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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 21:25:55
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Do you wear an SFN T-shirt or otherwise promote the SFN? If so, take a photo and post it here. Here's what I did recently:
(Click image for full-size version)
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- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail) Evidently, I rock! Why not question something for a change? Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 22:02:30 [Permalink]
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Nice plate.
Admittingly, this is a little off topic, but a good story and short, so what the hell. A friend of mine is a cop and he bought the license plate "atheist". He put it on his wife's car so he wouldn't drive it to work, but one day his car was in the shop and he had to drive his wife's car. Soon after, his fellow officers started acting weird toward him and bugging him about not believing in god. He expressed concerns to the chief and the chief told him, "Being an atheist is inconsistent with being a police officer." He ended up having to request a transfer because he could no longer trust his coworkers to protect him in dangerous situations. Didn't even happen in the Bible belt, but rather, Columbus Ohio. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 22:26:40 [Permalink]
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quote: Originally posted by Ricky
Was SFN taken? Quite a shame.
Nah, I picked 3 on purpose to reflect my original position on the totem pole here when I was made an admin. I didn't even check for SFN with no numbers. Should have done so, now that I think about it. Maybe in 2008, I'll switch.
marf, if Bush Sr. actually made the comment about atheists not being citizens, then the cop's comment doesn't surprise me at all. Actually, it doesn't surprise me even if the Bush comment was fabricated. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail) Evidently, I rock! Why not question something for a change? Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 03:34:29 [Permalink]
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Dave, My friends who run the Secular Student Alliance researched that Bush quote a few years ago because they wanted to use it on their website but only if it was true. It is true. He made the comment to a reporter on an airplane when he was the Vice President. Can't remmeber any more details about it, but you could probably research it pretty easy. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 10:27:30 [Permalink]
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quote:
quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Ricky
Was SFN taken? Quite a shame. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nah, I picked 3 on purpose to reflect my original position on the totem pole here when I was made an admin. I didn't even check for SFN with no numbers. Should have done so, now that I think about it. Maybe in 2008, I'll switch.
Check with your state DMV (or whatever they call it in Virginia) first. In Illinois, a plate with letters only is a "vanity plate" and costs $94 extra. A plate with letters and numbers is a "personalized plate" and costs $47 extra. I have no idea why they charge double, but they do. |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge. T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 13:30:52 [Permalink]
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Wearing my SFN colors at TAM4. The guy next to me is Ray Hyman. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2006 : 13:50:41 [Permalink]
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I got my clock cleaned at a pistol match yesterday and I ain't happy about it -- *mutter, grumble*. But vengance shall be mine at the next one!
Neat idea, that plate. When one of my vehicles comes up for registration renewal, I'll ask for SFN. It would cost $35.00 in NC.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2006 : 08:07:32 [Permalink]
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A Google search for SFN gets Skeptic Friends Network on the first page! |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..." Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq: Send them unarmed civilians for target practice.. Collateralmurder. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
4907 Posts |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2006 : 21:40:19 [Permalink]
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quote: Originally posted by R.Wreck
Check with your state DMV (or whatever they call it in Virginia) first. In Illinois, a plate with letters only is a "vanity plate" and costs $94 extra. A plate with letters and numbers is a "personalized plate" and costs $47 extra. I have no idea why they charge double, but they do.
I meant to answer this earlier, sorry.
No, Virginia only has one fee for personalizing a plate, no matter what you call it. Letters-only or letters-and-numbers both (doesn't matter) runs an extra $10 a year on top of the regular $31.50 fee. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail) Evidently, I rock! Why not question something for a change? Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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skepticality
Skeptic Friend
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 10:37:18 [Permalink]
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Damn!
I need to figure out a way to put Skepticality on a license plate and not look dog-squeeze! :) |
Derek Colanduno host - skepticality http://www.skepticality.com/ |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2006 : 20:38:32 [Permalink]
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I'm an artist and I advertise SFN on the door to my studio. Here's the door:
And here's a close-up of my SFN advertisement (It's a hilarious exchange between John OAS and H. Humbert from a couple months ago. I figure, humor sells. ;-)
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"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 03:34:42 [Permalink]
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I put a link in the "Science Links" section of my site. I trimmed and re-sized the image at the top of the SFN site, my version is below:
My site doesn't exactly get a lot of traffic, since it's mostly for my own amusement and a place to test and mess around with web stuff. Ah well, it can't hurt right?
(BTW, Wow marf, I made someone's door, I'm, like, almost famous. Sure, I've made walls before, but who takes anything they read in bathrooms seriously?) |
John's just this guy, you know. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
4907 Posts |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2006 : 13:17:55 [Permalink]
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Ricky, it says "Honey is not sweet for a donkey." (the word "sweet" is red on yellow hangee paper.) It's an Ethiopian proverb. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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