HIGHLA-L Digest - 29 Jul 2006 to 30 Jul 2006 (#2006-118)

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      Topics of the day:
      
        1. moderator issues (2)
        2. archives for WendyWeasel
        3. Now I know what Midges are (6)
      
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:18:30 -0400
      From:    Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net>
      Subject: Re: moderator issues
      
      Marina says:
      > I also have some. I saved them all together in huge files, some pretty
      > much without dates, etc., but they're there.
      > I have offered them to SOME PEOPLE *coughWendycough* before
      > but they didn't seem interested. It doesn't matter, I just 
      > kept them for myself in the first place.
      
      You coughed?
      
      Did I not seem interested? Maybe that was one of the days I was on drugs
      <eg> Send them along, woman! (Are they too big to email?)(We'll work
      something out)
      
      I suspect that between all of us here, we have most of the archives.
      Maybe we should try to piece them together. We could make it a group
      project. I just love group projects <EG>. Everyone could look at their
      hard drives and old disk collections and find what they have.  Then
      we'll (I'll) consolidate and make it all available to whomever wants it.
      (Me.)
      
      I'll start:
      
      I have the complete archives starting in June of 1995. 
      
      Who has something earlier? Janine? Come on, you old pack rat! You know
      you have this stuff.
      
      Wendy(People with 3.5" disks they can no longer read on their machines
      can just ....um....we'll work something out)
      
      Immortals Inc.
      immortals_incorporated@cox.net
      "Weasels for Eternity" 
      
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:18:30 -0400
      From:    Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net>
      Subject: Re: moderator issues
      
      Two weeks without internet access and I get back to this.
      
      MacGeorge says:
      > I guess the larger question is whether, since it appears the older 
      > archives cannot be retrieved from the moderator, which archives 
      > represent a large part of the value of the list,
      
      While the archives are, indeed, of value, especially to those of us who
      were here "back in the day", they don't, to my mind, represent the real
      value of this List.
      
      >does everyone prefer to:
      > 1)  Limp along the way we are (the guy at .psu says he'll be happy to 
      > deal with occasional spamming issues or other problems.) or
      
      As others have said (This is a "me too" post!), I'm here until Debbie
      turns out the lights - whether Debbie gives a damn or not.
      
      > 2)  Start a new list;
      
      Again, as others have said (Me Too!!!), it's probably kind of late to
      start a new list for a dead TV show and a dying franchise. If "The
      Source" proves to be a huge success (both artistically and financially)
      perhaps we'll attract some new blood. If not,  the geezers, the lurkers
      and the occasional late-comers will just muddle through here.
      
      > 3)  Bag it and everyone leave for LJ land.
      
      Once again <eg> (ME TOO!!!!) I too have tried LJ and found it wanting.
      It's not LJ's problem, it's mine. I hate the format. 
      
      And so, here I shall sit.
      
      Wendy(::::::picks up a catalog and starts shopping for a new rocker
      cushion:::::::)
      
      
      
      Immortals Inc.
      immortals_incorporated@cox.net
      "Weasels for Eternity" 
      
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:48:49 -0600
      From:    molli <molli@4dv.net>
      Subject: archives for WendyWeasel
      
       I have the dead horse faq, the Weasel faq  the Sally Struthers PSA, and =
      the Weasels tale if you want it Wendy. Also a bunch of Kip stuff.
      
      hugs,=20
      molli
      
      "If you need a cop, call 911.  If you need a /miracle/, call Harry =
      Dresden."
      
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:51:30 -0400
      From:    bschep@aol.com
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      We made good use of Avon Skin-So-Soft --- now that we knew what we were up against. And we stayed away from moist Midge gathering places.
       
      B 
       
       
      -----Original Message-----
      From: Dotiran@aol.com
      To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
      Sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 1:28 PM
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      
      In a message dated 7/28/2006 6:20:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bschep@aol.com 
      writes:
      I remember someone warning me about the midges on Skye Island.
      
      
      Ah yes, the pesky wee creatures are a bother :)
      Thank God one of our friends had warned us and we went prepared with anti 
      midge spray on our visit and I could tell it really worked.
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:53:09 -0400
      From:    bschep@aol.com
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      We are in Edinburgh now -- we will probably spend the remaining days venturing to and from the city -- right now I Am in the honey pot cafe struggling with an unfamiliar keyboard. Are you near? 
       
