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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: Inexcusable favouritism by Carolyn
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>On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:35:11 +1000, LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU wrote:
>> Do I really? That's the first time I've ever been accused of that. I've
 always
>> excelled at 'male-type' things but never been much good at those things women
>> are traditionally supposed to be good at.
>
>Yeah?  Bet you can't pee over the wall!
>
>G

Never tried! I lost heart in such competitions when I was very young after my
father spanked me for having similar competitions with my male playmate....
but I bet I could pee (all) over the wall. :-)

Carolyn
From: ST403231@brownvm.brown.edu (Frank)
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 00:46:11 EST
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>From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)

>Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
>              ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
What is the meaning of this???  The only hogs allowed on this list
are the Bandwidth (aka Feral) variety.  Ask abh if you don't believe me.

>In article <1h3e0eINN6o9@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> ST403231@brownvm.brown.edu (Frank)
>writes:
>:Ruth, I have it on good authority that Graham *likes* it when people
>:say he's cute.
>
>No, you misunderstood - what I whispered in the back of the car was that I
>liked it when _you_ called me cute :)
>
Happy to oblige.  Graham is cute.  A veritable Titian teddy bear.  An
auburn dumpling.  A pumpkin-hued pumpkin.  Why someone ought to buy him
a yellow hat and take him to Paddington Station, that's how cute he is.
Cute, do you hear, CUTE.

Happy?  ;-)

Whew, that's a lot of obliging other people's fetishes for one evening.
Between abh's unconditional offer of some weeks ago and this, I just don't
know what this list is coming to.  STOP it, you all.  This is a Family
list; we don't do that stuff here.  (Or did I mean that the list is
Family; I keep getting that confused.)

Bemusedly and foggily,
Frank
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From:         Joan Boorstein <jboor@MOTE.CS.UMB.EDU>
Subject:      Re: LVB, 1770-1827
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Steve reminds us:
> > Happy Beethoven's Birthday, everyone.

While riding in the car, a participant on a radio talk show claimed today
is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.  There will be a reenactment
today starting from Boston's Faneuil Hall.

Joan
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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In a previous article, BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU () says:

> 
>  Hi, this is Brad, just testing from bit.listserv.words-l.  I
>  wanted ("I was thinking...") to see how long it takes this msg
>  to get to the list.
>

How long?  Too long, of course.:-)  It got to my machine before 7 p.m., but
as I don't know when you sent it, I don't know how long it took to get
here....

btw - it's now after Midnight, and not even the cats are stirring.  The
mice seem to be scared off for the moment; this house might be warm, but
it seems to be developing a reputation as a deathtrap for small rodents.:-)
-- 
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From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
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Date: 14 Dec 92 04:21:56 GMT
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Natalie writes:
>jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas) writes:
>
>>I've seen the "lurker/label" discussion periodically over the last few
>>years, and although it generally tends to be rather silly, it's
>>obviously of interest to somebody or it wouldn't re-occur. Gosh--almost
>>like topics here.
>
>Why is the discussion of a label silly?  I'm no longer on the CMC list
>and thus didn't see the recent discussion being alluded to, but I find
>topics like the use of particular terms (in this case "lurker") interesting.
>It might also be interesting to discuss the sociological and psychological
>implications of lurkerdom -- e.g., Do the same people tend to be lurkers
>on all lists?  Why do people choose to lurk?  Are lurkers more likely than
>non-lurkers to be quiet in FTF situations?
 
I agree with you, Natalie, and claim only that the *discussion*
in this particular instance (and not the topic itself) was silly.
The questions you raise above weren't the ones
being addressed. TBQ ("The Big Question) was whether the *term*
lurker is PC (ie, offensive and therefore ought not be used).
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Identification etc
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            Digression:  Two young women are standing in front of a male nude
            marble statue.  One says to the other, "But it doesn't look real.
            Real ones are much bigger, and they stick straight out."

All right, trivia buffs: what's the name for the convention that
the old Greeks and Romans had that statues shoul always have
abnormally small <Sinclair>s?  I heard it once and was surprised
that it was deliberate art - I thought those old guys were built
like that!

G
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Now for something completely anal-retentiv
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1992, Rita Marie Rouvalis wrote:

>         If anyone goddamn DARES to insinuate that I am a Boomer again,
> I shall come up with dire consquences to visit upon them.

BoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomerBoomer

-abh
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From:         Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Mice, icons, etc.
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One thing about OS/2--I guess I sound like Torkel now--it behaves as
advertised.  For the first time EVER, I am able to switch between
WordPerfect and EW+ (my Japanese word-processor) WITHOUT having to
reboot.  It is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Add the ability to read list mail
at the same time, without having to exit either of these programs, and
I'm in heaven!  (Hmm...I wonder if there is a Karsten-emulator somewhere
on there?!)

Anyway, I seem to be creating things I can't get rid of, but that's a
small price to pay.

