New Zealand
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 14:10
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Hey there, I know there are a few kiwi fans out there but I'm curious to see how many.....So who else is from New Zealand? And since I live in Dunedin, I'm really curious to see if anyone else is from there specifically? :cool: Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 15:49
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No im from Dargaville Posts: 169 | Registered: Wednesday, September 24 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 16:54
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Okay, don't shoot me but is that in the North Island?? I don't even know where that place is. But to be honest the only place in the North Island I really like is Wellington so I don't really take much interest in the rest. Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 16:56
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Kingy is a Kiwi, but doesn't post a lot. There are some others, though they escape my mind at the moment. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 06:40
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Where exactly is Old Zealand? -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 07:45
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It's an Island off the coast of the Netherlands. The name harkens back to when Australia was first discovered and named New Holland. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 07:48
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Um, is this a joke, serious, or is it a cryptic sort of way referring to England? [ Thursday, January 26, 2006 07:48: Message edited by: Thralni, Nephil translators & co. ] -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 08:00
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I'm being entirely serious. A Dutch explorer named Tasman discovered both Australia and New Zealand. He named Australia New Holland after his homeland and New Zealand after Zealand because New Zealand is two smaller islands of the coast of Australia just like Zealand is a small island off the coast of the Netherlands. It was only later that the British renamed it Australia to depict its southern location (australis is Latin for south or southern wind.) Zealand truly is an island off the coast of the Netherlands. [ Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:05: Message edited by: Tyranicus ] -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 10:02
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Oh, I thought you wer talking about England. I didn't make the link between Zealand (its actualle "Sealand", not "zealand." Oh, well, what do I care). and "old" zealand. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 14:27
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Hehe.....All true and interesting stuff but I'm still keen to see if anyone else is from Dunedin. The world is a small place and stranger things have happened. Thanks for the history lesson though. It took me back to when I was 8 and learned all about Abel Tasman. :cool: Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Friday, January 27 2006 08:23
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Eh... I seem to have been absent from that particular lesson. It's intertesting to know, though. I actually thought along the same lines as Thralni, because there is another Sealand in that region of the world... EDIT: ttypo. [ Friday, January 27, 2006 08:24: Message edited by: Lady Davida ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, January 27 2006 23:06
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Well, I'm glad to see I was remembered. I've been away for a week on a family vacation (which sucked by the way) so I havent had access to a computer. But I live in good ol' sunny Dunedin. Where abouts in Dunedin do you live white_dove? [ Friday, January 27, 2006 23:17: Message edited by: Kingy ] Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, January 28 2006 07:14
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quote:Litteraly it's Sealand, but as we call it Zeeland in the Netherlands, it has some logic when calling it Zealand. Oh well, i think it's kinda logic, but who am i to tell? :P -------------------- There are 400 words in the dictionary that begin with "self" and only 8 that begin with "fellow". When in doubt. . . mumble. Posts: 150 | Registered: Saturday, August 20 2005 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Sunday, January 29 2006 14:31
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Originally written by Kingy: quote:I live in Halfway Bush but I see you are studying at the University and I work there in the Dunedin School of Medicine / Otago School of Medical Sciences. :) Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, January 29 2006 18:31
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Actually I'm still a highschool student but I do have quite a few friends that are studying at the Uni. The ones who I know what degree they're doing are doing communications and MusB degrees. It's good to see people from your own country into the same little companys as you. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, January 30 2006 03:45
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quote:I'm not from Dunedin... But the place reminds me of some sort of LoTR thing... Aran, you know what I mean, right... Wasn't Aragorn a Dunedin or something? Edit: Typos [ Monday, January 30, 2006 04:04: Message edited by: SupaNik ] -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, January 30 2006 04:00
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quote:Aragorn. Dunadan. :P [ Monday, January 30, 2006 04:01: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, January 30 2006 04:03
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quote:The first one WAS a typo. The second, clutching at wild straws. And I did say I didn't know for sure... -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, January 30 2006 04:09
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To be honest, it was only one letter away from the plural (Dunedain). -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Monday, January 30 2006 08:14
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It's just one of those weird coincidences, like the Uruk-hai having a speech that works out to be two haikus. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, January 30 2006 11:26
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Okay, another question. Is there anyone on here over the age of 25? :cool: I'm not gonna say how much older than that I am but it seems that most people I have talked to seem very young..... :P Posts: 12 | Registered: Sunday, January 8 2006 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Monday, January 30 2006 11:35
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Several. I'm not one of them. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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By Committee
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written Monday, January 30 2006 13:51
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I'm 28. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, January 30 2006 14:46
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quote:If you don't want people to know your age, you should probably take your date of birth out of your profile. :P -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, January 31 2006 09:26
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I'm older than time, so technically I'm over 25. Mentally, I'm a five-year old. My profile strikes a nice balance by saying I'm 18. It isn't perfect, but what is? And oh my... I'm the same age as Aran! I never knew that! -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |