HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pv@axon.che.utexas.edu (Philippe Villard)
Newsgroups: austin.general,ut.general
Subject: '81 Lynx Mercury for SALE
Date: 13 Aug 92 08:22:04 GMT
Reply-To: pv@axon.che.utexas.edu
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: austin
Organization: UT-Austin, Chem-eng.




1981 Lynx Mercury, 4 speeds. 
Over 70,000 miles, and runnning fine.
Two doors, hatchback. Body in good condition.

The two front tires are new. The battery is brand new.
Nice stereo AM/FM/Cassette.
Comes with a toolbox. Has an AC that needs repair.

I need to sell before the end of the week. $800 or reasonable offer.

345.4206, 471.4028, or pv@axon.che.utexas.edu.
From: chris@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Casey)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Beer.
Keywords: places to buy it and drink it
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:31:31 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

I've always preferred D&D over Medieval Inn, mainly because the food is better
(I really don't like MI's stuff) & the drinks are cheaper.  Guess I just have
to sacrifice those waitress outfits...:(..owell...  As far as buying goes, Whole
Foods & sometimes WHeatsville co-op are good, but often the best selection would
be at liquor stores & the like.  Chris's up by 51st comes to mind....

Now, there's a place up in Dallas, & I'll be damned if I can remember the name, 
but as your driving up I35(West, I think), it looks like a big castle on the 
west side of the road.  I don't think it's the Medieval Inn, but I suppose I 
could be wrong on this one.  Does anyone know anything about it?

Oh yeah, what's the food at Gunther's like?



Chris
From: gad@pencom.com (George Durden)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Fajitas
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:05:40 GMT
Reply-To: gad@pencom.com
Organization: Pencom Software

Since people are making reccemendations for Fajitas, I'll throw in a 
plug for my favorite source...

El Margarita in Round Rock

They have by far my favorite fajitas in Austin

George
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		      George A. Durden			
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		       Unix Mercenary
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From: asingh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (singh)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: car for sale
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:52:50 GMT
Reply-To: asingh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (singh)
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: asingh@thumper.cc.utexas.edu



  ----------- CAR   FOR  SALE ---------------------


      Honda Civic Lx -----------

        * Charcoal Grey Color
        * Automatic
        * Stereo
        * AC
        * Year: 1990
        * New Tyres
        * Extended Warranty
        * Low Miles
        * All Records
        * One Owner
        * Price: $9500.00 or Best Offer

___________________________________________________


   If Interested, call 467-9488 and ask for George.

** I am posting it for my friend so please don't reply by email.

Thanks,
From: worden@ut-emx.uucp (Sue J. Worden)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Voyager II
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:40:46 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas


Fifteen years ago today...

...on 20 August 1977, the Voyager II probe was launched.
From: benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards)
Newsgroups: ut.general,utcs.general,austin.general
Subject: internet or fidonet access in Vancouver
Date: 19 Aug 1992 01:55:45 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: nada.cs.utexas.edu


Friend in Vancouver, Canada wants internet or fidonet e-mail capability.
Preferably free-access BBS.  Any suggestions on how I can find
solutions? Thanks!

----
Kent Richards                                 "Practice random acts of kindness
benkei@cs.utexas.edu                           and senseless beauty"
-- 

Kent Richards                                 "Practice random acts of kindness
benkei@cs.utexas.edu                           and senseless beauty"
From: prasad@mpd.tandem.com (Prasad Dasari)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Recommendation of a Toyota dealer for 50,000 mile service
Date: 13 Aug 92 19:04:10 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX
Originator: prasad@diamond

Can anyone suggest a Toyota dealer who can do a reliable 50,000 mile service
job in the Austin area.

In the austin_auto_service_FAQ, I did not see any shop specifically mentioned
for TOYOTA cars. Can anyone suggest some.

Email will be appreciated.

prasad@mpd.tandem.com.
From: chao@cs.utexas.edu (Kai-Yuan Chao)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Where I can find good a good carpenter?
Date: 17 Aug 1992 01:31:49 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mothra.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: home repair, home building

I need find someone to build a rain cover for my front door.  The
size is about 10' x 6'.  If someone know a good worker who can help
me and charges a resonable price, please e-mail me.  
Also, I need to repair two pieces of rotten
floor wood (under carpet with unknow sizes).

Thanks in advance!

K.Y. Chao

chao@cs.utexas.edu
From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Beer.
Keywords: places to buy it and drink it
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:39:36 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: Tandem Computers (MPD) Austin, TX

In article <16bbjpINN43v@cs.utexas.edu> wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward) writes:
>Are there any beer distributors in Austin that combine good prices and
>selection?

