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From: cb@wixer.cactus.org (Cyberspace Buddha)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Medieval Weaponry
Date: 29 Aug 92 11:07:56 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications

> I would appreciate any information on the Renaissance Fair which I
> believe will be held this October (?) and / or any information on
> individuals who build, trade and practice with medieval edged weaponry

what luck, this was posted on wixer.sca not more than a few hours ago:

> From: pony@wixer.cactus.org (Pony Wildeboy)
> [1] Texas Renaissance Festival
> Keywords: SCA, TRF, Renaissance Festival
> Organization: Real/Time Communications
> Date: Sat Aug 29 03:06:14 CDT 1992
> 
> In case anyone is interested, here's a copy of the article from the
> latest BlackStar about TRF:
> 
> It's Renaissance Festival Time Again!
> 
> The Eighteenth Annual Texas Rennaissance Festival will
> be in operation SEVEN weekends and will be open each
> Saturday and Sunday from October 3 to November 15.
> 
> As in all previous TRFs, members of the SCA are invited
> to participate by working in one of the various areas given
> to the members of the SCA and thereby earn money for
> whichever SCA branch they may choose (participants
> select the branch each day and may work for as many 
> branches as days they work).  Fighters are needed for the
> melee/shows each day to demonstrate their martial skills,
> and artisans to display their skills.
> 
> To gain admission to the TRF and participate you must 
> obtain a valid TRF I.D. Card in advance.  Send your Legal
> Name, Society name, Mailing Adress and Telephone
> Number along with proof of SCA membership (a
> photocopy of either your membership card or mailing label
> from a kingdom newsletter) to:
>         SCA/TRF Card
>         P.O. Box 20094
>         Houston, Texas 77225
> 
> Please include a stamped, self-addressed business envelope
> with your application.
> 
> All TRF participants (including SCA) must attend one of
> several orientation sessions to be held prior to the opening
> of the Festival, dates, times and places to be announced.
> In case of hardship, contact Janet for alternate sessions.
> 
> No other identificato, including previous SCA/TRF cards
> will be accepted for admission to the site.
> 
> SCA members desiring to perform, display arts & sciences
> or sell items in the SCA Village will need to obtain prior
> approval.  For more information contact Janet. 
> 
> Janet Virago Parva
> (713) 721-1941 or 729-7990 10am-8pm only
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> NOTE:  Janet has an accent (') over the e in her name

...
From: tracy@mojo.ots.utexas.edu (Tracy LaQuey Parker)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: A Very, Very Long Cat
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:01:01 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas
Originator: tracy@mojo.ots.utexas.edu

Okay Austinites!  Put your thinking caps on.  I need to know where the
following quote came from.  All I know is that it's by Albert Einstein.
Can anyone tell me the source -- a book, speech...?

	Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You
see, wiretelegraph is a kind of very, very long cat. You pull his tail
in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand
this? And radio operates the same way: you send signals here, they
receive information there.  The only difference is that there is no
cat."

Thanks!

--Tracy LaQuey Parker
  tracy@utexas.edu
  471-2488
--
From: wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Radiator trouble
Date: 2 Sep 1992 06:13:31 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

The entire cooling system on my car seems to have died.
Does anyone know a good, cheap place to have my radiator
replaced?  The emphasis is on CHEAP!

Rick

Newsgroups: austin.general
From: neilf@natinst.com (Neil Feiereisel)
Subject: Life Training Weekend - Intro Meeting
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Distribution: austin
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:59:52 GMT

Have you ever felt that you were stuck in certain areas of your life?
Relationships, job, work environment, financial situation?  Have you ever 
felt some resentment toward your boss, your parents, your friends, 
or yourself?  If yes, then "The Life Training Weekend" is for you.  
Please come to the free preview for the Life Training Weekend to find out 
what this training weekend can do for you.

      Time: Sept. 2nd, Wednesday 7:00-9:00pm
      Place: Friend's Meeting House- 3014 Washington Square

The Life training weekend will be held on September 18, 19 & 20th.

