From: Latimer84@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: TP Trivia Date: 02 Jun 1999 19:42:23 EDT (Sorry for the late response--I *just* noticed this e-mail!) In a message dated 99-05-06 20:37:21 EDT, you write: > > Many years ago when I first purchased my copy of the OS "Three in Three" > > I noticed that in the cover photo, Peter Vaughan-Clark had his initials, > > PVC, scratched inside the helmet of his AE suite. I have always wondered > > whether anyone else noticed this? > > I've noticed that before! :) I don't have the book, so... > > Another piece of trivia I noticed concerns Elizabeth's jaunting belt. > > Last year when Shawn and I made copies of the belts I mentioned that Liz > > had always had a diferent one from the men in the show. While watching > > videos of the latter stories i noticed a switch in belt. This seems to > > be around the time that the actress became pregnant. I wonder whether > > they gave her one of the other belts to save replacing her own once she > > out grew it? > > Geoffy-chan and I noticed that two or three years ago when we were > trying to make jaunting belts out of cardboard and nail polish. I think > we just decided that girls much have different jaunting belts than > boys. So, IIRC, the belt we made for me looked like Liz's, and the one > made for Geoffy-chan looked like John's and Stephen's. LOL! I remember that. Did Hsui Tai ever have a jaunting belt,or did she come after the switch to bands? What about Carol's belt? > I *think* we were looking at Worlds Away, so that would have been before > Liz was pregnant. Yep, I think it was too. Ah, memories! -Geoff, who *should* be working on his science project ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: TPDIS: Stirring things up (Please read this first) Date: 04 Jun 1999 20:17:57 +0100 Hi all... I've been away from my pc for a few days and expected to find lots of mail. Unfortunately things still seem very quiet around here. I have an idea to stir things up a bit and hope you will all join in... I was thinking about whether the TP's would ever consider gambling i.e. a trip to Monte Carlo, using TK on the Lottery etc. I was going to ask your opinions but thought it would be more fun if the TP's themselves answered. What I propose is that my next mail will be in the form of a telepathic question posed by Stephen to the rest of the TP's (old and New Series). You can take the part of a character and respond in the way you feel they would respond. Although we may begin with a particular topic the conversation that builds up can go in any direction we wish. You can change and be different tp's in different mails, it will not matter whether we double up... maybe some of our individual ideas od characters will emerge and fuel other discussion. I hope that this small venture stirs your imaginations, but remember this is not a story just a telepathic conversation. Let's see where it leads us!!! Jackie -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 20:21:36 +0100 *I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte Carlo with me!* (Stephen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 22:05:18 +0100 Stephen wrote: > > *I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke > right > > now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > > Carlo with me!* (Stephen) Tyso wrote: > *Sure, that sounds fun, Stephen! A bit broke, you say? Um, what exactly do you have planned?* *Well Tyso, maybe you could use some of your Gypsey magic to help me at the tables, then I'll treat us to a fish and chip supper with the winnings.* -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ade Subject: Re: TPDIS: Stirring things up (Please read this first) Date: 04 Jun 1999 17:37:54 -0400 At 08:17 PM 06/04/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hi all... I've been away from my pc for a few days and expected to find >lots of mail. Unfortunately things still seem very quiet around here. > >I have an idea to stir things up a bit and hope you will all join in... > >I was thinking about whether the TP's would ever consider gambling i.e. >a trip to Monte Carlo, using TK on the Lottery etc. I was going to ask >your opinions but thought it would be more fun if the TP's themselves >answered. -- Well in the beginning of my story "Three Moons Over Delenor" Stephen, Andrew and Tyso are betting on horses. They ARE human, y'know! ade ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ade Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 17:39:22 -0400 At 08:21 PM 06/04/99 +0100, you wrote: > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > (John) Just don't use your special powers to win. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Latimer84@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 17:55:51 EDT In a message dated 99-06-04 16:57:39 EDT, you write: > *Sure, that sounds fun, Stephen! A bit broke, you say? Um, what exactly do > you have planned?* > > -Tyso *Stephen! This is wrong. We have a responisibilty to not abuse our powers. Otherwise, we're not better than the saps.* -Elizabeth *Like, ohmagosh! That's, like, SO TOTALLY *KEWL! I am SO there!* -Random ditzy girl who dialed into the *real* "Psychic Friends Network" ;) -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Toy Soldier Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 18:12:18 -0500 >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) *Las Vegas! Stephen, are you sure that John approves? How do you plan to get any money unless you use telekinesis? If Megabyte goes, I'll go!* - Jade ---- Another devious blonde! Megan **** Stroke of luck, or gift from God? Hand of fate or devil's claw? -Garbage ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan C Day Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 20:28:38 -0400 (EDT) On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, John wrote: > At 08:21 PM 06/04/99 +0100, Steven wrote: > > > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right > >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > > > > (John) Just don't use your special powers to win. (Steven) We won't have to. TIM hacked into the roulette wheel's computer after we promised him some new bobbles and a share of the winnings. After all, using telekinesis to win would be a little unfair, wouldn't it? So would changing what a card looked like, in poker. Getting TIM to do all that is much more ethical, don't you agree? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ade Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 20:31:10 -0400 At 08:28 PM 06/04/99 -0400, you wrote: >On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, John wrote: >> At 08:21 PM 06/04/99 +0100, Steven wrote: >> > >> >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right >> >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte >> >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) >> > >> >> (John) Just don't use your special powers to win. > >(Steven) We won't have to. TIM hacked into the roulette wheel's computer >after we promised him some new bobbles and a share of the winnings. After >all, using telekinesis to win would be a little unfair, wouldn't it? So >would changing what a card looked like, in poker. Getting TIM to do all >that is much more ethical, don't you agree? > (John) Tim! You didn't! (Tim) I was distracted with the ionization project you had me working on at the time, John. I didn't realize... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Timothy O'Neal" Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 04 Jun 1999 21:48:03 -0500 (CDT) On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, The Toy Soldier wrote: > > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right > >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > > *Las Vegas! Stephen, are you sure that John approves? How do you plan to > get any money unless you use telekinesis? If Megabyte goes, I'll go!* > > - Jade *(snicker) Just what we need. 'Tomorrow People with Gambling Problems on the next Geraldo'.*(Megabyte) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 05 Jun 1999 05:28:01 +0100 ade wrote: > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right > >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > > > > (John) Just don't use your special powers to win. *John! I didn't think you would still be awake... Of course I wouldn't use my special powers. That would give me an unfair advantage. I just thought it would be a laugh that's all.* -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 05 Jun 1999 05:31:29 +0100 > > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right > >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > > *Las Vegas! Stephen, are you sure that John approves? How do you plan to > get any money unless you use telekinesis? If Megabyte goes, I'll go!* > > - Jade *No I don't think he would approve so that's why we wont mention it to him...Do you ever go anywhere without that him?* -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kristy Fahrenwald Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 05 Jun 1999 13:10:31 CDT > > >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right > > >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte > > >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) > > > > > > > (John) Just don't use your special powers to win. > > >*John! I didn't think you would still be awake... Of course I wouldn't >use my special powers. That would give me an unfair advantage. I just >thought it would be a laugh that's all.* >-Stephen *Right! So count me in... I'll gather up the evidence, then promise I get to be the one to rat him out to Trish and... have him thrown out of training for the GP! Please, please, let me!* -Tyso _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Toy Soldier Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 05 Jun 1999 17:29:59 -0500 On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 05:31:29 +0100 Jackie Newman writes: >*No I don't think he would approve so that's why we wont mention it to >him...Do you ever go anywhere without that him?* >-Stephen *Stephen, I think it's too late for that! You'll be scraping the ceiling out of John's hair for a week! And, for your information, I go a lot of places without Megabyte...like to bed! Anyway, I'll go with you. Never been to Las Vegas before! And, uh, Megabyte, *are* you going?* -Jade ==== If you're gonna go on a cheap talk show, go for the gold! Jerry Springer! Megan ****** Mirror in the bathroom Please talk free Door is locked Just you and me -English Beat ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "gfys" Subject: Re: TPDIS: Interview Questions Date: 04 Jun 1999 18:14:31 +0100 >If the powers that be had had better taste and you'd remained on the show, >in what directions would you have liked to see you character go? How about......."Do you think The Tomorrow People has had any impact on for good on the children who watched it? Live long and prosper..... David (Still here.....quietly!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Edmonds Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 07 Jun 1999 10:23:01 +1200 (NZST) Ship : aaahhhhh, nnaahhhhh, scroooann. Tim: Your input is NOT required. As I said I was distracted by John's ionisation project. At least I am capable of doing useful things AND can communicate in English!! Ship: OOOhhh, screeeee, nnnahhhhh. (translation - "and look where it's got you, running around after these annoying bipeds. At least I had the sense to keep quiet and let them work things out for themselves"). Tim: Pompous Kalinar!!! Ship: NNaaah, jooooonnngg, scarrr. (translation - second rate biped nanny!) Snigger, snigger Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ariel Eliot Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 08 Jun 1999 15:41:40 EST >*I know it's late is anyone still awake? I'm feeling a bit broke right >now and wondered whether anyone fancied a trip to Las Vegas or Monte >Carlo with me!* (Stephen) *Are the video slot machines I've heard about akin in any way to my video games?* --Kevin Slightly off topic... Has anybody, in the past, had words with a former TP-writer? Ariel, the delurker. Renowned source of memorized Victorian poetry, antiquibibliophiliac, romantic in heart, and President and sole member of the International Society of Aspiring Philologists. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Horrocks, Elizabeth" Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 08 Jun 1999 12:54:10 -0400 *Are the video slot machines I've heard about akin in any way to my video games?* --Kevin *Sure Kev, but you better stick to those slot machines. I don't think the blackjack dealers in Vegas know what a three of car is...* -Megabyte ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: A Telepathic Call From Stephen Date: 08 Jun 1999 19:47:42 +0100 > > Ship : aaahhhhh, nnaahhhhh, scroooann. > > Tim: Your input is NOT required. As I said I was distracted by John's > ionisation project. At least I am capable of doing useful things AND can communicate > in English!! > > Ship: OOOhhh, screeeee, nnnahhhhh. (translation - "and look where it's > got you, running around after these annoying bipeds. At least I had the > sense to keep quiet and let them work things out for themselves"). > > Tim: Pompous Kalinar!!! > > Ship: NNaaah, jooooonnngg, scarrr. (translation - second rate biped > nanny!) John: Now stop that, I have enough problems around here dealing with the women and their tantrums without you two starting! Elizabeth, Carol, Ami and Jade in unison: JOHN!!! Ship: Grooooang slopht gluuuuuupppppp (translation - get out of that one John) TIM: Keeps a discrete silence... I just had to respond to Micheals post it had me in hysterics... thanks for the best laugh I've had all week :) Jackie -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beth Epstein Subject: TPDIS: ykybwwtmtpw.... Date: 11 Jun 1999 18:41:33 GMT ...your Mom starts pestering you to learn to jaunt so you can jaunt home for a hug. ...you have to stick flies in the freezer to kill them before you extract their DNA, and you keep thinking about Ami and the mozzies in The Culex Experiment, *every* time you do it! Tigger _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KenichiX9@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: ykybwwtmtpw.... Date: 11 Jun 1999 14:59:43 EDT You order the movie "Natural Enemy" off Amazon just b/c Christian Tessier has a big part in it and you can't find it for rent. Oh wait. Maybe that's supposed to go under the "You know you need to get a life when..." list. BTW, it's actually a pretty good film; better than I'd expected anyway. Tessier gives a really good performance (in my oh-so-unbiased opinion). The major