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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************* INSTALLED: 9 FEB 85 **************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~}
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21 { The teller of tales had wandered from afar. Upon reaching the Inn he had }
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22 {warmed himself by the fire (for he was from a far more warmer clime). After }
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23 {finishing the spiced cider he had ordered, he began to tell a tale.... }
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24 { ALF LAYLAH WA LAYLAH.
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25 { In the Name of Allah, the Compassionating, the Compassionate! }
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26 {PRAISE BE TO ALLAH * THE BENEFIECENT KING * THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE * }
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27 {LORD OF THE THREE WORLDS * WHO SET UP THE FIRMAMENT WITHOUT PILLARS IN ITS }
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28 {STEAD * AND WHO STRECHED OUT THE EARTH EVEN AS A BED * AND GRACE, AND PRAYER-}
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29 {BLESSING BE UPON OUR LORD MOHAMMED * LORD OF APOSTOLIC MEN * AND UPON HIS }
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30 {FAMILY AND COMPANION-TRAIN * PRAYER AND BLESSINGS ENDURING AND GRACE WHICH }
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31 {UNTO THE DAY OF DOOM SHALL REMAIN * AMEN! * O THOU OF THE THREE WORLDS }
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32 {SOVEREIGN! }
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33 { }
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34 {AND AFTERWARDS. Verily the works and words of those gone before us have }
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35 {become instances and examples to men of our modern day, that folk may view }
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36 {what admonishing chances befel other folk and may therefrom take warning; and}
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37 {that they may peruse the annals of antique peoples and all that hath betided }
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38 {them, and be thereby ruled and restrained: --Praise, therefore, be to Him who}
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39 {hath made the histories of the Past an admonition unto the Present! Now of }
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40 {such instances are the tales called "A Thousand Nights and a Night," together}
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41 {with their far famed legends and wonders. Therein it is related (but Allah is}
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42 {All-knowing of His hidden things and All-ruling and All-honoured and All- }
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43 {giving and All-gracious and All-merciful!) that, in tide of yore and in time }
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44 {long gone before, there was a King of the Kings of the Banu SaSan in the }
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45 {Islands of India and China, a Lord of armies and guards and servants and }
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46 {dependants. He left only two sons, one in the prime of manhood and the other }
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47 {yet a youth, while both were Knights and Braves, albeit the elder was a }
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48 {doughtier horseman than the younger. So he succeeded to the empire; when he }
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49 {ruled the land and lorded it over his lieges with justice so exemplary that }
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50 {he was beloved by all the peoples of his capital and of his kingdom. His name}
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51 {was King Shahryar, and he made his younger brother, Shah Zaman hight, King of}
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52 {Samarcand in Barbarian-land. These two ceased not to abide in their several }
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53 {realms and the law was ever carried out in their dominions; and each ruled }
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54 {his own kingdom, with equity and fair-dealing to his subjects, in extreme }
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55 {solace and enjoyment; and this condition continually endured for a score of }
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56 {years. But at the end of the twentieth twelevemonth the elder King yearned }
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57 {for a sight of his younger brother and felt that he must look upon him once }
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58 {more. <the teller pauses for another cider>......... }
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59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Al Hajji~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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60
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61 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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62 Not to be left in the cold, Rosewood decided that the best time to enter
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63 an empty room was just after the lights had been turned out and the door
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64 had just been closed. He wasn't to good at picking windows, quite noisy
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65 actually, but then what need was there to be quiet when the room was empty
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66 anyway? Having totally given up with the picks, he tried the more subtle
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67 approach: quantity one fist meets quantity one window pane. He was amused
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68 by such things, broken glass had a tendency to remind him of Bolivia.
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69 As he attempted to pull himself through the glass, the tie that his mother
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70 had chosen for him before he went off to work had just become a decidedly
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71 smaller tie due to all the broken glass and the tact with which he passed
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72 by it. After all was not said and done, Rosewood crept to the door with as
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73 little noise as possible. Poking his head out the door to see if his subject
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74 had left the hallway, he found his nose in a rather odd predicament, it
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75 had become lodged in Taggart's laft shoe.
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76 "Billy, what do you think you're doing down there? And would you please
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77 take your face off my foot?"
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78 "Oh, hi. Just checking..."
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79 "If you mean- is Semplers gone yet? Yes, he is. He got on the elevator
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80 just as I was getting off, not in much of a rush either. I guess you didn't
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81 scare him too badly with all that noise. What was it anyway... Nevermind,
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82 I don't want to know."
