Greetings from a stodgy fellow

Hello, everyone. It's time I introduced myself. I live in Canada, and have a Mathematics degree of questionable usefulness. In my spare time I write rather than read, mostly about philosophy and stuff I'd rather not just lump into a category. I enjoy fine wine, fine music, and fine wordplay. I question everything to the point of exasperation, and ask for extraordinary evidence all too often, leading people to believe that I am far too uptight. (And the truth is, I am far too uptight.) But I digress. This statement is a suitable end for my introduction.

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You should fit in quite well.
Cheers

beez

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Welcome to ATS. Hope you enjoy it here and I look forward to seeing you on the boards.

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Welcome to ATS...I brought the cheese platter...what kind of wine did you bring....



Des

If you have the IQ to back up your stodginess, welcome to ATS - we need more like you here.

Thank you for the welcome and the cheese.

I brought some Charles Melton rosé.

(In actuality, Tadeusz is neither wealthy nor of a connoisseur enough to spend so much money on wine. He re-labels cheap wine as fine wine and shows it off to his friends. I mean, friend. Imaginary friend.)

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Welcome! Your off to a great start I am laughing, still, at your reply to Des. Nothing like a fine dry wit to go with all that cheese

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