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From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Nerve of steel
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:19:30 GMT

In article <Pine.3.03.9212211346.C6343-a100000@formby.tenet.edu> Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU> writes:
:mailer, which is overtasked during such exigencies. I may have to
:discontinue the E.L.S. entirely, cause the last round of messages almost
:brought it to its knees this morning when someone bounced 972 times,

And your giving up on it has nothing to do with the fact that practically
no-one actually used it?

Off-list messages are rude unless of course you're talking about
other list members behind their backs (Hi Peter!)

G
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Wonder of wonders....
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1992 ktw@mhwpa.att.com wrote:

> Bandwidth/Harwell, where are you??:-)

Darlin', I just can't. This slip is way ovetaxed with my email needs as it
is. But that was a gorgeous poem, Ken. Cast some for me, willya.

-abh
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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:32:02 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Another List Gathering?
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Judith and I think that we should have a list gathering in New Orleans
sometime.  We're *not* talking about instead of the salmonbake!  The annual
bakes need to be held places like Providence and Portland, with local
WORDS-Lers able to arrange for appropriate bake settings etc. etc.  We're
talking about an additional gathering sometime -- decide on a good date and
plan on meeting somewhere in the French Quarter at a certain time -- sort of
like the R.I. flagpole in Seattle.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Original-From: Ken Wolman <mhwpa!ktw>
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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Re: Gleanings (73)

Here I sit, looking out a WINDOW, in Building 3 of AT&T's Murray Hill
facility.  Yeah, a window: glass, no Microsoft or X.  It's only one
flight up from the street, and it's sealed shut, so I can't endanger
myself if I'm having a particularly bad day:-).  It's sort of an old,
funky building, very factory-looking, with a machine shop downstairs,
in fact.  The downside is having an officemate.  If people call me
here anymore (note the new phone number at the bottom of the message),
I shall have to watch my language.

>  5) Sprint/Ted Mack (Ken W.)
U.S.Sprint is a major competitor of AT&T in the wonderful world of
long distance.  Candice Bergen is their spokesperson and is a lot
better at it than Cliff Robertson was as the front man for AT&T a few
years back.  Ted Mack was the host of the old radio Amateur Hour: this
may be so old it's even older than me....  People would get up and
tapdance while trying to whistle the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor
while chewing Uneeda bisquits: stuff like that.  That was my
assessment of how AT&T handles some aspects of its business.

>  7) Al Roker (Aaron)
Pleasant gentleman who does the weather on Channel 4 (NBC) in New
York.  He's probably no more a meteorologist than I am, but his
personality is considerably better, too.

>  8) George Metesky (John Wm.)
Wow.  THE MAD BOMBER.  I'd forgotten all about him.  He was big when I
was in junior high school back in the Fab Fifties. I think he was some
sort of disgruntled something or other who set off some pretty
incompentently made bombs.  I don't think anyone get seriously hurt
before the cops got him.

> 16) DFW/PIN (Ken W.)
DFW is Dallas-Fort Worth airport.  PIN is an acronym for Personal
Identification Number, the four-digit code on the end of AT&T (and
regional Bell) calling cards.  You have to punch it in (or the
cardreader has to validate it) so you can make calls from a voice or
dataphone.
--
Kenneth Wolman                  |       I'm a Doctor, you're a Doctor
AT&T Bell Laboratories          |       He's a Doctor, she's a Doctor,
(908)582-4815                   |       Wouldn't'cha like to be
Kenneth.Wolman@att.com          |       A Doctor too??
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Date: 22 Dec 1992 04:36:07 GMT
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In a previous article, gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) says:

>In article <BzLEzB.2w6@world.std.com> kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey) writes:
>:::urp::  Yeccch...let me guess, it comes standard with pineapple slices,
>:doesn't it?
>
>That's certainly an option, yes.
>
<*gag*>  Pizza with pineapple and ham actually can be pretty good, but
*greasy* pizza with pineapple has to be the absolute pits.  Well, there is
one worse thing - pizza with hamburger, aka ground beef.  It doesn't matter
how good the rest of the pizza is, or where it's from; the hamburger ruins
it the minute it hits the cheese or the sauce. [depends on how you build a
pizza]  What's worse than hamburger?  Nothing, unless it's anchovies.