problem is that it seems like whoever handled it thought it would seem more like a big-budget movie or whatever if it was more gratuitous. It was a really strong R for violence, content, and a bit of adult material. Good ending, though. And the plot wasn't too shabby. Anyway, if you can find it for rent, I'd suggest watching it, if only for the chance of seeing Tessier shirtless (hey, he's packed on a little muscle since TP) -Nicole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 14 Jun 1999 19:12:22 +0100 What would a TP do in the following situations. a) They jaunt back from the Trig wearing an AE suit and due to an error appear in Trafalgar Square in the middle of the holiday season. b) They go to a party and wake to find themselves in a police cell the next morning with a hangover and no special powers. c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in a terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a two hour wait before the traffic moves again. d) They go to dinner at a relatives house and the food is totally disgusting and inedible! Just musing whilst in a traffic jam on the m25 Jackie -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 14 Jun 1999 19:12:11 +0100 You are standing at the front of the examinations hall with 150 worried looking students staring at you. You begin to path the answers to the questions out to any minds receptive enough to pick in up when a colleague smiles and nods to you from the other side of the hall. In total panic you look around for the federation police about to arrest you for unprofessional behaviour and cheating! BTW Is it cheating? -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan C Day Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 14 Jun 1999 14:36:41 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jackie Newman wrote: > What would a TP do in the following situations. > > a) They jaunt back from the Trig wearing an AE suit and due to an error > appear in Trafalgar Square in the middle of the holiday season. 1. Pretend they were going to a Star Trek convention. 2. "Is the person with the deadly contageous disease this way?" 3. "We're waiting for Hell Foam-mouth, our lead singer. Want to be in our latest video? It won't hurt, much." 4. "Wardrobe! My hair's getting stuck! And where's those cameramen! And how are we expected to see the director in all this lot!" > b) They go to a party and wake to find themselves in a police cell the > next morning with a hangover and no special powers. Pick the lock, Houdini-style (at least some probably could), and escape anyway. > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in a > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. This requires at LEAST four TP's besides the driver. First TP creates the illusion that the sports car is there, on top of where the sports car -currently- is. Add a spouting radiator, for effect. Second TP creates the illusion of the sports car, but 180' out of phase with the light REALLY coming off the car, creating essentially a black patch. Third TP creates the illusion of sky on the black patch. Fourth TP and driver combined use PK to lift the car (now disguised as sky) into the air and far enough away to escape the jam. They then cancel all the illusions, and leave motorists wondering where that car vanished to. > d) They go to dinner at a relatives house and the food is totally > disgusting and inedible! Get TIM, acting via the TP, to PK at the molecular level, altering the composition (although not the look) of the food. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan C Day Subject: Re: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 14 Jun 1999 14:38:18 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jackie Newman wrote: > BTW Is it cheating? If the invigilators haven't given the pork pie and pint of beer to you, then it could be argued they cheated first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Matott Subject: Re: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 14 Jun 1999 13:00:18 PDT >You are standing at the front of the examinations hall with 150 worried >looking students staring at you. You begin to path the answers to the >questions out to any minds receptive enough to pick in up when a >colleague smiles and nods to you from the other side of the hall. > >In total panic you look around for the federation police about to arrest >you for unprofessional behaviour and cheating! > >BTW Is it cheating? > Depends. Are you a teacher or student? If a student, it's definitely cheating. If you're a teacher the next set of questions is: Is it a class in Psi phenomena? If so, then it's not cheating, merely an exercise to see who has been paying attention. :-) > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Matott Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 14 Jun 1999 13:04:15 PDT >From: Jonathan C Day > > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in a > > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a > > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. > >This requires at LEAST four TP's besides the driver. > >First TP creates the illusion that the sports car is there, on top of >where the sports car -currently- is. Add a spouting radiator, for effect. >Second TP creates the illusion of the sports car, but 180' out of phase >with the light REALLY coming off the car, creating essentially a black >patch. Third TP creates the illusion of sky on the black patch. Fourth >TP and driver combined use PK to lift the car (now disguised as sky) into >the air and far enough away to escape the jam. They then cancel all the >illusions, and leave motorists wondering where that car vanished to. > Nice explanation! But - If you're going to have four TPs and the driver. Might it be easier to just link and jaunt the vehicle out of there? Or would it be possible to slap the jaunting belt on the outside of the car or a trans-mat from TIM? mike _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ariana Brill Subject: Re: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 14 Jun 1999 16:02:39 -0700 Jackie Newman wrote: > BTW Is it cheating? I asked all of my teachers that at the beginning of the previous year. They all told me that since there weren't any rules about it in the Student Hand Book, if I could do it I was welcome to :) -- (~.~) Ariana "If I was telepathic, if I could teleport, it would be the dream of my life come true!" -Megabyte Damon, The Tomorrow People Saylormars@geocities.com ICQ 9737939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rachael Bailey Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 01:01:00 PDT >> > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in >>a >> > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a >> > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. personally i can't get past the humerous notion of John with a sports car Rachael with an A :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan C Day Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 08:39:02 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Michael Matott wrote: > But - If you're going to have four TPs and the driver. Might it be easier > to just link and jaunt the vehicle out of there? Or > would it be possible to slap the jaunting belt on the outside of the car or > a trans-mat from TIM? Yeah, but where's the fun in that? Besides, it would attract rather more attention, and they've got enough hastles from mad scientists as it is. They wouldn't want the wrath of the AA and RAC as well! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Latimer84@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 15 Jun 1999 09:42:04 EDT In a message dated 99-06-14 18:59:06 EDT, you write: > > BTW Is it cheating? > > I asked all of my teachers that at the beginning of the previous year. > They all told me that since there weren't any rules about it in the > Student Hand Book, if I could do it I was welcome to :) I wonder what they do at trig school? >;) -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: YKYBWTMTPW Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:26:13 +0100 Jonathan C Day wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jackie Newman wrote: > > > BTW Is it cheating? > > If the invigilators haven't given the pork pie and pint of beer to you, > then it could be argued they cheated first. Actually I was the chief invigilator that day lol... and the exam was on Psychology which includes perception. So stretching a point, maybe I was just testing the students on application of what they had learned ;) Jackie -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:34:10 +0100 Rachael Bailey wrote: > > >> > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in > >>a > >> > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a > >> > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. > > personally i can't get past the humerous notion of John with a sports car > > Rachael with an A :) The car was a TR6 which actually belonged to Nicholas Young and was used in 'Secret Weapon' in the scene where they kidnap the Prime minister. For more details see the article 'Nick's No. 1' on my web site www.effdee.demon.co.uk Now how's that for a bit of free advertising lol Jackie --- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:38:13 +0100 Jonathan C Day wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Michael Matott wrote: > > But - If you're going to have four TPs and the driver. Might it be easier > > to just link and jaunt the vehicle out of there? Or > > would it be possible to slap the jaunting belt on the outside of the car or > > a trans-mat from TIM? > > Yeah, but where's the fun in that? Besides, it would attract rather more > attention, and they've got enough hastles from mad scientists as it is. > They wouldn't want the wrath of the AA and RAC as well! Perhaps they could just pull onto the hard shoulder and jaunt back to the lab, then TIM monitors the traffic movements until they have to return. Although this would require TIM to promises not to tell John that his car was left alone for any amount of time. Remember he got rather upset when Chris teased that he sold it to a Yank!!! Jackie who is feeling very vocal today :) -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 18:50:22 +0100 Michael Matott wrote: > > >From: Jonathan C Day > > > Nice explanation! > But - If you're going to have four TPs and the driver. Might it be easier > to just link and jaunt the vehicle out of there? Or > would it be possible to slap the jaunting belt on the outside of the car or > a trans-mat from TIM? > > mike They could attach a matter transporter to it but this would cause a terrible scene... how would the other drivers explain that the car in front of them simply disappeared!!! Jackie -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KenichiX9@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 15 Jun 1999 16:02:13 EDT In a message dated 6/15/1999 1:53:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jackie@effdee.demon.co.uk writes: > They could attach a matter transporter to it but this would cause a > terrible scene... how would the other drivers explain that the car in > front of them simply disappeared!!! In the middle of a traffic jam, would they care? My dad would probably just figure that he'd appeased whatever gods he'd been praying to for the past several years and that if he said anything he'd *never* make it home in time for the Nicks game... -Nicole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rachael Bailey Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 00:09:46 PDT > > >> > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck >in > > >>a > > >> > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will >be a > > >> > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. > > > > personally i can't get past the humerous notion of John with a sports >car > > > >The car was a TR6 which actually belonged to Nicholas Young and was used >in 'Secret Weapon' in the scene where they kidnap the Prime minister. I still can't see John with a sports car, yeah i've seen the episode, but it just seems all wrong, Andrew when he grows up maybe, Mike for sure, but John, he wouldn't know what to do with a sports car, a little old car that doesn't go over 20km/h now that's more John's style (yes Shaun i'm John bagging again, can't help myself) Rachael with an A :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rachael Bailey Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 00:09:57 PDT > > >> > c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck >in > > >>a > > >> > terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will >be a > > >> > two hour wait before the traffic moves again. > > > > personally i can't get past the humerous notion of John with a sports >car > > > >The car was a TR6 which actually belonged to Nicholas Young and was used >in 'Secret Weapon' in the scene where they kidnap the Prime minister. I still can't see John with a sports car, yeah i've seen the episode, but it just seems all wrong, Andrew when he grows up maybe, Mike for sure, but John, he wouldn't know what to do with a sports car, a little old car that doesn't go over 20km/h now that's more John's style (yes Shaun i'm John bagging again, can't help myself) Rachael with an A :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kristy Fahrenwald Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 07:05:54 CDT >I still can't see John with a sports car, yeah i've seen the episode, but >it >just seems all wrong, Andrew when he grows up maybe, Mike for sure, but >John, he wouldn't know what to do with a sports car, a little old car that >doesn't go over 20km/h now that's more John's style (yes Shaun i'm John >bagging again, can't help myself) > >Rachael with an A :) Just goes to show how hard it is to get into someone's head... even a telepath. Now I can see John with that car... but I tend to relate to John. Somewhat powerhungry parental type... cares, but doesn't necessarily want that information to get out... intellegent enough to feel out of place... I can see a sports car. I don't share his traits quite enough to rush out and buy one myself, but I can see him wanting one... I can see him *really* thinking a lot of that car. It would be a quiet connection to the 'rest of the world'. But Shaun is the true John expert... what do you think Shaun? Kristy _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan C Day Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 10:19:59 -0400 (EDT) On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Kristy Fahrenwald wrote: > Just goes to show how hard it is to get into someone's head... even a > telepath. Now I can see John with that car... but I