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Message no. 1
From: Androoooooooo <mmd@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Oh really...
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 13:51:52 -0500
>>>>>[Well, I want to be the second to post... so there!!! Who else is on
the list at the moment???]<<<<<
--Tailhook <Look Ma/I can fly>

>>>>>[Oh, Shaddup you ignorant little dorf...]<<<<<
--Feedback <I love/The Matrix>

>>>>>[Well I see you got the spelling right...]<<<<<
--Tailhook <Look Ma/I can Fly>
Message no. 2
From: Ed Matuskey <MATUSKEY@***.EDU>
Subject: Oh, really?
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 11:50:15 -0700
>>>>>[Zero, lad, I don't know what party you were looking in on, but it
wasn't ours: the second thing the ladies did after they got there was close
the curtains (the first thing was to scan for bugs). They didn't want to take
a chance of 'Stalker and myself having a remote camera aimed at the window.
About the only thing you would have seen was myself dashing through that
door, trying to escape once the gig was up. Try again, laddie.]<<<<<
-- Highlander (11:50:32/5-4-54)
Message no. 3
From: "Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN54@***.BITNET>
Subject: Oh, really?
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1993 08:35:44 -0600
>>>>>[M'sieur Glare, you have been traced. Of course, by now you know
this,.
as I rather doubt you're reading this message ... Trace and Kill is such a
useful little program...]<<<<<
-- Lorien <08:33:47/06-04-54>
Message no. 4
From: Ed Matuskey <MATUSKEY@***.EDU>
Subject: Oh, really?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 17:05:34 -0700
>>>>>['We can't dump Lowe until he pays up for deceiving us'? How, pray
tell,
did I deceive you? I told you nothing about my organization, therefore I gave
you nothing with which to mislead you. Are you upset with Raven for not
telling you about her magic group? Or, are you upset that it was insects
that saved your life? If they had been wolf or bear spirits, you wouldn't
have been upset, but because they were insects, you lash out. Are you so
hermetic that you cannot see that insects have a place in this world, too?
Broaden your horizons, Cerise, and all you others. All the forces on this
world are not cute and furry. Some are sinister-looking, but their place
in the world is just as valid.

By the way, in case you hadn't noticed, my 'deception' saved your lives. I
wasn't looking for any thanks for their aid, and I can see that I'm not going
to be disappointed. And you truly see yourselves as superior?]<<<<<
-- Brandon Lowe (17:02:43/7-19-54)

***** Encrypt Raven-The-Mage MPCP
>>>>>[We still face a common foe, Raven. If you wish my assistance when
you
enter the metaplane of spiders, you have but to ask. My knowledge of our foe
is not limited to the physical plane.]<<<<<
-- Brandon Lowe (17:04:21/7-19-54)
Message no. 5
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh, really?
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 17:54:17 -0700
>>>>>[ Broaden my horizons! You should have your head checked. I think
you've
been dupped by your insect friends. Of course I wouldn't have minded if wolf
or bear spirits helped us, but insects!?! And <link terminated>
]<<<<<
-- Cerise <17:55:55/07-19-54>

>>>>>[ Brandon, don't take Cerise's words to seriously. I guess she just
has
an averions to creepy crawlies. We'll talk to her. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <17:56:45/07-19-54>

>>>>>[ What makes you think I'm in a magic group? ]<<<<<
-- Raven the Mage <17:58:21/07-19-54>

***** Encrypt: Brandon Lowe MPCP only
>>>>>[ Brandon, your assistance would be appreciated, but leave your Wasp
friends at home. I can accept your viewpoint, but I will not tolerate the
presence of insect spirits. ]<<<<<
-- Raven the Mage <17:57:21/07-19-54>
Message no. 6
From: "Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Oh, really?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 02:03:11 -0500
>>>>>[A.J. You seem a mite cocky to me. Sure, you _think_ that your
security
is straight-up, but it don't take much to turn that to balls-up. You really
got too much ego to run the thing properly, and not enough rep. All I ever
hear from you is hot air, no substance.

