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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 30 MAR 84 ******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
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21 Ahh... the sun feels good. The grass is soft, and the gentle
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22 sonorous rumble of the brook nearby... It's so relaxing and
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23 comfortable I hardly want to get up... Brook?! Grass?!! Sun?!!!
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24 Quickly I climb out of my sleeping bag and look around me. The forest
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25 is gone, and now I am in a bright sunny glade. This leaves me very
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26 confused. I don't know what is going on. Where am I? What has
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27 happened?!
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28 After a moment I regain my composure and take a look around.
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29 Obviously something happened in the night, but I don't know what.
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30 The camp fire is gone, but my equipment is still here. Looking around
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31 further, I notice that the area I am standing in is surounded by a low
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32 wall, and as was the clearing of last night it is shapped in the form
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33 of a pentagram though it is twice as big as the one in the forest.
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34 From the looks of the crumbling stone it would appear that it has been
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35 here for a very long time. I wonder what connection it might have
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36 with the one in the forest from last night?
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37 Well, I guess I'll have to make the best of the situation.
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38 Putting my equipment back into my backpack, I shoulder it and stepping
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39 over the wall, I decided to head north towards the brook as I was
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40 thirsty and could use some fresh water to sooth my parched throat.
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41 Within a few moments I reached the brook. Kneeling down at its
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42 bank I drink my fill of the wonderfully tasting water. Never have I
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43 tasted such water! So pure and clean! Never again could I drink
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44 water and not remember this. Getting back up I turn around to get my
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45 bearings, and stumble into a bush.
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46 What's this? It's a young rowan tree! Could this mean that she
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47 has been here? Looking down I see an imprint of a bare foot in the
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48 mud heading south. Well, I guess that is as good as any other
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49 direction to continue my search for PAM.
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50 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
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51 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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52 Obituary:the Ptavvs were slaves of the slavers and created the whitefoods for
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53 the slavers bucause they were supirior genetic engeneers.
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54 the main charicter defeated the demon by drawing said demons reentry pentagram
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55 on his chest,when the demon made himself smaller,the pentagram grew smaller
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56 the demon is still growing smaller now.
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57 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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58 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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59 Apprentice? Bard? Wassir? Salazar? I'm not sure this crew should have ever
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60 gotten in the same reality. Wassir and Salazar need to go after the Ninja
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61 and Jonathan Chance -- they have the Phoenix' Egg. Good luck, guys, and I'll
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62 be glad to pipe you into whatever reality you want.
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63 Apprentice and Bard -- are we accomplishing anything here? I would prefer
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64 to be some(reality)where else if the battle starts.
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65 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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66 to the people discussing Ptavvs, slavers, Bandersnatchii, etc.
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67 Ptavvs ARE slavers (actually then proper term is thrintun
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68 <singlular is thrint>), they just don't have the power that a "normal" thrint
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69 has.
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70 The bio-engineers who built the white-foods were the tnuctipun!
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71 ________________________________________________________________________________
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72 Mikey:I was refering to the disks you sell. Are they "standard" 8 SSSD disks?
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73 I have a friend who can read such disks. We are planning to do an XMODEM xfer to
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74 my system.
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75 If your disks had been one big file, they wouldn't FIT on one of my disks!
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76 (I don't want to find out what would happen when XMODEM ran out of room!)
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77 ___________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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78 "Milord piper, I have not yet determined why we came here! If thou
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79 seest no reason to remain, then let us make haste."
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80 #I doubt even my liege would try disturbing those in the city.
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81 He and the others have, no doubt, altered the spells that brought the orcs here
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82 so as to send them to Agnath. There they will probably let the squires use them
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83 for practice!#
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84 .......................................the apprentice...........................
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85 PRTFM YDJRF UHIUK PECAV EKVBM UJGKQ GIEMT RUEUT CHQRD CUXOQ WATGS PFDSI
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86 EWPWQ DTXBY
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87 ................................................................................
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88 :*************************************************************:
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89
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90 Dear Mr. Wassir:
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91
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92 I am writing because I know you are, once again, on good terms
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93 with the McKane organization. Quite frankly, with LeRoy out of
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94 town I have no where else to turn. I do so hope you can help.
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95
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96 Monsieur d'Autun is missing; I think he has been kidnapped.
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97
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98 When I tried to contact him his phone was disconnected, his
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99 number given to a telephone switching company, and his office
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100 turned into a GTE telephone outlet. There has been no ransom
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101 note, so far anyway, but I am very worried.
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102
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103 If you could see yourself clear to help me find Monsieur
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104 d'Autun, at least until Mr. McKane gets back, I'd be so
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105 thankful. If we could return Monsieur d'Autun I'm sure I
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106 could talk Mr. McKane into delivering the earmuffs he promised.
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107
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108 Wufus Penfield
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109
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110 :*************************************************************:
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111 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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112 Mr. Penfield:
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113 Since he chose to ignore our wishes, M. d'Autun has been "put on hold"
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114 (so to speak). Perhaps the next time we request a meeting, your representative
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115 will attend?
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116 In the meantime we suggest that you not get involved with Wassir. He
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117 seems to be having some troubles of his own. The Libyans wish to discuss
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118 the whereabouts of several nuclear devices with him. Somehow they seem to have
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119 gotten the idea that he had something to do with their diasappearance. A word to
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120 the wise, eh?
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122 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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123 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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124 And still.... realities shift once more. who knows what may come of this
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125 next? a light on the horizon, tis but the rising sun. but rising onto
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126 this plane, or the next? If my message was recieved, all may right itself
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127 soon. But if not, who can tell what is to come. I certainly don't want
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128 to guess.........
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129 F.F.
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130 BSAL (ret.)
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131 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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132 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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133 Mig: beaverton is quite a trip, if you make it I'll see
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134 you at the mall, perhaps. Beware of microwaved corndogs.
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135 Bo
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136 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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137 ONCE AGAIN I SLIP AND SLIDE THROUGH THE SLIME
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138 FIGHTING THE SERPENTS OF TIME.
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139 NO MOTHER TO CALL ME HOME
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140 NO WOMAN TO HAVE AS MY OWN.
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141
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142 THE WAR WE WAGED WAS ALL A GAME
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143 WILL MY HOMELAND BE THE SAME?
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144 THE POLITIC MAN SAYS TRY IT!
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145 THE SALESMAN CRYS BUY IT!
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146
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147 CAN YOU GUESS WHO I AM?
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148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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149 "I need some help," said the Ninja. "Conjure me up something, fast!"
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150
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151 "You hit me at a bad time," the gem replied, "like I said, I'm missing
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152 a fragment. All I've got is a band of 23 Aborigine warriors."
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153
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154 "Complete with boomerangs?"
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155 "Complete with boomerangs. Blow guns, too"
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156 "Ok, I'll take 'em."
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157 In the blink of an eye, the 23 warriors appeared before the startled
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158 ninja.
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159 "Well, guys, looks like we've got work to do. Better slam this gem back
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160 to it's storage reality"
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161 The Ninja
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162
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163 *********************************************************************
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164 LEONARD: THE DISKS SOLD ARE INDEED STANDARD 8" CPM SINGLE DENSITY
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165 DISKS THE FILES ARE STORED ONE BWMS DISK PER FILE.
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166 *********************************************************************
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167 AS FAR AS XMODEM, IT WILL SIMPLY ROLL OVER AND GO POOP WHEN THE DISK
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168 GETS FULL.
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169 WHAT YOU NEED, IS <AHEM> COPYLINK. WHEN THE DISK GETS FULL WITH COPYLINK,
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170 IT ASKS YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT THE FILE INTO OR NOT INSTEAD OF
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171 BLOWING UP. IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT THE FILE, IT WILL CLOSE OFF THE CURRENT
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172 DISK THEN ASK FOR A NEW DISK AND CONTINUE SAVEING ON THE NEW DISK.
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173 ************ CISTOP MIKEY *****************************************
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174 PAGE!!!
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175 NOW WHERE DID HE GO?
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176 OH !THERE YOU ARE,WHAT WERE
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177 YOU DOING?
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178 WELL I WAS LOOKING FOR JAN,BUT I JUST CAN'T FIND HER
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179 BUT THE KING WANTS YOU,I SAID
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180 "WELL THEN,LET'S GO",SAID HE
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181 WHEN WE ARIVED AT THE THRONE ROOM WE FOUND THE 800 WAITER OGRES SUR
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182 -ROUNDING THE KING
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183 WE SLOWLY PUSHED THROUGH THE MOB AND SAW THE KING LYING THERE WITH A FORK HIS
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184 BACK!!!!
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185 NOW WHAT WERE WE TO DO
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186 THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHO WOULD BE NEXT!!!!!
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187
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188 ME!!!
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189 --TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR THE -----FURTHER ADVENTURES------- ------OF------
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190 -------THE KNIGHT----
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191
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192 MAN IN GRAY:
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193 WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE NERD????
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194 WHEN I LOGGED ON I GOT A BUNCH OF ____________ CHARACTERS
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195 IS IT THE RESULT OF A NEW IMPLEMENTATION,
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196 OR IS IT SOME SORT OF HARDWARE PROBLEM????
