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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ****************** INSTALLED: 17 NOV 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 Well, I guess that as the first person to sprinkle bits on this disk, I am
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21 obligated to do my own little dance. That's right, first.
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22 "Death's too good for them."
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23 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: P. V. Jeltz ::::::::::::::::::
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24 Arrio: Nice!
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25 .............................................................................
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26 Congratulations! The 2nd test DID have nulls! (why didn't you just type
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27 CC N? then the system will display ctrl chars)
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28 The ESC-XON was kinda cute... I don't THINK that it'll goof anybody up...
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29 "Remember, no matter where you go - there you are!"
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30 ___________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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31 ps: L'homme & voyeur, I think I *FINALLY* have the bugs out of my rarchive
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32 editing routine. (of course, now it takes 3 passes....)
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33 ____________________________________________________________________________
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34 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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35 Standing a little apart from the others, the piper watched the efforts being
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36 made to decrypt the arcane code playing over the face of the machine. He
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37 looked again -- nope, just as unintelligible as ever. All the talk of
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38 polyalphabetic substitution, letter frequency, one-time pads, and trap-door
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39 encryption made him shudder each time it passed by.
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40 Looking around, he decided that someone should be on the lookout. The diamond
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41 valley was eye-searingly bright, but the day could not last forever. Circling
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42 the machine, he could see no trace of a power supply, the hard gravel of the
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43 valley floor ruled out an excavation, and the machine's case seemed to be
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44 without seams. Walking around the machine, he made his way further into the
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45 valley proper. Looking for a vantage point, he climbed a slight rise, and
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46 looked back up the little canyon that contained the gateway, the machine, and
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47 the rest of the party.
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48 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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49 Who says we can't be in two places at once?
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50 Back at the inn--
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51 The piper rose from his table in a dark corner of the room where he had been
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52 lurking nursing one of the Inn's famous nut-brown ales. Wiping the last trace
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53 of foam from his moustache, he shouldered his pipes and called out to the
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54 innkeeper and the rest of the patrons,
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55 "We have some familiar faces here today. Pam is back with tales of her
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56 travels, and isn't that someone familiar that just came in? d -- or would
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57 you rather be called Dragon Lady? I remember you from my lurking days. Welcome
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58 back. You've been sorely missed. The reality of the inn has sometimes slipped,
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59 but we've tried to keeep it alive."
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60 With that, the piper stepped forward into a cleared area of the floor, swung
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61 his pipes to his shoulder, placed the blowpipe in his mouth and inflated the
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62 bag with one mighty breath. A short push in the side started the drones, and
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63 he dropped his right hand to join his left on the shaft of the chanter. The
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64 sonourous hum of the drones filled the inn, followed by the dancing notes of
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65 the chanter as he played, for Pam, "The Rowan Tree," for -d-, "The Piper's
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66 Delight," and for all ladies present (you too, Kathy) "The Australian Ladies."
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67 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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68 )*%#@_)%*!#_)*%!_)%(!#_*%@#)_%@#)_*!!)_%*@#_)*%_)*%!_)%*_%!+%*)%*@#_)*%_*%@_#
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69 L'homme and Bard, who had both solved the code, and now knew the
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70 'magic' word, stood separate from the others, still milling about, devoid
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71 of definite purpose, looking for leadership, with the absence of Milchar.
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72 "What now?", queried L'homme. "What do we do with the word so
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73 conveniently left for us? What happends next?"
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74 The Bard just shrugged. L'homme thought of despair and wasted effort.
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75 His lamenting was interrupted by a sigh. A sigh from Bard.
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76 "What now?", asked L'homme again.
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77 "It's all so obvious.", replied Bard. And with that Bard reached into
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78 his ever-present bag, rummaged around for something contained therein, and
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79 hummed a little ditty under his breath.
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80 "This is very confusing.", L'homme told him, "But I'm willing to play
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81 your little waiting game a bit longer. You have an idea don't you?"
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82 Bard didn't look up, but he shook his head up and down, the customary
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83 affirmative response.
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84 "Wait and see. Wait and see.", thought L'homme.
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85 _*$%#_)*%_#)&%@_)%&#_)%&@_)%& L'homme sans parity *%#_)@*%@)_*%#_)%*_)%*_#*%@_#
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86 )%#@*% Plus L'homme *%#_)@*%
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87 Milch : Don't concern yourself with the fill. I'll give you the low-down next
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88 next time we talk. I ran some debug on POINT(x,y), and it seemed to be working.
