Introduce yourself:

[floozy]

every since our old 'Hi I'm' thread has been lost (i'm too lazy to find it)), here's a new thread to introduce yourself to the entire world.

Engineer (y/n):

Name:

Age:

Gender:

From:

Year:

Course:

Bike(s):

Lycra/ Baggies:

Interests:

Favourite Music:

Favourite Book:

Favourite movie:

Favourite Tv Series:

Favourite computer games:

[floozy]

Engineer (y/n): n

Name: Dawn

Age: 20

Gender: female

From: wexford

Year: 4th

Course: HPSS (HorsePiSS, HPiSSers) our true purpose is to hang around college looking to marry engineers who will earn money and give us a good standard of living.... according to the engineers in the room at present. Our course motto is "From the Dail to the Dole, THe PoSSibilties are endless!"

Bike(s): Gary Fisher Tassajara GS Disc affectionately known as aimee

Lycra/ Baggies: lycra, mmm.... lycra...... how about baggies under lycra?

Interests: mountain biking, crashing, trips to hospitals, food, beating up alan, reading, the usual sort of stuff, being lazy, avoiding college work or alternatively getting so engrossed in college work that I forget to eat

Favourite Music: Aimee Mann, tom waits, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Muse, Cathy Davey

Favourite Book(s): we would be here all day if i started to answer this

Favourite movie(s): Gegen die Wand, Thank You For Smoking

Favourite Tv Series: i hate tv[/b]

[Chimaera]

Engineer: Yes (twice)

Name: Donal P. O'Brien

Age: 26

Gender: Male

From: If you need to ask then you don't need to know

Year: Alumnus

Course: Mech Eng (degree) & Chem Eng (grad dip)

Bike(s): Trek 6700

Lycra/Baggies: both

Interests: Mountain biking, reading, playing music, playing computer games, annoying Dawn

Favourite Music: A Sample: Muse, Tom Waits, Metallica (old stuff), Kíla, Jeff Wayne, Mike Oldfield

Favourite Books: Any Terry Pratchett, reading "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins at the moment

Favourite Movie: Schindler's List

Favourite TV Series: Probably Mythbusters

Favourite Computer Games: Worms World Party (concrete donkey ftw)

[rdhma]

Engineer (y/n): Y

Name: Rob Drohan

Age: 38

Gender: Male

From: Limerick, sham

Year: 2006 I think.

Course: I ain't no student.

Bike(s): Trek 8000 - hardtail, Giant Trance 1 - full sus, Trek 1500 - road.

Lycra/ Baggies: Depends on where I'm going.

Interests: The esoteric

Favourite Music: Cordis, Miles Davis,

Favourite Book: The tunnels of Cu Chi, 1984

Favourite movie: Dr Strangelove

Favourite Tv Series: Couldn't be bothered following a series.

Favourite computer games: I think I've finally grown out of them.

[Dutchy]

Engineer : no

Name: Hans Frederiks

Age: 21

Gender: Male

From: Wexford

Year: nearly 2007

Course: Leisure studies

Bike(s): Kenisis Maxlight

Lycra/ Baggies: Depends on where I'm going.

Interests: Biking, Weightlifting, badminton, darts, all things sport I guess, Belgian beer

Favourite Music: depends on the occasion, bit of everything

Favourite Book: Wilbur Smith ones, one of the courtney series

Favourite movie: Indiana Jones

Favourite Tv Series: 24

Favourite computer games: Dont play them, mario cart a big past favourite though, someone dig out the N64

[Seanie Putt]

Name: sean putt

Age: 22

Gender: male

From: patrickswell,limerick

Year: 1

Course: primary school teaching(john moores uni)

Bike(s): da bomb hardtail

Lycra/ Baggies: baggies

Interests: rugby play at national level 1

Favourite Music: snow partol,damien rice,the frames

Favourite Book:brian o drisscoll ''a life in the centre''

Favourite movie: borat.jackass 2

Favourite Tv Series:ray mears

Favourite computer games:street fighter 2

[Cosine]

Engineer (y/n): Mostly

Name: Cian O' Sullivan

Age: 21

Gender: Male

From: Castletroy, Limerick

Year: 4th

Course: Manufacturing Systems

Bike(s): Specialised Stumpjumper

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies, I would never punish the world by wearing lycra

Interests: Biking, Archery, Computey games and procrastination

Favourite Music: Anything really

Favourite Book: Terry Pratchett's discworld series

Favourite movie: Shawshank redemption

Favourite Tv Series: Stargate

Favourite computer games: Final Fantasy

[igus]

Engineer (y/n): 0x59

Name: Mark O'Shea

Age: as young as she is.

