Post Christmas Post TOAST
WareWolf96
WareWolf limps into the Place, collects his drink, and hobbles to the chalk
line.He quaffs his drink quickly, tosses his glass in the prescribed manner and
says:
To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
on 'em.."
Dusty
Bookwyrm
They also make a lovely noise when they get sucked up into the vacuum
cleaner!!! <G>
Bookwyrm (who probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
the basement)
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Ron Koolman
WareWolf96 wrote:
>
> WareWolf limps into the Place, collects his drink, and hobbles to the chalk
> line.He quaffs his drink quickly, tosses his glass in the prescribed manner and
> says:
>
> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
> I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
> on 'em.."
>
> Dusty
Do you supply milk with your Post Toasties? They really do taste better
that way!
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all of that and still remembered to make a little thing like me."
Kinda flattering, isn't it? (Morgan Earp, _Tombstone_)
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Nancy Graf
>> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
>> I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>>
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
>> on 'em.."
>>
>> Dusty
>
>cleaner!!! <G>
>
>Bookwyrm (who probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
>the basement)
>
don't PLAY with them?"
grin
Nancy
Pat Kight
In article <19971227035...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
WareWolf96 <warew...@aol.com> wrote:
>WareWolf limps into the Place, collects his drink, and hobbles to the chalk
>line.He quaffs his drink quickly, tosses his glass in the prescribed manner and
>says:
>
>I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
Jezebel, fresh off a Christmas during which her Boon Companion added
mightily to his own collection of Legos, has a suggestion for Dusty:
"The next time gift-giving occurs, check out the computer game, _Lego
Island_. The kids (and I include myself among them) get to run around in a
virtual Lego world, interacting with Lego people and building things and
solving puzzles, and when you're done playing you just shut the computer
down -- no teensy blocks to be rounded up or stepped on!"
The line between virtuality and RL (tm) got a *lot* more blurry in
Jezebel's life this holiday season. She gave Unbe _Lego Island_; he gave
her the Puzz3d _Notre Dame Cathedral_ CD, which involves the virtual
assembly of one of those cool, three-dimensional architectural puzzles.
*Great* game-play (you can almost feel those puzzle pieces `snap' when you
finally fit them together), and the cats can't steal the pieces from you
... and when you're done with the assembly (which may take Jezebel until
*next* Christmas, at the rate she's going), the game promises to let you
wander through the cathedral and play *more* puzzles!
--Jezebel
So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
kig...@peak.org
Jesse Linch
On Sun, 28 Dec 1997 15:37:59 GMT, nan...@one.net (Nancy Graf) wrote:
>>> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
>>> I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>>>
>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
>>> on 'em.."
>>>
>>> Dusty
>>
>>They also make a lovely noise when they get sucked up into the vacuum
>>cleaner!!! <G>
>>
>>Bookwyrm (who probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
>>the basement)
>>
>Nancy gives him a horrified look, "Stored in the... you mean.. you
>don't PLAY with them?"
>grin
> Nancy
Well, I just use the spares to build shelves to hold them. <g>
Now, where WAS that box of gears?!
Jesse
Dr.Rob
Pat Kight really set us up when she wrote:
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Well... I got some pictures for the wall...but the kids got a remote control car
and that Hot Wheels (tm) volcano that launches the cars straight up, then they fall
back down and dent the hardwood floor. Lot's of Star Wars toys (including a
positively *giant* Tie Fighter.
Oh, and in our house it's "K'Nex" (tm) not Lego (tm). I have K'Nex constructions
all over the house, probably well over 1500 pieaces, and that doesn't include the 8'
x 4' x 3' roller coaster from two Christmases ago.
--
Dr.Rob
http://www.bgsm.edu/bgsm/physpharm/faculty/reh/hampson.htm
Ali866
In article <34a671bd...@199.100.100.1>, nan...@one.net (Nancy Graf)
writes:
>> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure
>that
>> I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>>
>>
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> WareWolf hobbles
>out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
>> on 'em.."
>>
>
>> Dusty
>
>They also make a lovely noise
>when they get sucked up into the vacuum
>cleaner!!! <G>
>
>Bookwyrm (who
>probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
>the
>basement)
>
Nancy gives him a horrified look, "Stored in the... you mean..
>you
don't PLAY with them?"
grin
Nancy
Ali clears a space in the corner and opens her Bottomless Purse (tm). She
fishes around inside for a few seconds, then begins to remove bags and bags of
Lego blocks. When she is finished, there are enough bags of blocks to construct
a small town. Sticking her tongue firmly in the corner of her mouth, she sits
cross legged on the floor in the middle of the pile and begins dumping blocks
out of bags. Realizing that several patrons are watching with open mouths, she
looks up and says "Well, what are you waiting for?? Dig in and help!!" With
that, she begins to snap blocks together.
Ali ;-)
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Bookwyrm
Nancy Graf wrote:
>
> >
> >They also make a lovely noise when they get sucked up into the vacuum
> >cleaner!!! <G>
> >
> >Bookwyrm (who probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
> >the basement)
> >
> Nancy gives him a horrified look, "Stored in the... you mean.. you
> don't PLAY with them?"
> grin
> Nancy
Well....We DID give a new set to my husband for Christmas this year...
But, the ones in storage belong to the two sons. The 22yr old is in his
4th year of college and the 17yr old is a Senior in H.S., so they don't
play with them on a regular basis anymore. Spend more time on their
computers and the Sony playstation! We got a heap of Playmobile in
Rubbermaid boxes down there too!
Bookwyrm (who only has boxes and boxes of books, not toys)
Andy May
On 29 Dec 1997 02:07:45 GMT, ali...@aol.com (Ali866) wrote:
>
>Ali clears a space in the corner and opens her Bottomless Purse (tm). She
>fishes around inside for a few seconds, then begins to remove bags and bags of
>Lego blocks. When she is finished, there are enough bags of blocks to construct
>a small town. Sticking her tongue firmly in the corner of her mouth, she sits
>cross legged on the floor in the middle of the pile and begins dumping blocks
>out of bags. Realizing that several patrons are watching with open mouths, she
>looks up and says "Well, what are you waiting for?? Dig in and help!!" With
>that, she begins to snap blocks together.
>
>Ali ;-)
"Well somewhere (at Mum & Dad's house I guess) there is still all my
collection of Lego including the Technical Set Helicopter that I got
for Christmas er.... 20 years ago ? (sheesh!) A fully functioning
(non-flying) helicopter with tail rotor and variable pitch main
rotors and everything that you can build yourself !!!"
<tempus fugit>
"Hmm - just spoke to Mum on the phone. She confirms that they do have
the Lego, but that she's holding it hostage until either my brother or
I provide her with grandchildren to play with it."
"Tough call . . . "
"I think I'll go out and buy some more Lego, it's cheaper."
[journeyman]
(Unless anyone out there's got a baby they can lend me as a prop)
--
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Andy May
On 28 Dec 1997 11:52:54 -0800, kig...@kira.peak.org (Pat Kight) wrote:
>So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
>
>Jezebel
>kig...@peak.org
"Well strangely enough, I didn't get any toys at all this Chrimble.
Lots of books (it's no good - I'm going to have to go out in an hour
or so and buy another bookcase, 'cos as I was sitting around yesterday
evening I spotted annother horizontal surface that doesn't have a
bookcase on it [and isn't directly in front of a door or window]).
"Then I had a claret jug and a decanter from my parents [I'm sure
there's something to this genetics lark...], a completely wonderful
Chaucer T-shirt from my ex flat-mates ("He knew the taverns well in
every town" from the Friar's Tale"), and a Wallace & Gromit calendar
to make up for the fact that Nick Park didn't do a new film this year
(boo, hiss !)"
[journeyman]
John Barnstead
Pat Kight (kig...@kira.peak.org) wrote:
: The line between virtuality and RL (tm) got a *lot* more blurry in
: Jezebel's life this holiday season. She gave Unbe _Lego Island_; he gave
: her the Puzz3d _Notre Dame Cathedral_ CD, which involves the virtual
: assembly of one of those cool, three-dimensional architectural puzzles.
: *Great* game-play (you can almost feel those puzzle pieces `snap' when you
: finally fit them together), and the cats can't steal the pieces from you
: ... and when you're done with the assembly (which may take Jezebel until
: *next* Christmas, at the rate she's going), the game promises to let you
: wander through the cathedral and play *more* puzzles!
Pernicious the Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat, writhing in agony on General
Ded's North Delgonian Prosthetic Torture Screen (tm), pauses momentarily
in his torments to draw out from the place in which he had carefully
secreted it about his person a small grey foam-backed gargoyle of dubious
lineage, which he holds before his blood-shot green eyes as he sighs "it
was ALMOST worth it".... then his paw drops back helplessly to the screen,
and he is subjected for the FIFTY-SECOND time to Bill CLinton's Second
Inaugural Speech....
WareWolf96
In article <686amm$218$1...@kira.peak.org>, kig...@kira.peak.org (Pat Kight)
writes:
>
Jezebel, fresh off a Christmas during which her Boon Companion
>added
mightily to his own collection of Legos, has a suggestion for
>Dusty:
"The next time gift-giving occurs, check out the computer game,
>_Lego
Island_. The kids (and I include myself among them) get to run around
>in a
virtual Lego world, interacting with Lego people and building things
>and
solving puzzles, and when you're done playing you just shut the
>computer
down -- no teensy blocks to be rounded up or stepped on!"
