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    no kiddin'? i'd like to meet you as well. i do admire your style and
    intellect.
    
    me? i know Brian (he's cool - he Mc-MTB's!).
    
    Lady Di (of course right now she's like to kill me), Dougo, 'tine,
    the Glen's, EDP, Dan (for sure), Mike W., Jim S., Jim P... etc...
    
    i entertain attending a 'bash now and then, but never seem to work
    up courage. some day...

    
    
    Everyone in here.  I'm not going to put a list in saying I'd rather
    meet one over the other.  The boxers I have met and have had
    correspondence with have all been nice folks.  
    
    
    Mike

    
      Always like to see 'Boxers.  I would pick any MSO Babe first, of
     course.  I'd pick Binder, the prototypical curmudgeon, Levesque
     if he wore his moderator's hat, or Phil Hays on a very cold
     winter's day.
    
      bb

    not too big on hats, 'cept when huntin', and then it's strictly orange.
    :-)

                              9
     i too like levesque.  his notes are short, succinct and almost 
     always provide added value.  i think wannamonkey and i locked 
     horns a few times but my sense is that he'd be a great guy to
     know and have a few beers with.  dougo is a tad long-winded, 
     but provides an intelligent perspective from left of center.
     i almost alway learn something from his notes and feel i'm
     not being patronized and/or belittled simply because i disagree 
     with him.  
        

	How about changing the title to "Soapbox Mutual Admiration Society" ?

	

    
    	... and require everyone to use "hugs" at least once in the
    	entry?
    

RE: 539.6 by GAAS::BRAUCHER "Frustrated Incorporated"

> or Phil Hays on a very cold winter's day.

I'm honored.  That's a cold day on a global basis,  of course.  Winter or
not.  You probably should have tried for a day in 1992-1993 when the
eruption of the century was cooling the planet:  1995 is likely to be the
hottest year on record.  Again.  And not even counting Congress.  

And I'll take even odds bets that 1996 will be warmer.


Phil

    > How about changing the title to "Soapbox Mutual Admiration Society" ?
    
     Really. Oh, and thanks for reminding me to add Jennison to my list of
    people I'd like to meet. :-)

I'll be quite happy to meet anyone who'll buy me beer, and/or the MSO babes.

Chris.

    
    i didn't know they were for sale.

    The question is, who does Glen want to meat?

	Well, then, doctah, that changes *everything* !

    
    	RE: MSO babes
    
    	If I buy 2, do I get the 3rd free?
    

    Shave and a haircut, two bits...

    
    re: .0

    I feel the same way, and its a downright honor to be on your
    list.

    Might I add though that I can't think of any boxer I've met
    who wasn't _at the very least_ interesting, nor can I
    think of any that I've met that didn't seem like gosh-darn
    fine human beans. Not one of them has ever spit at me or
    chucked me the bird (while I was looking), and well, that's
    a start... :-) :-)

    I'd like to meet Don Topaz and Bill Licea Kane. Seriously.
    It's no doubt we'd have more in common (Bill's interest
    in jazz, and Don's interest in opera for a start) than
    would be apparent from the venom-laced dung we fling
    about with impunity...

    -b

I have to agree with Mike Wannamonkey again (geez, this is happening waaay 
to frequently lately). Tho some spark more curiousity than others, I'd hate 
to miss out on any of you - provided I'm adequately armed, that is. :')

I must confess, though, if I were forced to choose but one, it'd be Lady 
Di, the classiest of the bunch (I know, I know...faint praise). And a 
mod to boot! 

Tom

  .20  oh sure, after i just told Chip to shove it.  very classy. ;>

       thank you, monsieur.  you made my week.

    
    .20 & .21
    
    I have to agree Tom, but i have had the pleasure of meeting her in
    person last October. 
    
    .21
    Yeahbut, it's the way you told him to shove it that was classy. :-)

    There's a bunch of folks I'd like to meet.  I haven't had any company
    travel back east in the last three years, though, and none in prospect,
    but you never know.
    
    DougO

        .22  you're too kind, Mark. ;>

	.23  dougo, i'd like to share a bottle of good vino with you, if you
	     do get out this way again.

    okay, okay Di, consider it shoved. can we move on? :-)

	I met the _Babes, I met the Glenneseses, I was luck to meet Jack D., so
I guess there isn't anyone else I want to meet..... 

