Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert Seeberger wrote: John and Jeroen may be destined to be antagonists toward each other, but I think it is only fair that Sonja be excluded from the splatter of the food fight. Pbt, you just had to say that didn't you now I won't be able to look at any posts from John or Jeroen

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: Do you have a link on that. The financial side of the war is the only thing I'm not able to find Didn't we have a resident expert on the WWs on this list? Hey, are you out there? Ask and you shall receive: Lend-lease was created in March 1941 because by that

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: I'm willing to cover all charges if any kind soul, out there, would tape for me, or send me, episodes of the ENTERPRISE show. We can work out a deal. Email me privately to iron out the details. Over here the episodes are rentable. Maybe your local video rental

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would have more strokes. Sure Dan. we believe you. ;o) Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: Cool! I vote for Earth. If it's Earth I'll join you. It's been far too long. Then again, my favourite still is Sundiver. Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Reggie Bautista wrote: The current storyline of the online comic strip User Friendly involves a tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 The beginning of this storyline is at:

Re: Hello from Mortgage Clearing House!

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:26:12PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: From: Mortgage Clearing House [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied ___

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 06:19:30 +0900 The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to give up my

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: By what I understand of your reasoning, the US should have waited until it was directly attacked by Germany before entering WWII Eh... as far as I know that is exactly what the US did, it minded it's own borders. They did some supplying to the Brittish before they

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell of fabricating evidence? Its all made up because the poor misunderstood Mr Hussein, who is trying so hard to lead his Republic into a bright new future is being slanded by the big bad United States? Well you must admit

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John D. Giorgis wrote: JDG - Anybody enjoy getting the image of Jeroen making love on a daily basis, Maru? Very cheap shot and rather insensitive and hurtfull. :o( Also non of your fucking business. [If you will pardon me the crudity of that pun :o)] Sonja

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: /sarcasm/ With that attitude, someone *should* invade them as soon as possible. After all, no offense or danger will be too great to make them go to war! Germany should disband their armies, sell their weaponry and leave their front doors unlocked. Oh, and they might

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He mentioned (paraphrasing) that Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because the German people, having been in the center of two world wars, realise that going to

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Miller, Jeffrey wrote: -Original Message- From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 02:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq Jon Gabriel wrote: By what I understand of your reasoning, the US

Re: [L3] Re: Afghanistan Success?

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to read the last 3/4 of the article that discusses the room for improvement in Afghanistan, you'll have to buy the article from The Economsit. :) I

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 01:57 PM 2/8/2003 +0900, you wrote: I have a very good CD-RW, but I don't know enough about burning install disks. Will just copy the floppies onto a single CD, each in its own folder work or one CD per floppy. At 06:19 AM 2/8/03 +0900, you wrote: The only

Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 06:16 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: At 03:05 PM 2/7/2003 -0800, you wrote: Tiny point: Bambi was a stag. Maybe Kevin found a stag in drag? ;) And I can almost picture Thumper in a pimp hat-and-coat... GSV Irreverence VBG I can't remember where I got that.

Re: Scouted: LOONEY ALERT

2003-02-08 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 01:11 PM 2/6/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: Scrambled Eggs And Brains Maru ;) It's been a long time since I've had those . . . By this admission I can only conclude that you are of the French nationality. Then again you write in English. Not something a

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-07 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Andrew Crystall wrote: The EU at least has a *strong* judicial branch. One which dopsn't roll over to companies like M$. The Belgians might think a bit differently. Seen the upheavel over their judicial system. Else I do agree. The judicial system in the EU is pretty independent from company

Combine words, was Re: Test

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 02:33:24PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: GCU: The eternal electronic huntingrounds loom before the fabric of my e-mails... I should have used a spell checker before I sent that one. Ouch

Re: Test, was Re: Test

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: The brin-l server will 'eat' posts made in html. You'll need to change your posts to plain text before sending. I had the same problem a few months ago, and this was the explanation Nick gave me. :) For me that cannot be the reason then. I only write and send in

