From huntleyl at mssm.org Fri Nov 1 04:33:25 2002 From: huntleyl at mssm.org (Laura Ingalls Huntley) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 23:33:25 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] HAPPY HALLOWEEN References: <20021031040456.92970.qmail@web13707.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <002401c2815f$d17b7340$d8c2ded1@huntleyl> Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope everyone has a splendid day. I, myself, stumbled out into the hallway at 6:30 am this morning and nearly tripped over a small pile of love gourds. Nothing like love gourds to make a day seem full of promise. ^_~ I adore my school. Laura (who hopes you all might have the pleasure of one day receiving affectionate squash, or perhaps even an ardent pumpkin) From plumeski at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 02:02:23 2002 From: plumeski at yahoo.com (GulPlum) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 02:02:23 -0000 Subject: jamminjerry Message-ID: I'm having a small problem with the main list. Every time I send in a post I get an email back from jamminjerry [AT] madnessmansion.com informing me that "This account has been closed." Is it me, is it Yahoo, or is it that user? Who is/was Jamminjerry? What's going on? From john at queerasjohn.com Fri Nov 1 02:05:19 2002 From: john at queerasjohn.com (Queer as John) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 02:05:19 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] jamminjerry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: GulPlum said: > I'm having a small problem with the main list. > > Every time I send in a post I get an email back from > jamminjerry [AT] madnessmansion.com informing me that "This account > has been closed." > > Is it me, is it Yahoo, or is it that user? Who is/was Jamminjerry? > > What's going on? Hi -- the mods are aware of this problem and have turned emails off for that user. Don't forget, you can always email the mods directly at mods at hpfgu.org.uk. --John, technoMod ______________________________________ Queer as John || john at queerasjohn.com www.queerasjohn.com || AIM & YM @ QueerAsJohn "There's nowt as queer as folk." --English proverb ______________________________________ From Malady579 at hotmail.com Fri Nov 1 02:23:40 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 02:23:40 -0000 Subject: Blessed Halloween Message-ID: Hi all. Warning:: If I come off as a very silly girl, I am sorry. Just some day you just can't sound intelligent to save your life...and today was one of those days. Ah, Halloween. A blessed day where one can sit next to a rather large, *way* too tightly fitted green sweat suit frog and a severed head dragging hunchback and not even blink. What genius thought this holiday up anyway? Even still, a day I can dress Potter-style is a day worth waking up for in my book indeed. I just finished my robes last night with a flourish of pain sewing on the patch (now I know why good thimbles were so valuable on the 19th century black market). I must say it was a lot of fun to make. I had to fudge on a hood since my pattern did not come with one, but it worked a lot better than I thought it would. My skirt came in the mail Wednesday, but my tie, alas, did not come. Seems it will have to accompany me to the movie house for it's initiation. I got to wear the regalia to work today, and all and all, these costumes are *incredible* comfortable. I must say it is about 45F here, and I was not even cold (and I am a wimp with the cold). I should of broken in my Mary Janes before wearing them all day, but the look was worth it. Pasty white legs peaking out under the skirt and all. Seems not getting tanned all summer makes it British authentic...yeah that was my intent. ;) Most people did not know who I was until I drew out my wand, but this *really* cute 30-year-old guy said, "Hey, your Hermione." I must say I blushed a bit since most guys near my age are clueless about it all. I should of said something intelligent, but I managed to squeak out, "No, not Hermione. Everyone is her. I'm just a Hogwarts girl." He smiled a bit confused and went on. When I turned to my co-worker next to me she died laughing. It seems I had just sucked on a blue lollypop and my mouth was bright blue. Great. I final find a guy that actually knows the books enough to pronounce Hermione correctly, and I chase him away with blue teeth. Grrrrr. I had a few offers to baby-sit kids, dressed up in full regalia of course. Yeah, a new reason to dress-up now. Seems this costume will pay for itself after all. So, all in all, I love this costume. I hope to get a picture up soon, if y'all will forgive the fact I am wearing a red tie and not a red and gold tie. No one at work even noticed. *Sigh.* So, hope your dress-up was as fun as mine. Hopefully next time, if a cute guy with Potter knowledge comes up (I am sure there are at least a *few* more), I won't act like a schoolgirl and mumble my words all up. Gracious. Melody From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 02:56:03 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 02:56:03 -0000 Subject: Kitchen sink: Waaaaaaayyyy OT!!!!!!!! Message-ID: Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you've all had your fill of pumpkin juice and treacle tarts! Now,since I really don't know who else to ask, I figuered I would go out on a limb and ask a veeeerrrryyyy OT question: here goes; I am putting in a new kitchen sink and I am interested in getting a porcelin one (porcelin/cast iron). (Yes, I am serious, and this is Halloween, not April fools day) Can anyone help with pros and cons on the subject? (I'm desparate, as I can't really find any info regarding wear and tear, etc., anywhere) Those of you who can tell me your story can write to me off-list at dradamsapple at yahoo.com (CJ Estes, I know you just built a house; are you out there???) 8-) Thanks, Anna . . .(who will invite the people who respond to my house for a night of butterbeer and chocolate frogs!! well, er, something like that {I do have quite a bit of Halloween candy left over too!}) :) Thanks again. From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 03:29:47 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 03:29:47 -0000 Subject: Blessed Halloween In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Ah, Halloween. A blessed day where one can sit next to a rather > large, *way* too tightly fitted green sweat suit frog and a severed > head dragging hunchback and not even blink. What genius thought this > holiday up anyway? Even still, a day I can dress Potter-style is a > day worth waking up for in my book indeed. I'm with you, girl. > I just finished my robes last night with a flourish of pain sewing on > the patch (now I know why good thimbles were so valuable on the 19th > century black market). I hate sewing. Period. And to think I spent a week making an Annakin costume. >My skirt came in the > mail Wednesday, but my tie, alas, did not come. Seems it will have to > accompany me to the movie house for it's initiation. Melody, I have tickets already to the Vista Ridge theater in the mall. 7pm, that Friday night. We should meet and sit together so we don't feel ridiculous! :D > I got to wear the regalia to work today, and all and all, these > costumes are *incredible* comfortable. I must say it is about 45F > here, and I was not even cold (and I am a wimp with the cold). I was warm, too! I walked all over the neighborhood and didn't even get cold. > I should of broken in my Mary Janes before wearing them all day, but the > look was worth it. It's always worth it! > Most people did not know who I was until I drew out my wand, but this > *really* cute 30-year-old guy said, "Hey, your Hermione." I must say > I blushed a bit since most guys near my age are clueless about it all. > I should of said something intelligent, but I managed to squeak out, > "No, not Hermione. Everyone is her. I'm just a Hogwarts girl." He > smiled a bit confused and went on. When I turned to my co-worker next > to me she died laughing. It seems I had just sucked on a blue > lollypop and my mouth was bright blue. Great. I final find a guy > that actually knows the books enough to pronounce Hermione correctly, > and I chase him away with blue teeth. Grrrrr. OMG! LOL LOL LOL I love it! Sounds like you had fun. I only got to wear my costume for a couple of hours :-(. While I was wearing it, I kept thinking, "Gee, I wish I really was a Hogwart's student!" Aren't we all such dreamers? ;) That's what makes it fun. Alora From rvotaw at i-55.com Fri Nov 1 04:12:16 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:12:16 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Blessed Halloween References: Message-ID: <005f01c2815c$de16b680$969ccdd1@istu757> Melody writes: > So, hope your dress-up was as fun as mine. Hopefully next time, if a > cute guy with Potter knowledge comes up (I am sure there are at least > a *few* more), I won't act like a schoolgirl and mumble my words all > up. Gracious. Well, I suppose as a teacher surrounded almost entirely by women, it's not surprising that I didn't run into a cute guy with Potter knowledge. Or a cute guy without Potter knowledge, for that matter. :) All in all, everything went quite well at our little "literary festival." I was, if I do say so myself, a great Hermione. Now, in Pre-K through 2nd grade, I got called everything from "Harry Potter" to "Mrs. Harry Potter" to "Harmonica." Hey, at least he got the right number of syllables in there! I did manage to teach some of them to say "Hermione." It was fun, though, really fun. I did loads of different things in each class, and greatly shortened my time in Pre-K, as they were looking at me like I just fell off the moon. They did like the Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans (Jelly Bellys actually, didn't want to chance someone getting a vomit flavored one!). In one first grade they got *really* into it. I was just story telling to them and they started asking me about what's in the forbidden forest and all sorts of stuff. Lots of fun. I told the flying car story a lot (or, about my friends with the flying car, of course), they "got" that one. Oh, something really cute happened this week too. This may belong on the movie list, but hey, I'm too lazy and I'm already typing here. :) A few weeks ago, when we were doing real/make-believe stuff, I used Daniel/Harry as an example of real/ make believe. Since my kids had started thinking Harry Potter was real because I had "pictures." So they've been introduced to the name. And as you know, Daniel, Emma, and Rupert were on Oprah Tuesday. On Wednesday one of my kids came to school all excited, telling me he'd seen Daniel Radcliffe on Oprah. When he went to the writing center, guess what he wrote? "Danyoll Ratclif plays Harry Potter." Isn't that cute! I got a big kick out of it, anyway. :) Richelle **************************************************************************** **** "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." ---- Lady Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring **************************************************************************** **** From lilac_bearry at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 08:08:54 2002 From: lilac_bearry at yahoo.com (Lilac) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:08:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: "Awww" moments Message-ID: <20021101080854.15351.qmail@web40301.mail.yahoo.com> I just had to share a couple of wonderfully sweet Mommy/Harry Potter Fan moments: My husband and I got our six-year-old up early this morning to get him fully into his Harry Potter costume for Halloween, letting our two-year-old sleep in so she would not be under foot. In no time, he was all decked out similar to the movie outfit: gray sweater, gray pants, white shirt, red/gold tie, black cape (closest thing we had to "robes"), etc. He also had the round glasses, a stick for a wand, and we even used that hair spray paint to make his blond hair black. He looked great! He drew his own "scar", however, after I didn't do it "just right", and he actually did it better than I could have (although he's "practiced" a couple of times with a marker instead of my eye-liner pencil a couple of weeks ago, sans permission, of course, the little stinker...). As we were finishing, my daughter woke up and came into the living room. "Nin-nin!" (her way of saying "Christian!"), she exclaimed, calling her brother's name. We asked her, "Who is he supposed to be?" "Nin-nin." "No, look again...who is Christian dressed like?" "Nin-nin!" We just laughed, knowing that she would get it eventually (this is the child that can say all the character's names, and loves to draw little scribbles representing each one). The next moment, she went to give her big brother a hug. She looked up to his face and said, "I love you, Harry Popper." Awwwww.... Also, Rachel plays this little game with us. She'll point to someone and tell them, "You, Harry Popper." Then she'll point to herself and say, "I Ron Weezy" (I know, sounds like Dobby...). Then she'll have an "in character" conversation with that person..."Hi, Harry Popper. Are you all right?". The conversations are usually very short, because she usually assigns you a new character after she finds out how you are doing..."You, 'Mione. Me Hagrid." etc, etc. I know, another "Awwwww" moment. Out of the mouths of babes... ~Lilac (who will get the Halloween pictures of her little ones on the pictures site just as soon as she can figure out how to do it...) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Professor, can you show me that blocking thing again?" Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, Harry!" "What, drop my wand?" --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From bray.262 at osu.edu Fri Nov 1 09:09:11 2002 From: bray.262 at osu.edu (Rachel Bray) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 09:09:11 +0000 (EST5EDT) Subject: Office costumes Message-ID: <2A8DED4AAF@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> We had several people dress up yesterday. I wore a blue sweatshirt and around my neck I wore my stuffed chicken (a great Ty creation) tied up around it's wings by a blue velvet cord and I was....chicken cordon bleu. :-) My boss dressed up as the Queen of F&D (fees and deposits). Someone asked if she was the Queen of England and she said "No. If I was the Queen of England I'd be wearing a designer suit, a lovely hat, sensible shoes and carry a tasteful handbag." One woman wore an outfit she bought at the Renaissance Festival. It was gorgeous! She even had a sword. Very impressive. We had several witches, a clown, Batman and a guy dressed like Richard Simmons (it was very life-like....truly frightening!). But my favorite was this woman who works on a floor above me. She's pregnant and she wore a posterboard on her front and back that said "I should have danced all night." HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Ah, another Halloween has come and gone. And good lord what do we do with the left over candy?! Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and think, 'Well, that's not going to happen.' From sky14381 at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 14:46:44 2002 From: sky14381 at yahoo.com (filmgeek20) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 14:46:44 -0000 Subject: My Halloween Costume & Oprah Show Message-ID: I love you guys--just when I think I'm the only HP freak in town I come online and find out that you're all like me! :) I dressed up as Cho Chang for Halloween this year--robe with ravenclaw patch, sweater with silver/blue stripes on collar, blue/silver tie, grey skirt, knee socks & mary janes. I have been planning this outfit for weeks--trying to make it as authentic as possible. Alas...while I'm on my way to catch an SF train to a halloween party, these guys start yelling out, "Hey school girl! I'm the Dean! I'm the Dean!" Of course, I shut my robe and try to get out of their line of sight as fast as possible. On the train, I realize the inevitable--everyone will think I'm going as just a regular school girl!!! And that's what mostly everyone thought. I had a wand in my pocket but I felt a bit silly holding it just to make my costume a little more obvious. It turns out that a lot of people in my age group (I'm 21) don't really know what a hogwarts student looks like. People at the party were like, "oh you're a Catholic student." And then of course, I have to go into the whole thing about how I'm dressed like someone from the Harry Potter movies and then I talk about the different houses like Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff and they look at me as if I'm a freak (well they're right). :) ABOUT THE OPRAH SHOW...I must admit something (since you guys are all being so honest!) Now, I've always had a little crush on Harry's character in the books (hence why I dressed as his love interest for Halloween), but never cared much for the actual actor. However, since Daniel Radcliffe's voice deepened (in the 2nd trailer), and his new posters came out (you know, the one with the whole dirty face/sword), I've had a teensy crush on him. Nothing totally incriminating, just the innocent kind you get when you're 13 and you see the newest teen idol in those magazines. I've told my friends, and some actually agree that he's "handsome," although others think it's a bit well...ODD that I find a "little boy" attractive. At any rate, I tell my friends that if Harry Potter was a real person, he'd be my age now because we were both born in the same year--1980! :) As for the Oprah show...I didn't get to see it. :( BUT, I did see the "After Show" online and boy did I feel like a real school girl seeing him! Outside the film and without his glasses, Daniel seems quite charming! He made me wish he was either older or I was younger. Anyhow, glad I could "confess" this to all of you! :) From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Fri Nov 1 15:45:25 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:45:25 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: Question References: <06f101c2811f$e35edf10$0201a8c0@Frodo> Message-ID: <3DC2A195.000007.55477@monica> I'm currently writing a fic and I have given the Grangers a cat (pretty little black thing, female, hates Crookshanks). Anyway if you were a couple of well-educated, slightly science-geeky, muggle dentists - what would you call your cat? Becuase currently I'm calling the thing insert-name-here! Having named dozens of students I am totally out of inspiration for clever JKR type names so does anyone out there have any ideas? Please? K From keegan at mcn.org Fri Nov 1 16:12:01 2002 From: keegan at mcn.org (Catherine Keegan) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 08:12:01 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Question In-Reply-To: <3DC2A195.000007.55477@monica> References: <06f101c2811f$e35edf10$0201a8c0@Frodo> Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20021101081056.00b139c0@mail.mcn.org> I'll bet the Grangers would name their cat something from Shakespeare. Maybe "Titania" or "Puck". Catherine from California At 07:45 AM 11/1/2002 , you wrote: >I'm currently writing a fic and I have given the Grangers a cat (pretty >little black thing, female, hates Crookshanks). >Anyway if you were a couple of well-educated, slightly science-geeky, muggle >dentists - what would you call your cat? Becuase currently I'm calling the >thing insert-name-here! Having named dozens of students I am totally out of >inspiration for clever JKR type names so does anyone out there have any >ideas? >Please? > >K > >________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > >Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! >http://gr >oups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > >Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material >from posts to which you're replying! > >Is your message... >An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. >Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. >Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. >None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. >Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- >MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > >Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com >____________________________________________________________ > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the >Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Fri Nov 1 16:16:18 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:16:18 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Question References: <4.2.0.58.20021101081056.00b139c0@mail.mcn.org> Message-ID: <3DC2A8D2.000001.47405@monica> Oooh, thank you. That's agreat idea. I'm going to dive into The Complete Works and see what I can come up with. Thabnk you K -------Original Message------- From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Date: 01 November 2002 16:12:00 To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Question I'll bet the Grangers would name their cat something from Shakespeare. Maybe "Titania" or "Puck". Catherine from California > From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 20:13:47 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:13:47 -0000 Subject: Question In-Reply-To: <3DC2A195.000007.55477@monica> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kathryn Cawte" wrote: > > I'm currently writing a fic and I have given the Grangers a cat > (pretty little black thing, female, hates Crookshanks). Anyway > if you were a couple of well-educated, slightly science-geeky, muggle > dentists - what would you call your cat? Becuase currently I'm > calling the thing insert-name-here! Having named dozens of students > I am totally out of inspiration for clever JKR type names so does > anyone out there have any > ideas? > Please? > > K All these names are directly or indirectly related to teeth- Caries Chopper Buck Dentil Fang Gomphosis Gumboil Odonto Onlay Alveolus or you could could with something more 'black' related like Midnight or Blackie. Aardwolf - black dog-like animal Azov - a section of the Black Sea Boccaccio - (Bo-ka-chee-o) author who wrote about the Black Death Bohea - (Bo-hee) black tea Bryony - medicinal black berries Bugbane - black cohosh plant - medicinal Cinereous - black ash Circassia - historical region near the Black Sea Gyrfalcon - large black arctic falcon Keokuk - Black Hawk indian Merlin - small dark colored falcon with black stripes on it's tail Pishogue - (Irish)(Pi-shoge) Black magic; sorcery. or An evil spell; an incantation. Raven - large black bird Actually RAVEN seems like a good name. Ravens are frequently associated with magic. Pishogue, an Irish word for Black Magic, is kind of cool. It would be some obscure word that only Hermione would know. (pronounced with short 'I' and long 'O'.) Just some thoughts. bboy_mn From buffyeton at yahoo.com Fri Nov 1 20:31:40 2002 From: buffyeton at yahoo.com (Tamara) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:31:40 -0000 Subject: Draco Dormiens story and plagarism Message-ID: I know that Cassie, who wrote Draco Dormiens was accused of plagarism and I think I know why. She has used a number of clever lines from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm not sure this is exactly plagarism, and even if it were I would totally forgive it as the story in its whole is very orriginal and very well written. But this is where the rumors may have come from. Tamara, a great Buffy and HP fan. From voicelady at mymailstation.com Fri Nov 1 20:46:44 2002 From: voicelady at mymailstation.com (voicelady at mymailstation.com) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 12:46:44 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Question Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:45:25 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Kathryn Cawte wrote: > Anyway if you were a couple of well-educated, > slightly science-geeky, muggle > dentists - what would you call your cat? Just tossing a few out there: Flossy Braces (insert the appropriate groans here) and completely off the cuff: Gingold 20 points to the first person to get the reference. LOL Jeralyn, the Voicelady (who?) From gandharvika at hotmail.com Fri Nov 1 21:51:23 2002 From: gandharvika at hotmail.com (Gail Bohacek) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 21:51:23 +0000 Subject: How I Spent My Halloween Message-ID: Hey, since everybody else is telling about their Halloween experience, I thought I'd share my little story, which has a Harry Potter Happy Ending... Well, I was all geared up to go over my friends' house in the evening...had my robes, my pointy witches hat...ready to go...but then a co-worker of mine reminded me that I had promised (a long while ago) that I would pick up somebody else from their work that evening and bring her home. I'd made this promise, forgetting that it was Halloween, and I couldn't weasel my way out of it, so I had to surrender. And this person, Amanda, worked in a mall, two hours away from where we were in Philadelphia. I was bumming. But then, I decided that I wasn't going to let this spoil my Halloween, by gum! I brought along my robes, and two hours later, when I got to the mall, I put them on, and went in the mall wearing them. Got a lot of double takes, I tell you. Amanda, she's a manager of a shop in the mall, and it turns out that they sell all sorts of Christmas decorations and calendars. When I got there, she loved my costume, although she thought I was Gandalf. She really appreciated that I came to pick her up, and I kinda rubbed it in, the fact that I gave up my Halloween to help her out...I wasn't being mean, just, "Oh, yeah, by the way..." Then Amanda said, to make it up to me, I could pick out whatever I wanted from the store. "Really? Anything?" The store had a small section devoted just to Harry Potter, which attracted me just like a magnet. So, that evening I picked up (totally free!) a Harry Potter CoS 2003 calendar, not the large size though...it's about 1/2 the size of a regular calendar...plus, I got another one, which is one of those day-by-day calendars which you tear off a sheet for each day...and each sheet has a way cool picture from the movie...and I mean way cool!...I don't know if anybody out there has picked one of these up yet, but I want to tell you about it, but I should really mosey over to Movie Chatter to do so... By the time I got back home, it was 9:00 pm, too late for Trick-or-Treating...but I went over to my friends' house anyway. Turned out that they were still had their costumes on (one friend was a little Dutch girl, complete with wooden shoes, and the other was a cow). We ended up crusing around Philadelphia in my car wearing our costumes, with the radio turned up, singing _Hotel California_ at the top of our lungs...we had fun and the evening didn't turn out to be such a waste after all. Will be posting pictures once they get developed! -Gail B. _________________________________________________________________ Choose an Internet access plan right for you -- try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Sat Nov 2 01:00:01 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 01:00:01 -0000 Subject: My Halloween Costume & Oprah Show In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "filmgeek20" wrote: > I love you guys--just when I think I'm the only HP freak in town I > come online and find out that you're all like me! :) > > ABOUT THE OPRAH SHOW...I must admit something (since you guys are all > being so honest!) > > Now, I've always had a little crush on Harry's character in the books > > However, since Daniel Radcliffe's > voice deepened (in the 2nd trailer), and his new posters came out > (you know, the one with the whole dirty face/sword), I've had a > >teensy > crush on him. Nothing totally incriminating, just the innocent kind > you get when you're 13 and you see the newest teen idol in those > magazines > As for the Oprah show...I didn't get to see it. :( BUT, I did see > the "After Show" online and boy did I feel like a real school girl > seeing him! Outside the film and without his glasses, Daniel seems > quite charming! He made me wish he was either older or I was > younger. Anyhow, glad I could "confess" this to all of you! :) filmgeek, that's what we're here for sweetie, true confessions!! I'm actually quite curious to see what his father looks like (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, you know!), as, er, he is probably closer to my age than young Daniel is. (it's also a little freaky for me 'cause I have a twelve year old son myself, and a five year old, also named Daniel 8-(), but I justify it by saying 'I see the potential in him' HA! who am I kidding? He *is* a cutie! Anna . . . From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Sat Nov 2 06:44:44 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 06:44:44 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: Technical Query Message-ID: <3DC3745C.000003.04423@monica> I've got screencaps from the HP dvd on my webpage and I was wondering if it s possible to get sound clips and/or video clips. I have a dvd-rom drive (obviously) and use Cyberlink DVD software. Can anyone tell me how to do it or better yet (since I doubt I'll get it first time) direct me to a website that can explain - preferably one aimed at idiots. K From lilac_bearry at yahoo.com Sat Nov 2 07:31:27 2002 From: lilac_bearry at yahoo.com (Lilac) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:31:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: HP Pictures Message-ID: <20021102073127.60099.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> I posted some pictures of my son as Harry on the OT-Chatter Pictures site. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/ click on the Photos link on the left side. In the first two pictures, he is still at school and his hair is black/brown, but the hair paint all wore off by 4 pm and he didn't want to go through the torture of getting it sprayed again. Rachel is the butterfly but she is carrying the HPSS popcorn container from the movie theater as her candy container. :-) Hope everyone had a great Halloween! ~Lilac, who is enjoying the candy her kids collected on Halloween...we might even have enough left to stash in a purse for the second movie! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Professor, can you show me that blocking thing again?" Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, Harry!" "What, drop my wand?" --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From drednort at alphalink.com.au Sat Nov 2 08:01:04 2002 From: drednort at alphalink.com.au (Shaun Hately) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:01:04 +1100 Subject: Halloween In-Reply-To: <20021102073127.60099.qmail@web40303.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3DC420F0.5378.17EBBCB@localhost> I thought I'd drop in a small description of my Halloween experience. Halloween isn't that big a deal in Australia (at least it doesn't seem to compare to what I see on TV from the US). Even when I was growing up (and I'm only 27) it was still pretty rare for people to go trick or treating, or wear costumes. It has become more popular though (kids tend to embrace a tradition that involves the acquiring of free lollies if they can find it). I'm still quite involved with one of my old schools, and I was roped into helping out with an activity on Thursday evening. My old school brings in students at the start of year 9 (when they are about 14) from two other junior schools - the school year here starts in late January, early February, so at this time of year, they are engaged in transition activities, getting them ready to move up to the senior school - these are designed to be enjoyable, because they want them to start off on the right foot. The school has a couple of lovely old buildings (over 100 years - that is old by Aussie standards), and one of these was set up for the event - it's ground floor contains our own 'Great Hall' and somebody - not sure who - decided to have a Harry Potter style Halloween Feast for the current Year 8 students from the two junior schools. A lot of the activities they've been doing over the last few weeks have been tied up in this - they did some sort of personality test at school (which will be part of the assessments their new teachers see next year) and those were used to sort them into houses for the night (the same tests will actually play some part of choosing their real houses next year - it's mostly random, but they will tend to look at personalities etc in cases, where they have boy who have seemed to have problems making friends), all sorts of things had a Harry Potter theme. Personally I wondered if kids that age might have found it a bit juvenile but they actually got *really* involved in it. I had a great time being Snape - I love drama, and evil is always fun to play (I didn't model myself on the movie Snape... more on a real teacher at the school). Some of the students at the senior school (I think involved in drama club) had rigged up lights across the beams of the Great Hall, and after it got dark outside and the lights were turned down, it wasn't a bad fascimile for a starlit sky. It was a good night. Better than the boring lectures and guided tours I remembered from 14 years ago (-8 Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought Shaun Hately |webpage: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~drednort/thelab.html (ISTJ) |email: drednort at alphalink.com.au | ICQ: 6898200 "You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that need altering." The Doctor - Doctor Who: The Face of Evil | Where am I: Frankston, Victoria, Australia From ruhgozler at yahoo.com Sat Nov 2 14:07:38 2002 From: ruhgozler at yahoo.com (Linda Williams) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 06:07:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Rosmerta question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021102140738.30193.qmail@web40711.mail.yahoo.com> I know that Rosmerta is older than the Marauders. Does anyone have any idea/opinion how much older? She is apparently still young enough to impress Ron Weasley when he sees her. Linda ===== Dogs have masters. Cats have staff. Alan Dean Foster __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ From zeff8 at attbi.com Sat Nov 2 14:57:59 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 09:57:59 -0500 Subject: Uploaded a new pix Message-ID: <010401c28280$3c71a220$5f02f50c@attbi.com> Just uploaded my costume to the files area! Wow, the tie was the worst part, as I have not tied a tie in a LONG time.. LOL.. but I got it.. The sweater is not exactly what I wanted, so I am going to have a friends mom make me one, from a simplicty patern.. all I have to do is get the right materials for her. <==>Looking for a Hp 4 adults VOICE chat room, any one know of any? From moongirlk at yahoo.com Sat Nov 2 18:15:56 2002 From: moongirlk at yahoo.com (Kimberly) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 18:15:56 -0000 Subject: Question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:45:25 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Kathryn Cawte > wrote: > > > Anyway if you were a couple of well-educated, > > slightly science-geeky, muggle > > dentists - what would you call your cat? > Been a long time since I've been able to visit round here, but since I can today, and this seems like fun, I thought I'd toss out a thought or two. D'you think the Grangers would have the kind of sense of humor to call him Orin? Or what about Novocaine? Nitrous Oxide is probably a little unweildy... kimberly, thinking Orin would be a nice name for a kitty, if not for a dentist From macloudt at yahoo.co.uk Sat Nov 2 20:25:15 2002 From: macloudt at yahoo.co.uk (Mary Ann) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:25:15 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday times 2! In-Reply-To: <20021031204608.32550.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Sheryll Townsend wrote: > > Today's birthday honourees are Kelley and Rachel. I know this is 2 days late, but I returned from a week's holiday yesterday afternoon and am still catching up with emails and such. So apologies for the delayed greetings, but I hope you both had fantastic birthdays (it certainly sounds like you did, Rachel!) and I hope you both have really good seats for the CoS premiere ;) Mary Ann (up to her armpits in holiday laundry...urgh...) From Aegeus86 at aol.com Sat Nov 2 21:22:12 2002 From: Aegeus86 at aol.com (Aegeus86 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:22:12 EST Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Technical Query Message-ID: <77.147a8da.2af59c04@aol.com> In a message dated 11/2/2002 1:45:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk writes: > I've got screencaps from the HP dvd on my webpage and I was wondering if it > s possible to get sound clips and/or video clips. I have a dvd-rom drive > (obviously) and use Cyberlink DVD software. Can anyone tell me how to do it > or better yet (since I doubt I'll get it first time) direct me to a website > that can explain - preferably one aimed at idiots. There are ways, but they are mostly illegal, and you can't do it with Cyberlink. It's against copyright laws to do what you are talking about. Sorry. :( ~Aegeus [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 2 21:47:21 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 21:47:21 -0000 Subject: Question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > kimberly, > thinking Orin would be a nice name for a kitty, if not for a dentist Hey, my cat's name is Oren! That is funny. Can't tell how I came up with that name though. It just popped in my head one day in my college creative writing class, but I could never capture the character. Took me a few years to manage it really. Anyway, when I got my cat, he somehow fit that character's personality so I named him that. Anyway, I agree. It is a great name for a cat. Melody From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Sat Nov 2 22:34:38 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 22:34:38 -0000 Subject: Oprah After Show Video available Message-ID: I didn't see this posted by anyone else, so I thought I would pass it on. I was on the internet today getting my Daniel Radcliffe fix and discovered that Oprah now has a nice long video of the After Show. Rupert sounds so great, his voice is deep, and he has a great accent, even Oprah commented how cute his accent was. Also, notice how much sharper and well define Ruperts facial features are. http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20021029.jhtml Someone else DID point this out, but at this same location there is a short video of the Oprah show with Daniel. Both videos are very small on the screen, but the video and sound quality are good. I don't know about you, but I think Rupert has the potential to have a nice long career in British TV and movies. bboy_mn From davids_egroups at hotmail.com Sun Nov 3 02:32:16 2002 From: davids_egroups at hotmail.com (davids_egroups at hotmail.com) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 20:32:16 -0600 (CST) Subject: Pioneer fantasy author Andre Norton is gravely ill Message-ID: <8911-3DC48AB0-3076@storefull-2152.public.lawson.webtv.net> This news comes from The Witches' Voice website . I'm sending it to you because it seemed to me that you personally would be interested, or because I thought perhaps you could help the news get out, or because we're in a topic-related mailing list together. If in any of these cases I was mistaken, I apologize. As someone who has worked with the elderly in a rehabilitation unit, I can second Teri's comments below about reminding patients of their importance as a healing tool. QUOTED TEXT BEGINS: >From the Mercedes Lackey Newsletter: This message came just came in from Misty. > After being sworn to secrecy, I have just > been permitted to release this > information. One of the seminal authors > of our field, Andre Norton, is gravely ill. > She was admitted to the hospital last > Monday for surgery, and is still there. > More to the point, her spirits have sunk > to a life-threatening low. She needs to > know just how highly regarded she is in > our community, and she needs to know > now. > > "We" are keeping the location of the > hospital and room "secret", because she > cannot have visitors and we don't want > to overwhelm her with > autograph-hounds when she needs to > be getting stronger, not being disturbed > -- this is already a problem as word of > her illness has percolated into the local > community in Tennessee. The hospital > in question will deny that she is there. > > Please send cards and letters to: > > Andre Norton > 114 Eventide Drive > Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 37130-2123 > > If you wish to send flowers, you may > also send them to this address, but > direct the florist to leave them on the > porch if no one is home. Andre's two > friends who are caring for her will make > sure they are brought to her, but they > are spending most of the time at the > hospital, and so may not be there. (If > this gets to be a problem, arrangements > will be made for frequent pick-up!) > Please do not send food, as she is on a > liquids-only diet. > > You may send e-cards to: > > Andre Norton > > > Again, her friends will make sure she > gets to see them. > > Mercedes Lackey That was the straight text of Misty's message. I'm going to ask that people please take the time to respond by mail or via e-mail, this could be critical in letting Andre let her know that she is loved and cared about, something that it is very easy to lose sight of when hospitalized. How many of you remember which of Andre's books you first read? Take a moment and let her know just how important she has been in your life. For those with the inclination please add Andre to your prayers / meditations / thoughts. It certainly can't hurt and may help quite a bit. Please feel free to re-post this message to any appropriate bulletin board, discussion group, e-mail list, or website. Thanks, Teri Lee Firebird Arts & Music QUOTED TEXT ENDS. ------------------------------------- David K. M. Klaus P. O. Box 78232 St. Louis, Mo., 63178-8232 (314) HYpergolic 0-6521 (numeric pager) david_k_m_klaus at hotmail.com davidklaus at webtv.net [When e-mailing to me, be sure to cc: the other of the two above addresses as well, to ensure delivery. Thank you.] "Not only has John Ashcroft misplaced his copy of the Constitution, I'm not sure he ever read it." -- Tamara Millay ------------------------------------- From Schlobin at aol.com Sun Nov 3 04:09:55 2002 From: Schlobin at aol.com (susanmcgee48176) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 04:09:55 -0000 Subject: 5 yr. old opinion on the Order of the Phoenix Message-ID: My son, Jesse, just turned five in September. He loves Harry Potter and is just finishing listening to the Goblet of Fire (and yes, I would have thought he was 'way too young, but he gets it and he's not scared. He's listened to all the other tapes, I've read the Philosopher's Stone out loud and he's seen the movie 10 times). At dinner, he says "So, what's the NEXT book about?" My partner and I started to laugh saying "Well, Jesse, everyone would like to know that"...."It's not yet written". We told him that it was called the Order of the Phoenix.. and he said "wait, I know, that's Falkes, Dumbledore's bird..." he says, so it must be about Falkes, you know, telling everyone what to do.... So, now we know. Susan McGee From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Sun Nov 3 05:36:21 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 05:36:21 -0000 Subject: 5 yr. old opinion on the Order of the Phoenix In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > > We told him that it was called the Order of the Phoenix.. > > and he said "wait, I know, that's Falkes, Dumbledore's bird..." > > he says, so it must be about Falkes, you know, telling everyone what > to do.... > > So, now we know. > > Susan McGee Cute. Very cute. Especially since that is MY opinion of what the Order of the Pheonix essentially comes down to too. *Grumbles* And I'm older then five. Almost fourteen years older then five to be exact... ~Risti From catlady at wicca.net Sun Nov 3 06:11:12 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 06:11:12 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday / Lupin Photos / Message-ID: Happy Birthday to Dinah! What did Severus give you for your birthday? Happy Birthday to Elizabeth C.! Happy Birthday, Kelley! Happy Birthday, Rachel! Amy wrote: << Wait, come back, Ms. Skeeter! What about when Harry asked Lupin why he wasn't in any of his parents' wedding photos, and who were those other people, anyhow? >> Are there any photos of Remus anywhere? Maybe werewolves can't be photographed: they come out on the image as big gray blotches or, worse yet, as wolves standing on hind legs? Steve bboy_mn wrote: << While we are on the topic of magic cities, it would seem that Diagon Alley is not a city but a street; the equvalent of High Street or Main Street. So would you speculate that Diagon Alley is the heart of a tiny magical village, or is there a whole magical city there; broom factories, book publishers, cauldron foundaries, import/export warehouses, produce distributors, etc...; all the businesses necessary to make any city run? Pondering that brings up the question of residential areas. Where is Malfoy Manor? Is there a posh magic city neighborhood where all the rich have their manors and mansions? Are there expanses of houses where common working men live? Suburbs? Parks? A red light district? >> The existence of Knockturn Alley is canon evidence that the Diagon Alley shopping district is more than one street. I don't have any trouble believing that there could be another street or two (maybe even named Seezon Alley, as in Heidi's fic. How about Merr Alley?). However, I very much doubt that there are any factories or warehouses there, or residences except shopkeepers's living quarters over their shops. I believe that the factories, like the residences, are scattered through the normal (Muggle-oid) areas. Some would be disguised as Muggle places, some would be Unplottable, most would be isolated in rural or desolate areas, like the Burrow is. People who can Apparate don't have to live close to their jobs. I always wonder about the wizarding economy, and for years I have been asking whether there are wizard farmers or do most wizards buy produce (and meat and so on) that was originally grown by Muggles? If the latter, at what point does it enter the wizarding economy? I can't imagine that Molly Weasley regularly shops in a Muggle supermarket, but maybe the local greengrocer, the local butcher, and the people at the local Farmer's Market (Fridays from 7 am to noon) know her as that nice eccentric woman, she must be kind of artist or something. CHRISTIAN's reminder of the spelling of Knockturn Alley reminded me that long before I noticed the pun, I saw a reference to Knocking on a door and Turning a doorknob ... From sally at gristiegraphics.co.uk Sun Nov 3 10:11:38 2002 From: sally at gristiegraphics.co.uk (sallygrist) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 10:11:38 -0000 Subject: Need inspiration! Message-ID: Hi all, I'm after a bit of inspiration. I'm designing a promotional T-shirt for our website and am stuck for some text to put at the bottom of the design. So far I've got the website name at the top, the tagline below, a big graphic in the centre, and a nice banner at the bottom. (You can take a look at http://www.gristiegraphics.co.uk/dev/client_sites/ukhp/) Now it's this banner that's giving me grief. I was gonna have "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Tittilandus" written in it, but I'm having second thoughts, for one thing I'm not sure I want to go round with "Tittilandus" written across my chest, (might attract the wrong sort of attention when I'm out drinking in my local!), so any ideas? So far I've come up with "Potter for President" and "Bloody Brilliant!" and a few others, but none seem to be quite right. What are your favourite expressions from the books? Any suggestions? (no rude ones please) ;o) Entries on a postcard..... Sal From raevynsong at softhome.net Sun Nov 3 16:46:37 2002 From: raevynsong at softhome.net (raevynsong at softhome.net) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 09:46:37 -0700 Subject: Happy Birthday / Birthday Presents In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) writes: >Happy Birthday to Dinah! What did Severus give you for your birthday? Nothing. He brewed some stuff for himself, though, and promised that it'd make him stop snoring into my ear every night. Hah. As if I didn't know that he doesn't snore but is in truth hiding Fluffy under our bed. I always wondered what they'd done with the dog - now I know. Somehow I wish I had never found out. Dinah From jmmears at comcast.net Sun Nov 3 17:34:47 2002 From: jmmears at comcast.net (serenadust) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 17:34:47 -0000 Subject: Wizard Farms (was Happy Birthday / Lupin Photo) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote: > I always wonder about the wizarding economy, and for years I have > been asking whether there are wizard farmers or do most wizards buy > produce (and meat and so on) that was originally grown by Muggles? > If the latter, at what point does it enter the wizarding economy? I > can't imagine that Molly Weasley regularly shops in a Muggle > supermarket, but maybe the local greengrocer, the local butcher, > and the people at the local Farmer's Market (Fridays from 7 am to > noon) know her as that nice eccentric woman, she must be kind of > artist or something. Well, in GoF Bagman mentions little Agatha Timms who put up half shares in her eel farm (and apparently lost them) betting on a week long World Cup match. Do you think that Agatha sells her eels exclusively to the wizard market, or would she also sell to muggles? I don't really know how popular eels are in the UK, but it doesn't seem likely you could make a living selling them exclusively to witches and wizards unless they are needed for a great many potions. Surely they can't be eating that many, can they (shudders)? Anyway, just by dropping little hints like that one, JKR seems to be indicating that wizards engage in many different kinds of commercial enterprise. I just can't decide whether or not they keep strictly to their own world to sustain their markets, or if they need to deal with muggles, as well. This has gotten much too on-topic to continue here, so any further thoughts should probably go to the main list. Jo Serenadust From Aegeus86 at aol.com Sun Nov 3 18:24:24 2002 From: Aegeus86 at aol.com (Aegeus86 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:24:24 EST Subject: The Chat Message-ID: <51.26cdb71c.2af6c3d8@aol.com> Hello everybody! Heidi said I could post this, so yeah, here it is: The HPfGU website is still down, Heidi says she'll get to it tommorow, but that means chat will again be happening in the Yahoo chatroom. To get to the room go into any Yahoo chat room and type in "/join hp:1" without the quotes. That should get you there. Whee! ~Aegeus (Not an Mod, Elf or Geist, just acting like one) From s_ings at yahoo.com Sun Nov 3 18:40:21 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:40:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, Dicentra! Message-ID: <20021103184021.14480.