From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: ZOT GNOP            
Subject: ,,             
Date & Time: 09/06/90 14:45:37
Message Number  8602

Nan Desu Ka!  Kinjite!  Kinjite! 
  
                         Domo...
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Rules of..     
Date & Time: 09/06/90 15:52:44
Message Number  8605

>If Nature intended for milk to be homogenized...
     
...she wouldn't have given cows different spigots for lowfat milk
and cream.
              Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 15:54:58
Message Number  8606

>You have several guitar players to choose from, a couple of drummers,
>a pair of kinda-keyboardists, and even a clarinet player! What do
>you think?
    
   Methinks we have one WEIRD band coming up...
   Now, if we could only find someone who can sing.
               Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: ZOT GNOP            
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 16:00:21
Message Number  8607

    Just out of curiosity, how many of y'all in JB&B read music?
And how many only play it by ear? Once we have an idea of what we
sound like, anyone want to help write some tunes?
                 Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/06/90 16:01:50
Message Number  8608

>Japanese is not that hard to learn, written or spoken.
     
   From what I've heard, the grammatical theory behind Japanese isn't
that bad. BUT, not only are there huge problems learning the different
pictographs (I know about fifty -- and that's tough), but also
the spoken Japanese is extremely colloquial. In other words, they have
and use a lot of expressions. (They've had some three thousand years
to do it in... unlike English.) 
   I'm sticking with Spanish, German, and maybe (in the future) Arabic.
                  Chip P. Unicorn
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From: RUFUS               
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Really?        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 16:13:36
Message Number  8609

>I've already started to learn [Japanese]......Hmmm--does this mean I'm
>a natural born business-man?
 
No.
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From: MAX                 
To: TURTLE              
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/06/90 20:17:38
Message Number  8614

I don't think we would end up with something with significantly
better sound reproduction and higher resolution, actually.  By today's
standards of digital recording they /aren't/ that bad, and the
difference between, say, the sampling rate of CDs, DAT and a NeXT
computer looks much better on paper than it does in practice, which was
my original quibble.  I don't think CDs are the be-all and end-all of
sound reproduction, but I expect them to be around, in basically the
same form, for the same length of time that LPs were.  The difference
between the sound recording on a 1989 LP and a 1959 one was significant,
but they were essentially the same format, and you could take a '59
LP and play it on an '89 turntable without a problem (or, in fact, a
'39 LP), and for the most part, you could take a '89 LP and play it on
a '59 turntable without many ill effects (you'd lose some of the
fidelity and the record would wear out faster due to a larger stylus);
the same will probably happen for CDs.  In fact, it already has; there
are audiophile CDs, like Mobile Fidelity's, with higher repro quality
than the original specs for CDs maintained was possible, and there are
CDs out there running around with 80 minutes of music on a medium whose
original specs said 74 was the maximum.  CDs have the advantages of
being flexible, "upgradeable" in the way LPs are, and, unlike their
nearest competitors, already in wide use.  If you wanted better repro,
you could be using a reel-to-reel with metal tape, but don't look for
the new Billy Idol album on a 2400-ft reel at Camelot.  (Not that I
have anything against reel-to-reels; if I had the money, I'd probably
get one to make the masters for silly mixed tapes I like doing.)
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From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 21:14:41
Message Number  8617

>...how many of y'all in JB&B read music?
 
Yo.
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From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/06/90 21:15:17
Message Number  8618

>...spoken Japanese is extremely colloquial.
 
It's also a tonal language, which is kinda difficult for a native
speaker of an atonal language (like, say, any Indo-European language)
to pick up.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: MAX                 
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/06/90 21:17:39
Message Number  8619

>CD's have the advantage of being flexible, "upgradable" in the way
>LP's are...
 
Not really. You cannot, say, offer greater frequency response from a
standard-format CD, because the bits just aren't there. Conceivably
you could develop a new format for storing data on a CD and then create
a player that could distinguish between it and the older format, but
such a disc would be unplayable on a conventional CD player.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 21:23:54
Message Number  8620

 If you want someone who sings like Axl Rose, I'm your man. hahaha
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: MAX                 
Subject: dog house?     
Date & Time: 09/06/90 22:24:49
Message Number  8621

>Chip was making a joke, not claiming that Turing invented the
>Difference Engine.
 
Do what to whom? Actually, my post was in dead earnest; I thought I'd
gotten the two (Turing and Babbage) confused. As it turns out, I was
right the first time; Babbage /did/ invent the Difference Engine. At the
time I responded to Chip's post, though, I wasn't sure.
 
Your advice about missing the point is very good; I'm sure there are
many who could profit from it, lest they start sounding like a feline
Mike Greenawald.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/06/90 22:28:04
Message Number  8622

>If you want someone who sings like Axl Rose, I'm your man. hahaha
 
Not sure if you've noticed or not, but Axl Rose actually has an
exceptionally good voice.
===========

From: ZOT GNOP            
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/07/90 01:41:53
Message Number  8625

I play by tongue, actually. I've found that my ears just aren't 
sensitive enough for music.
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/07/90 11:37:58
Message Number  8633

>Given this person's apparant (lack of) intelligence and mental agility,
>do you want to share the road with her? ... Important decisions are
(oops about) >your various governing bodies are being made by a person
>who can't place an order at McDonald's.
     
    First and foremost, in this "democracy," less than half of all
registered voters choose to use that right. Less than half of us are
making decisions about our "various governing bodies," and apathy rode
high in the last Presidential elections. (BTW, how many of y'all
voted in the primaries?) Unfortunately, the youngest and the oldest
voters tend to be the ones who vote the least. 
    