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
This was neither necessary, nor called for. In my opinion JDG didn't add any content to the discussion, there were no new facts, no new viewpoints. In fact I'd say this is flame bait of the worst sort. JDG should know that this kind of phrasing will be viewed by the opponent as an attempt to get

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And where exactly is all that money supposed to come from? There are several answers to your points. The first is that, obviously, Britain _has_ created a force capable of power projection, so clearly it is within the

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 5 Feb 2003 at 10:30, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: This was neither necessary, nor called for. In my opinion JDG didn't It was humour. Something this list has been badly lacking I must have missed the smilies then add any content to the discussion

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:12:33AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Since EU is more into social goals, it is hard to imagine they'd spent more on the military unless they were under direct attack. I admit, that it would be too late to change anything

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: Another course of action is of course to try and prevent being attacked in the first place. It worked so far. But, the EU hasn't mastered diplomatic foreign policy either. I gather that you think the US's foreign policy is perfect in every respect then? Just why should the

Re: Fwd: Candlestick Rocket Ship

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Deborah Harrell wrote: For those who aren't already subscribed to the free NASA newsletter: NASA Science News for January 29, 2003 Forget antimatter and dilithium crystals. The next hot rocket fuel is candle wax!

What do you drink most? was, Re: how republican insiders got the carcinogen nutrasweet into food

2003-02-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 25 Dec 2002 at 12:01, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick already told one horror story about the effects of aspartame on some people. *shrugs* It makes me a bit hyper. Which is admitedly useful when I need to work nights. Besides, it's that or cheap lemonade given how

Test, was Re: Test

2003-02-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Me too. So far one lost and two returned. I'm not *really* _that_ controversial, am I? puzzled Sonja ;o) GCU: The eternal electronic huntingrounds loom before the fabric of my e-mails... G. D. Akin wrote: Test. Sent several e-mails the other day -- did not receive one of them. George

Re: Test, was Re: Test

2003-02-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: GCU: The eternal electronic huntingrounds loom before the fabric of my e-mails... I should have used a spell checker before I sent that one. Ouch... :o) That should have been 'hunting grounds' of course. Sonja

Re: OUTRAGE!

2003-02-01 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Nick Arnett wrote: That would be like selling T-bills in a pool hall. What are T-bills? Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Cell phones: Holey Rat's Brains

2003-02-01 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 01:40 PM 1/31/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: Phone Study: Holey Rat's Brains By Elisa Batista | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 02:00 AM Jan. 31, 2003 PT In a study that may shed some light on whether cell-phone use is harmful to callers, Swedish

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless I get a pillow, I will not reread The Uplift War even once while lying on a blackboard. Besides, they are green nowadays. Blackboards come in all kinds of colors now a days. So far I've

Re: News Was:Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert Seeberger wrote: Awful indecent of me to not mention this previously, But Susan and i will be getting married Feb. 15. Just 2 weeks left. G Congrats. Have a great time. If things go as planned you only have the opportunity to do it once, so it better be a good one. grin Will you

Re: News Was:Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 08:38 31-01-2003 +0100, I wrote: For Sonja and me, it'll be five years next month (Feb. 11). Then, at 12:01 31-01-2003 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: As for staying together... I dunno. Er, dearly beloved significant other, is there something you would like

Re: Adoption of Unwanted Children

2003-01-30 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
J.D. Giorgis wrote: Terry Eastland: Children with 'special needs' are as loved as any others 01/28/2003 Dallas Morning News By TERRY EASTLAND Last month, Dateline NBC told the story of a young couple's decision to have a baby who had been diagnosed with Down syndrome. Just out of

Re: How much do people care about health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2003-01-30 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 01:52 PM 1/17/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: As Evil Overlady, I would institute local programs (tailored to the community/culture) to work intensively with folks and their particular addictions, be they food

Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-30 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless I get a pillow, I will not reread The Uplift War even once while lying on a blackboard. Besides, they are green nowadays. Blackboards come in all kinds of colors now a days. So far I've seen green, yellow, red, blue, fucia, purple and even black. I thought

Re: Whoops!!

