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From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
Subject: Re: Callahan's avain population?
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:03:36 GMT

feath@agora.rain.com (Feather) writes:

>Stumpy has offered Feather some shoulder space.  Gratefully, Feather accepts,
>and now flutters in his direction.  With a muttered "watch out!", she manages
>to land without falling off, and happily settles down on the friendly shoulder.

>Feather looks around.  "Hey Callahaners!  I am just wondering about the avian
>population in this Place.  How many bird-folk are here?  And who is each one?
>Just curious..."

"Add one mythical avian to your list.  But I'm only half Golden Eagle, so 
maybe just add a half."

TGG
-- 
The Golden Gryphon 				gryphon@openage.COM
Solve a man's problem and he has 1 less.        No incumbents in 92.
Teach a man to think, and all his problems are less.
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Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: Stumpy visits Aus
Organization: Murdoch University
Date:  7 Sep 92 01:44:53 GMT

[the DM/Stumpy compilation - Stumpy version]:

>Footrot Flats
>number 18 no less. I've never met anyone who had ALL of them before, and just
>about everyone in NZ reads the strip. I don't know if Australia has any 
>cartoons worth speaking of perhaps DM knows better..."

Splash butts in:  I actually have all the Footrot Flats cartoon books - I
started collecting when they first came out, in 1977 (?), while I was still
resident in NZ.  Since then I have managed to keep up to date with all of them.
A question:  Why would someone come from NZ to Oz to buy a kiwi comic?  It
sounds like the publishers have got some sort of strange deal happening here!

With all of these meetings happening, is anyone planning to visit the _other_
side of Oz?  Or are there any Callahanians lurking on this side?  I'm turning
green with envious isolation  :-)

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_!" ************************
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: lunisea@netcom.com (Stephanie Alford)
Subject: Re: Congratulations SEA ! re: In which SEA finds a job
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 02:18:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <920908.12444944.065768@USM.CP6> JMPIERCE%USMCP6.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU (JIM PIERCE) writes:
>
>"Congratulations SEA ! " DJ.
>
>  <Hug>
>
>"And hugs from us also !" Linda and Robbie.
>
> <Hug> <Hug>

"Thanks DJ, Linda and Robbie!  So far it's turning out to be a great job...
the people are really great and for some insane reason, they're all
impressed that I have a certain amount of technical knowledge.  The System
Administrators kept looking at each other and saying, 'she's literate'.
I don't understand, but I'll take the compliments where I can get them.
I should have Usenet access RSN...I hope I get a desk and a phone RSN
too.  'Twould make life much easier."

SEA

Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: ...Feather's appearance (for real this time)
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: 13 Sep 92 13:04:24 GMT

Splash has been watching the antics of the newly (successfully) arrived
Feather, and following the traditional breakage of glass in the fireplace
offers a greeting:

"Hi Feather - welcome to the place.  No need for shyness here ... anything's
possible, and usually surprisingly easy, from my (admittedly limited)
observations.  Another Brandy Alexander?"
--
***************************** 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_!" ************************
From: jesse@uts.amdahl.com (Jesse Mundis)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Mudder... Mudder... (Speak up man, I can't hear you!)
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:08:08 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

eesshlgb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (S H L G Bisson) writes:

>In article <n092at@ofa123.fidonet.org> Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
>>   Nobody's seem the school colors - obviously they're infrared and
>>ultraviolet. :-)
>>   There were four dorms when I was there; North Dorm, South Dorm,
>>East Dorm, and West Dorm.  They've since added two more; obviously
>>they're Up Dorm and Down Dorm  (or is it Color and Charm?). :-)
>>  

>"Hmm... I always thought the American educational system had a touch of
>strangeness. Nothing over here could top that... I suppose the dorm mascot
>is a duck, and the motto is "Quark! Quark!". I suppose those puns are a
>little weak, and possibly forced, but it's hard to get a spin on a topic,
>whilst completly ignoring its gravity. There's some sort of symmetry involved,
>but I'd better stop before I walk over a planck of my own making..."

Jesse looks up uncertainly.  I particle-ly liked the "spin" pun.  It seemed
relativly well crafted.  I'd like to contract you for some more puns, but
I seem to be running out of time.  Hawking up something caught in his throat,
jesse makes a hasty retreat out the Lorentz-trance of the bar, followed by
a hail of quantum peanuts, only half of which hit him.
-- 
    Jesse Mundis     |      Amdahl Corporation       | Freedom is just chaos
jesse@uts.amdahl.com | 1250 East Arques Ave  M/S 316 | with better lighting.
   (408) 746-4796    |   Sunnyvale,  CA 94088-3470   |    -Alan Dean Foster 

