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Greetings, Damo2353! -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 22:59, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

Welcome to the Dollhouse! ħuman 01:25, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Hi Damo and welcome. That political compass always worries me as well. It's got me as some revolutionary socialist whereas I consider myself to be most moderate. I suspect that it's written in American terms where to be "moderate" is to be left-wing revolutionary. But don't tell anybody I said that.--Bob^{bing up} 09:06, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Hi Damo, You can make your user page prettier by using "userboxtop" etc or "userboxboxtop" etc. see: RationalWiki:Userboxes. (There's lots more newb stuff @ RationalWiki:Help)   ^Contribs_Talk 08:23, 3 July 2008 (EDT)

Scientology RV

It's a vandalbot according to those who know - not a scientologist. :-)   ^Contribs_Talk 00:24, 6 July 2008 (EDT)

Ah, that's a relief. Those $cions's can be a real pain in the neck. I used to follow their progress on the Operation Clambake message board, and the Conservapedians's are logical, rational and considered in comparison.--Damo2353 02:03, 6 July 2008 (EDT)

Thanks

Thanks for catching this as a reward for your glorious proofreading, I will let you in on some super secret knowledge, known only to those in positions of supreme power:

Watch out for the Penguins!!!

Well, there are some (and I certainly wouldn't be one of them) who might suggest possibly that calling someone an idiot is less effective when you make a spelling mistake in the same sentence. Damo2353 03:27, 10 July 2008 (EDT)

I certainly understand that feeling and I can even see why you would think that.... but I think that spelling mistakes prove nothing. Maybe the person is just a bad speller... it's the same issue I had with people saying George W Bush's speaking mistakes prove he's stupid... it just proves he doesn't speak well... anyway... what was this about.... I forget... oh, yeah, thanks again. :) SirChuckB^{This country needs more Rutabegas} 03:38, 10 July 2008 (EDT)

Scnt Religion post

I tried to format your post for clarity - but I'm not sure if I made it better. Perhaps you could you check it out?--Bob^{bing up} 10:38, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

Thanks, I am still a bit of a novice when it comes to the wiki editing thing. Perhaps if someone disagrees strongly enough with me we could start a debate page on it.--Damo2353 10:51, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

If it really takes off we could cut it to a debate space, but I'd say it seems to be appropriate on the Scnt page for now. I'd also say it's really is a question of fact - if we can nail down the definition(s) of religion and then match Scnt to that it should be a no-brainier. Hubris (Ho Ho Ho - loud hollow laughter follows).--Bob^{bing up} 11:01, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

I have converted your closest friend... into hexadecimal

I hope you're good at maths. _{↳ <blink>↑</blink> ⇨ ↕ ▽ ←} 10:44, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Thanks. --Damo2353 10:49, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Now you're presenting me with a challenge... _{↳ <blink>↑</blink> ⇨ ↕ ▽ ←} 10:53, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Whilst it saddens me that my friend would fall for the religious cult that is Hexadecimal, I believe in religious freedom and tolerance. Hence I shall not try to dissuade him.--Damo2353 11:07, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

We're not a cult; we're like one big family. Except with guard towers and a lot of barbed wire. _{↳ <blink>↑</blink> ⇨ ↕ ▽ ←} 11:15, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Thank you for that information, I shall go and alter the wikipedia article on Hexadecimal. It seems to have been infiltrated by POV pushers (liberals no doubt) who suggest that it is a cult. Perhaps Andy should be alerted to this example of liberal bias in Wikipedia.--Damo2353 11:21, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Indeed! I shall call him directly!

