StopSylvia email: "Well"

RSLancastr · 3rd January 2012, 07:39 AM

Got the following email at StopSylvia, with the subject "Well"

Quote:

I think your site is a joke...you are ill? REALLY? Sounds like you just ran put of **** to talk about. Do us all a favor and pull it down. You are doing more harm than good.

Chaos · 3rd January 2012, 07:47 AM

Polite, eloquent and well argued. What more can you ask for?

(where´s that sarcasm smiley when you need it?)

CynicalSkeptic · 3rd January 2012, 07:58 AM

and it deserves a reply in kind. I suggest this quote from The Dude.

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. "

Brown · 3rd January 2012, 08:30 AM

You know what they say: everybody's got one.

RSLancastr · 3rd January 2012, 01:40 PM

My reply:

Quote:

Mr. -[nme]
Thank you for sharing your thouhts with me.

Yes, I am ill. One of the more recent articles on the site (titled something like "What Happened ToThis Site?") has the details, should you be inerested.

If by "****" you mean examples of Browne getting things wrong, nope. Her prdiction about Sadaam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago, and I have several more examples of readings she gave on the Montel Williams Show which were later proven wrong.

Admittedly, the demise of The Montel Williams Show, along with her no longer appearing on Larry King Live or George Noory's Coast To Coast makes finding her blunders a bit more problematic, but it also means that far fewer people are being exposed to her lies, so I'm fine wth that.

You say my site is doing harm. How exactly is it doing that?

I have no intention of taking the site down.

Best regards,

Robert S. Lancaster
creator and webmaster,
www.StopSylvia.com

Roadtoad · 3rd January 2012, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

My reply:

I find myself wondering if Sylvia's getting shills to spew this drivel. I wouldn't put it past her.

RSLancastr · 3rd January 2012, 03:10 PM

My reply?

Madalch · 3rd January 2012, 03:23 PM

I'm fairly sure that it wasn't really your reply that RT was referring to as "drivel".

RSLancastr · 3rd January 2012, 04:44 PM

I sure hop-e it wasn't!

Roadtoad · 4th January 2012, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

My reply?

Originally Posted by Madalch

I'm fairly sure that it wasn't really your reply that RT was referring to as "drivel".

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

I sure hop-e it wasn't!

No, Robert. Not you. The dolt who wrote to you was spewing drivel.

*Whew!*

jayman · 4th January 2012, 05:25 AM

Robert, will you be posting any new content on StopSylvia.com in the near future?

RSLancastr · 4th January 2012, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Roadtoad

No, Robert. Not you. The dolt who wrote to you was spewing drivel.

*Whew!*

Double Whew!

Garrette · 4th January 2012, 07:44 AM

Robert,

In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now.

Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi?

RSLancastr · 4th January 2012, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Josh111485

Robert, will you be posting any new content on StopSylvia.com in the near future?

Define "near future".

I have given up on posting estimates here as to when I will be updating my sites. It serves no purpose other than to disappoint others (and myself) when they are not met.

Or, to paraphrase Dilbert: 'i love deadlines! i love the whooshing sound they make as they fly past."

More to the point, I am currently working on resurrecting my old playing-card web site.

I know many here would rather I focus on my Stop sites first, but the card site is dear to me as well. And, since it is the simplest (in terms of design and coding), i hve started with it to reawaken my web design and construction knowledge. Once it is in place, I will be moving on to my skeptical sites, where I will continue to rebuild my web design and construction skillset.

In the meantime I am roughing out the articles I hope to be adding.

Sorry I can'tbe more specific than that, but thanks for your interest.

And thanks for being more tactful than one of my StopSylvia email correspondents who wrote this morning. In an email with the Subject "R u Ded?", he wrote

Quote:

Nothing new....

Bram Kaandorp · 4th January 2012, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

Define "near future".

I have given up on posting estimates here as to when I will be updating my sites. It serves no purpose other than to disappoint others (and myself) when they are not met.

Or, to paraphrase Dilbert: 'i love deadlines! i love the whooshing sound they make as they fly past."

