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I was watching a documentary on PBS last night about haunted places in Louisiana, and near the end, it discussed the voodoo queen Marie (I forget her last name; I think that it was something like "Leveau") who had made a guest star appearance in the Season One finale of "Timedancer". I thought that it was rather fun seeing old TGS figures popping up like that and bringing back memories.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Monday, November 1, 2004 08:43:00 AM
IP: 4.245.17.125

Forged on Avalon, it belonged to a god. Loosed on the mortal world it was much more than a mere jewel, it was a talisman that caused the wearer to reveal the pure essence of his or her true self. It was the Eye of Odin. These are its stories...as told by you! Submit your tale of the Eye of Odin in 5000 words or less, or by illustration to the 2005 Gathering Staff by May 1st, 2005. Winners will receive a complimentary copy of the EYE OF ODIN ANTHOLOGY and the accolades of your fellow fans! See the CONTESTS page for all the details, submission requirements and fine print. Good luck and happy story telling.

Don't forget! If you dressed as a character from GARGOYLES, then we want to see your Halloween snaps! Submit them by November 15th to Contests@gargoyles-fans.org
kathy - [staff@gargoyles-fans.org]
Las Vegas, NV
Monday, November 1, 2004 08:10:51 AM
IP: 66.82.9.19

THaros: I figured that you were just messing with me... but it was accurate, my spelling and grammer decrease late and night and when I rant.... and when I rant late at night.. well just give up trying to read it....
Now I have forgotten what I was going to say!
Damien
Monday, November 1, 2004 04:18:42 AM
IP: 205.250.244.212

Damien: Just messing with you, dude.

My roommate and I just got back from a Halloween party as Mario and Luigi, and it ruled so hard. Just thought I'd make that declaration. And sorry about that Anonymous post I just accidently made by hitting enter. Like I said, it's been a night of partying. *embarassment*
Tharos
Monday, November 1, 2004 01:19:42 AM
IP: 165.190.89.139

...
Anonymous
Monday, November 1, 2004 01:18:25 AM
IP: 165.190.89.139

Lynati> <<this piccie is so free it deserves its own flag>>: Not a bad orgy. But the perspective seems a bit off, looks like it's on a steepish slope to me. And the naughty bits are mostly obscured, but that's to be expected with so much concentrated action.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:07:06 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

Gside: Yeah, I was hoping I'd be able to trick a newbie into running two hours ahead.

Illusionin: Adding on to what Gside said, it might help to read all first seasons first. I'm focusing primarily on Timedancer, Gargoyles, and Pendragon for right now. I had started out reading the seasons of the Gargoyles Saga. But I've noticed that the page for the second seasons of Gargoyles and Pendragon are identical. That is, both seasons have the same episode listing. So once I'm done with season two of Gargoyles, I plan to go back and read the first season of Pendragon. Besides, a few fans in here cite that one as their favorite, so I'm looking forward to it. So far, I'd have to say that I really enjoyed the first season of Timedancer. I'm in the middle of season two, and the titles of the episodes themselves sound extremely intriguing.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:21:57 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Or, you can go by Indiana time, following the local custom of Hoosiers being too stupid to figure out spring forward/fall back.

Just got back from Chicago, land of reason and thought. :D
Got some kick-ass black boots, look kinda like the lining in Roller Blades! Soo cool!

ok laters. hehe.
Dezi
Sunday, October 31, 2004 08:19:30 PM
IP: 68.57.196.146

Went to a filk con this weekend and discovered there's fen out there even zanier than the ones in this fandom. Being around so many musically-inclined people makes me think it's time I pulled my instrument from high school band out of mothballs and got back into practice.

What else is going on today? Oh yes... Happy Halloween! And it's "spring ahead / fall back". If you switch it around you'll be running two hours early.

37 days left until the spell is broken and they live again! Gargoyles Season One comes to DVD on December 7, 2004!
Patrick
Sunday, October 31, 2004 07:17:04 PM
IP: 68.170.199.45

Tharos: I.. Uhh.. meant to do that... to be... uhh... Ironic
ehh, You called it


Damien
Sunday, October 31, 2004 01:09:27 PM
IP: 205.250.244.212

Kathy- glad to hear Ivy is doing better. In personal cat news, Mara's cat has now thrown up on both my scanner and my futon. Anna isn't sick; she's just old and seems to enjoy hacking up hairballs for entertainment. She's recently decided that doing it on my property is especially entertaining. I think she's started to enjoy me repeatedly tossing her off my stuff. And I still lack kittens, but I am patient.
And I just got your email, but if I open it now it'll trigger a new cycle and I'll never get to sleep today...

