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From: daphne@yoursrvc.csd.sgi.com (Daphne Carmeli)
Newsgroups: ba.general,sgi.general
Subject: COMMUTE partner
Date: 13 Aug 92 00:53:28 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

I'm posting this for a friend, so please contact him directly:

I've recently lost my commute partner and am looking for a new one. I live in  San Fransisco (presidio area- Green Street) and work in  Mountain View. 

Suresh Majahan

h) 415-292-4125
w) 415-960-3000
Newsgroups: ba.general,su.etc,su.market
From: dawn@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Dawn Burgess)
Subject: Re: To Everyone Giving Away Pets!
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:39:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.224044.2846@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> ginsberg@t.Stanford.EDU (Matthew L. Ginsberg) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.155834.14153@informix.com> proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts) writes:
>>
>>Here's a short listing of advances without animals, provided by the 
>>Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.  
>>
>>-  Discovery of the relationship between cholesterol and 
>>   heart disease, the number one cause of death for 
>>   Americans 
>>
>>-  Discovery of the relationship between smoking and 
>>   cancer and nutrition and cancer, the number two cause 
>>   of death for Americans 
>>
>>-  Discovery of the relationship between hypertension and 
>>   stroke the number three cause of death for Americans 
>>
>>-  Discovery of the causes of trauma, the number four 
>>   cause of death in the United States, and the measures 
>>   to prevent it 
>
>etc etc.
>
>Wherever you stand on the use of animals in medical experimentation,
>this sort of deliberate distortion is disgraceful.  Animal-based
>research is, for example, responsible for the discovery of the
>relationship between saccharin and cancer (the number two cause of
>death for Americans).
>
>Roberts' implication that animal-based research has not had
>substantial impact on research in heart disease, cancer, stroke and
>trauma is simply absurd.
>
>						Matt Ginsberg
>
Thank you Matt.  You saved me the necessity of a lengthy post of my own.
Robert's post was typical of the beliefs held by many people in this
country who have no understanding of the complex process of medical 
research and no appreciation of the debt they owe thereto.

Dawn


Newsgroups: ba.general
From: james@wrs.com (James Moore)
Subject: Re: Security deposits and nasty Berkeley landlords
Reply-To: james@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:52:57 GMT

sandell@chowning.CNMAT.Berkeley.EDU (Gregory J. Sandell) writes:

>I do not want to have our security deposit unfairly taken from us when the  
>day comes for us to move out.  Unfortunately we did not take photos of the  
>place or make a list of problems when we moved in.  We have been there  
>since January.  Can anyone suggest ways to protect ourselves at this  
>point?  What should we do if they try to pull that stunt on us?

The standard bit of advice is to photograph the house before you move
in and have a friend sign the back of the photos.  That way, if you
end up in court, the friend can come in and say that in fact the house
did look like this when you moved in.  The other thing to do is make a
written record and have both you and the landlord sign it.

There's nothing stopping you from doing all of that now.

There's a good tenants rights book published by Nolo Press.  You can
get it at Cody's; I found out lots of things I didn't know before.
Tell your friends to go get a copy, there's a section on what to do
about recovering security deposits.

-- 
James Moore                            /|\                        james@wrs.com
Wind River Systems                     \|/                  Alameda, California
	 "Half of what he said meant something else, and the other half
			  didn't mean anything at all"
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: wisner@netcom.com (Bill Wisner)
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 04:14:59 GMT
Organization: Trailing Edge Technologies, Mountain View, CA
Distribution: ba

I called South Bay Cablevision and was told they they're in the process
of re-wiring all of Mountain View to use fiber optic lines, and that no
channels will be added to the city's cable lineup until the process is
finished.  I was told it should be done by "this time next year."

w.
Newsgroups: ba.general,alt.tv.twin-peaks
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Subject: Bay area 'Twin Peaks' fans: wanna get together to see the movie?
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 03:49:58 GMT
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Followup-To: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Distribution: ba

Twin Peaks just ain't the same unless you're watching it with somebody
with whom you can discuss all of its finer points.  :) I suspect the
new movie "Fire Walk With Me", due to open next Friday, won't be any
different!

