Apollo BBS Archive

Apollo BBS Archive - May 19, 1989


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Message: 5503
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Get-Togethers
Subject: For real?
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:21:54

        Do you guys really want to put together a nice GT, or is this
Bull$#!+ing around?  We sure could use one if we could get the word out and
around.  Maybe at the end of May?  Will Burkhart and Lippard be back in town
by then?  We could also open it up to include other BBS SYSTEMS around town.

At a park?  Maybe a Pizza place central to Phoenix area?

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

Message: 5504
Author: $ Ralph Blehm
Category: Answer!
Subject: GT
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 14:21:30

I would love one. But I am leaving to go to my Condo in Flag on the 26th. I
Shall return on the 2nd of June then lets go.

Message: 5505
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: GT
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:02:22

        If I say that I am coming then about half the people won't show up. 
The second of June is when the infamous Grand Prick will be run in downtown
Phoenix.  I'm game.  

Creative Corner Bulletin Board command:$C

Message: 2256
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Suggestion to Dean
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 07:09:21

Why don't you end it? I don't think there's going to be anymore entries at
this late date, do you? -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 2257
Author: $ Daryl Westfall
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ann/2253
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 08:40:52

Much of my writing does come off sounding too personal. If it is, there's
nothing to worry about.

Message: 2258
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Answer!
Subject: Ralph/alone
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 09:52:23

        I will be home alone when HELL freezes over.

Message: 2259
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Answer!
Subject: Toady
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 09:53:17

        Us womem have our ways .........

Message: 2260
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Answer!
Subject: Daryl
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 10:23:03

        I have a headache too. Life gave it to me and only Mother Nature can
take it away. I never dream with a headache. The pain keeps me in Never,
Never land of dark journeys to nowhere; knowing, seeing, feeling nothing.
Slowly wading through the night with a sense of deep solitude is all there
is to my existence at night with a headache. Life is too short and Love too
scarce to cause me to dwell on the negatives of my encounters with my
relatives and friends. Good things can come from ones memories and good
things shall come to those who so desire. So, where are these good memories
tonight? My greatest enemy has come to visit tonight. He is hear to
ruthlessly taunt me, to savagely tear at my soul. Tonight, I do so wish for
a headache. I want the sacred feeling of lonely nonexistance, of eternally
striving to greet the begining of the new day and never reaching that goal.
I want that subtil turmoil. My desire grows as my fear for my enemy grows.
I toss and I turn and I sweat. My chest aches as anxiety grips my heart and
slams it about. My eyes water, my spirit sighs ...............
My enemy has come.

Message: 2261
Author: $ Dean Hathaway
Category: Kontest
Subject: End
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 11:46:33

  Ok folks, since I have been put in charge here is how it is. The contest
is over and the judging can begin as soon as Cliff wants to put up the vote
or whatever. Since the whole thing was my idea and now I am in charge of
ending it as well, I withdraw my entry from the judging. I do intend to vote
though.
  See You Later,
    Dean H.

Message: 2262
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Kontest
Subject: Dean...
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:16:15

        Please don't withdraw your entry....  But you are the boss.

        Dean, write up how you wish to have the ote worded... And you
might mention that ALL $tatus users who ote, should have read ALL the
stories first.

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

Message: 2263
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Dean
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:04:47

        DO NOT WITHDRAW YOUR ENTRY!!!!  THERE IS NO REASON TO....IT WILL BE
A PUBLIC VOTE AND THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE.

Message: 2264
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Headache
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:09:30

        When you get a headache, try this.  Make sure that both of
your nostrils are clear and able to take in large amounts of oxygen.  If not
then go to a water tap and with clean hands, fill your palms with the
liquid.  Snort a little water to clear your nose.  Then, breath in oxygen,
taking deep breaths.  If you must, go to where the best oxygen is located,
such as a lushy grass area.  The greener the better.  Breath deep, expand
your lungs.  
        Another way is, if your head offends thee, then cut it off.  Cures
headaches, too.

Computer Hacker SIG Bulletin Board command:$C

Message: 168
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Printers & Plotters
Subject: Laser Printer
Date: 05/18/89  Time: 22:54:13

        Fujitsu RX7100 HP, LaserJet Plus Emulation, 640KB Standard (up to
4.6MB optional)
        SMALL footprint Height: 6.7 Width: 16 in., Depth: 15.7 in. 
Weight: with 2 hoppers 43.9 lbs.
        Processor: 68000, 8 MHz
        Paper sizes on automatic feed: letter & legal
        Manual feed slot: postcard size minimum (4.1 in. X 5.8 in.)

