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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Eeyore's Evil Twin)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: jewelry store recommendation needed
Date: 16 Nov 92 06:24:59 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pooh Corner Country Club -- A Planned Community

dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:

>I lost a stone in a ring and I would like to have it replaced. It was orginally  
>a ruby but I don't think I can afford to have another one in it's place so I  
>was thinking of maybe a garnet.

>Do you know anyplace where I could have this done?

I have all my work done by the folks at Gemcraft on Steven's Creek in Santa
Clara (a couple of blocks west of Valley Fair). They do their own
manufacturing on site (and do so for a number of other jewelers; it's always
fun to see what boxes are in the back room), generally mark up their stones
less than most jewelers and do exceptional work for less money. 

I discovered them when I was trying to have some loose stones set into
earrings, and their quote was a good 30% lower than anyone else I talked to.
The settings they made were exceptionally well made (lots of gold). I've
since had a number of things done by them including a custom earring set
that they not only went searching for proper stones for me but bought half a
dozen pair of stones just so I could choose the ones I prefer (smart folks:
I ended up having two sets made....).

They're also very friendly, willing to sit down and explain, and have never
pressured me to buy anything. Not that they've really needed to. I can
usually get stones at or below the price my mom gets them at the Jewelry
Mart in LA, which drives her crazy (hehe. I can't do that with her often
with jewelry.)

Their stones are significantly better than I've seen anywhere in the Bay
Area, and if they don't have it, they'll contact their stone broker and
bring it in for you. They even stock unusual stones like ionite and really
rare stuff like tanzanite (when they can get it. I wish I could afford it).

They're at 408-248-4440. Talk to Tony.

-- 
            Chuq "IMHO" Von Rospach, ESD Support & Training (DAL/AUX)
                      Member, SFWA =+= Editor, OtherRealms
                chuq@apple.com | GEnie: MAC.BIGOT | ALink:CHUQ 

    I wanna drive the zamboni! I wanna drive the zamboni, yes I do.
From: Contract_Services_Company@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Need Info on "SIPA"... Silicon Valley Indian Professional Assoc
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 11:04:05 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)


Hi,

I need information on "SIPA" ..Silicon Valley Indian Professional
Association.
* Memberships, contacts and meetings.....

E-Mail to Sheree...
From: billd@informix.com (William Daul)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Getting to Mike Malone (Ch. 54) host --- electronically
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:58:55 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
Originator: billd@cheetah

Does anyone know if Mike Malone has email access?  He is the technical
person at KETH channel 54 in San Jose.

Thanks,  --Bill
-- 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 William Daul             Advanced Support      INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC.
 4100 Bohannon Dr.        (415) 926-6488 - wk
 Menlo Park, CA. 94025    uunet!infmx!billd  or  billd@informix.com
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: pedwards@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Paul N Edwards)
Subject: Anyone know of cheap long-term parking at SFO?
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:04:29 GMT

I'll be gone for a week at Thanksgiving and don't want
to pay $8 a day for long-term parking. Is there a cheaper
alternative nearby in both distance and time? I'm returning
on a 10:30 p.m. flight, so the bus lines are probably out.
From: dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: jewelry store recommendation needed
Date: 13 Nov 92 21:56:20 GMT
Reply-To: dboyd@informix.com
Distribution: ba
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.


Hi there,

I lost a stone in a ring and I would like to have it replaced. It was orginally  
a ruby but I don't think I can afford to have another one in it's place so I  
was thinking of maybe a garnet.

Do you know anyplace where I could have this done? The stone would need to  
match (in shape) other stones that are also in the ring.

Thanks, Diana
Xref: sparky ba.general:5032 ba.market.housing:3953 ba.market.misc:8663
From: acmckay@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Alan McKay)
Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.market.housing,ba.market.misc
Subject: Roommate Wanted To Share 2 Bedroom House In Hayward
Keywords: Roommate Wanted
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:19:50 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pacific * Bell


Roommate wanted to share 2 bedroom house in Hayward.

Available:	 Dec. 3

The Room:	 Furnished or Unfurnished
	   	 $450.00 + 1/2 utilities

The House: 	 Close to 92 & 880

Me: 		 I have 2 dogs, a parrot and a lizard.

