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From: banderso@ashanti.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Info on Lucky 7 Travel Agency
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:29:46 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM Austin
Originator: banderso@briana.austin.ibm.com


In Sundays paper a travel agency called Lucky 7 advertised low cost
trips to Mexico, Jamacia, etc.  When I looked them up in the yellow
pages they don't even show an address, just a phone number.   Has 
anyone ever heard of them, used them, have anything good or bad to
say about them.   I am looking for cheap (I mean inexpensive) ideas
for a honeymoon.

Thanks for your help

Brian
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Brian C. Anderson,
IBM PSP Austin, Texas
AIX Commo LAN and Hi-Speed Device Drivers
phone:   TL 678-3524             outside: (512) 838-3524
inet:  banderso@ashanti.austin.ibm.com
vnet:  BANDERSO at AUSVM6
From: mem@elektra.uucp (Mary Esther Middleton)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: ARRR-GH
Summary: Austin Restaurant Roach Report: Gastronomical Hearsay
Keywords: Roach
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:43:30 GMT
Organization: Roach Watch, Inc.

Austin Restaurant Roach Report: Gastronomical Hearsay (ARRR-GH)

Seen any roaches in your favorite (NOT) restaurant?
Notify your friends, or recommend them to your enemies.
But let us all know!  Please fill out the appropriate
entries and send it out to all your friends.

Restaurant:  _______________

Date of sighting:  _________

Number of sightings at this location:  _______

Number of roaches sighted:  _______

Location:    _______________

Comments: ________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Bill Paid?   _______________

===================================================================

I'll submit the first entry:

Restaurant:  _Cafe Serranos_

Date of sighting:  _04Oct92_

Number of sightings at this location:  _2_

Number of roaches sighted:  _2_

Location:    _Shoal Creek and Anderson_

Comments: _Spotted one roach crawling on the wall next____
_to our table.  Neighboring table sighted IN THEIR FOOD.__
_During this incident, we remembered that on a previous___
_visit to this restaurant we had also sighted a roach.____

Bill Paid?   _Neighbors didn't, we did.  Recommendation:__
_write "roach" on the bill and haul ass._

===================================================================
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mary esther middleton         mem@mpd.tandem.com
                              (512) 795-2107
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From: dunham@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham)
Newsgroups: austin.general,sci.engr.mech
Subject: SPE Meeting Announcement
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:13:16 GMT
Reply-To: dunham@mpd.tandem.com (Jerry Dunham)
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers; Austin TX
Originator: dunham@stud


                        * * * MEETING NOTICE * * *

                             OCTOBER MEETING

                          CENTRAL TEXAS SECTION
                                  OF THE
                      SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS


   WHEN:        15 October 1992

   WHERE:       Holiday Inn Town Lake
                I-35 and Town Lake in Austin

   SUBJECT:     Statistical Methods for Manufacturing and Engineering
                Forrest Breyfogle

   SCHEDULE:    6:15   Meet at Holiday Inn
                       Socialize and dine
                7:15   Brief business meeting
                7:30   Featured speaker

   COST:        $12.00 for members and guests
                $ 5.00 for students


Reservations should be made no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Please call one of the following to make your dinner reservations:

Troy Belver  (512)282-1590
or
Richard Clark (512)331-2500

This meeting is not restricted to SPE members.

-- 
Jerry Dunham                   DoF #1.5             dunham_jerry@tandem.com
Tandem Computers, Inc.                                dunham@mpd.tandem.com
Austin, TX                                                    (512)244-8598
                 This opinion intentionally left blank.
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: lang@monolith.hal.com (Tom Lang)
Subject: Re: CableMaxx (Wireless Cable) is it worth it?
Keywords: cable
	through your roof shingles.
	your roof.
	watching another, without two boxes. Cable-ready TV or VCR is wasted,
	everything comes through channel 3. Yet another remote control, etc.
	missing some good ones (Comedy channel, VH1, TNT, for example), while
	wasting channels on religion/C-SPAN/shopping channel (OK, C-SPAN's
	not *all* bad).
	channels temporarily (but *never* one of the religion/C-SPAN/shopping
	variety). If you're not paying for the event, you get a blank channel.
Organization: HAL Computer Systems
Distribution: austin
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:58:37 GMT

The only reason I'm signed up is lack of cable in my neighborhood.