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89 When I say seem, I mean the value returned in `return' was always zero, which
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90 was correct. It never got to a non-background color, which would return some-
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91 thing other than zero, before the stack ran out. Like I said before, when
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92 the C64 had a stack overflow, there were no warning messages, no columns of
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93 smoke pouring forth from the air vents, nothing spectacular at all. It
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94 simply went back to BASIC. It took quite a bit of work to discover it was the
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95 stack overflow and not some other `feature' of the C I was working with. C64
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96 strikes again! Yes...PorSFiS is today, but I can't make it out in time to
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97 give you a ride. Maybe we can shoot for two weeks from now. Can Tom stand it?
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98 Alex : Next time we play Risk, I will bring the books along. So you too have
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99 discovered another of the many bugs in Applesoft. At RHC, we had to deal
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100 with such things too. We finally just coded around the bugs, rather than
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101 spend(waste) time trying to figure some clever way to avoid the problem.
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102 Buckaroo Banzai report. We were only laughed aat 2 or 3 times. We did see
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103 ONE other person with TEAM BANZAI headbands though. The movie is everything
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104 is cracked up to be. Try to go on some economy hour though. It ain't
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105 Acadamy Award Quality, as Robert Graham would say.
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106 _*$_#@*$_)*%_)@#*%_@)#*%_@)#%* L'homme sans Parity )*%_@)*%#)_*_)!@*%_*%_#*%
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107 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?'/
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108 Leonard:Theus doesn't *HAVE* a UART to load!
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109 Milch:If nobody else gets you the docs on the PIA, I suppose I COULD find mine.
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110 Theus:We can discuss the anti-tank weaponry at the debreafing tonight at Sarah's
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111 L'homme:How does it compare to "repo-man" ??
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112 Alex:Did someone say RISK? tune up the international,. I havn't rallyed 217 in
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113 ages.
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114 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? _ ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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116 I finished stowing my things and kindly asked Novar which way the Keystone
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117 was. "Right outside.", he replied. I thanked him, and hurried off in
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118 search of my friends. Novar didn't seem to care about what had happened to
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119 them, for he remained behind.
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120 He was right. A door exactly the same as the other I had passed through
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121 only two days ago stood open. I entered quickly, thinking of the little
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122 time we had left to return the necklace to Mariani. The room was the same,
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123 but the voice failed to make itself heard. I strode quickly to the Diamond
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124 Valley door and threw it open. What I saw amazed me. Myriads of facets of
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125 the crystal forms inside reflected the light in a thousand beams of
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126 brilliant silver, creating the largest display of the laws of refraction
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127 and reflection I had ever seen. Squinting a bit due to the brightness, I
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128 passed through the door. A trail of sorts lead onward into the tangle of
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129 forms. Throwing caution to the winds, I ran down the path in hopes of
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130 finding the others that much sooner. A few close calls involving the very
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131 pointy tips of the crystal persuaded me to slow the pace. Time to use my
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132 newly-returned magic, I thought. Pulling the Wand from my robes, I again
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133 chanted the runes imprinted on one of my many 3 X 5 cards... The end of
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134 the wand seemed to catch fire as I spoke, and I began to trace out the
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135 bounds of a gateway. Faster and faster I sketched, making the gate widen
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136 and solidify, spinning in accordance with my wand... Suddenly, I stopped
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137 and lept through the gate an instant before the natural laws of the universe
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138 closed it behind me again, sealing off the wound I had created in space.
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139 I looked about me, and yes, I did seem to be closer... hmmm, over that hill
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140 there I believe I hear voices... and is that Piper on top of it? A little
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141 off, I said to myself, perhaps I need practice to get back into the swing
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142 of things. I wondered what had happened to everyone during my "illness" as
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143 I began to climb the hill toward Piper.
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144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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145 Anyone with 6522 docs, and that includes you Mig; in a 1541 disk drive,
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146 which of the 6522 lines are connected to anything of importance? The
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147 read/write head, the light on the drive, the door sense, write protect
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148 notch sense, anything?
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149 Yes, I do know there are two 6522's in the drive, but I now know what the
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150 computer is getting from the drive, so I know what some of those lines do...
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151 Also, which one of the registers is the timer? Is it set in a similiar
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152 manner as the 6526?
