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Ketyk · 8th November 2011, 09:31 AM

Hello notaninja, welcome aboard.

Originally Posted by nontaninjer

I am not a ninjer* only due to a typo I am nontaninjer.

If you Private Message any of these mods, they can fix that name for ya.
Darat , Lisa Simpson , Cuddles , Tricky , Gaspode , Myriad , Locknar , LashL , jhunter1163 , kmortis , Rat , Cleon , Loss Leader.
Actually I'll PM you in case you never come here and read this.

Hi draconia.

Originally Posted by draconia

What is that? If it is what it looks like, you should know that this is a non-smoking thread.

If you two have any questions, don't hesitate to come back here and ask.

If anyone offers you goats milk, give it a go. It's nutritious and delicious.

COLONEL · 8th November 2011, 10:14 AM

Welcome NEWB's Nontaninjer & Draconia Have a glass of fresh Goats milk . On weekends we have a BBQ for you NewB's so make sure you check back late Friday or Saturday and look at the menu that will be posted

CelticRose · 8th November 2011, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by amb

Most of the people I have ever welcomed have disappeared without a trace. Perhaps I layed in on a little too thick? Maybe the menu could be better?

You welcomed me and I'm still here. You haven't scared me away yet.

COLONEL · 8th November 2011, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by amb

Most of the people I have ever welcomed have disappeared without a trace. Perhaps I layed in on a little too thick? Maybe the menu could be better?

I'm not a sniper for nothing

They insulted my goat.

CelticRose · 8th November 2011, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

I'm not a sniper for nothing

They insulted my goat.

Speaking of which, no one's been telling the n00bs to pat the goat if they see it. Poor thing's probably feeling neglected. (The goat, not the n00bs.)

COLONEL · 8th November 2011, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by CelticRose

Speaking of which, no one's been telling the n00bs to pat the goat if they see it. Poor thing's probably feeling neglected. (The goat, not the n00bs.)

You might be right. it has been moody and it's milk out put has been down lately. All right everyone start petting the Goat when you see it. Or I'll make a call and get Shemp involved.

amb · 8th November 2011, 11:31 PM

Welcome to both. I, unlike Susan started questioning at a very early age. I remember sitting in the pew with my mum at around 10-12 years of age, and having already read the babble from cover to cover started thinking whether this was right. For example, one of the commandments states: though shalt not have a graven image of thy god. Looking around me in a catholic church, there were statues and images all over the place. Hmmmm. Something stinks in Denmark comes to mind was my thought then.

draconia · 9th November 2011, 04:09 AM

I do smoke but being the new guy is always hard

Read my mothers psychology books at around 11-12 and it all just snowballed from there and walking to and from school gave me loads of time to think.

I read articles on the interweb a lot about almost everything and I have found that
many sites that claim scientific and critical articles still suffer from assumptions and reference to bogus evidence. It's sad to say the least.

Generally I like to observe more than participate and read more what people comment in forums and articles than the topic itself but I believe that I can feel right at home here

COLONEL · 9th November 2011, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by draconia

Generally I like to observe more than participate and read more what people comment in forums and articles than the topic itself but I believe that I can feel right at home here

Being a sniper I need a good observer from time to time and the Goat is getting tired , Are you interested ?

amb · 9th November 2011, 10:43 PM

Watch it Colonel. We don't want a stampede now do we?

COLONEL · 11th November 2011, 03:18 AM

Welcome NewB's here is the weekend menu

The ever popular Goatsmilk, Belgian and Miller beer Kool ade from Washington DC. New England Clam chowder, Lobster bisq,BBQ Roo meat,Rabbits, and hamsters assorted salads,and baked beans
Grayman oatmeal cookies and MINTIES. Enjoy the weekend and don't forget to pat the goat on the head if you meet up with it.

amb · 11th November 2011, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

Welcome NewB's here is the weekend menu

The ever popular Goatsmilk, Belgian and Miller beer Kool ade from Washington DC. New England Clam chowder, Lobster bisq,BBQ Roo meat,Rabbits, and hamsters assorted salads,and baked beans
Grayman oatmeal cookies and MINTIES. Enjoy the weekend and don't forget to pat the goat on the head if you meet up with it.

Sounds great. Think I can hop into it as well? We'll pretend I'm a newbie.

