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From: rita@EFF.ORG (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
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Subject: Re: VP debate
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:58:28 GMT
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              Oct 14, 92 4:44 pm

>   An' another theeng -- you can have your senoritas, but you batter
>   stay away from Rita an' -abh, cause I gat my ojos on them!!!

	Ewww.  Get those things *off* me!  Mumble...you'll make me
catch some sort of disease with that kind of behavoir..

Rita
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From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
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Subject:      Re: The debates

>Oy -- what'm I to DO?

>--bayla
        Same as the rest of us, Bayla - cross your fingers and hope for the
best!  Pssst - wanna borrow my <lucky> quarter?  8-)  (Does anyone make
3-sided coins?  Or four...I'm flexible in my protest vote...)  Natalie,
I do by-and-large agree with your assessment; all three stayed in character,
more or less.
Ah, I don't know...  Still another month to go, dammit...  There are times
when I wish I was one of the Party-oids with whom I work [and no prizes for
guessing which party!] who don't have to agonize over this...  Life can be
SO simple when you don't have to confuse yourself with facts!

John "When do I get to vote on a new postmaster?" W.
From: harwood@TENET.EDU (Nancy Harwood)
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> Did anybody ever try to figure out the average or median age of our list
> regulars?  I think we talked about it once.  My very, very rough guess is
> that the average age is somewhere around 40.  Now that Adam is gone
> (only temporarily, thank goodness), do we have any college students left?
>    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

Isn't Lisa in Rhode Island still with us?
ndh
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 11:55:53 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure
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              10 Oct 1992 16:48:00 CDT from <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>

On Sat, 10 Oct 1992 16:48:00 CDT Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815) said:
>> do this, I would appreciate a demonstration at the next List Event.
>Wash with the new bar of soap.  When it's wet, press the old one
>onto the new one.  Your colleague JA Gubert knows the algorithm.

Does this mean that we'll get to see them showering together at the next
ListEvent?  (btw, when the hell is it?)  And if they do, will it be
with or without a <flesh-colored-body-suit>?

dan
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Goetta
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1992 CROSEN@bgsuopie.bitnet wrote:

> I've sampled Oldenberg beer, which is widely available in Kentucky and Ohio.
> Good stuff!  It comes in three varieties, I believe, including a wheat-based
> beer, if I'm not mistaken.

Get this: Sam Adams is now being sold in the Austin/San Antonio area!

-abh
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From:         "(Joan Boorstein)" <boorstein%umbsky.dnet@NS.UMB.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Gleanings (63)
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Marty says:
>I bet you're right about WSJ meaning Wall Street Journal, but I did
>recently post a message about my favorite talk show host, David
>Paul, who works the late shift on WSJ 750 AM in Atlanta.
>
>Marty

and Michael responds:
>Last time I looked, the Atlanta station was WSB and there was no WSJ
>anywhere.  Been WSB since 1922.

I was able to pick up a station in Atlanta late last night at this
frequency and I swore the call letters were not WSJ -- sounded more
like WSB -- thanks, Michael, making me believe my ears -- sometimes I
think they're going .... especially since the reception was none too good.

--- Joan (boorstein%umbsky.dnet@ns.umb.edu)
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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:16:56 BST
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Clinton's letter - skeleton? - nah...
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On Thu, 8 Oct 1992 11:34:00 EST, CROSEN@BGSUOPIE.BITNET wrote:
> better principals these days than Bush has.  His pandering on the capital
> punishment issue is a disgrace; likewise his pandering to the jewish
> vote on the Palestinian question; his failure to strongly address any of

Well, he does get over 80% of his funding from Jewish organisations
doesn't he?  Anyone have access to the statements of where candidates
funding comes from, to check?  (This was something I noticed in Private
Eye the other day which surprised me, and it may be wrong or misleading.)

G
From: EL406041@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
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Date: 14 Oct 92 16:55:19 GMT
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Posted on 14 Oct 1992 at 11:19:38 by (rogers ken x2718)
>I don't give a crap if you have a Phd. I have an MBA and alot
>more business sense. BOTTOM LINE GRAHAM: How much did you make last year?

