Conference back40::soapbox

    meet meg.

    go to colorado

 Can I go with you??  I'd love to go back to Colorado.

    long as you don't mind going to Ft. Carson :-)))))

    
    Have a poutine.
    
    

    
    
    Have a Spam sandwich when I get home...
    

    
    Go to Mexicali Rosa's for a margarita!
    
    

    
    White or Gold??
    

It's a private cafe so they can let in white, gold or whichever color
they want.

At least that's the way it oughta be.

TTom

    i'll vote for poutine! it's been, hmmmmmm... 10yrs? tooooooo long!

    re: .10
    
    Absolutely!!!
    
    
    
    Hey!!! You wanna go bar-hopping in Harlem???

    
    
    	.....go back to sleep.
    
    	yawn.
    

>    long as you don't mind going to Ft. Carson :-)))))


    uh, you go to Ft Carson, I'll go to Cheyenne canon..(sorry, can't do
 the little squiggly thing on top of the "n".)




 Jim

	dascomb rd. facility - floor 2:  home of the squiggly-impaired

    find the SKYDIVING note. (see note 521.0)
    

    Get my cast off soon. Its smells like a wet dog!:)
    

    
    
    	buy a harley.
    
    

Fer about 30 bucks you can by a share of Harley Davidson stock.

Not exactly the same but close...

TTom

    
    	kin I ride it into the sunset?
    
    

    
    Jim,
    
     Tsk... tsk... I'm surprised at you... I thought you would be more
    interested in quality vs. status symbol..
    

Wail,

Since it's a kinda paper, there's a couple of things you can do in the
regions generally associated with sitting.

First it provides reading matter for the nonce. Then it can help you
whipe your troubles away...

You could fold it up and pretend it's a_airplane, too.

TTom

    Be tax exempt!!
    
    

    Have Christine and Raq wear togas while Christine is fanning me and Raq
    is putting grapes in my mouth!

    
    Okay!!!!
    
    When did Dan Killoran break into Jack's account????
    

    
    
    	snicker
    

    
    HEY ! ! !
    
    I've been compared to other notorious 'boxers, but 
    
    
    COMPARING ME TO JACK MARTIN IS TOO MUCH !
    
    :-|
    Dan

    .25
    
    Wanna know something about togas and women?  In Rome, two groups of
    people wore togas:
    
    o   Free male citizens
    
    o   Whores
    
    Now, it is obvious to even the most casual observer that 'tine and raq
    are not males.  The obvious conclusion is that you think they are...
    
    (left as an exercise for the student)

    
    
    The obvious conclusion is that Jack knows little about Roman
    anecdotal tidbits...
    
    As do, probably, most of us...
    

    .30
    
    I thought my elliptical suggestion was funnier.

    
    
    Could be... depends on who's doing the laughing... :)
    

    Ahhhhhhh.....
    
    
    
    
    Ummmmmmmmmmmm......
    
    
    
    
    Errrrrrr....
    
    
    
    Sorry??  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    No??  
    
    
    Ooops...I'm dead.

    
    
    	re: quality vs. status symbol
    
    	Hey! I ain't talkin' about buyin' a beamer fer gawd's sake! I'm
    talking about buyin' the all american bike, the hog, the scoot! It's
    almost as American as my .45....:)
    
    	Besides, Harley's quality has become much better in recent years...
    
    
    jim

    
    
    Yeahbut!!!
    
     Ain't they about the same price (Beamer vs. Harley)???
    
     

    
    Boy, for once I'm glad not to have been mentioned in reference to babe
    activities 8^).

    
    Weren't you the one getting his bath ready???
    

    
    
    	re: price of Hog vs. Beamer
    
    	harleys are still cheaper (and better looking IMHO). ;*)
    
    

    re.1 & .3
    
    i live in colorado and know meg
    
    am i lucky or what???

    Ya, it looks that way.

    
    Whoa!  Another lucky man?
    
