Kessel Run Info Exchange

Author	Topic: Guess who???
Aims	posted 6/7/03 3:33 PM good guess! Coming all the way from Namibia,... did you miss me???? Haven't time todday but will be catching up with all the threads... am back on line to stay, if not with effort regularity to do anything to my site... love you all
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/7/03 5:58 PM Yeaaay!! Aims is back!! .... ahem! Not that I'm bothered, of course.
Darth Tine	posted 6/9/03 10:08 PM Of course not. :) Glad that you are back and all that, Aims. Have you had fun in Africa?
Da Wookie	posted 6/16/03 0:28 AM of course she did! It's some place that doesn't speek French!
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/16/03 2:00 AM Namibia is a member-state of the Commonwealth, so I'm assuming they speak good English. I don't know what the native dialect is though. Aims?
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/16/03 2:01 AM actually, depending on where she went she probably did.
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/16/03 2:14 AM Actually, as I check my really rather splendidly detailed atlas, the Namibians speak English, Afrikaans (of course) and tribal languages. So, there you are. No French I'm afraid. Obviously some of the old colonies of the former French Empire do still speak French (such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Madagascar, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, and others). Namibia, however, is a former colony of the British Empire. Don't you just love us Europeans? We've been everywhere!
Darth Tine	posted 6/16/03 4:40 PM There is, of course, a resonable explaination for that, but I won't say it for fear of offending you. Aren't I so nice?
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/16/03 9:19 PM What? You think they might be running from something?
Darth Tine	posted 6/17/03 5:41 PM Gregory!?! How could you think such a thing? Of course they aren't running from anything! ;) Shame on you!!!
Aims	posted 6/20/03 12:14 AM err... actually it was a german colony not an english one, but everyone speaks english, as it is the offical language coz there are so many different languages all over that everyone is meant to know one the same. All the kids learn english at school. And yes i'm having a fab time!!!
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/20/03 12:53 AM There's an element of truth to both sides. Namibia was discovered by the Portuguese in the late 15th-C., but apart from naming some places showed little interest. In 1793, Cape Dutch claimed 'Walvisbaal', a claim which was ceded to the British two years later. However, the British Colonial Office at the time considered the outpost not worth the expense. English and German missionaries took up their activities in the 1830s and 40s respectively and the British declared Walvis Bay a British possession in 1878. German missionaries first became active in the area in the 1840s. In 1883 a German businessman named A.E. Luederitz acquired a land concession at Angra Pequena and in 1884 the Germans declared a protectorate, which at the Berlin Conference of 1885 was extended to cover the core of what is Namibia today, leaving out the exclave of Walvisbaai on which Britain produced an older claim. The protectorate/colony was called Deutsch-Suedwestafrika (German South West Africa). In 1890 German minister of foreign affairs Caprivi acquired (from Britain) a stretch of land along the Angolan-Bechuana border, the Caprivi Strip, to give German South West Africa access to the Zambezi river. In 1903, the Nama (also referred to as Hottentots) rose in revolt, under their leader Hendrik Witbooi. In 1904 the Herero Revolt broke out. The German military crushed it mercilessly, driving the Herero into the Kalahari desert (i.e. across the border into British Bechuanaland), where about 80% of them perished. World War I broke out in 1914; in 1915 German South West Africa was occupied by South African forces. The League of nations in 1920 officially granted the Union of South Africa a mandate to administrate the former German colony. In 1919 the Caprivi Strip was reintegrated into British Bechuanaland and in 1926 a Legislative Assembly was established. I can see how my earlier comments were misleading but it was this, albeit tacit, British connection that Namibia joined the Commonwealth in 1990.
Aims	posted 6/20/03 1:19 PM My god, how much stuff do you know???? She wants to write more but can not coz I'm dragging her away from the computer now...sorry guys...Alan...
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/20/03 1:58 PM Probably too much for my own good. That isn't random knowledge about Namibia - even I'm not that nurdy - I read up on it when I heard Aims was going there. I'm also a big fan of imperial history generally.
Da Wookie	posted 6/20/03 3:52 PM You Know, This Alan guy sounds down right Borgy, I think he's probably pretty cool.
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/20/03 4:39 PM Yes... I hate him already
Darth Tine	posted 6/20/03 5:55 PM "Down right Borgy" What is that supposed to mean? And Andy, I don't know about you. Are you saying that you read all that when Aims left and you STILL remember it!?! That is scary. What do you do with all that knowledge? Does it just rattle around in your brain for the rest of your life? Or do you actually forget stuff like normal people? I bet with a memory like that you get a 4.0 in college. That just makes me sick.