COLONEL · 11th November 2011, 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by amb

Sounds great. Think I can hop into it as well? We'll pretend I'm a newbie.

Get back out side and finish cutting up the Roo Meat and NO BEER until you are done.

amb · 11th November 2011, 04:20 AM

Roo meat, a couple of goannas, an emu plus the usual rabbits coming right up.

shanesmith0922 · 11th November 2011, 02:03 PM

Hello, my name is Shane. I'm 24 in Utah.
I've left my family at 16 due to my atheism/skepticism.
Been following James Randi for years, but this is the first time I noticed the forum. I'm either Blind or dumb. You decide.
"formon"
No political position.
Not really creative.
My YouTube channel: youtube.com/shanesmith20m
My group: https://sites.google.com/site/skepticinmormonville/
Most hated woo: Creationism
Why?: Builds a mistrust and misunderstanding of science at a young age, possibly leading to other forms of woo.

Ketyk · 11th November 2011, 04:03 PM

Hi shane.

Good job jumping right in and starting a new thread in our often overlooked JREF Skeptical Podcast sub-forum:

Skeptics In Mormonville

I'll have a listen and read some a bit later.

Originally Posted by shanesmith0922

... I'm either Blind or dumb. You decide.

A false dichotomy, but you're new. And saying "false dichotomy" and spelling it correctly makes me feel better about myself.

amb · 12th November 2011, 12:03 AM

Welcome shane. I made a post in your thread. Welcome buddy, would you like some liquor filled chocolates?

TheCrazyRationalist · 12th November 2011, 08:37 AM

Hi everyone!

It's about time that I join these hallowed forums. I am Andre' (or... The Crazy Rationalist on the web). My powers include: Greater Rationality, Detect Pseudoscience (in a 30 yard radius) and Summon Randi (this mostly includes rapid links to youtube vids).

Cheers!

Terpsichore · 12th November 2011, 09:19 AM

Hi, I'm Pat, aged 64, so I'm old enough to be skeptical about skepticism. I got here by looking for 9/11 stuff, bouncing from link to link the way you do. I'll say straight off that I'm not likely to be a stayer. But I might be an occasional dropper-in.

I only recently got interested in 9/11, having avoided it for years. I'd had enough conspiracy talk on a forum I used to visit where people spend their time trying to prove that Shakespeare was really somebody else. Eventually I got tired of the methodology, which is, a) never to stay too long on the same point, but blow smoke over it by saying "and what about...?", and hopping off to some other point, b) when comprehensively refuted, to retreat from position to position, with the ultimate position being where all arguments are settled with "that's what they want you to think". When the evidence fits it fits. When it doesn't fit it still fits, because it's been deliberately manipulated by the all-powerful Elizabethan secret service to look like it doesn't fit, just for credibility. In the end you just have to walk away.

But I've read up a bit on the 9/11 theories over the past few weeks. So I'll follow some of the threads here, and probably post something.

COLONEL · 12th November 2011, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Terpsichore

Hi, I'm Pat, aged 64, so I'm old enough to be skeptical about skepticism. .

Welcome Pat it is good to have some one older here, you are a little older then me but not by much.Some of these youngster that are on this forum are like teen agers they know it all and really don't know squat. I am the official,unofficial Goat herder and part time welcomer along with AMB. so Have a fresh Glass of Goats milk and wonder around the site we have something for everyone here . Oh and if you see the Goat, be sure to pat it on the head .

COLONEL · 12th November 2011, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by TheCrazyRationalist

Hi everyone!

It's about time that I join these hallowed forums. I am Andre' (or... The Crazy Rationalist on the web). My powers include: Greater Rationality, Detect Pseudoscience (in a 30 yard radius) and Summon Randi (this mostly includes rapid links to youtube vids).

Cheers!

Welcome Andre you must report to the forum Dr. with a name like Crazy we have to be sure it is just a name and not what you really are. We have to many nuts running loose as it is

Drink some of our fresh goats milk it seems to have a calming effect on people.Don't forget to pat it on the head when you meet it .

quadraginta · 12th November 2011, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

... We have to many nuts running loose as it is ...

Is this your subtle way of suggesting that there may be some left that haven't joined us here yet?

