From htoaster@yabbs Sat Feb 12 11:35:46 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: new base Date: Sat Feb 12 11:35:46 1994 this base was made at the request of some of the users. I'll let them post what it is exactly for. alex From Le@yabbs Sun Feb 13 00:32:40 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: could I be so bold Date: Sun Feb 13 00:32:40 1994 as to ask what kind of mind games one is to play here? From robtelee@yabbs Sun Feb 13 00:37:42 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: Mind games Date: Sun Feb 13 00:37:42 1994 Unless I miss my guess, this board is for self-analysis. Take Care From Le@yabbs Sun Feb 13 11:06:19 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: been there Date: Sun Feb 13 11:06:19 1994 done that I am ready to analyze others! muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (but not you, you're perfect!) From Xela@yabbs Sun Feb 13 12:15:16 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: mind games Date: Sun Feb 13 12:15:16 1994 so lets start playing... From Le@yabbs Sun Feb 13 15:04:06 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: so what do you have Date: Sun Feb 13 15:04:06 1994 for me to work with? From Xela@yabbs Sun Feb 13 16:19:54 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: So what do I have? Date: Sun Feb 13 16:19:54 1994 Well....sometimes I look outside of myself and my relations to others, and see very superficial human behavior: hatred, violence, etc.... And I am very ambivalent to it; I really look on with cold, er..scientific, interest you could say. Whenever I do this I just sit back and "watch." You could say that I play mind games with myself... Alex From JasonLee@yabbs Sun Feb 13 18:36:47 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: So what do I have? Date: Sun Feb 13 18:36:47 1994 That's not really that strange, simply observing strange/bad things going on around you. I do a lot of that, just watching people walk around and talk and trying to see what motivates them. What I would like to know is how many people always try to imagine themselves from other peoples' points of views? What I mean is: I rarely get mad at anyone or anything ever, because I always have too much perspective on situations in my life. In fact, I sometimes use too much perspective and thus fail to act on potentially threatening choices. How common is this to other people? Do you try to "be in the other person's shoes"? JasonLee From Destiny@yabbs Sun Feb 13 18:46:41 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: "shoes" Date: Sun Feb 13 18:46:41 1994 Well, I can't say that I "try to be in the other person's shoes", but at times I do seem to find myself there. I am not sure as to whether it is human nature, or just my nature that I often find myself relating to other people's situations. I would assume that my mind chooses for me to merely be an obsrever on the scientific level, but my emotions usually take over and put me in such a place that I am no longer an observer, but an active participant. being that I feel I am human being with not only a brain, but also a spirit, I can never witness a situation without being directly affected by it, and and having that effect change my actions in the future. I hope I made some sort of sense to which you may be able to relate. P.S. I think I am going to like this message base. -Destiny From JasonLee@yabbs Sun Feb 13 18:56:22 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: "shoes" Date: Sun Feb 13 18:56:22 1994 I think I have the opposite problem, but for the same reason. I seem to try to see so much of what other people feel that I don't feel qualified to participate. Is that the source of apathy? JasonLee From Destiny@yabbs Sun Feb 13 19:03:30 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: hmmm... Date: Sun Feb 13 19:03:30 1994 I'm not sure that I am following what you are trying to explain to me. You say you don't seem "qualified" to participate? And you are questioning the "source of apathy". Maybe if you gave me a situation I could better understand the idea you are trying to put forth. Dest' From Le@yabbs Sun Feb 13 19:25:38 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: other's shoes Date: Sun Feb 13 19:25:38 1994 But when you are in another's shoes, do you feel what you would feel in the same situation, or do you actually KNOW how that person feels. I see a huge difference between the two. Most people can do the first, but not as many are as capable of the second. From Destiny@yabbs Sun Feb 13 20:19:22 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: other's shoes Date: Sun Feb 13 20:19:22 1994 Unless someone has an incredible sense of intuition and perception of relationdships and emotions, one cannot know another's feelings, and if one does, I an not even sure it is possible then. I also don't feel that you can truly know what you would do in a given situation unless you were in fact, in that situation at that time.... -Dest' From robtelee@yabbs Mon Feb 14 01:27:27 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: other's shoes Date: Mon Feb 14 01:27:27 1994 In order to accomplish what you describe, two people would have to occupy the EXACT same spot at the EXACT same time. As we all know, this is just not possible. I think what is needed is empathy, or understanding of another's situation. Understanding is the ability to interpret the actions of another by knowing what information was mentally processed in order to draw the conclusion that was arrived at. It is not, to coin a phrase, "Monday morning quarterbacking" or second guessing. This situation arises in the aftermath of a police-involved shooting. A police officer makes a split-second decision on whether or not to shoot. He is then second-guessed at the leisure of the courts and the public. I am not saying ALL police involved shootings are justified. I am merely saying that the facts should speak for themselves. From Destiny@yabbs Mon Feb 14 09:05:44 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: well... Date: Mon Feb 14 09:05:44 1994 I agree.... -Dest' P.S. More to come later... From Deaska@yabbs Mon Feb 14 09:33:34 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: yup Date: Mon Feb 14 09:33:34 1994 I agree too... but to go further, I think thats the "stuck between a rock and a hard place" situation... While we may want to place someones thoughts, feelings, motivations etc into perspective, we all individually import our own prejudices, emotions and personal history into how we judge, or analyse the person, and their actions.. so is it at all possible to KNOW someone... somehow, I think not... because we are all unique, we cant put ourselves into someones boots... our thoughts are spoiled by the self corrupting factors that make us who we are...as sole units in humanity. (I actually saw a sci fi the other day that dealt with this is a weird way... where ppl could wear these headsets.. and experience full sensory input of an experience recorded previously by another person, or on live... by sensory input, I mean : physical,emotional and intellectual sensations... "BrainStorm" Directed by Douglas Trumbull, '83 ) hehehe, Le, not for the weak minded ;) But wouldn't it be soooo phun? Deask' (warning: that movie is sick, seriously... even I had to turn away sometimes... hehehe) From Xela@yabbs Mon Feb 14 11:14:41 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: about my message Date: Mon Feb 14 11:14:41 1994 I think I was misunderstood. I didn't just sit back and watch people behave, I watched myself interact with them. I was paying attention to myself playing different roles: anger, hatred, ignorance, etc. with different people, seeing what would happen. It was less to "be in their shoes" but to watch myself act as sick as them, and see how they responded. Deaska said "because we are all unique, we cant put ourselves into someones boots..." Funny quote I heard: "We are all unique, just like everyone else." I am beginning to think that people are a hell of alot more predictable than at first glance, and that in general we aren't unique. -Alex From Deaska@yabbs Mon Feb 14 11:20:14 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: unique? Date: Mon Feb 14 11:20:14 1994 so you're saying that a mere quote lends a truth... uhuh... If you think that people are a whole lot predictable...then I don't think you've opened your eyes enough... thre is a whole palette of cultural, spiritual and physical variations out there in this world... that the only real place you'll find predictability is in Marketing... coca cola (tm) etc... watch out for Egocentrism... From Destiny@yabbs Mon Feb 14 13:22:18 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: hmm... Date: Mon Feb 14 13:22:18 1994 This is a really interesting topic which we have brought upon ourselves. I'm really intrigued by everyone's responses...I must admit I was thoroughly amused by the quote about being "unique". I do, however, fell that each individual is, in fact, unique. We have all been exposed to different environments which have shaped our values, opinions, and way of thinking. Due to differences in perception among each of us individuals, any given situation will -appear- to be the way we wish to see it. Granted many of us have the same opinions and morals, either for similar or different reasons, but the relaity of any situation is going to be relative to the individuals involved. I would venture to say that almost everything is relative... -Dest' P.S. That phrase 3 lines up should say : "...but the reality..." Sorry 'bout that. I have horrible typing skills. From honkfish@yabbs Mon Feb 14 16:37:14 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: 3 people Date: Mon Feb 14 16:37:14 1994 Whenever you enter a room, there are three people who enter.... >How you see yourself >How others see you >How you really are [D Don't you think? James. From Xela@yabbs Mon Feb 14 16:49:57 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: easy Date: Mon Feb 14 16:49:57 1994 I really have come to the conclusion that deep down inside there is very little variation on the human plan, and what little there is gives physical and neurochemical differences. But behavior-wise I think that we are all predictable, very predictable, when it comes to first-circuit emotions: hate, lust, greed, amore, blah blah. We are all programmable little beasts, and it shows up in the patterns we program into ourselves: cultural traits, obediance to powers that be, eating habits, bs., bs.. You said: "the only real place you'll find predictability is in Marketing... coca cola (tm)" Well, we bought it, right? Marketing capitalizes on predictable behavior patterns of a percentage of the consumer market, in other words, they know what we the consumer like. And coca-cola inc. is a multi-national company, just like pepsi, sony, merck pharmaceuticals, etc. Whole empires are built around patterns of behavior. From Le@yabbs Mon Feb 14 16:55:35 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: destiny@yabbs Subject: et al Date: Mon Feb 14 16:55:35 1994 I don't expect anyone to believe this, but I will say it anyway just to have people argue with me. I have been inside someone's head before. I have physically and emotionally felt another's pain. Don't ask me how I do this, I really don't know. Nor do I know why it happens when and with whom it does. All I can say is that it is incredible. And it is a scary thing to be able to do. But I would never give it up, even though it has caused me pain. Because it has also given me the most incredible happiness I have ever known. From Le@yabbs Mon Feb 14 17:01:49 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: et al Date: Mon Feb 14 17:01:49 1994 Well, I tried this message once, and can't see it up there so I will try it again...(don't know what happened here!) 0) I don't expect anyone to believe this, but I will say it anyway 1) just to have people argue with me. 2) I have been inside someone's head before. I have physically and 3) emotionally felt another's pain. Don't ask me how I do this, I really 4) don't know. Nor do I know why it happens when and with whom it does. 5) All I can say is that it is incredible. And it is a scary thing to be 6) able to do. But I would never give it up, even though it has caused 7) me pain. Because it has also given me the most incredible happiness 8) I have ever known. Well, there it is! Hope it's not here twice, but I couldn't find it! Le (loves her paste!) From dan-bob@yabbs Mon Feb 14 17:12:28 1994 From: dan-bob@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: re: 3 people Date: Mon Feb 14 17:12:28 1994 when i enter a room, a lot more than three people enter, but depending on the room, many of them leave. make any sence? dan-bob ------------------- ps: comletely unconnected , anyone ever read any books by david gerold? sorto a ththinking person's science fiction? From Destiny@yabbs Mon Feb 14 20:15:16 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: hmm... Date: Mon Feb 14 20:15:16 1994 wWho or what determines what you really are? From Destiny@yabbs Mon Feb 14 20:16:20 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: *smile* Date: Mon Feb 14 20:16:20 1994 I don't doubt you at all Le.... -Dest' From robtelee@yabbs Tue Feb 15 00:22:21 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: reply Date: Tue Feb 15 00:22:21 1994 Our individual socialization processes determine who and what we are. It all depends on what we are exposed to during our lives. I don't believe that there is a way to EXACTLY duplicate experiences, even for two People to be exposed to the same set of circumstances. Look at the examples of natural disasters. Some people flourish, while others fall apart. This is despite the fact that some who flourish have no experience with disaster while those who do, cave in to sheer stress. Heroism in war time is anpther example. There are numerous examples of people surviving despite of, not because of, their backgrounds. You might want to consider this also. From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Feb 15 01:57:01 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: why/who/what we are Date: Tue Feb 15 01:57:01 1994 OK, my philosophy on human behavior, which I hope makes some sense. On the whole, no one feels real. We all just go through life searching for things and feelings that make us feel more real, more solid. Different people find different activites that remind them of their own reality. Some people eat, some fuck, some write, some do whatever... Again, I don't know if this is just my own unique feeling, but I always doubt my own existence, and it would seem logical to me that the primary motivation of my life is to find some proof that I am real. Does this apply to you people too? Are you real? Are you sure? JasonLee From robtelee@yabbs Tue Feb 15 02:29:41 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: Reply to #27 Date: Tue Feb 15 02:29:41 1994 According to sociological theory, we are "blank slates" when we enter this world. We begin to soak up experiences from the second of birth. It is from that point that we are determined about who/why/what we are. Society impacts on us in different ways. The people we interact with affect us whether we want them to or not. These outside forces form and sharpen our personalities and philosophies, and this process takes our entire lives. Our home lives determine how we interact with others. We can learn intolerance from our parents or we can totally reject the lifestyle that they led. I direct your attention to the anti-establishment movement of the late 60's and early 70's. This led to a change in attitudes among the generation brought up by that group. This change led to the changes we have seen up to this time. Now we have seen a resurgence of the values held during the 1950's. This is especially true among SOME, but not all, of the generation coming of age now. They have rejected the lifestyles of the older generation and adopted a more conservative lifestyle. Hence the sharply drawn political divisions apparent today. You even show some evidence of the changes wrought over the past twenty-five years. Do your parents have the same opinions and attitudes that you do ? I would venture to say no. As always, Your comments are welcome. Robt. E. Lee From Deaska@yabbs Tue Feb 15 05:35:11 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: differentiation Date: Tue Feb 15 05:35:11 1994 Dead on target Rob... Deask' :) From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Feb 15 15:49:38 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: Reply to #27 Date: Tue Feb 15 15:49:38 1994 This is true, but hardly surprising. People have always rebelled a bit against the previous generation for some reason or other. The reason we see so much of this in the 20th century is because change has always been brought about by technological advances, of which this century has seen MANY. So, as the tech progressed faster and faster, older generations couldn't adapt and preferred the old ways, and the new kids were brought up in the world of improved tech. This continues into our age, when we not only have normal technology but also behavior technology, physical technology, political technology, etc. So, as innovation proceeds, the older people will be left behind with their values and the new kids will take over. Not a surprise. In this rebellion of the new, the attitudes taken on by the rbebels are not new, though, just some rehash of mentalities from previous years. The periods of liberalism and conservatism will cycle in waves. That's how things work. Extra thoughts: It will be the next millenium before popular culture reinnovates itself. We've had nothing new since the sixties. There will never be a nostalgia movie made about the eighties (saying this after just having watched American Graffiti and Dazed & Confused). JasonLee From robtelee@yabbs Wed Feb 16 00:58:24 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: Innovation Date: Wed Feb 16 00:58:24 1994 In your last post, you mention innovation. Yes, I would agree that it will be a while before society will change. Yet the means to change are with us at the present time. I have noticed on other boards here that change is a constant subject. You have discussed these changes with other members of the cyber-community. I would venture to say that as you grow older, some of the changes you advocate will not seem as radical as the ones advocated by the next generation. The changes advocated by my generation were considered radical for their times. Some, however, that have been implemented are considered "mainstream" today. According to the generation coming up now, they do not go far enough. Change requires time and a consensus, not just a slap-dash approach to problems. Innovation, is considered heresy by some. "Why change if our system works?", "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." These are common quotes used to resist the innovation you so ardently strive for. Our system is geared toward change. If change is gradual, it is tried and utilized and adopted. If too radical, no one will even give the changes a fair hearing. This is the beauty of our system. The Constitution has survived for over 200 years without any major changes since the original was passed. This only emphasizes my point that change, for the most part, must be gradual. Consider first the amendment that gave the vote to eighteen year olds. It was first proposed during the height of the war in VietNam. The reasoning behind it was that if one was old enough to die for one's country, one should have a say in who would make the decisions on who and what to die for. It was eventually passed for just that purpose. But the change of mind-set was a gradual process, that took a few years. Now, the vote by eighteen year olds is considered mainstream, not the radical proposal that it was in the late 1960's. Another example of change was the amendment that ended slavery in the United States. This issue had been in the forefront of American politics for a good fifty years before it eventually led to a civil war. Even afterward, the ideas embodied in the basic concepts were radical and considered heresy by some of the leading politicians of the period. It was not until the Brown v. Board of Education decision that ALL citizens were granted equal access to ALL facilities. Again, this was a concept that took time to evolve. You may be correct in thinking that there may not be a reason to make "American Graffiti" for the 1980's. Some, however, may disagree with you and consider that period as one of our better times. One has to look at the entire spectrum of events that took place during that period. National pride was emphasized and strides were made to make the US a better nation. There were other things that were not handled very well. Iran-Contra, AIDS, and the problem of crime come to mind. But, I feel that we are making progress. In order to change what we do not agree with, we must be patient. Radicals who are too strident do not get what is needed. Your comments, as always, are welcome. Robt E. Lee From JasonLee@yabbs Wed Feb 16 01:16:40 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: Innovation Date: Wed Feb 16 01:16:40 1994 In regard to American Graffiti, I probably shouldn't have put that bit in the post. It didn't really have much to do with what I was saying earlier. I was just thinking about how the 80's really had no culture of their own other than the punk culture of the early eighties. Without a common culture of the young, there couldn't be a nostalgia movie. What is there to be nostalgic about that could be done in a movie way such that a generation would identify with it? If there's a nostalgia movie for the 80's, it's Heathers, which is not really nostalgia. I'll reply to the first part of your post tomorrow, when I have more time. JasonLee From Cat@yabbs Sat Feb 19 10:22:21 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Just a thought Date: Sat Feb 19 10:22:21 1994 Hmmm Mind Games, Sometimes I think this bbs is a mind game! :) I spend so much time on here...I feel like I've really gotten to know some people. At the same time, I have to ask myself...do I know these people at all, or are they shadows? It's strange...I talk to you every day, and know many things about you, and at the same time I have to wonder how much I really DO know and if the things I know are true. The great thing about a bbs is that you can me anyone you want on it. In real life, Cat is a mouse...but I'm not all that shy here...Hmmm. I always like to wonder about what people here are like in real life. Perhaps we're all not so very different after all...Aw heck, now I'm confusing my self. But does anybody else ever think about things like this, or am I just a kook? :) See you all on yabbs! Cat, she who spends FAR to much time working in a comp lab. From Destiny@yabbs Sat Feb 19 16:11:28 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: ditto Date: Sat Feb 19 16:11:28 1994 I can definitely say the same thought has crossed my mind...do we really know the people here, or do we know a different person of the same human being. I huess it is hard for me to say, because I can only base my opinion on my own experiences...and the only true experience or fact I have, is the experience of being myself both on and off the net. I can honestly say the person you see here is no different from the person you see in person, however, you may get to know a little more of me here a little faster thasn you would if you had to deal with all of the outside influences involved in a face to face encounter. I imagine if people are genuine in their identity on the net, you truly do get to know the person. However, if they assume another identity then you get to know the true person as easily, if at all. Well, I have bebbled enough for now. Catch you all later. :) -Dest' From Destiny@yabbs Sat Feb 19 16:14:57 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: oppsie Date: Sat Feb 19 16:14:57 1994 A correction to my last message...the correct sentence in the second to last line should read: "However, if they assume another identity, then you don't get to know the true person as easily, if at all." Sorry about that :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Sat Feb 19 17:11:30 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: ditto Date: Sat Feb 19 17:11:30 1994 I agree with you Dest. The person I am here is the same person I am in "real life" except for that Tammie isn't as outgoing as Cat is since Tammie is a bit shy. The thing I like about yabbs is that you don't have to worry about things like appearences and how people are viewing you and judging you here. Our "virtual community" here at yabbs is very different from my community at UVM. It's better in some ways, since you all are so much more interesting to talk to than some of the people here at GroovyUV, but it's worse in other ways, since I'm always wishing you all were here in VT so we could hang out and chat for real. The thing that I wonder about though is, if we all were in one room together, and had the "yabbs convention" you always kid around about, would we be able to talk to one another? Hmmmm. Well, I've confused myself again! :) See you later! Cat From Destiny@yabbs Sat Feb 19 19:32:06 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *smile* Date: Sat Feb 19 19:32:06 1994 Well, I sure hope we would all be able to talk to each other at a "Yabbs convention". *grin* Actually, I am 99.99% sure we would have a great time talking to one another. I would be thriled to meet all of my frineds here on yabbs and would probably not stop talking. After all, once we got toegther we would be like any other friends. We could share our present experiences, our future experiences, and look back and laugh at all the memories we have made together. It would be just like a reunion, except none of us have ever met before. However, this is not for everyone. I have talked to a few people who prefer to keep the "mystery" of anonimity and have no desire to meet the person behind the handle. So, for them it would not be quite so easy because they aren't open to the idea of a face to face encounter. As for anyone else who is willing and open to the idea, why not? -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Sat Feb 19 20:13:44 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Sat Feb 19 20:13:44 1994 Right Dest! Why not? :) That's the spirit! From honkfish@yabbs Sat Feb 19 21:16:45 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *hoho* Date: Sat Feb 19 21:16:45 1994 Yeah! I'd love to meet some of you people but *expense* is the major factor for me.. I'm sure it could be done, though (working in US summer camps could be a good excuse for going over there......) Sees Yah! From Deaska@yabbs Sun Feb 20 01:05:26 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: *hehe* Date: Sun Feb 20 01:05:26 1994 I guess I'm in your boots too... That's right all you yankies, go on.. see if us foreigners care if ya have all the fun... *huge smile* oh god, wouldn't it be great...to finally meet all those familiar handles. Dest, we gotta plan something about, hmm ..hehe ya know when.. *bump* Deask' From robtelee@yabbs Sun Feb 20 05:17:36 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: *hehehe* Date: Sun Feb 20 05:17:36 1994 Why not shoot for Sydney 2000 ? That way it will give us some time to really plan for it ? We would have to sort out all the handles when we got there...Hey, why not just have name tags with iur handles on them and then introduce ourselves with our real names ? Let me know what you think...:) As always, robtelee From NJDEVIL@yabbs Sun Feb 20 09:16:40 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: cat@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Sun Feb 20 09:16:40 1994 Am willing to participate in face to face meetings. I think it'd be a blast! Am open to suggestions on how to accomplish this. NJD From NJDEVIL@yabbs Sun Feb 20 09:17:53 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: *hehehe* Date: Sun Feb 20 09:17:53 1994 sounds good!!! NJD From Destiny@yabbs Sun Feb 20 13:44:37 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: *smile* Date: Sun Feb 20 13:44:37 1994 If we all genuinely wanted to meet together, we could arrange it at some point in time....this wouldn't be for a long time, but I'd be willing to wait. As for private meetings, some of us are only a car ride away... I'd definitely suggest meeting people...I have gained so much from meeting fellow yabbers in person...and hope to meet more in the future... Talk ot you all son. *smile* --^-- that is "soon" oh hell, you guys already know I can't type *grin* -Dest' From Deaska@yabbs Sun Feb 20 21:06:07 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: sydney 2000 Date: Sun Feb 20 21:06:07 1994 oh yeah!.. we gotta have a few of you guys down here during the olympics... its in six years time, so hmmm heaps of planning time on yer hands.. it would be wonderful... lets see what others have in mind though :) Deask' From dan-bob@yabbs Mon Feb 21 15:27:07 1994 From: dan-bob@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: sydney 2000 Date: Mon Feb 21 15:27:07 1994 don't you think it would be more fun to have everyone meet *without* nametags, so that after a few hours you would have to guess who ppl. were on yabbs? Also from experiance on irc, some ppl. are v. different on bbs than in real life, but alot of ppl. don't notice this them selves I feel that ppl. should create new idents on irc etc. I see irc as the start of a real cyberspace where ppl. create idents and interact with other identities. My self i am so much more open o bbs/irc, which gives me a chance to 'show off' my poetry and really be myself i hope this makes sence as i feel rather fuzzy at the mo.... dan-bob From Deaska@yabbs Mon Feb 21 18:27:17 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: dan-bob@yabbs Subject: re: sydney 2000 Date: Mon Feb 21 18:27:17 1994 hmmm... nah, I think tags would help ease the shy nervousness amongst the group... you tend to open up if you notice something familiar... Cyberspace???? eeeeeeeeeeeewwhere'd ya get that one from? :) Deask' - committe anti Gibsonist (too bad I have to study him next semester *frown* ) hehehehe/s From Steyr@yabbs Mon Feb 21 19:42:53 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Faces behind the words. Date: Mon Feb 21 19:42:53 1994 I have met several ppl that I previously only knew over the net (primarily IRC). Even though you may have spoken to them fairly extensively before you actually met them, I found that had very little effect on what I thought of them later. Some people I thought were really kewl turned out to be complete dickheads when I met them and then it becomes hard not to let your first impressions get in the way of your net friendship ..... possible, but hard. On the other hand, I do think the net is a good introductory service and meeting a friend IRL can substantially benefit that friendship. Meeting a net-friend is a bit of a gamble but a gamble I take quite happily. It helps you to realize what that person is actually like and gives you a more realistic outlook. Looking back on the above two paragraphs, I just realized what a load of crap I have written. Really it amounts to nothing. But atleast I got all you suckers to read it *grin*. Talk about mind games .. hehehe. Ooops, hangon ... maybe someone is playing games with MY mind getting me to write this ?!?!? Hmmm. I might have to go and think for a while on that one. -=: Steyr :=- From Destiny@yabbs Mon Feb 21 19:59:56 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: hmm... Date: Mon Feb 21 19:59:56 1994 I guess you and I base uor different opinionson our own separate experiences. It has been my experience that the people I meet off IRC are very much the same as they had been in IRC. This is attributed to the fact that these particular people were genuine in their thoughts and actions to begin with. There were no false fronts while on IRC so there was no need to break through a false front in person and discoverr the person was not at all like they had once appeared. I guess if you choose your companions wisely on the net, they may continue to be great friends off the net. Again, this is only from my experience. I am sure everyone's experiences have been and will be different, but I just thougth I would share what I knew with the rest of you. Thanks for taking the time to read :) -Dest' From Steyr@yabbs Mon Feb 21 20:14:09 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: Faces behind the words. Date: Mon Feb 21 20:14:09 1994 I can't deny that meeting a net-friend can certainly result in a good friendship IRL, and perhaps even has a better chance to do so than normal. However the point I am trying to make is that you can't assume that if you like someone on the net you will like them IRL. Over the net I don't consiously hide anything about myself, although I do feel that I present a slightly different front. I get a buzz out of meeting ppl IRL who I already know over the net but I approach it with a little caution and perhaps, common-sense (I think), just in case who I meet is not the same as I thought. I think most ppl will agree that it is interesting, if not good, to meet the faces behind the words, but the difference lies in what degree they agree with it. We could go on like this till we are blue in the face (fingers ??) and still get no further. It really is up to the individual - how secure they feel around others and their past experiences. So how about some INTERESTING topics on Mind Games ... like how to subconsciously persuade ppl to bend to your slightest desire ! -=: Steyr :=- From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Feb 22 01:56:58 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Faces behind the words. Date: Tue Feb 22 01:56:58 1994 Yeah, I've met a couple people through the net, and almost met a couple more. It's generally been pretty good, but some of the people are not really too nice. It is kinda fun to find out that the person at the other terminal really is a person. I'd be willing to meet people, but I know not when... JasonLee From robtelee@yabbs Tue Feb 22 03:15:45 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Discussion Date: Tue Feb 22 03:15:45 1994 With all due respect, could we move the discussion of getting together to the Free Association board ? It is my understanding that this particular board is for a discussion of ourselves relative to our outlook on life and society. Thank you for your patience. robtelee From Steyr@yabbs Tue Feb 22 03:27:14 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: Discussion Date: Tue Feb 22 03:27:14 1994 I couldn't agree more with you robtelee. -=: Steyr :=- From robtelee@yabbs Tue Feb 22 07:20:20 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: nostalgia Date: Tue Feb 22 07:20:20 1994 I would like to initiate another type of discussion. Does anyone here remember the 1960's ? I do and I have found that I miss those days of innocence. I would like to know everyone's thoughts along those lines. It seems that we, especially in the US, have gotten away from the ideals of those days. Vietnam had a profound effect on all of us. I do realize that we can never recapture those innocent times. I would just like to discuss everyone's feelings on those times. Please feel free to post them here so we could discuss all facets. robtelee From Steyr@yabbs Tue Feb 22 07:45:44 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: nostalgia Date: Tue Feb 22 07:45:44 1994 I wasn't born until the 70's but how are you tying 60's nostalgia into the topic 'Mind Games' ?? -=: Steyr :=- From Deaska@yabbs Tue Feb 22 08:18:05 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: nostalgia Date: Tue Feb 22 08:18:05 1994 I'm still trying to figure out where I was back in the '60's (wasn't my time...hehe) Deask' From htoaster@yabbs Tue Feb 22 09:35:57 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: Discussion Date: Tue Feb 22 09:35:57 1994 In message Discussion, robtelee said: > With all due respect, could we move the discussion of getting together to > the Free Association board ? It is my understanding that this particular > board is for a discussion of ourselves relative to our outlook on life and > society. well, it really doesn't belong on the free association board either. Social misfits would probably be the most fitting, but you might as well just leave it here. alex From cosmos@yabbs Tue Feb 22 10:37:32 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: LAMERS! Date: Tue Feb 22 10:37:32 1994 This BBS is soon to be swamped with losers, lamers, and other social misfits....thanks in part to the gopher search. God, nothing like joining channel yabbs and finding yourself in the midddle of compusex. Is it me or are these newbies patheic?? Cosmos From htoaster@yabbs Tue Feb 22 12:29:47 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Tue Feb 22 12:29:47 1994 In message LAMERS!, cosmos said: > This BBS is soon to be swamped with losers, lamers, and other social > misfits....thanks in part to the gopher search. God, nothing like joining > channel yabbs and finding yourself in the midddle of compusex. well, the gopher thing has been there for a long time (4 or 5 months)... the system is just getting more popular, which always brings lots of new users. of course some will be trouble, but on the other hand others will be cool, so... alex From LazerAce@yabbs Tue Feb 22 15:47:32 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Tue Feb 22 15:47:32 1994 Dude, I think your attitude sucks! If people want to join a BBS, then all they want is some information, and some people to talk to other than their close friend, a different outlook from people in different areas. I like to see new people on BBS's. If you don't like what you see, then just hit the spacebar, nobody's forcing you to read everything! I mean, you have the entire internet at your finger tips, if you log on and you don't like what you see, then go somewhere else, and come back later. I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just trying to be free-minded here! From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Feb 22 16:02:09 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: LazerAce@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Tue Feb 22 16:02:09 1994 It's not that, it's the talk section which suffers the most. You get lots of kids/people with slightly less than a clue coming online and just spouting stupid lines about fucking. I agree it gets annoying, but we just have to deal with it. Elitism is not the solution. To somehow tie this into mind games, has anyone else noticed how the corrruption of the sometimes good ideas of one person is triggered by the useless, pointless words of others? JasonLee From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Feb 22 16:07:01 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: nostalgia Date: Tue Feb 22 16:07:01 1994 I sometimes wish the current crop of boomers would try to recall some of that innocence in trying to run the world. Seems like most of them have forgotten it. Actually, that's what I like about Clinton. He appears not to have forgotten or ignored the innocence of those years. Sometimes I also wonder whether that decade was as great as people say. A lot of idealizing goes on as people grow older. Was it so wonderful? JasonLee From LazerAce@yabbs Wed Feb 23 01:05:48 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 01:05:48 1994 I agree with you, I really do. But the thing is they are newbies, they need to be taught. I mean there is a lot on the internet that I'm sure I don't know about that I'd like to see, and I'll be new to it. I know this message sucks! But I'm tired! Anyhow, they need to know that if theyt want to talk about a lot of stuff that is not in the public interest, then they should take it into there own conference, right? They should not be denied the privilige of such a great resource. They should be given some leeway at first, when they do something wrong, tell'em. And hopefully they will not do it again. From robtelee@yabbs Wed Feb 23 02:03:39 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: nostalgia Date: Wed Feb 23 02:03:39 1994 I think the current crop of "boomers" have become cynical with age. So much has gone on since the end of the sixties that the innocence cannot be re-claimed. A certain idealism pervaded those of us who came up during that period. Now, all of a sudden, the idealism has gone and reality set in. The boomers realize that there is nothing that they can do to change basic human nature. We have become Hobbes' worst nightmare. Any differing opinions, especially on the perception of the sixties ? robtelee From Steyr@yabbs Wed Feb 23 06:21:15 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Newbies. Date: Wed Feb 23 06:21:15 1994 Each person, new or not, should be measured on their merits and judged accordingly. Just coz someone is new doesn't mean they are going to be a dickhead. We were all new once ... some still are (I am to this bbs). Those who do make fools of themselves should be dealt with but hey, this is Mind Games .... we should all be able to play with the fools mind and make him leave just by subversive pressure. Deal with those who require it and don't brand people under the one name unless you've personally spoken to that person. -=: Steyr :=- From daz@yabbs Wed Feb 23 08:20:37 1994 From: daz@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Newbies Date: Wed Feb 23 08:20:37 1994 I've got to agree that some Newbies go OTT on precious resources like Yabbs... they spoil a perfectly pleasent atmosphere, and pollute it with sometimes quite abusive comments. But surely it's only the minority spoiling it for the majority again. And when do we define that boundary of graduatating from newbie to xpert? Just ignore them and they'll go away...open up a private channel and invite everyone who is half-decent into it, and thus isolate the problem. In fact, I don't personally think that most of the newbies are any problem whatsoever... it's some of the xperts which BOMB Yabbs to death, and should know better. I recall a particular incident yesterday which really irratated a lot of us... Daz :-) From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 08:27:27 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Newbies. Date: Wed Feb 23 08:27:27 1994 Heck, I think any old person that wants to ought to come and chat on yabbs or any other bbs. If you don't feel like chatting with them on yabbs, then for pete's sake make another channel, don't start a war! This us vrs. them let's all complain about the new people is really discouraging. Keeping with the spirit of the channel, which seems to be lost, but then again, isn't everything SOME SORT of mind game? Heck again, I forgot what I was going to say. Oh well! :) And I HAVE met some real nice "newbies" (what an awful word, I hate labels) this week. :) Next post will be related to the topic I promise, I just had to throw this one in here...:) Cat From !@#asd@yabbs Wed Feb 23 08:53:32 1994 From: !@#asd@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Newbies. Date: Wed Feb 23 08:53:32 1994 i disagree totally! throw them out! >:) i have been here since October of 93 and we had a lot of fun, the group that was here really got to know each other and it was like a family! eeeek, did i say that? Well what i am trying to say is that some of the newbies that come on get this attitude and really get annoying. I can not stand for some one to come on and start being a chucklehead! if they are cool it is different! but most of the newbies are not! anyway i wish something could be done, i hate having to go to another channel and hide, it is not right! From cosmos@yabbs Wed Feb 23 09:11:42 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: LazerAce@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 09:11:42 1994 No, youre an ass, but that's typical. Listen you pathetic pud, we have been here a hell of a lot longer than you and have watched this board transform from a great little board into a bigger one full of lame morons who type compusex all day long and curse at each other. Get a clue. Cosmos From cosmos@yabbs Wed Feb 23 09:14:58 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: !