People, new and old, please introduce yourselves

Seems as if there is some difficulty with North-eastern humour. Once you get south of Teeside I find you often have to draw a diagram as well :lol:

 

Hello Joculator. I've just looked at your website- how cool! If you ever venture to the softy-southern region of Oxfordshire, let me know, I think you might possibly end up becoming my favourite Morris side! :lol: Apart from maybe the men who wear pink skirts and bash eachother senseless with their sricks! (Or are they staffs. Or staves?)

 

Thanks for the compliment Anna, but the side's colours are set in stone and reflect our heritage of the area. I suppose I'll just settle for being second favourite 'cos pink is just not us We'll hit anyone with our sticks if they say otherwise :badgrin:

A good question, Buzzfloyd. One of my favourite pastimes is travel... and music. Sorry, two of my favourites are travel, music... and meeting new people. Okay you can see where this is going.
Unfortunately, our area is pretty much brain-dead to traditional celebrations so I'm a couple of bodies short of a full side at present. Any local volunteers? Unless we can get up to strength by Mayday, you may get a chance to meet the 'Mad Mackem' in person.
On the same note, if anyone is coming to the northeast at any time, get in touch. I'm always ready to show them the best hostelries in the area. artyman:

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
it's just kind of the name I'm stuck with.. yeah, I guess I didn't quite have a lot of imagination on that one

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
haha.. female

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
I fall into the age category that always wants to be older, sooooo draw your own conclusions.. and I dearly wish I could say England for this, but honestly and truthfully I find myself in good ol' California

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
hmmmm.. that's a toughie.. I'd like to say yes.. Is that good enough?

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
just doing the browsing thing at b&n and ran into the Fifth Elephant.. then kept going back for more until I magically morphed into a fanatic

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
"Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

 

Hi Lira, welcome to the boards! Is that a Groucho Marx quote?

 

I think it was Churchill, actually...

Welcome Lira !

 

Churchill, Groucho, both smoked cigars, easily confused. ;-)

Edited for past tense.

 

Haha yes, Churchill..

Thanks for the welcome everybody!!

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
It's based around my name

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
Yep! i am one of those - female to be precise

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
I am old, nuff said. I live in UK

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
The jury is out as far as I am concerned. Would love a good movie but reckon that it would be hard to pull off - TP is so clever and so subtle - but I would love to see the Night Watch guys filmed.



5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
My daughter read them several years ago and went to book signings and had her photo taken with the man himself and she kept telling me to read them. Eventually I did and was hooked! Have read alll The DW books and have read some of them many many times. We are big fans.


6) what's your personal quote of the day?
Make a difference - to your life and to someone else's

 

A warm welcome for Lira and frankie.

 

Welcome frankie !

 

Hi! a lurker gives himself up!



1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
Favourite non-TP character in SFF.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
Male, last time I checked.

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
Grumpy old man/South of England.
4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
With the latest in CGI, plus full control by TP, a qualified "Yes".

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
Bought CoM on first publication, hooked for last twenty-three years.

(6) what's your personal quote of the day?

A young man of godlike proportions was standing in the doorway. [Footnote: The better class of gods, anyway. Not the ones with the tentacles, obviously.]
Thud

 

Merry Christmas and a warm welcome to you pyanfaruk.

 

Welcome Pyanfaruk ! You should feel at home here, we have plenty of grumpy old men already.

Where is pixel ? :cooler:

 

Some grumpy old women*, too. Welcome and hope you have fun here.

* I'm up at 4:45 am to find out which of the toilets is running on at my folks house( so far, none) and to let my dog outside( so far he hasn't made it out of the basement) and I forgot to get my glasses . Its bound to be a wonderful day

 

Welcome y'all!

 

1) It was the name of my favourite shop (a little punk shop) that got screwed over, plus I like the sound of it.

2) Male

3) 17, Cornwall.

4) I think that any film made now will suck monkey te...yeah.

5) I asked someone that worked for my step-dad what they were reading, it was Fifth Elephant. I was hooked from the age of 10 (I think....might have been 11).

6) what's your personal quote of the day?

