HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gyu@bass.bu.edu (Guo-Xiang Yu)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: How?
Date: 17 Dec 92 22:04:50 GMT
Reply-To: gyu@bass.bu.edu (Guo-Xiang Yu)
Followup-To: alt.chinese.text
Organization: Boston University

In article <Dec.15.14.47.24.1992.6172@soliton.rutgers.edu> zzhang@soliton.rutgers.edu (ZhiZhong Zhang) writes:
>
>...
>BTW, I want to tell you all, this is the most interesting group of all.
>ZZZ

Not really. You can find lots of other interesting groups, of course I
assume you can read English.
I counted the latest 100 posters, of which 30% is about ~{VPNDPBNEWi!#!#!#~}.
This newsgroup almost become alt.chinese.translation group. You guys
have anything other than translation. 
~{9zOi~}
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: yu@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Fan Yu)
Subject: Re:  ~{VX7C7-Rk~} (Was Re: ~{VPNDPBNEWi#,6AU_R;MrNe~} )
Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 03:49:29 GMT

In article <Bz9yAM.ILF@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:
>In article <Bz8FKn.4GB@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> hchen@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (H. Chen) writes:
>>
>>~{NR>u5C0Q#a#l#t7-3I!0H$N6!1JG?IRT5D!#RrN*4s72TZ#a#l#tRTOB5DW(@8#,6<SP7G~}
>>~{W(R55D#,R5S`5D#,GaKI5DRbK<TZ@oM7!#KyRTNR=(RiVnN;?<BGUb8vRk7(!#~}
>
>  Alt~{2;D\7-Ww!0H$N6!1!#!0SPJBMx!15D~}Rec~{4s@`59?IRT7-Ww!0H$N6!1!#~}
>  Alt~{TZ!0SPJBMx!1IOVwR*0|@(DGP)C;SP>-9}M6F11m>v2zIz5D!0W(@8!1#,Fd~}
>~{VPHg~}alt.flame, alt.politics.bush, ~{5H#,2"C;SP6`IY!0H$N6!1?IQT!#~}
>~{NR>u5C~}alt~{5D:,RbVwR*JG!0AYJ1!1#,!07GU}J=!1#,5H!#~}

[deleted]

Just a hunch: does "alt" have anything to do with "alternative" as in
alternative music? If so, "alt" then means another choice, a place for
discussion of things other than those discussed in main stream newsgroups.
It has nothing to do with "interest".

"alt" can also mean "altercation", considering the personal attacks
and foul languages that permeate several alt groups that I've read.

FY
From: zzhang@soliton.rutgers.edu (ZhiZhong Zhang)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: How?
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:47:25 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


How, would someone tell me, can I same articles from this newsgroup?
BTW, I want to tell you all, this is the most interesting group of all.
ZZZ
From: ming@acsu.buffalo.edu (Zhi-Hong Ming)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: how to read chinese on vax
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:55:35 GMT
Organization: UB

I am just wondering how I can read this group on a vax terminal? Is there
anywhere I can find software?

Thanks in advance.

Zhi-hong
From: zzhang@soliton.rutgers.edu (ZhiZhong Zhang)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: How?
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:21:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:

>In article <Dec.16.16.46.07.1992.8720@soliton.rutgers.edu> zzhang@soliton.rutgers.edu (ZhiZhong Zhang) writes:
> 
>>Well, no one answered my question yet! Yo! You, yeah, you, could you
>>please answer my question. I'd appreciate that.

