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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: It came!
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> Gib,
>  The book was in the mailbox when we returned from Austin today.  I have
> thumbed through it and it looks interesting.  Smells interesting, too. :-)
> So does the poster/wrapping paper.  My Christmas is now complete.  Thanks.
>
>  Now, what is the <story>?
>
> doris smith

All the books I have smell interesting, because they all come from
weird places, where they have been gathering dust and mold for
years.  It is, as you can see, an old travel guide to London, to
bring back memories of your dusty, moldy trip there last summer.
Whatever the <story> is, I can't remember, it's been so long and
I have aged so.
--ggs
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: New Orleans
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>
> I'm going to be there the weekend of February 26-27, at the Monteleone
                                                              ~~~~~~~~~~
> talking about Galdos and related matters.  Sounds like a good time to
> me.
> --ggs (looking for a ride in a green Del Sol)


Appropos of nothing much:
Sitting on the counter in my dressing room is an old fashioned footed
bathtub with gold lettering that says "Hotel Monteleone  100th Anniversary
1886-1986."
doris
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LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU writes:
> I still haven't confirmed to any of my children, including the 21 year
> old that there is 'no Santa'.... and I guess I never will.

There was a 13-year-old kid in my Scout troop who still believed in
Santa.

His father thought it was cute.  I thought it was sick.

--karsten

(That kid is now a dentist.  I hope somebody has told him about the
 tooth fairy by now.)
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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:51:13 GMT
From:         Graham Toal <gtoal@CURSCI.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Claudia Schiffer calendar
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On Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:50:00 EST, AYC3@NCH08A.EM.CDC.GOV wrote:
> I thought Claudia Schiffer was French, but who knows, maybe she's real big in
> Australia ... hence the holidays from Down Under.

I thought it was Austria, not Australia.  Though I guess there isn't
much difference to you yanks, right?

G
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  >If you really want discussion about respect for deeply held beliefs,
  >and whether it is bigotry to mock such beliefs, even when they are
  >repugnant to all commonly held standards of humanity, then go to your
  >supreme court and look at all the discussions about upholding the right
  >to free speech. Personally, I don't see what there is to discuss. It's
  >a matter of values. Either you choose to respect or you don't. If you
  >don't then you can't expect anyone else to respect what you hold dear.

  All of this would make a lot more sense if you had tried to explain what
you mean by respecting deep beliefs. Earlier you seemed to emphasize
"mocking" as constituting disrespect, but it was far from clear what
you had in mind, since you preferred not to answer questions about it.
Now you seem to emphasize "the right to free speech", but this,
surely, is a very different matter from "the right not to be mocked".
Using ordinary language, fierce champions of the right to free speech
(such as J.S.Mill) usually say that all doctrines, no matter how
revolting and unworthy of any respect, must be allowed to be
presented. And they do not usually suggest that the opponents of
those doctrines should not be allowed to "mock" them. So if it is a
question of values, you simply haven't explained which values you are
talking about. Your comments seem to me to underline once more how
difficult it is for many people to enter into any discussion of the
*contents* of their assertions, and how they all but automatically
assume that those who ask what they mean are out to get them.
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From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
 <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Goofing off Saturday

: Wish I were in your shoes

How well do you fit a 10 1/2 E?  I didn't set up a tree (never
have.)  Christmas in Titletown ... see Mom and my brother and sister
and brother in law; maybe gamble away some $$ on the reservation,
watch the Pack kick some Viking butt ...

Steve Karlson
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Date: 3 Jan 1993 05:29:16 GMT
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In a previous article, ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester) says:

>>Question of momentum.  What is that North Carolina shade of blue called,
>>by the way?
>>
>   it is Carolina Blue
>
>I used to be married to a UNC grad....
>
Some would say that was grounds for a divorce right off the bat.:-)
[especially if you had not known she was a UNC alum beforehand....]
Personally, I kinda like the place; then again, any school that runs a
telnettable bulletin board is OK by me....

