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Message: 4374
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 01:47:55
Looks like the best thing for you, Rod, would be to sew you mouth
shut and tie yours fingers together .....
By the way, do you type with you toes?
Message: 4375
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Rod
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 05:44:58
More friendships have been marred and more damage done to interpersonal
relationships due to the lack of expressive nuances on these BBSes than
probably any other reason.
When all we have are the words, without the twinkles, smiles, etc. that are
also a vital part of effective communication, we tend to put our own
interpretation on the words alone, and many times miss the gist of the
message.
I'm sure that you are very proud of your kids, as well you should be, and
want nothing but the best for them.
It's just too bad, for their sake, that you have such a negative outlook on
life in general and our future in particular. A more positive and uplifting
environment would help them achieve so much more. (It wouldn't hurt you
either, believe it or not.)
Message: 4376
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Carter/B&O
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 06:07:00
Bang and Olufsen is Danish, not German. Expensive stuff. I was looking at
some of it last week. Very stylish, but I have no idea if it's worth it or
not.
Message: 4377
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: David - Calif.
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 08:34:30
I changed my mind about going there. Too afraid of earthquakes! Guess I'll
stick it out here with all the Militant Republicans! They still beat all the
'Crazies' in California. Ta, ta. =*--ANN--*=
Message: 4378
Author: $ David Burkhart
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 18:18:59
Besides, we don't like smokers.
Message: 4379
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: Paul on Rod
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 20:02:44
Rod is one of these people who takes great pleasure in complaining about
things.
Message: 4380
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Music
Subject: B & O stuff
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:07:45
Quite correct Dave... I had the Ham radio swap net going on in the
background and they were discussing the problems with German 80 meter
contacts.
I'm no audiophile by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know my
circuitry and love the good engineering design of B&O.
True about the furniture, although quite a bit to "Euro" for my tastes,
the B&O static speakers remind me of black rail road ties.
Monster cable quality has picked up somewhat from the time we found
a whole shipment of their stuff totally inadequate for use; things like
burrs on the jacks, cuts (very very fine ones) in the middle of the cables
and last but not least, at least one installation had to be totally
refurbished because the cable was shorted.
Simplicity is the key to success in any business and if I had my druthers,
give me a wire-recorder any day.
-Mike
Message: 4381
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit-Chat
Subject: 55 mph limit
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:38:20
I'm pretty sure that one can be attributed to Ford, not Nixon.
Message: 4382
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Answer!
Subject: Ann/Type
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:22:25
I type with my tongue.
Message: 4383
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Answer!
Subject: Paul
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:26:08
I, within my being, am very positive. Outwardly, I am positive.
I am just saddened that this world is not a happy one because it could be.
There are no laws that say to the contrary.
By the way, I was at a store this evening and I saw the Sun
Newspaper on the rack. The major headline said, "Lottery Numbers Revealed
in the Bible."
Rod
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Message: 1030
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Doodle
Subject: test upload
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:01:47
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Message: 1031
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Question?
Subject: Cliff - lines
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:03:34
What is the column width here ?
It acts as if it's 77
-Mike
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Message: 2061
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Beyond...
Subject: Last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 01:59:30
There is Peace in Strength.........
Message: 2062
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: $#!+
Subject: Rod
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 02:45:57
Watch it. I have some very greasy friends.
Message: 2063
Author: $ Jeannie Innajug
Category: Beyond...
Subject: Sandy/post
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 07:14:02
Remember.......Sandy
It was Hitler who promoted "Strength Through Joy!"
See Y'aa.............
Jeannie
Message: 2064
Author: $ David Burkhart
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 18:30:19
And it was the weakness of the European states, both militarily and in
diplomatic resolve, that allowed him to wreak havoc.
The European states and Stalin, of course.
Message: 2065
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Hitler
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 20:03:59
Don't even think of lionizing Hitler.
Message: 2066
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Cosmos-Chatter
Subject: Peace
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:09:41
It is a widely proven and old fact that accomplishing peace through
the use of superior fire power will inevitably repeat itself.
Message: 2067
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Up Yours
Subject: Carter/last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:41:31
Shut up, you warmonger. We should work for world peace and total
disarmament.