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> *drags out large cake and sets it in the centre of a tastefully decorated party room* Today's birthday honouree is our very own Dicey Elf. Dicentra's birthday owls can be care of this list or directly to: dicentra at xmission.com I hope your day is filled with fun, magic and lots of goodies. Happy Birthday, Dicentra! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From lupinesque at yahoo.com Sun Nov 3 18:44:06 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:44:06 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Dicentra! In-Reply-To: <20021103184021.14480.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: > Today's birthday honouree is our very own Dicey Elf. Happy happy, Dicey! So, you going to the premiere for your birthday? Amy From catlady at wicca.net Sun Nov 3 18:51:14 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:51:14 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday / Birthday Presents In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Happy Birthday, Dicey Elf! --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., raevynsong at s... wrote: > As if I didn't know that he doesn't snore but is in truth hiding > Fluffy under our bed. I always wondered what they'd done with the > dog - now I know. > > Somehow I wish I had never found out. Why does he want a (3 headed) dog that bit him on the shins? From SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com Sun Nov 3 21:29:08 2002 From: SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com (Kelley) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:29:08 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Halloween pics In-Reply-To: <20021031204608.32550.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Happy birthday, Dicey-elf! Hope you're spending the day downing butterbeers and chocolate frogging yourself into oblivion. :-D (Must say it's pretty cool, all the scorpios we have around here. ) Thanks, everyone, for all the lovely birthday wishes! I *did* have a great day, went trick-or-treating with my darling nephews. It was a blast! Can't compare with Rachel's great 'Harry' birthday; that sounded fantastic! I love the pics of everyone in their HP costumes! Richelle and Mac, y'all both looked terrific; eerily good as grown up Hermione and Harry. Very cool! Amy, (filmgeek Amy, not Amygeist ) will we get to see a pic of you as Cho? Lilac, your kids are adorable! Love your son's Harry outfit, and your little butterfly is just precious... --Kelley, now wishing for a robe of my own... From DaveH47 at mindspring.com Sun Nov 3 21:48:03 2002 From: DaveH47 at mindspring.com (Dave Hardenbrook) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:48:03 -0000 Subject: Forum for HPGame? Message-ID: Would anyone here be interested in a forum for discussing the Harry Potter computer games, especially with the _CoS_ game on the verge of release. I thought it might be good to have a forum to exchange hints or to discuss the elements of the Game vs. the Canon. What do you all think? -- Dave From raevynsong at softhome.net Sun Nov 3 23:12:53 2002 From: raevynsong at softhome.net (raevynsong at softhome.net) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 16:12:53 -0700 Subject: Forum for HPGame? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dave Hardenbrook writes: >Would anyone here be interested in a forum for discussing the Harry >Potter computer games, especially with the _CoS_ game on the verge of >release. Sounds interesting, especially since I ordered the COS computer game earlier this evening. My bro' has PS for the Playstation, but I'm the only one really playing it. I got quite far but now I'm stuck because I can't find enought yellow BBeans. One thing about me and computer games, though: As soon as something gets challenging or exciting my heart-rate rockets and I panic. I am *not* a successfull player. (I actually have Wing Commander but gave up on it because they always sacked me - I was really horrible.) Dinah From heidit at netbox.com Mon Nov 4 00:50:30 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (Heidi Tandy) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:50:30 -0400 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Forum for HPGame? Message-ID: Dave, we have a forum on fictionalley already where people discuss all the hp games - the card ones, the board ones and the digital ones. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy Exploding Snap at http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums - FictionAlley Park. Heidi Tandy Follow me to FictionAlley - Harry Potter fanfics of all shapes, sizes and ships - 7 sickles an ounce http://www.FictionAlley.org -----Original Message----- From: "Dave Hardenbrook" Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:48:03 To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Forum for HPGame? Real-To: "Dave Hardenbrook" Would anyone here be interested in a forum for discussing the Harry Potter computer games, especially with the _CoS_ game on the verge of release. I thought it might be good to have a forum to exchange hints or to discuss the elements of the Game vs. the Canon. What do you all think? -- Dave ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From DaveH47 at mindspring.com Mon Nov 4 04:23:39 2002 From: DaveH47 at mindspring.com (Dave Hardenbrook) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 04:23:39 -0000 Subject: Forum for HPGame? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., raevynsong at s... wrote: > Sounds interesting, especially since I ordered the COS computer game earlier > this evening. My bro' has PS for the Playstation, but I'm the only one > really playing it. I got quite far but now I'm stuck because I can't find > enought yellow BBeans. Does color matter in the Playstation version?? In the PC version you just need 250 beans at the end to see the last Wizard card. I think we need a list just of differences between the various versions -- It keeps sounding like things were left out of the PC version. (What's all this about Mr. Olivander and a peacock??????) Where exactly in the game are you? I can offer some pointers if you wish... :) Also, are the graphics better on your version? -- On the PC version many objects and all of the characters (except Harry) look like they're made of folded origami paper (low polygon count apparently). -- Dave From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Mon Nov 4 05:32:02 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 05:32:02 -0000 Subject: Need inspiration! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Ok...well...this suggestion isn't from the books, but rather from a fan fic(never even read the fic, just loved the quote.) It was a witch saying something about a door to door vacuum salesman coming to her home, and then 'No wonder we have charms to keep them away.' A variation of this could be 'No wonder *they* have charms to keep *us* away" ~Risti --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "sallygrist" wrote: > What are your favourite expressions from the books? Any suggestions? > (no rude ones please) ;o) > > Entries on a postcard..... > > Sal From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Mon Nov 4 06:31:12 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 06:31:12 -0000 Subject: Need inspiration! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "sallygrist" wrote: > Hi all, > ...snip... > > Now it's this banner that's giving me grief. I was gonna have "Draco > Dormiens Nunquam Tittilandus" written in it, but I'm having second > thoughts, for one thing I'm not sure I want to go round > with "Tittilandus" written across my chest, (might attract the wrong > sort of attention when I'm out drinking in my local!), so any > ideas? > ...snip... > > Entries on a postcard..... > > Sal bboy_mn: What is this expression again? Something like 'never tickle a sleeping dragon'? What not just put the english version of the samething. Instead of Latin, write it in English. Or, after looking at the design, the banner is relativley small so it's not like the word 'tittilandus' is going to be in gigantic letters. By the time someone is close enough to clearly read 'tittilandus' they've already had a close look at your ...uh-hem... tittilandus. So, I say go with the original or the English translation. bboy_mn From kristilynn5 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 4 17:03:43 2002 From: kristilynn5 at yahoo.com (kristilynn5) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:03:43 -0000 Subject: My daughter on Halloween Message-ID: Hi all, I have just uploaded some photos of my daughter, Emily, in full Hermione regallia(?). Tell me what you think. I'm sorry I don't know how to post a link, but they are in the photo section of the group. Have a great day, Kristi in Utah From Ali at zymurgy.org Mon Nov 4 18:00:01 2002 From: Ali at zymurgy.org (Ali) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 18:00:01 -0000 Subject: Lizo's interview with JKR Message-ID: I just watched CBBC's Newsround and our fellow HP lover Lizo has managed to dig up some good info again. JKR told him that at present OoP has 38 chapters - which is why it has taken so long to write. There is a horrible death in it, and as we all expected, it is darker. She also said that she has nearly finished "tweeking" it. I'm sure all the interview will appear somewhere soon, but it was good watching it! Ali now hopeful that she will read OoP before she's in her bath chair. From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Mon Nov 4 18:02:30 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 18:02:30 -0000 Subject: BBC Newsround brief interview with JKR Message-ID: Transcript of brief BBC Newsround interview by Lizo Mzimba with JKR at Celebrity Premiere of CoS. Apologies for any errors, as I've typed it down from the tv... Lizo: how close are you to finishing the fifth book? JKR: Weeks rather than days. Because I'm down here [at the Celebrity Premiere of CoS], I'm not working at the moment, so probably [next bit blurred with background noise, so might have been 'a few'] five or more weeks. Lizo: How many chapters is it? JKR: Well, at the moment it's 38. I know, Lizo, I know. Liso: 38! JKR: Yes. Well, why do you think it's taken so long! Liso: And what kind of book is it, is it dark, is it light, is it sort of, y'know, bits of both, cos it's really getting darker, could you tell us something about the tone? JKR: It is dark. And there's a bad death in it, which I haven't enjoyed writing. But I'm really pleased with it so far. Just got to tweak it a tiny bit more and then you can - well, the publisher's will have it. [End of clip] Pip!Squeak From kristilynn5 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 4 19:10:12 2002 From: kristilynn5 at yahoo.com (kristilynn5) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 19:10:12 -0000 Subject: Rita Skeeter Message-ID: Hi again, I decided to also upload some photos of my other daughter as Rita Skeeter for Halloween. It was really fun dressing them up and living vicariously through them! Krsti in Utah P.S. Lilac, I thought your little kiddos were adorable!!Glad you had fun! From s_ings at yahoo.com Mon Nov 4 19:31:00 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:31:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, Penny! Message-ID: <20021104193100.71708.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com> *whips out a wand, muttering a special charm to suspend fairy dust in the air among the decorations* You, careful with that cake! Don't you know how special today's birthday party is? Sheesh, it's so hard to get good help these days. ;-) Today's birthday honouree is our very own List Mom, Penny. Penny's birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: pennylin at swbell.net Wishing you a fun, magical day filled with joy and lots of chocolate frogs. Happy Birthday, Penny! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From golden_faile at yahoo.com Mon Nov 4 19:46:57 2002 From: golden_faile at yahoo.com (golden faile) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:46:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Happy Birthday, Penny! In-Reply-To: <20021104193100.71708.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20021104194657.8618.qmail@web41104.mail.yahoo.com> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR PENNN--NYYYYY!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! LAILA Sheryll Townsend wrote:*whips out a wand, muttering a special charm to suspend fairy dust in the air among the decorations* You, careful with that cake! Don't you know how special today's birthday party is? Sheesh, it's so hard to get good help these days. ;-) Today's birthday honouree is our very own List Mom, Penny. Penny's birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: pennylin at swbell.net Wishing you a fun, magical day filled with joy and lots of chocolate frogs. Happy Birthday, Penny! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From pennylin at swbell.net Mon Nov 4 20:53:19 2002 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny Linsenmayer) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 20:53:19 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Penny! In-Reply-To: <20021104193100.71708.qmail@web41109.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi gang -- > > Wishing you a fun, magical day filled with joy and > lots of chocolate frogs. Just having my daughter engage in a nice loooooong nap is present enough! Those chocolate frogs go directly to the hips I think. :--) Thanks for the happy wishes, and I see that I'm late in sending wishes to yesterday's birthday girl, Dicey! November is obviously a good month. ::winks at Dicey:::: Penny From dicentra at xmission.com Mon Nov 4 23:09:03 2002 From: dicentra at xmission.com (dicentra63) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:09:03 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Dicentra! In-Reply-To: <20021103184021.14480.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Sheryll Townsend wrote: > > I hope your day is filled with fun, magic and lots of > goodies. > > Happy Birthday, Dicentra! Hey! Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes. I'm late responding because yesterday I didn't get online at all. Instead, I dragged my DVD player down to my aged grandmother's house and showed her the HP movie. She loved it! --Dicentra, waving to Penny, Kelley, and Rachel, the other recent birthdays From Malady579 at hotmail.com Tue Nov 5 00:14:39 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:14:39 -0000 Subject: My turn, my turn Message-ID: Ok, I feel really proud of myself. I managed to actually post my Halloween pictures. :) They are in the picture folder named "Melody's Pictures". I know I know, inventive title there. They were taken at work, so sorry about the bad lighting and all. I am really pale white even though I live in Texas, so I come off rather washed out. Anyway, I can't tell you my intend in the first picture. I think I was doing ballet in the outfit and they caught me in the middle of it. I tend to prance around alot. Their use to it. The second on is a nice full shot. Oh for those wondering, I had the seater for a couple of years. I just got lucky really. It works so well. I like the third one. I think I was trying to concentrate and transfigure the computer of something. And the fourth. Just like it. Anyway, hope you like. Please be kind. :) Melody who thinks she looks a lot younger than 25 in this outfit and is not sure if that is a good thing From kristilynn5 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 5 00:38:00 2002 From: kristilynn5 at yahoo.com (Kristi Smith) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:38:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] My turn, my turn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021105003800.13716.qmail@web40306.mail.yahoo.com> Melody wrote: Ok, I feel really proud of myself. I managed to actually post my Halloween pictures. :) They are in the picture folder named "Melody's Pictures". I know I know, inventive title there. They were taken at work, so sorry about the bad lighting and all. I am really pale white even though I live in Texas, so I come off rather washed out. Anyway, I can't tell you my intend in the first picture. I think I was doing ballet in the outfit and they caught me in the middle of it. I tend to prance around alot. Their use to it. The second on is a nice full shot. Oh for those wondering, I had the seater for a couple of years. I just got lucky really. It works so well. I like the third one. I think I was trying to concentrate and transfigure the computer of something. And the fourth. Just like it. Anyway, hope you like. Please be kind. :) Melody who thinks she looks a lot younger than 25 in this outfit and is not sure if that is a good thing Now me: Melody, Melody how cool are you!? You look awesome! Are you planning to wear your costume to the movie theater? I am trying to talk my daughter into wearing her robes to the movie on opening day. I hop she will! Again, you looked great! Have fun, Kristi in Utah ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From holymotherofgod at hotmail.com Tue Nov 5 02:39:11 2002 From: holymotherofgod at hotmail.com (skyw1ngs) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 02:39:11 -0000 Subject: grown up fans in Brisbane? Message-ID: Hey there, just wondering if there are any Brisbanites out there and if they're planning to dress up to see CoS when it comes out down here. skywings. From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Tue Nov 5 04:20:10 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 04:20:10 -0000 Subject: My turn, my turn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Ok, I feel really proud of myself. I managed to actually post my > Halloween pictures. :) They are in the picture folder named > "Melody's Pictures". I know I know, inventive title there. > > They were taken at work, so sorry about the bad lighting and all. I > am really pale white even though I live in Texas, so I come off rather > washed out. > > Anyway, I can't tell you my intend in the first picture. I think I > was doing ballet in the outfit and they caught me in the middle of it. > I tend to prance around alot. Their use to it. > > The second on is a nice full shot. Oh for those wondering, I had the > seater for a couple of years. I just got lucky really. It works so well. > > I like the third one. I think I was trying to concentrate and > transfigure the computer of something. > > And the fourth. Just like it. > > Anyway, hope you like. Please be kind. :) > > Melody > who thinks she looks a lot younger than 25 in this outfit and is not > sure if that is a good thing Melody, I love it!! :D You look great! Now I have a good idea who to look for at the movie *grin* Oh, and how tall are you? You look tall in the pics! Lucky you.... Alora From Malady579 at hotmail.com Tue Nov 5 04:36:53 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 04:36:53 -0000 Subject: My turn, my turn In-Reply-To: <20021105003800.13716.qmail@web40306.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: **blushing** Thank you. Glad y'all like them. I aim to please. :) Kristi in Utah wrote: >Are you planning to wear your costume to the movie theater? I am >trying to talk my daughter into wearing her robes to the movie on >opening day. I am planning to wear the schoolgirl part to work that day and add the robe later. I think I can get away with it as long as there is not a Hogwarts part on it. So yes, I am planning to dress up for the theater. Should be a lot of fun. Think I might even wander around the mall a bit to freak people out. "Look at the loony, Mom." :) And Kristy, your daughter is *adorable* in her outfit. She has to wear it. What fun is a costume if you don't? Alora wrote: >Now I have a good idea who to look for at the movie *grin* Oh, and >how tall are you? You look tall in the pics! Lucky you.... I am only 5'4". Not tall by any stretch, but not really short either. It is annoying. I am too tall for the petites, but not big enough for the women's. I have to still settle for the teen's department mostly. ::shrugs:: It seems I will always be a small, skinny girl, though in those robes, you could never tell. Melody From lupinesque at yahoo.com Tue Nov 5 10:11:48 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 10:11:48 -0000 Subject: 5 yr. old opinion on the Order of the Phoenix In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Susan wrote: > My son, Jesse, just turned five in September. He loves Harry Potter > and is just finishing listening to the Goblet of Fire (and yes, I > would have thought he was 'way too young, but he gets it Which puts him way ahead of most of us. So tell us, Jesse, why didn't Crouch Jr. just turn Harry's toothbrush into a Portkey back in November or so? Amy who has seen pix of Susan's son and can testify that he is adorable in appearance as well as HP-interpretation From lilac_bearry at yahoo.com Tue Nov 5 10:13:13 2002 From: lilac_bearry at yahoo.com (Lilac) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:13:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Halloween Pictures Message-ID: <20021105101313.85338.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> <<>> (And there was one more nice comment from someone, but like an idiot I deleted the digest before I recorded who it was...sorry about that, so this is for you too!) Thanks! We didn't have a v-neck sweater and only a dracula cape, but it all worked out and everyone knew who he was. My son also didn't want the Gryffindor patch (weird, huh?), but the Hogwart's crest instead. Hey, I'm at the point where I choose my battles wisely, and that one I could let slip by. He was also "wingardium leviosa"-ing everybody, and they would play along by pretending they were starting to float upwards. But, I've just got to say, Kristi...your Hermione looked awesome! It's so fun when it's the whole "official" outfit, and her hair was perfect! She could get a job as an Emma Watson double, imho. I need to look at the picture of your Rita Skeeter now... Lilac, impressed in SLC ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Professor, can you show me that blocking thing again?" Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, Harry!" "What, drop my wand?" --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Tue Nov 5 10:17:27 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:17:27 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: 5 yr. old opinion on the Order of the Phoenix References: Message-ID: <3DC79AB7.000001.92031@monica> Oh that's easy! It's because he was suffering from evil mastermind syndrome - the irresistable urge to dangle your enemies over a tank of sharks and then leave them alone confident that will die and couldn't possibly escape while your back was turned rather than just shooting them when you had the opportunity. It's closely related to exposition syndrome - the urge to explain your plans to the only person who could defeat you before letting them escape. K -------Original Message------- From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Date: 05 November 2002 10:11:54 To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: 5 yr. old opinion on the Order of the Phoenix Which puts him way ahead of most of us. So tell us, Jesse, why didn't Crouch Jr. just turn Harry's toothbrush into a Portkey back in November or so? Amy who has seen pix of Susan's son and can testify that he is adorable in appearance as well as HP-interpretation From sally at gristiegraphics.co.uk Tue Nov 5 11:31:14 2002 From: sally at gristiegraphics.co.uk (sallygrist) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:31:14 -0000 Subject: COS Preview! Message-ID: OH MY GOD!!!!! I've just had confirmation that I'm going to be attending a press sreening of COS on Thursday evening at Leicester Sq!!! WAHOOO!!! I'm so excited I just HAD to tell EVERYONE!! I'm gonna take my camera in case they still have props from the film on display, and if they do I'll post them in the photos section so everyone can have a look. And if you ask me nicely, I'll tell you EVERYTHING about the film that I can possibly remember. Ohhh, my beloved Harry, here I come.... Only thing is, how am I supposed to do any work now??? Highly excited Sally :oD From bray.262 at osu.edu Tue Nov 5 09:02:52 2002 From: bray.262 at osu.edu (Rachel Bray) Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:02:52 +0000 (EST5EDT) Subject: a desperate plea Message-ID: <8A756201A4@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Could anyone out there PLEASE make me a tape of the HBO special?! I don't have HBO. None of my friends have HBO. We're too broke for that luxury. Please?! PLEASE?!!?!? I will pay, of course. *on my knees* I'm desperate to see it. Please please please? Thanks. Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and think, 'Well, that's not going to happen.' From lilac_bearry at yahoo.com Tue Nov 5 18:44:07 2002 From: lilac_bearry at yahoo.com (Lilac) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:44:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: Scanning for Viruses Message-ID: <20021105184407.49527.qmail@web40308.mail.yahoo.com> Hello, Lilac here! This is in response to Steve's/bboy_mn email about viruses on the Movie list, which I've attached to the bottom of this post. The following is an email that my husband wrote off-list to a friend after she was receiving the infamous "jammingjerry" post reply. Many of you probably know how to handle viruses, but just in case you don't (like me), here's a quick run-down... ============================================ Whenever you get a suspicious email it is a good thing to question the safety of that email. First step, of course, is to not open it and the second step is to delete it. The problem with some viruses: they look legitimate. I suggest that you scan your computer for viruses. We go to www.antivirus.com and choose the free online scan. This will scan for all known viruses and clean them where possible. If you have a dialup modem, it will take a while - the website has to download the virus pattern files so it knows what to look for. Then it has to scan EVERY file on your computer. When I use my dialup, I usually plan an hour for this whole process to take place [download pattern files and scan for the viruses themselves] it CAN take longer. DSL/Cable takes about 20-30 minutes. The best thing to do, if you suspect that you have just been infected, is to NOT turn off your computer, and then scan for viruses. If you have already shutdown your computer and restarted later - all is not lost, just takes a little more time to clean the mess up [if any]. One more thing to consider, there is a feature with some internet providers that will disconnet you if you are not actively changing web pages for a preset time [idle time out]. To resolve this, open up a second browser and refresh that every now and then. I usually refresh my browser every twenty minutes. I suggest a second browser because some websites will stop what ever it is doing and go to its home page if you refresh it [this REALLY SUCKS if you are doing an online test, or scanning your system for viruses and HAVE to start over- arrrggghhh!] Anyway, I hope that your system is not infected and that the reply was accurate. Scanning for viruses is a very good habit to get into. If you surf alot or get alot of email I suggest that you get an antivirus program and run it while online [you may turn it off while off line] if you occasionally surf, or read email - once a month or once a week scanning is usually sufficient. Just thought you ought to know [Quirrel after informing the whole school of a troll in the dungeon, oh yeah - you already knew that....] :) See you, Robert. a wannabeabletocatchuptomywife Harry Potter fan. ============================================== Dream on, babe! ~Lilac~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- << Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rachel Bray wrote: > Could anyone out there PLEASE make me a tape of the HBO > special?! > > I don't have HBO. None of my friends have HBO. We're too > broke for that luxury. > > Please?! PLEASE?!!?!? I will pay, of course. > > *on my knees* I'm desperate to see it. Please please > please? > > Thanks. > > Rachel Bray > The Ohio State University > Fees & Deposits > > I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I > get to the end and think, 'Well, that's not going to happen.' OH YES!!! ME TOO! ME TOO!! I would also looovvveee to see the HBO special, and although we have about 175 other channels, we don't have any HBO ones (can you believe that?!) I'm in with Rachel. Who do I make the check out to? >bg< Anna . . . From sky14381 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 6 09:00:56 2002 From: sky14381 at yahoo.com (filmgeek20) Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:00:56 -0000 Subject: San Francisco Movie Get Together? Message-ID: Is anyone in the SF Bay Area of CA going to make November 15th an "event?" I was thinking of dressing up on that day to the theater but I do not know where all the "hardcore" Harry Potter fans will be. I'm sure fans are everywhere but I don't want to come dressed up to some megaplex only to be gawked at by teeny boppers who have nothing better to do on a Friday night and *casually decided* to see Chamber of Secrets that day--know what I mean? I would like to go to a theater that has HARDCORE HP fans. Do any of you have suggestions? I was thinking of going to a San Francisco theater at around the 7pm show. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks! :) Amy P.S. I know this should only be on the HPFGU-California list, but I figured that there are a lot of Californians on THIS list that haven't had the chance to sign up on that one yet. :) Please don't flame! From heidit at netbox.com Wed Nov 6 10:41:21 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 05:41:21 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Regional Groups (was San Francisco Movie Get Together?) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <031301c28581$0fdfdd40$0201a8c0@Frodo> > -----Original Message----- > From: filmgeek20 [mailto:sky14381 at yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:01 AM > To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] San Francisco Movie Get Together? > > > Real-To: "filmgeek20" > > Is anyone in the SF Bay Area of CA going to make November 15th an > "event?" I was thinking of dressing up on that day to the > theater but > I do not know where all the "hardcore" Harry Potter fans will > be. There are a number of HPfGU-connected regional groups - you can see a partial list here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpforgrownups/links/Regional_HPfGU_Lists_0 00999973547/ and California is, of course, on that list. And for anyone who's in Orlando (or who wants to drive in (as Disney has some terrific rates for Florida residents these days), a bunch of us who are involved with the planning of Nimbus - 2003, as well as a range of other fandomers, will be seeing the 7pm show at Pleasure Island (which means we'll be getting to the theater around 6...) Heidi http://www.hp2003.org From bray.262 at osu.edu Wed Nov 6 11:20:08 2002 From: bray.262 at osu.edu (Rachel Bray) Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 11:20:08 +0000 (EST5EDT) Subject: thanks, people! Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who offered to tape the HBO special for me. A workmate has offered to tape it for me, though. Makes things a bit easier. Thanks again! I really appreciated it! Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming dragon. From s_ings at yahoo.com Thu Nov 7 15:43:42 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:43:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, FruHu! Message-ID: <20021107154342.33290.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> *dusts snow off the box of party decorations and starting hanging streamers and blowing up multi-coloured balloons* Hello everyone, it's your friendly, neighbourhood Birthday Elf, starting the party from the frozen wilderness of Canada! Don't worry, I'll have the fires nicely blazing and the room toasty warm by the time you all arrive. :) Today's birthday honouree is FruHu. Birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: iwant12 at hotmail.com FruHu, I hope your birthday is filled with magic and brings you everything your heart desires. Happy Birthday, FruHu! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From skelkins at attbi.com Thu Nov 7 23:12:14 2002 From: skelkins at attbi.com (ssk7882) Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 23:12:14 -0000 Subject: ADMIN: Weekly Chat Returning To Old Location Message-ID: Elkins edges around the tottering pile of crates and boxes, leaps out of the path of the two grunting workmen carrying the sofa, ducks to avoid being brained by the grand piano that someone has apparently decided to move by recourse to Wingardium Leviosa, and wrings her hands helplessly. "Oh," she breathes. "Oh, *do* be careful of that soap box! It's *fragile!*" ------- Hi, HPFGUers. Well, we found that we missed the old decor, not to mention that location, location, location! So starting this Sunday, our weekly chat is going to be moving back to its previous home in Yahoo Chat Room HP:1. Our weekly Sunday chat starts at around 7 pm GMT (that's 2 pm for those of you on the East coast of the US, 11 am for those of you on that Other Coast), and lasts until people get tired, usually for around four hours but sometimes even longer than that. There's no need to stay on-topic in chat: people can and do talk about whatever crosses their mind. It can be a fun way to meet people in a somewhat different context than the lists, so why not stop by and say hello? To get there, do this: Go to any Yahoo Chat Room, for example, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat Then type "/join hp:1" (without the quotation marks). If the room looks empty, stick around for a little while. Sometimes people arrive fashionably late. Now that we've moved back to the old room, you can also once more use CheetaChat (for PCs) or miChat (for Macs). Upgrades for these programs can be found at www.versiontracker.com. If you have any problems negotiating your way around chat, please feel free to contact the mods at mods at hpfgu.org.uk. We look forward to seeing you there! Elkins, for the Mods From rvotaw at i-55.com Fri Nov 8 03:31:12 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:31:12 -0600 Subject: HP overdose Message-ID: <011c01c286d7$49d3c0a0$529dcdd1@istu757> Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I had one today. It all started with a trip to Wal-Mart on my way home from work. Needed to pick up some pictures, you know, and might as well make a pass by the magazines. Well, sure enough, there was Harry on the cover of something or another. I thinkit's official name is J-14 Life Story Movie Magic Deluxe Collector's Edition. Anyway, it's about half Harry Potter, and has some adorable pictures I haven't seen anywhere else. For ten bucks it better. There was also some teeny-bopper music magazine that just happened to have CoS poster inside. So I had to get it too. Naturally. Then on my way to pick up a couple of twelve packs of Coca-Cola (HP collector cards, you know) I saw it. Harry Potter dishes. You know, those they usually do for Barbie and Disney stuff? I had one from SS with Harry on his broomstick. Well, this set had Harry and Ron in the flying car over Hogwarts Express on the plate, Harry on his broomstick on the bowl, and the flying car and Hedwig on the glass. So I got that too. Then I came home. I had a package from a friend on a doll forum. We do a Christmas gift exchange, and it's a bit early. Who cares, I opened it. First thing I saw? Harry Potter gift bag. Inside it? Harry Potter Hallmark ornament--Harry in the invisibility cloak. I mean putting on the invisibility cloak. You can still see him, of course. :) And all of the packages were wrapped in--you guessed it. Harry Potter wrapping paper. Then I also got my Jason Carter t-shirt today. Too much, can't take it, must take deep breaths. Calm, all is calm. :) Richelle ******************************************************************************** "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." ---- Lady Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring ******************************************************************************** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Fri Nov 8 04:57:56 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 04:57:56 -0000 Subject: HP overdose In-Reply-To: <011c01c286d7$49d3c0a0$529dcdd1@istu757> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Richelle Votaw" wrote: > Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I had one today. It all started with a trip to Wal-Mart on my way home from work. Needed to pick up some pictures, you know, and might as well make a pass by the magazines. Well, sure enough, there was Harry on the cover of something or another. I thinkit's official name is J-14 Life Story Movie Magic Deluxe Collector's Edition. Anyway, it's about half Harry Potter, and has some adorable pictures I haven't seen anywhere else. For ten bucks it better. There was also some teeny-bopper music magazine that just happened to have CoS poster inside. So I had to get it too. Naturally. Then on my way to pick up a couple of twelve packs of Coca-Cola (HP collector cards, you know) I saw it. Harry Potter dishes. You know, those they usually do for Barbie and Disney stuff? I had one from SS with Harry on his broomstick. Well, this set had Harry and Ron in the flying car over Hogwarts Express on the plate, Harry on his broomstick on the bowl, and the flying car and Hedwig on the glass. So I got that too. > > Then I came home. I had a package from a friend on a doll forum. We do a Christmas gift exchange, and it's a bit early. Who cares, I opened it. First thing I saw? Harry Potter gift bag. Inside it? Harry Potter Hallmark ornament--Harry in the invisibility cloak. I mean putting on the invisibility cloak. You can still see him, of course. :) And all of the packages were wrapped in--you guessed it. Harry Potter wrapping paper. > > Then I also got my Jason Carter t-shirt today. Too much, can't take it, must take deep breaths. Calm, all is calm. :) > > Richelle Oh, I do thank the heavens for you people! :D You make me feel so...normal. Hehe! I am the only person in my circle that is a HP addict, and I seem to amuse them all. Honestly, I don't care. Everyone has their thing, and it just so happens I adore Harry Potter. And the magazines, and the toys.....I'm crossing my fingers for the Hogwart's castle this Christmas! I am sooooo very glad I found HPfGU last year. I feel less alone, don't you, Richelle? And I feel better coming in and sitting down and reading all the messages on the book discussion, here and at the movie site, after one of my relatives slams me for indulging in "evil Harry Potter." So, thank you, Richelle, for making me feel better tonight! I needed it - very much! Alora :) From KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net Fri Nov 8 07:37:59 2002 From: KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net (Gary Sapp & Karen J.S.) Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 07:37:59 -0000 Subject: HP overdose In-Reply-To: <011c01c286d7$49d3c0a0$529dcdd1@istu757> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Richelle Votaw" wrote: > Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I had one today...... > > Then I came home. I had a package from a friend on a doll forum. We do a Christmas gift exchange, and it's a bit early. Who cares, I opened it. First thing I saw? Harry Potter gift bag. Inside it? Harry Potter Hallmark ornament--Harry in the invisibility cloak. I mean putting on the invisibility cloak. You can still see him, of course. :) And all of the packages were wrapped in--you guessed it. Harry Potter wrapping paper. > > Then I also got my Jason Carter t-shirt today. Too much, can't take it, must take deep breaths. Calm, all is calm. :) > > Richelle > Richelle, I can relate, last year I bought all the T.V. guide editions with the collectable covers and other stuff. Lately I have been overdosing on the audio tapes. I got them for Christmas last year and have listened to them over and over. I found out that there are UK versions read by another actor, so guess what I am hoping to get this Christmas? Jason Carter? Are you a Marcus (of Babylon 5) fan? Me too. Funny thing, I have a British shorthair cat named after him and he has a cousin named Harry Potter. Go with it and enjoy! :) Karen From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Fri Nov 8 11:59:46 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 11:59:46 -0000 Subject: Something for Brits to be proud of? Message-ID: Go read: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2416995.stm - apparently we read more than other Europeans. And guess who gets some of the credit? David From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 9 01:41:19 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 01:41:19 -0000 Subject: HP overdose In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Richelle wrote: > Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I > had one today. Alora wrote: > Oh, I do thank the heavens for you people! :D You make me feel > so...normal. Hehe, I completely agree. Every time I go in any bookstore I have to go by the Harry Potter section (oh yes, I said section, and I have the route to it memorized) just to see if the fifth book has come out and somehow missed *everybody's* notice. Of course, I am greatly disappointed but still I have to do it. I also find it amusing that every time I see the books I want to buy them again. I also have the path in Walmart and Target to the toy section well worn and quite looked over. I know even if they rearrange the toy positions. I must say it is nice being in a city where I am practically the only obsessed HP fan to raid the stores. As for HP obsession, I actually have a framed picture of Harry Potter Radcliffe on my bookshelf from the last movie's posterbook. I just love the look in his eyes. So defiant. And not to be outdone, the movie image I chose to frame *this* time is the "Vanity Fair" picture of Harry, Ron, and Colin in the hospital looking over petrified Hermione. The lighting is really wonderful through those windows, and the actors really fit their character looks. Yes, yes, I know it is sad. A grown woman who has framed pictures of fiction characters which are larger than her own family. Well it might not be too odd since I also have a framed picture of a llama with a scarf around its neck (A Banana Republic ad I loved). You should see the look on the llama's face. It is adorable. Anyway, I *had* to confess all that. Richelle and Alora, I completely understand. Glad to know I am not alone also. Oh and one more thing... Richelle also wrote: > Harry Potter dishes. You know, those they usually do for Barbie and > Disney stuff? Richelle, are these the plastic ones or real dishes? Hmmm, might need to venture out to find those. Melody From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Sat Nov 9 03:24:02 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 03:24:02 -0000 Subject: HP overdose In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Richelle wrote: > > Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I > > had one today. > > Alora wrote: > > Oh, I do thank the heavens for you people! :D You make me feel > > so...normal. > > Melody wrote: > Hehe, I completely agree. Every time I go in any bookstore I have to > go by the Harry Potter section > I also have the path in Walmart and Target to the toy section well > worn and quite looked over. I know even if they rearrange the toy > positions. Anna writes; Ladies, It is so reassuring to hear that I am not the only "grown woman" with an HP obsession! Its pretty sad when I get excited at the thought of going to a toy store these days! My daughter came home from school yesterday with an invitation to a "Harry Potter" birthday party; not just the paper plates and hats and plastic wands, but they are actually going to see the CoS on Friday nite, the opening nite. How jealous am I?! (I'm working!) But it at least gave me a *legitimate* excuse to go shopping for HP stuff! I think I was more excited than she was! We went to Toys R Us first and were very disappointed in the selection. They had a lot of SS merchandise: Quirrell figure as Voldemort; the Troll Legos, Harry and Hagrid at Gringotts, etc. So we drove down the road to Walmart and we hit the jackpot! I saw turquiose blue Ford Anglias; Dueling club Legos (that's what we bought my daughters' friend), and the cutest little "Messenger Owls", (I let my daughter buy a pink one) that you can hang from a backpack (or key chain). I had to restrain myself from buying Quidditch!Harry and Quidditch!George (they didn't have Fred or Draco for that matter!) AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! No, Richelle, I don't think it's possible to OD on HP paraphanalia! I think we should enjoy every minute of it!! Who knows how long it will be before we all get this excited about *NEW* HP merchandise? (hint, hint, . . . BOOK 5?) > Melody also wrote; > Yes, yes, I know it is sad. A grown woman who has framed pictures of > fiction characters which are larger than her own family. Anna says, Melody, I will only mention that I have the schedule of the HP crew's American tv appearances next week taped up on my refrigerator (next to the emergency phone numbers, and my son's first paper in kindergarten this year!) To paraphrase Ron Weasly in the first HP film, I think I have my priorites straight!!! Anna . . .(who forgot to tell you that my 5 year old got Quidditch! FlyingHarry today, I it's really fun!!) Oh my, time to go color my hair . . . > From zeff8 at attbi.com Sat Nov 9 03:45:06 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 22:45:06 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP overdose References: Message-ID: <001301c287a2$679d29c0$5f02f50c@attbi.com> ----- Original Message ----- > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > > Richelle wrote: > > > Is it possible to have a Harry Potter overdose? If so, I think I > > > had one today. > > > > Alora wrote: > > > Oh, I do thank the heavens for you people! :D You make me feel > > > so...normal. > > > > Melody wrote: > > Hehe, I completely agree. Every time I go in any bookstore I have > to > > go by the Harry Potter section > > > I also have the path in Walmart and Target to the toy section well > > worn and quite looked over. I know even if they rearrange the toy > > positions. > From: "dradamsapple" > Anna writes; > > Ladies, > > It is so reassuring to hear that I am not the only "grown woman" with > an HP obsession! Its pretty sad when I get excited at the thought of > going to a toy store these days! > > My daughter came home from school yesterday with an invitation to > a "Harry Potter" birthday party; not just the paper plates and hats > and plastic wands, but they are actually going to see the CoS on > Friday nite, the opening nite. How jealous am I?! (I'm working!) But > it at least gave me a *legitimate* excuse to go shopping for HP > stuff! I think I was more excited than she was! We went to Toys R > Us first and were very disappointed in the selection. They had a lot > of SS merchandise: Quirrell figure as Voldemort; the Troll Legos, > Harry and Hagrid at Gringotts, etc. So we drove down the road to > Walmart and we hit the jackpot! I saw turquiose blue Ford Anglias; > Dueling club Legos (that's what we bought my daughters' friend), and > the cutest little "Messenger Owls", (I let my daughter buy a pink > one) that you can hang from a backpack (or key chain). I had to > restrain myself from buying Quidditch!Harry and Quidditch!George > (they didn't have Fred or Draco for that matter!) AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! > > No, Richelle, I don't think it's possible to OD on HP paraphanalia! > I think we should enjoy every minute of it!! Who knows how long it > will be before we all get this excited about *NEW* HP merchandise? > (hint, hint, . . . BOOK 5?) > > > > Melody also wrote; > > Yes, yes, I know it is sad. A grown woman who has framed pictures > of > > fiction characters which are larger than her own family. > > Anna says, > > Melody, I will only mention that I have the schedule of the HP crew's > American tv appearances next week taped up on my refrigerator (next > to the emergency phone numbers, and my son's first paper in > kindergarten this year!) To paraphrase Ron Weasly in the first HP > film, I think I have my priorites straight!!! > > MY complaint, is that the stores don't put all the HP stuff in the same spot. Toys in one section, Blankets, and pillows in another.. books in a 3rd, and those hard to find items, like the little caludron "candy cups" in a totaly different area.. Some stores I go to, takes 2 hours to go check all the "areas" where they hide this stuff.. And they constantly re-arrange the shelves, and where they put it, so each time I have to start a search from scratch.. can't go back to where I saw it before.. And today, I went to Meijers, and found: an owl, and the HP:COS Playstation 1 game. Of course I got it! From rvotaw at i-55.com Sat Nov 9 03:55:56 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:55:56 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP overdose References: Message-ID: <017201c287a3$e8ec1440$509ccdd1@istu757> Alora writes: > Oh, I do thank the heavens for you people! :D You make me feel > so...normal. Hehe! I am the only person in my circle that is a HP > addict, and I seem to amuse them all. Honestly, I don't care. > Everyone has their thing, and it just so happens I adore Harry > Potter. And the magazines, and the toys.....I'm crossing my fingers > for the Hogwart's castle this Christmas! I am sooooo very glad I > found HPfGU last year. I feel less alone, don't you, Richelle? And Yes, it is so nice to know I'm not the only adult drooling over all of this! Which Hogwart's castle are you hoping for? I've got the Lego one. I'm getting the Lego Chamber of Secrets for Christmas this year. From my dad, he lives out of state and is a terrible shopper. He buys precisely what I ask for and tells me as soon as he does! No surprise, but I'll love it. I'm working on Dumbledore's office right now. I bought it the day Richard Harris died and am still putting it together! Stupid papers to grade, and it's the end of the six weeks, had to average grades. Work, mind you. Karen writes: > I can relate, last year I bought all the T.V. guide editions with the > collectable covers and other stuff. I was too stupid to have read HP last year. So I was clueless. I missed out on all that stuff! Okay, confession time. I bought the Time magazine with HP on the cover on ebay yesterday. I'm still hoping it'll turn up on TV Guide this year. I keep checking every week, but no, it's James Bond this week. James Bond. As if. Of course, any other time I'd be drooling over Pierce Brosnan anyway. :) Karen again: > Lately I have been overdosing on > the audio tapes. I got them for Christmas last year and have listened > to them over and over. I found out that there are UK versions read by > another actor, so guess what I am hoping to get this Christmas? I'm about to start on those audio tapes myself. Since I'm a teacher I can get them through Scholastic and earn bonus points to get other stuff with. They finally had the first set of tapes in there, so I'm ordering those. I think I'll get the UK ones eventually, when I order the UK books and movie. Pathetic, yes. :) And Karen again: > Jason Carter? Are you a Marcus (of Babylon 5) fan? Me too. Funny > thing, I have a British shorthair cat named after him and he has a > cousin named Harry Potter. I confess, I love Babylon 5. Particularly Marcus. And Sheridan wasn't half bad either. :) Melody writes: > Hehe, I completely agree. Every time I go in any bookstore I have to > go by the Harry Potter section (oh yes, I said section, and I have the > route to it memorized) just to see if the fifth book has come out and > somehow missed *everybody's* notice. Of course, I am greatly > disappointed but still I have to do it. I also find it amusing that > every time I see the books I want to buy them again. I do that too. :) I'm not really sure why I do it, but I do. I even think to myself that I don't have hardcovers of all four books. I don't even like hardcovers, why would I want them? There might be some coloring book or something I don't have, you never know. :) Melody again: > I also have the path in Walmart and Target to the toy section well > worn and quite looked over. I know even if they rearrange the toy > positions. I must say it is nice being in a city where I am > practically the only obsessed HP fan to raid the stores. Oh, good, it's not just me that does that. I go to various Wal-Marts on a regular basis and I always check every toy section. Of course, my local Wal-Mart has about the worst possible toy section. The action figures still aren't out! I mean, I've already bought 5 of them at other Wal-Marts, they are just too lazy to put things out! They've only got a week until the movie opens, although they are probably clueless on that point. > As for HP obsession, I actually have a framed picture of Harry Potter > Radcliffe on my bookshelf from the last movie's posterbook. I just > love the look in his eyes. So defiant. And not to be outdone, the > Yes, yes, I know it is sad. A grown woman who has framed pictures of > fiction characters which are larger than her own family. Well it Oh, thank goodness, I'm not the only one. Well, actually I haven't got a framed picture. Yet. I will in a week or so. I have some posters up now. Just (stops to count) 3 full size and 9 smaller ones. Really, that's all. Oh, and one more still in the magazine (CoS poster) that I haven't put up yet. Now, as for the framed picture. While I'm confessing I might as well go all the way. I saw this adorable picture of Daniel/Harry on ebay and I had to have it. It's 8 X 10 suitable for framing. It's also supposed to be autographed, but no way to really tell, of course. Still, good to impress friends and family. :) It's from SS/PS, so now I think I need one from CoS as well. And maybe a picture from the press conference when Daniel was first selected. To show the growth, you know. :) Melody writes: > Richelle, are these the plastic ones or real dishes? Hmmm, might need > to venture out to find those. They're plastic. But boy, are they cute. I ate soup in my new bowl tonight. :) Anna writes: > stuff! I think I was more excited than she was! We went to Toys R > Us first and were very disappointed in the selection. They had a lot > of SS merchandise: Quirrell figure as Voldemort; the Troll Legos, > Harry and Hagrid at Gringotts, etc. So we drove down the road to The Toys R Us around here is like that too. I have my own opinion on that, they may be saving it all in the back for closer to Christmas. Or to put out a display coinciding with the release of CoS. Which means they need to hurry. Of course, they don't want people like us to grab it all too soon, I guess. > Walmart and we hit the jackpot! I saw turquiose blue Ford Anglias; I have one of those. :) Harry and Ron are sitting in it. > Dueling club Legos (that's what we bought my daughters' friend), and I don't have that one yet. It's one of the four Lego sets I'm missing. Which means I have, um, 18 HP Lego sets. > the cutest little "Messenger Owls", (I let my daughter buy a pink Those are really cute. > one) that you can hang from a backpack (or key chain). I had to > restrain myself from buying Quidditch!Harry and Quidditch!George > (they didn't have Fred or Draco for that matter!) AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! Quidditch Fred is impossible to find. If you ever see him, buy all they have you'll be able to make a killing! Of course, other than the packaging he and George look exactly alike. I'm thinking of getting another George and calling him Fred. :) > Anna . . .(who forgot to tell you that my 5 year old got Quidditch! > FlyingHarry today, I it's really fun!!) I love the Flying Harry. It is fun. And addictive. Zeff8 writes: > MY complaint, is that the stores don't put all the HP stuff in the same > spot. > Toys in one section, Blankets, and pillows in another.. books in a 3rd, and > those hard to find items, like the little caludron "candy cups" in a totaly > different area.. Some stores I go to, takes 2 hours to go check all the > "areas" where they hide this stuff.. And they constantly re-arrange the > shelves, and where they put it, so each time I have to start a search from > scratch.. can't go back to where I saw it before.. That is a bit annoying. It's hard to hunt the store over. I keep forgetting about the sheets. They have flannel sheets with the flying car and Hogwarts. For twin beds only, which fortunately I have. :) I want the new CoS candy too. I think there's a Mandrake dipper and a Basilisk shaker. I haven't seen those anywhere. Of course, they tend to stick them in the oddest places. Richelle From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Sat Nov 9 04:57:10 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 04:57:10 -0000 Subject: HP overdose In-Reply-To: <017201c287a3$e8ec1440$509ccdd1@istu757> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Richelle Votaw" wrote: > > I want the new CoS candy too. I think there's a Mandrake dipper and a > Basilisk shaker. I haven't seen those anywhere. Of course, they tend to > stick them in the oddest places. > > Richelle Just a post-script, since you brought it up, One thing we did see at Toys R Us is a "spinning" Harry vs. Basilisk rotating lolipop. Really cool! only $4.99. And we did find a Basilisk shaker at both TRU and Walmart. I'm a little leery about getting candy; with my kids, it always ends up that the dog eats it before they do . . . Anna . . . From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 9 05:16:14 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 05:16:14 -0000 Subject: HP cd/tapes In-Reply-To: <017201c287a3$e8ec1440$509ccdd1@istu757> Message-ID: Karen again: >>Lately I have been overdosing on the audio tapes. I got them for Christmas last year and have listened to them over and over. I found out that there are UK versions read by another actor, so guess what I am hoping to get this Christmas?<< Richelle added: >I'm about to start on those audio tapes myself. Since I'm a teacher I can get them through Scholastic and earn bonus points to get other stuff with. They finally had the first set of tapes in there, so I'm ordering those. I think I'll get the UK ones eventually, when I order the UK books and movie.< I found the whole lot at Half Price Books for, well, half price a few weeks ago. It was the books-on-cd, but that was what I was looking for. I am sure the tapes could be found there also. It is nice to have them on long car rides across state. It take me five hours to get home, so that is practically a whole book round trip. I was the same way once I learned Stephen Fry was reading the UK version. How much better would it be to hear a Brit read Harry Potter than a silly American faking their accent. Not to bash Jim Dale's reading, but it is not the same. I have to wait to ge those though. Must pace myself you know. Melody From heidit at netbox.com Sat Nov 9 13:58:31 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (Heidi Tandy) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 09:58:31 -0400 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] HP cd/tapes Message-ID: Guys, Jim Dale is british. He was on the stage in the uk from the time he was 17 and lives in New York because in the 70's he was such a success on Broadway in things like Barnum. So the British accent is real, but he does a great northeatern american one too, as anyone who's seen Pete's Dragon can attest. Check out jim-dale.com for more. Heidi, who owns 3 Stephen Fry novels and three soundtracks where Jim Dale sings Follow me to FictionAlley - Harry Potter fanfics of all shapes, sizes and ships - 7 sickles an ounce http://www.FictionAlley.org -----Original Message----- From: "Melody" Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 05:16:14 To:HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] HP cd/tapes Real-To: "Melody" Karen again: >>Lately I have been overdosing on the audio tapes. I got them for Christmas last year and have listened to them over and over. I found out that there are UK versions read by another actor, so guess what I am hoping to get this Christmas?<< Richelle added: >I'm about to start on those audio tapes myself. Since I'm a teacher I can get them through Scholastic and earn bonus points to get other stuff with. They finally had the first set of tapes in there, so I'm ordering those. I think I'll get the UK ones eventually, when I order the UK books and movie.< I found the whole lot at Half Price Books for, well, half price a few weeks ago. It was the books-on-cd, but that was what I was looking for. I am sure the tapes could be found there also. It is nice to have them on long car rides across state. It take me five hours to get home, so that is practically a whole book round trip. I was the same way once I learned Stephen Fry was reading the UK version. How much better would it be to hear a Brit read Harry Potter than a silly American faking their accent. Not to bash Jim Dale's reading, but it is not the same. I have to wait to ge those though. Must pace myself you know. Melody ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 9 16:08:05 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 16:08:05 -0000 Subject: HP cd/tapes Message-ID: Heidi pointd out: >>>Guys, Jim Dale is british. He was on the stage in the uk from the time he was 17 and lives in New York because in the 70's he was such a success on Broadway in things like Barnum.<<< ::Burying her head in her pillow:: I never knew that. Gracious, I feel like a complete idiot. I'm sorry. Seems I can't get anything correct right now. Melody who feels she should just shut-up this weekend and go back to bed. From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Sat Nov 9 17:15:54 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 17:15:54 -0000 Subject: HP sample sale Message-ID: Oh boy oh boy! I hit the jackpot - at least for me. A man in Coppell (you'll know where that is, Melody) had a Harry Potter sample sale yesterday and today. My aunt stumbled onto it, and called me last night. How I wish I had known yesterday! I got the Sorting Hat bookends, which I have wanted, for 3 dollars. I got the Harry and Hermione book end buddy for 3 dollars - both of them, together. I got oodles of HP ornaments for the kids. I got the things you put on your bedroom door, sound and motion activated for my kids at a dollar a piece. When someone walks into their room, they will know it. The boys get the Harry ones, my daughter gets the Hermione one! I got three trinket boxes for .50 a piece - my favorite is Hermione's trunk! I also got the last two banners he had, a Ravenclaw one and the purple one that just says "Harry Potter" on it. If I had gone yesterday, I could have had all four houses!! Ah well, at least I got those. I got three of the figures with the storyscopes (the trio) and the motion activated waterball. I'm having so much fun playing with all my stuff! I only wish there had been more stuff for me to buy! =:O Oh, and I got a whole load of casting stones for my kids' stockings. Wheeeeeeee! Why can't every day be a Harry Potter jackpot day? Alora From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 9 17:36:53 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 17:36:53 -0000 Subject: HP sample sale In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Alora giddily wrote: > I hit the jackpot - at least for me. > > A man in Coppell (you'll know where that is, Melody) had a Harry > Potter sample sale yesterday and today. My aunt stumbled onto it, > and called me last night. How I wish I had known yesterday! Congratulations. :) I must say I am quite jealous. Seems you can now live in a HP collector's world. Was it an actual store or just a vender? >Oh, and I got a whole load of casting stones for my kids' stockings. >Wheeeeeeee! Why can't every day be a Harry Potter jackpot day? Are these the multi-colored rock-looking stones or the wheel-looking stones? There are two types of HP collecting stones out on the market. The wheel-looking stones are the one I collect, mostly because you can find them in Target and such. I've only seen the colored stones in bookstores. Still, seems you have Christmas nicely wrapped up for yourself...no wait, I meant your kids. Your kids. ;) Melody From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Sat Nov 9 19:09:02 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 19:09:02 -0000 Subject: HP sample sale In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Are these the multi-colored rock-looking stones or the wheel- looking > stones? There are two types of HP collecting stones out on the > market. The wheel-looking stones are the one I collect, mostly > because you can find them in Target and such. I've only seen the > colored stones in bookstores. > > Still, seems you have Christmas nicely wrapped up for yourself...no > wait, I meant your kids. Your kids. ;) > > > Melody Hi, Melody! This man was soo nice. He works for the company that makes the HP collectibles...can't remember the name. He is the salesman that goes around to the various stores, but he is changing the line of products he carries, so he was getting rid of everything from this year's past line. The stones were the colored rock looking ones. Everything is sealed up, brand new, so I have no idea what is in the stone packages. All I know is that some of the little containers say "series I" and some say "series II". My kids have no idea which is which, so I am sure they will be happy with whatever comes out of the containers. Although I am thinking I need to open them...just to look , you know ;). I do like the look of the stones, so I might just look into collecting them myself. After the Christmas rush, of course. But I love the bookends! :D Giddy, giddy Alora From catlady at wicca.net Sat Nov 9 22:28:27 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 22:28:27 -0000 Subject: Why does French Onion Soup have bread in it? Message-ID: Nov 4 is Penny's birthday? It's my brother's birthday, too! Scorpio hugs! Nov 7 is FruHu's birthday? It's my birthday, too! More Scorpio hugs! *** Why did Alfred Nobel, a Swede, specify that the NORWEGIAN Parliament would choose the winner of the Peace Prize, when he specified Swedish organizations to award the other prizes? *** My friend the filker forwarded the following to me: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Filk: Harry Potter Sex toy? Date: 5 Nov 2002 10:36:33 -0800 From: hfeld at mediaaccess.org (Harold Feld) Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Newsgroups: rec.music.filk I have no idea if this is actually true that it would work this way. http://www.planetout.com/pno/entertainment/news/splash.html?sernum=245 (TTO Marvelous little toy.) When I was just a wee little girl my mommy gave to me A toy she got off Amazon that filled me full of glee A wonder to behold it was with many buttons bright I couldn't help but play with it at bedtime every night It was shaped like a stick, went between my legs And went whirrr when I turned it on My offical Nimbus 2000 Was sure a lot of fun Harold From rvotaw at i-55.com Sun Nov 10 02:12:01 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 20:12:01 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP overdose/ HP Sample Sale References: Message-ID: <014401c2885e$9550d080$02a0cdd1@istu757> Anna writes: > One thing we did see at Toys R Us is a "spinning" Harry vs. Basilisk > rotating lolipop. Really cool! only $4.99. And we did find a > Basilisk shaker at both TRU and Walmart. I'm a little leery about > getting candy; with my kids, it always ends up that the dog eats it > before they do . . . I found the Basilisk shaker today. They had the spinning Harry vs. Basilisk and Quidditch Harry things too, but I made myself wait on those. Can't have all the goodies in one day. Not to worry about the candy, it's nearly impossible to get out of the Basilisk shaker anyway. I love the flashing eyes, though. Alora writes: > A man in Coppell (you'll know where that is, Melody) had a Harry > Potter sample sale yesterday and today. My aunt stumbled onto it, > and called me last night. How I wish I had known yesterday! I got Wow, you did hit the jackpot. I found some of the same items at a clearance type store, but not as cheap as you got them! I did get a good bit of stuff today. And most of it was on sale! I got the Gilderoy Lockhart action figure, the Chamber of Secrets action figure, the Powercasting playset from last year (half price!) and the PC CoS game. Richelle **************************************************************************** **** "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." ---- Lady Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring **************************************************************************** **** From tiara_askew at yahoo.com Sun Nov 10 13:19:14 2002 From: tiara_askew at yahoo.com (tiara_askew) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 13:19:14 -0000 Subject: Madame Malkin's - new group on costume creation Message-ID: Hi! I've just formed a group that I think this list may be interested in. Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions - a discussion list for costumes related to Harry Potter books and/or movies. I've read on many lists and personal sites that folks are making robes, student attire, and other garb either to re-create a known costume, interpret one from the books, or create an original for your original character. This list will provide a place to share resources (where to find that elusive gray v-necked sweater and how to do the duplicate stich to add the house colors), show off your creations, or ask advice on how to make something specific. Everyone is welcome, and I hope we can grow a fun, active, creative place. It will also help topical lists, since off topic threads about costume making can be directed here. Thanks for letting me make this announcement! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MadameMalkins/ tiara_askew From catlady at wicca.net Mon Nov 11 01:09:07 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:09:07 -0000 Subject: HP overdose/Quidditch Fred In-Reply-To: <017201c287a3$e8ec1440$509ccdd1@istu757> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Richelle Votaw" wrote: > Quidditch Fred is impossible to find. If you ever see him, buy all > they have you'll be able to make a killing! Of course, other than > the packaging he and George look exactly alike. I'm thinking of > getting another George and calling him Fred. :) Sylvan Lane Shoppe has Quidditch Fred, if you want to pay twice as much for him as for George: http://www.sylvanlaneshoppe.com/harrypotter_moviefigures.htm From SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com Mon Nov 11 01:51:18 2002 From: SKTHOMPSON_1 at msn.com (Kelley) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:51:18 -0000 Subject: Why does French Onion Soup have bread in it? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote: > Nov 7 is FruHu's birthday? It's my birthday, too! More Scorpio hugs! >>>>> Rita! Happy very belated birthday! And happy very belated birthday to you, too, FruHu! I'm sorry I missed it for you both, but I hope you both had lovely days. Heh, we're getting quite a pack of scorpios here.... --Kelley From HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Mon Nov 11 06:42:44 2002 From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com (HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com) Date: 11 Nov 2002 06:42:44 -0000 Subject: New poll for HPFGU-OTChatter Message-ID: <1036996964.334.2245.w35@yahoogroups.com> Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the HPFGU-OTChatter group: What do you think will be Voldemort's last words when he is finally vanquished at the end of Book 7? (This poll is for Humorous perposes only) :) o "Et tu, Wormtail?" o "Damn! I fall for that Wrongski Feint every time!" o "What a world, what a world! Who thought a good little boy like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness!" o "Well, at least I can no longer say I've never been 'kissed'..." o "This is a fine way to treat your father, boy!" To vote, please visit the following web page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/surveys?id=1000794 Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups web site listed above. Thanks! From kdavison at shreve.net Mon Nov 11 16:14:09 2002 From: kdavison at shreve.net (Kimberly Davison) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:14:09 -0600 Subject: Question about British/American difference... References: <1036996964.334.2245.w35@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <008401c2899e$a3783f40$5db4fea9@KimDavison> Hi, I think this would be the right list to post this question to... I have noticed at least twice on separate occasions where someone mentions how odd it would be for a British child to use the term "sir"... I had no idea this was uncommon in England, could anyone elaborate on this a bit? Is it considered rude? Or disrespectful? In America it is a term of respect, and I had no idea it was different over the pond! :-) Kimberly Davison From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Mon Nov 11 16:55:40 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:55:40 -0000 Subject: Question about British/American difference... In-Reply-To: <008401c2899e$a3783f40$5db4fea9@KimDavison> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kimberly Davison" wrote: > Hi, I think this would be the right list to post this question > to... I have noticed at least twice on separate occasions where > someone mentions how odd it would be for a British child to use > the term "sir"... I had no idea this was uncommon in England, >could anyone elaborate on this a bit? Is it considered rude? Or > disrespectful? In America it is a term of respect, and I had no > idea it was different over the pond! :-) > Kimberly Davison 'sir' is generally neither rude nor disrespectful, though in Britain, where sarcasm and irony are deadly weapons, it *can* be used in an ironic sense. It depends on the school whether a child would be told to use 'sir' and 'miss' to refer to teachers. Hogwarts appears to approve of some formality - Harry is corrected by Dumbledore when he doesn't call Snape 'Professor Snape'. But the students don't seem to generally use 'sir' and 'miss' when talking to teachers. Unless it's common school practice, 'sir' would be very rarely used indeed by a child. In modern Britain, it's commonly used in the military for juniors speaking to seniors, used by salespeople who have to call customers something other than 'er, whatever-your-name-is', and used if you bump into royalty, whom you must call 'sir' and 'ma'am'. It's certainly used much, much less than in America. Hope this helps. Pip!Squeak From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Mon Nov 11 18:25:20 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:25:20 -0000 Subject: COS Movie SPOILER Re: Question about British/American difference - In-Reply-To: <008401c2899e$a3783f40$5db4fea9@KimDavison> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kimberly Davison" wrote: > Hi, I think this would be the right list to post this question to... I have > noticed at least twice on separate occasions where someone mentions how odd > it would be for a British child to use the term "sir"... I had no idea this > was uncommon in England, could anyone elaborate on this a bit? Is it > considered rude? Or disrespectful? In America it is a term of respect, and > I had no idea it was different over the pond! :-) > Kimberly Davison S P O I L E R S P O I L E R S P O I L E R Is this to do with Harry calling Vernon 'Sir' in the movie? That is indeed unusual (as well as uncanonical). While you could argue that it would be in character for the Dursleys to make Harry call them 'Sir' and (presumably) 'ma'am', there's no particular reason to make them do so in the movie as it's not in the book. It didn't strike me as ironic, either. Children haven't called their fathers or uncles 'Sir' for over fifty years at least, I would guess. Even then I think it was an upper class sort of thing to do. David From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Mon Nov 11 19:41:00 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:41:00 -0000 Subject: COS Movie SPOILER Re: Question about British/American difference - In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "David" wrote: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kimberly Davison" wrote: > > Hi, I think this would be the right list to post this question > >> to... I have noticed at least twice on separate occasions > where someone mentions how odd > > it would be for a British child to use the term "sir"... I had > > no idea this was uncommon in England, could anyone elaborate on > > this a bit? Is it considered rude? Or disrespectful? In > America it is a term of respect, and > > I had no idea it was different over the pond! :-) > > Kimberly Davison > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > Is this to do with Harry calling Vernon 'Sir' in the movie? That >is indeed unusual (as well as uncanonical). While you could argue >that it would be in character for the Dursleys to make Harry call > them 'Sir' and (presumably) 'ma'am', there's no particular reason >to make them do so in the movie as it's not in the book. It > didn't strike me as ironic, either. > > Children haven't called their fathers or uncles 'Sir' for over >fifty years at least, I would guess. Even then I think it was an >upper class sort of thing to do. > > David I think it was being used to imply the lousy relationship Harry has with his Uncle Vernon - that there is so little of a normal Uncle/nephew relationship that Harry actually calls him 'sir'. Also that Harry is a little frightened of the Dursley's. After all, prisoners often have to call their warder's 'sir'. Pip From kdavison at shreve.net Mon Nov 11 20:22:57 2002 From: kdavison at shreve.net (Kimberly Davison) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:22:57 -0600 Subject: COS Movie SPOILER Re: Question about British/American difference - Pip!Squeak and David References: Message-ID: <001201c289c0$20a36320$5db4fea9@KimDavison> >>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "bluesqueak" It depends on the school whether a child would be told to use 'sir' and 'miss' to refer to teachers. Hogwarts appears to approve of some formality - Harry is corrected by Dumbledore when he doesn't call Snape 'Professor Snape'. But the students don't seem to generally use 'sir' and 'miss' when talking to teachers. Unless it's common school practice, 'sir' would be very rarely used indeed by a child. Hope this helps. Pip!Squeak>>>>>> Me (Kimberly)... Thanks Pip. So it would be proper for Harry to say "Yes, Professor Dumbledore", rather than "Yes, Sir"? Wow, this is just really interesting! LOL I was really confused, that is something I never would have known. I have another question, just past my reply to David... > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > >>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "David" Is this to do with Harry calling Vernon 'Sir' in the movie? That is indeed unusual (as well as uncanonical). While you could argue that it would be in character for the Dursleys to make Harry call them 'Sir' and (presumably) 'ma'am', there's no particular reason to make them do so in the movie as it's not in the book. It didn't strike me as ironic, either. Children haven't called their fathers or uncles 'Sir' for over fifty years at least, I would guess. Even then I think it was an upper class sort of thing to do. David>>>>>> Me (Kimberly)... Yes, that is what I had read people referring to, that scene... Hmm, that is interesting, something I never would have known. Here, everyone (well, most everyone) says "Yes, Sir", or "Yes, Ma'am" to their elders, whether it's parents, teachers, or in the case of a salesperson speaking to a customer. It has never been considered an upper class type thing here... Well, not in my neck of the woods, that is. :-) Just out of curiousity, when, say, a mom asks a child a question, do they just answer "Yes", or "Yes, Mother", or is there any particular term that is used? Kimberly From gandharvika at hotmail.com Mon Nov 11 22:23:18 2002 From: gandharvika at hotmail.com (Gail Bohacek) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:23:18 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Question about British/American difference... Message-ID: Kimberly Davison Asked: >Hi, I think this would be the right list to post this question > > to... I have noticed at least twice on separate occasions where > > someone mentions how odd it would be for a British child to use > > the term "sir"... I had no idea this was uncommon in England, > >could anyone elaborate on this a bit? Is it considered rude? Or > > disrespectful? In America it is a term of respect, and I had no > > idea it was different over the pond! :-) Pip!Squeak Replied: >'sir' is generally neither rude nor disrespectful, though in >Britain, where sarcasm and irony are deadly weapons, it *can* be >used in an ironic sense. While we're on the subject of addressing people, I was wondering about this...never in all my years of schooling (in the U.S.) had any of my teachers addressed me by my last name: "You, Bohacek...". It was always by my first name. But I've noticed in the books people are always calling each other this way, "Potter", "Weasley" etc. Is this another British difference? -Gail B. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Mon Nov 11 22:38:56 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 22:38:56 -0000 Subject: Question about British/American difference... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Gail Bohacek" wrote: > > > While we're on the subject of addressing people, I was wondering > about this...never in all my years of schooling (in the U.S.) > had any of my teachers addressed me by my last name: "You, > Bohacek...". It was always by my first name. But I've noticed > in the books people are always calling each other this > way, "Potter", "Weasley" etc. Is this another British difference? > > -Gail B. > Yes. Again, it depends on the school. Very few primary (pre 11) schools nowadays would call a child by anything but their first name, but in secondary schools it's still not uncommon for pupils to be called by their surnames. It's a way of emphasising that your teachers are not your family or your friends but are your *teachers* and you and they have to observe a certain distance. Kids would generally refer to their friends by their first name, but might pick up the habit of calling people they don't know so well by the surnames they hear so often. Calling a fellow pupil by their surname is also a way of emphasising 'you are *not* my friend'. Hope this helps Pip!Squeak From obby at blueyonder.co.uk Mon Nov 11 23:44:00 2002 From: obby at blueyonder.co.uk (Richard Thorp) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 23:44:00 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Question about British/American difference... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <59371841437.20021111234400@blueyonder.co.uk> Gail wrote: >> While we're on the subject of addressing people, I was wondering >> about this...never in all my years of schooling (in the U.S.) >> had any of my teachers addressed me by my last name: "You, >> Bohacek...". It was always by my first name. But I've noticed >> in the books people are always calling each other this >> way, "Potter", "Weasley" etc. Is this another British difference? >> >> -Gail B. >> Pip wrote: b> Yes. Again, it depends on the school. Very few primary (pre 11) b> schools nowadays would call a child by anything but their first b> name, but in secondary schools it's still not uncommon for pupils to b> be called by their surnames. In years 7 to 11 (11 to 16) at my school/college we're called by 2nd names, mostly. But it does depend on the teachers. But we HAVE to refer to teachers as 'sir' or 'maam' during that time.. Now I'm in Sixth Form its much less so, there are a few teachers who will let you call them by first names. b> It's a way of emphasising that your teachers are not your family or b> your friends but are your *teachers* and you and they have to b> observe a certain distance. And it works. It helps to keep classrooms slightly more wos'm, organised I suppose :) b> Kids would generally refer to their friends by their first name, but b> might pick up the habit of calling people they don't know so well by b> the surnames they hear so often. Calling a fellow pupil by their b> surname is also a way of emphasising 'you are *not* my friend'. Yup, definitely. You can inject more venom into a 2nd name than you can a first name, too. Most of the time.. Its hard to inject much venom into calling someone 'Harry', but 'Potter' is already pretty venemous (lots of plosives :). Also true of my own name - 'Richard' is a relatively soft sounding name, but 'Thorp' can be injected with venom (Know that from experience :) -Rich msn: obbles at hotmail.com From Malady579 at hotmail.com Tue Nov 12 00:31:50 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:31:50 -0000 Subject: Question about British/American difference... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > Kimberly Davison Asked: > > > I have noticed at least twice on separate occasions where > > > someone mentions how odd it would be for a British child to use > > > the term "sir"... I had no idea this was uncommon in England, > > >could anyone elaborate on this a bit? Is it considered rude? Or > > > disrespectful? In America it is a term of respect, and I had no > > > idea it was different over the pond! :-) I didn't know that either. To me, ma'am and sir are almost compulsive speech and meant in deep respect. Hmm, now I feel a little bad about having Sneaky always speak so "American." She is, after all, a British house elf. Sorry Pip. Gail B. then pointed out: >While we're on the subject of addressing people, I was wondering >about this...never in all my years of schooling (in the U.S.) had any >of my teachers addressed me by my last name: "You, Bohacek...". It >was always by my first name. But I've noticed in the books people >are always calling each other this way, "Potter", "Weasley" etc. Is >this another British difference? Ok, this is my Texas (the sport-crazy masculine state) viewpoint, but here the boys *are* called by their last name and the girls by their first. Kind of like team players with their last names on the back of their jerseys. I just always assumed that is why Potterverse does it too. Guess that was an extremely short-sighted assumption on my part, but to me, American's do the last name thing too. Anyway, that is my American viewpoint, so I guess I really did not help either of you on your British quest. Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me give it though. :) Melody From pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no Tue Nov 12 00:51:31 2002 From: pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no (pengolodh_sc) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:51:31 -0000 Subject: Why does French Onion Soup have bread in it? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote: > *** > Why did Alfred Nobel, a Swede, specify that the NORWEGIAN > Parliament would choose the winner of the Peace Prize, when he > specified Swedish organizations to award the other prizes? > *** He did not specify that the Norwegian Parliament would decide who would receive the Peace Prize; he specified that the Norwegian Parliament would appoint the organisation that would decide on the Peace Prize laureates. The relevant part of Alfred Nobel's testament: '"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be a Scandinavian or not." Paris, the 27th of November 1895. Alfred Bernhard Nobel ' "Storting" is the name for the Norwegian Parliament The reason most often given is that Norway as a nation had not gone to war since before 1350 AD (mostly because Norway was not a nation for much of the time between 1350 and 1814, and there weren't many wars to go to later) - on all occasions Norway had been involved in wars, it had been because other nations decided to bring Norway into the wars, regardless of whether Norway wanted to or not. Norway was also in the 1800s already showing a particular interest for using mediation and negotiation rather than war as tools for solving international conflicts. At the time when the Nobel-prize was instituted, Norway was also still in union with Sweden, and thus did not have its own ministry of foreign affairs; this was still handled exclusively from Stockholm - thus Norway could not actually have a foreign policy, and could not declare war. Best regards Christian Stub? From rvotaw at i-55.com Tue Nov 12 01:48:00 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:48:00 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Question about British/American difference... References: Message-ID: <010201c289ed$88cebda0$3ca3cdd1@istu757> Pip!Squeak writes: > Yes. Again, it depends on the school. Very few primary (pre 11) > schools nowadays would call a child by anything but their first > name, but in secondary schools it's still not uncommon for pupils to > be called by their surnames. > > It's a way of emphasising that your teachers are not your family or > your friends but are your *teachers* and you and they have to > observe a certain distance. Well, I'm not British, but I must say I do on occasion call my students by their surnames. Usually prefaced by a "mister" or "miss" though. It adds to the sharpness of the tone as well. :) Rich writes: > Yup, definitely. You can inject more venom into a 2nd name than you > can a first name, too. Most of the time.. Its hard to inject much > venom into calling someone 'Harry', but 'Potter' is already pretty > venemous (lots of plosives :). Also true of my own name - 'Richard' is > a relatively soft sounding name, but 'Thorp' can be injected with > venom (Know that from experience :) Precisely my reason for the occasional surname usage. Oh, and I teach 1st grade, by the way. There are a few students around the school who I frequently call only by their surname (no mister necessary), particularly those who are extreme behavior problems, it's about all they respond to. Anyway, about the sir/ma'am thing. In this state (Louisiana) we have a law, passed a couple of years ago, that students *must* use "sir" and "ma'am" when speaking to teachers. Now, of course, it's up to the teacher to enforce it, so that makes it slightly irrelevant! Richelle From catlady at wicca.net Tue Nov 12 03:44:01 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 03:44:01 -0000 Subject: Sir/Ma'am and Surnames Message-ID: "Kimberly Davison" wrote: << Here, everyone (well, most everyone) says "Yes, Sir", or "Yes, Ma'am" to their elders, whether it's parents, teachers, or in the case of a salesperson speaking to a customer. It has never been considered an upper class type thing here... Well, not in my neck of the woods, that is. :-) >> I suspect you're a Southerner (unless you live on a military base). Children saying "sir" and "ma'am" to adults and adults saying "sir" and "ma'am" to strangers with whom they're conversing is said to be a Southern custom; there are even country music songs praising the South because "we say sir and we say ma'am". I listen to ATC radio news&opinion show, where the newsreaders often converse by phone with people on the site of a news event, such as a local sheriff in an area that was damaged by severe tornadoes or a military Public Information Officer, and I've noticed the Southern and military personnel saying "sir" and "ma'am" in every other sentence. Melody wrote: << I didn't know that either. To me, ma'am and sir are almost compulsive speech and meant in deep respect. >> And in the same post you mention that you're a Texan, which to me is a kind of Southerner. Am I allowed to say "Reb"? << Hmm, now I feel a little bad about having Sneaky always speak so "American." She is, after all, a British house elf. Sorry Pip. >> I don't think you did anything wrong with Sneaky. Part of their servile dialect in the canon is that they keep saying "sir" and "miss". Pip!Squeak wrote: << In modern Britain, it's commonly used in the military for juniors speaking to seniors, used by salespeople who have to call customers something other than 'er, whatever-your-name-is', and used if you bump into royalty, whom you must call 'sir' and 'ma'am'. It's certainly used much, much less than in America. >> That's basically how it's used here in California, and how I recollect it was when I lived in New York City (except I have faith in the ability of Americans to come up with a great diversity of ways in which to address royalty). Pip!Squeak wrote: << Kids would generally refer to their friends by their first name, but might pick up the habit of calling people they don't know so well by the surnames they hear so often. Calling a fellow pupil by their surname is also a way of emphasising 'you are *not* my friend'. >> In the 19th century, kids (I only read about boys, but my friend said it was girls, too) at school (at least at high-class schools) ONLY referred to each other by surname. Kipling shows siblings being distinguished by number rather than first name (Dickson Major, Dickson Minor, Dickson Tertius, Dickson Quartus) and I read somewhere of children invited to spend the holidays with school friends, where they had to embarrassedly ask the servants for their friend's first name, which they had never heard before but was not very distinctive at the friend's family's home. Melody wrote: << Ok, this is my Texas (the sport-crazy masculine state) viewpoint, but here the boys *are* called by their last name and the girls by their first. >> You're right, of course, about surnames being a jock thing: when I went to university, I discovered that girl jocks call each other and their girl friends by last name, same as boy jocks. Other that than, there has been a widespread tendency in USA for most of the twentieth century to refer to men by surname and women by first name (such as when they are characters in books, or when speaking of one's friends in the third person) and I believe that PART of the reason for that is that men all have the same few given names, but women have a wider variety of given names. From lupinesque at yahoo.com Tue Nov 12 12:35:29 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:35:29 -0000 Subject: Sir/Ma'am In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Kimberly wrote: > << Here, everyone (well, most everyone) says "Yes, Sir", or "Yes, > Ma'am" to their elders, whether it's parents, teachers, or in the > case of a salesperson speaking to a customer. It has never been > considered an upper class type thing here... Well, not in my neck of > the woods, that is. :-) >> Rita wrote: > I suspect you're a Southerner (unless you live on a military base). > Children saying "sir" and "ma'am" to adults and adults saying "sir" > and "ma'am" to strangers with whom they're conversing is said to be > a Southern custom; there are even country music songs praising the > South because "we say sir and we say ma'am". I was brought up (in the Northeast) to say "ma'am" or "sir" to strangers I was approaching, as in "Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?" or "Ma'am, I think you dropped this." I still do. Otherwise, sirring/maaming adults because I was a child? No. Or sirring/maaming my parents? No way! We used to live in Virginia, and my mom said she loved this practice and wish everyone used it. *I* was glad we got out when I was three. Calling all adults "sir" or "ma'am" seems respectful; calling one's parents that seems distant. Here it is used mostly sarcastically, "Yes SIR!" meaning "Who the hell are you to give me orders?" But I realize I would see things differently if I'd stayed in Virginia. Re: HP, IIRC, "sir" does appear in canon; Harry calls Dumbledore sir. Amy From lupinesque at yahoo.com Tue Nov 12 12:44:12 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:44:12 -0000 Subject: Surnames In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Rita wrote: > Other that than, there has been a widespread tendency in USA for most > of the twentieth century to refer to men by surname and women by > first name (such as when they are characters in books, or when > speaking of one's friends in the third person) and I believe that > PART of the reason for that is that men all have the same few given > names, but women have a wider variety of given names. It seems to me that what is behind this is a delicacy toward women that is not extended to men. There is something brusque about calling someone by his/her last name that makes it rather, well, unfeminine. As a third option, "Mr. X" or "Ms. Y" (I guess that should be Mr. Y and Ms. X ) is more genteel than an unadorned surname. We see it in HP in that professors like McGonagall and Binns will call the boys by last name but append a "Miss" to the girls' names. I can't cite an example, but it seems to me I've seen the same with newspapers, which generally refer to people by last name only (the NY Times is an exception), but which used to do that for men but not for women. Likewise , boys and men *in general* have less intimate friendships. Women and girls call each other by their first names because it brings them closer; men and boys call each other by their last names because it keeps them more distant. Amy From kdavison at shreve.net Tue Nov 12 14:58:45 2002 From: kdavison at shreve.net (Kimberly Davison) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:58:45 -0600 Subject: Sir/Ma'am, first or last names References: Message-ID: <004101c28a5c$037dde00$5db4fea9@KimDavison> > Rita wrote: > > I suspect you're a Southerner (unless you live on a military base). > > Children saying "sir" and "ma'am" to adults and adults saying "sir" > > and "ma'am" to strangers with whom they're conversing is said to be > > a Southern custom; there are even country music songs praising the > > South because "we say sir and we say ma'am". Me (Kimberly): Yes, I am from Texas. :-) I didn't know of that song, though, I'm not a country music fan at all! LOL I often wonder how on earth I was ever born here, with my un-Texan-like ways, but that's another story. As an adult, I will admit, I do not say Sir and Ma'am as often as I did as a child. I am more likely to NOT say it to strangers or even extended family, unless they are much much older, as in a grandparent-to-me age. But it is definitely part of my normal dialect to say it to my parents and grandmother. It is just something I was taught as a child, that it is rude to answer with a simple yes or no. As for my own children, they are 5 and 2, and I am teaching them to say it to adults, but I find myself not really caring one way or the other if they say it to me. But I would never dream of not teaching them to, just because of our society, they would be thought of as disrespectful. This has really made me think about those words. Hmmm. :-) Re: first or last names... Here it just depends on the teacher. You've got your average female kindly teacher who calls everyone by their first name, then you've got your older male who calls everyone Mr. This and Miss That. Then your coaches, band directors, younger males, and "tougher" female teachers who call everyone by their last name. I've had some of each of those. >Amy wrote: > Calling all adults "sir" or "ma'am" seems respectful; calling > one's parents that seems distant. Here it is used mostly > sarcastically, "Yes SIR!" meaning "Who the hell are you to give me > orders?" Me (Kimberly): Yes, I use it sarcastically to my husband every now and then, LOL! But as far as distant, the way we use it is not in a "formal" type way at all. I would never say "Excuse me, Sir" to my dad, or "Ma'am, would you please pass me the salt" to my mom. If they asked me to go do something, I would not say "Yes, sir", I would simply say "Okay." I address them as Mom and Dad, not Sir and Miss or Ma'am. Mainly only when answering a yes or no question, I always tack on the sir or ma'am. Kimberly From Malady579 at hotmail.com Tue Nov 12 15:55:21 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:55:21 -0000 Subject: Surnames In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Amy wrote: >Likewise walking out farther still onto a very thin limb, boys and >men *in general* have less intimate friendships. Women and girls >call each other by their first names because it brings them closer; >men and boys call each other by their last names because it keeps >them more distant. Actually there is another reason I just thought of. For men to refer to a guy by his last name implies that he is the only one to have that name. So if he had a brother, that first guy would be Y and the brother would be another name. Kind of like the etiquette in Jane Austin. The birth order bestows the family name on the oldest. They alone have the distinction of being "The Y". Of course, birth order does not necessary work this day and age, so the placing of the title last name could mean you are thought to be "The Y". I hope that made sense. :) Melody From Malady579 at hotmail.com Tue Nov 12 16:06:47 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:06:47 -0000 Subject: Fun filled day Message-ID: Ok ,for those following along at home, I am obviously not at work today. Why you ask? Well, it is nice to take a mental health day every now and then and this day is a rather large release day. :) I mean the LotR's extended DVD is out. ::Sigh:: Why is that elf so hot? And with swords *and* capes, it is not like I will pass it up. Star Wars Ep. Two is out on DVD. I know not an amazing stellar movie but for Ewan McGregor I can make sacrifices. The HP II cd is out. I had to convince the clerk at Hastings that it was though. The nerve. They had LotR and Star Wars out and prominently displayed but he did not even know HP cd was out. Grrr. I managed to convince him, and they brought the box of cd's out which was fun to droll over knowing I was the first Dentonite to see them. :) I got a Harry Potter cover (of course with sword) and the guy convinced me to get a Dumbledore one as well since it is a bit of a collector's item understandably. Then for final release today, Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas came out today on DVD. Fine holiday fun and an excellent movie in my B&B crazed opinion. So now I am at a passing. What to listen or watch first? What a wonderful problem to have though. :) Melody From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Tue Nov 12 21:32:44 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:32:44 -0000 Subject: Fun filled day/Movie soundtracks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Ok ,for those following along at home, I am obviously not at work > today. Why you ask? Well, it is nice to take a mental health day > every now and then and this day is a rather large release day. :) > > I mean the LotR's extended DVD is out. ::Sigh:: Why is that elf so > hot? And with swords *and* capes, it is not like I will pass it up. > > Star Wars Ep. Two is out on DVD. I know not an amazing stellar movie > but for Ewan McGregor I can make sacrifices. Hehe, ahhh Ewan. I was at Best Buy when they opened...=:O > The HP II cd is out. I had to convince the clerk at Hastings that it > was though. The nerve. They had LotR and Star Wars out and > prominently displayed but he did not even know HP cd was out. Grrr. How typical. I had a reserved copy set aside at Borders...did they reserve it, I ask you? No! They didn't even get the shipment in! Had to pick that one up at best buy, too. Gotta love retail. > So now I am at a passing. What to listen or watch first? What a > wonderful problem to have though. :) I'm thoroughly enjoying Fawkes' Theme, and the Chamber music - and the Tom Riddle one. OOOooooOO so stirring. I adore Lockhart's theme, too! :D On that topic of movie soundtracks, my husband doesn't really understand why I love them. I feel it's only fair to admit he doesn't have any musical bones in him at all. What would the movie be without music? It would be boring! It would have no "feeling" to it, am I right? Alora From Malady579 at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 00:46:59 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:46:59 -0000 Subject: Movie soundtracks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Alora wrote: > > On that topic of movie soundtracks, my husband doesn't really > understand why I love them. I feel it's only fair to admit he > doesn't have any musical bones in him at all. What would the movie > be without music? It would be boring! It would have no "feeling" > to it, am I right? Ahh, don't get me started on movie soundtracks. They are *amazing*. I would ask anyone that says otherwise if their hearts sing with music. I know with mine when I listen to soundtracks from "Ever After" or "Glory" my heart is quite thrown into loops and is dancing. It is like I am flying on the violins and french horns. I don't see how anyone can resist them. Then there is the fact soundtracks bring back the event they are mirroring in the movie and that also is resonating in my mind and it is all so, so... ::sigh:: wonderful. I mean in the case with Harry Potter. Watch the last scene when Hagrid is walking back to Hogwarts and the kids are on the train going to the MW and the camera sweeps back in a high view to encompass Hogwarts and the surrounding forests and the music swells and the birds fly and all is right with the world... Ok that was a run-on sentence, but that is the way the mind goes then. And the music captures all of what just happened and makes me love it even more. Maybe it is just me, but I have more soundtracks than I do "regular" cds. To be fair classical music also does this, but without the pictures. Well composed music that captures the emotions of the moment is what soundtrack composing is all about. Try and imagine "Braveheart" without the lute or "Titanic" without the string quartet. It is heartless. But I have lived life with music, so I am a bit bias. I am glad I am. :) Melody From skelkins at attbi.com Wed Nov 13 03:39:14 2002 From: skelkins at attbi.com (ssk7882) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:39:14 -0000 Subject: ADMIN: New List Elves Message-ID: Hi, everyone. These sandbags are getting *heavy,* which means that we are particularly pleased to announce the conscrip...er, addition of four new List Elves to the ranks of our overworked, unpaid and oft-abused staff. Please welcome Ali Hewison (Merry Elf), Debbie AKA elfundeb (Debby Elf), Kimberly (Moony Elf) and Pip AKA Pip!Squeak (Pippy Elf). Right now we have our four new Elves feverishly studying eclair recipes and massage manuals, but once they're done with that, they will be getting to their (rather less important) job of greeting new members, answering questions, and approving messages. They join their colleagues in the ranks of the oppressed: Heidi Tandy (Heidy Elf), Sheryll (Rylly Elf), Jen Faulkner (Jenny Elf), David Frankis (Davey Elf), Luke (Lukey Elf), Gwendolyn Grace (Gwenny Elf), Dana Mahoney (Honey Elf), Dicentra Spectabilis (Dicey Elf), Judy Shapiro (Judey Elf), Pippin (Peppy Elf), Saitaina (Saity Elf), Tabouli (Tooly Elf), Mary Ann (Dizzy Elf), Ebony AKA AngieJ (Ebby Elf), Porphyria (Ashey Elf), and Marina (Filky Elf). Every member of HPfGU ought to have his or her own List Elf. If you don't have one, then please contact the Mods, Elves and Geists at hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com, and we'll be sure to remedy the situation. Elves just love getting mail, and they live to answer questions, so feel free to drop yours an email if you need any help negotiating the lists -- or for that matter, just to say hello. We are still hard at work trying to get the www.hpfgu.org.uk site back up and running. In the meantime, please continue to access the Files section via http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/Files. Our email, on the other hand, is still working , so if you want to contact the Mods directly, you can still reach us at our usual address: mods at hpfgu.org.uk. We now return you to your usual battening of the hatches and boarding of the windows. Elkins, for HPFGU Moderator Team From rvotaw at i-55.com Wed Nov 13 03:50:26 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:50:26 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Fun filled day References: Message-ID: <006201c28ac7$ce99b4e0$75a3cdd1@istu757> Melody writes: > I mean the LotR's extended DVD is out. ::Sigh:: Why is that elf so > hot? And with swords *and* capes, it is not like I will pass it up. > > Star Wars Ep. Two is out on DVD. I know not an amazing stellar movie > but for Ewan McGregor I can make sacrifices. > > The HP II cd is out. I had to convince the clerk at Hastings that it Okay, I confess, I bought all three of these things today also. I just finished watching Star Wars Ep 2, which I LOVED!!!!!! LotR will have to wait a while. I had to work today, pity. I did contemplate taking the day off, but the kids are SO bad when I'm not there, and I am supposed to be teaching them something, and I will take off when CoS comes out on DVD. :) > :) I got a Harry Potter cover (of course with sword) and the guy > convinced me to get a Dumbledore one as well since it is a bit of a > collector's item understandably. I got mine at Wal-Mart. I was stunned that they had it! Completely stunned. But anyhow, I went straight to the soundtrack section and looked there, but they only had the Dumbledore covers there. I went to the new releases section, they had all five. (they are the five posters WB released, by the way, Dumbledore, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid). They had one. I repeat, ONE Harry. And I grabbed it. Haven't actually listened to it yet, that'll wait until tomorrow on the ride to work. Richelle From editor at texas.net Wed Nov 13 04:49:57 2002 From: editor at texas.net (Amanda Geist) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:49:57 -0600 Subject: Heard this on Paul Harvey, Tuesday morning, 11-12-02 Message-ID: <01a701c28ad0$1ed06640$f005a6d8@texas.net> Double-sending this to cast the net wide, since this is the first thing of its kind I've heard.... I heard this in the car this morning, and downloaded the file from paulharvey.com tonight and re-re-played it to get an accurate transcript: "Shop talk, and this is interesting: The Harry Potter movies are not doing as well as the Harry Potter books. Special effects, for all of their sophistication, are still not as effective as human imagination; and further, fourth and fifth graders surveyed say that after seeing a Harry Potter movie, when they try to re-read a Harry Potter book, their imagination is limited by what they have seen: "Quidditch was much more fun in our mind's eye." So distinct is the disparity that the publisher of the books will use no scenes from the movies on the covers of the books, and the movie release of additional Potter books may be discontinued." Has anyone else heard any whiff of this? This sounds improbable, but Paul Harvey is not the type to give out unfounded rumor..... ~Amanda From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Wed Nov 13 06:40:26 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:40:26 -0000 Subject: Chat Problems Message-ID: As a fairly new member, trying to find the line where 'newbie' status ends(and what exactly you become when you're not an old-timer), I have thought a few times in the last month or so that I'd swing by the HP4GU chat. Sounded like a good place to see all us nuts, newbies or old-timers, with our hair down and relaxed. Imagine my surprise when my computer wouldn't let me into the room. I'd click on the link, the background image would show up, but the actual chat screen wouldn't. Now, as much as this is a I'm-Not-A-Techie cry for help, I can at least provide some basic information. Currently, I usually use IE 6.0. I have tried in desperation to get into the chat using Netscape Communicator. When I've done this, a screen pops up telling me I need to download and activate Yahoo Voice Chat software. I don't have a microphone on my computer, so I usually press 'continue without installing', which leads me to the blank screen that I explained earlier, and often causes Netscape to shut itself down. As a further note, I don't believe I have any firewalls blocking chat. I use MSN Messenger frequently, and other IM programs, and have recently gone into an MSN chatroom with no problem. I am currently on a DSL internet connection, but I used to be on cable, and because of that I know I've got some drivers that haven't quite figured out the switch completely yet(I'm great with software, horrible with hardware and tech problems, as you can probably see). When I had a cable modem, I went into Yahoo Groups chat with no problem whatsoever. Has anyone else experienced any of these problems and figured out a way to fix them? If so, I'd appreciate if you'd help me out. Email me either onlist or offlist, or if you really feel ambitious and helpful, my msn screenname is pretty_feet51@ hotmail.com . Thanks alot! ~Risti From pinguthegreek at ukf.net Wed Nov 13 09:09:23 2002 From: pinguthegreek at ukf.net (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:09:23 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Chat Problems References: Message-ID: <000d01c28af4$5c255900$809f01d4@ukf974444> Hi Chat has now moved. We no longer use the Java-based chatroom linked to the HPfGU site, but we have a chatroom which can be accessed through Cheetachat or Yahoo Chat. The room name is HP : 1 and to join it using either way you go into whichever chat application you prefer and type /join HP : 1 and you'll find us. Cheetachat is a very small downloadable chat client ( www.cheetachat.com ) which will enable you to use all sorts of icons and emoticons ( ways of expressing emotions in word and actions like hugs ). Alternatively you can get in through the Yahoo Chat site or Yahoo Messenger if you have it. If you don't, after you start making friends and using chat, I suspect you will because I did and now I love chatting ! You do not have to use your real name and it's a really lovely place to be. HP people are some of the kindest and most supportive people I have ever met. Chat just enhances that feeling. Michelle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From Aegeus86 at aol.com Wed Nov 13 11:40:40 2002 From: Aegeus86 at aol.com (Aegeus86 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 06:40:40 EST Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Chat Problems Message-ID: <123.19ba8f95.2b039438@aol.com> Michelle seems to have covered most of what you asked about, but there was one thing she didn't address. The "Yahoo Voice Chat" that you declined to install *is* the chat. Yahoo calls it "Voice" because you can use voice if you so wish and have a microphone. But you don't have to. If you let that install itself it should work. Or like Michelle said, get CheetChat or Yahoo!Messanger. ~Aegeus PS - If you can't in on Sunday, email me, I should be around. (or IM me at aegeus86 on either Y!M or AIM) From Ali at zymurgy.org Wed Nov 13 12:04:59 2002 From: Ali at zymurgy.org (Ali) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:04:59 -0000 Subject: Sir/Ma'am and it's use in CoS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Amy said:- >>>Re: HP, IIRC, "sir" does appear in canon; Harry calls Dumbledore sir.<<< My problem with the film, isn't the fact that "sir" is used, it's where it's used. I've simply never heard a British kid call anyone other than a teacher "sir". Calling a teacher "sir" is fairly commonplace, but an uncle, or a train guard, absolutely no. Likewise, I cannot imagine any kid calling a teacher "Ma'am". "Miss" is very common - whether the teacher is married or not, but Ma'am. Still, Richard Thorp says he has to say "Ma'am" at his school, so it obviously does happen - occasionally. I notice that in the books the kids always call the female teachers *Professor* so-and-so to neatly bypass any questions about their marital status, the title "Miss" or "Ma'am" is thus avoided. Ali Who always gets embarassed - and a bit giggly if someone calls her "Ma'am". From julie_balfour at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 12:39:23 2002 From: julie_balfour at hotmail.com (Daisy) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:39:23 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards Message-ID: OK, this is utterly *utterly* off-topic, but it is something that has been bugging me for a while, and since there are plenty of Americans on here, I may get an answer! When I was watching the Oscbournes the other day, Kelly borrowed Ozzy's credit card, *without him knowing*, and went off shopping. How does that work exactly? If you did that in Britain, you'd get arrested as soon as you tried to use it. I've heard this mentioned in other US films, usually of the 'teen romantic comedy' variety(!) and it has always confused me. Anyone? Jules From Malady579 at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 12:51:12 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:51:12 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Jules wrote: > When I was watching the Oscbournes the other day, Kelly borrowed > Ozzy's credit card, *without him knowing*, and went off shopping. > > How does that work exactly? If you did that in Britain, you'd get > arrested as soon as you tried to use it. Most of my friends often times went out with their parents creditcards shopping. Most stores don't check that closely. After all, the store still gets paid. With Ozzie's daughter, I bet, especially with her style, all the stores she shops at know her and know her family can afford it. Since she is a long time and good customer, the stores would say nothing. If they don't look at the card, then they don't know. Melody From s_ings at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 13:21:12 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:21:12 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, Roo! Message-ID: <20021113132112.85412.qmail@web41104.mail.yahoo.com> *stumbles, bleary-eyed, into the room and starts slowly decorating* Hey, it's first thing in the morning here, what did you expect? I've got to get this done before people start arriving for the party. *tosses confetti* Today's birthday honouree is Roo. Birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: pat_mahoney at hotmail.com I hope your day is filled with magic and that all your birthday wishes are granted. Happy Birthday, Roo! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From julie_balfour at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 13:23:05 2002 From: julie_balfour at hotmail.com (Daisy) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:23:05 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > Most of my friends often times went out with their parents creditcards > shopping. Most stores don't check that closely. After all, the store > still gets paid. So they would forge the signature? Or sign their own name and hope that they don't spot it? Sorry to go on about it, but I am now fixated with this... Jules From mdemeran at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 14:04:54 2002 From: mdemeran at hotmail.com (Meg Demeranville) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:04:54 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Daisy" wrote: > So they would forge the signature? Or sign their own name and hope > that they don't spot it? Sorry to go on about it, but I am now > fixated with this... Speaking from personal experience, I usually just sign their names. Of course, since it's usually a store card and not their Visa or MasterCard, it's usually not a big deal. But then again my parents usually know that I have their credit cards. It's easier than me writing a check and them paying me back. Especially when I have to buy presents or the like. Of course, I'm using them with permission but no one has ever stopped me before. Although a quick call to my parents would clear it up. Meg (who just admitted to illegal acts, kinda) From mdemeran at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 14:17:47 2002 From: mdemeran at hotmail.com (Meg Demeranville) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:17:47 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment Message-ID: Hey everyone, Just some humor for your day. As everyone knows, the movie opens here on Friday. I have tickets and are taking a kid I babysit for (who is a huge Potter fan). Because I spoil him rotten, I spent my lunch hour yesterday finding stuff for him for the movie. He now has (or he will on Friday) the soundtrack, a bag of Wizarding money bubble gum and lots of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. I had never seen them before, not here. So I picked up a box to try out because the flavors sounded so interesting. I took them back to class and we had a grand time tasting them (and teasing others who weren't so brave). Here's my class's opinion, at least on the non-normal flavored ones. Black pepper - wasn't too bad, did need a drink to wash it down Booger - oddly enough, it was widely agreed that this was "good" Dirt - really funky aftertaste Ear Wax - everyone who tried it spit it out. Grass - Again, not that bad, but a funky aftertaste Sardine - split 50-50, some people said it was good, others spit it out Spinach - again, split 50-50 Vomit - We only got one of these. So our class president was daring and tried it. According to him, it tastes like the Gross Anatomy lab smells and spit it out. Of course that meant everyone had to smell the remnants of the bean. I think "concentrated Gross Lab" was the consensus. (And yes, we are a little off, smelling something somebody spit out, what can I say, we are medical students) All in all, we had fun testing our bravery. It certainly took the edge off a really bad day for us. -- Meg (who really should be studying for her next test) From kdavison at shreve.net Wed Nov 13 15:08:06 2002 From: kdavison at shreve.net (Kimberly Davison) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:08:06 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Credit Cards References: Message-ID: <002601c28b26$79686ca0$5db4fea9@KimDavison> "Daisy" So they would forge the signature? Or sign their own name and hope > that they don't spot it? Sorry to go on about it, but I am now > fixated with this... When I was in school (and my sister still does this to this day, as she is a senior in college) our parents gave us their gas credit cards, and that is the only way we ever paid for gas. Nobody ever questioned it. It had our dad's name on it, and as our names both start with the same letter as his, we would just use our first initial and last name, and therefore would not be technically forging. LOL But, I have also used my mom's credit card, and my Grandmother's, while shopping for them. Many times they have asked me to pick something up for them, and hand me a credit card. I sign their names when I do this. Sometimes, very rarely, I have been asked for ID when using one of my own credit cards, but never have when using theirs. I'm not sure about all credit cards, but the ones I have have a credit protection system, where if someone stole it or found it and used it, I would only be liable for $50. As long as it is reported stolen asap, that is. Kimberly Davison From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 16:39:46 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:39:46 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Meg Demeranville" wrote: > As everyone knows, the movie opens here on Friday. I have tickets and > are taking a kid I babysit for (who is a huge Potter fan). Because I > spoil him rotten, I spent my lunch hour yesterday finding stuff for > him for the movie. He now has (or he will on Friday) the soundtrack, > a bag of Wizarding money bubble gum and lots of Bertie Bott's Every > Flavor Beans. Wow, will you come and babysit for me?! :D > Black pepper - wasn't too bad, did need a drink to wash it down > Booger - oddly enough, it was widely agreed that this was "good" > Dirt - really funky aftertaste > Ear Wax - everyone who tried it spit it out. > Grass - Again, not that bad, but a funky aftertaste > Sardine - split 50-50, some people said it was good, others spit it > out > Spinach - again, split 50-50 > Vomit - We only got one of these. So our class president was daring > and tried it. According to him, it tastes like the Gross Anatomy lab > smells and spit it out. Of course that meant everyone had to smell > the remnants of the bean. I think "concentrated Gross Lab" was the > consensus. (And yes, we are a little off, smelling something somebody > spit out, what can I say, we are medical students) > > All in all, we had fun testing our bravery. It certainly took the > edge off a really bad day for us. > > -- Meg (who really should be studying for her next test) Ahh, you guys are hilarious! You cracked me up, especially sniffing someone else's.....stuff. Hehe I have yet to get a booger one....but I thought that sardine was NASTY. I'm thinking ear wax might be better than sardine. Maybe I will get one of those next time! Alora From fyredriftwood at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 16:51:26 2002 From: fyredriftwood at yahoo.com (Fyre Wood) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:51:26 -0000 Subject: Movie soundtracks In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Alora Posted: > > I'm thoroughly enjoying Fawkes' Theme, and the Chamber music - and > the Tom Riddle one. OOOooooOO so stirring. I adore Lockhart's > theme, too! :D > I was wondering if anyone noticed that the Tom Riddle theme had the "Voldemort Music" playing at the end. Perhaps this is when Riddle takes his wand and does the "I am Lord Voldemort" thing with his name? I also liked the Fawkes Theme and the new introduction sounds great. I just wonder if they're going to do the Movie Title display with the "scar" again. I loved how they did a close up of Harry's scar, displayed the title, and then showed the scar again during the first movie. =) Anyone else dressing up on friday? --Fyre Wood, who has decided to resurface =) From kristilynn5 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 16:52:46 2002 From: kristilynn5 at yahoo.com (kristilynn5) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:52:46 -0000 Subject: Dan on Regis and Kelly Message-ID: Hi all, Just finished seeing Dan on Regis And Kelly. I noticed he is becoming much more at ease during these interviews. He played off Regis really well, even when they were ribbing him about "the cute little girl who plays Hermione Granger." He also said "I wish" when asked if he had a girl friend. It was probably one of the best interviews I have seen of him. Have a great day, Kristi in Utah From Schlobin at aol.com Wed Nov 13 17:11:21 2002 From: Schlobin at aol.com (susanmcgee48176) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:11:21 -0000 Subject: beginning to bounce up and down in my seat Message-ID: Well, I now have tickets to go see the new movie on Friday with a friend, and also to see it with my five year old son on Saturday... This is just too exciting..although I'm worried that some of the people on the Movie list don't think it's very good.... I have returned to having vivid fantasies about playing Arabella Figg in the Order of the Phoenix...how do I contact the casting people? I have the cats and everything......anyone else a Maine Coon cat person? I had to give my big boy, Obi Wan, a bath, and unlike other cats, he never scratched, just looked at me mournfully... Susan McGee From gandharvika at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 17:36:00 2002 From: gandharvika at hotmail.com (Gail Bohacek) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:36:00 +0000 Subject: My Costume (A Bit Late?) Message-ID: Hi there! Finally got my Halloween pictures developed, and with a little help from my friends (thanks Tiara!) it's now been posted. Hope it's not too late, I mean, all the Halloween hoop-la has already died down... -Gail B. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail From fyredriftwood at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 18:30:11 2002 From: fyredriftwood at yahoo.com (Fyre Wood) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:30:11 -0000 Subject: costumes and bouncing in seats In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gail said: > > Finally got my Halloween pictures developed, and with a little help from my > friends (thanks Tiara!) it's now been posted. Hope it's not too late, I > mean, all the Halloween hoop-la has already died down... Fyre Wood (Me) Replies: I could actually see these pics better than the ones you sent me personally. =) My pics are going into the film shop today and should be up either later tonight or tomorrow =) (Depends if I can get off my lazy arse and scan the photos to my pc). _______________________________ Susan Typed: > I have the cats and everything......anyone else a Maine Coon cat > person? I had to give my big boy, Obi Wan, a bath, and unlike other > cats, he never scratched, just looked at me mournfully... > Fyre Wood (me) Replies: I have a MaineCoon cat named Tuffy!! My cat is like one big baby. he doesn't scratch, hiss, but just wants to sit in my lap and be loved. hehe, I'll call him Mrs. Norris for now. --Fyre Wood, who knows the next 1 day, 13 hrs, 30 min and 17...uh, 16..uh 15 seconds are going to take forever to pass =) From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Wed Nov 13 18:59:35 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:59:35 -0000 Subject: Chat Problems In-Reply-To: <123.19ba8f95.2b039438@aol.com> Message-ID: Thanks both of you for the help! I have Yahoo Instant Messenger, and although it's been awhile since I used it, I think I'll pull that back out for this. Hopefully I'll see you both on Sunday! From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Wed Nov 13 19:20:21 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:20:21 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Jules wrote: > > When I was watching the Oscbournes the other day, Kelly borrowed > > Ozzy's credit card, *without him knowing*, and went off shopping. > > > > How does that work exactly? If you did that in Britain, you'd get > > arrested as soon as you tried to use it. > > Melody: > Most of my friends often times went out with their parents >credit cards shopping. Most stores don't check that closely. >After all, the store still gets paid. > > With Ozzie's daughter, I bet, especially with her style, all the > stores she shops at know her and know her family can afford it. > Since she is a long time and good customer, the stores would say > nothing. > If they don't look at the card, then they don't know. > Melody When I was selling theatre tickets in London's West End, we used to have quite a problem with Americans who would try to use their parent's/spouse's credit card. Most were pretty good humoured about it when we told them they couldn't do this in the UK, and put it down as one of those interesting cultural differences you go on holiday to discover, but sometimes they'd be annoyed. Another thing American tourists found strange was the amount of checking of credit card signatures that goes on over here. I remember one gentleman who was only persuaded that he could *not* sign his wife's signature when we pointed out that in the UK, this is fraud, and 'actually sir, we're being nice to you because what we *should* be doing is retaining the credit card and calling the police.' If a retailer manages to spot and retain a fraudulent card, the CC company gives a 50 GBP reward to the assistant who spotted it. It encourages checking. Pip From gandharvika at hotmail.com Wed Nov 13 19:25:50 2002 From: gandharvika at hotmail.com (Gail Bohacek) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:25:50 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] The Grand Bott's experiment Message-ID: Meg Wrote: >He now has (or he will on Friday) the soundtrack, >a bag of Wizarding money bubble gum and lots of Bertie Bott's Every >Flavor Beans. WHERE does one get these Every Flavor Beans?!?!?!? (in the U.S.) I'm always hearing about them, but I never see them! Can you look on the ingredient list and see if they are vegetarian? No gelatin? Are sardine flavored beans really flavored with fish? Hey, this is important to me. -Gail B. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk Wed Nov 13 19:27:56 2002 From: pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk (bluesqueak) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:27:56 -0000 Subject: beginning to bounce up and down in my seat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > Well, I now have tickets to go see the new movie on Friday with a > friend, and also to see it with my five year old son on Saturday... > This is just too exciting..although I'm worried that some of the > people on the Movie list don't think it's very good.... I enjoyed it. [grin] The movie list is being a bit hyper-critical, I think. Most of the kids in the cinema were quiet and attentive throughout; also a good sign. There *are* changes from the book, but you *can't* make a movie which is absolutely faithful to a book - they're just not the same medium at all. The changes kept pretty well to the spirit of the books, IMPO. [If I say anymore, I'll have to include spoiler space, so I won't]. Pip From KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net Wed Nov 13 19:54:02 2002 From: KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net (Gary Sapp & Karen J.S.) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:54:02 -0000 Subject: beginning to bounce up and down in my seat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > > Well, I now have tickets to go see the new movie on Friday with a > > friend, and also to see it with my five year old son on Saturday... > > This is just too exciting..although I'm worried that some of the > > people on the Movie list don't think it's very good.... > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "bluesqueak" wrote: > I enjoyed it. [grin] The movie list is being a bit hyper-critical, I > think. Most of the kids in the cinema were quiet and attentive > throughout; also a good sign. > > There *are* changes from the book, but you *can't* make a movie > which is absolutely faithful to a book - they're just not the same > medium at all. > > The changes kept pretty well to the spirit of the books, IMPO. [If I > say anymore, I'll have to include spoiler space, so I won't]. > > Pip Susan, I wouldn't worry about what the movie list says, there are always going to be people who nit pick like Pip said. Anyone who has seen any of the previews or commercials can see that they have taken some dramatic license with some scenes but the overall vibe for me seems to be true to the spirit of the text. I am going to a midnight showing tomorrow and I can't wait!!! Karen From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 20:08:38 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:08:38 -0000 Subject: Movie soundtracks/dressing up In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Fyre Wood" wrote: > I just wonder if they're going to do the Movie Title display with > the "scar" again. I loved how they did a close up of Harry's scar, > displayed the title, and then showed the scar again during the first > movie. =) > > Anyone else dressing up on friday? > > --Fyre Wood, who has decided to resurface =) Fyre, I'm dressing up!! :D Wheeeeeeeee I am meeting up with Melody and we will both be in costume. I told her I will probably be lurking around somewhere in a dark corner until I see her. Hehe I'm going to take my wand and everything. If anyone laughs, I will Crucio them. :P Alora From nut_shell16 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 21:21:52 2002 From: nut_shell16 at yahoo.com (nut_shell16) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:21:52 -0000 Subject: House crest images? Message-ID: Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house crests? I would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt. Thanks! Shelley From nut_shell16 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 13 22:32:16 2002 From: nut_shell16 at yahoo.com (nut_shell16) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:32:16 -0000 Subject: House crest images? Message-ID: Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house crests? I would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt. Thanks! Shelley From Malady579 at hotmail.com Thu Nov 14 00:11:16 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:11:16 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gail B. asked: > > WHERE does one get these Every Flavor Beans?!?!?!? (in the U.S.) > I'm always hearing about them, but I never see them! Gail, I found them at Target this week. I had not seen them there before either, so I think they are just released. Maybe this is more proof to myself, that I know these displays **way** too well. Mel From KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net Thu Nov 14 00:47:32 2002 From: KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net (Gary Sapp & Karen J.S.) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:47:32 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? Message-ID: I know everyone will be keyed up about the movie Friday, but why don't we have some fun. Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? I have a British shorthair cat named Marcus (of Babylon 5) but he has a cousin from the same cattery named Harry Potter. They have also named others J.K. Rowling, Quidditch, and Dumbledore. I thought it would have been a nice touch if J.K. Rowling had made McGonagall turn into a british shorthair but perhaps it wouldn't be so good since she is scottish. The tabby works well but it would have been a fun inside joke. So, anyone have something to add? Karen From ruhgozler at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 01:20:26 2002 From: ruhgozler at yahoo.com (Linda Williams) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:20:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021114012026.46285.qmail@web40708.mail.yahoo.com> --- "Gary Sapp & Karen J.S." wrote: > I know everyone will be keyed up about the movie > Friday, but why don't > we have some fun. > > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of > anyone who has? *snip* > Karen > One of my best friends named a colt Voldemort. I'm really hoping it doesn't affect his temperament. Linda ===== Dogs have masters. Cats have staff. Alan Dean Foster __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 From sequoiajw at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 01:31:40 2002 From: sequoiajw at yahoo.com (Mizz Jackson) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:31:40 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] House crest images? References: Message-ID: <004601c28b7e$05b3ba00$352c67ce@gj1011405onem> "nut_shell16" sent out the following request: >>Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house crests? I would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt.<< A quick search came up with this, which may be helpful: http://www.comcat.com/~myles/Crests.html gwynne, who finally joined this list last week From saitaina at wizzards.net Thu Nov 14 02:07:40 2002 From: saitaina at wizzards.net (Saitaina) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:07:40 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <007501c28b82$9d876260$584e28d1@oemcomputer> Karen wrote: Beta Fish: Draco My late kitten: Scabbers (mum named him, I wanted to name him Sage...he finally was called Scabby) Cat: Strawberry Percy Shortcake Other: A car named Lucius who will soon sport a license plate named "Malfoy" Saitaina **** http://www.livejournal.com/users/saitaina James: "Option One is that we go back into the jail cell and pretend we have no idea how the couch came to be lying in the hall when he comes back." Giles: "Xander don't speak Latin in front of the books." Phoebe: We're rescuing you from the tall dark, and naked man Piper: The freaking furniture just attacked! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From editor at texas.net Thu Nov 14 02:17:16 2002 From: editor at texas.net (Amanda Geist) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:17:16 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] beginning to bounce up and down in my seat References: Message-ID: <00f701c28b83$f4246e00$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Hey, Susan, you sound like you'd know...do Maine Coons come in calico? ~Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "susanmcgee48176" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] beginning to bounce up and down in my seat > Well, I now have tickets to go see the new movie on Friday with a > friend, and also to see it with my five year old son on Saturday... > This is just too exciting..although I'm worried that some of the > people on the Movie list don't think it's very good.... > > I have returned to having vivid fantasies about playing Arabella Figg > in the Order of the Phoenix...how do I contact the casting people? > I have the cats and everything......anyone else a Maine Coon cat > person? I had to give my big boy, Obi Wan, a bath, and unlike other > cats, he never scratched, just looked at me mournfully... > > Susan McGee > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > > Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! > > Is your message... > An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. > Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. > Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. > None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. > Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > ____________________________________________________________ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > From heidit at netbox.com Thu Nov 14 02:23:56 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:23:56 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <20021114012026.46285.qmail@web40708.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <011001c28b84$e2a6c780$2401010a@Frodo> KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net> wrote: > I know everyone will be keyed up about the movie > Friday, but why don't > we have some fun. > > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of > anyone who has? Well, no pets. Child, though. My son was born in early August, 1999 - my original due date was July 27 and we were originally planning to induce on yes, July 30 with an expectation that I'd deliver on the 31st - but I begged for the weekend to see if I went into labor naturally and I did. His first name is actually Harrison, but we chose that knowing that we would always shorten it to Harry - because of the books, which I had first read (PS, that is) the week my pregnancy started. And he knows he's got the same name as Harry Potter - and he's very proud of it. The fact that he looks pretty much like a mini version of Daniel Radcliffe is the scary coincidence in all of this... Heidi, whose brown hair is frizzy, and whose husband has black hair and green eyes From editor at texas.net Thu Nov 14 02:33:00 2002 From: editor at texas.net (Amanda Geist) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:33:00 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] House crest images? References: Message-ID: <016201c28b86$27773ec0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Caveat--I am *not* yelling at Shelley....she just happens to be the one who has most lately said > Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house crests? I > would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH (realizing it's hopeless, unable to stop trying) they are not *crests.* Crests in proper heraldic terminology are the little figures on top of the helmet, if a helmet is sitting on top of the shield. What each of the houses has is a *coat of arms.* Hogwarts has a *coat of arms* made of combining the houses' *coats of arms.* Not crests. Nowhere in the books is the heraldry described closely enough to tell us what the crests might be. Anyone standing next to a kiosk in a mall who offers to research your family crest is a goobhead and knows nothing. Argh. ~Amanda, wondering how many old listies were just *waiting* for that.... (passes Shelley an eclair and sits down to wait with her until her hearing comes back) From editor at texas.net Thu Nov 14 02:47:46 2002 From: editor at texas.net (Amanda Geist) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:47:46 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <01bb01c28b88$377012a0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Karen asked: > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? I have a betta named Lockhart. ~Amanda From zeff8 at attbi.com Thu Nov 14 02:58:35 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:58:35 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Grand Bott's experiment References: Message-ID: <004001c28b89$b95f34c0$5f02f50c@attbi.com> ive seen them at toys r us.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melody" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:11 PM Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Grand Bott's experiment > Gail B. asked: > > > > WHERE does one get these Every Flavor Beans?!?!?!? (in the U.S.) > > I'm always hearing about them, but I never see them! > > > Gail, I found them at Target this week. I had not seen them there > before either, so I think they are just released. > > Maybe this is more proof to myself, that I know these displays **way** > too well. > > Mel > > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > > Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! > > Is your message... > An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. > Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. > Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. > None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. > Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > ____________________________________________________________ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From kdavison at shreve.net Thu Nov 14 03:05:01 2002 From: kdavison at shreve.net (Kimberly Davison) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:05:01 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: <01bb01c28b88$377012a0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Message-ID: <000e01c28b8a$a0526fa0$5db4fea9@KimDavison> > Karen asked: > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? I have (and had, some have since passed) bettas named Lupin and Sirius, a Corydoras Catfish named Dumbledore, a Neon Tetra named Harry, Glo-Lite Tetra named Hermione, and 5 Zebra Danios named collectively "the Weasley boys". :-) Kimberly From jdumas at kingwoodcable.com Thu Nov 14 03:35:22 2002 From: jdumas at kingwoodcable.com (Katze) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:35:22 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <3DD319FA.3010308@kingwoodcable.com> Gary Sapp & Karen J.S. wrote: > I know everyone will be keyed up about the movie Friday, but why don't > we have some fun. > > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? > > I have a British shorthair cat named Marcus (of Babylon 5) but he has > a cousin from the same cattery named Harry Potter. They have also > named others J.K. Rowling, Quidditch, and Dumbledore. > > I thought it would have been a nice touch if J.K. Rowling had made > McGonagall turn into a british shorthair but perhaps it wouldn't be so > good since she is scottish. The tabby works well but it would have > been a fun inside joke. > > So, anyone have something to add? > I do have some names to add, but their the names aren't HP related... We are working on sci-fi will eventually make it to the fantasy side of the spectrum. Right now we have 5 offical kitties, and 1 unofficial kitty. Indoor we have: Tribble Mr. Spock Yoda (whopping 22 lbs) Indoor/Outdoor we have: Chewy Pilot (from the tv show Farscape - the cat is a silver tabby) Outdoor and unofficially ours: Lil' Miss (purely by coincidence that he name comes from Bicentennial Man) Want to see pictures of out kitties? go here: http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=katze74&itemid=49371#cutid1 Take care! Kristin From animalsbaby_1999 at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 03:56:24 2002 From: animalsbaby_1999 at yahoo.com (Laura) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:56:24 -0000 Subject: I was watching Regis and Kelly today and Daniel Radcliffe was on... Message-ID: Today on R&K this morning Dan Radcliffe was on and he stated, I think without realizing it, that OoP is due out by the end of the year. Then there a bunch of websites with forums stating it's due out on Dec 23ish. I have checked on Barns and Noble, Bloomburg and other websites to find info. I have not found any info but who knows. I have heard it stated that JKR has turned in her first draft of OoP. However, the idea was it wasn't going to be until next year, unless the publishers are working over time to get it out in time for Christmas. If anyone hears anything, please update us. I would love to read it. I want to know more. Laura animalsbaby_1999 at yahoo.com From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 03:59:05 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:59:05 -0000 Subject: beginning to bounce up and down in my seat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > Well, I now have tickets to go see the new movie on Friday with a > friend, and also to see it with my five year old son on Saturday... > This is just too exciting..although I'm worried that some of the > people on the Movie list don't think it's very good.... > > Here's my two knuts about tickets . . . I thought I'd surprise the "family" and get tickets earlier this week. I'm working friday night, Saturday is just not a good day, so I figured Sunday. Ok, 5 tickets for the 2:40pm showing. "Surprise!" I say; they say, "What, we have to wait till afternoon??" So, today, I exchange the 2:40pm for 10:20am (they just added this earlier showing); "Surprise!" I say; they say "It's too early to eat popcorn!!" AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO SCREAM!!! At this point, I'm tempted to bring back 4 tickets and go on my own!!! UGH!! Anna . . .(who needs a vacation anyway so why not go by myself??) From rvotaw at i-55.com Thu Nov 14 03:58:17 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:58:17 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <00d201c28b92$112022c0$b8a0cdd1@istu757> Karen writes: > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? I live in a "no pets" townhouse, so nope. But if I ever get a cat I'm getting a gray tabby and naming her Minerva. :) (And I DARE JKR to make McGonagal evil! I'll never believe it!) I do, however, collect Lee Middleton dolls (i.e. dolls that look so much like real babies if you leave one in the car you may come back to find your windows broken. No, hasn't happened to me, but I've heard of several cases like that!). I have one named Daniel Alan (Radcliffe, of course) and one named Emma Charlotte (Watson, of course). In a couple of weeks I'm going to the factory. There I'm buying Rupert Michael (Grint, naturally) and Colin Darcy. Colin after Colin Creevey, Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. I swore up and down I would never name a doll "Rupert" (sorry, it's just not my speed) but after watching Rupert on Oprah, I have no choice. He was too cute. Richelle **************************************************************************** **** "May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." ---- Lady Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring **************************************************************************** **** From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 04:07:16 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 04:07:16 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <011001c28b84$e2a6c780$2401010a@Frodo> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "heidi tandy" wrote: > KAREN-GARY at w...> wrote: > > > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of > > anyone who has? > > > Well, no pets. > > Child, though. > > My son was born in early August, 1999 - my original due date was July 27 . . . > > His first name is actually Harrison, but we chose that knowing that we > would always shorten it to Harry - because of the books, which I had > first read (PS, that is) the week my pregnancy started. And he knows > he's got the same name as Harry Potter - and he's very proud of it. > > The fact that he looks pretty much like a mini version of Daniel > Radcliffe is the scary coincidence in all of this... > > Heidi, whose brown hair is frizzy, and whose husband has black hair and > green eyes Hmmm . . . Are you a H/Hr shipper by any chance? That is tooo wierd!! Wow! I'm speechless! Anna . . .(whose only similarity to HP is the scar on my five year olds' forehead that came about after he hit the fireplace hearth when he was two! And I do call him 'my little Harry Potter' from time to time!) From rvotaw at i-55.com Thu Nov 14 04:18:04 2002 From: rvotaw at i-55.com (Richelle Votaw) Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:18:04 -0600 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] I was watching Regis and Kelly today and Daniel Radcliffe was on... References: Message-ID: <019e01c28b94$d48fa6c0$b8a0cdd1@istu757> Laura writes: > Today on R&K this morning Dan Radcliffe was on and he stated, I > think without realizing it, that OoP is due out by the end of the > year. Then there a bunch of websites with forums stating it's due > out on Dec 23ish. I have checked on Barns and Noble, Bloomburg and > other websites to find info. I have not found any info but who > knows. I have heard it stated that JKR has turned in her first draft > of OoP. > However, the idea was it wasn't going to be until next year, unless > the publishers are working over time to get it out in time for > Christmas. OoP will NOT be out by Dec 23rd. It is NOT with the publisher yet. At the premiere (or the day after, can't remember) JKR said she was still adding finishing touches, and it would be a few more weeks. If I'm not mistaken she said maybe five weeks. Which was almost two weeks ago, so we're down to 3 1/2 weeks. Still, there's no way the publisher could get it out by Christmas. No way. Richelle From Schlobin at aol.com Thu Nov 14 05:11:12 2002 From: Schlobin at aol.com (susanmcgee48176) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:11:12 -0000 Subject: Maine Coon cats was bouncing in my seat In-Reply-To: <00f701c28b83$f4246e00$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" wrote: > Hey, Susan, you sound like you'd know...do Maine Coons come in calico? > > ~Amanda No, but they come in brown and white, and a ton of other colors, My boy just jumped up on me, tucked his paw inside my nightgown rolled on his side and went to sleep, making it difficult for me to type. There are a ton of Maine coon sites on the web with wonderful pictures of the sweethearts. They are big and very fluffy with square heads.... Susan From nut_shell16 at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 08:01:44 2002 From: nut_shell16 at yahoo.com (nut_shell16) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:01:44 -0000 Subject: Crests & Coats of Arms ( was: Re: House crest images?) In-Reply-To: <016201c28b86$27773ec0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" wrote: > Caveat--I am *not* yelling at Shelley....she just happens to be the one who > has most lately said > > > Does anyone have a link to some good pictures of the house crests? I > > would like to make an iron-on for a t-shirt. > > > (realizing it's hopeless, unable to stop trying) they are not *crests.* > Crests in proper heraldic terminology are the little figures on top of the > helmet, if a helmet is sitting on top of the shield. What each of the houses > has is a *coat of arms.* Hogwarts has a *coat of arms* made of combining the > houses' *coats of arms.* Not crests. Nowhere in the books is the heraldry > described closely enough to tell us what the crests might be. > > ~Amanda, wondering how many old listies were just *waiting* for that.... > (passes Shelley an eclair and sits down to wait with her until her hearing > comes back) **takes the eclair (thank you) and recovers her hearing** Point taken. Someone might mention that to the Harry Potter Lexicon, though. http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/houses.html Which, by the way is where I found the images! Thanks! Shelley Thanks, Shelley From Ali at zymurgy.org Thu Nov 14 10:39:13 2002 From: Ali at zymurgy.org (Ali) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:39:13 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <01bb01c28b88$377012a0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Message-ID: > Karen asked: > > > Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has? Amanda Geist replied: > I have a betta named Lockhart. What's a "Betta"? Ali who has a Mini named "Peeves" From fbrown at acay.com.au Thu Nov 14 07:54:21 2002 From: fbrown at acay.com.au (Fiona) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:54:21 +1100 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > > Most of my friends often times went out with their parents creditcards > shopping. Most stores don't check that closely. After all, the store > still gets paid. > > With Ozzie's daughter, I bet, especially with her style, all the > stores she shops at know her and know her family can afford it. Since > she is a long time and good customer, the stores would say nothing. > > If they don't look at the card, then they don't know. > > > Melody > But don't they have to check the signature? A salesperson who didn't check here would find their job in jeopardy. Fiona From Malady579 at hotmail.com Thu Nov 14 12:55:30 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:55:30 -0000 Subject: pets named after Potter characters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Amanda Geist replied: >> I have a betta named Lockhart. Ali Asked: > What's a "Betta"? > > Ali > who has a Mini named "Peeves" A Betta is a type of fish. What's a "Mini"? Melody From Malady579 at hotmail.com Thu Nov 14 13:05:36 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:05:36 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I wrote: > > If they don't look at the card, then they don't know. Fiona asked: > But don't they have to check the signature? A salesperson who >didn't check here would find their job in jeopardy. They *should* check the signature, and I am glad to see some stores here do it consistently but not all places. Like at gas stations (or petro stations for y'all). You just swipe the card and pump the gas. No one ever looks to see whose card you have, and you don't have to sign anything. Some grocery stores are that way too with self check-out lines. Really it is up to the card holder to check their statements to see if any unwarranted charges are on the bill. Also, kids have been forging their parents' signatures in schools for years. By the time they are old enough to go shopping on their own, they are generally quite good at it. Most of the time my friends would write the first initial and sign the last name. Sometimes that is not lying either since their first initial is the same as their parents. They just take advantage of the clerk for not knowing any better. Mostly, clerks don't check, and especially in high price stores where they want to retain their money spending customers. I will say that my parents *never* let my brother or I have the credit card, but then again, my parents enjoyed shopping with us as we did with them. It never bothered me. Melody From saitaina at wizzards.net Thu Nov 14 13:06:56 2002 From: saitaina at wizzards.net (Saitaina) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:06:56 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: <01bb01c28b88$377012a0$ad05a6d8@texas.net> Message-ID: <012c01c28bde$b643ea60$024e28d1@oemcomputer> Amanda Geist wrote: >> I have a betta named Lockhart. Ooo, what colour? My wittle Draco (who is currently glaring and wishing to be fed) is blue with a ting of red. Saitaina **** http://www.livejournal.com/users/saitaina James: "Option One is that we go back into the jail cell and pretend we have no idea how the couch came to be lying in the hall when he comes back." Giles: "Xander don't speak Latin in front of the books." Phoebe: We're rescuing you from the tall dark, and naked man Piper: The freaking furniture just attacked! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From mdemeran at hotmail.com Thu Nov 14 14:43:40 2002 From: mdemeran at hotmail.com (Meg Demeranville) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:43:40 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry I am late in replying to everyone. I had to work the night shift at the morgue last night so I was away from my computer. And I was suppose to be studying for my Developmental Anatomy test today. "alora" wrote: > Wow, will you come and babysit for me?! :D Nope, sorry. School intervens too much. And I have seen him at least three times a week since he was born. With very few exceptions. He even called me at work last night to make sure that I still was taking him on Friday. Is it a bad thing that I can rattle off everything about him (shoe size, favorite foods, last book read, etc.), and still have to ask what my little brother which classes he is in? I wrote: >> Vomit - We only got one of these. So our class president was daring and tried it. According to him, it tastes like the Gross Anatomy lab smells and spit it out. Of course that meant everyone had to smell he remnants of the bean. I think "concentrated Gross Lab" was the consensus. (And yes, we are a little off, smelling something somebody spit out, what can I say, we are medical students) Aloha replied: Ahh, you guys are hilarious! You cracked me up, especially sniffing someone else's.....stuff. Hehe I have yet to get a booger one....but I thought that sardine was NASTY. I'm thinking ear wax might be better than sardine. Maybe I will get one of those next time! What can I say? It's becoming more frequent. "Hey this is disgusting, come over here and see this." Or my favorite "Oh sick, that's gross, hey everybody come touch this!" We really need a break. Oh well. Seventeen class days till Christmas break! (I'm not counting or anything) Gail asked: WHERE does one get these Every Flavor Beans?!?!?!? (in the U.S.) I'm always hearing about them, but I never see them! I found most of it (the rest of the candy) at Toys R Us. I found boxes of Bertie Bott's at CVS, our local drugstore. Gail further asked: Can you look on the ingredient list and see if they are vegetarian? No gelatin? Are sardine flavored beans really flavored with fish? Hey, this is important to me. Here is what the side of the box says. Sugar, Corn syrup, modified food starch, Contains 2% or less of the following: grape juice concentrate, blueberry puree, banana puree, spinach powder, black powder, citric acid, malic acid, maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, color added, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5, Blue 1 & 2 Lake, Yellow 5 & 6 Lake, Blue 1, Red 40, Beeswax, Carnauba wax, confectioner's glaze, salt. Manufactured in a plant that processess peanuts. www.harrypotter.com Does that help Gail? They are a Jelly Belly product, so you could try that website as well. Meg (who must run to class now as she is late for Gross Lab) From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Thu Nov 14 14:57:42 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:57:42 -0000 Subject: Surnames In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Ms. Z wrote: > Likewise , boys and > men *in general* have less intimate friendships. Women and girls > call each other by their first names because it brings them closer; > men and boys call each other by their last names because it keeps > them more distant. Yes, ma'am. As you say, ma'am. Or because men disclose them. Frankis "I play the Harry Potter computer game, but I keep getting killed by Lord Voldemort" - Daniel Radcliffe From heidit at netbox.com Thu Nov 14 15:32:14 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:32:14 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000201c28bf3$03a25800$0301a8c0@Frodo> > -----Original Message----- > From: dradamsapple [mailto:dradamsapple at yahoo.com] > Are you a H/Hr shipper by any chance? That is tooo wierd!! > Wow! I'm speechless! Oddly enough, no, not obsessively. I do enjoy H/Hr fanfic on a regular basis, and I think that there's merit for the SHIP, but in canon, I want to see Draco/Hermione (as I said in my review for the-leaky-cauldron.org, I've read my Pride & Prejudice :) It's really all just about the hair. And I think it's necessary to embrace the coincidences, when you see them, especially if they're fun. ********************************************************************* Heidi Planning to go to Nimbus - 2003? http://www.hp2003.org answers your questions! From ameliagoldfeesh at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 16:05:44 2002 From: ameliagoldfeesh at yahoo.com (ameliagoldfeesh) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:05:44 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <012c01c28bde$b643ea60$024e28d1@oemcomputer> Message-ID: Well I have a pair of girl rats. My cream colored, not as adventurous one is named Hermione- although I normally call her Maia. My other one is also named for a book in a roundabout way. She is a black and white hooded one named Tessa- the Count (ess) of Monte Cristo. The name is sort of appropriate because if she can escape she loves to have the run of the place till she gives up her freedom for a yogurt treat. I also have four huge goldfish whom I've never really named. However, if I get a dojo fish again I'm going to name it Mojo Jojo. My nephew also has a rat he got from school that is named Scabbers- the class who had him gave him that name. A. Goldfeesh saw Dylan again a couple weeks ago and he did well known covers! Not only that- he did a version of "Brown Sugar" that the Rolling Stones would be hard pressed to top I believe *g* She said, "Where ya been?" I said, "No place special." She said, " You look different." I said, "Well, I guess." She said, " You been gone." I said, "That's only natural." She said, "You gonna stay?" I said, "If you want me to- Yayess!" Dylan's Isis from Real Live From fyredriftwood at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 16:38:43 2002 From: fyredriftwood at yahoo.com (Fyre Wood) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:38:43 -0000 Subject: Naming kids after Potter Characters... (was re : Just for fun--anyone with pets) In-Reply-To: <011001c28b84$e2a6c780$2401010a@Frodo> Message-ID: Heidi Tandy Posted: > Well, no pets. > > Child, though. > > His first name is actually Harrison, but we chose that knowing that we > would always shorten it to Harry - because of the books, which I had > first read (PS, that is) the week my pregnancy started. And he knows > he's got the same name as Harry Potter - and he's very proud of it. > Fyre Wood (me) replies Very cool! Do you realize that perhaps a whole new generation is going to name their kids after these characters? Soon perhaps Hermione is going to be a popular name. I was honestly going to name my son (when/if I ever get one) Harrison Draco. However I'm unfortunately 19 and will have to wait probably another 10 years before I even have children =( If your son gets embarrassed about his name, Heidi, you can always tell him that you named him after Harrison Ford... because we all know he's dead sexy and that's not embarrassing. I mean, Han Solo is a stud! --Fyre Wood, who realizes that tomorrow seems about a millenium away. From julie_balfour at hotmail.com Thu Nov 14 16:57:10 2002 From: julie_balfour at hotmail.com (Daisy) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:57:10 -0000 Subject: Credit Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Melody wrote: > No one ever looks to see whose card you have, and you don't have to > sign anything. Some grocery stores are that way too with self > check-out lines. Really it is up to the card holder to check their > statements to see if any unwarranted charges are on the bill. Well thanks to everyone for clearing that up! I have to say that I find it totally *weird* - over here in the UK you would be nicked straight away if you tried to do that, but like someone said (sorry! can't remember who!) - that's just cultural difference. Jules From sequoiajw at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 17:24:41 2002 From: sequoiajw at yahoo.com (Mizz Jackson) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:24:41 -0800 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <002701c28c04$74460960$253a67ce@gj1011405onem> I have a cat named Fudge, but that's coincidence since she was named before the HP books were published. (Her name is actually taken from both a pet in a Sherlock Holmes story and Wonka's Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight.) However, there's a lovely squash-nosed puffy-tailed big orange tabby stray who lives by my front door when it's raining. Technically his name is Ginger, but we think he responds just as well to Crookshanks. g. From s_ings at yahoo.com Thu Nov 14 18:08:16 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:08:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, Devika! Message-ID: <20021114180816.75940.qmail@web41104.mail.yahoo.com> *surveys the mess from yesterday's party and begins tidying up and re-hanging the streamers* C'mon guys, can't you leave this place in a fit state for another party? Sheesh, it's not like we have house elves to keep this room tidy. You, fling some confetti, we have another party today. Today's birthday honouree is Devika. Birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: devika at sas.upenn.edu May your day be filled with magic and joy and many chocolate frogs. Happy Birthday, Devika! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From skelkins at attbi.com Thu Nov 14 21:58:16 2002 From: skelkins at attbi.com (ssk7882) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:58:16 -0000 Subject: ADMIN: Fantastic Posts And Where To Find Them Message-ID: Hi, everyone! While all you Murricans are still eagerly awaiting the CoS movie release, we have an exciting announcement of our own to make. The file of Frequently Asked Questions (also known as the FAQs) has been given a face lift. They have been upgraded, revised, hot-linked, tweaked, expanded, nipped, tucked and -- most important of all -- re-named! That's right. The essays and compilations of many of the fascinating issues members have discussed on the main list will henceforth be called "Fantastic Posts And Where To Find Them." That's "Fantastic Posts" for short. Or "FPs" for even shorter. The Fantastic Posts can be found at: http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ Best of all, we have several brand new, never-before-seen Fantastic Posts to unveil. You may now feast your eyes on newly available or revised essays for HPfGU: A History, Mysteries, Pettigrew, Sirius, Snape and the Weasley Family. Not only that, but our newly updated Fantastic Posts site also features those Classic FAQs that you have grown to know and love. But for your viewing enjoyment, we have magically transformed them into Classic Fantastic Posts with hot links to the referenced messages. No more looking up message numbers by hand, one by one; that's all been done for you by our tech wizards. In gratitude for all of their hard work on the Fantastic Posts, the Moderator Team has roped off a special section of the very best CoS movie seats for our Fantastic Posts team. Provided they don't drown in the night while huddled on the pavement in their sleeping bags, they will be given a single box of chocolate-covered almonds to pass around among themselves: Ali Hewison Amandageist Barb Caius Marcius Catherine Coleman Cindy C. Dicentra Eileen LuckyKari Debbie AKA Elfundeb Eloise Gwen Heidi Tandy Jim Ferer Jim Flanagan Joy Kimberly Lexicon Steve Marina Mike AKA Aberforth's Goat Neil Ward Parker Paul Kippes Penny Pip Pippin Porphyria Queer as John Sheryll Simon Siriusgeoloist Tabouli Thank you for your attention, and enjoy the show! Elkins, For The Mods From joyw at gwu.edu Fri Nov 15 01:54:29 2002 From: joyw at gwu.edu (- Joy -) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:54:29 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? References: Message-ID: <04c401c28c49$efb7da20$8d41a480@Joy> Karen asked: "Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has?" It's not a pet, but I just had to share this story anyway since I think it's so cute... My dad, an over 50 fan (he's not as obsessed as I am, but he's definitely obsessed) always names his cars. He got a Porsche to resolve his mid-life crisis, and guess what it's vanity plate is? Why, NMBUS2K, of course. It makes me chuckle every time I see it. ~Joy~ From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Fri Nov 15 03:29:25 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:29:25 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm just wondering, has anyone found these candies in Canada? A couple of friends of mine stuck in a little tiny town where their college is located asked me, the girl who lives in a city, to see if I could track some down for them. Not to mention that I'd like some for myself. I've heard a rumor that this candy store that apparantly contains EVERY candy imaginable has them, but it's in an awkward part of the city for me to get to, and if some Canadian has found them at say, Walmart or something boring like that, I'd love to know. I know you Americans were talking about finding them at Walmart, but that doesn't mean that they carry them up here in Canada... ~Risti, who thinks that there should be a salt and vinegar flavoured bean. From KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net Fri Nov 15 08:04:10 2002 From: KAREN-GARY at worldnet.att.net (Gary Sapp & Karen J.S.) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:04:10 -0000 Subject: Maine Coon cats was bouncing in my seat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" wrote: > > Hey, Susan, you sound like you'd know...do Maine Coons come in > calico? > > > > ~Amanda > > No, but they come in brown and white, and a ton of other colors, > My boy just jumped up on me, tucked his paw inside my nightgown > rolled on his side and went to sleep, making it difficult for me to > type. There are a ton of Maine coon sites on the web with wonderful > pictures of the sweethearts. They are big and very fluffy with square > heads.... > > Susan Ok, got to jump in here since we've veered in an area that I know pretty well. Maine Coons come in every color and pattern EXCEPT Siamese marked. I personally used to own a very beautiful dilute calico girl Coon. This is just like regular calico except blue (non-showing people think grey) and cream instead of black and red. The colors without tabby patterns are harder to find, but they are out there. Your lad sounds like a darling. I always enjoyed when mine went to sleep upside down, legs spread out and totally relaxed. Always figured sleeping on their heads is why they occasionally fell off things. Gary, Karen's Significant Other(Former Maine Coon breeder/cat show participant) From s_ings at yahoo.com Fri Nov 15 12:03:43 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 07:03:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021115120343.80598.qmail@web41104.mail.yahoo.com> --- Risti wrote: > I'm just wondering, has anyone found these candies > in Canada? A > couple of friends of mine stuck in a little tiny > town where their > college is located asked me, the girl who lives in a > city, to see if > I could track some down for them. Not to mention > that I'd like some > for myself. I've heard a rumor that this candy > store that apparantly > contains EVERY candy imaginable has them, but it's > in an awkward part > of the city for me to get to, and if some Canadian > has found them at > say, Walmart or something boring like that, I'd love > to know. I know > you Americans were talking about finding them at > Walmart, but that > doesn't mean that they carry them up here in > Canada... > Good question, as up until a few weeks ago I couldn't find them anywhere in Canada and was bringing them home from the US every time I travelled. But..... lo and behold! I found them at my local Hallmark store a few weeks ago. I haven't been near a WalMart lately, so don't know if the Canadian ones carry them, but definitely check out Hallmark. Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From lauren.healy at tesco.net Fri Nov 15 15:57:28 2002 From: lauren.healy at tesco.net (Lauren Healy) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:57:28 -0000 Subject: Sir/Ma'am In-Reply-To: <1037180520.396.60477.