Just click on the pictures to see them enlarged :ok:

http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/9629/62hd.th.jpg - First of all let me present to you the real brain behind Abandonia: BETTY!

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/5320/8a5hw.th.jpg - team: Borut (Sebatianos), Dino (OvErLoRd), Neven (Tulac), Viktor (Unknown Hero) and Romano.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9349/12kc.th.jpg - Here Sebatianos is telling us how big the fish was (the one that got away).

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1450/34pm.th.jpg - All fed, but not fed up (want some leftovers?)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5515/47bc.th.jpg - "You need to eat some more, to grow up and become a really big Unknown Hero!"

http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/8366/71nh.th.jpg - We had to behave, because we were under the strict eye of our host!

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/1276/99so.th.jpg - In the end we had to work really hard, to put all of this up on the site!

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5903/104oo.th.jpg - Here's OvErLoRd, struck by the course of the cat-people (Betty)

That's all folks!

PS: We used Romano's computer, Dino's camera (he also edited the pictures), Unknown Hero transfered it all to the server and Sebatianos made the coments!

Well all I can say is it's been nice meetig you people, hope we'll do it again sometime :D

Hope you all had a good time. :ok:

By the way, what did you have for dinner ? :bleh:

That was exactly what I was trying to figure out! What is that food in a big pot?

What can I say. Nobody cooked for me in Brazzaville :ranting: but I'll be home soon so roll up your sleeves :bannana:

Good to see you all together. I hope you had a great time.

:bye:

We certainly had a great time! Oh, and food in the big pot is, (or should I say, was) ''risotto frutti di mare''.

We know that post office in Congo doesn't work, but they wouldn't accept rotten food anyway, so we can't send you some!

Nice pics! Betty, though, looks somehow offended by the C# books!

No, she infact likes C#. You know how I know that? She scratched me and I think that 's because I prefer Visual Basic over C#!

Honestly, she really scratched my arm.

Well Romano was such a good host I only got to prepare the salad (he wouldn't even let me do the dishes :cry: ).

Nah, she was just thinking to her self: "Why on Earth did they buy these two books, I could have explained everything to them. What a waste of money."

Did kosta go?

Kosta is in Ireland right now (otherwise that last picture is taken in his very own room :D ).

You guys look so silly. :D

Thank you! Hopefully you'll organize a similar meeting so we could point and laugh as well! :)

Thank you! Hopefully you'll organize a similar meeting so we could point and laugh as well! :) [/b][/quote]
I didn't laugh. I meant it as the grandmotherly way as you guys look so happy and glad.
I hope the scorpions didn't get you.
Last time I had a get-together, the scorpions ate us all.

I didn't laugh. I meant it as the grandmotherly way as you guys look so happy and glad.
I hope the scorpions didn't get you.
Last time I had a get-together, the scorpions ate us all. [/b][/quote]
I was joking as well! No, we had no scorpion problems, just some kitty problems! Infact, only I had them...

NEVER MIND - double post - sorry :wall: :wall: :wall:

Nah, we had Sub-Zero's protection :bleh:

U went all drunk? :drunk:

No, at least not this time...

awww...I wish I lived in Europe so I could meet all you guys :cry:

You don't want to live in Europe, trust me, they have France.

That's only 15 more reasons for wanting to live in Europe!

Anyway - maybe you should really try to set up your own meeting (in your part of the world). If we can't get a world-wide meeting, maybe we can at least have many "local" meetings.

LOL A UK meeting. That has potential for Westwood-based hilarity!

They have France; and
They have Bush (as closest ally).

So, which 'They' would you choose?

Well, it worked for us! Determination and will is all you need...

So that's why you're on the dark continent :D

Where the sun never shines (other than in California, where people are more liberal) and there are right-wing extremist religious groups everywhere!

(or so I hear)

We can have a meeting... ;)

:wub:
And Moogle! I think he lives near us! What? You didn't think I meant something else, did you? LOL

At least we don't have Bush...

