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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
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Subject:      PC bigotry (was prop 9)

Steve says something like "...trailer parks are often located in the paths
of tornadoes".  Steve, were you being facetious?  Did not know one could
predict a tornado path, and can't imagine anyone deliberately building in
harm's way.  Otherwise, pretty accurate profile of "trailer parks", but you
did omit one segment fairly common here in Florida.  There are some rather
nice "upscale" parks with people who probably could afford much better, but
do not want to.  They no longer want the expense and work involved in
maintaining a large home.  Of course, cannot deny the vulnerability of
manufactured homes ....they are NOT as substantial as traditionally
constructed homes.  Still you can't label many of the trailer park
inhabitants as poor, second class, under-educated, whatever.  In several
parks there are mobile homes with disguised garages containing motorhomes
worth 2 to 300 thousand ....hardly poor inhabitants.  I have belonged to
a number of RV clubs, with members owning very expensive rigs, but living
in modest homes...their life is no longer concerned with their fixed home,
but their mobile one!
Just a little different viewpoint.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:53:54 CST
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: anyone want to go to this one with me?
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Yes.  If you send me a plane ticket, I'll be there.  You should definitely
go to it, btw.  Labov "thinks right."  ;-)

> Seen on the local Pitt e-bulletin boards...
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                           DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
>                                   presents
>                                 WILLIAM LABOV
>                          University of Pennsylvania
>                    THE TRANSMISSION OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE
>                             Wednesday November 18

   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         ann mandi <AMM@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Wayward Pulpit
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>        The tail may be cut off sometime soon; I'm sorta mulling over whether
>        to get rid of it, now that <everybody> has them.  When I started mine
>        in 1988, it was quite the rarity.
>
>        Let's open it for debate -- comments one way or t'other gladly
>        accepted, though those from wordslers who've actually *seen* it will
>        carry a bit more weight.
>

Keep the tail.  Better yet, let the rest of your hair grow long.

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'No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.'
-- Connie Mack
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Clear the air
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	to age is superficial. What I write has no reflection on age. My only
	asset is my mind. It is able and addled, depending upon subject and

Oh *shit*!  Take out an index-linked savings policy *immediately*.

You'll need it if you're going to hang around here :-)

G
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From:         blomberg cepeda <ST402747@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject: Re: out of left field
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Posted by Tushar

>>out in left field/out of left field.  Odd; out of it.  Phrase used
>>                                      for that which is a bit off.
>
>Jeez. Till today I thought "out of left field" meant "unexpected".
>In fact, I have even said "from left field" to mean unexpected. Must
>have been making an ass of myself.

The way I have always used is as a combination of the two meanings--something
completely unforeseen *and* illogical (anyone want to guess what I had been
talking about in mail to Anne?). There definitely seems to have been a
semantic shift, but why and when?

                                 b.c.
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From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
Subject: Re: Camille Paglia
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:19:45 GMT

In article <9211110454.AA01820@pizzabox.demon.co.uk> Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK> writes:
>I didn't know anything about this women you've been talking about lately
>(except that she's an occassional poster to soc.bi whose name I vaguely
>recognised) - but I saw her on your 60 Minutes tonight and I have to say
>what I saw I liked...  there was very little she said I disagree with.
>
>Anyone know the titles of her books?

SEXUAL PERSONAE (a discourse on sexuality in British/US literature/poetry)
and SEX AND AMERICAN CULTURE, a colletion of the her op-ed pieces.
I find her a tiring bore/boor. Among her gems include: 1) spousal
violence is a non-issue; 2) Women provoke rape; 3) Date-rape is a product
of feminist propaganda, and 4) The entire history of western civilization
has been awaiting Camille to interpret it. She rankles some because of her
simplistic views and gross distortions of facts. She's a skilled
self-promoter with little of subtance. I base this on seeing her on
talk shows and reader her works. She's quite shallow.

