HI all.
Been lurking for a long time - now its time to come in from the cold and become a member of ratz.
Not a lot to tell. Over 50, ex-military (in a service that involved lots of salt-water), engineer, now working in IT, currently studying Information Science (part-time), interested in biology, astronomy, geology, archeology (science in general). Naturally skeptical. I'm not into philosophy; but I try to maintain high standards of logic and reason. I come in somewhere above 6.5 on the Dawkins scale and I find ID and all brands of Creationism intellectually offensive. I spend some of my spare time debating IDers/creos in public debates.
Looking forward to joining in - once I find my feet and test the waters.
G'day from A.robustus
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Atrax Robustus
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FBM
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Re: G'day from A.robustus
Howdy! 
Sounds like you're going to have a lot in common with damn near everybody here. Welcome!
Sounds like you're going to have a lot in common with damn near everybody here. Welcome!
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Gawdzilla Sama
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Re: G'day from A.robustus
Ahoy! Retired Navy, MMC. Now I work full time annoying people.
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Hello Atrax, and welcome! Hope you find some things to interest you here.
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Welcome from a wannabe retiree!
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Hey, I qualify as that too!Rum wrote:Welcome from a wannabe retiree!
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Hi Sydney Funnel web
don't trust them they are all teetotallers
don't trust them they are all teetotallers
I have a well balanced personality. I've got chips on both shoulders
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Welcome Sir.
10 Fuck Off
20 GOTO 10
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Re: G'day from A.robustus
On duty 24/7/365.Gawdzilla wrote:Ahoy! Retired Navy, MMC. Now I work full time annoying people.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Gawdzilla Sama
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Re: G'day from A.robustus
Sir, yes sir!FBM wrote:On duty 24/7/365.Gawdzilla wrote:Ahoy! Retired Navy, MMC. Now I work full time annoying people.
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
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Hi A. rubustus!
From Sydney perhaps?
Welcome to Ratz - make yourself at home.
From Sydney perhaps?
Welcome to Ratz - make yourself at home.
Although it may look like a forum, this site is actually a crowd-sourced science project modelling the slow but inexorable heat death of the universe.
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Re: G'day from A.robustus
Bout time we had another spider here - can't get enough spiders in a forum if you ask me - which no-one ever does. 
Welcome to our humble web. please leave your cheese by the staff room for... err... monitoring.
Welcome to our humble web. please leave your cheese by the staff room for... err... monitoring.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
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Millefleur
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
Millefleur
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