Conference 7.286::sports_91

    Sorry to rathole this in the very first reply, but.....
    
    I need some help in a couple of different directions, both related
    to that great high school pastime, the college hunt.
    
    I've got a high school senior who plays soccer and runs track. 
    He's reasonably good at track (broke a school record last year,
    barring injury may break a state record this year).  He is now starting
    the "what do I do with the rest of my life, where do I go to school"
    pondering normally done by high school juniors.  [So, he's taking
    a year between high school and college and working instead.  I think
    it'll be good for him.]
    
    Anyway - anyone in here know of schools which are:
    	a) not in New England (esp Mass)
    	b) reasonably small - or small-attituded 
    	c) have a reasonable track program
    	d) have a soccer program.
    
    FWIW, his grades are adequate, his SATs are over 1100 combined,
    he's in the top 25% of his class, and he has leadership-type activities
    out the wazoo.  [What, me brag?  Surely you jest. :-)]
    
    Second question.  Any engineers, especially IE or ME types, who'd 
    be willing to talk to this kid about what their jobs actually
    involve?  *I* think he'd make a great engineer, his dad thinks he'd 
    make a great engineer, he's not so sure.  He has a vision of sitting
    in a cube "punching buttons all day, and never working with any people". 
    And he's a real people-person.  I know the stereotype isn't true,
    but it would mean more coming from someone who is really doing the
    work.
    
    Many thanks, folks.
    
    A&W

A&W perhaps someone who didn't go to school and has had to struggle on a meager
salary might get through to him better.

mike

A&W --

I'm not one of those hardware types (like an EE or whatnot) but being
an engineer doesn't preclude working with people.  Believe me, there
are days in here where it takes every ounce of good nature to keep
from throttling some folks 8^)....

By all means, tell him to pick something he will enjoy, but that will
also put him in a good position someday with potential for earning.
So many times I've said to myself "If I could do it all over again..."

Can't help you with schools though, sorry.

'Saw

    So what are the results of the College Bowl contest, Ttom?
    
    Dan                                                    

If he's planning to go to school out of state, have him decide on the
school first. Then he should move there for his `year to work' and by
the time he is ready to start, he will be a resident and be able to pay
the lower tuition.

Mike JN

Will the old SPORTS be accessible in case we want to look something
up... or make someone eat his/her words?

Mike JN

    Believe me, the kid knows that he should go full-time.  He's already
    got the job for next year - he's a historic interpreter out at Olde
    Sturbridge Village.  Those folks have done all the scare tactics
    necessary to convince him that working at a job he can get with
    just a high-school diploma doesn't lead to a real comfy life-style.
    And they aren't *real* high on going nights, either.  When everyone
    else you work with is at least 7 years older than you, and have
    all been to college, and your next move after high school is one
    of the primary topics of discussion for a couple of months, you
    get *lots* of advice - most of it pretty good.
    
    Actually, at this point I'm kinda pushing a January admittance,
    so he can get in the track season.  His track coach is soliciting
    (local) recruiting for him, based on progress to date.....
    
    A&W

    
    > So what are the results of the College Bowl contest, Ttom?
    
    By my count, Nazz won (I charted the thing out before this past
    weekend).
    
    glenn
    

    I got a question I been meaning to axe for some time now:
    
    What in the HELL good is those stupid wiggling multicolor blobs
    on them weather radar maps?  I mean, these things look like a cross
    between a_amoeba and a particularly nasty hocker and they just sit
    there on the screen wiggling and all and them sometimes the weather
    main will point at it and apologize and warn you to not take it 
    serious cuz it's only ground fog!  I mean, c'mon!  Wanna tale me that
    a wriggling multicolor blob cain be looked at and somehwo interpolated
    to mean something.
    
    What does it mean?
    
    MrT

    A related question to the previous one:
    
    When they show the weather charts with the moving clouds, they always
    show the motion of the clouds at least three times.  I always try to
    determine if it's the same motion or slightly different each time, but
    I never know for sure, and never know what it all means anyway.
    
    Dan

Why do they show it 3 times also? You think in this day and age they
 could just slow down the picture 1/3rd and show it to us once ?

It would make a whole lot more sense to me...

then of course the weather forcast here is always the same...

partly Cloudy with a chance of rain or snow.. that way if it turns out nice they
can claim it was partly cloudy and if it rains they've got that covered also..

Metz
 

    
    They show the picture in three's because after the satellite takes a
    shot it has to run all the way around the world to get another one of
    the same area.
    
    And the amoeba's and stuff are really storms, fronts, isobars, juice
    bars and just about anything you want 'em to be if you've ingested the
    right substances.
    
    Dickstah, fan of "The Weather Channel" and Willard Scott basher
    

    John Hendry or anybody want to solve a bet for me.

    What year and round was Ronnie Lott drafted and who was the 1st player
    taken in the draft that year?

Chuck

    Actually those amoeba-like blobs do exist. We have one sitting right
    on top of us right now. It's basically cold and foggy gunk. It just
    goes to show you that no matter how sophisticated the weather people
    get, they still don't know what they are talking about. So the
    next time you see one just think of it as a slow moving gunk formation.
     
    BoB
    

    
    RE -1
    
    They voted for the defendent..  After the trial the promoter offered
    the fighter a job working at the gym as a sparring partner..
    
    JB

And the saddest part is that the guy still thought he had a shot at
being a great fighter!

btw, the dude who played the boxer has played in numerous movies and such,
but I just can't place him....

I also like the girl who plays the English lawyer....not bad!

'Saw

    Hawk, if you've got the hots for Susan Dey, my opinion of you has
    just dropped precipitously.  Dey is a wasted scag who looks like
    a hooker who has seen better days.  Talk about a bag o' bones!!!
    
    The decision on the fighter was total BS.  One thing I hate about
    LA Law is how they present evidence to get you thinking one way,
    and have decisions go the other.  Tommy made a great summation,
    totally tap-danced over the defendants lawyer.  There was no question
    that the promoter (who managed BOTH fighters) set up this guy to
    advance his other fighter's career.  WHen the decision came in the
    other way, I said to myself typical LA Law garbage, and reached for
    the clicker, but couldn't find it in time to prevent myself from
    seeing Victor jump Gracie's bones.  Gross!!!  You're telling me
    Victor can't score anyone he wants, and he settles for Grace?  Ugh.
    
    NAZZ

    re .15:
    
    >	What year and round was Ronnie Lott drafted and who was the 1st player
    >	taken in the draft that year?
    
    I can answer half the question, Lott was a first round pick in the 1981
    draft.  Don't know who was taken first overall.
    
    
    py 

    I'll have to look it up at home.  Lott's been around for a while
    because he played on the Niners Super Bowl team in 1981.  He wasn't the
    NFL's #1 pick that year, I do know that.
    
    John

>They show the picture in three's because after the satellite takes a
>shot it has to run all the way around the world to get another one of
>the same area.
 
 I disagree.  Weather satellites (and communication satellites) are in
 geostationary orbit.  All you are seeing is time lapsed photography that
 is repeated 3 times.  
 
 There were originally two or three of these satellites (in geostationary
 orbit),  I think one was for the West and one was for the East (the other
 as backup?).  Over time they broke down so only one was left.  They had to
 somehow maneuver it so that it could be used for the whole continent.  The
 US weather service was worried because this was happening during the
 shuttle catastrophe and all the delays after that and they needed to get
 another satellite up their. (I think they were worried that they wouldn't
 get the info needed for an upcoming hurricane season [possiblility of
 'shrooms on this one] ).  If the satellite was not geostationary, that
 wouldn't have been an issue.
 
 -Paul
    
 
    

    George  rogers   new orleans
    
    
    then  Lawrence taylor..
    
    
    dinz
    

    Yeah, but the *best* storyline in last night's "LA Law" episode was
    Douglas, Jonathan, and Stuart out in the bush playing the "Skirmish"
    war game.
    
    Stuart was Rambo incarnate.   Great ambushes, superb shooting, and
    wonderful tactical use of surprise.  And then when Douglas "fragged"
    him, I was rolling.
    
    Lott was taken by the Niners in the 1981 draft.  He must have been a
    first-rounder because he was an obvious talent coming out of USC. 
    Also, the Niners had a high pick that year because they went 6-10 in
    the 1980 season.   So he went quickly, I'm sure.
    
    I'd also guess that George Rogers out of South Carolina (the other
    "USC") was the very first pick taken that year.   He was picked by the
    Saints and they went 1-15 in 1980 so they had the top pick in the 1981
    draft.  Rogers was the Heisman winner in 1980.
    
    Bob Hunt

Nazz --

LA Law is pretty true to life, though.  I've seen that type of thing
happen time after time.  The key line to follow was the defense lawyer's
line about what would happen if they found for the plaintiff, about how
it would affect boxing (ie every time someone got knocked out there'd
be a law suit).

Now, assuming that you're (or I'm) of average intelligence, that means
that half the people in the world are dumber than you or I.  Now, 
assume that some, or a lot of those people are on a jury...  See how these
things can happen????

Quite a pisser, but quite true to life also....

Tommy's summation was exquisite!

Still think the English lawyer is the hottest babe on the show, although
I liked the girl who was helping Stuart out a while back (just before
he left Ann).

'Saw_on_Law

    
    A geostationary satellite, eh?  Gosh, this file has a plethora of great
    information.
    
    I just thought my running around the world satellite sounded so
    logical, even though I hadn't the slightest idea what I was talking
    about...but that's never stopped me before. ;-)
    
    Dickstah
    

    
    I liked the copier lady they had on a few weeks back.  I think we need
    to order some new ones here, as a matter of fact.  OVerall, the women
    on that show are below average, IMO.

    
    Oh, and Markie Post, IMO, is the finest lawyer on television.  I
    wouldn't mind checking out her briefs.
    
    Dickstah
    

    >Oh, and Markie Post, IMO, is the finest lawyer on television.  I
    >wouldn't mind checking out her briefs.
    
     ORDER! ORDER!!
    

Here's an answer for a question that no one has asked yet.

If anyone is wondering what Paul CAM:: Mazur looks like, just
watch the Vancouver Canucks.  There's a guy on that team named
(Fred?) Mazur, and he looks just like Paul....

You heard it here first, hope this helps, phoo schelp shit,
'Saw

    I need some help from any of you techo-gurus.  Whenever I enter the
    Sports file I keep getting "no new messages", but in reality there are
    new messages.  Please help !!!!
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    John "D Cowboys" R.

    John,
    
    Do a SET SEEN and that should fix the problem.
    
    
    py

re: LA LAw...


No way could they find for the plaintif in that case. The guy had 42 fights 
before the one that was in question. You can't blame brain damage a boxer 
suffers on just one fight. It's the accumulation of blows that causes it.

Metz

    I saw a few minutes of a repeat of Fantasy Island recently, and a
    younger Markie Post was in it.  Lousy actress, but with her hair down
    was looking fine...let it down, Markie.
    
    BTW, I missed a few LA Laws.  What happened that Stuart and Ann
    separated?  Did it have something to do with with his secratary???
    
    Dan

    I remember a_episode of The Fall Guy where Markie was on the beach in a
    bikini, (Big tittles on dat one) she got kidnapped and when Colt
    rescued her his mouth dropped, which probably wasn't easy to do since
    he always had Heather Thomas hanging around.

Dan,

Stuart was having some crisis (I missed the earlier episodes due to
apres rugby activity) where he didn't feel like a full person or
some such stuff.  I think he had a crush on his secretary, but 
nothing happened.

He and Ann separated before Christmas, but now they're back together.

Also, what does everyone think of Stuart and Rosalind, eh?????


I like Markie Post. She a fine upstanding woman with marvelous attributes...


'Saw

    I was more surprised with Victor and Grace than Rosalind and Leland.
    I saw that coming after they settled. Any more on that last night.
    I thought Grace would go after Tommy after the kidney donor episode.
    
    Missed last night's show, oh well, I'll catch it next week and in
    reruns.  Did Gwen leave the show after her encounter with Stuart?
    
    -Walt

    Stuart had a heart attack during the Rosalind Shays sex discrimination
    lawsuit.  He recovered fine but Ann was treating him too delicately
    afterwards.   
    
    She was afraid to do "anything" that might stop his ticker again.   The
    low point was when Stuart was laying on the floor playing with his kid
    and she walked into the room and screamed assuming he was flatlined.  
    Shortly afterwards, Stuart said sayonara.
    
    Cindy and I have been diehard LA Law watchers since its very first
    season.  The show, like all others, is only as good as its writers.  So
    far they've kept the plots and stories fresh and interesting.  If they
    continue to do so, the show will continue to thrive.
    
    A couple of weeks back, Douglas was puttin' da moves on Vanna White and
    she wasn't exactly resisting him.   I may have missed an episode or
    two.   Is that still unresolved ???
    
    I  love watching Jonathan work.  A kick-ass lawyer with a heart.  A
    rare bird, for sure.   And the two new characters, the British girl and
    the psuedo-sleazebag, are fun to watch, too.   But it looks like Benny
    is getting less time.   Be a shame if his character faded away.
    
    Bob Hunt

    For those of you who are LA Law loyalists, you will remember that last
    season,  Gracie and Victor met in their parking lot and smooched. 
    Nothing came out of that last year but I knew something was brewing.
    
    Question:  Doesn't Jill Eichenberry look like she's getting a whiff 
               of some Texas Tailwind ?  Kinda gives her that Bi' look.
    
    Bi'  :== Bi(tch)

    Question: Who was the awful Judge Flopner in Crooked Chris Knorr's
    contest-rigging trial?  
    
    1) Dan Schneider?
    
      or...
    
    2) ACCrook hisself set host to the mysterious node located about
       20 ft from Dan's cubicle?

    While I don't have the exact draft order, I do have a list of all the
    first round draft choices in 1981:
    
    Buffalo	Booker Moore
    Cincinnati	David Verser
    Cleveland	Hanford Dixon
    Houston	Michael Holston (3rd round)
    Colts	Randy McMillan
    		Donnell Thompson
    KC		Willie Scott
    Raiders	Ted Watts
    		Curt Marsh
    Miami	David Overstreet
    NE		Brian Holloway
    Jets	Freeman McNeil
    Pitts	Keith Gary
    San Diego	James Brooks
    Seattle	Ken Easley
    Atlanta	Bobby Butler
    Chicago	Keith VanHorne
    Dallas	Howard Richards
    Detroit	Mark Nichols
    Green Bay	Rich Campbell
    Rams	Mel Owens
    Minnesota	Mardye McDole (2nd)
    New Orleans	George Rogers
    Giants	Lawrence Taylor
    Philly	Leonard Mitchell
    St Louis	EJ Junior
    San Fran	Ronnie Lott
    Tampa Bay	Hugh Green
    Washington	Mark May
    
    John

    Re: 25.35
    
    Thanks Paul, I appreciate your help.
    
    

    I need some information for Rotis. basketball.
    
    Could a Miami Heat fan (there *must* be one around) tell me who is
    getting the minutes at center with Seikaly out ?
    
    Also, what's the prognosis on Seikaly ?
    
    
    Thanks
    
    Greg

    
    
    	Terry Davis seems to be getting most of the minutes. (31 minutes,
    starting center last night.) You might try asking over in the
    Boston Celtics Notes Conference. There is a Heat Topic and a Heat
    fan (Yes, there is ONE) over there.
    
    	Hit KP7 to add the celtics to your Notebook...
    
    JimH
    

    Anyone know what is up with AIADM::BOSTON_CELTICS or
    NEW_ENGLAND_PATRIOTS for that matter.  IT seems that AIADM is
    unavailable, its only been one day so normally I wouldnt ask
    but I use to work with a few people whos node was aiadm and
    most of there group has been trasitiond out........Anyone know
    what the future of that node is, as long as there is a future.
    
    							M.Air.Brooks

Something's broken.  My guess is that the logical NOTES$LIBRARY isn't defined
or something.  If I could just remember the moderator's name, I'd send mail.

j.

    The moderators of the Patriots' notesfile either know of the problem or
    have been informed.  One of them also happens to be the system manager
    for that machine so something will probably be done soon.  Noone has
    told me anything about AIADM going away.  Being one of the mods of the
    Pats conference, I'd probably be one of the first to know.

    Before the exit16W Nets moved to joisey, they played at the Nassau
    Coliseum.  What I wanna know is what was the name of the place they
    played in just prior to the Coliseum?
    
    inquiring minds......
    
    Kev
    

    I used to love listening to the nets back then,irving, billy taylor
    
    the big guy  paultz, what was the announcers name again?
    
    Was it one of the  Alberts?
    

    Naw, it was the ISLAND GARDEN, in Commack, Lawn Guylind.  I think Al
    Albert used to do the Nets games. At one point they had about 3 guys
    with names sounding like Erving. (Dr J was with the Virginia Squires at
    that time. The nets had Irvin, Irvine, Gerwin, and Irwin. When they
    played the Squires or the San Antinio Spurs with Groerge Gervin,
    (before he was known as the Ice man), it could get confusing.
    
    Tom   

    THill, 
    
    	I'll give you 1/2 credit for the answer. Right name, wrong
    location.
    The Island Garden (correct name) actually was located in West
    Hempstead.  In scenic Commack, there was the Commack Arena, home
    of the L.I. Ducks hockey team.
    
    One of the announcers was also a Nassau Community College Phys.
    Ed teacher named Mike something or other.(circa 1969)  I'm pretty
    sure Albert came a little later.
    
    The Island Garden was absolutely the best place in the world to
    see a BBall game!!!  For about $8 (then) you could sit in the 1st
    or second rows, center court.  
    
    1/2 Congrats!!!!!!
    
    Kev
      

    sorry about putting this here, but...
    
    What sort of machine is this conference on?  Response is pretty slow
    from here.  Does the network hop back to Maynard before going to
    Hartford?
    
    It was a lot faster even when it was on ASABET::
    
    Mike

I don't think it has anything to do with the type of machine.  As Frank
indicated before moving the conference, Enfield is pretty secluded.  In order
to get to CAM from VAXWRK, here is the path I have to take:


From		To

VAXWRK    ==>   PKODR  
PKODR     ==>   HOLE   
HOLE      ==>   BLACKN 
BLACKN    ==>   BBPK03 
BBPK03    ==>   SHRDM3 
SHRDM3    ==>   SHRDM2 
SHRDM2    ==>   SPOPAS 
SPOPAS    ==>   50CAL  
50CAL     ==>   DEMSA2 
DEMSA2    ==>   CAMONE 


And from PNO to CAM:


From		To

PNO       ==>   UPWARD 
UPWARD    ==>   PNORT1 
PNORT1    ==>   SWDMSD 
SWDMSD    ==>   SWDMSC 
SWDMSC    ==>   BBCX01 
BBCX01    ==>   BBCX03 
BBCX03    ==>   SHRDM2 
SHRDM2    ==>   SPOPAS 
SPOPAS    ==>   50CAL  
50CAL     ==>   DEMSA2 
DEMSA2    ==>   CAMONE 

So it's a pretty good schlep around the net.

    RE:60  Needle.. Maybe you should give up sport noting...
    You're tying up the network... :-)

CAM is a cluster.  CAMONE is an 8800, not sure what CAMTWO is, but
it doesn't matter that much.

I've had our system manager bump up our number of links, because
that was a problem, but the main reason for slowness, as I said when
we moved here, is that we're a bit off the main line.  We come through
Springfield and then down.

Also, late last week our high speed data line went down, and is 
soon to be repaired, so we've been have much slower net access.

So, I hope that explains it.  At least we still have SPORTS...8^)

'Saw

     If CAM is a cluster, CAMONE is an 8800 and CAMTWO is a ??,
    then what's a CAMODE :^>
    
    Bull~
    

    Not trying to rag on anyone, just curious.
    
    Mike

Bull --

I did a findnode on CAMODE, and it says not found.  Hope no one has
to go too bad!

Mike --

No sweat.  Things have been wicked slow OUT of here since that line went
down, so I can only imagine what it's like trying to get IN....

'Saw

                P H O E N I X   P L A N T   C L O S I N G
                      O F F I C I A L   N O T I C E
                
        To paraphrase Lou Gaviglia, U.S.  Manufacturing Manager -  "We
        could use load balancing, but we've found that it doesn't work.
        All that you would have is jobs, not careers.  We're doing this
        for you."  So what do they do?  Transfer all work to other DEC
        sites...
        
        We were given our notice today (last Wednesday) and had to sign for 
        the four pages of paper summarizing the closing of the PNO facility.  
        This is required by the WARN law, enacted last year.
        
        The Plant will close on 29 March 1991.
        
        Excluded organizations from the closing process - they are
        expected to begin working at the Tempe facility on or before 1
        April 1991, these organizations are -
        
                . Financial Management Center.
                . Corporate In-House Educational Services.
                . Customer Services.
                . Customer Account Management.
                . Competitive Sales Team.
        
        All other employees must have elected to terminate service with
        Digital or have accepted a job elsewhere within Digital by 29
        March 1991.
        
        A financial package will be made available to all regular
        employees that will be terminated.
        
        Employees of businesses that are transferring locally have ten
        working days from 21 January, 1991, to decide if they will
        transfer or elect to leave Digital.  If they elect to leave,
        their jobs will be posted in the Phoenix facility and all
        eligible candidates may apply.
        
        Employees that find jobs elsewhere within Digital will have their
        relocation paid for out of Phoenix.
        
        All employees, regardless of whether they are currently active
        or not, e.g. Leaves of Absence or disability, are affected by the
        closing and subject to the same rules and processes.
        
        Employees cannot leave Digital until after the business transfer
        date set for their organization.  This date will be communicated
        on 18 January, 1991.
        
        Eligibility for re-employment (I assume this to mean either as a
        contract worker or full time) prior to the end of the period
        represented by the lump sum payment under the financial package.
        
                             Financial Package Summary
        
        1. Lump Sum     Years of Continuous Service      # of Weeks
        
                        0 - 2                           13
                        
                        3 - 10                          13, plus 3 for
                                                        every year
                                                        between 3 and 10
                                   
                        11 - 20                         37, plus 4 for
                                                        every year
                                                        between 11 and 20
        
                        21+                             77 maximum
        
        2. Insurance    A continuation of current medical, Dental and
                        Life insurance coverage for a number of weeks
                        equal to the number of weeks used to calculate
                        the lump sum per the table above, not to exceed
                        52 weeks.
        
        3. Restricted Stock  An opportunity for holders of restricted
                        stock grants under the restricted stock option
                        plan to participate in a five year acceleration
                        of those options which may be exercised without
                        restrictions on sale, during a five year period
                        commencing upon termination.
        
        4. Outplacement Employees may use the services of Mainstream
                        Access Inc. for job search for a period of six
                        months after their termination.
        
        In addition to the above, a Career center will be opened in the
        east lobby on Thursday, manned by Digital personnel and companies
        from around the area.
        
        Outplacement workshops will begin next week and time will be made
        for all employees to participate in these workshops.
        
        It is the intention of the company to market the Phoenix
        facility, either through a direct sale or a lease-option plan.
        
        Ironically, one of the plants that we are transistioning
        businesses too, has refused to pick up product because - "We
        don't have the space."
        
        Another curious thing was that at no time did I hear any manager
        admit that this was or say the word - "Layoff."
        --------------------------------------------------------------
    
    I have to find a job by March 29th, internally or externally.
    
    Mike

    Sorry to here about Phoenix mis fortune.  Im an employee in Mass and
    have no idea what to expect and when.  From what I understand if they
    give you a package and say go home (in other words you didnt chose it
    then its considered a layoff) does anyone have the exact meaning of
    what is s layoff...Sounds like there trying to keep there no Layoff
    policy and tell people they no longer have a job....Everyone always
    said to me..Wow you work at dec your set for life, funny it doesnt
    feel that way.  Is there a notes file that people update rumors fact
    and fiction about dec's future in.  Thanks in advance.
    								Mike

    Nah, DEC's not doing "layoffs".   We're doing "involuntary severances"
    or some such other euphemism.   I think I've heard "rightsizing" just a
    few too many times, too.
    
    The biggest difference I can see between this package and the last one
    is that this is truly involuntary.  That is, if you're picked, you're
    gone.   Of course, adding this to the equation means that you'll be
    eligible for unemployment compensation whenever your severance package
    runs out.    The original packages were voluntary and you had no such
    cushion underneath you.
    
    Sorry to hear about PNO ...
    
    Bob Hunt

    Mike (and any one else who cares),
       Here in WFO they've decided that they need to cut the plant
    population by 200-250. They've listed all the job codes, the
    present number and the number that they'll keep. As an example,
    there's 20 people in your job code. They want to get down to
    10, but they'll take 12 volunteers. If they only get say, 5
    volunteers, they still need to "lose" 5 more people. How
    they decide which 5 it will be hasn't quite been decided yet (due
    this week), but it looks like last 2 reviews, then seniority,
    then mumble mumble.
       Whether you volunteer or get laid off, you get a financial 
    package. Probably the only reason you haven't heard anything
    is that your plant hasn't decided on who and how many yet.
    
    Bull~
      

    Are old versions of sports notes lying around anywhere still?

From a media/individual perspective... it's a Layoff.

From a legal point of view, use of the word `layoff' implies a recall
to work should those types of jobs be needed ANYTIME in the future.

For legal puposes, Digital is undergoing a RIF (Reduction In Force),
which carries no implications of re-hire (although it doesn't preclude
it).

Nevertheless, Digital will never again be able to make the `no layoffs'
claim.

Mike JN

Walt 

I'm still attempting to bring up a old version of OURGNG::SPORTS
But it seems that my money grubing industry I work for is looking for
me to support GIA and the US area now so I haven't had any free time I will 
post the success when it happens.  


Jeff

    Unemployment....I have 4 aunts and 2 uncles and a cousin that all
    worked for the same company.  The company closed its massachusetts
    plant, people were offered to more to South Carolina where they
    were opening there new plant or get a very extensive severence package.
    They all went to unemployment to see if they could collect.  Regardless
    of the severence package of any size they were all able to collect due
    to there job being taken away, they did not volunteer.  I have talked
    with some peopel (no one from the unemployment office yet) but from
    what Ive heard if they say sorry your gone and hand you a check
    regardless of the size if you dont find a job you are immediatly
    intiled to unemployment.  This of course is just what Ive heard and
    like I said I have not talked to anyone at unemployment this info came
    from several people that went thru this from another company and they
    got unemployment.  I dont know if there is a difference in how digital
    is doing this, maybe the company where my family all worked never
    informed this state of the severnce package, I dont know but they all
    collected.  Be real curious if anyone gets some offical answers to
    this.  Thanks.  But if this is true you may not want to volunteer.
    
    								Mike

       Mike,
        I few people that I work, who been notified that their job
    is "disappearing" have called the unemployment office and explained
    their situation. They all got different answers. They can collect
    no matter what. They can collect only if they are involuntary. They
    have to wait until the number of weeks that they received in the
    severance package runs out, etc.
        But what else would you expect from a state run agency.
    
    Bull~
    

    re: .71
    
    We just had the 'package' here and the criteria was Performance
    Appraisal Rating, Seniority, and the tie breaker was (believe
    this) social security number!!

    re: Unemployment
    
    As I said in my intro note, I survived "Phase II" transition and found
    a new job.  When I was going through it, however, personnel was very
    careful to tell me that if I left the company, it was not voluntary,
    and that my job was eliminated.  They never came out and said that you
    would be eligable, but they certainly implied it.  As somebody said,
    however, the Ma unemployment people give a different answer every time
    you call.
    
    Good luck to anyone trying to find a job, it's very competitive within
    the company, but if you work hard at it, you can persevere.
    
    =Bob=

FWIW, I'm not 100% positive that they're not frozen, but there
are some jobs (software engineering jobs) in my group here.

If anyone is interested, send me some mail....

'Saw

    I don't mean to antagonize the moderators, but I am sick of reading the
    same notes twice.  This is invariably caused by the moderators who are
    moving around notes very freely (usually from topic X into the Junk
    Notes), messing up everyone's unseen map.  Assuming a reader read 'em
    once in Topic X and an hour later the moderator moves 'em, then the
    reader must suffer through them again in junk notes.  I usually check
    out the last note (.l) in that case, and often I haven't read it, so I
    go back.  It's a somewhat time-consuming waste of time.
    
    I think too many notes are being shifted around, and if it has to be
    done, I wish it would wait for a quiet time in the file, such as before
    and/or after working hours.
    
    Dan

I was going to take this up with the moderators off-line just now but will
address some of it here.  Actually, notes are marked UNSEEN by UID, not NOTE
ID, so you should never see the same note twice with NEXT UNSEEN.  

Problem is most of us go through the conference with the ENTER key (the
do-the-right-thing key).  That brings us to a new note in, say, "Junk Notes"
and ENTER will start paging through replies sequentially, not by unseen.

Anyway, your point is a good one and I'll be appealing to the moderators to
ease up on the movement.  I also think noters should now realize the purpose of
the Junk Note, etc. and use them correctly.

I still think any note which is an obvious rathole-generator or is just
inappropriate should be moved by the moderator, sort of like a public flogging. 
But that should be reserved for egregious abuses.

j.

re Jeff:

	Good point, Jeff.  Perhaps we should have a "system"...

re Hawk:

>    On the other hand, this file is being kept extremely organized.  I
>    think what would help is for noters to go immediately to 73 to
>    continue.  That'll keep the amount of replies seen twice to a
>    minimum...

Thanks for the vote of confidence....

    
>    This reminds me of my wife, the ultimate clean freak, a female Felix
>    Unger.  I was a slob as a bachelor.  This created a problem when we
>    married.  Cleaning up after myself was a burden which I often resented. 
>    However, I cleaned up my act, and I'm glad I did.  What's the point? 
>    Heck, I dunno, I forget what the hell else I was going to say...

What's the point?  The point is that only clean guys get to dance
at Chainsaw's Normal Guys Strip Bar...8^)

    
    Hawk

    Hopefully, by setting up appropriate topics and moving stuff around,
    noters will get the hint and start put stuff in the right place.
    
    Moving them around as we catch them will help the people who don't
    access the conference that frequently (although as Dan mentioned, it
    can cause a problem with those of you who are in here every 5 minutes).
    
    As far as only moving them around a couple of times I day, I see the
    following problems.  Moderators would have to make a note of the out of
    place notes for future reference and go back later and find them again
    in order to move them.  Once a note gets off track, by the time they
    are moved there will be alot more to move.  Also, if you think I'm
    going to be in here at 7pm moving notes around, you're nuts.

    I don't know quite were to put this, so how about here?
    
    This may be old hat to some of you, but I found this neeto-keen COM
    file that compresses your notebook file.  I ran it and it cut mine
    down by about two thirds.  I'll put it in the next reply, so those not
    interested can do a "next unseen".
    
    I assume everybody knows how to do the "EXTRACT" thing.
    
    =Bob=

$ !CLU$COMMON:<SYSMGR>NOTES$COMPRESS.COM
$ !
$ ! Command procedure for NOTES notebook compression.
$ !
$ edit = ""
$ convert = ""
$ old_notebook = f$search (f$parse ("NOTES$NOTEBOOK","SYS$LOGIN:.NOTE"))
$ if old_notebook .eqs "" then goto skip
$! if f$file_attributes (old_notebook,"EOF") .lt. 100 then goto skip
$ notebook = f$extract (0,f$locate (";",old_notebook),old_notebook)
$ write sys$output "Compressing notebook ''notebook'"
$ analyze/rms/fdl/out=notebook.fdl 'notebook'
$ edit/fdl/nointer/anal=notebook.fdl/out=notebook.fdl_optimized notebook.fdl
$ on control then goto abort
$ convert/fdl=notebook.fdl_optimized 'notebook' 'notebook'
$ write sys$output "Compression complete"
$ write sys$output "Please purge your notebook file: ''notebook'"
$ write sys$output ""
$ delete notebook.fdl;
$ delete notebook.fdl_optimized;
$ PURGE SYS$LOGIN:NOTES$NOTEBOOK.NOTE
$ exit
$
$nofile:
$ write sys$output "Notebook file not found"
$ exit
$
$skip:
$ write sys$output "Compression not necessary"
$ exit
$
$abort:
$ new_notebook = f$search (f$parse ("NOTES$NOTEBOOK","SYS$LOGIN:.NOTE"))
$ if new_notebook .nes. old_notebook then -
	write sys$output "Compression aborted.  The latest version of your notebook is probably corrupt."
$ exit
    

Hawk,

There's a conference called TURRIS::EASYNET_CONFERENCES which lists all
the notes files and announcements about them.  Hit KP7 or SELECT to
add it to your notebook.

There's also a hard copy list, at ANCHOR""::NET$LIBRARY:EASYNOTES.LIS
which should also help you out....


Schlep foo you deen wonk to hope,
'Saw

    Hawk --
    
    In the VTX on my system, it's in the "1" set of stuff, along with
    ELF.  (My VTX has *no* keywords set up, which is a continuing source
    of irritation to me.)
    
    Hope that helps.
    
    A&W

    Hawk,
    
    It depends on how your VTX menu is organised.  Over here there is a
    menu item that says.....VTX Services - Alphabetic Listing
    
    If you select that option and then select N (for Notes), you will see a
    full listing of all notes-related services including:
    
    	Notes Index
    	EASYNOTES
    
    (This is the low-tech answer...from a non-technoweenie)
    PJ

Dunno, Hawk, always use the TURRIS::blabla trick that 'Saw mentioned.

If that doesn't work phone your System Mangler.  If that doesn't work, send
Jesse Jackson to find it, wherever it may be.

And NO MATTER WHAT, don't add that CAM::SPORTS_91 to your notebook - it's 
just a bunch of silly asses in there.

HTH, 

rick  :^{)

PS:  I STILL say the guy on CNN looks like Ted Baxter.

    Guys n' Gals,
    	
    I am planning a combo romantical/ski vacation with the ball and chain
    in the mid-March timeframe. We kinda figgered on travelling out to
    Western area for about one week. The areas we have considered are
    in no particular order; Colorado(nothing in particular,have considered
    Vail,Steamboat,Aspen etc.), Utah (Park City,Snowbird) or Lake Tahoe.
    
    Can anyone instruct me on the following?
    
    A. Weather/snow conditions for mid-March(generally)
    B  Recommended ski areas from your past experiences(anything 
       with half decent night life is ok)
    
    Don't consider the price factor,we've got all them brochures,etc.
    We've heard nothing but the best about Western skiing,so we're
    looking forward to it. We skied at Whistler/Blackcomb in B.C.,
    Canada a couple of years ago so we've had a little experience
    out West, but not in the States.  Any little bit of info will
    help. Thanks!
    
    
    MikeL
    
      

    GO TO BRECKENRIDGE!  or Keystone.  or Steamboat.  or Vail (if you
    can stand yuppies).
    
    Do not pass go, do not collect $200.  Have a wonderful, wonderful
    time.
    
    March in Colorado is to-die-for.  The snow is great, the days are
    sunny and warm (take lots of sun *block* - reapply *every time you
    get on a lift*) - in short, it's wonderful.
    
    It may be too late to get reservations for this year :-(.  March
    is spring vacation time for most of the mid-West, and it is the
    absolutely best conditions of the year.  Preparing for March in
    Colorado is the only reason to ski the rest of the year :-).  I
    say Breck 'cause it has the most nightlife in Summit County, but
    be sure to ski the other mountains, too (Keystone, Copper and
    Arapahoe.)
    
    A&W

You'll find all the information you need and much, much more in DSSDEV::SKIING. 
Press KP7 or SELECT to add it to your notebook.

j.

Mike being a Colorado Native "explains the Bronco part of me". I'll second the
Summit County suggestion from Allison. 

Expect soft snow bright sun and some of the best skiing you've ever experienced. 

Jeff

    Thank you,Allison,J. and Jeff,
    I think I'll go for Summit County if I can get flight,lodging,etc.
    Keeping me fingers crossed. will let you know what happens.
    
    MikeL
    

    
    
    settle-a-bet query
    
    What were the years Jim Rice was with the Sox?   As a separate
    (optional :-) ) question, anybody have his yearly stats?
    
    
    Thanks
    
    Charlie

>>    What were the years Jim Rice was with the Sox?

1974-1989.
   
>> As a separate (optional :-) ) question, anybody have his yearly stats?

Yes.  But there's no way I'm typing them in.

As someone who's not from the greater Boston/Maynard area, I'm curious
as to who Tank is.  From what I gather his reports are of dubious
integrity and authenticity.

thanks,
'Saw

    Tank is someone who pretends to be a sports reporter on WBCN radio in
    Boston.  WBCN was the counterculture station in Boston for a long time
    (I don't know if it is or not, I don't listen to it). 
    
    John

Thanks John....

What number is WBCN on the dial?  Everytime I'm up in that area I
play radio roulette, especially when I get all-metalled out from WAAF.....

'Saw

    
    BCN is 104.1 on your FM dial.
    
    
    
    
    
    Steve

    'Saw, you know that fat, slob-like entity on SNL who's always ripping 
    his shirt off and flopping around all the time to gross everyone out?
    That's Tank on his night shift...
    
    FWIW, 'BCN ain't worth the price of admission (which is free) anymore.
    Listen to WFNX (101.7?) or if you're out west, a little station out of
    the NH Monadnocks, WMDK (92.1) is pretty decent sometimes, too...
    
    glenn
    

>    I still listen, however.  It still has that counterculture flavor that
>    John mentioned.  From that results a lot of crazy goings on, nothing
>    that can be matched on any other Boston station.  
    
    Hawk, knowing you only through noting, this statement didn't surprise
    me at all.  I tend to also listen (music), view (art), and read
    (literature) that which is on the edge.  If it's not disturbing, it
    doesn't make you think, and if you don't think, it's not worth it.
    
    	--dan'l

    re .111
    
    That's my view exactly! I *USEDTA* listen to BCN in the early 80s,when
    they really WERE the cutting edge, but I noticed they would intersperse
    "new wave" (as it was called way back then) songs with tired, "safe"
    songs, (Stones, Doors, Led Zepplin, and always the same ones).
    Around '82 I started listening to WLYN, which later became FNX. I 
    occasionallly check in on BCN, but it isn't really worth the effort, 
    since their format is increasingly "all things to all people" ie Classic
    rock, heavy metal, "new" music, new releases by old has-been bands that you
    didn't know were still around (Foghat), etc. 
    
    I've encountered Tank in public, and let it suffice to say that he is
    even more of an idiot in person than he appears to be on th air...
    
    Tom

    I get FNX in just about everywhere I go, but I don't go out to
    Worcester, so I can't make any claims.  I switched over from BCN to FNX
    about 5 years ago, and haven't looked back.  I listen to MDK as well,
    glenn, though they get a little wimpy sometimes.  It's a nice mix.
    
    Dan

    WMDK (91.2) is out f Peterborough N.H. They play rock and roll..
    No metal, no rap crap, no Country and western. Very few ads...
    
    We listen to them what we want to hear real music that the local
    stations won't play because they are not "name" acts.
    
    REK 

Any good classical stations up there?

I enjoy that a lot too.....

'Saw

    > Any good classical stations up there?
    
    WCRB (102.5), Waltham
    WGBH (89.7), Boston
    WBOQ (104.9), Gloucester
    
    If you're near Worcester Clark University's station also plays a lot of
    classical, however I don't remember the call letters or frequency.
    
    
    HTH,
    py

Thanks...

Next time I have to go up north, I'll have a plethora of choices....

'Saw

    Geez,
    	I'm almost afraid to admit that i listen to AM talkradio more
    than FM
    
    Makes me blood boil
    MikeL
    

    Well I admit it to.  The ride home from work is usually punctuated by
    lots of dial hopping.  I listen to WFAN when it's coming in, and if not
    I'll switch between 680 and 850.  If they're really poor (commentary,
    not reception), it's back to the FM dial.
    
    Dan

    Clark Station:  WCUW I think it's around 96 on the FM dial.  I wouldn't
    call it classical.  I'd call it eclectic.

Well, now that you've mentioned AM Talk radio, there is a show which 
I think is  nationally syndicated but is on WTIC-AM 1080 down here.

The format is like the DearAbby/Psychologist guy and people call in
and tell him there problems.  A lot of times if I'm coming home late
from some place, and I'm all metaled out and don't feel like listening
to Top40/Rap, I'll bop over to AM and listen....

It can be pretty interesting to hear this guy give common sense solutions
to people with problems.

I think the biggest shortage we have now in the USA isn't oil, but good
old fashioned common sense....

'Saw

>I think the biggest shortage we have now in the USA isn't oil, but good
>old fashioned common sense....
    
    That's cause I keep most of it.  I plan to bring it out in a few years,
    and sell it for high prices, just like the oil biz...
    
    If I lived where you are Frank, I'd definitely listen to Imus in the
    Morning.  That show's almost always hilarious when I hear it...
    The bit he did when Mike Schmidt announced his retirement killed me.
    
    If you remember, Schmidt *really* broke down when he announced he was
    hanging up the spike, and everyone played that on the news.  Schmidt
    kept on trying to pick up his prepared statement again, but would get
    less and less off before the sobs before he broke off the statement.
    
    Imus took that, added some extra sobs at the end, and then every 15
    minutes or so, he's say, "Okay, Mike, do you wanna try it again" and
    play some more of the tape.  His commentary was really funny.
    
    Dan

    
    
    Imus Theme song"
    
    "Ah  don't care if it rains
    
    or freezes
    
    long as I gots my
    
    plastic Jesus
    
    Rahdin on the
    
    diashboard of ma cahhhhhh"
    
    THAT GUY WAS ONE CRAZY (funny) SICKO DUDE!!!
    
    Dan, remember the famous getoutabed thang????
    
    Kev
    

    
    
    Imus Theme continued ( if I knew how to edit my own reply you'd have it
    all together)  :^(
    
    ....Ah cain go a hunnered miles an hour,
    
    
    long as I gots the ALMIGHTY POWER...
    
    
    Riding up dere by my paih of fuzzy
    
    dice!!!!
    
    
    
    Guy was one funny, weird dude.  Is he still on?
    
    Kev
    

    RE: talk radio
    
    When I was in the Virgin Islands last year, there was no TV because
    they were still recovering from Hugo.  I was forced to listen to radio
    to get any of the precious NCAA tourny scores.  There were few radio
    stations and the island was so small, some of the dialogue went like
    this:
    
    	"And that was a word from our sponsor 'Jungle Juice, drink of
    	 Chimpions.'  Hey, this just in, George Smith's wife is looking
     	 for him because he forgot his lunch today.  If you see George
    	 driving around in his delivery truck, let him know to go home
    	 and get his lunch.
    
    	"We've got a bit of a traffic jam down at the red light.  Might
    	 want to avoid that area for a few minutes for that to clear up.
    
    	"In sports, [this is where I listned intently to see who was
    	 still alive in the NCAAs] Silent But Deadly beat the Rastamen
         in this weekend's football match when Silent But Deadly
    	 goalie I-Bashi-I scored a goal from the other end of the field.
    
    	"That sports report was brought to you by Acme Papaya Products.
    
    	"Phone lines are open!"
    
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
    
    	--dan'l

re radio in my area:

	Actually, I would listen to Imus, except that I'm pretty
	hung up on Smith and Barber on 99-Rock WPLR.

	These guys are too funny, and used to be on WPLR before I 
	went to France in 88.  Went to France, came back and they
	were gone.  They had these guys Laser and Reed.

	Laser was white and Jewish, Reed was black, and the two
	of them were pretty hysterical, always playing up the
	black white thing, and doing a lot of comedy.  However,
	they weren't as funny as Smith and Barber..

	Last May, Smith and Barber returned from Florida.   You
	ought to hear them rude on Floridians now....too funny.


'Saw

    Kev, Imus is on WFAN (660 AM, out of New York) every weekday from 6 to
    10 AM.  He puts more sexual innuendo in 10 minutes of dialog than
    Barbera Bush has heard her whole life...
    
    Dan

    Can some technoweenie explain why I get better reception for WFAN
    in South Carolina at night in my car than I do in Marlboro, MA?

    Hawk's got half of it.  The other half is the electrical interference
    brought on by population density.  You may have noticed a lot less of
    just plain old settlement down south, and I wouldn't be surprised if
    you've got a lot less AM (and FM, and TV broadcast) stations available
    during the day.  The crowdidness of the dial in the Northeast plays a
    major role.  In the Boston area, we've got a major station at 680. 
    It's a wierd fact that the skipping and drifting of stations (and I'm
    sure someone knows this a lot better than me) means that 660 and 700
    will pull in 680 much, much better than 670 and 690.  Likewise for 640,
    720 and 650, 710.  The proximity of WRKO, 680, interferes with a
    radio's ability to tune into WFAN 660.  Most unfortunate, as that means
    I have to endure the Boston sycophants during drive time instead of
    Mike and the Mad Dog!
    
    Dan

    Nawww, 
    
    Doug, it's really a simple answer.  Ya see, down in the Carolina's
    there's this Big negative hole and it closely resembles this really big
    sphinkter.  At night is opens up, and inhales all!
    
    Natcherally, that weakens the signal in the Peoples Republic and
    provides a vewwy vewwy strong signal in the heart of the ACC. ;^)
    
    Just goes to show ya that if the armpit of the US is up in New England,
    other pieces exist elsewhere!
    
    many ;^)
    
    Kev
    

	Used to listen to Imus when I lived in Ct. and Jeresy in the early-mid
70's.

	His commercial that was referred to in here was from the
Reverend Billy Sol Hargis, from the First Church of the Gooey Death and
Discount House of Worship in Del Rio Texas, for the salvation of your soul..
Say Hallelujah!

	:^)

	He was a funny guy. They also had a guy who used to go on the
streets of New York(Ted Brown, maybe?), and ask people questions like,
"what would you think if I said that your Epidermis is showing?"
and other stuff like that.

	Wasn't the wakeup routine Sister Mary Elephant?

	Jim M

    JimM,
    
    Sista Mary Elofant did the "Shadddup Class".  Remember
    the noisy class, her speaking in a tiny voice, etc,etc?
    
    Allways said "Thank YOU" though.....
    
    

    Or was it Ear Ache My Eye?  Whaddya gonna do, tickle me?

    
    
    JaKe
    

    TRIPPING IN COURT
    	I dont need downers...Im hooked on acid
    
    Class....On my 12 day of summer vacation, got a job keeping the kids
    	from hanging around the drug store...
    
    Still like Cheech and Chong sleeping Beauty the best...The only problem
    is I have 3 cheech and chong tapes, all on 8-track and no longer have a
    player...Deffinatly have to get copies made...

    Could some body please tell me how to access the Chicago Bulls / M
    Jordan conference, or NBA in general?
    
    Mr or Mrs moderator feel free to delete this after i get some
    info.....    

    The best conference to access for general NBA news is
    AIADM::BOSTON_CELTICS.  There is some discussion of each team in there
    including the Bulls.
    
    There is a note in here discussing Jordan and the Bulls.  I don't
    remember the number but if you do a DIR 1-103 you'll find it.  Then at
    the prompt enter the number, the note will come up and then you can
    reply to it.
    
    There is only one other person that gets involved in Bulls/Jordan
    discussion regularly so you may be disappointed to find you talking to
    each other only.
    
    John

    ::KEITHJ
    
       If you type in DIR/TITLE="subject you're looking for"
    you'll get a listing of the note(s) in this conference that 
    your looking for. As an example, DIR/TITLE="Chic" will get
    you a listing of all notes with the "chic" string in the title.
    You'd probably get something like OFFICIAL CHICAGO CUBS NOTE  or
    CHICAGO BULLS or HOW TO COOK CHICKEN PAPRIKA
    
    Bull~
    

    	Anybody know of any over 30 hoop leagues around Hopkinton?

    Hopkinton must have basketball fever if they have over 30 hoops leagues
    around there!

    
       You did, you did see a hoops league note. It looks, though,
    like it's time for "Musical Notes".  When the music stops all
    the junk/miscellaneous notes end up in a different spot. Your
    mission, if you decide to accept it, is to figure out which
    notes you've read already.
    
    Bull~
    

Okay....

The trailer for the new Doors movie states:


	There is the known, there is the unknown,
	And in between are the Doors.


If I'm not mistaken, this is a line from a poem, and is where
Morrison got the idea for the name of the group...

First, am I right?  Second, what's the name of the poem.....


'Saw (who's a little hazy these days)

 Yeah Saw it was written by some A. Hukley and it's titled I believe
 The Doors of Perception something like that. I can check it out tonight
 cause it's in a Morrison bio "No One Here Gets Out Alive"...

 mike

    Mike is correct, Saw.   The Doors name stems from Alduous Huxley's book
    "The Doors of Perception".  A must read, IMO.
    
    JD

Thanks dudes!

'Saw

Clearly, this is a guess, but.....


I'd hazard a guess that in the early days of higher education,
it was an all male bastion, except for a few all-women schools.

Somewhere along the line, when things got mixed, those few women
who were breaking through, were termed co-eds....

Again, just a guess.....

'Saw

    A very outdated expression, perhaps OK back in the days when June had
    milk and cookies waiting for Wally and Theodore after school, and a pot 
    roast ready to come out of the oven by the time Ward came home from work, 
    but to use "Co-ed" for a female college student in 1991 is akin to 
    referring to an African-American as "Negro" or "Colored".
                    

I don't think it's denigrating. The language evolves. Co-ed now means a
female student. There's nothing condescending about it.

In hoops a board is a rebound. Usage has made it common. The fact that
there are glass backboards instead of board backboards doesn't mean 
                    ^^^^^^
everybody has to start saying a center pulled down 18 glasses. The
language evolves, and in the context of basketball, board has become
`rebound'.

Mike JN

    Does anyone know were or whom to get in contact with to have a coach 
    to come and speak on sports at a local function ???

>>    Does anyone know were or whom to get in contact with to have a coach 
>>    to come and speak on sports at a local function ???

Well, my guess is it would depend on the sport and the level.  You'd probably
want to contact.  For instance, if you want to get the coach of the New York
Fashion Institute's belly dancing team, you'd probably want to start by calling
the New York Fashion Institute.

Hope this helps.

Be prepared to lay out some BIG bucks.  

That money will also be proportional to how whatever team finished this
year past.  For example, Lou Pinella or Bill Parcels might get a heftier
fee, than say the coach of the Atlanta Braves.

That cranker from Detroit will come cheap though [8^)]

Try contacting the team office directly.  I have the NFL teams addresses,
but can't help you beyond that because my world almanac is at home....

'Saw

I understand you can get Buddy Ryan to a banquet as a speaker for the
price of his banquet meal, cab fare, and a six pack.

HTH
Mike JN

    I seem to recall a "Speaker's Bureau", or something like that.  They
    handle speaking engagements for many coaches, players, etc.
    
    At the H.S. and College level, I'd suggest you contact the AD.  Or even
    your own local AD who may be able to give you more detailed info.
    
    Lee

    
    Does anyone know if Hartford will be one of the regional sites
    again this year for the NCAA tournament ??? If so, any information
    regarding tickets would be greatly appreciated (phone number/opinions
    on availability/inside info. for  good seats ^^^). Can't wait for
    the big dance !!!

    Anyone know if the Knicks/Nets/Debils/Rangers are at home or NCAA's
    are at Brendan Byrne Arena the weekend of March 22nd?
    
    -Walt

    Last home game for Knicks and Nets are March 20.  Both on the road on
    March 22 and 23, Nets on the road March 25 and home March 26.  Knicks
    on the road March 26, return home March 28.  Also don't think the NCAAs
    are in Brendan Byrne Arena thised year.
    
    John

    Are any of you fans of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 that was on the
    Comedy Channel?  If so, do you know what happened to it?  I never
    missed it and it even got kudos in a recent Rolling Stone issue.  I
    can't believe they would cancel it!
    
    I especially love when they do Japanese monster movies.
    
    	--dan'l

I know this ain't da music file, but I gots a music question:

	anyone got the words for the last verse of Long Tall Sally?

I know the last two lines are

	"Saw Aunt Mary comin' and he stepped back in the alley, oh baby..."

Any help would be appreciated...

'Saw

Hey Kwak_Tutti_Fruitti....

If you ain' gonna answer da question, get off da podium....;^)

    

    If memory serves,
    
    "I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally,
    He saw Aunt Mary coming, and he jumped back in the alley"
    
    lEe

Thanks lEe...

I knew  you'd proabaly get it....

later,
'Saw

Haven't been listening to much music on the radio lately, since I've
been checking out the news stations on the way to and from work... but
last Tues. I heard a (relatively) new song by Rod Stewart called (I
think), `The Rhythm Of My Heart' ..... or something like that.

Every once in awhile, a song kinda grabs you... and I predict that one
goes to number one.

Mike JN

    
    > 'The Rhythm of My Heart'
    
    I believe this is a cover of a song originally done by Gerry and the
    Pacemakers.
    
    I'll give it a seven.  I like the beat, and it's easy to dance to.
    
    -Dick(stah) Clark, America's oldest JD and host of "American Handstand"
    

    This is killing me!  I've just got to know if Mr. T "Ghost Wrote"
    sunday's Doonsbury strip?
    
    TC
    

    Sawwy Mike JN nutt'in Rod Stewart ever does will hit #1 ever again. Dis
    is da 90's not da 70's.

    
    	Whenever I extract a reply to a file, then do a "spawn edit
    	file.ext" and re-enter the conference, my keypad gets
    	screwed up.  What I mean by screwed up is that my next unseen
    	key will yield a big fat comma at the notes prompt instead of
    	taking me to the next unseen note.  If I exit notes and then
    	re-enter, the problem disappears.  What gives?
    
    	Claybroon

    The editor screws with the keypad.  Hit a CTRL-W to put the keypad back
    into application mode.
    
    Mr. Goodwrench

And after you notice that Dan's technical solution doesn't work, you'll want to 
hit the PF4 key to put the keypad back into application mode (or if it's a VT,
use SETUP to do so.  On a workstation, the incantation is more complicated). 
The easiest way of all is to set up your profile so you use a callable editor
and then REPLY/EXTRACT will put the text of the note in your reply and the
keypad will be unaffected.

If you want more details, either send me mail or give me a call.

j.

    
    
    	Yes, Jeff.  I noticed that Dan's solution didn't work.  What
    	should I do with the bill he sent me? ;^)  I have a VT340 and
    	the SETUP method worked like a charm.  Thanks.
    
    	Profile?  Callable editor?  Hmmmmm.  You trying to turn me into
    	a technoweenie (tm)?
    
    	Claybroon

    When is opening day?
    
    Of baseball season of course.  Not duck season.
    
    
    
    
    Duck season.
    
    Rabbit season!
    
    Duck season.
    
    RABBIT season!
    
    Duck season.
    
    RABBIT SEASON!!!
    
    Rabbit season.
    
    DUCK SEASON!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    Boooooooom!
    
    
    
    
    	--dan'l
    

In the words of the immortal Marx Brothers:

	Why a duck?

    The Red Sox open up in Toronto on the 8th of April.
    
    Mark.

    What's ridalyn?
    
    Dan

    > What's ridalyn?
    
    It's the new drug of choice amongst down-and-out country musicians,
    Dan.  Has all the sedative properties of a mixture of quaaludes and 
    alcohol without the ugly side effects...
    
    glenn
    

    >Has all the sedative properties of a mixture of quaaludes and 
    >alcohol without the ugly side effects...
    
    I never noticed any ugly side effects...
    
    Dan

And I thought it was some miracle drug that Kwak and Jake were using to try and
grow hair. Mebbe you guys should try that stuf that Home Simpson used on the
one episode he grew hair :-)

Just charge it to your insurance.....


Metz

    We have some close friends who have two children on ridylin. It helps
    to calm hyperactiveness and allows them to focus more on things. It is
    a serious drug that needs to be administered properly and monitored
    closely.
    
    Really not an amusing drug to talk about.
    
    Rich
    

>    Really not an amusing drug to talk about.
    
    But I hear dwarf tossers take it all the time.
    
    	--dan'l

    A couple of years ago in Mass., a young teenager beat one of his peers 
    to death with a baseball bat.  If I'm not mistaken, his defense was that
    he was either taking, or at one time was taking, ridalyn as prescribed.
    
    					Steve

Ridalyn is a drug to treat hyperactivity.

If anyone is curious as to why it pops up in here in casual and
joking conversation, it can probably be attributed to the Wayne's
World skit on SNL, which IMO is one of the best skits on the show.

Wayne will be talking, and Garth will get all excited about something
and start going a mile a minute about it.  Wayne will look at him
and go "Whoa, dude, take a ridalyn"....

From this, it has crossed over into the vernacular.  Right now it's
pretty popular on the team...when one of us gets excited about something,
next thing you know someone says "Whoa, dude, take a ridalyn"....

That drug that Kwak and Jake are using to try and grow hair is
called Riopan Plus....


As to joking about ridalyn, nothing is sacred in sports.  I think we've
proven that time and time again.....


'Saw

    
    Rollward, Dan'l!
    
    Seriously, I didn't know anything about the drug.  It's come up several
    times as a standard line from the SNL Wayne's World skits ("take a
    ridalyn, Garth...") 
    
    glenn
    

Hawk --

First off, what is it that Sy is peddaling?

Second, I don't wanna spoil your image as the world's sexiest
baldest man, but I hardly notice that you're slightly (emphasis
on slightly) bald.

Now, you wanna talk BALD, let's talk cue ball bald, and I don't
know anyone like that....


8^)

'Saw

PS  Besides, it's your killer smile that makes the ladies melt....

    The hell with Riopan or whatever the hair drug is.
    
    I BOUGHT CHIA_HEAD!!!!
    
    Only problem is that the green of the CHIA-HEAD doesn't go with the
    blond sides too well.
    
    Also, it's hell having the wife hold up the lawn-mower whilst I sneak
    under and cut the CHIA-HEAD!!
    
    Guess I could make a few bucks by marketing a Mini-mower to cut with!!
    
    JaKe
    

    'Saw,
    
    Now I ain't "cue ball" bald but lets just say that if you were at a
    hotel and didn't have a mirror, you could use the top of my haid to
    watch yourself shave.
    
    Kit wax works wonders on non-fertile scalps.
    
    JaKe
    
    

    Re.209
    
    Read this in the paper a few years ago.
    
    There was a hair place in Pittsburgh a few years back that wove
    synthetic hair into your scalp.  Stuff looked great and no bother with
    rugs falling(or getting pulled)off.
    
    That is until it was about 3 years old.  The stuff started matting
    together, falling out, and generating scalp infections.  Seems this
    place did a few thousand "hair implants" and about the time the third
    guy came back with problems, they promptly closed up shop and headed
    for the coast.
    
    The guys who had this stuff implanted ended up haveing to have the
    stuff surgically removed and ended up with scars and pain and a
    sh_tload of other problems and nobody to sue.
    
    Me, I could care less about the fact that I got a Class "A" good
    housekeeping approved SOLAR PANEL on the top of my haid.  I started
    losing the hair when I was 19 and I'm sort of used to it by now.
    
    Me and the Mrs. have come up with some interesting uses for the "solar
    panel" but if I detail them, I'll see the set hidden speed record that
    I already own shattered!!!!! (8^)*
    
    JaKe
    

Sy Sperling, the Tom Vu of Hair Replacement....

In my family, the trend is not towards becoming solar efficient, rather
it's towards getting gray early.  Mind you, it's not a complete graying,
but rather the odd one or two here or there.   My dad was like in his
late 40s by the time he really started getting gray....


Chia-Head....I love it!


'Saw

RE:, Ridalin

As stated previously, it's a drug for kids, designed to keep
Hyperactivity (or hyperactive behavior) under control. Calms `em down.
What a lot of people don't know is that many drugs react the opposite in
children as they do in adults. Ridalin is one of these, and giving it to
an adult would be like giving him uppers... really get him hyper. So
telling an adult to take a Ridalin when they're already hyper would be
the opposite of telling an adult who is really lethargic and bummed out
to take some `luudes and downers.

Mike JN

    Anyone got a schedule for either the NY-NJ Knights or the Montreal
    Machine?
    

 Anyone ever scan in a picture a Pink Panther? I could use it if you have..

 hopefully thanks in advance

 mike

    Can someone please post Green Bay Packers' schedule?  In particlar, I
    need to know if the the Packers are playing in Green Bay on Sept. 15.
    BTW, recently they've been playing 1/2 of their home games in Milwaukee.
    
    I have relatives in town that weekend and putting them up in hotels
    will be virtually impossible if the Packers are home.
    
    Thanks,
    Commander Scott
    
    P.S.  I'd find out myself, except I spend 5 days a week, every week, out
    of town.

    9/1		Philadelphia
    9/8		at Detroit
    9/15	Tampa Bay
    9/22	at Miami
    9/29	at Rams
    10/6	Dallas at Milwaukee
    10/13	Open Date
    10/17	Chicago
    10/27	at Tampa Bay
    11/3	at Jets
    11/10	Buffalo at Milwaukee
    11/17	Minnesota
    11/24	Indianapolis at Milwaukee
    12/1	at Atlanta
    12/8	at Chicago
    12/15	Detroit
    12/21	at Minnesota

    re: -1
    
    Thanks for the schedule.
    
    Oh well.  Rumor has is that every hotel in the area ups their prices by
    around $30 when the Packers have a home game.  Looks like we'll need to
    find an alternate plan.
    
    Commander Scott

    Help!!
    
    What is a "pick and roll" in basketball??
    
    Jo

    It's what Dr. MidlifeCrisis does when he gets bored watching the game.
    
    Mark.

A pick an roll is the following:

Player A stands in the way of the person guarding his/her teammate, Player B 
(this is the pick part).  After Player B dribbles past the pick, the person 
guarding Player A usually switches to guard Player B, often creating a 
"mismatch" in size.  At this point, Player A "rolls" past the player who 
originally guarded Player B, but was now guarding him, and heads for the basket.
Seeing this, Player B passes the ball to Player A, who should have a reasonably
easy shot.

HTH

=Bob=

Well, I don't know what a 'roll' is but a 'pick' is what Michael Smith does
with his nose while he's waiting to play.

j.

    For a perfect example of a "pick and roll", get some tapes of last
    years Steeler games and watch when they show Joe Walton.  He is tha
    master of the pick and roll!!!
    
    
    JaKe
    

It's like when you select the choicest of morsels from a crop of
a controlled substance and roll it mon! 8^)


Steve

    Thanks guys!  All of ya......what a way to start the day!

Pick and roll:

	Insert a digit into a nostril.  Your choice on left hand, right
		hand, and which nostril.  NOTE:  Do NOT use the Thumb.
		Thumb picks are for professionals only!  Do NOT use the
		double digit pick (thumb in one nostril, index finger in
		the other, cleaning the septal area).  Again, this is for
		professionals only.

	Work the digit (preferably the index finger) around in the chosen
		nostril.  Dig it deep, eroding dried mucus substances from
		the cilia in the nostril.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PUSH THE DIGIT
		INTO THE SINUS AREA -- Emergency Medical attention will be
		needed if you do this, plus your eyes will water.

	Remove the digit and dried mucus substances from the nostril.

	IF the dried mucus substance still has a high moisture content
		and a relatively high viscousity, then roll it between 
		thumb and forefinger into a neat little camoflage colored
		package.  NOTE -- this is the ONLY non-professional use
		of the thumb recommended.

	IF the dried mucus substance has a low moisture content, use the
		alternative technique, called the flick.  Place the dried
		mucus substance on the leading edge of the forefinger's 
		fingernail, and using resistance against the thumb, quickly
		FLICK the dried mucus substance in any directions desired.
		There are BONUS points for accuracy.

	Caution:  If you are older than five years old DO NOT ATTEMPT
		  to EAT the dried mucus substance.  Only a five year
		  old's gastro-intestinal tract can handle the load, 
		  presumably because it has been prepped with a lot
		  of Kindergarten paste.....

    What does it not surprise me that Weiney Way is an expert on
    nose-picking...
    
    REK
    
    
    :-}

DORK --

	You're close.  The truth of the matter is that I'm an expert on
	EVERYTHING esoteric, and nose-picking (along with anus scratching,
	and "the old artificial fart under the arm") is under B for Body
	in the Esoteric Dictionary.....

hth,
'Saw

    Thanks 'Saw, I just puked all over the terminal!!!
    
    
    JaKe
    

Hi....

Anyone got the address for the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald?

Thanks in advance....

'Saw

    the Globe is at BOSTON, MA 02107, that's it.
    
    HTH
    Tom

    The HERALD is
    
    One Herald Square
    Boston, MA 02106
    
    617-426-3000

    The NCAA has announced its lacrosse pairings and since there isn't a
    general lacrosse note, I figured I'd put it here:
    
    seeds:	1.  North Carolina	(13-0)
    		2.  Brown		(13-0)
    		3.  Princeton		(12-2)
    		4.  Johns Hopkins	(8-3)
    		5.  Syracuse		(10-2)
    		6.  Virginia		(10-3)
    		7.  Maryland		(8-4)
    		8.  Loyola, Md		(8-3)
    		9.  Massachusetts	(9-3)
    		10. Rutgers		(7-5)
    		11. Towson State	(8-3)
    		12. Michigan State	(10-4)  (NCAA lets one team outside
    						 the East into the playoffs)
    
    First round games played on Wednesday, second round games on Sunday:
    
    Michigan State at Syracuse, winner plays at Johns Hopkins
    Towson State at Virginia, winner plays at Princeton
    Rutgers at Maryland, winner plays at Brown
    Massachusetts at Loyola, winner plays at North Carolina
    
    The Division 3 game will be played on Saturday, May 18 - Hobart (7-6)
    at Salisbury State (15-0).
    
    The women's tournament will be played Saturday and Sunday at Trenton
    State.  Semifinals are Virginia vs Penn State and Maryland vs New
    Hampshire.  UNH knocked off defending champion Harvard this past
    weekend.
    
    John

    
    Do you know who the teams are that John Hopkins lost to?  
    
    Lacrosse Final 4 at the Carrier Dome May 25th and 27th!!!!!!
    
    Let's see if Syracuse can win 4 in a row!!!
    

    Please settle this little office wager:
    
    If fielder (or several) is letting a ball roll foul and it stays fair,
    and the runner makes it to first, is it an error?  If so, to whom do
    you charge it?
    
    Thanks.
    
    	--dan'l

    There are some cases where it could be called a fielder's choice, but
    conventionally, as in the case of a bunt or squibber, it's a hit.
    
    Dan

    Generally, if the ball isn't touched, no error is ever charged.
    
    John

>    There are some cases where it could be called a fielder's choice, but
>    conventionally, as in the case of a bunt or squibber, it's a hit.
    
 
 Spoken like a true expert. I hear you get a lot of your hits this way...

 ;^)

    Can anyone give me a clear definition of an 'assist' in basketball?
    I'm not sure that here in Belgium we recognize an assist in the same
    way.
    
    Patrick

    Its when Tragic Johnson of the Fakers touchs the ball after mid-court
    and the Faker scaore a field goal.
    
    REK
    
    :-}

An assist in basketball....

	- It's what one of the two women James Worthy orders up does
	  while the other one is scoring

	- It's what Laker fans say the Refs give to the Celtics all the
	  time.

	- It's what Celtics fans remind the Laker fans that the Lakers get
	  all the time

	- It's what Doctor Midnight usually needs when he tries to make a
	  point in here 8^) 8^)

	- It's somethin' on your bum that hurts when you sit down....


Hope this helps,
'Saw

    An assist is a pass that leads directly to a basket.
    
    NAZZ

This is kind of a kooky questions, but what the heck....


What with the Queen being here and all, I got to thinking about the
protocol of meeting the Queen.

Like, for example, I know that women are supposed to curtsey when they
meet her, and I supposed men are supposed to bow or something.

Does that just apply British subjects, or to anyone.  I mean, let's
say that the Chainsaw, /Don, or Hawk had to meet the Queen.  What would
we do?????


Enquiring phoe shclpes ......

'Saw

> Does that just apply British subjects, or to anyone.  I mean, let's
> say that the Chainsaw, /Don, or Hawk had to meet the Queen.  What would
> we do?????
    
    This kinda reminds me of some of those old 3 Stooges flicks.
    
    
    Just go ahead and coitsy 'Saw.
    
    
    
    
    Wooo Wooo Woooo Woooo Woooo Woooooooo
    
    Cowboy
    

    'Saw -
    
    I don't know the answer, but do have a pointer.  Try STKCSC::HISTORY. 
    I believe they have a topic on the Nuremberg Trials, if not, they have
    several others on WWII.
    
    A&W

    
    Admiral Raeder was demoted to Corporal Raeder, and was for years the
    Company Clerk for a MASH unit.  The Four-oh-seven-seventh, I believe.
    
    Dickstah
    

    'Saw,
    
    To my knowledge, every person sentenced at Nuremburg served their full
    sentence. If he was given life, I'm pretty sure that's where he died.
    
    The issue that was brought to light during the latter years of Rudolph
    Hess' life was that the 4 Allies had to agree to a commutation and the
    USSR felt no pity for any person convicted at Nuremburg.
    
    Rich
    

 I didn't know the facts about Raeder specifically so I didn't volunteer an
 unfounded hunch.   
 
 But, with that said, I can't imagine that the worldwide Jewish community
 would have ever consented to any kind of a parole for any of the Nazis
 whatsoever, including Raeder.
 
 Also, the fact that we can't recall if Raeder was actually released most
 likely confirms the theory that he wasn't.   That would have been the kind
 of event historians would have recorded.
 
 Bob Hunt

Thanks guys.

I recognize Raeder's name because I've always been interested in submarines
and sub tactics (probably cause that's where my Dad served in World War II).

Anyway, I know that Raeder is credited with the tactics of the U-Boat forces,
which is material that's studied by submariners...  I hadn't known he
was even in the War Crimes trial....



Next question:

	Anybody have any ideas of what I can get my Dad for Father's
	Day?  8^)


'Saw

    
    
    	Saw, it's kind of late, but here's what we did for our Dad for
    Christmas.
    
    	You said that your dad served on a Sub, well did he receive any
    medals?  Does he have any old pictures of him and his crew?  My Dad
    was a P-47 fighter pilot in the European theater and we took his 
    wings and medals along with some other stuff and had them put into
    frames.  It looked really nice and my Dad really liked it.  So, it
    might be to late to do that type of thing now, but it would make a
    nice birthday or Christmas present.  At least it beats another tie or
    box of golf balls.
    
    
    							bill
    

    'Saw,
    	I don't recall you ever mentioning what kind of things you and
    your dad do when you get together so I don't know if would go over
    (pun intended)
    
    How 'bout a hot-air balloon ride?  I understand they are quite
    memorable and it certainly would be different.
    
    Oh yeah, mucho denaro too ~$150-200 i think.
    
    Kev
    

    
    How 'bout giving him a copy of "Streets" and a gift certificate to the 
    hardware store?
    
    Dickstah
    

    Back to Nuremburg for a minute....'Saw got me thinking.
    
    Albert Speer is the only Nazi who was released from Spandau that rings
    a bell. I do wonder why Raeder was committed of war crimes. Raeder was
    strictly Kriegsmarine - not a Nazi, at least from my readings. Admiral
    Canaris was the chief of foreign espionage but died, I believe, before
    the war.
    
    Two other figures who were sentenced to death at Nuremburg pose some
    questions. General Jodl was Hitlers Chief of Staff but, to my
    recollection, was not a decision maker. His role was a liason to the
    Wehrmact. Also, Admiral Doenitz claim to fame was that he was named
    Fuhrer after Hitler commited suicide. Yet both these guys were hanged
    while Speer received a long sentence. 
    
    Oh, well, water under the damn, so to speak.
    
    Rich
    

    Some of the Nuremberg criminals *did* have their sentences shortened.
    Karl Doenitz (sp) comes to mind, and I believe Albert Speer.
    
    My best advice is a good bookstore or library, and look for a book
    published after 1970. With the exception of Hess, most of the
    commutations/clemency took place in the 50's and early-mid 60's.
    
    Doc

                                                                        
    > I do wonder why Raeder was committed of war crimes. Raeder was
    > strictly Kriegsmarine - not a Nazi, at least from my readings
    
    Those U-boats sunk a few passenger liners, didn't they?
    
    As for the so-called non-decision makers, I think there's a breaking 
    point for a person of high responsibility who has full knowledge 
    of extensive planned atrocities and does nothing.  Complicit approval,
    if you will...
    
    glenn
     

RE: War Criminals

It's a whole issue of indivigual and collective morals.  I once read a book 
about the Mai Lai massacre, written by a sociologist.  He contended that each
of the men involved, if they acted indivigually, would not have done what they 
did, and that it was a combination of others doing it and the situation that 
made them believe at the time that it was correct.

I sometimes wonder how I would have reacted had I lived in Germany in the 1940s, 
as either a regular civilian or as a Jew.  I like to think I would have the 
perspective to get out, but I'm not so sure I could have seen things that 
clearly.

=Bob=

    OK gang, is there anywhere in New Hampshire that i could acquire
    some fireworks for the 4th of July?
    
    REK

    After all the grief you give NH'erites?
    
    Take a hike.
    
    Mark.

Rt 93 North to Exit 5.

Left off the exit, 1/4 down on the right.

It's in the same building as the cycle shop.

Can't recall the name of the place right now.

daryll

    I plan on taking a hike... to NH to buy some fum stuff rolled in
    gunpowder.... :-} I mean, isn't that where all the crazies buy thier
    guns and bullets?  :-}
    
    REK
    
    The state motto is "Live free and Die"  :-}

    Does anyone know the correct dimensions for horseshoe pits?  Thanks.
    
    Sid

As a former firefighter and former fireworks user, I'm very cautious.  

I came very close to losing an eye one time (like close enough that it burned
the side of my head as it whizzed by).  I was a safe distance away, and
this little rocket thingie decided to go all screwy.  I was damn lucky.


So, like Hawk, when the fireworks start, if I'm not IN the house, I'm
close enough to something I can duck behind.....

'Saw

    When does the Canadian Football League season start?
    
    
    py

    Paul, I believe it starts with it's first game.
    
    HTH,  
    
    lEe

    Some NH fireworks store has been advertising on WBCN.  They do issue a
    disclaimer at the end of the ad saying that fireworks are illegal in MA
    and they are not encouraging people to break the law by buying them in
    NH and importing them to MA.

    I can't get into the American_Football conference.  According to my
    system STKCSC is unknown.  Anyone else having this problem?  Perhaps my
    systems nodename database is out of date.  Anyone have the numerical
    form of the address?

51591...  but you knew that already....


Handy formula for finding those numbers out.


On your system:

		$ MCR NCP
		NCP> show node stkcsc
		(displays)
			50.391  STKCSC  blah blah blah......

		NCP>EXIT


The number 50 is Major Area, 391 is the Minor Area.  Calculate

		(Major * 1024) + Minor

or
		(50 * 1024) + 391  = 51591


So you can access STKCSC by either STKCSC:: or 51591::


Hope this helps all you non-network-technoweenies out there,.......



'Saw

On your system:

		$ MCR NCP
		NCP> show node stkcsc
		(displays)
			50.391  STKCSC  blah blah blah......

		NCP>EXIT


That's not gonna help somebody who's node database is out of date Saw...

try this instead

$ MCR NCP
		NCP> tell anchor show node stkcsc
		(displays)
			50.391  STKCSC  blah blah blah......

		NCP>EXIT

Anchor always has an up to date database so you always get the right number for
a node...



Shloe shlep sheep,


 Metz (ex-VMS now riding the UN*X wave hacker)

*OUR* net database is never out of date...  I think it gets updated once
a week, so I'm not used to having that problem. 8^)


Telling anchor is a good idea though, just for a consistency check...


'Saw

    Well, 'Saw's method worked for me.  I can't access the conference in
    question using the nodename, but I can use the nodenumber.

    'Saw -
    
    OK, this may burst your bubble on your node-name database, or show just
    how much of a techno-weenie I aren't  :-)
    
    My node name comes up consistently wrong in here.  I'm on a cluster
    called LVIRA, usually noting from either node VMPIRE or node DRACUL,
    occasionally from my workstation AITE.  So how come I show up as
    BUDWEISR?????
    
    A&W

    re -1
    
    'cause Hawk is responible for entering node names for this notesfile. 
    You see, every notesfile has, in addition to moderators, nodenamers. 
    If you type in show nodenamer at the notes prompt, Hawk's name pops up.
    
    
    Bruce, always happy to help out a technoweenie

OK, all you technoweenies.  Enough doling out bogus information!  Let's just
let the king technoweeny settle this right now.

The reason your node name comes up wrong, Alison, is because the network
database on CAM is WAY out of date.  You can tell when your local network
database has been updated by taking a look at the node numbered 2.9.  This is a
placeholder which holds the date of the database.  On CAM:

$ MCR NCP TELL CAM SHOW NODE 2.9

Node Volatile Summary as of 24-JUN-1991 21:49:26
 
    Node           State      Active  Delay   Circuit     Next node
                              Links
 
 2.9 (24MAY1)                                 BNA-0        18.824 (BMFRTR)

This shows that the network database was last updated from ANCHOR on May 24,
1991.

If you do it on my workstation, you get:

 2.9 (23JUN1)                                 QNA-0        24.1022 (PKODR)

Or June 23, 1991.  (Please don't take this as a suggestion to move SPORTS to
my workstation ;-)).

Got it?

j.

Needle --

DO ME.


You're right of course, and quite truthfully, I don't know how often this
guy gets updated (my comments to Metz notwithstanding).

In my most ACC Chris like manner here, the most important thing is not
whether or not your nodename shows up write, but that you can access 
SPORTS notes...

So, now I'll go bug my system mangler to update this network node database
and make ol' Weenie Jeff happy....

'Saw


PS  Whether the database is up to date or not, the validity of my method
    still holds....8^)

    Well, *of course* the most important thing is that I've got access. 
    (In my best Church Lady style).  Did I ever indicate anything any
    different?
    
    I was just curious, that was all.  Besides, the node name and my
    signature don't *exactly* go together, do they???  :-P
    
    A&W

Well, isn't that just special 8^)


Seriously, I'll beat on our system mangler to pull down a fresh copy of
the anchor or vortex databases someday real soon now...

In the meantime, we should all ready A&W's node name as if it were
ISLNDS.....


hth,
'Saw

NCP>tell ourgng show node 2.9


Node Volatile Summary as of 25-JUN-1991 10:34:14

    Node           State      Active  Delay   Circuit     Next node
                              Links

 2.9 (25AUG9)                                 BNA-0        28.1008 (CXO3L2)


I'm keeping this copy for the sake of history. 

    Question: Is Wesley Snipes, who is now starring in Spike Lee's latest
    movie "Jungle Fever", the same actor who played Willie Mays Hayes in
    "Major League"?   (I'd check my copy of "Major League" for the answer,
    but it's on loan to a friend.)
    
          
    py

Funny you should ask, Paul.  We went to see "Jungle Fever" (EXCELLENT film) and
came home and "Major League" was on.  Sure enough, Wesley Snipes was starring
as Willie Mays Hayes.  Quite different roles, especially back to back ;-).

j.

 "Jungle Fever" is a truly outstanding film.    Spike Lee's best yet.
 
 Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Flipper Purify's crackhaid brother named
 "Gator", is awesome.   The scene in the Taj Mahal crack house must be
 what Dante's "Inferno" would look like today.
 
 Annabella Sciorra and Wesley Snipes look really good together and
 their performances are excellent.
 
 Two thumbs up ...
 
 Bob Hunt

    Annabella Sciorra would look better with a fellow Italian; like me,
    for instance!!!
    
    She was excellent in Cadillac man, as the wife of Tim (I'm a no
    sh*t guy!) Robbins.
    
    NAZZ

    This has been a banner summer for Wesley Snipes. Besides the fine job
    he did "Jungle Fever", check out "New Jack City".
    
    Excellent movie (Bob, you want to see some other powerful scenes with
    regards to drugs, see that movie.), and a fantastic soundtrack. Snipes
    may have been better as a ghetto Tony Montana than he was in "JF".
    
    re Nazz.
    
    I'd have give $50 that 'Saw would have the first to drool over
    Annabella Sciorra .... :-)
    
    Anyhow, are you planning to invest in a drafting table ?
    
    :-)
    
    doc

>   I'd have give $50 that 'Saw would have the first to drool over
>    Annabella Sciorra .... :-)


Believe it or not, I haven't seen her.  I'll have to watch for her, if you
all say she's hot!

(And hey, Doc, I just saved you 50 clams! 8^))

'Saw

    Hey Saw, she ain't hard on the eyes at all ... I'm buying a drafting table
    nexted week....

    Nazz,
    
    You can use my drafting table. I got an extra large one! ;-)
    
    Reb

    I've done a directory of the conference, looked at recent replies in
    the boxing and pay per view notes and now am trying here:
    
    I'm looking for a bar in the Westboro/Marlboro/Framingham area that
    will be showing the Tyson fight tonight on big screen TV.  I'm told
    there's a really good sports bar in Framingham, mentioned in many
    sports notes conferences, that would most likely be showing it, but
    nobody remembers the name and I can't find the topic here.
    
    Does anyone here know the name of the bar or some other bar that would
    be showing the fight tonight on big screen?
    
    Sharon
    

                                         
    I don't think bars can *legally* show the fight, can they?  I've heard
    that the cable addressing scheme (or some other satellite/video
    technoweenie thing) has been improved, too, to prevent the plethora of
    bars that have habitually ripped the feed off from doing so anymore.
    
    Another option is to go to a racetrack (Wonderland is showing the
    fight) and watch the fight for free.  Admission is a couple of dollars.  
    I assume that the racetracks cut special deals with the promoters for 
    this privilege...
    
    glenn
    

    Another option is to get a group of people together and pitch in for
    the fee.  That way you get to watch in the comfort of your own home.
    
    We usually have about 6 of us who regularly watch to fights and rotate
    between homes for a given fight.  We'll play a few games of poker,
    order pizza and toss a couple of cold ones.
    
    Mark.

Re: 25.295:

>>    I've done a directory of the conference, looked at recent replies in
>>    the boxing and pay per view notes and now am trying here:
    
This is SPORTS.  We don't do directories.  If we want something, we just start
a new note ;-).

Best thing you could do is say you're single and then hundreds of hillbillies
will come out of the woodwork and invite you over.  After all, this is SPORTS
;-).

Oh, by the way, the name of the bar is the Stadium Club.
    
Re: 25.297:

>>    order pizza and toss a couple of cold ones.

Remember, Mark, you're not supposed to talk about that in here any more.  But
I'm curious, how do you get them to stay in the refrigerator?  Don't they just
push the door open and escape?

j.

    I used to go to the Stadium Club for Jets games.  There was a big fight
    about Halloween time and their deal was something like $8 in advance
    and $10 at the door for a party which includes the fight.  If you
    charge admission (and kick back a fee, I'm sure) it makes it legal to
    show it at the bar.  It's right in downtown Framingham.
    
    Dan
    

DAMN --

Tough lunch.  First, I go to this Chinese restaurant, right?  So now I'm
wearing half of what I ate on my white golf shirt.  Then I get back here, right?
So, I'm reading notes.  

So I start reading Needle's note, right?  Now, will someone tell me how
I'm supposed to get this dark wet stain out of my Levis before my 2pm
status meeting?

Jeff, you are too much... tossing cold wee ones.....!!!!!


'Saw, who could use a pair o' Depends right now!!!!!

    Sharon, my dear -
    
    I am getting the fight tonight at my home.  My wife, you ask?
    Unfortunately for her, she's working tonight - until 2AM.  So,
    if you don't mind a half dozen or so kids in the 9-13 year old 
    range walking in front of the screen occasionally, come on over.
    
    Then perhaps after the fight we can act out some of Mike Tyson's
    clinches.  Heh, heh, heh.
    
    NAZZ

    I'm getting the fight if any CS noters wanna stop by, send mail.

    
>>Jeff, you are too much... tossing cold wee ones.....!!!!!
    
    'Saw and Jeff...You are treading on thin ice in here.  If you talk
    about tossing wee cold ones, or short cold ones, better give equal time
    to the tall cold ones.   I personally know how the "tossing" of
    (anysize) can get you in hot water pretty quick.  BTW, I still hold the
    speed record for having a note set hidden.  You know the one about
    New York outlawing the tossing of....Ah hell....you get my drift...I'll
    shut up before I gets meself in more trouble.
    
    
    Many  (8^)*'s
    I repeat Many (8^)*'s
    
    JaKe
    

    Someone had entered a note in here with the End-OF-Regular_season
    stats on all players in the NBA.  Can someone help direct me to where
    that note is located.  Thanks.
    								M_Air

================================================================================
Note 25.302                    Questions & Answers                    302 of 308
VAXWRK::SCHNEIDER "Breaking rocks in the hot sun"     8 lines  28-JUN-1991 12:51
                              -< Give 'em a call >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    I used to go to the Stadium Club for Jets games.  There was a big fight
 
    Well Dan, what do you expect?  Not only were the Jets games on, but you
    were there.  No wonder there was a big fight.  8^)   

    OK, I want to tape 'When It Was a Game' but I've got a slight (I hope)
    problem with my VCR.  When I record something, the sound comes out
    muffled like it's underwater (though not as bad as those movies we used
    to watch in grade school).  
    
    I noticed this problem last year when I taped the Madonna concert.  I
    bought one of those cleaning cassettes, but that didn't help.  I
    recorded something the other night and it sounds absolutely terrible
    now...much worse than before.
    
    Any suggestions on how I can fix this problem myself before taking it
    to the service shop?
    
    Thanks.
    
    	--dan'l

You might fiddle and diddle with the tracking.

Then again, it might just be a symptom of it getting old (if it is so).

There's always a little of that "flutter" in mine, but if I fool with the
tracking I minimize it.  My VCR (my oldest one) is 6 years old.

'Saw

    Dan'l, I had a similar problem, and found that my VCR has volume
    controls for recording each channel.  I had them turned down without
    realizing that they affect both recording and playback.  Also affect
    the volume while just using it as a channel selector.
    
    If you've got them, try turning them up.
    
    lEe

    Dan'l,
    
    If you have your speakers plugged into the VCR it causes muffled
    recordings.  I also had the problem.  Just unplug your speaker wire
    from the VCR when recording, maybe that will do the trick.  Best of
    luck !!
    
