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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 26 MAR 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 Mikey : I think I can get it going on the Tandy by tweaking the comm port's base address value. You showed me where
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22 it was in the back of the Copylink manual, and it shouldn't be that hard to find the actual values in the tech
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23 manuals for the thing. Voyeur bought every manual he could, so we are covered when it comes to tricky hacking
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24 on the system. Also, I still haven't mailed those disks yet, but I will... I promise!
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25 Farley : Your words of encouragement are heartwarming to be sure. $90 modems indeed!
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26 ($)#_%*_)*)_#$*^_)!^*_)!*^_#$(^_)$#^)_ L'homme sans Parity *%)_#@*_)#*%)_*%)_*%)_@*%)_%*_)*%$#_)^*#)_$^*)_@*^
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27
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28 NET ENDING NET ENDING NET ENDING NET ENDING NET ENDING NET ENDING NET ENDING
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29
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30 Time passes by, and even agents of fortune are not above the creeping
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31 feelings of fatigue; the fatigue of a story line that has gone on too long.
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32 The characters wish to expand their horizons, and explore new territories.
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33 Sometimes this means ending something that is not finished, but the
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34 necessity of change is greater than the need for completeness. The case
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35 of the errant agent has been a long and enjoyable story to partake in,
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36 but recent occurrences have made it difficult, if not impossible to
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37 finish the story in the manner desirable to all concerned. Problems
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38 arise in a multi-authored story that don't arise anywhere else. When a
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39 key character looses access to a terminal, or must go away on a long
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40 trip, the story can suffer from the loss. It is this point in the current
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41 story the agents find themselves in. Rather than continue half-heartedly,
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42 the agents who remain have chosen to start anew. Consider the current
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43 NET story to have concluded as such...
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44
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45 Kosta and Gaudy Minsky made it out of their predicament. L'homme's
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46 plan worked well, up to a point. The only disappointment being the escape
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47 of Fleming and several of his misguided followers. They were a force to
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48 be reckoned with at another time. Farley performed well that day, earning
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49 more respect from his new colleagues. He had far to go before he could be
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50 called a senior agent, but he was making good progress. L'homme and
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51 Fellows managed to come through the ordeal unscathed for the most part;
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52 nothing that a couple days in a NET hospital couldn't cure. In the
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53 confusion of the fire (It is best not to cloud matters too much by going
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54 into the fire) Kosta managed to slip away. His whereabouts at the present
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55 are known only to him. Gaudy Minsky decided to take a few quiet days off
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56 in her beautiful home town of Toledo Ohio. When and where she could pop
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57 up is anybody's guess. L'homme, Fellows, and Farley returned to NET HQ
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58 at Ione Plaza, where they received the chilling news of attempt on Ian's
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59 life. Secretly, each of them could only smile inward when they heard
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60 about how Ian escaped the assassin's bullet. After a few days rest and
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61 relaxation for the very tired trio of agents, a meeting was set up with
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62 Ian. The very one-sided conversation with Ian went something like this...
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63
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64 "Gentlemen, I know you have had a tough past few weeks, but you
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65 wouldn't be NET agents if you weren't up to the job. I realize that your
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66 past few missions have been of the pursuit and retrieve variety, and that
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67 you all may be getting a bit tired of it. Unfortunately, I must ask each
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68 of you to go on such a mission once more. We have some loose ends to tie
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69 up, and as you well know, NET doesn't like to leave loose ends dangling
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70 around, only to be tripped over at a later time. Former NET agent KOSTA,
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71 who made his escape on the mountain, must be returned to the fold. He
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72 has knowledge of the organization that no living man who isn't currently
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73 employed by us should have. We must have him back. Your mission is to
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74 find KOSTA, bring him back to IONE plaza, alive if at all possible. You
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75 know what to do if he resists. Until KOSTA is accounted for, he is a
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76 security risk that we can not tolerate. Do you understand?"
