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From: TURTLE
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: cat
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 00:23:50
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Message Number 8306
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>...it [Mad Dog Velcro] will hold a volvo t the underside of a steel
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>I-beam, right next to the guy from the Crazy Glue ad.
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Yes, but how well does it stick to rabid canines? THAT's what /I/ buy
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Velcro for!
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From: TURTLE
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 00:25:58
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Message Number 8307
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>Any general who'd send American ground troops and expect them to
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>survive is hopeless...
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That is my point EXACTLY.
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>Where the heck is our "front lines" in this case?
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On the Saudi-Kuwait border, where a not inconsiderable number of Army
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infantry has been sent, of course! My point is this: The Iraquis invade
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Saudi Arabia. They have lots O' tanks and infantry. They overrun the
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relatively few American and other infantry stationed in Saudi Arabia.
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Lots of Americans die. We retaliate with air and sea-based forces. We
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win, in the long run. The American soldiers are still dead. The phrase
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"human trip wire" as it applies to the American infantry in Saudi Arabia
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isn't a creation of mine, I fear; I picked it up from the gentlemenm in
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Father's Air Force unit, who seem to be even more pessimistic than I
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about the fate of the poor schmucks on the front lines in Saudi Arabia.
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From: TURTLE
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 00:31:09
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Message Number 8308
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>What do y'all think [about the money scheme]?
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I think the good Senator's been snortin' too much Peruvian marching
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powder.
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From: TURTLE
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: inane lyrics
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 00:34:46
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Message Number 8309
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>...did you ever notice that those two are like, really REALLY similar?
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Only in certain areas, politics and furry fandom being two of them.
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Max is also much more sloppy about grammar than I am.
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From: TURTLE
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 00:36:36
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Message Number 8310
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>...I don't think Hussien will use his Chems...remember, he's gotta
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>cross that space, too!
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Not necessarily. He could just sit back and shell large areas with
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chemical weapons, with the intent of inflicting as many casulties as
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possible--strategic, rather than tactical, use. He's already got a
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proven track record for doing that sort of thing.
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 02:05:11
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Message Number 8312
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They never intended to invade Saudi.....
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From: SNAKEBYTE
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: Animalism!
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 02:20:52
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Message Number 8313
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I aggree to an extent.....but the main point is that the people
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"being taught" must be willing to "learn". Hands on is the best way.
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I'm an Automation Engineer and I learned by being a machinest, a tool
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and die man, an assembler, an electrician, a detailer, a designer and
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then here. Actually went to school for Marine Biology, got where I am
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through "doing", hands on!!! But I WANTED to learn......
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sssssssSNAKEBYTE . .
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From: SNAKEBYTE
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: Zappa
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 02:24:44
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Message Number 8314
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>Zappa....sensitive people...
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I think anyone who DOESN'T like Zappa can be classified as a "sensitive
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person" when it comes to hearing his music <grin>. I took a tape in that
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I had compiled of 90 minutes of my Zappa favorites in to a friend at
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work. He played a little on his tape player on his desk and the looks he
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got....(hmmmmm, maybe that's why he got transferred to our south plant).
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From: SNAKEBYTE
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: Wilmington
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 02:28:10
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Message Number 8315
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I was there around '75+. I used to hang around Kure Beach and
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Wrightsville alot!!! Been to Fort Fisher often, too. Used to walk out
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the breaker wall to Victoria Island and have some big oyster parties
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out there during high tide. Used to live at The Crest and Red Dogs. I
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went by UNC-W a while back and WOW has it grown. When I was there they
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had just opened up their first dorm (Galloway Hall) and now the place
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is BIG. Kind of miss that area....but love it here, too. Guess I'm just
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hooked on the beach.....
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From: BEATLE
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Hutchinson's
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 06:38:04
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Message Number 8317
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Where is it? I've never heard of it... It's in Sarasota, isn't it?
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From: BIG LEW
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 13:35:41
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Message Number 8319
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Can you tell me where this place is? And what kind of music you play?
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I missed some messages, I think.
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Thanks.
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From: TURTLE
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: weire
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 17:37:25
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Message Number 8321
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>Do what the big boys do... call it a feature.
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"The following is a heretofore undocumented feature," hmm? While I'm
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at it, I suppose I could write a set of docs for aLTER rEALITY in which
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twenty percent of the definitions are of the form "A ________ is a
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sequence of non-blank characters separated by blanks."
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From: TURTLE
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To: SPELLWIND
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Subject: inane lyrics
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 17:40:51
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Message Number 8322
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>Van Hagar sucks. at least with Roth there there was a solidness there
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>and action in the songs...
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...not to mention inanity, triteness, and lyrics that were (literally)
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written on the john. Sammy Hagar brought with him something Van Halen
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had never before had--an intelligent lead singer.
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From: TURTLE
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To: KEN OBER
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Subject: Not Lacey
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 17:44:35
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Message Number 8323
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>I saw William Shatner as "The Big Kahoona" in some surfer movie ...
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"Back to the Beach," by any chance? (It's kind of embarassing to admit,
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but I've actually watched that entire movie...at least I didn't pay
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money to see it! That 'un ranks right up there with "The Stuff" and
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"Killer Klowns from Space."
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From: TURTLE
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To: BEATLE
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Subject: Nuke Kids
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 17:48:57
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Message Number 8324
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>I think Ken here is grabbing for something to support himself...
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For what it's worth, Ken's not the first person to claim "Lucy in the
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Sky with Diamonds" is in some way supportative of drug use. Of course,
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the same people who make that claim also generally say things like
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"'Stairway to Heaven' has Satanic messages in it" and "Judas Priest
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makes people commit suicide."
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From: ZOT GNOP
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 20:35:35
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Message Number 8325
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>What is more fun than leaping to conclusions?
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Leaping from them?
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From: TURTLE
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To: BEATLE
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 21:37:11
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Message Number 8328
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>...when you sit down and tell a machine to play something over, that
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>is not so great...
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THANK YOU!!! It is always wonderful to see someone who has SOME sort
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of musical sensibilities in this world of sequencers and lip-synching.
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Drum machines, when used correctly, are interesting devices; Yamaha
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makes a really nice hexhead kit that's played /exactly/ the same way
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you'd play an acoustic kit, only it allows you to define the sound each
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"drum" makes when struck. That sort of thing doesn't bug me--hell, if
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I could afford it, I wouldn't mind owning a set (or even a set of
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generic old-fashioned drums, for that matter)--but the Paula Abdul
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school of "Flip a Switch and Off You Go" really ticks me off.
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From: TURTLE
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: HI!!!!
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 21:44:13
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Message Number 8329
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>How many of y'all wanna get together and party?
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Count me in, if this message isn't obsolete already...
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From: TURTLE
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: weire
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 21:45:52
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Message Number 8330
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>...I saw a book, "The Search for Turtle's Navel"...
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Don't buy it. It's totally unauthorized, and full of the most malicious
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disinformation. Imagine, beliving I can't find my own navel...(grumble,
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grumble. When my lawyers get done with them, those low-down good-for-
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nothing Turlte ignoramuses will rue the day...
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From: TURTLE
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To: BEATLE
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Subject: mMIDI
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 22:04:44
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Message Number 8332
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>...can you actually outperform a CD??
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Yes. CD is not a perfect medium. The NeXT can sample and play back
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sound at the same resolution as a CD but with better frequency response;
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so can DAT. Truth be known, by today's standards CD resolution just
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ain't that good--but it's so firmly entrenched at this point that it's
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damn near impossible to switch to a new standard.
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From: MIKE GREENAWALD
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: words
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Date & Time: 08/31/90 23:50:54
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Message Number 8333
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Turtle, I have great regards for you wisdom. You take great pride in
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what you say. I wish that more did.
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Have been attending a conference on communication in Tampa. I got asked
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to participate. This really made my day after reading all the NS comment
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on another board. I can truly say now that my logic while it might be
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a little old and faulty at times is still good. I got a seven rating out
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of ten. I felt tghat I was maybe a four.
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You should try those conferences. All that you need is a letter and a fe
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w dollars for the hotel and food. The leaders of the conferences teach
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fair fighting which is a good concept. You have to have a message to
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give and use a technique to communicate. It is neat to borrow a term
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i heard the other day.
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From: MIKE GREENAWALD
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To: ALL
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Subject: rufus
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 00:10:58
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Message Number 8334
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By the way what has happened to Rufus? I dialed up his board when I got
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back from the city of Tampa only to find that the number did not work.
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Has he surcome to something or is his board n need of repair again?
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From: MIKE GREENAWALD
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To: ALL
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Subject: Apple hard driv
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 00:18:41
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Message Number 8335
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Has anyone come across a software program that will restore ProDos
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to a hard drive without destroying all the other programs on the
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drive? I have a 20 Meg and a five Meg Apple profile on an Apple IIe.
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: inane lyrics
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 01:18:20
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Message Number 8336
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I don't think music was meant to have intelligent lead singers.
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I'd take songs from the john any day over 'love comes walkin' in'
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: mMIDI
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 01:23:50
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Message Number 8337
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and me..... I just listen to Cassettes and records!
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From: RUFUS
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To: BEATLE
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Subject: Hutchinson's
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 10:24:53
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Message Number 8346
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>...It's in Sarasota, isn't it?
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Yep, along with George Bush, Jimmy Hoffa, and one SR-71.
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From: RUFUS
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Not Lacey
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 10:27:04
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Message Number 8347
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>"The Stuff" and "Killer Klowns from Space."
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Both of which you can find at Blockbuster. They may be over priced, but
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they do carry some weird stuff.
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From: RUFUS
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To: MIKE GREENAWALD
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Subject: rufus
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 10:31:22
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Message Number 8348
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>Has he surcome to something or is his board n need of repair again?
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Actually, I've joined the dark side of the Dew. And my board is in need
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of some repair, which I shall be doing today (I suppose). And this
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is the first time since it's been up that it has gone down. The first
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week of struggling with it doesn't count as repair.
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From: RUFUS
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To: MIKE GREENAWALD
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Subject: Apple hard driv
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 10:33:08
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Message Number 8349
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Errr, do you have a partition set up for ProDOS on the HD? If you do,
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you just need to copy ProDOS onto it and your off and spinning.
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Not Lacey
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:44:07
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Message Number 8351
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Hey, I LIKED Killer Klowns.
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Not Lacey
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:44:38
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Message Number 8352
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By the way, that's "Outer" Space, though Tman dudn't say it either
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From: BEATLE
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Not Lacey
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:50:58
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Message Number 8353
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> "Backto the Beach," by any chance?
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Nope, ol' Bill wasn't in that flick.
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> ...I've actually watched that entire movie...
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Kinda depends on what mood you're in. If you feel like seeing Pee-Wee
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Herman do a new version of "Papa Oom Mow-Mow" called "Surfing Bird",
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then this is the film for you...
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From: BEATLE
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Nuke Kids
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:53:21
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Message Number 8354
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> Ken's not the firstperson to claim...
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Yeah, but he /knows/ it's been admantly denied by John Lennon. If
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you don't think that's important, you should hear some of the things
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Lennon HAS admitted to...
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It's really a moot point anyway. He told me he did it just to set me
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off... (it worked, eh?)
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From: BEATLE
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:56:34
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Message Number 8355
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> THANK YOU!!!
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YOU'RE WELCOME!!!
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I see your opinion is the exact same as mine. But, would you consider
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something like you described (the Yamaha set) a "drum machine"? That
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sounds more like "electric drums" to me, not a machine.
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From: BEATLE
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: mMIDI
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 12:59:15
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Message Number 8356
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> ...weird background hiss...
