Getting to know one another

Ja'mie said:
The Dude said:
Ja'mie said:
Do you know what his rating was? I always associated riverines with SeaBees, but so many ratings get merged or discontinued over the years.

E-4 or E-5 I believe. He worked on the Detroit Diesel engine of their converted WWII landing craft. They had a three man boat crew. After he rotated back Stateside he went to Hawaii for a year where he was on a fleet tug, then to Alaska where he was on a fire boat. Both times he was working on the ALCO diesel's that both ships had.

Oh, ok. It sounds like he was a Petty Officer Third or Second Class in an engineering unit. :)

Pretty much. I'm not sure what rank exactly, and back then I think there were different titles than there is now for the Enlisted ranks. I think it changed in the 80's. Could be wrong though, I regretfully never served because of knee and back injuries. I wanted to though, and have a deep respect for all service men and women. I make it a point to shake the hand of everyone I meet who served and thank them.
 
kagayaki said:
[*]Age? 21
[*]Gender/Sex? Male
[*]Location? Philippines

[*]Hobbies/Interests? Writing design documents and screenplays for video games, movies, and TV series, reading articles on cars, appliances, and electronics (wiki-based or otherwise), drawing manga-style illustrations of people (hopefully), and developing websites.
[*]Occupation? Website programmer

Favorite:
[*]Video games? Ace Combat, Front Mission, Final Fantasy, \M/ETAL Gear Solid, \M/ETAL Slug, Mega Man, Gran Turismo, Street Fighter, Tekken, Syphon Filter, Time Crisis, and Police 911 (a Konami light-gun game).
[*]Live-action TV? Mr. Bean, Kamen Rider (Kiva, Decade), but I'd go for Supernatural and Monty Python if I want to. (because I like the Gumbys)
[*]Anime? D.Gray-Man, Digimon, and maybe Lupin III
[*]Cartoons? Invader Zim and anything from the DC Animated Universe.
[*]Sport(s)? Swimming, also baseball and tennis.
[*]Food/Drink? Anything with veggies , potatoes, and/or tofu. Also palabok and arroz caldo.
[*]Music Genres: Classical, ragtime, J-pop, disco, Neue Deutsche Harte
[*]Movie Genres: Film noir, Biblical epic, Science fiction, and maybe some modern action flicks.

How we can reach you:
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL? No account yet on any of these

P.S. I also had assburgers and hopefully recovering from it!
Boom goes the dynamite! :geek: MGS, Metal Slug, TIme Crisis, and Police 911 are awesome games.
 
I just found out yesterday we have one of these threads... Let's see:

[*]Age? 31 *sigh*
[*]Gender/Sex? Male
[*]Location? Presently- the North Dakota Borderland. However I tend to move every 3-5 years so can't say this is a permanent thing.

[*]Hobbies/Interests? Illustration, Graphic Design, Vidya, Cooking, Electronics, Reading
[*]Occupation? IT Director- which is a glorified way of saying I program radio stations, edit video, and develop online and print campaigns.

Favorite:
[*]Video games?
Zero Escape Series, Deadly Premonition, Zelda, Dead Rising series, Dead Space series, Just Cause 2, Ace Attorney series, Fallout series, Elder Scrolls series... various JRPGs... really, just so long as it isn't a sports game or a modern military shooter, chances are I may have tried it.
[*]Live-action TV?
I... honestly don't have cable. I finished watching Breaking Bad via Amazon and borrowed a friend's HBO GO to watch the third season of Game of Thrones, but that about covers it. Other than that... Twin Peaks, I guess.
[*]Anime?
I actually used to assist running an anime group when I was in college and shortly after graduating. My fave series would probably have to be Berserk, Baccano, Cowboy Bebop, Kino's Journey, Le Chevalier D'eon, Black Lagoon, Vision of Escaflowne, Outlaw Star, and Moribito.
[*]Cartoons?
Old Max Fleischer cartoons, Archer, and Sealab 2021
[*]Sport(s)?
I'm actually severely asthmatic so I never played a lot of sports growing up, and kinda resented them during this time. So nowadays, I'm just kinda indifferent about it all.
[*]Food/Drink?
Meat and vegetables. Grilled and steamed, preferably.

How we can reach you:
[*]Skype? Steam/PSN/XBL?
I'd prefer to talk to a person via PM's before giving away that information, if possible. Kthx.
 