       
      -----Original Message-----
      From: jette@blueyonder.co.uk
      To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
      Sent: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 4:45 PM
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      
      From: <bschep@aol.com> 
       
      > Ah... now she tells me! maybe we'll just buy a cigar and wave it around! >  
      When do you get to Edinburgh? 
       
      Jette Goldie 
      jette@blueyonder.co.uk 
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:56:02 +0100
      From:    Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      From: <bschep@aol.com>
      
      > We are in Edinburgh now -- we will probably spend the remaining days 
      > venturing to and from the city -- right now I Am in the honey pot cafe 
      > struggling with an unfamiliar keyboard. Are you near?
      >
      
      
      I live in Edinburgh - don't know the "Honey Pot", must be a new cybercafe
      
      Jette Goldie
      jette@blueyonder.co.uk
      
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:57:43 -0400
      From:    bschep@aol.com
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      We saw backpackers covered in sores. In the Midwest US where I am from, we have mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers -- but I've never been surrounded by a swarm of biting creatures before.. Well, maybe in Minnesota....
      B 
       
       
      -----Original Message-----
      From: elainen@inguz.co.uk
      To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
      Sent: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 4:24 AM
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      
      >>Midges like dusk, they like shade and they like water<<
      
      Not forgetting that they love fair skin - though they will eat anything
      on offer.
      
       >>- you're safest in full sunlight,stay away from trees and
      lochs........ but they will avoid smoke - look for a BBQ party, or
      someone smoking a big cigar and stand in the smoke <g><<
      
      This is why thay have banned smoking in pubs if everyone stands outside
      and smokes it will keep the midges down....brilliant. ;-/
      
      I once had a work mate who went on the forest stages of the Scottish
      rally, got eaten alive....bad enough but he went back the following
      year...now I'm car daft but even I won't do that.
      
      Elaine
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:59:29 -0400
      From:    bschep@aol.com
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      It's on the bottom floor on a street called George IV. We just finished touring the Whiskey Experience -- boooorrrriiinnngg.... <g> The Castle was pretty impressive though. Any recommendations? 
       
       
      -----Original Message-----
      From: jette@blueyonder.co.uk
      To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
      Sent: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 5:56 PM
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      
      From: <bschep@aol.com> 
       
      > We are in Edinburgh now -- we will probably spend the remaining days > venturing to and from the city -- right now I Am in the honey pot cafe > struggling with an unfamiliar keyboard. Are you near? 
      > 
       
      I live in Edinburgh - don't know the "Honey Pot", must be a new cybercafe 
       
      Jette Goldie 
      jette@blueyonder.co.uk 
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      Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:13:59 +0100
      From:    Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
      Subject: Re: Now I know what Midges are
      
      From: <bschep@aol.com>
      
      
      > It's on the bottom floor on a street called George IV. We just finished 
      > touring the Whiskey Experience -- boooorrrriiinnngg.... <g> The Castle was 
      > pretty impressive though. Any recommendations?
      
      
      If the weather stays clear tomorrow, I'd really suggest The Camera Obscura,
      which is up next to the Castle.  On a day like today you should be able to 
      see
      all the way across to Fife and down to the Borders.  You climb up to the
      top of an old (very old) building and sit inside a darkened room.  A
      periscope projects a live, real time, view onto a circular table in the 
      centre
      of the room with amazing clarity.
      
      You could also explore Calton Hill and see the views of the city from
      there.
      
      If you enjoyed the Castle, you'll enjoy Holyrood Palace.  Holyrood
      Park (next to the palace) is a small expanse of tranquil countryside
      in the heart of the city, with its own bonsai mountains.
      
      Take a wander up the road known as "The Queen's Drive" (the
      queen in question was Victoria) and see the views of the city
      from there
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfette/162425952/
      
      There's also a spectacular sculpture exhibition on in the park
      just now, with about 20 or so stone carvings like this
      
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfette/158693194/
      
      Jette Goldie
      jette@blueyonder.co.uk
      http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
      ("reply to" is spamblocked) 
      
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