From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V2 #155 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Sunday, December 27 1998 Volume 02 : Number 155 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Attention, Cookie... [dalevy@aol.com (DALevy)] Re: Attention, Cookie... [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Sal] Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com] Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) [jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krau] Re: When,s Rushmas? [fruwench@aol.com (FruWench)] Re: frumoment [fruwench@aol.com (FruWench)] Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) [Chad Schrock ] Re: Amusing things that I notice at a latter date: [Chad Schrock ] bon voyage! ["^kat^" ] Re: Amusing things that I notice at a latter date: [bbwminors@aol.com (BB] Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) ["P. Gruneberg" ] Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) [Chad Schrock ] Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) ["P. Gruneberg" ] Re: Amusing things... ["ellen p. buckley" ] SOLD OUT!?! [Lynne ] Canadian film/tv (was fru-gifts) [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: speaking of fru-gifts... ["Bell-occhio" I could use some recommendations for >the cheapest way to get around there. > > I can't help on the accomodations part (though I might be willing to join in if a bunch of folks decide to rent a room somewhere.) But here's my 2 cents worth of travel advice... The main Greyhound station in Los Angeles is FAR from the Roxy, although the Sunset Blvd. bus will get you all the way there. It's a VERY long ride (45 minutes or longer I'm guessing). Be aware that the downtown LA bus station is in a pretty bad neighborhood (as most bus stations are.) If you can, get off the bus at Hollywood instead of downtown LA. You'll still have a ways to go but you'll be much much closer. (The Roxy is in West Hollywood, close to the boundary between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills.) Generally speaking, the Los Angeles area has abysmal public transit. It exists, but it's not particularly useful. That's largely a function of a sprawling city that encompasses too many square miles and a population that has long equated freedom with the right to cause unlimited pollution. Good luck on your trip. Look forward to seeing you there. Doug Levy San Francisco DALevy(at)(nospamplease)aol(dot)com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:42:20 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: Attention, Cookie... In article <19981227031436.27488.00002282@ng-ch1.aol.com>, dalevy@aol.com says... > I can't help on the accomodations part (though I might be willing to join in > if a bunch of folks decide to rent a room somewhere.) Thanks so much for the info! I've reserved a room at a hotel near the Roxy, but it's rather pricey so I would like to have some people to go in on it with me. I've had one person give a tentative "maybe" to accompanying me from Denver; still waiting to hear if anyone else from around here is interested in going. I think the room (single with 2 queen-size beds) could comfortably hold 4 people. > The main Greyhound station in Los Angeles is FAR from the Roxy, although the > Sunset Blvd. bus will get you all the way there. It's a VERY long ride (45 > minutes or longer I'm guessing). Be aware that the downtown LA bus station > is in a pretty bad neighborhood (as most bus stations are.) > If you can, get off the bus at Hollywood instead of downtown LA. Yeah, I kind of figured the bus station would be in an unsavory area - thanks for the tip about getting off at Hollywood instead; I'm pretty sure Greyhound does stop there as well. So, are you driving there from San Francisco? And what time will you be getting into town? Any chance you'd be able to pick me (us) up? :) k@ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:41:45 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 05:00:30 GMT, petit_chou@juno.com wrote: >Nicole wrote: >>I'm with ya. I'm a December baby, too (it was the 8th; I turned 21), >>and, oddly enough, so is my sister. What really drives *us* nuts is >>when we get a birthday/Christmas present for both of us. Four gifts >>in one, hurrah. > > >I, too, am a December Baby. Born on the 12th of the month (I love that - >12/12!). > >Heather Moore Well, I'm a November baby and I have a great birthday: 11/11/81 I only have to remember to change one number and there's no problem when it comes to these strange people on the other side of the atlantic who write their dates the wrong way around! ;-) Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://freespace.virgin.net/g.hendry/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:17:31 