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Richard Davey
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Posted: 15th May 2006 21:59 Edited at: 15th May 2006 22:00
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Hi all,

As some of you already know my wife gave birth to our first child on Friday the 12th of May. He is called Thomas (my wife wouldn't allow Atari!). I am now on paternity leave, but shall be back here shortly. Here is a picture of him (just over 24 hours old), I figured this was a most suitable image given the t-shirt I'm wearing and it's meaning



Cheers,

Rich

Bite my shiny metal ass

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:00
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Awwww how cute! Congrats to both of you!


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:08
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Congradulations, good luck on the sleep

Yey! I removed the sig...
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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:09
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Don't tempt people to make a game about you!!!

I can see it now...............

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Drew G
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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:09
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Wow, great job Rich. Now you must suffer with 4 hours sleep every night. Well, hopefully atleast.

Good Luck
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soapyfish
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Congratulations. Hello Thomas, welcome to the community.

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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:38 Edited at: 15th May 2006 22:39
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Congratulations! Good luck with the parenting.

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David T
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Posted: 15th May 2006 22:56
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Said it to you earlier, but congrats again. Hope you enjoy your first few days of fatherhood!

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Posted: 15th May 2006 23:01
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congratulations Richard!
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Posted: 15th May 2006 23:02
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Quote: "Don't tempt people to make a game about you!!!

I can see it now..............."


The only thing I'm seeing is old ladies stopping him in the street looking into the pram patronising him saying 'aww what a cute baby' and then my particularly strange imagination has Thomas growing tentacles, grabbing them and eating them whole....then again I am strange

Yey! I removed the sig...
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Congratulations and salutations!

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Robin
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Posted: 15th May 2006 23:14
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Congrats

Robin


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Ron Erickson
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Posted: 15th May 2006 23:21
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Welcome to Fatherhood! It's a whole new world! Good luck with those first few weeks. I really don't think it starts to get easier after that, I think it is more a case of getting numb to it.

Congatulations!

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Congratulations player Richard Davey.
You got +1 to parenthood.
500 XP
- 5 stamina

Remember to feed it and stuff.


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Congratulations Rich!

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@Megaton - thats probably one of the most geeky things I've heard (today)... +10 geek point, -10 social acceptability points.

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adr
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Tell your son he's flyin' low.

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iv tryed everything!!!!!!!!!! could u please just add The gun and shooting Code thats All!!!!!!!!!
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Hey Rich congrats man.

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Many, many congrats. Good luck with fatherhood

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I can't read
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Congratulations


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have fun with the baby! having multiple little siblings go through babyhood, I can say with reasonable assurance this will be tiring, Exhilerating, Rewarding, and difficult. Make it geeky!

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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 16th May 2006 04:47
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Congratulations! Parenthood is certainly a new experience. Unfortunately, the experience is permanent. I should know, I've got four. Stop at two!!! Then they can play with each other and you can kind of ignore them.


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Benjamin Franklin - 1706 - 1790

300 Years Later

Thomas Davey - 2006 - ?

Hmmm...
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Van B
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Posted: 16th May 2006 12:50
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Your much better off with the name Thomas than Atari Rich, everyone knows Atari is a girls name.

Cute baby - those tiny little hands are perfect for...

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Congratulations

Now here comes the voice of experience: For the next few weeks at least, do not be tempted to play a game for "just a few more minutes" that takes you past midnight. I will guarantee that the moment your head hits the pillow, the baby will wake up.

Next thing: Breast feeding is good, encourage your wife at every opportunity. There is only one person in the house that can do that at 3 o'clock in the morning



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Congratulations mate!

I'm sure the lack of sleep what be new...after all we know you often all-night with Atari...

Regards,
Rich

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Posted: 17th May 2006 01:38
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Congratulations!

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congrats! Remember: Dont teach him to use register globals, in the on status

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Congrats Rich!
Is he wearing red so as to look like a certain plumber or was that coincidence?

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Congrats!

Quote: "Now you must suffer with 4 hours sleep every night."

Thought that's what the wife was for

Quote: "Tell your son he's flyin' low."

I'll bet no one else noticed that

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Quote: "Next thing: Breast feeding is good, encourage your wife at every opportunity. There is only one person in the house that can do that at 3 o'clock in the morning "

I always felt a bit guilty about that, but not too guilty. Now that the baby is off the breast I'll bottle feed at night, but he doesn't wake up that often now.


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I showed my girlfriend this thread last night, thinking that somehow she'd see the geeky humour in the "1Up" T-Shirt. Instead, it backfired horribly and she was fawning over the baby picture for 10 minutes, followed by "I want one".



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Haha


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LOL You should have seen that coming. Your pre-cog abilitys are getting rusty.

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Lol cute baby. Why not give him the name Link though? Come on there´s still time while you haven´t got used to the name Thomas. Or maybe Mario would be more apropriate with that outfit.
Hell why not. Call him Wii.

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Drew G
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Call him Wii? Isn't that what the baby does every 10 minutes? How could Rich call Thomas such a dumb name like that, Wii?

Yeah I know what you meant, flyin' low. Why were you looking down there in the first place, for goodness sakes, the baby is barely 5 days old. Sheesh.
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Quote: "Hell why not. Call him Wii."


Trust me, I already have.

Quote: "it backfired horribly and she was fawning over the baby picture for 10 minutes, followed by "I want one". "


haha

Just imagine, mini adr's running around the place.

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Congratulations On first looking at the picture, I found my self looking at your hands, and then scrolled down. Only later did I realise I forgot to look at the baby!
Pass on the congratulations to your wife, and I hope you guys manage to get some sleep!

Quote: "Just imagine, mini adr's running around the place."


God no! I imagine lots of little people running around the place with faces (stuble and all) like adr's avatar... The horror!

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The horror!
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Congrats chap. 1 up for sure!

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Non one congratulates Rich's wife , so congratulations and to the both of you again.

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Congratulations Rich on your awesome newborn. But I'm stealing the name Atari and naming my first kid that (boy or girl, that name RULES)... it's your wife's fault hehe. Again, congrats! [ic:cigar] <-- worth a try


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Drew the G
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So, who's the father?

I own Megaton Cat
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@Dog
Do you get high off being unpopular or something?

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I deny any knowledge of his existance.


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He's Dreg G goofing off, I'll bet


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Megaton Dog = Drew G--- same IP and they often post after each other. Very unfunny.


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I was right


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