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blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 168
Today's Topics:
Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Re: [B7L] Re: Barcode hell
[B7L] Goodbyeee
Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
[B7L] Enarrare page
[B7L] thunderbirds
[B7L] new improved b7
[B7L] Ahmish Friendship spam
Re: [B7L] Re: Barcode hell
RE: [B7L] thunderbirds
[B7L] Seven by seven
[B7L] Re: Barcode hell
[B7L]Limited Editions
Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
RE: [B7L] thunderbirds
RE: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
[B7L] 7x7
Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
[B7L] Lost in Space
[B7L] RE: Blakes'7
[B7L] re: Terry Pratchet
[B7L] another 7-squared
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:48:34 +0100
From: "Julie Horner" <jihorner@dial.pipex.com>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
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> From: AChevron@aol.com
> For those of us not there, what is Terry's gong and/or the
announcement?
Terry got an OBE (Order of the British Empire) - for services to literature
I
suppose.
Isn't this round of awards the new sort where people can nominate them
rather than just being the Queen's Birthday or whatever?
Julie Horner
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:52:28 EDT
From: AChevron@aol.com
To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
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Many thanks for the enlightenment. Let's hope someone doesn't go back and
claim it's a mistake... D. Rose
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:54:08 +1000
From: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
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On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:43:22AM +0200, goodnews4u2@mailexcite.com wrote:
>
> Amish Friendship Bread
Oh Lord! We're being spammed again! Calle?
Of course Avon would just fry their connection.
Blake... would try to negotiate.
Vila would just put up with it.
Gan would buy the friendship bread and bake it and give some to
everyone.
Jenna would distract Blake to let Avon get on with zapping them.
Cally would eat Gan's bread.
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 15:08:26 -0700
From: Helen Krummenacker <avona@jps.net>
To: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
CC: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
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Kathryn Andersen wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:43:22AM +0200, goodnews4u2@mailexcite.com wrote:
> >
> > Amish Friendship Bread
>
> Oh Lord! We're being spammed again! Calle?
>
> Of course Avon would just fry their connection.
> Blake... would try to negotiate.
> Vila would just put up with it.
> Gan would buy the friendship bread and bake it and give some to
> everyone.
> Jenna would distract Blake to let Avon get on with zapping them.
> Cally would eat Gan's bread.
Dayna would eat the bread _while_ encouraging Avon to zap the Spammer.
Tarrant would go play with the beautiful Amish girl.
Soolin would outshoot the Spammer while Avon was still working on frying
the connection.
--Avona
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:03:41 +0100
From: "Tom Forsyth" <Tom.Forsyth@btinternet.com>
To: "B7 Lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: Barcode hell
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Sarah T wrote:
> Steve, is WD-40 or something equivalent available in Britain? This is a
> spray-on substance that, well, unsticks things. The labeling on the can
> says that it can be used to remove stick-on labels, but I've never tried
> it for such a purpose myself. I can testify that it works wonderfully
> well on locks that keys stick in, as well as other small mechanical
> parts that don't move as smoothly as they should.
We certainly do have WD40 - available at any hardware store, and I would
guess 90% of toolsheds across the nation. A million and one uses.
But don't spray it on paper things! WD40 is a mix of various detergents,
lubricants and aerosols. Now, while the detergent is the bit you want, and
might well work, I doubt very much that the lubricants or aerosols would do
the cover much good at all. WD40 is designed for metal and things that
don't need to be kept pristine, just lubricated.
You could give it a go on some innocent bits of card first, I guess (try an
old birthday or Christmas card), but my instinct is to keep WD40 well away
from anything porous that needs to be kept the same colour as it started
out. I might be wrong, of course.
Tom Forsyth.
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: JuliaN <dsv2@yahoo.com>
To: space-city@world.std.com, b7spin@metva.com.au, Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Goodbyeee
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I'm off to England for two months tomorrow, so I'm about to unsub
here. I'll miss reading all the wonderful and interesting post. How
will I live without email for 2 months!!
Look forward to meeting everyone who's going to Page's on Saturday.
Bye
Jay
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:27:59 EDT
From: AChevron@aol.com
To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
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In a message dated 98-06-16 17:29:17 EDT, you write:
<< Of course Avon would just fry their connection.
Blake... would try to negotiate.
Vila would just put up with it.
Gan would buy the friendship bread and bake it and give some to
everyone.
Jenna would distract Blake to let Avon get on with zapping them.
Cally would eat Gan's bread.
>>
LOLOL!! This almost made the spam worthwhile!
