>> >Niels wrote:
>> > Eeeerrrmm... I just don't get it... what's this all about?
>> >Ivo:
>> >There's not much to get.
>> >As you might have guessed, 'Big Black pimp daddy' is a troll
>> >and Gloria is doing a mighty fine job planting her foot up his ass.
>> Biographer:
>> Gloria, aka Our Lady of Pikachu,
>> aka Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, et cetera,
>> author of "Recipes for Fried Troll - To Infinity And Beyond",
>> four-time winner of the Golden Foot Award,
>> who along with others, pioneered using trolls as comic-relief
>> (and furry slippers).
>Niels:
>Talking about nick-names....
<enter Saint Nicholas stage-left, bustling with bag of toys>:
<sets down bag, whips out pen and note-pad>:
That's what you want for Christmas? - easy - we've got lots;
Hi, I'm Nick....
>> >Ivo:
>> >Gloria, ejb and me live here, along with some others.
>> >Alt.teens used to be a bright light in the dark corners of Usenet,
>> >but recently traffic has diminshed to a near standstill.
>> >
>> >Perhaps we are getting too old,
>> >perhaps we've told each other all there is too tell
>> >or perhaps we're all just busy
>> >considering the new college/university year started in september.
>> klaatu:
>> noticed regs' responses tapered off in length and scope;
>> thought maybe they don't care to repeat themselves,
>> having become familiar and comfortable with other regs
>> and wishing to spare them boredom.
>>
>> still - most of life is a series of concurrent cycles;
>> if one's to avoid doing stuff just because it's been done before,
>> why eat?... you'll only get hungry again, anyway,
>> and almost anything you taste, you've tasted many times.
>Niels:
>Euuhmm... yeah.. I think you're right...
>> Klaatu:
>> i use this place as a school. learnt lots here.
>> may be useful to hear some of the old stuff again though;
>> cycles recur, but nothing in nature repeats Exactly.
>> new insights change one's perspective daily.
>Niels:
>It's just where you get your information from....
k:
fer shure.
read a history of Germany which startled me:
'After the abortive Beer-Hall Putsch, the Party was disbanded,
and Adolf Hitler and his cronies were never heard of again....'
boggled, then checked printing-history at front of book:
"published 1931... "
>> Klaatu:
>> looking back through archives,
>> wonder how threads started in 1997 would play out now -
>> with the same topics and same folks participating.
>>
>> might go someplace entirely new,
>> or get a feel for views change over time.
>Niels
>I wasn't there in 1997....
>I wonder if I even ever surved the internet in that year...
klaatu:
no biggie - you're here now, and that's plenty good enough.
>> >Ivo:
>> >Personally, I only respond and hardly ever start my own topics,
>> >but I'm still faithfully reading this group almost daily.
>> >
>> >adios,
>> klaatu:
>> maybe that's a(nother) big reason for the slow-down:
>> you and ejb hardly ever start threads; neither do i;
>> Gloria starts a few, but still mostly responds.
>>
>> might be useful to bounce some random topics around.
>Niels:
>You're right.... I think the hardest thing to do
>is find a topic everyone is interested in
>and wich is not already talked about.
klaatu:
ja, that's fair hard;
some old Roman dude about 150 B.C. said:
"Everything one can say has been said before".
>Niels:
>But I think that if you make up a topic from the news
>or something wich is quite new
>you will cover up both problems at the same time.
klaatu:
agreed.
there's a web-site for Star-Trekkers
which features lots of odd new stuff;
seems unlikely that the Roman guy ever heard lyrics of
"Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weenie Yellow Polka-dot Bikini" in Klingon....
>Niels:
>But what has happened lately where you could talk about?
>I hope we find something!
>
>See ya.
>
>Niels.
klaatu:
there's any number of things, actually ...
biggest problem i have is curiosity -
get interested in almost anything
so can barely stumble across a room
without falling over a bunch of stuff that looks SO neat
that i've just got to dig into it,
and end ricocheting about like a ping-pong ball.
i've got no problem finding interesting stuff -
interesting to ME, anyway -
problem is guessing whether anyone else would want to hear 'bout it.
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