From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #130 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 Friday, May 15 1998 Volume 03 : Number 130 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: help! and the answer is: ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Re: Alloy: help! [PROCAT1 ] Alloy: Doctor Beth [Lem Bingley ] Re: Alloy: That's Dr. Beth to us! [Beth Meyer ] Re: Alloy: Just saw Thomas on VH1!!! [Beth Meyer ] Re: Alloy: Dr/Mrs addendum [RThurF ] Alloy: The Palace Wringer! [RThurF ] Re: Alloy: That's Dr. Beth to us! [IT Admin - Govt Office North West ] Re: Alloy: Dr. Beth [RThurF ] Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V3 #110 [RThurF ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:33:19 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: help! and the answer is: *B* requested: > My friend David wants to know who sang that 80's song > "Automatic." Now he's got all of us singing it. Any help? Automatic --- The Pointer Sisters Modern Love is Automatic --- A Flock of Seagulls Courtesy of Europa by, /\/\ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:40:56 EDT From: PROCAT1 Subject: Re: Alloy: That's Dr. Beth to us! Dr. Beth. BIG BIG congrats from a lurker!!!! i wanted to be a doctor, but alas, i can only play one on TV!! :) (sorry, couldn't resist the "pop culture TV commercial" throwback!) best wishes to ya beth! mark ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:33:55 EDT From: PROCAT1 Subject: Re: Alloy: help! In a message dated 5/13/98 10:35:13 PM Central Daylight Time, omega@freenet.toronto.on.ca writes: << My friend David wants to know who sang that 80's song "Automatic." > Now he's got all of us singing it. Any help? Pointer Sisters? --Omega >> a "dj" lurker writes: there was a song by prince on his 1999 album called automatic. this should have came out about 1981-83 or so. A-U-T-omatic is the way is it was "sang". there is also a song by an adult alternative band called "less than jake" who released a song called automatic in april of 1997, but i don't think this is it! thats' all the songs called "automatic" i've got in my 22,000+ song database!!! am i close????? back to my lurker hole.... mark ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:02:34 +0100 From: Lem Bingley Subject: Alloy: Doctor Beth Congratulations Beth. Welcome to the exclusive club that grants you new terror when boarding a plane. Previously, you only had to worry about the wings falling off. Now you can also panic when someone starts coughing, or choking, or turning blue - knowing that the airline staff will be scanning the passenger manifest, finding your name next to the magic prefix 'Dr', and scurrying toward you with a case full of scalpels and syringes ready for you to work your medical magic. Commiserations. Dr Lem ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 08:43:42 -0400 From: Beth Meyer Subject: Re: Alloy: That's Dr. Beth to us! Hi, folks; Thanks for all the warm wishes! I just wish I could fly you all out here for a big party. (I wouldn't inflict the actual ceremony on anyone but family -- it'll include some 8000 people getting bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering. Fortunately, my friend Yiwei defended the day after I did, so I'll get to sit next to her the whole time! We'll try not to giggle too loud...) >Mary is very glad you're going to attend your graduation ceremony. There is >something very special about accepting the hood, in contrast to being granted >a diploma. And may she use you as a reference? Whoops, I was so busy basking in the afterglow that I forgot about the substantive question in there. Yes, absolutely, positively! Do you need any more contact information? >Welcome to the exclusive club that grants you new >terror when boarding a plane. Wow, thanks for the info, Lem! I might try to omit any title when making plane reservations (unless you get an extra bag of peanuts for being a "Dr.") :-) A question occurred to me; perhaps, since this is such a well-mannered list, someone here would know the answer. I have a doctorate, my husband doesn't. Say someone wants to send us a wedding invitation. Are they supposed to address it to "Mr. & Mrs. Meyer" or "Mr. & Dr. Meyer"? I would answer to either title, of course, but I wondered if there was a rule for that. (Another burning issue of our times...) Thanks again, everyone! Beth - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beth Meyer School of Psychology Pager: +1-404-866-1362 Georgia Institute of Technology FAX: +1-404-894-8905 274 5th St. gt9020a@prism.gatech.edu -or- Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 bmeyer@psy.psych.gatech.edu http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt9020a/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:35:27 -0400 From: Beth Meyer Subject: Re: Alloy: Just saw Thomas on VH1!!! Hi, folks; >Yay!! I just saw the My Generation with Thomas as one of the contestants, at >2:30pm, Boston time. Well, I've been meaning to add a few comments on Thomas' television appearance for some time, but I've been distracted :-) For those who haven't caught the show, musicians who first became popular in a fairly recent year compete in their knowledge of music trivia against musicians from a much earlier year. There are questions related to music from each of the two years. It occurred to me that Thomas was inherently at somewhat of a disadvantage. The set of questions that were designed for "his generation" dealt with music that was well-known in the UNITED STATES in 1983. I don't believe that Thomas was living in the U.S. at that time (can anyone confirm that?), so questions about music that wasn't popular in the U.K. would be particularly difficult. Which makes Thomas' victorious performance all the more remarkable! Cheers, Beth - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beth Meyer School of Psychology Pager: +1-404-866-1362 Georgia Institute of Technology FAX: +1-404-894-8905 274 5th St. gt9020a@prism.gatech.edu -or- Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 bmeyer@psy.psych.gatech.edu http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt9020a/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:04:36 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Alloy: Dr/Mrs In a message dated 5/14/98 8:56:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Beth writes: << A question occurred to me; perhaps, since this is such a well-mannered list, someone here would know the answer. I have a doctorate, my husband doesn't. Say someone wants to send us a wedding invitation. Are they supposed to address it to "Mr. & Mrs. Meyer" or "Mr. & Dr. Meyer"? I would answer to either title, of course, but I wondered if there was a rule for that. >> I've heard that the only time you should use the title "Dr" is if you're a medical doctor... otherwise it may be considered 'flaunting one's education", at least according to Miss Manners! Robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:08:29 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Re: Alloy: Dr/Mrs addendum In a message dated 5/14/98 4:04:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, I wrote: << I've heard that the only time you should use the title "Dr" is if you're a medical doctor... otherwise it may be considered 'flaunting one's education", at least according to Miss Manners!