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Message no. 1
From: BARNHART@****
Subject: Welcome
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 22:43:00 CDT
I'm glad to see that you all joined the list so quickly. This really
should make life much, much easier for all of us. :) :) :)

Quick Trigger
Message no. 2
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:21:28 -0500
At 06:33 PM 3/16/98 -0500, John Vots wrote these timeless words:
>This being my first postto this list I had hoped it to be on a diferent
>subject but it seem s to be driftig to something I know a little about.
>
% Access file: Bull-Bot
% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot

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Greeting, new list-member Jester! Welcome to the Shadowrn Mailing List!

It's a great place, with good people and great discussion! Hope ya like mail!

Please read or request the Shadowrn FAQ and read it immediately! It'll
help you out in the future.

FAQ: http://coastnet.com/~dvixen/shadowrn/srnfaq1.html

A few things in particular to note, or you will get yelled out by GridSec
(Our local list security)

1) Trim your replies: Only quote relevant portions. We;ve seen it once,
we don't need to see it again (and again, and again, and...)

2) No flames! We try and be friendly here on the list, so try not to
incinerate other list members. :]

3) Read the FAQ! (yeah, I said this once, but... It's important! :))

4) Also: Don't ask about Woodchucks.

+++++ AUTO OFF TOPIC RANDOM GENERATOR v9.7.0.1 INITIATED
+++++ TOPIC #3012

Spice Girls and Hanson. Proof that their is a God, and he's pissed about
the way we've been behaving the last 2000 years.

+++++ END AUTO GREET

--
Bull, aka Steven Ratkovich, aka Rak, aka Chaos, aka a lot of others! :]

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Message no. 3
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:09:25 +0000
And verily, did Bull hastily scribble thusly...
|Spice Girls and Hanson. Proof that their is a God, and he's pissed about
|the way we've been behaving the last 2000 years.

Who would win in a to-the-death duel between Hanson and the Spice Girls?












See answer below...












Humanity.

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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 |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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Message no. 4
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:40:53 -0600
>% Access file: Bull-Bot
>% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
>
>+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
>+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME:
>
>+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
>+++++ AUTO GREET v2.5 INITIATED
>
Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>

Wraith
Message no. 5
From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:34:46 -0500
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At 09:40 AM 3/17/98 -0600, Wraith wrote:
>>% Access file: Bull-Bot
>>% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
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>>+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
>>+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME:
>>
>>+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
>>+++++ AUTO GREET v2.5 INITIATED
>>
>Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>

Me neither!

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-- Paul Gettle (pgettle@********.net)
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Message no. 6
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:40:29 -0500
At 11:34 AM 3/17/98 -0500, Paul Gettle wrote these timeless words:

>>Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>
>
>Me neither!
>
Well... Since I was MIA for a few weeks, and I can only catch so many
people (Unfortunately, the Bull-Bot's not all that sophisticated :] ),
here's a Blanket Welcome to get anyone I missed over the last couple months :]

PS: Enjoy the most feared and hated OT message the Bull-Bot can spew :]

----------------------

% Access file: Bull-Bot
% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot

+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME: EVERYONE!

+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
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Greeting, new list-member EVERYONE! Welcome to the Shadowrn Mailing List!

It's a great place, with good people and great discussion! Hope ya like mail!

Please read or request the Shadowrn FAQ and read it immediately! It'll
help you out in the future.

FAQ: http://coastnet.com/~dvixen/shadowrn/srnfaq1.html

A few things in particular to note, or you will get yelled out by GridSec
(Our local list security)

1) Trim your replies: Only quote relevant portions. We;ve seen it once,
we don't need to see it again (and again, and again, and...)

2) No flames! We try and be friendly here on the list, so try not to
incinerate other list members. :]

3) Read the FAQ! (yeah, I said this once, but... It's important! :))

4) Also: Don't ask about Woodchucks.

