Temblor in the Golden State
Mike McKinley
Frank McQuarry
> Did Arne's buttplug just fall out?
I was going to post something about the 5.8 quake in LA today.
Where is Arne when you need him?
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
Not noticing it. He's just _that_ tough! :)
--
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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins
Ken Rudolph
> Did Arne's buttplug just fall out?
Don't know. Neither one of us was home at the time.
I was riding on the Orange Line (light transit super-buses on tires)
stopped an intersection. The experience was of a mild back and
forth rocking and shaking which I didn't compute as an earthquake at
all (I thought the driver was playing with the accelerator.) And on
the way home the subway was unaccountably running at half speed
(announced as a "safety measure".) When I finally logged onto the
net and found out that there had been an earthquake just before
noon, suddenly it all made sense.
No damage at all in my environment. Even the towers of books and
videos in my loft failed to topple.
--Ken Rudolph (who was almost killed by a falling wardrobe in the
big 6.7 Northridge quake in '94, and who has twice been shaken out
of bed: in the 6.7 '71 Sylmar quake and the 7.8 Kern County quake of
'52, so I do know earthquakes).
Hypodeemic Nerdle
<fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote this:
>Where is Arne when you need him?
You don't need him.
--
Grk!
Frank McQuarry
> Frank McQuarry <fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Mike McKinley wrote:
>>> Did Arne's buttplug just fall out?
>> I was going to post something about the 5.8 quake in LA today.
>>
>> Where is Arne when you need him?
>
> Not noticing it. He's just _that_ tough! :)
>
True, but I need him to tell me so.
Frank McQuarry
Will you tell me to "get raped?" I thought not.
Hypodeemic Nerdle
<fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote this:
>Hypodeemic Nerdle wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:13:35 -0500, Frank McQuarry
>> <fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote this:
>>
>>> Where is Arne when you need him?
>>
>> You don't need him.
>
>Will you tell me to "get raped?" I thought not.
Can you make do with "Go bum a badger"?
--
Grk.
Frank McQuarry
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:18:09 -0500, Frank McQuarry
> <fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote this:
>
>> Hypodeemic Nerdle wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:13:35 -0500, Frank McQuarry
>>> <fmcq...@earthlink.net> wrote this:
>>>
>>>> Where is Arne when you need him?
>>> You don't need him.
>> Will you tell me to "get raped?" I thought not.
>
> Can you make do with "Go bum a badger"?
Well, it's not the most insensitive thing I've ever read on usenet, but
it will have to do.
Mike McKinley
news:zeudnajNzoOjLhLV...@earthlink.com...
I will! I will!
Get raped and move to a real city. Like Salvador de Bahia.
Frank McQuarry
same sense of drunken vitriol.
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
Dennis Lewis
>
>... No damage at all in my environment. Even the towers of books and
>videos in my loft failed to topple. ...
Pat Robertson will be blaming the quake on gay marriage in 5-4-3...
Frank McQuarry
> It's because he isn't posting from a real city.
Have I mentioned that I'm moving tomorrow, but not to a real city?
I feel very Donna Reed about it. I'm moving to a one bedroom house, in
the burbs.
It's a small house set in the back of a very shady lot, with a front
deck and room for a garden.
I'll post a picture of it eventually.
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> [..]
> > It's because he isn't posting from a real city.
>
> Have I mentioned that I'm moving tomorrow, but not to a real city?
>
> I feel very Donna Reed about it. I'm moving to a one bedroom house, in
> the burbs.
I'll be expecting loads of scrumptious pies!
> It's a small house set in the back of a very shady lot, with a front
> deck and room for a garden.
>
> I'll post a picture of it eventually.
I'll look out for them. Best wishes on the move, and hope you're really
happy in the new place.
David Gartner
Mike McKinley
Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA.
Ann Burlingham
> I feel very Donna Reed about it. I'm moving to a one bedroom house,
> in the burbs.
Does it come with its own theme music?
--
What use was it having all that money if you could never sit still
or just watch your cattle eating grass?
- Alexander McCall Smith, _The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency_
Ann Burlingham
> Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA.
Hey, now, easy does it.
ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis
> > I feel very Donna Reed about it. I'm moving to a one bedroom house,
> > in the burbs.
> Does it come with its own theme music?
I certainly hope so. I'm also hoping for a white picket fence.
manly 28 more hours in canterbury panda
ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis
> > Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA.
> Hey, now, easy does it.
