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This
month brings to us great sadness. As most of you know Chiefy's
precious ten week old granddaughter passed away on November 13th.
Alexandra Paige was a gift that was with us for so very short a
time. So many of our StarLink-IRC family expressed their
friendship and compassion in so many wondrous ways to Chiefy and his
family. It has been overwhelming to see how good hearted our
folks are in this dear cyber community.
#Townhall meetings
are every Sunday night at 9:30 Eastern time. November's gemstone
is Topaz, the symbol of truth; flower is Chrysanthemum. November Nobember 21 Happy Birthday to Ah of #Trivia_Dreams November 22 Happy Wedding Anniversary to IRC Op Wullie and MrsWullie November 22 Happy Birthday to Lorellei` of #Trivia_Dreams November 23 Happy Birthday to Rhythm of #12Steps_Alanon November 24 Happy Birthday to Devroy of #30+Kickin^Back November 30 Happy Birthday to Shirley_c of #Trivia_Dreams December December 3 Happy Birthday to
Elusvrose of #Trivia_Dreams
December 6 Happy Birthday to Peman of #40Something December 6 Happy Birthday to Youps of #40Something December 9 Happy Birthday to IRC OP Dilly December 9 Happy Birthday to Tanya of #Trivia_Dreams December 11 Happy Birthday to IRC Op Blu December 12 Happy Birthday to Kath of #Trivia_Dreams December 16 Happy Birthday to NillaHead of #Trivia_Dreams December 17 Happy Birthday to Jman of #TooManyChannelsToCount!! December 19 Happy Birthday to ellegon of #Cops December 25 Merry Christmas December 27 Happy Birthday to Delightful of #40Something
We'd wish the rest of you Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary except that we DON'T KNOW your special dates! Scream and kick and cry and throw a hissy fit until your channel owner sends in your dates! Well, if you'd rather take the high road, just email newsletter@starlink-irc.org and we'll include YOUR special date in the next edition!
Join us in #Townhall every Sunday night at
9:30pm
EST. You can advertise your channel and ask questions regarding the
net, make suggestions, or just join and meet your neighbors!
Thanks to TooShy and MikeChat for putting on another GREAT Halloween Color Show in #Townhall on Oct. 30th. Lots of folks came to watch the wonderful color artistry and listen to the sounds that accompanied the artwork! ************************************ A Halloween Scavenger Hunt was held on Oct 30th starting in #Townhall. There was 24 participants this year and the top 5 winners were: 1. Poliwogg 2. beahive 3. seachelle 4. Malachi 5. Steve57 Congrats to the winners!! Thanks to NOLady for coming up with the great clues and thanks also to Itsy for editing. Also thanks to all those who were helpers in all the channels :) And congratulations to the SL-IRC staff for making sure that network connections and backups for servers and services (like our dear CStar) were available and brought online to keep disruptions to a minimum. (Itsy) REMINDER: Clocks get turned back one hour
this weekend (25/26 Oct)
To all channel owners: If you have changed internet service providers please let cservice know if you have a new email address. We need the information to be able to contact you in case of problems with your channel or in case you have forgotten to authenticate in your channel and need a reminder to do so. Email addresses ARE kept confidential. Thanks to everyone for
making StarLink-IRC the wonderful cybertown that it is!!!!!!
WHello, Friends. It's just a few more
days and it will be time for Thanksgiving. I have a nice selection of
great sides and deserts for you to try for this happy time with
Family. I hope that you really enjoy them. Thanks to BG and crumbl
and beahive of #40Something and other places around the net :)
for sending in this months recipes. I really need some great party
foods for Christmas Parties and New Year Eve Parties. So start
sending them in make sure you send to cookingonthewildside@yahoo.com. I
hope that each of you have a Wonderful and Blessed Thanksgiving. Until
next month Lets keep cookingonthewildside.
wildchild
Rutabaga Puff
1 large rutabaga (about 3 lb.) Peel rutabaga and cut into 1” cubes These are fast and easy to make and are great for the holiday season! Chocolate Chip Cheese Bars
1 tube (18 ounces) refrigerated choc chip cookie dough Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar and egg together in a mixing bowl. Put it in the fridge.Enjoy! .
Please send positive thoughts and prayers to
Gareeth and to {cryssy}
who have both had recent surgeries. contributed by Amazing
Here we are only 375 days til Thanksgiving .. (the next one, this one is already here so it's too late.) Be sure to try the deep fried cajun style turkey for a change. Get one from NOLady, or better yet, just drop in for the holidays and stay a while. Til, say, 2038. Tell her Amazing sent you! From the I'm Not Making This Up file: DON'T deep fry turkeys in propane fired deep fryers on a wooden deck !! ( some idiot around here did that .. burned down his whole house... I'm not making that up. I feel sorry for the guy, but sheesh. Flaming oil, wood deck, wood house.. duh. Prolly runs his charcoal bbq in the attic. Course you could deep fry a snowman. That would get you on Emeril's cooking show. Or Martha's. Maybe thats what her problem is.. they said stock tip and she gave somebody an idea for chicken soup? (When her defense team pays me for that strategy, I'll share.) honest. really. It's Christmas.. Would I lie ?? Itsy
#DruidRealm - Anomir New Channel Owners: Send information on your channel to the newsletter for publication in the next issue.
Thanks
to Alien for finding this one for us... TOO funny!