COLONEL · 12th November 2011, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

Welcome Andre you must report to the forum Dr. with a name like Crazy we have to be sure it is just a name and not what you really are. We have to many nuts running loose as it is

Drink some of our fresh goats milk it seems to have a calming effect on people.Don't forget to pat it on the head when you meet it .

Originally Posted by quadraginta

Is this your subtle way of suggesting that there may be some left that haven't joined us here yet?

At this time I would like to plead the fith

amb · 13th November 2011, 01:09 AM

Any questions to Colonel should be addressed to me. I'm his attorney.

arthwollipot · 13th November 2011, 05:24 AM

Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else?

amb · 13th November 2011, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else?

In the bad jokes thread.

SusanB-M1 · 13th November 2011, 07:52 AM

tersichore

welcome. Did you read the Bill Bryson book called, 'Shakespeare'?

COLONEL · 13th November 2011, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else?

Talk to my Attorny AMB at the law office of Dewy ,Cheatum ,and Howe !

Ketyk · 13th November 2011, 09:39 AM

Ahh, Fan of Click & Clack, the Tappit Brothers?

quadraginta · 13th November 2011, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by amb

Any questions to Colonel should be addressed to me. I'm his attorney.

You have my deepest sympathies.

Surely the ambulance chasing in WA isn't that unprofitable.

It's those pictures he's got. Right?

(Are we closing in on the solution to the Mystery of the Missing Goat?)

Terpsichore · 13th November 2011, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by SusanB-M1

tersichore

welcome. Did you read the Bill Bryson book called, 'Shakespeare'?

I haven't read that one, as it happens. But I have read his Notes From a Small Island, and Mother Tongue, both of which I enjoyed very much. Is it good?

amb · 14th November 2011, 12:48 AM

On the grounds that if my client speaks it may jeopardise the case, I will not comment on the whereabouts of the goat!

DonaldPennington · 14th November 2011, 05:44 AM

Edited to say: *Sorry. I was initially responding to someone who'd said something about snake-oil salesmen*

I once published an article (which I won't spam here because I'm here to learn not to spam but if you wanna see it ask me) about a three word psychic test my Dad and I set up before he passed away (He had a wonderfully sarcastic sense of humor he did.).

In the piece, I warned frauds that if their "attempt" was just a guess, it would be evident to me - and it would be mocked. This was back when the site I write for allowed anonymous comments.

Still, tried they did. And mocked they were. Hundreds of attempts suffered my ridicule and scorn. Then I started getting the "Well maybe you should just drop it then!" types of angry comments.

But my favorite comments were those wherein they told me I was "blocking the energy," or some silly crap like that. No, I would have made the successful psychic famous. FAMOUS! I was very open to someone somehow being able to do it. I would've loved to know Dad was still around in some way.

It turns out though, frauds and con-artists are a special sort of psychopath which has no qualms about making their livings exploiting the emotions of the bereaved.

Frauds and phony "psychics" and the sort hate being exposed more than anything. Cockroaches scatter when the light turns on, y'know?

COLONEL · 14th November 2011, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by DonaldPennington

Edited to say: *Sorry. I was initially responding to someone who'd said something about snake-oil salesmen*

I once published an article (which I won't spam here because I'm here to learn not to spam but if you wanna see it ask me) about a three word psychic test my Dad and I set up before he passed away (He had a wonderfully sarcastic sense of humor he did.).

In the piece, I warned frauds that if their "attempt" was just a guess, it would be evident to me - and it would be mocked. This was back when the site I write for allowed anonymous comments.

Still, tried they did. And mocked they were. Hundreds of attempts suffered my ridicule and scorn. Then I started getting the "Well maybe you should just drop it then!" types of angry comments.

But my favorite comments were those wherein they told me I was "blocking the energy," or some silly crap like that. No, I would have made the successful psychic famous. FAMOUS! I was very open to someone somehow being able to do it. I would've loved to know Dad was still around in some way.

It turns out though, frauds and con-artists are a special sort of psychopath which has no qualms about making their livings exploiting the emotions of the bereaved.

Frauds and phony "psychics" and the sort hate being exposed more than anything. Cockroaches scatter when the light turns on, y'know?

Welcome Donald Have a glass of goats milk. Sounds like your dad was pretty cool. Would you please remove you tin foil hat, it is blocking your thought waves .

