Marcia ... I sent loads of emails and an e-birthdaycard ... but no response ...please write me. Maggie

Hi all Marcia dear. Can I talk to you sometime since Julie is nowhere to be seen (offline for a few days while she straightens her life out and lets her ankle get over the pain of the operation). I know I got exams but I need a stabilising influence that was usually provided by you and Julie. Rob

Yikes! I am in the middle of the US with only my host's computer for company at the present. My son is repairing my laptop and I am sorry I did not go for a new one instead of all of this wasted time. I cannot talk to anyone except for AOL IM which I currently use until I get my laptop. Here I am at BluegrassHula@aol.com or screen name of BluegrassHula. Sorry Maggie, between the crashes and download problems most of my email got deleted. I can only heo I get it back when I get back on aloha.net via my host's server. Yahoo will be the first thing installed !!!

Rob, I plan to take special care with our GeoNymph. I just wish I could tell you all just how very special she truely is.

Hi all Thanks Lance. I will have the fun of finding that out for myself in the US Spring of 2004 because I am aiming to visit when the weather improves then. Although I could go before then I want to put a bit more money in the bank first. Rob

OOPS!!! *BLUSH* I gotta get this orbiting stuff down before 2004. Lance dear, I am in the next state over. Wave to me on the next rotation. Welcome back from Hilo, btw. How I'd love to see you...!!! Rob, a gentleman never tells... That's part of the fun! Defifinitely put the spendable stuff in the bank first. I have found it most necessary and convenient on this adventure I am on currently.

Hi all Is Marcia getting impatient at the prospect of her laptop being nearly ready for her? I would be pretty impatient without being antisocial. Rob is waiting for you on Yahoo! IM and so is Julie. Rob

Laptop is functional and working just fine. I caught up with the posts in Geo and am ready for some serious IM. Rob, I tried to get you to respond yesterday and even emailed you about it. Am I invisible to you, too? I have pared my contact list down to a few special people and Rob and Julie and JohnT are definitely there as is Brenda.

Hi all You are invisible to me, though I have known you long enough that I thought you were in hiding so as to avoid troublesome types. My list has you, Julie, and Brenda, but I have a wide spread of friends from a Ph.D student who starts his doctorate at Canterbury in a few weeks time, to the volcanologically inclined (aka you, Julie, Peter Rinkleff, Petra (ringenaldus), hardin_r, Furies20, Hannah (szerelem02 - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology)). Yahoo is mangling offline messages, so that I never get them. How you ask? Well, the dumb thing thinks I am online all the time, so I automatically receive the messages, when I am not. AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! It infuriates me. Rob

Rob, I have ahd the same difficulties with Yahoo offline messages. I don't ever seem to get them anymore and it was my best way of keeping in contact before! Yup I am often just lurking though I have pruned my contact list to just a few while I am on Don's modem. Pulling degree rank on me, are you? Do you REALLY wan to take me on in this category? More than likely not since you will surely lose! I'll keep myself visible. I talk to Greece and Pakistan on Yahoo. Surely you are available in New Zealand. Btw, if you leave your IM active it will not store offline messages because you are not Offline! Julie and I were puzling about why I could not get you until yesterday just in time for Don to use the modem connection. Arrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all I hate Yahoo! and Yahoo! hates me. We are even. And the other thing is Kentucky or where ever these messages are coming from is like 18 hours behind me so by the time I come on after University at say 3.PM my time, you are in bed or headed that way, and might I hope with Prince Charming. So there you go. 10AM here is at least 4.PM there possibly 5.PM so by the time I come online at 3.PM my time it is 10.PM in your patch. The cool thing about Hawaii was you were essentially 2 hours ahead of me except that Monday here was Sunday there. Sorry Marcia, but I cannot change the time zones. So this may become a regular pattern I am afraid. Rob

Hi all Marcia dear, where are you? Lifes boring when there is no net connection at home and this is coming from a net cafe in town. The only thing that is stopping me from losing me sanity is I have a lot of work to do at University with my research group and it obviously has precedence. Rob

Oh Rob! I'm terribly sorry I have been so neglectful. Bad things happening in Hawaii on a personal level have kept me hiding in books. I should know better and seek solace with friends like you. Hey! I saw a news item on the BBC World News on the PBS channel here. The Kiwis are ready to race for the America's Cup again! One stupid commentator asked rhetorically if anyone in New Zealand appreciated having won the cup. YES!!! Just look at the Jade copy they made to keep there! *HUGS*