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83 Rosewood just came back with, "yea... huh? well..." His standard reply.
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84 At that, Taggart wakled into the room and closed the door behind him while
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85 turning on the overhead lights to scan the surroundings.
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86 "Nothing unusual, the basic Thrike telephone scrambler modulator with all
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87 the accessories... "said Taggart with a smile. "Too bad we never can tell
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88 just when these things are going to be flipped on..." He then noticed
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89 Rosewood sticking his finger his ear just to get rid of that sound.
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90 "Yes, and as could be expected, Nothing else. Why do they always leave
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91 these dumb modulators behind anyway?" wondered Rosewood.
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92 "Kind of like adding insult to injury, I would guess," replied Taggart.
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93 Showing some promise as to possibly becoming a top level agent, Rosewood
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94 spots a three-ring binder sitting out on the dresser with the half open
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95 drawer. "Hey, I think we have something here. Take a look at this...
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96 some sort of a journal with lots of copies of missing ship transit orders.
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97 "That's just a plant. C'mon... Think! We know that he's into salvage, but
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98 for what reason, God only knows. Start looking for something better than
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99 that, Billy."
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100 "Like what, the modulator?" he says in jest.
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101 "Hmmm... You just might have something there. He could be trying to use
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102 reverse psychology on us by leaving it in the open like this. Maybe it IS
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103 something he wants to hide from us. What better place to hide something than
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104 out in the open?" Taggart began to ponder his last statement.
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105 "Wouldn't that be to easy? I think the answer is in this binder somewhere."
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106 says Rosewood as he flips through some more pages.
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107 "C'mon. Let's get a couple of guys to get this thing out of here," ordered
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108 Taggart. "you can bring the binder with you if you think it will help."
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109 Rosewood closed the binder and put the remainder of his tie in his pocket and
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110 followed Taggart out of the room. If only he knew...
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111 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-- abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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112
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113 ***************************************************************************
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114 to all: i guess we did it, many thanks to all who supported my defense,
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115 piper, i could kiss you, pam, thanks so much you words are always
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116 read with the utmost of holiness around here. and all others,
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117 who supported me, thanks again. you see with unity of goodness
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118 we have swept the evils out the door and turned our backs to it.
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119 hope to see as many of you that can spare the time at the
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120 semi monthly meeting at PC&S; err tommorow about 2:45pm?
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121 ********************************happykathyd*********************************
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122 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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123 SCHOONER FEVER
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124
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125 They sail across the mind like puffy trade wind clouds; those sirens
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126 of the sea. Fever rises in the mind---A fever only the feel of wind,
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127 sail and salt spray can cool.
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128 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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129 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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130 "Yes, that's the van all right," I said again.
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131 L'homme, in the meantime, had pushed the poor FIAT to its ill-defined limits. "How good of shape is the motor in,
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132 anyway?" I asked as I heard the engine strain all the more.
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133 We dodged cars until we arrived at the intersection, then turned. The van was moving along at a fairly slow pace in
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134 plain sight just two blocks away.
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135 "I've got an idea. How about we get a car labled 'Student Driver' next time so no one will pay any attention to your
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136 driving?", I said. L'homme just grinned, amused at my nervousness.
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137 The van slowed, and then stopped before the delivery entrance of a film-developing shop, one of many occupying this
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138 part of Portland. Two men got out of the cab, and opened the end of the van. They hauled two coffin-sized crates
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139 labeled 'Kodak film' into the shop before L'homme brought the FIAT to a rest just a half-block away.
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140 "C'mon, time to earn our keep, Farley. We'll observe the place from out here for a while then move in as opprotunity
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141 allows. How are you at waiting patiently?"
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142 "Not too good, I'm afraid. I'd like to go in that film shop and see what's developing."
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143 L'homme winced at my poor joke. "Another pseudo-pun like that and Ian'll have your job. Let's wait the arcade across
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144 the street. Arcades are usually crowded and no one will notice us."
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145 Following L'homme's lead, we crossed the street and soon were immersed in the noises and lights of the arcade.
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146 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 09:32 - 02/09/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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147 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911
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148 The Policeman has quit, that's right,
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149 he has to many other things to do, than
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150 tell about his experiences
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151 long gone,
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152 The Policeman
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153
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154 p.s. If anyone wants to take over
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155 him, I wouldn't mind at all.
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156 Goodbye forever......
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158 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 911
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159
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160 THE THIEFTHET THETHIEF THETHIEF THETHIEF ------------------------------------
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161
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162 HI< I Ii, I am new around here. I will try tofit in if I could. The stories on here
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163 are pretty darn good. Too bad the policeman is leaving, I hope he enjoys whatever he is going to do.
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164
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165 Becky T.- That's a good story, and what a good moral.
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166
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167 Kathyd - I don't know what happened to you, but sorry it had
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168 to happen to you.
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170 Farley - I really enjoyed your
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171 story, keep up the good
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172 work.
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173
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174 Well, here is my try at writing a story.
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175
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176
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177 As I walk into the 7-Eleven store I see cameras everywhere. I thought to myself, how was I going to rob this place?
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178 Then I snuck back into the back room
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179 of the store, I know there has to be
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180 a switch somewhere to turn the cameras
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181 on and off. As I looked to my left I
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182 saw a switch that said "CAMERAS" so I
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183 flipped the switch. I then snuck back
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184 out and noticed that the cameras had
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185 stopped and i approached the cashier.
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186 I told him to give me all the money
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187 in the register. He says, I just
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188 all the money into the safe about five
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189 minutes ago. I felt angered and pointedmy gun in his face, the cashier says
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190 I am telling the truth! How much money
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191 do you want? I will write you a check
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192 How is that? I'll give you my VISA, butplease don't kill me. I decide to take
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193 the check. I told the cashier to write
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194 it for $3500. He gladly wrote me the
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195 check. I've never had an easier
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196 robbery. I then leave the store quicklyand take off in my car. As I look in
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197 my rear-view mirror I see a Policeman
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198 following me. He points at me to pull
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199 over so I do. He says, Your car fits
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200 the description to the car that just
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201 robbed a 7-Eleven store down the road
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202 about 5 minutes ago. I told the officerI didn't know anything about it. The
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203 officer asked me to empty my pockets.
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204 As I empty my pockets the check falls
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205 out, and the policeman picks it up, and
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206 says, "i thought you said you didn't know anything about the robbery? " I then
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207 hit him straight in the face, and start
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208 running off, and I hear him say, "Don't
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209 you want the check? I am the POLICEMAN
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210 i quit today. Here take it, and get
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211 out of here before some other cop
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212 comes around looking for you." I
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213 couldn't believe it I met the POLICEMAN and he was nice enough to let me go.
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214 I took off with the check, and spent
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215 it the next day on a new car. I couldn't believe today, but it really happened.I stopped off at 7-Eleven the next night
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216 and the cashier didn't mention a word tome about the check he wrote me, the
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217 closer I looked at him, I noticed that
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218 the cashier was MATT DILLON, and now
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219 I knew why he didn't mind missing $3500
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220 it was already a millionaire, and I wentup to him and asked him for his own
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221 autograph, and he gladly did it, and told me if I was ever in need of money,
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222 just come and ask for it. He said that
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223 he was trying to rehabilitate robbers, and he did a good job of curing me.
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224
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225 The End
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226
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227 Sorry for all the blank lines, I did
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228 them on accident.
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230
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231 thethief thethief thethief thethief
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232 -----------------------------------.
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235 B.S. ---- The man, the woman???
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236
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237
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238 I take my new black Celica out for a test drive. As I drive down I-5 I
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239 floor it, and notice it maxes out at 205 MPH easily. I then slow down, and
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240 see this good-looking girl, in a car that was an old-beater. I leaned over
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241 to roll down my window, and asked her if she would like a Ferrari . The
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242 blonde looked at me strangely, and half-laughing says sure. I pull over
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243 to Classical Cars Unlimited, and told her she could have any car that was
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244 on the lot. She blushes and says, "I couldn't do that, by the way why are
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245 you doing this, and I explained to her that I just won 7 million dollars
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246 in the Oregon state lottery, and I passing my winnings on down to other
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247 people who needed it more than me because I was already a mass millionaire
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248 before the lottery. She then picks a bright red Lambourghini, and offers
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249 me to come over to her house. I couldn't resist. I follow her in her new
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250 car, and I drueled all the way there. I pull into her driveway, and step
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251 out of my car. She invites me into her house, and we go into her bedroom
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252 and start making noises. One hour later, I thank her for the good time,
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253 and told her it was my first time. She goes I meet alot of guys like that
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254 they seem to never done it before. I give all you guys lessons. I then
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255 go thanks for the lesson on "How to drive more than 55 times!"
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256
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257
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258 The End
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261 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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262 allright who don'it I can't read anything after the broken glass hit my eyes!
