Articles tagged with "jim"

Jim Ring, Nelson

8 July 2024

I've been in contact with a lawyer on and off over the last couple of years regarding one of our old members - old both in terms of when they joined the society, and in terms of their age. Jim Ring was a frequent contributor to our Journal, the NZ Skeptic, writing both articles on a wide range of topics and many Letters to the Editor. Sadly Jim passed away last year, and the conversations with the lawyer, who was a friend of Jim's in his later life, were about a collection of books of skeptical interest that he had collected over his lifetime and wanted to donate to the NZ Skeptics.

Jim Humble and the MMS Pantomime

25 December 2023

It's Christmas, so in the spirit of the season, 'living man' Roger William (née Roger William Blake), of Ngatea Water Gardens, staged another of his cantankerous one-person (if he currently is a person; it's so hard to keep track) pantomimes in front of long-suffering Judge, Brett Crawley at the Hamilton District Court on the 20th of December.

Dr Jim Woolnough

1 February 1993

The New Zealand Skeptics lost one of its founders with the recent death of Dr Jim Woolnough, aged 77.