General Information

For all who have webpages: Don't forget you can join the webring by going to www.starlink-irc.org or can ask questions concerning it in #WebRing :)

All channel owners: If you happen to change ISP's or have a change of email address please let someone in #channels know.
If for any reason cservice needs to get in touch with you in regards to your channel we need a valid email address. You can also let cservice know by sending an email to slirc-register@starlink-irc.org

Word Gamers: Great word game channels: #Trivia, #Scramble, and #WedNiteTriva.
As you enter #Trivia or #Scramble, a message comes up asking for new puzzles or trivia questions and where to send them. If you have any that you would like added, please check out the email addresses in each of these channels and send them in.

#International: StarLink-IRC is trying a grand experiment with #International. We hope to bring together folks from all nations and languages .. come join us for chat, good friends, and if you can volunteer to translate, all the better. Even a smattering of another language is welcomed! Leave your names with Channel Owner Wullie or one of the other regulars if we can call on you for help. ¡Muchos gracias!

• JUNE Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
• Candy Month
• Pride Month
• Rose Month
• 1 chazette and chaz4’s wedding anniversary (#chataway and #songbirds)
• 2 ^Bootie^ birthday (#Just4Fun)
• 6 chazette’s birthday (#chataway and #songbirds
• 8 Vampire’s birthday (#Three Flames)
• 9 Carol birthday (#Just4Fun)
• 14 Excalibur’s birthday (#chataway)
• 17 Sweets’s birthday (#chataway)
• 18-24 Forgiveness Week
• 18-24 Take Pet to Work
• 24 Willco and Lillian’s 52nd Anniversary (#norwich, #veterans)
• 26 Beautician's Day (Take your Hairbender to lunch)
• 27 Nikki_’s birthday (#chataway
• 27 Mac’s birthday (#chataway)
• 28 Cherish’s birthday (#chataway)
• 28 Juju^ ‘s birthday (#Just4Fun)

July

• 1 Canada Day (Take a canuck to lunch!)
• 1 International Joke Day
• 4 Autty’s birthday (#Autism).
• 4 Independence Day, USA
• 5 Dimenta birthday (#Just4Fun)
• 5 National Family Day
• 7 FuPappy's Birthday (#scramble and #trivia)
• 9 Livewire’s birthday (#Just4Fun)
• 11 SexyLady’s birthday (#Just4Fun)
• 19 Fathers’ Day 14 Bastille Day
• 20 Ugly Truck Day
• 23 LordFubar's Birthday (#trivia and #scramble)
• 29 Nasa's Anniversary
• 30 Father-In-Law Day

SPECIALS

• Nothing this month.

Ruled by the Moon - Symbol , The Crab Notables: Julius Caesar, King Henry VIII, George Orwell, The Duke of Winsor

People under the influence of Cancer are very very nervous, grumpy and quite moody. They have an inbred desire to control others any way they can. Cancer people like to spread humor and grumble about others: like a crab, they charge and/or retreat without warning. Don’t expect these grouches to contribute positive. They love to check other posts for errors and flame everyone involved. (Note: Does not reflect the opinion of the management)

Thoughts and Prayers go out ellegon of #emerg_serv_lobby who is now at home recovering from surgery chiefy of #cops who was in a car accident and is now on the mend Bigbro of #Autism who is waiting to see a specialist to have some tests done and to all others whom we don't know about that might also be going through some rough times.

HEARTFELT THOUGHTS to Wildchild, in #KyChatHouse, who has had worries about one of her twin daughters. She had a bacterial infection which drove her temperature through the roof and required big dosings of antibiotics. Fever has finally subsided and we hope she is on her road to recovery.

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FOGWEB FOLLIES

It has been noted by the spider that some of our neighbors to the north have developed some odd and unusual habits. (they've gone mega nutbuckets bizwack - ed) One of our Candadian server admins (who shall remain nameless and without family TREE) pulls weeds. Thats ok.. but she goes into the woods to pull weeds. So if anybody sees somebody working their way toward Quebec tossing weeds and veggies hither and yon .. you might want to stay away.

Missing pastry alert ** reward ** .. if anybody sees the Oyster Meringue Pie from the #TownHall buffet wandering around.. please let me know. It seems to have slipped its leach last weekend and was last seen in pursuit of some people in #channels. If you should be approached by a pie, do NOT touch it. um.. not that its dangerous.. ah.. just dont. It likes toes so call a lawyer. (They wont do much, but they are edible and will buy time!