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153 L'homme; I see what you meant on the phone. I'll try to get the program
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154 from Rick (my friend I told you about) and see how it works. As for the
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155 PorSFiS meeting in two weeks, I will go, Tom or no Tom. What can he do,
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156 fire me? I'm quaking in my boots. All I want to do for him is to finish
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157 one more program, and have done with him. Hmm, my weekends again free from
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158 him... ahh, the possibility of actually being able to DO something on
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159 weekends....
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160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar, at 01:14 pm on 11/17/84 ++++++++++++++++
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161 tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger
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162 My name is Tiger and i'm here to say: That I'm one cool cat in everyway
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163 I've read your storyline and i think it's fine.
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164 I'd like to step in to your Backwater Inn to knock over tables and drink
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165 your gin!(but I'm only 15) So I leap off my seat onto my feet and I'll
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166 breakdance all night until it gets light. But don't get too shady cause
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167 here comes Dragon Lady. Will you welcome us girls into your group,
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168 before we skip off to drink some soup? Well good bye for now we'll
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169 enjoy our chow.
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170 tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger tiger
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171
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172 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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173 "...and it's certainly interesting to note that some people can just
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174 believe what they are told and fall in step, while others find themselves
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175 obliged to question and inquire into the nature of things. In any case the
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176 latter type seems to be part of a vanishing breed. As a friend of mine once
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177 answered, when someone quipped 'it takes all kinds to make a world', "If
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178 that's the case then where are all these different kinds?" He was noted for
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179 twisting the obvious around until it seemed unique. A talent that...
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180 As Mez rambled on the other folks at the table noticed that he had
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181 raised his head slightly and seemed to be sniffing at the air. Clearly some
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182 thing besides the group at the table had captured his attention.
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183 "Did any of the rest of you notice that scent? It's certainly enticing,
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184 peaches perhaps, no apricots. Now where have I encountered it before?" While
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185 Mez spoke a smile began to form on his lips and spread until his entire face
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186 reflected an aura of great humor. "Yes, yes it was when I was back in Junior
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187 Wizard school. She was the one who could communicate with those creatures of
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188 myth and magic. Now she was certainly one to remember, aah such pleasant...
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189 is it possible?"
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190 Looking around the room it was obvious that the crowd at the Inn had
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191 increased considerably. At first he didn't see anyone who might fit the
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192 description that was qo clear in his mind. Just as he was turning back to
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193 the warmth of the hearth his eyes stopped suddenly. Her head was turned away
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194 and in the dim light he couldn't be absolutely sure, but who else could it be
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195 in such an elegant costume? Mez knew that calling out would be a mistake, she
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196 was not a person one approached abruptly. He reached out with his mind, ever
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197 so gently, whispered #creatures who know flight always remember to look up# .
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198 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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199
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200 cut, to, take, noah, psis, physics, scientist, that
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201 for, answer, a, an, down< schroedinger, anthropoligist, won't
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202
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203 the 16 words above can be re-arranged to form a six-word pun & and a ten
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204 word pun. between the two puns all 16 words MUST be used.
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205 (this is a contest from this year's ORYCON, I was the first to get
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206 the short pun, somebody else beat me to the long one.)
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207 ______________________________________Leonard___________________________
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208 FOR SALE: OSCILLATION OVERTHRUSTER, ONLY USED ONCE.
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209 CONTACT: JOHN WHARFON
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210 YOYODYNE PROPULSION
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211 GROVER'S MILL, NEW JERSEY
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212 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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213 Bard withdrew a battered copy of the I Ching from his pack. He
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214 opened a tube and cast fortx h some yarrow stalks.
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215 After reading the entry for the hexgram, he replaced everything
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216 in his pack. Turning to L'homme he said, "Waiting is."
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217 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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218 GEE THIS IS NEET!
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219 OFF
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220 EXIT
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221 HELP
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223
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224 ...................................................
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225 THE ANSWER YOU HAVE FOUND AT LAST
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226 THE WORD REQUIRED OF YOU IS PAST
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227 DSN
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228
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229 THEANSW
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230 ERYOUHA
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231 VEFOUND
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232 ATLASTT
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233 HEWORDR
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234 EQUIRED
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235 OFYOUIS
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236 PASTDSN
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237
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238 (READ DOWN THE COLUMNS)
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239 KIBITZERKIBITZERKIBTZERKIBITZER
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240
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241 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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242 ...ah, yes! A simple block matrix rotation
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243 pattern cryptograph, with misc. filler on the
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244 end... (A Rose by any other Name...)
