Who are you anway?

[Paul Hanson]

Not now, thanks. I just woke up.

[Provost Harrison]

I don't think I can beat Laz's pedigree there, but here goes anyway

Family background: The only child of the union of my mother and father, both of which have been married previously, my mother with 2 children and my father with 4 children previously, although I have always been closer to the maternal side and know them as my siblings.

Religion: my father has always been resolutely atheist and pro-science and my mother neutral so I have never had any kind of religious indoctrination. Not their scene.

Academic: Attended 2 primary schools (in Hull and Hessle), 2 secondary schools (Hessle and Beverley). At Beverley Grammar School I obtained 9 good GCSE passes and 4 good A-Levels (yeah, including General Studies, I've got to blow my trumpet somewhere ) which secured me a place at the University of Oxford to study Biochemistry. 4 years there, got a desmond, went on to do 2 years of a PhD...was absolutely sick to death of academia and left by this point (Jan 2002)

I currently live in North Hull in a pokiest little house, I have also lived in Oxford and Hessle (East Yorkshire). My parents were both born and raised in Hull and their backgrounds were associated with the seafaring tradition here - all of my grandparents have been associated with the fishing/merchant industry in some form. Although my paternal grandmother was originally from Co. Durham, grandfather from Fleetwood, Lancs and my maternal grandfather from Nottingham. My maternal grandmothers side seems to have been from Hull from as far back as the ark. I still live in Hull, but am trying to escape

Interests? Socialising, driving, computing (no sh*t Sherlock ) and music - I am not the outdoors type, I don't like plummeting to a certain death and retrieving myself at the last moment with a piece of cloth or jumping off sheer drops with nothing other than a tiny bit of polymer to help me defy the inevitability of gravity. I would see myself as a bit of a bon viveur if only I had the finances to support it. Of course I am ruthlessly ambitious yet somehow still socialist at the same time

Plans for the future: Now that's a difficult one...would be nice to do everything and anything (except extreme sports, no thanks. If I ever got to go on a camping holiday, I'd stop at the hotel around the corner thank you very much ). I would like a decent job, a place of my own and eventually a family. It is amazing when 'normality' has been withheld, how much you would just like to be normal...alas I don't think the 'normal' life will ever be for me, so christ knows, just socialise some more, keep popping those pills and doing whatever I do to keep myself in the lifestyle I am accustomed to. I have also realised recently that I am probably more nomadic than I though and fiercely independent - not compatible with what I would like to be. Ah well...

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by alva

Quote:

Stats: 5'7" 115lbs (unhealthily underweight, should be 135-145lbs my age/height; gonna get help soon though) 22yrs starting April 27, 1981

Why would you need help??

I'll answer that, then head to bed:

Something has changed in my general health. Although my diet and physical activity level (or lack thereof) hasn't changed much in 6 years, my body weight has dropped by 10 lbs in recent months for no apparent reason. It used to be I'd fluctuate(sp?) between 125 and 135 with no ill effects over the course of a year. It has been a long time since I was over 125lbs. I recently weighed my self and was shocked and very worried when I saw 115.

Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

Something like this happened to my grandmother years and years ago when my corner of the Rose clan moved to Reno. She dipped below 100lbs, close to 90 I believe. She got help and was doing much better within a few weeks.

My plan is to take advantage of my low level of body fat (measured recently at below 5% with a usual range of 4%-6% depending on my blood chemistry at that time) and begin building my body. I want to change my diet to be less "Whatever is on my plate" and more "Whatever is going to make me live longer." I need to get my bodyweight back up before I REALLY get sick and end up in the hospital, but I need to do it in a way that isn't going to make me blow up like a balloon. My boss is a personal trainer and she has offered to help me when I'm ready to start. My finacial situation has improved, so I can nearly afford her discounted training fee.

I've always been a scrawny person. I don't wish to die one...



Hell, maybe this change of healthstyle will help me get a boyfriend!

G'night all. And eat one good, healthy meal for me today...

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs


I'll answer that, then head to bed:

Something has changed in my general health. Although my diet and physical activity level (or lack thereof) hasn't changed much in 6 years, my body weight has dropped by 10 lbs in recent months for no apparent reason. It used to be I'd fluctuate(sp?) between 125 and 135 with no ill effects over the course of a year. It has been a long time since I was over 125lbs. I recently weighed my self and was shocked and very worried when I saw 115.

Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

Something like this happened to my grandmother years and years ago when my corner of the Rose clan moved to Reno. She dipped below 100lbs, close to 90 I believe. She got help and was doing much better within a few weeks.

