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NUMBER OF LINES: 622
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 16 MAY 84 ******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message CISTern) Mike Day CISTern 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 privately 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 privately 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 ah haaa, made it to the top finally!!!!
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21 anyone out there know how to get the coller in zorkII
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22 to put around the three headed dog?
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23 thanks,
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24 Pheric F.
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25
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26 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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27 How long I had been sitting there fighting the darkness
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28 I did not know, but as suddenly as it came it left. A
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29 calm desended upon me, yet still there was an under
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30 current of tension and fear, for the darkness is not
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31 gone, it has only receded for a while. It knows that
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32 when next I am unprepared and let my guard down it will
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33 be free to strike again. I can only hope that I will be
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34 ready and stop it again when it dares to strike again.
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35 Slowly I regain my senses and become aware of my
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36 surroundings. Opening my eyes, I see a figure standind
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37 over me. Odd, where did he come from? I don't remember
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38 seeing him before. Then before I can come fully to my
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39 senses, I am confronted by a Godess demanding the reason
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40 for my treaspassing upon her property and breaking into
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41 her home, and the audacity of sitting in her favorite
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42 chair! This must obviously be the owner of this house,
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43 the 'PAM' whose name I saw upon the box outside the
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44 door. Not knowing what to say, I just sit there
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45 dumbfounded slack mouthed and staring...
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46 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Elger EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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48 Walking down a musty corridor that has seen better days, Milchar & The
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49 Traveller step deeper into the dungeon. A low growl is heard ahead, and
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50 a HUGE griffon shifts itself directly in out path! "There, there", Milchar
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51 says to it," we won't be staying long." Satisfied with the answer, the beast
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52 lays back down.
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53 A few more feet brings the two to a door of wooden construction, but also
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54 having very large steel straps binding it. A small sliding panel was mounted
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55 in the door. Milchar gives it one tap, two, and finally three, then waits.
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56 The small panel opens momentarily, and ancient eyes stare at the two adventurers
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57 as if calculating their worth. "Milchar, you still live?", he ventures
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58 cautiously. "ORr is that you, Oberon, poking fun at me? How can I really
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59 tell? Hmm... Yes! If you ARE Milchar, then recite the Emerald Way to build
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60 a tesseract."
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61 MIlchar thinks a moment, and starts to reply but is interrupted by Traveller.
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62 "You construct a box of normal dimensions, then place an Emerald of high
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63 quality in each corner of the box, then place a Portable Hole inside,
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64 and finally cast a Wish to complete the process." Milchar stares at him,
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65 dumbfounded, but says nothing. Dworkin seems suprised also, but says,
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66 "Well, if it isn't you, someone has well-educated friends. Tell me, what of
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67 your work? Your tower? I see a place enscribed deeply in your mind....
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68 'The Inn'? But I begin to babble. Come, come."
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69 They follow the humped figure of Dworkin, whose back straightens as they
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70 go. "How long has it been?", Dworking mutters. "Milchar- you, of all the
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71 blood of Amber in the Fifth Generation, are the only one who can shift shadow
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72 to any great extent. Yes, ability does decline with the generations, but
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73 you... are a special case. Your mother was not... normal. It is time you
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74 heard the story, and this time, all of it."
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75 Traveller, by this time, was deeply engrossed in a scattering of large cards
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76 on a nearby table. He bent down to look at them, and saw faces the thought
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77 he recognized... Staring harder, one of the cards seemed to stir faintly.
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78 The picture was of a man in black and silver, whose cloak was fastened with
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79 a silver rose. Also in the picture was- L'homme! "Milchar! L'homme is in
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80 this card!" Milchar diverts his attention from the ramblings of Dworkin
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81 long enough to see what Traveller was talking about. "Trumps! Traveller,
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82 how can you use them, even at a primitive stage?"
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83 Dworkin stops his chattering for a moment, considering. "Traveller, do you
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84 have any, well, strange blood in your family? This is all getting quite
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85 confusing. Hold. My mental state is deteriorating, get out while you can!
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86 Use a Trump! Hurry!"
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87 Milchar grabs a card at random, concentrates, and he and Traveller are
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88 pulled through just tiin time.
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89 ++++++++++++++++++
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90 Cistop Mikey:My modem was acting extremely freaky yesterday, and the CTRL-N's
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91 are purely an accident. Sorry.
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92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++
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93 (It's also putting in spelling errors where there shouldn't be.)
