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Ok all I want to know is "where are you from"?
I think the majority here is British, maybe American. Then we have the Dutch subforum, so I think there's some Dutch too.
And our German Peter has his little subforum too. ;D

I can make a nice graph of our members and their respective countries.
I think it's just fair enough to only count the "active" members, don't you think?




The Netherlands: 6
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox, JJ II

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 1
Peter

I think i am a bit "active"! Im from London UK

Am I active? In any case, I've lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, now for 45 years, originally born in Birmingham, England.

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-05-22, 10:02:03
Am I active? In any case, I've lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, now for 45 years, originally born in Birmingham, England.

Nicky.

I live in a little village near Valence, one hour south of Lyon, in the south-east of France.

Fish sang a few beautiful words relating to Lyon on Misplaced Childhood. I'll let you search in what song ...

I was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands 21 years ago, now I live in Schiedam since last year.

Tom

Quote from: Bupie on Tue, 2007-05-22, 11:10:14
Fish sang a few beautiful words relating to Lyon on Misplaced Childhood. I'll let you search in what song ...

Ah, you mean the 'Blue Angel-part' in Bitter Suite! :D

QuoteThe sky was Bible black in Lyon,
When I met the Magdalene.
She was paralyzed in a streetlight,
She refused to give here name

Tom

Born in Norwich, England 43 Years ago, still live there.

Dutch bloke here *horns*

Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Tue, 2007-05-22, 11:13:58
Ah, you mean the 'Blue Angel-part' in Bitter Suite! :D

Tom

You win  ;)  "J'entends ton coeur" ...

Haha! The Dutch rule this forum so far! ;D *horns*

Quote from: bellanova on Tue, 2007-05-22, 09:04:49I think i am a bit "active"!

Yes, I think you are. But don't let Nicky overtake you! Be careful! ;) :D

Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-05-22, 10:02:03Am I active?

You sure are!! :D Man, It's been a long time since I saw someone posting that lot in such a small amount of time. You've almost hit the 0.1k...  ::)

Quote from: PH on Tue, 2007-05-22, 19:18:21
Haha! The Dutch rule this forum so far! ;D *horns*

Yep, you can add me too  :D

Quote from: Bupie on Tue, 2007-05-22, 17:28:23
You win  ;)  "J'entends ton coeur" ...

Ah... Romance ;D

Quote from: PH on Tue, 2007-05-22, 08:08:29


The Netherlands: 4
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

He, PH. You seem to forgot me.  :D

Vianen, The Netherlands.  ;)

Where did we lose the limeys? Arena is an English group, in fact very much so, and England has a population that's about three times that of the Netherlands.

Are there any other active Arena discussion groups?

Nicky.

I live in Sheffield, UK and have done so for the last 30 odd years.  I was born in Nottingham, UK

Has there been a mutiny without me knowing it, or what happened to the captain?

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-05-22, 20:38:42
Has there been a mutiny without me knowing it, or what happened to the captain?

Nicky.

PH probably thinks 'I'll only add you if you mention it here'.  ;D

Maybe Nikcy is a forum clone of Gelert?

Welcome back Gelert! (http://www.funfilesandsmiles.com/smileys2/goteamkris3lw.gif)

Woof.

Nicky.

Quote from: maddox on Tue, 2007-05-22, 20:39:52
PH probably thinks 'I'll only add you if you mention it here'.  ;D

Peter, send her out for a moment, and get to your computer.

Nicky.

Born in Edgeware, London 44 years ago, now living in Norwich with my hubby Johninblack and our daughter Sammi.

I'll get Sammi to post tommorrow just to up the numbers for us brits!

The lonesome German hero... growing older from 35 now... Karlsruhe is my home town... which I'll probably never leave (except for travel) :D

Maybe we should change the name to Petersruhe?

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 09:53:57
Maybe we should change the name to Petersruhe?

Nicky.

50 years from now, when I lay my head down, you may :D

Hey, Peter, you and I will still be listening to Arena at the old people's home in Hemel Hempstead when you're 85 and I'm (let's see) centenarian.

Nicky.

Quote from: maddox on Tue, 2007-05-22, 20:39:52
PH probably thinks 'I'll only add you if you mention it here'.  ;D

Of course! ;D
Otherwise you wouldn't be active enough to get in the list! 8)~

With all respect, but Crownie and Mrs JIB are not really that active. Therefore they don't really belong in the active users list. :-\
This can change of course! Just post a little bit more! And visit daily! ;) :D
Don't take it to hard. ;)
But the point of this topic is to get a map of the active users.

Peter and maddox will be added!

