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From: rswiftrw@cc.curtin.edu.au (Rod Swift)
Subject: Re: STOOOOPIDITY
Organization: -=[ Curtin University ]=-  Perth, Australia.
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:04:38 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.064305.21415@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, guddt@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (David Bennett) writes:
> u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling) writes:

>>Hi, I just decided I hadn't posted anything to usenet for a while

> I am green a fish and not a carpet tile.  Just thought you would want to
> know.

> [DDT] Pink fish forever (green ones just are).

Hellooo UWA Guild CC!

I like Grapefrootz that Flame!

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Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
From: guddt@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (David Bennett)
Subject: Re: STOOOOPIDITY
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:43:05 GMT

u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling) writes:

>Hi, I just decided I hadn't posted anything to usenet for a while

I am green a fish and not a carpet tile.  Just thought you would want to
know.

David.
[DDT] Pink fish forever (green ones just are).
-- 
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     Where Pink fish swim backwards.    | c/o Guild of Undergraduates
These words I am singing now mean nothing more than meow to an animal - TMBG
Disclaimer: Any spelling mistakes in this article are all entirly my fault.  Any grammer errors spotted in this article were put there because I could.
From: ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy)
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
Subject: WHAT? (Was: STOOOOPIDITY)
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:47:45 GMT
	<1992Jul28.064305.21415@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>
Organization: NMSU Computer Science

<In article <1992Jul28.064305.21415@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> guddt@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (David Bennett) writes:
<u9147063@cs.uow.edu.au (Richard Barry Ling) writes:

<>Hi, I just decided I hadn't posted anything to usenet for a while

	YES, YOU HAVE! WHAT A BONEHEAD! OF COURSE YOU HAVE POSTED
	JUST RECENTLY!

<   I am green a fish and not a carpet tile.  Just thought you would want to
<   know.

	WHAT? ARE YOU DEMANDING SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR FISH, DENYING
	YOUR CARPET TILE BACKGROUND OR WHAT?

	IT'S PEOPLE, WELL, *ENTITIES* LIKE YOU THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE
	FOR......

	Oh, wait, I thought this was alt.us.elections.stupidity.flame;
	'scuse me.

Please resume your normal stooopiditie at your earliest convenience.
From: middleto5442@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
Subject: Final FINAL final
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:40:42 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

The Final Final FINAL. . (thank all the powers that may or may not be)


        Yes, I have dumb desires, perhaps, and this one was particularly dumb
and totally true. . .ane very veeeeery stooooopid.. . . 


        It's Thursday night on campus. Last final, next day. Wellness.  Common
sense, easy enuff, right? So I say. . hey.  Why don't I go out to Steb's and
find out JUST how many Vulcan Mind Probes I can drink? (151 and Ouzo, for
non-alkies). . .so I have seven.  Within a 4 hour period, of course. . don't
want to kill myself before a final, now do I? (HEH!)  Naturally, after that,
everything is pretty much crashing down like a Spike Lee road show finale.

        How did I get home? I really don't know. By, I'm surprise it was even
MY home I woke up (i.e. came to) in!  So a friend from class calls me to bring
me around. "Hey," sez Lance. "Yer late fer yer test!" (Ya, he talks like that)
So I fall out of bed with about as much willpower as I always have (perhaps
less, as my head felt like an iron pillow, and my mouth tasted like a pet
store) and looked at the clock.  Only ten minutes late.

        So I go to my Wellness final.  About two hundred people in this class.
 So I go up to the front and receive my test from a grimacing teacher.  As I
walk back to my seat, I nod to my friend Tracy, who smiles at me and then turns
away, the smile disappearing.  Then I notice that everyone is looking at me
this way and I think. . .so I slept in my clothes! I can't look _that_ bad. . .

        Which is when I realize that I am covered--head to toe--with puke.


