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Samuel_B · 31st March 2009, 09:37 PM

Good evening to you all,

After several years of people on this website providing their excellent insights, regarding which books to invest my hard earned student loan on, I thought it was about time I became a member and show some appreciation to the forum that has rekindled my desire for reading again after many many years!

So about myself....I am currently a first year student studying International Economics and have had a keen passion for fantasy novels (David Gemmell, Gerge RR Martin etc) for a long time now, very few of my friends share my enthusiasm for reading, so where better than here to explore my interest? Watching everyone's favourite serial killer, Dexter (TV series) is another interest as well as Blackadder and Robin Williams stand up. Sport is also a huge part of my life, I am a keen tennis & squash player, any of you fancy a game?

Look forward to talking with you all soon..
Samuel

Shadow Trooper · 31st March 2009, 10:02 PM

Welcome to the Chrons Samuel_B

Wybren · 31st March 2009, 10:34 PM

Welcome to the chrons, and watch out for the black hole

Samuel_B · 31st March 2009, 10:41 PM

the black hole..??

The Ace · 31st March 2009, 10:44 PM

Oh Freda's not that bad, Wybe, unless you're a pringle. Hi and welcome aboard.

Dr.Jackson · 31st March 2009, 10:55 PM

Hello and Welcome to Chrons!

sloweye · 31st March 2009, 11:35 PM

Welcome to the madhouse

Talysia · 1st April 2009, 07:43 AM

Welcome, Samuel. It's always good to see new faces around here.

SpaceShip · 1st April 2009, 08:12 AM

Welcome Samuel B - Essex eh? Might cross paths with you this weekend as I'm up for a visit. Anyhoos, enjoy the madness that is Chrons.

nixie · 3rd April 2009, 08:16 PM

welcome

chrispenycate · 3rd April 2009, 08:35 PM

A black hole sucks everything in its vicinity into it, incorporating it all into itself, and nothing, not even information, can escape. Sounds like a reasonable description of the Chrons, doesn't it? Except that, being immaterial, information can't produce a gravitational field, but has an equivalent force, making wisdom tend to concentrate in libraries, in universities, in research establishments, and leaching out of general society.

Education is supposed to provide a compensating centrifugal disseminating force, but it is never as powerful, so those outsiders who receive their dose tend to be drawn into the centres of discussion, becoming part of the agglomerate, never to be sundered.

Laugh indeed; but be aware of what has happened to you. It is irreversible and addictive, but never mind.

Look at what a great crowd you're sharing it with.

diegesis · 3rd April 2009, 09:45 PM

Hello there! Me reading most of the time but i thought i said hi.

chrispenycate · 3rd April 2009, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diegesis

Hello there! Me reading most of the time but i thought i said hi.

Hello there. Are you welcoming Samuel, or introducing yourself? (well, I haven't welcomed you before, so it is possible) Or both (economy of energy, very fashionable)

If the latter, welcome aboard, you are allowed your own thread, you know; we have plenty.

Rosemary · 5th April 2009, 08:40 AM

Greetings and Welcome to The Chronicles to you both...

diegesis · 5th April 2009, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

Hello there. Are you welcoming Samuel, or introducing yourself? (well, I haven't welcomed you before, so it is possible) Or both (economy of energy, very fashionable)

If the latter, welcome aboard, you are allowed your own thread, you know; we have plenty.

Hello! I'm sorry, it's true that i haven't introduced myself, i am a bit lost in here, i will do it soon. Nice to meet you and thank you for the welcome.

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Samuel_B Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 0	How do you do! Good evening to you all, After several years of people on this website providing their excellent insights, regarding which books to invest my hard earned student loan on, I thought it was about time I became a member and show some appreciation to the forum that has rekindled my desire for reading again after many many years! So about myself....I am currently a first year student studying International Economics and have had a keen passion for fantasy novels (David Gemmell, Gerge RR Martin etc) for a long time now, very few of my friends share my enthusiasm for reading, so where better than here to explore my interest? Watching everyone's favourite serial killer, Dexter (TV series) is another interest as well as Blackadder and Robin Williams stand up. Sport is also a huge part of my life, I am a keen tennis & squash player, any of you fancy a game? Look forward to talking with you all soon.. Samuel

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Shadow Trooper Fides, Spero Fidelitasque Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 445	Re: How do you do! Welcome to the Chrons Samuel_B

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SpaceShip Outta sight Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,125	Re: How do you do! Welcome Samuel B - Essex eh? Might cross paths with you this weekend as I'm up for a visit. Anyhoos, enjoy the madness that is Chrons.

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chrispenycate resident pedantissimo Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,448 Blog Entries: 6	Re: How do you do! A black hole sucks everything in its vicinity into it, incorporating it all into itself, and nothing, not even information, can escape. Sounds like a reasonable description of the Chrons, doesn't it? Except that, being immaterial, information can't produce a gravitational field, but has an equivalent force, making wisdom tend to concentrate in libraries, in universities, in research establishments, and leaching out of general society. Education is supposed to provide a compensating centrifugal disseminating force, but it is never as powerful, so those outsiders who receive their dose tend to be drawn into the centres of discussion, becoming part of the agglomerate, never to be sundered. Laugh indeed; but be aware of what has happened to you. It is irreversible and addictive, but never mind. Look at what a great crowd you're sharing it with.

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diegesis Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 15	Re: How do you do! Hello there! Me reading most of the time but i thought i said hi.

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