>Your question was difficult to answer.  I personally don't know how
>to "same" an article.  
     ^^^^
Ooooops, you got me, man, I meant to say "save". Thanks. Wait, is that why
no one could answer my question? Now come on, guys, you guys are supposed
to be smart. Now I know how to "same" an article from other groups but this
group is different.  I want to "same", and print.
ZZZ
From: kingshu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (King Cheung SHU)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: help (wordprocessor on VAX/VMS)
Date: 14 Dec 92 07:37:28 GMT
Reply-To: kingshu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (King Cheung SHU)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: kingshu@happy.cc.utexas.edu


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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (XiaoFei Wang)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re:  ~{VX7C7-Rk~} (Was Re: ~{VPNDPBNEWi#,6AU_R;MrNe~} )
Date: 13 Dec 92 03:15:36 GMT
Organization: UB

* >~{TYK5#,NRCGR22;D\W\=PP!C{!#S&8C8xUb8v!0E#K?9{FT!1Fp8v4sC{AK!#~}
* >~{OVTZ4s<RLVB[S&8CFpJ2C4C{WV!#JWOHGkQGN:M,V>7"QT!#~}

~{NRK55DRbK<JG~}Alt.Chinese.Text ~{JGAYJ1C{WV!#~}
~{S&8CFp8vU}J=C{WV!#OVTZ4s<RLVB[!#~}

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Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~})
Subject: ~{SDD,R;Tr~}
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:11:23 GMT

Archive-Name: humor/logic1


  Okay, ~{QsN*VPSC!#~} :-)

~{FkLl4sJ%Sk7pWf677(#,>SH;;9S.AKR;;X!#04UUT<6(#,@OKo5CRT~}
~{NJHg@49XSZ7pQ'V.HNR;NJLb#,Hg@46(=+Uflx8fV*!#N^DN@OKoF=~}
~{J16TU~VNQ'O0R;9a2;8PPKH$#,R;J1>9Ok2;3v8vG!51NJLb@4#,SZ~}
~{JGAi;zR;6/#,NJ5@#:!0Hg9{7pWfOVTZ4&TZNR5DN;VC#,Dz;a>u5C~}
~{WnV55CNJ5DNJLb:MK|5D4p088wJGJ2C4#?!1~}

~{Hg@49~9~R;P&#,4p5@#,!0Nr?U#,Hg9{NROVTZ4&TZDc5DN;VC#,NR~}
~{>u5CWnV55CNJ5DNJLb>MJGDc8U2ENJ5DDG8v#,6xK|5D4p08DX#,>M~}
~{JGNROVTZ8xDc5DUb8v!#!1~}


   ~{#(0aLWU_#:N:QG9p#)~}
From: mccoy39@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: mccoy39 has the FAQ now.  Thanks.
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:15:50 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


Thank you very much, to all who sent the FAQ.

I really appreciate it.
From: mccoy39@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: I can't read this either
Date: 15 Dec 92 03:13:58 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania



There seems to be no FAQ on how to read this group.

Please tell me how.  Thank you.


Email:   mccoy39@wharton.upenn.edu

Ruguo meiyou ren ba FAQ jigei wo, wo jiu meiyou banfa!
Qing bangmang.


Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: hchen@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (H. Chen)
Subject: Re: ~{OsFe~}
Keywords: none
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 03:12:10 GMT

In article <BzBs74.At6@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (~{QG9p~}) writes:
>In article <8013@news.duke.edu> feng@phy.duke.edu (Yutao Feng) writes:
>>
>>~{JG7q8CTZUbSPJBMxIO?*R;W(@88x8wVVFe~}??
>
>~{MxIOOBOsFe#-#-4sEZ4rNCWS!#!!:N2;@{SC!0RACC6y!1~}(e-mail)?

>       ~{QG9p~}

~{G'Mr1pLaTZMxIO6T>V5DJB!#Dz?4?4Wn=|#<#<;*ODNDU*#>#>IO5G5DA:J5Go#(#?#)OH~}
~{Iz5DI"ND#<#<OBFe#>#>!#Dz6~N;TZDG8IWE;pHH#,HCVnN;?45D1o8v0kK@2;;n!#UbVw~}
~{J5TZL+!0Kp!1AK!##:#-#)#!~}

~{;[=\~}
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: 90908648@bradford.ac.uk
Subject: ~{Fp8v:CC{WV#!~}
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:03:57 GMT



