Hospital visit (was re: One more new hello)
Captain Silkfur McFluffy
ky...@ns.net (kyrra) was overheard by Fluffy to say:
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Optimist believes we live in the
> best of all possible worlds.
> The Pessimist fears this is true.
And the Realist realizes that this is the only world, and then
proceeds to get sloppy drunk.
The Fluffy
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kyrra
In alt.books.m-lackey, db...@mid-ga.com (J. David Ball) scratched in
the sand:
~>Hospital ??? 3 months ??? Sure hope this hospital is internet
~>accessible....
~>-- David
::::: by all means...........take your computer and plug IT in instead
of the phone! :::::
Kyrra
David Ball
Uh, I think maybe a little too much got snipped *grin*. Just wanted to
point out it was Ke'a'char who mentioned going in to the hospital for 3
months :-(
-- David
Stephanie Wukovitz
Heh heh, plug your computer in a hospital phone jack?
I did that about a year ago...was only in for 3 days...
the site where I put my insulin pump in the previous
night decided to stop absorbing insulin and so the next
morning I woke up, started throwing up, and kept doing
so as my fiance called 911 and they took me 1/2 block
away to the emergency room...and boy that sucked...can't
imagine THREE MONTHS in the hospital, wow.
Off topic...
BTW, whoever it is who comes up with the idea of birthday
lists ALWAYS does it in the week following mine, whether it
be at school, work, online. I was Friday. Grrrr. Turned
28 but got carded tonight which I guess was cool.
And for that matter, while I'm posting anyway, here's a
peeve: Is anyone else totally sick of the way Larry Dixon
makes characters look like completely different people
every time he draws the same one? I mean, let's take Elspeth...
NONE of his depictions of her have ever really resembled her
decription, but there's a new one in SB that's even worse than
usual. Most of the drawings do look better than usual, though.
And I thought the book was excellent (the only part I *really*
care about).
And still more...is there anyone here who likes Clifford Simak?
I know there were a bunch of Zenna Henderson fans around last
year, and while looking up Simak, I saw a review which claimed
that people who like one usually like the other. Something
about them both writing in a "pastoral" style. I remember that
Simak's and Heinlein's obits were in the same issue of Locus,
and I cried about Simak's...
Ah well, I'm babbling (not that I haven't seen *that* before,
here :-)
Later!
-Stephanie
http://www.best.com/~sebab
for original MIDIs and lots
of interesting stuff...
Healer Althaia
Absolutely ADORE Simak's stuff (and Henderson's--got the collection
that has all of her "People" stories in it from SFBC this year).
Particularly enjoyed Mastedonia and Way Station, although they're
almost all good reads. "Pastoral" is a good description! Enjoyed
Heinlein's earlier stuff a lot, but sort of lost interest after
(during?) Stranger in a Strange Land.
se...@best.com (Stephanie Wukovitz) wrote:
>
(intro stuff snipped)
Stephanie Wukovitz
Healer Althaia,
Heh heh, Way Station and Mastodonia are *my* two faves as
well...both were recommended by my father, who has an amazing
collection of science fiction (not a whole lot of fantasy,
which he mostly doesn't like...for that matter neither do I,
with some very notable exceptions, obviously :).
As far as Henderson goes, a few months ago, out of the blue,
this package showed up at my apartment...it was the new
anthology of Henderson stuff,...Dad doesn't go wild over those
stories but he knows I like them, and just sent them for the
heck of it (not for birthday or a holiday). Dad's really
cool :) He and Mom came to visit and half of what we did was
bookstore jaunts...that was *awesome* :)
-Stephanie
http://www.best.com/~sebab
Ke'a'char
db...@mid-ga.com (David Ball) wrote:
:)Uh, I think maybe a little too much got snipped *grin*. Just wanted to
:)point out it was Ke'a'char who mentioned going in to the hospital for 3
:)months :-(
:)-- David
Now that I have a new fan to keep my CPU cool, I can tell them David!
<big grin>
Ke'a'char (who's comp keeps doing strange things...)
