Alex explains The Spring

~KitchenManager Thu, Mar 11, 1999 (15:47) seed

Go ahead, you let me know, now tell them, Alexander...

~aschuth Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (02:22) #1

Well, everybody, seems some Kitchen screwed me again. Gotta sort this out first, but stay tuned for further transmissions.

~aschuth Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (08:47) #2

Let's start this gently: Wer didn't like something I wrote in http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/environment/9 , felt like making me aware of that, but used a pseudonym (Wer, I don't like what I wrote, either, but used my name nevertheless) as pseudo and as login. I checked the e-mail address, and that was the same, as the adress on a message I got from Wer answering a question I sent to Terry. So, I figured this: If I get a reply from RoTaZo@, and that's Wer, and I sent my question to Terry - doesn't that mean Terry is a Visitor and Wer is Anon? And how come I sometimes feel as if thousands of angels watch over my steps (at least in certain topics)?

~stacey Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:00) #3

hmmm... perhaps I am just confused (as usual) but I didn't see anything offensive written by either of you (towards each other) in the topic... and if I missed it...go ahead and let me live in the bliss of semi-ignorance!

~aschuth Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:38) #4

(Well, it's just my hypersensitivity, and my reading meaning into anything (but I guess Wer knows what I mean). Wasn't really harsh, either. We're all happy bunnies. But hold tight, there's more to come!)

~aschuth Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (12:45) #5

I mailed Wer: Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:20:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: I found out ALL about you... Dear William, now I think I got it all sorted. Anon is Visitor. Proven fact. Visitor is RoTaZo@aol.com. RoTaZo is William's address, who is Wer. Wer is sometimes played by Stacey V., so Stacey is Wer. You two are not always CONfused, you ARE fused. If Terry is Visitor, too, and Wer is Anon, then Terry is Wer, as (see above) Anon is Visitor. If Terry is Wer, and Wer is Stacey, then it can be deducted that Stacey is Terry, too. Terry isn't Bruce Sterling, though Terry invited me to join the Spring on Bruce's request (I think). Stacey is Bruce, though. Since Stacey is also Terry, Terry is Bruce, too, but forgets this sometimes. If Terry is Bruce, Bruce himself DID invite me over to the Spring. What this comes down to, is basically this: William, you don't exist. All the others don't exist. Stacey does, however. Wolf exists, too. But please don't feel too bad about it. And do not tell the others that they don't exist, please. They might be upset about finding out. With the very best regards, Alexander Schuth.

~stacey Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (13:33) #6

oh my gosh...

~terry Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (16:02) #7

That's totally clear! (not)

~stacey Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (16:33) #8

he's certainly in the correct conference though!

~KitchenManager Fri, Mar 12, 1999 (22:57) #9

he's not done yet, either...

~aschuth Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (09:22) #10

Rrrright, of course Wer knows that! He wrote to me: ---RoTaZo@aol.com wrote: > If it was only this easy, Alex... > > wer What can I say, I but my thinking cap on, and kept investigating. And what I found out! I immediately informed Wer about the following facts: Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 02:20:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: I found out ALL about you... Ok, now I got the last bit: You are sad, because Wolf doesn't exist either. You are Wolf, too. Proof: Wolf comes from Germany. In German, Wolf means Wolf, which is a male specimen (!!). Female would be W�lfin, but she calls herself Wolf (rather you call youself so). What the Americans call a werwolf, the Germans call Werwolf, too. Werwolf minus Wolf is Wer. Gotcha, ya schizoid creature! It came crawling from the swamp, greets with the finest regards and remains yours virtually, Alexander. P.S.: Huh, I I keep digging around like this, I might prove the Spring is just me, you and an old 386. And I'm just a newbie! What a sorry thought...

~KitchenManager Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (10:27) #11

then I created this topic, and poof! we are where we are now...

~aschuth Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (10:31) #12

Wer, doesn't this make the whole thing most EPIC storytelling, or what!

~KitchenManager Sat, Mar 13, 1999 (10:36) #13

my money is on what! however, EPIC does have a certain ring to it!

~aschuth Sun, Mar 14, 1999 (03:46) #14

The good part in that story is, that it'll just have the most amazing twist in plot. See, here I am, upset for reasons nobody quite understands, going through the Spring and finding all this hints that something is very wrong at this here place... Where will this lead to? Can I find my way back to planet earth? What does Terry or Wolf think of their respective non-existencies? What does Stacey make of being the only non-fictional character I'd met by then (that was before my paths crossed with Autumn and Mike)? Let's wait for some responses, before going on to the next chapter, ok?

~KitchenManager Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (00:22) #15

I hate waiting... (makes me smoke more...)

~aschuth Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (12:24) #16

~stacey Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (16:35) #17

~aschuth Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (18:32) #18

~stacey Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (18:45) #19

i wanna hear, I wanna hear!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (00:14) #20

trust me, Alexander, it's better to please her than tease her...

~stacey Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (10:48) #21

cuz I bite!

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (12:42) #22

(yeah, but you occasionally do that while you're being pleased...)

~stacey Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (13:40) #23

how'd you know???

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (13:48) #24

oh, that's it, rub it in...

~aschuth Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (13:55) #25

(Quick, Wer, check this: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/157.3 , I think she has a soft spot somewhere!)

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:10) #26

speaking as I do...she has several...

~aschuth Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:34) #27

~stacey Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:42) #28

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (18:55) #29

~aschuth Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (08:49) #30

(Don't matter now, catalog 'em all, let our future needs sort 'em out!)

~stacey Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (12:55) #31

sounds like toilet paper ratings to me!

~aschuth Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (13:15) #32

(Pshhhht, Werby, I think that one over there noticed something...)

~KitchenManager Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (13:41) #33

(both more and less gets noticed around here than we may think...)

~aschuth Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (04:00) #34

Well, anyway, I'll continue to display my research on you people soon, but for now, I would like to present waht I found at this place: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/porch/43.111 ***************************************** Response 113 of 113: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (03:58) * 14 lines Oh, Werby, look! Terry changed the batteries in Rayby, too! Now I wonder who his third furby is... Could be Vurby, or mayby Wolfsby? Nah, don't think so. Perhaps Mikeby. But that doesn't ring that way, either... Ooooooh! I got it, it think! It's gotta be the incrediple le Plepby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***************************************

~KitchenManager Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (23:38) #35

kinda like nanby, myself...

~KitchenManager Tue, Aug 3, 1999 (12:33) #36

and now, it seems, Alexander and I are the same person... I wonder what that will do to this topic...hmmm...

~aschuth Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (11:49) #37

Why, you'll change my batteries, Alexander, and keep working on that magazine of yours nobody has ever even seen! And I'll, uh, I'll, err, I'll...

~MarciaH Thu, Aug 5, 1999 (12:12) #38

~riette Fri, Aug 6, 1999 (08:22) #39

~MarciaH Fri, Aug 6, 1999 (13:41) #40

I guess so... Is that why we have never seen them together?

~MarciaH Sat, Nov 13, 1999 (00:19) #41

...but I still don't understand Spring. What is it?

~aschuth Thu, Nov 18, 1999 (17:25) #42

Some bytes on a disk in Austin? More bytes?

~aschuth Thu, Nov 18, 1999 (17:26) #43

Something in the user's heads?

~MarciaH Thu, Nov 18, 1999 (17:28) #44

Ah So! And one manipulator of said bytes in Hawaii ?! Bytes are good!

~stacey Mon, Nov 29, 1999 (10:13) #45

Now you two... stop byting each other!

~MarciaH Mon, Nov 29, 1999 (12:35) #46

*laugh*