From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #285 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Tuesday, July 24 2001 Volume 10 : Number 285 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Dvorak Online: The Sklyarov Gambit [protay2@eudoramail.com] still living in the material world! [HAL ] Re: Rush Biking Books (a narrow genre) ["Randy R." ] RE: still living in the material world! ["Poole, R. Edward" ] my lack of a Q to A last night, little ones [DDerosa5@aol.com] Re: still living in the material world! [Eb ] RE: biggus dickus ["SIMPSON,HAMISH (A-Scotland,ex1)" ] Re: biggus dickus [Glen Uber ] Hairy Phuu [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] I buried paul [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: the Quail dosed me with LSD [steve ] Re: Dorcus again [steve ] Re: Hairy Phuu [Jon Fetter ] TV bulletin (ON TOPIC!) [Eb ] Re: Rush Biking Books (a narrow genre) ["Stewart C. Russell" ] worm alert [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: worm alert [Capuchin ] John Sebastian [Michael R Godwin ] Re: biggus dickus [Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com] Re: Dorcus again [steve ] Re: biggus dickus [Ken Weingold ] Kimberly Rew interview ["Gene Hopstetter, Jr." ] a town called phuket, really big phuket ["Jason R. Thornton" ] Thick but kind equinephile ["Rude Becky of Goldstrum" ] Re: worm alert [Tom Clark ] Re: worm alert [dmw ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:06:16 -0400 From: protay2@eudoramail.com Subject: Dvorak Online: The Sklyarov Gambit Please forgive my dumping an article, but things are slow and I haven't transcribed my Robyn spiels yet. Ross Taylor A PC Magazine article has been sent to you. Follow this link to view the article: Dvorak Online: The Sklyarov Gambit Copyright (c) 2001 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:33:14 -0600 From: HAL Subject: still living in the material world! Hold those eulogies! http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/23/harrison/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:33:49 -0700 From: "Randy R." Subject: Re: Rush Biking Books (a narrow genre) From: Mike Wells > It's a good book. Ordered it as a Neil Peart/Rush fan instead of as a > cyclist - I'm more of a 'runnie' (:-p) than a 'bikie' - but still enjoyed it > immensely It's definitely an easy read and it moves at a brisk pace like many journals do. Mr. Peart is generally anal retentive and socially awkward and I found myself laughing because of this. Great stuff, but I certainly wouldn't want him on any close knit bike tour that I would be going on. Peartfully Yours, and in Ged we trust, Vince ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:18:42 -0400 From: "Poole, R. Edward" Subject: RE: still living in the material world! I dunno. I suspect the story will turn out to be true (i.e., he is dying), but he's incredibly pissed that his plan to live out his days without the media frenzy of "former Beatle near death..." hounding his every moment. Only thing wrong with that explanation is that George Martin surely would have been told to keep his mouth shut. - -----Original Message----- From: HAL [mailto:hbrandt@milehigh.net] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:33 PM To: ghouls Subject: still living in the material world! Hold those eulogies! http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/23/harrison/index.html ============================================================================This e-mail message and any attached files are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. This communication may contain material protected by attorney-client, work product, or other privileges. If you are not the intended recipient or person responsible for delivering this confidential communication to the intended recipient, you have received this communication in error, and any review, use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying, or other distribution of this e-mail message and any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this confidential communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail message and permanently delete the original message. To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP http://www.legalinnovators.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:20:23 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: names, cats, no robyns >From: lj lindhurst [I cooed, about my cats:] > >Oh, also their nicknames have nicknames -- Tami is Tam-Tam and > >Lloni is Llonona. Thank me for sharing! >No. Really. I'm going to be sick. Arrrrr, ye lily-livered skirt. Tha's nothin' -- you should hear us call them to dinner. >From: Ken Ostrander > >i love to harass these people when they fumble through my last name. I would have guessed "aws-tran-der." What is it? >From: Mike Swedene Same question to you, minus the guess. Drew - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:18:31 EDT From: DDerosa5@aol.com Subject: my lack of a Q to A last night, little ones 's what I get for trying to not only read my email that late at night, I was in fact responding to the query, are any other fegs expecting hatchlings? (or however it was phrased) just in case you saw the word 'gestating' and just thought I quite misspelled 'frustrating'... Amy of course is most famous to fegs for not being at my house when I had the feg-gathering before the recent SBs tour stop in DC, thereby making not a few wonder if I were just making her up. Her only appearance to fegdom having come after at the Rock Armada show in Chicago, where she might have been remembered by such as Dolph, Doc, and anyone else who stood near us at the show or went out for beers later at Goose Island. She was the pretty dark haired one I wouldn't let get a word