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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ******************** INSTALLED: 23 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 GEEZ, at the top, only the second time that I can remember in the last
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21 two years or so......
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22 NOBODY IS PERFECT
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23
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24 Each one of us is a mixture of good qualities and some perhaps not so good
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25 qualities. In considering our fellow man, we should remember his good
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26 qualities and realize that his faults only prove that he is, after all,
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27 a human being. We should refrain from making harsh judgement just
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28 because he happens to be a dirty, rotten, no-good son-of-a-bitch...........
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29 *_#@)*_)*_!)*$_)*$_@#)*%@#)*%)_@#*%_@)#*%_@)%_$^_#$*_)#*_@#)%*_)^*&_)$*__^*_@)*_)*%_)*%_)^*)&*)_*)_^*)_^*#$_)#$^#$*^
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30 Leonard : Fine. How would you like the program. IBM to TRS80 Model 1 ss/sd. You convert to Model 3 and send it via
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31 null modem? Or over the phone lines sometime? What would you like? And tell me dear sir, didn't you keep backups?
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32 A person with as many computers as you should know far better! Shame shame shame...
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33 Mikey : I'll re-check the board. The rectifier was taken off board and put on the power supply board to avoid
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34 possible heat problems. I'll check around for a short. But we were so careful...sigh...
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35 Gaudy Minsky : Thanks for the glowing report on my presentation. To the clod who wondered about possible payments,
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36 nothing of the kind existed. It always amazes me how some 'people' manage always to read in the worst into a situation,
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37 rather than sit back and make judgement from a position that offers a better view. Again, G.M., thanks.
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38 )%*@#)_*#!@)_%*)*%_)#*%_)@#*^_)@#*@#%_*) L'homme sans parity *)%*#)_%*@#)_*%)_*%)!_%*)_@#*%@)_#%_*%_@)#*%_)@#%*_@#%
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39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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40 (As I smack the side of my compass once or twice to see if it still works): Sorry L'homme, every once in a while I iss
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41 something I shouldn't. Since in this case it doesn't matter, let's make it east. By the by, I seem to have frotzed
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42 version of the Original Adventure you gave me. [Kindly insert the word 'the' after 'frotzed' in the last sentence.]
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43 Seems some jerk I lent the disk to ran the disk timer program on it, wiping out one of the tracks that had most of the
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44 program on it. Could you please remember to have yours handy again next we meet? (For all those who are wondering,
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45 yes, the disk I am talking about is in the public domain.)
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46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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47 I heard screams, and stopped dead in my tracks. These hideous little blue creatures hopped at a breakneck pace towards
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48 us, ignoring the crystal points about them. They emitted a vile scream that send shivers down my spine. Their ivory
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49 fangs gleamed brightly as they approached. They seemed to be in a pack of about 20 or so, and they seemed to be
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50 hungry. We were so close to the tower! "'Ware fanged creatures!", I yelled, diving behind the safety of the nearest
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51 crystal. I retreived my 3 X 5 cards and shuffled through them rapidly to find a spell to help. I hoped the others
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52 were finding similiar things to do. A card caught my attention... Yes, this might work... I began the chant, started
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53 the motions that would weave into a spell...
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54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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55 Milchar and the others were pinned down behind croppings of crystal. I luckily had begun my Levitation spell just
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56 before those nasty little devils arrived. I decided I would help only if they really needed it, I didn't want to give
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57 myself away. I waited and watched, hoping they could solve the problem themsves...
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58 ++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 02:16 on 11/23/84, off to see B. Banzai ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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59 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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60 To all the fair citizens of the Backwater Inn:
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61 The adventures are enjoyable, the conversation delightful, and the
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62 criticism is at least fun to read. Spell Alert seems to be one of those
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63 gung-ho Americans-I'd be willing to bet that he doesn't like Monty Python
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64 either('thats not funny...'). Hurray for Bill C - writing feels a lot better
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65 than deleting, doesn't it?? The authors on the board are all fantastic--
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66 and don't let anyone tell any of you otherwise!!! Now if I can only get my
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67 humble serialisation up to your fine standards, I'll type it in and see if it
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68 meets with at least a little approval. Maybe later this weekend, or next
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69 weekend when I'll be home again from the fair burgh of Corvallis.
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70 Keep up with the good tidings, and a
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71 Happy Yuletide Season!!