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:48:20 PDT
From: "Todd Girdler" <toddgirdler@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
Message-ID: <19980617024821.22008.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>Oh Lord! We're being spammed again! Calle?
>Vila would just put up with it.
Really? I get the impression that Vila would steal the recipe and sell
it, or use it to drive the "Amish Friendship Bread Co" out of business,
thereby setting himself up for a life of lazyness.
I could be wrong about that, of course.
-Todd-
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:03:02 +1000 (EST)
From: kat@welkin.apana.org.au (Kathryn Andersen)
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se (Blake's 7 list)
Subject: [B7L] Enarrare page
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Hi folks, just thought I'd announce the existance of the new Enarrare'
web page. Annie H. doesn't have net access, so I volunteered to make
a web-page for the zine. It has information on all the
currently-available and upcoming issues of Enarrare', plus some
history. In the "upcoming" department, Issues 9 and 11 should be
coming out in August. Issue 9 was postponed in order to bring out
Issue 10 (a S:AAB special) for Neutral Zone. Issue 11 is also a S:AAB
special, but Issue 9 has the usual mix of Blake's 7, Doctor Who, UFO
and other SF stuff.
The URL? Yeah, I almost forgot that.
http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat/enarrare/enarrare.htm
(Please note, for anyone linking to my home page, that the address is
now home.connexus.net.au instead of connexus.apana.org.au. The old
address will remain current probably til the end of the year)
Kathryn Andersen
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:08:05 +1000
From: Roger the Shrubber <darrenro@ozonline.com.au>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] thunderbirds
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John wrote
Ummm - I've never been able to take animals seriously - lets face it ...
when the romantic lead looks like the father (Jeff Tracey) from the
Thunderbirds enuf is enuf. Love the eyebrows - but how does he walk thru
doors and when is he going to call for "Brains?" (and what would lady Pen
say about the Dayna tryst ... or has the chuffer stolen the moment?).
******
<major giggling fit>
who said Thunderbirds didn't influence B7 !? The special effects budgets were
probably identical, Paul & Josette & David J. received their acting lessons
from Alan Tracey ("No no ! Not wooden enough - here let me show you !)-
Jackie P certainly got hers from Lady Pen - and use stock footage from
previous episodes whenever possible.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:08:19 +1000
From: Roger the Shrubber <darrenro@ozonline.com.au>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] new improved b7
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Judith dreamed
In my wilder dreams, somebody decides to re-edit Blake's 7 and changes
nothing except the special efects. Not a single character moment is lost or
changed, but the space battles suddenly look amazing.
*****
Massed battle scenes choreographed like Bab 5 and Independence Day, computer
generated FX like the Lost In Space movie (travis in that body armour ),
plenty of extras and expensive sets like 5th Element, monsters like Men In
Black. Characters like B7. Yeah ! It works !
___________________________________
from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome !
powerplay@cheerful.com
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"OK, here's a disc sander, maybe ratchet up the manliness just a tad."
______________________________________
"The Administration is out to get me"
_______________________________________
"In the end, winning is the only safety"
_________________________________________
"While not detracting in any way from this store's right to examine all
baggage, I am
prepared to concede that our security man may have exceeded his authority in
napalming your grandmother"
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 23:44:10 EDT
From: penny_kjelgaard@juno.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Ahmish Friendship spam
Message-ID: <19980616.204108.13607.1.Penny_Kjelgaard@juno.com>
I can tell you how to start the bread and send you two wonderful
recipes...and its free for an e mail smile.
Penny
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:45:56 +1000
From: "Katrina Harkess" <kharkess@mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: Barcode hell
Message-Id: <199806170615.QAA06324@extra.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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> > Steve, is WD-40 or something equivalent available in Britain? This is
a
> > spray-on substance that, well, unsticks things. The labeling on the
can
> > says that it can be used to remove stick-on labels, but I've never
tried
> > it for such a purpose myself. I can testify that it works wonderfully
> > well on locks that keys stick in, as well as other small mechanical
> > parts that don't move as smoothly as they should.
Hey - have you tried eucalyptus oil?? It's very good at dissolving sticky
stuff allowing labels and stickers to be peeled off and it doesn't do
damage to ink [though if you're not sparing with it it can leave and oil
stain]
I know you can get in Aust. very easily. Chemists often stock it too.