2003-01-28 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Gary L. Nunn wrote: Jeroen wrote That would be a very bad idea. Your recent extremely aggressive behaviour, especially towards me and to a slightly lesser extent towards Erik, is exactly why you are the last person on this list who would be qualified (and should be allowed) to

Re: Scouted: Which Sims Persona Are You?

2003-01-24 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: :) http://gprojects.web.aol.com/tso/quiz_standalone.html entertainment sim... I always new I had a flair for drama. ;o) Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Avent bottles (Was: Re: Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o))

2003-01-24 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Bryon Daly wrote: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: camping cots you can fold back together, www. hauck.de ) and AVENT (baby feeding stuf). I needed replacement parts for well used items of theirs and they both sent them to me without any charge after a quick e-mail exchange.

Re: Dysfunctional Family

2003-01-24 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
My mind reacted with 'list-mama' and 'list-daddy' I'll not elaborate on the rest of my thoughts. ;o) Sonja Horn, John wrote: I swear this mailing list is the most dysfunctional family I have ever seen. Sometimes I can't tell if you all* are serious about these things or sitting back and

Re: Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o)

2003-01-22 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: snipped good experience with Braun I think that companies that take pride in their quality want to make sure their customers are happy. Also, word-of-mouth can help or hurt a company. Now I have further evidence that Braun is a good

Re: tracked everywhere you go: RFID tag in tires

2003-01-22 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
The Fool wrote: http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/269/1/1/ Michelin Embeds RFID Tags in Tires The tire maker has begun testing a UHF transponder that it adapted for use inside rubber sidewalls. Since most of us carry a cell phone, this is academic. As soon as the thing is

Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o)

2003-01-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
I'm so flabbergasted, totally and utterly distrought that I'm almost beside my chair. No, not what you think. This is good flabbergasted. Yesterday one of my two indispensable kitchentools broke. One is the microwave the other my Braun multimix. A mixer with mixing attachments and a chopper.

Re: How much do people care about health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2003-01-17 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Deborah Harrell wrote: As Evil Overlady, I would institute local programs (tailored to the community/culture) to work intensively with folks and their particular addictions, be they food, nicotine or whatever; but after a specified time (to be researched/negotiated), if the person returned

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2003-01-17 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Russell Chapman wrote: What's new is the smart card children use to buy this stuff. Parents have the option to allow/disallow various foods by item or category, or allow weekly quotas of specific foods/categories. Because parents aren't giving the children cash to buy their lunch (as I

Re: Child abuse (was: More on North Korea)

2003-01-15 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: Snipped what I percieved as a rather overdrawn and melodramatic respons on Deborah's position I believe the point Deborah was trying to make is that there is a lot more to abortion than playing on the sentiment nerve and calling it 'abusing/killing children'. I feel she made a

Re: Uplift (was RE: Is Anyone Else Offended By This?)

2003-01-15 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jim Sharkey wrote: I love saffron, but it's *mighty* expensive, so I'll have to pass on the rice on my budget. Try and buy Turkish saffron. It isn't all the quality but it is still good and a lot cheaper then the real deal. Sonja ___

Re: More on North Korea

2003-01-15 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: Dan Minette wrote: This is a very good time to point out a language difference, because it is critical. The common US word for what you went through is a miscarriage, not an abortion. Losing your child as you did would definately be considered a tremendous loss, the

Re: More on North Korea

2003-01-14 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: My spell check thinks Clinton isn't a word. Should I call him Clifton, Clayton, or (my pick) Citron? Citron? Nah, lemon is more likely. Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: OT: Desktop Icon Utility

2003-01-14 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Horn, John wrote: Is there a utility out there for Win2K (or is there something build in) that will save the look of your desktop and restore it when it gets screwed up. I keep arranging my desktop just the way I like it and then something weird will happen and all the icons will be crammed

Re: Child abuse (was: More on North Korea)

2003-01-14 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Deborah Harrell wrote in respons to JDG rethorics on how abortion kills 'children'. snipped: The percieved evil of legal abortion put into perspective using information on the real evil of the current situation with respect to actual child abuse of real living breathing feeling children

Re: Unfortunate searches (was RE: Extremely irregular...)

