New Person

Hi everyone,

I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
list because today is my first anniversary - one
year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
am 24 years old)

The first thing I saw was the end of Reflections
in the Water, with the psychedelic lighting of the
underwater dome, & I think it was that
'futuristic' look that hooked me. Now I have the
whole series (I live in the UK so luckily I could
get the Digital Entertainment videos) my favourite
aspect of the series is, ahem, Commander Straker
and the way he copes with the responsibility of
heading SHADO. I guess I find it comforting to
think that there would be dedicated people like Ed
and the others looking after the world if the
worst ever happened...

Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
given me a different perspective on 'real life'
situations, for example this week with the loss of
the Russian submarine.

Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
watch Timelash to celebrate.

(Apologies if I haven't sent this message
correctly.)

Sarah
[hidden email]

new person Sarah wrote:
<<I decided to be brave...>>

Nah! no bravery needed... they're all pussycats on this list. Okay, there's
a Klingon and she flames people indiscriminantly, but she's moving house and
so we're all safe at the moment.

<<...and introduce myself to the
list because today is my first anniversary - one
year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
am 24 years old)>>

I wonder if you're the baby of the list? And I wonder if you object to me
wondering that!?!

<<...my favourite aspect of the series is, ahem, Commander Straker >>

I'm afraid you'll have to get in line, Sarah. Seniority rules, here!!

<<...and the way he copes with the responsibility of
heading SHADO. I guess I find it comforting to
think that there would be dedicated people like Ed
and the others looking after the world if the
worst ever happened...>>

Yep.

<<Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
given me a different perspective on 'real life'
situations, for example this week with the loss of
the Russian submarine.>>

There's been similar comment posted on this list over the past week.

<<Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
after Nehru jackets and purple wigs ...>>

Would you be intending to combine these in one outfit?!?!

<<- not to mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
watch Timelash to celebrate.>>

Oh! Yeeessss!! Timelash!!! I will leave others to jump in here. It's the
dishevelled Straker thing isn't it?!?! The males on this list are shaking
their heads and saying "no, no... it's the Virgina Lake frontage thing"!

<<(Apologies if I haven't sent this message correctly.)>>

Format and content looks perfect to me!! Welcome to the list.

Carly
:-D





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"Sarah Stokes" wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>

Hello New Person, nice to meet you!


> Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
> given me a different perspective on 'real life'
> situations, for example this week with the loss of
> the Russian submarine.
>

I'm quite interested to read this comment! I don't think I
could say the same myself, much as I love UFO it doesn't
have a lot of bearing on real life for me, at least not that
I'm conscious of. I'd love to have a secret underground base
under my house though, but I can't afford one ;)

If you mean that the Russian submarine disaster made you
think of Subsmash, and gave an added sense of the
claustrophobia and panic that must have set in, I think I
understand what you mean, though as we now know, sadly,
what those poor sailors on the Kursk suffered was far worse
than Straker and the Skydiver crew experienced. Freezing
cold, and the submarine slowly flooding completely with
seawater while they were helpless to escape. A bit like
something from Thunderbirds, but with no TB4 turning up in
the nick of time. Makes me shudder to think about it.


James

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:02:33 +0100 "Sarah Stokes" <[hidden email]>
writes:
>Hi everyone,


Hi Sarah... !! <waving across the great pond>


>I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
>list because today is my first anniversary - one
>year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
>am 24 years old)

:-)


Kind of makes you wonder what is really going on in
our respective governments ( the UK and the US )
concerning actual UFO's doesn't it?


>Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
>given me a different perspective on 'real life'
>situations, for example this week with the loss of
>the Russian submarine.


Yes, terrible disaster....Subsmash all over again except
this time no escapes... 8-(


>Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
>after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
>mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
>watch Timelash to celebrate.


Hey, if you find any Nehru's or purple wigs let me know.
Blue-eyed men eh? Mine are brown, will that do? LOL
<Tiger , striking a pose>
Oooooops, forgot....I'm taken already...<snicker> Is
that Yuchtar's flammer I hear?? 8-O WooHoo,
another Timelash fan...<clapping>


>(Apologies if I haven't sent this message
>correctly.)
>Sarah
>[hidden email]


Hmm, the message looks fine to me... 8-D
Welcome Sarah !!!

Tiger ( aka David )
[hidden email]

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Sarah Stokes" <[hidden email]>

> Hi everyone,

Hello Sarah!
:-D
<waving and bouncing, since the Klingon's not here to do her job! ;-)>

> I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
> list because today is my first anniversary - one
> year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
> am 24 years old)

Wow!
:-)
It's fun to see that it can still appeal after so long, non?
All of us, old farts, may be tempted to have some nostalgia over this....
<giggle>

> The first thing I saw was the end of Reflections
> in the Water, with the psychedelic lighting of the
> underwater dome, & I think it was that
> 'futuristic' look that hooked me. Now I have the

Hmmmm....
Either that or His Strakerness in that black, tight diving suit....
8-)
Confess, dear!

