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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      11/18/87 18:04  Msg:809 Call:5242  Lines:3
 20 It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine
 21 with innovative maneuvers.
 22 *****************************************************************
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 23 ============================Justin the Blue====================================
 24 at the top at the top at the top at the top at the top at the top at the top
 25 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 26 I still exist(not that it mattered, but it IS fun to scream nonsensically)
 27  
 28 So. How is everyone's post-con-partum-depression going? Dont you think
 29 life should be a con? I DO!!!!!!!!!! Lets all work on this shall we?
 30  
 31 As far as the supreme being: All of us here at Elan call it/he/she/cosmic bran
 32 muffin the Infinite Is, with apologies to Richard Bach (see the book Illusions
 33 and maybe you will see the poetry in that)
 34 Yes, labels can be unnecessary and silly. But some of us need them.
 35  
 36 I don't know about how you all relate to the Supreme One. I think that that
 37 act itself is important, as it makes you part of a scheme. Anyway, I feel there
 38 is a Creator and it does respectfully request that we at least say "hi there".
 39 This I do by attempting to develop all my gifts to their fullest so that the
 40 act of my being created is not a great cosmic waste.
 41  
 42 And I think that's the extent of my religion for the time being. You worship/
 43 pray when you do well what you love to do best. You gratify the creator by 
 44 showing that the energy that went into your creation was well spent and not
 45 necessarily better spent by making rocks and a few more slugs.
 46 Maybe someday I'll elaborate on it. But maybe not.
 47  
 48 ============================Justin the Existentialist==========================
 49 No. I am not Buddha. But if it pays better than my current job, I'd take it.
 50 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>So you dont like my poetry, eh????<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 51 ===============================================================================
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 52 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* themnax of lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
 53      the story continues...
 54      "Not you, that damnd cat, ran off the ringhorn I'd been stalking!"
 55      "Thuva shairs that cat's cave like a friend.  I'd not be one to tell him
 56 that."  "Seemed less than pleased" Sheji added for good measure.
 57      "Shaires a cave with a cat?  Maybe he's a hunter like me.  Chulan I'm 
 58 called, with Jicha's carrivan."
 59      "I'm...  its been an odd day.  Can hardly believe it myself but I cant 
 60 seam to remember my own name."
 61      "Lots of people forget the  name their parrents gave them, 'specialy 
 62 arround here.  Thats why most give ourselves another as soon as were old enough
 63 to realize we want one.
 64      Best visit the temple first chance you get."
 65      Sheji was going to have to think about that one - later.  They had reached
 66 the road.
 67                                  - -
 68      The carrivans, there were three of them, were outside of anything he
 69 might havve expected.  Each carrivan consisted of three wagons, not too unlike
 70 the horse drawn deleveries of the early railroad era and before, except there 
 71 were no horses.  Instead they were linked, tounge of one behind to the one in
 72 front.  The very front wagon had no tounge, nothing in front at all.
 73      The wheels were an eclectic mix of pnumatic tyres on iron rims on wooden 
 74 spokes.  Of the three sets, from the roof of the lead van of one pprojected the
 75 end of a virtical boiler.  Appended to this was the steam whistle whose 
 76 screetch he had heard.  The driving benches ran the full width of each lead 
 77 van.  The only controls were a tiller, presumably to steer, and a single small 
 78 lever projecting from a cast iron box bolted to the wooden dash.  No guages, 
 79 lights, pedals, or switches, nothing.
 80      Master of all this was a portly middle aged man outlandishly dressed in
 81 bright silks and cottons.  He spoke quietly, calm and polite, ever mindfull
 82 of his workers dignity as of his own.  For every word that passed his lips, 
 83 some action was set in motion, quickly but without fuss.  Though his hunters
 84 returned without success, he displayed no sign of dissapointment.  Sheji was 
 85 welcomed and told where to sit.  In the midst of getting ready to roll was no 
 86 place curiosity or entertainment.
 87      The lead van of each set was living quarters, he was later told by the 
 88 carrivan's master, whose name turned out to be Jichaj.  Jichaj joined him on 
 89 the driving bench of the lead set, taaking the controls in his own hands.  The 
 90 lead van of this set was the carrivan's kitchen and Jichaj's own quarters.  Its
 91 two trailers were a kind of store on wheels.  The other leaad vaans were 
 92 devided into bunk space (4 each).  The other trailers held unopened packages of
 93 dry and or perrishable goods.  
 94      Everyone rode up front, Sheji was told, except through the long stretches 
 95 of hazzard where they slept and ate in turns to avoid having to stop.
 96      The road was well mentained, if primitive, and the forrest rolled smoothly
 97 by.  Soon it opened out into farms and fields surrounded by low stone walls.
 98      Ahead loomed the massive portcullus of the village wall, to which the 
 99 road, now oilled and gravelled was leading them.
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101  
102 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
103 Helix:  Depressing stuff.
104 .
105                     Fable Master
106 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
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107   on the side
108          software design
109  
110  for ibm and compatables
111  home and business applications
112  
113  (503) 774-3811
114   
115 ask for mike
116  
117  
007=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      11/21/87 23:06  Msg:814 Call:5311  Lines:4
118 ******************************************************************
119 Well, it's back agian, I'm not sure what happened, but apparently
120 the system wasn't answering the phone for some time.
121 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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122 { <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< /* capt'n barefoot */ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
123      Stretching languidly in the warm  afternoon sun of indian sumer the
124 ancient practitioner looked lazily at the swirl and edd of Suck Creek as
125 it rushed to add vigor to the lazy flowing Tnnessee River.  He knew this
126 place all too well,  but what was he time?  More to the point what date,
127 and along what cyclic tme line?  As his sight wandered along the dancing
128 reflection f color splashed  autumn leaves,  his mind	ranged forth from
129 this tranquil backwater.  Backwater???	Old memories rustled and creaked;
130 opening a time portal across past, present, and future.
131      Suddenly he heard the casual banter of a  #french accent speaking in
132 soft but definitive terms <grin>. Why! I'd bet my best CRC algorithm that
133 my ole' friend  L'homme lurks along this time-space vector.  Haven't sen
134 him since I set out on a 'tropical adventure' style 'C' voyae. Alas, his
135 skills would have been helpful on that voyage  bt the danger was,  shall
136 we say, increasing exponentally. 'Things are not always what they seem.'
