Apollo BBS Archive - August 1988

Apollo BBS Archive - August 7, 1988



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Message: 933
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Nick/last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 10:13:17

Hahahahahahahahahahaha! =*--ANN--*=

Message: 934
Author: $ Zak Woodruff
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Taranto
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 14:39:49

He seems to be one of the only people *not* belonging to this sig.  Why?

Message: 935
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 17:34:11

He's just NOT creative.

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Message: 938
Author: $ Daryl Westfall
Category: Answer!
Subject: Retraction
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:14:21

I have apped the offending "poem" in question. It was intended as a
harmless attempt at humor, and apparently it didn't work. Let me conclude
this retraction with the following:
 
1. I did not know that JT was not a member of this SIG, and thus did not
   post the "poem" here as a means of attacking him behind his back. On
   the contrary; in being ignorant to his absence, I impatiently waited
   for a comeback from Mr. JT himself.
 
2. To the best of my knowledge, given the information at my disposal, and
   the knowledgeable opinions of those that I know who are in one way or
   another, acquaintances of JT; furthermore, barring any information to
   the contrary and/or proof to the contrary that I do not have access to,
   James Taranto is not a fag. This should please those members of the JT
   Fan Club that have voiced their opposition. But play it safe anyway,
   and remember kids; always use a condom.

Message: 939
Author: $ Daryl Westfall
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: New Poem
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:19:11

Ending the reign of darkness
Lodged deep within my soul,
Visions of bright light fill me
Innocence returns, and I am happy
Silently I smile to myself.
 
Longing no more
I have everything I could want
Vitality, humor, and strength
Ending my silence, I grab my rhinestone jacket, Blue
Suede shoes, and sing my song.

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 1:        In the Apollo vote we had on the subject, I too concured that He 
 2:lives.
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Message: 1739
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Zakey Baby
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 10:15:44

See - your the guilty one! How did you know it was red? James didn't know
that, so it must be you! Didn't fool me! I suspected you all along.
=*--ANNIE THE FANNY--*=

Message: 1740
Author: $ Zak Woodruff
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 14:42:18

Ann, give me a break.  I heard it through the grapevine.

James knew it was red.
Peter knew it was red.
Rod knew it was red.

Between the three of them, it wasn't terribly hard for I, Zak Woodruff, to
discover the color of the big dong:  RED!

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 1:        I didn't know it was red and I recently spoke with Peter and he 
 2:didn't know it was red.  James Hawley told me that he found out it was red 
 3:from you.  Isn't that interesting?
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Message: 1742
Author: $ Zak Woodruff
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 18:27:17

Isn't that special?  Oh, so now James found out the color from me.  How
conveenient.  Someone makes a sculpture of a naughty part, all engorged and
tingling, and I take the rap.  I wonder who did it...

Message: 1743
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer !
Subject: Last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 20:19:37

You wonder who did it?  Doesn't your right hand tell you what your left is
doing?

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Message: 53558
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Seeds of happiness
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 06:41:24

Days like these make life worth living.  I plan to move late this
afternoon into a house in Bethesda, Maryland, so my housing problems will be
resolved.  I am also writing a speech for the Republican convention, which
you can watch if you have CSPAN.  Early this afternoon I'll meet with the
lady whose speech I'm writing, Lisa Renshaw of Women Entrepreneurs for Bush.

Ending my internship is another thing I look forward to.  Only one more week
and I'll be promoted to a real staff position in the PR department of
the Heritage Foundation.  Actually, I've been an intern in pay only, and it
should be good to get a real salary since I am already doing real work.

Still, there are things I don't like about living in Washington.  The
humidity is my biggest complaint.  (I'm used to hot weather, having lived
in Phoenix for three years.)  Washington, unfortunately, also has too many
tourists and too many "no turn on red" signs.

