From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V2 #149 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, August 5 1997 Volume 02 : Number 149 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: TMDR Mention in WashPost [Frank ] Re: Alloy: tour cities [Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Louise NM] Alloy: Tour Dates/Contractions/CDs in the post [Neil Leacy ] Alloy: Lissu the Bruised ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] RE: Alloy: Lissu the Bruised [Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Lou] RE: Alloy: 1st tshirt order [Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Loui] Re: Alloy: tour cities [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Whoops [Paul Baily ] Re: Alloy: tour cities [Sam Rauch ] Re: Alloy: tour cities [Brian Clayton ] Alloy: Cities - the score so far ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Re: Alloy: tour cities ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far [Russell Milliner ] Alloy: Tour Cities [Sam Bailey ] Alloy: Come on down! ["Melissa R. Jordan" ] Alloy: Martha Stewart [Frank ] Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far [cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp)] Re: Alloy: Martha Stewart [RThurF@aol.com] Alloy: Birthday tape & question [RThurF@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 22:52:15 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Re: Alloy: TMDR Mention in WashPost At 12:29 AM 8/4/97 -0400, you wrote: >Hello, all! > >Well, Our Fearless Leader was mentioned very briefly in a Washington Post >article today (well, already yesterday - Sunday) about Pop Up Videos on VH1. >There is a grainy still from "Science" and the pop up statistic on how many >animals are blinded by scientists every year. The very strange thing about >this is that, while I was reading the article, I heard a bite from "Science" >on tv (commercial for a "Hits of the '80's" CD set.) I just about got >whiplash turning toward the set. Heh. > >Cheers, all. > >- Melissa, who should be sleeping right now... > >Melissa R. Jordan > >Special Projects Manager >International Programs Office >Goodwill Industries International, Inc. >(301) 881-6858 >(301) 881-9435 (fax) > Hello all: I did too, tonight, heard the bite on TV. The price is $9.99 for the CD + handling & shipping of $3.95 making a Grand Total of $13.94. All this in US Dollars. "Hits of the 80's" is what the CD is called. Call 1-800-716-9944. This is sort of a come-on. Includes TD's 'She Blinded me with Science'. Then you are not obligated to continue purchasing CD's but that's what they want. You can cancel after this first order and not pay a penny more. I suggest those interested check it out for themselves. I choose not to be bound by this info. The gal on the phone was smoking pot or some other at the time of my call. She was vague. So am I. The above cost is just for one CD. OK? There was a snippet of the song in the commercial. I don't know what other selections are on this CD. Further research suggested. Frank Wheeler franko1@home.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 09:21:13 +0300 From: Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Louise NMP) Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities Hi All! >The list as of right now (and it's just in alphabetical order, and has USA >designations in anticipation of entries from Suomi-folk and those from that >Green and Pleasant Land) is: Wow Melissa! I'm exceedingly impressed,...we're so much out on the periphery here, it's rare that anyone here knows what's Finnish for Finland outside of the country. Here's my Suomi-land pennyworth,.. Turku, Finland Short and sweet, eh,...not to be confused with Turkey (several thousand miles south and a LOT warmer in the winter) Now I'm off to nurse my sore muscles,...we tried waterskiing for the firts time at the weekend, (or should I say water bouncing, as my record for being vertical was about 20 feet,...*sigh*) Cheers ! Lissu the bruised ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 09:34:11 From: Neil Leacy Subject: Alloy: Tour Dates/Contractions/CDs in the post TOUR DATES The tour dates idea is a classic. This way it'll make the t-shirt even more personal. I'd like to be included as Salisbury, Wiltshire or Salisbury, U.K. CONTRACTIONS The Bloomsbury Good Word Guide states "When an abbreviation is a contraction (i.e. the final letter of the abbreviation is the final letter of the word) then there is usually no fullstop (Mr Dr Rd). Which is news to me as I've been putting full stops there all my life! Ah well, you learn something new each day. CDs in the Post To Europa and Miss Sakamota your CDs will be in the post in the next few days - personal email to follow. One good point is that the stall holder I met at Saturday's fair is going to check on his stock at home where he reckons he's got 2 or 3 other TMDR singles. He'll let me know later this week. Regards, Neil Leacy IT Support (nleacy@it-excelsior.britax.co.uk) ==================================================================== For further information on child car seats designed and produced by Britax-Excelsior visit our web pages at http://www.britax.co.uk/ ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:31:16 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: tour cities Hi Melissa, Guess we should include TMDR's locale, too: Half Moon Bay, CA. Who knows where he accesses from . . . /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:31:17 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Lissu the Bruised Lissu, Amazing how hard liquid water can be at 25 to 30 Knots, eh? Also, = holding back a 200 Hp engine can be a bit tiring . . . Did you ski = on fresh water? > Now I'm off to nurse my sore muscles,...we tried waterskiing for = > the firts time at the weekend, (or should I say water bouncing, as = > my record for being vertical was about 20 feet,...*sigh*) BTW, what's your record for being horizontal? Fellow H2O skier, /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 09:47:32 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Re: Alloy: tshirts Omega wrote: > Mister is abbreviated to 'Mr.' according to Webster's, but it >also mentions '(British) Mr' so it must be a cultural thing. :) An interesting transatlantic difference that I wasn't previously aware of. Can I have 'Croydon, England' as my dwelling place on the shirt please, even if I haven't lived there for a year? Lem. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 13:22:09 +0300 From: Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Louise NMP) Subject: RE: Alloy: Lissu the Bruised >Amazing how hard liquid water can be at 25 to 30 Knots, eh? Also, >holding back a 200 Hp engine can be a bit tiring . . . Did you ski >on fresh water? Looking at it that way, yep,..I suppose you're right. I thought I was fit, but I discovered whole new muscle groups yesterday. Now I know why..... The water was, shall we say, brackish,....far out enough in the archipelago to have a fair old salt content, but not exactly like the real sea, or the Med where I was a couple of weeks ago. I usually do stupid stuff like this on the lakes, which are basically freshwater, or on the inner archipelago. >BTW, what's your record for being horizontal? (she blinks,..) Heh.... Longer than vertical on water, (but that doesn't take much beating,).............that's all I'm telling! Whats yours? ;-) Falling down doing downhill skiing may be harder on the old bod, but at least I can stay upright! Byezeebye, Lissu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 13:33:23 +0300 From: Louise.Ulfstedt@nmp.nokia.com (Ulfstedt Louise NMP) Subject: RE: Alloy: 1st tshirt order Miles, I don't have your personal e-mail,...please send ! Thanks a mill, xx, Lissu ---------- From: alloy To: BlindCopyReceiver:; Subject: Alloy: 1st tshirt order Date: 01. August 1997 06:58 Precedence: bulk Lissu, re: currency exchange > What happened about this miles? Are you on your summer holiday? If > we need to send a deposit, or a visa number or something, just let > me know, pretty please,....? No worries, Lissu, we haven't yet decided on a design. FWIW my bank will work the exchange for a $3.50 (U$) fee. Why don't you post me your shipping address (privately), I will inquire about shipping costs, and get you an exact amount. Congrats, Honeymooner! Health and long life to your marriage, Stephen /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 08:01:04 -0400 (EDT) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities In a message dated 8/4/97 4:13:37 AM, Melissa wrote: <> Yes, it makes sense to do it this way, otherwise every surface of the t-shirt will be plastered with city names. If more than one of us lives in Boston, can we make it "Boston MA 3" (to the third power)? This would show our true numbers, look weird, AND be an extra nitpicking complication for the printers of this shirt. . .oops. . .maybe this isn't the best idea either then! Robin :I ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 97 23:51:18 +1000 From: Paul Baily Subject: Re: Alloy: Whoops >I'm terribly sorry; I think that I once again failed to notice that what I >intended as a reply to an individual was actually going to the entire >group. If so, my apologies to the group for cluttering up your in-boxes >with weird and irrelevant stuff, and particularly to the intended >recipient(s) if I caused any unnecessary embarassment. (Lord knows my own >face is pretty red about now, particularly after having mentioned the >Aluminum Can Incident -- ouch.) Hey don't mention it Beth. And please don't be embarrassed, we're all friends here. That said... [:-)] I've heard of falling on your own sword but really, injuring yourself on an Al can? Surely that's above and beyond the cause! All I can say is I hope you were chanting the Alloy 'there is a spirit here that won't be broken' mantra when you were doing it. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) >I think I'll just go back to being quiet for a while... Hey now don't you dare! :-) cheers, Pau; Pauk Pai; aw whatever. ________________________________________________________________________ Paul Baily paulb@thehub.com.au Consulting SE/IT Mercenary http://www.thehub.com.au/~paulb Brisbane tel: +61-7-3857-8048/+61-411-875-009 Australia For today, I remember your smile. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 09:44:46 -0500 From: Sam Rauch Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities > Chalk one up for Chicago, IL ! Sam Rauch ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 08:21:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Clayton Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Stephen M. Tilson wrote: > Guess we should include TMDR's locale, too: Half Moon Bay, CA. > > Who knows where he accesses from . . . The White City? Sorry. BC San Francisco, CA (up the road from San Mateo, which is where TD really *does* speak in alphanumerials...) - --- Brian Clayton "The main motive for going beyond the Rim... stemish@kumr.lns.com there's a heck of a big Taco Bell out there..." -- J. Michael Straczynski ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:40:36 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Alloy: Cities - the score so far Here's the tour city list as of 11:35 est: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Croydon, U.K. Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Garland, Texas, U.S.A. Half Moon Bay, California, U.S.A. Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Salisbury, U.K. Santa Rosa, California, U.S.A. Turku, Finland Lem - I put Croydon as Croydon, U.K., for the sake of uniformity with the Salisbury entry, but if there is a preference for England, I will happily switch it. (There isn't another Croydon out there in the UK is there? That's the problem with the U.S. - you have to put the state in there, or you're sunk. Too many towns with the same name...) Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:58:07 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities >BC >San Francisco, CA (up the road from San Mateo, which is where >TD really *does* speak in alphanumerials...) Consider San Francisco added. Perhaps San Mateo should be added in honor of the Headspace crew. My mother, with a baby in her arms, was once accidentallly dragged down the street by a city bus in San Mateo. My father was once thrown off a city bus in San Mateo (the driver thought he was drunk when in fact he was having a life-threatening allergic reaction to shellfish!) I hope that public transportation in San Mateo has improved vastly since 1947... Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:50:26 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: tour cities At 09:21 AM 8/4/97 +0300, Lissu wrote: >Wow Melissa! I'm exceedingly impressed,...we're so much out on the periphery >here, it's rare that anyone here knows what's Finnish for Finland outside of the country. Ah, the benefit of having lived in Russia - have been to Helsinki a couple of times. I may have written this before, but the last building designed by Eero Saarinen, the great Finnish architect (who designed the funky train station in Helsinki) was the corporate headquarters of John Deere in my home town. It is the coolest place. I worked there right after college, and, despite being bored silly with the work, I loved the physical environment. >Lissu the bruised I don't know if I've written this before, either, but I'm always amused to see your nickname, as, to my family, I am "Lissa." (Which Russians find very funny as it means "fox" in their tongue.) Cheers, Melissa - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 17:38:36 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far Melissa wrote: >Lem - I put Croydon as Croydon, U.K., for the sake of uniformity with the >Salisbury entry, but if there is a preference for England, I will happily >switch it. That's just fine. You're doing a sterling job keeping score. Personally, I think it'd look better without all the periods in USA and UK ;-) Lem ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 12:32:27 -0400 From: Russell Milliner Subject: Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far Melissa R. Jordan wrote: We really need to add my area of Orlando, FL (the land of Disney and all thing high priced). Although when I saw TMDR in the AAMB tour, he was in St. Petersburg, FL (not Russia). - -Russell Milliner > Here's the tour city list as of 11:35 est: > > Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. > Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. > Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. > Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. > Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. > Croydon, U.K. > Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. > Garland, Texas, U.S.A. > Half Moon