<snip>
Ke'a'char
ky...@ns.net (kyrra) wrote:
:)In alt.books.m-lackey, db...@mid-ga.com (J. David Ball) scratched in
:)the sand:
:)~>Hospital ??? 3 months ??? Sure hope this hospital is internet
:)~>accessible....
:)~>-- David
:)::::: by all means...........take your computer and plug IT in instead
:)of the phone! :::::
Can't take the desktop...mom won't let me! <G> But I'm working on
getting a laptop and ISP etc so I can log in while I'm in traction and
to regain my sanity (what there is of it!) after Physical
Terroris^H^H^H^H^Therapy...so hopefully I won't be falling off the
net...I don't think I could handle it! <laugh>
Ke'a'char
:)Kyrra
:)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:) The Optimist believes we live in the
:) best of all possible worlds.
:) The Pessimist fears this is true.
Captain Silkfur McFluffy
vj...@ns.net (vj) was overheard by Fluffy to say:
>On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 05:32:59 GMT, tpa...@metronet.com (Captain
>Silkfur McFluffy) scratched on the walls to say:
>~And the Realist realizes that this is the only world, and then
>~proceeds to get sloppy drunk.
>~The Fluffy
>Unfortunate..........no matter what your perspective......... but
>I can't drink that long.........[sigh]
>vicki
Occasionally, I get this sense of hopefulness that maybe the "world"
is growing up, and that human society will mature and become
responsible to itself and its environment.
Then I look in the mirror ..................
Laters,
vj
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 05:32:59 GMT, tpa...@metronet.com (Captain
Silkfur McFluffy) scratched on the walls to say:
~And the Realist realizes that this is the only world, and then
~proceeds to get sloppy drunk.
~The Fluffy
Unfortunate..........no matter what your perspective......... but
I can't drink that long.........[sigh]
vicki
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Sapphire
> se...@best.com (Stephanie Wukovitz) wrote:
>
>
> >BTW, whoever it is who comes up with the idea of birthday
> >lists ALWAYS does it in the week following mine, whether it
> >be at school, work, online. I was Friday. Grrrr. Turned
> >28 but got carded tonight which I guess was cool.
This has nothing to do with birthdays, but your mention of being carded
made me laugh. I went to the Mall of America (commonly referred to as
either the megamaul or the megamess - I don't like it much) last night.
Well, they have this new policy that after some time (6:00, I think)
nobody under 16 is allowed in the mall without a parent. It's supposed to
be so that they don't have all the gang kids running around causing
trouble.
I got carded at the door. I'm 22, and they needed to see my ID to know I
was over 16. I know I look young, but I didn't think I looked that* young.
It made me laugh.
-Sapphire (the not that young).
"curioser and curioser."
-Alice
Peter Secor
se...@best.com (Stephanie Wukovitz) wrote:
>BTW, whoever it is who comes up with the idea of birthday
>lists ALWAYS does it in the week following mine, whether it
>be at school, work, online. I was Friday. Grrrr. Turned
>28 but got carded tonight which I guess was cool.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Aiglet
Nath
> made me laugh. I went to the Mall of America (commonly referred to as
> either the megamaul or the megamess - I don't like it much) last night.
> Well, they have this new policy that after some time (6:00, I think)
> nobody under 16 is allowed in the mall without a parent. It's supposed to
> be so that they don't have all the gang kids running around causing
> trouble.
>
> I got carded at the door. I'm 22, and they needed to see my ID to know I
> was over 16. I know I look young, but I didn't think I looked that* young.
>
> It made me laugh.
When I was 20, I went to see a movie at a theatre and the girl at the
ticket post asked me if I wanted student ticket. You're considered
student if you're 14! I was so stunned I told her my real age and paid
full price. I'm too honest.
>
> -Sapphire (the not that young).
>
> "curioser and curioser."
> -Alice
--
Nathalie Hébert (the too honest)
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http://www.total.net/~werewolf
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Gyre Hart
In article <55ecs1$q...@boursy.news.erols.com>, Kathleen O'Reilly
<kore...@pop.erols.com> wrote:
<snip>
> My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn 23
in 4 weeks.
