The historic and original "Welcome new posters! Introduce yourselves here!" thread

[Foolmewunz]

Hi, my name is Frederic and I'm self-delusional troll with a god complex.
Thank you for your time.

Well, I was going to refer you to Galileo, but know that you've already had the pleasure. We have a couple of other self-absorbed delusional trolls, though. You guys could form a club, maybe? Oh, you just said self-delusional. Hmmm? Have to see if we have some merely self-delusional trolls with god complex(es) around.

Try Mr. Skinny. He's the Forum God. Then there's always Belz? Marduk? Akhenaten?

Welcome - as you can see, you're in, if not "good", then at least similar, company.

[amb]

Originally Posted by Chopin
Hi, my name is Frederic and I'm self-delusional troll with a god complex.
Thank you for your time.

The troll thread is that- away down the corridor. Hope you find your god there, post back and let us know.

[Chopin]

You guys could form a club, maybe?

There is no friendship amongst trolls. Where did you get that silly idea?


Btw, thanks for the welcome, everyone.

[Mr. Skinny]

Well, I was going to refer you to Galileo, but know that you've already had the pleasure. We have a couple of other self-absorbed delusional trolls, though. You guys could form a club, maybe? Oh, you just said self-delusional. Hmmm? Have to see if we have some merely self-delusional trolls with god complex(es) around.

Try Mr. Skinny. He's the Forum God. Then there's always Belz? Marduk? Akhenaten?

Welcome - as you can see, you're in, if not "good", then at least similar, company.
My godhood is not a delusion, Mister Foolmewunz!

*puts Foolmewunz's name on the "potential smitee" list.*

[TubbaBlubba]

My godhood is not a delusion, Mister Foolmewunz!

*puts Foolmewunz's name on the "potential smitee" list.*

"In ordinary people, they call it manhood."

[Mr. Skinny]

"In ordinary people, they call it manhood."
*puts Mister TubbaBlubba on "potential smitee" list*

[amb]

Hell, most posters here are on the smitee list. :p

[Astroman]

Me...in brevity...from Australia, life long amateur astronomer, geologist...now studying astronomy and astrophysics (in last semester of a MSc), reasonably good cook (have qualifications there as well), like model trains, planes and choppers, also interested in genealogy, fishing, reading and computers. I suppose, all the usual stuff.

Good to be here:)

[COLONEL]

Welcome Astroman I think you will do all right here. Have a glass of Goats milk ,a MINTIE ,a Oatmeal cookie and pick out a rabbit and tell the cook how you would like it cooked.

[arthwollipot]

Me...in brevity...from Australia...Anywhere in particular?

[jkkoski]

Hi all, I joined since I noticed all the cool kids :cool: hang around here.

I'm a computational physicist (with Ph.D. from 2007), a long-time skeptic and an out-spoken atheist struggling my way through raising a free-thinking daughter (she's three by now). We are now (again) located in Finland after spending three years in Germany.

I'm looking forward to get to know everybody better.

[This One Guy]

Hullo. I'm new and thought I'd make my presence known. I was pointed in this direction by a friend, so, you know - blame him. I'm youngish and male-ish and a sceptic and, as you can tell by my spelling of sceptic, British. Mostly I'm here because I like debate - I like the idea of it and I like it in practise - and, well would you look at that? A whole bunch of people on the internet to argue with. What joy.

[amb]

What is meant by " male-ish ? " You are either male or not! Do you posses hooters? If not you're a male and welcome to the forum whatever.
Have you any overdue library books that should be returned ASAP ? If so, expect to hear from Librarylady very soon.

[The Man]

Well, I at least can assure you amb that on the occasions when I, fortunately, happen to be in possession of some hooters, I’m still quite male. Though I can’t recall ever encountering someone who “posses ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Posses) hooters” (must be one of those Australian things).

[This One Guy]

Look, I had a rhythm going after 'young-ish'. You don't want to mess with my rhythm, do you?

[Stylesjl]

Hello there everybody, I have run out of additional things to say, so hello again!

[Bell]

Hello there everybody, I have run out of additional things to say, so hello again!

Could you at least say you are NOT from Australia?

[Foolmewunz]

Hell, most posters here are on the smitee list. :p

Oh, I've been smitten with Mr. Skinny for ages. (Uh, we have a "Don't ask; don't tell" policy here, right?)

[amb]

Hello there everybody, I have run out of additional things to say, so hello again!

A person of few words. I like you already!! :)

[secrets]

Look, I had a rhythm going after 'young-ish'. You don't want to mess with my rhythm, do you?


Not as young as me! I break the record :)

[amb]

Exactly how old are you? Does your mama know about your indiscretions?

[secrets]

'Indiscretions'?
Guess! (:

[sealpath]

Me - female, Brit in U.S., age 40s irrelevant, skeptic, atheist, woo-whacker:hit:

Stuff I Like - RANDI... (Am I in????)

House, Bones, Doctor Who, Mythbusters, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, SGU, The Bugle, The Onion, Geologic, Skeptoid, etc. ad nauseum.

Hi Everyone :D

[TubbaBlubba]

Brit

I think you mean either Briton or Britisher. Britisher is considered archaic, though.

</grammar nazi>

I mean, welcome.

[Schrodinger's Cat]

I think you mean either Briton or Britisher. Britisher is considered archaic, though.

</grammar nazi>

I mean, welcome.

LOL

You know, I just realized your name is TubbaBlubba, not TubbaBubba, as I have been referring to you since you joined.

I hope the grammar nazi in you can forgive the oversight!

:boxedin:

[COLONEL]

Welcome Sealpath and the rest of you NewB's don't forget to have a glass of our fresh Goats milk a Grayman outmeal mystery cookie ( I've been told it effects people in many ways) and a MINTIE . You also get one rabbit cooked by our Chef, any way you would like it . Enjoy your time here

[Ship-Mind]

Hello from England!
Finally made my way here after... oh, seconds* of thinking about it.
I'm in my thirties and now trying to make up for a boring education and abject failure to get a clue early in my life.
I'm an atheist and have already been told today that I'm hollow inside (apparently God can fill the hole :rolleyes:) and going to burn in Hell. A good start and I've only just had breakfast.
I work with aerospace electronics on the nightshift.
I do have interests and will probably say what they are eventually... If they crop up and make me look interesting. :)



* Times given relative to my television.

[sealpath]

Hey TubbaBlubba,

As somewhat of a grammar/spelling nazi myself, I appreciate your correction :o

I could have used "Ex-pat", but since my name was never Pat, I refused.

I am fairly short, so I am going to go with "Little Briton". OK???

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Where's the line for the hamsters :confused:

[arthwollipot]

I think you mean either Briton or Britisher. Britisher is considered archaic, though.

</grammar nazi>

I mean, welcome.You know about the Grammar Nazi Thread (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=181572), right?

[jkkoski]

I think you mean either Briton or Britisher. Britisher is considered archaic, though.

</grammar nazi>

This
Location: Communist Kingdom of Sweden
made me grin after having seen the recent Science news...

Seems the guys in Sweden have not changed since the Stone Ages.

That perhaps explains the what-is-thought-to-be-the-World's-oldest-dildo, which was discovered in Sweden recently :D (Please, Google it - I would post a link but, alas, I'm not at 15 posts yet.)

[Greetings from Finland ;)]

[Schrodinger's Cat]

Hello from England!
Finally made my way here after... oh, seconds* of thinking about it.
I'm in my thirties and now trying to make up for a boring education and abject failure to get a clue early in my life.
I'm an atheist and have already been told today that I'm hollow inside (apparently God can fill the hole :rolleyes:) and going to burn in Hell. A good start and I've only just had breakfast.
I work with aerospace electronics on the nightshift.
I do have interests and will probably say what they are eventually... If they crop up and make me look interesting. :)



* Times given relative to my television.

welcome aboard

[WanderingSkeptic]

OK ... I guess its time I introduced myself ... finally signed up and have started to post ...

I'm WanderingSkeptic from the UK ... curious to know what makes me tick? If so check out my blog at ... Skeptical-Science (http://www.skeptical-science.com/)

After being inspired at TAM-8, I've been blogging for about a month ...

(Upper-lip quibbles a bit ... sniff!! ... sniff!!) ... so far no comments ... but then I guess I should not assume folks are psychic and will magically find the blog ... I should probably also not assume that I can write anything that is actually worth reading ...

Anyway ... thats me ...

