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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:48:30 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Brown Drama, with Jenna -- fwd from Judith
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>            ** Text of Mail follows **
> Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 92 05:26:19 EDT
> From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
> Subject:      A Late Summer Afternoons Reverie
>
> Saturday afternoon the Brown University Geology Department
> put on a production of Midsummer Night's Dream on Lincoln
> Field at Brown. The production was blessed with perfect
> weather and an enthusiastic cast and audience. In a leading
> part (Helena), our very own Jenna Cole Steele acquitted
> herself admirably.
>
> Most of the cast remembered most of their lines (except
> Oberon, who opted to carry a book), and could be heard
> clearly, at least from the front row. Outdoor recitation
> without amplification is always difficult, and I do not
> fault the actors.
>
> Costuming was eclectic; the ass's head was a true work of
> art.
>
> Because your reviewer was a few minutes late, she did
> not get a program to take home, and so is sorry not to
> give credit to the other actors, and especially to the
> producer/director, who carried out this amazing feat,
> and also played the part of Puck. In a note, she said
> that she wanted to "give a really great and unusual
> party". The two-hour production was followed by a pot-
> luck picnic.
>
> I have great respect for the producer/director, and for
> the entire cast, who started this enterprise and carried
> it through with so much enthusiasm. The play will survive.
>
> love, judith
>
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:56:00 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Visiting LA and Chicago
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              2 Sep 1992 21:23:40 -0500 from <harwell@TENET.EDU>

On Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:23:40 -0500 Anne Burton Harwell said:
>> who will be in dallas and denver in the next two weeks, and chicago
>> the last week of october....and can't think of any wordslers in any
>> of those places....
>
>Tushar is in chicago.
>
   oh, is tushar a wordsler?

dan
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:28:11 EDT
From:         Tony Harminc <TONY@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
Subject:      Re: %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR

On Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:17:00 MST JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS said:

>                        Malcontents will probably be interned.  Tony, what's
>the emmigration policies like up there?   Hell, at least Canada just declares
>martial law and lets it go at that!  8-)

Emmigration ?   Well actually they let us out any time we like.  Getting in
may be harder...

BTW, the War Measures Act that was used in the 1970 October crisis would
almost certainly be ruled unconstitutional today.  Hmmm...  remember
when Oliver North had plans to suspend the US constitution, and the
Senate committee (chaired by what's-his-name from Hawaii) immediately
moved the discussion in camera ?

Tony (come on up anytime!) H.
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 06:12:50 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Was gonna watch a movie
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> Rita--when you read this--it is apparent that you do, in fact,
> have a life.  It is apparent that Natalie and I do not.  Or maybe
> I should only speak for myself.

I'm insulted!  Did you not consider our communication last night part
of "life"??
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:12:00 CDT
From:         Bandwidth Pig <aharwell@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU>
Subject:      RE: snail mail
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>Postmarked Coraigh Ireland, text saying: "Greetings from Ireland.
>See you on Words-L in a couple of weeks.  Bill Sjostrom."

I got a copy of that card too. He seems happy.

-abh
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From: richh@netcom.com (richh)
Subject: Re: I am not afraid of words-l!
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 21:54:10 GMT
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karsten@netcom.com (karsten) writes:

>Hmm.  If Richh decides he likes words-l we're in for
>some interesting times.

as in "May you live in interesting times"?
Those kind of interesting times?
Ugh.  TTough to be happy in "interesting times."

>(Now was that "Richh" richh or "Saltgirl" richh?)
Richh is richh.  Saltgirl is saltgirl.

The twain meet on occasion.  

Sunspots.  
Hemlines.
Pork futures.
Barangus.
I think you know the name of *dat* tune.

RICHH
--cryptic?
--q=y
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:09:02 -0700
From:         MGARBER@DHVX20.CSUDH.EDU
Subject:      Re: Ill-mannered people
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be careful dan
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:58:30 GMT
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
 <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Some of us like to start the

*** Resending note of 09/03/92 06:55


morning, good

but read about chocolate chip cookies, blizzards, etc, and are trying to
maintain diet of Ultra-trash and barf-bars ....bah.   But here is poem
to help you think about clams!


Ode to a Bivalve:
 Farewell to thee, O Oyster!
 Go, get thee to a cloister.
 Farewell to thee, O oyster! And hail to thee, O Clam!
 The epicurean palate,
 With gentle joy now shall it
 Little Necks down at Nantucket by the dozen duly cram.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 10:26:06 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Repost
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              2 Sep 1992 01:20:50 EST from <AUSBROOK@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>

On Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:20:50 EST Entropy Warrior said:
>I getttum confused too.  Sorry Don--it's difficult when all you
>have to distinguish folks is a vowel movement.

Obviously MKA doesn't know us at all...either personally or electronically...
if he/she can get us confused.....

Or most likely just doesn't care....