    

 Get in my car and drive til I feel like stopping.  Get out, get 
 some sleep, and hit the road again..take some pictures, meet
 some local folk, and get on the road again.  Kinda like "Route 66"
 but in my Honda Civic rather than a Corvette.




 Jim

    way back in regards to the requests for poutine...
    
    you can get it at Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken now, however 
    I can't vouch for the authenticity 

    
    Ah, but not at BK or KFC (PFK?) in the PRM 8^p.
    
    

    
    had a nice poutine of red snapper for dinner today.

    -1 ????
    
       re; poutines at KFC & BK... in Canada?
    
       i've seen them in the store (canned). my ex-father-in-law made
       the best in the world, but i digress to the 70's...

    
    Canned poutine?
    
    We MUST be talking about two different things.  Oh, PLEASE let us be
    talking about two different things 8^p!
    
    

    Have enough money to go the car auction in Dalton, GA and buy one of
    the 20 Duesenbergs that they are auctioning off.
    
    Dan

    The only good poutine is found at a chip wagon or a roadside patate
    stand. The BK version is purely excretable.

    let's not forget the unforgettable rapee as well... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!

    
    > Ooops...I'm dead.
    
    Jack, this is becoming a habit with you isn't it?
    
    Dan
    

    
    i've been called a lot of things in my life, but i don't think a
    toga-wearing female roman was one of them...
    
    
    thanks, jack... %^/
    
    

    i'd love to take an F16 for a spin.

 Yank my modem out of my peecee and toss it in the pool (if I can
 reach same from my deck).  then delete the driver I downloaded
 from AOL, after saving it on a floppy, and see how far I can toss it.
 Then take my PC and toss it out in the parking lot and watch all the
 little pieces go scattering all over the place.  Then, take my TV
 and toss it over the deck and see how many pieces it will become.


 I'd really like to do it, but likely won't.


 Jim

I have a friend who has drowned 2 mobile phones and a pager in Sydney Harbour. 
I wish I'd been there when he was explaining his need for a replacement.

(Jim, can I borrow your wish too?)


Chele

 You bet, Chele..




 Jim

You're very kind Jim.


Chele

    The kindest, I assure you Chele.  The kindest.  

    .54
    
    Retard throttle...
    Full back pressure on stick...
    Just as it breaks, STOMP on the rudder.
    That ought to do it.

 Yes, I suppose I'm a kind individual, but oh, if I could be as lucky
 as Jack.




 Jim

    
    Jim, nobody is as _lucky_ as Jack.

| <<< Note 522.54 by SNOFS1::DAVISM "Happy Harry Hard On" >>>

| i'd love to take an F16 for a spin.

	I just watched a movie about the F16's on Sunday. Seems to be a
problem with them in the past. Very good movie.....

	Jim, I had a friend one time that had to change the water pump on his
car. To do this he had to take off the airconditioner. It took us 6 hours, and
a lot of skin, to take this off. And still a lot of that had to be done by 
forcing it off! (why do things rust solid?) He took the thing, ran down his 
driveway, and slammed it a few times onto the pavement. He got his frustrations
out, and we replaced the water pump. Turns out that he had to put the air
conditioner back on after he had beaten it up. It was too funny....

    
    get high with pat buchanan.
    
    -b

    You think he rambles now?

	I wonder what he would start saying if he was ever loosened up.... 

                                                                          /|\
	I would like to..... ______________________________________________|

    
    Earth Orbits Sun!!!   Film at 11.
    

Gee, wouldn't they need a really *big* canister of film for that?  Or is it 
highlights only?



Chele

    I want to bungee jump from a helicopter that is hovering 1500' above
    the ground. That would just about top it all off for me. Oh I haven't
    done a base jump yet, I think the bungee would be better though. 

    I've rappelled from a helicopter, and bungee-jumped from 185' over
    a river.  To my way of thinking these are activities one voluntarily
    pursues only if one has a very good head for directions, faith in the
    competence of one's instructors, and very good equipment.  Even with
    all of these, though, I found the bungee experience to be so intense 
    that it wasn't fun.  Combining them just wouldn't be fun for me.
    