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263 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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264 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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265 i thought it was line 121 that did it and I read the rest of the file, i
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266 like the theifs imagination and creativity with the policeman. I'll enter
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267 something substancial later tomorrow! that's good news to some of you and
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268 bad news to those of you who don't like my style
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269 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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270
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271 everyone heere benefits from the presense of others... in some way... even if it is not obvious... we learn how to dea
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272 deal with each other...
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273
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274 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (to the point)
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275 tilean: How unlike you to leave only a few words, even if they do carry much
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276 meaning with them. It all depends. Get well soon, friend.
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277 All: Just passing through myself. Maybe I'll put in another entry with
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278 another of my personalities as a mask. It all depends.
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279 Farley: I was glad to meet with you again. All of you.
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280 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the accompanied Guardian 40:17
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281
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282 *******************************************************************************
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283 The mood was tense as Tina and Jack entered the building, Tina was dressed
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284 in a gray wool suit; with side slits a modest 5 inches on both sides. Jack
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285 had been well groomed for the occasion. Tina had had Jack up to the wee hours
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286 coaching him on pit procedure. Her role would be to direct form the sidelines.
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287 They stopped at the cafe and picked up coffee and bagels, after wolfing them
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288 down and getting a good dose of cafe, out team was ready for action.
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289 Marci and Tony were waiting out the next two days in Marci's condo,
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290 needless to say; there personalities clash terribly and they were at
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291 each others throats.
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292 tony: Marci, your such a s**t, what do you have planned for poor
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293 Jack? you know he's very impressionable.
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294 Marci: Tony, you ignorant misguided fool, open your eyes and see what
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295 is real. Jack and I have very special chemistry, your just
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296 experiencing jealousy because he thinks of me when he wakes up\
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297 and not you.
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298 tony: You b***h, ill get you...
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299
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300 Tony jumps up and leaps over the couch, catching his foot on the top
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301 tipping the coach onto its back and Tony on to his face.
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302
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303 Marci: see that's what you get, you klutz, im afraid i may have to lead
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304 our mission the day after tommorow.
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305
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306 tony: (wiggling his nose with his finger) I think it's broken tin, could
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307 you get some ice?
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308
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309 Marci: your delirious, my name is Marci, get your own ice.
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310
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311 Marci stomps into her room slaming the door. (a lock turning is heard)
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312 *********************************kathyd****************************************
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313 Kathy: I don't know what kind of terminal you are using, but PLEASE be
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314 moer careful about making corrections. In your previous entry (not the one
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315 above) you sent some ESC sequences to correct your msg. They may have made
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316 it look ok on your terminal, but they kinda scrambled things on mine...
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317 ___________________________________Leonard_________________________________
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318
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319 tilean stepped out of the elevator... watched all the people seep into the lobby... made his way for the front doors...
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320 a long gray sleek car pulled in front of him... tilean opened the hatch door... and stooped to enter it... the interior was
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321 normal... so was the dash... no excesses aside from the gray telephone set to the side of the drivers seat...
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322
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323 markesson was out of the drivers seat and walking around to the passenger seat... and tilean unlocked the door for him...
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324 "i always did enjoy having the driver's seat on the wrong side..." said tilean mockingly...
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325 "only wrong for some people" ssaid markesson... entering... just as mockingly...
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326
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327 "say... how are you... i have not seen you since stockholm in eighty-one..." said markesson.
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328 "i am fine... i lack a true sense of the tongue here though... i am sure you noticed... i am less than fluent here... makes
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329 me real nervous..." said tilean... as if speaking to a life long friend...
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330
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331 "i almost want to say it..." said markesson...
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332 "say what..." asked tilean...
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333 "it has been said before..."
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334 "what is it..." demanded tilean... getting just a little annoyed with the joke... Whatever it was...
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335
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336 "i hope we're in for some gratuitous sex... and violence..." uttered markesson... hoping for the words to sink in before the
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337 referrence did...
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338
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339 "you watch too many movies... anyway... what is the situation here..." asked tilean... gaining a very serious sound to his
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340 words...
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341 "well... two soviet submarine are docked in one of our port cities... although we have the port officials and everyone else
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342 on our pay list... no one seems to be able to find out what they're doing down there..." tilean's harsh and serious tone had
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343 obviously worried markesson... and it was that worry which warranted such an unfeeling report... strict words and phrases...
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344
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345 "i had heard of radiological testing that turned up some nuclear problems in one of them..." said tilean still seriously...
