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Gary Bohn

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Apr 30, 2009, 12:17:08 PM4/30/09
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Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
wife really needs to know)?

What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?

Robert Camp

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Apr 30, 2009, 12:33:44 PM4/30/09
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On Apr 30, 9:17 am, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
> wife really needs to know)?

Of course we are. What we haven't divulged up until now is that your
wife is too. (Nice act she put on, though, huh?)

> What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?

In the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (S.R. Donaldson) there's a
character of devastating force who comes and annihilates the speaker
of his name (no, I won't speak it here). Absent the devastating part,
I tend to avoid mention of P*g*n* lest he come and annoy us all
interminably.

H.H.

oops, I mean,

RLC (formerly noctiluca)

slothr...@hotmail.com

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Apr 30, 2009, 12:48:51 PM4/30/09
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I read that when I was a little kid, and I ran around saying the
sandgorgon's name all over the place, and he never showed...I think
it's safe now...man I loved those books...for years afterwards I would
respond to crazy questions, "Surely you rave!!"

slothrop

Robert Camp

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Apr 30, 2009, 1:16:20 PM4/30/09
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When we got married my wife and I were too broke for anything more
than a couple of white gold rings. Every now and then, when she wasn't
looking, I tried to get something to happen. No dice. I figured
contracting leprosy would be too far to go to test the thing.

Walter Bushell

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Apr 30, 2009, 1:31:34 PM4/30/09
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In article
<7b8a9fe2-cb48-407f...@y34g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Robert Camp <rober...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Of course we are. What we haven't divulged up until now is that your
> wife is too. (Nice act she put on, though, huh?)

s/she/he/

Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh! Everyone's gay!

Ye Old One

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Apr 30, 2009, 2:41:45 PM4/30/09
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Well, McClueless (as he came to be known more and more, was issued
with a challenge - well over a year ago now.
Message-ID: <utqfo31clukrljekt...@4ax.com>

He ducked, he dived, he danced a fine fandango, he even changed his
posting ID several times. Then, in the end, he ran away.

--
Bob.

Robert Camp

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Apr 30, 2009, 2:53:41 PM4/30/09
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On Apr 30, 10:31 am, Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <7b8a9fe2-cb48-407f-b168-d7040760f...@y34g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,

>  Robert Camp <robertlc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Of course we are. What we haven't divulged up until now is that your
> > wife is too. (Nice act she put on, though, huh?)
>
> s/she/he/
>
> Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh! Everyone's gay!

Shhhh,,,don't tell Howard,......waitaminnit...

Bob Casanova

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Apr 30, 2009, 6:26:24 PM4/30/09
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
<gary...@sasktel.net>:

>Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
>wife really needs to know)?

Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home
gave it a fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.

>What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?

McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile.
Tony declared victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran
away again several weeks ago. Expect him back when his
long-term memory fades. Again.
--

Bob C.

"Evidence confirming an observation is
evidence that the observation is wrong."
- McNameless

macaddicted

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Apr 30, 2009, 8:24:15 PM4/30/09
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Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared
> in talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
> <gary...@sasktel.net>:
>
> >Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
> >wife really needs to know)?
>
> Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home
> gave it a fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.
>
> >What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>
> McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile.
> Tony declared victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran
> away again several weeks ago. Expect him back when his
> long-term memory fades. Again.

Fifty-seven? Heck, he claimed victory over me at least a couple dozen
times. That was a couple years ago.
--
macaddicted
Wisdom is radiant and unfading and she is easily discerned
by those who love her and is found by those who seek her.
Wisdom 6:12 (NRSV)

Gary Bohn

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Apr 30, 2009, 9:31:49 PM4/30/09
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:26:24 -0700, Bob Casanova wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared in
> talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
> <gary...@sasktel.net>:
>
>>Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up
>>(my wife really needs to know)?
>
> Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home gave it a
> fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.
>
>>What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>
> McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile. Tony declared
> victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran away again several weeks ago.
> Expect him back when his long-term memory fades. Again.

Good to know nothing has changed.

Bob Casanova

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May 1, 2009, 8:54:41 PM5/1/09
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:24:15 -0700, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by macad...@REMOVETHISca.rr.com
(macaddicted):

>Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared
>> in talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
>> <gary...@sasktel.net>:
>>
>> >Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
>> >wife really needs to know)?
>>
>> Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home
>> gave it a fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.
>>
>> >What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>>
>> McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile.
>> Tony declared victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran
>> away again several weeks ago. Expect him back when his
>> long-term memory fades. Again.
>
>Fifty-seven? Heck, he claimed victory over me at least a couple dozen
>times. That was a couple years ago.

Well, it seemed like a reasonable number; I didn't want to
use "googleplex", which is probably closer to the actuality.

Bob Casanova

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May 1, 2009, 8:55:29 PM5/1/09
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:31:49 -0500, the following appeared

in talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
<gary...@sasktel.net>:

>On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:26:24 -0700, Bob Casanova wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared in
>> talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
>> <gary...@sasktel.net>:
>>
>>>Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up
>>>(my wife really needs to know)?
>>
>> Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home gave it a
>> fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.
>>
>>>What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>>
>> McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile. Tony declared
>> victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran away again several weeks ago.
>> Expect him back when his long-term memory fades. Again.
>
>Good to know nothing has changed.

