And the roll call is still here:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~blade2019/ng/roll_call.html
If your new around here and want to be added to
the list, let me know through.
royboy2019@[SPAMISCOMINGTHROUGHTHIS
ACCOUNTNOWANDITSPISSINGMEOFF]cogeco.ca
I am the gatekeeper,
and non shalt pass without kissing some ass.
Hello Terry! (again)
I'm trying to decide which picture freaks me out the most on here, but it's
actually quite a hard choice :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
"I know Kung Fu."
-- Neo, The Matrix
I think the one with Satan has to be a strong contender. Previously I'd only
seen artists' impressions.
Yes, that's an excellent pic! Also your Gorilla bathroom pose (?) has to be
a contender ;-)
Plus we have RoyBoy pointing at the sky (always worrying).
I also wonder if Gnomus and Mellorman are clones...
--
StainlessSteelRat
"I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson."
-- Agent Smith, The Matrix
Yay! Though I can't help noticing the balance of pictures is
continuing its shift away from the weirdo photos... At one time, only
POD bore some semblance to an actual sensible person... Still, I
suppose a group of happy smiley faces does give the impression we're
normally a happy smiley bunch of people....
Netrunner
--
"You can complain because rosebushes have thorns, or rejoice because
thorn bushes have roses."
- Lao Tse
> > >
> > > I'm trying to decide which picture freaks me out the most on here,
> > > but it's actually quite a hard choice :-)
> > >
> >
> > I think the one with Satan has to be a strong contender. Previously
> > I'd only seen artists' impressions.
>
> Yes, that's an excellent pic! Also your Gorilla bathroom pose (?) has to
be
> a contender ;-)
>
You're too kind : ) Actually, it wasn't really a pose... I was caught
unawares by my (then) gf, and I just happened to be in that bizarre position
when I span round. Wait a sec... Gorilla?
> Plus we have RoyBoy pointing at the sky (always worrying).
>
Ah, the classic catalogue model pose... always good. It could be paired by
one of him jumping and pulling a wacky grin, or possibly just standing
moodily with a jacket slung over one shoulder.
> I also wonder if Gnomus and Mellorman are clones...
>
Well, Gnomus seems to be involved with aliens, so why not cloning as well? I
guess alien clones are available at every corner drugstore in California,
but here in Sheffield they're a little harder to come by.
Which reminds me... didn't you promise a "proper" pic of yourself a while
back? Hmmm? HMMMM? : D
It's a tough job but somebodies gotta do it.
If I don't point, who WILL!?!
Who me? Umm... yeah ... sometime ... Actually, I have decided what
the picture will be, but I have to set it up. I'll see if I can make
it work with my webcam, but I might have to resort to using a "real"
camera and then wait to use up the film... Not that you need to get
excited or anything - I should imagine it will be somewhat less than
stunning .. ;-)
But it is young Patrick that surely looks different since that last
pic ...
Netrunner
I'm quivering with anticipation : )
> But it is young Patrick that surely looks different since that last
> pic ...
>
That's a good point... I could do with an update myself, actually.
> Netrunner
>
My plot has worked! Do you know how much time it took to doctor the photo to
make it look like a normal, smiley person? Whew! My cover is clear!
Terry
I resent that! ;-)
> Still, I
> suppose a group of happy smiley faces does give the impression we're
> normally a happy smiley bunch of people....
Yeah. Sure. We're happy. I guess. Happy, happy, hap-py...
I'm not changing it. That's the only decent pic I have :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
Tyres: Right i'm off for a pint of the black stuff.
Mike: You can't drink a pint of Bovril?!?
Come on Lukas! I want a nice smiley pic of you :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
John Connor: Jesus, you were gonna kill that guy.
The Terminator: Of course, I'm a terminator.
> That's a good point... I could do with an update myself, actually.
Keep it the way it is.
(please)
But... that WAS my happy picture!
?
Well, I could always have 2...
And was I supposed to send in a weird pic? Do I have an opportunity to add in
something off color? (Don't worry, no photos of me from the first Gulf War.)
Enquiring minds want to know!!!
> And why is it the pic of Lukas looks suspiciously like an
> incept photo????????????
