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From: kelvin@Ingres.COM (KELVIN JEFFERSON 1080 SECURITY)
Subject: Re: South City, is this a new name?
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Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
Distribution: ba
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:29:48 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.035757.5646@csus.edu>, suzanne@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Suzanne McCaffrey writes...
> 
>over the hill in pacifica, by the ocean and almost, but not quite
>butting against SSF or "South City", this interesting question of
>nameing got me to look thru a Times Atlas of the World, and the
>only other South City is a South City Beach in Western Australia.
> 
>South City is infinitely better than South San Francisco.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
Subject: Re: Recommendation for good auto body shop
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 01:37:25 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: auto body shop

In article <1992Sep14.181301.12386@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>, tran@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Tien Tran) writes:
> I am looking for a good auto body shop to fix a dent on my front fender.  Does
> anyone have a recommendation?  I live in Sunnyvale and work in Palo Alto.  So,
> anything from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale will be fine.  I am going to pay for it
> myself, so good price is a must.
>

I myself made the same posting a few weeks ago. A fellow internetter 
recommended G+J Auto Body on Old Middlefield Road in Mountain View.
I now second that recommendation. The quality is superb (I can't
tell where the damage was), the work was done on time. I was less
concerned about price, since someone else's insurance paid for it,
but you should check them out.
 


-- 
Rich Seifert                    Networks and Communications Consulting
seifert@netcom.com              (408) 996-0922
                                (408) 996-2860 FAX
"... specialists in Local Area Networks and Data Communications systems"
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)
Subject: Re: Unfair business from Access computer
Originator: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
Reply-To: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)
Organization: Self employed, eh.
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 23:47:40 GMT

Previously I (Diane Barlow Close) wrote:
>>(When he gave me a refund, for example, early on, the
>>sale price was re-charged to my card by the store's owner -- ie. my
>>refund was "taken away" later in the day, unbeknownst to me).

obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien) writes:
>Whoa!  I was following this thread with slight interest, then *bang*
>Fradulent charges?  The store manager broke several laws, I think, if

Well like I said in my original posting I got a full refund (two days
later, but a full refund nonetheless).  It just took some pushing on
my and others parts (like the local Panasonic Sales Rep).  I certainly
don't know if any fraud was intentionally committed and I'm happy with
my refund and my new "no Access" shopping policy! :-)

>Someone who plans to shop there again
>ought to print out this thread and take it to the owner.  Perhaps some
>defense/response could be offered.

Someone who plans to shop there (or anywhere else you plan to make a
major purchase, for that matter) should check with the Better Business
Bureau and/or the Santa Clara Consumer Affairs Department.

There is no sense being confrontational -- after all, this isn't "60
minutes"!  I, for one, don't need any more hassle from Access and
don't want my posting used as ammunition.  There are enough hard
feelings between Jerry Lu (owner of Access) and myself as it is, and
I thought that was clear from my first posting.  I certainly don't
need anyone stirring up that pot again.  I was simply relating my
experience there, which was most unpleasant.

Someone asked for (dis)recommendations about shopping there and
that's my two-cents and you can simply take my story as my personal
experience -- your mileage may vary.  I'd simply recommend being
cautious when dealing with them, as you would for any major
purchase.  After all, they're still in business so they must a good
job some of the time -- they just really blew it with me and I won't
be shopping there again.

-- 
Diane Barlow Close
	close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com 
	I'm at lunch today.  :-)
From: jeffj@ultra.com (Jeff Johnson)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: South City, is this a new name?
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:56:46 GMT
Reply-To: jeffj@ultra.com (Jeff Johnson)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

In article <189h4aINN4sl@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes) writes:
=>
=>I've always called it South City, and I'm not a native.  South San
=>Francisco is just too much of a mouthful.  I guess South SF could
=>be another nickname.

Or "South 'Frisco"  :^)  :^)  :^)  :^)  (lots of smileys to prevent SF flames)

-- 
    Jeff Johnson    | Ultra Network Technologies | voice: (408) 922-0100 x284
  jeffj@ultra.com   |     101 Daggett Drive      |   fax: (408) 433-9287
...ames!ultra!jeffj |    San Jose, CA  95134     |   sex: (900) 976-4825
 The difference between ignorance and apathy?  I don't know and I don't care
From: aa431@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Doug Gillespie)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: bikini open II
Date: 7 Sep 1992 10:01:05 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dgillesp@heartland.bradley.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


If anyone happened to tape the Bikini Open II on the Fox Network on July
11, or the Bikini Open I in April, I would be interested in talking to you. 
I have the Bikini Open I and III which were on in April and August.  I
would like to trade either or both for a copy of II and very short portion
of I.  If you don't have the equipment to make a copy, I do.  Please reply
by email.
-- 
Single sig xx095, Timex/Sinclair sig xx026     Youngstown, Oh ad439@yfn.ysu.edu
Medina, Oh ac633@medina.freenet.edu  Peoria, Ill dgillesp@heartland.bradley.edu
From: falk@peregrine.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Where to re-cycle used oil???
Date: 10 Sep 1992 22:51:20 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: peregrine
Keywords: motor oil recycling

Take it to the nearest Exxon corporate headquarters and dump
it on their carpet.  Don't worry, it will evaporate and won't
cause any permanent harm.

		-ed falk, sun microsystems
		 sun!falk, falk@sun.com
	"Towards the end, the smell of their air began to change"
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: tran@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Tien Tran)
Subject: Recommendation for good auto body shop
Keywords: auto body shop
Organization: IBM Advanced Workstations Division, Palo Alto
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 18:13:01 GMT

I am looking for a good auto body shop to fix a dent on my front fender.  Does
anyone have a recommendation?  I live in Sunnyvale and work in Palo Alto.  So,
anything from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale will be fine.  I am going to pay for it
myself, so good price is a must.  I did try some places on Evelyn Ave.  Does
anyone have any experience with some of the shops there?  I talked to FCC and
Anchor.  The price they quoted me seemed to be too high for a small dent ($400-
$500).  This is the first time I need something like this, so I am very
unsure about what I should be asking and looking for in choosing one shop over
the other.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Tien (tran@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)  

Newsgroups: ba.general
From: radioman@amy11.stanford.edu (David Y.S. Chang)
Subject: Fritz Leiber memorial Saturday in SF
Keywords: Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser
Reply-To: Poster
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 23:12:38 GMT



I'm planning to pay my respects to the grand master, Fritz Leiber,  
tomorrow at 7 p.m. in SF. He passed away on Monday. (He invented Fafhrd  
and the Grey Mouser, and wrote many an unforgettable tale.

If you're interested in attending, and perhaps meeting afterwards to  
discuss the man and fantasy/sci fi in general, please send me email and  
I'll see if I can arrange something.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: kenr@orleans.storage.tandem.com (Ken Rose)
Subject: Re: Where to re-cycle used oil???
Keywords: motor oil recycling
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc, Cupertino CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:07:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.234831.2059@microunity.com>, ericm@microunity.com (Eric Murray) writes:
> Mountain View requires that you use 'sturdy, screw-top gallon
> plastic containers' which they will provide.  You have to
> call up the city recycling line (listed in the phone book)
> and ask 'em to drop them off next time they pick up recyclables
> in your area.   When I called they reminded me that oil filters
> are 'banned' from landfills, and have to be taken into the
> De Anza recycling center.

The De Anza recycling center closed a while back.  However 
Sunnyvale has a drop-off recycling center (take Lawrence Expressway
towards the Bay, cross 101 & 237, turn right at the first light
after the Twin Creeks Baseball complex) and it takes oil filter
cartridges as well as oil in sealed containers.  They also
take clear & colored glass & a few plastics.
____________________________________________________________________
Ken Rose    (kenr@storage.tandem.com)
The Usual Disclaimer:  Any opinions expressed above are mine alone, not
those of my employer (who is kind enough to allow me Usenet access).
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: jeffj@ultra.com (Jeff Johnson)
Subject: More Wedding Info Wanted
Reply-To: jeffj@ultra.com (Jeff Johnson)
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 21:21:52 GMT

I already have the location and the catering taken care of, so now
what I need are recommendations for 1)photographer, 2)wedding cake
baker, 3)band.  I know there was a photographers discussion a while
back, so if anybody has the summary I'd appreciate it.  As for the
band, we want people to dance, so we need good dancing music for
folks from 20 to 60 (i.e. a good selection of music from the 50s
thru the present :^).  Thanks!

