Re: A Halloween Story

2002-11-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:11 02-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Maybe the new generation on the Internet have never heard this joke? I first heard it at least 30-some-odd years ago . . . Happens all the time, and not just on the Internet. Just look at what is happening in pop music: many songs are

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-11-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:16 02-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: One thing I find interesting, going over this thread: All responses spawned by that one post of Jeroen's that come through as being part of the thread as threaded by Netscape come either from people in Jeroen's town in The Netherlands, or

A spam message I thought was Brin-l

2002-11-03 Thread Medievalbk
The line was: Subj:Rates Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! And I had read it as: Subj:Rants Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! *sigh* Wishful misthinking. William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:41:57PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jim Sharkey
William Taylor wrote: Judy, Judy,--- Thipht. Jud--- Swith..THUNK! Argh. Do you have any idea how arrow Grant this post tries to sound? Sorry, William, but you tried *waay* too hard for this one. Gonna have to ding you for it. ;-) Jim

new Homeland Security logo

2002-11-03 Thread Gary Nunn
The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke, then I realized that the link goes to the United States Patent and Trademark office. Kind of spooky. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/pulse/epulse/images/april/home landsecurity.gif

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:41:57PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? Do you have any idea howudo

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 07:41 PM 11/1/02, Julia Thompson wrote: Julia who doesn't want to hear a damn thing more about Perry or Sanchez for a couple of days, but will probably fail to avoid their ads :P Can hardly be any worse than our gubernatorial race between Siegelman

Re: How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burnedout.

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 10:50 AM 11/2/02, Julia Thompson wrote: And I'm supposed to be doing some sort of crawl this evening for a bachelorette party for a close friend's younger sister, and I'm not looking forward to this evening's weather for *that*. (At least it'll be downtown

Re: Week 9 Picks

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
J.D. Giorgis wrote: Cincinnati (+3) at Houston - Everyone is jumping a little too hard on the anti-Bengals bandwagon, and is forgetting that this is still an NFL team. Sure, the Bengals are on the road, but when you are as bad as the Bengals are, getting away from the boo-birds at the home

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 08:58 , Jim Sharkey a écrit : No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow dorm-mates around final exam time one

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow

Re: new Homeland Security logo

2002-11-03 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:54 AM 11/3/2002 -0500 Gary Nunn wrote: The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke, then I realized that the link goes to the United States Patent and Trademark office. Kind of spooky. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/pulse/epulse/images/april/home landsecurity.gif

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 12:00 , Julia Thompson a écrit : Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 10:39:18AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. Tell me if I ought to look. Yes! Never turn down a good chocolate chip cookie recipe! -- Erik Reuter

Re: news: Brazil Sets an Example in Computerizing Its NationalElections

2002-11-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn Blankenship wrote: So, those 10.7% are people that _chose_ to invalidate the vote. Is that anything like giving them a way to vote for None of the Above? Yes - in fact, two ways of voting for None of the Above [something like options I don't care and The hell with all of them]

Re: More silliness, was Re: UN Security Council Reform was Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:21 PM 11/2/02, Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? No, but I know where to go to buy them . . . M . . . chocolate chip . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:58 AM 11/3/02, Jim Sharkey wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening making about a jillion

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-03 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:42 PM 11/2/02, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:14:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I feel like saying A pox on both their houses . . . except that these days, someone would probably take it as a terroristic threat . . . Or try to

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/3/2002 7:07:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry, William, but you tried *waay* too hard for this one. Gonna have to ding you for it. ;-) Well I did say tries I'll go back to trying to win the Eatin' an Arrow contest. William

Re: A spam message I thought was Brin-l

2002-11-03 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 07:21 AM 11/3/02, William Taylor wrote: The line was: Subj:Rates Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! And I had read it as: Subj:Rants Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! *sigh* Wishful misthinking. ROTFLOL, though. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the

Re: How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burnedout.

2002-11-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/3/2002 9:50:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, and I decided around 8 or 8:30 that following wasabi with sweet wine was really nice. Around 10, I was thinking of reconsidering. Around midnight, I decided that if I could stand some discomfort

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-03 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:46:21AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 11:42 PM 11/2/02, William Taylor wrote: Just playing catch-up . . . That just doesn't cut the mustard -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:31 02-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Anyhow, I suppose that I should clarify this by noting that I am currently strongly considering voting for Green Party candidates in two or three races here. rubs eyes, reads message again What, JDG voting Green Party? What caused this

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9;po.cwru.edu] At 02:07 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Horn, John wrote: Would all of these permanent members have a veto? If not, which ones would? Virtually every country under consideration for a permanent UNSC seat in the future has stated that they would

Re: Week 9 Picks

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
J.D. Giorgis wrote: Dallas (+3) at Detroit - This is a really lousy team, but for anyone who doesn't think that QB's are important, just loook at what Heisman Joey has done for these guys. Pick: LIONS and to cover Guess they didn't quite cover, eh? That was a *weird* game. In the first

RE: A Halloween Story

2002-11-03 Thread Horn, John
From: Ronn Blankenship This is the second list I have received it from (with minor differences). Maybe the new generation on the Internet have never heard this joke? I first heard it at least 30-some-odd years ago . . . I didn't have access to a computer 30-some-odd years ago when I

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-11-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ronn Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test) And does your friend consider himself a professional person? Definately. It was after we were discussing how

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 03:47 PM 11/3/2002 -0600 Horn, John wrote: As Jim said earlier, wouldn't that make it next to impossible to get anything done on the UNSC? I can't imagine almost any even remotely controversial proposal not being vetoed by one of that group? There is a bit of game theory involved.

The Efficience of Marketing

2002-11-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I was watching a TV propaganda of Nike, when Natalia commented: Did you know that Nike uses child slave labour? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Question about the Simpsons episode this evening

2002-11-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Just in case, I'm going to stick some spoiler space in here. Please include it when replying. If you haven't seen the episode yet, I don't think my question will give away too much. S P O I L E R / S P A C E / S P O I L E R / S P A C E What did Moe say at the very end of the gun story? I