If you have questions or want more information, call Teresa Lavergne at
445-0063, or Jennifer Feiereisel at 343-2753. 
    ** Do not reply to this account - please call by telephone **

The Life Training Weekend is sponsored by the Kairos Foundation, a
non-profit educational body, whose purpose is to make this work available
throughout the world.  Fees are set as low as possible with this in mind.
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: pteich@cayman.amd.com (Paul Teich)
Subject: Rec.s for cellular/car phone dealers?
Followup-To: austin.general
Reply-To: pteich@cayman.amd.com (Paul Teich)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, TX
Distribution: Austin
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 15:56:08 GMT

I'm starting to look for a car or portable cellular phone.  Any recommendations
on dealers in the Austin area?  Any recommendations on shops to avoid?  Any
reviews of equipment you really liked?  How about the telcos?
I've never had a portable phone; I'm a novice in this field.
Thanks, I'll summarize if I get over 3 responses,
--
Paul R. Teich                          pteich@cayman.AMD.COM
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.           Direct 1-512-462-4268
5900 E. Ben White Blvd., MS 561        WATS   1-800-538-8450 x54268
Austin, Texas  78741                   FAX    1-512-462-4756
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Well do you ever get to feeling
	That the story's too damn real
		And in the present tense?		I. Anderson
From: slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Glen Anthony Graham)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Body shop recommendations needed for damaged Honda Civic
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:01:53 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Hi there.
Along the same lines, I am looking for a place that will re-paint my entire
car.  It is a Volkswagen Golf, and it was keyed up a 2 months ago at Lake 
Travis.  
 
The problem is that State Farm is trying to screw me by saying that the paint
depreciates 10% per year, and my car is 6 years old.  Thus they will only pay 
me 40% of the paint job.  I argued and they decided to be nice to me and pay
me 60%, only making me pay 40% (what a bargain!  NOT!).

Anyhow, I would like to get some good estimates to get high quality paint jobs
so that it will be as close to factory as possible
 
(By the way, I have, and have always had since I bought the car new, full
comprehensive.  I have just found out that I have paid lots of money for nothing
as far as I'm concerced... :-( )
 
Many thanks, 
Glen Graham
slug@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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Newsgroups: austin.general
From: abbas@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Abbas Rashid)
Subject: Re: Slamming by MCI
Organization: Motorola Inc.  Austin, Tx.
Distribution: austin
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 21:20:22 GMT

>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought slamming was illegal, and
>that such a letter shouldn't be necessary. I'm sure I'm not alone here.  I've
>seen similar complaints on other newsgroups for years.  Have any of
>you (in Austin) had this happen recently?
 
I also had my account switched by MCI, without my authorization. The wierd
thing was Southwestern Bell was never aware of it, until I notified them.
For some reason, their computers showed that I was using AT&T, like I was
supposed to be, but my calls were actually going through MCI.
 
Since I had subscribed to the Reach-out-America and Reach-out-World, my bill
showed charges for these calling plans which never got used, and the calls
which went thru MCI. And nobody claimed to be responsible, although MCI
admitted that they had switched it. After a lot arguing and numerous phones
calls, MCI recalculated the cost, and charged me what I would eventually
end up paying AT&T.
 
I thought I was done with it, but surprise, it happened again. My long
distance remained with MCI. After another round of arguing they gave me
credit for much of the calls, and my line was finally switched. AT&T wasnt
much help, but I guess they really couldnt do much about it. What really
annoyed me was that SouthWestern Bell wasnt willing to get involved at all,
even though their equipment was at fault in not detecting the change.
 
And now MCI is hassling me because somebody put my name on their Freinds and
Family program. You never win.

