HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Mind the Gap)
Subject: Re: Trilateral commission
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 05:17:43 GMT

In article <27314@dog.ee.lbl.gov> TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
>aq817@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Crocker) writes:
>
>  +>(note 1) The Trialteral Commission (as of April 6, 1992).   
>  
>  +>* = Executive Committee.                                    
>  +>Akio Morita, Chairman                                       
> 
>  +I just loved him in Happy Days.
>
>Me too.  He was okay in the _Karate Kid_ movies and of course,
>_Honeymoon in Vegas_.  You can tell he's a pro and acts well
>because he doesn't have to do it for the money.

A second-cousin of my mother's produced that cop-show that starred
Morita, but I forget his name and the name of the TV show.  
(He also produced "The Rookies.")

Does anyone else know someone famous, or is related to someone who does,
or conspired to meet someone famous?
-- 
ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
also at quibeaux@uchicago.edu | standard disclaimers | void where prohibited
the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
From: walsh@optilink.UUCP (Mark Walsh)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Amusing pronouns, was: Big Brother Radio Shack
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:05:13 GMT
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA

From article <1992Nov4.133842.12324@erenj.com>, by srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson):

> Someone (haven't found out who, and it's not important) managed to 
> get me on a mailing list as Scott Buttstayne. It's pretty fun watching
> the evolution of that name in the mailing lists, kind of like the "life"
> simulation. Plus I always get a laugh when I say "Buttstayne" out loud.

An old friend of mine liked calling the place I used to
work at, and asking the receptionist to page some non-
existant people.  My favorites were:

Mike Hunt
Dr. Jack Meehoff
Daniel Druff

Any others out there?
-- 
Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
AOL: BigCookie -- Amateur Radio: KM6XU@WX3K -- USCF: L10861
"What, me worry?" - William M. Gaines, 1922-1992
From: Terry.Smith@f870.n800.z3.fidonet.org (Terry Smith)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: What is IT? (Was: Re: Oct. 28: The Rapture...)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 14:44:09

 cELi> Yes, I'd like to know What Is The Rapture? myself.  I've heard my
 cELi> fellow Baptists discuss it, but when I went to the library at the
 cELi> Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas, I found no
 cELi> mention of the "rapture" in any of the concordances to The Holy Bible
 cELi> (KJV). 
 cELi> Is the RAPTURE some sort of secret ceremony?  Is it an equivalent of
 cELi> the Baptist Masons??
 	From: GodSpeed(R)  880713
"raised heaven" occurs in one verse.
1TH 4:16    For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
            the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
            in Christ shall rise first:
1TH 4:17    Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together
            with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
            we ever be with the Lord.
	The term 'rapture' itself I'm not sure of, but if I'd been bible-bash
ing for yonks I'd be pretty stoked I was right. I'd also want to be in some
other head-space if I found myself heading off to hard Ionised Vacuum cluttered
with 30 years worth of micrometeor bombarded junked nuclear shells ect.
      GodSpeed(R)  880713
1TH 5:1     But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I
            write unto you.
1TH 5:2     For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as
            a thief in the night.
	But some groups evidently have special insight the Son of man wasn't
even privy to, bet He's happy considering what He was charged for it :-*
Terry
Godspeed is a registered trademark of Kingdome Age Software, San Diego
 * Origin: Elizabeth Park BBS (3:800/870.0)

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Microwave Death
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 06:03:23 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.213605.8772@ac.dal.ca> egilmour@ac.dal.ca writes:
> 
> I guarantee that I read this in the paper.

Oh, I nominate this for AFU motto of the week.
From: fehr@ms.uky.edu (Jeff Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Question about "T." in James T. Kirk !!!!!! (As seen on TV)
Keywords: We don' nee' no stinkeen' keywords!
Date: 11 Nov 92 16:30:47 GMT
Organization: Austerlitz, Gershovitz, and Carmichael

snopes writes:
>Benjamin Warre Brock writes...
>
>>Tiberius
>
> Oh.  What does the "V" stand for?
>
Very-Little.
-- 
Jeff Davis <davis@keats.ca.uky.edu> My bad.
From: harris.minter@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Harris Minter) 
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: British rail gun
Date: 5 Nov 92 05:12:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Ed Hopper's BBS - Berkeley Lake, GA - 404-446-9462
Reply-To: harris.minter@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Harris Minter) 

Ian Hogg, master artilleryman, tells this one - I'd love for it to be
true.  During World War II, whatever the British use for a Department
of Defense was looking for an ideal spot to locate a rail gun (a huge
piece of artillery on railroad tracks) in case the Germans invaded.

