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alloy-digest         Saturday, August 15 1998         Volume 03 : Number 214



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Re: Alloy: I've been meaning to ask.  [Chris Cracknell <crackers@hwcn.org>]
  Alloy: Thomas Dolby questions  ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compus]
  Alloy: Tribute Title results  ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuse]
  Alloy: New Greetings Entries!  ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compus]
  Alloy: Joyeux Anniversaire  [John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxt]
  Alloy: Joyeux Anniversaire  ["Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserv]
  Alloy: Picket line blues          ["Beth Meyer" <bethmeyer@mindspring.com>]

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 01:26:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Cracknell <crackers@hwcn.org>
Subject: Re: Alloy: I've been meaning to ask.

In article <Pine.BSI.3.95.980813133444.19823C-100000@cello.qnet.com>, you wrote:
>I just had to comment on this one, Crackers.  I am leaving for a weekend
>trip Friday-Monday and for the last 3 weeks I've had to push this nagging
>what-if to the back of my head.  It's weird!  I've never had thoughts like
>that (airplane anxiety) before.  I think it's probably a result of my
>leaving my 18-month-old for the first time..  well, ever.  My fingers are
>crossed from hell, too. 
~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~

I've never been nervous about flying, but oddly enough I'm a wee bit nervous
about this flight. It's the first time I've flown with my kids. Logan is
a little scared about flying. Kind of reminds me of my little sister when 
we were kids and were flying to Florida.

I grew up in the town of Simcoe which has a big parachuting club. Almost
every day you could see people jumping from planes from nearly anywhere
in the town (even seen a few unsuccessful jumps). My little sister was
very nervous about the flight to FLA and when asked why she said,
"Well, I think I can handle the flying part alright, but I don't think
I'll like jumping out of the plane when I get there." 

Having only seen people exit planes via parachute, my sister assumed that
was how everybody but the pilot left an airplane.

                                  CRACKERS
                          (Banzi from hell!!!!!!)


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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:33:17 -0400
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Thomas Dolby questions

Dear Christopher,

you wrote:

 > I'm wondering if you know anything about the apparent 
 > disappearance of "The Golden Age Of Wireless" from music stores.

I saw two copies of it at Virgin Records in San Francisco yesterday, and note 
that it is listed as available from www.ab-cd.com.  However, cdnow.com and 
tunes.com no longer list it.  <sad conclusion omitted>

/\/\iles

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:33:13 -0400
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Tribute Title results

The votes are in, dear people.

   The Flattery Earth - 5 votes

   The Golden Ageing of Wireless - 1 vote

   Live to be a Hundred - 1 vote

   The Flat Birth - 1 vote

With four abstentions, that leaves "The Flattery Earth" as the title of 
choice.

If there are to be no votes from Lissu, Dabb, JAMac, or Ian, then "The 
Flattery Earth" it is!

Carry on.
/\/\

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 03:33:12 -0400
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: New Greetings Entries!

Thank you very much to Trevor and Michael for their recently received 
Greetings!  Good show, Michael.  Trevor, I am relieved you beat my 
ladyfriend, Mary, to the punch on that one <g>.  TMDR will probably be all 
the more amused by it coming from <ahem> you . . .

And as for the rest of you too-busy-to-be-a-homecoming-queen, yeah that's 
right Mr. Armchair General, Mr. Monday-Morning Quarterback . . .  You have 
FOUR DAYS to get your Greetings in. 

</\/\iles, in an aside to the tape contributors, says, "You know, I just 
can't understand why these supposed Thomas Dolby `fans' can't get off their 
butts to record a fifteen-second "Happy Birthday, Thomas", if for nothing 
else just to get a copy of our CD!  Where in God's Creation else are you 
gonna find what we're putting together?!?"> - rant mode off

So once again, and for the last time, I ask you, Listie and Lurker alike, to 
record a message of good will to Thomas Dolby upon the occasion of his 40th 
anniversary that we may include it in our lavish tribute of song and cheer.

Unless you mail it today it's too late for snailmail, but the the telephone 
message system [(707) 544 2716, USA] will be up and running through Tuesday 
morning, and you can still send a sound file to me as an email attachment.

Success,
/\/\iles
                           TRIBUTE DEADLINES

                        Greetings      August 18
                        Songs          September 1

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:03:04 -0500
From: John_Hanson_at_FRMA01@ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com
Subject: Alloy: Joyeux Anniversaire

     
     Hello All, Steve & Mary in particular..
     
     Was that OK ? 
     
     John
     
     PS I'll be unsubscribing at the end of today for a little while, but 
     I'll be back. If anyone would like to e-mail me privately, then do so 
     to jwh@mygale.org, or you call me on 0033 6 14 66 03 27.
     

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:28:29 -0400
From: "Stephen M. Tilson" <Stephen_Tilson@compuserve.com>
Subject: Alloy: Joyeux Anniversaire

John,

 >      Hello All, Steve & Mary in particular..
 >      
 >      Was that OK ? 


Yes!  Now, which of these are you most fond of?  I still like the long one 
and will use it if I can.  Would you mind if I cut and paste parts of your 
four messages into one?  I haven't loaded the messages into the computer yet, 
so I am not certain that it will sound ok to mix the various takes, but I 
think it can be done to arrive at a supadupa birthday wish.  <you've got some 
tough competition from Trevor, though>  <teehee>

S/\/\iles

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:10:43 -0400
From: "Beth Meyer" <bethmeyer@mindspring.com>
Subject: Alloy: Picket line blues

Hi, folks;

Just thought I'd dash off a quick note to let you know that I *might* be out
of touch for a little while, though I should catch up eventually if so. The
Communications Workers of America appear to be planning to go on strike
against US West tomorrow night, which means that sometime tomorrow (haven't
been told when yet - I have to call a hotline every hour or so) I get to fly
out to Waterloo, Iowa to spend 12 hours a day every day as a toll operator.

I'm trying to contain my excitement.

Hey, maybe someone will ask a question about statistics or cognitive aging
that I can actually answer!  After all, people have asked operators some
pretty strange things in the past...

Cheers,
Beth (PhD, Mom-to-be, and now Management Scum)

Beth Meyer
bethmeyer@mindspring.com

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