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77 Three heads slowly nodded to acknowledge their understanding. KOSTA
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78 hadn't seemed like such a despicable person, despite what they had learned
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79 from NET's history files. To bring him back, certainly against his will,
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80 and to possibly kill him, would require a great amount of mettle. It is not
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81 often NET agents were required to kill so close to home.
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82
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83 NET CONTINUING NET CONTINUING NET CONTINUING NET CONTINUING NET CONTINUING
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86 mikey:what happened to the disk that was in drive a last night? you know the one
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87 with only 5 messages on it. please explain soon.
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88
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89 alan kennedy
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91 !!!! Well, I guess there's a bright side...if it were not for this phone line I wouldn't have been motivated to
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92 finally get a line noise filter into my software, and I wouldn't have received enough line noise test it....
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93 [FRUSTRATED PROGRAMMER]
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94
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95 Sorry, folks, I've got to send part of that last line again to see if the backspace in it was due to noise!
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96 ....wouldn't have received enough line noise to test it....
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97
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98 ****************************************
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99 Does anyone know what happened to the 'bit bucket' bulletin board?
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100 Their old number 761-xxxx is no longer in service.
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101 Several other BB's seem to have suffered the same fate.
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102 If someone knows the current number for any of these, I would greatly appreciate
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103 recieving a copy.
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104
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105 B Daws + 3
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106 ***************************************
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107 The current number of the Bit Bucket is 254-xxxx.
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108 ****************************************
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109 thanks! B Daws + 3
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110 ****************************************
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111 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,
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112 Kathyd - I'm with you! Double phhtt! It's getting to a point
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113 were people are so bored they start yelling at people.
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114 Triple phhtt!
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115 BWMS - I hope the line noise problem gets better. So far it
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116 has inproved! Maybe it will stay this way.
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117 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`[Mark]`,`,
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118 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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119 T is typewriter is ll I ve got left. It's not very good m c ine.
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120 But t en, I guess it's m c ines t t c used t e w r in t e first pl ce.
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121 I don't know if nyone will ever re d t is. Per ps it doesn't m tter.
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122 Per ps I'm only doing t is for my own s nity. I just ope my typewriter m kes
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123 it t roug t e story: nd, if you w o re re ding t is listen, m ybe you c n
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124 void t e mist kes we m de.
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125
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126 *********TO BE CONTINUED*************
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128 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the vole~~~~~~~~
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129
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130 exit
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131 To the above user:
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132 I know it seems obvious to the rest of us users out her in
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133 computer-land, but I am not sure that your machine can pick it up - so I'll
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134 tell you anyway, just to make sure -
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135 Your terminal is dropping its <h>'s and <a>'s - totally leaving them out, and
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136 the result is a totally confusing message for the rest of us.
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137 Hope you get it fixed!!!
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138 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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139 (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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140 Ah, on at last!
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141
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142 Rest ye assured that my story will soon be continued. I did not desert you,
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143 my computer had a major nervous break-down. All better now.....I hope.
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144
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145 Ronin
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146 (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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147 Mig: I'm amazed at how well you keep your cool! If someone had called ME
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148 p"puto grande" I'd be more than a little upset. (if you don't know what it
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149 means I'll leave you a private msg somewhere)
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150 By the way, did we get dumped off Nerd on purpose or what?
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151 Piper & dno: I'm rather curious as to what kind of machine dno is using.
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152 My video display will accept 11Dh as a backspace, but I didn't think
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153 anything else did. My LCD display WON'T accept it as a backspace...
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154 ________________________Leonard____________________________________________
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155
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156 exit
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157 I c n"t I dont't ve t e money.
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158 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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159
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160 "Gee, it's cold out here in the snow with no clothes on!", mumbled Jerzy
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161 to his commrade, Pavl. They had been caught trying to escape from the
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162 gulaug the Russian bastards had sent them to. Their captors evidently
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163 found great pleasure at their discomfiture (and disrobement). Jerzy
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164 remembered the words of the Seargent of the gaurds: "So, you like to see
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165 the outside world? Maybe you like the feeling of freedom, of liberation?"