More to the point, I am currently working on resurrecting my old playing-card web site.

I know many here would rather I focus on my Stop sites first, but the card site is dear to me as well. And, since it is the simplest (in terms of design and coding), i hve started with it to reawaken my web design and construction knowledge. Once it is in place, I will be moving on to my skeptical sites, where I will continue to rebuild my web design and construction skillset.

In the meantime I am roughing out the articles I hope to be adding.

Sorry I can'tbe more specific than that, but thanks for your interest.

And thanks for being more tactful than one of my StopSylvia email correspondents who wrote this morning. In an email with the Subject "R u Ded?", he wrote

That'd be Douglas Adams.

And I couldn't agree more. First feel comfortable with the tools, then work on the site again. Half-baked serves no one.

RSLancastr · 4th January 2012, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Bram Kaandorp

That'd be Douglas Adams.

Ah, right. First time I read it was in a Dilbert. Dunno if it was attributed or not.

And I couldn't agree more. First feel comfortable with the tools, then work on the site again. Half-baked serves no one.[/quote]

hanks.

RSL

Goshawk · 7th January 2012, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Garrette

Robert,

In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now.

Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi?

Or Osama Bin Laden?

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=207806

RSLancastr · 7th January 2012, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Garrette

Robert,

In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now.

Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi?

I eant whoever it was that that group of Navy eals killed in his compound in... Pakistan, I think it was.

Sorry, I'm not firing allcylinders mentally yet (if I ever was).

Goshawk · 8th January 2012, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

I eant whoever it was that that group of Navy eals killed in his compound in... Pakistan, I think it was.

Sorry, I'm not firing allcylinders mentally yet (if I ever was).

Bin Laden, yeah.

RSLancastr · 8th January 2012, 07:58 PM

Okay, thanks. Fortunately, I didn't claim to have gotten my information by psychic means.

Avery Dashwood · 8th January 2012, 09:34 PM

I don't think I've ever ran "put" out of anything in my life.

cwalner · 8th January 2012, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by RSLancastr

My reply:

Quote:

Yes, I am ill. One of the more recent articles on the site (titled something like "What Happened ToThis Site?") has the details, should you be inerested.

I was thinking along those same lines:

Quote:

Thank you for your concern regarding my recent illness. You will be pleased to know that my recovery is going along nicely.

Moochie · 9th January 2012, 06:49 AM

Would be great if someone could do for SB what was done for Santorum in regards to Google searches.

M.

100 · 9th January 2012, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Moochie

Would be great if someone could do for SB what was done for Santorum in regards to Google searches.

M.

The problem being that Browne is a more common last name than Santorum.

Brattus · 9th January 2012, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Chaos

Polite, eloquent and well argued. What more can you ask for?

(where´s that sarcasm smiley when you need it?)

What's the problem? I thought I done did a good job writing up that em..........UH...........I mean.........someone......... not me wrote it.........anyway....look at the time.....gotta go.

RSLancastr · 9th January 2012, 11:39 PM

hey there, Brattus! What have you been up to lately?

3rd January 2012, 07:39 AM	#1
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	StopSylvia email: "Well" Got the following email at StopSylvia, with the subject "Well" Quote: I think your site is a joke...you are ill? REALLY? Sounds like you just ran put of **** to talk about. Do us all a favor and pull it down. You are doing more harm than good.
	__________________ Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc?

3rd January 2012, 07:47 AM	#2
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 9,776	Polite, eloquent and well argued. What more can you ask for? (where´s that sarcasm smiley when you need it?)
	__________________ Grand Master, Knights of the Question Mark Illusion: too good to be true - Reality: too true to be good Authors build castles in the sky, readers live in them and publishers collect the rent. - Maxim Gorki Folks enjoy a witch-hunt as long as they are on the blunt end of the pitchfork. - Suezoled You can't use logic to talk a man out of a position that he didn't use logic to get himself into - passed down by Nyarlathotep Kids these days are better than their parents since they constitute the newest edition, the beta version of our societies - Cleopatra YouÂ´ll have to accept the fact that some people are just plain nuts. - Paul C. Anagnostopolous

