From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #344 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 Tuesday, December 22 1998 Volume 03 : Number 344 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Y2K [Tim_Dunn.JBA_HEATHROW.SPL_EXTERNAL@jba.co.uk] Re: Alloy: Amish [RThurF@aol.com] RE: Alloy: Pretty in Pink ["Beth Meyer" ] RE: Alloy: parties ["Beth Meyer" ] Re: Alloy: A Wierd Thing [Kathleen McClelland ] Re: Alloy: Amish ["Charles E. Kemp" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:57:49 +0000 From: Tim_Dunn.JBA_HEATHROW.SPL_EXTERNAL@jba.co.uk Subject: Alloy: Y2K >>I don't remember if anyone's brought this up before, but what do all you >>people, esp. the IT people, think of the whole Y2K thing? What do we think of it? Millions and millions of pounds worth of easy business, of course! And millions and millions of lawsuits if it doesn't work! the_copse ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 07:01:19 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Amish In a message dated 12/20/98 6:05:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, Rochelle writes: << Perhaps my geographical ignorance will show in this question, but if memory serves me, you live in the Boston area (oh, how I'm hoping I'm right...). Are there many Amish there? >> Not in the immediate Boston area, but there are communities in the Northeast (& yes, I do live in Boston!) I've always admired their lifestyle & their seemingly limitless skills in every discipline, IMO they are reminders of real human potential in these days of rampant couch potato-ism. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:59:18 -0500 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: RE: Alloy: Pretty in Pink Hi, folks; Rochelle asked: >Do I remember correctly in thinking that you are expecting? If so, how are >you doing? And when are you do? And, perhaps more importantly, will your >new house be completed before the new arrival? The answers are: yes, I am expecting (and it's gotten pretty darn obvious about now -- mere acquaintances are now starting to pat me on the tummy, though complete strangers haven't gotten past commenting yet). The baby is due around February 25, though anytime two weeks before or ten days after that time is fair game. I understand that first babies tend to be a little late, but women who are new to the altitude (I moved to the Denver area right after getting pregnant) tend to give birth earlier, so perhaps those factors will cancel each other out. As to the house under construction: I tell people that the difference between the house and the baby is that the baby has a due date. We really don't know which will come first. Right now, it is starting to look like the closing date for the house might be on or around the due date for the baby, which could get interesting. As a precaution, we've already got a plan for keeping the baby in our tiny temporary apartment (and no, it does not involve having the baby sleep in a basket on top of the scanner). The biggest potential issue there is that the apartment complex has a policy of not allowing more than two people to stay in a one-bedroom apartment, even if one of the people is very small. So I keep wondering if, should the house be delayed or the baby come early, the manager will come by and say, "Congratulations on your new baby, now here's your eviction notice." Talk about having no room at the inn...! Cheers, Beth Beth Meyer bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:20:44 -0500 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: RE: Alloy: parties Hi, folks; In a message dated 12/20/98 1:19:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, wearart@erols.com writes: << I show up in baggy cotton trousers and a comfy sweater, only to find myself surrounded by $300 dresses. There was a lot of silk and velvet and beautiful women with long, coltish legs and men in expensive casual gear and trendy eyeglasses. One of the beautiful female guests took a look at me and then (I assume) thinking I had walked far enough away said, "Well, I sure don't feel so bad about that ten pounds I put on last year!" And everyone laughed. I found a quiet room with some books and a piano for most of the evening. >> And Robin added: >Good god, are these people insane? Sometimes i feel like I'm on another >planet. I think the alien beings in this encounter are the so-called "beautiful people" at the party. Good heavens! When I read about this incident, the only word I could find to describe it was a Southernism -- that is easily the most incredibly TACKY thing I have heard anyone do in a long time. In the culture in which I was raised, such behavior would be considered a sign of a terrible upbringing and a total lack of sophistication, regardless of the value clothes one was wearing at the time. Granted, Southern women tend to have far more subtle ways of being equally catty, but it's a skill that most won't actually use (unless confronted with outrageously awful behavior like that of the woman at the party). Sheesh. Fortunately for us, people like this seem to exist in their own rarified little world most of the time. Rest assured, Melissa, that you are quite fascinating and beautiful to the rest of us here. And by the way, thanks for letting us see the adorable pictures from the 80's, along with the surreal addition of the Vend-a-Bait machine! Of course, anyone who explores more around your web site will see that you still look every bit as "decent" (to borrow your wording), just more stylish now. Gotta run now and face the weather outside -- it's -6 degrees Fahrenheit here, or about -20 Celsius, which is a little scary for a woman from Atlanta! Cheers, Beth Beth Meyer bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:56:17 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: A Wierd Thing Robyn, That is so, so typical of movie makers. I actually liked the movie. Some of my fiance's family still lives in Ohio. One day I'll have to visit it to see what it's like. Wa Wula