From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #136 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 Monday, May 25 1998 Volume 03 : Number 136 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Smoe.org fundraiser - Thanx! (and deadline for the doorprizes) [RThurF ] Re: Alloy: Asthmatic Cigar Smoking [DAbbitt32 ] Alloy: Dolby rarities! ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Re: Alloy: is this thing on? / more bike advice? [Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Smoe.org fundraiser - Thanx! (and deadline for the doorprizes) In a message dated 5/23/98 11:46:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Mike Connell writes: << No matter if you donated one dollar or two-hundred fifty dollars, you have an equal chance for any of the prizes. (All of the doorprizes are Jewel related)>> The really interesting thing is, not only is Mike Connell living in my hometown of Binghamton NY, but also, Jewel's birthday is the same as mine!! Pretty freaky eh? Robin! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 01:57:11 EDT From: DAbbitt32 Subject: Re: Alloy: Time to celebrate! Oh my! And here I thought Mary was describing the next Messiah. Happy birthday, Robin. - -David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 02:00:20 EDT From: DAbbitt32 Subject: Re: Alloy: Asthmatic Cigar Smoking My dear Robin - Smoking cigars poses no heightened threat to anyone with an asthma condition, because cigar smoke is not to be inhaled at all. If I were to offer a better argument, they smell like cr*p (IMHO). - -Dabb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 05:39:09 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Dolby rarities! It has occurred to me on not a few occasions to put forth the following: What manner of Dolby-related non-musical rarities (promotional items), or Dolbyphenalia, are we secretly hoarding, ahem, I mean preserving for posterity? I've found a few unusual items in my quests, suspect there might be more such things, and entreat the Dolby-faithful to come forth and state their collections in the interest of creating a catalog for our amusement and reference. This is entirely curiosity-driven, of course, and I promise to keep my lust and envy quiet, and hope that others will do the same. And so, although it is but a meagre beginning, ;-), I offer up a few items that Mary and I have collected . . . * A bottle of Thomas Dolby Hot Sauce complete with line art image of TMDR blowing steam from his ears, the label further declaring "Extra Spicy", "Special Mix", "+ Salsa Picante", and bearing the EMI logo (c) 1988 EMI-USA Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. The approximately 4 oz. glass bottle has a white plastic cap with a shrink seal bearing the words ""El Yucateco"", and the sauce contained therein looks very dangerous indeed . . . Aforementioned line art image is the same as that seen on the 7" and 12" singles. * A 9" `Frisbee'-like flying disc with "Aliens Ate My Buick" logo, "starring Thomas Dolby", the Sam Goody logo and motto "goody got it!" The yellow plastic disc, with the words "ENDURO U.S.A." cast into the underside, is vaguely reminiscent of a flying saucer . . . * A turntable mat emblazoned "Thomas Dolby" and "The Flat Earth" diametrically opposed and radially about an antiquated world map image with a ship and two sea-monsters. The image bears some wording: "Mare Del Nort", "Oceanis", and . White ink on black felt mat. No copyright or other information. An Equator and somewhat-west-of- Greenwich Meridian are drawn and they intersect at the spindle hole. If this idea proceeds nicely I hope to someday create a visual catalog to complement our descriptions and put it on the web so we may all enjoy it. Ladies and Gentlemen, the floor is yours. In AllThingsDolby(tm), /\/\iles ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 19:46:13 -0000 From: "Denise D Luckey" Subject: Re: Alloy: Dolby rarities! - ---------- >> It has occurred to me on not a few occasions to put forth the following: > What manner of Dolby-related non-musical rarities (promotional items), or > Dolbyphenalia, are we secretly hoarding, ahem, I mean preserving for > posterity? > > That's quite an odd bunch of rarities you listed-all of which I've never even heard of! If you exclude music from the list do you include things like movie posters (Rockula, Howard the Duck, etc.), magazine covers and/or appearances, books, and videos? I honestly don't know of many promotional giveaways so this will be a fun lesson for me! Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 18:38:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: is this thing on? / more bike advice? In article <3565FF8C.3E28@stumail.westal.edu>, you wrote: >I personally say you need a cushioned seat, especially if you're going >to be taking any bumps/curbs/potholes/pedestrians on the bike. There are >some nice padded seats (my favorite one has -springs-, so it works like >a shock-absorber), for not too much dough. Another option is to get one >of the gel-filled seat-covers from Wal-Mart, they cushion decently, but >it feels a bit too much like sitting on jello for my personal tastes. ;) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ For women it's not so much a problem, but for men the wrong type of bicycle seat can be very serious. Those slim, streamlined, racing bike seats may look cool, but they're not designed to be sat on for long periods of time over your typical pothole infested city streets. They can crush the major blood vessel that runs between your legs which can lead to impotence. It's not an uncommon injury either. So rather than look cool I opted entirely for comfort on my bike and replaced the racing bike seat with a touring bike seat. They're big, broad, and ugly but they're also very cushy and have large shock absorbing springs on them. I'd much rather have an ugly bicycle seat than a flaccid willy. Especially since Viagra isn't available in Canada! ;) The touring bike seat I got is one of those CCM Gel-Pack seats that's filled with silicon gel. It's like sitting on a pair of californian boobies! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ >- Turq. >- This message powered by Dr. Pepper ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hey! I'm drinking a Dr. Pepper right now too! CRACKERS (Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too 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: Sun, 24 May 1998 23:58:38 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: Dolby rarities! Back at ya, Michael: > That's quite an odd bunch of rarities you listed-all of which > I've never even heard of! If you exclude music from the list do > you include things like movie posters (Rockula, Howard the Duck, > etc.), magazine covers and/or appearances, books, and videos? Let's include everything we can find, and then sort it all out as the list takes shape. You mentioned a collection of buttons. Put together a list of descriptions for each one, if you can find the time. Describe your posters, including size and copyright info. List the various magazine articles, books, and videos you know of. And you lurkers out there; please don't be shy, we need your input! Calling Russell Milliner --- Lord Stemish --- John Q. Lurker --- Phillip Morris . . . /\/\iles the |-|opeful ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #136 ***************************