Britain knows someone called Dave, says TV psychic | NewsBiscuit - http://www.newsbiscuit.com/201 2/02
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Lynley Hood
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Feb 7, 2012
9:15 PM
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Some lovely gifts - A bit late for this year, and according to the guy who interpreted the mayans
the way he wanted, there won't be a chance next year. But here are some
lovely gift ideas...
http://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/esotericgiftguide2011.htm
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pter
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Feb 5, 2012
11:34 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Pope unites with Dawkins to decree: ?It?s the people that claim to be ?a bit spiritual? that are the real pain-in-the-arses? | NewsBiscuit - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Feb 1, 2012
1:26 PM
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Pope unites with Dawkins to decree: ?It?s the people that claim to be ?a bit spiritual? that are the real pain-in-the-arses? | NewsBiscuit - Preview not available
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Lynley Hood
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Feb 1, 2012
9:35 AM
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Global warm cold warm cold warm cold......... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Dec 17, 2011
4:57 PM
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Update from Soiuxsie - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Dec 8, 2011
3:44 PM
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Support SitP -
Hey all,
Some of you will know me, some of you won't. All of you should. ;) Hi.
My name is Gold. I started Skeptics in the Pub in New Zealand and have managed to get to every first meetup so far. I set up the website at http:/
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Gold
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Nov 21, 2011
8:00 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Bulk Homeopathy - Preview not available
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Katie Brockie
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Nov 11, 2011
12:37 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Bulk Homeopathy -
Deary me, of course. I've been sniffing too much Prayer
Powder. But increased water charges? So that's where they're
hiding the last stadium cost blowout.
----- Original Message Follows -----
> NO, pter, NO-NO-NO! The amount of fluoride in water
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pter
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Nov 11, 2011
12:02 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Bulk Homeopathy - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Nov 11, 2011
11:46 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Bulk Homeopathy -
*blink* (and bwahahaha, great page) But why take out the
fluoride? Surely there is some horribly toxic thing, or
disease, that fluoride has a like effect to. Y'know... some
terrible syndrome that helps strengthen developing tooth
enamel. It can be l
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pter
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Nov 11, 2011
11:36 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Bulk Homeopathy - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Nov 11, 2011
11:27 AM
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Bulk Homeopathy - http://bulkhomeopathy.com/
Learn the secret that Big Alt Med doesn't want you to know! You can acquire
high volumes of homeopathic remedies at a tiny fraction of the cost by
bypassing an expensive and unnecessary process. Traditionally, the tedious
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Paul Campbell
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Nov 11, 2011
10:52 AM
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Organising the next meeting(s) - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Nov 9, 2011
9:28 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] A comment on homeopathy .... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Nov 1, 2011
9:50 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] A comment on homeopathy .... - Preview not available
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pter
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Nov 1, 2011
9:46 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] A comment on homeopathy .... - Subtle. For the less subtle here's another classic. Well classic to me...
http://www.b3ta.com/board/9863286
Paul Campbell pointed out this:
> http://xkcd.com/971/
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pter
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Nov 1, 2011
8:42 AM
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A comment on homeopathy .... - http://xkcd.com/971/
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Paul Campbell
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Oct 31, 2011
10:42 PM
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Meetup on Friday - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Sep 12, 2011
9:36 AM
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Fwd: [dunlug] Bill to set up natural health regulator - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Sep 8, 2011
10:25 PM
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Fwd: Aliens regret policy of only abducting lone weirdos | NewsBiscuit - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Sep 8, 2011
4:35 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Re: Bill to set up natural health regulator - Preview not available
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brian paavo
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Sep 8, 2011
11:52 AM
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Re: Bill to set up natural health regulator - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Sep 7, 2011
10:23 PM
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GG espouses homeopathy... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Sep 5, 2011
2:27 PM
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So that's how Mystic Meg was so accurate! - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Aug 17, 2011
12:34 PM
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New Meetup: New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2011 - Announcing a new Meetup to the Dunedin Skeptics in the Pub!
What : New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2011 When : Friday, August 26, 2011 6
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Gold
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Jul 28, 2011
9:06 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: I must find out when my drivers licence expires - Preview not available
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pter
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Jul 13, 2011
2:16 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Re: Tomorrow: Celebrate the original Telephone -
Y'know I've never tried a conference can. I'd think the
attenuation would be quite bad.
----- Original Message Follows -----
> We could come prepared - everyone bring a can and string
> and we can have a conference call.
>
> On 13/07/2011 1:52 P
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pter
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Jul 13, 2011
2:13 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Re: Tomorrow: Celebrate the original Telephone - Preview not available
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Sarah Booth
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Jul 13, 2011
1:56 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Re: Tomorrow: Celebrate the original Telephone -
I thought we'd be trying to drown out any musicians with the
ol' bush telegraph.
----- Original Message Follows -----
> If we can't make it can we set up a tin can in the Empire
> today with a string to take to our tin at home?
>
> Kathinka.
>
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pter
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Jul 13, 2011
1:52 PM
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Re: Tomorrow: Celebrate the original Telephone - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jul 13, 2011
1:28 PM
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Fwd: I must find out when my drivers licence expires - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jul 13, 2011
10:46 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] TAM Oz highlights - Just discovered Simon Singh, who was on the TAMOZ list. He looks entertaining
too...
http://www.simonsingh.net/media/online-videos/maths-and-science/a-dramatic
-demonstration-of-the-power-of-mental-frames
I was rather disappointed with the chat a
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pter
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Jul 11, 2011
11:11 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Concerns that the integrity of the whole fortune-telling industry could be brought into disrepute - Preview not available
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david crook
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Jul 8, 2011
8:12 PM
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What would traditional NZ geoscientists know anyway? - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jul 7, 2011
1:34 PM
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Concerns that the integrity of the whole fortune-telling industry could be brought into disrepute - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jul 6, 2011
12:33 PM
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Mad cows and natural remedies - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jul 5, 2011
1:02 AM
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Sink or Swim ... - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Jul 4, 2011
10:58 AM
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NZ Skeptics conference 2011 - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Jul 3, 2011
10:12 PM
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Fwd: lecture notice (sounds good!) - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Jun 28, 2011
8:22 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] TAM Oz highlights - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Jun 28, 2011
8:04 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Change the date! - I'll be there! On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Jim Cheetham < [address removed] > wrote:
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Katie Brockie
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Jun 28, 2011
3:58 PM
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Change the date! - I hadn't been able to get hold of the Empire on Monday night, and I just spoke to John now; I've had to move the meeting to the Thursday night.
Thursday 14 July @ The Empire.
Hope you can make it!
&
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Jim Cheetham
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Jun 28, 2011
3:35 PM
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New Meetup: Celebrate the original Telephone - Announcing a new Meetup for Dunedin Skeptics in the Pub!
What : Celebrate the original Telephone When : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:00 PM
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Jim Cheetham
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Jun 27, 2011
8:21 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - I agree about the Empire. if there's no music playing, it's a great place, and good acoustics!! On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Kathinka < kathinka.
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Katie Brockie
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Jun 23, 2011
8:43 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jun 22, 2011
8:41 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - The Duke was diabolical on Friday evening. It's been discovered by yuppies who were jammed in like sardines. There was nowhere to sit down, and impossible to hold a conversation or even get near the bar (and those who did get near the bar said the prices
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Lynley Hood
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Jun 22, 2011
8:07 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jun 22, 2011
5:06 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - I liked how quiet the Robbie was down the back... The old Duke was often a bit too noisy (even on "quiet" nights) and it sounds like the new one is worse. I haven't been to the Empire.
On 22 June 2011 1
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LoopyNZ
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Jun 22, 2011
4:51 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - Preview not available
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Blair McBride
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Jun 22, 2011
4:43 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Next meeting ... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jun 22, 2011
4:31 PM
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Next meeting ... - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Jun 22, 2011
3:44 PM
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Deterring homeopathy - http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2267
- Blair
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Blair McBride
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Jun 20, 2011
12:15 AM
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OT: The Rapture - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jun 18, 2011
1:02 AM
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Read it and learn all about psychics for only $1.99 USD - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Jun 10, 2011
12:49 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] TAM Oz highlights - Great idea! Off the top of my head, Pamela Gay's talk, also Dr Karl, Brian Dunning and the live recording of SGU. cheers K On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Blair McBride <
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Katie Brockie
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Jun 6, 2011
11:24 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] TAM Oz highlights - On 05/06/11 15:40, brian paavo wrote:
> 24 hrs worth of video
That's a lot of video. Sounds like fun :)
- Blair
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Blair McBride
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Jun 6, 2011
1:53 AM
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TAM Oz highlights -
Aloha Skeptics,
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brian paavo
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Jun 5, 2011
3:39 PM
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Even more idiocy (mine) but a wild tangent - It has become apparent that I am a total idiot. Of course you no longer have a manual supplied with your new mobile phone. You go to the manufacturer's website and are helpfully directed to a 176 page pdf. If you choose to print the entire dam thi
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Sarah Booth
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May 31, 2011
9:14 PM
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Re HELP - Brain finally engaged. Have now fixed the problem. It was ( thankfully) already on gmail site. Good to know I'm not the only person to have done this! Now I have completely stuffed up my new android phone. Somehow I can no longer send txts, ma
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Sarah Booth
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May 31, 2011
3:18 PM
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Warning! Media Distorts Results With Alarming Headlines! - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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May 26, 2011
8:55 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] end of world predictions to end in 2015 - Preview not available
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pter
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May 24, 2011
12:20 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] end of world predictions to end in 2015 - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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May 24, 2011
8:56 AM
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end of world predictions to end in 2015 - http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/05/22/en
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Lynley Hood
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May 23, 2011
7:58 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] New Meetup: Discuss the mould in Dr Florey's coat and have a long-overdue get together. - I was in the Empire on Friday evening. Mine host John Fogarty told me it was available as a venue for poetry readings and the like, a
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Lynley Hood
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May 23, 2011
9:31 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] http://www.awakentheflow.com.au/ - ... the pitfalls of not hiring a professional web designer.
Richard Girvan
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Richard Girvan
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May 18, 2011
3:41 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] New Meetup: Discuss the mould in Dr Florey's coat and have a long-overdue get together. - FYI, this clashes with the DunLUG meeting many of us attend.
Could hold them in the same pub... but then we only get to go out to a
pub once, instead of twice.
- Blair
On 18/05/2011 12:59 p.m., Katie Brockie wrote:
> Announcing a new Meetup
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Blair McBride
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May 18, 2011
3:00 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] http://www.awakentheflow.com.au/ - The perils of allowing google to provide adverts for your website. This one appeared alongside a spoof news item about choi
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Lynley Hood
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May 18, 2011
2:44 PM
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New Meetup: Discuss the mould in Dr Florey's coat and have a long-overdue get together. - Announcing a new Meetup for Dunedin Skeptics in the Pub!
What : Discuss the mould in Dr Florey's coat and have a long-overdue get together. Whe
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Katie Brockie
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May 18, 2011
12:59 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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May 8, 2011
9:44 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Preview not available
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brian paavo
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May 8, 2011
9:16 AM
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science for kids - http://www.scientificamerican.c
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Lynley Hood
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May 4, 2011
10:04 AM
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Dunedin - what makes a great city? - Preview not available
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Rebecca Caroe
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May 3, 2011
4:10 PM
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Fwd: [Otago Daily Times Online News] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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May 2, 2011
11:54 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP]Creationism explained - worth a thousand words!
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Lynley Hood
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Apr 30, 2011
1:06 PM
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I'm working on that ?dignified elder statesman of atheism? thing : Pharyngula - http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/04/im
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Lynley Hood
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Apr 25, 2011
9:28 AM
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Why shouldn't aliens be naturists though? - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Apr 22, 2011
11:11 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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david crook
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Apr 20, 2011
6:41 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Apr 20, 2011
6:27 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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brian paavo
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Apr 20, 2011
5:47 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] while I think of it - Recently I was one of a group of refugees from the Duke of Wellington who tried the Empire (Dunedin's oldest pub) on a Friday night and liked it. Nice and quiet, good for conversation. Genuinely ancient - not ersatz ancient - decor. Less choice of grog,
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Lynley Hood
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Apr 20, 2011
4:23 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Excellent letter, Jim. On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Jim Cheetham < [address removed] > wrote:
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Katie Brockie
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Apr 20, 2011
2:50 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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Jim Cheetham
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Apr 20, 2011
12:20 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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pter
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Apr 20, 2011
12:09 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - > Wait till someone writes in about "memory" then query the
> water's memory of being drunk by an animal from a
> giardia-ridden stream then passed back into the stream via
> a cow patty........
>
> Kathinka.
(O:
And fluoridation. Or the delig
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pter
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Apr 20, 2011
11:59 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Apr 20, 2011
11:50 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Apr 20, 2011
11:25 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy -
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Paul Campbell
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Apr 20, 2011
11:22 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - I'm pretty sure there's no question of Pharmac wasting taxpayers money on homeopathy. The problem is that someone with crackpot belie
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Lynley Hood
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Apr 20, 2011
11:14 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy -
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Paul Campbell
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Apr 20, 2011
11:03 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - Oh noes!!! On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Lynley Hood < [address removed] > wrote:
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Katie Brockie
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Apr 20, 2011
10:47 AM
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[Dunedin-SitP] Lecturer supports homeopathy - arrrggghhh - today's ODT http://www.odt.co.nz/print/157001
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Lynley Hood
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Apr 20, 2011
10:47 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Yes it certainly went out to the list.
As per Tim Minchin's "Storm" you might also want to wonder aloud whether the
water has a memory of all the other shit it ever had in it. Let alone the
sugar pills where even the water has been evaporated ("mem
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pter
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Apr 17, 2011
4:23 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - i dont know whether this email was received by anyone - no comments yet .
the attachment may have stopped it going through . I will try again- its
very relevent to what has been discussed at the dunedin meetups.
i see the star sunday times has a bi
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david crook
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Apr 17, 2011
4:19 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Preview not available
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Andrew Sparrow
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Apr 16, 2011
1:39 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Arf! Indeed. When given the 'proof of god is because that tree is there' you
do get a chuckle from re-using a quote from the austin based The Athesists
Experience 'well, no. I could equally claim that the tree's existence proves
that everything as well
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pter
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Apr 16, 2011
1:21 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Apr 16, 2011
12:37 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Skeptics are needed in every field... - Preview not available
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Kathinka
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Apr 16, 2011
12:26 PM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Skeptics are needed in every field... - Anyway, having been a little sceptical myself I am still at a loss as to how
a showcase project like this deserves scepticism. I was wondering what claims
really were made to be sceptical about in the manner they were. Certanly not
like magniwork where
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pter
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Apr 16, 2011
11:56 AM
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Re: [Dunedin-SitP] Fwd: [nzskeptics] Creationist speaking tour - So as asked before - does anyone know what the films will be and is there a
chance of previosing a copy? I say this as it would be good to go prepared..
On the fly can be a bit hard from my own recent experiences with Door
Knockers. Especially once t
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pter
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Apr 16, 2011
11:55 AM
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