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From: mcbryde@navier.math.uh.edu (Jack Mcbryde)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan Was: Re: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 04:50:11 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
Distribution: houston
NNTP-Posting-Host: navier.math.uh.edu

In article <6OQM0CC@taronga.com> arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
>In article <8293@lib.tmc.edu>, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>> In article <C0C090.JxC@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
>> >I bashed my tv screen out watching the Oilers...
>> 
>> At least you didn't do it like one guy they mentioned on the radio: he used
>> his pistol.
>
>Okay, so what was it the Oilers did on tv?

It's even better (worse) than the previous posters have described. The Oilers
had a 35-3 lead two minutes into the third quarter and lost the game. To give
some perspective:

The record comeback in NFL history previously had been coming back from a 28
point deficit. This had happened once.

The second best comeback was 25 points. (happened once)

If I remember correctly, someone had blown a 24 point lead only 2 or 3 times in NFL history.

Last year the Oilers took fourth place in NFL playoff history by blowing a 15
point lead to Denver.

Now they hold the record for blowing a lead. They hold the record for blowing
a lead in the playoffs and they hold fifth place (for last year) for blowing a 
lead in the playoffs.

later,
jack

--
jack      mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu    * All I ask of Thee, Lord
* Christ died for our sins.  Dare we    * Is to be a drinker and fornicator
* make his martyrdom meaningless by     * An unbeliever and a sodomite
* not committing them? - Jules Feiffer  * And then to die. - Claude de Chauvigny
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (Daniel Shelton)
Subject: 1983 Overseas High School Reunion
Reply-To: dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (Daniel Shelton)
Organization: Univ of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:32:49 GMT

Hello All,

	If you graduated, or know someone who graduated, from an American high school overseas in 1983, please get in contact with me.   
 
There is a massive multi-school reunion in Dallas in August and I can give you the information.

dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu
(210) 691-5594

Later,

Daniel Shelton
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: bill@leeweyr.sccsi.com (Bill Lee)
Subject: Re: Currents
Organization: Lee Aerie
Distribution: houston
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 01:59:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.032750.20287@nntpserver.chevron.com> hdnea@usho92.hou281.chevron.com (David Neal) writes:
>In article <COSC176T.93Jan5165459@menudo.uh.edu> cosc176t@menudo.uh.edu (Jason Asbahr) writes:
>>
>>I haven't eaten currents since that trip to East Germany!  You know,
>>those little red berries often served with milk.  I have an incredible
>>craving for currents -- can anyone tell me where to buy them in
>>Houston?
>>
>>Thanks!  :-)
>>
>
>Jason,
>
>take a pair of wire clippers and snip the cable leading
>to your telvision in half. Now strip the clipped ends
>and apply to your tongue. There, plenty of current.
>
>Currants? Try Whole Earth Foods. :-)
>
Goodness, David. Don't you realize how many little kids there are
out there who will TRY that?  8-{) It's like the old song "My Momma TOLD
me not to beans in my ears.....".

Whoops! What little kids? All we got here are computer hacks. (Well.....)8-{)

Whoops!   Where was the smiley supposed to go?

Regards, 

Bill Lee
Xref: sparky houston.general:1298 rec.arts.startrek.current:21930
From: snewton@oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Steven E. Newton)
Newsgroups: houston.general,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Just a note about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Date: 4 Jan 1993 18:53:04 GMT
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <2935214186.0.p00169@psilink.com> p00169@psilink.com (Jeffrey W. Dean) writes:
>
>After a quick check of the TV guide, Yes, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (is 
>is just me or do you have the urge to say Deep Six Nine?) will be on 
>Tuesday night... on Channel 20 at that... but at 7pm.
>
><chuckle> How about Monday's desciription of the ST:TNG episode?  "A new 
>officer accompanies Picard on an important mission."  Maybe someone 
>could convince the TV Guide people to include stardates?  Or even more 
>profound, the name of the episode.  Just a thought.
>
                                                                              
Hey, if they at least get the description to match the actual episode         
that is broadcast they are doing pretty good.  The TV listings guide that     
comes in my Sunday Chronicle often lists the wrong one.
-- 
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            I can hear you well,               |Nobody else speaks for me,
            George Orwell.                     |and I speak for no one else.
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Newsgroups: houston.general
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan Was: Re: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!!
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Distribution: houston
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:41:55 GMT

In article <C0CtpG.6w8@moxie.hou.tx.us>, hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
> arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
> 
> > Okay, so what was it the Oilers did on tv?
> 
> Look on the front page of today's newspaper. Listen to any
> newscast on tv... The Houston Post describes it:

Ah, well, I don't usually watch the news or read the newspaper, either.
(for reasons I won't get into).