--
Tom Lang (lang@hal.com)         	phone: 512 794 2855   
HAL Computer Systems - Austin,Tx	FAX:   512 794 8737
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: IMAGING.CLUB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Imaging Club")
Subject: Wang OPEN/image, Interoperability & Network Integration at Networld
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 07 Oct 92 18:24:07 EST

Wang will be showing its OPEN/image document-imaging product line,
along with its network integration products and services at the
NETWORLD 92 show in Dallas October 13, 14 and 15.  Hours are from
10:00 am to 5:00 pm, except for 10:00 to 4:00 on the last day.

There will be speakers at the Wang booth discussing document imaging on
NetWare LANs, along with interoperability of different protocol stacks.
There will be time for questions and answers after these 15 to 20 minute
seminars.  The Wang booth is number 3637 and is located on the second level,
almost in the very center.  It will have ample seating for the large
audiences expected.

Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@perv.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: CableMaxx (Wireless Cable) is it worth it?
X-Xxdate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 18:25:59 GMT
Organization: UT Petroleum Engineering Dept.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 16:38:23 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.233901.25092@icus.ICUS.COM> Lenny Tropiano, lenny@icus.ICUS.COM
writes:
>
>What about CableMaxx, anyone use it?  Costs involved, stations, 
>availability and reception clarity would be appreciated!

I haven't used CableMaxx but I did look into it about a year ago.  At
the time, it looked like a really bad deal.  It only had about 17 
stations and you have to use the converter box provided by the company.
So...if you want to watch cable in two different rooms, you have to 
have two boxes.  In addition, if you want to record a show on your VCR
while you watch something else on the TV connected to that VCR, you 
have to have a separate converter box for the TV and VCR.  As I recall,
each additional converter box cost $6 and each additional remote was
$3.  The basic rate (which included one box -- not sure about the 
remote) was about $20/month.

One other thing...you have to be able to recieve the signal from an
antenna attached to your house.  If you're in an apartment complex, 
your landlord may not allow it.  If you're in a bit of a valley, you 
may not be able to receive the signal.

>| Lenny Tropiano           ICUS Software Systems        lenny@icus.ICUS.COM |

Joanna.

| \____ ----- ____/           |  "Let's just be friends -- friends    |
|      ( o o )                |  who never talk or see each other."   |
|       \   /   Gus-ball!!    |      - David Letterman, 7-22-92       |
|        (_)  Hook 'em Horns! |           pefv702@perv.pe.utexas.edu  |
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: plusrich@wixer.cactus.org (+Rich)
Subject: Re: Good Sunday "breakfast" buffets
Organization: Center for Weird Studies
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 14:34:05 GMT

bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) wrote:

+> Fonda San Miguel might be open that late - they don't open 'til 11:30.
+> I don't recall how I dressed but I doubt that I wore my Sunday best.

Hell, I'd have to _pawn_ my Sunday best to eat at Fonda San Miguel.

;)

Very good food, though.

+Rich
-- 
Richard Everett -- plusrich@wixer.cactus.org -- Austin, TX
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The shortest distance between two points is a great circle.
From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: needed: resident of Germany during Nazi-era for research
Date: 7 Oct 1992 16:40:33 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu



	I was just contacted by a student of a German-class taught
	at UT, who as class-assignment has the task to interview
	a German about the Holocaust era in the 30s and 40s; now
	he would prefer someone who had actually lived there during
	that era (hey, I am not THAT.. eh.. wise ;-) and I would
	like to enlist your help to find someone who fits that
	description, willing to give a taped 15-minute interview
	before next Tuesday.  Please contact Steward Stevens at
	326-3152 with any leads.  thanks.
-- 
  werner@cs.utexas.edu |  ..!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!werner | werner@UTXVM.bitnet

              "Free Advice and Opinions -- Refunds Available"
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From: curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch/131072)
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.politics,austin.talk,tx.politics
Subject: If you dump Bush, dump Congress too, (at least.)
Date: 5 Oct 92 01:27:47 GMT
Reply-To: curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch/131072)
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX


Lots of people these days say that they are ready to dump George Bush.
Most people are happy with his Foriegn policy, (i.e.  Iraq/Kuwait,) but
have the complaint that his domestic policy either hasn't been
implemented because he failed to get it through Congress, or was going
in the wrong direction anyway.

