From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #316 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 26 1998 Volume 03 : Number 316 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: I am back / no access to Flat Earth ["zoe mcneish" ] Alloy: Valerie Singleton. Get down Shep! [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: the new me [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: the new Santa [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: the new me [Keith Dawe ] Re: Alloy: the new me [ljackson@nstar.net (Lee Jackson)] Re: Alloy: the new me ["Keith Stansell" ] Re: Alloy: the new me [Chris Cracknell ] Re: Alloy: the new me [Chris Cracknell ] Alloy: Return of the prodigal poem [Chris Cracknell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:24:10 PST From: "zoe mcneish" Subject: Re: Alloy: I am back / no access to Flat Earth Hello, I live in the UK and I've been having problems reaching The Flat Earth Society too...I get a "cannot connect to server" messege everytime I try to access the site. Something must be wrong...or is it just my bad luck? Curious. Alex ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 02:44:56 EST From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: I am back Hey Guy.. Welcome Back! Ciao for now.. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:59:12 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: I am back In a message dated 11/24/98 11:17:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, Guy writes: << Hello everyone, I am back after being gone for a couple of months. Got a question for the crowd, I have been trying to get to Thomas' site and the Flat Earth Society site. I am being told that the dns entry does not exist. Does anyone know what happened? >> We were told by Mary Coller @ Headspace early this month that the FES site has relocated to www.thomas-dolby.com. At the time of her posting it didn't have a permanent caretaker yet. Maybe when you tried to log on it was off-line being maintained? As for the Headspace site, as far as I know it should be fine, but maybe the server was down or busy when you tried it. I haven't tried to visit either site in the last few weeks but I'm going to check them now to see if I can get through. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:05:36 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Thomas' sites As of 7:05am Eastern Standard time (US) both the FES < www.thomas-dolby.com > and Headspace sites let me in right away & seemed fine :) Let me know if you're still having problems. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:21:03 -0600 From: "Guy Story, KC5GOI" Subject: Re: Alloy: Thomas' sites If I said I was having problems with Headspace that was a mistake on my part. Thanks for the url, it worked just fine. Guy - -----Original Message----- From: RThurF@aol.com To: alloy@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 6:08 AM Subject: Re: Alloy: Thomas' sites > >As of 7:05am Eastern Standard time (US) both the FES < www.thomas-dolby.com > >and Headspace sites let me in right away & seemed fine :) >Let me know if you're still having problems. > >Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:36:06 +0000 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Valerie Singleton. Get down Shep! Slarvibarghlee wibbled: > Oooh, you passed up a chance to rub shoulders with Valery Singleton. > You mad, impetuous fool. Or doesn't she do it any more? Well she doesn't do it for *me* anymore, Slarvi, certainly. Maya Even is the current host. Now there is a presenter to put steam in a man's strides. > Well, I had a quick peek at [Cix], but I got the impression they wanted me to > part with some dosh Sad but true. Which is why I'm not on Cix myself even though I really ought to be. Lem the tighter-even-than-Slarvi-tightwad. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:59:35 EST From: Applebabe2@aol.com Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V3 #315 In a message dated 11/25/98 1:29:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-alloy- digest@smoe.org writes: << PPS - and entirely off-topic. We've got a NEW SANTA and reindeer on the town hall roof this year. hte old one had been repaired so often he was like a patchwork quilt. Pic forthcoming if available. >> I would love to see a picture of that too!!!! I have been wanting to get a big ol' santa and his reindeer on my roof for years....a little shock value for my neighbors perhaps?It sounds like a plan for this year. It couldn't get any worse than it did in the movie "Christmas Vacation" with Chevy Chase. Happy Thanksgiving All! Stacey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:22:51 -0800 From: thomas@headspace.com (Thomas Dolby Robertson) Subject: Alloy: the new me Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. TMDR ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:54:51 EST From: TBlagg@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: I am back / no access to Flat Earth Same goes for me? Trev B. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:32:59 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: Re: Alloy: I am back / no access to Flat Earth At 22:24 24/11/98 PST, SOMEBODY ("zoe mcneish" )wrote: > > > Hello, > Curious. > > > Alex > YOU may be curious, *I* am confused. I mean, are you "zoe mcneish," caroline452, or Alex. I think we should be told. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:33:00 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: Re: Alloy: the new Santa At 20:47 24/11/98 EST, Robin wrote: > > >LOL! yes, please send the picture, I beg you (maybe Paul will post it, and we >can see the 'before & after'... will the new santa be on the same building as >the last?) > >Robin T > Yes, he's on the same building, but he doesn't look like he's trying to have carnel knowledge of the clock tower like the old one did. This one's a bit of a cheat really, as you only see him from chest height upwards, so he appears to be emerging from the town hall roof. He also has the upper part of Rudolph next to him. I can see the back view from my vantage point on the 21st floor of 'The Tower.' I don't know if there's a pic in the local paper like there was before. If not, I'll pop out and take a couple myself. TTFN Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:33:02 +0000 From: "I T Admin @ Govt Office North West" Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me At 15:22 25/11/98 -0800, TMDR wrote: > >Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and >shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. >TMDR > > I'll alert the media. I can see the headline now, "Ex-Rock Star Loses Facial Hair." 