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Subject:      Re: Cut it out/ question

What are ligatures above the line? Are they the same as diacritical marks?

tushar
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Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1992 15:31:46 -0500
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From:         "(Ruth M. Hanschka)" <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: amendment 2
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>: a DWI rap.  It's a similar situation.  Christians may love everyone, and in
>: fact are *ordered* to do so.[direct quote from God's lips to Gospel-writers'
>: pens, worded in the imperitive]  On the other hand, we are told not to
>: love all the things people do, too.  I would love my father, but not the
>: alcohol; I will love a person, but not all of their actions.  Alcoholism
>: is thought to be genetically linked too, these days, but they pass laws
>: to protect the rest of us from the drunks, not the other way around.
>
>Well, thanks for telling me the 'christian viewpoint', ruth.  Tell me,
>do you subscribe to this view or do you think for yourself?
Who do you think thought it out? That was highly insulting, Graham.
*VERY* insulting, as in flamewar material.  The only quotes are the facts that
the Bible condemns homosexual "realtions", and the command given that
Christians are to love their neighbors no matter what.  You're pushing that
one as far as it will give, ducks.  This is going to have to be my final
word on the matter, because if you were in this room, I would most likely
be hard pressed to resist slapping your face.  Of course, there's the odd
chance you'd like it.....
Would you like me to call you something nasty in return now?  To keep things
going?  Christian-bashing is fun, isn't it?  Well?  About as fun as
gay-bashing?

>(Frank, you were wrong - I think we flushed one out...)
In spades - accusations that a woman can't accept a religious docterine and
have done so *after* questioning it....  Let's just put all the cards on the
table and have done with it.  I believe what the Bible says - the whole
thing, subject to interpretation.  I believe that the whole thing is the
word of God, written basically as an instruction manual for how to know and
follow the will of the Creator.

Flame that, if you will.  It's a great way to prove how [in]tolerant of others'
views you really are.  And yes, I really am angry, just in case you couldn't
tell.



--
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>Frank might know this:  Olga, one of the women in my poetry class,
>is looking for a word processing program that will allow her to
>type in the Cyrillic (spelling?  Russian, anyhow) and print it out
>on an IBM PC clone.  Anyone?

In a word: Nota Bene.

That's two words....

Ken
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From:         Bill Merrill <ST401601@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Wayward Pulpit
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From the Right Rev. Toal:

>[Deut] 22:30
> "A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's
> skirt."
>
>   We'll need Bill's help on this one.

Wha? Who? Me? I don't know Hebrew. Take his father's wife?
Sophocles wrote a play on the subject I think.

>23:1
> "He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,
> shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD."
>
>(I don't need Bill to tell me what the 'stones' were in Greek.  I think
>we'd probably say the 'marbles' ;-))
>
>Pity those poor choir boys in the Vatican.

ROFL!
Actually the Septuagint (Grk OT) has here: "A eunuch, even
one who has been cut off [you know where] shall not go into
the assembly place of the lord."

>laws...  It must be hard, being a Christian who takes the Bible literally.

Agreed.

>It's enough to drive a man to drink.
>
>Which, incidentally, is where I'm off now.  Cheers, everyone.

An excellent suggestion. Cheers! Bill
From: PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Judith E. Schrier)
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Date: 11 Nov 92 15:09:33 GMT
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>  I felt the same way about Interview, but went on to read Lestat.  It's
>a better book, and the character of Lestat is much more interesting than
>that of Louis.
>
>Evelyn

Well, you have more stamina, or patience, or something,
than I have. Hmmm, does Lestat not turn up until the
second book? Was that Louis I was disliking so much?
I don't remember much about the book, except that I
didn't enjoy it, and that it seemed very long and
slow-moving.

love, judith
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Carolyn confuses the issue! (was Re: Twit word
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	Same reason why pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis sounds
	lame - it has a weak link after "scopic".

No, that one's lame because it was invented by a lamer just for playing
the game...