You say you got good sec., a great corp, and better prices and service. I say
you got a minor, up-and-coming new 'n used warehouse, full of "acquisitions,"
mostly by folks who don't need it no more. I say that your security is full of
holes -- they all are, as some of the wizzes can testify. If you think you're
proof, then just know that puttin' that stuff up is nothin' but a challenge.
Sure, you'll wipe out some of the stupid scum, but I think that's all it's
there for.

Another thing, since I'm climbin' up on my box to shoot your eyes; I'd shoot,
personally, any fool employee of mine who advertised on this net. If you could
hack your way in, no doubt so can the folks who think they run the guvm't. I
wouldn't shoot 'im in the head, neither. Maybe better -- I haven't gotten to
play with my needles lately.

And don't take this the wrong way. Just like the docs say: sure this is going
to hurt, but it's for your own good -- you on the streets with a head that
size, you liable to get _shot_.]<<<<<
-Blinder [Needles/ForYou]
Message no. 7
From: "Brian E. Angliss" <ANGLISS@****.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: oh really?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 08:59:38 -0400
>>>>>[Sure I'm cocky. I'm 54 years old, a surgeon trained at John Hopkins
and
one of the original headware surgeons from before the crash. I went runner for
a while until my medical background resurfaced and I got sick of the whole damn
thing. So, using the money of my medical years and from the payoffs as an
inside man with certain advantages, I started up a small arms dealing outfit
in 2033. I sold anything I could get and bought stuff, meeting the free tradersthat I now
employ. 12 years ago, my orginization went "corp," granting us
extra-territoriality in the CAS so their military couldn't wipe us off the face
of the planet. Compared to the corps, we are tiny, and they tolerate us for
the most part. We hijack several shipments a year from each corp, but we are
such a small misquito in a world of wolves that they mostly tolerate us. But
when we get a little nastier, like when we gave Collussus, Ares best cyborg
ever, sanctuary and a job, Ares attacked us and we sent the only surviver
back to Ares with parts of his buddys in a cooler for identification.
But you're right about the advertising. Moriarity is too valuable to me to
shoot, but his activities have been severly curtailed. I can't stop him, as
he is one of my partners, but there will be no more advertising.<<<<<
Action Jackson(08:57:49/08-31-54)
Message no. 8
From: "Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh, really?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 10:21:43 -0500
>>>>>[Sure I'm cocky. I'm 54 years old, a surgeon trained at John Hopkins
and
one of the original headware surgeons from before the crash. I went runner for
a while until my medical background resurfaced and I got sick of the whole damn
thing. So, using the money of my medical years and from the payoffs as an
inside man with certain advantages, I started up a small arms dealing outfit
in 2033. I sold anything I could get and bought stuff, meeting the free tradersthat I now
employ. 12 years ago, my orginization went "corp," granting us
extra-territoriality in the CAS so their military couldn't wipe us off the face
of the planet. Compared to the corps, we are tiny, and they tolerate us for
the most part. We hijack several shipments a year from each corp, but we are
such a small misquito in a world of wolves that they mostly tolerate us. But
when we get a little nastier, like when we gave Collussus, Ares best cyborg
ever, sanctuary and a job, Ares attacked us and we sent the only surviver
back to Ares with parts of his buddys in a cooler for identification.
But you're right about the advertising. Moriarity is too valuable to me to
shoot, but his activities have been severly curtailed. I can't stop him, as
he is one of my partners, but there will be no more advertising.<<<<<
Action Jackson(08:57:49/08-31-54)


>>>>>["Thank you for the information, Jackson. Our agents will be on
our way."
I can hear them now. . . So naive, and you say you got through med school?!?
Where? It had to be an arcology, for all that you've learned about the world.
You remind me of a poet named Homer, always with an epithet for each person.
We had A.J., ghod surgeon, Diana, voodoo yutz, and now Collussus, "Ares' best
cyborg." Hah!!!

Sorry to take this out on you and your crew, A.J., but all we've been hearing
from you positively SCREAMS "newbie." I'm glad you can take the criticism --
that shows real promise.