SusanB-M1 · 14th November 2011, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Terpsichore

I haven't read that one, as it happens. But I have read his Notes From a Small Island, and Mother Tongue, both of which I enjoyed very much. Is it good?

Yes, he sticks to known facts and although there is humour here and there - I don't think he could write without that! - it is good; it is also quite a short book

commandlinegamer · 14th November 2011, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by SusanB-M1

Yes, he sticks to known facts and although there is humour here and there - I don't think he could write without that! - it is good; it is also quite a short book

I'd second that recommendation, and if nothing else you can use it to pick apart Emmerich's Anonymous.

Roadtoad · 14th November 2011, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by amb

On the grounds that if my client speaks it may jeopardise the case, I will not comment on the whereabouts of the goat!

You're not in the States. You can't plead the Fifth.

On the other hand, once you get to the States, you and I can share a Fifth.

arete · 14th November 2011, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

I'm not a sniper for nothing

They insulted my goat.

Okay, were you sent to sniper school? and is that where you met your goat? Does he (or she) have a name?Tell him that I'm sorry that the only way I really like goats milk is when it has been made into feta cheese.
I feel the voice of a Muse telling me that it might be the time for me to write an ode To Feta'

Arete, who does not play on the flute or the harp or the that GGreek guitar that I can't thik of its name. Off to Google, easier than trying to find our dictionary.

Prometheus · 14th November 2011, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by COLONEL

Talk to my Attorny AMB at the law office of Dewy ,Cheatum ,and Howe !

3rd Floor

Ketyk · 14th November 2011, 10:50 PM

Hello Prometheus.

Welcome to the JREF Forum. I hope you find time to visit the many sub-forums that can be found in the Forum Index.

You might find this post to be an excellent example of forum etiquette, while this post shows what can happen after, oh, maybe 40000 posts and 4 years (exactly) of life on the frontlines battling ignorance and unfunniness.

I probably won't vote for it, but it was cool to see it nominated for the TLA.

8th November 2011, 09:31 AM	#321
Ketyk Earthbound Misfit Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,750	Hello notaninja, welcome aboard. Originally Posted by nontaninjer I am not a ninjer* only due to a typo I am nontaninjer. If you Private Message any of these mods, they can fix that name for ya. Darat , Lisa Simpson , Cuddles , Tricky , Gaspode , Myriad , Locknar , LashL , jhunter1163 , kmortis , Rat , Cleon , Loss Leader. Actually I'll PM you in case you never come here and read this. Hi draconia. Originally Posted by draconia What is that? If it is what it looks like, you should know that this is a non-smoking thread. If you two have any questions, don't hesitate to come back here and ask. If anyone offers you goats milk, give it a go. It's nutritious and delicious.
Ketyk Earthbound Misfit Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,750

8th November 2011, 10:14 AM	#322
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Welcome NEWB's Nontaninjer & Draconia Have a glass of fresh Goats milk . On weekends we have a BBQ for you NewB's so make sure you check back late Friday or Saturday and look at the menu that will be posted
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England. Last edited by COLONEL; 8th November 2011 at 10:15 AM.

8th November 2011, 06:51 PM	#323
CelticRose Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,617	Originally Posted by amb Most of the people I have ever welcomed have disappeared without a trace. Perhaps I layed in on a little too thick? Maybe the menu could be better? You welcomed me and I'm still here. You haven't scared me away yet.
	__________________ Be who you are & say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter & those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss Be yourself no matter what they say. - Sting My needlework blog: http://rainbowpincushion.blogspot.com/

8th November 2011, 07:26 PM	#324
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by amb Most of the people I have ever welcomed have disappeared without a trace. Perhaps I layed in on a little too thick? Maybe the menu could be better? I'm not a sniper for nothing They insulted my goat.
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

8th November 2011, 07:58 PM	#325
CelticRose Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,617	Originally Posted by COLONEL I'm not a sniper for nothing They insulted my goat. Speaking of which, no one's been telling the n00bs to pat the goat if they see it. Poor thing's probably feeling neglected. (The goat, not the n00bs.)
	__________________ Be who you are & say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter & those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss Be yourself no matter what they say. - Sting My needlework blog: http://rainbowpincushion.blogspot.com/

