Hello from Sydney, Australia!

[soakwashrinsespin]

Hi!

It's only relatively recently I've started trading domain names, but my interest in this line of business stretches back to when I was a young teen in the mid 90s! I remember wanting to buy a few domains but not being able to convince my parents to shell out for the domain registration -- this was when NetSol still had a monopoly.

I think I ended up buying a SNES with my pocket money instead. (Probably not the WORST thing I could have done with my money, I must admit.)

But let's just say I *really* regret not making some purchases back then -- the domains I had in mind are worth six figures now, last time I checked!

Anyway, it's great to be here -- I hope to be a generous participant in these forums and also to learn from the best!

[jdk]

I am sure you had a lot of fun with the SNES

We all wish we could go back and do things differently. It is how we do things from now forward is what really counts.

[krossat]

Welcome to the Forum
Yup i wish i was here 5-6 years back, could've done well for myself, this is not a bad time to invest either though!!

[Banned: theinvestor]

Welcome to the DNForum! I wish you all the best.

[rmnarmenta]

Welcome to DNF, I know exactly what you mean.

[DomainName]

welcome to DNF!

[DomainBELL]

Hi there...

Welcome to DNF...

What does SNES stand for ??

Are you also a website developer ??

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

[Banned: theinvestor]

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

[damage]

Welcome to the forum!

[stewie]

Mate

[Poker]

you found the best domain forum on the web Soak...good on ya mate.

[ezimedia]

HI

Nice to see you here.. I also wish I did not spend my only back on other things back in the lat 90s and just had spent it on domain names... something I bet most of us are regretting now.

Thanks
Tom

[draggar]

Welcome to the community. Never had a SNES but I did love my NES and Atari 2600.

[NostraDomainus]

Aussie Aussie Aussie - Oi Oi Oi!!

GDay Mate, and Welcome to DNF!

I used to live in Sydney during 2000 (Coogee, the Cross, and the northside somewhere where I forget the name) - had the best time of my life! (from what I recall)

Like you and many others here (with 20-20 hindesight), I was surfing the Web back in '92 and simply never clued-in to buying names, as much as I knew then the Web was going to capture everyone's imagination.

Oh well, as the French say: C'est la vie!

Best Success in All Your Endeavours!

PS: I still Only use my Atari 2600 - these new fandangled contraptions just complicate matters for me :S Party-on Wayne!

[soakwashrinsespin]

Thank you everyone for the very warm welcome -- I really appreciate it!

NostraDomainus: Funny you mention Coogee, because that's exactly where I live. But not for much longer -- I'm moving to Melbourne in two weeks. Sydney has a great lifestyle, and I'm sure I'll miss it.

In my teenage mind, I think I had some notion that these domain names were valuable, but I never wildest dreams imagined they would turn out to be that valuable. C'est la vie, indeed!

DomainBell: I wear many hats, and one of them is a website developer. My current line of work is as an interaction designer for mobile applications, though!

ezimedia: Great to see another Aussie here!

Poker: No doubt in mind that this is the best domain forum on the planet, if not the universe (are there extraterrestrial TLDs yet?)!

Hope to see everyone around!

[Argie]

Hi!!! Welcome to DNF!!!

[DomainBELL]

DomainBell: I wear many hats, and one of them is a website developer. My current line of work is as an interaction designer for mobile applications, though!
!

does that mean you make sites that are specifically for mobile devices ??

do you have one to show us as an example ??

what got you interested in that sort of thing ??

do you own .mobi domains ??

I get such a kick out of the member name you selected to use
here on DNF.... soakwashrinsespin

what's behind that name ??

Just being friendly to the friendly...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

[ArjunDhawan]

does that mean you make sites that are specifically for mobile devices ??

do you have one to show us as an example ??

what got you interested in that sort of thing ??

do you own .mobi domains ??

I get such a kick out of the member name you selected to use
here on DNF.... soakwashrinsespin

what's behind that name ??

Just being friendly to the friendly...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

You've bombarded the poor chap with so many questions....

Hi, by the way, welcome to the forums.

[DomainBELL]

You've bombarded the poor chap with so many questions....

Hi, by the way, welcome to the forums.

LOL...

I guess I should have left out ALL the punctuation and let it all run
together to appear as just ONE question...

LOL...

Can't help it if I like to make firends and get to know peoplle...



~DomainBELL (Patricia)

[NostraDomainus]

Can't help it if I like to make firends and get to know peoplle...

Good on ya DBell!
When I lived in Oz, the people were just fantastic!

FYI soakwashrinsespin, I lived on quaint 'Rainbow Street' and did just as much hacky and 'bee on Coogee Beach as I did drinking VB (love the VB!).

I forget the name of the bar on the other side of Coogee Bay, but I sharked many an Aussie @ pool and even skunked a few (as I assume you know the consequence of being skunked @ pool in Oz is?) - but simply had the time of my life living their during the 2000 Olympics (and working for them too)!

Also, I worked for the ANZ Bank downtown, and of course, drank many a VB in Darling Harbour (not to mention In the bank after hours as well, not to also mention my boss bought me beers every day for lunch!), but as I was thinking (in response to DBell's Question(s)), your nickname was possibly choosen because of your affinity with 'Chinese Laundry'??? Awesome spot!

The philosophy for working in Syndey was/is great too: "It's too Hot to Work hard!"

Love how you put beet root on burgers, mmm!

Best Success in All Your Endeavours!

PS: Please don't mind the ramblings, but I Love Oz!! (-: