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Message no. 1
From: Tim Burke <timburke@*******.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:47:27 +1000
>Proud owner of #879 here....
>
>Trinity
>---------------------------------------------
>Frank Pelletier

I've got #950 and my buddy "Bear"
has #883. We're both in Australia.
I got mine before him and ended
up with a later number..go figure.

Manx.

timburke@*******.com.au
#950 of 1000
Message no. 2
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:05:35 +1100
At 20:57 22/01/99 -0500, K in the Shadows wrote:
>#91...Gurth and Mike B. should have books with similar numbers to mine own..

#133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40 people ahead of
me in the queue. :-)




Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:00:37 +0100
According to Chris Maxfield, at 2:05 on 24 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> >#91...Gurth and Mike B. should have books with similar numbers to mine own..
>
> #133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40 people ahead of
> me in the queue. :-)

Would it help if I told you we were the ones responsible for the queue in
the first place? :)

--
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Message no. 4
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 01:01:58 +1100
At 13:00 24/01/99 +0100, Gurth wrote:
>According to Chris Maxfield, at 2:05 on 24 Jan 99, the word on the street
was...
>>
>> #133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40 people ahead of
>> me in the queue. :-)
>
>Would it help if I told you we were the ones responsible for the queue in
>the first place? :)

Responsible for the queue? I take it you mean that you guys decided to
rearrange the usual amorphous crowding of booths at a Con to an orderly
queue at the FASA booth? Or do you mean you caused the delivery delay? ;-)





Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
Message no. 5
From: Sean McCrohan <mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:42:29 -0500
Quoting Chris Maxfield (cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU):
> At 13:00 24/01/99 +0100, Gurth wrote:
> >According to Chris Maxfield, at 2:05 on 24 Jan 99, the word on the street
> was...
> >>
> >> #133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40 people ahead of
> >> me in the queue. :-)

Well, I had (as I recall) either #743 or #775. Unfortunately, it was
stolen out of my car last week. Alas! Kidnapped BABY!
Ah well.

--Sean
--
Sean McCrohan (mccrohan@**.gatech.edu) | "He uses his folly as a stalking
Grad Student, Human-Computer Interaction | horse, and under the presentation
Georgia Institute of Technology | of that he shoots his wit."
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~smccrohan | _As You Like It_, Act 5 Sc 4
Message no. 6
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:21:32 EST
In a message dated 1/24/1999 7:01:43 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
gurth@******.NL writes:

>
> > #133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40 people ahead of
> > me in the queue. :-)
>
> Would it help if I told you we were the ones responsible for the queue in
> the first place? :)

Oh gee, great Gurth, now get Chris all mad and steamed at us. Personally, I
think we should blame Rett, yeah, let's blame Rett ... ;P

-K
Message no. 7
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:26:43 EST
In a message dated 1/24/1999 11:42:59 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU writes:

>
> Well, I had (as I recall) either #743 or #775. Unfortunately, it
was
> stolen out of my car last week. Alas! Kidnapped BABY!

Oh MAN! You are kidding?!? You know that the only kind of person who stole
that book is a SR player (your group is guilty, get 'em all ;), or (if you
leave near a campus), someone who steals textbooks to sell 'em back for money
(Purdue has had this problem for years) and they thought that is what it was.

-K
Message no. 8
From: Sean McCrohan <mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:38:09 -0500
Quoting K in the Shadows (Ereskanti@***.COM):
> Oh MAN! You are kidding?!? You know that the only kind of person who stole
> that book is a SR player (your group is guilty, get 'em all ;), or (if you
> leave near a campus), someone who steals textbooks to sell 'em back for money
> (Purdue has had this problem for years) and they thought that is what it was.

Well, it was in my backpack (along with every other SR book I owned -
we'd played the day before). I think they broke into the car, grabbed the bag,
and ran, and didn't look in it until later. I'm guessing it all ended up
in a dumpster somewhere :( There aren't any stores nearby that buy used
gaming books, so unless they were gamers, it all would have been pretty useless
to them.

--Sean

--
Sean McCrohan (mccrohan@**.gatech.edu) | "He uses his folly as a stalking
Grad Student, Human-Computer Interaction | horse, and under the presentation
Georgia Institute of Technology | of that he shoots his wit."
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~smccrohan | _As You Like It_, Act 5 Sc 4
Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:06:57 +0100
According to Sean McCrohan, at 12:38 on 24 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> Well, it was in my backpack (along with every other SR book I owned -
> we'd played the day before). I think they broke into the car, grabbed the bag,
> and ran, and didn't look in it until later. I'm guessing it all ended up
> in a dumpster somewhere :(

That sucks, I have to say...

> There aren't any stores nearby that buy used gaming books, so unless
> they were gamers, it all would have been pretty useless to them.