-- 
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Date:         Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13:04:58 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nerve of steel
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              28 Dec 1992 03:52:19 GMT from
              <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>

On Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:52:19 GMT Graham Toal said:
>I hope you read the 672 pending messages.  631 of them were saying
>nasty things about you...
>
   I KNEW Grammy would have it right....and perfect recall.....

dan
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From: kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey)
Subject: Re: What's in a name?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:46:56 GMT

I don't know if this is true or not, because it's a FOAF story, but
supposedly, somewhere out there, is a gynecologist named Dr. Hyman.

He named his daughter Tara.

--Aaron

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From:         ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU
Subject:      Re: Curses Soiled Again (was Re: Deep beliefs
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Posted on 22 Dec 1992 at 11:42:40 by Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik
>And the more prevalent examples of pagan oaths in the language ("By Jove!"
>"Zounds!" and so on) make me think I should have a monocle.  "Ye gods!"
  ^^^^^^
Is this pagan?  I thought it is short for 'god's wounds'?  Which is a
Christ reference.

Now that I think of it, I am surprised that Peter has not found Tushar's
repetitive "jeeze!" offensive...

Karen
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Camillemania
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        Madonna is her hero,and she feels M is the current ideal role model for
        women.

You have a problem with that?  I've never liked Madonna's singing but I'm
very impressed by the way she manages herself as a one-woman industry.

G
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>>>>>setting discriptions.  I would like to know what standard W-L usage
>>>>>is I don't look like a stupid newbie. =:-)
>>>    ^so
>>>
>>I find it inconsistent not because of a missing "so" but because of what
>>it seems to mean.
>
>You mean that following standard usage implies conformity, not intelligence?

I am talking about words-l, newbieness, and so on, while you are talking
about conformity, intelligence and wossname. Now how can I help this?

tushar
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
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Thanks, natalie.  The DELETE worked.  I had tried it before, but
I think I was in the wrong step of the command sequence, so it
didn't work.  So now I have seen Torkel and Peter and -abh
and Bernard3 and Lenny and some others.  So exciting, a sort
of "you are there" feeling.  My tc/sw could not have been less
impressed when I told her about it.  Who is the woman with
Torkel?  I remember a discussion about it, but forget who it is.
Blond bombshell, no doubt about it.
--ggs (wondering why Peter's picture is so <small>... 1700 bits
indeed!)
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Susan's Sport/Leisure Question
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On Sat, 2 Jan 1993 LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU wrote:

> "What South Australian racing trainer had 200 winners in the 1979-80 season?"

I move to strike this question because NOBODY except an Australian could
ever get it!!

-abh
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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:05:49 GMT
From:         Graham Toal
              <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Electronic Literacy
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:better idea of where it is going.  Computers that analyze speech have
:been around for about 10 years already.  They have been used largely
:with the handicapped so far, but haven't managed to infiltrate the
:general marketplace.  Why?  What does that say about where the

Because 1) you feel stupid talking to your computer and 2) your workmates
get pissed off with it damn quick.  I know, I've been there.

G
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From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Re: Follow-up to ALD's TP question
              1 Jan 1993 14:16:29 +1000 from <LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU>

>I know nothing about Munich, but I thought the reference was probably to
>gambling casinos.... Is Munich the gambling capital of Central Europe?
>
>Carolyn

  Not so far as I know, but my memories are 20 years old.

  brad
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From: kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey)
Subject: Re: Barbie dolls
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:35:02 GMT

ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU writes:

>I think they should be forcibly recalled and destroyed.