+++++ AUTO OFF TOPIC RANDOM GENERATOR v9.7.0.1 INITIATED
+++++ TOPIC #0000

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

+++++ END AUTO GREET

Bull
--
Bull, aka Steven Ratkovich, aka Rak, aka Chaos, aka a lot of others! :]

The Offical Cuddly Celebrity Shadowrn Mailing List Welcome and Archive
Answer Ork Decker!
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List Flunky of ShadowCreations, creators of the Newbies Guide,
---- in semi-production now!
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UIN: 6460938

"Bill gates is just a monocle and a cat away from being a James Bond villian."
-- Dennis Miller on HBO
Message no. 7
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:44:21 -0600
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Bull wrote:

> PS: Enjoy the most feared and hated OT message the Bull-Bot can spew :]

> +++++ AUTO OFF TOPIC RANDOM GENERATOR v9.7.0.1 INITIATED
> +++++ TOPIC #0000
>
> How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
>
> +++++ END AUTO GREET

I thought that was topic #666 not #0000. o well its still the most hated
OT message:) unles you added another line.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuch could chuck wood
while drinking tea?

:) The bookworm makes a mad dash for Gurth's stairs......

Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 8
From: Wyrmy <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 20:28:09 -0600
> >
> % Access file: Bull-Bot
> % Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
Damn.Bull beat me to it.Ah well,might as well trash the WYRM-Bot. Boo
hoo.
--
If you are a dreamer come in,
If you are a dreeamer, a wisher,
A liar, a magic jelly bean buyer,
Come In!
-What should be the motto of all internet users.
Message no. 9
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:19:49 +0000
And verily, did Wraith hastily scribble thusly...
|
|>% Access file: Bull-Bot
|>% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
|>
|>+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
|>+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME:
|>
|>+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
|>+++++ AUTO GREET v2.5 INITIATED
|>
|Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>

That's because Dvixen de-activated the Bull-bot a few months ago....
(But being the best orc decker on your side of the pond, it couldn't
last...)

:)
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 10
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:38:21 +0000
And verily, did The Bookworm hastily scribble thusly...
|:) The bookworm makes a mad dash for Gurth's stairs......

Only to find himself staring down the barrel of a Carp Cannon.
<HALT! Surrender yourself immediately!>
*BANG*

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 11
From: Wraith <wraith@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:43:32 -0600
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>

>And verily, did Wraith hastily scribble thusly...
>|
>|>% Access file: Bull-Bot
>|>% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
>|>
>|>+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
>|>+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME:
>|>
>|>+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
>|>+++++ AUTO GREET v2.5 INITIATED
>|>
>|Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>
>
>That's because Dvixen de-activated the Bull-bot a few months ago....
>(But being the best orc decker on your side of the pond, it couldn't
>last...)


Perhaps we should be hoping that she could do it again? <G>

Wraith
Message no. 12
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:16:13 +0000
> Only to find himself staring down the barrel of a Carp Cannon.
> <HALT! Surrender yourself immediately!>
> *BANG*

No no no. To be correct about it, shoot first, THEN order them to
halt. You can fingerprint the corps if needed. :)

-=SwiftOne=-
Brett Borger
SwiftOne@***.edu
AAP Techie
Message no. 13
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Welcome
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:13:02 -0800
Wraith and Spike and someone and Wendibull wrote:

> >|>% Access file: Bull-Bot
> >|>% Actvate Program: Bull-Bot
> >|>
> >|>+++++ SEQUANCE INITIATED
> >|>+++++ AUTO INSERT NAME:
> >|>
> >|>+++++ BULL-BOT v3.60a ACTIVATED
> >|>+++++ AUTO GREET v2.5 INITIATED
> >|>
> >|Hey! I didn't get one of these <G>
> >
> >That's because Dvixen de-activated the Bull-bot a few months ago....
> >(But being the best orc decker on your side of the pond, it couldn't
> >last...)
>
> Perhaps we should be hoping that she could do it again? <G>

Perhaps. But first you would have to top the bribe Bull paid to get me to
allow the Bull-Bot to be brought back on line. <grin>

-Dvixen
(So I'm replying a few days late. You try moving while planning a major
trip, and finishing up a 3 months web design contract...)
-Can ya dig it? Shaft!

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