sf wrote:

> On 9 Nov 2008 20:25:07 GMT, "Default User" >
> wrote:
>
> > sf wrote:

> >> Why would anyone go from cable to DSL?
> >
> > Because he wants an alternative to Charter.
> >
> As mad as I am at Comcast, I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite
> my face either. If Comcast wasn't the only game in town, I'd gladly
> switch providers.

You have your opinion. I use AT&T DSL and have no complaints at all.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 10 Nov 2008 07:24:14 GMT, "Default User" >
wrote:

>You have your opinion. I use AT&T DSL and have no complaints at all.

I had no complaints about dial up either... except for the download
part.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:31:39 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm still here. And certainly not welcoming the aging
>>> goth/heavy metal queen back. She caused nothing but dissenion in her
>>> heyday.
>>
>> I had no problems with Martha Hughes. I think some people thought she
>> was a little dingy, but I always found her to be kind and generous.
>
> I don't recall her meltdown, and certainly wouldn't hold it against
> her based on Greg's opinion alone (any enemy of Gregory is a friend
> of mine), but I've heard from a couple of well-respected posters
> that she was whacked out.
>
>> One
>> poster here, who is 100 times more obnoxious, came down on her pretty
>> hard. I have a suspicion why, but don't know for sure.
>
> I know why. She had a vagina and Gregory didn't (and still
> doesn't).
>
> -sw

i didn't think it was that morrow propositioned her and she turned him
down.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:31:39 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm still here. And certainly not welcoming the aging
>>>> goth/heavy metal queen back. She caused nothing but dissenion in her
>>>> heyday.
>>>
>>> I had no problems with Martha Hughes. I think some people thought she
>>> was a little dingy, but I always found her to be kind and generous.
>>
>> I don't recall her meltdown, and certainly wouldn't hold it against
>> her based on Greg's opinion alone (any enemy of Gregory is a friend
>> of mine), but I've heard from a couple of well-respected posters
>> that she was whacked out.
>>
>>> One
>>> poster here, who is 100 times more obnoxious, came down on her pretty
>>> hard. I have a suspicion why, but don't know for sure.
>>
>> I know why. She had a vagina and Gregory didn't (and still
>> doesn't).
>>
>> -sw
>
> i didn't think it was that morrow propositioned her and she turned him
> down.
>
Still, if he feels shunned, he will try to drive a poster out of the group,
according to a post I saw that sf responded to. Am I horrified, or amused?
Do I feel anything at all?

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 11:29:39 -0500, kilikini wrote:

> sandi wrote:
>> "kilikini" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>>> Welcome back kili, BTW
>>>
>>> Thanks, Cathy! :~)
>>>
>>> kili
>>
>> Yes, welcome back.
>>
>> Hope you're feeling fine. :-)
>
> Thanks, Sandi - still got a long way to go, though. :~)
>
> kili

you'll be fine. you seem a tough broad for one so skinny.

your pal,
blake

sf wrote:

> On 10 Nov 2008 07:24:14 GMT, "Default User" >
> wrote:
>
> > You have your opinion. I use AT&T DSL and have no complaints at all.
>
> I had no complaints about dial up either... except for the download
> part.

I have no complaints about that with DSL.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 10 Nov 2008 07:24:14 GMT, Default User wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
>> On 9 Nov 2008 20:25:07 GMT, "Default User" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>
>>>> Why would anyone go from cable to DSL?
>>>
>>> Because he wants an alternative to Charter.
>>>
>> As mad as I am at Comcast, I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite
>> my face either. If Comcast wasn't the only game in town, I'd gladly
>> switch providers.
>
> You have your opinion. I use AT&T DSL and have no complaints at all.
>

i have verizon d.s.l. i'm pretty happy with it, but i don't watch a whole
lot of video, nor play online games. i am ****ed that they dropped the
alt.* hierarchyof usenet though, but that's easily remedied.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:51:26 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2008-11-09, Martha > wrote:
>>>
>>> No, my last name is McLemore. I live in Pennsylvania.
>>
>> OK, thanks. Welcome aboard.
>>
>
>
> The sinking ship.

then when oh when will the rats start leaving?

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:52:49 -0600, Gregory Morrow wrote:

> notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2008-11-09, Martha > wrote:
>>
>>> Martha
>>
>> Would you be MarthaH from The City?
>
>
> Nope...and that was my initial thought, too.

because her name is martha? i see no other resemblance. typical display
of your fine powers of discrimination.

blake

On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:36:21 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:12:28 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>there's gorilla-masked naked dancing in this group?!?! i must have missed
>>that part. damn.
>
> I thought they were whale masks. Gorilla masks are in a different ng.\

well, o.k., as long as everyone can make up their mind. i have a limited
wardrobe budget.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:49:29 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:54:06 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>
>>> OBFood: (for Michel <veg>) We're gonna 'braai' today even tho' it's
>>> been raining on and off. It's supposed to be summer, dammit!
>>
>> that's right, rub it in. antipodal bitch.
>
> Will do. <yap>

don't make me come down there!

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 18:46:51 -0800 (PST), Martha wrote:

> On Nov 9, 9:03*pm, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>> Yes, Martha McLemore --the tea lady! *Yeay, Martha!
>> --
>> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini
>> (Send her a note!)
>
> Barb! It's you! (running across Internet to give a great big hug to
> you!)
>
> I am so glad to read your post! How are you? What's cooking
> (literally and figuratively) up your way?
>
> Martha
> OBFood: The temperature has dropped enough here that it's time to
> break out the lapsang souchong, turn the furnace up a bit and listen
> to some Coltrane for an hour or two.

you mentioned swing music upthread. should i take that as swing jazz, not
texas swing? (i like both, actually.) i've been listening to a lot of the
benny goodman trios and quartets, and les paul without mary ford.

your pal,
blake

On 2008-11-10, Michael "Dog3" > wrote:
>
> We dumped anything have anything to do with land lines about 6 years ago.
> We got such shoddy service from Bell....

No such company as Bell.

> their asses. It was a wise decision. Couldn't be happier with just our
> mobile service and we save about $100 a month doing it this way.

What do you mean by "mobile service"? You get internet via cellphone
networks? What kind of bandwidth? I don't know what you were paying for
basic land line phone service, but I've yet to find a single cellphone
service that is cheaper for basic POTS service. I find it hard to believe
internet access via cell service is cheaper by any metric you can think of.
Feel free to change my mind.

> internet. I'll not be going back to DSL any time soon if I can help it.

I have POTS and DSL through Qwest and am quite happy with service. After
having cable for 10 yrs, I'm not in the least bit disappointed. Yes, AT&T
was upping dwnld to the unheard of >5Mb/s range, but I seldom accessed any
servers that could match it. Granted, our bill is a bit high, but CO has
HUGE POTS service fees. That and my $8 mo modem rental (need to purchase my
own) are the only two real price killers. I can't imagine what services you
are/were getting that you could SAVE $100 mo.

I will also say that DSL technology is vastly improved. It used to be DSL
was not available more than 3 miles from the CO (central office... the phone
switching station) and the farther one was from CO, the lower the bandwidth.
I'm at least 9 miles from CO and get full bandwidth. This is amazing, as I
thought I was going to have to pay Hughes (satellite) $80 mo for relatively
crappy service. Nope. DSL rocks! ...unless your particular company just
happens to suck.

nb

Goomba Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:08:26 -0500
>
> I use a simple Mozilla free browser called Thunderbird (and Firefox)
to
> read.

How does Thunderbird compare to Agent?