    
    
    I'd really like to meet Mike W. 
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    I want to meet Mark and give him an Ontario wine.
    
    

Person B, Mr. T, and Dick B.
Oh, and Andy and DougO.

	I guess I would like to meet Andy K now that I think of it. And Jim
Henderson as well.....

	Terrie.... Wannamonkey is one great guy..... 

    
    
    I know Glen.  He's always been very nice to me.
    (Plus someone told me how nice he was a long time ago.) :*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    I can see Mike W turning red all the way from Chicago.

    
    
    Oh ya, I'd like to meet you too, Mark. :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

RE: 539.30 by BIGQ::SILVA "Diablo"

First,  Andy K works in Merrimack New Hampshire:  watch CBS tonight at 8PM
before coming up here.

Second,  if you decide to chance it,  I'm right by pole 1a11,  which is
very close to Andy's office.


Phil

    
    er Phil, anything special regarding CBS at 8:00??

    >> watch CBS tonight at 8PM before coming up here.
    
    why???  is andy on tv tonite?
    

RE: 539.35 by POBOX::BATTIS "GR8D8B8"

Oh,  just a little "special" on the town where I live and work.  I guess
the guy across the street from me is going to get some nationwide air time, 
as he is chairman of the local school board.  Oh,  I'm sure it's just
loverly,  as he got elected (I voted for him) by talking about improving the 
quality of education,  and then voted in a Mandatory Moment for Prayer,  an
Official Gay Hate Policy,  a big Creationism stink,  a stink over Phonics 
_Only_ for teaching reading and writing...  Not to mention a few assorted
little issues like campaign ads with altered photos.

Just a second,  I need to put another piece of tape on the bag over my
face,  as I don't want it to fall off...

Last school board meeting was a near riot (again... sigh) as he didn't want
to listen to a group of mothers that wanted to discuss why their kids were
in classes much larger than the state standard,  and then had to wait at 
school for three quarters of an hour for a grossly overcrowded bus to take 
them home.  One of the usual majority (for a change) failed to back him, 
so he had to listen.  Or at least pretend to.


Phil

    imho, Levesque is a real wipe!
    
    My fav boxer is 'tine!
    
    I used to be able to tolorate Glen, but his ranting and ravings in
    ::CHRISTIAN rub me the wrong way most of the time.
    
    Brian Markey is a cool person.
    
    I don't think I know (or what to know) the rest of the lot...

    
    	Uh-oh ... Buck's on another "I'm going to make as many friends
    	as possible" kick.
    
    	8^)
    

    hey, shawn, he likes me so shaddup!

    
    .39
    
    >> I don't think I know (or what to know) the rest of the lot...
    
    well Mr. Buckley, I am sure the 'box can live without knowing you
    either. Your notes always seem to have a negative twinge to them.
    hth

Oh, and how could I forget Mark!?!

And Gerald Sacks, Mr. Wit.

    I'd like to meet the MSO babes!  <insert Hoover noises, etc.>

    
    Mr. Topaz
    

    >	Uh-oh ... Buck's on another "I'm going to make as many friends
    >	as possible" kick.
    
    "How to win friends and influence people" was one of my all-time
    favorite books!  8^)
    
    
    Buck who's nice to those he _wants_ to be nice to

    
    Is that *ethical*?   ;^)
    

    Nobody. set /mode=hermit

I'd give my eye teeth to sit down and enjoy just one cup of coffee
with Simon Szeto again.

re .49

I believe I will.

    I'm honored to be in the doctah's group; just trying to figure out
    why :-)  I think we're compatible politially (and I KNOW I could
    turn Markey into a devoted EC fan) :-)  (Bri, EC has a killer bass
    player).
    
    However, I would also like to meet ya'll and add Jim Percival to my
    special list.  Then there's DrDAN (a must), Lady Di, Deb, oh and
    raq so she could teach me to {smaq} properly.
    
    Lessee, Brandon (so I could show him I don't wear white pointy hats
    with slits for eyeholes) :-)
    
    

| <<< Note 539.34 by BOXORN::HAYS "Some things are worth dying for" >>>


| First,  Andy K works in Merrimack New Hampshire:  watch CBS tonight at 8PM
| before coming up here.

