Howzit peeps as we say in SA. I have been an avid 2000ad fan since the 80's, started with the annuals at boarding school. My dream is to have the entire collection of all 2000ad comics, graphic novels, annuals and anything else 2000ad. Gotta say my fav's are Rogue Trooper, Johhny Alpha the Angel Gang, Slaine and Dredd of course.
Oops, 2000AD is what I meant for the subject title :-[
Aw no worries. A mate of mine, another Twoth fan went to boarding school sound where I live. He came from Zambia. Miles away from SA I know but he would in on about his visits to Vic Falls and Sun City. Correct me if I'm wrong but he made out they were near your neck of the woods? Anyway he got into the prog in much the same way as you. Was i rife in boarding schools? You know? That sort of thing. (forgive my bluntess. Via mobile...)
Welcome aboard the good ship 'THRILLPOWER' Skabenga.
You seem to be in luck, as there are quite a few sellers at the moment wanting to offload many a prog. Postage to SA might be a problem though :o
Good morning.
Welcome. Your first task is to prepare each of us sandwiches which you caught in the wild.
Cheers peeps. Lol Roger, would warthog an pickles suffice? Thx for the tip Commando. Krombasher, I went to boarding school in Nottingham Road in KwaZulu Natal, needless to say boarding schools are long spells of boredom and 2000AD filled the gap to perfection.
Welcome aboard. I believe there are one or two football matches occurring in your neck of the woods soon?
Welcome aboard mate, hope you'll enjoy being part of the community.
I love the fact they have a Nottingham Road in a place thousands of miles from the one I've grown up with.
Welcome aboard :)
Quote from: Krombasher on 08 December, 2009, 01:35:49 PM
I love the fact they have a Nottingham Road in a place thousands of miles from the one I've grown up with.
Either that or the road you've grown up with is a verrrrryyyyyyy long road!
Hello by the way
Welcome to the board.
Warthog and pickle sounds perfect, thanks!
Evening Skabenga. Welcome to the board.
Welcome
Welcome.
England for the World cup.
V
Howdo,mate.
filip
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 December, 2009, 11:00:50 AM
I believe there are one or two football matches occurring in your neck of the woods soon?
No important ones though. Welcome, and for Grud's sake knock the French out in the first round.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 December, 2009, 11:00:50 AM
Welcome aboard. I believe there are one or two football matches occurring in your neck of the woods soon?
Just a few :) We have Mexico for the opening match, its gonna be wikkid, but I'm putting my money on England, Spain or Netherlands for the cup.
Quote from: Krombasher on 08 December, 2009, 01:35:49 PM
I love the fact they have a Nottingham Road in a place thousands of miles from the one I've grown up with.
Yeah its bizarre man, they call KwaZulu Natal the province I live in, the Last British Outpost, plenty of English, Irish, Welsh and Scots settled in KZN in the 1800's, the farm I live on used to be a camp for the British in the Boer War. We have Dundee, Tweedie, Howick, Rosetta etc etc are all the surrounding towns.
Quote from: TordelBack on 09 December, 2009, 06:54:55 AM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 December, 2009, 11:00:50 AM
I believe there are one or two football matches occurring in your neck of the woods soon?
No important ones though. Welcome, and for Grud's sake knock the French out in the first round.
The French need their hands tied behind their backs for us too prosper, we are ranked number 80 something, its going to be a tough game for us too win.
Thanks for the warm welcome peeps :)
Thanks for becoming part of the community. New blood always welcome.
Quote from: Skabenga on 09 December, 2009, 08:10:12 AM
The French need their hands tied behind their backs for us too prosper
Yes, that would have been a balancing factor for Ireland too.
Cor. I'll bet living in KZN has plenty of original, creative writing inspiration. In my innocence of the subject I immediatly see a Graeme Green and John Wagner scene as the real world evaporates to reveal the stories of the place ::)
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 09 December, 2009, 08:29:39 AM
Thanks for becoming part of the community. New blood always welcome.
Cheers Mike :)
Just adding to the welcome. Another South African fan here. Well, scottish/south african. (Have lived in a small village called Hillcrest in KZN since 87.)
