Posts by BenWilson
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a new pool for Avondale
Bastards. That would have actually helped bring my property value up, and would absolutely certainly have been used a hell of a lot - there's an awful lot of kids in Avondale. I'd settle for something as choice as Pt Erin is right now in a flash, although obviously an indoor heated one would get a lot more use all year round.
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I've met some hard women in my time!
I guess it depends whether you really want people to hear your voice. If you're not fussed, then it's not a problem really. But if you feel you've got something to add, it's not that bad to not have any responses. You never know how many people will read it. The bigger fear surely is to get into a heated argument, to have someone jump down your throat. But balance that against the chance of getting into a fun discussion about something interesting, or even better, actually changing people's minds on something they are wrong about.
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My farts will smell like honey?
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I think Stephen's joking in suggesting that being artistically middle class, white and leftish is already pretty gay. I'm certainly happy about it.
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I'd be more worried about the environmental effects of not eating Tuna. You have to get protein from somewhere. The alternatives apparently fart a lot and that's bad for the planet. And if I just eat soy, I fart a lot and that's also bad for the planet.
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Margaret, did my harden up suggestion tip you over the edge? :-)
I know exactly what you mean, it was years before I made my first ever post. And it wasn't too long before I made a fool of myself either. But seriously, who cares if you do? They only way to get qualified to make comments is to make comments. Every blogger I've ever read, indeed every writer of every kind, makes a fool of themselves sometimes. It's not something you try to do, but it's also something you needn't be too scared of. Just acknowledge it when it happens and move on. I can't see how your qualifications make you any less capable of having an opinion or a unique perspective. A bit of creative writing would actually go down very nicely.
A pseudonym can help, if you're really worried, too. I never bothered, but I'm lucky to have an extremely common name.
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Well, I didn't think Ben was an uncommon name until I went to Australia and they asked me what email address I wanted. I told them my first name and they went 'OK, that's pretty unusual, you might be able to get it just like that....yup, done'. 2 days later my account details arrived in the mails, and I was the very first bin@isp.com.au
Flamin' Ozzies! I got that Jolisa was a chick at first glance, even though SNAGs like me talk about babies all the time.
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Those heat beads are the primo briquettes, don't bother with substitutes. My many years of slaving over wood-fired BBQs, enduring the ribbing of my gas-powered mates, at least taught me not to scrimp on the fuel.
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I've been gay ever since I got married, and there's nothing the least bit queer about it. I'm taking being gay back to where it belongs, as a perfectly straight activity.
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At last, a female dominated thread.
I've just typed up a huge post, then deleted it all. What I have to say is simpler than the 500 feel-good words I was going to use to say it. My opinion on getting more people posting/commenting outside the liberal white middle classed straight male demographic is that they all need to harden up and post or comment more.
I was going to pussy foot around, but actually, nah. It really is that simple. You can't make people participate, and they can't complain if they don't. If you can't stand toe-to-toe with the SNAGs that infest PAS, what chance do you have anywhere in the greater blogosphere?
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