Great. ANOTHER thing for me and the kid to fight over the computer for.
The line
>between virtuality and RL (tm) got a *lot* more blurry in
Jezebel's life this
>holiday season. She gave Unbe _Lego Island_; he gave
her the Puzz3d _Notre
>Dame Cathedral_ CD, which involves the virtual
assembly of one of those cool,
>three-dimensional architectural puzzles.
*Great* game-play (you can almost
>feel those puzzle pieces `snap' when you
finally fit them together), and the
>cats can't steal the pieces from you
... and when you're done with the
>assembly (which may take Jezebel until
*next* Christmas, at the rate she's
>going), the game promises to let you
wander through the cathedral and play
>*more* puzzles!
Wow. I may need to find me one of them....
--Jezebel
So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids
>get?
WareWolf digs through his pile:
Let's see, Interactive Magic's "iF-16" Flight Simulator (as I've said
before, after a hard day at work, there's no better way to unwind than
cluster-bombing an entire armored column into oblivion), Microsofts 'Age of
Empires" (sort of like Civilization II in real-time; Like most MS products, it
eats memory and disk space at a prodigious rate, although it crashes less than
most MS products I've seen) , a whole slew of books: "Midnight in the Garden of
Good and Evil" , "Cold Mountain", "Undaunted Courage", Tom Clancy's
"Airborne", a "Dilbert" Collection, and several others... a new computer chair
(replacing the old straight backed wooden chair we'd been using), a bunch of
neat science toys, including a gyroscope shaped like a flying saucer...you blow
into it like a harmonica to get the rotors going, and it spins around on its
base...and the usual assortment of socks, shirts, etc.
Oh, yeah, and as I mentioned in another post, my 6-year old son picked out a
Chia Pet(tm) as his present to me. (Someday I really have to have a talk with
that boy about recognizing when "Gee, I gotta have one of THOSE" indicates
sarcasm).
In short, I am a happy Wolf.
Dusty
Posted and e-mailed(-I hope)
carla m callahan
Bookwyrm (3jay...@minn.net) wrote:
: Well....We DID give a new set to my husband for Christmas this year...
: But, the ones in storage belong to the two sons. The 22yr old is in his
: 4th year of college and the 17yr old is a Senior in H.S., so they don't
: play with them on a regular basis anymore. Spend more time on their
: computers and the Sony playstation! We got a heap of Playmobile in
: Rubbermaid boxes down there too!
: Bookwyrm (who only has boxes and boxes of books, not toys)
Cat-Dancing looks up with interest, "Well, according to my 5 yr old, I'm
an official 'Lego Maniac' after this Christmas. He graduated to a monster
Technics set and my eyes still will not focus forward..."
Kathryn Holmes
Pat Kight (kig...@kira.peak.org) wrote:
: Jezebel, fresh off a Christmas during which her Boon Companion added
: mightily to his own collection of Legos, has a suggestion for Dusty:
: "The next time gift-giving occurs, check out the computer game, _Lego
: Island_. The kids (and I include myself among them) get to run around in a
: virtual Lego world, interacting with Lego people and building things and
: solving puzzles, and when you're done playing you just shut the computer
: down -- no teensy blocks to be rounded up or stepped on!"
: The line between virtuality and RL (tm) got a *lot* more blurry in
: Jezebel's life this holiday season. She gave Unbe _Lego Island_; he gave
: her the Puzz3d _Notre Dame Cathedral_ CD, which involves the virtual
: assembly of one of those cool, three-dimensional architectural puzzles.
: *Great* game-play (you can almost feel those puzzle pieces `snap' when you
: finally fit them together), and the cats can't steal the pieces from you
: ... and when you're done with the assembly (which may take Jezebel until
: *next* Christmas, at the rate she's going), the game promises to let you
: wander through the cathedral and play *more* puzzles!
I want!! I want!!! I never heard of either of these but I want them. So
what if my computer system will not play them. My office computer will not
handle most new games either (probably just as well) so I will just have to
spend more time on Sunday Afternoons at my Dads house using his system.
--Shadowdancer (with just enough Christmas money in her belt pouch to buy
about 1.25 computer games (my RL present to me self was another small lego
kit))
Kathryn Holmes
Ali866 (ali...@aol.com) wrote:
: Ali clears a space in the corner and opens her Bottomless Purse (tm). She
: fishes around inside for a few seconds, then begins to remove bags and bags of
: Lego blocks. When she is finished, there are enough bags of blocks to construct
: a small town. Sticking her tongue firmly in the corner of her mouth, she sits
: cross legged on the floor in the middle of the pile and begins dumping blocks
: out of bags. Realizing that several patrons are watching with open mouths, she
: looks up and says "Well, what are you waiting for?? Dig in and help!!" With
: that, she begins to snap blocks together.
Shadowdancer puts aside the Origami book and paper she is working with and
digs into the pile of Lego blocks.
--Shadowdancer
Pat Kight
WareWolf96 wrote:
> Oh, yeah, and as I mentioned in another post, my 6-year old son picked out a
> Chia Pet(tm) as his present to me. (Someday I really have to have a talk with
> that boy about recognizing when "Gee, I gotta have one of THOSE" indicates
> sarcasm).
Jez giggles in rueful sympathy. "Been there, done that. Only they were
ostensible grownups, not kids; the occasion was a theater cast party,
not Christmas -- and the `gift' was a set of inch-long Lee Press-On
Nails (tm)."
--Jez
who has perfected the art of saying, "Gee, just what I've always wanted
..."
kig...@peak.org
EC Jester
WareWolf96 wrote in message
<19971227035...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>WareWolf limps into the Place, collects his drink, and hobbles to the chalk
>line.He quaffs his drink quickly, tosses his glass in the prescribed manner
and
>says:
>
> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure
that
>I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>
>
>
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you
step
>on 'em.."
>
> Dusty
EC Jester sips his Blessing and looks thoughtful (as opposed to vacant).
"I remember one Christmas my brother and I got a new set of LEGO blocks and
proceeded to build the heck out of them. When we were tired we got ready
for bed and put our creations by the fireplace. The next morning they were
melted together and completely useless." He takes another sip. "I'm still
convinced that my Dad came in and used a blowtorch on the blasted things so
he *could* walk barefoot in the house."
EC Jester
who has a membership in the LEGOManiacs club.
BetNoir
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids
> get?
Uhh...lesssee....some artwork from Dr.Bill and Gail...
a new modem (thanks Dad!)
a portable CD player
some teas and a tea mug
two sweaters
the Chuck Reduck book (Chuck Jones animation)
Why Cats Paint (which I can't figgur out if it is a put-on or not...)
and....
uuuhhh....
ummmm.....
something with batteries....
well, you asked....
BEKI DISHER
Snippage about neat puzzles
> --Jezebel
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
I got a pair of earrings. My daughter, on the other hand, made out like
a bandit. She got a radio flyer wagon some duplos (she is not quite two)
and some super sized mega blocks. She also got Tigger and Piglet too. :)
Hubby got 2 lego sets, and some clothes. It was pretty nice overall
Beki
Sam Waring
In article <686amm$218$1...@kira.peak.org>, Jezebel said this about that:
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
"Toys? TOYS?? I don' need no steenkin' toys! ...Well, I guess
I *could,* actually, have used a few but they're mostly the Tim Allen kind
of toys that I don't have anywhere to store anyhow. What I *did* get was:
"A hand-crafted wood-body ballpoint pen (this is *seriously* pretty).
Two books, one of which is a just-out reprint of a Western that actually
predates *The Virginian*. A steam-train calendar (I've been a sucker for
steam motive power, live and model, ever since I was a kid. Anyone know of
somewhere that restores old American Flyer S-gauge units, and only charges
a minimal number of body parts?). A bunch of money, since my tastes are
esoteric and picky enough that most people can't manage to figure out what
else to do about me. A Calvin and Hobbes t-shirt (John and Thomas, that
is)."
SamIAm, who gets this awkward feeling that
he may start receiving Christmas gifts wrapped
at Home Depot now....
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Jeanne got me a Mr. Beer Micro-Brewery!!!!!!!!! Been wanting to attempt
to brew for a few years now, and on Christmas day, I started the first
batch of Irish Stout. I also got a new modem from my gal, some clothing, 2
packs of cigarettes from Jeannes family :> and 8 meg of ram for my seond
most favorite thing in the world.
I bought myself a copy of Diablo... any of you fantasy gamers out there
should check it out. Excellent game. I also bought myself a new CDROM
drive. (4 changer :>)
Ron
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Jim M. Pierce
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Jezebel:
[] So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
I got a National Geographic Socity Atlas of World History [ISBN
0-7922-7048-7], a box of computer floppies, a Marvin the Martian
mouse pad, and a pair of Marvin the Martian dress socks, which will
go great with my dress shoes.
Linda, "Are you going to wear those socks to work ?"
When I get employed, why not.
And I am in the process of wearing out the shareware version of
Diablo, v1.00. Came on a magazine CD from 'boot' computer hardware
and software [ Win95, etc.] magzine I bought last year.
