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SL-IRC LOGO STUFF SHAMELESS PLUG
StarLink-IRC has made some logo items (mugs, t-shirts,
sweatshirts, hats) available through cafepress.com at http://www.cafepress.com/slirc
Cafepress handles all sales, production, shipping, and warranty. StarLink-IRC
gets no money from sales of these items. (All prices and shipping costs
are set by cafepress without any additions by StarLink-IRC)
General
Information
Logo Stuffs: SL-IRC logo
items (non-profit) www.cafepress.com/slirc
Security: TriStar
and security: www.starlink-irc.org/security/
Webring: For
all who have webpages check www.starlink-irc.org/webring.html
Ombudspersons: See
www.starlink-irc.org/slirc-org.html#Ombudsman
Why We (SL-IRC) Are Here:
A #Townhall Special
Presentation
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
DISCLAIMER
- Web sites identified here may contain executable files (software). Be
advised that StarLink-IRC has no knowledge of the suitability or effects
such softare may have on your system. We advise everyone to make a carefully
informed evaluation and decision prior to running any new software.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Comments? Remarks? Send
them to Lois and if they're nice, she might put them here.
Nothing this month.
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THIS MONTH'S CELEBRATIONS
- Let's party!
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by lois
August
- 18 Viet Nam Veterans Day (Australia)
- 24 Virgo Begins
- 20 Trouble's birthday (#50&fantastic)
September
- 2 Full Moon Day
- 3 Labor Day
- 9 Larry C's birthday (Admin. Mt. Vernon server)
- 9 Grandparents' Day
- 13 Friday the 13th (Adopt a black cat!)
- 15 Summer Olympics
- 15 Quarterly Tax Day
- 19 Willco's birthday (#Norwich, Cservice)
Please send your
channel's birthdays and anniversaries for our Celebrations Column! And
tell us which channels you are on!
August 23 - September 23 - Virgo
The Virgin
- Symbol: The Virgin
- Birthstone: Sardonyx (quartz family)
- Flower:
- Lucky Day:
- Lucky Color: Green and Dark Brown
- Lucky Number:
- Ruling Planet:
- Element:
The modest Virgin is not likely to get caught bouncing
a check. Those born under this sign are blessed with common sense and self-reliance
and manage their money (and that of others) very well. As befits their
cautious and reflective nature, Virgos like to size up a situation first,
making them good business partners. These honest and trustworthy folks
are also chronic worriers. Never tell a Virgo to relax! A Virgo likes to
keep busy and productive. Learn to delegate chores and responsibilities.
Traditional Virgo Traits: Modest and shy; meticulous and reliable; practical
and diligent. On the Dark Side: Fussy and a worrier, overcritical and harsh,
perfectionist and conservative.
Famous Virgins: Lauren Bacall, Michael Jackson, D. H.
Lawrence, Queen Elizabeth I.
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AMAZING AND LESSER THINGS!
by Amazing
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#Townhall will be open all day on Wednesday, Sept 11th for tributes
to 9/11
There will also be a color show in #Townhall given by the #mirc_colors
crew in remembrance of 9/11. The show starts at 6:30pm PDT-9:30pm EDT
Reminder to all channel owners:
If you happen to have a change of email address PLEASE let CService know
so we can update the channel information. 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
or come to #channels and let an op know.
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
#OldRadio
August, 1912 - St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia,
PA was granted the first experimental radio license by the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
Joe Mackey
Visit my home
page:
#OdRadio channel members meet Thursdays, 8 PM Eastern,
for Old Time Radio Chat about the shows of the golden days of radio. Everyone
is welcome!
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#Recovery
The #recovery chatroom wishes to invite those who are
in need of recovery support to join us in our nightly meetings held in
the chat room at 9 pm eastern time and again at 9 am eastern time. Come
share your ES&H with others who have chosen sobriety. Open to both
NA and AA our group would like to extend its hand to help others find serenity
and peace through the 12 steps and 12 traditions. You're no longer alone
in recovery. Visit our chat room anytime: Recovery
Chat and Java
Chat pages. WEBTV
IRC Visit our web
site and egroup
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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
Contributed by Amazing
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FOGWEB FOLLIES
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A short column of made-up facts and
non-information brought to you by your friendly neighborhood arachnid
Here we are, almost in the back-to-school season. Education
is a good thing. Sometimes though it just isn't enough. ...in the words
of a performance review I read once --
"Mr. Jones is incapable of performing the simplest
of tasks with any success.
