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From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Subject: Re: Audio Books/Earful Of Books
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:25:44 GMT
Distribution: austin
Reply-To: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products


timg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tim Gallivan) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> >My girlfriend and I drove back to Illinois this holiday past, but 
> >before we left we got a membership at Earful Of Books on 183 and 
> >something-or-other (it's in the same shopping center as The Laff
> >Stop). [...]
> 
> >I gotta tellya, these audio book thingies are the best thing that
> >ever happened to long distance driving! [...]
> 
> >Membership was $10. The book rental prices vary depending on the
> >length and how long you keep them...I think I paid something like
> >$15 for _The Firm_ for a week. They have a pretty good variety of 
> 
> We got a couple of books from HEB Video Central for our trip to
> Kentucky. I agree that they make the driving go very quickly. The HEB
> tapes were a bit cheaper, $1 for membership and $3 per book per week.
> The late fee is a bit stiff ($1.50 a day), but we talked the manager
> into renting the tapes for 2 weeks at the normal rate (we were gone more
> than a week).
> 
> [...]
> >fiction (I was surprised to see Ayn Rand's _The Fountainhead_, 
> >unabridged :-), various&sundry other stuff. And the nicest part is
> >that most of them are unabridged.
> 
> How about Atlas Shrugged (my favorite)? :-).  The selection at HEB
> wasn't grand, and many are abridged and quite short (but beleive me, you
> WANT the abridged version of Les Miserables). They don't have many
> classics, but Steven King seems to be very popular (if you like that
> sort of stuff).
> 
> >If you're going to be doing any long road trips, I'd enthusiastically
> >recommend that you check this place out. I've never had 2200 miles
> >slide by so quickly and easily.
> 
> I will. It sounds a bit expensive though.

Hmmmm...I didn't know about HEB; will have to check it out. Yes, EoB
sounds like it's more expensive, but for me the big attraction is that
they have a large selection of _unabridged_ books...I really hate the
thought of someone (other than the author) going through a book and
deciding which parts of a book I'd be most interested in.

Craig
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From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: Custom Sounds (was Re: Car Alarms
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:36:00 GMT

In article <6iXXwB3w165w@kunikpok.icus.com> richard@kunikpok.icus.com (Richard Hasting) writes:
>Well jolly John!  Looks like the fashion police finally caught up with you

Hey, today was the first time I had the pin-stripes out in weeks ...
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From: dewey@sooner.ctci.com (Dewey Coffman)
Subject: Arroyo Seca->Arroyo Seco
Followup-To: austin.talk
Organization: CTC, Inc., Austin, TX. U.S. of A. 78757-3109
Distribution: austin
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:42:29 GMT


	In late breaking Austin American-Statesman news(Page B2, 1/8/93),
	the Austin City Council changed the broken Spanish name Arroyo Seca 
	to the grammatically correct "Arroyo Seco" making the adjective 
	consistent in gender to the noun. Council Member Gus Garcia, who
	sponsered the resolution, said the neighborhood residents asked for
	the change. He said the timing, the day before the president[sic?]
	of Mexico visits Austin, is coincidental.

	For you gringos, the name means "dry creek".


	For once, I agree with a decision made by the City Council ;-)
	-dewey
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From: crosby@cs.utexas.edu (Crosby M. Marks)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Babylon 5
Date: 10 Jan 1993 16:48:21 -0600
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
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I heard that Babylon 5 is showing down here.  Is it?  Where and when?
It wasn't showing before Christmas (I don't think).  Thanks.

Crosby.
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I heard that Babylon 5 is showing down here.  Is it?  Where and when?
It wasn't showing before Christmas (I don't think).  Thanks.

Crosby.
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I heard that Babylon 5 is showing down here.  Is it?  Where and when?
It wasn't showing before Christmas (I don't think).  Thanks.

Crosby.
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I heard that Babylon 5 is showing down here.  Is it?  Where and when?
It wasn't showing before Christmas (I don't think).  Thanks.

Crosby.
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From: breland@cobweb.mcc.com (Mark A. Breland)
Subject: Re: I have a big deck
Reply-To: breland@cobweb.mcc.com
Organization: MCC
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:38:58 GMT

In article 1p72@austin.ibm.com, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:
>I'm having trouble with my deck, (said the straight man.)
>
>Anyone know a good deck repairman fix it type dude?