    John "D Cowboys" R.

>    I noticed this problem last year when I taped the Madonna concert.  I
>    bought one of those cleaning cassettes, but that didn't help.  I
>    recorded something the other night and it sounds absolutely terrible
>    now...much worse than before.
>    
>    Any suggestions on how I can fix this problem myself before taking it
>    to the service shop?
    
    That's easy.  Don't waste good tape on Madonna.  Your VCR is telling
    you something.
    
    Mark.

    Today's Globe had a picture of the cover and a_article about it
    (which I haven't read yet).
    
    For you Fuzzy Grape affectionado's, don't rush out and buy a copy.
    She's covered up in the titles dep't  :*(
    
    kev
    

    Is tonight's Red Sox game going to be televised on NESN or 38?

    Saturday's game is on 38, Sunday's game is one of two Sunday games this
    year to be carried on NESN.  The Sunday games are almost always on 38.
    
    John

    
    dan'l,
    
    I had the same muffled problem with taped stuff.  Don't know what kind
    of setup you have, but my cable goes through the cable company
    provided box, then through the VCR, then into the TV.  The box has a
    remote which controls the volume.  Tune that sucker way up.  If you're
    watching something at the same time, just control the volume in the
    room with the volume control on the TV.  It worked for me.
    
    Dickstah, who only needs around a half-dozen more "Curly's" to complete
              his Three Stooges Collection 
    

    We recently installed a satellite dish and are hoping to watch all 
    the NFL and college games wifey and I can stand.  The teams we mostly
    want to watch are Buffalo, Detroit, Oklahoma State and other BIG8
    teams.
    
    Can someone give me some idea of where to look for these games?
    
    Hoping for help
    
    Cowboy
     

 Cowboy,
 
 Congratulations on your new dish.   
 
 You'll be able to find all kinds of football games up there.   For
 the NFL, there are a collection of transponders that CBS uses for the
 NFC games.   Normally, they're scrambled and you can't get them but
 on Sundays they automagically open up and you have all the NFL NFC
 games you can handle.   They're on the T1 and/or T2 birds.    This
 was the hot issue last year when the NFL threatened to scramble these
 feeds so that sports bars (and you and me) couldn't get them anymore.
 
 The AFC is on NBC and most of their transponders are over on the Ku
 band which I don't have so I can't help you there.
 
 It's a lot crazier for college football.   The games could be up
 there anywhere at all.   Depends on the broadcaster.  If it's a
 regional broadcaster (like Jeff-Pilot for the ACC), then you need to
 just scan the skies looking for wherever they were able to rent three
 hours or so of air time.   If it's a local school-specific
 broadcaster, then same thing.   Start at the easternmost bird, scan
 all the transponders, and then start moving west one bird at a time.  
 Or start west and move east.
 
 Have fun ...
 
 Bob Hunt

    Thanks Bob, thats good news about the games being in the clear.
    We went ahead and installed Ku too, so hopefully, we won't miss
    much.
    
    Now, what happened to the note I entered with my question? hummm
    
    OhWTH
    
    Cowboy
    

    Cowboy-
    
    Since NBC broadcasts AFC games, and their on Ku band, you'll find them
    on K1 and K2, predominantly K2.  Ensure that your dish is lined up
    PERFECTLY, because Ku band is MUCH more precise than C band and if it's
    lined up wrong, you'll just plain miss the bird.
    
    With my dish, I actually have it better than the folks in San Diego,
    because I watch ALL Charger games regardless of where they play.  Since
    it's rarely a sellout, the blackout isn't lifted in SD.  Hell, I don't
    care, cause I pick it up anyway.  A dish is GREAT for football!
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

>>    We recently installed a satellite dish and are hoping to watch all 
>>    the NFL and college games wifey and I can stand.  The teams we mostly
>>    want to watch are Buffalo, Detroit, Oklahoma State and other BIG8
>>    teams.
>>    
>>    Can someone give me some idea of where to look for these games?

Sure, I can help.

Look for the games in the following places:

Buffalo - In Buffalo or wherever they're playing if away.
Detroit - In Detroit or wherever they're playing if away.
Oklahoma State - In Oklahoma  or wherever they're playing if away.
BIG8 teams - depends on the team.

Hope this helps.

j.

    re: last few
    
    Thanks for the tips.  Now to try to hold off til the 27th. (football
    starting July 27?  Hard to believe)
    
    Cowboy

    Hawk, I don't think you have to go through one of the ticket agencies. 
    You can probably get them via mail directly from the stadium box office
    with a simple phone call.  That might be a tough game to get tix to
    though, what with all of the Giant fans around who can't get into the
    Meadowlands.

    Since the Pats' Answerman (JHendry) is on vacation the next best thing
    to do is call 800-543-1776 for ticket information.

       Sections 117-122, 217-222, 317-322. All these are on the Pats side
    and between the 20's (I think). I'm in 222, I think /Don and Chap are
    103. They're on the 'enemy' side. But they cain see the cheerleaders up
    close (front row!).
                                           Denny
    

    
    Does anyone know where I can buy authentic Italian Crispelli with
    anchovies??????
    
    Dicksteroni
    

>    Does anyone know where I can buy authentic Italian Crispelli with
>    anchovies??????
    
In an authentic Italian Crispelli store?


If you tell me what it is (becuase I sincerely don't know) perhaps I 
can keep an eye out for it down here.....  The South End of Hartford
it like Italian central around here, and quite a few of the guys on the
team are very familiar with all the little shops and stuff.  If I know
what it is, I can ask....

hth,
'Saw    

    
    Crispelli, like a pizza, can only be bought fresh, and consumed right
    after purchase, to be any good.  In fact, I've never heard of any kind
    of frozen variety.
    
    It is simply like a small lump of fried dough, except it is heartier
    and chewier and crispier than the county-fair variety fried dough.  It
    doesn't cook up hollow like your regular fried dough either.  The
    secret must be in the dough, but also in the cooking.  The best ones
    are cooked in two stages in vats of grease of two different
    temperatures.  This gives them their great texture.  The dough is
    wadded around an anchovie, or a dab of riccotta cheese before cooking.
    You can get 'em plain, too.
    
    The only place I know that sells 'em is a place on, I believe, Common
    Street in Lawrence (MA) across from the Tripoli Bakery.  This section
    was/is the Italian section of town (you could get *real* Italian Ice
    there too), but now seems mostly Spanish with a few Italian shops still
    hanging on.  I grew up with some friends from that section of town, and
    I tell ya, those black-garbed, baggy-nyloned, overweight,
    grey-hair-wrapped-in-a-bun grandmothers could cook that home-made
    pasta!
    
    Dickstah
    

Wow.  I'll bet you can get it at Aiello's Kitchen.

Aiello's Kitchen on Wethersfield Ave in Hartford is just a few block from
Colt Park.  It's this little hole in the wall that's open for breakfast
and lunch.  I've never been there, but one of the Italian guys on the
team SWEARS by it.

They've got the little old Italian ladies cooking on two restaurant
stoves.  They have all kinds of entrees and stuff, and you have to take
your food out the front door, through the tile shop next door into
the dining area.  Joey says it's just good old fashioned home cooked
italian.  I'm heading down there for lunch one of these Fridays....

When I go, I'll see if they have Crispelli.  If they do, Dickstah, we'll
just have to have a get-together....  (ie you might have to come down
to a rugby game and drink up, and then an italian night on the town in
the South End....)


later,
'Saw

    Saw -
    
    You ever eat in a place in Harfud called "Hot Tomatoes"?  When I was 
    going out witha  girl in Harfud many moons ago, we used to eat there
    a lot - near the arena - great spicy Italian food.  Of course, that was
    about 8~ years ago, so if it is still around, it may be yupped out.  It
    was a small place - sat about 20 at best.
    
    Interestingly, in Santa Barbara, CA I found a zillion great Italian 
    restaurants - totally unexpected.   Also a simply super Mexican
    restaurant outside of Santa Maria, but that's a different story.
    
    The bested Italian food, however, is in Little Italy in NYC.  Awesome.
    Simply Awesome.  Makes the North End look like McDonalds.
    
    JD

>    You ever eat in a place in Harfud called "Hot Tomatoes"?  When I was 
>    going out witha  girl in Harfud many moons ago, we used to eat there
>    a lot - near the arena - great spicy Italian food.  Of course, that was
>    about 8~ years ago, so if it is still around, it may be yupped out.  It
>    was a small place - sat about 20 at best.


I never ate there, and haven't been down that end of the city in a while,
so I'm not sure if it's still there.  One thing that ain't there any more
is the Hartford Hilton.  
    
>    The bested Italian food, however, is in Little Italy in NYC.  Awesome.
>    Simply Awesome.  Makes the North End look like McDonalds.
    
Incoming!  Incoming!  I can hear it now, Incoming!!!!!!


8^)

       JD, if the place only sat 20 you cain be sure the yuppers took it
    over. They love to 'be seen' standing in lines, especially if they
    spill outside.
                                             Denny 

 JD's undoubtedly correct in his assessment of New York's "Little
 Italy" but you really can't go wrong in the "Little Italy" sections
 of Philadelphia, Providence, or Baltimore, either.
 
 But sometimes you hafta dodge the machine guns in the Philly Italian
 restaurants.
 
 Bob Hunt
 
 P.S.  Charlotte has no such section in town.  Depressing, actually,
 when you realize that Pizza Slut is about as good as it gets here.

    Bob -
    
    Actually, the Philly section is pretty damn good.  THe same girl from
    Harfud moved to PHilly, and I followed (ah, young, foolish, and in
    heat...) her to visit many times.   Providence has some great ones - 
    never been to the Baltimore section.
    
    Seattle has a few - but the sauce is lacking in something.  I make much
    better sauce (in fack, I make a damn good sauce!)
    
    JD

    
    The end zone seats behind the goal posts are better than the endzone
    seats along the 50-yard line because they're cheaper, but you can't see
    as much.  Nobody is going to the Giant's game anyway because it will be
    too crowded.  You should really go to some other exhibition game and
    pay for the cheap seats and move to the good ones because for those
    games people usually stay away in droves.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    -Yogi Berra
    

       North End-zone seats are best. The Teevee is in the South EZ. So if
    you sit there you caint see it. That's why I moved out of the South the
    year after the DiamondVision went uo.
                                 Denny

 Hawk,
 
 Just put "Barbecue" in front of anything you want to cook in
 Charlotte and you'll make a fortune.
 
 I'm convinced the fine folk here would barbecue ice cubes if they
 could figure out how.
 
 Not that I'm complaining ...
 
 Bob Hunt

Ouch, Bob, I really feel for you.

Every big city should have an italian section.  Not to cast aspersions, 
but I hear people rave about French cooking.  Well, when I was in France
I wasn't impressed.

But Italian cooking (and German) are probably two of my absolute favorites.

I'm fortunate in that I know an authentic German restaurant in New Britain
Conn., and we have the South End of Hartford...


Next time  you're up this way Bobmeister, we should have a Sports
GetTogether/DeanBashStrategySession at a fine Italian restaurant.....


'Saw

    Hawk -
    
    Regarding 'Szambos' - remember 'Sambos' restaurants.  And how they had
    to change the name.  Well, in Santa Barbara, they still have a Sambo -
    and supposedly, it is the original Sambos.  I went in there  - Same as
    it ever was, same as it ever was...
    
    JD

    "JD Butters up Hawk"

    The only Italian place around my parts that I enjoy enough to go to
    semi-regularly is Mario's In Lexington Ma.  Very small place, sits
    around 20-25 and yes the yuppies have take over.  Sometimes it takes
    about 45-60 mins.  The food isnt the greatest but its serverly
    reasonable and best of all you can bring in your own alcoholic
    beverages.  I dont know about the rest of you, but sometimes the bar
    tab is greater than the food bill ?????  Grab a bottle on the way or
    a case of beer (whatever you prefer).  4 people can eat a great big
    meal with extras for about $30, then figure in a case of beer so the
    most you end up with is about $50 for a great meal (4 people).
    
    							M_Air_Brooks

    Dickstah, you might want to check out some of the places on Shrewsbury
    St. in Worcester.  There is an Italian Grocery called D'Errico's that
    might have it.  There are several Italian restaurants on that street,
    but I've never seen Crisponelli on the menus.
    
    Good Italian restaurants were few and far between in Texas, but then
    again it's very tough to find good Mexican back here in Mass.

    
    I've been through that way a few times, Mac, when D'Errico's has
    chicken on sale for $ .39 a pound.  I miss Argento's a lot.  The thing
    is, Crispelli is more like a snack food or junk food as opposed to a
    "meal."  And it always has to be made to order.  That's probably I've
    never heard of it in restaurants.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Papa Gino's has good Italian food... not...
    
    Yo Hawk - Szambo's huh?  Nah, never mind... you gonna have your
    Sgt. Slaughter outfit on?  Just don't bring that stuff near
    Philly/Delaware or they'll fill your restaurant with mushroom soil
    and set the roof, the roof, the roof on fire...
    

    Dickstah,  there must be some place in the North End that has good
    crispelli, but I don't know where, either.  The only time I ever got it
    was in Lawrence, the same place as you mentioned.  
    
    Lee

    Jeff and Hal, which one of youse guys own the little blue car in the
    HLO parking lot with all of the Cleveland bumperstickers on it?  It's
    gotta be one of you guys, so 'fess up.  ;^)

    
    Gotta be Hal... Woof Woof.. I'm into pink Tribe paraphenalia now!  
    
    /Jeff

    
    	It's Hal alright.  His car isn't nothing, you should see his desk.
    FYI, he's member #664 of the Bernie Kosar fan club. . .   no lie.

    
    	Ok, thanks Gary!
    		It is my car.  You didn't say anything about the best
    sticker on the car though...ya know...the yellow one.
    
    		"MY EX WIFE'S CAR IS A BROOM"
    
    		If you think the car is bad, you should come to the
    house.  I still have that football, ya know, the one signed by the
    worst football team in Browns history.  Hmmmmm, I wonder if it will
    ever be worth anything more than the cowhide it was made with?
    
    		Oh well.  One thing for sure, the Browns will surprise
    everyone this year!  I still go with a 10 and 6 record.
    
    	WOOF, WOOF, WOOF
    

    >		"MY EX WIFE'S CAR IS A BROOM"
    
    That's a great one!  Time to wipe that coffee off the screen again...
    
    
    py

    The movie 'War Games' starred Mathew Broderick and...
    
    I say it was Alli Sheedy.  A friend o' mine says it wasn't.
    
    I've got a car washing riding on this.  Let me know if I should buy a
    six pack to watch my car being washed or some ArmorAll.
    
    	--dan'l

    Buy That 6 Pack, this happens to be one of my WIfes All_time Fav's
    so ive seen it about 5-10 times.  It is most definatly positivly
    Alli Sheedy.  Pick up the movie at your local video store if your
    friend doesnt believe you !!! The cost of the movie is nothing
    compared to the enjoyment of watching your friend wash your car
    :-)
    							M_Air

    Dan'l, you win.
    
    Mark.

'Scuse me but I think it was Lea Thompson, who truly shows her stuff in
"All the right moves".

TTom

Wrong O Great One...

Lea Thompson was one of the sisters (along with Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing
fame) in Red Dawn....



8^)

'Saw

"All the Right Moves" is about a high school football star in
Northwestern Pennsylvania who's trying to get out of that area on a
football scholarship. It stars Tom Cruise. His adversarial coach is Craig
T. Nelson (of the TV show "Coach" fame) and his girlfriend is Lea
Thompson. She and Cruise have a "scene".

TTom

 Ally Sheedy most definitely played Matthew Broderick's sidekick in
 "War Games".   No question about it.   Great flick.   Score yourself
 a six, Dan'l.   
 
 My favorite pair of characters in "War Games" were the two computer
 technogeeks who instructed Broderick about "back doors" into
 sensitive computer systems.   One was the skinny pencil-necked geek
 with the Coke bottle glasses and the other was the heavyset slobbo
 who was wolfing a Big Mac and yelling at the skinny one at the same
 time.   Whatta riot !!!
 
 And Lea Thompson did indeed display her most impressive titles in the
 Tom Cruise flick "All The Right Moves".   Whew !!!
 
 Bob Hunt

RE: technogeeks.

You can see both of them in other movies. The older, bigger guy (name not
known) plays the main heavies chasing Danny Devito for a loan not payed
in "Twins". He and his brother finally catch up with Danny and Arnold in
a bar after one of the brothers had been beat up by Arnold and both had
been shot in the foot.

The littler, very geeky, plays a great  role in 1941 the Speilberg movie
with Belushi, Akroyd and a cast of thousands. He and his talking dummy
are on the ferris wheel looking out for the Jap sub.

TTom

       There it is Hawk! Get out the Blockbuster Video Card a large can o'
    lacquer.
                                    Denny  ;^P
    
    

>    
>    P.S.  Anyone ever see Lea Thompson in a spacesuit?
>

Yes.

Pick up the movie Space Camp.  A sappy movie starring Kate Capshaw (who
has mighty nice titles herself) about a bunch of space camp kids who
inadvertantly take off in the Shuttle.  Lea Thompson is in that, in a
spacesuit.

Perhaps tonight could be a two-for-one video night for you Hawk.....

8^)

    Lea Thompson is also the teenaged version of Lorraine McFly (who
    eventually becomes Marty McFly's (Michael J Fox's) mother) in Back to
    the Future Part 1.
    
    John

>
>    Lea Thompson AND Kate Capshaw together in the same movie?  
>    
>    Oh my achin' woodie!  :-)
>    
>    Hawk

Ah, Hawk...

Yeah, you've got a leetle bit of drool running down the right side of
your..yup, you got it...

That's better.
    

    Bob Hunt - re your p_name.
    
    So, "The Sure Thing" has been on TV down your way lately too?  Love
    that flick.  Absolute riot.  I live Cusick's dreams - and the bar scene
    with those two dudes 'Something light - a Spritzer' and "I'll have a
    beer".  TOo funny...
    
    And the geekoid lawyer is too precious.  
    
    JD

    
    >>P.S.  Anyone ever see Lea Thompson in a spacesuit?
    
    Nah, when I watched "All the Right Moves", I was wearing shorts and a
    T-shirt.  (8^)*
    
    Re TTom  Minor Nit..."All the Right Moves was about a SouthWestern Pa.
    town.  Filmed about 50 miles from Pgh in Johnstown.   ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    
    JaKe
    

 JD,
 
 "The Sure Thing" was on FOX lasted night.   One of my all-time
 favorite films.   I became a total lifelong John Cusack fan the night
 I first saw it several years ago.   I will watch and enjoy any and
 all films that young man does ... "Sixteen Candles", "Say Anything",
 matters not ...
 
 To show you how much I like "The Sure Thing", I watched it *TWICE*
 lasted night.   With a satellite dish, you get both the East and West
 feeds.  I watched it on FOX East on 8:00pm and again on FOX West at
 11:00pm.   I think I laughed harder the second time around.
 
 Favorite scenes are ...
 
 When he out-psychos the lecherous redneck pickup driver and rescues 
 Alison from the ill-advised hitch ... 
 
   "I don't think I'll take this ride and I think I'll take your
   'wife' with me if you don't mind."
 
 When, poolside, he projects his entire tragic future because she
 wouldn't help him in English class ... 
   
   "And one day my big break comes ... the french fry guy dies and I
   get the job ... but three guys tell me all I have to do is drive a
   Lincoln Continental in from Mexico and I can make $300 ... when I
   get out of jail, I'm 35 and I have very few teeth ..."
 
 When he's on the hood of the car singing "Feelings" trying to rescue
 their ride from the show tune couple from hell ...
 
 When he's trying to bust into the locked trailer in the middle of a
 downpour and she pulls out a credit card but then sadly remembers
 that she can only use it in an emergency ...   
   
   "Well, maybe one will come along."
 
 ... and many, many more.   Anthony Edwards is pretty funny, too.  
 "Gib, this is Lance you're speaking to.  You have no morals."
 
 And, yes, I was fishing for a new p-name lasted night.   Bagged the
 "liquid soap" line midway thru one of Cusack's hilarious "philosophy"
 monologues.
 
 Bob Hunt

The liquid soap line also appears in the paper the teacher reads at the end...



Zuniga: "I have a credit card"

Cusak: " credit cards work on an entirely different sort of lock"

Zuniga: "I have a credit card, but wait, my dad said I can only use it in case of an 
  	   emergency"

Cusak: "You hold onto it then and maybe one will come up some time"


Great flick......


  Metz

    Yo Bob ever see "Better Off Dead" or "Hot Pursuit"? Great flicks!

    Lea was great in "All the Right Moves". Good thing my vcr has a pause
    and a slow button. The deck outside didn't get lacquered but that's
    another story.
    

    Bob -
    
    Another favorite scene of mine is when they pretend she's pregnant and
    get picked up by that older lady.  The lady asks what they are going to
    name the baby.  She says "If its a boy, Eliott"
    
    LadY:: Nice Name
    
    Cusack:  Elliot?  Elliot!! Your going to name it Elliot!  Elliot is a
    fat kid with glasses that eats paste.  Elliot!  You gotta name it
    something like Nick.  Nick's your buddy.  Someone to have a beer with..
    
    Love it!...
    
    JD

    Anyone see The Grifters?  And wasn't he in Tapeheads?  (I think that
    was the name of the movie...)
    
    Say Anything was a great flick.

My two personal favs are "Better Off Dead" and "One Crazy Summer".


btw, Bobcat Goldthwait is in OCS and he does the funniest damn scene in
a Godzilla suit.  Has me peeing my pants every time....

Say Anything is great too (that's the one where he's a kickboxer, right?)


