From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #250 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Thursday, November 13 1997 Volume 02 : Number 250 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: The ever-expanding Alloy [Brian Clayton ] Alloy: I'm back and established [dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander] Re: Alloy: Graveyard..? [dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander)] Re: Alloy: crackers' photo [crackers@hwcn.org] Alloy: Microslob [crackers@hwcn.org] Alloy: Slang Glossary [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: Pictures (calm down ladies.........) [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: crackers' photo [Lem Bingley ] RE: Alloy: OOh, kind words....... ["Jose Gomez" ] Re: Alloy: Microslob [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics ["Keith Stansell" ] Re: Alloy: I'm back and established ["Keith Stansell" ] Re: Alloy: Kick-Man rides again [dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander] Re: Alloy: Microslob [dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander)] Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics [dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexan] Alloy: Goodbye [Cheryl Sampson ] Re: Alloy: T-SHIRT: Final City List [Cheryl Sampson ] Alloy: Captains [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: RE: Alloy: OOh, kind words....... [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Alloy: crackers' photo [crackers@hwcn.org] Re: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Captains [IT Admin - Govt Office North West ] Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics ["Keith Stansell" ] Re: Alloy: Captains [Elaine Linstruth ] Alloy: Now Playing: ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Alloy: Now Playing: ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:52:23 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Clayton Subject: Alloy: The ever-expanding Alloy Greetings, and random observations: After wading through 50+ new Alloy messages today, I tried to go back into my folder of old Alloy messages to see where the total currently stands... and my mail reader exploded. Hmm. So I went to edit the folder, and saw its size in bytes, if not in messages. It is about a dozen K short of SEVEN MEGABYTES. That's from February 1996. So I broke it down into a 1996 file and a 1997 file. The 1996 messages are a bit shy of 1Mb, the remaining 6Mbs being what has passed through the group this year (so far.) Yowza. Put that in your spam tin and smoke it, boys and girls. Re: the AAMBC page: kudos! Great to get to hear the efforts of our musically gifted. Thanks, Keith. (BTW, I know *exactly* where you got that background for your home page! Heh heh.) Crackers gave us: > Secret Cajun Man Heh, reminds me very much of a favorite Montegreen, "Secret Asian Man." Admit it, that's what the guy was singing! Mary: Glad you survived Illinois, and hope you enjoyed your illness. No, wait... Stephen: city of residence confirmed. Go for it, dude. Robin's response to the GTTME review: > OUTDATED???? *gasp*!! > Outdate THIS!!!!!! > (insert fave visual of graphically rude gesture directed toward the junior > high school student who we know really wrote the "review") Not being one who normally descends to this level of discourse, I have to say that I'm compelled to chime in with, "And SWIVEL on it, PUNK!" *GRRRrrrrr* *breathe* *breathe* Whew, that's better. Sorry about that. Finally, a pat on the back for Paul and his photo page--especially in light of the fact that no image of yours truly appears there. The man's sense of taste and decorum is obviously unmatched. BC - --- Brian Clayton "It was very witty, but it wasn't my wittiness." stemish@kumr.lns.com -- Kurt Vonnegut ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 22:44:07 -0700 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Alloy: I'm back and established I am now here in Denver CO, USA. I am no longer a hick. I am no longer a resident of Wyoming. I no longer stick out like a sore thumb. I AM HOME! (I was born and raised in Denver). Yeeeeehaaaaaaaa! (Oops! Where'd that come from?) It'll take a week to weed through the emails. And when I get the chance, I'll email my picture for the scrap book as well. JAMac ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:58:36 -0700 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Re: Alloy: Graveyard..? . . . >We find graveyards to be quiet & beautiful, and >some of the artwork on the monuments is truly incredible. I also find myself >wondering about the life of each person; sometimes you can tell a lot about >someone by just looking at the monument, period of time in which they lived >etc, other times not; it's like working an intricate puzzle. . . Sounds familiar. I took my ex-girlfriend to a graveyard one night. She thought I was being really weird till I started doing what you