Brings back memories of the parties I've had on MY big deck...I've had fifty
people on my big deck simultaneously; I've had single women, married women,
even married men on my big deck; people have christened my big deck in many
ways (not all suitable to describe here); my dog's been on my big deck for
several years; it's been awhile tho', so now my big deck's starting to get mossy;
but best of all, I think I might enlargen my big deck, gotta make room for
all the surplus detritus...

Maybe I can help Curt, I'll get with you soonest.

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From: russw@cs.utexas.edu (Russ Williams)
Newsgroups: austin.music
Subject: Re: New Year's Eve Rave ???
Date: 5 Jan 1993 01:05:21 -0600
Organization: Great Northern Hotel
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: im4u.cs.utexas.edu

In article <86084@ut-emx.uucp> alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex L. Pace) writes:
>people, percentage wise at least, using drugs than at many 6th street
>nigthclubs.  I would suspect that a far greater number of people could be
>found enjoying a "Smart Drink" (vitamin and amino acid enriched juice).

That jibes with my impressions of the New Year's Rave.  (Which was my
first one -- and not last!  It was quite fun and interesting.)

>This does however point out an interesting paradox where on one hand you
>find raves portrayed as drug parties and on the other you have a sort of
>'90s-peace-love-health-ultratech-recycling-accepting type of event...
>
>Does anyone else wonder about this?

Well, is that really a paradox?  The "drug party" mystique seems
compatible with peace-love-etc to me...   Certainly the whole
computer-technoweirdness aspect of the rave was kind of new and
strange, I thought... or maybe all the Mandelbrot graphics and
realtime digitization etc is just the 90s version of a lava lamp.

One neat thing about the rave was the diverse mix of people -- lots
of folks from both ends of many social spectrums.  I was particularly
pleased and surprised to see some little kids and a baby at one point!

A fun way to bring in the New Year.
Russ
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From: bobsoron@world.std.com (Bob Soron)
Subject: Across the Great Divide -- So?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:22:43 GMT

So, I'm in Austin for the New Year, and I pick up the Jo Carol Pierce
tribute CD I've read so much about in the Chronicle and Music City
Texas. I get home (I live in Boston) and it's the first thing in the
player.

So what's all the fuss? The first one I actually *liked* was Shoulders'
"Borderline Tango." The next one was Terry Allen's "I Blame God."
There weren't any others.

This isn't a flame about Pierce; rather, every musician or group on the
CD is so concerned with showing off that he, she, or they forget what
the CD is all about. I kept turning to the lyrics booklet out of sheer
necessity. I actually like a lot of these people, too -- I saw Halley
and Troy Campbell while I was in town, and half the remaining artists
need no introductions. But even Pierce's ex-husband, Jimmie Dale Gilmore,
spends more time indulging himself than getting the song across (although
at least you can make out the lyrics). Producers Hall and Campbell did
an admirable job of getting a wide variety of bands and musicians to
contribute; there's more substantial a range here than on the average
Glitch Sampler. 

I like the other covers I've heard of Pierce's songs, on the Highwaymen's
"Live Texas Radio" and on Hall's own "Quarter to Three" (though his "I
Blame God" doesn't match Allen's). It ain't her. Campbell and Hall 
really needed to exert a little quality control here.

The bottom line here: If anyone can point out what I'm missing from 17 of
these 19 cuts, I'd love to know. Honestly. I'm a songwriter and I know
the words are only half the story; if I'm missing some interesting chord
change in my desperation to make out lyrics, or a texture that makes a
performance worthwhile, point it out; I'll listen to it open-minded. Once
I've gone through the rest of the stuff I brought back (all told, 10 tapes,
9 CDs, 2 LPs), I'll put it on again, listen to it a few more times anyway,
but I'd like to know what to look for. *Beyond* the lyrics booklet.