-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
			- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
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Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:39:23 EST
From:         Brad Baxter <BBAXTER@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Deep Beliefs
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              22 Dec 1992 20:34:09 GMT from <ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU>

>In the clearing stands a Boxer....  In the corner of the dorm room stand some
>boxers....<grin>   Which Boxing Day do you prefer, wash day, the fight at
>Caesar's Atlantic City, or the one on December 26th?
>--
>                ###     Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###

The 26th, positively.  It is, by the way, my lovely wife's birthday.
This requires me to present extra presents to make up for her
deprived childhood.  BTW, anyone try the coffee liqueur recipe yet?

(BTW: for newbies, that means, "breaking the wind.")

* Alt-Brad *
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Date:         Sun, 27 Dec 1992 11:12:46 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      digest/catching up/help
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              21 Dec 1992 10:06:42 EST from <BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU>

On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:06:42 EST <BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU> said:
>12/14 - 12/20
>Words-L Best/Worst of 1992.  Carolyn's Trivial Pursuit game progresses
          ^^^^^^^^^^
   have these been compiled or published???

>through seven plays.  JMW finds himself at the frontier of issues of
>personal/professional electronic privacy.  Torkel challenges the list with

   so, jmw...whats the scoop??/    i'd just thought the dumb mesa box
was sick.....

>looking letters from the Treasurer of Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes
>and begin to talk about bankrolling the List Cruise.  A disquisition on

    uhhuh....cinda got THREE of them....and they sit on her desk waiting
for her return from chicago on the 8th or so.

   dan
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From:         Graham Toal
              <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: new year's eve
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        So, am i the only one without a date on this
        most fethive of eves?

        jenna shakin' and bakin' in the kitchen tonite

Does this mean Pea is no more, or has he just gone out
for the evening blowing his strumpet?

G
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From:         Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject: Re: What A Quiet Bunch
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Posted on 2 Jan 1993 at 02:00:57 by samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU

>>Tushar - may I mention the untieable knot for the third time ?
>
>I was thinking of asking you to do that. It will be the fourth time,
>though.

Of course - I understand completely.

Tony H.
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From:         BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject:      Re: Deep beliefs
              21 Dec 1992 11:39:11 -0800 from <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>

John, my favorite curse is "Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed!"

brad
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: inventing a label
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> Tushar, gaze into your own mirror for a bit...

Oops.  I still haven't gone back to mbox to find Tushar's posting that got
left there yesterday.  And now there's new mail to read.  Sometimes things
in mbox get so old that I ultimately delete them undealt with.  What a loss
that would be to the list, though...

So which was it, abh, Heathrow or Gatwick?  I prefer Heathrow because of
the straight tube shot to Picadilly Circus and because of fond memories of
lying on the floor all day in Heathrow sipping warm beer while waiting for
British Airways to locate snowbound planes strewn all over the continent.
But I like Gatwick because that's mainly where planes from Atlanta go, and
I don't like flying from places other than Atlanta because flying all the
way across the Atlantic with yankee accents makes my ears hurt.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From: karsten@netcom.com (karsten)
Subject: Re: Barbie dolls
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harwell@TENET.EDU (Anne Burton Harwell) writes:
> -abh
> Once and future Lego Queen. Barbies were tied to bedposts and tortured.

I knew I sent you the right magazine.

--karsten

(That rare "Master Ken" doll must be worth a fortune by now)
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From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Re: Debit insurance
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              30 Dec 92 16:08:58 -0500. <9212302111.AA05444@sics.se>

  Says JAG:

  >I have sent an explanation to Torkel privately, he may post it or
  >forward it to you if he wishes.

  Well, the only problem is, it seems in the story that "selling debit
insurance" is presented as a completely legit activity:

        They'll boil you down to glue, Clete. Bartend in Algiers,
        sell debit insurance. Just get away from them.

So the question is: does "debit insurance" refer to some standard business
practice, or does it refer to some more or less shady activity "in the poorer
neighborhoods of New Orleans"?
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Questions
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>   >I guess it means that the heels are worn down -- probably unevenly -- i.e.,
>   >part of the heel is thicker than another part.
>
>   But if so, is this somehow significant?
>
Maybe because he is bow-legged, so part wears off faster than the other.
>
>     >They're a little smaller than whole pepper corns.
>
>   They're the same size here. But what is the derivation of "BB"?

