FORKNI-L
Digest - 19 Mar 1996 - Special issue
Tue, 19 Mar 1996
There are 35 messages totalling 1004 lines in this issue.
Topics in this special issue:
1. Another scary thought!!
2. Mollin and The Odessey
3. Sony postcards & web page (10)
4. Ribena/Linda Pierce/Pizarro
5. scrunk, scrunk, scrunk (N&N)
6. Not getting mail
7. Adult posting? (4)
8. late entry: CPR, fangs
9. The night shift in Toronto
10. YKYBWTMFK...
11. Valentines
12. YKYB...
13. Soul mates. Bah humbug!
14. Ribena
15. Beta Readers wanted
16. ATTN: Dianne DeSha (4)
17. Allyce "the Twit" Hunter's Fate
18. Why Ger doesn't swallow
19. Sense of Direction
20. Where is Alyce? (was RE: Ribena)
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:48:46 -0330
From: Paula Hurley <phurley@b.......>
Subject: Another scary thought!!
Well, now that I am getting mail again, I thought I would add another log
to the fire from the vast wasteland, called my mind, about a scary FK scene.
This comes from listening to way too much Village People recently.
Can anyone picture our favorite vamps in Village People outfits, dancing
or singing or whatever to YMCA, or In The Navy, or Macho Man!!
Who would wear what outfit?? Here are my suggestions:
Nick: the construction worker - I don't think he wears a shirt
LaCroix: the indian - for obvious reasons that I don't dare put into words
Vachon: I think there was a punk, so that would be him
Screed: the navy guy because he said he spent most of his life at sea
Schanke: the only other guy who was on the show, could be the cop
Who would everyone else put into these outfits??
Paula
Dark Knightie/
Light Cousin/
Valentine/
Nick&NatPacker/
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:42:51 -0500
From: Jill Marie Spetoskey <jilkey@u.......>
Subject: Mollin and The Odessey
I was flicking around the tv today and came across a kids' show called
The Oddessey on CBC. What caught my attention was the music. It seemed
to have a very FK feel to it. Sure 'nuff, I tuned back in for the
credits, and the score came from Fred Mollin.
Anyone know when this show ran? it's only a half-hour program, but I
still couldn't see someone having the time to do both shows at once, and
it did look fairly modern.
A person fascinated with timelines,
Jill Marie
jilkey@u.......
"How many Hortons is too many?"
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:01:55 -0500
From: Lisa Anne Prince <Moonlight@g.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
Hey, Hey All
I found it really interesting that the title on this particular
webpage is "24hrs In Cyberspace."
Allison wrote:
>>But what's even more interesting about this page is that they
>>describe how the fans organized their own fundraising campaign
>>for PAF, raising $6,000 within a few weeks. (That would be the
>>amount delivered to PAF in January during FK Appreciation Week.)
It actually sounds as if they took the text directly out of
Cynthia's FK Appreciation Week news release.
Sony wrote:
>There are now more than 10 cyberspace sites scattered around the
>world devoted to FK.
10? I beg to differ. Try at least a hundred. They obviously
never did a web search on Forever Knight.
>The mass appeal has spawned 3 newsgroups and 5 fan clubs, plus
>conventions and Forever Knight fiction magazines.
HEY! What about us lowly mailing list people? Did the newsgroups
organize this charity drive? NO. Did the fan clubs? NO. We did,
we did, we did!!!! <stomping foot>
>All this and the show is only in its fourth season.
Fourth season? This is their show and they don't even know what
season it's in? Tippi, did you say aardvarks? I think you're
doing a disservice to aardvarks.
>Are they proud of us? Are they trying to take credit for us? I
>don't care, I'm just glad they are interested in what we do! :^)
Nope, all around it burns my britches (bowing to anti-obscenity
rule). They've been telling us for months that they can't give out
this information and it was already out -- legal implications, yeah
right. Sorry, but I'm getting tired of the "poor stupid little
fan" attitude that these people are clobbering us with.
Sorry for ranting (only one more week of Master's Thesis hell to
live through).