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166 He regretted his haughty reply, "Perhaps you should spend some time out
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167 here with us in the yard, wearing nothing but rags!" So here they were,
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168 wearing nothing at all. He remembered the stories he had heard as a child
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169 about the horrible experiments the Nazis had conducted on the Jews. How
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170 long could a soldier survive at the Russian front? Since we can't spare a
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171 soldier, let's take a Jew: we have plenty of them! Take his clothes off
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172 and sit him out in the snow for 8 hours. Observe him freezing to death.
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173 What fun! How long could they last? He glanced at Pavl, who was already
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174 turning blue, even though they had been exposed only 5 minutes. Pavl was
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175 sickly anyway; this would surely
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176 be the death of him. Pavl was shaking so badly that he could hardly stand.
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177 Jerzy put his arms around Pavl and sat down in the snow, cradeling his
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178 brother in arms into a fetal position, and strying to trap as much warmth
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179 as he could. The cold was intense, but at least there wasn't any wind.
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180 The snow was falling softly, covering the camp in a soft blanket. Pavl
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181 began to sing softly to himself, or maybe to God, a hymn. No, it wasn't
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182 really singing, just a stuttering mumble. Perhaps he was performing Extrem
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183 Unction on himself. After all, he was a Priest. His political activities
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184 didn't enamour him with either the Polish authorities or with their Russian
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185 bullies. It didn't matter now. Jerzy took up the tune and the words in a
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186 stronger voice, like a mother soothing a child awakened in the night by a
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187 bad dream. Jerzy began to feel warm. He knew that this was the precursor
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188 of death. Pavl was unconscious. The life was draining from him, from them
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189 both.
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190 Suddenly, he was raised from his stupor by a sharp report. He heard
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191 voices and shouting men all around him. Someone seemed to come into his
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192 ...........................................................................
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193 I Am the Daffodil
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194
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195 Forsythia riots in violent yellow bloom.
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196 You pass across wet grass,
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197 your shoes scuffing drops
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198 and you wave between the branches.
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199 I see you snap a yellow sprig
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200 to hold like a banner of rainy Spring.
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201 It is not for me to know
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202 where you go.
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203
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204 The daffodils are yellow, too,
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205 transparent and brave
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206 in the face of the rain.
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207
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208 Your eye, young man,
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209 in Spring seeks brighter colors.
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210
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211 ..............for the vole from Entropy....................................
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212 p.s. I think if you put the h's and a's back into the vole's story, you'l
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213 see what he's getting at....
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214 ...........................................................................
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215 ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ?/iG/? ? ?? ?
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216
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217 Leonard:they are easy to deal with, I just pict}re them 10 uears grom now!
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218 Hum, so much for the ?s-robotics setup, backith repies when I can...
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219 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ?---
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220 (*==marker==*)
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221 to marker person: There have been developments on the memory-aid front that I
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222 simply must tell you about: there are these things called pencil and paper,
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223 and you can write down line numbers on them! Isn't that terrific? BWMS will
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224 give you line numbers if you ask it nicely... Crimson Blues
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225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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226 Does the O.A.S. still exist? I did not see anyone who proclaims to be in said
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227 group at the previously stated time and place... Thank you.
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228 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------MM
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229 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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230 To : All those individuals intellectually crippled by seasonal weather changes
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231
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232 I saw it in the winter...The joy of driving in the snow and catching
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233 snowflakes on the tongue, etc.
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234 And now, bless my soul, it's SPRING! Was there any doubt in my mind that
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235 the same group of individuals would be brought to their knees by the oh-so
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236 magnificent daffodil? Did I deny myself the opportunity to look forward to
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237 the soul-searching poem which accompanies warm weather and the need to
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238 liberate the rapidly thawing soul? Most importantly, did I doubt that I would
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239 see the mindless results of splattered all over this once sane system?
