Say Hello, New members introduce yourselves here

Hello everyone!

I was invited here by Fiona some time ago, but got a little lost on the way, somehow. It's good to finally be here - a place with Fiona is a good place to be!

Some of you may have met me on JREF, where I'm Helen. I couldn't be Helen here, it seems someone else is Helen around these parts but I did want to be Helen again, so that's what I am; Helenagain.

I shall contribute by talking nonsense and asking all the stupid questions. Someone has to, you know.

Oh! How nice to see you, Helen. I am so glad you decided to join us. Time we had some literary talent around here

Yes, that's right, that's how you do it; scare me away at once by building up expectations I'll never live up to!

But thanks for the welcome

As it happens I have been running an occasional series called "how many things are wrong with that statement" and I am now including the first sentence in the above post in it. I am counting 4 at present: any advance ?

I think I'm flattered

Ah yes, almost forgot! (well actually I did forget, but remembered, sort of)

Hello to you all! I'm cellofaan, which is Dutch for cellophane, which has no apparent reason for being my nick, other than it being an awesome word.

Vninect invited me quite some time ago, which I happily accepted, under one condition: a dinosaur thread.
Now that we've had the great beam shooting dinosaurs gam thread, I had no more excuses to not post here.

And that's my story.

Background: I'm an architecture student, and have a degree in Building Technology, and have a big chunk of interest in graphic design and (used to have some) in literature. I also play tennis quite a lot, which is why I'm kind of competitive as far as games are concerned. Well, actually I'm always kind of competitive, though I try to hide it.

I also use the word 'quite' quite a lot. Not to be confused with 'quiet', which I hardly ever use.

Seems a bit late, but it is good to have you here, Cellofaan. Even if you do win all the games ;)n

And I quite like the nick cellofaan; cellofan in swedish, but the double a makes it look even nicer!

Hey,
I know Fiona from reading her/his (haven't asked) post at JREF and PMF. I am amazed at the reasoning/logic/truthfulness in the post. I really enjoy the reading.

I am 46, married, with a 20 yr old daughter that is a jr playing tennis at a small school here in NC.
I have a mini-weiner dog and about 6 cats. I posted a long write up with their names and some descriptions... but when I got through, the post didn't register. My hobbies are sports, military history, my family and some crimes. I am VP of an independent insurance agency. Hey again!

Glad to see you here, dgfred. You will certainly expand the topic base, since I don't think any of us know the first thing about sport apart form cellofaan (might be wrong about that), and I certainly have no knowledge of military history. I think that insight will be very helpful, because current affairs includes the various wars going on, and some historical parallels are bound to give us another relevant dimension to think about. War has also been the focus of the hidden persuaders and much of advertising and propaganda must derive from lessons learned in that context, I think.

So welcome to TBW:I look forward to reading more of your take on the various issues discussed here.

Good evening~

Hello Koihime! How nice to see you here. Welcome!