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From: boxhead®	05/05/2001 13:44:12
Subject: Who are we?	post id: 4017
I reckon it's time we had a demographics thread all of our own ;) Replies from regulars, lurkers and passers through are all welcome (of course). Feel free to use the NOYBB (none of your b.. business) answer at any time :) So here it is then. 1 What name do you post under? 2 Where do you come from? 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? 5 How did you find Scribbly? 6 What got you interested in Nature? 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? sheepman

From: boxhead®	05/05/2001 13:56:26
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4022
1 What name do you post under? Answer: boxhead (sheepman) 2 Where do you come from? Answer: A sheep property north of Canberra. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 30ish 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 10 months or so. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: A landcare newsletter had the address on it. I found my way to SSSF from here. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Always liked roaming the farm, the wild animals where always fascinating because they were so easily scared off, it was a challenge to just observe them. Landcare has given me a greater appreciation of the overall interconnectedness of nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: The inter-tidal zone has to be the best for the pure volume of life found there and the changes in it's nature throughout the day. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Dog (Kelpie) and Wedge-tailed eagle. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: IMHO False.

From: Woman:)	05/05/2001 13:57:12
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4023
Excellent questionnaire and tags:)

From: sarahs mum®	05/05/2001 14:07:39
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4024
1 What name do you post under? Answer: sarahs mum, grozzles, grizzbut, reisling, mrs grizzthingo. 2 Where do you come from? Answer: i always thought i was adopted.unfortunately i wasn't.born camperdown, sydney. presently residing in a vertical board cave, on a mountain, in a forest, on the windy rock, south of the big rock. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: born 5/8/58 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer:as long as i have been visiting sssf..maybe 16 months. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: sarah showed me 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: avoiding my relatives. lichens are non agressive and make sense. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: places that are real.bourke in february is real.talbingo is real in july. i'd like to visit the st kilda islands, glencoe, ayrshire and edinburgh.in a january. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: i am not allowed to have one favourite domestic animal.the domestic animal that i have that is worth the most is elizadale floss the 7th.i think i'll start a thread about her. what to do with a pet moo cow..when nobody needs a pet moo cow anymore.two springer spaniels cheer my life no end.for my wild pick...the white goshawk. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: sometimes...depends on the poem and depends on the tree.

From: boxhead®	05/05/2001 14:09:00
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4025
Thanks woman, I'll expect a fully completed (even if it has q few NOYBB's in it) questionaire returned by the end of the weekend from you though missy ;) ;) sheepman

From: jj®	05/05/2001 14:16:02
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4027
1 What name do you post under? Answer: jj 2 Where do you come from? Answer: On a farm (sheep, cows, apples) (leased bits to potato growers too)at Kalangadoo, inland part of the "Limestone Coast". That's the trendy (but I like it) new name for the Lower South East of SA. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: nearly 60, (married to farmer, who is also a consulting engineer 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Yonks 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Can't remember ... was there an announcement on the ABC web site's science page? That would have been it. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Being alive ... no specific thing I don't think; recall waiting and waiting for Crosbie Morrison's weekly nature study talks on the wireless as a child ... Leak's Nature Study book which I found again recently ... black and white ... line drawings ... I still love it. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Coastal ... beach-ish ... rocks ... mallee ... must I choose? 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: The White Breasted Sea Eagle and the domestic pig 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: see Judith Wright's "Letter" (I will try to post it separately) ... I need poetry AND trees ... the real thing and representations of ... hope/s ... dreams ... commitments ... futures .... whatever. jj (also a parent / grandparent / teacher /icq 8308148) That should do it! jj

From: Woman:)	05/05/2001 14:23:39
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4029
For a charmer like you, Boxhead, I shall even ..err.. be creative..:) Love the extra-biographical questions, which make this thread very elegant and the 'concise' title:)

From: Paul H.	05/05/2001 14:27:35
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4031
Nice work Boxhead. Thanks woman, I'll expect a fully completed questionaire returned ... Good luck with that one Boxy. She's too much like me. ;-)

From: MichaelT	05/05/2001 14:34:12
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4032
1 What name do you post under? Answer:The one at the top of this message. 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Queensland - Ay... 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: Mid thirties 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: On and off since it started. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Like most of you I think - off the SSSF. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Whatever it was, it must have happened in the womb. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: The marine environments and the rainforrests. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: How about just the wild - the Shark. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: I love the smell of napalm on the mormons.

From: Mark S®	05/05/2001 15:40:22
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4039
Haven't filled one of these threads in for some time ... let's see ... 1 What name do you post under? As above, Mark S 2 Where do you come from? Melbourne. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Just into the second half of my first century. 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Ever since it started - or was announced in SSSF - whichever came later. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Continue to find Scribble a most interesting place to visit and, occasionally, to contribute. Found the site by pointing my browser in the right direction (Refer to answer 4, above) 6 What got you interested in Nature? Nothing in particular - have always been interested. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? No favourites - like the lot! 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Dog (whippet); possum (ring-tailed) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? I'll reserve judgement.

From: Lib (Avatar)	05/05/2001 16:57:14
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4041
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Lib 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Huskisson, NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 31 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Since its inception. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: From SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Not sure, but I think growing up in Tassie and (cringes) Disney "docos" may have had something to do with it, then Sir David Attenborough's Life on Earth series cemented my interest. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: V. hard question to answer. Every kind has it's own appeal. For zen-ness though, cool temperate rainforest. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: dumpling squid 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Not being a huge fan of poetry, but a big fan of trees I'd say yes.

From: freak®	05/05/2001 17:24:27
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4042
1 What name do you post under? freak / mandi 2 Where do you come from? originally - Boston USA - about to embark on a brief holiday back - now i call home Adelbrain 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 32 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? since November 2000 5 How did you find Scribbly? thru' sssf 6 What got you interested in Nature? "the serenity"lol - nah - just love all things natural 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? the beach esp at night 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) My Luca - 1 yo belgian shepherd - green tree frogs 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? love 'em both - but do esp love old twisted gums

From: Paul H.	05/05/2001 17:29:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4043
Ok, then... (mama mia!) What name do you post under? 99% as Paul H.. Sometimes others, but in theory you should always know it is me. Where do you come from? My Mum? North-west Europe? Now, just south of Sydney. Age (approx. if you wish :)) 30s. How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Lurked from the start, just got into it lately. How did you find Scribbly? From the SSSF. What got you interested in Nature? I like understanding systems. "Why why why" to everything, really. And I like the primates. 'Cause I am one. What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? I like the ocean-earth interface. And the mountain-sky one. Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Domestic: female humans. Wild: er... female humans? No? Meercats are cute. They look after each other. I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Depends on the tree though. I pity those Koalas. But no, poems are more human than trees, and I'm a human (so they say).

From: mr grozzles	05/05/2001 18:45:18
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4049
1 What name do you post under? Answer: mr grozzles 2 Where do you come from? Answer: usa canada tas 26 different schools 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 40 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer:,more then a year 5 How did you find Scribbly? the mrs said come look at this........ Answer: 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: being alive and outside,and though it may be politicaly incorect,Jaques cousteau....... and i loved catching fish.. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: witch ever one i an in ,they all have there grand aclaim,the more you know about it all the more you get out of it......the more you can enrich someones life etc,"lifes a garden ,dig it" 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: as above ,but i know horses best,both sorts 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: its silly........unless we cant have both.......

From: eric	05/05/2001 18:57:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4050
Scratch 1. 2. Where do you come from? Answer: S E Queensland on the great dividing range. 3. Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 33 4. How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 'bout 6 months 5. How did you find Scribbly? Answer: When I got online I headed straight for ABC online. 6. What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Studying agriculture at uni. really brought out a latent tendancy: I realised Australian ag. as a whole produces more than it can sell profitably on world markets, flogs the crap out of the land doing it, and I was supposed to help out farmers who do this because they feel they are achieving something of value to the world. 7. What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Ones under threat from development and patrolled by huge guard dogs. (Not fair to expect me to decide on any other basis.) 8. Favourite animal. (a.one domestic and b. one wild :)) Answer: a. dog-and-man-impaling moo cows. b. anything with attitude. eg: white browed scrubwren. But not 'urban increasers' training people to feed them eg: brushtail possums, currawongs. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Hoo...boy... I have to be in a pretty good mood for a poem to do a lot for me. Trees are highly contextual things - growing themselves in their natural habitat or like camphor laurel in N. NSW. Can't seem to shake that outlook. But rusty gums (Angophora costata) Grey gums, Giant Water Gums (Syzigium francisii), Bauhinnia woodland, Bendee scrub, .....on and on, can make me dreamy when poetry can't touch me.