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197 DANKE
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198 PHERIC'S FRIEND
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199 ********************************************************************************
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200 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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201 Observing that the quest had run out of steam the piper raised his pipes to
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202 his shoulder, inflated them, and begain the strains of "The Black Bear".
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203 The wizard's chambers grew silent as thesound filled the area. Several figures
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204 moved over near the piper and entered an area that seemed to quiver in the
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205 air, as the air over a heated stove. The piper segued into "Too Long In This
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206 Condition" and the members of the group grew first translucent, then transparent
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207 then faded out altogether.
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208 The innkeeper was polishing the aged wooden bar, meditating on how peaceful
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209 the inn had been of late, when he heard in the distance the sound of pipes.
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210 "Oh no!" he groaned to no one in particular. "Not that bunch back again.
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211 Oh well, as Confucus say, when inevitable..." he began lining up mugs of ale
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212 on the wooden counter top just as the group faded into view.
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213 The piper lifted his arm from the bag and snapped of the last notes of the
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214 song. Looking around, he saw the smiling face of the innkeeper behind a row
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215 of filled glasses, those quickly falling to the onslaught of the returning
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216 adventurers. Wading into the fray, the piper retrieved a glass and sat back
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217 at his old table. As he looked about at his companions, he said, "You know
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218 of course, that we have not suceeded. We still are open to the importation
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219 of advanced weapons into the inn. Does anyone have a plan?"
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220 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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221 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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222 NOT TO BREAK THE MOOD HERE OR ANYTHING BUT.......HERE'S SOME INFO. I
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223 FOUND QUITE INTERESTING ON QUASARS AND PULSARS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AT
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224 LEAST TEN MILLION ARE VISIBLE WITH A LARGE TELESCOPE. QUASARS THAT IS.
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225 THEY ARE BELIEVED BY ALL BUT A FEW ASTRONOMERS TO BE AT VAST DISTANCES
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226 FROM THE EARTH. LIKE 2 TO 15 BILLION LIGHT YEARS. JUST AROUND THE BLOCK
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227 IN THE UNIVERSE.
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228 DR. EDWARD R. HARRISON, AN ASTRONOMER AND PHYSICIST, DESCRIBES THEM THIS
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229 WAY:" IMAGINE THAT A LARGE ROOM REPRESENTS THE GALAXY; ON THIS SCALE THE
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230 HIGHLY LUMINOUS QUASAR IS NO MORE THAN A SPECK OF DUST FLOATING IN THE
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231 AIR." YET EACH OF THESE SPECKS OF DUST PUMPS OUT ON AN AVERAGE, A HUNDRED
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232 TIMES MORE ENERGY THAN ALL THE BILLIONS OF STARS IN OUR GALAXY PUT TO-
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233 GETHER! WHAT ARE THESE QUASARS?..........NO ON KNOWS, BUT THERE ARE
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234 THEORIES. HERE'S AN INTRIGUING ONE. THE LIGHT FROM THE MOST DISTANT
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235 QUASAR TAKES 15 BILLION YEARS TO REACH US. THAT MEANS THAT WE SEE THEM
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236 AS THEY WERE 15 BILLION YEARS AGO. NO KNOWN QUASAR IS MORE THAN 15 BIL-
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237 LION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY; HENCE THEY REPRESENT SOMETHING THAT STARTED HAP-
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238 PENING 15 BILLION YEARS AGO.
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239 ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT POPULAR THEORY, THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS STARTED
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240 WITH A 'BIG BANG' ABOUT 18 TO 20 BILLION YEARS AGO, THIS COULD MEAN THEY
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241 CAME INTO EXISTANCE ABOUT THE TIME THE UNIVERSE WAS ONLY FROM 3 TO 5
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242 BILLION YEARS AGO. ACCORDING TO THE THEORY, THAT IS ABOUT THE TIME WHEN
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243 GALXIES STARTED TO FORM. HENCE, QUASARS MAY BE GALAXIES IN THE PROCESS
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244 OF BEING BORN!.................AND THEN THE PULSARS.......IN 1967 ASTRON-
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245 OMERS WERE STARTLED AGAIN WHEN THEY DISCOVERED AN OBJECT SO BIZARRE THAT
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246 THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SOME EXTRATERRESTIAL INTELLIGENCE TRYING TO CONTACT
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247 EARTH! IT WAS A RADIO SIGNAL THAT FLASHED ON AND OFF, PULSATING IN A
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248 REGULAR RHYTHM. THIS TIME THE SOURCES SEEMED TO BE STARS LOCATED WITHIN
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249 THE GALAXY. THEY CAME TO BE CALLED PULSARS. TO EMIT THEIR DISTINCTIVE
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250 SIGNALS THEY MUST BE ROTATING, RATHER LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE BEACON. AND
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251 SINCE THEY PULSATE EVERY SECOND OR SO (there is one that pulsates 30
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252 times a second) THEY MUST BE VERY SMALL AND SPINNING LIKE A TOP. AS-
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253 TRONOMERS NOW BELIEVE THAT PULSARS MAY BE ONLY 24 KILOMETERS ACROSS, BUT
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254 SO DENSE THAT A CUBIC INCH WOULD WEIGH MILLIONS OF TONS. THEY ALSO FEEL
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255 THAT THEY MUST BE VERY HOT AND HAVE A HUGE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD. STRANGE
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256 OBJECTS INDEED!
