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Griff
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Hi All,

It sure is quiet here in SHADO Control.

Why am I/we here?

Well, there was a rather rowdy Christmas party, and someone kept spiking the drinks with small doses of amnesia drug. So, the party went on for quite a few weeks before anyone noticed ... in fact it turned into a bit of a 'ground-hog day' for many - if not most - of the party goers.

I can confirm that champagne from 1984 isn't that bad at all!

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Johnson and I went off to look for somewhere quiet and got stuck in one of the lifts ... can you imagine? Being stuck a lift with Ayshea for a few days ... it's a tough life! Sadly, I can't remember much about it though as she had raided Commander Straker's drinks dispenser ... then everything went black. I thought it was just due to the refreshments, but it turns out that the power had been shut off due to 'Health and Safety' scare - someone thought they had found some asbestos under one of the tracker consoles. So, all personnel were temporarily transferred to backup SHADO Control at another facility.

It turns out that the said 'asbestos' was just someone's discarded Moonbase uniform undergarment ... now I wonder whose those belongs too? disgraceful!

Anyway, power still hasn't been restored, the air-conditioning is off so it's got awfully hot ... also, the automatic doors are not working. Poor Ayshea and I will just have to tough it out...

I managed to get this report telexed via Space Observation Platform Watchdog #2 which should hopefully relay it via one of the tracker stations ... so if you can read this, it worked!

Just give us a few days before you send the rescue team :)

Over and out.

Griff

PS. All right, all right ... I'll be there in a minute, Ayshea ... oh, it's a tough life!
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Denise Felt
Hilarious, Griff!  Thanks for the laugh!

Yours,
Denise
Straker, somehow it's always about you.
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Marc Martin
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I was wondering why it was so quiet here lately... :-)

Marc
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Griff
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Hi :)

I guess I was just trying to liven things up a bit ...

I have to admit, I miss the old camaraderie of the group. It seems a long time since like-minded 'informed' UFO folks could have discussions about anything and everything UFO ... from the minutiae of some nuance or observation to the more profound topics.

Facebook - I have to admit I have never 'got on with it' as I find it superficial - is fine for folks who want to make glib comments about anything and everything ... but, I do not believe it is the right platform to get into the 'meat and two veg' depths of discussion that I miss so dearly.

It probably sounds a little sad, but I have often looked back at the discussion archives, and there was some really interested stuff discussed back then...

Best to all,

Griff
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Marc Martin
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On January 22, "Griff [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> It probably sounds a little sad, but I have often looked back at the
> discussion archives, and there was some really interested stuff discussed
> back then...

Yes, which is why I've attempted to keep it online.  Although the online archive is missing
the discussions from 1996 to 2000, which even I am missing a lot of in my own archives.

Marc
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Griff
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Hi Marc,

...and I will always be in your debt for starting this forum and www.UFOSeries.com ... over the years I have learnt things I might never have known or come across in any other way.

Thank you,

Best wishes to you and yours

Griff

PS. I can't promise anything, but back in my office in the UK I believe I have a fairly complete archive. To be honest, I can't remember when I originally joined... I'll see what I've got. In those days, it was probably in the form of itemised emails, rather than a daily summary. Mmm... back in those days, I used mostly MS Outlook. I'll see what I have when I return in about a week.
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Marc Martin
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Hey, I've also learned some things that I would also probably never learned!  Just
because people email me stuff that they never would have otherwise.  :-)

(and that includes stuff that people have requested me to NOT post online,
unfortunately)

And yes, if you've got an archive of messages in some mailbox format, I'd be
interested to take a look and see how it compares to mine.  I can only
imagine that I must have had a hard disk failure or something that caused
some of the messages to go missing.  As I've looked at all my CD-R backups
from the time and there were still messages missing.  No hurry, of course...

Marc



On January 23, "Griff [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> ...and I will always be in your debt for starting this forum and
> www.UFOSeries.com ... over the years I have learnt things I might never have
> known or come across in any other way.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Best wishes to you and yours
>
> Griff
>
> PS. I can't promise anything, but back in my office in the UK I believe I
> have a fairly complete archive. To be honest, I can't remember when I
> originally joined, but when I get back, I'll see what I've got. In those
> days, it was probably in the form or itemised emails, rather than a daily
> summary. Mmm... back in those days, I used mostly MS Outlook. I'll see what
> I have when I return in about a week.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> To start a new topic under SHADO, email [hidden email]
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leviathan0999
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On 1/23/2014 2:35 AM, Griff [via SHADO] wrote:
> Facebook - I have to admit I have never 'got on with it' as I find it
> superficial - is fine for folks who want to make glib comments about
> anything and everything ... but, I do not believe it is the right
> platform to get into the 'meat and two veg' depths of discussion that
> I miss so dearly.

I've got to say, I've seen nicely-meaty discussions of James Bond movies
and novels on the Facebook "alt.fan.james-bond" group, a sort of "next
generation" of the old usenet newsgroup.

So it _is_ possible.

--
Jonathan Andrew Sheen

http://www.leviathanstudios.com
Leviathan of the GEI (Detached.)
[hidden email]

"What'dya expect? I'm a New Yorker!"
-Anonymous New York Firefighter, 9/12/01

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Marc Martin
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On January 23, "leviathan0999 [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I've got to say, I've seen nicely-meaty discussions of James Bond movies
> and novels on the Facebook "alt.fan.james-bond" group, a sort of "next
> generation" of the old usenet newsgroup.

Yes, I'm on some Facebook groups that are perfectly fine.... although the UFO Facebook
groups seem to have a lot more emphasis of people posting random screenshots
of Lt. Ellis, rather than having in-depth discussions...

Marc
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Griff
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Hi,

Yes, fair enough ... maybe that was a little unfair of me. FB seems to be perfect for huge numbers of people, so maybe it's just me showing my age...

Hey, let's be fair though ... my favourite TV show of all time is nearly as old as me

Regards,

Griff
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Griff
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Hi,

I have to admit that the last Bond film I saw was, "Die Another Day"

Not a huge fan, but thanks for the heads-up!

Meanwhile, Ayshea and I were unfortunately rescued the other day ... oh well, back to the salt mines :)

Best to all,

Griff
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Griff
Oh S'truth!!!

Is that really a young George Victor Bishop/Commander Ed Straker ... oh WOW! Thanks! Fabulous! Thank you.

Best to all :)

Griff
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Griff
Hi Amelia,

Do you have any other information about that you can disclose? I really would be grateful, but can completely understand if this is personal and/or private.

Thank you again,

Griff
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Griff
Hello Amelia,

I did attempt to contact you via the link you provided, but there's some bug and it just won't send.
 
Please can you send me an email address to contact you ... please can you send to: griff@griffwason.com

Confidentiality assured...

Thank you again,

Griff