#include <Disclaimer.standard>
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: MTURN01@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU (Turner, Martha Axler)
Subject: Re: east is east, and west is west
Organization: Rice University  
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:32:06 GMT

>
>                He then listens to the discussion on cardinal directions.
>        "Should we bother with eastmost and westmost points?  I mean,
>        no matter where you are, there's something to the east and
>        something to the west.  But you can't get any more north or
>        south than at the poles.  Eastmost and westmost are probably
>        meaningless on a global scale.
>
Emter smiles at the dark elf, and adds, "What about highest and lowest
altitude for Callihanians? Here in Houston, we're a grand total of
seven feet above sea level (I think)."
--Emter
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: This, that and the other thang
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:35:15 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana



>     The Doctor looks up from Table 82. "No, no. Patrick Troughton (Doctor
>#2) and William Hartnell are the only Doctors dead. BTW, welcom back
>everyone. Mike, a round for the house on me!"

>     The Doctor steps up to the chalk line. "Ahem, to you friendly
>neighborhood weatherman! Long may he reign!"

>***CRASH***


"no, doctor....NEVER say that...." screeches kitten...as drinks  come
flying from all directions.

--
***************************************************************************
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
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Fritz Leiber RIP
Reply-To: aaron@space.ualberta.ca
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:09:59 GMT

chuahl@ocf.berkeley.edu (Chua HakLien) writes:
: C looks despondent, as he puts down his backpack. A single tear
: flows from his compound eye.
: 
: "Fritz Leiber died two days ago. May he rest in peace."
: 
: C looks out of the window, and dreams of a robed figure with a million
: eyes, and another without any, in some other place, in some other time.

Alfvaen nods.  "You can tell the difference between Asimov's following and
Leiber's.  Asimov's death was independently announced about 23 times on sf.
written.  Leiber's death--once.  But I guess Leiber wasn't >quite< as prolific
as Asimov.

"Not to be morbid, but maybe they'll re-release some of his back catalogue now.
A lot his stuff I don't have, and really want.  For instance, does someone out
there remember a Leiber collection with a story involving a house where
everything was operated by switches--including House, Trees, Husband, etc.
and another story involving a maze where there were choices of two doors at
any of several rooms?  I read that from the Grande Prairie Library years ago,
and am trying to find my own copy, but I have no idea what it's called..."

--
---Alfvaen(Canadian SF Quasi-Activist)
"What have I done to piss the gods off?"  ---Terence Trent D'Arby
Current Album--Elton John:Sleeping With The Past
Current Read--John Updike:Rabbit, Run
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
Subject: Re: Approriate Gift
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:01:30 GMT

lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals) writes:

>In article <1992Sep11.151622.23439@openage.openage.com>, gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon) writes:
>><JDK116@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>
>>>"My question, to all around, is rather simple (or so I think). I trust you all
>>>will provide interesting and useful responses. You've provided myself and
>>>others with adequate counsle in the past and I'm sure it will continue. Ok,
>>>Let the games begin! My question is:
>>
>>>      What is an appropriate item as a pre-engagement gift/ring/token?"
>>
>>"Being in that engagement stage myself I would think that money would be
>>best.  Unfortunately my relatives are all sending picture frames!  Oh
>>well, You can win'em all."
>>
>>The Golden Gryphon welcomes Jack back, and offer to buy him a drink.

>Er, Gryphon?  I think Jack was asking what would be an appropriate thing to
>give to someone he's thinking he might one day ask to marry.

"Oops,  Just color me non-sequitor.  If StM is correct I also have an answer.
Martha and I are exchanging rings.  This is more engagement than pre-engagement,
but then we are going in for a long engagement, if you count 18 months as long.
We didn't just go down to Joe & Irving's Diamond World, and get the lowest
prices on diamond engagement rings.  This is something Status Quo, and we are
definitely outside the norm."

TGG takes another long pull on his drink.

"We found ourselfs one excelent Master Goldsmith, and are having two personal
rings created.  Mine will be in the shape of a Gryphon, and hers will be
a Sea-Lion, as I have described before."

For those who don't know think of the head and fore claws of a Lion of the
body of a Dolphin.

"These two together will wind up costing us less than just a diamond ring
for her.  I think I got lucky when I asked her to marry me.  Besides
everything else, she hates diamonds."


-- 
The Golden Gryphon 				gryphon@openage.COM
Solve a man's problem and he has 1 less.        No incumbents in 92.
Teach a man to think, and all his problems are less.
Openage - The Premier SCO UNIX integrator in the Washington D.C. area
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: A timid entrance
Date: 13 Sep 92 17:05:24 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


>>kitten sniffs at this comment from splash...."now, i would NEVER have
>>guessed that you aren't a cat person," she says...."at least, you've
>>always been nice to me."

