HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: 96rpg@williams.edu (the Straw Dogs)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.northern-exp
Subject: Re: Joels sex life and...
Date: 27 Jan 1993 21:00:34 GMT
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbird.cc.williams.edu

In article <1993Jan27.152635.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> 6011_5522@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
>	How would you like to see Joel meet up with some woman other
>than Maggie (for the time being at least)?  Joel must feel very repressed
>since he has only been with one woman the whole time he has been there.

it's been a long time since elaine... i miss her.

>	Next I would like to dee Maggie jealous of the relationship.  Have
>her approach Joel and tell him, in her own way, not to continue seeing 
>this woman, just because. Joel would follow, 'You're Jealous.  Admit it.  Just
>seeing me with another woman ...'

this is exactly why i miss her.

>	And to top it off, have the woman die from some unnatural act like
>a tree falling on her. Maybe this would be the spell that will break Maggie's 
>or kill them both.

hrmmm... is possible. better than my pat resolution of her curse: joel
contracts every disease known to man and a few new ones to boot, gets
flattened by a logging truck and is cornered by chris and mike's
incessant chatter in quick succession... and survives.

---
straw dog

this is why i'm writing for alt.tv.northern-exp instead of for
northern exposure itself.


Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: rbeck@mordor.dseg.ti.com (Ronald Beck)
Subject: Re: Slicer and Knife?
Reply-To: rbeck@mordor.dseg.ti.com
Organization: is an esoteric concept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:56:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.042425.24362@news.columbia.edu>, cwt2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Charles W Tang) writes:
|> Wasn't there a infomercial featuring this plastic-looking slicing
|> gadget, which is supposed to be extremely easy to use and clean
|> up?  Has anyone ordered it?  What do you think?  Would you recommend
|> it?  Where can I get one?
|> 
It sounds like you're talking about the Borne V-slicer.  It's
basically a piece of plastic with two *VERY* sharp blades set in a V. 
There are three inserts which go with the unit; a flat plate for
slices (one side for thick cuts & the other for thin cuts), a wide
julienne blade (cuts wide strips of stuff) and a thin julienne blade
(cuts narrow strips of stuff).  Does this sound like what you're
talking about?  If I remember, the whole package also includes a free
plastic hash brown maker & cheese grater.

The V-slicer is one of the ABSOLUTE BEST items I have ever bought for
my kitchen.  We use it for slicing virtually everything.  It's as easy
to use as they show although after almost three years of usage my
V-blades are showing some wear & tear.  I've even taken it camping &
everyone had to try it.  We use it on an average 2-3 times a week. 
It's great for slicing vegetables for salads.

I don't remember what the cost was but I bought mine from somebody
demoing the unit at a flea market.  I didn't get the hash brown maker
with it though (bummer!), however, I've been trying to find another to
get for my mom.  Cleanup is as they say... just rinse it and it's done
although it will start to turn orange if you slice a lot of carrots.

Just make sure you use the blade guard when slicing.  I cringe
everytime I see my wife start slicing without it.  Also, a quick up
and down motion while slicing is better than slowly pushing the vegies
through.  You get a much cleaner cut.

Hope this helps!
Ron

|> 
|> *** Om Ma-Ni Pad-Me Hung *** | "Hey, Charles, have you been 'waiting' all
|> ============================ |  your life?" -- Thao D. "the creature" Vo
|>    Charles Wei-Ting Tang     | ===========================================
|> cwt2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu  | 201 W.72nd St.,#8J, NYC 10023  212/580-5609

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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:40:46 EST
From: Patrick Barton <PB5329A@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
Subject: I'm wondering...

how many people out there (if anybody posts to this) have actually bought
something through an infomercial, and had it be worth the money...

my parents bought me, where there's a will there's an A...

I guess I had bad motivational and attention problems, because I didn't
even finish it...just curious....(and does anybody take any of these
infomercials serious?...I mean, REALLY?)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
Subject: Reason Not to Buy from Infomercials
From: parvin1@husc11.harvard.edu (Douglas Parvin)
Date: 25 Jan 93 23:59:57 GMT

Being a small-time entrepreneur with some big-time friends, I've encountered
the almost universal economics of infomercials.  Basically, the item is
almost always sold for four to five times cost, or $20, whichever is greater.
Or, if the item appears to be of indeterminate value, they'll just run
several tests, and may wind up selling a $4 cosmetic for $29.95, or a $3
car wax for $19.95.

If you feel that you can find a similar item through conventional means, such
as stores or catalogs, you'll probably pay much less.  And, of course, be
wary of "miracle" items which seem to work so much better than anything
else on the market.  If the items are truly that great a value, they'd be
out of the small-time infomercial marketplace and in the department stores...

