FORKNI-L

FORKNI-L Digest - 8 Jun 2003 to 9 Jun 2003 (#2003-166)

Mon, 9 Jun 2003

There are 14 messages totalling 415 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. FK Moment (Baking)
  2. Resurrecting an old topic ... (2)
  3. Admin: Forkni-l Rules with guest guote
  4. FK Moment (automotive) WAS FK Moment (Baking) (3)
  5. Third Annual Forever Knight in San Diego
  6. fk leather
  7. Nick & Janette in Human Factor (2)
  8. Fic question - France/brabant ques? (2)
  9. Fic question - Nick's horse?

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:09:26 -0400
From:    Brenda <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment (Baking)

At 11:58 AM 6/6/2003 -0400, Cindy Clark wrote:

>Speaking of FK Moments on the domestic front, this month's "Better Homes and
>Gardens" magazine has a suggestion for a popcorn bar and pictured with the
>bowls of popcorn is a still from the classic "King Kong".

Oohhhh. That sounds so much like I need to purchase that issue. There's a
place by me that sells gourmet varieties of corn-to-pop-at-home, and I've
been thinking of doing a "popcorn tasting party" for a while...


Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
Arctophile, computer addict, TREKker, stealth photographer...
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:19:27 -0400
From:    Brenda <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Resurrecting an old topic ...

At 11:00 PM 6/6/2003 -0400, Michele Canterbury wrote:

>Has anyone ever written a fanfic about Nick and/or LaCroix
>joining/participating in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)??

I once started writing something that had Nick and Tracy at an encampent
that was half SCA/Markland/etc.-like and half renfaire-like, but the
premise I had in mind had some fundamental flaws.

>Because, if ever there were an opportunity for Nick to try out a suit of
>Armor, that might just be the place.

The premise I was working with didn't even touch "fighting" and "armor";
the "Nick's history" sub-line had to do with him having studied with an
herbalist...


Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
Arctophile, computer addict, TREKker, stealth photographer...
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:22:23 -0400
From:    Brenda <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Admin: Forkni-l Rules with guest guote

At 11:44 AM 6/8/2003 -0500, McLisa wrote:

>They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught
>you off base they killed you."
>-- Ernest Hemingway, _A Farewell to Arms_, 1929

And the second time, they set you NOPOST...

<g, d, rlh>

Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
Arctophile, computer addict, TREKker, stealth photographer...
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 00:29:45 -0500
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@a.......>
Subject: FK Moment (automotive) WAS FK Moment (Baking)

Okay, so I've bought a MINI Cooper. It's not here yet, but it'll be
delivered in July. (If anyone cares, it'll be yellow with a black roof
and lotsa chrome. Yippee!) Buying a MINI is like joining a
cult---everyone is totally fanatical about their little, teensy car.
There are even haiku written about the Joys of Motoring.

So, good little cult member that I am, I'm reading the MINI message
boards, and I come across this message:

"Hey, how come Chili Red gets its own club? What about us IB?"

What?? The Immortal Beloveds want a MINI club? Hey, why not? But then
I realized that, since Chili Red is a car color, so is IB---it's Indie
Blue. Darn.

And here I was hoping to find that Knightie or UF MINI club...Nick in
a MINI...Lacroix motoring through the Toronto traffic and zigzagging
past those boring, big cars...

A girl can dream.

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@a.......
MINIKAM arriving in July!

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Date:    Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:26:23 -0700
From:    Cloud <clouddancer@c.......>
Subject: Third Annual Forever Knight in San Diego

Announcing The 3rd Annual
FOREVER KNIGHT IN SAN DIEGO
Fan Get Together

August 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2002 in San Diego, California.

Join us for one day or all four!

Questions that have been asked:
Are all factions welcome? Definitely! We've got them all.
Is this a gothic gathering? No lifestyles are focused on here. We're
just a diverse group of people who are all FK fans.

Tentative Activity Ideas: FK Video-thon, 'Getting to know you' dinner,
Ravenesque club, historic Balboa Park, horseback riding, beach
combing... the possibilities are endless!

Come join in the fun! We had a total of 13 fans last year. Let's see if
we can build on that!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FKinSD

Check out our pictures:

http://www.pbase.com/fkinsd

http://www.pbase.com/andi/fksandiego2001

http://www.lacountess.com/FKnight/Photos_main.html

--
Cloud
http://www.geocities.com/cloudworley/clouddancer.html

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 03:04:42 -0400
From:    Cecilia Long <celong@m.......>
Subject: Re: Resurrecting an old topic ...

<> especially the 'newbies' who can't wait to start fighting and use the
>ubiquitous 'pickle barrel'
>armour with a tabard thrown over the top.  Somehow I can't imagine Nick
>dressed head-to-toe in black plastic.  Black leather, yes, <gulp> oh my,
>YES.... but not plastic.  ;-)


Around here its the bright blue plastic in the scale shaped.....  LOL....
Stick jocks stick jocks...

I cant see Nick as a stick jock. i much prefer seeing him in a nice pair of
hose and a nice short... SHORT tunic...
Velvet......MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 03:37:08 -0700
From:    Cheryl Pillsbury <gerdavies2000@y......>
Subject: fk leather

Hello.  Someone wrote about Nick being in plastic and no way.  Then him in an
all black leather suit.  Mercy.  I could never write a story and put it up.  I
could get into serious trouble so that's a great dream.
Cheryl Pillsbury
gerdavies2000@y......


