From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V3 #173 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, July 2 1998 Volume 03 : Number 173 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: My gratitude . . . ["Stephen M. Tilson" ] Re: Alloy: My gratitude . . . [Elaine Linstruth ] Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. [El] Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. [IT] Re: Alloy: Spiders in California [RThurF@aol.com] Alloy: More health alerts! [RThurF@aol.com] RE: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. ["B] Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday [Chris Cra] Re: Alloy: Spiders in California [Chris Cracknell ] Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. [da] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 03:01:51 -0400 From: "Stephen M. Tilson" Subject: Alloy: My gratitude . . . Hi Friends, I've been away from my keyboard for over a week (my, you've been a busy bunch), so please accept my tardy thanks to those who wished me well in recovering from some very nasty oral surgery. Thank You! The sutures came out yesterday, much to my relief. I still feel like I've been in a train wreck, however. I must say that Mary is a precious jewel; caring for me the way she did. Everyone should have a personal doctor as sweet as she! I was totally useless for days. Mary brought soup and pills and blankies and my teddy Tommy, and I got to play the woeful little boy for a bit. Thanks, honey! Feeling better now, Stephen ********************************************************************* To humiliate oneself is human. To humiliate oneself internationally requires an email account. ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 02:59:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Hey gang, I guess some of you may have noticed my absence the past few weeks. Here's the story that explains my absence. I went out to hunt for old video games with a friend and didn't find much. I found a few very good condition activision carts to replace some of my terminally actiplaqued ones. One of the good carts was a "Spider Fighter". Then I went back home and BBQed some supper. While doing so I was bitten on the foot by, what else... a SPIDER! It hurt like hell but I didn't think much of it at the time. Then my foot began to swell up. My wife wanted me to go to the hospital, but I (in typical male fashion) took the "I'll walk it off" attitude. Besides, I wanted to go down to LaLuna that night for the jam night. It's a lot of fun and it's where a lot of Hamilton's working musicians go to hang out on a monday night. It's like a local musician's social club really. So I go down to the bar and now my foot looks like a big red balloon and no longer fits into my sandle. On top of that I'm feeling nauscious, feverish, and dizzy. So I get up to play and announce that I won't be my usual social self this evening and will be playing only three songs then buggering off immediately for the hospital which is what I should have done when my wife told me to earlier. Later that night I'm at the hospital and the doctor looks at my foot and says those encouraging words every patient loves to hear from their physician... "Oh my God!" Seems on top the the spider venom, which I seem to be allergic to, I was also now infected by a nasty bacteria the wee beastie was carrying, and it was chomping away at my foot. So it was antihistamines and a fist full of antibiotics every four hours for me. By the next day the swelling had moved up to my knee and my lower leg was a deep purplish-red colour with a mesh of black veins criss-crossing my foot and ankle. The pain was quite extrodinary. There was a great deal of fear that me and my foot might soon be parting company. But luckily a few days later the anitbiotics began winning and the swelling and discolouration began to diminish. I got to keep my foot, although it still hurts like hell and sports a new pink layer of skin where the old stuff fell off in sheets. A pretty scary time in our house none the less. The new Spider Fighter cart still sits in it's plastic thiftstore bag. I don't know when I'll get around to taking it out and I'll likely always associate the game with my spider bite (my "live and let live" attitude towards spiders has also been replaced with a "die bastard die!" one). But on the plus side, it might be a good thing that I went to LaLuna that night. There were some "industry" people there that want me to send them some tapes. Only problem is they're all from california. On the other plus side I'm now walking without a cane although I'm still limping along. CRACKERS (My Spidey-sense is tingling 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: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 03:20:00 EDT From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Crackers..!! What a mess!! I certainly hope your foot heals up properly.. It sounds absolutely terrifying.. Did you ever determine what type of spider it was? Or was it just an allergic reaction that made your foot grow? Anyhow.. good to hear the problem seems to have been resolved.. Take care! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 03:21:16 EDT From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: My gratitude . . . Stephen.. Welcome back.. I know there are some folks who want to eat only milk shakes for a week to lose weight.. Sorry you had to live that diet without a choice. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 98 1:33:12 MDT From: "Dan Swan" Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Chris Cracknell said: - -> - ->Hey gang, I guess some of you may have noticed my absence the past few - ->weeks. Here's the story that explains my absence. Is that atari 2600? Stylin! I'm totally into old vids.. actually own a coin op Super Quix, and recently acquired and resurrected an old SX-64 (commie 64 laptop). For a real hardcore dose of nostalgia, some of the other alloyites may want to check out www.davesclassics.com, for some emulator action. - ->The new Spider Fighter cart still sits in it's plastic thiftstore bag. - ->I don't know when I'll get around to taking it out and I'll likely always - ->associate the game with my spider bite (my "live and let live" attitude - ->towards spiders has also been replaced with a "die bastard die!" one). Sounds like you and a tube of KY need to go see Starship Troopers together. Did wonders for me. Can't wait until it cums out on video. ............................................................................. "And if you want to Swan, one to one... kid, we don't need a pond." -Prefab Sprout Having graduated, I will soon be losing my U of C account. If your E-mail to me should bounce, please re-direct it to: swan_daniel@hotmail.com ............................................................................. ICQ#: 14324013 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:26:40 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. In a message dated 7/1/98 3:07:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, crackers@hwcn.org writes: << Later that night I'm at the hospital and the doctor looks at my foot and says those encouraging words every patient loves to hear from their physician... "Oh my God!" >> It's even better when the doctor turns a kind of ashen/putty color when saying this. crackers, I'll bet when Beena says something medical, you'll pay strict attention from now on :) I'm glad you're okay!! Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:30:28 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: My gratitude . . . In a message dated 7/1/98 3:06:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com writes: << I've been away from my keyboard for over a week (my, you've been a busy bunch), so please accept my tardy thanks to those who wished me well in recovering from some very nasty oral surgery. Thank You! >> Good to know you're feeling well again, Stephen! Welcome back. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 09:06:55 -0400 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: RE: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Hi, Crackers; To quote your doctor, "Oh my God!" What a truly scary thing to happen! I'm just glad to hear you're still all in one piece. Whew! Seems that several Alloy folks have been having close encounters with the health care industry. Should we start sending around a chain get-well card? ;-) Cheers, Beth Beth Meyer bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 15:19:03 From: Keith Stansell Subject: Alloy: Birthday Tape? /CD! Hi everyone! First off, to Crackers and /\/\iles - sorry to hear about your "hoof and mouth diseases", glad you both are recovering well. I would like to volunteer my services (and my computer) to produce CD copies of this years Birthday Tape Project. I just recently purchased a CD-R and can make standard audio CD's for about $1 each. Also, if no one objects, I will also design the tape/cd inserts. If I'm not mistaken, /\/\iles is mastering the tape. Write me and we'll hash out the details of how we want to handle the copying and distributing. - -Keith Stansell Denver CO ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:44:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: My gratitude . . . Glad you're back on the road to recovery, /\/\iles. Oral surgery is the pits isn't it! But at least, as compared to some other surgeries, it does heal relatively quickly. Seems like one day you turn a corner, and just like that you're on the mend. P.S. I, too, have a teddy named Bubby and even though I'm 30 years old, he's the first thing I want when I get sick. - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:52:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Elaine Linstruth Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Oh my gawd, how awful. A friend of mine was bit by a brown recluse a few months ago and has a similar horror story to tell. Glad you're ok now, Crackers. We are especially in tune with this problem, because we share (outdoor) quarters with black widows here. About once a month we go on night time spider hunts.. we know where they'll be after dark because their webs are all over the place during the day. Living in the desert, I guess you can't get around it. If your industry-people situation from California pans out, let me be the first to warn you that this state is populated by more spiders than I've ever seen in any city in my whole life!! - -- Elaine Linstruth Palmdale, CA (USA) On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Chris Cracknell wrote: > But on the plus side, it might be a good thing that I went to LaLuna that > night. There were some "industry" people there that want me to send them > some tapes. Only problem is they're all from california. On the other plus > side I'm now walking without a cane although I'm still limping along. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:27:41 +0100 (BST) From: IT Admin - Govt Office North West Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. At 02:59 01/07/98 -0400, Crackers wrote: > >Then I went back home and BBQed some supper. While doing so I was bitten >on the foot by, what else... a SPIDER! It hurt like hell but I didn't think >much of it at the time. Then my foot began to swell up. My wife wanted me to >go to the hospital, but I (in typical male fashion) took the "I'll walk it >off" attitude. You silly bugger! Why is it that men WON'T visit the doc/hospital when it's patently obvious that they're only putting off the inevitable? I either saw that there was a TV prog, or a mag article, on this very subject within the last few days. I wish I'd watched/read it now. When I was struck down with the zits two weeks ago I also put off going to the doc, hoping they'd clear up of their own accord, but I looked like I had chicken pox and finally made an appointment for after the week end. It was only when I realised that I'd be driven completely bonkers by the itching if I didn't get treatment on Friday that I rang the surgery again and pushed for an appointment that afternoon. I'm very glad I did, as impetigo is apparently VERY infectious and can spread to whatever part of the body you touch after touching an already infected area. Luckily it responded to treatment very quickly and I am completely zit free now. Incidentally, I'm sure I mentioned this in a message at the time, and I didn't get ONE SOLITARY message of sympathy from you miserable lot. No, NO, it's too late now, don't try buttering me up to get around me, the damage is done. I know when I'm deeply hurt. ):-( Anyroadup, I AM glad that you're on the mend, it must have been V E R Y narsty. Slarvzitbarglhee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:05:11 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Spiders in California In a message dated 7/1/98 1:54:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, elaine@qnet.com writes: << If your industry-people situation from California pans out, let me be the first to warn you that this state is populated by more spiders than I've ever seen in any city in my whole life!! >> This brings up a subject I've been wondering about. A friend of mine once told me about this thing called an 'earth baby' which is supposedly some kind of very large, spider-like thing that lives in the ground. The friend's aunt's house was being renovated & one day they saw this thing standing in the middle of the kitchen floor. It was the size of a tarantula but looked 'flesh-like' and even seemed to have a human-looking face of sorts. The workers told them it had come out of the ground, that it was an earth baby & was harmless. Then my friend's aunt tried to sweep it out the door with her broom, and it jumped about three feet straight up, at which point my friend & her aunt ran screaming out of the house. Does this thing really exist? What is it really? Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:24:17 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: More health alerts! In a message dated 7/1/98 6:29:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, help.gonw.st@gtnet.gov.uk writes: << You silly bugger! Why is it that men WON'T visit the doc/hospital when it's patently obvious that they're only putting off the inevitable? I either saw that there was a TV prog, or a mag article, on this very subject within the last few days. I wish I'd watched/read it now.>> The reason men don't go to get medical help until it's too late is the same reason they don't read magazine articles on the subject, Slarv. <> well, I'm truly sorry not to have mentioned it, and I'm glad you're feeling well again! I do remember reading about it at the time & thinking god, poor Slarv!!!! Truly, it must have been hellish. My own summer health report: I've been repairing so many violins, violas & cellos at work - our renters' school semesters are finishing up; those who don't go to music camp over the summer usually return their instruments around now... all 4,000plus of them - that I HAVE ACTUALLY SPRAINED my left wrist, amazingly enough! I'm just glad we don't rent out any basses or I might be in a body cast now, writing you posts via voice-recognition software! I am sad though because I'm having to set aside my own cello playing for the next two months... but in the meantime I plan to keep practicing sightreading & ear training using my keyboard. Keyboard is easier on the wrists, isn't it? (doing a double-take) Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:17:24 -0400 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: RE: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. Hi folks; A deeply hurt Slarv wrote: >Incidentally, I'm sure I mentioned this in a message at the time, and I >didn't get ONE SOLITARY message of sympathy from you miserable lot. Whoops - we were a bit of a worthless bunch, weren't we? Of course, looking back on it, it appears that you mentioned that just before several other folks experienced their own medical crises. My own excuse, lame as it is, was that the message in which you mentioned this nasty experience was one of about 90 that built up in between packing up the computer on the 11th and unpacking it in Colorado on the 16th. So I must have just skimmed them all. Nonetheless, you should be the first to get that circulating get-well card... :-) Cheers, Beth Beth Meyer bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:18:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday In article <2.2.16.19980701233155.25977606@mail>, you wrote: >Incidentally, I'm sure I mentioned this in a message at the time, and I >didn't get ONE SOLITARY message of sympathy from you miserable lot. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Hey I have an excuse! I was too sick to e-mail. CRACKERS (Thank you spider 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, 2 Jul 1998 00:18:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Spiders in California In article , you wrote: >This brings up a subject I've been wondering about. A friend of mine once told >me about this thing called an 'earth baby' which is supposedly some kind of >very large, spider-like thing that lives in the ground. The friend's aunt's >house was being renovated & one day they saw this thing standing in the middle >of the kitchen floor. It was the size of a tarantula but looked 'flesh-like' >and even seemed to have a human-looking face of sorts. The workers told them >it had come out of the ground, that it was an earth baby & was harmless. Then >my friend's aunt tried to sweep it out the door with her broom, and it jumped >about three feet straight up, at which point my friend & her aunt ran >screaming out of the house. Does this thing really exist? What is it really? ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Yeeesh! Sounds disgusting! I'll do a wee search on the internet and see if there's anything about them. Hope I don't run into one of them. Don't think I'd like fleshy spiders with human heads. CRACKERS (Too damn freaky 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: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 22:41:33 -0600 From: dalexander@juno.com (Dennis S. Alexander) Subject: Re: Alloy: Spyder Spyder burning bright, On my foot one Monday night. My goodness! All of you! Spider bites, infections, sprained wrists, etc, etc! Let's be careful out there in that big ol' dangerous world! So far I've managed to stay problem free, except for the ol' carpal tunnel that acts up after a few hours of Tetris at work. Yes, Robin, you might want to look at that last line a little closer. I'm a keyboardist (computer) and I am also a keyboardist (piano). Of course, diet has something to do with it as well. But I'm getting carried away on something nobody probably cares abo... Slarv wrote, >Incidentally, I'm sure I mentioned this in a message at the time, and I didn't get ONE SOLITARY message of sympathy from you miserable lot. Well, I've got a *good* excuse (I hope). I have 464 unread emails and I'm sure yours is still buried in there somewhere. So, here goes; Sorry, lad, to hear about what was illin' ya. Now, here in America, zits are what we call pimples. I imagine they're something different over there, though. And I've never heard of 'impetigo'. ___________ JAMac (Dennis S. Alexander) www.dennisa.com - Nutrition/Income Opportunities "Etch out a future of your own design..." - Thomas Dolby _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V3 #173 ***************************