From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #111 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Wednesday, March 31 1999 Volume 02 : Number 111 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- FWD: gas wars Re: gas wars Id rather go to the army I had a dream that Courtney and her family moved to Japan... BOWCCL Fleming Folds Five or Ben and John Re: I had a dream that Courtney and her family moved to Japan... CRAIG KILBORNE!!!!! real...what is really real? George Show: Sarcasm 101 and theres something about Brittney. Jump Little Audio the real ... Re: Jump Little Audio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:58:46 PST From: "Markus Kamp" Subject: FWD: gas wars I looked the following up on an urban legends site, but couldn't find anything. Interesting idea, anyway! On Mar 30, "Nemeth, Christopher" wrote: NOT A JOKE BUT SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS US ALL....... At between $1.59 and $1.85/gallon, I'm in. Let's see how far internet email storms get us! Wouldn't it be cool to see this on the news? Yeah, I guess only if it really did make the gas prices go down... GAS OUT THE GREAT "GAS OUT" It's time we did something about the price of gasoline in America! We are all sick and tired of high prices when there are literally millions of gallons in storage. Know what I found out? If there was just ONE day when no one purchased any gasoline, prices would drop drastically. The so-called oil cartel has decided to slow production by some 2 million barrels per day to drive up the price. I have decided to see how many Americans we can get to NOT BUY ANY GASOLINE on one particular day! Let's have a GAS OUT! Do not buy any gasoline on APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! Buy on Thursday before, or Saturday after. Do not buy any gasoline on FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999. Wanna help? Send this message to everyone you know. Ask them to do the same. All we need is a few million to participate in order to make a difference. We CAN make a difference. Thanks. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:13:36 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Re: gas wars Hehe, that's pretty funny. Anyways, as cool as this sounds, we've got it a LOT better than most countries. Hell...we pay less for gasoline than we do for Coke and most bottled waters. Any of you British fjoridians wanna enlighten us as to the price of "petrol" overseas. Anoop >NOT A JOKE BUT SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS US ALL....... > >At between $1.59 and $1.85/gallon, I'm in. Let's see how far internet >email storms get us! Wouldn't it be cool to see this on the news? >Yeah, I guess only if it really did make the gas prices go down... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:21:14 PST From: "Elisabeth Donnelly" Subject: Id rather go to the army Finally Ive heard Army, twice in one day! Its a welcome reposte from the ugliest man ever to grace a rolling stone cover, Rob Zombie, and his ugly music, and more of tha sort of stuff. The song isnt "mine" yet, but it definetly is going to grow on me, i can tell. Less than a month till the album! ***CD that grew on me, best case scenario-Grace, by Jeff Buckley College stuff sucks sucks sucks. I got waitlisted from Tufts, my guidance conselor calls, all pissed, and theyre like "other kids applied with the same credidentials...but they also started their own businesses?!!!?" Whatever! And I got into Sarah Lawrence, I got no money from them, and there is not mention of tuition whatsoever in the package. Hmmm. Rolling Stone. I wish they could objectify a male on the cover! I really like Imperial Teen's first cd. Im superstressed/busy and you guys make me happy. Shout outs and mad props to all ya'll, ~Elisabeth Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:25:10 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: I had a dream that Courtney and her family moved to Japan... Yup, that's not what the dream was about, actually the dream was about an earthquake in California, and part of it fell off into the ocean, then someone ran up behind me, grabbed my shoulder and spun me around, and said, "COURTNEY AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO JAPAN JUST IN TIME TO MISS THE EARTHQUAKE!" I was just like, "Oh." And then I went on doing what I was doing. That's scary, that just might be the first dream I've had that involved any "not real people." Let me just say, I know you guys are real, but seeing as how the only one of you all that I've met is Sara, I don't really know that the rest of you exist. It's entirely possible that this is just a huge Turing Test all revolving around me. (Yes, I am self-centered enough to consider this a possibility). I'd love an "Anne-alysis" on that one. Anyways, that's about it folks. Anoop ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:27:10 -0500 From: Kristin Klevering Subject: BOWCCL Hi all - I'm waiting for a program to download, so I started watching some of my old BFF videos, just for fun. I haven't watched them for months, if not almost a year, so I really got into the ones I saw. Made me grin from ear to ear. What I'm really impressed with is the video of "Battle of Who Could Care Less". It's really cute, if you look for the little nuances in there. The song is one of my overlooked favorites, as well. I remember I saw it once on MTV around 4 am one weekday morning out here way back before I went crazy about the band, I just liked the song. I was so sick, and seeing the video made me all happy for about 3-4 minutes so I forgot how sick I was for a short while. Does anyone have a voiceless copy of that song, not a midi, and is there one avaliable? Let me know, please, if anyone knows of one and how I can find it. Long story, but I really do want to find a voiceless version of BOWCCL, if it even exists. Only 15 min. to go on the download. I really need to