Karen
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:57:56 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      End of year Retrospective
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It's that time of the year again, when we look back on the past 12 months
and think about the good and bad that came our way. Surely some milestones
stand out in the minds of Wordslers as well: Louie Crew's love letters,
the Aaronology episode (hi, you cute thing!), Karen's monumental e-oops to
Wombat, the Clambake, etc.

How about if we each post our 10-(best? worst? greatest? you name it) list
and see what stands out in people's minds.

-abh
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From:         "Michael E. Macmillan" <MACMILLM%EWC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: 2 toasts

>the same  Hmmm... maybe it's $200 for the modem and $140 for the Mac
>cable? :-)
>
>G

Sounds about right for a Mac cable.  I presume you've had lots of
opportunity to work with the Digicom by now.  Still pleased with it?
Any significant shortcomings?

Michael E. Macmillan
(macmillm@ewc)
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: UUCP Mail
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> UUCP request att!D.atte5d02d2 to mhwpa!D.atte5d02d2
> failed on system 'mhwpa'.
> Reason for failure:
>         remote system can't create temp file
>         remote file system is low on free space

Hi, Ken.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 9-yr old victorian girl's essay
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> This was the sexiest part. The thing I don't understand
> though, is what Ethel saw in that beagle.

That's because you've never met Bernard...
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date: 19 Dec 1992 19:28:54 GMT
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>
>In a previous article, gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK (Graham Toal) says:
>
>>        everyone is first involved with the reindeer and the pickled herring.
>>Is that a red herring, Bill? :-)
>>
>Actually, Steve, it's in wine sauce.  Leastways the stuff [yum!] in
>my fridge is....  Good old kosher case at the supermarket....
>
Whups - got Grahammie and Stevie mixed uppie.  Whoopsie!  

Oh well.....  They're both silly children sometimes; it's easy to get them
mixed up.<grin>

[OK Graham - your turn to spout some loutish garbage; I'm giving you a good
cheap target.:-)  Merry Solstice, btw]

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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: alt.swedish.chef.blender.dork.dork.dork
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:  This is pretty good, and I see that you have a good grasp of "Scandinavian",
:as befits a true Scotsman. However, "installation" should be "attitude".

Aw shucks, thanks.  I doubt it was worth the three hours it took to
hack though.  Amazing amount of Swedish is close to Dutch and German I've
just discovered.

G
PS Erm... the installation/attitude slip rather negates the whole thing...
so you *don't* really have a program that translates everything? :-)
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From:         Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Anyone heard about khat in Somalia?
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Posted on 19 Dec 1992 at 22:06:37 by Graham Toal

>What's this I've just read about the US banning the local
>recreational drug in Somalia (if it's anything like Jordan and other
>places in that area it'll be a mild chewed narcotic leaf is my guess)
>while introducing alcohol to the country against local moral codes.
>Isn't alcohol likely to do more long term damage?

Classic western practice as described by Szasz in _Ceremonial Chemistry_.

I read an article recently on khat in Canada.  Turns out it's not
illegal (though it soon will be), but customs nonetheless seizes
several suitcases full every week, destined for the growing Somali
community in Toronto.  The reporter tried some and got a mild and
not very pleasant buzz.

Tony H.
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From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
 <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: "Moonlight & Media welcomes US force"

 > Anyone else have a thing for Amanpour?  Want to start a fan club?

 Sure.  Why not?  We could even have a fight about "trooper" or
 "trouper."

 > London-born of an Iranian father and English mother, she must be
 > 34 or 35 now, still single unless there has been a press-corps
 > romance since Desert Storm ...

 Always useful information for a fan club -- but Cindy Crawford
 calendars still sell well even though she's married.  Cindy, btw,
 was valedictorian of DeKalb High School, class of (recent) ...

Steve Karlson
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Subject: Re: Chilled-water @ UGA [Plus Chocolate Wafer Crumbs]
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In a previous article, maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU (Natalie Maynor) says:

>I'm happy to report that I went to another grocery store and found
>"Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers."  I would rather have found them in
>crumb form, of course, but I guess Bernardykins and I can jump around
>on them and crumble them.

Just grab a pair of plastic bags and a hammer.  Put cookies in first plastic 
bag.  Put first bag into second bag.  Pound cookies with hammer.<grin>  Works
every time!  The second bag is there because the cookies tend to cut through
the first one, which could lead to a big mess.:-)

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From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Seasonal comfort and joy
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> Happy holidays, List Honey!

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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
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>>I may not be of that opinion now, but that is not to say that I didn't concur
>>with those who were advocating that label for you when it was being discussed
>>previously - I didn't view that gif until a few weeks ago and your appointment
>>of List Hunk predated that by many months.
>
>Rather Graham-like sense of time. Carolyn, I must ask you how long a month
>is according to you.

Depends on whether I'm talking about 'real' time or 'virtual' time.... the
latter in this case - a 'virtual' month could be any length of 'real' time
from a few hours to a couple of weeks, depending on the email traffic volume
that separates the two events. This stretching/shrinking of 'real' time occurs
elsewhere than in the electronic medium and is by no means a new concept.
>>What is 'bad' by the way?