It struck me that this would be a neat time to pull together complete
strangers with a common interest and see what happens.  Whaddaya say
we try to get together some die-hard Twin Peaks fans from the bay
area, go grab a bite to eat next Friday night or Saturday night, then
go see the movie, and find some place afterwards for dessert and
discussion?  :)

Send me email if you think you'd be interested so I can get an idea of
what this would entail.  In the worst case, either nobody'll be
interested, or else we'll have far too many people interested; we'll
deal with that if it happens.  Ideally we might get, say, 20 people
together for this.

The variables are time and location.  I'd suggest seeing it at the
Fashion Island Mall in Foster City (San Mateo) on Friday night, at a
showing that starts sometime between 7pm and 10pm, because that's
opening night and the theater's close to me.  We'd have to get there
early for dinner so somebody can stand in line to buy the tickets (I
don't think it's possible to reserve tickets).

In your email to me, mention where you're coming from -- if the
majority of people are coming from the south end of the bay, we could
find a theater down there, for example.

This is kind of a wild idea, but there's nothing to lose by suggesting
it.  :)  I hope something comes of this; I don't know what's going to
happen!

     << Brian >>

-- 
_/_/_/       Brian Kendig  Macintosh Jedi           Live never to be ashamed
 _/_/   Starfleet Captain  Oracle Employee         if anything you do or say
  _/  Intrepid Adventurer  Saturn SL2 Owner    is published around the world
      bskendig@netcom.com  Twin Peaks Junkie    -- even if what is published
    Princeton '92! BSE/CS  Writer/Actor/Singer                   is not true.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: GC.AVW@forsythe.stanford.edu (RAGIN CAJUN)
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 08:00:49 GMT

In article <m64mw+f.sallylb@netcom.com>,
sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith) writes:
>In article <+54m01_.marv@netcom.com> marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab) writes:
>
>(SciFi Channel stuff)
>
>>So....to the many thousands of you reading this (and I know there are
>>many thousands of you saying "who me?"), please call and request it. it'll
>>take all of 3 minutes to call and say "Rumor has it......carry it!"
>>It should be really cool!
>
>Hey, me too. I mean, call TCI in Fremont while you're at it. Of
>course, it won't do a damn bit of good (if there is a worse cable
>setup around here, I've yet to hear of it), but they deserve all the
>grief we can give them.
>
>Sally
>
>--
>Sally Smith (510)790-0608  sallylb@netcom.com (I was sally@tardis.tymnet.com)
>I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
>"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"
>

Take it from an ex-employee-they will just put the answering service
on if they get too many calls.  And it really doesn't do any good.

*******************************************************************
*Alma Woolf           *  Who are you?                             *
*Stanford University  *  I don't know, I am not myself lately.    *
*******************************************************************
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:46:30 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba

In article <+54m01_.marv@netcom.com> marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab) writes:

(SciFi Channel stuff)

>So....to the many thousands of you reading this (and I know there are 
>many thousands of you saying "who me?"), please call and request it. it'll
>take all of 3 minutes to call and say "Rumor has it......carry it!"
>It should be really cool!

Hey, me too. I mean, call TCI in Fremont while you're at it. Of
course, it won't do a damn bit of good (if there is a worse cable
setup around here, I've yet to hear of it), but they deserve all the
grief we can give them.

Sally

-- 
Sally Smith (510)790-0608  sallylb@netcom.com (I was sally@tardis.tymnet.com)
I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"

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From: Mahi_deSilva@taligent.com (Mahi de Silva)
Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.market.vehicles,ba.market.misc
Subject: Re: Looking For GOOD Saab Mechanic
Date: 22 Aug 92 00:35:33 GMT
Organization: Taligent Inc.
X-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 01:35:32 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d3

Looking For GOOD Saab Mechanic

I would recommend the SAAB Factory on Cambell Ave  near Santa Clara
university. Their phone number is 241-7222. I have had them work on both
my 83 900 Turbo and my 89 9000 CD. They are quite reasonable, and will
not try to pull the wool over your eyes. They work only on SAAB's, and
seem
to know more than the dealers around here.

