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From: snolan@postmaster@hq.af.mil (Scott D Nolan)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Laserdisc Rental near Rosslyn?
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:40:34 GMT
Reply-To: snolan@marge.hq.af.mil
Distribution: dc
Organization: 7th Communications Group

In article <C12FIE.64E@visix.com>, dan@visix.com (Daniel K. Appelquist) writes:
|> Anyone know of a good (i.e. large selection) Laserdisc rental place in the
|> vicinity of Rosslyn, ideally around the Courthouse metro stop area?  Thanks!

I have not heard of any.  I regularly use Video Station in Alexandria,
near Landmark Center on South Picket Street off Van Dorn.  They have
good selction, good prices, informed help.  I was hoping to find other
places though because that is a long trek for me... no luck.

I have heard that Metro Video Center on Connecticut Avenue in DC also
rents and sells lasers, but I have never fought DC traffic and parking
laws to find out.

Someone once said that Prince Georges County Library in Hyattsville
(Adelphi Rd.) had rental discs, but I went there about three months
ago and discovered that they do not even know what a laserdisc is.

Good Luck, and forward any new information please.

Scott Nolan
snolan@marge.hq.af.mil

==============================================================

Even if you are on the right path,
If you just sit there you will get run over.

			- will rodgers
From: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Lee Michael Demsey: anniversary
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:33:28 GMT
Reply-To: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.general, bschlesinger@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry Schlesinger) writes:
>>
> In an article that died while my newsreader was not posting, Lawrence
>Mulvihill asked whether the time a pledge is called in governs which
>program the pledge is treated as supporting.  It does.  Not only WAMU
>but other public radio stations gauge support for individual programs
>by the amount pledged while they are on the air.

This is true.  However most public stations across the nation
ask you by mail what programs you listen to and enjoy.  Not only
do they do that, but they pay attention!  Never in all my years
of listening to radio have I heard a popular radio show jerked
from the air in the way that LMD was.  

Some of the best radio on the air comes out of college stations.
KCSM on the west coast used to broadcast new music and *new* sci-fi
and other radio drama.  WVTF, here in VA has repeater stations in
several cities.  It has wonderful music shows, including "Mountain
Stage", a nationally distributed show produced in WV which features
all types of music, from south of the Sahara to zydeco to the blues
to folk.

LMD introduced me to many musicians I had never heard of, and he
also brought them on the air in interviews mixed with their music.

What does WAMU decide it needs more of?  Talk radio.  I agree
that Rheim needs a lesson in talk show manners.

>
From: schmitt@cmf.nrl.navy.mil (George Schmitt)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: bean bag chairs in dc area (where to get)
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:20:37 GMT
Reply-To: schmitt@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
Distribution: dc
Organization: Connection Machine Facility, NRL


hello.

anyone know where in the greater dc area i can 
buy a bean bag chair?

george

(willing to accept a used one (hint... (if the price is right...)))
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: <Healy@space50.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: commuting costs
Reply-To: <Healy@space50.nrl.navy.mil>
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:49:13 GMT

In article <1jdddoINNm1o@mirror.digex.com> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
> 
> Also green line means you stay on till archives or U street,
> and change to a yellow without leaving the platform.  


I don't think this is true.  The green line segment from Fort Totten to
U St. (?) doesn't exist and will not for a while (1997?).  You will
have to change to the red line at Ft Totten then to yellow at L'Enfant.
Someone with a metro map in front of them could confirm this...

Liam Healy

Xref: sparky dc.general:3554 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:36832
From: goltz@mimi.uu.net (James P. Goltz)
Newsgroups: dc.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Optical mice for PCs in DC?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 14:56:31 GMT
Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc.
Distribution: dc
NNTP-Posting-Host: mimi.uu.net

  Does anyone know of optical mice (bus or serial) for IBM PC-type
platforms?

  Does anyone know of a vendor for these in the DC area?

  Email, please; I will summarize.

  Thanks!