A map of the British railway system was spread out, and an ideal spot
was located.  A spur track could be layed into a meadow, and the gun
located in the meadow.  A visit to the site by a lieutenant and a
captain revealed a spur track already in place.  A trip down the spur
revealed the track disappearing into an old decrepit barn.

The officers peeked into the barn, and spied a pair of rail guns in
immaculate condition.  About that time a handful of locals showed up,
armed with pitchforks and other impromptu weapons, and challenged the
pair.

After they identified themselves, one old gent stated that he'd been
paid 20 pounds a month by the Royal Mail ever since the great war to
clean and maintain those guns, and blimey, you mean you didn't know
they was 'ere?

Hogg stated he's been unable to verify the story, but he added it was
wartime England, where anything could happen.......
                                                                                                           
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From: schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.african.american
Subject: Re: AIDS and the CIA (was Question)
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:46:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: convex.schumach.721352785
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <stovall.721181535@ficus.cs.ucla.edu> stovall@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Steven Stovall) writes:
>"experiments." There definitely is something curious about the epidemiology
>of AIDS so far: in this country, it has been almost exclusively confined
>to homosexuals

Only gay men, not lesbians. Anal sex is a more efficient transmitter than vaginal
or oral sex. It's really not that easy to get AIDS compared to many viral diseases
(thank Ghod; but don't worry, something easier to get will come along... Ebola Reston
virus, anyone?).


>and people of color,

Drug abuse and needle reuse are more common among them than people of pallor.


>and worldwide it will decimate Africa
>and Asia, apparently leaving Europe relatively untouched.

Except for Romania. One thing Romania (under Ceaucescu) and much of Africa had
in common was the re-use of hypodermic needles in hospitals and clinics. Remember
all the abandoned AIDS-wracked kids on TV?
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From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Tomorrow's Conspiracy Theory, brought to you today.
Date: 15 Nov 92 21:38:20 GMT
Reply-To: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates

In article <15NOV199216055498@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov> dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes) writes:
>In article <1992Nov14.005127.10996@news.columbia.edu>, 
>  lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes...
>
>>True, but my point in following up is that, as intimated by the poster, Clinton
>>has no "clear mandate" from the people, most of whom voted against him.
>
>When an incumbent president receives less than 40% of the popular vote, I'd
>say that's a pretty clear mandate that the people sure as hell don't want the
>guy, or anybody like him, in office again.

It's about time someone stated this (obvious) fact.  The real point is
to see just how far Bush has fallen.  From looking absolutely unbeatable
(I.e., major landslide likely!) after the Gulf War, to actually *losing*.

This is the point that Rush, in particular, has chosen to ignore.

(This really belongs in a politics group; I don't do politics groups
	[AFR being the closest thing...])

************************************************************************
I've been told to back off on the diode jokes, but I still don't
like smileys ;-)

	- pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net
	  hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts -
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From: jberger@novell.com (John Berger)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Oxygenated fuel harmful?
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:28:12 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In article <Nov.6.23.00.06.1992.28626@math.rutgers.edu> cromar@math.rutgers.edu (Scott Cromar) writes:
>From: cromar@math.rutgers.edu (Scott Cromar)
>Subject: Re: Oxygenated fuel harmful?
>Date: 7 Nov 92 04:00:06 GMT
>
>I've noticed that my 82 Rabbit is harder to start in the morning since
>we made the switchover, even though the weather here has been fairly
>nice for the last little while.
>
>--Scott 

Your rabbit must be missing that extra hour of sleep from the lack of 
daylight savings time.  

John (be vewwy, vewwy quiet -- i'm jump-starting wabbits) Berger
From: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Legal Tender
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:55:21 GMT
Reply-To: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation

In article <1992Nov11.140523.18675@grebyn.com>, sgs@grebyn.com (Stephen G. 
Smith) writes:
> it, the test case involved a guy who had bought a new
> car that turned out to be a lemon.  He tried to pay off the rest of the
> money that he owed (somethng like $1000.  This was in the 1950's.) with a
> barrel of pennies.
> 
> To make things even more interesting, he filled the rest of the space in
> the barrel with a mixture of molasses and sawdust ....
> 
> The court ruled that the dealer wasn't required to take the resulting
> mess.

A search on a Major Legal Database (tm) turns up no such case, state or 
federal.