~{!0#N#E#W#S#G#R#O#U#P#S!1#,8zE#C;9XO5#!!0WTSIB[L3!1R2#!~}

~{!0W(@8!1:C#!~}  ~{!05gDTVPNDW(@8!1#,6`OlAA5DC{WV#!~}

~{!0VP9zIg;aND;/W(@8!1#,6`FxEI#!E#1F#!~}

~{!0#I#N#T#E#R#N#E#T!1#,!0H+GrA*Mx!1R2#!~}

~{8xDc<RJt#/DPE.EsSQ#/GiHKO`:C5DP4PE#,1c?IP{2<#:!0NRRQTZ~}
~{H+GrA*Mx5DWTSIB[L35DVP9zIg;aND;/W(@8@o7"1mAK3$F*B[ND#!!1~}
~{;r#:!0H+GrA*Mx5DWTSIB[L35D5gDTVPNDW(@8RQ=+NR5DNDUB7"Or~}
~{J@=g8w8v_4=Gj8j9#!!16(=+K{#/K}Up5C;j2;8=Le#,>+Iq4mBR#!~}

~{!0#A#L#T!o#C#H#I#N#E#S#E!o#T#E#X#T!1#,2;9;N6#!~}
 ~{8DN*!0#C#O#M#P!o#T#E#X#T!o#C#H#I#N#E#S#E!1#,2E=P@4>"#!#!~}

~{#+#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#+~}
~{#|#9#0#9#0#8#6#4#8#|~}
~{#+#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-#+~}

~{#P#S#:03R*8O=tIO=V#,=|HUSP!0#S#A#L#E!1#,5=4&6<JG!0<z;u!1#!~}
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: Introduction
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:46:39 GMT

>/*, resident C Honorary Comment, Open Purple Texan... uhm, no,
>resident Purple C Open-Comment and Honorary Texan (whew!), welcomes
>the newcomer, Starknight.
>
>"I just want to get a clarification, however.  Something in me
>keeps wanting to pronounce your name Stark - night, when I assume
>that it is Star - knight.  And I seem to be a recent expert on
>confusing VR names... "
>
>;)
>
>"But welcome to the Place!"

  "Hmm. Thats odd, I haven't been able to figure out weather ornot it was
  Star-knight or Stark-night either... Inquiring minds and all that... " DJ.

   Welcome to The Place !

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Unbe Awakens
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:16:04 GMT

In article <104386@bu.edu> mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes) writes:

}... And /* is
}what I came up with!!  'Slash Asterisk' has quite a ring to it!"

Only if you pronounce it that way.  I pronounce '*' as "star." Others
pronounce it as "splat." _The New Hacker's Dictionary_ lists a number of
other pronunciatons.

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                Do not meddle in the affairs of
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.   (310) 450-9111, x2483  dragons, for you are crunchy
Santa Monica, CA  90405                        and go well with ketchup.
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Subject: Re: greetings and subroutines
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:38:32 GMT

>Impu-Sebek looks up (again).  "Hm...maybe you mean 47 F?  17 F is below
>zero Celsius...that much I know. (0C=32F).  And 9 is barely chilly, anyway.
>
>"Who the H*ll was glorying over how 'nice' 90-100 F weather was?  I think it
>was YOU, come to think of it."  He glares accusingly.

    <chuckle> "It might have been me. If the humidity is low, its okay,
     but where I now live, 90s F in August with 90-100 percent humidity
     makes you feel like you are in a sauna."