--


	--Jim
---
Jim Goltz                    AlterNet Engineer               goltz@uunet.uu.net
From: rlw@fafner (Richard Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: machine knitters group info
Date: 21 Jan 1993 17:21:33 GMT
Organization: IDA, Alexandria, VA
NNTP-Posting-Host: fafner.ida.org
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


The Northern Virginia Machine Knitters Club meets monthly at the
Lincolnia Senior Center in the Landmark area of Alexandria/Fairfax
County.  For more information call Renda Kidwell at 703 978 7383
--
--Dick Wexelblat  (rlw@ida.org) 703 845 6601
  The poets were not alone in sponsoring myths.  Long before them cities
  and law makers had found them to be a useful expedient.... They needed
  to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be
  aroused without myths and marvels. -Strabo (1st Century bce)
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Subject: Radio Talk Hosts (was Re: Lee Michael Demsey: anniversary)
Reply-To: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Organization: Century Computing, Inc.
	<des.78@helix.nih.gov> <20690@muffin.cme.nist.gov>
Distribution: usa
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:22:11 GMT


>>>>> "Don" == Don Libes <libes@cme.nist.gov> writes:

    Don> I disagree.  She is adequate, but far from superlative.
    Don> Surely in all DC there are much better hosts then Rehm?

Personally, I like listening to Derek McGinty (WAMU) and Joel Spivak
(WRC), though I'm not often in the car at those times.  Still, I find
McGinty to be an intellegent guy who usually is pretty tolerant about
letting people (guests and callers) express their views. He's fairly
even keeled too; not proned to ranting. Spivak is fun to listen to --
I like his cynicism.

When I feel the urgent need to vent some frustrations, I'll listen to
Mark Davis (WRC).  I usually disagree with his views and he's an
arrogant, um, person :-), but sometimes its fun to yell at the radio
instead of all the other drivers out there... .:-)

Just, MHO of course.
From: sbayles@mwunix.mitre.org (Scott Bayles)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Landscaper suggestions in No. VA??
Summary: need recommendation for landscapers in the Sterling, VA area
Keywords: landscaper
Date: 28 Jan 93 17:16:09 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

Can anyone recommend a good landscaper to us?? We live in Sterling, so I
guess the company would have to be fairly close to there. Also, any hints
on what to look for in the companies that come out and give us estimates?? 

Thanks,

Scott (sbayles@mitre.org)
From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Looking for a tailor
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:24:26 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: National Library of Medicine


Netfolk,

I inherited a very expensive tuxedo which has been sitting in my closet for
a year and a half.  Now I have a wedding to go to in 10 days, and I'm ready
to get it altered to fit me.  Does anyone know a good, moderately priced,
reasonably fast tailor they can recommend in the Bethesda/Chevy Chase area?
Or, failing that, elsewhere in the DC/NW, Rockville, etc. neighborhood?

Thanks for your suggestions.

			Larry

--
Lawrence Hunter, PhD.
National Library of Medicine
Bldg. 38A, MS-54
Bethesda. MD 20894 USA
tel: +1 (301) 496-9300
fax: +1 (301) 496-0673 
internet: hunter@nlm.nih.gov
encryption: PGP 2.1 public key via "finger hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov"
From: libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Lee Michael Demsey: anniversary
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:34:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology

In article <des.78@helix.nih.gov> des@helix.nih.gov (David E. Scheim) writes:
>In article <29985@oasys.dt.navy.mil> mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) writes:
>
>>What does WAMU decide it needs more of?  Talk radio.  I agree
>>that Rheim needs a lesson in talk show manners.
>
>Because WAMU made a stupid decision to drop LMD, don't blame it on Diane 
>Rehm, please!  Her show has always been in the morning time slot, and was 
>not effected by the decision.  I have always found her as intelligent and 
>objective as talk show hosts come.  -- David Scheim

I disagree.  She is adequate, but far from superlative.  Surely in all
DC there are much better hosts then Rehm?

My specific complaints are:

1) Her logic is inconsistent.  When a listener takes a side she likes,
she will not point out the flaws in the logic.  On sides she doesn't
like, she will point out flaws.  If she can't think of any, she'll
hang up on them.  She doesn't always do this, but she does it enough.
It's impossible to call her objective.

2) She seems particularly insensitive to extreme views - while they
may not work they are often worth analysis.  She rejects many things
too quickly - without explaining why.

2) Her voice is irritating.  It sounds unnatural - very forced.  It
also ranges in volume constantly.  In my car I try to balance the
volume so that it is high enough to be heard over the traffic but low
enough so that it doesn't hurt.  I have to constantly twiddle with the
volume as the dialogue switches between her and her callers.  Perhaps
the station engineers could fix this, but I never have this problem
with their other hosts (this included Cuthbert, Fisk and all the guest
hosts in between).

