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Message no. 1
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:15:03 EDT
Apologizes to Dvixen ahead of time (I am sorry (sort of) for doing this ;).

In a message dated 7/14/98 9:29:23 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
decker@****.FSU.EDU writes:

> > Hmm i thought the question was "How much drag could a dragon on, if a
> > dragon could on drag?" *dives for Gurth's stairs firing off Decoys and
> > chaff behind him*
> >
> This could be ugly! :) <Dives for cover, pulling on his Carp proof coat>
>
After everyone is within the incredibly famous hidey-hole, K walks up to the
door, doesn't touch it, pulls a whistle on a chain from around his neck, looks
up over his shoulder behind him, turns around, blows the whistle, starts
motioning -something- to "..come a little bit closer .." (you're my kind
of...), then shows the "Halt, that's good" sign, then blows the whistle
again...

Moves out of the way quickly enough, just in time for the relocating slag
material of Chernobyl, now with newly mixed quick setting concrete, to dump
all over the site, sealing in our would-be list.terrorists to their own
fate...

-K (who thinks Gurth needs a new hidey hole for -just- Gurth)
Message no. 2
From: "Jonny D. Robinson" <OracleBlur@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:17:12 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-14 13:15:47 EDT, you write:

> > > Hmm i thought the question was "How much drag could a dragon on, if a
> > > dragon could on drag?" *dives for Gurth's stairs firing off Decoys
and
> > > chaff behind him*
> > >
> > This could be ugly! :) <Dives for cover, pulling on his Carp proof coat>
> >
> After everyone is within the incredibly famous hidey-hole, K walks up to
the
> door, doesn't touch it, pulls a whistle on a chain from around his neck,
> looks
> up over his shoulder behind him, turns around, blows the whistle, starts
> motioning -something- to "..come a little bit closer .." (you're my kind
> of...), then shows the "Halt, that's good" sign, then blows the whistle
> again...
>
> Moves out of the way quickly enough, just in time for the relocating slag
> material of Chernobyl, now with newly mixed quick setting concrete, to dump
> all over the site, sealing in our would-be list.terrorists to their own
> fate...
>
> -K (who thinks Gurth needs a new hidey hole for -just- Gurth)

Tragedy strikes the mailing list yet again...

-Robinson
The Friendly ghost
Message no. 3
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:21:17 -0500
>
> Apologizes to Dvixen ahead of time (I am sorry (sort of) for doing this ;).
>
> In a message dated 7/14/98 9:29:23 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> decker@****.FSU.EDU writes:
>
> > > Hmm i thought the question was "How much drag could a dragon on, if a
> > > dragon could on drag?" *dives for Gurth's stairs firing off Decoys
and
> > > chaff behind him*
> > >
> > This could be ugly! :) <Dives for cover, pulling on his Carp proof coat>
> >
> After everyone is within the incredibly famous hidey-hole, K walks up to the
> door, doesn't touch it, pulls a whistle on a chain from around his neck, looks
> up over his shoulder behind him, turns around, blows the whistle, starts
> motioning -something- to "..come a little bit closer .." (you're my kind
> of...), then shows the "Halt, that's good" sign, then blows the whistle
> again...
>
> Moves out of the way quickly enough, just in time for the relocating slag
> material of Chernobyl, now with newly mixed quick setting concrete, to dump
> all over the site, sealing in our would-be list.terrorists to their own
> fate...
>
> -K (who thinks Gurth needs a new hidey hole for -just- Gurth)
>
But what fun would that be! Besides I didn't say my jacket was ONLY
carp proof! Besides Gurth's stairs are legendary. :)

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Message no. 4
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 12:22:16 -0500
On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, K is the Symbol wrote:

> Moves out of the way quickly enough, just in time for the relocating slag
> material of Chernobyl, now with newly mixed quick setting concrete, to dump
> all over the site, sealing in our would-be list.terrorists to their own
> fate...

Hmmm It appears that K has turned into a Toxic Shaman. I mean he did just
get a radioactive pile of slag to move itself and use a smother power on
Gurth's Stairs. Is there somehting you havent been telling us K? HMMM??
:):)

Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:45:23 +0100
K is the Symbol said on 13:15/14 Jul 98,...

> Moves out of the way quickly enough, just in time for the relocating slag
> material of Chernobyl, now with newly mixed quick setting concrete, to dump
> all over the site, sealing in our would-be list.terrorists to their own
> fate...
>
> -K (who thinks Gurth needs a new hidey hole for -just- Gurth)

Like that's a problem... It only makes the stairs a safer place to
hide, and it won't stop anyone from getting out (or in, if I let
them). Don't you think stairs that are bigger on the inside than
on the outside have alternative access points?

