Wowie zowie, as we used to say. There's an odd new group called "alt.gathering.rainbow" which has had many highly-personal messages posted to "the Family." I'm not sure who the Rainbower are, but I gather (pun intended) that they are some sort of international band of hippies, gypsies, and newage flower power people. I'm sure one or more of you will correct me if I'm wrong. What's of ObList relevance is that many of them seem oblivous to the fact that their posts are readable by the world....see the one below and you'll see why I don't think Ms. Yamada knows her post to her "sisters and brothers" is actually readable by us all. My hunch is that a lot of newcomers have just gotten on the Net and are unclear on the concepts. I could be wrong. Maybe her account at Mindvox is a cut-out. Maybe she knows but doesn't care. Judge for yourself: Path: netcom.com!csus.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!convex!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!dockmaster.phantom.com!rosaphil From: rosaphil@mindvox.phantom.com (anna yamada) Newsgroups: alt.gathering.rainbow Subject: Jimmy The Greek's Dogs are Broiling Date: Thu, 07 Jul 94 18:58:59 EDT Organization: [MindVox] / Phantom Access Technologies / (+1 800-MindVox) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <1c94oc1w165w@mindvox.phantom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindvox.phantom.com Originator: rosaphil@mindvox If anyone in Wyoming can get in touch with Jimmy the Greek who drives a ford F100 blue pickup truck with a large dent in it with vt. plates, please tell him Jenny Jump-up miscarried, the place smells like a charnel house, they are dehydrating, and by the time he returns, he might come home to a bunch of dead dogs--bubba included. It is 103 fahrenheit, and worse in that place and kurt is being his usually irresponsible self. also, Jerry Wade has turned La Plaza into a cesspool and the 11th street squat burned down completely and the flotsam are now living in La Plaza. It is noisy, dirty, hard-drug ridden, and Jerry is dealing dust outta there with abandon. There have been fights almost every day--very bloody--and we need Jimmy's *voice of reason* also, girlfriends, don't, if asked come bac to NYC to be Jimmy's sex-slave. The last one we had to rescue, and you may not be so lucky next time. Turtle, hi. pick me some flower seed-pods, okay? Look for the spent flower heads. Wildflowers and shrubs and rose-hips. PS: Jodi is moving in one of the crackheads from 11th street-a black guy named leanord or something. Talk about a fire-hazard. Bleah. This post is not a joke. Forward please to the appropriate parties. Gabrielli's ASCENZA White-Wine-Blend (Mendocino,CA): YUMMY! Send me rose-hips/bushes/perennial seeds if you liked this post. Finger rosaphil@phantom.com to find out how. * BETTER LIVING THROUGH BETTER LIVING *