    Secondly, let's face it: the bus system in Sarasota is terrible.
In some communities (like Washington D.C.), people are lucky enough
to have subways and busses that go for forty miles outside of the
city. We don't. With the extremely rich elderly used to being very
independent, what do you suggest they/we do? (And how about the poorer
elderly?)
                     Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/07/90 11:48:36
Message Number  8634

>a native speaker of an atonal language (like, say, any Indo-European
>language)...
     
   One exception: Swedish is tonal. But, you're right. It's damn 
difficult to know the difference between "ser" (spoken low) and "ser"
(spoken high) at first.
              Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: dog house?     
Date & Time: 09/07/90 11:50:46
Message Number  8635

"Ha! This TuBa debate is getting out of hand!"
               -- Douglas R. Hofstadter
===========

From: YNGLING             
To: THRUD               
Subject: spouses (spice?
Date & Time: 09/07/90 15:17:51
Message Number  8637

Thrud,
And ghod forbid my wife read over my shoulder while I'm reading/posting
to a FEMALE...so /that's/ why I'm bbs'ing.....*sigh*
                                The Yngling ( oh, you mean the ring was
                                supposed to go on my finger.../not/ thru
                                my nose?  NOW ya tell me!)
===========

From: YNGLING             
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Laws of...     
Date & Time: 09/07/90 15:20:56
Message Number  8638

    No, they're just taking advantage of the fact that the U.S. seems
to enjoy playing the part of John Wayne in these global epics.  A least
this time we're accepting donations.
    Ya know, this may be a very clever scheme by Saddam-it....he starts
a war; we kick his ass; we feel /real/ sorry for him; we re-build his
country making it better than it was before; and in about thirty years
Iraq leads Japan in the "Who Owns More of The U.S." contest. Hmmmm.
                                The Yngling
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Singer         
Date & Time: 09/07/90 21:15:09
Message Number  8641

*I* can sing, and quite well, even if I say so myself!  Although, I 
do better on harmony than lead...
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Read/Write     
Date & Time: 09/07/90 21:16:02
Message Number  8642

I play just about entirely by ear...unless you count reading the
letters above the measures...THOSE I can play, assuming I alread
know the song.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Reptile/Feline 
Date & Time: 09/07/90 21:21:26
Message Number  8643

Hmmm.  Trouble in paradise?  Now, I have to devide you to on the 
homo issue, and the wall will come tumbling down!
  
  
Muhaaahahahah!  And THEN, I will take over THE WORLD!  MUHAHAHAH!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/07/90 21:22:59
Message Number  8644

Yeah, but he dances like Davy Jones (of the Monkeys) in thier 
"DayDream Believer" Video.
  
(Excuse the over capitolization above, I've been doing a lot of
Pascal lately)
  
And his voice is NOT that great...he sings like half the other 
"rock" singers out there...ie, like he's been breathing helium for
the past half hour and then shouted himself hoarse before coming out
on stage...
  
"Welcome to the Jungle...."
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Animalism!     
Date & Time: 09/08/90 00:56:52
Message Number  8647

 
  
  You know, oddly enough, I've had theories bound about in my head about
reversing things. I mean, after we get the heavy metal, how much more 
forward can you go? I'd like to see a drastic change like from doo-wop 
to heavy metal over the NEXT forty years... that would be odd. We're 
already looking somewhat backwards for some things...
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: ZOT GNOP            
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/08/90 01:02:13
Message Number  8648

 
 > "Chaos Dogs from Hell's Off Ramp"
 
  I have an idea. How 'bout I show you all a copy of a song called 
"What's the New Mary Jane"... all you need to play it is a  piano and a
accordion... NO TALENT NEEDED!
 
  Easy lyrics to remember:
 
 "What a shame Mary Jane had a pain at the party..."
 
  Oh well. Just seemed that  when I first heard it it belonged on some 
album of music from hell, hence my spew.
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: MAX                 
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/08/90 01:08:34
Message Number  8649

 
 > silly mixed tapes...
 
  tell me more. Sounds neat.
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/08/90 01:16:10
Message Number  8650

 
> of the Monkeys...
 
  I'm gonna get anal-retentive here... that's Monkees. Alright, i like
their music. To some, that's a crime. oh well...
 
  Anyway, I can see some comparison between Davy Jones dancing and Axl
Rose dancing, but there is quite a difference.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/08/90 05:15:08
Message Number  8653

  I dance like Axl too...
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: ALL                 
Subject: Open mouth...  
Date & Time: 09/08/90 08:28:29
Message Number  8654

Insert hoof... Chew silently.
     
   Okay. I goofed. Big time. (I tried to get this in earlier today.)
Anyway, I will be at the animation festival this evening, and I won't
be at the first meeting of JB&B. (If it actually happens.) Sorry.
                 Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Reversing...   
Date & Time: 09/08/90 08:33:16
Message Number  8655

>I've had some theories in my head about reversing things. I mean,
>after we get the heavy metal, how much more forward can you go?
     
    Uh... lead machine gun? It's got a driving beat.
     
>I'd like to see a drastic change like from doo-wop to heavy metal
>over the NEXT forty years.
     
