Newbie Unformed.
Muse
I've been reading the other Newbie Forms and found my sorely lacking.
So we give it 'nother try.
CB handle: Muse
Real name: Joe Musielak (didn't make up the last name blame my Polish
ancestors)
Residence: Merka, A little town in western Washington state called
Sedro-Woolley (No I didn't make that one up, the other choice the
founding fathers debated over was "Bug".)
Age: 32 going on 13.
Profession: DVM (No
not Department of Motor Vehicles, It means Vetinary, you know "getting
one wellie sucked off in a farmyard full of gyppo" and "spending cold
winter evenings with your arm rammed up the backside of a cow".
Marital status: Currently a purple belt in Tae Kwon Do. Oh, it means
hanging out with women.,..I don't think so. Not unless they're guys.
AFP Purity: 80 something percent.
Hobbies and Interests: Loafing, Tae Kwon Do, swimming, weights,
jogging on the beach with my dog, reading, writing, gardening, screwing
with peoples minds, scuba, falling off my surfboard, hiking, watching
the sun set, seeing how many times a day I can put my foot in my mouth.
Oh, and a good nap after a big meal.
Religious interests: Zen Nudism & Headology.
Likes: See above and any type of food other than Beets, liver,
pineapple and mayonnaise, and things with nutrasweet. Anything with
sugar in it is fair game.
Dislikes: Drunks, rude smokers, and I can't decide if I hate stupid
people or indecisive people more. LIVER, beets, pineapple, and
mayonnaise. Math and punctuation.
Favorite Characters: Esme Weatherwax and,mmmm sigh Magrat Garlic oh,
and Ridcully and the Librarian.
Favorite books: Most anything SF or Fantasy or Mythology, Anything
with the three witches in it.
Music tastes or lack thereof: Sorry, you young kids but try not to
gag. I'm a love ballad fan so most anything older by Olivia Newton
John, or recent stuff by Celene Dion, Micheal Bolton, Peter Cetera.
Family Motto: If you can't win... cheat.
Plans for the future: I'm making it up as I go along,
World View: I'll let anyone believe anything they want to: No matter
how stupid it is. You can do anything you want to if you try hard
enough...sometimes it's just not worth the effort.
Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
short, I wear it long.
Eyes: Two and usually green and looking at the world and wondering how
it functions with so many stupid people in it. And desperately hoping
that I'm not one of them.
Weight: ~175 lbs or I weigh more than some stones but less than others
and I weigh more when I'm fat, which isn't often but sometimes happens.
Favorite quote:
"ALL WHO DRINK OF THIS REMEDY WILL RECOVER... EXCEPT THOSE WHOM
IT DOES NOT HELP, WHO WILL DIE. THEREFORE, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT
IT ONLY FAILS IN INCURABLE DISEASES." Galen
"Live long and be preposterous." Unkown artist on the bathroom wall of
a British Colombia Ferry.
Time on the Internet: About one week as of this posting.
Stig M. Valstad
jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
>Profession: DVM (No
>not Department of Motor Vehicles, It means Vetinary, you know "getting
>one wellie sucked off in a farmyard full of gyppo" and "spending cold
>winter evenings with your arm rammed up the backside of a cow".
>
>Religious interests: Zen Nudism & Headology.
>
Ah, yes, Zen Nudism certainly is one of the more interresting religions
>Music tastes or lack thereof: Sorry, you young kids but try not to
>gag. I'm a love ballad fan so most anything older by Olivia Newton
>John, or recent stuff by Celene Dion, Micheal Bolton, Peter Cetera.
>
I'm almost your age, and still I gag. ;-)
>
>Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
>light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
>short, I wear it long.
>
Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
>Eyes: Two and usually green and looking at the world and wondering how
>it functions with so many stupid people in it. And desperately hoping
>that I'm not one of them.
>
Who said it functions, does it look like the world is functioning
where you are?
--
Stig M. Valstad - sval...@sn.no - http://www.sn.no/~svalstad
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians [...]. The danger
already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the
devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell."
St. Augustine
Trixi
jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
>Profession: DVM (No
>not Department of Motor Vehicles, It means Vetinary, you know "getting
>one wellie sucked off in a farmyard full of gyppo" and "spending cold
>winter evenings with your arm rammed up the backside of a cow".
