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From: vasey@cs.utexas.edu (Ron Vasey)
Newsgroups: ut.general,austin.forsale,austin.general
Subject: For Sale - Car, Washer/Dryer, Trash Compactor
Followup-To: poster
Date: 6 Apr 1992 12:22:11 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I amd posting this for a friend ...


                        FOR SALE
                        ---------

1. 1990 ACURA INTEGRA LS  - VERY LOW MILAGE (7500 miles)
    - 2 Door
    - Manual
    - Torino Red Color
    - Sunroof with sunvisor
    - Tinting
    - AC, Cassette, AM/FM
    - Trim package with floor mats

     BOOK VALUE $12,800

2. NEW MAYTAG WASHER & DRYER - TOP OF THE LINE MODELS - Almond Color
    WASHER - Extra Large Capacity
           - Bleach Dispenser
           - Fabric Softner Dispenser
           - Self Clean Filter and more....
    DRYER  - Electronic Dry Control (shuts off automatically)
           - Drum Light, end-0f-cycle signal (volume adjustable)
           - wrinkle release, air fluff cycles

    PAID $1200 6 months back
    Expecting $700

3. KITCHENAID TRASH COMPACTOR - ALMOND COLOR - REFINISHED & CLEANED

   Store value $600
   Asking $125 firm (5 years old)

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I AM NOT ON THE NETWROK - PLEASE CONTACT ME ON PHONE
MY CONTACT NUMBERS ARE: 338-1240 (HOME)
                        338-5882 (WORK)

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++ Ron Vasey   International_Software_Systems_Inc.   Vox_512+338-5724
   @issi.com   9430_Research_#250, Austin_TX_78759   Fax_512+338-5757
From: jhaynes@d16serv.austin.ibm.com (Jeffrey L. Haynes)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: LOST Golden Retriever
Date: 1 Apr 92 21:06:00 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin

Female Golden retriever dog
Last seen on Tuesday (3/31) evening at ~7:00pm.
3 years old
Last seen in Braker Lane/Metric area. (Gracy Woods subdivision)
she has a red collar and tags.
there is a black birthmark in the middle of her tongue.

Thanks
-- 
Jeff Haynes			phone:	512/838-3213
IBM,Austin			jhaynes@netmail.austin.ibm.com
From: clements@cs.utexas.edu (Paul C. Clements)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: in return for our defense of their countries (was: Ross Per
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:18:45 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: lychee.cs.utexas.edu

In article <57098@cup.portal.com> patrik@cup.portal.com (Patrick M Crumhorn) writes:
>While several people here think Japan-bashing is a great sport to 
>engage in, please remember that Japan voluntarily has financed the
>Reagan-Bsuh budget deficits (at least a third of them) since the early 80s.
>Japan itself is now in a slow-growth period, and is only able to buy
>1/5 of our treasury bonds instead of the 1/3 they have been buying.  
>Any time their government decides they've had enough cr*p from the US
>government, they can just decline to pick up the tab...

Pick up the tab, hell.   You and I are picking up the tab, not Japan.
Investing in the most stable, reliable securities on the planet for
a good interest rate is not "picking up the tab", it's just wise
investment.   I see no evidence that any Japanese philanthropy was
involved, and suggest that assigning this motive to the Japanese is
as incorrect as assigning blame for our economic mess.    

pc
From: steveb@cs.utexas.edu (Steve Benz)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 16 Apr 92 02:39:38 GMT
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <2747@unisql.UUCP> alan@unisql.UUCP (Alan Weiss) writes:
>> and I think he
>>would be another Carter, antagonizing Congress and the entrenched
>>bureaucracy to the extent that any policy moves would be paralyzed.
>
>Oh, I'm pretty much *counting* on this myself.  Followed closely
>by their elimination based upon sunset laws, a line-item veto,
>and something that sounds a lot like Bob Kerry's plan to consolidate
>the bureaucracy (and shrink it).  A kind of Preperation H (tm) for
>Washington, so to speak.

I tend to disagree with both assertions.  While I agree that Perot would
certainly tend to antagonize the Congress, since I suspect that he'd
either treat congressmen as subordinates, or at least give that
impression.

While it's also true that Carter had the proverbial mandate from the people,
it wouldn't be anything like the kind of mandate that you'd have to
attribute to Mr. Perot if he indeed became the first independent candidate
to be elected to the Presidency of the United States.

