From elfundeb at comcast.net  Thu Jun  1 01:53:53 2006
From: elfundeb at comcast.net (Debbie)
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:53:53 -0000
Subject: Let's Celebrate!
In-Reply-To: <e5jut4+cp1p@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <e5lhbh+43vi@eGroups.com>

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" 
<willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
> She considers what has been done and what remains. The last of the 
> unwanted categories are almost completed. Snape is about to be 
> tackled, in a way not even the fandom could imagine. Best of all, 
> there is a bright new Catalogue sitting in our office. It won't be 
> long before our secret mission will be revealed to the greater 
list. 
> You know what that means? It's time to party!

An elfin figure crawls out from under her desk, pushing away the 
cobwebs and the three piles of Snape posts:  done, to be done, and 
not sure what to do.  

Party?  I'm there!

> Potioncat reaches into her pocket and takes out the company credit 
> card. She is sure that when Miss Havisham gave her permission to 
have 
> the event catered, she intended to give the card to Potioncat. 
It's 
> perfectly fine that Potioncat slipped it out of the filing 
cabinet. 
> Surely, with all she has to attend to, Miss Havisham did not need 
to 
> approve the expense. We have something to be proud of! We have 
> something to celebrate!

I'll volunteer an enormous chocolate cake (as big as Miss Havisham's 
wedding cake, but much fresher).  No Dementors at this party!  

> Potioncat takes out the Floo Directory and begins her search. 
First a 
> call to House-Elves-for-Hire. The office needs a good cleaning. 
Next, 
> a caterer. We'll skip the budget companies. Only the best for this 
> party. There's Enchanted Evenings, Fairy Fiestas, Charming 
Canapes, 
> Magical Mystery Tours. That's a thought, maybe we could hire a 
dinner 
> cruise! We'll need music too.
> 
> Potioncat taps the desk with a pencil and sneezes at the dust. 
Hmm. 
> Wonder who would like to help plan this event? Who will help with 
> decorations? It has to be done right and done with class!

I can select a delicious buffet spread, but decorations are a bit 
beyond my abilities.  

But, you know, maybe we could have a Prose Portal, so we could jump 
into the books anytime.  I'll call Mycroft right away.

Ready-for-a-Party!Debbie
thinking we could chat a bit about Snape at the party, or I shall 
propose to make some executive decisions








From kking0731 at gmail.com  Thu Jun  1 02:54:36 2006
From: kking0731 at gmail.com (snow15145)
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:54:36 -0000
Subject: Let's Celebrate!
In-Reply-To: <e5lhbh+43vi@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <e5lktc+5nka@eGroups.com>





Ready-for-a-Party!Debbie
thinking we could chat a bit about Snape at the party, or I shall
propose to make some executive decisions

Snow:

Ready for a big, big party too! 

I've been awaiting a response to your questions myself, Deb, since 
the Snape field is sooooooooo enormous and truthfully I'm a bit 
afraid to go further without secure guidelines for this category.  
Snape is a very, very important person, in not only the books, but 
also the overall public viewpoint of this character.  This character 
will have more hits than Harry himself! 

[Paul or Tim (whoever does the proposed) Could you put in a ticker to 
find out which subject gets the most hits?]

Can't wait to become involved, but not until we have a green light on 
where everything should be placed. 

A very big Thank You to Potioncat who always makes me laugh and for 
being so optimistic. Also, a very big thanks to Deb who appears 
determined to the end and takes inchoative to go where no man has 
gone before
into Snape speculation!!! Execution. 

Snow








From kakearney at gmail.com  Fri Jun  2 10:34:19 2006
From: kakearney at gmail.com (corinthum)
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:34:19 -0000
Subject: SQL database file
In-Reply-To: <e5hsaj+6ch5@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <e5p47b+9kqj@eGroups.com>

Me:

> > Paul sent me the link to the file, but I can't seem to download it
> > properly (when I try to extract the file, it comes up invalid). 
> > Seeing that I leave in a few hours, I guess I'll have to take a 
> coding
> > vacation.  I'll check in again when I get back.

Carolyn:

> Kelly
> Hope you got the email with further explanation of how to download?

Um, no, I don't think so.  I got his email explaining how to source 
the new sql file; is that the one you mean?  I'm on land in Japan for 
a few days, but I don't think I can download a file of that size from 
the base computers to transfer to my laptop.  

-Kelly







From quigonginger at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  5 03:38:49 2006
From: quigonginger at yahoo.com (quigonginger)
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:38:49 -0000
Subject: Found a Gem
Message-ID: <e60909+vdkq@eGroups.com>

I found this little gem in the archives.