Don Libes          libes@cme.nist.gov      ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes
Newsgroups: dc.general,comp.bbs.misc,general,alt.bbs.ads
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject:  ** (410)  BBS Offers USENET Access **
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:45:02 GMT

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Newsgroups: dc.general,um.general
From: shapter@socrates.umd.edu (Douglas Shapter)
Subject: Seagate telephone #
Followup-To: sender
Organization: University of Maryland University College
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:35:26 GMT

Hi folks!

I need either a telephone number for Seagate (the hard drive people) or
advice on how to get technical specs (ie, cylinders, heads, etc) on 
their hard drives. Please email me. 

Thanks for your help and time

Doug.
From: karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg)
Subject: Home Inspector Sought (No. VA)
Keywords: House, Buy, Inspector
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Distribution: dc
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 01:45:13 GMT

We are considering purchase of a house and would like to have a home
inspector give it the once over.  Can anyone recommend (positively or
negatively) any such in the Northern VA area?  Thanks.

--
-- Karl -
-- 
Karl A. Nyberg				karl@grebyn.com
Post Office Box 497			Grebyn Corporation
Vienna, VA 22183-0497 USA		+1-703-281-2194
From: pugh@cs.umd.edu (Bill Pugh)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Recommendations for slightly liberal Catholic Church in DC area
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:02:28 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Does anyone have any suggestions for a Catholic Church in the DC 
area (DC / Montgomery / Northern PG prefered) where we won't
get lectured with the Vatican's position on issues such as the 
equality of women, abortion and birth control?

	Bill Pugh
	pugh@cs.umd.edu
From: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Looking for Bands and Parades!
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:22:34 GMT
Reply-To: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I know this isn't the best season for marching bands and parades, but
maybe some net-wisdom is available about plans and schedules over the
next few months -- even to the end of the year.

My young son (2 1/2 yo) has taken a great fancy to marching bands.
Drums, trumpets, bagpipes (!? 8-/!!), and flags waving are special favorites.
Several months ago, we went to a high school marching band competition
at Mount Vernon HS, Alexandria, and he just loved it.  Same with the
Scottish Walk parade last month.  (Crowds deterred attendance at the
Inaugural Parade, but he would have watched TV all day if there had
been more "bagpipes" -- generically equal to "marching band".)

Does anyone know when/where bands are performing and parades are scheduled
in the Washington capitol region over the next few months?  Particularly
good is lots of stirring march music and manageable crowds.

Thanks in advance.  E-mail the answers.  I'll post/mail a summary if anyone
is interested.

					    Sincerely,
					    Fred Wyse
From: terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: G. Gordon Liddy Show Re: New Political Party
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:10:30 GMT
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA

In article <C11uM7.5uK@melpar>, jwidor@melpar (Jeff Widor) writes:
> 
> This message was posted before I read an article in the Times.  It seems
> this organization, known as "Empower America" will remain in the 
> Republican Party.  I have terrible reading retention so I don't remember 
> much about what the organization plans to do.  Hopefully someone with a
> better memory can fill us in with some details.  In the meantime I will look
> for the issue that I the article appeared in and I will post what I find.
>  


What may be happening here is that the 2 major wings of the Republican
Party - the neo-conservative fundamentalist right wing,  and the older
establishment country club wing;  are trying to differentiate themselves
from the other in order to lay early claim on control of the party 
in preparation for the next presidential election.

Since their convention demonstrated the stranglehold that some of the
more extreme elements have on the GOP,  an effort has been underway
the by the moderates to establish an orginaization within the party
that can find solutions for the countrys' ills without dragging the
discussion down into the morass of socially divisive issues that have
plagued them recently.    Possibly this group would function the same
as the Democrats own DLC (Democratic Leadership Council), of which Bill
Clinton is a product.  The DLC focussed the democrats onto moderate
centrist themes of great interest to the majority of americans, rather
than allow the divisive leftist policies of the liberal wing drag the
party down to another presidential defeat. 



Or then again maybe not.

Terry

-- 
 | Terry Cunningham terry@rsi.prc.com | "Donuts!  Is there anything they     |
 | DoD# 541   Diviners of Dreams      |  can't do? "           Homer         |
 | Highly Individual Flaming Idiot    |                                      |
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:35:11 EST
From: <GHADSAL@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: au.general,dc.general
Subject: Lecture <----

     The American University
    College of Arts & Sciences
  Department of Health and Fitness
-------------------------------------
HEALTH & FITNESS LECTURE SERIES 92-93
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"How to Buy Exercise Equipment"

presented by
Billy Coward, M.S.