LOL! What are your stats, Lukas? Come on, are you a seven or a six? :-)
Just......please.....don't tell me he's a pleasure model. Not that there's
anything wrong with that......... Ahem.
That would be telling.
You wouldn't BELIEVE the things I've...
Right. Let's not go there.
LOL
> And was I supposed to send in a weird pic? Do I have an opportunity to add
in
> something off color? (Don't worry, no photos of me from the first Gulf
War.)
> Enquiring minds want to know!!!
The sky is the limit, I suppose. Why not? Let's go crrrrazy!!!!
Or maybe not.
RoyBoy <aph...@usa.net> wrote in message
(Sheesy or Sheehy?)
Cool! Nice to see another person.
My two questions: what does the P stand for? where are you in the UK? :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
"Oh! Sorry. The reflection thing that you don't have. Angel, how do you
shave?" -- Angel
That's enough outta U!
P stands for Patrick. And I was living in Berkshire until recently. Moved to
the Netherlands as a result of a work move in July.
OK Reybey ;-) Thanks for hosting them pics though matey :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
Chris Kelvin: Why did you kill yourself?
Gibarian: It seemed like a good idea at the time, now I think I made a
mistake.
OK, thanks for the info :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
Homer: Okay, brain. You don't like me, and I don't like you, but let's
get through this thing and then I can continue killing you with beer.
Homer's Brain: It's a deal!
Spaced rules!!
And I'm starting to think I should update my rollcall picture... I just look
too odd.
Peace,
The log- I know what I like
Absolutely. Series 3 being written as we speak...
> And I'm starting to think I should update my rollcall picture... I
> just look too odd.
We all look odd ;-)
People are strange, when you're a stranger...
--
StainlessSteelRat
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is
the source of all art and science." -- Albert Einstein
I just got a bunch of new pictures back, so I'll scan one in and send it to Royboy. I
think one of me dressed like a pirate might be appropriate.
--
Patrick
That happened to me too. I moved to Amstelveen, near Amsterdam, for a 3
month contract (over seven years ago), and I'm still there.
Martin Gilbert
So eventually, all the a.f.b-r regulars will be in the Netherlands. That's
dangerously close to Belgium...
Now *that's* just crazy talk...
Yes, you never see us in the same room together, do you?
Actually Gnomus looks more like me than I do, but that's another story...
Careful Lukas, we might just come and pay you a visit.... Maybe get some
Vlaamse frites / chips / French fries / patat frites / freedom fries or
whatever they're called while we're there....
Martin Gilbert
Have you got any dressed as a nurse?
I have to say, and this is in no way meant as a joke, insult or left-handed
compliment, that you look *nothing* like I expected. It's funny how one
builds up a mental picture of what someone *should* look like.
Just thought I'd share.
I envy you; my life is basically pointless.
Hah, good one; I got the point right away. (drum roll)
Just think about the possibilities! We could call each other names in real
time, and stuff.
> So eventually, all the a.f.b-r regulars will be in the Netherlands. That's
> dangerously close to Belgium...
This is weird. The guy who just moved in next door was transferred to the
US from the Netherlands. So in a perfect world, all the afb-r regulars will
first be transferred to the Netherlands, then to my neighborhood. This
could be a good thing.
Second, czf may not appreciate having a bunch of degenerates in her
neighborhood.....and that's *before* we show up!
Heh. Say Man Machine, could we get another picture of u?
The one we got is cool and all, just a little small.
Yeah, I know: it sucks. Was the only digital pic I had at the time. My
scanner is long since trashed, but as soon as this problem is fixed, I'll
produce a full-length portrait. Can't promise I'll wear a bikini, though.
I think that's going to cost extra.
--
Patrick
>> Yeah. Sure. We're happy. I guess. Happy, happy, hap-py...
>
> Come on Lukas! I want a nice smiley pic of you :-)
He looks like the unibomber in that one. a deffo serial killer.
--
*..ท ดจจ)) -:ฆ:-
ธ.ทด .ทดจจ))
((ธธ.ทด .ทด -:ฆ:- *POD {าฟำ}* -:ฆ:-
-:ฆ:- ((ธธ.ทด*
> Careful Lukas, we might just come and pay you a visit....
No chance! I don't want to be six foot under pushing up tulips, victim
number 26 of the a.f.b-r serial killer!