   Actually, heavy metal really started in the late '60s. There's
always several kinds of rock on the scene. And you'd better believe
they're going to get stranger and stranger. 
   My crystal ball is broken, though. My best guesses for the music of
2030:
   By 2030, the basic structure of pop music will have moved on, 
finally. (Basically, believe it or not, all rock music is based on
18th-century composers -- changing the instruments, of course.) It'll
have finally caught on to the ideas of Debussy and Ravels, and there
will be at least one group aflame with ideas from them. 
   Instruments: I'd say the electric guitar is here to stay. (Though
it will be even more warped -- and finally a decent electronic one
will be around and used.) Keyboards will become even more warped.
Perhaps they'll be adding quarter-tones -- or just intonation -- for
more neat dischords. I'll say this: ere will be at least one completely
new instrument by then that doesn't exist now -- and it'll be
popular.
                Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Reversing...   
Date & Time: 09/08/90 21:00:09
Message Number  8656

    Drums will not have much change....
...........Drums are usually poor......
 ........Maybe a couple of quarters....You Nover know, Drums could Win
the Lottery.
===========

From: THRUD               
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Co-habitators  
Date & Time: 09/09/90 06:53:27
Message Number  8657

.....wasn't really searching for a way to get rid of my wife - I'm kind 
of attached to her. What I'm striving for is a happy medium.
===========

From: THRUD               
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/09/90 06:55:18
Message Number  8658

Fortunately, there is no limit to the number of designated beer drinkers
you can have. Yo! Sweetheart! Bring me another round!
===========

From: THRUD               
To: ZOT GNOP            
Subject: spouses (spice?
Date & Time: 09/09/90 07:00:20
Message Number  8660

Female logic circuits - sounds like an oxymoron to me. Well, like 
somebody pointed out, my best solution seems to be to get her 
interested herself....no luck so far. To date, the farthest she's 
gotten is writting a memo to her boss with the simplest word proc I
have - said afterward she could have handwritten it faster...i said
"But if you did it more often...." No luck so far. 
===========

From: THRUD               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/09/90 07:06:28
Message Number  8661

Es tut mir leid, Ich kann sie nicht verstehen.
===========

From: THRUD               
To: TURTLE              
Subject: macs           
Date & Time: 09/09/90 07:09:57
Message Number  8662

Alas, I too can not place an order at Macdougles. I just see the sign
and my stomach goes into auto-retch.
===========

From: THRUD               
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: singer         
Date & Time: 09/09/90 07:11:44
Message Number  8663

If they need someone who sings like Bruce Springsteen do not - REPEAT-
do not listen to 2live crew.
===========

From: THRUD               
To: YNGLING             
Subject: spouses (spice?
Date & Time: 09/09/90 07:15:39
Message Number  8664

I'm in an ongoing three way conversation on another board, and the
woman posting is quite free with endearments - 'darlin, lemmme tell
ya honey, etc' The chances I'll ever meet this woman are nil, but if
Min saw, ohhhh, I don't even want to think about it.
===========

From: YNGLING             
To: THRUD               
Subject: spouses (spice?
Date & Time: 09/09/90 10:48:27
Message Number  8666

I was in a similar conversation, also on another board, that involved
some good natured flirting and my better half DID see....had to talk
mighty damn fast let me tell you........
                              The Yngling
" So ya see your honor I was on this bbs...whats a bbs? Well, ummm...
  oh hell, just give her half.......:) "
===========

From: MAX                 
To: TURTLE              
Subject: dog house?     
Date & Time: 09/09/90 14:18:02
Message Number  8667

You're right.  I thought you were being sarcastic, when you were merely
being ignorant.  My mistake.   :>
===========

From: MAX                 
To: BEATLE              
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/09/90 14:22:01
Message Number  8668

> MAX> silly mixed tapes...
 
> tell me more. Sounds neat.
 
What sounds neat, recording mixed tapes on reel-to-reel, or recording
mixed tapes in general?
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THRUD               
Subject: Co-habitators  
Date & Time: 09/09/90 15:25:02
Message Number  8669

>What I'm striving for is a happy medium.
     
   Cross her palm with silver... :) Anyway, the only suggestions: find
out what's bugging her, and fix it. (I doubt it's just the fact that
you spend time on the computer -- it sounds like she feels she's being
ignored. Prove she isn't.)
                  Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THRUD               
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/09/90 15:27:19
Message Number  8670

>Es tut mir leid. Ich hann sie nicht verstehen.
    
   Ah, pero yo le entiendo perfectamente. Es necesario poner mayuscula
en su palabra "sie," porque yo soy el unico unicornio. Tambien, no
ponga la mayuscula en la palabra "Ich." 
   Cuantos anos ha estudiado Ud. al Aleman? Puede hablar mucho mejor
que yo (con mis dos semanas de ese idioma...)
                   Carlos P. Unicornio
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/09/90 19:53:09
Message Number  8672

>Ah, pero yo...[lotsa Spanish I don't know]...Carlos P. Unicornio
 
Me llamo Rufus.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: THRUD               
Subject: Co-habitators  
Date & Time: 09/10/90 00:05:14
Message Number  8674

Ah, well, if you can attain a happy medium, then that'd be great!
I, unfortunately, could not.
  
Good luck...!   :)
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: THRUD               
Subject: Turbo Pascal   
Date & Time: 09/10/90 00:06:46
Message Number  8675

Ah, SomeOne who can Program In TurboPascal!  I CanNot Design programs
In TP5.5 very well, I HaveNot quite got the Format down yet...But
I think that I'm GetTing used to Capitolizing in the MidDle of a 
word...Of course, I've just Begun;  It seems like there is no
End.
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: THRUD               
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/10/90 00:09:58
Message Number  8676

Fraulien, kommen sie here mit der hosen in der hande, bitte. 
  