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Message: 54444
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: VOTE
Date: 10/03/88 Time: 23:00:45
I was a participant in a national, telephone survey, this past
week. A woman, phoning from Philadelphia, asked me about 20 questions,
all pertaining to national politics. What amazed me is when she was
questioning me about my choice for the office of president, I was only
given two choices, Bush or Dukakis, Democrat or Republican.
I was asked the usual questions about race, religion, education
and income. The choices of religion was just that, there were no
mention of atheist or even agnostic, let alone SubGenius.
I completed the interview and I voted for "None of the Above"
and gave Ron Paul, the Libertarian a mention. I gave her a hard time
about their choices of religions. I was glad I voted.
Rod
Message: 54445
Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 02:42:15
Kind of makes you proud to have a telephone, doesn't it?
Message: 54446
Author: $ Paul Savage
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Zak
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 05:36:28
Why, thank you Zak, for the kind review. It came at a time when it seemed
that just about everybody was on my case, so it was much appreciated.
Your review of Cliff's posts were also very good. Practically took the words
out of my keyboard.
Have a great week.
Message: 54447
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Answer!
Subject: Hey Cliff!
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 08:12:31
I like your posts and your smile! I might not agree with them all - but
that make's it fun. How boring this board would be if we all agreed.
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Message: 54448
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: News Today
Subject: In the paper
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 08:29:13
Did anyone read about the League of Woman voters vetoing sponsering the next
debate? Nancy Neuman, the spokes person for the League said "We have no
intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American
public"! She went on to say "the agreement dictates who the questioners will
be, sets the format, determines the makeup of the audience and even
specifies the allowable camera positions"!
This isn't a debate - this is a choriographed (sp) movie that ought to be
filmed in Hollywood - directed by Lucas or Spielburg. You know - fantasy!
They could add a 'Grimlin' or two and even 'E.T.' to liven it up.
Why bother looking at the next one? It certainly won't give us a true
picture of what our choice stands for. Cliff - JT - Paul -- why are you guys
going to vote for these dudes? Just because they are Republican and
Democrats is no reason. Do you really want either of these to run the
country for the next 4 years? =*--ANN--*=
Message: 54449
Author: $ Gary Jones
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Alpo Poet
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 10:33:00
Welcome back. I was afraid you'd defected and we weren't ever going to hear
from you again! On the subject of your posts, there's a lot of sense in
them. However I'm a little bothered that they only seem to report lapses in
the American and Western press and government.
Wouldn't an unbiased opinion take into consideration all the censorship and
abuses of government in the Russian/Warsaw Pact press and systems too?
Message: 54450
Author: $ James Hawley
Category: Answer!
Subject: Last
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 11:46:58
Alpo Poet is someone else. I think you're referring to Apro Poet. (Not to
be confused with Afro Poet.)
Message: 54451
Author: Apro Poet
Category: Politics
Subject: Project Censored
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 17:52:43
Space shuttle to carry lethal plutonium
Despite warnings of a possible disaster, NASA is pursuing
plans to launch the Project Galileo shuttle space probe,
which will carry enough plutonium to endanger every person
on earth. Theoretically, one pound of plutonium uniformly
distributed could give everyone on the planet a fatal case
of lung cancer. Galileo will have 49.25 pounds of plutonium
on board, most of it plutonium 238, a radioisotope 300 times
more radioactive than that used to fuel atomic bombs.
Critics of the plan, such as Dr. John Gofman, professor of
medical physics at the University of California, Berkeley,
and Michio Kaku, professor of nuclear physics at the City
University of New York, claim that putting Galileo's
plutonium payload into space is both risky and unnecessary.
The plutonium will be used to fuel "radioisotope
thermoelectric generators," which keep instrumentation warm.
Although NASA and the Department of Energy say there are no
alternatives, Kaku asserts that solar cells could generate
electricity as far away as Jupiter, Galileo's destination.
NASA downplays the possibility of accident, stressing that
the plutonium will be encapsulated in "clads" made from
iridium alloy in a graphite shell, which the DOE contends can
withstand explosive pressures up to
2,200 pounds per square inch. However, a DOE safety analysis
report on the Galileo mission states that the most critical
accidents would occur on the launch pad, where accidents can
generate explosive pressures as high as 19,600 pounds per
square inch.
Once in space, Galileo is still potentially dangerous.
Since its solid-fuel rocket does not have the power of the
Challenger's Centaur rocket, NASA devised a plan to use the
earth's gravitational pull to increase the rocket's momentum
enough to reach Jupiter. During the "flyby" orbits around
the earth, Galileo would at times be only 277 miles overhead.
