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Do you not know about RaiCross?  On a routine trip to rescue his near broken marriage last Christmas he flew to Los Angeles and agreed to pick her up from work after the Xmas party her Japanese bosses were throwing at a big building downtown.  Upon arrival Rai lost his shoes whilst meditating in the gents and before he could find them terrorists took over the building taking his wife and her co-workers hostage.  Local law enforcement proved ineffective and ill equipped in comparison to what Rai could do with his extensive knowledge of firearms, explosives and bar fights.  He picked the terrorists off one by one (their nationality or ethnic origin could not be confirmed though) and during a showdown with the leader of the group they both discussed their passion for base jumping and challenged each other to a "base off".  Using his powers of coercion Rai convinced the terrorist to make the first jump without a parachute making the evil doer wish he had suggested a game of chess instead as he plunged to his death.

Surprised Rai hasn't been back to tell us all about it. 

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Ah, I'd thought he was a drunk living by himself in a trailer on the beach after the murder of his wife, whose performance as a law enforcement officer had become increasingly risky and erratic, to the point where nobody was willing to work with him (hence his shit posts). Luckily, he got paired up with a stable family man, who reined in his worst excesses - until they both got sucked into an investigation involving a brutal, murderous drug ring that included one of the family man's war buddies, whose bosses found out he was trying to spill the beans and had him killed by gunmen in a helicopter. Rai chased down the beach after the helicopter, discharging round after round from his little 9mm, and then, unwilling to give up, jumped into the ocean and began swimming in the direction the helicopter had taken. He was never seen again; it's assumed that he drowned (hence his lack of recent activity).

Seriously though, we should let some of these sleeping dogs lie. Let's stay on topic, eh? I got a good vibe from Phobophile, also liked PitViper. There have been a few good eggs that didn't stick around for whatever reason.

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Toddmc was another one from waaaaaay back. An Aussie and therefore top bloke who stopped posting the very first time MetalForum went down.

 

Speaking of Aussies where's SBird flown off to? Being the only Aussie on here is kind of lonely.

True Belief is apparently also a kangaroo-riding, wallaby-eating, dingo-baiting croc wrangler; he just has the grace to refrain from posting about the AFL. But yeah, Sammy has been a rare bird indeed.

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