### Apollo BBS Archive - August 19, 1989

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    Message: 5813
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Jeannie's navel
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 06:00:25

    It might be said, but I'll bet whoever said it would be wrong.

    Message: 5814
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Navels
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:52:25

    Pray tell - why does 'something have to STICK out' to be the best???
    Now, with a man, I can understand ..................

    Message: 5815
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:47:09

    Re:  "especially her navel!"

    Did she have a diamond in it or something?

    Message: 5816
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:48:40

    Re:  "Jeannie's navel"

    Oh!  That Jeannie!

    Message: 5817
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Speaking of Jeannie
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:41:11

    Did I ever tell you about the time I met Barbara Eden?

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    Message: 2442
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: Cont.
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:57:37

    ........... sits up suddenly and wrinkles her nose at the awful smell. But
    she is so happy that her Toddy is alive at least. But then, she feels a
    sudden gush of hatred for Sandy to have shot and  missed the ten ring!
    "What in the hell is the matter with you Sandy? All those lessons haven't
    taught you a thing! By the way - what in the hell is a 'ten ring'?"
    Sandy looks down at her with a smug smile. "Idiots know that a ten ring is
    ...............

    Message: 2443
    Author: $ Sandy SYSOP
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: End
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 14:36:53

            ....... before Sandy could explain the intricate details of scoring
    Whitey walked in saw his beloved Anny sitting on her duff, as usual, smiled
    and began telling her how much he has missed her. She was cautioned, though,
    not to take another bath unless he was around to answer the door.
            Sandy packed her trusty First Aid Kit, picked up her modest arsonal,
    and headed back to Cliffy, the only person who could handle her sudden
    urges to beat up someone.
            Mr. Toady Reeks, all alone on the bathroom floor, slowly turned his
    head considering carefully all that had happened. He is none the wiser and
    out a new VGA computer system to boot. "Oh, well," he says to himself,
    "guess I'll catch up on the latest somewhere else."
            As Toady was leaving Anny could be heard in the background saying,
    "I'll never sit there again .........."

    Message: 2444
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: The past story
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 15:56:50

            Neet, but I am glad it is at an END.  I think if you guys wish to do
    that again, let me suggest the mos SIG since some of you seem so
    suggestive in your plot.

            Where was Dean Hathaway the great story writer of Apollo?

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    Message: 293
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Bit Bucket Talk
    Subject: last
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:47:08

    And WHO do we have thank for your GRAND presence?

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    Message: 292
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Bit Bucket Talk
    Subject: and
    Date: 08/17/89  Time: 20:22:10

    if it wasn't for BLAX-80 we wouldn't have you here.

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    Subject:Thank

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     1:Why my mommy and daddy, that's who.

    The SYSOP intervenes...
    :please redo the category to something other than Commodore.
    :  thanks.  night
    :T*hanks......I'm really tired and I forgot but I usually do and when I don't
    :then I change it.
    :
    :thanks...me sleepy too...  zzzzz
    :*zzzzzzzzz
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     1:Why my mommy and daddy, that's who.
     2:end

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    Subject:Todd/thank

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     1:        Why my Mommy and Daddy, that's who.  Well to bring it up to a much
     2:later time I guess I would have to thank Mr. Satan because He gave me all
     3:your numbers only if I bugged you guys to death.  He, he.
     4:end

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    Message: 319
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Taranto's list
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:51:47

    Who is Dean McCarron?

    Message: 320
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Dean McCarron
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 21:25:01

    Dean McCarron, the stereotypical nerd, was the operator of a bulletin board
    called Omega.

    Message: 321
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Last few
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 22:44:16

            We were all nerds back then, so let's be fair.  We have all grown up
    a bit more and there have been changes in almost all of us...  Ain't that
    right Mr Taranto, oh great one who has changed a lot himself?

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    Message: 322
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: SYSOP Speaks
    Subject: GT
    Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:16:47

            The GT is NEXT weekend folks....  Please start posting so the other
    users will know who is coming. (This usually works)  You need not be a
    donator to the Zagar Wedding Gift fund to come.  (Just thought I would make
    that clear)
            Someone, bring the Camera!

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    P.S.  I will be there!  Or should I say 'HERE'....

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    Message: 1666
    Author: $ Gary Jones
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Thang
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 23:33:20

    Oh, no, the Thang's in Annie's carport under a tarp.  I think she goes out
    and caressess it every day.  Last I heard she'd worn all the paint off of
    its head.

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     1:You stole my favorite message number.
     2:end

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    Message: 3345
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Sandy/last
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:01:58

    When Cliff was checking - where were the boys? hahahaha, -=*) ANN (*=-
    P.S. Did he get lost? Did he take a Coleman lanturn in with him to see? Did
    he forget and leave the lanturn? Did he don hiking boots? Did he take the
    mule ride down to the bottom of the canyon? Lots of un-answered questions
    here! Did you find my ball?