BTW, those of you looking for a reception place, my suggestion is to
purchase "Here Comes The Guide," which examines numerous places to
have weddings and receptions in the Bay area (although I must admit
that the place my fiancee found for our wedding is not in the guide).
-- 
    Jeff Johnson    | Ultra Network Technologies | voice: (408) 922-0100 x284
  jeffj@ultra.com   |     101 Daggett Drive      |   fax: (408) 433-9287
...ames!ultra!jeffj |    San Jose, CA  95134     |   sex: (900) 976-4825
 The difference between ignorance and apathy?  I don't know and I don't care
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Subject: Looking for a vet in Sunnyvale
Organization: The Original Estrogen-Crazed Lust Bunnies
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:42:41 GMT

I just moved to my new home in Sunnyvale, and need to find a reliable,
caring, and affordable veterinarian.

The joint rulers of the household and I have jumped from vet to vet
pretty frequently these last couple of years, as I have yet to find one
who is not primarily interested in enriching him/herself at my expense
by ordering tests or products which are not really needed.  I believe
that many medical doctors do this as well but I don't tend to mind as
much since at least my medical insurance is defraying part of the
cost.  With the cats, however, every penny comes out of my pocket
so value is an issue.

I have already dealt with Vets 'n Pets (formerly Crocker Animal Clinic)
and El C Veterinary Clinic, and have no desire to go back to either.

All I really need is someone who will bring the cats up to date on
their shots, prescribe Proban for our perpetual flea problem (don't
bother flaming me; I've tried shampoos, flea dust, you name it), is
local to Sunnyvale, and doesn't expect me to help pay for his next
Ferrari.

Thanks,
Charleen

--
Q: How can you tell that a guy at the airport is from Fresno?
A: He's the one throwing bread to the airplanes.
From: ttung@tcad10.intel.com (Thye-Lai Tung)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Complaints on 24Hr Nautilus Fitness Centers
Date: 11 Sep 92 20:37:52 GMT
Reply-To: ttung@tcad10.intel.com (Thye-Lai Tung)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA


    I understand that there were some discussions on the net about 24 Hr
Nautilus a while back. Has a lawsuit been filed against them yet ? Where
can one get more information and participate ? They seem to enagage in
shabby bussiness practices. Just forget about the initiation fees, the
permanent monthly dues can vary between $10 to over $40 for the same VIP
membership. To me, that is outrageous !

    Please respond to me directly as I seldom read the network news.

- Thye-Lai
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: fran@Cadence.COM (Fran Peterson)
Subject: Re: Convert VHS from Europe?
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:15:43 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.045334.6382@eagercon.com> eager@eagercon.com writes:
>>
>>I used a standard VHS tape to record a concert 
>>in Europe with a VHS Camcorder using 220 power.
>>
>>Upon return to the U.S., I tried to play the tape
>>in my VCR, and all I got was fuzz and a little 
>>muffled music at a fast speed.
>>
>>MY QUESTION:
>>
>>Is there a way to play my tape here in the U.S.,
>>OR, is there a way to re-format it to a blank 
>>VHS tape that will work in my VCR?
>


I've had tapes converted to PAL from VHS at MediaLink in Los Altos.  If
they can do that I'm sure they can go back the other way.  

It's worth a try.  If they can't, I'm sure they could probably tell you
who can.  Generally people in any kind of business will know who does
what if they don't.

Or you might try Ewerts.  They do all sorts of video/communication things.
I've had work done their too and they did good work.