Oh, brilliant, now I'm really depressed. *I* was supposed to have
begun vet studies 3 weeks ago, but missed my place at the Uni
due to the fact that only 65 people a year in this bloody country
(Sweden) get in. I was number 66 :(
Now I'm stuck at the Stockholm Scool of Economics for a year, but I'm
not giving up!!!!! (Yes, I know, 5 of 'em)
Really small (since I think people have stopped reading them)
Newbie form follows:
Name: Trixi
Real name: Anna Werinder
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Age: 19
Lurked since: March 96 (yes, I've been SPYING on you!)
That's all folks (well, not really 'cause that would be
sad wouldn't it?)
Trixi
.sig? Well no, not really.
Franko Franicevich
In article <512uoj$c...@hasle.sn.no>, sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) wrote:
> jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
> >Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
> >light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
> >short, I wear it long.
> >
> Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
I do.
(Trust me on that one.)
> >Eyes: Two and usually green and looking at the world and wondering how
> >it functions with so many stupid people in it. And desperately hoping
> >that I'm not one of them.
> >
> Who said it functions, does it look like the world is functioning
> where you are?
>
Well, yes it does....
Albeit in a completely incomprehensible and illogical fashion....
--Frankie
--
Franko Franicevich, http://www.tripod.com/~SilverMage
Email: ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz
TJ Wilkinson
In <512uoj$c...@hasle.sn.no>, sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) writes:
>jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
>>Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
>>light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
>>short, I wear it long.
>Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
Yes they do. Me for a start.[1] Probably because while my
hair always manages to tie itself in knocks and makes me
look like I just stepped out of a hurricane whenever I put
my brush/comb down, when it's short it can't quite get
itself in as much of a mess as when it's long.
Plus everyone I've met recently who knew me when
my hair was long thinks it looks great now. When
my hair was long I looked like a little girl. Now I
just look like a short one.
Tracy
*****************************************************************************
t.wil...@student.canterbury.ac.nz
"Political correctness is dendritically stimulating in the gluteus maximus."
-Geraldine Moore
[1] Although my definition of short and a male's
definition of short are probably different.
Baruch Promislow
TJ Wilkinson <t.wil...@student.canterbury.ac.nz > wrote in article
<515cs2$n...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz>...
> In <512uoj$c...@hasle.sn.no>, sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) writes:
> >jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
> >>Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
> >>light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
> >>short, I wear it long.
>
> >Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
>
> Yes they do. Me for a start.[1] Probably because while my
> hair always manages to tie itself in knocks and makes me
> look like I just stepped out of a hurricane whenever I put
> my brush/comb down, when it's short it can't quite get
> itself in as much of a mess as when it's long.
>
>
<AOL>
Me too!
</AOL>
Think about it: Magrat has been fighting a futile war with her hair for
as long as we've known her.
Wouldn't it be better if she had as little of the stuff as possible?
Hey, they don't sometimes call me "Magart" for nothing...[1][2]
This is Marina, BTW, writing from her SO's account.
[1] See newbie form[3]
[2] Guess what length _my_ hair is...
[3] 'Bout time them things were useful!
LI Endell
TJ Wilkinson (t.wil...@student.canterbury.ac.nz) wrote:
: In <512uoj$c...@hasle.sn.no>, sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) writes:
: >jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
: >>Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
: >>light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
: >>short, I wear it long.
: >Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
: Yes they do. Me for a start.[1] Probably because while my
: hair always manages to tie itself in knocks and makes me
: look like I just stepped out of a hurricane whenever I put
: my brush/comb down, when it's short it can't quite get
: itself in as much of a mess as when it's long.
Me too :-). I have *very* curly hair - if allowed to grow it turns into
an afro at about the 6 month mark. I tend to have a No 3 crew cut and
wait till I run out of patience - I've lasted 4 months so far and am
hoping to make it til January but...
: Plus everyone I've met recently who knew me when
: my hair was long thinks it looks great now. When
: my hair was long I looked like a little girl. Now I
: just look like a short one.
I tend to be mistaken for someone about ten years my junior when my
hair's short. Now, why am I supposed to try growing my hair? :-)
Lindsay
Franko Franicevich
> Lurked since: March 96 (yes, I've been SPYING on you!)
>
Aaargh!