Hi all Fantastic weekend at Wainui, with very cool people. We were there to present research to judges, tutors and peers that was the culmination of a 2 month effort. Did well with every group getting a B+ or better for the poster, and B or better for the oral presentation. Second thing, yes the Louis Vuitton Challenger series to decide who will race against New Zealand is going ahead. Still in it's early stages, but I am sort of hoping Prada (Italy)will win, since the Italians are gentlemen. They challenged us for it in the 2000 races and were immensely popular with the locals. Third thing. I have finished my masterpiece, the great narrative of the AD 186 Taupo eruption. To see it shortly watch "Robs Geo World" topic on Geo. Rob

Hi all Just tell me one thing. Are you okay??? Is HM behaving himself? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldvolcanism for one of the greatest things I have written to date. Rob

HM waxes between furious and adoring and back again. Talk about being bi-polar. I need to get back to Hilo to get on with ending that stalemate and ridding myself of a huge house and holdings I no longer need. Yes, I am alright. Thanks for your concern. (did you postthat yahoo thing in Geo or do I have to snitch it?)

Hi all Time for a babe check... Rob

Me again Got to re-establish my babe list and modify it. Rob

Let us know the results, Rob.

Babe of the 3 M variety checking in. I guess there are just too many things going on for some of us and I am undergoing tests to see what is wrong with me (other than missing Louisville) Hugs, Rob!

What's going on with you, Marcia??

Hope you're ok! This has been a lingering illness hasn't it?

Hope you get to feeling better!

Thanks guys! I am having severe side effects of new medications and not flu. I wish my doctor would change them! However, I think I am getting used to them even though it has taken several weeks of complete uselessness. I am back!

Glad to see you back.

Thanks Lucie! I have gotten Marshall to post in the topic I created for him. He is now reading ... It is good to have him back. *HUGS* Marshall! It is good to be back!

I'm glad to see so many people interested in one of my favorite babes. Even if it sounds like a certain Kiwi would like to become a boyfriend! (lol, nudge in ribs) Seriously, to all who care for her, thanks for keeping M going for so long. I've been off and unable to do any writing. Keep up the good stuffs!

I see you got it to work but is no longer, Lance? Is anyone else having trouble accessing this url? I get to it via http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/Babes/all/new to see if anything new has happened. The Kiwi is very dear, but no threat to you, Sweetie!

I think he sounds like a nice guy. You deserve to be on top of every man's babe list.

I haven't had any trouble with the regular path. The only trouble I've had is that the graphics of the babe is just a box with an X in it.

I get all the stuff that should be there. Btw, Greg, did you see the Faith Hill interviews on E! channet? She is so gorgeous!

You're right. I get that "where an image should be" pink and blue box (IE gives you that red X as I recall.) Another difficulty with changeover. I guess we all need to download that program to make our CRT secure.

Faith Hill is a babe indeed, which is why she's crossing over from country to the big screen.

Even I enjoy looking at her! A babe of the first order, and VERY nice, too. She seems to have all her priorities right!

When I can find it on the list of conferences, it will display fine for me. The Menu list were driving me crazy. As for other women, Faith Hill is OK, but does anyone else think it is strange how Meridith Vierra is getting so much attention as a babe?

She stands out on "The View"

She has no competition on The View - as a babe, that is! Aloha Lance! HUGS!!!

Back at 'ya, nymphette! And a kiss thrown in to boot!

Oooh. Melting! 'Tis lonely in Hilo and I appreciate any and all affection!

Come to Tobacco Road, and you'll have your choice of men wanting you. Anyone over 25 here is also over 200 pounds. And I don't mean English ones!

LOLOL It has to be the good Southern Cooking I have heard so much about. I'llcopme if you promise not to force feed me hominy! That stuff is nasty!

You just haven't had it fixed right. Hominy is just a type of corn. It's Grits that causes people problems. And Grits are just dried, ground, and bleached Hominy corn. In SC, Shrimp and Grits is a staple of the Low Country cuisine. BTW, when I mentioned the folk over 25 and over 200 lbs, I meant the women! The men are variable, but mostly normal sized. So, you'd have good hunting, but the women to choose from here makes me blanche. If you've heard about NC women being pretty, they are when young, but they all leave as soon as they are able for greener pastures. The kind green with Benjamins!

