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« Reply #250 on: June 30, 2010, 12:15:12 am » |
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Welcome Alexius. Good to have you with us.
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« Reply #251 on: July 03, 2010, 05:54:44 am » |
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Hello and well meet fellow Texans I hail from San Marcos.
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« Reply #252 on: July 03, 2010, 06:44:29 am » |
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ようこそ いらっしゃいました、 (Youkoso irasshyaimashita) Alexius and SteamWolf.
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« Reply #253 on: July 03, 2010, 01:11:05 pm » |
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Hi SteamWolf90. ようこそ いらっしゃいました、 (Youkoso irasshyaimashita) Alexius and SteamWolf.
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« Reply #254 on: July 04, 2010, 04:09:04 am » |
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Good Lord. I really should get down to Geographical more often.
Seems I know at least one or two of you here, and can say I know of several more!
It's time for me to get ready for work currently, but I plan on posting properly by Monday at the latest.
In the the meantime- Howdy! er, Greetings! ^_^
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« Reply #255 on: July 04, 2010, 04:22:23 am » |
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みんなさん、ようこそ。(Minna-san, youkozo. Everyone, welcome.)
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« Reply #256 on: July 04, 2010, 07:41:59 pm » |
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Hi Prof. Glad you stopped by.
~ Larry
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« Reply #257 on: July 06, 2010, 03:43:41 am » |
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I blame Natalie Wood.
I was already a SF and comics geek from as far back as I can remember.
I was also somewhat girl-crazy at the tender age of 10, and I remember that my first major crush was on the actress Natalie Wood.
I believe ! was around 12 when channel-surfing on the family tv one late Friday night, when I discovered a movie with her I had never seen before. The production values were lush, the comedy old fashioned slapstick, and the costumes, particularly Ms. Wood's, sublime. And the cars, dude, the CARS!
I was doomed. The name of the movie was The Great Race, and it is to this day my favorite all time flick.
It is also, in my estimation, the Greatest Steampunk Movie Ever Made. ^_^
Amazingly, it was that same year (maybe even the same MONTH) that while trawling the paperback book section of my local Woolworth's that I discovered a book named Warlord of The Air by a writer I never had heard of: Michael Moorcock.
Soon followed the pastiches of Ron Goulart and Phillip Jose Farmer (that whole “World Newton” thing), which led to the classics of Burroughs, Verne, Haggard and Wells.
DAW paperbacks was a one-publisher renaissance of Victorian themed fantasy and science fiction back then, my absolute favorite being “The Island Snatchers” by British writer George H. Smith.
* sigh * I miss those little yellow-spined books…
To be continued...
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« Reply #258 on: July 06, 2010, 02:22:48 pm » |
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Prof, I always loved The Great Race. In fact, TCM recently showed it as part of their month dedicated to Natalie Woods. As far as I'm concern, the gorgeous Natalie Woods is a good enough reason for me.  ~ Larry |
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« Reply #259 on: July 14, 2010, 01:04:47 am » |
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« Reply #260 on: July 14, 2010, 05:28:36 am » |
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Hello from the Edwards Plateau/Texas Hill Country. Heh Heh That covers an area the size of New England! Welcome. |
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« Reply #261 on: July 14, 2010, 07:51:37 am » |
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Hay hay hay from Arlington/DFW!
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« Reply #262 on: July 15, 2010, 12:40:55 am » |
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Welcome H.Q, Squire, and phloem.
~ Larry
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« Reply #263 on: July 15, 2010, 07:01:14 am » |
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Hello fellow Texans! I'm entirely new to the SP community however, like most other communities I'm vested in, I'm ready to jump in without looking and have begun designing my costume.  I'm heavily into Renaissance faires, my wife and I have each sewn/bought/crafted a wardrobe for the each of us and the kids. And I'm also looking to start some form of Pirate meet up group as sadly I cannot find a single one here in Houston... which from where I live is 45 min or less from Galveston. How dismal. So with that long wind, I'm highly excited to get my start with Steampunk. I absolutley love the genre. |
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« Reply #264 on: July 16, 2010, 12:42:26 am » |
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Welcome, Cerrik.