Katrina. ~
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 98 10:01:35 UT
From: "Anne Lane" <Anne_and_Mike_Lane@classic.msn.com>
To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: RE: [B7L] thunderbirds
Message-Id: <UPMAIL01.199806171003270039@classic.msn.com>
On Wednesday, June 17, 1998 5:08 AM, Roger the Shrubber wrote:
> John wrote
> Ummm - I've never been able to take animals seriously - lets face it ...
> when the romantic lead looks like the father (Jeff Tracey) from the
> Thunderbirds enuf is enuf. Love the eyebrows - but how does he walk thru
> doors and when is he going to call for "Brains?" (and what would lady Pen
> say about the Dayna tryst ... or has the chuffer stolen the moment?).
>
> ******
> <major giggling fit>
> who said Thunderbirds didn't influence B7 !? The special effects budgets
were
>
> probably identical, Paul & Josette & David J. received their acting lessons
> from Alan Tracey ("No no ! Not wooden enough - here let me show you !)-
> Jackie P certainly got hers from Lady Pen - and use stock footage from
> previous episodes whenever possible.
>
Hey, I used to really fancy, um, whatsisname, when I was about 9 and he was
Peter Crawford in Dixon of Dock Green!
I think his eyebrows must have grown during the intervening years.
Perhaps that's what they were aiming for - someone a young girl would have had
a crush on when he was younger, and so still held that attraction, and the
audience wouldn't need to be given too much background because they could
patch that in from their previous knowledge of the actor - when he was Riker
to Jack Warner's Picard :).
Anne
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 11:27:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: Una McCormack <umm10@eng.cam.ac.uk>
To: Lysator <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Seven by seven
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Title not included. If I were being pretentious I would talk about letting
the texts speak for themselves, but then you would allbe quite justified
in murdering me.
Una ;)
'Wheat from the chaff'
The Way Back Space Fall Seek-Locate-Destroy Mission to Destiny Shadow
Weapon Horizon Pressure Point Trial Killer Countdown Gambit The Keeper
Star One Aftermath Powerplay City at the Edge of the World Children of
Auron Rumours of Death Sarcophagus Deathwatch Moloch Terminal Rescue
Traitor Animals Headhunter Sand Gold Orbit Blake
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:56:45 -0400
From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com>
To: "INTERNET:blakes7@lysator.liu.se" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Re: Barcode hell
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Sarah Thompson wrote:
>Steve, is WD-40 or something equivalent available
>in Britain? This is a spray-on substance that, well,
> unsticks things.
Yeah, we've got that. They even sell it in London, to the best of my
recollection, but if you're desperate, Steve, I could pack a can on
Saturday...
Harriet
PS I'm ringing the BBC Information Office from time to time but no date
for Lost in Space yet. Hope everyone else who can is doing the same.
Otherwise they'll either drop it altogether or sneak it out when we aren't
expecting it.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:28:28 +0100
From: julie@ipsys.co.uk (Julie Horner)
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L]Limited Editions
Message-Id: <199806171228.NAA01801@sun500.Fishnet>
At long last we have obtained a copy of the
latest video from HMV in Stockport - who had both
shiny and non-shiny versions.
One thing we noticed though about the shiny Limited
Edition, is that it is now even more limited.
The first four tapes said that it was a limited edition
of 7000 - whereas the new tape says it is only 3000.
Does anyone know or can speculate on the rationale
behind this change?
Julie Horner
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:43:24 +0100
From: "Alison Page" <alison@alisonpage.demon.co.uk>
To: "Lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
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Una said:
> 'Wheat from the chaff'
>
> The Way Back Space Fall Seek-Locate-Destroy Mission to Destiny Shadow
> Weapon Horizon Pressure Point Trial Killer Countdown Gambit The Keeper
> Star One Aftermath Powerplay City at the Edge of the World Children of
> Auron Rumours of Death Sarcophagus Deathwatch Moloch Terminal Rescue
> Traitor Animals Headhunter Sand Gold Orbit Blake
Hurrah! This is excellent in and of itself and also because it shows that
the bits don't have to be stories, and they don't have to be posted on
space city. And I like this kind of referential stuff. Get posting you
Lysator types.
Here is a request, that I'll probably have a go at myself. However I am
keen to fob off all the work on the rest of you.. err.. encourage
participation from throughout the B7 community.
Is it possible to extract chunks from the scripts that are exactly 49
words?
The only one I have been able to think of is:
'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood? How
much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood? How
much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck..'
But purists may think this is rather a cheat.