GMT From: jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krause) Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 03:54:50 GMT, gemini@p3.net (Trace) wrote: >On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 04:12:31 GMT, Srm9988n@aol.com wrote: > > >> >>We undeck the tree on or after Jan. 6, NEVER before. I also try not >>to put the wise guys at the manger before then (at least on those of >>my nativities that have a)movable pieces and b) wise guys.) I got this >>tradition from my highly Catholic godfather. >> >>We also keep our holiday lights on every night until at least the 6th. >> > >Gee, I've got you all beat. We sometimes don't get our lights down >until Feb. I think our record went into March, but we got quite a few >snowstorms that year :) We really spread that holiday joy around, and >around, and around and.... > >-- >Trace >gemini@p3.net > >"I'm not clever enough to be unintelligible." >-Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey" > >"It would have to be the most inglorious death of all, >'The Bathroom Accident.'" >-Murray Foster, on the preferred manner of death for >Fruvous publicity. In the past we've had a big problem getting motivated to take the Christmas tree down. It was once up until May I think. Boy was that thing dead. :) Andrea K. "I was your fountain of youth and you were my mountain of truth. But, you have drunk me dry and I'm afraid of heights." - The Nields ------------------------------ Date: 27 Dec 1998 18:25:03 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: When,s Rushmas? >Umm, I don't mean to get political here, but if we CELEBRATE Rushmas, doesn't >that suggest we're endorsing his commentary and viewpoint? Doesn't that depend on HOW you celebrate it? ladywench FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: 27 Dec 1998 18:28:50 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: frumoment Round two . . . My company was bringing in a bunch of Christmas type people selling crafts in our cafeteria and one of the ladies liked my pin (which Dans Desir made for me - - its a big red budgie dog) and asked my what it was. So when I explained, she was enthusiastic. She alos is an 'XPN listener. :-) Three cheers for WXPN!! ladywench FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 18:25:02 GMT From: gemini@p3.net (Trace) Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:17:31 GMT, jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krause) wrote: >In the past we've had a big problem getting motivated to take the >Christmas tree down. It was once up until May I think. Boy was that >thing dead. :) > >Andrea K. > >"I was your fountain of youth and you were my mountain of truth. >But, you have drunk me dry and I'm afraid of heights." - The Nields OK, I know when I'm beat :) And as Veronica wrote, who needs to take Christmas lights down anyways? :) Although, this year we decorated 3 fake fiscus trees, so who knows when we'll take the lights down? "Hey, have you seen my suntan lotion?" "Yes, it is next to the Christmas tree." :) Happy Fru Year, - -- Trace gemini@p3.net "I'm not clever enough to be unintelligible." - -Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey" "It would have to be the most inglorious death of all, 'The Bathroom Accident.'" - -Murray Foster, on the preferred manner of death for Fruvous publicity. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:48:47 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) Ross Hendry wrote: > Well, I'm a November baby and I have a great birthday: 11/11/81 > I only have to remember to change one number and there's no > problem when it comes to these strange people on the other side > of the atlantic who write their dates the wrong way around! ;-) As opposed to those people on the other side of the atlantic that drive on the wrong side of the road? :) - -- chad at radix dot net Speaking of cars, I got a letter from the bank on Christmas Eve saying that I paid of my loan. Woo-Hoo!!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:44:41 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) P. Gruneberg wrote: > > You're supposed to take Christmas lights down!!!??? :) Oh sure, the > indoor ones, but you ever tried climing up on a roof in Toronto in > January? Brrrr.... You take your inside lights down? I like lots of the little coloured lights strung all over the place. They put off a 'nicer' light than your average 60 watt incandescant bulb. (And don't even mention flourescent lights. ugh!) Halogen lights are ok, though. - -- chad at radix dot net Another decorating tip from the anti-Martha Stewart. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:54:17 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: Amusing things that I notice at a latter date: ellen p. buckley wrote: > Chad Schrock wrote: > > > I'm really sure that my name is chad. I even have the letter > > signed by a judge of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to > > prove it. :) > > eh, those things prove nothing. my officially signed birth > certificate, on record in union county, NJ, says i was born > february 14, 1070. ellen, you look *GREAT*. Given your advanced age and all. :) My birth certificate (from Prince George's County in 1974) was quite accurate. The AACo judge got involved last April when I changed my name. > peace, > ellen (the crusades were cool, but man! that battle of hastings > was rough...) Especially since you were -4 at the time. Right? :) So, how was Bill Shakespeare? - -- chad at radix dot net Before anyone asks, yes, I have always been a real life chad. I just had a lot of excess baggage with it, that I had removed in April. What a May Day present: the USPS delivered the letter from the court making it official. :) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:11:19 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) In article <36868019.826A6321@radix.net>, chad@radix.net says... > You take your inside lights down? > > I like lots of the little coloured lights strung all over the > place. They put off a 'nicer' light than your average 60 watt > incandescant bulb. (And don't even mention flourescent lights. > ugh!) Just had to let you know that while I read this post I was listening to the Nields' "Easy People"... k@ In my house we see by Christmas lights... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 19:52:35 GMT From: "P. Gruneberg" Subject: Re: speaking of fru-gifts... JennCyn wrote: > My prof described it in three words: "Strange Canadian movie.") > Is there any other kind?! :) Veronica ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:36:47 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: bon voyage! well, late tonight / early tomorrow morn i'll be heading for NYC [for the first time in my 17 years of life], so i just wanted to wish all of you happiness in your new year's festivites, whether you'll be celebrating with fruvous or in toronto or wherever else. thanks for being one of the few newsgroups with something worthwhile [not to mention humorous, insightful, controversial, etc...] to say. may 1999 be the best year yet for all of you! and if you're going to be at the bottom line, i'd love to say hi: i'll be at the late show new year's eve [wearing "fire" pants... trust me, they're hard to miss], and the early show jan. 1 [in "seniors 99" shirt, w/ "frugrrl" as nickname on the back :)]. or just look for the starry-eyed, brown-haired teenage girl shrieking excitedly to her taller, brown-haired friend. something tells me elizabeth & i won't be the most discreet people there... making a new year's wish for "fell in love" at either show i'll be seeing [please? :)] -- ^kat^ "the streets are paved with diamonds, and there's just so much to see..." ------------------------------ Date: 27 Dec 1998 20:22:14 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Amusing things that I notice at a latter date: When I was 18 I got a passport that said I was born Oct. 6, 1969 (it should have said 1959) and like a complete moron, I threw it away -- I mean, obviously I wasn't 8! So how much do I wish I still had that passport????? Old Queen Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:17:37 GMT From: "P. Gruneberg" Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) Chad Schrock wrote: > > For Christmas we added about 600 lights, the little coloured ones. > We also had a little tree, deorated with CD-ROMs[1], magnetic > tape[1], and M&M lights. None of the Christmas stuff blinked. > However, it did put off enough light that we didn't have to turn > on the regular lights. > > [1] - We were computer geeks. > Sounds like the group I worked with at EDS over the summer (Lotus Notes Developers... says it all, really!) it was like being in a really, really small disco with computers :) Veronica (who suddenly realizes that she should now stop posting, already!