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Re: [B7L] Re: 7 Challenge RR
by Jenny Kaye 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Harriet wrote: >Gan has a soft spot for damsels in distress...which probably extends to >all small and helpless creatures. I suspect that, whatever Avon may >think, it is ultimately going to be the consequences of Gan's compassion >which will save them all. Until the limiter cuts out-- when he still has a soft spot for damsels in distress, provided he's the one causing the distress, that is. Jenny _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Captain Vila
by Sally Manton 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Marian wrote: <I'm inclined to consider Vila's statement as a typical example of his improvisational boasting that can't be taken seriously.> and Jacqui: <He was probably also trying to annoy Tarrant.> But Tarrant isn't there to hear it - Vila is talking to Avon and Cally, who've known him a long time, remember - and there's no evidence that he ever brought it up again in Tarrant's hearing. I'm inclined to think [a] yes, he could have bought a grading to stay out of the military, but the bit about captains is an exxageration inspired merely by the fact that he's thinking about one as he's burbling; and [b] Tarrant IMO told the truth, but as there was no proof one way or the other, neither Vila *nor* Avon is taking it for gospel at this point (after all, what does it *matter* what rank he used to be?). _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Parodies Lost
by Deborah Day 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

This email was delivered to you by The Free Internet, a Business Online Group company. http://www.thefreeinternet.net --------------------------------------------------------------- I have just finished reading Parodies Lost and wanted to say it was one of the most original and enjoyable zines I have read for a long time - various favourites spring to mind, including the convention report, and of course the John Cooper Clarke poetry! Now I look forward to the Molesworth epics in print ... Debbie

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Re: [B7L] Does chocolate count as OT?
by Sally Manton 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Joanne wrote: <Since, or so I gather, Tim Tams are the descendants of biscuits called, of all things, Penguins, I think you're safe.> Are they? I didn't know that <g> Did miss Tim Tams, at least till I got to Zurich. Funny, I don't have them all that often, but I need to know they're *there* ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Does chocolate count as OT?
by J MacQueen 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

>From: "Sally Manton" <smanton(a)hotmail.com> >Or, like penguins, does it count? Since, or so I gather, Tim Tams are the descendants of biscuits called, of all things, Penguins, I think you're safe. Regards Joanne (rapidly approaching the end of the contents of the Kit Kat bag from the Royal Easter Show - didn't know they still made Pollywaffles) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Does chocolate count as OT?
by Sally Manton 24 Apr '01

24 Apr '01

Or, like penguins, does it count? Because, catching up on a lot of chockie-coated posts in the March archive I just wanted - out of the kindness of my heart - to suggest to anyone who goes to Switzerland, go to Sprungli's (several shops in Zurich). The small and excrutiatingly expensive boxes they call 'Number One'. Absolutely *the* most wonderful thing I have ever tasted in my life. (The rest of their chocolate is wonderful too, but this stuff ... I didn't eat another thing for hours just to keep the aftertaste). ObB7 - ummm ... I'm convinced that Avon is allergic to chocolate, will that do? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Fanfic on the Lyst?
by Susan Beth 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Long ago I got the impression that, as a whole, the Lyst membership was interested in discussing the episodes, and real life aspects that affected the show (directors, writers, actors, BBC standards and budgets) but not in flights of fancy derived from the show. Aka fanfic. As a result, whenever I'm ready to post a piece of fanfic (all too rare these days, I'm afraid) it doesn't occur to me to post it to the Lyst instead of FC, or even as well, even when the story in question is completely sex-free. Is this how it should be? I mean, I've been pretty much assuming that everyone who would enjoy reading fanfic is subbed to FC as well. (Yes, we've got a sizable minority on FC who aren't into slash in fanfic, they just skip scenes or stories that don't suit them, for the sake of getting others that do.) Am I wrong? Are there a lot of people on just the Lyst who might enjoy a piece of fanfic now and then? Or maybe even want to join in creating one? In the past, FC and SC have spawned several Round Robin stories, some of which reached successful conclusions, other which were amusing while they lasted. Just wondering if there is enough interest to make something like that fly. Or would it just be seen as an intrusion on the more episode-oriented list? Susan Beth (susanbeth33(a)mindspring.com)

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Jan Chappell at Cult TV
by Judith Proctor 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

I just got the latest Cult TV update which announces Jan Chappell as a guest. for further details, see www.CultTV.org Judith -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.knightwriter.org ) Redemption '03 21-23 Feb 2003 http://www.smof.com/redemption/