Actually, you're nearer the phone -- do the honours, would you? He's under speed-dial four. _{↳ <blink>↑</blink> ⇨ ↕ ▽ ←} 11:26, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

NZ

From where do you hail? Ace McWicked^Interesting 07:54, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

The Oceanic city of Dunedin and yourself?--Damo2353 07:56, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

From the Oceanian city of Wellytron. Ace McWicked^Interesting 07:58, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

Now where have I seen that "ic"/"ian" controversy?   ^Contribs_Talk 08:00, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

I remember a couple of serious conservapedians were concerned about the proper title for Pacific Island Nations.--Damo2353 08:03, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

Oceanic or Oceanian? I'll ask Brian Tamaki about this one. Ace McWicked^Interesting 08:04, 25 July 2008 (EDT)

Obama

Instead of adding the category you can add the Template DLerner 10:35, 26 July 2008 (EDT)

Cheers. I can't vote for him but I hope he wins.--Damo2353 10:41, 26 July 2008 (EDT)

Thought

IT'S RANIN' SIDEWAYS!

--Ollie Williams 23:14, 26 July 2008 (EDT)

Answer

Caius is an extremely influential editor here. You can find info here. Here's his blog. -- Gen. S.T. Shrink ^{Get to the bunker} 01:07, 27 July 2008 (EDT)

Email

Er, Damian, how did you edit if you were blocked? Just curious... ħuman 02:36, 27 July 2008 (EDT)

Sorry its not clear is it. I sent it to him (and you as well I believe) when I was blocked. Then after Tmt unblocked my IP I posted a copy of the email to my userpage. I thought it was pretty funny.--Damo2353 02:41, 27 July 2008 (EDT)

Ah, ok, I came late to the game? Anyway, someone overzealously blocked the IP and not just the user name. Bad sysop, bad! ħuman 03:38, 27 July 2008 (EDT)

Anybody care to wager?

Would anyone care to wager that their country will do better at the Olympics per head of population than mine, New Zealand.--Damo^Hi 00:56, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

One dollar!!! (on what?) ħuman 00:58, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

Australia usually does better per head of capita than New Zealand, only small Pacific or Caribbean nations that mange to win only one gold medal do better. Although if were to go by amount spent by the government unnecessarily on sport per gold medal Australia would definitely win (or lose depending on how we are measuring this). 3.14159 (not signed in) 01:04, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

And if we were to judge based on grammar?....... ? ħuman 02:39, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

(EC)Well we have 4 million odd people and I am prepared to say that we will do better than any other major country per capita (basically I am just showing my country's inferiority complex). Bluster and arrogance is good right?--Damo^Hi 01:07, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

Dunno about that Pi, might be the case in the past but this year we are looking ok.--Damo^Hi 01:07, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

How badly is my dollar leveraged? I am only gambling one :) I expect to lose it, you are free to determine the structure of the bet! ħuman 01:52, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

Well I would say we use the following points system Gold =3, Silver =2 and Bronze =1. I also need to know what country you are from and the population there. We then divide the total number of points by the population and the highest wins.--Damo^Hi 02:00, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

I see you are Welsh and a quick look at WP suggests the UK has 60,587,300 people. NZ has (WP again) 4,268,000. Also included (because I'm sure we all agree beating Australia is the most important thing) is Australia with 21,370,000, and the US with 304,798,000.--Damo^Hi 02:12, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

If my bet counts as Welsh, why do I get leveraged over the whole UK??? Or, can I be Kommonwealth, and leverage/dilute my winnings over every country with a Kween on their money? Or, perversely, am I stuck with being Murkin, which is where I live? Or kan I haz win if anyone wins, as citizen of the globe? ħuman 03:29, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

For the record

(1) I realize that the whole exercise shows our great inferiority complex.

(2) I predict (without having done any research at all) the result will go NZ, Aus, GB, US Damo^Hi 02:13, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

No someone like The Bahamas will win because they have gotten gold last time and have a population of about 330,000. All it takes is a small country to take out gold and they have this one rapped up. 3.14159 (not signed in)02:20, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

Yes of course, I am only predicting the order of the four countries mentioned.Damo^Hi 02:36, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

We were betting on tiddlywinks, right? Or was it the farting contest? Either way, I prolly lost my "US" dollar to the pot... Oh well! ħuman 02:46, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

As a fellow NZer I think, Damo, that NZ will stun the IOC by winning all golds, ending poverty and communism in China and by saving the world from an armed madman. The great McWicked has spoken. Ace McWicked^{In medias res} 03:23, 8 August 2008 (EDT)

Re: God

Sorry if I messed up, but I'm not sure what I'm doing. Marghanita Laski 21:08, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

No you did well. I should have done the same, that header doesn't require a separate archive page. Unfortunately it appears BoN may have just been a driveby editor. I for one am always keen to defend atheism against religious people. --Damo^Hi 21:11, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

Rename

Done.