I have found that the only place I can get a really good selection is at
Whole Foods.  The pricing I don't know about, they're usually expensive on
most things, but the prices on the beer didn't strike me as outlandish.

>
>Also, where do people go to drink quality beer?
>
>Medieval Inn - great draft selection, good food and
>               I won't mention the waitress' outfits :)
>	Monday is $2.50 for all pints (20 oz.).
>	Thursday is $5 for half yards (32 oz.).

I've stopped going to the MI except for Monday and Thursdays, though;
a normal pint is (I think) $5 now and a half-yard is $7!

>Crown and Anchor - good selection of draft, great bottle selection
>	Sunday is Pint Day.

The C&A has always been one of my favorite places, and now they have
Oatmeal Stout on tap -- absolutely heavenly.  They don't serve Imperial
pints, though.

>Maggie Mae's - great selection of bottles, good selection of drafts

I've never liked Maggie Mae's.  It's too crowded, too noisy, and just
too downtown.  The D&D and the C&A are both a lot better, IMHO.

And for my addition:  once again, I have to strongly recommend going
to Gunther's on I-35.  It's kind of hard to get to (actually, if you have
a map, there's a back way in that's much easier), but the beer is by
far the best I've had in Austin, and the people there are as nice as
nice comes.  Sit at the bar, though, not at a table, it's better that
way.  It's cheaper than some, and no more expensive than the rest --
a liter of beer is $6.25, and a half-liter is $3.50, I think.  It's
really a great place if you just want to sit, have a beer, and talk.

Daniel Welch
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: jdietz@natinst.com (Jennifer Dietz)
Subject: Recommendations for SEPTIC work
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:28:55 GMT



We're looking for a recommendation for a reputable septic contractor.
The land we need worked on is south of Austin, in Neiderwald.  This
area is in the "black lands" of Hays county and we would prefer a
contractor who is familiar with this area and what the requirements
may be.  

Thanks in advance!

-Jennifer Dietz
jdietz@natinst.com
From: tsmith@mpd.tandem.com (Terry Smith)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: driving schools
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:43:34 GMT
Reply-To: tsmith@mpd.tandem.com (Terry Smith)
Distribution: austin
Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX

<1992Aug13.145051.21895@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> asked about driving
school recommendations:

I just finished a defensive driving course with
Austin Driving School (Round Rock site). Most people
said I'd be bored to death in the class, but that wasn't
the case with this one. The instructors in RR are
seasoned old gentlemen who interweave good defensive
driving information with their own colorful stories of
their experiences on Texas highways. My instructor even had
a colorful name -- Jack Frost.
--

Terry Smith - Systems Software Technical Writer
tsmith@mpd.tandem.com - 244-8871
From: asingh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (singh)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: car for sale
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:12:18 GMT
Reply-To: asingh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (singh)
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: asingh@dopey.cc.utexas.edu



  ----------- CAR   FOR  SALE ---------------------


      Honda Civic Lx -----------

        * Charcoal Grey Color
        * Automatic
        * Stereo
        * AC
        * Year: 1990
        * New Tyres
        * Extended Warranty
        * Low Miles
        * All Records
        * One Owner
        * Price: $9500.00 or Best Offer

___________________________________________________


   If Interested, call 467-9488 and ask for George.

** I am posting it for my friend so please don't reply by email.

Thanks,
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: darwinl@alliance.uucp (Darwin Ling)
Subject: Mortgage company
Organization: Alliance Technologies, Inc.
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 21:58:54 GMT

Does anybody have any experience with the mortgage company named
Mortgage acceptance? It seems that they offer a lower rate than most
other

Thanks

-Darwin
From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: The truth about Best Buy's 90-day deal
Date: 20 Aug 92 23:06:00 GMT
Reply-To: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

mwiz@mpd.tandem.com (Marc Wiz) posts:

#That's very interesting that Best Buy did that.  
#
#My wife and I purchased a GE fridge from Best Buy last January and
#put it on the six month plan.  We paid it in full at the end of
#the six months.  There were no extra charges involved.


What I was complaining about is that the salespeople and most of
the people working in the office (where the credit work is done)
had *no clue* how this worked. I found it frustrating bordering
on deceptive. Only *one* person knew how the payments were to be
done - even the manager on duty did not know how the program worked.

The salesmen were nice to a fault one night - that fault being they
didn't know what they were talking about. The next day, a big portly
salesman (who viewed himself with some importance) argued with me
about the 180/90 day plans, saying I was wrong. He was realy sheepish
when it turned out I was right. I just think it's deceptive. I was
told by one apologetic assistant manager that they were looking to
get a new finacning company and get rid of the one they are currently
using. But there's no excuse for the employees, especially salesmen
and management, to not be informed about how a special financing
program works.

My whole point is that nobody knows what the hell is going on there.
I had a friend who bought a refrigerator from them under a deferred
payment plan. He has had nothing but trouble from the store. They had
to wait longer for the unit to be delivered than they were told at
purchase, the unit delivered was defective, and now they have to wait
even longer for a new one. This is in addition to the fact that he and
his wife were treated downright rudely by the staff on more than one
occassion. He now calls the store "Best Buy - Worst Service."

Don't even get me *started* on Circuit City...

Your mileage may vary.


THIS POSTING DOES NOT REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF MY EMPLOYERS.
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Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.general,dallas.general
From: kgo@comm.wang.com (Kirk Olsen)
Subject: Engineering Document Management Systems 92, Dallas
Organization: Wang Labs
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 18:23:28 GMT

Regarding the September 15/17 Engineering Document Management
Systems 92, Dallas, Texas conference sponsored by the Kalthoff
Group, you can get further details by calling the Kalthoff
Group (800) 242-6822 or (513) 871-6808.  In this regard, there
is an article by Robert Kalthoff, chairman, in the July/August
issue of IMC Journal entitled "The Role of Electronic Imaging
in Concurrent Imaging."  You can probably get copies of this
material from him.  Everyone requesting information on what
Wang will be showing should have received it.  If not, let
me know.

Thanks,  Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com
From: chris@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Casey)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: W0W!!!!  Gunther's is great!
Date: 17 Aug 92 04:23:28 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Earlier this evening I finally made it out to Gunther's restaurant, & all I 
can say is "W0W".  The atmospher is nice, the food great (although the sausage
on the dish I had was a little bland.  All I remember about the name is the 
"'L". Rest of the food was really good).  And I'll probably be full until 
sometime next month.  Not recommended for people with heart conditions...:)  
Big prices, but *really* big portions.... I heartily recommend it, no pun 
intended....



Chris
From: kes@sunriv.UUCP (Kester Rice)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Dentist in NW Austin
Keywords: Dentist, Auto Repair
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:48:10 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: SunRiver Corporation


Article 4606 of austin.general:
From: bryan@cactus.org (Bryan D. Harold)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Bulletin Boards
Summary: Dentist in NW Austin
Keywords: Bulletin Boards
Date: 12 Aug 92 11:20:19 GMT
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx


>Looking for a recommendation for a dentist in NW Austin.

I use Tom Huchinson whose office is near North Cross mall.
I am a real weenie about dental work and Tom is one of the
only two dentists I've ever used who doesn't HURT me. I may
not have the name spelled correctly.

On two other notes:
There have been two other "who do you recommend" threads
recently.

Pest Control:
I use River City Pest Control. This is a small business
run by one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I've
used them for about a year and my house is bugless as
far as I can tell.

Auto Service:
If you have a Japanese car, Japanese Auto Tech is the place
to go. Their labor rates used to be $6/hr lower than any
other Jap car specialist in town. I recently sold my 280Z and
haven't been in the shop for about 6 months and I've heard that
their rates have gone up. They have always been able to
diagnose the problem with my Z quickly and fix it in the
time they extimated. These guys are expecially good with Z-cars
and Mazda RX-7's which most of the mechanics drive.

For American cars I use E&T automotive in Round Rock for the
same reasons as above. Quality, honest work.


Kester Rice		|	kes@sunriver.com or
SunRiver Corp.		|	uunet!sunriv!kes
2600 McHale Court, #125	|	(512) 835-8001 ext.  119
Austin, TX 78758	|	(512) 834-7721 (home)
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From: dannyj@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Danny K. Jain)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Looking for address of Motorola Austin
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:16:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas

dp@natinst.com (Debapriya Ray) writes:

>Hi folks,
>	A friend of mine who doesn't have access to the net,
>needs to know the name, address, FAX #, of the recruiting
>dept. (any person's name will be helpful) at Motorola, Austin.
>In case it helps, this guy's interests are in UNIX, C, real-time
>and distributed applications. 

>	Will some kind soul please help me in getting this information?
>Thanks.

>		Ray
>email: debapri@cs.tamu.edu

The address of the staffing office at Motorola is:

	505 Barton Springs Road, Suite 400
	Austin, Texas  78704

I don't have the fax #, but the phone # is 322-8844.  Lisa McFarland is the
head of college recruiting.

Hope this helps,
Danny Jain
From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Beer.
Keywords: places to buy it and drink it
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:19:25 GMT
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <77637@ut-emx.uucp>, chris@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Casey) writes:

	Finally! A subject near and dear.
	
	Pubs:
	-----
	I like the Dog & Duck, but like it less and less each day.
	When they opened a couple of years ago, there' pints were
	$2.95 and $2.50 happy hour. Now there non-happy hour pints
	are $3.95. Shit, give me a break. $4.00 for 20oz's. There
	ought to be a law against that like there is in England.

	The Draught House was good, but has closed down, maybe it
	will reopen soon.

	The Elephant Pub is good.

	Beer Selection:
	---------------
	Whole Foods has a great one, you'll pay dearly for the selection.
	Austin Wine and Spirits(two locations I know of) has a decent
	selection of beer, resonably priced.
-- 
Dewey Coffman				ibmpa!dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Consulting @ IBM			Bldg 007, Div 44, Loc 966, Dept 06T
11400 Burnet Rd				Zip 1514, Room 1D-052
Austin, TX 78758-3493			(512) 823-6463
In article <21315@rpp386.lonestar.org>, jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh I
I) writes:  "...I'm completely stupid, "
From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: L.A. Drivers
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:50:09 GMT
Reply-To: craigb@ot.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


hargrove@nobelium.SLCS.SLB.COM (Jim Hargrove) writes:

> The motto of the state is "Drive Friendly," but that's BS. In 
> Texas we're bad drivers and proud of it.

Heh heh heh...having moved to Austin a year ago from the DC area,
I've been enjoying this thread immensely. You simply haven't 
experienced heavy traffic and bad driving until you've driven
highway 66 and the Capitol Beltway during rush hour.

As for Texans being bad drivers, I can't say I agree. I remember
driving down to Corpus Christi and was amazed when cars (and semis!)
would pull onto the shoulder to let me pass. Seems pretty friendly
to me.

Craig
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From: chuckt@scnteam1.austin.ibm.com (Charles N. Tomlinson)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Realtors
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:07:56 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin

> We used a buyer's realtor. This is a pretty unfamiliar process, at least to the
> realtors we dealt with. 
> 
	[ Stuff Deleted ]
>
> 		Tom Bodine
> 

I too did as Tom in using a "Buyer's realtor" and found them to be very helpful.
The person I used was Pat Shannon of "Buyer #1" here in Austin.  He was very
helpful in answering my "millions" of questions and educating me on the process
of buying a house.  He helpped us find our house and negotiate the price.  I'm
very happy with the house we have.   When I buy another house I will certianly
look him up too
help me out again.

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From: adil@netmail.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: driving schools
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:50:51 GMT
Reply-To: adil@netmail.austin.ibm.com ()
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin

I need some reccomendations for Austin area driving schools and instructors.

Regards,

Adil K. Soofi
voice: (512)834-0251
email: adil@netmail.austin.ibm.com
From: chuckt@scnteam1.austin.ibm.com (Charles N. Tomlinson)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Tax Accountant
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:29:57 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: na

> 
>   Hey,
> 
>   Anyone know of a good tax accountant they are willing to share?
> 
> cheers,
> mark
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark Brown       IBM PSP Austin, TX.| Practice random acts
> (512) 838-3926   VNET: MBROWN@AUSVMQ|          of kindness and
> MAIL: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com |                  senseless beauty.
> DISCLAIMER: My views may be, and often are, independent of IBM official policy.

Well, I have been pleased with the one I have had for the past 3 years.  Here
is his information.
	Jay Doyle C.P.A.
	7320 North MOPAC, Suite 307
	Austin, Tx
        (512) 338-1376

His office is just north of Far West on MOPAC.

Chuck T.
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From: wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: SEARS tools protection plan sale hassle
Date: 12 Aug 1992 21:42:17 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <YENTING.92Aug12161024@happy.cc.utexas.edu> yenting@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Yen-Ting Shu) writes:
|
|I recently experienced a sale hassle from a SEARS salesman in the
|hardware/tools department, who spent more than 15 minutes trying to
|push me to buy the extra protection plan. For a $30 electric drill,
|two years full replacement protection was offered for $6. Since $6 is
|about 20% of the tools value, I declined to buy that extra protection.
|But the sale guy kept trying very hard to tell me how good this deal
|is even I had clearly explained my rationale to him. I felt very
|unpleasant that I had to argue with him why I didn't want to buy that.
|I wonder if any other people have the same experience.
|
|
I wonder if this is all part of Sear's push of name brands.
Their tools are not  all Craftsman?  Replacement protection is
included with all Craftsmen tools.

BTW, is anyone else getting "hassled" by the Austin American Statesman?
I REALLY don't want a subscription, yet I get approached by a kid selling 
subscriptions at least once every six weeks.  I am starting to lose my
patience and I feel sorry for the kids.

Rick
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.general