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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 9 JAN 84 *******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly 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 privatly 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 older 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 HELLO? I'M NEED OFNOTHER PERSON TO CHAT WITH. I'M GETTING NEGLECTED!! WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CHAT WITH ME ABOUT FOOTBALL, THEIR
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20 GIRLFRIEND-BOYFRIEND, HOW THEIR SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM IS DOING...SOMETHING, BUT JUST AS LONG AS I CAN TALK TO SOMEONE.
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21
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22 THANKS,
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23 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ SANDI $$$$$$$$$$$$
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24
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25 /EX
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26 HI THERE SANDI! FIRST OF ALL I'M NOT MUCH GOOD IN TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL
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27 BUT I THINK WE COULD GET A GOOD CONVERSATION GOING JUST ASKING EACH OTHER
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28 SOME QUESTIONS LIKE:
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29
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30 1. WHY IN THE WORLD DO TURTLES "NOT" FLY?
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31 JUST KIDDING SANDI (I'M REALLY NOT THAT CRAZY!)
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32
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33 YOU CAN CALL ME LONESOME LONER. I (OF COURSE) HAVE A COMPUTER (THAT'S
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34 SO STUPID I HAVE TO TELL IT "EVERYTHING" TO DO). IT WOULD BE NICE TO MEET
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35 YOU IN PERSON!!! WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO DO THAT WITHOUT USING THIS SYSTEM?
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36
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37 IF YOU WOULD CONTACT ME REAL SOON, THEN WE CAN REALLY GET A "GOOD"
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38 CONVERSATION GOING. RIGHT NOW I SEEM TO "NOT" KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT
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39 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUBJECTS YOU LIKE, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST WAIT
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40 FOR YOU TO ANSWER BACK, OCKAY.
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41
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42 I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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44 YOUR'S ALWAYS!
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45
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46 ****************************LONESOME LONER********************************
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47
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48 SANDI: IF YOU LEAVE ME A MESSAGE, I PROBABLY WON'T GET IT UNTIL JAN. 6 AT
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49 AROUND 11:00 P.M. BECAUSE I WORK LATE. SO IF I DON'T RESPOND REAL SOON,
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50 JUST HANG IN THERE BECAUSE I "WILL" ANSWER.
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51
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52 I HOPE YOU DON'T FEEL TOO NEGLETED NOW. I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!! BUT NOW
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53 THAT I CAN TALK TO EVERYONE AT THE INN, I DON'T FEEL NEGLECTED ANYMORE.
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54
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55 OH NO!!!!! (I SPELLED THE "FIRST" "NEGLECTED" WRONG!!!) MAYBE I SHOULD
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56 GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!
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57
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58 REPLY SOON!!!! I'LL BE WAITING.........
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59
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60 YOURS ALWAYS
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61 ****************************LONESOME LONER********************************
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62 SANDI: I WAS JUST ON CBBW/NW AND BOY WAS THERE ALOT OF MESSAGES FOR YOU!!
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63 I SURE HOPE YOU STILL DON'T FEEL NEGLECTED ANYMORE!
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64 RESPOND SOON!!!
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65
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66 YOURS ALWAYS! THE ONE AND ONLY
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67 *************************!!!LONESOME LONER!!!*****************************
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68 ===========================================================================
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69 He stopped with the wet sting of moisture laden branches against his
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70 face. Recent scratches sent host lines of pain along his bare arms.
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71 Heaving a deep breath, he smelled the dank wet mould of the forest floor.
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72 How far had he run? The music of the distant pipes no longer sent
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73 rivers of fire racing through his veins; no longer sang their insistent
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74 call in his ears; no longer forced his tired muscles to race to their
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75 call. He shook his head, and forced himself back to a somewhat puzzled
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76 view of reality.
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77 Why had he let it grip him? Why leave the warmth and comfort of the
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78 inn for some half-remembered dream that he had long ago abandoned?