> "set a record for breaking hearts"
> "their most embarrasing loss in franchise history"
> "how can they mess up like this?"
> "This is beyond devastation"
> "If the Oiler fans don't ever buy another ticket, I'd understand" - An Oiler

Why do people take football team losses so seriously?  It's silly.

Tho I'm surprised everyone is having a fit over just a wildcard
playoff.  Back when I used to follow the Oilers (10 - 15 years ago),
it was always the division championship game they blew and it always
seems the loss was to the Steelers.

-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: pedersen@seas.smu.edu (Ted Pedersen)
Subject: U of H computer science dept address
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:48:08 GMT

I would appreciate it if someone could send me either the US mail
adress of the University of Houston Computer Science Department or an
email address. I'm interested in getting more information about their
graduate program. 

Thanks,
Ted Pedersen

Newsgroups: houston.general
From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
Subject:  SWM seeks gumball machine...
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:32:44 GMT

But not just any gumball machine, it has to be the grandest of all.

What are some good stores to check, besides the obvious like
Wal-Mar, Target, and K-Mart?  Are there any large candy stores
around?

(for you local MST3K fans, I'm looking for Tom Servo.)

thanks in advance.

--
Ed McCreary                                               ,__o
mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com                       _-\_<,
"If it were not for laughter, there would be no Tao."  (*)/'(*)
Newsgroups: houston.general,rec.arts.startrek.current
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Just a note about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:30:41 GMT

In article <2935214186.0.p00169@psilink.com>, "Jeffrey W. Dean" <p00169@psilink.com> writes:
> 
> How about Monday's desciription of the ST:TNG episode?  "A new 
> officer accompanies Picard on an important mission."  Maybe someone 
> could convince the TV Guide people to include stardates?  Or even more 
> profound, the name of the episode.  

Sounds like "Ensign Ro."

(Do I sound like a trekkie or what?)
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!! (was Re: Deep Space Nine)
Date: 4 Jan 1993 15:33:50 GMT
Distribution: houston
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <C0C090.JxC@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
>I bashed my tv screen out watching the Oilers...

At least you didn't do it like one guy they mentioned on the radio: he used
his pistol.

Geez. Next thing you know, they'll be talking about us like they do about
Chicago Cubs fans.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
      "Science is all in the public domain, and allows few secrets."
              -- Tom Clancy, _The Sum of all Fears_
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: rbutera@owlnet.rice.edu (Robert John Butera)
Subject: Bank Info Wanted
Organization: Rice University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:37:29 GMT

After seeing the minimum balance on my interest checking account go up
yet again, I've decided to punt Nations Bank and look for a new one.
Are there ANY banks in Houston that are both solvent and have
satisfied customers?   I'm looking for a checking account that is
either interest bearing with a minimum balance or simply one that is
as cheap as possible.  The two offered by Nations Bank (new rates
as of 2/1/93) are:

*	$750 minimum balance.  NO interest.  No fee when above
	balance, fee when below balance.

*	$1250 minimum balance.  Pays interest (currently below 2%).
	Fee assessed when below minimum balance.  I think the fee is
	going up to $12.50/month.

Any better deals out there?

-- 
  Rob Butera        |    "I can be bought.  I have no pride.  If they
  ECE grad student  |     paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan."   
  Rice University   |
  Houston, TX       |                    - charles barkley
From: miller@hmsp04.wg3.waii.com (Griff Miller X7114)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Quotes
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:39:59 GMT
Distribution: houston
Organization: Western Geo. - Div of Western Atlas Intn'l Inc., Houston, TX

In article <1ib423INN7lt@menudo.uh.edu> mcbryde@navier.math.uh.edu (Jack Mcbryde) writes:
>--
>jack      mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu    * All I ask of Thee, Lord
>* Christ died for our sins.  Dare we    * Is to be a drinker and fornicator
>* make his martyrdom meaningless by     * An unbeliever and a sodomite
>* not committing them? - Jules Feiffer  * And then to die. - Claude de Chauvigny


"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" - Romans 6:1,2

Couldn't resist.  :-)

Happy New Year, all.
--
Griff Miller > miller@monarch.wg3.waii.com < use this for email.

          *** My opinions are mine, not Western's. ***

   "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but 
    fools despise wisdom and discipline."   - Proverbs 1:7
From: mitchell@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Philip Mitchell)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:08:29 GMT
Followup-To: houston.general
Distribution: houston
Organization: UTexas Health Sci. Center

In article <JERMC4L@taronga.com>, arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
wrote:
> 
> Why do people take football team losses so seriously?  It's silly.
> 

The same reason people are emotionally affected by movies, novels, music,
or social conventions for that matter.  We make emotional investments in
lots of symbolic things.  In Houston, it's probably fortunate that you
aren't afflicted/affected by football.  But it's the rare person indeed
that isn't affected by something others consider silly.