Be sure to reregister Damo2353 for security. Your old pages are redirects to your new ones.

Also be sure to update the links in your signature. Enjoy! ħuman 23:32, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

Thanks Human, that looks better--Damo2353 23:41, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

You're welcome. ħuman 23:48, 10 August 2008 (EDT)

Thanks Javascape

I can't seem to edit your talk page so I shall say thanks on mine.--Damo^Hi 23:10, 18 September 2008 (EDT)

Any time, don't worry about it, I am always happy to wield the Banhammer. On the side note, can I ask what the problem seems to be with my talk page? Hopefully it is something I will be able to fix. JÁνąŞ₡Ωp Talk to ME BAN SOMEONE! MOWSE!

I don't know why but I couldn't push the "edit" button. The cursor wouldn't change to a pointy finger thingy.--Damo^Hi 23:17, 18 September 2008 (EDT)

Hm, that could be a small problem, but I can't seem to replicate it, as my mowse seems to work perfectly... I hope people aren't leaving me messages because they can't O_O JÁνąŞ₡Ωp Talk to ME BAN SOMEONE! MOWSE!

Hey buddy

Do you have your email activated? I was wanting to send you something. Ace McWicked^{Substansive comments only} 17:47, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Yeah I think so. Hang on a minute though I need to change it to an email that isn't bombarded by spam. Give me 10 minutes and go right ahead my oceanic friend--Damo^Hi 20:25, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Cool, let me know. Ace McWicked^{Substansive comments only} 20:29, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Good to go mate. You can send me any political goss you have as well, I promise my lips are sealed--Damo^Hi 20:34, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Hey Ace your mate doesn't appear to be a sysop. $\approx$$\pi$ _Mowse 20:36, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Fixed. Damo you are our 93rd sysop. Congrates. $\approx$$\pi$ _Mowse 20:39, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

I dont have bearukrat rights so kind assign I am afraid. Oh, and I sent you a very important email about conservapedias atheism article. Ace McWicked^{cast ye the first stone} 20:42, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

My demotion

You are too kind pi. Thanks a lot.--Damo^Hi 20:46, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Your welcome. $\approx$$\pi$ _Mowse 20:51, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Oh noes

I was doing my Conservative impression. Sorry to disappoint. Corry^{No, what I'm calling you is a television actor.} 00:37, 26 October 2008 (EDT)

Viewing deleted pages

You know, you can view deleted pages without restoring them by clicking on the date/time button for the most recent deleted revision and hitting "preview". Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:55, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

Ah, thanks, you learn something new every day.--Damo^Hi 01:58, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

Indeedy. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 01:59, 28 October 2008 (EDT)

Hey Damo

Long time, how you been? How about the recent springboks/AB's game? Fucking shocking! I didn't see it, thank fuck (because in the event I did watch it I woulda been with my South African fiancee and her Saffa family), but the replays were painful. Ace McWicked^Necron99 10:04, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I have been pretty well really. I got laid off from my job in Dunedin in November and struggled to find work, so much so that I am now living up in Tauranga and working as a kiwifruit pruner where there is always work. Anyways I have been following RW a little in my absence and I notice there have been a lot of developments. The biggest news for me was the trial of my old flatmate Clayton Weatherston. I knew him for about 3 years and lived with him for 1. He was certainly an odd fellow then, but I was pretty good friends with him for a time, until I had a massive fight with him and he flew into a psychopathic rage and threatened all sorts of different things. This was in 2006 and from what I have read he actually got worse over time.