Speaking of criticism. . . Nephie; more than seventy-or-so years and you
_still_ can't read? Try re-reading my entry that you replied to. You'll see
that I don't make an offer, of any kind. Me? Helping vamps?!?! That's rich.
Right, D.W.?]<<<<<
-Blinder [Needles/ForYou]
Message no. 9
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Oh...Really
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:58:52 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Pretty Boy
>>>>>[You have a rather interesting way of looking for old friends. The
message has been passed along to another interested party. If you check
out kosher, I suspect you will get something the Blitz in the mail. Even if
you dont check out kosher I suspect you will be hearing from someone.]<<<<<
-- Kor <20:43:06 / 02-02-56>

***** PRIVATE: DragonEyes
>>>>>[Someone by the name of Pretty Boy has been nosing around looking
for Blitz. Deal with it as you see fit. I am in Seattle right now, give
me a hollar if you need assistance. Is he doing ok?]<<<<<
-- Kor <20:45:00 / 02-02-56>
Message no. 10
From: "Patrick (ShotGlass) Whaley" <CRF_WHALEYP@***.CUIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh...Really
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 09:06:09 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Kor
>>>>>[Tanks chummer. You are a real pal. If this works out I will owe you
a
favor. Hope he writes to me soon.]<<<<<
-- Pretty Boy (09:05:56/02-03-56)
Message no. 11
From: Mike Goldberg <m_goldberg@**.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh...Really
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 14:19:25 MST
***** Private: Kor
>>>>>[ Thank you for the information. I need you to keep this real quiet.
Blitzkrieg is conscious again. I actually have a tape of all the events that
transpired then (which is well over a week and half ago, but there is a small
little problem. If I release them now, Doomsday and Nightmare could be in hot
water. Rebecca and most of them are planning a trip back to look for her
husband Shadowfox. But that is neither here nor there.

As to Pretty Boy ... well as far as Mark can remember he has never heard of the
name. Ask the kid where he knows Mark from. Mark has pretty spotty memories
at the moment. They are slowly coming back to him. I wish I could explain
more what is going on here, but hopefully real soon, everyone should know. If
you think Pretty Boy might be a threat, contact Scourge and tell him to look
into it more.

Wait, I have an idea. As soon as the information about what all happened comes
out, tell him Blitzkrieg has gone to Asia to look for another "old chummer."
If they are friends, Pretty Boy might help him out, and if not, he'll just add
to the confusion which may not hurt Rebecca and Mark's cause at all. What do
you think of all this?

By the way, what part of this continent are you at? I am thinking of taking a
vacation as soon as Nightmare and Doomsday return. Well, regardless, take
care and thank you very much for letting me know. I should be posting the
stuff in a day or two if things go well. ]<<<<<
-- DragonEyes <14:30:00/2-5-56>
Message no. 12
From: winter@******.med.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: Oh really...
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 19:00:03 -0500
*****PRIVATE: DRAIG UN
>>>>>[Dear Sir, a associate wishes for me to pass these
words on: "Sticks an' stones do hurt me bones, but your
flames do not besmirch me!", and I belive that I agree with
his intent if not his wording. Please do try to be civil
when adressing the world entire.]<<<<<
-- Wintergeist <19:09:09/02-21-57>
Electric Mayhem
Message no. 13
From: winter@******.med.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: Oh really...
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 19:39:28 -0500
*****PRIVATE: DRAIG UN
>>>>>[Dear Sir, a associate wishes for me to pass these
words on: "Sticks an' stones do hurt me bones, but your
flames do not besmirch me!", and I belive that I agree with
his intent if not his wording. Please do try to be civil
when adressing the world entire.]<<<<<
-- Wintergeist <19:09:09/02-21-57>
 Electric Mayhem
Message no. 14
From: GKoth2258@***.com
Subject: Re: Oh really...
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 13:47:30 -0500
>>>>>[+++++USER: Wintergeist

Your mail to user "Draig Un" titled "Re: Oh really...", was unable to
reach
it's destination and has been returned unread to your address. Thank you and
have a nice day.]<<<<<
--Auto-mailer<11:03:00/2-23-57>

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