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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
 <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Two Predictions

Well, not really trying to get something contraversial going (but it has
been kind of quiet lately), but just some thoughts that entered my mind
yesterday.  I was at a Catholic church and one of the priests (who I
really think is a most remarkable person) is fairly tall and slim, probably
late 30's.  The Catholic church, far unlike the church I knew as a child,
allows lay people to assist in the celebration of the mass.  That person
stands behind the altar, with the priest, and does many of the same things
as the priest does including serving the communion to those participating.
Yesterday the lay person was a tall, slim lady, late 30's.  She wore a
jacket-like vestment (may have been the priests sister, looked so much
like him) and it appeared perfectly right for her to be there.  So I was
thinking (1) why could not a priest be female - after all the understanding,
love, teaching, etc. of the Catholic faith is a function of mind and soul
and is not dependent of the gender of the body that that mind and soul
reside in, and (2) why could not a priest be married?  Did not God give
his blessing on marriage?   So my prediction is that (1)  priests will
be allowed to marry, and (2) women will allowed to be priests.  I may
not see this happen in my lifetime, but viewing the two celebrants Sunday,
it would have seemed quite right in my mind for them to both have been
priests ...and married to each other.

Now, how many of you think I am wrong, or my thinking is flawed?

If you feel the need to flame, criticize ideas, not me personally.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:34:18 -0800
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      RE: My first CS assignment: THE WAKATRON!
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        Honestly, I am hard pressed for an answer. I think it will be easier to
        get a job, but that's all I can say about it.

Seriously, I meant it - if that's the standard of your programming, switch
back to maths before its too late.

G
From: ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester)
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Subject: Re: How to deliver a specimen
Date: 17 Nov 92 01:52:37 GMT
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              16 Nov 1992 05:32:18 CST from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

On Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:32:18 CST Natalie Maynor said:
>   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
>     who was once a sperm courier...

Well, in some sense, many/most women are/were.....but methinks you might
mean in the sense of doing it as a <profession> or at least <summer job>

Tell us more.....

dan
From: gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Re: A few words on Alien
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:50:20 GMT
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:13:19 -0600, "Anne Burton Harwell" <harwell@TENET.EDU>
 wrote:
> > This is great stuff! Anne.  How would you analyze the sequel Aliens (1986),
> > especially the climax, which Pauline Kael calls "The Battle of the Big
> > Mamas"?

I seem to have lost some mail- or it's coming in in reverse after the
weekend logjam, and that one hasn't made it here yet.

G
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Things that make you go *sigh*
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> Darn it Doris, that's not the same thing! You could easily buy four packages
> of hot dogs for five of buns and peace is guaranteed! On the other hand,
> buying twelve goddamned fridges just to house eleven (or twenty-two) doz
> isn't something everyone finds convenient!
>
> That's a BIG difference, I say!
>
OK, then how about five children in a house with one bathroom?
doris (whose OLD brain is beginning to atrophy)
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Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:53:06 -0500
Reply-To:     "Ruth M. Hanschka" <ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu>
From:         "Ruth M. Hanschka" <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Southern Culture on the Skids
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>
>Greetings,
>
>No, Ruth, I lack any desire to excell at jigsaw puzzles.  I may have

You and Judith both, kid.:-)  It takes a fair amount of pattern-detection
ability to do the real ones.  <imp mode | on> Maybe you don't want to do
them because you can't? <ducking>

>*revealed* something to your keen analytical mind, but I didn't *volunteer*
>anything.  I'm sure your skills at word games are very difficult to
>measure.
>
Perhaps - but perhaps not.<enigmatic smile>  Maybe someone should bring a
Scrabble set to Salmonbake93?

--
                ###     Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
                        - ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
              Where anything can happen, and it usually does
From: harwell@TENET.EDU (Anne Burton Harwell)
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Subject: Re: Croning
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:39:38 GMT
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On Tue, 17 Nov 1992, Dan Lester wrote:

> Old Fart

ROFL!, good one Dan!