You: 		 Animals would have to be discussed. 

Call for appointment or more information.

	Thanks,

	Cindy Colombo
	Home: 510/782-6736
	Work: 510/831-4192


Please do not responed to this account or NETNEWS,
as I am posting this for a non NETNEWS friend.
 
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: rcoryell@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Coryell)
Subject: Housemate wanted Bolinas
Summary: room for rent in bolinas in december or january
Keywords: Roomate housemate rental housing roommate 
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:31:31 GMT


We're losing a roommate soon... the commute is too much for him.
Room will open up in January or earlier. Rent between 475 - 525 monthly
(depending on how we shuffle the bedrooms)  Casual easygoing household
with dogs and a nice yard... another dog might be acceptable, but no
cats. We need open minded but responsible, with a steady source of bux
for the rent. One roommate works early hours, so this is a pretty quiet
house at in the evening... usually.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: marshall@Ingres.COM (Success is Doing What you Love...)
Subject: startup companies
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Keywords: 
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:01:05 GMT

Has anyone out there in e-land heard of a company called 'intouch'? I'd 
appreciate any and all information you can tell me about it.

Thanks. 
Xref: sparky ba.general:5029 ba.dance:99
From: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Newsgroups: ba.general,ba.dance
Subject: Re: Which "Nutcracker" to see?
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:09:04 GMT
Reply-To: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Distribution: ba
Organization: KUFX 94.5 FM Stereo, San Jose, CA 'The Fox'

In article <1e99b7INNmhn@fido.asd.sgi.com> close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close) writes:
>I thought I'd finally get out to see the "Nutcracker Suite" as
>performed by one of the various ballet companies this year.  To my
>surprise I have many, many choices.  Can anyone give me an idea of
>which are "must sees" and which are "misses"? 

There's NO DOUBT about it... The one you and everyone should rush to
see is the Santa Clara Ballet performance:

+ In a nice facility - Santa Clara Convention Center
+ Large free parking lot
+ Right off the freeway (101 at Great America Parkway) 
+ Big name soloists - Andre Reyes from SF Ballet, Tina LeBlanc from
Joffrey.
+ Nice costumes and sets  
+ Attractive ticket prices - top ticket is $15 
+ Overall high level of dancing by the company 

Incidentally, this and other performances are a presentation of the
full length Nutcracker ballet (net running time about 90 minutes for
the Santa Clara version) and not just a suite.  The term "Suite"
usually implies a condensed version.   

Tickets are available from BASS, or I can sell them to you if you
happen to be near the KUFX studios in North San Jose by the
Mercury-News.

DISCLAIMER: I am in every way connected with the Santa Clara Ballet
Company and will appear in three sections of the performance! Also, I
have completely redone the music production.   


-- 
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94.5 |...   |___|_____..duncan@ravel.ati.com  | Jim Duncan  
FM   |          H                             | ----------   
********  \_____I_____/  37 3 10N/121 59 10W  ************** 
Xref: sparky ba.general:5016 rec.arts.dance:862
From: close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Diane Barlow Close)
Newsgroups: ba.general,rec.arts.dance
Subject: Which "Nutcracker" to see?
Followup-To: ba.general
Date: 16 Nov 1992 23:03:03 GMT
Organization: Self employed, eh.
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: lunch.wpd.sgi.com

I thought I'd finally get out to see the "Nutcracker Suite" as
performed by one of the various ballet companies this year.  To my
surprise I have many, many choices.  Can anyone give me an idea of
which are "must sees" and which are "misses"?  Among the ones I'm
considering are the San Francisco ballet, the San Jose Ballet (San
Jose performances), the San Jose Ballet at their Cupertinto
performances, and the Santa Clara ballet.

-- 
Diane Barlow Close
	close@lunch.wpd.sgi.com 
	I'm at lunch today.  :-)
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: kamooni@pb2esac.uucp (Ken Moonitz)
Subject: Re: mice killers wanted
Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, Oakland, CA.
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:56:55 GMT

In article <1eefueINNr8a@morrow.stanford.edu> HF.CRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Craig Snarr) writes:
>Hello there
>
>  I have a friend who has gone from the "i have mice, but i don't
>want to kill them" so i got a couple of those 'humane' traps, and
>she would catch them and take them out to let them go.  Now she has
>reached the "I CAN HEAR THEM AT NIGHT! I WANT THEM DEAD AND GONE!"