[COLONEL]

You know about the Grammar Nazi Thread (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=181572), right?
We have one of those ? :jaw-dropp I knew we had grammar nazis but I did not know they had their own thread

[Bell]

We have one of (1)those ? :jaw-dropp I knew we had grammar (2)nazis(3) but I did not know they had their own thread(4)

1. There is no space between a question mark and the preceding word.
2. Nazi is written with a capital "N".
3. Use a comma to connect two independent clauses.
4. A sentence ends with a period.

[COLONEL]

We have one of those ? :jaw-dropp I knew we had grammar nazis but I did not know they had their own thread

1. There is no space between a question mark and the preceding word.
2. Nazi is written with a capital "N".
3. Use a comma to connect two independent clauses.
4. A sentence ends with a period.

http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/images/smilies/new29.gif (http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/posting.php?mode=smilies&f=22&start=200#) I have been Nazitised http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/images/smilies/roll_laugh.gif (http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/posting.php?mode=smilies&f=22&start=150#) oh no I http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/images/smilies/new28.gif (http://crapmods.com/phpBB3/posting.php?mode=smilies&f=22&start=150#) my self from laughing so hard.

[Spoons]

Good day everybody!

I've been a member of the BAUT forum now for a pinch over a year, and JREF gets mentioned over there from time to time, so I thought I'd come across and check it out. Seems the range of topics is a little wider here - should be interesting.

Quite a nice place you've got here. Yes, I'm an Australian, but don't let that count against me (I know you've already got something of an infestation going on here - maybe you should fumigate this place with Marmite, most the Aussie folk I know can't stand that stuff).

I look forward to digging around a bit more throughout the site.

Hope everybody's having a splendid day or night, wherever you are.

Cheers!

[Ship-Mind]

4. A sentence ends with a period.


It doesn't over here. It ends with a full stop.

[Spoons]

It doesn't over here. It ends with a full stop.

This one doesn't!

[SusanB-M1]

This one doesn't!
Ah, but an exclamation mark is a full stop with a vertical line added above and a question mark is a full stop with a symbol above.:)

This post is also to add my welcome to new forumites.

[Spoons]

I know when I'm beat. Luckily I'm into that sort of thing.

Thanks for the welcome, Susan!

[amb]

From another Perthite, welcome Spoons. How would you like your rabbit cooked? The goat is on your right down the corridor first door on the left. Just pat it and walk out. It gets a little angry if you loiter for too long.

[Bell]

From another Perthite, welcome Spoons. How would you like your rabbit cooked? The goat is on your right down the corridor first door on the left. Just pat it and walk out. It gets a little angry if you loiter for too long.

woobL2yAxD4

[Spoons]

Thank you amb.

That video, though, Bell - I'm not sure - is it supposed to be a test, because I'm neither aroused nor hungry after watching that?

Someone may have to enlighten me about the goats - local meme or mascot?

[amb]

Mascot!

[Spoons]

Thank you, I was looking for the ferret pie of this forum.

[quadraginta]

Thank you, I was looking for the ferret pie of this forum.


The Vampire Bat Zombie Monster Dog :eek: wiped out all the ferrets, just like it did with the hamsters.

You're from Perth. You ought to know about that sort of thing.

[Fox]

Hello everyone, I like to call myself Fox, because I like foxes... I just so happened to stumble on Randi after searching for videos of Carl Sagan on youtube. After watching all of his youtube videos I found interesting, I believe in one of his videos he mentioned this forum. So here I am. :)

[Bell]

Hello everyone, I like to call myself Fox, because I like foxes... I just so happened to stumble on Randi after searching for videos of Carl Sagan on youtube. After watching all of his youtube videos I found interesting, I believe in one of his videos he mentioned this forum. So here I am. :)

Welcome Fox, this is for you :)

eNw-7W7K8uk

[Spoons]

Aw, now I like foxes too. Animal trumps cutlery!

If only we could get a youtube video of Carl Sagan riding a fox. That would be something.

And welcome, Fox, in all my hours here I've found it to be a nice place.

[Fox]

Welcome Fox, this is for you :)

eNw-7W7K8uk

Ah thank you for the welcomes! :D I like Foxes because they're curious by nature, shy, cute, probably smarter than a large majority of other animals. I want to have one for a pet someday. :blush:

[amb]

They are cute. Unfortunately, here they are classed as vermin. As I have posted elsewhere, nature is extremely cruel. Just about every creature on this planet is prey for another creature. Because of this, only less than 1% of creatures who have ever lived on this planet are not extinct. That includes us.

[COLONEL]

They are cute. Unfortunately, here they are classed as vermin. As I have posted elsewhere, nature is extremely cruel. Just about every creature on this planet is prey for another creature. Because of this, only less than 1% of creatures who have ever lived on this planet are not extinct. That includes us.
They are cute We have a rabies problem here with them and skunks .Just about a week ago a young girl was playing in her back yard and was attacked by a rabid fox and her father was also bitten before he was able to kill it. The fox was sent to the state for testing and it tested positve for rabies. Now this family is taking a series of painful shots

[Spoons]

I hope you're listening, Fox. What do you have to say now? :D

That is most unfortunate though.

[YARharharz]

Hi! I'm new here, and I'll probably going to be doing more lurking than posting. I just thought I'd post something.

[GenghisKhan]

I also like foxes! I... I want those domesticated silver foxes from Russia. Too bad they are like $6000. :(

[Bell]

Hi! I'm new here, and I'll probably going to be doing more lurking than posting. I just thought I'd post something.

Welcome YARharhaz! Any specific forums you are going to lurk?

I also like foxes! I... I want those domesticated silver foxes from Russia. Too bad they are like $6000. :(

Is it allowed to keep a fox as a pet? Depends on the country I guess.

[Atheist Girl]

Good afternoon, everyone!

I have to admit I've been silently (read: non-registered) trolling these forums for a bit, and finally figured I spent enough time reading through threads that I should probably.. ya know.. make an account ... and stuff :P

Anyway, my (nick)name is Riz and here I am to have a look around and butt my way into your forum... woo! I'm not sure how many Canadians are around in here, but I'm a firm believer that any place can always use additional Canadians, so I'm doing my part by adding to the Canadian population whatever it may currently be ;)

I'm an East-Coast-raised gal living on the West Coast. I have a very simple and boring job that will pale in comparison to absolutely anything the rest of you are doing, therefor I pretty much never mention it out of sheer embarrassment for having to say "Oh yeah, this is all I do for a living... *crickets*"

I am a former-Christian (who prior to that was a former-Pagan.. who prior to that was raised by two Agnostic parents... which means I basically was raised "right" and managed to screw it up myself... go me *sarcastic pom-poms) who is now an anti-theist hardline Atheist. I'm happily married to a former-Christian now-Agnostic. We have a happy little child-free life in the city of New Westminster, not too far outside of Vancouver. We just celebrated our 2-year marriage / 3-years-together anniversary on August 4th.

I blog my boring thoughts when I feel I have something worth saying.. which is anywhere between "constantly" and "never". Actually beyond my Atheist-based Wordpress where less posts may travel, I have a private livejournal where I put all the juicy details of day to day life.. and by juicy, I mean dull. (I really know how to talk myself up...)

Anyway, my husband and I are considering a nice little vacation down south (anything is "South" when you live in Canada.. unless you live in Vancouver, and then most of Canada is pretty much North.. meh, but we're talking the US here of course) next summer with a detour to TAM 9. It is far from written in stone but we'd certainly like to experience it at some point in time. We weren't sure if it was going to be TAM 9 or 10.. I'm hoping for 9. But we've been saying we need to get passports for two years now and so far we've basically produced no effort toward that at all. (Damn procrastination... I'd hate you so much if I wasn't putting it off til tomorrow.)

My username is beyond boring, and I apologize, but my mind drew blank at the registration area ... shoot. Oh well...

I'm really no one special but I'm looking forward to being involved in a forum-community like this one. I haven't really found a forum community I've been able to absorb comfortably since I left religion, and I have to admit I'm still on the lookout. I find most skeptic communities to be trying at times, simply because I find it odd to have become an atheist only to join atheist communities and talk about nothing but religion... where do we talk about the weather? And how 'bout them... uhh.. oh I don't know a thing about sports, who am I kidding. But you get what I mean.

What else.. oh, I suffer from an anxiety condition called Agoraphobia and also Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which combine into an evil super-power making my day to day life a challenge. I feel I do quite well under the circumstances though, and I've improved dramatically over where I was on both counts years ago.