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: I'm just going to copy and paste what I replied to on another mailing list on this subject! I'm English, always have been, always will be, and never have I called my dad 'Sir', unless I was REALLY trying to piss him off!! I feel I have to talk about this point for a while. Let me tell you a bit about where I live and stuff (don't worry, it all has a point) I live in Newcastle upon Tyne, which is in the North East of England. I'm privatly educated, and middle class. I have always respected my elders. When I go to school (yes, I'm still in school, I'm 17!) I call the teachers Mr Whoever, Mrs Whoever, Miss Whoever. I always have done. This year, however, 3 girls from state schools (comprehensive schools) joined, and they call the teachers, Sir and Miss, regardless of who they are. We all find this rather weird, and I'm sure if we went into their schools and started calling them Mr, Mrs, Miss, we would be thought of as strange. But, if one of ANY of us called our fathers or uncles Sir, we would be thought of as rude. Saying all of that, however, the 'Sir' line didn't really bother me at all. In fact, I didn't even notice it until I read some of the messages on here! Lauren :) From zorb47 at cox.net Fri Nov 15 20:04:38 2002 From: zorb47 at cox.net (zorb47) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:04:38 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <04c401c28c49$efb7da20$8d41a480@Joy> Message-ID: > Karen asked: > "Anyone name a pet after a Potter character? Know of anyone who has?" I tried to name the skinny black kitten that adopted us Harry, but I lost the vote. Before my sisters and I were born, though, my parents named their cats Bink and Jumper, from the Xanth series. Zorb From golden_faile at yahoo.com Fri Nov 15 22:44:59 2002 From: golden_faile at yahoo.com (golden_faile) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:44:59 -0000 Subject: Out of the mouths of babes! Message-ID: While watching HP for the 100th time last night, my 8 yr. old daughter looked at the screen and then back at me. She thought for a moment and then said "you know Mommy, Snape's not a bad looking man." I had to laugh! Then I had to share this with all of those Rickman fans out there. Laila From kristin at jesusphreaks.org Sat Nov 16 03:19:42 2002 From: kristin at jesusphreaks.org (Risti) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 03:19:42 -0000 Subject: The Grand Bott's experiment In-Reply-To: <20021115120343.80598.qmail@web41104.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Ooh... Good idea... Especially since I work three stores down from the Hallmark store in the mall :) Don't know why I didn't think to look in there. On a completely seperate note, is anyone else miserable because they couldn't find anyone to go see the movie with tonight? ~Risti > Good question, as up until a few weeks ago I couldn't > find them anywhere in Canada and was bringing them > home from the US every time I travelled. But..... lo > and behold! I found them at my local Hallmark store a > few weeks ago. I haven't been near a WalMart lately, > so don't know if the Canadian ones carry them, but > definitely check out Hallmark. > > Sheryll > > ===== > "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." > blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From Schlobin at aol.com Sat Nov 16 05:05:50 2002 From: Schlobin at aol.com (susanmcgee48176) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 05:05:50 -0000 Subject: Maine Coon cats was bouncing in my seat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Gary Sapp & Karen J.S." wrote: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "susanmcgee48176" wrote: > > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" wrote: > > > Hey, Susan, you sound like you'd know...do Maine Coons come in > > calico? > > > > > > ~Amanda > > > > No, but they come in brown and white, and a ton of other colors, > > My boy just jumped up on me, tucked his paw inside my nightgown > > rolled on his side and went to sleep, making it difficult for me to > > type. There are a ton of Maine coon sites on the web with wonderful > > pictures of the sweethearts. They are big and very fluffy with > square > > heads.... > > > > Susan > > Ok, got to jump in here since we've veered in an area that I know > pretty well. Maine Coons come in every color and pattern EXCEPT > Siamese marked. I personally used to own a very beautiful dilute > calico girl Coon. This is just like regular calico except blue > (non-showing people think grey) and cream instead of black and red. > > The colors without tabby patterns are harder to find, but they are out > there. > > Your lad sounds like a darling. I always enjoyed when mine went to > sleep upside down, legs spread out and totally relaxed. Always > figured sleeping on their heads is why they occasionally fell off > things. > > Gary, Karen's Significant Other(Former Maine Coon breeder/cat show > participant) Thanks for the correction...yes, my boy is just a delight. I have had one other Maine Coon - Piper Cub -- and he used to take walks with us..also escort me on the long trek to take the garbage out....he'd arrive out of nowhere, tail up, I'd call him my coldstream guard cat...They are the best! I think I'll post a picture of my Obi Wan Susan From lilac_bearry at yahoo.com Sat Nov 16 09:47:10 2002 From: lilac_bearry at yahoo.com (Lilac) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:47:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: Two Superb COS fan-fics! Message-ID: <20021116094710.95862.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> Is this the place where I can suggest fan fic? Hopefully so.... You *have* to read these two stories by Arabella over at the Sugarquill. The first one is the _The Very Secret Diary_ and is the closest to what I imagined the whole diary experience was for Ginny. It's all written as a diary, and Tom is charming in the beginning but undeniably evil at the end. Freaky! She also wrote a companion piece called _Disenchanted_, where Dumbledore speaks to Ginny about the diary experience. Again, Arabella does an excellent job at writing close to what I imagine would be Dumbledore's inner dialogue and POV. http://www.sugarquill.net/index.php?action=profile&id=1 Arabella's author page. Two very timely stories written in honor of the release of COS movie. Enjoy! ~ Lilac, who is also reading a wonderful non-HP fic from another great writer, fellow listmember Nicole ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Professor, can you show me that blocking thing again?" Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, Harry!" "What, drop my wand?" --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From eloiseherisson at aol.com Sat Nov 16 13:05:03 2002 From: eloiseherisson at aol.com (eloise_herisson) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:05:03 -0000 Subject: Just for fun--anyone with pets named after Potter characters? In-Reply-To: <04c401c28c49$efb7da20$8d41a480@Joy> Message-ID: Funny you should ask. This morning my six year old daughter was thrown, rather badly (fortunately no permanent injuries sustained), off a pony named Myrtle, who decided she was going to audition for a part in rodeo. Obviously having one of her tantrums! There used to be a whole load of HP named horses at the yard where we ride, many of them mispronounced (Haygrid, Draaco), but I think that Myrtle and Sirius, who is black cob, a rather stubborn and awkward character as it happens, are the only ones left. Our Sarasara Comet, Ginny, unfortunately recently died. But I have a friend with a gorgeous silver Assyrian cat named Minerva. We've also named pets after Pullman characters. Until recently we had a Russian hamster called Serafina Pekkala and we have a Syrian one called Ruta Skadi. Eloise From boredchocobo at attbi.com Sun Nov 17 03:31:20 2002 From: boredchocobo at attbi.com (Chocobo) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:31:20 -0500 Subject: video games Message-ID: <002001c28de9$cbf80280$82647d18@Compuhon> I was wondering if anyone knows of a site with detailed info on the various HP video games (or perhaps someone on the list could help me with this). I'm trying to find out how many different games there are (I know many of them are the same game, just on different game systems... but not all with the same name are the same game), and also which of them is any good. I've been reading some game reviews, and all reviews for Chamber of Secrets games give it high praise. But I can't seem to find anywhere that if I buy the PC game, will I be getting an inferior version to the one on the game console I have, or does this one particular other version have added things that others don't have, and so on... there don't seem to be any comparisons between them at all. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From zeff8 at attbi.com Sun Nov 17 03:51:56 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:51:56 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] video games References: <002001c28de9$cbf80280$82647d18@Compuhon> Message-ID: <000f01c28dec$acda9680$5f02f50c@attbi.com> well, I dunno, but I know there are 2 HP games,, each one made for most of the major platforms.. HP:SS and HP:COS.. all made for PC's, PS1, PS2, Nintendo, Xbox, etc.. Both games put out by EA games.. So far, everyone is complaining about the PS version of the latest HP game, HP:COS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chocobo" To: Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:31 PM Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] video games > I was wondering if anyone knows of a site with detailed info on the various HP video games (or perhaps someone on the list could help me with this). I'm trying to find out how many different games there are (I know many of them are the same game, just on different game systems... but not all with the same name are the same game), and also which of them is any good. I've been reading some game reviews, and all reviews for Chamber of Secrets games give it high praise. But I can't seem to find anywhere that if I buy the PC game, will I be getting an inferior version to the one on the game console I have, or does this one particular other version have added things that others don't have, and so on... there don't seem to be any comparisons between them at all. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > > Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! > > Is your message... > An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. > Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. > Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. > None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. > Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > ____________________________________________________________ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From starling823 at yahoo.com Sun Nov 17 04:51:53 2002 From: starling823 at yahoo.com (Abbie) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 04:51:53 -0000 Subject: revival of the food discussions Message-ID: hey all... was browsing thru catalogs today and found this nifty british food basket thru marshall field's here: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1- 1/qid=1037508023/ref=sr_1_1/601-5084897-3244111?asin=B00006H332 . (yeah, i know it says target.com, it's some linked merchandising thing...) nothing really earthshattering in said basket, but i was highly amused and thought perhaps anyone who doesn't have access to all those fine britports any other way might get a kick out of this. and for you new yorkers -- i saw Quality Street in the Herald Square Macy's today. i got to amaze my mom by knowing just what it was. thank you, whoever brought that up months ago, for allowing me to impress my mom. it's so much fun to do. =) From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Sun Nov 17 04:53:25 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 04:53:25 -0000 Subject: video games In-Reply-To: <000f01c28dec$acda9680$5f02f50c@attbi.com> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "zeff8" wrote: > well, I dunno, but I know there are 2 HP games,, each one made for most of > the major platforms.. HP:SS and HP:COS.. all made for PC's, PS1, PS2, > Nintendo, Xbox, etc.. > Both games put out by EA games.. > So far, everyone is complaining about the PS version of the latest HP game, > HP:COS. > > zeff, may I ask, why is everyone "complaining about the PS version of the latest HP game, HP:COS" ?? We were actually considering purchasing a PS for my son this christmas with the HP:COS game, but now I don't know. We have the PC version of HP:SS and the kids love it. It's just a battle to get on the computer sometimes, and since we *only* have Nintendo64, and it's impossible to find games nowadays, we figured we'd 'upgrade'. But, is it worth it? Thanks, Anna . . . (who's kid's are SO excited to see CoS tomorrow that they actually went to bed early so morning would come faster . . .) ;p From zeff8 at attbi.com Sun Nov 17 17:21:30 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:21:30 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: video games References: Message-ID: <006401c28e5d$c4c458a0$5f02f50c@attbi.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dradamsapple" > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "zeff8" wrote: > > well, I dunno, but I know there are 2 HP games,, each one made for > most of > > the major platforms.. HP:SS and HP:COS.. all made for PC's, PS1, > PS2, > > Nintendo, Xbox, etc.. > > Both games put out by EA games.. > > So far, everyone is complaining about the PS version of the latest > HP game, > > HP:COS. > > > > > > zeff, > > may I ask, > why is everyone "complaining about the PS version of the latest HP > game, HP:COS" ?? > > We were actually considering purchasing a PS for my son this > christmas with the HP:COS game, but now I don't know. We have the PC > version of HP:SS and the kids love it. It's just a battle to get on > the computer sometimes, and since we *only* have Nintendo64, and it's > impossible to find games nowadays, we figured we'd 'upgrade'. > But, is it worth it? > Thanks, If you are getting him a PS1, forget it.. don't waste your money. Its the PS1 game that is screwed up.. Every report I have seen on the PS1 game is the same, the "controller interface" is screwy.. making the game difficult, if not impossible, and definatly very frustrating to play.. I have beaten it twice, and am now on my 9th try to get all the wizard cards so I can get into the "founders duel tower". So many glitches in the software, that it really stinks. For starters, lets see.. I get all A's in classes, (which is a pain), and at the last one, Gildaroy tells me there is a card in my common room.. (which there is).. I get there, and its not there.. I was before.. I am on the way to see aragogh, and there is a cave witha spider in it, and a caldron.. There is supposed to be a wizard card too, Dumbledores.. 3 times it has not been there. Sometimes in Herbology, I cannot even cast a spell on the "slugs" untill I am practicaly standing on top of them and the target lock "falls off" the target if I take more than 2 steps. In the class room, learning the spells requires precice timing.. I had nothing but "perfect's" from The herbology teacher, yet still got a 66 on a lesson.. what gives with that? And the Gnome toss at hagrids.. I have thrown the gome THRU the chest cavity of the scare crow so many times I can't tell you the number.. And Ive gone thru 3 controllers out of frustration - not the 9 dollar cheap ones, the 25 dollar PS1 ones. I know one thing.. I will never again, buy a EA game for the PS1. Every report I have on the other versions, the PS2, Game Cube, PC, however, have all been good reviews. So if you are going to get your son a PS2, (which is what I suggest) go for it.. I just might do it myself this week out of frustration with the PS1 and ship this peice of garbage ps1 game back to EA and tell them to stuff it. From s_ings at yahoo.com Mon Nov 18 12:40:04 2002 From: s_ings at yahoo.com (Sheryll Townsend) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:40:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Birthday, Silvercat! Message-ID: <20021118124004.36404.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Someone grab all those folks from the movie list and bring them over here. Birthdays are just as important as talking about movies. :-D Today's birthday honouree is Silvercat. Birthday owls can be sent care of this list or directly to: silvercat at qnet.com May your day be filled with joy and magic. Happy Birthday, Silvercat! Sheryll ===== "We need to be united and strong. We'll have losses and scares, sure. And you'll be there for each other, helping each other through the bad times." blpurdom - Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent, Chapter 26 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From Malady579 at hotmail.com Mon Nov 18 23:52:32 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:52:32 -0000 Subject: British suburbs Message-ID: Given that we all know the house the Dursley's live and this question is not really about the movie, I have a OT question. :) In the beginning of CoS there was a wide shot of the neighborhood the Dursley's live in. The houses were perfectly matching and went on forever. I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all have suburbs like that? Are they full of the same house repeating over and over all the same color all the same style? How terribly depressing. No back yard. Barely a front yard. Is this normal for England? Melody From obby at blueyonder.co.uk Tue Nov 19 00:26:55 2002 From: obby at blueyonder.co.uk (Richard Thorp) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:26:55 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] British suburbs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <147979223828.20021119002655@blueyonder.co.uk> Monday, November 18, 2002, 11:52:32 PM, Melody wrote: M> Given that we all know the house the Dursley's live and this question M> is not really about the movie, I have a OT question. :) M> In the beginning of CoS there was a wide shot of the neighborhood the M> Dursley's live in. The houses were perfectly matching and went on M> forever. I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all have suburbs M> like that? Are they full of the same house repeating over and over M> all the same color all the same style? How terribly depressing. No M> back yard. Barely a front yard. Is this normal for England? For some parts of England, yup.. Lots of cheap post-war housing I believe. Our house is similar to all those down the street, altho we have a back garden, no front garden to speak of, and the outside/insides are diff.. the layout is the same tho.. We don't have the same sort of room to make diverse houses as other countries do :) Have to use up all the space economically! -Rich msn: obbles at hotmail.com From davids_egroups at hotmail.com Tue Nov 19 00:59:00 2002 From: davids_egroups at hotmail.com (David K. M. Klaus) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:59:00 -0600 Subject: 'Harry Potter' Is Still Performing Magic at the Box Office Message-ID: An entire *quarter* of the continent's movie screens had Harry Potter showing on them over the weekend. The original article may be found at . QUOTED TEXT BEGINS: "'Harry Potter' Is Still Performing Magic at the Box Office" by Rick Lyman Los Angeles, Nov. 17 -- Little of the zap, apparently, has gone out of Harry Potter's wizard's wand. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, the second film in the lucrative Warner Brothers franchise series, opened this weekend with numbers nearly as large as those drawn last November by its hype-propelled first installment, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. Despite a 2-hour-46-minute running time, "Chamber" earned an estimated $87.7 million in its first three days in theaters, a scant three percent less than the first film's $90.2 million. "For it to even be in this realm is pretty spectacular," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles-based company that monitors box-office returns. "It says that not only is the franchise alive and well, it's as potent today as it was a year ago." The success of "Chamber of Secrets" was partly driven by its being the widest release of any film in movie history, playing at 3,682 theaters across North America, ten more than the first film did last year. And because many of those theaters are multiplexes, with the film playing in two, three, or sometimes more auditoriums, there were actually 8,515 prints up on screens this weekend, compared with 8,119 last year. In other words, "Chamber of Secrets" was playing on roughly one of every four screens in North America. Also, there was widespread speculation in Hollywood this morning that Warner Brothers was being overly conservative in its weekend estimate. Some studios projected that "Chamber of Secrets" had earned well over $90 million, perhaps even more than the original film. Dan Fellman, Warner Brothers' president for distribution, said that he knew his estimate of Sunday ticket sales was on the safe side, and that there was a reasonable chance that when final weekend box-office numbers become available on Monday the actual three-day take for the film may be somewhat higher. "We could conceivably come up a little bit," Mr. Fellman said. Even if these early numbers hold, it would give "Chamber of Secrets" the third biggest opening in movie history, though still far below the $115 million debut for Columbia Pictures' SPIDER-MAN last May. For years, studio marketing executives have been criticized for being overly optimistic with their Sunday estimates, perhaps to place a film higher on the Monday morning box-office charts. Just last weekend, for instance, Universal Pictures estimated that 8 MILE, the film debut for the rap singer Eminem, had made more than $54 million when the actual number turned out to be closer to $51 million. To go the other way, though, and purposely estimate a film's revenue lower -- perhaps in hopes of reaping a second day of publicity when final numbers prove the film to be an even bigger success than expected -- is a rarer tactic. Mr. Fellman, however, insisted that this was not what he was doing. He simply looked at last year's 'Harry Potter' numbers, saw that the film's one-day box office dropped by 27 percent between Saturday and Sunday, and applied the same percentage to this year's Saturday figure. Whether the actual Sunday drop-off proves to be that steep this year remains to be seen. The weekend numbers compiled on Sundays are based on actual ticket sales from Friday and Saturday and the releasing studio's own estimate for Sunday. More precise numbers, based on actual Sunday ticket sales, are not available until Monday. Whatever the case, "Harry Potter" has provided an explosive opening to the year-end holiday movie season, second only to the dog days of summer as the most lucrative for Hollywood studios. And this year the holiday season looks even more like summer than usual, with several high-profile sequels and special-effects blockbusters due out between now and year's end, including DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure; STAR TREK: NEMESIS, the latest installment in the durable science-fiction series; and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, the second chapter in that hugely popular fantasy series. Eminem's film debut, meanwhile, dropped by a sizable 58 percent in its second weekend in release. Still, 8 MILE earned an estimated $21.3 million for a ten-day total of more than $86 million, far more than the movie had been expected to make so soon. Much of the notable action was taking place farther down the box-office list, where smaller independent films were continuing to show surprising strength. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, already a certifiable phenomenon since its release in May, continued to play astonishingly strongly. In its 31st week in theaters, it still landed in sixth place with a cumulative total of $199.6 million. Another independent film that performed strongly this weekend was Atom Egoyan's ARARAT, a drama about the mass killings of Armenians that earned an average of $32,400 in just five theaters. Also showing surprising resilience were two recent studio releases. Disney's SANTA CLAUSE 2, a family-oriented sequel, was in third place this weekend, earning $15.1 million for a cumulative total of $82.5 million, while DreamWorks' horror hit THE RING was in fourth place with $11 million for a cumulative total of $101.6 million. It became the seventeenth film of the year to surpass $100 million at the box office. ### Copyright The New York Times Company QUOTED TEXT ENDS. ------------------------------------- David K. M. Klaus P. O. Box 78232 St. Louis, Mo., 63178-8232 (314) HYpergolic 0-6521 (numeric pager) david_k_m_klaus at hotmail.com davidklaus at webtv.net [When e-mailing to me, be sure to cc: the other of the two above addresses as well, to ensure delivery. Thank you.] "Not only has John Ashcroft misplaced his copy of the Constitution, I'm not sure he ever read it." -- Tamara Millay, Flame-Haired Constitutionalist ------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail From catlady at wicca.net Tue Nov 19 03:47:34 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 03:47:34 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Silvercat! In-Reply-To: <20021118124004.36404.qmail@web41108.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Sheryll Townsend wrote: > Someone grab all those folks from the movie list and > bring them over here. Birthdays are just as important > as talking about movies. :-D > > Today's birthday honouree is Silvercat. Birthday owls > can be sent care of this list or directly to: > silvercat at q... Happy Birthday, listie with wonderful name, Silvercat! From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Tue Nov 19 07:55:22 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:55:22 -0000 Subject: British suburbs In-Reply-To: <147979223828.20021119002655@blueyonder.co.uk> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Richard Thorp wrote: > Monday, November 18, 2002, 11:52:32 PM, Melody wrote: > >MELODY: > M> In the beginning of CoS there was a wide shot of the neighborhood > M> the Dursley's live in. The houses were perfectly matching and > M> went on forever. I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all > M> have suburbs like that? ... ... ... Is this normal > M> for England? > > For some parts of England, yup.. Lots of cheap post-war housing I > believe. Our house is similar to all those down the street, altho we > have a back garden, no front garden to speak of, and the > outside/insides are diff.. the layout is the same tho.. > > We don't have the same sort of room to make diverse houses as other > countries do :) Have to use up all the space economically! > > -Rich > msn: obbles at h... bboy_mn: Well, I'm going to stray a bit from the main topic here, but there is a European 'Map' website that has complete ariel photograps of Britian down to 5,000:1 resolution/scale. That's actually pretty detailed. You can very clearly see houses in neighborhoood, sports stadiums, and you can see ships on the Thames River. Reasonably good quality photos. http://www.multimap.com/ Select your country first, then move to the area you want to see, and start zooming in on it, when you get as close as you can, select the Aerial photos. Under the drop down box where you pick you resolution or scale (1,000,000:1; 100,000:1 etc.... is a very tiny small gold camera that says AERIEL PHOTOS. The maps cover about 99% of the UK and much of the rest of Europe. You can look around Otter St. Mary and see if you see the Burrow anywhere. Fun stuff like that. See the shops on Charring Cross Road. See Chinatown. Fastinating stuff. Unfortunately, this site has recently been redesigned from a very obvious intuitive interface, to a nasty think that is hard to navigate and works best with MS Internet Explorer which is a program I really hate. bboy_mn From ruhgozler at yahoo.com Tue Nov 19 19:18:23 2002 From: ruhgozler at yahoo.com (Linda Williams) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:18:23 -0000 Subject: Death Eater masks Message-ID: What do you think they look like, plain white androgonus human face? What would they be made out of, fabric, leather, papermache? Linda From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Tue Nov 19 20:03:34 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:03:34 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Death Eater masks References: Message-ID: <3DDA9916.5030702@netvision.net.il> Linda Williams wrote: > What do you think they look like, plain white androgonus human face? > What would they be made out of, fabric, leather, papermache? > Linda Maybe they're like the mask in the movie "Scream". From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Tue Nov 19 22:39:17 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:39:17 -0000 Subject: British suburbs In-Reply-To: <147979223828.20021119002655@blueyonder.co.uk> Message-ID: Melody wrote: > > I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all have suburbs > M> like that? Are they full of the same house repeating over and over > M> all the same color all the same style? How terribly depressing. No > M> back yard. Barely a front yard. Is this normal for England? > Richard Thorpe: > For some parts of England, yup.. Lots of cheap post-war housing I > believe. Our house is similar to all those down the street, altho we > have a back garden, no front garden to speak of, and the > outside/insides are diff.. the layout is the same tho.. > > We don't have the same sort of room to make diverse houses as other > countries do :) Have to use up all the space economically! The more recent stuff is usually a bit more diverse, though often in a glued-on sort of way. You know, 'we put a gable on that one so we'll give this one a circular window'. I think some Victorian and pre-war housing tended if anything to be more uniform: not cheapness as such but paternalistic mill- and mine- owners recognising that aesthetics (and gardens) would be lost on the lower orders, whom Darwin had usefully shown to be slightly better- dressed monkeys. But a lot in Surrey was speculators inventing suburbs and railways to go with them. The Movie!Dursleys' house is a bit odd: on the outside, soulless eighties cul-de-sac housing; on the inside, soulless thirties endless- straight-lines housing, which is what canon implies. David From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Wed Nov 20 01:08:46 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:08:46 -0000 Subject: British Houses Message-ID: I know I am late on this topic, but I have to mention that when I went over to England in 1995, I thought the houses were much more interesting than ours. I don't know why. I loved the fact that they were attached, and my favorite part was all the different types of lace on the windows. Every house had a different pattern of lace in the windows! It was beautiful. I visited the parents of a friend of mine, and their house was very similar to the Dursley house, but smaller. I really loved it over there, but I didn't get to spend near enough time in London. I spent most of the time in Ware, around Stevenage, I think. I could spend two weeks in London and not see it all! Anyone over there want to put me up? ;) :D Just kidding!! Alora From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Wed Nov 20 03:16:48 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 03:16:48 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter trunk Message-ID: OI. I need to win the lottery. Guess what I found? A replica of Harry's trunk! It's fabulous. Do I have the money? *grumble* NO. The dratted thing is FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. *big huge mournful sigh* The website is Sensational Beginnings http://www.sensationalbeginnings.com/AdPageLS.asp?toURL=/cgi- bin/sgdynamo.exe?HTNAME=home2.htm&siteID=MoBqaNw9El4- kHdjHEg6ZKvbXWrEmo25ew Hopefully, you can click that link and drool...... Alora :) From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Wed Nov 20 03:42:29 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 03:42:29 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter trunk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "alora" wrote: > OI. I need to win the lottery. > > Guess what I found? A replica of Harry's trunk! It's fabulous. Do > I have the money? *grumble* NO. The dratted thing is FOUR HUNDRED > DOLLARS. *big huge mournful sigh* > > The website is Sensational Beginnings > > http://www.sensationalbeginnings.com/AdPageLS.asp?toURL=/cgi- > bin/sgdynamo.exe?HTNAME=home2.htm&siteID=MoBqaNw9El4- > kHdjHEg6ZKvbXWrEmo25ew > > Hopefully, you can click that link and drool...... > > Alora :) Well, Alora, you were right! that trunk is gorgeous! (it would look great in my family room, except I wouldn't let anyone touch it!) but yes, a bit pricey. As for me, I could probably afford the lantern . . . Anna . . .(who just spent thousands of dollars to re-do the kitchen and still no workers in sight!!!! AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!) From tarier at hotmail.com Wed Nov 20 17:23:23 2002 From: tarier at hotmail.com (Tarie) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:23:23 -0000 Subject: Nocturne Alley/RPGs In-Reply-To: <20021029055420.55028.qmail@web20901.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Does anyone know > if there are other RPG communities similar to this? Besides being at NA, I run two ezboard based RPGs with several BC openings. If you're interested, the sign up boards are at: http://pub73.ezboard.com/bhogwartsanhprp (Hogwarts A HP RP by Thalia Devlin) http://go.ezboard.com/bwhenharrymetbuffyapps (Academia de Gnosis - 4 years after Hogwarts) the main playing board is Membership By Approval and I do NOT accept submittals for approval to view the board and post unless the application has been approved on the sign up board. ~Tara From lupinesque at yahoo.com Wed Nov 20 17:40:48 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:40:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: Completing the blurb Message-ID: <20021120174048.76145.qmail@web20307.mail.yahoo.com> Heidi wrote, on -Announcements: > JKR has provided a teaser -- 93 random words on a > card that is up for > auction next month at Sotheby's in London. The sale > is for Book Aid > International, which provides books for developing > countries. > > Sotheby's Wednesday offered a short sample of what > the lucky winner will > get on the autographed Rowling card. > > "Thirty-eight chapters ... might change ... longest > volume ... Ron ... > broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new teacher ... > dies ... sorry," ROTFL! Oh, that Jo is such a tease. But we're so pathetic that tidbits like this are as an eight-course meal to a starving man. Let's have some fun with it! THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS so far, but I have fourteen more to write. Expect a 2005 release date. Harry MIGHT CHANGE over to Hufflepuff. Hermione sets out to read the LONGEST VOLUME of Hogwarts: A History and, as a consequence, spends all of Order of the Phoenix holed up in the library and has no dialogue whatsoever. RON, in a fit of misplaced jealously, steals Harry's BROOM and goes joyriding around the continent, where he finally meets up with Hagrid, who has been SACKED for having a platonic but intense love affair with a HOUSE-ELF. The NEW TEACHER, Fleur, DIES in Harry's arms after diving into a tank of thirty grindylows to prove herself to Snape. SORRY, that's all I'm saying for now." No? Okay, the calculated-to-break-my-heart version: "It's currently THIRTY-EIGHT chapters, but that MIGHT CHANGE if I go with my best impulse and cut it down to 12--I swore on a stack of Bibles that Goblet of Fire would remain the LONGEST VOLUME. RON goes evil, gets a lot of payoff money from Voldemort, and buys a better BROOM than Harry's and a spot as the Gryffindor Keeper and captain. Dumbledore, of course, gets SACKED before the book even opens. A resentful HOUSE-ELF, terrified at the prospect of a House-Elf Union, tells Rita Skeeter, the NEW TEACHER, that Hermione is guilty of elf abuse, causing no end of trouble. Oh yeah, and Lupin DIES. "SORRY, "Jo." Amy Z Nimbus is coming! Visit http://www.hp2003.org for more information. ===== In fall their brightened leaves, released, fly down the wind, and we are pleased to walk on radiance, amazed. O light come down to earth, be praised. --Wendell Berry, "Great Trees" __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com From kerelsen at quik.com Wed Nov 20 19:25:56 2002 From: kerelsen at quik.com (Bernadette M. Crumb) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:25:56 -0500 Subject: Did anyone see that article in USA Today about Jason Isaacs? Message-ID: <000701c290ca$a8a0cfe0$5221b0d8@kerelsen> As a mom I had to laugh at Mr. Isaacs' comment about his godchildren demanding he take the role of Lucius Malfoy. Sort of like my kids insisting that I need to do certain projects on campus so they get an excuse to go visit the university TV studio! LOL! I must admit that I'm feeling a tad guilty about being so attracted to his portrayal of Lucius! In my real life, I'd totally detest such a bigoted, cruel person, but there's just something about his looks in that blonde wig... sigh. I can't be the only 40-something happily married mom who gets this sort of feeling am I? I must also admit to a crush on Kevin Kline too... I wonder what that says about me psychologically? I mean I'm attracted to a totally evil git, and to a clown! LOL! I've really missed participating in the Chatter list... college has been a bear this semester with all the video projects and trying to survive chemistry class when I can't do the math. Speaking of video projects, I got to put my love of HP into a class project. The final project for TV news reporting is to do a feature story about a minute and a half to 2 minutes long. I got permission from the manager of our little local theatre to come and interview staff and to film footage inside and outside the theatre before and after the movie ran. I just finished editing the video portion of it and only have to do my voice over next week and it's done! :) Amazing how working on something that deals with a personal passion is so much easier than slogging through something that needs to be done just to be done. Bernadette/RowanRhys You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. -- Sheila Graham From voicelady at mymailstation.com Wed Nov 20 20:40:52 2002 From: voicelady at mymailstation.com (voicelady at mymailstation.com) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:40:52 -0800 Subject: Charles De Lint HP references Message-ID: Hello, all. Emerging from deep dark lurkdom because I found something that made me chuckle. I am currently reading one of Charles De Lint's recent short story collections called "Tapping the Dream Tree". In one of the stories is a pragraph which reads: <> Anyway, I certainly enjoyed the references, and got a grin out of them. I hope you all did, too. If anyone is currently looking for a good read, anything of De Lint's is very good. Thanks for your time. Jeralyn, the Voicelady From voicelady at mymailstation.com Wed Nov 20 21:46:38 2002 From: voicelady at mymailstation.com (voicelady at mymailstation.com) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:46:38 -0800 Subject: Charles De Lint HP references Message-ID: Well, hmph. don't know what happened there. I seem to have a pixie in my computer. Let me try again: "A big orange cat is crying outside of Mrs. Rowling's back door, trying to scrounge a meal. Mr. Potter is weeding his garden again - like a weed would dare make an appearance among his flowers and vegetables." Jeralyn From eloiseherisson at aol.com Wed Nov 20 21:58:39 2002 From: eloiseherisson at aol.com (eloise_herisson) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:58:39 -0000 Subject: British suburbs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Given that we all know the house the Dursley's live and this question > is not really about the movie, I have a OT question. :) > > In the beginning of CoS there was a wide shot of the neighborhood the > Dursley's live in. The houses were perfectly matching and went on > forever. I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all have suburbs > like that? Are they full of the same house repeating over and over > all the same color all the same style? How terribly depressing. No > back yard. Barely a front yard. Is this normal for England? > > > Melody I was half annoyed and half highly amused. Yes, there are a lot of boring suburbs, but the acres and acres of *identical* housing of that sort of vintage don't really exist , (do they, Dave?). Acres and acres of Victorian terraces up north, yes, but that's a different matter. Artistic license, I think. Surely the point was the message it was giving about the Dursleys, people to whom to be ordinary, *not* standing out in any way is incredibly important, yet who can't resist being the only family in the neighbourhood to have a conservatory. Completely conventional, yet a cut above the rest in their own eyes. Hyperbole is the word I think I've been looking for. So although it wasn't accurate, I thought it got the message across pretty well. I might be wrong, but I think that the masses of identikit housing in that quantity would be untypical of Surrey, which, on the whole, is a fairly pricey area. I know precisely the sort of area they'd live in - there's one close to us, where in the original phase all the roads were called after varieties of fruit tree (spot the similarity?). It's a little more modern, but the houses are all individual (well, they don't tend to pput identical ones next to each other) and it's a respecatable enclave where the Durselys would feel incredibly at home. Eloise From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Wed Nov 20 23:42:25 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:42:25 -0000 Subject: Completing the blurb In-Reply-To: <20021120174048.76145.qmail@web20307.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Amy quoted Heidi, quoting Jo through the static: > > "Thirty-eight chapters ... might change ... longest > > volume ... Ron ... > > broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new teacher ... > > dies ... sorry," and suggested: > ROTFL! Oh, that Jo is such a tease. But we're so > pathetic that tidbits like this are as an eight-course > meal to a starving man. Let's have some fun with it! Indeed. The Order of the Phoenix is composed of THIRTY EIGHT CHAPTERS of Death Eaters. If they feel safe enough, they MIGHT CHANGE out of those hooded robes into something more cheerful for Voldemort's first anniversary. In the new Sonorus competition the player with the loudest and LONGEST VOLUME enhancement is RON. On a long walk, the flowering BROOM above Hogwarts provides a romantic backdrop for the ruckSACKED Hermione and HOUSE-ELF Dobby's first kiss. The NEW TEACHER Flying Ford Anglia falls in love with the Hogwarts Express after it upgrades to DIESel power. No-one is SORRY, least of all David From dfrankiswork at netscape.net Wed Nov 20 23:59:30 2002 From: dfrankiswork at netscape.net (David) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:59:30 -0000 Subject: A hairy thought Message-ID: For a truly bizarre development, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2481379.stm David From Malady579 at hotmail.com Thu Nov 21 00:02:51 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:02:51 -0000 Subject: British suburbs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Eloise wrote: (and also thanks to Rich) > So although it wasn't accurate, I thought it got the message across > pretty well. I might be wrong, but I think that the masses of > identikit housing in that quantity would be untypical of Surrey, > which, on the whole, is a fairly pricey area. I think that is what I was wondering. Was it computer generated for effect? The contrast between the Dursley's and the Weasley's neighborhoods was so great that is seemed comical. I just find it odd that they would depict Surrey like that when y'all *know* what it looks like. But, Hollywood has done stranger things. Thanks. :) Melody From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Thu Nov 21 00:20:44 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:20:44 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: British suburbs References: Message-ID: <3DDC26DC.000003.42779@monica> OK so firstly I should say I'm commenting on this when I haven't seen the film yet. But from what you've all said - yes there are areas like that (whether they re quite as ;arge I don't know). It's probably one of the areas they built in the late 40s/early 50s. Getting peole out of slum filled/bombed out London. Suburbia hell. And it's entirely possible there are areas like that in Surrey (the only bit of Surrey I know well is Royal Holloway so I can't be sure). After all Berkshire has a similar reputation to Surrey and I live in central Windsor (which is expensive), as you move further out you get the posh and costly type of houses that you were referring to - but 5 minutes in the other direction is Slough. K -------Original Message------- From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Date: 20 November 2002 21:58:42 To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: British suburbs --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Melody" wrote: > Given that we all know the house the Dursley's live and this question > is not really about the movie, I have a OT question. :) > > In the beginning of CoS there was a wide shot of the neighborhood the > Dursley's live in. The houses were perfectly matching and went on > forever. I was actually shocked and wondered...do y'all have suburbs > like that? Are they full of the same house repeating over and over > all the same color all the same style? How terribly depressing. No > back yard. Barely a front yard. Is this normal for England? > > > Melody I was half annoyed and half highly amused. Yes, there are a lot of boring suburbs, but the acres and acres of *identical* housing of that sort of vintage don't really exist , (do they, Dave?). Acres and acres of Victorian terraces up north, yes, but that's a different matter. Artistic license, I think. From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 05:55:33 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:55:33 -0000 Subject: Did anyone see that article in USA Today about Jason Isaacs? In-Reply-To: <000701c290ca$a8a0cfe0$5221b0d8@kerelsen> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Bernadette M. Crumb" wrote: > > > I must admit that I'm feeling a tad guilty about being so > attracted to his portrayal of Lucius! In my real life, I'd > totally detest such a bigoted, cruel person, but there's just > something about his looks in that blonde wig... sigh. > > I can't be the only 40-something happily married mom who gets > this sort of feeling am I? > > Bernadette/RowanRhys > > You can have anything you want if you want it > desperately enough. You must want it with an > inner exuberance that erupts through the skin > and joins the energy that created the world. > > -- Sheila Graham Bernadette, No, you are not the only "40-something ..."; in fact you are a *brave* girl! I've been meaning to say something about *luscious luscius* (AKA Jason Isaacs as a blond) myself, but, er, well, you said it so well, I guess I don't have to. I especially like his description of the "long blond wig that tickled the tops of my buttocks" OOOOOHHH! What imagery!! I had the same feeling about LoTRs' Legalos! Something about those silken locks . . . (clears throat, tries to regain composure!) I think its time for me to go to sleep now . . .