Linda, "And which Diablo Trainer are you using... Hmmm?"
hush Sweet Charlotte.
DJ.
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Jeanne Burton
BetNoir <bet...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<34A840EA...@earthlink.net>...
> > So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids
> > get?
>
> Uhh...lesssee....some artwork from Dr.Bill and Gail...
> a new modem (thanks Dad!)
> a portable CD player
> some teas and a tea mug
> two sweaters
> the Chuck Reduck book (Chuck Jones animation)
> Why Cats Paint (which I can't figgur out if it is a put-on or not...)
> and....
> uuuhhh....
> ummmm.....
>
> something with batteries....
>
> well, you asked....
>
>
>
I got something with batteries too...a Tickle Me Elmo...to go with my
Tickle me Elmo sweatshirt and my Tickle me Elmo backpack....do I sense a
trend here????
Hugs,
Jeanne
EC Jester
Pat Kight wrote in message <686amm$218$1...@kira.peak.org>...
>So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Lessee, I got:
Assorted candles from people, in such scents as "pumpkin spice", "cinnamon",
and "strawberry". Either they're saying my house stinks, or we need to eat
there more often.
An electric staple gun and a tool belt from the in-laws. Gee, is this a
hint?
A couple prepaid oil change certificates from Dad. Wow, another hint.
A set of place mats and napkins from my brother and his wife. Three in a
row.
A garage door opener from my wife. That was it from her. (She's saying now
that she feels bad about giving me just one present, so she's thinking about
going to get me some vanilla-scented massage oil. I guess that counts as a
"gift that keeps on giving".)
And from my mother I got the most imaginative gift of the year: 25 dollars.
What's that, you say? How can that be imaginative? Well, it wasn't $25, it
was 25 dollars, 25 $1 bills, each folded 4-5 times into a long, skinny thing
and tied with a ribbon. She spent one Saturday afternoon ironing and
folding bills for her "money boxes", as she called them. Dad came in while
she was doing this, said, "I can see they're not keeping you *near* busy
enough at work," and walked out.
____________/\_/\____________
| \/ \/ |
| $1 | | $1 |
|_____________|_|_____________|
EC Jester
who is keeping a few so he can one day torture...er...entertain his own kids
EC Jester
Sam Waring wrote in message ...
> "Toys? TOYS?? I don' need no steenkin' toys! ...Well, I guess
>I *could,* actually, have used a few but they're mostly the Tim Allen kind
>of toys that I don't have anywhere to store anyhow
<snip>
>
>
> SamIAm, who gets this awkward feeling that
> he may start receiving Christmas gifts wrapped
> at Home Depot now....
Hey, the Home Depot near my house offers a registration service, now. My
buddy actually registered there for wedding gifts.
EC Jester
who knew much better than to do that for his wedding
Lady Cheron
Jezebel wrote:
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids
> get?
"A gift certificate to my favorite fabric store!" exclaims
Lady Cheron. "And a jigsaw puzzle titled 'Mystery on the
Titanic.' You read the story, put the puzzle together,
and then solve the mystery. And there's no picture of
what the finished puzzle looks like - the thousand piece
puzzle kept me busy for about 20 hours over two days."
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BetNoir
Jeanne Burton wrote:
> BetNoir <bet...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
> <34A840EA...@earthlink.net>...
>
> > uuuhhh....
> > ummmm.....
> >
> > something with batteries....
> >
> > well, you asked....
>
> I got something with batteries too...a Tickle Me Elmo...to go with my
> Tickle me Elmo sweatshirt and my Tickle me Elmo backpack....do I sense a
> trend here????
Uhhmmm....errrrr...
blush....
something ELSE with batteries....
barbara trumpinski
>WareWolf limps into the Place, collects his drink, and hobbles to the chalk
>line.He quaffs his drink quickly, tosses his glass in the prescribed manner and
>says:
> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
>I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
>on 'em.."
kitten bursts into Real Life(tm) giggles ....then she apologizes
profusely to dusty and offers to fetch him something to make him feel
better.
--
kit...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu barbara trumpinski
/\ /\ smotu "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"
{=.=} 'the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage
~ to change the things i can and the wisdom to know the difference'
barbara trumpinski
kitten gave t.c. and starknight each a small box of legos...
Bookwyrm
Pat Kight wrote:
>
> --Jezebel
> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Well, I got most of what I asked for. A heated birdbath for the
backyard. And a cedar post to put it on. And a *neon* green extension
cord to plug it in with. The birdies are loving it.
Also got a 50 lb. bag of dried ears of corn for the squirrels. And some
jugs of fancy bird seed.
Plus some little stuff.
Also wanted a new vacuum cleaner. Hubby told me to go buy one myself.
He didn't feel that was a good Xmas present. (In years gone by, his
presents to me have included: snowshoes, alto recorder, sleeping bag,
birdfeeders, set of Calphalon cookwear.)
Bookwyrm
Eleri
}}}So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
My son, the little angel, picked out a cross stich kit all on his own
for me. It's one of the ones where the stiching is just highlight on a
picture (of a fairy) but it's NOT easy!A date book, a new winter coat
(was it my perpetualy blue lips that gave them that idea?) a fairy
statuette, jeans (one pair just wasn't enough) a tool box, a water
filter, PILLOWS! and a copy of Midwifery Today. A pretty mug and tea
strainer, and a basket.
It was a pretty good year. Although I will concede that I didn't get
the coloured pencils I've been asking for for the last 7 years.
Eleri
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is a place where they dont give you a hard time just
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Gesi Rovario
>> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Well, I got a stero from my ever lovin' grandmother.:)(It's got a
5 cd changer and a remote, but the reason she got it for me is
because it has a turntable. Yesss! The record collection is
viable for another decade or so.:) She also gave a stuffed
penguin. My mother got me a very nice dragon candle, a bunch of
movie passes and a lovely lotion dispenser/votive set. Michael,
my step-father type person gave me a silver penguin on a chain.
(I *like* penguins:) Doug gave me a gift certificate to Borders,
a great selection of buttons (which are now residing on the GLBP)
and Loreena McKennitt's latest cassette. (Absolutely beautiful.
If you don't have it, you should.:) Veronica got me an
embroidered backpack, a bunch of blank tapes, a vase with a
picture of the boys decopaged to it, nail polish (green/gold and
black) a lip brush and a book about the Tarot. (She got me the
cards for my birthday.:)
Probably more than you wanted to know, huh?;)
Gesi
You've got to trust your instinct
And let go of regret
You've got to bet on yourself now, star
'Cause that's your best bet.
-311
Ali866
Jezebel wrote:
>>> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Ali taps her finger against her lip as she ponders all the things she received
this Christmas.
"Well, I got my computer upgrade from Paul - which give me online access at
home again. The girls gave me a movie and a Lava Lamp (which I love!!). But
mostly, I got a lot of intangibles this Christmas, such as knowing that I can
survive without my (so-called) family, but not without the love and support of
my immediate family. And I am secure in the fact that my girls and Paul love me
as much as I love them. That's what I got for Christmas this year."
Ali ;-)
X/USA/DSO++++++/X15,X12/3C,1D/X,N,C/S(L,F),O,H/:-X/L,P/G/Wo/D/M+/B+/b-/R~/
S/Kc/E/C+/J/Val Kilmer/JRR Tolkien/Almond M&M's
Jeff C
Ali866 wrote:
> Ali clears a space in the corner and opens her Bottomless Purse (tm). She
> fishes around inside for a few seconds, then begins to remove bags and bags of
> Lego blocks. When she is finished, there are enough bags of blocks to construct
> a small town. Sticking her tongue firmly in the corner of her mouth, she sits
> cross legged on the floor in the middle of the pile and begins dumping blocks
> out of bags. Realizing that several patrons are watching with open mouths, she
> looks up and says "Well, what are you waiting for?? Dig in and help!!" With
> that, she begins to snap blocks together.
>
> Ali ;-)
Jeff reaches a long arm over (sorry, that's what I came with; blame my
parents) and snatches a few blocks. Shortly after, he contributes a
couple of airplanes to go on the small town's airport.
(I haven't done that in more than a few years :)
Jeff C
Ben
grov...@san.rr.com (Gesi Rovario) wrote:
>>> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
>
>Well, I got a stero from my ever lovin' grandmother.:)(It's got a
>5 cd changer and a remote, but the reason she got it for me is
>because it has a turntable. Yesss! The record collection is
>viable for another decade or so.:) She also gave a stuffed
>penguin. My mother got me a very nice dragon candle, a bunch of
>movie passes and a lovely lotion dispenser/votive set. Michael,
>my step-father type person gave me a silver penguin on a chain.
>(I *like* penguins:) Doug gave me a gift certificate to Borders,
Ummm... Why Borders... instead of Penguin Books?
<G>
Ben, running and ducking
Jim M. Pierce
[p&e]
WareWolf96 wrote:
[] "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
A&E cable tv channel did a show on Savanna, GA and the book
tonight [ December 31st]. Some of the Olde Familys mentioned in
the book were Not Amused. Several of them referred to the author as
ThatYankee. And the book is called TheBook, not by its title.
Some of the town residents liked the book, though.
I think I'll get myself a copy after I become employed again.
DJ.
--
Jim Pierce jmpi...@medea.gp.usm.edu Disclaimer: Standard.
