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Offline clicketyclack

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Long time lurker, first time poster
« on: Tue, 24 July 2012, 15:11:07 »
Hey,

I guess I've been lurking for a little while, and I've finally been able to get off my butt and post.

I'm a mail sorter on graveyard shift here in Canberra, Australia. While I haven't got a mechanical keyboard at the moment (confined to a laptop for now, but will be getting a desktop once I start university (which is in a few weeks).

I'm probably going to start with Cherry switches, then go looking for a BS or ALPS board when I'm a bit more experienced.

Thank you

Offline reaper

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 25 July 2012, 00:55:50 »
Welcome to Geekhack! =)
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Offline Distilled

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 25 July 2012, 02:22:24 »
Welcome from a fellow Australian lurker.

Offline 486

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 25 July 2012, 16:15:05 »
Any Australian GHer. Great. Welcome. So you are looking into cherrys first?
Funny thing is, I have BS and ALPS boards but no cherrys! apart from a MY.
What particular cherry switch were you looking for?

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 25 July 2012, 16:30:39 »
Welcome
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Offline clicketyclack

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 27 July 2012, 13:31:40 »
Thank you guys and girls!

I would probably get some sort of board with MX Browns - I've got flatmates, and I don't wanna wake them up with clicky Blues.

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Re: Long time lurker, first time poster
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 27 July 2012, 17:20:29 »
Girls?

Wow, what a concept!

Hey, with that misogynist Ripster out of the way, maybe we can get some estrogen into this man-cave once again.

Women - WE LOVE YOU! - Come on over!

We sincerely want to hear your opinions concerning keyboards and other things!

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