From: acacia	05/05/2001 19:57:07
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4053
1 What name do you post under? Answer: acacia 2 Where do you come from? Answer: SW NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 50's 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: a month or so 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: I've forgotten, probably by accident. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: From my earliest memories I collected all sorts of flowers,feathers and fur. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: This is the hardest question, let me see -the country that supports snowgums, mountain ash, alpine ash, peppermint, yellow box, grey box, boree, chenopods and grasslands. That is not to lave out the beautiful mulga and gidgee country. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Domestic= a kelpie (very old). Wild = all of them, especially the threatened ones. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: It is obviously TRUE.

From: Greg L.®	05/05/2001 21:31:21
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4061
1) What name do you post under? Almost always my registered handle-I don't see the benefit of having many aliases. 2) Where do you come from? Perth, WA. 3) Age (approx. if you wish :)) 22 Years 4) How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? A few months, a little after Quarrion got me interested in birds again (of the avian variety of course!) 5) How did you find Scribbly? Through the SSSF link at the top. 6) What got you interested in Nature? Usually through a keen sense of observation of various parts of nature, and then wondering why nature behaves that way. A little similar to the way Richard Feyman seemed to look at nature, as something of great beauty but that could be figured out through rigorous thought. 7) What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Usually the beach and ocean, although my experience of geology in high school left me with a deep admiration for rock landscapes. Forests are wonderful to see as well. 8) Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Domestic-aquarium fish and parrots. Wild-generally birds (especially the beautifully coloured species), particularly the more intelligent parrots and galahs. I also admire ravens for their intelligence, although their cowardice in the face of willie-wagtails is amusing to watch. :) 9) I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? False. Nature at all levels seems to have an incredibly rich structure that is vastly greater and pleasing to the intellect than even the best poetry could ever be.

From: PaulS®	05/05/2001 22:07:08
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4065
1 What name do you post under? Answer: PaulS 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Sunny Bendigo 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: nearly nudging 50 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer:Lurking for about 2 years 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: from SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Its interesting 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: I love the sea and the mountains and the desert, but all the time I am looking at landforms and geology. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Dogs and stumpy tail lizards 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer I don't go much for poetry but I reckon trees are fairly special

From: Purple®	06/05/2001 0:19:58
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4079
1 What name do you post under? Answer: purple/boring housewife 2 Where do you come from? Answer: sydney 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 39 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: few months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: my star sign :) 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Blue Mountains 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: my bird Charlie (cockatiel), elephants 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true, I love trees

From: strom®	06/05/2001 1:17:15
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4082
1 What name do you post under? Answer:strom 2 Where do you come from? Answer: forbes central NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 40 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 6 months on/of 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: sssf to here, sssf from jjj 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: breathing, being, no conscious choice, playing my part in the nature of nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer:coastal escarpment/plain, ocean. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: labrador, cant pick just one wild, I really like too many to list 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true, unless of course the tree is but a sentence in a greater cosmic ballad of everything.

From: boxhead®	06/05/2001 1:31:49
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4083
sarahs mum, You get the prise for the most alias’, no wonder I was confused as to who grozzles was for so long ;) lichens are non agressive and make sense. ;-\| jj re: Judith Wright's "Letter" They may fit in here? Natures Poetry [alt] Please do post it, it does sound interesting. Woman For a charmer like you, Boxhead, I shall even ..err.. be creative..:) I wasn’t expecting anything less ;) ps. flattery will get you everywhere :) paul h She's too much like me. Paranoid of tribal rituals and red ®’s? Running from flying fish forks ;) MichaelT I love the smell of napalm on the mormons. I know I shouldn’t but LOL :) Mr Grozzles "lifes a garden ,dig it" Classic, I’m gunna quote you on that :) Eric dog-and-man-impaling moo cows I’m almost scared to ask, almost :) strom unless of course the tree is but a sentence in a greater cosmic ballad of everything. Nice one :) BTW, where are all the lurkers? Even if you only make one post to the forum, this is the thread to do it in :) sheepman

From: Wen®	06/05/2001 1:39:44
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4084
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Wen 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Brisbane 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 20 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: lurking- ages.. posting- not that long 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: being set that task as a young annoying child to "go outside and find 2 identical snowflakes". Never did manage that one, but it enthralled me that I couldn't! 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Snowy Mountains 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: My dog Bronson. Wombats 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true!

From: fisherman	06/05/2001 2:12:54
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4086
1 What name do you post under? Answer:Fisherman - still waiting for my little red R 2 Where do you come from? Answer: North-East Vic 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer:25 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer:About 3 weeks. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer:A person mentioned it on the Fishnet site and I thought I would check it out. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer:Grew up on a farm and have always had an interest in nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Love walking in the Alpine and sub-Alpine areas of North-East Vic 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer:My 2 dogs are my domestic favs (hate cats!) Spent last year in the Kimberly and became intrigued with crocs (fresh and salt). Also enjoy observing foxes in the bush (since they are not native however, they are always put to sleep shortly after observation - as long as my aim is up to scratch :) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer:True indeed!

From: Classic	06/05/2001 2:29:56
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4087
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Classic 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Pilbara (northwest W.A.) 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 37 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: a few weeks (lurking mostly, have entered a few replies in the sssf, still finding my feet! or should that be fingers?) 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: accidentally! 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I guess it was that anything at all survives and thrives in this environment. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: hmmm, dont quite know which most, anywhere different is facinating. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: fish, and, sounds strange I know, but lizards! My garden is lizard friendly, and we have heaps! 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: I love both poetry and trees! Thanks for inviting the lurkers to respond! :-)

From: Davidavid	06/05/2001 8:06:06
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4089
1 What name do you post under? Davidavid 2 Where do you come from? Chatswood, NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 15 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Couple weeks - lurking and waiting for some frog threads... 5 How did you find Scribbly? Found the Frog thing through the abc science site, then from there to here. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Always have been. Gotta agree with Lib though, Sir David Attenborough has been great. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Rainforest - tropical or temperate, especially water bodies within these, or just creeks, waterholes etc. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Domestic: Never. Wild: Dingo (j/k) nah, frogs of any sort get me excited, mainly the treefrogs, and it's even better if they're green :) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a FROG. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Definately true Davidavid

From: Scotty®	06/05/2001 8:09:07
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4090
Who are we? 1 What name do you post under? Scotty ® 2 Where do you come from? Central Coast, NSW. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 31 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? About 6 months 5 How did you find Scribbly? SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? The Gould League, NSW. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? My local estuary system (Tuggerah Lake). 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Rex, my dog and the Peregrine Falcon. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? True! How can words describe the total beauty of nature? Scotty ®

From: Woman:)®	06/05/2001 14:55:25
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4119
1 What name do you post under? Woman:) 2. Where do you come from? From the land of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Richard Wagner, Albrecht Dürer,Johann Gutenberg, Wernher von Braun. Now: on a beach near you, if you are (just) South of Sydney;-) 3. Age (approx. if you wish :)) I wish!:) approx. between 1 and 101:) 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Since I’m Woman:) Lurking longer though. 5. How did you find Scribbly? I did and still do find it a little like the ‘Curate’s Egg’ - at the moment we have, luckily, returned to the good bits;-)Until the Don rides again chasing windmills... 6 What got you interested in Nature? I come from there!:) Never saw “lawns” or “parks” in my childhood, only fields and forests. No potato chips and mars bars, but wild sorrel, acorns, hazelnuts, berries, flowers from which you could suck the sweet nectar. I gave daisies a hard time making them into chains and ripping their petals off to find out if “he loves me”. Snow tastes beautiful, fallen leafes (sp) make soft, sweet smelling beds. Yes...the smells....ahhh the smells.. snowbells, lilacs, violets, dried apple skins, roasted chestnuts, forest floors... 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Horizons 8. Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Dont like the idea of domesticated animals (sorry) - but just for this exercise, perhaps: a semi-domesticated 6-ft-plenty-Labrador;-) and, had we more than one wild animal, it would be dolphins and cormorants for me, because they come close enough to my beaches for me to watch them - but having the choice of only one I’ll cheaply plagiarise and say, p'rhaps predictably: “Man”;-) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? My subjective truth: “False” (as false as is -for some- 'subjective truth';-))!