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72 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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73 :::::::::::::O O::::::::::11/23:::::::::::::18:41::::::::::O O::::::::::
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74 L'homme: Entry? What entry? I've not done anything of the sort here
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75 lately. Perhaps you are referring to QUIZMASTER ? He left one on
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76 (what is now) DB; first in a while. And no, nothing from OMEN.
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77 :::::
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78 The hornet's nest stirred up by SPELL ALERT reminds me of something very
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79 similar on CBBS/NW a few weeks ago. As I recall, Steve D. B. and someone
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80 else were 'discussing' the bastardization of the language and how (in)appropriate
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81 it is to coin words. Perhaps we should invite them over here (if they are
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82 not already).
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83 :::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::
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84 _+(@!$)*%$)_&^_)#$&^_)%*_+@$(!@_+$(_@#)&%*_#$&^_@)*^+@)_%!+_@%*_@#)&^_$&@)_#+*+!%@#&^_)$#&^*+@#*%@*^_&^_)*@_)%*@*
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85 Mikey: That adventure disk you gave me DOES NOT work. I typed 'RUN ADV', and the program started up, displaying a few
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86 garbled words that should appear half-way through the game. Could this be some problems between the Sanyo/IBM?
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87 Leonard: I don't know if you are interested in this or not, but I might as well let you know. The Portland Review will
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88 be releasing its special Science Fiction - Fantasy - Horrow Anthology in the first week in December. Included in the
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89 edition will be art and literature from such local artists as Gary Davis, Matthew Simon, and Jon Tuttle. And some
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90 national and international artists like David Sheskin, Elisabeth Stevens and John Borkowski. If you are interested in
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91 an issue, send $4 per copy in check or money order to Portland Review, Science Fiction Edition,
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92 Portland Oregon, 97207.
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93 Milch: Pas problem... I'll upload an entry sometime later...
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94 )&%#@_%)*@#_)%)_%&@)_#&_)!%)_&%)_L'homme sans Parity *_)@#*%_)@#*%_)!*%_)!*%_@*%_)@*%_)@#*%_@*%@_#)*%@)_#*%@#_)*%#
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95 Interesting bulletin board...We're a couple of Portland State alums lo
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96 looking to trade software for the apple iic....Allan and Mary
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97 ************************************************************:
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98 L'HOMME: SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A BUM DISK. IT WORKS FINE ON THE
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99 IBM, IT IS JUST A PLAIN OL' FORTRAN PROGRAM, IT DOESN'T EVEN
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100 TRY TO GO OUT SIDE OF MSDOS. I WILL GET YOU ANOTHER COPY WHEN
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101 NEXT I SEE YOU. (ASSUMING I REMEMBER)
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102 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY **************************
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103 PAM: IT LOOKS OK TO ME, DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? SIGH, YES THE JOYS OF WORKING
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104 FOR YOURSELF MEANS WORKING WHEN OTHERS GET TO PLAY. BUT FINALLY, I AM
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105 FINISHED FOR THE DAY, AND COME HOME TO DO MORE WORK. I AM TRULY A GLUTEN
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106 I ADMIT IT. PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU WHISTLING A MERRY TUNE AMONGST THE
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107 PATRONS OF THE INN SOMETIME THIS WEEKEND.
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108 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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109 AS FAR AS SPELLING GOES, I DON'T MIND SOMEONE TELLING ME THAT I HAVE
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110 MADE ERRORS. I KNOW THAT I DO MAKE THEM. AFTER ALL, I AM ONLY HUMAN,
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111 WE ALL MAKE ERRORS. PERHAPS MY CONCERN FOR CORRECT SPELLING IS NOT AS
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112 GREAT AS OTHERS, BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN THE LEAST. IF I USE A
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113 WORD OFTEN ENOUGH, I GERNERALY START TO SPELL IT CORRECTLY AFTER A WHILE.
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114 THOUGH I DO SEEM TO HAVE SOME SORT OF BLOCK WITH SOME WORDS, AND NEVER
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115 SEEM TO GET THEM RIGHT. BUT, AGAIN IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME, I GOT MY
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116 MESSAGE ACROSS, AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT COUNTS.
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117 ************************************************************************
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118 WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE MODEM THAT GOES WITH THE APPLE IIC ????
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119 IT DOESN"T SEEM TO BE IN ANY LOCAL COMPUTER STORES.
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120 My first Modem (Atari 1030) and my first
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121 entry to Backwater M.S. I need help knowing about uploading and downloading.