Alison
PS Una, thanks and I hope I can use it 'cos I'm going to anyway
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:04:15 -0500
From: "Reuben Herfindahl" <reuben@reuben.net>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
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From: Helen Krummenacker <avona@jps.net>
To: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
Cc: Blake's 7 list <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
>Kathryn Andersen wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:43:22AM +0200, goodnews4u2@mailexcite.com
wrote:
>> >
>> > Amish Friendship Bread
>>
>> Oh Lord! We're being spammed again! Calle?
>>
>> Of course Avon would just fry their connection.
>> Blake... would try to negotiate.
I think you got Blake wrong on this one. He might determine that Spammers
are the underming the freedom of the internet, and regretfully would
determine the only course of action is too seek out the ISP that hosts the
spammer and destroy all their servers. He would, of course, be tricked by
the spammer into pursing a faked IP address and end up attacking a large,
heavily guarded empty server room.
Reuben
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:07:22 +0100
From: "Jenni -Alison" <Jenni-Alison@dial.pipex.com>
To: "Lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
Message-Id: <199806171406.QAA11283@samantha.lysator.liu.se>
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> Una said:
>
> > 'Wheat from the chaff'
> >
> > The Way Back Space Fall Seek-Locate-Destroy Mission to Destiny Shadow
> > Weapon Horizon Pressure Point Trial Killer Countdown Gambit The Keeper
> > Star One Aftermath Powerplay City at the Edge of the World Children of
> > Auron Rumours of Death Sarcophagus Deathwatch Moloch Terminal Rescue
> > Traitor Animals Headhunter Sand Gold Orbit Blake
>
> Hurrah! This is excellent in and of itself and also because it shows that
> the bits don't have to be stories, and they don't have to be posted on
> space city. And I like this kind of referential stuff. Get posting you
> Lysator types.
Yes, but what I want to know is how did "Animals" end up in the Wheat
section? And above "Blake" no less!
Jenni
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:27:59 +0100
From: "Jenni -Alison" <Jenni-Alison@dial.pipex.com>
To: "Lysator List" <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
Message-Id: <199806171427.QAA12803@samantha.lysator.liu.se>
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Alison asked>
> Here is a request, that I'll probably have a go at myself. However I am
> keen to fob off all the work on the rest of you.. err.. encourage
> participation from throughout the B7 community.
>
> Is it possible to extract chunks from the scripts that are exactly 49
> words?
Vila: City at the Edge of the World
"All right, that's it. No speak, no walk. My feet hurt and I
didn't want to come anyway. [sits] 'Course, I'm totally lost,
you realize that. Yes, of course you realize that. I don't
suppose you'd consider taking me back to where you met me.
No, of course you wouldn't."
Or even better (I havn't counted the names of the speakers):
VILA: I thought you might need this.
AVON: Thanks.
CALLY: So you're Shrinker. He doesn't look like much.
TARRANT: It depends on what you paid to get him.
AVON: He cost me enough.
CALLY: Was it worth it?
AVON: I'll let you know.
SHRINKER: What are you going to do with me?
DAYNA: He's going to kill you.
And best of all:
VILA: It's him.
TARRANT: He sold us, Avon. All of us. Even you.
AVON: Is it true?
BLAKE: Avon, it's me, Blake.
AVON: Stand still! Have you betrayed us?
Have you betrayed me?!
BLAKE: Tarrant doesn't understand!
AVON: Neither do I, Blake!
BLAKE: I set all this up!
AVON: Yes!
BLAKE: Avon, I was waiting for YOU.
BLAKE: Avon!
DEVA: Blake!
Well, I know the end is cheating a bit, but why not?
Jenni
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 98 14:34:57 UT
From: "Anne Lane" <Anne_and_Mike_Lane@classic.msn.com>
To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: RE: [B7L] thunderbirds
Message-Id: <UPMAIL01.199806171435520185@classic.msn.com>
On Wednesday, June 17, 1998 11:02 AM, Anne Lane [FAX:+44 (0181) 3557089]
wrote:
> Hey, I used to really fancy, um, whatsisname, when I was about 9 and he was
> Peter Crawford in Dixon of Dock Green!
Correction, I meant *Andy* Crawford.
Anne
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:38:05 +-200
From: Jacqueline Thijsen <jacqueline.thijsen@cmg.nl>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: RE: [B7L] Amish Friendship Bread
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>Kathryn Andersen wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:43:22AM +0200, goodnews4u2@mailexcite.com
wrote:
>> >
>> > Amish Friendship Bread
>>
>> Oh Lord! We're being spammed again! Calle?
>>
>> Of course Avon would just fry their connection.