	To think I will miss that...... sigh.....

| Second,  if you decide to chance it,  I'm right by pole 1a11,  which is
| very close to Andy's office.

	If I ever get to Merrimack, I WILL look you up Phil!

| <<< Note 539.39 by POWDML::BUCKLEY "I'm full just looking at it!" >>>


| I used to be able to tolorate Glen, but his ranting and ravings in ::CHRISTIAN
| rub me the wrong way most of the time.

	Buck, I have never touched you! :-)

    Jack,
    
    I know Simon was greatly respected throughout Digital, but was he
    a boxer?
    
    

|                   <<< Note 539.54 by BIGQ::SILVA "Diablo" >>>

|	Buck, I have never touched you! :-)
    
    
    Talk about counting one's blessings!

>    I know Simon was greatly respected throughout Digital, but was he
>    a boxer?

He _created_ Soapbox.

/john

    /john,
    
    If that's the case, considering how everyone respected Simon; then
    someone (in another notes conference) should get their fingers
    slapped for saying "take it to Soapbox".
    
    

    > (Bri, EC has a killer bass player).
    
    Nathan East was playing with him for a while (who is very good),
    but was it Nathan the Stones snarfed as a replacement for
    Bill Wyman? Anyway, I don't know who's playing with Clapton
    now, but would be interested in finding out...
    
    -b

re .58

Actually, Simon created Soapbox exactly so that certain discussions could
be taken there.  Specifically, a discussion of smoking in the EASYNET
conference.

/john

    Bri,
    
    EC's current bass player is Dave Bronze; he's excellent, but I would
    have to say he doesn't have Nathan East's flair, personality or
    singing ability.
    
    I must admit some of my favorite EC records and videos are from
    when he worked with East and Greg Philinganes on keyboards.
    
    A few weeks back I caught one of those stand-up comedy shows on one
    of the cable stations; Nathan East was the musical director of a
    group that I assume is his own.
    

    RE: Stones
    
    I think so Karen... I'm not sure he's a permanent member
    (he doesn't appear in any of the Voodoo Lounge videos
    for instance), but he did play on the album and the
    tour (unless I've got "brain cloud" and have wrong person...)
    
    -b

    It's possible Bri, Chuck Leavell was on keyboards with the Stones
    for Voodoo Lounge, but Leavell also sat in on Clapton's Unplugged.
    East might have worked on the album, but I saw a rehearsal of one
    of the first Voodoo Lounge concerts, unless he was standing behind
    an amp, I don't remember seeing him (the clip was for Miami stop on tour).
    
    I think some of these guys become interchangeable when there are
    conflicts in schedule :-)  East is one of my favorites because he
    has the ability to play a heckuva bass, sing and boogie around all at
    the same time :-) (He was also part of Unplugged).
    
    Watching Bronze work out on bass for Everyday I Have The Blues, gave
    me a greater appreciation of what it must be like for you to play
    with a bad wrist.  Ouch!!
    

    tine
    raq
    mz_deb
    Di
    Doctah
    &y
    Lucky Jack
    Batman from Chicago
    Mercier
    B Markey
    RAH
    Who else?

    
    Babes.
    MadMike.
    The rest.
    
    May be up that way soon.  Surely someone likes a beer (especially if
    I buy it) ?  MadMike, you'll have to buy your own beer. I don't know
    any JAWGIA brands.

Don't forget us Aussies. We may be back one day!

Cheers,
Simon

PS. I enjoyed meeting some of you last October. Quite enlightening putting
faces to names.

    
    simon, where have you been?!?!
    
    and andy, there is only one batman, and he ain't from chicago...
    
    

    
    TERRIE!    YOU MISSED A SNARF!
    
    

.69 and 'things to lick today'?

Oh,  err Miss...

    
    
    That was me, I must admit.  It was an attempt at the game that some
    folks were playing with Note names.  1000 pardons, Terrie.
    
    
    Mike
    
    

	Dan, if you read her note, she didn't miss a snarf at all!

    Terrie-
    
    pathetic?  get a grip.

    I think there was a "....but I'm not bitter."  ending missing from that
    note.  :-)

    
    
    tine...
    