What exactly your average legislator would make of that kind of political
reversal is pretty hard to estimate.  What the average political party
would make of it is perhaps even harder to figure.  Whether H. Ross
would be able to turn this bit of confusion to his advantage is another
story as well.  Perhaps he'd be able to play one against the other and
get the line-item veto passed.  Perhaps not.

I imagine there are Political Science types out there that have some
ideas on these issues, but at this point it seems pretty much a shot
in the dark.

					- Steve
From: dong@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Don M. Gibson)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:20:12 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas

Perot petition gatherers spotted at Allendale H.E.B.
Non-voters (primary) sign up while you can.

P.S. Perot has done less to subvert the U.S. Constitution
than either of the last two Presidents.
-don
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Reminder:  Case against environmentalism lecture
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:22:22 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
Distribution: austin
Organization: On the Beach, Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, Nederland Antilles
X-Random-Thought: Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

In article <1992Apr15.160311.27765@pencom.com> chauvin@pencom.com (Chris Chauvin) writes:
>Yeah, right.  Although the depopulation thing isn't a bad idea.  I don't mean  
>extermination.  I mean reasonable control over the population.
>
>I will agree that it is inherit in humans to use resources at will, but  
>eventually this system will collapse.  My 2 cents..for what it's worth.

You really need to attend that talk then.  I'll be 90' down in Lake Travis
at that time, so I won't be attending, but if you believe what you just
wrote, you REALLY need to go to this talk.

As an example of why depopulation isn't needed, consider that the two
countries with the largest populations, China and India, are both fairly
far behind the United States in industrial and agricultural technologies.

The best thing we could do for this planet is bring both China and India
into the 20th Century.  This is actually a good thing is many ways.  It
would reduce starvation and suffering, increase food and industrial
output, and reduce population growth (since industrial countries tend to
grow slower than less industrial ones).

This planet could probably support 40 to 50 billion people quite easily.
If you consider how bad a job the Chinese are doing with 1,200 million
people living in a somewhat backwards nation, it should be obvious that
the United States could support 2 or 3 billion by itself.
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From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F Haugh II)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: in return for our defense of their countries (was: Ross Per
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:45:22 GMT
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin TX

In article <1438@tivoli.UUCP>, aqn@tivoli.UUCP (Andy Nguyen) writes:
>    "Most stable, reliable securities on the planet?"  Mwahahahahahhahah,
>    whew, wheeze, pant, that was a good one!  Say, do _you_ pile all your
>    money into US bonds?
   
US Government Bonds =are= the most reliable securities on the planet.
Do you really think the government is going to repudiate all that debt
any time soon?  Do you think it wouldn't result in civil war?

>    Good investment or not, those same securities would go unsold if the
>    Japanese and the Germans did not buy them.  (Not to say that the Japanese
>    did not have other motives, like propping the US surrency & economy.)
>    The problem was the _sheer_volume_ of the debt being brokered, not the
>    ability of the US to pay back.

You need to look into the "coverage" of the bond issues.  Those bonds
are being "covered" pretty well.  There is no shortage of demand for
them, and if Japan and Germany =didn't= cover them, someone else would.

At 8% interest, the 30 year bond is a pretty good investment.  We have
low inflation, and the dollar is doing pretty well against most of the
major currencies (we've improved about 10% against the yen, for example).
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From: chauvin@pencom.com (Chris Chauvin)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Reminder:  Case against environmentalism lecture
Date: 17 Apr 92 14:50:56 GMT
Reply-To: chauvin@pencom.com (Chris Chauvin)
Distribution: austin
Organization: Pencom Software

In article <2746@unisql.UUCP> alan@unisql.UUCP (Alan Weiss) writes:
 
> Fine, Chris.  If you so desire to live by your social engineering
> creed, I suggest you immediately go out and get either a vasectory
> (if you are a dude) or get your tubes tied (if you are a girl -- Chris
> isn't a gender-specific name).
> 

Actually, there are three of us kind of planning a group vasectomy thing.  If  
your interested, feel free to join.

> As for "reasonable control over the population" .... WHOSE population,
> and WHOM will provide the "control?"

Well, since I live here in the good old U.S.A., I would say the only influence  
(i.e. through the election process) is here.  Like, maybe, no more tax breaks  
for more than two children?  Better birth control education?

