HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: al677@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jerry Cosyn)
Subject: In Memory Of P. T. Barnum
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 14:18:40 GMT


                       IN MEMORY OF P. T. BARNUM
 
 
     There was this gal named Betty Lynne Baker.  Gold hair.  Green
eyes.  Glee Club president.  National Honor Society.  There was one in
your school too.  You know the girl I mean.
 
     She hung out -- it wasn't going steady, she'd say -- with Rick
Hoskins, the gynecologist's son.  French sports car.  Silk shirts.
Uncle in congress.  Ivy league material.
 
     She spilled her punch on me at a dance.  My date was in the
bathroom.  Hers was out scoring a line.  She was already ticked off at
him, so the least she could do was accept my offer of a dance.  Procul
Harem played "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and we talked about our current
assignment in Great Novels class -- Ellison's "Invisible Man".
Instead of the small talk you'd expect, I got conversation.
 
     The next week she sat next to me in study hall.  Talking.
Listening.  Hand on my arm.  She laughed at my jokes, listened to my
thoughts.  I was hooked.  Friday night I took her to a movie.
Saturday afternoon we made love in her parents' bed.  "You know, I
spilled that punch on purpose," she told me.  After that, she hung
around with me, pretty much constantly.  Walking.  Listening to jazz.
Making love.
 
     Two weeks later she broke a date.  No big deal.  One Saturday
night alone wouldn't kill me.  The next day she wasn't home when I
called.  Monday morning there was the news flash around school.  Baker
was engaged to Hoskins.  Big dinner party last Saturday night, and her
parents announced it.  It even made the papers.
 
     In Great Novels, she didn't even know me.  Spent ten minutes
showing off the ring.  Even the teacher was impressed.  The date was
set for early June, right after graduation.  When the invitations went
out a few months later, I was somehow left off the list.
 
     I ran into her in the mall, in April.  She was sitting alone on a
bench in front of the fountain.  I walked up and stood in front of
her.  After about thirty seconds she sighed.  She didn't really love
him.  Didn't want to marry him.  It was her parents' idea.  She wasn't
ready to marry anybody yet.  Before she got through four sentences she
was standing in front of me, with her hands on my shoulders.
 
     We went to the motel across the street.  She decided to tell her
parents she wasn't ready to get married yet.  The next day I waited to
hear the talk, about the wedding being off.  I waited a long time.
Two weeks after graduation, the wedding procession drove past my
house.
 
     I went to my ten-year reunion.  She didn't show up.  I didn't
bother with the fifteenth.
 
     Two days ago I got a postcard.  Generic.  No picture.  "I really
did spill that punch on purpose," and a phone number.  No signature.
 
     I been thinking maybe I'll give her a call.
From: lightnin@wpi.WPI.EDU (Paraaaaaaaaade of Shoooooooooes)
Subject: Re: Universal science fiction parody
Organization: DeityCo: Major and Minor Deities Placement Agency
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 06:23:56 GMT

On 3 Sep 92 18:14:30 GMT, zweldron@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Matthew Charlap) said:


zweldron> Last semester, someone was posting the Universal Science Fiction
zweldron> Parody. I only got the first 40 scenes or so before I went home for
zweldron> the summer, and lost access to a net site. could anyone please repost
zweldron> this story, or tell me where to ftp to download the whole story?
zweldron> thanx in advance...
zweldron> --Matthew

As the author and poster of that series, I'd like to thank you for your 
interest.  Also, I'm posting this to say that I got another batch of 
ten scenes (bringing us up to 70) ready over the summer, that I'll be
posting very soon now.

Matthew, I still have back issues, so I can send you what you're missing.
Be expecting mail from me in the near future.

-lightnin
--

All rights left. All lefts reserved. All reserves removed. All removes right.
Copyright 1991 Creative Insights, a subsidiary of Minion Media, International
Distributed September 1991 by Minion Press, a subsidiary of MMI

DeityCo et al are subsidiaries of Virtual Enterprises, GmbH
 (Don't worry, we can't pronounce it either.)