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240 Alas, I need not answer these questions whose answers can be found
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241 painfully saturating these last two disks.
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242
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243 To : Net Conclusions/Net Continues :
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244
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245 A very wise entry. You saw the need for change within the story and you
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246 implemented them with finesse. Also, I find it interesting to note that one
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247 of the most impressive (at least lengthy) speeches offered by Ian was written
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248 by a second party. It's nice to see him without the "hand of God" every now
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249 and then--makes him aseem almost human!
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250 T. Schmidt
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251 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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252 ///// I suppose that my obvious errors resulting from "enter only" will be
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253 tossed in my face seeing as how I stepped on some grass-stained toes.////
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254 06060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606
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255 To: Ian MacHinery
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256 From: 06
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257 Subject: Robotics Section
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258 Dear Sir,
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259 I am sorry to inform you that one of NET's primary android manufacturing
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260 sections, RUR404, is no longer operational. It seems that the machinery that
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261 creates the logic circuts for the AI unit inside such androids has broken down
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262 due to heavy use. Replacement parts HAVE been ordered, but the shipping
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263 company told me "four to six weeks for delivery". As you well know, what this
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264 really means is that the parts will arrive sometime next year, if at all.
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265 In the meantime, sir, the robotics department has asked me to request that
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266 you refrain from utilizing valuable androids to provide an "easy out" in a
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267 storyline. A suggestion, sir, from the section's EMIL7000 AI managment unit
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268 is to "write an appropriate reply to such attacks, preferably longer than
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270 Respectfully submitted,
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271 06.
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272 06060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606
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273 The lines go by so swiftly, the words streak by so quickly.
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274 it is not their speed but their content that matters. It is sometimes xhard for
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275 THOR to read them all. What words are
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276 caught still linger enough to make their point
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277 --------------------------------------------------
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278 is an9one else out there get4ing massive p2oblem3 with line .oise?
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279 I have used the s9ste- before, and know that it is not just my #omputer.
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280 D)dn't th%y get this fixed ju3t a s ort time ago?
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281 Bothered
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282 --
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285 -
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286 ---------
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287 -
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288 FORGAET IT!!!
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289
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290
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291 DDDDDD N N OOOOO
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292 D D NN N O O
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293 D D N N N O O
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294 D D N N N O O
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295 D D N N N O O
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296 D D N NN O O
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297 DDDDDD N N OOOOO
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298
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299
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300 Ronin:
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301
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302 It looks like this CPM terminal program works better than that built
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303 in terminal. Thanks for your help.
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304
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305
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306 Dno...
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307
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308 DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO DNO
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309 Voyeur: when are you planning to drop by? (you can reply here, Bit, or
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310 PCS)
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311 ____________________________________Leonard________________________________
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312 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ?`?`
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313 Leonard:One more time... I just think about what will happen to them in
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314 todays society if they do not change the attitudes they now have.
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315 Yes, I did get a full translation of zhat little missive, quite
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316 imaginative actualy. When you and Net-67 were aborted, iz was due to my
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317 trying to turn on the capture buffer. I missed, and 300Msec later...
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318 Nrank-howard-don wxhatever:I live a scant .2 miles from Mount Hood CC
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319 and it was a simple matter t/o talk to an old friend`in the language
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320 By the way, I am 74" talvl and anorexic. I am having bad trouble with
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321 this modem, so I will get back`to the rest of your stuff later.
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322 ch /crap/message/
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323 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?7EiG/? ? ? ?
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324
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325 ******************************************************************
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326 dno: err please do not take offense... but could you cut down on
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327 your introductory border? takes up a lot of lines.
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328 thor: hi, no stories today, my mind is occupied with other things.
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329 like lusting for oreo's but knowing i cannot satistfy the
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330 DESIRE.
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331 mad max: OAS is alive and well, we do not have open meetings
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332 very often, but we will let you know when the next
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333 one is.
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334 mark: thanks....