- Mahi
From: PORTIGAL_STEVE@TANDEM.COM
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Where are the wind-propellers?
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:58:00 GMT

I once drove by hundereds and hundereds of wind powered propeller forr
power generation...it was somewhere near 580, up by Livermore. I'd like to
go back there and take some photographs, but I can NOT remember exactly
where it was (I had been driving for 4 days at that point).

I'd appreciate any information, espeically on best views, interesting
photo spots, and good places to ditch the car for 20 minutes while doing
this.

Thanks very much....

Steve Portigal
portigal_steve@tandem.com
From: wisner@netcom.com (Bill Wisner)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:59:30 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Trailing Edge Technologies, Mountain View, CA

>   Is SouthBay Cablevision the only cable company for Mtn. View?

Yes.

There are very, very few cities in this country served by more than
one cable company.  This is because generally, city governments only
license one.

w.
Newsgroups: ba.wanted,ba.general,ca.wanted,swnet.general,ca.general
From: sunil@netcom.com (SUNIL DHINGRA)
Subject: INFORMATION WANTED - METALS CONSULTANT
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 02:16:10 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


Hi,

I would like some information on pricing of metals and how it varies with
the American Metal Markets and COMEX. 

	Would appreciate if anybody can give any information on the above 
or point me to consultants or other people familiar with  this area.

Thanks,

SUNIL,
408 971 6388
From: marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: 19 Aug 92 04:54:56 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: user of Netcom Public Access Unix, SF Bay Area

>>    Are there any competitors in the area?

In article <71333@apple.Apple.COM> stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones) writes:
>I believe that Viacom, which services my area of San Francisco, will be
>offering the Sci-Fi channel.


   Is SouthBay Cablevision the only cable company for Mtn. View?


                   -marvin


-- 
Marvin Raab                                  
marv@netcom.com                              Mountain View, CA 94040
apple.com!netcom.com!marv                    415-961-6501 (h)
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Subject: Re: housing question: avoiding suburbia in Silicon Valley
Organization: The Original Estrogen-Crazed Lust Bunnies
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:02:23 GMT

In article <169kb3INNgrl@agate.berkeley.edu> sandell@chowning.CNMAT.Berkeley.EDU (Gregory J. Sandell) writes:
>
>My wife and I live in lovely Berkely, but employment may make it necessary  
>for us to move close to Mountain View or Cupertino.  I don't mean to  
>insult anyone, but the kind of suburbia that is sprawled all over the  
>place around there is the very stuff I've been trying to get away from all  
>my life!  
>
>Can anybody suggest places we can look at that are less mainstream, and  
>maybe just a bit backwoodsy, but would be closer to somewhere like  
>Mountain View than Berkeley is?
>
>We pay $800/month for our place in Berkeley.  With the new jobs, we might  
>be able to go up to $1200 a month.  

Well, let's see...there's Portola Valley, or Los Altos Hills, or Woodside...
where you might actually find a place with running water for $1200 a month.
How about the Santa Cruz mountains; Ben Lomond, Felton, etc.?  You do like
spending a couple of hours a day in your car, right?

Of course, those of us who live in the suburban sprawl do so because
we're hopelessly addicted to double knit polyester slacks, Wonder bread
and strip malls.  That it's convenient to our jobs is just an added
blessing, ya know?

Charleen
pass me another Bud Lite, would ya? <burp>
--
I'm moving to Mars next week, so if you have any boxes... -- Steven Wright
Newsgroups: ba.general,misc.consumers,misc.legal
From: guest@goliath.Stanford.EDU ()
Subject: speeding ticket ..... how to limit the damage?
Organization: Makalu Mountain Hermitage, Mt Makalu, Nepal
Distribution: ba
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 00:48:59 GMT



[first of all, i'm not sure how appropriate this is on this newsgroup,
 so please followup via email.]