The rugby wasn't so good last week but it could have been much worse. What the AB's lack in skill and strategy they make up for in courage and determination - something which could not always be said for All Black teams in recent history. I suspect they will win this weekend. Damo^Hi 12:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

No shit? Clayton Weatherston eh? Lucky he didn't lose his glasses when you fought with him, then you'd be stabbed/bashed/fucked into a bloody pulp. Ace McWicked^Necron99 19:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

He must be the most hated person in NZ at them moment. It's funny because when people met him and know him for a short time they all thought he was very charming and nice, if a little odd. All Blacks awful. No strategy, no game plan. Damo^Hi 09:08, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

All Blacks/France

Did you see the game last weekend? It was sublime.Rad McCool 01:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh yeah. Amazing wasn't it. I love my rugby but even I have to admit I was a little bored with the game until last weekend. I watched it on the internet. Hopefully I can find a site to watch tonight's game on. --Damo^Hi 05:30, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Whereabouts are you based? I didn't realize you were a kiwi.--Damo^Hi 05:03, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm from Wellington, Ace's current stomping ground, but moved to Melbourne about 7 years ago. I'm with you on the game starting to get slightly dull but it could, I'm hoping, be at a turning point. Looking forward to the Barbarians tomorrow morning. I would like to see another fast running game.Rad McCool 05:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Well there's no excuse for a boring game tomorrow as its a baabaa's game. Their team seems to be full of SaFa's though so could be a worry.--Damo^Hi 05:18, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Its good to see we're playing basically a full strength team. My partner (she's a hardcore Wallabies supporter) is excited cause McCaw is playing. I'm not allowed to talk when he is on screen.Rad McCool 05:23, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

McCaw eh. Fair enough too. I wish my girlfriend was into rugby. I can't persuade her to even watch an AB's game with me. She's a little more tolerant of Cricket but not much.--Damo^Hi 05:30, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Place to watch rugby on my computer in the cold? I saw three games last month on Merkin telly and it was true sport. Want more. ħuman 06:32, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Try googling myp2p and you'll come to a site that schedules all sorts of sports. You need to download some special software to get it going and its all a bit hit and miss but normally you can watch whatever sport you like. It's all free though there are a lot of ads while you watch but I suppose one can't really complain about that. --Damo^Hi 07:02, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Baabaas

2:30am here and its game on my friend, game on!Rad McCool 15:35, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh well we can't win every game. Only the Baabaas after all. Still it shows that our second string team is miles behind our A team. --Damo^Hi 08:58, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I knew that...

...and there's a way to do it w/out re-creating the page. Go to the block log, find the page in question, hit "Restore," go to the bottom of that page where it says "page history," and click on the most recent date/time. That'll show you the page w/out re-creating it. peace. TheoryOfPractice (talk) 02:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Judge and Jury

It would probably be best for you to be both judge and jury in any trial involving me, considering I never got round to insulting you in any way. Cheers! Lunacy (talk) 12:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Trips to Puerto Rico as low as US$450 all inclusive. Hurry for the best deals. --Edgerunner⁷⁶_{Your views are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter} 12:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

a message for my countryman....

All the staff at McWicked Co. wish you a merry christmas.

Linseed Japan voting

Ello there. You voted in the famous Lumpy Jerboa bi-election, but there's some confusion as to who voted and who just commented. If you only intended to comment, can you modify your post on the RationalWiki:May 2010 Loya Jirga by-elections by adding a strikethrough tag to it? e.g.

<s>My earlier comment</s>

You can leave your post as is if you were actually voting.

ConcernedResident ^{bat for the ladies} 09:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh right, I see it looks a little unclear. I was meaning to vote in the legendary johnson's election. --Damo^Hi 09:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't think it was anyone's fault. It's just that we seem to like our elections done in the style of Iran, but with less shooting afterwards. --ConcernedResident ^{monster for the ladies} 09:16, 13 May 2010 (UTC)