--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200002 Date: 03/31/98 From: SHADOW KNIGHT Time: 09:56pm \/To: STACY ADKINS (Read 1 times) Subj: I Love You! Hello sweetheart! I just wanted to say I love you and to tell you to press 3 at the Main Menu to page me! Love Chuck Rhodes --- FMail 0.98a * Origin: DARK CASTLE BBS 1:262/22 (1:262/22) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200003 Date: 03/27/98 From: DAVID MCKENDRICK Time: 12:06am \/To: LEO NOLL (Read 1 times) Subj: printer Hello Leo - On 23 Mar 98 11:42, Leo Noll wrote to Isabella Chang: LN> What printer did you get? I have been lusting for a color printer LN> for a long time, but the cash is just not available at the present LN> time. Lust away - but... unless you're using it productively regularly the laser is better value, unless colour cartridges are a lot cheaper where you are ;) Regards, David --- GoldED 2.50+ * Origin: UK Healthlink, Wigan, UK +44 1942 722984 (2:250/232) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200004 Date: 03/28/98 From: SUZANNE AKINS Time: 11:05pm \/To: LEO NOLL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Thought I'd greet you LN> It is still the case. I think I have a slight touch of hay fever. I LN> You sound enthusiastic about it! LN> Hmmmm. B.J. isn't that a brand of scotch??? Maybe you are back to LN> Scotchie after all!!! LN> put her down. She missed out on a lot of pets until I finally learned LN> that she liked pets, she just didn't like to be held, even with petting. LN> How old is BJ? All of the kittens I have had go through a period at six LN> months or so where they love to pull the laces out of shoes and run around LN> the house with them hanging out of the mouth. Dear Leo, I'm happy to read that, for the most part, you are well. Robert and I have both experienced a bit of stopped up nose syndrome today. I hope that we're not getting sick. I *AM* enthusiastic about everything that I've learned and about all of my new friends from my Partners in Policymaking class. It is a terrific program! Since I don't and can't (due to my meds), drink, I wouldn't know the names brands of scotch from cynanide! No, truth be told, the lady that we adopted B.J. from, had all of the 34 cats fostered named. Jackie is a representative of the local Humane Society. Meeting all 34 cats was, indeed, an adventure! Butterscotch was like your kitty. She liked petting, just not holdng. I love to be able to cuddle my cats, so that aspect of her personality was difficult for me to accept. B.J. is between seven and nine moths old. I laughed when I read what ou wrote about about the shoelaces. I thought you had special magic powers to know what B.J. does when I'm trying to tie my shoes. For me to tie my shoe one-handed is a challege enough, especially when he " " helps me. (Grin!) He doen't run through the house with our laces, but he does jump on the table. t is a new challenge to train him. Our baby is like other children in that he sleeps during the day and stays awake to play at night. This weekend, we took him to be declawed. He must have exhausted imself by crying and trying to get out of the kennel. From the time we arrived home, all B.J. has done is sleep. That's okay! He will heal all that much faster. Well sir, even though the hour is late, I've got one more pan of asagna to cook for tomorrow's International dinner at church. I just hope that everyone else from the European food portion doesn't cook lasagna, too! obert and I like eating it, but not *THAT* much!!! Take care! God Bless you and yours! Suzanne --- MacKennel 2.6 * Origin: The Mezzanine * Denton, TX * 940.565.9165 * USR 33K6 (1:393/11.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200005 Date: 03/29/98 From: LINWOOD GALLAGHER Time: 06:08am \/To: ALL LISTERS (Read 1 times) Subj: do you share my concerns I am concerned by the "us-verses-them" attitude I am sensing from many disabled persons! One organization is taking the position that "if you can't make it available to all, then government should not buy your product". I think this could backfire if the public interpret that this is paramount to saying that "if we can't have it then nobody should have it". I fear it when any group tries to control commerce. Another area of concern is that I think we have gone too far dealing with sexual harassment. When someone is blattent that is one thing, but when the case is based only on the reaction to a pass, how is a person to know how the other person will react until it is too late. There have been instances when the person who was upset by the pass claimed they were intimidated and so they did nothing themselves to deal with the situation. If you share any of my concerns I would appreciate your thoughts.\ --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Library COM -* Reno, NV USA *- (702) 785-4191 (1:213/742) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200006 Date: 03/26/98 From: WANDA GUIN Time: 09:50pm \/To: BILL KOPPELMANN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: how's your weather ov -=>I distinctly overheard Bill Koppelmann say to Bill Jackson<=- Bill, BK> sure you're enjoying it. If this isn't spring, I'll eat my hat. :) I can't wait for someone in Australia to tell you it's Autumn. Chomp chomp! snicker Wanda ... A day without Sonshine is like night. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: LindenRoom BBS (901) 458-9001 (1:123/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200007 Date: 03/26/98 From: WANDA GUIN Time: 09:52pm \/To: BILL KOPPELMANN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: bill's being nosey ag -=>I distinctly overheard Bill Koppelmann say to Wanda Guin<=- Bill, WG> Bill's CPAP was about $1500. Our insurance was going to rent BK> Yikes, that is rather pricey, isn't it? It would seem that they BK> don't just pick on blind folks as concerns pricing things out of BK> sight, do they? Right! They'll take money from just anybody, they're not choosy! Wanda ... Baseball in the Bible??? Gen 1.1 In the Big Inning... ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: LindenRoom BBS (901) 458-9001 (1:123/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200008 Date: 03/29/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 09:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: managed friendship--humor MANAGED FRIENDSHIP ____________________________________________ Welcome to Managed Friendship, a whole new way of thinking about friends and relationships! The Managed Friendship Plan (MFP) combines all the advantages of a traditional friendship network, with important cost-saving features. How Does It Work? Under the Plan, you choose your friends from a network of pre-screened accredited Friendship Providers (FPs). All your friendship needs are met by members of your Managed Friendship Staff. What's Wrong with my Current Friends? If you're like most people, you are receiving friendship services from a network of friendship providers haphazardly patched together from your old neighborhoods, jobs, and schools. The result is often costly duplication, inefficiency, and conflict. Many of your current friends may not meet national standards, responding to your needs with inappropriate, outmoded, or even experimental acts of friendship. Under Managed Friendship, your friendship needs are coordinated by your designated Best Friend, who will ensure the quality and goodness of fit of all your friendly relationships. How Do I Know That the Plan's Panel of Friends Is Not Made Up of a Bunch of Losers Who Can't Make Friends on Their Own? Many of today's most dedicated and highly trained Friendship Providers are as concerned as we are about delivering Quality Friendship in a cost- effective manner. They have joined our network because they want to focus on acting like a friend rather than doing the paperwork and paying the high bad-friendship premiums that have caused the cost of traditional friendship to skyrocket. Our Friendship Providers have met our rigorous standards of companionship and loyalty. What If I Need a Special Friend, Say, for Poker or Fishing? Special Friends are responsible for most of the unnecessary and expensive activities that burden already costly relationships. Under the Managed Friendship Plan, your Best Friend is qualified to pre-approve your referral to a Special Friend within the Managed Friendship Network should your needs fall outside of the scope of his/her friendship. Suppose I Want to See Friends Outside the Managed Friendship Network? You may make friends outside of the Managed Friendship Network only in the event of a Friendship Emergency. What is a Friendship Emergency? The Managed Friendship Plan covers your friendship needs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, even if you need a friend out of town, after regular business hours, or when your Best Friend is with someone else. You might be on a business trip, for instance, and suddenly find that you feel lonely. In such cases, you may make a New Friend, and all approved friendly activities will be covered under the Plan, provided you notify the Managed Friendship Office (or 24-hour Friendship Hotline) within two business days. What Friendly Activities Are Covered Under the Plan? Friendly Activities that are typically covered include: - Agreeing with you - Appearing sympathetic - Chewing the fat - Dropping by - Feeling your pain - Gossiping - Hanging out - Holding your hand (up to 5 minutes per activity)* - Joshing - Kidding around - Listening to you whine - Partying - Passing the time - Patting your back - Ribbing - Sharing a meal - Shooting the breeze - Slinging the bull - Teasing *up to 15 minutes under the Premium Gold Friendship Plan What Friendly Activities Are Not Covered Under the Plan? Activities that would not be pre-approved include (but are not limited to): - Bar hopping - Bending over backwards - Drinking to excess - Giving a hoot - Going the extra mile - Lending money - Real empathy - Sexual favors - Truly caring - Using illicit drugs How Can I Find Out More About the Managed Friendship Plan? A simple call is all it takes. If you need a friend, just call our toll-free number. Or visit our