You could look around for a group of Shadowrun players in the area, and
ask how long they've been playing ;)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
And that's as far as the conversation went.
-> NERPS Project Leader * ShadowRN GridSec * Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
->The Plastic Warriors Page: http://shadowrun.html.com/plasticwarriors/<-
-> The New Character Mortuary: http://www.electricferret.com/mortuary/ <-

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PE Y PGP- t(+) 5++ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
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Message no. 10
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:06:57 +0100
According to Chris Maxfield, at 1:01 on 25 Jan 99, the word on
the street was...

> >Would it help if I told you we were the ones responsible for the queue in
> >the first place? :)
>
> Responsible for the queue? I take it you mean that you guys decided to
> rearrange the usual amorphous crowding of booths at a Con to an orderly
> queue at the FASA booth? Or do you mean you caused the delivery delay? ;-)

It went like this: as you say, it was a total mess, everybody waiting
wherever they happened to be standing. For us, that happened to be roughly
two meters away from the center of FASA's booth. Keith then had the
brilliant idea to ask Rett (from FASA) if there was a queue where we were
supposed to wait, and the reply was in the order of "Hey yeah, a queue
would be a good idea, what with all these people and all... Okay
everybody, form a queue along that wall!"

/me slaps K on the back of the head

:)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
And that's as far as the conversation went.
-> NERPS Project Leader * ShadowRN GridSec * Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
->The Plastic Warriors Page: http://shadowrun.html.com/plasticwarriors/<-
-> The New Character Mortuary: http://www.electricferret.com/mortuary/ <-

GC3.1: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+(++)@ U P L E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+
PE Y PGP- t(+) 5++ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 11
From: Jeffrey Jones <whitebuddha@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:00:52 -0800
---K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/24/1999 7:01:43 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> gurth@******.NL writes:
>
> >
> > > #133. Which I guess makes sense as you guys were about 40
people ahead of
> > > me in the queue. :-)
> >
> > Would it help if I told you we were the ones responsible for the
queue in
> > the first place? :)
>
> Oh gee, great Gurth, now get Chris all mad and steamed at us.
Personally, I
> think we should blame Rett, yeah, let's blame Rett ... ;P
>
> -K


I gave mine (i think it was #37-something to Shane Hensley at
Pinnacle. Rich Osterhout has 2 (#999 and one other)
jeff

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Message no. 12
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:51:51 +1100
At 19:06 24/01/99 +0100, Gurth wrote:
>It went like this: as you say, it was a total mess, everybody waiting
>wherever they happened to be standing. For us, that happened to be roughly
>two meters away from the center of FASA's booth. Keith then had the
>brilliant idea to ask Rett (from FASA) if there was a queue where we were
>supposed to wait, and the reply was in the order of "Hey yeah, a queue
>would be a good idea, what with all these people and all... Okay
>everybody, form a queue along that wall!"

Ah ha. That explains it. Spontaneous order at a Con, especially at Gencon,
is rather unexpected.

<boast mode>
Oh, and along the lines of a recent discussion, I was out at the local
Cancon this weekend where I picked up second hand copies (in great
condition) of The Universal Brotherhood, Double Exposure and Queen
Euphoria. :))
</boast mode>



Chris Maxfield
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au>
------------------------------------------
The only thing better than messing with somebody's sense of
reality is messing with a whole LOTTA people's sense of
reality....
- J. Michael Straczynski
----------------------------------------
Canberra, Australia
Message no. 13
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:41:42 +1100
At 11:42 24/01/99 -0500, Sean McCrohan wrote:
> Well, I had (as I recall) either #743 or #775. Unfortunately, it was
>stolen out of my car last week. Alas! Kidnapped BABY!
> Ah well.

What a bummer! My condolences chummer.




Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
Message no. 14
From: Steve Kenson <TalonMail@***.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:37:08 EST
For what it's worth, my BABY is #25.

And, yes, Jill Lucas does have BABY #666 "just in case." (in case of what, I
don't know).

Steve K.
Kenson's Cranial Collection
http://members.aol.com/talonmail
Message no. 15
From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:33:11 -0600
>For what it's worth, my BABY is #25.
>
>And, yes, Jill Lucas does have BABY #666 "just in case." (in case of
what, I
>don't know).


Maybe FASA has read data from the Aztech calender that they are not
sharing with us, and Jill is keeping that one as an edge in the coming
upheaval...

Tony Rabiola
rabiola@**.netcom.com
Fourth and Sixth World Adept
(still working on the Fifth)
Proud owner BABY #972
Message no. 16
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: BABY Count
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:42:03 EST
In a message dated 1/25/1999 12:40:22 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
TalonMail@***.COM writes:

>
> And, yes, Jill Lucas does have BABY #666 "just in case." (in case of what,
I
> don't know).

Mike B. and I have heard a story that it (Jill claiming #666) involved the
release of one of the ED products some time ago. No real recollection of the
details however.

-K

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