When you saw me with the loaded gun, talking to the head of the
Illuminati about my role on the grassy knoll, it wasn't really what it
looked like!
It was, erm.....
Oook.
>
> Trixi
Alan Connell
Sometime, somewhere in alt.fan.pratchett,
tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>Really small (since I think people have stopped reading them)
>Newbie form follows:
>Name: Trixi
>Real name: Anna Werinder
>Location: Stockholm, Sweden
>Age: 19
>Lurked since: March 96 (yes, I've been SPYING on you!)
Oooo!, I recently just came back from Sweden, and I fell
in love with the place. WYMM ?.
Sorry Lady kayla, my other offer still stands, but you have
to take your chances where you see them.
Big Al.
--
Alan Connell alan.c...@ces-cdr.be
I only work here. I do not speak for my employers.
All Done Bye bye!
Trixi
ffr...@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Franko Franicevich) wrote:
>In article <514d49$d...@mn5.swip.net>, tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) wrote:
>> Lurked since: March 96 (yes, I've been SPYING on you!)
>>
>Aaargh!
> When you saw me with the loaded gun, talking to the head of the
>Illuminati about my role on the grassy knoll, it wasn't really what it
>looked like!
> It was, erm.....
> Oook.
>
>>
>> Trixi
> --Frankie
(snip .sig)
Well, in keeping with afptradition I can be bribed.
Did I hear you whisper 'chocolate' in my ear? Thought so...
Trixi
Trixi
alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) wrote:
>Sometime, somewhere in alt.fan.pratchett,
>tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>>Really small (since I think people have stopped reading them)
>>Newbie form follows:
>>Name: Trixi
>>Real name: Anna Werinder
>>Location: Stockholm, Sweden
>>Age: 19
>>Lurked since: March 96 (yes, I've been SPYING on you!)
>Oooo!, I recently just came back from Sweden, and I fell
>in love with the place. WYMM ?.
*blush* My very first afproposal...*swoon*
Of course I'll marry you!
I'm curious though, what did you love about Sweden? Was it the
earrings made out of moosedroppings that we sell to tourists?
>Sorry Lady kayla, my other offer still stands, but you have
>to take your chances where you see them.
>Big Al.
What a name...
Alan Connell
^^^ That's me!
>*blush* My very first afproposal...*swoon*
>Of course I'll marry you!
Why thank you kindly ma'am!
>I'm curious though, what did you love about Sweden? Was it the
>earrings made out of moosedroppings that we sell to tourists?
The really high prices of beer in bars, and the charmingly
friendly systembolaget. Nice scenery too by the way.
>>Big Al.
>What a name...
See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
Big Al.
Trixi
alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) wrote:
<snip accepted (!) afproposal>
>>I'm curious though, what did you love about Sweden? Was it the
>>earrings made out of moosedroppings that we sell to tourists?
>The really high prices of beer in bars, and the charmingly
>friendly systembolaget. Nice scenery too by the way.
Oh, when did you see it? Were the queues in systembolaget so long that
you had to stand outside?(1) :))))
>>>Big Al.
>>What a name...
>See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
>explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
I might just do that...
Trixi
(1) It happens quite often
Donal Cunningham
>>>Big Al.
>>What a name...
> See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
> explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
I feel...a crossover.
"Where in the world is Big Al?"
Belgium: A new game was lauched today, hoping to capitalise on the successes
of both DWCon I and "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" Scenes from
locations all around the world feature Big Al hiding in the background.
Hell, sometimes even the foreground.
"I played it for hours and hours!" - Ev
"A lovely momento of DWCon I." - pTerry
"I can't see anything. Is this one of those stereogram things?"
- Donal
In stores in time for the Xmas market!
===================== Coming Soon! ========================
"Where in the world is Colm Buckley?"
D.
--
Donal Cunningham http://ganges.cs.tcd.ie/dcnnnghm/
(No. 133 in the AutoSpoo...)
"You haven't changed." "You have. You've *devolved*."
Babylon 5 - "Soul Mates" - Londo and Timov
Emmet O'Brien
In article <51pag2$h...@gosset.maths.tcd.ie>,
Donal Cunningham <dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) writes:
>>tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>
>>>>Big Al.
>>>What a name...
>> See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
>> explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
Am I the only one who always thinks of _The Beiderbecke Affair_ when I see
this name ?