update my computer. Later - Kristin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:35:01 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Fleming Folds Five or Ben and John Something I gleaned off an en email... ***** Husband and wife team Fleming & John have landed a month or so of dates with their longtime pals Ben Folds Five. The duo, who are touring in support of their second album, The Way We Are, will hit the road with the group on April 16 in Brunswick, Maine and end their trek May 3 in Chicago. Ben Folds co-wrote "Ugly Girl" on The Way We Are, and the couple appear on his side- project Fear of Pop and on the upcoming BFF album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner... ***** Stacy If the path of least resistance is all you ever take Well at least you've been consistant And for that, I've baked you a cake. --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:39:45 -0800 From: Dig that crazy chick Subject: Re: I had a dream that Courtney and her family moved to Japan... Anoop Ranganath wrote: > Yup, that's not what the dream was about, actually the dream was about > an > earthquake in California, and part of it fell off into the ocean, then > > someone ran up behind me, grabbed my shoulder and spun me around, and > said, > "COURTNEY AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO JAPAN JUST IN TIME TO MISS THE > EARTHQUAKE!" I was just like, "Oh." And then I went on doing what I > was > doing. HA! I love how blasé Anoop is when he finds out that my family and I narrowly missed ending up in a watery grave. But you know, I *am* real to you Anoop, because we've chatted on the phone. So maybe it's not so weird. But then again maybe it is. Sorta funny though, because none of my family live in California. They're all in Portland. Except for one of my aunts, who's in... Alabama (i think?) playing the part of the good Southern housewife. The other day i was at a bookstore in Century City and was leafing through some dream dictionaries, and really they have the most random things in those. Did you know that it's bad to dream of cheese? And if you ever get shot in your dream you're supposed to go to the doctor. They should bring the Mod Squad back to TV. forget about the movie, it was slow and boring. But if it was back on TV, i think i'd watch it. I'd like to thank my mother, Blythe Danner. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "It's all falling into place. Except that place is nowhere near this place." - -- ************* ICQ: 24901402 AOL IM: CourtSpork Laugh until you wet yourself; read The Shrubbery. http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com Listen to my radio show, "Swing and the Single Girl" every Tuesday night from 12-4am PST live in Real Audio at http://kscr.usc.edu. ************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:17:30 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: CRAIG KILBORNE!!!!! Don't forget the late, late show, those of you on the east coast, tune into CBS NOW!!! Courtney...I live in Alabama, too. That, plus talking on the phone with you makes you much more real. Anoop ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:01:50 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: real...what is really real? I don't think the rockford-files is real because sometimes I can't post to it. But I know Anoop is real, cuz he called me once on my show! Courtney has called in, Eric has, I know others have, but please forgive me for not mentioning you! I have a lousy memory sometimes. =-( Lets see.... Anyone heard of the Gigalo Aunts? I like them. Esp their latest CD. I bought tix for a trip this summer. I am soooo excited. Plan goes as such... Arrive July 3rd in Baltimore. Stay with a friend. For the 4th he says we'll prolly go to DC!! Wow! The next day, I go down to Chapel Hill, NC (yay!) for a couple days... then its up to Boston for the 10th through the 14th, then I go to NYC for the 14th until early on the 20th I go to New Jersey, spend a couple days with my friend there, then I am in Baltimore with the same friend who picked me up at the airport for the 22 through the 25 of July! Anyone who wants to meet up along the way, I'm quite open to that. =-) Then you can be real to me. =-) Stcy If the path of least resistance is all you ever take Well at least you've been consistant And for that, I've baked you a cake. --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:04:49 EST From: Pianogtar@aol.com Subject: George Show: Sarcasm 101 and theres something about Brittney. Ok I feel bad for Brittney Spears, you know I was in the Barnes and Noble today and I picked up the latest edition of Rolling Stone and you know here is this poor 17 yr old girl the record industry is making up to look like a $10 hooker on magnolia st. I mean this poor kid has a good singing voice, and even though she isn't aretha franklin but i mean the poor girl looks like she would be willing to have sex with everyone just by looking at the way she's dressed. I mean you know I have to go to the restroom so i am taking a restroom break. Time elapse 2 minutes and 52 seconds: George is looking around like he has lost something. *knock on the door, George opens it, it's Brittney Spears* Brittney: hey, What's this? George: um?? um?? um?? Hair Gel?? Brittney: Oh Great!! I needed some of that!! *yes Brittney's hair is now sticking up 6 feet in the air.* George: I um?? Nevermind, you ready to go? *Emimem walks in* Eminem: Bitch u gib me duh hives. Ok class, today's lesson is about sarcasm and a letter sent to opium: <> Well the truth is that I am a virgin and my mom sells beenie babies at her store, so that makes me a rudy poo candy ass. But I am fine and I live with that, the fact is that if you want to make it through life you have to bullshit a little bit, yes bs without totally telling a lie. Being sarcastic doesn't hurt, some of you know when i am making a joking lie, and then again some of you are clueless but that is ok because mostly all of you are still young and have time to learn, just learn who and how everyone can enjoy its effects. It is beatiful, You should read into what I have to say be careful because some of it might be true, here is the test in true/false format. 