Apollo BBS Archive - August 1989

Apollo BBS Archive - August 19, 1989


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Message: 5813
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Jeannie's navel
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 06:00:25

It might be said, but I'll bet whoever said it would be wrong.

Message: 5814
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Navels
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:52:25

Pray tell - why does 'something have to STICK out' to be the best???
Now, with a man, I can understand ..................

Message: 5815
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:47:09

Re:  "especially her navel!"

Did she have a diamond in it or something?

Message: 5816
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:48:40

Re:  "Jeannie's navel"

Oh!  That Jeannie!

Message: 5817
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Speaking of Jeannie
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:41:11

Did I ever tell you about the time I met Barbara Eden?

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Message: 2442
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Short Story
Subject: Cont.
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:57:37

........... sits up suddenly and wrinkles her nose at the awful smell. But
she is so happy that her Toddy is alive at least. But then, she feels a
sudden gush of hatred for Sandy to have shot and  missed the ten ring!
"What in the hell is the matter with you Sandy? All those lessons haven't
taught you a thing! By the way - what in the hell is a 'ten ring'?"
Sandy looks down at her with a smug smile. "Idiots know that a ten ring is
...............


Message: 2443
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Short Story
Subject: End
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 14:36:53

        ....... before Sandy could explain the intricate details of scoring
Whitey walked in saw his beloved Anny sitting on her duff, as usual, smiled
and began telling her how much he has missed her. She was cautioned, though,
not to take another bath unless he was around to answer the door.
        Sandy packed her trusty First Aid Kit, picked up her modest arsonal,
and headed back to Cliffy, the only person who could handle her sudden
urges to beat up someone.
        Mr. Toady Reeks, all alone on the bathroom floor, slowly turned his
head considering carefully all that had happened. He is none the wiser and
out a new VGA computer system to boot. "Oh, well," he says to himself,
"guess I'll catch up on the latest somewhere else."
        As Toady was leaving Anny could be heard in the background saying,
"I'll never sit there again .........."

Message: 2444
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: The past story
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 15:56:50

        Neet, but I am glad it is at an END.  I think if you guys wish to do
that again, let me suggest the mos SIG since some of you seem so
suggestive in your plot.

        Where was Dean Hathaway the great story writer of Apollo?

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Message: 293
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Bit Bucket Talk
Subject: last
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:47:08

And WHO do we have thank for your GRAND presence?

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Message: 292
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Bit Bucket Talk
Subject: and
Date: 08/17/89  Time: 20:22:10

if it wasn't for BLAX-80 we wouldn't have you here.

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Subject:Thank

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 1:Why my mommy and daddy, that's who.  

The SYSOP intervenes...
:please redo the category to something other than Commodore.
:  thanks.  night
:T*hanks......I'm really tired and I forgot but I usually do and when I don't
:then I change it.
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:thanks...me sleepy too...  zzzzz
:*zzzzzzzzz
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 1:Why my mommy and daddy, that's who.  
 2:end

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 1:        Why my Mommy and Daddy, that's who.  Well to bring it up to a much 
 2:later time I guess I would have to thank Mr. Satan because He gave me all 
 3:your numbers only if I bugged you guys to death.  He, he.
 4:end

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Message: 319
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Taranto's list
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:51:47

Who is Dean McCarron?

Message: 320
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Dean McCarron
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 21:25:01

Dean McCarron, the stereotypical nerd, was the operator of a bulletin board
called Omega.

Message: 321
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Last few
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 22:44:16

        We were all nerds back then, so let's be fair.  We have all grown up
a bit more and there have been changes in almost all of us...  Ain't that
right Mr Taranto, oh great one who has changed a lot himself?

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Message: 322
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: SYSOP Speaks
Subject: GT
Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:16:47

        The GT is NEXT weekend folks....  Please start posting so the other
users will know who is coming. (This usually works)  You need not be a
donator to the Zagar Wedding Gift fund to come.  (Just thought I would make
that clear)   
        Someone, bring the Camera!

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P.S.  I will be there!  Or should I say 'HERE'....

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Message: 1666
Author: $ Gary Jones
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Thang
Date: 08/15/89  Time: 23:33:20

Oh, no, the Thang's in Annie's carport under a tarp.  I think she goes out
and caressess it every day.  Last I heard she'd worn all the paint off of
its head.

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 1:You stole my favorite message number.
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Message: 3345
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Sandy/last
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:01:58

When Cliff was checking - where were the boys? hahahaha, -=*) ANN (*=-
P.S. Did he get lost? Did he take a Coleman lanturn in with him to see? Did
he forget and leave the lanturn? Did he don hiking boots? Did he take the
mule ride down to the bottom of the canyon? Lots of un-answered questions
here! Did you find my ball?