        
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
From: razorbone@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus)
Subject: Re: My cat ate my telephone
Reply-To: razorbone@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 03:42:37 GMT

IK20050@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:

}My mama wears army boots, too.
}And yes, in the immortal words of my cousin Jennifer,
}"It's fun being dumb"...........Andie.


GAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
 
 DAMMIT!  soemone finally concieves of something STOOPID on here, like the
aforementioned cat eating the party of the second part, and you WASTE IT!~

 AGG!
 STOOPID is when you talk about hwo your cat, tweety, ran arround the house
thirteen times, and head butted the phone, causing it to fall off the table,
scaring the dog, Dogbert, who jumped up and barked, which scared the cat, who 
fell OFF The table and swallowed the phone whole.


   Or not. But at LEAST it is a STOOOOPID attempt, not some crappy 
"mama wears boots"....grrr.

 Well, at least it wasnt a cascade. :)
 
 mark
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Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
From: puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Re: My cat ate my telephone
Organization: None, today. Thank you.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:33:18 GMT

>> Well, at least it wasnt a cascade. :)
>Hell, what's happened to the Blue Jays? 8(

Geez. Talk about stewpid. They fly south for the winter. They'll be
back. To drop loads on my new paint job on my driveway.

What has dishwashing detergent got to do with birds anyway?

>aasdSteveFranklin-Subliminal Psychology Major.ks;dlasBlueJaysRULEkasdfeahsdbfl
>sd;lfaswoq[eBuyMeAQuadra!!!mbnZMXCNdfsba;KdSPAMiuroqiyetIBMSuxiweuryth'ewr;mxn
>qpuepriuPartyOneqtuj;,n.,xnc,kjasFlameMeNot!;lkj;lkgkjd;askElvisLivesjhfquweru
>zx.cfranklin@ug.cs.dal.ca,sk;t;lrut[Superboy@ac.dal.cav.zx,Physics!eq3rwkh;oHA

I think that your machine is having problems. It put a WHOLE lot of
extra letters in your file here.

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Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
From: franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Elvis)
Subject: Re: My cat ate my telephone
Followup-To: alt.stupidity 
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:14:05 GMT

In article <Bs4szG.96D@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> razorbone@uiuc.edu (Mark Notarus) writes:
> Well, at least it wasnt a cascade. :)
Hell, what's happened to the Blue Jays? 8(
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sd;lfaswoq[eBuyMeAQuadra!!!mbnZMXCNdfsba;KdSPAMiuroqiyetIBMSuxiweuryth'ewr;mxn
qpuepriuPartyOneqtuj;,n.,xnc,kjasFlameMeNot!;lkj;lkgkjd;askElvisLivesjhfquweru
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From: penfold@ccs.northeastern.edu (Karl J von Lauderman)
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
Subject: The spelling of "stoopidt"
Date: 29 Jul 92 18:13:45 GMT
Organization: College of Computer Science, Northeastern University
Originator: penfold@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu


	Tu menny peepil hahv bin speleeng "stuuhpiht" rong! Thee curekdt
spehlung iz, uv corze, "szhthtuuuuooooophpuhhiiidtd!"

.-  .--        .-     Karl J. von Laudermann               | "Ah, those figmen.
|  /    __  __ |      penfold@dworkin.ccs.northeastern.edu | Happy as rats, 
|    \    \/   |  ___ -------------------------------------+ they are.  They
|     \        |      tap-dance not, neither do they fart." - Greensleeves
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
Subject: IMPLODED NEWSGROUP (stupidity)
From: nunn@nutmeg.cs.ntu.edu.au (JsNO  BAR---NUNN)
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:21:43 +0900
Distribution: world
Organization: Information Technology, Northern Territory University
Keywords: Known

  I always used to read this newsgroup until people started putting up cascades,
 and now look at it!.