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257 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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258
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259 BETCHA CAN'T GUESS WHO THIS IS DONE BY, WHAT ALBUM, AND WHICH ARTIST SONG
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260
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261 "WELL I KNOW I COULD MAKE THIS WORLD PEACEFUL AND CALM-
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262 IF I COULD JUST GET MY HANDS ON A HYDROGEN BOMB"
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263 F. FIN
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264 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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265 The bard had been listening to a conversation started during the
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266 trip back. It reminded him of a song....
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267 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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268 Kzanol, Teela, and Friends (words: Jordin Kare, tune: Tie me kangaroo down)
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269 Tie me bandersnatch down, Brown,
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270 Tie me bandersnatch down;
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271 All half-million pounds, Brown,
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272 Tie me bandersnatch down.
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273
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274 Ain't me tnuctipun fun, son,
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275 Ain't me tnuctipun fun?
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276 Just beware of their guns, son,
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277 But ain't me tnuctipun fun?
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278
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279 Treat me sunflowers right, mate,
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280 Treat me sunflowers right;
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281 And don't go out when it's light, mate,
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282 Treat me sunflowers right.
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283
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284 Me racing virpin are quick, Nick,
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285 Me racing virpin are quick;
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286 Their looks would make you feel sick, Nick,
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287 Me racing virpin are quick.
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288
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289 Turn me stasis field on, John,
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290 Turn me stasis field on;
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291 When it shuts off you'll be gone, John,
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292 Turn me stasis field on.
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293
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294 So we turned his field on, it's true, Lou,
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295 There wasn't much we could do;
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296 We'll leave the problem for you, Wu,
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297 With a Thrint, what else could we do?
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298 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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299 (note: the above is sung with a THICK Aussie accent - thus mate becomes "mite".
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300 The weight of a Bandersnatch is closer to .5 billion lbs! All references can be found in the works of Larry Niven)
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301 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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302 While sipping his drink after the song, an idea came to the bard.
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303 "Of course! Why didn't I think of it before!", he exclaimed.
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304 "Piper, apprentice, I think I've got it! All we have to do is get
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305 ARDNEH to help!"
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306 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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307 The apprentice looked startled, "Yes, but that is not what any man
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308 would call an easy task milord!"
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309 ..................................the apprentice................................
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310 CUDOE LJUIO VNHJP WHFEQ QKUEP FXIGH ATTWF TLETB CGTHD TAFFT KAHER CQRKT AVFVK
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311 ECLED MPOVN XBKQS DHEOI HLJNK FCUTI AREVK ECRSL GQLBN HTPRT JNXIC WOSDI SVKOV
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312 GLCCU DYXBY
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313
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314 ********************************************************************************
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315 Thanks for the sales pitch, Mikey, but I don't have a CP/M system (or an MS/DOS
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316 one either). My XMODEM program runs under TRSDOS, and somehow I doubt that
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317 Copylink does!
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318 _________________________________________Leonard_______________________________
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319 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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320 Dear Dufus;
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321 Regarding your request to find the funny French guy, I would be glad
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322 to assist. It seems things are getting a little slow in the land of OZ.
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323 We've created as much havoc here as is possible, so we might as well move
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324 on to another adventure. Now if only we can find our way back to the
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325 Inn. It seems when the brave adventurers left, we didn't. The Wizard is
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326 a sour old goat who is trying to get rid of us...
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327 A word of advice: DON'T USE THE TELEPHONE or you'll end up like
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328 d'Autun. All further contacts should be either by bonded carrier pigeon
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329 or via the Backwater. Please forward all information to Serena. We'll
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330 pick it up when we get back to your reality... Now where did that paisley
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331 door go?
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332 Mohammed Wassir
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333 <The Intrepid Albanian>
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334 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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335 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
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336 I HOPE NOT TO OFFEND ANY PEOPLE OF THE BLACK PERSUASION.
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337 HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED THE 20,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID?
