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MARGIN IS 78
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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 616
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 *********************** REMOVED: 5 AUG 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 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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21 This will be an unusual entry for me... at the top, and putting in my double two bits. On I go...
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22 ++++++++++++++++++++
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23 With a clank and a whirr, the Tardis faded into existance on a bleak plain, washed clean of all color but grey from
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24 the sun. The light blared down on Milchar and the Doctor, pounding on their skulls with its malice. Milchar frowned,
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25 but was determined to bear it. The Doctor appeared impassive. A city was plainly visible to the east, directly
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26 toward the violent sun. The city appeared to be made of crystal, reflecting the already blinding light into hundereds
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27 of tiny suns. At the uppermost pinnace, the point there was at least ten times as bright as the nearest competitor.
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28 It appeared to be a man...
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29 +++++++++++++++++++++
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30 (Switching to Sundownor):
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31 Sundownor was in pain. But he knew how to endure the pain, and so continued. He was engaged in the ritual of Tuywei,
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32 a ritual of knowledge-seeking and of risk. Sundownor accepted it. He wanted to know about the situation on Earth.
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33 His vision came upon him. He saw shades of the actions on Earth. He saw the NET. He saw Petrov. He saw them all.
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34 And he saw what had happened to his Sun-Gun.
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35 Anger bit into him. He let a bolt of energy fly to release his anger. Afterwards, he felt no better. "Fool. A
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36 weapon like that to fall to anyone but my allies... McKane, you may yet learn that payments must be made. Even if you
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37 are dead. Pain you shall know like a lover." And with that, Sundownor prepared himself. He began another ritual.
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38 He sought to make a tool. A very useful tool. On Earth.
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39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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40 Net 01: Thanks, and I will get back to you on Test 1a. Still have not recieved land line comm with you. Await same.
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41 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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42 Any and all ideas for this story line are welcome. Note that I can close it by myself, without being messy. Mayhap
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43 this technique will be used in the future.
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44 Written this day of August 1, 1984, at 10:25 pm, Milchar AT THE TOP!!!!
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45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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46 HA HA I AM CLOSE TO THE TOP!!! WHAT, ARE ALL THE MESSAGES CLEARED
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47 EACH NIGHT? WELL, SHOUL I REPEAT THE SU/MOON CHILDEREN ADVENTURE?
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48 MAYBE A BIT...
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49 >:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<
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50 AND SO THE SUN AND MOON CHILDEREN FOUND THERE FIRST RIVAL,
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51 THE BLACK AND WHITE RAINBOW, THE OTHER DARK SIDE OF THE MOON:
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52 THE TRIBAL LEADER, THEIR FATE, BEFORE THEY MET WATER, WENT SWIMMING,
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53 AND DIED LIKE I SAID, BYE BYE MOON CHILDEREN BUT SUN CHILDEREN CONQUOR
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54 ALL!!!!!!!!
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55 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON:
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56 I`AM SORRY I DID A BOO BOO UP THERE
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57 THE MEN WHITH THE DARK DUG!!!!
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58 **********************************************
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59 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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60 In a secret underground complex located in a remote North African
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61 mountain range, a large man huddles at a desk, illuminated by a single
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62 table lamp. He is intent on his paperwork. The soft sounds of Mozart
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63 fill the room. Suddenly, he is uneasy. A large-frame automatic appears
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64 in his hand.
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65 "Wassir..." The voice is not human. "You have summoned me."
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66 The gun disappears. "I knew you would come." In the shadows, Wassir
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67 sees a patch of absolute blackness, shifting slowly.
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68 "Yes, I was curious. You are the only mortal to thwart my plans."
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69 The voice is cold, threatening. "You want something from me. What is it?"
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70 "I have two tasks for you." Sweat trickles down Wassir's cheek.
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71 "First, kill Petrov. Second, bring my brother, Rocky, and the woman Minskey
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72 to me."
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73 "Tasks for me..." A chilling laughter fills the room. "I am immortal,
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74 why should I interest myself in the plans of humans?"
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75 "I'll pay two million in gold."
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76 "Gold is of minor importance to me. You waste my time. Beware Wassir.
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77 You are in dire peril." The blackness grows, filling the room. A chill
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78 runs down Wassir's spine.
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79 "Your payment in gold, and this..." Wassir takes a small leaden box
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80 from his desk. He opens the box and removes a pendant. A silver chain is
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81 attached to a aqua-hued teardrop stone. It starts to glow.
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82 "The Stone!" There is fear in the voice now. The blackness shrinks
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83 to the far corner of the room. It is surrounded by a crackling, blue
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84 nimbus.
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85 "Yes, one of the fabled twelve stones." Wassir allows himself a
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86 nervous smile. "Nothing can harm you. Only the stones prevent you from
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87 completely dominating this plane of existance. Five have been destroyed,
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88 seven remain. If you fulfill my tasks, I will destroy this one for you,
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89 since you cannot do it." Wassir places the pendant 'round his neck.
