### Apollo BBS Archive - August 10, 1989

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    Mail from Spaz Brown
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 08:43:27

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    Thanks.  Mutual of Omaha being on Channel 8, of course.  And that's what
    I've heard about James, also.  I'm sorry that I'm probably going to miss him
    on this go-round.

    How's the wife and kids?  How's business?  (My, doesn't that sound
    established.)  It's nice to see that you're still around stirring things up.
    Talk to you later, perhaps.

    HB
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     1:James, as it is turning out, has a good head for mathematics.  He has, thus
     2:far, been making a grand and glorious living by gambling.  This is his
     3:second trip to Costa Rica is several months.  He frequently travels to
     4:California and Las Vegas.  He lives a few blocks away from me in a really
     5:nice condo.  I like him.  He has developed character over the past few years
     6:and his self-confidence has improved greatly.
     7:
     8:Jasmine, Christian, Eve, Sol, Busy, Jon, Melody and Courtney are really
     9:doing well.  Christian was married several months ago and we didn't lose a
    10:daughter, we gained another mouth to feed.  Well, really they have their own
    11:place near Camelback and 15th Street.
    12:
    13:Jasmine is doing good but she closed down her shop (2940 E. Thomas),
    14:Jasmine's Cottage, due to a slowed down economy.  My business is almost too
    15:good.  I usually have more work than I can handle.  The rest of the 'herd'
    16:are trucking along the weird road of life, trying to figure it out.
    17:
    18:Where are you living?  How'd you get the job with the paper?  What have you
    19:been doing?
    20:
    21:Take care,  Rod
    22:end

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    Message: 5768
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Debate / dispute
    Subject: Rod/money
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:32:01

            Can we talk about this soon?
            We still have the computer in our posession.
            I believe in 'Free Enterprise' .............

    Message: 5769
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Sandy/Friday
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 09:56:41

    Yeah! Yeah! YEAH! -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 5770
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Sandy/holding up
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 10:04:11

    Rod might offer the $100 more - but remember my dinner that comes with the
    installation --- Buffalo wings - potatoes - Brownies - a salad with your
    choice of dressing - coffee - tea - Coke - and all the spiked drinks you can
    hold and wonderful conversation. Not to mention the midnight swim!
                              -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 5771
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 10:24:12

            About the Brownies, Ann ...........

    Message: 5772
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Ann..
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 19:18:48

            I worked all last night...  How does Monday saound instead?

    Yawn...  Gee VGA Paint by RIX looked great when I ran a speed and VGA test
    on your system Ann...

    The system is just Zipping along just fine.

    Message: 5773
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Get-Togethers
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 21:14:34

    Hey Ann!  How about a GT at your house to celebrate getting your new
    computer?  You did get it didn't you?

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     1:Okay, along with the extra $100. I'll throw in some great drugs.  Okay?
     2:end

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    Message: 2398
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: Middle, part 3
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:37:54

            ..... the sudden motion of my soapy covered body caused my little
    ducky to topple over on his head as the powerful eddies swept him to and
    fro.
            The unexpected interuption startled me so that I was having a hard
    time .................

    Message: 2399
    Author: $ Jeannie Innajug
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: continued
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 07:13:28

    ..........finding the soap.  As the person at the door continued to knock
    louder and louder, I turned to my rubber ducky and said, "ducky..........

    Message: 2400
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: It continues
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 09:01:45

    . . . . . Answer the door, will you?  I hate it when people interrupt my
    bath."  The duck waddled out of the tub and.....

    Message: 2401
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: It continues ....
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 10:08:28

    .... and fell on the hard tile, spliting his little ducky head open. The
    blood flowed like lava towards ..........

    Message: 2402
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: Middle still
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 10:35:14

            .... the maiden in distress in the bathtub gazed in horror at the
    bloody liquid as it made its way to her towel she had haphazardly laid on
    the flood next to the tub. The anxious moments past. She soon realized the
    little ducky spilled her afternoon drink, a Bloody Mary.
            In relief she quickly motioned the little ducky to see who was at
    the door.
            "No one interupts my bath," she mumbles to herself, "no one but ...