--

Charles A. Lieberman | "The explanation is extremely simple.
Brooklyn, New York, USA | It doesn't happen."
| --Nick Spalding
http://calieber.livejournal.com

blake murphy wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:49:29 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:54:06 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OBFood: (for Michel <veg>) We're gonna 'braai' today even tho' it's
>>>> been raining on and off. It's supposed to be summer, dammit!
>>>
>>> that's right, rub it in. antipodal bitch.
>>
>> Will do. <yap>
>
> don't make me come down there!
>
> your pal,
> blake

You're welcome any time... hope you like boerewors <Cathy grins at
blake>
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:31:39 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel > wrote:
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm still here. And certainly not welcoming the aging
> >>> goth/heavy metal queen back. She caused nothing but dissenion in her
> >>> heyday.
> >>
> >> I had no problems with Martha Hughes. I think some people thought she
> >> was a little dingy, but I always found her to be kind and generous.
> >
> > I don't recall her meltdown, and certainly wouldn't hold it against
> > her based on Greg's opinion alone (any enemy of Gregory is a friend
> > of mine), but I've heard from a couple of well-respected posters
> > that she was whacked out.
> >
> >> One
> >> poster here, who is 100 times more obnoxious, came down on her pretty
> >> hard. I have a suspicion why, but don't know for sure.
> >
> > I know why. She had a vagina and Gregory didn't (and still
> > doesn't).
> >
> > -sw
>
> i didn't think it was that morrow propositioned her and she turned him
> down.


That's *exactly* right, blake...why would I have a hard - on for an ugly,
fat - armed, bulge - foreheaded, psychotic Death Metal loser like Mothra...

[I really dig blake when he agrees with me, he should do it more... ;-) ]

No one else aparrently did, either...in fact one of her ex - boyfriends
offed hisself after they broke up... a drama which of course she had to
blare about to a bunch of strangers all over Usenet.

<snicker>

Don't know if you were around when she and "Archon" aka Michael Nielsen from
Denmark were carrying on here, but she was blathering on that she was going
to go to Denmark and be a banker there ("How cool is that!?" she'd always
exclaim after saying this). Well, she went to see him, and they broke up.
Natcherly Mothra had to drag the whole ugli bizness BACK into here, with
good pal Sheryl Rosen playing "Greek Chorus" with her snotty comments
directed towards Michael...

I see a *lot* of TMI on this group, but with her it was TOO MUCH TMI...ALL
THE TIME...a constant barrage of it. This was a person, posting under her
*real* name on Usenet, who worked for a major bank and then United Airlines,
who was constanlty nattering on about getting high, her various liaisons,
addictions, fvcked - up friends, etc. Not real smart...

Anyways, Michael seemed a nice bloke and a he was a good poster here...and
last I knew he was *still* alive...

:-)

And just for the record, Mothra and I were once pals - and even "allies" on
alt.radio.talk.dr-laura. We'd email each other and then I started getting
psycho emails from her when I didn't "take her side" in her arguments
various posters in here (she had LOTS of "enemies" here, she told me in one;
some of you would recognize your names...:-). "Things" deterioriated rather
quickly after that...and the same thing happened with Sheryl Rosen. That's
junior high school girly krap...who needs it.

After that (this was eight or so years ago now) I decided to pretty much put
the kibbosh on private emailing with newsgroup posters. There is enough
drama *on* Usenet, I prefer to keep it out in the public forum, I don't need
any *more* crap in my in - box...

Of course if someone writes seeking genuine advice or they are writing to
praise me I don't mind...but it's Usenet and I'd rather respond to them
publically.

:-)


--
Best
Greg

cybercat wote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:31:39 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> Dan Abel > wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article >,
> >>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I'm still here. And certainly not welcoming the aging
> >>>> goth/heavy metal queen back. She caused nothing but dissenion in her
> >>>> heyday.
> >>>
> >>> I had no problems with Martha Hughes. I think some people thought she
> >>> was a little dingy, but I always found her to be kind and generous.
> >>
> >> I don't recall her meltdown, and certainly wouldn't hold it against
> >> her based on Greg's opinion alone (any enemy of Gregory is a friend
> >> of mine), but I've heard from a couple of well-respected posters
> >> that she was whacked out.
> >>
> >>> One
> >>> poster here, who is 100 times more obnoxious, came down on her pretty
> >>> hard. I have a suspicion why, but don't know for sure.
> >>
> >> I know why. She had a vagina and Gregory didn't (and still
> >> doesn't).
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> > i didn't think it was that morrow propositioned her and she turned him
> > down.
> >
> Still, if he feels shunned, he will try to drive a poster out of the
group,
> according to a post I saw that sf responded to. Am I horrified, or amused?