Try seeking the truth and all you'll get is some bastard flogging you lies - Me (drunk).

 

Greetings from the windy northeast Mordros.

 

1.its just the name that the canting crew call death in soul music

2. male

3. 13. i live in newfoundland its in canada

4. they'll do the same thing to it as they did to Eragon. Butcher it

5. i dont remember but i think i was 10 when i first started

6. oookoook- ooka-ooka-OOOka-OOK

im a slow typer

 

im a noob how do i get an avatar

 

Go to your account, scroll down to the avatar control panel and follow the directions. I even managed some how to make my own and I have no idea how that happened. If you choose one that someone else uses, you will probably be asked to pick a different one to avoid confusion, but there are lots of avatars available and you can get more or even make your own pretty easily. Have fun and welcome to the boards.

 

I also had Soul music in front of me at the time. I want to get a quote below my name. How?

 

Welcome Mr Scrub. Nice to see you starting with a difficult question

I think ( and I just know I'll get corrected on this) You have to reach 1000 posts before you can have a name under your avatar. Why not make do with adding it to your signature box in your your account & your info.

 

I think it's 500, but not sure!

Also, I always hear the quote as
Random Lady; "Winston, you're drunk!"
churchill; "Madam, you're ugly - but I'll be sober in the morning!"

But it's a deadly quote anyway, he said a lot of cool stuff!
And welcome everyone!

 

I tried adding to my signature box, but it wouldn't work.

 

Did you remember to click on [save changes] before leving the page?
If you still have a problem, post it in the Temple and one of the Sweepers will be able to help you.

 

Thanks

 

The "Random Lady" is identified below - plus another one of Sir Winston's witty off-the-cuff responses:

"Battling Bessie Braddock", fiery Labour MP from Liverpool once said to Churchill, "Winston, you're drunk!" To which he replied, "Bessie, you're ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober."

Nancy Astor once said to Churchill, "If I was your wife I'd poison your coffee!" He replied, "If I was your husband I'd drink it."

Edited for spelling

 

At the moment - stuck in a motorway services hotel near Bristol with a borrowed but immobile minibus ( to take back to Brussels those things that I wish to keep as my brother and I sorted out our late parents' house to clear it to complete the sale). The minibus which I have frequently borrowed with no problems chose this trip to develop demonic possession.

When I was trying to leave Brussels, it would not start, so the owner came along with jump leads and we got it started, and it worked, including starting normaly after the Eurotunnel, two stops for petrol and a coffee break. It then stalled at traffic lights leading on to a major roundabout entering Exeter and would not start again. A mechanic arranged by the police got me started again, but I decided to play safe (as it was about half past ten at night) and booked into the Holiday Inn on the other side of the roundabout.

The following morning, since the mechanic was convinced that the problem was the battery, I chased up a replacement by phone, took a taxi to collect it, and then had to call the mechanic again to fit it because I thought at the time that I had no tools with me. By that time, I didn't want to start the rest of my journey, so I booked in for another night.

The following morning (Christmas Eve) it only started with great difficulty, and then was making strange "blowing" noises that it had never made before. At this point, my brother drove up from Liskeard in Cornwall to pick up me and my luggage.

Christmas and Boxing Day were great!

On Wednesday I went back to Exeter by train and got the minibus to the local Toyota garage. They diagnosed a faulty gasket on the inlet manifold, for which a replacement would take about ten days to arrive - Toyota is notorious for this sort of delay. In consultation by phone with the owner, it was decided that with all bolts on the manifold tightened up, I could keep on using it. It got me to Liskeard.

We spent three days sorting the house (it's not finished, but we have emptied the loft - which was definitely a two person job - one to lower stuff down and one to receive - one person would have had to be up and down the ladder all the time - even working together, the loft still took us two days).

Leaving to go home seemed to start OK - until I noticed a strange noise every time I steered left. A call to the owner reassured me that this was nothing to worry about.