    Message: 2404
    Author: $ Gary Jones
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: continuing some more
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 12:09:18

    The *&*^%$$%^&* MIGHTY APOLLO SYSOP (&^%^$#$%^&%$$% !!!  In bounces our
    hero, and immediatly slips in the spilled Bloody Mary, falling to the edge
    of the bathtub, where he busted his..................

    Message: 2405
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 13:11:14

    I'm not even going to TOUCH that one.

    HB

    Message: 2406
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: continue
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 15:41:02

            .....new state-of-the-art, electronic, computerized, self-contained,
    2,000,000 word speller checker.
            "Darn!" quips Cliff. He kneels down to gather up the pieces.
            "Darn, Darn, Double Darn!" he moans. "I was hoping to log on to
    Apollo and speak my mind again. Now, I gotta wait, I guess."
            Cliff busily picks up the broken pieces being careful to wipe the
    Bloody Mary off each piece. His 'pride and joy' toy is carted off to the
    garage. "I'll go and fix this thing, dear. I am so-o-o-o smart. I can do
    things like this, you know." Cliff grins. His eyes were still upon the
    lovely lady in the tub.
            "Alone at last!" was her silent response. Now I can ........

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     1:see just how faithful Mr. Sysop is to Sandy.  With that Ann steps from the
     2:tub and wraps a towel around her body, and walks towards Cliff.....
     3:end

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    Message: 3322
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Question ?
    Subject: ???
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:41:29

            What hump?

    Message: 3323
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: On Sandy & mr. X
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 10:13:02

    I would venture to say - Sandy's imagination is running amok! When I was
    over at their house, Sandy wouldn't let me be alone with my sysop for one
    minute - muchless, her going into the other room with a Mr. X!!! If she did
    indeed draw a pix of Mr. X - she must have been thinking of Whitey at the
    time because it's sure true to life. -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 3324
    Author: $ Gary Jones
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Mr. X
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 11:59:45

    That's what I was asking.  How could she draw such a true to life picture of
    Whitey without some real-life modeling sessions?

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    Message: 292
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:42:47

            I expect nothing more than a "Huh?" from a dead person .......

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     1:Dead people can utter sounds.  You may not be able to understand what they
     2:say but......
     3:end

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    Message: 1662
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Peter Petrisko
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 01:40:29

    You're still around?  Shame on you!  Surely you found something better to do
    than this.  Like graduate, for instance.

    (If you didn't, my apologies.)

    Just thought I'd say hi--

    Heather

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     1:Spaz, ask Peter what he's been up to the past several months.
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    Message: 60263
    Author: David Gardner
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: ozone and CFCs
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:11:50

    I know that your message was humorous, but for the benifit of readers who
    don't understand:

    The part of the atmosphere we are normally concerned with, is called the
    troposphere.  Sphere, in this context, refers to an area, and "tropo"
    derives from a Greek word meaning change.  This is because the weather, and
    most of the corresponding atmospheric changes, occur within the troposphere.
     The thickness of the troposphere varies, being about 5 miles at the poles,
    and 10 miles at the equator.
    Above this is the stratosphere.  Within the stratosphere is the ozone layer.
     Ozone is simply O3, that is, oxygen (O2) with an extra atom.  This ozone
    layer is created when ultraviolet light strikes oxygen molecules within the
    stratosphere.  This layer of ozone, by absorbing much of the sun's
    ultraviolet radiation, keeps the Earth from being a barren wasteland.  Were
    it not for the ozone layer, and other parts of the atmosphere which filter
    out other unwanted forms of radiant energy, we would all be dead.
    Ozone, however, is toxic to human beings.  Ordinarily, this is not a problem
    because the ozone layer is somewhere around 25 miles above us, and we don't
    breathe it.  When through industrial means it is produced in the air around
    us which we breathe, ozone is harmful rather than benificial.
    Cloroflorocarbons, or CFCs, tend to break down the ozone layer in the
    stratosphere.

    Message: 60264
    Author: David Gardner
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: flamingos
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:18:41

    That theory doesn't hold water (hyuk!).  Flamingos stand on one foot in the
    warm Florida waters.