Fo' shizzle.LOL

Black continet has both! That's why it is dark and hungry!

At least we don't have Bush... [/b][/quote]
Yeah you do, cause you have to deal with his mess nearby in Asia. :D

We had enough other Bush slandering topics - in this one it's all just spam, so please stop with such useless coments!

I agree. This is supposed to be about your meeting. What language did you use, by the way? English?:D

Mixture of Croatian and Slovene, with random entries of English comments! Oh, and we used ''Meow!'' language to communicate with Betty, but she used somewhat ''scratchy'' language to communicate with me! :)

I guess your mieows weren't convincing enough.
BTW - a new picture has just been added to the first post: The resoult of a bloody conflict between a guy in black and a pussy in white :whistle:

We can have a meeting... ;)

:wub:
And Moogle! I think he lives near us! What? You didn't think I meant something else, did you? LOL [/b][/quote]
meh...we already had a meeting earlier today :bleh:

Although, doesn't Moogle like, live in Los Gatos or something like that? Let's find out where he lives and TP his house! :ok:

Ooooh, a new picture, I'm so excited!

*Runs to see a new pic*

Darn. Scratch that.

Awww. I'm sure Betty just has her very own way of showing her affection, though.:P

Somebody needs to insert a lil MSpain :Tom: in there....;)
And ya, I love in Los Gatos, you'l never find me :bleh:
And no!!! You can't teleport to my house!!! (TP) This isn't Star Trek sillys! ;)

Now that was quite a meeting as I see...

:cry: :cry: :cry AND I WASN'T THERE!!!!! :cry:

Oh man, how many things di I miss lately. I hope there will be another meeting close to here soon. I always wanted to meet you guys ya know!

well, I hope you had a grewat time :D

Mixture of Croatian and Slovene, with random entries of English comments! Oh, and we used ''Meow!'' language to communicate with Betty, but she used somewhat ''scratchy'' language to communicate with me! :) [/b][/quote]
:cry: My Croatian isn't that bad, is it? Well, it's better than your Slovene :sneaky:
Anyway - I got caught at moments - because I'm talikng English to you all here - that I wanted to speak English, and then there was that matter of reading an "English-paper"....

Anyway, I really had a great time and I wish we all could meet next time! :bye:

Your Croatian isn't bad at all! I agree, it was quite an experience and I hope we'll meet again some time soon!

What did you did at the meeting? Ate food?

How about next meeting in Finland?

How about a netmeeting? that way we all could participate in what ever country we happend to live in and we would get to meet (sort of) all the great people who have made this site what it is?

Just a thought. Just DONT ask me to organize it because i can't organize a perveripal p*** up in a brewery , as it were.

We might have enough member is Asutralia to have a meeting... but we probibly are too far away.
Id be happy to cook! :D

Hm, would a belgian meeting be possible?

Oh, and Overlord, I think you said something about a white pussy she didn't like: meow!

Nah. I just found playing with kitten quite amusing, and she had enough!

Nah. I just found playing with kitten quite amusing, and she had enough! [/b][/quote]
:ot:
... I can't get enough of ....
:whistle:

:D

@ TheChosen: It was a 2-day meeting, Romano prepared great lunch every day, we went to Interliber book fair and Info technical fair, to cut the long story short - we hanged out and it was great!

Hey!
I missed you. Haven't seen you around for a long time. We did talk about you living quite close to Zagreb as well, so we were basically missing you at the meeting (would be even more international). I surely hope you will be able to attend the next meeting (there certainly is going to be one, it's just not certain when - the location will probably remain the same).

Sure hope our meeting broke the ice and now other will be arranged as well!

BTW, this topic is highly popular in the means of ''page views''. Right now, about 25.5 hours from opening of the topic, it has had 3612 views, which makes 141.65 views per hour, thus making 2.36 views per minute. Interesting stats.