I'm not clear if Our Ballerina means
AA = Alcoholics Anonymous, or
AA = Arne Adolfsen
ailuropoda melanoleuca cantaurensis
Jess Anderson
> --Ken Rudolph (who was almost killed by a falling wardrobe in
> the big 6.7 Northridge quake in '94, and who has twice been
> shaken out of bed: in the 6.7 '71 Sylmar quake and the 7.8
> Kern County quake of '52, so I do know earthquakes).
My one and only earthquake experience was a 5.3 aftershock at
your house four days after Northridge in 94. You and Howard were
in the loft, Arne was in his room and I was sound asleep in
Howard's room, when suddenly the bed was moving back and forth
what felt like about a foot (more likely a couple inches). It
was pretty dramatic, I thought.
You called out "Everybody OK?", as I recall. We were, glad to
say.
I also remember the gouge in the wall made by the wardrobe that
mercifully did not fall on you four days earlier.
--
[] As far as I can remember, there is not one word in the
[] Gospels in praise of intelligence.
[] -- Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970
--
[] Copyright 2008 Jess Anderson [] ande...@wisc.edu
[] www.jessanderson.org [] jesse-anderson.blogspot.com
[] www.flickr.com/photos/jess_anderson/
[] Soc.Motss FAQ: www.soc-motss.org/doc/faq/faq_intro.html
David Gartner
torontonensis wrote:
>>> [mikey]
>>> Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA.
>> [A nnB]
>> Hey, now, easy does it.
>
> I'm not clear if Our Ballerina means
> AA = Alcoholics Anonymous, or
> AA = Arne Adolfsen
I'm sure it's the former. I run in the same circles. Repeatedly.
d
Michael Palmer
melanoleuca torontonensis <chris....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> > [mikey]
>> > Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA
>.
>> [A nnB]
>> Hey, now, easy does it.
>
>I'm not clear if Our Ballerina means
>AA = Alcoholics Anonymous, or
>AA = Arne Adolfsen
Archivists Anonymous
--
Michael Palmer
Claremont, California
mpa...@panix.com
NowYouKnowBetter
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:45:06 -0700 (PDT), in soc.motss, ailuropoda
> melanoleuca torontonensis <chris....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
>>>> [mikey]
>>>> Well, then, I could try and entrap you into the cult that is AA
>> .
>>> [A nnB]
>>> Hey, now, easy does it.
>> I'm not clear if Our Ballerina means
>> AA = Alcoholics Anonymous, or
>> AA = Arne Adolfsen
>
> Archivists Anonymous
Audacious Austin
NUKB
David Gartner
<snip>
> NUKB
Technically, shouldn't it be "NYKB"?
Yes, we all know you can sign your name however you like. But the
N, K and B all seem to suggest that you're using the first letters
of Now, Know and Better, respectively. To use U would imply that
your moniker is actually NowUKnowBetter, but as we can all plainly
see, it is not.
Care to comment?
d
NowYouKnowBetter
I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
Now YOU Know Better
ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis
> I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
> later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
> also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>
> Now YOU Know Better
I spell "know" with a K, myself
ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis
David Gartner
> David Gartner wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:54:27 -0500, NowYouKnowBetter wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> NUKB
>>
>> Technically, shouldn't it be "NYKB"?
>>
>> Yes, we all know you can sign your name however you like. But the
>> N, K and B all seem to suggest that you're using the first letters
>> of Now, Know and Better, respectively. To use U would imply that
>> your moniker is actually NowUKnowBetter, but as we can all plainly
>> see, it is not.
>>
>> Care to comment?
>
> I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
> later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
> also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>
> Now YOU Know Better
I wasn't suggesting that you use NYNB. I was asking about NYKB,
which is different from that which you wrote.
d
NowYouKnowBetter
Yes, I understand, spelling "NYNB" was a typo I didn't notice before
posting - ah, life on Usenet!
NUKB
David Gartner
> David Gartner wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:27:33 -0500, NowYouKnowBetter wrote:
>>
>>> David Gartner wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:54:27 -0500, NowYouKnowBetter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> NUKB
>>>> Technically, shouldn't it be "NYKB"?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we all know you can sign your name however you like. But the
>>>> N, K and B all seem to suggest that you're using the first letters
>>>> of Now, Know and Better, respectively. To use U would imply that
>>>> your moniker is actually NowUKnowBetter, but as we can all plainly
>>>> see, it is not.
>>>>
>>>> Care to comment?