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90 "Do you want Petrov to die slowly?"
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91 "No, do it quickly. He is a nuisance, I do not hate him. The
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92 important task is returning my brother and Minsky to me."
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93 "It will be done." The blackness shimmers and is gone.
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94 Wassir lets out a long sigh of relief. His white linen shirt is
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95 completely soaked with sweat. He murmurs to himself, "When this is over,
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96 I think I'll quit the business and open a little toilet plunger shop
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97 with Rocky." He returns to his paperwork.
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98 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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100 ____________________________________________________________________________
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101 Pam,
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102 All is lost. The County foreclosed on my home. I'm living under the
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103 Hawthorne Bridge. The thing follows me around with love-sick eyes. I'm
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104 so embarassed. Yesterday, it ate a '67 Volkswagon microbus. The hippie
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105 barely got out alive. Even worse, today thing molested a horse in the
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106 Park Blocks. The policeman on the horse was not pleased. I think I'm
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107 losing my mind.
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108 Dr. Frankenstupe
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109 P.S. Please! Please! I'll do anything. Would you consider a slave?
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110 I'll even do windows. <shudder>
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111 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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113 V
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114 VVV
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115 VVVVV
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116 SITDI VBRCL NJIOX MZEUT JHIOO MGTQM HOAOI PQGJL JZEMG WLEEO
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117 SXADX LMLVA KMVFB VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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118 VVVVVV2VVVAUGVVV1984VVV01:54.32VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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119 MA 63
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120 THE BLACK SEA IS ONE VERY LARGE SEA, AND YET JUST A PART OF
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121 THAT GRAND AND SPACELESS MEDITTERANIAN. TO FIND ONE (ALBEIT)
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122 LARGE YACHT IN SUCH AN ENDLESS SEA WAS NOT TO BE EASY. I REALIZ
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123 ED THIS AS I TINKERED WITH THE ENGINES OF THE TRAWLER I HAD
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124 'APPROPRIATED' FROM AN OLD GREEK FRIEND OF MINE. ENGINES,
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125 ESPECIALLY THE DEISEL KIND WERE NOT EXACTLY MY FORTE, BUT I KEP
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126 T TINKERING. FINALLT, AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF APPLIED SCREWDRIVE
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127 R AND HAMMER, THE PORT ENGINE COUGHED TO LIFE, IT'S EXHAUST
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128 MUFFLED BY THE SEA. AT LAST I COULD CONTINUE MY SEARCH, AND
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129 EVEN IF I DID NOT HAVE THE SPEED OF THE LARGER BOATS, SUCH AS
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130 THE ONE I WAS SEARCHING FOR, AT LEAST ONE OF THE GENERATORS WAS
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131 WORKING, AND I HAD POWER TO THE SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONICS I HAD
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132 BROUGHT ON BOARD. THE ICOM RECIEVER HAS A ONE HALF MICROVOLT
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133 SENSITIVITY, AND THE BEARCAT SCANNERS EVEN BETTER. I SET THE
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134 AUTO-NAV CONTROL FOR A ZIG-ZAG COURSE FROM NICOSIA IN THE
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135 GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE ISLAND OF CARPATHOS, IN ORDER TO KEEP
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136 THE LONG WIRE ANTENNA I HAD STRUNG FROM THE MAST TO THE
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137 BOWSPRIT, IN A CONSTANTLY CHANGING DIRECTION. THIS WAY I WOULD
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138 SOONER PICK UP TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE GREAT WHITE YACHT.
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139 SETTING SUN DIPPING BELOW THE HORIZON WAS A MAGNIFICENT SIGHT,
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140 AND I LINGERED, LEANING AGAINST THE STARB'RD GUN'AL, AND WATCHE
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141 D. "PINK SKY AT NIGHT", I REMEMBERED. THEN, TIRED, I RETIRED TO
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142 THE MASTER STATEROOM, FOR A DRINK, AND THEN SOME SLEEP.
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143 I WAS A HUNTED MAN. MCKANE'S SURVIVORS WERE OUT TO GET ME. IF
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144 THEY TOOK ME ALIVE, THAT MEANT THE NEEDLE. NO MATTER HOW SOPHIS
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145 TICATED MY ARRANGEMENTS TO HIDE THE FILES, THE NEEDLE WOULD
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146 MAKE ME TALK. SO, I HAD TO FIND THE YACHT, THAT THREE MILLION
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147 DOLLAR FLOATING PALACE, AND GET ABOARD, AND CONFRONT THE
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148 ALBANIAN. MAYBE I COULD MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND. MAYBE HE WOULD
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149 REALIZE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE SUCCESS OF MCKANES EFFORTS.
