"Taking down the barriers" - Q&A thread

tips on how to cope: dealing with your feelings, dealing with the consequences of self-harm in your life. share your ideas and maybe pick up some new skills, too. you don't have to want to stop to learn something new here.

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"Taking down the barriers" - Q&A thread

Post by Licentia Poetica » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:30 pm

:wavey: Greetings friends!

It has been a huge issue on bus for ages about bussers being afraid to approach mods because we're seen as scary or unhuman. So! as per this thread in suggestion box http://buslist.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=104030 this is our question/ answer thread.

Please ask us things to get to know us, or start random conversations.

Hopefully the thread will not merely stay on the topic of our underwear :tongue:

Someone ask us a question! :wink:

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Post by MusicalMorphine » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:40 pm

I'm not afraid of mods.

I don't have a question so hi.

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Post by Spidey » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:39 pm

heyo~ musical morphine ^_^
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Post by Licentia Poetica » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:20 am

hi!

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Post by April » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:35 pm

Hey mods!

I guess I'll start the ball rolling. So how did you guys become mods?
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Post by Spidey » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:01 pm

I still, to this day, don't know xD

To be honest I logged on one day to find a PM waiting for me in my inbox, asking me if I wanted to become a mod. I said yes, and well....here I am :)
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Post by April » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:45 pm

Cool. It's like MI5. You don't contact them, they contact you. :D
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Post by Licentia Poetica » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:59 am

Same with me.

Deb pm'd me aaaaaaages ago to be expressions mod, and then coping needed someone about.. 6 months ago and I got added here :)
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Post by claire » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:52 pm

so ...
i can't have el being jealous that no one asked you guys questions so ...

whats your favourite pasta topping?
would you rather catch a train or a bus?
do you prefer water or cordial?
how many shoes do you own?
theatre or the movies?
what colour is your bath towel?
do you have a bath towel?
whats your desktop background?
why is the sky blue?
do you watch daytime tv?
football or cricket?
aaand
el why do you speak polish?
and do many other people speak polish at you?

i thinks thats all i can manage right now

but i'll be back :o

oh ps this is probably the first post i've ever made in coping ... :o:o i thinks anywyas

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Post by Not_what » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:35 pm

Ooh oooh ooh these threads are ace 8) I do come here a bit, but I rarely post

I had a question, but I forgot it. so I shall ask you the all important one

What is the meaning of life?
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Post by Guest » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:38 pm

Do you like fluffy clouds? :D

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Post by pinky » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:39 pm

are you a morning person or a nightowl?

do you like pancakes and if so with syrup or jelly?
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Post by Licentia Poetica » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:26 pm

argh! be careful what you wish for! :wink:

okay.. claire:

I like bolognaise but I hate hate hate parmesan cheese. Ravioli's good too.
I don't mind buses, but I've become accustomed to trains now & like them better, they're spacious.
I don't like cordial. I'm a milk person really, but water & coke zero atm :roll:
I own too many shoes *counts* .... 23 :o
Movie lol, i'm a modern girl.
Blue towel at the moment.
My desktop is a picture of Tiah Eckhardt, an Australian Model wearing a really funky outfit.
The sky is blue because it's too damn bloody hot in Sydney at the moment.
Daytime tv... :o my mum loves Judge Judy so sometimes I watch that. Oprah & Dr Phil annoy me, I used to be terribly addicted to the Young & the Restless, like I'd tape it when I went to school every day. But that's the last you or I EVER mention that.
Football, cricket, golf, it's all the same to me :tongue:
aaand
I speak Polish because my mum's side of the family is Polish, they came here in 1961 when my mum was 11. Polish was my first language. I went to preschool and couldn't understand anyone :o Not that it mattered much to me because I was reading in English at 4, I was engaged to a boy called Anthony at 5 (you should've seen my ring :wink:) and I was the best speller in first grade lol.
I speak Polish to my mum , my grandmother, one of my best friends, her mum & my aunt.

The meaning of life is 42 :)

I think fluffy clouds are ace. Especially those cute ones on Yoshi that if you jump & crash down onto them, money comes out. I wish I could do that in real life :wink: Might pay for my shoe obsession :o

I am definately NOT a morning person. I'm not really a night person either.. I think I'm a 2 am person, which is morning, but I mean before I've gone to bed.

I love pancakes (sometimes :o). But only the ones I make. I like maple syrup but normally I just like them with butter. What you call jelly I call jam & I love that on toast, but not on pancakes.

*laughs* ah wait til snow gets online & sees this..
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Post by jo_alone » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:35 pm

Licentia Poetica wrote:I own too many shoes *counts* .... 23 :o
Hoping that's pairs and you don't have a spare one!
Licentia Poetica wrote: The meaning of life is 42 :)
Good answer :wink:
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Post by Licentia Poetica » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:37 pm

yes pairs lol :D

don't ask how many i can walk in :oops:
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Post by claire » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:59 pm

:oturq: the young and the restless... :oturq: tee hee ...
me ... ready steady cook fantastic show ... really .. the host is such a loser its like a comedy

cool ... about the whole polish thing ... i myself am also bilingual ... i speak english and then claire...

anywyas

yes ... be careful what you wish for ...

sooo ..
how many can you walk in?
what are your thoughts on coldplay?
ooo what about pets... do you have any pets?
what are their names?
i got two new goldfish ... humpy and goober...

maybe i shoudl stop
otherwise snow might be a little overwhelmed...

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Post by Not_what » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:19 am

WoooooooooHoooooooooo! 42 it is 8)

That's a lot of shoes, I think I have about 5 pairs, and 2 of those are wet boots :x

Do you know what profiteroles are?

What colour are your socks? and your toothbrush?

Do you paint your nails?

What's your favourite species of bird?

*is having too much fun*
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Post by claire » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:22 am

i have ... i dunno how much shoes... between 5 and 23

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Post by Not_what » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 am

Shoes are so overrated anyway :roll:
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Post by claire » Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:25 am

no, there not

once i walked home from the station on a 38 degree day... i got burns on the bottom of my feet... in that case... shoes woudl have been nice...

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