> I don't know whether or not Dr. Reisman's lecture is worthwhile or not ...
> Do you?  Have you heard him speak?  Or, are you just basing your
> judgement on the comments of others?

I'll agree with you, I should here him speak.  I just kind of disconcerting  
when the environment is getting destroyed and then someone says, "Oh, don't  
worry about it.  That's the way man is."

> 
> 
>  Alan R. Weiss                  #include <std_disclaimer.h>
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Chris Chauvin	(Fire retardent suit in place)
chauvin@pencom.com
Pencom Software
(512) 343-1111
From: st13w@menudo.uh.edu (Jason L. Asbahr)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Louisiana State Lottery
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:25:28 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The Free Educational Computing Foundation


I don't suppose any one caught the winning number for last month's
Louisiana State Lottery?


--
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From: jbc@cs.utexas.edu (John B. Chambers)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: garage recommendations?
Date: 16 Apr 1992 18:07:38 -0500
Organization: Computer Sciences, UT Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: ripple.cs.utexas.edu

For some years I've used Northwest Hills Texaco for general garage and auto
mechanic services, somewhat less so recently due to a decline in their
quality of work and demonstrated interest in good customer service.  I find
myself disappointed this week by their failure to deliver my vehicle when
promised (the first time they've done this to me) and by the new (~1 week) 
service manager's utter lack of concern about this. I also find that they 
currently have an unsatisfactory rating with the Austin BBB for too many
unanswered complaints.

Needless to say, never again ...

So ... any recommendations for a good general garage capable of keeping my
aging GM product alive and well?

Thanks in advance.
---
John B. Chambers
From: mohawk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mohawk Dave)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Amiga Computer Demonstration
Date: 10 Apr 92 04:31:23 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX



     On Thursday, April 16, the University Amiga Computer Society
     will have an Amiga Expo.  The expo will begin sometime in the
     morning around 9:30-10:00 and will end whenever things cool
     down at around 4:00-5:00 pm.  The Station will be there with
     a Video Toaster and CDTV and some other assorted goodies.  In
     addition, our group members will be bringing several Amigas,
     including 500's, 1000's, 2000's and a few 3000's, along with
     a DCTV unit.  The expo will be held at the Flawn Academic
     Center on the U.T. campus.  The map below shows the FAC marked
     with a big checkmark for those unfamiliar with the campus.


|      |      |   ** GRG **    | *GEA* |      * ESB * ESB * ESB *
+-24th-+------+----------------+---+---+-------------24th--------------+--
|             |        ********    |\  **********    ***************   |
|              \       *  BIO *    | | *   PAI  *    *     WEL     *   |
|   **          \      *           |/  **********    *  *********  *   |
G   * *          \     B           |           **    *  *       *  *   S
u   *  *  ******* +--+ O   turtle  |           **    *  *********  *   p
a   *  *  * HMA * |  | T    pond   |        *****    *     WEL     *   e
d   *U *  ******* |  | *           |        *****    ************* *   e
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u   *  *      * FAC  ///  * +------+        *SSB*         \   **** *   a
p   *  *      *     ///   * | ***********       *****      \     * *   y
e   *  ****   * \\\/// FAC* | * (tower) *       *WCH*       |    ***   |
|   **UNB**   ***\XX/****** + *   MAI   *                   |          |
|                             *         *       ***         |    WAG   |
|          West Mall          ***********       COM         |    * *   |
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|      ^      ***   ***                                    /     * *   |
|     /|\     WMB * BTL                         *GAR*     /      * *   |
|      |      ***   ***          steps          ***      /       * *   |
|      |     ----+++------------------------------------+        WAG   |
+     NORTH                               -C. Borst      \-------------+
From: lwb@cs.utexas.edu (Lance W. Bledsoe)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Should Texas Succede (Was: in return for our defense...)
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:30:20 GMT
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <12192@tamsun.tamu.edu> cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes:
>Lance W. Bledsoe writes
>>  Why doesn't Texas succede from the union
>
>Texas is already a success. We have H. Ross Perot and Texas A&M  
>University.
>
>I'd vote yes if we wanted to secede, tho :-)

OK, OK, If I wanted to learn how to spell, I would have gone to A&M!  :-)


Lance

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|  "How did the Scarcrow know he didn't have a brain?"                   |
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Xref: sparky austin.general:1608 tx.politics:1556
From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.politics
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:30:32 GMT
Followup-To: tx.politics
Organization: Taronga Park BBS

[This does not belong in austin.general. Followups to tx.politics]

In article <2747@unisql.UUCP> alan@unisql.UUCP (Alan Weiss) writes:
>Exactly.  Does anyone seriously think that Ross would try to
>abolish the Bill of Rights?