-abh
Who has had the privilege to know many old farts and loves them all
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:05:23 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quiet Night?
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1992, gilbertsmith wrote:

> That one's easy.  -abh, of course, because she is good at
> <tickling my fancy....>, as she has proven already.

Oooh! I can't <perform> under pressurre though!

-abh
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:13:12 EST
From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: One simple (?!) question
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>>How about having a Group Croning for all the WORDies who
>>are elegible at the SalmonBake in July? That will give
>>plenty of time for our Priestesses to work out the
>>ceremony...and by then I should be sure whether I'm
>>entitled...
>
>I like this idea, and would love to participate (as an observer, not a
>cronee).  Judith, I think every woman is entitled!:)
>
>Love, Karen
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>>Does a croning have
>>to take place on the exact date of your 50th birthday?
>
>Natalie--croning is linking to cessation of menstruation, not birthdays.
>
>Karen
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:06:05 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: Things that make you go *sigh*

>>Has anyone else noticed that dialogs with Ruth are startlingly similar
>>to dialogs with Tushar?
>>
>We're identical twins; didn't you know?

This is it. Folks, I have had a happy time out here, participating
in the joys and sorrows, taking a few moments out of a stressful
life to bs about sundry topics. I have flamed, and weathered flames,
and exchanged compliments just this side of mutual bootlicking. I
thought I could take anything, that nothing would ever break my ties
with words-l.

But there is just so much that one can take. Strange I didn't realize
it before. To everyone, thanks for talking to me. Bye,

tushar
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:47:52 -0600
From:         Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: One simple (?!) question
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1992, Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815) wrote:

> High atop the Norn's Rock, Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik notes,
> > Well, technically people who worship (Wotan, Thor, others in
> > Valhalla) are known as heathens.   :-)
>
> As opposed to being known as opera buffs?

Oh, you meant people who worship the Ring Cycle.  Well, they would
definitely count as opera buffs... although I, as an opera lover, am more
of a Mozart/DaPonte person m'self...

> Steve Karlson
>
> Heil Siegfried, treuer Held!

Stravinsky's punishment in Hell will be to play his bassoon parts, while
Wagner's will be to listen to the entire Ring cycle without being allowed
to get up and go to the bathroom... for eternity.  :)

-----Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik-------------------------------*<:-)-------------
"Queens never make bargains."  -- The Red Queen, _Through the Looking Glass_
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:46:36 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject: Re: FYFI

I am quoting the following texts to illustrate the double standards
maintained by Graham Toal:

>Yeah.  In fact I thought we had managed to educate youse guys out of
>this idiocy.  See what happens *every* time someone posts bandwidth
>stats...
>
>G

>As long as you don't let slip that I've been playing tushar since he went
>back to India two months ago...
>
>G

These are posts made by the guy who writes the largest number of
mindless emails to the list, and (same guy) who gives lectures
on how to commit smooth e-oopses.

The seemingly unrelated issues are in fact related, because this
"educating" that Graham believes he single-handedly effected was
attempted by the agency of the most ham-handed e-oops in history.

I have had occasion before to comment on the strange inner world
and the private fantasies of Graham Toal. I feel mentioning them
again would not be inappropriate here.

tushar
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Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:20:25 -0600
From:         Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: All this croning stuff
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1992, gilbertsmith wrote:

> > maybe everybody on here is not after the same thing.
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Excuse me, Susan my dear little niece, but on this you are
> *veeerrry* wrong.  Everybody on here *is* after the same thing.
> To *become* and *remain* the <center of attention>.

Ah, of course, how could I be so remiss?

> Some are better at that than others.

Yes indeedy.

> --ggs (remember me?)

