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In every young man's life there comes a time when... well, yeah, so:

In a week's time (just after Christmas) I'll moving out of home to live with three girls from university in a house of fun and merriment but, sadly, no internet - there's no way I could possibly afford it. The very unfortunate result is that I'll only be visiting these parts very infrequently, which saddens me more than I would have expected. Thanks to all of y'all for being, like, totally cool. I luv yas all. (this is not a Bilbo-like disappearance; I'm here for another week still)

PS. Skykicking will continue, although with not an incredibly fantastic update rate I'd imagine.

PPS. To all of those whom I have promised CDs, I haven't forgotten about you!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 19 December 2002 12:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Tim, we won't forget about you. Be sure TO UPDATE US ON YER WILD 'n' RAWKING (dancing doesn't seem roight here) ESCAPADES - as well as yer skykicking reviews. :-)

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 19 December 2002 12:34 (twenty-three years ago)

That's a shame Tim, keep championing the bleep bleep music and hope living out of home goes well for you.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 19 December 2002 12:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Nooo! If I only I had the kind of $$$ to be a wealthy benefactress, I would set Tim up with an internet account. You will be sorely missed, Tim.

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:03 (twenty-three years ago)

i'll keep checking skykicking. yr one of the best music writers out there.

(p.s. i moved in w/3 girls @ uni. it wasn't as "carry on..." as i hoped it might be but you may have better luck)

― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Ha ha if I wanted that I'd be moving in with 3 guys!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:34 (twenty-three years ago)

i meant that none of them laughed like syd james.

― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Tim, maybe we can stay in touch by more traditional means. I'll email you.

― toraneko (toraneko), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:46 (twenty-three years ago)

shit buzz,i've always enjoyed your writing,keep up the good work if you get a chance and good luck with your new arrangements...

― robin (robin), Thursday, 19 December 2002 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

:( :( :( :( :( :( :(

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 19 December 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

:,,(

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 19 December 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

:-(

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 19 December 2002 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Aw. That's not festive or nice.

The spirit of A.M.A. salutes you, Tim Finney (formerly known as Tim The Boy Wonder).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 December 2002 17:51 (twenty-three years ago)

!!! This is WRONG and BAD that you are forced to not have net. I echo Nicole's desires on this point.

Celebrate and keep in touch and all that -- and don't forget about the announcement on That One List that things are to soon improve. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 December 2002 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

this is very very bad. I hope you don't give up on music writing, since you're basically the best one around.

can't someone start getting Tim published in the Voice in order to get him an internet stipend???!!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 December 2002 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Good thinking Spencer.

"Chuck, are you out there? It's ILM, on behalf of Tim."

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 December 2002 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

(You can get net access (in the States at least) for like 10 dollars a month.) (Surely you must have some books, cds, blood, you can part with to afford this!) (Hurry back!)

― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 19 December 2002 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Dude, this was way wrong. (Believe me, I'm in a similar situation.) Come back to us when you can. Utilise your local library; it's a lifesaver.

(Don't stay away for too long, eh....?)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 19 December 2002 18:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Tim just bounce your messages off the moon w/a mirror and I'll transcribe them

Also there is the urgent matter of NY visit coordination!! Use the above method. failing that I have a pigeon! :P

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 December 2002 18:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I've seen Tracer's pigeon messengers; satellite transmission is safer;>

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 19 December 2002 19:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Nichole you FOOL you shouldn't have said that, no one is allowed to see my pigeons and live! you are now marked for a grim and grimy death by pecking and foul smell!!!!!! AWAY my pretties!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 December 2002 19:49 (twenty-three years ago)

We'll miss you. Could you get together with housemates and get Internet Connection Sharing?

Tim, maybe we can stay in touch by more traditional means. I'll email you.

I first read that comments of Toraneko's as if she was saying "since you don't have the internet, I will use ancient methods of communication like email".

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 19 December 2002 20:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Dear God, I've been staring at the screen for too long; I thought Martin had written Internet Connection Shagging.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 December 2002 21:06 (twenty-three years ago)

As a total aside, I think I would like to move in with three girls.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 December 2002 21:11 (twenty-three years ago)

And thus Tim's valedictory thread hits rock bottom. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 December 2002 21:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Salutations.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 19 December 2002 22:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned: c/rock/co-ed

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 December 2002 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

take care d00d, have a good one

― DG (D_To_The_G), Thursday, 19 December 2002 22:28 (twenty-three years ago)

good luck

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Friday, 20 December 2002 05:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Isn't there any way for one of you well-off ILM folks to become Tim's internet benefactor? ;-)

Tim, I always enjoy your posts, and I hope to keep reading your excellent writing for quite some time. I'm fully confident that I will, too; best of luck to you.

― Clarke B., Friday, 20 December 2002 05:54 (twenty-three years ago)

take care & etc in yr move - closer to campus/town? what's the flat/house/apartment/etc like?

― Ess Kay (esskay), Friday, 20 December 2002 08:43 (twenty-three years ago)

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 20 December 2002 10:57 (twenty-three years ago)

"take care & etc in yr move - closer to campus/town? what's the flat/house/apartment/etc like?"

It's a really lovely two-storey old thing close to the city, tiny bedrooms but lots of general living space and in amazingly good condition. Further away from campus but I don't mind too much.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words! I should assure you that I inadvertantly overstated the case a bit - I will pop in here a bit, probably about once a fortnight/month maybe? But I wanted to explain why my near-daily rantings would be curiously absent.

P.S. Tracer re: New York. It's unfortunately not happening, because I was going to be a stowaway with my sister and her boyfriend, but they subsequently suffered a rather acrimonious break-up, so the whole trip was called off! Hopefully I'll be able to revive my plans for overseas travel sooner rather than later.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 20 December 2002 14:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Haha I had forgotten Internet Connection Sharing!

Yeah pop in when you can Tim and keep up Skykicking!! (And write more for FT heh)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 20 December 2002 14:43 (twenty-three years ago)

(SPOILERS)

Tim rox!

― dwh (dwh), Friday, 20 December 2002 14:47 (twenty-three years ago)

B-b-b but Tim I never got the chance to collate & mail you about those '80's 12"-mix' type singles I had - I recall you expressed an interest in a compilation of that nature on a previous thread?

Are you contactable at the email address on yr posts?

btw - your imminent departure is indeed dud...always interested in reading yr posts even when I disagree with them (or don't understand them ;) )

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Friday, 20 December 2002 15:01 (twenty-three years ago)

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