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150 MAYBE HE WOULD FINALLY COMPREHEND THE TRULY EVIL MAN THAT
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151 MCKANE WAS. THE GLOBE SHAKING CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROPOSED
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152 MERGER. THE INSIDIOUS CLANDESTINE BUYING OUT OF THE STOCKHOLDER
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153 S OF FORTUNES FIVE HUNDRED. THE FORGED PROXY SIGNATURES---.
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154 MY GOD! ALL THIS FLOODED MY MIND AS I TURNED IN. AND AS I DRIFT
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155 ED INTO EXHAUSTED SLEEP, I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
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156 V
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157 VVV
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158 VVVVV
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159 ============================================================
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160 Valinor? I remember the name from 'way back, but not what you
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161 are into. However, are you authorized to play Wassir in that
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162 manner? (by the by, we are attempting to keep things on a
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163 level more compatible with 1984, present reality.
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164 =============================================================
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165 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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166 "ENLIGHTENED MATHEMATICS"
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167 The writers of Genesis on the creation of integers:
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168 In the beginning God created the 7 and earth.
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169 And the earth was without 4, and void;
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170 and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
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171 And the spirit of God moved up 1 the face of the waters.
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172 And God said, Let there be 8;
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173 and there was 8.
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174 And God saw that it was good.
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175 And there was even-ing and there was morning;
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176 the first day.
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177
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178 Rene Descartes on arithmetic operations:
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179 "Cogito Ergo Sum" (I think therefor I add)
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180
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181 Francis Scott Key on trigonometry:
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182 "Oh, secant you say...."
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183
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184 Franklin Delano Roosevelt on solid analyic geomety:
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185 "We have nothing to sphere but sphere itself!"
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186
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187 Coming soon to a screen near you -- Joyce Kilmer on number theory!
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188 ?????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
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189 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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190 We sat in L'homme's car, riding the elevator from NET'S parking area up to the
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191 secret entrance to the parking structure of the Plaza Hilton. L'homme was
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192 alternately relieved at not having to deal with McKane anymore, and curious
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193 about what Ian had done to his beloved car. While I too was happy that McKane
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194 was dead, I was wondering about Petrov. Did he know yet that we were still
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195 alive? What would he do if/when he found out? How would he make out in his bid
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196 to take over McKane Industries? Would he ever get together with Honored Matre?
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197 Would we ever be able to repay him for the bomb? I chuckled to myself as I
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198 realized how much it sounded like the teaser for a soap opera.
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199 At my laugh, L'homme looked over at me and inquired what was so funny.
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200 "Just thinking about Petrov," I replied. L'homme scowled. "If we meet that
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201 sucker again, he's going to regret the day he decided to cross L'homme Sans
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202 Parity." Then his face lightened. "We're almost to the street. I'm really
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203 curious to see what this baby will do since the NET's mechanics have tinkered
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204 with it. James Bond, look out!"
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205 As we left the parking structure and wove through the city streets
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206 (L'homme seriously bending the local speed limits in his eagerness to get to the
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207 freeway and open it up), I looked around the inside of the car to see if there
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208 was anything new. Opening the glove compartment, I found a booklet I hadn't
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209 seen before. "What's this?" I asked L'homme, showing him the book.
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210 He glanced at the cover and said, "Autopilot? I don't.."
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211 At the sound of the word `Autopilot', a panel reminiscent of KITTs appeared
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212 from the console, and a pleasant feminine voice asked, "destination please."
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213 L'homme and I looked at each other, momentarily stunned. Then he began to grin
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214 in anticipation. "Oregon," he replied. "City?" He paused, then decided.
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215 "We'll start in Portland. It's the largest city. Portland," addressed to the
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216 computer. "Desired time of arrival?" it continued.
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217 "Let's see, Ian said we'd be there in one day, so let's say noon tomorrow,
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218 their time." Lights flickered on the computer for a few moments, then the voice
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219 announced, "distance Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Portland, Oregon is 1893 miles.
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220 Travel time will be 16 hours, 35 minutes. Average speed will be 114.15 miles per
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221 hour. Please fasten your seatbelts." As we set about attaching the newly
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222 installed 5 point harnesses, the car began to move by itself, picking up speed
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223 as it went. By the time we hit Interstate 35, we we doing nearly 120. While
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224 L'homme looked nervously around for cops and cringed as we wove through the much
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225 slower moving cars on the freeway, I skimmed through the instruction manual.
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226 "Hey L'homme, relax. It says here that we're equipped with the latest radar
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227 confusing equipment, fresh from the place where the NET builds 'em for the
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228 Stealth. In fact, we've got some sort of visual jamming device too, so we
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229 really can't be seen either." Reading further, I discovered more interesting
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230 data. "Be glad, L'homme, that this is second generation. First generation was
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231 controlled by series/parallel banked 6502s, but they have been retired and are
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232 now straining to power the toasters in the NET's cafeterias."
