COLONEL
Sniper of the Galactic Universe
Welcome Zeno X have a glass of goats milk, you will fit right in. JREF is one big melting pot, we have all types of people here.
Great. I hope goats are just your thing and not a meme around here!![]()
Man, are you in for a shock when you meet Shemp, the Marquis, and Ketyk.
(Oh, wait. I see one of them has already stopped by.
(You're screwed.)
Well, I'll see for myself how serious people take the education subforum, won't I?Man, are you in for a shock when you meet Shemp, the Marquis, and Ketyk.
(Oh, wait. I see one of them has already stopped by.
(You're screwed.)
Thanks and done. Unfortunately, I'm not one to have many questions at first.How may I be of assistance to you in this monumental endeavor?
You see, this is orientation class, and if we let you pass here without certain basic knowledge, we would be remiss in our duties. I could quote the Membership Agreement ad noseaum while losing the essence of proper JREF Forum etiquette.
With that said, do you see the button below this text that reads "Nominate"? I want you to click that button, and follow the instructions given. Everyone does it. You will be nominating this post for something we call the TLA.
Having nominated this post, you will made aware of what are considered the best posts presented every month. Hitting that button is a small price to pay.
ShhhhH! Don't mention the fist!
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.
tersichore
welcome. Did you read the Bill Bryson book called, 'Shakespeare'?
Ah, if only....!Hey Pat - can I ask if Terpsichore is because you're a dance, too. Susan (in the quote right below) is a tap dancer. She's only 29 though.
I know,Susan, Susan, Susan! You of all people, mios-spelling terpsichore! Turn in your Keefe Braselle Fan Club badge!
Hi! I'm Catewilliams (Cate for short?)
I'm a 19 year old female, I consider myself a skeptic. I joined after reading a thread here about Norwex cleaning supplies and the claims the company makes.
By no means am I a scientist- I serve tables as a living currently. But I was thrilled to find the information I was looking for interpreted by a professional in the corresponding field! Anyhow, I'm always trying to figure out what part of product claims are true and which ones are false or misconstrued.
Hope to contribute my knowledge to the community.
Hey Pat - can I ask if Terpsichore is because you're a dance, too. Susan (in the quote right below) is a tap dancer. She's only 29 though. Meh, I'm a little soft shoe, a little hip hop, a little ballroom - a whole lot of free form from taking jazz ballet for years as a kid. Oh, and I'm 62.
(Not that it matters but "just Pat"? You're not required to tell us. But... Male or female..." We're always looking for partners for our virtual Dancing With Skeptics, which I just invented.)
Hi, 27 Male Australia, land of the medium beleivers, newly converted to critical thinking and learning how to use my brain. apologies in advance for my spelling and grammer.![]()
Hi. I'm from Gloucester, UK. I'm 53 years old, male.
I came to this site due to an interest in the case of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, there is long running discussion of this here, and that's likely to be the area I will be posting in.
I will add my house to the million dollar challenge if anyone can prove scientifically that ghosts or apparitions of any kind can be proved. 99.9% are mistaken natural phenomena. The other.01% are blatant lies.
But a warm welcome to the forum in any case.
I do worry that as a believer in Ghosts (having believed what i have seen, or maybe believed what my brain has told me i've seen is a better way of putting it) that i may be picked on a little here due to that belief.
All the Americans (except me, due to my inexplicable location) are resting up for Thanksgiving and aren't up yet, so the Welcome Wagon consists right now of a bunch of Euro Trash, a couple of Aussies, and my charming self.
Ran over a cat this morning. Hate it to go to waste. Will it be okay if I add cat meat to the weekend menu?