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26 Oct 2009, 2:49 pm

I enjoy meeting people from the UK. Actually got to travel there this year. Once out of London we had some problems with the language, but had a lovely time, all-in-all.



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27 Oct 2009, 2:48 pm

Ligea_Seroua wrote:
Keith wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Welcome to WP!


FAIL


:lol:

And unfortunately, also confirmed my negative suspicions about "welcomes". :(

UK here also, Yorkshire. (see, I read the OP's intro :lol: )




Am confused. Post said anyone wanting to make friends with persons from England/UK, correct? What's with the "fail"?



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27 Oct 2009, 3:14 pm

Dear Nan, if you don't mind me asking? is your username a shortened version of the name Nanette? merely curious as, I mean no offense whatsoever.. :)



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27 Oct 2009, 4:39 pm

Nan wrote:
Ligea_Seroua wrote:
Keith wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Welcome to WP!


FAIL


:lol:

And unfortunately, also confirmed my negative suspicions about "welcomes". :(

UK here also, Yorkshire. (see, I read the OP's intro :lol: )




Am confused. Post said anyone wanting to make friends with persons from England/UK, correct? What's with the "fail"?


In my case, I :lol: 'd and also felt somewhat disheartened because neither the OP's name, nor his post topic was addressed in any way. A generic "welcome", with no personalisation to the OP seems a tad like an automated reply....I was in a quandary when i first joined whether to individually thank everyone who posted a welcome, then became GENUINELY convinced that perhaps it wasn't from real people and there was an automated system that generated some of them.... :oops: (sorry about that!)

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For those wanting to make friends with people in the UK just leave a hi and say a bit about yourself, age, where you live, interests etc.


(bolding added by me) Admittedly I originally just gave location...so I also fail.


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28 Oct 2009, 9:41 am

maximusmax wrote:
For those wanting to make friends with people in the UK just leave a hi and say a bit about yourself, age, where you live, interests etc.


Hello, here's a few things about me.

Name: Carlos
Age: 24
Location: Salford, Manchester
Occupation: Mature University Student
Interests: Too many to mention.


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01 Nov 2009, 2:30 am

ProfessorX wrote:
Dear Nan, if you don't mind me asking? is your username a shortened version of the name Nanette? merely curious as, I mean no offense whatsoever.. :)


Hi, Prof. Actually, no, it's not. But I do get asked that from time to time. :)



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01 Nov 2009, 2:32 am

Ligea_Seroua wrote:
Nan wrote:
Ligea_Seroua wrote:
Keith wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Welcome to WP!


FAIL


:lol:

And unfortunately, also confirmed my negative suspicions about "welcomes". :(

UK here also, Yorkshire. (see, I read the OP's intro :lol: )




Am confused. Post said anyone wanting to make friends with persons from England/UK, correct? What's with the "fail"?


In my case, I :lol: 'd and also felt somewhat disheartened because neither the OP's name, nor his post topic was addressed in any way. A generic "welcome", with no personalisation to the OP seems a tad like an automated reply....I was in a quandary when i first joined whether to individually thank everyone who posted a welcome, then became GENUINELY convinced that perhaps it wasn't from real people and there was an automated system that generated some of them.... :oops: (sorry about that!)

maximusmax wrote:
For those wanting to make friends with people in the UK just leave a hi and say a bit about yourself, age, where you live, interests etc.


(bolding added by me) Admittedly I originally just gave location...so I also fail.


Ohhhh, ok. :)

I saw Tim's response, with his tag lines at the bottom showing some of his interests, noted his age, location from under his avatar... so it didn't make sense.

No, it's just real people here. (I think. :wink: )



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01 Nov 2009, 12:33 pm

Info about moi!
Location: Stoke on Trent
Age: look to the left
Interests: internet, drawing, psychology, mermaids!


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01 Nov 2009, 8:29 pm

Welcome! I'm currently based in Bristol (but I'm not British), writing up my thesis. I paint as a hobby, watch films. I'm 26, male. My avatar is my current favourite fictional character. If I won the jackpot I'd probably move to Scotland or Switzerland and become a full-time painter and maybe learn another language just for fun - first I'd do some traveling though, probably China and all over Europe. My native language is Spanish.


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04 Nov 2009, 11:41 am

Cheshire, 38 male, and mostly into sport, not the team stuff, climbing, karate, motorbikes, circuit training, tho unfit at the moment but getting it back, music



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04 Nov 2009, 8:39 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet. Nice to see there's a lot of others on here from the UK, there seems to be a lot of Americans on ere i noticed. I'm a 19 year old university student originally from Somerset...

pbcoll wrote:
Welcome! I'm currently based in Bristol (but I'm not British), writing up my thesis. I paint as a hobby, watch films. I'm 26, male. My avatar is my current favourite fictional character. If I won the jackpot I'd probably move to Scotland or Switzerland and become a full-time painter and maybe learn another language just for fun - first I'd do some traveling though, probably China and all over Europe. My native language is Spanish.


...but I've been living in Bristol for just over a year now. Pbcoll, you're the first Bristolian i've seen on here, nice to see there's at least one other on here! :)



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06 Nov 2009, 3:08 pm

ey up!

is there anyone from Lancashire or Cumbria on WP?

show yourselves!

:)



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06 Nov 2009, 4:27 pm

See PM.



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07 Nov 2009, 5:02 pm

Leeds

19 year old male, I'm terrible with geography (mainly because I never showed an interest) so I have no idea if anyone who posted their location here is nearby or not :?



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07 Nov 2009, 7:50 pm

Nym wrote:
Leeds

19 year old male, I'm terrible with geography (mainly because I never showed an interest) so I have no idea if anyone who posted their location here is nearby or not :?


I've seen a few northern Aspies on WP (even a few from Leeds). Not that it matters if they're local or not. That's the great thing about the internet -- you can talk to people from all over the world. Everyone is a local.



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08 Nov 2009, 8:18 pm

gassy wrote:
Welcome to Wrong Planet. Nice to see there's a lot of others on here from the UK, there seems to be a lot of Americans on ere i noticed. I'm a 19 year old university student originally from Somerset...

pbcoll wrote:
Welcome! I'm currently based in Bristol (but I'm not British), writing up my thesis. I paint as a hobby, watch films. I'm 26, male. My avatar is my current favourite fictional character. If I won the jackpot I'd probably move to Scotland or Switzerland and become a full-time painter and maybe learn another language just for fun - first I'd do some traveling though, probably China and all over Europe. My native language is Spanish.


...but I've been living in Bristol for just over a year now. Pbcoll, you're the first Bristolian i've seen on here, nice to see there's at least one other on here! :)


Welcome to Bristol (I'm not from here but I've been here longer than you)! What are you studying, if I may ask? I'm doing chemistry.


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