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335 ***************************kathyd****blocked*********************
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336 YES PEOPLE, ADVICE FROM ONE SO ADULT THAT THE MAJOR FORM OF EXPRESSION IS THE EXTENDED VIBRATING APPENDAGE,ATTACHED TO AN OPEN
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337 MOUTH.
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338 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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339 The pegasus whickered softly behind him as the piper cautiously stepped
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340 toward the large building. The buzz of conversation sounded, briefly
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341 punctuated with a burst of laughter. The night air was cool on the piper's
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342 skin, used now to the warmth of the highway, his feet noiseless in the
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343 gloom, he strode cautiously toward what appeared to be a doorway.
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344 Suddenly the door opened and a shaft of light sped outward, cutting into
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345 the darkness, accompanied by a wash of conversation and laughter. A figure,
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346 darkly shadowed by the backlight of the room beyond vanished into the night.
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347 The pavement seemed soft and resilient beneath him as he stepped forward,
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348 catching the door before it could close. The sounds of conversation in
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349 the room before him quietened as he stepped through the door.
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350 The piper found himself at the top of a short stairway, standing on a small
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351 landing overlooking a rather large room. A large bright fire flaming in an
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352 open fireplace in the center of the room provided most of the illumination,
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353 added by candles and oil lamps on some of the more remote tables. A familiar
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354 scene to the piper, he started down the stairs.
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355 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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356 {*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}
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357 This note is not prepackaged because I am not on my system.
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358 When I return from work, 10 hours dealing with twenty-two adolescents
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359 with no social skills, I look forward to interacting with mature people
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360 as a way of relaxing. It seems logical to me that a BBS might offer an
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361 incresed opportunity for people to think before they speak, and thus be able to
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362 interact in a manner that is more diplomatic and less stressful than normal
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363 conversation. I find profound delight in the stories and poetry that inhabit
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364 this system. I don't like everything on here, some people simply have not had
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365 the practice that others have, and don't do as well. These we can support by
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366 offering constructive criticism, not pulling their egos out from under them.
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367 This is not a haven for professional writers -- a pro would publish lest
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368 someone steal hir work. We must not expect perfection.
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369 I, for one would hate to see the enthusiasm leave this board in a flurry
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370 of arguing and sniping. Despite our years, we are all adults, and need not
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371 wash our dirty laundry in public.
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372 *end of sermon*
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373 {*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}!!!isis!!!{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}{*}
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374 ********************************************************************
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375 L'homme: Really, while it might be interesting to try to patch COPYLINK
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376 to run on the 2000, I would suggest waiting for 3.0, which we can install
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377 with REAL code. The COPYLINK you're playing with has peices of I/O
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378 stashed in various places. That is because I/O is VERY time dependent,
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379 so I couldn't hold to the normal format. You'll find an I/O statement
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380 at the proper location, but you will also find that it acesses ports
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381 00H and 01H. This is used by the interpreter to do the actual I/O at
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382 realtime speed, If you really do want to (good lusk) the code is located
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383 near the begining of COPYLINK.COM there is an interrupt input routine,
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384 and a poled output routine. Then you also have the initialization
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385 routines at the normal locations in the COPYLINK.OVR file.
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386 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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387 !@#$%%^&&*()(*&^%$#@!@#$%^^&*&%$#$^*(&$$%^&&^*((^$@$$%%^&&&%&*(&(&
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388 Mike: Message received. I will give it a try, and if it doesn't
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389 work, we'll wait for version 3.0. COPYLINK is one of several Comm
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390 packages we didn't get to work because of direct addressing of
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391 the port from the program. QMODEM, and PCT660 were two others that
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392 refused to talk to the modem. QMODEM is a real lose, since it offers
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393 split screens for incoming and outgoing. But we really miss COPYLINK.
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394 I'll let you know how I come out on the thing.
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395 Robotics Inc : I loved it! Tres Bien, etc. Poor Ian!