I think BB is a brand name, that then became a generic term.
--ggs
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From:         Emily Horning <ECZ5EJH%UCLAMVS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Emily's History Question

> Very good, Greece is correct - but I think this one's a bit harder.
>
> "Who discovered the iron ore deposits in Western Australia's Hammersley Ranges
> and then made millions out of mining them?"


I have absolutely *no* idea - but I'll say Alan Bond, because he's the only
Australian millionaire I can think of. If by some miracle that's correct, I'll
take Art/Literature.

> Carolyn

Emily
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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Re: An observation
              92 11:07 am

> >lludd> webster 'melba toast'
> >mel.ba toast \.mel-b*-\ n [Nellie Melba -1931 Austral soprano] : very thin
> >   bread toasted till crisp
>
>         That Nellie must have been some kind of eater, to have *two* foods
>         named after her.

I've seen pictures of ol' Nellie from when she was the queen of opera.
I've also heard recordings.  Believe me, you didn't support tones like
that on a yogurt diet.:-)

Ken
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From:         Tony Harminc <EL406045@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Job Corps
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Posted on 31 Dec 1992 at 09:21:27 by Evelyn Duncan

>On another matter:  I just read a message on the VAMPYRES list that there
>was an article in the Economist that equated Internet with the Illuminati.
>Does anyone here have more info?

I have the article (in the Christmas issue vol 325, number 7791, 26 Dec 92).
The title is The Good Networking Guide, and the 'networks' surveyed are
Old Etonians, the Cambridge University Conservative Association, Skull
and Bones (Yale U.), the Inspection General de Finance, the Doon School,
the Law School of Tokyo University, Rhodes Scholars, the Mont Pelerin Society,
the Committee to Defend the Workers (Poland), the Communist Party (Russia),
the Muslim Brotherhood, Opus Dei, the Freemasons, the Trilateral Commission,
USENET and Internet, and the Order of Illuminati (aka True Rulers of the
World).

Each 'network' is evaluated on Power, Secrecy, Organisation, Strength of
Beliefs, Peculiarity of Rituals, and Exclusivity.  USENET and Internet get
a score of 2 0 1 2 5 1 (out of 5), while Illuminati gets 5 5 5 5 5 5.

(Keep in mind that the Christmas Economist is usually pretty light on
the issues and heavy on the humour.)

Tony H.
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From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: glasses and eyes
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 01:42:59 GMT

In article <1hnhirINNb8o@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu writes:
:You have my sympathies.  I've never bothered to try using a camcorder, but
:manage an SLR just fine.

Me too. 3-inch grouping at 800m.  Was lousy with the LMG though.

G
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Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:36:25 EST
From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Operating Systems

On Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:30:12 EST Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078 said:
>>>                            Peace,
>>                                  Don
>
>>Also, how about one for VM/CMS?
>
>>Evelyn
>
>Yeah, that too ...but all VM does for me is read E-MAIL.   Hmmm, come to
>think of it, that's not bad...

Just wait until you get Rice Mail '92.  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evelyn
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Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 12:07:05 EST
From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Happy New Year!
              2 Jan 1993 16:57:05 GMT from
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On Sat, 2 Jan 1993 16:57:05 GMT Graham Toal said:
>        P.S. Graham, if you're going to insult Peter, can't you be a little
>        more original?
>
>No, he's not worth the effort.
>
>G

But think of us poor bystanders to this argument:  if you can't be original,
take it to private mail.

Evelyn
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Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:10:37 +0100
From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Re: New Year's Good Luck Foods
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              02 Jan 93 10:51:37 -0700. <9301021751.AA18271@sics.se>

  >Gloom & Doom await those foolish enough to not consume blackeye peas and
  >*some* form of pork on New Years Day!  (I had mine!)