Gender: Male

From: Limerick Maternity Hospital

Year: this year

Course: Killaloue DH track

Bike(s): Giant NRS, Storm CornerWorker,

Lycra/ Baggies: Lycra is a privilage....one that i dont have.

Interests: XC, DH, BMX, Trials, Street, whatever you can do on 2wheels.

Favourite Music: anything at all...

Favourite Book: Java complete reference(plase note the sarcasim)

Favourite movie: Backdoor Sluts UnClited

Favourite Tv Series: the back door slut series 1-9. series 10 was a little dragged out. 11 picked up a little though.

Favourite computer games: Backdoor Sluts: Sluts Unleashed the Game.

[Vortex]

Engineer (y/n): Yep

Name: Huw Thomas

Age: Really OLD!

Gender: Male

From: Limerick

Year: 3rd

Course: Comp Eng

Bike(s): Giant Trance 2, ClaudButler Pagan, Onza T-Bird

Lycra/ Baggies: Both...at the same time!

Interests: Everything...

Favourite Music: I'll give anything a chance, sometimes I only like one song a band has released and think the rest are rubbish

Favourite Book: Terry Pratchett's stuff is high on that list at the moment

Favourite movie: Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, LOTR or maybe Kill Bill

Favourite Tv Series: Don't watch much, but Family Guy and Prison Break are damn good!

Favourite computer games: Anything fun, Command and Conquer and Doom are good

[nodata]

Engineer (y/n): Y

Name: Alan Barry

Age: 23

Gender: mostly male

From: Tipperary

Year: Graduated in 2005

Course: Electronic Engineering

Bike(s): Steel hardtail

Lycra/ Baggies: Both

Interests: Whiskey, women, cycling, music, electronics

Favourite Music: Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Doors, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Blues, Rap, Chill

Favourite Book: The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

Favourite movie: Midnight Cowboy

Favourite Tv Series: Mythbusters

Favourite computer games: Final Fantasy VII[/quote]

[optical illusion]

Engineer (y/n): N

Name: Laura Keane

Age: 23

Gender: F

From: Tipperary

Year: Alumni

Course: BSc. Equine Science

Bike(s): Lapierre Technic FS-L 06

Lycra/ Baggies: Lycra all the way

Interests: Dimitri, horses, mountain biking, badminton, animals, reading, writing, my snake, clubbing and walking my dogs.

Favourite Music: 60s-90s, R'n'B, dance

Favourite Book: Monty Roberts: The man who listens to horses

Favourite movie: Amelie, Memoirs of a geisha, The Lion King

Favourite Tv Series: Planet Earth, Sex and the city, Family Guy, Top Gear, Grey's

Favourite computer games: The Sims, Need For Speed, Battlefield, Quake, COD

[Heald]

...

[Rock Souled]

Engineer (y/n): Sound

Name: Eoghan O'B

Age: 21

Gender: Male

From: Here

Year: 1st (third times the charm!)

Course:Music, Media and Performance Technologies

Bike(s): Specialized P2, looking at getting me 24 seven Slacker.

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies

Interests: Bikes, music, techy stuff.

Favourite Music: Everything from Air to Zombies "Time of the Season"

Favourite Book: Lots, probably the Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy.

Favourite movie: As above. or maybe the Usual Suspects

Favourite Tv Series: dunno, the Panel can be good.

Favourite computer games: Anything that has cars that go at high speed.

[John]

Engineer (y/n): y

Name: John O'Neill

Age: 27

Gender: Male

From: Cork

Year: Finished

Course: Electronic Eng

Bike(s): Echo Pure, T'is a stock trials bike

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies

Interests: Playing the drums, Having fun, DVD's

Favourite Music: I like most things but preferably the heavier the better

Favourite Book: The vampire Lestat

Favourite movie: Kung Pow, Fight Club, Super Troopers to name but a few

Favourite Tv Series: Don't watch tv

Favourite computer games: Halo, but rarely play it.

[olli]

Name: Olivia Gippner

Age: 20

Gender: f

From: Malta

Year: 2

Course: European Studies with Psychology

Bike(s): none till now, Hope to be able to borrow one here

Interests:

Favourite Music: Everything, depends on the mood - obviously, Massive Attack, Jazz, Classic, R&B

Favourite Book: The Beach, Lord of the Rings

Favourite movie: Cold Mountain, Black Dalia...


Well, I'd really like to go for a trip one day, so I'd appreciate if someone could maybe help me out on the bike, I'm here on Erasmus, so it's not worth buying a proper one...I'm 1.68m, usually 26''

Hope to meet you soon!!!