From: pigman®	06/05/2001 20:46:22
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4171
1 What name do you post under? Answer: pigman 2 Where do you come from? Answer: the piggery known as melbourne 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 24 years 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: a while 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: I found it very interesting, still is. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I'm part of it 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Piggeries, anywhere that doesn't have sand 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: domestic - pigs, wild - female rugby players 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: False, now if it was as lovely as a pig well that would be different

From: G-wiz	06/05/2001 21:10:12
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4174
1 What name do you post under? G-wiz 2 Where do you come from? Mars, Darwin - same thing 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 36 long and winding years 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? visited when first opened. Just returned recently. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Triple J link 6 What got you interested in Nature? Trees don't answer back (they can bite though) 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Currently my front yard while I watch it develop into a small scrub 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Personally I would rather see all animals wild and free but just to contradict that I have a couple of dogs and some finches in a free flight aviary. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm - way TRUE

From: mick®	06/05/2001 21:55:45
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4191
1. what name do you post under mick 2.Where do you come from gosford nsw ,currently living in brisbane but i would love to head back south 3.age (if you wish ) 44 4.how long have you been visiting /posting to scribbly 5 months 5.how did you find scribbly through jjj and sssf 6.what got you interested in nature we are nature ,only a fool would not be interested 7.what are of the eco system do you enjoy visiting most intertidal zone and marine environment ,general foreshores 8.favorite animal (one domestic and one wild) no particular favorites ...i am not an animal racist 9.i think i will never see a poem as lovely as a tree is this statement true or false. i dont know if it is true or false. i just think it is silly. man there are some ugly trees and some ugly poems and visa versa ,..........perhaps you can make a poem of a tree but not a tree out of a poem

From: Quarrion®	07/05/2001 10:52:59
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4223
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Quarrion 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 21 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 9months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: link at top of SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: natural curiosity 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: wetland 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: In both categories the Quarrion (Cockatiel) ... also anything belonging to the class Aves or family Felidae 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Depends

From: Dave	07/05/2001 13:26:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4233
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Dave 2 Where do you come from? Answer: The Insula Peninsula, Sydney. Originally ‘Nulla 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 29 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: A bit 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: via sssf via jjj 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: A blue tongue lizard in my bushland backyard at age 5. It bit me. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: perched swamps on sandstone plateaus 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: roast pork, the Great White 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: comparing apples and oranges

From: bella	07/05/2001 18:40:35
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4259
1 What name do you post under? Answer: bella 2 Where do you come from? Answer: sydney, grew up Blue Mtns (NSW) & mid north SA 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: about that, mid thirty 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: umm ages 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: surfing abc online 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: growing up in it 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: coastal boundaries, any crossing point between systems, tea tree forest 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: enough of this not nominating a domestic animal, I nominate a dog because of our 60,000 year relationship with them and for wild a magpie 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: incomparable, without language we couldnt talk about nature, poetry lets us see nature in diffferent ways but spare me from bad poetry any day

From: boxhead®	07/05/2001 20:31:28
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4266
Well thanks for all the replies, I wasn't sure if we would get many. Even managed to snare a couple of shy ones ;) go outside and find 2 identical snowflakes Keep looking Wen, they’re out there. Fishman Keep ‘observing’ those foxes, not enough people ‘observe’ foxes these days ;) Classic, Lizards isn’t a strange choice at all. Davidavid, waiting for some frog threads No use waiting, start one on your favorite with some nice pics :) Woman:) You’re really goiss aren’t you?…. No, I know, you’re really Paul posting as a woman, aren’t you?….No, you’re his girl in real life?….No, you just made those answers up so we would think you were, didn’t you?…. ….I’m confused :) Mmmm, mystery woman:) Dont like the idea of domesticated animals (sorry) Don’t be sorry about the way you think, I have no problem with divergent points of view,….the opposition on the other hand… :) Pigman, What more can I say, you’re a pig of a man ;) :) Trees don't answer back (they can bite though) lol, good one :) Dave 8 Favourite animal. roast pork LOL, that’ll make the pigman smile :) bella dog because of our 60,000 year relationship with them And I just picked them ‘cause mine's such a cutie ;) but spare me from bad poetry any day Oi, you talking about me just joshin’;P I really hope no-one thinks they are being pushed out. There may be a bit more noise in here lately, but hopefully there is more good than bad comes with it. sheepman

From: sarahs mum®	07/05/2001 20:48:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4267
No, I know, you’re really Paul posting as a woman, aren’t you?…. (um..i've thought that once or twice.......)

From: jules®	08/05/2001 11:07:57
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4305
1. Jules, obviously :) 2. Maranoa region Qld formerly Brisbane 3. 30 Like so many others here, I'm shocked 4. Since I started on the net, it is almost the only site I spen any length of time on. 5. Through ABC website we only get the ABC TV 6. An inspirational and argumentative geog teacher in year 11 7. temperate rainforest, wet schlerophyll Anywhere not too hot!!! 8. My other half (now is he 'wild' or 'domestic'??) Wild animals too many to mention and not just the cute and cuddly I appreciate many bugs but that doesn't mean I have to touch them. 9. Depends on the poem. Sorry I haven't put the questions, I am a technological wimp... Jules

From: Pete	08/05/2001 12:34:45
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4309
What name do you post under? Answer: Pete Where do you come from? Answer: Brisbane Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 34 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: few months? visited occasionally in the past but recently felt the need to add my 8 cents worth (must be the standard of conversation!) 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: from the SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: economics! we couldn't afford to do anything but go camping for holidays! 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: edges,where one thing meets another. I agree with whoever posted the " sea/land" & "mountain/sky" concept 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: my guinea pigs are pretty cool, they mow the (very small)lawn and give me "animal input" to the compost heap. Couldn't possibly narrow it down to one wild one, they all just "are" whether I like 'em or not. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: given that so much paper is made of trees, and so much poetry is written on paper......

From: Queen of the Damned	08/05/2001 14:38:51
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4323
1 What name do you post under? Queen of the Damned 2 Where do you come from? Brisbane 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Old enough to know better, young enough not to care 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? About a year ago 5 How did you find Scribbly? From the link in SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Always have been. The smell of unadulterated earth is sublime. The taste of it as you walk through pristine rainforest... the cool on your back, the smells assulting your nose, more things to look at than your eye can comprehend. And then there are the faeries in my garden ;) 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? The subtropical rainforests in the Hinterlands to the north and south of brisbane are beautiful... I love the cool of the mountain rainforests. Spooky, and enthralling... I get butterflies in my stomach just driving through it. I also love the southern Mountain Ranges as well... the ghost gum forests in NSW are spectacular. The outback... just vast expanses of land... Frankly, I love this country. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) ooo... I love dogs, and tropical fish... and brumbies... I love brumbies... and bandicoots. and quolls. These questions are so hard... I have to pick just one???? Well tough. I can't. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? God I hate that poem. A tree isn't a poem... a poem is the result of rules and order and a regimented mind. A tree is raw passion and beauty. It exists simply to be. They are more than we can ever hope to be, and yet bend to our will... they are... special.

From: wotw	08/05/2001 15:54:36
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4334
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Only this one here and this one only here. 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Hills near Melbourne 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: >40 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Not that long really 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: From SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Genetics probly. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Forest. Like this. Preferably camping miles from anyone. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: a) The one that domesticated us, of course. "I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." -- Hippolyte Taine b) Koala. I reckon i'd have liked to be adapted to sitting around in trees all day getting stoned. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True. Although a poem can invoke deep thoughts and feelings, due to the inherent definitiveness of language it tends to be rather a directed, predictable response. Contemplating a tree can take you ANYWHERE.

From: Paul H.	08/05/2001 16:20:09
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4340
WotW, >>Contemplating a tree can take you ANYWHERE. Well it only takes me to fractal geometry. It could take you anywhere, I agree. BTW, the lushness of that forest panaroma, (all 300k of it) reminds me strongly of European forests.

From: sarahs mum®	08/05/2001 16:23:48
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4341
>>BTW, the lushness of that forest panaroma, (all 300k of it) reminds me strongly of European forests. it reminds me of home...here. there are so many similarities between the tasmanian rainforests and the eastern victorian..i suppose its only 10 or 15,000 years since it was all the one forest.