@#asd@yabbs Subject: re: Newbies. Date: Wed Feb 23 09:14:58 1994 *grin* Good show Kidd, I guess the old guard is getting as pissed as I am eh? ;) Last night topped the cake, sheesh. Cosmos From Deaska@yabbs Wed Feb 23 09:26:40 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Newbies. Date: Wed Feb 23 09:26:40 1994 I gotta agree with Kidd, even though I've only been on here a month later, Yabbs has become a little less (little???) what it was waaaaaaay back in '93... sure, I've met heaps of great ppl here, and that's my main attraction to this place. It just seems that the trend is that most of the trash ouor screens comes from uninitiated ppl, who are either new to this bbs, or new to the net, and have no idea of netiquette. You just get sick of the crap after a while... Argh!.. why can't everyone be civilized? or is this the way its s'posed to be? Deask's 2 cents From htoaster@yabbs Wed Feb 23 09:32:47 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 09:32:47 1994 In message re: LAMERS!, cosmos said: > No, youre an ass, but that's typical. Listen you pathetic pud, we have > been here a hell of a lot longer than you and have watched this board > transform from a great little board into a bigger one full of lame morons > who type compusex all day long and curse at each other. Get a clue. I think this attitude might be preciously what is helping to screw the board as well. Why is anyone new going to want to stick around and see what is here if there are members of the board who seem to have been around for a long time telling them to fuck off. I know that if I were to join a new board and there were people acting this way I would be a little weary of what was there. While some of the newbies are being a pain in the ass that doesn't mean that everyone should be a pain in the ass. Really, I say ignore the pains and they will go away. It is still a very small segment of the total number of people using the system these days (just for statistics sake, there are about 150 accounts made per day for the past week, and 2546 total accounts made since Jan 1, 1994). alex From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 09:56:05 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Wed Feb 23 09:56:05 1994 I know I promised on to enter any non topice related messages in here Dest, but oh well. :) I agree that some of the "newbies" (I still hate that label) can be annoying, and being female, I've put up with a lot more stuff than I had planned too. But ht did put in ignores and channel options. You can always find ways to avoin un wanted people. Flooding and bombing doesn't do a thing to deter the jerks that plan on ruining our fun anay way, it just makes them even more angry. All it does is scare away the nice people, and give a hard time to those of us (like me) who's servers can't take it. :) Jerks will be jerks, and you'd accomplish much more by ignoring them or leaving them on channels together that pissing them off and giving them more fuel for their fires. From dmonger@yabbs Wed Feb 23 10:00:35 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 10:00:35 1994 I have to agree with ht on this one. Cosmos, I've been here longer than you, though I only started using the system regularly very recently. I don't remember this system belonging to anyone but htoaster. If you don't like the direction things are going, work to change them constructively (and no, your method of changing things is not constructive). I've thrashed a person or two since I've been here, but I definately haven't enjoyed it as much as you have. Yabbs wouldn't be yabbs if it wasn't a free system. I can think of quite a few nice people I've met who wouldn't be able to get on at all if there were some cool eleeet test or an admissions committee cause they started out not knowing how to run this thing. Maybe everyone didn't start out as a newbie (some of us have had a little more netiquette training than others), but if you sit around and say "this is my system, get off" i'm not sure how you are any better than the people who come in and start off by trying to offend anyone. Any idea cosmos? Just a thought -peter who really hates the word netiquette, but likes it more than UFOlogist which he learned on encounters, the UFO conspiracy last night :) From dmonger@yabbs Wed Feb 23 10:04:10 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 10:04:10 1994 sorry, to replace that first senetence: Cosmos, I've been here longer than you (I was around when the system was being written), though I only started using the system regularly very recently. so what? Its not mine, its not yours. (sentece about htoaster accidentailly deleted :) ) From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 11:55:46 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: no title Date: Wed Feb 23 11:55:46 1994 :) From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 11:56:34 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: no title Date: Wed Feb 23 11:56:34 1994 Ok. Let's get back to what this channel was supposed to be for. :) Anyone know any mind games we could play? From NJDEVIL@yabbs Wed Feb 23 17:00:04 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: no title Date: Wed Feb 23 17:00:04 1994 :=8) From JasonLee@yabbs Wed Feb 23 17:58:34 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 17:58:34 1994 I agree. We should just deal with the annoyance. Eventually, the newbies will graduate to IRC, where the compusex goes on 24-7. Just be patient and wait and try to be accepting of the new people. I do think it's okay to giv newbies a hard time, but don't do it through bombing, direct insults, etc. If some new guy starts talking about his dick, make fun of his humor and his intelligence without being abrasive. He'll (hopefully) get the point that that sort of stuff is boring and annoying. Hope I've made some sense. JasonLee From dmonger@yabbs Wed Feb 23 18:54:52 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 18:54:52 1994 I'd say you have the right idea. From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 19:22:48 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 19:22:48 1994 Yup. He does. At least we're not all on the war path. :) n From Destiny@yabbs Wed Feb 23 19:26:33 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *smile* Date: Wed Feb 23 19:26:33 1994 agreed...let them figure it out :) From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 19:34:00 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Wed Feb 23 19:34:00 1994 Hey Dest! Played any mind games lately? ;) From LazerAce@yabbs Wed Feb 23 19:46:56 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 19:46:56 1994 Sounds real mature, see, your setting a real good example aren't you. i could care less HOW much longer you've been here than what I have. I've been BBSing for the longest time. I've made sooo many friends on BBS's it's amazing. And I came here cause it's someplace new, and to get some more ideas from other people and places. You really make people feel welcome, well, you can have your little clique if you want it! Cause that's probably all you'll ever have! From cosmos@yabbs Wed Feb 23 20:35:36 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: LazerAce@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 20:35:36 1994 Heheheh.....BBS demigod eh?? Listen up guy, I have been on here for quite some time and have seen countless newbies. They were all fine until now...just very recently they turned into a plague upon yabbs. Hell, I thought I had accidently put myself on #sex on IRC. I am not one to set back and watch, just my personality. I fight fire with fire. But anyways, you go ahead and BBS away. Cosmos From Steyr@yabbs Wed Feb 23 21:06:20 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 21:06:20 1994 Can you and LazerAce take your little argument elsewhere. Try e-mail or somethin. From dmonger@yabbs Wed Feb 23 21:54:35 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 21:54:35 1994 In message re: LAMERS!, cosmos said: > now...just very recently they turned into a plague upon yabbs. Hell, I hmmm, I guess every one has a different definition of plague. to me, there are many more problems with the current system, like people who can't tolerate anyone but themselves. -dmonger From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 22:39:14 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: LazerAce@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 22:39:14 1994 Hey LazerAce. I have met lots of friends on bbs's too. I've been on this one for a while and always like to talk to new people. :) Don't worry about the non tolerant people. Most of us aren't cliquey and like to chat to everyone. :) If you're ever on when I am, say hi, I like to talk! :) From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 22:42:20 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Wed Feb 23 22:42:20 1994 :) Yup. Too bad isn't it! Oh well! From Cat@yabbs Wed Feb 23 22:44:08 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: no title Date: Wed Feb 23 22:44:08 1994 Ummm, This is the Mind Games Message board, not the let's complain about the newbies board guys. If you want a board like that, you can try to ask ht for one, but I have the feeling he won't go for the idea. :) From rick@yabbs Thu Feb 24 03:32:00 1994 From: rick@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 03:32:00 1994 I would like to pose a question to the masses... If a white south african moves to the u.s. and becomes a citizen of the U.S. does that make him a African American. Think about it...does this mean a total change in the tittle that the black americans have placed on them selves. and why must balck americans have a different labels for them selves. Is the tittle of American not sufficient for all.. NEW TO THIS BOARD ALWAYS QUESTION THE HIGHER UP'S RICK From daz@yabbs Thu Feb 24 07:22:45 1994 From: daz@yabbs To: rick@yabbs Subject: re: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 07:22:45 1994 Hi Rick! Hmmm, interesting question (and at last somebody's broken the bloated bigotry on this board!)... Supposedly one would like to keep links with ones heritage, thus titling themselves *origin prefix* American. I don't think it's a case of the title "American" alone not being sufficient... Lets face it, evreyone has a certain pride in their origins... whether it be the state they were born in, tor the country they originated from! Daz :-) From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 09:26:41 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: daz@yabbs Subject: re: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 09:26:41 1994 Nice to have a real question, isn't it? :) From htoaster@yabbs Thu Feb 24 09:39:22 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: rick@yabbs Subject: re: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 09:39:22 1994 In message question?, rick said: > I would like to pose a question to the masses... If a white south african > moves to the u.s. and becomes a citizen of the U.S. does that make him a > African American. Think about it...does this mean a total change in the > tittle that the black americans have placed on them selves. and why must > balck americans have a different labels for them selves. Is the tittle of > American not sufficient for all.. no, not really (my father has done the above, he was born in s. africa, and became a US citizen in the '70s). If you look at the white culture there it is really about the farthest thing from African, and really much more English (at least this is what I have seen in my multiple trips to Zimbabwe). You could argue that the culture is somewhat of a mixture of the two, but it still isn't the much different culture of the native Africans that were there originally. The problem with the title of American is that it doesn't take into account the previous history of ones culture. American culture is still largely based on the white anglo-saxan culture of western europe, even though a large percentage of our citizens come from other lands. African American is a just a term that tries to accept this, and show that yes, while they are Americans, they also realize that they orginally came from a much different culture and would still like to understand that. alex From cosmos@yabbs Thu Feb 24 10:02:51 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 10:02:51 1994 Interesting. I am American. I could care less what I am though. I dont think any given country is better than any other one. I am not "proud" of my heritage nor am I "hateful" of it. I just dont care. I am an individual, and that is all the culture I need. "Whoso is a man must also be a nonconformist." -Emerson (Not exact, but you get the point) Cosmos From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 10:07:45 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: question? Date: Thu Feb 24 10:07:45 1994 Yup. Me too. Love that Emerson. :) From Destiny@yabbs Thu Feb 24 13:18:16 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *grin* Date: Thu Feb 24 13:18:16 1994 Always Cat....always :) From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 13:26:47 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *grin* Date: Thu Feb 24 13:26:47 1994 Dest, we have GOT to get together some time. We could stay up all night and tell stories. :) From LazerAce@yabbs Thu Feb 24 15:16:18 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Thu Feb 24 15:16:18 1994 I'm not trying to be some demigod or whatever...All I'm saying is that the "newbies" need to be taught the etiquette...I don't like the conversation your talking about either...It's stupid. And when somebody talks stupid they need to be educated. I like it here and I think you have some good ideas and all. I just think that you need to think about some solutions to the problem your facing, that's all. Put up a Garbage Dump board and don't subscribe to it, just let the people take their shit there and do there stuff or something. If they start doing something you don't like on a sub you subscribe to, don't tell them to stop, instead, tell them to take it to the Garbage Dump! THEN if they don't, get more drastic. From LazerAce@yabbs Thu Feb 24 15:17:49 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: LAMERS! Date: Thu Feb 24 15:17:49 1994 Thanks, I'll do that. From Destiny@yabbs Thu Feb 24 18:27:44 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *grin* Date: Thu Feb 24 18:27:44 1994 You bet...hey, we're both in New England :) Can't be that long of a drive :) This should really be in e-mail...sorry all :) -Dest' From Steyr@yabbs Thu Feb 24 19:03:05 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 19:03:05 1994 To people like cosmos and Cat. I don't understand how you can have no feelings for your heritage and your home country. I'm proud to be Australian and that patriotism forms a large part of my life, influencing things as major as my career. Not everyone can be proud of their heritage, ideed some hate it and no doubt have good reasons for that hatred., but to me, being so apathetic as to *not care* about your country is the beginning of the end of society as we know it .... although possibly the beginning of a singular, worldwide society. I wonder ... if you have no feelings for your country, do you have any feelings for your family ? Yourself ? Life in general ? I mean, afterall, a country is (in a way) just a larger version of a family (just without the blood ties). -=: Steyr :=- From cosmos@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:01:45 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 20:01:45 1994 Why the fuck should I have a goddamn tie to my country like a family?? It certainly does not deserve it. A country is a plot of land defined by borders. I am an individual and I prize that above all else. The rest is trivial, I do what I do for myself nothing else. My country is to me a plot of land that I hapen to reside in. Cosmos From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:16:37 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 20:16:37 1994 I am proud of my heritage. I like my country and my french/irish/english/Native American/scottish background. I just like Cosmos's quote on Emerson. :) I'm an English major for pity's sake. I love Emerson. :) From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:18:00 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 20:18:00 1994 And I disagree with you on that line "to people like Cosmos and Cat" I am nothing like Cosmos. Ask anybody. Ask Cosmos! :) From Steyr@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:29:26 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 20:29:26 1994 To Cat : Oh. I do apologise. I misunderstood what you meant. To Cosmos : A family is merely a miniature society, defined by ties of blood and marriage (although there are more ties to it nowdays). A country is both the physical land and the society which exists on that land. I just think that if nobody gives a shit about their country then that is the start of the destrucion of society as we know it. I also feel that apathetic attitudes such as the one you seem to display can also be linked directly to crime rates (although don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you a criminal). I think it's time people did start to care again .. not only for themselves but for their local town/city, their state, and their country. As always comments/arguments are welcome. -=: Steyr :=- From cosmos@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:39:50 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 20:39:50 1994 get a clue chap. Your call to country loyalty is crap. Look at what started the world wars...COuntry fervor....world war I was an entanglement between countries due to each one being a proud righteous nation and owing allegiance to one another. World War II used frenzied loyalty to commit attrocity Crime rate???? PFFFFFT..... I stand devoted to myself. Cosmos From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:48:34 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: the fun never ends. :) Date: Thu Feb 24 20:48:34 1994 Yup. It sure doesn't. :) From Cat@yabbs Thu Feb 24 20:50:49 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *grin* Date: Thu Feb 24 20:50:49 1994 :) Everything is SOME kinda mind game though, isn't it? :) *grin* From LazerAce@yabbs Thu Feb 24 21:08:58 1994 From: LazerAce@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Heritage Date: Thu Feb 24 21:08:58 1994 I'll be the first to say that I could care less about my hereitage, hell, I don't even know what I am. If somebody does ask me, I just say that I'm an American. Well, then they ask "No, I didn't mean THAT, I meant your heritage." I admire some people that get into there heritage, but then they limit themselves to that. I like to many other things to limit myself. I guess I'm a Universal type of dude! ;) Later on. From JasonLee@yabbs Thu Feb 24 22:37:32 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 22:37:32 1994 Maybe Australia feels like an extended family, but America definitely does not. If it did, I might have stronger feelings toward it than I do now. I do, however, have strong ffeelings toward what America was supposed to be (ideally), so I'm not completely anti-patriotic. I don't stand for the pledge of Allegiance or sing the anthem. JasonLee From minutemn@yabbs Thu Feb 24 22:55:36 1994 From: minutemn@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Thu Feb 24 22:55:36 1994 I think this comes from part of America's 60's heritage. During that period lots of young Americans were indoctrinated into being suspicious of , if not hostile to, their country. This has been passed on, to some degree, by the people of that generation, to the current one. I'm not saying this is bad or wrong (even though I am proud to be American), just that perhaps it comes from influential rolemodels in a person's life (parents, teachers, etc.). God Bless, minuteman From Destiny@yabbs Thu Feb 24 23:11:39 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: yup.. Date: Thu Feb 24 23:11:39 1994 If everything wasn't a mind game, then life just wouldn't be fun, now would it :) -Dest' From Steyr@yabbs Fri Feb 25 00:12:22 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: Patriotism = Wars ? Date: Fri Feb 25 00:12:22 1994 On your stance that fierce patriotism leads to wars .... well *grin* I don't mind an odd scrap now and again and would aggressively defend my county (Now THIS should bring a few comments *smile*). Everyone is entitles to their own ideas on patriotism, loyalty and honor but I feel that apathetic attitudes lead directly to social and socio-economic breakdown. After all ... "No man is an island" (who said that) ... and so a selfish *I care for myself and no-one else* attitude can ultimately lead only to destruction. -=: Steyr :=- Oh, P.S. Incase you didn't know cosmos .... a Steyr is an instrument used to defend this fair country of mine. From topi@yabbs Fri Feb 25 06:24:59 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: cosmos@yabbs Subject: *I do what I do for myself* Date: Fri Feb 25 06:24:59 1994 "I do what I do for myself and nothing else" -- cosmos. That is really SAD cosmos. I pity you for your attitude. It is because of *self centred pricks like you* that our world is falling apart and going into such demise. You, and others like you are ruining this experience called "life" for all the rest of us who are trying to give it a go. Think about how we are all made in the same form (as humans) and have SOME compassion for your fellow men/women/children.. because *I* care, Cath. From Cat@yabbs Fri Feb 25 07:53:43 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: no title Date: Fri Feb 25 07:53:43 1994 Wellup. I think we have missed the channel heading yet again folks. What the heck, guess it does'n matter. What ever floats your boat I guess! Ummm, patriotism is just like any other ism, or anything else for that matter: fine in healthy doses..just as long as one doesn't get carried away with it. I guess I'm not very nationalistic, but I do like living in America, esp. in New England, :) and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. This country suits me just fine...always SOMETHING going on. :) --Cat's two cents. :) From topi@yabbs Fri Feb 25 08:25:33 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: no title Date: Fri Feb 25 08:25:33 1994 I think you've missed the boat somewhere Cat.. re-read over this mail base.. i see mind games everywhere.. in people's opinions.. in others trying to persuade them to see their opinions.. you don't seem to be too knowledgeable about mind games there Cat.. so stop whingeing about something you seem to have no idea of anyway.. just my three cents worth :) Cath. From topi@yabbs Fri Feb 25 08:30:03 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: cat@yabbs Subject: re: no title Date: Fri Feb 25 08:30:03 1994 just adding something here.. another thing you can do Cat, is make up something that is more interesting for us to discuss here... For example; "ENGINEERS DO IT BETTER" All feed back is most welcome. there's a bout a dollars worth.. Cath. From cosmos@yabbs Fri Feb 25 11:27:08 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: *I do what I do for myself* Date: Fri Feb 25 11:27:08 1994 Thank you for your name calling and flame baiting answer. I wont even grace you with a reply, because frankly you do not merit one. Cosmos From honkfish@yabbs Fri Feb 25 12:33:08 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: Country Date: Fri Feb 25 12:33:08 1994 What you percieve to be your "country" is nothing but what you have been told id your country. This comes from the state, which uses the useful little tool of "patriotism" to legitimise its control over a population. This is not the same as being proud of your city, family or region or whatever. It's a nebulous concept imposed on you by others and you are told that if necessary you must die for that concept.. You must remember that there are no self-suffiecient nations anymore. To a greater or lesser degree, there is no "national economy" to speak of in most nations. There is an integrated world econmoy.. From the Brazilian coffee you drink in the morning to the table made from Malaysian wood you rest your mug on, no country exists in isolation. When the price of iron changes on the world commodity markets determines which families willl eat this week and which will be left with no income as firms shift their purchases to the cheaper option (often without knowing from where the iron came from). I could go on for hours. James. From Cat@yabbs Fri Feb 25 13:40:30 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: no title Date: Fri Feb 25 13:40:30 1994 I didn't miss the boat at all, I just wasn't on the same boat you were. I'm sorry if what I said came across as "whining". That certainly wasn't my intention. And I know plenty about mind games. I guess if you wanted to, you could say that EVERYTHING is some sort of mind game-it all depends on your perception of the situation. I like mind games, play them all the time, just like me all do. :) From Cat@yabbs Fri Feb 25 13:42:25 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: no title Date: Fri Feb 25 13:42:25 1994 :) Hmmm. I wonder just WHAT it is that they do better though? Hmm, something to think about. Good mind game topi. Thanks for the dollars worth. :) From !@#asd@yabbs Fri Feb 25 15:52:49 1994 From: !@#asd@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: the state of the union Date: Fri Feb 25 15:52:49 1994 i quit believing in "the great country" theory a long time ago. There was a time when i was growing up that i beleived but not now. I used t4o be able to leave my truck or car unlocked over night, call it dumb but it was just the way it was around our neighborhood. Plain and simple you just did not fuck w/ anyone elses shit! This ended about 6 years ago, my sts ripped out of my truck(about $4,000) worth. From that point on i trust no man woman or child! it is sad but this country is becoming sad. well that is my 5 cents i am on Cosmos side on this one! From !@#asd@yabbs Fri Feb 25 15:53:57 1994 From: !@#asd@yabbs To: !@#asd@yabbs Subject: re: the state of the union Date: Fri Feb 25 15:53:57 1994 should be my stereo was in the line ripped off From Deaska@yabbs Fri Feb 25 17:10:28 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Critical Allegiances Date: Fri Feb 25 17:10:28 1994 Steyr, the americans are on a way different wavelength to what we are... and even though this seems a generalization, it is true that different nations' people think differently (afterall, why do we need Summits at the International Ministerial Level? Cuz, we're not all buddies) I support Steyr and all those who have a strong sense of allegiance to their nation... although I can say that this is not a pluralist attitude in Australia, (some of you might say... why do we care... at this point) we just haven't been pissed on by the state as much as some other nations have. But frankly, lets see some internationalism, cuz you're not gonna have much choice in later years... IMHO Deask' From SPARKLER@yabbs Fri Feb 25 17:13:53 1994 From: SPARKLER@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: a mind game Date: Fri Feb 25 17:13:53 1994 Here is a true mind games sugahs When I say "Demons and Rogues know nothin' else save sunlight." what does it mean sugahs Love ya all SPARKLER From honkfish@yabbs Fri Feb 25 19:30:25 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: SPARKLER@yabbs Subject: demons Date: Fri Feb 25 19:30:25 1994 I suppose it depends on where you stress particular words... ie nothin', else, save or sunlight (or some combination) You can have quite a few meanings to one sentence. Yours confusing maters, (make that matters!!) Honkfish From Cat@yabbs Sat Feb 26 09:54:41 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: SPARKLER@yabbs Subject: re: a mind game Date: Sat Feb 26 09:54:41 1994 Who cares? :) From Xela@yabbs Sat Feb 26 12:29:38 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: alliegance Date: Sat Feb 26 12:29:38 1994 If you believe in your country you are fucked in the head, plain and simple. Especially if its this country (USA). My short and sweet two cents, Alex From cosmos@yabbs Sat Feb 26 13:34:17 1994 From: cosmos@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: alliegance Date: Sat Feb 26 13:34:17 1994 Heheheheheh...right on target. Cosmos From Steyr@yabbs Sat Feb 26 19:46:16 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: alliegance Date: Sat Feb 26 19:46:16 1994 So tell me, what exactly is so wrong with having a sense of pride in ones heritage and country ? -=: Steyr :=- From SPARKLER@yabbs Sat Feb 26 20:03:47 1994 From: SPARKLER@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: alliegance Date: Sat Feb 26 20:03:47 1994 I Am very proud of my heritage as well. I see nothin' wrong with it. Everyone should have somethin' to be proud of, and i f ya can't be proud of what ya ancesters were than how can ya be proud of yaself? Is a mix of all nations, and she is proud of all of them, while they all may not be perfect they made the world what it is today and if they weren't there who knows what the world would be like? Love ya all SPARKLER From dan-bob@yabbs Sun Feb 27 09:21:05 1994 From: dan-bob@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Sun Feb 27 09:21:05 1994 why sould i be proud of my country, i dont like what it is doing, I don't like what iot is becoming. is a mother proud of her rapest son? From Xela@yabbs Sun Feb 27 12:11:33 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: Arrogance Date: Sun Feb 27 12:11:33 1994 Steyr said - "So tell me, what exactly is so wrong with having a sense of pride in ones heritage and country ?" Ok, easy. When you have arrogant feelings about anything which your rulers back, i.e. wars against other countries, that gives you all the justification you need to do whatever you feel like to that country and its people, i.e. rape and pillage. Pride in something other than yourself gives you what you feel is the right to anything you please, because your country is goddamned great, et al. Ever hear of anybody do something "for love of God and State?" Sound familiar? Well that person is fucked in the head not only because he/she is psychotically arrogant, but the ruling govt. can take advantage of that as well. If you knew about the American Army, you would know how it entices young men and women to join. Slick commercials depicting "real men" hunting down other "bad men." Pictures of "fame, fortune, and glory." That is, apparently if you are an engineer on a nuclear sub, you'll have the skills to do anything in life, etc. etc. etc. Government feeds this "pride" to the point where it can do anything. -Alex From Steyr@yabbs Sun Feb 27 14:26:10 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: dan-bob@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Sun Feb 27 14:26:10 1994 As long as you have reasons for not having pride in your country (i.e. you don't like what it's doing/becoming) then that's fine. WHat I don't understand is apathetic fools who think if they shut themselves away worrying only about themsleves then things are gonna be OK. Whether youe for or against your country (lets face it ... ppl against something is what brings about change) isn't the issue so much as ppl who don't care simply coz they are too self centred or too lazy. -=: Steyr :=- From JasonLee@yabbs Sun Feb 27 15:34:43 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: dan-bob@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Sun Feb 27 15:34:43 1994 I think, if you have something to be proud of in your country/heritage, then be proud, but there are two things to remember: 1) Don't let your pride lead you into believing that you are better than other people. 2) Just because you aren't proud of something, that doesn't mean other people can't be. JasonLee From Cat@yabbs Sun Feb 27 17:23:08 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Be proud of your heritage. Date: Sun Feb 27 17:23:08 1994 I like this country just fine. It's sthe govt. I could sometimes do without. :) From robtelee@yabbs Mon Feb 28 03:12:01 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Patriotism Date: Mon Feb 28 03:12:01 1994 I have been following the dabate on this base regarding Patriotism and feelings for one's heritage. It seems that some have the two confused. Having one does not mean they have the other. Patriotism also does NOT mean to blindly folow what the government is saying, doing, etc. Patriotism, to me, means to have pride in the accomplishments of our past and to look hopefully into the future. The United States have accomplished much for a relatively young country. We explored and conquered a continent. Along with others, the United States developed flight for mankind. The United States put man on the moon. Those are accomplishments to be proud of. On the other hand, the United States commited genocide against the Native American peoples of that inhabited this continent long before the arrival of the white race. The United States, with others, developed thermonuclear devices capable of obliterating ALL human life. Couple of things to not be real proud of. The list could be extended, but I take it for granted that all are intelligent to get my point. I am very patriotic. I dearly love the United States. To be told I am "fucked in the head" is very insulting. I am also proud to have a Native American culture to be proud of. It gives roots for me to look back on and see how far America has come. I have served in the Armed Forces for the United States (United States Marine Corps, class of 74). I felt at the time, and still do, that this country was something worth fighting for. I can understand what Steyr is saying and can empathize with him. So, please, do not dismiss someone because they have strong feelings for their country. As for those of you who have nothing to be proud of other than yourselves, you have my sympathy. robtelee From minutemn@yabbs Wed Mar 2 07:12:33 1994 From: minutemn@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: Patriotism Date: Wed Mar 2 07:12:33 1994 Amen. From Le@yabbs Wed Mar 2 13:55:18 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: steyr@yabbs Subject: huh? Date: Wed Mar 2 13:55:18 1994 way back when, you stated that the crime rate was related to a lack of patriotism... I majored in criminology and can tell you that you are way off base with that one. If you are going to make faulty correlations, at least supply the corresponding faulty reasoning behind them, as you make no statements in support of that idea. And as far as my view of patriotism (for anyone who cares, and for those who don't :P ) I don't need it. I accept that I have a freedom to live the way I choose in this country within the boundaries placed on me by the state. I am grateful for the freedom, and I accept those boundaries. I do the best I can to survive, and that's the best it gets in this day and age. As for the pathetic state of the nation today, I look to the disintegration of the family caused in part by the strains resulting from the ever-lowering standard of living in this country as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the middle class fights for its life. The American dream is just about dead, and it's taking patriotism with it. From robtelee@yabbs Wed Mar 2 17:04:28 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: huh? Date: Wed Mar 2 17:04:28 1994 right on target :) From Steyr@yabbs Wed Mar 2 23:44:15 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: Crime Date: Wed Mar 2 23:44:15 1994 Ok, I can't argue against a criminology major coz I haven't studied it so I will concede your point. Although I was merely making an observation ... that crime rates are higher in areas where ppl don't give a shit about anything except themselves ... and drawing conclusions from there. That may be wrong too but it's what I see. I still stand by my opint though ... that the 'who gives a f***' attutide is rarely beneficial for a county, whereas a positive (or negative) attitude is good. It provides direction ... or in the negative sense ... brings about change.. A country full of ppl who dwell on there own problems all their life is going nowhere fast. Oops, their ^^^^. -=: Steyr :=- From Le@yabbs Thu Mar 3 00:17:24 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: If you are going Date: Thu Mar 3 00:17:24 1994 to make statements, why don't you back them up with facts? Otherwise, you just provide opinions, which are like... Well, everybody has one. If you wish to claim that crime rates are higher in areas where people don't care about anything but themselves, then please feel free to provide the documentation to prove it. Perhaps I can refer you to a few criminology texts. ;) You have already conceded that those who are unpatriotic are not necessarily criminal, are you saying that those who are criminal are unpatriotic? Thus areas where pride in country/community/etc. is low would be those areas where crime is high because those are attitudes one finds in criminals? This relates to the view of crime as a socio-economic phenomena, perhaps you picked up on that in my last post. As for apathy, I don't see the problem. If everyone lived their lives without regard to others, that would create a problem. But I do not equate inconsideration for fellow man with political apathy or lack of patriotism. I believe you are drawing several faulty correlations, or at the very least misusing your terms. From minutemn@yabbs Thu Mar 3 11:36:28 1994 From: minutemn@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: new mind game. Date: Thu Mar 3 11:36:28 1994 Ok, here's what I would like to know. Would you rather get gutshot in the summer or the winter? From !@#asd@yabbs Thu Mar 3 12:24:17 1994 From: !@#asd@yabbs To: minutemn@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game. Date: Thu Mar 3 12:24:17 1994 you plan on getting shot????? what you get to pick your weapon and the time it is going to be done!!!! From Le@yabbs Thu Mar 3 15:16:06 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: !@#asd@yabbs Subject: what is... Date: Thu Mar 3 15:16:06 1994 gutshot anyway? getting shot in the gut? or is it some strange hunting term I am not familiar with? From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 3 16:15:59 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: what is... Date: Thu Mar 3 16:15:59 1994 I have never heard of gutshot either. Sounds nasty, doesn't it? Ick ick icky. I think I'd rather not get shot at all. :) Although being knifed would be worse I think. From honkfish@yabbs Thu Mar 3 21:12:16 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: Gutshot Date: Thu Mar 3 21:12:16 1994 If you've seen Reservoir Dogs, Mr.Orange (the undercover cop) is shot in the gut - wasn't pleasant, was it? Personally I'd duck... From JasonLee@yabbs Thu Mar 3 22:50:54 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Thu Mar 3 22:50:54 1994 Nope, Mr. Orange didn't particularly like it. Well, I'd prefer to be shot in the gut during the summer, just because I like the summer better than anything else. I'd be really pissed off at getting shot during the winter. Two things I hate a lot: 1) Being cold 2) Being wet Guess what winter is like? JasonLee From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Mar 4 08:27:01 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 08:27:01 1994 Gutshot is a nasty way to die. Very slow and extremely painful! I know, I died that way once!! From Cat@yabbs Fri Mar 4 08:49:03 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 08:49:03 1994 Never seen that...but like I said, a gut shot sounds like a grisly thing. :( So THAT'S where you got Reservoir Dogs. I was wondering about that... From Cat@yabbs Fri Mar 4 08:49:51 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 08:49:51 1994 But you just keep coming back to haunt us, right nj? :) From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Mar 4 08:53:20 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 08:53:20 1994 Too oldf and stupid to lay down and stay dead! From Cat@yabbs Fri Mar 4 08:58:05 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 08:58:05 1994 Nj, you're not old and stupid. :) You're young and careless. :) Big difference between the two you know. :) From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Mar 4 09:00:15 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 09:00:15 1994 tanks again. Is gut shot and begins to die again!!! From Cat@yabbs Fri Mar 4 09:03:38 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: Gutshot Date: Fri Mar 4 09:03:38 1994 Gack. That's nasty. :) :plugs up the wound with bubble gum From Destiny@yabbs Fri Mar 4 10:37:14 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: hmm Date: Fri Mar 4 10:37:14 1994 Do any of you guys seriously believe in past lives? What do you think of paranormal activity...just curious... -Dest' :) From Cat@yabbs Fri Mar 4 13:31:55 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: hmm Date: Fri Mar 4 13:31:55 1994 I have nine lives all at once Dest! :) Seriously, I never really believed in past lives. I guess I can't imagine a life being any better or worse that the one I'm in now. I wouldn't want to think I've been other people or would be others. It's a cool idea to think about though. :) Paranormal activity, hmmmm. I think anything is possible, maybe not probable, but anything is possible. :) From !@#asd@yabbs Fri Mar 4 15:02:18 1994 From: !@#asd@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: if i come back Date: Fri Mar 4 15:02:18 1994 if i come back as anything i would want it to be a whale! yes a whale! #ft wide tounge, hell the girls would love me>:) From Le@yabbs Fri Mar 4 16:20:31 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: destiny@yabbs Subject: past lives Date: Fri Mar 4 16:20:31 1994 I don't believe in past lives in the sense that you yourself actually reincarnate. I do believe that the soul reincarnates. I don't believe time to be linear in the spiritual sense, so all lives occur at the same time. And thus the soul is in many times at once. :) I know it sounds kooky but I like it. From twilight@yabbs Fri Mar 4 16:32:18 1994 From: twilight@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: ancient wisdom Date: Fri Mar 4 16:32:18 1994 anyone ever heard of a book called the necronomicon :) From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Mar 4 16:40:02 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: twilight@yabbs Subject: re: ancient wisdom Date: Fri Mar 4 16:40:02 1994 I do!! I have a paperback copy on my bookshelf!! :-) NJD From twilight@yabbs Fri Mar 4 16:55:12 1994 From: twilight@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: ancient wisdom Date: Fri Mar 4 16:55:12 1994 do you beleive in thulku? :--) From honkfish@yabbs Fri Mar 4 20:38:39 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: past Lives Date: Fri Mar 4 20:38:39 1994 I feel I am original and don't like the sound of someone else being me in the past or whatever.... However, as Le says, something is very dodgy about time ( for example in the way extremly large gravitational fields seem to affect it..). Perhaps it is cyclical or somewthing weirder......... From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Mar 4 21:09:21 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: twilight@yabbs Subject: re: ancient wisdom Date: Fri Mar 4 21:09:21 1994 :-) From Deaska@yabbs Fri Mar 4 21:39:00 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: clock is ticking Date: Fri Mar 4 21:39:00 1994 Isn't "time" our own construction? Does time really exist? (sure that might sound silly at first... but take some "time" to think about it) so many things us humans don't know.. Deask' From Steyr@yabbs Sat Mar 5 01:51:16 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Are we alive ? Date: Sat Mar 5 01:51:16 1994 OK then ... here's something which has rattled around my mind occasionally. Is the human body really a single living entity, or could we compare ourselves to, say, a nest of ants .... with individual cells within our body corresponding to an ant in the nest ... all working together to achive common goals. Are we really alive or are we just an association between cells ? Could a nest or hive of insects be considered a single entity ? On the other end of the scale ... perhaps we are just a tiny part of a much larger living entity called Earth ... or perhaps the galaxy. Could we perhaps be to the Earth as a single cell is to us ? Does the Earth have it's own thought patterns on a level which we cannot comprehend ? OK. Enough weirdness for one day. Let me know what you think. Am I really a kook ? From honkfish@yabbs Sat Mar 5 12:24:22 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: Where are we alive? Date: Sat Mar 5 12:24:22 1994 I have a nagging suspicion about the interconnectedness and triangulation of all things ie. our actions affect our environment in ways we cannot fathom. Are we entirely seperate from the environment or are we just "client users" of a conglomeration of cells? Why do "we" think but our component cells do not : why does my liver not tell me to stop drinking? Intriguing... From Xela@yabbs Sat Mar 5 12:29:55 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: time... Date: Sat Mar 5 12:29:55 1994 What freaks me out is that if you take twins, put one on a plane and leave one stationary, the twin in the plane (because he's moving) upon landing will be older than the twin who remained stationary... time is really screwed up -alex From Xela@yabbs Sat Mar 5 12:50:06 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sat Mar 5 12:50:06 1994 correction...the moving twin will be younger. My mistake. -Alex From Cat@yabbs Sun Mar 6 12:06:03 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: !