### Apollo BBS Archive - August 16, 1989

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    I see you have old Mike Carter barking at the moon again because you have
    upset him...  Good work, I think we may win him back on Apollo....

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    Message: 5798
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Dean McCarron
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:19:21

    He has his share of problems.

    Message: 5799
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:51:26

    Re:  "I am the only one here that is perfect, pure and
    innocent."

    Er, did you say innocent?

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    Message: 2431
    Author: $ Ralph Blehm
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: all the above
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 06:47:43

    I
    love it keep it up.Hee hee ha ha.

    Message: 2432
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Short Story
    Subject: Cont.
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:33:12

    .... cuts his head badly and the gore and blood flooded the entire bathroom
    floor. Todd rushes over and flushes the toilet, sending James to his doom in
    the sewers of Phoenix. They all held their heads down in a silent 3 second
    prayer for James soul. Sandy then looks at Ann and says in a jealous voice,
    "will you please put some clothes on? You are a mess."
    Ann looks at her with a scowl and says ...........

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    Message: 287
    Author: $ James Hawley
    Category: Hardware Not Listed
    Subject: Spaz
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 14:57:46

    You could always try PC Pursuit.  For only $30 per month you too can have
    third world data quality.  Plus all the busy signals and disconnections that
    you can handle.

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    Message: 3336
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Dandy Sandy
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:42:31

    Hey Sandy! I'm missing a big beach ball - you know, the one you were riding
    on last night in my pool. It must have fell in a great big hole and got
    lost! Hmmmm? -=*)ANN(*=-
    P.S. It was great seeing Cliff with his pants off. Been waiting for that for
    two years. I wasn't disappointed either! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
    P.P.S. Re: the big beach ball - will you please check? Or have Cliff check
    for you?
    P.P.P.S. Cliff: Remember - this is the Cos sig where a person can't be
    condemned for what they say and be sent to the Zone. Right? Right!
                         * Viva Free Speech *
    P.P.P.P.S. I hope this post will in no way effect you fixing my hard drive!

    Message: 3337
    Author: $ Todd Reese
    Category: Cosmos-Chatter
    Subject: Cliff's pants off
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 11:53:33

    Yeech.

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    Message: 312
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Last
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:19:56

    I
    think
    your
    idea
    is
    not
    entirely
    with-
    out
    merit

    Message: 313
    Author: $ Steve MacGregor
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Huh?
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:32:01

      How did I get on this SIG?

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    Message: 314
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Todd
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:35:07

    Cliff has explained it. NO matter what appears on the screen - when I save a
    re-read it, it's alright. Everything wraps nicely. -=)* ANN(*=-

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    Message: 60350
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Last on Ron Howard
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:05:26

            Ron Howard is ANTI drug and I hardly think he had drugs in mind when
    he directed that very popular movie.  Rod's mind however sees drugs in every
    thing he touches, sees or smells.

    Rod has negative thoughts and hardly ever a positive thought.  How are we to
    over come problems with an outlook on life such as this?  To improve life
    takes a positive initiative with positive thoughts.  A positive thought
    would be like having a glass filled to the half way point and saying the
    "Glass was half FULL".  Rod on the other hand would probably say something
    like "The glass is half EMPTY" being the negative person he is.

            This afternoon I am going out and will smile at everyone I see or
    meet.  In turn I hope they will smile back and we all will feel better.
    Rod will go out and tell everyone he meets that flesh is trash...and
    everyone will feel bad. He will also gripe about the rent, the heat or
    anything he can find to gripe about.

            P.S.  Rod...  God loves you too, but you won't let the love in
    though your shell of anger.  Hang loose and let it go.....
                            ((GRIN))

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

    Message: 60351
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann's Dog
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:07:58

            I am on

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    Message: 60351
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann's Dog
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:07:58

            I am on my way over there as soon as I log off here...  If I see
    that dog, I am going to knock the snot out of it! ((In a positive way))

    Errrrr  just joking   (((SMILE)))

    Message: 60352
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:14:38

    Yes, please go on with your life.