>Sorry kitten!  No offense intended - it's just that I generally attract dogs
>rather than cats, for some odd reason.  When I have met cats they haven't had
>any problems with me (I actually half owned a cat for several years, ironically
>named Mouse, but that's another story), nor I with them; they do have a
>tendency to try to eat my ankles though ...   can you explain perhaps?  :-)

"maybe you have tasty ankles...i am sure it's nothing personal."
kitten grins at splash..."next time i am in your part of the world can
i nibble at them a bit...i'll let you know for sure."
--
***************************************************************************
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
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: mar@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Mar)
Subject: Re: Stumpy visits Aus
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 11:34:06 GMT

> [kitten:] "but i have a question...(or two)...which monkees album did 
>you get?  (i used to have them all)
>and, what is the latest in australian comic books?

Danger Mouse lets Stumpy answer this one:

One or two Callahanians are a little surprised to hear Stumpy's voice coming
from DM's mouth...

"The Monkees album is "the MONKEES: The Collection" it's a modern compilation
including all the famous tracks and some of the less well known ones. As for
cartoons, I take it you mean the kiwi cartoon book DM bought? Footrot Flats
number 18 no less. I've never met anyone who had ALL of them before, and just
about everyone in NZ reads the strip. I don't know if Australia has any 
cartoons worth speaking of perhaps DM knows better..."

DM's voice and expression become normal again...

"Erm... no, I can't really think of any worthwhile Australian comics. My
own favourites are Calvin and Hobbes (US) and Footrot Flats (NZ). And Tintin,
if that counts!"

He grins.

- Danger Mouse.
From: steve@Advansoft.COM (Steve Savitzky)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: The Space Cadet lands in San Francisco
Date: 5 Sep 92 00:06:22 GMT
Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA

"After you land in San Francisco," says the Mandelbear, "Call Grand
Central Starport at 408-294-6492.  We have a realspace gathering every
Wednesday afternoon and evening in San Jose (50 miles S of SF), and
you're quite welcome."
--
\ --Steve Savitzky--  \    343 Leigh Ave   \ Object-oriented software wizard
 \ steve@advansoft.COM \ San Jose, CA 95128 \ Presently seeking employment:
  \ arc!steve@apple.COM \   h:408-294-6492   \ Resume available on request.
   \__ steve@arc.UUCP _____ w:408-727-3357x246 (9am-6pm) _____________________
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: Callahan's avain population?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 23:15:39 GMT

In <BuFu66.6x4@agora.rain.com> feath@agora.rain.com (Feather) writes:

>Stumpy has offered Feather some shoulder space.  Gratefully, Feather accepts,
>and now flutters in his direction.  With a muttered "watch out!", she manages
>to land without falling off, and happily settles down on the friendly shoulder.

>Feather looks around.  "Hey Callahaners!  I am just wondering about the avian
>population in this Place.  How many bird-folk are here?  And who is each one?
>Just curious..."

>-Feather

> 
> :

>:
>:


kitten calls out...."archteryx....where are you?  come out, come out
wherever you are...."


--
***************************************************************************
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: carrot@bear.stonemarche.org (Little red-headed girl)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Didi's mailer 
Distribution: world
Date: 13 Sep 92 13:19:52 EDT

	Rachel is chatting on the pay phone. "Of course I will,"
she says. "It was great talking to you!' She hangs up and says,
"Didi's node should be back up by tomorrow, she hopes. (9/14) She
misses everyone and is looking forward to reading the surveys, and
we had a great chat about books and history."
--
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|	carrot		   |	carrot@bear.stonemarche.org               |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ 
|	"'The piano is not a machine," that powerful inhuman voice droned.|
|  'To me, yes. I can translate the notes into sounds at a glance [...] I |
| can also grasp [...] that this... music is not for robots. It is for    |
| man. To me it is easy, yes... It was not meant to be easy.'"            |
| 	"Virtuoso," by Herbert Goldstone                                  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: feath@agora.rain.com (Feather)
Subject: ocel-what?
Organization: Open Communications Forum
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:38:32 GMT

All this talk about ocelots has our shy friend Feather thinking...

"Hey, would a tiny ocelot be an ocelittle?"
 :
From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Thyra replies to Balrog
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:21:47 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon, Architecture

Thyra listens enraptured as Blarog spins the beginning of his tale. Her
eyes flicker with each change of scene, taking in the rich imagry as if
already seeing the movie which his tale describes the action for. She loves
a good story. Balrog ends his piece, and says self depricatingly :

>I know, I'd rather write in French since my English is obviously not very good
>... but how many people would understand it on the net ?

Thyra shakes her head and speaks to Balrog "Merci monsieur Balrog, pour
votre etage. Je parles un peu Francais. Votre Anglais cest superieur de mon
Francais. Merci pour votre le translation de Anglais de la votre etage.
Continuer chez vous etage, s'il vous plait. Cest Magnifique!"