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                                      (b) Put Darwin back on the map.
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From: Vasilii.V.Petrenko@dartmouth.edu (Vasilii V. Petrenko)
Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
Subject: Re: I'm stupid...
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:12:54 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

rillie? mi phaevourit gaymz ar "Hide the Salami" and "Pin the Mac Plus
on the Oblique"
Newsgroups: alt.models
From: walsh@osric.cs.odu.edu (Michael J Walsh)
Subject: Re: Anyone here paint RAl PARTHA mini's?
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:02:42 GMT

I paint their Alien mini's, but I'm really patiently waiting for their
Star Trek miniatures... Any news on these...  I recently saw their pewter
Enterprise-D, which is probably a hold over design from the non-released
Grenieder(sp?)/FASA contract.  Pretty cool looking, but it is not to scale
with the other 'fleet miniatures.  I tried calling the 800 number directory
in the hopes that they would have a number, but they didn't have one...
so that ended that.  The local stores say they'll have them any day now, but
they've been saying that since May/June.  

Any help?

-Michael
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From: wildstar@moeng2.minc.umd.edu (Derek Wildstar)
Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets,news.groups
Subject: Re: RFD: rec.models.scale
Date: 29 Jul 92 20:44:07 GMT
Organization: Morgan State U. / Sch. of Engineering, Baltimore, MD

sdejour@mksol.dseg.ti.com (stewart l dejournett) writes:
>>Denise Pullen <dp2r+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>>I vote a hearty "aye" for this proposal. Anything that advances our
>>>hobby through interaction is positive. I encourage everyone else to vote
>>>in favor of this proposal and show active support. Thanks.
>I am wondering why you need a seperate group to discuss scale matters, so
>far I have seen little or no discussion on it in this forum and if it was
>there and I was not interested I could just skip it.
>Please give me some reasons why scale discussions can NOT coexist in this
>group unless the scale folks think they just need to be on their own???

Because there are some types of scale modelling that simply don't apply
and would be uninteresting to readers of the current set of rec.model...
groups.

For example, where should a discussion of techniques for detailing a
plastic model tank go?  I'd rather it wasn't in rec.models.railroad,
even though the same techniques used to add cast metal details to a
railroad model might be used to add cast metal details to a plastic
tank.  I'm sure most of the readers of rec.models.rockets and
rec.models.rc would agree.

Many of us will read several groups in the rec.models hierarchy, bit I
feel that the proposed group is a good idea.

However, I do have a question.  How would the proposed rec.models.scale
differ (in a practical sense, not just the name) from a rec.models.misc?
What kinds of articles would appropriate for a .misc group that would
not be welcome in a .scale group?

-- 

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Newsgroups: alt.models
From: thorn@phoenix.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn)
Subject: Re: information on AZIMUT models?
Organization: Radiation Oncology, NCMH/UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:18:17 GMT

In article <182743@pyramid.pyramid.com> pshyvers@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers) writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.210908.1781@samba.oit.unc.edu> thorn@phoenix.radonc.unc.edu (Jesse Thorn) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul21.165446.24475@encore.com> bburden@encore.com (Bruce Burden) writes:
>>>
>>>	Also, is the AZIMUT Pz 42 Maultier the same subject as the
>>>   Italeri Opel Maultier? 
>>
>>No. The Italeri kit is the unarmoured cargo carrier. The Azimut
>>kit is the armoured rocket launcher. It is a complete kit and if I
>>had an extra $75 I would buy this puppy!
>>
>Didn't Tamiya do this kit recently as part of its release of lots of new
>WWII toolings?
>
>
>
They released a version of their new SdKfz 251 ausf D with external
frame mounted 28/32 cm rocket launchers. This is a very nice kit but a
bit on the pricey side. Haven't built mine yet.

I wish somebody would do an injection-molded Pz 42.

Maybe we should do an alt.models survey of model kits we'd like to see
and send them off to the manufacturers?