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122 ---Lee---*****************************************
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123 LEE------ WE HAVE APPLTE 9(MY TYPING IS REALLY BAD) WE HAVE AN APPLE MODEM 300
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124 AVAIALBLE AT BYTE.WE ARE NEW AT THIS TOO. THERE ARE OTHER MODEMS AVAILABLE
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125 SUCH AS THE HAYES 300 AND 1200 MODELS ALSO AVAILABLE AT BYTE SHOPS AND OTHER
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126 LOCATIONS......WE,RE INTERESTED IN EXCHANGING SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE WITH
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127 ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO HAS PRODOS BASED PROGRAMS......LOOK FORWARD TO
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128 TALKING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BACKWATER INN.......BYE ...ALLAN & MARY
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129 ****************************************************************************
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130 EXIT
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131 L'homme: I've GOT backups... but they're all of the M100 version & intermediate
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132 steps in the conversion. I need the ORIGINAL for things like LOCATE (remember
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133 THIS version will be running on a 80x25 screen).
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134 As for disk format, you can either tack it onto one of the archive disks
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135 or you can put it on a disk formatted like voyeur's archive disks... (Yes I
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136 CAN read NEWDOS ssdd disks, it's just a pain using MOVE123 all the time...)
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137 __________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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138 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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139 Cistop Mikey -- I tend to agree on spelling (I consistently invert ie
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140 or ei combinations). However, in some cases a misspelling gives me a brain
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141 warp. Example: "I am a gluten for punishment..." The word you were
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142 looking for was "glutton" -- "gluten" is the stuff that you develop when
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143 you knead bread dough. I had this mental image of you entangled in this
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144 large mixing bowl, with flour and strings of dough......
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145 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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146 Meanwhile, back in the diamond valley, the piper had not relaxed his
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147 vigilance. Walking with the air of a man who did not trust the happenings
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148 around him, he followed the others toward the towering citadel. When a
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149 group of howling blue creatures (not unlike smurfs that had been reading
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150 too much Robert Louis Stevenson) appeared on an intersection course with
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151 the party he did not feel particularly surprised. Apprehensive, yes.
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152 Fearful, yes. Terrified? yes. Surprised? no.
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153 The piper reasoned that this group did not necessarily have to be
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154 hostile. He could think of lots of cases where primitive peoples rushed
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155 out to meet visitors. Sometimes they would wear quaint native costumes.
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156 Sometimes they would wave quaint native spears. Sometimees they would
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157 impale the visitors on the quaint native spears.
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158 Milchar had hit the dirt behind a crystal formation and was fumbling
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159 in his deck of 3x5 cards. The rest of the party had already taken cover
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160 and the piper was standing here philosophizing! Catching sight of him,
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161 the pack started toward him, and the piper really doubted that their
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162 intentions were pacific. He felt at his waist for his dirk, then realized
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163 thjat its eighteen inch length was far too short for this type of work.
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164 He fumbled in his sporran for a moment, hoping to find a more useful
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165 weapon, then came out holding a queerly shaped stick. Glancing at it
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166 a moment, he shrugged. It was worth a chance. He placed one end of he
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167 stick to his mouth and blew. A thin reedy sound came out, barely audibe
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168 over the sound of the blue beasts. As the pack started for the piper,
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169 ignoring the rest of the party (isn't it amazing how much cover a few
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170 crystals give?) the leaders begain to quiet as they came within earshot
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171 of the queer noise he was making. The followers crashed into the leaders,
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172 causing a few nasty gouges and snaps, but they, too, soon quieted down
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173 listening to the strange sound issuing from the piper.
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174 The piper smiled over his practice chanter at his new-found audience.
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175 They were certainly not a prepossesing lot, but he was a person of little
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176 cultural prejudice. The piper played on.
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177 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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178 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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179
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180 There seems to be a change comming to the board of late. Did I detect the
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181 presence of a couple of neophytes to the Inn? Did someone actually seemd
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182 to be novices to some area of the computer kingdom? Hail, and well met!!
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183 To those PSU "bums": you bring a breathe of fresh air to a sometimes
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184 overly stuffy and stale environment. Keep your presence felt here!
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185
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186 Mr. Lizard
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187
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188 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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189 "Stuffy and stale environment"??? How can it be stuffy and stale, when
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190 --> UNIVERSAL PITS MIND SLIMY RULERS <--
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191 (*%#@@()_*%@)_(%*_)#%*!#)_*%_)!#%)_+@#!*%_^)#$*^)_*^@#)*^_)@#*^_)@#*^_@)*^_)#$*
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192 No problem Mikey. I'll probably see you at the next PCS pizza social.