Abbas
-- 
Abbas Rashid                            Phone  : (512) 891-4475
High End Systems Design                 Fax    : (512) 891-2652
Microprocessor Products Group           MD     : OE38
Motorola Inc., Austin, Tx               E-Mail : abbas@oakhill.sps.mot.com
From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: What about CableMax?
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:28:16 GMT
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <2331@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, mwiz@mpd.tandem.com (Marc Wiz) writes:
|> >..
|> >Considering the usual response from Austin Cablevision, maybe another
|> >called to place would be to your Austin Silly CouncilPerson and tell them
|> >you think Austin CableVision is doing a poor job and their charter should
|> >be revoked....on second thought, I think I'll put mine in writing...
|> 
|> The only problem with that is that I leave in Cedar Park.   I don't know
|> if the Austin charter includes Cedar Park.
|> 
|> Marc
	"Leave"ing Cedar Park sounds good to me...;-), I guess you meant
	"live" in Cedar Park. Anyway, what about the CabelMax company?
	will they be carrying the Sci-Fi channel?	
-- 
Dewey Coffman				ibmpa!dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Consulting @ IBM			Bldg 007, Div 44, Loc 966, Dept 06T
11400 Burnet Rd				Zip 1514, Room 1D-052
Austin, TX 78758-3493			(512) 823-6463
===============================================================================
----------  Picard/Riker in 1992  --------------  Make it so.  ---------------
===============================================================================
From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: slow news propogation
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:44:23 GMT
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <JAMESM.92Sep1074743@lunch.austin.ibm.com>, jamesm@lunch.austin.ibm.com (James Miller) writes:
|> 
|> In message <1992Aug28.132804.2919@cactus.org>, flc@cactus.org (Fred L.
|> Chriswell) writes:
...
|> and goes on to describe all kinds of neat stuff that would've been for sale.
|> 
|> Fred's post about a Sunday event was made Friday afternoon.  It arrived on our
|> NNTP [news] host sometime Monday night, over 36 hours after it ceased to be
|> useful.  This happens very frequently.  Our news feed *is* probably dragging,
|> but then it's probable that others' are too.
|> 
|> I know it's hard because I procrastinate with the best of 'em, but PLEASE post
|> articles about upcoming weekend events no later than midweek.  You might find
|> the response quite a bit better.

	The problem you describe is twofold. One)is the procrastination,
	Two) is the bigger POOR USENET connectivity in Austin. It is
	very common to messages inside IBM, the I never see at my
	home machine, and that machine gets a news feed from one
	on the internet. I don't know if the messages don't make it
	outside IBM or just don't make it to my machine. I'm not
	talking about esoteric groups, but austin.general. Anyone
	else notice this?
-- 
Dewey Coffman				ibmpa!dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Consulting @ IBM			sooner!dewey
11400 Burnet Rd				
Austin, TX 78758-3493			(512) 823-6463
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----------  Calvin/Hobbes in 1992 ------------ Snowgoons R' us!  ---------------
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Newsgroups: austin.general
From: milanj@sematech.org (Jon Milan)
Subject: Re: Body shop recommendations needed for damaged Honda Civic
Organization: SEMATECH Manufacturing Systems Development
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:03:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.224536.6569@novell.com> bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.151640.25657@chpc.utexas.edu> noel@chpc.utexas.edu ((user name unknown)) writes:
>>Anyways, my car could do with some body work which presumably his insurance 
>>company is paying for.  Recommendations for good body shops will be appreciated.
>>I am not necessarily looking for cheap places.
>
>B&B Body and Paint on N. Lamar did a good job on mine ('89 Civic).
>

I'll second that.  :-)  They did the front fender on my truck, (hit after I dropped my car
off at Allstate for a damage estimate); they did the car, too.

Allstate does not pay B&B's full labor rate (I seem to recall $28/hr (?)).  Some
insurance companies will pay the full rate.  B&B will _not_ negotiate their labor rate.

I was even able to convince B&B to paint the whole car -- at first, they balked cause
they are only really set up for panel work (they take the trim pieces _off_, they don't
just mask over the trim).

This was 5 or 6 months ago, and I haven't found a single spot for them to retouch on
either vehicle.


-- 
Jon Milan         jon_milan@sematech.org      |
SEMATECH Manufacturing Systems Development    |
"is was as was was when was was as is" (pmk)  |
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
From: root@netmail.austin.ibm.com (Chris Moller)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Body shop recommendations needed for damaged Honda Civic
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:50:49 GMT
Reply-To: moller@netmail.austin.ibm.com
Organization: As little as I can get away with.