He was brought across in1228
I was brought across in 1992
I will always be his Forever Knight

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 06:44:19 -0400
From:    Tim Phillips <Timp@d.......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment (automotive) WAS FK Moment (Baking)

> And here I was hoping to find that Knightie or UF MINI club...Nick in
> a MINI...Lacroix motoring through the Toronto traffic and zigzagging
> past those boring, big cars...
        Big/little question.
        Does a MINI even have a trunk?
        How much of a contortionist would Nick have to be to fit into it?
                Tim

        P.S.  In no way should this question be considered inducement for a
 group of Knighties to provide an emperical answer by "acquiring" GWD and
smuggling him across the border for immortal purposes.


     Tim Phillips
     Systems Developer II
     timp@d.......
     "Strength and Honor"  - "The Spaniard"

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:45:45 +0000
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@a.......>
Subject: Re: FK Moment (automotive) WAS FK Moment (Baking)

Tim asked:
>         Big/little question.
>         Does a MINI even have a trunk?
>         How much of a contortionist would Nick have to be to fit into it?

Actually, no. They're hatchbacks. But if a vampire were willing to be covered
by a light-proof cover of some sort, he could be comfy in the 23-sq. ft of
storage space (once the back seats were flipped down). Unfortunately, MINIs
tend to draw gawkers, who would no doubt be wondering what that lumpy bit of
cargo in the back was.

The UF list had a 150-word challenge: Lacroix does the unthinkable and Nick
forgives him. My story? Lacroix buys a MINI and expects Nick to drive with him.
Unthinkable!!

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@a.......

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 07:22:23 -0700
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
Subject: Nick & Janette in Human Factor

I have been thinking... (I know.... a dangerous pasttime)
In Human Factor, when Janette goes to Nick's apt and talks to
him...then the next scene we see is the next night.... I am
wondering... did anything happen?  Or did Nick stay on the couch.  I
remember there being a conversation something like Janette saying
"How did you sleep?" and Nick answering "I didn't." which could be
taken in a certain way.
I just thought I'd put this forward because a story I'm working on
does have something happen. I am wondering if this goes against canon
- or if that part of the episode is open to interpretation.
Thanks!
-Amanda

=====
"Give me your soul and your heart will take flight
Forevermore in the night, Forever MINE in the night"
http://operacellar.tripod.com/phantomslair.html

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:18:13 +0200
From:    Doris Weiss <dorisweiss_2000@y......>
Subject: Re: Nick & Janette in Human Factor

 --- Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
schrieb: > I am wondering... did anything happen?  Or
did Nick stay on the couch.

That ep got me thinking a lot too , esp. why Nick
didn't notice that Janette was mortal until she was
shot. She should have had a noticable heartbeat etc.
all the things that he notices in Nat all the time.
Well, he didn't (but he is good at ignoring his vamp
senses) so I doubt that he got really close to her.
And wośld Janette have let him? She was still grieving
for Robert at that time.

My 2 cents,
Doris

=====
"Even eternal life is too short to wait for a table." - Uncle -

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:58:13 -0700
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
Subject: Fic question - France/brabant ques?

Hi -
This doesn't have a huge bearing on the story, but I am wondering -
in the northern region of France / Belgium region (ie Brabant) what
would be the modern influences on the country side?  Like would there
be telephone poles and things like that?  I am not considering the
cities at all, just the countryside.  I rode through on the Eurostar
4 years ago and didn't pay any attention to things like that.

Also.... In current times....I am looking for a name for a horse
belonging to Nick and I am drawing a blank.  I want it to reflect
some of his history.  Right now I have the horse's name as
'Chevalier' but that sounds kind of stupid.  I am just using it as a
place holder.  It is a jet black stallion.  Something with a french
influence would be fine.
Thanks for the help!

-Amanda

=====
"Give me your soul and your heart will take flight
Forevermore in the night, Forever MINE in the night"
http://operacellar.tripod.com/phantomslair.html

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:07:15 +0000
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@a.......>
Subject: Re: Fic question - France/brabant ques?

>> some of his history.  Right now I have the horse's name as
> 'Chevalier' but that sounds kind of stupid.  I am just using it as a
> place holder.  It is a jet black stallion.  Something with a french
> influence would be fine. Thanks for the help!

Depends on what kind of horse it is, Amanda, and what it's used for. Contact me
off-list and I can give you a lot of horse names. I've been involved with
horses for over 25 years now.

Nancy Kaminski
--
nancykam@a.......
www.nancykam.com

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Date:    Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:17:42 -0700
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
Subject: Re: Fic question - Nick's horse?

--- Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@a.......> wrote:
> >> some of his history.  Right now I have the horse's name as
> > 'Chevalier' but that sounds kind of stupid.  I am just using it
> as a  place holder.  It is a jet black stallion.  Something with a
> french influence would be fine. Thanks for the help!
>
> Depends on what kind of horse it is, Amanda, and what it's used
> for. Contact me off-list and I can give you a lot of horse names.
>I've been involved with horses for over 25 years now.


Hi, thanks!
I am picturing him has a large black arabian type horse.  He is just
a riding horse / companion. (Nick is alone in my story).  He is not a
huge character in the story, but he kind of fits in has Nick's friend
for this part.
Thanks again!
-Amanda

=====
"Give me your soul and your heart will take flight
Forevermore in the night, Forever MINE in the night"
http://operacellar.tripod.com/phantomslair.html

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