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94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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95 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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96 "I take it, then, that this ' L'homme ' is a friend of yours?" Lord Corwin asks Voyeur. At Voyeurs nod, he continues
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97 "in that case, since he seems to be having some problem convincing his conveyance to continue, I will 'encourage' it the
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98 rest of the way into the city. We will go down to meet it, for I would like to know how your friend made it as far as he
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99 did. Something strange seems to be going on, and I mean to get to the bottom of it." With that he turned and left the
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100 room, with Voyeur trailing in his wake. Voyeur wasn't sure exactly where he was, but at least this Corwin didn't seem
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101 actively hostile, and appeared to have the power to return him to Innisfall if need be.
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102 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::O O:::::::::::
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103 LAWS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
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104 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
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105 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer.
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106 3. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
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107 4. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
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108 5. Any given program will expand to fill all available memory.
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109 6. The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output.
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110 7. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the
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111 programmer who must maintain it.
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112 "From Murphy's law and other reasons why things go WRONG
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113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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114 "Will the Delegates please come to order", the chair called, empahsizing his
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115 plea with a knock of the gavel. Ignoring him the delegates to the Galactic
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116 presidential nominating convention continued to mill on the floor, chanting
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117 and carring signsin support of Lang Hestrom, the V.P. of the assisinated
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118 former dictator. After a few more useless calls and taps of the gavel, the
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119 Chair signaled the protection committee to clear the floor. It was not as if
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120 the demonstration had been disrupting anything important, the nominee had
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121 been selected weeks earlier in secret committee infighting. Of course none
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122 of the delegates on the floor realized this, the chair only had been
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123 informed because of his wife's chairwomenship of that comittee. The floor
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124 finally quieted and the informal nominations began to come in as each
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125 delegation was called and asked for a nomination. The chair knew the exact
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126 procedure to be followed. The selected candidate would be introduced under
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127 informal from the Earth delegation and so, would end up as V.P. barganing
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128 chip. Then he would be selected as V.P. and evidence of the financial
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129 manipulation of the presidential nominee would come out. The subsequent
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130 expulsion of the nominee would put him as the most face saving substitute
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131 and as one of the last items the delegates would confirm him as presidential
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132 nominee.
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133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++0000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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134 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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135 Cistop Mikey -- Some primal Chaos must have crept into the connection,
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136 I do not send <ESC> knowingly. (My software on an overripe apple uses it
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137 for a shift -- two for shift lock. It isn't supposed to get through!)
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138 Please let me know if this messages contains any <ESC> chars.
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139 To the rest of my friends and companions-- I am unable to devote te
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140 necessary time to participate in the growing Amber adventure, as much as
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141 I would like to. (I hope to barely manage to stay up with it if the disks
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142 don't spin by too fast). If someone has use for the character, please feel
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143 free to write him into the adventure, but please give him back unharmed
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144 when done!
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145 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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146 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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147 Just tell me why I can't play Doctor with the little girl next door?
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148
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149 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJUNIORJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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150 0100001001010101010100110101100101000010010011110100010001011001
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151 It has been a long time since I have wandered these corridors.
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152 There have been many changes.
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153 Finally, it seems, people are learning to spell, at least, a little
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154 better than before.
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155 This adventure stuff is certainly interesting, but, alas, too
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156 wordy. Disks will be filling up to quickl for the likes of me.
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157 Alas, I must leave. I will return.
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158 -Busybody
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159 0100001001010101010100110101100101000010010011110100010001011001
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160
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161 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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162 Moving through the dark forest slowly, for it did not bode
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163 one well to move quickly here, I come to a small clearing.
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164 This appeared to be as good a spot as any to camp for the night.
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165 Setting the wards around the edge of the clearing, I sit down,
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166 and build a small camp fire to roast the small pheasent I had
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167 caught earlier in the day.
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168 For many weeks now I had been searching the trail, following
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169 what few spores I found. How many times had I come so close to
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170 finding her again? They have been so few, and tentative at best.
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171 Yet still I keep trying, for I find that I still must continue to
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172 search for my dear friend Emer.
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173 That last day that I saw her moving down the road towards
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174 the cloud shrouded hills, she had said she would be back, but
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175 that was months ago. I had decided to begin my search when she
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176 was far overdue from her normal departure. The trail had been
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177 long and difficult, crossing back on itself many times. Yet
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178 always it wound ever so slowly upwards.
