From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V7 #114 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Sunday, October 27 2002 Volume 07 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Waiting Game ["Thelma" ] Re: The Waiting Game [John Flood ] Re: The Waiting Game [space_bandits@webtv.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 06:08:31 -0400 From: "Thelma" Subject: Re: The Waiting Game Leslie????? Any idea? I looked around on google and there are some programs that will work with your ME. Does anyone know of any free ones? My hubby does tech support for Michelin and his co-workers may have some recommendations if we have no suggestion by Monday. Thelma - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kamille" To: Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:50 PM Subject: Re: The Waiting Game > > Thelma, > > I'm the dinosaur of the group -- I still have Windows ME and can't pull off > the XP trick. Any more suggestions? > > Steve, > > No affiliation with Letterman. Just a little punchy from the cold I'm > fighting. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thelma" > To: > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:35 PM > Subject: Re: The Waiting Game > > > > > > Ok... here is one.... On Windows XP go to the Control Panel and then to > > Speech Properties and type in all the words to a favorite Basia song and > let > > Microsoft Sam read them back to you. Be sure to alter the speed of the > > playback to fully appreciate the original version. Thelma > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve O'Hearn" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:26 PM > > Subject: RE: The Waiting Game > > > > > > > > > > Kamille - > > > > > > Are you a David Letterman writer or something? > > > > > > Thanks, very funny! > > > > > > - Steve > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > > > >Kamille > > > >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:46 PM > > > >To: basia@smoe.org > > > >Subject: The Waiting Game > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >After reading one of your messages about listening to "Basia on > > > >Broadway" for > > > >the millionth time, I thought it would be helpful if we found all > > > >brainstormed > > > >on ways to pass the time while waiting for the new CDs and ways to > > > >enjoy the > > > >old ones. Any of your suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > >Here are a few > > > >of mine: > > > > > > > >1. No matter how difficult, listen to a Yoko Ono CD for a solid > month. > > > >This is bound to make you appreciate the Basia songs you've heard > > > >hundreds of > > > >times before. The down side is that you have to order the CD off > > > >the internet > > > >to avoid the stares you will get if you buy one in the store. > > > > > > > >2. Have a family member hide your Basia CDs. This will create > > > >some sense > > > >of anticipation as you go about your daily routine. Advise the > > > >person hiding > > > >the CDs to stay away from obvious places like the cookie jar or under > the > > > >pillow -- I'm talking near the fitness equipment or under the stack of > > > >unopened monthly bank statements. > > > > > > > >3. Similar to #2, have a family member switch your entire > > > >collection of CDs > > > >and cases. This also creates a kind of "grab bag" game and a > > > >sense of longing > > > >for those old songs. > > > > > > > >4. For the adventurous types: After taping a Basia CD to your > > > >person with > > > >the words "PLAY THIS IMMEDIATELY" clearly displayed, klunk yourself on > > the > > > >head with a blunt object and strike hard enough to create short-term > > memory > > > >loss. Imagine the joy with which you will listen to those old > > > >songs again for > > > >the "first" time! > > > > > > > >5. Play "Copernicus" and loudly try to just sing EVERY OTHER > > > >word -- very > > > >challenging to say the least, especially while driving. > > > > > > > >6. Learn to juggle! We have just enough discs to become quite > > > >proficient. > > > >Start with two -- T&T and LWNY, then add TSI and so on . . . I would > > > >suggest strongly safety glasses so as not to perform your own > > > >Lasik surgery. > > > > > > > >7. Learn Polish! (does not apply to Krystyna). It looks > > > >really hard and, > > > >who knows, by the time you master this vowel-challenged language, > > > >we may have > > > >some new tunes to enjoy. > > > > > > > >I'm sure some of you who have been