137 Obvious in retropect, the nature of reality lay veiled in the great Maya
138 of drem visions.  By the time truth reared its obvious head, the blatant
139 use of good  name and  character to  legitimatize  undercover  markets of
140 exotic agricultural goods  was long past danger and approaching critical.
141 Calling in several favors from	incarnations past,  adding a mix  of pue
142 good fortune, plus using wit and  ... the ancient practitiner transposed
143 himself to materialize safely on the sunny shoes of  'DIXIE'  y'all  ...
144 { <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< /* capt' barefoot */ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
145  
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146 GREETINGS,
147 This is Cheryl speaking, and now a few words from someone completely
148 different:
149 Justin,
150 This is Bob.  Do you want to attend a game next weekend in Salem?  
151 call me: 363-xxxx.  Bring your lady (if willing).  
152   
153                                   seeya,
154                                   R*A*Y
155  
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156 We have bunnys and when my wife agreed to let me have them, she told me that we
157 would only have them for eating.
158 I brought them home, and the first thing from my wife's mouth was
159 weeeeee can'tttttt killllllll the bunnnnnyssssss.
160 I said "   OK   " snikker snikker ha ha.
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161 ============================Justin the Blue================================
162 'Ello, Cheryl, and especially you, R*A*Y. Game wise, I'll ty to make it down.
163 The only part of this weekend I have off tho' is from 6PM Sat on: Fortunately,
164 Brittania lives in Snailem so She'd have a bit easier time of making it there.
165   That is to say, at least I'll be trying to make it over to see you, If not
166 play. But If it's in the Spheres to see you, both of us will be over to play.
167 Thanks for the invite.
168  
169  
170 Trying to find the meaninig of life
171 Has always been a goal
172 But lately Ive been noticing 
173 That I've been growing old
174 Excuse me If I sound silly
175 Or if I sound confused
176 You see my sense of fairness
177 Has lately been abused.
178 The moral of this short bad poem
179 (which is almost getting lost)
180 Is sometimes searching for truth and light
181 Ain't always worth the cost.
182  
183 =============================Justin the Blue===============================
184 Anybody out there know where I can find a patron?
185 ===========================================================================
012=Usr:174                   11/23/87 10:56  Msg:819 Call:5338  Lines:48
186 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THE MUSE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^wasup?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
187 JUSTIN--Monsieur le Bleu, If I could sponsor you, I would.  But I can hardly
188 keep myself fed.  An I'd sponsor myself before anyone else (sorry, pal.)
189  
190 FM--what's depressing?  Am  missing something?  I didn't do it.  Whatever it is
191 that got done.  What am I not figuring out?  Oh, helix and I will be down south
192 for Thanx weekend.  Hope to see you.
193 ******************************************************************************
194 and now a few original words from an old notebook.  blech.  super blech.
195 ******************************************************************************
196 I needed you today,
197   but you were busy.
198  
199 I needed a voce of sanity
200   in my upside down 
201     topsy turvy world.
202 I needed someone who's not involved
203   in the problems I daily face.
204 I needed to talk about something
205   that had nothing to do with anything.
206 I needed to talk about things
207   other than the everyday chaos.
208    -other than house work
209     and arguements
210     and phone bills
211     and who slept with whom
212     and who's not in love with whom
213     and groceries
214 I needed to get these off my mind.
215  
216 I needed to stop being the pillar of strength
217   and let go for a wile.
218 I needed to stop listening to everyone elses heartaches
219   and vent my own.
220  
221 I really wanted to talk about tachyons
222             and negotiating with god.
223  
224 but you were busy.
225 ........................................7-5-86......for cal....
226 ******************************************************************************
227 kinda sad, huh?  it was inspired.
228 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THE MUSE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^luuuv you helix^^^^^^^^^
229 <ZZZZZZZ>---
230                  <ZZZZZZZ>---
231 <ZZZZZZZ>---
232                        <ZZZZZZZ>---        OH, Vandershmuck...
233  
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234 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* themnax of lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
235      first a disclaimer: forrest goat is not innisfall.  this is so no one gets
236 the idea I'm settin a bad example and puttin words in other people.  Ya see, 
237 Forrest Goat has AN inn.  not THE inn but there are enough simmilarities so as
238 to be maybe confusiate the issue if not noted. 
239      tnx.  and now on with the concluding installment or two of CHapter one,
240 yes there is a chapter two to fallow, of 'new laaands'
241 *=*=*=*=*
242      Above loomed the massive portcullis of the village wall.  To this, the 
243 road, now oiled and graveled brought them.  
244      Here they were stoped and required to pay a toll.  This toll, Sheji later 
245 learned was the town's all but sole source of revinue.  In receipt Juchaj was 
246 handed a merchanter's permit, good for the duration of thair stay, to be 
247 surrendered on leaving.
248      The marquit squre was opposite the end of the town's only other street, at
249 its only intersection. (a three way).  At the other end of this street was the 
250 temple.  On one corner stood a raambling single storried affair which proved to
251 be the village's only inn.  On the third corner and on up tward the temple were
252 the storefront shops of crafters.
253      When the carrivan had been arrayed around the currently empty square, the
254 inn's keeper came out and greeted Jichaj.  Chulan and the rest of the crew 
255 departed for the inn.
256      Sheji was suddenly very conspicously alone.  The innkeeper told him to go
257 inside and get himself something to eat.
258      The inn's main room was filled with a welcome babble of conversation.  
259 Carrivaners and villagers were busily renuing old aqquaintances and catching up
260 on the latest gossip.  Sheji found a small unocupied table neaar one corner and
261 seated himself.
262      No sooner had he slid the horn case under, than a steaming plate and quart
263 sized mug were placed in front of him.  He smiled uncertainly at the bar maid 
264 who had brought them.  She returned a heart melting grin before slipping 
265 quietly away.
266      So far so good he thought as he attacked the main course, some unfamiliar
267 sort of roast beast that tasted as good as it smelled.
268      He was nearly through the meal and fealing mellow when Jichaj and the 
269 innkeeper joined him.
270      "Sholuch" Jichaj spoke, indicating the innkeepper,"has aggreed to take you
271 on.  Room and board and one silver a week, provided you help out as a general 
272 hand and your horn doesn't drive off the paying customers."