The Federal Government is gridlocked and "We the People," want to take
it out on George Bush.

These sentiments are understandable.  But if you're honest you have to
agree that Congress is at least part of the problem.  And if they're
part of the problem, then shouldn't dumping them be part of the
solution also?

Be fair this November folks, if you're gonna vote for Bill Clinton,
vote for the "other guys" in Congress too.  What's that?  You say you
don't even know your representive's name?  Don't worry, you'll
recognize it when you see it.

Just keep this simple rule in mind:
	If the name looks pretty familiar, DON'T VOTE FOR HIM!


--
curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt L. Finch) | AIX NFS/NIS Field Quality 
My views are unrelated to those of IBM     |       Austin, TX
 -If you vote against Bush, be fair and throw out Congressional incumbents too-
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: plusrich@wixer.cactus.org (+Rich)
Subject: Re: Golden Corral vs Shoney's Breakfast
Organization: Center for Weird Studies
Distribution: austin
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 14:34:20 GMT

ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Kitchen) wrote:

+> In article <1992Oct9.162518.14825@chpc.utexas.edu> jbyrd@chpc.utexas.edu (Jan Byrd) writes:
+> >Has anyone eaten at Golden Corral's Breakfast Buffet and could compare it
+> >to Shoney's Breakfast Buffet? 
+> 
+> 	I would have to vote for Golden Corral.  Yeah, Sunday brunch at
+> Shoneys is not a lot of fun.  Wait, wait, wait, grab-a-table-grab-a-sausage-
+> grab-the-check.  Golden Corral just north of me on North Lamar has become
+> my favorite place for food.  Good portions, fast, tasty, and cheap.  And
+> 3X the seating of Shoneys.

I can't recommend the Golden Corral for anything, including breakfast.
Perhaps it's one of the better breakfast buffet's around and this just
demonstrates my lack of appreciation for brekfast buffets.  <smile>

The food I've encountered there has been dry in texture and bland in
taste.

I'll make an exception, I did like the bread.

I'd much rather go to Kerbey Lane or Magnolia or even
Dan's... for breakfast.
-- 
Richard Everett -- plusrich@wixer.cactus.org -- Austin, TX
-----------------------------------------------------------
The shortest distance between two points is a great circle.
From: moller@austin.ibm.com (Chris Moller)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: "House of Eliot"
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:36:19 GMT
Reply-To: moller@austin.ibm.com
Followup-To: austin.general
Organization: As little as I can get away with.

Begging and pleading my wife asked me to post:

Did anyone Out There make a tape of the 27 September issue of that "House
of Eliot" soap opera?  (My wife told our VCR to watch it while we were out
of town, but someone, somewhere, sneezed and our cable quit.)  If anyone
can lend me a tape to copy, I'd appreciate it.


-- 
IBM pays absolutely no attention to my
opinions, ergo the foregoing cannot	
possibly represent its position.	
					
Chris Moller
From: wixer!cactus.org!wixer!pro-lep.cts.com!syslep@cactus.org (System Leprechaun)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Golden Corral vs Shoney's Breakfast
Date: 14 Oct 1992 06:05:12 -0500
Organization: The Texas Leprechaun BBS, Austin, Texas
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

plusrich@wixer.cactus.org (+Rich) writes:

>I'd much rather go to Kerbey Lane or Magnolia or even
>Dan's... for breakfast.

I second the Magnolia (on Congress).  And you get an additional benefit of an
interesting atmosphere.  K-Lane I don't care for because they over spice
their food.  Katz's is fun, especially after 2am when the bars close and some
of Austin's more interesting denizens look for food.

Haven't eaten at a really good buffet since the Holiday House on Ben White
was torn down (shortly after being nicely remodeled!) to build a Short Stop.