     "90-100F is July weather were I grew up. The first two weeks of August
got up around 110-112 F in the afternoon." DJ

>"That's not 'nice', that's bloody uncivilized!  Anything over 85 is too hot.
>Anything over 95 is much too hot.  Anything over 100 is just plain unfit for
>human habitation."  These dictums are of course stated with all the pompous
>weight of irrefutable fact.  *Gryn*.
>
>			Impu-Sebek
>			the wordster

  Actually, civilization did continue in Texas... :-) I'm a Texan, so
I'm certain of it... :-)

-- 
         Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM 
             jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
                   Video. Cher: Love and Understanding.
From: arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: It's a girl!
Date: 12 Dec 92 03:50:36 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <brumby.724083394@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au> brumby@nella7.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen McNamara) writes:
>
>   Well, some, probably most, of you have been aware that my wife Robyn was
>pregnant.

Well, you didn't tell us...

>   At one minute to eight this evening, Friday the eleventh of December,
>Jennifer Rhiannon McNamara was born, after thirty two hours of fairly
>difficult labour by Robyn. At the moment she is in a humidicrib, because
>she found this breathing business a bit difficult for a two and a half week
>premature baby.

Hey, *I* find it difficult and I've been at it for nearly two decades.

>However, she seemed to have gotten the hang of it when I
>left the hospital.

Great, maybe she can take advanced breathing when she gets home.

>   This was the first time in my life that I have cried for joy. I don't
>think I will ever forget it.
>
Jiminy christmas, I hope not.

"Mike!  This guy's drink is on me!" Big Al states.  He puts down
a couple of bucks and, after mike gets the male deer offa the bar, "Gotta
use a lighter currency, Al." picks up a pint of somethin and heads over
to the fireplace:

"To breathing babies, the best kind."

<CRASH!>

Big Al.  <breath> <breath> (Damn! I forgot a gain... oh yeah) <breath>
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: INTRODUCTION: Knight and day
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:31:38 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

henry@netcom.com (Henry Polard) writes:

>A Falstaffian knight clanks down from the Lurkers Gallery and
>squeaks stiffly to the bar. <...>

>When the snifter is empty, he ambles to the chalk line. 
>"To love, and the ability to see and receive it."

Firecat appears from the shadows and shakes off the volcanic ash with which
she's been hiding her dark red glow. She asks Mike for two shots of
amaretto and drinks, the red glow under her black fur gleaming brighter 
in spots as she does so. She stands at the chalk line.

     "To love, and the ability to see and receive it."

     "To good, patient friends."

              CRASHCRASH

Welcome, Henry!
-- 
--
Stef                Just as there are laws of Conservation of Matter and
stef@apple.com      Energy, so there are in fact Laws of Conservation of 
                    Pain and Joy. Neither can ever be created or destroyed.
                         But one can be converted into the other. 
                                                         --Spider Robinson
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Hats
From: pcahn@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 18 Dec 92 05:03:57 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

Mighty fine, mighty fine,

As I write this I am wearing my current favorite hat.  It is a red baseball cap
with the "Riders in the Sky" logo on the front.  (For those of you who don't
know, Riders in the Sky are a Western band here in the States who have both a
radio and a TV show availble out West.)  I've been wearing it constantly since
they performed at the local agricultural fair.

Before this hat, I had a great soft, narrow-brimmed fedora.  After my dog tore
the lining out, I wore this around everywhere, like a crusher hat.  

My other hats include a grey-green pork pie with a wide brim, a wonderful straw
hat that keeps the sun off, and round knit wool hat from Armenia which I'll
start wearing more often as it gets colder.

I once borrowed my grandfather's opera hat (one of those top hats that
collapses.) and wore it with my great-grandfather's tux to a dance sponsored by
the campus ballroom dancing club. It caused quite a stir. 