3rd January 2012, 08:30 AM	#4
Brown Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 12,145	You know what they say: everybody's got one.
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3rd January 2012, 01:40 PM	#5
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	My reply: Quote: Mr. -[nme] Thank you for sharing your thouhts with me. Yes, I am ill. One of the more recent articles on the site (titled something like "What Happened ToThis Site?") has the details, should you be inerested. If by "****" you mean examples of Browne getting things wrong, nope. Her prdiction about Sadaam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago, and I have several more examples of readings she gave on the Montel Williams Show which were later proven wrong. Admittedly, the demise of The Montel Williams Show, along with her no longer appearing on Larry King Live or George Noory's Coast To Coast makes finding her blunders a bit more problematic, but it also means that far fewer people are being exposed to her lies, so I'm fine wth that. You say my site is doing harm. How exactly is it doing that? I have no intention of taking the site down. Best regards, Robert S. Lancaster creator and webmaster, www.StopSylvia.com
	__________________ Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc?

3rd January 2012, 03:10 PM	#7
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	My reply?
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3rd January 2012, 07:58 AM	#3
CynicalSkeptic Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: state of denial Posts: 1,360	and it deserves a reply in kind. I suggest this quote from The Dude. "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. "

3rd January 2012, 02:07 PM	#6
Roadtoad Bufo Caminus Inedibilis Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 15,738	Originally Posted by RSLancastr My reply: I find myself wondering if Sylvia's getting shills to spew this drivel. I wouldn't put it past her.

3rd January 2012, 03:23 PM	#8
Madalch The Jester Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The wet coast. Posts: 8,694	I'm fairly sure that it wasn't really your reply that RT was referring to as "drivel".
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3rd January 2012, 04:44 PM	#9
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	I sure hop-e it wasn't!
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4th January 2012, 05:15 AM	#10
Roadtoad Bufo Caminus Inedibilis Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 15,738	Originally Posted by RSLancastr My reply? Originally Posted by Madalch I'm fairly sure that it wasn't really your reply that RT was referring to as "drivel". Originally Posted by RSLancastr I sure hop-e it wasn't! No, Robert. Not you. The dolt who wrote to you was spewing drivel. Whew!

4th January 2012, 05:25 AM	#11
jayman Thinker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 200	New Stuff? Robert, will you be posting any new content on StopSylvia.com in the near future?
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4th January 2012, 07:21 AM	#12
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	Originally Posted by Roadtoad No, Robert. Not you. The dolt who wrote to you was spewing drivel. Whew! Double Whew!
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4th January 2012, 07:44 AM	#13
Garrette Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,540	Robert, In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now. Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi?
	__________________ My kids still love me.

4th January 2012, 08:06 AM	#14
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	Originally Posted by Josh111485 Robert, will you be posting any new content on StopSylvia.com in the near future? Define "near future". I have given up on posting estimates here as to when I will be updating my sites. It serves no purpose other than to disappoint others (and myself) when they are not met. Or, to paraphrase Dilbert: 'i love deadlines! i love the whooshing sound they make as they fly past." More to the point, I am currently working on resurrecting my old playing-card web site. I know many here would rather I focus on my Stop sites first, but the card site is dear to me as well. And, since it is the simplest (in terms of design and coding), i hve started with it to reawaken my web design and construction knowledge. Once it is in place, I will be moving on to my skeptical sites, where I will continue to rebuild my web design and construction skillset. In the meantime I am roughing out the articles I hope to be adding. Sorry I can'tbe more specific than that, but thanks for your interest. And thanks for being more tactful than one of my StopSylvia email correspondents who wrote this morning. In an email with the Subject "R u Ded?", he wrote Quote: Nothing new....
	__________________ Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc?