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179 Cooking my dinner over the fire, I wonder what maddness is
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180 this that causes me to leave my safe and secure home? To
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181 endanger my health, my very life, to go in search of Emer? What
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182 do I expect to gain from it if I do again find her? Searching my
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183 mind at length I find I still have no answer to these questions,
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184 yet still I know I must continue searching. What is this that
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185 drives me ever onward?
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186 A crackling sputtering sound brings me back to life, and
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187 quickly snatching my dinner from the fire I wrap it in my cloak
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188 to put out the fire. Looking at the charred remains of my
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189 dinner, I resign myself to jerky for dinner again tonight.
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190 Sigh.........
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191 *OO* Tarn *OO*
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192 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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194 HAS ANYONE NOTICED HOW IF YOU TRANSPOSE
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195 THE LETTERS IN TARN'S NAME THEY SPELL
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196 RANT? JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION IT.
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197 ****************************************
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198 ******************************************************************
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199 Hey guys,i'm back did'nt you miss the exiting episode from the Phantom Writter??
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200 Well i'll give you one now
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201 One day Mr.Crawley was walking down the long dark damp street
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202 when he notice something moving in the back corner of a garbage disposale...
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203 He turned around to investigate........LOOK OUT BEWARE it yell at him.
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204 Mr.Crawley yelled back "FOR WHAT I SAY?","FOR WHAT?"
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205 Then the voice spoke "You shall soon die in less than 24hrs!!"
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206 "OH yeah and i'm Ronald Reagan?"
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207 "No,your not now stop lieing and listen to me it is very important!!"
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208 "How do you make me get out of this Death?"
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209 "You have to kill 3 people in order to do so"
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210 "Oh yeah and i'm MICKEY MOUSE?"
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211 "No,your NOT i told you to quit lieing?"
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212 "Well,i will not kill three people and that's it"
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213 "You'll pay the price Mr.Cr"
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214 Then he laughed and it echoed on and on and on and on through the night only he
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215 Could hear it....no one else but him....
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216 By morning time he was still alive,but the 24hrs was about up......he ran!
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217 Ran father and farther and farther and farther he tried to get away..
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218 From the Evil Sprit but it kept on laughing "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA "
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219 Laughing in a mean voice like he is going to die
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220 Then all of the sudden there was SILIENCE!!
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221 After 2 seconds he stop
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222 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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223 *****************THE PHANTOM WRITTER STRIKES AGAIN************
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224 Oh yeah i want you to take a poll on this story
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225 Rate it
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226 1.Awesome
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227 2.not too bad
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228 3.He really sucked
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229 4.needs impovement
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230 i pick <2>oh yeah sysop can VOTE alss
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231 Thanks *********PHANTOM WRITTER***********************:
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232 The Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6) story needed alot of improvement!
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233 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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234 anyway, HOW IS IT EVERYBODY? Long time no bulliting. I hope everybody
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235 have had some good buds latly!
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236 But if your not in to it, tn that's really kool too.
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237
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238 I've been away for awhile and see that nothing has changed (openning up the
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239 middle of sinbad the sailor or heavy metal)
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240 I enjoy the works of writting on this system alot. Why don't you people
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241 start your own Heavy Metal paper?
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242 You should, REALLY!
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243
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244
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245 So tell me Mike, how is Pam the immortal these days?
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246 Still hanging in there I hope!?
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247 Sorry I havn't been critic-ing latly, but I've been so busy
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248
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249 trying to get my gremlin's worked out of my MSD POWER SYSTEM.
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250 So far I've goten' it perfect, except down loading files from the
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251 master libraries that are on line. There are just a few bugs in certain
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252 transmissions. They will hopefully by exercised this week by one of
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253 my friends who is district programmer for the Evergreen Schls.
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254
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255 Well I think I shot my 5 cents worth. keep on keepin' on!
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256 * * * * * * * Ken * * * * * * * * * *
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257 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjiiiiiiiiii
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258 LUBARSKY'S LAW OF CYBERNETIC ENTOMOLOGY
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259 There's always one more bug.
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260 ***************************************** WHISPER ************************
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261 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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262 My beautiful Mazda had been stolen! The one the friends called the
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263 Mach V. It just seems to have disappeared leaving only a manhole cover in
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264 the space where it had been parked.
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265 To my surprise, the man hole cover opened up and a hand beckoned me
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266 inside. What the heck. I jump climb in and start to descend.
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267 When I'm just inside the street, my ninja trained hand somehow
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268 looses grip ladder. I'm falling down an unreal hole with lights zipping
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269 past me.