@#asd@yabbs Subject: re: if i come back Date: Sun Mar 6 12:06:03 1994 Hmmm. I suppose they would Kidder...but wouldn't the flippers make it hard for you to...never mind! Cat will not get into this one, or touch it with a 10 foot pole. :) From Cat@yabbs Sun Mar 6 12:07:55 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 12:07:55 1994 Where did you get this one Xela? I'd be curious to read about it. From Cat@yabbs Sun Mar 6 12:12:43 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Are we alive ? Date: Sun Mar 6 12:12:43 1994 Hmmm. If it wasn't for thew fact that we feel emotions, I'd say we were just like the ant colony, or just a community of cells. Hmm. If one ant feels something, it doesn't affect the whole colony does it? Or maybe it does, hmm. I'm getting my self all confuzzled. We think and feel, so I guess we're alive. I don't know. Another thing that scares me, if no one sees us, and if people stop acknowledging our existance, do wer exist at all? I have sat in a crowded room and felt invisible before, and I always wonder durning those times if I'm really there at all. From Xela@yabbs Sun Mar 6 12:24:00 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 12:24:00 1994 Something to do with how time slows down to zero as you approach the speed of light; the twin on the plane ages slower *relative* to the stationary twin, because time is different for the moving twin. Or something like that. I have an explanation in terms of linear algebra, but I don't understand parts of it. I think I have the gist of it right. Any physics majors want to shoot me down on this one? -Alex From Cat@yabbs Sun Mar 6 13:26:58 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 13:26:58 1994 Thanks. I was curious as to where you got that idea. :) From Destiny@yabbs Sun Mar 6 17:52:58 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hehe... Date: Sun Mar 6 17:52:58 1994 Your last line about possibility and probability sounds just like something I might say...hehehe... :) -Dest' From Destiny@yabbs Sun Mar 6 17:54:00 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: hmmm.... Date: Sun Mar 6 17:54:00 1994 Iteresting...gives me something to think about :) Thanks for the contribution :) -Dest' From Destiny@yabbs Sun Mar 6 18:04:48 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 18:04:48 1994 Lat year in my physics class we had several discussions in regards to time and it's existence as well as effect on the world. We would sit down and calculate all of these equations which, to me, seemed nothing more than a bunch of made up numbers standing for made up ideas. The entire concept of time eludes me really. I would venture to say it is entirely relative. As with many things I have come to live by, I see time as merely an invention of humans in effort to create order- which is a goal of most humans on this earth. We strive for this thing called order and create all of these vehiclews by which to acheive it. I think time is merely one of these vehicles. Just a few thoughts to think about *smile* As always, thanks for taking the time to listen, and to those of you who wish to respond, thanks for your contributions of ideas. -Dest' From Morph@yabbs Sun Mar 6 20:10:45 1994 From: Morph@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 20:10:45 1994 ANyone read a book called The Fermata...it deals alot with time and stuff... From Cat@yabbs Sun Mar 6 21:20:21 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Morph@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 21:20:21 1994 No, but it sounds interesting. What;s it about? From JasonLee@yabbs Sun Mar 6 23:12:23 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: time... Date: Sun Mar 6 23:12:23 1994 Let's hear the Linear Algebraic explanation... JasonLee From Destiny@yabbs Mon Mar 7 00:17:25 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Morph@yabbs Subject: The Fermata Date: Mon Mar 7 00:17:25 1994 nope, never read it...any good? -Dest' From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 11:19:32 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: okay... Date: Mon Mar 7 11:19:32 1994 I'll bring my lin. alg notes later this afternonn...see what i can do with them... -Alex (god i hate this lag) From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 22:02:28 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: warp speed dude... Date: Mon Mar 7 22:02:28 1994 Because of experiments in the late 1800's, it was found that the speed of light is independent of the velocity of the instrument measuring it. So if a spaceship travels away from the sun at 100,000 mps (miles per second) and measures the speed of light...the result would be the familiar old value of 186,000 mps and *not* 86,000 mps. So Einstein came up with a way of relating changing coordinate systems in "space-time." It's known today as his special theory of relativity. So I'll start off with some definitions are work from there: 1) We have two nonaccelerating coordinate systems S and S' in three-space (R^3, or 3-D). Because there is no acceleration, S' moves at a constant velocity relative to S. 2)The corresponding axes of S and S' (x,x',y,y',z, and z') are parallel. The origin of S' moves in the positive direction along the x-axis of S, at a constant velocity v > 0 relative to S. 3)Two clocks C and C' are placed in space. C is placed stationary relative to S, and C' placed stationary relative to S'. The time unit is in seconds. At the point where the origins of S and S' are the same, the clocks both read zero. 4)The unit of length is the light second (the distance light travels in one second). So the speed of light (in respect to these units) is one light second per second. Because I'll need to use some matrix stuff, a column vector will be written as [x1,x2,...,xn]; each component separated by a comma. From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 22:11:32 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: part deux Date: Mon Mar 7 22:11:32 1994 The designation of space-time coordinates involves the recognition of position and time of an event p. p has space-time coordinates [x,y,z,t] relative to coord-system S and clock C. p has space-time coord [x',y',z',t'] relative to S' and clock C'. If you can recall from linear algebra, a mapping (or linear transformation) can be defined such that for event p at [x,y,z,t] with respect to S and C: T(v):R^4 -> R^4 and T(v)[x,y,z,t] = [x',y',z',t'] T(v), read T sub v, is one-to-one and onto. That is, each value in the domain has a unique value in the range, and each value in the domain is guaranteed an "image" or a transformation, from T(v). Because my screen is looking funny, I'll continue this in the next message... From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 22:36:55 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: III Date: Mon Mar 7 22:36:55 1994 There are some assumptions about T(v) that Einstein used, called the "axioms of the Special Theory of Relativity." (R1) The speed of any light beam, when measured in either coordinate system using a clock stationary to its coord. system, is 1. (R2) T(v) is an isomorphism. (meaning basically that T(v) is invertible; it has an inverse matrix) (R3) For any [x, y, z, t] in R^4, If T(v)[x, y, z, t] = [x', y', z', t'], then y' = y, and z' = z. (R4) For T(v)[x, y, z, t] = [x', y', z', t'], x' and t' are independent of y and z. This means if: T(v)[x, y1, z1, t] = [x', y', z', t'] and if T(v)[x, y2, z2, t] = [x'', y'', z'', t''] then x'' = x' and t'' = t'. (R5) The origin of S moves in the neg. direction of the x'-axis of S' at constant velocity -v < 0 as measured from S'. So, consider the instant the origins of S and S' coincide, and say that a flash of light is emitted from the twocommon origins. The event of the light flash when measured with respect to either S and C or S' and C' has space-time coord. [0, 0, 0, 0]. Let P be the set of all events whose space-time coord. equal [x, y, z, t] relative to S and C, such that the flash is observable from [x, y, z] at the time t. Since the speed of light was defined as 1, at any time t >= 0 the light flash is obserrvable from any point with distance d (sorry lag there)...from any point with distance t times 1, which equals t. These points correspond to x-y-z sphere points with radius t with a center at the origin. This satisfies the equation x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = t^2. Therefore, an event lies in P if and only if its space-time coord. satisfy the equation x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - t^2 = 0, relative to S and C. The same can be said for event P relative to S' and C': it must satisfy the equation (x')^2 + (y')^2 + (z')^2 - (t')^2 = 0. From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 22:54:21 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: IV Date: Mon Mar 7 22:54:21 1994 Now the theory gets into inner product spaces... 1 second after the origins of S and S' coincide, the space-time coordinates of S' (moving along the x-axis at velocity v), relative to S and C are [v, 0, 0, 1]. The space-time coord. for the origin of S' relative to S' and C' is [0, 0, 0, t'] for t' > 0. Therefore T(v)[v, 0, 0, 1] = [0, 0, 0, t'] for some t' > 0. Let A = { 1 0 0 0 } { 0 1 0 0 } { 0 0 1 0 } { 0 0 0 -1 }, this matrix acts as a basis for the sphere equation earlier. On theory, T*(v) L(A) T(v) = L(A)). , so... = = v^2 - 1 also... = by definition of adjoint transformations in inner product spaces, which equals... = = -(t')^2 So v^2 - 1 = -(t')^2, or t' = (1- v^2) ^(1/2) Conclussion next... From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 7 23:18:51 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: okay... Date: Mon Mar 7 23:18:51 1994 So... T(v)[v, 0, 0, 1] = [0, 0, 0, (1-v^2)^.5] Measuring S and C in terms of S' and C' 1 second after the origins coincide, there exists a time t'' > 0 on C' such that T(v)[0, 0, 0, 1] = [-vt'', 0, 0, t''] and using the same techniques as above, t'' = 1/ (1-v^2)^.5 so T(v)[0, 0, 0, 1] = [ -v/(1 - v^2)^.5, 0, 0, 1/(1-v^2)^.5] TIME CONTRACTION: this is the basis for my point about the twins... Say the origin of S' corresponds to the twin on the plane, and the origin of S corresponds to the stationary twin. Start them off at the same point, so that their origins and their clocks both read zero at point of departure. As viewed from S, the space-time coord. of the plane at t > 0 measured by C are [vt, 0, 0, t]. From S' the s-t coord. of the plane at t > 0 is measured by [0, 0, 0, t']. The two sets of points describe the same event, so T(v)[vt, 0, 0, t] = [0, 0, 0, t'] T(v) = { 1/(1-v^2)^.5 0 0 -v/(1-v^2)^.5 } { 0 1 0 0 } { 0 0 1 0 } {-v/(1-v^2)^.5 0 0 1/(1-v^2)^.5 } After matrix multiplication... t' = t(1-v^2)^.5 So the time on the plane whic h the twin experiences, t', is some fraction of the time, t, which the stationary twin experiences. So the plane twni leaves the plane younger than the twin who stayed still. That's about it! Phew! -Alex From JasonLee@yabbs Mon Mar 7 23:24:33 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: IV Date: Mon Mar 7 23:24:33 1994 Hm, makes a bit of sense, but I think I'd actually have to look at it for a few minutes to get it... JasonLee From TheDev@yabbs Tue Mar 8 03:21:04 1994 From: TheDev@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: okay... Date: Tue Mar 8 03:21:04 1994 How about simply saying 'moving clocks run slower'? The moving twin experienced an acceleration which slowed it's 'clock' relative to the stationary twin. Thus the moving twin would age more slowly until deacceleration which would return the moving twin's 'clock' to the same rate (certainly not time) as the stationary one. Thus the descrepancy in age upon return. The Lorentz transformations you explained in great deal are correct but confusing to the non-physics type. Hopefully this intuitive explanation will clarify it. The Dev From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 8 09:04:15 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: @yabbs Subject: re: okay... Date: Tue Mar 8 09:04:15 1994 :) Well, thanks for putting the information up about the twins in time Xela. It was really rather interesting, from what I could undrrstand of it. It also reminded me why I'm an English major. I love words. Numbers hate me, but I'm very impressed by those that get along well with numbers and can make nubers do what they want them to do. The only numbers I'm fond of are the ones on my paychecks, and they're always too low. :) Thanks again for the info. :) From Deaska@yabbs Tue Mar 8 11:02:52 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: okay... Date: Tue Mar 8 11:02:52 1994 "Arts Do It Better" *grin* (still bedazzled by the mumbo jumbo, but we all should love Ein) Deask' (hoping the next few months go FTL ;) From Xela@yabbs Tue Mar 8 11:31:07 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: jeez... Date: Tue Mar 8 11:31:07 1994 I just like to remind people I'm a biology major, and I had as much trouble understanding this as any other non-math major. Anyway, hoped it helped someone out. -Alex From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 8 11:54:04 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: jeez... Date: Tue Mar 8 11:54:04 1994 *hug* It was helpful Xela, And we all love you for it. :) -Tammie From Destiny@yabbs Tue Mar 8 15:09:37 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: *smile* Date: Tue Mar 8 15:09:37 1994 The last few posts have made me feel like I was in AP Physics all over again. But, physics is over for me (thank heaven). I though I might post a new topic for consideration. I wasn't sure if it would really fit under the mind games topic, but when I thought about it, I realized it is very appropriate for the board. Topic for consideration: Is love chemical, mental or both...or neither. And do you believe in the concept that two people can be meant for each other, or do you think any couple can have love if they work at it hard enough. I guess this might also get into the ideas of fate and "destiny"...I'm -really- interested in everyone's thoughts on this...whatever they may be...thanks as always for taking the time to read :) Take care all :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 8 15:55:47 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Tue Mar 8 15:55:47 1994 Interesting topic. :) Hmmm. I'm not sure about love being chemical, that sounds so unromantic, even if it is true I guess. I don't think that any old couple can fall in love if they work hard enough at it. I know little about love, but I don't think it's something that you can force or hope to achieve as time passes. Hmmm. I alos think love is a nice idea and a great word, but too many people throw it around these days like it was meaningless, or get it confused with other words. Hmm. As to love in regards of fate and "destiny" ;) I think fate plays an element in it. Can a person chose who thaey fall in love with, or do they just love inspite of themselves? Also, do you think that a person can stop loving someone they loved? I always wondered about that. I think that love and hate are alot alkie. So many times, when someone has been hurt by someone they loved, that love turns into hate. Or so I've noticed and been told. As I said, I klnow little about love, but being an English major, I find it safe to say that is makes a great theme in lit! :) My this just went on and on didn't it? Oh well! :) From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Mar 8 19:13:19 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Tue Mar 8 19:13:19 1994 Mental. No. No. JasonLee From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 8 20:53:09 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: hmmm Date: Tue Mar 8 20:53:09 1994 This is a bit morbid, but my mind was playing a game on me again. I was thinking about people in this cyber community of ours..and how we all kinda know one another pretty well, you know what I mean. Th thing that really freaked me out was, if I were to keel over and die say, tomorrow, you'd have no way of really knowing what happened to me. You would probably notice I wasn't around (since I'm on so much, I'm sure you'd noti ce, but you'd never really KNOW what happened. Creppy huh? Kinda makes me feel a bit obsolete. :) Hmm. I apologize for the morbicity of this post, I was just thinking weird thoughts tonight. Sometimes I feel like a shadow., but you all knwo that Cat is a kook anyway. :) From Charon@yabbs Tue Mar 8 21:59:20 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: *smile* Date: Tue Mar 8 21:59:20 1994 destiny, and everyone else... i think that everyone is meant for someone. i have been trying to find the girl of my dream sfor a while now. i keep thinking i have found her but then something unclicks and i am back to square one. right now i am seeing a girl whom i have *loved* for a few years. we were freinds for a while but now we are closer on an emotional level. i believe that i have been fated for one female ans one only..... That is how the world operates when it comes to love. ideally, fidelity is not meant for humans. humans like animals have basic instincts that they can not stay with one spouse. it is not right that humans fall inlove with one person, it is not fated. we all have animal instincts to be with more than one person. fate plays a major role in love, it has to because i believe we only have one true partner with who we can love truley....... ----- / \ | * * | | __ | \ / |___| | | | | | | ^^^^^^^^^ _-_-=_-_ thanks for you r time! From Charon@yabbs Tue Mar 8 22:10:18 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Tue Mar 8 22:10:18 1994 cat!!!! interesting...so this is where you hopped off to tonight . intereting thought! i really don't know how to answer it....it really is a scarry thought. for me, if i were to die, no body would care because i have not been on very long so i would fade into oblivion... scary scary.... *thinking hard* i don't believe there is much to do about this except to keep better touch with each other. i am kinda new at this but i feel so at home with some of you that i feel like you are a part of my family. even thoough i don't know you all personally, i love you all!!! well time to leave so that is my feeling ........ Charon ===========>>>>>><<<<<<<<========= From Charon@yabbs Tue Mar 8 22:48:05 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: DEATH Date: Tue Mar 8 22:48:05 1994 ok new topic, death. interesting, complex, puzzling, yet mysterious. all wrapped into one subject. do any of you think about what happens when you die. have you sat at home in bed, at night and wonder what it will be like when you die....when your life..YOUR EXISTENCE... is over! it scares me alot. it also attracts me alot too. i wonder, all the time being scare yet wanting to know more. ironic coming from the last deamon/god that the dead see, Charon. i hope that when i die i can really live. but i always wonder that if i die life wil just end... just like that. no explanation of our purpose for life, just a blank screen. like pulling the cord of the telly out of the wall. nobody will ever know, even with all of the the advancements in sciece and technology, no one will know what happens. it is the ultimite quest of knowledge. if one were to find out what happens after death, they would be ridiculed and called a liar. no one would believe them because they would all be scared to face it , DEATH! *******Charon******* From dmonger@yabbs Tue Mar 8 22:53:32 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Tue Mar 8 22:53:32 1994 In message hmmm, Cat said: > Th thing that > really freaked me out was, if I were to keel over and die say, tomorrow, > you'd have no way of really knowing what happened to me. You would > probably notice I wasn't around (since I'm on so much, I'm sure you'd noti > ce, but you'd never really KNOW what happened. Creppy huh? Kinda makes me > feel a bit obsolete. :) Hmm. I apologize for the morbicity of this post, I > was just thinking weird thoughts tonight. Sometimes I feel like a shadow., but how much does this differ from any sort of nonfacetoface (all one word) relationship? Friends on the phone, pen-pals, email ... you never really know what's going on in their lives, or what's happening to them unless they tell you ... its not just a symptom of the "cyber-community". -peter From Le@yabbs Tue Mar 8 23:06:47 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: life love and death Date: Tue Mar 8 23:06:47 1994 As for whether one is destined for one true love, my opinion is that you plan your life before you are born and that you plan to be with certain people. Now, when you get here, all may not go according to plan, but you start off with one anyway. (I know, we New Agers are a strange crew.) So some people plan to be with a certain person in this life and some don't. So there is no real answer to the question, it's an idividual choice, as is the rest of your life. As for what happens after death, I won't say anything cuz I don't want to be called a liar. ;) From JasonLee@yabbs Wed Mar 9 00:10:48 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Wed Mar 9 00:10:48 1994 Well, it depends. Do you have any friends with net access who would inform us iff such a terrible thing happened? Put it in your will or something... JasonLee From Xela@yabbs Wed Mar 9 01:38:48 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: late nite post Date: Wed Mar 9 01:38:48 1994 hmm...about love Well, the scientific part of me would say that its a bunch of chemicals getting together and partying in the head, and that those chemicals were programmed to come together by evolution. But some folks out there will call me a heartless bastard; an amoral scientist doomed to create the next version of the a-bomb... So the philosophic part of me would say its looking for the best in others and, likewise in ones self. Looking for the beatific vision I suppose it could be called. But some folks would say I'm full of it. Then the smart ass part of me would read all the definitions of love people come up with, and say that there is so much unknown about it, that noone really has any idea what it is, so it's pointless to bicker about each individual definition... but it's late so I won't say that... :) -Alex From NJDEVIL@yabbs Wed Mar 9 09:29:08 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Wed Mar 9 09:29:08 1994 Very interesting! That would suck and no one would know! Gah!!! What a thought!!! NJD From paradox@yabbs Wed Mar 9 14:26:31 1994 From: paradox@yabbs To: Charon@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Wed Mar 9 14:26:31 1994 I'm not a momo, although I play one on TV! Heheheheheheheheheheheheheeeeeee Lova ya Charon! ParaDox From Charon@yabbs Fri Mar 11 00:00:33 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: paradox@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm Date: Fri Mar 11 00:00:33 1994 well helo mister dork, whats up? you know that this is all a mind game so i won't quibber over details. try me..... right now i am playing with your head, while you sleep.... while you dream of how syupid school will be tommarrow, and how cool; it will be to get drunk tommarrow night.... i know you rhtoughts and i know you! so stick with the subject and talk about death or LOVE.... you are in LOVE now are you not???? well, give us all your 2 cents........... ^^^^^^^^^ Charon ^^^^^^^^^ _______________________________ ** ** ^^ ^^ @@ @@ _ @@ _ [ ] { } { } opps! later! /s From twilight@yabbs Fri Mar 11 16:38:22 1994 From: twilight@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: my two cents Date: Fri Mar 11 16:38:22 1994 Just FYI. Scientists and doctors have isolated chemicals which flow in the blood stream of people in love. Studies show that these chemical slowly dissipate over about ten years. Relationships that last this long are ussually characterized by friendship love more than sexual attraction. This research also lends credence to the so called seven year itch, although it suggests that it be renamed. Sorry to all you out there who take a more philosophical perspective to these things. As some small consolation let me suggest that like most things to do with the body and its chemicals, there is no way how these results are affected by other variables. Still and all, It is rather intersting is it not? (query: What about love potions made from these chemicals. ) Concering death: When you consider that there is no way to know what exists after death nad there is no way to find out, it seems rather pointless to me to speculate. If you concern yourself with living then what goes on in the after will work itslf out, and if it doesn't you wouldn't be able to affect it anyway. Just to really stir up the bees, let me also suggest that this same logic can be used to undermine the teachings of virtually every religion in the world. The purpose of religion is to give us guidelines to follow in life in order to ensure a good afterlife. Death is the underlying cause and religion is the effect. The sheer diversity of religions on this biosphere is proof enough that one single faith doesn't holds all the cards. Every one of them is a speculation and noone can prove them can their right. Well, I hope noone takes offence to my rantings. These are just my opinions and I welcome any comment. Twilight From Charon@yabbs Fri Mar 11 23:44:39 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: jokers wild Date: Fri Mar 11 23:44:39 1994 ok all, i am here no need to worry..... aboutnall of this love stuff, i know now i am in love and it is cool... no matter what all thr chemical shit or destined to be shit, or friendship love, i am in love and i do not know why..... BUT WHO CARES all thast matters is that i am in love, so do not listwen to all of the scientific shit.... trust your heart and follow you r soul... well that is my post for tomight... good bye all!!!!!!!!! PARADOX PARADOX PARADOX PARADOX PARADOX PARADOX Hello all.... 'dox here.... the yabbs psychologist... I'd have to agree with my bud Charon up there... I'm also in love, and that's all that matters. It might be a chemical that does it, but at least it's a natural chemical, and not one that is inserted by a neddle or smoked in through a bong. It's the world's best natural high. Love y' all, 'Dox From Destiny@yabbs Sat Mar 12 00:00:45 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Charon@yabbs Subject: paradox & charon Date: Sat Mar 12 00:00:45 1994 well put...in your own special way :) -Dest' From Bingley@yabbs Sat Mar 12 01:14:03 1994 From: Bingley@yabbs To: twilight@yabbs Subject: re: my two cents Date: Sat Mar 12 01:14:03 1994 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz oh is it over? From Steyr@yabbs Sat Mar 12 07:05:06 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: twilight@yabbs Subject: chemicals of love Date: Sat Mar 12 07:05:06 1994 Hmmm.....chemicals which run through the system when in 'love'. That really fascinates me. I'd be interested to know where you heard/read that and where I could find out more about it. -=: Steyr :=- From Deaska@yabbs Sat Mar 12 07:14:18 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Charon@yabbs Subject: yuppers Date: Sat Mar 12 07:14:18 1994 Now that's the most sensible thing I've read in ages... hehehe no shit, honest... Love to me is like getting hit by a truck, knocked senseless... and i agree with ya and Para (hiya Para!!! *grin*), this is one near death experience I don't want to come out of... Seriously, I welcome all research into what makes things tick in this world of ours,... but I fear the potential consequences that is born from research. I don't like the "stand over" attitude that some ppl have in relation to what's right and wrong, especially when it comes to love and relationships. Perhaps its jealousy, or the tall poppy syndrome, or just cold heartedness. No one has the right to decide what is a love and its quality between two or more people, except those who are involved in that particular love. There are a lot of big mouths and small brains in this world... if only they reversed that, listened and thought a bit more... ...they would stop before they hurt something as beautiful as love. Its not a perfect world, we are no angels... KTS Deask' From Le@yabbs Sat Mar 12 19:00:28 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: twilight@yabbs Subject: btw Date: Sat Mar 12 19:00:28 1994 Do the chemicals come first or the love? Which is the cause and which the effect? That is the important issue, don't you think? As for religion, I think you might study a few before making such blanket statements in regard to its purpose. Or are you a religion/philosophy major? From rick@yabbs Sun Mar 13 06:30:04 1994 From: rick@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: btw Date: Sun Mar 13 06:30:04 1994 it is my understanding that in the animal kingdom. chemicals called pheromones are released by animals of diffrent sexes in order to atract mates....i wonder if the animinal known as humans uses a substitute known as after shave..... could we be closer to animals than we like to say something to think about...... From paradox@yabbs Sun Mar 13 13:43:46 1994 From: paradox@yabbs To: deaska@yabbs Subject: Heheeeee Date: Sun Mar 13 13:43:46 1994 I'd agree with ya on that one ol' buddy... love is something that should be looked into, but nobody should have the right to use the results of the looking for their own personal gain(Plainly put, If ya ain't in it, don't make it.) Love y'all!!!! 'Dox From Xela@yabbs Sun Mar 13 14:05:10 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: rick@yabbs Subject: aftershave.. Date: Sun Mar 13 14:05:10 1994 my high school bio teacher had a few words to say about humans and pheromones...basically western society reviles uncleanliness and promotes the use of chemicals (perfumes, deoderants, aftershaves, for example) to mask or obliterate normal human stench... he said if we have anything in the way of pheromones, we can't notice them in any way because of our societies distain for non-fragrant smells... his two cents (not mine :) ) -Alex From Cat@yabbs Mon Mar 14 08:30:35 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: aftershave.. Date: Mon Mar 14 08:30:35 1994 What's worse, the smell of someone who's perspired too much, or the smell of someone who overdosed on the aftershave? From Charon@yabbs Mon Mar 14 17:59:01 1994 From: Charon@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: aftershave.. Date: Mon Mar 14 17:59:01 1994 kudos to you cat!!! i would rather be drown in aftershave than drown in sweat!!!! From dmonger@yabbs Mon Mar 14 18:53:41 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Charon@yabbs Subject: re: aftershave.. Date: Mon Mar 14 18:53:41 1994 someone who's done both ... ewwwwwww From Xela@yabbs Mon Mar 14 22:01:13 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hmm... Date: Mon Mar 14 22:01:13 1994 I try to stay away from people who are of both persuasions... :) General Rule of thumb: If you wear aftershave and you can set yourself on fire with a spark, then you've used too much... :) *my* two cents, :) Alex From SPARKLER@yabbs Tue Mar 15 00:29:47 1994 From: SPARKLER@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: sparks Date: Tue Mar 15 00:29:47 1994 forgive me all but I am in a silly mood.... I just want ya all to know that I try very hard not to catch anyone on fire with my "sparks" but I do try to avoid those that drown themselves in aftershave because of that fear. Luv ya all, Sparkler From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 15 10:15:31 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: SPARKLER@yabbs Subject: re: sparks Date: Tue Mar 15 10:15:31 1994 I knew that one was coming as soon as I read the word "sparks" in Xela's previous post. :) From SPARKLER@yabbs Tue Mar 15 14:10:16 1994 From: SPARKLER@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: sparks Date: Tue Mar 15 14:10:16 1994 I just couldna help myself ..... From Destiny@yabbs Tue Mar 15 14:15:43 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 14:15:43 1994 This book has always intrigued me and made me think about things that wouldn't normally cross my mind. As much as I love cologne, I thought I might change the topic and interject with an excerpt from this book. So, here you have it, a question for you all to ponder: #75 Do you find emotional or physical pain more difficult to handle? For example, would you suffer more by going through life afflicted with sever, recurring nightmares, or by having your heart broken again and again? Feel free to respond or just to think about it. Talk to you all soon :) Thanks for listening, as always *smile* -Dest' From dmonger@yabbs Tue Mar 15 14:51:20 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 14:51:20 1994 In message Book of Questions: Love&Sex, Destiny said: > here you have it, a question for you all to ponder: > #75 Do you find emotional or physical pain more difficult to handle? > For example, would you suffer more by going through life afflicted with > sever, recurring nightmares, or by having your heart broken again and > again? neither of those are physical pain. i've had my heart broken again and again ... physical pain i can deal with, you just start to ignore it after a while ... emotional pain doesn't disappear when you take an advil (or 4) -peter From NJDEVIL@yabbs Tue Mar 15 16:35:28 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 16:35:28 1994 For me emotional pain is wordt. You can cut me, break me, beat me etc. I can cope, but hurt my emotions/feelings and I suffer much more. From SPARKLER@yabbs Tue Mar 15 17:03:36 1994 From: SPARKLER@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 17:03:36 1994 I too have to agree that emotional pain is the worst there is... I have been through some terrible relationships... I have been through family problems ... and many other things. No matter how I hurt myself physical it doesn't even equal the smallest the smallest and most mild of the emotional pain I have been through. Well on A nicer Note ..... Love Ya All SPARKLER From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 15 17:15:07 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 17:15:07 1994 I concur with the general opinion. I'm much rather deal with physical pain. Emotional pain stays in your mind long after physical pain goues away because emotional pain is much more personal. As to nightmares, they only last for a little while, and only when you're sleeping. And usually they're brought on by emotional pain. But I'd rather not have to have an pain at all. I have a hang up about pain. It hurts. :) From paradox@yabbs Tue Mar 15 17:39:51 1994 From: paradox@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 17:39:51 1994 I'd suffer more with a broken heart once, that all the other evils in the world. ParaDox From Destiny@yabbs Tue Mar 15 17:49:01 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: :) Date: Tue Mar 15 17:49:01 1994 Thanks for answering guys :) The book goes from #1-#243, so if any of you are interested in any more questions, suggest any number, and I would be more than happy to look it up for you and post it in here :) Talk to you all later :) -Dest' From Hellion@yabbs Tue Mar 15 20:07:06 1994 From: Hellion@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Tue Mar 15 20:07:06 1994 In message Book of Questions: Love&Sex, Destiny said: > #75 Do you find emotional or physical pain more difficult to handle? I find that from my perspective that emotional would be harder to handle. I did hurdling for 6 year and found that physical pain is highly over- rated. :-) Hellion From Le@yabbs Wed Mar 16 10:17:02 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Wed Mar 16 10:17:02 1994 I, for one, must disagree with the general opinion. I hate physical pain. At least emotional pain I can to some extent influence with my thoughts. Physical pain is not something I can control. (I can't take most drugs as I am allergic to them.) Having said that, I would rather experience a broken heart then a broken arm. A broken heart means that I am alive, that I am living, and that I was able to love. A broken arm is just stupid pain. From JasonLee@yabbs Wed Mar 16 13:37:57 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Wed Mar 16 13:37:57 1994 Yeah, I garee. I would much rather have the experience of emotional damage than physical. Emotional wreckage contributes more to your development as a human being than physical pain does. Although it hurts more, it's better for you. JasonLee From honkfish@yabbs Wed Mar 16 19:21:52 1994 From: honkfish@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Wed Mar 16 19:21:52 1994 Physical pain is a signal for animals. emotional pain is for humans. It's quite easy for us to ignore physical pain if we try but its much harder to hide from our emotions... From Le@yabbs Wed Mar 16 21:42:23 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: honkfish@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Wed Mar 16 21:42:23 1994 Why hide from emotions? I spent a many years of my life without feeling any emotions. It gets to the point that you'd rather feel pain than nothing, at least then you know you're alive. And without pain, you wouldn't know joy either. It might all be the same. From laelth@yabbs Wed Mar 16 23:55:15 1994 From: laelth@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Re: all that science stuff Date: Wed Mar 16 23:55:15 1994 Science is the religion of the late 20th century. Ie. Please, spare me the course in religion. my four or five cents, -laelth From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 17 09:33:16 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 09:33:16 1994 The human mind and heart are the strangest things in the entire world. I wonder though, anbout rather feeling pain than nothing. Lots of folks would rather feel nothing, when the pain gets too intense. That's why Dr. Kevorkian and suicides exist. Lots of folks would rather chance nothingness. No me, because I like knowing I'm still here and not in a void, and perhaps the worst pain is better than the nothingness, but I've never been in the nothingness, so I wouldn't know for sure. :) From Le@yabbs Thu Mar 17 13:44:03 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 13:44:03 1994 People commit suicide for a lot of reasons. With older people it may be out of physical pain. And for others it is from overwhelming emotional pain. And for some it's because there is nothing left, not even feelings. From bartster@yabbs Thu Mar 17 15:54:41 1994 From: bartster@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 15:54:41 1994 SO how does one go from having no feelings left to having feelings again? From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 17 16:05:46 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: bartster@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 16:05:46 1994 :) Buy a boy feelings bunny and a girl feelings bunny and hope they multiply. From Le@yabbs Thu Mar 17 17:20:47 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: bartster@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 17:20:47 1994 All I'm going to say is that it ain't easy. And it don't feel good. But it's possible. From outlandr@yabbs Thu Mar 17 20:29:47 1994 From: outlandr@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Thu Mar 17 20:29:47 1994 I agree totally. I don't like pain but it's nice reminder that I'm alive. s From JasonLee@yabbs Thu Mar 17 20:44:09 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: suiciode Date: Thu Mar 17 20:44:09 1994 And some people kill themselves because they think it's cool. Some people think they're poets or atists or something and no one loves them. And some people are strong and decide to live. JasonLee From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 17 20:55:21 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: suiciode Date: Thu Mar 17 20:55:21 1994 Yep. :) From robtelee@yabbs Fri Mar 18 02:30:27 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: suicide Date: Fri Mar 18 02:30:27 1994 Then, some people commit suicide in order to relieve a burden on their families. This is the case in some illnesses. The actor feels that they are a burden on their loved ones and decide that, for the benefit of all, they should end their life. They make this decision on their own and fail to see the consequences of their act. They do not see the pain, recriminations, and anger that they leave behind. Especially painful is the question of teen suicide. They see suicide as another plane of existence. The families are left to deal with the questions of "why didn't they talk to me," and "what was going through their head at the time." The teen actor may feel left out, may have had a failed relationship, anything. They may see it as a way to get attention, a call for help. They do not see dead as dead. From Deaska@yabbs Fri Mar 18 10:39:36 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Fri Mar 18 10:39:36 1994 I know with some teen suicide, its like the only way out of a terrible existence... like punching out of a burning aircraft, you feel as though life is at lost anyway, so you have no motivation to continue. Some of us are fortunate to fail in our attempts, and see the lightof nother day, then another week... until something pulls us back from the edge... the others well... we know already. its not just pain that drives kids over the edge...whether it be physical or emotional, and some kids may not be seeking to leave an imprint on the lives of those they leave behind.... they just want to get the screw out of there. To them, life only gets worse.. so why the hell continue? To die, and not give a shit about it, that's the call... Deask' From robtelee@yabbs Sat Mar 19 04:42:48 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: suicide Date: Sat Mar 19 04:42:48 1994 Personally, I just can't see the justification for suicide. Especially teen suicide. I do agree that your arguement has merit. On investigating these tragedies, the actor leaves clues that lend credence to your argument. I just cannot see why they won't seek help of some kind. The person that ends their life just may have been the one to discover the cure for AIDS or any number of killer diseases. They may be the one to make a real difference in this world. I would just like to have more answers. Can any one else provide some insight ? As always, robtelee From marielau@yabbs Sat Mar 19 07:28:45 1994 From: marielau@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Phd Ideas ? Date: Sat Mar 19 07:28:45 1994 Hi every body ineed to get ideas for my Phd which i will be starting next year my fields are social psychology and neurobiochemistry any ideas would be greatly recieved and i will answer to all the replys you can page me here or on the other base called FREE ASSOCIATION or you can EMail me at wnfec@uk.ac.westminster Cheers From Deaska@yabbs Sat Mar 19 09:20:58 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: marielau@yabbs Subject: re: Phd Ideas ? Date: Sat Mar 19 09:20:58 1994 Hiya! Your email addie is actually wnfec@westminster.ac.uk so, hopefully you should get some email *smile* Do you have any research topics in mind, or are you totally blank in regards to finding a topic to write your cookbook *warm smile* about? I reckon there would be heaps of ideas running around on this particular base. Social Psych and Neurobio.... hehehe wow, that's really something... maybe I shouldn't have dropped psych after first year. That earlier stuff on love and chemistry might be relevant? no? hmmm... Deask' (having Dest withdrawal symptoms...) :) From Le@yabbs Sat Mar 19 09:53:30 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: if... Date: Sat Mar 19 09:53:30 1994 If I read you correctly, your argument is that suicide, and esp. teen suicide, is a waste of a potentially productive and happy life. I have to say that in some cases this could be the case, and the unsuccessful suicide attempts of people who fit into this category give merit to that argument. But what about those who have to endure incredible emotional and psychological pain? Who are we to judge what another human should go through? Is it enough to say that one day it may get better? What if it doesn't? I think that people in pain often end up taking it out on others. I for one can tell you that I lived in hell for four years because of a mentally disturbed father who had himself been abused as a child. He committed suicide. And I can honestly say that my life would have continued to be a living hell had he lived, and that any potential I had would have been crushed, just as his was. While I won't say that his comitting suicide was right or wrong, I will say that in taking his life, he saved those of his three children. (Think about it, some people who commit suicide are future murderers and criminals, can we judge the correctness or incorrectness of this act by future possibilites?) From dmonger@yabbs Sat Mar 19 13:44:26 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Sat Mar 19 13:44:26 1994 In message suicide, robtelee said: > Personally, I just can't see the justification for suicide. Especially > teen suicide. How is the idea of teenage suicide so much harder to understand than suicide in midlife? > I just cannot see why they won't seek help of some kind. I can tell you (from personal experience) that there just doesn't seem like there is any help. Life looks horrible, and they usually don't see any way for it to improve. It is a tragic thing when someone takes their own life, but many times it isn't just a "desperate plea for help." -peter From Cat@yabbs Sat Mar 19 14:39:27 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Sat Mar 19 14:39:27 1994 I question your use of the word "actor". Suicide isn't just some drama someone puts on to get attention. If someone wants to be dead rather than living, something must be really wrong in their lives. Actors are performers, puting on a show for entertainment purposes, you can hardly use that word to describe someone who is suicidal. That's kinda cynical, don't you think? From Deaska@yabbs Sun Mar 20 02:36:31 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Sun Mar 20 02:36:31 1994 Yuppers Cat and dmonger, right on the ball... But whatever way you look at it though, its still a terrible element in life and society today. Rob, potential suiciders kinda get narrow minded. Only the lucky ones who have either the support and guidance of their families, or who just make a last min correction to their state of mind will live. But then, there are people who do more damage alive (i.e. Le's situation) than otherwise... so there's always a good and bad side of it. I'd rather be alive, cuz I'm pretty frightened that there may be nothing on the other side... not that it would matter. (but that's my personal view...so no one please spill any religious stuff on me after) *sigh* and I believe there's a future and a purpose for me. Deaska :) From Cat@yabbs Mon Mar 21 09:55:55 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Mon Mar 21 09:55:55 1994 Yep. "To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub. For in that sleep of death what dreams may come whem we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause." I think the idea of what might be out there when we die is loads scarier than anything that could happen here, but that's probably just beacue I have an overactive imagination. The thing that worries me the most though is the idea that there might not be anything at all out there after we die. Oh well! :) I believe there's a future and a purpose and a destiny ;) out there for you too. :) P.S. The previous message was deleted because there was a system shut down warning while I was writing it, so I just deleted it. I should have /qed it, but oh well. :) From Deaska@yabbs Mon Mar 21 10:43:00 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Mon Mar 21 10:43:00 1994 *grin* you shoulda seen some dreams of mine I've been having over the last coupla years... darkness, and emptiness... being alone in a void, or a city... the only soul there... hehehe, that's probly my crazy imagination, but I sure hope its not like that. We're all going to have to face it alone oneday in our lives, and we are going to feel just as conscious as we do feel now. Perhaps being frightened of death itself is a good sign that you're okay upstairs *tapping head* i dunno,... cuz heaps of normal ppl aren't afraid of it. *sigh* Yuppers Cat *hug* I've learnt my lesson... no more walking down that path fer me... Dest *blink* From robtelee@yabbs Mon Mar 21 23:54:51 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: if... Date: Mon Mar 21 23:54:51 1994 Good Point...should have known better than to argue with a psych grad student :) Talk to ya later... From robtelee@yabbs Mon Mar 21 23:57:55 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: suicide Date: Mon Mar 21 23:57:55 1994 I chose the word actor, instead of victim, because I do not see them as the "victim." In this context, they are doing something, as opposed to doing nothing. I was using the word actor in a more clinical sense. From Cat@yabbs Tue Mar 22 10:21:00 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Tue Mar 22 10:21:00 1994 Ahhh. I see, actor as in one who is carrying out an action. I thought you were using the word actor as in one who performs on a stage. Well, I guess we're all actors, in both senses of the word. Ah well! :) =^^= From hawke@yabbs Sun Mar 27 06:45:47 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: alone in the dark Date: Sun Mar 27 06:45:47 1994 being alone is a terrible thing evfen when in a crowd From Deaska@yabbs Sun Mar 27 08:33:04 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: alone, but with... Date: Sun Mar 27 08:33:04 1994 I heard '85 was a good year fer reds... *chuckle* Cheers and to yer health Hawke... Deaska *mirthful grin* From buzzbomb@yabbs Sun Mar 27 14:31:35 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: new thread Date: Sun Mar 27 14:31:35 1994 I've been thinking lately (please spare any stupid jokes...) and maybe it's just me, but does society seem to be getting MUCH too complicated for its own good? There seems to be a natural balance of activities and ways that people spend their time that is necessary to keep your sanity, and that balance seems to still be there, but things are piled higher and higher on each side of all the axes, so that it's coming close to collapsing altogether. (did that make any sense?) to simplify a bit: lets say that one of the axis is between recreation time and working time. people come up with all these ways to decrease working time (mostly through technology), so that there will be more recreation time. but then because of all these new things being invented, it takes more working time to develop them... and then this turns into an industry that didn't exist before, which has to maintain a balance of its own, which takes more working time to complete. And then people figure out ways to reduce this, and the cycle continues. so many things are artificial - economy, industry, fashion, many types of modern entertainment... and they are all interdependent. if people could just "peel off" all these layers, we could return to a much simpler way of life, possibly without sacrificing many of the benefits of technology. As long as the things we discarded were on opposite sides of the axes, the balance would still be maintained, but we would be one level closer to a much simpler lifestyle. if you have any clue as to what i mean, lemme know. this is just an idea that i've been throwing around. i have a strange relationship with technology - i love playing with it and learning about it (i'm a comp sci major), it fascinates me, but the direction that it seems to be taking in society just doesn't appeal to me. a strange dilemma! From Lacey@yabbs Mon Mar 28 02:04:07 1994 From: Lacey@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Mon Mar 28 02:04:07 1994 Society and technology are what we make them. You have to learn to take things with a grain of salt because if you don't things will get even more complicated than they already are. I do however agree with you about the layers that we as a society have surrounded ourselves with. We have taken technology for granted and we've learned to depend on other things to do what used to be part of a job. When there weren't microwaves people would actually use the stove to cook a meal. When there weren't copiers carbon paper worked perfectly. When there weren't computers people used old fashion typewriters to do what they had to do. When there wasn't e-mail people used the post office or the telephone. When there wasn't the telephone people used the mail or a messanger. Because we have all of these things at our disposal, we are becoming lazier and lazier. The thing about all this is that we don't want to get rid of it or forfget that it was ever here because then we would be living the life of the stone ages. We have become too dependant on technology and we need to realize that or we will keep getting lazier and sooner or later we won't even be communicating. You made a very good point. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. --Lacey From Destiny@yabbs Mon Mar 28 22:32:13 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: wow... Date: Mon Mar 28 22:32:13 1994 It's so nice to have returned and be flooded with many thoughts from all of you :) Every single entry made me think, or wonder...I don't really have a particular thought to share with you all I am afraid, but when I do, you can be sure that I will post it. Until then, keep on thinking, dreaming, and sharing...*smile* -Dest' From buzzbomb@yabbs Tue Mar 29 09:26:33 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Lacey@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Tue Mar 29 09:26:33 1994 i guess what made me think of that was this article on muds, how people with bad social skills are using muds, irc and the like (here?) to learn to communicate... and then what happens when they get out of the computer lab? i found myself doing this last year, when i realized that i was totally different online then in person, so i've been trying to do more "live" stuff. but more and more people seem to be just living behind a keyboard now, and it's kinda scary. some people, esp. companies, seem to like this idea of living without ever leaving your home, but is that really living at all? i don't think any amount of technology can replace the feeling of being alive i get when i go camping with a bunch of friends, the most high-tech thing there being a little coleman stove, or even just going mountain biking or hiking for a day. and even then a lot of people seem to like that kind of thing for a while but then "can't wait to get back", but a lot of times i feel like i'd rather live like that. or maybe somewhere in between. it's just so much more simple, more real... or maybe i'm just rambling... later From JasonLee@yabbs Tue Mar 29 16:54:59 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Tue Mar 29 16:54:59 1994 I don't really think life is any more complicated now than it ever used to be. The flow of technology through our lives is basically the same as it was in about 1920 or so. It's just that the levels are so much higher that we think things must be more complex and therefore our lives are just being disturbed by everything. Personally, I like a complex and confused life. It's much more interesting and thought-provoking than a simple, peaceful life. Jason;ee From Hellion@yabbs Tue Mar 29 19:25:04 1994 From: Hellion@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Tue Mar 29 19:25:04 1994 I have to agree with you there, a peaceful life is kinda boring. I came from a small town in Northeast Nebraska (about 1100 people) and find life more interesting since I have moved to Lincoln, NE I have gotten on to the internet cheated and left my girlfriend and my life is no longer a dull exsistance *forgive me they never taught me how to spell* I guess a life full of complex problems and no solutions is where I want to live *internet is a nice home* 8)->-< -- Hellion From Lacey@yabbs Wed Mar 30 03:57:13 1994 From: Lacey@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Wed Mar 30 03:57:13 1994 I know what you mean. It was a valid observation and a good point. later, Lacey. From topi@yabbs Wed Mar 30 08:27:49 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: new thread Date: Wed Mar 30 08:27:49 1994 Hi buzz.. I share some of your attitudes.I've noticed the same thing, and especially in my own life. I admit, i am not the "best" socially.. and IRC is a place to run to and hide away from the rest of the world, and yet.. still be a part of the world (as they are sooo many people here.. it must count for a big chunk of the population :) Personally, I have gained a lot of support here, have been enabled to speak my view and actually work at my argumentative skills ( one point i am definetally not good at in real life.. :( ) I feel I've gained a whole lot of confidence, I know of it just grows within myself, but it needed to be planted and my IRC friends (sorry.. internet friends :) have helped a lot. I AM a better person since coming in contact with the internet, and of course - it is GREAT FUN! :) Another point, along the lines that you touched upon, is your reference to the great outdoors. I know or myself, that I appreciate being outside SO much more nowadays. It is as a result of being cooped up in a small room, glaring at these little computer screen, that this has come about. But it HAS come about and that is the point. (line 12 or = for, that is probably not all the errors.. but..) A person who IS worried about the confusion between Internet and Real Life, -Cath. From PhbrPhrk@yabbs Wed Mar 30 15:28:54 1994 From: PhbrPhrk@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: stuff that is Date: Wed Mar 30 15:28:54 1994 Did you ever wonder why they didn't call GNU PNU? (i.e. Pnu's Not Unix) Beats me! From Deaska@yabbs Thu Mar 31 06:57:24 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: new thread Date: Thu Mar 31 06:57:24 1994 wow... *hug* jus thought you'd need a hug.. :) the D'sta From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 31 09:19:45 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Hmmm Date: Thu Mar 31 09:19:45 1994 April Fool's Day and Good Friday fall on the same day this year. Kinda a weird coincidence. Hmmm. Seems odd to think about. The day Christ died being April Fool's Day. Kinda makes you wonder. :) From Destiny@yabbs Thu Mar 31 15:28:47 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hmmm... Date: Thu Mar 31 15:28:47 1994 No kidding. You know, I never liked April Fool's day...I always fell for something stupid and ended up looking like a moron. Of course some people might say that I don't need any help from April Fool's day to make me look like a moron...hehehe...nah, I'm not stupid! Really I'm not! :) Anyway, yes, it is a strange happening, but I don't think there is such a thing as coincidence...everything happens for a reason, but when we don't know that reason, we simply tack on the reference "coincidence" so everyone will know what we are talking about :) Just some random thoughts from me :) I'm in a weird mood today...*shrug* Happens to the best of us I guess... :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Thu Mar 31 15:30:35 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: hmmm... Date: Thu Mar 31 15:30:35 1994 Yep. :) From Xela@yabbs Thu Mar 31 16:01:38 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: voltaire... Date: Thu Mar 31 16:01:38 1994 ", but I don't think there is such a thing as coincidence...everything happens for a reason," Have you read Candide by Voltaire...funny story, very sarcastic. I liked the part about the religious dude telling the leper he's leperous for a reason (i.e. religious reason). -Alex From Destiny@yabbs Fri Apr 1 00:45:47 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: Candide Date: Fri Apr 1 00:45:47 1994 Nope, I haven't read it..maybe I will...played the musical overture though :) Thanks for the suggestion *smile* -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Fri Apr 1 09:23:56 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: Candide Date: Fri Apr 1 09:23:56 1994 In message Candide, Destiny said: > Nope, I haven't read it..maybe I will...played the musical overture though Isn't it great? I haven't read the book, but I have seen the musical . Soundheim I believe. :) Funnny show. From Xela@yabbs Fri Apr 1 13:47:54 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: good book... Date: Fri Apr 1 13:47:54 1994 I picked this book up last night and I stayed until 4 in the morning to finish it... It's called _The Handmaid's Tale_ by Margaret Atwood, and it's about this woman who is turned into a baby machine by the totalitarian monotheist State which used to be the United States. Very weird and enthralling book. Very feminist too, which was a twist from the other books about totalitiarianism, which take power from the man's POV... very interesting. -Alex From Destiny@yabbs Fri Apr 1 15:10:21 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: *grin* Date: Fri Apr 1 15:10:21 1994 I think you're right...sounds like it would be one of his :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Fri Apr 1 19:34:49 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: good book... Date: Fri Apr 1 19:34:49 1994 I read that last summer...scared the heck out of me (but most books about totalitarian states do). I didn't understand the ending though. Who won? Did the revolutionaries? Hmm. The whole idea of forcing women to be handmaids was really creepy too. Hmmm. Think something like that could ever happen? God...I hope not, but then again, anything is possible....esp. these days. From jujubee@yabbs Fri Apr 1 21:40:29 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Hmmm Date: Fri Apr 1 21:40:29 1994 funny you shoul mention that...i was kind of thinking of the same thing...hmmm...what is this world coming to??? From jujubee@yabbs Fri Apr 1 21:43:29 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: voltaire... Date: Fri Apr 1 21:43:29 1994 i'm searching the cobwebs of my mind for tht portion (that) of it...still hazy...did you like it when you read it? From htoaster@yabbs Fri Apr 1 23:33:36 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: internet addiction Date: Fri Apr 1 23:33:36 1994 Just wondering what people's reactions are to this article. I'll post mine following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 Mar 94 12:59:07 EST Subject: Role-playing Addiction Washington Post Staff Writer John Schwartz has published a moving and insightful article entitled, "Game Boy." It explores the life and death of an eighteen year old man addicted to cyberspace role-playing. I have asked Mr Schwartz for permission to post the original article in its entirety. For the time being, here's a brief summary. <> Nathaniel Davenport was an unassertive, socially-isolated teenager who did poorly in high school but had excellent S.A.T. scores. He entered the University of California at Santa Cruz autumn 92 and quickly became active in AmberMUSH, a M.U.D. (multi-user dimension) loosely based on the _Amber_ stories of Roger Zelazny. AmberMUSH "features a series of mirrors that you walk through into different elaborate fictional situations: One is the ruins of a city; another a rowdy Western town; a third, the smoky darkness of the "World's End Bar," a cross-dimensional speakeasy. Wherever you go, other players are there, gathered from around the world to engage in a collective fantasy; you converse with whoever is in the `room' you are in at the time, something like a pickup game in basketball." Nathaniel became a M.U.D. addict. He was asked to leave his university because he had missed all of his classes while living in AmberMUSH. Back in Virginia, he continued his addiction through student terminals at George Mason University, where he would spend entire days interacting with other role players from around the world. Nathaniel's persona in AmberMUSH was Sabbath, a beautiful seductress devoid of empathy for the characters she manipulated. For example, she spent months seducing another character, only to goad him to his death in a battle with a more powerful character. After bitter arguments with his family, Nathaniel agreed to get a job. He began working at a computer company from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. He incorporated his new job into his frenetic role-playing life by skimping on sleep. A week after starting work, he apparently fell asleep at the wheel of his mother's car and smashed head-on into a truck. He died instantly. When Nathaniel's father sent out requests for correspondence on the Internet, addressing the AmberMUSH users his son had spent so much of his life with, he was astonished at the volume and quality of the responses. Over time, Tom Davenport came to believe that Nathaniel's interactions were not futile game-playing or pornographic flirting. "[I]n his quest to better himself, Nathaniel had also turned to the tool he was most comfortable with: He was using his character to explore social interactions, to learn to be funny, charming, direct. `He was using the net,' says Davenport, `to work out his life.'" "Contacted via e-mail, AmberMUSH administrator Mark Grundy said the death of Nathaniel Davenport has made him think hard about players' responsibility to one another in the on-line society. `The future for human relationships in the Communication Age seems particularly uncertain,' Grundy wrote. `For me, the lesson that Tom has taught is that the answers can come, if you look for them with the right heart.'" <> This young man, isolated from a local community, unhappy in his own skin, found happiness as a different person in a different world. The pity is that he lost touch with his own body's needs. Like a rat on an endorphin high, poor Nathaniel died from addiction to his own form of satisfaction. Should we shrug and dismiss his death? "It's his problem--he was free to act as he chose." Surely, but could anyone in his cyberspace community have helped avoid this sad end, crushed uselessly at the age of 18? I wonder if cyberspace role-players will reach out to accept and support the tangible person behind the electronic persona? Would it have helped if someone had asked how Nathaniel was doing instead of focusing only on Sabbath? As human beings interact electronically, we will be forced to integrate morality and reason into cyberspace. Cyberspace must not remain a moral vacuum; common sense must grow to encompass all the ways we now have to touch other people's lives and alter our own. Michel E. Kabay, Ph.D., Director of Education, National Computer Security Assn From htoaster@yabbs Fri Apr 1 23:43:39 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: my reaction Date: Fri Apr 1 23:43:39 1994 Anyway, the first thing that I thought of when reading that was yabbs. One of my biggest concerns in running this system is that it becomes easy for people to see this as so much of an alternate reality that they forget about real life and stuff. Sometimes I wonder if I am being socially responsible running a system like this, where I know that some people spend so much time that it hurts their grades in school, and probably doesn't help in other aspects of their life either. On the other hand I know that a lot of people have met very close friends on here (I've met some really great people as well), and that this wouldn't happen if the system didn't exist. I guess that I become worried that someone may become so addicted to the type of computer interaction with people found here and on other systems that they will loose touch with what is really out there. Computer interaction is so weird because while it is still a form of communication, like the phone or parties or whatever, it creates a layer of abstraction that very few other mediums do. You can present yourself however you want, because it is pretty likely that no one on the other side knows you. Its easy to change anything, sex, religion, culture, or even just small things, like presenting yourself in a little more flirtous way than you normally would (I know that a lot of people are more open when talking on a computer, myself included, because it can seem so abstract to think that other people may be on the other side). But what if people go into it too deep? What causes that to happen (and it happens a lot. MUDs and IRC and systems like this are becoming banned in a lot of places because schools are worried about the amount of time spent behind them). Who's fault is it when it happens? I am being socially unresonsable running a system like this? If I see that someone is spending so much time on something like this should I try and see if anything is wrong? A lot of times I jokingly say "hey, no failing classes because of yabbs," but it is something that truely bothers me. I guess I wonder what other people think of these problems. Originally I was going to post this to the IRC/MUD/bbs base, but people here seem to be talking in the vein to some degree, so this seemed like a better place. alex From JasonLee@yabbs Sat Apr 2 01:20:45 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: good book... Date: Sat Apr 2 01:20:45 1994 Xela said: I picked this book up last night and I stayed until 4 in the morning to finish it... It's called _The Handmaid's Tale_ by Margaret Atwood, and it's about this woman who is turned into a baby machine by the totalitarian monotheist State which used to be the United States. Very weird and enthralling book. Very feminist too, which was a twist from the other books about totalitiarianism, which take power from the man's POV... very interesting. ++++++++++++++++++++++ I think it is made even more scary by how extremely possible that future is. While 1984 and others show worlds that are strange to our eyes, The Handmaid's Tale is immediate and familiar, so it's more dangerous. Oh, I think it's actually supposed to be Canada, not the US. Atwood is Canadian. The book was also made into a fairly good movie, too. JasonLee From JasonLee@yabbs Sat Apr 2 01:23:36 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: internet addiction Date: Sat Apr 2 01:23:36 1994 I read that article. Nothing in it really surprised me, though. The whole explanation of the guy's infatuation with the online world seemed, if not typical, at least easily understandable. The reporter treated the material fairly, without babying and sensationalizing the subject. For some reason, though, it just didn't interest me that much. I suppose I take the life-like atmosphere of the Net for granted. Tragedy occurs everywhere, so why not here? JasonLee From johndeer@yabbs Sat Apr 2 02:16:02 1994 From: johndeer@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: internet addiction Date: Sat Apr 2 02:16:02 1994 THe article blamed the guy's death on a MUD. it should have been blamed on his stuipdity of not getting enough sleep.. as for this place, sure, i suppose people can get addicted, and it can affect them, but so can many other things. arcades, nintendo, music, sex, wahtever can "waste" peoples' time.. it's not really your responsibility to cover for people who can't manage their time.. johNDeere From Le@yabbs Sat Apr 2 10:34:15 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: psychologically speaking Date: Sat Apr 2 10:34:15 1994 Not that I'm a psychology wiz, but I have to ask after reading that article, where was Nathaniel? What did we really know about him? We don't know why he was shy and socially isolated. We don't know what in his background left him vulnerable to the MUDaddiction. I think to look only at the MUD as the cause of his death is absurb. The MUD was the symptom, not the disease. While I agree that being moral and reasonable in cyberspace is a nice ideal, let's face the fact that as merely another aspect of human existence, why expect it to be any more perfect. There are a range of personalities on the net just as in the real world. To expect them to all stick to a moral code is unrealistic. As for netaddiction in and of itself, it really has many differenyt levels. I used to spend hours on BBS's, and I'll admit that my grades might have suffered because of it, but luckily they didn't. But I told people that BBS's are like my TV, I don't sit mindnumb in front of a TV for hours every night. If I had not been BBSing for hours, I seriously doubt that I would have been doing my homework. The BBS would not have been to blaim. I think the first question that should be asked if the time on BBS's/MUD's get out of hand is, "What are you not getting in your real life that you get here?" Just a thought. From htoaster@yabbs Sat Apr 2 11:42:30 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: Le@yabbs Subject: re: psychologically speaking Date: Sat Apr 2 11:42:30 1994 Hmm, yeah, I don't think that I would blame the mud on his death either, but I think that maybe the fact that he was spending so much time in front of the system could be a sign that maybe he was having problems. I guess I was wondering if I (or anyone) sees someone spending so much time on a bbs that it could be engulfing a huge amount of their time that we should worry about why they are doing this, etc... alex From Xela@yabbs Sat Apr 2 12:54:42 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: voltaire... Date: Sat Apr 2 12:54:42 1994 Yes, it had a cheesy "sunshine"-happy ending, but I still enjoyed the main satirical premise. -Alex From Xela@yabbs Sat Apr 2 13:00:16 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: good book... Date: Sat Apr 2 13:00:16 1994 "Oh, I think it's actually supposed to be Canada, not the US." The book talked about the President's assasination and the Congress being machine-gunned. Also, some people were trying to cross the Canadian-US border, and later, Montreal wasa mentioned as a broadcast station for the State TV. So I think the US was taken over first, then Canada. -Alex From Le@yabbs Sat Apr 2 21:58:20 1994 From: Le@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: should we? Date: Sat Apr 2 21:58:20 1994 wondering if I (or anyone) sees someone spending so much time on a bbs that it could be engulfing a huge amount of their time that we should worry about why they are doing this, etc... Okay, it would seem pretty obvious that someone who spent an overwhelming amount of time would have reasons for doing so. But should we worry? If the reasons are destructive, yes I suppose we should worry. If I decide that I am so unattractive that I can not show my face in public, and thus only interact through a BBS, I would see that as a cause for worry. But if I used to spend 8 hours a day watching tv and now I spend 8 hours a day on yabbs, well that more a trade-off on how I spend my time. I guess what I am saying is that the motives are different for different people, and I don't know if we should pry into other's lives by asking them why they are here so much, as I personally would find that offensive. But if I felt that I had built a friendship with someone on a BBS, and I knew that their reasons for being on one for 8, 10, 15 hours a day were unhealthy, then I might feel comfortable enough with them to go ahead and discuss it. But as for judging other people on the basis of how they spend their time and live their lives, I don't think that's appropriate. To each his own, as long as he's happy and doesn't mess with me. From hawke@yabbs Sun Apr 3 06:23:50 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: internet addiction Date: Sun Apr 3 06:23:50 1994 Damn, that was a hell of an article . if you think about it though it is really easy to become your character. in any type of role playing game the character allways has some of its creator in it its the creators way of expressing something wether it is intentional or not. After all what better way to try to change something about yourself except by testing it in a roleplaying situation. the only catch is how far do ya go? and How do ya know when you have gone to far? From buzzbomb@yabbs Mon Apr 4 09:49:10 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: speaking of coinkidinks Date: Mon Apr 4 09:49:10 1994 that's coincidences of course... anyway here (univ of MD) they played monty python's Life of Brian as the midnite movie this weekend... another good apolitically-correct choice of holiday entertainment! From buzzbomb@yabbs Mon Apr 4 09:50:29 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: good book... Date: Mon Apr 4 09:50:29 1994 Ever read The Stepford Wives? kinda along the same lines; about men taking power from the woman's point of view From buzzbomb@yabbs Mon Apr 4 09:54:38 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: my reaction Date: Mon Apr 4 09:54:38 1994 this is exactly what i was talking about earlier - i read that article in the washington post, and that's part of what got me thinking. that and a friend of mine who spent 7+ hours a day mudding last semester and had a GPA of around 1.2!people just seeme to be addicted to and totally dependent on technology for everything - it's an incredible tool, but when your entire life is based on it, i think that's when things start to go wrong. From Xela@yabbs Mon Apr 4 11:36:14 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: mudding too much, etc... Date: Mon Apr 4 11:36:14 1994 Here its very simple, you *can't* abuse your account because you are charged a lot for using peak time (i.e. business hours) so if you mud 7+ hours a day, you are mudding at 1 or 2 in the morning, in which case you would be kicked out fast if your schedule revolved around muds (because some classees grade attendance, etc.). -Alex From Cat@yabbs Mon Apr 4 13:15:53 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: mudding too much, etc... Date: Mon Apr 4 13:15:53 1994 In message mudding too much, etc..., Xela said: > Here its very simple, you *can't* abuse your account because you are > charged a lot for using peak time Hmmm. Sounds like a good idea to me. I'd hate to see my school start to put restrictions on the Net, but for some people I know that might actually help. I have a friend who spent three weeks this semester living on a MUD and only coming out of his room for meals. We were all concerned, but he snapped out of it after mid-sem grades came out and his parents saw them. They took his 'puter away. Now he only spends half his time on the MUD because the labs here close at 12. :) -Tammie From JasonLee@yabbs Mon Apr 4 17:44:53 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: mudding too much, etc... Date: Mon Apr 4 17:44:53 1994 Cat said: We were all concerned, but he snapped out of it after mid-sem grades came out and his parents saw them. They took his 'puter away. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ See, I don't like things like that. You're in college, you're supposed to be an adult, or at least close. It's your decision to screw up your life, and it makes me mad to see people who have no clue getting messed up. In particular, these cases convince schools to limit net access, which I find lame. Oh well. JasonLee From Cat@yabbs Mon Apr 4 21:49:32 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: mudding too much, etc... Date: Mon Apr 4 21:49:32 1994 Our school itself doesn't have any set Net limits. Technically, no one is supposed to be using the cluster computers for MUD's and MUSHes, but no one enforces this rule I agree though with what you said. Those that are on MUDs all the time will be able to find ways to beat the system and get there anyway, and the only people those limits will hurt are the ones that aren't over-using the system. IMHO anyway From Deaska@yabbs Tue Apr 5 00:45:54 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: mudding too much, etc... Date: Tue Apr 5 00:45:54 1994 absolutely yupperdinks.. . hehehe, ppl here in swinburne are a bit sicko when it comes to restrictions... that's why I have an account that no sysop can touch hehehe, well, no sicko sysop can touch :) *waving his u3 account in steyrs face* hehehehe :) btw cat, thanks fer the maple thingamageebobs *big hug* From dmonger@yabbs Tue Apr 5 02:25:47 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: mudding too much, etc... Date: Tue Apr 5 02:25:47 1994 or yabbs, right cat :) -peter From Cat@yabbs Tue Apr 5 11:14:12 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: ... Date: Tue Apr 5 11:14:12 1994 In message re: mudding too much, etc..., dmonger said: > or yabbs, right cat :) Yeah yeah yeah, ah shuddap. :) You're just as bad as I am so :P From dmonger@yabbs Tue Apr 5 12:52:54 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: ... Date: Tue Apr 5 12:52:54 1994 but i'm allowed to work in ALL the clusters :) -peter From Cat@yabbs Tue Apr 5 13:55:00 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: ... Date: Tue Apr 5 13:55:00 1994 Yeah, sure, rub it in. :) Aren't you special? I wish I was as cool as you. :P -tammie From Destiny@yabbs Tue Apr 5 14:57:10 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hehehe... Date: Tue Apr 5 14:57:10 1994 you guys.........*shaking head, smiling* -Dest' :) From Natalie@yabbs Thu Apr 14 15:20:16 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 15:20:16 1994 Question: Do you all think that people have this urge to name/define/put boundaries on things in order to better understand that thing or to destroy it? I ask because I don't like defining what I am and quite frankly, I'm tired of being labeled as one thing when I may not be all that thing, I may be part of another too. Golly, that sounded obtuse *grin* Natalie From Lacey@yabbs Thu Apr 14 15:34:32 1994 From: Lacey@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 15:34:32 1994 Natalie, For years people have made an effort to try and define themselves to other people in the hopes that these people would better understand them. What they failed to realize is it really doesn't matter what other people think of you because there is no one in this world who is ever going to understand you. I always let peopele perceive me any way they like because it all comes down to what I think of myself. There is no law that says that you have to let people know what you are about because if that were the caseI would have been in a lot of trouble by now. Just keep being yourself and let everyone else try and figure you out instead of explaining what you do and why you do it. Lacey From Natalie@yabbs Thu Apr 14 16:26:52 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Lacey@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 16:26:52 1994 Lacey: Hmmmm...maybe I didn't phrase that right...What I was trying to get at wat the compusion everyone (even myself) has to label and put people in little boxes... For instance, my family doesn't understand why I want to be a writer...so they stick me in a box so they don't have to deal with me. I'd like some insight as to *why* people do that. It's really very frustrating... Natalie From Cat@yabbs Thu Apr 14 20:09:54 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 20:09:54 1994 Nat, I agree. Boundaries suck. How can families, or friends or anyone try to put a label on someoen else, or to try and box someone in...I personally have no idea who I am myself, so I hardly think anyone else has the ability to tell me who I am or what I should be....Be careful around famileis and what they say to you. Usually they mean well, but sometimes they get so caught up in trying to live through their children, or whatever, that they lose sight of who their children are, or forget that they aren't children anymore...sheesh, now I'm confusing me, but anyhow, the only person that can lable or put boundaries on me is me. :) My 5 senses. ;) -tammie From JasonLee@yabbs Thu Apr 14 22:58:52 1994 From: JasonLee@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 22:58:52 1994 In message boundaries, Natalie said: > Do you all think that people have this urge to name/define/put boundaries > on things in order to better understand that thing or to destroy it? I > ask because I don't like defining what I am and quite frankly, I'm tired > of being labeled as one thing when I may not be all that thing, I may be > part of another too. Golly, that sounded obtuse *grin* It's not real great to label people, but it is interesting and helpful to trry labeling, then examine how and why those labels fail to apply. In that way, labeling isn't the big evil it's made out to be. JasonLee From hawke@yabbs Thu Apr 14 23:10:08 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: natalie @yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu Apr 14 23:10:08 1994 nat its human nature for peole to label others its there way of trying to explain something that there minds cant so they try to simpolize and classify. the majority of times that this is down is on objects where mass amounts of research can be donwe with little or no consequences, but when it is done on people then you have problems try not to wory about it. i have found tha the majority of pople who categorize others are just to limited in there openminded ness to new things and other people . that is a boundery placed on people yes. yet i also dont ridicules those people for being close minded so in the end i havent become a hypocrit i hope... :) From dmonger@yabbs Mon Apr 18 11:05:57 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Mon Apr 18 11:05:57 1994 In message re: boundaries, JasonLee said: > It's not real great to label people, but it is interesting and helpful to > trry labeling, then examine how and why those labels fail to apply. In that > way, labeling isn't the big evil it's made out to be. I find the labels keep falling off. When people start to sweat, the adhesive doesn't work as well and they just drop. Its kind of depressing sometimes -peter From Natalie@yabbs Mon Apr 18 15:32:38 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Mon Apr 18 15:32:38 1994 hehehe you're funny.....(or so the aliens tell me) My roommate has been converted to their side...both her and the cafe are now working against me..... Natalie From Cat@yabbs Tue Apr 19 10:11:08 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue Apr 19 10:11:08 1994 So scare them Nat, really really scare them, then they'll leave you alone. :) Your voices in my head told me to tell you to tell THEM all about your voices, and if that doesn't work, play Pilate's scene in JCS really really loud. :) Hmmm. Roommates...never had one of those. Except my goldfish, but they don't count...although they'd like to think they count. <>< <>< . . <>< :) Labels libles ladles bibbles bibles riddles, it's all stoooooopid stuff anywho m'dear! :) -tammie From Lacey@yabbs Tue Apr 19 16:13:07 1994 From: Lacey@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue Apr 19 16:13:07 1994 Natalie, Now I see what you meant. My mom used to do the same thing to me when I told her that I wanted to go to Law school. I think people do these things because they are being introduced to something that is not familiar to them. It's their way of not dealing with something new. I used to think it just ran in my family but I've actually found the same kind of treatment with some of my professors. It's very frustrating when all you want is a little support and even your family has reached a point where they think its something that will blow over so they don't deal with it. They put you and your ideas in a little box and they hope it will eventually pass. My friends chalk it up to a generation gap and in some cases it is and in others its just that some people are afraid of things that aren't "common" in their own lives. People just can't help the way that they have always think. This is one of those cases where you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks for explaining that a little more for me. Lacey From pixy@yabbs Wed Apr 27 21:15:42 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Wed Apr 27 21:15:42 1994 labeling is a very left-brained activity. To say that labeling is done because the mind can't really understand something is misleading. Labeling is the only way the left hemisphere of the brain can understand anything at all. YOu see, the left brain thinks in a very linear fashion. lines of hierarchy, grouping many thisgs with some similarity into one heading, symbolic understandings are all the products of the left brain. This explains why language is handled by the left brain. it also explains why the left brained have so much trouble drwing--when you try to draw someone using your left brain, you come out with little better than a stick figure. So, labeling and classification are not at all wrong--in fact they are very natural. But like Jasonlee said, you have to examine your labeling system to understand how you see the world and maybe how others see the world. But also you should take the right brain approach to the world everyonce and a while in order to check the power of the left brain. pixy From pixy@yabbs Wed Apr 27 21:21:40 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Lacey@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Wed Apr 27 21:21:40 1994 As I alreay told hawke, you can't control the way the mind works--and you shouldn't even feel that its wrong(Why fell guilt for that beyond your control?). however, sound like instead of changing their method of thought--an impossible eneavor--they should try to make an inquiry into the actual thoughts themselves--theis is extremely difficult for most, but at least it isnt totally impossible pixy From hawke@yabbs Wed Apr 27 21:45:29 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Wed Apr 27 21:45:29 1994 thanks for the input pixy i will have to look at it more closely seeing i am at work right now but i wold like to discuss this more with you once again thanks for the input hawke From buzzbomb@yabbs Fri Apr 29 09:23:58 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Fri Apr 29 09:23:58 1994 I don't really agree with that... that people shouldn't try to change their method of thought. what if someone is extremely prejudiced, to the point that it's not just the occasional racist/sexist thought, but that their whole way of thinking was based on those ideas? Are you saying that if that's because a person was raised that way that they shouldn't feel guilty about it and try to change it, just because it's ingrained in them and they can't help it? I know plenty of people that come from very racist families thathave managed to overcome these tendencies, even though they've been raised with them from day one. the reason people shouldn't label other people is because everyone's so different! there's a lot of people that seem to fit right into some stereotype at first, but as you get to know them they really don't. maybe they just act like they do on the surface to fit into a group, i don't know. But people are too complex to really fit into a labeled group. if you're gonna label someone at least get to know them first. From pixy@yabbs Fri Apr 29 11:21:29 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Fri Apr 29 11:21:29 1994 In message re: boundaries, buzzbomb said: > I don't really agree with that... that people shouldn't try to change > their method of thought. what if someone is extremely prejudiced, to > the point that it's not just the occasional racist/sexist thought, but > that their whole way of thinking was based on those ideas? Are you > saying that if that's because a person was raised that way that they > shouldn't feel guilty about it and try to change it, just because it's > ingrained in them and they can't help it? I know plenty of people that > come from very racist families thathave managed to overcome these oh, but you see, we have a miscommunication. when i say the way the mind thinks, i'm toaling abou the actual physical functioning of the brain. The mechanism of the left brain makes it label and classify. for clarification, let me say that the way it classifies and labels is changeable--certainly--but the fact that it does label and classify is unchangeable. people should not feel bad about the fact they label, what labels they give and the logic behind them. later, pixy From buzzbomb@yabbs Tue May 3 09:08:51 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue May 3 09:08:51 1994 i see... i guess you're right, people automatically put labels on others, but i also thing that with a bit of practice and open- mindedness you can overcome them. like you might unconsciously label someone when you meet them, but then still keep an open mind and make an effort to really get to know the persno, not just dismiss them based on your labeling from that first impression. From Cat@yabbs Tue May 3 10:56:55 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue May 3 10:56:55 1994 people are like canned food. if you remove all the labels on canned food, you have no idea what you're going to eat until you open the can...makes for much more interesting eating. and forces you to look beyond outer appearences. :) -tammie From pixy@yabbs Tue May 3 12:18:04 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue May 3 12:18:04 1994 In message re: boundaries, buzzbomb said: > i see... i guess you're right, people automatically put labels on > others, but i also thing that with a bit of practice and open- > mindedness you can overcome them. like you might unconsciously > label someone when you meet them, but then still keep an open > mind and make an effort to really get to know the persno, not just > dismiss them based on your labeling from that first impression. perhaps. i'll have to think about that a bit. pixy From pixy@yabbs Tue May 3 12:19:43 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue May 3 12:19:43 1994 In message re: boundaries, Cat said: > people are like canned food. if you remove all > the labels on canned food, you have no idea what you're going to eat > until you open the can...makes for much more interesting eating. > and forces you to look beyond outer appearences. :) > that's kinda disgusting with the cat food and all. Do you really eat cat food? *grin and a chuckle* pixy From Cat@yabbs Tue May 3 13:41:47 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Tue May 3 13:41:47 1994 In message re: boundaries, pixy said: > that's kinda disgusting with the cat food and all. Do you really eat cat food? > *grin and a chuckle* > pixy Do you eat fairy dust or pixy stixs? No, i don't eat cat food. *sigh* i try to make a profound statement and all you do is poke fun at it and make cat food jokes. :) ah well! -tammie From Destiny@yabbs Wed May 4 09:30:43 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: "canned food" Date: Wed May 4 09:30:43 1994 I liked your analogy Cat :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Wed May 4 13:18:45 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: "canned food" Date: Wed May 4 13:18:45 1994 thanks much dest, at least somebody got it :) you know me and my analogies ;) From pixy@yabbs Wed May 4 20:30:42 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Wed May 4 20:30:42 1994 In message re: boundaries, Cat said: > Do you eat fairy dust or pixy stixs? > No, i don't eat cat food. *sigh* i try to make a profound statement and > all you do is poke fun at it and make cat food jokes. :) ah well! Geee wiz, dad. aw come on; i didn't mean any harm. ..oh, ward, go easy on the beaver. No, i don't eat pixy stixs, but i do sniff them for energy--i also listen to the pixies alot, hence the name. but how do you expect to make z profound statement with a catfood metaphor, anyway? pixy From Deaska@yabbs Thu May 5 11:00:59 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu May 5 11:00:59 1994 ppl are kinda like milk cartons too... some of them spill and make a mess, some of them turn sour, some of them are ice cold, and some of them are just delicious ;) and the pleasure comes not from reading the outside, but from drinking whats within... *chuckle* couldn't help myself *grin* Deaska From Cat@yabbs Thu May 5 11:38:40 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Thu May 5 11:38:40 1994 In message re: boundaries, pixy said: > No, i don't eat pixy stixs, but i do sniff them for energy--i also > listen to the pixies alot, hence the name. but how do you expect to make z > profound statement with a catfood metaphor, anyway? > pixy I have a friend that sniffs pixy stixs. Hmmmmm seems to me that would burn your nose. He only did it in HS to try to get the pricipal to thing he was sniffing something else. used to grind up white smarties and do the same thing. I didn't even mention cat food in that post...just canned food, and Dest liked it anyway . :) -tammie =^^= From Destiny@yabbs Thu May 5 16:45:14 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: pixy stix sniffing Date: Thu May 5 16:45:14 1994 Where the heck did you go to school Cat?!?!?! :) -Dest' From Bastion@yabbs Thu May 5 20:25:32 1994 From: Bastion@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: car 52... where are you? Date: Thu May 5 20:25:32 1994 52 to dispatch....over go ahead 52... go away dispatch.. bite my genital unit and swallow my load...dispatch now for the main event.... BASTION ARIE TRENFIELD PRESENTS SOMETHING THAT'S COOL.... PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION THE STORY OF TWISTED YOUTH AND A TWISTED LIFE OF ENDLESS STRIFE AND ALL THAT OTHER HAPPY SHIT... KIRKLAND THE TWISTED RAPIDLY DECENDING DEMI-god WE STARTED OUT SO INNOCENT AND SMALL WE ENDED UP FACING FIVE YEARS AND TEN THOUSAND WHERE DID WE GO WRONG...MASTER (kirkland) ALL THE ELABORATE PLOTS...TWISTING SEETHING AND FALLING IN THE RAPID UNDERTOW OF PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION... TAKE OVER THE WORLD ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME... USE AND ABUSE LEAD THEM ASTRAY... FOLLOW OR WALLOW IN THE TWISTED RECOURSE OF COMMON LIFE... I SHALL LEAD THEE ALL ON TO GREAT THINGS.... (OR SOMETHING I GUESS) WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THOSE FOUR TWISTED YOUTH WHO BRIBED AND BULLSHITTED THROUGH COLLEGE ENGLISH CLASS FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T SEE THE TRUTH OF REALITY CONFORMITY CRUSHES THE SOUL OF EVERY MAN SOCIETY CRUSHES THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF COMMON MAN (ONLY IF THESE DREAMS AND HOPES STEP ON A FEW important TOES ON THE WAY) SO YOU CAN BE COOL ONLY IF YOU CONFORM... CAPITALISM IS THE MOST CONTROLLING OF POLITIC MAJORITY RULES AND MINORITY MUST SEETH IN THE TWISTING UNDERCURRENTS OF THE "RULING CLASS" kirkland WHO IS THIS RULING CLASS I NEED TO JOIN THEM SO I CAN BECOME POWERFUL AND RICH...INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THEM AND BEING PUSHED