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233 The trip soon settled down to monotony. While L'homme read the booklet,
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234 I played chess with the computer. After losing the first three games,
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235 I borrowed the book from L'homme, and found how to reprogram it to play more at
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236 my level. After winning the next five, I decided my ego was salved, and set it
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237 up for equal games.
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238 "Good grief!" At the surprised shout from L'homme, I looked over at him
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239 expectantly. "Do you know why we haven't had to stop for gas in the last 500
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240 miles? They installed a micro atomic motor in my car!" As we were discussing
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241 the chances of sterility and glowing in the dark, the car suddenly began to
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242 slow, and the computer announced, "NET beacon detected one mile ahead."
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243 We stopped in front of a diner, and a woman came out. We looked at her, shocked.
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244 "That's the woman from the meeting," I was finally able to gasp. When she
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245 arrived at the car, the door opened of its own accord, and she leaned in,
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246 smiling at our surprise.
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247 "Hello, gentlemen. My name is Gaudy Minsky. I believe you're going my way."
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248 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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249 QUIZMASTER: THAT WAS GREAT!!.MY ALGEBRA TEACHER WOULD LOVE IT"[*=*]
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250 02020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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251 TO: Alex
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252 SUBJ: Glasses
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253 give up your futile efforts to extract information from voyeur's
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254 glasses - you can torture them until they break, but they will not yield.
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255 I must give you credit, though; you have done well to even get them
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256 to admit to being brown. I see we will have to modify our training techniques
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257 to include resistance to the pressures you are employing.
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258 voyeur has asked me to inform you that he is willing to meet
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259 with you on Friday evening, when, if he regains his glasses, things
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260 will be seen in a different light. He also suggests that in your belief
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261 that things will be different this time, you are correct. We will nuke
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262 the hell out of you in the FIRST game.
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263 02020202
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264 TO: 01
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265 SUBJ: New code
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266 07 explained the code to me yesterday, but I have been unable
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267 to successfully apply it to your Test1a.
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268 Further clarification is apparently needed.
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269 02020202020202020202020202 August the 2nd, 1984 at 4:13:28 AM 020202020202
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270 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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271 The piper had been sitting alone at a table for some time, watching the
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272 action and drinking of the innkeeper's ale. Sighing deeply, he saw that the
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273 inn had not changed much in his absence. Some of the patrons were off
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274 adventuring, some sitting around trying to get some discussions going, and
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275 the majority just sitting and lurking as he was. The perennial topics were
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276 thrown out for discussion -- sex, politics, and religion -- only to expire on
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277 the sawdust strewn floor. He sighed. A good brain-straining discussion would
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278 go nicely right now. But, and it's a big word, what topic would generate a
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279 lively debate? We really have worked religion and politics into the ground.
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280 As for sex, most are for it until it gets real kinky, then the general mood
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281 shifts to against. The *real* weird practices seem to get the emotions going
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282 without much rational discussion. Oh well, at least nobody is into the
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283 barbed wire and penut butter (chunky, of course) weirdness that went by
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284 several years back.
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285 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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286 ;-;-;;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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287 Fin had put a general search warrant for Laseter, but had resolved to him-
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288 self that Laseter had gone and he knew how as well. The blasted key he had
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289 sent to the cowardly fool. The more he brooded over his own stupidity, the
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290 madder he became. The robowaiter floated across the room with his drink
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291 upon the service tray. Laseter would have to wait for now. The gems were
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292 what counted now! Terra was to be his first conquest and the gems would
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293 be needed to usurp certain national governments and international cartels.
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294 A cruel smile crept across his face, erasing what little humanity it had
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295 posessed before. The planet of Terra was indeed going to be shocked! A low
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296 gutteral laugh started in his chest, expanding into almost maniacal roar.
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297 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;;-;
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298 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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299 To the concerned person above;
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300 Valinor is authorized to act in my stead. As for my actions, I thought
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301 it was time for another plot shift. Besides, Petrov had to be dealt with.
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302 If it is too radical, then let me know.
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303 Mohammed Wassir
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304 <The Albanian Firebrand>
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305 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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306
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307 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
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308 L'homme:if I bring some gas $$$ can i get transportation?
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309 net02:those sunglasses were trained by my best men, they know how to lie.
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310 if one looked closely, they are faintly amber-not brown!
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311 MiG
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312 ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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313 PETROV -- BEWARE!!! WASSIR HAS LOOSED THE BLACK ONE AGAINST YOU. YOUR
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314 ONLY SALVATION IS TO FIND ONE OF THE TWELVE STONES. TO FIND ONE, YOU MUST
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315 EMBARK ON A QUEST, IT WILL BE NEITHER SHORT NOR EASY. LOOK FIRST IN
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316 NEPAL. STAY AWAY FROM THE SHADOWS.