on 8/3, i had just exited i-280 to take hwy 17 to [XYZ place], and was
trying to wake my co-passenger up, when i saw a flashing light in the
mirror.  since i have never been stopped by cops, i immediately pulled
to the side; in fact to the *wrong* side, on the left, just because i
was in the left lane.

cop's version: i was  going *60mph* when he started chasing me,
               i didn't seem to notice him, and when i pulled on
               the *wrong* side, i was up to 70.

my version:    no idea ... i was so busy shaking my co-passenger
               i don't remember looking at the speedometer at all.
               however, i *have* driven 70 in the past, so i do not
               doubt cop's story.

anyway, the cop gave a ticket which has a court address and a ticket
number, but no phone number etc.  besides my name, the only thing
legible is campbell [so i suppose the court is in campbell] and
the date sep 19th.

i suppose most people get some kind of ticket sometime, but it feels
quite depressing to me, since i haven't had any kind of ticket ever
for the last 5 years that i have been driving.  on top of that, since
i just turned 25, i was hoping for a reduction in my insurance bill,
but looks like this speeding ticket is going to have the reverse
effect.

i would appreciate any comments on the following:
 1. who do i contact to find out more details about this ticket?
    dmv wasn't helpful.
 a. what kind of court is this?
 b. would i need a lawyer?  how expensive?
 c. what is the fine for speeding 70 in a 55 zone?
 d. is there any point in contesting it? on what grounds?
 e. is there *any* way at all to avoid this citation/conviction
    from affecting my insurance bill?  like a no-drive probation
    for 1 month or something.  [since i live on campus, i could
    do away without driving for a few weeks]

thank you.

--guest account.
From: whheydt@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Uninsured Motorist Auto Insurance Coverage
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:31:26 GMT
Reply-To: whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA

In article <183028@pyramid.pyramid.com> bsherman@pyrxbooter.eng.pyramid.com (Brad Sherman) writes:
>  1. When the police officer asks if you're injured, the answer is
>     *yes*.  Hit & run is a misdemeanor unless someone is injured in
>     which case it is a felony.  Felony cases tend to be investigated
>     much more thoroughly.

How is lying on a police report classified?

	--Hal
-- 
Hal Heydt                    |    "Boycott Time-Warner"
Analyst, Pacific*Bell        |         --J. Danforth Quayle
510-823-5447                 |    "... kill all the lawyers."
whheydt@pbhya.PacBell.COM    |         --William Shakespeare
From: dennice@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Dennice)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: ****RE-Post ***ROTTWEILER $700
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:40:09 GMT
Followup-To: ba.general
Organization: Slac

ROTTWEILER!!!!

11 Month Old Male

Pure Breed

$700

Must Sell (sad) moving soon.

Call Brian (510) 237-7272
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: bob@netcom.com (Bob Becker)
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 15:51:15 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba

>>I called South Bay Cablevision and was told they they're in the process
>>of re-wiring all of Mountain View to use fiber optic lines, and that no
>>channels will be added to the city's cable lineup until the process is
>>finished.  I was told it should be done by "this time next year."
>
Something has been driving me nuts.  Apparently Mt. View and Sunnyvale
are both rewiring their cable systems, and all over the roads are 
written - in spray paint - USA - with little arrows pointing up and
down the street.  Does anybody know what USA means?
From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:56:37 GMT
	<=x!ntn-.wisner@netcom.com>
Distribution: ba
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames

"Bill" == Bill Wisner <wisner@netcom.com> writes:
Bill> There are very, very few cities in this country served by more
Bill> than one cable company.  This is because generally, city
Bill> governments only license one.

Houston originally had something like 14 cable companies.  Most were
quickly bought up by Storer and Warner.  Now there are essentially
only two cable companies in Houston: Storer and Warner.  Warner's
still using outdated technology that limits them to 40-some-odd
channels, and they lose signal quality in heavy rainstorms.  Storer's
even worse off.  Neither carry any of the "new" channels, but Warner
manages to find space for multiple shopping channels and 3+
pay-per-view channels. ;-(

Ya'll have it pretty good out here.  Imagine if there were only two
cable companies for the area from SF to SJ....

--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
           '91 CB750, soon to be replaced by a '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
      "Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads.  Heads." -- R & G Are Dead
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: ellon@ADS.COM (Ellon St. Croix)
Subject: Re: Heritage Cablevision
Organization: Wild Bill & BabyCat's House of Many Pleasures
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:39:27 GMT


In article <athos-120892220219@kip2-5.apple.com> athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
>
>If anyone has the address for TCI (the parent company of Heritage) perhaps
>we could get together and start a letter campaign.  What do you say?


TCI has an office on the corner of Evelyn and Sunnyvale Ave's. in
Sunnyvale.  I know because they recently sent us a flyer telling us 
that they would soon be expanding their service area.  We were kinda 
glad to hear that because right now we have the equivalent of Bill 
and Ted's Cable adventure (NOR-CAL Cable).  When we called TCI to 
find out when we would be able to get them, we were told that 
UNFORTUNATELY, we lived in one of the few apartment complexes that
had the contract with Nor-Cal.  So, we will never even get the chance
to complain about them.:(


Ellon

--
Nothin' feels as good, as good as us together.  Nothin' in the world,
no, there ain't nothin' better than this... NEW LOVE! Always feels 
like a new love. Every touch is feelin' so much like the very first
touch. It's like a new love, a new love........  WCS & ESS 4/18/92
From: culver@uts.amdahl.com (Eric B. Culver)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: roommate
Keywords: roommate
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:35:22 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

My friend, Julie Yang, is looking for a person who 
wants a roommate. Please call her at 408-944-9151 ext 271 if
youare interested.

Thanks

Eric B Culver
From: culver@uts.amdahl.com (Eric B. Culver)
Newsgroups: ba.general,amdahl.general
Subject: roommate wanted
Keywords: roommate wanted
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:20:53 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: ba
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

My friend, Julie Yang, is looking for a 
singe female roommate to share a two bedroom
apartment. She is presently living in a 
one bedroom and she is interested in someone
who already has a 2-bedroom or would like 
to get one with her. Please give her a 
call at 408-244-1218.

Thanks
Eric B Culver
From: marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Cable-TV Sci-Fi channel
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:55:48 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: user of Netcom Public Access Unix, SF Bay Area


Rumor has it that the Sci-Fi channel will begin broadcasting on 9/24.
I just called SouthBay Cablevision (my carrier) and they are NOT
planning on carrying it.

I told them I could get thousands of people in the Bay Area to request
it and they said "that would help"....

So....to the many thousands of you reading this (and I know there are 
many thousands of you saying "who me?"), please call and request it. it'll
take all of 3 minutes to call and say "Rumor has it......carry it!"
It should be really cool!


          -marvin

-- 
Marvin Raab                                  
marv@netcom.com                              Mountain View, CA 94040
apple.com!netcom.com!marv                    415-961-6501 (h)
Newsgroups: ba.general,su.etc,su.market
From: ginsberg@t.Stanford.EDU (Matthew L. Ginsberg)
Subject: Re: To Everyone Giving Away Pets!
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:40:44 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.155834.14153@informix.com> proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts) writes:
>
>Here's a short listing of advances without animals, provided by the 
>Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.  
>
>-  Discovery of the relationship between cholesterol and 
>   heart disease, the number one cause of death for 
>   Americans 
>
>-  Discovery of the relationship between smoking and 
>   cancer and nutrition and cancer, the number two cause 
>   of death for Americans 
>
>-  Discovery of the relationship between hypertension and 
>   stroke the number three cause of death for Americans 
>
>-  Discovery of the causes of trauma, the number four 
>   cause of death in the United States, and the measures 
>   to prevent it 

etc etc.

Wherever you stand on the use of animals in medical experimentation,
this sort of deliberate distortion is disgraceful.  Animal-based
research is, for example, responsible for the discovery of the
relationship between saccharin and cancer (the number two cause of
death for Americans).

Roberts' implication that animal-based research has not had
substantial impact on research in heart disease, cancer, stroke and
trauma is simply absurd.

						Matt Ginsberg

Newsgroups: ba.general