2003-01-13 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Russell Chapman wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: Oh, yes. My granddaughters, who are 3, wanted to look for pictures and videos the other day. Barbie wasn't too bad, though some people do unusual animations with Barbie dolls. But that was *after* I made the mistake of searching for bears My

Re: Alpha Mails (Was: Re: Scouted: Last of transplanted wolveskilled)

2003-01-12 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Gabriel ... I was just curious. :-) Be careful with your curiosity, Jon. Remember what happened to the cat... Me, too. So I queried my database, which appears to

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-12 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Nick Arnett wrote: Finally... if you really want to be helpful, see if there are any errors in this list of mappings (addresses with the same person_id are mapped to one another): +---+---+ | pseudonym

Re: Scouted: The Cyborger

2003-01-12 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: One of my favorite websites, The Brunching Shuttlecocks, has launched the Cyborger: http://www.brunching.com/cyborger.html S.O.N.J.A. Synthetic Obedient Nocturnal Judo Android Prt. Me? Obedient.Then again there are days that you could say that I do feel rather

Re: Scouted: N.Y. Restaurant Charging $41 for Burger

2003-01-12 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: N.Y. Restaurant Charging $41 for Burger http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-41-burger0110jan10,0,3316012.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines By Associated Press January 10, 2003, 4:13 PM EST NEW YORK -- And yes, it comes with fries.

Re: Scouted: The Cyborger

2003-01-12 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Reggie Bautista wrote: snipped cyborg for Reggie Bautista Reggie Bautista Terminator Maru T.E.R.M.I.N.A.T.O.R.: Technician Engineered for Repair and Mandatory Infiltration/Networked Artificial Troubleshooting and Observation Replicant Should be a rather harmless device if you ask me. ;o)

Re: SCOUTED: Doc Knows Best (It'll be too late for you, if he'swrong.)

2003-01-10 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:15 PM 1/9/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: snip Doctors and nurses have struggled for years with the question of futile care. Quality vs. quantity... In the past, decisions were often made by one

Re: Finished

2002-12-17 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 11:24 AM 12/16/02 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Sonja wrote: I finally did it. Finished the bathroom late yesterday evening. Steve replied: Congratulations! :-) Ditto! Now the question becomes, how long will it take for the men in your life to break it?

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:43:27 -0500 At 21:26 2002-12-04 -0600, Marvin wrote: At this point I'd say that if someone disagrees, it's his obligation to say so. Marvin Long

Combined response to Re: So how much is the participation on amailing list worth? and Re: What we cannot stand-smooth as she goes

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote answering a question from Julia: You didn't get the email threatening you and Nick with a $1,000,000 lawsuit and any damage to your career that he can arrange? I couldn't help but notice that this type of response is in crass contrast with the kind of intentions implied in

Re: For your entertainment, Re: Assumptions

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 11:51 PM 12/5/02 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: So that brings us on to the toilet. It has to be installed into more or less the space where the old toilet was, only now it is a hanging toilet I'm not sure what you mean by a hanging toilet . . . can you

Re: Stag Film Serenade

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert J. Chassell wrote: How can you take a film originally shot in 2D and show it in 3D? AI programmers have written code that figures out 3D from the camera movement between 2D images taken for a 2D movie. Others have written code for a still camera with moving objects. As far as I

Re: Combined response to Re: So how much is the participation on amailing list worth? and Re: What we cannot stand-smooth as she goes

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:20:24AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: To me it felt like a conscious effort to further discredit a listmember's reputation beyond any possibility of repair fully well knowing that that listmember is unable to publicly defend

