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From: /G=Rhodri/S=James/O=SJ-Research/ADMD=INTERSPAN/C=GB/@MHS-RELAY.AC.UK
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: The Space Cadet gets to England
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:09:39 GMT

The Space Cadet reenters the bar and catches us all up on his travels. 
Windsinger waves from the corner that he seems to have retreated to in the
past months.  <<Hi, we must have a UK get-together now that you're in the
country.  Do drop in if you ever have the excuse of coming to Cambridge;  we
do have the RGO around these days, after all!>>

---
Windsinger  -  Rhodri James    *  "If hot food is what you're cravin'
                               *   No throat lining's worth the savin'
Rhodri.James%gb.INTERSPAN.sj   *   If your stomach's got you ravin'
            @mhs-relay.ac.uk   *   Come into the Curry Queen!"
   or                          *
rmj10@phx.cam.ac.uk            *               -- Me
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From: wgarmil@world.std.com (Wayne S Garmil)
Subject: WildCard's new address
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:44:21 GMT

WildCard goes over to the bulliten board and posts a quick notes.

"Folks, I've moved as of today.  I can now be reached at wgarmil@std.world.com
(instead of my various ULowell addresses).  I'll only log in on the weekends,
but I will be active again.

"God it feels good to be back!"
                                               WildCard

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From: mar@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Mar)
Subject: Re: Reminicing about alt.callahans past
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 09:58:31 GMT

>[StM:]I particularly liked Danger Mouse's guided tours of Australia,
>the Universe, and everything  (hey, DM, isn't it about time for the
>jacarandas to bloom over there?).

Danger Mouse nods. "Almost. The weather has been hoveing between winter
and spring the past week or so, but it's definitely getting warmer. I
was going to repost my Spring in Australia post from last year, but I
never actually saved a copy. So I guess I'll just have to write a new
one. It'll be ready in about a week or so.

"I am also astonished that I never got around to writing a winter one
for the season just past. I was going to try to organise some of the
other Aus patrons to help me out on it, but things just dithered for
too long, I guess."

- Danger Mouse.
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From: keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen)
Subject: Re: colorfully descriptive phrases
Organization: Murdoch University
Date:  2 Oct 92 03:59:59 GMT

scm3775@tamsun.tamu.edu (Sean Malloy) writes:

>>>-  As welcome as a hyperactive puppy at a housecat convention.
>>As noisy as two skeletons fucking on a tin roof in a hailstorm

>CD grins, and decides to break a promise he made to himself that he 
>would 'just check mail' tonight.  "When I was working in Palo Alto
>this summer, I took a little good-natured ribbing from coworkers
>(and housemates) about being from Texas.  When I was in a good mood,
>I'd play it up a bit.  Someone made the mistake of asking how I felt
>right after a demo...  Which had been preceeded by a series of 16-20
>hour days...  I responded, in my best southern drawl, like this:"

>He picks up a piece of chalk, and writes in block letters.

>- I feel like I've been ate by a bear & shit over a cliff.

>-cd

One that's been on the radio lately, which I rather like is:

"I feel better than James Brown"

It sorta says it all ...

Splash!
--
***************************** Michael van Keulen *************************** 
* Snail: School of BES - Biology         e-mail: keulen@murdoch.edu.au     *
*        Murdoch University              phone:  ++ 61 (09) 360-2843 (work)*
*        Murdoch WA 6150  AUSTRALIA              ++ 61 (09) 417-3902 (home)*
*************************** "To Love is to _LIVE_!" ************************
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From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: a quiet introduction
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:55:18 GMT

thyra--re: catnip!

>>     Why, thank you Euclid! Yes, I would like that very much. After all,
>>Catnip and Mint are very closely related. And you know how kittens like
>>Catnip! Yum! That will be a great appetizer for my steak dinner. I don't
>>believe we've met before. I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.

