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Subject: Re: Who invented the airplane?
From: frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Clement)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 09:05:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Private System

jfreter@triton.unm.edu writes in article <q2cmq=-@lynx.unm.edu>:
> 
> I don't think that this question'll ever be answered.  So, I have a better
> one: Who invented the paper airplane?
> 

The paper airplane was invented by Craig Shergold, a young English boy with 
incurable fame who is trying to get his name in the Guinness Book of Records
as the person who has donated the most paper to a local recycling depot.

You can help make his wish come true by wrapping up a ream of unused A4 
photocopier paper and mailing it to:

 Copy Papers 'R Us
  666 Lower Snopes Lane
  Kiborough
  England 17-23-FRAUD

--
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                  frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz  SNEWS/2,  UUPC 1.11q)
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From: jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc)
Subject: Re: Cat colouration (was Re: Egg Creams)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:13:42 GMT

ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder) writes:


>ObFact: A male calico is an XXY and is sterile.

Would you call them "Felinefelters" then? :)
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: ME-163 Komet
Followup-To: alt.folklore.urban
Date: 30 Jul 1992 19:47:26 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, Ca.
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In article <1992Jul28.211829.3947@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
rcnixon@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (russell.nixon) writes:

>Well, after lurking for over two years, I'm finally posting a message.
>The ME-163 Komet was a rocket propelled tailless delta.  The motor was a
>Walther bi-propellent rocket engine.  

The Komet wasn't a delta; it had conventional (for today, although not
for the Forties) swept wings.  A delta wing is triangular, resembling the
Greek letter of the same name.  The Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the
Avro Vulcan are talless delta designs, for example, while the MiG-21 is 
a tailed delta.  (The latter configuration is relatively unusual.)

Also, Walt(h)er is a Czechoslovakian concern these days.  I've always 
wondered whether the present company has any connections with the
wartime German firm, or if the name is coincidental.



Geoff


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Subject: Re: NetNews/CD - USENET News Available
From: hugh@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Hugh Grierson)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 21:46:42 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
Keywords: locksmith door

In article <1992Jul29.012649.25775@news.columbia.edu> lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
>In article <2328@israel.nysernet.org> warren@nysernet.org writes:
>[nice description of the cutout of the CD case deleted]
>
>I assume they serve the same function as cutout records.  Now can someone
>explain the business reason why both records and CD's are cut at all?
>Apparently, the mechanism that qualifies this is fairly consistent.  Are
>any other media cut out for this specific reason?  (45's, Laser-discs?, DAT?
>DCC?, sheet music?)

Newspapers (and magazines) have their title on the cover cut out and returned
to the publishers for a credit in lieu of returning the whole paper.  I don't
think that the remaining paper can be sold however.

Hugh
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From: njs@scifi.uucp (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Subject: Re: How many ways to make a Whopper<r>?
Organization: Nick Simicich, Peekskill, NY
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:45:49 GMT

In article <6929.2A69A7F1@psycho.fidonet.org> jra@f160.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jay Ashworth) writes:

>   "On the board" (cut in half (at least 50% of BK cashiers will look at you
>                   funny on this one...))

20 years ago, this was called 'separated', at least in the Virginia/DC area.


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From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: A Man, A Woman, A Bed, and Handcuffs (was Anyone heard this one?)
Date: 23 Jul 1992 14:38:42 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
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In article <1992Jul23.95201.7195@ms.uky.edu> fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis) 
	writes:
  
  +I'm sure I read a story last year (here? my mind is a sieve) about a
  +couple who were engaged in some kind of sex play where the wife was
  +tied to the bedstead and the husband had some dumb thing or another
  +put him out of commission. A couple of days of screaming for help
  +and a lifetime of cringing at the sight of rope followed for the woman.
  +
  +I could have read it here, but I believe it was in the local paper. 

Well, there's a line in the FAQ list where there's a woman who's bound
to a bed and her husband is found in the closet dressed in a superhero's
costume with a broken leg.

Incidentally, I heard an interview with Stephen King on National 
Public Radio's _Fresh Air_ yesterday where he notes that his new 
novel (entitled _Gerald's Cabin_ or something like that) uses a 
similar motif.  He said that it begins with a couple who lives in 
a remote cabin in the woods.  They like to engage in bondage, though
the woman begins to tire of it.  One day, the woman is handcuffed to
the bed and the husband somehow croaks, so there she is, bound to a 
bed in a cabin out in the woods.