[*]Age? 21
[*]Gender/Sex? Genderqueer pansexual demiluterist heeterorejectionist pedohabitalist jibberratic......fuck it male
[*]Location? At any given dumpster behind a Kebab house

[*]Hobbies/Interests? Reading, drinking myself to cellular disintegration with friends, movies, cooking
[*]Occupation? Student

Favorite:
[*]Video games?
uhh.... ATM its Skyrim, TF2, Amnesia, Fallout 3/NV and Portal for games im playing right now, but historically theres KOTOR, Warcraft 3, Dawn of War, Tomb Raider 4, crash bandicoot, age of empires, and a couple others
[*]Live-action TV? MST3K/Rifftrax, Doctor who, Star Trek TOS, Twin Peaks, Buffy/Angel, Supernatural
[*]Anime? Berserk, DBZ, Madoka
[*]Cartoons? South Park, Moral Orel, Avatar TLA/LOK, Futurama
[*]Sport(s)? MMA/any martial arts.
[*]Food/Drink? oh boy.... im just gonna put down home-cooked foods of almost any kind from homemade fried chicken and satay to homemade Camembert en croute....seriously theres like a billion things on this list. As for drinks I adore Doombar beer, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Glenfiddich 18 year old scotch, Goslings Black Seal Rum, and my mother's extra brainfucking recipe for the Carribou Lou
[*]Music? Blue Oyster cult, Ozzy Ozbourne/Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden...pretty much any good classic rock or metal song.
[*]Movie(s)?
Horror: 28 days later, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Alien, Romero's Living Dead trilogy (Night of the living Dead, Dawn of the dead and Day of the Dead), The Thing, The Shining
Thriller/misc: 12 Monkeys, No country for old men, Terminator 1, Shawshank Redemption. Nineteen eighty four
Western: Once Upon A Time in the West, the Good, The Bad, The Ugly.... fuck it just replace this category with sergie leone films
Action: Aliens, Dog Soldiers, Predator and Predator 2, Terminator 2
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Lord of the Rings, Bladerunner, Star wars original trilogy, Pans Labyrinth

How we can reach you: Smear pigs blood on your door on the shape of an engorged phallus. I shall be there within a week
[*]Skype? ask null
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL? ...not sure.
 
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[*]Age?
26
[*]Gender/Sex?
Male
[*]Location?
some blasted atomic-hellscape-simulator known as eastern South Dakota
[*]Hobbies/Interests?
Reading, Vidya,
[*]Occupation?
Currently unemployed, former tech support.
Favorite:
[*]Video games?
Saints Row series, Space Quest series (It fucking counts)
[*]Anime?
MS Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, MS Gundam 0080
[*]Cartoons?
Brak Show, Sealab 2021, Nu Pogodi, Archer
[*]Food/Drink?
Tacos, baby, Tacos.
 
Bucharest said:
[*]Age?
26
[*]Gender/Sex?
Male
[*]Location?
some blasted atomic-hellscape-simulator known as eastern South Dakota
[*]Hobbies/Interests?
Reading, Vidya,
[*]Occupation?
Currently unemployed, former tech support.
Favorite:
[*]Video games?
Saints Row series, Space Quest series (It fucking counts)
[*]Anime?
MS Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, MS Gundam 0080
[*]Cartoons?
Brak Show, Sealab 2021, Nu Pogodi, Archer
[*]Food/Drink?
Tacos, baby, Tacos.

You drink tacos?
 
The Dude said:
Bucharest said:
[*]Age?
26
[*]Gender/Sex?
Male
[*]Location?
some blasted atomic-hellscape-simulator known as eastern South Dakota
[*]Hobbies/Interests?
Reading, Vidya,
[*]Occupation?
Currently unemployed, former tech support.
Favorite:
[*]Video games?
Saints Row series, Space Quest series (It fucking counts)
[*]Anime?
MS Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, MS Gundam 0080
[*]Cartoons?
Brak Show, Sealab 2021, Nu Pogodi, Archer
[*]Food/Drink?
Tacos, baby, Tacos.

You drink tacos?

He also eats babies.
 
Like I've probably said before, I was way more active on the old forum than I am here, and there are lots of new faces that I'd like to get to know. Due to time constraints I've been mostly lurking on this forum, but I'd like to make more of an effort to post more regularly. So, here goes...