Phil Mitchell                        Office of Academic Computing
UT Health Science Center  6431 Fannin MSB 4.022, Houston, TX 77030
voice: (713) 794-1189      internet: mitchell@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu
Xref: sparky houston.general:1314 rec.arts.startrek.current:22170
From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
Newsgroups: houston.general,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Just a note about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 17:51:36 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

><chuckle> How about Monday's desciription of the ST:TNG episode?  "A new
>officer accompanies Picard on an important mission."  Maybe someone
>could convince the TV Guide people to include stardates?  Or even more
>profound, the name of the episode.  Just a thought.

     Hmm... sounds like "Ensign Ro" to me.
 
     TV Guide here does a pretty good job with both the reruns and
     first-run broadcasts, that sounds like a rare slip-up on TVG's
     part.
     
     By the way, our local station just decided to show us the episode
     "Unification 2" before "Unification 1" in the rerun schedule.
     Jeez...
     
     -Brian

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Newsgroups: houston.general
From: edens-a@rice.edu (John C. Edens)
Subject: net access via BBS wanted
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:54:56 GMT

Could anyone tell me how to access Internet/E-mail
besides using a university account?

Thanks

John
From: mcbryde@navier.math.uh.edu (Jack Mcbryde)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Re: Bank Info Wanted
Date: 8 Jan 1993 03:10:15 GMT
Organization: UH Dept of Math
NNTP-Posting-Host: navier.math.uh.edu

In article <C0I16I.Mnq@rice.edu> rbutera@owlnet.rice.edu (Robert John Butera) writes:
>Are there ANY banks in Houston that are both solvent and have
>satisfied customers?   I'm looking for a checking account that is
>...

I don't know exactly what deals are available at Riverway bank, but it's the
first bank I've ever been happy with in about 20 years of dealing with
banks. It seems like the deal on my account is

	$1000 to open. Minimum kept over $1000 no service charge. If it
	drops below then the service charge is $15. But the ATM card doesn't
	charge a service charge at *any* machine. (If the machine charges
	it gets passed on, but most don't.)

I know that they have some kind of interest bearing account, but I don't
know any details. Typical of the service is: Several times I've had one person
in line ahead of me. The teller at the commercial window would ask me to come
over there. And one time there were 3 people in line. They opened another
window.

later,
jack
--
jack      mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu    * All I ask of Thee, Lord
* Christ died for our sins.  Dare we    * Is to be a drinker and fornicator
* make his martyrdom meaningless by     * An unbeliever and a sodomite
* not committing them? - Jules Feiffer  * And then to die. - Claude de Chauvigny
From: mstaple@digsol.jpunix.com (mark stapleton)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Deep Space Nine
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 07:46:06 CST
Organization: Digital Solutions, Inc. Houston, TX.

Well, what did everyone think about the new Star Trek spinoff? I rather 
enjoyed it, although it did not contain much in the way of surprises or 
novel characters. And the flashback sequences (no matter how bizarrely 
they were handles) were a rather clumsy way for the viewer to become 
acquainted with Cmdr. Cisco.
But at least we now firmly have a new race to boo and hiss at (we needed 
<<someone>> to replace the klingons, and not everyone on the station is 
going to have that politically correct blandness that ST:TNG is infamous 
for. (Please, God, before I die, give me one wintery night, a roaring 
fire in the fireplace, a 100-year-old bottle of brandy, and Beverly 
Crusher in a black lace teddy.)
 
Number Two, the Green Dome
From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: houston.general
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan Was: Re: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 17:29:57 GMT
Distribution: houston
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <JERMC4L@taronga.com> arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
>Why do people take football team losses so seriously?  It's silly.

Ever been built up and then let down suddenly? For 32 minutes of football, the
Oilers were playing like they could win the Super Bowl. They were utterly
invincible. Then, they changed into a bunch of goof-offs who couldn't beat my
high school team on a bad day.

It wasn't just a loss. If they'd been clobbered throughout, or lost a close
one just because Buffalo was better, that would be one thing. This one was a
total collapse, and we feel let down.

>Tho I'm surprised everyone is having a fit over just a wildcard
>playoff.  Back when I used to follow the Oilers (10 - 15 years ago),
>it was always the division championship game they blew and it always
>seems the loss was to the Steelers.