Terry Carroll - tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com - 408/992-2152
The opinions presented above are not necessarily those of a sound mind.
From: ccaamrg@ucl.ac.uk (Mike Gahan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: amusing pronouns, was: bi
Date: 10 Nov 92 14:41:56 GMT
Reply-To: ccaamrg@rs6-svr-2.cls-4.bcc.ac.uk (Mike Gahan)
Distribution: alt
Organization: UCL

In article <1992Nov8.4704.35138@dosgate>, david.meadows@canrem.com (david meadows) writes:
|> MW>An old friend of mine liked calling the place I used to
|>   >work at, and asking the receptionist to page some non-
|>   >existant people.  My favorites were:
|> 
|> MW>Mike Hunt
|>   >Dr. Jack Meehoff
|>   >Daniel Druff
|> 
|> MW>Any others out there?
|> 
|> I'm sure every Catholic School with a large Italian population and non-
|> Italian office staff have heard, at least once a year, a page for
|> Stu Katz ...
|> 
|>                David Meadows
|> ---
|>  ~ 1st 1.00 #813 ~ 1st does more by 9:00am than other readers do all day
|> --
|> Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
|> World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044

AFOM who trained as a Jesuit for a while, had one Fr. Christopher Moss
as an instructor.

Mike Gahan
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From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.african.american,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: AIDS and the CIA (was Question)
Date: 11 Nov 92 10:02:59
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
	<ISBELL.92Nov9074842@panther.ai.mit.edu> <1992Nov10.113632@IASTATE.EDU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: panther.ai.mit.edu
In-reply-to: danwell@IASTATE.EDU's message of Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:36:32 GMT

danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock) writes:
	    [Stupid, oft refuted government-caused-aids rumors]
|>>Because the conspiracy theory detailed so far is impossible.  And,
|>>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|>>unlike a Lewis Carroll character, I don't make it a habit to believe
|>>a certain number of impossible things before breakfast.
|> 
|> Why is it impossible (I'm unaware of the details of the claim, I
|>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> suppose)?  Do you take the view all such conspiracy claims are
|> impossible?  COuld you think of any that are less than impossible?

|   Which part of "detailed so far" didn't you understand?  

The part that I missed.  Specifically, the date of 1954 (or 56?).
Clear enough?


--
Peace.
   "There is a difference, the true seditionist would argue, between a
   revolution and a gesture of macho defiance.  Gestures ares cheap. They
   feel good, they blow off some rage.  But revolutions, violent or
   otherwise, are made by people who have learned how to count very
   slowly to 10."
                          -Barbara Ehrenreich
                                   -\--/-
    Don't just adopt opinions     |  \/  |       Some of you are homeboys
          develop them.           |  /\  | but only I am The Homeboy From hell
                                   -/--\-

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: khoover@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (kent.d.hoover)
Subject: Re: Ex-presidents
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:36:57 GMT

In article <2769@israel.nysernet.org> warren@nysernet.org writes:
>
>FAQ: T. Nelson Rockefeller died of cardiac arrest while porking the help.
>--   /\
     /  \
    Tiberius?
Kent "not to beat a dead horse" Hoover
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.conspiracy
From: donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin)
Subject: Re: Trilateral commission
Organization: TOSHIBA America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 18:31:51 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.150237.24924@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pwhitman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Philip N Whitman) writes:
>What is the Trilateral Commission?

The Trilateral Commission is the REAL ruling power in US government.  :)

    don
From: davew@willow03.cray.com (Dave Wagner)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Legal Tender
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:28:38 GMT
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Originator: davew@willow03


In article <1992Nov8.005443.25001@athena.cs.uga.edu>, jordan@castor (USENET's Chuck) writes:
> >davew@willow03.cray.com (Dave Wagner) writes:
> >
> >>What do those words "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and
> >>private" really mean?  (i.e from a '...we don't accept bills larger than x'
> >>point of view).
> 
> I also wondered about this when my friend's apartment owner (AOOAF) refused
> cash to pay her rent, saying that it was their policy to only take checks.
> My friend, un-confrontational as she tends to be, went ahead and wrote a
> check for it, but I got really angry.  After all, if the note is legal for
> all debts, you can't refuse it, correct?
> 
A simmilar thing also happened to a friend of mine at University.  He tried
to pay his tuition in cash, but the people at registration were only allowed
to take checks/credit-cards.  He waved his hands around and pointed to the
'..legal tender..' thingy and generally made them think he was going to sue 
or something.  They finally took the cash.
-- 
Dave Wagner                                     Cray Research, Inc
davew@cray.com , uunet!cray!davew               655F Lone Oak Drive
(612) 683-5393                                  Eagan, MN  55121
From: oberle@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Lawrence Oberle)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Ex-presidents
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:09:00 GMT
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <5NOV199211193166@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>, dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes) writes...
>The USA will soon have five living ex-presidents.  Has there ever been a time
>in our history when we had as many or more living ex-presidents?

I was told by an expert (I know he's an expert because he told me) that the 
record was set when George was inaugurated.  However, 3 of our soon-to-be 
five are geezers (Nixon, Ford and Reagan) so we'll have to wait the 76 days 
to 1/20/93 to find out.