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245 I haven't seen one of those for a while...
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246 and I must say that 2 X 20 matrix of mine
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247 certainly fooled quite a few people in my
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248 earlier days...
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249 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <SONDARGAARD ^^^^^^^^^
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250
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251 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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252 ARRIO, have you been hitch-hiking agian?
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253 If so, you only have 12 minutes...
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254 See you at the restauraunt, and say hello to
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255 Zaphod for me...
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256 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <SONDARGAARD> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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257
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258
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260
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261 While waiting for the boarding call I've been having an extremely
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262 enjoyable, and occasionally animated, conversation with a retired history
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263 professor who was on my previous flight and was also stranded. Politics,
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264 literature, morality, and even (urp!) television have been the meat of our
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265 verbal meal. Though we mostly disagree, I find his arguments delightful
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266 since he debates to find a conclusion and reach a consensus rather than to
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267 support a position in which he has an emotional stake. Like myself, he
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268 desires to shed light instead of heat, so more often than not we find
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269 ourselves meeting in the center after starting at opposting poles. And,
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270 since his fund of available facts is so much greater than my own, each
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271 subject leaves me feeling informed and invigorated.
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272
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273 The initial call for seating assignments comes, and we approach the
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274 podium together, but the subject of our dialogue has become too dear to us
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275 to leave it behind as so often happens to strangers indulging in casual
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276 conversation. When we finally reach the front of the line, he places his
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277 ticket on the counter at the same time I do, and to my surprise the
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278 representative of the airlines picks up both tickes and asks, "You're
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279 flying together?"
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280
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281 Before I can speak, my companion responds, "That's correct."
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282
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283 Glancing at our tickets, the man behind the counter looks a bit
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284 perplexed. "I'm .... I'm sorry, but if you're together, why are you
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285 flying first class and she's flying coach?"
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286
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287 "Um, uh, ur..." I add, ever the height of witty repartee under pressure.
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288
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289 Suddenly my elderly friend has adopted a tired, wounded, and stricken
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290 air. "Well, your airline has managed to ruin nearly everything else in our
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291 trip so far, so I'm really not surprised at this final indignity." His
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292 mood of weary strength in the face of the massed forces of wicked
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293 ineptitude is almost palpable. I'm both stunned and impressed.
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294
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295 "But..." I start to object, only to receive a quick jab in the ribs
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296 from his elbow.
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298 "Now, now dear, don't worry," he croons soothingly, "we'll still get
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299 there. I'll see you in Seattle." He reaches for my ticket. "I'll take
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300 the coach seat, you take the comfortable one."
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301
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302 "No, no please!" The man behind the counter looks stricken. "We're
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303 terribly sorry about all the problems that have occurred with your flight.
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304 Here, " he takes my ticket, "I'll reassign you to first class."
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305
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306 "Thank you, sir! Your work to solve our dilemma is greatly
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307 appreciated. Believe me, your courtesy will be mentioned to your
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308 superiors."
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309
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310 After we leave the counter I whisper "Don't you think that was just a
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311 little dishonest?"
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312
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313 His wrinkled face turns toward me and he smiles. "Don't you think
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314 you're a little young to be acting so old?"
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317
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318 I pause in my tale as I notice the change in the mood of the room, a
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319 subtle lightening that reminds me of other, less complicated times. Or
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320 perhaps they only seem less complicated when viewed through the blinders of
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321 imperfect memory. Quickly, I begin to look about as if searching for an
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322 object too dear to name, too costly to price. But though these well lit
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323 areas show no sign, I know that it is in the less frequented tables that
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324 she is most likely to be found. I wonder if she brought Daon?
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325
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327
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329 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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330 The piper shifted uncomfortably on his self-chosen lookout position. His
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331 eyes had painfully adapted to the glare, but he feared the length of time it
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332 would take to re-adapt to a darker clime. Scanning the surrounding territory
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333 in sectors, he had just taken in enough of the view to become sensitized to
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334 anything different within his field of view. He was just able to discern the
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335 location of the doorway that had led them to this spot, and gave it more than
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336 it's due share of attention. Some of the party -- it looked like L'Homme and
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337 Bard -- were gathered off to one side of the machine, whilee the others were
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338 still working on the puzzle. A motion near the doorway caught his attention--
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339 a flicker of motion, as though a figure were running--
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340 The piper scanned the surrounding area, still no changes. The running figure
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341 had stopped now and was performing some intricate actions, but the piper felt
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342 no sense of menace. Suddenly, the figure leaped forward and disappeared!