Lisa Prince (Moonlight@g.......) Official Charity Drive Organizer
Please make checks payable to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Send to: Lisa Prince, PAF "Forever Knight" Group Charity,
[Address removed]
Rage, my friends, rage against the dying of the Knight
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:24:19 -0700
From: Raissa Devereux <1595@e.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
Hi Lisa,
Has the SOS-FK Charity Drive reached the $10,000 mark yet?
Raissa Devereux
raissa@i.......
NatVampCamp/FoSiL
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:13:20 -0600
From: The Other Immortal <phoenix@i.......>
Subject: Re: Ribena/Linda Pierce/Pizarro
>>Hmmm...could the person who is studying bartending whip up some
>nifty FK inspired Ribena and alcohol beverage...? A tribute to our
>favorite show...(and also available in a non-alcholic version, of
In ten minutes. Hmmm... although should it have absinthe or pernod? (or
either; they're pretty bitter).
Note: the major difference is Pernod is legal, absinthe isn't but it can be
easily made.
I'll try and have some stuff up by tomorrow <VVBEG>.
Cousin "Susan" Phoenix
phoenix@i.......
***MSTie Mad Scientist Somewhat-Extraordinaire*** *I'd be nothing if not cold.*
"Great spirits have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~~~Albert Einstein
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:16:35 -0600
From: The Other Immortal <phoenix@i.......>
Subject: Re: scrunk, scrunk, scrunk (N&N)
> 'Cause I want to see Lacroix lose the battle AND the war.
TTHHHHHBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!! <large flecks of spittle flying
through your monitor>
Ow, now I got a headache...:(
Cousin "Susan" Phoenix
phoenix@i.......
***MSTie Mad Scientist Somewhat-Extraordinaire*** *I'd be nothing if not cold.*
"Great spirits have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~~~Albert Einstein
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:20:55 -0600
From: The Other Immortal <phoenix@i.......>
Subject: Re: Not getting mail
Chana commented...
>I sent her the information I had regarding subscribe/signoff, but
>if she's not getting mail...
Am now. Danke!
Cousin "Susan" Phoenix
phoenix@i.......
***MSTie Mad Scientist Somewhat-Extraordinaire*** *I'd be nothing if not cold.*
"Great spirits have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~~~Albert Einstein
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:52:14 -0600
From: D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: Re: Adult posting?
All the following is either 1) what I remember our listowner saying in the past
(or think I remember her saying) or 2) IMHO or 3) some combination of the two.
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Calliope <usleamys@u.......> wrote:
>I was just wondering ... what constitutes a story being posted on "Adult"
>Fkfic-l? I was thinking this because I had a neat idea for a fanfic piece,
I believe the cut-off for "Adult" is anything above PG-13. So, for example,
descriptions of bare (male) chests or common expletives (sh*t, d*mn, etc) would
be non-Adult. The infamous 'f-word' or explicit sex (or descriptions of same)
would be "Adult". If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me.
Diane E
# D Echelbarger gryphon@e....... #
# WWW HomePage: http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/ #
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:01:04 -0500
From: Amy Potter <APotter@g.......>
Subject: late entry: CPR, fangs
I realize that these topics are kind of old, but I just got caught
up on my digests, and had to throw in my $o.o2 worth.
1. The Hound -- not just a hound
On the question of what kind of dog was the Hound of the
Baskervilles, I offer this quote from Chapter XIV of Doyle's novel:
"In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was
lying stretched before us. It was not a pure bloodhound and it was
not a pure mastiff; but it appeared to be a combination of the
two..."
With of course some phosphorous thrown in, for the neat-o
glow-in-the-dark-hell-hound effect.
2. CPR
Vampires could of course control their strength to give CPR to a
mortal, just as adult mortals control theirs to give CPR to small
babies. That doesn't change the fact that I have yet to see CPR
performed correctly on FK (allowing that I haven't seen any first
season eps).
3. Fangs
My problem with fangs (in all vampire lore, not just FK) is that
they always appear way to short to reach either the internal
jugular vein or carotid artery. The external jugular would
probably be in reach (at least if the person wasn't real fat) but I
wonder if it would have enough blood flow.
Well, I guess I'll crawl back under my rock now, and go back to
studying.
<reentering lurk mode>
--amy
Email: APotter@g.......
Home Page: http://members.gnn.com/APotter/page1.htm
You're almost 800 years old . . . what's an egg?