I've had good luck with the black plastic ones from K-Mart.

They have a hole you fill with peanut butter and set the bail

like the old wood ones, but there is two bails so you never touch

the one that squashes Mickey.  It also has a yellow band on the 
 
second bail to indicate when its tripped.


Newsgroups: ba.general
From: markm@netcom.com (Mark Mavroudis)
Subject: Re: patent rights.
Keywords: Math is your friend...
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  
Distribution: ba
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:41:31 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.185145.27954@leland.Stanford.EDU> eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello) writes:
[more Japan bashing]

>says he's owed 28-dollars for each of the eight-Million fax machines
                ----------                 ------------- 
28 times 8,000,000 equals 224,000,000.

>exported from Japan since 1984. That's more than 208-Million dollars.
                                                  -----------
Yep, that's right.  224 is more than 208.  

Thanks!  MM
-- 
Mark Mavroudis markm@netcom.COM
From: cole@unix.SRI.COM (Susan Cole)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: PET FAIR 11/21 in Los Gatos
Date: 19 Nov 92 00:38:56 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, California



=== PET FAIR ===	=== PET FAIR ===	=== PET FAIR ===

		Saturday, November 21, 11 am to 2 pm
		Front lawn of Los Gatos High School

Address:
	20 High School Court
	Los Gatos, CA  94032

... Prizes ... Free Samples .... Awards ... Services ... Family Fun ...

Bring your pet!  You may participate in any of the following contests: 

	- Pet Fashion Show
	- Ugliest Pet Contest
	- Pet/Owner Look-alike Contest (How would you like to win both
		this and the previous one?)
	- Pet Talent Contest

There is an entry donation of $2 per contest.  The donations go to
the Recreation Department Scholarship fund.


	FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL CARL RETTINGER (408)354-8700


=== PET FAIR ===	=== PET FAIR ===	=== PET FAIR ===
From: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: WANTED: Doctor recommendations
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:33:02 GMT
Reply-To: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

Time for a physical again, and my company has changed health plans, so
I'm in the market for a good internist or general practitioner.  Does
anybody have any strong recommendations?  I live in Sunnyvale and work
in San Jose, as far as geography goes.  Thanks a lot!

    Wayne Hathaway               domain: wayne@Ultra.COM
    Ultra Network Technologies     uucp: ...!ames!ultra!wayne
    101 Daggett Drive             phone: 408-922-0100 x132
    San Jose, CA 95134              FAX: 408-433-9287
From: mcb@baudrillard.postmodern.com (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Any banks with modem access in the Bay Area?
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:24:29 GMT
Organization: Postmodern Consulting, San Francisco, California USA

In the referenced article, bryce_jasmer@next.com (Bryce Jasmer) writes:
> [...]
> A friend, who still lives in Portland, has a CU that has modem access. You  
> can set up various authorized outpayment companies (the phone company,  
> gas/elecrtic, Nordstroms, etc.) and you can dial in every month and have the  
> CU write and send out the checks, all automatically. All in all, it was  
> pretty secure because you would have to set up authorized places to send  
> checks to. Of course, there was also the full range of account statements,  
> histories, transfering between various subparts of your account.
> [...]
> Does anyone know of a bank/CU that does this in the Bay Area? 

Both Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank offer this; the services are
fundamentally the same.  I have Wells Fargo Online, which you can
access via Prodigy or directly.  It costs $12.95/month, which is
overpriced if you ask me, and the quality of service is not very good,
plus (at least in my case) you have to put up with the Prodigy
interface.

All the basic services are there (transfers, statements, etc.), but it
is really optimized for bill payments.  You can make payments to any
business entity (if they don't already have them on file, they'll add
them for you).  Some merchants accept direct (EFT) payments; in the
usual case, the bank generates paper checks and stubs (with your
name and any account number) and mails them.  In Wells Fargo's case,
the payments are actually processed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust
(MHT) in New York, and bulk-shipped back to S.F. to be mailed.