Well, we have one, and the print quality is just great.  I can't wait too
get some other FONT cards, but for the moment, Courier 10 Portrait &
Landscape will have to do.
        
Anyone wanting documents printed out in laser, we will do so at 10 cents per
page (letter size).  You either can upload ASCII or WordStar files into the
ibrary (they will be kept private) and we can print them out for you to
pick up, or you can bring them over on disk if you have IBM compatible disks
in either 1.2 meg 5 1/4, 360K 5 1/4 or 720K 3 1/2 disks.
        
Note:  I forgot to mention we can do files created in First Choice.

Anyone wanting to see a Laser Printer Demo, give me a call. 843-3346

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


Message: 169
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Bit Bucket Talk
Subject: last
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:11:10

I've seen a sample and it was great.  Perfecto!

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Message: 58780
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Apollo topic
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 00:28:38

Nothing like getting our SYSOP to attempt to SPURN democracy by giving us a
topic to speak about.
 
Let your voice be heard!  Talk about *anything else*.

Message: 58781
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Esperanto dinner
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 00:34:12

Ni kunvenos je la 6a, Dimancxon, la 21a de Majo.  Ni estos cxe "First Wok"
restoracio cxe University kaj Hardy (sud-orienta angulo) en Tempe.
 
Ankau' ni kunvenos marde je la 7:30ptm cxe la "MU" cxe ASU por 'klasoj',
kiuj eble estos nur pli ol konversacio.
 
(We will be meeting for dinner at 6pm this Sunday, May 21st, at the "First
Wok" restaurant in Tempe. It is at University and Hardy, SE corner. 
 
Also we will be meeting on Tuesdays during the summer at 7:30pm in the MU at
ASU (Room 213) for 'classes'.  The makeup of these classes will depend upon
the students who show up - could be beginning classes or conversation (in
Esperanto, of course!) or whatever. Feel free to show up this Tuesday (the
23rd) to check us out.

Message: 58782
Author: Mark Swanson
Category: Answer!
Subject: rape
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 02:03:16

That is poor reasoning.  A women who dresses suggestively may
indeed be interested in sex; but not with every guy in existence.
She may dress that way in the hope of attracting a "Mr. Right".  Obviously,
she wants to maximize her sex appeal for a limited audience.  A man who buys
a Trans-Am may want to impress people, but not potential car thieves.  Get
it?  
Furthermore, a woman (or a man, for that matter), may simply enjoy the sense
of desireability and attractiveness that flirting or revealing clothes may
bring (in the form of amorous attention).  There is nothing wrong with that,
and it can hardly be a causal link to rape.
Rape is a crime of violence, not of passion.  There are just too many easy
women out there for this not to be true.  Sex can behad far more easily than
drugs (and that's saying a lot).  Most often, age and/or appearance are
immaterial to the rapist.  That is because violence against women is his
goal, not sexual gratification.  Sex becomes the tool, the means and not the
end.

Message: 58783
Author: Mark Swanson
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Cognitive dissonance
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 02:22:48

Isn't it amazing?  People all too often must convince themselves that the
unobtainable is not at all what they wanted anyway; if they didn't, it would
mean existing in a state where one's desires conflicted with one's
attributes or whatever other entity the unobtainable happens to be.  For
people who tend toward all or nothing, dichotomous attitudes (like Rod
Williams), this inconsistency is intolerable.
If I'm big and strong, but dumb, I tend to exagerrate the importance of
physical prowess, and denigrate those "wimps" who seem more intelligent.  If
I'm intelligent, but feeble, I do just the opposite.  By ignoring all the
exceptions to such hopelessly simple-minded classifications, I have created
a fantasy world where my unfulfilled desires actually become advantageous.
 
Furthermore, many people seem to suffer from what I call "cosmic balance"
syndrome.  The idea that someone else could actually enjoy "everything"
(i.e. whatever they consider to be the good things in life...money,
prestige, fame, looks, intelligence, etc.) gives them troubled feelings of
dissatisfaction and envy.  In order to reconcile their inconsistent
attitudes with reality, they decide that whenever someone has some
particular advantage, they must have some disadvantage to balance things
out, and vice-versa.   The model can't be intelligent, for that would be
too unfair.  The blind man must have exceptional hearing, because if he
didn't have some sort of compensation, that too would be too unfair.

Message: 58784
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Carrow's
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 03:54:14

I see they've jumped on the remodeling bandwagon same as Bob's and Dunkin'
Donuts have. I suspect that they see profits either becoming flat or falling
and think that giving the place a fresh new look is the answer. What's
strange to me is that (particularly in the case of Bob's Big Boy) on one
hand you have a parent company dumping a classic (and nostalgic) coffee shop
design for something more "modern," yet you have others (like Ed Debevic's)
cashing in on America's appetite for nostalgia.

Message: 58785
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ann/ nudie contest
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:27:39

 I might go for that, if we can either have life-size pictures of the Miss
America contestants in their bathing suits, or you and Sandy judging in
something very seductive. (To maintain our "interest" of cocourse.)

Message: 58786
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Answer!
Subject: Adam & Eve
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:29:24

Of course they didn't have navels, since, having been created in other than
the ususal fashion, they had no need for umbilical cords. Silly
question!(smile)

Message: 58787
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Answer!
Subject: Cliff/Subject
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:31:08

Don't talk about me. I'll be gone for the next three weeks, and my house
sitter doesn't use the computer.

Message: 58788
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Eateries
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:35:37

 Anyplace with a better than average salad bar. Sizzler or Bonanza come to
mind.
 Shangri-La at 28th Dr. & Cactus for Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan, Mandarin).
Believe it or not, Long John Silver's for seafood.
When we can't make up our minds what we want, Luby's is a pretty fair bet
for variety, although the decor and steam table food leave something to be
desired.
Prime rib - Mother Tucker's Food Experience on Lincoln Dr.

Message: 58789
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ed Debevic's
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:39:32

 We were there one time, and loved it. Definitely plan on going back. A real
fun evening.

Message: 58790
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Restaurant
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 07:07:52

Ed Debevic's is not only an experience, it has excellent food! However, do
not go with the idea in mind for a quiet, intimate evening! -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 58792
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Remodeling
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:44:34

Denney's also remodeled most of their outlets.  I consider most of the
coffee shops food pretty boring.  Carrows is passable, though.

Message: 58793
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Food/Denney's
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:48:52

        I do not like Denney's food at ALL... nothing but bad when I have
gone... and that includes the service.  At least this is my experiance at
the one in the Smitty's center, Bell Road and I-17

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

Message: 58794
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Mark/all or nothing
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:25:02

        Your messages were good, well written and worthy of note.  In my
everyday life I am not an all or nothing person.  If this were true, I
wouldn't have made it as far as I have.  But in a debate I go for the all
because a journey of a thousand miles begins with, as you know, the first
step.  I have nine children jumping around this planet and besides that, all
humans are basically the same.  We all have worries and fears and real
troubles whether you be rich or poor.  
        I know this world needs much improvement, it is obvious after
spending a waking day in it.  I like to push for change rather than accept
that which is.  Someone has to do it.  I like to be a part of evolution, a
positive part.  And I realize that we live in a top five country of this
world but even the best needs improvement.  But this will come as humans
learn about their roots and the possibilities of the future.  In the
meanwhile, I will point out what I feel are inconsistencies, as I see them
and learn in the process.  I am still evolving.   -Rod

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Message: 370
Author: $ Ralph Blehm
Category: Shit-Chat
Subject: Everyone
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 05:55:06

What has happened has everyone died and went to hell or wherever
people go to die.
                  Ralph

Message: 371
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ralphy/last
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 07:15:41

I dunno where everyone is, but we better conjure up a hot topic pretty quick
or Cliffy will start talking about shutting Apollo down again!
Perhaps Peter will steal another controversial plant again! That'd do it for
a while. Maybe Rod would suddenly, conviently be 'saved' and start preaching
to us all! Perhaps Paul would become an atheist real quick. I could start
drawing penis's again in the cos -- however, last time I did that, ended up
in the zone! Why don't you think of something? -=*) ANN (*=-

Message: 372
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Last
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:45:23

You also got a penis on your front lawn, if I remember correctly.

Message: 373
Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 12:56:05

        I just got a rather generous donation to the Phone fund from a nice
user....  I don't think I will even talk about shutting down Apollo for at
least a month, even if no one logged in or posted.  When users do things
like that, it makes me feel selfish to talk about giving up.

        Sorry, I forgot what SIG I was in and almost started talking nice.
Rod is still an ASSHOLE's asshole!

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

Message: 374
Author: $ Ralph Blehm
Category: Shit-Chat
Subject: Last
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 14:24:41

Kill the umpire. Dead

Message: 375
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Shit-Chat
Subject: ALL
Date: 05/19/89  Time: 17:29:17

        I see the LIGHT!  I am SAVED, brothers!  Praise the LARD!  JESUS is
coming.  Unless you accept HIM, you ain't shit.

        Cliff:  You are kind of a cute twerp, as twerps go.  If you cut your
dick off, your voice may clear up.

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 1:        Yeah, I've been wanting to give Apollo some more bucks and I willdo
 2:so when I see you again.  -Rod