273      "I'll be all the stage pressence you'll needd" Sholuch told him.  "You 
274 needn't worry much howw the room will react: Haven't had a bard through here in
275 more than a month.  There's a room out back by the stables where you can 
276 practice to your heart's delight."
277      You can start earning your tab tonight, tommarow if you'd rather.  After 
278 that it starts to add up."
279      "Tonight's fine" Sheji managed not to squeak, "as soon as suppper's had a 
280 chance to settle."
281      He wondered at the innkeeper's choice of phrase but kept his peace.  The 
282 bar girl came back with deserts.  These proved to be chocklet in flavor with a 
283 consistancy somewhere betteween ice cream and moose with crunchey bits blended 
284 in.  Sholuch sliped off as soon  as he was finnished.  Jichaj excused himself s
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285 shortly thereafter.
286 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=**=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
287 (almost made it.  shouldn't have tried to slip in those last two lines but 
288 they seemed a more logical place to stop)
289 hello Fuzzy and Cap'n barefoot.  What was that you were saying about this place
290 that time when Justin and I and  Alfretha droped by to open that pizza place?
291 (Quick Justin, the FLT)
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293  
294 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
295 .
296 Hi Muse,
297 .
298      The depressing stuff I was referring to was a file that Helix
299 had me download from Agora.  I made the mistake of reading it.  A
300 story about a girl in post-holocaust Oregon isn't one of the more
301 uplifting things to read, and doing so in a dark and silent room is
302 even less so.  Anyway, nothing permanent.  I entered that note just
303 after I finished reading it.  By the way, tell Helix that I'll give
304 the disk to him when you two are down here for Fowl Day.  Looking
305 forward to seeing both of you this weekend.  Take care...
306 .
307                     Fable Master
308 .
309 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
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310 Fable master, you wan *depressing*? I've got a song for you to hear next time 
311 you are up here. It's called "Lullaby". It is a mother singing to her son
312 (with frequent interruptions by the son).
313 	Sounds ok, right? Well, mom and a few others were on a "probe ship".
314 It was to accerelate to near light speed and then decelerate to a stop at the
315 target star. Meanwhile they'd be in cold sleep.
316 	When the woke up they discovered that something had gone very wrong
317 they had kept accelerating *and* they had overslept. The ship was at .99...
318 c and a couple centuries out (*ship* time!!).
319 	They kept alive been careful recycling. Meanwhile mom has a kid as they 
320 race for the edge of the universe. Now there's only mom and the kid left....
321 	As she puts it in the song, "late, last child of human kind".
322 	*real* cheerful. (I'm not sure if ma poisoned herself and the kid or not)
323 	The worst part is that you aren't *conciously* getting most of this info
324 they're just talking. But in the back of your mind the pieces start fitting
325 together. Then blammo. Makes "Space is Dark" seem light and lively.
326 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
017=Usr:26                   11/25/87 00:38  Msg:824 Call:5393  Lines:5
327 Once upon a time, someone posted the details on how to get ahold of the 
328 local Mensa chapter.  I was wondering if they could do so again.
329                               Thanks,
330                               Wilbur Mills
331 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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332 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BRITANNIA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
333 I'se back. Or still here, depending on how you see it. Lots of things have been
334 hapenning, some bad, some good, some damned good.
335 I've been thinking about life. The only conclusion I've reached is that if we
336 didn't face adversity on a regular basis we couldn't enjoy the times when 
337 things go smoothly. I'm becoming (have become) an expert at facing adversity.
338 Somehow that scares me. When too many things go wrong, it begins to shake your
339 faith in whatever you believe. Luckily, theres still enough good in my life to
340 make it all worthwhile. (Or is it really?)
341 A
342 I really MUST learn to type!
343  
344 Enough fatalism, it is time again for me to face the real(?) world.
345 Wish me luck, folks, I'll probably need it.
346 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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372@Okay, so I'm a silly shit......................................
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373 *=*=*=**=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* themnax of lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
374      When one one reducio absurdiums life one need not be startled at the
375 absurdity of the resaults - including the absurdly depressing...
376      and now on with...
377  
378      "Tonight's fine" Sheji managed not to squeak, "as soon as supper's had
379 a chance to settle."
380       The bar girl caame back with deserts.  These proved to be chocklet in 
381 flavor with a consistancy somewhere betteween ice cream and moose with crunchy
382 bits blended in.  Sholuch slipped quietly away as soon as his was finnished.  
383 Jichaj excused himself shortly thereafter.
384      Sheji pulled a model railroad magazene from his horn case and read for a
385 while.  Evening had grown dark when the innkeeper returned and asked if Sheji 
386 were ready.
387      "Shure" he shruged, mustering what little nerve he was able.
388      The raised hearth was surrounded on two and a half sides by a wide bench. 
389 Sholuch appropriated an unoccupied chair and positioned it adventagiosly.  He 
390 then stood upon the hearth ring and the room grew nearly quiet.
391      "As most of you have by now heard, we have a bard with us tonight.  He has
392 traveled far, though in other lands.  He has the praise of fish hunter Thuva.  
393 I've known no finer judge of the bardic art."
394      Taking this as a que, Sheji rose amidst much encouragement and seated 
395 himself as Sholuch had provided.
396      The sudden stilness when he opened the case was like a solid prescence.  
397 when he removed the horn - excited whispers broke out and many leaned forword 
398 for a better look.  Save for pictures in anciant books on dusty shelves of
399 more litterate mechanicians, none had seen its like.
400      Sheji, having no least idea what might best appeal, grabbed the first 
401 thing off the top.  Greensleves it turned out to be, having most recently 
402 played it for Thuva.  This he fallowed with Matty Graves then Joani Mitchel's 
403 clouds.  After that he improvised for a good three quarters of an hour.  After
404 that he needed - and took a break.
405      Sholuch led him to a quiet side room away from his clammering fans, 
406 brought him a steaming mug and told him to forget about the grunt work.
407      Before the night was thoroughly exausted he was called back for five more
408 sets.
409      Reputation and trade had been established beyond doubt.  He was led to a 
410 room that far surpassed anything the inn's outword appearance might have 
411 suggested.  The bed linnen was crisp and clean, the blankets warm and thick,
412 the mattrice was foam.  The floor was carpeted, windows glazed and curtained.  