    DougO

    I wish bungee jumping only cost $20. I can't jusify $80.
    
    I'd love to do Quechee Gorge. ;^)

    Perhaps he isn't interested.

MarK - do what I did... get others, who are too afraid to do it 
themselves, to pay for your plunge.  My three brothers thought 
their money was safe when they offered to pay for my jump... they
are now $85 (New Zealand - about $60.00 Cdn at the time) poorer
and I can still get the adrenelin flowing thinking about my leap
of faith - COWABUNGA!

    I've tried that. They know I'll do it. :-/ Besides, I want to do it off
    a bridge or other large structure, not some wimpy crane.

    
    
    Crazy people!!! Jumping off a perfectly good bridge!!! With only a
    rubber band around your ankles!!
    
     Now... if you want to talk about sky-diving.... There's something I'm
    gonna do before I die!!
    
    :) :) :)
    

    I've done a parachute jump, abseiled (reppeled) aussie style (forwards)
    down a 200 foot cliff face, done cliff jumping on skis, hung out with a
    few sharks (not the card type!!) etc. I just thought that bungee jumping 
    from a helicopter 1500 feet from the ground would be one hell of a rush and 
    just about top it all off. Ohh I wouldn't mind base jumping from a cable 
    car, like that guy on the pepsi max ad, but that's not enough.
    
    I've been told there is a bungee platform on some cliff face and that, 
    when you have jumped and the cord is fully extended, there is still a 
    couple of thousand feet left of air before the ground. That would be 
    pretty cool, expecially with the added danger of hitting the cliff face.

    
    	You want exciting?  How about a bungee jump where there's maybe
    	2 inches of space left before the ground?
    

 no thanks.

    
    There's a guy at Toronto Island Airport who has one of those 
    acrobat planes, and he offers stunt rides in it; loops, barrel
    rolls, hammerheads, that sort of thing.  I'm *very* seriously 
    tempted.  A little on the pricey side, but certainly a unique 
    experience.
    

    
    	Especially if he screws up and crashes.
    
    	Redefines "unique experience", for sure ... since there's a good
    	chance you'll never experience it again.
    

    Does he let you wing walk while he does his tricks?????  Let me know
    and maybe we can get a group discount going.

    
    	Like "buy one ticket and get 4 employees off [the payroll]"?
    

    
    'smatta, Shawn?  No confidence in the miracle of flight?
    

    
    	Is it that obvious?
    
    	8^)
    
    	I like to keep both feet on the ground, or fail that, 4 tires.
    
    	This flying stuff is for the birds.
    

    tweet tweet!

    <-- ditto.

    find someone to fill my apartment by the 30th of October.

    fill it with what, fiberglass pink?

    Fill it with leaves!:) Not a big of a mess when someone trys to fill it
    with water.:)
    

	Martin, I'll be over soon! :-)

    Glenn - When I finished that note, I looked at it and thought.."So,
    who's gunna ask me what I want to fill it with" :*) But i left it 
    anyway, just for you.
    
    Glen - Yeah right - and monkeys might fly outa my butt!

| <<< Note 522.94 by SNOFS1::DAVISM "Happy Harry Hard On" >>>



| Glen - Yeah right - and monkeys might fly outa my butt!

	I had something else in mind.

    <-- oh dear !! 

<----oh yeah!

 Probably probably not ..

    go home... just go home.

yep.  

    
    Why Martin and Chele, you've had the power to go home all along.
    Just click your ruby heels together three times and say, "There's 
    no place like home...there's no place like home..."
    
    
    
    Rob
    

    I want to go home home not just home... if you get my meaning.

    FIX MY GD CAR SOMETIME.  

    <--- me too...