Bob
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From: "G. Jeanette McWilliams" <wk00196@worldlink.com>
Subject: Test message from new subscriber
Organization: Performance Diva   AC512 477-8219
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:53:19 GMT
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Newsgroups: austin.politics
From: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Subject: Re: Moon the Klan
Reply-To: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Henry's Laughing Gas Co., Inc.
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:52:55 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.204147.19826@pencom.com> windy@pencom.com (Windflower Gilbert) writes:
> > So what should you do if you want to involve your civic group in this
> > mass mooning of the Klan?  Simple come around and go for it.  Junior
                                                                  ^^^^^^
> > Leaguers, Lions, SOSers, developers - come one, come all.  Fromholz  
    ^^^^^^^^
>sees
> > this as a community thing, although I think there are some of y'all who
> > should stay in the house.  I won't name any names, though.  I don't  
>need
> > the aggravation.

This should get the single hetero guy population out.

-pet-
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From: mbc@catburg.UUCP (Mark Coats)
Newsgroups: austin.politics
Subject: Clinton Visits Austin
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:43:49 GMT
Organization: CatBurg
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President-elect Clinton will be in Austin to meet with the
president of Mexico to reassure him about the North America Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  The threat to the environment and the
jobs of American workers NAFTA represents is the very real,
yet silent, negative side of the NAFTA agreement, but the 
reaction of Joe Gunn, Texas ALF-CIO leader, and the Democratic
establishment is to ignore worker's interest and keep silent.  Just 
as Ann Richards chooses a very un-progressive Bob Krueger to be 
Texas Senator, and Bill Clinton turns his back on 
the only real revolutionary change in our nation's health
care system, a single payer system,
what other reaction would one expect to Friday's summit between
Clinton and Mexican President Salinas.  Consequently, while the
rest of America still calls on Clinton to protect the environment
and worker's jobs, Austin falls silent.  To give the president-elect
some time to try to solve the nations problems is reasonable, but
on the issues of health care and NAFTA he has already set his course.

Why wait to see if he'll run worker and enviromental concerns onto
the rocks, like a oil tanker in a raging North Sea storm?  As Jesse
Jackson said last fall, we're fighting now to elect Clinton, but in
the spring we'll fight for the soul of the presidency.  Well, its
only January and the fight must begin.

Show up at the governors mansion Friday afternoon to make your 
choices heard.  Time to be determined.  Stay tuned.
From: "Scott Guthery" <p00197@psilink.com>
Subject: RE: Clinton Visits Austin
Reply-To: guthery@slcs.slb.com
Organization: SLCS
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:29:37 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

1) "single payer system" ... read "anybody but me"

2) NAFTA ... American union workers produce shoddy, low-quality products
             for which they want to be grossly overpaid.  The "choice"
             crowd doesn't want to provide economic choice.  They can
             only live off other people afterall.  NAFTA finally gives
             the U.S. consumer some freedom of choice.  'Bout time.

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From: garyk@austin.ibm.com ()
Subject: SF Cahnnel
Originator: garyk@garykj.austin.ibm.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:02:16 GMT
Reply-To: garykj@ausvmq.vnet.ibm.com
Organization: AIX Technical Support - Austin
Keywords: SF Channel	


Is Austin going to get the SF channel?
Gary


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From: cb@wixer.cactus.org (Cyberspace Buddha)
Subject: Re: Sunday's Austin A-S Sports Page
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Distribution: austin
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 00:42:51 GMT

iris@execu.execu.com (Iris Strey) writes:
>Did you happen to catch John Maher's article in Sundays paper?
>He states that the No-Pass-No-Play rule and the Proposition 48
>(college athletes have to score at least 700 on the SAT) are not
>working because there are so many football players this year who
>have been hurt by the rule!!!!!!  He thinks the RULE is the problem!
>
>Is this guy for real?

geeze...  yet another example of why the education system in America
*STINKS*.  Most people seem to be more concerned with producing 
great football players with 0 brains instead of 200 IQs with a 
minimal physique to support it.

cb
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From: wpwood@000063714100.austin.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Cable Boycott
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:13:51 GMT
Distribution: austin
Reply-To: billw@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Bill Woodward)
Organization: The Institute of Knowledge on Jinx




   Dewey Coffman (dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com) wrote:
   : 	
   : 	Austin is already the leading bookworm city in the US. We beat
   : 	out San Jose, Ca as spending more on books per capita.