Sounds like you all had fun. I hope for more meetings. In more areas

I hope you had a good time. If there were more meetings it would be so great (or if everyone would come in my city it would be greater; over 5000 members LOL )

Maybe a combined Dutch/Belgian meeting? For instance in Antwerp (BE) or Eindhoven (NL). If the latter I can host :D

Thanks for the invite?

Seb is nothing how I imagined.. he looks so Teacherish. I thought he would be a cool non teacherish bloke LOL!

I have an idea if we should do a net meeting everyone in AB Can join if they wanna

If it's in Eindhoven, I might be able to participate :)
Going by train to Antwerp is a bit too expensive for my tastes... :unsure:

Anyway, I'm glad to hear all you guys had a good time. I hope there will be more meetings like this one :ok:

Oddly enough, the fondest memory I have of the whole weekend is in no way conected to any of the members or the meeting itself...

It was at the expo, while we split up and I went off to buy Rainwife some cotton candy. There were some drumbers playing drumbs (still not really sure why, but it seemed a part of some programe) and I was waiting in line. Two elderly cleaning ladies came by and one of them started empying the waste basket (and she was 'dancing' to the beat of the drum while doing it). Both of them were just leaving when I got to the cotton candy guy, but before I could tell him what I wanted (he also had some other sweets) he called for the two cleaning ladies and gave them a huge lollypop each (those huge things shaped like a smiley winking at you). that really made their day, and I must say it brightened mine too, to see that people still do random kind stuff to complete strangers simply because they're in a good mood :ok:

Now why dont people give me those things? :P

Because you're not an elderly cleaning lady?

MAybe because you're focused on recieving and are missing the point of the story... It's not about getting something for free, it's about giving something, to make others feel better.

Anyway, I'd like to see what were the memories of other people (although I think I know for OvErLoRd - Betty's claws :bleh: ).

Although I was never at the gathering, my memory is the way Seb looks like a zombie on the picture right before Overlord's cat wounds.
Must be because of the way you closed your eyes when the picture was taken, just a little of your eyes show, so it kinda looks like they're rolled back into your head, like some sort of zombie.
Quite a fascinating coincidence actually.

Coincidence? Only those who weren't there could think that. :whistle:

And Seb, I prefer your cotton candy memories over ''paws of fury'' ones! :)

Coincidence? Only those who weren't there could think that. :whistle:

And Seb, I prefer your cotton candy memories over ''paws of fury'' ones! :) [/b][/quote]
I just hope he didn't eat as many brains as a certain link in my signature indicates.

Hmm there are a lot of memorize I will treasure for ever - I couldn't focus on only one thing...
For instance:
Romano telling me I know a lot about sports (not that I don't, but it is nice to hear it from an expert :D ) and talking
Overlord beeing interested in the pussy aka Betty :sneaky: and being very polite all the time :angel:
Tulac I have only seen on Saturday, but as far as I can tell he may be shy at first, but he is a nice person when you get to meet him :ok:
"Unknown" Hero isn't unknow, but he is a hero. Hmm, what to say about him, maybe I was taken by him the most (no offence others), because he is such a sweet "boy" - maybe not with best of manners :whistle: , but just crazy (Ludnica) enought :D Maybe I miss my sister and he reminded me on her - yeah yeah, I know, I'm sentimental.
Well, about Seb - let's not go into that :D :wub:

Anyway - you can all see that (at least I, but I think all) had a great time and I can only say :tnx: Romano once again for everything and stay the same as you are!

P.S.: Kosta - if Betty seems a bit of shape (physically) do not blame your father, Seb and I bought her some food and we couldn't resist feeding her - sorry :kosta:

Well, first of all, thank you for your kind words!