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:03:11 -0600
From: D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Allison Percy <percy91@w.......> wrote:
>The part that made my jaw hit the floor, since it's news I haven't seen
>elsewhere (typos are theirs):
Well, the total for the cards may have wowed Allison, but what blew me away was
this quote, near the bottom. (Emphasis mine.)
"All this and the show is only in it's FOURTH SEASON."
Yup, that's FOURTH season, folks! On an OFFICIAL Sony webpage!
I think we should *all* deluge the nice feedback people with questions about
WHEN and HOW this FOURTH SEASON will be produced! <g>
>A personal request: if anyone is thinking of contacting Sony about the
>information on this page, please hold off for a few days. They just might
>decide to delete the page if someone contacts them about it; if we hold
>off for a few days, maybe everyone on the list will have a chance to look
Oh, all right... but I still think we need to let them know we noticed... <eg>
Though with all the blank spaces on this page, I have to wonder if they're still
constructing it.....
Diane E
Sig file? what sig file? <g>
# D Echelbarger gryphon@e....... #
# WWW HomePage: http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/ #
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:05:44 -0500
From: Allison Percy <percy91@w.......>
Subject: Re: The night shift in Toronto
michael wayne jackson <mjay@n.......> said:
> According to the Canadian Almanac and Directory 1996, on June 13, 1996 in
> Toronto the sun rises at 4:35 a.m. and sets at 8:00 p.m. giving Nick 15
> hours and 25 minutes of hiding to do.
Let's see, that leaves 8 hours 35 minutes in which he can be outdoors.
If he works from, say, 8pm-4am, that means in June he's probably late for
work a lot, and he sure as heck doesn't do any overtime that month!
But in December and January, when the nights are over 14 hours long, he
has lots of opportunities to do catch-up overtime. :^)
--
Allison, percy91@w.......
.sig cut short just this once
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:11:49 -0900
From: Muldy Sculler <ffbmh@a.......>
Subject: Re: YKYBWTMFK...
Lisa,
Remember the immortal words of Capt. Kirk, "the best defense is a strong
offence, and I intend to start offending right now." If you aren't
offending you aren't being. Take a hint from the cousins--they live to
offend. <;p>
Barbara
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:16:56 -0500
From: Diane Shea <KerrRaven@a.......>
Subject: Valentines
Hello beloved listfolks,
Since I've had way too much time this weekend, I decided to put my Painter
software to some use (it's been collecting dust for years) and edit pictures
to my heart's delight. As a new Valentine I couldn't resist the tempation to
put together a picture that all Valentines might love to see taken for real.
It's composed of pics gleaned from the wonderful sources and people on this
list who have scanners (I don't, whaaa!), that have made their bounty of
images available. Thanks you all!
I've also thrown in a few little ones which just go to show that if you take
the cast pictures and ruthlessly edit out Nick, you can make a great case for
becoming a Valentine!
If anyone's got any other ideas about what kind of pairings might benefit
from a bit of editing, let me know. This is fun!
Anyway, this is done in part to try out my ftp site (I finally realized I had
one of those too!) The pics are in gif format, and if anyone has any
problems in downloading, tell me about it. I probably won't know how to fix
it, but I guess I should know about it. :)
Go to=> ftp://members.aol.com/KerrRaven/
Once there, they're in ForevrKnitePics/Valentines
Off to find more pics to meddle with, hee hee!
--
-Cousin Diane
Happy Victim of LaCroix's Seduction
and Keeper of Valentine Propaganda? :)
"Life is a fire Nicolas, it can be rekindled from the tiniest
ember..."-LaCroix
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:26:31 -0500
From: "Alora C. Chistiakoff" <acc0924@i.......>
Subject: YKYB...
You know you (and your sister) have been obsessing over SOS too much when
she FedEx's your airline tickets for srping break with a note saying: "No
commenting on the airline...it's not my fault. Blame the travel agent."
And you look at the tickets to see what's up and discover the name of the
airline: Tri Star.
Alora...who didn't like five days of list deprivation...even if it was 80
degrees at home!