Message: 3346
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Jeannie
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:03:44

Why don't you come on over so that I can corrupt you like I have Sandy?
I don't charge much. -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 3347
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Quest for beach ball
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:49:03

I hope Cliff wore a gas mask.
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Message: 60414
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Trapped?
Date: 08/18/89  Time: 23:53:25

              I'm trapped in my driveway.  Today, this afternoon the city
put down 'slurry seal' right down my road.  You can't drive over it for
several hours as it will make one hell of a mess on your vehicle, not to
mention the unsightly tracks it would make in the driveway.  On Monday they
will do the other side of the road.  Don't get me wrong, I may be trapped in
my driveway, but this is the first time the city has worked on the street
since I have been in this house (1973).  Quite frankly, we needed it too.  I
just can't help but wonder if in a few weeks the city will dig up the street
to place in sewer pipes.  We all know this is how the city planners work
things.

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Message: 60415
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: excessive force
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 04:50:56

I read in the paper the other day that the policemwoman that shot the
unarmed man on Van Buren has been cleared of any wrongdoing. It's sure nice
to know that if you approach an officer too quickly --- merely giving the
_appearance_ of the desire to use force, you may be shot and killed by the
officer. Who was it that said that deadly force by police "must be used with
the utmost care"?

Message: 60416
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Cliff/slurry
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 05:55:42

Now that you have been the lucky recipient of the trade-off for chip seal,
was it a good trade? This (slurry seal) is the city's revenge on the
citizens for all the complaints and lawsuits they had to listen to when they
were chip sealing and ruining everybody's paint jobs and windshields.
Don't you just love their stop-gap measures? Never do a job right if there's
a half-assed way to do it.

Message: 60417
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Nick/force
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 05:59:11

Put yourself in a uniform for a minute. What would your reaction be if
someone half again your size came at you with a tire iron, and in a
threatening tone said something to the effect that he couldn't be ticketed
again? I could be wrong, but the way I read the account it sounded
justifiable to me. Of course, as WIlliams says it was probably just the
media slanting the story that way.

Message: 60418
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Nick/police
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:50:31

Paul is right. Years ago we knew a man that was about 23 at the time and had
a record of stealing, beatings, drugs etc. and did all this in his teen
years. In other words, he was no innocent! One night he was robbing a store
and a policeman happened by and caught him. He was hiding behind a dumpster
- the Policeman pulled his gun out and was behind his car door - telling him
to come out with his hands up! (This policeman knew the guy and his
reputation!) The man had something in his hand that looked like a gun and it
appeared to be pointed at the Policeman. Evidently, he made some move that
looked to be getting ready to shoot and the policeman fired, hitting the
guy in the head and killing him instantly. The parents filed a lawsuit - but
got nothing! I didn't think they should have either. This guy was a menence
to society and had been for years. The Policeman was scared to death of him.
The Police dept. put him in another area of the city. He quit the force
after a few months. He couldn't live with the idea that he had killed
someone. So, there is always two sides to the coin. -=*) Ann (*=-

Message: 60419
Author: Mike Sullivan
Category: News Today
Subject: new bill
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:25:42

Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
change our national motto, from "E Pluribus Unum", to the following:
 
"...because we're people
"working together with people
"who care about people."
 
Beachum claims, "Latin is a dead language.  We need something that
communicates the goals of the country is modern terms, in a manner that the
common man can relate to."
 
Beachum's newly proposed bill would also change the design of the flag,
stamps, and "Uncle Sam".
 
"The flag is cluttered," insists Beachum.  "My design reduces the stars to
one, while the stripe motif is subtly echoed by diagonal pinstripes.  The
tired old colors will be shifted slightly toward a more sophisticated scheme
of terra cotta, creme, and teal."
 
Beachum's other ideas include replacing picture stamps with a bar-code
design, "to eliminate the need to print new stamps when rates change", and
the elimination of "Uncle Sam", whose stern, aged image Beachum says
"presents a negative image."  The new image, a younger, more vigorous
character, will be designed by Marvel Comics and be simply named "Sam".

Message: 60420
Author: Mike Sullivan
Category: Tales & Tall Stories
Subject: most disconcerting
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:31:28

Last night I was driving through a "bad" part of town.  I had forgotten to
lock the passenger's door.  While stopped at a red light, a gang of young
black toughs approached my car, blocking my path, sitting on the hood, and
pouring beer on the windshield.
One of the hooligans tried the passenger door, and finding it open, hopped
inside.  Needless to say, I was horrified.
He got right up in my face, then suddenly shouted, "Gimme da ball, gimme da
ball, gimme da ball!!"  Then they all left, laughing hysterically.

Message: 60421
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Nick
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:38:10

You are right.  I believe that police officers should only be permitted to
use deadly force against suspects who insult their girlfriends.

