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From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Baseball
Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:30:42 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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In a previous article, torkel@SICS.SE () says:

>  I abstain from pointing out the obvious flaws in this suggestion, since
>it's clear that the whole thing has gone out of hand. Baseball is a
>pestilential pastime, an endless source of mindless metaphors and witless
>anecdotes.
>
Thus spoken by a man who has no idea what he's talking about.  Ever been to a 
*real* ball game, Torkel?  At Fenway, not one of those big parks?
Thought not.  Baseball is a chess match with live pieces and better rules.
It's also a heck of a lot more exiting.  
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From: bsinger@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bayla Singer)
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Date: 8 Jan 93 04:02:21 GMT
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Tsk, tsk.  This old jewess knew about 'give us this day our daily bread...'
and had the old light bulb go on in midair (AHA! Bread = staff of life).

However, I'm told there's a marvelous old Indian injunction, that if one has
only a loaf of bread, one should sell half of it and purchase a flower, to
nourish the soul.

Surely, any self-respecting mystic may be excused for not realizing that
a -material- staff of life was called for!

--bayla
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In a previous article, Fizzy the Fribble () says:

>> That must have been a rhetorical question, because you already know the
>> answer.  No.
>
>I know.....Anyway, anyone who is seriously on the Uk-net knows me as
>Fizzy, so Fizzy I might remain.
>
Maybe - but most of *us* are on the other side of the Atlantic - no
British posessions in North America any more, chum.  The Carribbean, maybe,
but not here.  There is a French one, come to think of it....

>> pushing up daisies for five weeks before you log in again.:-(
>C'est la vie....I wonder for how long you will be off tho.
>
Forever, possibly.  The odds seem to point that way.:-(
I shouldn't have lasted this long.

>
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:53:32 EST
From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Subject:      Gleanings (74)
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Thanks to Brad, I now have a copy of the Gleanings.

Akio, you're welcome.  After so many situations in which innocent people
have been murdered with handguns (the mass murder in Illinois is just the
latest:  7 people were murdered in a restaurant during a robbery), the
time is long overdue for people to say "Stop the killing!"  It just breaks
my heart to see so many young people killed.

Dr. Kevorkian (also known as Dr. Death) helps people commit suicide.  He
has lost his license to practice medicine in Michigan and is coming to Ohio.

Evelyn
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:32:51 -0600
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      ankles
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Harwell, how is your ankle?  All better, I hope.  I'm particularly
conscious of ankles right now, since I injured mine Christmas shopping
(right, I'm one of *those* shoppers).  Because of complications with
arthritis, I've been using a cane for a week now (wonderful weapons
potential for dealing with unruly high school rowdies!) and using a
wheelchair at school.  This is NOT the way I planned to start the New Year!
ndh
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From:         Emily Horning <IZZYOL9%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: The burning fiery furnace

> > >ones built on slabs have them in those fake closet thingies.  Except in a
> > >few Victorian or other relatively old [for the US] houses, the heating vent
s
> > >are all in the floor or along the baseboard.
> > Mine are in the ceiling.  I admit that this is unusual, though.
>
> I think I missed the beginning of this.  Are we talking about heating vents?
> What's unusual about their being in the ceiling.  That's where they almost
> always are, isn't it?

Mine are on the wall, near the ceiling.

>   -- Natalie (maynor@CS.msstate.edu)

Emily
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dual Croning on 19 March
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>   Dear Natalie, CroneMistress Susan, and potential celebrants:
>
> I just made my weekly call to sister Kay in Amory, MS and raised the
> question with her of celebrating her 50th birthday with Natalie.  She
> was enthusiastic (actually a little pitiful -- "nobody here will do
> anything").  I mentioned Starkville or New Orleans; no problem, she said,
> for she will be on spring break the week in which Friday, 19 March falls.
> She even had another suggestion:  a Mississippi riverboat.  That might not
> brad

If this is the *same* sister that shows up in that .gif, I may have to
postpone my trip to NO until March 19.  This sounds more promising than
talking about Benito Perez Galdos in the Monteleone Hotel in February.
Is this person <available>???????
--ggs (not with my *seester* you don't..... right, JMW?????)
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Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:32:18 EST
From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Happy Birthday, Baby
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Elvis would have been -- what? -- 58 today if he were still alive.  Don't
forget your stamps.  They go on sale at 12:01 pm EST.

Anyone else willing to confess that they ordered the Elvis souvenir
package from the Postal Service?

brad
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From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Three-key Sequence Nonsense
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>> Because all good things come to those who wait...
>>
>> G
>
>Don't bet on it.  Do the instructions say *how long* one has to wait?
>doris

Try six years...

love, judith :-)
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:07:03 -0600
Reply-To:     Nancy Harwood <harwood@tenet.edu>
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Gleaning: Xtian
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 >
> Well, I think this is really very funny, even though I am a Christian
> and not ashamed of it.  Even though, however, this is very funny,
> in fact I am ROFL, your mamma ought to wash your mouth out with
> soap made from a sacred cow.
> --ggs (where *is* nan when we need her?)

