A N S W E R S T O T H E I R N Q U E S T I O N ----------------------------------------------------- "Isn't there something better you could be doing right now? What is it?" Volume 2, Number 7 November 20th, 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (yawm) I'm too tired to do this tonight. Pardon me if I'm not funny. :) -- ASRDW1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #01 ACAD2A::VNNBJ Sat 14 Nov 1992 01:11:20 ( 3/ 230) From: NEXUS 6 Well let me see... i could repair these vcr's that have been acumilating on my floor. or i could dream up an excuse to call in sick tomarrow, or i could plop in blade runner,till kids in the hall comes on, what was the question ? -- R: Truly the earmarks of a sick mind. Especially those teeth marks on your ears. Woo. #02 ACAD2A::FSTJF Sat 14 Nov 1992 01:18:32 ( 24/ 587) F From: TERRY J FIKE right now? thats easy... even though not fun...(tis a pity...cause i could think of something there too *evil laughter* ...) i could be doing my history exam (boring!) oh well...i need the good grade...(don't we all...) welp...this is it from the boremeister... hope ya like/dislike...either or...no matter... *smile* -- R: Hmm ... pretty nihilist answer, there, Terry ... don't worry, we're not so bored that we fall asl ... zzzz zzzzhwkzqz erm what? #03 ACAD2A::ASBWC Sat 14 Nov 1992 01:42:56 ( 22/ 1514) From: Brady W. Clark - UAA Math VAX OK.... First, does this better thing include having to keep your shorts on? If not, then most of these better things I could think of involve carnal knowledge of one (or more) of the large number of attractive women at UAA who amaze me every time I am on campus. :) Keep it up ladies!! :) Now that the obligitory sexist response has been taken care of, there is also the possibility to be considered that you meant better in a more benevolent sort of way, as in "What could you be doing to make things better right now?" If so, there are many possibilities, including on the more drastic side, the peace corps, or even public office (if you can keep it from completely corrupting you). On the more realistic to most of us side, you can become more politically involved by volunteering time with campaigns and writing frequent letters to your legislators at all levels about issues which concern you, you can become more socially active by volunteering time with those who may need it, such as children, the mentally, physically and financially handicapped, and the elderly. Even just reading the newspaper and remaining aware of what takes place in the world around you makes the world a better place for all of us. But, all things considered, and given the time of night and how many people are about to spend the night in my bed. (one. me.) I kinda like my first answer. And if my first answer were happening on a beach somewhere with a much more equatorial climate, so much the better. Brady -- R: "Keep it up ladies!!" ... hmm ... take your own advice ... 8) #04 ACAD2A::ASBAM Sat 14 Nov 1992 04:27:42 ( 4/ 156) From: Mr. Wizard No. Well, actually, yes. I could be talking to a certain person in Fairbanks. But I'm not. And it's all because of your stupid IRN thing, Royce! -- R: Sorry, sorry, I'll just go and soak my head and crash my hard drive. #05 ACAD2A::ASFJP Sat 14 Nov 1992 11:12:44 ( 7/ 188) From: Jabberwokky Doing something better than using a 1200 bps VAX connect, but calling in with a Telebit Worldblazer? How could ANYTHING be better than that? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm not making that up. -- R: Truth is stranger than fiction. IRN is stranger than truth. #06 ACAD2A::ASSPK Sat 14 Nov 1992 11:19:05 ( 4/ 261) From: A figment of your Imagination. Well, being with my girlfriend who lives on the east coast...There's one thing at least.....Speaking to people instead of staring at my computer screen. there's another I suppose.....Any other things are far to colorful to tell any of you about....grin...... -- R: Colorful? Oh, c'mon, you can tell us about that episode with the yak and the garden hose ... 8) #07 ACAD3A::ASBAC Sat 14 Nov 1992 13:46:34 ( 4/ 237) From: Cynical Eyes Well, I suppose I could be bettering my life and the world, but since I find this relaxing, which is good for my state of mind, which is ultimately good for me, I suppose there isn't anything much better that I could be doing right now. -- R: Hey, can't argue with that ... I must be utterly serene. #08 ACAD3A::FSMLM2 Sat 14 Nov 1992 17:30:36 ( 3/ 126) From: A sad Rebelheart hmmm Isuppose I could be searching for a cure for baggy pantyhose..... AH HA!!!!!!!! I found the cure. wear Stockings ;) -- R: Woo, I've noticed a pattern here ... every time you answer, you manage to work your underthings into the conversation ... are you trying to tell us something? 