*snicker*

Well, we do have massed corroborating evidence in the History
archives, you don't get away clean ... but so many people get away
cleaner than bruce.

Plus, I just like to name-drop the guy.
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Sneaker-y hat, full of converses, conversing in code*
Little hint, when you want to make a Da Vinci Code reference and
Hollywood-stubble it up with Tom Hanks, you can't use Cast Away Tom
Hanks. Because you just end up looking like a crazy shit with a
volleyball on his head.

Which, let's be honest, is what you are.





C&J

*Cloud Atlas as a hat*
Ilya the Recusant
2013-04-21 11:23:12 UTC
Permalink
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:12:46 +0300, Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:09:40 -0700 (PDT), Ilya Popov
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*does the macarena, or possibly that ketchup dance*
Oh god. 90's flashback!
I told you! I warned you! You wouldn't listen!
*sobs*
Funny enough, I was listening to 90's music on the way to work today.
Smashmouth and Lisa Loeb, among others. You got me back in the spirit,
and reminded me of a time when we all knew and accepted that R&B
sucked and shouldn't be allowed on the radio.
Oh Smashmouth. You just basically described my iPod.
You too, eh? I realised today that I might still be trapped in the
90's when I realised that I had a pretty impressive amount of
Barenaked Ladies, Pearl Jam, U2, and Goo Goo Dolls on IlyaPod.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Hey, what are your travel options looking like these days? When were
you going to be in this hemisphere?
Looking better. Starting a new job in a few weeks that pays a better
salary, one that'll make it easier for me to save money for
travelling. Not sure what my holiday time and whatnot is like. What'd
you have in mind? And when?
Well, we were wanting to catch the Hindles before they left jolly old
England for the States, but that's happening in May already so not
sure if we're going to get a chance. But yeah, maybe the UK,
Controville (aka. Manchester), sometime in the next few months?
Next few months seems highly unlikely, so it might be a case of having
to wait until 2014 (and golly, I'll be a citizen by then!). And
jeezus, 20th? Really?

Fuckin' hell.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Otherwise, no big plans until my folks are over in August, we will
probably do Sweden, and then Eastern States of Australia in 2014 and
then back to Perth in 2015 for my 20th Goddamn Year Reunion for high
school.
Twenty. CUNTING. Years.
Wow. Did you at least make it to your tenth? Because my high school
either didn't even bother with theirs, or didn't bother to invite me.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
If only that were true.
*snicker*
Well, we do have massed corroborating evidence in the History
archives, you don't get away clean ... but so many people get away
cleaner than bruce.
That is true. I do have the guy's contact details lying around
somewhere. Should email him and let him know that we miss him on the
group, and that he should pay us a visit.

Well, miss might be too strong a word.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Plus, I just like to name-drop the guy.
Can't blame ya. He's a nice enough fella. Lost heaps of weight in the
last couple of years. Heaps.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya Popov
Post by Chucky & Janica
*his 'n' hers Zaz Hats*
*Sneaker-y hat, full of converses, conversing in code*
Little hint, when you want to make a Da Vinci Code reference and
Hollywood-stubble it up with Tom Hanks, you can't use Cast Away Tom
Hanks. Because you just end up looking like a crazy shit with a
volleyball on his head.
I...
Post by Chucky & Janica
Which, let's be honest, is what you are.
...Yeah. That's true.
Post by Chucky & Janica
C&J
*Cloud Atlas as a hat*
*A giant infinite jest, retold by Thomas Pynchon and Tom Wolfe as hat*

Ilya the Recusant

-----------------

"Asshole" has a special place in my childhood, the point at which I
first learned that typical Americans were assholes.
- C&J
Joshua Crawford
2013-04-21 23:51:12 UTC
Permalink
Post by Ilya the Recusant
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:12:46 +0300, Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
then back to Perth in 2015 for my 20th Goddamn Year Reunion for high
school.
Quit your complaining, youngster.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Twenty. CUNTING. Years.
Sounds like fun.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Wow. Did you at least make it to your tenth? Because my high school
either didn't even bother with theirs, or didn't bother to invite me.
Mine either. Maybe they'll find me on g+ next year when it's my 20th.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya the Recusant
*Starship U.S.S. Buttcrack hat*
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
Nope. Never been on a starship.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
That is true. I do have the guy's contact details lying around
somewhere. Should email him and let him know that we miss him on the
group, and that he should pay us a visit.
And here I am.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Well, miss might be too strong a word.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Plus, I just like to name-drop the guy.
Can't blame ya. He's a nice enough fella. Lost heaps of weight in the
last couple of years. Heaps.
It was up and down for years but seems to have settled now.