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Message no. 6
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:17:25 EDT
In a message dated 7/15/98 6:01:59 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
gurth@******.NL writes:

> Like that's a problem... It only makes the stairs a safer place to
> hide, and it won't stop anyone from getting out (or in, if I let
> them). Don't you think stairs that are bigger on the inside than
> on the outside have alternative access points?
>
Ah but Gurth, that is what the Radioactive waste material is for. The
pandynamics of interferon particles makes such extra-dimensionsal access a
problem at best. And if any of that access is magic, well let's just compare
it to the Doctor's Tartus. Sure, it goes places and whens and hows, but the
controls are totally whacked now and no one, least of all the Dr. (that'd be
you in this case) can get it to go where you want it to go. And Heart
Spirits...bah, forget it.... 8-P

-K (who -might- be Toxic... ;)
Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:30:53 +0100
And verily, did K is the Symbol hastily scribble thusly...
|Ah but Gurth, that is what the Radioactive waste material is for. The
|pandynamics of interferon particles makes such extra-dimensionsal access a
|problem at best. And if any of that access is magic, well let's just compare
|it to the Doctor's Tartus.

TARTUS? LOL! What's that stand for?
Time and Relatives torment us spontaniously?

It's T.A.R.D.I.S.! Time and Relative Dimensions In Space.

Sure, it goes places and whens and hows, but the
|controls are totally whacked now and no one, least of all the Dr. (that'd be
|you in this case) can get it to go where you want it to go. And Heart
|Spirits...bah, forget it.... 8-P

Actually, the older the Doc gets, the better he is at controlling the thing.
In Patrick Troughtons day, a short hop was considered to be from the moon to
the earth if he was lucky.

In the days of Peter Davison, he could manage the other end of the street.

By Sylvester McCoys day, he could land it when and where he wanted most of
the time.

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Message no. 8
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:38:09 EDT
In a message dated 7/15/98 12:32:01 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK writes:

> TARTUS? LOL! What's that stand for?
> Time and Relatives torment us spontaniously?
>
> It's T.A.R.D.I.S.! Time and Relative Dimensions In Space.

Okay, so I couldn't spell it. I'd say -bite me- Spike, but knowing you, you'd
find a way.. :)

> Actually, the older the Doc gets, the better he is at controlling the
thing.
> In Patrick Troughtons day, a short hop was considered to be from the moon
to
> the earth if he was lucky.
>
> In the days of Peter Davison, he could manage the other end of the street.
>
> By Sylvester McCoys day, he could land it when and where he wanted most of
> the time.

Ah yes, but he also finally had the focus enough to fix that blasted thing.
And it also shows about when I stopped watching Dr. Who...

-K
Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 20:38:27 +0100
K is the Symbol said on 13:17/15 Jul 98,...

> Ah but Gurth, that is what the Radioactive waste material is for. The
> pandynamics of interferon particles makes such extra-dimensionsal access a
> problem at best. And if any of that access is magic, well let's just compare
> it to the Doctor's Tartus.

That's TARDIS, I believe :)

> Sure, it goes places and whens and hows, but the
> controls are totally whacked now and no one, least of all the Dr. (that'd be
> you in this case) can get it to go where you want it to go. And Heart
> Spirits...bah, forget it.... 8-P
>
> -K (who -might- be Toxic... ;)

You definitely are as far as I'm concerned, dumping radioactive
cement in peoples' homes...

--
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"That's IT, lunchbox!!! We'll go to Shermer, Illinois!"
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Message no. 10
From: Wiebke & Birger Timm <WiebkeT@********.DE>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:43:51 +0200
Gurth wrote:

> Like that's a problem... It only makes the stairs a safer place to
> hide, and it won't stop anyone from getting out (or in, if I let
> them). Don't you think stairs that are bigger on the inside than
> on the outside have alternative access points?

Could someone please explain to me (because I'm only a dumb newbie :-) ) what's
the matter with Gurth's stairs?

