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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.
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Ninth Sign of the Zodiac, is the home of the wanderers of the Zodiac. It’s not a mindless ramble for these folks, either. Sagittarians are truth-seekers, and the best way for them to do this is to hit the road, talk toothers and get some answers. Knowledge is key to these folks, since it fuels their broad-minded approach to life. The Sgittarian-born are keenly interested in philosophy and religion, and they find that these disciplines aid their internatl quest. At the end of the fay, what Sgittarians want most is to know the meaning of life, and if they accomplish this while feeling free and easy, all the better.
A Halloween scavenger hunt, starting in #Townhall, was held on Oct 27th. There was an excellent turnout of participants and congratulations to wondrwoman for coming in first! Thanks to ellegon for writing all the clues and channel names for the hunt :) Also, thanks to those who helped in the channels! Hopefully another scavenger hunt will be held soon. 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
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Well the Halloween holiday has come and gone and once again the INFAMOUS AND EVIL "blank" family ran riot and amuck amongst the peaceful dwellers of SLIRC. (SLIRC dweller .. sounds like something under the house, but thats probably for another column..) Anyway some of us innocent bystanders noticed SUDDEN invasions by __ and ___ and ____ and _____ and of course the black sheep of the family, _______ as well as cousin __^ all over the place. Well not much of an invasion, since we …those people got banned in about half of the channels we joined. They joined. I meant they. Shows our ops are ON the ball since they immediately recognized the invasion and banned everybody. Unfortunately, we have over-educated the folks here on SLIRC and they did proper bans by host mask.. and pretty much managed to kickban most of CService out of their channel. *sigh* <Disclaimer, this is not to infer that ANY member of the staff would be so evil .. or that the bans werent pretty good .. or .. hmm.. ok, we fess up. It was us. > Most places we were well received (personally, i think 'invasion' is not the exact right word for a nice friendly visit even if it looked like one.) Look at the bright side, the Blank Family won't come visit YOUR channel until next time. ...... whenever that is. Can't tell when you cuz we can't tell time. Its what happens when you hire the cheap help. Til next month....
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Cards Dictionary.com This commercial site allows you to look up a word from a variety of dictionary sources. A Q&A page allows queries to be posed to "Dr. Dictionary" (with an FAQ listing many answers). There are word games, online foreign dictionaries, and links to writing resources; you can also subscribe to a Word of the Day by e-mail. Treehouses Ever wish you could have lived in your treehouse? Well, you can be a kid again, in Takilma, ORegon - by the night or by the week! Solitaire Solitaire enthusiasts here’s a small site where you can play Tournament Solitaire 3 different Solitaire games per day. A new game starts the first of each month, but you can get in practice now. Tip: Don’t Update your Scores til you have finished all three Klondike, Agnes’s Solitaire and Lois’s Solitaire. Leader in all three at the present time is Bruce Hullman….give him a run for his money (free). Good insructions for the games.
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Other Random but Fun Events: #Just4Fun (OUTBURST); #Sunshine_Again ( MADGABS)
DARWIN AWARD This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the Australian equivalent of The Workers' Compensation board. Dear Sir “I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient. I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six story building. When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later were found to be slightly in excess of 500 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks. You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form that I weigh 135lbs. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an equal, impressive speed. This explained the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collar bone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report form. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience a great deal of pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again to my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken legs. I hope this answers your inquiry
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, war-mongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet,the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon-not once, but several times- and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke,nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is sick and tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those." Stand proud, America!
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”Hoof and Mouth” Atlanta, Ga. (SatireWire.com) - Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center today confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease cannot be spread by Microsoft's Outlook email application, believed to be the first time the program has ever failed to propagate a major virus. Read more here
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. On Your Anniversary . |
