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May-13-01, 01:43 AM (EDT)
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"Okay, that was weird."
 
   I was searching for something completely unrelated to Eyrie Productions (some information on F-Zero X, for what it's worth), but one of the pages that came up in the search was on a WPI server. 'Was', indeed, in the sense that all that was there when I went looking for it was a generic Worchester Polytechnic Institute 404 page. Swear to God, my first split-second reaction was to look at the address line to see I'd stumbled onto a hidden part of the EPU site. \n_n/;

--Zenigame. Oh yeah, WPI is real. I forgot.


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
  RE: Okay, that was weird. Gryphonadmin May-13-01 1
     RE: Okay, that was weird. Chris Redfield May-13-01 2
         RE: Okay, that was weird. Gryphonadmin May-13-01 3
             RE: Okay, that was weird. Wedge May-13-01 4
                 RE: Okay, that was weird. Gryphonadmin May-14-01 5
  RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-14-01 6
     RE: Okay, that was weird. Gryphonadmin May-14-01 7
         RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-15-01 8
             RE: Okay, that was weird. megazone May-15-01 9
                 RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-15-01 10
                     RE: Okay, that was weird. megazone May-15-01 11
                         RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-16-01 12
                             RE: Okay, that was weird. megazone May-16-01 13
                                 RE: Okay, that was weird. Gryphonadmin May-16-01 14
                     RE: Okay, that was weird. jerteam May-17-01 15
                         RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-17-01 16
                             RE: Okay, that was weird. megazone May-17-01 17
                                 RE: Okay, that was weird. Fanatic May-18-01 19
                                     My Pics of WPI Fanatic May-22-01 20
                             RE: Okay, that was weird. jerteam May-18-01 18

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Gryphonadmin
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May-13-01, 11:17 AM (EDT)
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1. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >looking for it was a generic Worchester Polytechnic Institute 404

Pet peeve #192491: "Worcester" does not have an 'h' in it, nor is it pronounced as if it had.

--G.
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Chris Redfield
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May-13-01, 11:59 AM (EDT)
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2. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >>looking for it was a generic Worchester Polytechnic Institute 404
>
>Pet peeve #192491: "Worcester" does not have an 'h' in it, nor is it
>pronounced as if it had.

So is it pronounced "worse - ter"? Not having been near it, I've never heard it pronounced, except for one time on some silly wrestling show, and you can never trust them to pronounce anything right.

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Gryphonadmin
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May-13-01, 12:22 PM (EDT)
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3. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >>Pet peeve #192491: "Worcester" does not have an 'h' in it, nor is it
>>pronounced as if it had.
>
>So is it pronounced "worse - ter"?

"wuss' ter" (or "wuss' tah", what with the local accent and all).

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Wedge
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May-13-01, 01:55 PM (EDT)
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4. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >"wuss' ter" (or "wuss' tah", what with the local accent and all).

For an example (with extreme New England accent) find a recording of the Adam Sandler 'Tollbooth Willy' bit from one of his albums. Tollbooth Willy himself says it at the beginning of the sketch.

"Welcome to Wuss'tah, that's a dolla' seventy five."

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Chad Collier--who still catches himself saying 'ayuh' when answering people every now and then from a summer trip to Maine about 12 years ago, which can be really bizzare when the quasi-southern accent kicks in on top of it
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Gryphonadmin
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May-14-01, 11:35 AM (EDT)
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5. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >Chad Collier--who still catches himself saying 'ayuh' when
>answering people every now and then from a summer trip to Maine about
>12 years ago, which can be really bizzare when the quasi-southern
>accent kicks in on top of it

There was a guy working in the support department out at Livingston in California when I worked there who was a transplanted Ontarian. He had developed this bizarre combination of "affected surfer dude" and Ontarian accents. "So, like, I'm aboot totally down with that. Eh?"

God, it was strange.

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Fanatic
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May-14-01, 11:36 AM (EDT)
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6. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   Well I HOPE WPI is real, because I was there yesterday and I'm pretty darn sure that I got a picture of the Wedge.
I have to get those pictures developed when I get back to Florida.
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Gryphonadmin
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May-14-01, 09:44 PM (EDT)
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7. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >Well I HOPE WPI is real, because I was there yesterday and I'm pretty
>darn sure that I got a picture of the Wedge.

Well, or at least the sad mockery that replaced the Wedge.

--G.
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Fanatic
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May-15-01, 01:16 PM (EDT)
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8. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   Well I think I was close because I took a quick peek around and found a plaque that read "Morgan Commons" near some type of buffet dining type hall.
I got a couple pics of it one going in where I entered and one coming out.
I'm going to try to have them scanned by the end of the week and online by then too.
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megazone
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May-15-01, 02:21 PM (EDT)
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9. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >Well I think I was close because I took a quick peek around and found
>a plaque that read "Morgan Commons" near some type of buffet dining

No - the point is they gutted and remodeled the Wedge several years ago, so that the only thing in common with the Wedge as in UF are the outerwalls and structural members.

