# Hello **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 1, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664 "2006-03-01T20:51:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/1 "2006-03-01T20:51:01Z")
Hi my name’s Amanda. Many of you already know of me as little Norinew. I am trying to become a member of the SDMB. I have the money i just don’t have a credit card or paypal account if anyone would be willing to help me i would really appreciate it.Thanks. ~§~Amanda~§~ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/2 "2006-03-01T21:46:05Z")
Hello, **DarkButterfly**! Welcome to the SDMB. \*\*Norinew \*\*is one of my favorite posters. One of the things that makes posts easy to navigate is if you give it a descriptive title, so people can decide if it’s something interesting to them. I reported your post to a Moderator, who can decide if a more descriptive title like “How can I pay for my membership without a credit card or paypal?” might be useful. We’ll see what the Moderator thinks. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy your guest membership, and I hope someone can help you out with the money thing! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/3 "2006-03-01T22:15:22Z")
Hello **DarkButterfly**! Be welcome. Enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/4 "2006-03-01T22:33:10Z")
Can **norinew** not pay for you? ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/5 "2006-03-01T22:37:52Z")
norinew is having problems with thing like this, she suggested this approach ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/6 "2006-03-02T01:08:43Z")
Ah, I see. Well, let’s see what we can do… ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/7 "2006-03-02T01:24:26Z")
hey mom has just agreed to help, as soon as her pc is workin again i will be a member! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/8 "2006-03-02T03:37:51Z")
I’ll pay your way in if your other arrangements don’t pan out. Welcome to the board 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/9 "2006-03-02T08:43:44Z")
thanks hunter, I’m glad to finally be a member ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/10 "2006-03-02T14:09:26Z")
Hey, guys. My puter is down right now, but I’m posting from a friend’s machine. I’ve agreed to help my daughter register as soon as she can get to my house with the cash. I’ll register her while she’s there (I’ll have a new machine tomorrow) so she can pick her own password, etc. So soon, **DarkButterfly** will be a full-fledged Doper. Hey, **AHunter3** , the two of you will have a _lot_ to talk about! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/11 "2006-03-02T17:52:40Z")
I do wonder what my mother meant by that one 😕 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/12 "2006-03-02T18:02:12Z")
> [@DarkButterfly](#): > > I do wonder what my mother meant by that one 😕 **AHunter3** is well known in these parts for being highly critical of mental health care in the US. I find some of his views extreme, but he’s got some interesting things to say, and always makes me think in new ways. ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/13 "2006-03-02T18:25:32Z")
so everyone already knows which little norinew I am, interesting, well I’m sure **AHunter3** well have some interesting things to talk about. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/14 "2006-03-02T20:04:55Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > **AHunter3** is well known in these parts for being highly critical of mental health care in the US. I find some of his views extreme, but he’s got some interesting things to say, and always makes me think in new ways. Thinking in new ways? _Have you been skipping your meds again?_ ::hits little red button under middle desk drawer:: Now, you know it may _seem_ to you at the moment that you’ve found a ‘new way’ to think, but we all have to realize that sometimes our sickness has a way of talking, and it is best not to listen. Here, just drink this for me, now, will you? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/15 "2006-03-02T21:19:29Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Thinking in new ways? _Have you been skipping your meds again?_ > > ::hits little red button under middle desk drawer:: > > Now, you know it may _seem_ to you at the moment that you’ve found a ‘new way’ to think, but we all have to realize that sometimes our sickness has a way of talking, and it is best not to listen. > > Here, just drink this for me, now, will you? Now, now…_don’t be difficult_. Don’t make me call your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/16 "2006-03-03T03:59:35Z")
> [@DarkButterfly](#): > > so everyone already knows which little norinew I am, \ No, I don’t, and no, I didn’t know there were multiple little-norinew’s to choose from. Nobody tells me _anything._ ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/17 "2006-03-04T17:14:27Z")
there are actually 3 little norinews but I’m the one that caused some interesting conversations about a year ago and before so many dopers are familiar with my history in case you were wondering **Feydeau** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/18 "2006-03-04T18:34:12Z")
So are you gonna tell us all kinds of embarrassing stories about **norinew** now? Post her baby pictures and her senior prom pictures? No? spoilsport 😛 Yeah, OK, so you get to start off with a little bit of Fishbowl Syndrome®. Don’t worry, we’ll take your mind off that. How do you feel about goats? ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/19 "2006-03-04T20:29:11Z")
Fishbowl Syndrome? Goats…They’re fun to party with lol ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664/20 "2006-03-05T01:00:51Z")
Okay, folks, I’m back online and ready to fully participate in this thread, and all the other fun I’ve missed! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello/346664.md?page=2)