BACK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CHURNNING EVERCHANGING MAZE OF LIFE love AND POWER!!! I WANT THIS POWER!!! kirkland YOU HAVE ONLY LEAD US IN A TWISTED CIRCLE BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF SOCIETY... FROM PSUEDO-SOCIETY WARRIORS TO COMMON CRIMINAL(S) I REALIZE THAT THIS WAS YOUR PLAN THE WHOLE TIME BUT AT LEAST WE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE sCeNiC ROUTE TO FAILURE... IN MY (BASTION AERIE TRENTFIELD) MIND AND MY VERY DEPLEATED SOUL IT IS MY FEELING THAT THIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR "master plan to take over the world" WAS DESTROYED BY THE WANTON GREED AND EXPLICIT DEMAND OF love? YOU KIRKLAND FELL VICTIM TO THE THING THAT WE FOUGHT AND WE ALL FOLLOWED HAPPILY TO OUR (SELF) DESTRUCTIONTHE GREED AND SELF RITEOUSNESS OF SOMEONE TO WHOM YOU ARE SUPPOSSEDLY VERY close... YOU KNOW ME I WAS NEVER ONE TO MENTION NAMES ONE THE RECORD... BUT OFF THE RECORD WE ALL THINK (tam-ra) WELL ALL YOU POOR SOULS KEEP PLODDING ALLONG THE TRAIL OF LIFE AND love I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF POWER AND RICHES BUT NEXT TIME I'LL NOT BE WEARING THE BLACK SUNGLASSES OF ILLEGAL PLIGHTS I SHALL BASK IN THE LIGHT AND WE ALL SHALL BE GREAT OR AT LEAST HONEST TO OURSELVES AND TO SOCIETY NOW COME ALL YE AND FOLLOW ME, BASTION AERIE TRENTFIELD ON THE LONG STRAIGHT ROAD TO GLORY AND POWER AND love... (IT WILL TAKE 5 YEARS BUT AT LEAST I WILL HAVE AN EDUCATION IN THE COURSE OF THE MAJORITY AND SOMETHING MORE THAN A PRISION CELL AND A ROOMIE NAMED "BUBBA" TO SHOW FOR ALL MY EFFORTS) KIRKLAND THIS IS NOT TO SLAM YOU OR CAUSE ANY HARD EMOTION BUT I THINK IT IS TIME THAT YOU WAKE UP AND SEE THE LIGHT WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IS THE "SLAMMER".....KIRKLAND????? TRUELY AND STRAIGHTLY FROM THE HEART OF MY SOUL BASTION AERIE TRENTFIELD....8TH From Cat@yabbs Fri May 6 09:47:10 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: pixy stix sniffing Date: Fri May 6 09:47:10 1994 In message pixy stix sniffingx, Destiny said: > Where the heck did you go to school Cat?!?!?! :) > -Dest' I went to Burlington High School....very weird place, principal looked and acted like Mr. Rogers and the kids were well.....there is nothing in the world like a Vermont redneck. Very dangerous. :) But all in all it was an ok place, had a great drama and music dept, and watching people stiff pixy stixs and smatries was the best entertainment to be found in the cafe at lunch time-this is VT remember, what else IS there to do for kicks? ;) -tammie (sorry it's not a poem :) ) From pixy@yabbs Fri May 6 19:50:38 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Fri May 6 19:50:38 1994 i wonder... what kinda milk my life is... pixy From pnovak@yabbs Fri May 6 23:21:38 1994 From: pnovak@yabbs To: sexpert@yabbs Subject: Date: Fri May 6 23:21:38 1994 Hi: beeped you, but I think you left. If I don't get back on tonight (shleepy) will try tomorrow. Sweet dreams, Peter. From topi@yabbs Sat May 7 07:59:13 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: boundaries Date: Sat May 7 07:59:13 1994 awwww.. that's sooo sweet. :) I loved that. -Cath. From Deaska@yabbs Sun May 8 03:17:50 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: milk Date: Sun May 8 03:17:50 1994 aw gees *small smile* oh.. an' pix :) from what I've read on here.. ya got lotsa flav :) cheers all :) Deaska From buzzbomb@yabbs Sun May 8 12:54:07 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: milk cartons...hmm... Date: Sun May 8 12:54:07 1994 i was thinking more like CD's... you can find one with a really cool looking cover, maybe the best damn artwork you've ever seen... but then you get home and listen to it and the musics just as dull and boring as .... well just really dull and boring. and then someone shows you this other CD from a band with a stupid name and maybe a boring cover (remember the second incarnation of ritual de lo habitual? plain white...) and then you hear the coolest, most intense music you;ve ever heard on it... hmmm... did that one make any sense? what do you think of strawberry milk? From pnovak@yabbs Sun May 8 13:38:47 1994 From: pnovak@yabbs To: bastion@yabbs Subject: re:never read it Date: Sun May 8 13:38:47 1994 Hey, thanx for showing me why pple say turn down the volume! pn From Deaska@yabbs Sun May 8 18:36:27 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: CD's an' milk Date: Sun May 8 18:36:27 1994 well.. yeah, I can go with the CD one too :) strawberry milk? *licking his lips* need I say more? *grin* -Deask' From pixy@yabbs Sun May 8 21:29:20 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: milk Date: Sun May 8 21:29:20 1994 In message milk, Deaska said: > oh.. an' pix :) from what I've read on here.. ya got lotsa flav :) thankyouverymuch:) pixy From Cat@yabbs Wed May 11 13:37:42 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: CD's an' milk Date: Wed May 11 13:37:42 1994 In message CD's an' milk , Deaska said: > strawberry milk? *licking his lips* need I say more? But where does strawberry milk come from? Do they use real strawberries, or just that nasty sweet syrup stuff that comes in a squeeze bottle? Or do they milk strawberries/ But how does one go about milking a strawberry? And do strawberries give milk? I thought they gave juice. just wonderin', tammie From Destiny@yabbs Wed May 11 20:28:13 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hahahaha Date: Wed May 11 20:28:13 1994 Cat- You have got to be one of the most amusing people I have ever met :) Gotta love ya :) *hug* Hey, I finally found my book of Love and Sex Questions while I was cleaning my room and packing, so I thought I would post a question for you guys to ponder :) Enjoy :) #207: Most people play games in their relationships, yet most people claim they don't. What games do you now play, and what games that you used to play have you given up? I thought the game aspect was appropriate, seeing as how this is Mind GAMES :) -Dest' From Cat@yabbs Sun May 22 17:14:53 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Destiny@yabbs Subject: re: hahahaha Date: Sun May 22 17:14:53 1994 In message hahahaha, Destiny said: > Cat- > You have got to be one of the most amusing people I have ever met :) > post a question for you guys to ponder :) Enjoy :) Awww, thanks much dear. I try. ;) > > #207: Most people play games in their relationships, yet most people > claim they don't. What games do you now play, and what games that you > used to play have you given up? > I play that i'm a sweet nice little girl, when really i'm just a wanton slut looking for fufillment. ;) -tammie From ducky@yabbs Sun May 22 20:23:31 1994 From: ducky@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: hahahaha Date: Sun May 22 20:23:31 1994 In message re: hahahaha, Cat said: > I play that i'm a sweet nice little girl, when really i'm just a wanton > slut looking for fufillment. ;) uh huh. . .thought that little smiley would hide the truth huh? some of us are on to your true nature. . . ;) -k From Natalie@yabbs Sun May 22 21:07:02 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: hahahaha Date: Sun May 22 21:07:02 1994 heheheh I KNEW IT!!!!! From robtelee@yabbs Tue May 24 02:05:51 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: question ? Date: Tue May 24 02:05:51 1994 This may be a strange time to ask, but could i get some feedback regarding the "poetry and creative writing base?" How does everyone feel by putting your feelings on this board ? Don't you feel that you are opening yourselves open when you allow others to read and criticize your work. I have felt the urge to place things i have written on this board, but have refrained because of fear of rejection. I would be interested in finding out how one comes to the decision to post your material on that board. Thank You in advance, I remain Your Obd'nt Sv'nt robtelee From Natalie@yabbs Tue May 24 02:33:12 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: question ? Date: Tue May 24 02:33:12 1994 i like constructive criticism. i can handle just about anything when it comes to my writing. if i get upset by a comment, then i haven't distanced myself enough from my (dare I say it? yes I do) art. Eventually, we all have to let go of what we create, and I prefer to do it here, where I at least know most of the ppl who read the poetry base, as opposed to going to a writer's group where I don't know or trust anyone. As long as it's not an attack on ME, I can take it. that's what I think anyhow.... Natalie From laelth@yabbs Tue May 24 03:25:35 1994 From: laelth@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: question ? Date: Tue May 24 03:25:35 1994 Nothing personal, but most of the "criticism" that I've seen on the poetry board has been more like what I would call "personal response." And this is O.K. Writers want and need support; this board will give it to you, but I wouldn't call it "criticism," constructive or otherwise. -laelth From Natalie@yabbs Tue May 24 11:57:06 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: laelth@yabbs Subject: re: question ? Date: Tue May 24 11:57:06 1994 i agree that a lot of the responses on the poetry board have been personal, but there haven't been any personal attacks. That I've gotten before, and I really don't like it when my work gets all mixed up with who I am. that's now how it should be. Of course, this isn't a perfect world, so there'll always be personal attacks. Oh well. I'll live. :) natalie From hawke@yabbs Wed May 25 03:26:37 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: hallo.....again Date: Wed May 25 03:26:37 1994 greetings oh most wonderfull yabbs family. for those of you who actually notticed i havent been around for awhile had to go to atsugi japan but i am now back to torment those who know me and those 2who dont hehehehe laters your obedient servant hawke From NJDEVIL@yabbs Wed May 25 08:08:05 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: hallo.....again Date: Wed May 25 08:08:05 1994 Must be nice, going to Japan and all. Well welcome back and thanx for the warning, now can batten down the hatches. NJD From Steyr@yabbs Wed May 25 09:17:17 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: Postong to Poetry Date: Wed May 25 09:17:17 1994 Most people are a little shy about letting others see their work. Fear of rejection is blamed mostly. But exactly what IS rejection ? Does it mean someone doesn't like your work ? Well whoopy doo ! You can't please everyone. What does it really matter if you get a couple of bad comments on it. Most people here are polite enough that if they think it is utter shit they will just shut up, unless they wish to give some constructive criticism, which is not a bad thing. It's not likely that anyone is gonna laugh and think you're a dickhead (or if they do they're not likely to say so). Even if you post something which ppl don't think is great, atleast you had the guts to do so. That earns a little respect in my book. So lets cut the "I'm scared of rejection" crap. Particularly on Yabbs, where you don't actually have to face the critics, it's NOT going to ruin your reputation/life. The worst case scenario is not that bad. So lets see what you have to post then ... I for one would be interested. - Steyr From Badger01@yabbs Wed May 25 11:47:14 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Postong to Poetry Date: Wed May 25 11:47:14 1994 I personally, as a writer/poet/really big guy who looks insane, liketo go to peopen events and just read my work. YTou'd be amazed how intimidation can keep the mean crap away. Matt Rossi From Badger01@yabbs Wed May 25 11:50:16 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: I'm dualistic Date: Wed May 25 11:50:16 1994 Well, that went badly. The thing went nuts on me. This whole network at RWU just doesn't work. I hate this. But I don't mind criticism. As far as I'm concerned, let them hit. They can't say anything I haven'already thought about my work. From Natalie@yabbs Wed May 25 12:47:45 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Postong to Poetry Date: Wed May 25 12:47:45 1994 but, some of us are just writer/poet ppl who look insane. i can't intimidate anyone but myself. Well, I did used to read my work at a poetry reading type thing last fall, but I knew everyone and everyone read stuff. That was cool. but i couldn't walk into a room full of ppl i don't know and read my stuff. i think i'd rather die first.... natalie From Badger01@yabbs Wed May 25 12:58:40 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: Postong to Poetry Date: Wed May 25 12:58:40 1994 Naah, you'd be okay. But I think that open reading and slams are a great way to blow off some steam, if the situation is one you feel comfortable. If not, than just writing and reading are enough, I guess. The important thing is the work. Badger Matthew Rossi Der Aberglaude ist die Posie der stille. --Goethe, Spruche in Prosa From hawke@yabbs Sun May 29 18:51:00 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun May 29 18:51:00 1994 to all who care i will be off of yabbs for the next couple of days do to some things i have been deeling with. a big thanks to robtelee and bluemax for all your help thanks guys and also a big thanks to whoever my little mind might have forgotten that has helped. i shall see you all when i get back. keep yabbsing From Deaska@yabbs Mon May 30 09:48:53 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: Date: Mon May 30 09:48:53 1994 take care duder :) D' From Cat@yabbs Mon May 30 21:50:25 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: just a question Date: Mon May 30 21:50:25 1994 i wonder...is there anything in the realm of human relationships/interactions/confrontations etc that doesn't classify as a mind game? -tammie From pixy@yabbs Tue May 31 17:03:46 1994 From: pixy@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue May 31 17:03:46 1994 In message just a question, Cat said: > i wonder...is there anything in the realm of human > relationships/interactions/confrontations etc that doesn't classify as a > mind game? Yes. College; it has nothing to do with the mind at all pixy From Cat@yabbs Tue May 31 17:30:39 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pixy@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue May 31 17:30:39 1994 blah that's not what i meant. :) but good point all the same. From Deaska@yabbs Tue May 31 22:07:51 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue May 31 22:07:51 1994 :puts a hugs and mirth bomb under Cat's seat... "tick... tick :) From Cat@yabbs Tue May 31 23:11:44 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue May 31 23:11:44 1994 :) haha fuuuuny rich. :) *sigh* no one got it so i give up. Anyhow thatnks sooo much for the tim tams. i loved them and so did my friend sarah, and tonya and mom and dad and the next door neighbors. they're all gone now :( but they were teeeerific while they lasted. *grin* thanks again :) -tammie From Deaska@yabbs Wed Jun 1 09:42:18 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: tim tams Date: Wed Jun 1 09:42:18 1994 did you get any to eat? *hug* D' From Cat@yabbs Wed Jun 1 10:07:33 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: yuppers. about 3 :) Date: Wed Jun 1 10:07:33 1994 thanks again -me From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 2 13:50:52 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Thu Jun 2 13:50:52 1994 Do you think there really is a heaven and a hell? i was thinking about that and wondering. And if there is a heaven, would it be such a great place to get into? I mean if everyone was good all the time, and heaven lasts for eternity, wouldn't thinks get rather dull? also, different religions have different gods and names fro their gods...do you think all these gods are separate, different entities, or just one universal god with many different names? the one thing that bothers me the most about my church is that the people there believe that the trinity is the only god and religion to believe in ad that everyone else is wrong and going to hell...but suppose it turns out that they were worshipping the wrong god all the time and instead of heaven wind up someplace very unpleasant. i myself, i believe in some god, but not in church. the way i've always looked at it is if i believe in god and when i die i find out there's not a god, i'm no worse off. but if i don't believe in god and find out when i die that there is one.... also, what do you think owuld be better/worse, to die and end up in whatever heaven/ninvana/utopia etc, or to keep being reincarnated. i personally can't imagine any place or any life that could be better or worse than this one. just wondering and thinking out loud, tammie From niche@yabbs Thu Jun 2 19:28:44 1994 From: niche@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: philosopgy Date: Thu Jun 2 19:28:44 1994 I don't think that believing that there is some being/force greater than us is that difficult. I do however believe that too many churches have become corrupted in subtle ways, looking fro power permanance and most of all the almighty $$$. Look at how a schism is again forming between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, and importantly within the RC over whether women can be ordeined. And how many of the original founders of various religions would be horrified over religious WARS fought in their name... God is great, humans are real flawed. . (but if i really wanted wealth, I'd start my own ministry ;) like LRHubbard or the Bakkers) , as far as heaven or reincarnation: it depends on a lot. Is heaven someone else's idea of it or mine? Harps and cloud-sitting would get real boring within an eon. But reincarnation also has its problems, like where do arll the extra souls to make 5B people come from? or are there fake people? ...this hubris led to Hitler and the KKK. Of the tow, i'd prefer heaven, as even my favorite shows are boring eventually. Can you imagine going through potty training hundreds of times??? Niche From Deaska@yabbs Fri Jun 3 01:55:29 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: heaven/hell Date: Fri Jun 3 01:55:29 1994 hmmm.. I dunno cat.. I'd like to think there was... a heaven that is... *chuckle* but atleast I do know there's always a Destiny... sorry.. couldn't help it, I'm having serious withdrawals here... *grin* *hugs* catchya tam :) From Cat@yabbs Fri Jun 3 09:18:09 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: destiny Date: Fri Jun 3 09:18:09 1994 do you think that fate/destiny (no pun intended) controls our lives or do we? cassius said once "the fault dear brutus is not in the stars but ourselves as we are underlings" is everything that happens to a person just a random coincidence, or do we have some say in the matter? -tammie From buzzbomb@yabbs Fri Jun 3 09:45:47 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: destiny Date: Fri Jun 3 09:45:47 1994 interesting questions...! the way i see it, most religions are more political organizations than religious. i mean, they all (or most) do a lot of good for society (soup kithens, social support, etc...) but i think they sorta use "God" as a way to pull in people that normally wouldn't be involved. almost like brainwashing, but to a good end. except in the case of those evangelists that just have people send money to them! personally, i think there is some "higher power", probably some combination of all the other religions, both mono- and polytheistic ones. but i don't really believe in a speceific idea of god or religion. and if that made any sense you're probably just as warped as me.... ...going to hell in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine...:) From PanPan@yabbs Fri Jun 3 11:23:55 1994 From: PanPan@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: Apocalypse (sp?) Date: Fri Jun 3 11:23:55 1994 Well, I'm not a religious man, so don't quote me on this one, but the recent developments in the world socioeconomic/sociopolitical situation are (according to a local minister I heard on the radio) unfolding as prophesized in Revelations: The coming together of the world powers, the abolition of currency (interac direct-payment), a sudden increase in earthquakes (there has been an almost geometric increase over the last 20 years), and other stuff (I don't remember it all). Also, the end is supposed to occur at an apparent time of prosperity, somewhere around the year 2000. Also, Nostradamus predicted that the end of the world would come after a 7-year long war, so if the shit hits the fan and all hell breaks loose (pun DEFINITELY intended :))) ), we all have 7 years to shop around at ALL religions, praying like crazy in order to repent in all forms of worship. If we do that, we'll be safe! Agnostically yours, PanPan From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 4 02:33:20 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: hmmmmm Date: Sat Jun 4 02:33:20 1994 Okay.. here we go... : do you think that fate/destiny (no pun intended) controls our lives or do we? : is everything that happens to a person just a random coincidence, or do : we have some say in the matter? : -tammie this is one of my theories.. which I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on.. you get the picture :) #1 Predeterminism There are those who live their lives by the script, and those who rip that script apart, burn it, and shoot the director :) But how do we know that we are gripping the controls of our lives, defying the the perhaps.. and I stress that word "PERHAPS", predetermined way of living our lives. Maybe it involves us making a high level state of awareness decision in what we do.. almost to the level of psychosis.. maybe... I don't know... who will ever know.. and those who say they know, whether they be religious, or government, or any other form of agency are just bullshitting, or bullshitting themselves too in the process of BS others... #2 Randomness... Hoy Boy.. this one's kewl.. So.. its like we're all flying by the seat of our pants.. well.. methinx I'm flying with my pants at my ankles on this one hehehehe...um... same point of view.. sometimes we have control... other times we're butt naked as far as power is concerned. Ultimately we can never know... an' anyone who says otherwise needs brain surgery. But its okay to wonder an' guess, jus don' say "THIS IS WHY..." cuz ya wrong :) (human beans don' have the brains to find the truth of these sortsa stuff out... is there a god, or a heaven etc... we cannot possibly know.. all we can do is speculate... an' those who yell in my face, "Jesus loves me and told me everything" needs to be checked up. Maybe I'm too sceptical for my own good... Rich... :) End of the world???? oh no.. I gotta run to CT an' get horizontal!!!!!!!!!! *hug* catchya soon tam :) From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 4 02:42:56 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: ouch Date: Sat Jun 4 02:42:56 1994 Her's jus a thought.... What would guys think about sex, if when they ejaculate, they would weaken, and die like bees which had jus released a sting? *chuckle* inspiration? Natalie's Technophilia :) :) From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jun 4 02:45:06 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: hmmmmm Date: Sat Jun 4 02:45:06 1994 it's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine hehehe natalie From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jun 4 02:45:39 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: ouch Date: Sat Jun 4 02:45:39 1994 gee...my poem inspired thatthought? eek! *hugs* natalie From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 4 03:04:40 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: ouch Date: Sat Jun 4 03:04:40 1994 hehehehe *chuckle* you know it :) *hug* later :) D' From Albino@yabbs Sat Jun 4 03:22:15 1994 From: Albino@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Date: Sat Jun 4 03:22:15 1994 It appears you unda a philosophy rock there. Let me help you out. All der is fer sure is da bugs that will eat yer guts and/or the flame charcoal broil they ( yer family/friends ) bring you tu inorder to stick yu in a jar to display yer most basic carbon form. Did I help? From ratshade@yabbs Sat Jun 4 21:58:47 1994 From: ratshade@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Sat Jun 4 21:58:47 1994 >i wonder...is there anything in the realm of human >relationships/interactions/confrontations etc that doesn't classify as a >mind game? >-tammie Yes. Technically speaking, there are 4 orders of social behavior besides games. (a) Rituals and ceremonies (b) Pastimes (c) Operations and maneuvers and (e) Intimacy Games are classified as order (d). Mind games are distinct in having a predictable outcome, ulterior motives, and a dramatic payoff. Check out some books by Eric Berne, M.D. if you want some very interesting reading about why people do things that seem only to hurt themselves and those that they care about. From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 6 13:55:34 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: Always ;late with replys Date: Mon Jun 6 13:55:34 1994 I have to think, must think, have no choice but to think that this is it. I can't ec explain why that is, but it is, and I wish it were otherwise. People with Faith astonish me, make me feel all dead inside, and I hgope someday to have what they have. BADGER M Rossi III From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 6 13:56:37 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: ouch Date: Mon Jun 6 13:56:37 1994 According to some doctors, not many but a few, and a few religons, we do. BADGER M Rossi III From Cat@yabbs Mon Jun 6 15:33:08 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: ratshade@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Mon Jun 6 15:33:08 1994 In message re: just a question, ratshade said: > Games are classified as order (d). > > Mind games are distinct in having a predictable outcome, ulterior motives, > and a dramatic payoff. Check out some books by Eric Berne, M.D. if you > want some very interesting reading about why people do things that seem > only to hurt themselves and those that they care about. hmm. i don't think alll mind games are designed to hurt people...or have a predicatble outcome....would be interested in reading those books tho, and the classification system is certainly interesting... thanks much :) -tammie From Cat@yabbs Mon Jun 6 15:38:51 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Always ;late with replys Date: Mon Jun 6 15:38:51 1994 In message Always ;late with replys, Badger01 said: > I have to think, must think, have no choice but to think that this is it. i kinda believe that too, but i have an overactive and all encompassing imagination, so i never can tell for certain sure.... > I can't ec explain why that is, but it is, and I wish it were otherwise. why do you wish that were different? > People with Faith astonish me, make me feel all dead inside, and I hgope > someday to have what they have. hmmm. well, i have been around people who have faith all my life. sometimes i think it's a good thing and sometimes it frightens me. do you think having a faith would make you feel "un-dead"? From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 6 16:45:57 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Always ;late with replys Date: Mon Jun 6 16:45:57 1994 >well, i have been around people who have faith all my life. sometimes i think it's a good thing and sometimes it frightens me. do you >think having a faith would make you feel "un-dead"? I don't mean A faith as much as I mean Faith itself. Just the ability to believe in something, anything, other than the strength of my friendships and the duty involved. I have lived in such a here and now world that I feel so tired of it sometimes, you know? Friendships die and duty weighs you down, and without transcendamce, how do I ever get more? BADGER01 M Rossi III From ratshade@yabbs Tue Jun 7 02:00:53 1994 From: ratshade@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue Jun 7 02:00:53 1994 >i don't think alll mind games are designed to hurt people... or have >a predictable outcome.... Well, they're not _designed_ to hurt people, but that is a side effect of quite a few of them. Usually the outcome is fairly predictable, as the actions by the players are predictable. However, if someone refuses to play, or uses the antithesis to the game, it can really surprise the players and throw the game off course. From Cat@yabbs Tue Jun 7 10:37:13 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Always ;late with replys Date: Tue Jun 7 10:37:13 1994 In message re: Always ;late with replys, Badger01 said: > Just the ability to believe in something, anything, other than the > strength of my friendships and the duty involved. hmmm. sometime i wonder tho, if those aren't enough. i guess not. i'm at the point where i'm just fed up with faith in anything...perhaps that's because i'm sick of getten awakened at 6 am every sunday morning to go to church. i don't agree with church and wish i was brave enough to tell that to my parents. i'm not, so i go to church and feel like a sell out. ah well. :) I have lived in such a > here and now world that I feel so tired of it sometimes, you know? yes, i know the feeling quite well....sometimes it can even make you feel trapped. seems like there ought to be something _more_ but it's just so darn to find...the romantics would say find it in love, the religious in God, and the humanists in yourself, but i question all three. :) all 3 have disappointed me so i wonder..... > Friendships die and duty weighs you down, and without transcendamce, how > do I ever get more? maybe there isn't any more, who knows? -tammie From Cat@yabbs Tue Jun 7 10:40:10 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: ratshade@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Tue Jun 7 10:40:10 1994 In message re: just a question, ratshade said: > Usually the outcome is fairly >predictable, as the actions by the players are predictable. However, if >someone refuses to play, or uses the antithesis to the game, it can really >surprise the players and throw the game off course. oh yes, and THAT'S when mind games become fun...but it's all fun and games till somebody gets hurt. -tammie From Natalie@yabbs Tue Jun 7 12:35:27 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Always ;late with replys Date: Tue Jun 7 12:35:27 1994 well, here's my $.02 on religion and faith and its benefits.... I just got back from the funeral of my great uncle, who I loved very very much. He had cancer, so we all knew death was imminent, and I did go see him in the hospital so I got a chance to tell him I loved him and to say goodbye (which I didn't get with my mother), so I'm okay about that. But the funeral was Catholic. My whole family is Catholic, with the exception of myself and my sister. Me, I'mmore of a Gnostic than anythingelse, and my sister is fundamentalist born again. Now, when it comes to things like this, I don't know any of the rituals. I can't BELIEVE what the priest is saying about eternal life in heaven, because i'm not real sure aboutthe next plane of existence (i'm an agnostic gnostic). But I can see that there is some comfort in the ritual and tradtion of belonging to a specific church or faith. I don't have that comfort in my life, and I'm just glad thatI am strong ennough not to need that kind of comfort. (Religion is the opiate of the masses, i know, i know) But other ppl aren't as strong as I am, and I can see where religion/faith wopuld help them getthrough difficult periods in their lives. it's just when they try to shove it down MY throat thatI get mad. Sorry this is so long... natalie From topi@yabbs Tue Jun 7 20:32:17 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Always ;late with replys Date: Tue Jun 7 20:32:17 1994 Ohhhh... nice question "How do you ever get more?" That's truly something to contemplate. I understand what you were saying and how that question was posed, and its a truly legit thing to think about... and it runs straight back into the question of whats the afterlife going to be like. I can't seriously believe that anyone could be content in the thought of it all being total darkness, a true end, nothing, black, buried in a box. We HAVE to believe in something more, we HAVE to want something more. Otherwise what truly has been the point in our lives?? In essence what have we done all this time? Have we truly achieved NOTHING??? Is there anyone out there in this huge world, that is totally happy with their lives here on this planet, and who would not want more? Maybe it comes down to us all being greedy pigs, take everything you can get. So far, what I believe in is that everyone goes where they want to go when they die. You could look at it as finally being released from this body that inhibits us, and therefore you've got your soul, your imagination, and thats enough to create a billion different worlds with :) That's how I believe everyone gets their own - because we all have different minds and imagination. Woah. *smile* Love yas, -Cath. From Steyr@yabbs Tue Jun 7 22:55:10 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Afterlife ? Date: Tue Jun 7 22:55:10 1994 Terry Pratchett (in his book "Pyramids" I think) suggests the theory about the afterlife (somewhat similar to what Topi said), that the afterlife is whatever you imagine it to be. If you imagine a heaven where you can catch up on old times with all your dead buddies and ancestors, then that's what you get. If you imagine it to be nothing, then, for you, there is no afterlife. This idea almost makes sense to me. I think the only person/being capable of judging whether you have been good or bad in your life is you. Hence, if you know you have led an evil life and you then suspect that you are going top hell, then to hell you go. Whereas if you were nasty to ppl but always had good intentions despite outside appearances, then you may feel you should go to a "heaven" and off you go. Just a thought on God/gods too. If they do/did exist, then it makes sense that they are some sort of sentient being with an interest of sorts in us. We might have no idea what that interest is ... it may be far beyond mortal comprehension, but if they have an interest then it is almost undoubtably designed to benefit themselves in some way. Therefore we humans are possibly being used, being farmed even, by these incomprehensible beings we call gods. Please note that I am an atheist, and please direct all flames for my blasphemy to Steyr@gpo.swin.edu.au :) :) Ummm ... just one more thing. If we have an afterlife, what about other animals. Do cats have a heaven ? Do leeches go to hell ? WHat about plants ? They're alive too. Oh well. I know what my heaven/nirvana/uTOPIa is. And I know exactly how to get there. (About 45mins by train :) - Steyr From Natalie@yabbs Tue Jun 7 23:14:47 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Afterlife ? Date: Tue Jun 7 23:14:47 1994 so...when you say that if thereis a god(s) and if it is interested in us, it's reasons may be incomprehensible? so....could Q be god then? *grin* natalie From Deaska@yabbs Wed Jun 8 07:13:59 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: Q??? hehehe Date: Wed Jun 8 07:13:59 1994 Hell yeah :) gee, I could use Q atm, get me to Connecticut real fast :) :) :) oh Steyr *grin* yer a devil... hell you go... *grin* weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! D'... "ring ring *click* I'm not here right now, building an altar to Q... leave a msg at the magic word - 'FARK!!!!' *click* " From Cat@yabbs Wed Jun 8 13:26:39 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Afterlife ? Date: Wed Jun 8 13:26:39 1994 In message Afterlife ?, Steyr said: > Terry Pratchett (in his book "Pyramids" I think) suggests the theory about > the afterlife (somewhat similar to what Topi said), that the afterlife is > whatever you imagine it to be. Now there's an idea that i like. i have one heck of an imagination. :) > This idea almost makes sense to me. I think the only person/being capable > of judging whether you have been good or bad in your life is you. i agree, and that's why i have such a problem with organized religions. many of them are just too darn judgemental...god loves everyone but he loves some people more that others sort of thing. a person can go through all the motions of being "good" and have bad intentions in their minds and vice versa. i wonder...if perhaps maybe there's a half way point betewwn hell and heaven. i for one would much rather stay where i am than end up sitting on a cloud or being barbecued in a pool of fire and brimstone. > Ummm ... just one more thing. If we have an afterlife, what about other > animals. Do cats have a heaven ? Do leeches go to hell ? WHat about > plants ? They're alive too. > hmm i had a discussion with my dad about this once. he says that animals can't go to heaven because they don't have souls. i disagree with this. i think every living thing has a soul and if "heaven" or whatever you want to call it is a place one gets into as a reward for being good...seems to me people will have a much harder time getting in that anything else. :) leeches going to hell? nah, they just act on their instinct to survive, but human leechs are another story. :) -tammie From PanPan@yabbs Wed Jun 8 13:58:33 1994 From: PanPan@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: just a question Date: Wed Jun 8 13:58:33 1994 When someone gets hurt, it's a sport. Painfully yours, PanPan From Deaska@yabbs Wed Jun 8 21:34:57 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: afterlife Date: Wed Jun 8 21:34:57 1994 What explanation would you give to the phenomena commonly termed as 'ghosts'... don't get me wrong, I'm jus like Natalie on my viewpoint towards religions... but the thing that fascinates me, is what if when we cark it, some of us get to float around an' watch life go on without us... an' occassionally we can affect that reality...? Ofcourse hollywood has done heaps of stuff about ghosts in that situation, and largely I think it's all shit... but just as food for thought, wouldn't it be kewl, provided that you were not alone, because that's probly my biggest fear of the possibilities of an afterlife... And that also leads me to Steyr'swords...> Terry Pratchett (in his book "Pyramids" I think) If such an afterlife is true, then it suggests that our minds belong to a higher realm, to retain its own self consciousness beyond the body, and the physical/spiritual plane... it's suggesting that we ourselves are gods, thus enabled to create our own universe within our "dead" imaginations. If you expect a certain reality or consciousness beyond death, then your mind will kick in when you're due an' grant that to you... hmmm... is that not godly? (keep in mind this is not a religious arguement I'm expanding on here...) Although what I do find disturbing with Pratchett's theory is that the afterlife you're experiencing is false, the people, or the environs is all but "a figment of your imagination" and essentially you are alone... that scares the shit out of me, because you still cease to exist... no one else to acknowledge your existence in the greater fabric of consciousness... Deask' (still workin' on his essays :( ) From topi@yabbs Wed Jun 8 23:35:56 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Wed Jun 8 23:35:56 1994 true true true.. pretty scary shit hey? There's way too much variation in the speculation of what is to come in the afterlife, so much, that I would choose not to believe in any of it. Who knows? Who wants to know? What exactly keeps us living this life, when all the stories of an afterlife seem so much fun, and so much more appealing? Maybe we haven't got it so bad after all... not a bad though.. I'm quite content at the moment. :) not much of a thought for yas.. . but do i care? ;) prolly not. -Cath. From topi@yabbs Wed Jun 8 23:50:06 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: life, afterlife, prelife,.. Date: Wed Jun 8 23:50:06 1994 Here's a beautiful little story for yous : "Once upon a time, twin boys were conceived in the same womb. Weeks passed, and the twins developed. As their awareness grew, they laughed fore joy: "Isn't it great that we were conceived? Isn't it great to be alive?" Together the twins explored their world. When they found their mother's cord that gave them life, they sang for joy: "How great is our mother's love that she shares her own life with us!" As weeks stretched into months the twins noticed how much each was changing. "What does it mean?" asked the one. "It means that our stay in this world is drawing to an end," said the other one. "But I don't want to go,"said the other one. "I want to stay here always." "We have no choice," said the other. "But maybe there is life after birth!" "But how can there be?" responded the one. "We will shed our life cord, and how is life possible without it? Besdies, we have seen evidence that others were here before us, and none of them have returned to tell us that there is life after birth. No, this is the end." And so the one fell into deep despair, saying: "If conceptions ends in birth, what is the purpose of life in the womb? It's meaningless! Maybe there is no mother after all." "But there has to be," protested the other. "How else did we get here? How do we remain alive?" "Have you ever seen our mother?" said the one. "Maybe she lives only in our minds. Maybe we made her up because the idea made us feel good." And so the last days in the womb were filled with deep questioning and fear. Finally, the moment of birth arrived. When the twins had passed from their world, they opened their eyes and they cried. For what they saw exceeded their fondest dreams. -written by somebody.. *shrug* From topi@yabbs Wed Jun 8 23:52:53 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: life, afterlife, prelife,.. Date: Wed Jun 8 23:52:53 1994 Hmm.. doesn't look as good posted here as it did on the piece of paper from which it came.. oh well.. From Natalie@yabbs Thu Jun 9 02:05:14 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: life, afterlife, prelife,.. Date: Thu Jun 9 02:05:14 1994 that is so cool :) natalie From buzzbomb@yabbs Thu Jun 9 10:00:40 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: life, afterlife, prelife,.. Date: Thu Jun 9 10:00:40 1994 just a bunch of (kinda) random thoughts.... - cool story topi! i never thought of it that way.... there was a news show on last night about near death experiences (NDE's) and scientists were saying that it's all physiological - the "light at the end of the tunnel" effect is because the brain is running out of oxygen and that's causing neurons to fire off randomly, exciting more and more of the optical nerves so that a big spot of white light (all colors of the spectrum) appears in the center of the eyes and gets bigger... the feeling of comfort and love is because of endorphins (natural opiates your body produces in times of stress or pain, and death is definitely one of those times!)