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- From: Mark F. Heiman <mheiman@carleton.edu>
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- Subject: alt.fan.john-winston Frequently Asked Questions
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- Date: 14 Mar 1996 18:31:56 GMT
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- information about net personality John Winston and
- the newsgroup which bears his name.
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- The alt.fan.john-winston Frequently Asked Questions List
- March 1996 Edition
- Compiled by Mark F. Heiman (mheiman@carleton.edu)
-
- 1. What is alt.fan.john-winston?
-
- a.f.jw is a newsgroup for fans of John Winston. It was originally created
- by someone who was not a fan of John Winston in hopes that it would keep
- him from posting to alt.alien.visitors, alt.paranormal, and who knows
- what else. This scheme did not succeed.
-
- 2. So who is John Winston?
-
- John Winston is a special guy. I've never met him, and I don't know
- anyone who has, but I'm pretty sure he exists. And he has a dog that he
- calls Yogi the Telepathic Dog.
-
- 3. That wasn't very helpful.
-
- Sorry. John Winston became widely known on Usenet through wide and
- erratic posting of articles relating to UFOs, angels, fringe science,
- alternative medicine, and anything else odd and unusual that strikes his
- fancy. What makes John Winston's postings unique, however (apart from
- their quantity), are the odd little comments and personal notes that he
- includes in each of them. John's perspective on the world is truly
- unique. John says: "You will find that I am a 60 year old man. I attempt
- to live the Christian life. I am an electronic technician by trade. I'm 5
- feet 11 and three quarter inches tall and have brown hair. I've had a lot
- of experiences regarding UFOs and am attempting to tell the world about
- it and I hope this will make the world a better place." (1993)
-
- 4. Where does John Winston come from?
-
- John lives in Sonora, an old mining town in the mountains of central
- California, where he works in a museum. He's never told us which museum
- or what he does there. Other postings by John suggest that he is a
- retired electrical engineer.
-
- 5. What about Yogi the Telepathic Dog?
-
- John says: "Yogi The Telepathic Dog is one third Alaskan Husky, one third
- German Shepherd and one third Wolf. He is a pretty good fighter and quite
- popular with the girl dog." John often shares with us stories of Yogi's
- adventures. Recently he told us why Yogi is called the "Telepathic Dog."
- John says: "If I may, I would like you to know a certain secret about
- Yogi. Yogi is telepathic because all dogs, cats and about everything that
- is living is telepathic. I was taught by my teacher to send and receive
- telepathic messages and Yogi is very strong in that department. He can
- nearly knock you off a chair." (Dec 1995)
-
- 6. Who is Lorna?
-
- Lorna is John's guardian angel, whom he met on Mount Shasta. John says:
- "Lorna is my guardian angel. He/She is neither male nor female but the
- name sounds female. I am a little afraid that she may have been cast out
- with a bunch of other entities when I went to Art Martin and asked him to
- kick out a few entities that were inside my mind."
-
- 7. What's with his erratic posting habits?
-
- John Winston has had a lot of trouble with Internet providers. At the
- height of his fame, he had full net access and posted to dozens of
- newsgroups as John_-_Winston. Sometime in 93 or 94, however, he lost that
- access and went through several other providers. He found a new provider,
- however, and now he's back on the net with full access.
-
- 8. How can I contact John Winston?
-
- Thought transference is one good option. Failing that, John's current
- email address is johnfwin@mlode.com -- though he says he will only accept
- "positive-type" comments.
-
- 9. How can I find out more about John Winston?
-
- I've set up a WWW page to share information about John. It has old
- postings, pictures, and pointers to other resources. The page is at
- http://mcmfh.acns.carleton.edu/JW/
-
-
- Please send comments and contributions to mheiman@carleton.edu
-