    Message: 60353
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Savage
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:15:49

    I know what you mean about movie sequels never quite living up to the
    original.  In fact, other than "Friday the Thirteenth Part VIII," I can't
    think of one I've seen that has.

    Message: 60354
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Congress
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:18:35

    In last November's election, only six members of the House of
    Representatives lost to challengers.  In the first eight-and-a-half months
    of the 101st Congress, eight members of the House have left, either because
    of death, appointment to higher office, or resignation.  When members of
    Congress are more likely to die than to lose an election, we have a problem.
    Commentators have laid the blame for entrenched incumbency on a variety of
    factors, including unfair campaign finance laws, gerrymandered districts,
    public apathy, and lack of media attention.  But what can be done about it?

    Here's my solution:  You get all 430 House members and 100 senators, and put
    them all on one plane....

    Message: 60355
    Author: $ Steve MacGregor
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Breathing Fluid
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 15:46:53

      The last I heard of the breathing fluid, it was simply water with a bit of
    salt added.  They got a rat to breathe it, and he had no trouble.  There's a
    problem getting larger animals to do it, though.
      There was a dog that they tried it on, and they had to use a pump to pump
    the fluid into and out of the lungs, because the diaphragm is not strong
    enough to move a liquid as though it were a gas.  And the dog had to be
    sedated for the procedure to keep him from panicing.

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    Message: 60356
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Breathing fluid
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 18:38:29

    I always thought it was called air.

    Message: 60357
    Author: Jack Thompson
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: fluid (liquid)
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 20:40:24

    Nick -- In the womb, where do we get out oxygen from?  Oxygenated blood from
    the mother through the umbilical?  Certainly not in gas form.

    As far as rats breathing saltwater, I have a bit of trouble with that one.
    Aside from the fact that the oxygen in water is bound to the molecule and
    not available for use (in breathing), there is the fact that saltwater draws
    blood plasma out of the bloodstream and into the lungs.  The subsequent
    build up in the air sacs prevents oxygen from reaching the blood, and you
    drown.  Freshwater drowning is a different process.  The inhaled water is
    quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, but the water washes away the
    surfactant (wetting agent) in the lung air sacs (the alveoli) that helps
    keep the sacs inflated.  The lung sacs collapse, and again, oxygen can't get
    into the bloodstream.

    Message: 60358
    Author: Mike Carter
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod Williams
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 21:21:39

    Obviously what you think ROn Howard had in mind and what other people
    interpret are 180 degrees out of phase with reality.

    Message: 60359
    Author: Mike Carter
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: williams again
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 21:26:15

    If you didn't take any military training in any country, ('cept etiopia)
    then I would say that your brains have been violated. And it appears, from
    your self-righteous attitude that they are.

    You come up with this negative drug talk and despise of religions all the
    time while expousing how great things would be if your rent was free
    and drugs grew on every street corner. Yup, Roddie, they've done
    been rotted. Now, say please forgive me Lord and he wll.

            -Mike

    Message: 60360
    Author: Michael Kielsky
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod/Libertarian
    Date: 08/15/89  Time: 21:55:58

    WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?  Rod Williams and Cliff in the *SAME* political party?!  We
    better keep an eye on that story.

    RE:  My naivete.
    Thanks, JT, that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day...really.

    Message: 60361
    Author: Mike Carter
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: RAIN RAIN RAIN
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 00:03:53

    Rain in Phoenix?
    This is incredible. My street should be renamed
    Lake Tahoe.
    There goes the neighborhood, floating away.
    The water is 2.3 feet deep at the Alice & 10th street
    intersection.
    SOme deal. No rain for months..then Whatoom...it catches
    up in a matter of hours.