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Is this along the same lines as when you record a CD on audio tape and
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get an annoying high pitch on your playback?
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From: BEATLE
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: mMIDI
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 13:00:34
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Message Number 8357
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> CD resolution just ain't that good..
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Hmmm.. news to me. I can see that your quote out of context looks
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REAL bad... sorry. Anyways, my question is: Even though we've got the
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system firmly implanted, can't we just improve it to get better audio
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response? I mean, to me, the CD is a miracle. I would like to hear
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/better/...
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 19:58:06
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Message Number 8358
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Great! Tell me the time and place. If I can, I'll be there.
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Green b*tch
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:02:03
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Message Number 8359
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You could fix it that way, I suppose... but what if there's an off-
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chance that I'd want to actually get into the glove compartment at
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some time?
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: SPELLWIND
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Subject: Mr.Ed Dimension
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:03:05
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Message Number 8360
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The dimension of Mr. Ed? <Very puzzled look on unicorn's face.> As
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far as I know, I'm the only equine furry on these BBS's. Terribly
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lonely storyboard...
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Rabid canines
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:05:22
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Message Number 8361
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>Yes, but how well does it stick to rabid canines?
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I sincerel hope you didn't get the Mad Dog Velcro attachment to
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your shell...
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:07:11
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Message Number 8362
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<About the changing the color of money...>
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The scariest part was that Senator D'Amato bought an hour's worth
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of satellite time to broadcast this idea. The same one-minute newsfeed,
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over and over. I wonder if ANY station cared enough to broadcast it?
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: SNAKEBYTE
|
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Subject: Animalism!
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|
Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:10:00
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Message Number 8363
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|
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|
Came across a really great quote the other day. Can't remember where.
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|
"When students are given the chance to walk out of classrooms in
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the same way they walk out of plays, then the classrooms will be filled
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|
with eager minds, and the playhouses will all fail for lack of support."
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|
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|
If school weren't mandatory, would I have gone? Absolutely -- but
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maybe not to the place I went.
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|
Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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|
To: BIG LEW
|
|
Subject: dog house?
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|
Date & Time: 09/01/90 20:13:45
|
|
Message Number 8364
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|
|
|
I have no earthly, heavenly, or hades-like way of knowing where the
|
|
"Dog House" is. But, I've been pushing to get together a "pick up
|
|
band" among the members of this system, and one suggested the Dog
|
|
House. Style of band? Damn if I know. My only experience in bands have
|
|
been from high school and a >very< alternate jazz band -- in both
|
|
cases, playing clarinet (and a few other, stranger, instruments.)
|
|
I'll be bringing two guitars -- one classical, one Ovation. And maybe
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|
a clarinet. And probably a kazoo.
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|
Our eventual style? Dang if I know.
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
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|
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Do you play? Wanna join in?
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From: RUFUS
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|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: Not Lacey
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 10:43:31
|
|
Message Number 8371
|
|
|
|
> Hey, I LIKED Killer Klowns.
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|
|
|
And they like you. I never implied that Killer Klowns wasn't a good
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|
movie.
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|
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|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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|
Subject: Green b*tch
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|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 10:46:04
|
|
Message Number 8372
|
|
|
|
>but what if there's an off-chance that I'd want to actually get into
|
|
>the glove compartment at some time?
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|
|
|
You can't have it all, my horned friend. I'd suggest just ripping the
|
|
door off. That way it won't hit the knees, and you have real easy
|
|
access to it.
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From: RUFUS
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|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Rabid canines
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 10:48:02
|
|
Message Number 8373
|
|
|
|
> I sincerel hope you didn't get the Mad Dog Velcro attachment to
|
|
>your shell....
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|
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|
Silly unicorn, Mad Dog's for dogs. Turtle uses "Mad Reptile" Velcro.
|
|
|
|
...maybe that's why he's such a babe magnet??
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|
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From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 10:50:45
|
|
Message Number 8374
|
|
|
|
>And probably a kazoo.
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|
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|
Is it electric? Either way, count me in for the kazoo. And Zot plays a
|
|
mean mouth harp.
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|
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|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 12:03:40
|
|
Message Number 8375
|
|
|
|
|
|
If they're thinking of the same dog house I am, it's here in the town
|
|
of Bradenton, of US 41 in an odd place, not far from a McDonalds...
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From: BEATLE
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 12:05:43
|
|
Message Number 8376
|
|
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|
> count me in for the kazoo. And Zot plays a mean mouth harp.
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|
|
|
Hey, that sounds cool... Lets see you and zot do something like
|
|
"Dueling Mouth Instruments"...
|
|
|
|
I take it that you and Zot plan on going to this dog house jam?? You
|
|
think you would consider taking me along with you guys? Yeah, a kazoo
|
|
player, a bassist and a wannabe drummer....
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|
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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|
To: MAX
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:02:30
|
|
Message Number 8378
|
|
|
|
Actually, the suits have not been so thoughroughly tested that you can
|
|
get such an accurate time on when they are no longer effective, and so
|
|
the 30-60 min estimate is a conservative one put out by the Army so
|
|
when you are using one you will get the hell outta Dodge and not dally
|
|
for the (about) 100 minutes which is it's max.
|
|
And, in my defense, I never said anything about how effective they
|
|
were against biological agents. -- But then again, I don't think that
|
|
the troops are in danger of a Bio attack.
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|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: MAX
|
|
Subject: Furrys
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:07:46
|
|
Message Number 8379
|
|
|
|
Yes, you are right...but you know my twisted mind...
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|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:10:56
|
|
Message Number 8380
|
|
|
|
SW>Specialist, I'll never call you a Homophobe...just a bigot.
|
|
|
|
Thank you. I prefer the term.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
What insult term may I use to refer to you with?
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: ...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:14:43
|
|
Message Number 8381
|
|
|
|
Oh, by the way...
|
|
|
|
Wahhh!
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Yo! Furry Fen!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:16:09
|
|
Message Number 8382
|
|
|
|
Oh, by the way, I'm not much for kids, either..."pedophobe" I'm not.
|
|
I just can't seem to relate to little kids...(I'm the youngest in my
|
|
family and never had the opportunity).
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:20:27
|
|
Message Number 8383
|
|
|
|
Hold it, we aren't invading another country...yet! We are tring to get
|
|
Kuwait back. And for that matter, to assist Saudi Arabia from getting
|
|
invaded. Now. If they start some shit, then sure, we have to kick
|
|
thier butts. Of course, we will lose some men...but the alternative
|
|
is to just let that madman take over all the oil fields one by on until
|
|
he's got a monopoly on them...then what?
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHat's YOUR solution?
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|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Yeah!!!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:23:46
|
|
Message Number 8384
|
|
|
|
JB>I'd like to get a group of us there and just have fun...
|
|
|
|
WHEN!!?? WHEN!!?? WHEN!!?? I'll be there...invite everybody...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hmm....doncha think we all (the band members) ought get together and
|
|
coordinate on what songs we know and can play? So we can at least sound
|
|
semi-audible? (Decible?) *(Tolerable)*?
|
|
|
|
Oh, incidentally, I have a friend who plays drums (or used to, I don't
|
|
kmow how good he is now, though he practices all the time on his
|
|
steering wheel.) Should I enlist his help?
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|
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|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:32:41
|
|
Message Number 8386
|
|
|
|
You are wrong. American troops are not stupid enough to sit around and
|
|
wait for the first wave of troops to come and get them, and yes, they
|
|
WILL know far in advance when they are coming. And yes, they ARE well
|
|
prepared to resist any initial attack, and act accordingly for any
|
|
following attack.
|
|
|
|
As in any conflict, we will lose soldiers, but they will lose more...
|
|
and they know it. Why do you think they haven't attacked yet?
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:36:25
|
|
Message Number 8387
|
|
|
|
Right, he sits back and inflicts casualties with chems...we sit back
|
|
and shell the hell outta him with the naval forces, with the tac nukes
|
|
(105 and 155 MM howitzers) and with the airforce (probably a little more
|
|
difficult, but it wouldn't take long to wipe out his air force).
|
|
Besides, how to you think he's gonna get those shells to us? Artiller
|
|
we could wipe out in a few hours, and rockets are no problem with our
|
|
new anti-rocket missiles. We's shoot missiles down while they were stil
|
|
in Iraqi air space!
|
|
No, no problem.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: ZOT GNOP
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:44:49
|
|
Message Number 8388
|
|
|
|
Hey, do you wanna play for the band?
|
|
I understand that you are a killer bass..
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Harleys
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 13:46:02
|
|
Message Number 8389
|
|
|
|
"Outta work? Eat your rice burner." That's why I'd buy a Harley.
|
|
If for no other reason than I don't feel like supporting the Japaneese
|
|
economy.
|
|
|
|
A Blindly Loyal Specialist.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: SPELLWIND
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:09:51
|
|
Message Number 8390
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here's a Relief wanabe drummer..
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: SPELLWIND
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:12:26
|
|
Message Number 8391
|
|
|
|
Kuwait was Iraq fiiiirst.....
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: SPELLWIND
|
|
To: UNIVERSE
|
|
Subject: ..........
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:15:32
|
|
Message Number 8392
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spellwind is Dead, I am Spellwind.........
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
From the same body comes a new being?
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
pondering..............
|
|
sleeping?
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: MAX
|
|
To: AJ-<TOPGUN>-
|
|
Subject: Letter
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:22:06
|
|
Message Number 8393
|
|
|
|
Thank you. I don't have anything against the Specialist and I don't
|
|
mean to make him feel that I'm out to get him in some way, but I'm not
|
|
sure that it ever really, truly clicked that I had a reason for seeming
|
|
personally offended.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: MAX
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:32:41
|
|
Message Number 8394
|
|
|
|
> Max is also much more sloppy about grammar than I am.
|
|
|
|
Well, I guess we can't all be born editors....
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: MAX
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: mMIDI
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:38:56
|
|
Message Number 8395
|
|
|
|
Despite what Turtle said, I don't think we're going to see anything with
|
|
markedly better resolution than CD's for home use in the near future.
|
|
Master tape equipment is still a bit out of most people's price range
|
|
(not to mention you can't get anything on it unless you work at the
|
|
studio); I have heard CD's of live shows that are digitally recorded
|
|
that sound slightly /better/ than the original show when played on a
|
|
good (and "just" good, not $10,000+ audiophile) stereo system, since
|
|
the speakers in most home systems often have better response than
|
|
concert systems do. Beware of the audio fanatic syndrome -- a component
|
|
that looks "twice as good" on paper as another given component may
|
|
have almost neglible sound difference, kind of like the difference
|
|
between a computer monitor that has 2048x2048 resolution with a 2
|
|
million color palette and one that has 4096x4096 resolution with a 16.7
|
|
million color palette. The latter one obviously has 4 times the
|
|
resolution and 8 times as many color choices, yet you'd have trouble
|
|
telling the difference between the two if you showed the same picture
|
|
on both of them. Even if there were one or two cases where you could
|
|
see a miniscule improvement, would it be worth paying 10 or more times
|
|
the cost of the "low-res" one?