Grits is good! My first encounter with Hominy was at KFC. It was being served like sweet corn so I took a huge spoonful. I though the whole kernels looked big. They were - and tasting strongly of alum or lye or some chemical. NO ONE else was eating it. I have not seen it served that way since! If they make it, I won't eat!

Where were they serving such dreck? Hawaii?

Kia Ora Been a while since I was here. How are we all? Rob

Welcome back! We have missed you many places on Spring. Do you eat fried okra? (likely not... but just asking) I'm in California temporarily. Off to Kentucky at the end of the week to look for more Appalachian lava!

Great Truths with thanks to Wolfie ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it. FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye. SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much. NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly. THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?" FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze. SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions. EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

I try to do all of the above. My time alone, I spend on Spring *;)

Kia Ora "I'm in California temporarily. Off to Kentucky at the end of the week to look for more Appalachian lava!" I was unaware that the Appalacchians had any volcanics - for some reason I have thought that there are no volcanoes in the US that are east of Yellowstone (most eastern of the recognised volcanoes). I assume there are some significant fault systems in the eastern United States because the Appalacchians look like multiple ranges on a map. Rob

That is the whole point of the paper I am writing on this most curious subject. I found two good-sized pieces of a'a, one of which was attached to limestone and fossil reef. Around the Appalachians from West Virginia south, there are numerous sulfur springs. Some of them became famous health resorts, such as White Sulfur Springs, W Va. When you have a'a and sulfur deposits, can there be anything other than volcanoes as their sources? Makes for a very interesting study!

The Appalachains appear as multiple ranges because they were once at the leading edge of a continental plate about 250 million years ago. That is far before Pangea was formed. More when my paper is complete.

Kia Ora I shall look forward to it, as shall your domain in Geo. Rob

Geo will get the benefit of my hard work. It is off-topic here, seriously!

Kia Ora If I had to name a group of women who I have quiet admiration for, it would have to be the Dixie Chicks. Aside from the physically obvious reasons, it takes guts to stand up and say what you think about the US President in these times where it is apparently not okay to question DUHBYA. What little I have heard of their music was also very good, and they use instruments that most modern groups would not think of. Rob

Damn Wolfie... I wish you would have sent those 'truths' a couple of years ago! It would definitely have saved us some cash spent on the marriage counseling! *grin*

Sorry! I know better than to discuss politics in polite society!

Welcome back once again. It's great you're back, Marci. I posted something about the National Geographic Special on the Earth's coming magnetic storm, which I found fascinating and will probably watch and rewatch. But I can't match your for volume and depth. I had hoped to keep it going more but it's quite a job to come up with the Geo stuff that you find, Marci. This stuff you talk about is *so* interesting!

Thanks, Terry! I found excellent graphics on the Earth's geomagnetism and how a CME affects it. I do need to find it again and post it in Geo. I also find it interesting. I wonder if my teacher ever wonders what a beast he unleashed when he opened a Vacant "page" on spring and let me have a run with it. It has been splendid and more to come. More on my Kentucy lava and much more on American Folkways from the now-engrossed-in-his-book archaeologist.

they are posted in Gaia Magnetosphere http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/Geo/35.564

Wow! Reading back through the posts here is like instant replay. I miss John! Lance, I will bring him back ASAP. Thanks everyone for being here!

BTW, why does the front page to Babes Conference have squares where letters should be? It makes hunting for specific topics most difficult.

Marci, I had to drive a diesel truck to NYC and gave you a holler going through L Town! What's up? No answer.

Oops! did you get our answering machine? We let it get rid of telemarketers. Or did you get a busy signal? Don was online working on his book. You might also have hit one of the few times we were out of the house. Bummer!!! Sorry to have missed you!

MARCIA MARCIA MARCIA!!!! where are you twin?

I am here, Sweetie! Happy Holidays and a big wolfie hug for you!

A year of inactivity. That has to change. Who can I entice into posting...

we just got to get the word on the street is all!

we can do that !!! at Spring word travels swiftly. Thanks for coming in. WooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo HoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo

I'll come back and post more. I would love to see get going again, I tried once with no luck.

Thanks! I'll also look into how to ftp to Spring so I can add draphics on occasion. Back to the paranormal to add a few thoughts. Tis the season!