I see some familiar posters here, and wonder if you remember me? I've been travelling lately in Australia, and turned on some people to this site. Hello Mark thomas, Hello Markus, Hello Nate, Hello RC, Hello BlindSwine (Mr Swine?). Hope the Oatmeal Boys of the world are behaving themselves. Immersed in terminal jetlag, I remain your friend. This is still one of the more compelling places on the web...

wow! hallo! and: http://www2.active.ch/%7Egerstei/main.en.html

Hey Christopher! Why ya been such a stranger? Don't they have computers Down Under! So tell us what life abroad has been like. Where in Australia were ya? And for what reasons?

ROFL! Nate -- where'd you find that thing? Are you selling them as a sideline or something? Geeyawd -- I know my allergies get on my nerves. But if I'd pay $49.95 for a nose douche/I need to be committed! Damn/those pictures were funny!

Turns out that explosively exiting milk performs much the same function. It took me almost 20 minutes to clean off this damn monitor. Thanks for the "Truth is stranger than fiction" moment...

I've been in Sydney Australia for the past couple of weeks on business. I'm working for a broadband internet company, and we are going live all over the planet: Sydney, Tokyo,Italy, Spain, Amsterdam and Germany. I started working for them over 1 and a half years ago. The work is great, the personal life is good, so I can't really complain too much. I bought myself a Beetle, and moved out of San Fancisco, so I could be a little closer to work. I didn't realize how much it actually sucked for the most part. Don't get me wrong, if You don't mind spendng $3000 + a month, with no parking, then Its a great place. I just got sick of it all, and decided to settle down from contracts and get myself a "Full-Time" job. I bought myself a condo, paid more than I should have, and am in a nice town on the East side of the San Francisco Bay. I've been seeing someone for the past 3 months, and I'm enjoying the novelty. Serious? Who knows. Lots more stuff too, including a weird trip to Disneyworld where I was almost attacked by a crocodile, and the nightlife in Europe, which is scarier than Bram Stoker portrayed.I'm recovering from a severe case of jet-lag, and continue to step into patches of mental fog. I didn't realize that severe jetlag can also preclude your ability to absorb alcohol, which caused me my first bought of technicolor yawns since my college days. Yech. I hope that all who remember me are doing well, and are happy. You guys helped boost me up once, and I didn't forget. Peace!

This is what should happen: After the first few uses, you might experience a slight irritation in your nasal cavity. This is a sign that the clearing of your nasal passages was a necessity. After the next few uses, you shouldn't experience any irritation. With repeat use of the NoriŠ, you will find the experience wonderfully agreeable, healthy and relieving. the irritation is a sign that it was a necessity my dad used to tell us a story about a guy that did something similar with some kind of rope

Awwww -- that's sweet. (But was I even here when that happened?) Maybe that'll be Mark's next ad copy for the frontpage: "We at Sorabji.com can always be counted on for the best boost for yr internet buck." Anyway/go sleep off yr jet lag. And no drinking for 48 hrs. We'll all be here when you get back. I'm off to make myself a drink & watch "Monty Python & The Holy Grail". (Gotta love those $1.50 rentals!)

I'm getting me one of them nose thingies.

Nose thingie?

Christopher, man - great to see you back. I poasted a question a couple weeks ago if anyone had an email address for you. To this day the best piece of writing I've ever seen on the Net was the Trelkovski piece in the Old Man thread, which has been tragically truncated in some accient in the ether. I'm also working in a global telecoms company. What flavor of broadband? Glad to hear things are going well.