HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From:  braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca  (The Didi-Sprite)
Subject: Re: lurk, lurk, lurk, post, lurk...
Originator: braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:12:52 GMT

In article <Bw2Mos.40p@news.cso.uiuc.edu> trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
>
>>A young (twenty-two's not OLD, not yet anyway), bearded (though it could
>>use a trim) brown-haired man enters the Place.  A few old-timers wonder
>>whether they recognize him or not; he *does* look kind of familiar...

[    ooodles of good stuff ... gone ... sigh!    ]

>>He wanders off into the shadows, finding either a corner or a door;
>>nobody's really sure which (including him)...

The Didi-Sprite has been listening, with interest, to Smoke talk about 
a different Chris, when ...

>kitten bounces up to chris....."welcome back!!!!!!!!  and thank you
>for starting up this Place in the first place....and congrats on your
>job... "  she hugs poor chris...who looks like he's not sure what hit
>him... 

"Oh, megosh!"  she cries, "Here is a real case of meeting 'a legend in
his own time!'  Wow!"  

And, never one to stand on ceremony, she jumps up from her chair and
rushes over to where Kitten is practically devouring the poor man.  But
she must curb her enthusiasm as there is already a line forming to
welcome back this incredible icon!  She leans around the body in front
of her and waves at him:  "Hi! Chris!  Gee!  I have heard so much about
you!  It is really nice to meet you at last!"

----<--<@

The Didi-Sprite
Montreal * Canada

braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY)
Subject: Re: ArchTeryx's hatchday meal...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:11:00 GMT

ArchTeryx gives a 'wings-on' lesson on avian digestion: *grin*

>"Anybody want to volunteer to rub my crop? *warblemoan* When it's this full...
>it needs help to move food.  Otherwise I get an awful stomachache..."
> 
>He looks pleadingly outward...

"I will ..."
Elizabeth peeks out from under the table, making sure the area of clear of 
the PC/words debate, and she *streaks* over to ArchTeryx.  She hugs the 
huge bird.  "Hi, hon ... need a hand?"

Elizabeth begins gently massaging AT's crop, and smiles.  "I wonder if 
humans ever try to get away with this ... 'Excuse me, miss, could you rub 
my stomach and chest so that I can digest my lunch properly?  And if your 
hands happen to wander, well ...'" *giggle*

>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>R. Cody Buchmann                         
>  "ArchTeryx"   

---<--<-{@ | "I believe that before all else, I am a reasonable human being,
Elizabeth  | just as you are -- or, at all events, that I must try and 
	   | become one." _A Doll's House_, Henrik Ibsen
From: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: No subject
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:42:36 GMT
Organization: Bedroom Software :-)

MonTemplar goes WYSIWYG!!
This is a test message sent my me using TP2USN, an addon that 
converts messages from Wigwam, the Offline Reader that I use for CIX, 
into a form that can be posted via Demon.
There's another utility, USN2TP, to do the reverse operation.

"So what?"  Well, Wigwam runs under Windows - the TP stands for 
Telepathy, the DOS-based parent of Wigwam (TP - TeePee - Wigwam, 
geddit?)  Which means I can read my Usenet messages in nice 
proportionally-spaced TrueType fonts (except for when look at Didi's 
graphics - have to switch to a system font for that, otherwise it's 
all a mess).

So, no matter what you may say, it's all Times New Roman to me! :-)

Alan/Kimberley
PS. New sig too!
--
Alan Ralph       | mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Watford, England | aralph@cix.compulink.co.uk
+44 923 230097   | NOT affiliated to any other site of demon.co.uk
AKA Kimberley MonTemplar, sometime poster to alt.callahans !
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: li@Data-IO.COM (Liralen Li)
Subject: Re: Making overtures...
Organization: Data I/O Corporation
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:04:26 GMT


Phee is happily involved with StM making caramel apples.   She's managed to
not only make herself another rather lopsided apple, but even managed to
get NUTS all over it (and, this time, the front of her coveralls as well)
and StM as well.  In fact, StM is rather splotchily blotched with bits of
gold caramel as well...  (well, Lira *SAID* to give StM his share, too!!)