Next best thing, the "Sampler" at the IHOP on South I-35 (NOTE:  THAT IHOP
Only...the other's in town don't have it).  It doesn't require you to make
choices...you get it all!  Eggs, pancakes AND hash browns, bacon AND ham AND
sausage.  Most excellent.
From: jhaide@novell.com (Janos Haide)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Rent Increases - any control ??
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:45:49 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc. --Austin

>> In article <1992Oct1.023726.14084@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> mbjr@austin.ibm.co
>> writes:
>> >
>> >	My landlord (Tallwood Apartments, avoid it) has just raised
>> >the rent again, in about 5 months. (This time, about 12%. )
>> >
>> 
>> >	Is there some kind of agency I could appeal to ? [Leaving,
>> >though desirable, is NOT presently an option].

There was recently a thread on alt.tasteless about taking revenge on apartment
complexes. Most of the ideas require moving out first (preferably in a
different state without leaving your address behind ... :-)), but here is one:

Does your landlord/lady have a cat or dog ? Shave it. The authorities differ at this point, some recommend a butter knife (!) others swear on lawnmovers.

Janos
not representing Novell of course. 

PS: after shaving his/her pet you may want to paint it, but it is not an absolute neccessity.
From: wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Montgomery Ward Service Center (again)
Date: 8 Oct 1992 08:46:44 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I'd like to thank the person who reccomended Montgomery Ward's Service
Center on this group.  I took my VCR there and was astounded at the 
good service that I got.

First, they said that they would look at it right away and give me an
estimate while I waited.  About 7 minutes later, the service guy(there
is only one for VCRs) came out and took me back into his work area.  
He told me that the idler was bad and that I had two choices: 1) replace
the idler and pay $10 for the part plus $64 for one hour of his labor, or
2) he could recondition the rubber part that was worn and charge me for
routine maintenance ($30).  After further questioning, he said that he
didn't expect the 2nd option to fix the machine for much more than a year,
so I elected to get the part replaced.  He told me to wait and he would do
it right away.  10 minutes later he took me back into the workarea and
showed me that he had simply replaced the rubber ring on the idler unit
instead of the whole unit and told me that he was only going to charge me
$30 for routine maintenance!  He had also cleaned the heads and checked
the tension of the tape throughout the machine.  I was thrilled.

The technician also was kind enough to show me how all of the moving parts
of my VCR work and gave me tips on how to diagnose and fix routine problems.
Maybe he felt sorry for me since I own a Fisher VCR 1/2 :).  Anyway, if
you are having VCR problems, Montgomery Ward is a good place to go.

Rick

P.S.  The technician (wish I could remember his name!) really got a kick out
of hearing about the previous post in this group.  He said that someone had
come in earlier in the week and mentioned it, too.
From: f940@cs.utexas.edu (Fall Class Account)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: (Austin *ONLY*) THX - Certified Theatre List - June 1, 1992
Date: 12 Oct 1992 17:36:16 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Oct1.145025.20261@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> tcm@roma16.austin.ibm.com (Tom McDonald) writes:
>In article <john.717665927@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu> john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu (John R. Schutz) writes:

>My guess is it depends on the film.  When I saw Terminator 2, the Great Hills
>8 theater had the volume up so loud, most of the audience covered their ears!
>
>Tom McDonald
>tcm@austin.ibm.com

I agree, the only THX film I have seen in the last couple of years with
any reasonably high volume level was T2 at the Lake Creek theater.  Only
T2 was so loud instead of "The Audience is Listening", they should have
written "The Audience is Deaf".

Their should be a happy medium.
From: max@underg.ucf.org (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: New Newsgroup Proposal: austin.freenet
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 00:25:24 EDT
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation


                        Austin FreeNet Newsgroup

There seems to be much interest in establishing free public TCP/IP access
in the Austin, Texas area. This was a hot topic in the austin.eff newsgroup,
but this group is moderated, and the moderator is asking that the thread
of discussion be stopped. Starting the austin.freenet newsgroup would create
and open forum to discuss the project, and also provide a place to get
organized. Starting this newsgroup would also show that Austin is serious
about establishing this public service. Please join me in establishing
this much needed newsgroup.

austin.freenet    Discussion of free public TCP/IP access in Austin

Comments welcome,
                                          -= Max =-

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From: benedict@chaos.utexas.edu (Thomas Benedict)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Good Sunday "breakfast" buffets
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:07:52 GMT
	<1992Oct13.170412.27444@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
	<1992Oct14.161053.1966@novell.com>
Distribution: austin
Organization: Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas at Austin
In-reply-to: bboerner@novell.com's message of 14 Oct 92 16:10:53 GMT

Jim's USED to have a buffet, but the boneheads got rid of it.  MAN.
That used to be the best way to get food.  Breakfast?  Go to Jim's.
Munchies?  Truck on down to Jim's.  Need a good dinner?  Mange au
Jim's (I hope that didn't say "Eat some of Jim").  But now the buffet
is gone.  Alas, a fine tradition of munch is gone from this town.