Olivia

[optical illusion]

Sure Olivia, we can fix you up with a bike and a helmet, just post up in the cycle section for a Sunday cycle if you require one!

[floozy]

hi olivia,

sorry that it took this long to respond to you. work's internet policy hates MBUL.

welcome to the club. as laura already said, we have a number of bikes available to beginners and Erasmus students, and helmets are also available. the only requirement we need is for you to sign up to the club. the price for students is ¤2, quite a deal compared to other clubs. the sunday cycles are the beginner cycles and they normally go to cratloe woods. the cycle pace is easy enough and the more experienced club members will help you out with technique on the trails if you haven't ridden offroad before.

i would advise you to wear a pair of shorts or tracksuit bottoms (or proper cycling shorts if you have them) that you don't mind getting dirty, and to bring a rain-jacket and a bottle of water in a bag that again you don't mind getting dirty. also bring some money for our traditional shop stop where we grab some food, chat a bit and return back up to the woods for some more fun and messing about. wearing a pair of gloves to protect your hands is advisable.

just remember to book the bike and helmet on the cycles section of our forum the week before every cycle.

again welcome to the club,

Dawn,
el presidente

[SalDal]

Engineer (y/n): no, a teacher of crazy adolescents!

Name: Sorcha Mac Mathúna

Age: 21 ...for the time being

Gender: Bit of a tom-boy, I don't conform to all of societies expectations for being female...

From: The bog on Kildare/Laois/Offaly border

Year: my UL id number began with zero-two, so depending on when you read this, I'm an alumni of varying years

Course: I finished woodwork/construction/tech graph teaching - miraculously!

Bike(s): I own a kona blast, but it does not see must day light - nor moonshine

Lycra/ Baggies: I fear lycra - and so should you all!!

Interests: talking total and utter rubbish to people of any description, unless they annoy me. I'm a goldfish, anything is interesting for different lengths of time...

Favourite Music: Eamonn has just paused my typing to put on music. Snow Patrol's 3rd bar. His choice - I approve I would listen to almost anything, so long as it suits my mood at the time!!

Favourite Book: I'm useless to read. I loved the few books that followed on from 'Under the Hawthorn Tree' when I was in primary school. Read them all - can't really remember them now, other than the fact that I enjoyed them Dean Koontz- The Watchers was a good read for a long slow summer too.

Favourite movie: Saw 300 last night. The cinematography really impressed me. The story line kept my attention for the duration of the film, given that I was tired - that's good. I like the typical films like shawshank redemption and all that. I like Bridget Jones Diary and Love Actually when I'm in one of those humours. I don't have much opinion on films. I generally enjoy what ever's going...

Favourite Tv Series: The care bears was deadly. The smurfs were even cooler. Scooby Doo was cute and Superted was super-tastic!! need I say more

Favourite computer games: I always enjoyed the quake demo we had on the computer at home, but my all time favourite computer game was from the film of the same name.'Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail' no longer available anywhere!!

[cathalferris]

Right!

Engineer (y/n): Y (kinda) - computer networks.

Name: Cathal Ferris

Age: 29

Gender: M

From: Tipp, living in Castletroy

Year: Alumnus

Course: Mech eng, to IT&T

Bike(s): Carrera Fury 2006

Lycra/ Baggies: Both, lycra for the comfort, baggies outside for looks..

Interests: Kayaking, little bit of biking in the dry weather.

Favourite Music: Classical, trance, happy hardcore, 80's pop

Favourite Book: Many, Fantasy (ReF, Jordan, Pratchett), Stephen King

Favourite movie: None really, anything except chikfliks

Favourite Tv Series: Boston Legal, Scrubs

Favourite computer games: Quake 1-4, nethack.


I'm just starting in the biking to get and keep fit, to get to work without driving, and for something to do when there is neither surf nor water in the rivers. Not a club member yet, but insured already with the kayak club.

[Daemo]

Engineer (y/n): Y (well... just by diploma by now)

Name: Damien Saillard

Age: 25

Gender: wild animal male

From: Besancon (Franche Comté, France)

Year: 2006 (ENSP of Strasbourg, France)

Course: Automatism System and Vision Engineering

Bike(s): ClaudButler Rock

Lycra/ Baggies: Lycra

Interests: moutain bike, travelling

Favourite Music: Elton John, Jack Johnson, Muse, Creep, Norah Jones,...