He is not qualified for his job ..and no amount of training will help."
Course Mr. Jones is probably running Enron now .. so who knows.
All work and no play, however, makes Jack RICH ..oh wait. No. Something
about dull. Speaking of sports and play (i needed a lead in here)...
Your intrepid spider was visiting a channel ( which while
having a wide world membership and for the under 60 over 40 crowd shall
remain nameless..) and, after taking many notes and then losing them, recalls
the following. (The names have been disguised with * to protect the guilty)
In this particular channel, L*ul*u and Am*b*er admitted clugging at golf
course. L*ul*u denies involvement .. Then there was a report someone was
caught cross dressing as bu*mpa. Then lu*lu says bu*mpa is her brother.
This is all very confusing and as soon as I make up ^h^h^h^h discover the
details, you can be sure they will be reported here with some accuracy.
Not a lot of accuracy mind you....but some. After all, we have standards.
Til next time...
AND BUY A MUG OR SHIRT at www.cafepress.com/slirc
All profits go to .. hey, wait.. they go to cafepress.
We dont't get a dime! Who set THIS deal up??? Oh. Wait. That was me. n/m
^H^H^H^H^H^
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NEW CHANNELS
New Stars Linked by Treecat ..
A warm welcome to this month's
new channels and their owners.
If you have a chance, do stop in and give these
folks a friendly Hi!
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- #Whistle^stopCafe - niki
- #Bridge - ^alex^
- #VietNamVets2002 - Bear
- #Reiki - sil
- #TheHideaway - Paper Tiger
- #Fireplace - JuliaS
- #50sBrats - Patrice
- #spottedeagle^slodge - tea
- #ASeniorMoment - jul222
- #50sfun - ^Attila
- #trivmania - sargent
- #Hopefrombeyond - Lilly
- #Hotel_California - Gate
- #SailingTalk - CabinBoy
- #Ageless - wink`
- #bowl4fun - ntb
- #Reawakenings - one
- #news2me - tialori
- #sciastro - Portia
- #BeginningReadersRoom - Angelv
- #cmjbuddies - cybin
- #NWATNAChat - Shivan
- #TimothyDaltonChatGroup - Debra
- #AngelsOfPeace - MellyK
- #Brasil - Moska
- #taawy - jarius2002
- #wiplash - Kris
New Channel Owners:
Send information on your channel to the newsletter for publication in the
next issue.
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TRAVEL
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Places to go on the net
CARTOONS
http://slate.msn.com//default.aspx?id=2057622
Cartoons
on every subject imaginable, by the worlds' top cartoonists. You can even
send e-cards from this site, with the cartoons on them. Hurry to see cards
for Elvis 25th Anniversary of his death. And thanka-you-vera-much-a.
TRIBUTES
http://lkview.net/TributesDirectory/TributesDirectory.htm
This
Site, contributed by Willco, contains an excellent list of Memorials and
Tributes to 9/11, including excellent moving graphics of the flights of
the various planes involved.
NINE ELEVEN
http://www.zarcrom.com/users/alzheimers/usa/poe.html
This
is another URL that has some great tributes. If you know of some other
sites please join with us in #Townhall on Sept 11th and share your tributes.
Nothing new
this issue
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THE MEETING ROOM
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by Amazing
All Times Eastern North America
Regular
Network Event Schedule
Note: All times are Eastern US
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#TownHall
#MoonShadow
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Fans
of Old Time Radio
Net-Wide
User Meeting **
Trivia!
Every thursday
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#Islander
#Just4Fun
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Live
Trivia!