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Re: [B7L] Captain Vila
by Marian de Haan 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

Jacqui wrote: >When Vila says he bought his 'grade four ignorant' status (and elsewhere Avon calls him a 'grade five ignorant') to avoid being made a captain - but why assume he means a military/space service captain - perhaps he was trying to avoid being made a captain of a prison ship such as the London< Vila says he didn't want to be a *Space* Captain. In Powerplay Tarrant says he could fool Clegg and his Death Squad because he trained as a Space Captain. Although no proof, that seems a strong indication for Space Captain being a military rank. I'm inclined to consider Vila's statement as a typical example of his improvisational boasting that can't be taken seriously. Just my humble interpretation, of course :-) Marian

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Want to share some holiday snaps? (long and irredeemably frivolous)
by Sally Manton 23 Apr '01

23 Apr '01

AKA I'm baaa-aack ... They say travel broadens the mind - *some* of you will be relieved to know that Sally's mind shows absolutely no signs of this whatsoever (a little difficult when one's Appreciation of the Glories of Civilisation kept getting sidetracked by Appreciation of the Glories of French pastries, Austrian cake and Swiss chocolate). :-) Anyway, a few thoughts inspired by the experience ... Not even My Darling would look good in a passport photo. Our Heroes should never never never never be imagined in Lederhosen. No, *none* of them, Carol ;-) We saw Servalan's country house; her town house *was* Harrods's. And as punishment for her sins, BTW, Servie will spend the afterlife in Austrian folk costume. Aren't they all lucky that Zen's in charge of the maps? A fine vague "take us to Saurian Major" is distinctly better than my "where the hell is Rue de I-Can't-Pronounce-It on the map?" and "what do you mean we should have gotten off three stops ago and we're now in another country???" (Slight exaggeration, contrary to the general expectation that'd I'd end up in Vladivostock by accident, we only got lost three times in Paris and once in Schaffhousen). And talking of lucky, aren't they also lucky that hairy barbarians all over the galaxy speak purer English than your average tourist? Maybe they all descended from the Swiss. I want someone to write My Darling a visit to Disneyland Paris. Or Disneyland Proper. Or put him on a package (guided, complete with bouncy, chirpy 'isn't-this-fun' guide) excursion to Merry Blackpool. Rebel Scum Ltd be damned ... Blake should start recruiting the French rail unions for maximum disruption. I would not like to share a European hotel room with Gan. Or an off-season seaside B&B room (florally wallpaper, chintzy bedspread and lavender-scented blankets, china kittens and the owner's cute but yappy little dog ... the works) with Avon. Or go visiting the relatives with Vila. Or have to deal with Avon's leather-n-studs in a French launderette. As someone who had to cope with 6 currencies in 7 weeks, I want to know where they converted the Treasure Room treasure into spendable cash (Jenna probably knows the right contacts, I guess ...) In a former life, Tarrant was a French taxi driver. And going from 'Blake', I have my suspicions about Fearless Leader too. I had my photo taken with a snake, don't ask me why. But in the Appealing Mental pictures file, I have this one of Dayna and Tarrant trying to persuade Vila to have *his* with a Giant Tarzian Warg-Eating Lizard ... And finally, taking them all on a no-expenses paid (at least not by them) tour ... Blake would love all the Ancient Monuments and insist on exploring every one of them (I can see him dragging Avon all the way up Montsegur ...) Gan would love German food. Tarrant would love white-water rafting, driving in Paris and Disneyland. Cally would love the Black Forest, the New Forest, Sherwood Forest, the Forest of Dean etc etc etc ... and I do think she'd find Hindu temples appealing, though I'm not sure why. Vila would love Paris bars and French wine (and German beer). And the challenge of the Crown Jewels. Dayna would love souvenir shops (after the way she was brought up, I can really really see this - and Avon's face when she spent his money on decorated gold-plated penknives from Zeerok, miniature plastic brains with glow-in-the-dark eyes from Ultraworld, computer-driven military figurines with teeny guns that actually shoot from Vandor, computer-driven snowdomes from Albion, fluffy toy man-eating flowers from Saurian Major and little varnished spiders, carefully posed with musical instruments, from Kairos ..) Jenna would love French men. And Italian men. And maybe Welsh? :-) Soolin would love Swiss efficiency (I think I'll fanonically invest her with a collection of cuckoo clocks). And German men. Avon would *like* a hotel room - in a twelve-star luxury hotel - where none of the rest of them know where to find him again ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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