A chat session on the Ailanthus Tree

RIVKEY: ....at this hour?!? playing basket ball???
MERLIN: WELL I AIN'T AS POPULAR AS YOU. AND THE RESPONSES ARE IN THE GUY'S MAILB
OX
RIVKEY: you've got to be kidding!
RIVKEY: oh...is that the way it works?....didnt know....
KIM MOSER: Hello, EM.
MERLIN: OHH YEA. HE'LL BE BACK AROUND 1:00. ALL THE GOOD GUYS ARE THERE.
EMJAY: hi all
RIVKEY: Hey KIM, pass the soda and cake!
MERLIN: HOWDY EM.
KIM MOSER: No, you mean the pretzels and beer!
RIVKEY: um...no.......i mean cookies and milk!
MERLIN: NO BEER. WE MUST DRIVE TONIGHT!
KIM MOSER: Merlin: Have a Moussy!
RIVKEY: Moussy?
RIVKEY: I hate MICE!!!
MERLIN: THANK YOU. OR SHOULD I TAKE A GRAPE NIHAY??
KIM MOSER: Rivkey: champagne and caviar for me.
MERLIN: RIVKEY DON'T YOU WATCH T.V.? THERE'S A COMMERCIAL FOR MOUSSY!
KIM MOSER: Moussy: The drink to chose when you chose not to drink.
RIVKEY: Grape?.......NEHSECH!!
MERLIN: YEA THAT(S TRUE RIVK.  TSUVA!!!
KIM MOSER: "NEHSECH"? "TSUVA"?
RIVKEY: sure I do.....but I've got better things to do during the commercials!!!
 (like...NASH away!)
MERLIN: WEL IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE TESHUVA.
KIM MOSER: ok, then--"TESHUVA"???
MERLIN: THESE ARE HEBREW WORDS.
RIVKEY: that depends on whether or not you enunciate properly!
KIM MOSER: I figured as much but what do they mean?
RIVKEY: uh, yeah...Hebrew words....
CHAT SYSTEM: dropped EMJAY at 22-Jun-84 00:23:47
RIVKEY: Take it away....MERLIN!
KIM MOSER: Guess Emjay got too drunk and had to leave.
RIVKEY: Yeah, but you dont have to worry about that happening to MER and I!!!
MERLIN: WELL NESECH HAS A LONG STORY,IT WOULD SIMPLY MEAN WINE THAT'S A JEW IS N
OT ALLOWED TO DRIK (IS IT SO RIVK?)
KIM MOSER: And now, heeeeeeeeeere's Merlin!
RIVKEY: Yeah, that's a NICE way of putting it!
MERLIN: RIVKEY WOULD YOU HONOR US WITH THE EXPLANATION TO TSHUVA?
RIVKEY: Teshuvah is simply repenting for one's sins....
MERLIN: BRAVVVO!!!!
RIVKEY: did i do good?
KIM MOSER: Good show!
RIVKEY: thanks Kim!
MERLIN: SO KIM NNOW YOU DIG THAT STUFF?
RIVKEY: so, how's the liqeur KIM?
KIM MOSER: Yeah, I get it. Parlez-vous Francais?
MERLIN: STRIKE OUT HERE
RIVKEY: Retz Yiddish?
KIM MOSER: The liqueur? I'll stick to the beer. After all, I've gotta drive, rig
ht? [Heh, heh]
KIM MOSER: Deutsch?
RIVKEY: I've been driving since i was born....EVERYONE CRAZY!!!  (.....that's wh
at my bro's say anyway.............!!!)
RIVKEY: Ungarish?
MERLIN: WHY? I LOVE DRIVING!
RIVKEY: ....so do I!
KIM MOSER: Switzerdeutsch?
MERLIN: HAY YOU FOLKS ARE COMPETEING FOR ALNGUAGES?
RIVKEY: (that's another way I drive people crazy!!!)
MERLIN: MAKE THAT LANGUAGES
KIM MOSER: Driving's fun if you like crazy things.
RIVKEY: Switzerdeutsch?!?!?!? THERE'S NO SUCH THING!!!!!
MERLIN: DRIVING IS FUN EXEPT IN MANHATEN!!!
KIM MOSER: Oh no? Ever been to Switzerland? [I think I spelled Switzerdeutsch ri
ght]
RIVKEY: Yeah? .....Did you ever try to drive in Israel????
KIM MOSER: Ah, my father went there and told me about it--it's nuts!!!
RIVKEY: .....I was afraid to cross the street when I was there!!!
MERLIN: NOPE, I WAS TOO YOUNG. BUT I WOULDN'T DARE. IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!
KIM MOSER: Similar in Europe, especially Germany.
RIVKEY: Yeah? I thought they spoke French, Deutsch, German....etc...in Switzerla
nd....oh well...