Of course, who could forget?  :)

-----Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik-------------------------------*<:-)-------------
"Queens never make bargains."  -- The Red Queen, _Through the Looking Glass_
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:25:08 EST
From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cincinnati dialect: Update
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>>If I'm not mistaken, this is the exception to Judith's rule of cooking:
>
>>     there is no dish than cannot be improved by either chocolate or
>>     garlic, but not both.
>
>Ah, Judith's cooking! Is it not mama primate who lists the
>four food groups thus:
>      Salt, Grease, Chocolate, Garlic
>Bill

Right. My contribution to last night's meal included the
three basic food groups that fit together. Chocolate goes
well with grease, but seldom with salt or garlic.

love, judith, happy when barefoot in the kitchen, but not
              pregnant or in church...
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:08:42 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 486 for thanksgiving dinner
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> Same here re both lines above.....now....what is the real secret
> to doing, learning, etc DV, Natalie?  I played with it, but figure if

There's no secret that I know of.  I didn't RTFM.  I just used the
installation disk and wandered around in the setup for a little while
experimenting with different settings.  For the most part, the defaults
worked fine.  Basically the only thing I did other than install DV was
add a line somewhere telling it which programs to load every time DV is
loaded (I can't remember now where that line goes in regular DV setup --
I'm using DVX now).  I then added a line in my autoexec.bat to load DV
automatically at bootup.

There are no doubt all kinds of cute things DV will do that I don't know
about since I haven't RTFM or spent much time exploring it.  I'm happy with
it for doing the basics that I want it to do.  Maybe someday I'll look into
the frills.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Sun, 22 Nov 1992 23:39:00 EST
From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ha and ha again
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> So there, take that, Tushar! How many lost sheep have *you* ever returned
> to the fold?
>
> -abh

"There were ninety-and-nine who safely laaaayyyyyy....."
What we have here, I think, is a clear example of transubstantiation.
Of the *most* substantial <sort>.
Did you snag him with the crook of your <staff>, annie dear?
--ggs (who wants -abh to play shepherdette in his new production of
       the Christmas passionate....)
p.s. Tushar gets to do the Wiseman from the *East*.
And Cochran the <babe> in swaddling clothes.
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Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:18:54 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Of Food and Judith's and Alec's Religious Experience
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> Come back in July 1996 Frank and see if your country has clawed its
> way out of its current decline toward banana republicism.  That'll be
> a better test.

Well-said, Graham.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Blethers, revisted.
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:43:05 GMT
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I used the word 'blether' on the list some time ago, and it was picked
up by several people wanting to know more about it (including one guy
on listown-l).

Well, I probably explained that as well as blether/blather, the north
of England had the noun 'blatherskite' (or 'blatherskyte') for a person
who babbles nonsense.  (The Scots version being the apparently related
'blethering skate')

I just discovered today that the 'skyte' in blatherskite is in fact
from an early scandinavian word for shit!  This came up in conversation
today with an Englishman who used the word 'shite' which I always
assumed to be a Scots variant of shit.  He said that no, in fact it
was common in the odd part of England, and was related to some old
Scandinavian word 'skyte'.

Who says we never talking about words...

G
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: Croning
Date: 19 Nov 1992 20:38:13 GMT
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In a previous article, 185422285%VUVAXCOM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu ("Alec D. Plotkin") says:

>>>Profuse apologies from Alec, who now admits it was all a ruse and
>>>never thought anybody would really vote for Clinton?
>
>>We didn't - we voted or Mickey Mouse.  Come to think of it, we *did* vot
>>for Clinton....  But I doubt Alec expected it.:-)
>
>You did'nt. I am would be suprised. It was the obvious choice.

I couldn't - voting for Mickey is now illegal in this state.<sigh>
So I did the next best thing, and rolled a die and voted for one of the 
Three Stooges.

-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
			- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:59:06 EST
From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      This should make you laughable
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From today's Wall Street Journal, which gives samples from a current
exhibit in Brussels organized by the European Community's translation
service:

PARIS HOTEL: Please leave your values at the front desk.