<acc0924@i.......>
Natpacker * Nick&NatPacker * Valentine
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:42:00 -0500
From: Carrie Krumtum <Carrie400@a.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
In a message dated 96-03-19 14:02:05 EST, Allison wrote:
> percentage of cards sent would equal the
> percentage of the $10,000 to be donated to the
> individual charity. In all over 24,000 cards were
> sent and Forever Knight accounted for 68% of the
> 24,000."
WOW. I joined the ranks of FK fandom too late to get in on this. But WOW
(there, I said it backwards). You guys are TERRIFIC!
Carrie,
Proud Knightie
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:45:01 -0800
From: Dianne Therese DeSha <desha@b.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
Diane E. wrote:
> Oh, all right... but I still think we need to let them know we noticed... <eg>
> Though with all the blank spaces on this page, I have to wonder if they're
> still constructing it.....
With a Feb date on it (no? I forget what she said) it sounds more like
they started to do up a page and the idea got axed. (Wouldn't want to
give us _encouragement_ or _feedback_ or anything, the little <elbows>!
<grrrr...>)
Only they really shouldn't have left it lying about the server like that...
you know they *keep* underestimating us... <Go Allison!!! ;->
Dianne
(whose mail address *should* be working o.k. now...)
Dianne la Mercenaire... -*- <Goddess@m.......>
-*-"We must be powerful, beautiful, and without regret."-*-
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:10:09 -0500
From: Deborah Menikoff <menikoff@p.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
>Diane E. wrote:
>> Oh, all right... but I still think we need to let them know we noticed...
<eg>
>> Though with all the blank spaces on this page, I have to wonder if they're
>> still constructing it.....
and Dianne DeSha points out...
>With a Feb date on it (no? I forget what she said) it sounds more like
>they started to do up a page and the idea got axed. (Wouldn't want to
>give us _encouragement_ or _feedback_ or anything, the little <elbows>!
Fiends!
>Only they really shouldn't have left it lying about the server like that...
>you know they *keep* underestimating us... <Go Allison!!! ;->
You know...I just went to check this page out and it struck me as VERY odd
that it is not at ALL laid out like any of the other Sony pages. Also, look
at their FK logo. Wouldn't they use the *actual* logo instead of one that
looks like they wandered over to the SOS page and lifted it?
It just looks...wrong somehow. <shrug> maybe I'm imagining things.
Cousin Deborah
Keeper of PorCroix, the Vampire Pig
menikoff@p.......
http://www.cup.org/people/homepages/djm/page.html
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:13:41 -0500
From: Tippi Blevins <TippiNB@a.......>
Subject: Soul mates. Bah humbug!
Okay, I'm not really *that* cynical about romance. ;) I believe there could
be UFOs. I believe a human being might bend a penny with the power of
his/her mind. I believe true love may very well exist. But I do not believe
Nick and Nat are soulmates. They stagnate together, eternally revolving
around one another, never coming together, both afraid to make a move. It's
like two people trying to play chess without making any moves.
Nick and Lacroix belong togther. Period. However, I am willing to
acknowledge the fact that a relationship between those two would be
completely destructive and eventually annhilate both parties. Kind of like a
black hole sucking everything toward it. Or sodium coming in contact with
oxygen. KABOOM! But chemistry ain't enough to sustain a relationship.
"Chemistry fizzles, baby." Therefore, they need an anchor. A third side to
the formula, so to speak. The hydrogen bond that makes H2O into water
instead of gas. And who is that bond? Well, it used to be Janette. Now I
think it's Nat. Go read Twithted's "Trio" story. Nuff said.
What's the faction name for this? Personally, I like "Menage Lacroix". Has
a nice ring to it. ;)
Wicked Cousin Tippi
Shameless Plug Sig: A chapbook of my poems and vampire fiction will soon be
published! Ask me about it! TippiNB@a.......
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:13:37 -0500
From: Tippi Blevins <TippiNB@a.......>
Subject: Re: Adult posting?
Diane E wrote:
>I believe the cut-off for "Adult" is anything above PG-13. So, for example,
>descriptions of bare (male) chests or common expletives (sh*t, d*mn, etc)
>would be non-Adult. The infamous 'f-word' or explicit sex (or descriptions of
>same) would be "Adult". If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me.
