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Message: 3951
Author: $ Joe Bottomlee
Category: Answer!
Subject: last 2
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 04:07:56
I think she off to see the Wizard. But she'll find out there is no place
like home.
<<< Joe >>>
Message: 3952
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Todd/your big mouth!
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 08:37:37
You'd better cool it Toddy! The Phantom Zone is not a nice place! I'd hate
to see a fine fellow like yourself in that dreaded place. Better vindicate
yourself with Cliff while you still have the chance. Ta ta. =*--ANN--*=
Message: 3953
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Question?
Subject: Michelle Reynolds
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 09:08:24
Was that a suicide threat, or is it just wishful thinking on my part?
Message: 3955
Author: $ Michelle Reynolds
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Your Gt
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 12:07:45
Wish I would have known about it.
Next time one is being held, leave
me a message. It would be fun to
see you all again.
Message: 3956
Author: $ Todd Reese
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 15:34:30
Cliff wouldn't dare.
Message: 3957
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: BEHOLD! .....
Subject: PHAntom Zone...
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 17:41:44
Guess who just checked into the "PHAntom Zone"....
So I wouldn't dare..... indeed!
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Message: 3958
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 19:07:47
Shut up already!
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Message: 1692
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Rod/Thang!
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 08:42:02
Then why does Zakey look SOOO guilty when I accuse him? I got his full
confession on video tape last night -- And it' not there this morning! Ta
ta. =*--ANN--*=
Message: 1693
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Nick/expression!
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 08:47:18
Now I know what the expression of 'ACK' means! I'll put it in a sentence --
--- "Nick slowly lifted the hood of Ann's Corvette. He drew in his breath
and said 'ACK' when he saw that mighty, powerful engine and knew he'd never
be foolish enough to race that baby"!
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1: Let's have an Official Apollo Drag Race GT. Cliff has done
2:racing-team work before and he could be the Official Starter.
3:Zak could be the Official Bookie, Alan the Official Elf and James Hawley the
4:Official Narc. What say ye?
5: Rod
6:end
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Message: 1695
Author: $ Michael James
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 14:22:28
Let's have an autocross instead.
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1:Okay. First person to Death Valley and back wins a six pack of Coke (r).
2:end
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Message: 1697
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 16:17:16
Maybe Scott Cubbage could arrange another road rally.
Message: 1698
Author: $ Jim Lippard
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Cubbage
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 17:18:56
I saw him about 9 months ago at ASU. He was working on his master's degree.
Message: 1699
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Cubbage
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 17:47:34
J.T. will undoubtedly brag about seeing Cubbage just a few months
ago in California. But I will beat him to it causing him not to boast with
a post.
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Message: 1700
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 19:08:30
Shut up already!
Yes, I saw Cubbage back in May at the Sherman Oaks Galleria after he heard
me on the radio.
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Message: 53393
Author: $ Joe Bottomlee
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ever Notice...
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 04:22:19
...that in every restaurant, the hardness of the butter pats increases in
direct proportion to the foftness of the bread?
...that the second baby is not quite as breakable as the first?
...that once you could fetch a can of beer during a TV commercial? Now you
can go out and rake the lawn.
...that wind velocity increases directly with the cost of the hairdo?
...that if you give the weeds an inch, they'll take a yard?
...that whenever you hear the word save, it is usually the beginning of an
advertisement designed to make you spend money?
...that some folks not only keep you from being loney -- they make you wish
you were?
...that the person who starts by saying, "Maybe I'm wrong," is often right?
<<< Joe >>>
Message: 53394
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Rod/article in paper
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 08:33:55
I also read that and it's so full of holes you could use it for a sieve!
Mankind is becoming more intolerant of each other as the years go by. All
they need is an excuse - a cause - to turn against one another. What ever
happened to 'Live and let live'? 'Viva la difference'? =*--ANN--*=
Message: 53395
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Bottomlee
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 09:07:21
Foftness indeed!
Message: 53396
Author: $ Robert Simpson
Category: Bulletins
Subject: Finally!
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 09:14:42
The Black Castle is back online! After a month and a half of hectic
programming, the newest version is finally working!
843-6782 300/1200 8N1
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1: I could be totally wrong wanting all drugs to be legalized. It is
2:hard to take everything into consideration, to predict the future. It could
3:be done on a trial basis, like legalize drugs for a year and then decide.
4: In any case, as long as most drugs are illegal then alcohol should
5:be in that number. Alcohol is as big of a killer as any of them. Sure,
6:alcohol is not that harmful if used in small quanities but neither is
7:heroin. There will always be substance abusers, food, drink, etc. and
8:especially when there are social/economic problems so near.
9: I have no solutions yet I know that to continue combating the drug
10:problem is wrecking America. Our prisons are overflowing, many more are
11:being built and that is not even enough.
12: A nation that has a large prison population shows a need to make
13:some quick, but carefully thought out changes.