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270
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271 The Ninja
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272 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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273 After the prismatic after-image fades, Milchar and Traveller find themselves
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274 in a very well-decorated room, obviously furnished by someone with very good
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275 taste. A well-built man was standing at the window, looking outside at the
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276 strange storm hovering over the city. He whirls about, surprised. "Who are
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277 you, able to use the Trumps and also not known to me? Who is that with you?
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278 Speak up, man! Tell me all, for times recently have been much disturbed."
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279 Milchar and Traveller try their best to explain events leading up to their
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280 present situation, but they obviously lack the necessary verbal skills to
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281 completely relate everything. Soon the man gets very confused, and asks for
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282 additional explanation. "Hmmm... You are Corwin's great-grandson? Well,
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283 welcome to Amber, for you probably won't get a welcome from anyone else!
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284 No one who knows of you here can honestly say that he trusts you, for the
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285 Magical Arts are unknown here, and we do not know what to expect. Are you
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286 still able to walk the pattern, after all these years and straining of Amber
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287 blood?"
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288 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++
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289 Mommy, wipe my nose.
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290 AS I WAS WALKING DOWN THE DARK, LONG CORRIDOR... ARGH!
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291
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292 IT'S QUITE EASY TO LEAVE THIS SYSTEM HIT <C>CTRL OR BREAK
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293
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294 ***************************************************************
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295 I'm back with anyother exiting story
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296 To:Mike Day i think this is the best system i've seen Yet!
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297 ***************************************************************
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298 Well this is the Phantom Writter here to bring you a improved story about ..
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299 The Mob Rules!!!
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300 One day a little girl was walking down the street(My favorite line to use for..
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301 Start..
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302 i spelled exitind did'nt i that's STUPID of Me
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303 it's exciting i think?
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304 Oh well who cares!!!
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305 Back to the Mob
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306 ****************************************************************
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307 One day a little Girl was walking down the street and she heard yelling !
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308 She looked around, but did'nt hear anything what's the matter she thought!!!!
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309 Then off in the distance she heard the mob comming to destroy every living
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310 Thing in the visinity!!!
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311 She was going to go home and cry boo hoo
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312 What a dumb story
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313 i've got a way better one some where i wrote about dungeons
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314 and Calstles i will type that in later
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315 By the way anyone going to RUSH may 17th 1984
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316 i am it's an awesome concert i hope Neal Peart does a Massive Drum Solo like
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317 on ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE AND ON
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318 EXIT STAGE LEFT WITH TOM SAWYER!
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319 *****************Phantom Writter(Not so good this evening***********************
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320 Bye bye
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321 Who is Milchar?
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322 DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTOMWR
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323 NEVER IN THE MANY YEARS OF THE MODEM SERVICE HAD HE READ SUCH A COMPLETE
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324 JUMBLE OF GARBAGE, MIS-SPELLINGS, AND NONSENSE. THE PHANTOM WRITTER WAS
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325 OBVIOUSLY A BRAIN DAMAGED TEENAGER WITH OUT THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF WHAT
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326 WAS GOING ON IN THE BIG REAL WORLD. NEVER HAD THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BEEN
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327 SO ASSAULTED FROM WITHIN. SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO RID THE
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328 HALLOWED HALLS OF BW FROM THIS NEW VIRUS KNOWN AS THE PHANTOM WRITTER.
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329 IT HURT HIS EYES TO EVEN READ THESE MESSAGES. THIS BOZO COULDN'T EVEN
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330 SPELL HIS NAME CORRECTLY. WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD LET SUCH A
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331 COMPLETE IDIOT BETWEEN ITS FINGERS. THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW, BUT HE WOULD
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332 NOT SLEEP UNTIL THE PHANTOM WRITTER WAS RID OF. HIS PLAN WOULD BE SIMPLE,
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333 BUT HE HOPED, EFFECTIVE. IT HAS WORKED BEFORE, AND IT WILL WORK AGAIN.
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334 IF INTERNAL CONFLICT MUST BE DEALT WITH, THEN LET IT BE SWIFTLY AND SURELY.
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335 WITH THAT THOUGHT, HE WANT ABOUT MAKING HIS PLANS. STEP ONE HAS ALREADY
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336 BEEN SET IN MOTION. NOW ONLY TIME WILL TELL. FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND, FOR THE
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337 SANITY OF THE OTHER USERS, AND INDEED FOR HIS OWN HEALTH, PLEASE LET HIM BE
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338 SUCCESSFUL!
