Re: Netscrape 2008. Role Call!

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> "Ce`" <lalajia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spoke these staves: 
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> Repost with your own answers if you dare :)

How could we refuse ;-) 

> NAME: 

Troels Forchhammer

> YOUR ONLINE/NICKNAME: 

Troels Forchhammer
I once did post here under the name of Beldin

> WEB PAGE URL: 

None

> AGE: 

41

Chuckles satisfied at the loss of his twenties . . .

> BIRTHDAY: 

27 October, 1966

> GENDER:

Male

> LOCATION: 

(Old) Zealand, Denmark

> HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 

Just short of 1 favn, and about 14 lispund. 
 
> CURRENT HAIRCOLOR/STYLE: 

Does that include facial hair, of which I have more than the average, 
though not excessive. The rest is kept shortish and greying. 

> NATURAL HAIR COLOR: 

Same as current, though with less whites ;-) 

> EYE COLOR: hazel 

Blue-ish sort of . . . 

> RELIGION: 

None, really
 
> SIBLINGS: 

None

> CHILDREN: 

4 . . . 

> RELATION****P STATUS: 

Married -- on the nineteenth year. 

> OCCUPATION: 

Professional nerd (statistical test data analysis)

> PETS: 

None intentional. 

> COMPUTER YOU'RE ON: 

Right now? The work T61P Thinkpad

> FAVORITES:
> What are your favorite:
> 
> BOOKS: 

Differs from time to time, but overall it must be LotR

And I'm too lazy to even list the authors that come up in the 
favourites list ;-) 

> MOVIES: 

The Caine Mutiny, Willow, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dead Poets' 
Club, The Wall and others I can't recall off the top of my head . . .

> POEMS: 

Landet Atlantis, various Grooks

> TELEVISION SHOWS: 

The news . . .  ;-) 

Inspector Morse

Some Danish shows

> SONGS: 

I Got the BP Spirit

> BANDS/MUSICIANS: 

Oh dear -- as if I hadn't dated myself already ;-) 

Mike Oldfield, Metallica, The Tolkien Ensemble, Dire Straits, U2, 
Iron Maiden, Simon & Garfunkel . . .

(consistency is for fools <G>)
 
> BOARD GAMES: 

Chess
 
> COMPUTER GAMES: 

World of Warcraft

> OTHER GAMES: 

Scouting, discussing Tolkien

> MAGAZINES: 

Magazines of the Danish Physics Society and the Danish Society of 
Engineers, and the journal Mythlore from the Mythopoeic Society. 

> PLACES TO VISIT: 

I'd go along for Kiruna in the spring ;-) and around Sweden and 
Norway any time. 

I'd also like to go to Helsinki and Oulu without having to work, but 
showing the family around. 

There is so much to see, and so little time to see it -- all of 
Europe would be a good start, though. 

> FOOD: 

Yup, that's my favourite!  ;-) 

> COLORS: 

Blue, dark blue, navy blue 

And of course blue

> DRINKS:

Alcoholic:
Glengoyne, Glenlivet

Non-alcoholic: 
Water, coffee, 7up Free

> MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS:
> 
> WHAT OTHER NEWSGROUPS DO YOU READ: 

alt.fan.tolkien
rec.arts.books.tolkien

lurking (mostly):
alt.fan.pern
alt.books.raymond-feist
alt.books.pratchett
alt.fan.pratchett
sci.physics.research
sci.physics.foundations
alt.sci.math.statistics.prediction
dk.fritid.spejder (Danish scouting)

> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN READING AFE: 

2nd August 2001  (thanks to Google for 'reminding' me)

> 4th July 1997, on and off since then. Hang on. OVER A DECADE. 
> I'd have gotten less for murder, honestly.... 

;-) 

For me the really scary thing is to search for the posts listing me 
as author. 

> WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAVORITE THREAD ON AFE: 

Mostly the 'what are you reading now' threads

> WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES: 

Family, reading, scouting, 

> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE DOING 10 YEARS FROM NOW: 

Having fewer kids living home ;-) 

Two at the most, and one of them having plans to move. 

> WHAT IS THE ONE THING/SKILL THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE NOW THAT YOU
> WISHED YOU POSSESSED: 

Immunity to diabetes. 

> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE WORST THING ABOUT YOU: 

I think I'll have to insist on the right to privacy on that one. 

> WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN A FRIEND: 

Friend****p. 

> HOW DO YOU PICTURE AFE: a bar I used to love. The windows are
> dusty, the shutters are half closed, the dishtowel is draped over
> the taps, and the chairs are stacked in the corner. I'm ringing
> the bell in the hope that the bartender will appear, and as if by
> magic the old regulars will pour back through the doors laughing
> and arguing over whose round it is, and bring some new friends in
> with them. But I'll sit here and sip my pint alone in the
> meantime. 

I'll accept your picture. 

> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION: 

Is usenet ever going to be the same again? The lively place it was 
some 5 - 10 years ago (depending on which group you think of). 

> Will Big Dave ever write a decent book again?

It seems increasingly unlikely. I might even say that the hypothesis 
that he will not do so cannot be rejected. 

> WHAT SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES DO YOU USE: 

LinkedIn

-- 
Troels Forchhammer
Valid e-mail is <troelsfo(a)gmail.com>

    In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead 
    of being instructed.
 - Lord Robert Baden-Powell