Conference back40::soapbox

    Hey Hey Lonely Boy
    Whatch ya gonna do
    You're all alone
    with nothing to do
    
    You've tried everything
    That you could think of
    Now all your missing
    Is somebody to love
    
    Somebody somebody somebody please... etc...

    {sound of echoing footsteps}
    
    ...sure lonely in here...
    
    
    ...?what's that?...
    
    ...EEEEEEeeeeeeekkkkkkk!...
    
    {thud}
    
    

    what's going on here?

    Nothing to speak of, just the east coast doldrums.  
    
    Same thing happens every evening about this time.
    
    meg

    
    you think it's dead in here now try jumping in anytime betweeen 2-6
    AM..
    
    
    

    I will probably be there next week.

    Just checking to see if anyone else is out there noting...
    
    If so, a quick "Hi"

Well, yes, but not for long.

    me neither. I'm going to bed
    
    [yawn]

    
    
    Hi
    
    

    
    [sound of tired face hitting keaboard]
    
    
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    hfh
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    I'm still here!  I'll be writing papers for school probably all night.
    -ss

    Glen?
    
    Is there really someone else out here?
    
    Saturdays are awfully lonely out here.
    
    
    meg

	I'm here, Meg.... but only for a few more minutes....



Glen

    Awwww!.
    
    I am stuck for a while longer.
    
    I hate having a day out of the sun when it is shining.  
    
    meg

    cloudy Sunday and still working
    

    
    
    	Hi Meg...:)
    
    jim

    
    hi Jim,
    
    are we it?

    
    
    	you, me, and mr. richardson makes three....
    
    
    

    well, I'm here too... but I'm guessing the rest of you are long gone...
    
    

    
    ...and I sneak in after a great weekend to catch up on mail, and
    Soapbox, of course.
    
    Sorry you had to waste a good weekend, Meg.  I am getting ready to
    plant my garden, too...all 10 acres worth.
    
    Barry, the organic farmer-on-the-side now.

    
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    yes, that's what Barry-the-organic-farmer-on-the-side will likely use
    to feed his 10 acres.

    VAXCAT::FRIENDS people...VAXCAT::FRIENDS
    
    You annoying blokes!

    > You annoying blokes!
    
    
    No, I not annoying blokes. 
    
    Blokes playing quietly in corner like they should. 

    .23
    
    And Leech supplies all of it necessary to make my garden grow.
    
    ;^)

    For once, I must whole heartedly agree with OJM.  This is an historic
    moment for it shall most probably never happen again.  

    Hey, this may be the beginning of something great.  Maybe we can go
    skiing next winter!!!!! :-)

	Yeah, Brian does teach people with a kids mentality. :-)

    No, I mean I can go as his guest instructor!!!

	Oh great.... the kids will go home to their parents complaining about
Mrs. Dougherty! :-)

    No sweat, Jack.  I am sure I can help to arrange separate skiing trips,
    together.  We can then compare notes about how much fun we did not have
    together. 

VAXCAT hosts better conferences than ::FIENDS...

Chris.

    I know what ya mean
    -ss

    boy, this confo is REALLY big when there's not a bunch of inflated egos
    fighting for room in here!

    Ahem
    
    
    

                                sigh

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    				why?

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                @~/ ,. \~@
               /_( \__/ )_\
               ~  \__U_/  ~--------Hi!

    {tramp} {tramp} {tramp}
    
    ..sure is quiet in here after about 10 to 5 mountain time...
    
    I guess the whole darned place just empties right out!
    
    {opening door}
    
    anybody home here?
    
    {opening another door}
    
    anybody home? {sound of female shriek}
    		  {sound of door closing hastily}
    
    hmmmm.... where else can I look?
    
    

    re .40
    What the hell is that?
    -ss

    Are you all asleep or what?
    
    

         I'm still here. Haven't been around for a while - I just got back
    from a tour in Tokyo. Is that you, Michelle? 
    

    Michelle ...Meg...what's the difference, right?
    -ss

    Here I sit, 
    lonely we parted, paid my nickel and only...

    
    	...phahted....

    ... next time I will take a chance...

    that's Monday, and I will be working that night too.
    
    meg

    Your not alone
    
    Dennis

    Really?
    
    I seem to be.
    
    

    I thought there were two or three of us that work midnights in the box.
    I can't always keep track.
    
    Dennis

    
    yes and I'm one of them
    
    

    me too usually
    

    
    will you be working all night also ?
    