413 There was a sturdy wooden dresser and a thoroughly unexpected steel desk.  The 
414 room had its own bath, hot water tap, flush commode.
415      Sheji put his horn in the closet, sliped the latch on the door, got un-
416 dressed and into bed.  Making sure the box of matches was where he could find 
417 them, hhe blew out the candle.
418      When next he opened his eyes the room was flooded with the slanting rays 
419 of midmorning sun.
420           end of chapter one
421           chapter two starts 
422 *=*=*=*
423      In the shop of Aruleg all was quiet.  He could no more than trade existing
424 shathas till Regnor got down from the hills 
425 with another carrivan of concentrates.
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427 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////////
428 Mensa? Did someone say Mensa? Try leaving a message for Chuck Forsberg on
429 CBBS/NW, or send him unix mail ala ...!reed!omen!caf
430 ///////////////////////////////////Wave Brain\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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431 **************Cheryl****************************************************
432 Well, folks...you've managed to motivate me toward putting something up
433 here myself.  Justin, you may have seen this one before--I wrote it in
434 9th grade, and I believe that it was still circulating the following
435 year--but I doubt you'd remember it (who would after ten years?).  This
436 should hold me until I get what I'm cooking up now finished (or at least
437 half-baked).
438  
439 He stared at the body lying crumpled on the ground.  It had been his
440 father, but was now a corpse with a large hole in it.  The blood ran
441 freely and red from the stomach and lay in a pool around the battered
442 form.
443  
444 With an oath, the boy turned away and sought refuge among the trees.
445 These woods were his homeland; he knew them better than was possible
446 of anyone save those who were born here.
447 He was hostile and sullen, for it was not his way--nor the way of his
448 people--to show fear or sorrow.  Instead, he wondered about the kind
449 of man who could throw a metal ball so hard from any distance, and
450 what kind of punishment the gods would visit upon one who had
451 stricken down one of their chosen.
452  
453 He didn't know what to do.  He knew that he could not go back to the
454 village.  The others would ask about his father, and he knew he would
455 not be able to lie.  Not believing the truth, they would drive him
456 off--or worse.
457  
458 "Only the gods have the power to do such a thing, and no god would
459 bring a new weapon against the chosen people;" they would say, "you
460 are a prophet of doom.  Be gone!"
461 He felt that the only chioce left was to fend for himself; that way
462 the results would be the same--and he could do without the humiliation
463 and beatings.  His pride was his strength, and both would be gone
464 quickly if he ventured to near home.
465  
466 Taking paths that most men's eyes could not see, he came to a spring he
467 had discovered the year before, while traveling with a friend.  It was
468 near a cobbled road, and often men with fair hair and strange clothing
469 that did not come from any beast would walk by in even rows.
470  
471 The boy wondered why men should go pushing through the forest laying
472 row upon row of stone in their path and marching in file over the broad
473 road they had made.  Were they blind, that they needed such guidance to
474 find their way, and in so large a band?  It was much quicker and far
475 more simple to slip silently through the woods, and attracted fewer
476 unfriendly eyes.
477 He came upon the row of bushes that lined this cobbled road and sat
478 down to watch.  By this time he was very hungry, for his last meal had
479 been dinner the night before.  It was late and he had set no traps for
480 game.  He was desperate.
481  
482 He decided to follow the road--he knew that where there were people,
483 there would be food.  He was not as certain that there would be any
484 for him, however.  They would probably think him a thief or a beggar
485 (and they would be partially right).
486  
487 As he walked down the road, he came upon an enormous shelter built by
488 stacking many logs.  Men came marching up the road toward him.  He
489 thought that this would not be the best way to first meet with them,
490 so he ducked behind the hedge.  To his surprise, many of his own 
491 people were hidden there, too.  He hoped that they would be too busy
492 watching to ask questions about his father right away.
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493  
494 Instead, they asked another question, for none had dared to venture
495 onto the road.
496  
497 "How many are the men with the fair hair?", a man asked.
498 "A large pack, I would say, no more;" the boy answered, "they
499 carry only large sticks that are strangely shaped.  If we stay
500 out of striking range, they will be no match for our spears."
501  
502 At that brave first and last stand for the villagers the boy fell
503 senseless, torn open by a British musketball.
504  
505 **************Cheryl************************************************
024=Usr:245                   11/26/87 22:17  Msg:831 Call:5442  Lines:3
506  
507 Exstracted from November 26, 1987 Oregonian West Metro Section:
025=Usr:188                   11/26/87 22:26  Msg:832 Call:5443  Lines:46
509 ==========================Justin the Blue=================================
510 Cheryl: I like the vision. I am sure you've shown me this but of course as
511  you said, I didn't remember the thing.!!!!!!has it really been 10 years!!!!
512  ...as I said before, I may be down to Snailem on saturday but I'm not sure.
513  If you get to your brother before I remember to, please let him know this.
514  Harrucinations to you and Aki, by the way.
515  
516  //////////////////////////////////kdjflskd\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
517  
518   "Hopeing having you are a good day and life" said the note, along with 
519 several lines of message in several languages. Evidently the writer's native
520 tongue was not English.
521   I walked along the beach, reading the tattered piece of paper several times
522 and turning it over in my hands. The texture was that of a dead, dried leaf.
523 The green-glass bottle had preserved it well-even the cork was still largely
524 intact and had come out in one piece (with some heavy prying).
525   Folding the paper and slipping it into the pocket of my shirt, I then exam-
526 ined the bottle closely. There were no markings on the sides, but when I looked
527 at the bottom I could see something of an alien language there. It looked Chi-
528 nese for a moment, but then it seemed to be Sanskrit.
529   I'd wished then that I had paid more attention to my language study.
530   Then I had an idea. I felt about on my person and turned up a mechanical 
531 pencil and a scrap of paper. Finding a log I sat down and began to write a 
532 poem. When I was done I could see that-in my opinion anyway-it was not my best
533 work, but then again, I knew I would never read the review. Oh, well.
534   I rolled the paper into a tight cylinder, then slipped it down the neck of
535 the bottle, replacing the cork as snugly as possible. Then, I walked to the 
536 water, taking off my shoes and socks as I went. I walked into the surf, never
537 bothering to roll up my jeans, cocked back my arm as far as it went, then gave
538 the bottle my best and most powerful throw.