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396 )_%(_@%(@#_)%_)@#%*)_*@*% L'homme sans Parity %_)#()_%(@#%(@_%($#)%
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397 Hello: im a new
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398 user, would like to get with someone to learn more about useing the mpp 1064 modem. by now:
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399 off
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400 exit
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401 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (temp. discontinued)
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402 I am finding it very dificult to access this forum with any ease or regularity
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403 any longer. Prehaps I shall just have to attempt to survive this flurry of
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404 line distortion and over-zealous usage by those with less than civil tounges
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405 or terminals. Oh, I shall always return, that is not a question, it is just
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406 that too many of my friends here are experiencing a rise in blood pressure at
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407 each other.
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408 The odd thing is that my Legion and I will wait the delay of this "vacation"
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409 and will attempt our struggle for greatness when time will allow us.
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410 ^^^^^ (messages to follow, varied in tone and intent...)
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411 THOR: I think that the simplest location for an exchange of words might be at
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412 the placed known as PCS. Multi-person story-lines are fine and all, but
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413 before more than one person can be involved within it, the basic premise
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414 must first be formed. Kinda like what these NET people are talking about.
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415 By the way, PaPa Smurf says you said "Hello"... See you at the BBS...
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416 kathyd: Just a word of warning- Some of these "jerks" are being offensive
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417 only to see what sort of a response they can provoke. Do not do what
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418 I have done- allow it to pass on by, and make no mention of them. If
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419 you are to enter any more items here, there are quite a few that await
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420 them with eager eyes.
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421 WHITE KNIGHT: I am aware of it, the name stuck out like a sore thumb.
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422 I am willing to be of help. I am ready, and I have The FAITH!
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423 Entropy: I see that you have left the "battlefield" behind for more pleasant
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424 things. May your relationship stay in a good light!
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425 MiG: Hey buddy, boy do we have alot of work to do! Call me at home at a
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426 not so respectably dark hour (as usual). A few points need clearing up.
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427
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428 Hmmm... Techno-dribble. Where is that 'little one' when we are in need?
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429 OMIGOSH! I don't believe it! I forgot THE TIN MAN! How embarassing...
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430 THE TIN MAN of multi-realities: It seems that the last message I sent thee by
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431 means of secret letter at that other system was to have been the last *I*
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432 have ever seen. There was no reply. I have waited, and am still waiting.
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433 Have I sent you away at the mere mention of a name or two? Was that so
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434 terrible a time in your life that I must be shut out by association?
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435 Toby has my number... Prehaps I shall use his...
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436 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the puzzled Guardian?!? 86:ex
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437
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438
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439 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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440 L'homme- In the light of current events, or lack thereof, I was pleased to
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441 see that the situation is still not completely without resolve. Might you,
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442 by chance, notice the disappearance of one of those critical pieces of
|
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443 epuipment known to some as a COMSET? At least by my recognition and the
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444 ability to deduce such things, I believe that I may have just stumbled upon
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445 a treasure! (Next assignment: Retrieve and Edit history files for
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446 Agent Lewis Coolidge- MIA known alias: Kosta )
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447 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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448 ********************************************************
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449 Hmm, That's odd, I got home tonight, and the system was running, but
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450 nothing was happening, That's odd I thought, So I put a phone on the
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451 line to see if there was activity, and got a dial tone. Hmmm, now wait
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452 a minute, the system thinks it has carrier, but there isn't any....
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453 Very strange, that can't happen! carrier is what keeps the thing on
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454 line! You have carrier, it holds the line, you drop carrier it drops
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455 the line. This can't be! It appears the modem locked to it's own carrier
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456 for some reason, but that doesn't explain why it wasn't still holding
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457 the phone line off hook. It isn't supposed to operate that way, there
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458 isn7t any electronics in there at all, it is just a capacitor, diode,
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459 resistor network, all passive stuff. The ring signal charges the capactor
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460 which causes the modem to answer the line when the voltage gets high enough
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461 (the on line relay driver comes right off of the capacitor.) If it doesn't
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462 recieve carrier within a couple of seconds, the capactor discharges
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463 (because there is no more ring signal to charge it anymore) and when the
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464 voltage drops below the threshold it drops the relay, and we go off line.