Now
and then. Outburst Game! Fun for All
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Other Random but Fun Events: #WTGO (All sorts of stuffs) #Just4Fun
(OUTBURST); #Sunshine_Again ( MADGABS)
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RESERVE TOWNHALL FOR YOUR MEETING!
#Townhall can be reserved for parties or meetings.
Send an email to slirc-register@starlink-irc.org
if you are interested in reserving the channel for an event. An email will
be sent back, confirming the reservation. Put #townhall in the SUBJECT
of the mail, and date, time and reason in the BODY.
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Yet Another Unpaid Advertisement!.
there has to be some way to make a buck here
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IN MEMORIAM
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Those who have moved on
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Deepest
sympathies
to Ameret
of
#PJ_Popups
For
the sudden loss of a dear friend of 30 years
Lost
in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter.
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Amazing reminds us that there may be other folks hurting,
so take the time to think of them.
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THE LIBRARY
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contributed poems, humor, and stories
STELLA AWARD
Contributed by Donna518 of #50&fantastic
The "Stella" awards rank up there with the
Darwin awards. Stella Liebeck is the 81 year old lady who spilled coffee
on herself and sued McDonalds, winning millions of dollars. This case inspired
an annual award. " The Stella Award" -- for the most frivolous
lawsuits in the U.S. The only remaining question is "What are juries
THINKING, to make such outrageous awards???"
The following are this year's candidates:
1. January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was
awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping
over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of
the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the
misbehaving little boy was Ms. Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles
won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with
a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at
the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
3. October 1998: Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania
was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage.
He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door
opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door
connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family
was on vacation. Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight
days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry
dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused
him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million
dollars.
4. October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas
was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks
by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's
fenced-in yard. The award was less than the amount sought because the jury
felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr.
Williams, who was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to
pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500 after she slipped
on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was on the floor because
Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully
sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from
the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This
occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the
ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000
and dental expenses.
7. And the winner is: Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City.
In November 2000 Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new
32 foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having joined the
freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's
seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly,
the Winnie left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued
Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook the he couldn't actually
do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnie. (Winniebago actually
changed their owners manuals because of this court case just in case there
are any other complete morons buying their vehicles.)
Architect in Hell
contributed by NOLady
- An architect goes to Hell where the devil says: "Hey we don't
get many architects around here. There's some work I want you to do for
me." Within a short time, the architect gets an air-conditioning system
installed, puts in elevators and escalators, repaints the place and in
general makes it quite attractive.
- God hears of this and calls the devil on his cell phone. "Hey,
what's going on down there?" God asks Satan
- "Amazing!" says Satan, "We got an architect and he put
in Air Conditioning, escalators and escalators, even repainted the place
- it looks beautiful down here."
- "An architect? You don't get the architects; I do!" said
the almighty,
- "All the architects are up here. How do you think we keep this
place looking like it does? That architect was a mistake. Send him back!"
- "No," said the devil, "I will not send him back. We've
got him and we're going to keep him!"
- "No you won't," God responded, "I'll sue you!"
- "Oh yeah," said Satan,
- "Where are you going to get a lawyer?"
(We don't usually publish recipes, but this
one came highly recommended!)
CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESE BARS
Contributed by BG
It's easy, simple and meets all mIRC snacking
requirements (it's edible!). BG
Chocolate Chip Cheese Bars
1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated choc chip cookie dough
OR 2 cups of your favorite choc chip cookie dough
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar
and egg together in a mixing bowl. Put it in the fridge. Grease 8-in square
baking pan. Press half of the cookie dough (1 cup) onto the bottom of the
pan. I found it easiest to use my hands for this as forks and spoons seemed
to lift the dough from the greased pan. Spread the cream cheese mixture
on top of the cookie dough. Crumble the remaining choc chip cookie dough
on top of the cream cheese mixture. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes
or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cool
and refrigerate. After it has been refrigerated, it is easier to cut.
Enjoy!
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WWW (WAY WITH WORDS)
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by Scorp
Retirement
- Retirement
- Good Job!
- Now get the heck outa here
- Congratulations on your Retirement !
Have you tried to find 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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Lois
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