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  1. more con-fusion thread - Al on May 1, 11:13 AM
    1. Al, thanks for this post! - Dave, The Watcher on May 5, 3:41 PM
      1. afraid it's just more whackos - Al on May 5, 9:44 PM
    2. Is achieving fusion really all that big a deal? - Ray haupt on May 6, 6:30 PM
     
  2. "The Men Who Stare at Goats", a book review by Michael Shermer thread - Brain on May 5, 5:16 AM
    1. Brain! - Dave, The Watcher on May 5, 3:52 PM
      1. Good joke Dave :) - Brain on May 5, 4:23 PM
     
  3. Gamma rays from thunderstorms? thread - Al on May 3, 9:55 PM
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  4. a new book reviewed by James Randi thread - Al on May 2, 9:56 PM
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  5. Denumerable thread - Ray Haupt on Apr 22, 11:57 AM
    1. Innumerable - Al on Apr 22, 12:08 PM
    2. Denumerability - Bill on Apr 22, 2:15 PM
      1. pedantic? - Al on Apr 22, 2:37 PM
        1. You tell me clearly, unambiguously ... - Bill on Apr 22, 5:28 PM
          1. Re: You tell me clearly, unambiguously ... - Al on Apr 23, 9:00 AM
            1. I'll take a guess. - Bill on Apr 23, 12:53 PM
              1. why guess? - Al on Apr 23, 5:12 PM
                1. Answer (again) - Bill on Apr 23, 6:39 PM
                  1. Re: Answer (again) - Al on Apr 23, 7:09 PM
                    1. This protracted discussion - Sue on Apr 24, 9:39 AM
                      1. Thank you! - Bill on Apr 24, 12:41 PM
                        1. You're welcome - Sue on Apr 24, 1:54 PM
                    2. Another try...do pay atention! - Bill on Apr 24, 2:14 PM
                      1.        explanation now grokked - Al on Apr 24, 9:49 PM
                        1. "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Bill on Apr 25, 1:49 PM
                          1. Re: "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Al on Apr 25, 3:40 PM
                            1. Re: "Oh, Good Grief!" (Charlie Brown) - Bill on Apr 25, 8:37 PM
                              1. as everyone glazed over, Lucy pulled the ball away - Al on Apr 25, 9:08 PM
                                1. Permit me to edit slightly - Bill on Apr 26, 8:35 AM
                                  1. okey doke - Al on Apr 26, 12:19 PM
                    3. Conspicuous typo - Bill on Apr 24, 4:36 PM
      2. Preposterous????? - Ray Haupt on Apr 22, 7:24 PM
        1. Yes - Bill on Apr 22, 11:18 PM
          1. No - Ray Haupt on Apr 25, 8:54 PM
            1. Dictionaries and technical terminology - Bill on Apr 27, 12:30 PM
              1. Re: Dictionaries and technical terminology - Ray haupt on Apr 27, 1:34 PM
                1. allow me to venture ... - Al on Apr 27, 2:40 PM
                  1. A friend in need is a friend indeed! - Bill on Apr 27, 3:30 PM
                2. You still don't quite have it - Bill on Apr 27, 3:27 PM
                  1. I am having trouble with this concept - Ray haupt on Apr 27, 4:24 PM
                    1. The finite vs. the infinite - Bill on Apr 27, 5:33 PM
                      1. question - Al on Apr 28, 12:57 PM
                        1. Well, it won't be a technical sense. - Bill on Apr 28, 4:16 PM
                          1. but, does it "mean sh*t to a tree"? - Al on Apr 28, 8:31 PM
                            1. Who's wasting whose time?? - Bill on Apr 29, 11:30 AM
                              1. elaboration - Al on Apr 29, 12:51 PM
                                1. I'm working on... - Bill on Apr 29, 3:31 PM
                                  1. golden showers are officially outré - Al on Apr 29, 4:08 PM
                                    1. Re: Golden Showers - Bill on Apr 30, 1:00 PM
                                      1. with baited breath, barely contained ... - Al on Apr 30, 2:45 PM
                                        1. The ground rules keep shifting - Bill on Apr 30, 5:24 PM
                                          1. wow --- no they don't - Al on May 1, 10:51 AM
                                            1. OK... - Bill on May 1, 12:25 PM
     
  6. Bullying of inventors by skeptics is cruel and damaging thread - R Smith on Apr 24, 8:26 PM
    1. Evidence to prove your claim to be incorrect that skeptics "bully inventors" - Brain on Apr 25, 4:47 AM
    2. Mr. Smith,... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 27, 7:50 PM
      1. Oops! - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 27, 8:26 PM
      2. About how much... - Bruce Williamson on Apr 28, 1:56 PM
        1. Surprisingly,... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 30, 3:11 PM
     