I don't think you can use the ol' F-word on any of the FKFIC incarnations,
adult or otherwise. I say this because when I posted "Lucien Lacroix:
Romance Writer" to jadfe, I asked if I could also post a toned-down version
to FKFIC: ADULT. I was told which words I would have to change, and the
F-word was one of em. The two C-words (male and female) were also to be
removed.
Also, I'm thinking that the S-word belongs on the adult list, not the general
list. I'm not sure about that. I think the rule is the same for FORKNI:
Hell, damn, and bitch are okay. Other stuff is not.
Here's the rule I go by (these are just my own personal guidelines and not
meant to be taken as canon):
1. FKFIC: Hill Street Blues. Cagney and Lacey. Basically no more violent
or sex-infused than what you'd see on an FK ep. You'd let your parents read
a story posted here.
2. FKFIC-ADULT: NYPD Blue. Naked butts (Sipowicz=Schanke) are allowed.
Certain curse words are allowed. But, as on NYPD Blue, no F-words are
allowed. You'd let your college writing teacher read a story from here.
3. JADFE: Any of the numerous porn videos out there dealing with prison
themes. ;) (JADFE is not all porn, of course, but I'm just stating what the
top-end limits are in each list, IMO.) You and a significant other would
read stories from here, late at night, while trying to figure out where the
handcuffs go.
Boy, this brings me back to the good ol' days of my kid-hood. All these
"f-word" euphemisms are making me nostaligic. ;)
Wicked Cousin Tippi
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:34:43 -0800
From: John Soo-Hoo <galahad!jsoohoo@n.......>
Subject: Re: Ribena
<199603192046.MAA03845@m.......>
>
> And for the truly demented voluntary Ribena drinkers I present:
> Juicy Jugulars
> 4 envelopes Knox unflavored gelatin
> 1 cup cold Ribena*
> 3 cups Ribena* heated to boiling
>
> *Mix Ribena to taste - I made mine slightly strong.
> In a bowl, sprinkle gelatine over the cold Ribena, let stand
> 1 minute. Add hot Ribena and stir to dissolve gelatine
> completely. Pour into a 13 x 9 in pan and chill until firm.
> Cut (dissect?) into desired shapes.
Holy Cow! Where's the water in this recipe? I have a sweet tooth... I
haven't tried Ribena (I have to find a bottle first) but just looking at
this already tells me that this is gonna be SWEET! At minimum your
gonna get a sugar rush and be bouncing off the walls I suspect some of
you may actually gain the ability of flying!
> I admit I haven't taste tested these because I just mixed them
> up but I'll try it later tonight after work. The Ribena did taste
> good to me - even undiluted.
This has got to be stickier than tree sap.
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:49:29 -0800
From: Dianne Therese DeSha <desha@b.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
You know, guys... I just figured it out...
The title is "24 Hours in Cyberspace," right?
Well that was the name of a project done sometime in Feb...
kind of like those "A Day in the Life of..." picture books.
You could submit stories about really interesting/creative uses
of the net and they were collecting the best or somesuch...
I don't remember it *real* well....
So, did Sony consider submitting *us*? Did they and it just didn't get
taken? Did someone *else* do so and Sony got ahold of the entry?
(As a prof. web-page designer myself, I frequently will copy
entire other pages and then dissect them for details and tricks
I want to use on my stuff... of course, I don't usually do that
*on-line*... but who knows....)
So, any ideas? Anyone else remember this project (preferably someone
with a better memory than I???)
Dianne
who's kinda bummed no one's visiting Merc Central <pout pout... hint hint ;->
Dianne la Mercenaire... -*- <Goddess@m.......>
-*-"We must be powerful, beautiful, and without regret."-*-
(Check out Merc Central! http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~maeve/merc)
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:51:16 -0600
From: michael wayne jackson <mjay@n.......>
Subject: Re: Adult posting?
Diane E wrote:
>>I believe the cut-off for "Adult" is anything above PG-13. So, for example,
>>descriptions of bare (male) chests or common expletives (sh*t, d*mn, etc)
>>would be non-Adult. The infamous 'f-word' or explicit sex (or descriptions
>of same) would be "Adult". If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will correct me.
I asked a similar question back last October. Jaye responded on-list with this:
*****
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 22:28:54 -0500
Reply-To: Jaye <jap8@c.......>
Sender: Forever Knight TV show stories <FKFIC-L@p.......>
From: Jaye <jap8@c.......>
Subject: Fiction Policy re: Adult stories.