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: MAX
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: jap cars
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 14:48:33
|
|
Message Number 8396
|
|
|
|
Actually, Toyota parts are pretty reasonable now, because a lot of them
|
|
are being made in America (in fact, I think about 70% of Toyota's cars
|
|
sold in the U.S. now are also made here, along with their replacement
|
|
parts). Still not quite as cheap as some American car parts, but in
|
|
some cases, a lot less -- a typical Toyota distributor cap is about half
|
|
the cost of, say, a Chrysler one, because the design is a lot less
|
|
complicated (I don't know how you can make a distributor cap complicated
|
|
but this is what the auto parts dealer said when I asked why Chrysler's
|
|
was twice as expensive).
|
|
The Japanese cars still have a problem of perception. To a lot of
|
|
American buyers, especially sports car people, every Japanese car is a
|
|
Tercel. I have actually seen a supercharged MR-2 take a Mustang GT 5.0
|
|
(when a hotshot high school type decided that he wanted to prove how
|
|
much better his big stuff car was than the rice burner next to him at
|
|
a stop light, something he probably regretted about 5 seconds later).
|
|
Toyota has actually designed a car called the 4500GT which can compete
|
|
favorably with exotics like the Porsche 911, but they don't know what to
|
|
do with it -- it'd still cost around $45K to produce, just like any
|
|
other exotic, and even if a 4500GT could beat a 911 five ways to hell
|
|
the average status-conscious yuppie type is going to go, "Oh... it's
|
|
a... Toyota, isn't it?"
|
|
American cars could increase in quality and go down in price if they
|
|
changed the way the cars were actually assembled, although it's true
|
|
that Japanese labor makes significantly less than American labor does.
|
|
Their labor also has a lot more input into the car design and a lot more
|
|
importance in the actual manufacturing process, though, which is
|
|
something Detroit could be taking a cue from.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: KEN OBER
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: Shorts
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 15:59:26
|
|
Message Number 8397
|
|
|
|
<-->
|
|
|
|
Just when you thought there was enought 1/2 hour commercials for Auri,
|
|
Astonish, Amazing Woks, and DiDi-7 ... Jessica Hahn is now doing her own
|
|
1/2 hour commercial for ... What else? A 1-900 Love Line where you can
|
|
meet friends, dates, and even find someone to wed ... The cost is only
|
|
$15 for 15 minutes ... And you may even be able to speak with Jessica
|
|
herself!
|
|
|
|
<-->
|
|
|
|
The Pink Panthers are on patrol in New York City. Travelling in groups
|
|
with their black T-Shirts with the pink paw imprented on them, they're
|
|
out to get rid of the over-abundence of "Gay Bashing" in NYC. First the
|
|
Guardian Angles ... Now the Pink Panthers ... What next? The Specialist
|
|
better watch out when he travels to NYC again!
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: KEN OBER
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Not Lacey
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 16:05:44
|
|
Message Number 8398
|
|
|
|
Yup, T'was BACK TO THE BEACH ... WOnderful movie! I think I have it
|
|
taped somewhere here...
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 16:45:14
|
|
Message Number 8400
|
|
|
|
>I don't think music was ment to have intelligent lead singers.
|
|
|
|
That's too bad. Intelligent music generally ranks over inanity in my
|
|
book; might be why I'm such a fanatic Rush/Pink Floyd fan.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: Not Lacey
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 16:52:03
|
|
Message Number 8403
|
|
|
|
Actually, my favorite part of "Back to the Beach" was "Ohhhh, not peanut
|
|
butter sandwiches /again!/" and the guy's father clobbering all the
|
|
surfboards.
|
|
|
|
That's one amazing movie--but not in a positive way.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 16:53:26
|
|
Message Number 8404
|
|
|
|
Technically, a set of Yamaha hexheads is a drum machine. The obnoxious
|
|
noisemaker that less talented would-be musicians use to back up their
|
|
obnoxious warbling is a drum synthesizer or a drum sequencer, rather
|
|
than a drum machine.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: MIDI
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 16:54:53
|
|
Message Number 8405
|
|
|
|
If you're getting a high-piched noise on your tapes when you record from
|
|
CD, the problem is in the stereo setup somewhere--that shouldn't happen.
|
|
The only problem with a tape recorded from CD should be the normal
|
|
background hiss that tape in general is subject to--and of course
|
|
reduced frequency response.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: Rabid canines
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 17:09:11
|
|
Message Number 8406
|
|
|
|
>Turtle uses "Mad Reptile" Velcro.
|
|
|
|
Reptiles aren't fuzzy, so it's kinda hard to get Velcro to stick to us.
|
|
We prefer "Mad Reptile" epoxy.
|
|
|
|
>...maybe that's why he's such a babe magnet??
|
|
|
|
He is no such thing. Cut that out.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: jap cars
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 17:11:27
|
|
Message Number 8407
|
|
|
|
>...I think american manufacturers could improve and take a lesson from
|
|
>Korean and Japanese...
|
|
|
|
The Americans can make a car that's a good as a Honda Civic, no problem.
|
|
Trouble is, who'd pay twenty thousand dollars for it?
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 17:15:05
|
|
Message Number 8408
|
|
|
|
>If they start some shit, then sure, we have to kick their butts...the
|
|
>alternative is to just let that madman take over all the oil fields one
|
|
>by one...
|
|
|
|
I *hate* when I agree with you.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 17:17:35
|
|
Message Number 8409
|
|
|
|
>We's shoot missiles down while they were stil[l] in Iraqi air space!
|
|
|
|
I don't share your faith in technology--no complex weapon system is
|
|
100% effective.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: YNGLING
|
|
Subject: HI!!!!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 18:59:33
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Message Number 8410
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TY>I'll even buy the first pitcher!
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Yer on!
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A thirsty JonBoy
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(Actually I've had my quota of beer this weekend!) :)
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From: JONBOY
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To: YNGLING
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Subject: weire
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:00:59
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Message Number 8411
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YNG>( I think you can figure out what the "f" stands for ).
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\
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But of course, m'sieur! In the military *everything* is a B.F. and the
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final initi whatever it is that you are referring to. ie a
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hammer is a BFH. etc.
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From: JONBOY
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: cat
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:04:03
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Message Number 8412
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T>but how well does it stick to rabid canines?
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Er.... is this somehow related to the subject - ie wrong genus...
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From: JONBOY
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To: SNAKEBYTE
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Subject: Wilmington
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:07:21
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Message Number 8413
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SB>WOW has it grown.
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Yeah what with Research Triangle and whatnot. I have a lot of fond
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memories from that place. My buddy dated a gal that had a real fishin
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fool for a dad. We would take the truck, boat and cooker out there and
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start a pig roasting Saturday morning. We'd clam, gig flounder, crab
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and use these to start a good ol' Cajun Gumbo in a giant kettle that
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we'd bury in the sand. The smaller kids' job was to keep basting the
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pig and keep the kettle stirrd. Oh my! The /memory/ of those feasts
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makes my mouth water!!!!
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From: JONBOY
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To: BEATLE
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Subject: mMIDI
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:11:44
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Message Number 8414
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B>but can you acutally out perform a CD??
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CD's have been touted as the ultimate in audio. Hah! Their major claim
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to fame is they are resistant to noise pickup with use and age if you
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treat them good. As far as audio range... an LP is capable of as good
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a reproduction in practice. In theory an LP can do better simply becaus
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it is an analog media. No matter what anyone tells you, the digital
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methods used to make CD's is not the greatest. The sampling frequency
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alone shoots the high end to hell. The music between samples is
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extrapolated.
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As far as dynamic range... again the LP comes out on top. I really don'
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understand why they limited the CD as bad as they did except that the
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economics and state of the art are probably the reason. There simply
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aren't enough bits to give the dynamic range that the media is capable
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of. The strong points of CD's are their stereo seperation which unless
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you are listening to something quiet and deliberately recorded on a
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single channel, you really can't perceive anyway.
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My biggest bitch is that they are overpriced as hell. The DAT's had to
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be crippled so that you can't record CD's more than once, ie they have
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a detector circuit that will allow you to copy a CD, but /not/ let you
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copy the copy. This is what kept the DAT from being sold for the
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last 5 years while they duked it out in court over copyright infring-
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ments. They are really trying to milk the cow for as long as the
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consumer is stupid enough to pay $16 per CD.
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From: JONBOY
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To: BIG LEW
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:23:18
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Message Number 8415
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BL>where this place is?
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The intersection right before Cortez behind Rose autoparts. (57th???)
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BL>And what kind of music you play?
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I play some blues type stuff, rock-n-roll and my own brand of music
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that I experiment with. For the last year I have been playing with
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an 'E' tuning which is normally used by slide players. It has
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been so long since I played with anyone, I would be hard pressed to
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name anything off hand I used to play! Lemmeesee.... Gimme Three Steps
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by Skynrd, bits-n-pieces of other Skynrd stuff... Neil Young....
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some Ac/DC, Van Halen.
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I really should just fire up the stereo and learn some songs again.
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Either that or get off my butt and finish my own songs that I work on
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every now and then. I have found that when I start programming it screw
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(oops) screws up my poetic sensibilities - I can't write anymore!!!
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Maybe the cold logic of the computer is in antipathy to poetry...
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Gads! Whata thought! More likely is that I'm mentally fried by the
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time I finish. Like right now I've got 80 pages of routines that I've
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written for this new machine and I have to start tying it all together.
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I may be a stranger to the board for the next two weeks. After that,
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I'm gonna need a party! You furries read me????
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From: JONBOY
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Nuke Kids
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:33:00
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Message Number 8416
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T>not the first person to claim "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
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T>is in some way supportative of drug use.
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According to P McCartney - the song was written because someones kid
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said it and they thought it sounded neat. Kind of written on a "lark".
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I seem to recall he said they were talking about politics and the kid
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repeated what she thought she heard them say.. It's been so long ago.
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From: JONBOY
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:36:55
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Message Number 8417
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T>THANK YOU!!! .... wonderful to see someone who ... musical sensibiliti
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I agree too. I have a Dave Sanborn CD (Change of Heart) and there is
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a song that I love but also hate... he is such a fine sax player that
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it really pisses me off to hear him throttle back because he is trying
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to play along with a soulless machine. You can tell it's a MIDI track
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Sighhhh with real live musicians at least the tempo can change and flow
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as the situation calls for.
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From: JONBOY
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: HI!!!!
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:40:06
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Message Number 8418
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T>Count me in, if this message isn't obsolete already...
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Nope, we just need to pick a suitable Friday night and do it!
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From: JONBOY
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:54:28
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Message Number 8420
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CPU>Great! Tell me the time and place. If I can, I'll be there.
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Let's get a consensus. I don't wanna lay down anything that would
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not agree with everyone. A Friday or Saturday night is Ok by me for
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a large get together. A wednesday would be good (Taco Night!) for a
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small get together.
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Let's hear some preferences folks!
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From: JONBOY
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 19:58:11
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Message Number 8421
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CPU>I have no earthly, heavenly, or hades-like way of knowing where the
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CPU>"Dog House" is.
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It is AKA as Mulcahey's Dog House and is the intesection before you get
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to Cortez going north on 41. I beleive this is 57th street. It is
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exactly behind Rose's Auto Parts. The reason they call it the Dog House
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is because they bring in their specialty hot dogs from Pennsylvania.
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They also serve seafood, finger food (Buffalo wings, Tacos, Fried
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Mushrooms, cheese sticks etc) and other Mexican food. They have a
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full bar that runs right down the middle of the place, they have darts,
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the bandstand, a basketball shoot, a bigscreen TV and a couple of bar
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TV's. More like a pub really than a restraunt or bar.
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From: JONBOY
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Yeah!!!
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 20:07:22
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Message Number 8422
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TS>doncha think...coordinate on what songs we know and can play?