539   Gracefully and deliberately it sailed through the air in an arc, splashing
540 into the brine finally as if to assure me that in throwing out the beautiful
541 green glass I had done the right thing. It bobbed once, twice, and then began
542 to float outward as if to defy the tide to reach the  current that beckoned to
543 take it to another distant recipient.
544   I realized then that the bottle was not the gift. The note was. No, the bot-
545 tle was the Messenger, immune to the want that someone may put upon it, commit-
546 ted always to its calling.
547   I wondered who would next receive the courier, and who would read my note. 
548 How many more will capture the bottle?
549   Would it ever come back to me?
550  
551 ===========================Justin the Blue==================================
552            Creative writin's my gig. Sometimes.
553  Stay tuned. If the poem ever occurs to me, I'll write IT down, too.
554 ============================================================================
026=Usr:196                   11/28/87 09:31  Msg:833 Call:5479  Lines:5
555 Hey, Justin.  R*A*Y called and said that the game would be at our
556 folks place, and probably wouldn't start until 5 pm.  You can reach
557 him this morning if interested at his place (phone # above), or
558 at theirs this afternoon (362-xxxx).  I think he'd like to hear from
559 you either w.  Ttyl.  ***Cheryl***
027=Usr:128                   11/28/87 20:47  Msg:834 Call:5496  Lines:7
560 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
561   Another weary evening.  The piper sat watching the dancing sparks of still
562 another small fire leaping into the cool night air.  Taking their inspiration
563 from the burning heat, they launched themselves into the unknown.  Their
564 ascent was rapid, bringing a small light into the darkness, but their life
565 was brief, soon extinguished, leaving behind only a faint scent of woodsmoke.
566 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
028=Usr:4 Milchar           11/29/87 19:51  Msg:835 Call:5515  Lines:7
567 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
568 Piper!  I had wondered if thee were still in touch with this alternate
569 reality.  It has been too long.  My own excuse is the poor one of time- or
570 lack of it, rather.
571 Perhaps, though- After finals....?
572 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
573  
029=Usr:23                   11/29/87 21:08  Msg:836 Call:5519  Lines:66
574 Nay, sooner:
575 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
576 	"Careful with that brazier, apprentice," muttered Grann as he entered
577 the workshop.  An unusually tall gnome boy in a coarse brown robe carefully
578 replaced the brazier to the rack on which it belonged.  "You know that you
579 don't need that for what you're studying.  If you were to use it, you might
580 accidentally summon up a daemon that might devour the town."
581 	"I'm...I'm sorry, master.  It drew me.  The patterns upon it are
582 absorbing.  And the colors!"
583 	"Nonetheless, dangerous.  Pretty things are often the most dangerous
584 of all.  Mark you well how many creatures in nature snare their prey by
585 attractiveness!  Let that be your lesson today.  Put away your book and
586 listen awhile."
587 	Grann took a chair and sat down.  After a moment of thought, he
588 began his story.
589 	"My own master, Milchar, taught me this lesson one day when I was
590 hungry for power over others and fascinated by the tools of the craft.  One
591 day I came upon one of the oldest books of dweomercraft Milchar possessed.
592 It was centuries old, but looked newly bound; the leather cover was sturdy
593 and clean.  The book had metal inlays of a golden metal which protected it
594 from abuse.  It was quadrillium, as I found out later.  If I would have known
595 that from the beginning I would never have opened it."
596 	"What's quadrillium, master?  I have never heard of it."
597 	"Eh?  Oh, yes.  You're not far enough along to know yet.  Quadrillium
598 is a metal that has the remarkable ability to store magical energy for long
599 periods of time.  Millennia, at least.  It also can release it instantaneously.
600 It's perfect for magical traps; few thieves are ignorant of what it can do."
601 	"Was the book trapped, master?"
602 	"No, fortunately for me.  If it had been, I would not be here today.
603 No, the fact that it was inlaid with quadrillium would have warned me about
604 the book had I known, though.  But, being ignorant, I opened the book.
605 My eyes glanced over the page that it had opened to.  In an instant, my eyes
606 were locked upon the spell, and I had no choice but to finish reading it.
607 When I was done, the room was dark.  I could not see the door, the bench,
608 or even the book I held before me.  Silence clamped down upon the room
609 instantly.  I could not hear a thing, not even my own breathing.
610 	Then I could hear something.  Something evil.  It was waiting in the
611 dark for me.  I could sense that it was near, nothing more.  You cannot
612 imagine how frightening it is not to be able to at least SEE what you know
613 is about to rend you to bits."
614 	The boy was literally sitting on the edge of his stool.  "And then?"
615 	"Then it got worse.  More of THEM got in, somehow.  Perhaps the spell
616 had created a doorway to wherever THEY lived, I thought.  I crept toward a
617 corner of the laboratory that held the Nchaser's globes.  THEY closed in,
618 ever closer.  I managed to get a globe, but it didn't work.  One of THEM was
619 very close.  I threw the globe at it- then the light returned."
620 	"Did you hit the creature?"
621 	"No, I missed.  Fortunately.  It was Milchar."
622 	The boy's face held a puzzled expression.  "I don't understand."
623 	"It was the spell.  It was an illusion spell in the book that
624 I read, a trap set for nosy apprentices.  Milchar had been standing there,
625 laughing as I had blindly sought the globes.  What I had thought was an
626 evil creature was merely my master trying to get close enough to remove the
627 enchantment."
628 	"That is hardly fair!  Didn't you get angry at being fooled
629 that way?"
630 	"Yes, but not long.  Milchar told me about the time he had fallen
631 for the same trick when he was an apprentice."
632 	"Why haven't you done the same?  It seems almost a tradition."
633 	Grann grinned.  "Who says I haven't?  It doesn't have to be
634 a book, you know.  Or the same spell."  With that, Grann got up and left.
635 	The boy looked at row after long row of scrolls, charms,
636 amulets, and wands... then sighed.  Slowly he returned to his desk and opened
637 his spell book.  "The flight spell has several components, that being those
638 of the Verbal, those of the Somatic, and those of the Material..."