Enough rambling though. Cheers to anyone who's actually read all this.. and to those who just skipped to the end ;)

<3
~ Riz

[Mr. Skinny]

Welcome to all noobs.

Spoons, are you a BAUT refugee? I think I saw your name there today when I made my second post in several years of being registered there.

Fox and YARharharz, good to meet you!

GenghisKhan, you chose a bad user name. We used to have a GenghisPwn here who got banned for being a creepy pedophile. Welcome anyhow.

Atheist Girl. If you don't like your unimaginitive name, you can always contact a mod and ask for a change to something you like a bit more. Welcome to you as well.

[Atheist Girl]

Thank you thank you, I shall keep that in mind :)

[Bell]

GenghisKhan, you chose a bad user name. We used to have a GenghisPwn here who got banned for being a creepy pedophile. Welcome anyhow.

lol, GenghisKhan just asked to have her/his previous name changed to this (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=6200551#post6200551) :)

[Mr. Skinny]

lol, GenghisKhan just asked to have her/his previous name changed to this (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=6200551#post6200551) :)
Oh crap! I suppose I've just spoiled his day.

Sorry, Genghis...:o

[quadraginta]

Now that's a warm welcome!


:p

[YARharharz]

To answer your question, Bell. I've clicked so much today that my wrist started hurting. :eye-poppi: I've eyeballed every section but Social Issues and General Skepticism have most interested me.

Oh, but when I first found this sight I spent a some time reading resources for debunking conspiracy theories. I watched to many Alex Jones movies, started having nightmares, and decided it was time to unbrainwash myself.

[Furcifer]

To answer your question, Bell. I've clicked so much today that my wrist started hurting. :eye-poppi: I've eyeballed every section but Social Issues and General Skepticism have most interested me.

Oh, but when I first found this sight I spent a some time reading resources for debunking conspiracy theories. I watched to many Alex Jones movies, started having nightmares, and decided it was time to unbrainwash myself.

Welcome to the forums, nice to have more CanCon. How's the Quay? I used to live in a condo down by the train bridge.
This is a great place to unbrainwash yourself, have fun.

[Bell]

To answer your question, Bell. I've clicked so much today that my wrist started hurting. :eye-poppi: I've eyeballed every section but Social Issues and General Skepticism have most interested me.

Oh, but when I first found this sight I spent a some time reading resources for debunking conspiracy theories. I watched to many Alex Jones movies, started having nightmares, and decided it was time to unbrainwash myself.

Alex Jones is a fear monger and a scumbag. Good for you to unbrainwash (heh :)) yourself.

[COLONEL]

lol, GenghisKhan just asked to have her/his previous name changed to this (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=6200551#post6200551) :)

Oh crap! I suppose I've just spoiled his day.

Sorry, Genghis...:o
Now thats funny :D

It's the weekend NewB's so welcome to the forum and get in line for you Glass of fresh Goats milk ,a Grayman oat meal cookie ,a MINTIE and a Rabbit cooked any way you want it cooked, altho I do recommend baked .

[amb]

Any idea when the hamsters are available for those folk who don't want a rabbit? :)

[arthwollipot]

Any idea when the hamsters are available for those folk who don't want a rabbit? :)Coupla days.

[Dystopian]

Hi,

I'm Stephen - I'm 19 from Liverpool in the UK. I'm an Atheist, Political "**** you", Societal dissident and bisexual bastard.

Pleased to meet you!

[COLONEL]

Coupla days.

Any idea when the hamsters are available for those folk who don't want a rabbit? :)
I have been thinking about adding a few rats also, I hear they eat them in China.:D

[yngve]

I guess it's time to do this then.
I'm from Norway and after failing to flunk various subjects I got to be a metallutgical engineer, currently working in Aibel, providing Big Oil™ with pipes and other stuff.

I've allways been a bit skeptical, never been religious - had a bout of childhood superstition, but after having read most of greek mythology and norse mythology by age 14 the dots connected by themselves as far as religions go...

When I'm not being a surly skeptic, I ski, dive, hunt go fishing and trekking in the mountains, drink beer, and misc other stuff.

A creaking bookshelf that is beginning to look like a collection of who's who in skepticicm and popularization of science is one of my dearest possessions.
I guess what interrests me most is the psychology of belief, how we screw up our own mind with biases as wel as what drives variation in predisposition for developing belief in the supernatural and the mechanisms by which such belief might manifest it self. The latter ties in with neurology and evolutionary psychology so I had to go buy more books, and so on and so on...
An other issue I try to address is how to handle encounters with woo-people in such a manner that a smidgeon of critical thought process might be induced.
It's hard work not to go into a fit at times, but hammering down on someone is just unproductive. But boy-oh-boy do I feel the urge at times, hehe :D

[Spoons]

Welcome to all noobs.

Spoons, are you a BAUT refugee? I think I saw your name there today when I made my second post in several years of being registered there.

Thank you, Mr. Skinny. Yeah, I'm still active there, but the restrictions on topics of discussion there can be quite restrictive at times. Strict. St. S.

I also seem to have swallowed a pile of randomonium and often have trouble keeping tightly on topic, and this place seems a little more relaxed like that.

I spend most my time there in fun-n-games, because it's more funny and gamey there, and the angry, picky people don't spend so much time in there, so it's a more pleasant experience.

I might be more of a bench-warmer here, but if I get some game time... w00t?

[Foolmewunz]

I spend most my time there in fun-n-games, because it's more funny and gamey there, and the angry, picky people don't spend so much time in there, so it's a more pleasant experience.



Oh, lawdy lawdy, but you have some learning to do. They angriness brigade goes into that area to sleep it off after they've sucked the blood out through the carotid of one thread or another. :jaw-dropp

Welcome, nevertheless. (I decompress in games and in the Arts/Media/Hollywood-Schmollywood areas, also.)

Oh and as to digressions... don't catch the mods in a bad mood. Thread drift is cool (otherwise I'd have been banned ages ago), but derailing is an actionable offense if you're apparently doing it repeatedly and with someone's perception of ill intent.

[Spoons]

I'm not keen on derailing threads, otherwise I'd just go to another, more appropriate thread, but thread drift can be a little more difficult to control.

That said, I ought to just say thanks for the welcome and be done.

Cheers!

[COLONEL]

I'm not keen on derailing threads, otherwise I'd just go to another, more appropriate thread, but thread drift can be a little more difficult to control.

That said, I ought to just say thanks for the welcome and be done.

Cheers! Sorry to burst your bubble , You are welcome for saying thanks for the welcome, but you will never be done :D

[Spoons]

You know me too well. I am never done. They call me Ramblin' Joey Fishcake. On and on. Yippety yip. Yappety yap. Never stop. Just keep on keepin' on. Blah blah. I do go on. Yes I do.

[Mister Xman]

Hello,
My nick name is Mister Xman. I'm just a middle age guy who loves learning new things. I have always loved James Randi...the way he exposes skam artists. Lately you can see me on the net doing a fake ufo photo tutorial. That's how I ended up here. Someone called The dolittle or something like that, was asking questions about fake ufos. So here I am.:jaw-dropp

[Alan]

Welcome. :)

[amb]

Welcome Mister taxmanXman. You are the millionth person to register, congratulations. You have won a rabbit cooked anyway you like it, and a bottle of Peroni beer.

[Sabretooth]

Hello everyone! Newbie from Buffalo, NY here. Been lurking for a while, so I figured I'd jump in to the discussions. Sounds like this is gonna be a good time :)

[COLONEL]

Hello everyone! Newbie from Buffalo, NY here. Been lurking for a while, so I figured I'd jump in to the discussions.


Sounds like this is gonna be a good time :)
Welcomw Sagertooth, Well lets just say it will be a good time for the Goat, :D when it starts it's initiation on you. In the mean time Have a glass of Goats milk, a oatmeal cookie ,a MINTIE and pick out a rabbit ,give it to the cook and tell him how you want it cooked.

[MLH1138]

Hello, MLH1138 here! :D

[nchammer326]

Hello MLH1138, I'm nchammer326, or nchammer for short.

Born and raised in New Jersey, 19 years old, and I do a bit of freelance comedy writing in my spare time (mainly stuff for Cracked).

[Bell]

I think I'm going to change my username to 8377 :)

[MLH1138]

Born and raised in New Jersey, 19 years old, and I do a bit of freelance comedy writing in my spare time (mainly stuff for Cracked).

I wish I was 19 again - but well met, young fella!