web site. Sign up for the Managed Friendship Plan and rest easier that all of your appropriate friendship needs will be met. Who Decides What's Appropriate for Me? We do. Isn't that what friends are for? DO THE WILD THING! you may send netmail to the address below --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS - Thornton, CO 1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200009 Date: 03/29/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 09:17pm \/To: ISABELLA CHANG (Read 1 times) Subj: chattin' HI Isabella IC> i haven't send any e-mail to anyone yet. wait till i work out IC> the communication package first. so, have yu worked that out yet? since I assume that this package is a windows package, care to tell me which one you're using? IC> on your voice computer. What software do you use? I use netscape for news mostly, and eudora for my email. I love the way you can use wave files to let you know that the filter is working for you. I tend to get a fair amount of spam, so I consider it a challenge to find a filter to work with each one that I get, especially the ones which talk about porn and such. IC> the weather like nice, sunshine but windy....flying IC> wheelchair. i imagine it will be a hot summer... you know IC> where i am going to be, i liike cold weather. : so, if you like cold weather, maybe you should take your vacation in one of the northern states. ;) take care, DO THE WILD THING! you may send netmail to the address below --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS - Thornton, CO 1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200010 Date: 03/29/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 09:23pm \/To: LEO NOLL (Read 1 times) Subj: chatting. HI Leo LN> And are you going to go with Win 98 when it comes out? Does LN> anyone really think it will be out in 98?? the latest word is that '98 won't be much better than '95, so you might just want to stay with what you've got. LN> Strange you should mention it. I am still using Win 3.11. I LN> have never upgraded. Some day I will get a new computer, and LN> it will have Win 95 (or newer??) on it. some days I'd just as soon not een have win 95 on my puter. Hugs, DO THE WILD THING! you may send netmail to the address below --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS - Thornton, CO 1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 143 DISABLED Ref: F4200011 Date: 03/29/98 From: BILL KOPPELMANN Time: 09:27pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: humor Subject: Puns for a Sunday Egyptian Irrigation During an anthropology class Harvard University, two students became very interested in how the ancient Egyptians managed to irrigate that dry country. They decided to visit Egypt to try to determine how the ancient Egyptians drew water from the Nile. They went off to Egypt where they found out that the same methods used over two thousand years ago were still in place. They began examining the pipes, ducts and sewers of Cairo. They even examined the bathroom facilities in the public buildings. When they returned, they decided to change their course of study from anthropology and become .... pharaoh faucet majors. Hares to Paris The French will eat almost anything. A young cook decided that the French would enjoy feasting on rabbits and decided to raise rabbits in Paris and sell them to the finer restaurants in the city. He searched all over Paris seeking a suitable place to raise his rabbits. None could be found. Finally, an old priest at the cathedral said he could have a small area behind the rectory for his rabbits. He successfully raised a number of them, and when he went about Paris selling them, a restaurant owner asked him where he got such fresh rabbits. The young man replied, "I raise them myself, near the cathedral. In fact, I have ..... a hutch back of Notre Dame. The Art Museum A young couple Wilbur and Kay, were exploring the exhibits at the new Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles one Sunday afternoon, when they came upon the museum's famous collection of Eighteenth-Century French Impressionist Art. Suddenly Wilbur, unfamiliar as he was with the fine points of the period, came across a well-known painting which he mistakenly thought was an example of pointillism. He immediately called his wife over and naively exclaimed, .... "Kay, Seurat! Seurat!" .... She took one bored look at the painting and replied, .... "Whatever, Wilby, Wilby." The Bride Seems that a tribal chieftain's daughter was offered as a bride to the son of a neighboring potentate in exchange for two cows and four sheep. The big swap was to be effected on the shore of the stream that separated the two tribes. Pop and his daughter showed up at the appointed time, only to discover that the groom and his livestock were on the other side of the stream. The father grunted, ... "The fool doesn't know which side his bride is bartered on." DO THE WILD THING! you may send netmail to the address below --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Wildcard BBS - Thornton, CO 1-303-252-0491 (1:104/725)