> My parents say it's a good thing, that I'll not age as quickly but it is
frustrating
> to be carded by someone who looks as though _they_ are underage. (Aiv
steps down
> from her makeshift soapbox, picks up a mirror and starts examining her
face hoping
> for a wrinkle or two)
>
> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
<Thundering into existence, Gyre wavers a bow into one hand and arrow into
another. With a ripple of muscle and glare of annoyance, he fires an
arrow to the fumbling soapbox. With a shower of petals it explodes into
flowers.
Tossing the bow over his shoulder, where it quickly vanishes into a twist
of wind, Gyre bows to Aiv.>
Hiya. No soapboxes. Strickly against the law. Not allowed. Unless
talking about navel cleaning....
Where do you get the idea we're a little strange here, anyway? <grin>
Welcome, formally, to the group. Join me Halloween party. And know that
I completely sympathize with ya. I'm 24 and people either look at me and
say stupid things like "really" or "oh, and that's soo old." Gawd, how
old do ya hafta be before yer taken seriously...
Kay, throwing tantrums and turning their hair into cheeah stuff prollay
doesn't help... <ggg>
<With a flourish Gyre explodes into a reaching oak. Stretching toward the
sky the tree sways silently over Aiv.>
Kathleen O'Reilly
>> This has nothing to do with birthdays, but your mention of being carded
>> made me laugh. I went to the Mall of America (commonly referred to as
>> either the megamaul or the megamess - I don't like it much) last night.
>> Well, they have this new policy that after some time (6:00, I think)
>> nobody under 16 is allowed in the mall without a parent. It's supposed to
>> be so that they don't have all the gang kids running around causing
>> trouble.
>>
>> I got carded at the door. I'm 22, and they needed to see my ID to know I
>> was over 16. I know I look young, but I didn't think I looked that* young.
>>
>> It made me laugh.
>
>When I was 20, I went to see a movie at a theatre and the girl at the
>ticket post asked me if I wanted student ticket. You're considered
>student if you're 14! I was so stunned I told her my real age and paid
>full price. I'm too honest.
>>
>> -Sapphire (the not that young).
>>
>> "curioser and curioser."
>> -Alice
>
>--
>Nathalie Hébert (the too honest)
My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn 23 in 4 weeks.
MD Dundon
> My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn 23
in 4 weeks.
> My parents say it's a good thing, that I'll not age as quickly but it is
frustrating
> to be carded by someone who looks as though _they_ are underage. (Aiv
steps down
> from her makeshift soapbox, picks up a mirror and starts examining her
face hoping
> for a wrinkle or two)
>
> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
I win....I'm twenty eight and 7/8ths (I turn 29 next week) and I went
to the grocery store and bought wine coolers and gasp
yippeee....was carded and given a suspicious look. Good
lady....I haven't been carded since I hit six feet tall....
Md (nah, nah, nah, nah, neahhhha....)
who is growing younger all the time...or at least more
immature....hee.
--
Md Dundon
Paradox Productions
mdu...@slip.net
"We deal in perfection here...um...at least perfect humility."
Valerie
On 3 Nov 1996 04:12:45 GMT, Valerie says:
>>snip
>>
>> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
>I win....I'm twenty eight and 7/8ths (I turn 29 next week) and I went
>to the grocery store and bought wine coolers and gasp
>yippeee....was carded and given a suspicious look. Good
>lady....I haven't been carded since I hit six feet tall....
>Md (nah, nah, nah, nah, neahhhha....)
>who is growing younger all the time...or at least more
>immature....hee.
>--
>Md Dundon
>Paradox Productions
>mdu...@slip.net
>"We deal in perfection here...um...at least perfect humility."
I can beat that......couple of weeks ago I went to the jr. high to
pick up my 13 yr. old daughter for a Dr. app't. I was waiting outside
the door to the office and this woman came up wanting to know where my
hall pass was and how come I wasn't in class!