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317 YOUR FRIEND,
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318 ABDUL
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319 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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320
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321 DIAL A TRUANT
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322 :::::::::::::
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323
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324 BIG BROTHER IS TURNING UP IN
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325 THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF SURBURBAN
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326 ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
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327 NEAR WASHINGTON. SCHOOL OFFICIALS
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328 HAVEE BEGUN TAKING ATTENDANCE
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329 RECORDS EACH DAY AND FEEDING
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330 THE NAMES OF STUDENTS WITH
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331 UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES, INTO AN
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332 ORWELLIAN COMPUTER RUNNING A
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333 PROGRAM CALLED 'TRUANT'....
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334 PRODUCED BY THE MICROLOG CORPO-
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335 RATION OF GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND
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336 -
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337 EVERY NIGHT 'TRUANT' CALLS THE
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338 HOME OF EACH ABSENT STUDENT ND
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339 PLAYS A TAPE OF A HUMAN VOICE
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340 DEMANDING A WRITTEN EXPLANATION
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341 FOR THE ABSENCE WITHIN 48 HOURS
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342 INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 1983
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343 IF THE EXCUSE IS NOT RECIEVED
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344 ANOTHER CALL WILL BE PLACD,
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345 BY A HUMAN
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346 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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347 TO: Delta Five
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348 I was not aware the McKane group had any at all.....If so where are
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349 they being posted...?....
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350 02,
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351 They are starting to see the light.....soon they will succumb. The
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352 amount of resistance they exibit towards conversion is diminishing....
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353
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354 :::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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355 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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356 What has become of the 'Inn' as some people used to know it?
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357 It now seems like the Inn is suporting 'High tech' and all its side
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358 effects. Is this true? I wouldn't like to see it just forgotten
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359 when it is a good idea. Also, why all the talk of McKane and Petrov?
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360 I thought they were killed or blown up or something even grosser?
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361 Oh, I have been away and this system has changed quite a bit.
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362
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363 Wedge.
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364 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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365 *)%*#%)*#)%*)#*%_@#_%(%_(@_(%_@*_@#*^$*_^*$_*^+!^_!*#^_(!#$_^_#*^_*^_*_^*_
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366 MiG : You are welcome to ride along. Can you arrange transportation over
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367 to my house. That way, we can meet voyeur here too, and pick up
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368 leonard along the way. That will make four, which is the limit for
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369 my car at this time. Double check with Alex on the time he wants us
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370 to show up, and then give voyuer or I a call. Try to come an hour or
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371 so early, so I can take my time getting there. See you Friday.
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372 Leonard : Read above message. You can be picked up on the way. Last time
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373 we played Risk, we ended up leaving around 2:30am. Is this OK
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374 with you to be late? (does that interfere with work etc.)
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375 Alex : I will bring something to cool the thirst of power hungry maniacs.
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376 See you Friday.
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377 Voyeur : Are you getting all of this?
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378 joshua : I sit stunned! What a message! Tres Tres Bien! Bonne! etc etc etc!
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379 I am definitly going to go off line for my next entry. By the way,
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380 Guady, who is sitting at a model 4p approximatly 4 feet behind and
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381 to the right of me also thanks for you a fine introduction. I will
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382 upload ASAP, but not before tonight. See you at PCS. I have the
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383 $$$
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384 DJJ : I can not write either of those formats. You need to talk to Aaron,
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385 who has vanished due to what I guess is a house move. I don't know
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386 if he is still interested in the buy, but I would hope he is since
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387 the 8" disks are his, and he can read them directly on his machine.
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388 I will be picking up the disks tonight. After I convert the files
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389 to 5.25", I will be giving the disks to Aaron. Talk to Aaron, he is
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390 the one who can help you (he also said he had "access" to a laser
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391 printer.
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392 Alex again : PCS pizza is on the corner of 92nd and Stark, in case you didn't
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393 know. I don't recall the name of the pizza place, it is not
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394 a chain. But the pizza is pretty good.
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395 )%*@)#*%)*^_#$*^_(^+@(^@ L'homme sans parity *%)$*%*%@#)*%*@%_%_@_%*@_%*@_%
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396 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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397 CLARIFICATION: LNAAW QLZYN ZLXBT HXLHI ZKHXV GQLZY NZLXJ UINLX XPTLO QUXAR
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398 JCBHW HYPNG WMPXI RAFTK KIDAL SNYJL WQILZ HBBRU UUYNX OFPTY NFWQL ZYNZV
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399 KVXPN GQTAT NYPHW AKCCP CTPTE JYQMV MEDMU AMQLV VPAGJ EFUDG LLMYR DDACD
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400 JVOYJ FZMCN QYEWR TFSVE GPGLR PHZUC UGZBD VBMFO
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401 NET 02: THE KEY TO THE ABOVE IS SIMILAR TO OUR FIRST KEY. IT SHOULD BE VERY
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402 FAMILIAR TO *YOU*
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403 0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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404 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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405
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406 The real question, as it is every time there is an incumbent running for
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407 the white house, is 'Are you better off than you were four years ago ?'
