# Please welcome the newbie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280 "2000-12-26T20:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/21 "2000-12-27T01:43:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osip \* > \*\*Hi TP!!! šŸ™‚ **Pop Quiz** > How old are you? > WHat is your favorite SF book? > Favotite book (if different)? > Favorite Author and why? > How much dirt you **DO** you have on LNM? > favorite commercial? > how many licks to the center of a tootsie roll lollypop? > How do you kill evil Nazi Groundhogs? > Give a summery of WallyM7ā€™s experience with a hamster. > How many bumps are on Osipā€™s bedroom ceiling? > What is Coldfires favorite canadian rock band? > What is the signifigance of May 5th in the Netherlands? > > feel free to use the search engine or RL experiments to gather this knowledge. > > As always, > Osip > \*\* Okā€¦ some of these I can answer without any research. The rest Iā€™ll get back to you with laterā€¦ How old am Iā€¦ Old enough to know better, but young enough not to care? Chronologically, 26. Favorite Sci-Fi bookā€¦ Probably Either The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Time Enough for Love, or any of the Anita Blake series. Favorite Book of all timeā€¦ A Prayer for Owen Meany Favorite Author and whyā€¦ well, two really. John Irving for the non-sci-fi stuffā€¦ He just writes such interesting characters, books I just canā€™t put down. And Mercedes Lackey, because I can lose myself in her fantasy world very easily. How much dirt do I have on LNM? 4 years worth. And itā€™s gooood. Favorite commercial? At the moment, probably the Publix commercial with the babyā€¦ Great holiday oneā€¦ And now I must go forth into the world of chatting and get more dirt on LNM. But Iā€™ll be back with the rest of the answersā€¦ I promise! TruePisces ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/22 "2000-12-27T02:44:31Z")
Welcome, newbie! ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/23 "2000-12-27T02:52:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > Oh, and thatā€™s ducTtape. Dire Wolf will let you know. šŸ˜‰ Hi, **TruePisces**! Allow me to be the first fellow transplanted New Yorker (also living in the South) to welcome you! If youā€™re a friend of lurkernomoreā€™s, then youā€™re alright in my book. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/24 "2000-12-27T06:01:25Z")
Iā€™m not big on welcoming threads, but since lurkernomoreā€™s such a great guy, I definitely have to welcome his friend! Welcome, **TruePisces**! From a FalseSagittarius. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/25 "2000-12-27T06:18:47Z")
Many hugs and cuddles to you. Iā€™ve been hugging and cuddling a lot recently. Welcome! Come, join us, get addicted, youā€™ll never leave you know. Hey, at least itā€™s lots of fun. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/26 "2000-12-27T06:30:08Z")
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/27 "2000-12-27T07:16:33Z")
[Not gonna bother to quote this timeā€¦] **LNM** , you have Samā€™s on tap? Never mind ā€œthanks for comingā€, just try getting rid of me! =) **TruePisces** , you like Heinlein and Mercedes Lackey? Youā€™re more than welcome here! Just for that, Iā€™ll try to help you out: [ul] [li] **Coldfire** ā€™s favorite Canadian band is _Rush_.[/li][li]For information on ā€œevil Nazi groundhogsā€ or anything else involving **WallyM7** , use the SDMB search engine with ā€œWallyM7ā€ in the ā€œUser Name:ā€ field. (Yeah, sounds obvious, I knowā€¦)[/li][li]Hi Opal![/li][/ul] There, that should do it for a little whileā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/28 "2000-12-27T07:27:27Z")
VƤlkommen(welcome)! You did right to sign in hear, itā€™s a great place.šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/29 "2000-12-27T07:53:51Z")
Welcome TruePisces! Iā€™m a Pisces myself. Nice to have you here! (Itā€™s really a fun place, especially because of the esoteric and often odd conversations.) ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/30 "2000-12-27T09:50:50Z")
Newbie! \ ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/31 "2000-12-27T12:10:37Z")
First, thanks everyone for the welcomes! I guess I chose the right person to have show me my way in! (Not that I know anyone ELSE that could have, at least I donā€™t think I do, unless thereā€™s someone hiding here who never bothered to tell me about this place, and if you are, why didnā€™t you tell me before now??!!!) Iā€™ll try to live up to LNMā€™s reputation. Or is that a mistake? Kitty, thanks for the hugs and cuddles! Those are always welcome! Hugs and cuddles back! Stephen, thanks for the help! It was getting late last night, and chat was getting interesting. But now I can answer some with assurance and know where to find the others! So Iā€™m not the only Lackey fan, then? Thatā€™s good to know. Iā€™m desperately waiting for something new to come out, because thereā€™s very little I HAVENā€™T read yet. So Iā€™m dabbling with a little of everything else at the moment. Lady Callahanā€™s Place is lying on my bed at the moment. Now I guess I should really think about getting ready for work. _sigh_ If only I could stay here all dayā€¦ TruePisces ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/32 "2000-12-27T12:58:28Z")
Uh, that would be ā€œdownā€ to my reputation. BTW, watch out for DRY. Heā€™s the boardā€™s smooth-talking ladies man. Just look at all the women in his sig. ``` I also want to thank all the posters fro saying hi and making her feel welcomed. ``` ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/33 "2000-12-27T13:30:44Z")
::waves to **TruePisces** :: From one New Yorker turned Floridian to another, welcome! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/34 "2000-12-28T00:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*Uh, that would be ā€œdownā€ to my reputation. > > BTW, watch out for DRY. Heā€™s the boardā€™s smooth-talking ladies man. Just look at all the women in his sig. > > ``` > I also want to thank all the posters fro saying hi and making her feel welcomed. ** > > ``` And just how DID your reputation go down? Hmmm??? TruePisces ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/35 "2000-12-28T02:05:49Z")
Welcome TruePisces. How you doinā€™?šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/36 "2000-12-28T04:00:51Z")
I hope you have as much fun as I have, and enjoy the good company and witty repartee! ----:)/ x o x o ----///\\ ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/37 "2000-12-28T04:07:14Z")
Hi hi. ::curtsies:: ---
**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280/38 "2000-12-28T05:49:35Z")
Welcome from the great state of Texas!!! Now what will it take for you to give me some dirt on LNM? Name your price, nothing is to high.šŸ˜ƒ Any friend of LNM, has to be great. Hope you like your time here on the board. (hey LNM, could you make me a drink, anything will do) Welcome TruePisces!!!šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-the-newbie/47280.md?page=1)