... and they were able to induce an out of body experience by electrically stimulating a certain part of someone's brain, and this could happen in an NDE because of the random firings of neurons... just a different view... - if different stimuli can change (at least temporarily) a person's intelligence and creativity (beethoven has been shown to do this) and other's reduce it (getting drunk/stoned) what would happen if (these are actual situations me and my friends have been in and wondered about ): you get stoned and then play chess; listen to punk rock and play chess; listen to beethoven after watching stupid TV sitcoms... i guess it all balances out huh? never mind i dunno what i'm talking about. From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 9 10:18:01 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: ghosts Date: Thu Jun 9 10:18:01 1994 i think it would be terrible to be a ghost...to roam the earth and be able to see your loved ones or just anyone and not have them see you....to not be able to touch anyone..i'd rather be just a corspe rotting in the ground than that. :) but being a potergeist might be fun for a week or so. i love to break and smash things ;) topi: that was really cool. thanks for posting it :) -tammie From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 9 10:24:33 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: another question Date: Thu Jun 9 10:24:33 1994 if everyone in society decided that one person didn't exist and treated them as such...ignored them completely, would that person still exist? do we exist unto ourselves. or merely because others say that we do? i have sat in crowded places completely unnoticed by everyone around me and have wondered if perhaps sometimes we really are invisible..if absolutely no one notices you are you still there at that given point and time? i think it would be really neat if you weren't. :) just wondering, tammie From buzzbomb@yabbs Thu Jun 9 15:27:42 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: another question Date: Thu Jun 9 15:27:42 1994 invisibility.... i've noticed that invisible in a crowded room effect too... ever seen that st-tng where riker and Roe laren were put out of phase and were totally invisible to everyone else? and roe thought that they were dead, in the afterlife and that they were sent back as ghosts to resolve their sins or something? well it's totally irrelevant but it was a neat episode! but if they could walk through walls why didn't they fall through the floors?????? From ratshade@yabbs Thu Jun 9 15:44:53 1994 From: ratshade@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: another question Date: Thu Jun 9 15:44:53 1994 >if absolutely no one notices you are you still there at that given >point and time? If _you_ notice yourself, then you must still exist there. But all of the other people passing around you might not. You can imagine other people, but you can't imagine yourself because _something_ must exist to do the imagining. At least, that's the way I imagine that it works. :> Perhaps the entire material/physical plane is just a collective hallucination that we, as astral beings (collections of thought), have created to relieve the boredom, ease communication, and to flex our mental muscles. "I think, therefore, I am. All else is subject to question." ratShade From Natalie@yabbs Thu Jun 9 16:59:40 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: another question Date: Thu Jun 9 16:59:40 1994 i've often felt the invisibilty factor (heheh) when i'm with my own family even...if you don'twant people to talk to you, they won't. Or, even if you wantthem to talk to you, if you don't say something first they won't. it's kinda frustrating... natalie From Deaska@yabbs Fri Jun 10 12:27:26 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: hard deck consciousness Date: Fri Jun 10 12:27:26 1994 Buzz, ya wrote somethin' like this methinx: > but if they could walk through walls why didn't they fall through the floors?????? ok, now we all know that ST:TNG had a limited time per episode to pack everything in... so they cannot possibly successfully achieve yer suspension of disbelief in a totality... an' it's hollywood soo.. hehe but here's another theory fer ya ta munch on... Assuming that ghosts do exist or "out-of-phasing" etc an' that they were able to walk through walls and other obstruction that would impede movemnet in normal circumstances, but do not fall through the floor... This can be explained by Hard Deck Consciousness ( no ref's, I jus thought the idea awhile ago when I was writing a story on afterlife ). HDCis applied whn the entity, who has lived a lifetime, expecting hard ground to be under them, and gravity to keep them there... can go on in an environment that does not accommodate normal hard ground... i.e. yer a ghost or non-matter consciousness, and still benefit from a simulation of ground, as provided by the mind. To look at one of the closest examples of HDC.. we can watch the motion picture "Ghost", which partially demonstrates theories of mind over matter, in which our protagonist, must unlearn his previous consciousness experiences in order to jump through doors, moving trains, and beat up his best buddy. His mind was so used to having the normal limitation of our material being that when he lost his meat, the mind refused to adapt, until it was forced to. However Hard Deck Consciousness is not only applicable with yer everyday friendly sppok or star trek character... but also has some real life applications, especailly notable in Space Transportation. In a few centuries time, (provided that we are still around) human kind will no longer be bound to their planet, ad will be able to colonize space and the greatr system. Sure this all sounds fantasy, and what does it have to do with HDC? Well, if modern speculative fiction is as close as it is t what will be, then you will have vessels that will support thousands of people, shipping them across the commercial and government lanes from colony to colony..etc etc.. what this also means it that without some form of artificial gravity, you'll have heaps of people floating around endlessly. HDC enables the future travellers to use their minds to trick them to sticking to the floor. All because you expect it to happen... Ok, please treat this as a piece of speculative fiction, I'm not in any way advocating that HDC is a reality now, or later... however, after studying paranormal papers and texts, you may come across instances where people have defied gravity while in a trance... (i.e. returned soviet cosmonauts regressed back to a mission, floating unaided from their seats as observed by camera, and researchers present during the sessions) chew on it,... an enquiring mind is healthy :) anyone here watch Xfiles? apart from the Mulderisms, its kinda entertaining... though the question is, does he get Dana Scully to bed? *chuckle* I should be asleep... sorry if the above is worthless crap, I'm soooo tired... night all D' From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jun 10 19:57:45 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: hard deck consciousness Date: Fri Jun 10 19:57:45 1994 *AHEM* XFiles is my favorite show and i ADORE Mulder. If he boinks Scully I'm gonna be very pissed. I love the mulderisms, dammit. natallie From Cat@yabbs Fri Jun 10 20:38:11 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: hard deck consciousness Date: Fri Jun 10 20:38:11 1994 hmm. it's a good idea, but all the same, i wouldn't want to be a ghost. maybe being just plain dead when you did isn't such a bad idea after all. :) From buzzbomb@yabbs Sat Jun 11 00:03:23 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: hard deck consciousness Date: Sat Jun 11 00:03:23 1994 XFiles is one of the few tv shows worth watching... one time i was watching it, it was the episode where this doctor was making alien/human hybrids and one escaped, and he was stopped by the cops for a traffic violation or something, and got away by jumping off a bridge into water and he could breathe under water etc etc etc.... but anyway right after the show was over, there was an ad for the news coming up where there was an 18 hour manhunt in progress for a guy that was stopped for a minor traffic violation and ran off into the woods... ! From Steyr@yabbs Sat Jun 11 00:47:33 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: X Files Date: Sat Jun 11 00:47:33 1994 _____ /| /| /____/ | | | | | | | |______| | | | |/_______| | | | | | | | | | | | | | _| |_ |/ |/ /_|/_/ :) X Files is KEWL !!! From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 11 02:13:05 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 02:13:05 1994 Nat, the scripts are a bit , what's the word... um.. um... shit I can't think of it... but they are a bit "forced" shall we say... but I still like the show anyway... tis a good leaping pad fer yas who aren't into parapsych an' the paranormal sciences.... oh *hug* btw.. hehehe :) D' From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 11 02:17:17 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 02:17:17 1994 And the cinematography is just brilliant on that show... quite unprecedented, wonderful to watch, an' definitely inspirational... ok.. enuf superlatives :) :) D' From Cat@yabbs Sat Jun 11 02:32:51 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 02:32:51 1994 From Steyr@yabbs Sat Jun 11 02:34:58 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: X Files Date: Sat Jun 11 02:34:58 1994 "Forced" scripts or not ... it's still the kewlest show around (apart from Seinfeld of course) :) - Steyr From Cat@yabbs Sat Jun 11 02:36:41 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: deaska@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 02:36:41 1994 blah, let's try that again..... i haven't seen x-files, tho i keep hearing it mentioned alot...i bet it's not as good as the old twillight zones or alfred hitchcock...those were really weird and scary shows because they were so subtle and _always_ left you wondering..ah well i can't even watch them anymore cause the folks got rid o' our cable. who cares, the only thing worth watching these days anyway is pbs. :) -tammie From robtelee@yabbs Sat Jun 11 03:51:10 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 03:51:10 1994 I have to agree that the old "twilight Zone" episodes were the sharpest thing on TV. I especially liked the ones written by Rod Serling. He could tell a story and then give it just the right twist at the end. I know it sounds a bit cliche, but it was kin of like a roller coaster ride with a final drop so you would talk about it later. Some really nice touches in his stories. He had a vivid imagination. From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 11 07:54:07 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: robtelee@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 07:54:07 1994 agreed... The better of works done in horror, or supernatural are the ones that are not so contrived (<- that's the word I was looking for) as some of the stuff that airs today, i.e. Xfiles.. which depends too much on government plots and the determination that THIS is a supernatural occurance... hehehe, jus ask Mulder - a friggin fart in an elevator is some paranormal event, an insertion of alien influence, or a pyrotechnic who's lost his/her spark with only the gas remaining.. Twilight zone kicks ass... (Steyr, X files still tops off a good night of viewing... NYPD blue isn't bad either fer entertainment) D' From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 11 08:02:37 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 08:02:37 1994 no cable? aw... *hug* poor you... don' have cable here either *chuckle* when it does, it could spark off a whole new black market... catchya tammiecat :) Deaska... "dreaming of C an' maple candy" From Steyr@yabbs Sat Jun 11 08:59:05 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 08:59:05 1994 Agreed. :) - Steyr ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jun 11 09:05:35 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 09:05:35 1994 Scully: "Mulder, do you believe in Generation X?" Mulder: "I've seen them, Scully." I think I'm gonna write an X-Files script where they look for the BIGGEST myth of our time...Gen X *smirk* natalie From Deaska@yabbs Sat Jun 11 15:06:15 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: X friggin files Date: Sat Jun 11 15:06:15 1994 heehehehehehehe *huge grin* D' *hug* fer ya too nat :) From Cat@yabbs Sat Jun 11 21:13:14 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: maple candy Date: Sat Jun 11 21:13:14 1994 you poor dear..well since the store i work at sells maple candy, and i get a 20% employee's discount (jolly jolly) i'll send ya some more if you send me some more tim tams. *grin* -tammie From Deaska@yabbs Sun Jun 12 12:15:19 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: maple candy Date: Sun Jun 12 12:15:19 1994 :/ yeah.. sounds kewl to me.. I'm a desperate man when it comes to maple candy... I jus can't get enuf of it... *hugs* sure cat D'... From Cat@yabbs Sun Jun 12 16:02:11 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: maple candy Date: Sun Jun 12 16:02:11 1994 oki doki, soon as i get my first paycheck i'll pick you up some and take a little trip down to the post office...i know i still have your "addie". *grin* take care...of btw how's claude? her pageant thingy is comong up isnm't it? sorry all this should be in email but i'm too tired to re-write it. al well. :) -tammie From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jun 15 16:27:53 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Afterlife ? Date: Wed Jun 15 16:27:53 1994 I'm in Hell now. Matthew Rossi BADGER01 From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jun 15 16:29:15 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: ratshade@yabbs Subject: re: another question Date: Wed Jun 15 16:29:15 1994 This is all getting to Ellison, and I hated Invisible Man Badger01 From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jun 15 16:30:17 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: X Files Date: Wed Jun 15 16:30:17 1994 Not enough WereBadgers in Xfiles Otherwise, okay, I guess. Badger01 From Cat@yabbs Wed Jun 15 20:53:33 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: X Files Date: Wed Jun 15 20:53:33 1994 i didn't care for the invisible man much either... From Steyr@yabbs Thu Jun 16 00:54:44 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Afterlife (Still) Date: Thu Jun 16 00:54:44 1994 Just a thought ... What is there after the afterlife ? Or does the afterlife last eternally ? If so ... wouldn't it get boring after a while ? Afterall ... who wants to live forever whether it's in some sort of nirvana or not. Or perhaps this IS the afterlife ... and this life is our own personal heaven or hell depending on what we make of it. Does anyone here believe in reincarnation on this earth ? Perhaps as a different caste or even a different life form depending on how "well" you performed in your last life. Or maybe "life" is just a whole bunch of electrical impulses and chemical reactions, and when we die the electricity dissapates into some other form of energy and the pysical side of us just decomposes. Perhaps there is no "soul", no "God/gods/godesses", no "afterlife", no "reincarnation". Perhaps a bleak outlook ... but why does there HAVE to be something after death ? Ok, so this topic has pretty much been done to death already (is there an afterlife for topics/ideas ?) and I guess there's no solid answers to all this anyway. Oh, but to all those who firmly believe there IS an afterlife, is there one for plants as well ? They are alive too. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Thu Jun 16 03:08:09 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: suicide Date: Thu Jun 16 03:08:09 1994 man, no wonder I've seen some pot plants jump off their ledges in an attempt to suicide... they must've been people in past lives... how depressing would it be to become a plant... :) Deask' ps. well some ppl I know are jus a worthless as plants anyway, 'cept plants give out oxygen, ppl use it up... From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 16 17:00:53 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: suicide Date: Thu Jun 16 17:00:53 1994 hmmmm well being a plant might be a nice change of pace.....it's been terribly dull around here lately. i'd like to be a venus fly trap. *snap* -tammie From Deaska@yabbs Thu Jun 16 18:12:39 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: venus Date: Thu Jun 16 18:12:39 1994 Hahaha... I shoulda guessed... *grin* HIya Tammie *warmhug* If I were a plant... I'd be a daisy, guess who loves daisies *chuckle* From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 16 18:49:57 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: venus Date: Thu Jun 16 18:49:57 1994 hmm wonder who? you're just too darn cutsie oootsie for me *hug* :) i personally like lilacs and lilies of the valley...they smell soooo nice. daffodils are nice too, but any flower will do :) will soon be sending maple your way...hmm i ought to send you a tree and a spiget so you can make your own see ya later -tam From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jun 16 22:44:46 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: afterlife Date: Thu Jun 16 22:44:46 1994 The after life: tied to a nagahyde recliner being forced to listen the same Wayne Newton song over and over. -peter who's been reading abit too much Sartre From Natalie@yabbs Thu Jun 16 23:16:43 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Thu Jun 16 23:16:43 1994 eeeeew...naugahyde, newton, and sartre...sounds like hell to me.... now, if it were waterbed, guadalcanal diary and yeats, now THAT would be heaven.... natalie From Xela@yabbs Fri Jun 17 01:16:52 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: a movie... Date: Fri Jun 17 01:16:52 1994 ...I was think of which I kinda neat is called "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover." Talk about mind games. X From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jun 17 09:13:46 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: a movie... Date: Fri Jun 17 09:13:46 1994 i saw that movie. i hated it. thebest part was the end. i wanted to kill that singing kid. ugh. pretentiuos art film. natalie From Cat@yabbs Fri Jun 17 10:20:11 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Fri Jun 17 10:20:11 1994 uhhhhh who's wayne newton? :) nat: waterbeds are miserable. i have one and i wake up sore and stiff every morning in it...that would not be heaven for me...i miss my hard bed at school *sigh* and yeats..well, sure why not? tho if i had to read one writer for eternity it would be either poe or carroll (they put me in such a lovely state of mind) a.a. milne wouldn't be bad either. do you believe in reincarnation? -tammie From Cat@yabbs Fri Jun 17 10:23:42 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: a movie... Date: Fri Jun 17 10:23:42 1994 In message re: a movie..., Natalie said: > i wanted to kill that singing kid. ugh. pretentiuos art film. if you want to see obnoxious singing kids watch oliver. :) From Xela@yabbs Fri Jun 17 14:25:32 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: a movie... Date: Fri Jun 17 14:25:32 1994 "pretentious art film..." Everyone's a critic... :) X From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jun 17 15:11:36 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: lucky charms Date: Fri Jun 17 15:11:36 1994 i was wondering: if lucky the leprachaun is really sick of being chased by those obnoxious theiving kids, can't he use his marshmellow magic to turn the colorful marshmellows that the kids love so into his unholy army of the night and have them shred the children into ity bitty pieces? or am i missing something? -peter From pbj@yabbs Fri Jun 17 19:01:38 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: lucky charms Date: Fri Jun 17 19:01:38 1994 I agree... truly i think that the trix bunny should go insane one of these days and squash all of the kids on the trix commercials and give them to lucky to include in his...pot of gold....ugh! :) ;) colleen From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jun 17 19:21:16 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: a movie... Date: Fri Jun 17 19:21:16 1994 damn straight i am...if you want to see a GOOD art film, rent Wim Wenders's "wings Of Desire". That movie is incredible...the sequel just came out (I think) but I haven't heard a thing about it...actually all of the movies that Wenders has directed that I've seen are really good...even tho "Until The End Of The World" seemed like it was 6 hours long... natalie From Columbo@yabbs Fri Jun 17 21:56:12 1994 From: Columbo@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: lucky charms Date: Fri Jun 17 21:56:12 1994 How about if the monkey in the Coca Krispies commercial nuts up and starts biting the shit out of kids and gives them rabies ? From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 20 11:49:25 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Mon Jun 20 11:49:25 1994 In the afterlife we become characters in the fiction of Jacqueline Sussette. In other words, we go to hell. Badger01 From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 20 11:52:16 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: lucky charms Date: Mon Jun 20 11:52:16 1994 You see, lucky, like all leprechauns, is a weak willed fool afraid to use his power as it should be used. For example, the trix rabbit, a sapient rodent of immense size and intelligence, is ostracized and humiliated over and over again, yet does he breed and form a massive army of hisown fertile brood? No. He takes it like a simp. I think advertisers don't realize we identify more with the rabbit than those @%$%^#$^$#^%$%#&#% kids. Badger012 Speaking for myselves From Natalie@yabbs Mon Jun 20 19:42:18 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Mon Jun 20 19:42:18 1994 hmmm...hell for me would be being stuck in a v.c. andrews novel.... natalie From robtelee@yabbs Tue Jun 21 23:49:29 1994 From: robtelee@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Tue Jun 21 23:49:29 1994 My idea of hell would be tied to a chair watching Shirley Temple movies while listening to Donny Osmond records with Marie Osmond singing backup vocals....... aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! From Phain@yabbs Wed Jun 22 19:59:39 1994 From: Phain@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Wed Jun 22 19:59:39 1994 This is all way too mild. Hell would be worse then V.C> Andrews or Shirley Temple. Hell would be being tied down and forced to watch the movie "Slacker" for all eternityu. Just think of it. Endless hours of annoying people whineing about the Smurfs. One shudders to think. -Phain From Natalie@yabbs Wed Jun 22 20:52:29 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Wed Jun 22 20:52:29 1994 true...i hated slacker w/ a passion....waste of film....butthe smurfs are kinda cool....heheheh natalie From Phain@yabbs Thu Jun 23 08:27:39 1994 From: Phain@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: slacker Date: Thu Jun 23 08:27:39 1994 I couldn't stand most of it. By the middle of the movie, I just wanted to go to this town and start a shooting spree. A few parts amused me, namely the Madonna pap smear bit, and the man in the car advertising a weapons sale. From Natalie@yabbs Thu Jun 23 09:46:55 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: slacker Date: Thu Jun 23 09:46:55 1994 i'm so glad SOMEONE else agrees with me *looks pointedly at ducky* butthen again, i really don't like a lt of movies thattons of ppl rave about my...my tastes run more towars gdzilla and mst3k, so...*shrug* From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 23 21:22:49 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: slacker Date: Thu Jun 23 21:22:49 1994 well i haven't seen it. i can't remember the last time i went to see a movie...now wait, it was october 31st last year. my friend and i went to see "the nightmare before x-mas". that was a good movie. :) i wish i was an animated character, be it clay or regular animation. no matter how many times you get hurt you just bounce right back up. :) have there been any cartoon characters that ever permanently "died"? i'm sure there must have been one or two, but no names come to mind...... -tammie From Badger01@yabbs Fri Jun 24 10:03:16 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: slacker Date: Fri Jun 24 10:03:16 1994 Slacker wasn't all that bad. Well, okay, it SUCKED TOXIN, but at least it was better than a sharp stick in the eye. Not MUCH better, but hey, can't be picky about these things. The absolute worst Gen X (GAG! PUKE! UNCONTROLLED VOMIT!) movie has to be ...well, they all kinda suck. Hey, I know, let's have a vote! Badger01 From Badger01@yabbs Fri Jun 24 10:04:20 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: slacker Date: Fri Jun 24 10:04:20 1994 I saw Wolf friday. That's all I'm gonna say without my lawyer present. But Jessie liked it, bless her heart. Badger01 From pbj@yabbs Fri Jun 24 18:03:11 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: voting Date: Fri Jun 24 18:03:11 1994 haven't rilly seen any "gen-x" movies i don't care for ...sorry pbj From jujubee@yabbs Sun Jun 26 09:48:20 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Sun Jun 26 09:48:20 1994 or Madonna's pap smear! hehehehehhe From jujubee@yabbs Sun Jun 26 11:23:55 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: slacker Date: Sun Jun 26 11:23:55 1994 BUT I LIKED SLACKER!!!!!! .....then again, i REALLY liked [Eating Raoul]....hehehe....i have unusually demented humour.....anyone ever see that one???? digustingly dry humour at its best....or worst? you be the judge!!! From Natalie@yabbs Sun Jun 26 12:48:40 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Sun Jun 26 12:48:40 1994 juju, you're gross heheh natalie From buzzbomb@yabbs Sun Jun 26 20:06:35 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Sun Jun 26 20:06:35 1994 anyone ever see Tetsuo the Iron Man? it's this really cool japanese flick, no dialog or anything, about this guy that gradually turns into a machine or something. it all has this crazy grinding pounding industrial background music, and it's all in B&W... he's just going through his every day life and these wires and tubs start pushing through his skin, from the inside! kinda reminds me of NIN's 'becoming'. From Natalie@yabbs Sun Jun 26 23:32:44 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Sun Jun 26 23:32:44 1994 i saw it....and guess what? i thought it sucked! i sat there and said horrible things about it...like when his penis turned into the drill bit, i said, "oooh, i've never seen a tool like yours before..." but the end was kinda cool, when they said they were gonna conquer the world thru their metal love or something like that.... natalie From hashish@yabbs Mon Jun 27 02:07:17 1994 From: hashish@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: afterlife Date: Mon Jun 27 02:07:17 1994 tetsuo the iron man was pretty kool, i haven't had a chance to check out TetsuoII Bodyhammer ('cause it isn't playing at the moment, both the films are pretty old and cycle through a few cinemas time after time). a friend of mine reckons II isn't as good as I, but that's just his opinion! hashish From Phain@yabbs Mon Jun 27 18:58:32 1994 From: Phain@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Akira Date: Mon Jun 27 18:58:32 1994 I'm sorry, but I still think Akira is the greatest piece of animation to date. Accept no imitators. The whole movie I just sat there and stared in awe. After years of American animation, the jap. stuff really astounds. -Phain From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jun 27 20:45:40 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: Akira Date: Mon Jun 27 20:45:40 1994 Akira is OK, but Macross rules the Multiverse. Badger01 From hashish@yabbs Mon Jun 27 23:04:41 1994 From: hashish@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: Akira Date: Mon Jun 27 23:04:41 1994 manga films are excellent, i totally spin out every time i see akira. really kool concept! hashish p.s. i'm not sure if your post was refering to the previous ones on tetsuo, because tetsuo isn't animation. From hawke@yabbs Tue Jun 28 03:13:29 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: ROBOTECH Date: Tue Jun 28 03:13:29 1994 Sorry folks but Robotech kicks ass of course then you have Project Aka, lensman, Tank Police and that aint even all of them Hell Japanexe animation kicks ass. nough said iI reamian your obedient servant Hawke From topi@yabbs Tue Jun 28 07:58:30 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: lots of this.. Date: Tue Jun 28 07:58:30 1994 well, its about time someone brought this to your attention.. you wouldn't believe this, BUT, there does belong a message base, funnily enough called "Cartoons, Comics and Annimation" , where I think most of this talk really belongs. Just an observation. . This has just been to be doubley annoying. *evil grin* -Cath. From Egwene@yabbs Tue Jun 28 09:32:47 1994 From: Egwene@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: ROBOTECH Date: Tue Jun 28 09:32:47 1994 Can you get Robotech episodes on tape somewhere, when I was a kid I used to watch it all the time, but it seem to have disapeared. From hawke@yabbs Wed Jun 29 02:29:33 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: Egwene@yabbs Subject: re: ROBOTECH Date: Wed Jun 29 02:29:33 1994 Yes you can in fact get macross,southern cross nest generation and even the one tape of sentinals if you go to a local mall that has a tape store you should be able to order them they run between 30 and 40 dollars a tape though. the store i got mine from was cellaphane square or something like that. I remain you obediant servant Hawke From Deaska@yabbs Wed Jun 29 11:36:27 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: ROBOTECH Date: Wed Jun 29 11:36:27 1994 Hey, obediant servant, please do what topi suggested... :) :) (but nevertheless... ROBOTECH does kick ass, granted) gotta love the battlemech culture... me :) From Egwene@yabbs Wed Jun 29 11:47:38 1994 From: Egwene@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: ROBOTECH Date: Wed Jun 29 11:47:38 1994 Thank you Hawke! From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jun 29 11:50:11 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Here's a mind game.. Date: Wed Jun 29 11:50:11 1994 When you next see your family, act normally for the first hour, then begin to shriek "NEVER! You'll never conquer the world, HERR Hitler! Roosevelt and Churchill will halt your fiendish plot!" Then pretend you never said, and refuse to admit it no matter how they press you. Badger01 From Natalie@yabbs Wed Jun 29 13:34:08 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Wed Jun 29 13:34:08 1994 but my family already thinks i'm quite mad.... natalie From jujubee@yabbs Wed Jun 29 16:06:08 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Wed Jun 29 16:06:08 1994 My folks wouldn't be too surprised by something of that sort....heheheheheh.... guess i'm what you would call the [eccentric] one of the family.... *8^] From Cat@yabbs Wed Jun 29 21:19:26 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Wed Jun 29 21:19:26 1994 In message re: Here's a mind game.., jujubee said: > > guess i'm what you would call the [eccentric] one of the family.... oh you too? :) my family calls me a kook all the time...i wonder where they get ideas like that, because i have always thought that i was the most "normal" member of the ledoux household. :) -tammie From Covenant@yabbs Wed Jun 29 21:57:35 1994 From: Covenant@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Wed Jun 29 21:57:35 1994 In message re: Here's a mind game.., Cat said: > > guess i'm what you would call the [eccentric] one of the family.... Man, you guys/gals have to meet my family. Especially my old man. We've all got tatoos (mom,dad,sister,me) and worship harleys. heheee My old man takes the cake though. I went home last year and saw a wooden cross and some flowers behind the house. I asked mom: "did one of the cats die?". "Nope", she said, "your dad like to go up to the graveyard on his bike and dig through the trashcans". He rides his bike with no shirt, no socks, boots, cutoff shorts, and a suit vest. He buys suit vests at yard sales all of the time. His hat is a ballcap with the bill cutoff. I asked him why he did that and he said the wind kept blowing it off. I asked why he didn't just wear it backwards and he said: "yeah right. I'd look like one of those punk kids on Hondas". I talked to him on the phone last fall and he was pissed off. He said that all of the leaves had fallen off of the trees and he could see our 'neighbors' porch light (one mile away). He was getting ready to shoot it out because he felt 'closed in'. He's got a patched together chinese military issue rifle that he uses to shoot groundhogs in the hayfield from the porch. The man is my god: I worship him unconditionally. Mom's a refugee from Catholic school and if anyone gives her a bottle of wine as a present, she mixes it with a slushed Boones Farm and goes for a walk along the railroad tracks. I called her from school 6 years ago when I was a freshman and she asked me: "are you studying alot?". I said some, but that I'd been skipping my 8:00 Chem class because we were getting drunk 5 or 6 nights a week and that my GPA was going to shit. She said: "Well, just remember to have fun and not to study too hard. If you study too hard you'll just burn yourself out." My mommy kicks ass. She's the shit. My sister follows The Dead now. Not exclusively, but damn near. She was voted Prom Queen in High School and tripped and fell down the stage stairs drunk off of her ass at the dance when they anounced the candidates. She said she didn't even remember any of it nor did she care to. Her airforce cargo plane also hauled one of those released Iranian hostages (can't remember the name) back to Germany. They got hammered on the way to Germany as he kept babbling about how long it had been since he had seen a woman. I've seen her drink men 5 times her size under the table. My little sis rules. Sorry, guess I'm just getting homesick. I do tend to brag them up sometimes (though that is all true). What can I say, they're the coolest and most eccentric people I know. Hmmmm, why did I write all of this? Oh well, talk to you all in chat. Covenant, The Appalachian From dmonger@yabbs Wed Jun 29 23:33:05 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: Akira Date: Wed Jun 29 23:33:05 1994 ah, Akira ... kind of cool anime ... okay story ... crap dialog. lets see if i can renact one of the scenes. two groups of armed people face off. one person shoots someone on the other side ... more shots fired someone yells "Look out, he's got a gun" (great timing) more dialog that makes little sense "Men, we're going to the olympics" maybe it makes more sense in context ... Nah. -peter From Natalie@yabbs Thu Jun 30 01:04:20 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: Akira Date: Thu Jun 30 01:04:20 1994 hey! i think i've seen that movie.... natalie From NJDEVIL@yabbs Thu Jun 30 08:13:39 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Thu Jun 30 08:13:39 1994 With a name like LeDoux, I'd a thought you'd all be nuts!!! :-) From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jun 30 08:56:38 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Thu Jun 30 08:56:38 1994 that's ledoux ... with a lowercase d -peter who was chastized by cat once for calling her mommie mrs. LeDoux instead of Mrs. Ledoux. From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 30 09:20:04 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: Akira Date: Thu Jun 30 09:20:04 1994 In message re: Akira, Natalie said: > hey! i think i've seen that movie.... > me too...sounds just like every single movie my father watches. if it has guns in it, dad's seen it :) -tammie From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 30 09:21:51 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Thu Jun 30 09:21:51 1994 In message re: Here's a mind game.., NJDEVIL said: > With a name like LeDoux, I'd a thought you'd all be nuts!!! sorr nj i'm lost, what does my last name have to do with the price of bread? -tammie From Cat@yabbs Thu Jun 30 09:25:14 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Covenant@yabbs Subject: Families Date: Thu Jun 30 09:25:14 1994 god you're family sounds really cool. i wish mine was more like that. i've never looked through the trash at graveyards, but i do think they're just about the coolest places on earth -tammie From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jun 30 18:32:52 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: graveyards Date: Thu Jun 30 18:32:52 1994 During my senior year, after the winter musical (well, fallish), the cast and crew took a trip out to this cool overgrown cemetary outside princeton. lots of fun the first night (when three of us hid inside and waited for the others), but not the second time (when i got a nissan van stuck in the mudh ... wasn't that fun) -peter From jujubee@yabbs Thu Jun 30 21:35:49 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Thu Jun 30 21:35:49 1994 Cat: heheheheh! I thought I was the most [sane]/[normal] one in my family, too! Seems my family thinks otherwise! :) From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Jul 1 08:49:09 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind! Date: Fri Jul 1 08:49:09 1994 Pardon me!! Or as Steve Martin used to say Well, EXCUUUUUUSSSEEE MEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Jul 1 08:49:51 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: ??? Date: Fri Jul 1 08:49:51 1994 Dunno, just sorta came out! *Cringe* From Badger01@yabbs Fri Jul 1 09:17:24 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: NJDEVIL@yabbs Subject: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 09:17:24 1994 If you guys think the last one was too tame, try this one: During Christmas Dinner, when they wheel out whatever the feast is going to be, and this works best if it is a meat of some kind, scream "My former bretheren of Life! I will save YOU!" Throw the meat dish in question as hard as you can at the Childrens table, screaming "BUTCHERS! SANTA IS A MYTH! SANTA MURDERED THIS (Fill in animal species)! I HATE CHRISTMAS! FUCK THE ELVES!" and collapse in a heap, sobbing uncontrollably. Badger01 From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 1 10:46:30 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 10:46:30 1994 i'll try it this weekend ... might not have the same spectacular effect on the fourth of july. personally, i just like to refer to the meatlike foodstuff by name hey mom, would you like another piece of Gerald here? gets ya sent to the kiddies tabble every time ... at least i don't have to eat with the dog. -peter From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 1 12:51:42 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 12:51:42 1994 In message re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame, dmonger said: > > personally, i just like to refer to the meatlike foodstuff by name no pet it and say and you used to be so soft and furry/feathery too, and i'll miss those big brown soulful eyes > gets ya sent to the kiddies tabble every time ... at least i don't have to > eat with the dog. and i'm sure pie is thankful for that too :) -tammie From Covenant@yabbs Fri Jul 1 12:53:48 1994 From: Covenant@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 12:53:48 1994 cccccoooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!! From Phain@yabbs Fri Jul 1 17:51:01 1994 From: Phain@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re:graveyards Date: Fri Jul 1 17:51:01 1994 Graveyards are great fun, I even had the pleasure of working in them for a few years. I sandblasted the dates of death on the stones. Great job, really, no one to complain, pretty areas, that solemn feeling. Might have been my best job yet. I got to see a lot of different graveyards that way. Speaking of mind games, I worked quite a few bizzare stories out of my experiences. I usually freaked out everyone around me at school. They were convinced I was some sort of psychopath. I always dueled out the exact opposite of what was expected of me. I would scream at people who complimented me and thank those who insulted. I even hit on a homophobe once just to watch his squirm. Fun days. -Phain From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 1 19:33:12 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 19:33:12 1994 but darn it, i still sit at the children's table...well, actually, we all mix up now...since there are only 2 little ones, wouldn't seem fair to put them in the other room all by themselves.... natalie From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 1 19:36:36 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Phain@yabbs Subject: re: re:graveyards Date: Fri Jul 1 19:36:36 1994 hmmm...hitting on homophobes, eh? when i was in hs, me & this girl would put our arms around each other and walk down the sophomore hall calling each other lover and honey and sweetie REALLY loudly...got us a path cleared, no problem....and she just called me tonight too...haven't talked to her in over a year, so i was already thinking about that too... natalie From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 1 20:10:58 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 20:10:58 1994 hey, at least my dog loves everyone in the family unlike certain enormous "cats" i know :) although he looked kind of mad when i hit him in the face with thesquirt cannon today. -peter who wants one of those cool voice activated squirt guns From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 1 20:16:26 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: re:graveyards Date: Fri Jul 1 20:16:26 1994 it always amazeds me how upset some of my friends get when i put my arm around them or my head on their shoulders .... and they wouldn't let me tell the drive in guy at wendy's how cute my friend pat's ass was some people -peter From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 1 21:45:52 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: dogs and cats Date: Fri Jul 1 21:45:52 1994 well at least my cat's not stupid or smelly :) hmmm and you say i'm being mean to my dog when i feed her cake? From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Jul 1 22:45:20 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Fri Jul 1 22:45:20 1994 Right! Then they shoot ya up with tranks and put ya in the rummber room! From NJDEVIL@yabbs Fri Jul 1 22:47:13 1994 From: NJDEVIL@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: dogs and cats Date: Fri Jul 1 22:47:13 1994 Have 8 cats, they are smart, but they are smelly! From Covenant@yabbs Sat Jul 2 03:10:49 1994 From: Covenant@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: re:graveyards Date: Sat Jul 2 03:10:49 1994 hmmmmmm, I hate to admit it, .... but I am intrigued! Covenant, the horny who thinks that the love between two women is beautiful! From Patton@yabbs Sat Jul 2 13:54:59 1994 From: Patton@yabbs To: JasonLee@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Sat Jul 2 13:54:59 1994 that which does not kill me only makes me stronger -Mr. N. @ s From Death@yabbs Sun Jul 3 12:56:36 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: yabbsfest Date: Sun Jul 3 12:56:36 1994 Everybody (or almost everybody) here on yabbs wonders what everyone else is like in "real" life... To this end, I'm announcing that a bunch of us have gotten together to organize a party!!! We've decided that at some as yet undetermined point in time, anybody from Yabbs that wants to is invited to come to Pittsburgh, the birthplace of Yabbs, where we will all get together for a weekend or so of fun :> The reason the time is still undetermined is because we need everyone who wants to come to let us know when would be a good time for them... Email me with questions, comments, suggestions, and what time would be good for you at: death@cyberspace.org See you there!!! --Death PS... I put this message in every base on the off chance that EVERYBODY might actually get to see it :> From dmonger@yabbs Mon Jul 4 20:40:10 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Patton@yabbs Subject: re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex Date: Mon Jul 4 20:40:10 1994 In message re: Book of Questions: Love&Sex, Patton said: > that which does not kill me only makes me stronger -Mr. N. that which does not make me stronger might at least make me smell better From pbj@yabbs Wed Jul 6 02:00:04 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: mind game Date: Wed Jul 6 02:00:04 1994 well this one kinda takes alot of preplanning and the right opprotunity but try buting one of those Figment dolls from Epcot center if you are ever there and carrying it around with you and when people ask you where you got it and stuff just pretend that he's not there..... anyway its alot more fun than it sounds...epsecially if you know alot of people that do alot of acid... pbj From pbj@yabbs Wed Jul 6 02:03:24 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: more mind games Date: Wed Jul 6 02:03:24 1994 okay i just thought of another one..next time it rains, go to a semi-major intersection with a couple of friends and pull over car after car and ask them.... "if water is wet how do they make dry ice?" me and my friend opie did this in this snobby little town where our coffeehouse is aroound here and succeded in getting the rigth answer a few times, freaking out several old people, and some kidz shoved their bowl out hte window and asked us if we wanted some "more" we were sober.. anyway..play on pbj From Natalie@yabbs Wed Jul 6 02:20:05 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: mind game Date: Wed Jul 6 02:20:05 1994 oh my god...my evil ex bf gave me a figment doll for xmas a few years back....i'll have to dig it out.... natalie From Badger01@yabbs Thu Jul 7 18:47:59 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: One I tried... Date: Thu Jul 7 18:47:59 1994 Insist that from now on, everyone must call you by your true name, "JOSEPH STALIN" Otherwise, act exactly the same, but occasionally say things like, "Dos Vadanya, Comrade!" Badger01 From Cat@yabbs Thu Jul 7 21:02:18 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Thu Jul 7 21:02:18 1994 did you know that everytime you sneeze your heart stops for a second and when that happens you kill a brain cell? i have a friend that's studying medicine and he told me that...i wonder...if you got near something that you were allergic too and you kept sneezing and sneezing if you could make yourself brain dead...what a weird way to die, sneezing to death. i think the scariest way to die would be if you fell into a hole cut in the ice in the winter and couldn't get out, or if you were diving and got your foot stuck and couldn't free it. i think it would be kinda neat to spontaneously combust though...does anyone know how that works? i've always kinda wondered...it would be kinda cool if you could make something else combust by thinking about it...or to make anything happen by thinking about it -tammie From Xela@yabbs Fri Jul 8 01:41:51 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: spontaneous combustion Date: Fri Jul 8 01:41:51 1994 It's said that heavy drinkers, i.e. alcoholics, are found to be the high percentage of s.c. victims...something to do with ethyl alcohol being stored in body fat because the body can't process it all, then POOF! for some mysterious reason. I agree, it is kinda cool...in a sick and perverted way. :) X From HC@yabbs Fri Jul 8 02:47:32 1994 From: HC@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Date: Fri Jul 8 02:47:32 1994 Actually Cat, freezing to death is one of the most human ways to die. Essentially, you just die in your sleep. Your body doesn't have the energy to keep you awake(cold sucked it away I guess). From Bearclaw@yabbs Fri Jul 8 09:01:20 1994 From: Bearclaw@yabbs To: HC@yabbs Subject: Freezin' or Burnin' Date: Fri Jul 8 09:01:20 1994 If I had to choose between suffocating as the flames consumed all the oxygen around me and my skin began to blacken until my chest expanded so far that my lungs blew out like a bad tire and feeling my body give out as the cold solidified my extremites with a horrid bruning pins and needles sensation and eventually my eyes became stuck open and I dropped face first where I then drifted off as my diaphragm stuck open.... I'd choose a quick Shotgun blast to the roof of my mouth. From PanPan@yabbs Fri Jul 8 10:05:08 1994 From: PanPan@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: Freezin' or Burnin' Date: Fri Jul 8 10:05:08 1994 There IS a way to make anything happen by just thinking about it: Recreational Narcotics! Esp. Hallucinogens! Acidically yours, PanPan From GPF@yabbs Fri Jul 8 11:46:25 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Fri Jul 8 11:46:25 1994 actually... i think i read a study somewhere where they poured achohol on mean and tried to set it on fire.... it burned for a few seconds and as soon as the alcohol had burned off it stopped burning... the meat was only slightly charred.. nothing like spontateous combustion (i.e. there's nothing left but ash...) and besides that, you'd have a heart attack from too much alcohol _long_ before you got enough alcohol in you to cause you to become flammable... my $.02 ..gpf From alarm@yabbs Fri Jul 8 15:20:35 1994 From: alarm@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: dead head Date: Fri Jul 8 15:20:35 1994 Let's say this guy is riding a motorcycle and has an accident. He gets his head cut off. You go screaming into the middle of the street saying, daddy daddy, daddy. Then you pick up the head and say, oh, that's not my dad, he's too short. alarm From buzzbomb@yabbs Sat Jul 9 00:43:58 1994 From: buzzbomb@yabbs To: PanPan@yabbs Subject: re: Freezin' or Burnin' Date: Sat Jul 9 00:43:58 1994 yah dude let's get all fucked up and forget all about reality and the world and all that useless stuff! who cares about losing brain cells! liver, kidneys? who needs 'em! From jujubee@yabbs Sat Jul 9 11:33:06 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: GPF@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 11:33:06 1994 most alkies' livers kill 'em first..... From jujubee@yabbs Sat Jul 9 11:34:30 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: alarm@yabbs Subject: re: dead head Date: Sat Jul 9 11:34:30 1994 heheheheh! i like your twisted sense of humor, alarm.....add this line to it------> "then again, i'd BETTER NOT ever catch my dad on a motorcycle!" heheheheh.... From Jeremiah@yabbs Sat Jul 9 12:14:48 1994 From: Jeremiah@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: Sneezing to Death. Date: Sat Jul 9 12:14:48 1994 The way my alergies are about now, I expect to be brain dead by next Thursday... From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jul 9 16:56:36 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 16:56:36 1994 methinks spontaneuos human combustion is getting smited by god *grin* so my time should be coming pretty darned soon.... natalie From Dim@yabbs Sat Jul 9 17:52:55 1994 From: Dim@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 