I think I'm going to change my username to 8377

What and miss out on all the Lucas references? (or is that one?... *consults extensive Lucas reference*) :D

[The Man]

Hello, MLH1138 here! :D


Welcome MLH1138. You are a true believer. Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. Thou art a subject of the divine. Created in the image of man, by the masses, for the masses. Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy more and be happy.

[Skeptalk]

Hello everyone! I'm looking forward to talking to you all soon! :D

[The Man]

Hello everyone! I'm looking forward to talking to you all soon! :D

Welcome Skeptalk, please be careful as you meander about, the goat isn’t that well house broken yet.

[Skeptalk]

Thank you. I don't think that you'll have to worry about me though, I'm very careful about what I say. ;)

[The Man]

Thank you. I don't think that you'll have to worry about me though, I'm very careful about what I say. ;)

I gathered that from your username, Skeptalk. Though, were it 'Skepwalk' I might have went for a different joke. Hope to see you on the other threads.


Dan "The Man"

[Skeptalk]

My username comes from the name of the blog I'm planning on writing, although I'm not sure if I'll ever get it running. :D Do you write anything?

[The Man]

My username comes from the name of the blog I'm planning on writing, although I'm not sure if I'll ever get it running. :D Do you write anything?

I've done some poems (unpublished), other than that usually specifications and procedures (very limited publication). Though I’ve never tried an iambic pentameter procedure or spec. I don’t think it would go over that well.

Good luck with the blog.

ETA:

My most recent work, an adaptation of "Fire and Ice"

Fire and Sports

Some say L.A. will end by fire
Some say by sports
Form what I’ve tasted of gaming ire
I hold with those who favor fire
But having seen the resulting torts
I think I know enough of fans
To say that a loss in sports
To some spans
A death of sorts

[Skeptalk]

I haven't read much poetry in my life, but I like your poem. :D

[YouAreDreaming]

Hi I wanted to take a moment to sign in and join the welcoming comity. I like a good dose of skepticism to keep my interests grounded. I am looking forward to participating in some thought-provoking and interesting discussions and debates.

[Bell]

Welcome Skeptalk and YouAreDreaming. Join the good cause and say NO against rabbit cruelty.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sylvilagus_floridanus.jpg/600px-Sylvilagus_floridanus.jpg

[YouAreDreaming]

That bunny makes me both happy and hungry at the same time.

[Bell]

That bunny makes me both happy and hungry at the same time.

You are sooo going to pay for that :mad:

XcxKIJTb3Hg

[YouAreDreaming]

You are probably right, $13.99 a plate if I'm not mistaken :jaw-dropp

[Bell]

You are probably right, $13.99 a plate if I'm not mistaken :jaw-dropp

:)

[COLONEL]

Bell as a member of PETA,that's ( People Eating Tasty Animals) I say there is nothing cruel about eating a nice rabbit ,if it is prepared right

[CMacDady]

Hello. I don't usually use introduction threads, but this seems like a good place to start.

I was introduced to the JREF about 2 weeks ago and can not help myself with the information available to me. So when I used up all the blog posts from the main sites, I figured the next best place for information is the people who also share the same interest.

I hope to learn a lot here.

[YouAreDreaming]

Welcome to the forums CMacDady. What are your interests?

[CMacDady]

Welcome to the forums CMacDady. What are your interests?

Apart from the pursuit of general knowledge? I dont get to actively engage in my interests since I'm going to school full time. 4 years of post secondary math and counting. As far as that is concerned, my interest lies in completing my degree and then enjoying life.

[beardo]

Hi I'm Beardo. I'm an Aquarius which should tell you everything you need to know about my personality. I love long walks on the beach but sadly live in Colorado so I have to settle for long walks in the mountains.

Seriously though, I became a atheist when my first child was born and really started to look at what I was going to teach my children. I've always loved science. Currently I'm a software developer for a financial services company.

[bikerdruid]

hello all. i hope i have posted this in the right place.

i'm an aging queer pagan hermit hippy living in the peace river valley in northern alberta, canada, off-grid, in the bush.
i live quite an isolated life, partly by choice and largely by geography.i'm something of a jaded romantic, but a dreamer,nonetheless.
i have been a druid all my life, since long before i knew what a druid was. since i was raised very catholic, having made a lifelong study of the occult and magick, i've also been a heretic since before i knew was a heretic was.
i enjoy spending time cruising on my groovy old dnepr motorcycle as it's as offbeat as i am.
i am a retired high school english teacher who has often been in trouble for siding with students against administration, so it probably wont come as a surprise that i am also an anarchist (or, more accurately, i'd call myself a bioregional anarcho-communist) and think that any form of government is an afront to personal freedom. i firmly invision the 'perfect' world as a network of bioregional autonomous zones.
reading is a passion of mine and i read omnivorously. i look forward to meeting new and interesting people here.

[Sabretooth]

Bell as a member of PETA,that's ( People Eating Tasty Animals) I say there is nothing cruel about eating a nice rabbit ,if it is prepared right


Meat is Murder!!...

...Tasty, Delicious Murder :drool:

[PJZen]

Hello, My name is PJ. I hope I am in the right place. This is the cooking forum, no? I am trying to the best spices to use with hamster. Curry was a big mistake.;)

[Roadtoad]

Hello, My name is PJ. I hope I am in the right place. This is the cooking forum, no? I am trying to the best spices to use with hamster. Curry was a big mistake.;)

Not necessarily. Were you planning on serving it with rice, or couscous?

Oh, and welcome.

[Jugbo]

Hello world!
My name is Gary. I make my home in the Pacific Northwest. I am an atheist and a skeptic. Can you be one without being the other? Hmmmm.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

[COLONEL]

Meat is Murder!!...

...Tasty, Delicious Murder :drool:

I am a Vegetarian and meat is the high end of being a vegetarian, the cow eats the grass water and grain and I eat the cow so that makes me a vegetarian by proxy :D

[amb]

So many newbies, so few rabbits and hamsters. Today's special is rabbit alla-king. Followed by a coffee and Grayman's oatmeal cookies. As an after dinner mint, we have Minties.
By the way, have any of you failed to return any overdue library books? If so, return them ASAP or there's a lady here who will arrest you for failing to do so. :D
Welcome everyone. :)

[arthwollipot]

If by "arrest" you mean...

Okay, I'll shut up now.

[amb]

No, no. I mean arrest as been thrown in jail for not returning library books on time. :)

[Roadtoad]

No, no. I mean arrest as been thrown in jail for not returning library books on time. :)

Damn. I was so looking forward to the...

Uh...

Move over, Arth. I just put my foot in it. Again.

[refamat]

Hi

I'm a knubee but old and crusty..I like debate but dislike forum programs...some things just don't work for me..I have a degree in geology and use it to clean up contaminated gas stations..hey! that makes me a janitor!

I like rocks, meteorites, animals, sci-fi, pizza, and fo time
the rest just gets older every day

[fossilhound]

Greetings. My name's Joe. I'm an old, old lurker but new member. I already feel at home amongst the dyed-in-the-wool skeptics, and those skeptics who have nothing to do with sheep. Please don't scare off all the fundies before I get a shot at 'em. I need the practice for my next family reunion.

[COLONEL]

Welcome refamat & fossilhound, seeing as you both claim to be old ,should we have the cook mash and blend your food for you or will you be able to chew it ?

[Al Cider]

Earthlings amuse me.



Alec Akhbar! Alec Akhbar!

[amb]

Welcome to our humble planet Al Cider. By the way, are you from the Pisces constellation by any chance?

[Al Cider]

Ophiuchus, actually. I am amused by your puny Earth guesses. Try again.

[arthwollipot]

Ophiuchus?

[Al Cider]

Nah.... Seriously mate. 13th constellation, visible from earth. Often overlooked, 'cos Earthlings can't get the horoscopes for it. Good thing is, Ophiucus kids can follow any daily horoscope they want - it's backwards compatible. Say if your Leo, and it forecasts cold drizzle, but it turns out lovely and sunny - you might feel let down at the end of the day, forever stuck with the expectations of the morning forecast. And the disappointment. But if your Ophiucus, you can pick the weather you'd have wanted, just before you turn in. And that's what you'd have got.
Where I'm from, only one constellation is visible so we all share the same sign, but different fates.

[fossilhound]

Welcome refamat & fossilhound, seeing as you both claim to be old ,should we have the cook mash and blend your food for you or will you be able to chew it ?

Oh, I can still masticate. Can't run a 4 minute mile anymore and the jowls are beginning to sag, but at least I still have all my teeth. :)

[SnakeTongue]

- Hi...
- Hi, how are you doing?
- Doing well!
- So, what are the news?
- I am registered in the JREF, but I still did not discover the meaning of CT...
- What did you say? Are you speaking about computer hardware?