     I believe the word "pathetic" is reserved for me... tyvm... ;)
    
    I believe Terrie's got a burr up her wahoo today, seeing as if she went
    back to see how many inane replies she (and many of us) have put in
    throughout the ages, it would be clear as mud as to the pathetic state
    of this genre...
    
     Right Terrie? 
    
    Perhaps you shouldn't leave yourself as wide open as you do.... At
    least Dan K takes it in stride... (for whatever reason).
    

    
    re: my .64
    
    I knew I'd forget somebody.... Mr. "I bet you a dollar I can..." POL
    and the lovely Judy "mz. Bitch"  :) :)
    
     I know there's others, so just chalk it up to depleted brain cells
    (you know what they say.... "The memoyr is the second thing to go..."
    
    :)

    
    > .... At least Dan K takes it in stride... (for whatever reason).
    
    I'll say, that Kalikow fella sure takes a lot of things in stride.
    

      MadMike and Mike Ciarochi (who I haven't seen in awhile).

    
    I will have the distinct pleasure of meeting Mad_Mike next summer...
    

    Did I mention that I'd like to meet the box-babes?  8^) 

    
    Come to the Boston Beer Works on the 21st and you might 8^).
    

    
    	So, am I the only one that saw Phil Hays' cameo appearance
    	on TV last night ?
    
    

    
    	I was too busy to watch it ... I had to wash my hair and walk
    	the dog.
    

    Gooey::Judy
    
    
    				-- edp
    
    
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    >Oh, and for the record, this is one of the most pathetic topics
    >started since 'things to lick today'.
    
     I guess Terrie didn't see the requisite number of noters wanting to
    meet her to qualify this as a "good" topic. Maybe if you didn't carry
    grudges...
    
    >Mark, you've got one heck of a nerve moaning about me and my snarfing, 
    
    Don't feel too special Terrie- I "moan" about everybody's snarfing. Get
    over it.
    
    I suppose you'll be nipping at my heels for months now that you've
    been wounded so. (But at least you didn't announce your snarf. :-)

    Riiiiight.

	I don't want to meet Terrie..... cuz I already had that pleasure! I
even slept over..... :-)


Glen

    
    
    re: Soap Operas...
    
     My favorite is and always will be...
    
    
    "As the Turd Whirls"

    
      If Haag were here, the Doctah wooda got crapped.
    
      bb

    
    
    Or he may have told others to get a grip....
    

    
    The Doctah is absolutely right... snarfing is just plain juvenile.
    I've met a few of the snarf recidivists and it's true that they're
    nice and perhaps even normal people. On the other hand, they refuse
    to consider the message that a snarf really contains:

    1. It doesn't matter if other people don't like it, I'm a bloody
       addict and everyone else can go to hell...

    2. I really really need that little bit of attention, so much
       so, that I will totally disrupt a conversation and then
       piss on anyone who complains about it...

    3. I'm not anal retentive, but I keep track of the numeric
       progression of notes so I can have my 15 seconds of fun.
       No, I'm not obsessed or anything; I'd just prefer a good
       1000 or 666 snarf to an orgasm...

    Take stock of yourselves people and THINK!!! Is this the message
    that you're trying to send? It may not be, but it certainly
    is the message a good number of us are receiving!!!!

    There's a million more interesting things to do. Find one!!!!

    -b

    Like perhaps discussing peniseseseseses?

    
    Or perhaps recycling the same dropped pants joke one zillion times.
    
    -b

    Oh I am cut to the heart.

    Sounds like everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend. :-)

    I had a bottle of wine and prolonged my life a little. 8^)

| <<< Note 539.98 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "Darwinian Trilateralism" >>>

| Oh I am cut to the heart.

	Doc slipped, huh?

    
    
    	EDP,
    
    	Actually, you've already met me.  Remember back when the Wellness
    	Center first started being run by the employees and you needed
    	to bring a check to someone to become a member?  I was the one
    	you brought your check to.  =)   I sat in a corner window office
    	in ZK3-3  (which I have since had to grudgingly give up).
    
    	JJ
    

    
    	And what that means, edp, is that if you get hit by a bus on the
    	way home tonight, then your life will have been complete after
    	all.
    
    	I've already met JJ as well, but I'm still dodging busses just
    	in case there's something else I haven't done that makes life
    	worth living.
    