  But have you considered the theological implications? All the unenlightened
masses who face Gloom & Doom merely as a result of ignorance?
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nerve of steel
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>         miatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiatamiata.....
>
> That does is.  <FX: Whistle>  Large truck with a huge magnet on a crane
> drives over.  Picks up parked silver Miata.  Takes it off to crushing
> yard.  <FX: *Crump*>  Small cylindrical ex-Miata is brandished in
> Giggles' general direction.  "Giggles, have you seen the soap?"
>
> G

Well, I *never* in all my life!
Like I said when I was test driving all those cars, it was the
M.... that just *felt* good.
--ggs
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Date:         Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:00:04 EST
From:         "Judith E. Schrier" <PRIMATE@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Say Something To Jeffrey
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>:> He was probably feeling satiated by my sweatshirt sleeve...
>
>:Hmmm.  Was his rape of your sweatshirt sleeve before or after he joined
>:you in bed?
>:   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
>
>Errr.... I can't *wait* to hear how Judith fills in the 'contact card'
>at the clinic in the morning.
>
>G

No problem, Graham. My sweatshirt doesn't try to give blood...

love, j
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From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
Subject: Re: Words-l Epiphany Bash
Originator: rita@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:36:43 GMT

In article <HAYCOCK.92Dec30102302@marley.think.com> haycock@marley.think.com (Anne Haycock) writes:

>Either place--why don't we decide based upon the number of people who
>respond?  Please take this post as an affirmative.  Plus, how are you
>deciding who should bring what...

	That's what we figure.  As for who brings what, when we know
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-- 
Rita Rouvalis                                Electronic Frontier Foundation
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CIS:70007,5621                                                (617)864-0665
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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: Early morning blues...
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>afford it.  I guess I'd better go do my sums.  Is it possible to
>live off 13K a year? Ho hum...

Is that pounds sterling? The cost of living must be high where you are
because my income has been about half that for the past three years and
we've been living comfortably..... all six of us.

>Oh well, back to work.  Or something.
>
>G

More likely something! :-)

Carolyn
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From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
Subject: Re: Questions
Originator: rita@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:23:40 GMT

In article <9212291326.AA10628@lludd.sics.se> torkel@SICS.SE writes:

>  What delicacy do we find if we open a box of milky ways?

	Yummy little candybars.


>  Going by car from Louisiana to New Mexico via Texas, which area would
>  "the Panhandle" refer to?

	I think the panhandle is in Texas.  One of the tenetters
should be able to clear this up.  Isn't it particularly desolate?


>  "Indians in heel-worn cowboy boots": what does "heel-worn" mean here?

	Cowboy boots generally have an inch or two of heel on them to
keep the foot in the stirrup more easily.  Heel-worn would indicate
they're pretty old boots and that the wearers did more walking than
riding in them.


>  "Blowing up a VC nurse in a spider hole": what is a spider hole?

	Sounds like Vietnam terminology for a foxhole to me.


>  "For some reason they make me think of people cornholing each other":
>   people doing what to each other?

	Euphenism for fucking?


>   "A cop on the pad": a corrupt cop?

	Hmm.  Context would be important here... the only other
alternative would be that it's similar to the slang "being on the
rag."  In other words, cranky cuz the cop has his/her period.  (Where
period is just slang for being in a pissy mood and doesn't have much
to do with biological functions).

>   "The three moles by the corner of her mouth were the size of BBs":
>   what are BBs?

	Tiny round bullets the size of a pea used in toy BB guns.
They're usually made of steel or copper.  It takes genious to actually
kill anything with a BB gun, but the the buggers sting and will leave
a respectable bruise if you are hit by one.  It's a starter gun for
young boys.


>   "You never could resist mashing on a guy's oysters": what, if anything,
>   does this idiom convey to you?

	Busting his balls?


>   Vick's VapoRub: what revolting product is this?

	It's a mentholated rub for relieving stuffiness due to colds.
It has a petroleum jelly base, so it is kind of slimey and unpleasant
when you rub it on your chest or under your nose, so it is mostly
inflicted on kids and adults seldom use it on themselves.  It works
pretty good.




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Rita Rouvalis                                Electronic Frontier Foundation
rita@eff.org                                                    eff@eff.org
CIS:70007,5621                                                (617)864-0665
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From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: Nerve of steel

BTW, what is the Emergency Listserver?

Evelyn
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