From: s903040@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Christopher Francis Anderson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Another brief visit
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:49:29 GMT
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.

Thunderchild looks up from the table where he is currently enjoying a three
litre Tequila Sunrise (courtesy of a hyperdimensional glass and a large bottle
of tequila ;-) and comments on the joy of being a packrat.

"Well, I've never had to worry about moving, (whoever the *lucky* couple is
that have been moving recently - I forget their names (it's been a long 24
hour time period)), but I *do* know about being a packrat, sort of.

"Many a time I have gone through my shelves, drawers, cupboards and other 
storage places, with the intent of ruthlessly cleaning things up, only to find
that at the end of the day, I end up with more stuff than I started with,
which is pretty amazing, no?

"However, I do not have anything near the 6000 volumes of assorted fiction,
non-fiction, anything in between, etc., etc, ad nauseum (what am I saying??)
and I don't think I ever will. Unless of course I live to be abot three hundred
years old and win the lottery a few times. I might, you know.

"Then again, possibly not.

"I've been wondering at the general geographic spread of the Callahaners. Where
does everyone come from (as in state, province, etc)? It would be interesting
to see where most of you lot are in the world.

"Even more interesting (to me, at any rate) would be finding out how many
Australians are out there, in particular Victoria, just purely for the heck
of it. And maybe a RL get together if we're lucky."

Thunderchild turns a thoughtful eye to the ceiling. A few new pieces of
information float down to form a sheet of paper on the table top.

Picking up said piece of paper, he scans it quickly, then turns back to the
populace.

"One of the reasons my posts are a little erratic and not very often is a lack
of access. However, I should have remedied that my the end of the year, and
will be able to drop in any time of the day or night or both or neither.

"And another thing, which my abused subconscious has just reminded me, is
that some of what Stumpy and DM and co. did recently sounded very familiar.
About two and a half years ago, I visited Sydney for a week or two, and stayed
with my Sydney based relations.

"One of the many things we did was to visit the Three Sisters, which was a
really cool place to be. The walk that you guys described sounds like the
one we did, which was down the Thousand Steps (no way would we try to go up
the steps - as I sometimes say, I may be crazy, but I ain't stoopid!)

"We got pretty rained on towards the end, and it was a mad dash to the railway
up the hill. It was a great ride - we went up the hill (so we went backwards,
facing *down* the hill) and got deposited in the previously mentioned tourist
trap. Going back down would have been even more thrilling - and a damn sight
scarier. Pity we didn't do it, then. Oh well, there's always next time.

"I haven't heard from anyone that's going to FowlCon - am I to assume by this
that no-one is going? Please, let me know if you are as I would really like
to meet some other Callahanians. Oh yeah, the Saturday night feast is going
to be at a Chinese restaurant. Is that a bit more incentive?"

Thunderchild sits back and looks around, while contemplating the next few
weeks work/fun/sleep.

Isn't life fun?

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RMIT University of Technology
Somewhere Down Under (Down under where? I don't know, I just live here!)

Also known as the Starship 'Melissa', Planet-killer Extraordinaire!