Blix
Message no. 11
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:31:18 +1000
K writes:
> Ah but Gurth, that is what the Radioactive waste material is for. The
> pandynamics of interferon particles makes such extra-dimensionsal access a
> problem at best. And if any of that access is magic, well let's
> just compare
> it to the Doctor's Tartus. Sure, it goes places and whens and
> hows, but the
> controls are totally whacked now and no one, least of all the Dr.
> (that'd be
> you in this case) can get it to go where you want it to go. And Heart
> Spirits...bah, forget it.... 8-P

The interaction of radiation with magic is unknown and never quantified. It
probably won't screw up the magical exits. Furthermore, the doctor's Tardis
has been repaired several times and the current one is fully functional and
the Doctor can get it to go anywhere he wants. Finally, all the magical
protection in the world won't stop us using the trap door out to the sewers.
:)

--
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the Universe together.
Robert Watkins -- robert.watkins@******.com
Message no. 12
From: Jon Szeto <JonSzeto@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:25:27 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-15 18:26:41 EDT, WiebkeT@********.DE writes:

> Gurth wrote:
>
> > Like that's a problem... It only makes the stairs a safer place to
> > hide, and it won't stop anyone from getting out (or in, if I let
> > them). Don't you think stairs that are bigger on the inside than
> > on the outside have alternative access points?
>
> Could someone please explain to me (because I'm only a dumb newbie :-) )
> what's
> the matter with Gurth's stairs?
>
> Blix
>

Well, judging by the gist of the thread, maybe the beryllium atomic clock
didn't get hooked up correctly after that little New Year's jaunt in San
Francisco...?

But at least the chameleon circuit's fixed sorta, so it now looks like a set
of Dutch stairs, instead of a police box anymore.

But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type 40 TT
capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)

:-)

-- Jon
Message no. 13
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:30:14 +1000
Jon Szeto writes:
> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a
> Type 40 TT
> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)

The 40 TT was old-tech back in the sixties, Jon... Gurth's stairs is at
_least_ a 2000 XXX. :)

--
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the Universe together.
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Message no. 14
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:33:31 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Jon Szeto[SMTP:JonSzeto@***.COM] wrote:
> Well, judging by the gist of the thread, maybe the beryllium atomic
clock
> didn't get hooked up correctly after that little New Year's jaunt in
San
> Francisco...?
>
> But at least the chameleon circuit's fixed sorta, so it now looks like
a set
> of Dutch stairs, instead of a police box anymore.
>
> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type
40 TT
> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)

Yes, but we won't talk about that American traversty, will we? It had
it's moments, but there are some things that just should never have
happened.

cheers
G

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Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
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Message no. 15
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:57:56 EDT
In a message dated 7/15/98 6:34:05 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
robert.watkins@******.COM writes:

> The interaction of radiation with magic is unknown and never quantified. It
> probably won't screw up the magical exits. Furthermore, the doctor's Tardis
> has been repaired several times and the current one is fully functional and
> the Doctor can get it to go anywhere he wants. Finally, all the magical
> protection in the world won't stop us using the trap door out to the
sewers.
> :)
>
ah, you mean the things that Jett used to dig her tunnel from the beginning?
You -DO- know what's going to happen when she surfaces on the bottom of the
Atlantic don't you??? :P

-K
Message no. 16
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:03:46 +1000
K writes:
> ah, you mean the things that Jett used to dig her tunnel from the
> beginning?
> You -DO- know what's going to happen when she surfaces on the
> bottom of the
> Atlantic don't you??? :P

Um... let me think. The water rushes in, and fills up to the water level?
Oops... Gurth, is your home below sea level, like a lot (well, some) of the
Netherlands? If so, we might have a problem here.

--
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the Universe together.
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Message no. 17
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 03:35:46 EDT
In a message dated 7/16/98 2:06:24 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
robert.watkins@******.COM writes:

> Um... let me think. The water rushes in, and fills up to the water level?
> Oops... Gurth, is your home below sea level, like a lot (well, some) of the
> Netherlands? If so, we might have a problem here.
>
I seem to remember it being "stairs into the basement", though I don't know
for certain :P

-K ( who is giving Jett corrected co-ordinates :)
Message no. 18
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:55:56 +1000
K writes:
> > Um... let me think. The water rushes in, and fills up to the
> water level?
> > Oops... Gurth, is your home below sea level, like a lot (well,
> some) of the
> > Netherlands? If so, we might have a problem here.
> >
> I seem to remember it being "stairs into the basement", though I
> don't know
> for certain :P

So? My house is some 300 meters above sea level... Even the Netherlands is
_mostly_ above sea level, and a few meters is all it would need.

--
Duct tape is like the Force: There's a Light side, a Dark side, and it binds
the Universe together.
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Message no. 19
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:15:58 +0100
Wiebke & Birger Timm said on 18:43/15 Jul 98,...

> Could someone please explain to me (because I'm only a dumb newbie :-) ) what's
> the matter with Gurth's stairs?