The Snack bar is completely changed, with new openings that change that wall completely. All the built in furniture - the wedge booths and tables - are gone. The folding wall is gone...

So it is the same shape, and that's about it.

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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Fanatic
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May-15-01, 03:53 PM (EDT)
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10. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   I see, So I was in there? VOOTIE!

We went looking for Bancroft Tower/Hill but got sort of lost so we turned back and headed back to My Friends' place.
I do have a picture of me standing infront of one of the nice maps on campus there but I am missing my signature hat.
Fan
PS Zoner I really like the hat you wore in the one picture that's in your site..


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megazone
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May-15-01, 08:40 PM (EDT)
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11. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >PS Zoner I really like the hat you wore in the one picture that's in
>your site..

Which one - there are 2 hats in pics on my site...

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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Fanatic
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May-16-01, 01:13 PM (EDT)
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12. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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>Which one - there are 2 hats in pics on my site...
>
The one that says PAT on it.
Good choice.
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megazone
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May-16-01, 05:06 PM (EDT)
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13. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >>Which one - there are 2 hats in pics on my site...
>The one that says PAT on it.
>Good choice.

Actually that's Rho Alpha Tau - the Wedgerat joke frat.

There was a guy in the wedge one day making and selling hats for the frats and I had him make that one for me.

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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Gryphonadmin
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May-16-01, 05:26 PM (EDT)
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14. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >>>Which one - there are 2 hats in pics on my site...
>>The one that says PAT on it.
>>Good choice.
>
>Actually that's Rho Alpha Tau - the Wedgerat joke frat.

I always thought that joke was rather blunted by the fact that none of the letters are obviously non-Roman. Meta Chi had it all on that gag, but that cap vendor's equipment couldn't do anything other than Greek letters, so I couldn't get it done properly, so I never bothered.

--G.
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May-17-01, 04:18 PM (EDT)
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15. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >We went looking for Bancroft Tower/Hill but got sort of lost so we
>turned back and headed back to My Friends' place.
>I do have a picture of me standing infront of one of the nice maps on
>campus there but I am missing my signature hat.

if anyone has any requests for pictures, I'm still living in Worcester,
and I need an excuse to use my digital camera. (I still think it's neat)

-jer


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May-17-01, 04:42 PM (EDT)
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16. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   Cool, How about a shot or three of Bancroft tower? I missed it, We did go up near the airport then decided to turn back there. Wanted to see it and get a few pics of it.
Well that makes it 2 Fanfic hotspots I've been to and I have to figure out what to make number three.
WPI and The Bishop and The Belcher in Toronto.
Fan
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"It's a couple of miles to campus...we don't know what we have for gas...we don't smoke...it's dark...and we're wearing trouble consultants." "Hit it." Megazone and Gryphon, UF Core 1


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megazone
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May-17-01, 05:56 PM (EDT)
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17. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >Cool, How about a shot or three of Bancroft tower? I missed it, We did
>go up near the airport then decided to turn back there. Wanted to see
>it and get a few pics of it.

Um, that might be why you missed it - the tower is no where near the airport. It is on the hill across Park Street from the WPI football field, you can see it from the quad in the winter when the leaves are off the trees.

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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May-18-01, 04:59 PM (EDT)
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19. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   LAST EDITED ON May-18-01 AT 05:00 PM (EDT)

>Um, that might be why you missed it - the tower is no where near the
>airport. It is on the hill across Park Street from the WPI football
>field, you can see it from the quad in the winter when the leaves are
>off the trees.
I didn't ask but my Friend Ro asked this WPI Future Alum IF she knew where it was and She said in the general direction of the Airport (Over that way)
We did ask some kid who we thought wouldn't know english BUT did and he was lost too.
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May-22-01, 01:09 PM (EDT)
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20. "My Pics of WPI"
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   LAST EDITED ON May-22-01 AT 01:14 PM (EDT)

LAST EDITED ON May-22-01 AT 01:12 PM (EDT)

Grr can't put up the pictures here but I did put them in my Yahoo Photos.
http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/buckaroo_skywalker/lst?.dir=/Vacation&.view=t
Hope THIS works...

WPI is pretty nice. Me and Ro both commented that we wanted to go there..

Fan
PS I usually wear my Steelers cap but I left it at the cinema we were at the nite before :(


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18. "RE: Okay, that was weird."
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   >Cool, How about a shot or three of Bancroft tower? I missed it, We did
>go up near the airport then decided to turn back there. Wanted to see
>it and get a few pics of it.

a Google search for "Bancroft Tower" turns up quite a few links,
including a few from our own Gryphon.

-jer


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