Hello - New Member

For years, I have been interested in topics not typically covered by the mainstream media. About a month ago, I came across this site and began reading through a lot of very interesting posts. After a while, I decided to join, and here I am. I've very happy to have joined, and I'm looking forward to reading through the wealth of information found here on ATS.

Welcome to the mad house!!!

There is a ton of information here...but use caution wading through the B.S. too!

Anyway...welcome and have some fun!

reply to post by jerryznv


Thank you for the warm welcome

reply to post by toriacee
Welcome to the tribe.

Expect a gift basket, soaps, and a coupon for the ATS tatoo.

beez

reply to post by toriacee


Welcome. Looking forward to your contributions

Welcome and enjoy your stay at the ATS Zoo , have some fun but don't feed the Bears

Thank you all for such a warm welcome!

Welcome to ATS...hope I'm not late for the Party...here's your Soaps Gift Basket....



Johnny...our local ATS tattoo artist...will bring your coupon....

Des

reply to post by Destinyone


Thanks for the basket. It will definitely come in handy.

Hello and welcome.
Looking forward to reading your posts

Congratulations, you've joined the world's largest and civil alternative topics discussion community! We understand that with rules, policies and just the shear size of the website, it can be quite overwhelming. So we've created a presentation tour with just you in mind.

Welcome toriacee

For now you can reply to any thread in any forum you wish. Once you have achieved the minimum of 20 post replies, you will be able to create your own threads in their appropriate areas & additionally be able to send and receive messages to fellow ATS members. Private Messages can be sent to Staff only, (but after the 20 post minimum, you'll have full access).

Be sure to try out our Ask ATS with the "search words" of your choice. I'm sure you will find many threads to pick from to add your thoughts and opinions too. We encourage everyone to please contribute to existing threads rather than start a new one. This will also help guarantee that your thread won't end up as a duplicate located elsewhere. The ATS Search feature is your friend!
Speaking of "Search", to save yourself a lot of searching and even possible future heartache & frustration, please review the below.

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AboveTopSecret is much like a theme park with many, many rides, with that said...
Here's a few thoughts before getting onto any one of the 1000's of topical rides at Above Top Secret, also known as ATS, the world's largest Civil & Unique Discussion Community.

*** Please be at least this tall to get on any of the rides, (Johnny stretches his arm outward), and act like an 'civil' adult. This will save you a lot of future stress, frustration and possible action by one of your friendly neighborhood Mods!

*** Please remember that some members are very passionate and vocal depending on what ride you're on. Before getting on a ride, you should be mentally fit, emotionally stable and have a strong stomach for theories, conjecture, research and evidence presented that may be contrary to your own.

*** Please be "open-minded" enough to understand that sometimes the ride isn't always what you might think or expect. At times, you may learn something new and 'out-of-the-box' before you get off the ride, this is a natural and normal phenomena.

*** Please note that at times the ride gets overly-heated and "it's strongly suggested" to get off the ride to regroup one's thoughts before continuing. This will also help guarantee that the ride will move forward without getting derailed or explode into a fiery trashbin.

*** Please have fun! Be aware if you act in an uncivil-like manner, use profanity, troll, intentionally spread a hoax and/or get verbally abusive, you will be removed off the ride by a Moderator. This is for your safety, & also for those both young and old on the ride with you.

So buckle up, keep your arms within the ride's comfort zone, have fun and "Deny Ignorance"...!

I suspect you have significant information to contribute. I am looking forward to considering those contents. So lets begin, what put you over the top to join so you can now contribute?

reply to post by tkwasny


I would say that what "put me over the top" to join is the fact this site has a multitude of topics in areas that I find very interesting. Also, there are a lot of topics I found here that I have never heard of before. I hope I can contribute something, but it seems that most of the people here know a lot more than I do. I am looking forward to the roller coaster ride!

Originally posted by toriacee
I'm looking forward to reading through the wealth of information found here on ATS.

Dr. Seuss...
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”


Welcome aboard...

reply to post by SLAYER69


Love the quote, Slayer, and thank you for the welcome.