>><She rolls about in her share of the mint and nibbles a piece or two.>

>>     Ah, some things were just -mint- to be shared. Kitten, would you like
>>to join us? You're welcome to share some of mine.

euclid:

>    Yes! I've enough for Kitten,too...literally an infinite supply.  Kitten?
> Euclid reaches into her right hip pocket and pulls out another handful of
> fresh sprigs.  With her left hand she pulls a cinnamon stick from a vest
> pocket, and pops it into her mouth.  Fragrant smoke starts to flow from
> her nostrils.  "Hope you don't mind that i smoke...happens everytime i eat
> something".                                                 

kitten purrs......"there are some drugs that NEED to be legal...and
catnip is one of them...

:)

and it goes very nicely with another of my addictions...chocolate
covered expresso beans...both milk and white chocolate!  would you
like some?"


--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"perhaps _any_ universe becomes real in proportion 
to the number of people who believe in it and spend time there." s. robinson

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From: rlm7337@tamsun.tamu.edu (Richard L. Mcmahon)
Subject: Re: College advice for John
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:09:47 GMT

In article <Bv6nsK.49n@news.cso.uiuc.edu> trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:
>kitten, who is training 4! new library assistants, agrees.
>"work/study, or whatever the program in your area is called, is
>generally the best deal...because it saves the department money...and
>often people who are less qualified get hired first--IF they have this
>aid (i DON'T like this system...but i use it too).
>
>definitely go in person to the department and speak with the person in
>charge of hiring for THAT department.  be prepared (your own pen), be
>courteous (i almost hired a kid over the phone because he called me
>ma'am when he called to ask if i had any positions), be able to talk
>about yourself in ways that show how you can benefit the department,
>don't say things like..."oh well, i can't come in this afternoon for
>an interview...i have sorority rush.  can i come in tomorrow?" and,
>be willing to use your friends with jobs to get in...
>
>i much prefer hiring people who know people who are already working
>for me....although, i haven't had much luck with hiring my friends.
>for instance, i hired tony the first summer i worked at ag(because he
>looked like an old bofriend and went to the catholic high school near
>my home town...and he didn't act uncomfortable.  he was/is great.  at
>tony's recommendation i hired renee...also great, although she only
>stayed a semester...and susan, tony's sister, who is still working for
>me. "  
>
>kitten has a reputation as a GREAT boss...sometimes. sigh
>
>.......
>
>>If my life is a soap opera, where is the channel changer?
>
>*giggle and grin*
>
>--
>***************************************************************************
>conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
>"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
>                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
>"perhaps _any_ universe becomes real in proportion 
>to the number of people who believe in it and spend time there." s. robinson
>

I'm sure you'd be a great boss, Kitten..thanks for some more good advice.
I'm begining to get the picture here...Although it won't be easy.  I don't
qualify for Federal Aid.   

John Carney
Castle BBS
From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: a suggestion re: That wretched bureau...
Date: 29 Sep 92 15:49:02 GMT
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi

In article <keulen.717757034@possum> keulen@possum.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen) writes:
>Thanks DJ, I'll try that one - we have a system of volunteer search and rescue
>groups along our coastline, and there's actually one just around the corner
>from my work site.  I hadn't even considered it, truth be known.  But then, a
>coastal boating forecast is supposed to give that sort of info, no?  Ciao!
>
>Splash!


       "Well, if listen to the regular radio or telly weather broadcasts,
    you are likely to get what the local forcaster thinks the sea weather
    will be like. These sea and rescue people probably have access to a
    different weather group of people. Here in the US, their is the National
    Weather Service 'Weather radio' that seems to give more detail in their
    forcasts than is show in the telly version... " Dreamy Jim.

   Now, if this finally works. It should wind up on the newsgroup instead
of just going to you Splash. Gee, Beta-testing is so much fun... :-)


-- 
 Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science
 jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu  Disclaimer: Standard.
  "Gad, I dislike beta-testing, it makes me fell all irky inside." me :-)
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From: li@Data-IO.COM (Phyllis Rostykus)
Subject: Re: Song of Sixpence
Summary: Yow...
Organization: Data I/O Corporation
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 19:59:39 GMT

I am absolutely and completely flabbergasted.  The wealth and richness of
the birthday event as it flowed by was most impressive.  And the gifts...

Goodness gracious, you people are amazing.  :)

Most of all, thank you, Didi for the great organizational job and the
writing was *fun* and beautiful.