I didn't realize that VMI had an MBA program!

Karen
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: 99 and 44/100 percent pure
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> .
> Re Rigoletto:  amazingly wonderful production of this opera last
> year on PBS, done by what's-his-name in London who does the updated
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> opera stuff....  A really remarkable production, with everything
> transformed to Chicago-style gangland reality.  Worked very well.
> Much better than the _Don Giovanni_ and _Cosi Fan Tutti_ done in
> a similar way at about the same time on PBS.
> --ggs (have to admit I am a *real* opera fanatic...)

Responding to my own post in my best metatextual fashion, I will
guess:  Jonthan Miller   (??????)  Anybody know for sure?
--ggs
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From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
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Subject:      Scab Gleanings

Uh, may *I* ask one?  8-)
Carolyn, what's NEMD?

John-boy Williams
From: harwell@BANDW.PANAM.EDU ((Bandwidth Pig))
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Date: 14 Oct 92 19:16:10 GMT
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>-abh insults me, with <no provocation whatsoever>.  Watch it, kiddo!

That's the Words-L spirit!

-abh
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:25:00 EDT
From:         gilbert smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WWHOMYTV
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> oops.  The editor was supposed to be invoked before that was sent.
> WWHOMYTV[sic] - What Will Happen On My Way To Virginia
>
>      Giggles may live in the past (tense), but currently I am in the
> future (and tense).
>
> Bob

Well, if you drive I-40/I-85 the least you can do is take a 20 mile
detour to visit the capital of North Carolina and we can sit on the
veranda sipping mint julips and reminisce about the good old days
when you got so pissed at me you <called me names> on the net.
I am very forgiving and promise to leave out the <mickey>.
And, BTW, you might at least tell us *where* in Virginia so we
can trace you down as we drive through there, as we frequently do.
--ggs (remembering when he called The Ronin a <she>....)
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From:         KYL120@URIACC.URI.EDU
Subject: Re: loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>Posted on 5 Oct 1992 at 23:06:14 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
>
>re: Re: loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:06:41 EDT
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>From:         IBAILEYTW%1994B%VMI@IST.VMI.EDU
>
>ndh,
>
>  Who do you think will be protecting you and your country in years to come?
>People from VMI, future military officers and damn good ones at that!
>
>                                Country
O.k., I bite. Is this for real?  I don't know if someone is faking mail again
or these guys are really back. The Santa thing was cute, kept everyone guessing
yet was tasteful. These VMI postings are not so shocking as they are annoying.
To answere the question of who will be defending the country, I will. Too bad
I can't go to VMI though, uh? Oh, and yes, I do know that women are not allowed
in combat but, I have faith that it will change. As for this list, if it does
not, I will.

Lisa
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Subject: Re: Pro-clinton/gore rhetoric, or simply an appeal for decency?
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:53:41 GMT
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>as kinda funny that objecting to sleaze marks us as pro-Clinton/Gore.
>Guess that says something, huh?

Says you've sure been listening to "All Things Considered" a lot lately.

-abh
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Sundry items: motorcycles, leather, and self-abuse
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Carolyn

Your sons are FOOLS to have turned down a perfectly good chance to ride
bikes. Tsk, Tsk, today's kids...

What is going on with this list? Apologies? I didn't see any apology! When
did Judith get back? I missed that too! And is Carolyn talking about
leather, handcuffs, or leather handcuffs?

I've been in an aerobic dance class and it's been helping me some, in that
my formerly soft fat is becoming hard fat. Hey, I even like looking at
myself in the mirror now! ;-) One of my coworkers just told me he heard
that we were doing exercises that had been "outlawed." I want to know when
Bush signed that idiotic legislation and why Congress didn't override the
veto.

Welcome back, Judith, I'm so glad you finally decided to re-join us.

And what's going on with this wacky Presidential race? I am beginning to
think seriously about Marrou, simply because I don't know any DIRT on him.