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/20/03 7:43 PM What? I hav no idea wat ur talkin about. Must be said, I'm half cut as I write this. Umm, if ur sayin "God, ur smart" then I'd say "yes and no". Not bein funny, but I'll probably forget more than any of you will ever know but, my poor little head is full mainly of useless cr@p! Academically, I aint a high achiever (I'm probably gonna get a 2:1 for this degree). Blah blah. I'm too drunk to type this. Speak later. In answer, yeh, it pretty much is just rattlin around in my head. I'm quite a smart guy really - just a bit of a bum-head wen it comes to exams.... hmmm, and girls. Oh, yeh, and life in general. God I'm drunk. Speak l8r.
Darth Tine	posted 6/21/03 5:34 PM Well...Just a thought, but maybe next time you shouldn't try to type and stuff when your drunk, and then you could understand me. But now that I look at it...I don't really understand it either. I think that I was kinda astonished that you had such a good memory. All those dates!!! I have trouble remebering my own birthday!
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/22/03 0:21 AM Yes, hello. This is me sobre. Sorry about that. That was my last day at university and I was really very, very drunk! I've been sick as a dog all day today and was out drinking again tonight (!). My little brother's in a band and he had a gig. Apparenly I said I'd go but I don't remember (�6 on the door!!). Anway, it was quite good - considering it was grunge - Was kinda 'pull a kiddie night' but other than that it was ok.
Darth Tine	posted 6/22/03 7:31 PM Uhhhhh...Yeah...I didn't understand most of that, and it is probably a good thing. Is your brother your only sibling then?
Darth Tine	posted 6/22/03 7:31 PM Uhhhhh...Yeah...I didn't understand most of that, and it is probably a good thing. Is your brother your only sibling then?
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/23/03 2:28 PM No, I have 2 brothers. Chris is the youngest(15). He's in a band called 'Drawn To Scale'. I have a 2nd brother, Ben (18), who is even more 'grungie' than Chris. He has long dreadlocks and both wear baggy clothes, etc. Ben's very artistic and interested in music & film. He was in a band too but they split and he's trying to get into/start another. As you can imagine, they don't identify much with their elder brother the politician but I am also quite artistic and, although not very musical (and certainly not a fan of their kind of music), I do have some interesting conversations with Ben about film, which has been a lifelong passion of mine. I'm quite the 'movie buff' but I think Ben's probably a better actor than I ever was and, besides, I've long since given up acting and haven't been on stage for about 3 years. Politics is all I'm about nowadays.
Darth Tine	posted 6/24/03 0:21 AM I noticed. :) But that's cool, everyone likes different things. I, for instance, like reading and History, so some people call me "uncolorful". That's you Gregory. I'm glad that you get along with your brothers(I'm asumming) most people don't. So, since you don't dress like your brothers, are you a pretty clean cut guy then?
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/24/03 0:31 AM You could say that. I am clean cut in that I'm a lover of simplicity and functionality. I am and have always been indifferent to my appearence. I'm a creature of habit and rarely change my style (same hairstyle for about a decade). My style of dress can be eccentric at times though - at work I wore a 3-piece-suit with waistcoat and pocket-watch and I own a trilby. I wish I'd been born in the 19th-C., I love the style: monocles, top hats and frock-coats, etc. I also own a 1950s gentleman's red silk dressing gown which were nicknamed "the Emperor's robes" by my flatmates. Sitting in my red leather Chesterfield, crammed into my university flat, smoking a cigar or sipping Earl Grey is probably a little bit out there but, hey, I've never claimed to be fashionable ;-) And trust me, my brothers and I can fight like cat and dog just like anyone else - and frequently do.
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/24/03 3:09 AM I never said you were uncolorful for reading and liking history. How do you think I got to be so much smarter than you? It's just that I would rather be out doing something. Without people like me, there would be nobody to write books about. I mean, who wants to read about you? Here's how it would go: Christing Elizabeth Biang was born on some uneventful day in April in a little ol' shack in the state of Michigan, USA. Other than the few times when she got sick, went to HSLT or saw a baseball game she spent her whole life on the couch reading until she died. The End" That is not the kind of stuff people like to read about. Get my point?