Nope, you're wrong as per yer usual, mon petit. In Mothra's (and several
other cases) I simply used her *own* past words to refute her
nonsense...*after* she went on the warpath after me (which was pretty
amusing, Sheldon handed her her arse on a big platter in that particular
contretemps...)


> Do I feel anything at all?


Be a NICE l'il cyberpussie and I'll tell Sinter Klaus to bring you a new
dildoe made out of Silly Putty fer xmas...

After all, we *do* prefer to see you all "satisfied"...so don't say I never
did anything for you.

:-P


--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:52:49 -0600, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> > notbob wrote:
> >
> >> On 2008-11-09, Martha > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Martha
> >>
> >> Would you be MarthaH from The City?
> >
> >
> > Nope...and that was my initial thought, too.
>
> because her name is martha? i see no other resemblance. typical display
> of your fine powers of discrimination.


Here I try to be all nice to you and all I get in return is extreme
snarkiness...

<sniff>

:-(


--
Best
Greg <chuckle>

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking

notbob wrote:

> On 2008-11-09, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > I had no problems with Martha Hughes. I think some people thought she
> > was a little dingy, but I always found her to be kind and generous.
>
> Agreed, Dan. I never had any probs w/ MarthH. Talked to her on phone a
> couple times and she seemed like a nice person. I musta missed the
conflict
> with whomever.


This is pretty funny, this was what was obviously an article pretty much
meant as humor and see how Black Metal Mothra responds - or "melts down", as
it we

http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2008...hem_horns.html

METAL: Throw them horns!
By G.W. Schulz
Photos by Mirissa Neff


"METAL HANDS: A GESTURAL GLOSSARY

Every metal show contains plenty of dudes who merely headbang softly to
themselves with their hands stuffed into the pockets of their tight black
hoodies. A sea of empty faces they are. What fun is that? In honor of our
metal issue this week, here are a few ways you can cheerlead the next time
you're at a metal show.

<snippy of article with various funny hand illustrations...>

Comments (16)

Pelzbells wrote:

Those aren't the Classic metal horns. The real metal horns do not include
the thumb. The thumb is used to hold down the middle and ring finger. Did
these people do any real research or did they just guess?

Posted by Pelzbells | April 2, 2008 03:08 PM

Cait Delphine wrote:
:
I love it!!!! This is the most fabulous post I have read all week. I'm
ecstatic that someone other than myself has actually thought about the
number of specifically "metal" hand gestures there are! And you lay it out
so clearly, the pictures are a great touch.

Thanks for just making my day

Posted by Cait Delphine | April 2, 2008 03:31 PM


Black Metal Martha wrote::

Who the **** is the retard who wrote that worthless piece of shit
article????

Obviously NOT a true metalhead, just a wannabe who's bored with alt rock.
What, bored with the White Stripes now? LOLOLOLOL

I've been in metal over 20 years, and we would NOT be caught dead using
those DORKY hand signs. HAHAHAHA!

But, we would laugh at you guys in your girl's pants and emo haircuts.

DEATH TO FALSE POSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And no, you CANNOT be part of our music, nor use our symbols.

\m/

Posted by Black Metal Martha | April 2, 2008 10:05 PM


Duncan Davidson wrote:
:

Well, aren't we a bunch of smug little metalists? I find Pelzbells call for
"real research" especially hilarious. Um, what would that entail, Pelz?
Descending into the Fiery Pit via the secret entrance in the basement of the
Amityville Horror house? Calling Ozzy on the batphone? George has been to
plenty of metal shows--probably more than you--and if he throws his horns
with a thumb, that's his get-down. Personally, I find it ruins the symmetry,
but that's just me...