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465 If we do get carrier, then the carrier signal is also feed to the same
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466 capacitor, which keeps it charged up. So as long as there is a carrier,
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467 the capacitor stays charged which keeps the modem on line. Lose carrier,
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468 and the capacitor discharges, and about 10 or 15 seconds later it drops
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469 below the threshold voltage, and the relay opens which takes us off line.
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470 An exception to this is an activity monitor which forces the capacitor
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471 to be discharged (an over-ride circuit that just shorts it out) if
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472 there has been no activity for 10-15minutes. So, the question is, since
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473 it isn't possible for the problem to happen, how did it? I'm baffled!
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474 I forced the thing to disconnect, and it did, but why didn't the lost
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475 carrier do that, or failing that, the no activity disconnect?
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476 Very stange things going on here....
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477 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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478 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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479 Kathyd: Anytime! Whenever I can I'll slip in a few 'phfffts'!
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480 MiG: Not to worry, it will be a while before he gets a modem of his
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481 own. Oh, and that sentance structure was terrible from what I
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482 heard.
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483 Hmmmm, what is going to take place of the Neet stories. Are they all going
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484 to start writing thier own fantasy/sci-fi short stories or what's up?
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485 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`[Mark]
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486 __________________^^^^^^^_^_^_^_^^_^^^^
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487 CISTOP MIKEY: Thor is baffled, I do not remember leaving a question that
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488 would make you leave me a message like the one above. Is another using my name?
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489 The last thing I can remember writing(excuse the senility)was a short note
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490 on 'touching'.
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491 Am I really losing it? Maybe what they say is true, all of us vets get the
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492 syndrome sooner or later. God, I thought I had been immune. Oh well,....
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493 I'll try to stay away from any water towers or football stadiums.
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494 Guardian:Catch you at the PCS.
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495 kathyd:my etiquette of proper message placement is being tutored quite nicely.
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496 ****************************************************************
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497 thor: huh? message placement? did i bark at you and forget
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498 what i said? and i was never in nam.... no excuses for me..
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499 mark: i admit to being overinthusastic with the phftts! but
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500 in my mind they were deserved. lets join in now...
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501 and a one, and a two......PHFTTTT!!!!
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502 guardian: snicker, chucle, mad laughter... quiet melody.
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503 person who refuses to sign name to critical entries of no
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504 taste: may the fleas of a thousand household cats invest
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505 infest your sofa. m
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506 **************kathyd********holdingout********************************
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507 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-
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508 I want, but I can't. Loose translation: I can, but I won't. Reason:
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509 my own fears.
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510
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511 Bad experiences pile up like snow drifts, stranding me in an icy
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512 wilderness. I become emeshed in a cycle of distrust and isolation... never
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513 willing to risk myself... to break out.
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514
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515 Old memories are like yellowed photographs of a by-gone era. The
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516 images are indistinct. I forget what is convienient, remember that which
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517 I want to. Whether good or ill.
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518
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519 I am the ancient mariner. Each new relationship is another albatross
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520 hung 'round my neck. I wonder if the Audubon Society has a dead bird
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521 pickup service, so I can begin anew.
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522 -'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'The Jung and Restless'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'
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523
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524 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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525 As the piper walked slowly down the bannerless stairs, the hum of interrupted
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526 conversations resumed. Looking slowly about the room as he descended, he
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527 spied a seat at a table with several jolly-looking folks not too near the
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528 center of the room. Aware of his scrutiny, they had sent him several inviting
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529 smiles, and the flutter of lashes from a lovely lady wearing a multicolor
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530 dress increased the piper's pulse rate considerably.