"bad", in this case, was trying to deliberately irritate me by misconstruing
everything I wrote. I saw through your scam and refused to supply you with
'any more toys' to  play with.... which was equivalent to 'sending you home'
- saying, "I don't want to play with you anymore".

>>I will accept your apology only if it is truly heartfelt.
>
>But I have problems with the definition of heartfelt. How do you mean?

If you don't know what it means then you have obviously never felt it. There
are times in some peoples lives when there grief becomes so intense that a
distinct ache in the heart is felt...... that is the origin of the terms
'heartache' and 'heartfelt'..... I've experienced that feeling a number of
times. You have yet to awaken emotionally if you have never experienced these
feelings.

>>Get off the floor! That's not necessary and will gain you no points..... to
>>a mother that indicates that you have no consideration for the person who
>>washes your clothes.
>
>Here you show rather blatant ethnocentrism.

On the contrary, it is you who are the inconsiderate ethnocentric. Your lack
of concern for the most important person in your life so far, is evidenced
by your following sentence.

>My mother would certainly not think of it as a lack of consideration for the
>person who washes my clothes, and she didn't even have a washing machine till
>a year ago.

That she performed her chores willingly or, at least, without complaining, is
no testimony to her thoughts on the matter.

>Shocking! Has there perhaps been a certain dumb-headedness on your part from
 the beginning,
>Carolyn, that lead to your inexplicable flying off on tantrums?

I don't throw tantrums, but I wish the same could be said of you.

>>Crying is good for the soul.
>
>Ah, but for the SOUL! Now that's another concept I have big problems with.

Why am I not surprised?

>Then post an act of contrition and I'll type it 50 times. I have forgotten it
>but I remember it had words like these. Big words for trivial things.

What is that meant to show? That you can type? I know that already.

Carolyn
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In a previous article, gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal) says:

>On Fri, 11 Dec 1992 05:52:09 GMT, "Ruth M. Hanschka"
>> I was going to keep my mouth shut on this one, but I keep getting the
>> feeling that that quote's from Romeo and Juliet.  There's no copy here
>
>Ah, the <innocence> of youth...
>
Yes, it can be, can't it.  Of course, the two <inocents> in question
weren't so <innocent> by the end of the play.  Lying, lusting, sex, murder
and mayhem will all tend to do that to a person....:-)  Or were you 
referring to me?<heh>  <heh heh> <heh heh heh>

Awww heck <ROFL>

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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: End of Year Retrospective
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1992, Rashmi wrote:

> Nobody's mentioned the biggest list-laugh of the year - abh vehemently
> insisting that the Lob wasn't Santa.

Whaddaya mean, Lob was Santa?

-abh
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: My Top Ten 1992
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> I would like to ask this "guess who" character two questions:
>
> 1) What the hell is this palindromic tattoo business that
>    holds number 8 on the list? I remember the others all
>    too well, but I don't remember this one.
>
Here is a reproduction of the palindromic tattoo, just for you,
from one tush to another:
.
>
> thanks, annie, I just didn't realize that the message <Show Bottom>
> was the <command form>.....   O.K., here it is:
> .
> .                 :          :     mom    :
>                    \________/ \__________/
> .
> --ggs

> 2) You also say that there was nastiness about the use of <>.
>    Can you supply some evidence? As far as I know, this non-
>    sensical usage has been uniformly popular, confirming my
>    long-held beliefs about gimmicks cheap and trashy.
>
> tushar

The first time that poor -ggs suffered the outrageously nasty
attacks of certain wordslers was when he referred to somebody
named ann or anne or something similar as a <lady>, which led
to -ggs' trying to explain the meaning of <>, which led to all
kinds of lectures from gt on net usage and reprimands from various
unsavory types about the dangers of trying to be <different>.  Time
has proved that -ggs was, in fact, a visionary.
As for gimmicks cheap and trashy, such remarks are, in my humble O,
just too TP for words.
--ggs
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From:         Tushar Samant <samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: value of a BWP

>"bad", in this case, was trying to deliberately irritate me by misconstruing
>everything I wrote. I saw through your scam and refused to supply you with
>'any more toys' to  play with.... which was equivalent to 'sending you home'
>- saying, "I don't want to play with you anymore".

But Carolyn, you have replied to all but two of my posts so far! Ha ha ha,
and if I may add, ha ha ha ha!

By the way, what does "ethnocentric" mean? And that reminds me, what does
"schmaltzy" mean?

tushar
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:23:46 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Christiane Amanpour
Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

> Is it happening all over the world? Torrential downpours seem to be the
> order of the day here as well.

The rain is pouring in Mississippi.  Is it dry anywhere?
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: User Interface Warz
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>        I won't be happy with a user interface until it can read my
>mind.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thomas J. Lee                     \      Serials Acquisitions, Butler Library

"I really hate this damned machine,
 I wish that they would sell it.
 It never does the things I want,
 But only what I tell it."
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