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NET NEWS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Newsletter will be published a few days early next month, as the Editor is heading for a Down Under vacation. Please note the new deadline for the next issue July 10th.
General Information Security: TriStar and the new security service: www.starlink-irc.org/security/ Webring: For all who have webpages check www.starlink-irc.org/webring.html Email Updates: All channel owners: If you happen to change ISP's change of email address please let someone in #Channels know. If for any reason cservice needs to get in touch with you about your channel, we need a valid email address. You can let cservice know by sending an email to slirc-register@starlink-irc.org Word Games: Live trivia at various times and places throughout the week. #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 WWW (Way With Words): Have you tried to come up with the perfect verse, greeting or message when sending a card, and your mind draws a blank? If you have some favorites, send them to Pat@pobox.com.
Belated birthday wishes to Radek_cz, June 12th. July
June 22- July 21 Cancer the Crab
Cancers find much that is interesting in important public settings, political meetings, clubs devoted to humanitarian causes. People under the influence of Cancer are very nervous, grumpy and quite moody. They have an inbred desire to control others any way they can. Like a crab, they charge and/or retreat without warning. Do not expect these grouches to contribute anything positive. They love to check other posts for errors and flame everyone involved. Notables: Julius Caesar, King Henry VIII, George Orwell, The Duke of Winsor.
There is now another java chat on the Phoenix server. The address for connecting to it is http://phoenix.az.us.starlink-irc.org/~wwslirc/ You can also link to it from the StarLink-IRC mainpage at www.starlink-irc.org There are now 3 java chats set up, so try them out and see how you like them or tell those who don't have mIRC or PIRCH to try the java chat! There have been a lot of email viruses surfacing lately and also some hoaxes. Always check at www.symantec.com to see if any that have been sent to you are hoaxes or not and if you're still not sure, come to #channels or #Terranova and someone there might be able to help you.
Reminder: As some of you might know, there are other nets out there with the word 'starlink' in them. When telling your friends about what net you chat on -- PLEASE make sure you say StarLink-IRC.Org. And don't forget There is a 'quicklist' of servers at http://www.starlink-irc.org/serverlist.html
Roving Reporter Lois Lane’s recommendations for enjoyable chatting: Late Afternoon/Early Evening (depending on where you live): #Classics Late Evening/Early Morning (depending) #50&Fantastic
Nothing thrilling this month.
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Here it is nearly the end of the girl months (April, May, June and Julie) and nothing that strange has happened yet (if you ignore the american political one vote power shift..) There ARE rumors that the canadian mini-mafia (you KNOW who you are) is planning another get together and journey northward to terrorize more furniture sales persons and computer stores. Which means NEXT month's follies should be a lot more interesting than this month's! Itsy
A laugh-provoking site where Dumb Laws all around the world are posted for your enjoyment. Such things as Dumb Criminal Acts, Dumb Facts, Dumb Warnings are included….all listed by category. Here is one listing: Don't Mess with Granny: An elderly woman spent a leisurely shopping at the mall. Upon return to her vehicle, she found four strange males sitting in her car. Frightened, the woman dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun. She told the men that if they did not get out of the car, she would shoot. The four men ran off quickly, whereupon the lady got into the car. Her key, however, would not fit. The woman realized that her car was the identical one parked a few spaces down. She drove to the police department and reported the story. The officer on duty laughed hysterically and pointed to the other end of the counter where four pale men had reported a hijacking by a mean old lady. No charges were filed.
The Mysterious Extra Windows Keys This tip is for windows users with the Microsoft Keyboard (Windows) Shortcut keys, to speed up your desktop navigation. |Ctrl| |WIN| |Alt| | Space bar | |Alt| |WIN| |App|
|Ctrl| The Application key (alone) or SHIFT+F10 Displays a pop-up menu for selected object. The Windows logo key (WIN) Displays Start menu.
I hope this gives some folks new uses for the extra keys! Wullie - Channel Service
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Other Random but Fun Events: #Just4Fun (OUTBURST); #Sunshine_Again ( MADGABS)
In Loving Memory of Gold-Wolf, channel operator on #50&fantastic David Leigh Brown, aka Gold-Wolf, Red-Beard,
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EVIDENCE YOU LIVE IN THE YEAR 2001 Contributed by Amazing
A COLD WINTER Contributed by Zingo The Indians asked their Chief in autumn if the winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, but preferring to be prepared, the chief replied that the winter was going to be cold, and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared for a cold winter. Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?" The man on the phone responded, "This winter was going to be quite cold indeed." So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes", the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely, we made a study " the weather man replies,"the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!" *
LATEST LIBRARIES Contributed by Old Man We, as a country, have been indeed very fortunate to have the Various Presidential libraries as a repository for the invaluable records of in-depth research. Future historians will be able to study at: The Gerald Ford Library The Jimmy Carter Library The Ronald Reagan Library The George Bush Library and the newest one is: The Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore
The Next Planned "Survivor" Show Contributed by Leighaa Six men will be dropped on an island with 1 van and 4 kids each, for 6 weeks. Each kid plays two sports and either takes music or dance classes. There is no access to fast food. Each man must take care of his 4 kids, keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, and do laundry. The men only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done: There is only one TV between them and there is no remote. The men must shave their legs and wear makeup daily, which they must apply themselves either while driving or while making four lunches. They must attend weekly PTA meetings; clean up after their sick children at 3:00 a.m.; make an Indian hut model with six toothpicks, a tortilla and one marker; and get a 4-year-old to eat a serving of peas. The kids vote them off based on performance. The winner gets to go back to his job.
THE E-MAIL BLESSING Contributed by Leighaa Peace be unto you, your computer and the e-mail you receive this day. May the mail you receive not require you to multiply it tenfold or Return it within a limited time frame. May the mail you receive not require you to take action to prove Your love, friendship, or concern for the welfare of the sender. May the mail you receive not start with FW FW FW, not contain Strangely named attachments and contain a "<" for every ">". May the mail you receive not require you to look closely at those on the playground to see if they are the non missing children you are to be searching for. May the mail you receive not cause you to change Your eating habits to avoid plagues, pestilence and the eating of parts of things that you can't buy at Wal-Mart. May the mail you receive not encourage you to carry a steel plate on which to sit in theaters or other public places. May the mail you receive not encourage you to learn the 800 Number for the National Missing Child Bureau, Center for Disease Control or the FCC. May your inaction to the mail you receive not cause the Death of monks, missionaries, mothers or the misguided. And above all may peace and harmony be yours until Tomorrow.
WWW (Way With Words) By Scorp Have you tried to come up with the perfect verse, greeting or message when sending a card, and your mind draws a blank? If you have some favorites, send them to Pat@pobox.com. BIRTHDAY - Louise Conrad Hill (Contributed
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