From: wotw	08/05/2001 16:40:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4344
(all 300k of it) reminds me strongly of European forests. I'm SO sorry, i really didn't think of that, it just looked so nice, even though it's not as old as i'd have liked. The giant mountain ashes are really something else. it reminds me of home...here. Tassie has some of the best wilderness anywhere. I'd more likely move further south than north. I was bred for cool climates. :)

From: Quarrion®	08/05/2001 18:06:54
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4351
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." Hell yes!!! My cats taught me many things .. from how to appreciate the new dew in the morning, to the warmth of the afternoon sun(Ra) on your back, and how to skillfully track the birds I so admire without being seen or heard. To sit and converse with a cat will open you to new worlds ... There are no greater minds than the Felidae ... Q

From: eric	08/05/2001 20:39:53
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4357
Dear Boxhead, Since you asked..... re dog-and-man-impaling moo cows You maybe thought cows docile? Submissive? Those of us who know and love them respect that cows don't take no B.crap. One of the older, more mellow cows aloofly acknowledges my approach with a horn inclined in my general direction in an understated offer of swift disembowelment, and a cold gleam in her eye - then ignoring me as I timidly sidle up and give her a cuddle. She sometimes sells out on her principles and actually enjoys a vigorous rubbing along her throat. After she calves, a cow experiences a powerful flush of testosterone and paranoidogen. There could one day be a cure for those of us who suffer poor body image - Witness the impressive and intimidating display as a stubby forefoot reaches forward, then flicks dust over her back, the glare of her eyes bulging from her endearingly spotted face lowered to impaling level with nostrils issuing snorts of flame... and that's one without horns. Many's the overconfident canine has perished ignonimously with a throttled, despairing yelp, imbedded in the ground by that fearsome poley head.... A cow's gotta do what a cow's gotta do... Sorry, always wanted to share that :-) Cowman

From: wotw	08/05/2001 21:39:38
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4359
LOL @ "a powerful flush of testosterone and paranoidogen" Don't apologize please. Thanks.

From: ACACIA	08/05/2001 22:07:10
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4363
I'VE ADDED UP ALL THE REPLIES AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THE TREES HAVE IT - THEY WIN - WHAT CAN BE NICER, MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE ROMANTIC, AND WHAT CAN BE MORE OSGAMIC THAN HUGGING A TREE EACH DAY. STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR BEAUTY, THEY EXUDE ALL THE PRIMAEVAL (THE "A" AND "E" SHOULD HAVE A DIPTHONG IF WE WANT TO SPELL PROPER ENGLISH, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS IN MICROSOFT) APPEAL THAT IS ENGRAINED IN EACH OF US. TREES ARE LIVING LEGENDS. MOST OF THE OLD PADDOCK TREES THAT ARE STILL EXTANT REMAIN EVEN AFTER THE LAND CLEARING THAT OCCURRED BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE CHINESE RINGBARKING GANGS WHO WERE EMPLOYED BY THE SETTLERS TO CLEAR THE COUNTRY AND "DEVELOP" THEIR LAND. UNFORTUNATELY THIS PRACTICE IS STILL GOING ON. NOT SO MUCH THE BLATANT CLEARING, BUT IT IS OCCURRING VIA STEALTHY MEANS SUCH AS STUBBLE BURNING AND THE ODD TREE OR TWO BEING KNOCKED DOWN TO "SQUARE OFF A PADDOCK". ANYWAY, I'VE RAVED ON ENOUGH, OH DEAR!

From: ACACIA	08/05/2001 22:11:27
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4365
Sorry, I didn't realise I had the Caps Lock button on.

From: Davidavid	08/05/2001 22:14:05
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4367
*******ROTFLOL******** that's hilarious. Davidavid

From: boxhead®	09/05/2001 1:10:15
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4377
Jules 3. 30 Like so many others here, I'm shocked Yeah, I could have sworn there would be more of the >40's Pete recently felt the need to add my 8 cents worth (must be the standard of conversation!) Still trying to work out if you mean the conversation was good and you wanted to join in, or bad and needed improving ;) Either way it got you in so it must be good :) QoD And then there are the faeries in my garden ;) Oh no, not the faires at the bottom of the garden theory, I've heard that somewhere before :) Wotw That’s one great panoramic view :) Eric and Acacia, Hope you’re both happy now after those rants ;) feeling left out, were we, with all the ranting and raving elsewhere? :) ;) Well capitals always look like a rant to me anyway psst acacia, I would have been disappointed if the trees didn’t win on a nature forum :) sheepman

From: jules®	09/05/2001 13:56:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4432
Hi Boxhead, good idea to run this thread. I have to admit I was starting to do my own sterotyping of people and in this case, it is good to get a kick in the pants. With no offence to the 'older' intended, the wiser are not necessarily the older... and I love to see such nature talents and opinions in people well younger than me, and I think I'm still young (don't we all!!) I'd also love a little info on what people do out there - me as you've probably guessed - grazier ('s wife), mum, jack-of-all-trades (master of none).

From: Dave	09/05/2001 14:00:08
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4435
OK Jules Physical Geographer by profession, currently working in environmental data management on remediated lands. Prefer to be working in Coastal Management if I can get a gig.

From: Sarah®	10/05/2001 18:38:06
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4526
1 What name do you post under? Sarah 2 Where do you come from? Snug, Tasie 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 16 and one month 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? i haven't i'm a sssf girl, but i read in here sometimes 5 How did you find Scribbly? Through sssf 6 What got you interested in Nature? I'm not really 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? James' house. theres enough bacteria and ants and stuff in his kitchen to be it's own ecosystem 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Cat and Elephant 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? true. words cant describe some stuff

From: Woman:)®	14/05/2001 7:33:28
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4706
Hi Sheepman:) Just found the "last part" to your last question:) "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. 1886-1918 I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. regards (wannabe poet)Woman:)

From: boxhead®	15/05/2001 2:45:01
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 4748
Hi Jules I'd also love a little info on what people do out there - me as you've probably guessed - grazier ('s wife), mum, jack-of-all-trades (master of none). Sheep breeder, jack-of-all-trades (master of none) ;) Not sure if you’ll get that many responses though :) G’day Woman:) "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. 1886-1918 Thanks for that :) I’ve heard the first line many times, but I don’t think I’ve ever read the whole poem. (now I can get the sorcing right ;)) sheepman

From: DocMercury	04/08/2001 18:18:50
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 10369
1/ My birth name is Ray Stephens aka online as Ray, DocMercury (D..77 on Yahoo), and RayAlchemist7 on AOL/Netscape. 2/ Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3/ 44 4/ Been online almost a year. Regular message board in Vtown has been having troubles, and I looked ABC and found this. Good Stuff! btw 5/ Always been interested in nature. It might have been something to do with the magic of my fingers.... 6/ Ecosystem preference? Impossible to answer. Comparison is not logical. 7/ I am a cat lover, but have no trouble with dogs.. would Dinosaur do for an answer? 8/ True. For all the art of man, failing to write and depict it is as certain as Van gogh's ear. Best we can do is merely attempt to understand, much less duplicate, the majesty of a tree.

From: Matilda	14/10/2001 12:55:28
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16125
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Matilda 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Hunter Valley,NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: ancient 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: about 1 week 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: In search of Possum material 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Always loved animals 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Ocean or bush,Australia is beautiful everywhere 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: small dogs and Wombats/Possums 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: All nature is wonderful

From: searchers	14/10/2001 14:17:31
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16128
1 What name do you post under? Searchers; we are a Kindergarten Crew 2 Where do you come from? South Australia's Limestone Coast 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Officially from 3 through to 58 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? For a long time. 5 How did you find Scribbly? No-one can remember. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Being alive and alert ourselves. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? We love our own back yard, but also visit other places as much as we can. In the International Year of the Oceans we went to the coast for two whole days by bus ... and the local air line company gave 18 of us a free flight along the same route that we had travelled by bus, flying along the coast, around the light house and past the point where our town's waste goes into the sea. Last December, after almost two years studying water, a small group of us went up and stayed on a local farm near the Barossa Reservoir for a weekend. We don't have dams where we are, so the chance to see the farm's dam, and the Barossa Ressie and the beautiful Whispering Wall was a great "outing". Again, local industries supported us. Our current big project is the study of an area of bush and pine plantation destroyed in a bushfire 18 months ago. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Right now our favourite domestic animal would be our rabbir,Warren. and we will have to do a survey to find out what would be our favourite wild one. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Another survey coming up. jj for us all

From: Soft and Squashy®	14/10/2001 14:19:46
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16129
1 What name do you post under? Soft and Squashy (My kids reckon I am) 2 Where do you come from? Cuddlee Creek, South Australia 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 47 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? When I can for about two months 5 How did you find Scribbly? My cousin, citing me as a "quiet greenie", told me it would be of great interest to me. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Ever since I saved a lizard, which was blind, from the middle of the road when I was 8 years old. It was the love of my life until he passed away. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Can't make up my mind. I love all of nature. If you look at each place you will find it just as beautiful and interesting as the others. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Frogs (my greatest love - I find them facinating) and they always look like they are smiling, Birds of all kinds - even the humble spoggie, I get enjoyment from observing, dogs. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? I write a lot of poetry about nature and I photograph a lot of trees to put as backgrounds for my poetry when I print them, so it is a toss up.