'Saw

>Say Anything is great too (that's the one where he's a kickboxer, right?)
    
    Yes.  They wanted VanDamme to play the part but he was busy breaking
    heads in 'Bloodsport.'  8-)
    

    reply
    Here's a question for you technoweenies out there:
    Anyone know anything about Hidden Areas?  I have a workstation in 
    a hidden area, and am trying to find out if you can set host to
    it from another system?
    
    is this possible????
    
    
    Help me...
    
    JD

    Better Off Dead
    
    The Eddie Van Halen hamburger that does "Everybody Wants Some" always
    has me roolliiinnggg!! 
    Or when the picture of Beth talks to him. "Face it, you're a spastic
    nerfbag"
    Or the Howard Cosell Chinese guy.
    Or when Charles Demar goes "Wow, this mountain is pure snow!"
    Or Ricky and Monique dancing.
    

    RE: hidden area node
    
    Sorry, JD, but I do believe you're SOL.  About the only thing you can
    do between a node in a hidden area and nodes outside that area is send
    mail (using poor man's routing).
    
    Sid

    Also in "Better Off Dead", we get to see Dan Schneider as a
    nose-picking nerd.
    
    Fitting.
    
    Mark.

    Ok Who is the girl opposite JOhn in Better Off Dead, the one he
    ends up with at the end.  You know the one who pretends to speak
    french (only).  And what other movies has she done...????
    								M_Air

    There may be hope JD. A Hidden area is used when there are more than
    1024 nodes in an area. They use area 62 to add more nodes. The problem
    is that area 62 is used as a standard so you may have conflicts between
    areas. That's why they're 'hidden'. If you contact the network person
    for the area you're trying to reach he/she should be able to give you
    the 'pass through router' and tell you how to use it.
    HTH                               Denny
         

    Denny -
    
    Thanks.  I have a pass through node.  Someone mentioned there's a 
    hidden area user guide somewhere, but I haven't been able to find
    it.  I'll keep investigating...
    
    JD

       Did you rty:
    Set Host (pass through node)::(hidden node)?
                                       Denny

    Set host passthrough::hidden:: doesn't seem to work.
    
    Get a remote node not known type message
    
    jd

>>    Set host passthrough::hidden:: doesn't seem to work.
>    
>>    Get a remote node not known type message
    
 
i'm no network expert, but sounds like the node might not be defined
on the passthrough node.....

    Monique from "Better Off Dead" was in "The Last American Virgin" and I
    saw her in some flick where every other scene she would show her
    titles. Very good flick.

>    I bet that Dickstah could tell you guys how to solve this passthrew
>    hidden thang technoweenie problem...


Hell, I bet that Dickstah could tell you guys how to passthrew a peach
pit too....

    I sent JD some help.  Don't know if it worked...

    ...or pass out and threw up.
                                        Denny

     Here's my chance to enter the notesfile with something useful to say
    (I hope that it's not the last time.) 
    
     JD, you can find a copy of the Hidden Area Users Guide at:
    
    	FDCV06::USTOOLS$PUBLIC:HIDDEN_AREA_USERSGUIDE.DOC
    
    This will give you a good overview of what you can and can't do through
    a hidden area. I think that you'll find that they're not as restrictive
    as you may think. Also, to set host, you should not follow that last
    node name with a double set of colons. 
    
    Russ
    (U.S. Telecomm Employee and FFL team owner/GM)
    

       I don't know Karen, he's been quiet for a while. Maybe your 'advise'
    crashed his system!!!1
                                      Denny  ;^)

    
    The passthru.  Quite simple really.
    
    First the data stuff goes in there...
    
                                            -oh
    Then it goes around and around,  Whoa  /   \-oh   /oh......
                                         -oh       \oh
    
              
                                       ....and it comes out here.
    
    Dickstah
    

>               <<< Note 25.402 by CRBOSS::DERRY "GONGed out." >>>
>                           -< spank line, Frank??? >-


Yeah.  The "spank line"....

It's the third cut off the new Van Halen album.

The chorus goes something like 

		All you bad, bad boys, call her up on the spank line...


All I have to say is:

	1-900-SPANK-ME



8^)

    Haven't heard that one.  About the only song I've heard off it is
    Poundcake.
    
    For
    Unlawful
    Carnal
    Knowledge...  Aren't they a clever bunch of guys...?
    
    I liked Sammy Hagar better when he was on his own.

       I thought it was some kinda Madonna 900 thang.
                              Denny

Personally, I like Van Halen better with Sammy.  And I think Sammy has
grown as a vocalist since his collaboration with VH.

Don't get me wrong, I like the old stuff too, I just like the new stuff
better....

jmho,
'Saw

    Well being someone who has (believe it or not) something like 11-15
    Sammy Hagar tapes (yes he has that meny out) I also have 2 montrose
    tapes (the band he was with before he went solo) and all the VH tapes
    since sammy joined them Id say he there all GREAT.  I really hated
    David Lee Roth and therefore even though VH had great sound I was
    really turned offed by there music...The only thing I didnt like
    was when they first got together they almost changed there name to
    
    	VAN-Hagar...Would have loved it...
    
    Now more importantly  about -12, you say the girl who played apposite
    john in better off dead did a movie with lots of titles...while how
    about the title of the movie and I still dont know her NAME.....
    
    								M_Air

    I prefer the old Van Halen but for different reasons than what's been
    stated here.  Sammy is a great vocalist!
    
    I preferred EVH's guitar sound in the old days (first few albums
    especially!).  It was raw, agressive, and unprocessed.  We're talking
    plug into the Marshall stack and put it on 10.  Now that he's been
    fooling with keys, he writes all the tunes with the keyboard instead of
    the guitar.  His guitar is also way overprocessed and too laidback.
    
    Mike

>                        -< Driveway project tonight... >-
>
>    Hopefully, I can get quick replies....
>    
>    I need to know the distance of a hoop to the foul line.  And, where is
>    it measured from, the front of the rim, or the backboard?  Also, how
>    wide is the lane, and what are the measurements of those little lines
>    on both sides of the lane that spaces out the rebounders during a foul
>    shot (how far from the foul line is the nearest ones, or how far from
>    say, the backboard)?
>    
>    Thanks,
>    Hawk


Hawk, the kid is WHITE.  Save yourself the trouble.  Buy him a rugby
ball instead, because he'll never make it in hoops....

[okay folks tons of smilies, casting no aspersions and all that rot...]


I'm probably wrong but:   

	Foul line from backboard, 15'.  Can't help you wif those little
	lines...  

	Lane is wide enough to fit 2.5 NBA Widebodies side by side wif
	a little mauling going on at the time....


hope this helps.....

No this isn't the answer but it is a pointer.

One of "My Three Sons" has written a book, "The Language of Sports" in
which contains this and many other bits of info. I have it at home. 
Anyone else ever glance at this?

TTom

    Hawk, thanks for the question.  I've been thinking about this one
    myself.  I have a piece of blacktop with a basketball hoop in my
    backyard.  I've been thinking about painting a key on it (if I ever
    finish my inside work).
    
    What are you going to use to paint yours?  Are you going to rent a
    parking lot painter with some new space age paint?  Me, I'll probably
    stick to a brush and whatever I can find at Spag's.  I don't care what
    my neighbors think ;^).

Prizmo Lifeline Yellow...

That's what the town of Glastonbury uses to paint road lines.  It's got these
little reflective doo-dads in there to make it sparkle at night.

If you use something like that (even green) I guarantee that long after
your house and family are levelled by the nuclear holocaust, that paint
will be there....


And remember, Hawk, regarding the key:

		If you paint it, SportsNoters will come....


8^)

    Yo, Hawk.  We don't need no steeenking lines.  Those are for mirrors. 
    I just put up my hoop last weekend.  Waited a whole month after buying
    the house so Gail wouldn't accuse me of doing that before more
    "important" things, like hooking up a gas line for the stove.  Hah! 
    What does she know?
    
    Anyway, my new driveway is gravel.  I just put in new lines every time
    I go out by dragging my heel through the gravel.  What's really
    important is putting up the right kind of hoop.  Being one who suffers
    from acute WMD, I got one of those adjustable jobs.  Even *I* can stuff
    on a 7' hoop.  Impresses the hell outta the kids.  And my 8-year-old
    daughter can get the ball up high enough at 8' to play a decent game of
    around-the-world.
    
    Sid

Hawk

I stopped by your driveway with my level -

the pole is 15 degrees off of being straight!!

(many 8^))

=Bob=

Where's Sigourney when you need her...

    I was wondering something last night, after seeing clips of Double Impact, 
    do you think Van Damme could kick Steven Segal's butt?  Like if you put 
    them in a steel cage fight-to-the-death match, who do you think would 
    emerge victorious?	
    
    Obviously, I need to get a life.

>    I was wondering something last night, after seeing clips of Double Impact, 
>    do you think Van Damme could kick Steven Segal's butt?  Like if you put 
>    them in a steel cage fight-to-the-death match, who do you think would 
>    emerge victorious?	
>    
>    Obviously, I need to get a life.


Karen.

This is just a variation on the age old question, first posed in
"Stand By Me",  Could Superman beat up Mighty Mouse?

Now, they say that Mighty Mouse was just a cartoon, and Superman a real
guy, but personally I think that Mighty Mouse packed a pretty powerful
punch for someone that little.  

Now, it's obvious that Van Damme is really hurting.  His last movie was
in the theaters for 14 minutes 35 seconds before it came out on video
tape.  This time, he figured he needed some FX gimicks, so he decided to
do the "twins" thing.


Now, Steven Sagal on the other hand is married to the bodacious and lovely
(even if she did butch herself out) Kelly LeBrock.  That obviously gives
him a great edge, without a doubt.  I mean, Van Damme is the kind of
guy that you'd see doing the Pee Wee thing at home on a Friday night, because
no bodacious babes wanna be with him to do it for him.


Therefore, I'd give the edge to Seagal.  

NOW, on the other hand, if the survivor had to go up against Arnold, then
I'd say Arnold would win hands down.  Since we all know that excess
testosterone makes you talk with a thick Austrian accent, he obviously
has more testosterone than Seagal, who talks like the Godfather....


Finally, I'd say Mighty Mouse could kick ALL their butts at once, while
singing an operatic aria.....


'Saw

    Most Poeple would pick van damme due to his size, but remember one
    of the all time greatest martial arts experts Bruce Lee...He looked
    like a big wind would knock him over.  I have a move with bruce lee
    and Chuck Norris where Chuck Norris is the bad guy (bruce lee trained
    chuck norris, and he kills him in the end of the movie) but anyway
    Chuck looks big compared to bruce...????..?!!  Im not kidding, so you
    cant go by size.  Id go with Segal due to his more mellow attitude, 
    he just seems more into it.

The coolist thing about Bruce Lee was that he sounded like a tom cat
mating when he fought.

All those noises and stuff added greatly to his stature as the Supreme
Martial Artist of all time.

However, what most people don't know was that Bruce's favorite food 
was broccoli.  He ate tons of it before every shoot.  Then, when he'd
be doing fight scenes, he'd be cheesin' 'em off left and right.

Because this left such an unpleasant addition to the sound track, they'd
have Bruce come back to the studio, and dub the movie with his patented
martial arts sounds....

It was tough on his co-stars too.  In fact, Chuck Norris says that his
poor showing in that movie was due to the horrendous stink in the studio.
He couldn't get his breath, and Bruce just kick the crap outta him....


'Saw

    I dunno 'Saw, I think Bloodsport and even Kickboxer were better than
    the Segal movies I've seen.  Maybe that's because I'd rather look at
    Van Damme.  He's tres yummy.  CNN was interviewing him this morning
    and they aksed him "What about Arnold?"  He laughed and said Arnold
    isn't a fighter, instead of using his fist/foot, Arnold would throw
    a table.  

    Arnold roolz.
    
    Karen, what does "tres yummy" mean?
    
    BTW, anyone notice that Sly (don't call me a has-been) Stallone is
    trying feebly to follow Arnold's footsteps by attempting a comedy?
    
    Mark.

    This "discussion" has a very, very long ways to go before it reaches
    Dean vs. Bob proportions.
    
    HTH,
    
    
    - ACC Chris

    What about Donatello vs. Michealangelo ?
    
    That would be turtle-y excellent, DUDES!

>    What about Donatello vs. Michealangelo ?
>    
>    That would be turtle-y excellent, DUDES!


Nah, Mighty Mouse could still kick their butts.


Mighty Mouse roolz!

    re: .-1
    
    Ooo, interesting.  Donatello's got the brains, but Michaelangelo has a
    size advantage.  
    
    I gotta go with Mike, "The Party Dude".
    
    
    - ACC Chris

    
    If a chicken-and-a-half can lay an egg-and-a-half in a day-and-a-half,
    how long does it take a monkey to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?
    
    -Quoted from Harry Anderson
    

    I think I saw all the Bruce Lee movies made.  Chuck Norris was good to
    look at (forget Bruce for looks, you watched him for the moves).  There
    was a second European/American type in his later flicks however, with
    dark black hair, who left *me* panting.  (Irritated my hubby no end, that
    did.  Even though he got the benefit of the results :-{  )
    
    Arnold v Sly??  __ Arnold wins hands down.
    
    Who are the rest of these Johnny-Come-Lately's, anyway.
    
    
    A&W

Popeye was on Steroids.  I tried that Spinach stuff and all I got was
gas....8^)



My two favorite Arnold "Terminator" lines:

		"Your clothes.  I want them"

and

		"Get out"


Too cool.....

How about Bruthse Willis vs. M M 

anybody that can actually jump onto a Commercial airliner from a Helicopter
can beat M M. 

    Steven don't play rugby.
    
    Jean Claud don't play water polo.
    
    Arnold don't NOTE.
    
    And to quote the immortal Robert Duvall from 'Apocolypse Now":
    
    Charlie don't surf.
    
    
    op is elps
    
    	--dan'l

Van Dame would win hands down in a steel-cage match! But there is no way he
could beat the Hulkster in a steel cage match, sorry. Actually if you put these
two guys in a room full of mirrors they'd spend more time admiring themselves
than fighting, ecspecially that Seagull guy there. He's nothing but glitz, 
Van Dame could kick his sorry butt from here to Thailand. No contest. As a 
matter of fact, I bet Seagull is just one of those wuss hollywood types that
if he saw any blood on himself he'd go crying to his mommy. Did you ever see
a guy knock so many men out with just one punch? Cripes, I thought John Wayne
was the only one that possesed that talent. At least Van Dame can take a punch.
And Stallone and Arnold for that matter. Has this Seagull guy EVER even got
hit??????? Nooooooooooooo, he don't want to muss up is pwetty face. Gawd and
he even had the gall to steal Kelly LaBrock away from us druelster's! The noive!
He probably eats brie and drinks Jovian on the set. Oh and another thing, the 
fag has to use a gun in his movies, you'd never see Van Dame using a gun boy, no
siree bob, just fist, feet and the assorted array of martial arts weaponry.
But give me Bruce Lee anyday, he could kick all the above mentioned collective
butts at the same time, blinfolded.



Steve

    For one thing, it is difficult to tell just how good any of the
    Hollywood martial atrists really are.  Any of the real Black Belts that
    I've talked to say that the TV fights are so slowed as to be
    rediculous.  After all a fight isn't impressive to the audience if they 
    only see half of it.  The moves are real - just not at full speed.
    
    The other thing to remember in talking about physical stature is that
    everything is a tradeoff.  Speed vs. reach vs. hitting power.  Since
    most BB can hit more than hard enough to immediate permament damage,
    that leaves speed vs. reach.  And even big slow BB are FAST.
    
    Back when I expermenting with Karate, one of my instructors was 5'2"
    100 lb.  She could get in, hand you your privates, and get out before
    you realized she was within reach.  
    
    Instructors talk about locking out on your stikes.  You know you are
    doing it right when your sleave or pant leg of your Gi snaps like a wet
    towel.  Quiter but definitly audible.  Instructor also like to give a
    demo (right afterwords) where every stike in a form snaps.
    
    The bottom line is that the martial arts actors are good if they have
    the real life credentials.  Norris has a national title for one, I
    don't know the background of the others.
    
    
    Commander Scott

    re.404
    
    Russ -
    
    Thank you. Thank Youl.
    
    Karen -
    
    Thank you.
    
    JD

And Monday morning's silly question is:

Can a foreigner on vacation in the U.S. buy a car and insurance without any
hassle?  (I can well imagine that this varies widely from state to state...)

If the answer to the above is yes, then which State(s) would be the best for
doing so?  (I'm thinking of tax and insurance rates for example).

Kind thanks for any info you can provide...

rick

PS: Going on a lonnnnnnnnnng vacation in October

Rick, I'd bet you'd bet better off renting.  At least that way you
know what you're getting.

Don't know how long the vacation is, but keep this in mind.  If you buy
a used car, you never really know what you're getting.  If it f___s up,
then *you're* stuck with it, whereas if a rental f___s up, or even if you
smash it up, it's call the rental place, have them tow it, and rent a new
one.

Plus at the end of the vacation you don't have the hassle of trying to
unload the car (usually at less than what you paid for it).  

And insurance is gonna come in a 6 month chunk (I'm pretty sure)....


Just my humble, "off the top of my head" opinion.....

'saw

Tks Saw

Sorry, I meant *really* long - like 3 or 4 months (right/down/wrong/upsizing
is hitting Europe as well, you know    :*{))))))).

Otherwise, I usually think exactly as you described and have always rented cars
in the past even if it was as long as 3 weeks or a month.

Do you know about how much per month a 3-4 month rental would be?

Thanks again for any tips/input.

rick

Rick, I am not really sure what the laws are around foreigner's buying
cars in the U.S., but New Hampshire has no sales or excise tax so it 
would be your best bet state wise. Why don't you call the State Department,
maybe they could be of some assistance.



Steve

Rick,

I don't know what a three or four month rental would be, but call
Avis.

When I was in France for 6 months, we rented a car every month.
Each month we'd have to go in and "renew" the rental.  Don't remember
what it cost....

'Saw

    DEC employees get a big price break on Avis rental cars.  You can get
    info by calling the DEC travel agent.
    
    Insurance has to be obtained for the state you live in.  There will
    also be registration fees.

    What State(s) will you be visiting ???

>>    What State(s) will you be visiting ???

Mebbe alluvem (no kidding) 'cept Hawaii cuz no car will get that far.

:*))))))

rick

    Rick -
    
    If you end up in the great Nor'west - look me up in Seattle.  Metz and
    Pete Crouch are out this way too...
    
    JD

Thanks JD - I'd love to meet some of you guys in person to see if you're as
wacko as you are in writing.

rick

;*)))))))

       Speaking of whacko. Did anyone see the picture of Lyndon Byers in
    last Fridays Glob? I know they put in the wrong picture because the
    caption below it said: "I'm not a lunatic". I figure it hadda be Hawk's
    picture.
                                    Denny  ;^)

>       Speaking of whacko. Did anyone see the picture of Lyndon Byers in
>    last Fridays Glob? I know they put in the wrong picture because the
>    caption below it said: "I'm not a lunatic". I figure it hadda be Hawk's
>    picture.


Denny...

That was an advertisement for Szabo's new movie, "The Hawkman".

The caption is supposed to read:

		I am not a lunatic, I am a man!



hth,
'Saw

    Can anyone offer up a pointer to a complete schedule of the NFL
    including the playoff structure for the 91 season?
    
    Thanks,
    Conan
    

    re: last
    
    Boy, make fun of rugby and noone wants to talk to you!
    
    You guy are tough!
    
    Conan
    

All I'll say is what the player from Scotland said on a recent Rugby World.

When asked how he liked American Football, he said he rather liked it,
but felt it would be much more interesting if they'd take off all those
pads.....8^)

Actually, if you could take some of the athletes in the NFL, train them
to forget those football mannerisms which are bad for rugby, and then
have them play for the Eagles, I'd bet we'd do pretty darn well.....

'Saw

    Conan, did you check the NFL topic or the American_Football conference? 
    You do realize that you've asked for alot of information.  There are
    what, 28 teams playing a 16 week schedule?  That's alot of typing to
    answer your question.

    Mac, thats why I was only looking for a pointer, and you just gave it
    to me! CONGRATS!
    
    
    Conan
    

    To answer my own question; Check out note 272.* in
    stkcsc::american_football for a complete NFL schedule.
    
    
    Conan
    

    
    	Package stores normaly hand them out about this time of year.
    
    
    	Kat

    
    Question for someone in the Football pool, is the system going to be
    down all day I was trying to enter my picks and the program won't run
    I know its only pre season fun but from what I read the system was 
    moving the last week of August, Is there anyone else out there having
    a problem or just me....thanks for your help and advice...
    Mike Childs any luck on your side of the building?  thanks 
                                                              Westy

It's back up now.
I just entered my picks.

TTom

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Note 3668.0        DOG EATS SOCK WHOLE!  Any danger to him???          2 replies
CST17::FARLEY "Have YOU seen Elvis today??"          26 lines  16-AUG-1991 14:51
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    I looked for an entry with an exact match and didn't see anything and
    since I've never encountered this type of situation before, I
    hope to get a speedy reply.
    
    It seems that our 6 month huskie-shepard, according to my wife,
    "ate Greg's sock - whole" during a chase to get it back from him.
    
    I'm sure it looked great, a black dog racing around the house with a
    "stolen" sock in his mouth, followed by my son yelling for him to stop
    as he too raced around the house, followed by my wife, screaming at
    both of them to stop and for Digger to drop the sock.
    
    Naturally, if "top dog" was home this wouldn't have happened!
    
    ;^)
    
    Seriously, is there any danger to the dog?  Will my 7 yr. old's
    pass through without a problem?  Will the sock plug him up or
    get twisted around?
    
