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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:41:43 -0700
From:         JOEP%EPCC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      Re: The current campaign season

       oooooooo, Marty, you *do* have a way with words! I guess our
       only private enterprise choice is that Perrott, Peroo, Peroux(?)
       guy.

       Joe P.

       P. S. You forgot the "fighter pilot in WWII bit".
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From:         "(Graham Toal)" <gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL>
Subject:      Re: I *KNOW* WHO YOU ARE
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	   6) as the rules have indicated, if you don't post a srb,
	      your first one will count also as the srb.... like it or
	      not...

Oh well, if you insist.

1) ggs
2) ggs
3) ggs
4) ggs
5) ggs
6) ggs
7) ggs
8) ggs
9) ggs
10) ggs
11) ggs
12) ggs
13) ggs
14) ggs
15) ggs
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17) ggs
18) ggs
19) ggs
20) ggs
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Country Music
Date: 26 Sep 92 05:10:09 GMT
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In a previous article, harwood@TENET.EDU (Nancy Harwood) says:

>> That chocolate wouldn't live long enough to get from Texas to CT.:-)  Heck,
>> it would never leave the post office; the employees have a fudge detector
>> set up, and they confiscate all things of a chocolate nature......
>>
>This may be true...BTW, if you really like chocolate, you might want to make
>the trip to Texas to sample the fudge brownies Doris makes...they are
>well worth the trouble.
<sigh>  If only I had a spare $500 plane fare laying around.  I do make some
mean brownies myself, though; Judith can testify to that.  And she's never
even had the raspberry brownies....:-)
>ndh (who feels privileged to have been given the recipe)
Well, if you can get permission, don't hold out!  Share!  If you do, I'll
post my "how to get rid of a monster baseball bat zuccini" bread recipe.  
Actually, it's a Russian-Ukranian Evangelical Baptist Women's Union recipe,
but we won't quibble.  And yes, that is a real group.:-)

		Ruth
a sort-of kinda Ukranian/everything-but-the-kitchen-sink Christian who
isn't very into labels

-- 
It's Ruth the NetHead, back from the [virtual] dead
	- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
fighting for truth, justice and static-free lines
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Greetings,

Clearly being confusing and clever is an irritant.

Marty
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:15:24 CDT
From:         "(Frank Peters)" <fwp@CC.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Strange news
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In article <WORDS-L%92100510104064@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> harwell@BANDW.PANAM.EDU says:
: I just heard that Stranger in a Strange Land is going to be made into a
: movie, with Bobcat Goldwaithe starring as Valentine Michael Smith. Go
: figure.

I think you heard a joke second hand.  According to rec.arts.movies the
movie will star Tom Hanks.  Someone said (words to the effect that)
"Tom Hanks is the last person I'd want to see in that role" which
prompted someone else to suggest worse actors for the role...and Bobcat
was one of them.
--
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
 <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Report from VMI

*** Resending note of 10/06/92 08:59

>netiquette more than anything as extreme as yanking accounts.  My reply
>to his reply emphasized again my concern that VMI is looking idiotic on
>the net and that surely there are a few decent people there who might find
>the image embarrassing.)
>   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

As usual, Natalie responds to the VMI situation in a mature and reasonable
manner.  Certainly, my impression of VMI students is anything but favorable.
This is, of course, the problem many businesses fail to recognize when they
train the person who answers the phone.  To many people, that first contact
shapes the initial perception of a company.  Extremely important that one is
not left with the "what a bunch of jerks" view of an entire business, just
because the first person talked to acts like a jerk.  So same with VMI, allI
heard from is a few jerks, therefore VMI must be producing jerks, or is
not doing a very good recruiting job.  Certainly, that is not the real truth.

Don, don't judge my programming staff by me, as most can spell better than
I, and *all* have had more formal training that I  (but none the years of
experience I have ...so kind of evens out :-))
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 22:24:01 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: the company she keeps!

Fwp:

>Nope.  If I were going to forge a message I wouldn't need the two practice
>messages that preceded it.

Exactly.

There were many more than two. I speak with reference to a large time-scale,
of course. All the undetermined origins c/o postamsters, all the chihuahuas,
are to be taken into account. The culprit seems to have smoothed out his
MO finally, and I must say that the ggs and abh letters were very good,
despite what I said earlier about them.

Yes, and a letter from Santa to Ernie Garcia, long ago. Why ERNIE GARCIA? A
very curious choice, one would think at first shot.

Fwp again:

>Besides, I've only ever forged email to one person (and that was just to
>show her how its done).

And by transitivity, forged it a million times on words-l.

tushar
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 08:43:29 -0400
From:         "(Agnes Kruchio)" <kruchio@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject:      Re: He's baaaaack!
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              92 6:59 am

>
> *** Resending note of 10/01/92 18:17
>
> >If anyone hasn't yet heard, Ross Perot is back in the race.
>
> Good grief, it's "Ross, the Boss".
>

No, it's "Big Brother Ross."
Agnes
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:06:39 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: test

>I'm not sure, but I think this <Santa> has a schoolgirl crush on
>me.  He must be sort of wierd.
>--ggs

God, my respect for ggs suddenly increases. This man has finally
proved to be the slimiest of them all. I really do think he knows
now.