'In a shock revelation today, ex-rock star and internet audio guru Thomas Dolby Robertson revealed he had lost his moustache and beard. In an exclusive but brief interview with our repoter he said "Don't ask why, it just happened." However, he was later overheard to say to the emeritus professor at Headpsace, Mr Robertson's internet audio development company, "This morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and the aliens ate my goatee." Futher reports in our next bulletin.' Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:00:27 -0800 (PST) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me OoooOooooooo.. baby face. - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Thomas Dolby Robertson wrote: > > Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and > shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. > TMDR > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:44:48 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me In a message dated 11/25/98 6:19:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, thomas@headspace.com writes: << Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. >> Thanks for the news Thomas, you are SO funny :) !!Congratulations on your new look. Do you like it? I too am afflicted by similar phenomena, which is where my Scully red hair has come about. Nobody saw it coming.. not even me (??) Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:51:32 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: the new Santa In a message dated 11/25/98 7:33:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk writes: << Yes, he's on the same building, but he doesn't look like he's trying to have carnel knowledge of the clock tower like the old one did. This one's a bit of a cheat really, as you only see him from chest height upwards, so he appears to be emerging from the town hall roof. He also has the upper part of Rudolph next to him. >> It's probably just as well.. maybe the torsos on their own will leak less air due to simpler design. Who has designed them, anyway, do you know? Does he or she know there are so many fans of their work all around the world? Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:52:35 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Dawe Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Thomas Dolby Robertson wrote: > Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and > shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. > TMDR Great! Maybe he'll wake up one morning and accidently produce a new record. Hey, after this latest bit of news, anything is possible. :-) - --omega ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:54:01 -0600 From: ljackson@nstar.net (Lee Jackson) Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:22:51 -0800, you wrote: >Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and >shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. >TMDR Been watching too many previews of "Star Trek: Insurrection", have we? ;-) // Lee Jackson (leej@3drealms.com) // Music and Sound Director // Apogee Software, Ltd. & 3D Realms Entertainment // http://www.3drealms.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:51:38 -0700 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me Well, for what it's worth, I stopped shaving four weeks ago and mine grew back. - -Keith P.S. Slarv, you should write for The Onion http://www.theonion.com/ . This story would be just right for them. - -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Dolby Robertson To: alloy@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 4:19 PM Subject: Alloy: the new me > >Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and >shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. >TMDR ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:58:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me In article , you wrote: >I too am afflicted by similar phenomena, which is where my Scully red hair has >come about. Nobody saw it coming.. not even me (??) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ "It's breeding in your 'short and Scullys' ready to expand..." CRACKERS (Don't blame me, it's the anal probe from hell!!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:58:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: the new me In article <365C914B.32388380@headspace.com>, you wrote: >Newsflash: this morning I woke up, walked to the bathroom mirror, and >shaved off my moustache and beard. Don't ask why, it just happened. >TMDR ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ I'll bet your butt was a little sore this morning too! You've been ANAL PROBED!!!! It's those aliens, they've been doing it all over the world. At night when you're asleep they sneak in and anal probe you, then the next morning they manipulate you like a puppet to make you do unexpected things like shave off your moustache and beard. They made me shave my legs and put on my wife's underthings once. Boy did it take some fancy talking to convince her it was the anal probe doing it all and not me. CRACKERS (Aliens Probed My Buttox from hell!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:58:11 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Alloy: Return of the prodigal poem Well I just had an interesting experience today. You know those "joke e-mails" that get passed around the office and everyone has at least one friend who keeps e-mailing them to you. Things like the "Get Blow Jobs Fast" parody of all those Make Money Fast E-mail chain letters, or the "Russian Experiments On The Effects Of Fear In A Zero Gravity Environment" which is a joke about the problems on Mir. Well a cousin of mine sends these sort of things out from work all the time. Today she sent me a funny little poem passed on to her by a friend. I was pleasently suprised to see it was my "Dr. Seus answers 'Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road' Poem". (follow the Chicken Jokes link on my webpage if you want to view it). I never thought I'd become one of those corny "joke e-mail" authors. Now I know how those things get started. It's neat how a created work released in the wild can take on a life all its own. I wonder how many people my little poem has been e-mailed to and how many office bulletin boards its been tacked upon (right next to the Dilbert cartoon and the Softball Signup sheet). CRACKERS (return of the corny poem from hell!!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #316 ***************************