Gside- dude, this piccie is so free it deserves its own flag. I finished it and it should be up on the AMGC board soon. I'd post a link here but it goes against the rules of the CR to direct link to adult material.
Lynati
Sunday, October 31, 2004 09:07:16 AM
IP: 205.188.116.137

Spring forward, fall back.

That was funny, though, HoE.
Whitbourne
Sunday, October 31, 2004 07:58:12 AM
IP: 156.34.93.94

Damien: I caught three or four errors in your reply to "rasputtin," in which you were telling him to use better grammar. I'm not trying to be mean, it was just kind of funny. You crazy late-night posters.

I just realized I'm very inactive here. So I just wanted to say hi to everyone. Hi. Hope everyone's doing good.
Tharos
Sunday, October 31, 2004 01:07:00 AM
IP: 165.190.89.139

HoE> <<You should train them to be your unholy army of the night>>: Won't work until she can get them to grow wings first.

Illusionin> <<in what order do u read the fan stories?>>: From start to end. For which order to read the seasons, some say read all first seasons first, others say stick with one series before moving on to the next.

HoE> <<we all know what that means: spring back, fall ahead>>: Now you're just trying to confuse people and cheat them out of their extra hour of sleep.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:58:55 AM
IP: 68.83.187.89

rasputtin: I really hope that you meant to name yourself after the Mad Monk, and only put two Ts in your name by accident. I really hope the typo in your name is not on purpose. Oh, and to expand on what Damien said, I think you'd get an answer if you actually wrote an interrogative sentence. <is there any clans out there!> is an exclamtory sentence, because it ends with an exclamation point. Real questions end with question marks. Try it and see for yourself.

Oh, by the way. Daylight Savings Time ends soon, folks, and we all know what that means: spring back, fall ahead. Everyone adjust your clocks!
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:01:09 AM
IP: 69.174.23.52

KATHY - I'm glad to hear that Ivy's doing better. Twelve cats! That certainly is a lot. (I used to have three cats when I lived with my mother and younger brother and sister - I took one of them, Merlin, to live with me when I moved out and the other two cats they gave away - and three cats was enough of a handful.)
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, October 30, 2004 07:46:22 PM
IP: 4.244.18.242

in what order do u read the fan stories?
Illusionin
Saturday, October 30, 2004 05:29:10 PM
IP: 68.173.147.2

rasputin: Try asking a coherent question, and you will get an answer
to give an example, the question should be at least 6 sentances long, with examples and an explination of the terms you are using
Damien
Saturday, October 30, 2004 05:18:07 PM
IP: 205.250.244.212

Kathy: You should train them to be your unholy army of the night.

"Go forth, my pretties! Kill, kill!"
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Saturday, October 30, 2004 02:54:12 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Draconis > We have 12 cats. When we bought this house it came with a colony of about 30 cats ranging from tame to completely feral. It took nearly a year of trapping, dogs setting boundries so that every cat in the valley didn't hang out here, spaying/neutering, and unhappy trips to the pound to get us down to a population of 8 mostly outdoor and 4 primarily indoor cats.
kathy
Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:41:41 PM
IP: 66.82.9.80

Kathy> How many cats do you have? Here's hoping the fuzzball gets a lot better (My oldest two died within the past 4 years- one due to feline leukaemia, the other due to a horse)and I hope you're giving her treats. Lots of treats.


Draconis Mk IV
UK Saturday, October 30, 2004 09:51:01 AM
IP: 83.100.154.74

Todd > Thanks for the well wishes on Ivy's behalf. She's perkier today and she used her litter box. If she eats and continues to improve then I'll let her out of the kennel.
The other cats yesterday kept trying to cheer her up and she ignored them. Today she's growling at them, another sign of improvement. (she's not over fond of the other members of the household.) I'm optimistic.
kathy
Saturday, October 30, 2004 09:17:16 AM
IP: 66.82.9.55

Lynati> <<my entry to the current AMGC shoudl be done by tonight>>: Excellent, more porn. And therefore, more freedom.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:10:04 AM
IP: 68.83.187.89

KATHY - I hope that your cat's feeling better now; I know what it's like dealing with an older cat from the last few years of my life, and worrying about his or her health.
Todd Jensen
St. Louis, MO
Friday, October 29, 2004 08:36:27 PM
IP: 4.244.18.55

Yeah, one of my senior cats woke me up at 4:30 very sick. She's acting punky, but she's not running a fever and now she's sleeping quietly, so I'm hoping the worst is over.
kathy
Friday, October 29, 2004 12:50:03 PM
IP: 66.82.9.81

Kathy: hey, you too? I've been working on TGS stuff, not the con site, though.