in edgewise... and I realize that in coming out of lurkdom in order to pass on this bright news that I seem a bit opportunist. Well, there it is. In fact, that's how she got pregnant in the first place. Our naming process thus far: first, we wonder whose last name the child will have--probably hers, as there just aren't enough Callners in the world. Then she goes through the names of all her dead relatives with crazy names like Friese, Chips, and Adolph (although naming a jewish kid Adolph has a certain je nais say what?) I nix them all, and then she throws out other names nobody can pronouce. I point out how each of them will be made fun of in school--though, truth be told, one can do that for any name if you have a wicked enough imagination. Then I throw out pretty names, to which she refers to them all as yuppie or dopey. (though I have her weakening on Wanda) Then she says she's sorry Ruby is getting so hip, cause it's a great name, but will be overused soon, and I agree but point out that one must be ahead of the curve on those overused names. then she says if it's a girl she wants to name her "defiance" then I ask if I really know her all that well, and where's my real wife? and when people ask what the names will be, so far we both say "Chad if it's a boy, and if it's a girl...(here she says Tiffany and I say Hillary)" and we wait till they get the joke. so help is welcome. Otherwise she'll be born in March and we'll name her "April May" Months are good--if it's a boy, we name him JASON. any number of syylables is OK, though. dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:35:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: still living in the material world! >http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/23/harrison/index.html >I dunno. I suspect the story will turn out to be true (i.e., he is dying), >but he's incredibly pissed that his plan to live out his days without the >media frenzy of "former Beatle near death..." hounding his every moment. Mm-hmm. Unfortunately, these denials are starting to remind me of Freddie Mercury's I-don't-have-AIDS statements and Kurt Cobain's "accidental overdose on stomach medicine" in Rome. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:36:10 +0200 From: "SIMPSON,HAMISH (A-Scotland,ex1)" Subject: RE: biggus dickus >> In the neighboring town of where I grew up, there was the name to end >> them all. Harold Dick. > Some friends of mine found an ID belonging to a very unfortunate person > named Coke Dick. This became an enormous joke amongst my friends, who > would periodically yell "Coke Dick is bitch!" for no particular reason. We had two high level US managers visit a UK site of my previous employer, one of whom was called Roger Pinkstaff (chortle chortle). A colleague of mine had a manager called Ivor John Thomas! (gluck gluck) PooleR@dsmo.com wrote: > To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to postmaster@dsmo.com > Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP "Dickstein"! (arf arf!) (H) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:55:16 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: biggus dickus On Sun, Jul 22, 2001, Maximilian Lang wrote: > We have convienence store here in the midatlantic area called WAWA the > president of the operation is names Dick Wood. If I had that name I would > certainly go by Rich or Richard. Doesn't help. I worked on a play once and the tech director's name was Rich Cummings. He was an asshole, so of course we called him Dick Cummings. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:06:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Glen Uber Subject: Re: biggus dickus On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Ken Weingold wrote: >Doesn't help. I worked on a play once and the tech director's name >was Rich Cummings. He was an asshole, so of course we called him Dick >Cummings. Sounds like a porn name. There's a reporter on one of the San Francisco television stations whose name is April Summers, also a great porn name. The best real name that could be a porn name has to be that of Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher Randy Johnson. It also doesn't hurt that his nickname is "The Big Unit". - -- Cheers! - -g- Glen Uber // uberg (at) sonic.net Californian by birth, Raiders fan by choice Bleeding Silver and Black since 1970 "In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents and fuckups; they have lots of penalties, fights and paybacks; and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get fucked. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again and they will dip the ball in shit and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - --George Carlin, 1996 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:57:20 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Hairy Phuu >The superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, MD, when I was in high >school was Dr. Harry Pitt. But all of this pales in comparison to Dr. >Harry Beaver in Arlington, VA. He is, I kid you not, a gynaecologist. I did a blank look at all of this till I suddenly realised that Harry could be pronounced like hairy in the US - am I right? Or do I miss something somewhere. >Jeff Dwarf: > > then there are always the kids whose names translate badly, like a guy > > at my high school named Phu Kuu..... > >There's a Thai restaurant in town called "Phuket." I don't know how it's >supposed to be pronounced, but I know how -we- pronounce it. fooooo-KETTT. It's the name of a beach resort on the Thai coast (hmmm. tautology. never mind). It would still be funny in Newcastle, even then. >Uh, yeah. Amy and I just found out a week or two ago that she's spectin'. Not >due till March, so you all can suggest names for months, though I'm