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From [e-mail] Mon Jun 19 13:19:42 PDT 1995
From: [e-mail] (Roserunner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Nethead t-shirts are available
Keywords: nethead t-shirts
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 14 Jun 95 19:16:23 GMT
Organization: Lunatic Fringe Velocity Freaks
Lines: 166

Due to the number of kind folks who sent in late t-shirt requests,
usually accompanied by imaginative pleas, I convinced Maya to have some
more nethead t-shirts made up.  They are available immediately, no
waiting for a run or anything :-)  We've had lotsa fun making these
and hearing about stuff that happens to folks while wearing them, so
we're still trying to spread smiles around.

I even composed an announcement about it, which I'm going to attatch below.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's the announcement about how to get a nethead t-shirt.  I hope it
answers all your questions.  If you still have any questions after
reading this, please e-mail me at [e-mail] and I'll try
to address them.

We used to do a big batches of t-shirts once or twice a year,
but that system just isn't viable in the current "structure" of cyberspace.
Way back before the dawn of ftp and Web Pages, folks could only find out about
nethead t-shirts by reading net.postings.  These days, kind folks find out
about our meet'n'greeter t-shirts all the time, and ask me to help get
them on all the time.  I got too stressed by having to constantly ask
folks to wait 'till the next run, so I've convinced Maya to Maya do the
nethead t-shirt thing more or less continuously.

The following text is intended to answer all your questions about how to get
a nethead t-shirt.  Please read the whole text of the announcement before
sending questions to me.  As it is, I answer almost half the questions
I get by simply re-sending the announcement to the questioner.

PURPOSE: Meet'n'greeters so folks can find other netheads in crowds.
Otherwise, a couple of netheads might just stumble^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hglide
gracefully by each other.  Basically, this is a home brew method of
spreading smiles far and wide.

DESCRIPTION:  Mr. Bones is at a terminal.  He has a garland of roses on
his head.  He's turning to look over his right shoulder, and raising his
hand in greeting.  The terminal has a lightning bolt down the middle,
with one side of the screen being red and the other blue.  Over his head are
hand composed letters forming the word "Nethead".  Below Mr. Bones is
a cresent of red roses with green leaves.  The design uses four colors.
On the back of the t-shirt is says "Nothin' left to do but :-) :-) :-)"
A kind soul scanned a t-shirt and stored it at the berkeley archive site
(gdead.berkeley.edu \pub\gdead).

The t-shirts are 100% cotton.  Preshrunk.  Major brand (Hanes usually).
The design is printed on a white t-shirt.  White is easier to find in a
sea of tie-dyes, or a dark room.  Besides, we could never dye them just
_exactly_ the way every "pickey deadhead" would want it ;-)

Kids can get by with a size Small, btw.  The design is about 12 inches across,
so it won't fit on a "real" kid's size t-shirt.


HOW TO GET ONE (or more):

A personal check is fine for payment, if it's drawn on a US bank.

An American Express money order is must for foreign orders, as banks have
become much more reluctent to deal with foreign personal checks, recently.
Also, foreign orders need to send $US22, which includes an extra $2 for
shipping.  Postal or American Express money orders can also be used.
If that's a problem, we are open to considering trades of local stuff
for nethead t-shirts.  Think of chocolate from Switzerland, or lace
>from  Belgium, or something along that line.

Maya has never had a bad check from a nethead. so she'll keep on
accepting them.  Besides, if anyone should send rubber instead of paper,
they would generate a huge amount of bad kharma.  That much bad Kharma
would prevent them from being able to score a show ticket for at _least_
a whole year.

Maya saves each and every t-shirt request forever.  Send something,
(a receipt from a Chinese (or other) restaurant, a cookie recipie with your
SIZE on the back, a copy of the cover of your dissertation, a piece of paper,
a picture of a dancing bear at the National Zoo, a tape label (attatched
to a tape is OK too ;-)  ), the doodling from that boring required class
you just got out of, by now you get the idea)
with the following information on it (you can add more if you wish):

                   Name
                   Address
                   Size           (Can't make one for _you_ without knowing
                                   what size _you_ wear)
                   Phone Number   (in case of some glitch)

                   $US 20 per t-shirt
                   (make checks out to Maya Baldwin)


to:
         Maya Baldwin
         5421 Douglas Lane
         Sebastopol, Ca. 95472-2112


Don't forget to INCLUDE YOUR SIZE.

XXL is no problem.  Please e-mail me if you need an even bigger size,
and we'll try to work something out.  T-shirts that are too large can be
easily shrunk by washing in hot water, btw.  The t-shirts are pre-shrunk,
but they _are_ cotton, which naturally shrinks when washed in hot water.
Preshrunk t-shirts shrink less than non-pre-shrunk, of course.