Message: 53559
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: David & Dean
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 10:03:19

Then you are saying that the economy has not changed? How can that be? Arn't
we living in a 'credit era' more than ever in history? Or has this been done
before? =*--ANN--*=

Message: 53560
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Answer!
Subject: JT
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 10:10:44

I am not Ducaca's anything. He has one redeeming factor that I like - he's
young(ish)! Why does this country always vote for old men? Even an old woman
would be a switch, but I'd like to see really young people in the White
House - like the Kennedy's were. I have lived through 10 presidents or so
and only one was young and he got voted in by a squeek! This is still a
young nation - why vote for the old and staid? =*--ANN--*=

Message: 53561
Author: $ Dean Hathaway
Category: Politics
Subject: Ann/DuTaxUs
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 12:13:29

  Selecting a Presidential candidate based mainly on age would be insane
whether you picked a young one or an old one. A sensible person looks at
issues and the candidate's past record. An older candidate often has much
more experience and a more substantial record to go by, but this should
not over-ride the candidates stand on issues.
 Take up David's offer on the economics lessons. Do you know that the
depression of the '30s was largely caused by a run on banks because of
extensive market losses that were taken on credit? How the government moved
to 'correct' this practice and stabilize the system between then and now is
largely the story of what is wrong with our economy.
   See You Later
      Dean H.

Message: 53562
Author: $ Alan Hamilton
Category: Politics
Subject: Economics
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 12:54:03

   I've noticed a common practice that I haven't seen mentioned before, and
it seems to go against the various theories on competiton.
   When a market is dominated by one or a few large suppliers of a given
good, all the other suppliers tend to match the price of the large
suppliers, not just for price reductions but for price raises, too. 
Effectively, the price for that good is set by a single supplier.  Although
there isn't any actual deal-making, the upshot is the same as if there had
been price-fixing.  I think I have heard the term "price leadership" applied
to this.
   I worked at an independent convienece store that was near a 7-Eleven. 
Whenever 7-Eleven raised it's price for an item, my store would match it
within a few days.
   There are always a few suppliers that won't go along with this, but these
can't serve more than a tiny fraction of the market, so all the others can
ignore them.
 
     /
 /  *  /  Alan
*     *

Message: 53563
Author: $ Zak Woodruff
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Hawley/Sunday Morn
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 14:46:01

Er, that's what I meant.

Message: 53564
Author: $ Zak Woodruff
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: JT/DARYL
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 15:00:26

Such adolescent behavior!  You two ought to be ashamed of yourselves.  
How do you expect to get along in this big, complicated, chaotic world if
"U" won't "B" cool dudes and try to make some peace?  It would be far more
touching and respectable to see you bury the proverbial hatchet.  AMEN.

Understand me; I am not trying to convince you to kiss each other's sweet
petards.  That is not the solution I advocate.  No way Jose'.  So get real.

Actually, I think it would be best if you just got together and did
lunch sometime, as friends, and cleared everything up in a decent and
realistic setting.  If that's too much trouble, which I can understand,
eh Mr. "Washington Man"?  If that's too much trouble for you's, how about
a phone call to set things straight?  Don't you think it's time to stop?
Don't you think hostility is a waste of time and emotional energy?  I do!
You bet I do!  So let's get off our butts and hug a hated one!  Hallelujah!
!!!

Message: 53565
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Rod
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 17:38:42

I hear that Rod is trying to get onto Apollo.  So everyone that logs on
after me should try to stay on as long as possible so that he won't be able
to get on.