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338 WELL, NOT TO LONG AGO, A STAR WAS GIVING CLUES TO AN ELDERLY BLACK
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339 WOMAN. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GUESS THE WORD "DEER". HIS FIRST CLUE
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340 WAS "DOE". SHE REPLIED "NOB"
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341
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342 DOE NOB,,,, GET IT!!!!!!! A TRUE STORY....
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343 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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344 DEAR GET IT: SINCE YOUR JOKE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ON SOUTHERN PEOPLE IN
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345 GENERAL OR NOT TOLD AT ALL, BUT YOU WENT AHEAD AND MENTIONED BLACK
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346 PEOPLE TWICE GRATUITOUSLY, I ASSUME THAT YOU WILL FAIL IN YOUR WISH NOT
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347 TO OFFEND ANY BLACK PEOPLE, HERE AND ELSEWHERE IN YOUR LIFE.
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348 THE REASON IS THAT THE JOKE DEPENDS FOR IT'S IMPACT ON AN UNFLATTERING
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349 BLACK STEREOTYPE. JOKES ABOUT HUMAN FAILINGS IN THOUGHT, GRAMMER, OR DEED
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350 ARE INDEED PERMISSABLE, BUT IN OUR PLURALISTIC SOCIETY IT IS BETTER NOT TO
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351 IDENTIFY THE BUTT OF YOUR JOKE AS TO RACE, RELIGION, SEX, AGE OR ANYTHING
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352 ELSE. THE ONLY TIME A SPECIFIC REFERENCE CAN BE IN GOOD TASTE IS WHEN
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353 ONE REFERS TO ONESELF, A WELL KNOWN PUBLIC FIGURE(SOMETIMES, USUALLY WHEN
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354 THEY ARE A POLITICAL FIGURE), OR TO SOMEONE BEING CONFRONTED FACE TO FACE. A
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355 GOOD GUIDELINE IS WHETHER YOU WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TELLING THE SAME
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356 JOKE WITH THE PERSON IN QUESTION RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. IF YOU FELT COMFORT-
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357 ABLE TELLING THIS JOKE WITH THE ELDERLY WOMAN RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, I'D SAY
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358 YOU QUALIFIED AS A SOCIOPATH.
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359 ****************************************************************************
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360 P.S. GIVING UP GAME SHOWS WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP TOWARDS ADOPTING A
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361 MORE COSMOPOLITAN, LESS PROVINCIAL, SENSE OF HUMOR.
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362 ****************************************************************************
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363 AN NOW. . . THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. . .
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364 AND NOW. . . IT'S TIME FOR. . .
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365 THE WIZARD OF OZ MEETS GODZILA'S SECOND COUSIN THRICE REMOVED!
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366 THIS MOVIE IS NARATED BY YOUR FAVORITE NARRATOR. . . MERLEN NAPTHASH!
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367 SHOWING NOW AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU. . .BE SURE NOT TO
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368 MISS THIS FASCINATING MOVIE. . . TICKETS ONLY $78934.87
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369
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370 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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371 XXXXXXXXXXXXX
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372 I DONT WANT TO INTERUPT ANYTHING BUT COULD SOMEONE LIST FOR ME ALL THE B.O.C
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373 ALBUMS?
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374 CC
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375
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376 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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377 Bard, If I remember correctly (since I just looked it up, I'm sure I do!),
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378 ARDNEH and ORCUS destroyed each other. Or were you considering
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379 requesting his/its help at some point in his/its time line prior to
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380 his/its 'termination'?
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381 While reading through the messages here, coming across the name ARDNEH
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382 causes a severe reality shift of its own to me. In a previous existence,
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383 in a different reality, when I was involved in D&D, my main character,
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384 a magic-user/thief, was named Ardneh. My first reaction to your
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385 'get Ardneh' suggestion was 'huh? How does he know about Ardneh? And
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386 he's only a 5th level, hardly in the same class as even the apprentice!'
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387 Then, of course, I realized who you were referring to.
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388 Liked your last song. Having just finished (re)reading the Ringworld
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389 books, its particularly fresh in my mind.
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390 Regarding OZ, I think the group left a little too soon. TWOOz is
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391 going to be on the boob this Friday. Or is that why you left--it
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392 might be a bit strange to have this mob appear on network television.
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393 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^DANTE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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394
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395 CC: Interesting that your self righteous indignation is
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396 aroused by a derogatory joke about a black person yet you
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397 see no harm in inflicting the same joke on a Southerner.
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398 Perhaps you should examine your own prejudices before
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399 condemning those of others. Max.
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400 ###########################################################
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401 "Onward aborigine army!" sohuted the Ninja as they marched a raid on
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402 no one in particular.