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346 "the siakesk... in three sections of the submarine... there are three distinct sites of radiological presense..."
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347 "accidental leakage..." asked tilean... scaring markesson...
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348 "possibly... it would not hamper them leaving port though... and soviet submarine never stay in any one port longer than is
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349 absolutely necessary..." said markesson... worry showing through in his intonations...
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350
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351 tilean noticed the worry... it ought to be dealt with... first he ought to think... not staying in one port long was left
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352 over from the days of yarnosk in the russian navy... it was odd to see other people operating under the orders of a friend...
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353
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354 "perhaps they suffered more damage than just to their missiles... perhaps they had to abort a launch... it is possible you
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355 know... several of our agents think that the soviets almost tried first strike... and the submarine commanders had to abort
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356 launch on there own..."
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357
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358 "i know of the theory... it states a soviet mistake ordered all the submarine based misiles fired... and the order had to be
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359 aborted by each submarine... the submarine in the berring sea was the only one to not abort all of the launches..." corrected
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360 tilean... wondering why markesson was so slow in explaining...
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361
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362 "right... the berring sea launch took attack course towards a german port city... the soviets shot it down... but not before
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363 causing a very international incident first..." said markesson... trying to be as cold as tilean was being... served him right
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364 too...
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365
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366 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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367
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368 why is tilean being so damned cold... i know him... he is not like this... something has affected him in administrations...
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369 something is worrying him... or something is scaring him... and if it is scaring him... i ought to have been informed... so
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370 if i have not been informed i did not need to know... and god knows i have enough reason to know things that what it is... it
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371 is pretty damned important...
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372
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373 "tilean... why are you here... this is routine clean up... why is a big shot administrator attending to small fry satraps
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374 like us..." asked markesson...
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375 "i... wanted to... uh... i wanted back in the field... i could lie about thinking this was bigger than it was... i... uh...
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376 wanted back in the field... okay...?" said tilean...
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377
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378 markesson was calmed... it made sense... tilean did not seem to be lying... he was just plain tired of administrations... so
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379 this was a sort of... vacation for tilean... no need to do anything beyond normal paperwork...
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380
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381 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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382
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383 lying to markesson had not been easily done... but tilean knew markesson suspected something really big... and markesson was
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384 right... if only tilean could have permitted markesson to go on beleiving that...
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385 (Swish)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Poof!)
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386 And so I return, a few disks later. I wonder what I missed?
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387 Since poems have been in demand hereabouts I believe I'll put in one:
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388 THE WIGHT
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389 Across his darkness is deathly chill
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390 He is silent, in starchy still,
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391 Waiting to glean his empty fill.
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392
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393 Sinewy strength is his, and firey fight
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394 Out of sight, his horrendous might
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395 Then the light! Flees the wight.
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396 (Poof!)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Master Changer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Swish)
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397 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks
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398 As I was walking to my room after a test on Salem, I saw a large koala bear carrying a bag. "Hello," I cried. Once I had
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399 gotten him out of the Dean's possible line of sight (she would have thought he was conjured, and would have demanded he be
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400 sent back), I asked why he had come. Not that I expected him to know, he usually did't, but it was a courtesy to assume he had
|
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401 a purpose.
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402 After I gave him a cup of eucalyptus tea, I started my excuse. "I tried to go to the Inn last night, but my carriage broke."
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403 I explained, trying to give a new excuse. It was always something, but really I wanted to be perfect when I met them. He
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404 sounded upset and said that if I didn't want to go, I should just say so.
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405 "No, no. I want to go, but I don't know how to act. Some of my companions have a gift for sang-froid. My talents are differ-
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406 ent. I like the patrons I have met: you and The Man in Gray. I like what I have seen of other people, but there are certain
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407 things- phrases which must be avoided, people who must be flattered- things that I MUST know before I jump headlong into a new
|
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408 circle of people.
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409 "And anyway, I'd rather wait until they're through discusing espionage exclusively."
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410 I put oil on my willow staff (willow is the Moon's tree and my devotion is to her) and thought about the spell caster with
|
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411 the rowan wand.He is another reason why I do not go; rowan is the Kelt's prophylactic against witches, and a tree of fire- wil
|
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412 low is a tree of water; if he were to be against me, I would have to call onn Her or lose.
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413 The Former told me about his newest leaf and I slowly decided to try to go to the Inn again, but I'd have to prepare. Agree-
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414 ing that preparation might be in order, he politely took his leave.
