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blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 352
Today's Topics:
[B7L] Just a thought...
Re: [B7L] Hello from Yugoslavia?! Zen, confirm...
Re: [B7L] Hello from Yugoslavia?! Zen, confirm...
[B7L] Re: blakes7-d Digest V99 #351
[B7L] French and Saunders
[B7L] New Years' Resolutions...Not? (a bit long, it got away from me...)
Re: [B7L] New Years' Resolutions...Not? (a bit long, it got away from me...)
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:32:18 PST
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Just a thought...
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BTW...while putting together another little burble (New Year's
Resolutions...tomorrow, just in case the world comes to an end
at the stroke of...) I've re-discovered one of the main reasons
I love these people, especially in 1st and 2nd season. When you
look at them with a clear, cold, dispassionate eye...they're all bloody
lunatics!
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:49:13 PST
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Hello from Yugoslavia?! Zen, confirm...
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Hi Ivan - and my *deepest* sympathy for only getting one
series!!!
I'm afraid I can't help with making tapes (after 5 years with
the VCR I am just getting the hang of the on-off switch), but
I do have copies of 2 of the the BBC compiled tapes (there's an
amount of cutting but they're still pretty still good) I no
longer need, so if you or anyone else would like them, please
let me know. One had Deliverance/Orac/Redemption on, the other
had Aftermath/Powerplay/Sargophagus.
I am slowly but determinedly buying my way through the series
through Horizon (and from Australia too...) and am *just* coming
up to Animals in the new year. Beraing in mind that it made top
of the B7 ladder, I am expecting something fairly - ummm - oh,
Una....
Sally (and when I've got it and *seen* it, I'll let you know).
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 01:12:49 -0000
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [B7L] Hello from Yugoslavia?! Zen, confirm...
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Sally wrote:
> I am slowly but determinedly buying my way through the series
> through Horizon (and from Australia too...) and am *just* coming
> up to Animals in the new year. Beraing in mind that it made top
> of the B7 ladder, I am expecting something fairly - ummm - oh,
> Una....
Well, a treat in store for the New Year for you, Sally. I imagine it will be
rather the same as my experience of the last episode of DS9.
> Sally (and when I've got it and *seen* it, I'll let you know).
Hehehe - can't wait! ;)
Una
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 13:31:46 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:24:37 -0000
From: "Deborah Day" <d.day@ukgateway.net>
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Subject: [B7L] French and Saunders
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I was watching the French and Saunders Christmas special, with the wonderful
take off of Star Wars the Phantom Menace (rather better than the original,
especially with John Inman) and noticed that the background scenery for the
spaceships resembled more than a little the corridors of the Liberator. The
same old ex-sunbed tubes, arranged in a hexagonal pattern, indeed much of it
seemed to be the same old dialogue and acting as well. Worth a look if they
repeat it.
Debbie Day.
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:21:28 PST
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se, B7_Avon@onelist.com, freedom-city@blakes-7.org,
rallyingcall@cwe.cx
Subject: [B7L] New Years' Resolutions...Not? (a bit long, it got away from me...)
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At the beginning of the first year:
Blake: I will bring down the Federation. I will put together a
group as loyal, enthusiastic, dedicated-to-the-Cause, team-
spirited and high-minded as any other rebel leader has. I will
even make friends with this Avon (can't be *that* hard...)
Avon: If I failed at being so rich and powerful no one could
touch me, I will try being so arrogant and objectionable that
no one will want to.
Cally - I will have companions for my death.
Jenna: I will have that cute curly-headed one in no time, just
watch me.
Gan: I will have to keep an eye on Vila. I will follow the
idealist. I will be reasonable and fair and even-tempered at
all times. I will try not to wonder why everyone prefers the unreasonable,
unfair,about-as-even-tempered-as-a-warg-
strangler-with-a-sore-paw one.
Vila: I will stick with these people - they look nice and
safe...
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At the beginning of the second year:
Blake: I will *not* strangle Avon. I will bring down the
Federation. I will find some fancier outfits in the wardrobe
room (and I will *not* tell Avon that green velvet isn't his
style, he's been eyeing something even worse in red leather.)
I will learn how to get useful information from Orac without threatening to
boot it from here to the airlock. I will not
even think about booting Avon from here to the airlock. I will
find a nicer way to let Jenna down gently. I will think of a
good reason why I have to let Jenna down at all. I will convince myself it
is my Noble Streak. Oh, and I will not I will not
strangle Avon.
Vila: I will stick with Blake - he's not safe, but I like him.
I will find a way to persuade Blake that liberating lots of bars
and hotels and Federation Rest Centres is a Blow For Freedom. I
will study up on some nice non-painful but bedrest-needing
symptoms to develop when Blake wants something unlocked and
blown up (not always in that order). I will not fall asleep
again on teleport duty, or they'll give the job to Jenna and
Cally and make me go down more often. I might even do something
brave this year...nah.