"Your baby is cornflakes."
>"Where in the world is Colm Buckley?"
This has potential..
"Where's Damerell ?", which you feed an oversized .sig to get the correct
answer from. "Where's Velocity ?" which takes six months to get back to
you when you send off the answer. "Where's Lindsay ?", which can never be
found if you're looking to bring it to a signing..
Emmet
--
I'm betting I'm just abnormal enough to survive !
Tony Finch
Emmet O'Brien <eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Donal Cunningham <dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> >
> >"Where in the world is Colm Buckley?"
>
> This has potential..
>
> "Where's Damerell ?", which you feed an oversized .sig to get the correct
> answer from. "Where's Velocity ?" which takes six months to get back to
> you when you send off the answer. "Where's Lindsay ?", which can never be
> found if you're looking to bring it to a signing..
"Where's Emmet?" is easy, because if you are, or have with you, a
female, the answer will soon be "here".
FTony.
Nathan Fenenga Yospe
On 11 Sep 1996 03:49:22 GMT, t.wil...@student.canterbury.ac.nz, claiming to be TJ Wilkinson, posted to alt.fan.pratchett the following:
: In <512uoj$c...@hasle.sn.no>, sval...@sn.no (Stig M. Valstad) writes:
: >jm...@sos.sos.net (Muse) wrote:
: >>Height: 5'8" (5'9" on bad hair days which are most of them) Color:
: >>light brown-blond, way too curly and even though I look better with it
: >>short, I wear it long.
: >Come on, nobody looks better with short hair than with long hair.
: Yes they do. Me for a start.[1] Probably because while my
: hair always manages to tie itself in knocks and makes me
: look like I just stepped out of a hurricane whenever I put
: my brush/comb down, when it's short it can't quite get
: itself in as much of a mess as when it's long.
: Plus everyone I've met recently who knew me when
: my hair was long thinks it looks great now. When
: my hair was long I looked like a little girl. Now I
: just look like a short one.
A close female friend has been threatening to shave my head while I
sleep[1] again. Seems she doesn't like the big curly mob upon my head.
Then again, I think it might just be because she just got that new buzzer,
and is eager to test it out. And knows that I have been, in the past, in
the habit of spontaniously shaving myself bald.
--
__ _ __ _ _ , , , ,
/_ / / ) /_ /_) / ) /| /| / /\ First Light of a Nova Dawn
/ / / \ /_ /_) / \ /-|/ |/ /_/ Final Night of a World Gone
Nathan F. Yospe - University of Hawaii Dept of Physics - yo...@hawaii.edu
[1] No other conclusions may be taken from the fact that I am on occasion
asleep in her presence, thank you. I get enough of that IRL.
Alan Connell
Sometime, somewhere in alt.fan.pratchett,
eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Emmet O'Brien) penned the following :
>In article <51pag2$h...@gosset.maths.tcd.ie>,
>Donal Cunningham <dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>>alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) writes:
>>>tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>>
>>>>>Big Al.
>>>>What a name...
>>> See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
>>> explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
> Am I the only one who always thinks of _The Beiderbecke Affair_ when I see
> this name ?
> "Your baby is cornflakes."
I resemble that remark!. I only became Big Al (to the public at
large anyway) at the Convention, and stuck with it in my .sig
so all you lot would know who it was. Before that I was just
plain ol' Alan. And anyway, personally, I think that there are
just too many Alans on afp now. Something should be done.
Alan Connell
Sometime, somewhere in alt.fan.pratchett,
tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) wrote:
><snip accepted (!) afproposal>
>>>I'm curious though, what did you love about Sweden? Was it the
>>>earrings made out of moosedroppings that we sell to tourists?
>>The really high prices of beer in bars, and the charmingly
>>friendly systembolaget. Nice scenery too by the way.
>Oh, when did you see it? Were the queues in systembolaget so long that
>you had to stand outside?(1) :))))
When did I see the systembolaget ?. When I was in Sweden.... Oh,
when did I see the scenery ?!. The middle to the end of August. The
weather was fantastic, hot and sunny all the time.
I had heard horror stories about the systembolaget[1] before I went
to Sweden, but I still wasn't prepared for what I had to go through.