1. I own one Furby? 2. I have a swimming pool in my back yard? 3. My mom sells beenie babies? 4. I love my doc martins? 5. I lived in Charlotte last summer? 6. I am a whore? 7. Jump little children is going to be on Connan o'brien on April 25th? 8. Courtney and Annop are on the rockford files and opium? 9. That thing I sent about the lesbian dance was totally made up by me? (Rockford files members can't answer this because they already know the truth) 10. I have never heard of fl. oz. and have no clue who they are? ok 10 is good, ponder, answer, good luck good night, george. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:15:36 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Jump Little Audio Ok So I decide, I must hear this band so many love called JLC. So I go to cdnow, and I try to listen, but my real audio is fecked up, thereby preventing me from hearing this band. Do any mp3s exist? I want to hear before I buy... Stacy If the path of least resistance is all you ever take Well at least you've been consistant And for that, I've baked you a cake. --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:18:18 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: the real ... Just thought of 4 more people who've called into my show! Tom and John and and Rey and Leigh! *blushes in embarrassment that she could forget* =-) Stacy If the path of least resistance is all you ever take Well at least you've been consistant And for that, I've baked you a cake. --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:12:42 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Re: Jump Little Audio Ohhhhhhh Stacy, let me just tell you, once you walk down this road, there's no turning back. The CDs are just the beginning, it's when you see them live that the insanity begans. I saw them once back in September, and I was hooked, I've seen them thirteen times since then. I'm sure there are plenty of others here who've got me beat. Hmm, as for the music, i think there are some other web pages that have a good selection of stuff to listen to, but if your Real Audio is f'd, then that sucks. I'll put together some snippets for ya, but my hands are tied until spring break is over. How about that Craig Kilborne. Wow. How about that Heidi Klum. WOW! George, you're a trouble maker, that's all I got to say. (Incidentally, that makes you pretty cool in my book). Oh yeah, Stacy, you're real. Hmm, my real list is growing. I'd like to hope all of you are real. I guess The Truman Show just made me real paranoid. Movies Anoop wants to see: Zero Effect and Rushmore. I'm falling behind. CDs Anoop wants to buy: Billy Joel's Greatest Hits, Vol. I and II. I exercised self control at the store today, but if I make any money at all in the next few days you guys'll know where it went. Stuff that makes Anoop feel helpless: Going into a retail establishment and having the sales staff talk over your head. I say this now, because I just realized this today. I took my car to the shop to have the tires rotated and balanced. So I'm sitting there, and the tech guy comes out and asks me to come with him. We go back to look at my car, and he's got a front tire and a back tire side by side, and my front tire is practically bald (i was aware of this) and my back tire is brand new. (They are different types of tires, I had a run-in with some nails on a construction site and had to get replacements). Anyway, the guy asked me when I had my tires last rotated, and I just told him it was when I got the tires on. That was 25000 miles ago or so. The guy just looks at me like i'm a three-legged chicken and tells me that I have to get them rotated every oil change or every other oil change. I had no idea. Then the guy at the register walks up with a calculator and starts rattling off numbers "OK, that'll be $140 per tire for replacements, Installation charge, Rotating, Balance, of course you'll need an alignement, start mumbling while he punches stuff into the calculator, and then ends with $413." I just look at him. It sucks, knowing that they know they you know absolutely nothing about what they're talking about. So I just tell them to put the wheels back on my car and I'll figure it out later. They tell me about how dangerous it is, and how they really don't reccomend that I do that. But I wasn't about to sit there and let them tell me what I needed to do. So I came home, read the manual of my car cover to cover twice, hopped online, read for about three hours on tire-related stuff, realized that they were going to overcharge me, and am going back tomorrow feeling much more confident. That's what happens when the man tries to mess with me. Hehe. Anyways, that's about it. I need to see BF5, and I can't wait til June or so, which looks like when they'll be around Alabama. And if I get my internship in Fremont, California that I've been shooting for, I may never see them. (Especially if California falls into the ocean...maybe that dream was trying to tell me something else...) Later gators, Anoop >Ok > >So I decide, I must hear this band so many love called JLC. So I go to >cdnow, and I try to listen, but my real audio is fecked up, thereby >preventing me from hearing this band. Do any mp3s exist? I want to hear >before I buy... > >Stacy >If the path of least resistance is all you ever take >Well at least you've been consistant >And for that, I've baked you a cake. > --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" >Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu >http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 > ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #111 *********************************