Gside: hee, that reminds me...my entry to the current AMGC shoudl be done by tonight.
Lynati
Friday, October 29, 2004 08:50:28 AM
IP: 205.188.116.137

Or maybe, some insomniac staffer was doing site work. Results will be announced on November 1st per previous announcements.
kathy - [staff@gargoyles-fans.org]
Friday, October 29, 2004 07:26:54 AM
IP: 66.82.9.48

When I checked around midnight last night, the Gathering 2005 Anthology poll had closed with a three-way tie. Now the poll results aren't displaying on the site. Is this another Florida coverup? Will the recount last until December? Will the Supreme Court end up deciding the winner? Stay tuned to this channel for continued coverage! ;)

39 days left until the spell is broken and they live again! Gargoyles Season One comes to DVD on December 7, 2004!
Patrick
Friday, October 29, 2004 06:49:35 AM
IP: 68.170.199.45

is there any clans out there!
rasputtin
Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:53:12 PM
IP: 69.105.31.236

Patrick> <<And they need to stop doing idiotic things like locating the main driveway 50 feet away from the exit ramp of a major freeway>>: But that'd mean that the business guys would have to listen to engineers before they did anything.

Lynati> <<there's freedom in...in...>>: ...Porn.

HoE> <<I thought all Communists were by default fascists>>: The way I learned my political spectrum was that fascists were far right, commies were far left.
<<But socialism usually enjoys going to bed with fascism>>: Remember the first time they both existed, it was called the Eastern Front.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:53:09 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

Greg: I thought all Communists were by default fascists. If Stalin was any indication, they enjoy using a lot of the same methods. Although, a pure state of Communism has never been achieved, according to Marx's writings. They're all socialists. But socialism usually enjoys going to bed with fascism.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Thursday, October 28, 2004 09:26:10 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

More reasons why Wal-Mart sucks...

Let's see, cause their hypocracy is so fun. They won't allow certain CDs to be sold in their store unless they're censored, and yet, you can easily pull an R-rated movie like "Wild Things" out of the discount bin and buy it.

I don't know what their problem with Jon Stewart's book is? Somehow it doesn't fit their "family friendly" standards, and yet... yet, they have a selection of "Romance" novels bigger than the Barnes & Noble I work in.

Stupid if you ask me.

Oh, hi lain. Welcome back. How's the great white north, and when will you have regular AIM access again?
Greg Bishansky
Thursday, October 28, 2004 08:09:06 PM
IP: 199.93.82.187

*revives enough to struggle over to lain, heaving herself up to grab onto the bottom of lain's shirt*

you...back...season 4....there's freedom in...in...

*Lynati makes the Halo/RedVsBlue "hert-blaa" death sound and slumps over*
Lynati
Thursday, October 28, 2004 05:34:16 PM
IP: 152.163.100.137

You've got mere hours to log in and chose the theme of the 2005 Gathering Anthology. Which will it be?
The Eye of Odin
Missing Stories From Season 2
Tales of Old Wyvern
Exiled: Avalon's Children on Earth
Demona's Story- A Day or So in a 1000 Year Life

Polls close tonight and the winner and submission rules will be announced November 1st.

For details about this and all of our other contests and events visit the Gathering of the Gargoyles!

kathy - [staff@gargoyles-fans.org]
Thursday, October 28, 2004 04:05:09 PM
IP: 66.82.9.66

Harvester> ANd don't forget Fascists. THey censor all the time.
Greg Bishansky
Thursday, October 28, 2004 03:38:08 PM
IP: 141.155.154.200

Greg Bishansky: <Wal-Mart built a store on an Indian burial ground, AND they censored Jon Stewart's new book. EVIL EVIL EVIL!>

Well, I might not be able to prove the Wal-Mart/McDonald's conspiracy, but this should settle the argument once and for all that Wal-Mart is in fact evil. Censorship is for pussies and communists. Wal-Mart censors, ergo Wal-Mart is evil.