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/24/03 6:04 PM
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/24/03 6:05 PM My oh my.... A lot has happened since I went to Canada. ILYIK, that almost all true, except the part about the shack.
No Name	posted 6/25/03 1:42 PM Borgy? I havn't the foggiest what that means.....can neone give me a clue? Alan.
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/26/03 2:51 PM I think the name explains itself.
Aims	posted 6/26/03 8:04 PM Alan, honey, you put your name in the other box. Everyone else, this is alan, be nice to him, (like you are to me!!! - sarcasm)
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/26/03 10:00 PM Is this "Alan" seriously somebody new? or is it just one of you jerks masquerading again?
No Name	posted 6/27/03 10:11 AM I'm not quite that dumb Aimz - i hope-. No Name is from a Manga flick. Its just a random name I some times used. I only put my real name in so the others would know who I was. Ah well hey. So I still have no idea what borgy means. I'd never met Aimz b4 I came on Raleigh. I'm genuine. And currently not so happy. I fly home 2day but Aimz is staying here in Africa. Not happy at all. But I guess that's life. It lookls like I might be visiting a bit from now on so Shouts to all Have fun Aimz.
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/27/03 4:39 PM cool
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/27/03 9:49 PM Cool.
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/28/03 1:17 AM my cool looked cooler than DDD's Cool.
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/28/03 1:23 AM My, you people are easily impressed.
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/28/03 5:39 PM I believe you are mistaken.
Da Wookie	posted 6/29/03 4:12 AM Actually it takes a lot to impress us "Yanks". it's just we always need to be impressed by something. so when it gets really, really boring we tend to lower or standards a little.
Grand Moff Andy	posted 6/29/03 1:38 PM Well, don't worry. You're about to become marginally less bored, as I am going away. This shall be my last post. Bye all.
iloveyouiknow	posted 6/29/03 9:59 PM [pause] what was that?
Dark Death Dude	posted 6/30/03 3:53 PM So, where did GMA go?
Darth Tine	posted 6/30/03 8:19 PM Whoa!!! What!!! What do you mean it is your last post!?!? You can't go away!! You are the only thing that keeps this place alive! I mean come on, besides Aims and her boyfriend, why would I want to talk to people that I see all the time? Did you think that we thought you were boring or something? I don't think that. So if you are going away you should at least explain yourself. Or else.(I'm not sure what I would do though) You don't want me to beg do you? Anyway, hi Alan. I'll try to be nice, but it's so difficult. :) Do you live near Aims in England then?
Darth Tine	posted 6/30/03 8:20 PM Whoa!!! What!!! What do you mean it is your last post!?!? You can't go away!! You are the only thing that keeps this place alive! I mean come on, besides Aims and her boyfriend, why would I want to talk to people that I see all the time? Did you think that we thought you were boring or something? I don't think that. So if you are going away you should at least explain yourself. Or else.(I'm not sure what I would do though) You don't want me to beg do you? Anyway, hi Alan. I'll try to be nice, but it's so difficult. :) Do you live near Aims in England then?
iloveyouiknow	posted 7/1/03 0:00 AM Hey! Look everybody, I'm Darth Tine!!!
iloveyouiknow	posted 7/1/03 0:02 AM Hey! Look everybody, I'm Darth Tine!!! [This message has been edited on 07/01/2003]
No Name	posted 7/1/03 0:27 AM Well unfortunately not. I live in york so it's quite a way. Bummer hu. But hey I have a car and a rail card so it's all good. How 'bout you? Where you from? That goes to all in here. What's the crack? Where you at? And can I get a shout on what borgy means?
iloveyouiknow	posted 7/3/03 4:47 PM I'm from Chicago area.
Aims	posted 7/3/03 9:26 PM er, Tine perchance when GMA said he was going away, do you think he could ahve meant he was going on holiday? Just a thought, coz that's what i though when i read it, though i didn't re-read it just now, so i may be takeing a load of rubbish, but then that wouldn't be unusual...
iloveyouiknow	posted 7/4/03 1:02 AM I think he really meant that he was going to be put away. Or, as you brits say, "get a ticket to blighty" he deserves it anyway, as do all politicians.
Derris	posted 7/6/03 4:25 AM Well, Aims, the way I understood what GMA said is that he left permenently.(Yes, ILYIK, I know that this is probably spelled wrong, but it's too late, and I'm to tired to find the correct spelling, so sue me!) He did say that this was his last post and I emphasize LAST. I sure hope not. He was fun to have around.

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