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193 Voyeur : Saw a long commercial for Dune on that music station (the name escapes
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194 me now). Stunning! I can't wait until it opens (December 14th) It may not
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195 be the book, but from first glance, it looks like it can hold out on its own!
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196 I'll make an adventure entry later. Thanks piper...I didn't want to return to
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197 the hack and slash to quickly. Your 'music soothes the beast' theme has kept
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198 things above board for a bit longer.
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199 *%#)_@*_%)@#*%_)@#*%_%+@*%@#*%_)@*#%@L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_@#)*_%#)!*%_*_%
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200
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201 --> UNIVERSAL RULERS PIT SLIMY MINDS <--
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202 --> SLIMY RULERS PIT UNIVERSAL MINDS <--
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203 --> RULER'S SLIMY MINDS PIT UNIVERSES <--
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204 --> UNIVERSAL MINDS PIT SLIMY RULERS >--
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205 --> PIT RULERS MIND SLIMY UNIVERSES <--
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206
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207
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208 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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209
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210 All: I am back!!! After a long and tedious absence I have returned.
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211 Milchar: Would it be possible to encorporate me into this storyline? I would
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212 greatly appreciate it. I am now using a Compaq computer with a
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213 Hayes 1200b modem and a HP Thinkjet Printer. The printer hates
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214 Ctrl-L's, though...
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215 I don't really know much about this adventure, so I won't screw it
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216 up until I have been filled in about it.
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217 All: I shall soon be back...
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218
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219 ???????????? The Doctor ??????????????? On at 3:30pm Nov. 24, 1984 ????????????
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220 RADIO SHACK IS HAVING A FREE COMPUTER
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221 SXOW AT THE HILTON HOTEL DOWNTOWN
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222 CALL AL RYDER AT 241-7024 FOR MORE
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223 INFORMATION
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224 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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225 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E.C. GREETINGS, I HAVE YET
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226 TO FIND MY CODESHEET COULD YOU CALL AND TRANSFER IT TO ME?
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227 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXT.W.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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228 Want an eye twisting sight? Create a
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229 IRQ program that changes the screen
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230 color every 10th of a second. Warped!
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231 --------------------------------------
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232 Mig: Welcome back!
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233 At least you won't have any trouble on BW with your printer! After all, BW
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234 translates ^L into all thos linefeeds...
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235 Mikey: Did you ever get any response from CIS regarding B Protocol? If not, I'll
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236 bring a hard copy of a 8085 assembler listing of a CIS term program & docs on
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237 other CIS stuff (specs on all THREE graphics protocols!) to the PCS social.
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238 _________________________________Leonard________________________________________
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239 Leonard you idiot! The doctor is not Mig. The doctor is the doctor! Get it
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240 straight!
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241 Moving from a C64 to a Compack. What a change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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242 ******************************************************************
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243 Hello folks, I haven't logged in for about 4 days and it looks
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244 like I missed the (spelling trap) Actually I am relieved since I
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245 know I most likely had the most words missed.. enough of that drivel..
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246 I went and saw BUCKAROO BANZI last night and found it most entertaining.
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247 I love the comic book format!!! anyway Ill log off now ans I be back
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248 with another thrilling chapter?
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249 ********************************kathy*************************************
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250 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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251 Kathy; where did you see Buckaroo? I went with 7 other people including the Doctor above Friday night at Town Center.
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252 I enjoyed the movie, was reminded of my bedroom by looking at the crazy laboratory settings, but found it lacking
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253 somewhat. Perhaps if the storyline had been stronger than 'this is the way it is, so don't try to explain it'.
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254 Doctor; you know what my number is, and we'll be seeing each other tomorrow anyway, so I doubt that you will have
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255 problems finding out what the storyline is. Say, how long is your mother's office going to let you have that thing on
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256 loan? Can I borrow your printer since you have a much faster one there? Hmmmm?