CASE CLOSED
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Thursday, October 28, 2004 02:55:14 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Wal-Mart built a store on an Indian burial ground, AND they censored Jon Stewart's new book. EVIL EVIL EVIL!
Greg Bishansky
Thursday, October 28, 2004 02:34:23 PM
IP: 141.155.154.200

My issues with Wal-Mart are mostly related to the spiral of urban sprawl they help to perpetuate and the excess traffic they generate. It seems that very little forethought goes into locating a Wal-Mart beyond the question of "Is there enough land here that we can buy up and pave over?" More engineering needs to be done up front, IMO, to determine if the existing roads in the area are able to handle the extra traffic that a mega-store generates. And they need to stop doing idiotic things like locating the main driveway 50 feet away from the exit ramp of a major freeway.

It's not Wal-Mart who pays the price later to fix the problems they've created by drawing all the new traffic. It's the taxpayers - even those who don't shop there - who must foot the bill to widen the road, install new traffic signals, and reconfigure highway interchanges to provide more capacity.

End of mini-rant.

40 days left until the spell is broken and they live again! Gargoyles Season One comes to DVD on December 7, 2004!
Patrick
Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:36:15 PM
IP: 66.93.14.153

Oooh, a Lain! *waves being one of the random new people*

DPH> Um...dude, where can I get one of those holograms? They look nifty.

And regarding Walmart.....

Yes. Building next to pyramids now? Eh? You what? Huh? Yees, damned megacorps. Reminds me of a comic I saw a while back that showed that evil villains could no longer get secret lairs due to Starbucks being there alreay...actually, it was in a recent What's New with Phil & Dixie in Dragon magazinew before Mr. Foglio went on another break.

It's not all evil in the UK though. Prices are cheaper than Tescos or Sainsbury (there's no less than 6 of these supermarket type superstores in my local area...it's like war....)
Draconis Mk IV
UK Thursday, October 28, 2004 08:15:26 AM
IP: 213.249.184.244

*waves at Kathy* :) I ocassionally lurk, but not as often as I used to. My life is filled these days with a new husband, remodeling the house, and a job that keeps me "on duty" 24/7/365, so there's not much time left for the computer/internet.

Dezi> but look at this way... if Wal-Mart is the only place that most people in your county can shop - isn't it better to be a place that offers lower prices instead of some place that does price gouging? The local merchant is more likely to take advantage of the supply and demand factor than Wal-Mart is.
Jan
Thursday, October 28, 2004 08:07:36 AM
IP: 12.215.181.120

Sorry to drop a bomb like that and run, but the CR wouldnt let me in for a few days...

HI LAIN!!! *waves*

As for walmart, even if we have to drive 100 miles to do so? My town back in Illinois is the largest town in the county. All the other towns are little farm towns, and congregate to walmart for their needs. Now, yes they could drive to other counties, each full of small towns, and the only big town in the county has a walmart, and thats pretty much it. We would have to drive well over an hour in pretty much any direction to even find a target, much less a mall or competing grocery. Ok so add it all up: Poor family farmers, hellmart, hours drive in the countryside, price of gas. The only thing you can afford is hellmart. It's simply not a choice in the matter. Hell that god awful place shut down TWO major groceries in my town!!

But besides all that: DOES WALMART _REALLY_ NEED TO BUILD NEXT TO THE PYRAMIDS OF THE SUN??? I think not. That is just grossly out of bounds. That's not capitalism. It's arrogance and its just disgusting.
Dezi
Thursday, October 28, 2004 04:44:53 AM
IP: 68.57.196.146

:Spots Lain posting in the cr and promptly faints. DPH's hologram has to remove DPH from the CR because of slowness of recovery:
DPH
AR, USA
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:58:04 PM
IP: 67.14.195.20