    Message: 60265
    Author: David Gardner
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: burial, etc.
    Date: 08/09/89  Time: 23:23:37

    Today I read a story on page 3 of the Republic about an 87
    year old woman who was laying on the embalmer's table, when she suddenly
    showed signs of life.  The embalmer was quite apoplectic.  The woman is
    recovering nicely.

    In Japan, where living space is scarce, burial space is also scarce.  For
    this reason, after a few years, the remains are dug up and cremated, and the
    grave is re-used.

    If you have ever seen newspapers in the U.K., you will know that page 3 is
    usually reserved for saucy photographs of buxom, topless women.  This is
    standard fare for British newspapers -- ordinary papers, not tabloids.

    Message: 60266
    Author: Greg Chambers
    Category: News Today
    Subject: I won!
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 02:59:20

    AFter yawning publicly in court, shuffling and re shuffling
    of feet..hearded like cows into a court-room and listening
    to some of the most pathetic, hopless and ignorant blathering
    from 3 defendants in 3 separate cases, I convinced the
    Judge that the  speeding ticket was in error.
    The Judge looked very tired and gave me the expression of one
    who had seen it all and my ticket was barring the way to some sleep.
    "Dismissed".
    The issuing officer didn't look too happy. Snicker snicker.
    -Greg

    Message: 60267
    Author: Greg Chambers
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: My Departure
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 03:00:03

    Goodbye!

    Message: 60268
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Bob/ cremation
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 05:57:28

     I don't have the time or the heart to dig out all the paper work right now,
    but it is true that the bodies have to be embalmed prior to cremation, which
    makes no sense at all other than the protection of the mortician's bank
    account, but the cremation, if I recall is around $300, and if they can't
    talk you into buying an expensive urn for the ashes, they will even take
    them to a place near lake Pleasant and reverently scatter them for you at no
    extra charge. It sure beats the thousands of dollars for coffins, plots,
    funeral processions, marble monuments, etc. to honor a bunch of rotting
    flesh. I have memories that noone or nothing can ever erase. It's all I
    need.

    Message: 60269
    Author: $ Jeannie Innajug
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Flamingos....
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 07:09:53

    Hey......................Bird lovers...................

    Flamingos stand on only their coldest foot when they're in tropical waters.

    See Y'aa..............
    Jeannie

    Message: 60270
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Bob/cremation
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 09:46:56

    I think your right about the law that protects the income of the morticians.
    When we left Calif. back in 1974 - it was a law there and you couldn't bring
    the ashes home either. So that meant the ashes were usually buried.
    (expense) What I don't understand, if this is indeed true in  Arizona, why
    their income needs to be protected. I'd guess that 75% of the people are
    buried. That's plenty of profit. Why not protect the secretary - the
    gardener - the pest controller etc. etc.???? The morticians must have one
    hell of a 'lobbist force' is all I can say. -=*) ANN (*=-
    P.S. Did you know that in Calif. at that time, it was also a law that an
    artopsy (sp?) was done on each deceased person. What for, I don't know.

    Message: 60271
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Bob/brakes
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 09:47:48

    Well - that's one 'plus' for progress anyway. -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 60272
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Bob/at sea
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 09:51:32

    I don't know how much we'd pollute the fish - but I think the reason it
    isn't a common practice - the idea of eating fish that had eaten people! Of
    course, that shouldn't make any difference - but ........! -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 60273
    Author: $ Gary Jones
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Heather Brown
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 11:53:11

    Heather, welcome back.  But does the impending sale of your PC mean that
    you're not long for our (Apollo) world?

    Message: 60274
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Gary Jones
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 13:09:26

    No, it just means that I upgraded.  My artifact was just replaced by a PS/2
    50Z.  Unfortunately, my modem (the one I'm using at the present is borrowed)
    is a Hayes 300 Smartmodem from the dark ages.  So much for progress.