*heaps of hats*
--
bruce



----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup
Chucky @ Work
2013-04-22 06:33:25 UTC
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:51:12 +1000 (AEST), Joshua Crawford
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
then back to Perth in 2015 for my 20th Goddamn Year Reunion for high
school.
Quit your complaining, youngster.
Yes sir.
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Twenty. CUNTING. Years.
Sounds like fun.
Well, could be. Or it could be an abortion wrapped in a travesty.
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Chucky & Janica
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
Nope. Never been on a starship.
Sure you have!
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
That is true. I do have the guy's contact details lying around
somewhere. Should email him and let him know that we miss him on the
group, and that he should pay us a visit.
And here I am.
Gah, named the Dark One!
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Well, miss might be too strong a word.
Post by Chucky & Janica
Plus, I just like to name-drop the guy.
Can't blame ya. He's a nice enough fella. Lost heaps of weight in the
last couple of years. Heaps.
It was up and down for years but seems to have settled now.
*heaps of hats*
Welcome! Holy crap, have a beer. Ilya's giving away Calrton Draught if
you like that sort of thing. I don't know, maybe you do.

Did you read the last few books? What the fuck have you been up to?





***@w (only, not really, since I am still on sick leave)

*WBCPT hat, with the "Contro" crossed out and "bruce" written in its
place, in a sub-standard manner*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Joshua Crawford
2013-04-23 01:26:12 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:51:12 +1000 (AEST), Joshua Crawford
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Post by Ilya the Recusant
Post by Chucky & Janica
Going where no man, apart from bruce, has probably been before on this
newsgroup.
Nope. Never been on a starship.
Sure you have!
A star's hip, perhaps.
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Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Ilya the Recusant
That is true. I do have the guy's contact details lying around
somewhere. Should email him and let him know that we miss him on the
group, and that he should pay us a visit.
And here I am.
Gah, named the Dark One!
He messaged me three times.
Post by Chucky @ Work
Welcome! Holy crap, have a beer. Ilya's giving away Calrton Draught if
you like that sort of thing. I don't know, maybe you do.
Or maybe not. Where's Calrton?
Post by Chucky @ Work
Did you read the last few books? What the fuck have you been up to?
Work and videos and video games.

I'm re-watching classic Doctor Who and Star Trek TOS. I'm playing Sleeping Dogs, F1 Race Stars and Dead or Alive 5. And there's always ***@Home, which is a massive time-suck.

Occasionally I read some books. Mostly older ones I get for free off Gutenberg. Currently working through the books of H. Rider Haggard (19th century drama, including fantasy and alternate history).
Post by Chucky @ Work
*WBCPT hat, with the "Contro" crossed out and "bruce" written in its
place, in a sub-standard manner*
Long and hard and full of seamen.

*destroyer-standard hat*

--bruce
Chucky @ Work
2013-04-23 07:27:24 UTC
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:26:12 -0700 (PDT), Joshua Crawford
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Chucky @ Work
Welcome! Holy crap, have a beer. Ilya's giving away Calrton Draught if
you like that sort of thing. I don't know, maybe you do.
Or maybe not. Where's Calrton?
Cal r-Ton, he was Superman's drunk brother-in-law.
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I'm re-watching classic Doctor Who and Star Trek TOS.
Nice. Have to get more Whos on our shelf. And waiting for the day I
can start watching all the Treks in sequence, with my daughter.
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I'm playing Sleeping Dogs, F1 Race Stars and Dead
is a massive time-suck.
Heh, never heard of those.
Post by Joshua Crawford
Occasionally I read some books. Mostly older ones I get
for free off Gutenberg. Currently working through the
books of H. Rider Haggard (19th century drama, including
fantasy and alternate history).
Nice.

Not an awful lot going on over here, I have been renovated
systematically over the past couple of years but am now more or less
ship-shape.

Well, no keel, but apart from that I'm ship-shape.
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Post by Chucky @ Work
*WBCPT hat, with the "Contro" crossed out and "bruce" written in its
place, in a sub-standard manner*
Long and hard and full of seamen.
Oooh, well played.
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*destroyer-standard hat*
***@w

*ship-shaped hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Joshua Crawford
2013-04-23 09:55:45 UTC
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:26:12 -0700 (PDT), Joshua Crawford
Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Chucky @ Work
Welcome! Holy crap, have a beer. Ilya's giving away Calrton Draught if
you like that sort of thing. I don't know, maybe you do.
Or maybe not. Where's Calrton?
Cal r-Ton, he was Superman's drunk brother-in-law.
So is his draught something like Tequila Funrise? I think I'll pass.
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Post by Joshua Crawford
I'm playing Sleeping Dogs, F1 Race Stars and Dead
is a massive time-suck.
Heh, never heard of those.
PS3.
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Post by Joshua Crawford
Occasionally I read some books. Mostly older ones I get
for free off Gutenberg. Currently working through the
books of H. Rider Haggard (19th century drama, including
fantasy and alternate history).
Nice.
I've kind of been working backwards through speculative fiction. Haggard's hidden worlds inspired people like Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Post by Chucky @ Work
Not an awful lot going on over here, I have been renovated
systematically over the past couple of years but am now more or less
ship-shape.
Well, no keel, but apart from that I'm ship-shape.
I could say something about the poop deck. But I'm too classy for that.
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Post by Chucky @ Work
*WBCPT hat, with the "Contro" crossed out and "bruce" written in its
place, in a sub-standard manner*
Long and hard and full of seamen.
Oooh, well played.
I aim, to please.
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Post by Joshua Crawford
*destroyer-standard hat*
*ship-shaped hat*
*frigate hat*

--bruce
Chucky @ Work
2013-04-24 06:11:13 UTC
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:55:45 -0700 (PDT), Joshua Crawford
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Post by Joshua Crawford
Post by Chucky @ Work
Welcome! Holy crap, have a beer. Ilya's giving away Calrton Draught if
you like that sort of thing. I don't know, maybe you do.
Or maybe not. Where's Calrton?
Cal r-Ton, he was Superman's drunk brother-in-law.
So is his draught something like Tequila Funrise? I think I'll pass.
Yeah, this got ugly really fast.
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Post by Joshua Crawford
I'm playing Sleeping Dogs, F1 Race Stars and Dead
is a massive time-suck.
Heh, never heard of those.
PS3.
Ahh yes, Gangnam Style!

*does the Pony, sort of like Dr. Evil doing the Macarena*
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Not an awful lot going on over here, I have been renovated
systematically over the past couple of years but am now more or less
ship-shape.
Well, no keel, but apart from that I'm ship-shape.
I could say something about the poop deck. But I'm too classy for that.
I am disappointed, but vindicated.





***@w

*hat with Jolly Roger*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Joshua Crawford
2013-04-30 16:41:54 UTC
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Yeah, this got ugly really fast.
Then I'm not drinking enough. Bartender!
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Ahh yes, Gangnam Style!
*does the Pony, sort of like Dr. Evil doing the Macarena*
Heeeeeey, Maca-rena. Woo-woo-woop, nineties-style.
Post by Chucky @ Work
I am disappointed, but vindicated.
Better than being Vin Dieseled.
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*hat with Jolly Roger*
How do you get him to stay up there?

*hat with Roger Rabbit falling off*

--bruce
Chucky @ Work
2013-05-02 07:42:34 UTC
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:41:54 -0700 (PDT), Joshua Crawford
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Post by Chucky @ Work
*hat with Jolly Roger*
How do you get him to stay up there?
Pointy head.
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*hat with Roger Rabbit falling off*
I can help you with that too.

*offers ... dip*

See? Now he's clinging for dear life.