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257 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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258 I was suddenly struck with the notion that these little beings were remarkably similar to the Smurfs found on Earth. I
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259 shuddered involuntarily. Wait... I think I have a 'Summon Gargamel' spell down here somewhere. I had barely found it
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260 when I heard the thin notes of a strange wind instument being played by Piper. Those little devils seemed to enjoy the
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261 music, for at leat they had quieted down a little and sat down. Now that they were still for a bit, I thought of a
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262 way of escape. Trying to be as quiet as possible, I found another 3 X 5 card that I felt was appropriate for the
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263 occasion. I gathered together the rest of the cards and put them into one of the many folds on my robe. I hoped the
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264 crystal had the right qualities for what I was going to do. Chanting very softly, I touched my wand to a branching of
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265 the crystal. It promptly molded itself into a flat square, perfect for what I needed. Again and again I touched
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266 crystals, until I had encircled the group with little flat squares hanging onto the formations. I was about to ask
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267 someone for a light source whea beam of light suddenly flashed from one square and leaped to another... on and on this
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268 went, until we vanished in the circle of light that had formed.
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269 Vanished from there.... to where?
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270 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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271 My jaw dropped open. Wholesale transportation of matter was something I had thought was beyond Milchar's abilities.
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272 I couldn't yet do it consistently, sometimes things got a little frotzed up along the way, if you know what I mean...
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273 I was very thankful for the Levitation spell now that the Piper had gone and the Smurfies were again loose. I moved
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274 over them, toward the citidel to the east. I hoped that they had gone there, for if they hadn't, I would never find
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275 them again.
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276 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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277 I sighed at the expenditure of power. the knack of transporting matter lies in supplying enough energy to keep the
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278 link fully open. I gave much to allow those ones to come nearer. I wondered at what their reaction would be to this
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279 entire mess. I remembered how their journey began, a pleasure trip to see the beauty of the Ruby Valley. And how it
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280 now was, the quest to find out about a necklace made of Four Powers. Ah, yes, and their time was running out. Mariani
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281 needed that necklace to stop the sickness in the water. And of course, something that nearly all had forgot, the Blue
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282 Demon himself. Someone who those dreadful little Smurfies worshipped as a god. Little wonder why they called him
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283 'Papa'. A lot of little loose ends on this trip. Well, they would find out about it all soon enough.
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284 ++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:48 am on 11/25/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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285 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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286 WHY DONT WE JUST HAVE THE GUY END THE SPELL ALERT FOREVER SINCE ALL IT SEEMS TO DO IS CAUSE PROBLEMS
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287 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILL C.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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288
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289 ENTER
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290 *******************************************************************
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291 Ontho was waiting patiently for Leo, the Inmo's mind was
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292 whirrling thinking of the mission ahead. Hopeing that Leo could
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293 keep her cool for a change. Certain of danger, ready to act. Ontho
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294 had upped (his?)own personal defense system with a handy dandy laser
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295 weapon and the new invisablitly shield. Ontho had also been thinking
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296 about the pain in (his?) skull. The new intellegence was taking it's
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297 toll. Hopefully they would complete the mission before total burnout
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298 occured.
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299 Leo dragged in, late.. how could I have slept so late? She thought
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300 to herself. The Innkeepper must have spiced up her tea. No that couldn't
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301 be it. Anyway, here I am. She jumped up on the disk and took her seat.
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302 Ontho set the disk for (screamming) and they were gone!
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303 Iceland was in view in no time, they flew over the spot where the
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304 previous event had occured and saw no trace of the small craft. It was
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305 gone. Ontho slowed the disk so they could survey the earth, nothing
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306 caught their eyes right away. Leo opened her sack lunch and started
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307 to peal a banana. Had skipped breakfast so this was welcome. Ontho
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308 was keeping a close lookout.
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309 The hours dragged, nothing had happened and the sun was starting
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310 to set.BRRRRR god it was getting cold, Leo wrapped her parka closer
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311 to herself and peered over the disk. Ontho had retired for a couple of
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312 hours and it was her turn to watch, although she didn't have the
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313 atvantage of 8 eyes she did have 20/20 vision. She thought she saw
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314 something move on the surface and zoomed down to take a look, oh nothing
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315 but a man and his dogsled. The invisablitly shield was on so the man
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316 didn't see them. She zoomed back up to a better observation spot.
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317 Night had closed in and she could she the northern lights, it was a
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318 awesome sight and gave her a warm feeling inside. She could also see
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319 the occasional lights of nomad travelers.