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« Reply #265 on: July 22, 2010, 04:12:40 am » |
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It's Me again, with another heads-up for yet another Old-Time Music and DUlcimer Event, specifically the
6th
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Old Time Music and Dulcimer
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This Year Featuring
Bing FutchJuly22nd-July 24
2010
Rightchere in Houston, Texas! (it's inside and its air-conditioned!) Here's teh link to the Ad website: http://bayoucitymusicfest.com/ Just thought I'd bring this forward; it starts tomorrow, in case anyone's interested! |
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« Reply #266 on: July 23, 2010, 08:11:41 am » |
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Glad to see so many Texas steampunks I'm from Alvarado just south of the DFW area.
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« Reply #267 on: July 23, 2010, 11:23:07 am » |
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MWBailey: really does sound like fun. Too bad I'm not off work to go down.
Hey there cptn. C, You should drop in on us sometime soon.
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Sincerely, Captain Quinlin Hopkins (Hoppy) Do not ignore the freedoms of someone else, for eventually you will be someone else! DFW Steampunk Illumination Society |
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« Reply #268 on: July 30, 2010, 07:10:00 am » |
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Well, I didn't find an introductory thread, so here goes. (Move as you deem necessary.)
I just stumbled upon the whole steampunk culture earlier today and must say I'm impressed. I haven't found anything this cool/intriguing in the scifi field since Firefly. I reside way over here in Lubbock and am attending Texas Tech in the fall.
So, is anyone even remotely close to the West TX area? Or is this going to be like the TX Browncoat community where all the action is in Austin, DFW, and maybe Houston?
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« Reply #269 on: July 30, 2010, 07:45:30 pm » |
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Well, might as well pop in and say hello. I've been on the board for a couple of months now, but don't pop down into this sub forum very often. I'm from the Central Texas area, between Temple and Waco. If there's ever any weekend/holiday meet-ups in the Austin, Killeen, Waco, or Bryan/College Station area, please send me a PM or something to let me know. I'd love to meet more of you guys.
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« Reply #271 on: July 31, 2010, 03:12:54 pm » |
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All of the new people to the thread. Wow! Welcome to cptn. C, Jakobius Reynolds, and DrArclight!
~ Larry
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« Reply #272 on: August 04, 2010, 03:21:47 pm » |
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Greetings Texas Steampunks! We recently relocated from Maryland where we were members of UCSDL (Upper Chesapeake Steam Defense League) to Dallas. I was born in Texas but have been away for many years. Now that my husband and I are both retired we have moved back to Texas to be closer to my family. Yes, we do know about Texas summers. That is the first question we are asked when anyone learns that we have moved here from Maryland.
Both my husband and I are long time fans of science fiction and collectors of several areas of Victorianna. When we read Gibson's Difference Engine we were smitten although we did now know we were Steampunkers for many years untill I stumbled on Brass Goggles.
We enjoyed being part of the UCSDL although our life has been rather hectic recently and we were not able to participate in all the activities. Is there a Dallas area group interested in costume and technology (we are not much into speampunk music) that would welcome us?
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« Reply #273 on: August 04, 2010, 04:09:37 pm » |
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Hello Camera Obscura. I hope this post finds you in good health and not too melted. We are in fact a freshly minted group meeting your needs. The next meeting will be 6pm at The Generator in Garland on August 14th. It is in conjunction with the DFW costumers guild. So you will indeed get a good mixture of those who costume and those who enjoy building as well. If you'll make some allowance for the site in its infancy, you can swing by and take a look here: http://steampunkis.org/forum/index.php?topic=14.0 |
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« Reply #274 on: August 04, 2010, 04:28:56 pm » |
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Welcome, Camera Obscura. Do join us at the forum Captain Quinlin Hopkins posted. We're small but slowly but surely getting organized.
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