My plan is to take advantage of my low level of body fat (measured recently at below 5% with a usual range of 4%-6% depending on my blood chemistry at that time) and begin building my body. I want to change my diet to be less "Whatever is on my plate" and more "Whatever is going to make me live longer." I need to get my bodyweight back up before I REALLY get sick and end up in the hospital, but I need to do it in a way that isn't going to make me blow up like a balloon. My boss is a personal trainer and she has offered to help me when I'm ready to start. My finacial situation has improved, so I can nearly afford her discounted training fee.

I've always been a scrawny person. I don't wish to die one...



Hell, maybe this change of healthstyle will help me get a boyfriend!

G'night all. And eat one good, healthy meal for me today...

You need to see a doctor. Really.

[geeslaka]

Got bored so here's how many pounds per inch of height we each have.
Odin: 3.43
alva: 1.71
DRoseDARs: 1.71
Frozzy: 2.08
Azazel: 3.20
geeslaka: 2.04
Pekka: 2.68
Looks like alva should be looking for help to because he comes out with the same ratio as DRoseDARs.

[Starchild]

Get a flow chart ready people cause here we go:

Family: I grew up believing I was the eldest and only son of my parents with one younger sister. Ha. Earlier this year I was told that not only had my father been married prior with children but he wasn't even my biological father. My mum was married previously and had me and when she married again, the deal was that I was to be raised not knowing the truth. So not only is my sister truthfully speaking my half sister but I have other half-siblings on bio-dad's side of the family.

I was born in Sussex, England and my early years were spent with my mum and bio-dad or, when they were both working, in Brighton with my maternal grandparents. At the age of 2 or so, after my mum had remarried, we moved out of England to Staten Island, New York, USA. When we decided that living so close to the mafia wasn't the best environment for a kid, my family hopped over the New Jersey. The breakdown of the marriage saw us move around in New Jersey until the divorce brought us to Canada (so my nonbio-dad could be see us more often. Ha!) My mum has settled into a stable and long term relationship and, after a few more moves in Canada, has a house in the countryside where she lives with her boyfriend and my (half)sister.

I rarely speak to nonbio-dad as I consider him a lying, cheating, promise breaking drunkard. I spent a good deal of my early teenage years dreaming about taking a shovel to his skull until the carpet was red. I know find myself slightly envious of peers with stable and healthy father-son relationships. I've never met my biological dad though I plan to sometime next year or so.

The rest of my family is scattered around England with a few offshoots in Canada and Australia.

Education: I've been in the American, Canadian, and English education systems. American kindergarten, primary, and middle school, Canadian highschool, and English Sixth Form. I already have an alphabet soup of pre-university qualifications including OACs, OSSD, AS, A2, etc. I hope to attend Edinburgh University starting in fall 2004 to study Biochemistry.

Religion: My family is pretty neutral in religion, either being non-religious or not following any organised form of worship. Time spent in Philosophy and Religion classes have caused me to develop two ideas: 1) there is no god or 2) the nature of god(s) is such that we cannot describe them in human terms, determine a number of deities, or understand their relationship to us. Such an arrangement is, for all purposes, the same as having no God. I could be called an atheist polytheist who expects the universe to be indifferent to my situation.

Currently: I live in the town of Felixstowe with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and eldest first cousin. I attent the local Sixth Form. I work at an liquor store. I drink, I watch movies, I annoy my family by dying my hair or getting piercings. I dream of running away to university and being able to be independent and free. I annoy my friends by taking lots of photos. I'm going back to visit Canada in two weeks.

Future: Knowing my life, some tragedy or dark secret is lurking behind the corner to jump out and surprise me. I'm starting to become fairly thick skinned to the ups and downs in my life. The age of innocence ended quite a while ago. The only thing left to do is to stand tall, smile, love one's friends and family, go out, grab a hold of life and squeeze until it stops struggling.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

It doesn't sound good. Could be diabetes.

[monolith94]

"Got bored so here's how many pounds per inch of height we each have."

I'm 2.7

Whatever happened to redjon?

[geeslaka]

Does redjon usually do that kind of thing?

[Buck Birdseed]

Name: Johan Arnold Ulric Palme

Age: 22

Date of Birth: 10/06 1981, Swedish ID number 810610-0376

Height: 189 cm

Weight: 109 Kg

Family: Mother, 64, Father, 59, happily married for 30-odd years. Three half-siblings (mother's side) I treat as full siblings, 41, 39 and 32.

Education: Kindergarten in Budapest, Hungary and Sundbyberg, Sweden, Primary school in Sundbyberg and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Secondary school in Dar es Salaam and Stockholm, Sweden. BA Politics and Philosophy, University of York, England (failed). Currently first on the reserve list to get into a two-year course in Umeå, Sweden, studying Cultural Journalism.

