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David DeLaney
Sep 30, 2012, 6:30:43 PM9/30/12
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You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
MS over the weekend, you know...
Dave, or did Google fall down again?
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MS over the weekend, you know...
Dave, or did Google fall down again?
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\/David DeLaney posting from d...@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
Bill Snyder
Sep 30, 2012, 7:04:07 PM9/30/12
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:30:43 -0400, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David
DeLaney) wrote:
>You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
>MS over the weekend, you know...
Why, doesn't that fate deserve a moment of silence?
DeLaney) wrote:
>You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
>MS over the weekend, you know...
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Joseph Nebus
Sep 30, 2012, 7:58:15 PM9/30/12
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In <slrnk6hg8...@gatekeeper.vic.com> d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) writes:
>You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
>MS over the weekend, you know...
>Dave, or did Google fall down again?
Sorry, I was at an amusement park all weekend. The Dearly
>You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
>MS over the weekend, you know...
>Dave, or did Google fall down again?
Beloved and I were quite amused, particularly when we asked what the
difference was in the roller coaster's crew being awarded a certificate
for ride Capacity and another separate one for Proficiency. This, it
turns out, none of the ride crew were perfectly sure about, just that
they aren't quite measuring the same things, but we probably spoiled
their chances at a Capacity ribbon this month given how they had to
stop and talk it out to try to make sense of it.
ObSF: Um ... you know, that story where every ride at the park
has posted the odds of killing the rider. That one.
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http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/ Joseph Nebus
Current Entry: The Last Ride Of A Roller Coaster http://wp.me/p1RYhY-jJ
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Carson Chittom
Sep 30, 2012, 7:58:47 PM9/30/12
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d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) writes:
> You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
> MS over the weekend, you know...
Which casino were you at?
> You guys don't have to fall completely silent JUST because I was in Tunica
> MS over the weekend, you know...
Carson Chittom
Sep 30, 2012, 8:02:40 PM9/30/12
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nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) writes:
> ObSF: Um ... you know, that story where every ride at the park
> has posted the odds of killing the rider. That one.
Can anybody identify this one? (Or is it something I should just know?)
> ObSF: Um ... you know, that story where every ride at the park
> has posted the odds of killing the rider. That one.
Sounds vaguely interesting.
Joseph Nebus
Oct 1, 2012, 2:08:14 PM10/1/12
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reading it in the mid-80s as, likely, an anthology of short stories
collected for school children. (On the other hand, my Dearly Beloved
does not recall getting `A Sound Of Thunder' as Science Fiction You Have
To Read In School, implying something gone extremely weird in that
school district's Mandatory Science Fiction Story selection process.) --
Dorothy J Heydt
Oct 1, 2012, 3:04:17 PM10/1/12
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In article <k4cm6d$git$1...@reader1.panix.com>,
school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Willa Cather.
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.
Joseph Nebus <nebusj-@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>In <87txufy...@jackson.wistly.net> Carson Chittom
><car...@wistly.net> writes:
>
>>nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) writes:
>
>>> ObSF: Um ... you know, that story where every ride at the park
>>> has posted the odds of killing the rider. That one.
>
>>Can anybody identify this one? (Or is it something I should just know?)
>>Sounds vaguely interesting.
>
> I don't actually know it, although my Dearly Beloved recalls
>reading it in the mid-80s as, likely, an anthology of short stories
>collected for school children. (On the other hand, my Dearly Beloved
>does not recall getting `A Sound Of Thunder' as Science Fiction You Have
>To Read In School, implying something gone extremely weird in that
>school district's Mandatory Science Fiction Story selection process.) --
It all depends on when you were a kid. When I was in grade
>In <87txufy...@jackson.wistly.net> Carson Chittom
><car...@wistly.net> writes:
>
>>nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) writes:
>
>>> ObSF: Um ... you know, that story where every ride at the park
>>> has posted the odds of killing the rider. That one.
>
>>Can anybody identify this one? (Or is it something I should just know?)
>>Sounds vaguely interesting.
>
> I don't actually know it, although my Dearly Beloved recalls
>reading it in the mid-80s as, likely, an anthology of short stories
>collected for school children. (On the other hand, my Dearly Beloved
>does not recall getting `A Sound Of Thunder' as Science Fiction You Have
>To Read In School, implying something gone extremely weird in that
>school district's Mandatory Science Fiction Story selection process.) --
school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Willa Cather.
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.
Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.
Howard Brazee
Oct 1, 2012, 4:12:20 PM10/1/12
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On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:04:17 GMT, djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
wrote:
>It all depends on when you were a kid. When I was in grade
>school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
>reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
>offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
>was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
>therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
>American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
>was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
>and Willa Cather.
And maybe on our definition of science fiction.
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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
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wrote:
>It all depends on when you were a kid. When I was in grade
>school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
>reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
>offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
>was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
>therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
>American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
>was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
>and Willa Cather.
--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison
Joseph Nebus
Oct 1, 2012, 10:59:20 PM10/1/12
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In <n8uj685cn9ptobhii...@4ax.com> Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> writes:
>On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:04:17 GMT, djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>>It all depends on when you were a kid. When I was in grade
>>school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
>>reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
>>offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
>>was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
>>therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
>>American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
>>was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
>>and Willa Cather.
>And maybe on our definition of science fiction.
... which reminds me! We failed to do the Summer Reading List
>On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:04:17 GMT, djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>wrote:
>>It all depends on when you were a kid. When I was in grade
>>school (in the fifties) there was NO science fiction on the
>>reading list. When I was in high school the only SF we were
>>offered was "By the Waters of Babylon", and that only because it
>>was by Stephen Vincent Benet, who was a Recognized Poet and
>>therefore legitimate. I did all my book reports for my junior
>>American English Literature class on SF works, and the teacher
>>was Absolutely Opposed. He wanted us to read Ralph Waldo Emerson
>>and Willa Cather.
>And maybe on our definition of science fiction.
review this year. Let me go find my high school and see what books
they demand students read and I'll get back to you.
D.F. Manno
Oct 7, 2012, 11:36:54 AM10/7/12
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In article <87txufy...@jackson.wistly.net>,
"Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair" by Frederick Pohl.
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