Bay, California, U.S.A. > Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. > Salisbury, U.K. > Santa Rosa, California, U.S.A. > Turku, Finland > > Lem - I put Croydon as Croydon, U.K., for the sake of uniformity with > the > Salisbury entry, but if there is a preference for England, I will > happily > switch it. (There isn't another Croydon out there in the UK is there? > > That's the problem with the U.S. - you have to put the state in there, > or > you're sunk. Too many towns with the same name...) > > Cheers, > > Melissa > > ----------------------------------------- > Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women > Pilots of WWII: > Special International Projects Manager > http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm > Goodwill Industries International, Inc. > ----------------------------------------- > (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) > (301) 881-9435 (fax) > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 12:42:27 -0700 From: Sam Bailey Subject: Alloy: Tour Cities >Well, I live in Garland, TX, but I saw TMDR on the road when he came to >Austin, TX. Pick one. I didn't realize there was another Garland resident on the list; small world! Since Garland is already represented put me down for Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA. (I've never lived there but it's a great name) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 15:36:15 -0400 From: "Melissa R. Jordan" Subject: Alloy: Come on down! At 12:42 PM 8/4/97 -0700, Sam Bailey wrote: >I didn't realize there was another Garland resident on the list; small >world! Since Garland is already represented put me down for Truth or >Consequences, New Mexico, USA. (I've never lived there but it's a great >name) Gotta love any town named for a game show! Surely there's a "Wheel of Fortune, Idaho" or a "Price Is Right, North Dakota," too, no? Sam, I think you should be proud to be a Garlander! I reckon sticking to our real home bases is a Good Thing (she writes, sounding like Martha Stewart - scary!) - having multiple people in certain locations is certainly going to help keeping the list a decent length. Cheers, Melissa "Anyone who lives near Washington, DC already lives in Jeopardy!" Jordan - ----------------------------------------- Melissa R. Jordan Remember The Women Pilots of WWII: Special International Projects Manager http://www.infinet.com/~iwasm/wasp.htm Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - ----------------------------------------- (301) 881-6858 (direct phone) (301) 881-9435 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 13:04:18 -0700 From: Frank Subject: Alloy: Martha Stewart Someone said "Marth Stewart is - - scary". I just want to second the motion. All in favor say "Aye". She is a botch. One step greater than if spelled with an "i". 'snuf said. Frank the ol' codger Run to your dictionaries. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 15:16:45 -0700 (PDT) From: cekemp@netcom.com (Charles E. Kemp) Subject: Re: Alloy: Cities - the score so far > switch it. (There isn't another Croydon out there in the UK is there? > That's the problem with the U.S. - you have to put the state in there, or > you're sunk. Too many towns with the same name...) I guess I'm lucky to live where I do then, because the towns near me have fairly original names. 12 miles to the south of me is Gnaw Bone, IN. Just 3 miles south however is a little hamlet where once upon a time the citizens desired the name of Calvert. "Sorry" the state said, "But we already have a Calvert" Not a people to give up easily, the good folks decided to name their burgh "Trevlac"...Calvert spelled backwards. 2 miles to the west of my home is Mahalasville (Muh-HAY-lees-ville), which my family helped found in the 1820's. I went to high school in the only Trafalgar in the US, but alas my true hometown of Morgantown is not the only one. ****** 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, 4 Aug 1997 18:48:11 -0400 (EDT) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Martha Stewart In a message dated 8/4/97 6:07:48 PM, Frank wrote: <> FRANK!! You crack me up!! Robin :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 23:06:18 -0400 (EDT) From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: Birthday tape & question Hi everyone. . . Is it possible for us to make Thomas' birthday present glow-in-the-dark, at least partially? (a little glow-in-the-dark emblem or something) I think it may well amuse him. He could make it into a hanging mobile when he's finished hearing it! What do you think? Also. . .I wonder if I could get a little advice from Alloy folks in the UK. I'd like to relocate a friend of mine there with whom I've lost touch. What do you think is the best way to go about this? Is there a countrywide Internet service where I could post an ad? He was living near Newcastle last I knew. Robin :) ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V2 #149 ***************************