From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V2 #402 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Wednesday, November 20 2002 Volume 02 : Number 402 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Re: great moments in trademark history [] [loud-fans] fun for sysadmins of all sizes [Dave Walker Subject: [loud-fans] Re: great moments in trademark history >I've always felt a sort of bond with Bill Wyman, the >former bassist of the Rolling Stones, despite his tendency >to view his life through a somewhat narrow lens. A hefty >chunk of his nearly 600-page autobiography, "Stone Alone," >might be paraphrased thusly: > >Wednesday: Played a gig, made 20 pounds, met a nice bird, >had a nice night together. Thursday: Good gig, four pounds >ten, met two nice birds . . . ...and as I remember it, every chapter ended more-or-less thusly - '....and I only ended up with a hundred quid'. Bless. 'Bill's idea of success is appearing on the Michael Aspel show.' - Keith Richards. RIP James Coburn - IMHO the missing link between Gary Cooper and Jack Nicholson, and a hugely underrated actor. peace & love phil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:14:54 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day Aaron wrote: > When printing up T-shirts, my boss used to refer to XXL and XXXL as > "sysadmin sizes", which I think might be a more promising line of > ridicule. Fine, so long as the T-Shirt doesn't clash with their torn cutoff jeans. :-) > > a > =========================================== Paul King Oakville, ON ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:37:11 -0500 From: Dave Walker Subject: [loud-fans] fun for sysadmins of all sizes As a followup to the Lego link someone posted last link, here's some more impressive brickin'. Includes Lego interpretations of a couple of famous M.C. Escher works. http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lego.htm -d.w. sysadmin (among other things) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:39:59 EST From: LeftyZ@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Re: great moments in trademark history In a message dated 11/19/02 1:47:16 AM, phil.gerrard@ntlworld.com writes: << RIP James Coburn - IMHO the missing link between Gary Cooper and Jack Nicholson, and a hugely underrated actor. >> Coburn fans, make sure you do not miss his performance in "The Man from Elysian Fields." Remarkable really....as is that of Mick Jagger. Left ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:59:27 -0700 From: dennis@illusions.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] polite and considerate behavior On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:14:25PM -0500 or thereabouts, John Sharples wrote: > Quoting dennis@illusions.com: > > > First, please be polite and considerate in your posts to the list. There > > is not a reason to be mean or angry on-list. Save that for private email. > > Dennis, I think you're right, and as someone who has been pretty snotty and > condescending in the past, I guess I could do better in the future. Since I > don't receive Taylor's mail anymore, that shouldn't be too hard. > > But I wonder what effect your announcement will have if it lacks teeth. It was > answered by somebone who called me an idiot. How about one warning, and the > next time you're gone? I don't want loud-fans to operate that way. Teeth, eh? How about I email a picture of my naked hairy ass to anyone who posts a mean or obnoxious message to the list? That should scare the shit outta people! - -- - --- Dennis Sacks dennis@illusions.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:40:57 -0500 From: John Sharples Subject: Re: [loud-fans] polite and considerate behavior Quoting dennis@illusions.com: > Teeth, eh? How about I email a picture of my naked hairy ass to anyone who > posts a mean or obnoxious message to the list? It'll only encourage them. JS - ------------------------------- This mail sent through Brooklyn Law School WebMail http://www.brooklaw.edu/webmail - ------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:48:21 -0800 From: John Cooper Subject: Re: [loud-fans] polite and considerate behavior > From: dennis@illusions.com > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:59:27 -0700 > > How about I email a picture of my naked hairy ass to anyone who posts a mean > or obnoxious message to the list? That should scare the shit outta people! I find it impossible to read these lines without hearing them in the voice of Bender on "Futurama." And Bender doesn't even have hair on his ass. I like it. Keep it up. ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V2 #402 *******************************