    	8^)
    

    If you ride on a bus, you're less likely to get hit by one.

re: 539.51  DECLNE::REESE 

>    Lessee, Brandon (so I could show him I don't wear white pointy hats
>    with slits for eyeholes) :-)

	Why Karen, I _never_ envisioned you with "white" pointy hats. ;-}
	
	Though, I'll wager those eyeholes have opened up a might since the
	true "character" of that "hunk" M.F. has become known, eh? ;-)
    
-< Maybe we should plan an international boxbash??? >-

Indeed. We've a vast array of ambassadors to choose from these environs.

    
    
    Not only that, but there's a lot of different kind of people in the
    box.

    Gilligan little buddy!

    Brandon,
    
    Alas, I still find Fuhrman physically attractive (no accounting for
    hormones, I suppose); but he is indeed a bigot, if I had ever met
    him in person I'm certain I would have picked up on it rather
    quickly.
    
    I can't remember if you're on the birthday list, but I'd bet I'm
    quite a bit older than you.  Believe me, I don't wear blinders; when
    I first traveled through the south in the late 60's, there were
    still water fountains, etc. marked "whites only" (even though the
    civil rights laws had been passed).  Don't know if you ever caught
    much of that infamous march in Forsyth County a few years back; a
    co-worker here at ALF was almost killed when he was struck by a
    brick.  Seeing tiny children dressed in KKK outfits was enough to
    sicken even those with the strongest of stomachs.
    
    Yes, I have a problem with the race card being played in the Simpson
    case, but not for the reasons you might think.  Race didn't matter
    between Nicole and OJ, they weren't about race.  Obsessive love,
    addictive love pretty much defines their relationship; I just wish
    the case could be tried along those lines, that's all.
    
    
    

	I would have liked to have met �fly.

Me too, Glen - but just to flip him the bird.

<-----<grin>

    
    How often do you meet Soapboxers?  Any numbers?
    

    Oh, surely a proper meeting requires an introduction.  But I am pleased
    your brief contact with the famous "edp" made such a long-lasting
    impression on you. :-)  Imagine the effect a full-fledged conversation
    would have.
    
    
    				-- edp
    
    
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    All of them.  :-)

   .114 oh how terribly enchanting.

   wonder if edp will get any public key fingerprints on JJ.

    Hey!  Who's using my name?

    Tom Davis.

    
    1 on 1 perhaps??

    <<< Note 539.120 by WAHOO::LEVESQUE "sunlight held together by water" >>>

>    Tom Davis.

Awww shucks <blush>. 'Course I know it's 'cause you'd like to punch my 
lights out - at least in a debating sense, as you've done time and again 
here in the 'box. :')

For different reasons, the feeling's mutual. Hope it come to pass, Doctah.

Tom

    
    I suspect that The Doctah's list consists mainly of people he wants to 
    see in person, just so that he can confirm that they are actual, living,
    breathing people, and not simply fictional creations.
    
    ;^)
    

    
    
    
    Well, one of the folks I thought I'd like to meet, I found out
    today I already had met!  Many times, as a matter of fact, and 
    never knew that he was 'him'.  :*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    Re .116:
    
    > wonder if edp will get any public key fingerprints on JJ.
   
    If you had PGP, you would know there is a private key for special
    occasions.
    
    
    				-- edp
    
    
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>>    If you had PGP, you would know there is a private key for special
>>    occasions.

	i feel so deprived.  oh yes indeedy, i do.
	it's certainly something to look forward to though.

    
    Will indeed be an occasion of occasions, M'Lady.  Better save a bottle
    of that there German wine for said affair.  Yup, screw the top back on
    that French stuff and pop a cork on the German.....

    oo er fraulein!

    Now now, .126 ... I read a rather snappish tone into that, unbefitting
    what was imho one of the wittiest things I've ever seen EDP write... :-)
    

    <== damning with feignt praise

    Nope, sorry Doctah-San, that really WAS funny, at least MY funnybone
    was tweeked.  So credit where it's due & all that.  No feigning there.
    

    I'd like to meet myself, so I could buy myself a beer ! yep.

    ...but would you like yourself in the mornin' ?
    
    

    No I'd call myself a whore.

    No I'd call myself a tart.

    
    Well, it could be worse, you could wake up and find that your wallet,
    your watch and you were GONE!

    :-)

    When you got fresh you'd have to slap your own face.