> whole series (I live in the UK so luckily I could
> get the Digital Entertainment videos) my favourite
> aspect of the series is, ahem, Commander Straker

Ah!
Another with such good taste....
But you'll have to take a number, I'm afraid....
;-)

> and the way he copes with the responsibility of
> heading SHADO. I guess I find it comforting to
> think that there would be dedicated people like Ed
> and the others looking after the world if the
> worst ever happened...

<nod, nod>

> Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
> given me a different perspective on 'real life'
> situations, for example this week with the loss of
> the Russian submarine.

:-(
Indeed....

> Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
> after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
> mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
> watch Timelash to celebrate.

LOL!
I like it, I like it!

> (Apologies if I haven't sent this message
> correctly.)

<blink>
What's wrong with it?!
<'Frenchy' looking right and left, not understanding>

Welcome, Sarah!

--Anny :-)

Hi, there. I'm new to the list also. Not new to the program, however.

I remember thinking that 1980 wasn't that far ahead and would they really
have those wonderful looking cars by the time I was old enough to learn to
drive. (I was born in '61 and was an Anderson fan for a while before UFO hit
the screens). I remember some of the plots being way above what I was used
to (hardly surprising, since it had real people all the way through), but to
this day, it's probably my favourite Anderson show.

I got the Channel5 videos way back when, but now I'm looking to replace
those edited versions they insisted shipping out with the real thing.



Gary

e-mail: [hidden email]


-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Stokes [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 11:03 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SHADO] New Person

Hi everyone,

I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
list because today is my first anniversary - one
year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
am 24 years old)

The first thing I saw was the end of Reflections
in the Water, with the psychedelic lighting of the
underwater dome, & I think it was that
'futuristic' look that hooked me. Now I have the
whole series (I live in the UK so luckily I could
get the Digital Entertainment videos) my favourite
aspect of the series is, ahem, Commander Straker
and the way he copes with the responsibility of
heading SHADO. I guess I find it comforting to
think that there would be dedicated people like Ed
and the others looking after the world if the
worst ever happened...

Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
given me a different perspective on 'real life'
situations, for example this week with the loss of
the Russian submarine.

Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
watch Timelash to celebrate.

(Apologies if I haven't sent this message
correctly.)

Sarah
[hidden email]

Hi Sarah, nice to meet you :o)

Lesleyx

Hello to you Gary - nice to meet you :o)

Caseyx


> Hi, there. I'm new to the list also. Not new to the program, however.
>
> I remember thinking that 1980 wasn't that far ahead and would they really
> have those wonderful looking cars by the time I was old enough to learn to
> drive. (I was born in '61 and was an Anderson fan for a while before UFO
hit
> the screens). I remember some of the plots being way above what I was used
> to (hardly surprising, since it had real people all the way through), but
to

> Hi everyone,

Hi YA!
>
> I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
> list because today is my first anniversary - one
> year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
> am 24 years old)

Ah ha the reruns on BBC2? Excellent!!!!!
>
> The first thing I saw was the end of Reflections
> in the Water, with the psychedelic lighting of the
> underwater dome, & I think it was that
> 'futuristic' look that hooked me.

And the sight of Ed in neoprene...go on admit it he looks real cute in
neoprene!

Now I have the
> whole series (I live in the UK so luckily I could
> get the Digital Entertainment videos)

Atta goil!

my favourite
> aspect of the series is, ahem, Commander Straker

LOL you and most of the other females on this list!

> and the way he copes with the responsibility of
> heading SHADO. I guess I find it comforting to
> think that there would be dedicated people like Ed
> and the others looking after the world if the
> worst ever happened...

Ah if only there were really a guy like Straker around.
>
> Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
> given me a different perspective on 'real life'
> situations, for example this week with the loss of
> the Russian submarine.

:-( Just so.
>
> Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
> after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
> mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
> watch Timelash to celebrate.

Love those century 21 fashions! (adjusts my Ginny Lake style trouser suit)
>
> (Apologies if I haven't sent this message
> correctly.)
No it's fine!

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

> Hi, there. I'm new to the list also. Not new to the program, however.

Hellloooooo!
>
> I remember thinking that 1980 wasn't that far ahead and would they really
> have those wonderful looking cars by the time I was old enough to learn to
> drive.
Well you could get a MacLaren F1 or a Bricklin if you were very very rich!
Er are you rich (Sheila checkes her make up and hair)
(I was born in '61 and was an Anderson fan for a while before UFO hit
> the screens).

Me too!

I remember some of the plots being way above what I was used
> to (hardly surprising, since it had real people all the way through), but
to
> this day, it's probably my favourite Anderson show.

Yeah UFO is the best!
>
> I got the Channel5 videos way back when, but now I'm looking to replace
> those edited versions they insisted shipping out with the real thing.

Absolutely spend all your spare cash on DE vids!

Best wishes to you Gary and welcome to the list!

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!

Hi Gary and Hi Sarah- more new people, yippee.

Welcome to the party.
I never cease to be amazed that new young people like Sarah get hooked on
UFO for much the same reasons as most of us old fogeys <g> like Gary and me
etc...on the list. Most other shows from the 70's IMHO are pretty dated
(except of course Get Smart :-) whuich makes UFO special.)