*SLAP*
 
uh...Drie beeren, bitte...thud...
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: THRUD               
Subject: Schoolism!     
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:06:56
Message Number  8678

Had to change the Subj:, "Animalism!" just didn't seem to fit this topic
any more. I think I realized there was more to school then just 
socializing when my daughter started. The thing I have a hard time with
is when she does something at home (ie- makes "those" faces and sounds
when you ask her to do something she doesn't want to do..) and you 
reply "Is this the way you act at school?", to which she replies "No!".
To which you reply "Why do you act like that here?", to which she 
replies "If I acted like that at school I'd have to go to the principle
to get a paddling", to which you stare at her going "Huh?!?!?!?" because
you know damn well she KNOWS that you're getting ready to "paddle" her
for it at home.....social pressures!!!! I think I'll invite a few of
her best friends over for her next spanking <grin>
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Yupper!!!      
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:14:56
Message Number  8679

Great play....let's produce it!!! Put the kid in a business suit and
the parents look punkish with tatoos, studded leather and stuff...hehe.
Reminds me of the ol' National Lampoon joke with the same players but
with the parents raising hell with their son because they found him
"sneaking" up to his room to do his homework. How hard is it for kids 
to raise up above the level of their parents? Appears that in most cases
the kids are either less then or equal to what their parents are....
too bad....
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: YNGLING             
Subject: The Band (JB&B)
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:20:49
Message Number  8680

>bestowing this great honor....
   
A thousand points of light.....oooops, get your nose off the champagne
bottle.....<erp>
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: THRUD               
Subject: omni           
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:24:41
Message Number  8681

.....about subscriptions, I got a notice from Discover about 6 monthes
before my subscription ran out, so I had some spare cash and re-newed.
Next month I got TWO rags in the mail and after calling and writing
and calling and yelling I got it straightened out. Then they had just
cancelled my second subscription but NOT added anything to my first one.
AHHHHHHH!!! Took almost a year to get it straightened out....ugh!!!
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: THRUD               
Subject: spouses (spice?
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:27:37
Message Number  8682

>think my wife's jealous of my computer....
 
Hell!!! I KNOW my wife's jealous...'cause she told me so!!!! At first it
was the same as you, but lately it's ANY excuse possible to pull me off
the 'puter when I'm on..."Honey, your son has his hand stuck in the VCR"
"Honey, I've got to call my sister", "Honey, can you run to the store 
and pick up some milk since you're not doing anything"...AAAAAHHHHHGGGG!
Welp, got me a modem at work now...lunch and break's are nice, and I
don't mind taping my wife's soaps so that when she watchs 2-hours every
night, I get to Post a while..where there's a board, there's a way!!!
===========

From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Rules of..     
Date & Time: 09/10/90 12:35:15
Message Number  8683

>attachments for paint shakers....
  
"Sorry, can't sell ya ol' Bessy, she's a low-fat cow and the wife's
sort of fond of her. But Elly over there is 2% and I could part with
her, or Daisy, but she's a half-and-half so she's not too stable..hehe"
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/10/90 15:04:50
Message Number  8685

R>Me llamo Rufus.
     
    Ah, mucho gusto en encontrarle, Senor Rufus. Me encanta conocer
un hombre que entienda ese idioma con tan perfeccion. Me llamen Carlos,
y me da muchisimo gusto en conocer a Ud.
                Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/10/90 15:07:55
Message Number  8686

>Fraulien, kommen sie here mit der hosen in der hande, bitte.
      
   (Come here with your socks in hand?) 
     
                Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: ALL LIONS...        
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/10/90 15:11:40
Message Number  8687

 (This is sure to get a debate started...)
     
     <Ensuring all four hooves are firmly on soapbox...> "The Bible
is the inerrent word of God! Every single letter is from God! See,
it says so right here!" <Pause to remove one hoof from mouth.>
"All of you are sinners and deserve to die!" <Pause for second hoof.>
"And all of you will go to HELL for eternity if" <Remove two hooves>
"you don't turn from your ways! Only Jesus " <A third hoof> "can save
you from your sins! Repent! Repent! For the hour is at hand!" <de-hoof
my mouth> "All of you, unrepentant slimeballs. God will spew you from
His mouth if you don't immediately turn to Him." <Buckle hooves under
me.> "If you don't give up your mocking ways, God will strike you 
down immediately. For God is of justice, and His mercy will not last
forever. If you do not realize the one true Bridge between God and
man, you will fall into the depths of the pit of Hades." <Speech cut 
short with all four hooves entering mouth, making speech impossible.>
       
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Latin          
Date & Time: 09/10/90 18:46:58
Message Number  8688

Chinga te.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/10/90 18:47:25
Message Number  8689

"Hosen"= undergarments.  Come here with your underwear in your hand.
  Slang.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Aaah,          
Date & Time: 09/10/90 18:50:08
Message Number  8690

Shaddup.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/10/90 19:56:56
Message Number  8693

    Parlez-vous anglais? Hahahahaha Je ne parle pas bien votre langue...
===========

From: ANGEL               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/10/90 23:34:21
Message Number  8698

>anyone want to help write some tunes?
I've been known to pen a song or two?  What kind of music are you
looking for?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/11/90 00:54:28
Message Number  8702

>With the extremely rich elderly used to being very independant, what
>do you suggest they/we do?
 
I've heard this argument before as it relates to the elderly driving.
It's Manifest Bullshit (tm). You wouldn't give a license to a 14-year-
old, or a blind man, or anyone else, because that person is "used to
being independant." Allowing an elderly individual who is obviously
incapable of driving to drive on the grounds that he/she "needs his
independance" is a crock--and a dangerous one. In Cape Coral about
three years ago, a nice elderly gentleman ran over and killed three
small children and kept going--he believed he'd hit some trash cans.
He was blind. He had a license. He "needed to get around." What utter,
complete, unmitigated, ghastly bullshit. If you are capable of driving,
you should be allowed to drive. If you are not, you should not. No
mitigating circumstances. No exceptions.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/11/90 01:17:16
Message Number  8704

>Es necesario poner mayuscula en su palabra "sie,"...
 