Then I noticed that the engine temperature was rising - and from my previous use of the vehicle I knew it normally ran fairly cool. i stopped to let it cool down while I had something to eat, topped up the water in the radiator, and carried on. Within 20 kilometers it was overheating again so I stopped on the motorway hard shoulder to let it cool. At this point the police turned up - they had me freewheel down the slope I was on and as far up the next uphill bit momentum would take me, then let it cool down so I could add water. Then I drove the last quarter of a mile to the next service area and in that short distance, he temperature was nearly into the red.

At this point, Touring Secours and the AA come into the picture.(Touring Secours is the Belgian equivalent of the AA and they have reciprocal arrangements). The AA mechanic who (finally!) arrived identified the problem as a leaking water pump. At this point, the obvious answer, given the delay on Toyota spares, was to invoke the "Get-You-Home" clause in the Touring Secours cover. That's when we discovered that it was only valid if the owner was driving the vehicle!

The AA (in theory) arranged for a tow to a garage to try and solve the problem - however, this was Sunday - Monday was New Years Day - so nothing could be done till Tuesday. I waited all day Tuesday in my hotel room waiting for the promised call to arrange picku-up - when I lost patience and started phoning round again, I discovered that the record of the request for my tow had been lost! They have now promised me that someone will turn up at 8 am Wednesday to do the tow. In the meantime, I am paying out for hotel rooms, etc.

So that's where I am at the moment. Prior to all this, I had two shows in two weeks, an emergency techie stand-in, two weeks of a bad cold possibly mild flu and preparations for my UK trip. Not much time to spare on the Board!

Edited for spelling
Edited for spelling again

 

Meh... Yet another lame excuse for not posting. Furrball.

 

Hi, I'm Nightguard5008, Ken to my friends. I'm a big fan of Terry pratchett. Up to Thud in his Discworld books. Will return to add stuff as I go along.. Will want an avatar. Something to do with the nightwatch will do so any links will be useful. Just been looking for free downloads. Found something but I needed a program called stuffit to install it and it has to be bought with a trial version for 30 days. Couldn't get the TP thing to run. Not very good with the tech side of things.
Cheers for now.
Ken 8)

 

Welcome Ken! Stuffit? Are you using a Mac?

 

Welcome to the boards, Nightguard

 

Welcome to the boards Nightguard!

I have found that one of the best sources for icons is Here
Most of the time the people who have created them don't mind if you use them. If they are too big for the forum, you can always use a paintbrush or photoshop type program to shrink them. If you need any help, let me know!

Welcome to all the other newbies I may have missed!
artyman:

 

I've found one but its too big. I wanted Death, Librarian or the nightwatch.
To the one above no I am not using a mac just a normal XP windows..
I need to find a good quote as well. I like what Death said at the end of Hogfather. Something like '

we have to believe in the little lies when we are children so we are prepared for the big ones we face as adults'[/code]

 

I like the avatar nightguard, very nice! Hello to newbies, one and all!

 

I will edit in the proper introductary post in the morning. 3.15am now. Guess where I got my username from.? :lol:
Why hasn't my sig shown up? OK I've found it. I put it in my profile and it never shown up until I clicked a box below.

My introductary questions Answered.

1 My username

My job is a security officer and I work mainly at nights. the 5008 is my ID number Can I change it to nightwatchman?

2 male/female
hold on I'll look. Male

3 Age/Location.

Mid 50's single residing in Leicester England and available to any well proportioned young (ish) female.

4 Discworld movie?

I would like to think so. After seeing Hogfather on Sky one I though why hasn't it been done before? I was wondering whether a TV series could be done in half hour or hour episodes. But that would mean Terry Pratchett spending valuable novel writing time overseeing any TV production. I just thought with all the crap thats on ie. reality/talent/gardeng/cook/house improvement/makeover type shows this type of thing would be a change. We had Red Drawf and Hitchikers Guide so why not Discworld? And One or two films would be great. Theres certainly enough material to last a few years. Perhaps in the year 2020 we'll be seeing Discworld 25 at the cinema in a double bill with Friday 13th Part 99?

5 how did I get into Discworld?