In article <1992Aug28.151640.25657@chpc.utexas.edu>, noel@chpc.utexas.edu ((user name unknown)) writes:
|>> Last night on Mopac the driver of a huge Ford pickup decided to switch to the 
|>> lane I was driving in.  Unfortunately, he did so at a time when my tiny Honda 
|>> Civic was occcupying the same stretch of pavement he was trying to get in to.   
|>> No injuries sustained but my car sure looks ugly now.
|>> 
|>> Anyways, my car could do with some body work which presumably his insurance 
|>> company is paying for.

This may be a poor presumption:  the same (generic) thing happened to my wife
a few weeks ago, and the insurance company of the guy who hit her decided to
"total" the car; apparently an insurance industry euphemism for "cheat the
victim".  They offered about $2000; the lowest repair estimate we could come
up with was $2600.  Guess who gets to pay the difference.

                            Recommendations for good body shops will be appreciated.
|>> I am not necessarily looking for cheap places.
|>> 
|>> 
|>> Noel Menezes  -- noel@cs.utexas.edu 
|>>                  noel@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
|>> 
|>> 
|>> -- 
|>> Noel Menezes                            Internet: noel@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
|>> Research Assistant                      BITNET:   noel@uthermes
|>> Center for High Performance Computing   Phone:    (512) 471-2447
|>> Balcones Resarch Center & UT-Austin     Fax:      (512) 471-2445

-- 
IBM pays absolutely no attention to my	|   "Man is a rational animal who
opinions, ergo the foregoing cannot	|   always loses his temper when
possibly represent its position.	|   called upon to act in accordance
					|   with the dictates of reason."
Christian H. L. Moller			|     -- Orson Welles
From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Body shop recommendations needed for damaged Honda Civic
Date: 28 Aug 92 22:45:36 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc. --Austin

In article <1992Aug28.151640.25657@chpc.utexas.edu> noel@chpc.utexas.edu ((user name unknown)) writes:
>Anyways, my car could do with some body work which presumably his insurance 
>company is paying for.  Recommendations for good body shops will be appreciated.
>I am not necessarily looking for cheap places.

B&B Body and Paint on N. Lamar did a good job on mine ('89 Civic).

Brendan
-- 
Brendan B. Boerner		Phone: 512/346-8380
Internet: bboerner@novell.com	MHS: bboerner@novell
Please use ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if replying by mail.
From: noel@chpc.utexas.edu ((user name unknown))
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Body shop recommendations needed for damaged Honda Civic
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:16:40 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC

Last night on Mopac the driver of a huge Ford pickup decided to switch to the 
lane I was driving in.  Unfortunately, he did so at a time when my tiny Honda 
Civic was occcupying the same stretch of pavement he was trying to get in to.   
No injuries sustained but my car sure looks ugly now.

Anyways, my car could do with some body work which presumably his insurance 
company is paying for.  Recommendations for good body shops will be appreciated.
I am not necessarily looking for cheap places.


Noel Menezes  -- noel@cs.utexas.edu 
                 noel@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu


-- 
Noel Menezes                            Internet: noel@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
Research Assistant                      BITNET:   noel@uthermes
Center for High Performance Computing   Phone:    (512) 471-2447
Balcones Resarch Center & UT-Austin     Fax:      (512) 471-2445
From: eckam@cs.utexas.edu (Daniel James Eckam)
Newsgroups: austin.general,ut.general
Subject: ROOMMATES WANTED FOR UT AREA HOUSE
Followup-To: ut.general
Date: 23 Aug 1992 21:52:18 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: bovina.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: roommates


I am posting this for my current roommate James, who is looking
for two more people to fill the four-bedroom house we rent at
3714 Werner.  (I'm moving out at the end of August.)

The house is near the corner of 38 1/2 Street and Werner, which is
three blocks east of I-35.  It's a nice neighborhood; it's on the
#11 and #21/22 city bus routes (which UT students ride free, in
case you didn't know that), and is only a short walk from the Red
River shuttle bus.  Of course, bicycling to campus is very quick
from the house.

The two bedrooms are $155 and $180 per month, plus 1/4 of the bills.
Most things in the house are gas.  The rent might be going up a
little; it shouldn't be more than about $10-$15 per person.

the house has a washing machine and a clothesline in the backyard.
It has central heat but no central air; the smaller bedroom (for $155)
doesn't have any AC, while the other one currently has my window unit,
which I will eventually need to remove.  But I might be able to leave
it where it is for a few weeks after I move out.

Dogs are not allowed; cats are discouraged but allowed provided you
pay a deposit.  The preferred roommate is: easy-going, responsible,
non-smoking, reasonably quiet and neat, and "liberal" in the social
sense of the word.

If you're interested, drive by the house or call James at 477-3017.
From: veena@cs.utexas.edu (Veena A. Gondhalekar)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Fall Volunteer Training - CBW
Date: 1 Sep 1992 18:27:25 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mothra.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: Begins Sep 15, FREE



	The Austin Center for Battered Women is looking for 
	women volunteers willing and able to give 8 hours per
	month in the following areas :

	* Supportive peer counseling on the hotline
	* Therapeutic play with children of the battered women
	* Provide transportation
	* Accompany women to court
	* Assist staff with shelter work
	* Clerical and data entry work

	The center especially needs bilingual volunteers. 

	Each month the Austin CBW serves over 1000 women and 
	children through its Hotline, Shelter Services, Outreach
	Counseling and Advocacy Programs. Demand for Center services
	is growing. Help is needed to reach more battered women
	and their children.


	The Fall Volunteer Training sessions begin 

			Tue., Sep 15 '92

	**********************************************************
	*	For more information and registration, please    *
	*							 *
	*			Call 928-9070			 *
	*							 *
	**********************************************************

	The training is FREE. Men are welcome to attend the
	training. However, the CBW does not, as of now, take
	male volunteers.
From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: buying furniture
Date: 26 Aug 92 12:42:02 GMT
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Distribution: austin
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas

In article <JEFF.92Aug25213056@dsp.sps.mot.com> jeff@dsp.sps.mot.com (Jeff Enderwick) writes:
>Does anyone have any tips on buying furniture in this town, either
>new or used?

I've shopped at Haverty's and found the selection and prices to be quite
good.  Also, they often have "6 month same as cash" sales, which was
a really nice feature.
-- 
John F. Haugh II                   | "The US Government has the Midas Muffler
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151            |  touch: everything they touch turns to
UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh |  shit."
Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org      |                  -- Jay Maynard
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: dp@natinst.com (Debapriya Ray)
Subject: Need Addresses of recruiters in Novell, MCC, UniSQL, Tandem
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:03:18 GMT

Hi folks,

	A friend of mine who doesn't have access to the net is looking for
the names and addresses (incld FAX #s) of the person to whom he can send
a resume. He has recently graduated and he has a degree in CS. He needs
to have this information on Novell, MCC, UniSQL, Tandem.

	Please send your replies to: debapri@cs.tamu.edu.

	Thanks, Ray


Xref: sparky austin.general:2873 austin.forsale:1805
From: billy@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Billy Gee)
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.forsale
Subject: BIG MOVING SALE!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 27 Aug 92 23:20:05 GMT
Reply-To: billy@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Billy Gee)
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: austin
Organization: Tandem Computers; Austin TX
Originator: billy@wierdo


           !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BIG MOVING SALE  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              Multiple Family Sale

                                 This Saturday


There will be lots-o-stuff including the following:

Furniture: bed frame, desks, file cabinets, rocking chair, more.....
Stained glass
Computer hardware and software
Yard tools
Cloths
Books
Old encyclopedia (including child version and dictionaries)
LP record albums :-)
Magazines
Bric-a-brak
Numerous Misc. items

======================================

Date:       Saturday, August 29, 1992

Time:       9:00am to 5:00pm

Location:   The Mountain Subdivision in Northwest Austin
           
Address:    9105 Skye Cove

Directions: These directions are based on a starting location
            at Mopac and 183 (Research).

            Go north on 183 to Spicewood Springs Road.  Take a 
            left and follow Spicewood Springs for about three
            miles or so.  The road is winding and you will 
            eventually drive down a steep hill.  At the bottom of
            the hill is a road to the right, Scotland Well.
            There are two big blue signs on each side of Scotland
            Well that say "The Mountain".  Take a right
            here and follow Scotland Well up the hill (it's a
            very very steep hill).  The forth street on the
            left is Skye Cove so take a left here and the sale
            is at the third house on the left, 9105.