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415
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416 I washed and put on a white dress and cape. I got my book and staff. Just as I was leaving I remembered my gloves. Now, I
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417 thought, if you fail this time, they will never forgive you.
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418 When I was fifty cubits from the Inn, my horses started to behave as if I'd never trained them. Surprized, I tried to come up
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419 with a reason. "Of course!" I said rather too loudly, "it's the tree." There is a rowan tree outside the Inn and my horses
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420 were trained with the Art. So I tied them to a nice, safe oak tree and walked the rest of the way.
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421 There were the usual people crowding outside by the windows, "the lurkers", and I seriously considered joining them. But I
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422 had promised I'd go in the Inn, so in the Inn I decided to go.
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423
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424 Lady S.
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425
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426 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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427
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428 Sarah, I love you.
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429
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430 Theus
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431
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432
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433 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (such preparedness)
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434 Lady S.: I had been given short notice that you would actually venture down
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435 the way to the Inn once more. This time I am pleased to find that you were
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436 not in the rush to leave and had entered a passage on the subject that had
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437 been given only too small of rememberance lately.
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438 Having received a gracious nod and a word of warning, I too shall
|
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439 join you already within the Inn shortly. (my story has a bad habit of being
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440 written down before I enter it. It's never been continued for I haven't sat
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441 back down with pen in hand for such a task since the Shut-Down Scare of '84)
|
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442 Hopefully, the trend that I had been initiated with shall return with some
|
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443 strength and familiar names behind it, names only in the memory, names still
|
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444 to be born. (You listening out there d, Pam, Tarn, and Milchar????)
|
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445 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the awakening Guardian 41:06
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446
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447 (oh, I almost forgot)^^^^^^^^^ The New Creators (welcome aboard)
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448
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449 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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450 The piper sat at a back table, skean dubh in one hand, the razor-sharp
|
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451 edge peeling microscopic slivers off a recalcitrant reed. Squinting, he
|
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452 examined the lip and binding of the reed -- even, firmly bound, it should
|
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453 work.... he placed it to his lips, and a SKRAWW, like the call of a
|
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454 startled crow, cut through the firelit atmosphere of the inn.
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455 Smilling faintly, the piper took a draught from the jack of ale sitting
|
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456 on the table next to him, sloshing a few drops when he put down the tarred
|
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457 leather container a little more firmly than was truly necessary.
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458 Pulling the chanter from his stand of pipes, he fit the new reed to it and
|
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459 tentatively blew a few scales. A taroulath, a crunluath, hidiroch, haroo
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460 -- ahh hirrichin ahhhooo hirrichin--- the translation of the sustained
|
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461 notes into vowel sounds and the rapid bubbling gracings into consonants
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462 was automatic. Replacing the chanter into its stock, the piper swung his
|
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463 piper
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464 s to his shoulder and strode out onto a less packed area of the inn's
|
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465 worn plank floor. With one great breath, he inflated the bag, tapped the
|
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466 drones into unison, set his fingers dancing over the chanter to
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467 "The Black Bear's Hornpipe."
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468 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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469 THIS SYSTEM SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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470 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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471 ........So difficult to get on now days.....
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472 L'homme,
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473 So in your professional opinion the results are nominal...Indeed
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474 I must agree. There does not seem to be any skewing of rolls..It seems to
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475 depend on sound strategy. What were Gages thoughts ?
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476 Thanks for the excerpt.
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477 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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478
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479 alchemist,
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480 You speak of things long forgotten but always remembered. Nuances
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481 of a younger time. As I type this my mind drifts back ..the smell of charcoal
|
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482 and broiling flying fish..of "seetru"..of steel drums lilting in the night
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483 ..of fetes and carnival past. Many and strong are those memories..
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484 But the spice ambrosia never has passed my lips. My trip to
|
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485 St. Georges was too short. The Bajan skipper was taking his family up
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486 the chain, and my commitments would not allow more time. So it was
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487 back to Sam Lord's Castle on LIAT for me. Looking down from the "plane"
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488 ( and I use the term loosly ) I kept searching for another making the passage.
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489 That telltale triangle cloth against the iridescent blue. The search was
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490 in vain.
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491 Driving home through cane fields, I kept thinking...my first voyage
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492 .first voyage... The thought kept kept a smile on my face for weeks.