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Hmmm... that /does/ keep down on nuisance beer bottle throwing. This
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is getting a little confusing. I would like to just have a get together
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sometime to meet some more of you folks and I'm familiar with the Dog
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House. I figured it would be neat and maybe plink around with some of
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the instruments since some of you are musicians. As far as actually
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/playing/ anything, you're right. The people there ( a fun loving
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bunch) would assume that we had played together and could actually
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play something identifiable as "music". It would be cool to have
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someplace to get together to jam. I would volunteer my place but it
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would be awhile as I tend to live like a slob when I have more than
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one project going (btrutal honesty never hurts!:> ) When I get finished
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and can clean the place up, we can have a party here. The neighbors
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are already broke in! ]:> Who has what and can anyone sing? I play
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elctric and acoustic I have a Crate 40 watt practise amp and three
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electrics and two 12 strings. If we really sound shitty I have a stereo
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to console us. Anyone else have a place to get together?
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From: JONBOY
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To: KEN OBER
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Subject: 900 numbers
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 20:19:55
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Message Number 8423
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KO>A 1-900 Love Line And you may even be able to speak with Jessica
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Gag! <retch> #barf# In a nutshell - 900 numbers are what is wrong
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with America.
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A Queasy JonBoy
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From: JONBOY
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: friends
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 20:22:29
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Message Number 8424
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T>Marriage is a silly (and obsolete) concept.
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Ok, <grumble> I'll byte... /why/ is it an obsolete concept?
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JonBoy
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From: YNGLING
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: HI!!!!
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:15:02
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Message Number 8425
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Friday? Bad night, dude...can't get things started until after work
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( 6 - 6:30 or later)...now Saturdays we could start whenever we felt
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like it. :)
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The Yngling ("If the sun's not over the
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yardarm yet, well, lower the goddam yard-
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arm!")
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From: YNGLING
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: Music
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:18:31
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Message Number 8426
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To quote the Bay City Rollers ( ghod, who ever thought I'd be doing
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that? ) : "S...A...T...U...R...D...A...Y...night!"
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The Yngling
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From: YNGLING
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:20:22
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Message Number 8427
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If I may elaborate on what you have already said: The DogHouse is
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located in a small shopping center called The 41 Center. It is on
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the East side of U.S. 41 (on the right if you are northbound) right
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after McDonalds. And they make great sandwiches as well as Mexican
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food.
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From: YNGLING
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Paintwars
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:25:57
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Message Number 8428
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Rufus,
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Is the Paintwar scheduled for the 8th or what? Need to know ASAP.
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Call me by voice if you want to to confirm or deny.
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The Yngling
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: KEN OBER
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Subject: Not Lacey
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|
Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:49:47
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Message Number 8429
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I think that was Frankie Avalon.......
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: inane lyrics
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:50:34
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Message Number 8430
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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OK OK! You got me!!!!!! I never really got into Floyd much, never
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got past the Wall.... Diehard Iron Maiden fan(I HATE Somewhere in Time)
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(Piece of dog doo). I guess they're pretty smart...they can write...
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: friends
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:53:56
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Message Number 8431
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Are you saying we've evolved past marriage?
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I think marriage has evolved past us.
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 21:56:36
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Message Number 8432
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but he doesn't care about Saudi Arabia! (much)
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:04:44
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Message Number 8433
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By Jove! Jolly good! I say!
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: Green b*tch
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:17:20
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Message Number 8434
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>I'd suggest just ripping the door off.
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Do you rip off body parts of yourself when they get in the way?
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Hmph. See if the Green B*tch (notice: she is NOT the Green Bitch. The
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splat must be pronounced correctly.) ever lets you in...
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:19:15
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Message Number 8435
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I only have an electric wazoo. No electric kazoos.
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I haven't seen a mouth harp for ages...
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Yo! Furry Fen!
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:21:32
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Message Number 8436
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>I just can't seem to relate to little kids...
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I understand that idea precisely. Anyone who calls 'em "little
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angels" has NOT either babysitted for them or been one themself.
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:22:53
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Message Number 8437
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>The alternative is to just let that madman take over all the oil
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fields one by one until he's got a monopoly on them...
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My God! You mean he's going to attack Mexico, Alaska, and Siberia
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next?! What is that madman Hussein up to, now?
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Seriously, the most Hussein can hope for (and a damned low chance
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at that) is to take over the entire Middle East. Though it has a signif-
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icant amount of the world's oil reserves, it's by no means a monopoly.
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Remember, y'all: America DOES have some oil of its own.
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: KEN OBER
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Subject: Shorts
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:29:32
|
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Message Number 8438
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The Guardian Angles? Sounds like an obtuse group to me.
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: friends
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:30:38
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Message Number 8439
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>Marriage is a silly (and obsolete) concept.
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<RED FLASHING LIGHTS GO OFF FROM HORN!> Uhh... Turtle. I don't think
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so. You might feel sex is -- and should be -- a form of recreation;
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you might feel sexual monogamy is unimportant for a relationship,
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but there is one vital purpose of marriage (even common law marriage.)
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Keeping the species alive.
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Sure -- a woman can have a baby out of wedlock, if she chooses. I
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don't believe there should be any problems with that. But -- any man
|
|
who would get a woman pregnant, then leave her is a very low man in
|
|
my book. (Let me tell you the story of Angeles sometime.) Marriage is
|
|
an attempt to give the woman some legal protection for the sake of
|
|
the child. (It also should serve other, more personal, purposes. But
|
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that's the main reason.)
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|
Let's face it. Men and women are different. It's physically possible
|
|
for a man to have hundreds of children and forget about them. It's not
|
|
so easy on the woman. Call marriage something that gives the woman
|
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"a level field."
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
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To: JONBOY
|
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:40:37
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Message Number 8440
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Two weeks from now, I'll be up in Jacksonville, wishing my filly a
|
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very happy birthday. (Very happy, indeed. We haven't seen each other
|
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for months.) But, three weeks from now -- the weekend of the 22nd and
|
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23rd would be fantastic! How 'bout y'all?
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|
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Also, about the Animation festival: I'm going next weekend, on the
|
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night of the Eighth. Anyone else want to join in, leave me a message.
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN
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To: JONBOY
|
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Subject: Music
|
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 22:44:02
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Message Number 8441
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Jonboy,
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The last message's date can be changed. Wednesday night for tacos?
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Yum! Great!
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How 'bout THIS Wednesday for our first practice?
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Oh... by the way. What will the band be called?
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Chip P. Unicorn
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: KEN OBER
|
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Subject: Shorts
|
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Date & Time: 09/02/90 23:59:51
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Message Number 8442
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Oooh, shake, shake...
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"Thtop! You mithcreant! Theath and dethistht! I won't HEAR of you
|
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making fun of me aGAIN." [points to shirt] "I'm Pink Panther, you
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know!"
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From: THE SPECIALIST
|
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To: TURTLE
|
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Subject: jap cars
|
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 00:04:07
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Message Number 8443
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|
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T>...who'd pay twenty thousand dollars for it?
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"Oh, right, that's my point exactly." Monty Python
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: TURTLE
|
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 00:05:23
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Message Number 8444
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|
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TS>alternative is to just let that madman take over the oil fields...
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T>I *hate* when I agree with you.
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Uh, me too! Er...Gun proliferation! Nuclear power plants! uh...
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: TURTLE
|
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Subject: Laws of...
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 00:07:26
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Message Number 8445
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|
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T>I don't share your faith in technology -- no complex weapon system
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T>is 100% effective.
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|
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No, but don't forget...Uncle Sam is a belt and suspenders man. Lotsa
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backups to minimize casualties as much as possible.
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: YNGLING
|
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Subject: dog house?
|
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 00:16:34
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Message Number 8446
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Yes, and it is on the intersection of 49th and 41... (57th is far down
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the street...it's before 53rd, even...)
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: ALL
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Subject: The Band
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 00:21:59
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Message Number 8447
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CPU asked what we would call the band. Personally, I believe that I'd
|
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like to hear the band play BEFORE we go off half-cocked and start
|
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giving it a name...
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Other thoughts?
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From: ANGEL
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To: *.*
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|
Subject: cleaning crew
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 03:41:53
|
|
Message Number 8449
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"Don't argue, Reginald. Of course, this is the place. The captain
|
|
warned us to expect the unusual. From what other local bar would we
|
|
hear gun shots?" Few even glanced up to see the two new-comers enter
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|
the Pub. Of course, to view the one, a person would have to glance
|
|
VERY far up ... the giraffe and baboon stood in the doorway surveying
|
|
the assortment of strange beings and the carnage left first from the
|
|
explosion and then from the recent gunshot.
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|
"Uhhh, I, uh, don't think the first plan is gonna work. Who do
|
|
we ask, Trixie?" asked the Giraffe. The baboon chose a person at
|
|
random and crossed over to Rufus. "Excuse me, sir. I'm first mate
|
|
Trixie of the _Billie C_, who might be in charge here?" Rufus, glad
|
|
to have a temporary respite from Mulligan's questioning, pointed
|
|
the baboon toward Xonzoff. "Thank you ... nice coat."
|
|
The giraffe, Reginald, followed Trixie to the bar. "Mr. Xonzoff,
|
|
Captain Hec sent us here to remove the wreckage of a piano she brought
|
|
here."
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|
"Fine," said Xon, "you're welcome to it."
|
|
"Unfortunatly, we will have a modicum of difficulty accomplishing
|
|
our task. We did not wish to admit this to our captain, but neither
|
|
one of us knows what a piano is. We thought we could enter your
|
|
establishment and identify the article by the fact that it was in
|
|
pieces. However, it seems that more than just the piano in question
|
|
has been damaged here today. Could you please identify which item
|
|
of wreckage is our?" Following Xon's indication, the pair went to the
|
|
soggy and still-smoldering remains of the piano. Reginald placed
|
|
the piano bench on his back. Trixie hoisted the box of piano rolls
|
|
on one shoulder and the piano on the other. "Oh, I nearly forgot,
|
|
... Reginald, the package." The giraffe snaked his neck around to
|
|
the pouch that was strapped to his back and removed a small package
|
|
which he dropped on the bar. "This is from Captain Hecuba to Donthen,
|
|
with her regards." With that, the bell-bottomed baboon and the
|
|
giraffe left.
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|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:18:43
|
|
Message Number 8452
|
|
|
|
> I take it that you and Zot plan on going to this dog house jam??
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|
|
Errr, not really. I dunno.....
|
|
Someone know if there is some silly age restriction for this place?
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From: RUFUS
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:23:06
|
|
Message Number 8453
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|
|
|
>Hey, do you wanna play for the band?
|
|
>I understand that you are a killer bass..
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|
|
|
Yea, when Zot starts swinging that bass around, you should get out of
|
|
the way. Of course, his favorite bass trick is sticking the neck in a
|
|
ceiling fan. In all honesty, I haven't heard him play for a while. I
|
|
assume he's improved.
|
|
|
|
...to be really honest, I haven't heard anything in the past 17
|
|
hours.
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|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: made in USA
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:30:21
|
|
Message Number 8454
|
|
|
|
You haven't heard my new motto for GM yet, have you?
|
|
"GM- We design flaws better than anyone else."
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|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Rabid canines
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:32:48
|
|
Message Number 8455
|
|
|
|
>We prefer "Mad Reptile" epoxy.
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|
|
|
Doesn't GE make that?
|
|
|
|
>He is no such thing [a babe magnet]. Cut that out.
|
|
|
|
Yea, right, sure. We believe you.
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|
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|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:41:33
|
|
Message Number 8456
|
|
|
|
Re: a large get together.
|
|
Friday or Saturday sounds good to me. Wednesday depends on the whimsy
|
|
of my teachers. Question: Is there some age requirment?