Nope. "All of this has happened before. All of this will
happen again." ;-)

macaddicted

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May 1, 2009, 10:19:28 PM5/1/09
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Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:24:15 -0700, the following appeared
> in talk.origins, posted by macad...@REMOVETHISca.rr.com
> (macaddicted):
>
> >Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, the following appeared
> >> in talk.origins, posted by Gary Bohn
> >> <gary...@sasktel.net>:
> >>
> >> >Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
> >> >wife really needs to know)?
> >>
> >> Howard's Hershey stood up, but the duty nurse at The Home
> >> gave it a fingernail-flick and it laid right back down.
> >>
> >> >What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
> >>
> >> McNameless has taken up permanent residence in my sigfile.
> >> Tony declared victory (for what, the 57th time?) and ran
> >> away again several weeks ago. Expect him back when his
> >> long-term memory fades. Again.
> >
> >Fifty-seven? Heck, he claimed victory over me at least a couple dozen
> >times. That was a couple years ago.
>
> Well, it seemed like a reasonable number; I didn't want to
> use "googleplex", which is probably closer to the actuality.

I would agree that he has a 'plex of some sort.

Only fools and geniuses are that self-confident.

Frank J

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May 2, 2009, 7:29:22 AM5/2/09
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On Apr 30, 12:17 pm, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
> wife really needs to know)?

FWIW, I was told once that I was HH. Now can someone clue me into the
joke.

>
> What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?

I think Spin and Maddie (as opposed to Spin and Marty) chased them
away. Ray and (intermittently) Sean are the only one left who actually
participate.

Frank J

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May 2, 2009, 7:30:45 AM5/2/09
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On Apr 30, 2:41 pm, Ye Old One <use...@mcsuk.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net>

Y'mean he's not helping Ray finish his paper?

Ye Old One

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May 2, 2009, 9:14:00 AM5/2/09
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On Sat, 2 May 2009 04:30:45 -0700 (PDT), Frank J <fc...@verizon.net>

enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>On Apr 30, 2:41 pm, Ye Old One <use...@mcsuk.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:17:08 -0500, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net>
>> enriched this group when s/he wrote:
>>
>> >Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
>> >wife really needs to know)?
>>
>> >What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>>
>> Well, McClueless (as he came to be known more and more, was issued
>> with a challenge - well over a year ago now.
>> Message-ID: <utqfo31clukrljekt...@4ax.com>
>>
>> He ducked, he dived, he danced a fine fandango, he even changed his
>> posting ID several times. Then, in the end, he ran away.
>>
>> --
>> Bob.
>
>Y'mean he's not helping Ray finish his paper?

Nah!

That paper is a myth, there is more evidence for a world wide flood
than for Dishonest Ray's paper.

--
Bob.

Bob Casanova

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May 2, 2009, 8:28:11 PM5/2/09
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On Sat, 2 May 2009 04:29:22 -0700 (PDT), the following
appeared in talk.origins, posted by Frank J
<fc...@verizon.net>:

>On Apr 30, 12:17 pm, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net> wrote:
>> Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
>> wife really needs to know)?
>
>FWIW, I was told once that I was HH. Now can someone clue me into the
>joke.
>
>>
>> What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>
>I think Spin and Maddie (as opposed to Spin and Marty)

I think you just dated yourself... ;-)

But Spin and Marty were *much* more intelligent and
articulate than Spinnie and Maddie (or, as I prefer,
"Addled").

Did you also watch Clarabell squirt his seltzer bottle?

> chased them
>away. Ray and (intermittently) Sean are the only one left who actually
>participate.

Frank J

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May 3, 2009, 8:53:08 AM5/3/09
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On May 2, 8:28 pm, Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 May 2009 04:29:22 -0700 (PDT), the following
> appeared in talk.origins, posted by Frank J
> <f...@verizon.net>:

>
> >On Apr 30, 12:17 pm, Gary Bohn <gary.b...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> >> Are we still all Howard Hershey, or did the real one finally stand up (my
> >> wife really needs to know)?
>
> >FWIW, I was told once that I was HH. Now can someone clue me into the
> >joke.
>
> >> What happened to pinatas John McCoy (McNameless, whatever), and Pags?
>
> >I think Spin and Maddie (as opposed to Spin and Marty)
>
> I think you just dated yourself... ;-)

Almost. Read on.


>
> But Spin and Marty were *much* more intelligent and
> articulate than Spinnie and Maddie (or, as I prefer,
> "Addled").
>
> Did you also watch Clarabell squirt his seltzer bottle?

Sorry to go so OT, but my "fascination with the past in general" is
tied to my fascination with evolution. Anyway, I had a Howdy Doody
"Golden Book" from '57-58 to '60-61, and had lost it for about a year
in between. People told me that there was also a TV show, but I never
got around to watching it. One day, possibly soon after finding the
lost book and almost having forgetten about it, I asked a childhood
friend (I forget who, but remember where I was at the time) when the
show was on TV, and he/she said that it went off the air just a few
days ago. That had to be Sept. '60. Almost 6, I soon moved on to more
interesting books and TV.

I only remember Spin & Marty from reruns in '65-'66 when UHF TV
brought back old shows, including Superman and Mickey Mouse, which I
did watch before they went off the air (as I later found out) in '58
and '59, respectively. I remember almost no details from the original
runs, and there too, I had almost forgotten watching them.

Bob Casanova

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May 3, 2009, 4:45:30 PM5/3/09
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On Sun, 3 May 2009 05:53:08 -0700 (PDT), the following

appeared in talk.origins, posted by Frank J
<fc...@verizon.net>:

Well, I watched all of these (and more) in the original
runs; apparently I'm a few years older than you (born '45).

Dick C.

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May 4, 2009, 11:55:54 AM5/4/09
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Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote in
news:cg0sv41s8pgud3a2c...@4ax.com:

> On Sun, 3 May 2009 05:53:08 -0700 (PDT), the following
> appeared in talk.origins, posted by Frank J
> <fc...@verizon.net>:
>

>>Sorry to go so OT, but my "fascination with the past in general" is
>>tied to my fascination with evolution. Anyway, I had a Howdy Doody
>>"Golden Book" from '57-58 to '60-61, and had lost it for about a year
>>in between. People told me that there was also a TV show, but I never
>>got around to watching it. One day, possibly soon after finding the
>>lost book and almost having forgetten about it, I asked a childhood
>>friend (I forget who, but remember where I was at the time) when the
>>show was on TV, and he/she said that it went off the air just a few
>>days ago. That had to be Sept. '60. Almost 6, I soon moved on to more
>>interesting books and TV.
>>
>>I only remember Spin & Marty from reruns in '65-'66 when UHF TV
>>brought back old shows, including Superman and Mickey Mouse, which I
>>did watch before they went off the air (as I later found out) in '58
>>and '59, respectively. I remember almost no details from the original
>>runs, and there too, I had almost forgotten watching them.
>
> Well, I watched all of these (and more) in the original
> runs; apparently I'm a few years older than you (born '45).

I was born in '48, and I remember all those other shows also.
Saturday mornings were all kids shows where I lived. Cartoons,
real cartoons that is. Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, and
all those, not the dramatizations they have now. Other shows such
as Flicka, Sky King, and others, all done with real actors. But
with fake bullets and six shooters that never needed reloading.

--
Dick #1349
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin

Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com
email: dic...@gmail.com

Bob Casanova

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May 4, 2009, 5:58:35 PM5/4/09
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On Mon, 04 May 2009 10:55:54 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by "Dick C." <foo.d...@toast.net>:

And Hopalong Cassidy, and the Cisco Kid, and Circle 4
Theater (DC area only, probably), and the original I Love
Lucy, and My Little Margie, and Lash LaRue and Whip Wilson
at the movies, and...

Ah, for the Good Old Days (TM)... ;-)

Dick C.

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May 5, 2009, 12:23:24 AM5/5/09
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Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote in
news:2uouv4hdufjlv396n...@4ax.com:

There were a lot of bad shows on during that time, but, IMHO,
kids programming was better than today, in many ways. One of
the things that helped tv get its start was the fact that many
of the shows were built around one or 2 stars, and those stars
were well known. And the programs worked around their strengths.
From Lucy to Hopalong Cassidy, including Roy Rogers, Dale Evans,
and so on. Today they try to create shows and then bring in a name
to star in it. Often times creating poor tv shows, so they networks
take the easy way out and go with so called reality shows.
Along with the fun shows of the 50's they also had some good programming
featuring Broadway plays, and top knotch live dramas.

Bob Casanova

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May 5, 2009, 7:43:43 PM5/5/09
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On Mon, 04 May 2009 23:23:24 -0500, the following appeared

All true. What they *didn't* have was a need to fill the
airtime on 500+ channels.

Walter Bushell

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May 6, 2009, 9:01:38 PM5/6/09
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In article <2uouv4hdufjlv396n...@4ax.com>,
Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:

> And Hopalong Cassidy, and the Cisco Kid, and Circle 4
> Theater (DC area only, probably), and the original I Love
> Lucy, and My Little Margie, and Lash LaRue and Whip Wilson
> at the movies, and...
>
> Ah, for the Good Old Days (TM)... ;-)
> --

Betty Boop! Real cartoons made for adults. Real Jazz, like Saint James
Infirmary et. al..


. . .Your magic twanger Frogie.

Hiya Kids Hiya , Hiya!

Gabby Haynes

Howdy Doodie!

Mike Painter

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May 6, 2009, 10:46:31 PM5/6/09
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Walter Bushell wrote:
>
> . . .Your magic twanger Frogie.
Sob
Big John and Sparky.
Saturday morning radio shows.
Then I'm "ridin' along in my automobile" ten or more years later and hit a
station I'd not heard before.
With Big John and Sparky...
And aftere a minuteor so I realize this is a religious show. Back to KROW.


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