    What should I do?
    
    Thanks,
    Kev
    

      I'd call the vet Kev. I know mine would give me the advise right on
    the phone. If you're Husky-shep is anything like mine, it'll prob'ly go
    right through, she doesn't chew anything and hasn't been plugged up
    yet. Good luck. Let us know the 'outcome'.
                                         Denny

    
    If it's a kid's sock as opposed to an adult's thick knee-high athletic
    sock it should be O.K.  I had an Irish Setter once that ate my
    underwear.  I'd find the Fruit-of-the-Loom elastic waistbands all over
    the lawn.
    
    It'll probably pass, so I wouldn't throw the other sock away just yet.
    
    Dickstah
    

        Godd thing he didn't eat your coonskin cap, eh Dickstah?
                                  Denny

    Well, I guess when I get home I'l find one of three
    things:
    
    1)  a power puked kiddie sock
    
    2)  a hershey roll sock turd
    
    3)  a dog in tremendous pain (or worse)
    
    The vet said that a dog's stomach usually empties in 2 1/2 - 3 hours
    and it was probably too late to use syrup of ipipec (never could
    spell or say that stuff correctly) ;*(
    
    Most probable is either #1 or #2 but if we notice ANYTHING unusual
    we're to call right away.
    
    My FEW and son are out & the dumb dog cain't answer the phone so I
    can't check in for an update.
    
    Sheesh, such gratitude and only 3 days after he got a new rawhide
    bone.  You know the one, it's like 'saw's club for RAK ~ 24" long -
    huge mother (and such a deal at Spags only $9.90 vs $16.00 at
    Agway)
    
    Kev
    
    

 Sheet, you just *KNOW* this conference is some kinda special when you
 can ask questions like "My dog ate a sock so what can I do ???" and
 get answers to them.    Unreal.
 
 "Dogs who eat socks and the SPORTS conference that saves them" 
 
 	... on the next Oprah Winfrey Show.
 
 Dickstah, you are an absolute panic.   I have to wipe my glasses
 after about every 3rd line of one of your notes.   I tip my hat to
 you.
 
 Have a nice weekend, dudes.   The HUNTcluster is going off line
 nexted week and hittin' the sunny South Carolina beaches.  
 
 Surf's Up !!!
 
 Bob Hunt

    Okay Kev, time for the update.
    
    lEe
    
    (What are you gonna do with the other sock?  You got a cat to give it
    to?)

       Hey Kev, I remmeber a couple years ago when Zylas and the State Line
    auction in Winchendon had those bones for about $2.99. It made a scary
    sight, the dog walkin around with that thing. Looked like she just
    chomped off somebody's laig! I caint find them there anymore, looks
    like I'll pick one up when I make my next pilgrimage to Spags.
                                         Denny

I can't even remember where I got mine now.  I know it wasn't Agway.

'Rak loves 'em.  He used to eat on them all the time, gnawing away until
his gums would bleed.  Now he just chews on 'em when he's board.

Every once in a while I feed him a meat flavored one, and that's gone in
one sitting.

Probably what he likes the best though is when I bring him home stuff
from the restaurant. 

'Saw

    So, another question.  What do you do when a car cassette starts eating
    tapes?  Does it need its heads' cleaned?  Do you chuck it?
    
    This is a used car, so I don't want to spend lots of bucks.  Just
    calling on the wisdom of sports noters to help me out.
    
    JD

    I have a beer riding on this one:
    
    During the 7th inning stretch of yesterday's game, my friend (a history
    major at that) started telling the history of the SIS.  Apparently he's
    been doing this out of tradition the whole season.  
    
    Now, I know that it started when a president attended a ballgame back
    around the turn of the century and he stood up during the 7th inning. 
    And the crowd followed his lead.  But my friend says it was McKinley; I
    say it was Taft.
    
    Who is right?
    
    	--dan'l

    It's probably beyond the stage where cleaning will fix it, JD.  Pull
    the deck, spend $25, and have someone give you an estimate on the
    damage.  Most shops will credit the $25 towards the cost of repairs.

    Stoopid dog update:
    
    Got home Friday night and asked the family if Digger had a "power Puke.
    "Nope" was the reply (but since they were doing the weekly shopping
    it could be possible that the dog did it in the yard so I covered every
    sq/inch of yard that his rope covers.  Found nothing so I geared up for
    dog power poop or internal problems.
    
    Uneventful night...
    
    Saturday I watched the dog closely, especially during doggie-dump time.
    hjoping to see his eyes squint and snout curl (like I sometimes do when
    a foot-long+ turd curls up the T-bowl).  Never happened.
    
    Later in the PM, I'm in the veggie garden and my son came running up to
    me saying, "Dad!!!! Digger's eating the sock again!!!! I saw part of it
    in his mouth and then he swallowed it again!!!!!
    (Damm, I thought, missed again)
    Stoopid Dog!!!!!!
    
    Sunday I'm mowing the lawn and what to my suprise lay straight ahead?
    Yup, one soggy, limp sock!!!!
    
    Right now, my wife is deciding if she REALLY wants to keep it, wash it
    and match it with the other on for Greg's use or if we should use it
    as a recycleable doggie-treat!  ;^)
    
    still, my little tale doesn't come close to Dickstah's
    fruit-of-the-loom tale.
    
    Kev
    

JD, when the cassette starts eating tapes, you need to get a new car.

Hope this helps.

j.

    
    What do you do when your dog eats cassette tapes?
    
    

>    What do you do when your dog eats cassette tapes?
    
    Run it over with your new car.
    

    Re: JD and the cassette munching car tape deck.
    
    JD, mail me all your cassette tapes.  When I get them, I'll evaluate
    the situation and advise you further.
    
    Sincerely,
    Dan
    

    Thanks guys.
    
    What I'm gonna do is pull my cassete deck, feed it and ALL my tapes
    to the neighbors dog, buy a new car, run over the neighbor's dog, and 
    send the dog to Dan so he can get the cassette tapes from the dog's
    fetid carcass.
    
    HTH.
    
    JD

    Ha ha ha, nice going there, Dan and JD!  Youse guys are three much.
    
    lEe

    
    A couple of curious questions:
    
    Let's say it's the bottom of the ninth, and the score is tied 0-0. 
    Runner on third, nobody out.  The next batter pounds one to straight
    away center, 400+ feet away.  The center fielder knows the game is over
    whether he catches the ball or not, so he watches it sail over his head
    and heads for the dugout while the ball rolls around center field. 
    Does the game end 1-0, or does the runner who keeps coming around make
    it 2-0?
    
    Let's say in a similar situation the bases are loaded and the batter
    lashes one down the line for what would be a sure double or possibly
    triple.  How many runs count?  Does the batter get credit for a single,
    a double or more?
    
    Dickstah
    

    Game ends 1-0 and the batter gets a single in both cases.
    
    REK

    Who's gonna run the KofH thised year?  

    
    What's the KotH??
    
    
    Cathmeister

    Congrats Cathmeister for volunteering to run this year's KotH!!!
    
    Mark.

    
    	Hurry up and get the ball rolling Cath!  The season starts
    	soon......
    
    	Claybone

    Congrats Cubby for volunteering to run the KotH contest!!!
    
    Mark.

    
    
    ...Looks like I just got off the hook for sumpthin' I knew nuthin'
    about.
    
    Go figure.  
    
    

OK, I'll bite.  Anyone interested in the King of the Hole contest this year,
please send mail to AXIS::ROBICHAUD and carbon copy CARROL::LEFEBVRE.

Hope this helps.

j.

    Jeff, I just read your reply -1,I started a KOH note because everyone
    wants to do it but no one wants to update it,I'll update it if you 
    don't mind leaving it in notes so we can all see the picks of all
    the players,to save disk space maybe you could delete the previous
    notes every tuesday morning after I put the standings in???
    
    
    Tom

It's not disk space (and anyway, deleting notes doesn't free up disk space,
only a full file convert does that and that would have to be Frank's
responsibility and would require SPORTS to be down for a while).  Its the
zillions of unseen notes every friday.  But I don't care.  I'll just next
unseen over most of the conference, as I do every football season.

j.

    Anyone know how to reach Bob Hunt?  I tried sending him a mail message,
    but my Mail system says that SHALOT is an unknown node.

    Mac,
    
    Loonies has him at OPA and ya gotta use All-In-1
    
    GTH,
    Kev
    

It's hot.  In fact it's f______ hot.

So, here's what I propose everyone should do:

	
	1. Go Home.

	2. Find some shade

	3. Make yourself a shandy (a big one, in a pint glass wif
	   lotsa ice)

	4. Sit on a lawn chair in the shade.

	5. When shandy is empty, make another one.

	6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 until the sunsets.

	7. Have a most triumphant weekend.....


'Saw

    So howcome we haven't been treated to the 1991 Chainsaw's
    
    Ode to Labor Day?????
    
    Somehow it won't seen the same.......    8*(
    
    Deen to wonk
    
    Kev
    

    Kev -
    
    Maybe because like most of this great country's holidays, Labor Days
    meaning is long gone.  Sure, a lot of us get the day off.  But for a
    lot of folks, Labor Day is a day of work, or for many, another day to
    shop til they drop.
    
    JD

    
    Labor Day might be the one holiday where the original meaning *can't*
    be retained.  After all, how many of us, say at DEC, are still 
    currently slaving away at jobs under low-wage, health-risk sweatshop
    conditions?  (It's a rhetorical question-- no smart-ass responses 
    required...)  ;-)
    
    glenn
      
                                        

    Let's not forget what Labor Day is all about.   Those putting forth
    lots of effort to make this country great and keep it going.
    
    So for all of the Wimmen who will be in labor Monday popping out those
    kids who will be our future crooks...er....I mean politicians, our
    future construction workers, our computer workers who will spend mucho
    company time in some notes file, I say
    
    
    I am damn glad it's you and not me!!!!!!
    
    (8^)*      (8^0*
    
    JaKe
    

    Glenn,
    
    Obviously you don't work for Field Service...er.I mean...Customer
    Services!!!
    
    
    :^)
    
    JaKe
    

Nah, I just didn't have *time* to get in a_essay for Labor Day.

Labor Day to me is always kind of a sad time, because it means the
unofficial end of summer....

But, the spirit of Labor Day is still strong.  I mean, no, we don't
slave away in sweat shops 14 to 16 hours a day to eek out a meager
wage to support a family on.  But, times haven't changed that much.

For ages and ages, the Lizard Pig Dog Bosses(tm to the Wigmaster, WPLR)
have been afflicted with the same disease:  greed, combined with an
amazing lack of brains/common sense, and the obsessive need to cover
their asses.

I mean, we see it every day here at DEC.  Those of us who are in the
trenches, the grunts of the company have to deal with the politics
and stupidity of those making the decisions that affect us all.
We get to see poor performers who demean those of us who are hard
working, promoted rather than fired, and we see people who have given
years of faithful service, tapped on the shoulder and cast off like
a used condom.

So, on Labor Day, tomorrow, sit back and have a beer, or a non-alcholic
beer, or a lemonade or whatever, and try to bolster your flagging faith.
Don't forget for a moment that the hard work, and unwavering loyalty
that you display everyday does not go unnoticed.

It doesn't go unnoticed because when you're in the trenches, the people
who really matter, who really make it all happen, are the faces to the 
left and the right of you.  They are the ones who notice.

To all of you grunts out there, the Chainsaw says Sempre Fi.....

No, it's the day Jesus rose from the grave, saw his shadow, and went back
in for 6 more weeks of winter.....
    

    i thought Labor Day had something to do with a record breaking birthing
    performance by the women of 1936.

This is a serious question that I don't know the answer to.

I'm to f___ing lazy to find the Q&A topic, and being that lazy, I'm too
lazy to open or find the WWF topic.


	Who besides the Ultimate Warrior was the only WWF wrasslwe
	to hold both the  World Championship and the Intercontinental
	Championship at the same time?  And was it before or after UW
	did it?


Macho King Randy Savage????


'Saw

    re .515
    
    Who cares? It's not as if it was a REAL sport. That's like axing how
    many title fights Rocky Balboa won in his career. The answer is as many
    as the scriptwriter wants... 

    Whaddya mean it ain't real. The only thing unreal is the fans.
    They shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.
    
    'Saw
    Was it Pat Patterson?
    

       What's he mean it "AINT'T a real Sport!!" We're talkin Rasslin' here,
    maybe he's confusing it with bowling or something!
                                      Denny

I don't know the answer, and was just curious.

So it ain't SPORT.  I don't care about that.  It's as much of a sport
as Table Tennis.  When was the last time you saw someone get unconscious
in a ping-pong match????

I was jest wonderin who it was....  I'm sure REK knows....

'Saw

    Just bustin your stundinis, Saw. The last place I worked, there were
    more than a few people badly into WWF. The Chief Editor was one of
    them, so I couldn't *REALLY* ridicule them... This guy was a real piece
    of work. He reminded me of Jerry Sienfeld's next door neighbor, Kramer,
    at age 45. Nervous Nellie to the max, with a crazed look in his eyes...
    
    An thy thought *I* was wierd, following these foreign soccer teams with
    strange names
    
    Tom

I haven't followed the WWF for a while, and only know that Ravishing Rick
Rude left because I've heard him advertised on the radio for a non-WWF
appearance here (for example).

But, someone who knew I liked the Ultimate Warrior bought me a UW
action figurine (to go with my vintage Gumby and Pokey) and it said on 
the back of the package that UW was the second guy to hold both straps.

I wondered who was first 8^),....

btw, you can bust me whenever ya want!

'Saw

    Yesterday, the Vikings' Chris Carter made a spectacular catch and
    rolled into the endzone.  Well at least he was in the endzone from the
    hips down; his upper body and the ball were still on about the one yard
    line.  He simply stood up on his knees and had a TD.
    
    Question, if one of Carter's feet had rolled out of bounds in the
    endzone and then he gets to his knees, is it a TD or do you mark the
    ball at the one?
    
    	--dan'l

    Ball at the one since the ball would have never crossed the plane of
    the end zone.  Similar play happened to the Jets many years ago.  A
    wide receiver caught the ball while standing in the end zone.  He was
    leaning back towards the QB and fell out of the end zone back into the
    playing field.  Ball at the one.
    
    John

    re .521
    
    Ok, Saw, maybe this'll help. The "Macho Man," Randy Savage (why do I
    always think of a bouncer at a gay leather bar when I hear that name?) 
    is actually gonna marry Miss Elizabeth instead of just [insert gesture
    of fist thrusting forward, then quickly back]....
    
    HTH
    
    Tom
    

    Yo Saw, only UW, Pedro Morales and Randy Savage have held both belts, but
    neither men held both at the same time. 

    RE:
    
    "Trifecta in September"
    
    Well???? It is SEPTEMBER.  What's the story?
    
    Deen et al,
    
    Kev
    

 due date's tomorrow...only minor pains so far nothing major yet...

 will keep you posted...    

    Childs, we know how you fell but what about your wife???
    
    REK

   <<< Note 25.528 by FDCV07::KING "Can't think of anything clever......." >>>
                                    -< :-} >-

    Childs, we know how you fell but what about your wife???
                            ^^^^    
    REK


 that's it REK keep using the same keyboard....if you need a new p-name
 try graduate of the Dinz school of typing...

 many smiley go here

>       <<< Note 25.529 by CNTROL::CHILDS "Will it be a boy or a girl?" >>>
    
    I bet it'll be a CHILD!

    And I haven't talked to Dinz in a while...
    
    REK
    
    Been a bad week for typing...........

 not many of us have REK but he's doing ok. I talked to him monday. 
 as for the typing I really haVEn'T gOt rOoM to tAlK, as SoMeOnE
 pointed out...

 ;^)

 Astute observation there Mike...nothing yet I figure it's got to be friday
 cause it's the 13th...

 mike

<<< Note 25.532 by CNTROL::CHILDS "Contribute to the Assinate Steve Erkel Fund NOW!" >>>
                      -< call him Jason, her Carrie.... >-

    Mike, nothing personal, but you really have a lot of filberts busting
    REK's spelling with that butcher job of "assassinate".
    
    Mark.

    Mike,
    
    We all know that if it's a boy you will name it Otis Anderson Childs.
    
    Do you and you wife plan these things out so that you pop one out every
    time the Gints win the SB?  If so, get back to work ASAP!
    
    Bruce

 Thanks Markie for the correction and if you'd have noticed I did tell REK
 I had no room to taLk oR tYPe.......

 ;^)

    ....but I'm perfect (!) so I can bust REK's filberts about his spelling.
    
    
    Jo

    Hey, I'm prefect, too.
    
    lEe

    > Question #1.  Did anyone else experience horrendously slow response
    > yesterday afternoon?  We've had our share of system problems here at
    > TWO lately so I'm not sure if it was us or them (CAM*::)...
    
    I've had a heck of a time trying to access this notesfile ALL WEEK!
    
    
    py

    In the Just ask Jake note, before it was write locked, the question was
    asked if it would be possible for a high school football coach to win
    more games in a season than Clive Rush, Phil Bengtson, John Mazur,
    Raymond Berry and Rod Rust combined.
    
    To win more games in a season than John Mazur, you'd have to go
    undefeated since he won 9 games in his career.
    
    By winning 8 games, it would be possible to win more games combined
    than Clive Rush (5), Phil Bengtson (1) and Rod Rust (1).
    
    By going undefeated and winning a playoff game, it would be possible to
    win more games than John Mazur and either Bengtson or Rust combined.
    
    It would not be possible to win more games in a season than Raymond
    Berry since he won 48 games in his career.
    
    I also expressed that you were one of the few people who know how to
    spell Bengtson correctly since most people spell it as Bengston.  It's
    just like how most people when they meet me drop the 'd' from my last
    name and refer to me as JohnHenry.
    
    John

    I gots a question:
    
    I was in my motel room the other day flipping thru the channels and
    passing thru MTV(Moron's Tele-Vision) there was a 15-20 second spot
    where all of these people were spouting racial slurs.  Then at the end,
    they put up the graphic, "Which One Are You"
    
    I have  an idea what they were trying to say but does anybody know what
    the point of this spot is???????????
    
    
    JaKe
    

    I would guess the point is that EVERYONE would eventually get insulted.
    There's a racial/ethnic/religious slur for everyone. (Slurs for the
    house, beertender, I'm buyin')
    
    So...what's the point of racially/religiously insulting somebody.  They 
    could do the same to you.  
    
    

Self-Awareness????????

    Jake
    
    Lenny Bruce used to do a bit where he would spout every slur in the
    book:
          "Are there any **** in the audience tonight?"
          "How about *****?"
    
    He then went on to say that these are just labels, and you can label
    anyone if you want to.  If we didn't attache so much to the labels,
    they wouldn't build the barriers.  Bruce was insightful in many ways,
    and at least got people to think about these things, which was more
    than any of his contemporaries did.
    
    =Bob=

    Thanks for the lasted few replies.
    
    JaKe
    

    Is tonight's Sox game on NESN or 38?

    	I would rather watch that Discovery channel story about the mating
    habits of the fruit fly than watch the sorry Sox.
    
    				/Don

>    	I would rather watch that Discovery channel story about the mating
>    habits of the fruit fly than watch the sorry Sox.
    
I've see that before, and /Don, you *will* enjoy it....

The rapture when the female fruit fly, spent from her copulatory endeavours
with the male fruit fly, turns and devours him whole, is stunning and
thigh shuddering in nature.

That the entire sequence is set to the strains of Wagner's Liebestodt
(LoveDeath) is wondrous in and of itself....


Enjoy!

'Saw

    Saw and /Don-
    
    I saw that Fruit Fly thing.  Still didn't know they made cigarettes
    that small.  Not to mention them little trojans...
    
    JD

'Saw, you sounded just like Leonard Pimpf Garnel(a.k.a. Dan Akroyd) of
"Bad Opera" And "Bad Ballet" from the original Sat. Night Live! Too 
funny!! 




Steve

Thanks, Steve....

I try....8^)

>    	I would rather watch that Discovery channel story about the mating
>    habits of the fruit fly than watch the sorry Sox.
>    
>    				/Don
       I've been saying this all year Slasher. But at least I didn't take
    my TeeVee into a Pats game!!
                                         Denny  ;^)

    OK you sattelite dish owners I need an answer to a question.  Anyone
    know which bird carries TSN, the Canadian version of ESPN?  The US vs.
    Italy Rugby World Cup game is going to be broadcast tomorrow morning
    and I'd like to have my father-in-law tape it for me.

 If it's a Canadian satellite you're looking for, you've got two
 choices ... Anik 1 and Anik 2.   Usually, on a satellite receiver,
 they are designated as D1 and D2 ... don't ask me why.
 
 D1 and D2 are between Westar 4 (W4) and the two Mexican birds,
 Morelos 1 (M1) and Morelos 2 (M2).    About midway on the Clark belt.
 
 If you're up nawth, D1 and D2 should be clear as a bell.  I can get
 them in South Carolina with no problems.
 
 Funny side note ... D1 and D2 carry Canadian radio stations on a few
 of their subcarriers.   Every time I tune in the Vancouver or Toronto
 stations, Cindy gets major league confused.   One time she was
 walking by as a weather report came on ... the Vancouver weather was
 a crisp *5* degrees outside.
 
 You should have seen Cindy's double take.   Say what ???   Had to
 gently remind her that the rest of the world uses Centigrade
 temperatures.
 
 Bob Hunt

Why is it that at end of every baseball season, when the final stats are
posted, the American League top 10 batting averages are also greater
than the National League to 10 batting averages ?

Is it Park Effects ?

Is it the Designated Gimmick ?

Does the AL simply have better hitters than the NL ?

Whatta ya think ?