From: joey®	14/10/2001 22:40:33
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16181
1 What name do you post under? Answer: joey 2 Where do you come from? Answer: adelaide sa 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 44 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: since it began ... 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: used ti visit the sssf 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: don't really know ..I just have been as long as I can remember 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: the flinders ranges ... 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: KANGAROOS ... dogs 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true

From: meeze	21/10/2001 21:42:21
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16825
1 What name do you post under? meeze 2 Where do you come from? England, now live in Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 29 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? a few days 5 How did you find Scribbly?I was drawn here 6 What got you interested in Nature? me, myself and I, it's life! 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? from the coast to the outback to the tropical forests, can't pin point just one 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :))too hard to name just one, so- catdogbirds and tigerwedgedtailedeagledolphin 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)?personally, a poem you can see the words and create the words into beauty in your mind, but a tree you don't have to read, or know how to read , you can see, feel smell the beauty of it, so therefore I say true!

From: freezer®	22/10/2001 11:37:24
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 16856
What name do you post under? Answer: freezer Where do you come from? Answer: brisbane originally, but i'm in townsville at the moment, studying Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 18 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: since it started - i can't get enough How did you find Scribbly? Answer: through SSSF What got you interested in Nature? Answer: camping LOTS as a kid, David Attenborough, a tendency for finding quiet places to be on my own, and not being able to help seeing the beauty around me. What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: that's impossible!! How can you even compare diving on a reef to camping in a fragrant eucalypt forest? I love all the ones where I can forget about humans Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: well, for domestic i have to say my kelpie/border collie - piglet, or she'll sulk. For my wild...seahorse? or termites. Maybe albatross. I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true for eucalypts, and when you're in one.

From: beclf®	25/10/2001 20:18:33
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17137
hmm, I thought I was already in here somewhere....oh well I'll go again anyway 1 What name do you post under? Answer: beclf, or sometimes i live dangerously and go with bec 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Jupiter (more isolated than Darwin that is...), also known as Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 24 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: umm about 6 months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Can't really recall, I think I was doind a search for 'chuditch' or similar... 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Being alive and unalbe to miss the beauty of it 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: I can't just pick one! open woodland, granite outcrops, the perfect beaches of WA's south coast (shame they're too cold to swim in!) 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: domestic, probably horses. wild; all of them, if I had to choose i'd say macropods 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Absolutely true! (at least a tree will never be read out by John Laws.......)

From: Hans Legsnfeet®	25/10/2001 21:44:07
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17144
1 What name do you post under? My Birth name is Hans Legsnfeet, I see no need to hide behind a handle on this site (we're all friends) 2 Where do you come from? We live in the Far North, in the Wet Tropics 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 42yrs, 8months, 7days 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? 'Bout a year or more 5 How did you find Scribbly? Through SSSF, Heard Dr Karl on JJJ mention it 6 What got you interested in Nature? From being brought up on a farm, and from always being inquisitive and loving the outdoors. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? I'm not fussy, all ecosystems are interesting. I love fishing (i'm going in the morning) so if theres any fish in the systen it's a bonus 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Best answered by naming by least favourite animal, CATS!!, most of the rest are pretty good. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? I've got no idea, I was never any good at poultry Hans

From: Woman:)®	26/10/2001 17:36:26
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17219
42yrs, 8months, 7days Wow, 42 years, 8 months, 7 days Today!! Happy Birthday, Hans. ;-)

From: Hans Legsnfeet®	26/10/2001 20:43:34
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17265
Woman you're 116 days early but thanks any how

From: Bimdeci	30/10/2001 9:19:15
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17603
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Bimdeci 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 48 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Many months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: TT/science forum/scribbly gum , love it. After Vtown self destructed 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Always have been. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Anything new 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Cats and Owls or any bird. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: False

From: geoff d	30/10/2001 13:42:26
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17620
1 What name do you post under? Answer: geoff d 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Suburban Brisbane (Chermside) but born and bred in Crow's Nest. Spent a lot of time in indonesia over the years, also been to Tanzania and lots of Pacific countries. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 50 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: A few days 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Dredging around abc.net looking for a saner alternative to the political forums. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Growing up in the bush (on a farm). 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: No favourites, though I do like the equatorial forests of Sulawesi and Solomon Islands. Enjoy the alpine regions of Kiribati (JOKE!) 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: No favourites - hate domestic cats.

From: geoff d	30/10/2001 13:48:45
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17622
Opps - I missed the "lovely as a tree" question. Errr ..... (like Bob Hawke) ... never really thought about it like that.

From: katydid®	30/10/2001 14:10:19
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17624
1 What name do you post under? Answer: katydid and cheshirekate :) 2 Where do you come from? Answer: I currently live in Adelaide, but I have lived in various other parts of Australia. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 22, soon to be 23 (eventually) gosh, I am a youngun! 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Lurking for a few months, posting for less than that. Spend more time over on sssf, but I am rather fond of Scribbly and its posters. :) 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Mystical powers? I was drawn to it? Happiness is only ever a click away... 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I don't know, nature? I love the country that I live in, with a passion. I am not sure where or how that originated, but it is a really intense thing, to love the land. :) 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: All! I am a big fan of wetlands, but then I constantly marvel at the mallee scrub. I spent some time last year out in Northern SA, in what I guess is called the desert, and that was just amazing. :) 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Hard to say. I hate domestic cats, or rather, I hate what they do. I love dingoes and of course frogs, but I am afraid of saying that in front of Davidavid, because clearly he loves frogs more than me! Needless to say the katydid has a special place in my heart (my grandfather used to call me katydid). How to pick just one??? 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: hmmm... I don't particularly like this poem ('Trees' by Joyce Kilmer) but the sentiment prevails, so yes, I'd say true. Though it applies to many aspects of life, in which case I would say false. Oh, I cannot decide!!!

From: sue®	30/10/2001 14:40:48
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17626
1 What name do you post under? Answer: sue 2 Where do you come from? Answer: God's Country,Sutherland Shire Sydney 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 39 & happy about it :) 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: since the first day, though I tended to stick to SSSSF, I've always lurked, but ask/answer the occasional question now 5 How did you find Scribbly? been visiting sssf for a bit over 2yrs now, so when the Lab posted the link I followed Answer: 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: not sure, my parents took me camping from when I was 6mnths old,till when I was 17, in a rather wild bush place so i grew up on holidays, with rock pools, bush, and a wonder. Now I take my girls to as many wild & ruff places so that can have the same wonder. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: love the beach, the deep bush, ummmm do i have to pick 1?? 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: love them all, I have a cat & a dog, which co-exist happly, 10 birds, 15 fish, in the wild, the Red Panda, Otters, & Tigers...& umm theres lots :)) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: ummmm, not oo sure, I love trees, but...some poems can move me to tears,....PASS

From: the_bloke	30/10/2001 16:04:16
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17631
1 What name do you post under? Answer: The_bloke 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 20 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Lurking for quite some time but as yet have had nothing worth saying 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: By accident 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: As a child toured around oz and there wasn't much more to do except be interestedin nature 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Arid, Rivers, Coastal, Tropical, Ocean give me any. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Domestic would have to be my mongrel dog rex and wild the esturine croc 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True nature wins over literature

From: Davidavid®	30/10/2001 18:55:15
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17640
G'day and welcome to all newcomers. katydid: Frogs are just naturally lovable, so anyone admitting this is just fine by me. Up with the frogs I say. Who wouldn't love a frog? (-: ddd

From: jj®	30/10/2001 19:33:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17645
re "Trees". On the w/e I was listening to a radio national program about one of out early pollies ... Prime Minister or something ...Hughes maybe ... anyhow it turns out that he liked poetry /verse, unbeknownst to most people (then or since, I gather.) One of the quotes that he used was " Friendship is a tree of shelter ..." jj

From: Borborygmus	02/11/2001 0:52:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17848
1 Where do you come from? Answer: Ballarat Vic. 2 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 30 3 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: A couple of weeks posting, a couple of weeks visiting before that. 4 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: I'm not sure, the original source was no doubt Dr. Karl, but I've known its been here for a while. 5 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Its hard not to be interested when one looks :o) 6 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: I enjoy diversity. 7 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: No favs, I tend to change my mind to much. 8 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Trees are poetic, yes? My compliments to all, both to those whom post and those responsible for the forum. You create curiosities, interest and make me laugh. I enjoy stumblingly answering questions and I hope everyone enjoys the few pics I post. Cheers B. :o)

From: Jagman®	02/11/2001 1:10:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17855
1 Where do you come from? Answer: Leeton NSW. 2 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 22 3 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: A bit more than A month I suppose. 4 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Listened to doctor Karl, looked at SSSF and then happened upon Scribbly. 5 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I grew up and live on a farm. 6 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Anywhere. 7 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Border Collie and Keplie Sheepdogs, and I don't think it is possible to decide on a fav native, all so wonderful. 8 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True, but I'd like to see a poem written by a tree for comparison. I look forward to many long hours spent in your scribbly company :-)

From: Botanica	02/11/2001 12:08:05
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 17889
>>Answer: True, but I'd like to see a poem written by a tree for comparison I hereby award this response the treehuggers quip of the year Love it. Good one Jman. :-)

From: Simon T	13/11/2001 12:55:23
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19093
1.What name do I post under? Simon T 2.Where do I come from? I'm in Sydney now. I haven't realy lived anywhere since 1979. 3. Age 38 4. How long have been Visiting Just got here, like the look of it 5. How did I find it By chance 6. What got me interested in nature. My father has always had the greratest respect for nature. I began learning about the enviroment before reading and writing. 7. What area/ ecosystem? the oceans and deserts 8. Favorite Animal Blue cattle dog. Anything marine, fishy or mamal 9. I think that I shall........ This is true and false depending on what one is looking for or seeing at the time.