And I'm 41.
Guess I could dress better....it might have been the jeans and big
baggy jacket that threw her off...
Belinda
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition
from mediocre minds."
Albert Einstein
Evergreen
In magic letters on the collegium walls, m...@hivnet.ubc.ca (Gyre Hart)
wrote....:
> Gawd, how old do ya hafta be before yer taken seriously...
<quizzical look.....> If you get an answer to that, please
let me know. No one takes me seriously either. <BG>
--
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| //\\ |
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jen...@ncweb.com
Funny, I'm only 17 and haven't been carded for anything yet and I've
been going to movies I should've been carded for since I was 14. Go
figure!
Jenwon
(who doesn't get carded even for buying lotto tickets!)
kristen wethington
MD Dundon (mdu...@slip.net) wrote:
--snip--
: I win....I'm twenty eight and 7/8ths (I turn 29 next week) and I went
: to the grocery store and bought wine coolers and gasp
: yippeee....was carded and given a suspicious look. Good
: lady....I haven't been carded since I hit six feet tall....
--snip--
The only time I can remember being carded was on my 21st birthday.
I actually didn't mind because my cover charge was returned with
a "Happy Birthday". I think it's funny actually, since I do look
younger than my 23 years. Just this summer I held a door for some
older women who commented "How old do you think she is...sixteen?"
They seemed a bit embarrased when I told them I was 22. Normally
I am not mistaken for anyone *that* young!
Kris
--
---------------------------------------------------
We must be true inside, true to ourselves,
before we can know a truth that is outside us.
-Thomas Merton
---------------------------------------------------
MD Dundon
> I can beat that......couple of weeks ago I went to the jr. high to
> pick up my 13 yr. old daughter for a Dr. app't. I was waiting outside
> the door to the office and this woman came up wanting to know where my
> hall pass was and how come I wasn't in class!
> And I'm 41.
>
> Guess I could dress better....it might have been the jeans and big
> baggy jacket that threw her off...
>
> Belinda
LOL...thanks, you're right....you win! And what a great story!
Md
sidhe
mdu...@slip.net (MD Dundon) wrote:
>
>> My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn 23
>in 4 weeks.
>> My parents say it's a good thing, that I'll not age as quickly but it is
>frustrating
>> to be carded by someone who looks as though _they_ are underage. (Aiv
>steps down
>> from her makeshift soapbox, picks up a mirror and starts examining her
>face hoping
>> for a wrinkle or two)
>>
>> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
>
>I win....I'm twenty eight and 7/8ths (I turn 29 next week) and I went
>to the grocery store and bought wine coolers and gasp
>yippeee....was carded and given a suspicious look. Good
>lady....I haven't been carded since I hit six feet tall....
>
>Md (nah, nah, nah, nah, neahhhha....)
>who is growing younger all the time...or at least more
>immature....hee.
>
>--
>Md Dundon
>Paradox Productions
>mdu...@slip.net
>"We deal in perfection here...um...at least perfect humility."
heheheh i'm 32..and i get carded ALL the time, even when my 12 year
old daughter is with me! of course, she's bigger than me too <G>!
sidhe
Dawnfire
In article <mdundon-0211...@eb-pm2-25-214.dialup.slip.net>,
mdu...@slip.net says...
>> My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn
23
>in 4 weeks.
>> My parents say it's a good thing, that I'll not age as quickly but it
is
>frustrating
>> to be carded by someone who looks as though _they_ are underage.
(Aiv
>steps down
>> from her makeshift soapbox, picks up a mirror and starts examining
her
>face hoping
>> for a wrinkle or two)
>> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
>I win....I'm twenty eight and 7/8ths (I turn 29 next week) and I went
>to the grocery store and bought wine coolers and gasp
>yippeee....was carded and given a suspicious look. Good
>lady....I haven't been carded since I hit six feet tall....
>Md (nah, nah, nah, nah, neahhhha....)
>who is growing younger all the time...or at least more
>immature....hee.