***@w

*toon hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Chucky @ Work
2013-04-22 06:31:08 UTC
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:23:12 +1000, Ilya the Recusant
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Post by Chucky & Janica
Post by Ilya Popov
Funny enough, I was listening to 90's music on the way to work today.
Smashmouth and Lisa Loeb, among others. You got me back in the spirit,
and reminded me of a time when we all knew and accepted that R&B
sucked and shouldn't be allowed on the radio.
Oh Smashmouth. You just basically described my iPod.
You too, eh? I realised today that I might still be trapped in the
90's when I realised that I had a pretty impressive amount of
Barenaked Ladies, Pearl Jam, U2, and Goo Goo Dolls on IlyaPod.
Yes. Yes, that.
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Post by Chucky & Janica
Well, we were wanting to catch the Hindles before they left jolly old
England for the States, but that's happening in May already so not
sure if we're going to get a chance. But yeah, maybe the UK,
Controville (aka. Manchester), sometime in the next few months?
Next few months seems highly unlikely, so it might be a case of having
to wait until 2014 (and golly, I'll be a citizen by then!).
Woo hoo! And you can be all like "welcome to my country, tourists."
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And
jeezus, 20th? Really?
Fuckin' hell.
I know.
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Post by Chucky & Janica
Otherwise, no big plans until my folks are over in August, we will
probably do Sweden, and then Eastern States of Australia in 2014 and
then back to Perth in 2015 for my 20th Goddamn Year Reunion for high
school.
Twenty. CUNTING. Years.
Wow. Did you at least make it to your tenth? Because my high school
either didn't even bother with theirs, or didn't bother to invite me.
Hah, 2005? Shit no. Ten years was still Too Soon.
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Post by Chucky & Janica
Well, we do have massed corroborating evidence in the History
archives, you don't get away clean ... but so many people get away
cleaner than bruce.
That is true. I do have the guy's contact details lying around
somewhere. Should email him and let him know that we miss him on the
group, and that he should pay us a visit.
I see a Joshua Crawford down below.
Post by Ilya the Recusant
Well, miss might be too strong a word.
Hey, I miss him.
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Post by Chucky & Janica
Plus, I just like to name-drop the guy.
Can't blame ya. He's a nice enough fella. Lost heaps of weight in the
last couple of years. Heaps.
Haven't we all.

Well, except you. Freak.




***@w (only, not really, since I am still on sick leave)

*WBCPT hat, with the "Contro" crossed out and "bruce" written in its
place, in a sub-standard manner*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
Ilya Popov
2013-04-22 13:17:32 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Once upon a time, in a newsgroup far, far away, there was a party
thread that lasted forever. Until, one day, at the unravelling end of
creation and the final rattling gasp of time's breath, usenet
collapsed into nothingness and web forums and social networks and
comments boards took over what was whimsically called "the universe"
by people who didn't remember what the universe once was.
This is that newsgroup, and this is that thread, and I'm still here
and today is *not that day*.
sunnuntai, 28. helmikuuta 2010 20.11.47 UTC+2 willy turbulence
This is the end ...
Beautiful friend ...
*beautiful hat*
Pretty much.
You just ruined my solo. But whatever.
But I CREATED a DUET. Let it never be said I don't give back to the
world.
Wubbles the Bear. He was King of the Prom. He had a whole colour named
after him. The colour was lavender. I don't remember why this is.
*remembers a hat*
At least you did that much. So few people do these days.
Join me for a final beer?
That depends on what you call a beer, of course, but I think we can
work something out.
There was a great debate about whether stout and beer were the same
thing. I don't remember why. I only remember that I won. But I might
just be remembering that because I always won.
All in all this thread was for people who came to the newsgroup more
than two days running, something I've never done. But I've always
respected it! Well not always, I suppose... or really ever. I mean,
shit, look at the name. It has "Welcome" and "Contro" in it.
I guess it stands to reason that the only group member I ever
conflicted with was the other happy go lucky goofball. BUT I HAVE A
BRAIN CELL.
Wubbles and Contro came to e-blows over the question of whether Wales
was a separate country. One of them held an irrational and ludicrous
view based on near-absolute ignorance of any of the key terms, no
knowledge of history or politics or basic debating, and a deep-seated
inability to maintain a coherent cognitive process. The other thought
Wales was part of the UK.
E-blows, incidentally, were not what they sound like. But we can
pretend they were, because neither Wubbles nor Contro will disagree.
*a hat appearing to consist of several hands hanging down patting me
on the back, others holding their thumbs up in front of my face, while
two more spring from the center clapping incessantly*
Hats. I remember hats.
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
Strange. This (and many other messages) haven't shown up in my newsreader.