--Jesse

Newsgroups: alt.models
From: rthoff@esk (Rudolph van't Hoff)
Subject: Re: stock paint colors
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 06:47:01 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.091014.10962@mr.med.ge.com>, bednarek@bonfire (Dennis Bednarek Mfg 4-6971) writes:
>
>does anyone know where i can obtain mixing formulas for original color paints 
>for GM car models from the 50's,and 60's?
>

Well, You could always go to a distributor for GM vehicles and ask them for the
different codes for the colours of the vehicles of that age! and what combo's
they used.........
Or I could try here, but they would be different, because they assembled them 
down here, and painted them here, instead of the US......

Okay?

Later,
Rudolph....
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Newsgroups: alt.models
From: st1ec@rosie.uh.edu (Tse, Oliver)
Subject: Airbrush Compressors
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 15:44:00 GMT

After purchasing well over 50(this is a rough estimate) cans of "Propel," I
have decided to purchase a compressor.  I was looking for an inexpensive one
dedicated to airbrushing within the price range of $80 to $130.  At the moment,
I own a Badger 350-1M(a single action, external mix job).  I need recommenda-
tions on different compressors such as the ones made by Badger, W.R. Brown,
and the like on how well they perform, their ease of maintenance, and so forth.
Your help is greatly appreciated in this matter.  Thanks for your response.

Oliver
st1ec@rosie.uh.edu
From: hall@leopard.cs.uidaho.edu (Kelly Hall)
Newsgroups: alt.models
Subject: Test
Date: 29 Jul 1992 17:32:53 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

This is a test of my posting ability...
--
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no disclaimer, no cute quotes
Newsgroups: alt.models
From: rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray)
Subject: Re: filling in gaps
Organization: US WEST Communications, Inc. -- Denver, CO
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:33:44 GMT

In article <9207220411.AA15957@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FORTMAPL@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU ("Paul Fortman : free spirit") writes:
> I find Squadron green putty to be a very good putty.  What I do is mix
> it with Testors liquid cement.  This gives it a better consintency,
> helps it to bond with the plastic, and gives a nice hard surface.  I 
> also do this when I putty gaps in my white metal models.  My only 
> complaint with Squadron green is its coarseness.  Squadron has a new 
> white putty which is supposed to have a finer grain.  I bought a tube 
> of Squadron white, but I haven't tried it yet.

I have used the white putty on some figures, and it does in fact sand smoother
than green. I never really had a problem with green, though, to begin with.
I use different materials, depending on the application, so I keep gree, white,
Dr. Microtools red, and usually have 3M blue putty, but I loaned it to someone
and he never gave it back. Must have liked it...

Randy
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From: tsai@hal.com (Finnegan T. Tsai)
Newsgroups: alt.models
Subject: Re: filling in gaps
Date: 22 Jul 1992 17:28:06 GMT
Organization: HaL Computer Systems
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: molly.hal.com

In article <9207220411.AA15957@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FORTMAPL@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU ("Paul Fortman : free spirit") writes:
|> 
|> I find Squadron green putty to be a very good putty.  What I do is mix
|> it with Testors liquid cement.  This gives it a better consintency,
|> helps it to bond with the plastic, and gives a nice hard surface.  I 
|> also do this when I putty gaps in my white metal models.  My only 
|> complaint with Squadron green is its coarseness.  Squadron has a new 
|> white putty which is supposed to have a finer grain.  I bought a tube 
|> of Squadron white, but I haven't tried it yet.
|> 
|> *Paul
|> --
|> fortmapl@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
|> 


I agree with you. Squadron green putty is coarser. My solution is
to use 600+ sandpaper to wet sand the surface for the final polish.
Don't forget to apply a layer of primer hence you can check if the
surface has any defects. If you want to use the metalizer, super glue is
much better than the putty. 

Regarding to the quality of different putties, I used to work with Tamiya's
Putty. Now I switch to Squadron green putty and can't feel much differences.