I love wearing hats.  I like to have a varied selection to suit my moods.  The
only problem, as you all know, is the dreaded "hat head."  But of course, when
you're camping, you can use a hat to cove "bed head."  ;=]

Rounder
Patrick Cahn
PCAHN@wesleyan.edu
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered
your breathing space.  It is not possible to change anything until you
understand the substance you wish to change.  Of course mutilate and malefy,
but these are fallen powers, and to change something you do not understand is
the true nature of evil.		--Jeannette Winterson
From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: AAARRRRGGGGHHH 2
Date: 14 Dec 1992 19:26:42 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au

Splash is one of the patrons whose head is spinning after the rapid entry
and exit of avec Chapeau.  "Hope the academic matters go well - probably
went well would be more appropriate, knowing my _very slow_ newsfeed."

trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Kitten) writes:

>"s'allright...i don't mind being confused with the good deed...but SHE
>sounds like audrey hepburn in "breakfast at tiffanies"  and i sort of
>squeak... "  

"Nothing wrong with a squeak Kitten," says Splash as he moves in for a
squeak-generating hug.


--
		Splash!		*To love is to LIVE!*
   (aka Mike van Keulen -- e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au)
From: jodybean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (zaphod-)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Quantum (and untutored Zen) and Beliefs (was Re: Absolutes)
Date: 15 Dec 92 09:29:37 GMT
Reply-To: jodybean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (zaphod-)

About proof and truth and all that stuff... I was wondering if a sort
of quotation call would be apropo:

"I am lying"

and all the various variations on down of this statement and it's 
repercussions.  

Just a thought, nothing more..

__.__.__.__.__
jodybean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu   
"How much of our lives is just idle conversation?" -- bean thought # 11
From: aaron@atlantis.uucp
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: So much for dramatic exits.
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:06:18 GMT
Reply-To: aaron%atlantis@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
Organization: Atlantis Communications, Edmonton, AB, Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there (olson@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Dec11.041557.21233@atlantis.uucp> aaron@atlantis.uucp writes:
: 
: >There is a bit of an embarrassed cough and Alfvaen shimmers back into
: >existence, a look of relief on his face.  "Well, that wasn't very long, was
: >it?
: 
: Castellan snorts with disgust. "Yeah, yeah, REAL nice, buddy.  Post a tearful
: farewell, run Kitten out of hankies and generally get us all worked up, then
: pop right back in before the glasses finish hitting the fireplace.  A little
: TOO much of a coincidence there, eh?  I'll bet you were lurking this whole 
: time. Just another ego-gratification stunt, and don't try to deny it!"
 
Alfvaen looks abashed.  "I >was< considering it...although my original
departure was real, I was thinking of lurking for a week or two before my
dramatic return.  But I have no self-control."

: At this point his accusing glare softens into a grin.  "Just had to inject
: some negativity there... Welcome back, Alfvaen, what's yours?"

Alfvaen looks momentarily confused.  "What's mine?  Well, all the things I own,
and I guess things I can attribute other uses of the 'possessive' pronoun to."
Then his mind checks the context of the statement, and a little bell dings
inaudibly.  "Oh--what's my DRINK?  Ha ha."  (Don't worry about it, folks,
Alfvan does this all the time at home and in person, pretending to be obtuse.
Don't believe it--he thinks it's funny for some reason.)  "A Wildberry Cooler
for me, Mike."  (Hoping one of the other Mikes in the place won't leap to buy
him the drink...and he >was< talking to the bartender.)  (Alfvaen seems to feel
like writing parenthetical notes just now, doesn't he?)  (Enough of that.)

"You know, with all the people who buy me drinks, and the few I actually drink,
I don't think I've had to buy myself a drink here for months.  Of course, I
don't think I've bought too many drinks myself either.  So--I will buy a round
of drinks for the house--and everyone else, too.  Just to commemorate my
departure and return.  Years from now, this will be remembered as the day that
Alfvaen bought drinks."

