Volanschemia
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A New Name
So you may have noticed the disappearance of one name and the appearance of another.
I used to be "TheAustralianScientist", now Volanschemia.
The reasoning:
Back when I joined, I was foolishly under the impression that I was, if not the only, one of extremely few amateur chemists in Australia hence
"TheAustralianScientist".
After spending a few months here I realized that I was very far from the truth.
I carefully picked out a few names and narrowed them down to one, finally settling on Volanschemia. It is Latin and roughly translates to "Flying
Chemist", representing my two favourite things to do, pilot aeroplanes and do chemistry.
I hope my new name is slightly less ignorant and self-promoting!
"The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and
vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the
Persian king" - Johann Joachim Becher, 1635 to 1682.
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aga
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Nice realisation, and good thoughts.
Nobody really cares though, so may as well stay with the original name.
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j_sum1
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Well TAS, it is going to take a while to get used to spelling Volanschemia.
cut and paste for a while I am afraid.
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Volanschemia
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Heh, whatever you need to do j_sum.
"The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and
vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the
Persian king" - Johann Joachim Becher, 1635 to 1682.
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j_sum1
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I just reread my post. I wasn't trying to be condescending or anything. Volanschemia: cool name. And always good to get the back story on names
chosen.
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Volanschemia
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Oh no, I didn't read it as condescending, all good!
I'm still adjusting myself, it'll be bit weird seeing my new name beside my posts for a while  .
"The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and
vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the
Persian king" - Johann Joachim Becher, 1635 to 1682.
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diddi
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it will be Vc for me jsum! lucky it is not WC
Beginning construction of periodic table display
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Harristotle
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Aw, now that is just taking the piss! 
It is good to see that there are a few of us here.
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Texium
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Yeah, weirdly, there seems to be a disproportionately large number of Australians here compared to people from other countries. Not that there's
anything wrong with that! I guess amateur chemistry is just more popular down there. 
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