Video: Tom Waits 'Downtown train'
The Dragon De Monsyne
In article <34a671bd...@199.100.100.1>,
nan...@one.net (Nancy Graf) writes:
>>> To the fine people who manufacture LEGO (tm) blocks...who have made sure that
>>> I can never again walk barefoot in my own house!
>>>
>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<CRASH!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> WareWolf hobbles out, muttering "those little sumbitches HURT when you step
>>> on 'em.."
>>>
>>
>>They also make a lovely noise when they get sucked up into the vacuum
>>cleaner!!! <G>
>>
>>Bookwyrm (who probably has about 125 lbs. or so of them stored down in
>>the basement)
>>
> Nancy gives him a horrified look, "Stored in the... you mean.. you
> don't PLAY with them?"
> grin
> Nancy
Ah yes! Legos!! I used to own a 30gal wooden barrel full of
legos. (including the ones that glowed in the dark) I felt rather good
whence I donated them to the (private) grade school I once attended...
(no room fer 'em, alas.) (BTW, legos are a wonderfull tool for engineers
everywhere. Every R&D dept. shoult have a set or score... great fer
prototype thingies :> )
--
-The Dragon De Monsyne
Eleri
Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
just odd?
Andy May
On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 19:33:48 -0600, Bookwyrm <3jay...@minn.net>
wrote:
>> --Jezebel
>> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
>
>Well, I got most of what I asked for. A heated birdbath for the
>backyard. And a cedar post to put it on. And a *neon* green extension
>cord to plug it in with. The birdies are loving it.
>Bookwyrm
"You spoil your birds ! They're going to want a jacuzzi round about
your birthday time you know..."
[journeyman]
--
***** Andy May - journeyman, traveler, friend to kittens *****
**** http://www.argus.demon.co.uk andy at argus.demon.co.uk ****
Kathryn Holmes
Dr.Rob (rham...@bgsm.edu) wrote:
: Well... I got some pictures for the wall...but the kids got a remote control car
: and that Hot Wheels (tm) volcano that launches the cars straight up, then they fall
: back down and dent the hardwood floor. Lot's of Star Wars toys (including a
: positively *giant* Tie Fighter.
: Oh, and in our house it's "K'Nex" (tm) not Lego (tm). I have K'Nex constructions
: all over the house, probably well over 1500 pieaces, and that doesn't include the 8'
: x 4' x 3' roller coaster from two Christmases ago.
That leads into something else I have been thinking about. Many of the
current Lego sets (and I think the K'Nex sets also) are packaged as 'model
kits' where they give you the exact pieces to make the construction pictured
on the box (and perhaps an alternate construction) and the directions on how
to make it. I have bought a few of those kits for myself and have simple
made the suggested construction and left it put together.
When I was growing up all we had (or at least all I saw on sale locally)
were what are now called 'free form' sets (a variety of the simple
rectangular blocks) or sets that included a variety of doors or windows or
wheels. I did get one set that was for a garage (complete with gas pumps, a
garage door, bricks with words on them, and lamp poles.)
Do those of you who buy the newer 'model kits' keep each kit separate and
just construct that model or do you mix up the pieces into one big heap
(actually I find that zip-lock bags are good for keeping the small pieces
sorted out or for keeping the pieces for a 'kit' together.
--Shadowdancer(who now has Lego Island on order)
Droewyn
> >> --Jezebel
> >> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
Droewyn got a new computer named Joey. "Byron died," she explains, "and
is being sold for parts. Joey is an HP pentium/166 with the works, but is
in this tiny little case with little room for upgrades. The box is just
sooo cute!"
Droewyn http://www.msu.edu/~ashcraf3
* * * *
there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go! -- e e cummings
dki...@valunet.com
In article , Droewyn says...
>
>> >> --Jezebel
>> >> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
>
>Droewyn got a new computer named Joey. "Byron died," she explains, "and
>is being sold for parts. Joey is an HP pentium/166 with the works, but is
>in this tiny little case with little room for upgrades. The box is just
>sooo cute!"
>
>Droewyn http://www.msu.edu/~ashcraf3
>
I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
Dave
"Tam multi libri, tam breve tempus!"
(Et brevis pecunia.) [Et breve spatium.]
Jennifer L. Rankin
Droewyn wrote:
>
> > >> --Jezebel
> > >> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
>
> Droewyn got a new computer named Joey. "Byron died," she explains, "and
> is being sold for parts. Joey is an HP pentium/166 with the works, but is
> in this tiny little case with little room for upgrades. The box is just
> sooo cute!"
>
> Droewyn
Perhaps Byron died and became an organ donor? When I totaled my baby car
and he was sold for parts, I decided it didn't seem like such a betrayal
if I thought of it as organ donation.
--jen, anthropomophasizer who can't spell today
Jennifer L. Rankin
> >> >> So, what kind of toys did the rest of you kids get?
> >
> >Droewyn got a new computer named Joey. "Byron died," she explains, "and
> >is being sold for parts. Joey is an HP pentium/166 with the works, but is
> >in this tiny little case with little room for upgrades. The box is just
> >sooo cute!"
> >
> >
>
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>
> Dave
> "Tam multi libri, tam breve tempus!"
> (Et brevis pecunia.) [Et breve spatium.]
My father works for a computer company, and they test run computers on my
sister and I -- along the lines of, "If these compu-phobes can figger it
out..." So my first computer was one I was not to get attached to, since
the second was the one going to college. So the first was named
Pseudo-Bob, the second Bob, and the upgraded version is now Super Bob.
Strangely, that all made much more sense about five years ago...
--jen, still waiting for her own upgrade
Matthew T. Russotto
In article <34ac5b63.2728619@news>, Eleri <el...@spamless.aracnet.com> wrote:
}Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
}just odd?
}
}Eleri
I hope it was a baby tooth!
I'm sure there's some Legos out there with a few of my tooth marks as
well... some of them probably still stuck together.
--
Matthew T. Russotto russ...@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."
Ron Koolman
dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
Mine is named "that g_d d***ed F***ING piece of s**t". Do you *really*
want to know why?????????????
--
Look at all those stars. You look up and you think, "God made
all of that and still remembered to make a little thing like me."
Kinda flattering, isn't it? (Morgan Earp, _Tombstone_)
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Matthew T. Russotto
In article <34AD77...@bigfoot.com>,
Ron Koolman <Ron.Koolman@.big.foot.com> wrote:
}dki...@valunet.com wrote:
}
}>
}> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
}> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
}> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
}
}Mine is named "that g_d d***ed F***ING piece of s**t". Do you *really*
}want to know why?????????????
I thought all computers were named that.
As in "That GDFPS crashed and wiped out my 12-page story culminating
in the stinkiest pun this side of the Mississippi. Not to mention my
doctoral dissertation, my financial records, my latest programming
project and my RIVEN saved games. AND it's been silently corrupting all the
backups!"
Pat Kight
Kathryn Holmes wrote:
>
> Do those of you who buy the newer 'model kits' keep each kit separate and
> just construct that model or do you mix up the pieces into one big heap
> (actually I find that zip-lock bags are good for keeping the small pieces
> sorted out or for keeping the pieces for a 'kit' together.
Jezebel grins wickedly. "Unbe is of the
`put-the-kits-together-and-leave-them-that-way' school, which *does*
mean he has very cool home decor. I, OTOH, being of a more anarchic
frame of mind, am sorely tempted to sneak into his apartment some night,
take them all apart and scramble aall the pieces!"
Jez glances toward the rafters. "Uh -- just kidding, sweetie..."
(-;
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
[posted and mailed]
Bookwyrm
> dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> > Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> > given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
Well, the two that my husband and I have networked are "Bert" and
"Ernie". If he can convince the two kids to let him put them in the
network, we've got to come up with two more names. (I think "Oscar" fits
the older one! <G>)
Oei-Oei
Eleri wrote:
> Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
> just odd?
>
> Eleri
"Hmm. No, but we *have* peeled nails doing that. (Mandy has really
long nails in lieu of a Swiss Army Knife.)"
Us.
dki...@valunet.com
In article , Ron says...
>
>dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
>>
>> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
>> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
>> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>
>want to know why?????????????
No, Ron, I can guess :-)> BTDT.
_Nimue_ knows better, 'cause she's been called that as a nickname
a time or three. So has my ISP. But that's a different thread, I think.
Ali866
>Mine is named "that g_d d***ed F***ING piece of s**t". Do you *really*
want
>to know why?????????????
Ali looks interested. "Your computer must be related to my late, unlamented
organ donor computer. My new computer is named "Oh, yes, baby - do it some
more..."
Ali ;-)
If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Xjahn
>
I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
Lady of the
>Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
given their computer a name,
>and why they called it *that*?
My fierce little 486 is called Juan. Heinlein fans should pick right up on
that.
BOYC to the first to get the reference!!
(-:{ XJahn, the Equity Carpenter
)-:} JOATMOAF, FITWC, FITWE
>>If God meant for us to drink, He would have given us Stomaches.<<
XJahn at aol dot com
Llbishop
In article <19980103055...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, xj...@aol.com
(Xjahn) writes:
>My fierce little 486 is called Juan. Heinlein fans should pick right up
>on
that.
BOYC to the first to get the reference!!