tend to relate to John. > Somewhat powerhungry parental type... cares, but doesn't necessarily want > that information to get out... intellegent enough to feel out of place... I > can see a sports car. I don't share his traits quite enough to rush out and > buy one myself, but I can see him wanting one... I can see him *really* > thinking a lot of that car. It would be a quiet connection to the 'rest of > the world'. But Shaun is the true John expert... what do you think Shaun? Hmmmm. I want to try something here. Don't worry if the numbers don't mean anything to you. They will, if you've watched The Prisoner. Overtly Powerhungry: 2 Parental type: 2 Cares, but doesn't necessarily want that information to come out: 6 Intelligent enough to feel out of place: 6 Wanting and thinking: 6 Yep, that makes it certain. In this fully-proven Psychological profile, John has a Number 6 personality, which means he either has or wants a green and yellow Lotus high-performance soprts car. However, there is some indication of a Number 2 personality, which means that any such purchase is strictly someone else's fault, he's just doing his job to safeguard things, like the future of civilisation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jane starr Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 10:04:12 -0600 At 12:09 AM 16/06/99 -0700, Rachael with an A wrote: >>The car was a TR6 which actually belonged to Nicholas Young and was used >>in 'Secret Weapon' in the scene where they kidnap the Prime minister. > >I still can't see John with a sports car, yeah i've seen the episode, but it >just seems all wrong, Andrew when he grows up maybe, Mike for sure, but >John, he wouldn't know what to do with a sports car, a little old car that >doesn't go over 20km/h now that's more John's style (yes Shaun i'm John >bagging again, can't help myself) I disagree. This is a man with a glider (and I presume the associated paperwork), a helicopter pilot's license, and tons of money. He also likes to tinker with things, which is why he'd go for a classic car instead of a new one. I see John as the one who likes high-performance, perfectly tuned things. Stuff he can control absolutely, like he can never control those messy kids :). I can see him restoring the car, spending hours on the body work and rebuilding and tuning the engine. This isn't transportation - it's recreation. I see Stephen's first car as a clapped-out Mini, one of the ones that's held together with gum, electrical tape, and bits of string. He'd restore it, and I bet he'd get into rallying and racing it, and when he crashed it he'd get another one and fix it up and race or rally it. Don't let Mr. Bean lead you astray - Minis may look cute, but they're a blast to drive (My husband has three of his own and just bought me a Morris Minor Traveller - at least that's what he told me when he came home with it. $350 Canadian. Needs a bit of work and he's going to paint it blue. Its name is Tardis). Mike would make fun of Steven's Mini. Mike would have the very fast very expensive modern sports car. Andrew would drive his dad's Range Rover for work around the Castle. What he'd drive for fun, I'm not sure. Never got to know him well enough. Liz would not bother with a car at all - she'd probably take the tube or the bus if she couldn't jaunt. Jane Jane Starr starr@planet.eon.net Edmonton, Alberta, Canada check out the ON SPEC web page at www.icomm.ca/onspec/ and 2001: A Book Odyssey - The Strathearn School Millennium Project at www.icomm.ca/strath2k/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ariana Brill Subject: TPDIS: Apologies Date: 16 Jun 1999 10:27:41 -0700 Hi, I'm really sorry - when attempting to configure an autoresponder to notify people that I'm away, I tried to add TPDIS as an address *not* to autorespond to. Since I'm unfamiliar with the system, apparently I told it to just send a message to that address. I'm still playing, so I don't know whether or not that just happened, but I think it did so please ignore it and I'm sorry! -- (~.~) Ariana "If I was telepathic, if I could teleport, it would be the dream of my life come true!" -Megabyte Damon, The Tomorrow People Saylormars@geocities.com ICQ 9737939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Toy Soldier Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 16 Jun 1999 18:36:46 -0500 On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:12:22 +0100 Jackie Newman writes: >a) They jaunt back from the Trig wearing an AE suit and due to an >error appear in Trafalgar Square in the middle of the holiday season. Okay, we're talking large public area, holiday season. Think: BEER. If it was Mike, easy solution, jaunt some beer into his hands, stumble around like an idiot and immediately begin to slur his words. Or immediately begin running through Trafalgar Sqaure, doing an Ami, screaming, "THEY'VE ARRIVED! THEY'VE ARRIVED! THEY WANT *BEANIE BABIES*! GIVE THEM THE BEANIE BABIES OR THEY'LL GIVE US ALL PURPLE NURPLES!". Immediately turn yourself into the image of an angel, float above Trafalgar Square, giving off a bright white light, shouting "Peace to you! Peace to you!" and then jaunt from there. People will think they've just seen a holy miracle. Parapsychologists will gain a new mecca, many will be converted, people will quit worrying about holiday stress, and Trafalgar square will be an altogether better place. >b) They go to a party and wake to find themselves in a police cell the >next morning with a hangover and no special powers. Find out what brand of alcohol they've been using and buy a case of it. Second, ask the jail keeper what they've been thrown in for. Request the right to legal council and call the Lab, asap. Pull a MacGyver. >c) They borrow John's precious sports car and find themselves stuck in >a terrible traffic jam on the M25 with the probability that it will be a two hour wait >before the traffic moves again. Immediately contact John, tell him what's going on. Then let John figure it out, it's *his* car, if he wants it back, he'd better do some thinking. Or: Intervene. Move the traffic along. Psychokinesis does wonders for traffic jams. If it's a wreck, of course do try to help anyone injured, and try to get the wreckage cleared up ASAP. If it's just a slow spot, find the beginning of the jam, and punch the accelerator of the offending vehicle, and follow the suit with every car following. If you've borrowed the car without his knowledge (then you're an absolute idiot and you deserve every bit of the chewing out you are about to recieve) then you've got a very complex scheme ahead of you. Go ahead, ask me, what is that scheme. TPDIS: What is that scheme, Megan? Well, TPDIS, funny you should ask that. First, make sure that the windows are totally closed and that it's hard for people to see into the car. One by one, jaunt to the lab and put on AE suits with Chameleon attachments. Once everyone in the car has an AE suit on, have them disguise themselves as their favourite really famous celebrities (if it's five guys in a car just pick a Backstreet Boy and hope there are a lot of preteen girls around). Everyone get out and begin knocking on doors, and getting people out of the cars. Evacuate eleven cars in front of you and behind you in this fashion. Once you've got a crowd of people, recruit them to clear out the cars in front of them, pushing the people in the