17:52:55 1994 I wouldn't be surprised if people started combusting out on the streets, with the heat we've been having... From dmonger@yabbs Sat Jul 9 18:12:17 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 18:12:17 1994 nah nat, i'd never smite you ... you're too much fun -peter who is now conviced that he is the messiah From GPF@yabbs Sat Jul 9 19:09:31 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 19:09:31 1994 really? hmmm.... mabye we should create a religeon called the branch death mongerians and all the yabbs ppl can move to a bunker in waco and stockpile artillery and then get in a firefight with the atf and all die in a big bbq.... oh never mind ...gpf From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jul 9 19:33:59 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 19:33:59 1994 thanks peter :) natalie From Cat@yabbs Sat Jul 9 21:07:10 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 21:07:10 1994 hmmm so peter's god now and you're not going to get smitten smitted smote..whatever....well i still think it'd be cool to spontaneously combust...one minute you're sitting there and the next kerplooie...but when people combust do they explode or just burst into flame? i have never read much about it and am pretty darn curious. maybe someone should make a how to guide or something..... why are you suddenly the messiah peter? because if i've been forced to go to church all these years to worship you, i feel pretty darn disillusioned right about now... -tammie From dmonger@yabbs Sat Jul 9 23:51:17 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 9 23:51:17 1994 i love you to tammie From Deaska@yabbs Sun Jul 10 18:54:03 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sun Jul 10 18:54:03 1994 rrrreeeeoow.... ouch.. From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jul 11 19:02:39 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Mon Jul 11 19:02:39 1994 As an "alkie" I have this to say... "Things fall to shit, so get rid of it, swallow a pint, and you'll feel better and your liver tastes too bitter so drink another anyway." Badger01 From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jul 11 19:03:45 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Mon Jul 11 19:03:45 1994 Peter's not the Messiah... I know... My Ex-Roommate was the Messiah. Badger01 From dmonger@yabbs Mon Jul 11 19:40:20 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Mon Jul 11 19:40:20 1994 well, i guess we'll find out on judgement day just who the real heritics are, won't we badger? -peter From pbj@yabbs Mon Jul 11 22:11:21 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Mon Jul 11 22:11:21 1994 i think that they had an episode on "Picket Fences" once whe nthe mayor S.C.ed it twas purty funny...something about stress and alcohol..i dunno A friend of mine came up with this tripped out theory on spontaneous combustion it goes something like this..... 90% of your body heat escapes through your head humans use only 10% of their brain power therefore if you ever end up using 100 % of your brain power..the amount of heat that it would create for mthe chemical reactions involved in theat many thought processes + the great amount of your body heat escaping throuhg yur head you would spontaneously combust well we can tell i'm not using even 10% of my brain power at this moment cause then my typing wouldn't suck so bad...but any way that was his theory have funn pbj From jujubee@yabbs Tue Jul 12 08:26:53 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Tue Jul 12 08:26:53 1994 hmmmm...sounds plausible.... From jujubee@yabbs Tue Jul 12 08:27:56 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Tue Jul 12 08:27:56 1994 heheheheh! i'll have to remember that one, Badger01!!! From Cat@yabbs Tue Jul 12 10:31:01 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Tue Jul 12 10:31:01 1994 i saw that episode of picket fences...it really was cool :) From Jazzy@yabbs Tue Jul 12 15:51:04 1994 From: Jazzy@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: yabbs fest Date: Tue Jul 12 15:51:04 1994 Who knows about the yabbs fest in September? pLease fill me in on yabbs or on the mesage base..thanks. Jazzy From Badger01@yabbs Tue Jul 12 17:11:57 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: GPF@yabbs Subject: Messiah talk Date: Tue Jul 12 17:11:57 1994 It takes more than Prophesy to be the Messiah... Many can be prophets, only one can be the big enchilada... and Christopher Zammarelli is that man. Badger01 From Badger01@yabbs Tue Jul 12 17:14:02 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: More Messiah Talk Date: Tue Jul 12 17:14:02 1994 >well, i guess we'll find out on judgement day just who the real heritics >are, won't we badger? Yes, we will. It's Heretics, dude. :) Seriously, I know Chris was the Messiah...I lived with him for two years, he didn't kill me...what more proof you need? Badger01 From dmonger@yabbs Tue Jul 12 17:40:00 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: More Messiah Talk Date: Tue Jul 12 17:40:00 1994 you didn't know my roommates :) -peter From GPF@yabbs Tue Jul 12 17:58:01 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Messiah talk Date: Tue Jul 12 17:58:01 1994 oh yeah? well we'll see about that.... *calls on the lightning gods and stuff like that* From Natalie@yabbs Tue Jul 12 18:30:07 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Tue Jul 12 18:30:07 1994 NO, *I'M* THE GOD, *I'M* THE GOD!!!!!!!!!! natalie, aka GOD From hawke@yabbs Wed Jul 13 02:23:01 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: god?! Date: Wed Jul 13 02:23:01 1994 Hawke grins evilly you all can argue about which one of you is god ill be satan!!! hehehe your obedient servent Hawke From alarm@yabbs Wed Jul 13 11:28:05 1994 From: alarm@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: satan Date: Wed Jul 13 11:28:05 1994 You said you would be satan then you signed off >your obedient servent I think satan is supposed to be a disobedient servant or something like that. i'm here to sound the, alarm From GPF@yabbs Wed Jul 13 11:35:12 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Wed Jul 13 11:35:12 1994 i dunno about you but i'll be content to be a dyslexic dog. ...gpf From PanPan@yabbs Wed Jul 13 12:34:40 1994 From: PanPan@yabbs To: buzzbomb@yabbs Subject: re: Freezin' or Burnin' Date: Wed Jul 13 12:34:40 1994 Chill out, man! I see someone has difficulty taking a joke! I'm beginning to identify with cosmos, now! From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jul 13 20:24:43 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Wed Jul 13 20:24:43 1994 Natalie has the power to decide who lives and who dies. She's the angry God of the old testament, and wil brook no heresy from us, her minions on YABBS Badger01 MST3K has ruined my brain, called me mad, and labled me a charlatan, AND I LOVE IT! (And the ladies like it too) From Badger01@yabbs Wed Jul 13 20:25:34 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: GPF@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Wed Jul 13 20:25:34 1994 Actually, I'm friends with a Narcoleptic dog. Does that count? Badger01 From Death@yabbs Thu Jul 14 02:15:33 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Thu Jul 14 02:15:33 1994 hehehe... I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm content with my place in the Omniverse... There's only one Death, though there may be many gods... *grin* --Death From Cat@yabbs Thu Jul 14 15:34:00 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Thu Jul 14 15:34:00 1994 we each may only have one death...but there are many many different ways to die -tammie (who plans on going out with a bang not a whimper) :grins at nat...see even eliot was into spontaneous combustion From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jul 14 18:22:58 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Thu Jul 14 18:22:58 1994 some want to go out with a bang some want to go out with a whimper me, i want to go out with a brain hemmorage -peter who thinks it would be cool to bleed out of every opening in his head at the same time From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 15 12:23:38 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 12:23:38 1994 sure, that'd be lovely....if you did it right you could look like a fountain speaking of... i was in this funky new age store and they were selling rubber brains and eyeballs and such in one section and for the display they had this mannequin with no arms and her hair in curlers dressed in white laying on a bed with all the eyeballs and stuff as well as some coloring anatony books all over the bed. it looks really neat. they also had this room set up with all sorts of bug stuff, like bug jars and bug hand puppets (the ant and cockroach ones were really cool) and they had a live tarantula.... and another one set up with glow in the dark stuff and lava lamps and once with the pop art stuff like warhol and another one set up like a jungle. there were hardly any lights in the place and it was kinda creepy but really really cool at the same time. lots of toys to play with. i'll show it to you, you'd like it. the whole place was one big visual mind game..set up to make people feel uncomfortable..wish there were more stores like that around -tammie From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 15 13:02:39 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 13:02:39 1994 =^^= : where was this store??? sounds like my kinda store! i remember when i bought some fake barf...i had a party one night and put it by the toilet...a few ppl fell for it! it looked pretty realistic! gross, huh? i just can't kick the practical joker in me! From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 15 13:44:17 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 13:44:17 1994 In message re: bleeding, jujubee said: > i just can't kick the practical joker in me! would you like me to ???? :) -peter From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 15 14:19:01 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 14:19:01 1994 In message re: bleeding, jujubee said: > where was this store??? sounds like my kinda store! downtown burlington....it was called boomers i think...new store...it was really really neat...i'll buy you something from there and send it :) they wouldn't let me hold the tarantula tho...and it looks so soft and furry too wow i actually found a cool place in burlington :) -tammie From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 15 18:40:22 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 18:40:22 1994 jujubee thinks it over....decides it's worth a try....assumes "kickee" position..... while in "kickee" position...jujubee ponders the thought some more...decides against it.....she stands up RIGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME! as she sees dmonger sauntering toward her w/his shiny new spikey-looking cockroach-in-the-corner-killer boots on......*YIPES!* jujubee takes off running faster than one can say "Yup, i think OJ did it!" *Phew!* that was a close call...i think i like myself JUST the way i am.... jujubee skips merrily on her way.... From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 15 18:41:00 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: bleeding Date: Fri Jul 15 18:41:00 1994 so there IS hope for burlington, eh? *8^] From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 15 20:56:23 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: b & b Date: Fri Jul 15 20:56:23 1994 any one notice how close barney and barbie are to the same name? i think its a conspiricy. -peter From Cat@yabbs Sat Jul 16 09:45:36 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 16 09:45:36 1994 i was looking at an old book of 50 years of barbie (don't ask why) and they had hippie barbies, which were really funny and kinda cool. except ken with a blond afro which looked completely ridiculous and as for barney, i still think he should be dropped into jurassic park college students everywhere are beating up on people dressed up to play barney in malls...can you imagine how a little kid feels to see someone beat up on his hero? tho i bet it was funny as hell..kinda mean tho. why is it that everyone hates barney (me included) but no one seems to complain about big bird? i think it's barney's voice...or maybe the kids he co stars with...the kids on sesame st are much cooler :) jim henson is probably the reason no one wants to lynch cookie monster -tammie From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jul 16 15:50:06 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: spontaneous combustion Date: Sat Jul 16 15:50:06 1994 you got it, bud natalie From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jul 16 15:50:41 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: god?! Date: Sat Jul 16 15:50:41 1994 but yeats was into monkey balls.... *grin* natalie From Natalie@yabbs Sat Jul 16 15:53:22 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 16 15:53:22 1994 anyone else see the barney game for the sega genesis? i was in a target in colorado (yes, i'm still on vacation) and they had it on demo, and we were playing it...it was so sickeningly sweet i wanted to vomit... BARNEY IS THE ANTICHRIST!!!!! natalie, who executed barney in play doh effigy last summer (i have photos) From GPF@yabbs Sat Jul 16 18:46:03 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 16 18:46:03 1994 gif! gif! gif! From dmonger@yabbs Sat Jul 16 21:03:36 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 16 21:03:36 1994 ah, but do you own a headless barney dall? i put the head back on with aflashlight inside and made a bareny o'lantern -peter From htoaster@yabbs Sat Jul 16 21:09:37 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 16 21:09:37 1994 In message re: b & b, Cat said: > i was looking at an old book of 50 years of barbie (don't ask why) i think barbie is only 34 years old (1960 was her birthday i think)...there was an article about it in smithsonian around 1990 (on her birthday)... alex ps. what wierd stuff gets stuck in my mind... From BlueMax@yabbs Sun Jul 17 08:14:05 1994 From: BlueMax@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Barney Date: Sun Jul 17 08:14:05 1994 hehe...anybody remember the name of the patch to get barny for DOOM! hehe....just wondering.... g'day all... blue. From Natalie@yabbs Sun Jul 17 14:41:19 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sun Jul 17 14:41:19 1994 i sent my best friend s&m barney for xmas last year...it was cool... natalie From Cat@yabbs Sun Jul 17 21:06:47 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sun Jul 17 21:06:47 1994 In message re: b & b, htoaster said: > i think barbie is only 34 years old (1960 was her birthday i think)...there > was an article about it in smithsonian around 1990 (on her birthday)... grrr you and kelly both...always ready to nail me on a technicality blaaaaaaaaaaah -tammie (who stills thinks she can be a UNIX command even if she happened to spell Cat with an uppercase c) From jujubee@yabbs Wed Jul 20 08:10:54 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Wed Jul 20 08:10:54 1994 ummmm.....i think she was born sometime in the '50s...my sister had one and it looked pretty '50s-ish to me....anyhow...who knows? could be wrong... damn! how does she keep such a great figure for sooooooo long???? From htoaster@yabbs Wed Jul 20 13:27:51 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Wed Jul 20 13:27:51 1994 how has she managed to stay 6'4" and 120 pounds (or something like that if you blew her up to real size)...who knows...why any parent would buy their kid such a toy is beyond me... i'm almost 95% sure 1960 was her brithday though... alex From Steyr@yabbs Thu Jul 21 02:37:58 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 02:37:58 1994 Well I guess she maintains her figure through a careful diet. Come to think of it ... I've never really seen her eat much :) Gee, and I guess barby dolls don't really help the blondes-are-not-all-airheads cause much. Ever cracked a barby open ? Totally empty inside :) I guess that means (to the woe of millions of little kids) that Barby is really just a heartless bitch, and not the wonderful character she is made out to be. :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From topi@yabbs Thu Jul 21 07:23:15 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 07:23:15 1994 Oooooohhhh! :I .me kicks Steyr. How dare you rag on Barbie! She's a pure legend. She was my best friend so :P :( -Cath :) From Badger01@yabbs Thu Jul 21 09:17:50 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 09:17:50 1994 And she TASTES good, too. :} Seriously, what is the deal with Barbie? Is the moral here that brains are optional for girls? That large breasts are the only desireable quality? That performing surgery or waliking on the moon in high heels is the wave of the future? (Dr. Barbie, you dropped the forceps in Mr. Johnson's BRAINPAN! {Oh well.}) I'm sorry, but the only thing I can say about Barbie is.... SHE BLOW UP REEEEEAL GOOD! (Shows you how I spent some of My misbegotten youth, huh?) Badger01 From H.P.@yabbs Thu Jul 21 14:59:05 1994 From: H.P.@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 14:59:05 1994 The only thing Barbi is good for are SoundGarden videos. From Steyr@yabbs Thu Jul 21 22:02:03 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: H.P.@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 22:02:03 1994 Naah. Barby DOES have a real, practical use. She's good for keeping pesky, annoying little kids out of their mothers hair for a while. *Ouch* !! A thought just hit me ... Perhaps Barby is the main driving force behind womens liberation ! Little kids grew up with a Barby that could do all these wonderful things (had her own car/mansion/man-slave(Ken)), and then when the kids grew up, they wanted to be just like Barby - i.e. have a high powered executive job instead of staying at home as the old fashioned faithful housewife. Still ... I don't remember there ever being an Air Force Pilot Barby. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From jujubee@yabbs Thu Jul 21 22:07:06 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Thu Jul 21 22:07:06 1994 only thing I ever remember Barbie doing is shopping... :) and, of course, teasing man-slave, Ken... From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 22 00:10:48 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 00:10:48 1994 anyone notice that barbie has gotten stoooopid in the last few years? all her clothes and stuff are all pink & frilly, not like whn i was little at all...barbie used to have a lot more variety than she does now...*sigh* anyone else see the mcdonald's barbies? now THERE'S a scary thought natalie From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 08:53:42 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 08:53:42 1994 funny, i remember barbie having tons of pink frilly clothes when i was a kid...i also remember her having a variety of skin tones and hair colors/styles... mcdonald's barbies??? that's a new one on me...does she flip burgers or what? From topi@yabbs Fri Jul 22 09:31:42 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 09:31:42 1994 Hmm... is there anything wrong with womens liberation?? Just the way you talked about it... ;) Anyway, my Barbies never did anything but try on a hundred different outfits a day! :) Thanks for stirring all these memories... :) -Cath. (btw, :) From topi@yabbs Fri Jul 22 09:52:08 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 09:52:08 1994 When I was growing up, around the age of 14/15, there was a group of us girls sitting around and dreaming about what wonderful riches we would have when we "grew up". It was the usual thing, a HUGE house, servants, lots of clothes and jewels etc..... One of my friends pointed out how we would have to set out to find ourselves rich husbands to provide all this for us. It was at this moment (and due to some recent letdowns in my young life), that I decided that I was NOT going to rely on someone else to provide for all my wants. That the only way I was going to be assured of getting what I wanted, was to go out and get it for myself. So thats when I knew I had to get a good, rich job. Thats why I'm going to be an engineer.(well, not All the reasons..) The thing is, that was a crucial turning point in my life, something snapped, and it all happened within this on minute and I completely remember it all. I just wondered if anybody else has had any experiences like that, and of what has motivated the rest of you into doing what you are doing at the moment, or have chosen to do in your futures. -Cath. From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 22 10:19:07 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 10:19:07 1994 hmmm i had 2 barbies that gramma gave me. one of them i tried to wash her hair and it all melted when i tried to blow dry it, and the other one i tied her hair in knots and gave her to my sister to play with. i hated barbie...:) i played with my stuffed anuimals and transformers and voltron toys instead. -tammie From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 22 10:24:12 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 10:24:12 1994 hmm interesting topic...well the reason i decided to work towards being an english teacher... when i was little, my favorite things were animals and books. i used to want to be a veteranarian until a) i volunteered at the vet's and burst into tears whenever something had to be put to sleep, b)went to hs and discovered my mathematical and scientific abilities were non-existant and c)went to a blood drive and found out i faint at the sight of blood...that ruled out being a vet, so i thought about what kind of career i could have with books and decided i would teach them. people also facinate me so i thought being a teacher would be a good idea and here i am, going into my second year of studying english and education at uvm...well that's about it :) -tammie From Pele@yabbs Fri Jul 22 11:57:04 1994 From: Pele@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 11:57:04 1994 My life is a sine curve of turning points! Good story though....and good for you! From Pele@yabbs Fri Jul 22 12:02:46 1994 From: Pele@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 12:02:46 1994 I just thought of an importan turning point in my life though. Why I want to be a nuclear physicist: When I was about 11/12 I got really sick (never knew what it was) and I was in bed for about two or three months. During that time, I got into reading lots of books. Well I was looking for the word elephant in the encyclopedia and found the word electron on the way. I read up on it and was intantly facinated. And adult friend of mine gave me a copy of "A Brief History of Time," a then newly released book by Stephen Hawking and told me that it was designied for the layman to understand. I read it and understood nothing. At that point, I decided tthat I will learn it all Hence, my field of study Pele From htoaster@yabbs Fri Jul 22 12:42:36 1994 From: htoaster@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 12:42:36 1994 i did computer science because it was something i enjoyed doing and it just seemed like a logical major. the only other thing that ever caught my fancy enough to make me consider majoring in it was photography, but that never happened...i can't even minor in it at carnegie mellon (probably good anyway). now i get sick of computers a lot of the time :) anyway, how many people out there have chosen their major based on the money that it will bring them in the future. does money really matter enough to base a career on? i mean, can the difference between comfortable and rich really make ones life a lot happier? poor + happy > rich + lonely and who said i sucked at math? (well, cmu does) alex From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 22 13:31:12 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 13:31:12 1994 oh tammie, we know your parents wouldn't let you have transformers or voltron toys, cause they're evil just like cable :) -peter From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 22 13:33:45 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 13:33:45 1994 i guess i'm in computer engineering cause computers really interest me and i'm always curious as to how things work. seemed like a nice combination of the two. -peter From Death@yabbs Fri Jul 22 13:36:12 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 13:36:12 1994 Hmm.. Well, I guess you could say that I decided what I was going to do when I was about 10. I've always been fascinated with the way things work, and how to make them work better. When I was 10, I got my first _real_ computer (ie not a commiedore :) and it truly fascinated me. Since then, I have endeavoured to learn all that I could about computers, both hardware and software. Now I know a heck of a lot more than I did then, although I still don't know at least twice as much as I DO know, and I'm not really sick of 'puters yet. My problem, however, is that I'm also interested in a few hundred other things, some of them almost as much as I'm interested in 'puters. For instance, I got a 5 on the AP English test as easily as I did on the Comp. Science test... It makes deciding what I really want to do in life a bitch, but I think for now at least I'll stay with 'puters. --Les From Cat@yabbs Fri Jul 22 14:36:41 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 14:36:41 1994 In message re: b & b, dmonger said: > oh tammie, we know your parents wouldn't let you have transformers or voltron > toys, cause they're evil just like cable :) of course i had transformers..they're more than meets the eye. :) i had soundwave..he was really cool...he turned into a tape deck and he came with "tapes" that transformed into a cat and a bird. i had the blue and red voltron lions..which kinda sucked since all i could make was a foot and an arm..not the whole voltron. so :P they just never let me have smurfs. -tammie From Badger01@yabbs Fri Jul 22 14:41:51 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 14:41:51 1994 Why do I want to be a Writer? I don't. Then why am I pursuing that career? I must. Badger01 From Death@yabbs Fri Jul 22 15:07:43 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 15:07:43 1994 hehehe... I had that transformer too. I'm amazed to find out that another child in the universe liked Voltron though! ;> I actually got my mother to buy me all 5 lions :> --Les From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 18:06:17 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 18:06:17 1994 hmmmm....good topic! i'll respond to it later... From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 18:07:55 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 18:07:55 1994 i had a bejillion barbies! my aunt worked at a toy store....i tried to iron the "Dawn" doll's hair...man did you ever see a kid run into the bathroom w/ajax as fast as i did! i got all the melted plastic off, thank heaven! how dumb, eh? but i had heard that you could iron hair! i just didn't know you couldn't iron synthetic hair! gotta love childhood innocence! :) From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 18:09:10 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Pele@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 18:09:10 1994 did you ever see the film of "A Brief History of Time"? ...pretty interesting... From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:10:20 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 19:10:20 1994 my barbies did all kinds of fun things. like i'd borrow my sister's ken and have them go out on a date. they'd have dinner, then ken would drop off barbie at her place, and the next day barbie'd be 9 months preggers... or i'd borrow her ken and play barbie torture chamber...all my barbies naked up against the sofa, armstied above their heads, with ken walking up and down in front ofthem with a whip....oh, those were the days... natalie, a very twisted child From pbj@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:11:37 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 19:11:37 1994 well all i can say is that no matter how outcast i felt as a child i am so glad that i wan't allowed to have barbie dolls....if you think about it they are kind of a drug...all you want is more...anyway..barbie sucks and i would much rather play with my tranformers too...i was alwyas the yellow VW bug when we played it wit hthe littel boys on the playground during recess...ah yes the good ole days...when i was surrounded with boys to do my bidding...*evil laugh* pbj aweburning mirrors colleen marie From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:11:53 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 19:11:53 1994 i never thought i needed to get a rich huisband or whatever to provide for me. i've always dreamed of being totally self sufficient...i don't like a lot of ppl and i sure as hell don't want to have to rely on any more than i have to...doesthat make any sense? natalie From pbj@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:15:03 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 19:15:03 1994 well i have always wavered from what i wanted to be when i "grew up" (aww do i have to???????) but hte onething that has always stuck with me was wanting to be a chef..who knows maybe i will be if i ever get my butt in gear..... aweburning pbj mirrors colleen marie From Natalie@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:17:16 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: htoaster@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 19:17:16 1994 i'm an english major cause that's all i'm really good at...well, actually, i'm damned good at biology, but you have to take a lot of math to get a degree in that and i suck at math, so...but books are my first love. i've been reading since iwas 3 years old...i remember when i was 5 and discovered nancy drew and the bobbsey twins. i was in heaven...i went through a nother epiphany of that sort when i was in high school and discovered sci fi...especially robert heinlein. it's kind of funny tho...my reading is really varied...i don't have a lot of depth in any one area...i've read a medieval stuff, renaissance stuff, the romantics, yeats (of course), and a lot of genre writing...i managed to completely skip the enlightenment ad the victorians...the thing about my interest in sci fi is weird tho...i always hated it until i was in 9th grade and we were camping one weekend, and it was raining, and i had finished all the books i had brought with me (jean auel books if i remember right). the only thing left to read was some sci fi that my dad was reading. so i read it (cause if i get bored enough i'll read anything) and was hooked.... natalie From Zbadba@yabbs Fri Jul 22 19:42:20 1994 From: Zbadba@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: What am I doing? Date: Fri Jul 22 19:42:20 1994 I have always been fascinated with the technical, for many reasons. For one, I've been using computers since I was 5 or so. It didn't take me long to realize I knew more than my parents about computers, and to realize I knew more than my parents about these machines. This gave me a certain power... maybe that's why I love computers. Those who are in the know have the power. I still feel a sense of pride when I hack out a good snatch of code. I was well on my way to CS or ECE, but then I was asked to do sound for a school theatre production, and that was it. I got hooked into the theatre. It allowed me to do technical work, but in addition to the pride I get when I do a good design, I also get the rush of a live production. Though I know I am probably be dirt poor for a long time after I graduate, I'm not concerned. Ht said it well with poor+happy > rich+unhappy. From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 22 20:45:44 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 20:45:44 1994 aw man, voltron was great -peter From dmonger@yabbs Fri Jul 22 20:46:42 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 20:46:42 1994 you were innocent once? you learn something new every day -peter From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 22:20:27 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: something of interest.. Date: Fri Jul 22 22:20:27 1994 c00l...ever need a taste tester....here i am! From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 22 22:21:33 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 22:21:33 1994 i used to take the heads off of barbie and ken and switch em...also off the ummmm....multi-cultural barbies and kens...i used to switch those, too...what fun! From H.P.@yabbs Fri Jul 22 23:09:02 1994 From: H.P.@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 23:09:02 1994 Yeah, but recently they've been mutated into those Mighty Morphin' Monkey Molesters or whatever. It's my dream for that company to get sued for copyright infringment or whatever the hell it is called. From H.P.@yabbs Fri Jul 22 23:09:33 1994 From: H.P.@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Fri Jul 22 23:09:33 1994 And you're sure this was before Rising Sun became a movie? :) From Phreddie@yabbs Sat Jul 23 02:01:19 1994 From: Phreddie@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: b & b Date: Sat Jul 23 02:01:19 1994 Hehe.. I remember I had all the Voltrol lions.. then my brother lost teh black one, so I couln't put'em together.. then I remember being grounded for pummeling him till he bled :).. ack, you know why you didn't have smurfs.. because they're satanic and evil just like Barney..so they say :) From Badger01@yabbs Mon Jul 25 10:43:52 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: My sick and tisted life Date: Mon Jul 25 10:43:52 1994 I should be on an episode of RED DWARF Listen to this: This weeken, I was paid a visit by a friend who lives on Cape Cod (The Cape, for those of you unfamiliar) and the NEXT THING I KNOW He dragged me to a twon in Maine he'd ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT! WE WERE LOST IN MAINE!!! AAAAHHAHAHAHA Ah. I feel better now. Badger01 From Cat@yabbs Mon Jul 25 17:12:55 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Mon Jul 25 17:12:55 1994 maine...the only state in this union that's more dull and humdrum than here in vt. my condolences -tammie From dmonger@yabbs Mon Jul 25 20:15:53 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Mon Jul 25 20:15:53 1994 does that mean the high point of my vacation is gonna be a trip to Burlington ugh :) -peter From subvrtUS@yabbs Mon Jul 25 22:44:33 1994 From: subvrtUS@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: So what do I have? Date: Mon Jul 25 22:44:33 1994 this can be implying that you are superior, since you (maybe unconsciously) remove yourself from typical human interaction. I am not condemning you, just offering a possible analysis of what you write about. Do you really care about these problems or wish to dedicate your life to overcoming them, or are you just here for the ride? From Death@yabbs Tue Jul 26 01:02:32 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Tue Jul 26 01:02:32 1994 You've obviously never been out West... Nothin' but corn... Now THAT's boring. *grin* --Les From Natalie@yabbs Tue Jul 26 01:22:18 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Tue Jul 26 01:22:18 1994 wyoming is pretty cool.....but nebraska is BORING....i thought i was gonna die....but i loved wyoming...*sigh* natalie From Death@yabbs Tue Jul 26 01:49:02 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Tue Jul 26 01:49:02 1994 hehehe I was pretty much talking about those great Nebraska cornfields... :> --Les From pbj@yabbs Tue Jul 26 03:36:47 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: new mind game Date: Tue Jul 26 03:36:47 1994 have you ever tried this one????? as you drive down the street and see a pedestrian in the distance coming you're way think of this ...honk as you pass the mand wave excitedly the other way......it's funn hehehe pbj Mirrors Colleen Marie AWEBURNING!!!!!!! From jujubee@yabbs Tue Jul 26 08:44:42 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Tue Jul 26 08:44:42 1994 i beg to differ! my aunt and uncle live up in the mountains in Colorado...plenty to do there! corn is in the midwest...the great plains! so there, death! :P :) From Cat@yabbs Tue Jul 26 11:48:49 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Tue Jul 26 11:48:49 1994 In message new mind game, pbj said: > as you drive down the street and see a pedestrian in the distance coming > you're way think of this ...honk as you pass the mand wave excitedly the >other way...it's fun :looks pointedly at ducky. seeeee there are some other people who like fooling around and honking car horns, so it's not just me hey pbj, i'd love to go riding around in a car with you. i bet we could have oodles of fun :) -tammie From pbj@yabbs Wed Jul 27 02:17:34 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Wed Jul 27 02:17:34 1994 hey chica haven't seen you on in quoet a awhile..*hugs* well how knows maybee we will if i can convince my dumb-ass father to let me have aplane twicket to yabbsfest..he's such a dork about htese things ...it's not like he odesn't have a million frequenbt flyer ones along with hotel rooms too..oh well Colleen Marie mirrors Aweburning pbj From hawke@yabbs Wed Jul 27 03:41:15 1994 From: hawke@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Wed Jul 27 03:41:15 1994 heres a variation off of the mind game pbj mentioned this also works for other cars when you see someone honk then point and laugh at them when they look. hawke From Cat@yabbs Wed Jul 27 17:27:45 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Wed Jul 27 17:27:45 1994 i like to sit in the last seat on a bus and look out the back window at the people in cars behind me. i stare at them for a while and it makes them nervous. people are so funny. -tammie From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jul 28 09:17:16 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: hawke@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Thu Jul 28 09:17:16 1994 or a better one that i'm still working on. pick one friend of yours, someone kind of goofy looking (like my friend sam greenfield). now try to convince everyone on campus to point at him and laugh when they see him. Feel free to do this yourself, out windows, across football fields, just whenever you see him, point and laugh loudly. its fun too bad i haven't convinced that many people to join in -peter From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jul 28 09:17:47 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Thu Jul 28 09:17:47 1994 you think it scares them when you do it deer. :) -peter From Badger01@yabbs Thu Jul 28 13:08:13 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Thu Jul 28 13:08:13 1994 Take the berries that grow on Rosevines..(Red ones) Smear them on your face, then scream THE BLOOD!!!! and run around. Arboretum crowds will stampeded if you do this right. Tried it yesterday..it does work. Badger01 From dmonger@yabbs Thu Jul 28 14:49:41 1994 From: dmonger@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Thu Jul 28 14:49:41 1994 nah i like to be more subtle. walk into a room full of people (like the newspaper office at your local school) .... look for someone you know. walk up to them, rub your head (its best if you use the top of your head rather than, say, your nose which would make this a much more disgusting trick) against their shoulder and make purring noisess. walk out ... don't say a word Its even better if your friend knows this is going to happen and just smiles at all the people staring at him/her then goes back to work silently -peter From Cat@yabbs Thu Jul 28 20:59:31 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Thu Jul 28 20:59:31 1994 no it doesn't scare anyone...the only way i can scre people when i ride in cars and such is if i honk the horn really loud in a crowded area. :) tammie From jujubee@yabbs Fri Jul 29 08:23:32 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Fri Jul 29 08:23:32 1994 well, it drives ME nuts when ppl do that...especially little kids on school buses...or little kids in the backs of station wagons... From pbj@yabbs Fri Jul 29 16:03:58 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Fri Jul 29 16:03:58 1994 that is really mean!!!!! From Deaska@yabbs Sun Jul 31 10:48:31 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: re: new mind game Date: Sun Jul 31 10:48:31 1994 er tam, heh - thankgod its gonna be claude's car and not mine, i might decide to jog around Burlington instead while you gals toot yer horns at people.. *chuckle* an' no "let's run Deaska over" mind games while yer at it either :P *hugs* D' From Death@yabbs Mon Aug 1 02:23:12 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: My sick and tisted life Date: Mon Aug 1 02:23:12 1994 I stand corrected :> I was just being sarcastic anyways. sheesh! --Les From pbj@yabbs Mon Aug 1 03:41:29 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: a new mind game Date: Mon Aug 1 03:41:29 1994 hey try this one next time you wanna freak somebuddy out on yabbs.... get a pad of paper if you need one and typr in everything you want ot say totally backwards...it's fun!!!! especially if somebuddy knows waht youare doing and you carry on a conversation backwards in fornt of everybudyy...oh well guess you really cna't do it any more can you???? oh well try it on a different bbs..... etin etin dna nnuf evah jbp eiram neelloc srorrim gninrubewa !!!!!!!eheheh From Hrothgar@yabbs Mon Aug 1 15:18:35 1994 From: Hrothgar@yabbs To: dmonger@yabbs Subject: old mind game Date: Mon Aug 1 15:18:35 1994 peter, My friend does something similar, though not in any affectionate way..... The guy doesn't like to study, or at least, not when everyone else does. He walks into random rooms, usually people he knows, stands in the doorway, and stares at the rooms occupants for, oh, a good 15-20 seconds. Usually he says nothing, sometimes he says, "just wanted to see how y'all were doing." Sometimes he comes in laughing, stops cold in the doorway, stops laughing and stares, for a few seconds, then as he leaves begins his maniacal laughing again. Very strange guy, don't you agree? From Badger01@yabbs Mon Aug 1 19:00:18 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: Hrothgar@yabbs Subject: re: old mind game Date: Mon Aug 1 19:00:18 1994 That's not strange, Hrothgar (Cool name, BTW), that's perfectly normal. Strange is when you do all that you mentioned, and then begin an organized academic debate with the faeries that live in your skull about the nature of light near a black hole. Badger01 "FLYING ELVES ARE BACK!" From Hrothgar@yabbs Mon Aug 1 19:59:41 1994 From: Hrothgar@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: light near a black hole Date: Mon Aug 1 19:59:41 1994 Oh, so you're calling that strange are you? Hey Hrothgar, did you hear that, this guy's calling you strange! Of all the nerve! He doesn't even know you and he's making presumptions! Badger, Hrothgar says "thank you." From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 2 16:02:22 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 2 16:02:22 1994 You and your spouse are on the 28th floor together in a high-rise. You kiss GOODBYE. This is the norm. However, the next day, you do the same thing thing, but as you travel down the elevator, the lights go out all over the building. Your spouse - is dead. How would you know immediately? (Betcha can't guess the answer!) From jujubee@yabbs Tue Aug 2 17:34:48 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 2 17:34:48 1994 uhhhhh....are you guys together in the elevator??? are you still kissing??? perhaps the spouse's tongue stops working??? heheheh... sorry, i think i need more info on this one! :) From pbj@yabbs Tue Aug 2 23:45:20 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: another one... Date: Tue Aug 2 23:45:20 1994 stop me if you hve heard this one...... a man is sitting in his car...the car is parked...the man has been shot while sitting in the car...all of the windows are up and the doors are shut and locked....there are no holes in the car or the windows... how was he shot?????....by the way...he is alone in the car.. hehehe have funn.... pbj Colleen Marie mirrors Aweburning From Hrothgar@yabbs Tue Aug 2 23:51:12 1994 From: Hrothgar@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: good question Date: Tue Aug 2 23:51:12 1994 I think I got it, ice-man, but to keep the suspense for the rest, I'll send you a pesonal message in the message box. Great question, by the way, took me awhile to figger it out. Hrothgar From Hrothgar@yabbs Tue Aug 2 23:56:14 1994 From: Hrothgar@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: another one... Date: Tue Aug 2 23:56:14 1994 Sort of a similar question, here goes... A man has been shot, not by his own hand. He is in a room alone, just a bullet through his head. There is one door, double locked from the inside. The window is also shut, and is too small for a man to crawl through it. The only item in the room is a broken pencil. What happened? Haven't figured the other murder problem out yet... Hrothgar From Badger01@yabbs Wed Aug 3 08:53:17 1994 From: Badger01@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: another one... Date: Wed Aug 3 08:53:17 1994 Well, it COULD be self inflicted... Badger01 From Deaska@yabbs Wed Aug 3 10:48:05 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: another one... Date: Wed Aug 3 10:48:05 1994 argh!! this is too much *headbutt* *headbutt* *headbutt* *headbutt* :) keep 'em coming, I'm enjoying this D' From Zbadba@yabbs Wed Aug 3 11:39:39 1994 From: Zbadba@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: so far.. Date: Wed Aug 3 11:39:39 1994 So far I think I know the answers to all three, but I'm not gonna be a butthole just yet and post them publicly. From Natalie@yabbs Wed Aug 3 16:01:32 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Zbadba@yabbs Subject: re: so far.. Date: Wed Aug 3 16:01:32 1994 blah, i'm just no good at games like that so i don't even try anymore. *sigh* natalie From Typhon@yabbs Thu Aug 4 20:58:53 1994 From: Typhon@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: so far.. Date: Thu Aug 4 20:58:53 1994 The trees are what they are I'm what I am or What. From pbj@yabbs Fri Aug 5 01:24:01 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: another one... Date: Fri Aug 5 01:24:01 1994 okey dokey....i will tell ya'll what i told hrothgar in my return mail.... 1) it was not self inflicted...he did not commit suicide in other words 2/ there were no firearms in the car with him... 3) did i say this already???? he is alone in the car hehehe you guys are gonna kill yourselves when i tell you what happened..... hehehe pbj ( who is dying of laughter at the moment) colleen marie aweburning mirrors From icebox@yabbs Fri Aug 5 18:57:56 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Fri Aug 5 18:57:56 1994 OK. You are kissing you wife on the 28th floor, and then - you leave. This is an everyday job - you're married! However, on the next following day, you kiss her goodbye and while travelling to the