14:end
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Message: 53397
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Drugs
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 13:34:53
I could be totally wrong wanting all drugs to be legalized. It is
hard to take everything into consideration, to predict the future. It could
be done on a trial basis, like legalize drugs for a year and then decide.
In any case, as long as most drugs are illegal then alcohol should
be in that number. Alcohol is as big of a killer as any of them. Sure,
alcohol is not that harmful if used in small quanities but neither is
heroin. There will always be substance abusers, food, drink, etc. and
especially when there are social/economic problems so near.
I have no solutions yet I know that to continue combating the drug
problem is wrecking America. Our prisons are overflowing, many more are
being built and that is not even enough.
A nation that has a large prison population shows a need to make
some quick, but carefully thought out changes.
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1: I just logged off Classic Apollo and it really brought back a lot of
2:memories. Good times.
3: Whatever happened to Gloria Mundi? I sure miss him.
4: Oh well, as JT used to say. I am having a hard time keeping up
5:with all the new messages on this board, my buffer runneth over. Also it
6:takes me at least four hours to get on. Gee.
7: I'm just typing to give a few new messages to this board, ho hum.
8:
9: I predict that in ten thousand years, the humanoids who are alive
10:will look into our fossil remains and exclaim, "Damn they sure were ugly,
11:eh! I predict that religion will not exist, that it will no longer be
12:necessary.
13: People will take one pill every day for all their needed nourishment
14:and sleep no more than one hour. Life expectancy will be unlimited and we
15:will have ventured to many other worlds.
16: It is a good thing we can't visit other worlds now because we would
17:infest whoever we met. We would shoot first and ask questions later,
18:especially if 'they' looked differently or spoke a language we didn't
19:understand. We would also try to get them to go to church one day a week
20:and to help us feed the hungry. They would reply that it is ridiculous that
21:we cannot now feed our hungry or take care of our homeless or have peace on
22:our little world.
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23: It's a good thing our space program is bogged down and I would
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24:suspect intervention from other 'worlds'. We are not ready, we are a
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1:warring people. We are greedy and afraid of physical death. Death is the
2:biggest joke around these days....it causes people to do all sorts of
3:things, religion for one. Babble, babble, babble....okay, this board is
4:mine for the present....I'll type what I want.
5: I have already given up my stupid body, I have accepted death to
6:the max, it is an ever present feeling I have. Who wants of needs to live
7:in a world that is primarily evil? Only the weak, the scared. Mommy,
8:Mommy, I don't want to die.
9: Give me a good world or give me death!
10: Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle.
11: I predict that someday mankind will have enough intelligence to run
12:a fun 'ship'. Until then, suffer baby, suffer. It rains on the good as
13:well as the wicked. Where is the door?
14: Well, at least you have some crap to read for amusement, instead of
15:"No new messages". That'll be $5.
16: Read E.J. Montini, Columnist, Arizona Republic. He cooks.
17:
18: If everyone who logged on and left at least one message, dribble or
19:not, I would at least have something to read. Is everyone on vacation,
20:humidity got you down. Don't worry, the humidity was put here to test you
21:and make you uncomfortable. You will be graded by how much you don't whine.
22: I guess I have now done my part, now you have some heavy junk to
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23:feed to your minds, if you have one, that is...ho, ho. If I made spelling
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24:or other errors, tough. GFYC
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Message: 53398
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: CLASSIC APOLLO
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 15:02:20
I just logged off Classic Apollo and it really brought back a lot of
memories. Good times.
Whatever happened to Gloria Mundi? I sure miss him.
Oh well, as JT used to say. I am having a hard time keeping up
with all the new messages on this board, my buffer runneth over. Also it
takes me at least four hours to get on. Gee.
I'm just typing to give a few new messages to this board, ho hum.
I predict that in ten thousand years, the humanoids who are alive
will look into our fossil remains and exclaim, "Damn they sure were ugly,
eh! I predict that religion will not exist, that it will no longer be
necessary.
People will take one pill every day for all their needed nourishment
and sleep no more than one hour. Life expectancy will be unlimited and we
will have ventured to many other worlds.
It is a good thing we can't visit other worlds now because we would
infest whoever we met. We would shoot first and ask questions later,
especially if 'they' looked differently or spoke a language we didn't
understand. We would also try to get them to go to church one day a week
and to help us feed the hungry. They would reply that it is ridiculous that
we cannot now feed our hungry or take care of our homeless or have peace on
our little world.
It's a good thing our space program is bogged down and I would
suspect intervention from other 'worlds'. We are not ready, we are a
warring people. We are greedy and afraid of physical death. Death is the
biggest joke around these days....it causes people to do all sorts of
things, religion for one. Babble, babble, babble....okay, this board is
mine for the present....I'll type what I want.
I have already given up my stupid body, I have accepted death to
the max, it is an ever present feeling I have. Who wants or needs to live
in a world that is primarily evil? Only the weak, the scared. Mommy,
Mommy, I don't want to die.
Give me a good world or give me death!
Twaddle, twaddle, twaddle.