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403 The Ninja
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404
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405 !"##$#$&&'&('&%(%&'!#%$!"#%"%#!"$#"%$%&$&%''$#%&#%$"!$#"%#$%#&%$'&%&''#'
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406 CISTOP MIKEY: When is the famous COPYLINK going to be available for the LNW
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407 computer? If and when it does become available for that computer, I can
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408 certainly help ______leonard______ out since I can send directly from the
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409 8" drives to his system at whatever the highest baudrate Copylink can
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410 stand, or over the phone at 300, or whatever else we can think of. Are you
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411 listening _____leonard______?
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412 !"!#$$%#%$#&$'%()('%('&'&%'$%&#%"#%!"%$"#%"#$%#$&%%$&%$&$#&"!$#"!!"$!"$
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413 PS MIKEY, WAS THAT MESSAGE TO CHUCK THE SAME CHUCK WE BOTH KNOW?YOU TALKED
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414 TO HIM (TYPED) THE OTHER NIGHT WHILE I AND ANOTHER YOU KNOW WERE BUSY
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415 BLASTING PEOPLE WITH LASERS...
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416 IF SO, I CAN RELATE THE MESSAGE TO HIM...
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417 !"!$#"!$#"%$%&$&$%&&#$&%$&'%&$'%&(&'&%'%$&&"#$&%#"&%$#%#"$%$#"$%"#%"#%
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418
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419
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420 __________________________________________________________________________
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421 BOC Albums...this may not be all, but these are all of the ones I have in my
|
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422 collection.
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423 (in no particular order...) Cultosaurus Erectus, Mirrors, Some Enchanted
|
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424 Evening, Extraterrestrial Live, Fire of Unknown Origin, Agents of Fortune,
|
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425 On Your Feet or On Your Knees, Spectres...Embarrassingly, I can't remember the
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426 name of their latest album, and I believe I am missing their first 3 or 4 albums
|
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427 , although I have listened to them all ( a friend who is even a bigger fan
|
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428 than I am )
|
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429
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430 Sam Peckinpah
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431 Tandy Corp (reassigned)
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432 ____________________________________________________________________________
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433
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434 I'm sorry he said I can't out a word of what you're saying. Bye
|
||
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435
|
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436 **************************************************************************
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437 TO PERSON ABOVE ASKING ABOUT COPYLINK ON THE LNW, COPYLINK RUNS ON
|
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|
438 THE LNW NOW! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, GIVE ME A CALL AT 654-xxxx
|
||
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439 (U.S. DIGITAL). ALSO, YES, THE CHUCK IS THE SAME PERSON.
|
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440 LEONARD: SORRY, NO NOT ON THE TRS-80 YET, BUT HOPEFULLY IN TIME....
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441 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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442
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443
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444
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445
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446
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447
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448
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449
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450
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451 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
|
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452 For hours now I had been walking south through the grass plain,
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453 and still no sight of anything to break the monotony of it. What had
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454 started out to look like a pleasant grassy glenn has turned into a
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455 scortching grass covered plain. Even my hat I removed from my pack
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456 does not keep out the heat. It is sweltering!
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457 Finally in the afternoon I can take no more and I sit down on a
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458 rock and take out a small tent from my pack to try to provide some
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459 shade to rest in. Setting it up, I go inside and lay down to rest.
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460 Soon I am fast asleep.
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461 Later on I wake up to the chill night air. Going outside I
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462 decide to light a small fire to ward off the cold. Getting out my
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463 matches to strike a fire, I am quite surprized when nothing happens!
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464 Try as I might, I cannot get them to strike! Now I am really
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465 confused. What is wrong? Then on an impulse I get out my lighter and
|
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466 try that. It worked! So, it appears that matches do not work here
|
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|
467 wherever I am.
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468 Warming my hands over the fire, I think about what I have gotten
|
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469 myself into. Why did I ever let that Innkeeper talk me into this
|
||
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470 crazy quest to search for PAM. Not only do I not know where I am, I
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471 don't even know how I got here, or how to get back! My only hope I
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472 have is to find PAM and try to persuade her to show me the way back,
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473 and I have almost no clues as to how to find her. Oh Lord! Why did I
|
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|
474 ever let him talk me into this? No reward is worth this!
|
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475 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
|
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|
476
|
||
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477 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTO:SAM PEKINPAH
|
||
|
478 THE SONG "BLACK BLADE" WAS BASED ON A 6 BOOK SERIES BOOKS BY
|
||
|
479 MICHAEL MOORCOCK,ABOUT ELRIC OF MELNIBONE. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU READ THEM (IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY) IN ORDER THEY ARE:
|
||
|
480 ELRIC OF MELNIBONE
|
||
|
481 SAILOR ON THE SEAS OF FATE
|
||
|
482 WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF
|
||
|
483 THE VANISHING TOWER
|
||
|
484 THE BANE OF THE BLACK SWORD
|
||
|
485 STORMBRINGER
|
||
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486 THEY ARE REALLY GOOD BOOKS!!