-- 
---Alfvaen(Still looking for "October's Baby")
"I never gave it a thought, I never thought I should think                       I would go along with anyone and anything"  --Rupert Hine
Current Album--Jean-Jacques Goldman:Entre Gris Clair Et Gris Fonce'
Current Read--Michael Coney:Charisma
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: a Guy in a Yankee's cap enters ...
Date: 17 Dec 1992 04:53:31 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <u906451.724033452@bruny>, u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Damien Saunders) writes:
=trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
=>"hi chris...and welcome to the Place....WHAT is a lime spider?"
=
=>kitten hugs the man in the yankee cap and sniffs the drink..."did you
=>say ice cream?!"
=Damien come up and hugs kitten and then explains what a Lime Spider is.
=You need a tall glass, your lime soda [fizzy drink for non americans],
=you pour the lime soda to within about an inch [3cm] of the top of the
=glass, to finish the spider you place a scoop of ice cream in the glass.
=This drink is usually served with a straw and a spoon. Straw to drink the
=liquid through, the spoon for the left over ice cream.
=
=Damien. [Who is fond of Lime spiders too]

What's the difference between a Lime spider and a Sprite float?
From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: small wings and other things...
Date: 19 Dec 1992 05:05:34 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: degas.wag.caltech.edu

>> Feather gets the attention of her feline friend.
>> "Are there going to be Brandy Alexanders at the Portland realspace?  Because
>> I think I may be able to show up!"

Abner, who came in looking a bit morose, suddenly cheers up a bit.

"Well, that's an idea.  Think there'll be any extra room for me at the
realspace?  I may be able to attend as well!"

"You see, after many months of attempting to explain to Rachel that I am no
longer in love with her, I finally managed to get up my courage and tell her
flat out.  It took me ten minutes of repeating to get her to accept it.  The
end result, a good deal of hatred and pain.  Not something I enjoyed
inflicting ... but what else could I have done?  That was two days ago, and  
I'm surprised ... she's already beginning to recover!  So things didn't go
nearly as bad as I expected!"

"Anyway, she's not coming out to visit me, so my vacation is free.  Anyone up
in San Fransisco want to host me for a few days over christmas break?  I
could turn it into a three-legged trip ..."

"Excuse me, I'm babbling.  I'll try to make arrangements over the phone and
email!"
From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Introduction
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:48:21 GMT
Organization: Boston University Center for Remote Sensing

In article <1992Dec14.183600.23588@e2big.mko.dec.com> pel@maximo.enet.dec.com (Phillip E lujan) writes:
  
  [deleted - one confused purple dude asking Starknight if his name
       was Stark-night or Star-knight]

>"That's OK, they used to call me Stark on the CompuServe cyberCB for short...
>I've only been using this handle for about 10 years now, and sometimes I'm
>not too sure which way it should be pronounced, especially when there are
>attractive females around...  By the way, I don't find your name confusing;
>you should see some of the names I've had to deal with as a Space Ranger!"
>Starknight pauses for breath.  "Or did you mean that you are confusing VR
>names, not that your name is confusing?"

"OK, so I guess if we pronounce it either way it works for you?"

/* smiles.  "The confusion was that my VR name is the first
line, or opening characters I guess, of a comment line in
the programming language of C.  So some Callahanians thought
I was a comment line, rather than a Purple People!"


>"Thanks.  Mike, another glass of grape soda (right) for /*, and I'll have
>a rum collins.  Put it on my tab."

"Thank you very much!  Hmm, a rum collins...  Never had one of those.
I am *very* fond of vodka collinses, though."  :)

>|> ========================================================================
>|> Mike Holmes       mjmh@crsa.bu.edu           "Happiness Will Prevail!"
>|> Boston University Department of Geography (a truly GREAT place to work!)
>|> ========================================================================

>"Yes, it shall.  Nice .sig you've got there."

"Thanks!  It comes from one of my all-time favorite episodes of
Dr. Who... But if you're familiar with the episode, I use the
line in a much more positive way!"

>------------
>Starknight, aka Sean Roberts
>Trying to make my corner of the Universe a little happier each day

"Well, Starknight, you are making this corner of the Universe
happier!  Glad to have you!"


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Mike Holmes       mjmh@crsa.bu.edu           "Happiness Will Prevail!"
Boston University Department of Geography (a truly GREAT place to work!)
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