# My first post to this board...I think I will fit in well here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724 "2000-03-15T04:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SkySlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/1 "2000-03-15T04:28:00Z")
If any of you recognize me from other UBB’s, you know I am usually quite a personality. I hope to see a few faces I recognize from other places, but if I don’t I look forward to making new friends. If anyone wants a few details about me, ask and I’ll post a profile of sorts. I like the look of this place, I think I may have found a new home! -SS 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/2 "2000-03-15T04:31:00Z")
Welcome to our world SS. Don’t think we have met before. * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/3 "2000-03-15T04:47:00Z")
Don’t be shy **Sky**. Come right out and tell us if you think you’ll do all right. p.s. Watch out for **PCW** – she’s only nice when it suits her! Read her sig line _very carefully!_ Kidding!! Just kidding!! Put that down!! Oow! OW! p.p.s. Dear **Sky** : **PurpleCrackwhore** is the nicest poster on the board – 24/7. (Did I get that right? Will you let me go now?) * * * “You have no choice but to be impressed.” Tony Rothman and George Sudarshan _Doubt and Certainty_ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/4 "2000-03-15T04:55:00Z")
Hi **Sky**! I think I recognize you from hardwarecentral! Is that right? I’m beatle over there also (more of a lurker there than here). Anyway, welcome aboard! ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/5 "2000-03-15T05:03:00Z")
Welcome aboard, SkySlash! I don’t believe we’ve met, but I’m always looking for new friends. You must be pretty wild to fit in here! Hope to see more of you here. \ ## Hehehehe, anyway, welcome! Don’t make me come down there. God ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/6 "2000-03-15T05:21:00Z")
Howdy, 'Slash. Mi case et su casa. (Did I spell that right?) * * * _God is my co-pilot. Blame Him._ ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/7 "2000-03-15T05:22:00Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![SkySlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/8 "2000-03-15T05:44:00Z")
Thats correct beatle…in the flesh. Thanks for the welcome everyone. You guys have a “Who’s Who” type thread so I can read about everyone, or tell everyone about me? -SS 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/9 "2000-03-15T12:48:00Z")
Welcome to the darkside, Sky. We don’t have a who’s who foo foo, all we have is this [Master List](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000394.html). ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/10 "2000-03-15T12:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SkySlash: > You guys have a “Who’s Who” type thread so I can read about everyone, or tell everyone about me? If I told you anything about me, I’d have to kill you. 😃 Seriously, welcome to the board! Plenty of lunatics around here, so consider yourself warned. 🙂 * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![EnigmaOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EnigmaOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnigmaOne)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/11 "2000-03-15T13:08:00Z")
I _never_ get to warn folks about the lunatics! It would probably come off as self-promotion anyway. Welcome Sky! Nice to see another techie join the ranks. * * * – **Kalél** _Common ¢ for all ages…_ “Well, there was that thing with the Cheese-Wiz…but I’m feeling **much** better now!” – John Astin, Night Court “If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.” ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/12 "2000-03-15T13:26:00Z")
Welcome … have a Cheese Doodle. * * * “Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known” - Michel Gyquem de Montaigne ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/13 "2000-03-15T17:02:00Z")
Welcome aboard Sky. Just don’t upset Kellibelli and you should be fine. * * * _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/14 "2000-03-15T17:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SkySlash: > \*\*Thats correct beatle…in the flesh. Thanks for the welcome everyone. > > You guys have a “Who’s Who” type thread so I can read about everyone, or tell everyone about me? > > -SS :D\*\* You can always try the [Teeming Millions Home Page](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/) Oh, and welcome aboard SkySlash. * * * Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel, a beautiful red steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/15 "2000-03-15T17:22:00Z")
Welcome, Shy. The only wierdness 'round these parts is that you have to worship Satan. Not the deity of darkness, but the “Yer Pal, Satan.” * * * DON PEDRO: Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. -Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc: i ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/16 "2000-03-16T06:27:00Z")
Welcome skyslash! * * * Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/17 "2000-03-16T06:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SkySlash: > If anyone wants a few details about me, ask and I’ll post a profile of sorts. Before we can engage in any sort of interaction with you, we must **at a minimum** know the following about you. Spelling Bias - Strict or Lenient gry - Flaming or Polite Sex - Candidness or Reticence Smilies - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down Trolls - Ignore or Insult Movies - Character-Driven or Special Effects Physics Understanding Level - Newton or Einstein Evolution - William Jennings Bryan or Clarence Darrow “I stubbed my toe today” - Empathetic (Zette) or Mock (Alphagene) Comment on The Master - Include Link or Let Jill do it Board is slow - Click Once and Wait vs. Bang the Mouse Button “If Jesus had a gun, he’d still be with us” T-Shirt - Buy or Burn ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/18 "2000-03-16T06:52:00Z")
P.S. Welcome to the board. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/19 "2000-03-15T19:02:00Z")
Ola Skyslash!! Welcome to the board. Be prepared to be sitting at your pc for a while. These guys are an addicting bunch. Have fun! xoxo * * * Gabba Gabba, We accept you, we accept you, one of us. ---
**Author:** ![SkySlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-to-this-board-i-think-i-will-fit-in-well-here/14724/20 "2000-03-15T19:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried: > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by SkySlash: > > If anyone wants a few details about me, ask and I’ll post a profile of sorts. > > Before we can engage in any sort of interaction with you, we must **at a minimum** know the following about you. > > Spelling Bias - Strict or Lenient > gry - Flaming or Polite > Sex - Candidness or Reticence > Smilies - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down > Trolls - Ignore or Insult > Movies - Character-Driven or Special Effects > Physics Understanding Level - Newton or Einstein > Evolution - William Jennings Bryan or Clarence Darrow > “I stubbed my toe today” - Empathetic (Zette) or Mock (Alphagene) > Comment on The Master - Include Link or Let Jill do it > Board is slow - Click Once and Wait vs. Bang the Mouse Button > “If Jesus had a gun, he’d still be with us” T-Shirt - Buy or Burn\*\* Spelling Bias - Depends on the word… gry - Don’t attack me, you’ll live Sex - Yes please! Smilies - Don’t care Trolls - Destroy with hell’s vengeance! Movies - It damn well better move me either way Physics Understanding Level - Newton Evolution - N/A “I stubbed my toe today” - You dolting idiot, next thing you’ll be falling on a cel-phone needing surgical removal Comment on The Master - ??? Board is slow - I have a cable modem at home…OC-3 at work so I don’t care “If Jesus had a gun, he’d still be with us” T-Shirt - Wise man once say when asked if he believe in God: ## **I have learned not to answer that question!** Everyone I meet is an idiot until they prove themselves otherwise!