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79 Thank the gods (even the White Christ) that the piping had been only
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80 Coel Baeg, the lesser music. And, thank the gods, the piper was silent
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81 now.
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82 He turned, lost in the moon-shot mists, all senses alive, questing.
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83 Could he hear -- faintly -- the soft hum of conversation? The ripple
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84 of a quiet stream? The rustle of moist leaves disturbed by a soft step?
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85 His nostrils twitched, hoping to smell a faint trace of the inn's
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86 smoky fire.
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87
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88 =====(I better name this guy -- how about )=== Rory ===================
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89 Whisper- Dost thou remember the seller of books whose premises we used
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90 while exploring Agnath? I will send a scroll to him to hold until thou
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91 callest for it. Just tell him that thou art "Prospero's apprentice".
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92 This scroll will tell how we may communicate in secret on these systems.
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93 .....................................the apprentice..........................
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94 Leroy:watch out for Serena! You have been tricked! The Dali Lama hasn't been
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95 in Tibet for 30 years.
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96 _______________________________Leonard____________________________________
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97 He never considered calling for help. There was none. He was just
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98 as certain that he was the only human within hundreds of miles as he
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99 was that the old croc was watching him from those all too human eyes.
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100 Octapus eyes.
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101 His concentration at its fullest, he began to pull himself out
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102 of the mire of wet earth, still feeling with his mind the weight of
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103 the dragon as it crushed the bushes beneath it, feeling the stress on the
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104 branches, the grass. The dragon was waiting now, only yards away under
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105 the bushes to the left. It would require only one burst of those
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106 massive muscles to cross those feet in an instant. Marcus could
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107 feel himself start to give off the scent of fear that would be the
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108 final trigger to the landragon's frenzy. They both stood completely
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109 motionless, the dragon waiting for the perfect moment to strike,
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110 the boy expanding his consciousness out further than he had ever
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111 dared before, risking his life that he would not extend it too far,
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112 unable to break the concentration quickly enough when the moment came.
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113 Marc felt the change in the earth, the fury of the dragon's
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114 bloodlust peak and barely managed to spring aside as the croc's
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115 jaws closed around the earth where he had been. In the instant it took
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116 for the dragon to regain its balance, he had slipped the noose around the
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117 landragon's legs and was off at a dead run. He ran laughing with the
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118 pure joy of winning. He'd done it! After two days of hide-and-seek
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119 with the monster of the world, he'd outdone it. The crudely
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120 wovenrope would not hold long, but by then his trail would be too
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121 confused for a very hungry dragon to bother with.
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122
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123 ------------------------ Daver ----------------------------------
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124
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125 Hey, McKane, my man: What's all dis jive about agents and codes,
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126 huh? Sure, I was willing to fly 'round Iran and kick some ants,
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127 but you ain't said nothin about no Albanians! Maybe "T"'ll take
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128 those suckas on, but I is headin south, brother.
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129
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130 respectfully,
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131 Jake O'Shaunessey.
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132
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133 ------****************************************************-------
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134
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135 Loner:
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136 Cancel that order for Blondes. What we REALLY need is some
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137 women with brains, a much more precious commodity. The rest
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138 is window dressing.
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139
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140 Contremon Valerius.
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141
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142 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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143 :*************************************************************:
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144
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145 Backwater is great. What other place could I take my
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146 personality apart and see responses to its pieces. Artaeus is
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147 my professional side, Grand Dragon Master my imaginative side,
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148 and LeRoy McKane my...uh, well, my...beats me what that's all
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149 about.
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150
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151 Though I couldn't resist making Natasha mentally ill, in the
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152 future Aretaeus and the Grand Dragon Master won't cross paths.
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153 They will remain separate entities, Reality & Fantasy.
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154
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155 Everything I said as Aretaeus is, to the best of my knowledge,
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156 true. I am using the character to develop material for future
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157 public speaking and radio broadcasts.
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158
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159 This board is helping me clarify my thinking, sharpen my
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160 writing, and test out my ideas. I appreciate your help in
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161 sharpening the tools of my trade. Thanks.