Comments, Questions, Death Threats, Marraige Proposals to lightnin@wpi.wpi.edu
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 17:21:43 EDT
From: <JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: The FTP Site?

I used to know the FTP site that stuff from here was archived in.  However,
since I never wrote it down before my summer hiatus, I have forgotten it. Could
someone e-mail me the address so I can catch up on the stuff I missed?  Thanks
in advance.
                    Cheers,
                     Jean
From: zweldron@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Matthew Charlap)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Universal science fiction parody
Keywords: USFP
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:14:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Last semester, someone was posting the Universal Science Fiction
Parody. I only got the first 40 scenes or so before I went home for
the summer, and lost access to a net site. could anyone please repost
this story, or tell me where to ftp to download the whole story?
thanx in advance...
--Matthew
From: umlippen@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Rick Lippens)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Prime Directive
Summary: Prime Directive
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:06:11 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

In alt.startrek.creative you write:

>I always wondered how the Federation enforces the Prime Directive. The show
>makes it perfectly clear that there are numerous privately owned warp-capable
>ships besides the Starfleet ones. I can't see how the Federation can prevent
>even its own citizens from meddling with developing civilizations, unless: a)
>it has a military satellite in orbit around every such world or b) it is being
>extremely hypocritical or c) the script writers haven't thought out the details
>when they put in the Prime Directive.

>Of course it is "c", but still, it would be very interesting to know if this
>problem has ever been tackled somewhere (certainly not in the TV shows,
>novels, perhaps?)

>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>// Ryan: What is it to you, demon?       //// Sergei Shimkevich             //
>// Lune: It is Sir, Demon to you, worm!  //// shimkevi@buchmf.bu.edu        //
>// -Phantasy Star III                    ////                               // 

If you'd like to read an excellent book on the Prime Directive, try:
Prime Directive.  That is the name of it actually.  It's in paperback and has
a red cover (can't recall the author's name as I've lent it to someone...)

-- 
/----------------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Rick Lippens, Year IIIB (Co-op) Computer Science                           |
| Student of University of Manitoba's Department of Computer Science         |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Anything new?
From: cshuy@zeus.calpoly.edu (No One Knows)
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 18:14:27 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

I haven't seen anything new in this group for days.  Of course, my newsfeeder
has been awfully flaky lately.  

So...if anyone has posted anything here, I'd apprieciate either a repost
or e-mail.  The last thing I remember being posted were the first six
chapters of the Great American Star Trek Novel which I have.   Also, chapter
12 of Neale Davidson's "The Unfair Quo", which I've got, too.

Help!
-- 
"Five to one against and falling...four to one against and falling...three to
one...two..one...probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat
we have normality.  Anything you still can't deal with is therefore your own
problem."		-from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 11:02:51 EDT
From: todd bobenrieth <TAB129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject:    the return of bartrek

Hello, if anyone out there remembers, I'm the dude who concocted the BarTrek
series last year. I've just returned to the system and was wondering if there
is still any interest in the stories. I currently am trying to finish the much
awaited final installment of BarTrek, but I'm pressed for time right now. But
I will be having a lot of spare time to write soon, so if anyone give's a
Targ's ass, I'm ready to resume the characters...


Just thought I'd say hello to everyone.

Todd A. Bobenrieth
BarTrek's Creator.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 12:36:57 EDT
From: Todd Bobenrieth <TAB129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: A Word About Bartrek

Hello, its me again. I just wanted to let any interested parties know that
BarTrek:The Final Chapter will be posted possibly as early as tomorrow.
Although the title suggests its the end, what have we learned from Friday
The 13th? The ending...well....tell you what...a little SPOILER warning...
the ending definitely leaves no opening for further adventures, but I do
intend to write adventures from before this tale. Sorta like Young Indiana
Jones except mine will be amidst current times, not Picard as a baby or
anything like that. So probably tomorrow you will read about the final
up-to-date voyage of the Barship Enterprise, and in two weeks or three,
depending on time, you'll have new episodes from before the finale.
That's all for now...so long til tomorrow from Happy Valley.