>Karen

Why?  The story proves outright that even if what you wanted was
physically possible (certainly there aren't Barbie warranty-registration
cards...are there?), people would go out of their way to hide the dolls,
which would then gain even more value, leading to yet more media stories
about it, and keeping the whole silly controversy going even longer.

Besides, when you get right down to it, math class *is* tough.  Being male
or female has little to do with it, unless you want to get into one of
those "all teaching is biased against everyone who's not a white male"
arguments.  Torching Barbie dolls isn't the answer (though I'd love to see
it, since I think the real problem is Barbie leads to _Tiger Beat_, which
leads to _Sassy_, all of which help to condemn a lot of young female minds
to a lifetime of mediocre thinking skills); formulating and implementing
better math education materials is.

--Aaron

PS-- Anyone know where I can get a copy of "Heather Has Two Mommies" in
time for Christmas, so I can scare the shit of my straightlaced 1-year-old
cousin's family?

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*** Resending note of 01/03/93 16:05


 >en looking at it on a filelist command is DISCARD....no abbreviations of
>the command allowed.

>cyclops

And it's a real bummer to have to type "DISCARD" about 500 times to clear
up maxed out reader ...but if I ever get this thing and Crosstalk to agree
with each other, should catch up fast via FTP!
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Subject:      Hi

Dan, just a short note to say Hi back .....and I really do hope you are
well on way to successful eye recovery.  My wishes and prayers are with
you, Gail, and your family.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
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> >I think I remember from my years of living in N.O. that they pronounce
> >it "Mahnt-Lee-Ahn"....
>
> correct.  But the funny pronunciations are the way we tell natives
> from mere immigrants.  It's also the result of the early cultural
> conflict between the 'Americans' and the Creoles.
>
> JAG

        Which reminds me, John -- Brad and Marty and I were wondering whether
        you're 'GOO-bert' or 'Goo-BAIR'.  We would have asked you if you'd
        joined us in Louisville the day after Thanksgiving.

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Date: 29 Dec 1992 21:46:13 GMT
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In a previous article, ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM () says:

>Hey, the ice melted!  The List came back up!  The rain stopped!  I had
>a poem accepted by _The New York Quarterly_!  The Nets beat the
>Hornets, 104-103, and Petrovic DID take out Alonzo Mourning!
>
>I've had bad days, I've had good days: this has been a good day.
>
Yippee!  Finally!  Just our of curiosity, did a certain pair of padded
envelopes make their way to your new office yet? [they're demos for your
new padded cell, Ken]  BTW - big congrats on getting something published!

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From:         JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS
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Subject: Re: Has anyone read this book? Tell me it's not serious...

Pull the other one - it's got bells on!

JMW
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From:         Joan Boorstein <jboor@RA.CS.UMB.EDU>
Subject: Re: Job Corps
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Torkel asks:
>   What is the Job Corps?

        I believe this is the Peace Corps but the job/work is in the United
States instead of overseas.  Am I correct?  I'm sure someone will know and/or
can find out definitely.

Joan
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Subject: Re: anniversaries (2
Date: 22 Dec 92 13:09:28 GMT
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>
>Robert,
>
>If you were a student here, you could buy said merchandise for the
>following. Bear in mind that these figures closely approximate what a
>typical medium-sized Mac store might buy at wholesale.
>
>Mac IIsi 5/80 1533.00
>Extended keyboard II 160.30
>14" Trinitron display 468.00
>
>I recently purchased the SupraFaxModem 14.4, and have had very good luck
>with it. The fax software is about a stupidly designed as Apple's own
>package (sigh), but the modem works sweet. Mac's Place has them for
>349.00. Give your business to companies that only deal in Mac products:
>it'll make the world a better place.
>
>And here's a little <kiss> on your scars with the hope that they feel better.
>
>-abh

A tingling <Grazi mille> to you for your advice and keyside manner.  I heal
to your lips.

rm
rmcdonell@ucsd.edu
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      colorado stupidity
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barbra streisand and liza minelli are vacationing in Sun Valley this year.
Besides the great snow of Idaho, they're boycotting Colorado for their
stupidity.

cyclops in the snow
From: BBAXTER@uga.cc.uga.edu (Brad Baxter)
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This is posted on our (physical) bulletin board:

What driving to the store would be like if operating systems ran your car:

-MS-DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put your keys.