Then she realizes that someone else is interested in her...

>	Chime, chime, chime.
>	Ocelot glances around and notices, apparently for the first
>time, that she has caught Phee's attention.  She opens the M&M's and
>gives the bag a look that clearly says "I'll never be able to eat these
>all myself".

Phee blinks. 

>	Chime, chime, chime.  She tilts her ankle so that the silver
>bells and links catch the light and smiles encouragingly at Phee.
>	Then she waits.
>	Chime, chime, chime.

Phee cocks her head, and then tugs on StM's sleeve.  In a whisper that is
possible loud enough to be heard from the other side of the room, she asks
StM, "Is she O.K.?"  Then a thoughtful, "Hey, Speaker," Phee says softly
while looking at her apple, "you think M&M's would go good on a caramel
apple?"

----
Phee
li@inigo.Data-IO.com
From: rider@geloser.login.qc.ca (Serge Ayotte)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Liralin's Present...
Date: 11 Oct 92 12:34:51 GMT
Organization: Gentleman Loser System, Montreal/Qc/Cdn

li@Data-IO.COM (Liralen Li) writes:

> In article <1992Oct7.025220.29179@tamsun.tamu.edu> rlm7337@tamsun.tamu.edu (I
> >[Inky produces a small grey box, about a foot on each side.  It is tied
> >with a fat grey ribbon.  Inside, Liralen finds a beautiful crystal fish bowl
> >which has an engraving around the rim, only visible when held to the light.
> >If one attempts to chime the bowl, it responds with a haunting resonasence  
> >which is very pleasing to the ear]
> 
> She holds it up to the light to take a better look at the engraving, and
> then tings is lightly and smiles.  "Thank you, Inky." she says.  And fills
> the bowl with water for any of the more water oriented denizens of the
> Place to do with as they like...

From his table, Rider looks up to Liralen (with a big grin on his face
and ask;
"Liralen, I hope that the inscription in not saying 'So long, and thanks
for all the fish', because I don't want to see the dolphins leaves...
   ;-) "

He then dones is mirrorshades, type a few keys and he funny looking
thuings appears in the XWindows momenterely (sp?), it looks like a big
green smiling balloon that sticking it's thong (sp?) out with it's 2
hands wiggling where the hears should be.... It is then replaced by a
book that on its cover says it big friendly letter DON'T PANIC... At
that also fades to go back to the original representation that was in
the windows...

Rider turns around smiling and chuckling while exchanging his 'shades
for his normal glasses...

Matrix Rider
Serge Ayotte

Old MacDonald had a computer, with EIA I/O...
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Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:07:32 -0400 
From: "Steven M. Stadnicki" <ss7m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Why 9! = 362,880

Steve smiles at Alfvaen's comment about the Gamma function.  "Quite true.
And the more you look, the more you find that the connections you've
enumerated lead to other connections, which go deeper, and deeper, etc...
There's just so much there, and so many beautiful equations and concepts
connecting things.  As far as I'm concerned, mathematics is definitely an
art; of course, a lot of people, including many artists -- and many
mathematicians -- would disagree with me..."
Steve notes the blank stares starting to form, and quickly shuts up, before he
glazes over most of the place.  He flags down a stoa-- err, walks briefly up
to the bar and asks Mike for a mug of hot cider with a cinnamon stick, then
brings it back to his table and sips it contemplatively, wishing he were
somewhere where the weather really warranted hot cider.

                              Steven Stadnicki
                              ss7m@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: WildCard's new address
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:43:28 GMT



>WildCard goes over to the bulliten board and posts a quick notes.