Terry "Kinda peaceful out there..." Chan 
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From: stirling@ozrout.uucp (Stirling Westrup)
Subject: Re: Moxie, submarines (was: Re: Prince Albert in a can?!?)
Organization: Andre P. Ozrout
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:27:09 GMT

pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Montykins) writes
>In article <1992Jul17.194024.16923@pixel.kodak.com> polvino@ssd.kodak.com (Joe Polvino) writes:
>>
>>Question is, when you go to a McDonalds in New England and look up on
>>the menu boards, do they have "Milkshake" on there?  And when you get
>>one of these "Milkshakes" is it the local version of a milkshake (i.e.,
>>milk and syrup), or is it a standard milkshake (thick milk-ice cream
>>mush)???
>
>McDonald's doesn't serve "milkshakes" anywhere. They serve "shakes".
>And, considering there's no milk, exactly how much ice cream do you
>think you'll get?
>

A number of years ago, when I was in Adelaide, Australia I stopped at a
kiosk to buy a milkshake.  To my horror, what I got was a 12 oz container
of milk with a shot-glass worth of ice cream, and a large amount of syrup,
all shaken together.  It was cold, but that was about all that it had going
for it.  I quickly discovered that if I wanted a milkshake with more than a
hint of ice-cream, I would have to order a thickshake.  Those, however,
were damn good.

Two days later I went into a Mom & Pop type restaurant and ordered an
all-dressed hamburger.  It arrived with 4 toppings: 1) Ham, 2) Beet Root,
3)a Fried Egg, and 4) Mustard or Catsup, I forget which.

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From: spg@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Stephen P. Guthrie)
Subject: Re: Bear eats child's face
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:50:54 GMT

In article <13080052@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jeffa@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Alley) writes:
>
>Supposedly there was a family that was traveling through Yellowstone park
>and they had a young child with them.  Several people were stopped feeding
>the bears along a road. The father of the child wanted to get a picture
>of his kid with a bear. He wanted a special picture so he got the brilliant
>idea that if he smeared honey on the kid's cheek, the bear would come up
>and lick it off and he'd get a great picture of a bear licking his son's
>face. The bear had other idea though, and bit instead of licked and the
>child lost a good portion of the side of his face.
>

Did the kid die? If so this must be a snuff film.

By the way, how did the pictures turn out?



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From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
Class: misc
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:35:50 GMT

In article <CB.92Jul23171934@tamarack13.timbuk> cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes:
>This is confused.  You're muddling the difference between "I don't believe
>in God" and "I believe there is no God".  One position states the question
>is indeterminate, the other states a position on one side.  Remember,
>"don't believe" doesn't mean "disbelieve".

Well, I've read your explanation, and I still think this is a moot point.
In my worldview, these are the same statement.   Whatever difference
you perceive between them has no meaning in the real world.  No matter
which of these views you take, your life and relationship to god are
the same, ie. you have no relationship to god.  You don't worship, go
to church or change your behaviour in any way that is based on the
existence of a god.


Agnostics are not theists.  As far as I am concerned that makes them
athiests in thought and deed.

In all their behavior they are MUCH closer to athiests, even the
Objectivist kind, then they are to believers.

I would call myself an athiest.  I have no belief in god and have
good confidence in that belief.  I'm open to new evidence at all times,
but I've spent a lot of time examining the evidence (and my dad has
a Doctor of Divinity, was a very famous preacher and is now an agnostic,
so I've had this evidence from early on in life) and what I've seen
lead me to declare with confidence that I see no reason for belief in god.

But you see, to me "I see no reason for belief in" leads inexorably to
"I do not believe in."   To me they are the same, and that is why an
agnostic and athiest are no different.   An agnostic also sees no reason
for belief in god.   She's much farther from the faithful than from me.
-- 
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From: WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: ME-163 Komet
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:49:39 GMT
 <l7ghqeINNrh5@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

In article <l7ghqeINNrh5@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM
(Geoff Miller) says:
>
>In article <1992Jul28.211829.3947@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
>rcnixon@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (russell.nixon) writes:
>
>>Well, after lurking for over two years, I'm finally posting a message.
>>The ME-163 Komet was a rocket propelled tailless delta.  The motor was a
>>Walther bi-propellent rocket engine.
>
>The Komet wasn't a delta; it had conventional (for today, although not
>for the Forties) swept wings.  A delta wing is triangular, resembling the
>Greek letter of the same name.  The Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the
>Avro Vulcan are talless delta designs, for example, while the MiG-21 is
>a tailed delta.  (The latter configuration is relatively unusual.)
>
>Also, Walt(h)er is a Czechoslovakian concern these days.  I've always
>wondered whether the present company has any connections with the
>wartime German firm, or if the name is coincidental.
>
Not truly tailless, the Me-163 Komet did have a vertical stabilizer
(a rudder) yet lacked horizontal stabilizers.  A true rocket propelled
craft that predated the X-1 by some 10 years.  Besides sporting the, for
the time, novel tail structure it also lacked landing gear using a belly-
skid for take-offs and God knows what for landings.