Re: Combined response to Re: So how much is the participationonamailing list worth? and Re: What we cannot stand-smooth as she goes

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:31:37AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: I am all for this, but shouldn't this also be applied to all others on this list? I for instance am sick and tired of being insulted time and again I do apply the standard to all others

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: So just for the record I also clearly remember Erik for one being particularly nasty and very childish in harrasing Jeroen even after several repeated requests from a lot of listmembers to cut it out and leave Jeroen alone. Strangly

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:53:41PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Did this happen since the list was moved onto Nick's mccmedia.com server? That's irrelevant, because the posts she is referring to were not equivalent to what Jeroen was doing anyway. I made a few teasing

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: So just for the record I also clearly remember Erik for one being particularly nasty and very childish in harrasing Jeroen even after several repeated requests

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Please accept my apologies for this - I have started sending at least 5 replies to Jeroen for every spam I get, and he has apparently, through a simple (and childish) trick, ensured they come to the list as a whole. I don't think it was intended as a trick. And I

Tails as the newest 'fashion fad'?, Re: meeces

2002-12-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: I wouldn't mind having a *prehensile* tail. A useless drooping one wouldn't be so useful, though. It could be the newest fashion statement however. Comparing ta ... oops ... ah well. Let's not go there. blush Sonja ___

For your entertainment, Re: Assumptions

2002-12-05 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Russell Chapman wrote: Russell Chapman wrote: Sonja GCU smileys are our friends And that's the best news I've heard all day... I'd hate to miss out on your next plumbing adventure. I'm waiting to hear that having sorted out the water supply, the drains are all broken, or the floor

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-04 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Nick Arnett wrote: Reasons for blocking acces for a valued member of this community Let me say this: I fully realise that Nick has the absolute right and power to do this. It is afterall his list and he can do as he pleases wether I like it or not. But I just wish he'd be honest about the

Assumptions Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-04 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked Nick Arnett wrote: Reasons for blocking acces for a valued member

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: Still haven't started yet, waiting for the mad season to be over with: Sonja, what do you mean about the weight of the plaster replaced, 700kg? Do you mean that 50kg came off a wall that had to be replaced with something else, or that was truly the weight of the material

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 10:43 AM 11/28/2002 +1000, you wrote: ...but the summers are horrid. The house has complete exposure east, west, and south. Sometime days it was 85 at 5am inside, while 70 outside. I know about getting the heat out, but sometimes can't. To keep your house as cool as

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: I like the idea of panels similar to the ones for laminated floors. But I think those would be harder to install, gravity working against you instead of for you. :) Well that is just it. Because of their size and weight they are really easy to handle. Maybe I should

Re: Scouted: Dumb Thief. Really Dumb.

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: The 18-year-old man was arrested near the east coast city of East London after police saw him rob a woman at gun point on her way to church, police spokeswoman Michelle Matroos said. They searched him, but they didn't get (her) cell phone back. While they were in the

Re: moderation is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:33:51PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Logically it follows that you thus admit to being scum ;o) duck and hide Logically it follows that you are a duck! No it doesn't. A bunny maybe, but not a duck. 'Your logic is flawed mister

Re: time travel is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/26/2002 7:37:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Strangulation is a lot less bloody than doing *that*. Geez. ;) Julia A woman's hair should be long enough to strangle her man

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-11-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: I think Julia did not take a good look at the items I suggested. Might I suggest she click on the See larger picture link or read the reviewers' descriptions? (If she does, I think she will see why the shipping restrictions are not a problem . . . ) ROTFLMAO I

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
The Fool wrote: From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reggie Bautista asked: Kneem, should the Republican party be eradicated because of the illegal actions of Richard Nixon? Should the Democratic party be eradicated because of the illegal actions of Bill Clinton?