639 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann !^!^! November 29, 1987 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
030=Usr:117                   11/30/87 13:03  Msg:837 Call:5527  Lines:42
640 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* themnax of lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
641      of the closing of the hidden lands - part two ...
642      In the shop of Aruleg all was quiet.  He could no more than trade existing
643 shathas till Regnor got down from the hills with another caravan of concen-
644 trates.  So far he'd sold two control cables and a lever box.  The last one,
645 a merchanter named Cherri, had tried to talk him out of a new linkaage.  He had
646 politely directed her down the street to Joli the wheelcrafter.
647      He'd settled back with the latest issue of Rainbow Geographic when his 
648 reverie was shattered by a commotion outside.  Thejag, the apothicarries 
649 apprentice came running in all red faced and out of breath.
650      "Its horrible" he wheezed, not waiting for breath to catch him up.  "They 
651 found Rregnor halfway down the side of Long Ravine, what was left of him.
652 His train is in splinters and he looks like hamburger with bones sticking out.
653      They've got him up at the temple now but I doubt his spirit will want to
654 come back to that.  No telling how long he'd been gone when they found him.
655 They said he was soft when they picked him up but its a known fact that cannion
656 can play tricks, especialy the upper end of it, too close to Elendar territory"
657      "That it is.  Too close for comfort too.  Hasn't been any activity up that
658 way for years.  Just long enough for us to forget thair there.  Not long enough
659 for them to forget about us, never is.  Shure looks like one of thair tricks
660 alright."
661      "I suppose Lijo's gonna want my memories to help with the rebuilding.
662 Might as well head up that way if the whole town hasn't gotten there first."
663      "That's what she sent me down here for.  I'll walk back up."
664      "Wait a micro while I close up.  You can come with me."
665      At the temple they were let through.  Bussiness aside, Aruleg had been
666 one of Regnor's closest friends.
667      Thovu the apothicarry (not to be confussed with Thuva the fish hunter)
668 was in the sickbay tending to the cadaver that had been Regnor.  Lijo was 
669 already in her healing trance, eyes squeezed shut against tears of concen-
670 tration.
671      Aruleg streatched out on one of the other palletts nearby.  He pressed a
672 contact to alert the High Priestess that he was ready.  No sooner had he done
673 so than he felt the nulaj state come over him.  Thovu had told him when he 
674 came in that Vuli and the others had already raised a circle in the inner
675 chaimber.  Appearently she had.
676      Lijo didn't intend to attempt a full resurection.  She knew she had 
677 neither the strength nor craft for that.  The whole idea of a spirit autopsy 
678 was to establish the circumstances prior to death.  For that the memories of
679 a close friend or aquaintance were required as a focus.
680 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
681  
031=Usr:210                   11/30/87 23:25  Msg:838 Call:5550  Lines:23
682 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BRITTANIA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
683 I'm sitting here looking at Justin's back. He's got a chance to acquire a
684 computer which has no name. It looks vaguely like a TRS-80, but has two disk
685 drives set vertically at the side of the screen. In the manual with it it is
686 referred to only as "the Word Processor" or "the CRT". (A generic?)
687   Justin just said it doesn't even seem to be a computer as far as he can tell.
688 Probably just a word processing terminal. Useful, but still.........
689 ...............................................................................
690   Isn't thereNYTHING happening ANYWHERE?
691 ...............................................................................
692   I've been writing music again. Trouble is, I haven't the facilities to play
693 what I write. I'm getting a positively horrendus backup of stuff I've noted
694 down, but I don't know what it sounds like because I can't actually play it.
695   -----Anyone know where I can get a CHEAP portable electric keyboard------
696   -----of preferably no less than two octaves. The little Casios are ------
697   -----what I want to get someday, but for now I'll take a cheap imitation.----
698 ...............................................................................
699 QUESTION FOR THE DAY: Which of these statements is correct?
700 eggs is yellow; or
701        The white of eggs are yellow.?
702 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
703 INCREDIBLY SIMPLE ANSWER: Neither. The whites of eggs ain't yellow.
704 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>B<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
032=Usr:210                   11/30/87 23:54  Msg:839 Call:5551  Lines:8
705@      Isn't there ANYTHING happening ANYWHERE?
706   The above QUESTIONs first sentence should read:
707           The white of eggs is yellow.
708 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>B<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
709@678
710@pr
711 - - - - - - - stupid keyboard- - - - - - stupid modem - - - - - - - - - - - - 
712  
033=Usr:4 Milchar           12/01/87 16:16  Msg:840 Call:5561  Lines:1
713 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Lurkus Modius %%%%%%%%%% M & G %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
034=Usr:7 Leonard Erickson  12/01/87 19:08  Msg:841 Call:5574  Lines:3
714 Justin: What does manual for this beast call itself? Alternatively, there
715 should be some sort makers plate on the thing *somewhere*....
716 ________________________________Leonard________________________________________
035=Usr:188                   12/01/87 20:36  Msg:842 Call:5578  Lines:32
717 ============================Justin the Blue=================================
718   **Leonard:thanks for the unsolicited question. There is a plate on the back
719     That proclaims the machine was made by Ontel Corporation. Additionally,
720     the title on the Main Menu screen proudly identifies it as the:
721               S B S  W O R D  P R O C E S S I N G  S Y S T E M
722     The man who wants me to buy it also brought over a Diablo daisy wheel 
723     printer that weighs pretty close to 6000 pounds. It has no "off" switch
724     and makes a continuous high whining noise when power is on. I have not 
725     yet figured out how to make the thing print anything. It claims to have
726     a Direct-Typewriter mode but that things screwy, too. 
727        Also, I notice that perusing through the manual gives no info what-
728     so ever about who made the system. 
729        Additionally, drive 1 ( the top one ) tends to give system errors 
730     when I try to duplicate or initiallize a disk. But as far as that goes,
731     Martin here tells me that its extremely curable. The other problem is
732     probably very solvable(and I just got an inspiration on how).
733        All this guy wants is $50 for the thing. Think I'll scrape it up
734     and make it my own. Its not the toy I've been wanting, but I've gotten
735     wind that I'll be running into one of those too.