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408 In my case, the answer is an emphatic YES!!! Due to tax cuts and the
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409 large reduction in inflation, my economic status is well above what it
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410 was after 'Smiley' was ousted.
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411
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412 From a less concrete standpoint, there is much more to be proud of in the
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413 United States this time around than last. The country is becoming strong
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414 physically and morally once again. There is less socialistic spending
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415 going on, with the result that many of the heretofor freeloaders being
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416 forced to work. The tax laws are being reformed to allow business and
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417 the private sector function according to a free market economy, which
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418 has time and again proved to be the most effective. I think that this
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419 bodes well for the country, as I feel that most rational people will
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420 see and understand that most of those who are crying about how tough
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421 things are are those who refuse to let go of antiquated ideas like
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422 unions, or who were the recipients of the largesse of the duped public
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423 during the reign of the democrats.
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424
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425 Four years ago, there could not be the discussions and stories that we
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426 can now have, the hardware was too expensive. The drop in prices has
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427 come mostly from innovation in California, operating under a structure
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428 little changed since Reagan was governor there. He did it in CA,
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429 he is doing it in the U.S., and all we need is four more years, and less
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430 democratic interference and we will once again be the America we have
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431 been in the past.
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432
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433 Remember, this is a Republic, not a Democracy.
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434
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435 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-Faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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436
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437 A MESSAGE FOR "THE UNBELIEVER" *******YOU MAKE SOME GOOD POINTS -IF I
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438 CAN ADD A LITTLE TO YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S BOX-WE HAVE
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439 HAD THE SAME TWO PARTIES IN OFFICE FOR YEARS AND EACH 4 YEARS WE GET
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440 THE SAME THING-THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM THAT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
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441 THAT YOU CAN SEE BUT GIVE THE TAX PAYERS MONEY AWAY ON ONE PROGRAM OR
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442 ANOTHER-BE IT SOCIAL PROGHRAMS FROM THE DEMOCRATS OR HEAVY MILITARY
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443 SPENDING ON THE PART OF THE REPUBLICANS-WHO ENDS UP BEING BENIFITED
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444 BY THIS SWING EFFECT-THE MONEY MAKERS,THE MONEY SPENDERS OR THE USERS
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445 THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MIND IS THAT IF A MAN OR WOMAN IN
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446 THIS COUNTRY WANTS TO WORK-BOTH SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT JOB RIGHT
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447 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!TAKE A READING FROM THE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO
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448 AREN'T WORKING AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT "OUR" GOVERMENT-----AS IT'S
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449 WRITTEN IN THE CONSTITUTION-"WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE GOVERNMENT"-SHOULD
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450 BE WORKING AND NOT BE SPENDING MASSIVE AMOUNTS ON EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS
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451 FOR WEAPONS THAT DON'T WORK AND ARN'T NEEDED-DO YOU THINK THHAT THE
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452 US AND RUSSIA-ARE GOING TO DROP THE BOMB-I DON'T THINK SO-AMERICAN'S
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453 ARE(THE ELITE)DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL AND THE RUSSIANS ARE COMMUNISTIC
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454 IN WORDS AND CAPITALISTIC IN DEEDS-NIETHER PARTY IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP
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455 WHAT THEV'E SPENT MANY YEARS BUILDING UP. AS FOR THE UNIONS-YOU WOULD
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456 PROABLY NOT BE IN THE POSTION OF EARNINGS YOUR IN-IF SOMEONE -A LOT
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457 OF PEOPLE WHO DECIDED THAT THEIR TIME FOR WAGES WHERE WORTH SOMETHING
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458 INSTEAD OF WORKING FROM HAND TO MOUTH JUST LIKE YOU WOULD BE IF THE
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459 THINGS THESE PEOPLE(JOE HILL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE )DIDN'T STAND UP TO
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460 DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS AND WAGES-HOW MANY NATURAL BORN AMERICANS
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461 DO YOU SEE WORKING IN THE FIELDS PICKING YOUR FRUIT AND VEGI'S-NOT
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462 MANY-ASK ANY GROWER-THE QUESTION IS-SHOULD SOMEONE WORK FOR SUB-
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463 STANDARD WAGES SO YOU OR ANYONE CCAN HAVE CHEAP PRODUCE REAP THE WAGES
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464 OF SOMEONE WHO HAS SOLD THIER SOUL TO PAY FOR THE FOOD BILLS OF THIER
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465 FAMILY GROUPS. PEOPLE SIT AROUND TALK ABOUT JOBS BEING LOST TO
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466 OTHER COUNTRIES BUT THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO BUY THE IMPORTS SO
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467 YOU FIND A HELL OF A MIXED UP MESS.-PROTECTIONISM REALLY HASN'T HELP'
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468 THIS COUNTRY WHEN YOU SEE THE THE DIFFERENCE WITH A COUNTRY WITH