Chap

    
> Is it Park Effects ?

    Partially.
    
> Is it the Designated Gimmick ?

    Naw.  Most of those guys are position players, and the pitcher doesn't
    really affect the hitting at the top of your lineup.
    
> Does the AL simply have better hitters than the NL ?
    
    Right now, absolutely.
    
    glenn
    

    
     Being a fairly new noter I see a lot of initials that I don't
    understand. Particularly HTH and LDUC. What are they ?

    HTH = Hope This Helps
    LDUC = Long Distance Urination Contest

Others which you might already know... the standards:


	fwiw - for what it's worth
	btw  - by the way
	jmho - just my humble opinion

	wwamb - waiter will you adjust my bra
	mwootp - mother we're out of toilet paper
	
	prfufl - please refrain from using filthy language


	TALC(tm) - Titles, Acquisitions, Liens and Contracts (you'll figure
                   it out...)


also, see the (tm) note (#24 I think)...it contains a lot of helpful
stuff....

'Saw

    
    SLOF=Steaming Loaf of Feces
    
    AMF=
    Arrivaderci My Friends
    
    (8^)*
    
    JaKe
    

    Mot, you can only get the answers if you sign off "Deen to Wonk".  
    
    That's "Need to Know", backwards.
    
    eEl

>    That's "Need to Know", backwards.
>    
>    eEl

Slight correction there, Lee, as I own the (tm) on Deen to Wonk.

Deen to Wonk is a dyslexic need to know....

hth,
'Saw

     
    >     Anyone know what TANSTAAFL(sp?) means?
    
    Take A Not So Typical Aeronautically Affected Flying Leap.
    
    
    Dickstah
    

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.  It's from an Isaac Asimov novel
(The Foundation Trilogy, I believe).

j.

    Sorry j., right translation, wrong citation.  It's from Larry Niven. 
    It's a mild curse in Niven's Known Space series.

    The National League has better pitchers, thereby lowering the batting
    averages of the hitters.
    
    However, this conference is made of mostly folks who live near an
    American League town, so you would never get that answer..
    
    JD

    The term is quite old (decades) and several science fiction authors
    used the term. (Heinlein is another - Moon is a Harsh Mistress)  Don't
    know who is credited with the term.
    
    Commander Scott

    TANSTAAFL has been around since at least the late 1800's.  Originated
    in the practice of bars in working class neighborhoods offering free
    sandwiches at lunch time, to encourage laborers to come in and buy a
    beer to eat with the sandwich.  The meat used to make the sandwiches
    was frequently more salty than normal, encouraging the eater to drink
    more brew.  :-)
    
    A&W

    
    > The National League has better pitchers, thereby lowering the batting
    > averages of the hitters.
    
    A partial solution, but throw out all the stats for a minute, take an
    objective look at the young offensive talent in both leagues, and who
    do you like?  I gotta go with the AL.  Guys like Strawberry and Hojo
    are still the ones filling the stands in the NL, with even players 
    like Brett Butler are considered as MVP timbre, for cryin' out loud.  
    The AL holds most of the studs of the 90s in the Frank Thomases, Juan
    Gonzalezes, Ruben Sierras, and Ken Griffeys.  The NL has Barry Bonds
    and maybe Dave Justice in that top tier, but I don't think it quite
    stacks up.
    
    And I've always preferred NL baseball and still do, FWIW....
    
    glenn
     

    Has anyone considered the possibility that the difference in umpiring
    may have some bearing on the hitting stats, as well as the pitching?
    
    I know that the REAL strikezone is not called, and I recall reading
    that the "actual" zone is different between the leagues.  
    
    Any input or comment?
    
    Lee

       The 'Sportswriters on TV' lasted night were talking about the
    strikezone. One of them said Fay Vincent wants to enlarge the zone.
                                                 Denny

>       The 'Sportswriters on TV' lasted night were talking about the
>    strikezone. One of them said Fay Vincent wants to enlarge the zone.
 
   Otherwise know as the Clemens Zone....   ;^)

   I like Dickstah answer way better ...  ;^)

 plus NL pitchers are real men they get up and take their cuts...

 mike

    Glenn -
    
    I just found it interesting that the answer was automatically "The AL
    has better batters" but no mention of pitching.
    
    The NL has lots of young talent.  How bout Marquis Grissom? Benito
    Santiago?  How old is Craig Biggio?  Bonds.  Bagwell had a good year
    hitting in a horrible ball park.  Ron Gant - back-to-back 30-30's.  Who
    has done that among the Young Studs of the AL???  Hal Morris.  The
    Cards have some decent youngsters - Zeile, Lankford, et al.    Delino
    Deshields is decent.  Orlando Merced had a good rookie season.  Darren
    Lewis.    And a slew of good young pitchers.
    
    I don't think the NL is that far behind in the young star category. 
    Perhaps the AL might have more marquee names now - but in both leagues,
    the Marquee names are still proven veterans, for the most part.  The NL
    has depth in young talent..
    
    JD

    On FNX this mornin', I heard a version of Jeannie's Diner.  Background
    music was the same as Tom's Diner, but the Suzanne Vega voice would
    sing the I dream of Jeannie them (do-DOO, Doo-doo-doo-Doo-do do-DOO)
    instead of Tom's Diner (doo-doo-doo-DOO doo-doo-doo-DOO....)  Talking
    about Jeannie not showing her navel and Larry's navel turning into
    Howard on Bob Newhart.
    
    Anyone know who does it?
    
    -Walt

    re -2
    
    Walt, I heard the same thing a couple of days ago, but I thought it was
    really just a joke. Apparently there's a whole album full of versions
    of "Tom's Diner"
    
    Tom

    When I was stuck in Boston traffic last week listening to that cool
    station (101.7 is that FNX?), they did a story on the Tom's Diner
    Album and played pieces from each of the tunes.  From what I can
    remember there are versions in:
    
    	Rap
    	Reggae
    	British Punk
    	Something from an Aussie band
    	
    and two or three more I can't remember.  
    
    Don't worry.  If you ignore it, it will go away.
    
    	--dan'l

    Q: Is John Hendry one of the greatest guys in the world?
    
    A: You betcha.  
    
    Thanks for the stats, John.  Bob Hunt, there's a surprise for you too. 
    I'll leave it on your desk.
    
    	--dan'l

    Anyone know of a place in southern NH/northeastern MA where one can get
    a Golden State Warriors T-shirt?   I've already tried most of the
    sports stores at the malls, with no luck...
    
    ADThanksVANCE,
    py

    Paul -
    
    If you don't have any luck - I'll see if I can find one out here.
    
    (And, as luck has it, I will be in Nashua at the end of the month...)
    
    JD

    
    
    Anybody knwo where the term "Licking his chops" came from?
    
    I suspect it has a_Anglo-Saxon beginning, and may have something to
    do with 'muttonchops'..
    
    JD

    	Hey Paul, did you try any of the Pro Image stores.  The one
    in Leominister is pretty good.  If they don't have what you're looking
    for in stock they'll order for you.
    
    				/Don

Paul

If all else fails, I receive a pro/college sports apparel catalog that I can send
you.  I think they have stuff from all major league pro teams, and many of the
large college pro teams.

I suspect you already tried the store in the Pheasant Lane Mall - don't know the
name, but it has a lot of major league stuff.

=Bob=

 JD, I think the term came from Henry VII. It's rumored that after beheading
 his wives he would lick the blood from the chop of the neck hence "licking
 his chops".....

 ;^)

 must be friday

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>    Hell, I cain take the kids to a movie and "Chuck E. Cheese's" 3 or 4
>    times for that kind of money.
    


What's Chuck E. Cheeses?  

What's the "E" standfor?  Edward? Everyman?  


Do you take them to a movie and then to Chuck E Cheeses 3 or 4 times,
or do you take them to a movie and Chuck E. Cheese 3 or 4 times.

(Here, let me restate that:


	is it	Movie + (Chuck E Cheeses * 4)

	or 	(Movie + Chuck E Cheeses) * 4



just curious,
'Saw

    "Chuck E. Cheese" is a big rat, period.  The place is actually called
    "Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time theater".  It's for kids, you can get
    decent pizza, and beverages for the kids(beer and wine for Mom and
    Dad).  The area where you eat has a stage, with big mechanized puppets
    which every 15 minutes go thru a show for the kids.  The place also has
    all kinds of games(skee-ball, video games, that thing with a zillion
    ball that kids luv to jump in), and for every game the kids play, they
    "win" tickets, which cain be exchanged for "prizes" before ya leave.
    
    Da kiddies luv it.  Chuck E. Cheese "himself", is a large grey rat.
    They have somebody dressed up in a suit and walking around greeting the
    kids, too.  My kids see the guy and run the other way.
    
    JaKe
    

    
 >>  Da kiddies luv it.  Chuck E. Cheese "himself", is a large grey rat.
 >>   They have somebody dressed up in a suit and walking around greeting the
 >>   kids, too.  My kids see the guy and run the other way.
 
    Dressed up in a rat suit, not a leisure suit or anything like that.
    
    JaKe
    

    Two questions:
    
    1)  What baseball team has the worst record overall?  (Not just this
    year, but since the organized game began.)
    
    2)  Anybody know what Army's remaining football schedule is?  I'm
    particularly interested in home-game dates.
    
    Many thanks, for either one.
    
    A&W

    WORST RECORD,  jsut a guess, but maybe the METS IN 68?
    

    If you are talking about the worst overall win percentage ever for a
    franchise, I would guess:
    
    Senators/Texas Rangers
    followed by
    Indians
    Braves
    Athletics
    Mariners
    Expos
    
    If it's jsut a one-season thing, it would have t be the 1962 Mets.
    
    Tom

I could pull out my baseball encyclopedia over the weekend and compile
from figures....

Aside from playing rugby I've got nothing else to do.....

    A&W,
    Army remaining schedule, HOME in CAPS
    
    10/26  BOSTON COLLEGE
    11/2   VANDERBILT (awright Coach DiNardo)
    11/9   at Air Force
    11/16  AKRON (awright Coach Faust, please stay there!)
    12/7   Navy (at Philly)
    
    Have you ever been to an Army home game?
    Best place bar none to watch football. Great countryside,atmosphere,
    superb tailgaiting. Love the Army fight song
    
    MikeL
    

Some baseball history for you:

				All-time results 
    (through 1987, and they probably haven't changed that much)
    
American League		

Team	Games	Win	Lost	Pct	Team	Games	Win	Lost	Pct

NY	13378	7600	5778	.568
					NY/SF	13635	7310	6325	.540
					Brk/LA	13547	7093	6454	.524
					Pitt	13546	7072	6474	.522
KC	3014	1570	1440	.521
Det	13422	6986	6436	.520
					St. L	13547	7006	6541	.517
Cle	13403	6832	6571	.5097
Bos	13392	6824	6568	.5096
					Cubs	13558	6894	6664	.508
					Cincy	13561	6824	6737	.5032
Chi	13385	6727	6658	.5026
Cal	4309	2083	2226	.483
					Hou	4509	1999	2510	.482
					Mtl	3011	1449	1562	.481
Sea/Mil	3013	1438	1575	.4773
Was/Min	13390	6386	7004	.4769
StL/Bal	13386	6382	7004	.4768
Phi/KC/Oak
	13364	6323	7041	.473
Tor	1723	807	916	.468
					Bos/Mil/Atl
						13522	6300	7222	.466
					Phil	13522	6191	7331	.458
					NY	4143	1886	2257	.455
Was/Tex	4294	1921	2373	.447
					SD	3015	1309	1706	.434
Sea	1727	719	1008	.416


			Pennants and World Series

Team		Pennants	WS W-L	Team		Pennants	WS W-L

New York	33		22-11
					Brooklyn/LA	17		5-12
					St. Louis	15		9-6
					New York/SF	15		5-10
Phil/KC/Oak	11		8-3
					Chicago		10		2-8
Boston		9		5-4
Detroit		9		4-5
					Cincinnati	8		4-4
St. Louis/Bal	7		3-4	Pittsburgh	7		5-2
Wash/Minnesota	5		2-3
Chicago		4		2-2	Bos/Mil/Atlanta	4		2-2
					Philadelphia	4		1-3
Cleveland	3		2-1	
Kansas City	2		1-1	New York	2		2-0
Milwaukee	1		0-1	San Diego	1		0-1

Total		84		49-35			83		35-48

John
    

    In the world series results in my previous reply, New York (NL) is 2-1
    making the NL total balance out with the AL total.
    
    John

    Thank you, gentlemen.
    
    As always, the power of notes amazes me.
    
    Doesn't look like I'll be getting to games at West Point this fall. 
    It's more like which weekends I could expect someone else to be out of
    town.  
    
    A&W

    re: "...someone else to be out of town."
    
    OK, which one of you guys is harassing A&W????  Better back off
    whoever ya are, da lady's got some pretty LARGE, barbaric rugby
    players as friends.  The way I hear it, stomping is, for them,
    the only way of life.
    
    But wait!  That's not all!...
    
    
    She also knows a real life, honest-to-gawd
    
    
    
     Ninja!!!!!!!
    
    ;^)
    
    

    Mike L.
    
    West Point is a *great* place to watch a football game.  An autumn day
    up at the "Post" (Term we who lived near West Point called it...) is
    simply beautiful.  Used to go to some of the lacrosse matches too.  Now 
    they were *FUN*.
    
    But, for sheer spectical, nothing beats Army/Navy football games.
    
    JD

    Kev -
    
    Many thanks, but no one in here is harassing me.  No charges.  No need
    to call out the ruggers, let alone the Ninj.  All of this is, believe
    me, sheer joy sort of spilling over into other parts of my life.
    
    A&W

Heh, heh, heh....

So they were interviewing Clarence Thomas, and one reporter had the
audacity to ask about the sexual harrassment case.  Thomas blew
a gasket and said "Harressment?  Harrassment?!   Look harrassment 
nothing to me, it was her chest I was after".....


A&W, he's nice, but he still has to learn to call offsides!  ;^)
(But he was better than the Bozo who called our game....)


'Saw

    
    >Aside from playing rugby I've got nothing else to do.....
    
    You play rugby, 'Saw?  I didn't know you even liked rugby, let alone
    played the game.  How long you been playing rugby?  Why didn't you ever
    mention this before?
    
    Dickstah
    

>    You play rugby, 'Saw?  I didn't know you even liked rugby, let alone
>    played the game.  How long you been playing rugby?  Why didn't you ever
>    mention this before?
    

Well, I make an attempt.

Yes, I like it.  There is a mystique about the game that I find fascinating.

I've been playing about a year.


I never mentioned it since I don't like to brag a lot.  You know, if
I started telling how I love to play rugby, and doing things like putting
in game reports and things, people might think I had a HUGE ego or
something like that, and that's really not the case....


hth,
'Saw    

Hawk, you slay me....


Gotta admit, I do love the game.  I could never figure out a way to describe
how much, or how I could love it considering the pain involved sometimes,
until I saw Patton recently on TV.

Old George was on the battleground in France, just after a battle.
His men had performed admirably but had survived some heavy losses.
At one point, this wounded Lt gave him a report and George bends down
and kisses his head.

He then walks up a little hill where he can survey the battle scene,
and he says:

		I love this.  God help me, but I do love this so...


The conviction in his voice was exactly what I feel about rugby....


'Saw

    My gawd, mark this day down in the history books for the
    following MAJOR events:
    
    1)	A&W announces she's got a Man!!!!!  (Congrats)
    
    2)	Dickster apparently makes parole after a notable absense  ;*)
    
    3)  In ONE DAY DiNz exceeds his lasted 12 month noting output!!!!
    
    There truely is a supreme power - say "Halleluja" and throw your hands
    to the heavens!!!!!!
    
    

 Notes> SET NOTE /NORUGBY
 
 Somebody had to do it.
 
 Bob Hunt
 
 P.S.   
 
 Robert E Lee - "It is well that war is so terrible.   Else we would grow
 too fond of it."
 
 Dean Smith - "How much time do I have ???"

>    Sorry Bob.  I feel like Dr.Frankenstein.  I was just trying to do
>    something good.  I never intended to create a monster.  At least
>    me&Frank aren't like Chris&/Don.


Master, should I ruck now????


8^)

 No need to apologize, Mac.   Actually, I do a semi-decent job of going
 through the RUGBY note.  I have enjoyed the banter and I do appreciate the
 sport much more now than I ever did before.
 
 I just love giving ol 'Saw the biz every time he goes off on one of his
 "Rugby As A Metaphor For Life" tangents.    He knows I don't mean nuttin'
 by it.
 
 And, 'Saw, the comparison between Patton and Lee was actually to show how
 much alike they thought.   Sure, Patton was a *lot* rougher around the
 edges but Lee enjoyed the struggle every bit as much.   He just had a more
 eloquent way of saying the same thing.
 
 Snuffy, of course, wouldn't know eloquence if it jumped up and bit a huge
 chunk outta his monster schnozzola.    If that happened, he'd go to a zone
 defense and call a time out ... unless, of course, he was in Chapel Hill
 at the time.
 
 Bob Hunt

> 
> Snuffy, of course, wouldn't know eloquence if it jumped up and bit a huge
> chunk outta his monster schnozzola.    If that happened, he'd go to a zone
> defense and call a time out ... unless, of course, he was in Chapel Hill
> at the time.


Bob, old buddy, you JUST MADE MY WEEKEND.  I'm rollward!!!!

As Hawk says, I gotta party with you sometime!

Too funny....

    Ok, we know the Blue Jays haven't made it to a World Series, let alone
    win one.  Can anyone think of a player that has left the Blue Jays
    and then won a World Series somewhere else?  Would Jim Clancy be the
    first?  Guys like Flanagan and Parker don't count because they won it
    before they joined.  We tried last night and couldn't come up with one.
    

    
       Would it be against the rules for a manager to change 
    pitchers in the middle of an at-bat?  For example, in the
    6th inning of last nights Game 5, Glavine walked Knoblauch,
    and gave up a single to Puckett.  After the count has already
    started at 2 and 0 to Chili Davis, could Bobby Cox insert 
    another pitcher to replace Glavine?
    
    						 glen j.

 yes he can Glenn. The only stipulation is that the releiver picks up the
 count where it was.

 mike

    re: .622
    
    The other thing is that the pitcher he is replacing must have already
    pitched to at least one other batter.
    
    Dennis
    

    We were sittin around Sat night watching the game, and someone asked
    about Bill Lee.  That led to a few other questions about him, and the
    one that we couldn't answer was:  
    
    In game 7 of the '75 (I think) series, Lee claimed he was ready to
    pitch, but Zimmer wouldn't start him because Lee had made that
    disparaging remark about Zimmer looking like a gerbil.
    
    Instead, he started a young guy, who, supposedly, never pitched again
    in the majors (at least never started another game.)  Who was it?
    
    lEe

    It wasn't game 7 of the 75 series because Lee did start that game and
    gave up the monster home to Perez on the slow curve.  It was in a New
    York at Boston series in September of 78 when the Yanks came into
    Boston 4 games behind and won 4 blow-outs.  Lee, who was a notorious
    Yankee killer, began with the Gerbil remarks earlier in the season after
    Bernie Carbo had been traded.  Zimmer, for spite, wouldn't pitch him
    and started Bobby Sprowl, who was just up from Pawtucket, and he got
    racked.  That next spring training, Sprowl couldn't get the ball
    anywhere near the plate in batting practice and was hooted off the
    field by the veterans.
    
    If you remember, Darrell Johnson was the manager in 1975.
    
    John

    Ah yes, Darryl Johnson.
    
    Thanks for that update, John.
    
    Lee

    For those of you in the Boston area.  I need to know the name and town
    of the bar that WBZ did the post-game show from on Sunday.  Apparently
    the joint also had a number of ads on during the game itself. 
    (Relatively ineffective ones, since the party that heard them didn't
    remember the salient pieces of info, as evidenced by this question.)
    
    Many thanks.
    
    A&W

To anyone who saw lasted nights SNL Halloween special, I need a favor...


In the closing Wayne's World sketch, the one where they were revealing
the 5 worst treats you could get, the number 3 treat was Taffy Apples.
Garth made a remark about getting one from a lady who had 40 cats and
how it was covered with cat fur.  Wayne said that he'd better shut up
or he'd hurl.

They then revealed the number 2 worst treat, and it was hurl.  Wayne
proceeded to relate a story about this old man who'd give out little
bags of his hurl, but he didn't use that word....

It was something like "chudder"...


Anyone know what he said?


thanks,
'Saw

    I saw it, but don't remember what he said it was.

Let's suppose that it's a baseball game and it's the bottom of the 10th
and the home team is at bat with the score tied, 0-0. Bases are loaded.
In the case of a single, the official final score is 1-0. Sound familiar?

Well what if it was a homer? Would the final score be 4-0?

OK, now here's the rea question: what if the hit had been a ground rule
double? What would the final score have been?

TTom

    Saw I thought he said little bags of chunker's but he was mumbling.
    I thought number 5 - pennies was hilarious.  I used to get them all
    the time at least last year anyways. 8*)
    
    Jimbo

    Somehow, I stumbled into this note this evening and can actually answer
    a question!
    
    Chunder is Australian for hurl.  The story goes that it originates from
    when boatloads of whinging pommy pooftas were making their way down
    under.  Those standing on the upper deck would lean over the rail to
    empty their guts and then yell to those on the lower deck to "Watch
    under!"  As with virtually all Aussie speech, it was scrunched together
    to sound like "Chunder!"
    
    Sid

Sid --

Yer a lifesaver.  Now I can do almost the whole routine.  (Wayne's World
gets a lot of replay in the fifteen or so minutes before rugby practice
starts....)

Chunder, eh?

Those Aussies have lots of neat expresions.  


'Saw