I've been here all along, Gilbert, ROFL just like you.
ndh
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Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 13:08:04 EST
From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Elvis laughing
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My favorite Elvis recording is a tossup between "U.S. Male" and "I Believe
in the Man in the Sky".  But there's no contest when it comes to special-
interest or novelty tunes:  the August 1969 Las Vegas-lounge version of
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?".   Widely anthologized by now and readily
available, it has him singing the lyric

    Do the chairs in your parlor
       Seem empty and bare?
    Do you gaze at your body
       And wish you had hair?

then dissolving in cleansing laughter.  All the while, the backup singers
are crooning, waiting for him to pull himself together.  He can't do it.
The band crescendoes, and Elvis says, "Fourteen years right down the drain.
Boy, I tell you...."  Elvis laughs.

brad
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:31:00 PST
From:         Emily Horning <IZZYOL9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Message For Karen
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> I've been trying to reply to a note from you, Karen, but something screwy
> is going on.  The ELL23 keeps turning into ELL2300, which keeps causing it
> to bounce back with the message "This userid is not a valid user on our
> system."  No time to explore the mystery right now.  I meant to log off at
> least an hour ago.  The note that keeps bouncing isn't crucial.  It's a
> comparison of Karsten and Bernard.  :-)

I thought her address was LL23 (no E) - at least that's the address I've been
sending mail to; it's worked so far. But they don't seem to be reading much
mail lately...

>    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

Emily (we may be making phone calls Thursday :)  )
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
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>   I had hoped the name might come to me in a dream, but when I woke
>   up all I had was ... Bernie Taupin.  I assume Baldry and Elton were
>   figures from the 50s/60s British R&B scene?

Don't know anything about Mr. Elton.  More knowledgeable folks may correct me,
but I believe Long John Baldry was John Mayall's mentor.

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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:29:28 CST
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>Eventually they do, but first they empty into the Persian Gulf which then
>flows into the Arabian Sea before reaching the Indian Ocean.

Just an aside, but how accurate is it to say this? What can one mean by
the statement that the Persian Gulf flows into the Arabian Sea? Anyway,
what is the word on the dynamics of ocean water?

tushar
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Subject: Dual Croning on 19 March
Date: 9 Jan 93 15:44:09 GMT
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  Dear Natalie, CroneMistress Susan, and potential celebrants:

I just made my weekly call to sister Kay in Amory, MS and raised the
question with her of celebrating her 50th birthday with Natalie.  She
was enthusiastic (actually a little pitiful -- "nobody here will do
anything").  I mentioned Starkville or New Orleans; no problem, she said,
for she will be on spring break the week in which Friday, 19 March falls.
She even had another suggestion:  a Mississippi riverboat.  That might not
work, I said, even as images of The Eola Hotel in Natchez played around in
my mind.  Then I began circumspectly to use the words "crone" and "croning"
and could tell they are not part of her active vocabulary.  I felt I had
to come clean about this aspect of the birthday party, but my explanation
was rather lame:  "You see, Kay, many contemporary women, as a way of
fully embracing their maturity instead of lamenting the stereotypical
associations of the second half of life, go through this celebratory
ritual.  I'm not sure what all's involved, but -- trust me -- you will
have expert guides."   This merely piqued her curiosity, I am happy to
relate.  She told me to confirm her participation and set the wheels in
motion.  So back to you all....

brad
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:01:52 GMT
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Another bodily injury and plans for Thai food
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        Thai food, which had been intermittently discussed, was tabled as a
        non-doable item
        Perhaps tomorrow.

Actually Fizzy turned up late and she's gone out for the Thai meal after all.
Oh shit: I've just realised I didn't tell her where the restaurant is!  I hope
she finds one - i only know of 1 Thai place and it's a bit off the tourist beat.

G
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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:17:51 -0600
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: The burning fiery furnace
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>
> We know who to blame for that too - cheap building contractors.:-)  People
> here often have the same problem during the summer.  We usually can manage to
> cool the place off, it just takes some doing.:-)  Do they have big attic fans
> down there?  We used to have one before it died, and Judith still does.  I'd
> think in a climate like yours they'd be a necessity.

When I was growing up, I would have thought an attic fan was
*wonderful*...now, if somebody told me I had to live in Houston with an
attic fan instead of air conditioning, my response would be both profane
and hysterical during the whole time I was packing to LEAVE!  Besides,
an attic fan would mean (shudder!) leaving the windows *open* here in
allergy city.
ndh
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Date:         Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:14:41 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Croning suggestion
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Why don't y'all have it here in Edinburg. That way it would cost me next
to nothing to go, and everyone could party in Mexico afterwards. I bet the
greyhound track would even honor us by listing the newly-croned honorees
on the scoreboard during halftime.