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469 TOTAL OPEN TRADE POLICIES-THE GAMES IN LA ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE-WE HAVE
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470 THE POLICTCALS IN WASH. RANTING-THANKS TO JIMMIE CARTER WRAPING
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471 THEIR (BATHROOM WASTE)AROUND US-THEY FORGOT THE HARD EARNED EFFORT
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472 THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE PUT IN AND MOSTLY AT THEIR EXPENSE BEFORE BIG
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473 BUSINESS MOVED IN TO MONOPLOZE ON EVERYTHING-SAD POINT,WE DON'T EVEN
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474 STAND BEHIND THESE PEOPLE-JUST BASK IN THEIR GLORY .AMERICA NEEDS TO
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475 STOP AND ASK-WHAT THE HELL ARE """WE DOING" AND WHO THE HELL DO WE
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476 HAVE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY-WE CAN DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF
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477 HAVE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY???????THE RUN GOOD THING IS THAT WE CAN
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478 PUT SOMEONE WHO REFLECTS THE BASE ROOTS OF THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE-
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479
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480 NOT WHO ARE PRESIDENT HAS DONE BUISNESS WITH SO A FAVOR HAS TO BE
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481 RETURNED DOWN THE ROAD-DUMP THE WHOLE MESS AND REBUILD IT-HAVE YOU
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482 EVER WATCHED A PERSON FIX A OBVIOUS MISTAKE???????????????????????
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483 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO ACROSS THE BOARD-NO EXCECPTIONS ALLOWED.
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484
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485 *************************THE HANDY MAN *************************
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486 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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487 Hum,22*3=66 must be another vic-20 user. Old habits die hard.
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488 L'homme:I will call around 12 noon, problem, the phone number for where you
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489 will be? It would be somewhat inconvienient for me to be at your place,
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490 perhaps mall 205 bus stop sometime? or at leonards?
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491 MiG
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492 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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493 <...>
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494 /.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/
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495 I recomend that the name of this system be changed.
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496 The name 'Inn' suggests a mideval apperance, now
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497 that polotics has toped of the heap of nonrelated
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498 material, I move that this Inns name be changed to
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499 suit the needs of the masses.
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500 People see the name 'Backwater Inn' and they think
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501 of a joly ol place where people can get away from
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502 all the computer talk that you have to hear every-
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503 place else, but what they find is a few people
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504 talking between each other and a lot talking of
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505 higher technological stuff.
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506 I know this message will go unnoticed just like
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507 the others of its kind, into the shadows of the
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508 archives only to bee read some time down the line.
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509 The right tp speak is great, but what is being
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510 talked about here is going on outside (everywhere).
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511 And people need a place to go to, escape the real
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512 world for just a few minutes a day to relieve them
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513 of some stress that is placed on them during the
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514 hard day out there.
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515 Why can't this system be just a place for stories,
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516 creativity, and a refuge from the real world?
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517 /.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/.,/
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518 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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519 To the above: Sigh. If only it were as simple as making up our minds and
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520 the Inn taking up that atmosphere. Unfortunately, we never can
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521 seem to get any debates going. (lately)
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522 jjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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523 I think I'm confused. I thought I was a Net agent at one time,
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524 but I forgot my Net ID and everyone elses. Then they started coming out
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525 with these new and improved codes. Of course, I seem not to be appearing
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526 at any of the Net meetings or being assigned missions. And then there's
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527 that Phoenix Egg gem I hid. Might be a source of income. Anyway, maybe
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528 I'll go see Ghostbusters again.
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529 The Ninja
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530 P.S. I didn't see any resemblence to my last name in that garbled message.
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531 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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532 @@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@
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533 Alex: I just got on the system again after an absence of at least a week.
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534 I would have e4njoyed the Risk game, but I have my kids on Friday nights
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535 unless I make special arrangements with their mother several days in
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536 advance. Maybe I can catch the next game.