    SHeesh
            -Mike

    Message: 60362
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rain
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 01:06:15

            Look at the time 12:48 am in the morning and looking south from here
    on Bell Road and 37th Ave, I can see Central Phoenix and Glendale taking a
    beating.  Quite a light show with SOUND!
            Whoops...was that Mike Carter floating by on his house?

            Good luck you guys...  I may need it too, I hear rumblings from just
    north of us, and they don't sound friendly.

            If I could only get the BIG ((SHIELDS)) to work, I would protect
    you all!

            The best surge protector in storms like this, is to UN-PLUG your
    computer.  A large surge can jump the small gap on a switch even if your
    computer is turned off and FRY your hardware.

    Apollo has a 250 watt uninterruptable power supply/surge protector and into
    that I have pluged another 'NETWORK' power and modem surge protector.
    Tonight the system has stayed on, but I do hear the big unit catching hits
    as it makes a buzzing sound when it switches from APS to batteries and back
    again.

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

    Message: 60363
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Cliff
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 05:44:25

    If you smile at everyone you see, at least half of them will wonder what
    you're up to.
    Nice thought though.

    Message: 60364
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Taranto/sequels
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 05:46:57

    Since I missed parts I through VII, (one of the minor tragedies of life, I'm
    sure), I think I'll do myself a favor and skip part VIII as well.

    Message: 60365
    Author: $ Paul Savage
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Mike Carter
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 05:52:07

    2.3 feet of rain at 10th & Alice? Sheesh! We hardly got damp over here at
    43rd Ave. & Northern! My water bill is going out of sight too! It just isn't
    fair!

    Message: 60366
    Author: Bud Lukens
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Savage on J.T.
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 06:06:11

    I think it was a joke/taunt.  Transparent, but wait...here comes the banana
    cream pie...

    Message: 60367
    Author: Bud Lukens
    Category: News Today
    Subject: Science!
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 06:21:52

    From Omni Magazine:

    "Recent tests conducted by a zoologist prove that grasshoppers hear with
    their legs.  In all cases the insects hopped when a tuning fork was sounded
    nearby.  There was no reaction to this stimulus, however, when the insects'
    legs had been removed."

    The October issue promises an in depth interview with Phil Silvers look
    alike Dalai Lama on the subject of astral rejection: why ectoplasm is afraid
    of intimacy.

    Also -- an interview with the pharmacist who discovered LSD: Why meat is the
    root of all evil (the love of meat, that is).  His theory on the beginning
    of the universe: "In the beginning, there were an infinite number of
    monkeys.  Some of them became screen-writers.  Most of them evolved into end
    tables.  The rest live in an alternate universe, where they lost their
    hair, invented paper money, and opened up a chain of tanning salons."

    Message: 60368
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Paul - you live ...
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:15:08

    ... at 43 Ave & Northern? I live at 51th Ave & Northern. Good thing it's not
    any closer - if we were neighbors we'd be fighting over the fence. Ha - just
    kidding.
    Re: the rain - the reason you are not getting any IS because I live close!
    No matter where I live - it's the area that gets no rain! See?
                                -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 60369
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Welcome ...
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:16:21

    ... John Kennedy. That's one of my favorite names. -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 60370
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Jt
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:17:19

    Re: your posts -- you have a nice sense of humor. -=*) ANN *(=-

    Message: 60371
    Author: $ Ann Oudin
    Category: News Today
    Subject: Sandy
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 09:25:48

    Re: our conversation last night on the Homestead law - there was a small
    article in the paper this morning. It's getting better. The exemption used
    to be $50.000 - now it will be $100,000 effective Sept 15th. Nothing
    evidently, can violate it either - even if you mortage your house. You have
    to get rid of it if you do, but can immediately reclaim it afterwards. I'm
    sure this is against creditors - NOT the IRS though! Ha - what does protect
    us from them? I know - poverty! The article went on to say "Homestead
    delarations forms and do-it-yourself homestead packets are available at some
    bookstores and office supply stores in Arizona!"
                                                                   -=*) ANN (*=-

    Message: 60372
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Rod
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:29:36

    Re:  "And it appears, from your 'get-even' attitude that they
    have."