Of course, you may be a satisfied customer... Infomercials at least let you
know about a product you might not know exists.  But it may well be worth
the effort to find it someplace else.
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parvin1@husc.harvard.edu                  "Homercles cares not for beans"
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: naoursla@eos.ncsu.edu (NORMAN ALAN OURSLAND)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Originator: naoursla@c00804-247dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: naoursla@eos.ncsu.edu (NORMAN ALAN OURSLAND)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:18:07 GMT


>I guess I had bad motivational and attention problems, because I didn't
>even finish it...just curious....(and does anybody take any of these
>infomercials serious?...I mean, REALLY?)

I saw one the other week for a food dehydrator. I was sitting there thinking 
"Man, I could realy use one of those things." Of course, then I realized that I
really wasn't THAT stupid and came to my senses. Those things are really put
together well. Let's hope whoever arranged those things never goes into politics.
They might take over the world.
But seriously, does anyone know of any brainwashing techniques that they port
over to infomercials?
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: naoursla@eos.ncsu.edu (NORMAN ALAN OURSLAND)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Originator: naoursla@c00804-247dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: naoursla@eos.ncsu.edu (NORMAN ALAN OURSLAND)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:21:40 GMT


> Lechmere).  I wonder whether othere companies will take the risk of a
> fairly maligned advertising medium (call our psychic hotline, cher

Too late. After a local talk show, after Saturday Night Live, the station here
played an infomercial for a psychic hotline. Had all sorts of people tell how 
wonderful it was for 5 minutes before we turned it off (we weren't really watching
it, but as background noise it became annoying.)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 10:08:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.065006.181@leland.Stanford.EDU> stchang@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steven Kuk-Jin Chang) writes:
>Our family bought something called the sandwich machine.
>I was a waffle iron that made good grilled cheese sandwiches
>

We have one also.  Someone gave it to us as a gift and we only used it once.
I think it came from a store though.

ajackson@ernie.princeton.edu







Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Organization: Shawn Broderick
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:02:02 GMT

I've never bought anything through an infomercial, but I've certainly
thought about it.  I have friends who have, and have been happy with
their purchases (mostly household appliance type things - no flowbies
though!).

I think it's interesting to note that the infomercial is gaining all
sorts of ground in solid companies.  I saw one for the Braun handheld
blender, which is a real product, and looked pretty cool (saw one in
Lechmere).  I wonder whether othere companies will take the risk of a
fairly maligned advertising medium (call our psychic hotline, cher
giggles with her makeup friends, dave deldotto guarantees you
millions).

My two cents for this quarter-second.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: cwt2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Charles W Tang)
Subject: Slicer and Knife?
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:24:25 GMT

Wasn't there a infomercial featuring this plastic-looking slicing
gadget, which is supposed to be extremely easy to use and clean
up?  Has anyone ordered it?  What do you think?  Would you recommend
it?  Where can I get one?

Also, there's this infomercial about some knife that cuts through
just about anything....  If you've ordered a set, please let us know
what you think.  Does it cut through bones as easily as it claims?
And stays sharp?

Thanks,

-Charles

*** Om Ma-Ni Pad-Me Hung *** | "Hey, Charles, have you been 'waiting' all
============================ |  your life?" -- Thao D. "the creature" Vo
   Charles Wei-Ting Tang     | ===========================================
cwt2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu  | 201 W.72nd St.,#8J, NYC 10023  212/580-5609
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:12:21 EST
From: Patrick Barton <PB5329A@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
Subject: Did anyone see....

Did anyone see the infomercial parody on last night's repeat of
In Living Color....absolutely hilarious!!

The show was called JuiceMania, or something like that, and some
sample lines were, from the host

Isn't it great to be here...I'm so happy because I'm paid to be....
and then the audience would say "We're paid too!"
I laughed for hours...

(Did any of that seem like that show that Chris Farley does on SNL,
in which he's always describing another....oh, never mind)

always into informercials....patrick
From: stchang@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steven Kuk-Jin Chang)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 06:50:06 GMT

Our family bought something called the sandwich machine.
I was a waffle iron that made good grilled cheese sandwiches

Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: rbeck@mordor.dseg.ti.com (Ronald Beck)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Reply-To: rbeck@mordor.dseg.ti.com
Organization: is an esoteric concept.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:43:51 GMT

In article <93023.224046PB5329A@auvm.american.edu>, Patrick Barton <PB5329A@auvm.american.edu> writes:
|> how many people out there (if anybody posts to this) have actually bought
|> something through an infomercial, and had it be worth the money...
|> 
|> my parents bought me, where there's a will there's an A...
|> 
|> I guess I had bad motivational and attention problems, because I didn't
|> even finish it...just curious....(and does anybody take any of these
|> infomercials serious?...I mean, REALLY?)