"Juan Rico in 'Starship Troopers", neh?" Nita contemplates varieties of BOHC,
and decides spring water, at room temperature, is prolly safest.
Nita, an RPSGT
_________________________________
Prove all things;
Hold fast that which is good.
I Thessalonians 5:21
Andy May
On 2 Jan 1998 11:46:35 -0800, dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
>Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
>given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>
"Well my PC has been Argus ever since it took on its own existence as
my 'net node. (Argus Panoptes - from Greek mythology), and my Linux
box next to it is Hera for no readily apparent reason apart from
keeping the mythology running."
Xjahn
>>My fierce little 486 is called Juan. Heinlein fans should pick right up
>>on
>that.
>BOYC to the first to get the reference!!
>
>"Juan Rico in 'Starship Troopers", neh?" Nita contemplates varieties of BOHC,
Oh sorry, interesting choice, but NO!
and the game goes on.....
Podkayne Fries
On 2 Jan 1998 17:52:29 -0500, russ...@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew
T. Russotto) wrote:
>In article <34ac5b63.2728619@news>, Eleri <el...@spamless.aracnet.com> wrote:
>}Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
>}just odd?
>}
>}Eleri
>
>I hope it was a baby tooth!
>
>I'm sure there's some Legos out there with a few of my tooth marks as
>well... some of them probably still stuck together.
>--
The Lego catalog offers a nifty little brick separator. This is
WONDERFUL!! Every home needs one.
I'll see if I still have a Lego catalog around and post the info.
Regards, Podkayne Fries
--
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Proud Member, Society for Promulgation of Cruelty to the Clueless
Elocutus of Borg
In article <68jg6r$h...@drn.zippo.com>,
dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>
I didn't name my computer, but after discovering that hard drives are
referred to as master and slave, I named them Domme, Slave Boy, Slave
Girl, Worm, The Gimp, and Trent.
Quite a conversation piece.
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In article <34ac5b63.2728619@news> Eleri wrote:
>Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
>just odd?
>
>Eleri
You didn't get the "brick separator" with your set? Gad, you
were cheated. I would order one from Lego right away, they
make life *soo* much easier!
Ron Smith
--
Words of the Sentient:
Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia.
Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement
is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly
expanding list of rights -- the `right' to education, the `'right' to health
care, the `right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency.
Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery -- hay and a barn for
human cattle. There's only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn
well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take
the consequences. -- P.J.O'Rourke
Russ Ault
The Dragon De Monsyne wrote:
> Ah yes! Legos!! I used to own a 30gal wooden barrel full of
> legos. (including the ones that glowed in the dark) I felt rather good
> whence I donated them to the (private) grade school I once attended...
> (no room fer 'em, alas.) (BTW, legos are a wonderfull tool for engineers
> everywhere. Every R&D dept. shoult have a set or score... great fer
> prototype thingies :> )
>
sent a reporter out to interview people at the con. Given my
rather outrageous appearance (at the time), I was one of the people
who had a microphone thrust in front of them. The question that
I was asked was "What kind of people come to these things?". I just
pointed to the area where about a dozen people (mostly adults) were
busily engaged in rooting through the huge pile of Legos looking
for just the right thing to complete their whatever-it-might-be,
and said (honestly) "Well, over there we have a nuclear physicist,
a computer programmer, and a physical therapist; I don't know the
others." I went on to state that basically an SF con would draw
primarily from the upper third of the population in terms of both
intelligence and creativity, which was why a very small percentage
of such events would be the scene of some outrageous practical
joke while the majority would have some small number of mischievous
pranks committed...at which point she asked me which category *I*
fell into.
John Palmer
>In article <68jg6r$h...@drn.zippo.com>,
> dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>>
>> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
>> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
>> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>I didn't name my computer, but after discovering that hard drives are
>referred to as master and slave, I named them Domme, Slave Boy, Slave
>Girl, Worm, The Gimp, and Trent.
Shrug. I tend to name mine "volumelabel" since the format command
tells me to enter the volume label. . . strangely, it fits the maximum
exactly. . .
--
"Everything I needed to know in life, I learned in
kidnergarten. Like: morality must exist beyond the
purview of a deity if morality is to have a meaning
beyond tyranny.
Droewyn
>
> No, Ron, I can guess :-)> BTDT.
> _Nimue_ knows better, 'cause she's been called that as a nickname
> a time or three. So has my ISP. But that's a different thread, I think.
"Thus far, Joey has thrown a couple temper tantrums, mainly involving
covering the screen in large red numbers on a blue background. This goes
away if I shut down and cold boot, but not if I restart. Everything else
continues to work fine when this happens, and the mouse pointer goes
*under* the bar of numbers so I can still click on items under it. This
happens about once out of every four or five boot-ups."
Droewyn shrugs. "Computers? Who can understand 'em?"
Droewyn
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the
> >Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name,
> >and why they called it *that*?
>
>
> that.
My housemate Joy named her computer Juanita. A few weeks afterthat she
got a second hard drive which she named Paco and slaved it to Juanita--or
tried to. She simply COULD NOT get Paco to work. But when she
disconnected Paco, Juanita stopped working. We finally did get Juanita to
work without Paco, but not before changing her name to Mistress Juanita,
since she obviously *liked* having a slave.
Jim M. Pierce
Eleri wrote:
[] Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
[] just odd?
You're odd Eleri, but that means you are one of us.
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Matthew T. Russotto <russ...@wanda.vf.pond.com> wrote in article
<68jul0$c...@wanda.vf.pond.com>...
> In article <34AD77...@bigfoot.com>,
> Ron Koolman <Ron.Koolman@.big.foot.com> wrote:
> }dki...@valunet.com wrote:
> }
> }>
> }> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> }> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> }> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
> }
> }Mine is named "that g_d d***ed F***ING piece of s**t". Do you *really*
> }want to know why?????????????
>
> I thought all computers were named that.
>
> As in "That GDFPS crashed and wiped out my 12-page story culminating
> in the stinkiest pun this side of the Mississippi. Not to mention my
> doctoral dissertation, my financial records, my latest programming
> project and my RIVEN saved games. AND it's been silently corrupting all
the
> backups!"
Now I think that's a little unfair, at least from my perspective. I am
fond of telling people that I love my computers precisely because they're
the only things in my house that do EXACTLY what i tell them to do (unlike
the kids). I figure if the computer does something bad, then it's because
*I* told it to...and I don't hold it responsible for it's actions.
Hugs,
Jeanne
Don't anthropomorphize your computers...they don't like it :>
ele...@club-internet.fr
Xjahn wrote:
>
>>>My fierce little 486 is called Juan. Heinlein fans should pick right
>>"Juan Rico in 'Starship Troopers", neh?" Nita contemplates varieties of BOHC,
>
> Oh sorry, interesting choice, but NO!
How 'bout the student who goes in surgery towards the beginning
of 'Legacy'? Would say his name is Juan Valdez, but that might be
a collision with an ad for coffee ...
Steve Glover
In article <34AF1A...@argohouston.com>, Russ Ault <remove.antispamme
r.to.rep...@argohouston.com> writes
>At Intersection in Glasgow back in '95, a local radio station had
>sent a reporter out to interview people at the con. Given my
>rather outrageous appearance (at the time), I was one of the people
>who had a microphone thrust in front of them. The question that
>I was asked was "What kind of people come to these things?". I just
>pointed to the area where about a dozen people (mostly adults) were
>busily engaged in rooting through the huge pile of Legos looking
>for just the right thing to complete their whatever-it-might-be,
>and said (honestly) "Well, over there we have a nuclear physicist,
>a computer programmer, and a physical therapist; I don't know the
>others." I went on to state that basically an SF con would draw
>primarily from the upper third of the population in terms of both
>intelligence and creativity, which was why a very small percentage
>of such events would be the scene of some outrageous practical
>joke while the majority would have some small number of mischievous
>pranks committed...at which point she asked me which category *I*
>fell into.
Nice to see someone with a *pleasant* memory of that con... Jenny and I
did Fan Programme (we had almost all the resources we needed, except a
roof and a decent sound system), while Rob (Agent 85217?), Tara (VFT
Durona) and Jenny did the kidcon (I think the Lego that disappeared into
the gopher hole was originally meant for the kidcon area -- it's just a
pity that extremely few gophers disappeared into the kidcon when needed:
but many thanks to the ones that did).
Unfortunately, to the sort of people who write for tabloid newspapers in
Britain (and especially to local Scots journalists who felt they should
have had More Freebies), what Russ said translates as "Well, over there
we have a geek, a nerd and a new ager; I don't know the other weirdos".
Still, at least the Daily Record didn't sink to the level of the
Brighton Evening Argus in 1987 and provide their own weirdly-costumed
"Space Cuties" to photograph.
Of course, for me Intersection was ruined by having to spend most of the
Sunday evening in 'orrible arguments with the Central Hotel (briefly,
someone who shall be nameless (mainly 'cos I've no evidence) told the
hotel that we wouldn't complain if they disregarded the corkage deal and
charged various room parties with "excessive" amounts of alcohol
punitive corkage, and that a rumour had started that one party was
intending to have several barrels of real cider (not quite true: unless
you redefine barrel to mean half gallon jug)).
I could go on at great length about this, but I don't suppose I should:
it's quite obvious that The Powers That Were have no interest in sorting
it all out.
