Belated congratulations from me, as well.

Thanks mollusque and sionnach for the warm words. And thanks to Wordies in general as I wouldn't have posted much if I hadn't enjoyed your outrageously thoughtful company.

Hey, bilby, my old segocia. Congratulations on reaching 5,000! Like a weatherbeaten menhir, you are a doughty sentinel - nay a citadel - of Wordie. May you enjoy the slumber of the blessed, that is, may you sleep like a crew of hedgepigs in an ivy-tuft, sated with mangel-wurzels and whatever antipodean (vegetarian) sweetmeats that may catch your fancy.

Just noticed that you've run the wordometer past 5000! Congrats!

Wait, so are you, yourself, Aboriginal?

I meant to ask earlier what the "Dhadiwuy" are. I like the word because it shares the unusual letter combination that Dhaero's name begins with.

You know, bilby, Uranus is somehow still interesting to me.

de rien! I think sionnach was right in judging the conversation to have been one quite respectful and seeking to inform/be informed. That being so, I wasn't inclined to take it personally. Nor, I'm very glad to say, was it a case of this all-too-often most apposite of cartoons…

http://xkcd.com/386/

I think there was no great problem understanding one another, in any case. Truce!

bilby! what the hell are you up to? We need more pictures of thylacines, please.

So, I just lost it over that vegetarianism conversation. What is going on around here?

oops

Dhaero is magical and amazing. He is 2 months shy of 1 year old, and can already stand without holding onto anything, which means walking isn't far off. And he just started signing back (we teach all our babies ASL before they can speak), he signs "change" when he's getting a clean diaper.

How've you been???

hey bilby, I've been a bit busy recently, and wordie generally threatens to take up too much of my time; but I'm going to get back into it. Here's to amelioration!

I like it, keep up the good quotes.

You seem to be quoting a lot of Germaine Greer!

Inilah masalahnya: yang ingin menggugat bahasanya tidak pernah bakal puas. Akhirnya jadi begini ...

You could shift both hands to the left and turn "escort" into "waxier".

Think I fixed it :-)

qwerty456p
asdfgh123+*
zxcvbn0,./

sh5t +-(

66ps, r5ght s5de 6f 0y 2eyb6ard has g65e very we5rd. 04st be fa43t 6f th6se d65ng the 6ne-handed typewr5ter 35sts!

Nice surprise, bilby!
Did you study/are you Italian?

Unfortunately I'm not really back yet, still labouring with a slow connection. I abominate dial-up. And still no thylacines :-(

Thank you for the heads up for the whimsical imageries! I rushed off for a family dinner right after, so I didn't get to add more and now I'm braindead. ):

Hooray! Bilby is back. Welcome back! See any thylacines?

But where is chained_bear? Is a puzzlement.

Hi molly. Well I had a tinkle yesterday to see if the internet connection had improved after a bit of tweaking. Took about 10 minutes to get signed in and add one word :-( Might have mobile broadband up in a week or so. Miss you guys and would love to see the new lists, whatever they are.
B

A peep out of bilby! Are you back from walkabout? There are several new Wordies you must meet. And chained_bear has gone missing--not a rattle for five days.

That's a beautiful name! Is it related to an existing word, or totally new altogether?

Hey friend. I was sad to hear you'd be "scarce" this month but it's nice to see you're not altogether missing... We named our baby "Dhaero". It's what uselessness would call "madeupical", but it fits like, like, like a name that fits really well.

Cats?? I'd never use cats. Birds. They peck better.

o hai jhon
im teh uselessness kitteh
a loyal transkripshunist (just ask him)
i think ur just RACIST

Minions: you guys need more and better minions. Cats can not be trusted, they subtly alter your words as they take dictation, and try to make you look stupid.

A flashlight! Why didn't I think of that?

Excuse me. I need to put more ointment on my finger burns.

Ouch. And I thought my rapid flashlight clicking on-and-off at one end of a fiber optic cable was awkward...

Ach, quit feeling sorry for yourselves! All of my input makes it to the interwebs only through a complicated arrangement of massively parallel abacuses and my cats' uncanny ability to harness the power of binary chisanbop and their willingness to carry out data entry for Fancy Feast treats.

Boris! Natasha! No slacking! You don't want me to upload one of those image files now, do you?

Hi Bilby! Hope all is well in the antipodes and that you are not unduly discombobulated by the bathwater going down the other way. We miss you. If you see any thylacines, take a picture.

Eh, 28K? I remember walking uphill in the snow to get to my 2K modem back in the mid 90s and loving every minute of it.

Wow. Keep your lifejacket on!

I sail the high seas of the internet but rarely, and now in a leaky Win98 tub capable of (with a compliant hurricane up its clacker) about 28K. Scary out here.

Safe travels, my friend! We'll be glad to see you when you return. :-)

I'll be scarce on Wordie for the rest of January 2007 ... global crossings, unbroadbanded parents, temporal dislocation and all that kind of thing. Hope to be the careless match in your box of firecrackers again too soon!
*mwah*
bilby (overgrown desert rat with big ears, you dig?)

Hi Bilby! Thanks for the kind words on my profile page! I should say that from the start I have admired your enthusiasm, good humor, and overall brilliance! I wish you a very happy 2008 - Srečno novo leto! (as we say in Slovene).

Hey bilby, on windaz you asked if there was a word for high up windows that let light in. I think clerestory is the one you're after - have a look at wikipedia, it has pictures.

Thanks, b! Er...I don't remember specifically expressing my love for that particular bird, but I'll take it anyway.
:-) Actually, I've separated adjectives from nouns in bird names on my lists, although I've been seriously rethinking that idea. Must check out your Under the Kilt list--it'll be a nice lead-in to all the rest of the comments I've missed over the past few days.

Got it. Getting in. Interesting idea, kinda like my old flame - WikiTravel.

Re: Travel magazine.
Oh yeah! I am interested. Very, even. Who should I contact?

C

Thank you so much for your suggestions! =^-^=

I'm a very absent person.

Alas. I recently discovered that absence myself....

RATS! I am brokenhearted to see the lack of bilbyness in the Wordie group on Facebook. *sighing heavily*

I'm not sure what I mean. My command of English is far outbalanced by Rubbish.

Hey bilby, I see on your profile that you're a homonym. Do you mean of billb? He's a bit more reticent than you. (:)

Hi SOG. Greetings from Inverness where the weather has changed so many times today I have sent it a Schizophrenics Anonymous t-shirt.

Greetings, Bilby, from sunny Argyll & Bute.