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|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: YNGLING
|
|
Subject: Paintwars
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:45:07
|
|
Message Number 8457
|
|
|
|
Yngling, it is off for the 8th. As in N-O for a number of reasons,
|
|
which I'll explain later. My BBS should have been back up this moment,
|
|
but my software has decided to wretch and vomit.
|
|
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|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Green b*tch
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:47:07
|
|
Message Number 8458
|
|
|
|
> Do you rip off body parts of yourself when they get in the way?
|
|
|
|
Luckily, none have gotten in the way yet.
|
|
|
|
>See if the Green B*tch ever lets you in...
|
|
|
|
How about if I apologize? She's such a lovable car.
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|
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|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:50:15
|
|
Message Number 8459
|
|
|
|
> Also, about the Animation festival: I'm going next weekend, on the
|
|
>night of the Eighth.
|
|
|
|
Well, I know I'll be going on the 8th w/ Roy and Mark (via Lakeland, no
|
|
less). I assume I'll see you there...
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|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 13:52:56
|
|
Message Number 8460
|
|
|
|
"Half-cocked" and "Other Thoughts" sound like some good names.
|
|
Or "JonBoy and the Biohazards."
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: SPELLWIND
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 14:07:41
|
|
Message Number 8461
|
|
|
|
|
|
Band on the run! Hahahahahaha!
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: mMIDI
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 17:54:12
|
|
Message Number 8463
|
|
|
|
The CD's dynamic range is so limited because at the time it was
|
|
difficult to mass-produce CD's that were good enough to provide
|
|
that sort of information density without errors, and the error
|
|
detection and correction algorithm the CD player uses isn't all
|
|
that sophisticated. Result: wasted bits (like 4 bits from every 14-bit
|
|
word are there for error detection) and loss of dynamic range. They
|
|
coulda fixed the problem by making the disc store less music, but Sony
|
|
wanted one disc to be able to record all of Beethoven's 5th Symphony,
|
|
for bizzare reasons concerning Japan's almost religious fascination with
|
|
that piece. (This bit of knowledge isn't as apocryphal as it sounds;
|
|
I got it from one of Radio Shack's tech manuals on their first CD
|
|
player.)
|
|
|
|
It's easy to see why the CD's are so outrageously overpriced. At the
|
|
time they first came onto the market, there was exactly one company
|
|
making CD blanks in quantities large enough to supply the major labels.
|
|
As a result, the blanks (and finished CD's) were very expensive. Later,
|
|
when people started realizing just how phenomenally the CD was catching
|
|
on, the record companies realized that a sixteen-buck price tag didn't
|
|
seem to bother anyone all that much, so they kept the price artificially
|
|
high. It's actually cost-effective to sell CD's at the same price you'd
|
|
sell tapes for, but nobody wants to do it as long as people are willing
|
|
to pay almost twice as much for 'em...
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Cat house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 18:00:55
|
|
Message Number 8464
|
|
|
|
>Maybe the cold logic of the computer is in antipathy to poetry...
|
|
|
|
Nuts to that! They're both an art form.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: made in USA
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 18:03:26
|
|
Message Number 8465
|
|
|
|
>[The Japanese] were slapped on the pee-pee for ruining the US semi-
|
|
>conductor industry...particularly DRAMS...
|
|
|
|
Funny thing there. Good ol' Ronnie "Nuke 'Em All" Reagan responded to
|
|
pressure from Texas Instruments (and others) in regards to the
|
|
Japanese undercutting US RAMs, and slapped a high tariff on the import
|
|
RAM to "protect American jobs." Result? The nasty RAM shortage we're all
|
|
familiar with from a few years back which blew up the price of RAM's
|
|
so high that a lot of small American computer and electronics companies
|
|
went under. Net impact on American jobs: about 30,000 more people went
|
|
jobless than what would have happened if Reagan hadn't gotten so antsy
|
|
in the first place. (Gods--how many magazine ads have I seen that said
|
|
"If you're selling DRAM, we're buying...Price and availability subject
|
|
to DRAM availability...RAM surcharge on some products..."
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 18:08:11
|
|
Message Number 8466
|
|
|
|
Friday or Saturday nights are good with me for some sort of shindig--
|
|
the First Weekly A/R Musicfest, perhaps? :) Weekday evenings fairly
|
|
late (like after 6ish) are also acceptable.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: UBAFTM
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 19:43:34
|
|
Message Number 8469
|
|
|
|
Yes, after 4 hours of playing "Make a BBS from 16 parts," Uncle Bob's
|
|
Alligator Farm and Tofu Museum is open.
|
|
That number is: 371-3498
|
|
3/12/2400
|
|
[Hit return after CD so the modem from hell knows yer baud]
|
|
|
|
Remember, if it ain't Tofu, it's probably better off.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 21:07:45
|
|
Message Number 8472
|
|
|
|
R>"Half-cocked" and "Other Thoughts" sound like some good names.
|
|
R>Or "JonBoy and the Biohazards".
|
|
|
|
Now, cut that out!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hmmm...thought that last one *does* sound pretty good.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: ALL MUSICIANS
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 21:25:40
|
|
Message Number 8473
|
|
|
|
Hmmm. I would like to propose a tenative roster for the band:
|
|
|
|
Lead Guitar-- JonBoy
|
|
Rythm Guitar - The Specialist
|
|
Bass Guitar - Zot Gnop
|
|
Keyboard --- ??? (I can play a little but not much)
|
|
Percussion -- ??? (I have a friend who plays a little)
|
|
B/U Drums -- Beatle/Spellwind (Should be able to keep a rythm)
|
|
Brass/Woodwind-??? Any suggestions or volunteers?
|
|
|
|
I dunno who else wants to join or even anyone else who can play.
|
|
Note that this roster is **Tentative**! Also, did I miss any
|
|
instruments that someone out there can play? All who want to perform,
|
|
RESPONDEZ VOUS SIL VOUS PLAIT!
|
|
|
|
Also, where we gonna rehearse?
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: OMNI
|
|
To: *.*
|
|
Subject: ....
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 21:36:03
|
|
Message Number 8474
|
|
|
|
At the moment that the girrafe and the babbon leave the bar, another
|
|
patron enters. He stops at the doorway, adjusting his multifaceted
|
|
eyes to the light, and walks to the bar.
|
|
Xon responds to his wave after a few minutes.
|
|
"Do you have any drinks which are not alcohol based?" the patron
|
|
asks in a high thin voice.
|
|
Xon nods, and says "Anything in particular you need?"
|
|
"No," it responds. "How about some fruit juice?"
|
|
Xon nods and retreats to the room behind the bar.
|
|
Youg looks to the commotion and studies it intently, paying particular
|
|
attention to the injured man with the trashed coat. It is apparent from
|
|
the condition of the bar that the assassin robot did not accomplish it's
|
|
assigned mission. Though Youg's face cannot imply emotion, he is
|
|
experiencing a mix of irritablity and anxiety.
|
|
"Here's your drink," says a voice behind him. He turns and takes
|
|
the drink.
|
|
"That'll be six pieces," says Xon.
|
|
Youg reaches into a pocket and pulls out a ten piece. "Here," and
|
|
throws it on the counter. Internal alarms are silenced by the
|
|
imbibement of the fruit juice. A message sounds in his brain...
|
|
"Phagocytic index normal."
|
|
"One more thing...do you have any communication devices here?"
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: ANTIC FREDDY
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:17:08
|
|
Message Number 8476
|
|
|
|
well.. i see you have 2 allready, but i play a mean guitar...
|
|
rhythm and/or lead...
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: YNGLING
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:24:00
|
|
Message Number 8477
|
|
|
|
YNG>To quote the Bay City Rollers ( ghod, who ever thought I'd be doing
|
|
YNG>that? )
|
|
|
|
Good question!!! Ummm has it been an Ok weekend for you. Y'know,
|
|
too much sun can make one halucinate and in extreme cases delirium
|
|
sets in...
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:32:22
|
|
Message Number 8478
|
|
|
|
R>Someone know if there is some silly age restriction for this place?
|
|
|
|
Hell no! The place is crawlin with rug-rats early on about 5:00 to 6:00
|
|
The families usually leave about 7:00 or so. This place is more like a
|
|
tavern than a bar OR a restaraunt.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:35:12
|
|
Message Number 8479
|
|
|
|
Friday or Saturday sounds good to me.
|
|
|
|
So far three Saturdays from now seems to be the one that most people
|
|
can make. No age restriction and I would like to point out that it
|
|
apparently has gone over most folks heads that on one hand the musical
|
|
people wanna get together and on the other - just a general get-together
|
|
Specialist is right - we need to get together someplace "offline" to
|
|
see what we sound like. No sense in assulting innocent people with
|
|
aural torture.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: CD's
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:39:46
|
|
Message Number 8480
|
|
|
|
The thing that really slays me about CD hype is the 4..N x oversampling.
|
|
What a load! The oversmapling is there also for tracking infornmation
|
|
and is consulted ONCE at the start. I had a guy try to tell me
|
|
(I *love* playing stupid with smartass salesmen and then taking them out
|
|
) that the oversampling was for "more samples means that it reads more
|
|
of the music off the disc". Oh boy - yesterday I couldn't spell
|
|
oversampling...
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: JONBOY
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: made in USA
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 22:45:01
|
|
Message Number 8481
|
|
|
|
T>
|
|
T>Result? The nasty RAM shortage we're allfamiliar with...
|
|
|
|
Well, it was a case of shooting long after the duck flew over. All but
|
|
two manufacturers of DRAMS had called it quits when the action was
|
|
taken. It would be interesting to speculate on what would have happened
|
|
three years earlier...
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: friends
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:00:04
|
|
Message Number 8485
|
|
|
|
The idea of marriage in the context of a society in which 50 to 75%
|
|
of all marriages fal within five years, and one in which you can go
|
|
down to the local office supply store and pick up a pad of fifty
|
|
do-it-yourself divorce forms (NO JOKE) is obviously an ideal that's
|
|
no longer terribly relevant in that society. The /ideals/ behind
|
|
marriage (ie, commitment to another individual) are still perfectly
|
|
valid, and there are some non-idealistic (ie, economic) reasons for
|
|
two people to get married, but the act itself clearly has little value
|
|
in a society that takes marriage as lightly as this one does.
|
|
|
|
I also have other problems with the idea--it seems to me that a lot of
|
|
people conside their spouse almost as their property, which bothers me
|
|
immensely. It also seems to me that to many people the one overriding
|
|
concern to a marriage isn't anything as idealistic as a loving
|
|
commitment or anything as practical as the creation of a stable platform
|
|
from which to build a family--it's sex, pure and simple. Most people
|
|
will /claim/ that sex is not the most important part of a relationship,
|
|
or the most important aspect of love, but sexual infedility will
|
|
destroy a marriage with amazing swiftness. Kinda like saying "No, sex
|
|
isn't the reason I love you, but if you perform a sexual act I dis-
|
|
approve of consider the love part null and void." Manifest Bullshit (tm)
|
|
that be...anyway, I'll stop ranting now before I REALLY get going.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:08:17
|
|
Message Number 8486
|
|
|
|
>Diehard Iron Maiden fan(I HATE Somewhere in Time)...
|
|
|
|
That's because you're brain-damaged, boy. Somewhere in Time is one of
|
|
Maiden's best albums--"Caught Somewhere in Time," "Stranger in a Strange
|
|
Land," and "Wasted Years" are all excellent songs. I also like the
|
|
albums "Powerslave" and "Piece of Mind," and "Seventh Son..." has some
|
|
good tunes on it as well (the best being "Infinite Dreams").