members of this group for a > > > >long time can > > > >add to this list. Hope these prove helpful to you other > > > >Basia-starved fans. > > > > > > > >Helpy Helperton, > > > > > > > >Kamille ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:49:42 -0400 From: John Flood Subject: Re: The Waiting Game Hey! Speaking of dinosaurs.....I have a SAM program for a Commodore 64 if ya have one around. lol I keep it around for one game that was never released for the PC or MAC: M.U.L.E. - the best multi-player computer game ever made. John Kamille wrote: >Thelma, > >I'm the dinosaur of the group -- I still have Windows ME and can't pull off >the XP trick. Any more suggestions? > >Steve, > >No affiliation with Letterman. Just a little punchy from the cold I'm >fighting. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thelma" >To: >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:35 PM >Subject: Re: The Waiting Game > > >>Ok... here is one.... On Windows XP go to the Control Panel and then to >>Speech Properties and type in all the words to a favorite Basia song and >> >let > >>Microsoft Sam read them back to you. Be sure to alter the speed of the >>playback to fully appreciate the original version. Thelma >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Steve O'Hearn" >>To: >>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:26 PM >>Subject: RE: The Waiting Game >> >> >>>Kamille - >>> >>>Are you a David Letterman writer or something? >>> >>>Thanks, very funny! >>> >>>- Steve >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of >>>>Kamille >>>>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:46 PM >>>>To: basia@smoe.org >>>>Subject: The Waiting Game >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>After reading one of your messages about listening to "Basia on >>>>Broadway" for >>>>the millionth time, I thought it would be helpful if we found all >>>>brainstormed >>>>on ways to pass the time while waiting for the new CDs and ways to >>>>enjoy the >>>>old ones. Any of your suggestions would be much appreciated. >>>>Here are a few >>>>of mine: >>>> >>>>1. No matter how difficult, listen to a Yoko Ono CD for a solid >>>> >month. > >>>>This is bound to make you appreciate the Basia songs you've heard >>>>hundreds of >>>>times before. The down side is that you have to order the CD off >>>>the internet >>>>to avoid the stares you will get if you buy one in the store. >>>> >>>>2. Have a family member hide your Basia CDs. This will create >>>>some sense >>>>of anticipation as you go about your daily routine. Advise the >>>>person hiding >>>>the CDs to stay away from obvious places like the cookie jar or under >>>> >the > >>>>pillow -- I'm talking near the fitness equipment or under the stack of >>>>unopened monthly bank statements. >>>> >>>>3. Similar to #2, have a family member switch your entire >>>>collection of CDs >>>>and cases. This also creates a kind of "grab bag" game and a >>>>sense of longing >>>>for those old songs. >>>> >>>>4. For the adventurous types: After taping a Basia CD to your >>>>person with >>>>the words "PLAY THIS IMMEDIATELY" clearly displayed, klunk yourself on >>>> >>the >> >>>>head with a blunt object and strike hard enough to create short-term >>>> >>memory >> >>>>loss. Imagine the joy with which you will listen to those old >>>>songs again for >>>>the "first" time! >>>> >>>>5. Play "Copernicus" and loudly try to just sing EVERY OTHER >>>>word -- very >>>>challenging to say the least, especially while driving. >>>> >>>>6. Learn to juggle! We have just enough discs to become quite >>>>proficient. >>>>Start with two -- T&T and LWNY, then add TSI and so on . . . I would >>>>suggest strongly safety glasses so as not to perform your own >>>>Lasik surgery. >>>> >>>>7. Learn Polish! (does not apply to Krystyna). It looks >>>>really hard and, >>>>who knows, by the time you master this vowel-challenged language, >>>>we may have >>>>some new tunes to enjoy. >>>> >>>>I'm sure some of you who have been members of this group for a >>>>long time can >>>>add to this list. Hope these prove helpful to you other >>>>Basia-starved fans. >>>> >>>>Helpy Helperton, >>>> >>>>Kamille ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 22:51:52 -0400 (EDT) From: space_bandits@webtv.net Subject: Re: The Waiting Game Speaking of dinosaurs and a lack of anything good to do...try WebTv...or, preferably, don't. :-) ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V7 #114 ***************************