8th November 2011, 08:16 PM	#326
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by CelticRose Speaking of which, no one's been telling the n00bs to pat the goat if they see it. Poor thing's probably feeling neglected. (The goat, not the n00bs.) You might be right. it has been moody and it's milk out put has been down lately. All right everyone start petting the Goat when you see it. Or I'll make a call and get Shemp involved.
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

8th November 2011, 11:31 PM	#327
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Welcome to both. I, unlike Susan started questioning at a very early age. I remember sitting in the pew with my mum at around 10-12 years of age, and having already read the babble from cover to cover started thinking whether this was right. For example, one of the commandments states: though shalt not have a graven image of thy god. Looking around me in a catholic church, there were statues and images all over the place. Hmmmm. Something stinks in Denmark comes to mind was my thought then.
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

9th November 2011, 04:09 AM	#328
draconia New Blood Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19	I do smoke but being the new guy is always hard Read my mothers psychology books at around 11-12 and it all just snowballed from there and walking to and from school gave me loads of time to think. I read articles on the interweb a lot about almost everything and I have found that many sites that claim scientific and critical articles still suffer from assumptions and reference to bogus evidence. It's sad to say the least. Generally I like to observe more than participate and read more what people comment in forums and articles than the topic itself but I believe that I can feel right at home here
draconia New Blood Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19

9th November 2011, 07:32 AM	#329
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by draconia Generally I like to observe more than participate and read more what people comment in forums and articles than the topic itself but I believe that I can feel right at home here Being a sniper I need a good observer from time to time and the Goat is getting tired , Are you interested ?
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

9th November 2011, 10:43 PM	#330
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Watch it Colonel. We don't want a stampede now do we?
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

11th November 2011, 03:18 AM	#331
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Welcome NewB's here is the weekend menu The ever popular Goatsmilk, Belgian and Miller beer Kool ade from Washington DC. New England Clam chowder, Lobster bisq,BBQ Roo meat,Rabbits, and hamsters assorted salads,and baked beans Grayman oatmeal cookies and MINTIES. Enjoy the weekend and don't forget to pat the goat on the head if you meet up with it.
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

11th November 2011, 03:39 AM	#332
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Originally Posted by COLONEL Welcome NewB's here is the weekend menu The ever popular Goatsmilk, Belgian and Miller beer Kool ade from Washington DC. New England Clam chowder, Lobster bisq,BBQ Roo meat,Rabbits, and hamsters assorted salads,and baked beans Grayman oatmeal cookies and MINTIES. Enjoy the weekend and don't forget to pat the goat on the head if you meet up with it. Sounds great. Think I can hop into it as well? We'll pretend I'm a newbie.
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

11th November 2011, 04:07 AM	#333
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by amb Sounds great. Think I can hop into it as well? We'll pretend I'm a newbie. Get back out side and finish cutting up the Roo Meat and NO BEER until you are done.
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

11th November 2011, 04:20 AM	#334
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Roo meat, a couple of goannas, an emu plus the usual rabbits coming right up.
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

11th November 2011, 02:03 PM	#335
shanesmith0922 New Blood Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 7	Shane Hello, my name is Shane. I'm 24 in Utah. I've left my family at 16 due to my atheism/skepticism. Been following James Randi for years, but this is the first time I noticed the forum. I'm either Blind or dumb. You decide. "formon" No political position. Not really creative. My YouTube channel: youtube.com/shanesmith20m My group: https://sites.google.com/site/skepticinmormonville/ Most hated woo: Creationism Why?: Builds a mistrust and misunderstanding of science at a young age, possibly leading to other forms of woo.
shanesmith0922 New Blood Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 7

11th November 2011, 04:03 PM	#336
Ketyk Earthbound Misfit Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,750	Hi shane. Good job jumping right in and starting a new thread in our often overlooked JREF Skeptical Podcast sub-forum: Skeptics In Mormonville I'll have a listen and read some a bit later. Originally Posted by shanesmith0922 ... I'm either Blind or dumb. You decide. A false dichotomy, but you're new. And saying "false dichotomy" and spelling it correctly makes me feel better about myself.
Ketyk Earthbound Misfit Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,750	Last edited by Ketyk; 11th November 2011 at 04:04 PM.