When loaded with its volatile cargo of propellants (oxidizer and reducer) it
presented its pilot with the unparalleled challenge of getting off the ground
in a winged bomb without wheels.  Not all crazy WWII pilots were in the USAAF.
Most of the fatalities attributed to the Komet not surprisingly occured upon
take-off.

When airborne the planes were spunky little devils with a +500kt top speed but
about 30 minutes worth of fuel.  They often overflew Allied squadrons closing
at speeds too rapid to be effective while leaving Allied aircrews with a "What
in the Hell was that!" in their headphones.



Brian Waugh                       |    "What's for dinner?"
WAUGH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU    |      Adolph Galland
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:04:32 -0400 
From: Mary Rose Campbell <mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Cat colouration (was Re: Egg Creams)
	<1992Jul17.132934.2858@geovision.gvc.com>

>ObUL: All 'calico' cats are female

Actually, 99%+ of calico cats are female.  One of the coloration genes
is on the X sex chromosome.  In females, one of the X chromosomes in
each cell will curl up and become a barr body.  If you have a white
female cat with a gene on one X chromosome for orange patches and a gene
on the other X chromosome for black patches, since the barr bodies are
randomly arranged (i.e. 50% are from the 'orange' chromosome, 50% from
the 'black' chromosome), you will get a cat with patches of color. 
Occasionally, you will see a male calico due to some sort of mutation.

mrc
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From: howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells)
Subject: Re: "Eat the rich"
Keywords: n
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr. Mtn Vw CA 94035
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 15:09:48 GMT

perry@Unify.Com (Perry Clarke) writes:

<Several years ago there was a movie called Eat The Rich.  I believe that
<it was made in the UK.  I cannot remember what the marketroids picked
<as a logo, though.  Nor can I remember who was in it or what it was about.

<How's that for a vague recollection?  Is there anybody who was paying
<attention at the time who can elaborate?

This film played recently on commercial tv, no doubt in drastically
edited form. Some parts were pretty funny and reminded me somewhat of
Monty Python, particularly the restaurant scene in "The Meaning of
Life". _Eat the Rich_ was very anti-Thatcher, anti-royalty, and
anti-authority in general. The most interesting aspect, for me, was the
series of walkons throughout the movie by people like Paul McCartney,
Bill Wyman, and Koo Stark (Prince Andy's old flame).

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                                        howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov 
                                        howells@earth.arc.nasa.gov
From: anson@netcom.com (Anson Kennedy)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: that'd be in the butt, bob
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:38:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien) writes:

>In article <2+hm-sq.anson@netcom.com> anson@netcom.com (Anson Kennedy) writes:
>>artn@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ellyn Sandor) writes:
>>
>>>	OK, cutting through the noise of what constitutes "proof" or not,
>>>A friend of mine whose truth and memory I trust claim to have seen the
>>>episode.  He estimates the date between 1986 and 1988, not a rerun, and
>[stuff omitted]
>>Also, if it was not a rerun, then it was the "New Newlywed Game," a second
>>incarnation of the show which began in '85 or '86.  According to my TV
>>show encyclopaedia, it was essentially the same as the original *except*
>>they allowed more risque stuff on the air.  Which would make the comment
>>in question even less extraordinary and the censors argument even less
>>likely.

[stuff deleted]

>Mention of the *new* NG gives me a thought: perhaps this thing was a
>UL for a very long time, and the "risque" newNG decided to stage it?

My thoughts exactly.  I'm checking on that possibility now.
-- 

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Secretary of the Georgia Skeptics (but don't even THINK I speak for them!)

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you'll never get desensitized to it."  \                I would have said 'No.'"
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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Subject: Re: Chelsea Clinton Fan Club
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:01:23 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

>Seriously! Those with red hair should NOT wear lavendar headbands with a
>matching dress and white polka-dots on national TV!

Indeed.  The headband should have clashed with the dress, too.


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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: chow mein sandwich
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 19:31:40 GMT

In article <92205.173625CARIAN@auvm.american.edu> RABBI CHARLES ARIAN <CARIAN@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>Nathan's in New York used to sell Chow Mein sandwiches; it was
>chow mein ladled over a hamburger bun. I've no idea if they still
>do so as I haven't been to Nathan's in about a zillion years.