|
||
|
487
|
||
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488 PHERIC FOERENDER
|
||
|
489 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|
||
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490 The above mentioned books are all totally bizzare. I loved every one of
|
||
|
491 them. Moorcock has written several other series that I would like
|
||
|
492 to read but have not had the time. Rumor also has it he watched
|
||
|
493 Dr. Who.
|
||
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494 Bo
|
||
|
495 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
||
|
496 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% WORDS
|
||
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497 -------
|
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498 WORDS
|
||
|
499 THERE ARE SO MANY
|
||
|
500 DOUBLE AND TRIPLE MEANING
|
||
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501 WORDS
|
||
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502
|
||
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503 WE TOSS THEM ABOUT
|
||
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504 AND THEY BOUNCE OFF
|
||
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505 NOT HEARD OR HEARD TOO WELL
|
||
|
506 BEGATTING SILENCE OR GOSSIP
|
||
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507
|
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508 HONESTY-WHO WOULD BELIEVE US
|
||
|
509 SINCERITY-WHO WOULD TRUST US
|
||
|
510 UNLESS WE LIVE THE WORDS WE SPEAK
|
||
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511 THEY ARE BUT A JUMBLE OF SOUNDS.
|
||
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512
|
||
|
513 BY
|
||
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514 BEN HANCHETT
|
||
|
515
|
||
|
516
|
||
|
517 Computers and the Arts - a national conference to be at Thunderbird/Jantzen Beach 4/1-3. Gene Youngblood does two presentations
|
||
|
518 Sun. 3:30pm, Mon. 7:00pm - lots of computer graphics - latest film/video - $4 each event. Call 378-xxxx for more info. If
|
||
|
519 you want to bring your hardware with management software packages, call Donovan Gray at 378-xxxx to arrange for free full coon-
|
||
|
520 ference pass. Spread the word!
|
||
|
521 25 workshops in all. daily rate available @ $30 (includes lunch) $75 for full conference
|
||
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522 exit
|
||
|
523
|
||
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524 exit
|
||
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525 +
|
||
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526 end
|
||
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527 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
|
528 Ahh! It's nice to relax for a few minutes after getting back to the inn.
|
||
|
529
|
||
|
530 Deborah -- do you take Scientific American? It's a good, reputable, magazine
|
||
|
531 that carries quite a few blockbuster stories in a very low key. Granted, some
|
||
|
532 issues are dull, but for general keeping up it is hard to beat. They had an
|
||
|
533 article on pulsars about 6mos to a year back that was an excellent overview
|
||
|
534 of just what they do and how and why they do it. If you would like I'll try
|
||
|
535 to find the issue.
|
||
|
536
|
||
|
537 Bard -- I must have missed that reference. I don't recall ARDEH (how about
|
||
|
538 a hint -- like author's name? Or -- even-- a title to go with it?) but from
|
||
|
539 contex I deduce a supercomputer of some sort. Knowing both our tastes in
|
||
|
540 literature and action away from the inn, it sounds like you may have a quite
|
||
|
541 difficult task in mind. I'm game.
|
||
|
542
|
||
|
543 Finishing his mug of ale, the piper stood and began "The Skye Boat Song."
|
||
|
544 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
|
545 Piper:ARDNEH (see refs under Saberhagen, Fred; Empire of the East; The Broken Lands; The Black Mountains; Changeling Earth)
|
||
|
546 Ardneh STARTED as a computer (sort of) what it finished as.....
|
||
|
547 Dante: In the above timeline, Ardneh & Orcus may have eliminated each other.
|
||
|
548 But the prime rule for dealing with alternities is "ALL possibilities DO happen"
|
||
|
549 Thus, SOMEWHERE Ardneh survived! All we have to do is find the right timeline.
|
||
|
550 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
551 The man-scent was strong, but the thoughts were disorganized. Finally,
|
||
|
552 the cat decided that the man was asleep. Moving closer, he examined the camp.
|
||
|
553 Hmph! Not much here, maybe his dreams would be more informative...
|
||
|
554 ... he is seeking a female. Perhaps the one that had passed by earlier?
|
||
|
555 Not having a human type time-sense the cat wasn't sure how long it had been -
|
||
|
556 at least several sleeps.