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343 The piper loosed his dirk in its sheath, hoping that he had not allowed a
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344 danger to creep up on the party and redoubled his vigilance. A motion much
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345 nearer, at the base of the hill he had chosen for lookout, caught his attention
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346 as a figure made a diving roll out of thin air. There was something familiar
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347 about -- the step, the way it moved it's body -- a brief flash of the face and
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348 yes-- it was Milchar. He seemed to be moving well, climbing as though he had
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349 suffered no ill effects from his bout of unconciousness. The piper waved in
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350 welcome, not relaxing his vigilance. When Milchar reached the summit of the
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351 hill, the piper welcomed him.
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352 "Welcome. You look none the worse for your little nap." Gesturing towards
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353 the party, the piper said, "It looks like a few people have made progress on
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354 the puzzle. I don't have much patience with puzzles, so thought I'd better
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355 keep a watch. I don't like the feel of this place -- something seems to be
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356 just on the edge of happening."
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357 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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358
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359 ########################################################################
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360 The Inn had grown quieter, Pam had stopped telling of her adventure, and
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361 was looking around. Finally, she stopped and was looking towards the
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362 hearth. The Innkeeper followed her gaze and saw a lovly figure dressed in
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363 white warming herself in front of the dying fire. "My goodness! All of my
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364 old customers seem to be coming back. Knowing exactly what to entice this
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365 lovly lady with, the Innkeeper slips off and draws a mug of hot cider,
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366 then returns to the table with the other fine guests and places the mug at
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367 an empty chair. The Innkeeper then sits back and smiles waiting for the
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368 delicious vapors to do their job.
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369 ###################### The Innkeeper ###################################
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370 **************************************************************************
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371 It was a pleasure to meet some of the fine backwater people at the scifi
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372 meeting sat afternoon.. and now to log off and compose another chapter.
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373 ****************************kathy******************************************
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374 **************************************************************************
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375 Ontho had the "pedal to the metal" and the disk was again up to
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376 "screaming" speed. Leo looked out over the island and then over the sea
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377 wondering if the elders could help explain the strange happinings of the
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378 day. She opened her journal for the second time in a day and wrote:
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379
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380 My brain is quite taxed, I hope a rest period will
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381 be allowed when we get back, although Ontho looks like the
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382 day has just started and is ready for more. I wonder how
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383 the little twerp can do it? We found a child back in iceland
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384 who had been somehow brainwashed into carrying somekind of
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385 earthshaking device. I made a rash choice and used the trident
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386 to stop the vehicle the child was operating. Cooked em good..
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387 Sigh, I guess it couldn't have been avoided, I so underestimate
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388 the power I carry. I know the others think I'm gruesome and
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389 the elders will wag their fingers..
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390
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391 Leo closed the journal, not feeling any better. Ontho announced
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392 arrival at headquarters in about 1100 micro's. Leo hoped that Alex would
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393 be there to see how the day went.
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394 Ontho slowed the craft to land. No welcomming party at all. This
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395 whole day should never have happened. Ontho buzzed "nazz rtztz dezz"
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396 jumped up and down and waved tenicles. (translated: I'm taking this
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397 over to the lab you better check in and get something to eat)
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398 how did that little twit know I was hungry? Leo thought to herself.
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399 Strange creatures Inmo's, I think the elders have been training Ontho
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400 in mind reading, inwhich case I had better change my atitude now.. Or
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401 I'll have an ememy instead of a partner. Leo jumped down off the disk
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402 and helped Ontho down. Ontho waddled off towards the Lab and Leo went
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403 inside the flight deck. STraight to the java machine for a strong brew.
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404 The trident seemed to be getting heavier all the time.
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405 ** hold it now!!! she said to herself, slapping herself on the face.
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406 wack!! why am i feeling so sorry for myself? knock it off!!! Ok Ive
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407 gotten ahold of myself now. into the chamber for my report.
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408 *****************************kathy*****************************************
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409 @@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@
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410 MY WORLD IS OLD,
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411 WITH A STRICT CHAOTIC ORDER.