For the past couple of years, this team looked like it could avenge those
losses. Now? I'm not even willing to bet they'll make the playoffs next year.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
      "Science is all in the public domain, and allows few secrets."
              -- Tom Clancy, _The Sum of all Fears_
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Not a Football Fan Was: Re: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!! 
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Distribution: houston
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:53:16 GMT

In article <8293@lib.tmc.edu>, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
> In article <C0C090.JxC@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
> >I bashed my tv screen out watching the Oilers...
> 
> At least you didn't do it like one guy they mentioned on the radio: he used
> his pistol.

Okay, so what was it the Oilers did on tv?
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney)
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan Was: Re: $%&#$^*&$^&*%$#%^ Oilers!! 
Organization: Home
Distribution: houston
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:08:00 GMT

arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:

> Okay, so what was it the Oilers did on tv?

Look on the front page of today's newspaper. Listen to any
newscast on tv... The Houston Post describes it:

"The greatest choke in history"

"set a record for breaking hearts"

"their most embarrasing loss in franchise history"

"how can they mess up like this?"

"We need a new word in the English language to describe it"

"I just don't believe it happened"

"You had to see it to believe it"

"I saw it. And I still don't believe it"

"This is beyond devastation"

"The greatest capitulation in NFL history"

"If the Oiler fans don't ever buy another ticket, I'd understand" - An Oiler

Newsgroups: houston.general
From: kiser@taronga.com (Jim Kiser)
Subject: Re: Not a Football Fan 
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Distribution: houston
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:26:23 GMT

Keywords: 

In article <6OQM0CC@taronga.com> arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
>In article <8293@lib.tmc.edu>, jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>> In article <C0C090.JxC@moxie.hou.tx.us> hackney@moxie.hou.tx.us (Greg Hackney) writes:
>> >I bashed my tv screen out watching the Oilers...
>> 
>> At least you didn't do it like one guy they mentioned on the radio: he used
>> his pistol.
>
>Okay, so what was it the Oilers did on tv?

You also must not be a "news fan" since it is the #1 story on most local
newscasts.  They blew a 32 point lead in the wildcard playoff game.  It
is the "biggest comeback in the history of the National Footbal League."
-- 
      "Never send a bunny to do a duck's job."  - DW
Newsgroups: houston.general
From: zwbm07@hou.amoco.com (Walter Moore)
Subject: Re: Houston magic shops and shows?
Reply-To: zwbm07@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco Corporation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:08:16 GMT

In article ApF@trc.amoco.com,  zjoc01@hou.amoco.com (Jack O. Coats) writes:
>I've never been there, but I understand the "Magic Castle" is good.  It is a dinner theater that specalizes in magic.  Give them a call when you are in town. ... Jack
>


I also have never been there. I talked to someone about this place the other day. 
You pay when you leave. My buddy spent about $110 for 2 people on the dinner 
theater. After the show, you can enjoy individual acts (magic, fortune telling, etc.).
He said he enjoyed it, but wouldn't do it again....

---
TTYL & TANSTAAFL ---------------- Walter Moore 
      Internet: wbmoore@hou.amoco.com

...SCUBA divers do it with depth...blub...blub...blub...


Newsgroups: houston.general
From: zjoc01@hou.amoco.com (Jack O. Coats)
Subject: Re: Houston magic shops and shows?
Reply-To: zjoc01@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:27:14 GMT

I've never been there, but I understand the "Magic Castle" is good.  It is a dinner theater that specalizes in magic.  Give them a call when you are in town. ... Jack

Newsgroups: houston.general
From: mitchelm@htwrm.nerco.com (W.R. Mitchel)
Subject: Re: Bank Info Wanted
Organization: Nerco Oil & Gas, Inc. (Houston,Tx)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:11:49 GMT

Try First Gibralter FSB: no minimum for interest, no service charge
with Automatic Payroll Deposit.  Free ATM at their site, $1.00 elsewhere.

Mitch


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Newsgroups: houston.general
From: merlin@freeside.com (Merlin the Idiot Magi)
Newsgroups: houston.singles
Subject: Why not?
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 23:55:04 CST
Organization: Rivendell BBS / Hou, TX. / +1 713 941 2236

  Ok, break should be over soon, so we will be getting some new faces 
around here, does anyone have an idea for something that the houston 
`community' could do?  Make it all ages, please, not all of us are in 
college yet.  
   `Oh my god, she'll kill me!'  -- Jay Hova, after realizing that his 
`New Year's resolution' had indeed been printed in the January issue of 
Houston (Fitz) Herald.

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From: gmoney@freeside.com (Gentleman)
Newsgroups: houston.singles
Subject: something to do
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 19:21:45 CST
Organization: Rivendell BBS / Hou, TX. / +1 713 941 2236

good question, makes it tough since your not in college.  How about a 
really big all day party, including sports events, prizes, and the like.  
Just a thought


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Rivendell BBS -*- Houston, TX -*- +1(713)941-2236