First of all, yes, we had to wait outside in a queue because it was
a Friday evening. When we eventually got into the shop, everything
was closed in behind glass cases. (You decide what you want and then
you go to the counter where you then order your stuff.) I wanted beer
and wine, so I went to the counter and an old woman growled at me.
I assumed that she was asking for my order, so I told her and she
hobbled off. About 10 minutes later she comes back with my drinks,
muttering to herself all the time.
I swear, I have never felt so guilty about buying drinks, hell no,
about buying *anything* in my life. Still though, it was an
experiance.
The people who live in Malmö have the right idea. Hop over to
Copenhagen and bring crates of the stuff back on a Saturday afternoon.
[1]. For those that don't know. These are state run shops where
you buy your beer[2]/wine/spirits etc.
[2]. You can buy class 1 beer in supermarkets. But this stuff is
only about 3% alcohol. I think.
Derek Mahony
In article <M4t*4Z...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk "Emmet O'Brien" writes:
> In article <51pag2$h...@gosset.maths.tcd.ie>,
> Donal Cunningham <dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> >alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) writes:
> >>tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
> >
> >>>>Big Al.
> >>>What a name...
> >> See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
> >> explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
>
> Am I the only one who always thinks of _The Beiderbecke Affair_ when I see
> this name ?
>
> "Your baby is cornflakes."
<pedant>
It was The Beiderbecke Connection, not Affair.
</pedant>
According to the book[*] you have the choice of:
[Little Norm] "That baby's cornflakes."
[Big Al] "Babies, as a rule, are not cornflakes." I love that one :-)
[Big Al] "That baby is a box of cornflakes."
[*] <deja-vu mode>
Emmet, email me if you still need details of the book.
</deja-vu mode>
Oh dear, now you've reminded me of Barbara Flynn.
Cold shower time, I think.
--
Watha B.F.
Muse
In article <51pag2$h...@gosset.maths.tcd.ie>, dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie
says...
>
>alan.c...@ces-cdr.be (Alan Connell) writes:
>>tr...@geocities.com (Trixi) penned the following :
>
>>>>Big Al.
>>>What a name...
>> See the thread entitled "Where is Northern Ireland" for an
>> explanation. Or you could just use your imagination. ;-)
>
>
>"Where in the world is Big Al?"
>
The only Big Al I know runs a famous strip joint in Pekin Illinois.
Any relation?
Muse
A mind is a terrible thing.
Jason
Nathan Fenenga Yospe:
: A close female friend has been threatening to shave my head while I
: sleep again. Seems she doesn't like the big curly mob upon my head.
Who are the Curly Mob? Is this the same thing as the Brady Bunch?
(Sorry, it's been one of *those* mornings... =-)
: Then again, I think it might just be because she just got that new buzzer,
: and is eager to test it out. And knows that I have been, in the past, in
: the habit of spontaniously shaving myself bald.
I've not had short hair for about fourteen years now and, despite the
fact that it's not exactly the *tidiest* way of having it I look worse
with it short.
--
Jason =-) - - -- ----------------------------------------------- -- - - -
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Random Companion's slave... | Proposals recieved: 1 accepted: 1
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John Fouhy
In article <51tjsu$2...@news1.belgium.eu.net>,
Alan Connell <alan.c...@ces-cdr.be.be> wrote:
> plain ol' Alan. And anyway, personally, I think that there are
> just too many Alans on afp now. Something should be done.
Hmm...
We could lock you all in a room together, with enough food for one person
put in per day, and you each get your choice of any three objects you
desire. And then let you back out in a week. :-)
-=)> John <(=-
--
\\\\\ John Fouhy, Wellington, New Zealand _o_ jfo...@actrix.gen.nz \,
\\\\\\\__o Student of Wellington College ($) Fido: 3:771/160.43 <>
\\\\\\\\'/ 58% afpure | De Chelonian Mobile.. " " '73 | NHPure: 82 ./,/`
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. - GM /_/`
LI Endell
Tony Finch (fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
: Emmet O'Brien <eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
: > Donal Cunningham <dcnn...@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
: > >"Where in the world is Colm Buckley?"
: >
: > This has potential..
: >
: > "Where's Damerell ?", which you feed an oversized .sig to get the correct
: > answer from. "Where's Velocity ?" which takes six months to get back to
: > you when you send off the answer. "Where's Lindsay ?", which can never be
: > found if you're looking to bring it to a signing..