Lain> <<got a shiny new job of non-doom>>: A complete lack of doom? Even for other people? Makes the job less interesting.
<<what with no TV and no internet, we were forced to watch it ALL>>: Took you long enough. That's what, two, three years?
<<more stretchy pirates>>: http://k-f.cjb.net/ You'd better get back on the net quickly, they're into the Arabasta climax, some very nice, painful fights there (not to mention the unforgetable Mr. 2). Though I'd have thought you'd be rooting more for Zoro.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:45:52 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

kyp>> <<Could anybody tell me how I can contact the tgs team ? I've tried the mail tgs_info@yahoo.com but I receive a stat of non-delivery. This adress is no more in use ?>>

the address is no longer in use because i am not around to be answering it. as previously mentioned, i hope to be soon returning to the land of the net and so the address will be back in full service then. sorry 'bout that.
lain
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 04:27:59 PM
IP: 204.239.156.9

holy poo, who the hell are all these new people!?
oh well.
quit the evil job of doom, got a shiny new job of non-doom, yay.
which means we can afford the internet after i get my first moolah.
yay.
i know you all miss me ;)

gside>> WE NEED MORE ANIME!!!!!!
what with no TV and no internet, we were forced to watch it ALL. we tried to ration it, really we did, but it didnt work! more stretchy pirates!!
err.. yes.

that is all.

for now...

bwa ha ha...
lain "yes im using this name and flamey icon thingy" iwakura
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 04:25:37 PM
IP: 204.239.156.9

Kathy: That WAS the gathering! heh heh...
nothing to contribute of value... I would just have argued jan's point is all
Damien
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 01:49:36 PM
IP: 205.250.244.212

Vinnie: Check my post from last night. I've already been over this.

I used to shop at Wal-Mart for DVDs, but have not bought anything from them for a few years. I've since relocated to Best Buy for all my electronics shopping. I really hope Best Buy is on the up-and-up. I'd hate to have to switch to Suncoast.

In other news, it's cloudy down here in Virginia. I guess that means I'm going to miss the Hunter's Moon tonight, unless it clears up after dark. Which I hope is what happens. Last month I missed the Harvest Moon due to shitty weather.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 01:40:10 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Yo, FireStorm, LadyMystic - I sent a profile update to you guys.
DPH
AR, USA
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:31:52 AM
IP: 161.31.67.68

Lynati> <<need help without anything else?>>: Actually yes. When I download the TimeDancer Theme (Future Tense Mix), I can't unzip it. Says the archive is corrupt.
Kyp - [azerty083@hotmail.com]
Douai, France
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 09:23:44 AM
IP: 82.252.89.104

Hey Jan! Good to know you're still about!

HofE > That website was slightly more disturbing than News of the Weird.

Anything else of interest... I got nothing. Except for the second time in a week I've had a nightmare where half the cast of Buffy was involved. But this time there was a bunch of Gathering convention staffers past and present there too.
Brrr.
kathy
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 09:01:35 AM
IP: 66.82.9.92

*enters and falls over, twitching*

too early. yes. or too late, depending on how long one has been awake.

Kyp- well, you've sorted out the Buccaneer link issue on your own...need help without anything else? ...and the tgs_info yahoo address isn't working, you say? huh. *peers into the rafters of the room for whoever is working TGS tech support at the moment*

Muse- I dunno if you're still lurking out there to read this...but thank you. And we- TGS- will need more help at some point.

Myself, I need help right now, of the pillow and blanket and REM cycle variety.

and you've still got a couple days left to vote for the topic of the 2005 gargfic anthology at the consite; the poll is on the lower right side of the main page.
http://gathering.gargoyles-fans.org/

yeah. so. sleep. and then more fic. oh, and Revel, you have an emailed.

*collapses in the corner on a bean-bag chair*
Lynati - [Lynati_1@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 08:34:57 AM
IP: 205.188.112.11

Patrick> I'm aware that the smaller business owners can't compete with the larger corporations due to the volume purchasing = lower prices. However, *most* hometown people try to be loyal to "mom and pop" when a Wal-Mart comes to town (at least in my town). My parents used to be a "mom and pop" hardware store and dad was lower in prices than the competition and still made a good living at it. A lot of people would rather go to the smaller store to do their shopping because it offers them more convenience of not having such a large store to walk around, friendlier service (you actually know the people working there and can visit with them), and a sense of dedication/loyalty to a family instead of a corporation. But when pop is 3x - 5x higher on every item, it's difficult to maintain the kind of loyalty to be able to support mom and pop enough to keep them in business. Consumers' money is just too tight sometimes. I live in the middle of "Wal-Mart country" - headquarters is approx. 45 miles from me, so I'm very familiar with the small business owner -vs- Wal-Mart corporation. The small business that survives is the one who will stick it out until the novelty of a new Wal-Mart in town wears off and if pop is willing to lower his prices to be a tad bit more competitive.
When the Wal-Mart came to my town (pop 2,900) it did force most of the small businesses to come down on their prices in order to survive. But, they were already raping the consumers here and taking advantage of the lack of convenience of being able to shop elsewhere very easily. Not one small business closed down because of Wal-Mart.
Wal Mart has changed considerably since Sam Walton died - his children are not the gentle giants that their father was.