The service is reasonably reliable, but not superb.  They have lost or
delayed several payments, and they rob you of the float on payments.
You also can only pay bills from one bank account (though you can link
a number of bank accounts to your online account).  The customer
service people are relatively friendly but not terribly competent.  It
is somewhat more convenient than writing out the equivalent number of
cheques each month, though.

--
Michael C. Berch  
mcb@postmodern.com
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: gordon@rahul.net (Gordon Vickers)
Subject: ATTENTION Sunnyvale TCI users
Organization: a2i network
Distribution: ba
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:58:03 GMT

       You may have recently received a questionare asking you to rank
   (in order of preferance) various existing and potential cable channels.
   Also on this form, is a request for comments.
       I am hoping many of you will use the comment section to indicate
   a desire for BBC TV.  Hey, it's a small world now, and TCI could probably
   carry this (or any network from another country) if they believe a
   significant number viewers exist.
 
Gordon Vickers 408.734-2564   My email always forwards to:  gordon@kpy.com
KPY Network Partners, Sunnyvale,Ca
System integrators. Unix/VMS/MsDos/Novel/TCP-IP/the-whole-nine-yards
The earth is a complex array of symbiotic relationships: Every extinction,
  whether animal, mineral, vegetable, or cultural hastens our own demise.
-- 
Gordon Vickers <gordon@rahul.net>
From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: jewelry store recommendation needed
Date: 17 Nov 92 02:56:33 GMT
Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA

In article <1992Nov13.215620.26792@informix.com> dboyd@informix.com writes:
>
>Hi there,
>
>I lost a stone in a ring and I would like to have it replaced. It was orginally  
>a ruby but I don't think I can afford to have another one in it's place so I  
>was thinking of maybe a garnet.
>
>Do you know anyplace where I could have this done? The stone would need to  
>match (in shape) other stones that are also in the ring.
>
    It really shouldn't cost that much for a new ruby.

    Most of the mall jewelry stores can send the ring out for
    estimate and repair.  However, if you go to SF, the jewelers in
    the "diamond ghetto" near Union Square can probably do it while
    you wait.  

    A new natural ruby will be a bit more, but synthetics are really
    cheap...the cost of setting is about the same as the stone.
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab)
Subject: paying PacBell by touchtone
Organization: user of Netcom Public Access Unix, SF Bay Area
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:04:13 GMT

In the USMail today, I received the announcement that I can now pay my
phone bills via touchtone phone. The service is completely free. To set
it up, all I had to do is send them a blank voided check (I assume so that
they can notify my bank) and check the YES! box on their literature.

Are we the first in the State? West Coast? Country? to be offered this
service? Sounds like a great idea...

Any comments? experiences?


            -marvin


-- 
Marvin Raab                                  
marv@netcom.com                              Mountain View, CA 94040
apple.com!netcom.com!marv                    415-961-6501 (h)
From: eager@eagercon.com (Michael J. Eager)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: patent rights.
Date: 17 Nov 92 06:24:36 GMT
Reply-To: eager@eagercon.com
Organization: Eager Consulting

In article 27954@leland.Stanford.EDU, eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello) writes:
>(UPI) -- Gaithersburg inventor Peter Tsakanikas says Japan owes
>American inventors millions of dollars in royalties for certain gizmos
>used in facsimile machines. Tsakanikas is planning to show up today at
>the U-S Japan Friendship Celebration at B-W-I Airport Marriott Hotel. He
>says he's owed 28-dollars for each of the eight-Million fax machines
>exported from Japan since 1984. That's more than 208-Million dollars.

And has he been able to pursue a lawsuit successfully?  Are there other
manufactures who are paying him royalties?

Did you read about the recent suit by a man who claimed that all of the auto
makers owed him royalties and damages for patent infringement on intermittent
windshield wipers?  The auto makers had offered him a small amount.  He
was finally awarded the royalties plus what the court felt he would have
made if he had been able to start a company producing the wiper parts.

You know, the strange thing about this is that there weren't any Japanese
in this story.  There must be something wrong. 