>> Blake... would try to negotiate.
I think you got Blake wrong on this one. He might determine that Spammers
are the underming the freedom of the internet, and regretfully would
determine the only course of action is too seek out the ISP that hosts the
spammer and destroy all their servers. He would, of course, be tricked by
the spammer into pursing a faked IP address and end up attacking a large,
heavily guarded empty server room.
Reuben
ROFL! If these little gems are the usual result of spam on this list, I hope we get more of it!
Jacqueline
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:19:12 +0100
From: "fifitrix" <fifitrix@dial.pipex.com>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie <jackiew@termlow.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Date: 15 June 1998 20:56
Subject: [B7L]re: Terry Pratchet
>fifitrix wrote:
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julie Horner <jihorner@dial.pipex.com>
>> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
>> Date: 14 June 1998 17:54
>> Subject: [B7L]terry Pratchett
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >I expect most people will have heard about Terry's gong
>> >by now but I just encountered this on alt.fan.pratchett
>> >
>> >
>> >> > For those of us who hadn't caught the ceefax article, Paul
>> >> > Darrow announced the good news during the final bows at
>> >> > tonight's performance of G!G! in Reading, to tremendous
>> >> > applause. Last night of the tour IIRC, but what a wonderful
>> >> > note to end on!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >Were any of you there?
>> >
>> >
>> >Julie Horner
>>
>> Yes and Paul Darrow kissed me afterwards
>>
>> .....just thought I'd mention that!
>>
>> fifitrix
>
>You weren`t the only girl he kissed, - he worked his way down the line!!
>:->
>
>Jackie
>
Yes - to be fair he did kiss about 10 people
BUT I DONT CARE!!
HE KISSED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alright ?
fifitrix
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:33:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Una McCormack <umm10@eng.cam.ac.uk>
To: Lysator <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
cc: Space City <space-city@world.std.com>
Subject: [B7L] 7x7
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OK, here's another one (not much work being done today...). Again, the
title doesn't count...
Una ;)
Fandom
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games; heroes and villains
Aged seventeen: angst; Mary Sues on photocopied sheets; 'I let you go, my
love...'
Aged twenty-six: postmodern texts; ironic Seventies nostalgia boom; God,
where did my childhood go?; 'we're going to live forever - or die
trying...'
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:10:47 +0100
From: "Alison Page" <alison@alisonpage.demon.co.uk>
To: "Lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Seven by seven
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Jenni -
> Vila: City at the Edge of the World
>
> "All right, that's it. No speak, no walk. My feet hurt and I
> didn't want to come anyway. [sits] 'Course, I'm totally lost,
> you realize that. Yes, of course you realize that. I don't
> suppose you'd consider taking me back to where you met me.
> No, of course you wouldn't."
Yes, yes Yes!
Oh, heck I mustn't quote them all. These are just great, they fit
perfectly.
Alison
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:25:14 +0100 GMT
From: STEVE.ROGERSON@MCR1.poptel.org.uk
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Lost in Space
Message-Id: <698259084MCR1@MCR1.poptel.org.uk>
I talked to the BBC's information desk on the phone today. The
woman there initially said they were trying to slot Lost in Space
in this Friday at 7.15pm. I pointed out that we were only two
days away and couldn't she a bit more certain. She then rang
the scheduling department and came back to me and said there
was no slot available for at least the next two weeks. She said
ring back in a week or so. I got the impression that they were
not in any hurry. That is why I think it is essential that we keep
the pressure on otherwise it might just get dropped altogether.
The direct line to the information room is 0181 576 1111. I
have told them I will keep trying until there is a decision (and
after if it's the wrong decision).
cheers
Steve Rogerson
Redemption 99 - The Blakes 7/Babylon 5 convention
26-28 February 1999, Ashford International Hotel, Kent
http://www.smof.com/redemption/
"The workers united will never be ignited"
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:04:35 GMT0BST
From: B WILLCOCK <pl6b2bww@swansea.ac.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] RE: Blakes'7
Message-ID: <1CB1B87402@POLI2.SWAN.AC.UK>
I thought you may be interested in reading a reply I
was sent from the BBC today, very polite and very predictable but
there are some interesting points. Since someone was kind enough to
leave the BBC viewers comments address, I couldn't resist dropping
them a line. My original letter follows the reply.
Make of it what you will,
yours,
Bryn(1).