^-^ Anna . . .(another "40-something ...", but whose counting?) From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 06:40:36 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:40:36 -0000 Subject: British suburbs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "eloise_herisson" wrote: ELoise: > > ...edited... > > I might be wrong, but I think that the masses of identikit housing in > that quantity would be untypical of Surrey, which, on the whole, is a > fairly pricey area. > > ...edited... > > Eloise bboy_mn - a few thoughts: Exactly what is Surrey? Neighborhood? City? Township? District? County? I was looking at it on the aerial photo maps that I referenced earlier in this thread, and it seems to be made up of several towns, although none of them are named 'Little Whining', but I can't quite determine from these maps, both political and photo, if it is a county. Now massively far off subject, regarding suburban houses. I have a friend who had a small construction company who built a small subdivision on the south side of Alber Lea (don't bother, no one knows where Albert Lea is). It was made up of perhaps 25 modest middle class homes. I'm sure you could stop at any house in that neighborhood and ask the owner and he would swear that his house was a unique one of a kind. A more objective eye would show you that there were really only four house designs. But some are built left-to-right, others are a mirror image built right-to-left, others are switched front-to-back add to that different paint and trim, and it does help create the illusion of unique houses. I find it kind of sad that some of these people are so entrenched in mediocrity and yet so desperate for individuality. Seems like almost any of them could be distant cousins to the Dursleys. Now to really stray even farther. Eloise, are you in Britian, or perhaps have you lived there? Every now and then I have some cultural questions when I'm writing and I need a 'Brit-speak' authority. I was wondering if you might volunteer to help me out. The questions are usually very simple. Questions like- Ginger Ale vs Ginger Beer - which is more common? If ginger beer is more common, does that mean you never come across ginger ale? Sofa or Couch - which is the more common term. Units of measurement - I'm confused. Is Britain completely metric? If I was going to order some bottled non-carbonated water from the store. Would I order it by gallons or liters? In everyday speech, do most Brits refer to feet and inches, or meters? I have a few more but I really shouldn't dwell on this here. You can email me if you are interested. Sorry for stray so far from the central though. bboy_mn From macloudt at yahoo.co.uk Thu Nov 21 08:21:00 2002 From: macloudt at yahoo.co.uk (Mary Ann) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:21:00 -0000 Subject: Birthday greetings Message-ID: :::::Dizzy Elf adjusts her "Temporary Birthday Elf" badge and double- checks the Humungous BirthdayFile. Then she hangs balloons and streamers all over the room and puts a cake in the middle of the table::::: *ahem* Today's birthday honoree is Melanie! Birthday greetings can be sent for Melanie to this list or to ilovbrian_99 at yahoo.com Happy Birthday, Melanie, and I hope you have lots of lovely HP surprises on your special day! Mary Ann (aka Dizzy Elf) From lupinesque at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 11:56:40 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:56:40 -0000 Subject: British slang help needed Message-ID: The new Mark Knopfler album is out, which means, yep, time for head- scratching Yanks to write to OTChatter and ask for a few translations. Ballyhoo girl Tow Law hadaway portacabin bed he'll get the tip on in (I imagine I can figure some of these out, but am still curious about whether British ears hear connotations I'm not catching) Thanks, Amy From nplyon at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 12:38:34 2002 From: nplyon at yahoo.com (Nicole L.) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 04:38:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: Harry Potter Reference Message-ID: <20021121123834.99982.qmail@web20904.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks to Jeralynn for posting the DeLint quote. It reminded me of an HP reference on the show "Futurama." Anyone else out there a fan? Anyway, the show aired last week Sunday and Al Gore was a "guest" on it. Just to give you a bit of background about the show so you have some context, it's an animated series created by Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons." It takes place about 1,000 years in the future. One of the main characters is supposed to have fallen into a chamber on New Year's Eve 1999 and was cryogenically preserved and then unfrozen in 2999. The heads of many important historical leaders have been preserved as well so people like Nixon make frequent appearances. (Okay, now it sounds like the most bizarre TV show on Earth but I think it's hilarious.) Anywho, on this particular show Al Gore's head was giving a speech about protecting the environment. He was talking about a book he wrote on the environment and then he said something like, "Or you may have read my other, far more popular book, 'Harry Potter and the Balance of the Universe'." Then there was a bit where Al Gore says something about the wizards having done something to harm the universe and the camera pans to a funny-looking guy who looked something like the wizard in the Monty Python "Holy Grail" movie. He's crossing his arms and saying something like, "Sure, blame the wizards!" I got a real kick out of it. ~Nicole, who thinks this was all probably a lot funnier when she saw in than when she described it. :) ===== ***************************************************************** "You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid--we know we're called Gred and Forge." Chapter 12, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ***************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Thu Nov 21 17:39:25 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:39:25 +0200 Subject: Has Voldemort died today in real life? Or did that woman just forget to remove her robe before she went to work? Message-ID: <3DDD1A4D.40703@netvision.net.il> Yesterday, wednesday morning, I came to school. I see from far away Rachel Shoval, the 12th grade head mistress. I cannot believe my eyes. I look again. Indeed, she's wearing... A robe!! Yes, a robe. And underneath it, a suit. Just like the HP movie. All I have to say abuot that is "Yikes!". Just a side note: she did not wear the robe with any relation to HP. She wore it because it was cold. Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From heidit at netbox.com Thu Nov 21 19:38:46 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:38:46 -0500 Subject: [HPforGrownups] The teaser words on JKR's note In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <008601c29195$b7a5b480$0301a8c0@Frodo> I wrote: > > Actually, this is a copyright issue - the owner of a letter > or notecard owns the notecard or letter, and can do anything > with it, but cannot make copies of it - this is one of the > questions we have in to Sotheby's and one of the reasons > we're waiting to start the collection. > -----Original Message----- > From: Megalynn S. [mailto:megalynn44 at hotmail.com] > Real-To: "Megalynn S." > Actually that's wrong. If you buy copyrighted material then > you are allowed > to make one personal copy for yourself. However if you own > the copyright to > it (which buying this card would also mean buying the > copyright) means you > can do whatever you want with it. Youc an sell copies or give > them out. Well > that's unless British law is entirely different than > American. But, going by > your rule JKR would not be able to make copies of her own books. Well, you might be allowed to make one copy in the UK, but in the US, if you're a library or doing it for other archival purposes, you can make a copy as long as the original will not be available to the public - there are a few other quirks for such purposes. Of course, educational and news organizations may be allowed to make copies under Fair Use exceptions to the copyright act, here in the US. Nonetheless, buying the card may *not* mean purchasing the copyright in it, especially because the copyright was created in the UK - the copyright does not necessarily travel with ownership of the work itself. It's similar to the laws that apply if someone writes a letter and sends it to you - you own the letter and can do anything with it that you want, but the author still owns the copyright in and to it. And while I'm not privy to JKR's contract with Bloomsbury or any of the other publishing houses to whom she's licensed the rights to publish her books, as I understand it, she has only licensed the copyright to them, not assigned it. The difference is that in an assignment, she would no longer own the copyright. In a license agreement, she would still own the copyright and she'd be able to do anything with the words in the books - copy them, edit them - whatever. Heidi Tandy, avoiding giving legal advice in this post From cindysphinx at comcast.net Thu Nov 21 21:27:00 2002 From: cindysphinx at comcast.net (Cindy C.) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:27:00 -0000 Subject: Completing the blurb In-Reply-To: Message-ID: David quoted Amy quoted Heidi, quoting Jo through the static: > "Thirty-eight chapters ... might change ... longest > volume ... Ron ... > broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new teacher ... > dies ... sorry," Oh, this is a real *find,* this thing is! Lessee . . . What would I write on an index card if I were an internationally famous and filthy rich author? ************* I cannot *believe* I am pregnant. How on earth did that happen? Bloody hell! How am I supposed to write a book when I spend half my time in the loo? Why on earth does this darn book have to be THIRTY- EIGHT CHAPTERS anyway; these people are so desparate for a new book that they'd be happy to get 38 *pages.* You know what? I MIGHT CHANGE the book to be 38 pages, just to spite everyone who is so darn sure it will be the LONGEST VOLUME. I'll cut the part where RON murders Hermione by tampering with her BROOM -- that would half crucify me to write anyway. I'll deep-six the part where Dumbledore is SACKED by a renegade HOUSE-ELF, and there won't even *be* a NEW TEACHER -- that'll save loads of time. While I'm at it, nobody -- and I mean *nobody* -- DIES. And I'm not even SORRY. ********** Cindy From dizzylizzy182 at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 22:52:53 2002 From: dizzylizzy182 at yahoo.com (Elizabeth Sager) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:52:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 833 In-Reply-To: <1037871257.1682.64271.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <20021121225253.29855.qmail@web40013.mail.yahoo.com> Does anyone know > if there are other RPG communities similar to this? I'm in a couple *cough*OC-Heavy*cough* RPG groups on Yahoo. I'm also in Lumos Nox (as Penny Clearwater): http://www.livejournal.com/users/lumosnox and in Reparo (as Penny Clearwater and Katie Bell): http://www.livejournal.com/users/reparo Liz __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Thu Nov 21 22:53:40 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:53:40 -0000 Subject: Suggestions? Message-ID: Hello, all. I've been lurking lately (I got Christmas shopping almost finished and wrapped!), but I wondered if you could help me out. Tomorrow is book character dress up day at my sons' school, and I am going in complete Gryffindor student costume. I think I will be Lavender Brown, as everyone is always Hermione. Anyway, I'm going to be hanging around in the library, cafeteria etc asking people if they know where the dungeons are (potions, you know ;)), generally making a nuisance of myself, heh. Would any of you have ideas as to other shenanigans I can pull? Hogwart's style? :D I have a little cauldron full of HP prizes and bookmarks to give out to anyone who can answer questions about the books correctly. I'd love to hear all of your suggestions! Thanks!! Alora From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Fri Nov 22 11:24:30 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:24:30 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] HTML messages (was: Digest Number 833) References: <20021121225253.29855.qmail@web40013.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3DDE13EE.1030603@netvision.net.il> Elizabeth Sager wrote: >Does anyone know > > >>if there are other RPG communities similar to this? >> >> > >I'm in a couple *cough*OC-Heavy*cough* RPG groups on >Yahoo. > >I'm also in Lumos Nox (as Penny Clearwater): >http://www.livejournal.com/users/lumosnox > >and in Reparo (as Penny Clearwater and Katie Bell): >http://www.livejournal.com/users/reparo > >Liz > > In your message, Liz, I noticed you have HTML. But when I use html, it removes it and states: HTML portions of message removed. Why is that? Examples: * List * *Bold* * /Italic/ * _Underline_ 1. Numbered List 1. Tabs 2. Some more 2. Emoticons: :-) :-( ;-) :-P :-D :-[ :-\ Horizontal Rule and link: in signature. Why is that? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Fri Nov 22 11:29:05 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:29:05 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Suggestions? References: Message-ID: <3DDE1501.5050409@netvision.net.il> alora wrote: > Tomorrow is book character dress up day at my sons' school, and I am > going in complete Gryffindor student costume. [...] I have a little > cauldron full of HP prizes and bookmarks to give out to anyone who > can answer questions about the books correctly. I'd love to hear > all of your suggestions! Thanks!! > > Alora Your son is a really lucky son, that's for sure. Anyway, you can take a wand and practice Petriicus Totallus on people, and look depresed because it doesn't work... Or you could make a Map of the school (on yellow burnt-edged paper), and paint little dots with names on them :-P Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Fri Nov 22 14:02:53 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:02:53 -0000 Subject: Suggestions? In-Reply-To: <3DDE1501.5050409@netvision.net.il> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Klei wrote: > Your son is a really lucky son, that's for sure. > Anyway, you can take a wand and practice Petriicus Totallus on people, > and look depresed because it doesn't work... > Or you could make a Map of the school (on yellow burnt-edged paper), and > paint little dots with names on them :-P > > Katsmall the Wise > kela_bit at n... Hehe! Thanks for the ideas! I was also thinking that I could try "wingardium leviosa" too, and then tell them I was related to Neville Longbottm! That would explain why I can't get any spells to work :D. The map is a great idea! I'll try to do that one before I go this morning. THanks! Alora, who's so excited she gets to wear her costume again!! From bray.262 at osu.edu Fri Nov 22 14:58:28 2002 From: bray.262 at osu.edu (Rachel Bray) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:58:28 +0000 (EST5EDT) Subject: Lucius buying music Message-ID: <36BCE966CA@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> I was on my way to pick up a friend to see Harry last night and as I was stopped at a light close to Magnolia Thunderpussy (a new/used CD shop on campus) I gazed in and what a shock I got..... Lucius Malfoy was standing at the counter buying CDs. No joke. Long white-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, long, black leather trench, black gloves. I almost wrecked the car. Wonder what music tastes Malfoy has.......I bet he strips down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits The light at the end of the tunnel may be an angry, flying Ford Anglia. From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Fri Nov 22 20:16:05 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 22:16:05 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Lucius buying music References: <36BCE966CA@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <3DDE9085.9050009@netvision.net.il> Rachel Bray wrote: > Lucius Malfoy was standing at the counter buying CDs. > > No joke. > > Long white-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, long, > black leather trench, black gloves. The Dumbledore I saw today was more amazing, I believe. I was in a mall, on my way to the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when I saw Dumbledore buying pasta mix. It was a long-haired, long-bierded old man,whose hair was completely white, and he was wearing glasses. His face was even quite similar. But the t-shirt he was wearing kind of ruined it. Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From pinguthegreek at ukf.net Fri Nov 22 20:41:42 2002 From: pinguthegreek at ukf.net (Michelle Apostolides) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:41:42 -0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Lucius buying music References: <36BCE966CA@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <005d01c29267$91a82d80$699501d4@ukf974444> I bet he strips down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. The image of movie!Lucius doing this just cracked me up.... Michelle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From dizzylizzy182 at yahoo.com Fri Nov 22 23:13:42 2002 From: dizzylizzy182 at yahoo.com (Elizabeth Sager) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:13:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 834 In-Reply-To: <1037957350.484.22462.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <20021122231342.10326.qmail@web40001.mail.yahoo.com> > Yesterday, wednesday morning, I came to school. I > see from far away > Rachel Shoval, the 12th grade head mistress. I > cannot believe my eyes. I > look again. Indeed, she's wearing... A robe!! > Yes, a robe. And underneath it, a suit. Just like > the HP movie. > All I have to say abuot that is "Yikes!". Maybe its the second fall of Lord Voldemort? Will keep my eyes peeled. <> Haha! :D Hopefully that's not REALLY what's going to happen in the next book (put us R/Hr shippers against the wall, that)! Liz __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From pennylin at swbell.net Sat Nov 23 02:31:45 2002 From: pennylin at swbell.net (Penny Linsenmayer) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 02:31:45 -0000 Subject: Nimbus - 2003: Unveils the Secrets of Submissions! Message-ID: As the weeks continue to fly by, the January 15 submission deadline for Nimbus ? 2003 is quickly approaching. The Programming Committee wants * your * submissions. For those who haven't heard already, Nimbus is the Harry Potter Symposium that will be held in Orlando, FL from July 17-20, 2003. To help make the submissions process a bit easier for everyone, we have created a Submissions Guide/ FAQ to be used with the Nimbus Call for Papers. The Submissions Guide defines terms and answers questions regarding both submissions and presentations. If submission is something you have been considering, please give the Submissions Guide a read through. We look forward to reading all the great proposals that come our way. The Submissions Guide can be found at: http://www.hp2003.org/cfp/cfpfaq2.html. If you have any questions which are not covered in the Submissions Guide, contact the Programming Committee at HPProg at yahoogroups.com. Magically Yours, Ebony and Penny Co-Chasers, Programming Team Nimbus ? 2003, A Harry Potter Symposium www.hp2003.org From Malady579 at hotmail.com Sat Nov 23 04:31:28 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:31:28 -0000 Subject: Cute HP thing Message-ID: I found this over at Mugglenet and thought it was adorable. It is a list of 50 ways to annoy Voldemort. http://www.mugglenet.com/50annoy.shtml Here are my favorites... 11. If you ever need to say 'Like taking candy from a baby', be sure to add 'Of course, SOME of us might find that harder than others.' Stare pointedly at him. 13. Call him 'The-man-who-let-the-boy-live' 22. Taunt him about his middle name. 'Marvolo? Whats that, a washing detergent?' Anyway, check it out for a laugh. Melody From hpsmarty at aol.com Sat Nov 23 06:09:53 2002 From: hpsmarty at aol.com (hpsmarty) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:09:53 -0000 Subject: November Contest Message-ID: Hi everyone. I just remembered that I never posted the November contest here. Sorry. I'll try to remember to post it here every month as well as on the main list. Anyway, the November contest is still running. In fact, it's likely to be running until December 8 or so, since I'll be away. The rules are: 1. All responses, as well as questions or comments about the contest should be emailed to me at hpsmarty at a... (that's hpsmarty AT aol DOT com). Don't post anything contest-related to the main list! 2. There are two contests -- a puzzle and a creative contest. In an effort to increase the level of creativity in the world, everyone who enters the puzzle contest MUST enter the creative contest as well. (You can enter ONLY the creative contest if you want.) And here's the current contest: CREATIVE CONTEST (you can respond to EITHER question): 1. You are on the Board of Governors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Governors have decided that Hogwarts need a fifth house. What do you think the fifth house should be? Who should it be named after? What characteristics should its students have? How would the Sorting Hat describe it? -- OR -- 2. The Board of Governors has also decided to add some new classes at Hogwarts. Can you name and/or describe a new class that you think should be taught at Hogwarts? PUZZLE CONTEST This month's puzzle is called ADD LETTERS. You have to come up with nine groups of three words each. For each set, three clue are given. The first clue is for the shortest word, which will be 2, 3, or 4 letters long. The new letter can be placed anywhere in the word, as long as you keep the letters in the same order.) If you add a letter to that word, you will get the next word. Then, you add an additional letter to the new word to get the third one. At least one word in each set will have something to do with Harry Potter (more or less). Here's an example: gorilla; back of the neck; potions master Answers: APE; NAPE; SNAPE Got it? The first clue, gorilla, gives you APE. Add an N to get NAPE (back of the neck), then add an S to get SNAPE (potions master). When you're done with all nine sets, take the 18 letters that you've added to get the second and third words in each set, and rearrange them to fill in the blanks in this sentence: George and _______________ are _________. 1. one that is or does (suffix); flower; busy holiday at Hogwarts 2. one when it starts with a vowel; pale; Harry doesn't always need this 3. loud noise; vehicle; New York or Western Australia county 4. bell noise; highly regarded item; as white as Lockhart's teeth 5. risk; top; Firenze, by choice 6. weak; type of war; He's long-lived 7. censor; enigmatic forest denizen; actor Orson 8. What Nearly-Headless Nick never does say; One of the Ravenclaws; footwear 9. very useful critter; very useful utensil; innard As always, DON'T post your answers to the list. Email them to me at hpsmarty at aol.com (That's hpsmarty AT aol DOT com.) And remember the new requirement ? submit an entry to the creative contest along with your puzzle entry. ?Joywitch M. Curmudgeon From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Sat Nov 23 11:15:22 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Klei) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:15:22 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Second Voldemonrt fall (was: Digest Number 834) References: <20021122231342.10326.qmail@web40001.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3DDF634A.6060800@netvision.net.il> Elizabeth Sager wrote: >>Yesterday, wednesday morning, I came to school. I >>see from far away >>Rachel Shoval, the 12th grade head mistress. I >>cannot believe my eyes. I >>look again. Indeed, she's wearing... A robe!! >>Yes, a robe. And underneath it, a suit. Just like >>the HP movie. >>All I have to say abuot that is "Yikes!". >> >> >Maybe its the second fall of Lord Voldemort? Will keep >my eyes peeled. > > After seeing her in a robe, a Dumbledore look alike in the mall, and hearing about someone seeing Malfoy buying CDs, and all that in three days, I can begin to believe that myslef! We're just gonna have to wait to book 7 to hear about this though. That will only come out in (hopefully) 5 years. So keep this thought in the freezer. Otherwise it might go bad. Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From wynnde1 at aol.com Sat Nov 23 16:32:06 2002 From: wynnde1 at aol.com (wynnde1 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:32:06 EST Subject: "Harry Potter" toys at ELC Message-ID: Hiya, Everyone, I was out shopping today and found some interesting toys at the Early Learning Centre - figurines of mythological creatures. Although they don't, of course, claim to be connected to Harry Potter, my guess is that whoever came up with them is a fan (or at least savvy enough to know the connection). They are: a unicorn (white), a dragon (green), a hippogryff (Brownish red with white wing tips), and a Phoenix (red). I also got a Snowy Owl in flight from the same display. Elsewhere, I also found a Dodo bird, which, although not connected with HP, I found to be a very interesting animal to find, and so bought that one as well. Oh - wait, there IS an HP connection, though, isn't there? What are they called . . . Diricawls, or something like that (in Fantastic Beasts). Cool. They weren't expensive, about ?3 a piece, except for the owl, which was cheaper. They are all in the range of about 5 inches tall (or long, in the case of the owl), and they are the same sort of toys that you would find for sale at the zoo (animals, of course), or dinosaurs at a museum. Plastic, but with realistic colouring. They look pretty good, in my opinion. And seeing as my 4-year-old son has a huge collection of dinos and other animals, it was very easy for me to convince myself that I was buying them for his collection. (I think you can all gues the truth about that, though - Get away from those Connor, they are MINE, MINE, MINE!). Anyhow, I imagine they'll be for sale at any ELC in the United Kingdom - don't know if there are ELC stores outwith the UK? I know that I used to see certain ELC toys in some toy catalogues in the US, but I'm not sure if these sort of toys would be included in that. I thought they were pretty cool, and that it was post-worthy. I hope no one posted about them earlier - I didn't *see* a post about it, in any case. We also have a brand new Warner Bros. shop in our local shopping centre (I live near Edinburgh), where I spent ?100 on a variety of lovely HP rubbish, so that was a nice surprise, as well. I thought WB stores had gone out of business. I know all the ones in the US closed a couple of years ago, but apparently they're back? Or are they just in the UK now? In any case, I was tickled to see these obviously Harry Potter creatures at the toy shop! :-) Wendy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From Lord1912 at juno.com Sun Nov 24 03:09:32 2002 From: Lord1912 at juno.com (lord1912) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:09:32 -0000 Subject: New Member Message-ID: Hello, all. I'm a fairly new Harry Potter fan and I've been searching for some time for a discussion group geared to adults. I'm delighted to find this very active one. I came into this new interest essentially though the back door, so to speak. I'm a big Jason Isaacs fan, having first seen him as the sinister Colonel Tavington in The Patriot. After getting involved with those groups interested in this movie and in Jason, I found that he was going to be in the second Potter movie. I'd already seen the first Potter movie, so I wasn't entirely ignorant of the Potterverse. While waiting for the second movie to premiere, I decided to read all the Potter books, so this movie would make better sense to me than the first one did. And that's when I got hooked! My favorite characters are Lucius, naturally, and Severus Snape. Of the children, I find Hermoine to be the most interesting. Looking forward to getting into some interesting discussions here. Lord1912 (Haven't thought of a nickname for this board, yet) From Lord1912 at juno.com Sun Nov 24 03:42:31 2002 From: Lord1912 at juno.com (lord1912) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 03:42:31 -0000 Subject: Did anyone see that article in USA Today about Jason Isaacs? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "dradamsapple" wrote: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Bernadette M. Crumb" > wrote: > > > > > > I must admit that I'm feeling a tad guilty about being so > > attracted to his portrayal of Lucius! In my real life, I'd > > totally detest such a bigoted, cruel person, but there's just > > something about his looks in that blonde wig... sigh. > > > > I can't be the only 40-something happily married mom who gets > > this sort of feeling am I? > > > > Bernadette/RowanRhys > > > > You can have anything you want if you want it > > desperately enough. You must want it with an > > inner exuberance that erupts through the skin > > and joins the energy that created the world. > > > > -- Sheila Graham > > Bernadette, > > No, you are not the only "40-something ..."; in fact you are a > *brave* girl! I've been meaning to say something about *luscious > luscius* (AKA Jason Isaacs as a blond) myself, but, er, well, you > said it so well, I guess I don't have to. > I especially like his description of the "long blond wig that tickled > the tops of my buttocks" OOOOOHHH! What imagery!! > I had the same feeling about LoTRs' Legalos! Something about those > silken locks . . . (clears throat, tries to regain composure!) > > I think its time for me to go to sleep now . . .^-^ > > Anna . . .(another "40-something ...", but whose counting?) Well, I'm 44, and add me to the list of women who find Jason as Lucius utterly hot. I first discovered him as the sinister sexy Colonel Tavington in The Patriot. In this movie, he had long, brown hair, though it was bound in a tail for most of the movie. He's a villain in this film, though not as bad as Lucius. You might find it interesting that the women on the Tavington message board I belong to have similar conversations to this one. Lately, we have been comparing Tavington to Lucius. All us Tavy fans who have seen him as Lucius took special note of the scene in Hagrid's hut. This is the only scene in which Lucius' hair was tied back, similar to Tavington's. I've wondered if Jason was allowed a bit of artistic license here, and he tied his hair back to throw a little touch of Tavington into Lucius. By the way, glad to meet you all. Lord1912 (have to think of a nickname to use for this group!) From gandharvika at hotmail.com Sun Nov 24 04:03:21 2002 From: gandharvika at hotmail.com (Gail Bohacek) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:03:21 +0000 Subject: Thank You Message-ID: Hey There! You know...I woke up this morning with a honkin' huge 80 posts in my Inbox, most of them TBay. Been trying to keep up with them throughout the day. And although some of what's being said is getting a little difficult to understand (mind like a steel sieve, here) and it's hard to keep track of all the characters involved and what their theories are without a score card, I just wanted to say that I haven't laughed this much in a long time. So creative! Everybody who's participating in this grand TBay party, I salute you. -Gail B...Gosh, I *LOVE* this group! _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Sun Nov 24 05:31:56 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 05:31:56 -0000 Subject: Thank You In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Gail Bohacek" wrote: > > > Hey There! > > You know...I woke up this morning with a honkin' huge 80 posts in my Inbox, > most of them TBay. Been trying to keep up with them throughout the day. > And although some of what's being said is getting a little difficult to > understand (mind like a steel sieve, here) and it's hard to keep track of > all the characters involved and what their theories are without a score > card, I just wanted to say that I haven't laughed this much in a long time. > So creative! > > Everybody who's participating in this grand TBay party, I salute you. > > -Gail B...Gosh, I *LOVE* this group! Uh, Gail, Um, forgive my stupidity (even tho I've been around for awhile, I'm still learning); what is TBay? Anna . . .(runs and hides under her invisibility cloak . . .);-} > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 From catlady at wicca.net Sun Nov 24 07:19:46 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:19:46 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Melanie // Luscious Lucius // TBAY Message-ID: Belated Birthday Salutations to Melanie (IloveBrian at ysomething); I do know that Thursday was days and days ago, but my Time Turner was confiscated by the Ministry for irresponsible usage... Hi, Jeralyn, it's always nice to see a post from you. I think I read one Charles de Lint book once. Bernadette/RowanRhys, Anna DrAdamsApple, and Lord1912, I am 45 now and this week I have been writing to ALL my pen-pals (mostly male ) that Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy is hot, *hot*, HOT! "And just think, little Draco will grow up to look just like him." I believe that Lucius being a very attractive man is true to canon, altho' rather unfortunate for those attracted to him; I get the impression of a man whose pleasures are not exactly enjoyable for his 'playmates', or victims... During the movie, I kept being afraid of forgetting that... Rachel Bray wrote: <> Maybe it was Draco. Remember, he's 22 now ... I suspect Lucius of being in his 50s now, tho' of course as a wizard he doesn't look it. (And, anyway, half the Muggle men I have the hots for are in their 50s now.) << Wonder what music tastes Malfoy has.......I bet he strips down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. >> I suspect Lucius of enjoying opera, because it sounds so much like people being tortured. I've been wondering what music the Marauders liked (as they're the same age as me). I feel sure that Sirius was into Led Zeppelin (and jumping up to play air guitar, altho' the phrase 'air guitar' wasn't invented yet); I dubiously suppose that Remus liked Fairport Convention and James liked the Beatles and Paul McCartney's successor band, Wings; what about Peter? Oh, me, my fav was Jethro Tull, despite Ian Anderson's nasty remarks about fat people. Lord1912 wrote: << All us Tavy fans who have seen him as Lucius took special note of the scene in Hagrid's hut. This is the only scene in which Lucius' hair was tied back, similar to Tavington's. I've wondered if Jason was allowed a bit of artistic license here, and he tied his hair back to throw a little touch of Tavington into Lucius. >> I have Draco wearing HIS long white-gold hair in a ponytail all through my Draco/Snape fic (it's on schnoogle.com): it just seemed right, altho' I generally prefer men to wear their long hair loose. I admit that before the movie, I had thought of Lucius's beautiful hair being just about shoulder length... I didn't see THE PATRIOT or much of anything movie: I am not a movie person. After seeing HP&CoS movie, I looked for Jason Isaacs pictures on imdb and the pictures I found were unattractive, except the Lucius picture... From catlady at wicca.net Sun Nov 24 07:29:51 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:29:51 -0000 Subject: Thank You (TBAY) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Oops, I left TBAY in subject line of previous post even tho' I decided to make it a separate post! --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "dradamsapple" wrote: > Um, forgive my stupidity (even tho I've been around for awhile, I'm > still learning); No stupidity, just having been looking elsewhere (house remodelling?) while a whole new cult[ure] evolved on the main list. > what is TBay? TBAY is Theory Bay. Originally, Theory Bay was the (imaginary) body of water on which all the ships (imaginary vessels crewed by the 'shippers'*) floated. (* - you already know that 'shippers' are those who insist that a romantic relationship exists between the two specified characters -- I am told that in X-FILES fandom, there are only shippers and anti-shippers: Mulder and Scully do or don't have something going on on the side, but in HP fandom, there are infinite ships, so the Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione shippers can fight each other, and the Harry/Hermione and Harry/Ginny and Harry/Cho shippers... Over on FictionAlleyPark, they have NAMED the ships and signed up for crew JOBS.) But soon all kinds of vessels (hovercraft, kayaks, inner tubes, etc) sprang up to represent theories that don't concentrate on the characters' sex lives ... There is, for example, one for the theory that Harry spent the missing 24 hours with Mrs. Weasley and infant Ron, and that is why they instantly became friends when they met again at age 11... And a whole village grew up on the shore of the Bay, including a Canon Museum, Canon College with a final exam in Snapeology, Safe House for spy theories... Supposedly these theories are on display in the following locations: Hypothetic Alley: http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/hypotheticalley.html Inish Alley: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/database?ethod=reportRows& tbl=13 And by now TBAYing means arguing predictions of what is going to happen, or what has already happened but not been revealed to the readers, in the form of rpg (role-playing-game) write-ups. > Anna . . .(runs and hides under her invisibility cloak . . .);-} Cute. From Lord1912 at juno.com Sun Nov 24 13:37:10 2002 From: Lord1912 at juno.com (lord1912) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:37:10 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Melanie // Luscious Lucius // TBAY In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" wrote: > > I didn't see THE PATRIOT or much of anything movie: I am not a movie > person. After seeing HP&CoS movie, I looked for Jason Isaacs pictures > on imdb and the pictures I found were unattractive, except the Lucius > picture... Catlady, check out these photo sites to see Jason as Tavington with his long, naturally brown hair down. I guarantee that there are several pictures here that you'll find attractive... http://community.webshots.com/album/8923488SjCKnfsmIj http://community.webshots.com/album/10161305PTFPCLvWDz http://community.webshots.com/album/9092389hegtTBrcEw However, I am with you in that Jason looks best with long hair; that short hair doesn't become him. Lord From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Sun Nov 24 15:40:59 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:40:59 -0000 Subject: Strange: Conversation with myself. Message-ID: I was working on one of my stories when the weirdest thought came to me. If you had a magical living portrait of yourself, then when ever you were troubled or needed to make a decision, you could have a discussion with the portrait of yourself. How weird would that be? Being able to talk to yourself as a separate magically 'living' entity. Well, I thought it was weird. bboy_mn From zeff8 at attbi.com Mon Nov 25 02:43:44 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:43:44 -0500 Subject: voice chat room Message-ID: <000701c2942c$7b18f420$5f02f50c@attbi.com> Need your input/feedback here.. Would anyone be interested in a VOICE/text/video chat room, on wensday nights at 9pm? On paltalk? I really would like to find a good VOICE chat room, for adult fans of HP.. <==>Aparation is the only way to travel. From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 04:59:06 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 04:59:06 -0000 Subject: magic away from Hogwarts Message-ID: Something has been bothering me for some time. If the students that attend Hogwarts cannot do magic away from school, does this include Diagon Alley? Or is it only in front of muggles? I noticed in the two times I have seen CoS, Hermione fixes Harry's glasses AGAIN (of course, we know in the books it's Mr. Weasley), just as she did on the train in PS/SS. Where exactly in the line drawn on this? I guess I had nothing else to ponder tonight.... Alora From boredchocobo at attbi.com Mon Nov 25 05:17:16 2002 From: boredchocobo at attbi.com (Chocobo) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:17:16 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] magic away from Hogwarts References: Message-ID: <001201c29441$ec1269d0$82647d18@Compuhon> The book makes it pretty clear- no magic is allowed outside the school whatsoever. Using it in front of normal people is an extra serious offense. Apparently the movies are ignoring this rule completely, and to be fair it is kind of insignificant overall. But in the books Hermione never fixed Harry's glasses. (She did say she had practiced some simple spells before though, but it's very likely she just didn't know about the rule yet.) Now that I think about it though, that rule doesn't make much sense, and would probably be broken all the time. Parents would teach spells to their children, and the kids would want to learn or practice magic (certain more entertaining or useful spells at least). It's like if reading wasn't allowed outside of our schools. ----- Original Message ----- From: alora To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] magic away from Hogwarts Something has been bothering me for some time. If the students that attend Hogwarts cannot do magic away from school, does this include Diagon Alley? Or is it only in front of muggles? I noticed in the two times I have seen CoS, Hermione fixes Harry's glasses AGAIN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 05:56:37 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:56:37 -0000 Subject: magic away from Hogwarts In-Reply-To: <001201c29441$ec1269d0$82647d18@Compuhon> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Chocobo" wrote: > The book makes it pretty clear- no magic is allowed outside the school whatsoever. > Now that I think about it though, that rule doesn't make much sense, and would probably be broken all the time. Parents would teach spells to their children, and the kids would want to learn or practice magic (certain more entertaining or useful spells at least). It's like if reading wasn't allowed outside of our schools. > ----- Original Message ----- You know, Chocobo, You're right. I would think that the younger children especially would have a *blast* (no pun intended) practicing magic on each other. I can just imagine my 5 year old (he's precocious enought without it!) But perhaps this may be ok for them as they are just learning; kind of a growing up process, like learning patience and manners. Maybe once they enter Hogwarts, they are considered of age where they know enough not to use it, and are expected to reserve some self-restraint. What comes to mind tho, is Quidditch. Is this not magic? When Harry is at the Burrow (?spellcheck?), either in CoS or PoA (I can't remember, and I'm too tired to look it up), I believe all the "kids" play Quidditch, using apples instead of real Quidditch balls. If that is not magic then I want one of those brooms for my 5 year old so he'll stop jumping on the wooden footstool with my *muggle* broom, "flying" about 18 inches spouting, "take that, Malfoy!" Anna . . .(whose car broke down on the highway on the way home and I'm still wired at 1am!!!!!) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 06:02:05 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:02:05 -0000 Subject: Happy Birthday, Melanie // Luscious Lucius // TBAY In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "lord1912" wrote: > > Catlady, check out these photo sites to see Jason as Tavington with > his long, naturally brown hair down. I guarantee that there are > several pictures here that you'll find attractive... > > http://community.webshots.com/album/8923488SjCKnfsmIj > > http://community.webshots.com/album/10161305PTFPCLvWDz > > http://community.webshots.com/album/9092389hegtTBrcEw > > > However, I am with you in that Jason looks best with long hair; that > short hair doesn't become him. > > Lord Oh, I don't agree, Lord. I think he looks *great* either way ^-^ Anna . . .(whose going to warm her cold toes next to her husbands warm legs . . .) From heidit at netbox.com Mon Nov 25 11:20:13 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:20:13 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] voice chat room In-Reply-To: <000701c2942c$7b18f420$5f02f50c@attbi.com> Message-ID: <013b01c29474$a34a7c00$0301a8c0@Frodo> We have a voice-attribute to our own chatroom, which is located at the HPforGrownups Yahoogroup - just click on CHAT. There's no video component, but the rest of it is there on Sundays from noon (US Pacific time) onward. > -----Original Message----- > From: zeff8 [mailto:zeff8 at attbi.