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412 SURVIVING ON WHAT I NEED
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413 NOT WHAT I WANT.
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414
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415 THOUGH I MAY SEEM GONE
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416 I CAN TELL LEFT FROM RIGHT.
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417 AND EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD THE RIGHT
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418 I'M TIRED OF BEING LEFT.
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419
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420 I CARE FOR YOU
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421 WITH ALL MY HEART,
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422 LOVE, I BELIEVE,
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423 IT'S CALLED
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424
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425 YOUR WORLD WAS FINE,
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426 BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO CRUMBLED;
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427 IT CAN BE SAVED,
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428 PLEASE LET ME HELP.
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429 YOU SAY THINGS ARE FINE,
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430 BUT I'M NOT EASILY FOOLED.
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431 I
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432 I'M HERE,
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433 IF YOU NEED ME.
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434 YOU KNOW THAT I
|
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435 AM JUST SOMEONE
|
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436 THAT YOU CAN TALK TO.
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437 I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND,
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438 SO FEEL NO FEAR,
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439 TOGEE
|
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440 CAN OVERCOME ALL.
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441
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442 WHEN ALL IS RESTORED,
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443 I WILL MOVE ON;
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444 FOR I WAS TO LATE,
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445 AND YOU WERE TO SOON.
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446
|
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447 DON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE
|
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448 WHEN TH TIME COMES,
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449 FOR I WOULDN'T BE ABLE
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450 TO LEAVE AT ALL.
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451
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452 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK???
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453
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454 MARK HOLDAHL
|
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455 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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456
|
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457 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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458 HELP THEY
|
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459 HAVE FOUND
|
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460 ME !!!!!
|
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461 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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462
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463
|
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464 JOHN BARNHOUSE (NO RELATION TO THE B-D IN WILSONVILLE)
|
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465 CAN I GET A RIDE WITH SOME ONE OF OFF THIS MUD-BALL
|
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466 I'VE BEEN STUCK HERE FOR NEARLY OVER 30 YEARS!!!!!
|
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467
|
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468 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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469 TO ALL,
|
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470 I MADE AN ENTRY,BUT I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I GOT INSPIRED FROM A BOOK. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I COPIED IT
|
|||
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471 WHICH I DID NOT,BUT I MEARLY WISH TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY MY
|
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472 OWN INGENUITY.
|
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473 BUT TO ANYONE WHO THOUGHT POSITIVELY ABOUT MY SMALL ENTRY,WHAT DO YOU THINK?
|
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474
|
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475 ARRIO
|
|||
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476 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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477 AHHHOOOPPSS! I JUST NOTICED THERE ARE SOME HITCHHIKERS IN THE AREA.SO THAT
|
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478 THERE IS NO CONFUSION,THE ABOVE ENTRY
|
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479 WAS FOR THE BENIFIT OF ALL STRAGS AND
|
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480 NOT NECESSARILY FOR ALL YOU COOL F-FRUDE
|
|||
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481 HITCHHIKERS OUT THERE.INCIDENTLY,I HAPPEND TO HAVE MISPLACED MY TOWEL(OH,DISGRACE!) ANYONE GOT AN EXTRA?!
|
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482 SONDARGAARD,IN BETWEEN P.G.GB'S ZAPHOD SAID (WITH BLEARY EYES) "HELLO"
|
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483 WAVE YOUR TOWEL IF YOUR A HITCHHIKER!!
|
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484 ARRIO
|
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485 (AGAIN)
|
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486
|
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487
|
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488 --> SLIME PIT UNIVERSES RULE THE MIND <--
|
|||
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489 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
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490 ||||||||||||
|
|||
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491 I DIDNT WRITE THAT!
|
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492 ARRIO
|
|||
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493 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
|||
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494 ||||||||||||
|
|||
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495 It was a pleasure meeting thee, oh fair maiden!
|
|||
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496 ..................................the apprentice..............................
|
|||
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497 Bard, realizing that even HE was getting lare spots in his eyes reached
|
|||
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498 once more into his pack. After but a moment of rummaging he extract several
|
|||
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499 pairs of sun goggles. (sunGLASSES fall off too easily!)
|
|||
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500 They were quickly distributed among the party & L'homme volunteered to take
|
|||
|
501 a pair to Piper.