Don't be anal retentive. You know what he ment. 
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/11/90 01:19:05
Message Number  8705

>Me llamo Rufus.
 
Me cato Cassie. You aardvark Fester.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Spanglish      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 01:27:27
Message Number  8707

>...me da muchisimo gusto en conocer a Ud.
 
*snort*
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 01:29:32
Message Number  8708

God os omniscient, omnipotent, and love. See, it says so right here on
the label!
---
Kinda interesting thing happened to me the other night: I was talking
to a friend of mine, and she said something along the lines of "God only
knows." I said "I don't believe in God," and she replied "Neither do I,
but I know there's a Goddess" with the sort of absolute conviction you
normally see reserved for statements like "I know you hate this cough
syrup, but..." As much as it's refreshing to see someone who knows,
absolutely and surely, that there's a diety that's non-Christian as
someone who's a Xhristian claims to "know" that /his/ god is real, it's
still kind of disturbing. The nature of religion is such that ain't
nobody can /know/ diddly-shit. Otherwise, there wouldn't be more
religions than Oral Roberts has ill-gotten goods.
 
Her arguments were more convincing than anyone else's I've heard so far,
though...
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/11/90 01:34:47
Message Number  8709

>Come here with your underwear in your hand.
 
Is that one of those "come back with your shield or on it" things?
Hmm..."with your underwear or on it..." nope, don't think so. Never
mind.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 05:48:56
Message Number  8716

  I told him the fries were the best.......
 
 The only thing that comes close in my opinion are those curly fries 
at Chili's
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: MAX                 
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/11/90 06:44:46
Message Number  8719

  
 > What sounds neat, recording mixed tapes on reel-to-reel, or recording
 > mixed tapes in general?
 
   Well, maybe it would be easier to answer the question if you clarify
the term "mixed tapes". It just sounded interesting... 
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Turbo Pascal   
Date & Time: 09/11/90 06:48:48
Message Number  8720

 
> ...Capitolizing in the MidDle of a word...
 
  Ah... are they just starting a city or are they seceeding from the 
country???
 
  (Sorry, I know what you meant, but when I feel I have an above average
chance to make humor work, I go for it...)
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/11/90 06:56:01
Message Number  8721

>> Fraulien, kommen sie here mit der hosen in der hande, bitte.
 
> (Come here with your socks in hand?)
 
  What's the "Bitte" for?
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: TURTLE              
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 07:01:34
Message Number  8722

 
> I defy /anyone/ to produce better fries.
 
  Oh, they tell you not to make good fries?
 
  Again, just joking. Actually, I'm quite fond of Hardees Crispy Curls.
 
  I've been really wary of McDonalds fries ever since I was at a McD's 
in south Sarasota that gave me half raw/half cooked fries. They smelled 
like an unsanitary bathroom.
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Latin          
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:21:56
Message Number  8723

>Chinga te.
    
    Poorest attempt at a curse I've ever seen...
    
No sabes las luces?
                Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Japanese       
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:24:59
Message Number  8724

Nein. Nicht speche der Inglishe. Spechen Sie Estonian?
           Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: ANGEL               
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:26:23
Message Number  8725

   Of course! I've forgotten about our resident playwright! I'm
not really sure what kind of music the band "JonBoy and the Biohazards"
might wind up doing (though the name has a vaguely heavy-metalish
sound, I've only been involved in jazz and medieval bands before.) 
   As it stands, all we have is a name -- and which instruments people
play. As far as I know, no one showed up for the first meeting (due to
the animation festival in Tampa...) We'll have a second meeting
sometime. If we play well enough from written music (and we decide on
a style -- like jazz, maybe? -- that requires it), I'd be more than
glad to ask your advice on songs.
                Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:33:05
Message Number  8726

>Allowing an elderly individual who is obviously incapable of driving
>to drive on the grounds that he/she "needs his independance" is a
>crock...
    
    Okay. You've said you've disagreed with my statement. Now, 
propose an alternative that allows elderly people their independence,
yet keeps the roads safe.
                  Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:36:06
Message Number  8727

>McDonald's french fries are the best in the business... I defy
>/anyone/ to produce better fries.
     
    Aack! You, sir, have obviously not gone to either Rallye's or
Checker's. Not only are their fries invariably fresh (usually straight
out of the oil), but they use some of the best spices I've ever tasted.
(A strong second comes from Popeye's.)
              Chip P. Unicorn
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:39:27
Message Number  8728

>Her arguments were more convincing than anyone else's I've heard so
>far, though...
     
   I'd love to have heard them.
    
   Ya know, the problem with proofs about God's existence is that 
most of them can be twisted into the proof of gryphons' existence...
or into a proof of the supremacy of Bob. <Aack! Pphthp! Bob-ism: JUST
SAY NO!> I've been convinced -- even when I went to a Christian high
school and they were spewing these proofs left and right -- that the
existence of God could never be proven; otherwise She would not be
separate from the world; She would be a part of the creation.
   (For those wondering why I sound like a feminist with referring to
God as a She: two reasons. Neither gender really applies to God. God
neither has a penis nor breasts. The Bible even mentions: "God made
them in His own image: male and female He created them." Because
God has neither gender -- and it seems horrible to me to call God an
"it" -- in this message, I refer to God as "She." Secondly, women
(especially mothers) are traditionally associated with love, while
males (especially fathers) are traditionally associated with justice.
I'm trying to use that assumption. Now, back to the religious debate.)
   