>"Folks, I've moved as of today.  I can now be reached at wgarmil@std.world.com
>(instead of my various ULowell addresses).  I'll only log in on the weekends,
>but I will be active again.

>"God it feels good to be back!"
>                                               WildCard


"and it is good to have you back, wildcard...."  kitten bounces over
for another hug

--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"perhaps _any_ universe becomes real in proportion 
to the number of people who believe in it and spend time there." s. robinson
From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: BAH! HUMBUG!
Date: 15 Oct 1992 19:21:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: seurat.wag.caltech.edu

Abner, who has been unable to post or send email (except for a few bits that
got out - the connection to the server crashes every five to ten minutes)
decides to try yet again ...

Sayeth the grinning green demon:
>Deck the halls with bulbs of garlic! falalalala, lalalala
>For the vampire soon will frolic! falalalala, lalalala
>Don we now our silver crosses! falala, lalala, lalala
>So we'll cut down on our losses! falalalala, lalalala

Silent knight, holey knight,
Completely dead, not so bright
His wife widowed, an orphaned child,
His castle falls, his lands become wild
Feudalism sti-inks!  Feudalism stinks!
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph)
ReplyTo: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Subject: Me any my big mush!
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.18 $
Organization: Chez MonTemplar, Redunser
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:27:57 +0000

"Just finished removing TP2USN and USN2TP from my setup. Ack! Gave me serious
grief last night, stopping me from uploading messages to CIX. Anyhow, I'm
back to my usual news proggy CPPNEWS now. It ain't brilliant, but it works."

MonTemplar has to order a pint of Beamish from Mike to cool down with.
"Ahhh.. that's better!"

"Been playing Wing Commander on-and-off last week. Amazing graphics, but
murder to fly, no matter what device I use :-( Got the official hint book
today, so maybe I can make some headway on this..."

"Also, I took delivery today of a new modem - v32bis/v42bis, the works. The
difference is *HUGE*! Should go a long way to bringing down my phone bill..."

"More news some other time, right now it's time for bed... ZZZZZzzzzzz"
--
Alan Ralph, AKA Kimberley MonTemplar (when in alt.callahans)
aralph@cix.compulink.co.uk  OR  mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Cominatcha' c/o Demon Internet Services - Internet for a tenner a month!
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu (Lydia Uribe)
Subject: Re: visiting LA at the end of February (was Re: In honor of...)
Organization: Claremont Shelter for Maladjusted Singers
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 07:16:40 GMT

Snark writes:

>Snark is talking...
>>>"...and decided that I'll most likely check out the warmest of the
>>> Left Coast climes at that time."
>
>>StM looks (what else?) confused.  "You mean you're going to visit
>>Grant down in San Diego?" he asks.
>
>Snark chuckles.  "No, though I suppose I may wind up taking a day trip
>there, or something.  Beats me.  Is the weather signficantly different
>in SD vs. LA?  I'd assume they're pretty much identical, though
>quite different from Bay area weather."

Soprano is shamelessly eavesdropping (look out below! ;-).  "Not much
difference between San Diego and Los Angeles weather, at least at the
coast.  At least, I don't *think* there is -- Grant, you want to check me on
this one?"

>>[STM] turns serious for a moment and cautions, "Los Angeles in late
>>February can get pretty chilly (well, not compared to Chicago [or is
>>it Michigan?  Your sig and your return address don't match], of
>>course).
>
>"Michigan, most of the time, although my old Chicago account (likely to
>be killed with extreme prejudice soon) is better for reading and posting.
>I suspect LA will be significantly warmer than here at that time, yes!"
>
>>Be prepared for temperatures in the 40s, or, better still, ask about
>>the weather just before setting out."

"Hey, StM, Pasadena isn't *that* much colder than Claremont, and here we're
usually in the high 50's to low 60's during the days in February.  Nights
are another matter -- we'll drop into the 40's regularly, and last winter
(or was it the winter before?) the fish pond in our back patio had a
1/8-inch layer of *ice* on it several mornings running...."

>"Hmmm... guess my friends lied to me then.  They promised at least 50s. :)"

"No, I think they're right.  Maybe StM needs a heavier fur coat? ;-)"

					Soprano

"You're more than beginning -- you're learning to fly;
 You feel like you're falling, but it passes in time...."
			"From Me to You", Janis Ian
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| Soprano (Lydia M. Uribe)                      uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu |
| Claremont, CA                                         uribe@HMCVAX.BITNET |
|           Cats, quilts and diving -- what more could anyone ask?          |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green)
Subject: Re: Grrr...
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 23:15:51 GMT

In article <1b37ecINN9a2@gap.caltech.edu> lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
->Just one of the many reasons I prefer VMS.

I suppose I could insert my own observation on this one:

I know several people who swear by VMS.
I know more people who swear *at* VMS.
-- 
dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu				   David "Mishael" Green
		    Have you scritched your local Furry today?
***********************Who ordered the muon? -- I. I. Rabi**********************
	    Unix and the world Unix with you; VAX and you VAX alone.
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Another Introduction
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:51:34 GMT
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <Bvuo9M.1IJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
=steven confuses kitten:
=
=>>"...i was only born in 1955!"
=
=>"What?  You mean you're from some 10^5587+ years in our future?  That's some
=> *serious* time travelling..."
=
=>(No, I am *not* going to write out 1955! in full.  I may be bored, and getting
=>tired and silly, but I'm not *that* bored, tired or silly...)
=
=
="well....you are confusing"  kitten grins...."maybe it is because it
=is 5:35 in the a.m., but i don't get it....of course, if it is math...

=well, i can't do math 'cause i fell on my head.  so there!"

Since he started this, StM explains, "I'm afraid it is math.  The exclamation
point means you're supposed to multiply the number by one less by one less, and
so on, 'til you get to one.  For example, in your post yesterday, you referred
to 9! years!.  Well, to those of us who do math, 9! means 9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2,
where the * means multiply.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Another Introduction
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:46:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.192626.4263@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov> rich@theophilus.msfc.nasa.gov writes:
>The Troll crawls out from under the cozy table--
>
>Hey--I resemble that remark--
>
>Just because I'm as old as Television--
>
>Go Figure---

     "Well, I would say that there are at least 3 Callahaners older than
I am. Nick Chopper being one of them. I remember when TVs became available
for purchase. My mother bought one in 1952. It had a 26" or 27' screen and
we got 2 channels, and at night we could barely see a third one... Buffallo
Bob and Howdy Doody ! In some ways I miss those times, and in other ways I
am glad they are gone forever..." Dreamy Jim.
 
-- 
 Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science
 jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
  "Is it the weekend yet ?" me :-)
From: uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu (Lydia Uribe)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Words
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:04:02 GMT
Organization: Claremont Shelter for Maladjusted Singers

In article <1992Oct15.084719.7012@cheshire.oxy.edu> ac@cheshire.oxy.edu (Aileen Cho) writes:

>  No dudes, no interesting combos, just a Korean California girl with a 
>pseudo Valleygirl-Latina-stuffy English major accent, depending where I
>am.  

"Hey, Deadrunner -- long time no see!  Welcome back!!"

					Soprano

"You're more than beginning -- you're learning to fly;
 You feel like you're falling, but it passes in time...."
			"From Me to You", Janis Ian
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| Soprano (Lydia M. Uribe)                      uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu |
| Claremont, CA                                  uribe@hmcvax.claremont.edu |
|           Cats, quilts and diving -- what more could anyone ask?          |
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Another Introduction
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 13:02:15 GMT

Kitten writes:
>>StM nominates Kitten for the position of Most Ancient Coot of Callahans.  "Wow! 
>>9! years!  That's a LONG time! 362880 years!  Are you related to Lazarus Long?"
>
>"hey....i resemble that remark....besides there lots of coots in
>callahans who are older than  i am....i was only born in 1955!"
>kitten tries to look indignant and fails miserably  :)

    "Well, yes. Kitten is not the oldest person here, but then neither am I !"
DJ. :-) :-)

     I think there are 3 or 4 people older than I am... :-)

       Ooops ! I mean there are 3-4 Callahaners who are older than I am...