    
        The state of da 'Box is degenerating, like everything else.  Where
     are the classic notes of yesteryear ?  Rather than just bemoan our fate,
     and sink into nostalgia for replies gone past, I think we need a
     revival !  And what better way to boost the art of noting than by
     making annual awards ?  It's easy - at the end of 1995, we take a
     brief few moments to honor 'Box distinguishment of various kinds.
     Here's a few possibles :
    
        The Haag Sheepskin - best note or reply by a 'Box rookie
        The Nasser Pan - most hilariously mangled sentence
        The Topaz Signet - most contemptuous one line note
        The Sucking Leech - most deft snarf
        The Napoleonic Bust - most memorable action by a moderator
        The coveted Meowski Towel - best "yes it is"/"no it isn't" dialogue
    
      You get the idea.  Of course, it's just a concept, and we would need
     some sort of nominations, some sort of way of breaking ties, etc.
     What say others ?
    
      bb

    Sounds good to me!

    
    I got a rock

    
    gotta
    
    nnttm.
    

    Di:  I got gum drops!
    
    Mr. T:  I got liquorice
    
    Mary Michael:  I got a candy bar!
    
    What did you get Joan???

    
    a rrrrrrrrubber bisc-eeet!
    

    
    A Cooooool-Water Sandwich On A Sunnnnnday-Go-To-Meeting Bun!
                                   

    
    	I got a hot dog for your roll.
    

    
    "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates..."
    

    
    .112
    
    

    >I got a hot dog for your roll.
    
     that would be a vienna sausage, you brat

    
    	RE: .114
    
    	Ooh, nice roll you got there, Deb.  8^)
    

   .116  she used to be a roll model.  this is a little-known fact.

    
    	Wow, so I finally have an entry to put in my "Brush with Great-
    	ness" book?
    

>>    	Wow, so I finally have an entry to put in my "Brush with Great-
>>    	ness" book?

    yes, and how fortunate that you're apparently expecting only one.
    

    
    .110
    
    !joan, I will kindly ask that you quit stealing my lines, tyvm

    
    But it's such a good one, and so chewy!
    

    Thing I'd Like To Do:
    
    	Buy a new motherboard/CPU to replace my old 386SX-16.
    
    Things I'd Not Like To Do:
    
    	Unplug everything in the back.
    	Unscrew and remove the floor stand.
    	Unscrew and remove the cover.
    	Yank out all the existing video, modem, etc., boards.
    	Yank eight memory boards without breaking/frying them.
    	Unplug all the stuff inside.
    	Take out hard disks and floppy drive, maybe CD-ROM.
    	Disassemble half the frame to get at the old motherboard.
    	Figure out how to remove the old motherboard.
    	Figure out how to install the new motherboard.
    	Reassemble the frame.
    	Reinstall the various drives.
    	Plug various plugs back into the correct sockets.
    	Push memory cards into new connectors without breaking them.
    	Install all the existing video, modem, etc., boards.
    	Screw the cover back on.
    	Screw the floor stand back on.
    	Plug back in all the cables in the back.
    	Turn the thing on while the kids man the fire extinguishers.
    	Test stuff to make sure the thing works.
    	Repeat all of the above steps until everything works.
    	Pay someone an exorbitant amount of money to do the above.
    
    I think I've just talked myself out of the "Thing I'd Like To Do"!
    
    Chris	

Chris!
   Congrats on the purchase of your brand-new peecee!

    
    re: 122
    
    Well Chris, it would be far cheaper to just buy a new pentium.
    Try Quantex Microsystems in New Jersey, they are fairly inexpensive
    and they are top notch quality.
    
    Mark

   >> Congrats on the purchase of your brand-new peecee!
    
    Ho-ho, yeah, I tried that one and didn't get past the first
    round of negotiations... :-)
    
    
    re: cheaper to buy a new system
    
    It sure is less work, but I don't know about cheaper.  I can get
    a new motherboard with 486DX2-66 for about $250, and if I really
    want to get extravagant, one with a Pentium-90 for about $700.
    The Pentium motherboard would end up costing more though, because
    they're all PCI systems and I'd like to drag some more use out of
    my old ISA SVGA board (which isn't even a year old; before that I
    was using an old 8-bit VGA card cannabilized from my old XT :-)).
    