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320 ********************************kathy************************************
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321 I saw BUCKAROO BANZI at washington square. I really liked the movie but
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322 I felt like keeping my feet off the floor durring the whole show. The
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323 place was so filtly I was worried about catching aids or something.IEEEE
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324 like i said before, i havent logged on for a while and i must have missed
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325 my adventure and zork clues, I still need help!! ill be logging in again
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326 tomorrow night after midnight. We will most likely be on a another new
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327 disk again. Help!!
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328 also sorry about the borring entry, but sometimes things don't move
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329 as fast as we would like. Leo gets so impatient with me, This will cool
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330 her jets, ehh.
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331 *****************************kathy****************************************
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332 ******************************************************************
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333 Piper: I got a laugh out of that, but maybe I was closer to the truth with
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334 gluten, (at least figurativly). But yes, you are right, I did mean glutton
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335 originaly.
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336 By the way, I think you may have created a monster in the universal slime pits.
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337 Leonard: No, I am still trying to get hold of CIS. Of late, I have been trying
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338 to reach Sandy Trevor (VP of engineering) in the hopes of getting thru that way.
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339 I at least got him to call back once, of course I wasn7t in when he called. Sigh.
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340 But maybe there is hope. I would be very grateful for any help you could provide
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341 for this madness.
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342 Archivers: Given your responses, I assume you are still interested in the
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343 archives. So the new format will be no header, line numbers will be given,
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344 A new tag line will be added at the end indicating the total number of lines
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345 in the file. I will be distributing the new format on MSDOS disks. Is this
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346 acceptable? This allows a consistant 6 files per disk format which is easy
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347 for me to generate since my CPM system from which it is initialy generated
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348 holds 3 files per disk. Finally, I am currently only striping control Z,
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349 I need to know if this is acceptable, or if you wish other characters to
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350 be striped.
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351 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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352
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353 ###################################################################
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354 The Innkeeper woke late, and got up to look out into the Inn proper.
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355 Yes, there were still glasses littering the tables, so it wasn't
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356 a dream. What new vistas had been opened, and what new adventures would
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357 come? Fears to overcome, memories to store, joys to savour.
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358 Getting up and dressed, he moves out to do the days chores.
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359 ########################## The Innkeeper ##############################
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361 From Prometheus; trumental
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362 After becoming an acomplice before the fact in a pedestrian killing, I got home a few hours earlier than I had hoped.
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363 During the inquiry, the driver simply stated that he was not insensitive to the plight of the elderly;
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364 He simply didn't see any reason for the continued existance of slower pedestrian...
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365 That man is sick, and should not, will not be released for some time to come.
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366
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367 A more pleasant subject is that of the Spell Check huntSince your presence here lends itself simply to agitation and the
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368 point has been made, why do you not simply apologizeopenly to those you have offended? Or even simply shut down the HP for a
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369 while. Say, eight months or until spelling is very, very bad?
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371 KATHY; Mayhaps you would care for a small round o'pente? The logistics seem at first glance to be easy. 20x20 grid?
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374
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375 <+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+><+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>
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377 Dear Kathy:
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380 What ZORK are you on? And of that ZORK what part do you need help with?
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381 If it is a solution you want ,clean and clear,I have a printout of ZORK I solved.
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382 If you are interested in hints.What have you accomplished? Information that you allready have would be worthless. would
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383 It not?
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384 Aneyway. If you want the help, It is here.
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385
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386 ASP.
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387 <+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>+<+>
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388 Mikey: Ok, I can either bring hard copy, or I can put it on a 256 byte/sector
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389 18 sector/track, 40 track disk. To make things WEIRD, I can make it one big
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390 file with no directory (^Z between entries?). OR I could just put it on a
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391 normal TRSDOS disk...
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392 As for the ^Z, could you just set the high bit? That way it would still be
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393 there, but wouldn't screw up CP/M. If not, no problem.
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394 Further disk note: as long as tit's 40 track, 18 sector, 256 byte etc, I can
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395 do just about anything as far as getting that info on disk for you. (Direct
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396 sector I/O from basic is NICE sometimes!)
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397 _________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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398
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399 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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400 Gaudy M. Thanks for the date on the article.
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401 Anybody have theater recomendations for where I should see B.Banzai?
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402 Leonard: Was it a bad day for you? you normaly don't confuse me with others...
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403 And nothing screews up my printer, I don't have one here! My printing is done at
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404 L&C. I assume that your 16K pack still functions?
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405 Theus: I called SALOG again, our fearless leader wants us to blow up a fort
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406 in Idaho. He talks about sanctions against the Nazi's there. Did you make
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407 sure you got the payment in this month on the black van? Oh yes, your not going
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408 to like this, SALOG has issued us a bodyguard/driver. Sort of, he likes to drink.