QUESTIONS: e-mail me any questions, please; I'm Maya's net.I/O.Port :-)
If something comes up and you need to talk to Maya directly,
call [phone], while the Sun is shining in California.

My E-mail address is:
                   [e-mail]


Did I mention that it's important to tell Maya the SIZE t-shirt you
need?


CONFIRMATION OF REQUESTS:
This is a little "operation" and we're quite busy with our regualar
lives, so we don't send out confirmation of every t-shirt request.
There just isn't enough time in the day.  We'd like to, but just can't
pull it off.  If you are concerned about the arrival of your request,
please e-mail me and I'll consult with Maya then tell you if she has it
yet.  I can deal with a few requests on a sporatic basis easier than
contracting to come in every day and send out a bunch of e-mail
confirmations.  After all, my boss thinks I use this machine to develop
his products ;-)

It's really amazing how much interest there is in our meet'n'greeters.
It isn't a business, and we can't spend all our time on it.  We hope you
understand where we're coming from.

Feel free to distribute this nethead t-shirt offering announcement on
any list/machine you feel would like it.

--------------- Context of nethead t-shirts presented below --------------
We're just a couple of, um, ah, "experienced" hippies hoping to make it
easier for folks to make connections at shows.  The nethead t-shirt was a
spontaneous creation of my wife, Maya, a few years ago.  When I first wore it
to a show Dave Gans, Marty Lefkowitz, and Rea Simpson saw it and I met
them for the first time.  If I hadn't been wearing the nethead t-shirt,
I would have just walked by them in the crowd, and our meeting might
not have happened.

At the same time, there was a lot of
net.discussion about somehow making a r.m.gdead t-shirt of some sort.
Somebody mentioned the nethead t-shirts Maya had made.  Things
snowballed from there.  Now Maya makes occasional runs of them.
We try to keeo afew t-shirts around, so we can send one out real soon after
we receive a request.  If there's going to be a delay of more than a couple
of weeks, I'll get back to you and let you know about it. Please be a bit
patient with us, as this isn't anything resembling a business.
We have five children (16, 13, 9, 6, 3) and are more concerned with raising
them than running an enterprise on the side.


Hope this helps,
Roserunner
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



----
"Get your motor runnin'  /  Head out on the highway
 Lookin' for adventure   /  In whatever comes our way"   -Steppenwolf
[e-mail] -- lotsa names, lotsa numbers, lotsa kids, lotsa bikes



From [e-mail] Mon Sep 11 10:57:00 PDT 1995
From: [e-mail] (Roserunner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Nethead t-shirt run
Keywords: nethead t-shirt
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 8 Sep 95 19:58:58 GMT
Organization: Lunatic Fringe Velocity Freaks
Lines: 161

Due to popular request, Maya has agreed to do another run of nethead
t-shirts.  I have received some really kind e-mail suggesting that Maya
and I can contribute to keeping our scene active and vibrant by making
another batch of nethead t-shirts.

It's been 23 days since Jerry died.  I'm getting choked up trying to
compose this, so I'm gonna stop and just attatch the t-shirt run
announcement.

Keep in touch,
Roserunner



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's the announcement about nethead t-shirts.  I hope it
answers all your questions.  Please read the whole text before
sending questions to me.  As it is, I answer almost half the questions
by simply re-sending this announcement.  If you still have any questions after
reading this, please e-mail me at [e-mail] and I'll address them.

PURPOSE: Meet'n'greeters so folks can find other netheads in crowds.
Otherwise, a couple of netheads might just stumble^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hglide
gracefully by each other.  Basically, this is a home brew method of
spreading smiles far and wide.

DESCRIPTION:  Mr. Bones is at a terminal.  He has a garland of roses on
his head.  He's turning to look over his right shoulder, and raising his
hand in greeting.  The terminal has a lightning bolt down the middle,
with one side of the screen being red and the other blue.  Over his head are
hand composed letters forming the word "Nethead".  Below Mr. Bones is
a crescent of red roses with green leaves.  The design uses four colors.
On the back of the t-shirt is says "Nothin' left to do but :-) :-) :-)"
A kind soul scanned a t-shirt and stored it at the berkeley archive site
(gdead.berkeley.edu \pub\gdead).

The t-shirts are 100% cotton.  Preshrunk.  Major brand (Fruit of the Loom
usually).  The design is printed on a white t-shirt.  White is easier to
find in a sea of tie-dyes, or a dark room.  Besides, we could never dye
them just _exactly_ the way every "picky deadhead" would want it ;-)

Kids can get by with a size Small, btw.  They make grate jammies ;-)
The design is about 12 inches across, so it won't fit on a "real" kid's
size t-shirt.