12th November 2011, 12:03 AM	#337
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Welcome shane. I made a post in your thread. Welcome buddy, would you like some liquor filled chocolates?
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

12th November 2011, 08:37 AM	#338
TheCrazyRationalist New Blood Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	Greetings and salutations! Hi everyone! It's about time that I join these hallowed forums. I am Andre' (or... The Crazy Rationalist on the web). My powers include: Greater Rationality, Detect Pseudoscience (in a 30 yard radius) and Summon Randi (this mostly includes rapid links to youtube vids). Cheers!

12th November 2011, 09:19 AM	#339
Terpsichore Student Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 40	Hi, I'm Pat, aged 64, so I'm old enough to be skeptical about skepticism. I got here by looking for 9/11 stuff, bouncing from link to link the way you do. I'll say straight off that I'm not likely to be a stayer. But I might be an occasional dropper-in. I only recently got interested in 9/11, having avoided it for years. I'd had enough conspiracy talk on a forum I used to visit where people spend their time trying to prove that Shakespeare was really somebody else. Eventually I got tired of the methodology, which is, a) never to stay too long on the same point, but blow smoke over it by saying "and what about...?", and hopping off to some other point, b) when comprehensively refuted, to retreat from position to position, with the ultimate position being where all arguments are settled with "that's what they want you to think". When the evidence fits it fits. When it doesn't fit it still fits, because it's been deliberately manipulated by the all-powerful Elizabethan secret service to look like it doesn't fit, just for credibility. In the end you just have to walk away. But I've read up a bit on the 9/11 theories over the past few weeks. So I'll follow some of the threads here, and probably post something.
Terpsichore Student Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 40

12th November 2011, 10:34 AM	#340
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by Terpsichore Hi, I'm Pat, aged 64, so I'm old enough to be skeptical about skepticism. . Welcome Pat it is good to have some one older here, you are a little older then me but not by much.Some of these youngster that are on this forum are like teen agers they know it all and really don't know squat. I am the official,unofficial Goat herder and part time welcomer along with AMB. so Have a fresh Glass of Goats milk and wonder around the site we have something for everyone here . Oh and if you see the Goat, be sure to pat it on the head .
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

12th November 2011, 10:38 AM	#341
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by TheCrazyRationalist Hi everyone! It's about time that I join these hallowed forums. I am Andre' (or... The Crazy Rationalist on the web). My powers include: Greater Rationality, Detect Pseudoscience (in a 30 yard radius) and Summon Randi (this mostly includes rapid links to youtube vids). Cheers! Welcome Andre you must report to the forum Dr. with a name like Crazy we have to be sure it is just a name and not what you really are. We have to many nuts running loose as it is Drink some of our fresh goats milk it seems to have a calming effect on people.Don't forget to pat it on the head when you meet it .
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

12th November 2011, 07:50 PM	#342
quadraginta Becoming Beth Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility (USA, sort of) Posts: 26,850	Originally Posted by COLONEL ... We have to many nuts running loose as it is ... Is this your subtle way of suggesting that there may be some left that haven't joined us here yet?
	__________________ "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."

12th November 2011, 08:09 PM	#343
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by COLONEL Welcome Andre you must report to the forum Dr. with a name like Crazy we have to be sure it is just a name and not what you really are. We have to many nuts running loose as it is Drink some of our fresh goats milk it seems to have a calming effect on people.Don't forget to pat it on the head when you meet it . Originally Posted by quadraginta Is this your subtle way of suggesting that there may be some left that haven't joined us here yet? At this time I would like to plead the fith
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

13th November 2011, 01:09 AM	#344
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Any questions to Colonel should be addressed to me. I'm his attorney.
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

13th November 2011, 05:24 AM	#345
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Pronouns: he/him Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ngunnawal Country Posts: 82,019	Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else?
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13th November 2011, 05:26 AM	#346
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else? In the bad jokes thread.
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

13th November 2011, 07:52 AM	#347
SusanB-M1 Incurable Optimist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,766	tersichore welcome. Did you read the Bill Bryson book called, 'Shakespeare'?

13th November 2011, 09:17 AM	#348
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Seriously - does COLONEL post anywhere else? Talk to my Attorny AMB at the law office of Dewy ,Cheatum ,and Howe !
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

13th November 2011, 09:39 AM	#349
Ketyk Earthbound Misfit Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,750	Ahh, Fan of Click & Clack, the Tappit Brothers?
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13th November 2011, 10:55 AM	#350
quadraginta Becoming Beth Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Vale of Humility (USA, sort of) Posts: 26,850	Originally Posted by amb Any questions to Colonel should be addressed to me. I'm his attorney. You have my deepest sympathies. Surely the ambulance chasing in WA isn't that unprofitable. It's those pictures he's got. Right? (Are we closing in on the solution to the Mystery of the Missing Goat?)
	__________________ "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."