I am still stunned into (relative) silence regarding the two-wheeled truck
court-martial story from GT. Just one question: were they the back two
wheels or the side two wheels?

I've received some privatemail asking why I haven't been posting as much
as I used to. Marty asks publicly for postings that are longer than one
line. Can't do both, folks. So to retain my status as BWP, I intend to
post items that are so interesting, so thought-provoking, so weird, that I
stay in the public eye, even though others may post more.

Korean food for lunch yesterday. Kimchee is a wonderful laxative.

Well, that's all from here. Now I gotta go get my little IPX Packet Voudou
Doll and stick pins in it.
From: CROSEN%BGSUOPIE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
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Subject: 4 over easy on two, one with bacon and home fries, burn the toast
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Greetings,

I flipped burgers under the sign of the golden arches during my formative
years (high school).  Later, in my mid-twenties, before I became a highly
paid, well-respected pseudo-intellectual, politically correct academic,
I supported my music habit for two fun years as a short-order cook.
I worked in a greasy spoon that offered the usual blue plate
specials at lunch (chicken and noodles, beef and noodles, meat loaf,
hot beef sandwiches, and the like).  I was a grill cook, myself, and
worked from 7:00 to 3:00 (which wasn't easy, since I was often out strumming
til 3:00 a.m.; but I was so much older then).  It was great work.  We
didn't use tickets, so a good memory was essential during the breakfast and
lunch rushes.  In addition, the grill was out in the open, with a counter
behind it.  Thus, every little action was subject to rigorous
comment from a discerning audience.  I loved talking radical politics with
the downtown businessmen while flipping eggs with aplomb.

Remind me to tell you about my year in a Gary Indiana steel shop and my
two years as a welder in a shipyard sometime.

Oh, I should inform you I was so interested in my cooking career that I
went to a local restaurant supply store and purchased my very own spatula,
which I carried to and from work and home.

Marty
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Subject:      Re: Ross
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Posted on 9 Oct 1992 at 20:09:28 by (karsten)
>The provision of health insurance by employers presents many problems.
>One of the greatest is that of denying coverage for pre-existant
>conditions when one changes jobs (and therefore changes insurance).

Yes, this is all true.  But the cases mentioned last night were an
administrator fired for hiring a woman w/ a child with--something.
Down's syndrome?  Clearly not a normal child.  And I think another
guy discovered he had AIDS, and was fired at that point, because
it would cost the company too much to take care of him.

>(Health insurance is messy no matter how it is done)

Yes, this is true, too.

Karen
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Date: 16 Oct 1992 04:04:01 GMT
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In a previous article, tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU () says:

>>C.  We wanna be recognized for all the grey hairs we have....we earned 'em.
>>D.  We haven't roasted a dumbass newbie in a while...and this one IS ripe
>>       for roasting.
>>
>>dan
>
>I just thought it was one of those WHO THE (HELL, FUCK, or HECK) CARES things.
>
TUSHIE!  Where have you been lurking?  Get your caustic a** back in here!
We've just been having a bit of fun with a newbie who knew very little about
this list and seemed to care less.  It was good for venting frustrations if
nothing else.
-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
			- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
From: tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
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>TUSHIE!  Where have you been lurking?  Get your caustic a** back in here!

"tart human ass" is the correct anagram, not "caustic a**". I wasn't
lurking. Just went back whimpering to momma because I couldn't take it.
Other reasons will soon be collected in a well-reasoned account and
placed before the list.


>We've just been having a bit of fun with a newbie who knew very little
>about this list and seemed to care less.

Refuting a passing newbie who doesn't care is a very alien method of
having a bit of fun.

tushar
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From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
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Subject:      Strange bedfellows

>Egads, this is the big one.  You may be a strange bedfellow, but I'm
>saturated in family values!  (:-)

>Marty
        What bothers me is whether the family is
1.  the Nelsons
2.  the Waltons
3.  the Corleones
4.  the Borgias
No problem.  I may snore, but I've never held anyone's head under the sheets!

