I was nine or ten I think
then I was banned from the internet for a year between thirteen and fourteen by my parents
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:25, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I've always been a great fan of fora
I've been posting consistently on one from about the age of 14.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:30, Reply)

I loved Lord of the Rings
so I pretty much hung out on geeky places where people spoke elvish.

Then my parents noticed my sleep quotient had sunk to two hours a night, and started hiding the modem at night
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:32, Reply)

Oooh forgot there was a place before .mu
I can't remember all the places I frequented, but music featured highly.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:36, Reply)

I had a nostalgia trip
and went back to some of the ones I used to frequent.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:41, Reply)

One's vanished, due to the webmaster going to uni and not having enough money a looooong time ago
occasionally look round .mu, but it's quite boring.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:43, Reply)

Jesus fucking Christ NO.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:57, Reply)

"fora"
I'm amused by the idea that internet is populated by a wide diversity of fauna and fora.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:48, Reply)

I just assumed
that it was some Classics students misspluralisation of forum
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 15:56, Reply)

That's what I meant
It's flooded with fora/forums which are populated with a wide variety of strange fauna (take a look around and see the peculiar creatures filling this thread alone)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:00, Reply)

CORRECT pluralisation. I think.
That'll be embarrassing.

Ah, both can be used. painintheenglish.com/?p=627
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:02, Reply)

f p

Not quite the right spelling, but it sounds right :)
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:05, Reply)

I'm tempted to use it as an alternative word
for bestial pr0n.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:07, Reply)

RED HOT ROOKIE!
XXX corVIDEOS here!
Beak-areful! These films are not suitable for hatchlings...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Hardcore Backdoor Jackdaw Action!

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Spake the Raven "She's A Whore"
Starring Crosephine and Maggie Pie...
CAW! look at the feathers on that!

(I can't top that last one. You made me lolirl. Congratulations)
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:20, Reply)

I can't take full credit for that one, I think it was one of T's
We named one of our beers after it.

"Watch as she takes it right up the (Alpine) Chough!"
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Give T's norks a squeeze for me
(I can ask you to do that as I know you'll forget.)

XXL WINGSPANS! APPROACHING 16 INCHES! (I've no idea whether that's big or not, but meh)
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:28, Reply)

According to Wikipedia the Common Raven (largest of the corvids, with the possible exception of the African Thick-billed Raven)
Has a wingspan of between 45 and 51 inches when fully grown.

Apologies for the lack of porn-related humour in that, but I found it interesting.

Will be sure to grope T's moobs. He won't think it anything out of the ordinary.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Jesus Christ. That's massive.
Though I've never seen one that big...

How did your decanting go, btw?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I read your post before Crow's
It was funnier without knowing what he had said.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:38, Reply)

A success.
And a remarkable feat of dexterity on my part. Normally it takes two of us to do it (partly just to provide conversation whilst you wait for the fluid to siphon), but I managed to do it myself, holding one end up the tube at a safe level in the bucket, holding the other in the recipient bottle. Then every so often having to move the tube to the next bottle, balance it precariously and put a top on the one I'd just filled.

Actually ended up decanting the very last batch just before I set off to Todmorden in fact. They're now "maturing" in the bathroom.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:40, Reply)

I'm particularly impressed you managed to do it with your limp wrists.
Well done :) Have you sampled it yet?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:44, Reply)

Not properly
Though in order to start the siphoning, I have to give the long tube a good, hard suck, so I got a mouthful of fluid from doing that. Tasted quite promising.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:50, Reply)

I'm glad you swallowed, rather than spitting it out.
What a waste otherwise.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:51, Reply)

I would hate to see it go to waste
Even if it did make my stomach feel a bit funny as it trickled down.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:54, Reply)

You'll get used to it, once you do it enough
Try not to gag too much, you'll damage the tube.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:56, Reply)

What did you brew this time?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:52, Reply)

The same stuff that Markthebrewer bravely tried last weekend
Though we bottled it a bit earlier this year, so it shouldn't be quite as dry.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:53, Reply)

It was nice
But too sour for my liking. We should share recipies.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:57, Reply)

I concur. I was really impressed with Mark's elderberry-and-runner-bean creation
I shall look up the recipe for our one in our lab book at some point. It's stupidly easy to make, though it might not be alcoholic enough for his liking!
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 17:00, Reply)

Yep, he likes it strong
The quince one is very, very good.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 17:20, Reply)