I hope this made sense... it's too bloody early to be thinking ;)
Jan
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 07:15:57 AM
IP: 12.215.181.120

The argument that if Wal-Mart drives the mom and pop stores out of business, it means the small stores' prices were too high to begin with - that's slightly flawed logic. Simple economics dictates that there is never going to be any way a small mom and pop store can compete with a giant corporation with massive buying power. Wal-Mart has lower prices because they purchase in bulk and in doing so they can negotiate much better deals with their suppliers than any small store can ever hope to achieve. To compete with Wal-Mart prices, the independent retailer would often be forced to cut his prices so low that he's selling at a loss. And that's not a sustainable business plan. These days, many don't even bother to stick it out to the inevitable end. That's why the small stores vanish so fast once a Sprawl-Mart moves in.

41 days left until the spell is broken and they live again! Gargoyles Season One comes to DVD on December 7, 2004!
Patrick
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 06:51:24 AM
IP: 68.170.199.45

I have only one thing to say about Corporations like Walmart or McDonald's: "If you don't like them, then don't go in them!"

Corporations get their power from the consumer like you, if you don't buy anything from them then they lose that power. Even if you have to go 100 miles out of your way to do so.
Vinnie - [tpeano29@hotmail.com]
Marquette, Michigan, USA
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 04:10:43 AM
IP: 65.127.114.219

hi everyone i ask last week if any new of a clan online an they asked me to find the site so um type in that clan name and u should find it but the site isnt workin to well and her email doest work lol so if ya know any other clans would ya plas email me :D im goin insane.

rapsuttin
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:13:52 AM
IP: 69.110.222.216

HoE> <<Where's Mr. T when you need him?>>: Down at the Youth Center, pitying fools. Where else?

Jan> <<then his prices were too high to begin with>>: Unless Walmart was willing to take a loss on that department until those competitors were gone.

Tharos> <<By looking at the supernatural, the freakish, the grotesque, the readings question what it means to be human>>: First reading you get is Kafka's Metamorphosis.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:45:16 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

Kathy: I don't shop there. One thing that's also rampant in American society is hypocrisy. So I for one refuse to contribute to it.

As far as McDonald's is concerned, I've learned something about our species. I honestly think it's human nature to shirk responsibility. A person brings something on themself, and the last person they blame is themself. It is true that no one makes a guy eat a Big Mac for lunch every day. And yet after twenty-five years of this deadly habit, when his metabolism is altered and his arteries are clogged, chances are he'll refuse to accept responsibility just like most of the other members of his race.

I'm not passing judgment on any of my fellow Terrans that frequent this comment room with me. Merely commenting on what I observe from day to day. Please click on the link on my name for further reading material.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:37:47 PM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Wal-Mart -- I recommend a book by Bentley Little, called THE STORE. After all, haven't we all always known they're evil? ;)
Christine
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:14:16 PM
IP: 67.136.147.135

The Walmart Thing> I guess Walmart employees do have it pretty crappy - my brother works there and says it sucks. And he's not some lazy, stereotypical teen worker, either.

Check this out. The CORE102 classes at my university are in "clusters"... basically same work, different theme. And I'm finishing up the 101 English so they gave me this packet full of the cluster options. One of them is so made for any Gargs fan:
Gods and Monsters - The "frontiers" in literature - the places where me move a step beyond reality and into the terrifying unknown. By looking at the supernatural, the freakish, the grotesque, the readings question what it means to be human, thereby forcing students to learn about issues that often go unexamined in society, and by extention, themselves.