    Anyway, you've never met a person who is as convinced of their
beliefs as most "born-again Christians" are? Tell me: have you ever
met a Muslim? Many of them are willing to die for their beliefs; and
it looks like many of them will get their chance. I would say that in
every religion, there exist fanatics who are convinced it is the "only
way." Then again, in every religion, there are reasonable people as
well who are fascinating to talk with. (I once had a fascinating
conversation with a Hare Krshna. She had a doctorate in Indian cultures,
had become fascinated by the worship of Krshna, and eventually joined
the movement here. She got ten dollars -- and I never give to cults.)
     <Continued next message>
===========

From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 09:54:33
Message Number  8729

   Going back to the knowledge of God, even though I firmly believe
Her existence can't be proven, I don't believe this means we shouldn't
believe in Her. I can neither prove nor disprove intelligent life
exists, but I can believe it does. 
    
   Anyway, why am I a Christian (though I do make fun of preachers)?
Mostly due to love of the Bible -- though I get sick when I see people
misusing it. Partly due to my upbringing. 
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: TURTLE              
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 16:09:34
Message Number  8733

>McDonald's french fries are the best in the business, thank you very
>much. I defy /anyone/ to produce better fries.
 
Do curly fries count?
What stores are "in the business"?
What will the fries be judged on?
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 16:16:56
Message Number  8734

>not really sure what kind of music the band "Jonboy and the Biohazards"
>might wind up doing (though the name has a vaguely heavy-metalish
>sound...
 
Geesh, you can't decide on a name, who comes to the rescue?  You need
help picking your style, who's gonna help?  ME!  Yes, I think I deserve
the title of agent.  Sure, heavy metal may sound good, but you guys 
should be innovative.  Why not something like "Thrash Polka"?  Or even
hard core death country.  I could write some lyrics.
Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
lemme wear funny outfits and step on small puppies with cleated shoes
[insert more graphic imagery]
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/11/90 16:21:11
Message Number  8735

>  Okay. You've said you've disagreed with my statement. Now,
>propose as alternative that allows elderly people their independence,
>yet keeps the roads safe.
 
Well, there's always the SCAT, the Senior Friendship bus (yes, I know 
it's had problems), other friends who can still drive, and family.  Most
retirement homes have bus trips almost every day.  I'm sure some sort of
volunteer service could be set-up, where people drive old folks to where
they want to go.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Driving        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:25:01
Message Number  8736

T>If you are capable of driving, you should be allowed to drive.  If
T>you are not, you should not.  No mitigating circumstances.  No 
T>exceptions. 
  
Bravo!  Well spoken!  Hear, Hear!  Author, Author!!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: McD's Fries    
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:27:14
Message Number  8737

I heard that McD's fries are not actually 100% potato.  Any comments?
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:29:10
Message Number  8738

God is male.  Goddess...what bullshit!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Humor?         
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:36:11
Message Number  8740

B>SP>> ...Captiolizing in the MidDle of a word...
 
B>Ah...are they just starting a city or are they seceeding [sic] from
B>the country???
B> 
B>  (Sorry, I know what you meant, but when I feel like I have an 
B>above average chance to make humor work, I go for it...)
  
So, what does that have to do with this situation?
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: BEATLE              
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:38:33
Message Number  8741

Bitte means please.  
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:39:22
Message Number  8742

Je parle Francais.  Respondez vous en Francais, sil vous plait.  Je me
(SP Je le) trouve plutot bete.  Vous ne parle pas Francais?  C'est 
domage.  Je ne parles pas Espange. (SP?)
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Dog House      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 21:43:29
Message Number  8743

CPU>...no one showed up for the first meeting...
 Oh, yes, someone did.  And that fancy handwritten note you left did
not make up for someone making an appointment and not keeping it,
either.
===========

From: MMA                 
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: good food      
Date & Time: 09/11/90 23:16:47
Message Number  8746

Thanks for the tips on good places to eat. I'll try 'em one day soon.
Casa Lupita is really good,you'll have to try their fried ice cream. If
you've never had it before,you're in for a real treat.
I had denny's iced tea the other night. Upon receiving it,I asked if 
they had any that was stronger.
The waitress told me that they mix the brewed tea 1:1 with water. Add 
ice to that,and you've got a tall glass of rip-off.
Wag's makes some decent iced tea.
MMA
===========

From: ANGEL               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: ballads        
Date & Time: 09/11/90 23:57:58
Message Number  8748

Ah, if you are seeking heavy-metal, I can't help you there.  'Fraid I've
not the ability (or the inclination) to produce that particular style.
My stuff tends to blues and ballads.
===========

From: ANGEL               
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:00:24
Message Number  8749

> I defy /anyone/ to produce better fries.
   My personal favorite are the fries at the county fair sprinkled with
vinegar.  I always look forward to those great fries cooked in the open
sandy air filled with dust deep-fried by a person with a huge goiter
on the neck.  Nothing like it.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:35:10
Message Number  8750

    How about a Biohazzard symbol with crossing swords on the drom?
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:37:58
Message Number  8752

 
 
.....
... ...... ...., .....  ........... ........ .....?
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:40:47
Message Number  8753

I'll restrain myself from 20 full page posts on how much bullshit 
Judeo/Christianity is......
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:43:12
Message Number  8754

S'il vous plait parlez lenement(sp?).hahahahaha
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 00:44:14
Message Number  8755

  Ou sont les toilettes? hahahahah.
Veuillez en faire un dessin. hahahahaha
Comment s'appelle cet endroit? Alter Reality.
A combien de kilometres se trouve Paris?
Excusez-moi, je suis perdu, veuillez m'aider.
And for fat people: Poids maximum: 5 tonnes.
For Amish: Interdit aux voitures hippomobiles.
For boxers and Baseball players: Tournant a droite.
For vulnerable men and femme fatales: Tournant dengereux.
For virgins: Sens interdit.
For sluts: Acces
Translate these for them, someone.
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Humor?         
Date & Time: 09/12/90 06:58:51
Message Number  8758

> So, what does that have to do with this situation?
 
