Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] What are we here for?

Bruce Robertson the_oil_fish@yahoo.ca
Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:12:41 -0500 (EST)


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Greetings Clan Powder,
I'm with Kate and the rest on this. If it gets a bit tedious reading about VCD, DVD, Weeds, LSD, STD's or whatever, I just press delete. I don't have to read or even remotely understand that stuff. But it's meaningful to somebody, or it wouldn't make cyberspace.
I've learned tons about the Oils on Powderworks. Many of their lyrics make way more sense now. Knowing about the band also helps understand their message, if one can speak of the Oils having a 'message' per se. But I've also been challenged to think about the Oils and other stuff - some Oily, some just human - differently through discussions here and on Powderpolitics. A lot of time we don't agree, but c'est la vie. God knows it's been fun.
It'd be too bad if outspoken guys like Bjorn left because they "couldn't stand the weather."  Why not just delete it and keep on? I deleted more than half of the 64 messages this am. But I have to admit I got a real kick out of the snow plough thread, in a gloating kind of way   ;)
Warm wishes from the balmy plains,
bruce in calgary
BTW - Hey Eastern types, if I ever complain about weather again '...as sure as I stand on this place, may lightning strike and leave no traaaaaaaaaaace!' Watch your backs when you're sloughing through that bloody mess.
 Kate Parker Adams <kate@dnki.net> wrote:Because many of us still like talking to each other.

We like to chat about the Oils, and we like to chat about all the things 
they stand for that brought us all to this place. We like to find out how 
life is in other places and bitch or gloat about the weather year-round.

When we travel, we like to meet up and break bread or drink beer and swap 
stories and grow friendships. Help each other paint our new homes and 
crash with three cats per futon. Feed berry smoothies and peanut butter 
sandwiches to the youngsters and girlchat for a couple of hours until the 
Peace Train heads back north. That sort of thing.

If that is not your speed, so be it. Entirely understandable. But this is 
a wonderful community regardless - I'll be hanging around until the party 
is over.

At 07:37 PM 2/17/03 -0800, James Warren wrote:

>I checked the Powderworks today, and 22 of 30 messages were NMOC 
>messages. It depressed me to see so many messages that having to do with 
>a band that doesn't exist any more.
>
>-J. Warren
>
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<P>Greetings Clan Powder,
<P>I'm with Kate and the rest on this. If it gets a bit tedious reading about VCD, DVD, Weeds, LSD, STD's or whatever, I just press delete. I don't have to read or even remotely understand that stuff. But it's meaningful to somebody, or it wouldn't make cyberspace.
<P>I've learned tons about the Oils on Powderworks. Many of their lyrics make way more sense now. Knowing about the band also helps understand their message, if one can speak of the Oils having a 'message' per se. But I've also been challenged to think about the Oils and other stuff - some Oily, some just human - differently through discussions here and on Powderpolitics.&nbsp;A lot of time we don't agree, but c'est la vie. God knows it's been fun.
<P>It'd be too bad if outspoken guys like Bjorn left because they "couldn't stand the weather." &nbsp;Why not just delete it and keep on? I deleted more than half of the 64 messages this am. But I&nbsp;have to admit I got a real kick out of the snow plough thread, in a gloating kind of way&nbsp;&nbsp; ;)
<P>Warm wishes from the balmy plains,
<P>bruce in calgary
<P>BTW - Hey Eastern types, if I ever complain about weather again '...as sure as I stand on this place, may lightning strike and leave no traaaaaaaaaaace!' Watch your backs when you're sloughing through that bloody mess.
<P>&nbsp;<B><I>Kate Parker Adams &lt;kate@dnki.net&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Because many of us still like talking to each other.<BR><BR>We like to chat about the Oils, and we like to chat about all the things <BR>they stand for that brought us all to this place. We like to find out how <BR>life is in other places and bitch or gloat about the weather year-round.<BR><BR>When we travel, we like to meet up and break bread or drink beer and swap <BR>stories and grow friendships. Help each other paint our new homes and <BR>crash with three cats per futon. Feed berry smoothies and peanut butter <BR>sandwiches to the youngsters and girlchat for a couple of hours until the <BR>Peace Train heads back north. That sort of thing.<BR><BR>If that is not your speed, so be it. Entirely understandable. But this is <BR>a wonderful community regardless - I'll be hanging around until the party <BR>is over.<BR><BR>At 07:37 PM 2/17/03 -0800, James Warren wrote:<BR><BR>&gt;I checked the Powderworks today, and 22 of 30 messages were NMOC <BR>&gt;messages. It depressed me to see so many messages that having to do with <BR>&gt;a band that doesn't exist any more.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;-J. Warren<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;_______________________________________________<BR>&gt;Powderworks mailing list<BR>&gt;Powderworks@cs.colorado.edu<BR>&gt;http://www.cs.colorado.edu/mailman/listinfo/powderworks<BR><BR>******************************************************************************************************<BR>Kate Adams<BR>Doctoral Student<BR>Epidemiology<BR>Department of Work Environment<BR>UMass Lowell<BR>******************************************************************************************************<BR>"There are a lot of people who as they get older get mellow. I don't like <BR>mellow music. I don't like mellow. Period." - Moe Tucker<BR>******************************************************************************************************<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Post your free ad now! <a href="http://ca.personals.yahoo.com/"><b>Y
ahoo! Canada Personals</b></a><br>
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