No tips this Month - Either (Itsy)
Security Those running
windows - also be sure to stay current with the critical updates. Other
updates may be optional .. but the critical ones are called 'critical'
for a reason!
If you have questions or are nervous about something someone told you about downloading a security feature or application, feel free to ask in #channels for suggestions.. Your system is your own, but we can provide some additional information you might find useful making the decision.
HALLOWEEN SCAVENGER HUNT AND COLOR SHOW IN #TOWNHALL 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST In addition to the hunt, TooShy and MikeChat will be putting on another of their GREAT color shows and you won't want to miss it! #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.
"Recently a crisis of unjust measure struck my family, with the loss of our 2 1/2 month old granddaughter. Tonight as the trial of dealing with our grief in public ends and our private thoughts begin, I have to turn and thank those in my extended family who went out of their way to be there for me. I have heard the expression on IRC real life and cyber life, and while I agree in most cases both exist, I had a great deal of comfort support and personal friendship during this experience that helped me to deal with my personal thoughts and feelings. To those that reached out in thought and prayer, my thanks and undying love. To those who went the extra mile to walk with me in my shoes these past few days I can't begin to express how I feel and I only hope that if any of you in either case should ever need me in a time of trial I can somehow come close to measuring up to what you have given my family and me." chiefySee http://www.starlink-irc.org/special/inmemory.alex.html to see the beautiful wreath that was sent by chiefy's online family and friends Wildchild and Family Our deepest sympathies are with wildchild and her family. Her grandmother's long battle with illness is over and she's no longer suffering.
Amazing reminds us that there may be other folks hurting, so take the time to think of them.
Laughter is good medicine! Thanks
to Itsy (and to ItsyDad) for these!
It all started out so simply.... God covered the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. Then using God's bountiful gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's and Krispy Kreme. And Satan said, "You want hot fudge with that?" And Man said "Yes!" and Woman said, "I'll have another with sprinkles." And lo they gained 10 pounds. And God created the healthful yogurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane, and combined them. And Woman went from size 2 to size 14. So God said, "Try my fresh green garden salad." And Satan presented crumbled Bleu Cheese
dressing and garlic toast on
the side.
And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast. God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them." And Satan brought forth deep fried coconut shrimp,butter dipped lobster chunks and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man's cholesterol went through the roof. God then brought forth running shoes so that his Children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan came forth with a cable TV with
remote control so Man
would not have to toil changing the channels.
And man and woman laughed and cried before the flickering light and started wearing stretch jogging suits. Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with potassium and good nutrition. Then Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them in animal fats and added copious quantities of salt. And Man put on more pounds. God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created McDonald's and the 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then Lucifer said, "You want fries with that?" Man replied, "Yes! And supersize 'em!" And Satan said "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest. God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery. And Satan created HMOs. A blonde pilot decided she wanted to learn how to fly a helicopter. She went to the airport, but the only one available was a solo-helicopter. The Instructor figured he could let her go up alone since she was already a pilot for small planes and he could instruct her via radio So up the blonde went. She reached 1,000 feet and everything was going smoothly. She reached 2,000 feet. The blonde and the Instructor kept talking via radio. Everything was running smoothly. At 3,000 feet the helicopter suddenly came down quickly! It skimmed the top of some trees and crash landed in he woods. The Instructor jumped into his jeep and rushed out to see if the blonde was okay. As he reached the edge of the woods, the blonde was walking out. "What happened?" the Instructor asked. "All as going so well until you reached 3,000 feet. What happened then?" "Well," began the blonde, "I got cold. So I turned off the ceiling fan. When short hemlines came back into fashion, I dug an old miniskirt out of my closet. I tried it on, but couldn't figure out what to do with my other leg. As a senior citizen was driving down the
freeway, his car phone rang.
CHOCOLATE IS A VEGETABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!"=================================================== Chocolate is a Vegetable
Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar BEETS. Both of them are plants, in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable. To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food. Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. Remember - - - "STRESSED" spelled backward is "DESSERTS"" While attending a marriage seminar on
communication, Keith and his wife
Carolyn listened to the instructor declare,
"It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other." He addressed the men, "Can you describe your wife's favorite flower?" Keith leaned over, touched Carolyn's arm gently and whispered, "Pillsbury, All-purpose, isn't it honey?" And thus began Keith's life of celibacy. A man went to visit his 90 year old
grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of the state.
After spending the night, his grandfather prepared breakfast for him consisting of eggs and bacon. He noticed a film-like substance on his plate, so he questioned his grandfather, "Are these plates clean?" His grandfather replied, "Those plates are as clean as cold water can get them, so go on and finish your meal." That afternoon, while eating the hamburgers his grandfather made for lunch, he noticed tiny specks around the edge of his plate, and a substance that looked like dried egg yokes. So he asked again, " Are you sure these plates are clean?" Without looking up from his hamburger, the grandfather says, "I told you before, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't ask me about it anymore!" Later that afternoon, as he was on his way out to get the paper, he dog started to growl and wouldn't let him pass. "Grandfather, your dog won't let me out." Without diverting his attention from the exciting football game his grandfather shouted "Coldwater....., move!!!!!"
Get Well Soon Life can take it’s toll these days There’s lots of wear and tear At times we all need patching up Some medical repair And since you’re in a time like that There’s just one thought to send That you are often thought about While you are on the mend Relax now and get thoroughly well. |
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