> As POD {Ò¿Ó} tiptoed through the tulips, he noticed in gleeful
> wonderment that Gilly had made his day by posting this wonderful slice
> of joy-joy happiness in alt.fan.blade-runner:
>
>> Careful Lukas, we might just come and pay you a visit....
>
> No chance! I don't want to be six foot under pushing up tulips,
> victim number 26 of the a.f.b-r serial killer!
>
Saying that...have you niticed how there are very few D-a-H folk in here
these days!!!!
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*..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:- *POD {Ò¿Ó}* -:¦:-
-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*
That's easy. Level the playing field. Pick a language that none of us
speak, but is common to all. Cityspeak!
> Second, czf may not appreciate having a bunch of degenerates in her
> neighborhood.....and that's *before* we show up!
I would actually appreciate having *anyone* around who gets my jokes. Since
they are mostly all BR jokes, take offs, or quotes, or afbr "in-jokes", it
would be refreshing to get any other response other than a blank, then
suspicious stare, which is what I get now. Putting a face (and body) to a
name for my RL friends would also be refreshing. You know you have been on
this ng too long when you start to talk about Netrunner, or Lukas, RoyBoy,
or Patrick, or Mellorman, AND! your RL friends know who you are talking
about. For a while there, they thought I either had a multiple personality
disorder (who doesn't?) or I had imaginary invisible friends (not that
there's anything wrong with that, either).
My husband actually has a name for us all. Please understand, and take this
as a compliment. Let's face it, we can all get a little geeky in here, but
we are respected for our collective intellect and knowledge. Whenever he
finds me mulling over something, or wrestling to solve a problem, he'll
usually quip "Why don't you ask the rest of the Lone Gunmen?"
Totally... you don't look like I imagined either. Whereas Terry looks a lot
like I imagined.... weird...
Good idea... although it does kinda narrow the number of insults we have
down to 1. It is a good one though : )
LOL
Oh, I phrased that all wrong... by "you" I meant PJ Sheehy.
Lurking.
--
Cameron Wm. Akers
"Oh, dear. We should point out that you are actually following the last
several thousand yeast-licking imbeciles to wander in here on the path
bypassing the Vale of Clue, straight into the Swamp of Idiocy and the
Bogs of Eternal Plonking." -- Alistair J.R. Young, on rasfwr-j
I know where I'd rather be! :-)
--
StainlessSteelRat
"My girlfriend always laughs during sex... no matter what she's
reading." -- Steve Jobs
Hmmmm. I've started watching the Lone Gunmen series, and it's actually damn
good. Almost equal to the X-Files in quality.
Actually I was thinking of just coming straight to the USA and
bypassing the Netherlands, although I wouldn't actually rule it out...
Netrunner
Despite the evident dangers, I still pronounce my D-a-H affiliation.
Netrunner
--
The newsgroup website is www.BRmovie.com
Home of the Blade Runner FAQ, Encyclopedia,
Character Profiles, Fan Fiction, News,
Related books/movies and much more!
----------------------------------------------
In other words make it up... Or use other SF combined with
non-European languages as in "Smeg off you frelling punani". Do you
grok what I'm saying? (And apologies to anyone who actually knows
what I said and is offended.)
>> Second, czf may not appreciate having a bunch of degenerates in her
>> neighborhood.....and that's *before* we show up!
>
>I would actually appreciate having *anyone* around who gets my jokes. Since
>they are mostly all BR jokes, take offs, or quotes, or afbr "in-jokes", it
>would be refreshing to get any other response other than a blank, then
>suspicious stare, which is what I get now. Putting a face (and body) to a
>name for my RL friends would also be refreshing. You know you have been on
>this ng too long when you start to talk about Netrunner, or Lukas, RoyBoy,
>or Patrick, or Mellorman, AND! your RL friends know who you are talking
>about.
You might still be certifiable...
> For a while there, they thought I either had a multiple personality
>disorder (who doesn't?)
I don't.
But I do.
Me also.
> or I had imaginary invisible friends (not that
>there's anything wrong with that, either).
Is it stranger to talk to yourself (aloud in public) or talk to your
invisible friend(s)?