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-05-22, 20:41:54
Maybe Nicky is a forum clone of Gelert?

Welcome back Gelert! (http://www.funfilesandsmiles.com/smileys2/goteamkris3lw.gif)

Now I get what this Gelert-jive is about. Just found the "Where is Gelert" topic in Off Topic.

Thanks for the compliment. But this guy is far more spaced out than I, with stuff like:

Internationally Affiliated Member of the Federated Union of Conundrums, Kudos, & Eccentric Dialogue, featuring the Scantily Clad Radii Of The Ubiquitous Meniscus - our motto "Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana"

I can barely imagine what a scantily clad radius of a meniscus is, not to mention seeing menisci all over the place.

See, I'm the serious intellectual around here. And therefore I'll give all of you the story about the original Gelert (mind you, before anyone devised clones):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelert

Woof woof.

Nicky.

Quote from: PH on Tue, 2007-05-22, 08:08:29

The Netherlands: 5
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 1
Peter

OK, so it's a parity between marsh monsters and highlanders. But if we weight by intelligence, the result is clear ....

Nicky.

QuoteThe Netherlands: 5
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox

you can add me....  :D

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 14:48:54
OK, so it's a parity between marsh monsters and highlanders. But if we weight by intelligence, the result is clear ....

Nicky.

I like those dots at the end ;D

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2007-05-23, 17:33:21
I like those dots at the end ;D

I'll send you some more. Here you are, Appelmoes: ................................................

Next time you gotta pay.

Nicky.

"Dots"! In stores now, or order them by calling us on the following number!_*

0909-10 10 14 07 13 16 04 04 07 22 10
_{* €5.-/m}

Appelmoes, I dialed that number, and I reached a redlight lady on Mars. She had a good offer, but only for this week, and I can't get there in time.

Got any other numbers?

Nicky.

You didn't notice anything about those numbers? Something Arena related?

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2007-05-23, 18:22:11You didn't notice anything about those numbers? Something Arena related?

I tried to figure it out, but I still don't know...

Maybe it's better that way. ;D

Anyway, here is a graph that I made.
It's only temporary, JJ II is not counted in this graph yet.

Red = The Netherlands (50%)
Blue = England (12,5%)
Yellow = Denmark (12,5%)
Green = France (12,5%)
Brown = Germany (12,5%)


Come on! There are some more active members out there!
Keyboardistmatt?!?!

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2007-05-23, 17:49:09
0909-10 10 14 07 13 16 04 04 07 22 10

I can't either get it, Appelmoes. I'd hoped someone else could.

I hope I didn't shake you up too bad with my "revelation". You became so quiet. "I was just trying to be funny." You just happened to be the patsy. I could have written the same bullshit about anyone else.

OK, write up some bullshit about me. Let me bite the bullet.

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 20:43:20

OK, write up some bullshit about me. Let me bite the bullet.

Nicky.

Hope your insurance will cover that.  ;)  ;D

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 20:43:20
You became so quiet. "I was just trying to be funny."

I had dinner ;D And my mom always told me I shouldn't speak with mouth full. so I shan't ;)

The numbers are related to the Arena albums btw. That's the last hint.

Quote from: PH on Wed, 2007-05-23, 20:00:21
Yellow = Denmark (12,5%)

I'm personally a 12,5%. Wow, what an honor! And I even got my favorite color: yellow. I love the sun, oranges, Chinese, Smileys, the floor of the Lions Cage, the sky of Contagion, the Immortal lamp, piss (getting rid of it), my skin before it gets too brown.

So maybe I'll hang around here for a while. The effort of concocting 100+ posts has borne fruit!

Nicky.

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2007-05-23, 21:53:17
I had dinner

Baked apples with pomme de terre and appelmoes sauce.

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 22:11:12
I'm personally a 12,5%. Wow, what an honor! And I even got my favorite color: yellow. I love the sun, oranges, Chinese, Smileys, the floor of the Lions Cage, the sky of Contagion, the Immortal lamp, piss (getting rid of it), my skin before it gets too brown.

Yellow snow? ;D

I seriously miss the ladies' contributions to our discussions.

There was no woman represented in PH's otherwise excellent apple pie.

It would be interesting to hear, what sort of prog that touches you, which lyrics intrigue you, why there are so few female prog musicians and how we can change that, and a lot more.

Maybe we should also start a topic on how sexy the Arena guys are ........ except that it would be a very short topic.

I guess I have to try to dig up some compliments here: OK, you wonderful and clever ones, what are your takes on these matters?

(Did I do well here, PH and Co.?)

Nicky.

Oi Nicky! Im a girl and i was represented in the appe pie i believe. I was one of the couple of  Brits mentioned before.