JMW
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Subject:      Re: Goetta

>I've sampled Oldenberg beer, which is widely available in Kentucky and Ohio.
>Good stuff!  It comes in three varieties, I believe, including a wheat-based
>beer, if I'm not mistaken.
>
>Marty

  Four varieties were available at the Brewpub:

  OPV, Oldenberg Premium Verum -- the European-style standard
  Blonde -- lighter version
  Vail Ale -- named after the Colorado resort
  Weisse -- wheat beer, served with lemon wedges

  In season, there are also spring, Oktoberfest, and winter varieties.

  brad
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Steve concludes:

   >But not always.  Why, in viewing the two major party candidates,
   >do I keep thinking of Mercutio when he received his fatal wound?

Nice analogy.  Bush and Clinton brought back memories of "Invasion of
the Body Snatchers"--programmed automatons. Quayle and Gore reminded
me of Rem and Stimpy (Quayle was Rem on acid, and Gore was
Stimpy-at-Harvard)

Jim (Whatever Quayle was on, I want some) Thomas
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>have the charisma to get it).  I've not been fond of him through the
>entire race, but at least he is pro-choice and has a wife who has a

Once again, the argument "I dislike him less than the others." Anyone
remember when you voted for a candidate, not against the others? Well,
actually I may also be a little young to remember that, but you get the
message...

-abh
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Yeaaaah!!
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>
> > love, judith, who doesn't, either
>
> Judith's back!!  Great to see you on words-l again ... missed you a lot.
>
> love,
> rashmi

What she said!
love,
ndh
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gt comments:

  >In article <9210131448.AA12821@e5sb.osdhw.syr.ge.com> "(rogers ken x2718)"
<rogers@E5SB.OSDHW.SYR.GE.COM> writes:
   >>I can see the "regulars" on this list are probably
   >>still in college. I graduated with my MBA six years
   >>ago. You'll grow out of your narrow minded mostly
   >>liberal way of thinking. But the only way you can do
   >>this is to think for yourself. Going against the
   >
   >HO HO HO!  Who is this asshole? - I missed his arrival but I
   >won't miss him now for the world.  We can have some real *fun*
   >with this one.

Graham, I think MBA refers to "Mostly Brain Addled." The newbie seems
to confuse "education" with degrees. The last thing MBA types learn to
do in the US system is "think." Those that can do so in spite of their
training, and this one seems not to be among
them.

Jim (unemployed ex-bartender with a U job til a good gig
     comes along) Thomas
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Here's one who brings up the average age quite a bit...
56 for me.   Marilyn
From: PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Judith E. Schrier)
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Date: 13 Oct 92 14:47:28 GMT
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Kuru (koo'roo). A chronic, progressive, apparently
heredofamilial degenerative disorder of the central
nervous system, characterized by tremor, ataxia,
dysarthria, strabismus, terminal dysphagia, and
fasciculations, with death in less than one year in
most patients. The condition is restricted to
Melanesian natives of one region of the Eastern
Highlands of the Australian Trust Territory of New
Guinea, where it causes the death of over 1 per cent
of the Fore people (some 12,000 natives) annually and
affects nearby linguistic groups who intermarry with
the Fore. Three-fourths of the patients are adult
women and most of the remaining are children of both
sexes. -- Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary,
24th Edition, 1965.

Scrapie (skra'pe). A disease of the nervous system
occurring in sheep and goats, characterized by
severe pruritus, debility, and muscular incoordination,
and invariably ending fatally. Once considered to be a
hereditary disease, it is now thought to be caused by
a filterable virus. -- Same source.

Apparently the cannibal connection was discovered after
1965.

love, judith
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> As for this gratuitous slap at Robert Bly, it reflects a certain willful
> ignorance of what he represents and advocates.
>
> Marty

I think that Bly would preach being happy with the penis that you
got in the big raffle in the sky.  As for -abh's comment about
getting a new foreskin a "waste of money", someday, when all my
<appendages> are restored to their normal state, I will tell a
story about what suffering one endures in this world if one is
*primed* for life upon birth.  Oh, it hurts... it hurts....
--ggs  (who's talking about his *finger)