They do, also frog's legs.

cjl

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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Mandatory negatives (was Re: Agnostics and Athiests)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:40:37 GMT

kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin) writes:
: In article ... brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
: 
:    I'm not saying at all that "you don't have to" means "you must not."
: 
:    I'm simply describing the facts.  The people who call themselves
:    agnostics do not believe in god.  They make the very fine point that
:    this is different from the atheist's viewpoint "I believe there is no
:    god."   I understand this difference just fine, thanks.  No need
:    to get insulting.  I just argue that it is not very meaningful.

Maybe the agnostics that you know. Those I know just believe that there is
no way of knowing. Both atheism and theism require an act of faith - either
in the existance or non-existance of a god. Agnosticism does not require 
this faith. 

:    The agnostic when asked, "is there a god?"  might say "I don't know,"
:    rather than "I think not."   SO WHAT?   That's about the only difference.
:    The agnostic does not go to church, or follow any moral code because it was
:    handed down by some god.  The agnostic does not worship or have specific
:    plans for the afterlife or any of the things that distinguish the faithful.

Certainly an agnostic does not go to church because some "god" demands it of
his/her followers. That does not mean that the agnostic does not go to church.
There is nothing to prohibit an agnostic from searching for evidence of a
god - church would be one place to look. The agnostic could also worship and
pray - asking the god, if it indeed existed, for enlightenment.

I am certain you will agree that religion is not necesary for a coherent
and humane moral code.

It is true that an agnostic will probably not believe in an after-life.
However, that does not stop the agnostic from living his/her life in a
manner that he/she believed would qualify him/her for the after life, if
it did indeed exist.

: One distinction I would draw is that the atheists claim there statements are
: about the world (``There is no god'') whereas the agnostic makes claims about
: their beliefs (``I don't believe in God'', or ``I don't know if there is a
: God''; or perhaps the stronger ``It is not possible to know if there is a God
: or not'', which makes claims about knowing beings). This can promote a
: difference in behaviour. Since I haven't explored the question of belief with
: my locals, I can't be sure. (For the record, I'm agnostic.)

I don't see why it would necessarily promote a difference in behavior. That
has more to do with a persons personal moral code and how well they follow
it - rather than their religious beliefs.

Bill
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: generic drugs
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Date: 29 Jul 1992 20:48:25 GMT
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In article <1676@necis.UUCP> dlyons@necis.UUCP (Dave Lyons) writes:

>I see two problems right away.  One, the additives that make the pill
>"a pill" instead of just a bit of powder will be doubled (tripled,
>quadrupled, etc) and that may affect how the medication works. 


I thought pills were just powder compressed in a mold; I didn't know
that any additive was necessary for cohesion.  Are you sure about this?


Geoff


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From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Custard/Silver Spoon Synergy
Summary: Thanks very much for the excuse8-)
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:15:37 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

>From article <1992Jul22.201352.2018@ipsa.reuter.com>, by pki@ipsa.reuter.com (Phil King):
>> My mother-in-law was teaching me how to make custard the other day, and
>> she claimed that it was essential that a rubber spoon be used.  Any one
>> else ever heard of this?  Is there a pseudo-scientific explanation for
>> why this should be so?
>>

another comment suggested perhaps to keep the silver from tarnishing,
but that did'nt seem to happen. perhaps I should not have cleaned up
immediately.

=>I love custard
=>I own a couple of real silver spoons
=>I had yolks leftover from breadmaking
****results?    YUM!

The spoon is perhaps a bit worse for wear, though.  My method calls for
almost constant stirring over a (stainless) double boiler.  The custard
set as well as it ever has, and better than some of my early tries.

I only have two cookbooks with custard recipies, neither mentions anything
about silver.

As always, your mileage may vary - 
I may have just tripled my *cholesterol level*, though...
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From: fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis)
Subject: Re: Barefoot in the park, or anywhere else...
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:48:25 GMT
Organization: Loose Affiliation of Millionaires and Billionaires and Baby

In article <qxqmqkd@lynx.unm.edu> jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes:
>In article <1992Jul31.040416.3182@samba.oit.unc.edu> Chris.Alexander@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Chris Alexander) writes:
>>
>>Yeah, I heard this too. Wasn't it some kind of roundworm? Trichina? No,
>>that's in red meat, isn't it. Hmmmmmm. I certainly don't know anyone with
>>this problem. Slightly off the subject, remember that Startrek move where
>>Khan put those creatures in the people's ears? Nice, juicy brains. Yum.
>>
>
>Well, there is a parasitic worm that can be contracted through walking barefoot
>but it isn't easy.  

Depends on what you mean by "easy". Kids'n'hookworm aren't ham'n'trichinae
but its real easy for a kid running around on a well "fertilized" lawn
to contract an infection.
-- 
Jeff Davis <davis@keats.ca.uky.edu> Repeat after me: