HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: slgsn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: boomerang
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:38:49 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Throw it...
%!!$C

Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: me@grmbl.saar.de (Martin Emmerich)
Subject: Re: Best Boomerang finish
Reply-To: me@grmbl.saar.de
Organization: ME Inc.
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 23:27:37 GMT

In <Bx3rF3.H62@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> jws@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Jim Scott) writes:

>Ok, now that you have put the final shape to that new boom, what is your
>favorite type of finish to put on it.  I have tried all kinds, from just
>sanding sealer to paint to polyurethane.

I use a biological product called "Meldos Hartoel" (Hard oil)
which is made of plant extracts. It makes the surface hard and
water resistant, but leaves the wood structure. For a fine silk
shimmering surface I then use a bee wax product. If I take much
wax, the surface stays somewhat sticky, which is helpful when
throwing on a wet meadow.

-- 
Martin  Emmerich   <--- This is a warlord-proof   <--- This is
me@grmbl.saar.de        signature                      not

Please keep that crap out of misc.jobs.offered!
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Re: Einstein
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:50:53 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com

In article <zlsiida.417@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:

> Hmmmmmm. What does a 'rang do if you throw it from a moving train?

Falls behind you bloody fast.

Unless there is ONE STIFF BREEZE following you.
-- 

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OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: emp@xgml.com (Eric Promislow)
Subject: Re: Roomarang
Organization: Exoterica Corporation
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:14:39 GMT

In article <zlsiida.406@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
>... Roomarang - it can be flown in a room.  I'd buy one, but I don't think it 
>would survive the cat for more than 5 minutes.
>As it's soft, I guess it can be tuned by judicious bending.
>If you want an indoor 'rang, this could be the one for you.

  I don't know this model, but I've been throwing these Backyard
Boomerangs made by Gary Broadbent (North Ridgeville, near Cleveland,
Ohio).  At about 8 meters, they're range is too big for my backyard,
and it's too cold out there anyway, but they're perfect for the
mini-gym the Ottawa Jugglers' Jam meets in.  I've been working on
juggling them, and have finally gotten past 5 catches before I drop.
Unbelievably cool.

  These things would also survive anyone's cat.  They're made of this
weird kind of plastic.  They sound like they're metal when they hit
something, but they bend slightly and are no problem to catch.  The
edges are sharper than I'd prefer, but they're not bad.  Just watch
out for your eyes.

-- 
-- Eric Promislow--emp@xgml.com--Exoterica Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario
From: slqmr@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Re: boomerang
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:13:48 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Nov23.133850.61197@cc.usu.edu>, slgsn@cc.usu.edu writes:
> Throw it...
> %!!$C
> 

>>Catch it...and fondle it!
>	%!!$A
From: kloomis@cco.caltech.edu (Kate E. Loomis)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Re: United We Stand, America a PAC?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 00:53:56 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

millerm@CS.ColoState.EDU (mark miller) writes:


>> So, United We Stand America, voice of Ross "I hate Political Action
>> Committees (PACs)" Perot, is going to form a lobbying entity -- i.e.,
>> a PAC?  How interesting.

>Sounds like you're unsure of the difference between an interest group
>and a PAC.  There are several forms an interest group can take.  I
>believe when Perot was talking about "special interests" he was
>talking about interest groups which advocate specific government
>support for specific constituencies or specific government programs.
>Public interest groups like Common Cause also advocate something, but
>what they advocate is more general:  Better government.  These

Huge amounts of stuff deleted.

To all the "abolish the PACs - PACs are evil" crowd:

I'm sick and tired of this **** line of reasoning - yes, some PACS
are just fronts for corporate interests, but - hold onto your
seats- most "special interest" groups are supported by ....

				PEOPLE!!!!


Just like you and me, and every other person who gives money and/or
time to a cause/idea/group/PAC that attempts to affect government in
a way that person agrees with or supports. 

For Pete's sake (hi Pete) - I would give money (if I wasn't a starving
student) to NOW, the Women's political caucus, etc, because - GUESS 
WHAT??? - I'M A WOMAN AND I CARE ABOUT WOMEN'S ISSUES!!! Golly, and 
if I and 3 million of my fellow gender bearers all gave some amount
of money to support candidates sympathetic to women's issues and money
that paid for lobbying of the government to make abortion legal,  
pass family leave, fight sexual harassment, promote child-care, then
something may actually get done on these issues!! Gee, sort of like 
the UWS people thinking the deficit is a big deal and supporting the
lobbying of government to deal with it, or supporting candidates who
have taken strong stands on deficit reduction. Each is a specific 
interest supported by a group of people.

PACs may, in fact, allow more people who have less money to still 
have influence with the government on issues they care about. Or would 
you rather that only rich people (like Ross Perot, who gave thousands
to GHWB in 1988) be allowed to influence politics? 

The moral of the story? When someone uses the label "special interest"
they are simply trying to degrade a cause they don't support. God 
forbid any Americans should have any special "interests". 

Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: dschieb@muse.cv.nrao.edu (Darrell Schiebel)
Subject: Re: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT ISSUE
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
	<19237@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1992Nov20.160346.19470@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:09:21 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.160346.19470@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>
>   In article <19237@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> eaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton) writes:
>   >If the mascot is to be an animal, it should be one that is native to
>   >North America and embondies some noble virtues. Maybe the beaver. Or a
>   >badger (if they're exclusive to N.A.) 
>
>   >We need a mascot that lives on the ground. Something that is hard
>   >working.
>
>	   Ben Franklin wanted our mascot to be the cock...(true).

I believe that he wanted the wild turkey to be the "mascot". It is native
to North America and is very smart and resourceful (as animals go).


							Darrell Schiebel
From: eaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Re: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT ISSUE
Date: 15 Nov 92 22:37:03 GMT
Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

I think a mascot is a good idea, despite the ridicule I see in
response to the original post. If you folks don't really have an
interest in the Perot/United We Stand movement, why do you waste your
time reading about it? Get a life!!!!

If the mascot is to be an animal, it should be one that is native to
North America and embondies some noble virtues. Maybe the beaver. Or a
badger (if they're exclusive to N.A.) 

Our national mascot, the bald eagle, is a fine animal, but it
symbolizes what is wrong with our government: It is an animal that
soars above all of the world, swooping down occasionally to feed upon
smaller animals. It makes it's nest in lofty places inaccessible to
most of the world. 

We need a mascot that lives on the ground. Something that is hard
working.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Eaton
eaton@eecs.ucdavis.edu

Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: canaan@u.washington.edu (Always a rainbow)
Subject: Re: Update:  alt.politics.usa.united
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:20:04 GMT

In article <Bxpzrv.7F5@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim  
Pierce) writes:
> "United" isn't terribly specific.  If you're going to create such a
> thing at all, I'd suggest putting it somewhere under
> alt.politics.perot to clarify its subject.  In any case, it's not the
> dashes that are a problem with alt.politics.usa.united-we-stand, but
> the length of the last component.
> 
maybe we can try "alt.politics.united_we_stand"?
or "alt.politics.non-of-the-above" ?
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Subject: Re: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT ISSUE
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 20:15:07 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.173053.2567@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> walker@superboy.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>In article <1992Nov20.160346.19470@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>|> In article <19237@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> eaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton) writes:
>|> >If the mascot is to be an animal, it should be one that is native to
>|> >North America and embondies some noble virtues. Maybe the beaver. Or a
>|> >badger (if they're exclusive to N.A.) 
>|> 
>|> >We need a mascot that lives on the ground. Something that is hard
>|> >working.
>|> 
>|> 	Ben Franklin wanted our mascot to be the cock...(true).
>|> 
>
>BZZZZZZZZT!!!  Thanks for playing.  You will recieve the following
>parting gifts. :) :)
>
>Actually, ole Ben wanted the mascot to be the Turkey because they were
>found nowhere else in the world.
>

	If you had gone up to Ben and said, "What should our mascot be?",
he would have replied, "The cock."

	Then you would have said, "What is a cock?" And Ben would answer,
"Well, there are three types of cocks. There are the British, something
that I care not to say, and the wild turkey."

	If he wanted something found nowhere else in the world why didn't
he choose a species of cockroach from North America? Kind of fits what he
really intended...


:)


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From: cermak@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rob Cermak)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Re: RE2: UWSA
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:12:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

From cah@pavonis.JPL.NASA.gov (Allen Halsell) Mon Nov 16 19:03:41 1992
*)edu>, cermak@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rob Cermak) writes:
*)> Written by cah@pavonis.JPL.NASA.gov (Allen Halsell)
*)> &> motivated by the people.  A new "Code of Ethics"?
*)> &
*)> &So if he were to implement everything Perot wanted, would you call
*)> &it an attempt to 'disband' (??) UWSA?  Looks like a lose-lose
*)> &situation to me.  Why don't you support him for doing what you
*)> &wanted, for heaven's sake?
*)> &Also, just because 19M voted for Ross doesn't mean UWSA has 19M
*)> &members.  How many voted for John Anderson in 1984?  Wallace in 1972?
*)> &Answer = 0.
*)>           ^1 = myself at least.  
*)
*)Really?  Did you choose between Mondale, Reagan and Anderson or
*)McGovern, Nixon and Wallace :-) ?

Hi?
This was my first informative election, but in a H.S. Mock Election that
I participated in (many moons ago), I recall voting for Anderson over
Reagan.   But like most impressionable kids, that view was impressed by
my parents.  But before I get my throat cut out, they had little influence
when I voted Perot, although they too voted Perot.  So there was at least
3 of us I can speak for.
*)
*)PS: I think the "100 days" is 100 days of actually being President,
*)not just media over-exposure.

100 days past Jan 20.   And its already hit the news, P.E. Clinton took
some heat from the Dem. Congress and agreed to SOFTEN his stance. 
This hasn't happened yet, reminding myself....

He basically agreed that a Heath Care package will be sumbitted to
Congress within the 100 days, not for Congress to vote to pass the
presented package in the 100 days.  Egads, he had 'Prize Winning'
Economists already look at the package and said it was the best.  
And he won't submit it ON January 21?  I'm sure if it needed refinements
the 'writers' could have done during the Transition Period between
Golf games and finding a place to live in D.C. (which was done weeks
before the election -- predicting a Democratic Victory).

We will see...Anyone going to the Inauguration, have a great time.
                                       ^spelling?
I hear the Fleetwood Mac is 'talking' about getting back together
to play 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' at the event for 
P.E. Clinton.

*)*********************************************************************
*)the only thing that speaks the truth is the eloquence of passing time
*)               the spoken word is a jacket too tight
-- 
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Programmer NJ Climate Center &		USMAIL: Rutgers University
Prog/Tech Rutgers Meteorology-COOK              Department of Meteorology
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Meteorology Dept:908 932-9387                   New Brunswick NJ 08903-0231
    VIEWPOINT IS MY OWN --- NOT OF OTHERS UNLESS SPECIFIED SPECIFICALLY
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: canaan@u.washington.edu (Always a rainbow)
Subject: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:22:49 GMT

I propose the use of Alfred E. Neuman as the mascot
From: cermak@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rob Cermak)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: RE2: UWSA
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:30:28 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Written by cah@pavonis.JPL.NASA.gov (Allen Halsell)
&> motivated by the people.  A new "Code of Ethics"?
&
&So if he were to implement everything Perot wanted, would you call
&it an attempt to 'disband' (??) UWSA?  Looks like a lose-lose
&situation to me.  Why don't you support him for doing what you
&wanted, for heaven's sake?
&Also, just because 19M voted for Ross doesn't mean UWSA has 19M
&members.  How many voted for John Anderson in 1984?  Wallace in 1972?
&Answer = 0.
          ^1 = myself at least.  

I yield to this point.  And the recent strength of Clinton is showing
is quite impressive.  But we have not even seen what will be done
outside this transition period.   But I must now curb my appitite
for change until the end of Jan 1993.  Gives Clinton at least 21 days. 
** Merry Holidays ** 
Maybe by then and org. can get organized as a watchdog, pun not intended.   
Not to say that I (we & others) have drafted in our minds the things that
are on Clinton's (/Gore's) agenda for the people but also, go beyond the 
scope of current objectives.   We are hopeful that we can reach someone,
be it our own House Reps/Senate of NJ/Clinton/Gore.  Come Jan. 20, he'd
better hit the pavement, but so far so good.  Might I say the media
speculation wasn't promising.  

&> Show a good sense of strength now, yeah, we 'canned' the person looking
&> in passport files and then go status-quo.   Petty action, but
&> significant to act like something is being done.   Nothing to
&> do with anything we want done.  Clean out government corruption...
&> egads...there's lots more where that came from.
&This is Bush's cover-up.  He's still President, in case you hadn't
&noticed.
---->Nothing like protecting your retirement/pension checks.

I appreciate your response, sitting back now, thanks (count to 100, breath).
Jan 20, 1993 just insn't conducive to an age of instant gratification.

Q: When does this '100 days' begin?  Since the election?  Is that
   the approximate period before Jan 20? Or do we have to wait outside
   100 days past Jan 20?

Rob
-- 
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Programmer NJ Climate Center &		USMAIL: Rutgers University
Prog/Tech Rutgers Meteorology-COOK              Department of Meteorology
FAX             :908 932-7922			Cook College  PO BOX 231
Meteorology Dept:908 932-9387                   New Brunswick NJ 08903-0231
    VIEWPOINT IS MY OWN --- NOT OF OTHERS UNLESS SPECIFIED SPECIFICALLY
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Subject: Re: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT ISSUE
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:03:46 GMT

In article <19237@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> eaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton) writes:
>If the mascot is to be an animal, it should be one that is native to
>North America and embondies some noble virtues. Maybe the beaver. Or a
>badger (if they're exclusive to N.A.) 

>We need a mascot that lives on the ground. Something that is hard
>working.

	Ben Franklin wanted our mascot to be the cock...(true).


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PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT PEROT
    "I don't have any experience in running up a 4 trillion dollar debt."
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: canaan@u.washington.edu (Always a rainbow)
Subject: Re: EDS Personel Policies
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 03:10:37 GMT

> >>I've heard that EDS has quite a personel policy handbook which governs 
> >>employee behavior and dress.

>So does IBM, DEC, ATT, HP, SLB, ML.  In fact a personel policy

> Many companies have guidelines.  I worked with EDS on a project

Even mickey D has dress code
From: cah@pavonis.JPL.NASA.gov (Allen Halsell)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Re: RE2: UWSA
Date: 17 Nov 92 00:03:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech

In article <Nov.16.10.30.28.1992.28146@gandalf.rutgers.edu>, cermak@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rob Cermak) writes:
> Written by cah@pavonis.JPL.NASA.gov (Allen Halsell)
> &> motivated by the people.  A new "Code of Ethics"?
> &
> &So if he were to implement everything Perot wanted, would you call
> &it an attempt to 'disband' (??) UWSA?  Looks like a lose-lose
> &situation to me.  Why don't you support him for doing what you
> &wanted, for heaven's sake?
> &Also, just because 19M voted for Ross doesn't mean UWSA has 19M
> &members.  How many voted for John Anderson in 1984?  Wallace in 1972?
> &Answer = 0.
>           ^1 = myself at least.  

Really?  Did you choose between Mondale, Reagan and Anderson or
McGovern, Nixon and Wallace :-) ?

PS: I think the "100 days" is 100 days of actually being President,
not just media over-exposure.

*********************************************************************
the only thing that speaks the truth is the eloquence of passing time
               the spoken word is a jacket too tight
From: walker@superboy.jsc.nasa.gov (Cybernetic Samurai)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Re: UNITED WE STAND MASCOT ISSUE
Date: 20 Nov 92 17:30:53 GMT
Reply-To: walker@superboy.jsc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center

In article <1992Nov20.160346.19470@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
|> In article <19237@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> eaton@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton) writes:
|> >If the mascot is to be an animal, it should be one that is native to
|> >North America and embondies some noble virtues. Maybe the beaver. Or a
|> >badger (if they're exclusive to N.A.) 
|> 
|> >We need a mascot that lives on the ground. Something that is hard
|> >working.
|> 
|> 	Ben Franklin wanted our mascot to be the cock...(true).
|> 

BZZZZZZZZT!!!  Thanks for playing.  You will recieve the following
parting gifts. :) :)

Actually, ole Ben wanted the mascot to be the Turkey because they were
found nowhere else in the world.

:)
-- 
Doug                   

Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can 
do for your country.  - JFK
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,alt.president.clinton
From: asoper@wyvern.twuug.com (Aubrey Soper)
Subject: Re: A Means To Help Keep Change In Check
Organization: Tidewater UNIX Users Group
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 06:18:43 GMT

lang@cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang) writes:

>In article <1e8vffINNmqm@gilligan.East.Sun.COM> mike@gilligan.East.Sun.COM (Mike Roncadori) writes:
>>                                        I just have a hard
>>time believing that guns cause crime, just by their presence.

>You should read the interview with the man in Baton Rouge who blew
>away a Japanese exchange student by mistake.  Of course, this is
>anecdotal evidence, but in effect he said exactly that: since there
>was a gun available to him, his reaction was to use it.  The mere
>presence of the gun changed how he chose to handle the situation.

>>It's not the guns, it's the hands they're in.

>Yeah, too many.

Don't you touch first base before going on to second?

Suppose the Baton Rouge resident had yelled "Hit the
deck!", and the exchange student, not comprehending the
warning, got his head taken off by the swinging boom of
a piece of construction equipment [not operated by the
BR resident].  I don't condone the shooting, but I don't
have any reason to assume it would have happened if the
victim knew idiomatic English, something most of us take
for granted.

Or, suppose the student had entered the house, to join a
party he understood he had been invited to, and was inside 
when the misfortune occurred.  I came within a second or
so of shooting someone who had entered my house at 2AM,
and the main thing that inhibited me from pulling the
trigger was that it was summer and he was wearing shorts!
Somehow my decision was pre-empted by the incongruity of
a burglar dressed in shorts, and as I tried to resolve it,
I noticed that the intruder was inebriated.
-- 

aubrey
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Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,alt.president.clinton
From: picard@engin.umich.edu (Ronald V Picard)
Subject: Re: A Means To Help Keep Change In Check
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:11:48 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Nov18.011740.29446@cs.tulane.edu> lang@cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang) writes:
>In article <1e8vffINNmqm@gilligan.East.Sun.COM> mike@gilligan.East.Sun.COM (Mike Roncadori) writes:
>>                                        I just have a hard
>>time believing that guns cause crime, just by their presence.
>
>You should read the interview with the man in Baton Rouge who blew
>away a Japanese exchange student by mistake.  Of course, this is
>anecdotal evidence, but in effect he said exactly that: since there
>was a gun available to him, his reaction was to use it.  The mere
>presence of the gun changed how he chose to handle the situation.
>

Since there's a car available to me, my reaction is to use it.
The mere presence of the car changes how I chose to get to work,
school, and the local strip mall.  Considering the number of people
who die because of auto accidents compared to the number of people
who die from gun wounds, your arguement suggests if getting rid of
guns is good, getting rid of cars would be great.

Ron Picard
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
From: mrl28033@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael R Linksvayer)
Subject: alt.politics.MARROU
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:45:20 GMT

So what is the man doing now? Any public statements on
the campaign made after the election? How long till he
gets hitched again? :)

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