:words:

[amb]

- Hi...
- Hi, how are you doing?
- Doing well!
- So, what are the news?
- I am registered in the JREF, but I still did not discover the meaning of CT...
- What did you say? Are you speaking about computer hardware?

:words:

That's an interesting name. Are you Cherokee or Sioux Indian? :D

[SnakeTongue]

that's an interesting name. Are you cherokee or sioux indian? :d

60% :BRAZIL:

15% :ITALY:

25% :uk:

[gridlocksmith]

How's it going? I guess I should say a little bit about myself. I'm currently employed as a line cook in a small cafe specializing in local and organic options. I would describe myself as a pragmatic atheist and cynic, but I've never been very good at describing myself. I'm a huge fan of lively debate and sarcasm, and happy to have found this forum.

[Bell]

I hope you are not Australian? We got to much of them already ;)

[gridlocksmith]

I hope you are not Australian? We got to much of them already ;)

Nope, Virginia. Born and bred.

[The Man]

Well, we do need more virgins.

Oh Wait… sorry.

[quadraginta]

Well, we do need more virgins.

Oh Wait… sorry.


Good catch.

Once they've been bred they aren't virgins anymore.

[The Man]

Good catch.

Once they've been bred they aren't virgins anymore.


Yep, yous gots’a catch you’self before you wretch you’self.

[Ambermae]

Hi, i'm new,

My name is Lyn-Ann and i'm from Wales in the UK. I've joined this forum to learn as much as i can about anything i can.
Due to ill health i've found myself with a lot of time and a laptop, i started out trying to learn about Bigfoot but to be honest i'm interested in more than just that, i know very little about most of the stuff here and i'm also new to the whole forum thing too!

[kitakaze]

Welcome to the best forum on the internet, Lynn-Ann. You can learn obscene amounts of just about anything you can think of here. You know you can count on me for the Bigfoot part. Native myths and traditions, the PGF, various Bigfoot organizations and researchers - you name it.

I have also written at length about Homo floresiensis and other related topics. No surprise that early human evolution is my thing. Feathered dinosaurs and avian dinosaur and nonavian dinosaur distinctions are something else cool you could check out. If you want to learn about health related stuff, check out the SMM&T section. If you want to have fun with humour and get some stupid jokes, there is always the Humour section. Community is where you can talk to other members pretty much about anything at all on your mind.

I won't pry about your illness, but I do wish you a speedy recovery and that you enjoy your learning time at the JREF. :)

[arthwollipot]

I hope you are not Australian? We got to much of them already ;)Hey!!!

[MD 20/20]

Hello folks, long time lurker and finally decided to pull the trigger and join.

[Mr. Skinny]

Hello folks, long time lurker and finally decided to pull the trigger and join.
Welcome.

Opthalmologist?

Glad you finally pulled the trigger. (my favorite gun is my Dan Wesson .357 magnum revolver).

[amb]

Hello folks, long time lurker and finally decided to pull the trigger and join.

Never mind that! Have you any overdue library books laying around? What about the goat, have you given it a pat yet?
Have you given the chef [ Grayman ] your preference on how you want the rabbit cooked? :D

Welcome to the madhouse buddy. :)

[hamcat]

Hey! I thought I'd introduce myself...


I'm new to the forum so I'll let you in on a couple of my all-time heroes:

- Sylvia Browne a totally awesome psychic medium..

- Rustum Roy, the best doctor in the history of doctors..

- Duane Gish, best academic in the world today!


.....joking. I just wanted to be funny because I've never posted before.

My name's Vicki, I'm 20 from the UK. I'm studying for a Bachelor of Science and I'm a big time skeptic.
So, nice to meet everybody!


Disclaimer: definitely not a fan of any of the people listed above...thanks.

[TubbaBlubba]

Welcome! What scientific subject are you getting a bachelor's degree in?

[MD 20/20]

Welcome.

Opthalmologist?

Glad you finally pulled the trigger. (my favorite gun is my Dan Wesson .357 magnum revolver).

MD 20/20= Cheap Wine, we used to call it Mad Dog ;)

My favorite's the original 1911 A-1 .45

[hamcat]

Welcome! What scientific subject are you getting a bachelor's degree in?


Well I'm doing an Open degree with the Open University, so I don't actually have to decide yet, so at the moment I'm doing a mixture of molecular science and evolutionary biology. It's all very fun!

[COLONEL]

Hey! I thought I'd introduce myself...


I'm new to the forum so I'll let you in on a couple of my all-time heroes:

- Sylvia Browne a totally awesome psychic medium..

- Rustum Roy, the best doctor in the history of doctors..

- Duane Gish, best academic in the world today!


.....joking. I just wanted to be funny because I've never posted before.

My name's Vicki, I'm 20 from the UK. I'm studying for a Bachelor of Science and I'm a big time skeptic.
So, nice to meet everybody!


Disclaimer: definitely not a fan of any of the people listed above...thanks.
Boy starting of saying you like Sylia Brown could have got you bannished to a place we do not mention . some of us don't read the whole intro . As soon as I saw the comment about you liking Sylvia Brown I stopped reading for a second and .....well you do not need to know what I was thinking .

Welcome and help your self to some fresh goats milk a grayman oatmeal cookie a MINTIE and take a rabbit to the cook and tell him how you want it cooked. After please find Shemp and tell him the Colonel sent you.

[hamcat]

haha, glad I wrote the disclaimer then!

[TubbaBlubba]

Well I'm doing an Open degree with the Open University, so I don't actually have to decide yet, so at the moment I'm doing a mixture of molecular science and evolutionary biology. It's all very fun!

Oooh, sounds wonderful. Good luck with it.

[Bell]

Hey! I thought I'd introduce myself...


I'm new to the forum so I'll let you in on a couple of my all-time heroes:

- Sylvia Browne a totally awesome psychic medium..

- Rustum Roy, the best doctor in the history of doctors..

- Duane Gish, best academic in the world today!


.....joking. I just wanted to be funny because I've never posted before.

My name's Vicki, I'm 20 from the UK. I'm studying for a Bachelor of Science and I'm a big time skeptic.
So, nice to meet everybody!


Disclaimer: definitely not a fan of any of the people listed above...thanks.

Welcome Hamcat! What's up with your screen name? Do you enjoy cutting little kitties in thin slices of meat? What's with all this animal cruelty?! :p

[hamcat]

Hamcat is actually kind of an in joke. It's like a cute name for a piglet; a fat little ham-cat!

[CelticRose]

After please find Shemp and tell him the Colonel sent you.

haha, glad I wrote the disclaimer then!
Judging by the above, I don't think the Colonel read it. ;)

[ParrotPirate]

MD 20/20= Cheap Wine, we used to call it Mad Dog ;)

My favorite's the original 1911 A-1 .45

Now all you need is a cigar and you have all of you BATF bases covered!
(Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, for those unfamiliar with U.S. government.)

[Manzer]

I'm new here so I guess I'm supposed to post? It seems that I can be my cynical old self here, which I like. Thanks for having a place like this.

[Foolmewunz]

60% :BRAZIL:

15% :ITALY:

25% :uk:

Hey, welcome. You can join me in the "avoid the math and science geeks area" club.

Why?

>>> Because your percentages could not possibly work from everything I've been led to believe. I have no idea, but you'd probably have to go back about thirteen katrillion generations to come up with those percentages 60/15/25, unless....

I mean, if you count "close", you might conceivably be able to identify the nationality/origin of all 32 of your Great Great Great Grandparents - but
1. Knowing that there were precisely 19 Brazilians, 8 UKians, and 5 Italians all those years ago would be pretty amazing. I mean "great great great grandparents" makes you the sixth generation, and regardless how young you are, that puts their dates back in the early/mid 19th century, say 1815 to 1850. I'm going to guess that birth records aren't that accurate and neither are family trees.
2. Plus, 19/8/5 is not really 60/25/15 %. It's more like "nearly 60/25/nearly15" %.


Who us? Nerds? No. Why would you ask?

[COLONEL]

Judging by the above, I don't think the Colonel read it. ;)
I read it and that's why I sent Hamcat to Shemp. for mentioning the SB word

[Caution]

So, this is my first post on the JREF forum.

I'm a longtime skeptic and atheist.