|
|||
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502 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|||
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503 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|||
|
504 "Yes, it does.", I replied to Piper after I had climbed the hill. From this vantage point I could see for about a
|
|||
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505 quarter-mile in all directions- and yes, I could see the gateway to the north and the machine only a hundered yards to
|
|||
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506 the south. Everyone below was milling about a machine of some sort, about 10 meters high. Wait, someone coming closer.
|
|||
|
507 L'homme! He was wearing a pair of sungoggles to ward off the extreme glare, and was holding another pair. He waved
|
|||
|
508 to us as he climbed up. Not a bad idea, getting goggles. L'homme finished the climb and handed the goggles to Piper,
|
|||
|
509 apologizing for not having another pair. "Quite all right, If my eyes become strained I shall try to summon a pair.
|
|||
|
510 What is that thing down there?", I asked. Slowly, and with L'homme and Piper taking turns, I was told the rest of the
|
|||
|
511 story. "What have you done with the word you discovered?", I asked.
|
|||
|
512 "Nothing yet. We were considering that very question. You wouldn't have an idea, would you?", L'homme asked.
|
|||
|
513 "Well, yes, have you tried speaking the word to the machine?"
|
|||
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514 "No...." Abruptly, a loud explosion from below made the crystal sound as if a hundred thousand wind chimes sounded
|
|||
|
515 in unison. A wave of energy erupted from the machine... it seemed to seek out our bodies and penetrate... A bright
|
|||
|
516 streak flew toward me and merged with the remainder of my necklace. The whole glowed and spat fire, a brilliant torch
|
|||
|
517 amid the shaking crystal. The energy passed, the machine below was gone... amazingly, no one seemed to be hurt.
|
|||
|
518 "I think someone below just thought of it.", I said. Another deafening boom signaled the arrival of another earth-
|
|||
|
519 shaking occurance...
|
|||
|
520 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:38 on 11/18/84 +++++++++++++++
|
|||
|
521 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 19 Nov 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
|||
|
522 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:12 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
|||
|
523 Enraptured by the flames, curling feebly in their eternal seeking
|
|||
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524 for more, she had not noticed the murmer that had whisked through the
|
|||
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525 crowd suddenly, like an eddy of wind that twisted back contrarily...
|
|||
|
526 chin cupped in hand and feet drawn under her, she was lost in thought,
|
|||
|
527 though her eyes were alive, reflecting the flicker of the dying fire.
|
|||
|
528 But the curious hush that descended finally reached her: she lifted
|
|||
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529 her head, immediately meeting the eyes of the Mesolithic Mathematician.
|
|||
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530 He fairly sparkled with good humour, but there was a curious expectancy
|
|||
|
531 about his look that puzzled her; only for a breath of a moment, until
|
|||
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532 she recalled his propensity for thought-projecting from those long-ago
|
|||
|
533 days. Such divergent paths they had taken! Her smile lit her face
|
|||
|
534 as she uncurled herself to greet her old collegue: "Well-met, Mez!"
|
|||
|
535 Jovial and exuberant as ever, he invited her to pull up a rough-hewn
|
|||
|
536 bench just as the savoury medly of cinnamon, cherry, apples & cloves
|
|||
|
537 drifted near; seeking its source, she espied the Innkeeper and Pam
|
|||
|
538 beckoning to an empty chair. Turning back, she caught that expectant
|
|||
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539 look from Mez again--he didn't remember. Tilting her head a mite
|
|||
|
540 reproachfully, she said only for his ears: "Touch not the mind, Mez."
|
|||
|
541 Suffused with delight, she fairly scampered over to see Pam, dear
|
|||
|
542 old friend; she clasped both her hands and implored to hear more tales
|
|||
|
543 of adventure, for even by the hearth the talk had ventured. As Pam
|
|||
|
544 began, the slight figure gowned in white sipped the steaming mug that
|
|||
|
545 the Innkeeper had brought, the Apprentice's special gift: it slipped
|
|||
|
546 so comfortably into her hands, ever pleasingly-warm, ever full.
|
|||
|
547 Pam was in the midst of another story, when "Ah!" exclaimed the
|
|||
|
548 lady of dragons, for she had spotted a hesitant figure just inside the
|
|||
|
549 door, a girl sporting blue-green blousy trousers and a black jacket.