    I'll be on for a few days, but then I'm going down to school, so it may
    become erratic again.  (It wasn't THAT long since the last time I was on,
    right?  Okay, maybe not THAT erratic.)  I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

    HB

    Message: 60275
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: On the Lighter Side
    Subject: The d
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 14:21:13

    It's still there (that poor SIG), though empty.  However, seeing that a SIG
    is largely useless without people (SI Group does not work well without a
    group), it is being opened up again by invitation only.  Generally speaking,
    the qualification for membership is to have been active at the time I was,
    five years ago -- and there are a lot of you -- with the exception that, as
    standard policy in these matters goes, Rod, JT, Nick and Peter are
    automatically exluded, just because I want to see how long it takes before
    Peter finds another way on.  Sorry to the rest of you.  You are helpless
    victims.  Maybe later.

    As for those "newbies" (Ha ha) who are too "young" to be on the SIG -- my
    apologies.  You do have each other to talk to.

    Leave a note for Cliff or me -- but I may not be returning (the wandering
    SIGOP).  However, I do promise to log in again in the next five years after
    it's re-opened. . . so keep the faith.

    The subject of the SIG?  Each other, basically, with an emphasis on things
    that have gone undebated for a while. . . like why we haven't come up with
    another radical Moslem to replace the gentleman Rod always fought with.
    Final note:  If ANYONE who has my home phone number calls me (you won't get
    me anyway -- I'll be gone) to try and get on the SIG -- and you know who you
    are -- you are automatically denied the privelege.  The trick is to get on
    without a membership WITHOUT bothering me.  Thanks!  HB

    Message: 60276
    Author: $ Peter Cervelli
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: The Void
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 16:18:02

    I am as interested in getting access to the Void now as I am interested in
    sitting through a festival of Dino DeLaurentis films.

    Even obsessions have a shelf-life.

    Message: 60277
    Author: $ Spaz Brown
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 16:57:59

    Though I notice yours have a longer life than some.  And who are you to
    insult Dino DeLaurentis?

    HB

    Message: 60278
    Author: $ Peter Cervelli
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 17:46:23

    Touche.  Who AM I to insult Dino DeLaurentis.

    Message: 60279
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Heather
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 18:14:52

    Do you ever get the feeling you're being followed?

    Message: 60280
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: My PR job
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 18:29:26

    Actually, my job is fairly journalistic, as PR jobs go.  I do work on op-ed
    pieces and newspaper columns, as well as press releases, newsletters, and
    brochures.  And I work for a public policy think tank, so I deal with a lot
    of the same sorts of issues I would if I were a reporter.  (I am a bit tired
    of public policy, however.)  For some reason which I have not yet discerned,
    people I knew four or five years ago find it surprising that I would be
    working in public relations.  I guess I must have been socially rough-edged
    in my younger days.

    Message: 60281
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last on Rough-Edged
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 19:33:03

            That was quite an understatement there James....  "Socially
    rough-edged in my younger days"...  You were down right 'COURSE'.

            But somehow.. you are going places.... Good luck!

    Message: 60282
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Gary
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 21:05:21

    Re:  "Hydraulic brakes had and still
    suffer from the problem that if there is the smallest leak in the system,
    you lose the whole brake system."

    The dual master cylinder system has been standard equipment on cars for some
    time now.  If there is the smallest leak in the system, you lose only half
    of the whole brake system.

    Message: 60283
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: JT
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 22:15:15

    Ever heard of sandpaper?

    Message: 60284
    Author: Art Clark
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Flamingos
    Date: 08/10/89  Time: 22:55:15

    I suppose by the tropics, you aren't refering to Florida, since it is above
    the Tropic of Cancer.  You might conceivably argue that its lower portions
    were part of subtropical regions, but that is about it.

    My question is this:  How do you know that Flamingos stand on their coldest
    foot in the tropics?  Ever asked one which of his feet he perceived as being
    the coldest?  And why, pray tell, should a flamingo have cold feet in the
    tropics?  In other words, if the theory breaks down when applied to warm
    temperate regions, why shouldn't it break down when applied to the tropics?

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     1:        My guess is they stand on one leg to fool the little fishes.
     2:Standing on two legs may be a dead give-away but one leg may just look like
     3:a single branch thus giving the fish a sense of false security.
     4:end

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     1:Thanks for the article.  I found it interesting.  Does the discharging of
     2:nuclear weapons affect the ozone?
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