-Windows: You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly, because
 attached to the back of the car is a freight train.

-Macintosh System 7: You get in the car to go to the sotre, and the car
 drives you to church.

-UNIX: You get in the car and type GREP STORE.  After reaching speeds of
 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop.

-Windows NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says,
 "got to the store."  Then you get out of the car and mail the letter
 to your dashboard.

-Taligent/Pink: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban, who tells
 you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you to the store in his
 Learjet.

-OS/2: After fueling up with 6000 gallons of gas, you get in the car
 and drive to the store with a motorcycle escort and a marching band
 in procession.  Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everybody
 in town.

-S/36 SSP (mainframe, obv.): You get in the car and drive to the store.
 Halfway there you run out of gas.  While walking the rest of the way,
 you are run over by kids on mopeds.

-OS/400: An attendant locks you into the car and then drives you to
 the store, where you get to watch everybody else buy filet mignons.

* Alt-Brad *
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From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Young pen-pal sought
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              27 Dec 1992 19:44:53 -0600 from <harwell@TENET.EDU>

On Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:44:53 -0600 Anne Burton Harwell said:
>A user on Tenet who saw me logged in has written me and asked if I know
>any kids who might be interested in exchanging e-mail with his 11-year-old

ms. harwelll.....i'm confooosed.....what happened to bandwidth pig?

or at least to bandw.panam.edu????

whats this tenet crap?

dan
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Camillemania
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On Mon, 28 Dec 1992, Jim Thomas wrote:

> Nope again. She criticizes lesbians for lack of style, lack of sexuality,
> and lack of humor. Like I say, if ya read her stuff, see her on tv, and

Man, Jim, that's just it. She's right. No sense of humor. Too damn
serious. A woman can say a lesbian is humorless and not be anti-woman,
can't she?

-abh
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Questions
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>    does he do corneas?  retinas?   the guy who did me (well, my eye, not
> ALL of me, graham....) has a practice "limited to diseases and surgery
> of the vitreous, retina, and macula"

He started out doing everything but has pretty much limited it to cataract
lens implants now, I think.

> >Oil of Wintergreen rings no bells with me, although I do like the taste of
> >Wintergreen mints.  Do what kind of athletics?
>
>    once again an oil that can be rubbed on as a liniment....it is HOT....
> get someone to put some in your jock if you want to feel REAL fire in
> your loins.....(have seen it done...NOT funny to the recipient)

I trust that the "your" above is indefinite, not a direct response to me...
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:34:34 -0500
From:         droby@NOVA.TCS.TUFTS.EDU
Subject:      Re: disillusionment
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Says harwood@TENET.EDU (Nancy Harwood):
>Remember how pleased some of us were a week or so ago about receiving the
>letters from Publishers Clearing House saying how close we were to winning
>the BIG money? While I *really* didn't believe it was as much of a sure
>thing as the letter made it sound, particularly after I heard that several
>of us had received them, still there was that little tingle of a "What if...?"
>Tonight at a party a friend was telling me that she received *the* letter
>last week...and then, yesterday, she received the exact same letter, all
>about how the addressee had followed all the necessary steps to be
>a winner, etc., etc., and was now in line for the big prizes...and THIS
>letter was addressed to her first husband, who died in February, 1985.
>Certainly shook my faith...I'm going out tomorrow and buy lottery
>tickets...no more magazines for me.
>ndh

I read in the paper (yesterday's Boston Globe) that Oscar Wilde
received one of these, though I think it was Readers Digest instead of
PUblishers Clearing House.  The curator at his mansion, now a museum,
was most amused.

I didn't receive it, but Paul did.  We won't win, as it's in the trash.
I guess this improves the chances for the rest of you.

- RobyMeister