When the textfiles.com collection was just a lot of files at the Works BBS (which I was the SysOp of from 1986-1988), I had several major collections to sort all the text into: Humor, Phreak, Hack, Anarchy, etc. Of course, when I sat back to create this new website from many more files, I found it was better to add more classifications so we wouldn't end up with too many thousand-file directories.
However, there always seemed to be those files that were easily classifiable, but which would have only one or two files in it at most, if I were to make a whole directory for them. Or, I'd have to make a section that was just gardening. I don't want to make a directory dedicated to gardening.
So, I'd shove these weird files into the 'Fun' section. They were always entertaining in some fashion, but they weren't humor. They often preached whacky things, but they weren't conspiracies or political rants. They were just... ...fun.
I've gone through this section a few times, and cleaned it out to go into other sections, but every time I'm adding files, some of the whacky ones always end up here. I guess that's how it'll always be: The Grab Bag.
| Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile| $tripes.txt | 6144 | Information about Keeping Track of Your Money So It's Not Counterfieted
| 10code.txt | 4600 | The official National "Ten Code" Signal
| 430pm.hum | 1978 | Odd little event at 4:30pm
| acronym.txt | 1214 | A Collection of Modern Acronyms
| acronyms | 103455 | Collection of All Sorts of Internet and BBS Jargon
| advert.txt | 8579 | Choosing an Advertising Agency, by Don Kobes
| afri.txt | 10068 | African Words, Numerals, and Sentences (Used by Former Slaves in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1890s)
| agora.txt | 5632 | Agoraphobia: Description and Symptoms, from the Freedom from Fear Foundation
| ai.txt | 6906 | Some Thoughts on the Natural Language ESPERANTO
| airbag.txt | 19968 | Emegency Rescue Guidelines for Air Bag Equipped Cars
| alpine.txt | 11512 | ALPINE 1810 CD Shuttle Control by Ole Buzzard (November 15, 1993)
| alt_book.txt | 8186 | A Small Collection of Alternative Reading Materials
| annoy.txt | 721 | Gweed is annoted how people zip up collections of textfiles
| antimatr | 3713 | Balloon Campaign Will Seek Evidence of Antimatter Galaxy
| anything.phk | 5225 | How to Connect Anything to Anything, by Jason!
| applic.txt | 3534 | Crimefighters Membership Application
| arctic.txt | 2103 | Learn Esperanto!
| armstech.txt | 663271 | Jane's Fighting Ships 1990-1991 (Specifications of Warships)
| arttext.fun | 4020 | The art of writing textfiles. What you needed to know.
| arubyint | 1306 | Introduction to Ruby's Pearls
| arubypro | 3480 | Ruby's Pearls: Promotional Blurb
| ast-dece.txt | 6080 | Short Biographical Sketches of Deceased Astronauts (February 1992)
| ast-dorn.txt | 2699 | Astronaut Birthplaces by State (February 1992)
| ast-list.txt | 17083 | Alphabetical List of Astronauts (February 1992)
| ast-prog.txt | 1705 | Background on the Astronaut Program (Astronaut Fact Book, February 1992)
| ast500hr.txt | 814 | Astronauts with more than 500 Hours in Space
| astronau.txt | 8854 | Requirements for Becoming an Astronaut
| auto | 6684 | Suggestions for Auto Mar
| autogide.txt | 53242 | Buying Your Massachusetts Automobile Insurance
| autoscam.txt | 15858 | A Guy Takes his Fine Oldsmobile Out for a Ride and to the Mechanics of the Country
| bathrm.txt | 8191 | G Saintiny writes about the glories of the bathroom, from the Winter Solstace 1990 EV Will and Word
| battery.txt | 11264 | Glenn Sahlin's Introduction to Batteries