I find Black Metal Martha to be laughable, and yet frightening, in the vein
of the Just Say No commercial, where the 35 year old dude is smoking weed in
his room and his mom calls out to him to get a job, to which he replies: "I
will tomorrow, Ma." Your strident calls for death to posers point out that
your two-decades deep in the trenches of molten metal were mainly spent in
your room burning the wizard bong at both ends and throwing the 8-sided die.
Don't get out much, eh? Well, high school's over, Martha. In real life, you
can listen to metal AND have a sense of humor. Yes, even about metal.

Seriously, how can you listen to the operatic, Nightmare Before Christmas
cluster**** that is black metal--ooh, scary--without a sense of humor? Must
be rough.

Posted by Duncan Davidson | April 4, 2008 10:08 PM


Kyle writes::

To Black Metal Martha: Do real metalheads use LOLs? What's the official
position on smileys? Is there a Talmudic interpretation of leetspeak?

Posted by Kyle | April 7, 2008 09:45 AM.."

</>

On 2008-11-10, Michael "Dog3" > wrote:

> IIRC we were paying around $100+/month for our land line.

Yee gods! You musta had every service known to mankind. I think I was
paying $25 mo in CA and am outraged to have to pay $40 here in CO. Are you
including long distance charges in that $100+ mo?

nb

Charles A Lieberman wrote:
> Goomba Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:08:26 -0500
> >
>> I use a simple Mozilla free browser called Thunderbird (and Firefox)
> to
>> read.
>
> How does Thunderbird compare to Agent?
>
I never used Agent so I can't say?
I find Thunderbird (and all the Mozilla products) excellent.

Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "DK" > wrote in message
> ...
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "Martha" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> ...or an episode of Twilight Zone From Hell?
>>>>>
>>>>> You go away for a couple of years and when you check back in to see
>>>>> how your old rfc buddies are doing, it's like you opened the door to
>>>>> somebody's nightmare world.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are recipes germane any more?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nancy Dooley, Barb Schaller...you guys still around?
>>>>
>>>> It sure has changed. Mostly it is all OT stuff and the only food
>>>> topics is when somebody posts about cooking and has their ass nailed
>>>> to a wall for committing an act of sacrilege against the food gods. But
>>>> you can delight in the posts where people describe the lunmch
>>>> they ate at a restaurant or that Jill is having fish sticks for
>>>> dinner.
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> You're an asshole, Paul. You think poor people in Ireland ate corned
>>> beef, fer crying out loud. And you think corned beef is "spicy food".
>>> FOAD.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> Wow. Time to get a new vibrator, Jill.
>>
>
> She just needs to get a set of directions for the one she has.
>
> Paul
>
>

Word.

-dk

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:54:17 -0500, Goomba wrote:

> Charles A Lieberman wrote:
>> Goomba Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:08:26 -0500
>> >
>>> I use a simple Mozilla free browser called Thunderbird (and Firefox)
>> to
>>> read.
>>
>> How does Thunderbird compare to Agent?
>>
> I never used Agent so I can't say?
> I find Thunderbird (and all the Mozilla products) excellent.

i used to use agent, and now use 40tude dialog. i'm liking it pretty well,
and the transition was not difficult. took all of maybe three days to get
used to.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:15:18 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:49:29 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:54:06 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> OBFood: (for Michel <veg>) We're gonna 'braai' today even tho' it's
>>>>> been raining on and off. It's supposed to be summer, dammit!
>>>>
>>>> that's right, rub it in. antipodal bitch.
>>>
>>> Will do. <yap>
>>
>> don't make me come down there!
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> You're welcome any time... hope you like boerewors <Cathy grins at
> blake>

i would love to have some things from your braai. they sound mighty
appetizing.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:06:42 -0700, Christine Dabney
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:42:23 -0800, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:
>
>
>>Christine - which Martha? The one from Pennsylvania? (Too slammed at
>>work to check the ng as regularly as I'd like.)
>>
>>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
>Martha from Pennsyvania...Martha McClemore.

OMG, YAY! Talk about a name from the past! Hey, Martha! Welcome back!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"