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493 Where were you in July of 74...I was just across the harbor from
|
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494 Anse Mitane. Parental obligation required my passage across the fair 'baie'
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495 to indulge one of my fathers business associates son in an arcane scottish
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496 sport, ( sorry piper ) we tilled the soil and they discussed matters of
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497 << GREAT IMPORTANCE >>
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498 ....restaurants..roulette theory..chemin de fer..and many of the other vices
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499 that make the province so unique. The name of the farm we were so diligently
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500 excavating was the " Empress Josephine ". Before returning to the city,
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501 he suggested we eat at a small " Beachstro " near the ferry.
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502 I believe that was Anse Mitane. My memory clouds there ...as I remember
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503 just the good food and the bikini... ! singular !. At 17 I was suffering from
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504 hormonal overdose. Several hours later when I regained my power of speech
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505 I spoke of nothing but returning ....
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506 A promise I plan to keep one of these good years.
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507
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508
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509 ....45 foot Schooner EH.. My MY MY ...Would It's name be familiar
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510 to one who spent many a year crawling docks, eyeing anchorages and
|
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511 listening to sailors tales. From the land of 'Red Stripe' north to the
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512 family isles and south to the homeland of ' Fernandos ' ??
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513 ::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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516 Arcadia... The noise; the flash; the darkness; the light. Rows of machines catering to eager youngsters partaking of a
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517 bit of excitement and fantasy for a few silver coins. Each machine was occupied; each machine busy supplying its operator
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518 with thrills, chills, and eventual death.
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519 "HAH HAH INTRUDER! HAH HAH HUMANOID!"
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520 Back to reality. L'homme and Farley stayed close to the door, straining to see through slots on the black art board that
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521 covered the windows and added to the dark decorum of the arcade. The van and its two former occupants were across the
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522 street. #Kodak Delivery boys? Hardly.#, though L'homme. #I would sure like to know what is in those boxes they carried.#
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523 "Hey mistu...", a voice tugged for my attention. "Mistu, you got change for a dolla?" "Sure kid." He handed my a dollar
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524 bill, and L'homme responded in kind with four quarters. He turned without saying a word, and placed a quarter on top of
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525 the nearest CENTIPEDE machine. #What's a kid with a New York accent doing in NW Portland? I better check this out.#
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526 "Farley, watch our friends. If they start to leave, whistle." Farley nodded. L'homme turned to the nearby game machine,
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527 but the kid was gone. #The dollar bill he gave me!# It looked normal enough. No special markings, nothing unusual at all.
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528 #Wait...The series date. It can't be! Not yet...A message, it's got to be.# L'homme returned to the front where Farley
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529 still watched across the street. "On the jump! We are moving in. Better check on Betsy, things may get a little hot."
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530 "Why the sudden decision?", Farley queried, and he had every right too. "Never mind for now. Let's go."
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531 Two men cross the street. Nothing unusual to the untrained eye. Who could see these men were heavily armed, and intent
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532 on relieving two delivery men and a developing shop of a big load of film. The door crumbled under the half-charge from
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533 L'homme's gun. The crash was closely followed by the two men entering the shop, shooting first, asking question to anyone
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534 unlucky enough to be left alive later. Sudden bursts of violence are shocking to some, but in the working life of a NET
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535 agent, such bursts are the norm, rather than the exception.
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536 #Farley will just have to get used to it.# L'homme relieved a rather evil looking gunman from his will to live. The rather
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537 one-sided battle only lasted a few moments. The two delivery men, and the lone ehop employee were now out of action.
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538 "We have got to move fast. Grab the cannisters. You take one end, I'll take the other. We've got to get these things to
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539 the car before the local law enforcement representatives arrive. No time to notify Ian about the attack, so we are on
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540 our own.", L'homme directed his new partner, who followed directions to a tee. A minute later they were in the car, speeding
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541 away (as much as the FIAT could handle) and ignoring the curious stares of confued onlookers. "I'm going to drive up to
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542 Gabriel Park. I want a little privacy when we open our Christman presents.", L'homme glanced back at the new found
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543 gifts riding in the backseat. Farley was shaken, but not as bad as before, right after the twinkie truck incident.
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544 "Don't worry,", assured L'homme. "you'll get used to it. You have to, or you won't be worth a proverbial plugged nickel."