-- 
 Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science
 jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
  "Is it the weekend yet ?" me :-)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Damien Saunders)
Subject: Re: Light In The Tunnel
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 10:28:33 GMT

u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Damien Saunders) writes:

>aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey) writes:

>>Alfvaen yells, "A round for the house on me!"  There is a considerable stir at
>>this, because Alfvaen's never bought a round before.  (Well, maybe nobody's
>>noticed this previously...)

>>"I got a call yesterday from a company called Sequiter Software in Edmonton.
>>(Yes, it is misspelt that way.)  I sent them a resume in response to an ad at
>>the University back in August, with an August 31 application deadline.  I heard
>>nothing from them until yesterday.

>>"They want me to come in for an interview on Thursday.

>>"Maybe I'm counting my chickens before they're hatched, but this is the first
>>interview I've gotten so far, so I'll just get my hopes up, if you don't mind.
>>Thank you.

>>"It'll probably be working with Windows stuff, mostly, since the 'recommended'
>>skills for the job included C, C++, Visual Basic, and Windows programming
>>experience.  I have C, and I'm reading upon C++.  I also have Basic(after many
>>years with my Apple ][+, like about 8-10 years...), and I've seen Windows once
>>or twice.

>>"They also overlooked(I hope)my lack of a Comp.Sci. degree.  So I might not
>>have to go back to school next fall and try to get one.  (Although I might at
>>some point in the future.)

>>"More info as I get it.  In the meantime--"  Mike hands him a Wildberry Vodka
>>Cooler.  "To a possible end to the job search!  And to getting my hopes up!"

>><<Crash!>>
>Alfvaen, i hope that you get this job.
>'Mike a "snake bite" please"
>"To being gainfully employed"

><<crash!>>
Another case of self quoting to get the message out.
Sorry, Damien.

--
"The best defence against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off."
                British Army Journal 1949
Damien Saunders (Gunnar Njalsson SCA) Email:u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: Making overtures...
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:13:56 GMT

trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:

>kitten just giggles and sticks her tongue out...."sounds good to
>me...and we promise to not bite you.... too hard...."

Splash calls out from a corner:  "Watch out StM!  Felines like ankles
especially ... keep 'em covered!"

--
***************************** Michael van Keulen *************************** 
* Snail: School of BES - Biology         e-mail: keulen@murdoch.edu.au     *
*        Murdoch University              phone:  ++ 61 (09) 360-2843 (work)*
*        Murdoch WA 6150  AUSTRALIA              ++ 61 (09) 417-3902 (home)*
*************************** "To Love is to _LIVE_!" ************************
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: this is all so subjective
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:23:03 GMT

clhoerth@david.wheaton.EDU (Cathe L Hoerth) writes:

>	On the topic of colorful language, the other day I came up with
>"Asking me for advice about a relationship is like asking a vegetarian
>how to fix a steak."  No offense to the vegetarians in the Place, of
>course.

No problem ... my better half reckons the meat cooking is best left to her (and
she admits she has problems boiling potatoes!).  Goes with the territory I
s'pose  :-)

Splash!

--
***************************** Michael van Keulen *************************** 
* Snail: School of BES - Biology         e-mail: keulen@murdoch.edu.au     *
*        Murdoch University              phone:  ++ 61 (09) 360-2843 (work)*
*        Murdoch WA 6150  AUSTRALIA              ++ 61 (09) 417-3902 (home)*
*************************** "To Love is to _LIVE_!" ************************
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