    

<sigh>

         Working a late shift? Noteland is always dead at this time. 

I'm located at the other hemisphere of the planet.  
(Yes, THIS planet just in case you felt inclined to ask.)

\C

         Europe? I'm in Colorado - it's 11:45 pm. Lonely here, too.
    

Ehem - Europe is in the same hemisphere as North America.

I'm from the Antipodes.

HTH

\C

         Anti-what?!? Sorry, I don't have a very good grasp of geography.
    Anything more than about fifty or sixty miles from my house I simply
    think of as "the great unknown". 

    Ed's not too good at geography.
    

Oh for pete's sake, stop whining....

daryll

>         Europe? I'm in Colorado - it's 11:45 pm. Lonely here, too.
 
     

   To make the time go a little faster, pick up a book on geography.



 hth.



 Jim   

         Thank you, I did. The Antipodes are located south of New Zealand.
    What I want to know is what on earth would someone be doing there now?
    It must be the middle of winter down there, not too far north of
    Antarctica no less. 

The bloke's a nong.  It's the land of Oz, ya Wally!


:^)

\C

    Okay.

         Whazzat? I don't speak Australian. 

    It means you're a dolt.
    
    hth

    what's a dolt?
    

    It's a Canadian term meaning "nong".

         WHAT?! I'm being insulted by some clown in kangaroo land? I
    thought people were supposed to be polite there! At least I went to
    the trouble to look up that little measely island. What else do these
    south hemisphere guys want? 

    I`m still trying to figure out "nong".

    What is sexual organ in the lower abdominal area?
    

    I not sure. What you think? Me not venture guess.

re:                     <<< Note 722.73 by THEMAX::E_WALKER >>>

Chele doesn't insult anyone. She's a very nice person.

    Yes, we're all her nongs. It's a term of endearment.

         I think I just went to a lot of trouble to learn about the
    Antipodes and was insulted for my efforts. That's it - the next time
    some Australian tourist ends up driving around near my house asking
    directions to Pike's Peak, I'm directing the punk to Kansas. 

    Oh come on Eddy Baby, don't pick on the aussies. We're all trying to
    insult you.

         Oh yeah? I bet you're not a geography professor either. Did you
    know where the Antipodes were? Is it wrong to admit when you don't know
    something? Does that make me a worthy target of ridicule?!?

    No, what makes you a worthy target is, you're fun pick on.

         Thanks, Mr. Richardson. It's good to know that I can at least
    amuse some people, if nothing else. I may not have the brains or
    education of a Delbalso or Binder, but at least I can make a
    semi-valuable contribution to this conference. 

    See? what fun!
    
    8)

> I may not have the brains or education of a Delbalso

Then again, you just might. One never knows, does one?

    Is this one of those omnipresence bursts?

re .86:

Quit picking on Ed!

    bwahahahahaha. sorry.

    Man, does Ed really have you  guys snowed over.  He'll rip into a
    "mother" joke and have no remorse.
    -ss
    

    I don't think so.

Sheesh.  Who's a grumpy vegemite then?

"Nong" is about as insulting as calling someone a goose.  
(note: that is not GIVING someone a goose)

BTW
The geographically challenged may like to compare continent sizes on a 
globe... 
<nyah!>

:^)

\C

    Mine's bigger than yours.:)_

What's the latest word on Chicken-flavored Twisties, Chele?

    Eddy Baby, vegemite means null synaptic vectors. At least that's what it 
    says in my trusty little Compendium Of Technical Jibes And Disparagements.

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  SORRY.
    
    I just happened to have a mouthful of Golden Crisp too!!  Now it covers
    my screen, keyboard, modem, table and phone.  

    That's quite a mouthful!

The latest word on the Twisties is "whoops".  I'll be hitting Woolies tonight 
for some other junk food.  I'm making chocolate crackles this weekend.  The 
kid is turning 7 on the weekend and you can't have a party without crackles 
and fairy bread.  It's just NOT done.

 We're happy little vegemites
 As bright as bright can be
 We all enjoy our Vegemite
 For breakfast, lunch and tea
 Our mummys say we're growing stronger 
 every single week
 Because we love our Vegemite
 We all adore our Vegemite
 It puts a rose in every cheek.

(Oi - no wisecracks!)

\C

    Crackles and fairy bread?

    Heaven forbid a party without those!

I have a jar of Marmite that I bought when Moses was a small child and
it's still just as good as it ever was.