    My technique has been to spread out upgrade costs, and little by
    little over the years, I've replaced or added almost everything in
    the system except the motherboard.  But even then, I stay firmly two
    steps behind the start-of-the-art, mainly because I don't really
    need it.
    
    In fact, the only reason I'm even considering upgrading the motherboard
    now is that most new software of any real interest (no, not Windows 95)
    is demanding at least a 486.  It's mildly annoying; I can remember
    when the 386's first came out, everyone said that this would be all
    the power you could ever possibly need.  Ha...  That was before the
    multimedia stuff, of course!
    
    Being a stingy old miser, I'll probably upgrade the motherboard
    someday, but I'm not looking forward to it.
    
    Chris

    .125
    We both must be stingy then because I`m thinking about a 486 sx66 that
    will be up-gradeable to a Pentium at some point in the future. I can
    get the 486 for $1100.00 which is in my price range but can`t swing the
    Starion at $1500.00. 

    re: .126
    
    Hmmmm... can a 486 and a Pentium use the same motherboard and chip
    socket?
    
    I mean, if you start out with a 486 system, can you subsequently
    replace the 486 chip with a Pentium?  Or does it get more complicated
    than that, or have some other restrictions?
    
    Chris

    
    Sure, you can upgrade the processor from a 486 to a 586
    of the same clock speed, but depending on the mother
    board design (specifically, the bus interface design),
    it could be like putting a 350 semi-hemi in an AMC Pacer.
    
    -b

    a 350 semi-hemi in an AMC Pacer!
    
    Wow, talk about fast running windows!!!

    
    HAR!
    

    Yes, this can be up graded to a 75 mhz Pentium. I already asked that
    question. I won`t buy one if I can`t up-grade it.

    
    .129
    
    {thud}

    
    
    re .129
    
    {spew}
    
    

    Waterskiing
    
    Close your eyes and imagine.
    
    A cool summer morning, and the sun is half way up, just peeking over
    the suface of the water. There is a slight mist hanging over the water.
    A gap of about 1 meter between the water, and the mist, that is slowly
    lifting, and melting away.
    
    You are out there on your waterski, skiing along, and all you can hear
    is the sound of water gushing under your ski. The water is so smooth
    that it is as if you are gliding over pool of milk.
    
    That, my friends is where I want to be RIGHT NOW!!!

    You talked me into it.

 Ah, memories of summer days spent with some folks who owned a home on
 a lake in Northern Calif..




Jim

    re: .137
    
    We used to waterskiing over the weekends. There is nothing as good as
    waking up to the noise of the birds, and the soft purr of an inboard
    engine on the lake. 
    
    Have not done that in years. Waterskiing weekend that is. Went skiing
    two weeks ago. Tried to go on monday morning but they were booked. (I
    have to restort to the country club up the road now)
    
    

 Good ol' days indeed.

    waterskiing is a blast.

    Took me a while to find a lake with a mountain in the middle though....

    I remember a few years back I was up in Scotland, and not unusauly for
    Scotland, it was raining.
    
    We were supposed to have gone skiing. About 30 of us. We only had two
    hours. So it would have been a little tight. 
    Because it was raining, only slightly (as it does in Scotland for days on
    end) no one wanted to ski.
    So I had the whole loch to myself. It was great. The rain had kept the
    water warm, there was not a breath of wind.
    

    
    	Who can blame them ... after all, who wants to get wet when
    	they're waterskiing?
    

    I bow to a person who can dry start. I always end up with a mouth full
    of mud!!

         I dunno, I'd rather be playing air hockey in a strip club. Now
    THAT would be cool.  
    

    re: .145
    
    Forget the hockey, the strip club would do just fine. 

         I think if you could combine a strip club with a casino and throw
    in air hockey and pool tables, it would be the happiest place on earth.