Til next month.. happy fogwebbing whatever that is

Itsy

• #DarkDuality - Firestar
• #bootcamp - JJ
• #bursa - SAL_
• #YoungMilMoms - Judy
• #CaptainsTable - StJohn
• #fedcouncil - Vawton
• #uss-valhalla - CaptReed
• #Battletech.de - Todesbote
• #Uss-sirius - Talcon
• #Carman - Kurtis
• #Classics - Taurusgal
• #Tomahawk - Daren

THE HOME PLANET site. Simply the very best and free general purpose astrononomy-related program I've seen. Easy to use and unconditionally recommended for everyone .. from casual skygazers to professional astronomers! ( Rated 5 chilidogs .. as good as it gets)

• An earth map, showing day and night regions, location of the Moon and current phase, and position of a selected earth satellite. Earth maps can be customised and extended by editing a DLL which provides maps to Home Planet.
• A panel showing detailed position and phase data for the Sun and Moon.
• Panel showing positions of planets and a selected asteroid or comet, both geocentric and from the observer's location.
• A sky map, based on either the Yale Bright Star Catalogue or the 256,000 star SAO catalogue, including rendering of spectral types, planets, earth satellites, asteroids and comets. Celestial coordinates are included, and an extensive and user-extensible deep-sky database includes all Messier objects and many of the NGC objects. Precession and proper motion are accounted for in the display.
• Databases of the orbital elements of 5632 asteroids and principal periodic comets are included, allowing selection of any for tracking.
• A telescope window which can be aimed by clicking in the sky map or telescope itself, by entering coordinates, or by selecting an object in the Object Catalogue (see below).
• A horizon window which shows the view toward the horizon at any given azimuth. The horizon can be adorned, if you wish, with fractal forged terrain and randomly generated scenery, including houses, livestock, and trees.
• Many more features .. check the homeplanet site to find out more .. it's free and its great!

INSTITUTE OF OFFICIAL CHEER: Lots of laughs while looking back at old advertisements, cookbooks, etc. from the 20’s on up. Includes the Gallery of Regrettable Food, the Gobbler, the Dorcus Collection of Mens’ Wear, and others. http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html

TIME CAPSULE: What happened on your birthday? How much did a house cost, a car, a loaf of bread? What were the popular songs at that time? This site will give you all the answers. http://dmarie.com/timecap/

(Advertisement) . Chad Marshall (Nifty) completed a program that will test typing speed called TypeFast. It contains an advertisement for starlink-irc, so anyone that downloads the program will most likely see the ad. The link for the program is http://www.intcon.net/~chadm/typefast.zip*

(Advertisement) From: tnphoenix For those of you interested in internet radio, and have connections FASTER than 56K (like ISDN, Cable, T1's, etc...) have we got a site for you to check out! WWW.IBC-RADIO.COM Choose from Classic Rock; or 80's 90's & today's best! Thru the site one can view our playlists, and even make requests to be automatically played within 2 songs! Over 2,000 songs COMBINED to match anyone's taste! Please sign our guestbook and / or e-mail us as to your thoughts, suggestions, and constructive critisims! Hope to hear from you soon, as well as hoping you'll tune in to us! Be typing @UL8R!

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4TH OF JULY: (Contributed by Deano)

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed theDeclaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured beforethey died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacredhonor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his shipsswept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, a life of poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.

Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education.

They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, sraight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with irm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge toeach other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British.

We were British subjects at that time and we fougnt our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free!

I hope you will show your support by please sending this to as many people as you can. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.

• Pythagorean theorem: 24 words.
• The Lord's prayer: 66 words.
• Archimedes' Principle: 67 words.
• The 10 Commandments: 179 words.
• The Gettysburg address: 286 words.
• The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words.
• The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.

Dear Tech Support:

• Decisions were made by going “eeny-meeny-miney-mo”
• Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming “do over!”
• ”Race issue” meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
• Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in “Monopoly.”
• Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
• Being old referred to anyone over 20.
• The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn’t matter.
• The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. I
• t was magic when Dad would “remove” his thumb.
• It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn’t an Olympic event.
• Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
• Abilities were discovered because of a “double-dog-dare.”
• Saturday morning cartoons weren’t 30 minute ads for action figures.
• Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
• The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team
• Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
• Ice cream was considered a basic food group
• Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
• If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!

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