Message: 60422
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Question?
Subject: Nick on force?
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 10:40:18

        What should one do when the approaching person knocks stuff out of
your hand and keeps coming?  Wait till that person is all over you and
knocks the snot out of you and maybe even shoots you with your oun gun?

        Nick?  As I understand it, she did back up, or at least has claimed
as much.  She also claimed she told him to "Stop" or "Freeze".

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Message: 60423
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Slurry or Chip seal
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 10:53:10

        I would much rather of had the real thing... but I would say the
'Slurry' seems much better than the 'Chip' seal.   They don't let you drive
on it till it is dry, as with the chip seal it took days before all those
little chips found homes in someone's windshield.  And the home ouners would
have them little ugly gray 'Chips' all over their yards and home.  I would
not care to have all my golden colored granite landscape I have worked so
hard at keeping neet, infiltrated with those gray 'Chips'.
        It looks nice out there this morning and it seems quite dry.  No one
drove on it while it was wet, so there are no tracks on the cement. To make
sure, I blocked my driveway so some jerk would not do a turn around in it.

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Message: 60424
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:40:43

Re:  "The parents filed a lawsuit - but
got nothing! I didn't think they should have either."

It's good to know that justice is served once in a while.

It seems to me that the bad guys can literally get away with murder, but
when a cop kills some bum in the line of duty, there is an element in our
society that wants to string him up.

It's good to know that justice is served once in a while.

Message: 60425
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Mike
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:43:49

Re:  "Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
change our national motto"

And how much is this going to cost the tax payer?  I shudder to think.  I
wish congress could think up some ideas on how to save our tax dollars
instead of always ideas on how to spend spend spend.

Message: 60426
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Mike
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:45:06

What does "gimme da ball!" mean?

Message: 60427
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Slurry Seal
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:34:21

The streets in our area have been Slurry Sealed.  I rode my bike around the
area the other night and all I can say is "I like what I feel".  I
understand that old tires are used to make the 'seal'.  One inch is used to
give the streets a new surface and previous to the seal being applied, the
city workers spent hours filling in the little cracks on the road.  The
finished product makes a good stopping surface with tires on the top and on
the bottom.

Message: 60428
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Paul/slant
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:35:36

        Do you doubt that newspapers slant articles?  Have you ever slanted
a post in order to make a point?  I have.

Message: 60429
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Bob "BUM"
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:38:37

Bob, bums do not exist or at least they shound not exist in the Christian
vocabulary.     I would expect to hear the word "Bum" coming from a hardened
person but not from a Christian.  -Rod


Message: 60430
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Omni
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 15:49:54

People using psuedonyms can be quite daft sometimes.  

Message: 60431
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: last
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:07:52

I agree

Message: 60432
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Kielsky/Tour
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:09:55

You should visit Beirut by Night.  The "Syrian Light and Sound Show"
is playing now, and it is an experience not to be missed.

Message: 60433
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Sullivan
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:39:21

So, did you give him the ball?

Message: 60434
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Thornburg/60425
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 21:23:28

Hey, did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

Message: 60435
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: For sale
Subject: TRS Stuff?
Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:08:42

Color Computer (Rom pac) "VIDEOTEX" with manual  Price $-FREE  (only one
left)  Cat. No. 26-2222  Videotex Terminal Package

For the TRS-80 Modle III I have three programs:  Inventory, Accounts
Receivable and Invoicing.   Price $-FREE

The catch!  or the string attached...  I want these out of my house in one
week or I bulk erase the disks and toss the manuals in the trash.

Call Sysop Cliff at 843-3346  (I do not deliver at these prices) and first
come first served.

*=* the 'Mighty' Apollo SYSOP *=*

P.S.  Second printing of this notice, Only a few days left....

Message: 60436
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: For sale
Subject: IBM Certificate Make
Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:11:21

  For the IBM and clone.  Springboards 'Certificate Maker' 5 1/4 disks.
This is the latest release allowing it to be used with even HP LASER Jet
printers...as well as all popular dot-matrix printers.

  I needed the LASER driver, so I bought a newer one so I could update mine.
I added the driver to mine and am selling the new one for only $20.00, this
includes manual, registration card and stickers... NOTHING missing!

Leave me mail or give a call (843-3346)  Cliff

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Message: 60425
Author: $ Bob Thornburg
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Mike
Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:43:49

Re:  "Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
change our national motto"

And how much is this going to cost the tax payer?  I shudder to think.  I
wish congress could think up some ideas on how to save our tax dollars
instead of always ideas on how to spend spend spend.

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Subject:New Flag

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 1:        I think a big, red dot in the center of the material showing a nice 
 2:rising sun would be appropriate.
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