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Murf
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Post by Murf »

Thanks for the friendly welcome. I am from Nottingham U.K (about 10 miles outside Nottingham to be exact). Are there many people from the U.K on here?
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Paula
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Post by Paula »

There are loads of the buggers Murf!
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Byron
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Post by Byron »

OK Murf, come out wiv yer 'ands up!! We've got yer suroundead..... :wink:
"Bipolar is a roller-coaster ride without a seat belt. One day you're flying with the fireworks; for the next month you're being scraped off the trolley" I said that.
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Post by lizzytysh »

:lol: You made my morning, Byron! We'll see how it goes, it could be my whole day :) .

Welcome to the Forum, Murf :D ! I hope you come to Hydra, too, Caroline 8) .

~ Lizzy
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Post by Paula »

Catherine - if you name is Caroline why did you register as Catherine? I am just being nosy!
catherine
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Post by catherine »

Because when I registered I didn't know I was going to spend so much time on it, let alone meet people I wanted to share
more with than just one superficial dialogue from time to time.
I thought it would be fun to use the English version of my second forename,
which is Katharina.
Another reason is, of course, the connection to Leonard: you will surely remember the name of one of the protagonists in "Beautiful Losers"?

Mostly at your service,

Carotherine Tepass 8)
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lizzytysh
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Post by lizzytysh »

Well, that explanation sure had a lot more substance to it than I'd anticipated. Thanks, Caroline :D .
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Post by catherine »

But why not come to you now, Lizzy?
I will finally put the question that has given me sleepless nights:

What's that "tysh" for?

And, hey, we're online at the same time,
what a rare occasion, this must be celebrated.

Champagne?
What time is it in Florida?
Here it's a quarter to ten (in the evening, cheers!)
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Paula
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Post by Paula »

Cheers Caroline. Glad you decided to stay.
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lizzytysh
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Post by lizzytysh »

Hey, Caroline!

Leave it to me to just post-and-run, so hours later, here I am back, and you're nowhere to be found :? . Guess the champagne's good and flat by now. If we'd gone with wine, it coulda been breathing all this time. Better planning. That's what we need.

Well, the tysh deal ~ since we're into name explanation ~ a dear, woman friend in the Keys used to call me Lizzytish [that's how I saw it in my mind's eye, as that seemed to be how she said it]. However, when I went to register on Yahoo, I couldn't believe there was already someone with that name and spelling, so I had to find a Plan B. That ended up Lizzytysh. Somehow, it sounds different, too, a little deeper somehow :roll: . Anyway, I ended up preferring it ~ the visual of the two y's is nice. However, it's become too cumbersome to do the whole thing, and it feels more comfortable and casual to just do Lizzy [spelled that way, except for rare exceptions, like Paula, who spell it Lizzie, which could be considered a copying of Lizzie Madder ~ oh well]. So, that's the story, and aren't you glad you asked :lol: .

Love,
Lizzy

It's approximately 9:12 PM here now.
Murf
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lizzytysh wrote::lol: You made my morning, Byron! We'll see how it goes, it could be my whole day :) .

Welcome to the Forum, Murf :D ! I hope you come to Hydra, too, Caroline 8) .

~ Lizzy
So what happens at these meetups? I have always wanted to visit Hydra.
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Post by lizzytysh »

Truly, Murf, the best way for you to get a feeling for it will be to go to the main page of Jarkko's site, and check out the coverage on the Montreal, Hydra, and New York Events. You'll get a very good feeling for what occurs that way. The official Events are very organized, which will be the case with Berlin. However, with Hydra this year, it's simply a gathering, where people will be renewing/continuing/developing friendships, as they just spend time together, relaxing, eating, drinking, playing music, checking out Hydra, etc. ~ kinda like going on vacation together. At the Events, we have very Leonard-specific things going on. I'd go into more detail on that, but you'll honestly get a better feeling for it by going and looking at the photos and reading the synopses and blurbs. It's be great to see you on Hydra!

~ Lizzy
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Post by witty_owl »

I am a few months older than when I last frequented the forum but alas no wiser. :wink: My hair is still silver-grey and I have been singing Leonard's songs with a guitar since 1969. 1+9+6+9 = 25. 2+5 =7- which is the age when I first had the desire to learn to play guitar but I had to wait till I was 18 when I bought my first guitar. The action was so bad that playing put it out of tune and the strings felt like razors on my fingertips. I persevered and my second guitar was a 12 string with a beautifully low action and a rich resonant tone. That guitar was ruined by heat ~4 years later in the boot of my car while travelling through Australia's arid inland. My next guitar was a steel 6 string Eston which I had to replace due to warped bridge while in New Zealand in the mid 70's to do a winter season performance contract in Queenstown for 6 nights a week. That guitar is a K. Yairi steel 6 string which I still play today and though it is old and battered, like myself it is still in active service and the tone still improves with age. :D
Such is the passing of years. "Oh love aren't you tired yet?"

Cheers, Witty Owl.
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Post by catherine »

It's true, I'm glad I asked. The champagne and I had already been to bed
by the time you came back, Lizzie.
That's what gives me slight headaches today.

All the best, Caroline
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Post by hrungnir »

im new here but i´ll answer anyway, im 31 years old turning 32 this years
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