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339 DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTERDEATHTOPHANTONWRI
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340 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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341 CISTOP MIKEY: Is there a way for the common user to clean messes left
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342 by (expletives deleted)? Such as lines 291 to (at least 368, preferably 395)?
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343 Or must each line be REplaced one at a time? Something like
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344 DElete 291-368 is really what I have in mind, though, causing subsequent lines
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345 to move up and fill the hole.
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346 :::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::voyeur::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
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347 YES. DELETE 291-395 WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. THEN MESSAGES LIKE 396-414
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348 WOULDN'T BE NEEDED. BUT AS LONG AS 291-395 EXIST, SO DOES 396-414 NEED TO
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349 EXIST ALSO.
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350 CONCERNED USER -
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351 ******************************************************************
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352 VOYEUR ET AL: A DELETE COMMAND SIMULAR TO THE ONE YOU ASK ABOUT USE TO
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353 EXIST, BUT IT HAD TO BE REMOVED (ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER SIMULARLY
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354 DANGEROUS COMMANDS) BECAUSE OF THE MISSUSE OF THE COMMAND. (THIS IS WHY
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355 IT STILL SAYS 'LINE(S) DELETED'). IT WAS TOO EASY FOR SOME ONE TO JUST
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356 DELETE ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO.
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357 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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358 RUSH SUCKS!
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359 RUSH SUCKS!!!!!!!!
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360 -A VERY CONCERNED USER-
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361 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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362 (The line before last was too crude to be left on the system, and so I zapped
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363 the poor thing. Mike, I apologize on that jerk's behalf.)
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364 Milchar thought about all the questions put forth to him, and finally said,
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365 "There is one way that I could discover what ails Amber, but it is dangerous.
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366 Even moreso than walking the Pattern. Traveller, We must postpone our little
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367 trip to the Ruby Valley, as more pressing matters are presenting themselves.
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368 Random- Is there a room that I may use that no one can get into while I am
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369 there? I mean, normally- by walking or breaking in."
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370 "Yes, there is: The library. It has double doors that may be bolted from
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371 the inside, which is the only way in. Will that do?"
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372 "Yes, that will be quite satisfactory. Traveller, We know that Voyeur is
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373 in Amber somewhere, and others are bound to follow. Find them! Tell them
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374 that what is happening is much greater than what is shown on the surface.
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375 Amber may be in great danger, and other realities may be also!"
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376 Milchar follows Random, who shows him the way to the library, and Traveller
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377 leaves the palace on a fine horse. "Farewell, Traveller- And good luck!"
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378 Milchar shuts and bolts the doors to the very large library, which contains
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379 books of every size, color, and discription. Tables lined with books filled
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380 the place, and all looked well-kept.
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381 The Arch-Mage finds a place to sit on the floor, and begins to scribe a
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382 pentagram of silver fire about himself. The heatless flame began to burn,
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383 and mystical words of power were uttered in that protective ring.
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384 Milchar again throws his essence 'pon the ether...
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385 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++
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386 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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387 Lord Corwin and Voyeur emerge from the large edifice which is the visible seat of power in Amber, and approach a cleared
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388 area, apparently some sort of plaza. Sitting in the middle of the space is the misplaced Mustang, surrounded by a curious
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389 group of onlookers, and several jumpy guards. Voyeur cannot see L'homme, but does notice that the car's hood is up. As
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390 he nears, he begins to discern L'homme's voice, muttering and crooning to the car, alternately concerned about any damage
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391 done to it in its strange transition, and confused about its reluctance to operate. As Voyeur rounds the car to the front,
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392 he finally sees L'homme; or at least as much of L'homme as it is possible to see--most of L'homme seems to be inside the
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393 engine compartment, surrounded by a wealth of tools and gadgets. Voyeur, relieved to see his friend safe, and happy to see a
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394 familiar face (well, almost see a familiar face), decides to greet L'homme properly. Noticing the proximity of the hood
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395 to L'hommes head, he sneaks up behind him, and shouts "BOO!"
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396 ::::::::
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397 What can I say, L'homme? I get kind of weird at 0500, especially after 5 straight hours of accounting homework.
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398 ::::::::
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399 Milchar-did you know Corwin and I just left the library? And do you remember that there IS a secret door into it (see
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400 nine princes in amber, page 93)
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401 ::::::::
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402 CISTOP MIKEY-you didn't entirely answer my question. If I come on the board after someone has left a serious mess, is there
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403 anything I can do? Or, as I suspect, is there a select few who can, but not the common masses? I seem to recall seeing
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404 a messsage from you indicating some such thing.