: "Where's Emmet?" is easy, because if you are, or have with you, a
: female, the answer will soon be "here".
So, for about three months it should be possible to answer "Where's Lindsay?"
and "Where's Emmet?" simultaneously :-).
Lindsay, I'm in *York*. Until the 6th...
Emmet O'Brien
In article <843253...@anorankh.demon.co.uk>,
Derek Mahony <Wa...@anorankh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <M4t*4Z...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
> eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk "Emmet O'Brien" writes:
>> Am I the only one who always thinks of _The Beiderbecke Affair_ when I see
>>this name ?
>>
>> "Your baby is cornflakes."
>
><pedant>
>It was The Beiderbecke Connection, not Affair.
></pedant>
Hmmm.. I thought Firstborn was in the pram by the time of Connection, come
to think of it that quote sounds most likely _Beiderbecke Tapes_-time period
to me..
>[*] <deja-vu mode>
> Emmet, email me if you still need details of the book.
> </deja-vu mode>
Is there only the one book, or one for each of the three series ?
Emmet
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Every now and again, when a song won't get out of my head, I find manually
inserting a chunk of it in my .sig helps. You can't do that with the theme
from _Pulp Fiction_. Help !
Emmet O'Brien
In article <525ges$3...@netty.york.ac.uk>, LI Endell <li...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
>Tony Finch (fa...@thor.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
>: "Where's Emmet?" is easy, because if you are, or have with you, a
>: female, the answer will soon be "here".
>
>So, for about three months it should be possible to answer "Where's Lindsay?"
>and "Where's Emmet?" simultaneously :-).
I knew you were moving to Cambridge, I didn't know _that_ was what you had
in mind.. still, if we _can_ occupy thre same point in space, we may as well
go for it.
Emmet
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Think of it as life irritating art.
Derek Mahony
In article <P8b*KE...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk "Emmet O'Brien" writes:
> In article <843253...@anorankh.demon.co.uk>,
> Derek Mahony <Wa...@anorankh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >In article <M4t*4Z...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
> > eaob...@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk "Emmet O'Brien" writes:
> [ Big Al ]
> >> Am I the only one who always thinks of _The Beiderbecke Affair_ when I see
> >>this name ?
> >>
> >> "Your baby is cornflakes."
> >
> >It was The Beiderbecke Connection, not Affair.
>
> Hmmm.. I thought Firstborn was in the pram by the time of Connection, come
> to think of it that quote sounds most likely _Beiderbecke Tapes_-time period
> to me..
Jill Swinburne announced that she was pregnant at the end of Tapes.
At the start of Connections, Trevor, pram and cornflakes come upon
Big Al and Little Norm playing bowls in the park. 'Tis then but a
short step to: "That baby's cornflakes."
> Is there only the one book, or one for each of the three series ?
There must have been three books originally but I've got the three
in one volume (THE BEIDERBECKE TRILOGY by Alan Plater, published by
Mandarin Paperbooks, ISBN 0-7493-1700-0 bought in 1993). The separate
books are (were?) published by Methuen. I've no idea if those details
are still valid though. (ppint?)
--
Watha
Oh look. It's average-sized Trevor Chaplin.
Trixi
>I had heard horror stories about the systembolaget[1] before I went
>to Sweden, but I still wasn't prepared for what I had to go through.
>First of all, yes, we had to wait outside in a queue because it was
>a Friday evening. When we eventually got into the shop, everything
>was closed in behind glass cases. (You decide what you want and then
>you go to the counter where you then order your stuff.) I wanted beer
>and wine, so I went to the counter and an old woman growled at me.
>I assumed that she was asking for my order, so I told her and she
>hobbled off. About 10 minutes later she comes back with my drinks,
>muttering to herself all the time.
It's a well known fact that all the employees at Systembolaget are
handpicked for their personalities and service mindedness...
>I swear, I have never felt so guilty about buying drinks, hell no,
>about buying *anything* in my life.
This is not uncommon.
>The people who live in Malmö have the right idea. Hop over to
>Copenhagen and bring crates of the stuff back on a Saturday afternoon.
Bit far to go if you live in Sthlm, though:)
Trixi
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"Eyebrows... they stick out."