Why not? George Bush has done a pretty good job of it. Certainly all
that namby-pamby stuff about unreasonable search and seizure has been
safely sidestepped.

>Do you think the Supreme Court,

The Clarence Thomas court?

>the Media, or the People would allow such a thing?

Oh no, they're gonna tell the media! Dan Rather's gonna override my veto.

>Do you *really* think this? 

Yep.

>BTW, Ross is not known as being especially ideological.

Damn, all that stuff about how he ran EDN is lies, eh?

>He has
>no PAC, nor special interest groups, that he must woo and answer
>to.

Oh, right. Look up "ideology" in the dictionary. Bet you don't find a
single word referring to influence.
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From: eric@pencom.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Texas BreakUp
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:19:18 GMT
Organization: Pencom Software

I have heard that it is still legally possible for Texas to break
up into smaller states.  Is this true?
Xref: sparky austin.general:1542 tx.general:234 houston.general:435 dfw.general:166
From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick)
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.general,houston.general,dfw.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:14:03 GMT
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx

Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy writes

> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: 
> > Perot has shown a remarkable lack of concern for basic civil  
liberties.

> He hasn't shown much concern for your tax money either. Wait till you 
> find out where his first million came from.


Mr daSilva has been publicly requested to provide facts to substantiate  
his assertion as made above. To date, he has been notably silent in reply.

 Perhaps we can take this as his official pronouncement that in fact Mr  
daSilva has no facts and is merely forcefully exhaling smoke vertically  
toward private body parts.

Perhaps Mr Kennedy would like to offer facts regarding Mr Perot's first  
million?


	Chuck Herrick
Xref: sparky austin.general:1556 tx.general:242
From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.general
Subject: will you Ross Perot debaters please take it elsewhere?
Summary: mcl sez "df /dev/clue" show 98% unused
Date: 11 Apr 92 21:27:45 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX

How about using tx.politics or austin.politics for the purposes they
were intended?  Neither laziness nor cluelessness are valid excuses
for neither editing Newsgroups: lines nor setting appropriate Followup-To:
headers.  I thank you, and the bored denizens trying to follow
all.general thank you.

-- 
Chip Rosenthal  512-482-8260 | Let the wayward children play.  Let the wicked
Unicom Systems Development   | have their day.  Let the chips fall where they
<chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM>   | may.  I'm going to Disneyland.  -Timbuk 3
Xref: sparky austin.general:1582 tx.politics:1532
From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.politics
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:11:46 GMT
Followup-To: tx.politics
Distribution: tx
Organization: Taronga Park BBS

In article <12326@tamsun.tamu.edu> cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes:
>In article <XIGE6FB@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)  
>$ Mr. Herrick might also consider that Mr. da Silva 
>$ doesn't get austin.general
>$ down here in Houston.

>Mr Herrick offers that Mr da Silva's original post accusing Mr H.  
>Ross Perot of violating civil liberties appeared on austin.general.

Mister da Silva suggests that Mister Herrick learn a little bit about how
the news system works.

>Mr Herrick offers: No, Mr da Silva. You made unsupported accusations  
>against Mr Perot. You back them up with facts or you retract the  
>accusations publicly, and stop trying to get others to do your work  
>for you.

They already have, mate. Check out tx.politics (which is, rather than
houston.general or austin.general, the place for this discussion) for
details.

I've set followups to tx.politics. Setting followups to a group I don't
get (see above) is a twit's game.

Twit.
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From: cornell@puck.as.utexas.edu (Mark E. Cornell)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Free puppy to good home
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:03:44 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas @ Austin
Originator: cornell@puck.as.utexas.edu

Free puppy to good home.  Cute, tan male.  20lbs, boxer mix?  Very
friendly, house-broken?  Found 4/8/92 Richcreek at Yates, but no one
has claimed him.  Email, or call 471-3423 or 459-6617.

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