My sister bought some of that "stuff" you spread over photos to transfer
the picture onto cloth.  It worked okay but I found the same thing at a
craft store.  She paid $19.95 and I paid $2.95.  Of course she also got
iron on decals & fabric paint as an "added bonus".

Ron
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: uwhitt@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Landon Whitt)
Subject: I'm Wondering...
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:29:03 GMT


A few years ago I purchased the painting set from Amazing
Discoveries. It isn't perfect but it does a good job on drywall
and ceilings. All in all I am glad I bought it. Fun to use.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.infomercials
From: sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gupta)
Subject: Re: I'm wondering...
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:50:56 GMT

In article <SHAWN.93Jan24160202@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes:
>sorts of ground in solid companies.  I saw one for the Braun handheld
>blender, which is a real product, and looked pretty cool (saw one in

I actually bought this after seeing an infomercial, and it is a fairly
useful product (don't try the skim milk trick, though-- it really doesn't
work all that well)-- however, the motor is plenty powerful, and this thing
is great for making omlettes, peanut butter (crunchy style), milkshakes,
etc... It probably isn't as powerful as a "real" blender (it doesn't liquefy
real well), but, its a lot easier to use and cleanup.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: patti@nestor.cc.bellcore.com (stankovich,patricia a)
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 13:41:57 GMT

In article <23JAN199318114077@trentu.ca> nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie) writes:
>Just out of curiosity, my boyfriend got me a baby Sinclair doll that has 
>one of those strings in the back and when you pull it, the baby says things
>like "Gotta love me" and my favorite "Not the momma".  Has anyone else ever 
>seen these or is this just something that can be found in small towns like 
>Peterborough (where I live)?
>


I've had Baby Sinclair for about a year now.  It was a little
difficult to find here because they kept selling out.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: gaj@n8ppd300.DOMAIN.NOT.SET (Gerald A. Josephson)
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:20:43 GMT
Reply-To: gaj@n8ppd300.DOMAIN.NOT.SET (Gerald A. Josephson)
Organization: BNR, Inc.


My wife bought one with that on it around a picture of dad and baby at
Disney World last summer.  I would suggest you try your local disney store, or
if you don't have one, submit a simular query to the alt.disney group.  They
could probably give you a line on how to get one.

gaj.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: bus2@quads.uchicago.edu (cass roberts buscher)
Subject: Talking Baby
Reply-To: bus2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Distribution: chi
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:00:36 GMT

  Does anybody out there know where to get this doll in the Chicago area?
  Any help would be much appreaciated, thank you.
        Cass Buscher bus2@quads.uchicago.edu

Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: jlawson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (John A. Lawson III)
Subject: Re: baby Sinclair
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:27:49 GMT

The Baby's name is BABY.



Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: djenkins@wang.com (Dave Jenkins)
Subject: Cosby reruns instead of Dinosaurs!?!?!?!?!?!
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:58:34 GMT

I USED to watch Dionsaurs on WCVB (Ch 5 Boston).  I missed it the last few
weeks.  This week I could finally get to watch it only to find that the local
bozo's decided to show a Cosby rerun instead.  That's in addition to the one
they have always run after Dino's.  Other network affiliates listed in TV
guide (but out of my viewing area) listed that THEY were running Dinosaurs!!

Just what we needed, an extra rerun in place of one of the best shows on TV.

I do plan to write them a nasty-gram about this.  Does anyone know if this is
a 'permanent' change by WCVB?  Are the almighty ratings slipping???

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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie)
Subject: baby speaking doll
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Trent Computing and Telecommunications Department
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:11:00 GMT

Just out of curiosity, my boyfriend got me a baby Sinclair doll that has 
one of those strings in the back and when you pull it, the baby says things
like "Gotta love me" and my favorite "Not the momma".  Has anyone else ever 
seen these or is this just something that can be found in small towns like 
Peterborough (where I live)?

Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs,ne.general
From: miket@frog.CRDS.COM (Michael C Tiernan)
Subject: Re: WCVB-TV (Boston, ch 5) dumps Dinosaurs
Summary: (*APPLAUSE*) (*APPLAUSE*) (*APPLAUSE*) (*APPLAUSE*) (*APPLAUSE*)
Organization: Charles River Data Systems
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:30:27 GMT

rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro) writes:
 > WCVB-TV, (ch 5), Boston's ABC affiliate, has dropped
 > _Dinosaurs_ in favor of (UGH!) Cosby reruns.  Call the
 > station at (617)449-0400, ask for "Programming" and

	The piece of my mind that I'd give them is that they'd waste the
	power and bandwidth putting either of them on the air.

	Speaking of wasted bandwidth, your distribution was 'na'.  I'm
	sure that folks not in the Boston market couldn't give a hoot
	about such things.
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UUCP = alfalfa!pro-angmar!m.tiernan OR miket@frog.UUCP
      It's too bad that it takes almost half of our life
	to realize that it was a "Do-It-Yourself" project.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: dsblack@iastate.edu (Vilkata TDK)
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:25:57 GMT

In <23JAN199318114077@trentu.ca> nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie) writes:

>Just out of curiosity, my boyfriend got me a baby Sinclair doll that has 
>one of those strings in the back and when you pull it, the baby says things
>like "Gotta love me" and my favorite "Not the momma".  Has anyone else ever 
>seen these or is this just something that can be found in small towns like 
>Peterborough (where I live)?

My sister has one.  Very annoying, because whenever we mention Dinosaurs, she
goes and gets it and pulls the string a million times.  But very cute when not
overused.
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: nritchie@trentu.ca (Nicole A. Ritchie)
Subject: baby Sinclair
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Trent Computing and Telecommunications Department
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:53:00 GMT

Two questions.  Does anyone know what the network in Ontario is planning to 
do with Dinosaurs next year?  Last year they bumped it around a lot in the 
way of time and I was just curious to know if anyone's heard what's going 
to happen to it.

Second, I heard that on one of the episodes that I missed, they said the 
baby's name and I was wondering if anyone can tell me if they saw that one 
and what the baby's name is?

One last thing.  I'm glad to hear that the baby doll isn't just around 
Peterborough.  I've never seen any commercials for it and I've never seen it 
anywhere except in the one store here.  I live in Toronto when I'm not in 
school and I always go into the toy stores and I've never seen them there, 
which seemed kind of odd considering that Peterborough is such a small 
town.  I would have figured I'd see it in Toronto before here but I guess I 
was wrong.

Nicole

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From: pshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping Huang)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs,ne.general
Subject: Re: WCVB-TV (Boston, ch 5) dumps Dinosaurs
Date: 29 Jan 1993 04:36:03 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: m66-080-3.mit.edu
In-reply-to: miket@frog.CRDS.COM's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:30:27 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.233027.11611@frog.CRDS.COM> miket@frog.CRDS.COM (Michael C Tiernan) writes:

 > 	Speaking of wasted bandwidth, your distribution was 'na'.  I'm
 > 	sure that folks not in the Boston market couldn't give a hoot
 > 	about such things.

"Distribution:" lines are notoriously flaky. Any site not interested in
providing news and information about the New England area shouldn't be
importing ne.* newsgroups in the first place. Sites which are interested
(including many in the San Francisco Bay Area, apparently) can import
such groups irrespective of "Distribution:" lines, usually.

--
Ping Huang (INTERNET: pshuang@athena.mit.edu), probably speaking for himself

Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: tlw@athena.mit.edu (Traci Williams)
Subject: Re: baby Sinclair
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:55:56 GMT


Baby Sinclair's name is "Baby Sinclair". 
it was temporarily "Ugh, Ugh, I'm dying You idiot" but
it was changed officially to Bayb Sinclair at the end.

traci
From: z_sammonpr@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: test
Date: 26 Jan 93 14:33:05 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

test.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: rgh@unislc.uucp (Rich Hannon)
Subject: Re: baby speaking doll
Reply-To: rgh@unislc.UUCP (Rich Hannon,D1Z01,6628)
Organization: Unisys, Salt Lake City
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:47:54 GMT

Does anyone know if the Dinosaurs merchandizers have any T-shirts out?
My wife wanted to find one for me for Christmas that said "Not the Momma"
but was unsuccessful.
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs,ne.general
From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Richard L. Carreiro)
Subject: WCVB-TV (Boston, ch 5) dumps Dinosaurs
Summary: complain!
Organization: Digitopolitan Embassy to the US
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:10:19 GMT

WCVB-TV, (ch 5), Boston's ABC affiliate, has dropped
_Dinosaurs_ in favor of (UGH!) Cosby reruns.  Call the
station at (617)449-0400, ask for "Programming" and
(politely) give'em a piece of your mind.



--
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