God, what irony!

tushar
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From:         "Jim Thomas (tk0jut1@niu.bitnet)"
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Subject:      luft the tacks on sale boats

    >Lift the tax on sailboats!

Thank god nobody added "so Steve can sail on the lifted tax..."
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Greetings,

No doubt Ann Mandi plans a Stalinist purge that will delete me to the
Siberian slopes of Statlg-l's farthest reaches.  I've just reopened my
subscription, and will certainly find something to post about in the
near future.

Marty
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*** Resending note of 09/28/92 19:59

>most of them signed by ggs, Tushar, and me.

>Marty

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.
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:47:13 EDT
From:         IBAILEYTW%1994B%VMI@IST.VMI.EDU
Subject:      NEW ON THE SYSTEM
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Hey.  We're new on the system and we want to know who is out there.  We're
young, locked and cocked cadets at The Virginia Military Institute and we will
get our class rings in 24 days.  We would like to point out that they are the
largest college rings in the world!!!!  We got the biggest ones.  Wanna see
them?  Sure you do!!!!

                               Country
                                  &
                               Howie-D
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 08:51:18 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cable Bill
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1992, (rogers ken x2718) wrote:

> Thanks to the election year political games, people that
> subscribe to cable TV will start paying higher rates
> starting sometime next year because of the veto override
> on the cable bill.

Oh please. You sound like a publicity flack for TCI. If this were really a
way for the cable companies to charge us more, do you really think they
would have opposed it to strongly? Those guys have been raping us and it's
time the government offered us a little protection.

-abh
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From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Question about MS-Word in PC and MAC
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I think he was looking for WORD-PC@HVRFORD.BITNET or WORD-MAC@HVRFORD.BITNET.
(They're 'mailserv' rather than 'listserv' lists.)  WORDS-L is still the best
list for *all* questions tho.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Sun, 4 Oct 1992 13:31:47 EDT
From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      A Few Strokes for GGS
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Am I as slow-witted as usual?  Is Gib in the doghouse or something?  If
so, I ask all of you to consider the following:

--HIS POETRY.  Even without footnotes to explain the emotional context,
  that "Ode" and "Sonnet" of his are impressive just in terms of scansion.

--<ANGLE BRACKETS>.  OK, maybe you haven't used them on Words-L, but have
  you found yourself slipping them in elsewhere?  Feels good, doesn't it?
  Who pioneered their use?

--SPELLING REFORM.  When you're about to write the word "weird," do you
  find yourself reciting "i before e except after c"?  Ask yourself why
  you hesitate.  (HINT: The answer begins with a capital G.*)
                                                        *or lowercase, as
                                                         the case may be

--WORDPLAY.  A random example: "The list is already dessumated."  Sends
  you back to your Latin dictionary, doesn't it?

--SENIOR CITIZENSHIP.  Hey, you think this is trivial?  The man has just
  turned 55, a fit 55, a fine figure of a man, etc.  Let's see some
  respect for our vigorous elders.

--WHTMINJ.  Without a little encouragement, we will never see this or
  its sequels.

--1492 AND ALL THAT.  It is the Columbus quincentenary, after all, and
  Gib is no mean Hispanist.

 A L L   H A I L   T H E   A L L - A R O U N D   P O S T E R   B O Y  !

--brad
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: 747
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:22:09 +0100, torkel@SICS.SE wrote:
> He was a bit too quick in his assumptions, that's all. Like many other

I had to be - if I'd waited a few days you'd all have said 'yeah, yeah -
20-20 hindsight...'

G
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From:         "JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS"
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Subject:      Re: The current campaign season

>Probably got smaller dicks.

>G
        No, G, you're thinking of the parliamentary system in your reference
to gag reflexes.  In the US the politicians prefer other orifii...


JMW

ps - speaking of fat ducks, I read today that Clinton has, unlike Jesse
Jackson, never held a job in the private sector.  Any refutations or
confirmations?  (Sorry about the construction - type in haste, repent
at leisure...)
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From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Bookstores
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              Oct 3, 92 9:45 am

	I made the trip to Waterstones in Boston when it first opened.
Lots of great books, comfy chairs to sit and read/browse in, rich
carpeting.  Everything a culture-aquisitive American bibliophile
could desire -- a vertible wetdream.  I found it too toney for my
tastes (Newbury St. -- no wonder).  My Best Bookstore award still
goes to Wordsworth -- for 3 levels of floor-to-ceiling books, all
discounted -- in Harvard Square.