    My get even attitude??  I don't have a get even attitude!  It is an
    eliminate the opposition attitude!

    Message: 60373
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nick
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:33:59

    Re:  "I don't believe it has ever been successfully
    tested on humans."

    Are you saying it UNsuccessfully tested on

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     1:        Good Christian attitude, Bob.  What church did you say you
     2:worshipped in?  Oh, Church of Satan, now I understand.
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    Message: 60373
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Nick
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:33:59

    Re:  "I don't believe it has ever been successfully
    tested on humans."

    Are you saying it UNsuccessfully tested on humans??  Isn't that against the
    law?  Gees, it must be difficult to get volunteers trying to get it to work
    right.  Imagine the thoughts that must race through the mind of volunteer
    number 20 when the 19 previous volunteers all died.  I wonder what they pay?

    Message: 60374
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Answer!
    Subject: Cliff/John Kennedy
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:36:28

    Welcome to Apollo John!  I have a Mac + running Red Ryder at 2400 baud.
    I love it!

    Message: 60375
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: JT
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:40:37

    Re:  "Commentators have laid the blame for entrenched incumbency on a
    variety of
    factors, including unfair campaign finance laws, gerrymandered districts,
    public apathy, and lack of media attention.  But what can be done about it?"

    As long as Congress controls the game by making all the rules it's played
    by, you are right in asking the question, "But what can be done about it?"

    Message: 60376
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Steve
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:44:33

    Re:  "it was simply water with a bit of
    salt added."

    It seems obvious that an air breathing animal cannot survive by breathing
    salt water.  Otherwise, no one would ever drown at sea.

    Message: 60377
    Author: $ Bob Thornburg
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 13:49:31

    Re:  ... at 43 Ave & Northern? I live at 51th Ave & Northern.

    Hey, It's a small world.  I live near 43rd and Northern too.  We got plenty
    of rain last night BTW.

    Message: 60378
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Oudin
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 17:30:39

    Oh no, don't tell me I'm losing my edge.

    Message: 60379
    Author: $ Robert Knee
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: My lovely wife
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 17:49:22

    My wife has never been more beautiful than when her face was covered with
    black smut from scraping burned ceiling joists, and streaked with sweat from
    carrying sheets of plywood from the street level up too the floor where we
    were working, cutting subflooring with a power saw, and nailing it down with
    just a few hard hammer blows.

    Message: 60380
    Author: $ Apollo SYSOP
    Category: For sale
    Subject: TRS Stuff?
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 18:39:41

    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 *=*

    Message: 60381
    Author: $ Beauregard Dog
    Category: Joke
    Subject: John Kennedy
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 19:01:34

    Oh, so it really *was* Ted Kennedy who got shot?

    Message: 60382
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: The Kennedys
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 19:16:32

    Two down, one to go...

    Message: 60383
    Author: $ James Taranto
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Cliff's programs
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 19:17:18

    Your prices are still a bit steep for me.  Would you consider coming down
    any?

    Message: 60384
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Cliff on me.
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 20:13:52

            You know, you really do not know what you are talking about.

    Message: 60385
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: eliminate them
    Date: 08/16/89  Time: 20:21:12

            Good Christian attitude, Bob.  What church did you say you
    worshipped in?  Oh, Church of Satan, now I understand.

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     1:        Well, Mike, the next time Ron Howard drops by your place for a visit
     2:you can show him my comments.  Or, perchance did you get your information
     3:from a movie star rag?
     4:
     5:        By the way, I heard that the jews had Jesus killed when He refused
     6:to turn the red sea into wine thus giving a big boost to the local economy.
     7:Any truth to that, Mike?
     8:
     9:        Thanks for your spacious comments though.
    10:
    11:                                -Rod
    12:end

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     1:        Hey, dude, I am really sorry I called you a asshole.  Can Ye ever
     2:forgive me?  -Rod
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