From: Beverley Thompson-VH <beverley.thompson@bbc.co.uk>
To: B WILLCOCK <pl6b2bww@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Blakes'7
Date sent: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:35:00 +0100
Thank you for your comments about the above programme. In past years,
because of agreements made with the performers+ unions, the size of
repeat fees for anything other than very recent drama has been a
significant obstacle to our repeating some of the classic serials and
dramas of years gone by. The BBC and the broadcasting industry are
changing so dramatically, however, that repeat transmissions of
productions of this kind are much more likely in the current climate, as
the BBC and other broadcasters begin to make use of their history and
achievements in a more dedicated way.
We will certainly bear your request in mind, although I am sure you will
understand that where the cost of repeating a particular programme
remains exceptional we would prefer to spend the money on new
production. It is also worth mentioning that a number of our older
drama productions have not withstood the test of time in terms of sound
and visual quality, and we also have the problem of limited airtime. We
can only set aside a certain number of hours each year for repeat
programmes and we do actually receive a substantial number of complaints
from viewers insisting that their licence fee be spent on the production
of new programmes.
I hope the above is helpful.
Regards
Viewer & Listener Correspondence
----------
From: B WILLCOCK
To: vlc@bbc.co.uk
Subject: Blakes'7
Date: 15 June 1998 03:45
Dear BBC,
> Back in 1978, the BBC first screened a low budget, highly rushed
> sci-fi show entitled Blake's 7.
> 20 years on the Video's are now on their third release, the
> programme is screened all over the world, it is showed regularly on
> UK Gold and a recent radio broadcast has sold incredibly well on BBC
> cassette.
> Given all this I have yet to hear of any reason from the BBC
> about why such a famous series could not be brought back in some
> form. A sequel, a continuation, or dare I say it a repeat.
> I'm unaware of any other much requested programmes not enjoying a
> repeat. No Blakes'7 progamme has enjoyed a repeat since the fourth
> series in 1983.
> Why has the programme received such shoddy treatment? The BBC
> imports many other sci-fi shows (largely from the US and repeats them
> regularly) whereas our own home grown shows receive no such treatment.
> The BBC has a duty to supply a wide variety of programmes to its
> viewers, indeed it prides itself on such. Yet one gets the impression
> that sci-fi fans are some kind of strange group of people the BBC
> wishes to avoid. Back in 1981 this strange group of people had been
> known to beat Coronation Street head to head in terms of viewers, how
> often does the BBC manage that?
> So an answer would be nice why has Sci-fi been avoided generally
> and why has Blakes'7 been so totally ignored?
> and I haven't even mentioned Dr Who ...
> Yours,
> B. Willcock.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Multi-Part-Message-Level-1-1-9164--
>
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:53:03 +0100
From: Jackie <jackiew@termlow.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] re: Terry Pratchet
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fifitrix wrote:
> >fifitrix wrote:
> >> >I expect most people will have heard about Terry's gong
> >> >by now but I just encountered this on alt.fan.pratchett
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> > For those of us who hadn't caught the ceefax article, Paul
> >> >> > Darrow announced the good news during the final bows at
> >> >> > tonight's performance of G!G! in Reading, to tremendous
> >> >> > applause. Last night of the tour IIRC, but what a wonderful
> >> >> > note to end on!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Were any of you there?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Julie Horner
> >>
> >> Yes and Paul Darrow kissed me afterwards
> >>
> >> .....just thought I'd mention that!
> >>
> >> fifitrix
> >
> >You weren`t the only girl he kissed, - he worked his way down the line!!
> >:->
> >
> >Jackie
> >
> Yes - to be fair he did kiss about 10 people
>
> BUT I DONT CARE!!
>
> HE KISSED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sob!! but there were 20 people in the line!!! He stopped when he was
pulled around by someone else wanting their kiss out of turn. :-(
Was it you with the Avon puppet?
Jackie
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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:11:45 +1200
From: Nicola Collie <nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: B7-list <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>, alison@alisonpage.demon.co.uk
Subject: [B7L] another 7-squared
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Something I've adapted (very minimally, by some fluke) from an ancient post
of mine. The title stands for "You know you've been watching too much
Blake's 7 when..." and is not included in the word count.
YKYBWTMB7W
... your mum rings to ask how you are, and you reply "Down and safe".
... your supervisor asks for a progress report and you say "That
information is not currently available".
... your toothpicks are made of colourless perspex.
... you wonder which of Servalan's costumes would make the best wedding
gown.
ttfn, Nicola
---
Nicola Collie
Dunedin, New Zealand
nicola.collie@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Knob (n): a thing to adore.
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