I'm from Wollongong in OZ too!

[MonsterDick]

G'day all! Didn't see this page and I intro.d straight into the "Future Shock" discussion forum here! Sorry! The excitement was too much!! Hi Helen S! Rob

[Loricat]

Hey! Cool! My partner Ted was born in Wollongong -- his dad worked at the steel plant, and his godfather teaches at the university. (He's in Canada now...as am I, obviously!) Lori "All beings are the owners of their deeds, the heirs to their deeds."

[scrumfish]

I've been to Wollongong. Does that count for anything? Welcome to the show, Rob.

[MonsterDick]

Hey Lori.......that's A.I.&S near Port Kembla...my dad used to work there too ! I'm in Italy for work at the moment.Great to meet you!Rob Edited by: MonsterDick at: 4/27/05 5:26 am

[MonsterDick]

Hi there scrumfish!! Oh it counts alright!! Wolly's great for surfing (if u like that!!!)

[tarav]

Welcome! I hope that you enjoy booktalk. I am glad that you have jumped right into the discussions. I usually ask people their real names in chat. However, I have to ask you about your user name... Is there anything else I can refer to you by? LOL My name is Tara.

[Mr. P]

Monster Magnet...I did not know they were still around!Mr. P. The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart...Scorsese's "Mean Streets"I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy PiperEdited by: Chris OConnor  at: 5/4/05 9:48 am

[MonsterDick]

Hi Tara!! My username here is the same one used on an EzBoard rock group I'm in (Monster Magnet)!! Do you know them? I'm into what is called "stoner rock", which is nothing else but good 'ol funtime psychedelic music revisited using Marshall amps!!! My real name is Robert and I'm quite a bookworm too Hey your name makes me think of a beautiful song by the Knack "Oh Tara". Are you into music too?!Anyway, glad to meet you. See u here!!Rob

[MonsterDick]

Hi man!!!! Yes, this AWESOME band is still alive 'n' kickin' alright!!! I had the greatest pleasure to go to one of their gigs in Rome and I tell you they were SOMETHING!!!! There's no beating them. They rocked Rome right out of its foundations!! After the show, people were still swaying to the sound in the streets!!!! They even have a new album out!!!If you're interested enough, check them out.....you WON'T regret it!!!!'Nuff said!Rob Edited by: MonsterDick at: 4/29/05 7:06 am

[tarav]

Hey Rob! I have heard of Monster Magnet, though I cannot think of a particular song I know by them. I also don't know of that song by the Knack! I will definitely find it. I am actually named after the plantation in Gone With the Wind. It sounds like we have at least two things in common! I am a bookworm and very into music. I am into mostly rock and metal. I love going to concerts and have seen Metallica, Kiss, Pantera, Ozzy, Megadeth, Slayer, Iron Maiden, and many others. I mostly read about science, though I do enjoy some fiction as well. What do you like to read?