>
>My husband actually has a name for us all. Please understand, and take this
>as a compliment. Let's face it, we can all get a little geeky in here, but
>we are respected for our collective intellect and knowledge. Whenever he
>finds me mulling over something, or wrestling to solve a problem, he'll
>usually quip "Why don't you ask the rest of the Lone Gunmen?"
Fine by me. I recently saw the last Lone Gunmen X-Files episode again
and without giving any spoilers to anyone who might still not know, I
did feel very emotional about it all - more so than about Mulder and
Scully who I no longer much cared about.
Netrunner
--
Byers: Good work sneakin' out these charts.
Frohike: Tucked them in my pants.
Mulder: There's plenty of room down there.
Langly: You look down, Mulder. Tell you what, you're welcome to come
over Saturday night. We're all hopping on the Internet to nitpick the
scientific inaccuracies of "Earth 2."
Mulder: I'm doing my laundry.
and I got your back
> >> Saying that...have you noticed how there are very few D-a-H folk in
here
> >> these days!!!!
> >>
> >
> >LOL
> >
> Lurking.
Oh, come on out of there ... lookee see .... I have a nice lollipop for
good little DAH boys who come out of hiding ....
c'mere ..... I won't hurt you ..... me and Netrunner are DAH too .....
Check! Deck a human is my credo as well. (Provided that you all are comfortable
with having some nutjob right wing warhorse in the camp. If not, I'll just sit
outside in the rain....like a hobo.<sniff>)
Never. At the afbr group home once you've all transferred to the
Netherlands and then to the States, we'll assign you sentry. We'll make a
nice cozy couch in the dark back corner of the porch, and if anyone
approaches the house, you can stealthily jump out at them and whack him/her
on the shoulder with the nifty cane/spyglass/bayonet/communications device
you'll have as part of your artillery. Oh, yes, I forgot. I'll need a
bodyguard, so you'll also have bodyguard duty.
Then you're next on Lukas' list : )
Ha! Lukas would have to go through PJ Sheehy, Netrunner, and ME !!!
"When you're a DAH, you're a DAH all the way from your first cigarette to
your last dyin' day"
"snap ... snap .... snap .... snap .... YEAH !!"
I'll side with whoever pays me most...
> > "When you're a DAH, you're a DAH all the way from your first cigarette
to
> > your last dyin' day"
> >
> > "snap ... snap .... snap .... snap .... YEAH !!"
> >
> >
>
> I'll side with whoever pays me most...
Hey! Fence sitter here with a shiny nickel!
Terry
I look weird? Damn! All that doctoring! ;)
Terry
Hmmm, well I used to be one, but not any more. So bang goes that theory ;-)
Up the revolution!!!!
--
StainlessSteelRat
"Personal note: When I was little my mother told me not to stare into
the sun, so when I was six I did." -- Maximillian Cohen, Pi
That's right - blame me! It's all the rage these days. ;-/
That reminds me - I need a quote!
Hey, that's kinda cool! And I mean that, too!
LOL!
I always referred to it myself as my "Carlos" photo...
Anyway, I felt like becoming the unibomber when that photo was made. A sad
story...
And there goes the neighbourhood.
It hasn't been broadcasted over here (not as far as I know, anyway). Too
bad - I guess there's always the future...
> StainlessSteelRat
> "My girlfriend always laughs during sex... no matter what she's
> reading." -- Steve Jobs
ROTFL - erh, Steve Jobs said that?
Well it's on the Sci-Fi channel here, and I wasn't expecting much. But I was
pleasantly surprised (so far, as there have only been 3 episodes).
The start of last weeks episode was amusing as they had this "infinitely"
long room with monkeys at comptuters typing away, and one of them was typing
Shakespeare (or similar). Douglas Adam's fans would have liked it.
Although the Lone Gunmen represent nerd culture, they are kind of the
anti-nerd in their escapades. Nice to see someone different on TV also.
> > StainlessSteelRat
> > "My girlfriend always laughs during sex... no matter what she's
> > reading." -- Steve Jobs
>
> ROTFL - erh, Steve Jobs said that?
Apparently so...
--
StainlessSteelRat
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
-- Homer Simpson
As I tried to impress in one of my posts, sensible discussion, even
from polarised perspectives is respected, as it allows more
understanding. And amongst us all, we will always find things to
disagree on ... smoking, Hanuman, marijuana, religion, politics, etc.
So whether or not you are a nutjob does not relate to your politics,
(though I'm not discounting the possibility that you are a nutjob).
As for right wing, I thought I was relatively right wing actually, but
there you go, its a funny old world.
As for the D-a-H camp, it is of course an autonomous collective and
not a self-perpetuating autocracy...
Netrunner
"I resemble that." perhaps?
I knew someone would suggest that. Thanks to my own personal precog... ;-p
Royboy, if you're reading this, can you add that quote?
Who could ask for anything more? :-)
According to my fading memories, that would be *back* to the States
wouldn't it PJ?
>Lukas Mariman wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> > > My husband actually has a name for us all. Please understand, and
>> > > take this as a compliment. Let's face it, we can all get a little
>> > > geeky in here, but we are respected for our collective intellect
>> > > and knowledge. Whenever he finds me mulling over something, or
>> > > wrestling to solve a problem, he'll usually quip "Why don't you
>> > > ask the rest of the Lone Gunmen?"
>> >
>> > Hmmmm. I've started watching the Lone Gunmen series, and it's
>> > actually damn good. Almost equal to the X-Files in quality.
>>
>> It hasn't been broadcasted over here (not as far as I know, anyway).
>> Too bad - I guess there's always the future...
>
>Well it's on the Sci-Fi channel here, and I wasn't expecting much. But I was
>pleasantly surprised (so far, as there have only been 3 episodes).
>
>The start of last weeks episode was amusing as they had this "infinitely"
>long room with monkeys at computers typing away, and one of them was typing
>Shakespeare (or similar). Douglas Adam's fans would have liked it.
Indeed. This is the second run but again they felt it inappropriate
to show the first episode (with good reason). Apparently it had the
three stopping a remote controlled plane being flown into the WTC.
This was screened in the USA some 6 months before 9/11.
The circumstances of the series getting cancelled are typical - with
insufficient support of the programme, messing around with scheduling
and unreasonable expectations leading to insufficient regular audience
for the execs liking. Hence cancellation. To be fair, the writing in
a few of the episodes was not the best, but given time, I think it had
plenty of life in it and it is sad to see such a quick end to the one
show that had "real" looking people, albeit with an uberbabe opponent
and a young apprentice. As I mentioned the "real" last episode of The
Lone Gunmen was actually in the X-Files and boy did they make a lot of
none too subtle comments about being closed down....
Netrunner
That's an affirmative Netrunner!
It's coming on once a week on Dutch TV. Channel 6 I think. I'll try and get you
a better night and time if you get any of the stations here. I'm sure you do
since I have to deal with Radio Donna in the mornings.
LOL!
Noooo, not Radio Donna! You have my sympathy. ;-)
We can get the 3 national Dutch stations, but not the commercial stations,
unfortunately.
Well I have to say that the one chick....excuse me....young woman is very
captivating. But.........
I never listen to Donna anymore, nowadays. But maybe I should chick it out?
(ho ho ho)
--
"I always tell my men, never call a broad a chick!" -- UHF
LOL.... I really did phrase that whole sentence badly, didn't I?
You have to tell us now, of course...
It's a passport photo I had taken after a bad weekend - I'd lost a brand new
jacket that also happened to contain my wallet, my ID etc etc.
So I wasn't in the best of moods.
Oof : (
Woo! go us : ) I'm already a fence sitter... but ya knew that, right?
A farcical aquatic ceremony is not a good foundation for supreme executive
power.
Top man! Me like!
It is my ambition to work for an organisation like the Lone Gunmen (albeit
an English version that drink tea and play Mornington Crescent a lot)
MM
Dang.
> > > Totally... you don't look like I imagined either. Whereas Terry looks
a
> > lot
> > > like I imagined.... weird...
> >
> > I look weird? Damn! All that doctoring! ;)
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
>
> LOL.... I really did phrase that whole sentence badly, didn't I?
Yes, but we love you anyway :)
LMAO!
> I knew someone would suggest that.
> Thanks to my own personal precog... ;-p
>
> Royboy, if you're reading this, can you add that quote?
Well if I did read it, then your quote has been added.