G
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Mechanics of Response Style (was Re: amendment 2)
Date: 7 Nov 1992 20:58:29 GMT
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In a previous article, MACMILLM%EWC.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu ("Michael E. Macmillan") says:

>
>Yeah, and I'm decidedly with you on this one.  With so much mail
>coming from this list alone, I don't feel I have the time to
>struggle to find the beginning of the response, so I move on
>quickly.  I'm sure I miss an occasional gem, but that's life.  I
>never really understood Dan's spirited defense of the practice last

It's an old habit some of us who had/have limited space inside a reply got
into.  Shall those of us who were so cruelly handicapped in our youth
[well, relative youth] attempt to break the habit?:-)

>time this came up because it seems so easy to insert one extra
>keystroke to make that blank line.  Seems a small price to pay for

It is, when we think of it.....

>the added readability.  Now, are we about to cycle back to headless
>chickens again?
>
Run in circles, scream and shout!  Well, if we're headless, gurgle instead
of shout.......

Clucking away as usual....

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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Re: The Gospel Truth
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Gilbert, formerly Giggles, I herewith apologize to you for anything
I may have said that was critical or disdainful of you.  I was going
to post something, but you did it for me: substitute the word "Jew"
for "Christian" at most points and you'll have mine, too.  This was
absolutely terrific, and thank you.

Ken
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Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 1992 09:55:42 EDT
From:         Evelyn <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: i'm on the rag
              7 Nov 1992 14:15:32 GMT from <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>

"Filmed in front of a live audience" always makes me want to laugh;
where else would they film it: in a morgue, perhaps?

Evelyn
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Biblical thought for the day...
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:>Mat 6:5
:> And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for
:> they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
:> streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
:> reward.
:>
:> But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
:> shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
:> seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
:>
:IMNO [in my nontrustworthy opinion] it's a warning against hypocrisy, and
:Christians are told in it to pray in a closet if that's what it takes to avoid
:even appearing to be like the hypocrites.  On a personal note - if that's
:what it takes to kill off lingering coals from the flame war, let's
:head for our respective closets.

Where's the "if that's what it takes" above?  You're interpreting the
scriptures to suit your own whims.  That passages says completely
unequivocably that you will not pray in churches but at home in private.

Every time I've quoted unequivocal words "straight from God's lips"
you've said they're out of context or have to be interpreted your way,
yet every quotation *you've* made - including the ones which enable
you to persecute people on the grounds of their sexuality - are to
be taken literally.  You are a hypocrite.

Either admit that you pick or chose which bits of the scriptures you
wish to believe, which implies that you *want* to chose to damn my
sexuality as sinful because it displeases *you*, or start answering
my questions when I ask if you adhere to the letter of the Bible, and
explain why you're *not* being deliberately sinful by praying in church,
talking in the congregation, not covering your head in church, and a
hundred and one other stupid anachronistic and no longer valid strictures
I can find in your Bible which you should be obeying.

If you finally come to realise that you are interpreting the scriptures,
then I know several bi Christians (one of whom Bayla knows who is a
minister) who will help you understand the true relevance of the biblical
pontifications on sexuality.

G
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From:         Bernard Chien Perro <maynor@CS.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fun for all
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> We recently retired a Unisys 1100 series mainframe so I think that I can
> speak to this.
> [....]
> and still whack the old box with a sledge.
> --

Ouch!  My very first e-mail account was on that "old box"!  Surely that
in itself was reason enough to make it worth saving.  Why wasn't it shipped
on one of the big computer museums?
                        o/.\____/
         -- Bernard      \______|
                         / \  / \
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              8 Nov 1992 10:39:57 EST from <ST401601@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>

  "Coming in the midst of Eisenhower conservatism, the song's
   popularity probably owed little to a social message that seemed
   more closely geared to the psychology of the 1930s.  Rather, it
   was made appealing by the contagious rocking beat which accompanied
   it, and by the slightly ominous and macho reading Ford gave it.
   Above all, it enjoyed the national exposure given it by Ford's
   daily network television show.  The song was written by Merle
   Travis and first recorded by him in 1947, but it had won only
   modest exposure until Tennessee Ernie took in into most American
   homes [in mid-October 1955 and following months]."