Religion: Atheist

Ideology: New Pluralist Feminist

Interests: Popular music, other culture, writing criticism and arts-based articles.

Address: Currently:
Alms v. 34
SE-172 76 Sundbyberg
SWEDEN

Phone Number: +46 (8) 29 45 75

[Sava]

age: 23

heigth/weight: 5'9'', 200 lbs (must lose 20 )

languages: mostly English... I speak enough Spanish to find my way if I get lost in Mexico... and enough Serbo/Croatian to insult people.

family backround: Oldest of two... my sister is 21 on July 21st. My mother's family came from Western Germany in 1958. They were refugees from WW2. My grandfather on that side fought with the British supported Serbian partisans. He was one of 5 survivors of a massacre at Kragujevic where the Nazis machine gunned 5,000.

On my dad's side, his father came from Macedonia, while his mother's family has lived in America for a very long time. My dad's father was in an airborne division in WW2 and participated in the Normandy operation. He was awarded a purple heart. I never met the man because he died before I was born in 1980.

I was born in Park Ridge, IL, and lived on the north side of Chicago until age 2. Then I lived in Springfield, IL until 1990, while spending summers at my grandparents in the north side... then we moved to a white-bred suburb... Naperville, IL, where my parents still live.

education: I graduated in 1998, not really having any direction, I went to college part-time while working full-time until 2000 when I decided I wanted to get a real job. I have about enough credits for an Associate's in Science, and plan on going to another college to get a degree in either Computer Science, Political Science, or Journalism. I would like to get into politics, eventually. Right now I'm taking Java and HTML classes in order to get certified in Web Design and Java. I spent a 6 month stint at the Illinois Institute of Art studying Game Art and Design, but realized their program was for art people, not computer people. So I'm back home going to a local community college until either the fall or winter.

religion: baptized Serbian Orthodox... my grandmother on my mom's side (Croatian) was originally Catholic, but converted in order to marry my grandfather. She, along with Sunday school, raised my Orthodox. My dad's family is Lutheran. Realizing that religion was full of crap, written thousands of years ago by men with agendas, I gave up practicing any faith. I still study religion in an attempt to understand what's wrong with 95% of the world.

other things about me: in 1998 I was diagnosed with Depression, which I've suffered from since I can remember. Pills don't do squat for me, my depression is primarily a thought-driven illness. I tend to be highly independent. I like to read and learn about history, politics, and science. I see a lot of pain and suffering in the world, and in my own country, and only want to do what I can to improve the quality of life for people. I'm a very pragmatic person... while ideals are important in setting goals, I feel people that are tied to ideologies are just as mistaken as those tied to religion. Faith can be good, but not at the expense of the real world or common sense.

[geeslaka]

Buck Birdseed is 3.2 lbs/in of height.
Sava is 2.9

[Provost Harrison]

Expect some heavy breathing off Fez tonight down the phone Johan

[Eli]

18 years old. 164cm, 75kg +-2.

Family background: I have a sister, she's couple years younger.
Father(46) is a high school maths teacher, mother(41) a doctor.

Religion: Avoiding.

Work/School: Finished school couple weeks ago.

Was born in the Soviet Union...
From the mother side, my grandfather was running a diamonds factory for 40 years or so, a distinguished citizen, bla bla bla, had some money, influence, divorced my grandmother and married a Russian shiksa.
My grandmother was a respected doctor, bla.
From the fathers side, my grandfather is a WW2 veteran and invalid, they were both living in some Belorussian village and my grandfather was mainly writing letters for people who cant write. The grandmother was a teacher.

In Russia my mother was working as a doctor in a local hospital and my father was a school principle and now I discovered that just before we left for Israel he was offered the job of the city school inspector.

At the age of 6 my fathers family(~25 people all in all) moved to Israel, and my maternal grandmother moved with us to "help take care of the children(me and my sister)".

So at this point the entire family is in Israel, except my maternal grandfather who is married to a Russian woman and didnt want to leave because he's going pretty good there. My mothers brother, his Russian wife and their two officialy Christian children with whom contact is slowly degrading. And the son of my uncle from his first marriage to some Russian woman who is in Belgium or Canada or something.

At first the economic situation in Israel was pretty sucky. My mother was studying all day long for the Israeli medical exams, my father was cleaning streets and stuff, but eventually everything got better and we're pretty well established now.

---

My hobbies. The usual... History, Science, Sci Fi, Civ, foruming.