They're the best place to hide from thwaps, starting flame wars,
and other nasty stuff. IIRC it got started a few years ago when I
typed something along the lines of "*gurth hides under his
stairs*" in a post of mine that I felt someone would thwap me for.
Since then, other listmembers have started using those same
stairs as a hiding place as well (David Buehrer was first, I
believe), and Bull and Spike redecorated inside some time later.
Now recently, Keith redecorated outside, as well, but I'm looking
into cleaning that up...

(Oh, and despite some nasty rumors going around, it's not a
spiral staircase :) They're straight, then turn 90 degrees right,
and go straight again.)

--
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"That's IT, lunchbox!!! We'll go to Shermer, Illinois!"
-> NERPS Project Leader * ShadowRN GridSec * Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-
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Message no. 20
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:59:33 +0100
And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Gurth wrote:
|
|> Like that's a problem... It only makes the stairs a safer place to
|> hide, and it won't stop anyone from getting out (or in, if I let
|> them). Don't you think stairs that are bigger on the inside than
|> on the outside have alternative access points?
|
|Could someone please explain to me (because I'm only a dumb newbie :-) ) what's
|the matter with Gurth's stairs?

It all started when Gurth hid there once when a flame war started.
Since then, everyone moved in,renovated the place, fitted the dimentional
expander and lots of comfy cushions, and made the carp proof shielding
impenetrable....

It's a very long running inside joke...
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Message no. 21
From: Wiebke & Birger Timm <WiebkeT@********.DE>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:08:54 +0200
Jon Szeto wrote:

> Well, judging by the gist of the thread, maybe the beryllium atomic clock
> didn't get hooked up correctly after that little New Year's jaunt in San
> Francisco...?
>
> But at least the chameleon circuit's fixed sorta, so it now looks like a set
> of Dutch stairs, instead of a police box anymore.
>
> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type 40 TT
> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)

Arghhh...help! :-)

Blix (now completely confused...)
Message no. 22
From: "Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:03:40 -0300
At 11:15 16/07/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Wiebke & Birger Timm said on 18:43/15 Jul 98,...
>
>> Could someone please explain to me (because I'm only a dumb newbie :-) )
what's
>> the matter with Gurth's stairs?
>
>They're the best place to hide from thwaps, starting flame wars,
>and other nasty stuff. IIRC it got started a few years ago when I
>typed something along the lines of "*gurth hides under his
>stairs*" in a post of mine that I felt someone would thwap me for.
>Since then, other listmembers have started using those same
>stairs as a hiding place as well (David Buehrer was first, I
>believe), and Bull and Spike redecorated inside some time later.
>Now recently, Keith redecorated outside, as well, but I'm looking
>into cleaning that up...
>
>(Oh, and despite some nasty rumors going around, it's not a
>spiral staircase :) They're straight, then turn 90 degrees right,
>and go straight again.)
>

Now I can imagine about 2 or 3 RNers sitting under stairs, each with a
laptop and frantically
typing e-mail, not aware of the fact that they are right beside each other
and could be discussing
those thigs directly :) .
There are stairs in the house I'm in now, and there's a mini-bar under
them.... Heh, this could interest some
people :) .

Bira
Message no. 23
From: Geoff Morochnick <bodiam@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:53:24 -0400
> > Well, judging by the gist of the thread, maybe the beryllium atomic clock
> > didn't get hooked up correctly after that little New Year's jaunt in San
> > Francisco...?
> >
> > But at least the chameleon circuit's fixed sorta, so it now looks like a set
> > of Dutch stairs, instead of a police box anymore.
> >
> > But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type 40 TT
> > capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)
>
> Arghhh...help! :-)
>
> Blix (now completely confused...)

Well, I don't know exactly the story of Gurth's Stairs (tm); but I have been
reading all sorts of posts about them for several months now, so I can tell you
that they're an anti-carp sanctuary, used mostly by folks with bad puns to avoid
horrible THWAP-pings. So many posters on this list use them, however, so the
stairs were locked and sealed with the password of (first) Gurth's True Name and
(then) Gurth's True Shoesize. The stairs are also larger on the inside than the
outside, thus allowing several dozen RNers hiding space. Unfortunately, the stairs
are in a near-condemned state because of the incorribable nature of the folks who
hang out inside them.

How's that, oh RN elders who actually know the secrets of the Stairs?