736  
737  **Cheryl: Communicate apologies to your brother that Brittania and I didnt
738     make the game. We really wanted to but the Infinite Is thought it would
739     make practical jokes that day. We'll try to make it down there-and of
740     course, across town to see you. I dont believe you've met Brittania
741     (aka Tansy) yet. You'd like her. ***I know I do!***
742  
743      I'll quit taking up board space for personal kah-kah now. 
744      Sorry, no inspiration of story yet. Maybe later.
745      ****Hey, what'd ya think of my last?****
746 =============================Justin the Blue=================================
747                 Thanks for the insurrection.
748 =============================================================================
036=Usr:128                   12/01/87 21:30  Msg:843 Call:5581  Lines:6
749 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
750 Milchar -- it's been a while since I've dropped in here.  It's simply the
751 press of work (the Peter principle?).  I've not been writing much, just
752 hiring writers (sigh).  Someday I've got to finish the story of the piper's
753 search for Peg...  It's still a little close and not too pretty.
754 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
037=Usr:252                   12/01/87 22:44  Msg:844 Call:5585  Lines:9
755 0000000000000000000000000000000000000
756  
757 Attn: all usuers
758   note: If you work at Powell's book
759 store please leave e-mail to #252 OR
760 call Imaginations unltd. at 252-xxxx
761 #193.
762           Thank you
763 0000000000000000000000000000000000000
038=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      12/02/87 00:35  Msg:845 Call:5595  Lines:6
764 ********************************************************************
765 Minor bug... It seems that with user 250 we have picked up a minor
766 little bug, the user lister doesn't recognize the user as being
767 accepted even though everything is in the file. Have patience while
768 I try to figure out what the problem is.
769@****************************** CM *********************************
039=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      12/02/87 00:42  Msg:846 Call:5599  Lines:3
770 Your name and password are there, and you can log on, it is
771 just the user listing that has a problem.
772 ****************************** CM ************************************
040=Usr:210                   12/02/87 00:47  Msg:847 Call:5600  Lines:10
773  
774 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
775 GENERAL QUESTION: To anyone else out there who is also on No Name. I have four
776 different phone numbers for No Name, which is good. However, one of them, the
777 first on my list(245-xxxx) never works. It rings and I get the tone, but 
778 nothing ever comes up. The other three numbers work fine (when they're not busy
779 .....), but not this one. I'm going to notify the sysop the next time I can get
780 on, but I would like to know if anyone else has the same problem. 
781 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
782  
041=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY      12/02/87 01:09  Msg:848 Call:5602  Lines:6
783 OK, it is working again, seems that the problem started on the
784 1st of december. Which is a result of a test in the user list
785 routine which checks to see if the user number is valid by
786 looking at the month "If user.Amonth < 12 then userbad := true;".
787 But since december is the 12th month.....
788 *************************** CM ************************************
042=Usr:214                   12/02/87 10:40  Msg:849 Call:5610  Lines:8
789 The first line on NoName is 2400 baud *only* now, so you'll have to use
790 one of the other four.  (There are actually 5 public ones now.)
791  
792 Speaking of NoName, what does one have to do to get validated on there?
793 I've been trying for over a month, but nobody ever calls me, and my
794 application seems to be deleted periodically.  My husband, on the other
795 hand, has been validated already.  And I called before he did!
796 --------------------------------------------------------------------
043=Usr:210                   12/02/87 12:49  Msg:850 Call:5612  Lines:7
797  
798 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
799   No Name is one of the wierdest boards I've ever been acquainted with. It took
800 about 3 weeks for me to get validated. I'm basically unknown on the boards, 
801 too. Try changing your logon name, maybe. That worked for a friend of mine.
802 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
803  
044=Usr:117                   12/02/87 15:26  Msg:851 Call:5614  Lines:44
804 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* themnax of lananara *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
805      lots of neet stuff in the last couple of days.  nice to see the Inn 
806 livening back up.  anyway...
807      Lijo hadn't intended to attempt a full resurection.  She knew she had
808 neither the strength nor craft for that.  The whole idea of a spirit autopsy 
809 was to establish the circumstances prior to death.  Ffor that the memories of 
810 a close friend or associate were required as a focus.
811      An immage came through faided, as if something somewhere were trying to 
812 hold it back.  The need projecting was palpable.  That came through too.
813      Could the Elendar somehow be holding captive Regnor's spirit?
814      The immage that got through, however breafly, was of a great winged rep-
815 tilian, somehow not entirely substantial, flapping in steady pace with Regnor's
816 carrivan as it carefully threaded its way down the winding mountain road.  As 
817 the winged horror grew more opaque and changed to a warmer color, it was as if 
818 some great invisable hand swept slowly up the carrivan's length.  Each wagon 
819 seamed to burst, splinter and practicaly turn inside out.  Suddenly all was
820 red and screaming torment for an instant, then gone.  
821      Nothing.
822      Every attempt to reistablish contact met a fortress like invisable wall.
823      The body of Regnor was gone.  Thovu had seen it fade.  First translucent,
824 then transpearent, then gone.
825      They were all shaken.  Togather they retired to a meditation room for a 
826 soothing.
827                                 *=*=*=*
828      The Elendar have always been, so the legends say.  There are some who say
829 they are as old as the world.  Some say they built the world.  
830      Be that as it may, they were here before the coming of the Gates.  Some 
831 say it is they who built them.  Others not.
832      Thair lot is no longer one of peace.
833      They haunt the wild places and work enchantments to ends unknown.  Where
834 the maps show vast areas, whited out, largely unexplored, where the roads that
835 cross these are lined both sides with little red death's heads, universal 
836 symbol of warning, these lands they hold.
837      It is said the wild hunting beasts have become thair companions.  These 
838 and creatures too hedios to mention.  Some say these are only the wild stories 
839 of those who have known great and inexplicable fear.  Whatever the truith of 
840 the matter, carrivans vanish.  Every season one hears of another or several.  
841 Sometimes without so much as a splinter to mark the spot.
842                                 *=*=*=*=*
843      Darkthorn would not have considered himself an object of fear, except 
844 perhaps to the roots, nuts, berries, squirrels, rabbits, occasional deer and
845 even more occasional elk, mountain goad or wild boar on which his people
846 largely survived.