To: Multiple recipients of list FKFIC-L <FKFIC-L@p.......>
Just to clarify something someone asked about, X-rated stories /can/ be
posted here. Just use of the Adult: topic and perhaps some blank lines
or warning before each part of the story would be appropriate. An Adult:
topic wasn't meant to keep X or NC-17-rated stories off the list, but
just keep it so that it's not automatic that everyone gets them. This
basically covers our butts with PSU and helps keep Laurie her job.
I hope that's cleared /that/ up.
Next?
Jaye.
*****
michael wayne jackson -- mjay@n.......
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:57:43 -0500
From: Cousin Candice <winter@j.......>
Subject: Re: Adult posting?
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Tippi Blevins wrote:
> Also, I'm thinking that the S-word belongs on the adult list, not the general
What's the "S-word?" Sex? *gasp*
(mutterings heard in the background ..'Did she really just write that?'..)
> Hell, damn, and bitch are okay. Other stuff is not.
A place I visit often, something I can be heard saying alot at the
computer, and on those rare days, something I'm actually refered to as. I
just KNEW I liked this place for a reason..;)
> Here's the rule I go by (these are just my own personal guidelines and not
> meant to be taken as canon):
Canon? Is there such a thing on FK? In ANY incarnation? *snicker*cackle*
> 3. JADFE: Any of the numerous porn videos out there dealing with prison
> themes. ;)
You haven't been on JADFE long enough, have you Tippi...prison themes? I
think I'm almost insulted.. ;)
>(JADFE is not all porn, of course, but I'm just stating what the
> top-end limits are in each list, IMO.)
Yes it is *Lacivious Grin* But the main thing is that SOME of us do it
with panache, style, class -if you will.
> You and a significant other would read stories from here, late at
> night, while trying to figure out where the handcuffs go.
*ROLF*!!!! I *wish* I had my signifigant other here to look over my
shoulder. But we make do -we just trade stories over jadfe *wink* ..It's
a nice arangement, really... ;)
So can I convince any of you to send me some Ribena in a box?
Yours,
Candice -obsessed by memory, befriended by desire, Cousin by choice
Toreador by default
winter@j.......
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:56:13 -0600
From: D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
I wrote:
>>> Though with all the blank spaces on this page, I have to wonder if they're
>>> still constructing it.....
Deb Menikoff replied: <badly snipped, because of the 4-line quote limit>
>You know...I just went to check this page out and it struck me as VERY odd
>It just looks...wrong somehow. <shrug> maybe I'm imagining things.
You're right, Deb. If it wasn't a real, authentic Sony URL, I'd say some FK fan
cobbled together a pseudo-Sony webpage. Don't suppose there's a snowball's
chance in Hades that they were actually considering putting up a 'brag page'
before NATPE, then got scared off, do y'think? We did kinda blow them out of
the water there. <she said, buffing her fingernails on her shirt front>
Diane E
# D Echelbarger gryphon@e....... #
# WWW HomePage: http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/ #
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 20:57:20 -0500
From: Lisa Anne Prince <Moonlight@g.......>
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
Raissa asked:
>Has the SOS-FK Charity Drive reached the $10,000 mark yet?
Not yet <fingers still crossed :)>
What can I say Celeste, I like emoticons :) I've even actually
been dubbed the Queen of Emoticons by a listie :)
Anyway, back to business, we are exactly $998.50 short of the
$10,000 mark. If you haven't donated and would like to, please
feel free to do so (or contact me if you need more details).
And of course, thank you to everyone who has already donated once
and sometimes twice. You're all bootiful people {{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}
Anyway, now that I'm thinking about it, <trying to get English
major mind to do the math> if everyone signed on to this list sent
in a check for $1.11, we'd be there :) hee-hee-hee
Now, that's a possibility :)
And now, for the same old sig. file :)
Lisa Prince (Moonlight@g.......) Official Charity Drive Organizer
Please make checks payable to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Send to: Lisa Prince, PAF "Forever Knight" Group Charity,
[Address removed]
Rage, my friends, rage against the dying of the Knight
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:01:26 -0800
From: choff@v.......