Rita
Due for a trip up to buy the 1992 Best Poetry
Collection.
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      geeks
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              6 Oct 1992 17:20:25 CDT from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

On Tue, 6 Oct 1992 17:20:25 CDT Natalie Maynor said:
>> They're still on the list.
>>    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
>
>But now they're not.
>   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

good....I was starting to think that the "there IS a God" thread was
going to be related to Resurrection of VMI geeks.....

dan
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Greetings,

Many of the pedants on the list would take great pride in being most
dull (I strive for this with every keystroke).  As for most unpleasant,
this could be a two-edged category.  I rather enjoy reading unpleasant
postings.  Wouldn't you rather be voted most unpleasant that "most
often deleted unread?"  (hmmm, might be a good name for a horror flick:
Night of the Unread.

Marty
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From:         Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Thought some might be interested.
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              92 3:11 pm

> What do people think the effect of a Republican supporting controversial
> legislation affirmed by Clinton but distained by Bush will be?

	Gee, Gov. Weld (Republican Governor of Mass.) is pro-choice
and just recommended legislation to extend family benefits to gay
couples working for the state.

Rita
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:13:09 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: more Santa explanation

>I am blushing out loud. Sorry, Tushar. I'll never suspect you of anything
>devious again. ...
>-abh

GREAT! That's more or less what I wanted out of all this.

Besides, I can happily fake mail now :-)

tushar
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Take me out to the Phonolog...
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              5 Oct 1992 13:57:00 HST from <MACMILLM%EWC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>

On Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:57:00 HST Michael E. Macmillan said:
>Just out of curiosity, is this a celebrity?  Is this the T LaQ of
>network directory fame?  Or just coincidence?
>
   Yes, one and the same.

   dan   (who was also confused at first by the different last name....
           and didn't know she got married two years ago)
From: bsinger@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bayla Singer)
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Date: 3 Oct 92 00:37:57 GMT
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>   Steve, Marty, and JAG:  I second the motion to continue the economic
>      discussion on the list. I, for one, am *certainly* enjoying it.
>   Joe P.


--me three.

--bayla
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:50:57 EDT
From:         "(Rashmi Murthy)" <rashmi@CBIS.ECE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject: Re: AND THE WINNER IS!!!!
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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".

Watch out, y'all, I can read The List Mind.

rashmi (Ms. Perceptive)

What was the grand prize again?  Is it in the mail yet?
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Question about MS-Word in PC and MAC
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1992, (Yeowell Huang) wrote:

> in PC.  So the ability of transform between MAC's word and Windows' is
>
> important for me.  I would very appriciate if anyone can tell me their opinion
>
> or experience about this.  Thanks for reply.

It's pretty good, but some special effects do not make it through the
translation process properly. For example, if you have placed rotated text
in your Mac document and move it to the PC, it will become a bitmapped
graphic which is no longer editable or splee-chackable. Elements that are
linked by system 7 Publish and Subscribe will not survive with their link
intact, and elements linked with Microsoft Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
will require that their links be re-established once moved to the PC side.
There's a complete article about this very subject in this month's
_Macworld_ where they list all the things that can go wrong with Word
Mac->Word Windows translation.

-abh
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ@ZENO.MSCD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Sunrise, sunset...
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From: LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU

>No, Graham didn't specify the time of year.... but here, closer to the equator
>than the region he was talking of, there is very little change in the direction
>of sunrise or sunset... what changes in the inclination of the arc the sun
>travels.

     Sorry, misjudged the pedantric level requested.  I will try to do
better next time.

Bob
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Subject:      Re: The current campaign season

Greetings,

Does anyone know offhand what prompted our feathery friend Georgie to
name his oil company ater Zapata?  That is, what apart from a strong
interest in redistributing wealth?

Marty
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From:         "(Graham Toal)" <gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL>
Subject:      Re: Roninocity Revoked
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Hey, welcome back Bob.  Nice to see you again.  Did you know some
buffoon has been posting from your account while you were gone? :-)

G
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 09:24:00 PST
From:         Lobstrosities Unite <CHRISS%CWU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Blinking Lights

>I generally wait until I'm about a mile beyond where I see a hidden
>police car to flash my lights.  As I understand it, most radar picks
>you up once you're within a mile, and if you slow down at that point,
>it's too late, anyway.
>
>Ken

Nope, it has gotta be line of sight.  A detector can pick it up, but you've got
to be in line of sight and crossing the beam for the cop to get any kind of
reading.  If that weren't the case, Nolan Ryan's fastball speed could be
mistaken for some guy in the stands waving his arms around.

Chris
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 21:48:00 -0500
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Forwarded mail for LISTS.WORDS_L
Comments: To: "(Ruth M. Hanschka)" <ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu>
Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list WORDS-L <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>

On Sun, 27 Sep 1992, (Ruth M. Hanschka) wrote:
> At my church, a woman can write the worship service, but can't
> lead it.  I kid you not, and we're considered liberal.  Of course, I'll bet
> down south a woman can't plan the service either.:-/

When we lived in Alabama, our church in Auburn was one of (I think) only
two Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) in South Alabama that allowed
women to be members of the church board.  When I was growing up, women in
our church could be religious education directors, but I never heard of
one as a pastor...now, however, Disciples Churches frequently have women
ministers.
ndh
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