   No offense meant, but that's cause the public library system is so
   flinking bad!  The *main* branch on Guadalupe is maybe twice the 
   size of the regional branch of the Maryland library system I used
   to go to in Laurel.  Considering that Laurel is a town of 15,000, and
   Austin has half-a-million people, I'd say that was pretty bad.
      On the other hand, Maryland state income tax is extremely high, and
   I'd rather have the extra $150 a month to buy books for myself.  But
   not everyone can afford them, and that's what the public system is
   for.
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From: conditt@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Paul Conditt)
Subject: Re: Arroyo Seca->Arroyo Seco
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:45:42 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.124229.5539@sooner.ctci.com> dewey@sooner.ctci.com (Dewey Coffman) writes:
>
>	In late breaking Austin American-Statesman news(Page B2, 1/8/93),
>	the Austin City Council changed the broken Spanish name Arroyo Seca 
>	to the grammatically correct "Arroyo Seco" making the adjective 
>	consistent in gender to the noun. Council Member Gus Garcia, who
>	sponsered the resolution, said the neighborhood residents asked for
>	the change. He said the timing, the day before the president[sic?]
>	of Mexico visits Austin, is coincidental.

I, for one, am appalled.  The city council should've renamed the street
to something gender-neutral, even if it is in another language.  How
can they keep up their politically correct image if they continue this
type of action?  What's next?  Are they going to lift their boycott on
that evil state of Colorado?  And think of the implications of streets
that have gender-specific names.  What about all those poor men who
see this street name and realize that it is an assualt on men everywhere
in Austin implying that, since the name means "dry creek", most men
are probably infertile or are alcoholics.  I think we should organize
a picket and boycott this street.

>
>	For you gringos, the name means "dry creek".
>
>
>	For once, I agree with a decision made by the City Council ;-)

Be careful!

>	-dewey
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From: dcampbel@timshel.austin.ibm.com (David L. Campbell)
Subject: Re: Arroyo Seca->Arroyo Seco
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:39:54 GMT
Distribution: austin
	<4502@unisql.UUCP>
Organization: IBM Austin, TX

In article <4502@unisql.UUCP> ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea) writes:
>In article <C0JM9y.14u2@austin.ibm.com> johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti) writes:
>>
>>Yeah, but they still don't know how to pronounce "Guadalupe"! :-)
>
>That's nothin', you should hear the tourists in New Orleans try to pronounce
>"Carondelet" or "Chartres".

Right, but the difference is that the folks doing the mispronouncing here
aren't the tourists -- they're the natives!  ;-)

(Strictly speaking, I suppose they're not the natives, but that's another
issue...)

David.
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From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: Ground-source Heat Pumps
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:32:31 GMT

In article <ll1ol3INN6ql@priddy.cs.utexas.edu> srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri) writes:
>Well then there's no problem :-) I don't know, but I have seen NASA pictures
>going back about 10 years that show a growing ozone hole over the South Pole.

Actually, there are no pictures that are 10 years old showing an ozone
"hole" over the antartic.  If you'd bother to research this little media
event you'd know that 10 years ago any values as low as are being
reported were being discarded as "invalid."

>                 (And there is reasonable suspicion that they might be since 
>it has been shown that CFC's *could* damage the ozone layer and they are 
>produced in sufficient quantities to do so).

NOTHING is produced in sufficient quantities by mankind to do the damage
to the ozone layer that is being attributed to CFCs.  Again, hydrogen
sulfide is a natural by-product of volcanic erruptions and is produced by
this planet in quantities orders of magnitude greater than CFC's.  Because
of the updrafts involved in volcanic erruptions, hydrogen sulfide makes it
all the way to the stratosphere, non-stop.

>                                            Then the consequences of doing 
>nothing about it would clearly be disastrous. Suppose it could be shown that 
>they are not, then its a relatively simple matter to revert to using them. I 
>know which option I would prefer.

The fallacy of "the ends justify the means."  If the ends are dire enough,
anything - no matter how improbably related - is justified.

>                                        As long as there is reasonable doubt 
>that a new experimental drug could have harmful side effects on humans it is not
>marketed. Only when it can be shown, beyond reasonable doubt, that the drug 
>is not harmful is it released for sale. To do anything else would be grossly 
>irresponsible. 

You are completely ignorant of the drug approval process.  Most drugs have
page long lists of negative side-effects.  Many drugs which are commonly
available have "death" as a possible complication.  If you don't believe
what I am saying, get out a copy of the Physicians Desk Reference.
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