do; wondering what kinds of lives each person led. What was weird though was, after we broke up, she took her new boyfriend to graveyards on a regular basis, but only for the thrill of it. Whose weird now!? I now know that she suffers from a number of psychological disorders that I believe are self-induced. Why do people do things like that? Are they sick? (Now, that was redundant, wasn't it) JAMac ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 02:17:30 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: crackers' photo In article <2.2.16.19971112003542.1c7f6dc4@mail>, you wrote: >At 02:43 11/11/97 -0500, Crackers wrote: >>Lady: Hey!! Those bastards smooshed my donuts and spilled my coffee! >> >Smooched my donuts!! Smooched??? What kind of a word is that? Never mind, ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hey... it could have been "Splooshed my donuts." CRACKERS (Sploosh-Man from hell!!!!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 02:17:29 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Microslob In article <971111103012_-1207600657@mrin84.mail.aol.com>, you wrote: >And it isn't even "Howard Hughes" syndrome. He's been avoiding soap for ages, >even before he was rich & paraniod. The really insulting thing to the rest of >us is that SOAP IS CHEAP, he's apparently just always been such an ass that >he doesn't care what the guy next to him has to whiff. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Sheeesh. I wish I could arrange to be with his at some sort of media event. I'd have no problems letting him know how bad he smells. Maybe he's just doing this to see how long it will take for someone to tell him, "Fer christ's sakes Bill! Next time you're in a hotel, use the soap. It's complimentary." Steve Jobs was legendary back when he worked as a programmer at Atari (before he started Apple Computers with the Woz) for his lack of personal hygene. (He would also come to work in his bare feet) It's kind of funny now that I think of it. I'd have no problem telling Bill Gates he needs a bath, but I still haven't been able to bring myself to tell this one girl in my Japanese class that she has the most god awful breath I've ever experienced. And I really dislike this girl too, which you would think would make it easier. I guess I could tell Bill because his problem is he's a slob, he takes a bath and he can fix it. But with chronic bad breath it's often a medical problem that requires some sort of clinical treatment. CRACKERS (Soap, it does a body good from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 02:17:32 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Alloy: Slang Glossary In article <01BCEF6D.715E2400@JOHN'S.police.tas.gov.au>, you wrote: >('shouting' or 'shout' is a slang term for 'buying the round' used commonly >here in down-under land - I don't know if its used elsewhere). ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hmmmm... maybe we should compile a glossary of all our local slang terms. Here's some Hamilton/Southern Ontario slang terms which the rest of the world may not be familiar with. HAR! - (Hamilton BBS) Highest compliment awarded to a humorous posting. I just pulled an Eeun - (Hamilton BBS) When you post a responce to a message without realizing that someone else has already posted the same thing. When discovering their responce you usually answer with "Damn, I just pulled an Eeun." (Eeun being a user famous for posting something someone else just posted) Fluffidah - (Southern Ontario) Airhead (male or female). Sometimes it's said in a very lyrical tone while flinging an arm over your head to indicate that someone has just done something very stupid. It'll kill yer wee budgie - (Hamilton) A phrase used to indicate something is really good. (eg. "Hey Bill, how is that new beer?" -- "It'll kill yer wee budgie.") CRACKERS (Local coloquialisms from hell!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 02:17:26 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Pictures (calm down ladies.........) In article <199711111351_MC2-27CB-E425@compuserve.com>, you wrote: >One is a semi-naked the_copse_in_bed shot, ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ You wouldn't happen to be wearing Robin's corsette in this picture? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >I should add that both of these are from the days before I became a skinhead! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Ummm... you might want to say "decided to shave my head". In Canada "skinhead" is another word for Neo-Nazi. CRACKERS (Busting heads with my docs from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 02:17:31 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics In article , you wrote: >On a side note, I have Fantasia on laser and frankly can't watch it.. as >the audio is in SORE need of a re-record or some other sort of update. >Anyone with an ear for good music minus noise would have to agree. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I have it on video tape which has the advantage of a lower bandwidth so a lot of the crap is filtered out due to the flaws of the medium. A re-record would be great! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >What's the generation behind X gonna be called anyway? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Nintendo Generation seems to be the word I hear used a lot to describe the generation after X. Personally, I've never been happy with the label Generation-X. Just because some guy writes a mediocre book in which he says everyone born between '59-'69 is in Generation-X the media has to use the term. And because the media uses it so does everyone else. Sheeesh! That book is full of all sorts of mistakes too. People who dress all in black and wear white pancake makeup with black lipstick are not called "Blackholes", they're not even called "Goths" as the media now dubs them. As far back as I remember they've always been called "Deathbunnies". Of course, what is funny is now that the Gen-X's are becoming 30-somethings you start seeing all these commercials marketing products at them in the same way they marketed stuff to the Baby-Boomers when they became 30-somethings. Anyone for a Polyvinyl K-Tel Late 70s / Early 80s collection. On two CDs or cassettes. CRACKERS (Why couldn't Disco stay dead from hell!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:12:41 +0000 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Re: Alloy: crackers' photo At 11:34 p.m. 11/11/97 -0500, Crackers asked: > >Who's Captain Birdseye? Is he anything like Captain Hindgrinder? Birdseye is a frozen food vendor here in the UK. They've run adverts on TV for many many years promoting fish fingers with a sort of squeaky-clean be-whiskered ship's captain called Captain Birdseye. He spirits cherub-like kids away magically to his boat, where they all tuck into platefuls of fish fingers. His voice is the stereo-typical salty-sea-dog thing - all shiver-me-timbers, and hoist-the-main-brace. I really hope that Captain Hindgrinder is just some name you made up. Salty sea-captains stealing children is worrying enough. Lem ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 97 14:40:19 UT From: "Jose Gomez" Subject: RE: Alloy: OOh, kind words....... [sorry for the delay in forwarding this Jose, PB.] - ---------- From: owner-alloy@smoe.org on behalf of Tim Dunn Sent: Monday, November 10, 1997 5:54 PM To: INTERNET:alloy@smoe.org Subject: Alloy: OOh, kind words....... ....Please anyone who's even remotely interested, do send me your addresses! the_copse ================================================ Tim Despite your comments about Belgium I'd like a copy of your album. :) You can send it to lurker extraordinaire: J Gomez 2345 Palmer 4h New Roch NY 10801 USA Looking forward to hearing it Jose kwerky@msn.com - ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:41:21 -0500 (EST) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Microslob In a message dated 11/12/97 2:40:37 AM, crackers wrote: <> If you were her, would you not try to have this corrected? Certainly she can tell it's bad... or at least that everyone else's breath seems unusually nice compared to hers? Her dentist could certainly help her out; most universities can refer students to free clinics. Here's a really rude way to handle the problem (and it may annoy others as an added bonus): when you see her in class, smile & offer her a breath mint. If she doesn't want one, do this every single time you lay eyes on her, or whenever she opens her mouth to say anything. Lean in & say "Breathmint?" while holding out the roll of Certs. Once this happens twelve thousand times per class she might catch a glimmer of what you're hinting at (or just take the darned breath mint to make you shut up). Robin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:51:53 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics Crackers replyed to : > >What's the generation behind X gonna be called anyway? > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ ~ > > Nintendo Generation seems to be the word I hear used a lot to describe the > generation after X. Hey Crackers, does that make us the "Atari Generation"? - -Keith (raised on Asteroids from Hell!) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:43:43 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: I'm back and established JAMac wrote: > I am now here in Denver CO, USA. I am no longer a hick. I am no longer > a resident of Wyoming. I no longer stick out like a sore thumb. ....and I am no longer the sole inhabitant of the "White City" - really, check it out for yourselves: http://www.9news.com/camera/alleoc.html - - Keith ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:59:30 -0700 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Re: Alloy: Kick-Man rides again >Heck, Hamiltonis one of North America's most polluted cities, and with >that big Plastimat fire our air is 90% benzine. And with the crap Dafasco >keeps spewing out its chimneys, every sunday it smells like everyone in >the city ate bad egg salad. > > CRACKERS > (Pew from hell!!!!!!!!!!!) And I thought Denver's Brown Cloud was bad! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:41:19 -0700 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Re: Alloy: Microslob >. . . But with chronic bad breath it's often a medical problem >that requires some sort of clinical treatment. > > CRACKERS > (Soap, it does a body good from hell!!!) Try a good intestinal cleansing (you would be amazed at how much garbage can collect in there and stay for decades!) followed by drinking aloe vera juice and ginger tea on a regular basis (to improve digestive function). Call me for some products that can help, if your interested. (Not you CRACKERS, your friend, of course.) (303) 322-2824. Also have an oral checkup. In other words, poor eating and hygeine habits make for bad breath. Or, in yet, other words, 'Have a little more respect for your body for my sake please!' JAMac ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:49:02 -0700 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics >Sheeesh! That book is full of all sorts of mistakes too. People who dress >all in black and wear white pancake makeup with black lipstick are not >called "Blackholes", they're not even called "Goths" as the media now dubs >them. As far back as I remember they've always been called "Deathbunnies". I had a few friends in high school who fit that description. Everyone just called them 'punks'. Although, the punks I knew weren't really punks. None of them were violent or partied. Most were actually intelects who had trouble fitting in, so they made sure they didn't for attention. I've never heard the title "deathbunnies" before but it did fit these people. >Of course, what is funny is now that the Gen-X's are becoming 30-somethings >you start seeing all these commercials marketing products at them in the >same way they marketed stuff to the Baby-Boomers when they >became 30-somethings. > >Anyone for a Polyvinyl K-Tel Late 70s / Early 80s collection. On two CDs or >cassettes. I think I already saw those ads. JAMac ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:17:09 -0700 From: Cheryl Sampson Subject: Alloy: Goodbye I've been getting way too much e-mail lately. I spend my entire 3-4 hours at work reading and responding to it every day. Although alloy is my favorite, it is the most problematic in terms of volume. I may decide to unsubscribe to it. If not, I will probably continue to delete almost all of it, only reading things with intriguing titles. If anyone ever has anything important to tell me, please e-mail me direclty at cls1014@wcslc.edu. Thank you. Now that I think about it, I won't unsubscribe. But, I won't read everything either. Have a nice day, Cheryl (Princess) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:19:04 -0700 From: Cheryl Sampson Subject: Re: Alloy: T-SHIRT: Final City List Hey, I want a shirt.... Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Cheryl (Princess) >>> "Stephen M. Tilson" 11/07 7:50 PM >>> Dear Alloids, By way of a message from PaulB recently I am reposting the Alloy World Tour cities list for a FINAL CHECK before t-shirt production begins. If you're ordering a shirt please confirm your city is listed, and if not, cable it to me. Atlanta, Georgia, USA Austin, Texas, USA Bethesda, Maryland, USA Boston, Massachusetts, USA Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA Calera, Alabama, USA Chicago, Illinois, USA Chorlton-cum-Hardy, UK --------------------->>> is this for real??? Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Croydon, UK Denver, Colorado, USA El Llanito, New Mexico, USA Evansville, Indiana, USA Garland, Texas, USA Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA Linkoping, SWEDEN Nashville, Tennessee, USA Orlando, Florida, USA Palmdale, California, USA Portland, Oregon, USA Rochester, NY, USA Salisbury, UK San Francisco, California, USA San Mateo, California, USA Santa Cruz, California, USA Santa Rosa, California, USA Turku, FINLAND Ciao! /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:51:03 -0800 (PST) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Alloy: Captains On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Lem Bingley wrote: > I really hope that Captain Hindgrinder is just some name you made up. Salty > sea-captains stealing children is worrying enough. This makes me think about Captain Over. "Billy? Do you like gladiator movies?" - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:45:36 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: RE: Alloy: OOh, kind words....... In article <199711121135.GAA06014@jane.smoe.org>, you wrote: >....Please anyone who's even remotely interested, do send me your >addresses! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I'm interested... Chris Cracknell 54 Fairleigh Ave. North Hamilton, Ontario Canada, L8L-6H2 If you want, I can send you a very rough tape of some of the stuff I've been working on. I basically just set up a mic and went through a bunch of songs so I'd have them on tape just incase I got killed in a car accident or something. If I just keep them in my head then they'd be gone when I'm dead. Plus I can listen to the rough tracks to get arrangement ideas. CRACKERS (Very very rough from hell!!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:45:40 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics In article <199711121647.IAA05588@polk-fw.polk.com>, you wrote: >Hey Crackers, does that make us the "Atari Generation"? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ That would be us! (A label I much prefer to Generation-X) Actually, there were documents recently uncovered that showed the cigarette industry actively markets it's products at teenagers and kids. These documents were memos concerning marketing strategies in the early 80's that were aimed at, in the words of the tobacco company in question, "The Artari Generation". Yep... they mispelled Atari. It reminds me of when the Nintendo first came out. I was working in a retail computer store and we used to see all sorts of spelling of the word Nintendo. The two most common were... Nintenko Nintendovision Incidently, speaking of Atari... I've been programming for the old Atari 2600 (I've been working on a virtual pet cartridge right now) and I'm a member of an Atari 2600 programming group called Stella. One of the members of the group who has given me a lot of assistance is also a Headspace employee! (Jim Nitchals) Man... programming Atari carts and working for Thomas Dolby? Could it get any better? I wonder if he'll develope a Beatnik port for the 2600? He is currently working on some secret stuff for the 2600 that I can't tell you about. And it's really neat. CRACKERS (Atari generation from hell!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:45:38 -0500 (EST) From: crackers@hwcn.org Subject: Re: Alloy: crackers' photo In article <3.0.1.32.19971112111241.00722d18@computerwire.co.uk>, you wrote: >Birdseye is a frozen food vendor here in the UK. They've run adverts on TV >for many many years promoting fish fingers with a sort of squeaky-clean >be-whiskered ship's captain called Captain Birdseye. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ We have Birdseye frozen foods here too. But the frozen fish market is dominated by Highliner who has a character named Captain Highliner (dubbed Captain Hindgrinder by many in the belief that he's actually a homosexual pedophile). The main focus of his attention is a young boy named Billy. He asks him questions like, "Have ye ever been to sea Billy?" and then goes on to tell him about the joys of being on a ship with men and frozen fish products. Hindgrinder used to be very much the stereotypical "Salty-Dog" but they've mellowed him out a bit in recent commercial. It's great to be on a ship with men and sail across the sea -oh We don't know where or when we'll land It's great to be with men. (It's great to be with men) 'Cause men can sweat and men can stink and no one seems to care -oh So throw the dishes in the sink and clog the drains with hair -oh (And clog the drains with hair -oh) Men men men It's a ship all filled with men. So batten down the ladies room there's no one here but men. (There's no one here but men) We're men and friends until the end and none of us are sissies. At night we sleep in seperate beds and blow each other kissies. (And blow each other kissies) Men men men It's a ship all filled with men. You'll never have to lift the seat there's no one here but men. (There's no one here but men) There's men above and men below and men down in the galley There's Butch and Bob, and Biff, and Spike, and one guy we call Sally (And one guy we call Sally) Men men men It's a ship all filled with men. So throw your rubbers overboard there's no one here but men. (There's no one here but men) Aaaahhhhhh---Mennnnnnnn!!!!!!!! CRACKERS (Fernwood tonight from hell!!!!!!!) - -- Accordionist - Wethifl Musician - Atari 2600 Collector | /\/\ *NEW CrAB URL* http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html ***| \^^/ Bira Bira Devotee - FES Member - Samurai Pizza Cats Fan| =\/= ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:55:04 -0500 (EST) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics In a message dated 11/12/97 1:02:37 PM, crackers wrote: <all in black and wear white pancake makeup with black lipstick are not >called "Blackholes", they're not even called "Goths" as the media now dubs >them. As far back as I remember they've always been called "Deathbunnies".