<Thank you Mr. Balrog for your story. I speak a little French. Your English
is superior to my French. Thank you for the translation to English of your
story. Continue with your story if you please. It is magnificient!>
From: lower-tony@CS.YALE.EDU (Tony Lower)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: C: A toast!
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:43:13 GMT
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158

In article <9209151037.A05196@ius.indiana.edu> jevans@ius.indiana.edu (JEVANS) writes:
>>for she's a jolly good fellow
>>Which nobody can deny!
>
> 
>              "Ladies, Gentlemen... and oh yes, Manx.. I'd like to
>          ask everyone, what is your all time favorite pun? With some
>          of the puns I've heard in THIS bar, I might be able to use
>          them to fight the Daleks, next time I face them. Bugger
>          weapons, nail them with a few choice puns, and they'll run
>          screaming! So, I declare the contest O-pun!"
>

  I appreciate having my name singled out, especially since I haven't
been very active lately.  Rest assured that I am still lurking around,
but I have a lot to do with classes starting up and all... If I
remember a particularly good pun, I'll pass it along, but so many
of mine are only good in context... Anyway... gotta go do my Electrical
Engineering lab...
From: carole@peregrine.Sun.COM (Carole Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: anchovies and a filk
Date: 7 Sep 92 00:40:51 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: peregrine

In article <qX5RPB2w165w@xocolatl.com> eoin@xocolatl.com writes:
>trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
>
>-> "oooooooh, dreamy jim and company will be at confrancisco...hey nick,
>-> this means a definite real space in your neck of the woods in
>-> '93...and sea, and mandlebear, and lucky bitch, and aahz....and lots
>-> of other callahanians...."

I'm not only going to be there; I'll be working the Green Room.  I look
forward to meeting lots of Callahanians that I wouldn't get to meet
otherwise.

  kitten is counting the days...1 year and 1
>-> month.... 
>
and counting... ;-)
>
>2 weeks and counting for Magicon.
>
Rats.  No way I can afford it.  I just hope everyone can afford ConFrancisco.

Hi Everyone--

I haven't posted much lately because I haven't been on the system much.
Work seems to be picking up a little, but my contract just finished, so
I'm looking for work again.

I won't be on the system much until November because I'm working at the
same haunted house that SEA is working.  Different department of the
same project--lots of fun and work.

I'll try to pop in every now and again.  Remember that I think of you folks
with great affection and everyone who wants an e-hug has one from me.


I found myself. See? I'm right here! Until later--

Carole Parker
From: carole@peregrine.Sun.COM (Carole Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: The Nightstalker returns (and delurks)
Date: 8 Sep 1992 09:27:03 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: peregrine

>"For better or worse, I am back.  It is funny, I live (during the day that is),
>on the floor under Shonias and DM but hardly see them these days.  Hi there
>you two, how are things.  Hi Carole!  The woman with *the* most exciting dress
>sense.

What Nightstalker is referring to is a dress that I plan to do for Halloween.
It'll be black lace with leg of mutton sleeves, a v-neck (haven't decided)
how deep, and a hem that is knee length in front and to the ankle in back.

Sorry guys, the dress will be lined, but the shoulders, arms, and as much of
the back as I can expose without showing the undergarment will be unlined.

Now, if I only make the silly thing.... ;-)

Until later--

Carole
I found myself. See? I'm right here! Until later--

Carole Parker
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Site: 
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:17:40 PDT
X-Windows: Sometimes you fill a vacuum and it still sucks.
From: jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski)
Subject: Re: Lucid Emacs 19.3 released
	<JSPARKES.92Sep10102517@bcars68a.bnr.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.lucid-emacs.bug
In message <JSPARKES.92Sep10102517@bcars68a.bnr.ca> Jeff Sparkes wrote:
>
> jwz> I haven't made diffs, because they would be really huge, and I still
> jwz> don't know a truly painless way to make diffs of an emacs source tree.
> 
> Have you tried gnu diff and "diff -rcN"?  The -N flags does a diff of
> new files as if a zero size old one existed, and patches just fine.

But I'll bet it doesn't know to not bother diffing .elc files, and doesn't
emit code to delete files that no longer exist.  Sure, I could do some sed
hacking to accomplish this, but frankly I'd rather eat lint...

If someone makes 19.2->19.3 diffs, I'll be happy to distribute them.

	-- Jamie
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:15:47 EDT
From: ex594bw@pts.mot.com (Bob Weiner)
Subject: Re: SUGGESTION: Permit help strings in menu items.
Reply-To: bob_weiner@pts.mot.com
Newsgroups: alt.lucid-emacs.bug