[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-06-10 Thread Michael Murphy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gimari03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How're the Davis's now? Hope your family well. Mine great. Hi, Gina They are divorced for about 14 years now. I am in touch with both of them. I'd be happy to tell you more, but why don't you reply to my personal e-m

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-06-10 Thread gimari03
Hi Michael: Yes, you've got me pegged. Still a midwife, in the Bay Area. Sorry I missed providing the evolution of 'ru evolution to 'roo in time for your publication. How're the Davis's now? Hope your family well. Mine great. am checking out your website. will order the book. tks! Gina ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-06-10 Thread Michael Murphy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gimari03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Roo later evolved when referring to the kangaroo hopping in the domes. > > So, what book is coming out soon?? > > Gina Thanks, Gina, I almost missed your post. Thought this thread had pretty much played out. I nev

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-06-10 Thread gimari03
'Ru began as short for "Guru" .. referring to the TMers who came to FF when MIU first came to FF in 1974. I was the first 'Ru out of FF high school.. class of 1975. MSAE/ MIU prep was only preschool at that time. "Roo later evolved when referring to the kangaroo hopping in the domes. 'Tater

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-23 Thread ashelkent
> I'd be interested to hear whether you're satisfied > with the final product (i.e., with what lulu.com does > for you).  I'm a freelance editor, and sometimes my > writer clients want to explore self-publishing options, > so it would be nice to have a company to recommend (or > warn folks away

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-23 Thread ashelkent
> > Take a look at the Web site of the Publishers Marketing > Association, a nonprofit association of independent > publishers, for more on this endeavor: > > http://pma-online.org > > Michael--you could become a member of PMA if you were > interested.  Costs $109 a year and worth every penn

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >  > In a message dated 5/22/06 5:20:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > To  counter the ru thing, some Fairfield TMers started referring to > >  locals as "rubs," since the Fairfield High School

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >  > In a message dated 5/22/06 5:10:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > It was  the Fairfield High School kids who first started the > word "ru." I recall  while I was in living in Missouri, the kid

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > You bet it is, and good for you for taking advantage > of it and following through.  It's a lot of work. > > I'd be interested to hear whether you're satisfied > with the final product (i.e., with what lulu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 5/22/06 5:20:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > To counter the ru thing, some Fairfield TMers started referring to > locals as "rubs," since the Fairfield High School team name was > the "Trojans" (the name for a prophylactic brand for you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 5/22/06 5:10:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was the Fairfield High School kids who first started the word "ru." I recall while I was in living in Missouri, the kids would refer to people of the female persuasion as "gina," which is not

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now with the advent of Amazon (plus e-books, and MP3 versions > distributed over the web), the huge wall of and distribution -- > and to some extent marketing -- has been reduced to scalable size. > Wit

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > That's the normal way it works, anyway.  If the > > book is being self-published, the schedule could > > be shorter depending on how much of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > That's the normal way it works, anyway.  If the > > book is being self-published, the schedule could > > be shorter depending on how much of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread ashelkent
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the normal way it works, anyway.  If the > book is being self-published, the schedule could > be shorter depending on how much of the work the > author is doing him/herself.  Possibly this is being > self-

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM > people in Fairfield are often refered to. It seems like the correct > way would be 'ru since it is a contraction for guru. But on the few > oc

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread ashelkent
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" wrote: > > > A draft of the first 11 chapters is available at www.dawnhawk.com > > When will the *Web site* be available? Should be available now. I just tried

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > Wow! You have a book coming out in a couple of weeks and  you're > > just now checking the spelling? > > That's probably the way you want to do it. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A draft of the first 11 chapters is available at www.dawnhawk.com When will the *Web site* be available? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairfi

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread ashelkent
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > P.S. Tell us about your book. > I was going to announce it here when it was actually available, but I guess a little preview wouldn't hurt. It would certainly appeal to people on FFL. It is called Murphy's Laws of

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > >  > > In a message dated 5/22/06 2:33:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  > > dawnhawk@ writes: > > > > Does  anyone have a difinitive opinion about h

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >  > In a message dated 5/22/06 2:33:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Does  anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM people > in  Fairfield are > often refered to. It seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >  > In a message dated 5/22/06 2:33:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Does  anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM people > in  Fairfield are > often refered to. It seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM people in Fairfield are > often refered to. It seems like the correct way would be 'ru since it is a contraction for > guru. But on the few occ

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you spell roo

2006-05-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM people in Fairfield are > often refered to. It seems like the correct way would be 'ru since it is a contraction for > guru. But on the few occ