Instead, let me tell you about Hogmanay in Edinburgh.
At about ten o' clock we prepared two thermos flasks of mulled wine (one
more or less traditional (except for the okhotnikaya and honey vodka and
a few other things) and another of hot spiced white wine and orange
juice with most of the alcohol boiled off), found ourselves a torch and,
warmly wrapped against the weather, headed up the hill from Trinity to
the top of London Road.
<Digression>
When I first came to Edinburgh, twenty years ago or thereabouts, it was
traditional for people to gather at the Tron (where the Bridges cross
the Royal Mile) to see the New Year in, but the crowd was small: only a
few hundred people. By the time of our last Hogmany before moving south
in 1984, the crowd had grown to a few thousand, and it overflowed
somewhat in all directions.
I moved back to Edinburgh in 1994, but as the family hadn't moved up
yet, I went home for the holidays and hence have no idea what that
year's Hogmanay was like (seem to remember having had quite a good time
at a fannish party in London, but that might have been the year before).
By 1995, it was all getting a bit silly. People were expecting large
crowds throughout the city centre, and it was looking as if the local
authority were already starting to practice for the millenium (may I
suggest a standard usage here: millennium for 31/12/2000-1/1/2001 and
millenium for 31/12/99-1/1/2000) with lots of bands and performance
artists and fireworks and stuff.
Someone, I can't remember who, had the bright idea of doing what we do
at Beltane and going up Calton Hill to watch ALL the fireworks, see the
new year in with some good malt whisky (by the neck, which lowers the
tone slightly) and then a party or two...
This worked so well, that we did it again the next year, when the crowds
were even bigger. From the top of the Hill, Princes St and almost every
other street you could see in that direction were a seething mass of
humanity, and the next day, one million beer cans were recovered from
Princes St alone -- it was easy to believe the police estimates of
400,000 people.
Of course, the idea of so many people having fun was rather anathematic
to the City Fathers of John Knox's birthplace, so something had to be
done. This year, they decided to cordon off the centre of the city so
that only people (mostly out of town tourists) with special wrist bands
could enter.
Okay, maybe there were good and sufficient "health and safety" reasons
for this, but the implementation stank! Most 'tickets' went to hotels
and tourist traps of one sort or another, with very few being allocated
to ordinary residents (most residents didn't know they'd need one until
the supplies were exhausted: council workers, however, seemed to have
been throwing them away as useless junk). Certain pubs inside the cordon
decided to charge admission fees from before the closure, and various
schemes for getting round the cordon were promulgated (some involved
houses with entries on either side of the ring of steel, others involved
taking trains from Haymarket to Waverley). Oh, and it turned out that
there were far fewer wrist bands than originally claimed, because the
council had decided that about a hundred thousand people would find some
way to break the cordon, and the police sealed off the centre several
hours early just in case (and if you think I'm paranoid, you should see
the thread on ed.general and sci.chem about the mysterious fluid tanks)
</digression>
So there we were, heading up Calton Hill in the dark (very glad of the
torch), slighty worried that hundreds if not thousands of guid folk
would be doing likewise as it was the closest vantage point to the
fireworks...
The Hill was empty, almost. I'd be surprised if there had been more than
a hundred people there. We met a couple of friends and traded some
mulled wine for some ginger beer (real, not Enid Blyton) just as the
fireworks began. They were fantastic! SO much better, in fact, than the
previous year's lot, that I didn't miss the recreational
pharmaceuticals...
Once again, there were several launch points. The main battery seemed to
be inside the Castle, but there were subsidiary batteries in the gardens
and on top of the railway station as well as right behind us on the
hill: it was like being *inside* a firework display. As someone said
"You may well cheer, that's your December's council tax going up in
smoke"...
After the main rush of Edinburgh's fireworks ended, it became possible
to see the more distant displays along the coast in either direction,
and (ever so faintly, but definitely there) fireworks in Fife.
Still, like all good things, it had to end. Back we went, down the hill,
slightly more tired and subdued, but with a sussurating background of
people talking about how wonderful it had been. A *happy* crowd, people
chatting and occasionally hugging or kissing complete strangers, no
violence in word or action, and the singing, happy, drunks were
definitely not trying to pick people's pockets...
Of course, like "All Good Things", it was a two-parter. I escorted Jenny
and the kids to the chip shop at the bottom of the hill, and then rushed
off to catch up with my friend Sara, who was playing with a drumming
group (Commotion: the ones in purple and black) on George St. I didn't
have a wrist band, I'd a performer's pass, but I didn't need to show it,
I just smiled and walked through the exit, pausing only to see the group
of people following me (and who had wristbands) being told they couldn't
come in (maybe being all in black with a vest of pockets helped, I don't
know).
Inside the cordon it was a different world. It wasn't as incredibly
crowded as it had looked from the Hill (or maybe folk had started going
home already) but there was a slight cast of unreality over everything,
and while the atmosphere was slightly lacking (a lot of people seemed to
be enjoying themselves on their own in the crowd -- punters, rather than
participants, if you will) it was pretty darn good. It didn't take
incredibly long to make it down George St, and I found the drummers
surrounded by a small knot of dancers and sundry other revellers. After
the set (extended slightly by popular request), I passed Sara a cup of
mulled wine, which seemed to sort of do the rounds slightly, so I filled
another cup and passed that, too.
Then it was time to rush: we had tickets for a club, and we hadn't been
able to find out if there was a 1.30 curfew that night or not (Edinburgh
has *very* nice licensing hours -- especially in the Festival and (as it
turned out) at Hogmanay. We arrived at the venue (The Shooting Gallery,
on Broughton St) and discovered that yes, we did have time to go and
dump our excess baggage at Sara's friend's house. Of course, we stopped
to say happy new year, and have a chat and a beer before we carried on,
much the lighter.
The streets were still rather full -- almost to the extent that we
regretted having tickets for Tribal Funktion, but it was fairly obvious
that the main trend was homewards, and the club wouldn't be closing
until five...
Anyway, we made it in, drank a little, danced quite a bit, chatted a
little, met a few folk and generally had an excellent time until the
lights came on and everyone was thrown out onto the cold empty streets.
We walked back to Jim's via the chip shop, picking up some Irn Bru as
well (more for the caffeine than for the alleged anti-hangover
properties -- I'm 'just lucky, I guess' as I don't seem to get those)
and then eventually back to Sara's through a city centre that was
already almost totally cleaned up...
I suppose a toast is in order at this point:
"To a New Year and New Beginnings, but never, ever, discarding the old
just because it is!"
Steve, who seems to have killed more electrons than strictly
necessary...
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In <883870601...@dejanews.com>, on 01/03/98 at 05:41 PM,
Elocutus of Borg <Elocutu...@hotmail.com> said:
+-----
| In article <68jg6r$h...@drn.zippo.com>,
| dki...@valunet.com wrote:
| > I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
| > Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
| > given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
| referred to as master and slave, I named them Domme, Slave Boy, Slave Girl,
| Worm, The Gimp, and Trent.
My machines are named, both socially and on the LAN, after SF-ish felines:
rushlight - ex-file server, now my desktop: UHURA'S SONG
pyanfar - my notebook, until it had to be returned: Cherryh's Chanur series
speaker - Internet gateway/server/firewall: ( yes :-)
Each name reflects attributes of the character named (in the case of speaker,
it goes back to the Niven character Speaker-to-Animals --- from which you can
deduce how it regards inbound connections from the Internet :-)
I used to have a bumming-around system called "the Twit", a Trailing Edge [
:-) ] which ran whatever I needed that fit into its 8MB RAM / 120MB HD (usually DESQview/X, occasionally Win3.1 or Linux). Its name predates the above three, although physically "speaker" (neรฉ "kf8nh") was the older machine.
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On 2 Jan 1998 dki...@valunet.com wrote:
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
Mine is my Little Sweetie. GP is my Sweetie, but I love my laptop _almost_
as much. *) Hence the name to denote her (yes, her) place in my affection.
My desktop has the more mundane name of Ria, 'cause it sounds nice. I did
not follow my brother's practice of naming a computer after one's current
SO, especially after he and his GF broke up.
--Rose
Sam Waring
In article <34AF1A...@argohouston.com>,
remove.antispamm...@argohouston.com said this about that:
> At Intersection in Glasgow back in '95, a local radio station had
> sent a reporter out to interview people at the con. Given my
> rather outrageous appearance (at the time),
"So which outfit were you wearing that time, Russ?"
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Jeanne Burton <jea...@toltbbs.com> wrote in article
<01bd18e9$ad7ae180$6823...@jeanneb.toltbbs.com>...
>
>
> Matthew T. Russotto <russ...@wanda.vf.pond.com> wrote in article
> <68jul0$c...@wanda.vf.pond.com>...
> > In article <34AD77...@bigfoot.com>,
> > Ron Koolman <Ron.Koolman@.big.foot.com> wrote:
> > }dki...@valunet.com wrote:
> > }
> > }>
> > }> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> > }> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> > }> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
> > }
Elocutus of Borg
In article <34adee2f....@news.demon.co.uk>,
an...@argus.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> On 2 Jan 1998 11:46:35 -0800, dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
> >I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> >Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> >given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
> >
>
> my 'net node. (Argus Panoptes - from Greek mythology), and my Linux
> box next to it is Hera for no readily apparent reason apart from
> keeping the mythology running."