Sarah wrote:

> I decided to be brave and introduce myself to the
> list because today is my first anniversary - one
> year ago today I saw my first episodes of UFO. (I
> am 24 years old)

Congrats. I just watched Timelash for the 2735th time I think! I think I
was born in 1960 with a note attached to my foot reading "Waiting for UFO".

> The first thing I saw was the end of Reflections
> in the Water, with the psychedelic lighting of the
> underwater dome, & I think it was that
> 'futuristic' look that hooked me.

Anything that can still look "futuristic" after 30 years is amazing to me-
if only Space 1999 held up so well :-)

> Also, & I hope this isn't crazy, watching UFO has
> given me a different perspective on 'real life'
> situations, for example this week with the loss of
> the Russian submarine.

Sarah, sorry to say, yes you're now as crazy as the rest of us. You
actually learn deep things from a TV show- you see the world in a new
light, get a handle on ethical situations and courage from Straker- yep,
you're now certified <g>.

> Anyway, now I am resigned to a life of hankering
> after Nehru jackets and purple wigs - not to
> mention blue-eyed men :-) I think I'll go and
> watch Timelash to celebrate.

HOhohoho, completely hooked hey Dr. Jackson, yet another brainwashed
subject of the SHADO mindcontrol experiments. Woops I've let the secret
out.

John D'Alton Infosystems Innovator, Network Overdrive
[hidden email]

Some folks say it was a miracle. Saint Francis suddenly appeared and
knocked the next pitch clean over the fence.
But I think it was just a lucky swing.
-Jack Handy, SNL 11/1/92

Hi All,

I'm catching up an email after more than 2 computerless weeks (I should
have kept my old computer, this one seems to have problem after problem, 2
new mainboards, new power supply, microprocessor is faulty, just as well
it's under warranty still)

James wrote:

>If you mean that the Russian submarine disaster made you
>think of Subsmash, and gave an added sense of the
>claustrophobia and panic that must have set in, I think I
>understand what you mean, though as we now know, sadly,
>what those poor sailors on the Kursk suffered was far worse
>than Straker and the Skydiver crew experienced. Freezing
>cold, and the submarine slowly flooding completely with
>seawater while they were helpless to escape.

This comment together with the comment made about the Interceptors and how
the pilots would probably have preferred a quick death rather than have
pressurised suits and float around space waiting to be found (by aliens,
probably, and used for spare parts), made me think about what someone said
to mu hubby the other day: that in Russia most likely every army or navy
guy going on a dangerous mission would have one of those pills that cause
one to die instantly. Cyanide, I guess? Wouldn't SHADO personnel carry those?

CU

Lieve



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"That's what life is all about, I guess - The things we never say."
Cmdr. Ed Straker, UFO Series, Subsmash episode.

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Servus!

L> made me think about what someone said to mu hubby the other day: that
L> in Russia most likely every army or navy guy going on a dangerous
L> mission would have one of those pills that cause one to die instantly.
L> Cyanide, I guess?
Are you really sure of this? Even at the time of NASA's Apollo missions the
rumours were going around that the astronauts had those misterious pills
with them e.g. in case their lunar lander wouldn't launch again. Here the
rumours proved to be totally off, there were no such pills (as explicitly
stated by Jim Lovell in his book "Lost Moon".)

In any case, I'd think there would be easier ways to go, exspecially for
astronauts: All they had to do was turn one screw and release the atmosphere
out of their capsule or suit, and this would be done with. They wouldn't
need any such pills.

RU! (48o18'13''N/10o10'32''E)

[hidden email] wrote:
I read that book .. brilliant read (if anyone's interested it was
released under the name 'Apollo 13' as the book of the film a few
years ago as well). It must have been NASA's worst nightmare that
the lunar module motor wouldn't work, and the two astronauts
would be left to wait for their oxygen to run out. I'm sure they
would have pulled the plug on the TV & radio broadcasts, but even
so .. years ago it emerged that a Russian spacecraft had suffered
the loss of a heat shield and the cosmonauts were doomed to die on
re-entry.

Kruschev (or Brezhnev, can't remember which) actually spoke to
them in person, to say thanks, sorry and goodbye, in tears .. they
hid this from the rest of the world but apparently the CIA (or
similar secretive US information-gathering organisation) were
listening in anyway. The US didn't let on about this until many
years later, since they didn't want to compromise their listening
post.

But I have read accounts of missions where cyanide pills _were_
issued. In fact in some cases they were actually issued in the
form of false teeth so they couldn't be confiscated - in the event
of capture, the unfortunate prisoner was supposed to bite down
hard and expire in order to avoid interrogation under torture.
I can't remember where I read this, but there was one mission in
WW2 where the cyanide-flavour teeth were fitted and the recipients
were supposed to parachute in - so they spent the outward flight
trying to pull them out in case they had their teeth knocked
together on a bumpy landing.

I expect the suicide option is only offered for top-secret missions
where you have avoid giving away information under torture. So I
don't suppose SHADO personnel would have had them, still less the
Russian Navy. But I suppose you can always shoot yourself if
necessary.

James