I don't know if I can answer everyone's gift, but I'll try.

Rather Overwhelmed,
  Liralen Li
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From: euclid@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Elizabeth Kupfer)
Subject: Re: a quiet introduction
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 19:57:39 GMT

trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski) writes:

>>> (Thyra)
>>>     Ah, some things were just -mint- to be shared. Kitten, would you like
>>>to join us? You're welcome to share some of mine.

>euclid:

>>    Yes! I've enough for Kitten,too...literally an infinite supply.  Kitten?
>> Euclid reaches into her right hip pocket and pulls out another handful of
>> fresh sprigs.  With her left hand she pulls a cinnamon stick from a vest
>> pocket, and pops it into her mouth.  Fragrant smoke starts to flow from
>> her nostrils.  "Hope you don't mind that i smoke...happens everytime i eat
>> something".                                                 

>kitten purrs......"there are some drugs that NEED to be legal...and
>catnip is one of them...

>:)

>and it goes very nicely with another of my addictions...chocolate
>covered expresso beans...both milk and white chocolate!  would you
>like some?"

  Euclid: "Yes, please.  Thank you....mmmmff (at this point the beans are roasting
 in her mouth.  She looks human in almost all respects; about 5'2" and willowy,
 wearing a baggy frock suit with a lacy,white shirt.  The hair is about
 shoulder length and tousled like a horse's mane...except there's never been
 a mane that was an even blend of black and silver.  The eyes, though, give
 her away; they look like opals set in white glass and glitter alot.)
 "tasty beans,these."

--
elizabeth kupfer, euclid@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (preferred)
standard disclaimers apply
Hold fast to the center --Tao Te Ching
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From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt (Jason))
Subject: Happy B-Day
Organization: The Polyhedron Group
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 15:29:48 GMT

<Jason and Pegasus walk into the place and join Thyra, who, as usual, is
already there. They huddle for a moment, then walk up to Liralen Li, Phee
and Blammor, carrying a small tray with a domed cover. Jason speaks>

Ahem, Uh, we've only tangentally met so far, but I understand this is a
special day for you three. This is for all three of you, but I want to
present it to Phee.

<The little Asian girl steps forward and looks quisicaly at the domed
cover.>

<Pegasus removes the cover and Thyra lights six candles on a small
cupcake.>

Happy Birthday! <say Jason, Pegasus and Thyra in unison. Jason says> 

Go ahead Phee, blow out the candles.

<She does so, or at least tries to, but the second, third, fourth and sixth
candles keep re-lighting. She stares at them a minute, then grins. Jason
says>

I did this once for Pegasus' birthday. We ordered a Pizza, and I brought it
in with six lit candles on it. Everyone was looking for a child. Yet when
some of the candles refused to go out, Pegasus chuckled and realized how
appropriate it was. Can you guess why?

Hint: We're both programmers.
(Scroll down)




























Write down the candles as zeroes for extinguished flames, ones for lit
candles. 011101 should be Lirelen Li's age, in Binary! :-)

<Hugs>
Jason, Pegasus and
Thyra
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Basic Trivia (was Re: BAH! HUMBUG!)
Date: 3 Oct 1992 17:43:10 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <1992Oct2.223557.14712@data-io.com>, li@Data-IO.COM (Phyllis Rostykus) writes:
>Actually, a lot of people don't bother with octal anymore, either,
>probably for the same reason, it's just inconvenient to work with such a
>small collection of bits.  Binary's still useful because it's elementry,
>but once you start grouping, might as well go bigger.  Thing is with
>hexidecimal, the numbers still outnumber (ack) the letters, so it's fairly
>easy to associate quickly.  Possibly one of the reasons folks don't go to
>base 32. (tridecabinary?? laughter!!)