   Absolutely nothing.
===========

From: BEATLE              
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 07:01:31
Message Number  8759

 
 > How about a Biohazard symbol with crossing swords on the drom?
  
  I don't think that's the image they want to project.
===========

From: SPELLWIND           
To: ISIS                
Subject: Hi!            
Date & Time: 09/12/90 16:29:43
Message Number  8760

   Tara? Hi! Howya been?
 Call me if you still have my number.
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: MMA                 
Subject: good food      
Date & Time: 09/12/90 17:25:01
Message Number  8762

Yeah, I've been to Casa Lupita...I liked it, overall.  'Cept it was 
a little over priced.  I prefer The Outback.
  I used to eat at Denny's all the time.  (For breakfast.) I LOVE
thier Steak & Eggs breakfast.  They do a good job with the steak.  I
usually eat breakfast only there, so I
have never really had a chance to evaluate thier tea.  
  
Man, it's been a long time since I've had wings...maybe I'll go for
some tonite...
  
Any body out there like Wings & Things?  Maybe we could all meet 
there, and then move to the Dog House for rehearsal.  I think I have
a lead on a warehouse that we could practice at on weekends, but we'd
have to move all the Amps there & not to mention the drums...whew!
Maybe all the guitars could practice and then play with the drums 
at the DH...
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 17:29:59
Message Number  8763

SW> I'll restrain myself from 20 full page posts on how much bullshit
SW>Judeo/Christianity is....
  
No, no, I'd like to hear it!  Really!
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 17:31:35
Message Number  8764

SW>S.V.Plais parlez lenement?
  
Lenement?  Ecrive en Englais...
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: SPELLWIND           
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 17:33:58
Message Number  8765

Hmmm. Near as I can figure: where are the toilets, how many kilos to
(or do you think it is to) Paris, Excuse me, I'm lost, help me. 
Sens interdit...no entrance.  Acces...enter here.
 
When I said that I spoke french, I meant 'more than spanish.'
===========

From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 17:36:33
Message Number  8766

Really, like, what do swords have to do with this group?  
Absolutely Nothing (tm). 
  
  
  
Abosolutely Nothing is a trademark of Beatletalk, all rights reserved.
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Heinlein       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:04:23
Message Number  8770

Hehehehehe....very funny love!
        The Lady
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Appearances    
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:06:13
Message Number  8771

Appology accepted...and actually, I am quite capable of defending 
myself.  You should know that by now.
            Lady
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: Animalism!     
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:07:58
Message Number  8772

:)  It's nice to have you back.
         The Lady
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: HI!!!!         
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:08:34
Message Number  8773

Thanks for the complement.  I can improvise pretty well.
             Black Magic
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: RUFUS               
Subject: HI!!!!         
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:11:17
Message Number  8774

I'll smack you during break tomorrow!
          Lacey
===========

From: BLACK MAGIC         
To: TERRY               
Subject: VH-1           
Date & Time: 09/12/90 19:13:17
Message Number  8775

Hi...I'm okay, and you?
      Lady
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: ANGEL               
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/12/90 20:10:07
Message Number  8776

>  My personal favorite are the fried at the country fair sprinkled with
>vinegar.
 
Now those are good fries.  My parents consume them by the...well, they
like 'em a whole lot.
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 20:12:35
Message Number  8777

>> How about a Biohazard symbol with crossing swords on the drom?
>
> I don't think that's the image they want to project.
 
I think the biohazard symbol is fine (it kinda fits in with the name), 
but what's with the crossing swords?
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: BLACK MAGIC         
Subject: Heinlein       
Date & Time: 09/12/90 20:15:26
Message Number  8778

>Hehehehehe....very funny love!
>        The Lady
 
I'd scroll back to the original, but considering I don't want to sit 
here for 10 mins. while the slugs spin the disks searching for some
old message, I'll just say this: Eat More Armadillo.
 
   ...on the topic of armadillo, is anyone interested in purchasing an
official Uncle Bob's Alligator Farm & Tofu Museum T-Shirt?  Yes, coming
soon to a Rufus near you, UBAFTeM shirts.  Available in white and white,
with your choices of light black, medium black, or double black 
printing.
===========

From: RUFUS               
To: BLACK MAGIC         
Subject: HI!!!!         
Date & Time: 09/12/90 20:18:45
Message Number  8779

>I'll smack you during break tomorrow!
>          Lacey
 
You're to good to me.  :)
===========

From: MAX                 
To: BEATLE              
Subject: CD's           
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:07:41
Message Number  8781

By "mixed tape," I mean a tape with a collection of songs someone other
than the record company puts together... you take whatever albums seem
to fit, select songs off of them, and record them.  Nothing to it,
unless you're David Kone.
===========

From: MAX                 
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:10:16
Message Number  8782

> Now, propose an alternative that allows elderly people their
> independence, yet keeps the roads safe.
 