HOW TO GET ONE (or more):

An American Express money order is must for foreign orders, as banks have
become much more reluctant to deal with foreign personal checks, recently.
Also, foreign orders need to send $US22, which includes an extra $2 for
shipping.  Postal or American Express money orders can also be used.
If that's a problem, we are open to considering trades of local stuff
for nethead t-shirts.  Think of chocolate from Switzerland, or lace
>from  Belgium, or something along that line.

Maya has never had a bad check from a nethead. so she'll keep on
accepting them, as long as the check is drawn on a U.S. bank.
Besides, if anyone should send rubber instead of paper,
they would generate a huge amount of bad kharma.  That much bad Kharma
would prevent them from being able to score a show ticket for at _least_
a whole year.

Maya saves each and every t-shirt request forever.  Send something,
(a receipt from a Chinese (or other) restaurant, a cookie recipe with your
SIZE on the back, a copy of the cover of your dissertation, a piece of paper,
a picture of a dancing elephant at the National Zoo, a tape label (attached
to a tape is OK too ;-)  ), the doodling from that boring required class
you just got out of, by now you get the idea)
with (at least) the following information:

                   Name
                   Address
                   Size           (Can't make one for _you_ without knowing
                                   what size _you_ wear)
                   Phone Number   (in case of some glitch)

                   $US 20 per t-shirt
                   (make checks out to Maya Baldwin)


to:
         Maya Baldwin
         5421 Douglas Lane
         Sebastopol, Ca. 95472-2112



DEADLINE for nethead t-shirt requests is Bobby's birthday 10-15-95.
We'll have the t-shirts in the mail on or about 11-15-95.


Don't forget to INCLUDE YOUR SIZE.

XXL is no problem.  Please e-mail me if you need an even bigger size,
and we'll try to work something out.  T-shirts that are too large can be
easily shrunk by washing in hot water, btw.  The t-shirts are pre-shrunk,
but they _are_ cotton, which naturally shrinks when washed in hot water.
Preshrunk t-shirts shrink less than non-pre-shrunk, of course.


QUESTIONS:  I'm Maya's net.I/O.Port :-)
            My e-mail address for any questions is:    [e-mail]



If something comes up and you need to talk to Maya directly,
call [phone], while the Sun is shining in California.


Did I mention that it's important to tell Maya the SIZE t-shirt you
need?


CONFIRMATION OF REQUESTS:
This is a little "operation" and we're quite busy with our regular
lives, so we don't send out confirmation of every t-shirt request.
There just isn't enough time in the day.  We'd like to, but just can't
pull it off.  If you are concerned about the arrival of your request,
please e-mail me and I'll consult with Maya then tell you if she has it
yet.  I can deal with a few requests on a sporadic basis easier than
contracting to come in every day and send out a bunch of e-mail
confirmations.  After all, my boss thinks I use this machine to develop
his products ;-)

It's really amazing how much interest there is in our meet'n'greeters.
It isn't a business, and we can't spend all our time on it.  We hope you
understand where we're coming from.

These t-shirts are intended to help folks find each other, regardless of
how they communicate through cyberspace.  The access method/net isn't
important, the communication is.  Therefore, please feel free to distribute
this nethead t-shirt offering announcement to any list/machine you feel
would have an interested audience on it.


--------------- Context of nethead t-shirts presented below --------------
We're just a couple of, um, ah, "experienced" hippies hoping to make it
easier for folks to make connections at shows.  The nethead t-shirt was a
spontaneous creation of my wife, Maya, a few years ago.  When I first wore it
to a show Dave Gans, Marty Lefkowitz, and Rea Simpson saw it and I met
them for the first time.  If I hadn't been wearing the nethead t-shirt,
I would have just walked by them in the crowd, and our meeting might
not have happened.

At the same time, there was a lot of net.discussion about somehow making
a r.m.gdead t-shirt of some sort.  Somebody mentioned the nethead t-shirts
Maya had made.  Things snowballed from there.  Now Maya tries to keep a
few t-shirts around, so we can send one out real soon after we receive a
request.  If there's going to be a delay of more than a couple of weeks,
I'll get back to you and let you know about it. Please be a bit
patient with us, as this isn't anything resembling a business.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


----
"Get your motor runnin'  /  Head out on the highway
 Lookin' for adventure   /  In whatever comes our way"   -Steppenwolf
[e-mail] -- lotsa names, lotsa numbers, lotsa kids, lotsa bikes