>>> I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
>>> later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
>>> also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>>>
>>> Now YOU Know Better
>>
>> I wasn't suggesting that you use NYNB. I was asking about NYKB,
>> which is different from that which you wrote.
>
> Yes, I understand, spelling "NYNB" was a typo I didn't notice before
> posting - ah, life on Usenet!
Oh, I see. So do you routinely spell "National" with a K?
Knational?
You do realize that I'm just messing with you, right? I'm not
seriously flaming you for typos and misspellings. I just wanted to
see how far down the rabbit hole goes.
d
Rod Williams
> You do realize that I'm just messing with you, right? I'm not
Fucking amateur.
David Gartner
And? What of it? I suppose I could be an all out troll, like
you're attempting to be.
d
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
> > I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
> > later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
> > also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
> >
> > Now YOU Know Better
>
> I spell "know" with a K, myself
Now, now.
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
I think it was a joke!
Robert S. Coren
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis <chris....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
>> > I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
>> > later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
>> > also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>> >
>> > Now YOU Know Better
>>
>> I spell "know" with a K, myself
>
>Now, now.
Here, here!
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Taoism or _Winnie-the-Pooh_ that merited further investigation."
--Jeffrey William McKeough
Michael Thomas
> In article <1ilaoes.f5exeqff8jgwN%d4g...@yahoo.co.uk>,
> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis <chris....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> > I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
>>> > later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
>>> > also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>>> >
>>> > Now YOU Know Better
>>>
>>> I spell "know" with a K, myself
>>
>>Now, now.
>
> Here, here!
been established who this NUKB person is? I'm
guessing that it's a freshly recongealed
meltdown nut job that's come back for another
round of abuse, but I have nothing to base that
on.
--
Michael Thomas (mi...@mtcc.com http://www.mtcc.com/~mike/)
shirikodama is best enjoyed through the anus
Frank McQuarry
> co...@panix.com (Robert S. Coren) writes:
>> In article <1ilaoes.f5exeqff8jgwN%d4g...@yahoo.co.uk>,
>> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis <chris....@utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I use the acronym "NUKB" because it's easier to read than "NYNB." The
>>>>> later could easily stand for "New York National Bank" or some such! It's
>>>>> also a phonetic representation of the word "you."
>>>>>
>>>>> Now YOU Know Better
>>>> I spell "know" with a K, myself
>>> Now, now.
>> Here, here!
>
> So maybe I've just been too busy, but has it
> been established who this NUKB person is? I'm
> guessing that it's a freshly recongealed
> meltdown nut job that's come back for another
> round of abuse, but I have nothing to base that
> on.
I think he's yet another manifestation of JTEM.
Jack Hamilton
exactly. why do things half measure?
Jed Davis
> David Gartner <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Rod Williams wrote:
>>
>>> Fucking amateur.
>>
>> And? What of it? I suppose I could be an all out troll, like
>> you're attempting to be.
>
> exactly. why do things half measure?
Because the game designer won't let you be any of the fun races, like
troll, but only a half-whatever.
[Seriously, "half-titan"? WTF?]
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(f) (lambda (l) (if (null? l) C (lambda (k) (display (car l)) ((f (cdr l))
(C k))))))) '((#\J #\d #\D #\v #\s) (#\e #\space #\a #\i #\newline)))))
Jed Davis
> So maybe I've just been too busy, but has it been established who
> this NUKB person is? I'm guessing that it's a freshly recongealed
> meltdown nut job that's come back for another round of abuse, but
> I have nothing to base that on.
I'm assuming that they're a fresh variable until I have sufficient
evidence to apply a constraint. (Which is to say that I am not Jess.)
David Gartner
I don't want to be labeled a troll. Or as someone who flames for
spelling errors or typos.
d
Mike McKinley
news:mp6dnWTIQOWjEQbV...@earthlink.com...
> I think he's yet another manifestation of JTEM.
So, you posit that there is one Ur-Troll and all these loonies are mere
avatars. I *LIKE* it!
ailuropoda melanoleuca torontonensis
> > I think he's yet another manifestation of JTEM.
> So, you posit that there is one Ur-Troll and all these loonies are mere
> avatars. I *LIKE* it!
well, that would certainly cut down on the goats budget, if there's
really only one troll under the bridge and the rest are sock
puppets.
chemist by day, panda by night
Dennis Lewis
>
>I wasn't suggesting that you use NYNB. I was asking about NYKB ...
I think NYKB would make a great brand for hip jeans ...
... or a Russian airline.
(With commercials featuring former New Kids on the Block.)