I was a bit precocious and told my parents at 6 that I didn't want to go to church anymore because I didn't believe in god. They, to their credit, said "OK" and that was the last time I set foot in a church for anything other than a wedding or funeral.

I'm a Software QA Director in Massachusetts and live in Woo Central, Salem MA.

I actually love the city and have interacted with any number of witches, wiccans, psychics, astrologers, new agers, etc etc over the years.

I've subscribed to Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer on and off over the years and have been an avid listener to Skepticality for years as well as many other podcasts off and on. I particularly enjoy Monstertalk, American Freethought, Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, and Skeptoid.

I finally have decided to do more than just lurk and figured the JREF was a good place to actually join into the larger community.

I've also been doing a little bit of planning on a monthly podcast that is Salem specific. I was thinking along the lines of opening a friendly dialog with a local true believer each month on various topics. There are enough true believers in my city to go for the next century. Listening to Phil Plait's presentation at TAM8 and the most recent episode of Monstertalk has given me a bit more confidence that a non-confrontational approach to this might actually have a bigger audience.

I'd love to get some feedback from the community at large on this potential project and will post some details. I have reached out to a couple of the people that I would interview and they have been receptive to the idea (I have been very clear that this was from a skeptical, non-believer POV).

[ttoyooka]

Hello, everyone. My name is Takashi Toyooka, and I write from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I'm a software developer and a closet amateur philosopher with an interest in science.

I think I've been a skeptic for about as long as I can remember, but I've recently started taking an interest in big-S Skepticism. I'm looking forward to my time here.

[Foolmewunz]

Hello, everyone. My name is Takashi Toyooka, and I write from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I'm a software developer and a closet amateur philosopher with an interest in science.

I think I've been a skeptic for about as long as I can remember, but I've recently started taking an interest in big-S Skepticism. I'm looking forward to my time here.


Must be something about the water from the Riviere Rideau. There are a whole bunch of people on this board from Ottawa. (I'm an honorary Bytownian, having survived the legendary winter of 1971 there during my first year in Canada.)

Welcome aboard. Make yourself comfy. There are a lot of Canadians here from coast to coast. They occasionally do some flag waving, but they're, ... well, Canadians, eh? They aren't a jingoistic flag-waving patriotic fervor kinda crowd. (And in that group I include the Brits, the Americans, and the Aussies.)

Enjoy your stay.

[localTaoist]

As one of the lesser Skeptics in this forum, I prefer to toy with the theories.

I considered the million dollar prize, but nothing I do shows up on camera, which makes it a no-go from the start.

Yes, you could say it's all in perception.

[amb]

A warm welcome to all newbies. Caution, now that's a great name.

[Bell]

Who are you trying to impersonate, Amb? Barry Humphries? :D

[Lolly]

That's not amb. That's his dog. Amb's got dark hair.

[COLONEL]

That's not amb. That's his dog. Amb's got dark hair. only when he is not dressed in drag :)


Welcome NewB's don't forget you are entitled to a glass of goats milk,a Grayman oatmeal cookie. a MINTIE and a rabbit cooked the way you want it and for this weekend only, you may also pick out a hamster for the chef to cook.

[notyavgkat]

Hello there , my name is Jeremy. I have an interest in alot of the topics in this awesome forum. Such as paranormal, ufos, et's, cryptozoology, etc. So I just wanted to introduce myself in this thread, and hopefully you guys will here alot more from me in the future. Live Long and Prosper.

[mr_mac83]

Hi everyone - I'm Richard, currently in Toronto, Canada - Moved here a year ago from the UK. I've been attending the local "Skeptics in the Pub" events here for about 6 mths and have been really enjoying them.

I'm a science fanboy - I enjoy reading about new discoveries and theories across all areas, especially Astronomy.

I'm here to learn, increase my knowledge about skeptical topics and hopefully make some friends. :)

[amb]

mr mac83, something stinks in Denmark. It says in your profile you joined in Jan 2010, yet this is your first ever post eight months later? :p

[COLONEL]

mr mac83, something stinks in Denmark. It says in your profile you joined in Jan 2010, yet this is your first ever post eight months later? :p
AMB maybe he is a late bloomer or it took a while for him to get the courage to post

[The Man]

Hello there , my name is Jeremy. I have an interest in alot of the topics in this awesome forum. Such as paranormal, ufos, et's, cryptozoology, etc. So I just wanted to introduce myself in this thread, and hopefully you guys will here alot more from me in the future. Live Long and Prosper.


Welcome notyavgkat, Qapla'.

[InquisitiveMouse]

This pod cast was recommended to me by a friend.

I am 28

I am interested in many things and enjoy learning more about the paranormal or looking for a scientific explanation for different phenomena. I also believe in in God, ghosts, angels, demons, and crypto zoology, among other things.

[Jumbuck]

Hello everyone!

My dad was an active member of CSICOP for years (and may still be for all I know, I'll have to check on his status). A friend of mine back at my old workplace used to post on these forums a lot and I always meant to register, but never got around to it until now, a few years later. It looks like a really interesting forum and hopefully many good times will be had.

[arthwollipot]

This pod cast was recommended to me by a friend.Which podcast?

[oddboyout]

Hello all! I'm a queer college student from Los Angeles attending California State University Nothridge. My inspiration to become a skeptic and atheist was really kicked off by Octavia E. Butler's "The Parable of the Sower" while I was attending a Catholic high school. My campus has no skeptic or atheist organizations and there doesn't seem to be much interest for one, so I've been trying to get involved in the local area. What I am involved with on my campus is the queer and feminist organizations.

[amb]

That word queer has more than one meaning here. But welcome whatever. :)

[TubbaBlubba]

What, you mean the feminist organizations aren't queer?

[Halfcentaur]

I'm a half man, half centaur, who has come forth to view the universe with the eye of a skeptical centaur, or skeptical man. I live in Oklahoma City.

[CelticRose]

I'm a half man, half centaur, who has come forth to view the universe with the eye of a skeptical centaur, or skeptical man. I live in Oklahoma City.
That makes you about three-quarters human.

[The Man]

I'm a half man, half centaur, who has come forth to view the universe with the eye of a skeptical centaur, or skeptical man. I live in Oklahoma City.

Just "the eye of a skeptical centaur, or skeptical man", doesn't that make you a bit Cyclopic as well?

Welcome Halfcentaur, and everyone else.

[arthwollipot]

That makes you about three-quarters human.With two and a half legs.

...





...










:jaw-dropp

[TubbaBlubba]

With two and a half legs.

...





...










:jaw-dropp

It's that small, huh?

[case#46cw39]

Hi, yea well, what can I say, I hear Voices - clinically diagnosed severe and persistent schizophrenia. I like to think of myself objectively as a case # for therapeutic purposes (metacognitive training). SZ is a thought disorder so I'm obsessed with 'ordered thought' or logic and critical thinking, and that's why I like this forum. I'm gonna go start a thread about SK and what some people call my spirit world matrix gate. :)

[COLONEL]

Hi, yea well, what can I say, I hear Voices - clinically diagnosed severe and persistent schizophrenia. I like to think of myself objectively as a case # for therapeutic purposes (metacognitive training). SZ is a thought disorder so I'm obsessed with 'ordered thought' or logic and critical thinking, and that's why I like this forum. I'm gonna go start a thread about SK and what some people call my spirit world matrix gate. :)
Welcome and by the sounds of things ,you will have no problem fitting in here.

[wickie]

wickie is in the house

[Spoons]

Boom! Welcome wickie.

[Skeptalk]

Welcome to the forum of horrors. :jaw-dropp

[Spoons]

moo har har?

[amb]

Spoons, are you in the cutlery business? And where do you hail from, north or south of the river?

[daws59]

wickie is in the house
is that the out house?

[Spoons]

Spoons, are you in the cutlery business? And where do you hail from, north or south of the river?

Cutlery business? Oh, I wish. No, construction desk jockey. Yeehar!

North of the river... just outside the city. It works for me. And you, squire?

[lopeyschools]

Hello,

I'm a man-bear-pig, half-man, half-bear, and half-pig.

Ok, maybe I'm not a manbearpig but I play one on tv. Already jumped the gun and posted a few times before the introduction. I'm an amateur skeptic and amateur doctor.

:)

Cheerio,

[wickie]

is that the out house?

Give me some time and it will be the dog house!

[amb]

Cutlery business? Oh, I wish. No, construction desk jockey. Yeehar!

North of the river... just outside the city. It works for me. And you, squire?

I hail from Morley. :)

[TubbaBlubba]

Hello,

I'm a man-bear-pig, half-man, half-bear, and half-pig.