That one, "Fantasy and Reality," and "Oppression, Resistance, and Protest" sound sweet. Too bad I have to take Acoustics next semester - that Gods and Monsters class sounds like what Weisman would teach if he were a professor.
Tharos
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 09:27:29 PM
IP: 165.190.89.139

hi everyone i ask last week if any new of a clan online an they asked me to find the site so um type in that clan name and u should find it but the site isnt workin to well and her email doest work lol so if ya know any other clans would ya plas email me :D im goin insane.
rasputtin
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 08:01:26 PM
IP: 69.110.128.244

Wow ! It's too quick. Maybe Wal-Mart offers little prices, but they can afford these. Little shops cannot. And if everybody go only to Wal-Mart (or only in SuperCenters), each little shop will dissappear. And if Wal-Mart is the only shop in a city, be sure they will increase their prices.
Actually I'm not really against SuperCenters but it's true that in most of them employees are considered like dogs (not even like dogs, because most of the time the owner likes its pet). That's my worst grief against them (SuperCenters not pet's owners :)).
Kyp - [azerty083hotmail.com]
Douai, France
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 06:16:55 PM
IP: 82.252.89.104

Kathy> you hit the nail on the head :)
Personally I have had good luck with the meat dept. at our local SuperCenter, but I've heard complaints about others. *nods*
In my hectic life I appreciate a store where I can get whatever I need and not have to make 3 or 4 different stops and various stores. I also appreciate the lower prices that Wal-Mart is able to offer. If the "small business owner that was ran out of town when a Wal-Mart arrived" has to close - then his prices were too high to begin with and apparently didn't have a problem with taking advantage of being the only store with that merchandise.
I live in a small town where this was a very big problem. The local merchants were so high on their prices that it caused a LOT of people to shop in neighboring towns.
Wal-Marts have done a lot of community services and benefits that the smaller business owner didn't do... even on an adjusted scale.
My only irk with McDonald's is that they charge so much for a soda. A soft drink is one of the most profit making item that a restaurant owner has. They have about 5 cents invested in a large drink.

As far as firing everyone involved in possibly forming an union - there are labor laws that protect such dismissals. So I question the validity of that claim.

*back to ocassional lurking*
Jan
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 05:10:40 PM
IP: 12.215.181.120

Harvester of Eyes > Are you being sarcastic or do you mean that about MacDonalds and Walmart, because if it's the latter then you've passed scary a mile back. Nobody, nobody forces anybody to either eat at MacDonald's or to order extra large portions. Your health. Your choice. It's called personal responsibility and it's an attribute that's being found in increasingly short supply in American society.

The same with patronizing Walmart. You don't like them, don't shop there. I find their meat department a crime against nature, but I appreciate the rest of the store and the fact it allows me the best shopping option of all the local grocery stores.

kathy
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 04:43:25 PM
IP: 66.82.9.36

I Agree on this one.

Kyp - [azerty083]
Douai, France
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:45:29 PM
IP: 82.252.89.104

HoE:> There's been a Walmart with a McDonalds in it for a few years here. <One company gives people diabetes>... Yes, McDonalds gives unhealthy food to the people who willingly walk in and BUY it. I still don't see why that's become such a big deal with people lately. If anyone was ever dumb enough to think that fast food, especially McDonalds's, was good for you... Then I feel sorry for them.
Tharos
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 11:15:16 AM
IP: 165.190.89.139

It would appear that Wal-Mart and McDonald's might be working together on this one. There's a Wal-Mart a few miles from my house that actually has a McDonald's inside it. Does anyone have the Pentagon's number? I don't think they're aware of this unholy alliance. One company gives people obesity and diabetes, which ultimately weakens the economy, and then Wal-Mart steps in with its low prices, drives all local businesses into the ground, and then suddenly inflates prices. In the words of Edward Dorn, "We need help, the poet reckoned."

On another note, I actually read an article saying that one of the departments within a Wal-Mart (I think it was somewhere in the midwest) tried to unionize, and so the HQ fired just about everyone working at that Wal-Mart. They also fired random people from the surrounding Wal-Marts (who knew nothing about the unionization attempt) in order to set an example. Yeah, these people are evil. Where's Mr. T when you need him?
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75@aol.com]
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:34:14 AM
IP: 69.174.23.52

Dezi> Same here. Walmart are evil. They've even corrupted the UK. But here it's called ASDA...my fiancee works for them and apparantly it's ok so long as you don't mind having to wear bright neon green throughout most of your working life.

I used to work for them too...until my manager told me the following, regarding my requests for a change in my hours due to my university timetable..

'You can work 9 to 5 or 2 til 10.'