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531 The stairs and floor both had the same strange resiliant quality, letting
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532 the piper's feet sink in slightly with each step. His stride was therefore
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533 a rather strange combination of bold and cautious as he picked his way
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534 through the crowd to the welcome of a seat at the open table.
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535 As he approached, a large hearty man got up to welcome him.
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536 "Welcome stranger! I am Koom Youlus, would you like ale or beer?"
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537 "Ale, thanks," the piper returned. "I am known as the piper. Thanks for
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538 the welcome."
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539 Koom grinned a bluff and fhearty grin and answered "Strangers are always
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540 welcome here. We are quite isolated and grow tired of our own company."
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542 to make room for the piper. "Please sit with us," she said. "I'm Rainbow."
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545 All Those Who Seek Word from the Tin Man: No, he is not ignoring you. I
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546 believed so too, at first. It appears his telephone line has been disconnected.
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547 He says that he will be moving in the near future, and he has made certain that
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548 he will have a phone line. (No more than two weeks from now). I am certain that
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549 he misses all of our words as much as we do his. (Don't kill your messages to
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550 him on other boards, every-once-and-a-while he uses the modem at Merri and
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551 Toby's. I am sure he would appreciate the mail. Sort of a welcoming from a long
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552 absence). -Tanya
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555 WE who seek wisdom from afar are all too wise to know that wisdom could come
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556 from some cold electronic purveyor of lighted words and phrases. Often the
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557 case of those who would distill their apparent good will on others are merely
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558 spewing forth a waterfall of inane articulations and verbage. WE must laugh
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559 at those who think their creations have some meaning beyond the small confines
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560 of this comfortable yet uncreative atmosphere. It is to those people who wish
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561 greatness but may never achieve it, WE drink a toast to your efforts and your
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562 expenditures, be it great or small. 'Into the valley the 800 rode.' So to is
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563 the case here. Perhaps not 800, but the numbers are irrelevent. The destination
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564 os of great import, and until it is reached, the numbers will continue to
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565 ride without direction or purpose, only knowing for sure when they arrive.
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566 What a consumable existance! Woe to the man or women found too caught up in
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567 the happenings therein, where the reality of one locale often bends and
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568 meshes with the reality of another. Just as certain elements found in the
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569 earth should never be brought together, the elements of this world and
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570 others too should always be separate and distinct. When the blur betwixt and
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571 between them becomes so unlcear, the distinctions are impossible to make,
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572 trouble lurks near, waiting to be set of by the person who's eqo perhaps is
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573 a little fragile at the moment. The reasons are of no import. The results
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574 should be taken seriously by everyone. WE are worried for the few who it
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575 seems are having great difficulty making the choices that seem so clear to
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576 others. It may not even be their fault, just a lack of growing up. Maturity
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577 is a two bladed sword. By the time one finally gets it, they are too old to
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578 use it. This is not always the case, but it is more a rule than an exception.
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579 Heed the warning signs. It is your inner self, the self hopefully not
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580 corrupted by what the outer self must endure, pleading with you to partake inb
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581 some self examination. Look yourself over. Look for the signs that mean
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582 the inability to make separations from one reality to another. WE have been
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583 observing this for sometime, and WE feel that there still is time to recover
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584 those who have been lost. Those who have made the distinction can certainly
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585 help. Aid your fellow user out of the plight. Show the light. Make the path
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586 to certainty clear and unobstructed. The more you help others, the more you
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587 help yourselves. You will find the teachers learning as much as the
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588 students. When all is done, you may look back at the rocky path just
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589 traversed, and wonder how you ever made it. Don't question the journey. Give
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590 thanks for the arriving.
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594 INFATUATION HAS ITS LIMITS, BUT I DO THINK I LOVE YOU...
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596 ^^^^^ The lights go flashing by, and the snowflakes float in mid-air as
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597 ^^^^^ dancers on the dancefloor. The sounds that accompany my vision are
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598 ^^^^^ of such sweet chords I can almost not draw my self away. But I have.
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