4th January 2012, 08:30 AM	#15
Bram Kaandorp Master Poster Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,240	Originally Posted by RSLancastr Define "near future". I have given up on posting estimates here as to when I will be updating my sites. It serves no purpose other than to disappoint others (and myself) when they are not met. Or, to paraphrase Dilbert: 'i love deadlines! i love the whooshing sound they make as they fly past." More to the point, I am currently working on resurrecting my old playing-card web site. I know many here would rather I focus on my Stop sites first, but the card site is dear to me as well. And, since it is the simplest (in terms of design and coding), i hve started with it to reawaken my web design and construction knowledge. Once it is in place, I will be moving on to my skeptical sites, where I will continue to rebuild my web design and construction skillset. In the meantime I am roughing out the articles I hope to be adding. Sorry I can'tbe more specific than that, but thanks for your interest. And thanks for being more tactful than one of my StopSylvia email correspondents who wrote this morning. In an email with the Subject "R u Ded?", he wrote That'd be Douglas Adams. And I couldn't agree more. First feel comfortable with the tools, then work on the site again. Half-baked serves no one.
	__________________ If autism is a "living death", does that make me a zombie? If so, that'd be great. Just don't get your brain in my general vicinity.

4th January 2012, 09:06 PM	#16
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	Originally Posted by Bram Kaandorp That'd be Douglas Adams. Ah, right. First time I read it was in a Dilbert. Dunno if it was attributed or not. And I couldn't agree more. First feel comfortable with the tools, then work on the site again. Half-baked serves no one.[/quote] hanks. RSL
	__________________ Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc?

7th January 2012, 12:11 PM	#17
Goshawk Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Decatur, Illinois, USA Posts: 1,453	Originally Posted by Garrette Robert, In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now. Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi? Or Osama Bin Laden? http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=207806

7th January 2012, 01:39 PM	#18
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	Originally Posted by Garrette Robert, In your reply you say that Sylvia's prediction concerning Saddam Hussein was proven wrong a few months ago. Did you mean Hussein? He's been dead some time now. Perhaps you meant someone else like Gaddafi? I eant whoever it was that that group of Navy eals killed in his compound in... Pakistan, I think it was. Sorry, I'm not firing allcylinders mentally yet (if I ever was).
	__________________ Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc?

8th January 2012, 07:34 PM	#19
Goshawk Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Decatur, Illinois, USA Posts: 1,453	Originally Posted by RSLancastr I eant whoever it was that that group of Navy eals killed in his compound in... Pakistan, I think it was. Sorry, I'm not firing allcylinders mentally yet (if I ever was). Bin Laden, yeah.

8th January 2012, 07:58 PM	#20
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	Okay, thanks. Fortunately, I didn't claim to have gotten my information by psychic means.
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8th January 2012, 09:34 PM	#21
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8th January 2012, 09:48 PM	#22
cwalner Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Indiana Posts: 5,693	Originally Posted by RSLancastr My reply: Quote: Yes, I am ill. One of the more recent articles on the site (titled something like "What Happened ToThis Site?") has the details, should you be inerested. I was thinking along those same lines: Quote: Thank you for your concern regarding my recent illness. You will be pleased to know that my recovery is going along nicely.
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9th January 2012, 06:49 AM	#23
Moochie Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,495	Would be great if someone could do for SB what was done for Santorum in regards to Google searches. M.
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9th January 2012, 11:22 AM	#24
100 Thinker Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 196	Originally Posted by Moochie Would be great if someone could do for SB what was done for Santorum in regards to Google searches. M. The problem being that Browne is a more common last name than Santorum.
100 Thinker Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 196	Last edited by 100; 9th January 2012 at 11:41 AM.

9th January 2012, 05:38 PM	#25
Brattus Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: The bowels of death and despair Posts: 1,223	Originally Posted by Chaos Polite, eloquent and well argued. What more can you ask for? (where´s that sarcasm smiley when you need it?) What's the problem? I thought I done did a good job writing up that em..........UH...........I mean.........someone......... not me wrote it.........anyway....look at the time.....gotta go.
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9th January 2012, 11:39 PM	#26
RSLancastr www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 15,526	hey there, Brattus! What have you been up to lately?
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