Now that you mention it, mythological figures seem to be awfully
prevalent in the naming of computers. I did a network job some years ago
where I got to name the servers. I named them Gog and Magog (after my
cats to anyone who asked.)
At my current job, the protocol was already established before I got
here. The server was "Zeus." The mail server was "Mercury." My boss's
computer was "Thor." The business manager's machine was "Aphrodite."
Naturally, I named mine Quezcoatl.
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KAZ Vorpal
In article <34aea...@heather.surfsouth.com>,
rls...@g-net.net () wrote:
> You didn't get the "brick separator" with your set? Gad, you
> were cheated. I would order one from Lego right away, they
> make life *soo* much easier!
.....That's just cruel.
With the state of the proletariat in the nineties,
the odds are that Lego is now getting a flood of
complaints and requests...
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Lee S. Billings
In article <34afd569$1$ofn$mr2ice@speaker>, b...@void.apk.net says...
>My machines are named, both socially and on the LAN, after SF-ish
felines:
>
>rushlight - ex-file server, now my desktop: UHURA'S SONG
>pyanfar - my notebook, until it had to be returned: Cherryh's Chanur
series
>speaker - Internet gateway/server/firewall: ( yes :-)
Aha, another Janet Kagan fan! My ISP ID, stardreamer, is from a fantasy
character named Stardreamer to-Vensre, also a bard. It seemed
appropriate...
Celine
Andy May
On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 04:38:52 GMT, jpal...@ix.netcom.com (John Palmer)
wrote:
> Shrug. I tend to name mine "volumelabel" since the format command
>tells me to enter the volume label. . . strangely, it fits the maximum
>exactly. . .
"Back in those olden DOS days I used to derive much small-minded
pleasure from labelling people's drives CORRUPT. SO next time they did
a DIR they got
Volume in Drive C is CORRUPT
"Hey little things please little minds. I used to have a big list of
strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
Andy May
On Sat, 03 Jan 1998 22:00:54 GMT, ch...@magnacom.net (Podkayne Fries)
wrote:
>On 2 Jan 1998 17:52:29 -0500, russ...@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew
>T. Russotto) wrote:
>
>>In article <34ac5b63.2728619@news>, Eleri <el...@spamless.aracnet.com> wrote:
>>}Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
>>}just odd?
>>}
>>}Eleri
>>
>>I hope it was a baby tooth!
>>
>>I'm sure there's some Legos out there with a few of my tooth marks as
>>well... some of them probably still stuck together.
>>--
>
>The Lego catalog offers a nifty little brick separator. This is
>WONDERFUL!! Every home needs one.
>
>I'll see if I still have a Lego catalog around and post the info.
>
>Regards, Podkayne Fries
"We have one of those - it's called a nail file..."
Eleri
an...@argus.demon.co.uk (Andy May) might have said:
}On 2 Jan 1998 11:46:35 -0800, dki...@valunet.com wrote:
}
}>I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
}>Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
}>given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
}>
}
}"Well my PC has been Argus ever since it took on its own existence as
}my 'net node. (Argus Panoptes - from Greek mythology), and my Linux
}box next to it is Hera for no readily apparent reason apart from
}keeping the mythology running."
}
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I also made it say "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
whenever you hit the wrong button.
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Sam Waring wrote:
>
> > At Intersection in Glasgow back in '95, a local radio station had
> > sent a reporter out to interview people at the con. Given my
> > rather outrageous appearance (at the time),
>
> "So which outfit were you wearing that time, Russ?"
>
that I bought the red boots. (And *that* little adventure was
quite another story. My feet still say nasty things about me in
private.)
Jim M. Pierce
[p&e]
Steve Glover wrote:
[] I suppose a toast is in order at this point:
[]
[] "To a New Year and New Beginnings, but never, ever, discarding the old
[] just because it is!"
[]
[]
[] Steve, who seems to have killed more electrons than strictly
[] necessary...
Thanks Steve for the lovely description.
Ya didn't kill the electrons, they went out in a wonderful
fireworks blaze of glory.
DJ.
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In article <68otm5$p...@camel20.mindspring.com>, stard...@mindspring.com
(Lee S. Billings) wrote:
> Aha, another Janet Kagan fan! My ISP ID, stardreamer, is from a fantasy
Me too! What has she written besides Uhura's Song, Hellspark (one of my
Desert Island Five), and Mirabilia?
Anne
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Sam Waring
In article <34af5493....@news.demon.co.uk>, journeyman said this
about that:
> "Hey little things please little minds. I used to have a big list of
> strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
> with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
"You mean this one?" SamIAm reaches into the Infamous Bottomless
Briefcase, extracts yet *another* sheet of paper, and push-pins it up.
> Devious sticks a notice on the board. "This is from my friend JayKay
> of alt.devilbunnies...They will work. try 'em!" (Note that the '%'
> prompt indicates that the command should be issued from the C shell, and
> the '$' prompt indicates the Bourne shell.)
> % rm meese-ethics
> rm: meese-ethics nonexistent
> % "How would you rate Reagan's incompetence?
> Unmatched ".
> % [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
> Missing ].
> % ^How did the sex change^ operation go?
> Modifier failed.
> % If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?
> Too many ('s.
> % make love
> Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
> % sleep with me
> bad character
> % got a light?
> No match.
> % man: why did you get a divorce?
> man:: Too many arguments.
> % ^What is saccharine?
> Bad substitute.
> % \(-
> (-: Command not found.
> % sh
>
> $ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
> no sense in pretending!
> $ drink < bottle; opener
> bottle: cannot open
> opener: not found
> $ mkdir matter; cat > matter
> matter: cannot create
Lee S. Billings
In article <agwin-04019...@dial-107-19.ots.utexas.edu>,
ag...@mail.utexas.edu says...
>
>In article <68otm5$p...@camel20.mindspring.com>,
stard...@mindspring.com
>(Lee S. Billings) wrote:
>
>> Aha, another Janet Kagan fan! My ISP ID, stardreamer, is from a
fantasy
>
>Me too! What has she written besides Uhura's Song, Hellspark (one of
my
>Desert Island Five), and Mirabilia?
Nothing that I'm aware of except a slew of short stories, some of which
are in various anthologies, others only available in magazines if
you're lucky enough to find the right issue. She has one in the Resnick
alternate-stories anthology _By Any Other Fame_ which is an absolute
hoot! (Dan Quayle finds his true metier... need I say more?).
Damn the woman, I wish she wrote faster!
Celine
Ben
<p&e>
Elocutus of Borg <Elocutu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>At my current job, the protocol was already established before I got
>here. The server was "Zeus." The mail server was "Mercury." My boss's
>computer was "Thor." The business manager's machine was "Aphrodite."
>
>Naturally, I named mine Quezcoatl.
>
>--Elocutus
<grin> "rrrrring!" Name collision!
Having recently rebuilt our network from scratch, I named my new server
'Thor'. Right now, I'm in the process of trying to set up (<SIGH>
unsuccessfully, so far) Mercury. And... the machine on my desk is
'Zeus'.
Originality? WHAT originality?
<BTW, Elocutus - if you have any advice on setting up Mercury, I'd SURE
be grateful - I'm getting DESPERATE!>
Ben
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Elocutus of Borg
In article <34af5493....@news.demon.co.uk>,
an...@argus.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 04:38:52 GMT, jpal...@ix.netcom.com (John Palmer)
> wrote:
>
> > Shrug. I tend to name mine "volumelabel" since the format command
> >tells me to enter the volume label. . . strangely, it fits the maximum
> >exactly. . .
>
> "Back in those olden DOS days I used to derive much small-minded
> pleasure from labelling people's drives CORRUPT. SO next time they did
> a DIR they got
>
> Volume in Drive C is CORRUPT
>
> strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
> with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
The ones I remember were:
Unable to find my way out of a paper bag
Unable to find my ass with a compass
--Elocutus
Cheerleader for Negativity
Jaime Adams
Eleri (el...@spamless.aracnet.com) wrote:
> Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
> just odd?
Well, I never lost any, but I think I chipped one or two. Hmmmm, taking
apart Legos--arggghhh(Homer drool--God, I've been doing that too much lately).
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On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 22:05:49 GMT, an...@argus.demon.co.uk (Andy May) wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jan 1998 22:00:54 GMT, ch...@magnacom.net (Podkayne Fries)
> wrote:
>
> >On 2 Jan 1998 17:52:29 -0500, russ...@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew
> >T. Russotto) wrote:
> >
> >>}Did anybuggy *else* loose a tooth biting stuck leggos apart, or am I
> >>}just odd?
> >>}
> >>
> >>I hope it was a baby tooth!
> >>
> >>I'm sure there's some Legos out there with a few of my tooth marks as
> >>well... some of them probably still stuck together.
> >>--
> >
> >The Lego catalog offers a nifty little brick separator. This is
> >WONDERFUL!! Every home needs one.
> >
> >I'll see if I still have a Lego catalog around and post the info.
> >
> >Regards, Podkayne Fries
>
> "We have one of those - it's called a nail file..."
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Kathryn Holmes wrote in message <68j3r0$b...@scooby.beloit.edu>...