Milesi, Kate;) Robyn Moore wrote: > At 05:21 PM 12/18/98 , you wrote: > > > >Rochelle, > >If it's any consolation to ya, I think the movie 'Howard The Duck' was made in > >Ohio; or least parts of the movie were. I really sympathize with you. Did you > >live in California? If so, what part? I'm in North Hollywood. > > Well, this is an odd bit of a story, which I've found greatly amusing for > all these years. I was living in Akron when the movie was made, and this > caused quite a bit of fuss. According to scuttlebutt, Cleveland itself > wasn't 'Cleveland' enough for the movie people, so they built sets in > California to impersonate it, even down to the WMMS billboard. As you can > imagine, we spent months wondering how the genuine article wasn't good enough. > > Robyn M > > @ Robyn Moore > @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html > @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:57:45 -0800 From: Kathleen McClelland Subject: Re: Alloy: Found it !! I have that album where he is on the stage with the globe and all. Kate;) Robyn Moore wrote: > At 09:20 AM 12/18/98 , you wrote: > > >Yes Robyn, you're right.......I think? > > > >When you say "movie poster cover" I believe you mean the one where he appears > >to be tinkering with an electronic radion sort of device, with himself in a > >wheelchair in the background? > > Yep, that'd be the one. The artwork of him on the cover reminds me of a > mad scientist movie poster from the 50's. I believe it's actually a > magazine cover, though, what with the 'Spring Issue' and '6p' markings on it. > > >Does this mean that the version with Urges on it actually has a DIFFERENT > >cover then? > > Yep. Completely different cover. This one has him in a tan (?) suit on a > stage with a globe and a telescope and a table holding a scale and books > and various other background metalworks. He's holding an open book and is > looking at a moving figure in a white or grey robe. On the back, along with > the lyrics, is a miniature version of the artwork from the standard cover. > > This is also the same artwork that's on the front cover of the 12in single > of Europa, which has Leipzig and Therapy/Growth on the B side. (In case you > have that.) > > ><< haven't managed to track this single (The Wreck Of The Fairchild) down yet, > >although I have heard > >'>Fairchild', thanks to Keith's mix tape. It was a rather odd bit, wasn't it? > >>> > > > >Wow, is ther another Dolby song out there I haven't heard of then? or is this > >the same song and just Keith being lazy not writing the full title? > > It's the same song, it's just me being lazy writing mail in the middle of > the night. ;) > > Robyn M > > @ Robyn Moore > @ http://www.alveus.com/kbrm/robyn.html > @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:59:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Charles E. Kemp" Subject: Re: Alloy: Pretty in Pink > As to the house under construction: I tell people that the difference > between the house and the baby is that the baby has a due date. We really > don't know which will come first. Right now, it is starting to look like > the closing date for the house might be on or around the due date for the > baby, which could get interesting. Way back in the mists of time while my parents were building the house I was to grow up in, they had a new refrigerator delivered. Later that same day, I was delivered. And of course, none of us had any idea that 25 years later I would actually start selling refrigerators for a living. Coinkydink? I think not. ****** Charles E. Kemp ****** cekemp@netcom.com ****** (812) 597-5950 ****** Just for the sake of it make sure you're always frowning, it shows the world that you've got substance and depth. - Neil Tennant ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:23:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Charles E. Kemp" Subject: Re: Alloy: Amish > > Not in the immediate Boston area, but there are communities in the Northeast > (& yes, I do live in Boston!) I've always admired their lifestyle & their > seemingly limitless skills in every discipline, IMO they are reminders of real > human potential in these days of rampant couch potato-ism. Here in Indiana we have a lot of Amish folk, and their religious cousins the Mennonites. Basically the difference between the two is that Mennonites don't see electricity as evil. But, because of the large numbers of Amish Hoosiers, we see a lot of their handicrafts about, particularly furniture and metalworks but also the most exquisite quilts you'll ever lay eyes on. Which, gives me a bit of inspiration as to my current thought process in my quest to aquire something resembling sanity. I have this desire to "get back to basics" in my life and one of those things is to spend less hours working on my CRT tan and devote some time to getting back into woodworking. Nothing fancy, mind you, just some chairs and tables. It will take me a few years to get my skills back to the point where I could confidently tackle anything along the lines of a bed or a curio cabinet...although I may attempt an entertainment center. But, on a more lighthearted note, another side effect of there being so many amish folk in the Great State of Indiana is that they are the butt of quite a few jokes, one of the best being a joke band called the Electric Amish. Three guys reworking classic rock tunes into a string of Amish jokes, with song titles such as... She's from Goshen (Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion) Gimme Three Pigs (Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gimme Three Steps) Black Bonnet Girls (Queen's Fat Bottom Girls) Come Together (and build a barn) but, for more information, get thee to www.electricamish.com ****** Charles E. Kemp ****** cekemp@netcom.com ****** (812) 597-5950 ****** Just for the sake of it make sure you're always frowning, it shows the world that you've got substance and depth. - Neil Tennant ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #344 ***************************