I know alot of females that are into prog rock but are not necessarily into Arena. Another lady that should be included because she does post on here is HelenDo and also Proglady.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2007-05-23, 14:34:30
Internationally Affiliated Member of the Federated Union of Conundrums, Kudos, & Eccentric Dialogue, featuring the Scantily Clad Radii Of The Ubiquitous Meniscus - our motto "Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana"

Do you actually see the thing in there? Add up the first letters.... that's Gelert's humour :D

Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2007-05-24, 17:18:38
Do you actually see the thing in there? Add up the first letters.... that's Gelert's humour :D

Thanx, Peter.  :D

This is actually the first time i've noticed that.  :-[  ;D

I noticed it right away... :-\
*sigh* :-[

Quote from: Peter on Thu, 2007-05-24, 17:18:38
Do you actually see the thing in there? Add up the first letters.... that's Gelert's humour :D

Peter, I didn't know you could be so risqué!

I guess even a captain needs a bit below sundeck now and then.

Nicky.

Only just noticed this thread  :D

I live in London, originally born in Birmingham and I am female!

I have noticed the other thread about women and prog, so will post some thoughts when I have a bit more time.

Helen xx

I was born in Cyprus, My Dad was in the RAF, I now live in Croydon, One Mile from Selhurst Park. ;D

I am a female to and live in Germany, the town is called Kaiserslautern. So, Peter is not the only german person.  ;D  *horns*

Proglady! :)

*waves*

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2007-05-28, 12:53:43
Proglady! :)

*waves*

Hi Applemoes??!  :)

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2007-05-23, 17:49:09
0909-10 10 14 07 13 16 04 04 07 22 10
_{* €5.-/m}

So, Appelmoes, it looks like nobody could figure out your number puzzle. What's the solution?

By the way, I just saw that Michael Moore has made a movie about you.

Nicky.

It's the number of song on every arena album. (At least the "normal" albums) ;)

I'm from Russia,Omsk.My city located in Siberia.

Quote from: Sergey on Sat, 2008-01-26, 15:11:08
I'm from Russia,Omsk.My city located in Siberia.

Wow.  :o

Definitely the farthest city then where most members of this board come from.   :D

Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2008-01-26, 15:48:46
Wow.  :o

Definitely the farthest city then where most members of this board come from.   :D

And probably the coldest city too... I heard temperatures in Siberia at the moment are around -60° C... brrrrr!

Oh, I almost forgot - I'm from Germany, so PH can add me to the list too.
(And could we please get another colour than brown? Don't feel too comfortable with that... :-\ )

I'm from The Netherlands.  :P

Quote from: Xoddam on Tue, 2008-01-29, 20:53:00
I'm from The Netherlands.  :P

Stop that, Mad! No way we're not counting you twice - there's enough Dutchies on this forum anyway.  ;)

You can never have enough Dutchies :P

I count for two anyway.
I'm so good!

-Paco

Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2008-01-31, 12:01:23
You can never have enough Dutchies :P

Hmmm... this might be worth a poll - but I'm afraid that wouldn't make much sense because we're outnumbered by you Dutchies anyway!  :o  ;)

Quote from: bluepony on Thu, 2008-01-31, 09:35:54
Stop that, Mad! No way we're not counting you twice - there's enough Dutchies on this forum anyway.  ;)

;D

Nice try, though!  ;)

I was born and raised in Poole, Dorset (next to Bournemouth, that's right, west a bit, west a bit.  No, too far, that's Weymouth, go east a bit, there. THERE!) Until recently, I lived in Acton, West London for a few years, which was really really cool! Now I live back in Poole.

It's okay. :)

Quote from: PH on Tue, 2007-05-22, 08:08:29
Ok all I want to know is "where are you from"?
I think the majority here is British, maybe American. Then we have the Dutch subforum, so I think there's some Dutch too.
And our German Peter has his little subforum too. ;D

I can make a nice graph of our members and their respective countries.
I think it's just fair enough to only count the "active" members, don't you think?




The Netherlands: 6
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox, JJ II

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 1
Peter

How 'bout we updated this list?

I put myself in, below:

The Netherlands: 6
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox, JJ II

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 1
Peter

Norway: 1
Deenfan

Yes, and (as she already mentioned) we forgot Bluey.

The Netherlands: 6
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox, JJ II

England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 2
Peter, Bluepony

Norway: 1
Deenfan

Quote from: PH on Tue, 2008-04-15, 19:25:11
Yes, and (as she already mentioned) we forgot Bluey.