Subject: Re: Sony postcards & web page
On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Dianne Therese DeSha wrote:
> The title is "24 Hours in Cyberspace," right?
> Well that was the name of a project done sometime in Feb...
> You could submit stories about really interesting/creative uses
> of the net and they were collecting the best or somesuch...
Actually, I almost submitted stuff about SOS-FK to this project, since a
friend of mine (who is also on-list) was working for the project.
Unfortunately, the day they chose was also the day that the
Communications Act was passed, or right around then, so most web pages
that I would have mentioned (and Sony's was NOT amongst them) were black.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Sony submitted themselves though.
There was no limitation on who/what got submitted and they strike me as
just unscrupulous enough to use us that way to get attention.
Then they probably stored their 250 word blurb on line thinking no one
would find it.
I'm not aware that I ever saw a list of the pages that got chosen for
coverage; anyone else see one?
ObFK: I just replaced a funky copy of Carrie K's "rage" with a good one
so those of you who like punctuation with your stories can go get it now
... from the PSU FTP site.
Cynthia
Cynthia Hoffman, Proud Raven
choff@v.......
Surely you are old enough by now to understand the difference between
"not guilty" and "innocent." Janette, Fate Worse than Death
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:21:15 -0500
From: Dalton Spence <dalton.spence@f.......>
Subject: Re: Beta Readers wanted
Judith Freudenthal <JudithF955@a.......> wrote
> I'm looking for a few Beta Readers to look over a short story I wrote. It
> was inspired by Dead of Night. It is a Natalie story.
I would be GLAD to be a BETA reader. If you like, you could sent the whole
thing to me as a one-file e-mail attachment, which I could proof-read,
correct and send back to you. I have a few suggestions that might make
the story easier to read AND post.
1. Use a TEXT EDITOR, not a WORD PROCESSOR program to compose the story.
This would automatically avoid many of the problems associated with
translating non-ASCII control codes, and would give you a better idea what
the story would look like once it is posted. Most TEXT EDITORS can be
configured to wrap lines, and many have macro capability (with either key
or compiled macros or both).
2. Use BLANK LINES rather that TAB INDENTS to denote paragraphs. The
expansion of tab characters is variable, and can cause the first line of a
paragraph to wrap unpredictably. If indents MUST be used, use a fixed
number of spaces rather than a tab.
3. Many older mail readers are limited to a 72 character line length,
making this the recommended value. Larger sizes may be used, but they
leave little room for error. If you are planning on printing your story
out, a 65 character line length will leave roon for 1 inch margins on both
sides of the page.
4. Some mail programs find quotes very difficult to handle. While often
this can be avoided by using a text editor (see point 1), it is better to
check your mailer to see what the defaults are.
I'm also sending this message to the FORKNI list, in the hopes it will
help generate more readable stories.
Dalton S. Spence, B.Sc. <ag775@f.......>
Home Page: http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/~ag775/home.html
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:27:25 -0500
From: Cousin Candice <winter@j.......>
Subject: ATTN: Dianne DeSha
This Merc Page you've set up had better be good. I just tried to do it
via LYNX, but there's so many images listed I figured I'd better go use a
visual browser.
I just got dressed again and now I'm gonna go trek across campus in the
rain to use a MAC. This had better be DAMN good....
*Taking her little black book with her just in case..*
Yours,
Candice -obsessed by memory, befriended by desire, Cousin by choice
Toreador by default
winter@j.......
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:50:38 -0800
From: Dianne Therese DeSha <desha@b.......>
Subject: Re: ATTN: Dianne DeSha
> This Merc Page you've set up had better be good. I just tried to do it
> via LYNX, but there's so many images listed I figured I'd better go use a
...
> I just got dressed again and now I'm gonna go trek across campus in the
> rain to use a MAC. This had better be DAMN good....
Oh it *is*, dear... it is...
(I recommend checking out the NatPack link, myself <wg>)
...but remember to bring your wallet...
:-) <--emoticon, just for Celeste-annoying purposes...
Dianne
(was I *quite* subtle enough in my hinting? ;-)
Dianne la Mercenaire... -*- <Goddess@m.......>
-*-"We must be powerful, beautiful, and without regret."-*-
(Check out Merc Central! http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~maeve/merc)
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:40:54 -0500
From: Cousin Candice <winter@j.......>
Subject: Re: ATTN: Dianne DeSha
Oh okay, fine.