Fat lot of good that was as I had a seminar at 3 on the day in question.
Draconis Mk IV
UKTuesday, October 26, 2004 09:36:07 AM
IP: 83.100.155.223

Timedancer> I've discovered that the version of Buccaneer on the European Mirror-Site is actually the director's cut version. I guess there's only need to change the link. :)
Kyp - [azerty083@hotmail.com]
Douai, France
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 06:10:48 AM
IP: 82.252.89.104

Patrick> <<if we could all fly naken with no luggage, we could cut probably the wait down to about ten minutes>>: Don't forget sedating everyone and packing them like cordwood.

Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Monday, October 25, 2004 10:47:02 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

Dezi> I feel you. Don't have much love for Wal-Mart. Its unfortunate they have a yeast-like business model: expand or die. If the stores looked to imrpoving the shopping experience, they miht get some loyalty going and actually survive the Big Crunch that will inevitably come.

Timedancer> I hope TGS can get the link back up on the Director's Cut of Buccaneer. It isn't much, most Director's Cuts are made with a rating system already in mind, but it still something TD fans might enjoy.


Taleweaver
Monday, October 25, 2004 09:47:28 PM
IP: 209.179.168.31

And here's some links that turn my stomach. I hate walmart.

I HATE WALMART!!!!!

(and yes im a former employee, and yes they truly are a bunch of bastards, and yes, sam walton is still alive in a secret underground compound in arkansas...)

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/10/17/mexico.walmart.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/14/hawaii.walmart.ap/index.html

OMG theyre taking over the world!!!!

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/11/28/japan.walmart/index.html
Dezi
Monday, October 25, 2004 08:09:56 PM
IP: 68.57.196.146

Dezi es diez!
Dezi
Monday, October 25, 2004 06:42:26 PM
IP: 68.57.196.146

number 9
silvadel
Monday, October 25, 2004 06:10:59 PM
IP: 24.225.200.151

Geez no ! I'm 8th
Kyp
Monday, October 25, 2004 04:50:03 PM
IP: 82.252.89.104

Seventh !

Kup - [azerty083@hotmail.com]
Douai, France
Monday, October 25, 2004 04:49:06 PM
IP: 82.252.89.104

7th.
Na zdorov'ya.
Gside - [gside@comcast.net]
Fair Haven, NJ
Monday, October 25, 2004 04:45:30 PM
IP: 68.83.187.89

sixth!!!
Damien
Monday, October 25, 2004 02:27:46 PM
IP: 205.250.244.212

Five!
Vinnie - [tpeano29@hotmail.com]
Marquette, Michigan, USA
Monday, October 25, 2004 01:58:58 PM
IP: 65.127.114.26

Four!
Tharos
Monday, October 25, 2004 01:57:10 PM
IP: 165.190.89.139

#3, barely between classes
DPH
AR, USA
Monday, October 25, 2004 01:50:00 PM
IP: 161.31.67.128

Number 2! Or is that three?

And yeah...no leaving luggage about. That's crazy.
Draconis Mk IV
UkMonday, October 25, 2004 01:17:42 PM
IP: 83.100.155.223

Heh... Number one, I guess.
Patrick
Monday, October 25, 2004 12:39:11 PM
IP: 66.93.14.153

DPH > No one is going to want to show up 24 hours in advance to drop off checked luggage, go home, then come back again the next day to fly. Most of the time, my luggage isn't even fully packed until 10 minutes before I walk out the door... and I barely trust the airlines with it for the 6 to 8 hours they have possession of it already for a coast to coast flight. The wait to clear security at the busiest airports is already 2 hours, so to make sercurity tighter and have 100% hand inspection of carryon bags, we will need many more and more efficient screeners. Of course, if we could all fly naken with no luggage, we could cut probably the wait down to about ten minutes... but somehow I don't think this option would fly, either. No pun intended.

If you're using a well instead of municipal water, you're already taking your chances unless you're lucky enough to be tapped into a large aquifer that lies deep beneath a layer of impermeable rock. Again, nothing is free. If you want the benefits of a filtration plant, you'd better be prepared to pay for the expense of getting yourself connected to a public water system. Alternately, you could purchase and maintain a residential system to treat the supply from your own well. Or you could even clear out the garage and stockpile bottled water.

43 days left until the spell is broken and they live again! Gargoyles Season One comes to DVD on December 7, 2004!
Patrick
Monday, October 25, 2004 12:38:44 PM
IP: 66.93.14.153