Favourite Book: Hyperion (Dan Simmons)

Favourite movie: Seven Years in Tibet

Favourite Tv Series: Simpsons, Futurama, Father Ted

Favourite computer games: Half Life

[evalkila]

Engineer (y/n): yes

Name: Rytis Kasinskas

Age: 18

Gender: Male

From: Lithuania

Year: 1st

Course: Construction Management and Engineering

Bike(s): Custom built 2006 bike with evil DOC frame and top of the range other components

Lycra/ Baggies:

Interests: Mountain biking (DH, Dirt jumping and street), badminton, basketball, aggressive inline skating, movies, computer games, and everything ales that’s cool and extreme.

Favourite Music: listen to a bit of everything, well excluding the boring music like Elvis Presley

Favourite Book: Reading’s boring

Favourite movie: Matrix

Favourite Tv Series: don’t watch any

Favourite computer games: Racing (need for speed, Colin McRae), Fight night, Gears of War, Def Jam

[oldfart]

Engineer (y/n): Sorta, yeah.

Name: Denis Hogan

Age: 27

Gender: Male

From: B-E-A-utiful Limerick!! "Limerick, your a laydeee..."

Year: I'm a '79 model

Course: Software Development

Bike(s): Trek 6700 (formerly a Klein Pulse Race)

Lycra/ Baggies:Baggies.

Interests: Motorsport, driving sideways, pestering my girlfriend, Photography, Mountain Biking...

Favourite Music: Absolutely everything.

Favourite Book: Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy - a Trilogy in five parts!

Favourite movie: Talladega nights... because it's so real. That's what racing drivers with expensive haircuts are really like.

Favourite Tv Series: Hmmmmmm, anything with cars/cute girls in it generally ticks all the boxes!!

Favourite computer games: Gran Tourismo (all of them)

[livies]

Engineer (y/n): eh, no

Name: Olivia Kiely

Age: 19

Gender: F

From: Castletroy

Year: 2nd

Course: Midwifery

Bike(s): not worth mentioning..

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies

Interests: Laziness, computers, tv, music

Favourite Music: Bit of everything

Favourite movie: Can't choose - Anything from violence to stupidly corny.

Favourite Tv Series: Stargate

Favourite computer games: Call of Duty

[Psycholist]

Engineer (y/n): Very much so

Name: Cormac

Age: 18 (and a bit such that 10<a bit<11)

Gender: Yes

From: Cork in '89, Limerick since then

Year: 10th year of college

Course: Research for fun and profit

Bike(s): Giant Trance, DMR Trailstar, Echo Pure, Raleigh Manta Ray singlespeed

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies over lycra

Interests: Engineering, XC, Trials, toys, 3D CAD

Favourite Music: Must have good melody, preferably with unusual use of rhythm - Muse, Gorillaz, German Techno etc...

Favourite Book: Rogers Profanisarus

Favourite movie: South Park, Scary Movie 2, don't be a menace, search for the holy grail, life of Brian, Matrix (Not the sequels), Terminator, Evil Dead, super troopers etc...

Favourite Tv Series: Dark Angel

Favourite computer games: Solitaire on my phone at the moment, but Sudoku, tetris and mine sweeper are up there too (Also on phone), GTA San Andreas, ProEngineer is a good game too .

[Doozer]

I've never met you folks for a spin, so rather than seem like a nutjob lurking in the bushes I'd better do this too.......



Engineer (y/n): Nope

Name: Enda

Age: 34

Gender: Male

From: Ennis

Year: 1993 was pretty good.

Course: N/A

Bike(s): Custom Kona Caldera and King Kikapu, Lapierre X-Lite 400 Carbon road.

Lycra/ Baggies: Baggies over lycra - except on the road bike!

Interests: Lots - cross-country running, music, photography, military and political history, international political affairs, art, camping, hiking, rock climbing, Connemara and French Alps in summer, the Burren and Scottish Highlands in winter, unconventional thinkers, people who don't have limitations, the curious side of things.

Favourite Music: Lots too - um, Brian Eno, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Tom Waits, REM, Grant-Lee Buffalo, Leonard Cohen, Davy Spillane, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Deftones, Twilight Singers, Grizzly Bear, Gorecki. Anything that draws you in really.

Favourite Book: Just one? Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer maybe...A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. Loads.

Favourite movie: City of God, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Raging Bull or The Conversation spring to mind. Little Miss Sunshine was a hoot too!

Favourite Tv Series: Don't do telly other than Family Guy, Malcolm In The Middle, current affairs and docos.

Favourite computer games: Rarely bothered, not enough patience although I did like Half-Life and Killzone right enough, so maybe shootey things are sort of fast and tolerable.