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:12:29
|
|
Message Number 8487
|
|
|
|
>I only have an electric wazoo.
|
|
|
|
You mean they make /mechanical/ FIDO handshaking protocols? For what,
|
|
the Difference Engine? I didn't know WaZOO had been ported over to
|
|
any of Babbage's machines...
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: friends
|
|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:14:34
|
|
Message Number 8488
|
|
|
|
Marriage, as I said, does have some value when you consider it as a
|
|
platform from which to raise a family. However, it's rather easy to
|
|
sire children out of wedlock, now, isn't it? Where's your "level
|
|
playing field" in that case? In a time where sexual intercourse out-
|
|
side of wedlock was a rare occurance, marriage served precisely the
|
|
function you describe. In a society where sex outside of wedlock is
|
|
more common than sex within wedlock, marriage is no longer likely to
|
|
serve this purpose; clearly, something else is needed. I am all for
|
|
a system which obligates a male to behave responsibly if he should
|
|
father children; however, increasingly often marriage isn't that system.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Shorts
|
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:18:44
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Message Number 8489
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>Oooh, shake, shake...
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>"Thtop! You mithcreant! Theath and dethistht!..."
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I know of at least one bisexual individual who has earned seven
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black belts in seven unrelated martial arts. He was jumped one evening
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by three "racially disturbed youth" (read: gang members) in one of
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Ft. Myers' seedier neighborhoods one evening; all three of 'em ended
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up in the hospital, one in intensive care. He suffered a broken toe
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on his left foot when he kicked one of his opponents.
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Not all gays match your stereotype.
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From: TURTLE
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Rules of..
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:21:58
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Message Number 8490
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>Gun proliferation!
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We have that already, don't we?
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>Nuclear power plants!
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I'd be all for 'em if the people who build and run 'em knew their ass
|
|
from a hole in the ground. I used to be a /very/ fanatic nuclear power
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advocate; the thing that made me a little more cautious is our very own
|
|
Crystal River plant. You seen the sort of dipshits who are responsible
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|
for that place? I wouldn't let these people park my car! 'Course, it
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|
also doesn't help that the people who design the goddamn things
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|
generally failed outta grade school. I read one report (issued by the
|
|
Nuclear Regulatory Agency, natch) that complained the control rooms in
|
|
most nuclear power plants are so badly designed that they'll put
|
|
controls fifteen feet away from displays that correspond to those
|
|
controls, stupid shit like that. Add that to a general reluctance on the
|
|
part of utility companies to invest i things like fast/slow breeder
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|
pairs and plants fueled by ceramic fuel rods (you can't get a meltdown
|
|
in such a plant; cooling fails and the whole thing just sits there
|
|
without doin' squat but the rods cost twice as much as conventional
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|
fuel rods so nobody's interested) and you got a Godawful mess.
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From: TURTLE
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To: RUFUS
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|
Subject: The Band
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|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:30:45
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Message Number 8491
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"JonBoy and the Biohazards".../like/ it! It's got this ring...
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From: TURTLE
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
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Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:32:34
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Message Number 8492
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|
>...did I miss any instruments that someone out there can play?
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|
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Depends how you define "play," I guess. I used (read: USED) to mess
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|
around with drums, but it's been 'bout five years since I even so much
|
|
as touched a drum kit...
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From: TURTLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
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|
Subject: CD's
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|
Date & Time: 09/03/90 23:35:11
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Message Number 8493
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|
|
"more samples means that it reads more of the music off the disc."
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|
I LOVE it! How come I never get any salespeople like that??
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|
|
|
In CD's defense, though, I will say one thing about the media: it
|
|
exhibits graceful degredation, which you can't get from an analog
|
|
medium. Take an LP and wipe out some of the information on it, you
|
|
get a really obnoxious POP! when you hit the damaged area. CD's store
|
|
contiguous samples non-contiguously and can extrapolate to fill in
|
|
errors, so if you start losing information you get a smooth inter-
|
|
polation and no hideous noise. 'Course, a typical CD player will
|
|
register about a thousand errors (not necessarily non-recoverable)
|
|
a minute on a good day, and I've heard of players notching up five
|
|
thousand read errors per minute...seems like the medium coulda used
|
|
some work before it hit the market, hmm?
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From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 02:31:11
|
|
Message Number 8499
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|
YES! YES! no (WINCE)
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|
From: ZOT GNOP
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|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 02:33:22
|
|
Message Number 8500
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YEEE HAW Halleluja and pass the ammunition!
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|
Of course, some people play their voice better than others.
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|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 02:35:30
|
|
Message Number 8501
|
|
|
|
Actually, it should take several attempts at listening to a song to get
|
|
the full effect. You can't just hear a song once or twice and be able to
|
|
immediately make a sound judgement as to its value. You should listen
|
|
once for the melody, once or twice for the lyrics, a couple of times for
|
|
the individual instruments, and once for the over all affect.
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|
|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: HI!!!!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 03:10:19
|
|
Message Number 8502
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|
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|
WHERE WHERE WHERE is this "Dog House"????? Sounds like Heaven with
|
|
an amp.
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From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: cat
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 03:17:55
|
|
Message Number 8503
|
|
|
|
I thought CRT was Cheerfully Ridiculous Tennis shoes? How about a
|
|
happy medium: Charmingly Repulsive Tennis shoes!
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|
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|
|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 04:13:29
|
|
Message Number 8504
|
|
|
|
CPU>I haven't seen a mouth harp in ages.
|
|
|
|
I've got one... and I'm damn good with it, too.
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|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:13:19
|
|
Message Number 8505
|
|
|
|
TS> Uncle Sam is a belt and suspenders man.
|
|
|
|
Let's hope he doesn't forget shirt and pants.
|
|
C.P.U.
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|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: Green b*tch
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:16:06
|
|
Message Number 8506
|
|
|
|
CPU>See if the Green B*tch ever lets you in...
|
|
R>H
|
|
ow about if I apologize? She's such a lovable car.
|
|
|
|
Hmph. Ask her, not me. And don't blame me if she slams the
|
|
trunk door on you. (Yup -- it's happened before.)
|
|
|
|
Anyway, how's the van doing?
|
|
CPU
|
|
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|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:20:23
|
|
Message Number 8507
|
|
|
|
JonBoy and the Biohazards? Sounds hideous. We'll take it.
|
|
CPU
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|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:21:30
|
|
Message Number 8508
|
|
|
|
GROWL!!!!! You forgot about the unicorn!!! HMPH!
|
|
|
|
After being one of the ones to push for it... <SIGH!>
|
|
|
|
Can you use another rhythm guitar? (I'm more trained in classical,
|
|
but...) Woodwinds: clarinet. I can fake some keyboards, too... (but I
|
|
can't supply 'em.)
|
|
the peeved CPU
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|
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|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:26:57
|
|
Message Number 8509
|
|
|
|
>I didn't know WaZOO had been ported over to any of Babbage's
|
|
>machines...
|
|
|
|
Not Babbage's machine. Turing's.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: ZOT GNOP
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:33:49
|
|
Message Number 8510
|
|
|
|
CPU>I haven't seen a mouth harp in ages.
|
|
ZG>...I'm damn good with it.
|
|
|
|
By the way, how the heck do you manage to fit 88 strings into your
|
|
mouth?
|
|
:) CPU
|
|
|
|
Seriously, I've played around with it a bit, but I'm not good.
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|
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|
|
From: MAX
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: CD's
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 13:44:57
|
|
Message Number 8511
|
|
|
|
According to a recent issue of "High Fidelity" and an article on CD
|
|
players, your "1000 errors a minute" for a typical CD player is high by
|
|
an order of magnitude for a disc that's in good condition.
|
|
|
|
> seems like the medium coulda used some work before it hit the market,
|
|
> hmm?
|
|
|
|
And what would you propose? In real-world conditions, any medium is
|
|
going to suffer wear and tear far beyond any ideal... CDs, or whatever
|
|
medium you are talking about, are going to be mishandled, scratched,
|
|
left out of the case, dropped and occasionally abused in ways far too
|
|
horrible for someone who respects music to contemplate. I still don't
|
|
think there's any PRACTICAL alternative to compact discs with superior
|
|
sound reproduction and significantly less susceptibility to real world
|
|
problems. DATs don't cut it, and won't unless the recording industry
|
|
changes its collective mind (?) and supports the format as strongly as
|
|
they are doing with CDs; since the DAT and CD sampling rate are
|
|
deliberately incompatible, a recording of a CD on a DAT is going to be
|
|
about the same quality as a metal tape recorded on a Dolby C/HX Pro
|
|
deck, on a medium that's twice as expensive. The format that will
|
|
replace CDs isn't here yet -- and as I said before, I think we'rea
|
|
already approaching the "point of mootability," the level of fidelity
|
|
where doubling the resolution, frequency response, etc. won't matter
|
|
unless you're sitting in an acoustically perfect sound laboratory or,
|
|
in some cases, unless you're a computer. The difference between a
|
|
30,000 KHz high end and a 60,000 KHz one is, unless you're a dog, a
|
|
moot point.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: YNGLING
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 16:21:55
|
|
Message Number 8512
|
|
|
|
Chip,
|
|
>America DOES have some oil of its own.
|
|
Ah, but does she have enough to supply her friends? Remember, its like
|
|
my mother used to tell me when I was a little The Yngling, "If you dont
|
|
have enough to share, don't get it out."
|
|
Seriously, I think you are intelligent enough to understand the
|
|
social and economic upheaval that would be experienced WORLDWIDE if any
|
|
one man/government gained control of such a large portion of the World's
|
|
oil supply. This conflict is /not/ centered on the price of gas up at
|
|
Starvin' Marvin's - it is an attempt to prevent the decimation of the
|
|
economies of nearly every major industrialized nation on the planet.
|
|
The Yngling
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: YNGLING
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 16:36:24
|
|
Message Number 8513
|
|
|
|
I volunteer to be the designated drinker for all rehearsals and/or
|
|
performances ( its a dirty job but....)
|
|
The Yngling
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 17:44:35
|
|
Message Number 8515
|
|
|
|
>The place is crawlin with rug-rats early on...
|
|
|
|
Errr, okay. But I really despise rug-rats, and small children in
|
|
general. JonBoy, I'd jump on Turtle's shell about him copying
|
|
that show for you...he's got the tapes...
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 17:46:15
|
|
Message Number 8516
|
|
|
|
>No sense in assulting innocent people with aural torture.
|
|
|
|
Why not?
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: CD's
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 17:47:28
|
|
Message Number 8517
|
|
|
|
>I had a guy try to tell me that the oversampling was for "more samples
|
|
>means that it reads more of the music off the disc".
|
|
|
|
So that's why I never hear any lyrics on my CDs.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Green b*tch
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 17:55:27
|
|
Message Number 8518
|
|
|
|
> Anyway, how's the van doing?
|
|
|
|
Oh, we sold the van. We are now the proud owners of a Dodge Paganmobile
|
|
(read Dodge Ram Charger). Sure, it gets 15 miles to the gallon, 20 on
|
|
the highway, but at least the seats don't tilt, and I've seen better
|
|
suspension on some rocks. It's not a bad car, but there are so many
|
|
little flaws in it...sheesh.
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 17:57:59
|
|
Message Number 8519
|
|
|
|
>By the way, how the heck do you manage to fit 88 strings into your
|
|
>mouth?
|
|
|
|
You've never seen Zot's mouth, have you?
|
|
|
|
....you should see him play the mouth pipe organ.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: SPELLWIND
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 18:14:00
|
|
Message Number 8520
|
|
|
|
A FEW (couple) of the songs were OK, but the rest stunk bull.
|
|
Trivia: The name of the first lead singer in Iron Maiden...?