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:04:37 GMT From: "P. Gruneberg" Subject: Re: either/or (Coke varieties) In a related story, on a recent trip to Washington DC from Kingston, my friends and I stopped at a McDonald's to stretch our legs and grab a drink. In the middle of the restaurant my friend takes a big mouthful of Coke, starts coughing and almost yells "Geez, even the pop here sucks!!" I don't think I've ever gotten back into a car faster in my life! :) Huzzah for sugar! :) :) Veronica ZardSnod wrote: > > >> I never DID try the Coke when we were in Canada! What WAS the difference? > > > >Isn't the difference just that it's made with sugar, rather than corn syrup? > > Yuppers. And I happen to have a photo of a certain two Fruheads who were > importing a whole TRUNKFUL (or bootful, if you go the British way) of Canadian > Coke to the USA via Burlington. I mean a WHOLE trunkful - the car was dragging > its butt in a big way. They (obviously) swear by the real-sugar Coke (and were > also not so secretly hoping they'd be asked "have anything in the trunk?" and > be able to answer with a straight face, "oh, it's full of Coke." *wicked grin* > > -Zard > > From a contest in the Wash. Post Style Invitational: > "Rene Decartes Before the Horse - I am, therefore I think" - Bob Dalton, TX ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:08:21 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: 12 days of Christmas (not a Fru-spoof) Katrin Luessenheide Salyers wrote: > chad@radix.net says... > > > You take your inside lights down? > > > > I like lots of the little coloured lights strung all over the > > place. They put off a 'nicer' light than your average 60 watt > > incandescant bulb. (And don't even mention flourescent lights. > > ugh!) > > Just had to let you know that while I read this post I was > listening to the Nields' "Easy People"... > > k@ > In my house we see by Christmas lights... Seeing by Christmas lights at home is nothing..... Last year, in my old office, we had all sorts of lights hanging from the ceiling. Including: - little pink flamingos - gold & blue and gold & purple-ish fishes - pink sombreros and yellow sagauro cacti - cows with red santa hats - some other motif that I can't remember (all of the previous were blinking. to their own sporadic time.) - a big red chili-pepper windsock The inspiration came from the "Oriental Trading Company" catalog. We decorated and went for "Early American Tacky." (And succeeded quite well, I might add.) For Christmas we added about 600 lights, the little coloured ones. We also had a little tree, deorated with CD-ROMs[1], magnetic tape[1], and M&M lights. None of the Christmas stuff blinked. However, it did put off enough light that we didn't have to turn on the regular lights. [1] - We were computer geeks. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:00:18 GMT From: "P. Gruneberg" Subject: Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) I think we should form a December babies support group!! I *hate* being told that my birthday doesn't deserve recognition because it happens to fall 6 days before Christmas. (12/19/77) The only reason this frustrates me is that I have friends whos birthdays are the beginning of January (not that far from Christmas) and no one ever associates the two holidays. Grrrr.... I'm not saying I need a ton of gifts, but come on - who can't even manage to buy 2 cards?! (on a related note, I once got a card from a friend which had a cartoon nativity-esque scene on it. In the middle of this is a man wearing a robe with a "JC" embroidered on it, and he's thinking "Oh, great, another combined birthday-Christmas gift!") Speaking of, I'd better go. My grandmother finally remembered my birthday and is coming over to visit shortly. :) Veronica petit_chou@juno.com wrote: > > Nicole wrote: > >I'm with ya. I'm a December baby, too (it was the 8th; I turned 21), > >and, oddly enough, so is my sister. What really drives *us* nuts is > >when we get a birthday/Christmas present for both of us. Four gifts > >in one, hurrah. > > I, too, am a December Baby. Born on the 12th of the month (I love that - > 12/12!). For the first time ever, this year I got a combo > birthday/Christmas gift from my best friend (it was an amazing Union Jack > messenger bag). That was so weird. All my life, everyone's been pretty > cool about not stiffing me in the gift arena (I sound so so greedy, don't > I?). Anyway, I digress. Point is, I'm a December kid who usually makes > out okay 'round the holidays (no lewd jokes, damnit!). > > Heather Moore > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Dec 1998 21:02:38 GMT From: aleigh992@aol.comBROCCOLI (ALeigh992) Subject: Re: either/or (Coke varieties) >In a related story, on a recent trip to Washington DC from Kingston, my >friends and I stopped at a McDonald's to stretch our legs and grab a >drink. In the middle of the restaurant my friend takes a big mouthful of >Coke, starts coughing and almost yells "Geez, even the pop here sucks!!" >I don't think I've ever gotten back into a car faster in my life! :) >Huzzah for sugar! :) >:) Veronica THAT'S because you called it the wrong name! You have to call it soda, as all those of us in the deecee area know, otherwise of course everything's going to be out of whack! Aleigh Check it out! Check it totally out!! --> http://i.am/not_your_broom ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 18:34:15 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: speaking of fru-gifts... P. Gruneberg wrote: > JennCyn wrote: > > > My prof described it in three words: "Strange Canadian movie.") > > > Is there any other kind?! Naah. Just like Canadian TV shows. :) (most of which, I think are *really* cool, btw.) - -- chad at radix dot net ....who just finished watching "Due South." I miss that show from when it was on CBS. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:47:24 +0000 From: "ellen p. buckley" Subject: Re: Amusing things... Chad Schrock wrote: > ellen, you look *GREAT*. Given your advanced age and all. :) if only they'd bought it when i tried to pass it off as my ID. "look, i'm 916! why can't i order a beer?" > The AACo judge got involved last April when > I changed my name. ok, now you've dangled a carrot in front of us. > > (the crusades were cool, but man! that battle of hastings > > was rough...) > > Especially since you were -4 at the time. Right? :) hee. ok, so i was never much of a history student. > So, how was Bill Shakespeare? a little campy for his time. > Before anyone asks, yes, I have always been a real life chad. > I just had a lot of excess baggage with it, that I had removed > in April. BZZZT. i'm going to need a judge's ruling on this. all you've done here is shake the carrot around a bit. peace, ellen (i'm nosy; you have permission to slap me if i prod too much) ************************************************************ "sometimes the songs that we hear ellen p. buckley are just songs of our own..." ************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 01:37:13 GMT From: Lynne Subject: SOLD OUT!?! the 10:30 show on NYeve is sold out, well, I am on my way to get the last 2 tickets in about 10-20 minutes. Problem is that a lot of non-fruhead fan/friends of mine are hoping to go w/ me. I have had my tickets since thanksgiving, but now Im in need of one more. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I remember someone emailing about an extra ticket, but I dont have access to that email. help :) thanks! Lynne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 01:09:00 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Canadian film/tv (was fru-gifts) >Just like Canadian TV shows. :) >(most of which, I think are *really* cool, btw.) Okay, I now leave time in my evenings to stay up and watch the Burly Bear Network which we get for a bare few hours in the dark of night. I just watched the Thrillovision Awards the other night. Those wacky college students crack me up. But gee whiz, is their stuff strange! Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 01:09:00 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: December Babies (was um...hello...*sproing*) Veronica mentioned: >(on a related note, I once got a >card from a friend which had a cartoon nativity-esque scene on it. In >the middle of this is a man wearing a robe with a "JC" embroidered on >it, and he's thinking "Oh, great, another combined birthday-Christmas >gift!") I once found an hysterical Christmas card, and not a lot has topped it since. It's a photo of a nativity scene, and there are speech bubbles coming out from all the little porcelain figurines. Together they are singing "Jesus jesus bo-beezus, banana-fana fo-feezus, me my mo-meezus, JESUS!" It cracks me up just thinking about it. Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:55:04 -0500 From: "Bell-occhio" Subject: Re: speaking of fru-gifts... chad atradixdotnet wrote: >....who just finished watching "Due South." I miss that >show from when it was on CBS. ah, my favorite show! (Along with Red Green. Yup, that Canadian TV's good stuff.) I was thrilled when TNT started running it. Shame it's over though. Lace (Thank you kindly.) ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ bellocchio at folkfan.com ICQ 218859 "Cliffs are for climbing; that's why God gave us grappling hooks." - -Benton Fraser ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:37:48 GMT From: aadler1@tiger.towson.edu Subject: Re: either/or (Coke varieties) > THAT'S because you called it the wrong name! You have to call it soda, as all > those of us in the deecee area know, otherwise of course everything's going to > be out of whack! > Aleigh This is very true...us DC natives don't stand for this whole "pop" thing! I had a friend who was relocated from the midwest and refused to convert. Amazingly, this caused a lot more trouble then one would imagine. It was not at all uncommon at lunch to hear someone yell "Call it SODA!!!" Honestly, if you call it pop out here, you will ruin our fragile but precious equilibrium :) - -anna- http://www.eccentrica.org/elements - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V2 #155 ********************************************