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405 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur:::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
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406 Dear Mother,
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407 Since this is your designated day in the year, I want to wish you a
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408 wonderful day. Keep up the good work!
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409 A secret ......looker?
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410
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411
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412 DEAR MOTHER,
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413 ALL IS FINE HERE AT COLU.. I WISH TO WISH YOU A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
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414 BY THE WAY CAN YOU SEND SOME MONEY DOWN,PLEASE MA.
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415 YOUR LOVING SON,
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416 HERB JR.
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417
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418 ***************************************************************
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419 VOYEUR: YOU CAN ONLY DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM ON A LINE BY LINE BASIS AS
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420 YOU SURMISED. THERE ARE A FEW COMMANDS WHICH A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF
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421 PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT (2) BECAUSE OF THEIR DESTRUCTIVE NATURE IF MISSUSED.
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422 WHICH CAN BE USED. SOME OF THEM ARE OF LITTLE USE TO MOST, SUCH AS
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423 SET SYSTEM TO 1200 BAUD FOR LOCAL USE. (NOT MUCH GOOD FOR YOU SINCE
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424 BWMS HAS ONLY A 103 MODEM WHICH IS ONLY GOOD FOR 300 BAUD. (EVEN IF
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425 BW HAD A 212A IT STILL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE 1200 BAUD, BECAUSE
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426 IT IS A SOFTWARE COMMAND, AND NOT HARWARE LIKE THE MODEM REQUIRES.) THERE
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427 IS ALSO COMPRESS WHICH GETS RIDE OF THE DELETED LINES COMPRESSING EVERY
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428 THING BACK TOGETHER. THIS WAS REMOVED BECAUSE IF YOU HANGUP IN THE
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429 MIDDLE OF IT, IT LEAVES THE FILE IN A MESS. THERE IS A RECOVER ENTIRE
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430 DISK, THIS IS STRICTLY A CISTOP COMMAND THAT I USE DURING BACKUPS.
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431 ALONG WITH THE CLEAR ENTIRE DISK, AND PROTECT/UNPROTECT COMMANDS WHICH
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432 FOR OBVIOUS REASONS OF THEIR OWN ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
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433 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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434 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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435 So much for "Oregon's Summer, part II". I wasted the nice day cutting
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436 the grass, and other such useless pasttimes.
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437 Here's a slightly different puzzle:
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438 Which one does not belong?
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439 a) chessb) bridgec) go
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440 d) Mah-Jongge) backgammon
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441 and another:
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442 Which one does not belong?
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443 a) dadab) abstract expressionist
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444 c) cubistd) dodecaphonic e) pointillist
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445 ??????????
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446 And so the Backwater Message System goes through its eternal evolution.
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447 Piper is fading away, Bard and apprentice are heard from less frequently,
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448 Emer is no more, Tarn surfaces only rarely in his search for Emer,
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449 the mighty PAM has moved on to other things, Contremon Valerius is no
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450 longer active, Jonathan Chance, Figment of the Imagination, Fast Freddie (BSAL),
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451 Wassir, and all the others whos names escape me at the moment.
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452 Previously, however, fresh talent moved in as the jaded moved out.
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453 But pickings are mighty slim this turn of the wheel. Or perhapsas I grow
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454 old I get accustomed to familiarity, and resent the differences of
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455 'the young'.
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456 ???????
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457 And now, back to our program...
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458 ???????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
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459 The ground around
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460 here is mighty
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461 soft. How do I
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462 get from here
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463 to there and back
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464 again?
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465 %%%%%%%%%%
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466 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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467 how do we make this
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468 thing work anyway???
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469 ***
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470 ********************
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471 ********************
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472 THIS SYSTEM NEEDS
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473 A BETTER DEFINED
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474 CONTROL COMMAND
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475 MODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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476 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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477 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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478 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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479 It would certainly be nice if you could
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480
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481 ??????????????????????????????
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482 WHO NEEDS A COMMAND MODE ON A FREE
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483 FORMAT SYSTEM ?????????
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484 ////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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485 *$#)@$*!)$*@)%*!$)^%*!#)^*#%)^*%^&)@%&*%)$&*)%*&)@%$*&)%*)#!*&)%*&)#*&)#%*&)*%)&
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486 "These Holly carbs seem to work great one day, and not at all the next", I said
|
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487 to myself while trying to check the float levels. Since this was a double
|
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488 pumper, the float settings were a bit more tricky. Nothing seemed to be wrong
|
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489 with them though. And the electrical system seemed to be OK also.