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 19:49:12
|
|
Message Number 8522
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the vocab. In today's world, where everything that is
|
|
technical has three times as many names as the inventors, it helps to
|
|
know that someone can tell what they're talking about...
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Nuke Kids
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 19:54:29
|
|
Message Number 8523
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well, yer real close. The official story (from every Beatle) was that
|
|
John's first son, Julian, did a drawing of a schoolmate, Lucy, and said
|
|
it was "Lucy in the sky with diamonds." Lennon was picking sources from
|
|
all over at that point. Another song on "Sgt. Pepper" was taken pretty
|
|
much from an antique circus poster.
|
|
|
|
That story is the second most mentioned Beatle fact. The other one (at
|
|
least in my expierence) is John Lennon's appology for his "bigger than
|
|
Christ" statement. I can quote that.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 20:05:23
|
|
Message Number 8524
|
|
|
|
|
|
> Band on the run!
|
|
|
|
Ha! I like that. It fits in with the chaos of the messages, doesn't it
|
|
....
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 20:08:42
|
|
Message Number 8525
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'd just like to sit in and see some good live music or jamming... I
|
|
would, however, like a chance to TRY drumming. I've only been behind a
|
|
REAL set (had a cheap toy one for years) once in my life, but I beat out
|
|
rhythms constantly on anything
|
|
available. And some others will say I also make incessantly annoying
|
|
(supposed) drum imitations with my mouth. I've also been known to play
|
|
my chest and belly. :)
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 20:15:41
|
|
Message Number 8526
|
|
|
|
|
|
> "JonBoy and the Biohazards".../like/ it!
|
|
|
|
I think that /definitely/ be it. I think it just sounds neat when you
|
|
say it, and it's controversial
|
|
too...
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 20:23:56
|
|
Message Number 8527
|
|
|
|
|
|
> Errr, okay. But I really despise rug-rats, and small children in
|
|
> general.
|
|
|
|
You don't seem too enthusiastic about this.
|
|
|
|
Do you really think these rug-rats are going to take to you, though?
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BEATLE
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 20:25:24
|
|
Message Number 8528
|
|
|
|
>> No sense in....aural torture.
|
|
|
|
> Why not?
|
|
|
|
I'm all for aural torture... let's do it!!
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: ANTIC FREDDY
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:38:16
|
|
Message Number 8529
|
|
|
|
It's up to JonBoy...he is de facto the leader of the band.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: Rules of..
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:44:25
|
|
Message Number 8530
|
|
|
|
Now cut that out! I was trying to get back at odds with you! Oh, I
|
|
know!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bash Homos! Bash Homos!
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: TURTLE
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:45:59
|
|
Message Number 8531
|
|
|
|
T>I used...to mess around with drums,
|
|
|
|
Can you play? Yes, or no...can you play? (Keep a beat with all for
|
|
the general purpose of maintaining the background rhythm?) Nothing
|
|
complicated, if you can't hang we can get someone else. Not that
|
|
*I* have any say, I believe that JonBoy is the Band leader. (By
|
|
default.)
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:53:24
|
|
Message Number 8534
|
|
|
|
CPU>Let's hope he doesn't forget shirt and pants.
|
|
|
|
Cute, real cute.
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:54:27
|
|
Message Number 8535
|
|
|
|
CPU>Can you used another rhythm guitar?
|
|
|
|
That's up to JonBoy (defacto Leader of the Biohazards).
|
|
|
|
CPU>Woodwinds: Clarinet...I can fake some keyboards, too...(but I can't
|
|
CPU>supply 'em.)
|
|
|
|
I dunno what they have there in the way of Keyboards...JB?
|
|
|
|
|
|
HEY! All this talk about MIDI and none of us have actually thought
|
|
to bring a MIDI system to play! I have a freind...maybe he'll let us
|
|
borrow his MIDI setup...hmmmm....bears investigation.
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|
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|
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|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: YNGLING
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|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
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|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 21:59:03
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|
Message Number 8536
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|
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|
YNG>I volunteer to be the designated drinker...
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|
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|
Wow. Y'know, I don't believe that we have filled that position yet.
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|
I vote in favor (strongly!) on your behalf...but (as always) it's up
|
|
to JonBoy.
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|
From: THE SPECIALIST
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|
To: SPELLWIND
|
|
Subject: Really?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 22:05:26
|
|
Message Number 8537
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|
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|
SW>I wish I were born in Japan.
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|
|
|
Not too late, you know. Emmigrate. Bye. Don't forget to forget to
|
|
write. Have fun learning Japanese.
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|
|
|
From: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
To: MAX
|
|
Subject: Wyverns Den
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 22:06:52
|
|
Message Number 8538
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|
|
|
So, like, when will Xon answer OMNI?
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|
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|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: bears
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 22:27:30
|
|
Message Number 8539
|
|
|
|
midi.....bears investigation.......hmmm, Gjolp wants to know if
|
|
somebody was paging her - she's is in fact the Chief Bear Investigator
|
|
in these parts.
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From: THRUD
|
|
To: ZOT GNOP
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 22:36:02
|
|
Message Number 8541
|
|
|
|
Ok, ya listen to a tune half a dozen times to fully appreciate it.
|
|
But how many times do you watch a video to catch a cleavage shot?
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|
Answer - as many times as it takes.
|
|
Thrud
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|
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|
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|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/04/90 22:51:09
|
|
Message Number 8542
|
|
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|
Aural torture, as long as it's spelled properly, is perfectly
|
|
acceptable in most states.
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|
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|
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|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 00:17:54
|
|
Message Number 8544
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|
|
|
JB> No sense in assaulting innocent people with aural torture.
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|
|
|
No such thing as an innocent. I say let 'em WRITHE!!!!!
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|
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|
|
|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: Bleedin' Weird
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 00:42:03
|
|
Message Number 8545
|
|
|
|
The dwarf looks up into the bewildered insurance salesman's face.
|
|
"ZOT! WHERE !?!"
|
|
He looks around desperately as if to locate some imagined foe.
|
|
"Oh. Oh yeah, me. Well, uh... So Ruf, how ya been?"
|
|
Suddenly perplexed by his old friend's odd behavior, Rufus barely
|
|
notices the giraffe and baboon that have chosen this moment to enter the
|
|
bar.
|
|
"Ghods, Zot! How did you get here? I thought you had been killed when
|
|
that Vogon ship exploded."
|
|
"It's...er...a long story. I'll tell ya bout sometime, eh." Zot
|
|
answers vaguely.
|
|
Looking around again, this time taking a better look at his
|
|
surroundings, Zot gives forth a long low whistle.
|
|
"These are some WEIRD bleedin' dudes in dis joint!" Spying the giant,
|
|
Zot exclaims, "Hey, get a load of the BIG guy! He's like somethin outta
|
|
THOR."
|
|
"By the way, is it always so violent in here? I was under the
|
|
impression that firearms and energy weapons were tabboo on this hunk of
|
|
rock."
|
|
Rufus is about to suggest a hasty withdrawal to avoid any more mention
|
|
of high tech paraphernalia around the authorities, when his attention is
|
|
drawn to the strange noise emenating from Zot's long black bag.
|
|
It starts at the edge of his senses, almost imperceptible, like a gnat
|
|
buzzing around his ear. But soon it grows to very audible proportions.
|
|
So audible, in fact, that soon several other patrons of the bar hear it
|
|
too. A high pitched whine that sounds vaguely familiar, yet also very
|
|
alien. However, it is not just a solid tone. Slight changes in pitch and
|
|
vibrato soon become apparent, until a definite melody is at last
|
|
achieved.
|
|
Turtle listens intently, head cocked to one side.
|
|
"That sounds a lot like an intro to a Metallica song I know."
|
|
"No its not. Its an ancient mariner's song. I'd recognize it
|
|
anywhere."
|
|
"You're both wrong. It is that song which the Valkyries sing as they
|
|
ride to a battle."
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|
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|
|
|
|
From: ZOT GNOP
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: The Song
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 01:19:13
|
|
Message Number 8546
|
|
|
|
It appears that everyone hears a different melody. And not just any
|
|
melody, but one which has special significance to each individual. To
|
|
every one who can hear it, the song tells of home and of longing and of
|
|
loneliness. Yet....it has no words, just a melody. A simple melody.
|
|
|
|
With a swift fluid motion, accompanied by a loud curse, Zot flings the
|
|
bag over everyones' heads and into the far corner of the bar.
|
|
"DAMN YOUR MISERABLE STRINGS!!! I told you not to do that in public!
|
|
Now I suppose I'm gonna be asked to play for you all. Play my MAGNIFCENT
|
|
instrument." The words are dripping with sarcasm and rage. "Well nothing
|
|
doing! I ain't goin near that thing til it learns to behave in public."
|
|
With that, Zot goes up to the bar and yells, "Gimme somethin' with
|
|
LOTS of alcohol in it. And bring the whole bottle!"
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: BIG LEW
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 09:57:11
|
|
Message Number 8553
|
|
|
|
Well, if you find out where it is and y'all get together, will you let
|
|
me know? I don't play, but would love to join in the fun!
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: BIG LEW
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Music
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 10:05:30
|
|
Message Number 8554
|
|
|
|
I love David Sanborn's "real" music - the things he can do with that sax
|
|
But, I agree with you 100% - I have been real disappointed in the last
|
|
year or so!
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: SNAKEBYTE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: Animalism!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 12:17:40
|
|
Message Number 8555
|
|
|
|
But my friendly Unicorn...where would you of gone? I know if you let a
|
|
child feel they made the decision to do something (wheither or not they
|
|
freely decided) they really get involved in what they're doing. It's
|
|
just like the commercial "Don't let them know it good for them." Maybe
|
|
we should make high grades illegal or something, then kids might get
|
|
them just to be "cool" or something....<grin>
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: SNAKEBYTE
|
|
To: JONBOY
|
|
Subject: Wilmington
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 12:21:33
|
|
Message Number 8556
|
|
|
|
Sounds great!!!! Let's say we meet at the south end of Oleander Blvd
|
|
this Saturday around 6am to get an early start <grin>. Man oh man what
|
|
times they was......why aren't they like that here???....oh well
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: YNGLING
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 15:17:52
|
|
Message Number 8558
|
|
|
|
>I vote in favor (strongly!) on your behalf...
|
|
*sniff* I want to thank everyone responsible for bestowing this great
|
|
honor upon me and I promise to do my best not to let any of you down.
|
|
And in the spirit of my new position, I'd just like to say:
|
|
Set 'em up, bartender! :)
|
|
The Yngling
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: The Band
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 16:53:40
|
|
Message Number 8560
|
|
|
|
And, as an added bonus, I have a biohazard symbol which we can scan in
|
|
at 300 dpi, port over to Page Maker, add some lettering, and make a
|
|
real big poster.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 16:54:44
|
|
Message Number 8561
|
|
|
|
>You don't seem too enthusiastic about this.
|
|
>Do you really think these rug-rats are going to take to you, though?
|
|
|
|
Ohh, I'm not worried about rug-rats anymore. A few warning shots and
|
|
they usually leave me alone.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Wyverns Den
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 16:57:49
|
|
Message Number 8562
|
|
|
|
>So, like, when will Xon answer OMNI?
|
|
|
|
Ya know what ticks me off? When OMNI sends me 16 letters saying "This
|
|
is your last chance to renew at these really low, low prices."
|
|
|
|
...oh, you mean the character on the story board. Oops..