>> LOL! I swear I've never heard the term "Deathbunnies" before. All my gothy friends just call themselves goths. The "death" part I can understand (vampires, etc) but why "bunnies", of all things? Is it regional to Canada? (not that this would explain it necessarily) Robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:18:56 GMT From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: Captains At 10:51 12/11/97 -0800, you wrote: >On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Lem Bingley wrote: >> I really hope that Captain Hindgrinder is just some name you made up. Salty >> sea-captains stealing children is worrying enough. > >This makes me think about Captain Over. > >"Billy? Do you like gladiator movies?" > >-- >Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) > > Captain Over? What's your vector Victor? Right, come on then, let's get it over with; roll out as many quotes from that scene as you can, and never forget Campo Grande. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:18:50 GMT From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: Irish Eyes At 20:51 11/11/97 -0800, Elaine wrote: > >First time I ever had a draught Guinness was in Washington DC, and this >youngish very Irish-accented bartender "blessed" it for me. He made the >sign of the (Catholic) cross with the spout as he finished the pour. When >the foam peaked, there was a really cool shamrock on the top of my pint. > >Those of you with access to a keg o' Guinness can tell me if this is >easypeasy or takes some practice. > It takes a bit of practice to do it well. I used to do it years ago when I worked in my father-in-law's pub, but as I'm not Irish I'd sometimes do smileys instead. I'm right out of practice now. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:20:39 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Alloy: Now Playing: Pulp Culture - Lissu I must say, this is the sexiest version of any Dolby song I've ever heard. Lissu - so sultry, such an great voice. http://www.concentric.net/~kasman/aambc.html Keith Stansell Denver, Colorado _____________________________ http://www.concentric.net/~kasman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:19:13 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: Laserdiscs and Digipics Now playing: Pulp Culture - Lissu I must say, this is the sexiest version of any Dolby song I've ever heard. Lissu - so sultry, such an great voice. http://www.concentric.net/~kasman/aambc.html Keith Stansell Denver, Colorado _____________________________ http://www.concentric.net/~kasman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:46:39 -0800 (PST) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Captains Roger, Roger. What's our clearance, Clarence? Ok, I'll shut up now. - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, IT Admin - Govt Office North West wrote: > Captain Over? What's your vector Victor? > > Right, come on then, let's get it over with; roll out as many quotes from > that scene as you can, and never forget Campo Grande. > > Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:53:41 -0500 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Now Playing: Why do I get the feeling I'll get a surreptitious visit from Kick-Man = for that last . . . /\/\ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:49:36 -0500 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Now Playing: Keith, I do have RealPlayer 5.0 beta. It plays their demo just fine, and I = am able to get audio from CDNOW.com (an online record store), but I = get "Error 11" when I try to play the files you have so graciously = donated the bulk of your homepage to (or in streaming mode the system = crashes). I looked up "Error 11" at real.com and it relates in the = main to Mac platforms (not me), but also (and this may apply) talks = about how RA files (text portion) created with MSWORD can be = problematic as the program (Word) adds non ascii characters to = supposedly "text only" documents. Their recommendation is to use = Windows Write to create these files. I probably really screwed that = up --- perhaps you, as the experienced user, could take a look at the = help text for "Error 11" and see if anything rings a bell. The url = was something like www.real.com/error/error11.html Yes chilluns, I know I am the only one who seems to be having this = problem, and I Hate It Hate It Hate It I Do. = =2E..and while Stevie's (me) feeling petulant . . . Keith wrote: > Pulp Culture - Lissu > = > I must say, this is the sexiest version of any Dolby song I've = > ever heard. = > = > = > Lissu - so sultry, such an great voice. Hunh. Whaaaaaaa! Everybody likes Lissu best! I Hate Her Hate Her = Hate Her! Ok, so she's gorgeous and young and smart and charming and = sexily voiced . . . Who cares?!? She probably has skinny thighs = too! Baby Stevie P.S. Europa, after reading this rant, asked me to say, "Don't look = at me, I don't know him." ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #250 ***************************