front to the very tip of the traffic jam and the cars behind pushing them to the very tail of the jam. Once it's empty, matter transport the car away, jaunt away and leave the people to stand there until they're smart enough to figure out that they've been had. >d) They go to dinner at a relatives house and the food is totally >disgusting and inedible! Add lots of seasonings to the food, to make it palatable. Salt, Ketchup, mustard, sugar whatever... If the food still isn't palatable, immediately pull a variation on the "Ami". Start acting as though you're choking, make a huge scene, and chanting "Cheeohpah hana huska, moharba, moharba!" doesn't hurt either. Make sure to wear a necklace that glows. Should that not work, put on your sunglasses, lower your voice about three octaves, and immediately ask for the "Audio Frequency Generator". If your relatives don't get the subtle hints, resort to the Old Series. Ask to be excused, change into a kilt, bring bagpipes, and start playing any Fresh Hearts songs that come to mind. :) Warning: if any one has heart problems, just play the Penguin national anthem (the American version). I'd love to see this. Megan **** Patience is what you admire in the driver behind you, and can't stand in the driver ahead of you. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Shaun Hately" Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 17 Jun 1999 01:25:45 -0600 On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:05:54 Kristy Fahrenwald wrote: >Just goes to show how hard it is to get into >someone's head... even a telepath. Now I can see >John with that car... but I tend to relate to John. > Somewhat powerhungry parental type... cares, but >doesn't necessarily want that information to get >out... intellegent enough to feel out of place... I >can see a sports car. I don't share his traits quite >enough to rush out and buy one myself, but I can see >him wanting one... I can see him *really* >thinking a lot of that car. It would be a quiet >connection to the 'rest of the world'. But Shaun is >the true John expert... what do you think Shaun? John expert? Hmm - I wonder if there's a potential for money in that. Maybe as some sort of correspondent when the TP finally reveal their presence to the world. But, yes, I can seriously see that car - it just seems to me to fit John so well. Precisely why I feel that way is hard to express, but I'll try. First of all, I think most of your points are accurate to my way of thinking as well - I might have expressed them slightly differently, but your assessment of his character meshes pretty well with mine. John seems to have access to a quite reasonable amount of money - presumably from the success of his inventions. It's my opinion that he is actually quite wealthy - after all, the money to build the lab, and to acquire the components that are needed must have come from somewhere. We know he doesn't have a job (revealed in 'The Blue and the Green' IIRC) - he seems to be able to spend whatever spare time he has engaging in his passions. Swimming on Galleon Island certainly isn't something that requires money (not when you can jaunt) but I think his wealth is shown in the fact that he owns a glider - and his Triumph Sports Car (at least I think it's a Triumph - I'm by no means an expert on cars). I'm of the opinion that while John has a lot of money, his basically conservative nature means that he would never waste it - everything he spends it on would have a purpose - or at least he has to convince himself it does. He doesn't live extravagantly - the only signs of money we see are his glider and his car. John probably felt he needed a car - for the sake of appearances if nothing else. We know very little about his life outside of being a Tomorrow Person, but the few hints we have suggest that he is, as is fairly typical for a guy his age (-8, interested in women. This is borne out by his reaction to be told about Liz in TB&TG (when Stephen points out she's around his age). He also seems to have had some unhappy experiences with women (AMfE, I think where he rather wistfully mentions that women can choose whichever man they want, suggests that at least one didn't choose him). Regardless, I think we can safely assume that John has some sort of life outside the Lab - it's rarely mentioned but it does exist. And in that life, appearances may be important. In fact, given the paranoia natural to a TP in a world of Saps, appearance must be very important - John cannot afford to appear unusual because it attracts attention. If I was John (I wish) and I had access to a great deal of money from patents, etc, but I had to hide what I really did with my life, I'd want to cultivate a particular image - I suggest that the 'idle playboy' image would be the one to go for. John wouldn't be all that ostentatious (it's not in his nature) but I can certainly see him wanting to cultivate the appearance that he has no interest in work and enough money that he doesn't need to. Appearing to be a rich young man about town, would be a good cover for someone in his situation - and the car would fit that image. There's also the consideration that John doesn't need a car for any practical purpose - he can jaunt anywhere he needs to go far faster than a car could take him there. So because he doesn't need to have a practical car, he doesn't need to consider practical reasons in choosing one. He has the money to buy whatever he wants - so, in a very real sense, John's car is a toy - and a VW beetle isn't as fun as a Triumph Sports Car. John is also young - most guys in their late teens and early twenties want to enjoy life as much as possible - they generally have few responsibilities and a lot of freedom. John doesn't. He quite literally has the weight of the world on his shoulders - is it any wonder that in the spare time, he does have, he might just want to enjoy himself having fun in whatever way is appropriate. And while his Triumph is a sports car, it's a fairly conservative appearing model - so I think that might appeal to his own natural conservative tendencies as well. The car looks right for John, IMHO - sophisticated, not ostentatious, but also distinctly not ordinary. It also has to be remembered that we know only a little about John's childhood - and to me, based on his appearance as a young adult, contrasted with what we do know, he seems to be some sort of an anomaly. I'm not an expert in the British class structure by any means, but I know a little about it and I know it's real. John, as an adult, strikes me as generally upper class in his attitudes, his manner of speaking, etc. But he's the son of a Police Sergeant - not exactly a typical job for upper class parents. This suggests to me (and I have a fanfic on the boil where I explore this) that John wasn't raised in a classic situation for one of his class. His natural intellect may have meant he was exposed to a 'higher class' of life - perhaps on a school scholarship. If someone from a poor (or for that matter average) background is exposed to a wealthier one as a young person, then joining that higher class grouping may become their goal in life - or perhaps, more accurately, they may want to achieve so they can show they are as good as those people. John has a healthy ego - but he also seems to me to be in some ways, rather insecure. The contrast between these two things