It was worth the trek, but let me say this -I am SOAKED! It was
drizzling when I looked out the window, really. And when I got outside,
it was POURING. But wait, it gets better. "Don't like the weather?"
they say, "Wait 5 minutes." It started to hail.
*whine* ..*ahem*
But I'm sitting here lusting after these swords and wondering if it would
be a bad thing for me to send the url to my b/f (Highlander freak) -I
think it might be too much of a temptation ..then again, so am...er
um..wrong list.
So maybe after this brief war hiatus I'll c onsider making gifts of some
of these to my favorite for-hires.
Yours,
Candice -obsessed by memory, befriended by desire, Cousin by choice
Toreador by default
winter@j.......
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:45:21 PST
From: June Russell <Kat@g.......>
Subject: Re: Allyce "the Twit" Hunter's Fate
Christina wrote (about LaCroix taking care of Alyce):
:So he tricked her out into the
:sunlight, shut the door behind her, then went off to a vacation in the
:Bahamas. The End. Thank God.
I know that LC can take some sunshine without incineration, but isn't the
Bahamas a little *too* much?
Kat
Kat ( June Russell )
pacifier.com!grendal!kat kat@g.......
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus Sonat!
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:52:22 PST
From: June Russell <Kat@g.......>
Subject: Re: Why Ger doesn't swallow
:I suspect it's because of something that happened in the first season.
:According to Ger in various interviews, he had to drink straight Ribena
:over and over again for one scene, and it finally made him throw up.
That's better than what could have happened. I suspect that too much might
also act like too much prune juice.
Kat
Kat ( June Russell )
pacifier.com!grendal!kat kat@g.......
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus Sonat!
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:54:37 PST
From: June Russell <Kat@g.......>
Subject: Re: Sense of Direction
WCT wrote:
:Methinks it's all the blood they drink. The iron accumulates in their body
:and acts like a built-in compass in their bodies. Has something to do with
:magnetic pull or what have you. ;)
But the iron in the blood is not in a form which can be magnetic like a
compass. (Only in the MRI machine.)
Kat
Kat ( June Russell )
pacifier.com!grendal!kat kat@g.......
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus Sonat!
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:04:21 -0600
From: The Other Immortal <phoenix@i.......>
Subject: Re: ATTN: Dianne DeSha
>It was worth the trek, but let me say this -I am SOAKED! It was
>drizzling when I looked out the window, really. And when I got outside,
>it was POURING. But wait, it gets better. "Don't like the weather?"
>they say, "Wait 5 minutes." It started to hail.
Hmmmm... were you in Oklahoma?
"If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." ~~~ Will Rogers
Cousin "Susan" Phoenix
phoenix@i.......
***MSTie Mad Scientist Somewhat-Extraordinaire*** *I'd be nothing if not cold.*
"Great spirits have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~~~Albert Einstein
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 23:07:35 -0500
From: Dalton Spence <dalton.spence@f.......>
Subject: Where is Alyce? (was RE: Ribena)
On March 18, 1996, D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......> wrote
> OBFK-- (no, I don't, personally, consider where to buy Ribena an on-topic
> subject, okay?)-- What do you all think happened to Alyce after "Dark
> Knight"? (Assuming you care. <g>) Is she still out there? Is she dead?
> Why? Why not?
I believe that, at the moment of his apparent death, LC sent his katra
(that ST for spirit, folks) into Alyce's body, totally displacing any soul
that might have remained. Over the next year, he reshaped that body into
his preferred form, not only changing its appearance but its actual gender
using his indomitable will (although he may have needed a little surgical
help). When he returned, the only evidence of this tremendous transforma-
tion was the occasional lapse into uncharacteristic behaviour, caused by a
few isolated surviving fragments of Alyce's personality. (At least, that
is the only evidence we will have until he leads Amateur Night. <VBEG>)
Which is why will never see Alyce again. (Or will we?)
Dalton S. Spence, B.Sc. <ag775@f.......>
Home Page: http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/~ag775/home.html
(Masculinity is a state of mind!)
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