Ok, maybe I'm not a manbearpig but I play one on tv. Already jumped the gun and posted a few times before the introduction. I'm an amateur skeptic and amateur doctor.

:)

Cheerio,

Are you cereal?

[lopeyschools]

Are you cereal?

I'm super cereal.

[Spoons]

Totally super-cereal!

[Spoons]

I hail from Morley. :)

And retired? Or the cutlery business? It's bigger than you might think.

Whenever I see your username that brand of air freshener pops into my head. If you need a dedoggyfied profile pic (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.getprice.com.au/images/uploadimg/1680/350_ambipur2in1fresh.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.getprice.com.au/Ambi-Pur-2-in-1-Fresh-Green-Dream-75ml-Gpnc_515--44980162.htm&usg=__-9HW6ZoISkoXj_4Y6zFcD0uPeAc=&h=350&w=350&sz=15&hl=en&start=101&zoom=1&tbnid=Lbx7jB0cGItSpM:&tbnh=161&tbnw=172&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dambi%2Bpur%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26clien t%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1408%26bih%3D660%26tbs%3Disch: 10%2C2805&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=667&vpy=344&dur=6953&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=113&ty=128&ei=l6B4TP7HC8S8nAf4wsiXCw&oei=cKB4TPnJLdzycK6tueoF&esq=6&page=6&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:101&biw=1408&bih=660) one day...

[Jupiter 7]

Hello! I'm new and I'd like to say a big hello to everybody. :D

So, what can I tell you about myself? Well, I am both a palm reader and psychic medium who is currently contact with seven spirit guides on the Astral Plane. :rolleyes:

Haha, just kidding. I am an atheist and skeptic but enjoy having discussions with people of all persusions and beliefs! I find the subjects here very interesting and I'm very much looking forward to engaging with everybody (well, some of you). ;)

[arthwollipot]

Hey Jupiter 7. I see you've been lurking a bit. I'm sure you'll fit right in.







...into my freezer... bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!

[Jupiter 7]

Hey Jupiter 7. I see you've been lurking a bit. I'm sure you'll fit right in.







...into my freezer... bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!

Thank you for the welcome! :clap:

[daws59]

Give me some time and it will be the dog house!
take a number!

[The Man]

Well, if you’re going to take a number two, the out house would be the place.




Welcome everyone.

[Africanus]

Hi!

My name is Klaus. I'm from Germany and 36 years old. I studied chemistry and I am currently working as a chemistry teacher. My hobbys are playing chess, music and dancing.

I'm very interested in every topic concerning science, history and CT.

[Bell]

Willkommen Klaus! Assuming you are interested in the debunking side of CTs, be sure to stop by the 9/11 section and say "guten tag" to Oystein, our resident German debunker :)

[Hazel]

Hello, Friends - I hope. I must start by saying I was "forced" to sign on by someone who doesn't even know I exist. I stumbled upon your site quite by accident and the first thing I says was "Location: Just outside of Saint Louis" Need I say more? I'm better at comebacks than at original thoughts.

I may not contribute a lot of worthwhile thoughts but I'll certainly enjoy reading all of yours. Well, all that I can along with everything else.

Carry on while I keep quiet - so hard to do, isn't it?

Hazel

[kbhunter]

Howdy from GA!! I see some good dialog here!

[Foolmewunz]

Howdy from GA!! I see some good dialog here!

Well, howdy right back atcha, KBHunter. ( I used to be able to throw in a quite believable "Y'all", but my years being removed from the deep south tend to make me think that looks like I'm trying too hard or just being condescending, so you'll have to take the Y'all as implicit.)

Having cheated a bit, I see you headed on over to the Bigfoot arena. Are you another refugee from the BigFootForums? We've got some dedicated debunkers (and believers) in there. So much so, that we may never hear from you again in the other areas. Those crews tend to hang out in that one sub-forum. (I never understood the passion for the subject. It's cool and all that - I love cryptozoology as a casual read from time to time. But the absolute frothing at the mouth fury of some of the threads/posts is a thing to behold.)

Bethatasitmay, you settle down wherever you choose. There's a lot of other good stuff on the boards. A little bit of something for all tastes.

(Veterans please note if you haven't already. Speaking of "good stuff", Ducky's back or has decloaked.....)

[arthwollipot]

It is just me who pronounces the initials of US state names?

When I saw "Howdy from GA!" I thought kbhunter had just been startled from behind.

[bit_pattern]

implicit.)

Having cheated a bit, I see you headed on over to the Bigfoot arena. Are you another refugee from the BigFootForums?

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/

[amb]

And retired? Or the cutlery business? It's bigger than you might think.

Whenever I see your username that brand of air freshener pops into my head. If you need a dedoggyfied profile pic one day.
Naw. My user name derides from the first initials of my name, wife's name and surname.

[bit_pattern]

Naw. My user name derides from the first initials of my name, wife's name and surname.

Arthur Marjoram Boltenthwaite?

[amb]

Something like that. :D

[bit_pattern]

Send Marj my love...

[ant46]

Hello, I'm Ant (you can probably tell from the username). I've been reading the forum for some time - mostly Conspiracy Theories & General Skepticism sections - and finally decided to sign up.

Looking forward to joining in.:)

[kbhunter]

Yeppers, I suppose you can call me a refugee, my wife:D calls me other names sometimes though, depending on her mood. Don't worry about me, I am fun loving and enjoy more stuff than arguing about BF. I know what I know and don't care who thinks what about it. Yea, there are some that believe for different reasons, who gives a rat's arse? I am here to hang out with some Buds and read stuff that people get all bent out of shape over. Better then a good TV show at times!!!

[kbhunter]

"It is just me who pronounces the initials of US state names?

When I saw "Howdy from GA!" I thought kbhunter had just been startled from behind."

Yep, looks like a well though out post. I suppose you are making fun right off the bat huh? Maybe you should get to know me first? I am a pretty good guy.

Were gonna have fun!!;)

[arthwollipot]

"It is just me who pronounces the initials of US state names?

When I saw "Howdy from GA!" I thought kbhunter had just been startled from behind."

Yep, looks like a well though out post. I suppose you are making fun right off the bat huh? Maybe you should get to know me first? I am a pretty good guy.

Were gonna have fun!!;)You'll get used to it. :p

[SnakeTongue]

Hey, welcome. You can join me in the "avoid the math and science geeks area" club.

Why?

>>> Because your percentages could not possibly work from everything I've been led to believe. I have no idea, but you'd probably have to go back about thirteen katrillion generations to come up with those percentages 60/15/25, unless....

I mean, if you count "close", you might conceivably be able to identify the nationality/origin of all 32 of your Great Great Great Grandparents - but
1. Knowing that there were precisely 19 Brazilians, 8 UKians, and 5 Italians all those years ago would be pretty amazing. I mean "great great great grandparents" makes you the sixth generation, and regardless how young you are, that puts their dates back in the early/mid 19th century, say 1815 to 1850. I'm going to guess that birth records aren't that accurate and neither are family trees.
2. Plus, 19/8/5 is not really 60/25/15 %. It's more like "nearly 60/25/nearly15" %.


Who us? Nerds? No. Why would you ask?

You did not read the title of my post. It is not about my DNA, it is about which cultures had influence on my life.

I was raised in south Brazil (60%).

My mother is a genuine Brazilian, as my father a genuine Italian (15%).

I am living in London since 2008, speaking fluent English with British accent. (25%).

Portuguese language was quite important to me develop critical thinking and philosophical beliefs. (60%)

My father found the path to the dead nations when I was seven years old, but his actions was strong enough to keep the cultural legacy alive. When I became older, my interest in Italian culture and history was immense (from the Roman Empire history to the World War II events). (15%)

Since Brazil culture after the 70's had a strong presence of English language, I became aware of English history (from the Celts to the America colonization) during the 90's, playing RPG games with my friends. (25%)

:Banane35:

Cheers!

[quadraginta]

You'll get used to it. :p


I don't know if it'll help soothe kbhunter's ruffled feathers any, but when I read his post I had exactly the same thought you did, and I live within a few hundred miles of GA ...

(Sorry, the cats just charged over my lap playing "jet fighter".)

... Georgia.

:)

[arthwollipot]

Hey, it could have been worse. Originally I was going to write "surprise buttsecks" instead of "startled from behind". At the last minute I reconsidered and changed it.

[Foolmewunz]

You did not read the title of my post. It is not about my DNA, it is about which cultures had influence on my life.

