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Hi. My name is Barry and I am based in Australia. My first edit was made on 16 February 2005.

This user has been touched by His Noodly Appendage.

This user is an atheist.

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This user can program in Pascal.

This user can code PHP.

This user supports changing the Flag of Australia.

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