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 1:      What the Dairy, Alcohol and Meat Industries are doing, is
 2:correct in that if they don't lobby, don't fudge on the recently known
 3:truths that these products are not all that good for our bodies, an
 4:economic collapse of our nation, on a grand and swift scale, would
 5:ensue.
 6:      
 7:Our own Surgeon General cannot say to the press these products
 8:should be avoided or even indicate they should be used in moderation. 
 9:In the mid-sixties when men started sporting long hair, avoiding the
10:barber shop, this in itself caused a mini economic upheaval.  The
11:barber industry found itself in trouble, a great many shops quickly
12:went out of business causing unemployment lines to grow and that
13:industry had to reorganize but not without affecting our economy on the
14:negative side.  
15:      
16:      Imagine what would happen if people quit buying small, oval,
17:unfertilized, cylinders that came from the vagina of caged, cramped,
18:sick birds, known to us as 'chickens' and if people wised up to cow
19:flesh, red meat that is marbled with 'grease', if we quit eating these
20:products during our summers, when it is beneficial for our blood to be
21:as thin as possible in order for us to stay cool, our musous content
22:would go down along with the economy, that's what.
23:        Besides, what is a little mucous to a Kleenex Manufacturor?
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      If we didn't believe that "Milk Was a Natural", again our
economy would take a quick dive to depths previously unknown to the
living inhabitants of this nation.  Well, cheese is condensed milk
that has, in a sense, rotted, and one ounce equals many cups of milk.
I have personally heard from the mouths of medical doctors, to new
mothers and mothers to be, that they should give their babies cows
milk rather than endanger themselves by nursing.  What then are the
female, human teats for, sexual foreplay?  I guess it is okay for a
person to recommend this as long as stock is owned in that particular
industry or a good understanding of economics exist.  Mother's milk is
free just as solar power could be but neither benefits the majority.
      
      NEXT:  Drink alcohol, it may not be good for you but it
certainly is good for our nation.  The consumption of fermented masses
creates jobs for the working class, not only at the distillery but at
the morgue, caskets makers, florists, the hospitals, in the courts,
body shops and car dealers, both new and used, insurance companies,
bottle producers, label makers, designers, liquor stores and their
employees, but perhaps most of all, our own government, thru taxes from
the liquor itself and related products and services.  Finally, I must
warn you, if this nation sobered up, our country would collapse.
      Dominos anyone?       
        * - *  See You Around The Universe * - *       Rod
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Message: 53569
Author: $ Dean Hathaway
Category: Politics
Subject: Last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 18:48:07

  Check with Jesse Jackson. The style will need a little work, but the basic
direction is fine. The ability to drone on for hours without touching on
reality is a big plus that Jesse is surely in the market for.
   See You Later
      Dean H.

Message: 53570
Author: Rod Willliams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Milky Way
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 19:19:17

Hey man, you know what totally sucks?  This galaxy we live in man, it's
called the Milky Way.  That means in order to live in the galaxy before
shedding your gross flesh, you gotta suck on a cows tit by proxy.  That
really sucks, it is all the work of the Giant Milk Conspiracy.  You see,
they (the milk people) want to help our economy by making people drink lots
of milk that was intended for caves (baby cows) which makes our blood thick
and makes us hot in the summer.  Hey man, I don't want to be hot in the
summer, it's already 111 degreas in Phoenix, who needs a lot of cows milk to
make it even hotter still?  You know, it's not the heat it's the stupidity.
This planet is not evolved enough yet.  We still drink milk instead of
making our blood thin so we can run faster.  Why if I drank milk all the
time like some sick people do, I would not be able to fix as many locks
(which are a sign of a sick society) as I do.  That's because milk is a sign
of a sick society and it makes the blood thick and hot like a mlkshake, only
a hot milkshake rather than a cold one.  I have been told by medical doctors
that if you drink a cold milkshake it azctually makes you hotter because it
makes your blood thick.  So the upshot here is in essence:  "Don't drink
milk if you know what's good for you."  And also how would you like it if
someone "milked" your wife to feed it to some cow?  Not one bit I'll bet. 
It would totally suck.  So forget about milk which is a tool of the
capitalist oppressors.  Just drink lots and lots of coke and pepsi and
you'll be fine because your blood won't be as thick as JT's skull.
   * See you around the "milky Way" *  Love Rodd

Message: 53571
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Last
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 20:22:16

I wish you would come up with better text, JT.  