Todd B.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: weed@venus.ycc.yale.edu
Subject: Your help please!!
Organization: Yale Computer Center (YCC)
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:26:28 EDT

Unfortunately I have been away for awhile, and have missed many stories.
Including much of Neale Davidson's continuation of "Morals of War" (not this
story, but the one after),
The Great American Startrek Novel (Eileen (don't remember last name) from
Oregon State,
Neale  Davidson's new story,
Lisa Masterman's "Aiea" (I think this is right?), 
and doubtless many others.
If you could please send these, and any others that I don't know about to me
here,
or at weed@cs.yale.edu,
I would appreciate it as there was a lot of great stuff coming to the net when
I left three weeks ago, and this site doesn't archive postings for long enough.
Thanks in advance.
Matt Weed
From: krelos@agora.rain.com (Neal Feldman)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Startrek Zine Seeking Submissions
Date: 29 Aug 92 13:53:09 GMT
Organization: Open Communications Forum

Purgatory Press
c/o Nancy Feldman
4732 Swegle Rd. NE
Salem, OR  97301-3108
KRELOS@AGORA.RAIN.COM
GEnie Address:  N.FELDMAN2

Purgatory Press is seeking submissions for an STTNG zine.  Contributors
will receive a discount on the final purchase price of the zine.  

The zine is looking for fiction of any length, poetry, art, filk songs,
anything related to STTNG.

This is not an edit-free zine.

As is standard, contributors will hold the right to publish their work 
anywhere else they choose.  

The deadline for contributions is December 31, 1992.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: rfd@po.CWRU.Edu (Richard F. Drushel)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Whar noo won has i-gon befyor!
Date: 2 Sep 1992 14:14:12 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: rfd@po.CWRU.Edu (Richard F. Drushel)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


[I tried cross-posting this from alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork,
but somehow it didn't work.  Apologies to net.gods for the post
duplication]

	Spacee....de final frontyoor.
	Deez are de voyageen uff de stoorship "Oonterpreez".
	Eet's oon-i-gooen mishun -- to seekee oot noo lifee,
		und noo civiloozashuns,
	To booldly goo whar noo won has i-gon befyor!

[Captain Chef to food synthesizer]  Chickee, Red Leghoorn, hot!

[Klingon Chef in holodeck trainer, with baDlaH]  Komm hyeeeeeer,
	chickee, yoo haf noo honoor, eet ees a gyooda daya to
	die.

[Counselor Chef after a bad day]  Ee sense ee am hoongry fyor a
	chokolata-chickee sundae.

[Engineer Chef in crisis]  De chickees haf backed oop into de warpa
	drive engoons!

[Acting Ensign Chef after a major indiscretion]  Hoo poot deez steecky
	chickee fedders all oofer me?

[Data Chef]  Ee can perfyorm oofer 300 quadroollion hyooristee chickee
	pluckee computashuns per second.

[Number One Chef on Raisa]  Hoo needs a Hoorgon whan yoo got de chickee?

[Doctor Chef]  Hyeer ees hoo we useta doo de syoorgeree befyor de
	Feinboorgs und de lasers -- hoold down de chickee, pleez.
-- 
Rich Drushel ** rfd@po.CWRU.edu *** Biology Ph.D. Student ** Cleveland FreeNet
Co-Sysop, Coleco ADAM Forum --- Assistant Sysop, Science Fiction & Fantasy SIG
"Solda pung apfashat ro des-marno, / Marn ladir o armag noth yeni arno. / Hell
miryat it, / Jambo iat it, / Os lasse wei ticip kati baldo." / Old Ennish poem
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: avik@icase.edu (Avik Banerjee)
Subject: Morals of War parts
Organization: ICASE/NASA Langley
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:04:34 GMT


greetings,

	im not sure if they have been written or not but if they 
	have could someone post or e-mail me Morals of War parts
	15 - the end? thanks.


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        /_/  |_||___/   |_||_| \_\
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|"Only the insane have strength to prosper.   |
| Only those that prosper judge what is sane."|
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:06:06 EDT
From: Todd Bobenrieth <TAB129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: BarTrek Reminder

The stories I just posted aren't in order...here is how you should read them...