A 1987 NASA report estimates the chance of Galileo
inadvertently reentering the earth's atmosphere to be less
than one in a million, and so discredits the possibility of
an accident. But then NASA estimated the chance of a shuttle
accident at one in 100,000 for the Challenger, and
investigations following the crash put the figure at closer
to one in 25.
Although this was also one of Project Censored's top 10
overlooked stories in 1986, the media's continued failure to
draw attention to Project Galileo's risks fully warrants its
renomination for 1987.
Sources: *The Nation*, Jan. 23, 1988, "The Space Probe's
Lethal Cargo," by Karl Grossman; *L.A. Times*, Feb. 6, 1986.
Message: 54454
Author: Apro Poet
Category: Answer!
Subject: Jones #54449
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 18:08:35
Regarding your idea about disclosing "Russian/Warsaw Pact
Press" censorship cases - Sounds like a fantastic idea!
I'll be looking forward to your first installment.
Apro Poet
Message: 54455
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Woodruff
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 19:59:41
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
Message: 54456
Author: $ James Taranto
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Ann
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 20:00:13
I'm voting for Bush because he's much better than the other candidate.
Message: 54457
Author: $ Chris Neal
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Today's My B-Day
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 20:25:31
So I am a big 19 now... Anyone got any advice that they feel I should know?
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Message: 54458
Author: $ Chris Neal
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Cliff / (+:}
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 20:27:06
Put it back on there!!!!! I can't BELIEVE that YOU gave in so easy, didn't
put up a fight, no comments, OR ANYTHING! Are you O.k.?????????
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Message: 54459
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Politics
Subject: Pauls snivelling
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:00:16
Oh quit whining you poor old fart.
Quit trying to bear your self made cross of public crucification, it makes
your posts look so pathetic.
Again, as is your style, your attacking the person responsible for
provinding a challenge, taunt and debate rather than approach the issues
logically and take each issue point by piont. You make a fine example of
todays democrat.
Heap as much of your holy blessings of love upon me as much as you wish,
it doesn't change much but probably degrade God.
Attachment of 32 years of uncomplaining service to your childish prattle
isn't a response. 32 Years of service to *any* organization is commendable
and your retirement is well deserved. However, the same Paul Savage that
tried to make folks believe postal workers weren't paid over minimum wage
is the one I question of his honesty. I don't think you have the backbone
to enter a good debate. You're well practiced at hiding behind a veil of
pompous self indignation.
-Mike
Message: 54460
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Zak
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:11:56
Hold your mouth open for a sec..my wolf wants to barf in it.
Message: 54461
Author: $ Beauregard Dog
Category: Chit Chat
Subject: Carter/last two
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 21:35:55
True to form, no surprises there.
Message: 54462
Author: $ Mike Carter
Category: For sale
Subject: MacIntosh
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:11:15
Mac 512K with internal and one external 400K 3 /12 inch disk drive
Software, books and of course the mouse.
Great for doing resumes or artwork and taking to AlphaGraphics for print-out
on Laser printer.
Asking $750.00
Contact through mail to Mike Carter.
Message: 54463
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: Answer!
Subject: Chris/B-day advice
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:34:42
Yeah, switch hands ocassionally, become ambi-dexterous.
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Message: 332
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Tawdry Tales
Subject: Story
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 01:21:58
She could not bring herself to accept the answer ..........
"Cliff is havin' an affair!" she thinks to herself as she muffles her
screams of horror. If it wasn't for the many unanswered questions involving
the mysterious Apollo murders Ms. Sysop would have committed her own this
evening.
Sleep was impossible now. Sandy arose from her bed, the very same
bed that Cliff uttered words of Love and Devotion to his beloved. She dawned
her super-sleuth outfit and made her way back to the cemetery. Too many
unexplained happenings have occured these past few weeks. There is a RAT in
the attic and Sandy has sworn to break the ice.
After talking with Digger she went to David Burkhart's grave. There
she stood in the dark, damp, dismal cemetery looking over his grave
wondering how he could sculth about the town unnoticed. A moment of weakness
overtakes the wonder woman. Her encounter with Cliff earlier this evening
comes to mind. A gust of wind whisks away her tear stained handkerchief.