|
||
|
557 The prairie-cat dragged a blanket over by the man and settled his 5 foot
|
||
|
558 body on the blanket. He would await morning and try to communicate with the
|
||
|
559 two-leg.
|
||
|
560 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Green-eyes"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
561 AP Washington: A Government source revealed that the Semiconcious
|
||
|
562 Liberation Army and the Eco-Guerillas have joined forces against the Albanian
|
||
|
563 group headed by Mohammed Wassir.
|
||
|
564 It is thought that they may be trying to collect the 50 million dollar
|
||
|
565 reward offered Monday by Libyan leader Khadafi.
|
||
|
566 There is still no official word on why Khadafi posted the reward.
|
||
|
567 30
|
||
|
568 ********************************************************************************
|
||
|
569 To: Grand Dragonmaster, McKane, Wassir, etc
|
||
|
570 Pick up a copy of a game called Illuminati, if you want to find
|
||
|
571 out what is going on!
|
||
|
572 Ian MacHinery
|
||
|
573 ********************************************************************************
|
||
|
574 TO ALL INTERESTED: Dr Who has been written by a number of people. Let us
|
||
|
575 not forget that there is such a thing as "PENNAMES" and that a great many
|
||
|
576 writers use them quite freely and often. As for Eric of Melnibone--
|
||
|
577 BOC is not the first group of musicians to use MM's stories for ideas
|
||
|
578 to wit, a band little known and appreciated in the USA, Camel. I can't
|
||
|
579 dredge up the name of the album nor the song(s) {tho' I have most of their
|
||
|
580 records} at this time. I will bring them here tomorrow. And a question
|
||
|
581 before I return to my work reality: what must a person do to get acquainted
|
||
|
582 with the rest of you folks?
|
||
|
583 F. Fin Mad man at Large
|
||
|
584 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
||
|
585 I never mentioned any authors for the doctor. I just mentioned his
|
||
|
586 name in passing. I'll just get back into my TARDIS and try to
|
||
|
587 forget I brought it up.
|
||
|
588 Bo
|
||
|
589 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
||
|
590 {
|
||
|
591 man w/o parity: "laser" (singular)
|
||
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592 mssgs for ya on CBBS
|
||
|
593 }
|
||
|
594 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
|
||
|
595 To F. FIN mad man at large.
|
||
|
596 Rumor has it that several of the faces behind the names get
|
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|
597 together at the Portland Science Fiction Society meetings downtown
|
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|
598 at the Multnomah County Library. I believe the meetings are every other
|
||
|
599 Saturday, at 2pm, the next one being 1 1/2 weeks from now (April 7).
|
||
|
600 They've been trying to get BW people to show up. I might even make
|
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|
601 it next time.
|
||
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602 )()()()()()()()()()()()()()(DANTE)()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
|
||
|
603 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
|
||
|
604 PIPER: IF YOU HAVE THE TIME OR RUN ACROSS THE ARTICLE MENTIONED I WOULD
|
||
|
605 GLADLY READ IT! I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SPACE. ESPECIALLY OUTER.
|
||
|
606 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
|
||
|
607 MIKEY: HERE, HERE.
|
||
|
608 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
609 BW Classifieds
|
||
|
610 Wanted: Missing sliver of gem known as the phoenix egg. Egg find in
|
||
|
611 land of Oz. Interested parties should contact the Ninja.
|
||
|
612 Want to hire one craftsman to build and mantain boomerangs. Contact
|
||
|
613 the Ninja.
|
||
|
614 For sale: Bolos. All shapes and sizes. Sold only on an as is basis.
|
||
|
615 Can be found at (form.) Fast Freddy's used Bolo lot.
|
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616 !"#"$%#&%$&&%'&%('&)'(&(&%''%$&"#%!#"%$#%$#"&%$'&%)'&(&%'#%$'&$%!""#$
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617 CISTOP : Thankee for the info. I will give your corporation a call as soon
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618 as time permits. I will also let Chuck know the message. In the meantime,
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619 to keep the conversation going, what is the highest baudrate copylink
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620 supports? Does it allow re-programming the RS232 on the NEW LNW II? Thanks
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621 for the very quick response (I forgot to put my pseudo name in the border.
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622 ______leonard_______ are you listening to all of this? Are you still
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623 interested? Do you have another source for help with the BW disks? Speak?
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624 Parlez-toi!
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625 To { } I realize it was only ONE laser, but the plural sounds so much
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626 more impressive! I got the message. Later whiz... de de du da
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627 "!#!"$#"$#"!$% L'homme sans parity "#!#!"#$"!#$%#$%#$&%#"&!$#"!$"!%#%!%
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629 __________ Out of room Pheric. Talk later. Sam Peckinpah ______________
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