A presentation of important factors
that should be considered when
purchasing exercise equipment for use
in the home.  Includes tips on
developing programs for both
cardiovascular and strength gains, as
well as audience discussion and
information sharing.

===========>      JANUARY 26th
===========>     4:30 - 5:30 PM

The American Universty
Bender Arena
Kettler - Palmer Lounge    <--------------

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

+    Other Lectures COMING SOON     +

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Feburary 23, 1993  4:30-5:30PM
"International Issues in Health and
Fitness"
Robert C. Karch, Ed.D.
Director, National Center for
Health/Fitness


March 30, 1993  4:30-5:30PM
"Update on the Wellness Model"
Betsy Meholick, M.S.
Danielle Smith, M.Sc.
National Center for Health/Fitness


April 27, 1993  4:30-5:30PM
"Current Health Issues in the Aging
Population"
Linda C. Campanelli, Ph.D.
The American University
From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
Subject: Looking for outdoor wedding site in NVA
Organization: Open Age, Inc.
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:30:16 GMT


Hi All,

I'm getting married in Sept, and we are looking for an outdoor area we can hold
it in.  We will probably have the reception in a hotel, but the ceremony and
stuff will be out doors.  We are looking at Ft. Ward Park, but I wanted other
ideas.  PS this will be a renaissance wedding!


-- 
The Golden Gryphon 				gryphon@openage.COM
"Mad Scientists seeks mindless brawny assistants, good pay, quiet location."
"They're not ghosts,  they're metaphysically challenged." - Me
Openage - The Premier SCO UNIX integrator in the Washington D.C. area
From: kentt@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Babysitting
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:09:23 -0500
Summary: Need a babysitter?
Reply-To: kentt@guvax.georgetown.edu
Followup-To: dc.general
Keywords: Babysitting
Expires: 10 May 93 12:10:24 -0500
Distribution: dc
Organization: Georgetown University

Hi! My name is Tracey Kent, and I'm a student at Georgetown 
University.  I'm looking for babysitting jobs.  I'm great with kids, I 
have a 4 year old brother, and have babysat for many families.  If you 
 would like to go out for a night, and can't find a babysitter, give 
me a call! Please either write to me at kentt@guvax.georgetown.edu or 
call me at 784-7731.
From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: '93 Hamfest Schedule?
Date: 24 Jan 1993 14:28:38 -0500
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Keywords: hamfest radio swap computer elvis

There's a hamfest (Winterfest) at the Vienna Community Center, on
Sunday, February 28th.  It's run by the Vienna Wireless Society.
This is Winterfest's 18th or 19th year.

Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: willson@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen R. Willson)
Subject: Looking for Professional Development Activities for Engineers
Organization: George Washington University
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:36:28 GMT


I was wondering, does anyone know of any upcoming speaking events or
activites, which might be of interest to an engineering student?  I'm
trying to come up with a list of such activities and if I get a good
response, I might maintain a monthly list of such activities in the
Washington Metropolitan Area.

If something pops into your mind, let me know.

SRW


-- 
 Stephen R. Willson           willson@seas.gwu.edu          (202)-395-4922
               ** Get outa the way de .. kachunk .. er! **
From: kentt@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Need ride to Princeton
Date: 23 Jan 93 12:04:53 -0500
Summary: Need ride to Princeton
Reply-To: kentt@guvax.georgetown.edu
Distribution: dc
Organization: Georgetown University

Hi!  I'm a student at Georgetown University, and I'm searching for a 
ride anytime this semester (until around the middle of May) to 
Princeton, NJ (actually Princeton University).  I'm more than willing 
to help pay for gas or other expenses.  I can only go weekends.  If 
you're planning to head up there, please write me at:
kentt@guvax.georgetown.edu
Thanks!
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: crh@wam.umd.edu (Craig Hinners)
Subject: Ice Rink on the Mall
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:20:26 GMT

Two ?'s about the skating rink on the Mall near Constitution Ave. &
the Mus. of Natural History:

- Do you have to bring your own skates or do they have a rental shop?

- Hours of operation -- how late are they open on a Friday night?

Thanx.
crh
From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: G. Gordon Liddy Show Re: New Political Party
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:45:31 GMT
	<5475@prcrs.prc.com>
Reply-To: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Organization: Century Computing, Inc.

And the pendulum keeps swinging...
Newsgroups: dc.general