From: Purple®	13/11/2001 12:57:10
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19094
Welcome Simon T :o)

From: Botanica®	13/11/2001 13:00:12
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19095
And welcome from Botanica, AKA eco nazi, erstwhile Tabbysmum.

From: Simon T	13/11/2001 13:05:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19098
Thanks Botanica, Purple

From: sarahs mum®	13/11/2001 13:06:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19099
greetings simon t!

From: Simon T	13/11/2001 13:14:58
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19100
Tanks Sarahs Mum I'll say HI to everyone now and thanks for the welcome. This is a great forum. Friendly, fun informative. I'm sorry it took me so long to find it.

From: Paul	14/11/2001 15:12:18
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19287
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Just one. 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Melbourne 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: Old (40 actually) 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Don't know 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer:It's the third windows on Indigo's excelent Hyper Forum 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Life 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Rain Forest 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Cat, All wild animals (even the little crawly ones in the garden) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True, of course cheers, Paul

From: meldra	16/11/2001 18:22:38
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19558
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Meldra 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Along the mighty Murray River. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 20 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 4 days so far 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Grapevine 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: My aunt and uncle had a farm. I loved it there. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Riparian (rivers, creeks etc). Because everything depends on 'em. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Domestic: Dogs. Wild: Koala 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: No poem could ever capture the individual characteristics and beauty of a tree (picture says a thousand words philosophy).

From: G-wiz	16/11/2001 18:36:11
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19562
Hi meldra and welcome. I think the concensus on the poetry/tree issue is just about settled from scribbly regulars point of view. It weighs pretty heavily in favour of the trees by roughly 10:1

From: boxhead®	16/11/2001 18:48:32
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19566
Hi to all the new comers since I last stopped by this thread :) Wiz, wiz, wiz, >>I think the concensus on the poetry/tree issue is just about settled from scribbly regulars point of view. It weighs pretty heavily in favour of the trees by roughly 10:1 Pfft, only if you believe in majority rule. sheepman

From: G-wiz	16/11/2001 18:52:47
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19569
Hi boxhead. Majority rule, dunno, but survival of fittest - yes. btw - I was going to suggest that as threadmaster and overall scribbly fellow you might like to compose some further abstracts for this thread. ie. further interesting questions.

From: beclf®	16/11/2001 19:24:36
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19580
so you don't think the liberals have the right to run the country then boxy?

From: boxhead®	16/11/2001 19:29:54
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19582
You're trying to get me to bite again aren't you bec! :-P No they can't do whatever they want just because they have the numbers. Bitten ;)sheepman

From: beclf®	16/11/2001 20:55:30
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19595
ahh, so reliable :) and no political party will ever get anywhere near a 10:1 majority

From: gerri	17/11/2001 15:03:10
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19666
1 What name do you post under? gerri 2 Where do you come from?mid north coast nsw 3 Age (approx. if you wish :))48 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? ages 5 How did you find Scribbly? via abc.net.au 6 What got you interested in Nature? just always have been 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most?beach and rainforest 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :))birds 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)?never really thought about it

From: Wags®	19/11/2001 12:41:50
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 19913
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Wags 2 Where do you come from? Answer:Argyle WA 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 34 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: About 10 months although I don't post too often. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: From ABC Site/Science Forum 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Always read nature books as a kid. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Jarrah/Karri/Tingle Forest 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Duck and Thylacine 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Absolutely true

From: Meg®	25/11/2001 13:18:39
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 20553
1 What name do you post under? Answer: I post very rarely, I mainly lurk, but when I do it's only ever as Meg. 2 Where do you come from? Answer: I currently live in the inner western suburbs of Brisbane, But grew up on a 17000 acre broad acre cropping and cattle property in NW NSW (about an hour NE of Moree). 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: I turned 25 in Sept. 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Since about August this year. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: I visited SSSF because I was a regular listener to Dr Karl on JJJ, and found Scribbly through that. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I grew up in it! Being an incredibly curious child, growing up on an isolated property, there's not much else TO be interested in! 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: I love the sub-tropical rainforest around SE QLD, but I also adore going home to the property. I'm not sure what it's classified as! 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: I love fish, they're very beautiful and soothing to watch, both in nature and in tanks (although can you really consider a fish domesticated??) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: How about a poem ABOUT a tree??? That's a very hard question. I think poetry enables you to conjure images and feelings in your head, and as I've been lucky to see many beautiful trees perhaps poetry enables me to see trees as well as fish, birds, the sky, mountains, animals...... so I guess in answer to the question, false (IMHO)! Thanks for being so cool everyone! Hanging out with you guys reminds me of hanging out with my parents - nothing phases them, and to an adoring child it's as if they can fix anything! -M I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites Is it wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care B. Bragg

From: boxhead®	25/11/2001 13:34:25
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 20557
Hi Meg, Thanks for the Billy Bragg :) And YES another false to question 9 (WooHooo) It's good to have another black sheep around, to much conformity on that issue here by far ;)sheepman

From: alecos	02/12/2001 19:31:41
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21410
1 What name do you post under? Answer: alecos 2 Where do you come from? Answer: south west slopes 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 72 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer:i got internet a week ago, been reading scribbles since then. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer:looked for naturae programs 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer:born and raised in a bag hut in the bush at engadine ,is a major part of my life 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer:the lot 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: all the natives, cannot think of a domestic that i particularly like. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer:true, poetry can be nice, AB's snowy river man, but i am a tree surgeon and i love my patients.

From: jj®	02/12/2001 20:09:36
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21411
It's good to meet you alecos jj

From: G-wiz	02/12/2001 20:11:38
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21412
Welcome alecos, Your skills will come to good use around here I'm sure.

From: My Evil Twin, Beryl®	02/12/2001 20:59:49
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21413
1 What name do you post under? Answer: My Evil Twin, Beryl 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Sydney 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: old enough 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: week or two as contributor....lurker before that. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: running away from somebody who called me a troll in sssf 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: maturity 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: i lurve cold weather, SNOW! and also the sea, diving. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: my dog is the ONLY animal for me followed closely by my son. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: i hate poetry. esp, if it rhymes. trees, rock so long as they are natives.

From: Bek	02/12/2001 22:48:45
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21429
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Bek 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Brisbane 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 19 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 3 days 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I have always gotten on better with flora and fauna than homo sapiens. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: All, in combination. I like diversity. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Can't say, but I do love snakes. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: I don't know. It has been said before, but it depends on the tree and the poem. And it depends on my mood!

From: sarahs mum®	03/12/2001 0:36:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21437
hi alecos. a 72 year old tree surgeon? well done sir! >trees, rock so long as they are natives. now, beryl, i take exception to this. trees rock.fullstop. sure i like natives..i am pretty passionate about native understorey plants that sometimes are neglected.. but.. walnuts, almonds, apples, plums, apricots, chestnuts,lemons, oranges,figs BLACK CHERRIES! i am not prepared to give them up. ..not to mention.. oaks and rowans and spruces and weeping elms! i really like them too. i want all my trees.

From: G-wiz	03/12/2001 9:55:36
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 21446
He Bek, Welcome to Scribbly "I have always gotten on better with flora and fauna than homo sapiens." Yes they are much less argumentative aren't they but, they can't always give you what you need!

From: Ridgeback®	10/12/2001 16:25:23
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22661
1 What name do you post under? Ridgeback® 2 Where do you come from? Gold Coast Hinterland 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 38 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Not long, I've been posting to SSS for a year though. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Through using SSS. 6 What got you interested in Nature? I've always been an animal lover and the beauty of nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Any of it but especially the ocean. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Rhodesian Ridgebacks (of course), and Dolphins. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? As lovely as trees are, I think a sunrise or sunset over the ocean would make for a more lovely poem! Cheers, Ridgeback.