Age - 24
Gender/Sex - Female
Location - Dorset, UK

Hobbies/Interests - Oh hell, where to start...as a traditional medium artist, first and foremost I absolutely love to draw, my main inspirations coming from folklore, history, mythology and nature. As well as that, I also like to write (short stories, scripts, lyrics, poems). I also like to DJ at local metal clubs and parties on occasion with my mister, I fire dance too, sometimes for parties and such like (poi, fans, orb, pretty much anything flammable and I'll twat around with it). I have a huge passion for history and nature, which leads to as many camping/hiking/roughing it trips as I can afford and have time for! Both me and the other half also love to shoot, lending to our mutual love of militaria, guns, tanks and army surplus (don't worry though, we're not Walts!). In the past I've enjoyed the odd bit of hunting which is something I'd like to get back into again, especially as I'm both an avid cook and dabbler in leathercraft. About four years in animal care has added to my love of animals, which again ties into nature etc, and my partiality for hands-on-hands-dirty honest work. I've rambled a bit here, so I'll summarise the rest: Vikings, Celts, arses and metal. Fucking metal.
Occupation - Artist and Tattoo Apprentice, also a part time home shopper trolley goblin at ASDA.

Favorite:
Video games - Due to being so busy, I don't really game much and only really pick up stuff suited to casual gaming. When I do pick something up though, it's usually: Pokemon (got a soft spot for monsters, whatcha gonna do?), Metal Gear Solid 3, Mass Effect, Spore, Black and White, Bioshock and Saints Row, and The Hunter.
Live-action TV - I'm partial to decent history, science and wildlife documentaries, Ray Mears, Coast (got a sliiiiiight thing for Neil Oliver), Blackadder, 'Allo 'Allo, My Name is Earl, Red Dwarf, (old school) Doctor Who...I'll pretty much flick over to anything that interests me at the time.
Anime - NO. Well, alright, as much as I hate anime, I've got a soft spot for One Piece. It's delightfully silly.
Cartoons - I'm an ex-animator, so I'm a bit of a cartoon snob of sorts I guess, though this mostly applies to movies over series. I like Metalocalypse, Futurama, Rex the Runt (claymation counts, right?), Drawn Together, South Park...I'm going to stop there or I can see this going on for a while.
Sport(s) - Well, my figure's mostly gone to hell now (got really sick, oral steroids, rapid uncontrollable weight gain, now fighting to lose it all), but I'm still as active as I can be. I used to play hockey and badminton as well as kickboxing, but now I settle for hiking if that counts.
Food/Drink - As I mentioned before, I love to cook. My family background it quite rural, and I've been taught the value of hearty, homecooked food. Nothing beats coming home after a long shift followed by walking home against the biting coastal winds to a big plate of Lancy hotpot or beef stew and fresh bread!
M̶u̶s̶i̶c̶ METAL Genres - Classic, power, black, death, prog, folk, and pretty much any fusion of the aforementioned. I've also got a liking for Celtic music, classic rock, 80's cheese, choirs with orchestras, and acoustic stoner twanging.
Movie Genres - I will give anything a shot provided it isn't your typical processed Hollywood bollocks. I also love French/Scandi/German cinema, but like I said almost anything's worth a shot. If I had to pick specific genres, I'd say: historical, horror (proper shit-your-pants horror), thriller, sci-fi and things I can only describe as borderline theatrical. I likes what I likes.

How we can reach you:
Steam/PSN/XBL - I have none of these. To reach me, I recommend either the book of faces or smoke signals.
 
My final one (first was with all fake info, second was my sockpuppet identity, this one is TRUE and HONEST)

[*]Name? I share a name with a guitarist from the band Suicide Silence
[*]Age? 25
[*]Gender/Sex? Male
[*]Location? Eugene, Oregon

[*]Hobbies/Interests? Art photography, collecting/customizing diecast and plastic model cars, 8-track tapes (looking for a good portable player with a provision for an AC adapter, that I can do a belt replacement on since my other two are MIA), lowriders, rat rods, 70s custom vans, old (pre-1960s) film cameras, urban exploration, cemeteries, dead malls, Darwin Awards, Stella Awards, weird news, strange deaths, The Onion, FOUND Magazine
[*]Occupation? Intern at an adoption agency

Favorite:
[*]Video games? Not a gamer
[*]Live-action TV? Cold Case, Forensic Files, New Detectives, FBI Files, Without A Trace, Strange Tales Of The ER, American Pickers, Emergency Vets, North Woods Law, Animal Cops, New Detectives, Hoarders, 1000 Ways To Die, Mega Disasters, Life After People, Surviving History, Seinfeld, Cheers, Dukes of Hazzard, MacGyver
[*]Anime? Not into animu
[*]Cartoons? King Of The Hill, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, MLP:FiM, Hey Arnold
[*]Sport(s)? To watch? Darts, table tennis, billiards (I love Jeanette Lee!), competitive eating, professional gambling, golf, Olympic Games. To play? None.
[*]Food/Drink? Lately breakfast-type stuff like hashbrowns, O'Brien potatoes, bacon, sausage, eggs, Jimmy Dean frozen sausage or Canadian bacon q-sands and breakfast skillets, also breakfast burritos, regular burritos, frybread tacos, a quality-made cheeseburger, pastrami Reuben sandwiches, Italian-style sub sandwiches, Greek salads, Cornish pasties, gyros and falafel.
[*]Music Genres: 90s/00s country, 70s and 90s pop, British Invasion, classic rock, Native American traditional, flamenco guitar, Celtic, ambient, avantgarde jazz, Chicano rock, music affiliated with the lowrider culture, 80s dance music
[*]Movie Genres: Documentary, mockumentary