The Netherlands: 6
PH, The Butterfly Man, Appelmoes??, Teunis, maddox, JJ II

England: 4
bellanova, johninblack, Gelert, Keyboardistmatt.

Denmark: 1
Nicky007

France: 1
Bupie

Germany: 2
Peter, Bluepony

Norway: 1
Deenfan

And a few more.  ;D

Yup, you're right Maddox! (again)

Originally the purpose of this thread was to know where the usual/active members are coming from.

It's always nice to see where the majority of this forum is coming from, and putting not so active members on the list is not really representative.

Of course Gelert and KBM belong on this list.
But who was bellanova again? She isn't really that active lately.

What's with all these people coming and going?
And why are Dutchies so loyal and regular returners?

-Paco

Quote from: bluepony on Thu, 2008-01-31, 13:05:40
... because we're outnumbered by you Dutchies anyway!  :o  ;)

If you can't beat them, join them ;D

Quote from: Deenfan & PH on Tue, 2008-04-15, 18:27:14
England: 2
bellanova, johninblack

I simply can't believe that you guys missed out Gelert and Matt. Is this some anti-British conspiracy  :o

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2008-04-16, 00:19:44
I simply can't believe that you guys missed out Gelert and Matt. Is this some anti-British conspiracy  :o

Nicky.

Indeed. That's why i added them after PH's post.  ;)

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2008-04-16, 00:19:44I simply can't believe that you guys missed out Gelert and Matt. Is this some anti-British conspiracy  :o

To be honest, yes.
As you can see in all my posts here on the forum I hate the British with a passion.
In fact, I hate it to type in English, but unfortunately my keyboard is in English. It says things like "Caps Lock" and "Delete".

Perhaps a good idea. The Cap can lock or delete this topic?
Oh and ban all British people while you're at it, starting with Gelert and Matt.

After that we'll have a go at all the Danish members.
I hate them too, you know.


-Paco

Quote from: PH on Wed, 2008-04-16, 20:39:49
As you can see in all my posts here on the forum I hate the British with a passion.
After that we'll have a go at all the Danish members. I hate them too, you know.

Looks like I'm dubl trubl  :o

Nicky.

Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2008-04-16, 23:56:44
Looks like I'm dubl trubl  :o

Nicky.

Yes. You are the worst of the worst.
A British man who betrayed the British.
Shame on you!

;D

-Paco

I'm half-French and half-Welsh...

Rather than read through this entire thread, I merely wish to ask...

...am I dead yet...?

Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2008-04-18, 21:24:46
I'm half-French and half-Welsh...

Rather than read through this entire thread, I merely wish to ask...

...am I dead yet...?

Not for Taxation purposes you're not! ;D

For taxation purposes?

I don't understand?

Are you suggesting that I can be dead - for taxation purposes?

Or worse?

Welsh, for example?

Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2008-04-18, 21:54:03
For taxation purposes?

I don't understand?

Are you suggesting that I can be dead - for taxation purposes?

Or worse?

Welsh, for example?

Not at all!

I'm saying that whether you're dead, you're on holiday, if the human race is extinct, or whatever...  you are still required to pay yer taxes. :)

Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2008-04-18, 21:54:03
For taxation purposes?

I don't understand?

Are you suggesting that I can be dead - for taxation purposes?

Or worse?

Welsh, for example?

Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Fri, 2008-04-18, 21:58:19
Not at all!

I'm saying that whether you're dead, you're on holiday, if the human race is extinct, or whatever...  you are still required to pay yer taxes. :)

Thank God...I thought that you were implying that I was totally Welsh!  ;)

Quote from: gelert on Fri, 2008-04-18, 22:26:25
Thank God...I thought that you were implying that I was totally Welsh!  ;)

On the contrary.

I wouldn't say that unless you wanted me to! ;)

According to Australians, I'm "A Pom"...

Tiddly Pom perhaps?  :D

Quote from: gelert on Sun, 2008-04-20, 19:32:58
According to Australians, I'm "A Pom"...

I almost, read: almost read something different.  :-[ ;D

Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2008-04-20, 19:51:14
I almost, read: almost read something different.  :-[ ;D

Yes...when I first read Peter's "Tiddly-Porn", I nearly saw "Pom"!  :D

I live in London

Born near Liverpool

Colorado, USA.

I thought I answered this question once before. ???

Currently live in Telford (Shropshire, UK)

Born in West Bromwich and, up until about 10 years ago, spent all of my life in the Walsall/Streely/Birmingham part of the UK's Midlands.  I journey back there most days for work, but I try not to think about that too much.  ;)

I live in Nemours, a little city near Fontainebleau, 75 kilometres away from Paris.