From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V00 #112 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: <blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se> archive/volume00/112 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 00 : Issue 112 Today's Topics: RE: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Re: [B7L] Oooh--opticals! [B7L] Re: Legal Briefs [B7L] Avon and Ananias ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:47:05 -0700 From: "Otewalt, Andrew" <Andrew.Otewalt@kla-tencor.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: RE: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Message-ID: <3B5D5F691204D3118C0400A0C911A490012F9084@milxpr05.kla-tencor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" B7 - about those cards: we moved to a new building a couple of years ago that had those cards. what a pain. the outside doors were always locked and if you held them open longer than a minute, the alarm would go off. and all of the interior doors all locked at 7pm. and you had to use those card things to open them. except we had just merged and moved to a new building and wouldn't get *our* cards for another three weeks. and no one told us about the interior doors locking at 7pm. in fact, no one told us about the cards at all. nice folks we just merged with. very welcomming. so, the second day we are in the new building, the doors locked Bill in the hallway between the bathrooms ( the loo ! ) and the computer lab. so, he kicked a hole through the wall and climbed through. and then refused to pay for the damage. the next day we had a long meeting where the *Security Officers* told us how to behave. the *Security Officers* told us that the cards were *very* importiant, and that they kept track of the hours us slackers worked ( or as in our case, didn't work ). the next day i put a inbox on my desk, and put my card in it. soon everyone in our lab was trading cards on a semi-daily / random basis. and we to invent a game called Leo-Thursday. we would all use one card, which Leo had marked with his name. if someone needed to leave they used Leo's card and then threw it back to my desk on the way out the door. when someone wanted in, they would call the lab phone from the lobby, and someone would go fetch. the *Security Officers* were unhappy. we had a couple more meetings, and then we explained to the boss that our projects were gonna be late if we kept going to these *Security* meetings. we got an exemption from the security forces and they learned to ignore us. then the company went out of busniess and all we all got was 4.5 hours severance pay. the company went out of busniess at 11:30am on a friday, and we got paid all the way until 5pm ! ! i'll bet in *The Federation*, the *Security Officers* would have sent the whole lab group to the same Prison Colony. - andrew - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:34:18 +0100 From: "Andrew Ellis" <Andrew.D.Ellis@btinternet.com> To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Message-ID: <004901bfa848$138a36c0$c91a073e@leanet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >i'll bet in *The Federation*, the *Security Officers* would have sent the >whole lab group to the same Prison Colony. > > - andrew - And that would be for going to the loo instead of the computer lab on your first day. Gnog ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:32:09 -0400 From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com> To: "INTERNET:blakes7@lysator.liu.se" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: Re: [B7L] Oooh--opticals! Message-ID: <200004172132_MC2-A198-FD9B@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dana wrote: >I could never figure out a non-sinister explanation for why >the Federation symbol was the logo of the series anyway. I simplistically assumed it was "Blake's 7 running rings round the Federation". Never liked the fourth season logo, even though I got a Tshirt of it which glowed in the dark. Harriet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:23:35 -0400 From: "Dana Shilling" <dshilling@worldnet.att.net> To: "b7" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: [B7L] Re: Legal Briefs Message-ID: <000501bfa8e5$7cfa0340$3cae4e0c@dshilling> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Down & Safe Letterhead] Federated Health Insurance System Dear Ms. Travis: Keep looking--the tax returns & pay check stubs are in the same file as the proof of premium payment. Note that the box is checked on each tax return for the 10-credit contribution to the Servalan Re-Election Fund. Also check the DSM-IV. Getting those nearest & dearest to you is not listed as a mental illness, especially if at least 50% of them are a complete waste of space. (As to which fall into this category--YMMV.) Blimey, considering the job you lot did on your own son's Comp claim-and rehab services--no wonder we're going private. Mary Sue, Esq. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:43:36 -0600 From: "Ellynne G." <rilliara@juno.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Avon and Ananias Message-ID: <20000418.144730.-84657.0.rilliara@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think a good case could be made that Vila cared how much Avon had tried to steal from the Federation. He seemed reasonably aware of things like the amount (rumored or real) Avon intended to steal and (let's face it) he was also a professional thief. Risk vs gain was an issue to him. I doubt Tarrant cared. When Tarrant brings up the subject (while under alien influence, I admit [proving again Cally's not the only one it happens to]), his point is that Avon attempted the greates banking swindle of all time - and FAILED. Why the Ultra, who seemed to be a nonprofit organization (albeit an extremely parasitical one) is anybody's guess (so I don't have this episode on tape yet and have to limit my guesses, that's life). Now, how important was the amount Ananias said he was giving to charity but held out on? We don't know. Why? No one bothered to right it down. We know what Judas was paid for a certain act of betrayal. We know also know the price estimate he put on a certain gift of oil from Mary of Bethany. While we're at it, it might be mentioned that we know the amount Abraham paid three and a half millennia ago for his wife's burial site. The amount Joseph's brothers got when they sold him into Egypt is also mentioned. Amounts as obscure as the value of a ring and two bracelets given to Rebecca are recorded, along with the number of talents Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, conned out of Naaman the leper. We know how much Samson lost on a bet, how many sheep Job had, and the number of mites an unnamed widow gave away. The amount Ananias kept back didn't make the cut. That he lied about it to God, OTOH, was big news. Draw your own conclusions. Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V00 Issue #112 **************************************