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490 The crowd around me seemed to be growing. I didn't get anywhere trying to
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491 explain to them the complex nature of internal combustion, so I tried to
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492 keep busy on the engine, all the while trying not to think of the big mess
|
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493 I was in. As I was spraying some WD-40 on a particulary sticky nut, someone
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494 snuck up behind me and yelled "BOO!"
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495 Hopefully the small dent my head put in the hood can be repaired. With my
|
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496 head still throbing, I turned on this dasterdly person with a craftsman
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497 torque wrench in my left hand... Do my eyes deceive me??? Is it...IT IS!!!
|
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498 "Voyeur!!! How are you?!? And where are you...me...us...What is going on
|
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499 here??? And my car? It won't run...but it kept on rolling? Not even Ford
|
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500 can make a car roll that good. And these people? Are they from Beaverton
|
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501 or what? Can you explain this to me?" Voyeur attempted to calm be down.
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502 "All of your questions will be answered, as best as I am able to. Why don't
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503 you put your tools away in the trunk. There is nothing wrong with your
|
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504 car, but the laws of chemical reactions don't seem to work the same here
|
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505 in amber."
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506 "Amber??? What/where is that?" I queried. "That is here!" replied voyeur.
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507 "Put you tools away and let's go inside where we can sit down. I think you'll
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508 want to sit down when you here what I have to tell you."
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509 I went about putting everything back together, and put my tools in the trunk.
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510 With the Mustang all locked up, Voyeur, myself, and a yet un-introduced
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511 companion made their way through the crowd, and into one of the nearest
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512 buildings.
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513 *()#*%)#$*%)#$%*#$ L'homme sans parity - etranger dans une terre etrange $#%%#$
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514 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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515 One day (In the Tardis, so pick one) The Doctor and K-9 are busily setting
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516 the Time-Space coordinates
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517 for Galifrey, when K-9 states:'Doctor, we entering a Time-Space Nebula.' The D,
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518 octor, only half listening, replies:"That's nice, K-9. Wait!! Did you say that
|
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519 we are entering a Time-Space Nebula?" 'Affirmative' "Great Scott!!" The Doctor
|
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520 then orders K-9 to plug into the Tardis, while he tries to pull his faithful
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521 -yet tempermental-ship out of the Nebula. "It's no use!" 'Affirmative' "Well,
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522 let's materialize and see where we are." 'Time-Space coordinates 684932/231139:
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523 name Amber' "Oh no! Not again!! I thought that I'd seen the last of this
|
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524 place after Brand and Arson."
|
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525
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526 Milchar and friends are sitting at a large dinner table discussing some
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527 important matter, when a faint whirring and clanking is heard in the corner.
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528 Then in that same corner, what looks like a London Police-Box materializes
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529 after a few minutes. The door then opens and a tall, curley-headed, rather
|
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530 good-looking man emerges. He's wearing a large felt hat and a seemingly end-
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531 less rainbow scarf. Floating at his side is K-9. "Milchar, my friend!! So
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532 good to see you again. I see that I've arrived in time for dinner. Why did
|
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533 you intercept the Tardis? That's not your style." "Why Doctor, I'm glad to see
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534 you too! I see that you've mase improvements to K-9. Good touch. Come, sit
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535
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536 and join us. I didn't bring you here, I'm as surprized as you." Milchar replies
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537
|
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538 "Well Milch., someone is manipulating the Time-Space field. I also see that
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539 some, if not all, of my magic is back." The Doctor then proceeds to make the
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540 Tardis intangable, just buy concentrating. "What's for dinner?"
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541
|
||
|
542 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ????????????
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543 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
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544 (Voyeur:They've made improvements to the Castle sindce the publication of the
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545 book. I'm in the newer library.)
|
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546 "We're having seafood, I think, but I can't really be sure with the strange
|
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547 creatures they pull out of the sea here. I have just come out of a trance,
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548 and what interesting things I've learned! Not to mention deadly. Somebody
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549 wants the Inn (Did I ever tell you of the Inn?) and is proceeding to bring
|
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550 all of it's defenders here, in hopes that we will all be trapped. And he's
|
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551 doing a good job of it. My spell has been turned against me, and almost all
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552 of the ways to the Inn are blocked as it is. Some others have been 'polarized'
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553 just like an AC current being used on a DC appliance. Not healthy. But
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554 enough chatter. I only stopped here to regain my strengh before finding the
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555 others. Hmm... Arson, did you say? My, that WAS a long time ago. No matter.