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409 He drives the Banfield at 150 KPH. He told me about hitting this little old
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410 lady on the way over. Your right, he is sick-o. And we can't dump him, he knows
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411 where the damn fort is. God, the things I do for my country.
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412 Allen/Mary:What kind of software do you need? Nice to see new faces that have
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413 some brains behind them, there are too many Vic-20 twits around.
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414 Asp:Kathy is playing adventure on a PDP 11/70, Zork hints may not work too well.
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415 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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416 )_*$@_#)*$!_)*$_!)@$*_)!@*$_)@*%+_)!@*%_)@#*%_)#*@%_)*)_^*#$)_&*_)#*%_)@*%_)@*%_)@*%_)*!_%*_)^*_)%*^_)^*$_)^*#$_)^*#$
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417 Mikey:MSDOS disks? No problem. In fact, that will save me quite a bit of work converting from 8" to 5.25" formats.
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418 Kathy: The hint on the pirate treasure chest is on disk b. Did you miss it? If so, I can repeat the hint, if you wish.
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419 Milch: Any progress on the animate program?
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420 Leonard: Did you try out that number/code? What did you think?
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421 )%#)@_%@_)!)_%*_@#)*%_)@*@#)_%*@#_%*@#_)*^_)$^* L'homme sans Parity *%@_#*_)*!_)*_)%@_)*_!)*%@_*@_#)%*_)*@_*@#_%)_@#*
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422
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423 HELLO THERE, MY NAME IS ROBERT MARTZ AND I'VE JUST MOVED HERE FROM SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIF (BOO,BOO) AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF 424 THE STRANGEST BOARDS I HAVE EVER SEEN (STRANGE,BUT INTRESTING) BUT THERE SEEM TO BE A SEVER LACK OF NEW CALLER INFO(????),ANYWAY425 BEING NEW TO THE AREA I WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOME OF THE COMPUTER FANATICS(LIKE MYSELF) AND TRY AND FIND OUT WHATS HAPPENING IN
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426 GOOD OLD (WET) PORTLAND, COMPUTER WISE THAT IS. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO FILL THIS DUMMY IN GIVE ME A CALL (503)253-9199 USUALLY427 DURING DAY OR EARLY(UP TO 11:00) EVENING. ALSO BEING NEW TO THE AREA I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING MY MAILBOX (I WONT EVEN MENTION 428 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I BRAVE THE STREETS) SO MY GOING OUT ANYWHERE IS LIMITED....
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429 BY THE WAY I'M VERY INTRESTED IN TALKING TO OTHER COMMODORE USERS(AS I HAVE THE 64)
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430 ******************************THANKS,
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431 ****************ROBERT MARTZ************
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432
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433
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434 YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN TR_OUBLE WHEN.....
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435
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436 You get to work and find a 60 Minutes news team waiting in your office...
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437 You call suicide prevention and they put you on hold....
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438 Yo only son tells you he wishes Anita Bryant would mind her own business...
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439 You turn on the evening news and they are showing emergency routes out
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440 of the city....
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441 Your horn sticks on the freeway behind 32 Hell's Angels...
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442 Your four year old tellyou its almost impossible to flush a grapefruit
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443 down the toilet...
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444 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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445 MiG: What's your beef about VIC20 owners
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446 I do things for my country too. By the
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447 way, where"s your country? I bet it's
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448 the ratshole called Yisrael your thugs
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449 grabbed from Palestinians. Stinging
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450 WASP,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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451 0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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452 TO KATHY; I ASSURE YOU WONT GET AIDS AT WASH2 CINEMA UNLESS YOU HAVE YOURS
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453 ON YOUR FEET AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MATE WITH THE FLOOR!
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454 ---------------------------------------------------------------VDVDVDVDVDVD
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455 vd: that's weird, not to mention NOT A NICE THING AT ALL
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458
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459 ^^^^^^^^^^^~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^^^^^^^^
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461 You know you are in trouble when.....
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462
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463 You put your bra on backwards and it fits better....
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464 You have to sit down to brush your teeth in the morning...
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465 Your blind date turns out to be your ex-wife...
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466
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467 0508 Hours 11/28/84
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471 Just testing...
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473 [=-------------------fight Crime!.........SHOOT BACK!-------------Red-Fox--=]
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