Gan: I will try and talk sense into Blake sometimes (someone
has to, and I don't think Avon knows the meaning of the word).
I will continue to be reasonable and fair and even-tempered
if it kills me.
Cally: I will not be Taken Over by Aliens. I will not wimp out.
I will support Blake no matter how wild his ideas get, right
to the end. I will work on my fashion sense (I will start by
getting a hair-cut that will make people sit up and look).
Jenna: I will win the who's-the-gaudiest-dresser contest with
Avon, and I *will* ensure that my red leather and high heels
are sexier than his. I will find a way to persuade Blake that liberating
lots of extremely valuable space cargo is a Blow For Freedom. I will not
wimp out. And I will find a way round his
Noble Streak, just watch me...
Avon: I will not shoot Blake. I will shoot anyone - like Travis
- who tries (I will think of a good selfish reason, however). I
will win the who's-the-gaudiest-dresser contest with Jenna,
even if thigh-length boots are a pain to wear (and don't fit
the macho image). One of these days, I *will not* end up doing
what Blake says. And I will I will I will end up with this ship
(but not the crew, please God not the crew).
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At the beginning of the third year:
Cally: I will not be Taken Over by Aliens more than twice a
month. I will think about empathising with Avon about the
dead ex-girlfriend (I only said I would think about it) and
missing Fearless Leader. I will lock up medical supplies of
adrenaline and soma better. I will not wimp out any further.
Vila: I will stick with Avon, he's safer than Blake. I will
see these new youngsters treat me with respect. I will see Orac
treat me with respect. I will *win* a game against Avon. I will
let Cally think her locks on the medical supplies work...oh, for
at least three days. I will find a way to convince Tarrant that
all good pirates need to stock lots of rum and gin and brandy
(then I won't need so much of the medical adrenaline and soma).
I might even do something brave *this* year...nah.
Tarrant: I will not strangle Avon (but I will thump him
occasionally.) I will try and talk sense into him sometimes (not
that I'm too sure what that word means, but what the hell,
neither is he). I will find even gaudier outfits in the wardrobe
room than he wears, and not glare at Vila when he says that the
Robin Hood bit looked better on *other* people (and I will
refrain from pointing out that it's a *pirate* look). I will
not will not will not strangle Avon.
Dayna: Servalan. In pieces. Small ones. By next Christmas. Or
else.
Avon: I will find the bastard who killed Anna. I will kill the
bastard who killed Anna. I will remember that getting hit over
the head is Part of Being A Hero (I will try not to remember
that Blake didn't get hit over the head nearly this often when
he was The Hero). I *will* have some peace and quiet now there's
no one interest - errr, I mean infuriating - to fight with. I
will wear that red leather one more time, no matter how bloody
awful they all think it is. And I will find that blasted s o b militant
idealist (whom I will not admit I miss one little bit)
if it costs me the ship...
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At the beginning of the fourth year:
Vila: I think I will get drunk for a year. And I will stick with
Avon, though maybe if I do something brave for Tarrant...like
save his skin...nah. Never get the chance.
Tarrant: I will not strangle Avon. I will not sulk because
Dorian bought fancy black leather and studs for Avon and these
boring grey duds for me. I will Get Some This Year (there must
be somebody out there for me, even if she's, say, an assassin,
a megalomaniac or a warlord-in-training...) I will not blame
that damned Blake for not strangling Avon and saving me from temptation. I
will learn to think before Charging In
Heroically...nah, where's the fun in that?
Soolin: I will work out why the hell I'm staying with this
lot. I will make the galactic record for hair-changes within
one space battle.
Dayna: Servalan. In tiny pieces. By this time next year. No
matter what.
Avon: I'll kill the bitch. No, maybe I won't kill the bitch.
Yes, I *will*... I will find a good leather-and-stud cleaner.
I will stop borrowing Soolin's blow-dryer and get Vila to
steal one of my own. I will be nicer to Vila. And strange women.
And I *definitely* will find that blasted s o b militant idealist (whom I
still will not admit I miss one little bit) if I have to
get the base blown up, Scorpio crashed and *everyone* killed to
do it...
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Hope you all have a great New Year, and see you next
millennium...
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:21:23 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] New Years' Resolutions...Not? (a bit long, it got away from me...)
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>From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
>Subject: [B7L] New Years' Resolutions...Not? (a bit long, it got away from
>me...)
<smile> I'd ask what Sally has been eating and drinking of late to prompt
this.
Glad I'm reading it now - I'm being turned into a curmudgeon by revellers
who want to celebrate New Year two hours or more early, and with a bang,
too! Where did these people get fireworks from?
And Happy New Year to New Zealand, seeing as it's passed midnight there
(about an hour and a half to go in New South Wales and Victoria).
Regards
Joanne
(contemplating work on Tuesday...argh!)
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