And now, since you gave us all so much praise, I have to say that it was great getting to know Borut and you. You're both fabolous and interesting persons! One thing that really got into my memory is Rainwife talking to Unknown Hero and him not understanding one single thing (he just kept saying:''Šta?'') LOL

I had a wonderful time, we really spent some quality time together, with lots of laughs and great moments! So, thank you both for visiting us! And thank you, Romano, for being a nice host and preparing tasty lunch!

:ot:

Well, when he was in the car with Seb and me he didn't ask me to repeat, he understood everything....

Maybe Hero is/was scared of somebody else in the room :sneaky: or he was thinking about something else :whistle:
:ot:

Actually, it isn't off-topic, it's still talk about our meeting.

:) Yes, I was joking, it just happened few times, but in a row! So I just found it interesting...

And your Croatian isn't bad at all! :ok:

Yeah it's more of you being "afraid" to speak it ;)
You should here my Slovene then you'd have a laugh...

The funny thing was, that when I came home, I wanted to speak Croatian - not that my parents wouldn't understand, but it seemed odd.
Yeah, maybe next time, you should talk Slovene to me :D

WTF???? VI HRVATI??? :eeeeeh:

MI HRVATI, MI HRVATI, MI HRVATI, JEEEEEBOTE KOLKO NAS IMA, JEEEEEBOTE KOLKO NAS IMA....................... :D

Hi, atomos! First and foremost, this is English-only forum.

Second, check your PM box!

Erm, I suppose that roughly translates as "Wtf? You Croat? Me Croat, me Croat, me Croat, gee, but Kolko has no MA, gee, but Kolko has no MA"

Or maybe not.:P

That would be exactly as follows:

''WTF? You're Croats? We Croats, We Croats, We Croats, OMFG there's lots of us, OMFG there's lots of us!''

Doesn't make much sense in English, because it's something our sport supporters cheer during the game. ''Jebote'' wouldn't actually mean ''OMFG'', but the context is similar. :ph34r:

Oh well, close enough.:D

Jebote, sorry for late reply! :D

First of all I want to thank Romano for great lunch and dinner. Yummy!!! :apple: <== "EAT ME! EAT ME!!!"
Then I would like to thank him for accommodation, too. (I didn't mess up Kosta's bed, didn't I? :D )
Now, what more can I say 'bout Romano? He's workaholic (don't kill me), patient, and generous. All in all, great man that organized this meeting completely alone. :max:

Overlord is my old friend from Split. We have already met there, and he didn't change a bit! He's still a good fellow, good student (wow, I hope I will pass all exams in time when I go to university), ....and rocker of course!!! :Titan:
Now Betty was a problem! :butcher: She taught Overlord a lesson: "Don't make cats mad!" :D ...and yes, she like C# a lot.

Rainwife, you make me blush!!! :wub:
I also noticed that you watch sport on TV. Tennis was your favorite! :)
BTW your mixure of English-Croatian-Slovenish was so entertaining!

Seb was just the way I imagined him! Funny and cheerfull. There isn't a bit of proffesor in him! Lucky kids in his class... :whistle:
BTW Seb and I have the biggest quoting pyramid ever!!! :)

Tulac is party boy! He likes to hang out with his friends (that's at least what I noticed). We had one meeting before already. And on that meeting he couldn't come first day, because he felt somekind "mamuran" (drowsy).
:D :cheers:

I'm looking forward for next meeting!!! Romano organize it as sunnest possible, I want to eat more of frutti di mare! LOL

@UH: Isn't that the longest post you have ever written? :D

Oh yes, thanx so much for those DVD's, they're filled with great stuff! My rocker soul is highly satisfied with those videos! :kosta:

BTW, you already forgot that crazy night in The Movie Pub first time you were here? Now I'm disappointed... Infact, angry! :ranting:

LOL

If you don't believe it - check it out (BTW - the part at the bottom should be quoted as well, but the boards can't handle it anymore :angel: :

There was a post here so long, the script couldn't handle the post anymore, but it's now removed :whistle:

I was thinking about quoting your last post, but the sensible side of me prevailed! :)

I feel privileged being amongst few people who can understand your pyramid (perverznjaci!)! LOL

Holy.. the whole forum has turned into a quote.. really!