    Message: 3346
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Jeannie
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:03:44

    Why don't you come on over so that I can corrupt you like I have Sandy?
    I don't charge much. -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 3347
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Quest for beach ball
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:49:03

    I hope Cliff wore a gas mask.
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    Message: 60414
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Trapped?
    Date: 08/18/89  Time: 23:53:25

                  I'm trapped in my driveway.  Today, this afternoon the city
    put down 'slurry seal' right down my road.  You can't drive over it for
    several hours as it will make one hell of a mess on your vehicle, not to
    mention the unsightly tracks it would make in the driveway.  On Monday they
    will do the other side of the road.  Don't get me wrong, I may be trapped in
    my driveway, but this is the first time the city has worked on the street
    since I have been in this house (1973).  Quite frankly, we needed it too.  I
    just can't help but wonder if in a few weeks the city will dig up the street
    to place in sewer pipes.  We all know this is how the city planners work
    things.

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    Message: 60415
    Author: $ Nick Ianuzzi
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: excessive force
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 04:50:56

    I read in the paper the other day that the policemwoman that shot the
    unarmed man on Van Buren has been cleared of any wrongdoing. It's sure nice
    to know that if you approach an officer too quickly --- merely giving the
    _appearance_ of the desire to use force, you may be shot and killed by the
    officer. Who was it that said that deadly force by police "must be used with
    the utmost care"?

    Message: 60416
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Cliff/slurry
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 05:55:42

    Now that you have been the lucky recipient of the trade-off for chip seal,
    was it a good trade? This (slurry seal) is the city's revenge on the
    citizens for all the complaints and lawsuits they had to listen to when they
    were chip sealing and ruining everybody's paint jobs and windshields.
    Don't you just love their stop-gap measures? Never do a job right if there's
    a half-assed way to do it.

    Message: 60417
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nick/force
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 05:59:11

    Put yourself in a uniform for a minute. What would your reaction be if
    someone half again your size came at you with a tire iron, and in a
    threatening tone said something to the effect that he couldn't be ticketed
    again? I could be wrong, but the way I read the account it sounded
    justifiable to me. Of course, as WIlliams says it was probably just the
    media slanting the story that way.

    Message: 60418
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nick/police
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 08:50:31

    Paul is right. Years ago we knew a man that was about 23 at the time and had
    a record of stealing, beatings, drugs etc. and did all this in his teen
    years. In other words, he was no innocent! One night he was robbing a store
    and a policeman happened by and caught him. He was hiding behind a dumpster
    - the Policeman pulled his gun out and was behind his car door - telling him
    to come out with his hands up! (This policeman knew the guy and his
    reputation!) The man had something in his hand that looked like a gun and it
    appeared to be pointed at the Policeman. Evidently, he made some move that
    looked to be getting ready to shoot and the policeman fired, hitting the
    guy in the head and killing him instantly. The parents filed a lawsuit - but
    got nothing! I didn't think they should have either. This guy was a menence
    to society and had been for years. The Policeman was scared to death of him.
    The Police dept. put him in another area of the city. He quit the force
    after a few months. He couldn't live with the idea that he had killed
    someone. So, there is always two sides to the coin. -=*) Ann (*=-

    Message: 60419
    Author: Mike Sullivan
    Category: News Today
    Subject: new bill
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:25:42

    Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
    change our national motto, from "E Pluribus Unum", to the following:

    "...because we're people
    "working together with people
    "who care about people."

    Beachum claims, "Latin is a dead language.  We need something that
    communicates the goals of the country is modern terms, in a manner that the
    common man can relate to."

    Beachum's newly proposed bill would also change the design of the flag,
    stamps, and "Uncle Sam".

    "The flag is cluttered," insists Beachum.  "My design reduces the stars to
    one, while the stripe motif is subtly echoed by diagonal pinstripes.  The
    tired old colors will be shifted slightly toward a more sophisticated scheme
    of terra cotta, creme, and teal."

    Beachum's other ideas include replacing picture stamps with a bar-code
    design, "to eliminate the need to print new stamps when rates change", and
    the elimination of "Uncle Sam", whose stern, aged image Beachum says
    "presents a negative image."  The new image, a younger, more vigorous
    character, will be designed by Marvel Comics and be simply named "Sam".

    Message: 60420
    Author: Mike Sullivan
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: most disconcerting
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:31:28

    Last night I was driving through a "bad" part of town.  I had forgotten to
    lock the passenger's door.  While stopped at a red light, a gang of young
    black toughs approached my car, blocking my path, sitting on the hood, and
    pouring beer on the windshield.
    One of the hooligans tried the passenger door, and finding it open, hopped
    inside.  Needless to say, I was horrified.
    He got right up in my face, then suddenly shouted, "Gimme da ball, gimme da
    ball, gimme da ball!!"  Then they all left, laughing hysterically.

    Message: 60421
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nick
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 09:38:10

    You are right.  I believe that police officers should only be permitted to
    use deadly force against suspects who insult their girlfriends.