How we can reach you:
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL? None of the above
[*]deviantART: PM me if you want to connect there
[*]Other social media: Not exactly wanting to connect on there
 
[*]Age: 24
[*]Gender/Sex: male
[*]Location:Ireland

[*]Hobbies/Interests: books, motorcycles, punk rock, video games, Guinness, tattoos, rowing, politics, travelling
[*]Occupation: PhD student. It's pretty awesome. I get paid to read books.
Favorite:
[*]Video games: Majoras Mask, Morrowind, Pokémon, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Banjo Kazooie, Total War, Resident Evil
[*]Live-action TV: Oz, Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, Blackadder, League of Gentlemen
[*]Anime: none really
[*]Cartoons: Futurama, Simpsons
[*]Sport(s): Rowing
[*]Food/Drink: Guinness, Jamaican and Thai food
Music: Punk, ska, Irish trad. Flogging Molly, Less than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Bad Religion, The Tossers, Rancid, Rise Against, Dead Kennedys, NOFX, Alkaline Trio, AntiFlag, Dropkick Murphy's, Chewing on.Tinfoil, Pogues, Clash

[*]XBL: Lockstep
 
[*]Age: 20
[*]Gender/Sex: Male
[*]Location: New Jersey

[*]Hobbies/Interests: Watch YouTube videos, going to the gym
[*]Occupation: College student

Favorite:
[*]Video games: I enjoy old Nintendo games, and I also play a few games on the PC too
[*]Live-action TV: Mythbusters
[*]Anime: None, though occasionally I'll watch an anime with my brother since he's into it
[*]Cartoons: Beavis and Butt-Head, South Park
[*]Sport(s): From time to time, I'll watch football or Aussie rules football
[*]Food/Drink: I fuckin' love food, but if I had to settle on a few, I'd pick pizza and curry (especially vindaloo) for food and Coke and seltzer for drink

How we can reach you:
[*]Skype: None
[*]Steam: famicom64 (I'm not there often, but feel free to add me if you're interested)
 
[*]Age - 21
[*]Gender - Female
[*]Location - New Jersey

[*]Hobbies/Interests - Reading, drawing, surfing the net, playing video games (SO PRODUCTIVE AUGH YEAH)
[*]Occupation - Student

Favorite:
[*]Video games - Final Fantasy X, Bayonetta, Haunting Ground, Mass Effect 2
[*]Live-action TV - Impractical Jokers
[*]Anime? - Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, Bleach, Sailor Moon, Tokyo Ghoul
[*]Cartoons? - Metalocalypse, Family Guy, Invader Zim
[*]Sport(s)? - None
[*]Food/Drink? - Chicken, pizza, lemonade

How we can reach you:
[*]Skype? - Rael796
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL? - Steam: shizukaflame XBL: LapisLazuli767
 
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[*]Age: 28
[*]Gender/Sex: Male/Male. I'm that cis-scum everyone wants dead.
[*]Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Earth, Sol, Milky Way

[*]Hobbies/Interests: I'm a gamer from back before video game people stole the word. That's OUR WORD! I'm also a general-purpose nerd. Anything that was considered lame in the 1990s I have both interest expertise in. Also stand-up, sketch and improv.
[*]Occupation: I dunno, writer? Game designer? I hate this question, it's a 5 hour long conversation for me.