I was raised in south Brazil (60%).

My mother is a genuine Brazilian, as my father a genuine Italian (15%).

I am living in London since 2008, speaking fluent English with British accent. (25%).

Portuguese language was quite important to me develop critical thinking and philosophical beliefs. (60%)

My father found the path to the dead nations when I was seven years old, but his actions was strong enough to keep the cultural legacy alive. When I became older, my interest in Italian culture and history was immense (from the Roman Empire history to the World War II events). (15%)

Since Brazil culture after the 70's had a strong presence of English language, I became aware of English history (from the Celts to the America colonization) during the 90's, playing RPG games with my friends. (25%)

:Banane35:

Cheers!

Well, yeah, if you wanna be picky. (Or if you're right and I didn't notice the header that said, "cultural percentages".)

Cheers right back at you!

[grayman]

Hey, it could have been worse. Originally I was going to write "surprise buttsecks" instead of "startled from behind". At the last minute I reconsidered and changed it.

http://www.stabletalk.co.nz/forums/images/smilies/2437.gif

[COLONEL]

You'll get used to it. :p Truer words were never spoken :D

[mactonite]

Hello! During my evangelical years in the 1990s, it was basically pounded in my head to not question the bible and that there are dark unseen forces out there at work. Can you believe I still struggle with this concept?

[COLONEL]

Hello! During my evangelical years in the 1990s, it was basically pounded in my head to not question the bible and that there are dark unseen forces out there at work. Can you believe I still struggle with this concept?
No not really, we require proof .

[mactonite]

No not really, we require proof .

That is exactly why I am here. To reverse what I have been taught. I was never asked by any pastor to challenge my thinking and beliefs.

[amb]

That is exactly why I am here. To reverse what I have been taught. I was never asked by any pastor to challenge my thinking and beliefs.

Take two Paracetamol tablets, and burn your babble before retiring for the night. Everything will look a lot better in the morning. :D

[grayman]

Just made three dozen maple oatmeal cookies.

Had to be said.

[COLONEL]

Just made three dozen maple oatmeal cookies.

Had to be said.
With raisins I hope

[Prometheus]

Just made three dozen maple oatmeal cookies.

Had to be said.

I'll be right over.

[grayman]

With raisins I hope

With and without.

I'll be right over.

I'll make coffee and warn the goat.

[domokato]

Hi. If I had known these forums were so active I would've joined them a lot earlier.

Anyway, a bit about me. I used to be prone to believing in conspiracy theories, new age spirituality, and utopian social movements, but my background in philosophy provided a foundation for the good folk over at CFI to convince me of the importance of skepticism and critical thinking. As I learned about logical fallacies and cognitive biases, I was able to deconstruct all my irrational beliefs, and now I am happy to announce I am woo-free!

My current pet theory is that critical thinking (including logic, argumentation, logical fallacies, cognitive biases, skepticism, and philosophy of science) should be taught in schools starting at an early age and continuing on throughout one's educational career, and if it was, it could solve many social ills. For those of us lucky enough to live in a democracy, since the people call the shots, I feel our best option is to educate them so that as a whole we end up making the best collective decisions.

Looking forward to some great discussions :)

[Gilbert Syndrome]

I hate being forced to say "hello" to people but what the hell..... Hello, i'm Gilbert and i'm an alcoholic....wrong meeting, sorry.

[arthwollipot]

I was diagnosed with Gilbert Syndrome once. Then they redefined it and I lost my pension.

[COLONEL]

I hate being forced to say "hello" to people but what the hell..... Hello, i'm Gilbert and i'm an alcoholic....wrong meeting, sorry.
We do not force anyone to do anything , We just put you in a room with Shemp and the Goat , then it is up to you to decide what to do. :)

[Thethirdeye]

Hello my name is Harry, and I am interested about critical thinking and curious about many topics. I must have 15 posts, if I want to open my new tread with urls!!! :)

[COLONEL]

Welcome Harry

[Thethirdeye]

thank you :)

[Atwill]

Yeah, hi, everyone. I think people can keep their expectations rather low as far as my presence on the board is concerned, since I'm a devout member of the Church of Lurkology. I primarily signed up to be able to use the search function.

Oh, also, I'm a Level 12 Quantum Astrologist with a Ph.D. in Advanced Qigong, and whenever I astral project, I walk around town and lick other people's Reiki. I hope that's okay with you guys.

[Foolmewunz]

Hello my name is Harry, and I am interested about critical thinking and curious about many topics. I must have 15 posts, if I want to open my new tread with urls!!! :)

Well, get to work, you slacker! 11 posts in two months? C'mon, Harry! We wanna see that thread!

Welcome. Pay me no mind. I'm punch drunk from answering emails since about 0600 this morning (and it's now 11 PM). Welcome aboard. If you really need to pad your post count, head on over to Community (the Word Association thread) or one of the many Humor threads that are more or less designed just for that purpose.

[Foolmewunz]

Yeah, hi, everyone. I think people can keep their expectations rather low as far as my presence on the board is concerned, since I'm a devout member of the Church of Lurkology. I primarily signed up to be able to use the search function.

Oh, also, I'm a Level 12 Quantum Astrologist with a Ph.D. in Advanced Qigong, and whenever I astral project, I walk around town and lick other people's Reiki. I hope that's okay with you guys.

Lick other people's Reiki? Aw crap! I was drunk when Randi was giving out the instructions, I've been kicking other people's Reiki.

Welcome to the JREF Forums, Atwill. You can go back to lurking if you want, but we're really rather harmless. Well, most of us. That really is Grayman in his avatar.

[COLONEL]

That really is Grayman in his avatar.

Yup it sure is and that is one of his better pictures.

[arthwollipot]

Yeah, hi, everyone. I think people can keep their expectations rather low as far as my presence on the board is concerned, since I'm a devout member of the Church of Lurkology. I primarily signed up to be able to use the search function.

Oh, also, I'm a Level 12 Quantum Astrologist with a Ph.D. in Advanced Qigong, and whenever I astral project, I walk around town and lick other people's Reiki. I hope that's okay with you guys.Is that what it was? Mystery solved.

[amb]

A warm velcome to all Germans newbies. We are about to launch an invasion of Poland Canberra, to restore some sanity to the place.
I'm asking for volunteers to join this worthwhile enterprise. The rewards are great. One Goat and two rabbits, plus a jug of goats milk and a piece of goat cheese to all who accept this mission. :D

[arthwollipot]

Hey!!!

[Nichiro]

Hi friends,

This is Nichiro from Austin Texas. A die-hard naturopathy follower.
Presently curing my 3 tumors with only natural ingredients and am highly successful at it.
Hope to get rid of the tumors in next 45 days at the most outer time limit.

Would be most active in cancer forum (if there is any).

Nichiro

[TubbaBlubba]

Hi friends,

This is Nichiro from Austin Texas. A die-hard naturopathy follower.
Presently curing my 3 tumors with only natural ingredients and am highly successful at it.
Hope to get rid of the tumors in next 45 days at the most outer time limit.

Would be most active in cancer forum (if there is any).

Nichiro
I'm sorry I won't be able to come to your funeral.

[COLONEL]

I have decided that I would make Friday my official welcome NEWB's day . Welcome NewB's have a fresh glass of goats milk, a fresh baked Grayman oatmeal cookie, a MINTIE , Take a rabbit out of the pen and hand it to the cook and be sure to tell him how you want it prepared. After which you may go about your way.

[Nichiro]

I'm sorry I won't be able to come to your funeral.

Well...the time can tell if it is written in fifth dimension that I have to attend your's insted you not being able to make it.

[COLONEL]

Hey is it animal crualty if you BBQ a cat and eat it, instead of making a pet out of it ? I have been thinking of some new things to feed the NEWB's

[Bell]

Hey is it animal crualty if you BBQ a cat and eat it, instead of making a pet out of it ? I have been thinking of some new things to feed the NEWB's

Okay, now THAT post is reported! BBQing cats? Shame on you, sir! :mad:

[grayman]

Okay, now THAT post is reported! BBQing cats? Shame on you, sir! :mad:

Oh? And you have something against Vietnamese cuisine?

[Captain Tripps]

Oh? And you have something against Vietnamese cuisine?
Vietnamese is good eating. The food, not the people!

[Bell]

Vietnamese is good eating. The food, not the people!

:D

[COLONEL]

Vietnamese is good eating. The food, not the people!
I have seen bumper stickers that say CAT the other white meat , I wonder if the Vietnamese came up with it . :D