    --from Bill Malone's annotation in The Smithsonian Collection
      of Classic Country Music
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
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Subject:      Clear the air

*** Resending note of 11/11/92 21:52

>Peace, Love, and Don't Take me *too* Seriously,
>Jim
>
Ok, Jim, I won't! ...but you sound OK to me.  But of course you don't need
anyone's approval to stay here.  Fuss at people's ideas, but don't attack
a person directly, and you will probably fit in just fine.

Glad to see another "Peace" signature.

Don, Peace...or at least in pieces  (mind addled, but barely able)
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From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
Subject: Re: I thought since He won i would remind you of his qualifications.
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185422285%VUVAXCOM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu ("Alec D. Plotkin") writes:
>  POLITICAL & GOV'T POSITIONS:
>  ...
>     1992-1996 President of the United States of America

I'm glad to see you've decided Clinton will be replaced after one
term.  Are you expecting Perot to take it or are you predicting a
revitalized Republican Party?  Dare I hope that you are anticipating
a Libertarian victory?

--karsten

(BTW, Clinton doesn't take office until 1993)
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Chritian bashing???
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: >Bible. Ruth professes tolerance and advocates that others treat her
: >tolerantly. Yet, she supports legislation that allows (and in Oregon
: >would have required) discrimination against those she finds "evil."
: The first part is correct; the second is pure crap.  I won't bother to say
: anythiing more; it's not worth the frustration.

I think the Catholics call it 'a sin of omission'.  Standing back and
allowing others to enact a law enforcing bigotry is
direct complicity.  An abstention is half a vote for.  This is the crucial
issue here - this is the subject that started this flamewar.  As Anne H
said earlier, knowing how people voted on this issue will affect ones
judgement of those people for a long time.

to quote Jim, "You still don't get it, do you".

G
From: TSLGILMORE@CC.WEBER.EDU (Lisa J. Gilmore)
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Subject: Re: paleologic & neologic
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:33:00 GMT
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>Actually I don't know what the hell the whole sentence means. Paleo and
>neo are highfaluting prefixes meaning old and new, that much seems clear.
>Looking at "modes of reasoning" above, the attractive notion that paleo-
>logic means "old logic" suggests itself. If it's true I will laugh till
>comatose.

>If not, then the whole sentence is pretty vague. Paleologic what? Neologic
>what? Above all, synergy of what?

>All in all a sentence which requires higher modes of reasoning. Where did
>it come from?

This information came from a book entitled "Healing the Split" by John
Nelson.  It talks about the comparisons/contrasts of insanity/transcendance.

LJG
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Gleanings (67)
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 11.  to make Chalk-O's -- just as hitting the wrong keys on a typewriter is
called a "type-o," writing the wrong letter (in my case the transposing of
letters) on the chalk board is a Chalk-O.  I *think* I made up the term;
at least I've never heard it before and one day to cover my embarrassment
I gave it a name.


 24 AARP -- American Association of Retired People

doris smith (dorisann@tenet.edu)
From: maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU (Natalie Maynor)
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Subject: Ooooops -- re Salmonbake93 directory
Date: 6 Nov 92 23:47:19 GMT
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You're right, Dan.  I screwed up when creating Salmonbake93 and changing
Clambake to Clambake92.  I forgot to set the 755 permissions for the
directories.  I *always* seem to forget that.  FWP just saw the list
postings on the subject and told me.  That was dumb.  I mean my forgetting
to do it was dumb, not his telling me.

I haven't added Neal's latest contribution to the ftp travelogues yet,
but I will.  I'm sinking under a pile of work right now and am behind in
everything.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
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Date: 7 Nov 92 03:01:09 GMT
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>> [yes, Natalie, we did this last year or the year before]
>
>It was last year.  I remember because I'd been an on-off lurker for a while,
>and for some reason this thread helped me "recognize" the various list
>personalities.
>
>rashmi

It taught me a scary fact about the list. Only after I read this thread
did I realize how this list was overrun by the oldest people in the world.
I had thought till then that I had gotten over my initial shock at the
average wordsler age, but that day I felt its full impact for the first
time. It's taken a long time to accept that I am stuck with scores of
people in their seventies and eighties.

I will never forget Nov 22, 1991.

tushar
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