sure Amy >will ignore all of them. And me. I just do all the cooking, cleaning, etc. >and she just lays around and... gestates. (Can that be an active verb?) congrats to you both. What is this - Feg podding season or summit? >i love to harass these people when they fumble through my last name. "sorry, >no one here by *that* name." i'm okay with various pronounciations >("oh-strander", "awww-strander", "ooo-strander"); but it's usually not the >first syllable that they mangle. "standing on a beach with a gun in my >hand..." How the hell could you mispronounce the second syllable of Ostrander? And as for surnames, I get DIG-n'n (correct), DUY-gnan, di-NAAN, and even DEE-nyonn. And spellings ranging from Bigman to Dugnell. Ostrander's a gift. James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:20:57 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: I buried paul before you start eulogising George Harrison, have a read of this: >BBC News Online > >Monday, 23 July, 2001, 17:16 GMT 18:16 UK > >Harrison's disgust at death reports > >Former Beatle George Harrison has dismissed newspaper stories that he is >close to death as untrue and insensitive. > >In a statement released by the 58-year-old, who was treated for a brain >tumour last month, and his wife, Olivia, the couple said they were >"disappointed and disgusted" by the reports. > >Several news outlets carried a story on Monday referring to the >musician's "imminent demise". > >The reports were based around remarks said to have been made by former >Beatles' producer George Martin. > >Mr Martin has denied giving an interview on the subject of Harrison's >health to any newspaper, the couple's statement said. > >Harrison underwent an operation to remove a cancerous lump from his neck >in 1997 and earlier this month said he was fine after his treatment >for a tumour at a Swiss clinic. > >The statement said: "The reports were unsubstantiated, untrue, >insensitive and uncalled for, especially as Mr Harrison is active and >feeling very well in spite of the health challenges he has had this >year." > >It continued: "George Martin was quoted and has emphatically denied >speaking to any newspaper." > >Harrison, whose life was threatened when he was stabbed by an intruder >in 1999, has battled cancer scares over the last four years. > >He has blamed his health problems on smoking. > >He was the youngest member of the Beatles and went on to forge a solo >career after the band split, as well as performing with Bob Dylan and >Roy Orbison in the Traveling Wilburys. James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:54:55 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: the Quail dosed me with LSD On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 10:28 AM, lj lindhurst wrote: > Teletubbies is on: Why is the sun a laughing baby? What the hell is > "tubby toast", and why is it so delightful? lj, is this your first dose of Teletubbies? That means you must have missed the whole Tinky Winky controversy. - - Steve __________ President Bush met privately with top officials from the Salvation Army in May to discuss his "faith-based" initiative while the White House was reviewing a request from the charity for a regulation protecting it from local workplace nondiscrimination laws based on sexual orientation. - Dana Milbank, Washington Post ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:54:35 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Dorcus again On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 10:39 AM, Walker, Charles wrote: > Dorcus means "graceful", so I wonder how these relate - > > chas replies: ah, but dorcus doesn't *sound* graceful! what language? Can't find the site that had it, but my speculation is that it's a variation of Dorcas (Greek). I don't know how I missed this one the other day - > The Kabalarian Philosophy teaches constructive living based on > principles of right thinking, right breathing, and right eating. And they've got a name analysis thing going - > Option 3: Your baby is not born yet > > The first step is for you to order your personal Adult Name Report so > you can find out the influence your names have had in your life and, > more importantly, to find out the influence of your surname on your > newborn. > > Included with this service is free consultation support where you can > discuss the options in choosing a balanced name for your baby when he > or she is born. http://www.kabalarians.com/ And the ever popular Fantasy Name Generator - http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/names/default.htm - - Steve __________ It is white." - George Bush, when asked what the White House is like by a student at Morningside Primary School in Hackney, East London. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:07:08 -0400 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Re: Hairy Phuu >>The superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, MD, when I was in high >>school was Dr. Harry Pitt. But all of this pales in comparison to Dr. >>Harry Beaver in Arlington, VA. He is, I kid you not, a gynaecologist. Beaver College in Pennsylvania just recently changed its name. I guess they finally realized that beaver had another meaning. >>Jeff Dwarf: >> > then there are always the kids whose names translate badly, like a guy >> > at my high school named Phu Kuu..... >> >>There's a Thai restaurant in town called "Phuket." I don't know how it's >>supposed to be pronounced, but I know how -we- pronounce it. > >fooooo-KETTT. It's the name of a beach resort on the Thai coast (hmmm. >tautology. never mind). It would still be funny in Newcastle, even then. I've always heard it pronounced poo-kett. Jon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:53:19 -0700 From: Eb Subject: TV bulletin (ON TOPIC!) It doesn't do *me* a lick of good, but "Storefront Hitchcock" debuts on Showtime next month, and will be shown multiple times. Eb and a nagging headache ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:13:15 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Rush Biking Books (a narrow genre) Mike Wells wrote: > > Michael > who thought the rest of us Rush fans were in semi-permanent cold storage I'd like to point out that, although I know most of the words to many early Rush songs, I am not a Rush fan. Blame two older siblings who were fanatical... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:17:00 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: REAP "Poole, R. Edward" wrote: > > No, not George. Eudora Welty has finally worn out her path. All users of her namesake mail client, a respectful silence please... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 22:32:17 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: worm alert Has anyone here been getting huge attachment files ending .pif from someone (the address changes every time? Looks like someone has a work and messages are being sent to one of the mailing lists I'm connected with. Could be here. I contacted my local friendly techie, and she said: >So I wandered over to Symantec's site and did a search on ".pif", which >gave results of a whole bunch of worms that go out as .pif (Program >Information Files). Chances are Patsy Maese has a .pif worm and you are >not the only one affected -- bet others on mailing lists you belong to are, >too. Might be worth asking around. If it's bouncing around between >various people's mailers you might be seeing quite a bit of it. Encourage >those on your mailing lists to update their virus definitions. (PS - Patsy Maese aka Jerry Chen aka Fania Urbina aka...) James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 03:42:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Capuchin Subject: Re: worm alert On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, James Dignan wrote: > Has anyone here been getting huge attachment files ending .pif from someone > (the address changes every time)? It's a Microsoft Outlook worm. Why folks would use software that automatically executes ANYTHING is beyond me. If it's the one I think it is, it's pretty clever. It sends encapsulated versions of random files off the infected user's hard disk to random folks. And it resides in Windows' "recycle bin" where most anti-virus software doesn't look. By the way, these infections are the result of a lack of diversity in the technosystem. Run some strange operating system or some strange hardware architecture and this stuff won't happen to you.f J. - -- _______________________________________________ Capuchin capuchin@bitmine.net Jeme A Brelin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:50:28 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: John Sebastian I just received an e-mail from Rhino saying that they are re-releasing John Sebastian's 5 Reprise albums. As a big Lovin' Spoonful fan, I was wondering whether these were any good? All I know is that at the time they came out they were getting absolutely terrible "Sebastian-blissed-out-and-hanging-round-with-Graham-Nash-and-various-pets" type reviews, so I never bothered with them. Opinions, anyone? - - Mike Godwin (_not_ Goodwin, that drives me completely batty; or Goolwin, or Podwin, or Gibilaro) n.p. Stubby Kaye "Sit down you're rockin' the boat" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:33:15 -0400 From: Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com Subject: Re: biggus dickus My virology prof. in grad school: Maryann Jerkofsky Our corporate training consultant: Dick Longo At one time, we had a Boris and Natasha working in the same group. - -Jeffro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:53:03 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: Dorcus again On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 10:39 AM, Walker, Charles wrote: >Dorcus means "graceful", so I wonder how these relate - >chas replies: ah, but dorcus doesn't *sound* graceful! what language? Can't find the site that had it, but my speculation is that it's a variation of Dorcas (Greek). I don't know how I missed this one the other day - The Kabalarian Philosophy teaches constructive living based on principles of right thinking, right breathing, and right eating. And they've got a name analysis thing going - Option 3: Your baby is not born yet The first step is for you to order your personal Adult Name Report so you can find out the influence your names have had in your life and, more importantly, to find out the influence of your surname on your newborn. Included with this service is free consultation support where you can discuss the options in choosing a balanced name for your baby when he or she is born. http://www.kabalarians.com/ And the ever popular Fantasy Name Generator - http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/names/default.htm - - Steve __________ It is white." - George Bush, when asked what the White House is like by a student at Morningside Primary School in Hackney, East London. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:36:21 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: biggus dickus On Tue, Jul 24, 2001, Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com wrote: > My virology prof. in grad school: Maryann Jerkofsky > > Our corporate training consultant: Dick Longo > > At one time, we had a Boris and Natasha working in the same group. My previous landlords were George and Jane. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:35:18 -0500 From: "Gene Hopstetter, Jr." Subject: Kimberly Rew interview Dunno if I've seen this posted before, so here goes. An interview of Kimberly Rew at Perfect Sound Forever magazine: ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:40:20 -0700 From: "Jason R. Thornton" Subject: a town called phuket, really big phuket >There's a Thai restaurant in town called "Phuket." I don't know how it's >supposed to be pronounced, but I know how -we- pronounce it. It's pronounced "poo-keht," which probably isn't that much better than how you pronounce it. - --Jason "Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples." - Sherwood Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:51:40 -0400 From: Keith Hanlon Subject: Re: waterloo Couple Robyn pics: http://www.cd101.com/bigroom/robynhit.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:00:36 +0000 From: "Rude Becky of Goldstrum" Subject: Thick but kind equinephile Nat: >Dick" means "thick" or "fat" in German, and "Philip" means "lover of >horses," hence Philip K. Dick's alter-ego, Horselover Fat. But what about the K? Or P.K. Dick, as in Picque Dick, his drag-queen alter-ego?;-P The K actually stands for Kindred, a cool name in general, but takes a twist(I think--my memory may have turned too creative here but I - -think- this is right) when you realize the Dick(like Elvis?) was the surviving twin. Thisbe is a great choice for a cat name. You can quote from Pyramus's speeches to her in MSND's ("O dark night. Oh dark dark night...(or something like that)(some of the best really bad poetry ever written.) Just keep her away from sharp objects and larger leonine felines. - ----------- As for the butchering of last names, just give -any- English pronunciation to a polish last name and it turns awkward. But go for the polish and Wisniewski becomes quite lovely. After a few drinks I have been known to metamorphasize into the Countessa Vishnefska. I often use Ms Wiz--not only does it rhyme, allow you to think of me as either a smartypants or a pisser, but it avoids the whole pronunciation mess. As for my behaviour to unsolicited callers-- lets just be charitable and say its rude, abrasive and insulting. In college for one night I was one of those poor, depersonlized zoombie callers which should make me sympathetic. But its dosnt much--as I said, I only could put up with it for one night. As for favorite names for kids: Jerusha Alathea (Thea) Gramercy (Graeme) Ella (Emmanuella) Chet (Chester) Robert (any of the variations) Natalie or Nathan or Nathaniel (Nat) Emrys Tallis (Tally) Maisie Rebecca, Rachel, Jenny, James and Paul would also be on the list, but are almost too popular. Robert -was- popular, but no longer seems to be, hence its inclusion. Kay _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:42:13 -0400 From: Ken Ostrander Subject: Re: Hairy Phuu >>There's a Thai restaurant in town called "Phuket." I don't know how it's >>supposed to be pronounced, but I know how -we- pronounce it. my favorite restaurant name is a chinese place in central square called "pu pu hot pot". >What is this - Feg podding season or summit? perhaps harry beaver could explain... >>i love to harass these people when they fumble through my last name. "sorry, >>no one here by *that* name." i'm okay with various pronounciations >>("oh-strander", "awww-strander", "ooo-strander"); but it's usually not the >>first syllable that they mangle. "standing on a beach with a gun in my >>hand..." > >How the hell could you mispronounce the second syllable of Ostrander? And >as for surnames, I get DIG-n'n (correct), DUY-gnan, di-NAAN, and even >DEE-nyonn. And spellings ranging from Bigman to Dugnell. Ostrander's a >gift. most often i get something like oh-stranger; hence the cure quote... >I would have guessed "aws-tran-der." What is it? the third one above is the proper european pronounciation. the second (your guess) is one i used for a long time after someone thought i was irish using the first pronounciation. my parents use the first one exclusively. ken "i'm professor van nostrand from the university" the kenster np elecr-o-pura yo la tengo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:44:25 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: worm alert on 7/24/01 3:42 AM, Capuchin at capuchin@bitmine.net wrote: > By the way, these infections are the result of a lack of diversity in the > technosystem. Run some strange operating system or some strange hardware > architecture and this stuff won't happen to you.f Or even some that aren't so strange! - -tc, fighting with the IT weenies here who only know how to manage MS Exchange servers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:49:00 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: worm alert On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Capuchin wrote: > Why folks would use software that automatically executes ANYTHING is > beyond me. I just love this. I'll kiss you sweetly, and you'll have a nasty sore in your mouth once a month for the rest of your life. I'm a great car, but I'll run into something at random every now and then. DOn't worry -- statistically, you'llprobably be going pretty slowly when I do it. Take this prescription once a day for the next year. You'll proably feel really crappy at least a couple days in there somewhere. This e-mail program is easy to use and has a built-in calendar. Every now and then it will give complete strangers complete access to your hard drive. ... granted, I think most people accept too low a level of service and reliability from software in general, but this is the most egregious example of which i'm aware. - -- d. = i do what i am told. i am not opinionated. i accept without | dmw@ = questioning. i do not make a fuss. i am a good consumer. |radix.net = pathetic-caverns.com * fecklessbeast.com * shoddyworkmanship.net ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #285 ********************************