-finny
 
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From: pachot@cindas.ecn.purdue.edu (James J Pachot)
Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad
Subject: Re: RFD: creasote
Date: 31 Jul 92 20:14:07 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network


 An article was posted about using creasote(sp?) treated lumber.
I suggest using a mixture of old engine oil and diesel fuel. Mix
to a oil-rich mixture, brush on with an old paint brush, let dry
and burry.
  Cautions: wear old clothing, protective eye-wear, and dont let
kids get near it.
 This worked for my fathers barn and the wood didn't rot or get 
buggy, and gives an impressive dark color to the wood.
 I don't know if this is illegal or not, but who's going to tell.? 
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From: tsai@hal.com (Finnegan T. Tsai)
Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets,news.groups
Subject: Re: Verlinden Question
Date: 31 Jul 92 20:51:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: HaL Computer Systems
NNTP-Posting-Host: molly.hal.com

In article <l7j26rINNlej@nunki.usc.edu>, grenier@nunki.usc.edu (Adrian Grenier) writes:
|> Recently I bought the Verlinden catalog from my local model store and I 
|> found a bunch of items that I want but my store didn't have. There is no
|> ordering info in the catalog, just an address in Belgium. 
|> 
|> Does anyone know how to order stuff straight from the company. I don't want to
|> go through my model store because I don't wanna pay the mark up because I 
|> want a lot of stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions????
|> 			Thanks in advance,
|> 					Adrian
|> 
|> BTW: isn't it wierd that a company from Holland makes parts and figures for 
|>      tanks of an army that rolled through its villages 50 years ago.
|>      Just a thought.



Interesting. At least two biggest hobby shops in Bay Area carry fairly complete 
Verlinden's products; how comes you can not find them in L.A.?

You may try these two mail order firms which give the best prices in general:

Discount Hobby Center
P.O.Box 370
Utica, NY 13503
513-733-3741

Hobby Land
343 Lincolnway West
South Bend, Indiana 46601
1-800-225-6509


-finny
Newsgroups: alt.models,rec.models.railroad,rec.models.rc,rec.models.rockets,news.groups
From: andy@b30.ingr.com (Andrew Brezinski)
Subject: Re: RFD: rec.models.scale
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:50:17 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.145834.27996@advtech.uswest.com> rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray) writes:
>In article <urf.712427274@sw2001>, urf@ki.icl.se (Urban F) writes:
>> rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) writes:
>> 
>> >Actually, since most models are by definition 'scale', I would proposed instead
>> >to filll the hole in the rec.models hierarchy and go ahead and propose 
>> 
>> >	rec.models.misc 
>> 
>> Makes sense to me. But as most of the traffic on alt.models seem to
>> be about static plastic models, we should also have a
>> 
>>       rec.models.plastic
>> 
>> rec.models.scale would leave those who model for example flat lead
>> figures without a place, wouldn't it?
>
>That is more an argument in favor of rec.models.misc. I don't see a need for
>rec.models.plastic in addition to the proposed group. There is not enough 
>traffic for two new groups. There is enough traffic, I feel, to make the change
>from the alt distribution to the normal Usenet rec distribution.
>
>Randy
>-- 
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>I'd rather talk religion with Charles Manson than discuss ethics with Congress.
>     -me                                                   Phone: (303)595-2852
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Okay, time for my two cents worth...

I think the r.m.misc is too vague.  I think if you do this, you'll get a
lot of people cross-posting to r.m.rockets, .rc and .misc just to make sure
every hobbyist in the world reads their article, when it could probably be
best answered by posting to just one group.

I already see the problem occurring rampantly in the rec.autos.* hierarchy.
Let's nip the problem in the bud, so to speak, and be a little more
specific up front.  I think the group NEEDS to be named Anything BESIDES
rec.models.misc.  I agree with the .scale name.  I don't think ".kit" works
because that would "turn-off" scratchbuilders.  And plastic would tend to
alienate those who contribute to the hobby with other materials.

I think this discussion is starting to drag out.  Any one ready to initiate
a CFV?  Or am I jumping the gun here?

Andy Brezinski
Intergraph Corporation
Huntsville, AL 35894-0001

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