>The war against entropy continues nicely, i.e. I'v almost moved
>all my vowels.

no shit....
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:15:43 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Archive Tape
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> From: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters)
> Subject: Re: ?
> To: maynor@Ra.MsState.Edu (Natalie Maynor)
> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 19:49:49 CDT
> Organization:  Mississippi State University, Computing Center
>
> > > How big are the archives in total?  My machine will be on the net fairly
> > > regularly in about 6 weeks...
>
> Akio's tape is about 65MB.  We have about 20MB more since then.
>
> > > PS Is the answer you give for compressed files or not?
>
> That is uncompressed.  It doesn't include anything fancy like indexing.
>
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 17:03:51 EDT
From:         Tony Harminc <TONY@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
Subject:      Re: Lint-free cloths
              28 Aug 1992 06:58:21 EDT from <BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU>

On Fri, 28 Aug 1992 06:58:21 EDT <BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU> said:
>What, exactly, is a lint-free cloth?  Can I fashion one from common
>household items?  Once I've used it (with Windex applied to the cloth,
>of course, and not directly to the screen) to clean off dust and smoke
>and gunk, do I toss it or wash and reuse?

Use any old cloth you have lying around.  If it leaves little globs
of fabric on the screen, then use something different.  No imaginable
cloth (except perhaps something with gold braid in it) will damage
the screen.  I find the best all round cleaning and polishing cloths
are made from old pyjamas (pace Judith).  Some very cheap paper towels
(the brown sort with visible wood chips in them) might conceivable scratch
the glass, but I doubt even that.  A few screens made in the mid 1970s
had an optical anti-glare coating which was sensitive to abrasion, but
it's very unlikely you have one of them.

Tony H.
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:07:34 GMT
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
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Subject:      Close to Home

Received this little while ago ...John is a member of our group, and yes I
helped.  Just though I would share this ... people in Tampa were fortunate
...this time.

Subject: Help for John xxxxx's Family

John shared with me that his two brothers and sister lost everything in
the hurricane. There are nine children involved. They have sent out a plea
for help and John will be taking a truck load down tomorrow. They say
supplies, food and water are almost non-existent. Money is running out even
for getting to the supply shelters.  Some needs are:

1. Water, medium size diapers, fruit juices (with vitamin content), canned
potatoes.

2. Clothes/shoes for 6, 8, ll and 12 year old boys and 2 1/2 year old girl.
More information later- communication is difficult and they are still in shock.

3. Size D batteries, radio, flashlights (there is no electricity).

Cash donations will be accepted. Other basics are needed. John expresses
his deep gratitude.
........................................................................

John related to me almost criminal cases of price-gouging in his family's
area, i.e.  $5 for a gallon of water; gas generators marked up from $800
to $2,300;  but to even out things K-Mart was *giving away* some essential
items - some businesses are run by decent, compassionate people.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:59:18 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@CS.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Quick Question (Shakespeare and ftp)
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Where is it that Shakespeare's plays are available via anonymous ftp?
I know I have the address stored somewhere on Ra, but I've got so much
stuff stored on Ra that I can probably find the address more quickly by
tossing this question to the list than I can by roaming through my many
Ra subdirectories.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:34:08 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Public vs. Private Schools
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              3 Sep 1992 16:51:07 -0500 from <harwood@TENET.EDU>

On Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:51:07 -0500 Nancy Harwood said:
>> of home-schooling them.  There are LOTS of home schoolers in Idaho, mostly
>> for religious reasons.  The board saw his action as a slap in the face
>
>Our high school had two National Merit Scholarship Finalists this
>year...brother and sister, home-schooled until 9th grade!

Understand...and agree that it is a wonderful option for many....my
reference to "religious reasons" was intended to be descriptive rather
than judgmental, and sorry that it may have sounded otherwise.

dan
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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:41:00 EST
From:         CROSEN%BGSUOPIE.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      User-hostile (was Private vs. public...)

Greetings,

Come to think of it, I think user-hostile would be better usage than
user-unfriendly.

Marty
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:32:45 -0500
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Schoolyard taunts (Was Love Potion Number Nine)
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> John "Excuse me, but could you spare some sympathy?  All I have in life is

John, you have my sympathy, you truly do.  Let's go to Dairy Queen and get
a *large* chocolate chip cookie dough breeze - want to?  Aw, what the
heck, make it a *blizzard*
Doris
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:03:19 EDT
From:         Rashmi Murthy <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
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              31, 92 9:28 pm

>
> Dear lady, of course not.  I'm back to resume the chase for the crown.
                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Nimble fingers are able & willing.

Hey, MacPhil, we gave that up a while back -- just so you know there's no crown
any more.

rashmi
(rashmi@coe.drexel.edu)
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Rhubarb Pie
Date: 4 Sep 1992 20:28:22 GMT
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In a previous article, rita@EFF.ORG (Rita Marie Rouvalis) says:

>	Actually, he is type I, and has been so for over 20 years.
>At this point, when he wants a sweet, he just eats and takes the
>extra insulin to cover.  The only artifical sweeteners in our house
>is for his coffee and the diet coke.
	Smart man, except for the coffee sweetener.:-)  I hope it's not
aspartame; that stuff breaks down with exposure to heat, and makes whatever
you're drinking taste worse than it did in the first place.<insert yucchy
face here>
>	Hey, have you ever found a diabetic cookbook that didn't
>go over the edge and have non-fat, non-cholesteral, non-sugar,
>non-salt, non-TASTE recipes?  I mean, the sugar in the recipe may
>not be good for him, but for goodness sake, I can still cook with
>butter and eggs!
I know what you mean - those so-called healthy cook books are pretty
horrible.  With that in mind....