-abh
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Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:37:30 -0600
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: The burning fiery furnace
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> Mine are in the ceiling itself, but I think I've seen them in the wall just
> below the ceiling also.  I can't ever remember seeing them any lower than
> that -- unless we go back to the old days of floor furnaces, of course.
>   -- Natalie (maynor@CS.msstate.edu)
>      borrowing Bernard's account until Ra is up again

The first year we lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, we lived in a rather
drafty garage apartment, and I remember the heat vent was in the floor in
the living room...I spent quite a bit of time *sitting* on it, wrapped in
a blanket, that first winter...I'd never lived where there were below 0
temperatures before!  Come to think of it, our first house in Alabama had
heating vents in the floor, even though I'm sure the furnace lived in a
closet in the hall.  I remember the floor vents vividly because the
children poked quite a bit of silverware down them.
ndh
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:10:10 -0600
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Silence...
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> >
> Hello Doris.  I thought premature senility was the province of us younger
> types.  Guess not.:-)
> --
I think I've got a corner on this particular market - haven't noticed
anyone else exhibiting signs of senility.  Even brother giggles is only
forgetful in a convenient way.

doris
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:59:00 EST
From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Words-L Weekly Digest
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>   >This *blows* my *mind*!!!!  What could be worse than being left out
>   >of brad's Weekly Digest?????  *What*???  I challenge anyone on this
>   >list to name *one* thing that is worse.  Just *one* *thing*!!!!!
>
>   Being <giggled> at until one collapses screaming.
>   Do I win a prize?

Unless someone comes up with a funnier one than that (which I doubt)
you definitely will win a prize.  Another mysterious prize... oh
goodie.
--ggs
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Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:54:48 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: New Orleans
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> >Easter weekend will be a long weekend for some people.  That might be a
> >good time.
> What weekend is this?

The weekend that's a little over six weeks after Mardi Gras.  :-)
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 12:50:36 -0600
From:         Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Gleaning: Xtian
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On Tue, 5 Jan 1993, Joan Boorstein wrote:

> Both Susan and Graham have mentioned the 'Xtians' -- some sort of religious
> group.  More info please.

Sure...

The Xtians are a bizarre cult of relatively recent origin.  They have
taken the age-old seasonal sacrifical king metaphor literally as an
integral part of their theology, and for many years they practiced
symbolic ritual cannibalism in the form of eating the body and drinking
the blood of their deity.  Some less primitive sects abolished this
doctrine, but they still hold many of the superstitions of their
predecessors (one of the most unusual being that they anthropomorphize the
supreme being as male and male only).

Although the primary peculiarity of this cult seems to be their insistence
upon the literalness of the above-mentioned metaphor, they have also been
known for their mysogyny and for their strange habit of believing that
every human must join this cult for his or her own good.  They have even
been known to persecute those who cling to the older, more-established
religions, and there have even been incidents of their wiping out large
numbers of people in the name of their deity.  (That in itself is
something common to all religions, but the conundrum is that this deity in
whose name they have slaughtered so many was, in his own words, one of peace.)

Like most cults, it will probably run its course in an again relatively
short space of time.  In the meantime, the members are easy to spot; they
usually have fish on their car, crosses around their necks and an almost
indefatigable urge to otherwise let you know who they are.

What's more, many of them may show little humor at my answer... :)

>
> Joan

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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: London Bridge
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On Sat, 9 Jan 1993, gilbertsmith wrote:

> I submit, from experience, that *nothing* is too insignificant to
> bother Words-L about, unless maybe it has to do with <gt>'s knack
> for screwing up the .gif capabilities of .ra.

Yo, homes, *I* made that .gif...

And speaking of which: coming soon--another slew of gifs from BWP's
scanner, inclusing perhaps the elusive Fizzy the Fribble and a *real
mortice key*.

-abh
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Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:09:15 -0800
From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: We who are about to die . . .
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From: "Ruth M. Hanschka" <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>

> to do a proper job on the corpse.  We could just flame the poor sucker into
> a pile of glowing [green] ashes....  It would save shoveling....  We could
> just scatter the ashes into the computer center ventilating ducts.

To quote a geologist friend of mine, "I like those sediments."

Peter
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In a previous article, harwood@TENET.EDU (Nancy Harwood) says:

>Carolyn, if I am in the centre I can choose anything, right?  Then I guess
>I'll take entertainment.
>ndh
>
Just btw, my parents had the Wheel of <eccch> on today.  The usual lame
assortment of contestants got a puzzle spelling out "first talking movie",
and none of them knew what it was....  I'll assume you do, though, if you're
willing to try E questions.:-)

Carolyn, make mine Science&Nature when we get that far.
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From:         Joan Boorstein <jboor@RA.CS.UMB.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Gleaning: Xtian
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After reading the responses, I felt slightly stupid that I was unable
to figure it out myself.  However, Susan, your response more than made
up for it -- almost made me glad I asked it.  Like others, I ROFL.

Joan
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Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:22:41 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Three-key Sequence Nonsense
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> Aren't these keys common IBM PCs and their clones?

I've used many, many, many different keyboards on IBM PCs and their clones
during the past five years and have never seen a key that said PF.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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