The NEW newb Welcome Mat thread...
POSTED BY: Wishimay
UPDATED: Saturday, December 28, 2019 22:27
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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?
...you cant take the sky from me
Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?
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Welcome!
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Greetings!
Joined a week or so ago. I've been involved with SF fandom since the mid-'80s, but never much Firefly stuff.
I never saw the show in its original run. (I heard that it was in the making and I was interested in seeing it, until I caught one of the promos. We didn't have Fox anyway, and the FF promos gave me no desire to try to get it.)
After the show premiered, I heard reports that it was unusually good and different from the rest. For the most part, I ignored such reviews, having heard pretty much the same thing a few years earlier about "Farscape" -- a show that, although better than most, I still found somewhat lackluster.
When the movie came into existence, the series went on my "I really have to watch that series someday before someone gives me spoilers" list. Watching the series didn't come to pass until a couple years later when I caught an episode rerun on Science Channel, thought "Kinda simplistic with a really transparent formula, but yeah, not too bad at all", then watched another one and thought "Okay, hooked now. . .I gotta see all of these and in the correct order!". I shut off the TV (with some difficulty), ordered the complete series and movie on Bluray, and anxiously waited for their arrival.
I got a bit burnt out on it, though, having watched through all the episodes several times and also all the special features. A couple months ago, I watched through again. Then, recently, I caught Done the Impossibleon Netflix (which then gave me the itch to watch them all yet again) and that got me thinking it was high time I took another peek at FF fandom.
So here I am.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?
...you cant take the sky from me
Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?
Not sure what you mean? But I'm Irish and living in ireland , not the uk :-)
...you cant take the sky from me
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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
Well hi there and thank you for the kind welcome. Ill wipe my boots at the door and come on in if you'll have me? Long time fan, recent joiner of this site. Hoping to find some like minded folk to chat with :-)
Any other Irish folk in here?
...you cant take the sky from me
Welcome aboard!
Of Irish descent, or residing in UK?
Not sure what you mean? But I'm Irish and living in ireland , not the uk :-)
...you cant take the sky from me
Hey, thanks for the lesson in government. I had been under the impression that the United Kingdom included Ireland, but apparently it only includes Northern Ireland (if no dispute is assumed). I didn't even know there were currently 2 Irelands. Well, that certainly puts some of history into different perspective for me.
I did not mean to insult you. You must be from Republic of Ireland. That was what I had meant - some folk in America of Irish descent state that they are Irish - and it is one of the most vociferously claimed, defended, and celebrated cultural identities about - and not just on St. Patrick's Day. But you are still in the country, on the other side of the pond.
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didnt think i was giving a lesson in governments at all! we are very different countries on two separate islands. i am most certainly not British (not that there is anything wrong with that). I am Irish born and bred, and looking for other browncoats in Ireland.
happy to be here.
...you cant take the sky from me
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Originally posted by SHINY_AISLING:
didnt think i was giving a lesson in governments at all! we are very different countries on two separate islands. i am most certainly not British (not that there is anything wrong with that). I am Irish born and bread, and looking for other browncoats in Ireland.
happy to be here.
...you cant take the sky from me
Are you saying Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are on 2 different islands? Or is your local terminology for United Kingdom not include Northern Ireland?
I think I did see some CSTS activity in Ireland, have you gone to one yet?
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in my opinion ireland is one island (the north included) britain is a separate island. the uk government may control the 6 counties contained within what is known as northern ireland but the people are still irish by blood.
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