Message: 53572
Author: $ Jim Lippard
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: economics
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 22:25:42

I recommend the book _Economics in One Lesson_ by Henry Hazlitt, which is
available for $7.95 plus $1.95 (USPS) or $2.25 (UPS) shipping and handling
from Laissez Faire Books, 532 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012 (or
call 1-800-238-2200, ext. 500).

Message: 53573
Author: $ Gary Jones
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Milk
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 22:57:32

Just a few observations:

Milk - We westerners seem to put a lot of faith in the food value 
of the stuff.  When I was in the Far East, you couldn't find 
whole milk for sale.  Adults don't drink it.  Many cultures 
(Japanese, Chinese, Hindu) claim the occidentals have a terrible 
rancid body odor due to ingesting milk.  Also - in some regions 
of Africa, an adult that drinks milk can easily come down sick, 
because his/her body can't digest it correctly.

I have to say that I'd hate to give up my cheeseburger, but I
seldom drink milk or indulge in ice cream very often.  (And how 
would a cheese crisp taste at your favorite taco shack, if it was 
made without cheese?)

Message: 53574
Author: $ Gary Jones
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: politics & septic
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 22:59:25

Ann - you voted for Wilson/Coolidge?  (Probably not, maybe I 
ought to re-read your post)

And about septic tanks - How would you like to live down stream 
of one that wasn't built right or wasn't leaching right?  My 
first house in Phoenix (about 7th Ave & Indian School) had a 
septic tank but the VA made the seller connect to city sewer.  
Sounds like New River might be a real fragrant place, huh?

Message: 53575
Author: $ Gary Jones
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Change subject
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 23:00:35

'Nother subject:  Any SF readers out there in Apolloland?  I 
don't seem to see much any more that has a very good story line, 
but this weekend In the LA airport, I picked up "Necromancer" by 
W. Gibson.  Couldn't put it down, I read it before we got back to 
Phoenix.  It is one of the few books about the future of 
computers that seems to be written by someone who has used one.

The hero is a hacker who is hired by an AI (artificial 
Intelligence) to free it from programming restraints laid on it 
by its originator.  Good story, original ideas, characterizations 
better than the average SF, and even some steamy $-x scenes, too.  
If you're into SF, try it!

                                          Gary

Message: 53576
Author: $ Daryl Westfall
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Pres. Cands. & Taxes
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:26:13

Any presidential candidate that claims that he is not going to raise current
taxes, or instigate new ones, is a lying pig and should be struck on-spot by
lightning from God's personal special effects department.

Message: 53577
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Speech Contest
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:42:24

        Yes, that's right, here on Apollo, we are holding the first annual
Presidential Speech Contest.  You can lie all you want, just make it sound
believable.  The prize, $10. cash money to the winner.
        By the way, any potential office holder that speaks out in favor of
legalizing drugs will kill their future in politics.  (just a thought)

Message: 53578
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Dean & Rod Willliams
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:44:13

        I enjoyed both of your posts, thanks for the laughs guys.
        * - *  See You Around The Universe * - *       Rod

P.S. Support America, Get Drunk.

Message: 53579
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Question?
Subject: Dean
Date: 08/08/88  Time: 00:45:54

        Could you elaborate a little on why you feel I am off base about my
economic ideas concerning the dairy, meat and alcohol industry.  
                                Rod


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Message: 80
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: JT Intellect Bore
Subject: vote
Date: 08/07/88  Time: 10:21:44

Yeah - a muddlehead voting for a rude bore! All politicians might not be
rude, but they certainly are boring! So you fit the bill! =*--ANNIE the
ASSp--*=

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 1:        I would like to write a speech for a candidate vieing for public 
 2:office.  Could you fix that up for me?  Hey, how about my last two messages?
 3:        John Q. Public may vote them in on the honesty ticket or the CIA may
 4:just eliminate them.
 5:        Take care, have a good life.
 6:                * - *  See You Around The Universe * - *       Rod
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