Yep,  d'you wanna make something of it?   Hmmm?

Afternoon tea, perhaps?

\C

Marmite - ptui!  It's extracts of irritated bovine.

Vegemite now, it's a DECENT foodstuff.


It's a YEAST extract.

\C

>It's a YEAST extract.

Das whut it sez on da Marmite, too. I quote -

		MARMITE
     Concentrated Yeast Spread

Ingredients: Yeast extract, salt, carrots, onions, and spices.


Packed by Bovril, Canada, Inc, Montreal

    YAY!

So, I should put some on a slice of toast for breakfast tomorrow AM?

    Spread it onto your cheetos.

.107

<hurl>

I'm fresh out of cheetos, but I _DID_ pick up some Andy Capp HotFries today.


And some corn cakes. I mean, if I were to decide to eat them ...

Oh, I always that Marmite was a beef extract.  

S'far as I know, Vegemite doesn't have much else besides the yeast extract and 
a bucket load of salt...


\C

Hmmm. Well this site -

	http://nz.com/NZ/Culture/Food/Vegemite.html

talks about various compositions (Vegemite/Marmite/Promite) but it appears
that the make up is localized. The Canadian Marmite is obviously different.
Not that that should be surprising.

| <<< Note 722.75 by MFGFIN::SMITH_S "smeller's the feller" >>>

| What is sexual organ in the lower abdominal area?

	It's where most mens brains are

| <<< Note 722.82 by THEMAX::E_WALKER >>>

| Oh yeah? I bet you're not a geography professor either. Did you know where 
| the Antipodes were? Is it wrong to admit when you don't know something? Does 
| that make me a worthy target of ridicule?!?

	No, not at all. It's the things you say about women, about Christians,
about what you want to do to the CFV's people, etc. Those things make you a
worthy target for ridicule. 



Glen

| <<< Note 722.109 by MOLAR::DELBALSO "I (spade) my (dogface)" >>>

| I'm fresh out of cheetos, but I _DID_ pick up some Andy Capp HotFries today.

	Yummm..... hotfries.... <insert a Homer Simpson drool session>

      re.113:
    
         I don't recall ever saying anything derogatory about women in
    general. As for the Christians, well... if I wanted to hear a sermon,
    I'd go to church. 

Gee, and Christian women?

daryll

    Ed:
    
    Once again you are pissing and moaning.  One of the primary tenets of
    Christianity is to go and make disciples of all nations.  Now I agree
    as Dick has inferred, it is not our duty to bash people over the head
    with it.  We are to shake the dust from our shoes and move along.  But
    man, your implication that Christianity should only be discussed in
    church is way off.
    
    -Jack

    Personally, I think the Bible is full of great wisdom.
    -ss

         "Make disciples of all the nations?" That sounds ominous. There's
    a lot of us who won't stand back and let the continual barrage of
    Christian propoganda wash over us. What else is a church for? If you
    want to preach, go there and leave the rest of us alone.

    re. .119  The chuches today are full of something else.

         Yeah, corruption and greed. Today's churches cater to "fast food"
    religion. Throw a "Love Jesus" bumper sticker on your car, go rant and
    rave at people who disagree with you, and you're "saved". Brainwashed
    drones. 

    "Give your money to Jesus, and repent"

 Z   "Make disciples of all the nations?" That sounds ominous. There's
 Z   a lot of us who won't stand back and let the continual barrage of
 Z   Christian propoganda wash over us. What else is a church for? If
 Z   you want to preach, go there and leave the rest of us alone.
    
    Ed, apparently you lack knowledge in the historical accounts of the
    Roman Empire.  Nero sent many many Christians to their death and he
    displayed the very attitude you seem to be portraying here.  So be
    careful Ed...it was your very attitude that caused Christianity to
    perpetuate throughout Europe and Asia Minor.  You are your own worst
    enemy Ed. 
    
    By the way Ed, the church is made up of Christians...solely.  A Church,
    as you seem to define it, is a place for believers to obtain knowledge
    and fellowship.  
    
 Z   What else is a church for? If you
 Z   want to preach, go there and leave the rest of us alone.
    
    Once again, a dichotomy.  You are attempting to censor participants in
    a forum where everybody has the right to piss and moan.  Poor
    thing...you have created your own hell!
    
    -Jack  

    >>>You are your worst enemy Ed.
    