Bar Trek
Picard, Any Card
Best of Both Bars
Geordie Diem
Who's Afraid of a Virginia Worf
Bar Trek:The Final Chapter

Thanks for your attention.

Todd B.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: What happened to....????
From: kennedy_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 07:31:20 GMT
Reply-To: kennedy_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ

Hi y'all!
Months and Months ago I saw a parody involving TOS and the roadrunner...it was really really funny.
I've looked through all my parody's here and searched FTP sites to no avail.

What happened to it??? Has anyone got it?  If so can they either repost it or email it to me???

Thanks!

Yours kicking herself for loosing it in the first place <grin>
	Janine
From: pes3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Eric Stoufflet)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Request: Hanna-Barbera Startrek
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:09:44 GMT
Reply-To: pes3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Eric Stoufflet)
Organization: Columbia University

I saw a story written, I believe by Tim Lynch, about an episode
of ST TNG that had a Ferengi come aboard the Enterprise with a
diabolical weapon that changed members of the crew into
animated characters from Saturday morning cartoons.

Unfortunately, I seem to have lost it.

If anyone has a copy, please Email it to me.

Thanks -



  / \ / \     Paul Stoufflet                          / \ / \
 |  / \  |    Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center   |  / \  |
 |  \ /  |    internet: pes3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu  |  \ /  |
  \_/_\_/     All opinions are my own                 \_/_\_/ 
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: root@TEFS1.acd.com (Root on TEST1)
Subject: Repost of THE GREAT AMERICAN STARTREK NOVEL
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:48:43 GMT

I would really appreciate it if someone would repost chapters
2 & 3 of THE GREAT AMERICAN STARTREK NOVEL.  I also missed these
while on vacation.

Thanks,
Keith
From: keh@TEFS1.acd.com (Keith Holbert)
Subject: Repost of THE RAVEN'S ROAR
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:03:16 GMT


I don't know if this message was received by anyone when I first sent it 
out, so I am reposting it.

I would appreciate it if someone would repost chapters 15, 16, & 17 of 
THE RAVEN'S ROAR.  I missed them while on vacation.

Thanks,
Keith
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: asher@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marnita Asher)
Subject: Raven's Roar
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:48:28 GMT

I have just discovered, much to my dismay, that I do not have part 4 of _The
Raven's Roar_.  Could someone please email or repost?  Better yet, could the
author repost the entire thing as one post for all the folks who are missing
parts?

Thanks in advance.

Marnita
From: jfy@cis.ksu.edu (Joseph F. Young)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Star Trek story archive
Date: 23 Aug 1992 20:47:57 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: depot.cis.ksu.edu

------------------------------FTP--------------------------------------
I've seen many inquiries about an anonymous ftp archive for the
stories that appear in alt.startrek.creative.  As others have
mentioned, I maintain an archive on ftp.cis.ksu.edu (129.130.10.80) in
the directory /pub/Startrek/stories.  All files are compressed using
the UNIX LZW ".Z" compression used by the "compress" and "uncompress"
programs.  For non-UNIX systems, there are sourcess and binaries
available to handle files in this format on various archive sites.

If you find a story that I've missed, especially any of the ones that
appeared early in the life of this group or in the rec.arts.startrek.*
groups, mail it to me (jfy@cis.ksu.edu) or upload it to /pub/upload on
the archive site.

If you have any contributions to the archive, suggestions, etc. you
may also email them to me.
-----------------------------Mail--------------------------------------
For all those unfortunates who don't have Internet ftp access, I've
setup a mailserver to provide access to the archives on
ftp.cis.ksu.edu.

This mailserver can be contacted via mail one of the following
addresses:

...!rutgers!depot!mailserver  (UUCP)
mailserver@cis.ksu.edu        (Internet)

The server accepts commands given in the body of the mail messages;
help is available with the command "help".  

A listing of the files in
the story archive may be obtained by "dir -l /pub/Startrek/stories".