>> But what I forgot to say in addition to this was: in my opinion, you should do whatever you damn well please with your name :) Robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 17:56:19 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Alloy: The Palace Wringer! Jeez, I feel like I've just run a marathon, trying to get into the Royal Crown Revue's on-line Chit Chat Lounge, which requires you to download Palace software. I'm exhausted! At one point in the process I was even transformed against my will into a green smiling sphere with long eyelashes, which could only communicate via thought balloons, in a claustrophobic neo-classical lanscape with other spheres like me. After this and a few other disturbing things, I finally found my way back into the Chit Chat, but then, could do nothing more than gaze upon it... turns out I have to become a "member' of Palace (one-time-only fee of $40 for lifetime membership... maybe if I get some birthday money to blow..!) in order to partake of the conversation. They wouldn't even let me past the door! So I sat outside in the alley of the Chit Chat for a little while, talking to the parrot sign, until I resigned myself to yet another delay. I'm so glad Thomas didn't opt for Palace chat software... I had no idea about any other bulletin board/chat software other than the old Taproom! Robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 23:17:09 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: That's Dr. Beth to us! At 08:43 14/05/98 -0400, Beth wrote: > >Hi, folks; >A question occurred to me; perhaps, since this is such a well-mannered >list, someone here would know the answer. I have a doctorate, my husband >doesn't. Say someone wants to send us a wedding invitation. Are they >supposed to address it to "Mr. & Mrs. Meyer" or "Mr. & Dr. Meyer"? I would >answer to either title, of course, but I wondered if there was a rule for >that. > OK. Here's the plan. You get your husband to run for office, then you can be Mayor and Dr Mayer ...... or Dr and Mayor Mayer. Howzat sound? Or if YOU ran you'd be like the Major Major of the Psychology world. Slarvi Slarvi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 23:17:07 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: Doctor Beth At 11:02 14/05/98 +0100, Croydon wrote: > > Now you can also panic when someone starts coughing, or >choking, or turning blue - knowing that the airline staff will be scanning >the passenger manifest, finding your name next to the magic prefix 'Dr', >and scurrying toward you with a case full of scalpels and syringes ready >for you to work your medical magic. > >Commiserations. >Dr Lem > But in your case it'd be useless unless they had a torpedo lodged where the sun don't shine and needed some rinky-dinky electronic technology to locate it. I'm no Doc, but I DID have some post-nominal letters for a few years. I finally gave them up after paying subscriptions to an Institute that did nothing more than allow me to use the letters, which didn't impress anyone anyway, and mailed me a boring magazine about training and personnel issues once a month, which I never read either. Now I can get as many publications in my chosen career as I like, and almost all free of charge, providing they believe the bits I tick on the application form which says I have a key role to play in buying, or influencing buying decisions, in their advertisers' products. And I still don't have time to read all the damn things. Slarvibarglhee AMITD(Ret'd) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 18:51:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Dr/Mrs In article , you wrote: >I've heard that the only time you should use the title "Dr" is if you're a >medical doctor... otherwise it may be considered 'flaunting one's education", >at least according to Miss Manners! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ To hell with that! When I finally get my PhD I'm having it tatooed to my forehead! CRACKERS (Many, many, many, many years away 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: Thu, 14 May 1998 21:57:40 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Re: Alloy: Dr. Beth In a message dated 5/12/98 10:56:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Beth writes: << Well, it's official -- I successfully defended my dissertation this > afternoon. Though I still will insist that everyone call me Beth, I > suppose that "Dr. Beth" would not be inappropriate. At least, this means > that Mark is going to stop bellowing "Hey, you! Almost a doctor!" at random > intervals. >> I just realized I haven't officially congratulated you yet, Beth!!!! I'm such a freak! It must be so satisfying to have completed your gruelling coursework & receive such great recognition for your many years of hard work. My sincere congratulations!!! May I just call you "Doctor" ? (much like Marcy referring to Peppermint Patty as "Sir"!) Do you think it would be cute or just annoying? Dr Beth, I can't wait to see you again, and meet Mark for the first time, in a few weeks!! Robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:02:47 EDT From: RThurF Subject: Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V3 #110 In a message dated 5/12/98 11:04:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, otto writes: << I find a peculiar comfort in our virtual community. Like the other lurkers, the demands on my time dictate that I read more than write, that I observe more than participate. The recent testimonies about what this list offers its readers and contributors are remarkable. That we are a real global community is fantastic, and I am reminded of this when I explain the shirt ^^iles made for me to my friends in the non-virtual world. I try to imagine our parents having this opportunity to meet such a diverse cross section and I realize how fantastic the whole project is. It's wonderful to have you all. >> This is so sweet, and very well said. I feel the same way about the friends I've made here at Alloy. Where else would such a diverse group of people ever have the chance to come together like this for regular conversations? You're right, our parents' generation never had the opportunity for this kind of interaction with individuals from all over the planet... it really makes one stop & think! Robin ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #130 ***************************