8) #09 ACAD2A::PSSLA Sat 14 Nov 1992 17:35:31 ( 1/ 29) From: Lorraine Riding my snowmachine !!!!!! -- R: Sounds like an endearment for your boyfriend. 'My SnowMachine.' #10 ACAD2A::ASDMF Sat 14 Nov 1992 21:34:06 ( 17/ 576) From: The Electronic Messiah Is there something better i could be doing right now? Hmmm, lemme think.... I could be hacking password like Brian, Or I could be playing mods like Royce. or I could be just screwing around like Alan... But at this moment...as i sit here on my Timex Sinclair 2000 running X-Windows and Unix...I ponder the idea that I could be actually doing something useful..Like...like.....like...errr, ummm, well....something...Maybe upgrade my modem to 300 baud or something useful.... I guess i am doing something better...like answering this IRN question... Oh well 'So be it..' -- R: Or you could be heckling me and my customers at Sears ... you seem to have a knack for it ... and installing sound files, too ... 8) #11 ACAD2A::ASTJM1 Sun 15 Nov 1992 20:05:54 ( 2/ 99) From: Tasmanian Devil Yes, there is. I could be sitting out on the beach in Hawaii... Hey, I think i will try that.. :) -- R: Oh. Well, see ya. 8) #12 ACAD2A::ASGAM Mon 16 Nov 1992 13:06:21 ( 1/ 12) From: Mee and no one else... easy...SEX! -- R: Not a good idea to use these words in the same sentence. 8) #13 ACAD2A::ASLAM2 Mon 16 Nov 1992 15:58:03 ( 1/ 33) From: Visualize Whirled Peas Anything which involves asbsj... -- R: Well, since he didn't answer this week, I guess that means that you couldn't be doing anything better right now ... hee hee #14 ACAD2A::ASTCR Mon 16 Nov 1992 16:07:14 ( 3/ 164) From: Frenchy As always there is something better that \i could be doing but \i do not want to do it as it requires work. Besides I want to have the time to talk to my friends. -- R: Hmm ... avoiding work ... that's something you could be doing right now. Works for me. (no pun intended) #15 ACAD2A::PSCAC Thu 19 Nov 1992 17:05:12 ( 5/ 141) From: CHRISTOPHER A CULBERTSON YES..... (1) Visiting my girlfriend (2) Working on my computer at home (3) Talking to any of the numerous females around this school -- R: Yeah, and I could be mining for dilithium crystals on the planet Preliumtarn. Or being fed dates by Messalina. Or doing my Jimmy Stewart imitation on HBO. Ahem. NICHT! #16 ACAD2A::FSCLH Fri 20 Nov 1992 21:17:04 ( 25/ 1529) From: a sexual innuendo well..lets see.. i guess i could go down the hall and get a juice from the machine.. but then..i just might take the last juice.. and some deranged woman, holding onto sanity by only a thread, may go looking for a juice, and when she found the machine empty.. she might go completly beserk and go into a rage.. then with all of that adreniline rushing through her veins... she might pick up the empty machine and hurl it down the steps.. and maybe, just perhaps, the chancellor could be walking by those steps.. and she might be crushed by the juice machine, as it smashes her head into a bloddy pulp... of course, the campus troopers would then have to go out on a search for the pyscho woman... so thfey would walk around with their guns pulled (thouse $800 glocks, ya know) and just maybe, they might run into a woman who is a bit paranoid, and when she sees those guns pointing at her, she may pull her own gun and fire wildly, possibly striking the coke (tm) machine, spraying coco-cola everywhere, possibly spraying the paranoid woman, who might not be a woman after all, but could be an andraid and the coke may fry her circuits, setting fire to the entire campus, which could, possibly spread across all of fairbanks, even possibly out to the pipeline, setting fire to the pipeline, and ruining alaska's oil industry forever... but i'd hate to think i did that, so instead, i think i'll go get ready for rocky horror... *grin* i'm going in costume, and you know.. going in costume always makes me thirsty.. *smile* -- R: And then aliens burst in and steal your costume and eat it ... while Jimmy Hoffa watches, and gestures at you with his Glock. "Hey, Jimmy, I hear you got a hot Glock." "Show me yer Glock, Jimmy-boy."