So I'll be gone soon enough...

...but I just got curious as to how this forum ended up. And how everyone ended up. As to how I ended up, well I grew up, got a degree, had dreads, brushed them out, grew up some more, temped for a bit and now I work as an outdoor learning tutor and spend my days leading groups of children on school trips and teaching them things. I'm not sure you'll care about that. Oh and I write for a music website. I guess what I'm saying is I turned out ok despite being here far too much at quite an important time in my life. Still absolutely crap at that relationship malarkey though. So yeah, hi old ones. And erm, I'm not sure I want to say thanks, but you can pretend I did.

 

Hi Nyika, glad you're doing okay, your job sounds great, hope you're enjoying it.

The UK Forum pootles along but is generally quite quiet.

Glad you popped by

 

The UK forum these days is for people who like a bit of peace and quiet, but with occasional people bursting in enthusiastically every couple of weeks asking if anyone is from Hull, or if anyone would like to start a commune on a boat in Greece, and then leaving again when nobody is from Hull or nobody wants to live on a boat in Greece. It's awesome.

And then there's GlenGlen. We nod and smile politely when he's around, and eventually he wanders off, mumbling to himself about chickens.

 

Nice to see you too. We're dandy.

I assumed you'd know how the forum ended up, I've seen you lurking quite a few times.

 

I was maybe a bit harsh, it's not so much the UK forum as the rest of the site. Looking at it now it's scary, very scary. This place was always nice until I guess I ruined it for everyone or whatever. I haven't lurked in a long, long time, in fact when I logged in the other day that was the first time in about half a year or so, and it seems to be a six monthly thing that I decide to have a look. I think you guys, the ones who are still here, realise it was not actually you who caused my life to be so teenage angsty around the time I was here, at least I hope you do. I have phases with forums, I've now pretty much left the one I left here for. So sorry if it sounded like I was being horrible, it was just a very strange time in my life.

 

Hey Nyika - I don't know you from before cos I'm relatively new here. But I've lived a lot more life than you have, and if I've figured anythign out in that time it's this - that we all make mistakes along the way, and we all learn from them and grow into better people as a result.

You had a strange time in your life in your teens? Hey ... join the club. We all did. But you sound like yo've learned and grown as a result, and that's just great.

Big hug from me,

Becky

 

I can't even remember when I joined the site - Must of been before June 2004 though as I camped with some of the hipforums crew at Glastonbury that year! It was a very lovely place then and I posted quite a bit. And much like yourself I've taken time away for this reason or that. And there have been times I've come back and not really recognised any of the posters!

I can't remember any troubles or nastiness - Must of been while I was out But I started checking back in regular about a year ago now and it all feels very friendly. I was suprised at some of the folk who've seem to of vanished but sod 'em I say

...I kid.

Anyway, why you leaving? Are you off on a great adventure or some such?

 

Cluck You...:elf:



Cheers Glen.

 

maybe this place would be busier if y'all were'nt so weird and talking in funny accents.

 

The UK is currently in hibernation.

 

'til the arctic weather recedes..

 

Sun is shining today folks - Pack away those wellies. Still cold like so keep a jumper handy

 

Way before then dude, I joined in 2001-ish and you were around then under one of your other names. I half-remember you on some of the early threads I posted in

(You were OctopusRide/OceanStar in previous lives, right? If I've got the wrong person I'm going to look like a right dick )

 

Haha, aye that's me - Embarrassment spared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpN_TOP9hg8"]Madness - Embarrassment - YouTube

Peace & Love,
OceanStar

 

I have also returned to see whats happening, yup the uk forum was once busy we gathered here and there now we are doing other things.

I may see sal and jaz maybe kat in london next month if I go and marshall and build the sex thing again, they wont be at the event but I make a point of seeing them when I'm in london .
I'm working at glastonbury festival again if anyones going to that and wants to meet, apart from that I'm doing various tv and film things, selling antiques etc .

People mostly seem to be doing various jobs and settling down, I cut my hair and beard although I'm growing it again to play a person from atlantis, sals become a tax pundit and journalist and cut his hair, jaz is a popstar .
I kinda know where most of the old forum are but we don't meet so much, saw sunny last year at beautiful days and power 13 and dharmarillo , saw jaz at various festivals stayed with him and sal last year and saw kat for a short while .

 

I continued to grow my hair, then I had dreads, then I brushed out the dreads and now I have long hair again. How terribly exciting. But yeah, did we all just grow up?

 

I particularly enjoyed the hair related story. It had ups, downs, twists, turns. For a moment it was just like the old days.

 

I too have hair

 

Where....???



Cheers Glen.