    
         I've been trying to tell him this for forever

         BWAAA-HA-HAAAAA...."the church is made up of Christians solely".
    BWAAAAA-HA_HAAAAA, that's a good one! Got any more?

I don't know what's worse. The bible-thumpers trying to convert 
the world or the anti's whining about them.

Problem is, I'm not sure the elimination of the first would stop 
the latter.

daryll

    Ed,
    
    I said THE church, I didn't say a church.  
    
    Ed, it's obvious to me anyway that you got a bad taste in your mouth. 
    Apparently some nun must have wacked you on the side of the head or
    whatever.  When we are young, we think as a child and act as a child. 
    When we reach adulthood, we put aside our childish ways.
    
    If you read between the lines Ed, what I'm saying to you is stop acting
    like a baby Ed.  Past experience, perceptions you hear from the idiot
    tube, whatever should never dissuade one from seeking truth.  If you
    want to sit in the corner of the attic and cry waah waah for the rest
    of your life, then continue to be a child.  You appear to believe in a
    God right?  Good...the time has come for you to grow up Ed.  
    
    If you are an atheist, then what I said has no meaning.  Id you
    RRREally believe there is a God, then show your manhood to yourself and
    search for truth.
    
    -Jack 

    Jack, please stop repeating his name, that's really annoying, Jack.

    April:
    
    This actually has nothing to do with Bible Thumping or even religion in
    general.  It has everything to do with a young man entering the world
    of manhood.  Age has no bearing here either.  
    
    If Edward doesn't have the character to act as a man...to blah blah
    blah because he has a character flaw, then maybe alittle patronizing is
    in order.  Maybe I should call him Edward.
    
    -Jack

    Jack is annoying in alot of ways if you ask me. But, then again, nobody
    asked me did they Jack?

        The world of manhood? I... Aw, I give up. I don't even have a clue
    how to respond to that one. 

    C'mon Ed, show us your manhood
    :)_ss

         Ask your girlfriend about my manhood, SS. 

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    or
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    }}}

         Say, this night is even more dead than most. 

	Our lovely Ed thought it would be funny to get into someone elses
account and send this to me:



From:	******::*******      27-JUN-1996 20:09:29.89
To:	BIGQ::SILVA
CC:	*******
Subj:	information

Hi. My name is *****. I heared from a friend who heared from a friend about
this conference. I've been with Digital for some time and I've been looking for 
some kind of mutual support group, or just some friends to talk to. 

I want it to be made clear that I'm not militant in my lifestyle or beliefs.
I'm just a guy looking for friends in a rough world.



	This was followed by the person who's account this was in sending me a
note saying to disregard the previous message. What makes me wonder is if Ed
was really crying out for help for himself? 

         Actually, that wasn't me. This was the work of a seldom seen noter
    known in these parts as "Material Boy". I know better than to try such
    a stunt, as my work is easily recognizable. If I can find Mat Boy's
    address, I'll be sure and let you know. 

         Saturday... so very lonely....
    

    re -1
    
    Walker...so very lonely....

    Oh well, you can play with me for a bit

         All right! Now we're talking! Too bad you weren't here on
    Saturday. 

    Too much other stuff to do, and to little time for boxprattle.
    
    I hate the PDT shift.
    
    meg

         PDT shift? What's that?

    9-5 Pacific Daylight Time, or until 6PM here and there is fun and games
    happening at this time.  
    
    I want to go home.
    
    meg

         I'm here every night until at least 11:30. Where's the fun and
    games? Maybe I'm working in the wrong building. 

         Now it's dead again. I tell you, second shift just isn't the place
    for noting. 

    You should try third shift.
    
    Dennis

<whimper>

    {grundel}

         C'mon, it's only 7. Someone has to be out there. 

That would be correct.

         It's not even 5 yet! Where is everyone?!?
    

It's Friday in the summertime! We left early.

         Lucky dogs! But you just gave me a good idea - as soon as a
    certain supervisor turns his back - I'm making a run for it. 

zzzzzz - Sunday afternoon snoozzzzzzzzes.

zzzzz...........ggggggzhhhhhhhhhhhgggggggggggg.ghghghghghghghghgh

    2 1/2 hours to go today.  You can sure tell it is summer.  On cold
    wintry days there were others in here noting on Sundays.
    
    meg

    
    
    	I'm here! :)
    
    

Me, too!

And I'm *loving* it. Surfing (in more ways than one) and expanding my
awareness, if not my consciosness. That spelling looks suspect. I
apologize in advance.