Actually, the MAIN convenience of hexadecimal is that most computers have 8,
16, 32, or 64-bit architectures (yes, I know that 8-bit architectures are
ancient, and 64-bit architectures are relatively new).  All these architectures
work with 8-bit bytes, or multiples thereof.  Hexadecimal, with two characters
per byte, is eminently suited for representing the contents of memory on such
systems.  With octal, you've got 2 and 2/3 characters per byte.  Not
convenient.  Similarly, base 32 would not work well with the data
representations in most of the current architectures.  The next base that would
be convenient in that sense is base 256, but that would require two many
symbols.
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From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
Subject: Re: Pet cats
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:58:57 GMT

mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph) writes:
>In article <u906451.717509551@bruny> u906451@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Damien Saunders) writes:
>> Greetings unto the bar from Damien.
>> 
>> Has anyone considered how hard it is to read the articles here with a mad
>> pet cat running around the house???
>> 
>> Mike there's a dollar.
>> 
>> Have you got anything to slow a small black cat down???
>> 
>Hey, you think you've got problem? I live with *two* cats! They have a knack
>of coming in and pestering me to feed them just as I'm composing a lengthy
>posting, or editing a file, or worst of all in the middle of a game.

>Only one thing stops a cat - cat food, the more the better! After that they
>have to go and sleep it off somewhere...

"The reason for this is that you are inviting them to come play with you.
You are not looking at them (a challenge), you are stitting quietly (again
making to threat), and staring at one place (this is a cat invitation!).
This is why cats jump in your lap when you are reading books.  You just
sit quiet and still, and stare at the book, and see what happens.
What you need to do is make more noise, or move around more.  I know this
is hard when you are typing.  Luckily for my my terminal is on a table that
the cats are not allowed on."

-- 
The Golden Gryphon 				gryphon@openage.COM
Solve a man's problem and he has 1 less.        No incumbents in 92.
Teach a man to think, and all his problems are less.
Openage - The Premier SCO UNIX integrator in the Washington D.C. area
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From: uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu (Lydia Uribe)
Subject: Re: Friends ... forever ...
Organization: Claremont Shelter for Maladjusted Singers
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:41:20 GMT

Unnoticed in the crowd surrounding the bonfire that Smoke has started for
the Artful Dodger, Soprano has been standing and listening to the various
tributes offered to him by other patrons of the Place, wondering what she
could offer, since she didn't really know him at all.  Finally, she
disappears into the Place, reappearing with something bundled in her arms,
which she shakes out and holds up.

"Arty, I made this quilt to hang on a wall, but it is large enough to wrap
up in when you're sitting somewhere.  Each of the nine blocks is a different
star pattern.  May it keep you warm if you ever need it."

She folds the quilt into a neat bundle and places it on the fire, then steps
back as it starts to burn.

"I have one other gift.  I sang this for my father-in-law when he died, and
I sang it for the death of a friend of Dan'l's as well", and as she sings
the "Pie Jesu" from the Faure Requiem, tears can be seen running down her
face.

					Soprano

"You're more than beginning -- you're learning to fly;
 You feel like you're falling, but it passes in time...."
			"From Me to You", Janis Ian
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Soprano (Lydia M. Uribe)                      uribe@jarthur.claremont.edu |
| Claremont, CA                                  uribe@hmcvax.claremont.edu |
|           Cats, quilts and diving -- what more could anyone ask?          |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: mdm@SPARC2.PRIME.COM (Michael D. McAfee)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: memories, culture, Gilly, and phrases
Date: 1 Oct 92 20:44:27 GMT



		The dark elf wanders into Callahan's after a bit of an
	absence.  He wears a brown sweater and a heavy coat.  "mutter
	mutter cold weather mutter mutter too soon mutter mutter early
	winter mutter mutter," he remarks.  He orders a hot chocolate
	and hangs the coat up on the rack next to the door.

		After listening to the various topics of discussion,
	he tries adding his views.

		"Hi, Feather.  Nice to meet you.  I'm not an old coot,
	but seeing as how I've been coming here a few months, I figure
	I've got at least a few memories.  I was first directed here
	by the wife of a certain Troll, who remarked upon hearing several
	puns that I'd probably fit right in.  I came along when Galadrin
	was splatting folks with snowballs for punning.  There was a 
	picnic going on in the French window.  There are other things, but
	the only I haven't seen mentioned was the creation of the virtual
	library (the shelves along one of the walls), which includes a lot
	of real books and books that haven't been written yet."