Weird.

-i-
Chucky @ Work
2013-04-23 07:28:07 UTC
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:17:32 -0700 (PDT), Ilya Popov
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Post by Chucky @ Work
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
Strange. This (and many other messages) haven't shown up in my newsreader.
Weird.
May just be old and irretrievable.



***@w

*old and irretrievable hat*
--
13 of 12, the CMM Collective
CHOW:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/chow-a-dance-with-dragons/
Give a hoot, read my book:
http://stchucky.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/arsebook-my-rear-in-status-2011/
His name was Drr Nick
2020-05-07 19:15:37 UTC
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Post by Chucky @ Work
Once upon a time, in a newsgroup far, far away, there was a party
thread that lasted forever. Until, one day, at the unravelling end of
creation and the final rattling gasp of time's breath, usenet
collapsed into nothingness and web forums and social networks and
comments boards took over what was whimsically called "the universe"
by people who didn't remember what the universe once was.
This is that newsgroup, and this is that thread, and I'm still here
and today is *not that day*.
sunnuntai, 28. helmikuuta 2010 20.11.47 UTC+2 willy turbulence
This is the end ...
Beautiful friend ...
*beautiful hat*
Pretty much.
You just ruined my solo. But whatever.
But I CREATED a DUET. Let it never be said I don't give back to the
world.
Wubbles the Bear. He was King of the Prom. He had a whole colour named
after him. The colour was lavender. I don't remember why this is.
*remembers a hat*
At least you did that much. So few people do these days.
Join me for a final beer?
That depends on what you call a beer, of course, but I think we can
work something out.
There was a great debate about whether stout and beer were the same
thing. I don't remember why. I only remember that I won. But I might
just be remembering that because I always won.
All in all this thread was for people who came to the newsgroup more
than two days running, something I've never done. But I've always
respected it! Well not always, I suppose... or really ever. I mean,
shit, look at the name. It has "Welcome" and "Contro" in it.
I guess it stands to reason that the only group member I ever
conflicted with was the other happy go lucky goofball. BUT I HAVE A
BRAIN CELL.
Wubbles and Contro came to e-blows over the question of whether Wales
was a separate country. One of them held an irrational and ludicrous
view based on near-absolute ignorance of any of the key terms, no
knowledge of history or politics or basic debating, and a deep-seated
inability to maintain a coherent cognitive process. The other thought
Wales was part of the UK.
E-blows, incidentally, were not what they sound like. But we can
pretend they were, because neither Wubbles nor Contro will disagree.
*a hat appearing to consist of several hands hanging down patting me
on the back, others holding their thumbs up in front of my face, while
two more spring from the center clapping incessantly*
Hats. I remember hats.
*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
*kicks empty bottle into a crowd of lonely tumbleweeds*

If Contro threw a party and no one went, who left all these empty bottles of ... Blurboun? That doesn't sound right.


*time-traveling 20 year old self as a hat, who was much funnier*
Chucky@Work
2020-05-08 12:40:19 UTC
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*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
*kicks empty bottle into a crowd of lonely tumbleweeds*
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Post by His name was Drr Nick
If Contro threw a party and no one went, who left all these empty bottles
of ... Blurboun? That doesn't sound right.
*time-traveling 20 year old self as a hat, who was much funnier*
Eddie came back!

***@w
--
*Jade Tseng's face, with surprised expression, as a hat*
His name was Drr Nick
2020-05-08 13:07:20 UTC
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*is wearing a hat, but it is a small, plain and sad hat*
*kicks empty bottle into a crowd of lonely tumbleweeds*
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Bless you my son.

*Pope hat*
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Post by His name was Drr Nick
If Contro threw a party and no one went, who left all these empty bottles
of ... Blurboun? That doesn't sound right.
*time-traveling 20 year old self as a hat, who was much funnier*
Eddie came back!
Did Eddie ever leave?

I was trying to make a list of my pseudonyms over the years...daunting!


M@

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