| batteryn.ews | 49140 | NICAD Batteries: Facts and Fallacies (Radio Communications, 1988)
| bike.txt | 17046 | Charlie Lear's Adventerous Day in Biking
| bikelite.txt | 6879 | Project for Building a Bike Light
| billrights.fun | 3746 | The Bill of Rights "Lite" by John Perry Barlow
| blackbel | 10652 | What Does a Black Belt Mean? by Reverend Kensho Furyua
| blackhol.nas | 17207 | Black Holes in Space: A Scientific Overview
| blackhol.txt | 15872 | Black Holes in Space: An Overview
| blckjack.txt | 13704 | Blackjack: Card Counting for the Complete Klutz, from Steven Jacobs
| blkholes.fun | 6440 | The lowdown on Black Holes
| blood | 3088 | How to Make Realistic Blood (Recepies)
| bodybild.txt | 6066 | Bodybuilding Myths
| bonsai.txt | 16973 | The Timeless Art of Bonsai
| bonsai_c.oll | 6384 | How to Start a Bonsai Collection
| bookshop.txt | 21082 | R.A.B. Bookstore List of Cambridge and Boston (May 26, 1992)
| boring.txt | 2795 | How Not to Be Boring at a Party, by Jim Douglas
| brcredit.txt | 8413 | How to Establish a Good Credit Rating, by Jay Anderson, Loan Broker 1986
| brittish.txt | 13123 | Table of British and Amrtican English Words
| bulbs.txt | 5869 | Summer Flowering Bulbs in the Home Landscape
| carcheck.dos | 4502 | A Used Car Checklist: What to Check when you Buy a Used Car
| carcodes.txt | 3358 | Codes Used by Computers in GM Cars
| cards3.txt | 2677 | Mass Murderer Trading Cards Set III
| carradio.txt | 5724 | Working with Old Car Radios
| cchess.rul | 6101 | Chinese Chess: Xiang Qi
| celebrity.txt | 40622 | The Celebrity Autograph Kit Version 1.0 by Louis Martinez (1993)
| charitbl.txt | 7501 | Tax Information: Regarding Charitable Contributions of Property other than Cash or Stock
| charlen.art | 1850 | Random Thoughts: A Charlen's Eye View of the Decades of Human Life by Charlen Kyle
| chemburn.ana | 3641 | Signs you might be experiencing chemical burns
| chinesec.hum | 2384 | A Collection of Chinese Curses
| chinesez.odc | 5858 | The Lunar Calendar
| choosing.cat | 60032 | Choosing a Cat by R. Roger Breton and Nacy J. Creek
| chronolo.gy | 5876 | The Timeline of Akido Master Morihei Ueshiba
| circadia.txt | 8203 | A Test to Determine your Circadian Rhythm
| cleaning | 11486 | Some Clean-Up Tips
| clubs.txt | 4571 | Boston Area Nightclubs: Compiled April 16, 1990)
| coldfuse.pat | 64317 | The Cold Nuclear Fusion Bibliography (March 1, 1992)
| coldfusn.txt | 10221 | The Consequences of Clean Cold Fusion (1989) by Martin L. Buchanan
| collect.phk | 13473 | What you should know about Collection Agencies
| collecti.txt | 1860 | A List of Animal Collectives
| college.txt | 6483 | How to Get into College by Ian Osmond
| color.cht | 18816 | Chat of different colors and patterns of cat fur (Choose your cats!)
| comics.fun | 4403 | The Comic Book Collectors Handbook
| comsec1.txt | 13137 | COMSEC Bulletin #1 (February 17, 1990)
| consult.how | 37888 | How to be a Computer Consultant: A Guide
| contacts.wrn | 1966 | Do NOT wear contact lenses near Electric Arcs!
| couch | 4080 | How to be a Couch Potato in the Nineties by Francis U. Kaltenbaugh
| cpoet-01.txt | 33310 | Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture Part 1 (March 14, 1994)
| cpoet-02.txt | 27667 | Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture Part 2 (March 14, 1994)
| cpoet-03.txt | 31488 | Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture Part 4 (March 14, 1994)
| cpoet-04.txt | 9992 | Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture Part 4 (March 14, 1994)
| cpoet-05.txt | 33542 | Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture Part 5 (March 14, 1994)
| cpoetkib.txt | 22737 | |