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556 I will call the others in for a meeting, if my strength holds."
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557 Milchar summons his will, and shapes the mind-words to be 'spoken':
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558 "VOYEUR! L'HOMME! ANYONE THAT CAN STILL HEAR ME! THE INN IS IN DANGER! COME
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559 INTO THE CASTLE, INTO THE ROYAL DINING HALL! PLANS WILL BE MADE TO SAVE OUR
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560 BELOVED INN! COME!"
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||
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561 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++
|
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562 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
|
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|
563 Tall trees loomed above me as I walked through the trail deep in the heart of
|
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564 Forest Park, the huge strach of forest located deep in the heart of PORTLAND,
|
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565 citMy mind was drifting back to the major hikes I had taken on the Pacific Crest
|
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566 trail when a faint brush touched the outside of my mind. I had the defenses on
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567 full to allow the forest to exercise its soothing presence so whoever was
|
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568 calling had tremendous power and need to be able to break them. I through my
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569 mind open to the caller and was able to discern a plea for help, a plea that
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570 electrified me. The beloved Inn was in danger, one of my few haunts besides the
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571 forest that was able to exercise healing peace on my mind. Reaching down, I
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572 adjusted the straps on my boots and pushed in the charm that enabled Reality
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573 Crossings. Standing, I stiffened and put out my foot. The forest faded and was
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574 replaced by a gathering onf strangers. Over in the corner a london police call
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575 box added to the strangness. Uncertain what to do, I stood and listened to the
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576 figure at front.%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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577 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
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578 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
579 Seeing that the group assembled before him was all that could/would arrive,
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580 Milchar begins to speak. "Traveller, Voyeur, L'homme, Doctor- and who are you,
|
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581 sir? If you are interested in the Inn's good welfare, then welcome! But
|
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582 wait. I babble again. I shall learn of you later. Friends, There is a man
|
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|
583 who has created a machine of enourmous proportions and is using it to
|
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584 systematically crush all the routes from Amber to the Inn. I know this sounds
|
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585 like ana impossible job, with the energy required, beut let me assure you it
|
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|
586 is so. I need all of your skills- or we may never leave Amber again (though
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|
587 it is a lovely place) and the Inn will be under the control of this brute.
|
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588 Not to mention... PAM! She lies back there, not defenseless, but against
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589 such power cannot hope to last for long. We must each go and try to slip
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590 through the carefully built defenses, mazeways, dead ends, and pitfalls our
|
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591 captor has created. A group has no hope, but one or two could conceivably
|
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592 pass through at a given point. Yes, I suggest that we go in pairs, one to
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593 watch over the othere. Doctor, would you be my partner for this trip? We
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594 always did have a knack for getting out of trouble, and I pray that it hasn't
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595 left us. Well, gentlemen, that is all. Attack the barriers and get to the
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596 Inn as quickly as possible. We must find a good place to meet there- hmm...
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597 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++
|
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|
598 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
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|
599 Milchar: It would be and honor to pair up with you after all these months.
|
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|
600 You don't mind if K-9 comes along do you? We may need him, not to mentio
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601 his energy. Stranger, I do not know of you, but if the 'Great' Milchar will
|
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|
602 trust you, I shall also. Before we leave, allow me to make the Tardis
|
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|
603 invisible, astral, unnoticeable, undetectable, and intangable. There,
|
||
|
604 now, shall we leave???
|
||
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605
|
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606 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????????
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607 EVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVIL
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608 Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! The fools! Now that I have brought them all together,
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609 they think they are powerful enough to defeat me! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
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610 Let them try anything they wish. I have planned to long and carefully for
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611 anything to go wrong. They will never see their beloved Inn, and more
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612 importantly, PAM, again. Everything will be mine! Hahahahahahahahahahaha
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613 Now to go about setting some more traps, just in case they are lucky and manage
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614 to get through the first line of defences! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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616 EVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVILEVIL The Master EVILEVILEVILEVIL
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617 XZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXSXZXZXZXXZXZXXZXZXZXZXXZ
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618 HELLO, WHAT GAME ARE YOU PEOPLE PLAYING?(PAM,MILCHAR,DOCTOR,L'HOMME,VOYUER)
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619 ????????,IF IT IS A FORMATTED GAME???????
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620 TELL ME!!!!
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621 GEORGE Z.
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622 XZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZZXXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZZXZXZXZXZ
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