OzMan
You're now reading the biopsy.. ooops biography (something went missing there ;) of "the" OzMan.
OzMan's Biography (: or triography, since your getting three (: or free :) facts :) Free because they're worthless ;)
btw an Aussie Smilie --------> (:
OzMan originally hails from a small town called Edmonton in Northern Queensland in the north of Australia, (he loves telling the Canadians that he's from Edmonton... makes them all think he's a fellow Canuk ;) not very far from where Trouble originates.. hey, now what's it that Trubs has got that he hasn't, even though they're from geographically similar regions? He now lives in Brisbane, from where he IRCs to an awaiting (: in his wildest dreams :P) world.
OzMan's hobbies are reading (books, computer screens - but not tea leaves, he's a scientist, eh!! :), foreign languages, travel (see foreign languages), music (listening, not playing... the only instruments he knows are the oscilloscope, the A-D converter and the accelerometer), sailing, photography and explosives (more on that shortly). The hobby that most interests him though, at the moment, is figuring out which hobbies should go into this biographical sketch!
One thing he is noted for is this incessant habit of saying "G'day" as a greeting... He *was* bloody born in Australia.. so it's his bloody *birthright* to say "g'day", eh! ;) And *yes*, it's evening in Australia but we say it anyway...
OzMan gets into Metaphysical discussions with Athena and Roland, amongst others.... NOTE!!.. the "Meta" in front of "physical"... what do you think #scotland is.. a netsex den for #netsex rejects or something????!!!!???? ;) Besides, Athena is GODDESS (a fact acknowledged by all the male inhabitants of #scotland :) NOT all OZ :> )
No, he doesn't get into sheep-related discusions (not all the time ;).. He's not an inhabitant of the bonne land of Scotland... We all know what they do for recreation over there don't we???? 8-D (like some people we know, eh Aster and Pict;)... DRINK. There are wonderful things about virtual drinking... there are no hang-overs afterwards and we all get to engage in that wonderful frugal Scottish (or Aussie) habit of scoring free beers! The only problem with virtual drinking is that some poor bastard has to belt out the orders on the keyboard.... (hey.. come back RobRoy!!!! Where in the fook are ye when we need ye!! ;*( ) Yep.. even then there's a price to be paid for virtual drinking.... on keyboard wear and tear ;)
Occasionally (in fact, quite often at present), OzMan appears to be quiet on the #. No... he is not lurking.. he is doing something much more DISGUSTING than that.. he's THESIS WRITING. This Ph.D. has the alternative titles "Constructive Destruction" (suggested to Cats, when asked to describe the technical details of what he was doing... Cats did physics as an undergrad, so has some idea about what OzMan is talking about) or "The Way it Shatters that Matters" and deals with explosives bashing rock. This all came about due to his love of bangs (this love of bangs was even before the term "Netsex" was even invented... so get ya mind outa da gutta ya filthy sheep shaggers!). "The Earth Moved for Me" takes on a new meaning when you chat to the OzMan ;)
Yes... OzMan has played with explosives (don't try this at home kiddies and that includes you Leah! ;). When asked about what he does, he always replies "I blow up things". If he said "physicist", they'd think he was a "Geek" or something (naaaaa, can't be a "Geek" .... Geek'd be *really* peeved off, eh!... that nick's already copywritten ;)
One result of these pyrotechnical tendancies was several trips to Russia. He spent almost 2 years all up there. OzMan achieved his 15 nanoseconds of fame over that way: by leaving the Soviet Union hours before the coup attempt in 1991 (there still was a USSR back then, and a certain song from the Beatles' White Album had not quite become dated ;) and Russia several days before the '93 coup attempt (that time, he was in the Crimea blowing things up... don't blame him for that one, eh ;). Also, he got to blow up things in different parts of Russia (though there weren't coup attempts at the time).
One symptom of these trips to Russia is this terrible habit of at times bursting out into Russian with various persons on the #... Really, it's a conspiracy between himself, drae and occasionally Pict to fool the # newbies into thinking that we really speak Gaelic ;)
Another symptom that he acquired there was a state called marriage. He met and married his lovely wife in St Petersburg a couple of years ago.
So, you've managed to last until here... congratulations! You have now just found out my *real* name.. It's "Shaun Lymbery". I was born on the 29/8/65 (that's not 1865... I'm not that old "yet" ;-) Yes.. what an unusual surname. If any person you met with *that* surname is worth knowing, you can put it down to genetics, otherwise consider it environmental ;)
Now, to save him heaps of typing (or invoking /aliases ) when in an extremely tired disposition, WE NOW PRESENT
------- The OzMan FAQ (Fooking Arnuff Quotient) :
1) Is your nick "OzMan" because you like Ozzy Osborne?
Can't stand the music.... is he/she/it *still* around???? Try again!!!!
2) Do you like Donny Osmond?
What's your nick, so I can /ignore, /flood and /nickcollide you!
Lamer Q!!!! :(
3) Are you from Australia?
I'm certainly not from Austria!! ;)
4) Which city in Australia do you come from?
Brisbane.... it's not the one in California btw!
5) Are there kangaroos and koalas in Australia?
WOW.... you must have read the captions at the San Diego zoo!! ;)
6) What about Crocodiles?
Do you want a croc or what? ;)
7) Are there sharks in Australia?
Yep.. we have loan sharks... there are banks here just like anywhere else!
8) What are you doing?
I'm IRCing.
8a) No, what I mean is, what do you do?
I blow up things and write about it (see above the FAQ for more details...
I hate to repeat myself ;)
9) What's a thesis?
That joke has no place here or on IRC.. they are written, rather than verbal
media.. it is a pretty sh*tful joke btw :p)
10) When are you going to finish your thesis?
Didn't you ever read "Never Ending Story", or my T-shirt which says "Don't
ask me about my thesis!"? :(
11) Are you male?
Read my fooking nick!
12) How old are you?
Less than half way to the pension. That puts me under 32 1/2 years old.
13) What time is it there?
Add +10hours to GMT, *if* you can add.
14) When are you going to send something to Iggy for the #scotland
homepage?
Does this answer your bloody question???????!!!!!!!!????????? ;)
OzMan