The woman of all women turns around to capture her only means of eliminating
the snot out of her nose.
The moon shines upon an object from behind her. She stops her chase
and concentrates on the one piece of brightness in this dismal place.
"Eureka!" she exclaimes.
With that shrill cry in the night Digger rushes out only to find
Sandy digging away with her trusty garden trowl. Digger reaches out to stop
the desecration, but stops.
Message: 333
Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
Category: Tawdry Tales
Subject: Story
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 01:41:31
Sandy raises not one but two skulls above her head. "Eureka!" she
exclaims again. Digger draws closer to examine this unusual find.
"Why," says Digger. "There shouldn't be two here."
Sandy digs on through the decaying mass of flesh. She uncovers a
ring along with a credit card. Digger examines the finds. The ring could be
from the original occupant of the grave and the the credit card ........
why Digger and Sandy both knew who that belonged to..... DAVID. Now Digger
involves himself with the unearthing of the corpes stopping occasionally to
swallow a worm or two.
They both realized now that David's corpse was not responsible for
the brutal slayings of the Apolloites. If not David, then who? A warm
feeling overwhelms the Mighty Sysopette as she realizes the mind behind
these bloody, sensless killings was one of cunning. Only a mind full of hate
and vengeance coupled with a patient twisted desire to wipe out the thorns
these bloodied Apolloites pricked him/her with could plan and carry out
his/her acts of brutality.
Sandy hands Digger the garden trowel. "I must be gone, Digger. I
must put a stop to this maniac." With that Sandy hurries to .......
Message: 334
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Tawdry Tales
Subject: story
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 08:50:55
.. the side of her beloved Cliff. By the time she gets there, she is almost
babbling.
"Calm down darling", says Cliff soothingly.
"Oh Cliff! I think I know who has been committing this grisly murders! We
must have an immediate meeting of what is left of the Apollo members! I MUST
tell them of my suspicions before another foul murder occurs. PLEASE Cliff,
call them up right now! You may be saving a life!"
"Ok. OK! Just calm down. I'll do it right now"!
The ancient phone rings across town in the small, ugly shack of the grave
Caretaker. Digger has just got back from his rounds and was sitting down
eating his What-A- Burger when the phone jarred him. He picked it up and
said 'Hello. Digger here. What do you want?"
"Digger, this is Cliff. Sandy wants to have an emergency meeting of all
Apollo member right away. Can you get here fast?"
"Yeah, I guess I can, but what's it all about'?
"She claims to know who is committing these murders and wants us to get
together and stop them."
"Ok. I'll be right there" and hangs up the phone.
Digger continued to eat his burger.
Message: 335
Author: $ Ann Oudin
Category: Tawdry Tales
Subject: story
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 09:11:30
He went to his small ice box and grabbed a coke and guzzled it down in one
swallow and went back over and sat down.
"Damn, I'm too tired to go clear over there this time of night! Sandy don't
know nothing! Let them have their meeting. It will solve nothing!"
Digger was opening another What-A-Burger when he suddenly started to smell
something awful and his stomach lerched! He slowly turned and saw in the
door way a huge, hidious dead thing that took up the space from door frame
to door frame. Before he could empty his bowels, he saw a flash of red and
then he went to meet his Maker!
Two days later when the police went to the caretaker's shack, they found a
gigantic red penis. They had called in the bomb squad to open it because it
had been ticking, but only found a toy gun attached to batteries that caused
it to tick, but they also found something else. Digger, aka James Hawley,
was found stuffed inside - he was devoid of his male sex organ and
testicles! They had been whacked off with something sharp and jagged. Later,
one of the policemen found them laying on the roof of the caretaker's shack.
Someone had painted them red and left them out to dry and dehydrate! It
wasn't until weeks later did they connect this bazarre murder to the other
Apollo murders.
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Message: 54464
Author: $ Rod Williams
Category: News Today
Subject: Story
Date: 10/04/88 Time: 23:40:31
Because the majority of humans fear that which is known as
death, because they do not have an understanding of what we refer to
as life, insanity runs rampant in our little world.
The fear of the unknown is perhaps our greatest fear especially
when the unknown is unknowable.
People, because of the above-described condition, are prone to
be gullible where fairy-tale answers are given in order to account for
the unknown. Sure, I'd like to go into a beautiful state at the
moment of physical death, who wouldn't. (to be continued)
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