Peet

consciousness, I think.

    
    	Yes, that's correct.
    

                           The Yeomen of the Guard

                          I HAVE A SONG TO SING, O!

                       Libretto by William S. Gilbert
                        Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
                        Sung by Elsie and Jack Point

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POINT
               I have a song to sing, O!

ELSIE
               Sing me your song, O!

POINT
                    It is sung to the moon
               By a love-lorn loon,
          Who fled from the mocking throng, O!
     It's a song of a merryman, moping mum,
     Whose soul was sad, and whose glance was glum,
     Who sipped no sup, and who craved no crumb,
          As he sighed for the love of a ladye.
               Heighdy! heighdy!
               Misery me--lack-a-day-dee!
     He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
          As he sighed for the love of a ladye!

ELSIE
               I have a song to sing, O!

POINT
               Sing me your song, O!

ELSIE
                    It is sung with the ring
               Of the songs maids sing
          Who love with a love life-long, O!
     It's the song of a merrymaid, peerly proud,
     Who loved a lord, and who laughed aloud
     At the moan of the merryman, moping mum,
     Whose soul was sad, and whose glance was glum,
     Who sipped no sup, and who craved no crumb,
               As he sighed for the love of a ladye!
                    Heighdy! heighdy!
                    Misery me--lack-a-day-dee!
     He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
     As he sighed for the love of a ladye!

POINT
               I have a song to sing, O!

ELSIE
               Sing me your song, O!

POINT
                    It is sung to the knell
               Of a churchyard bell,
          And a doleful dirge, ding dong, O!
     It's a song of a popinjay, bravely born,
     Who turned up his noble nose with scorn
     At the humble merrymaid, peerly proud,
     Who loved a lord, and who laughed aloud
     At the moan of the merryman, moping mum,
     Whose soul was sad, and whose glance was glum,
     Who sipped no sup, and who craved no crumb,
          As he sighed for the love of a ladye!
               Heighdy! heighdy!
               Misery me--lack-a-day-dee!
     He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
     As he sighed for the love of a ladye!

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         Nothing lonelier than noteland on Friday night.

    
    Oh, there are lots of things lonelier than this.  I'm not lonely.
    

| <<< Note 722.166 by MFGFIN::E_WALKER "I'm out of p-name ideas" >>>

| Nothing lonelier than noteland on Friday night.

	How about yer life?

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         Now not only is noteland dead, but there's nobody here either. 

    Just me.

    
    	Yer perpetual Glenn.

    Alrightythen!

         Hello? Anyone out there? Anyone?!?
    

    No.

 not me

    Hello Ed...I am here.  I will never leave thee nor forsake thee...

         Gee, thanks, Jack. But if I wanted to be insulted, I would have
    called my mom. 

    Pffffffft!  Right in your face!

    So, who's awake then?

    I am.
    

	me, too.   well no wonder

         Wow, noteland is REALLY dead tonight! 

 We're waiting for you to go home..




 

    
    8^)
    
    

         Kinda dead for a Monday. Everyone bail out, or did you all have a
    meeting or something? Weather must be nice back east. 

    It must've been bad Friday 'cause it seemed like everyone was noting.

         Hmmm... only one explanation:: the east coast has been wiped out!
    Just like Independence Day! 

    Thank pitch forks and pointed ears that I live in Canada, eh?

         Can't leave until this test cab fires up... just went out in the
    courtyard and the coyotes were howling. Kinda fits the mood right about
    now... 

    cool. I'd like to hear that.

    Ieeeeeyioooooooooooowoowwwwwwooooooowww
    Yip Yip Ieeeeeeeowwwwoooooooooowwwwww
    
    /hth

    reading it isn't as gratifying.

         Well, they sound cool - but the little scavengers have a tendency
    to get in your trash and scatter it everywhere - just like raccoons and
    bears. The coolest animals I have seen here are the grey foxes, but
    they are kinda vicious and will kill small dogs and cats if they are
    given the chance. They also have a suicidal nature - driving up highway
    24 you have to look out for the kamikaze foxes. Skunks are pretty much
    the same way - they see a car and run for it, but if you hit one you'll
    regret it for weeks. 

    CXO is closed (not officially), I think I'm the only one here!

  <<< Note 722.224 by SSDEVO::RALSTON "Proof that Jack is sometimes right" >>>

>    CXO is closed (not officially), I think I'm the only one here!

	Yes you are. The normal folks left at 2:00.

	;-)

Jim