--
Stonebow
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at a piece of paper until your forehead bleeds.
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Message no. 24
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:33:32 +0100
And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
|> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type 40 TT
|> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)
|
| Arghhh...help! :-)
|
|Blix (now completely confused...)
|

Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?
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Message no. 25
From: "Jonny D. Robinson" <OracleBlur@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:51:47 EDT
Our good buddy Spike said THIS:

> And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
> |> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type 40
> TT
> |> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)
> |
> | Arghhh...help! :-)
> |
> |Blix (now completely confused...)
> |
>
> Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?

Of course we're not! We're newbies!! We don't know jack!!

-Robinson
Kinda happy he knows nothin
Message no. 26
From: Michael vanHulst <Schizi@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:33:11 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-19 18:52:41 EDT, OracleBlur wrote:

> ur good buddy Spike said THIS:
>
> > And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
> > |> But someone still has to explain to me how Gurth got a hold of a Type
> 40
> > TT
> > |> capsule.... (unless Gurth is Dutch for "doctor"?)
> > |
> > | Arghhh...help! :-)
> > |
> > |Blix (now completely confused...)
> > |
> >
> > Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?
>
> Of course we're not! We're newbies!! We don't know jack!!
>
> -Robinson
> Kinda happy he knows nothin
See you missed a perfectly good chance to go Dr. Who WHO?
Kinda making newbies look bad when you miss obvious puns :-)
Message no. 27
From: "Jonny D. Robinson" <OracleBlur@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:35:24 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-19 19:34:21 EDT, you write:

> > > Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?
> >
> > Of course we're not! We're newbies!! We don't know jack!!
> >
> > -Robinson
> > Kinda happy he knows nothin
> See you missed a perfectly good chance to go Dr. Who WHO?
> Kinda making newbies look bad when you miss obvious puns :-)

Of course! I can't risk another thwapping!
Message no. 28
From: Wiebke & Birger Timm <WiebkeT@********.DE>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:53:07 +0200
Spike wrote:

> Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?

Ahem...who is Dr Who?

Blix (hoping not to hurt Spikes feelings by asking this (stupid?) question...;-)
)
Message no. 29
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:29:06 +0100
And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Spike wrote:
|
|> Don't tell me you're not a Dr Who fan either?
|
|Ahem...who is Dr Who?

And there I was thinking it had made it to every country in the world.

It's the longest running sci-fi programme in existance...
(Started in 1963 I think)

It revolves around "The Doctor", who's a Time Lord zipping and popping
around time and space in his TARDIS, foiling the evil plans of the Daleks,
Cybermen, and various other baddies....
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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Message no. 30
From: Wiebke & Birger Timm <WiebkeT@********.DE>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:51:58 +0200
Spike wrote:

> And there I was thinking it had made it to every country in the world.

Maybe it has...It's only that I receive 5 channels only... (But I'm in the
minority...). A situation you probabely can't even imagine...;-)

> It's the longest running sci-fi programme in existance...
> (Started in 1963 I think)
>
> It revolves around "The Doctor", who's a Time Lord zipping and popping
> around time and space in his TARDIS, foiling the evil plans of the Daleks,
> Cybermen, and various other baddies....

Like Star Trek?

Blix
Message no. 31
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:33:17 +0100
And verily, did Wiebke & Birger Timm hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Spike wrote:
|
|> And there I was thinking it had made it to every country in the world.
|
|Maybe it has...It's only that I receive 5 channels only... (But I'm in the
|minority...). A situation you probabely can't even imagine...;-)

Why? Britian has only ever had 4 channels until last year when channel 5
came on-line....

And a lot of people opt not to bother with cable or satalite TV.

|> It's the longest running sci-fi programme in existance...
|> (Started in 1963 I think)
|>
|> It revolves around "The Doctor", who's a Time Lord zipping and popping
|> around time and space in his TARDIS, foiling the evil plans of the Daleks,
|> Cybermen, and various other baddies....
|
|Like Star Trek?

Nothing at all like Star Trek....
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
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Message no. 32
From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: Re: Con(ob)struction (Re: Dragon? (was woodchuck?))(OT)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:01:12 -0400
Blix wrote:
>> It's the longest running sci-fi programme in existance...
>> (Started in 1963 I think)
>>
>> It revolves around "The Doctor", who's a Time Lord zipping and popping
>> around time and space in his TARDIS, foiling the evil plans of the Daleks,
>> Cybermen, and various other baddies....
>
>Like Star Trek?

Just like Star Trek, only with a plot, interesting characters and an
operating budget per year less than that of ST:TNG's budget per episode.

Yeah. That was sarcasm. :-)

James Ojaste

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