BTW, snopes, when did you start posting fron lerc?

     Larry Oberle  (216) 433-3647     And YES,    NASA Lewis Research Center 
email: oberle@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov      I like     MS 77-1 / 21000 Brookpark Rd.
 or:  oberle@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov    CLEVELAND!   Cleveland, Ohio   44135
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: phil@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson)
Subject: Re: Frozen Waste
Organization: a2i network
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 06:37:49 GMT

When I think of "frozen waste", I don't think of airborne turds:  I think
of Antarctica.  It's cold there, folks.

But since Trelford Pinkerton has been assaulting any Brit tradition that
comes to hand while he pursues U. S. citizenship, I can't resist twisting
this thread to include Robert Falcon Scott, the immensely inept polar
explorer whom old-line Brits adore.

Eighty years ago, Scott brought three Wolsely tractors to that barren
place, hoping to chug across the ice to beat the far more capable Roald
Engebreth Grevening Amundsen to the South Pole.  Ha.  One of them sank,
which was Scott's fault.  The other two died of overheating. The country
that gave us Lucas electrics and SU carburettors [sic] couldn't make a
car that would keep cool in Antarctica.

No wonder they're reduced to making recycled Hondas, with gratuitous
leather and wood.

Phil "Lotus 7's are OK, though" Gustafson
-- 
Phil Gustafson <phil@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Mind the Gap)
Subject: Re: dishwasher trick
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:28:21 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.083010.22069@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
>diverson@phys.ksu.edu (David Iverson) writes:
>: 
>: >Put some clean plates in your dishwasher before your start it.
>: >You will see that the rest of your dishes get cleaner than usual.
>: >--
>: >Christian Dechamplain|
>: 
>: This Christian guy is an ASSHOLE!!!! I tried his little trick and it took
>: the pattern off my plates!!! Thanks a whole ------- lot!
>
>Teach you to attempt washing paper plates.

No, no, you're supposed to mark around the edge of a plate with a green
marker.

Ted "bring on the diodes" Frank
-- 
ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
also at quibeaux@uchicago.edu | standard disclaimers | void where prohibited
the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
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From: st891456@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Senator Phil)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Jackpotting ATM's for $$$$
Date: 13 Nov 92 01:57:38 GMT
Reply-To: st891456@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

Try alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.atm.

Ted "I wish I had a trn that worked" Frank
thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
From: jberger@novell.com (John Berger)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: forpost-WWII Japanese soldiers
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:13:06 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In article <1992Nov6.223306.21909@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Mmmm... Purple) writes:
>>
>>What's the basis for these stories?
>
>Gilligan's Island reruns.
>
>ObUL: Gilligan's Island: The Musical.  Coming to Broadway 1994.
>-- 
>ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
>also at quibeaux@uchicago.edu | standard disclaimers | void where prohibited
>the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637

New TV roles for some politicians (after January, 1992):

Return To Gilligan's Island!  Starring Dan Quayle as Gilligan, George Bush 
as the skipper, Ross Perot as the millionaire, Barbara Bush as his wife, 
Ronald Reagan as the movie star, James Baker as the professor, and Marilyn 
Quayle as Mary Ann.

ObUL:  The seven residents of Gilligan's Island can be equated to the seven 
deadly sins -- Sloth (Gilligan), Anger (the skipper), Greed (the 
millionaire), ?? (his wife), Lust (the movie star), Vanity (the professor), 
and Envy (Mary Ann).  That's how they were able to come up with seven years 
of plot lines!
[that's the problem with these darn memory tricks -- you have 
to remember them!  What's that seventh deadly sin?]
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.conspiracy
From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins)
Subject: Re: Trilateral commission
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:00:52 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

pwhitman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Philip N Whitman) writes:

>What is the Trilateral Commission?

The Trilateral Commission was proposed in 1972 by David Rockefeller
(then chair of Chase Manhattan Bank), and held it's 180-member founding
convention in 1973.  It is "trilateral" in the sense that its members are
(or at least were, at the time) key financiers and industrialists from the 
three main centers of the capitalist world: the US, Western Europe, and Japan.

It's purpose is to formulate common solutions to joint trilateral problems of
inflation, labor management, etc.

-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Subject: Re: Ex-presidents
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:13:16 GMT

In article <5NOV199211193166@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov>, dpm1960@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (snopes) writes...
>The USA will soon have five living ex-presidents.  Has there ever been a time
>in our history when we had as many or more living ex-presidents?

I heard a blurb that the only other time this happened was when Lincoln was
elected there were 5 living ex-presidents.

(don't ask me to name them...)

-Mike
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban