Joeyo14
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More welcome!
editThanks for your compliments and gracious acceptance of my points about religion and pseudoscience. I would normally have posted a reply below your post on my talk page but wanted to make a request which is off that topic. It is customary to sign your posts on talk pages by adding "~~~~" at the end. The wiki engine will replace that with your signature, the date and the time. This makes it a lot easier to tell who said what and t follow the thread of the discussion. I am glad you're still willing to to work with us here and look forward to your future contributions. Jojalozzo 19:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)