Hmm, makes an interesting change from the on-campus age assumptions:
Frat party door guy: You're over 21, right? (Then stamps hand without
bothering to check)
Me: uh...(oops, already past the door)
And I don't really look any older than eighteen, either. Not to imply
that I hang out at the frat parties a lot; they're mostly not my type of
thing!
Dawnfire :)
FiX
On Fri, 01 Nov 1996 19:59:14 -0700, m...@hivnet.ubc.ca (Gyre Hart)
wrote:
>In article <55ecs1$q...@boursy.news.erols.com>, Kathleen O'Reilly
><kore...@pop.erols.com> wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> My god! I am not alone! I am *still* carded at the movies, I turn 23
>in 4 weeks.
>> My parents say it's a good thing, that I'll not age as quickly but it is
>frustrating
>> to be carded by someone who looks as though _they_ are underage. (Aiv
>steps down
>> from her makeshift soapbox, picks up a mirror and starts examining her
>face hoping
>> for a wrinkle or two)
>>
>> --Aiv (the eternally underage)
>
>
><Thundering into existence, Gyre wavers a bow into one hand and arrow into
>another. With a ripple of muscle and glare of annoyance, he fires an
>arrow to the fumbling soapbox. With a shower of petals it explodes into
>flowers.
>Tossing the bow over his shoulder, where it quickly vanishes into a twist
>of wind, Gyre bows to Aiv.>
>
>Hiya. No soapboxes. Strickly against the law. Not allowed. Unless
>talking about navel cleaning....
>
>Where do you get the idea we're a little strange here, anyway? <grin>
>
>Welcome, formally, to the group. Join me Halloween party. And know that
>I completely sympathize with ya. I'm 24 and people either look at me and
>say stupid things like "really" or "oh, and that's soo old." Gawd, how
>old do ya hafta be before yer taken seriously...
>Kay, throwing tantrums and turning their hair into cheeah stuff prollay
>doesn't help... <ggg>
Hey, the reverse isn't much funb either... before I reached the mature
old age of 25 or so, people always aged ten years... it may sound good
(nobody ever carded me, even when I was underage), but actually it
makes it harder to blend into a group... at first sight, people my age
would always think I was a _serious_, no-fun guy... this made some
years _very_ hard (but, on the plus side, it made me into what I am
today: people don't think I'm serious anymore... since I had to overdo
the funny side, I'm now something of a jester, or a fool... and a
happy one...). Try making friends of people who tend to avoid you...
Hu-hoh, Gyre, _my_ soapboxes are protected wildlife... _I_'m the only
one allowad to explose them <readying a nuclear missile portable
launcher...>
>
><With a flourish Gyre explodes into a reaching oak. Stretching toward the
>sky the tree sways silently over Aiv.>
FiX
Gyre Hart
In article <327e968b...@nntp.mid-ga.com>, FiX <f...@litp.ibp.fr> wrote:
<snip>
> Hu-hoh, Gyre, _my_ soapboxes are protected wildlife... _I_'m the only
> one allowad to explose them <readying a nuclear missile portable
> launcher...>
> FiX
But...but...but I was TOLD to Hunt them! I don't KILL them, I turn them
back to their component parts of wood and concept. That's it, finito.
Nothing more.
Now I've got a French Nuclear Testing sticker on my head, next to a bullzeye...
Wait one dang second.
<Pulling the sticker off his head, and snapping the string that held the
bullzeye to his forehead, Gyre tosses them to the ground. As they hit,
they swirl into a small set of bushes.
Jumping forward at FiX, Gyre lands nose to nose with the purple alien.
Crossing his eyes at Fix, Gyre leans foreward and gives him a loud kiss.>
Nah nah!
<So saying, Gyre vanishes, leaving FiX to look at the barrel of his
launcher, which has sprouted a huge mushroom. Edible, of course, with a
little butter and garlic...>
Gyre
Ke'a'char
All I can say is <ROTFL!> Now that I'm done laughing of course...<GGG>
Ke'a'char