  7. cheese sandwich with image of Virgin Mary for sale on Ebay thread - Al on Nov 16, 9:06 PM
    1. bidding now at a more reasonable ~ $69,000 - Alfred Erpel on Nov 17, 9:45 PM
      1. Expert explains grilled cheese 'miracle' - Brain on Nov 21, 5:41 AM
        1. sandwich sells for $28,000 - Al on Nov 23, 8:47 AM
          1. Re: sandwich sells for $28,000 - Brain on Nov 24, 12:27 PM
    2. "ET" Nutrigrain piece thingy sells for $1035 - Al on Nov 30, 11:11 PM
      1. About the bubble - Brain on Dec 1, 5:23 AM
      2. PT Barnum was wrong - Bruce Williamson on Dec 3, 1:35 PM
      3. ET Nutri-grain ITS TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Anonymous on Apr 11, 9:21 PM
    3. this is no joke [ghost cane sells for $65,000] - Al on Dec 8, 4:26 PM
    4. er... <blush>, never mind - Alfred Erpel on Apr 29, 5:38 PM
     
  8. The new pope Benedict 16’th: thread - Brain on Apr 19, 6:43 PM
    1. let the German pope jokes begin - Al on Apr 19, 8:30 PM
      1. Re: let the German pope jokes begin - Ray Haupt on Apr 19, 11:43 PM
      2. How 'bout this? - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 22, 3:04 PM
      3. CRACKpot’s joke about the pope: - Brain on Apr 27, 5:45 AM
    2. But seriously, folks,... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 21, 2:08 PM
      1. But is Benedict ..... - Ray Haupt on Apr 21, 2:21 PM
        1. In a word, Ray, it boils down to "survival"! - Dave,The Watcher on Apr 22, 2:59 PM
          1. Adapt or die .... - Ray Haupt on Apr 22, 7:29 PM
            1. Ray, you're absolutely right when you say:... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 27, 6:44 PM
          2. Correct! :) :) :) - Brain on Apr 23, 7:40 AM
      2. No pain, no gain - Brain on Apr 23, 7:19 AM
        1. We'll see... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 27, 6:56 PM
          1. It this life Dave, in this life - Brain on Apr 28, 5:34 AM
    3. 22 Questions for Cardinal Ratzinger the first Grand Inquisitor as Pope - Brain on Apr 28, 12:21 PM
     
  9. Preposterous thread - Ray Haupt on Apr 26, 2:40 PM
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  10. finger in chili; but how? thread - Al on Apr 1, 7:44 PM
    1. Anything for a buck - Sue on Apr 2, 8:27 AM
    2. The Flying Fickle Finger - Sue on Apr 10, 9:44 AM
      1. sheesh, what a parasite ... - Al on Apr 10, 10:30 AM
        1. But did they get her fingerprints? - Sue on Apr 24, 10:02 AM
     
  11. Gas War -- pass it on! thread - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 21, 1:54 PM
    1. Check this link Dave - RayGavel on Apr 21, 9:39 PM
      1. Like I said, Ray, ... - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 22, 2:41 PM
        1. I just get ticked... - RayGavel on Apr 22, 7:26 PM
     
  12. Asteroid belt found at nearby star thread - Ray Haupt on Apr 22, 12:09 AM
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  13. Andrea Dworkin, R,I.P. thread - Ray Haupt on Apr 14, 12:16 AM
    1. A slight exaggeration - Eric Hamell on Apr 18, 6:51 PM
      1. "Rape", - Brain on Apr 19, 6:40 PM
     
  14. Darwin has a competitor thread - Eric Hamell on Apr 18, 6:56 PM
    1. The Errand Boy - Ray Haupt on Apr 18, 10:48 PM
     
  15. you can't measure it, but he says it happens ... thread - Al on Apr 18, 5:07 PM
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  16. dead boy inhabited ex-lizard thread - Al on Apr 18, 12:18 PM
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  17. toasted by gamma rays? thread - Al on Apr 12, 9:55 PM
    1. Thanks, Al. - Dave, The Watcher on Apr 15, 9:01 AM
    2. Neat theory ... - Ray Haupt on Apr 15, 11:11 PM
      1. passenger pigeons - Al on Apr 16, 9:27 AM
        1. More about passenger pigeons - Ray Haupt on Apr 17, 10:28 PM
    3. Mastodons, etc. - Ray Haupt on Apr 17, 10:33 PM
     
  18. home sweet home thread - IndyP on Apr 16, 3:50 PM
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  19. gravitational anomaly as of yet, unexplained thread - Alfred Erpel on Apr 13, 10:56 PM
    1. Re: gravitational anomaly as of yet, unexplained - Ray Haupt on Apr 14, 12:00 AM
      1. how much accuracy are we capable of? - Al on Apr 14, 10:11 AM
        1. Planet Pluto was discovered - Ray haupt on Apr 14, 4:46 PM
     
  20. Scientists recover T. rex soft tissue thread - davidc on Apr 6, 10:26 AM
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