I'm not too sure. I've always enjoyed reading anything to do with SF and Fantasy. I believe I saw his name mentioned on a football messageboard I use and went and bought his first one. Ever since then I've been hooked. For some reason his humour and way with words hits home. I've tried writing myself and I have a wierd sense of humour. Somebody told me sardonic. I have a story which I may put in the writing section. Dicing Wiith Death is already there.

6 Personal quote of the day?

Is this from me or another writer? Mine is always put off today what somebody else can do tomorrow. :lol: One of my all time favourites is by Spike Milligan. 'I told you I was ill' This has been put on his tombstone in Gaelic. A fitting tribute to a great comedian.

I've dabbled in writing. Not so much in recent years. Started off trying short stories then went onto poetry. Had a couple published in small press magazines. Was a member of a writers group for a while but its now broke up.
I have a humourous (well I think so) story to contribute. (A Dead End Job) I put one up yesterday. Is there a limit to the submissions in any given time? I may have to split it into about 3/4 parts Wont take long as its in my blog archive on Myspace.

 

Happy Day children.

In answer to the starters for ten.

1. What I try to bowl.

2. Male

3. Pushing on for late thirties.
The North Pale, Rep of Ire.

4. I certainly hope so

5. 20 years ago I was introduced to the books of TP by a cousin in Birmingham

6. 'What is wrong with a drug that makes teen-age boys drive slowly'
P.J. O'Rourke on cannabis.

Just on a personal note, I am beginning to find that the older I get, the more I sound like Sam Vimes in my own head

 

Welcome to the boards, Legspin.

 

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
"Greebo" was already taken. Nany Ogg is one of my favorit Discworld characters.

2) Are you male or female? (Asking because there has been quite of lot of confusion over this, on and off.)
female, sometimes male... depends on what scrren name I habe.

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
Well, my age catagory lies between 10-40. The geographic location: Universe-Earth-Europe-Germany-Cologne-Flat-room-chair at the desk (at the moment )

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck? (note, this in no way shape or form asks about casting choices you'd like to see. i have a loaded rifle and i'm not afraid to use it.)
I think it is quite difficult to make a satisfiyng Discworld movie. But I am open for that and I would definitly watch it.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
I heard about it. Read the first book and warmed up for it.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
See signature.

 

Ok my attempt at answering these questions:

The disc is the world in which the books are based, I am my own world so hence that's my name. Also I use it everywhere now!

I am a guy.

22 years old & I live in London.

Honestly no. Having just recently seen an attempt at it over xmas I doubt it could be done correctly. I just don't think they could pull of the humour.

Discworld II - Missing Presumed on the PC as a young nipper.

Life is a movie & I'm the star.

 

Q1 - I'm in a band and I play sax. The drummer thought it would be funny to call me the blower on the website, and it seems to have stuck.

Q2 - I am most definitely Male!

Q3 - I'm 26 and from Birmingham, West Midlands

Q4 - I have already seem the Hogfather, so the answer has to be a moderate yes. It was adequate, but give me a go and I could improve it!

Q5 - I read a book in a Waterstones and bought it, funnily enough, but Joculator persuaded me to sign up for the fun and frolics on this site...

Q6 - Sadly lacking in this area at the moment, but working on it...[/b]

 

Welcome, Blower.. You 'old' so and so.
Nice answers, but haven't you confused questions 2 and 6? :lol:

I'm sure you'll sort me out next time you see me, but in the meantime...welcome to the boards.
Reinforcements...at last.

 

I shall start by saying hi and hello. My name is John and I hail from the frozen fjords of norway. I like books and dumb jokes, fast music and the occational piece of chocolate.

1) what formed the motivational impetus for your chosen screenname?
I like skateboarding and hardcore punk. And I like to think of it as clever

2) Are you male or female?
Male

3) what age catagory and geographic location do you fall into?
I'm 28 years old and, as stated above, from norway

4) do you have good faith that a discworld movie COULD be done well enough not to suck?
Yup.

5) who or how were you turned on to discworld/pratchett?
I like fantasy books and humor. It was inevitable.

6) what's your personal quote of the day?
When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.

I've been lurking on several Discworld forums and this seems to be the nicest and most active place. So I've decided to step out of the shadows and participate.