JAPANESE HOTEL: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.

POLISH MENU: roasted duck let loose
                  or
       beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion

SWISS RESTAURANT: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

NORWEGIAN COCKTAIL LOUNGE: Ladies are requested not to have children
                           at the bar.

COPENHAGEN AIRLINE OFFICE: We will take your bags and send them in all
                           directions.

PARIS SHOP: Dresses for street walking.

BANGKOK DRY CLEANER: Drop your trousers here for best results.

ROME DOCTOR'S OFFICE: Specialist in women and other diseases.

ACAPULCO HOTEL: The manager has personally passed all the water
                served here.

--brad
From: maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU (Natalie Maynor)
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Date: 19 Nov 92 02:07:54 GMT
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> Description: KnowBot - online e-mail directory

Speaking of witches and magic and stuff, I find this kind of weird.
I had just been trying to make myself do some more cleaning up of my mess
of files on Ra.  I was in my directory named Net-Stuff (not the ftp dir
by that name -- my own account's dir), scanning the long list of files
and deciding to wait until another time to start fooling with all that
clutter.  The last filename my eyes had fallen upon before I decided to
abandon the clutter-cleaning job and go back to mail was 'knowbot'.
I returned to mail and here came Graham's posting about knowbot.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik <amadeus@CCWF.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: All this croning stuff
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1992, Bandwidth Pig wrote:

> Susan,
>
> You're kidding, right?

About what?  I am not making this stuff up, nor am I posting it in jest.

I guess that means I'm not kidding...

> -abh

-----Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik-------------------------------*<:-)-------------
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Date:         Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:05:00 EST
From:         "Alec D. Plotkin" <185422285@UCIS.VILL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Real BWP Stats
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>I prefer milk to beer.

White Wine is much better then either milk( bleech) or beer(eh).
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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:57:16 -0800
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Real BWP Stats
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        You forgot to include the totals from the "Niteman" address...

        -abh
        oops! I shouldn't have mentioned that!

As long as you don't let slip that I've been playing tushar since he went
back to India two months ago...

G
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Date:         Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:21:52 GMT
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@RACHEL.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: FYFI
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:These are posts made by the guy who writes the largest number of
:mindless emails to the list, and (same guy) who gives lectures
:on how to commit smooth e-oopses.

Maybe we should invite our Prep-H friends back to finish their
quantative study.  (*Is* there a quantitative measure for mindlessness,
Jim?)

G
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Subject:      Re: One simple (?!) question
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Posted on 15 Nov 1992 at 23:33:36 by Judith E. Schrier
>>I'm thinking about having a croning celebration next March, but I have
>>lots of questions.  Is it ok to host your own croning, or does somebody
>>else need to do it?

I don't see why you can't do your own.  I want to do one *for* my friend,
and that should be okay too.  Susan gave what looked like a good bibliography.
I haven't had time to look it up, though.

>How about having a Group Croning for all the WORDies who
>are elegible at the SalmonBake in July? That will give
>plenty of time for our Priestesses to work out the
>ceremony...and by then I should be sure whether I'm
>entitled...

I like this idea, and would love to participate (as an observer, not a
cronee).  Judith, I think every woman is entitled!:)

Love, Karen
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Date:         Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:28:37 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: November 22

>>>>Twenty-nine years.
>>>
>>> How long have you been psychic, Ken?
>>>
>>> G
>>
>>Missing the allusions, today, old man?
>
>Missing the jokes, Ken?
>
>G (Tushar will explain it for you...

I am touched by this faith in me, but sorry to say I don't find
anything remotely funny in all this. Out with it, bounder.

tushar
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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:53:05 CST
From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: One simple (?!) question
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> Natalie--croning is linking to cessation of menstruation, not birthdays.

It's linked to 50th birthday in some places.  Maybe those croners are in
error.  I don't know.  All I know is that croning takes place on 50th
bdays in Huntsville, AL.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)