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:44 PM > To: HP4GU-GreatLakes at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] voice chat room > > > Real-To: "zeff8" > > Need your input/feedback here.. > > Would anyone be interested in a VOICE/text/video chat room, > on wensday nights at 9pm? On paltalk? I really would like to > find a good VOICE chat room, for adult fans of HP.. From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 11:45:21 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:45:21 -0000 Subject: magic away from Hogwarts In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "alora" wrote: > Something has been bothering me for some time. If the students that > attend Hogwarts cannot do magic away from school, does this include > Diagon Alley? Or is it only in front of muggles? I noticed in the > two times I have seen CoS, Hermione fixes Harry's glasses AGAIN (of > course, we know in the books it's Mr. Weasley), just as she did on > the train in PS/SS. Where exactly in the line drawn on this? I > guess I had nothing else to ponder tonight.... > > Alora bboy_mn: We need to keep in mind that there are TWO law involved here. One law is like a petty misdemeanor and the other is a gross misdemeanor bordering on a felony depending on how bad the circumstances are. To preform magic, overage or underage, in a way that can be discovered by muggles is a serious crime, and to do it in a way that actually is discovered by muggles is a VERY serious crime. How serious the crime, depends on how serious the circumstances. Remember the primary purpose of the Ministry is to hid the magic world from muggles. When the Ministry detect a Levitation charm being performed at Harry's house, that doesn't risk much exposure, especially if it wasn't observed by muggles, which it was not. So he gets a written warning. When Harry blows up his Aunt that is a more serious matter and requires direct intervention by the Ministry. However, the magic was contained to Harry's home, the exposure was limited to one person who mattered, and was easy to fix. If Harry had blown her up in the middle of a shopping mall, it would have been a disaster of monumental proportion. Now the second law, which says that underage kids are not allowed to use magic outside of school. That's a pretty minor crime if it occurs completely within the magic world. It's like muggle kids staying out after curfew, or seeking into an 'R' rated movie. The police/Ministry don't have time to chase down every kid who is getting into mischief. Fred and George are constantly engaging in one type of magic or another at the Burrow. But it's contained, out of site, and causes no problems, so the Ministry doesn't waste it's time. For a blatant obvious public violation in magic space, a kid would probably get a nasty warning. I would take a mamouth violation for the ministry to have to take any real action. Those two separate law frequently get blurred together. bboy_mn From kokobreen at juno.com Mon Nov 25 15:20:12 2002 From: kokobreen at juno.com (kokopoko2000) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:20:12 -0000 Subject: Leaky Cauldron? Message-ID: Where did the leaky cauldron go? It won't come up anymore! From heidit at netbox.com Mon Nov 25 15:22:35 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:22:35 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Leaky Cauldron? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <019b01c29496$96f614b0$0301a8c0@Frodo> We're looking into it. Heidi Editor, The Leaky Cauldron > -----Original Message----- > From: kokopoko2000 [mailto:kokobreen at juno.com] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:20 AM > To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Leaky Cauldron? > > > Real-To: "kokopoko2000" > > Where did the leaky cauldron go? It won't come up anymore! > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's > Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20File s/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From fyredriftwood at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 19:23:31 2002 From: fyredriftwood at yahoo.com (Fyre Wood) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:23:31 -0000 Subject: Fyre Wood Dressed as Pansy Parkinson----Pictures!!!! Message-ID: Woo-hoo! After almost having my house be burned down last Wednesday by a wild fire (I live in the hills of Southern California.. so for those of you who watched this on the news, I was there!), I finally got my pictures of me dressed up as Pansy Parkinson on the internet and can forward them all onto you. I *actually* had the photos up and ready to go last week, but nonetheless, the ::evil:: fire had to come... http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/dracolovesharry/cosplay.html This would be the URL to the official link. I am not happy *how* the pictures turned out, since my parents have no idea how to take photos. For those of you wondering.. yes I AM 19, though I look like I'm about 12-15 years old. O.o --Fyre Wood, who is embarassed at the cruddy pics she just posted... now where's my Draco? From dradamsapple at yahoo.com Mon Nov 25 19:57:42 2002 From: dradamsapple at yahoo.com (dradamsapple) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:57:42 -0000 Subject: H/D calender pic Message-ID: just had to share . . . (all you H/D shippers take note . . . ) just bought my son the HP movie clip calendar for 2003; guess who's picture is posted for the month of February . . . Harry (Dan)/ Draco (Tom) in Quidditch gear, looking eye to eye . . . Happy Valentines Day! Anna . . . From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Mon Nov 25 20:11:44 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Katsmall the Wise) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:11:44 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Leaky Cauldron? (An ignorant's response) References: Message-ID: <3DE28400.6040308@netvision.net.il> kokopoko2000 wrote: > Where did the leaky cauldron go? It won't come up anymore! What, pre tell, is the leaky cauldron? From heidit at netbox.com Mon Nov 25 20:47:28 2002 From: heidit at netbox.com (heidi tandy) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:47:28 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Leaky Cauldron? (An ignorant's response) In-Reply-To: <3DE28400.6040308@netvision.net.il> Message-ID: <021701c294c3$ffc24310$0301a8c0@Frodo> > -----Original Message----- > From: Katsmall the Wise [mailto:kela_bit at netvision.net.il] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:12 PM > To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Leaky Cauldron? (An ignorant's > response) > > > Real-To: Katsmall the Wise > > kokopoko2000 wrote: > > > Where did the leaky cauldron go? It won't come up anymore! > > What, pre tell, is the leaky cauldron? > Leaky Cauldron (aka the-leaky-cauldron.org) is pretty much the news service for online Harry Potter fans. Basically, we collect news clippings from international media, as well as our own teams of site-visitors who do nice things like take pictures for us and report back to us about premieres and such for the HP films, and we post all of it on the website. We make a strong practice of not posting rumors (as those who tried to get us to post rumors about certain cast members not coming back for PoA can attest) and we have great relationships with People In The Know who keep us posted about Interesting HP-Related Things. And we're about to launch a collection drive to gather enough money to win the bid in the auction in support of Book Aid (bookaid.org) to which JKR has donated an index card with 93 words about/from OoTP on it. Heidi, TLC Editorial Team From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Mon Nov 25 21:37:18 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Katsmall the Wise) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:37:18 +0200 Subject: Translation from Latin References: Message-ID: <3DE2980E.5010907@netvision.net.il> I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! Thanks, Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Mon Nov 25 22:19:20 2002 From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com (HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com) Date: 25 Nov 2002 22:19:20 -0000 Subject: New poll for HPFGU-OTChatter Message-ID: <1038262760.250.37012.w44@yahoogroups.com> Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the HPFGU-OTChatter group: People love Hermione as their heroine, but who is her best shag-buddy? o Harry Potter o Percy Weasley o Sirius Black o Ron Weasley o Remus Lupin o Fre/George Weasley o Severus Snape o Draco Malfoy o Other To vote, please visit the following web page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/surveys?id=1006913 Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups web site listed above. Thanks! From Malady579 at hotmail.com Mon Nov 25 23:40:42 2002 From: Malady579 at hotmail.com (Melody) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:40:42 -0000 Subject: New poll and Frye Wood's pics In-Reply-To: <1038262760.250.37012.w44@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: Tick this off as a completely ignorant American question, *but* could a Brit translate this please. > People love Hermione as their heroine, > but who is her best shag-buddy? What, in the world, is a 'shag-buddy'? Is it as bad I am I thinking? -and- Frye Wood, you look adorable. I am so glad someone has gone against the norm and got together a Slytherin costume. Not that I am surprised *you* did. ;) Really, you look great girl. Melody From zeff8 at attbi.com Mon Nov 25 23:47:52 2002 From: zeff8 at attbi.com (zeff8) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:47:52 -0500 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] voice chat room References: <013b01c29474$a34a7c00$0301a8c0@Frodo> Message-ID: <00a201c294dd$137f7a80$5f02f50c@attbi.com> oh, ok.. lets see., Noon pacific.. thats ah, 4pm I think NYC time. Perhaps a reminder to folks about it would be in order? ----- Original Message ----- From: "heidi tandy" To: ; Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:20 AM Subject: RE: [HPFGU-OTChatter] voice chat room > We have a voice-attribute to our own chatroom, which is located at the > HPforGrownups Yahoogroup - just click on CHAT. There's no video > component, but the rest of it is there on Sundays from noon (US Pacific > time) onward. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: zeff8 [mailto:zeff8 at attbi.com] > > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:44 PM > > To: HP4GU-GreatLakes at yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] voice chat room > > > > > > Real-To: "zeff8" > > > > Need your input/feedback here.. > > > > Would anyone be interested in a VOICE/text/video chat room, > > on wensday nights at 9pm? On paltalk? I really would like to > > find a good VOICE chat room, for adult fans of HP.. > > > > ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > > Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > > Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! > > Is your message... > An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. > Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. > Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. > None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. > Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > > Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com > ____________________________________________________________ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > From ShelaghC at aol.com Tue Nov 26 03:04:32 2002 From: ShelaghC at aol.com (ShelaghCol) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 03:04:32 -0000 Subject: OT - Line Parties for LotR - TTT Message-ID: For those who are also LotR fans and looking for company at the movie, there are many line parties forming for midnight showings around the country on December 17/18 Join up here: http://www.theonering.net and look for the links to line parties. (FYI - the line party in my area is under the city name "Skokie." ) Shelagh stumping From catlady at wicca.net Tue Nov 26 04:32:41 2002 From: catlady at wicca.net (Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 04:32:41 -0000 Subject: welll, read it and find out! Message-ID: Lord1912 wrote: << Catlady, check out these photo sites to see Jason as Tavington with his long, naturally brown hair down. I guarantee that there are several pictures here that you'll find attractive... http://community.webshots.com/album/8923488SjCKnfsmIj http://community.webshots.com/album/10161305PTFPCLvWDz http://community.webshots.com/album/9092389hegtTBrcEw However, I am with you in that Jason looks best with long hair; that short hair doesn't become him. >> Oh, my, Yes indeed. bboy_mn wrote: << If you had a magical living portrait of yourself, then when ever you were troubled or needed to make a decision, you could have a discussion with the portrait of yourself. How weird would that be? Being able to talk to yourself as a separate magically 'living' entity. >> Wouldn't it be simpler to talk to your Alice-Through-the-Looking -Glass self in a mirror? Me, only a few years ago I was working on a spell to split myself into two. Those of you who have seen me, or me in the HPfGU-LA group photo from the movie item knew that each half of my body would be a woman of normal weight, with normal bust size, and I like to think that each half of my mind would be a person of average intelligence. Zeff8 wrote: << Would anyone be interested in a VOICE/text/video chat room, on wensday nights at 9pm? On paltalk? I really would like to find a good VOICE chat room, for adult fans of HP.. >> Yuck. If I wanted voice chat I would use the telephone and if I wanted video chat, I would get together with people in person. However, it doesn't matter what I think, as I am usually buzy on Wednesday evenings. << Noon pacific.. thats ah, 4pm I think NYC >> 3 pm: 0 PST, 1 RMT, 2 CST, 3 EST Chocobo wrote: << It's like if reading wasn't allowed outside of our schools. >> Maybe a rule like that would make ordinary people like reading as much as we do. Fyre Wood wrote: << Woo-hoo! After almost having my house be burned down last Wednesday by a wild fire (I live in the hills of Southern California.. so for those of you who watched this on the news, I was there!), >> The fire must have heard your name! No, I'm glad you and your family are okay. Join the HPfGU-LA outing for the next movie, or if we have an outing sooner than that? <> Wow, I am impressed by the accuracy of your costume to the movie. Now, I wonder if I could succeed in being a bad influence on you ... I believe that Pansy (who has already rescued Draco once in my fic) is the kind of student who illegally shortens her skirt to the max, leaves her shirt unbuttoned (wouldn't that tie be sexier on bare skin?), and puts a Shrinking Spell (otherwise known as washing wool in warm water) on her sweater? I used to do that in high school, altho' I, unlike Pansy, didn't really have the figure for it. "New poll for HPFGU-OTChatter" wrote: << People love Hermione as their heroine, but who is her best shag-buddy? >> This quix is no good: it doesn't include Ginny! From bboy_mn at yahoo.com Tue Nov 26 12:31:58 2002 From: bboy_mn at yahoo.com (Steve) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:31:58 -0000 Subject: Translation from Latin In-Reply-To: <3DE2980E.5010907@netvision.net.il> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katsmall the Wise wrote: > I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase > translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? > > ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! > > Thanks, > Katsmall the Wise > kela_bit at n... bboy_mn: I don't know Latin, but I can tell you that not one of those words or even a fragement of those words came up in my Latin/English/Latin dictionary. http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?oil bboy_mn From kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk Tue Nov 26 12:41:45 2002 From: kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk (Kathryn Cawte) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:41:45 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Translation from Latin References: Message-ID: <3DE36C09.000001.86607@monica> -------Original Message------- From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Date: 26 November 2002 12:32:09 To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Translation from Latin The the dictionary you're using is crap - partly no doubt it has trouble recognizing any conjugations/declensions other than the part you'd find in a normal dictionary. And no I haven't translated it because my latin is shaky at best but just quickly referring to my dictionary stella, argenteus and orbis were all there and in the exact form given (except for changing the v for a u which since they're the same letter doesn't count). K bboy_mn: I don't know Latin, but I can tell you that not one of those words or even a fragement of those words came up in my Latin/English/Latin dictionary. http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?oil bboy_mn Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. 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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Tue Nov 26 13:26:49 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Katsmall the Wise) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:26:49 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Translation from Latin References: <3DE36C09.000001.86607@monica> Message-ID: <3DE37699.1020802@netvision.net.il> Kathryn Cawte wrote: > [In reply to bboy_mn > The the dictionary you're using is crap - partly no doubt it has trouble > recognizing any conjugations/declensions other than the part you'd > find in a > normal dictionary. > And no I haven't translated it because my latin is shaky at best but just > quickly referring to my dictionary stella, argenteus and orbis were all > there and in the exact form given (except for changing the v for a u which > since they're the same letter doesn't count). > > K Is your dictionary an online one? If so, what is the address? If not, could you give me the translations for the words you've got? Thanks, Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il From snowwy54 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 26 13:37:35 2002 From: snowwy54 at yahoo.com (snowwy54) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:37:35 -0000 Subject: The Leaky Cauldron Message-ID: When should we expect The Leaky Cauldron back online? I have been watching for information on the Southeby Auction. Snowwy From thesinkster at yahoo.com Tue Nov 26 14:28:01 2002 From: thesinkster at yahoo.com (thesinkster) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:28:01 -0000 Subject: Lucius buying music In-Reply-To: <36BCE966CA@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rachel Bray wrote: > I was on my way to pick up a friend to see Harry last night > and as I was stopped at a light close to Magnolia > Thunderpussy (a new/used CD shop on campus) I gazed in and > what a shock I got..... > > Lucius Malfoy was standing at the counter buying CDs. > > No joke. > > Long white-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, long, > black leather trench, black gloves. > > I almost wrecked the car. > > Wonder what music tastes Malfoy has.......I bet he strips > down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. > > Rachel Bray > The Ohio State University --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rachel Bray wrote: > I was on my way to pick up a friend to see Harry last night > and as I was stopped at a light close to Magnolia > Thunderpussy (a new/used CD shop on campus) I gazed in and > what a shock I got..... > > Lucius Malfoy was standing at the counter buying CDs. > > No joke. > > Long white-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, long, > black leather trench, black gloves. > > I almost wrecked the car. > > Wonder what music tastes Malfoy has.......I bet he strips > down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. > The light at the end of the tunnel may be an > angry, flying Ford Anglia. WOW! When i'm in the campus area, I only seem to run into ogres. I'll have to look out for Lucious at local rock shows! As for Mr. Malfoy's music taste, I imagine a few things: "Don Giovani", Rasputina, or Rammstein on a particularly angry day. Sink > Fees & Deposits > > The light at the end of the tunnel may be an > angry, flying Ford Anglia. From wynnde1 at aol.com Tue Nov 26 15:41:30 2002 From: wynnde1 at aol.com (wynnde1 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:41:30 EST Subject: Boarding School Spectators Message-ID: <105.208a9324.2b14f02a@aol.com> Hello Everyone, Is there anyone here on this list who attended a Muggle boarding school in Britain? I'm asking because I've been trying to come to my own conclusions about the student population at Hogwarts, and a question has occurred to me that I'm hoping someone here will be able to answer: At a Muggle boarding school in the United Kingdom, how many non-resident spectators could one expect to see coming to, for example, a football or rugby match? I'm asking, because we have that canon statistic of 800 spectators at the Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch match in PoA. So I'm trying to guess how many of those are really Hogwarts students, based on what would happen at a Muggle boarding school under similar circumstances. Would parents turn up to watch their children play football at an inter-house sporting event? Or would the crowd really consist almost entirely of students, teachers and other staff? Thanks! Wendy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 26 15:47:11 2002 From: erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com (erisedstraeh2002) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:47:11 -0000 Subject: Leaky's Back Up (WAS: The Leaky Cauldron) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Snowwy ("snowwy54") wrote: > When should we expect The Leaky Cauldron back online? I have been > watching for information on the Southeby Auction. Now me: I just went to the site, and it's back up (thankfully - I was experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms!). ~Phyllis From chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com Tue Nov 26 21:44:22 2002 From: chrisnlorrie at yahoo.com (alora) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:44:22 -0000 Subject: harry potter day Message-ID: I think today was Harry Potter day at my house. First, after being disappointed by the staff at Borders Books and not getting the plackard thingie hanging from the ceiling, Wal-Mart surprised me and came through! My kids were looking at the latest CoS toys and I was just staring blankly at the display when I noticed it was just cardboard posters. I grabbed the nearest associate and asked what they did with them when they were finished with the display. "Uh, we throw them away." Nooooooo. I got to talk to the manager of the toy section and she GAVE me three of these plackards with Harry, Ron, and Hermione on them! It says, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and you can see the Gryffindor crest on the wall behind them (looks like a Hogwart's stone wall) and the entrance to the Gryffindor common room! Yoweeee! So, for those of you that stalk stores asking for displays, Wal-Mart seems fairly generous. I'm going back after the holidays and I hope I get the rest of it. She said they will throw those away, too! I can't have that! :D I get home and what do I find? My Slytherin and Hufflepuff banners! =:O And my magnets of Harry and Draco from ebay! Wow! I love days like today. Everyone go visit Wal-Mart! Alora From john at queerasjohn.com Tue Nov 26 22:49:26 2002 From: john at queerasjohn.com (Queer as John) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:49:26 +0000 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Boarding School Spectators In-Reply-To: <105.208a9324.2b14f02a@aol.com> Message-ID: wynnde1 at aol.com said: > At a Muggle boarding school in the United Kingdom, how many non-resident > spectators could one expect to see coming to, for example, a football or > rugby match? I'm asking, because we have that canon statistic of 800 > spectators at the Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch match in PoA. So I'm trying > to guess how many of those are really Hogwarts students, based on what would > happen at a Muggle boarding school under similar circumstances. Would parents > turn up to watch their children play football at an inter-house sporting > event? Or would the crowd really consist almost entirely of students, > teachers and other staff? Hi Wendy -- I went to boarding school (finished in 1999) in the UK, so I hope I can answer your question. First off, though, I should point out that the JKR image of boarding school is entirely imagined -- drawing, I believe, on the rose-tinted literary image of schools created by Enid Blyton et al in the 1950s. That said, I do remember there being a sizeable parental contingent for home matches -- of a school of just under 400 students, there were usually about 50 or so parents watching the first XV rugby or the first XI cricket in inter-school matches. I was there too, but it wasn't the sport I was interested in! *wink wink, nudge nudge* Bear in mind that Hogwarts as an institution is very prominent in the minds of wizarding society -- as are house allegiances. That's probably why so many people turn up for inter-house Quidditch, whereas very few -- if any -- parents turned up for inter-house Muggle sports. Cheers, and I hope this helps with your question, --John ______________________________________ Queer as John || john at queerasjohn.com www.queerasjohn.com AIM & YM @ QueerAsJohn "There's nowt as queer as folk." --English proverb ______________________________________ From timregan at microsoft.com Tue Nov 26 23:24:06 2002 From: timregan at microsoft.com (Tim Regan) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:24:06 -0000 Subject: Pullman on Rowling Message-ID: There's a book festival in the UK in the border town Hay-on-Wye http://books.guardian.co.uk/guardianhayfestival2002/ The Guardian Newspaper, who sponsors the event, has put some of the talks given there online. These include a talk by Philip Pullman, who wrote the Dark Materials trilogy. It's audio and is at http://windows.streamuk.com/hayonwye/2002/18.wma At one point he's asked if the Harry Potter effect has helped his sales. Before answering he gives the following tantalizing appraisal of Rowling's work. (It is 34 minutes into the 1:04:21 clip) "Well, just to clear up my opinion of Harry Potter, which you carefully invited me to give without actually asking directly. I think the stories are great fun, I think she does tell a story very vividly. She has this extraordinary property which seems to occur once in a generation. Enid Blyton had it, Roald Dahl had it, and now she's got it: the quality of making children want to read on without any effort at all. It's a mysterious thing, it's partly to do with story telling but it's not only that. The difference between them and J.K. Rowling though is that when adults now read Enid Blyton they think `what rubbish', when they read Roald Dahl they think `oh, this is nasty and cruel', and when they read J.K. Rowling they think `well she's much cleverer than Enid Blyton, she's not as cruel as Dahl ? must be very good'. There are things she can do well and other things she doesn't do so well." It's infuriating he doesn't go on to say which things she does well and which things she does badly but I thought it was an interesting view. The only other author I've heard give an opinion on the Harry Potter books was China Meiville when he was giving a talk here at work. I asked him if he liked the HP books to which he replied that he thought they were "nothing but an echo chamber of clich?s"!!! Later a kid asks him what he'd think of his own work if he was J.K. Rowling (convoluted I know) and he replies that he has talked to her and she hasn't read his novels, not because she doesn't like him, but because she hasn't had the time. There's also a video of the talk by Tanya Seghatchian, the co- producer of the two Harry Potter films, about literary magic and special effects http://windows.streamuk.com/hayonwye/2002/18.wma But I haven't checked that out yet so I don't know if it's any good. Cheers, Dumbledad. From timregan at microsoft.com Tue Nov 26 23:29:24 2002 From: timregan at microsoft.com (Tim Regan) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:29:24 -0000 Subject: Pullman on Rowling In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter I wrote: > Later a kid asks him ... Just to clarify, the him of this paragraph is Pullman (not Mieville). Cheers, Dumbledad. From Lord1912 at juno.com Wed Nov 27 01:32:47 2002 From: Lord1912 at juno.com (lord1912) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:32:47 -0000 Subject: Harry Potter/Titanic Crossover? Message-ID: Otherwise known as "Harry Potter and the Ship of Doom"! Lord1912 aka Lady Tavington-Malfoy From Lord1912 at juno.com Wed Nov 27 01:41:40 2002 From: Lord1912 at juno.com (lord1912) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:41:40 -0000 Subject: Lucius buying music In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "thesinkster" wrote: > > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rachel Bray wrote: > > I was on my way to pick up a friend to see Harry last night > > and as I was stopped at a light close to Magnolia > > Thunderpussy (a new/used CD shop on campus) I gazed in and > > what a shock I got..... > > > > Lucius Malfoy was standing at the counter buying CDs. > > > > No joke. > > > > Long white-blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail, long, > > black leather trench, black gloves. > > > > I almost wrecked the car. > > > > Wonder what music tastes Malfoy has.......I bet he strips > > down to starkers and dances around wildly to Moby. > > The light at the end of the tunnel may be an > > angry, flying Ford Anglia. > > WOW! When i'm in the campus area, I only seem to run into ogres. > I'll have to look out for Lucious at local rock shows! > > As for Mr. Malfoy's music taste, I imagine a few things: "Don > Giovani", Rasputina, or Rammstein on a particularly angry day. > > Sink How about Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for Luscious Lucius' listening pleasure? BTW, I saw a pretty close match to Hagrid in the Publix the other night filling his grocery cart. Lord1912 aka Lady Tavington-Malfoy From huoletonhulivili at yahoo.no Wed Nov 27 10:05:56 2002 From: huoletonhulivili at yahoo.no (Klara) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:05:56 +0100 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Translation from Latin In-Reply-To: <1038389852.480.28427.m12@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20021127105730.00a91a00@pop.mail.yahoo.no> Hello! Are you sure it's correctly quoted? (Not to be rude) I was wondering whether the "!" in the end was supposed to be an "i", and it doesn't add grammatically If it was "argenteum stellae saxum, non confectum orbis saxi" (I think) I'd render it like "The star's silver is not made from stones of the earth" but as it is I can't make something of it, at least not before lunch. (argenteus means from silver, stella is star, saxum is stone; non is no, confectus is made (or extract), orbis is earth, but the grammar seemed wrong.) Oh, and my prefered dictionary without doubt the one on the Perseus database; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059 (they also have this nice morphological search) With regards Klara >Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:31:58 -0000 > From: "Steve" >Subject: Re: Translation from Latin > >--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katsmall the Wise wrote: > > I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase > > translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? > > > > ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! > > > > Thanks, > > Katsmall the Wise > > kela_bit at n... > >bboy_mn: > >I don't know Latin, but I can tell you that not one of those words or >even a fragement of those words came up in my Latin/English/Latin >dictionary. > >http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?oil > > >bboy_mn > > > >________________________________________________________________________ *** Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio, et excrucior. Catull 85 ______________________________________________________ F den nye Yahoo! Messenger p http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt s morsom From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Wed Nov 27 13:19:23 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Katsmall the Wise) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:19:23 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Translation from Latin References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021127105730.00a91a00@pop.mail.yahoo.no> Message-ID: <3DE4C65B.6080904@netvision.net.il> It was definitely SAX! with an exclemation mark. What I did get until your post I got from Kathryn Cawte: Silvery star , to make the world ! The thing that bothers me the most now is what is SAX. That probably would make a lot more sense if I knew what SAX is. Katsmall the Wise kela_bit at netvision.net.il Klara wrote: >Hello! > >Are you sure it's correctly quoted? (Not to be rude) I was wondering >whether the "!" in the end was supposed to be an "i", and it doesn't add >grammatically > >If it was "argenteum stellae saxum, non confectum orbis saxi" (I think) >I'd render it like "The star's silver is not made from stones of the earth" >but as it is I can't make something of it, at least not before lunch. > >(argenteus means from silver, stella is star, saxum is stone; non is no, >confectus is made (or extract), orbis is earth, but the grammar seemed wrong.) > >Oh, and my prefered dictionary without doubt the one on the Perseus >database; >http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059 >(they also have this nice morphological search) > >With regards > >Klara > > > > >>Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:31:58 -0000 >> From: "Steve" >>Subject: Re: Translation from Latin >> >>--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katsmall the Wise wrote: >> >> >>>I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase >>>translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? >>> >>>ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Katsmall the Wise >>>kela_bit at n... >>> >>> >>bboy_mn: >> >>I don't know Latin, but I can tell you that not one of those words or >>even a fragement of those words came up in my Latin/English/Latin >>dictionary. >> >>http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?oil >> >> >>bboy_mn >> >> >> >>________________________________________________________________________ >> >> > >*** >Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. > Nescio, sed fieri sentio, et excrucior. > Catull 85 > >______________________________________________________ > >F? den nye Yahoo! Messenger p? http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ > >Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt s? morsom > > > > >________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ > >Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ > >Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! > >Is your message... >An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. >Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. >Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. >None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. >Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com > >Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com >____________________________________________________________ > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 27 16:54:27 2002 From: erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com (erisedstraeh2002) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:54:27 -0000 Subject: Pullman on Rowling In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dumbledad ("Tim Regan") wrote: > Later a kid asks him [Philip Pullman] what he'd think of his own > work if he was J.K. Rowling (convoluted I know) and he replies that > he has talked to her and she hasn't read his novels, not because > she doesn't like him, but because she hasn't had the time. Now me: This statement struck me as odd, because I remembered interviews in which JKR raved about Pullman's work, and a search of the Aberforth's Goat site brought up three: Oct 2000 Scholastic interview: Q: "Are there any books you would recommend to your fans to read while they await Book 5?" JKR: "Loads! Read E. Nesbit, Philip Pullman, Henrietta Branford, Paul Gallico. Just read!" Oregonian, Oct 22, 2000: JKR: "Philip Pullman is a writer I very much admire. I think he can write most adult authors off the page. . . . I think he's amazing. His book 'Clockwork' is a book that I think is an absolutely stunning piece of work. I often get asked at events. 'What can I read? I'm done with the Harry Potter book.' That's the book I recommend." BBC 2000 chat: Q: "Does it annoy you sometimes when the press and people just talk about children's books and they only talk about Harry Potter, without realising there's a whole wealth of other children's books out there?" JKR: "Yes it does. Yes it really does. Childrens books have existed for quite a long time in press terms in a bit of a ghetto, when you look at the coverage adult books get. You hope that that might change. People say to me, adults read Harry Potter as well, so it's this big crossover book; but loads and loads and loads of children's writers deserve to be read by adults. They might not be quite as famous for it as Harry is, but there are people like Jaqueline Wilson, David Almond and Aidan Chambers who just won the Carnegie. Henrietta Brownford I really admire, though she died unfortunately two years ago. There are loads of people out there - Philip Pullman too - wonderful writers." ~Phyllis From timregan at microsoft.com Wed Nov 27 18:52:45 2002 From: timregan at microsoft.com (Tim Regan) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:52:45 -0000 Subject: Pullman on Rowling In-Reply-To: Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "erisedstraeh2002" wrote: > > I wrote: > > Later a kid asks him [Philip Pullman] what he'd think of his own > > work if he was J.K. Rowling (convoluted I know) and he replies > > that he has talked to her and she hasn't read his novels, not > > because she doesn't like him, but because she hasn't had the > > time. > > Then Phyllis wrote: > > This statement struck me as odd, because I remembered interviews > in which JKR raved about Pullman's work, and a search of the > Aberforth's Goat site brought up three: Thanks for these Phyllis, it did seem pointed if she hadn't read them. I guess that although the Pullman interview is from June 2002 the conversation he reports on with JKR must be years earlier (i.e. some time before the year 2000 JKR quotes Phyllis dug out) Dumbledad From bray.262 at osu.edu Wed Nov 27 15:30:54 2002 From: bray.262 at osu.edu (Rachel Bray) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:30:54 +0000 (EST5EDT) Subject: Happy Thanksgiving! Message-ID: <1EC2780EC1@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow American Potterians. May you have a wonderful day with your friends and family. We have a lot to be thankful for. Hey! One being this community! :-) Safe travel wishes to all! Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits The light at the end of the tunnel may be an angry, flying Ford Anglia. From krajcas6617 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 27 20:44:57 2002 From: krajcas6617 at yahoo.com (Robyn Weems) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:44:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Happy Thanksgiving! In-Reply-To: <1EC2780EC1@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <20021127204457.64606.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com> Hey Rachel hope you have a wonderful thansgiving back. Robyn Rachel Bray wrote:I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow American Potterians. May you have a wonderful day with your friends and family. We have a lot to be thankful for. Hey! One being this community! :-) Safe travel wishes to all! Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits The light at the end of the tunnel may be an angry, flying Ford Anglia. Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT ________HPFGU______Hexquarters______Announcement_______________ Before posting to any HPFGU list, you MUST read the group's Admin Files! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/ Remember to use accurate subject headings and to snip unnecessary material from posts to which you're replying! Is your message... An announcement of merchandise, news etc.? Send it to HPFGU-Announcements. Movie-related? Send it to HPFGU-Movie. Referencing *only* the books? Send it to HPforGrownups. None of the above? OT? Send it to HPFGU-OTChatter. Unsure? Other questions? Ask your personal List Elf or the Mods -- MagicalMods at yahoogroups.com Unsubscribing? Email HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com ____________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] From eloiseherisson at aol.com Thu Nov 28 07:04:17 2002 From: eloiseherisson at aol.com (eloise_herisson) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:04:17 -0000 Subject: Translation from Latin In-Reply-To: <3DE2980E.5010907@netvision.net.il> Message-ID: --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katsmall the Wise wrote: > I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase > translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? > > ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! I was just wondering where this came from. You see, your use of 'V's where there should be 'U's leads me to suppose that it might from some kind of monumental inscription, where there are sometimes conventions for abbreviating words, which isn't terribly helpful if you don't know them. Similarly, medieval and later Latin monumental Latin is sometimes a bit different, I think. But I've never seen an exclamation mark used in Latin of any vintage, AFAICR. Did you see it *quoted*? Could it have been added as a comment by the quoter? And as it stands, according to my admittdly weak Latin, we have a bit of a problem with word endings. And we don't have a verb, or at least not a complete one (as in 'non confectus est'. which, together with 'sax' makes me wonder if the quote is truncated. Unhelpfully, I'm afraid, Eloise From kela_bit at netvision.net.il Thu Nov 28 16:33:00 2002 From: kela_bit at netvision.net.il (Katsmall the Wise) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:33:00 +0200 Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Translation from Latin References: Message-ID: <3DE6453C.4090101@netvision.net.il> eloise_herisson wrote: > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katsmall the Wise wrote: > > I noticed some of you know Latin pretty good, and I need a phrase > > translated. I was wonderring - maybe you could translate it for me? > > > > ARGENTEVS STELLA SAXVM, NON CONFECTVS ORBIS SAX! > > I was just wondering where this came from. > You see, your use of 'V's where there should be 'U's leads me to > suppose that it might from some kind of monumental inscription, where > there are sometimes conventions for abbreviating words, which isn't > terribly helpful if you don't know them. Similarly, medieval and > later Latin monumental Latin is sometimes a bit different, I think. > > But I've never seen an exclamation mark used in Latin of any vintage, > AFAICR. Did you see it *quoted*? Could it have been added as a > comment by the quoter? > > And as it stands, according to my admittdly weak Latin, we have a bit > of a problem with word endings. And we don't have a verb, or at least > not a complete one (as in 'non confectus est'. which, together > with 'sax' makes me wonder if the quote is truncated. > > Unhelpfully, I'm afraid, > > Eloise It came from a MUD (Multi User Dungeon) Called the Discworld MUD, and based on the Discowrld books by Terry Prachet. ( http://discworld.imaginary.com ). A user there called Fingertip has in his finger data that quote. Katsmall the Wise (except Latin) kela_bit at netvision.net.il From lupinesque at yahoo.com Fri Nov 29 13:48:35 2002 From: lupinesque at yahoo.com (Amy Z) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:48:35 -0000 Subject: Pullman on Rowling In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dumbledad (awwwwww) wrote: > Thanks for these Phyllis, it did seem pointed if she hadn't read > them. I guess that although the Pullman interview is from June 2002 > the conversation he reports on with JKR must be years earlier (i.e. > some time before the year 2000 JKR quotes Phyllis dug out) Or she hadn't read His Dark Materials. Clockwork is a lot shorter. Amy From pottersangel76 at yahoo.com Sat Nov 30 16:57:35 2002 From: pottersangel76 at yahoo.com (Alyssa Bilano) Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 08:57:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Happy Thanksgiving! In-Reply-To: <1EC2780EC1@lincoln.treasurer.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <20021130165735.43052.qmail@web21305.mail.yahoo.com> Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Love, Riddlegirl Rachel Bray wrote:I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow American Potterians. May you have a wonderful day with your friends and family. We have a lot to be thankful for. Hey! One being this community! :-) Safe travel wishes to all! Rachel Bray The Ohio State University Fees & Deposits The light at the end of the tunnel may be an angry, flying Ford Anglia. Yahoo! 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