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Old 31st October 2007, 09:25 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by r2builder View Post
Didn't Archie Roy certify Gordon Smith as the 'real deal' ?
I can remember hearing G Smith say that on a radio interview with Derren Brown. I'll try to find the mp3...
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Yes he called him his white crow.I emailed him about Smith once,its on this forum somewhere the reply.

Here's the link but it doesn't work fo rme.However maybe a MOD can sort it.
http://206.225.95.123/forumlive/show...t=Gordon+Smith
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Old 31st October 2007, 10:28 AM   #42
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Yes, both Roy and Robertson seem to feel Smith is the real thing.
Before him, Albert Best.

Can't see why anyone would lynch you. You're not being rude about anyone. But what more do you hope to learn? Would it be the same medium? If not, might you not learn more by watching the same man at another venue?

Hey Azrael- you with Nildram?

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Old 31st October 2007, 11:00 AM   #43
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What or who is Nildram?
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Old 31st October 2007, 11:01 AM   #44
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The ISP I use.
The IP number in your post looked familiar.
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Old 31st October 2007, 12:37 PM   #45
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I'm in Irvine, Ayrshire. We have a famous local psychic that does the rounds here called Sally Buxton. She claims that all the ticket money goes to charity. If any of the other Scots in here would like to arrange a get-together for one of her shows where we might ask some hard questions, I'd be interested.
Perhaps you could figure out a way to find out what charities the ticket money is supposed to be going to. When it turns out they're not getting any money, perhaps you could get someone official to investigate the fraud from that angle.
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Old 31st October 2007, 01:49 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Soapy Sam View Post
The ISP I use.
The IP number in your post looked familiar.
How do I see an IP number in a post? Anyhow,never heard of that name so not guilty!
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Old 31st October 2007, 02:13 PM   #47
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Sorry, I was unclear. The IP address in the link in post 41.
It was just a coincidence of numbers . Looked like the same ISP I'm on, but wasn't.
I just whois'd it - Abacus America , software and ISP services.
So now we know - you're a CIA agent undercover.
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Old 31st October 2007, 04:31 PM   #48
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I am kinda stuck in the middle of something like this at the moment.We had a death in the family which hurt us all really bad.A member of the family contacted one of these mediums who come to your house to do readings,at a £20 cost to each person.
Anyway she came and done the readings and the first person went in the bedroom with the medium.To me it seemed she managed to cleem lots of information from the first person to go in, then preceeded to give the others that followed the same rubbish.
I was there basically as support for my family but I did agree to go in at the end.Low and behold the medium was too tired and drained to tell me much.I just wouldnt answer her questions or comply with any names or information so I never got the same reaedings the others managed to get.
Most of my family didnt get anything from this experience but some did feel comforted by it.But to me its a false comfort and in the long run doesnt really help anyone.
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Old 31st October 2007, 05:35 PM   #49
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Well, it helps the medium.

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