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Jeroen wrote: However, given the worship of the Almighty Dollar by some people, one cannot help but wonder if Capitalism qualifies as a religion... :-) Not Capitalism, but just one perverted sect of capitalism that believes that the dollar is worth anything

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: One needs to look at sources that support one's view with the same critical eye as those that oppose it. Technique is a good starting point. nitpick I think that that is scientifically incorrect. You first need to try to disprove your own point in all possible ways to be

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
K. Feete wrote: Superstition and irrational beliefs occur with or without religion. Witness Skinner's superstitious pigeons, or my conviction that mentioning the fact that it's raining if I want it to rain will make the rain stop. grin I thought that's what umbrellas are for. Bring one and

Googlism, a bit of fun among the grimm

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
From another list: For those with a vaguely notable web presence. http://www.googlism.com/ Sonja is sick of spineless men was the first one that came up for filling in my first name. I wonder what that's supposed to mean. :o) Another remarkable one is that 'Sonja is a woman on a

Ilana, Nick, anybody?

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
I've notice that messagessent by Ilana in respons to a digest

Re: moderation is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:40:05AM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Shut up, scum bag!!! I am not a bag! Logically it follows that you thus admit to being scum ;o) duck and hide Sonja PS: After all the verbal clobberings I have had from Erik I just couldn't resist. :o)

Re: Googlism, a bit of fun among the grimm

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: Ooo! Neat! Marvin Long is too obscure, but marvin... is god This is ambitious. But I'm a non believer so I can pretend you don't exist. But in combination with this... is controlled by a program I must say we are in for a hell of a lot of trouble if MicroSoft had

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:17 AM 11/26/02 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: Well, if you define theocracy to include the above, then you simply have created the new problem of defining the word that distinguishes the viewpoint of desiring an immediate and earthly theocracy from an

Re: Scouted: Googlism

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Reggie Bautista wrote: and the one that finally made me laugh out loud: reggie is available at stud to approved bitches My wife *definitely* doesn't approve of this last one... Finally a thread that makes me chuckle instead of curse behind the computer when reading listmail ;o) Sonja

Re: [LINK] AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!! The horror! The horror!

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Argh... I nominate Adam to be shot on site for making me go to that link. That morbid kind of curiosity isn't good for your health as proven thus. Sonja K. Feete wrote: Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/msparby/iMovieTheater5.html Thank you, Adam, for posting the most truly

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-11-26 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 03:25 AM 11/20/02, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: snipped various tool stuff I so envy you. :o) What do you give a guy that isn't a crack-ass DIY-er? A book on Home Repair

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-11-22 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 03:25 AM 11/20/02, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: snipped various tool stuff I so envy you. :o) What do you give a guy that isn't a crack-ass DIY-er? A book on Home Repair for Absolute Beginners? ;-) That would mean I'd be prepared to let Jeroen use my

English question, Re: DING!

2002-11-22 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Doug wrote: I suggest a better way to deal with this kind of behavior is to ignore it completely, excepting extreme cases. Now my English isn't that good. But somehow I feel that use of excepting is wrong here? I'd have used exempting or something else entirely but never excepting. Althought

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-11-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds??? Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20:44 +0100 Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja, would you like to get hardware as an anniversary gift? :) As a matter of fact I do get

Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???

2002-11-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn Blankenship wrote: ¹AFAIK, it was the top-of-the-line available here at the time²: it came with the flexible-shaft drive and a pile of other stuff. (The box is in the tool shed at the moment, and I can't remember exactly how the set was described, much less any model numbers we could

Re: Fwd: David Brin question

2002-11-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
teve Sloan II wrote: I got this email today. Does anybody here have any idea where this qote might appear in UPLIFT WAR? Subject: David Brin question Date:Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:13:49 -0800 From:Ben Sibelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Mr. Sloan: I like your

Re: Cameras

2002-11-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Bryon Daly wrote in a response to a quistion from Kevin: Alternately, get a high-quality digital camera (I wouldn't go for less than 3-4 megapixels) for its computer convenience. Read some reviews first, though, because their picture quality can vary greatly. For info on ditigital

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