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537 WHISPER
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538 @@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@
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539 TO ABOVE, SEVERAL LINES: IF LOGGING ONTO BACKWATER IS NOT AN
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540 ESCAPE FROM YOUR REALITY, THEN YOUR REALITY MUST BE A REAL WHOPPEE
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541 V
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542 VVV
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543 VVVVV
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544 ALEX: IF THI MESSA IS GARBLE I COMIN FR M BOATIN E MEDIT RAN N
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545 TH RE AYED THR PORTL R PTER. OF COUR S MCK N US S COD S. I HA
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546 VE KEY . MUSTG O, HAV ES IGHT D LARG WHI T YAC H T AN AM ABO T TOS
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547 IN KS AME. DELT V
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548 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*GURU OF BLIS*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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549 THAIR IS NO OBJECTIVE BASIS FOR THE ASSUMPTION OF THE MUTUAL EXCLUSION OF
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550 'MAGIC' AND TECHNOLOGY.
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551 TECHNOLOGY, WHEN AVAILABLE, IS INGERENTLY MORE RELIABLE. THUS IN A WORLD
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552 WERE TEK IS REALITIVLY COMMON AND ACCESSABLE; THERE IS LITTLE INSENTIVE
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553 TO PERSUE UNDERSTANDING OF OCCULT METHODS.
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554
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555 EXCESSIVE OR CARELESS USE OF OCCULT METHODS CAN(!) LEAD TO A SORT OF
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556 SPIRITUAL OVERDRAFT. 'MAGIC' IS NOT A FREE LUNCH. IT CAN, HOWEVER,
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557 PROVE TO BE OF SOME REDEAMING VALUE IN TIME OF NEED, WHEN MORE RELIABLE
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558 METHODS ARE NOT REDILY AVAILABLE.
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559 THE ONLY GOOD REASON TO DISCOURAGE THE USE OF BOTH IN THE SAME
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560 WORLD IS THAT SOME AUTHORS MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO USE EACH AS AN EXCUSE FOR
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561 NOT DOING HIS HOMEWORK ABOUT THE OTHER.
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562 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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563 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$
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564 Laissez Faire - I agree with you totally. There is another
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565 positive effect from the Reagan administration you didn't
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566 mention. The budget cuts have hampered police, social workers,
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567 and do gooders who want to persecute those with values
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568 different than their own. The prosecution of victumless crimes
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569 has considerably decreased under the Reagan administration.
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570 This is a healthy sign that the Republicans are willing to
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571 stay out of our private lives. It is a sign that they are
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572 the ones who truly believe in liberty and freedom.
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573 Frank
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574 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$
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575 )&*%)#@*%_%_@#(%_@#(%_@#*%_@#*%_(%+@#%_@#*%@)&#)^@#*@#_(@+(%@#!_*%@#_*_@_@*@
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576 Ninja: Are you ignoring me? I have left you several messages regarding the
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577 BW disk buy, but I have received no reply from you. I now *have* the
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578 disks in my hands. It is only a matter of time until I have them
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579 converted to IBM format. Are you still interested? The price is now
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580 $26, as Mike managed to put together another disk due to our delay.
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581 As for NET membership, if you feel you are willing to take a very
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582 active role in our adventure, let a NET representative know. He will
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583 be able to give you our new cyphers. And since you own a fine
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584 computer, I can supply you with encoding/decoding software. Please
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585 responde.
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586 Laissez-Faire : Except for the statements made my Frank, weirdo of te
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587 month here at backwater, I must say I quite agree with
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588 your line of reasoning. It is rare indeed to find someone
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589 brave enough to take the side of the middle/upper middle
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590 class, when it is so easy to enter another bleeding-heart
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591 liberal message for the down-trodden of this great land
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592 of ours. MI have only two problems with the current
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593 administration. Deficit spending and above-need military
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594 spending. Any 1st year econ. student knows that continued
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595 deficit spending, while not immediatly causing a problem,
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596 will eventually cause real problems in the economy. Inflation
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597 , high interest rates, a devaluation of the american dollar,
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598 and another recession. It is like a time bomb ticking beneath
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599 the surface of the country. I am afraid of the damage that
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600 is going to result when that bomb goes off. The military
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601 question has been hashed over several times, plus I find
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602 myself running out of space, so I will wait until another
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603 time.
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604 *)%#*@)%*#@)%*@#)*%@(%@#_*% L'homme sans parity *%)#@*%)@#*%)@#*%_#(%@_#*%@#
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605
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606 DEAR SYSOP;
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607 I HAVE BEEN ON 'BWMS' A DOZEN TIMES, AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
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608 GET OUT ANY OF THE TIMES. I THINK YOU HAD BETTER CHECK THE WORKFULLNESS OF
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609 YOUR `EXIT' COMMAND. I HAVE REGRETFULLY "HUNG UP" THE MODEM EACH TIME, AND
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610 KNOW THAT IT MUST "SCREW YOU UP" EACH TIME I HAVE DONE SO. SO PLEASE FIX
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611 IT ASAP.
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612 THANK YOU,
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613 THE MARTIAN MAN
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614 URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT*URGENT
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615
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616 ;
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