Paul
www.paulcrilley.com
Quote from: Krombasher on 09 December, 2009, 08:41:37 AM
Cor. I'll bet living in KZN has plenty of original, creative writing inspiration. In my innocence of the subject I immediatly see a Graeme Green and John Wagner scene as the real world evaporates to reveal the stories of the place ::)
Krom, we live in a place thats right out of the LOTR, the Shire so to speak, complete with the Zulu's, it may be the last British Outpost but its still the Zulu kingdom. Ironically my Dad has just finished a book and is onto a next, he's a bizarre old man, with a crazy story about Earth-corp and Alien races and the ruling elitists etc. Tolkein was born in South Africa, we are a weird bunch down south here. I wish I had the art skills to do a 2000AD strip of the Deep South, a forgotten culture far south of the Radland's and the muties :)
Gah! I know so little about football - where do I start? Who do I root for?
I do know the US team has done well lately, but I figure as I'm here in England now, I might as well pick a team from England to go for.
Welcome, ska!
Quote from: crill on 09 December, 2009, 09:14:11 AM
Just adding to the welcome. Another South African fan here. Well, scottish/south african. (Have lived in a small village called Hillcrest in KZN since 87.)
Paul
www.paulcrilley.com
Greetings and Salutations Paul, nice to meet you bru :) I'm up near Howick on the Midland's Meander, work in PMB daily. Great to know there are other SA 2000AD fans out there :)
Quote from: Skabenga on 09 December, 2009, 09:17:35 AM
I wish I had the art skills to do a 2000AD strip of the Deep South, a forgotten culture far south of the Radland's and the muties :)
Errr, in that case I wouldn't look at the map of Dredd's world too closely... South Africa apparently doesn't come out of the Atomic Wars too well. The Azanian Archipelago, so to speak. Mind you, at least you're not a theme park...
Locusts,
I know jack all about football (and am pleased about this, enough music and comics trivia filling my brain, no space for team rivalries and statistics) but I DO know that the World Cup is national teams, not local clubs - so there's only ONE team from England.
You might also consider as well as England - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. I tend to idly support all the home teams - if they're from the British Isles, they're worthy of my support. Oh wait, Eire didn't qualify did they? What about Wales, NI & Scotland? Anyone know?
(Or did you just make the schoolboy North American error of using "England" and "Britain" as interchangable? Be honest.... You're among friends)
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 09 December, 2009, 09:25:36 AM
(Or did you just make the schoolboy North American English error of using "England" and "Britain" as interchangable?
Just a little tweak, Mr. G. See, Locusts is becoming acculturated. Or habituated. Or whatever.
I'm not sure if it's a common mistake for Americans to use "England" and "Britain" when referring to the UK, because as I lived six years in Scotland when I was a lad, it's always been made clear that they are not the same!
I meant I think I should pick a local club. In other words, I want to wear a cool football jersey...! I lean towards an Irish team since my family is Irish.
Thanks for the info Mike.
Quote from: TordelBack on 09 December, 2009, 09:23:43 AM
Quote from: Skabenga on 09 December, 2009, 09:17:35 AM
I wish I had the art skills to do a 2000AD strip of the Deep South, a forgotten culture far south of the Radland's and the muties :)
Errr, in that case I wouldn't look at the map of Dredd's world too closely... South Africa apparently doesn't come out of the Atomic Wars too well. The Azanian Archipelago, so to speak. Mind you, at least you're not a theme park...
Bugger, was hoping there was some small pocket of isolation with a thriving culture of rugby, beer and surfing, hehe.
I've never used them as interchangable and I'm English (which means nothing to me) AND British (which does).
Folks I know on the web know only that I'm from Britain - I never bother specifying which bit. You'll be surprised how often they call me "English" without any evidence and how often I come across comments like "Cardiff/EdinBO-ROW in ENGLAND".
Maybe it's just common in my experience. Pisses me off anyway.
Maybe there is a tendency to assume "English" when a fellow says "British". In my experience, I've never met someone who is English - or Scottish or Welsh or Irish - claim to be "British". It's always been, "from England" or Scotland or wherever.
Double post, sorry.
I meant to say that in the States, especially on the East Coast, people are usually from their region first and their country second. Same goes with the cities.
For instance, I'm from Philadelphia - so I'm a Philadelphian above all. Then I'm a Pennsylvanian and then an American.
Hi Skabenga!