might mean he seeks out concrete signs he's "made it" - like his car. Or maybe, I'm projecting too much of myself onto John. Shaun --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: The Toy Soldier Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 17 Jun 1999 18:12:00 -0500 You know what gets me about this whole sports car debate involving John. Why people think the type of car you have reflects any part of your personality. I'm about to get my mum's camary, it's a big four seater. It reflects no part of my personality. It reflects no part of my mum's personality. It's quite possible that if John had a sports car it was because there were special circumstances. Maybe he went to a car dealer who had a nice sports car for a really, really low price. This is a good bargain, in fact too good to let it slip by. Why not take it? My opinion is that if John's got a sports car, it's not really something that can be read into. He went to the dealership, saw a nice car in a colour that tickled his fancy and paid for it. Done deal. Maybe he just really liked *that* particular car. Sometimes people buy things just because that particular thing really appeals to them. I don't like the band 'Plaid' all that much, I don't like that style of music (reggae/rock/dance) but I bought the album because those particular songs and that particular album just hit a nice chord with me. Now I've got a reggae album in my spread out collection of albums. Does this mean I like reggae? No. Does it mean I now have the reggae 'persona'? No. It just means I've got a reggae album. Same way with John's sports car. He's now got a sports car. Does this mean he likes sports cars? Not necessarily. Does this mean he has some sort of mental/psychological reason for owning a sports car. Not necessarily. It just means that John's got a sports car. It's entirely possible that it was just a really nice car and he liked it and he could afford it. So why not get it? In the end, only John knows why John got a sports car and if there was really any motive behind it. Maybe he did it to impress a girl. Maybe he did just to project an image of a carefree rich man. Maybe bought it because it was cheap. Maybe he did it for the heck of a buying a car. Heckifiknow. Megan **** Status symbols are poor excuses for values. -Merry Browne ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Shaun Hately" Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 17 Jun 1999 23:05:21 -0600 On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:12:00 The Toy Soldier wrote: > > > You know what gets me about this whole sports >car debate involving John. Why people think the type >of car you have reflects any part of your >personality. I'm about to get my mum's camary, it's a >big four seater. It reflects no part of my >personality. It reflects no part of my mum's >personality. Oh great, Megan - kill what was shaping up to be one of the few interesting e-mail exchanges I've had recently (-8 > Same way with John's sports car. He's now got >a sports car. Does this mean he likes sports cars? >Not necessarily. Does this mean he has some sort of >mental/psychological reason for owning a sports car. >Not necessarily. It just means that John's got a >sports car. It's entirely possible that it was just a >really nice car and he liked it and he could >afford it. So why not get it? > > In the end, only John knows why John got a >sports car and if there was really any motive behind >it. Maybe he did it to impress a girl. Maybe he did >just to project an image of a carefree rich man. Maybe >bought it because it was cheap. Maybe he did it for >the heck of a buying a car. > >Heckifiknow. >Megan OK - you don't know. Fine - none of us know. But none of us have to know in order to speculate. There is a lot of psychological theory that suggests that the choices people make, in terms of purchases and selections, does tend to reflect a lot about their personality so I think this discussion is perfectly valid. It is just speculation, of course, but what does that matter? Personally, I think some of the best conversations on this list have been totally speculative - why do people dislike Mike? Why do so many people have crushes on TP? Who's the better leader - John, or Adam (or Liz) - etc. It's all just speculation, there are no absolute answers. But it's fun to speculate. John might have just bought the car because he got a good deal - sure, it's possible. But, even if he did that, it could reveal something about his personality - perhaps that he's a cautious person who doesn't waste money? He may not have put much thought into his purchase at all - that might reveal, for example, that he is careless in his choices, or that he is simply not concerned with material things. Freud is reputed to have said "Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar" - certainly this is true. And sometimes a car is just a car. But sometimes it's something more - and where's the harm in speculating about it. I think it's interesting - because as much as anything else, it serves to show us how various people think of John - based on their beliefs as to why he chose that car. Shaun --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: scott goldman Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 18 Jun 1999 13:04:29 -0400 (EDT) On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Shaun Hately wrote: > > John might have just bought the car because he got a good deal - sure, it's > possible. But, even if he did that, it could reveal something about his > personality - perhaps that he's a cautious person who doesn't waste money? > He may not have put much thought into his purchase at all - that might > reveal, for example, that he is careless in his choices, or that he is > simply not concerned with material things. > > Freud is reputed to have said "Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar" - > certainly this is true. And sometimes a car is just a car. As I remember the Secret Weapon Episode.. I think john says something like "Carefull with (the) shifter, this cars' a classic...."... To me he indicated that he bought it not as a "sports car" but as a classic old care (possibly to be restored to its original glory?) Hows that for reading a whole lot into a throw away line! Scott Goldman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeremy Rogers Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 18 Jun 1999 19:41:43 +0100 scott goldman wrote: > As I remember the Secret Weapon Episode.. I think john says something like > "Carefull with (the) shifter, this cars' a classic...."