Conference back40::soapbox

    
    	Woah!!
    
    	We'll rehire ANYBODY these days, won't we??
    

    No, no, not rehired, just contracted for a few weeks.

| <<< Note 755.2 by 42333::LESLIE "Andy Leslie" >>>

| No, no, not rehired, just contracted for a few weeks.

	Ask Dawn what this really means.... :-)

    Who is Dawn?

Me is Dawn.

My contract seems to get renegotiated on a day by day basis.

Heck, I was just contracted back in March last year so's I could pay for a
surprise party that the IRS was throwing for me.  Somehow, despite
everyone's best lack of effort, I'm still here.

In real life, I'm not here.  I'm still in school.

    Frogger returneth!

    Welcome back Andy!
    
    Mark-last time I chatted with the Citizen from Atlantis, this is
    the last place he wants to/intends to be......

    Dawn BANKS. Why does this name ring a bell?
    
    Do I know you?

    Eastie. He's just another scumbag.
    
    I take it he departed for pastures nude?

    Anyone missing Eastie and/or Zarlenga can find them still in the
    trenches in the ne.politics newsgroup, among others.
    
    Chris

    fill me in with the complete newsgroup name.
    
    ta
    
    andy@reboot.demon.co.uk

    Yup, I haven't talked to him in a while, but I'm sure I have his
    enet address somewhere if you wanna raz him.  Same thing for the
    citizen, but nothing on bthb.
    

    
    i could have used this topic yesterday.

    So now wash your hands.

    > fill me in with the complete newsgroup name.
    
    Actually, ne.politics is the complete newsgroup name.  But in spite
    of the name, they still talk about national politics a lot in there;
    it seems to be a "local discussion group" thing, perhaps a smaller
    pond to deal with than the huge and unwieldy nationwide political
    discussion newsgroups.
    
    Welcome back,
    Chris

    WOuldn't your pn be better as "Tail to the chief"?

Dawn Banks?

CSC TOPS-20 Network support
TOPS-10 Software Engineer
PCSG (now Pathworks) Devo
DECnet-VAX Phase V Notwork Manglement
VMS Alpha Porting project
"Vice President" of VMS Mail

all around bad 'tude, and former notes flamer

I got better.

    > WOuldn't your pn be better as "Tail to the chief"?
    
    Bwah-hahhh, indeed!  The campaign theme song could be "Hey, Hey, Paula".
    
    Chris

    Ah! THAT Dawn Banks! (Sorry, the memory has more parity errors
    nowadays.)

    
    'tine, you can keep eastie.... %^>  bring back z-man.  not sure who
    btheb was...or do i???  
    
    welcome back andy.  i barely remember you, tho...  %^>
    
    
    -raq
    

    Your a Bumb Topaz....and that's all you'll ever be....A BUMB!!!!!!

    Don Topaz. Now there is a name from the past....

    
    indeed. the gem man aka -Mr Topaz

    
    Jack, I haven't decided yet who needs to seek professional help,
    you or Glen. Very probably both of you.

	Mark, I am perfectly sane....in my world. :-)

         Hey, who is this  LESLIE clown anyway? When did he leave? Why did
    he ever come back?

         Is this a topic for abuse, or what? 

You're alone now, and this is self-abuse.

pretty funny, John!

    .26
    
    > Hey, who is this  LESLIE clown anyway?
    
    He is a better man than you could ever hope to be.

    Well, Dick, this is comparing apples and oranges, no?  I mean,
    we all know that Andy's a man, but none of us are really sure
    what .26 is......kwimjb?

	'tine, we know what he is.... but it has to be spelf <ro> in here.

    If there's one thing that 3+ years contracting has taught me it is that
    I'm no better than anyone else in many respects.
    
    "This LESLIE clown" was a DECcie from 1983 to 1992 and departed with
    the UK TFSO package in Nov. 92. I'm currently on a short-term contract
    with DIGITAL Services in the UK working in the FM organisation.
    
    /a

    
    
    	Good to have you back among the living Andy...
    
    jim

    
    Ed Walker is a dweeb Andy, pay no attention to him. He isn't long for
    this file anyway.

    > I'm no better than anyone else in many respects.
    
    Ah, yes, Andy the humble.  How's the sackcloth and ashes, Andy?  And
    where's your famous specs personal?

    Dick
    
    	bog off.
    
    *^* (Contacts nowadays)

	Andy, if you put line 1 and two together, it sounds pretty funny!

    .37
    
    > "Andy *^* Leslie"
    
    That's better.  Now I know whom I'm pissing off when I tell him to piss
    off.

    Well, as long as you ain't pissing *on* me.
    
    :-)
    
    

    re.35
         Ha, that's what you think! 

         Oh, wait. You're right.

    re: .41, .42
    
    Do you have a home planet?
    

         Hey, what exactly is it with the "ferret on the barco lounger"
    p-name? Is it supposed to have some meaning? 

    .44
    
    > what exactly is it with the "ferret on the barco lounger" p-name?
    
    It's something better left until you grow up.  This ia a family
    ntoesfile.

    re: .44
    
    "ferret on the barcolounger" is a quote from a speech by
    Massachusetts Gov. Weld spoken as he signed the bill legalizing
    ferret ownership in Massachusetts back in February.  The entire
    quote reads, 
    
    "Search and seizure may make sense if there's a crocodile in the tub,
    or a cougar in the closet -- but a ferret on the barco-lounger ... well,
    that's what domestic bliss is made of, and any government that 
    interrupts such benign happiness is going too far."
    
    I agree wholeheartedly.  I have four ferrets. :-)
    
    And now you know.
    

    
    .45
    
    Your spelling mistakes are starting to trouble me.

    .47
    
    Rough crowd lately, like sharks at feeding time.

         Well, you learn something new every day. Interesting. 

         Speaking of ferrets, were you there when I typed my very first
    note? It was in FERRETS, for some reason I have now forgotten, right
    around Christmas time. Not having any concept of noter etiquette, I
    described the brutal (and fictional) murder of my ferret. Boy, did I
    ever get a lot of hate mail on that one. Those ferret owners are a
    ferocious bunch once you get them riled up. 

    I remenber Ed. That was the funniest string of notes I have seen to
    date. Those ferret owners are funny as hell. They take their ferrets
    very seriously. And that poor lady who had really lost a ferret was
    very upset by your note. That was great. Too bad the mod deleted the
    whole string.

    re: .50
    
    Yeah, I was about the last reply before the string got deleted.
    I think the message may have contained a finely couched suggestion 
    for you to go out and obtain a life.....

    
    <--- he does already. he dates 13 year olds, remember?

         Uh, oh., BATTIS is trying to be Mr. Tough Guy. You sure didn't
    sound so tough in that DIGITAL conference after Bob got a look at your
    note. 

         And for your information, BATTIS, thirteen year olds are the
    cheapest dates you can find. Just buy them some ice cream and maybe
    give them a few quarters for the video games and they have a great
    time. 

    BATTIS. That guy is lucky to still be noting. He is just taking his 
    frustations (from getting shot down by the big guy) out on you.
    After all, you can`t have his job.

	Ed... you are truly a sick person. While I'm sure you're proud of
that.....

    
    Is it just me, or do all noters from MFGFIN appear to have the IQ
    level of a slug?

And twice as slimy.

    oh, they're just kidding.  yuck yuck.  

   Maybe it is MFGFIN.  I do know it's not all of Colorado.  Please don't 
   lump us all in the same pail of filth.

   -- Sam

    re.58
    
        Hey, BATTIS, at least I'm smart enough not to antagonize the big
    guy himself. 

    Mark Battis? Are you shaking your fist at god again, Mark?

         He was, until he saw the lightning in the sky. 

    
    .62
    
    Do you have a reading comprehension problem??? I said MFGFIN. Duh!

    MFGFIN?
    
    Machine Food Goes Foul In Notime?  

I never place machine food in NOTIME.

    
    why is everyone against vending machine food?? It boggles the mind.

    because it's an oxymoron. /hth

>        <<< Note 755.69 by ACISS1::BATTIS "Future Chevy Blazer owner" >>>

>    why is everyone against vending machine food?? It boggles the mind.

	yes, and it probably clogs the arteries, too.

   Re: Jack

   Yes, it's a comprehension problem.  I'm working on it.

   (Someone else *did* mention, "those disgusting CXO noters" or similar
   recently, and I had that on the brain...)

   -- Sam

    
    um, its Mark, but you were close.

    There sure is alot of abuse going on here lately.

         Yeah, Battis just won't leave well enough alone. 

    Ed, I think your milking a bull, or milking a dry cow, or however that
    goes.
    -ss

    
    	Yesh, it's 1 or the udder.
    

         Uh, oh, another "disgusting CXO noter". 

    Gosh...rough crowd lately.  Like sharks at feeding time. (tm)

    re.-1
    >Gosh...rough crowd lately.  Like sharks at feeding time. (tm)
    
    Now where did I hear this line before.....????

    I acknowledged the trademark!

    True....
    
    Now that you say it, I noticed..... Pretty smart thing to do (funny
    too)
    
    M.

    
    <---- ahem!

    <----ahem!			      WHAT?			       ahem---->

    
    that is my trade marked phrase, thank you very much.

    >> that is my trade marked phrase, thank you very much.
    
    I wasn't making fun of it.... I was just trying to be friendly
    here......
    
    (Man, why is everybody so tensed anyway ??????)
    
    Martijn.

	Don't mind Battis. His bark is a lot worse than his byte.

         re.87
    
         Listen, you little 20 year old punk, if you think everyone is
    tensed then get OUT of the conference. And if you think my other
    response was hostile, you have a big surprise coming. 

      >       Listen, you little 20 year old punk, if you think everyone is
      >  tensed then get OUT of the conference. And if you think my other
      >  response was hostile, you have a big surprise coming.
    
Oooh, that was just too friendly, this guy must be fun to work with !!! ;)

         Yeah, buddy, I'm REAL fun to work with. Especially if you like
    having your face rammed into a conveyor belt or a tape machine. 

         Whoops. I guess you were right, I'm NOT much fun to work with and
    I am being exiled from this area starting Monday.

    I'm truly sorry for you.... :(

    I work with ED, let me tell you how fun he really is. When i first
    started,he used to send me around the plant looking for parts,that
    didn't exist. I could make a movie about all the crank calls  he's
    made. Around here he's known as "THE PRANKSTER". He is alot of fun,
    to be around and work with. Our area will miss him..............NOT!
    . 

         Allright, who broke into "Sparky's" account?!? SS, I sense your
    presence here. 

    
        >SS, I sense your presence here. 
    
    	SS does have a certain "air" about him, doesn't he?
    

    Hey, I bathe regularly.
    :)_ss
    
    

    Be thankful I don't work there. We'd all get fired.