847 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=**=*=*=*=*=**=*=*=*
045=Usr:210                   12/02/87 22:50  Msg:852 Call:5627  Lines:8
848 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
849 I'm getting thoroughly upset with No Name. It let me on last night, at which
850 time I got a positively enticing proposition (no, NOT that kind, this is con-
851 cerning music) but there's no way I can get on tonight. If anyone else can
852 get on, could you PLEASE tell me if I'm doing something wrong? Or, if I'm
853 not doing anything wrong (I'm pretty sure it isn't my fault) could you please
854 notify the sysop about my dilemma? I'm Brittannia there, too. Thanx.
855 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> B <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
046=Usr:210                   12/02/87 23:11  Msg:853 Call:5628  Lines:2
856 And no, the system wasn't down when I tried to get on.
857 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
047=Usr:196                   12/03/87 18:06  Msg:854 Call:5651  Lines:6
858 Hello again, Justin...I will convey your apologies to R*A*Y--but only
859 if you promise to visit, okay?!!!  Life is pretty freaky on this end.
860 I just got laid off again (for the second time in less than six 
861 months!).  There's a good chance I may be hired by MultCo Library,
862 but I won't be holding my breath.  How's life with you?  TTYL,
863                                                          ***Cheryl***
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864 Hello, I'm new here. My names Kevin Connell. Now enough with the nerdy stuff. 
865 Let's get down to some serious partying!
866  
867  
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868 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
869 Justin - If you use the reference, you must follow the thought, no?
870 The infinite Is did not want to play tricks, you decided that it was time that 
871 you had some tricks played.  "We seek out problems because we need their 
872 gifts."  - Messiah's Handbook.  Incidentally, I have a copy of the Messiah's
873 Handbook, and it does actually work, but then, so does any book.
874 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]   Friar    [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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875  
876 Hey Kevin Conell, if you really want to PARTY call Houdini's Place 636634!
877 I'm Bartender SLUG there and I'll give you a FREE drink! Call now all of you
878 out there!
879 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SLUG>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
880  
881 ALL PURPOSE MARKER #1.
882 Excuse me Houdini's Place phone number is 639-xxxx.screwed it up the first time
883  
884                                                                            SLUG
885 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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886 ==============================Justin the Blue===============kinda buzzed=======
887 ***Friar....Thanks for the input. So often does one learn the pattern but for
888    get the motivation or the rationale. And I have the damn book on my shelf
889    and pretend to live by it, but it seems as though I should readx 
890    it again. 
891    And I need and want that growth that I try to get in the catastrophes I 
892    invite. Thank you for reminding me to look inside for the reasons for
893    the things I sometimes do.
894    And I dont know you that well! Keep in touch:I'm also eagle@agora and
895    JUSTIN KLEIN(#020) on The Blue Parrot.
896 ***Cheryl:1)you got an agora logon yet? It would be great getting email from
897    you there. 2)Ill try to visit Snailem soon-I miss Bubby and Kenny and my 
898    Mom and Sissy-and exactly how has things gotten weird over on your side of
899    the world? I think its about time Brittania and I paid an unannounced 
900    visit into the wilds of SE 86th Ave and Greater Montavilla....
901  
902    ttyl and What It was............Love and Anthrax.
903 =============================Justin the Blue===================================
904   In the words of Jeff Lynne:
905                                       ....LOOK OUT!!!
906   ps to Cheryl:check me out on The Blue Parrot. I think youll like what you 
907     see. My work resides in B9.....
908  
909       It's been lonesome in the saddle since my horse died......
910                                         (oh, sing it...)
911 ===============================================================================
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912@>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BR>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
913 Figured out what happened to me on No Name, I think. Probably my fault.
914 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
915 Welcome to the wonderful world of poetic meter. Recently discovered pages      
916 from a heretofore unknown Shakespeare manuscript have proven the existance
917 of a new form of notation in several altogether different styles. In other
918 words, I'd be willing to bet you've never seen anything like this before.
919    This particular style is called  RICOTTA:
920  
921    > @ <  |  0-0 ^^  |  
922@>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
053=Usr:210                   12/05/87 23:48  Msg:860 Call:5734  Lines:6
923       {{  ::  |  <=>  -- 
924  
925    Consisting of: a lazuli between a jiggle and a counter-jiggle, a pair of
926    spigots connected by a turnstyle, a sonar, a whiffle, a set of parslii,
927    and a lateral pass.
928 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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929@ 
930  
931 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
932 .
933 Muse,
934 .
935      Are you still lurking about on the backwaters?  Nothing out of
936 the mundane is happening in the Emerald City.  The dreaded "Finals
937 Week" is coming up soon, however.  Please tell Helix I said hello.
938 Until subsequent occasion...
939 .
940                     Fable Master
941 .
942 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
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943 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
944 Too late!  It's too late!  It's.... ATTACK OF THE KILLER MUTANT FINALS
945 WEEK part 7, "This time It's Personal."  Starring several thousand
946 college students at an institution of higher learning near you.
947 ++++++++++++++++ M&G, one down, three to go ++++ 12/07/87 +++++++++++++++
056=Usr:210                   12/07/87 17:50  Msg:863 Call:5775  Lines:1
948@>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRITTANIA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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949 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
950  
951      Ya know Jack...I'm a writer.  I lover a good story and a lusty tale.  BUT 
952 is that all you all do??   (Or is iit just getting late in the disk perge?)
953 Well anyway are any of you all thinkers?   Here's a question.....
954  
955      What makes people do what they do?  What motavates peolpe?
956  
957  
958  
959           Kodachrome
960  
961 Goodbye Norma Jean....
962 0000000000000000000000000000000000 12-7-'87 00000 6:35pm 0000000000000000000000
963 by the way Houdini's Palace really isn't all that bad.  I call from time to 
964 time.
965 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
058=Usr:210                   12/08/87 14:26  Msg:865 Call:5796  Lines:2
966 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
967  
059=Usr:23                   12/08/87 21:26  Msg:866 Call:5807  Lines:1
968 ++++++++++++++ 3 down, 1 to go ++++++++ M&G lurk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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969 #############################################################################
970 ############################ Flicka! ########################################
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973  
974  
975 Command: EN
976 Who Wants to hear some Heavy Metal???????
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980  
981  
061=Usr:188                   12/09/87 00:15  Msg:868 Call:5812  Lines:1
982 ##################So how long is Disk A going to remain in this time?##########
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998 oops
999