[AG-TECH] Name the puppy

Jeff Shuckra jshuckra at msrc.unm.edu
Wed Mar 27 08:43:52 CST 2002


Dear Andrea,
Actually, the stream of community-minded emails are a sign that the
AccessGrid works. The application of the phrase "group-to-group" is as
diverse as the cultures it connects. 

jeff shuckra


andrea jackson wrote:
> 
> For the allegedly hardhearted amongst us, raised on a diet of George Formby
> and the Carry Ons, the double entendres offered by this saga are almost too
> much to bear.  Sadly, they are not fit for publication on a mailing list.
> I'd get drummed out of a job. Instead:
> 
> Don Morton quoting Mike Daw :
> 
> > > I really wanted to go to this (sad as I am, but at least I have a heart,
> > > Andrea)
> 
> I don't know why I'm  being demonised across two continents. I've seen the
> web photos of this slobbering creature (oh make it up yourselves...) and
> Mike knows perfectly well that I was kindly disposed to gave it a name more
> than two weeks ago, which is more than its neglectful owner has deigned to
> do for it. Its name, in Manchester at least, is Eric.
> 
> Don Morton wrote:
> 
> > hey jennifer, think you can get some footage of another eagle
> > swooping down on EB???!! :) :) :)  now THAT would be cool to
> > stream out!! :) :)
> 
> Cool indeed, and not a moment too soon.
> 
> As Manchester Computing is situated on a busy main road in the city centre,
> we have no wonders of Mother Nature to share with the AG community, but
> footage of fraternal greetings exchanged between cyclists and bus drivers in
> the customary form of hand gestures can be made available on request. The
> heartwarming
> sight of lorry drivers aiming their vehicles at students
> stranded in traffic will be obscured by diesel fumes and smoking rubber, so
> this idyllic urban landscape will cause no offence to people of a nervous
> disposition. With them in mind, I won't trouble you with tales of treasured
> pets being mowed down by speeding police cars.
> 
> Give my regards to Eric.
> 
> Andrea, aka Miss Ann Thrope.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Morton" <morton at cs.umt.edu>
> To: "Mike Daw" <mike.daw at man.ac.uk>
> Cc: "'Mary Fritsch'" <fritsch at mcs.anl.gov>; <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>; "Jennifer
> Parham" <jrparham at cs.umt.edu>
> Sent: 26 March 2002 04:01
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Name the puppy
> 
> > Mike Daw wrote:
> > >
> > > I really wanted to go to this (sad as I am, but at least I have a heart,
> > > Andrea)... Any chance of doing a Voyager recording?
> > >
> >
> > i "believe" our friends at ANL recorded this (that's why we changed
> > venues at last minute) but, i haven't had a chance to check yet...
> >
> > hey jennifer, think you can get some footage of another eagle
> > swooping down on EB???!! :) :) :)  now THAT would be cool to
> > stream out!! :) :)
> >
> > ---
> > Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
> > Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
> > Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Morton" <morton at cs.umt.edu>
> To: "Mike Daw" <mike.daw at man.ac.uk>
> Cc: "'Mary Fritsch'" <fritsch at mcs.anl.gov>; <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>; "Jennifer
> Parham" <jrparham at cs.umt.edu>
> Sent: 26 March 2002 04:01
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Name the puppy
> 
> > Mike Daw wrote:
> > >
> > > I really wanted to go to this (sad as I am, but at least I have a heart,
> > > Andrea)... Any chance of doing a Voyager recording?
> > >
> >
> > i "believe" our friends at ANL recorded this (that's why we changed
> > venues at last minute) but, i haven't had a chance to check yet...
> >
> > hey jennifer, think you can get some footage of another eagle
> > swooping down on EB???!! :) :) :)  now THAT would be cool to
> > stream out!! :) :)
> >
> > ---
> > Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
> > Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
> > Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139




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