Page 1 of 1
Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:34 pm
by dawnmathieson
Hello everyone at Philosophy Now, I trust you are all well? My name is Dawn, Im 22 and I live in Glasgow, Scotland. I left school to study higher philosophy as it was not available on the curriculum at my secondary school and was taught by Dr Craig Ross (incredible man) and John Rafferty. I then studied 2 years of a joint Philosophy/Psychology degree at Glasgow University with their extensive staff including Chris Lindsey, Stephan Leuenberger, Richard King, Dudley Knowles and many others. I dropped out and/or put my studies on hold when i was offered an upgrade from part time to full time contract as a support worker for adults with mental, physical, emotional and learning difficulties. Im not married and I have no children. My interests are generally music, literature, art, war games and collecting memorabilia. Obviously im interested in Philosophy but only as a casual hobbyist reader, thinker and dreamer these days. I may not post very often but i shall be reading all sorts of debates and shall try and get involved when i dont feel stupider than everyone due to lack of letters before/after my name. I am always interested in making new friends and acquaintances so feel free to drop me a line to talk about absolutely anything x x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:43 pm
by John
Hi Dawn, welcome to the forums. Nice to see another Scot here.
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:57 pm
by dawnmathieson
Thankyou, John, how could i not with our enlightened heritage. where abouts in Scotland are you from? x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:05 am
by John
I'm about 10 miles down the road from Glasgow in Hamilton.
As for the cultural heritage, I still remember the strap line (paraphrased from memory) from a poster advertising a play set in Glasgow when it was European City of Culture in 1990:
"Glasgow: a city where some are born great, some achieve greatness and some are still chucking spears a buses"
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:16 am
by dawnmathieson
Hahahaha thats depressingly true. They have to change bus routes all the time because of that. Well you cant say its a city without character 
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:45 am
by Typist
Welcome Dawn, glad to make your acquaintance.
Ok, chucking spears at buses sounds kinda fun. Should I apply for citizenship?
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:07 am
by dawnmathieson
Thankyou urm... typist? Im guessing thats not your real name but i could go with it anyway if you wish? lol less spears and more bricks but the principle is the same. You can throw bricks at busses in any country x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:45 am
by Typist
The real name given to me by my mother is Typist B. Blowhard. She was a very insightful woman!
Ok, I lied.
Really it's Phil.
Darn, so boring.
Oh well.
It makes me feel like heaving a brick at a bus!!
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:54 pm
by dawnmathieson
Phil short for Philosopher because you are cool like that innit. Typist is just your super blogger alter ego. Much like a super hero but more font based x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:55 pm
by dawnmathieson
Nice to meet you Mayurisama. Are you studying Philosophy or are you a hobbyist? x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:57 pm
by John
dawnmathieson wrote:Nice to meet you Mayurisama. Are you studying Philosophy or are you a hobbyist? x
I'm willing to bet "she's" a bot.
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:01 pm
by dawnmathieson
John wrote:dawnmathieson wrote:Nice to meet you Mayurisama. Are you studying Philosophy or are you a hobbyist? x
I'm willing to bet "she's" a bot.
Yes I would say so but i always try and be polite to everyone so far as my patience will allow. Its a blessing and a curse x
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:14 pm
by John
If in doubt I tend to leave it as some bots look for replies as a sign of activity on a forum and mark it as active so they can keep posting to it.
Re: Dawn's Introduction to y'all
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:34 pm
by dawnmathieson
John wrote:If in doubt I tend to leave it as some bots look for replies as a sign of activity on a forum and mark it as active so they can keep posting to it.
That is why i didn't quote! :O x