KIM MOSER: If you step off the curb, they won't try to avoid you if they have th
e light.
RIVKEY: The point is...not to step off the curb!
KIM MOSER: In Switzerland, there's also Switzerdeutsch which is like German, and
 I don't know what else!
RIVKEY: ....only dumb Americans do that...!!! (I know!!!)
RIVKEY: oh...
MERLIN: THE POINT IS NOT TO WALK THERE AT ALL!!!  USE THE MOUNTAINS...IT'S SAFER
!
KIM MOSER: It's not only that--Ever been on the Autobahn?
MERLIN: I HEARED ABOUT THAT. IS THAT IN FRANCE?
RIVKEY: never heard of it....
KIM MOSER: Nono, in Germany. They drive like supreme nuts there. No speed limit
I think.
MERLIN: YEA. I REMEMBER THAT FROM A VOLKSVAGEN COMMERCIAL.
RIVKEY: ...oh...just like in NY!!!!!!!!!
KIM MOSER: Ha ha ha.
RIVKEY: ....are "WE DRIVIN"?!?
MERLIN: GEE (HICK..) I DON'T KNOE (HICK..) WHAT DO YOU SAY (HICKK)
RIVKEY: The funny thing about Israel is that the light can be green on all corne
rs for the cars!!!
KIM MOSER: "Hey, let's loose that cop who's following us!"
RIVKEY: hey, MER...keep away from that wine!!!
KIM MOSER: "Funny?"
RIVKEY: ......wait until tomorrow night!
RIVKEY: sad?
MERLIN: HICK...NEXT TIME..HICK..HICK..
KIM MOSER: Only if you're driving--Otherwise it's hilarious!
RIVKEY: who ya callin' a "HICK"????
KIM MOSER: Hey, Merlin--Either you've had too much to drink or you're from down
South.
MERLIN: SRRRRR......HRRRRRRR....(I'M SLEEPING)...
RIVKEY: actually...it's hilarious if you're DRIVING...and sad if you're on foot
and want to cross the street!!!!
KIM MOSER: Isn't that "ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz......." ?
RIVKEY: that's a famous quote....I think SNOOPY once said it!
MERLIN: THAT'S RIGHT! I FORGOT THAT......ZZZZZZZZZ.....ZZZZ
KIM MOSER: "Curse you Red Barron!"
CHAT SYSTEM: added JOE ZITT/SYSOP at 22-Jun-84 00:41:06
RIVKEY: or was it Charlie Brown?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Hello, all!
RIVKEY: ...Hi Joe!
KIM MOSER: Hi, Joe--Have a beer, or Moussy if you prefer.
MERLIN: WELL, OUR BELOVED ALMOST FORMER SYSOP. WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE PARTY.
KIM MOSER: OOh, someone outside my window just said a dirty word.
RIVKEY: Nu Joe...MERLIN and I just decided that it's NEHSACH......
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Hmmm .... a humble Moussy party... didn't Monty Python do an exp
ose on those?
RIVKEY: what do you mean "almost former"?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Nehsach? I don't remember that word.
MERLIN: TOO BAD OCTOPUS AIN'T HERE. HE'LL KNOW.
RIVKEY: explain.....MER...(that one's still yours!)
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: I'm leaving Kidder, soon.... will have to cut back Tree involvem
ent somewhat.
MERLIN: WELL, IF YOU WOULD READ THE TREE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT JOE IS LIVING HIS SYS
OP POSTION SOON.
RIVKEY: oh...sorry to hear that.....(just when i was getting the hang of it!)
KIM MOSER: Joe: Didn't you leave a msg about wanting a cheap terminal?
RIVKEY: exactly how many SYSOPS are there anyway?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Yup, I did. Saw yer info on c64.
RIVKEY: who reads the tree?.....I just read other people's mail!
MERLIN: SHAME!!!!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Full sysops are me & John, and about 20 subsysops.
RIVKEY: ...tshuvah time!
KIM MOSER: Riv: That's a federal offense.
MERLIN: EVEN Z-MAIL WOULD BE A FEDERAL OFFENSE??
RIVKEY: ...not if it's out in the open! (such as a postcard)
KIM MOSER: Riv: don't bet on it. It's still mail!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Not sure reading zmail is fed. offence, but is highly difficult
and a social nono
KIM MOSER: Z-Mail isn't sent through the US Postal Service.
MERLIN: YEA, YOU MIGHT GET ARRESTED. AND SENTENSES TO LIFE!!
RIVKEY: ....GOOOOOOOOLEEEEY! .........nu-nu....
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: so what does nehsach mean?
RIVKEY: by the way......what exactly is "Kidder".....such as....where does this
system come from???
KIM MOSER: yeah, sentences like "life is great". [Or did you mean something else
, Mer?]
