From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #250 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Friday, September 21 2001 Volume 06 : Number 250 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Hand on bible ["Tim Hudson" ] Re: Alloy: Hand on bible [Robin Thurlow ] Re: Alloy: Hand on bible ["Beth Meyer" ] Alloy: Completely OT - you must see this [Slarvibarglhee Subject: Alloy: Hand on bible Hand on bible to still the urban tribal.......... or distill the urban tribal ? Hi, London wasn't a bombsite but it was quite tense as I navigated my way through Fulham and Chelsea at the weekend. The traffic seemed to be flying with an extra cut and dash past Hamersmith Odeon in the evening neon gloom under the M4 motorway flyover. My mum's now been moved from Hamersmith to Charring Cross Hospital as her white blood cell count increases and her thyroid removal operation awaits........ My Fathers 'cardiologist' who turned out to be a stand in locum read the ECG trace upside down at Epsom General Hospital yesterday. My father had to point it out to him...... And my brother is still in Jeddah in Saudia Arabia awaiting evacuation on a USA company corporate Jet...... without going into detail Melissa in Washington will probably know which jet. My girlfriends decided to leave me and the tiles have started dropping off my bathroom wall! Otherwise I'm fine. Please note this email address below is being closed as off midnight USA time on friday because zdnetwork are clossing their free service. So you wont be able to contact me anymore on this address. I hope to get a new address soon and re subscribe to alloy soon. Until then so long and thanks for all the fish. Good luck to everyone. Especially my brother whos having to leave behind all his furniture and belongings. Until we meet again. Tim. - -- Tim Hudson tim_hudson@zdnetonebox.com - email ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:48:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: Hand on bible Tim.. we will miss you!!! I don't know where you are so if you could write to me at the address I provided yesterday, or email me before Friday with your own mailing address, I would really appreciate it. I would not like to lose contact. Remember we're your friends & you're not alone in these hard times you and your family are having. Though it's unfortunate your brother is having to leave all of his things behind, but of course it's worth every bit of lost furniture to have him out safely. We are all going to have to watch out very carefully (and i hope this doesn't qualify as me going on in a nonsensical fashion as I was last week.. I'm just repeating news I promise!) But the statement from Bin Laden has been reported as being that he does not recognise a distinction between civilian Americans and uniformed military, and will fight 'to the last drop of blood'. I'm afraid this will apply to anyone in any nation who sides with the US as well. What I'd like to say is that I hope everyone, no matter where you are or how small your town, wherever you are in the world, is watchful and careful especially in crowded outdoor areas or indoor gatherings. These guys are nothing but mass murderers and terrorists, and are going for numbers, as well as personal glory, esp. in the case of the suicide bombers. Try to think of the worst-case scenario (I know it's distasteful, but remember this is exactly how mass murderers & serial killers are caught... get inside their minds & try to anticipate their next step. I hope I'm not being too morbid but like everyone on this List, I would do anything in my power to try to keep these murderers from ever harming anyone again, including trying to descend into their minds & hopefully forseeing their next actions) The warnings from the news have been: If you should see a package or case sitting unattended in any public building *anywhere* you are, if there's a rental van parked near a public building such as city hall, schools, a synagogue or church, a mall, etc. report it immediately and clear the area. These guys are going for numbers, and for striking fear in people's hearts. They also seem to get into the synchronised attack format, as in the US embassies in Africa and the recent airplane crashes here. Dave and I were talking last night about what possible next strikes might be, and think that now everyone's afraid in the large cities, there may be strikes in small towns where they may think no one expects anything. One possible nightmare would be if they synchronised attacks in small town churches or synagogues in the heartland of the US. This would get them their numbers as well as being a showcase of terror. I'm very worried, and my mind is going about a million miles a minute, so I'm sorry if I'm sounding nervous again.. but please be careful everyone & please stay safe!! xxxxx Robin T __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:00:51 -0600 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: Re: Alloy: Hand on bible Hi, folks; Well, this is also in response to Robin's query, but I really wanted to get out a reply before Tim's account goes away for the time being. > My mum's now been moved from Hamersmith to Charring Cross Hospital as > her white blood cell count increases and her thyroid removal operation > awaits........ > > My Fathers 'cardiologist' who turned out to be a stand in locum read > the ECG trace upside down at Epsom General Hospital yesterday. My father > had to point it out to him...... Best of luck with all of this, Tim. I can definitely empathize, as both of my parents are undergoing cancer treatment at the moment. Unfortunately, I can't go help with them, as they are far away and of course we have a new baby to care for. Also, quite frankly, even if I did go out to be with them, I couldn't help much with a two-month-old and a two-year-old in tow; we would probably be more of a burden than a help at the moment. My mom's chemotherapy totally wrecked her health, such that she could no longer even go to the bathroom by herself or remember her own phone number or tell the kitchen from the bathroom; since discontinuing the chemo, she's gradually gotten much better, but that still leaves the unresolved issue of what to do about the cancer. My dad was supposed to fly to a cancer center in Houston on Tuesday the 11th to assess his progress and plan his next round of treatment; obviously, that trip didn't happen, so now they're doing the assessment by fax, basically. The main thing I'm doing right now is child care; it is taking a lot of effort to convince little Eric that his crib is an OK place to nap during the day. I'm also dealing with the abundance from our garden -- snapping and freezing the green beans, roasting & peeling the green chiles, and most every day making salsa or fried tomato fritters or carrot-apple muffins or *something* to use up all these lovely veggies before they go bad. (By the way, anyone got any good broccoli recipes?) Finally, having gotten laid off a week before Eric was born, I'm trying to find time to fix up my resume to give to one former colleague who may need someone with my skills for some part-time work. However, if that doesn't pan out, I think I've about decided to stay home with Milena and Eric for the next couple of years. A lot of things lately have really hit home to me that this is where my priorities are, even if my career suffers long-term (which it may). Caring for two young children well is probably a tougher job than any other one I might be leaving behind, but I keep telling myself that if I can earm a Ph.D. I can figure out how to handle Milena and Eric! So anyway, that's what I'm up to, and why I've been too busy to say much of late. However, belated thanks to everyone who had nice words for Eric's photos on the web :-) He's about 15 pounds now at two months old, and it's clear that I need to do some additional weight training to keep up... Cheers, Beth bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 23:01:07 +0100 From: Slarvibarglhee Subject: Alloy: Completely OT - you must see this Have a squint at this (it comes under the heading of 'Lighter moments). http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A615566 Slarv ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #250 ***************************