Favorite:
[*]Video games: The Fallout Series (except Fallout 3, which is fan fiction and doesn't count), Skyrim, and that whole genre of sandboxy western RPGs, dwarf fortress, Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi Budokai 2 (the only fighting game I play at a non-scrub level).
[*]Live-action TV: Mr. Show, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python (and not just the parrot sketch and the movies like half of "python fans"), The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Doctor Who, Farscape, Blake's 7, Kid Nation (bring it back!)
[*]Anime: One Piece is the only ongoing series I still keep up with, and even that I only read the manga of. I'm a hipster-douche anime fan from back in THE DAY when THINGS WERE DIFFERENT and one volume of manga cost FIFTY DOLLARS and we had to WALK UPHILL to get it! My sister used to teach English in Japan and, long story short, when a group of Japanese school children asked me what Japanese shows I liked they hadn't heard of any of them. I do like Super Sentai and Kamen Rider but those aren't anime.
[*]Cartoons: Archer, Adventure Time, American Dad, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Flapjack, Venture Brothers, Invader Zim, South Park
[*]Sport(s): Every few years or so I can summon up the will to give a shit about hockey for the duration of maybe one full game.
[*]Food/Drink: Lasagna (not real Lasagna, the bastard westernized version I make), overcooked roast chicken, roast beef with yorkshire pudding, ginger ale and lemonade. Also anything with caffeine in it.

I notice there's no section for books here...

How we can reach you: here, preferably.
 
R.A.E.L. said:
[*]Age - 20
[*]Gender - Female
[*]Location - New Jersey

[*]Hobbies/Interests - Reading, drawing, surfing the net, playing video games (SO PRODUCTIVE AUGH YEAH)
[*]Occupation - Studenttake

Favorite:
[*]Video games - Final Fantasy X, Bayonetta, Haunting Ground, Mass Effect 2, Lollipop Chainsaw
[*]Live-action TV - Impractical Jokers
[*]Anime? - Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, Bleach, Sailor Moon, Elfen Lied
[*]Cartoons? - Metalocalypse, Family Guy, Invader Zim
[*]Sport(s)? - None
[*]Food/Drink? - Chicken, pizza, lemonade

How we can reach you:
[*]Skype? - Nope
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL? - Nope

I always loved the joke "Kiss her where it smells, take her to New Jersey." If you're ever near Lyndhurst swing by Hillside Cemetery and take a pic of Joey Ramone's grave for me.
 
Age - none of your business.
Location - ditto
Hobbies/interests - reading, writing, old school video games (via emulation)
Occupation - somewhere in retail

Favorites
Video games - Tetris, Final Fantasy (1-6) the NES and SNES Mario and Zelda games (and Ocarina of Time)
TV - Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Desperate Housewives (when it was still airing) Breaking Bad (ditto) Squidbillies
Sports - Sports suck
Food - too many to count, so I'll just list a few - hummus, bacon, cheese danish coffeecake, v8

How I can be contacted - PM me
 
The Dude said:
I always loved the joke "Kiss her where it smells, take her to New Jersey." If you're ever near Lyndhurst swing by Hillside Cemetery and take a pic of Joey Ramone's grave for me.
Haha, will do. :]
 
Haven't updated this thing since May, so what the hell.

[*]Age?
19
[*]Gender/Sex?
19
[*]Location?
Super Fancy Mexico Southwest Land In America AKA Potatistan

[*]Hobbies/Interests?
Playing music, drawing, working on cars, computers, writing, reading, stuff like that
[*]Occupation?
Student

Favorite:
[*]Video games?
GTA type games, racing games, some RPG's, can't really think of much else as I keep losing interest in video games.
[*]Live-action TV?
Seinfeld... and Seinfeld I guess.
[*]Anime?
Black Cat Detective and nothing else AUGH YEAH AUGH YEAH AUGH YEAH AUGH YEAH
[*]Cartoons?
Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, and Adventure Time I guess.
[*]Sport(s)?
Football, hockey, baseball, boxing, soccer, pretty much any old blue collar sport
[*]Food/Drink?
Way too many to list. I love food of all sorts.

How we can reach you:
[*]Skype?
Not gonna happen
[*]Steam/PSN/XBL?
No idea what you're talking about
 
[*]Age: 22
[*]Gender/Sex: Male cis scum
[*]Location: Chicago-ish

[*]Hobbies/Interests: Music. Theater. Musical theater.
[*]Occupation: Unemployed (see above)

Favorite:
[*]Video games: Not a gamer by any stretch of the imagination, though I pop onto TF2 on occasion
[*]Live-action TV: Addicted to DIY Network
[*]Movies: top five movies (in a pinch): Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain', Clue, Blues Brothers, and Ocean's Eleven
[*]Cartoons: I still maintain Histeria! is a national treasure.
[*]Sport(s): Also not a real sports fan, but I can sit down to a good game of basketball or hockey
[*]Food/Drink: Deep dish pizza/SoCo and Dr Pepper

How we can reach you:

I do have Skype, Steam, and other assorted social networks. Feel free to PM me if'n' that's what ya want.
 
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