[geeslaka]

Eli is 2.6

[Al'Kimiya]

n: swedish
a: 24
l: 179 cm
w: 80 kg
h: blonde
e: green
f: mother, father, younger sister
e: b.sc. comp. sci.
r: theosophist
s: sometimes slightly hetero, mostly asexual
p: authoritarian conservative
i: linguistics, occultism, programming, music
o: unemployed dirty welfare-case bloodsucking rodent
L: swedish, english, german, basic latin, proto-indoeuropean and roctegedda (personal conlang)

[geeslaka]

Here's all the lbs/inch of height stats again. From now on I'll just edit this post.

Odin: 3.43
alva: 1.71
DRoseDARs: 1.71
Frozzy: 2.08
Azazel: 3.20
geeslaka: 2.04
Pekka: 2.68
monolith94: 2.70
Buck Birdseed: 3.64
Sava: 2.90
Eli: 2.56
Al'Kimiya: 2.82
Elok: 1.94
MrFun: 2.08
Asher: 2.07
Paul Hanson: 2.24
lightblue: 2.65
Boris Godunov: 2.23
Lorizael: 1.94
cinch: 2.79
Albert Speer: 2.02
japher: 2.50
MattyBoy: 2.64

Average: 2.49

[Paul Hanson]

I shouldn't have to tell you my real name. I'm 19 years old and the eldest of four children; I have two sisters (18 and 13) and a brother (15). My dad (47) is a consultant engineer, and my mum (44) is an office manager, whatever that means. Since my mum is Dutch, the family has slightly more colour to it than the usual mono-cultural familes that you tend to get around my part of the country; infact, about 3/4 of my family are Dutch and live on the continent, in Holland, Belgium and France mostly.

I live in a small village in the UK, although my of my year is spent studying at university in Hull (yes, that town one that our good friend Mr. harrison lives in), which is about 25 miles down the road. I live at university most of the year, although I'm back for the summer at the moment, having just finished the first year of a Politics degree.

Religion has never really entered into the Hanson family a great deal. My paternal grandmother is a practising Anglican and attends church regularly, but aside from her no-one else in the family does. My mum is from a Catholic family, which explains the absolute abundance of relatives on her side of the family (she has at least 11 aunts and uncles, and somewhere in the region of 30 cousins).

Physically, I'm 6 feet tall and weigh somewhere in the region of 11.5 stone, although I haven't weighed myself recently so this is probably wrong.

I spend my spare time desperately trying to find a summer job of some description, a task at which I am failing with remarkable ease (and this is not for want of trying), sitting at my computer or out with my mates. I doubt that this situation will change in the near future.

[geeslaka]

11.5 stoners? Do you have a conversion ratio between that and pounds or kilograms by any chance? Thanks.

[Elok]

Eh. Might as well.

6'0"
19
140 lbs.
Honky of German, French, Scottish and Welsh ancestry
Youngest of four brothers
Hair light brown, eyes indeterminately green-gray
Marylander
Politically indifferent, with equal disdain for democrats and republicans. Democracy is IMO the best possible evil. I came to that conclusion after channel-surfing one day, seeing Jerry Springer, and realizing that all those people-the creeps in the audience, the freaks onstage, Mr. Final Thought himself-have the right to vote in a democracy. Them, the people behind "reality TV," and the bajillion or so gaptoothers on WWE all have the right and privilege to affect my destiny in some way. That's not right, dammit.
Pro-life; that's my only other strong opinion.
High-Functioning Autistic(Asperger's Syndrome). Talk about how I "suffer from an illness" and I'll return the favor by telling you how you suffer from being a stupid ****er. I'm weird, but I'm not mentally deficient.
That's most of me.

[Paul Hanson]

If someone could tell me how many pounds are in a stone, then I could probably work it out for you.

[MrFun]

Seems I forgot some things that other people have included about themselves.

I said I was raised in a rural, predominantly Catholic town of only 300 people. To scare you even more, the town's name is Holy Cross -- no joke there. This is in eastern Iowa, west of Dubuque. Dubuque is on the Mississippi River, near the tri-state border of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

But, four years ago, I moved one hour south, to Davenport Iowa, which is part of the larger area called the Quad Cities. Davenport and Bettendorf on the Iowa side of THE river, and Rock Island and Moline on the other side. There's also East Moline.

As for my height and weight -- 5'7", and 140 pounds.

[Asher]

David Robert Milford

Born October 12th, 1983

Age: 19yrs.

Height: 5ft, 10in

Weight: 145lbs

Religion: raised Protestant, now Agnostic.

Politics: No thanks.

Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada; population 1,000,000.

Family: Younger brother (17).

I am academically interested in computers, economics, and psychology.

I like sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.