Tom Benedict
benedict@chaos.utexas.edu
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
University of Texas at Austin
From: tspoon@austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Roof!  Roof!
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:33:32 GMT
Reply-To: tspoon@tspoon.austin.ibm.com (Tin-Sze Poon)
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM Austin (AIX Development)
Originator: tspoon@tspoon.austin.ibm.com


Hi,
About a month ago, I asked the net for roofer recommendations. Many thanks
to all who responded.

Here is a list of names that I got from the net and other sources:

1) David Kettler of Kettler Roof. (2 recommended)

>> I recommend David Kettler of Kettler Roofing.  His number is
>> 331-1958.  Besides doing great work, he's very good at
>> negotiating with insurance adjustors.  He got mine to
>> double their original offer.

>> Sara Blatt
>> internal:       sara@drwho.austin.ibm.com
>> external:       sara@netmail.austin.ibm.com
>> My opinions are my own, not necessarily IBM's!

2) Jim Brown Roofing
   ~30 years experience. Good job done in one day.

3) J-CONN Roofing

>> We just had JConn do our roof.  They were a bit more expensive than
>> others we had come out and give us estimates, but they're contract
>> work and estimate was done more proffesionally than the others.  The
>> roofing work also looked good.

>> Jim Knutson
>> knutson@mcc.com
>> cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson
>> Wk: (512) 338-3362

4) Roof Concepts

>> Under similar circumstances we had a new roof put on in the spring of '90.
>> I believe it was Roof Concepts that did the work. We were reasonably
>> happy with the work. It rained while the roof was open and caused (more)
>> water damage to the ceiling in our living room. He agreed to pay for its
>> repair. I was NOT at all pleased with the painting contractor he
>> recommended: STRONG PAINTING. I found them to be highly unreliable.

>> I was advised by several different people to strip the old roof off
>> prior to putting a new one on. I'm glad we did because they were able
>> to find and repair the root cause of our leak.

5) Joe Uribe (823-8993)
   He has a roofing crew. He contacted me directly.

6) Austin Roofing
   Good job done in one day.

7) Moore Roofing
   I called and left the message, but I never got call back.

8) Mike Shaw Construction
   Two of my neighbors used him.

   We had 5 roofers come to give us estimations. Among them, the estimations
   from Austin Roofing and Kettler Roofing are the highest.
   We have just decided to use Jim Brown Roofing.

   Hope this information helps.

   tspoon (838-8205) 
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: chiu@gpb-mac.sps.mot.com (Norman Chiu)
Subject: Nylon Lunch Bags
Organization: Motorola Inc.
Distribution: austin
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:21:40 GMT

I usually brown-bag my lunch to the office.  Does anyone know
where I can buy one of those lunch bags made of nylon, with
a velcro seal at the opening?

I checked Target but they said they no longer carry those anymore.

Thanks for any help.

-Norman
From: stecz@pencom.com (John Steczkowski)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Mountain bike rentals
Date: 13 Oct 92 13:31:24 GMT
Reply-To: stecz@pencom.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: Pencom Software

Does anyone know of a place in town that will rent a mountain bike for a  
weekend?

--
  John Steczkowski                        stecz@pencom.com
Are you truly willing to take the risk of being severely
or even fatally injured just for the thrill of roadracing?
- As Quoted from New Rider Information Booklet of the CMRA
From: theap@thunder (Tim Heap)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Where can I find a Vikings game?
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:15:00 GMT
Organization: Pencom Software

Being a recent transplant from Minnesota, I'm curious if there is a place in  
Austin where I could find a Vikings game (presumably off satellite) if for some  
reason it should not be on network (cable) television.  I'm hoping there isn't  
going to be too much conflict with Dallas since both teams are doing very well  
this year, but...

Responses may be directed to me via e-mail (theap@pencom.com).  Thanks in  
advance.

/theap