Mom's recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie [from the BH&G cookbook, circa 1965]
No wonder it's good - they didn't worry about "healthy" then...

1 1/2 cups sugar	1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt	1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

	------	------	------
3 cups 1/2" pieces rhubarb
1 cup sliced strawberries
Pastry for 2-crust 9" pie
1 tablespoon butter or margerine

Set oven to 400F
Combine sugar, flour, salt and nutmeg.  Add fruit, mixing well; let stand
20 minutes.  Spoon into 9-inch pastry-lined pie plate.  Dot with butter.
Moisten edge; adjust top crust; flute edge.
Bake in hot oven (400) about 40 to 45 minutes or till done.  Serve slightly
warm.

My kid sister likes to do a latticework top crust, but that's a pain.:)

>	Alas, I have no yard.
Ever hear of window boxes?  I've never tried growing rhubarb in one, but
strawberries work fine.

-- 
It's Ruth the NetHead, back from the [virtual] dead
	- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
fighting for truth, justice and static-free lines
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Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:31:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ubi Sunt?
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> > order only, please.  And, get that gum out of your mouth.
> > --your teacher
>
> Are you in a bad mood today?
>  --your student

Why, no, of course not....  Why do you ask?  All right now, which
one of you *did* that.  Jimmy, open that window a little, will you?
Now let's play the quiet game....
--Mr. G
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:00:40 EDT
From:         Evelyn <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Law of Supply and Demand
              28 Aug 1992 12:42:52 LCL from <haycock@MARLEY.THINK.COM>

This reminds me of a joke I heard recently:  A guy was given three
wishes by a genie.  His first wish was to be a really cool stud.  He
ended up on a car in Chicago during the winter.

Evelyn
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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 01:08:28 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Aspiration

>	>Ditto. I've no idea what 'eighth' is relevant to either, but it's a
>	>good word to drop in morphological conversations.
>	>
>	>G
>
>	Why, what is it an example of?
>
>I've no idea.  It's a good one, though.
>
>G

Thanks for the tip. Will go to the Linguistics Dept and shout "eighth"
first thing tomorrow.

tushar
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Date:         Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:34:48 -0500
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: bumper sticker
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On Mon, 31 Aug 1992, Doris Smith wrote:
> > Sorry, doris sis, but you get a D- on this one.  Either study more
> > or go sit in the corner.  That one over there.  And wipe that smile
> > off your face, please.
>
> Well, I *never*!
> May I have a counselor's request form, please?
> -your student (who is going to change from this grump's class)

Gilbert, I want you to come take over my academic study period
class...you're just what they need!
ndh
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Date:         Sun, 23 Aug 1992 06:20:30 CDT
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Square roots and things
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I've had the gibberish experience before.  E.g., sometimes after I've
run strange animated files on Ra (things people have sent me, not things
that live on Ra), my screen turns to gibberish.  Frank Peters once explained
to me why it happened, but I've forgotten the explanation now.  Wouldn't
it be great if I could find some kind of way to have a hardwired connection
between his brain and mine.  The disk space in my brain is much too small
to hold all the stuff that's in his brain, but it would be wonderful if I
could access his brain remotely any time I wanted to.  As it is now, it's
more like having to do ftp by mail -- sending him a request for info rather
than doing a direct search.

Merde.  Now the thunder is getting close.  It may be logoff and unplug
computer time.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:18:30 EDT
From:         jcs <GE777009@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Words-l All-Amazon Task Force
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>> >    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
>> I'm interested, too, particularly if they aren't yellow. :-)  I like
>> turquoise and navy.
>
>Hmmmm, I like red or turquoise.  And count me interested also.
>Doris

I like purple. its the color of royalty.

oh. what are we talking about here? i think i missed something.

T shirts? or Sweatshirts?

jenna 'back to school today'
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:54:16 CDT
From:         Tushar Samant <tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Aspiration

>Not many English speakers (or at least speakers of American English) would
>have /t/ in the middle of "bottom" or "total."  They'd have a flap.  In
>the case of "total," some would also not have the second vowel -- they'd
>have a syllabic /l/.

I was thinking of something like the "p" in "incorporated".


>> PS    It's going to be pretty hard to find morphemes which are not
>> separated as syllables.
>
>I'm not sure what you're saying.  Morphemes not separated as syllables??
>What about "dogs"?  Two morphemes, one syllable.

I meant a morpheme spread over adjacent syllables. That was what was in
question then, not syllables spread over morphemes.

In any case, please keep this on hold till I ask people personally to
pronounce these same words, inside sentences. Thanks to everyone who
replied. However, email replies will have lot less weightage than what
I hear. I am sorry I asked for replies - didn't know what I was doing.

tushar
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