lobby via elevator, it stops: on the 7th floor. You know automatically that you wife is dead. You job is to figure out how. From icebox@yabbs Fri Aug 5 19:04:57 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: THINKING JOKE ANSWERED !! Date: Fri Aug 5 19:04:57 1994 Somebody has figured it out .... and when you guys figure it is going to kick you. From Xela@yabbs Sat Aug 6 01:05:50 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: another lateral puzzle Date: Sat Aug 6 01:05:50 1994 A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not? When this book came out it was read by a handful of very rich people. Now almost everyone has a copy and frequently reads it. But you cannot buyt it in a bookstore or borrow it from a library. What is it? A woman walked up to a man behind a counter and handed him a book. He looked at it and said, "That will be four dollars and fifty cents." She paid the man and then walked out without the book. He saw herleave without it but did not call her back. How come? X From topi@yabbs Sat Aug 6 11:49:05 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Sat Aug 6 11:49:05 1994 She's the lift operator? From topi@yabbs Sat Aug 6 11:52:26 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: another lateral puzzle Date: Sat Aug 6 11:52:26 1994 for the 3rd one.. it was an overdue library book and she was paying the fine? :) I don't really care for this but at least i'm making an effort. From jujubee@yabbs Sat Aug 6 12:39:32 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: re; all of em. Date: Sat Aug 6 12:39:32 1994 I msg my answers to the ppl via @email....cuz i don't wanna give the answers away, and i don't wanna look like a dumbshit if i get em wrong! hehehe...then they USUALLY msg me back w/the results... at least pbj did! :) *hint*hint* i've msgd the others that have put mind games up...check the email base, d00ds! From topi@yabbs Sat Aug 6 20:49:02 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: answers Date: Sat Aug 6 20:49:02 1994 I still hope they all post the answers here on the base. There is no reason why they can't. It's nice for a person to read the question, stop (if they want to) and think about it, and then find the answer up a ew few posts later. Just hoping the answers arrive ONE DAY!! -Cath :) From icebox@yabbs Sat Aug 6 21:00:31 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Sat Aug 6 21:00:31 1994 NO! Try again - it's really simple. From jujubee@yabbs Sun Aug 7 00:46:59 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Sun Aug 7 00:46:59 1994 hey icebox! didja check the email base??? i posted my answers there...please let me know how i did! From Phreddie@yabbs Mon Aug 8 02:27:52 1994 From: Phreddie@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: another one... Date: Mon Aug 8 02:27:52 1994 Hehe.. yeah, i enjoy being puzzled to death.. I like 'em too.. , but I seriously hope that someone posts the answer along with it.. I would probably die of suspense if I didnt' know what was going on :( .. From pbj@yabbs Mon Aug 8 04:51:02 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: answer Date: Mon Aug 8 04:51:02 1994 well if i get at least 3 email requests for the answer to my mind game i will post the answer.....i guess that kind of breaks down the suspense...you can also leave the requests on here if you like too well as far as i know jujubee was the only one to guess mine correctly great job JUJU!!!!!! bi bi colleen marie aweburning mirrors pbj From Pickle@yabbs Mon Aug 8 10:45:19 1994 From: Pickle@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Question... Date: Mon Aug 8 10:45:19 1994 OK, I think this one's relatively easy, as a lot of you may have heard it before, but here goes: A man is found hanged in a room. The only thing in the room is a pool of water at his feet. The room has only one door, which is locked from the inside - this is the only entrance. The noose he is hanging by is too high for the man to have reached from the ground. How did he die? Whaddaya think? too easy? I may have heard this one off TV, in which case you probably all know the answer. From jujubee@yabbs Mon Aug 8 11:43:45 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: answer Date: Mon Aug 8 11:43:45 1994 Thank you, thank you! No applause please; just throw money! ;) jujubee *bows* From Steyr@yabbs Tue Aug 9 11:25:17 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Jokes. Date: Tue Aug 9 11:25:17 1994 Was just wondering if anyone has some insanely funny jokes. I have two old favourites that crack me up everytime, but they're pretty stupid really and I'm about the only person in the world who finds them funny. And don't I feel like a dick when I tell a joke and everyone just stares at me blankly. The first of them is short and simple .... Q. Why did the koala fall out of the tree ? A. Because it was dead. *takes a break to roll around on the floor laughing* The second is quite a long joke, and needs to be drawn out for it's impact. So to tell that one I'll spread it over several posts, with a small time gap between each post. Here goes ... There's a really rich man named Fred, who has a single child. A son named Jim. Now Fred is filthy rich and promised himself that as his son grew up, Jim would have anything and everything his little heart desired. By the time he was 6 years old, Jim had all the toys imaginable for a young boy. His father had run out of imagination for things to get him and his 7th birthday was in a few days. So Fred went up to his son, and said "Jim, I have no idea what to get you, so just tell me what you want and it's yours. Absolutely anything you want, just name it." Jim thinks about this for a little while, and says "Dad, I know this sounds a little strange, but I've thought about it, and all I want for my birthday is ..." (Continued next post - probably tomorrow) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ P.S. If you've heard this one, then just shut up. But if EVERYONE has heard it (and it is quite old) then just tell ME to shut up. :) From Death@yabbs Tue Aug 9 14:19:00 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: Pickle@yabbs Subject: Damn you! Date: Tue Aug 9 14:19:00 1994 Damn it pickle, you stole my spot!!!! I've been waiting for MONTHS to get post #666 on here... Ah well... that's what I get for slipping into unconsciousness for a day *sigh* --Death (Who is now extremely grumpy 'cause his game was spoilt) From Pickle@yabbs Wed Aug 10 06:04:33 1994 From: Pickle@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: Damn you! Date: Wed Aug 10 06:04:33 1994 Heh heh! Anyway, here's a really stupid joke that never fails to crack me up. Ready for this one? Q:Did you hear About the cross-eyed teacher? A:He couldn't control his pupils! Aha ha ha ha ha ha! From Steyr@yabbs Wed Aug 10 08:47:18 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Joke (cont) Date: Wed Aug 10 08:47:18 1994 (continued from post 668) "All I want for my birthday is a single pink golf ball". Jim's father looked at him in shock and said "Son ! You can have anything you want. Anything at all ! And all you want is a pink golfball ?" Jim replied "Yes dad, all I want is a single pink golfball.". A few days later, Jim's birthday rolls around, and Fred presents his son with a brightly wrapped gift which turns out to be a pink golfball. Jim jumped up and down excitedly, and thanked his dad profusely, then ran to his room. A short while later, all sorts of strange thumps and groans could be heard coming from his room. The pink golfball was never seen again. Time passed, and Christmas came around. Again, stuck for ideas, Fred asked his son what he would like for Xmas. Jim said "Dad, that pink golfball you got me was REALLY great, but it didn't last as long as I'd hoped. Do you think you could get me TWO pink golfballs for Xmas ?" After a brief discussion, Fred conceeded and went off to purchase two pink golfballs for his son's Xmas gift. Xmas day came around and Jim unwrapped his two pink golfballs, and immediately ran to his room where mysterious thumps, bangs, crashes, and groans could soon be heard. (Continued next post) Note : Although this might not seem appropriate for Mind Games, this jokes' relevence to this base may (or may not) become apparent as time goes on. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From jujubee@yabbs Wed Aug 10 09:11:26 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Pickle@yabbs Subject: re: Damn you! Date: Wed Aug 10 09:11:26 1994 heheheheeh....BAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!! :( i kinda liked it, tho...i also liked the one from Steyr about the dead koala.... From jujubee@yabbs Wed Aug 10 09:13:08 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (cont) Date: Wed Aug 10 09:13:08 1994 gads, Steyr! you've got me in suspense! Does this have something to do w/a twisted Barbie or Ken doll or what? hehehehe Anybody remember G.I. Joe dolls? Remember when they came out/w the "fuzzy-headed" version? From GPF@yabbs Wed Aug 10 11:32:42 1994 From: GPF@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (cont) Date: Wed Aug 10 11:32:42 1994 In message re: Joke (cont), jujubee said: > > Anybody remember G.I. Joe dolls? Remember when they came out/w the > "fuzzy-headed" version? > yup i remember them.... my friend matt used to break off their crotches as a method of torture.... he was a pretty twisted kid.... almost half as bad as me :) ......gpf...... From jujubee@yabbs Wed Aug 10 18:35:51 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: GPF@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (cont) Date: Wed Aug 10 18:35:51 1994 eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!! :( break em off????? sick-0! From Steyr@yabbs Thu Aug 11 11:19:38 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (cont) Date: Thu Aug 11 11:19:38 1994 (Continued from post 671 ...) The next year, young Jim's 8th birthday came around, and sure enough, he requested more pink golfballs. "Dad," he said, "This year, it would be really really REALLY great if you could get me FOUR pink golfballs." Jim's birthday came around and four pink golfballs were given to Jim. Christmas rolled around yet again, and (on request) Jim got EIGHT pink golfballs. For about two days after Xmas, Jim did not emerge from his room, locking himself in and ignoring his father knocking on the door when various thumps, crashes, groans and the occasional muffled scream could be heard. More years passed, and Jim only ever requested more and more pink golfballs. "Dad, 20 pink golfballs please", "Dad, 50 this year if you REALLY want to make me a happy child", "Oh sweetest father of all fathers, I will love you forever if you get me 100 pink golfballs". After each birthday or Xmas, Jim disappeared and did SOMETHING with the balls, involving many bangs, thumps, crashes, tinkling of broken glass, groans, laughter, barely supressed screams, and something that resembles a very quiet air raid siren. Eventually, Fred (Jim's father) was overwhelmed by curiosity, and crept into Jim's room while the boy was at school one day ... (continued next post ...) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ All will be revealed .... eventually. :) From pbj@yabbs Thu Aug 11 14:23:34 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Pickle@yabbs Subject: re: Damn you! Date: Thu Aug 11 14:23:34 1994 heheheh verry funnyy :) pbj From Xela@yabbs Fri Aug 12 00:00:01 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: truck driver question Date: Fri Aug 12 00:00:01 1994 The answer is.... The truck driver was WALKING down the one way street. :) Never assume anything in lateral puzzles...most of you were assuming he was driving down the street. X From pbj@yabbs Fri Aug 12 00:15:16 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re:guy in the car Date: Fri Aug 12 00:15:16 1994 okay since Xela posted his answer i guess i should too.......yes juju answered it right.....the car was a convertible...hehehe bi bi ( still laughing somewhere ) pbj From Steyr@yabbs Fri Aug 12 02:32:22 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Joke (Cont...) Date: Fri Aug 12 02:32:22 1994 (Continued from post 676 ...) Fred crept into his son's room and found everything in perfect order. Nothing was smashed or broken, there were no dead bodies laying around, nothing. Not even a single pink golfball of the hundreds that Jim had been given. Another year passed, and Jim only ever asked for more and more pink golfballs. 100, 200, 500, 1000 pink golfballs !!! And as always, Jim locked himself in his room and for days, all that could be heard from him was bangs, crashes, choking sounds, laughter, screams, moderated air raid sirens, and now something that closely resembles silenced gun shots. When Jim next emerged from his room, he came to his father and said, "Dad, where do they make these pink golfballs ?". Fred told his son that the golfballs came from a factory in Saudi Arabia and that he had to deal directly with the factory since he had been buying bulk. Jim said "Dad, can we please please please PLEASE go visit this factory ? PLEEEEEASE !". Fred had nothing better to do that weekend, so on Saturday morning the two of them boarded his private Leer jet and took off for Saudi Arabia ... (Continued next post ...) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ Next post is the last part of the joke by the way. :) From topi@yabbs Fri Aug 12 05:00:09 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Fri Aug 12 05:00:09 1994 hehe.. that was good :) -Cath. From jujubee@yabbs Fri Aug 12 06:25:41 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (Cont...) Date: Fri Aug 12 06:25:41 1994 jujubee strangles steyr out of unbridled frustration..... From jujubee@yabbs Fri Aug 12 06:27:42 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Fri Aug 12 06:27:42 1994 I STILL THINK MY ANSWER IS LOGICAL!!! What do my yabbs friends think??? My answer was: The policeman didn't arrest the guy because he (the policeman) was looking out of his hospital room window, bedridden, therefore he could not arrest the guy. Hey! Isn't that quite a creative, thought-filled answer???? and it WORKS, too!!! From topi@yabbs Sat Aug 13 10:09:43 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sat Aug 13 10:09:43 1994 well.. I suppose your answer is passable... but its not as good as the real answer. From jujubee@yabbs Sat Aug 13 10:55:43 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sat Aug 13 10:55:43 1994 i still think my answer exhibited a fair amount of creativity... From Xela@yabbs Sat Aug 13 14:17:02 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sat Aug 13 14:17:02 1994 yeah but it lacks the sensitive creativity of a simple answer, or something :) X From jujubee@yabbs Sat Aug 13 17:34:47 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sat Aug 13 17:34:47 1994 sensitive creativity??????? huh???? From Steyr@yabbs Sun Aug 14 05:06:22 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sun Aug 14 05:06:22 1994 Technically, your answer may have worked, but a simple, post-obvious answer formed from a little lateral thinking is the one which makes the reader go "Dooh ! Why didn't I think of that.". ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Steyr@yabbs Sun Aug 14 05:20:40 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Joke (Final) Date: Sun Aug 14 05:20:40 1994 (Continued from post 680 ...) Fred and his sone Jim are flying over Saudi Arabia, in Fred's private Leer jet, on the way to the pink golfball factory. Suddenly the jet engine chokes, whines, and dies. The jet spirals to the ground and *BOOM*, it crashes in the middle of the desert. The pilot and co-pilot are killed instantly, but miraculously Fred and Jim survive. Battered and bruised, the two set off over the desert to try and reach civilisation. The scorching hot sun beats down on them, then a freezing cold night sets in. Another day begins as they trudge over the endless sand dunes. Soon the heat becomes too much and the pair collapse in exhaustion. "Dad ...", Jim wheezes, "I ... *choke* ... don't think I can go on much ... *wheeze* ... longer.". Jim pauses to catch his breath. "Dad, I think *cough* ... I'm going to die". Fred cries out "NO !!! Son, please, tell me before you die, what did you want all those pink golfballs for and what the hel did you do with them ?" Jim looks his father in the eye and says "Well dad, I guess there's no harm in telling you now. My master plan won't ever get completed now anyway. So dad ... *choke* ... the reason ... *wheeze* ... I wanted all those ... *cough* ... pink golfballs for ... *hack* ... is ..." With a final gasp for air, Jim slumped his head to the sand and died. (End) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Natalie@yabbs Sun Aug 14 08:02:26 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (Final) Date: Sun Aug 14 08:02:26 1994 i hate you. i hate you. i hate you. heehee. natalie From Deaska@yabbs Sun Aug 14 09:37:11 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (Final) Date: Sun Aug 14 09:37:11 1994 a real pain in the arse eh natalie? *grin* *hug* D' From jujubee@yabbs Sun Aug 14 10:54:10 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: truck driver question Date: Sun Aug 14 10:54:10 1994 You can say THAT again! :) From jujubee@yabbs Sun Aug 14 10:55:22 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (Final) Date: Sun Aug 14 10:55:22 1994 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :( From Xela@yabbs Sun Aug 14 23:27:40 1994 From: Xela@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: dude... Date: Sun Aug 14 23:27:40 1994 you just crack me up so much...can I like, have your autograph or something? :) X From pbj@yabbs Mon Aug 15 04:59:05 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Joke (Final) Date: Mon Aug 15 04:59:05 1994 YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my 2% of a dollars worth hehe pbj From icebox@yabbs Mon Aug 15 20:19:12 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: A serious THINKING JOKE !! Date: Mon Aug 15 20:19:12 1994 Oh - I plan to. First, I'm gonna take a shot at Topi's. From icebox@yabbs Mon Aug 15 20:22:46 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: Xela@yabbs Subject: re: another lateral puzzle Date: Mon Aug 15 20:22:46 1994 1. Any ambulance related services 2. Telephone Book 3. Because the man was either her brother or her husband. *** END OF TRANS *** So - How'd I do? From Deaska@yabbs Thu Aug 18 07:51:10 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Thu Aug 18 07:51:10 1994 whoa... trippen, :) From trouble!@yabbs Thu Aug 18 09:09:23 1994 From: trouble!@yabbs To: Covenant@yabbs Subject: re: Here's a mind game.. Date: Thu Aug 18 09:09:23 1994 wow ... you really do have an ecccentric family ... it sounds a lot cooler than my family ... can i be adopted?? i dont have any tattoos, but i do love harleys ..... laters *wave* =-) Trouble!/TedeBere From trouble!@yabbs Thu Aug 18 09:11:35 1994 From: trouble!@yabbs To: Badger01@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Thu Aug 18 09:11:35 1994 mat ... think you're finally going to lose it (or have already lost it) val aka Trouble!/TedeBere =-) *who still believes in Santa claus at age 21* From trouble!@yabbs Thu Aug 18 09:13:01 1994 From: trouble!@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: Yet Another Badger Mindgame Date: Thu Aug 18 09:13:01 1994 hey .... 'tis better to look at this later than not at all, right?? *someone who is looking at this a month after she started on yabbs* Trouble!/TedeBere =-) From trouble!@yabbs Thu Aug 18 09:17:12 1994 From: trouble!@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: evil ex bf Date: Thu Aug 18 09:17:12 1994 nat ... you have one of those too?? i do ...well, he was really my boyfriend, he was my roommates bf and he scared me so bad i had nightmares for a week, even to this day, i cant talk about him without getting a few shivers (oops in the second line that should be "wasn't", not "was") ...luckily i havent seen him in 3 year, so i'm getting better *i think you know who by now* *grin* =-) *hug* From pbj@yabbs Sat Aug 20 18:03:15 1994 From: pbj@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: mcdonalds barbie Date: Sat Aug 20 18:03:15 1994 nat just thought i'd let you know i saw the micciedees barbie the other day whilst watching yakko wakko and dot .....they are soo silliee.... btw....HELLLO NURSE!!!!!! pbj who wakes up faithfully everyday by 4 pm to wathced the wanerbrothers and sister dot on fox From Cat@yabbs Sat Aug 20 20:48:17 1994 From: Cat@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: re: mcdonalds barbie Date: Sat Aug 20 20:48:17 1994 oh i am soooooo jealous. i love watching animaniacs...but my parents got rid of cable so no more fox for me...it's almost as tradgic as vt stores not carrying green kool-aid anymore.... but my personal favorites are rita and runt :) -tammie From Pele@yabbs Mon Aug 22 03:47:23 1994 From: Pele@yabbs To: Cat@yabbs Subject: Re Animaniacs Date: Mon Aug 22 03:47:23 1994 Pinky and the Brain Pinky and the Brain One is a Genious The other's insane They're Laboratory mice Their genes have been spliced They're Pinky, They're Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain. From Jazzy@yabbs Tue Aug 23 09:13:11 1994 From: Jazzy@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: read /i roth Date: Tue Aug 23 09:13:11 1994 From topi@yabbs Wed Aug 24 05:16:32 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: yabbs closing.. Date: Wed Aug 24 05:16:32 1994 Whats everyone going to do now? wheres everyone planning on going instead of here? Just wondered :) I also like finding out about new places, but don'T have the time to hunt around for them myself. -Catherine. From Deaska@yabbs Wed Aug 24 08:13:11 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Wed Aug 24 08:13:11 1994 i know this kewl place called foothills.. mudlike, (yeah Dest, hehehe been there :P) Foothills is at telnet marble.bu.edu 2010 lotsa kewl ppl, an' stuff... D' Wolfpup@foothills From Steyr@yabbs Wed Aug 24 08:16:43 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Wed Aug 24 08:16:43 1994 following on from what Topi said ... Perhaps we could all (or many of us) agree on a good bbs which we could migrate to, so we could easily keep in contact with one another. I for one would like to still be able to talk to many of you now and then, and if I know which BBS you'll be on, I'll sure be there too. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Steyr@yabbs Wed Aug 24 08:17:35 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Wed Aug 24 08:17:35 1994 marble huh ? I'll check it out. Any other suggestions anyone ? ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Wed Aug 24 08:24:45 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Wed Aug 24 08:24:45 1994 try bbs.augsburg.edu, get an account... or fer jus chattin' morra.et.tudelft.nl 2993 some options.. :) anyone else? From icebox@yabbs Thu Aug 25 19:57:00 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Thu Aug 25 19:57:00 1994 OK. For all you that haven't figured it out or guessed it properly, here's the answer. The hospitalized spouse was laying in bed with a EMS hooked to the body. If there is no electricity, there is no life. And for all of you who would think along the lines of a battery pack: unless your awareness is hightened on each and every occasion of bad occurences, there would be a slim chance of connecting to a "battery pack" unit to sustain the victim in time. If ever tried, remember that it might cause more harm than good. Sorry it took so long to answer. And now, for our GRAND PRIZE winner (the guy who got it first): On September 27, pick up your all expense - paid meal at the Subway address mentioned in E-Mail. You earned it! And yall thought AK came short of the game plan. Next joke! Signed By Yours Truly, ICEBOX -- > Numero Uno! From icebox@yabbs Thu Aug 25 20:00:51 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Thu Aug 25 20:00:51 1994 Out in the middle of the woods, there was a cabin surrounded by trees. There were 20 people inside. They ALL died. How? OBJECTIVE: Solve the mystery! INSTRUCTIONS: You must ask "YES" or "NO" questions ONLY! Failure will result in NO ANSWERING! * laughs * GOOD LUCK! HA! HA! HA! The guy behind the mountains: icebox From Natalie@yabbs Thu Aug 25 20:15:26 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Thu Aug 25 20:15:26 1994 um...did they all drink poisoned kool aid? (green, of course) natalie From rick@yabbs Thu Aug 25 23:39:18 1994 From: rick@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Thu Aug 25 23:39:18 1994 who cares...yabbs won't be here long enough to answerthe damm ? From jujubee@yabbs Sat Aug 27 13:42:19 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Sat Aug 27 13:42:19 1994 so, who was the winner! that was an EXCELLENT one! i thought the answer was great!! :) From jujubee@yabbs Sat Aug 27 13:44:06 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Sat Aug 27 13:44:06 1994 i meant to say "who was the winner???" the suspense is killing me to see who gets the meal at Subway! :) From Typhon@yabbs Mon Aug 29 11:03:41 1994 From: Typhon@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Mon Aug 29 11:03:41 1994 And the meal will killkthem. Typhon From 321@yabbs Mon Aug 29 17:39:43 1994 From: 321@yabbs To: pbj@yabbs Subject: animaniacs Date: Mon Aug 29 17:39:43 1994 go yakko wakko and dot!!!! huray for animaniacs on fox!!! 321 the childish :) From 321@yabbs Mon Aug 29 17:42:34 1994 From: 321@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Mon Aug 29 17:42:34 1994 what??!! yabbs closing??!! WHEN? WHY? WHERE? well, maybe not where... i personally like olohof for other chats...m130.161.144.100 2993 -m that is, -m on the address for olohof... 321 the sorrowful :( From 321@yabbs Mon Aug 29 17:43:52 1994 From: 321@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Mon Aug 29 17:43:52 1994 you're on olohof too, eh? who r u there? -321 From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:33:58 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: yabbs closing.. Date: Tue Aug 30 00:33:58 1994 Instead of closing the base down, I propose that we link them all. I've already started creating algorithms to handle the pressure. Now, you can eat your cake! Tell others! Your New Friend, Icebox From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:35:22 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 00:35:22 1994 Nope! Try again! From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:37:30 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: rick@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 00:37:30 1994 OK Rick.......If I find out how much it would cost to keep it up, you will have to tell me anyway. Also, if you've been having a lot of fun on this board, you should be doing something to keep up the effort! Nothing is dead until seen dead. Ask DEATH! He's alive! Your Other Rebel Friend, Icebox From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:38:42 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 00:38:42 1994 Ask around. Most of all, it demonstrates how powerful this BBS can be. Think about what you've just read. Your Buddy, Icebox From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:39:20 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 00:39:20 1994 HA! HA! HA! Your Silly Friend, Icebox From icebox@yabbs Tue Aug 30 00:40:12 1994 From: icebox@yabbs To: Typhon@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 00:40:12 1994 Do I suspect a tad of jealousy there, ol' mate?! Your Curious George - Icebox From Death@yabbs Tue Aug 30 03:56:45 1994 From: Death@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 03:56:45 1994 Actually, Death IS Alive *GRIN* *chuckles to self over REALLY old joke* --Les (Who wonders if anybody that's still around remembers that night...) (And who is feeling nostalgic now...) *smile* From Deaska@yabbs Tue Aug 30 11:40:09 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Death@yabbs Subject: re: THE OTHER SERIOUS JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 11:40:09 1994 *grin* you oldie... Rich :) From jujubee@yabbs Tue Aug 30 18:17:34 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: icebox@yabbs Subject: re: a SERIOUS THINKING JOKE !! Date: Tue Aug 30 18:17:34 1994 Hey Ice! How come we never see ya on the chat line? From Deaska@yabbs Sat Sep 3 14:05:16 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sat Sep 3 14:05:16 1994 going down..... ? basement, wines, champaigns, balloons, party streamers, 100 kilos of rdx, cellar racks and... cyanide pills should you not be killed by the detonation. thankyou for shopping.... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 01:49:57 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Yabbs and love. Date: Sun Sep 4 01:49:57 1994 I was just thinking ... I wonder what happens to anyone that was in one of these weird net-relationship things where their only means of contact was via yabbs. Yabbs closing down would really be messing with their mind, particularly if one of them didn't have an email site or anything. But I guess you have to have a messed up mind in the first place to be in a "relationship" with someone you've never met and are never likely to meet. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Destiny@yabbs Sun Sep 4 02:16:59 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: yabbs relationship Date: Sun Sep 4 02:16:59 1994 Maybe I'm messed up in the mind, but at least I'm happy :) See you on the net Steyr... -Dest' From Destiny@yabbs Sun Sep 4 02:17:49 1994 From: Destiny@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: con't Date: Sun Sep 4 02:17:49 1994 and I'll let ya know how it turns out in three months :) -me again :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 02:46:38 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: Yabbs and love. Date: Sun Sep 4 02:46:38 1994 *grin* Topi hands Steyr an EXTRA big spoon to stir with. From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 05:04:10 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 05:04:10 1994 I *really* liked this base. :) Saw some kewl discussions go on here. :) and I *could* be the last person to post in it! yaah.. or naah.. :) -Catherine. From Natalie@yabbs Sun Sep 4 05:24:57 1994 From: Natalie@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 05:24:57 1994 nope, you ain't tha last :) natalie From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 05:50:09 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 05:50:09 1994 neither are you :) *hugs* :) rich From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 06:46:30 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 06:46:30 1994 *chuckle* Hmmm ... actually. I wanted to be the last to post here ... but ... Why in the hell am I TRYING to come last ?! Jeeez. I get enough of that as it is. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 07:55:10 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 07:55:10 1994 *chuckle* you dog.... *grin* Rich :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 08:14:47 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Natalie@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 08:14:47 1994 We'll just have to see about that now.. :) -Cath. From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 08:37:51 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 08:37:51 1994 And as they come around the corner into the final straight it, yes, it Steyr in the lead by half a length !!! From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 08:40:16 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 08:40:16 1994 awww... gotta love him... :) From Mr_Rhee@yabbs Sun Sep 4 08:43:45 1994 From: Mr_Rhee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 08:43:45 1994 *chuckle* ... Now I'm getting sneaky. This is really Steyr in disguise :) I'll get the last position yet :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:18:42 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Mr_Rhee@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:18:42 1994 You dirty rotten cheat!!! :P *having a laughing fit* :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:30:44 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:30:44 1994 Well looks like I'm coming last AGAIN ! ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:31:49 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:31:49 1994 OOOOOOHHHH!!!!!!!!! :I :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:32:28 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:32:28 1994 *grin* ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:35:06 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:35:06 1994 drat you, drat you, drat you!!!!! From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:42:57 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:42:57 1994 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:45:27 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:45:27 1994 I want the last one..... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:47:12 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:47:12 1994 Welcome to the race taegu. Good to have more competition :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:48:51 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:48:51 1994 *chuckle* this is sick YEAH!!!!!! From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:49:13 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:49:13 1994 ahhh, thank you!!!!! I WILL WIN!!!! *evil laugh* From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:49:25 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:49:25 1994 Catherine was HERE!!! Sept' '94! From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:50:31 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:50:31 1994 Why thank you! I will win the race! *evil laugh* From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:52:23 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:52:23 1994 bullshit :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:53:21 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:53:21 1994 Hehehe. What can I say. :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:55:16 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:55:16 1994 Kevin wuz Here September '94 From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:57:46 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:57:46 1994 hehe.. subtle as hell... :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:58:24 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:58:24 1994 How about we try for the 1000th post eh? *grin* *planting the seed* ;) From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 09:59:40 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 09:59:40 1994 seed??? Steyr!! CONGRATS DUUUUUDE..... *chuckle* From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:01:06 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:01:06 1994 Hahaha ... 1000 huh *grin* Pity there's not a way to silently enter/exit talk. ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:02:00 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:02:00 1994 You dirty little runt!!! Topi clubs Deaska! OHHH! From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:02:49 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:02:49 1994 I know what you mean! I will be the last.... I will be the 1000th No ONe can win but me From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:03:45 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:03:45 1994 hehehe *chuckle* Steyr, quit paging me you fucking prick... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:04:40 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:04:40 1994 hahahahahahhahahahahahah ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:06:43 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:06:43 1994 This is it.... No more posting any more/... THis is it Taegu was the last to post This is it you cant post no more This is it... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:09:09 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:09:09 1994 Seven hundred and ...... 69 duuuudes :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:09:31 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:09:31 1994 in yer dreams taegu :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:11:39 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 10:11:39 1994 and we're playing those mind games....forever I have got the last entry EVER! Kevin From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:11:58 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:11:58 1994 now look guys.. don't yas think this is getting a tad outta hand? Well.. if you do, then you're a sucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just yous wait!!! I just hope its not too many hours still Alex pulls the plug.... *grin* From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:12:32 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: in YOUR *DREAMS* Date: Sun Sep 4 10:12:32 1994 From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:13:09 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:13:09 1994 *chukling* i guarantee i'll have the last post :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:17:32 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:17:32 1994 3 hours later.......... I got post number 1500.... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:18:16 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:18:16 1994 Well I aint saying what's in *MY* dreams, but ti sure aint getting the last post. I mean hey ... why dream about something that's so guaranteed that I can just take it for granted. Lets face it ... I AM going to win ! ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:20:13 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:20:13 1994 And what makes you so sure....huh? I'm not worried about it. Heck, actually noone will ever know who the last post was. Yabbs will be down and noone will ever read it From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:20:47 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:20:47 1994 I GOT #777 From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:24:17 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:24:17 1994 We will hopefully find out. We're gonna try and get a copy of the base of Alex after yabbs goes down. And who knows ... if Death brings up his own yabbs, maybe he can get the bases of Alex and continue from where we left off :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:26:51 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:26:51 1994 Until then, this is the last post. This is the first post for the new yabbs From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:31:32 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:31:32 1994 ah geez, you crack me up taegu... :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:33:55 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:33:55 1994 *crack* *crack* one post for the ROad..... From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:34:31 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 10:34:31 1994 so long.... farewell..... :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:34:57 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:34:57 1994 ok, you can all stop posting now. I'm about to go to bed and I WILL have the last post. So just let me get my beauty sleep ok :) ,,, (o o) +----oOO--(_)--OOo----+ +--------------------------+ | \ \ | | Barry Noble / / Melbourne, Australia. | | (Steyr) \ \ Steyr@GPO.swin.edu.au | | / / | +---------------------+ +--------------------------+ From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:35:27 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: Date: Sun Sep 4 10:35:27 1994 auf wiedersehen, goodbye... From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:36:00 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:36:00 1994 *chuckle* okay :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:38:39 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:38:39 1994 Thanks D. Much appreciated. :) From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:39:12 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:39:12 1994 glad to oblige :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:39:36 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:39:36 1994 We all know you need it! hahahaha 20 min till 11:00EST and the end of yabbs From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:41:26 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:41:26 1994 gee.. sad isn't it.... From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:42:52 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:42:52 1994 yup From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:44:25 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:44:25 1994 Gee..... this has gone on since post 736 where Topi started it all. From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:46:15 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:46:15 1994 not bad effort eh :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:46:27 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: @yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:46:27 1994 I've got 12 minutes..... From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:47:17 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:47:17 1994 will we make it to 1000? From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:48:28 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:48:28 1994 hahah!!! me?!?!?!???? not bloody likely! ;) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:49:17 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:49:17 1994 :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:49:35 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:49:35 1994 (: From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:49:50 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:49:50 1994 :) (: From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:50:13 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:50:13 1994 Hooray!!!!!! Look at me :) From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:50:16 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: steyr@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:50:16 1994 thought your supposed to be sleepin' From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:50:30 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:50:30 1994 I got 800 !! From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:50:50 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:50:50 1994 that was number 800 if yous hadn't already noticed :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:51:17 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:51:17 1994 Doooh !!!!!! I HAD 800 ! But YOU stole it ! :( :) hmmm S'ok ... I'll let you have 800 because I know I'll get the last one :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:51:41 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:51:41 1994 Bye bye all yous lovely people... Its been GREEEEAAAAAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) *HUGS to one and all* :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:52:11 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 10:52:11 1994 He jus t told us thjat to keep us from posting I wanted #800 From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:52:20 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:52:20 1994 *chuckle* look again... ;) gotta be careful there.... :) From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:53:16 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:53:16 1994 Jeeez .... this base is happening faster than yabbs talk ! From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:54:42 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:54:42 1994 c'mon htoaster! do it NOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!! or at least after I've saved.... *chuckle* From HC@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:56:37 1994 From: HC@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:56:37 1994 *sneaks in under Steyr's nose again* howling Coyote Strikes Again HC Wuz here in '94 From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:57:05 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:57:05 1994 hehehe.. yer wasting yer time topes... well, hehehe From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:58:34 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 10:58:34 1994 gotta love you pricks.. farkin' pagin' me to death :) doesn't amtter.. i know what i'm typing.. well.. hehe From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:58:47 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:58:47 1994 I HAVE 11:00EST where is HTOASTER? From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:59:44 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 10:59:44 1994 hahahaha From Steyr@yabbs Sun Sep 4 10:59:48 1994 From: Steyr@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 10:59:48 1994 I'm in the hot seat now :) Come on Alex dude ! Shere are you ! From jujubee@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:00:18 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:00:18 1994 hehehe...i liked your "graffiti" post.... *j*u*j*u*b*e*e* *w*u*z* *h*e*r*e* 9/4/94 hugs and kisses to all! :) *8^] From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:00:59 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: Steyr@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:00:59 1994 Love you hon :) From jujubee@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:01:36 1994 From: jujubee@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:01:36 1994 i'm in the race, too :) From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:01:44 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: jujubee@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:01:44 1994 hehe.. knew you came this way! ;) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:03:30 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: topi@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:03:30 1994 he's here and has put the death grips on yabbs I WON *GRIN* From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:04:19 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: taegu@yabbs Subject: re: 800 !!!! Date: Sun Sep 4 11:04:19 1994 YOU W*IIIIIIIII*SH!!! From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:05:01 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: :) Date: Sun Sep 4 11:05:01 1994 :) From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:05:43 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 11:05:43 1994 i bet i do win :) From taegu@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:08:10 1994 From: taegu@yabbs To: Deaska@yabbs Subject: re: Date: Sun Sep 4 11:08:10 1994 THIS IS IT!!!!!!!! From topi@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:09:07 1994 From: topi@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 11:09:07 1994 hmm..... lucky Topi? From Deaska@yabbs Sun Sep 4 11:09:33 1994 From: Deaska@yabbs To: all@yabbs Subject: Date: Sun Sep 4 11:09:33 1994 i bet i do win :) :)