The bottom part of this page is broken, that's a pretty damn big quote! LOL

EDIT: Fonts/line spacing are also broken.

Well now after you've seen it - I can edit that post and remove some of the quotes - to return things to a more normal status) :bleh:

Its completely broken now.. I can see the tags, but they aint displaying...

That pyramid makes me dizzy :crazy:

That's a the tricky thing about nested quotes, there have to be the same number of open and close tags or the whole thing goes pear-shaped.

I reckon it just breaks when you have too many quote tags in a post, actually - happens in the grammar section (shh! :ph34r:) quite a lot.

Seb - u spammer :tomato: :wub:

@Rainwife: That's right. I've been a bad boy, come to my room.

Anyway - should I maybe remove that whole quotes... It's very long and the majority won't be able to read it anyway...

Wow, Sebastianos! nice pyramid :ok: of couse the only things I understood were the smilies :D and that link to the "albinoblacksheep" site :roflol:

You could remove since it has no real purpose ;)

I'm glad you liked it (that one's fun LOL ).

I'm sorry, but I can't figure out how is this an international meeting?? :blink:

Slovenia & Croatia :D

oh, my.. how pathetic!! :bleh:

A bit late congratulation on meeting! :)

Lucky.... :whistle:

Well tehre were chances on peopel from Serbia and Hungary coming along (but they didn't). Well at least we had a meeting. Next time you should come to Bohor (you're not that far away).

well, that's not so true anymore...
Now I moved back to Subotica! I'm not in Zagreb anymore! :angel:

If I remember correctly, bohor has to travel under adult supervision. LOL

(Lucky him! :ranting: )

i could organize something here in Kotor,so you guys can come for the weekend but i have beds for 4 of you only :( :not_ok:

Better then trying to hang out at my place. Not only are most of the rooms taken, I live in the US :D

Will there be an Australian meeting?

*unsticky bump*

Yeah, the Australia one! :D

Yeah, the Australia one! :D [/b][/quote]
Hooray :Brain:

you guys need to try to plan it not just say (Yeah a australin one!)

I'm not really fond of meets. Plus we all live in different states, or so I believe.

Hey Seb, we should do another meeting soon ;) There are chances that I will actually go too :tomato: preferably in the spring holiday?

Croatia.. that country seb lives in next to Croatia.. is everyone here from around there? LOL

Mmm....
A DC one would be better for some people.

Nooooo........ Tanzania would be best for everyone.

I think I can organize one here. Hungary is a cool place I think but I'm a lil bias in this matter :P

Makes me sad.....
All the US people get left out...

who said you can't come :D

It would be much more cooler if you all come at once :D I have a whole hotel to accomodate all who wants to come (my dorm is also a hotel*** :D)

Hooray :Brain: [/b][/quote]
Righto then, I'll grab some tinnies and we'll pile in the 'cruiser and pop down the billabong for an arvo in the shade of a Collabah tree, eh blokes! :cheers:

I'll bring the banjo.

Well, I've been getting some questions about yet another central European meeting of Abandonians... The questions automatically arrive: when, where, who'd come?

Zagreb looks like good spot ain't it? It's not too far from here... Again I can offer a whole Hotel*** for you guys here in Veszprém(Hungary) but that could could cost money... :tomato: and this is a beautiful city if not for anything, than for the first university in central europe :D beautiful scenery and sights n stuff... and no, I'm not advertizin :D The time? well the spring holiday could work, but I don't know... as for who will come, I will Fo' Shizzle :ok:

Well if it would happen in Zagreb I could go anytime ^_^
I could go other places, depends where really...

I somehow think Zagreb should be the spot! :)

It could become a tradition...

OK - count me in! :ok: :bleh:

Count me in, too! :ok: