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Jul 21, 2007 22:28:09 GMT
Post by Gornall on Jul 21, 2007 22:28:09 GMT
Did that name come from my laura at all mate? Just out of curiosity!
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AeroS
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Jul 22, 2007 18:48:13 GMT
Post by AeroS on Jul 22, 2007 18:48:13 GMT
Hey! Your state is very close to mine... What ivy league school is near Ohio? Is penn state considered Ivy league in academics and Big Ten in athletics? I will have to look this one up. Google is your friend.
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Jul 22, 2007 20:20:56 GMT
Post by Sol on Jul 22, 2007 20:20:56 GMT
hahaha no no! I'm living in Illinois...I passed on the Ivy League school because I can't afford it...maybe one day I can transfer...sigh...
These days its mostly about buying a diploma, not earning it. *shakes fist*
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Jul 23, 2007 2:25:24 GMT
Post by AeroS on Jul 23, 2007 2:25:24 GMT
University of Illinios, University of Chicago? Loyola? I spent alot of time in the chicago area about fifteen years ago and some time studying in the library at UI in bloomington. Mostly, I spent time at Arlington, betting on the horses.
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Jul 23, 2007 9:39:37 GMT
Post by Sol on Jul 23, 2007 9:39:37 GMT
Bingo! University of Illinois! I got into University of Chicago as a foreign exchange student, lol can you believe they only accept about 300? crazy...anyway, I wanted to go there because I wanted to be a lawyer. Then I realized I couldn't pay for that uni either so I went to UIC, the closest I can afford. I also got into Loyola with a nice scholarship, but I decided I wasn't religious. lol betting on horses eh? Did you make a fortune or lose terribly?
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Jul 23, 2007 16:35:25 GMT
Post by Shendemiar on Jul 23, 2007 16:35:25 GMT
It must suck that schools cost money.
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Jul 23, 2007 17:15:44 GMT
Post by McGoogus on Jul 23, 2007 17:15:44 GMT
It must suck that schools cost money. Tell me about it. I'd be at Penn State if I wouldn't be wasting $20k a year figuring out what I wanna do with my life. For now my local and cheap university will do.
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Jul 23, 2007 18:51:00 GMT
Post by Sol on Jul 23, 2007 18:51:00 GMT
It must suck that schools cost money. Tell me about it. I'd be at Penn State if I wouldn't be wasting $20k a year figuring out what I wanna do with my life. For now my local and cheap university will do. haha! Yeah, thats exactly how I feel. I think uni here is a conspiracy formulated to steal your money! I mean, there's 4 years of undergraduate school, then graduate school...I'll be an undergrad for 2 more years and whenI graduate I'll have NOTHING but a stupid piece of paper! Unless I spend a fortune more on graduate school, then I'll be able to work properly...stupid system. I'm an English major...why am I forced to study physics? Well...I like physics, but still... eeeeehhhhhhhh Sorry...I like to complain.
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Jul 23, 2007 23:20:37 GMT
Post by eproxy on Jul 23, 2007 23:20:37 GMT
Yet I was complaining at the hike of my own tuition fees for an English degree which costs £3000 a year for three years. Glad I'm not in the USA As for my IKUK name that is probably about the 20th time I've been asked, none of which I've ever really answered fully. For gornall the reason is actually to do with your girlfriend. Back in Year 10 GCSE English (2002/03ish) we got bored one lesson and sitting at a table of four and talking like we always did we proceeded to write down the names of everyone in our class backwards. We were bored and 'dossed' around for almost all our English lessons back then (much like we did our Design Tech ones). Sufficed to say having done them all 'arual' rolled off the tongue the easiest, or at least somewhat better than the alternatives, my own being 'semaj'. Others were; 'yelhsa', 'simal', 'sirhc', 'kram' and 'eilatan', we did more too but I can't remember all the people in my class back then (Miss Crompton was teaching us I seem to remember). It just so happened that 'arual' was also a cross between two gaming characters Izual and Uriel (an exalt to whoever gets the games they're from) and similar to Azrael (an Angel of Death) which was a handle I was using at the time. Back then (such a long time now...) I was also using my now quite familiar MSN avatar, a dark figure with wings holding a briefcase, meant to symbolise Lucifer, a fallen angel (yet Bringer of Light funnily enough). It was therefore my own bastardisation of the Angel of Death with a more personal touch, a befitting name for most games I thought. The fact that no-one else uses it and I still think it sounds fairly cool has helped me keep it as my usually primary handle. Added; after writing that I suddenly realise why I've never written it all in one go before Added; my alterantive username for rolling off the tongue is "seladhor" - a second exalt to whoever gets who coined that term
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Jul 23, 2007 23:43:40 GMT
Post by McGoogus on Jul 23, 2007 23:43:40 GMT
Woo the secret is out! Izual is from Diablo II. Dunno bout the other. Seladhor. Possibly a Puttana! who likes salad? meh..
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Jul 23, 2007 23:59:13 GMT
Post by Shendemiar on Jul 23, 2007 23:59:13 GMT
Trivia... (not for the old ones) In what great computer game there was character named Saduj?
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Jul 24, 2007 16:07:25 GMT
Post by eproxy on Jul 24, 2007 16:07:25 GMT
Ultima 5 and Ultima 6, although I had to look those up. As for McGoogus you got an exalt although I was hoping someone would get them both at the same time. I played Diablo II for far too long, probably around 1,000 hours in total, had my account banned once for 'cheating' yet never had a CD key blocked. Oh your Seladhor guess is wrong, I think that might be the trickiest one to get.
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Jul 24, 2007 17:20:33 GMT
Post by Arminius on Jul 24, 2007 17:20:33 GMT
Just came across this on the Dilbert Blog...
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Jul 24, 2007 21:32:14 GMT
Post by Sol on Jul 24, 2007 21:32:14 GMT
Arminius, that just made my day. I was having such a crap day.... Anyway, sigh, do to unfortunate events, I have to go on a holiday...one would think I would enjoy myself...but no...So I'll be leaving sometime on Wed and returning on Sunday or so. Could you play IK on an iPhone? Maybe I ought to get one...
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Aug 12, 2007 2:48:42 GMT
Post by Sol on Aug 12, 2007 2:48:42 GMT
Hate to ask, but
does anyone have spare LUMBER and STONE that they could lend me at isle:
(33:82:16)?
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