13th November 2011, 05:58 PM	#351
Terpsichore Student Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 40	Originally Posted by SusanB-M1 tersichore welcome. Did you read the Bill Bryson book called, 'Shakespeare'? I haven't read that one, as it happens. But I have read his Notes From a Small Island, and Mother Tongue, both of which I enjoyed very much. Is it good?
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14th November 2011, 12:48 AM	#352
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777	On the grounds that if my client speaks it may jeopardise the case, I will not comment on the whereabouts of the goat!
amb Guest Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,777

14th November 2011, 05:44 AM	#353
DonaldPennington New Blood Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1	Edited to say: Sorry. I was initially responding to someone who'd said something about snake-oil salesmen I once published an article (which I won't spam here because I'm here to learn not to spam but if you wanna see it ask me) about a three word psychic test my Dad and I set up before he passed away (He had a wonderfully sarcastic sense of humor he did.). In the piece, I warned frauds that if their "attempt" was just a guess, it would be evident to me - and it would be mocked. This was back when the site I write for allowed anonymous comments. Still, tried they did. And mocked they were. Hundreds of attempts suffered my ridicule and scorn. Then I started getting the "Well maybe you should just drop it then!" types of angry comments. But my favorite comments were those wherein they told me I was "blocking the energy," or some silly crap like that. No, I would have made the successful psychic famous. FAMOUS! I was very open to someone somehow being able to do it. I would've loved to know Dad was still around in some way. It turns out though, frauds and con-artists are a special sort of psychopath which has no qualms about making their livings exploiting the emotions of the bereaved. Frauds and phony "psychics" and the sort hate being exposed more than anything. Cockroaches scatter when the light turns on, y'know?
DonaldPennington New Blood Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1	Last edited by DonaldPennington; 14th November 2011 at 05:46 AM. Reason: I replied to the wrong post. Sorry.

14th November 2011, 06:54 AM	#354
COLONEL Sniper of the Galactic Universe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The many voids of the Universe Posts: 28,698	Originally Posted by DonaldPennington Edited to say: Sorry. I was initially responding to someone who'd said something about snake-oil salesmen I once published an article (which I won't spam here because I'm here to learn not to spam but if you wanna see it ask me) about a three word psychic test my Dad and I set up before he passed away (He had a wonderfully sarcastic sense of humor he did.). In the piece, I warned frauds that if their "attempt" was just a guess, it would be evident to me - and it would be mocked. This was back when the site I write for allowed anonymous comments. Still, tried they did. And mocked they were. Hundreds of attempts suffered my ridicule and scorn. Then I started getting the "Well maybe you should just drop it then!" types of angry comments. But my favorite comments were those wherein they told me I was "blocking the energy," or some silly crap like that. No, I would have made the successful psychic famous. FAMOUS! I was very open to someone somehow being able to do it. I would've loved to know Dad was still around in some way. It turns out though, frauds and con-artists are a special sort of psychopath which has no qualms about making their livings exploiting the emotions of the bereaved. Frauds and phony "psychics" and the sort hate being exposed more than anything. Cockroaches scatter when the light turns on, y'know? Welcome Donald Have a glass of goats milk. Sounds like your dad was pretty cool. Would you please remove you tin foil hat, it is blocking your thought waves .
	__________________ Major Ashley-Pitt: In our experience, Americans are uncouth misfits who should be run out of their own barbaric country. Matthew Quigley: Well, Lieutenant... Major Ashley-Pitt: Major. Matthew Quigley: Major. We already run the misfits outta our country. We sent 'em back to England.

14th November 2011, 08:07 AM	#355
SusanB-M1 Incurable Optimist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,766	Originally Posted by Terpsichore I haven't read that one, as it happens. But I have read his Notes From a Small Island, and Mother Tongue, both of which I enjoyed very much. Is it good? Yes, he sticks to known facts and although there is humour here and there - I don't think he could write without that! - it is good; it is also quite a short book