Public transportation.  Yes, it's not as convenient as being able to
drive anywhere you want, but people who honestly are unable to drive --
regardless of age -- shouldn't be allowed to "inconvenience" others by
behaving in a hazardous (and sometimes fatal) fashion	 in the name of
personal freedom.  Somebody's going to get the short end of the stick
no matter which way you choose (their independence versus protecting
other drivers from the danger their independence may cause), but there
is at least a potential for them to find other ways around.  There is
no potential left for someone killed in a traffic accident caused by
someone who has forgotten the rules of the road, has no defensive
driving skills and who expects everyone to bend over backwards to let
them continue being behind the wheel without so much as a refresher
course on	 the grounds that it's "age discrimination."
===========

From: MAX                 
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: McD's Fries    
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:18:27
Message Number  8783

On the big french fry box, the contents are listed as Idaho russet
potatoes and nothing else.  I have heard a lot of rumors about McD's
using inferior supplies, but from what I've actually seen, they use the
best stuff they can get in the restaurant business -- usually a grade or
two higher than most fast food places do.  It's a mystery as to how they
make most of their food taste so bland, given what goes into it.
===========

From: MAX                 
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:21:02
Message Number  8784

> God is male.  Goddess...what bullshit!
 
Eh eh eh.  We are not talking about a feminized Christianity, we are
talking about a different RELIGION.  You can't prove what sex the
Christian god is -- in fact, you can't prove he exists at all.  The same
argument can be made for the Wiccan Goddess, or, for that matter, for
any other religion.  There's nothing to say that the ancient Greeks
didn't have it right and the only reason we don't all worship a pantheon
led by Zeus is because Christ had better public relations people.
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: BEATLE              
Subject: German         
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:33:41
Message Number  8785

"Bitte" means "please." Is simple, no?
===========

From: TURTLE              
To: BEATLE              
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:34:27
Message Number  8786

For the most part, McDonald's fries are very good. Occasionally, some
bonehead screws 'em up by sticking them in a fryer that isn't turned
on or some other such mind-bogglingly stupid thing, but that isn't the
fries' fault. When cooked /correctly/ they're about the best fast-food
non-curly fries in existance.
 
...McDonald's is changing their shortening formula at the end of the
year. I'm highly skeptical...
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From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:38:05
Message Number  8787

>Propose an alternative that allows elderly people their independence...
 
I don't see any need to do anything of the sort. I simply stated that
people who can't drive shouldn't be allowed to. It's that simple. You
can't drive safely, don't. No ifs, ands, or buts. Your "need for in-
dependence" has no bearing whatsoever on your ability as a driver; if
the ability isn't there, you don't drive. Hey, it isn't like everyone
who can't drive a car withers and dies because of it. On the other hand,
people /do/ die when incompetent assholes take to the road.
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From: TURTLE              
To: CHIP P. UNICORN     
Subject: mcdonalds      
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:41:18
Message Number  8788

It isn't really fair to compare battered fries like Checker's to plain
fries like McDonald's. Fries in batter generally taste better than fries
without, but McDonald's fries are top-notch in the realm of plain fries.
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From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: McD's Fries    
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:45:16
Message Number  8789

McDonald's fries are most definitely 100% Idaho Russet potato.
McDonald's is the world's largest single consumer of Idaho Russet
potatoes, in fact.
 
Hey, wanna hear something scary? This area (Sarasota/Manatee) has been
chosen as a test site for McPizza beginning in 1991--I kid not...
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From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 21:46:49
Message Number  8790

>God is male. Goddess...what bullshit!
 
What an amazing message from a supposed agnostic! Anyway, you gonna
defend that statement, or are you just throwing clay pigeons again?
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From: ZOT GNOP            
To: RUFUS               
Subject: slugs          
Date & Time: 09/12/90 22:46:35
Message Number  8791

I say we deposit them all in the Canadian wilderness. Then not only will
the roads be safe, but the will have retained their independence. You
can't get any more independent than man versus nature. Of course....
  .....that's just my opinion.
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: BLACK MAGIC         
Subject: Appearances    
Date & Time: 09/12/90 23:49:14
Message Number  8792

Actually, your bark is worse than your bite...despite the fact that 
you are capable of defending yourself there are some males around 
here who act gallantly stupid.
  
  Truth be known, it's actually pretty fun teasing you.  You really
fly off the handle!
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: MAX                 
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 23:54:36
Message Number  8793

I agree....about Christ's PR people.  But I belive God is male.
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From: THE SPECIALIST      
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/12/90 23:56:46
Message Number  8794

Just throwing clay pigeons.
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From: SPELLWIND           
To: RUFUS               
Subject: Drummer        
Date & Time: 09/13/90 01:44:23
Message Number  8795

Chip said something about medeival music...
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From: MMA                 
To: BEATLE              
Subject: logo 4 JB&b    
Date & Time: 09/13/90 02:11:12
Message Number  8797

How about a broken test tube.
It represents the state of today's society. 
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From: MMA                 
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: good food      
Date & Time: 09/13/90 02:13:49
Message Number  8798

I especially like denny's Grand Slam breakfast. Don't get their nachos 
supreme though. It's not supreme in any way at all. (unless you're into 
a good case of indegestion)
MMA
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Debate!        
Date & Time: 09/13/90 13:35:44
Message Number  8799

TS> God is male. Goddess... what bullshit!
     
   First and foremost, define "male." To me, male means the presence
of penis and scrotum. Though Jesus was undeniably male, it remains to
be seen whether God, as a whole, is male. (Because God has no physical
body, I doubt he has either physical attribute.)
     
   I see no fault -- nor anything in the Bible -- that contradicts the
statement "God is sexless." Because of this, it is equally inaccurate
in our language to refer to God as He than to refer to God as She. I
will switch between the two whether I wish to refer to God, the father-
like Divine source of justice; or God, the mother-like Divine source
of love.
                   Chip P. Unicorn
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From: CHIP P. UNICORN     
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Francais       
Date & Time: 09/13/90 13:51:42
Message Number  8800

Je ne parles pas Francais. Si vous plais, respondez vous en Aleman.
               Chip P. Unicorn
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