		"On the topic of cultural development of cities vs towns,
	I don't see why a city takes away any impetus to develop a culture.
	Surely anywhere people can sort themselves out by differences
	there's going to be some sort of cultural development.  I mean, a
	lot of post-punk culture has developed along the lines of being
	different from "Them" (whoever They are), and a goodly portion
	of post-punk developed in cities large enough to have places for
	bands to gig.  Of course, if I missed a point or two, feel free to 
	call me on them."

		The dark elf hears mention of Gilly.  "I met Gilly way 
	before I ever heard of Callahan's.  We went to Boston University at
	the same time.  We met through the SCA.  She graduated with a degree
	in psychology, and last I heard she was in New Hampshire, living 
	with friends. I see her infrequently, but haven't heard of anything
	bad happening to her, so I assume she's getting along fine."

		"And finally, the topic of colorful phrases.  Well,
	how'sabout...

		-How's life treating you?
		 Like he caught me in bed with his wife.
			(taken from Cheers)

		-My mind is so deep in the gutter I need a periscope to
			see the sidewalk.
				(from a friend of mine)

		-a few cards short of a proper Tarot reading

		-a few cows short of a full herd

		-a few notes short of a complete symphony

		-not bowling with all ten pins."

	Michael, the Chaotic
	disclaimer:  remember, if you blame my employers for my posts,
			I'll have to go back to my former job as
			David Byrne's fashion consultant
From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: schools re: Old Coots Test
Date: 30 Sep 1992 00:09:16 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: monet.wag.caltech.edu

Spacey says ...
>: He also said the level of maturity is so different between noisy ninth
>: graders and tenth graders.  I do agree with him, although I think 
>: kids from the 6th grade to 12th grade are not human but some abomination; 
>: god's wrath or the devil playing some cruel joke on teachers.  

A friend of mine, who is now a teacher, refers to them as 'hormones with feet.'
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: Pet cats
Date: 27 Sep 92 18:50:16 GMT
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <Heather_Premeau.03e5@edtng.Kenosha.WI.US>, Heather_Premeau@edtng.Kenosha.WI.US (Heather Premeau) writes:
>too slow the cat down....just pick it up and cuddle!!!  (or kick it as
>David just said!)     heather

If it's still in the kitten stage, I'd recommend a loosely wound ball of yarn.
It won't exactly slow the kitten down, but it'll keep it (mostly) more or less
in one spot.
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From: GE.LJB@forsythe.stanford.edu (Louis J Bookbinder)
Subject: inevitable corrections to allabout
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 04:35:13 GMT

Klunketakalanklong

"ok, so I am way behind, and in fact, if you notice a huge pile of glass
accumulating about the fireplace, I have not had time to maintain VAX
and the poor thing is languishing in the back room.

"I will git to it! I promise!

"But Thyra/Jason directly addressed a question to me about 260 back
asking about the hot tub (last time I modified ALLABOUT the hot tub was
new, still transitory. I will add it), the stage (STAGE! WHAT STAGE?!
WHY YOU WANT TO PUT PERFORMERS UP ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE (except the
denizens in the rafters - have you seen the litter up there?!!!)) and my
bias against Cyberpunk (ME? THE TIN MAN? BIASED? SOME OF MY BEST
FRIENDS.. no, some of my best friends are winkies. But I like cybers
just fine. I just do not operate on that level - but be my guest)."

Nick Chopper - my opinion? ax not! LB>-}  BOOKY@Forsythe.stanford.edu
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From: moh2@quads.uchicago.edu (Kateri/Mary Anne)
Subject: Halloween Gathering in Chicago?
Reply-To: moh2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:20:29 GMT

This is very very preliminary....

I'm throwing my annual Halloween party on Saturday the 31st of
October.

Would people be interested in having a Gathering then?  Thursday
through Sunday, perhaps?

Would anybody else in Chicago be willing to loan crash space?

Let me know....if there's no interest, you're all invited to the
Halloween party anyway. :-)

 - Kateri
moh2@midway.uchicago.edu
-- 
The autumn leaves are falling like rain.
Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
And you, you are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups at my table.		 - A T'ang Dynasty poem
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