|
|||
|
550 She'd drawn the attention of several near the door, but they seemed
|
|||
|
551 too startled to say anything. "Excuse me for interrupting, but my
|
|||
|
552 friend Tiger appears lost. I spoke with such warmth of our Inn; she
|
|||
|
553 knows naught of the ways of lost times...Please, welcome her!"
|
|||
|
554 As she spoke, she fastened her green eyes on Tiger's black ones until
|
|||
|
555 the girls found each other. "Looking relieved, Tiger squirmed through
|
|||
|
556 the crowd to their table, and as she came, the Innkeeper inquired if
|
|||
|
557 they had supped, indicating his hand toward the kitchen, where he had
|
|||
|
558 a cauldren of stew awaiting his guest's appetites.
|
|||
|
559 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
|
|||
|
560 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
|
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|
561 ing greeted the Lady D. and seen her safely to a table of friends
|
|||
|
562 and her favorite refreshment the Mez turned back to the conversation at his
|
|||
|
563 table. "Now there's one for the books", he said, chuckling aloud. "Memories
|
|||
|
564 are such Mobius strips of the mind.", he continued in a lower voice directed
|
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|
565 at no one in particular.
|
|||
|
566 This was the finest gatherings that had been assembled at the Inn for
|
|||
|
567 some time. Perhaps we are in the process of creating one of those times that
|
|||
|
568 will one day be thought of as 'the good old days', Mez though to himself.
|
|||
|
569 Piper, a tune if you choose, to celebrate the occasion, and the drink
|
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|
570 of your choice, ale if I remember correctly. I'm paying of course. Mez was
|
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|
571 in a mood for dancing and he remembered the ole' saying, so he thought to pay
|
|||
|
572 in advance.
|
|||
|
573 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
|
|||
|
574
|
|||
|
575 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
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576 at the inn--
|
|||
|
577 With a broad smile, the piper made a bow to Mez. "He who pays the piper
|
|||
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578 also gets to call the tune, you know." the piper replied quaffing the lees
|
|||
|
579 in his mug. He continued, "but while you are searching for the name of a
|
|||
|
580 tune, let's have a medely of dance airs."
|
|||
|
581 The piper swung the pipes to his shoulder, the drones spreading out nicely,
|
|||
|
582 the left hand holding the chanter. He put the blowpipe in his mouth, took
|
|||
|
583 a deep breath and blew it into the bag. The bag was soft and supple, responsive
|
|||
|
584 from the playing it had gotten lately. In fact, the piper noted, it was a bit
|
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|
585 too supple -- he had the pipes winded now, the drones started, the chanter
|
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586 beginning to sound -- he worried slightly that it would soon be time to replace
|
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|
587 the bag, would it never end? Fingers rippling lightly over the holes in the
|
|||
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588 chanter, the piper swung into "Munlochy Bridge", "The Salmon Leap", "Rose
|
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589 Amongst the Heather", and "The High Road to Linton."
|
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590 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
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591 adventure
|
|||
|
592 Milchar -- I'm still with you. Continue please.
|
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|
593 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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594 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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595
|
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596 To the lonely old man before the terminal: remember us! We will always
|
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597 remember you!
|
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598
|
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599 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
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600
|
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601 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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602 I MAY BE OLD. BUT LONELY.. NEVER. WITH I, MYSELF AND ME.
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603 WHO WILL BE LONELY?
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606 Watch out for bad trash... ---------->Sondargaard
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608 ^O ^I ^H^, ^G ^I^!
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609 Twasn't me, (Hint, I always use there/their in correct context, as well
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610 as here/hear.) But, the sentiment holds, and if you were truly directing
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611 it at me, I thank you. If not, thank you anyway. ^!
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613 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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614 - The statement about eight (8) lines up wasn't
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615 pointed in anyone's direction, Friend; I had just
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616 placed it there so people using DA & DB, as you
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617 and I both obviously do, might be aware of r.d.'s
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618 return to the neighborhood. <not to mention the
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619 foul stench that followed him.> And by the way,
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620 the answer is nay, you needn't worry over me...
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621 I am not a <pervert> in the guise of a friendly
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622 patron of the Inn. I greatly enjoy the creativity
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623 and have shared some of the same. I am too
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624 am a FRIEND (oh, and please refrain from using
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625 the ctrl `O', it LOCKS my terminal forcing me to
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626 hang-up to disconnect and reset [curses & drats])
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627 .....Friend... --->Sondargaard
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