... To me he > indicated that he bought it not as a "sports car" but as a classic old > care (possibly to be restored to its original glory?) > Hows that for reading a whole lot into a throw away line! Well it was Nick Young's car at the time, and in a 1973 interview said that: 'The car is my mistress - I spend all my spare time with her'. Bought for GBP 850 in 1971, doubled in value in 1973 as a result of restoration. Jez -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rachael Bailey Subject: Re: TPDIS: Get out of that! Date: 18 Jun 1999 23:59:43 PDT > > You know what gets me about this whole sports > >car debate involving John. Why people think the type > >of car you have reflects any part of your > >personality. I'm about to get my mum's camary, it's a > >big four seater. It reflects no part of my > >personality. It reflects no part of my mum's > >personality. well maybe that's because in most cases when a person buys are car it does reflect their personality. People buy cars suited to the style colour, amke and model that they'd like, which reflects what they like, who they are, and yes sorry to say it their personality. Sorry that your car doesn't, but majority studies say otherwise. It is true that we don't know why john got this car, that is why everyone is talking about personality as that is the normal conclusion. Rachael with an A :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Barbara Benson Subject: TPDIS: Anyone attending DragonCon in Atlanta, GA? Date: 23 Jun 1999 19:14:51 -0400 Are there any TPDIS members out there that are planning to attend DragonCon in Atlanta, GA July 1-4? (note: infomation on DragonCon can be found at http://dragoncon.org) Also would like to know if anyone who has the new series book 'The Living Stones' would be willing to loan it out. I have the other three books and would be willing to loan them in return. I would pay all postage (will send a prestamped mailer to send it in) and promise to return it in the same condition I get it. Note: as of this morning, a copy of 'Three in Three' from the old series was still listed as available at bookfinder.com. Thanks, Barbara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AmyH3x4@aol.com Subject: TPDIS: I'm off to Japan! Date: 25 Jun 1999 15:50:02 EDT Sorry guys, this isn't really Tomorrow People related except, um... maybe they'll show the Tomorrow People in Japan! Or I'm going to be a lot closer to Kristian Schmid than being in New York! Anyway ^.^ I'm going to be leaving tomorrow for Japan for 5 weeks, just so everyone knows. Geoff and Arpi - I'll get you a nice present! Just in case anyone needs to reach me - people like to email me about my web site whenever I go away on vacation ^.^ See ya guys later! Amy :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: EmbyQuinn@aol.com Subject: TPDIS: Greetings from a Newbie! Date: 28 Jun 1999 15:00:03 EDT So after years of solitary fandom I've decided to take the plunge and subscribe to the TP discussion forum. I watched the original series when it aired on Nickelodeon in the mid 1980s and fell in complete worship. It's been a good 12 years since I've seen any of the original series, but I remember it fondly and I'm thrilled to have found so many sites on the Net dedicated to it. While I have respect for the 1992 remake, I'm not a fan. I wish there had been more connections between the two. If there were going to do a remake, why not recast the original characters? Conversely, if they wanted to do an entirely new cast of characters, why not make some reference, however obscure, to the classic series? Ah, well, I'm sure Mr. Price had his reasons for doing as he did. I write a lot of fanfic, but I haven't written anything TP-related in years. I am working on a story, however, and once it's finished I will likely post it to the TPFICT list. Until then, I'm happy to explore, reminisce, remember and discuss. Just thought you'd like to hear from me...pardon my rambling, it's one of the things I do best. =} ~~Emby Quinn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Romana3@aol.com Subject: Re: TPDIS: I'm off to Japan! Date: 29 Jun 1999 12:49:48 EDT Well, My little two cents really won't be list related either, but I will be leaving as well.. Nothing fancy. I'll be in San Diego for about a month or so. I will try to respond to stuff, depending on the chances of me getting to my uncle's computer.. We'll see... Any who I will still be around and stuff. BTW I don't leave for another 10 days.. I found Amy's letter a good chance to launch my note.. Any who, I'll see you guys when I get back!! Kristin P.S. I finaly have gotten my web page up and running.. does any one mind if I use any of their pictures, sound files or the like?? I'll set up a link to your sight, so don't worry about not getting any credit. I'll cover that.. Thanks bunches!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Newman Subject: Re: TPDIS: Greetings from a Newbie! Date: 29 Jun 1999 17:00:33 -0600 EmbyQuinn@aol.com wrote: > > So after years of solitary fandom I've decided to take the plunge and > subscribe to the TP discussion forum. And this is the best discussion forum on line IMHO so welcome :) I watched the original series when it > aired on Nickelodeon in the mid 1980s and fell in complete worship. It's > been a good 12 years since I've seen any of the original series, but I > remember it fondly and I'm thrilled to have found so many sites on the Net > dedicated to it. That is how I first felt over a year ago now. I thought I was alone in my memories of the series. > > While I have respect for the 1992 remake, I'm not a fan. I wish there had > been more connections between the two. If there were going to do a remake, > why not recast the original characters? Conversely, if they wanted to do an > entirely new cast of characters, why not make some reference, however > obscure, to the classic series? Ah, well, I'm sure Mr. Price had his reasons > for doing as he did. You can read between the lines and find a few connections in characters names etc. But I agree RP must have had his own reasons, although I think Nickelodeon had some influence on it as well. > > I write a lot of fanfic, but I haven't written anything TP-related in years. > I am working on a story, however, and once it's finished I will likely post > it to the TPFICT list. Until then, I'm happy to explore, reminisce, remember > and discuss. Many of us here write fanfic too, and there is always a need for good beta readers. > > Just thought you'd like to hear from me...pardon my rambling, it's one of the > things I do best. =} > As long as it's on topic ramble on about TP as much as you like, with some list members away for the summer it has been *very* quiet around here lately ;).... It must be time for some one to 'break out' soon lol. BTW there are some new quotes and another article on my web site. I'm sorry that the pics are taking so long to get sorted. If you do use anything from my site please let me know as my web master can get a little funny about copy write on images he has spent a long time restoring. Jackie www.effdee.demon.co.uk/jack_1.htm -- May your senses be enlightened and your dreams be fulfilled. (Traditional Manyarnern Greeting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rachael Bailey Subject: Re: TPDIS: Greetings from a Newbie! Date: 30 Jun 1999 00:19:59 PDT >Just thought you'd like to hear from me...pardon my rambling, it's one of >the >things I do best. =} well you have come to the right place because it is something we all tend to be very good at, especially when debating TP topics :) Rachael with an A :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Marcell J. Elsegood" Subject: TPDIS: Salmons Date: 30 Jun 1999 09:35:34 -0600 (CST) I noticed that M's aide-de-camp in the Brosnan Bond movies is a bloke by the name of Colin Salmon. Since there don't seem to be too many British blackfolk who make it onto American cinema, I was wondering if this guy was any relation to the boy who played Kenny. Marcell J. Elsegood - amateur: hornist, satirist, chef. Texas Tech University Sinfonian, Spring 1994 "The homo that the 'phobe fears worst is the one Inside"