    Message: 60422
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Question?
    Subject: Nick on force?
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 10:40:18

            What should one do when the approaching person knocks stuff out of
    your hand and keeps coming?  Wait till that person is all over you and
    knocks the snot out of you and maybe even shoots you with your oun gun?

            Nick?  As I understand it, she did back up, or at least has claimed
    as much.  She also claimed she told him to "Stop" or "Freeze".

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    Message: 60423
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Slurry or Chip seal
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 10:53:10

            I would much rather of had the real thing... but I would say the
    'Slurry' seems much better than the 'Chip' seal.   They don't let you drive
    on it till it is dry, as with the chip seal it took days before all those
    little chips found homes in someone's windshield.  And the home ouners would
    have them little ugly gray 'Chips' all over their yards and home.  I would
    not care to have all my golden colored granite landscape I have worked so
    hard at keeping neet, infiltrated with those gray 'Chips'.
            It looks nice out there this morning and it seems quite dry.  No one
    drove on it while it was wet, so there are no tracks on the cement. To make
    sure, I blocked my driveway so some jerk would not do a turn around in it.

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    Message: 60424
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:40:43

    Re:  "The parents filed a lawsuit - but
    got nothing! I didn't think they should have either."

    It's good to know that justice is served once in a while.

    It seems to me that the bad guys can literally get away with murder, but
    when a cop kills some bum in the line of duty, there is an element in our
    society that wants to string him up.

    It's good to know that justice is served once in a while.

    Message: 60425
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Mike
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:43:49

    Re:  "Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
    change our national motto"

    And how much is this going to cost the tax payer?  I shudder to think.  I
    wish congress could think up some ideas on how to save our tax dollars
    instead of always ideas on how to spend spend spend.

    Message: 60426
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Mike
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:45:06

    What does "gimme da ball!" mean?

    Message: 60427
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Slurry Seal
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:34:21

    The streets in our area have been Slurry Sealed.  I rode my bike around the
    area the other night and all I can say is "I like what I feel".  I
    understand that old tires are used to make the 'seal'.  One inch is used to
    give the streets a new surface and previous to the seal being applied, the
    city workers spent hours filling in the little cracks on the road.  The
    finished product makes a good stopping surface with tires on the top and on
    the bottom.

    Message: 60428
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Paul/slant
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:35:36

            Do you doubt that newspapers slant articles?  Have you ever slanted
    a post in order to make a point?  I have.

    Message: 60429
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Bob "BUM"
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 13:38:37

    Bob, bums do not exist or at least they shound not exist in the Christian
    vocabulary.     I would expect to hear the word "Bum" coming from a hardened
    person but not from a Christian.  -Rod

    Message: 60430
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Omni
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 15:49:54

    People using psuedonyms can be quite daft sometimes.

    Message: 60431
    Author: $ Beauregard Dog
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: last
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:07:52

    I agree

    Message: 60432
    Author: $ Beauregard Dog
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Kielsky/Tour
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:09:55

    You should visit Beirut by Night.  The "Syrian Light and Sound Show"
    is playing now, and it is an experience not to be missed.

    Message: 60433
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Sullivan
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 18:39:21

    So, did you give him the ball?

    Message: 60434
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Thornburg/60425
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 21:23:28

    Hey, did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

    Message: 60435
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: For sale
    Subject: TRS Stuff?
    Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:08:42

    Color Computer (Rom pac) "VIDEOTEX" with manual  Price $-FREE  (only one
    left)  Cat. No. 26-2222  Videotex Terminal Package

    For the TRS-80 Modle III I have three programs:  Inventory, Accounts
    Receivable and Invoicing.   Price $-FREE

    The catch!  or the string attached...  I want these out of my house in one
    week or I bulk erase the disks and toss the manuals in the trash.

    Call Sysop Cliff at 843-3346  (I do not deliver at these prices) and first
    come first served.

    *=* the 'Mighty' Apollo SYSOP *=*

    P.S.  Second printing of this notice, Only a few days left....

    Message: 60436
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: For sale
    Subject: IBM Certificate Make
    Date: 08/20/89  Time: 01:11:21

      For the IBM and clone.  Springboards 'Certificate Maker' 5 1/4 disks.
    This is the latest release allowing it to be used with even HP LASER Jet
    printers...as well as all popular dot-matrix printers.

      I needed the LASER driver, so I bought a newer one so I could update mine.
    I added the driver to mine and am selling the new one for only $20.00, this
    includes manual, registration card and stickers... NOTHING missing!

    Leave me mail or give a call (843-3346)  Cliff

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    Message: 60425
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Mike
    Date: 08/19/89  Time: 11:43:49

    Re:  "Representative Sam Beachum (D-Maine) introduced a bill which would
    change our national motto"

    And how much is this going to cost the tax payer?  I shudder to think.  I
    wish congress could think up some ideas on how to save our tax dollars
    instead of always ideas on how to spend spend spend.

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     1:        I think a big, red dot in the center of the material showing a nice
     2:rising sun would be appropriate.
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