Post 83: 
Number: 40032 (GROUP) 
From: corinthum <kkearney at s> 
Date: Tue Jun 18, 2002 06:27:38 PM 
Subject: Re: polyjuice question.. 
Categories: 3.8.4.10 Polyjuice potion 
 

Carrie-Ann wrote:

> I was wondering something about Polyjuice potion. Here's the 
> scenario...
> Person A takes polyjuice with a hair of person B in it. Now Person 
A 
> has transformed into person B. Person C comes along, and thinking 
> that person A is really person B makes a polyjuice potion with 
> something from person A (in his transformed state). Now, my 
question 
> is... Who does person C turn in to? 


Perhaps person C would turn into person A turned into person B. In
other words, they would take on the appearance of person B for the
remainder of person A's hour, and then turn "back" into person A for
the remainder of his or her own hour. After all, if Polyjuice Potion
is able to detect every aspect of a person's appearance from just one
hair, then it would probably be able to detect both the original and
tranformed characteristics of a person from the same hair. 

-Corinth, who just discovered this group and is thrilled to learn
she is not the only person who obsesses over details of a fictional
universe.
 

Wasn't that brilliant?  I thought it was cool.

Yes, I'm still around.  RL got in the way, complete with graduations, 
confirmations, a bout with depression, and having to fill in for my 
supervisor at work during his vacation, during which time a coworker 
was forced to admit to me (after I caught him) that he was purposely 
sabotaging my work because he thought it was funny to watch me 
running around trying to figure out how things had screwed up, and 
then fix it for me.  I'm sobered up and back on duty.

Ginger








From carolynwhite2 at aol.com  Thu Jun 29 07:28:32 2006
From: carolynwhite2 at aol.com (carolynwhite2)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:28:32 -0000
Subject: Hello, anyone around?
Message-ID: <e7vvf0+sfki@eGroups.com>

Miss H saunters in, looking tired but cheerful.

Well, I beat up all my staff, issued ultimatums to my directors, fired 
off a salvo of 'put up or shut up' emails to external troublemakers, 
and stomped home for a few days so-called relaxation. Also known as re-
building my flat, rescuing the garden..

Miss H suddenly realised she was talking entirely to herself. 

A litter of chocolate wrappers, gin bottles and party plates covered 
the floor. As the catalogue office hardly qualified as a stately home, 
it didn't come with a house elf. 'Evanesco' she said vaguely, waving a 
ruler. Nothing happened.

Well, when in doubt go down the pub. The George beckoned down on the 
sea shore. Kneasy was bound to be there, complaining about something...

Cheered by this thought, Miss H snapped shut the front door, the draft 
blowing a whole heap of neatly tidied posts off her desk into a muddle 
on the floor.







From elfundeb at comcast.net  Fri Jun 30 02:39:14 2006
From: elfundeb at comcast.net (Debbie)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:39:14 -0000
Subject: Hello, anyone around?
In-Reply-To: <e7vvf0+sfki@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <e822si+6had@eGroups.com>

> Miss H suddenly realised she was talking entirely to herself. 
> 
> A litter of chocolate wrappers, gin bottles and party plates 
covered 
> the floor. As the catalogue office hardly qualified as a stately 
home, 
> it didn't come with a house elf. 'Evanesco' she said vaguely, 
waving a 
> ruler. Nothing happened.
> 
> Well, when in doubt go down the pub. The George beckoned down on 
the 
> sea shore. Kneasy was bound to be there, complaining about 
something...
> 
> Cheered by this thought, Miss H snapped shut the front door, the 
draft 
> blowing a whole heap of neatly tidied posts off her desk into a 
muddle 
> on the floor.


A rustling of posts was heard and an elfin Deb emerged from beneath 
the muddle of posts on the floor, neatly stacking the fallen posts in 
a pile on Miss H's desk.

"Was that Miss H?  I thought I heard someone speaking but shrugged it 
off as a hallucination.  That is, till the door slammed."  Stuffing 
several small piles of posts into her pocket, Debbie left the mouldy, 
cobwebby Catalogue office and rushed to the Royal George where Miss H 
was ordering a glass of George's finest single malt whiskey.

"Miss H!  I almost missed you!  Look!" Debbie cried, pulling out the 
posts from her pocket.  "500 Snape posts.  All reviewed.  And here's 
the next 100, which I'm just beginning to sort out.  Now if I can 
just have a moment of your time.  I've got a couple of issues."

But Miss M was listening to George.  "Your drink, ma'am."  Taking the 
glass, she headed for a table in the corner, where Kneasy was holding 
forth.  Hmm, Debbie thought, she hasn't looked so cheerful in 
months.  

"Never mind.  I'll work out those issues myself.  Right now, it's 
party time!  George, a Cosmopolitan for me, please."

Debbie
thinking perhaps we should take bets on how many deaths there will be 
in Book 7