The difference is that Britain is Great whereas the Kingdom is merely United (*snort*). There's some geographical differences too - nothing important though :Þ
I appear to be Saxon, pretty much as far back as we have researched. That's a coincidence because I had no idea when I picked this nickname way back on my first board (Cix - still around and twitching gently) in 1995. Back then I had secretly believed I was Russian and feared I would prove to be French. . .
Quote from: mistersaxon on 09 December, 2009, 09:50:31 AM
Hi Skabenga!
The difference is that Britain is Great whereas the Kingdom is merely United (*snort*). There's some geographical differences too - nothing important though :Þ
I appear to be Saxon, pretty much as far back as we have researched. That's a coincidence because I had no idea when I picked this nickname way back on my first board (Cix - still around and twitching gently) in 1995. Back then I had secretly believed I was Russian and feared I would prove to be French. . .
I'm part South African (irrelevant to a degree as I'm white and apparently not African), part Scottish, part English and part Norwegian...so I guess that makes me a Saxon too, or in my case an Afro Saxon :)
Quote from: Skabenga on 09 December, 2009, 09:56:59 AM
I'm part South African (irrelevant to a degree as I'm white and apparently not African), part Scottish, part English and part Norwegian...so I guess that makes me a Saxon too, or in my case an Afro Saxon :)
Then you belong to the race who invented the words ****, *****, ***** and ****. You can be very proud of such a heritage :)
Also don't forget the Celt when claiming your ancestry! I have a Celt deficiency myself. . .
Lol Mistersaxon, yeah I think I got a bit of the Celt and Pict in there too, some kind of Saxon mongrel, I went to see my clan castle in 2002 on the Isle of Skye, Dunvegan, Clan Macleod, was quite an eye opener too see where I come from versus where I live today.
Any relation to Connor MacLeod? I heard there can be only one!
Locust's just pick the nearest football team from where you live.
I support Leicester City but we are going through the mill at the moment. Got stuffed 5:1 on Saturday and 3:0 last night.
V
I'm in Ely, near Cambridge...so who would I cheer for? I'll look up a schedule to watch them and become a fan!
Quote from: locustsoflove on 09 December, 2009, 08:42:42 PM
I'm in Ely, near Cambridge...so who would I cheer for? I'll look up a schedule to watch them and become a fan!
I am afraid it would have to be Cambridge United. Ah well.
V
Oh are they awful? At least it won't seem as though I'm jumping on a bandwagon.
Hey Locust. Ely City FC (http://www.elycityfc.com/). Get along to a match, lower league football is great fun and as good an excuse for a piss up as you'll ever find.
Thanks for that Kerrin I know exactly where they play!
Job done.
Sometimes I wish I found watching sports fun as it seems quite a laugh, but at the one football match I've ever been to I was bored rigid throughout. I guess some things just don't take.
Welcome! Warthog 'n' pickle! mmmmmmm!
Welcome. Enjoy your stay!
Quote from: Mike Gloady on 10 December, 2009, 09:24:32 AM
Job done.
Sometimes I wish I found watching sports fun as it seems quite a laugh, but at the one football match I've ever been to I was bored rigid throughout. I guess some things just don't take.
I hate sport as well.Pathologically.....
I was looking at todays TV listings and noticed that tonight the BBC are broadcasting "Sports Personality Of The Year".
Surely that is an Oxymoron ?
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 13 December, 2009, 04:15:53 PM
I was looking at todays TV listings and noticed that tonight the BBC are broadcasting "Sports Personality Of The Year".
Surely that is an Oxymoron ?
nah, probably just a regular moron.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 13 December, 2009, 08:55:31 PM
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 13 December, 2009, 04:15:53 PM
I was looking at todays TV listings and noticed that tonight the BBC are broadcasting "Sports Personality Of The Year".
Surely that is an Oxymoron ?
nah, probably just a regular moron.
And you were right! Was that a lucky guess or did you have inside information? :)
They're ALL morons.
Hey man welcome abaord.Im reading prog 2010 with the snow outside here in Ireland. ;)
Quote from: ambrose on 28 December, 2009, 04:03:52 PM
Hey man welcome abaord.Im reading prog 2010 with the snow outside here in Ireland. ;)
Cheers man, personally I have never seen falling snow, we get it on the Drakensberg mountains about 2-3 hours away, but it's just too damn hot all the time.