From: Jezery	10/12/2001 18:06:16
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22663
1 What name do you post under? Jezery 2 Where do you come from? In 1999 moved from western suburbs of Sydney to a 8 acre rural block in Howard Springs just outside Darwin. 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) mid 30's 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? 12 months or so? I lurk a lot, but only contribute occassionally. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Work has direct link to ABC site for news and stuff. Over-stimulated by my ever so exciting job, I was relaxing a little by exploring the ABC site and stumbled across SSF, and from there to Scribbly. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Married a nature freak who's a mad keen fisherman. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? I don't know about 'enjoy', but the ecosystemd I get to visit most are creeks, rivers, dams and anywhere else that you catch fish. I like watching the birds flitting about in the mangroves, and the water dragons sunning themselves on the rocks. Not too keen on the crocs though. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Domestic has to be my beautiful puppy dogs. I love the way they look up to me with blind adoration. Why can't I train my husband to do that? For wild animals, I like watching the wallabies that visit the back of our block. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? I'm not a poetry person, so I guess that means I vote for the tree.

From: G-wiz	10/12/2001 18:16:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22664
Hi Ridgeback. Welcome to scribbly. I haven't seen your name around before I don't think. Were you using a different name over in SSSF? Hi Jezery. Welcome back. Where you been?

From: beclf®	10/12/2001 18:57:00
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22668
I love the way they look up to me with blind adoration. Why can't I train my husband to do that? I can give you some training tips if you like Jez :)

From: Jezery	11/12/2001 18:02:03
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22912
Hi G-wiz. I've been here off and on, but mainly just lurking. For some reason, reading the forum during work hours doesn't seem as much like bludging as contrbuting does. By the way, do you think we have enough Darwin-ites here and on SSSF for a Xmas meet up? I'm getting jealous looking at the wonderful plans the guys elsewhere are making. Hey beclf Any training tips would be very welcome. I've been trying for about 14 years now, and his mother tried for nearly 30 years before that. We reckon he's a hopeless case!

From: G-wiz	11/12/2001 21:31:12
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22952
There's only 3 of us that I know of Jezery. Grant from the TTF lives up here too. I'm not opposed to having a drink or 12 though. <8-)

From: Davidavid®	11/12/2001 22:12:57
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 22957
A companion thread to this one: What is your favorite? ddd

From: The Bone Collector	17/12/2001 21:39:25
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 23667
1 What name do you post under? Any now I have received a 33% efficiency rating. 2 Where do you come from? The planet Ork otherwise called Canberra 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 36 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Rarely on and off for a year 5 How did you find Scribbly? The SSSF has a button 6 What got you interested in Nature? The call of nature has always been important. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Snorkel and you shall see a new world unfold under the sea. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Pelican, & cat (persians) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? False

From: A	18/12/2001 17:59:28
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 23789
1 What name do you post under? Answer: A 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Collins Cap, Wellington range, Tasmania 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 55 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Newbie 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Search engine 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I can't answer. I just enjoy nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Highland bush areas 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Labrador Dog, Big Grey Western Red Roos (WA) 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True for me!!

From: WoodGnome <{8^} (Avatar)	20/12/2001 12:53:56
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 24173
1 What name do you post under? Answer: WoodGnome 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Canberra 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: more than a giga second 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: since its inception 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Was a regular on the SSSF when the Scribly was first started, so come across and look at the Nature Q's and talk often 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: As a small kid, always interested in Nature. Hated the cruelty of other kids. I am a Biophysicist, does this help with explanation? 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Forests, native eucalypt, open or closed schlerophyll 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Cavy called Heffrick, spotted cuscus or brown antechinus. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True, although the habitat involved in the environ including the tree has the full beauty of the tree. Back to the Oak

From: Hamish®	20/12/2001 14:02:02
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 24175
I am a Biophysicist what does a biophysicist do?

From: chrisy®	24/12/2001 1:06:27
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 25119
i don't know how l have gone so long without getting to this thread. I am sure l posted it,probably in the worng thread. You know before l was a regular......anyway here it goes 1 What name do you post under? Answer: Chrisy with a red r now, brag brag 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Wardell near Ballina, Nth NSW 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 25 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: probably about 6-9 months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Off works website, Wetland Care Australia has a link to here 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: no one factor, a combination of my parents, myself, growing up on an hippie commune, David A. and animal docos in general 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: I can't pick one, probably at a pinch l would say my local river/estuary 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: cats/ringtail possys 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: not into poetry much so l would pick the tree, easier to understand

From: mars	28/12/2001 9:39:59
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 25803
What name do you post under? Answer: mars Where do you come from? Answer: have recently settled in Tasmania Age Answer:"not young enough to know everything"...50 (with the worst over and the best to come) How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: about three months How did you find Scribbly? Answer: from sarahs mum What got you interested in Nature? Answer: LIFE (bush camping as a child) and then living overseas in cities for awhile really made me appreciate it. What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Mountains, lakes and rivers Favourite animal Answer: my two dogs (fit both categories)...after that would love to hug a tiger. I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false Answer: True...words are not a substitute for the real thing.

From: Dannielle	30/12/2001 22:39:41
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 26141
1. Dannielle but normally with a red the Lab after it. It’s kind of ironic cause I’m the fingers behind the screen that generally dishes out and monitors your registration… Maybe they’ve changed our password. 2. I’ve generally lived in Sydney but have experienced long periods in Byron Bay, Brisbane and on the west coast of North America. Right now I live in Sydney’s inner west. 3. 33 4. I have been the web developer at the Lab since April 2001 which means I have been lurking in the background of all forums almost every day for about 9 months now. 5. A friend 6. Being born 7. Anywhere. Outside is always divine when you’re stuck behind a machine all day. 8. With my bleeding heart I must love all as one. 9. You’re asking a writer, what do you think?

From: chrisy®	31/12/2001 8:32:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 26189
Dannielle "but have experienced long periods in Byron Bay" some how l don't think you are alone in that regards, from my experience with that alwful town many people get stuck in a usuall downward sprialing experience...........

From: chrisy®	31/12/2001 8:33:24
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 26190
should have said, not that yours had to be the same............ just a locals thing, Byron is not the coolest thing around here... lol**

From: mudcrab	31/12/2001 15:35:57
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 26225
1 What name do you post under? Answer: mudcrab 2 Where do you come from? Answer: bushy suburbs of Sydney then outback WA and at the moment, inner Sydney 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 29 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: lurking until now 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: stumbled on it a couple of weeks ago, an avid lurker since - suitably humbled by the knowledgeable generous contributions 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: My mother used to take us to the beach and then give us a guided tour of the creatures on the rocks. Only realised later lucky I was to have a botanist/zoologist in the family who was able to bring out the natural curiosity in her children. My dad conveyed a fascination for physics, chemistry, astronomy and geology - I think they had the sciences covered between them! Am still wondering what a biophysicist does, though. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: desert, bush, ocean. Luscious gardens. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Apart from marvelling at the mindblowing diversity, dog and platypus. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: A poetic thought to remind one to contemplate the majesty of a tree... Let's just say the world needs more trees and more poetry!

From: gloworm	03/01/2002 18:14:50
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27018
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Gloworm 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Born in Elliston SA 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: A little bit older than my teeth and the same age as my tongue 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: One month 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: My nephew showed me 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I love animals 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Anything to do with the sea 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Chihuahua dogs and Kangaroos 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Yes I think I finally got the gist of this.

From: jj®	03/01/2002 18:19:56
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27020
WOW !!! yes!!!! GLOWORM! ELLISTON!!!!! (Flinders Island myself ...) jj

From: geoff d®	03/01/2002 20:16:08
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27032
Well done, gloworm. We knew you could do it, didn't we, Scribblies.

From: Gibbo®	03/01/2002 20:20:58
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27033
Bout time I popped in to add my bit :) 1 What name do you post under? Answer: Gibbo 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Sydneys Northern Beaches 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 33 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: A while, possibly since it started :) 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: I had been lurking around the lab forums for several years and knew it was coming. 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: I just like to understand how all the building blocks fit 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: The hill country on the western side of the blue mountains. I was born in Oberon (lovely country) 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Domestic - My fish. Wild - Mountain parrots. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: False (I think) Sit up on a mountain top and spend hours and feel the futility of trying to put what you see into words. I think it would be a wonderful challenge to try it with music though :) Cheers Gibbo

From: geoff d®	03/01/2002 20:24:37
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27036
> I think it would be a wonderful challenge to try it with music though Try the Don Burrows nature suites (if you can find them) - going back a bit, like to about when you were a young'un.