---
Michael J. Eager		Michael.Eager@eagercon.com
Eager Consulting		(415) 325-8077 
1960 Park Boulevard, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1141
From: jdoskow@ichinen.Tymnet.COM (Jonathan Doskow)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Recommendations for PowerBook rental?
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:41:25 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: BT North America (Tymnet)

A friend is coming to the Bay Area next week and would like to rent an
Apple PowerBook to use during his stay.

Can anyone recomment a computer store or rental agency that has that
machine and is reasonable to deal with, preferably in S.F. or Berkeley?

Thanks
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
She can marry a taxi driver.  I don't care.

Opinions expressed are those of the author.  jdoskow@Tymnet.COM
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Monday, 16 Nov 1992 13:26:20 PST
From: Tony Roder <TONY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: Need San Francisco Hotel Recommendations
Distribution: ba

Based on our experience, I would disrecommend Mark Hopkins...  A little
worn at the seams, not as fresh as I had expected...  If price is not a
serious consideration, think of the Ritz Carlton, just two blocks away,
brand new, elegant, attractive large rooms (the one we visited was large);
or the grand-fantasy hotel Miramar (do I have the name right?) in Sausalito.

-----------------------------------
Tony Roder, speaking his mind .....
From: rickk@public.BTR.COM (Rick)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Big Sur in December
Keywords: Weather Info Request
Date: 22 Nov 92 23:47:53 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. For info contact: info@BTR.COM

I'm considering a workshop at Esalen in the latter half of
December.  Anyone able to tell me about weather there at
that time of year  (i.e., foggy all day, warmer than
in the bay area, in 40's, 60's, 70's, etc.) or, put in
terms of shirtsleeves; sweatshirts; heavy jackets needed?

Thanks!  (post to ba.general or email to: rickk@btr.com)


-- 
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!       (rickk@btr.com)
From: rickk@public.BTR.COM (Rick)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Entertainment book
Keywords: In Palo Alto
Date: 22 Nov 92 23:02:02 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. For info contact: info@BTR.COM

In Palo Alto area, book is available at Jewish Community Center,
on Arastradero west of El Camino.

(Standard disclaimer ... not a member, no personal interest)


-- 
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!       (rickk@btr.com)
Newsgroups: ba.general
From: pam@netcom.com (Pamela Araki)
Subject: Notebook Computer Recommendation?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:56:17 GMT

Hi!  I know this is the wrong newsgroup to post this to, but I know
it is a friendly newsgroup and someone might direct me to the 
correct newsgroup.

I saw a notebook computer at Fry's in Sunnyvale and was wondering
if it had a reputation of being good/bad/no rep at all?  It was a
n Avanti 486?  Has anybody had any experience with it?  I was also
thinking of buying one of the new Mac notebook computers like the
Powerbook 160.

Even though I'm in the wrong newsgroup, does anyone have any
opinions on these computers?

Thanks!                  

-pam (lost in netnews) araki
From: linda-k@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Linda Knight)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: history
Summary: compaired to a parallel to the 1980's
Keywords: 1920's
Date: 23 Nov 92 23:15:01 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Lockheed Santa Cruz, CA.

I am trying to do this last assignment for my History class.  I need to 
compair the parallels for the 1920's to the 1980's.  Grantd the 20's had
flair, depression, boot-legging, gansters, but how do I cmpard this to the
1980's.  I have done some research of this, but am still stumped.  Can anyone
direct me to get me started.
From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: ba.general
Subject: Re: patent rights.
Date: 17 Nov 92 03:00:09 GMT
Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA

In article <1992Nov16.185145.27954@leland.Stanford.EDU> eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello) writes:
>(UPI) -- Gaithersburg inventor Peter Tsakanikas says Japan owes
>American inventors millions of dollars in royalties for certain gizmos
>used in facsimile machines. Tsakanikas is planning to show up today at
>the U-S Japan Friendship Celebration at B-W-I Airport Marriott Hotel. He
>says he's owed 28-dollars for each of the eight-Million fax machines
>exported from Japan since 1984. That's more than 208-Million dollars.

I wonder if UPI pays informants on copyright infringements.

Yet another inflammatory posting, quoted without permission from the
source, from your fav poster.

Peter would have MUCH better odds of getting money if he just hired
a lawyer....for that kinda bucks, if there was ANY merit to the
case, a contingency fee deal shouldn't be hard to get.