:When I was growing up all we had (or at least all I saw on sale locally)
:were what are now called 'free form' sets (a variety of the simple
:rectangular blocks) or sets that included a variety of doors or windows or
:wheels. I did get one set that was for a garage (complete with gas pumps,
a
:garage door, bricks with words on them, and lamp poles.)
This reminded me of the first Lego set my brother and I bought. It was set
#193, a huge (to me) collection of red, yellow, etc. blocks that was never
meant to make a given model. That was the start of my addiction. <sigh> I
think my parents have that set saved for their grandchildren.
:Do those of you who buy the newer 'model kits' keep each kit separate and
:just construct that model or do you mix up the pieces into one big heap
:(actually I find that zip-lock bags are good for keeping the small pieces
:sorted out or for keeping the pieces for a 'kit' together.
I make the models and let them set like that, but it's more from a feeling
of "I'll never be able to make anything *that* neat." I mean, with the new
sets as detailed and intricately constructed as they are, it's almost a
shame to take them apart.
BTW, my BIL has the Lego Pirate Ship built and sitting on his mantle over
the fireplace.
EC Jester
1. If you can't change a situation, worrying is just a way to make it more
unpleasant. If you can change the situation, worrying clouds the mind and
makes change more difficult.
2. Happiness and misery are both choices.
3. If you know you're going to look back on today and laugh, you might as
well start laughing now.
--Elocutus of Borg (posted to alt.callahans 12/30/97)
Leonard Erickson
In article <34af5493....@news.demon.co.uk>,
> an...@argus.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> "Back in those olden DOS days I used to derive much small-minded
> pleasure from labelling people's drives CORRUPT. SO next time they did
> a DIR they got
>
> Volume in Drive C is CORRUPT
>
> "Hey little things please little minds. I used to have a big list of
> strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
> with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
Try "make love". If you have a "serious" version of make it'll reply
"Don't know how to make love". If you've got one of the versions
written by someone with a twisted sense of humor, it'll respond "Not
war?"
My favorite thing to do to innocent DOS users was this:
prompt Bad command or filename$_$p$g
I've got a lovely Windows program here that *inverts* the screen.
Everything works just fine, except that it looks like someone turned
the monitor upside down!
--
Leonard Erickson (aka Nemo) kal...@krypton.rain.com
"Nature abhors an atmosphere.
Check your suit.
Check your buddy's suit."
Leonard Erickson
On 2 Jan 1998 dki...@valunet.com wrote:
> I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
Mine aren't currently named. But one used to have it's own listing in
the phone book.
MacHinery, I. M.
(It's a *bad* joke, partly derived from the name of the FBI head in the
first book of Blish's "Cities in Flight" series).
Michael Moyle
Ben wrote:
> <p&e>
> Elocutus of Borg <Elocutu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >At my current job, the protocol was already established before I got
> >here. The server was "Zeus." The mail server was "Mercury." My boss's
> >computer was "Thor." The business manager's machine was "Aphrodite."
> >
> >Naturally, I named mine Quezcoatl.
Hmmmmm...
Beings powerful and capricious...
I've seen that, but never went that way... The one that I've set up at
work
are Alfred, Kato and Tonto.
I don't know that it means anything deep annd important; just my $US.02.
Cutter Mike
DPorowski
Leonard Erickson wrote:
>
> On 2 Jan 1998 dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>
> > I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
> > Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
> > given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>
> Mine aren't currently named. But one used to have it's own listing in
> the phone book.
>
Heh. Mine is.
It's named Rufus.
Know why? Well, I had a two-partition HD.... Bill and Ted. :)
Of course, for a while it was That Damned Little Electronic Troll,
because it suicided three times and I had to reinstall from scratch.
--
DPorowski<myc...@u.washington.edu>
My opinions are (hopefully) not my employer's.
"Sun worshipping dog launchers, you face--The Tick!"--The Tick
Andy May
> "You mean this one?" SamIAm reaches into the Infamous Bottomless
> Briefcase, extracts yet *another* sheet of paper, and push-pins it up.
>> Devious sticks a notice on the board. "This is from my friend JayKay
>> of alt.devilbunnies...They will work. try 'em!" (Note that the '%'
>> prompt indicates that the command should be issued from the C shell, and
>> the '$' prompt indicates the Bourne shell.)
"That'd be the one. Thanks Sam."
Kate
On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 11:51:15 -0600, Elocutus of Borg
<Elocutu...@hotmail.com> did scrawl:
>In article <34af5493....@news.demon.co.uk>,
> an...@argus.demon.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 04 Jan 1998 04:38:52 GMT, jpal...@ix.netcom.com (John Palmer)
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Shrug. I tend to name mine "volumelabel" since the format command
>> >tells me to enter the volume label. . . strangely, it fits the maximum
>> >exactly. . .
>>
>> "Back in those olden DOS days I used to derive much small-minded
>> pleasure from labelling people's drives CORRUPT. SO next time they did
>> a DIR they got
>>
>> Volume in Drive C is CORRUPT
>>
>> "Hey little things please little minds. I used to have a big list of
>> strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
>> with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
>
>The ones I remember were:
>
>Unable to find my way out of a paper bag
>Unable to find my ass with a compass
I'd like to set up a sound byte from Real Genius as an error message.
"Is it a launch problem or a design problem."
Kate
High Maintenance. And Worth It.
Who put a stop payment on my reality check?
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Kate
On Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:16:17 -0800, DPorowski
<myc...@u.washington.edu> did scrawl:
>Leonard Erickson wrote:
>>
>> On 2 Jan 1998 dki...@valunet.com wrote:
>>
>> > I notice you name your computers. I call mine _Nimue_ after the
>> > Lady of the Lake who enchanted Merlin. I wonder who else has
>> > given their computer a name, and why they called it *that*?
>>
>> Mine aren't currently named. But one used to have it's own listing in
>> the phone book.
>>
>
>Heh. Mine is.
>
>
>It's named Rufus.
>
>
>Know why? Well, I had a two-partition HD.... Bill and Ted. :)
I have a couple friends who named a hard drive George. That way when
it was compressed, one could say "I hugged it, and cuddled it and
squeezed it and called it George."
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH; to reply, change void to kf8nh
In <884021839....@dejanews.com>, on 01/05/98 at 11:51 AM,
Elocutus of Borg <Elocutu...@hotmail.com> said:
+-----
| > "Hey little things please little minds. I used to have a big list of
| > strange things you could type into Unix systems to make them come up
| > with humorous error messages. I wonder where it went."
| Unable to find my ass with a compass
I don't think that's what he's talking about. I have a list of Unix shell
"funnies" dating from 1990 --- and I suspect it's actually older than that.
--
brandon s. allbery [Team OS/2][Linux][JAPH] b...@void.apk.net
cleveland, ohio mr/2 ice's "rfc guru" :-) KF8NH
"Never piss off a bard, for they are not at all subtle and your name scans to
`Greensleeves'." ---unknown, quoted by Janet D. Miles in alt.callahans
Ali866
>I'd like to set up a sound byte from Real Genius as an error message.
"Is it
>a launch problem or a design problem."
My computer does the "Call 911" bit from "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" when
it has a fatal error (never happens.....hah! right!)
Ali ;-)
If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Dr.Rob
Leonard Erickson wrote:
> I've got a lovely Windows program here that *inverts* the screen.
> Everything works just fine, except that it looks like someone turned
> the monitor upside down!
>
I had a scientific graphics program that every year on April 1st turned its
(Windows 3.x, minimized) icon upside down. On October 31st it replaced the
icon with a Jack-O'-Lantern.
When you checked the company's website that had a posting that said that
someone had put that in as a joke. Unfortunately the "feature" (and
apparently the programmer) were absent in the next version.
--
Dr.Rob
http://www.bgsm.edu/bgsm/physpharm/faculty/reh/hampson.htm
Duane E. Peters
> Leonard Erickson wrote:
> > I've got a lovely Windows program here that *inverts* the screen.
> > Everything works just fine, except that it looks like someone turned
> > the monitor upside down!
> >
>
> I had a scientific graphics program that every year on April 1st turned its
> (Windows 3.x, minimized) icon upside down. On October 31st it replaced the
> icon with a Jack-O'-Lantern.
>
> When you checked the company's website that had a posting that said that
> someone had put that in as a joke. Unfortunately the "feature" (and
> apparently the programmer) were absent in the next version.
On the Apple side, these are known as "Easter eggs". They are commonplace;
in fact, they abound not only in third-party software, but in Apple's own
System software. My own favorite is in QuarkXpress; open a new text or
graphics frame and then press cmd-opt-shift-delete and watch what happens!
Master Charles Henri Beaufort
Keeper of the Crossed Keys Inn
(Press Option when selecting "About this Macintosh" in the Finder for
another...)
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.
Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can
exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary
right to dismember it or overthrow it."
--
Abraham Lincoln, April 4, 1861
Ron Koolman
Do a search on the web for easter eggs, and you will come up with three
or four web sites that list them for PC comaptible programs too.
Micro$loth programs are replete with them, from Win95
music/clouds/credits to an actual simple flight simulator in Excel,
which is pretty decent.
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all of that and still remembered to make a little thing like me."
Kinda flattering, isn't it? (Morgan Earp, _Tombstone_)
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