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RUFUS
|
|
To: THRUD
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 16:59:40
|
|
Message Number 8563
|
|
|
|
>But how many times do you watch a video to catch a cleavage shot?
|
|
>Answer - as many times as it takes.
|
|
|
|
Or get a really good VCR and play it frame by frame. And Hitachi has
|
|
out this thing that will print color pictures of the TV screen. To
|
|
bad the resolution is really bad, and it's $800.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: BIG LEW
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 18:23:43
|
|
Message Number 8565
|
|
|
|
Sounds like Yngling's designated drinker table might be more fun than
|
|
their jam. Pass the pitcher, and flag down that wench.
|
|
Thrud
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: SNAKEBYTE
|
|
Subject: Animalism!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 18:25:34
|
|
Message Number 8566
|
|
|
|
Gawd, I've tried to convince my daughter that high grades are cool!
|
|
She gripes because all her friends are in one group, and she's stuck
|
|
with the uncool ones - in a faster track. Tough to convince a kid
|
|
that there are reasons for school besides socializing....durn, I
|
|
figured it out by the time I was 26.....
|
|
Thrud
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: omni
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 18:30:27
|
|
Message Number 8567
|
|
|
|
......and they tell ya your subscriptions about to run out whe
|
|
oops...when you have nine months left on it. What really slays me
|
|
is a notice I got from PC Computing 4 months before my sub ran out,
|
|
stating that if I didn't renew NOW, I'd probly miss an issue because
|
|
they couldn't print address labels in time! Doncha think somebody
|
|
in the editorial dept would tell the folks in the sub dept that the
|
|
PC Computing readerbase might see thru that? Even if we are a bunch
|
|
of dirty low down rotten MS-DOS users.
|
|
THRUD
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: RUFUS
|
|
Subject: inane lyrics
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 18:35:40
|
|
Message Number 8568
|
|
|
|
ya, pause feature on my VCR makes the picture much to fuzzy....next
|
|
time I'll instruct my mother to spend much more on my Christmas
|
|
present.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: THRUD
|
|
To: ALL
|
|
Subject: spouses (spice?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 18:38:45
|
|
Message Number 8569
|
|
|
|
Do yall catch a lot of grief over the time ya spend on the boards?
|
|
When I got started, it was "Shush, dads busy" or "Honey, I hate to
|
|
bug ya...." But lately they act like I'm sittin here doing nothing.
|
|
Jeez, I hate to tie up the line while my wife tells me about what
|
|
some dizzo did at the bank, but I can't tell her to shut up, but I
|
|
really want to Read&Post, but.....do yuz know what I mean? I've cut
|
|
down a lot....don't play any games, just do the message thing.....
|
|
I think my wife is jealous of my computer....
|
|
Thrud
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: YNGLING
|
|
Subject: Laws of...
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 19:04:08
|
|
Message Number 8570
|
|
|
|
>I think you're intelligent enough to understand the social and
|
|
>economic upheaval that would be experienced WORLDWIDE if any one
|
|
>man/government gained control of such a large portion of the World's
|
|
>oil supply.
|
|
|
|
Thanks. But, I'm noticing that no other nation in the world is
|
|
as firmly entrenched in this battle than the U.S. Do they know something
|
|
we don't?
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: BEATLE
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 19:11:10
|
|
Message Number 8571
|
|
|
|
>Do you really think these rug-rats are going to take to you, though?
|
|
|
|
Ya never know. Even O.E.M. (the very alternate band I've belonged
|
|
to...) had its fan club. (Once met one of the members of it outside the
|
|
band. He didn't recognize me, but he told me about this "really neat
|
|
band at the Main Street Book Shop." I recognized him. <Sigh!> For the
|
|
days of O.E.M., where three's a crowd, and four's an audience.)
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
|
|
|
|
I can imagine Rufus taking a liking to one of them, and showing it off
|
|
to his parents: "He followed me home. Can I keep him?"
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Really?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 19:15:43
|
|
Message Number 8572
|
|
|
|
>Have fun learning Japanese.
|
|
|
|
! / \ !
|
|
---- - ! -----
|
|
/ / - ! !
|
|
---- - // / \
|
|
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: SNAKEBYTE
|
|
Subject: Animalism!
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 19:21:19
|
|
Message Number 8574
|
|
|
|
>Maybe we should make high grades illegal or something, then kids might
|
|
>get them just to be "cool" or something... <grin>
|
|
|
|
I can imagine the psychology now.
|
|
|
|
Mother: Didn't we bring you up right? What did we do wrong?
|
|
Father: It's not as if we ask for much.
|
|
Mother: And don't you love us?
|
|
Child: Well, yes but --
|
|
Mother: <interrupting> Then act like it! Show us some respect.
|
|
Father: It's not just the report card.
|
|
Mother: Although that could use some help...
|
|
Father: I'm glad to see you at least made a 'C' in history.
|
|
Mother: But four A's and two B's?!?
|
|
Child: Well, I guess...
|
|
Father: But what really gets me is your rebellion.
|
|
Mother: Acting nice to your sister! Cleaning up after yourself!
|
|
Why when I was a child, I tied my sister to the hot water
|
|
heater at least once a month!
|
|
Father: Calm down. Now, Jeder, it's not the music you listen to.
|
|
Mother: Those hideous groups! With such strange names and
|
|
instruments! Bach! Tschicovsky! John Cage!
|
|
Father: Well, you know you could listen to something a bit more,
|
|
ummm... modern.
|
|
Child: But I don't like...
|
|
Mother: You don't like?!? You don't like?!? That's just like you!
|
|
All you think about is yourself! You never think of others!
|
|
|
|
<ad nausium>
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
To: THRUD
|
|
Subject: spouses (spice?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 19:33:08
|
|
Message Number 8575
|
|
|
|
>I think my wife is jealous of my computer.
|
|
|
|
Computer modeming is an addiction. (Hell -- if it's good enough for
|
|
a defense attorney to win a case, it's sure good enough for here!)
|
|
<This is your brain. This is your brain playing with modems. Now,
|
|
this is your brain playing with modems with a side of bacon.>
|
|
|
|
It's a good way for introverts (like many of us are) to hide behind
|
|
our screens -- and yet meet people. But -- real flesh and bones is
|
|
better. Spend more time with your wife -- or, like I did with my
|
|
filly, get her addicted as well. (Tell her it won't show up in any
|
|
blood sample.)
|
|
Chip P. Unicorn
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: RAVEN
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: spouses (spice?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 20:16:45
|
|
Message Number 8576
|
|
|
|
>-- or, like I did with my filly, get her addicted as well. (Tell her it
|
|
>won't show up in any blood sample.)
|
|
|
|
Or keep handing her information, gifs, . . . etc. so that she gets
|
|
something useful out of that time. (also get a second line). Sure you
|
|
still get griped at, but not as often, and not as much.
|
|
|
|
-R-
|
|
|
|
(and you don't feel as guilty about it)
|
|
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|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 20:50:13
|
|
Message Number 8579
|
|
|
|
>Not Babbage's machine. Turings.
|
|
|
|
Yes, you got me. I goofed. The Difference Engine was Turing's; I should
|
|
/know/ that. Now I feel dumb...
|
|
|
|
...but hey, I bet Bo doesn't know his computer pioneers!
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: MAX
|
|
Subject: CD's
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 20:52:29
|
|
Message Number 8580
|
|
|
|
I agree that CD's offer the best currently available sound reproduction
|
|
under real-world conditions; I was simply pointing out that not only are
|
|
they not perfect, by today's standards of digital recording they're not
|
|
that good. If the media were being developed today, I suspect we'd end
|
|
up with something about on par with current CD technology pricewise,
|
|
with significantly better sound reproduction and higher resolution. Un-
|
|
fortunately, 'tain't gonna happen what with all the market support
|
|
already lined up behind the CD. (This whole conversation got started as
|
|
a result of Beatle's question, "You mean there really is better-than-CD-
|
|
quality technology?" The answer is, Yes, there is.)
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: Rules of..
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 20:57:54
|
|
Message Number 8581
|
|
|
|
>Bash homos! Bash homos!
|
|
|
|
I agree. That homogenized milk, nasty stuff. If Nature intended for milk
|
|
to be homogenized, cows'd have attachments for paint shakers.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: THE SPECIALIST
|
|
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 20:58:52
|
|
Message Number 8582
|
|
|
|
>Can you play? Yes, or no...can you play?
|
|
|
|
Well..a reserved yes'd be in order. The reservations are: I've never
|
|
played with a group before--t'was always just by meself--and I haven't
|
|
done it in a number of years, and therefore have no idea as to whether
|
|
that's the type of knowin' what sticks with you fer a long time.
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
From: TURTLE
|
|
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
|
|
Subject: dog house?
|
|
Date & Time: 09/05/90 21:10:51
|
|
Message Number 8585
|
|
|
|
>Even O.E.M...had its fan club.
|
|
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But they weren't very good at it--both of 'em had to be home by 9.
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: THRUD
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Subject: Co-habitators
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Date & Time: 09/05/90 21:22:17
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Message Number 8586
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Yup... I know what you mean! I got rid of mine because she wouldn't
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let me get on the boards as much as I wanted. Selfish? You bet your
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ass! Listening to her bitch wasn't worth it! So...
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SSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYA!!
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"Heartless Asshole" and "I Wish You'd Pay More Attention to Me" are
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trademarks of Typical Women, Inc. Any use here is in thier most common
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sense. Patent Pending.
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: TURTLE
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Subject: Rules of..
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Date & Time: 09/05/90 21:30:22
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Message Number 8587
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Dammit, I said STOP THAT!!!
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From: THE SPECIALIST
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To: JONBOY
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Subject: Drummer
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Date & Time: 09/05/90 21:32:39
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Message Number 8588
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I think we have got ourselves a drummer...now if we can just lure
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a Turtle from it's shell...
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Perhaps you should hold auditions. You have several guitar players
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to choose from, a couple of drummers, a pair of kinda-keyboardists,
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and even a clarinet player! What do you think?
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From: ANTIC FREDDY
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: The Band (JB&B)
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Date & Time: 09/05/90 22:06:41
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Message Number 8589
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Do i know him???
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From: ZOT GNOP
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To: RUFUS
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Subject: dog house?
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Date & Time: 09/06/90 02:33:16
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Message Number 8597
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Don't your warning shots usually include removing a limb? Personally, I
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prefer to warn them away with a toddler-head on a stick. It serves as an
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example of what will happen if they get too close.
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From: ZOT GNOP
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To: THRUD
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Subject: spouses (spice?
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Date & Time: 09/06/90 02:36:46
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Message Number 8598
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Just tell her that it's only a fling and that she's one you REALLY love.
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I'm sure that the female logic circuits will override her desire to beat
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the crap out of you after you tell her that.
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From: ZOT GNOP
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To: THE SPECIALIST
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Subject: Drummer
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Date & Time: 09/06/90 02:42:19
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Message Number 8599
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I say we use everybody. Just think of the impact of 4 rythm guitarists
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two lead guitarists, two drummers, two keyboardists, a clarinet, a kazoo
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and a mouth harp all goin' at once. We could call our first album
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"Entropy" or "Chaos Dogs from Hell's Off Ramp"
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From: SPELLWIND
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To: CHIP P. UNICORN
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Subject: Really?
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Date & Time: 09/06/90 14:23:09
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Message Number 8600
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Konichiwa-Chip-san. Japanese is not that hard to learn, written or
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spoken. I've already started to learn......Hmmm--does this mean I'm a
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natural born business-man?
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