Good luck,

Fran Peterson 
fran@Cadence.Com

F [:) (all by myself)

Newsgroups: ba.general
From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
Subject: Re: Unfair business from Access computer
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 19:51:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: ba

In article <p1mv2ig@fido.asd.sgi.com> close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close) writes:
>money back -- very begrudgingly granted with much verbal abuse and
>sexual harrassment aimed at me by the owner of the store.  I must say
>that my salesperson (Steve) was wonderful and professional through
>the whole mess and it was obvious his hands were being tied by
>further up.  (When he gave me a refund, for example, early on, the
>sale price was re-charged to my card by the store's owner -- ie. my
>refund was "taken away" later in the day, unbeknownst to me).
>

Whoa!  I was following this thread with slight interest, then *bang*
Fradulent charges?  The store manager broke several laws, I think, if
this is correctly related.  The store *is* responsible for whatever the
employee does as an employee, against the rules or not.  

I've 'shopped' Access, never bought anything.  I *never* pay other than by
credit card for this kind of merchandise specifically because I can enlist
the aid of the card company in this sort of case.  In the stated case, tell
(AT&T) the second charge was "fradulent" and they cant pay Access, according
to the rules/laws as I understand them.  Now that I've heard this, I doubt 
anyone at Access is ever going to get any of my credit card numbers, which
implies that I'll never do *any* business there.  Last time I thought
of buying something there, I noticed the same discrepancy between ad price
and shelf price, and was pointed to the "subject to change" in the ad.  The
ad was in a publication whose cover date had not quite arrived yet.

One or two responses indicated satisfaction of a customer, even related
an exemplary case of good service.  Someone who plans to shop there again
ought to print out this thread and take it to the owner.  Perhaps some
defense/response could be offered. If, like in an earlier example with 
an audio dealer, the owner starts talking of retractions, removals, slander,
etc., point out that all postings are effectively marked "IN MY OPINION" and
thus pretty immune from suit. But if there is a valid, reasonable defense
to these allegations, I'd like to read it. (but I *dont* care enough to
go there myself, unless such defense convinces me)

	Bob
From: avery@netcom.com (Avery Ray Colter)
Subject: Re: Where to re-cycle used oil???
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:27:08 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: motor oil recycling
Distribution: ba

Try Kragen Auto Parts, the one near me takes used oil.

-- 
Avery Ray Colter ("Elfcat") - 	avery@netcom.netcom.com (IP 192.100.81.100)
(510) 656-1902          	{elfcat|arcolter}@aol.com
"Heaviness is the root of lightness; calmness is the controller of haste"
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: obrien@netcom.com (Robert O'Brien)
Subject: need  ISUZU DEALER  experiences good/bad
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 16:35:11 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Summary: Best car I've ever owned.  Worst dealer network in the universe?
Distribution: ba

I need to hear about your experience with Isuzu dealers - ones who are
still doing Isuzu service.  Good things about Swanson don't help any more.

I've had mediocre to good experience with Almaden Lincoln-Mercury-Subaru-Isuzu,
but when I called yesterday, they didn't seem to care whether they got my
business or not.

My 1987 Impulse Turbo RS Special Edition needs a serious water leak fixed
*and* all the scheduled maintenence for 37,500 miles, or whichever mileage 
they do essentially everything.  I want to have all the rubber water hoses
replaced as well, since I think five years is all they can be expected to last.

"Faster than a speeding bullet" - 'lying Joe' Isuzu

I'd like to hear of experience good and bad, with service departments
particularly.  San Jose/Campbell/Cupertino/Sunnyvale and near areas
would be my preference, but I'd have it towed as far as Santa Rosa if someone
convinced me there was an exceptionally good dealer up there!

So, *both of you* who own Izusus drop me a note, eh?  :-) :-) :-)

reply to   obrien@netcom.com

	Thanks   -Bob

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 my love/hate attitude follows, 'n' to skip it
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

I tell everyone who asks, this is by far the best car I've owned.  I love
it and almost everything about it.  It looks great, it can gather more
speeding tickets than I could ever want, it can carry four people to lunch,
or two and two weeks worth of vacation stuff, it's comfortable on my 
about-monthly trips to Sacramento, and when I push it and make the turbo go
to work, it's a screamer.