I predict that someday mankind will have enough intelligence to run
a fun 'ship'. Until then, suffer baby, suffer. It rains on the good as
well as the wicked. Where is the door?
Well, at least you have some crap to read for amusement, instead of
"No new messages". That'll be $5.
Read E.J. Montini, Columnist, Arizona Republic. He cooks.
If everyone who logged on and left at least one message, dribble or
not, I would at least have something to read. Is everyone on vacation,
humidity got you down. Don't worry, the humidity was put here to test you
and make you uncomfortable. You will be graded by how much you don't whine.
I guess I have now done my part, now you have some heavy junk to
feed to your minds, if you have one, that is...ho, ho. If I made spelling
or other errors, tough. GFYC
Message: 53400
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 16:15:43
You've been spending too much time around Zak. Next thing you know, you'll
be dressing like him.
Message: 53401
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Apollo Tips & Tricks
Subject: AUTO KEY
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 18:01:26
Auto Key...or MACRO Key.... Yes, you $tatus users can have your
very own 'MACRO' stored in your $tatus Profile. This can be up too 76
characters long. My Auto key is -> *=* the 'Mighty' Apollo SYSOP *=*
I got that by mearly typing a . On most keyboards like IBM and
cloans, they are next to each other.
How do you enter and store the "Auto Key".... Easy, just go to the
ain Menu and type for config... It will ask you as always about
Nulls, Line feeds and etc., but it will also ask if you want a AUTO KEY.
Answer that with a or a . If es, then it will let you type in
your text, and then ask you if you wish to save it to your profile.
After you save it, it can be changed at a later date if you wish to do so.
EnJoy!
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Message: 53402
Author: $ David Burkhart
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: last
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 18:36:57
Rod, you're full of $#!+.
Rod, you're full of $#!+.
Rod, you're full of $#!+.
Hmm, works pretty good, Cliff. I'm sure it will come in handy.
Message: 53403
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Rod
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 19:06:37
You are hardly in a position to complain about the humidity.
Message: 53404
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Macro key
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 19:07:29
Shut up already!
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Message: 53405
Author: $ Steven Carls
Category: Answer!
Subject: drugs
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 20:55:00
In Amsterdam almost everything is legal. I know many people who walked down
the streets and felt perfectly safe. If there were people using drugs, you
just stayed away from them. I was not offered any drugs while I was there,
allthough I was in a bar drinking a beer while the guy next to me was
smoking hash, EH??? Who knows what would happen in the U.S. if the
legalized drugs. Prostitution is also legal there, EH???
" The ATARI WILDCAT " Steven Carls
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1: Please elaborate if you can, is the Amsterdam system working, are
2:the people who use drugs able to maintain? Has their society fallen apart
3:and how long have drugs been legal?
4: Rod
5:end
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Message: 1480
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Story
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 09:04:46
Sandy nudges Ann and says "I don't know if I want Dolly to come along with
us! Do you"?
"No, I do not! After all - WE are the token women here and I like being in
the limelight. Don't you"?
"Yeah" says SAndy and pointed her finger at James and Dolly talking in the
back of the van. "Just look at the fool he's making of himself. Why he's
getting Cheeto crunbs all over her bosum and staining her dress with drool"!
"No, it sprinkling - Zak drools - James crumbs"!
"OH! I see" says Sandy "but let's ditch her. OK?"
"The first chance we get!" Says Ann.
At that moment the earth began to tremble and shake. The little group in the
van become very frightened. Right in front of the van, the ground started
opening up. Something - someone was starting to emerge from the gaping hole.
Was it Godzilla? Was it King Kong? Was it Michael Dukakis? No - No - it is
the one and only ........
Message: 1481
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: ...it is...
Date: 07/31/88 Time: 12:45:39
....... the city sewer sanitation man! "Hi, guys!" he exclaimes.
"Need your sewer system sanitized?"
Ann nudges Sandy and Carol and whispers to them, "Yea, James' mind."
Nick takes shelter in the back of the van frightened of what could happen to
him if the sanitation man ever caught sight of him in his BLACK clothing.
How would Nick react if he was washed white? Oh, the thought makes the sweat
drip from his brow.
While James' attention is away from Dolly and on the city sewer
santation man trying to clean him; Sandy, Ann, and Carol sneak over to
Dolly. They grab Dolly, drag her to the door, and make ready to heave her on
to the street. "Hold on there, girls!" declares Dean in his authoritative
voice.
"Wha.....?" remarks the token women.
"Everything is for a reason on a Quest. Landing on Dolly is one of
them." Dean carefully lowers Dolly. "Now," continues Dean, "you are in this
story for a reason. Tell me, Dolly, what is the answer?"
"Wha.....?" remarks Dolly the token female movie star in this story.
"I need to know the answer, Dolly. What is the answer?"
"It would help if I knew the question first," sneared Dolly.
"Oh, dear!" exclaims Dean. "The question? Oh, my. ....... Never
thought to bother with the question." Dean turns to the quest seekers and
asks them what the question was.
"Why the question is ......
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