MERLIN: NESECH (NUN,SAMECH,CHSF) THE WINE A JEW IS NOT ALLOWED TO DRINK.
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Kidder, Peabody & Co, Inc. is an investment firm on Wall Street.
..
RIVKEY: wine that a Jew cant drink....I'll leave it to you to figure out why...!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: where I work (until next Thursday) and John works. The ATree run
s on KP's Tandem.
KIM MOSER: Sort of like Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey + Co.
RIVKEY: what sort of investment form? and why do they have this BBS?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: But what was it you said was nehsach? I must have forgotten the
context.
RIVKEY: .....KIM invited you to our party!!!!
MERLIN: HAY RIV. YITZ JUST CAME!!  SAYS HI TO ALL YOU GUYS.   (BOY HE'S ALL SWEA
TED UP!!)
RIVKEY: sooo...KIM.....what's new?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Stock and Bonds.  This is the model for an inhouse system, and t
his version..
RIVKEY: say hi!
KIM MOSER: HI!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: is open to the public out of the goodness of the hearts of those
 people here..
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: who know about it.
MERLIN: HE IS TAKING A SHOER NOW. (FOR MY SAKE MAINLY!!)
KIM MOSER: We are the "Selected Crew of Nice People"
RIVKEY: oh......they want the public to LOVE them...I get......boy, what an educ
ational night this turned out to be!!!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Feel hereby honored.
MERLIN: HAY KIM. YOU GOT INTERESTING QUOTES.
KIM MOSER: All hail the A-Tree, may it live long and prosper. Amen.
RIVKEY: ....well, as long as he had a good game!
RIVKEY: Bmen...
RIVKEY: soooo JOE.........got a better job...eh?
MERLIN: I'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THE GAME.
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Yup...gonna be a tech writer putting togethee manuals for a firm
 in Borough Park.
KIM MOSER: I got some more, but they must be inspired to come forth from the inn
ermost synapses of my brain.
RIVKEY: Let him shower up first!
MERLIN: HAY JOE. WELCOME TO BOROUGH-PARK.
KIM MOSER: G-men; Work for the Gov't.
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: You live there? I'll be working at 45th and Ft Hamilton Pkwy.
MERLIN: YEA RIVKEY!! FOR MY SAKE LET HIM SHOWER UP!!
RIVKEY: Boro Park! ....funny you should mention Boro Park! ...they cut down ANOT
HER tree on my block last week!
RIVKEY: doesnt everyone?.............guess not...
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Does anyone know what rents are like there? I gotta move closer
to work...I live in NJ now.
MERLIN: 45 AND FT. HAMILTON. TAKEA, THERE IS A COMPUTER BUILDING THERE
RIVKEY: High!
MERLIN: VERY HIGHT!!!!
RIVKEY: what's the name of that company, Joe?
KIM MOSER: Very, VERY high!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Yup, I'm gonna be w/ Health Informations Systems, Inc.
MERLIN: HAY KIM. YOU CALLING FROM JERSY?
RIVKEY: better look for someplace in Flatbush!
KIM MOSER: HIS for short.
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: That's da place.
RIVKEY: hey KIM...you know Boro Park?!?!??!!?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: You know the company?
KIM MOSER: Jersey? You must be joking. Manhattan. How about you? The big J?
RIVKEY: I think a friend of mine works there......but she's leaving (i think thi
s week)
KIM MOSER: No, I never heard of HIS, but the acronym looked wierd.
KIM MOSER: I don't know B. park.
RIVKEY: oh.
KIM MOSER: ho.
MERLIN: GOOD FOR YOU KIM. THE PLACE SUCKS!!
RIVKEY: HUMPH!
KIM MOSER: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night!"
RIVKEY: Hey MER, didnt you ever hear that Boro Park is the Jerusalem of NY?!?!?!
?
RIVKi that depends on who's driving!!!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: I thought the Jerusalem of NY was Williamsburg, or is that just
Meah Sh'arim?
MERLIN: I DONT CARE IF IT'S THE CAPITOL OF THE UNIVERSE. I DON'T LIKE IT!
RIVKEY: good one JOE!!!!!!!
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: What don't you like about it?
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Thanks, rivkey!
RIVKEY: ....and I think the East Side is "GEULAH"
MERLIN: THE PEOPLE!!! 3/4 OF MY NEIGBORES ARE SNOBS. I HATE THAT.
RIVKEY: yeah, I hear where you're coming from...you must live in the "MARBLE" se
ction...
JOE ZITT/SYSOP: Hehehe, and here I am, overlooking Water street, "Al N'harot Bav
el".
KIM MOSER: Put a "Magnum Force" bomb in their mailboxes.
MERLIN: YOU HIT THAT ONE IN THE NOSE RIVKRY!