Then I tell them I've never even *heard of* a dealer network so weak.  Most
Isuzu dealers only stay with the marque for three to five years, it seems.
None seem to build up the experience base to really know how to service
them.  I've yet to see one that does not have three other marques listed
first.  Almaden Lincoln-Mercury-Subaru-Isuzu, for example.

Actually, Jack Williams Chevrolet-Isuzu, where I bought it, is an exception.
But they're inconveniently located in Fort Worth, Texas.  Besides which,
they seriously disappointed me with service.  Though I'd go back now if
they weren't farther than say, Alameda.

thanks for reading this far - I guess I really wrote this for *my* benefit!!

	Bob
Newsgroups: ba.general,sci.electronics
From: kehoe@netcom.com (Thomas David Kehoe)
Subject: Need help designing simple circuit (will pay $)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 21:26:08 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

Would someone design a circuit for me?  I want to speak
into a microphone, and then hear my voice in headphones
1/20 of a second later.  How difficult would this be to
design?  If you can do a schematic for me, I can buy the
parts and assemble the device.

Bells and whistles I'd like: 
- a volume control
- a phone jack to use a phone handset instead of microphone
and headphones
- variable delay, from 1/5 second to 1/25 second
- battery powered for portability

Make an estimate of what I should pay you.
-- 
"Why my thoughts are my own, when they are in, but when they are out
they are another's." - Susannah Martin, hanged for witchcraft, 1692.
Thomas David Kehoe          kehoe@netcom.com         (408) 354-5926
From: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: looking for info on Bay Bridge walk
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:49:17 GMT
Reply-To: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Ingres Division, ASK Computer Systems.

I understand that sometime this month there's an event
where you can walk across the Bay Bridge.   Anyone have
any information on this?

-- Jon

Jon Krueger  jpk@ingres.com  
Newsgroups: ba.general,sci.electronics
From: weigand@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Steve Weigand)
Subject: Re: Need help designing simple circuit (will pay $)
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:11:01 GMT

In article <-8zn#6f.friday@netcom.com> friday@netcom.com (Carol Anne Ogdin) writes:
>Would someone design a circuit for me?  I want to speak
>into a microphone, and then hear my voice in headphones
>1/20 of a second later.  How difficult would this be to
>design?  If you can do a schematic for me, I can buy the
>parts and assemble the device.
>

Well... I remember posing this problem to a friend of mine once. He said
that there are analog devices that do this sort of thing. The principle
is to delay the output of the signal whilst not distorting it. It's tricky,
but it can be done.

He mentioned the use of a "barrel" chip... I think that's what he called
it. It involved a few thousand operational amplifiers on one IC that were
in saturation mode for the slightest input... all of their inputs were 
linked to the previous one's output. So with each one requiring about
10 nanoseconds delay, multiply that time by 3000 op-amps, and you've got a
30 microsecond delay. Not too much, huh? I'm sure there are better ways
to do this, and they may even have a chip already created to do this.

Another way to do it, albeit crude, is to use a relay... A relay involves
turning on an electromagnetic coil to induce a change in the physical
position of a bar inside the element. The time that the bar moves is 
enough delay. Distortion may occur, but for the 20KHz sound wave (sound),
I'm sure it'll be minimal. Of course, the problem is that relays are 
bulky and involve magnetic fields which get messy. Their response time
is also sluggish. You can try it, though.

Any other ideas?

Ciao, 
 -Steve Weigand
 (weigand@ee.udel.edu)

Newsgroups: ba.general,rec.sport.soccer
From: markb@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Mark W. Brunkhart)
Subject: Youth soccer teams looking for players
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:40:38 GMT

The Mavericks soccer club provides an opportunity for youth ages 10-19
in the Berkeley, North Oakland, El Cerrito, and Richmond areas 
an opportunity to play competitive traveling soccer.  The club is a
selective program with some of the best coaching to be found in these
areas and provides various soccer outlets (from the usual games and
practices, to pick-up games, tournaments, trips to see professional
soccer, etc) for kids 12 months a year.  If you have a son or daughter who 
might be interested in playing with the Mavericks, would like more
information, or know someone who might be interested, let me know
at this e-mail address (markb@cs.berkeley.edu) or at 540-8529.

Mark Brunkhart