From: Gibbo®	03/01/2002 20:28:51
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27040
Don Burrows is the man! (I had aspirations as a jazz muso once upon a time) Nature Suites? I shall have to have a look :)reckon if Mr Burrows did them they would be worth the finding.

From: geoff d®	03/01/2002 20:41:15
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27043
Gibbo, I forget their actual titles, but there was one LP with a desert theme (beaut desert picture on the sleeve, too), and there were rainforest etc. Some good bass flute in some of them, I remember. Think it was the Don Burrows Quartet.

From: sarahs mum®	03/01/2002 20:42:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27044
We knew you could do it, didn't we, Scribblies. stamps feet, waves arms, yells woohoo

From: geoff d®	03/01/2002 20:48:14
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27045
Shouldn't that be pulls waist band of shirt over head, stamps feet, waves arms, yells woohoo

From: sarahs mum®	03/01/2002 20:53:14
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27048
Shouldn't that be pulls waist band of shirt over head, stamps feet, waves arms, yells woohoo i don't think so.

From: geoff d®	03/01/2002 20:56:42
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27049
you know, like is fashionable with soccer players upon scoring goal. Might be a bit cold down your way for such antics, though.

From: jj	03/01/2002 21:02:27
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27054
I have a stack of Don Burrows cds here .. but since I am not the fan in the household I am not sure which ones you mihgt be meaning ... bother ... thought I culd be helpful .. if it's up to me you'd just have to buy the lot I'm afraid Gibbo ... therare titles like "The Living Ocean" though and "The Daintree Drift" for what it's worth . jj

From: G-wiz	03/01/2002 21:07:07
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27057
Welcome Mudcrab, Gloworm and Gibbo. You've been very quiet so far Mudcrab?

From: jess boo boy	04/01/2002 15:06:40
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27269
one cusin boo boy or jess boo boy bet me real name is cleburne jackson ewell jnr (same name ast pa) me folks calls me boo or boo boy to me an ma kinfolk comes frum elk ridge neer peachtree chreek (seen of tha phamus sivil war batle) thre 19 not includen one wot was missed (coz eva one woz sik) for not long wot time is et now fiv mis takelbury tha purty teach gives me ago on thest hear kemputa an she says jess click aroun witd this hear mous i says thet aint no mous anyways so tha picha acks fer me an i tipe cusin boo boy an i tolt tha mis takelbury wot i was tellen ya'll an she ist saven tha picha so i ken findet agin six i been interested (shoot theys a lon wurd) in nature sincet i was big nuf to holt grammpa shotgun sevan huh? nine hogs mostlee bet pa cant ketch them ina winta than we hafta mak do wif sqwirels an crittars eigte yessum i aint seen a posum as lovely ast a tree bet i seen plentee up'em tha endt frum boo boy

From: Robyn®	06/01/2002 23:49:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 27845
1 What name do you post under? Robyn® 2 Where do you come from? Melbourne 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 15 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? I come in occasionally, since late last year 5 How did you find Scribbly? a link from SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? I needed to find out what the name of a tree was 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? ummmm, the beach right now 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) domestic: dog wild: tiger 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? depends on what the tree and the poem are like

From: Speedy	09/01/2002 14:33:33
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 28761
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Speedy 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Sydney 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 28 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: 2 months (maybe) 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Via ABC home page 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Don't know...always have been 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Loved Overland Track TAS...so probably Alpine 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: Domestic...my galah, Pinky. Wild...don't have a favourite yet. 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True??? I hope this colour thing works

From: leon	11/01/2002 13:04:07
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 29495
1 What name do you post under? Leon 2 Where do you come from? born raised Melbournebay side/Gippsland lakes, now setteled in Canberra 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 16680 sunrises approx 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? about a Month, in process of getting rego now, a few leaks but i hope I pass inspection 5 How did you find Scribbly? from abc online then sssf then S'gum 6 What got you interested in Nature? Isnt nature everything? any interest in anything must lead on to nature 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? my love's epidermis, wet sclphyl forrest? arid? Nigaloo reef? coastal heath? 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) h sapien both the domesticated and wild types 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? its an opinion it is neither true nor false. Do I agree with it? aye

From: Dannie®	11/01/2002 23:38:53
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 29673
I go by the name DAnnie, I am 26 and have two sons Brendan 4 and Jayden 9 months. I live in Kyneton nth central victoria... nothing else too interesting here .. I have a bach in environmental science..blah blah blah..been visiting the forum for about 2 years..very informative i thinks! cheers Dannie

From: tracey	12/01/2002 19:11:49
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 29845
1 What name do you post under?tracey 2 Where do you come from? Perth 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 31 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? one month looking and today 12/11/02 first post 5 How did you find Scribbly? via JJJ 6 What got you interested in Nature? living in it 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Rain Forest and swamp land,because I like the bird life found in these areas 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) I like all of them 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? True,things cant live in trees and you cant sit under them

From: Silver	18/01/2002 15:45:17
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 31435
1 What name do you post under? Silver 2 Where do you come from? Australia 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 10 turning 11 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? I don't know. 2 weeks? 5 How did you find Scribbly? ABC playground in another forum 6 What got you interested in Nature? Well I think it is just fasinating and all the things you can learn 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Cat and whale 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? I don't know

From: jj®	18/01/2002 16:13:48
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 31447
Hello Silver and Welcome ... did you have any luck with the web page that someone posted about spiders the other day? I am not good at that stuff. I'm out the door now to find some more critters from our swamps, to feed the carnivorous critters ... cay later. jj

From: hottentot	18/01/2002 23:12:05
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 31558
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Only lurk so far.Hottentot 2 Where do you come from? Answer: born in Adelaide, have lived in Alice Springs, Southern Tasmania, now livein Canberra 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 30s 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: lurking for a couple of months 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Browsing ABC site 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer:Since a kid. Always reading Nature books 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer:Temperate rainforests or kelp forrests 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: domestic = Rhodesian Ridgeback, Wild too hard to choose one! spotted quoll or cuttlefish 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: true (in most cases, I have seen some very ugly trees)

From: wide_toby®	19/01/2002 22:36:48
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 31775
1 What name do you post under? Answer: wide_toby, real names Toby, not wide!! 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Brisneyland...... 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 16 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: visiting, dont know, a long time tho. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Dr Karl page, thry SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: Its just natural, if i said its beauty would that count? 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: any!!, really, i couldnt decide. 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: A sloth, or caterpillar 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: True!

From: furious®	22/01/2002 8:07:23
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 32187
1 What name do you post under? Umm, well if you can't figure that one out there issomething definitely wrong. 2 Where do you come from? WA 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) 27 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? First time 5 How did you find Scribbly? SSSF got boring so I thought I would check up on the Jones' 6 What got you interested in Nature? I actually really like trees, when I am rich and retire I will retire to a densely wooded area and look at them all the time. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? As above [trees], just went down Southwest WA, Valley of the giants and all that. All sorts of Huge trees [mostly karri and tingle] to look at. too high to climb but :( 8 Favourite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Domestic: Cat Wild: Great White 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Thats for sure the truth

From: Tapperboy®	06/02/2002 14:02:13
Subject: re: Who are we?	post id: 35674
1 What name do you post under? Answer: Tapperboy or GlennF 2 Where do you come from? Answer: Near Byron Bay NSW Australia 3 Age (approx. if you wish :)) Answer: 43 4 How long have you been visiting/posting to Scribbly? Answer: Since almost the beginning of Scribbly Gum, my first post was…From: GlennF 28/05/00 19:47:11 Subject: re: angelfish post id: 169. I visit in fits and starts so I can be away for extended periods then around a lot at other times. 5 How did you find Scribbly? Answer: Via the SSSF 6 What got you interested in Nature? Answer: An statement from my mother that my father might just kill me for being a naughty boy made me question immediately my reason for existing in the first place and my eyes were opened to the nature of existence and the existence of nature. 7 What area or ecosystem do you enjoy visiting most? Answer: Rainforest, Beach and Urban Jungle but the first two win hands down over the last. 8 Favorite animal. (one domestic and one wild :)) Answer: My Dog and Cat (cat never let outside ever, a true housecat) sorry but both figure equally in my life. Wild animal? That’s difficult, whatever is about at the time, right now the waterdragons are playing top dragon in the mulch in the backyard and as one met me at the back door yesterday afternoon it has to be Waterdragons 9 I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Is this statement true or false (IYHO)? Answer: Seriously I don’t know how to answer this as it’s not something I’ve really pondered and perhaps needs more time spent on it than I wish to bestow at the moment, There are lovely poems and there are lovely trees so I’ll say pass for now

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