[Agathon]

Name: Lee (after the General - my brother's middle name is Grant)

Age: 30

Date of Birth: 14th September 1972

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: I don't know, but too much.

Family: Mother lives in New Zealand, my father died of pancreatic cancer last year. My brother (27) lives in Japan with his fiancee and is planning to do a PhD next year in NA or Europe.

Education: MA in Philosophy (Waikato), currently halfway through a PhD in Ancient Greek Philosophy (Plato) at the University of Toronto.

Religion: I was brought up and remain an atheist.

Ideology: Socialist/neo-Marxist/environmentalist

Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Classics/Ancient Civilizations; Mediaeval Warfare; Ancient Warfare; the American Civil War; the Indian Wars (mainly Custer); Serial Killers (esp. Jack the Ripper); Radical Politics; the Apple Macintosh; Military Aircraft; the Golden Age of Battleships (esp the Bismarck); Tolkien; 19th and early 20th century fiction; Boxing (faves are: Sugar Ray Robinson; Ali; Joe Louis); Classical Music (fave: Mahler); collecting CD's (I have thousands); hi-fi; Military Aircraft(esp from the 50s and early 60s: fave plane = the XB 70); Strategy games (Civ boardgame; Civ; Axis and Allies; EU2; Gettysburg, etc.); History (general); Sports (I support 2 teams: Newcastle United FC and the Toronto Maple Leafs); Fly fishing; Historical Films; World Wars I and II; and there is more.

[C0ckney]

paul, there are 14 pounds in a stone.

Drose, UR made a good call there, that's exactly what happend to me before i was diagnosed diabetic (the weight loss, not the depression of course), i looked like i'd just come out of a nazi death camp.

[Odin]

I have asperger's too, Elok!

I also have ADHD

I have green eyes and brown hair. very light Scandinavian skin (i sunburn rediculously easily).

Adult-onset Diabetes, Obesity, and ADHD runs in my family.

I am part Norwegian, part Prussian German.

[DRoseDARs]

DRoseDARs = Upcoming diabetic?

Greeeat...

(F*ck f*ck f*ck...ad infinum)

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Paul Hanson
If someone could tell me how many pounds are in a stone, then I could probably work it out for you.

PH et al.:

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

"Weight -> All Weight And Mass Conversions" section has stones:

IF:
1 stone = 14 lbs

THEN:
11.5 stones = 161 lbs

[C0ckney]

well, it might not be that, but what you described (regarding the weight) sounded very similar to what happened to me.

ask your doctor about it when you go and see him.

[st_swithin]

I once had an older brother named Sean, and he used to call me his little guy because I was always shorter than him.

For contrast, I am 5'5", and he is 6' or so. I hated that I always had to run next to him to keep up. He had asthma and really severe allergies, so he never got far before I could catch up.

Lucky for us, Dad was always pretty healthy and thin, so we've always been slim, but we still have to work at keeping trim.

I don't know where Mom is. I heard she was doing ok, though. So that's ok, right?

Dad was from Cambridge, and Mom was from Belfast. That's all I was ever told, and that's what I used to believe. So why do I look Chinese? Is it Mongoloid idiocy, or is that third chromosome just making me look that way? Perhaps it's all this blasted melanin.

I used to dread February 13th (trisKAIdecadiaphobia?)
Now I look at it as St. Valentine's Eve.

I also had a little sister whom we called Winnie, but she was taken away when she was 2 and I never got to see her anymore. The only thing I remember is the way she smells. That's probably the only way I could recognise her. The last place I ever saw her was at Westwood. Her birthday was also on February 13th, but we always celebrated it on Ground Hog's Day.

I remember, just before they took my youngest brother, Josh away, he once gave a really great speech, campaigning for ASB president. All at once, he turned bright red, and stopped talking. He never spoke to me again, except in dreams. I still miss him, even though I barely remember him.

I had a twin brother, Brian Olson. He HATED me when we were young, because I used to curse all the time, for no apparent reason. Neither of us knew that I had Tourette's Syndrome, and we used to disagree about colours all the time because I never knew he was red-green colour blind. He stopped talking to me when we were about 8. I haven't heard from him since, but I think I might've seen him around. He is still the only person I ever believed really understood me.

One day, we were in schoolroom and I was thinking of this song I hated, and I was trying really hard not to think about it. Brian turned to me and said, "I hate that song too."

That's why I miss him so much - I don't think he can hear me anymore.

I always thought that maybe those guys reincarnated as better people and are still trying to get me to listen.

Ben Stiller kind of reminds me of Josh.
Brad Pitt reminds me of Brian.
German sheperds always remind me of Winnie.

-I'm nobody. Who are U? RU nobody too?

The answer is always No.