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545 Farley noded his head, and began reloading Betsy. Three quarters of a clip had been used in the shootout. Pretty quick
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546 shooting considering how little time actually transpired. Silence was the third occupant of the car, until the sign pointing
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547 the Gabriel Park exit appeared on the left. "Here's our turnoff." L'homme downshifted the Fiat, and turned into the parking
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548 lot. A blue late model Dodge was the only other car in the lot. L'homme parked, pulled the parking brake into place, and
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549 turned to Farley. "Well now we find out if my hunch was right." #Hunch! We just killed three men on a hunch!# But Farley
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552 *%)_@#%*@#_)%*_)#%*_!*%_!*%_!)*%_)!*%_)*
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553 Sorry about the Point of view violation halfway up (My->L'homme). My mistake compounded by Enter Only. Should have been more
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554 careful.
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555 Alex:Drool...I have never been East of Detroit, or South of Baja. All I can do is read about the globe trotting done by
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556 you and Alchemist...sniff.
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557 Mikey:Disks are fine. Thanks again.
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558 Piper:I am supposed to see the prof on Monday. Wish me luck.
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559 Farley:Let's see what Santa has brought us!
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560 %*_)#%*#_)%*!)_%*_!)*%@!_)%*_@!#)%*&@_#)!%*!@#_%* L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_)*%!_%*!_)%*_)*$#@_)*^_#$)^*#_^*#_)^*@^@
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562 if betsy is a revolver... then why does she have a clip... just wondering... ever sincerely... tilean... neighborhood thrike
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563 agent...
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565 oh yes... it occurs to me that the Inn is progressing perfectly... and it is obvious... what with the wide grin on my face..
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566 anyway... thank you very much... one and all... especially cistop mikey for doing This...
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570 Bill Broonzy:
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572 What a pit. If the Grand Dragon Master weren't working
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573 full time we'd have a chance to get involved at Backwater.
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574 Too bad he loves that job so much. I'm ready to see some
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575 action.
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576 Looks like were out of luck. It's a tough life being
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577 McKane Industry characters.
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583 {So he took counsel with his Wazir about visiting him, but the Minister, find-}
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584 {ing the project unadvisable, recommended that a letter be written and a pres-}
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585 {ent be sent under his charge to the younger brother with an invitation to }
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586 {visit the elder. Having accepted this advice the King forthwith bade prepare }
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587 {handsome gifts, such as horses with saddles of gem-encrusted gold; Mamelukes,}
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588 {or white slaves; beautiful handmaids, high-breasted virgins, and splendid }
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589 {stuffs and costly. He then wrote a letter to Shah Zaman expressing his warm }
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590 {love and great wish to see him, ending with these words, "We therefore hope }
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591 {of the favour and affection of the beloved brother that he will condescend to}
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592 {bestir himself and turn his face us-wards. Furthermore we have sent our Wazir}
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593 {to make all ordinance for the march, and our one and only desire is to see }
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594 {thee ere we die; but if thou delay or disappoint us we shall not survive the }
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595 {blow. Wherewith peace upon thee!" Then King Shahryar, having sealed the mis- }
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596 {sive and given it to the Wazir with the offerings aforementioned, commanded }
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597 {him to shorten his skirts and strain his strength and make all expedition in }
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598 {going and returning. "Harkening and obedience!" quoth the Minister, who fell }
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599 {to making ready without stay and packed up his loads and prepared his requi- }
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600 {sites witout delay. This occupied him three days, and on the dawn of the }
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602 {hillway, stony waste and pleasant lea without halting by night or by day. But}
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603 {whenever he entered a realm whose ruler was subject to his Suzerain, where he}
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604 {was greeted with magnificent gifts of gold and silver and and all manner of }
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605 {presents fair and rare, he would tarry there three days, the term of the }
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606 {guest rite; and when he left on the fourth, he would be honourably escorted }
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607 {for a whole day's march. As soon as the Wazir drew near Shah Zaman's court in}
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608 {Samarcand he despatched to report his arrival one of his high officials, who }
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609 {presented himself before the King; and, kissing ground between his hands, de-}
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610 {livered his message. Hereupon the King commanded sundry of his Grandees and }
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611 {Lords of his realm to fare forth and meet his brother's Wazir at the distance}
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612 {of a full day's journey; which they did, greeting him respectfully and wish- }
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613 {ing him all prosperity and forming an escort and a procession. When he enter-}
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615 {self in the royal presence; and, after kissing ground and praying for the }
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616 {King's health and happiness and for victory over his all his enemies, he in- }
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617 {formed him that his brother was yearning to see him, and prayed for the }
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618 {pleasure of a visit. He then delivered the letter which Shah Zaman took from }
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619 {his hand and read: it contained sundry hints and allusions which required }
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620 {thought; but when the King had fully comprehended its import, he said, "I }
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