Since the story archive consists of UNIX compressed files, they must
be uuencoded before they are sent on their way.  To specify this mode,
use the command "encode uuencode"  To retrieve the files, use the
"send" command (ex:  send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z).

Here is an example mail message:

% Mail mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
Subject: request 
help
encode uue     
send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z
^D
%

Please note that this is completely experimental and is not bug free.
Questions and problems about this mailserver may be directed to
"mailserver-reply@cis.ksu.edu".



-- 
Joseph Young, Systems Programmer
KSU Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Manhattan, Kansas 66506  FAX: (913) 532-7353  Phone: (913) 532-6350   
Internet: jfy@cis.ksu.edu  UUCP: rutgers!depot!jfy 
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: v130qh57@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (sandra guzdek)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: bye!
Date: 26 Aug 92 22:25:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

this really is my last post!  keep up all the great writing, and if any 
of you are planning to be at the Creation Con in Anaheim on sat., i will be 
there. look for the clueless auburn headed girl wearing a black and 
white polka dot sundress.

and feel free to write to me, i live for mail. :)
  +                                  +                                       +
                              sandra guzdek
       6037 Devlin Avenue + Niagara Falls, NY + 14304 + after 26 Aug 1992 
   "Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket
               and was everybody dancing on the casket?"
                            --TMBG, "Dead"
From: hem@col400.att.com
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Old postings
Date: 28 Aug 1992 11:21:07 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


I think that it is time that this got reposted.  If you have ftp
or e-mail access, why not use the archive instead of having
bandwidth be used reposting or having people mail you stories.

Subject: Star Trek story archive

------------------------------FTP--------------------------------------
I've seen many inquiries about an anonymous ftp archive for the
stories that appear in alt.startrek.creative.  As others have
mentioned, I maintain an archive on ftp.cis.ksu.edu (129.130.10.80) in
the directory /pub/Startrek/stories.  All files are compressed using
the UNIX LZW ".Z" compression used by the "compress" and "uncompress"
programs.  For non-UNIX systems, there are sourcess and binaries
available to handle files in this format on various archive sites.

If you find a story that I've missed, especially any of the ones that
appeared early in the life of this group or in the rec.arts.startrek.*
groups, mail it to me (jfy@cis.ksu.edu) or upload it to /pub/upload on
the archive site.

If you have any contributions to the archive, suggestions, etc. you
may also email them to me.
-----------------------------Mail--------------------------------------
For all those unfortunates who don't have Internet ftp access, I've
setup a mailserver to provide access to the archives on
ftp.cis.ksu.edu.

This mailserver can be contacted via mail one of the following
addresses:

...!rutgers!depot!mailserver  (UUCP)
mailserver@cis.ksu.edu        (Internet)

The server accepts commands given in the body of the mail messages;
help is available with the command "help".  

A listing of the files in
the story archive may be obtained by "dir -l /pub/Startrek/stories".

Since the story archive consists of UNIX compressed files, they must
be uuencoded before they are sent on their way.  To specify this mode,
use the command "encode uuencode"  To retrieve the files, use the
"send" command (ex:  send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z).

Here is an example mail message:

% Mail mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
Subject: request 
help
encode uue     
send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z
^D
%

Please note that this is completely experimental and is not bug free.
Questions and problems about this mailserver may be directed to
"mailserver-reply@cis.ksu.edu".



-- 
Joseph Young, Systems Programmer
KSU Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Manhattan, Kansas 66506  FAX: (913) 532-7353  Phone: (913) 532-6350   
Internet: jfy@cis.ksu.edu  UUCP: rutgers!depot!jfy 
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: rez@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Anestis Kozakis <Rez>)
Subject: Re: Bartrek
Summary: need it
Keywords: Bartrek
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:04:17 GMT

Could someone please mail me or re-post the entire Bartrek Story
(minus the last chapter..since it hasn't ben posted yet).
Much appreciated.
Rez.
-- 
Anestis Kozakis
rez@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au               ent670w@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
"Off days" are a part of life, I guess, whether you're a cartoonist, a
neurosurgeon, or an air-traffic controller. -- Gary Larson.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative