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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 08:51:43 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject: Re: Respite from the Kiddies

>                                                                   This
>morning I went on and sent 'quiet deletes' for the three VMI subscribers.
>I suspected that we were in for fun when the three of them subscribed at
>the same time late yesterday.  Even though Niteman was silent last night,
>I went on and zapped him also.  That way it will take them longer to figure
>out that they've been zapped.  They'll probably think for a while that
>there's a system problem of some kind, especially given the flaky nature
>of the VMI system.

What is the pretext this time for "zapping the kiddies"? Was their
mail bouncing obligingly or is it just that we don't like them?

I would also like to know who wasn't in for fun when they subscribed.

tushar
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 11:10:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: I *KNOW* WHO YOU ARE
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> > Oh?  So far, I've noticed only one insulting posting in relation to the
> > game.  And it wasn't from Giggles.  It was from the person who is now
> > pretending that Giggles is doing the insulting/humiliating.  (I didn't
>
> Was just trying to join in the spirit of the game...  Did I <do it right>,
> giggles?
>
> G

lately, gt my son, you are <doing everything right>...
--ggs
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From:         "Rita Leonard 552-3403 (617)"
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Subject: Re: ggs provides the opening...

------------------------------TEXT-OF-YOUR-MAIL--------------------------------

> in such an offhand way. Seems like you took the route that Helen and
> I have so often, lately, wished we had chosen--just do it, and tell
> everyone later.
> /Jim (17 days and counting, and calling, and listing, and choosing,
>       and reserving, and....)

Jim,

You bet!  The timetable was something like:

Aug 30  -  Make decision
Aug 31  -  Blood test
Sep  1  -  File for license
Sep  2  -  Tell immediate families
Sep  5  -  Just do it!   (On a bass boat in the middle of a pond with
           only a JP and a witness.  We then took a symbolic plunge
           into the pond which sounds simple enough until you know
           that yours truly cannot swim and has a paralyzing fear of
           the water.  I do believe that I am committed to this
           relationship *or should be committed*).

Agnes,

No condolences necessary yet.

                                       Rita L. (still...I have always been
                                                me and cannot seem to change.)

P.S.  I really do want to know - when will "my husband" seem like a
      natural thing to say?
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:06:48 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      lecture to gilbert
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              28 Sep 1992 17:09:00 EDT from <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>

On Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:09:00 EDT Gilbert Smith said:
>I cannot, for the <life> of me, believe this.  Are you people
>*really* upset about this dumb game?  I really thought it would
>be fun hearing what people have to say, a sort of everybody gets
>a chance to flame everybody else.

   I'm not....I just don't really give a shit....but the "everybody gets
a chance to flame everybody else" mentality belongs on alt.flame
or alt.fuck.your.dog or alt.sex.kinky.gopher.bangers   kind of place.
It is NOT a part of the love and warmth and friendly, but lovingly critical
and negative, heritage of words-l.
    That stuff belongs with the unlamented (hopefully departed) VMI folks
kinda stuff.....which you know is not appreciated or wanted.

>Sometimes, I don't understand how the world works, you know?

   That I agree with.  Both you, and sometimes me....but sometimes the
way to LEARN, my mother and my AA sponsor told me (many years apart, I just
didn't learn it the first time), is to SHUT UP AND LISTEN AND DON'T HAVE A
GODDAM FUCKING SMARTASS ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING.   (my mother left out
the "f word", which she may never have uttered in her life of so-far
73 years).   Anyway, I'm still trying to learn...and hope you (and others)
are too.
   And that is something I am NOT always successful at.  I'm the first to
admit it...and that is partly to save some others from saying it for me.
Gilbert, I like you a lot.  And I REALLY like a lot of your writing,
whether short stuff, or the longer WHTMI*** variety.  But this current
crap is really irritating to me, and I am not nearly as easily irritated
as many folks.

>--ggs (misguided maybe, but mean *NOT*....)

   I hope that is true....but it often does NOT sound that way....

As always, I calls em the way i sees em.....and maybe this shoulda been
private, and maybe I shoulda pulled some punches....but, fuck it....this is
words-l and we're family.

dan in potatoland
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 19:39:00 MDT
From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      WFF Ballot Posted

     Below is my ballot in the WFF contest.
     All questions left unaswered were done so intentionally.

The Ronin
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> 2) is the most pleasant?

     Mama Judith.  Several close runners-up, but Mama J is #1.

> 4) is the most clever?

     Tushar.  The subtlety of his satire is incredible.

> 6) tells the most interesting stories?

     Torkel.

> 8) lives the fartherest away from ra.msstate?

     Bill L in Rhodesia.  (Second choice is Akio.)

> 9) is the oldest in years?

     Mama J

> 10) is the youngest in years?

      Lisa @ RI

> 11) is the most informative in a factual way?

      Frank Peters.

> 14) is the nicest to newbies?

      Mama J.

> 16) drives the most interesting car?

      Some giggling rube at NC State.

> 17) doesn't drive a car?

      The Ronin

> 18) talks the most about spouse/significant other?

      Dan in Potato-land.

> 20) talks the most about <words>?

      Natalie (she always joins in on the linguistic discussions)

> 24) posts the most messages?

      Natalie

> 25) posts the fewest messages?

      The lurkers.  Akio is probably next.

> 26) has the most interesting pet?

      Natalie.  Bernard posts more, so I know more about him.

> 29) is the virtual earth-mother?

      Mama J.

> 30) is the virtual father-figure?

      Dan in Potato-land

> 31) is the best-all-around *poster-girl*?

      The list Angel, of course.

> 32) is the best-all-around *poster-boy*?

      Torkel, based on the interest in his gif.
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From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: still a loser
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> >     Welcome to WORDS-L.  If you are new to the world of electronic
> >   [etc.]

> Nothing about killing and eating.

One problem is that I can't revise that welcome message without bothering
the very busy postmaster/listserv-manager at UGA to pull out the old one
and replace it with a new one.  So it remains as originally written a long
time ago, including my wrong address at the bottom (which is not a real
problem since mail can still reach me through that address).  Btw, I did
a database search of LSTOWN-L archives this morning and found that the
'serve off' command has to be put in place by listserv manager, not
listowner.  There are times when I almost wish we had a VM system sitting
around here somewhere so that the list could run from here, where Bernard
is on good terms with the Powerful People.  I wouldn't want to have to use
the VM system for anything else, of course.  My idea of hell is to be
stuck inside a VM system, seeing all those messages at bottoms of screen
about 'holding' etc.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject: Re: Sunrise, sunset...
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Thanks, Uncle! I missed that one...usually don't! I guess I'd better clean
my glasses. :-)

Carolyn - (flattered that you think I'm young enough to be your niece.)
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:19:39 -0400
From:         Aelfchen@NORTH.POLE.TOYS
Subject:      re: Tushar's Test
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Tush, babes, come here for a minute.  You seem to be getting a little uptight
about this. Chill, baby, chill. Catch the cold bus and take it easy. Periods
between paragraphs?  Aping ain't easy? You slay me, bigboy, you really do.  And
you're not even close. You're driftin' like a log on a lake.  Well slap me with
butter and call me slippery.

I remain not-so-faithfully yours,


Aelfchen
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:48:00 MDT
From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Mobile non-Ronin?

Help!!

     I have just been told that a company that is interested in
removing my ronin status (i.e. hire me) (and that I would like to work
for) has no postions in Denver, but does in Atlanta and Alexandria.
Over and above such silly problems such as finishing by degree, I
don't have current information on either places.  Specifically I could
use:

     Local (state and city) sales and income taxes
     Approximate cost of 1-bedroom apartment in reasonable area
     Some measure of cost of food.
     Colleges that cater to BA/BS seekers working full time

     Any other information would be appreciated, since it has been 20
years since I last was in either city.  Mail to either the list or any
of the addresses listed below.

Thanks,

The Ronin
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:49:00 EST
From:         CROSEN%BGSUOPIE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      surplus cadets

Greetings,

I, for one, am shocked by the lack of compassion and understanding
demonstrated by the wordslingers in their response to these young
VMIers.  Just think how you would feel if your chosen career, selected,
say 4 or 5 years ago, had suddenly collapsed.  I mean, what happens to
recent graduates of military school in the post-cold-war world?  They
probably wind up taking low-paying jobs as mercenary advisors in third
world countries.

Under the circumstances, the arrival of class rings is an occasion for,
at best, adulterated celebration.

Why, their prospects are just as bad as those of culturally elite
intellectuals under another Bush/Quayle administration!

Marty (compassionate, sensitive, new age guy)
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 21:11:17 EDT
From:         IBAILEYTW%1994B%VMI@IST.VMI.EDU
Subject: Re: NEW ON THE SYSTEM
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Marty,

     I see you are still a loser.  Keep up the good work!  As for class rings,
no wonder you don't have one because you have no class.  Like I said, GET A
LIFE!!!!!  As for cannon sizes, again, who gives a fuck?  The military uses
Howitzers now anyway dipshit!!!!!  If you want to get into a discussion on
history then bring up a question that is meaningful not something that isn't
worth talking about.  Once more, get a life or shut up loser!!!!!

                                  Country
                                     &
                                  Howie-D
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 08:43:00 CDT
From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
 <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: Golden Words For Today

> It's enough to type it in 50 times. No need to post it that many times.

Take it easy on giggles' FAG alter ego, tushar.  Something went wrong
somewhere in the system last night.  I just had to read through
multiple copies of all your early morning comments on Santa, the
survey, and whatever else, and there were multiple copies of Marty's
bookstore post too.

I suppose now we've got to find the perpetrator of the multiple
copies.

Steve Karlson
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:27:50 EDT
From:         IBAILEYTW%1994B%VMI@IST.VMI.EDU
Subject: Re: loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry Karyline.  We love you!

                   Country
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:40:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: I *KNOW* WHO YOU ARE
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> Amen. ggs, when you've lost mama p as a friend, you've truly lost a friend. Sh
> has put up with a lot in her life. Apparently, you were too much.  Go away so
> she'll come back.
>
> Chris

You mean *I* am responsible for her disappearance?  Where does this
come from?  What did I do?  What did I do?
--ggs
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:49:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: RE: Aw Sh*t
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> >Now you all know who -*imr is.....  I could just go out
> >and <shoot> myself.
> >--#@%
>
> You know what Nike says, Giggles . . . ;-{}
> -K
> -Mka

I think I prefer Bud Light this time, thank you very much.
--ggs
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:10:51 +0100
From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Off to Spain...blah
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  Friday I'm off to Torremolinos for a week. Not a pleasure trip, by
any means. If anything interesting happens, I'll tell you about it when I
return. (Unless, of course, the interesting thing is a spectacular
plane crash.)
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 01:12:39 MED
From:         "(Graham Toal)" <gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL>
Subject:      Re: 747
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Ah.  That's what I've been waiting for.  Within about a day you can expect
the US to find 'conclusive proof' it was the Libyans who brought it down,
then it's off for a little pre-election bombing raid...

G
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Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 1992 09:00:36 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Roninocity Revoked
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Congrats, Bob, er, Ronin, er, ahfergetit...I take it that means you chose
not to go live in Atlanta? Oh, well, you'll probably do just fine near DC
too.

-abh
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From:         CROSEN%BGSUOPIE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      BGSU Hockey

Greetings,

Testy??? ME????  I don't know from net-pheromones, but I have had a nasty
cold the last few days, probably resulting from some virus passed via
alt.influenza.

Anyway, After losing to Wisconsin in football this season, BGSU gets no
chance for revenge in the hockey arena.  Here are the BGSU hockey
home games:

10-16 Toronto
10-30 Kent
11-13 Kent
11-21 Ohio State
12-5 Miami
12-11 U of Illinois-Chicago
12-12 Notre Dame
1-15 Western Michigan
1-22 Ferris State
1-23 Lake Superior
1-30 Illinois-Chicago
2-12 Notre Dame
2-13 Michigan
2-19 Michigan State
2-26 Miami
3-5 Miami

In addition, BGSU takes part this year in the Great Alaska Face-off and the
Cleveland College Hockey Classic.  If the season goes well, BGSU will
do well in the CCHA playoffs and manage to get to the NCAA.  I see the
semifinals and championship games of the CCHA are in Detroit; the
late rounds of the NCAA are in Milwaukee.

I can always make it to the train station for anyone who wants to stay
over in Northwestern Ohio--even for unregerenerate conservatives.  I have
a couch and a camp cot (I slept on the cot all the time we were in
Nova Scotia this summer, so it must not be too awful).

I even have heat, although I haven't turned it on yet and it's shivering
time in BG, too (come to think of it, maybe that's the reason I had that
cold!).

Who needs to burn fossil fuel when one has possession of an abundant
supply of chiles chipotle (eat your collective hearts out).

Marty
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Franchising
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On Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:39:11 -0700 JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS said:
>        (Sorta of Arizona traditional, here:  One of our towns was won in, and
>named after, a card game...)                             ^^^^^

Hey, I've BEEN to Show Low.....yup....playing good ol' lowball....

dan
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From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
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:> send money and open up the box :-) :-)

: Yep.  All you have to do is send $100,000.

That is cute.

Steve Karlson
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:01:23 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Gleanings (61)

>Would you believe, just the other day, while browsing in a mall bvookstore,
>I came across a book of insults-defined: the title was -Your mother wears
>combat boots- !

This is the very book the librarian mentioned a while ago on the list.
Linfield and K______. Unfortunately the book has been checked out of
all the libraries of eclectic UChicago. I will have to buy it. Waiting
for payday.

tushar
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 22:16:50 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: More Past Blast
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1992, Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078 wrote:

> there's got to be a great response to this ....guess I'll let abh make it -
> Just throw this out with rest of crap ...got to go watch John Ritter!  bye.

Sheesh.

-abh
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> GREAT, I plough through 150 some messages and find this.  ggs, sure you
> tallied the scores correctly??   Maybe it's time to change the accounting
> system or at least spring for a new calculator.
> Well, you all must have been way off with your guesses if I was the winner.
> Here is a good test taking tip: when points are deducted for incorrect
> answers, it pays to leave blank slots rather than enter wild guesses.
> Which is in direct contrast to the oft repeated words-l motto: "post
> early, post often".
> rashmi (Ms. Perceptive)
>
rashmi, my dear perceptive sweetie, I am *positive* that I tallied
the scores correctly and I have all the documents to prove it, on
paper, printed from my screen.  *NO* points were deducted for
wrong answers, but as I said before, some of those less <quick>
contestants lost points by not taking this seriously.  And they
are now going around pouting and accusing the GSH of I don't know
what all.
The prize is not in the mail yet, but soon will be.....  It's
a surprise.
--ggs (sure he is one of those that clint darling does not read,
       and is absolutely devastated by that news.....)
From: bsinger@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bayla Singer)
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Date: 5 Oct 92 11:53:29 GMT
Organization: who, me?

'Special Service School' was (is?) a designation used for a school with
serious problems among its student body.  This is *not* the same as the 
(in)famous '600' schools, -to- which students with *extreme* problems are
transferred.  The fastest description I can use is, "it's a school with
a special guidance counselor whose activities are limited to cases of
extortion and rape."  The extortion is understood to include physical
violence, since blackmail is not useful in an environment where "sin"
is admired.  

I taught there one year: there were other teachers who managed to spend
many years and who were actually *effective* in controlling their classes
and imparting knowledge.  

--bayla
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 10:05:00 EST
From:         "(Alec D. Plotkin)" <185422285@WILD.UCIS.VILL.EDU>
Subject: Re: God contacted me.
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>Alec gets mail:

>>>From: god@words-l

>Now THIS one, for instance, is clearly from me.

>tushar

I thought I was in trouble. If it is only Tushar, I am ok.

later

alec
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 23:31:15 PDT
From:         s mandell <pwiebe@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU>
Subject:      747
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News as of 7 am this morning:

About 80 apartments were damaged by the plane and the resulting fire.
There are 14 known dead, either 29 or 92 injured (my trouble with
numbers), and 209 missing and presumed dead.

The plane, an El Al cargo flight, lost two engines shortly after take
off.  Because it was a cargo plane, and because the pilot actually had
time to report trouble, they do not think it was a terrorist act.  The
plane was 13 1/2 years old (I don't think that that's particularly old
for 747's, is it?) and had Pratt-Whitney(?) engines.  Both Boeing and
the engine manufacturer are sending experts to the site.

This may be the outskirts of Amsterdam, but it is one of the more densly
populated parts of the city.  The plane went down in between two
buildings that form part of a beehive of ten-story buildings, hitting
the end of one, and the corner of another.