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162
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163 Aretaeus (30-90 A.D.) was a Roman who first proposed that
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164 mental disorders were exaggerations of normal behavior. His
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165 insights into how abnormal behavior breaks into symptom
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166 patterns set the stage for modern diagnosis. Such as it is.
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167
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168 Innkeeper: Where might we mail money to you to pay for our
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169 drinks and keep you in discs?
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170
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171 :**********************************************************:
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172 This is a test
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173 This is only a test
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174 Do not, repeat, DO NOT adjust your set.
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175 Repeat: This is a test.
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176
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177 Yes loner, you should go back to school!
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178
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179
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180 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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181 Hello to everyone (that includes sandi and loner)
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182 I'm alway's around the corner, so someone leave
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183 me a few notes too. I can hardly wait for more
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184 of those great stories!
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185 Bo
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186 P.S. Loner: the reason turtles dont fly is that
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187 they cant get their wings out of the shells.
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188 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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189 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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190 BIG BILL:
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191 I'll keep my eyes open for Natasha and try to prevent anything
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192 untoward from happening to her. I'll also alert Serena and instruct her
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193 not to harm Natasha if she shows up. Don't worry about Petrov---Serena
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194 carrys her Beretta 92S 9mm for light work. She can handle KGB drag queens
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195 before breakfast with out breaking into a sweat. She's still in a bad
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196 mood since Pedro went to donkey heaven and would like to work out her
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197 aggressions somewhere.
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198 Tell Leroy the ALBANIAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY will try to do anything
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199 we can to help.
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200 MAQUID SALUDE
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201 MOHAMMED WASSIR
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202 <The Friendly Albanian>
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203 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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204 Alas, poor Pedro; I knew him well --Serena--
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205
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206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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207 What! Serena is carrying a Beretta. I thought that she would
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208 never fool with anything Italian. What's that matter with the
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209 old reliable Uze?
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210
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211 - Pops -
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212 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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213 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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214 WELL, d , I'VE NOT RAN INTO YOU FOR SO LONG I GUESS THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE
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215 TO CATCH YOU. WHY ARE YOU NOT ADDING YOUR IMAGINATIVE FLARE TO THIS TALE
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216 BEING SPUN.? I'M SCHOCKED BY YOUR SILENCE.
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217 GRAND DRAGON MASTER OR ARTAEUOS(?): I WOULD THOROUGHLY ENJOY SEEING THIS
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218 SHOW YOU PRODUCED, BUT WERE YOU BEING SERIOUS OR MERELY JOKING?
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219 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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220 ___________________________________________________________________________
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221 Most benificient greetings to all:
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222 I am a the greatest Ninja to ever live. Many a warrior has felt the
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223 cold sting of my blade. I would knock off a land dragon and that panty
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224 waist Marc before luch. Uzes are non effective against me as I can jump
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225 aside before you can blink. I am the most powerful fighting machine in
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226 the universe and am seeking employment. Any takers?
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227 ????Ha??????HA????Ha????Ninja Loo Tau Foo???Ha?????HA???????Ha?????????????
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228 ...who put you out of your job, then? <snicker>...
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229 :*************************************************************:
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230
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231 Deborah:
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232
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233 Anything I sign Aretaeus is real. Grand Dragon Master and his
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234 friends are my excape from what is real. Excape through my
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235 slightly overactive imagination is how I keep everything in
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236 balance. It is how I take care of myself.
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237
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238 "Nuts To You" is no joke. It is a real production. If you (or
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239 anyone else) would like to know more about it send me a self
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240 addressed stamped envelop. I'll send you some press clippings
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241 and whatever else I have lying around.
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242
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243
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244
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245
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246 Aretaeus
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247
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248 :*************************************************************:
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249 *************************************************************************
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250 PAM: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T WRITE? IT WAS AN EXCELENT START!
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251 ****************** CISTOP MIKEY ****************************************
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252 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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253 The word is " Uzi"
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254
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255 ::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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256 >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
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257
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258 The merryment of the tavern failed to conquer his contemplative mood....
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259 his hands around his ale, his head stooped in thought ......what
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260 what was it ..............
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261 His personal affairs had been settled in a short few phases of the moon.
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262 The inhabitants of this fair harbour village were helpful and kind....but
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263 in a distant protective fashion. He had gauged this reaction to be one of
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264 unfamiliarity as opposed to mistrust. Musing to himself he thought one could
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265 live here decades and never really be accepted..
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266 Yet thinking over the recent months perhaps this guarded assistance the
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267 locals tacitly expressed spoke of another facet of the community that he had
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268 until recently been unaware...........
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269 It was that indefinable feeling....a tingle at the back of the mind ....
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270 not unlike an itch for want of a place to scratch....long ago he had termed it
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271 " The Ambigious Itch" it was his minds way of confirming that all was not
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272 what it seemed.
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273 This land he thought was as unknown as the sea had been in his youth.
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274 And it was in this geographical pursuit that the "Itch" was most apparent....
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275 Perhaps it was the inconsistency of the people that precipitated the feeling....
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276 They knew the comming & going of all ships crew & cargo and recounted vast
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277 histories of the town and coastline yet when questioned about what lay towards
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278 the mountains the answers grew vague and unsure and the topic quickly changed.
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279 Or perhaps it was that he had been unable to locate the wizened man
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280 he had spoken to his first night on land, the only one to recount anything of
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281 value .........................
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282 Regardless of the condition the arrangements had been made. His rucksack
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283 packed ,his room overlooking the port had been paid for several months in
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284 advance. The only personal effect lacking was a walking stick which he had
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285 planned on finding tomorrow on the rivers wash as he began his quest upstream.
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286 ..................Leaving change on the bar he thanked the barkeep and left
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287 Returning to his room he found a note forced under his door. Opening the
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288 parchment a coin fell to the floor. He retriived the fallen object. And on
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289 examination an odd geometric pattern was apparent.......he would clean it later
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290 Written on the parchment in a strange runic scribe was
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291 Be thy careful sailor
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292 Choose thy course well
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293 For the price of failure
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294 Only doon will tell
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295
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296 Dumbstruck the itch became a rash
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297
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298 >>----------------------------------------------------------Brendan-----------<<
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299 Gary: To your question...I honestly am trying to disentangle your moods or
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300 several sides or credibility. Doesn't spending reform aid GOOD uses?
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301 Leonard: Omigawd, now they've brought out your loony side, too. I once
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302 thought you were clone-proof.
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303 Brendan: I appreciated your poignant pauses several lines up -- a nice
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304 touch for rapid readers.
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305 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Rodman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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306 CONTREMON VALERIUS: IT IS VERY TRUE!
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307 *********-HELLO-*************
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308 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 07 Jan 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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309 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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310 Blustery voices--crush of people--strangers dark and seething--
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311 nattering young--she had fled from the source, but the Inn's rush
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312 and clatter haunted her: the story of triumph-claimed by a boy Marcus
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313 grieved her; the rapidly-changing faces and overly-loud voice of one
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314 newcomer unnerved her, especially the shift of expressions when he spoke
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315 of this ailment called 'schizophrenia'...
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316 hearing the beauty and power of poetic description woven with skill
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317 into the tales related by firelight, yet those eyes...their eyes gazed
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318 vacantly, as if the listeners who drew close in admiration existed not.
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319
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320 once, hoping to speak with one of these poets, and with a curtsy, strove
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321 to offer a greeting. But his melodic voice droned on, his eyes fixed
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322 unwaveringly on some point in the fourth dimension...bewilderment and
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323 chagrin caused her to retreat, slipping quickly towards the back of
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324 the Inn to sort out this puzzlement.
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Her eyes sought the place where
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325 Pam was wont to linger--but such was the throng, only a rare glimpse
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326 was she rewarded with. Deborah had called her name from the hearth,
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327 playfully teasing about a game of chess, eyes uncomprehending...
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328
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329 in a seaside hamlet where the townfolk ask no questions and kept to
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330 themselves...there, in the darkness she wanders by the lapping waters,
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331 cloaked in soft brown and shielding a guttering lantern from the mischief
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332 of the wind, seeking in vain for the phosphorescent wakes of fish once
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333 seen from these very docks, the magic, dancing trails of light...
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Peace
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334 had begun to steal over her, a relaxed, drowsy feeling, as she listened
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335 to the chortle of the waters against the timbers--but an unexpected
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336 groan and scrape shattered it! Quickly she knelt and extinguished
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337 the flame, turning wary eyes toward the sound. On an adjacent dock,
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338 a grizzled figure was silouetted (she wondered why his bright lantern,
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339 placed beside him, had not revealed him before) with attention clearly
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340 focused upon his leg. His face was scrunched into lines of pain, and
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341 she made an involuntary gesture towards him, an inarticulate attempt
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342 to aid him in compassion...and felt a curious sense of kinship with
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343 him, just as if she knew the gnarled old fellow...
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344 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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345 ***************************************************************
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346 Dave:
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347
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348 I've been thinking about what you said and decided to drop
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349 Aretaeus and use my real name. Everything I wrote as Aretaeus
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350 was true. Most of it was based on my experiences within the
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351 mental health system in Oregon. The rest on what I've read.
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352
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353 I use imagination as a tool to excape the stress of a
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354 profession that involves so much human misery and tragedy.
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355 LeRoy, Natasha, and Big Bill are characters as you might find
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356 in an adventure comic strip. The Grand Dragon Master has a
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357 longer history, and is more complicated, but is also designed
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358 to help me relax and have fun.
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359
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360 Originally I didn't intend to reveal that Aretaeus and the
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361 Grand Dragon Master came from the same source. Since Aretaeus
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362 is as real as the Grand Dragon Master is fanciful I didn't
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363 want the two to get confused. I had a lapse of judgement and
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364 allowed the two to become linked. I wish I hadn't...but it's
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365 too late now.
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366
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367 "Nuts To You" probably sounds far fetched but it is real. If
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368 you're curious about it send me a S.A.S.E. and I'll send you
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369 some material on it. You might find it interesting.
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370
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371
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372 Gary
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373
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374 :***********************************************************:
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375
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376 Wassir:
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377
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378 Terrible news. Natasha's body washed to shore near Izmir. She
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379 was bludgeoned to death with the stick shift from a brown and
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380 white four door fifty-seven Chevy Sedan. What happened and why?
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381
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382 Big Bill
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383
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384 :************************************************************:
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385 Dave:What do you mean, -looney? I wasn't kidding. The Dali Lama has been
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386 living in Switzerland & France, since the mid 50s.
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387 To whomever:A Berretta is a pistol. I am told by informed sources that it is
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388 QUITE good. A Uzi is a submachinegun. While it is fairly easy to conceal, it
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389 is NOT the kind of thing you can stick in your purse or pocket!
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390 To the Ninja:Beware, oh foolish one. He who boasts is revealing weakness.
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391 Strive to follow Bushido (as well as one of your kind can...). Remember, only
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392 he who accepts his own death will act correctly.
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393 __________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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394 He ran his eyes over the new staff checking for flaws in the wood. Finding
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395 none, he began to layout the intricate knotwork design he would carve into it.
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396 Suddenly he paused in his work........
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397 Not sure of what had drawn his attention to it, he looked toward the old
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398 staff where it leaned in the corner. It was still quite serviceable, albeit a
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399 tad bit worn here and there. He had decided to make a new one just to keep in
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400 practice. And if he was working on something "useful" like a new staff, his
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401 master wouldn't be looking for chores to "keep him out of trouble".
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402 Deciding that there was SOMETHING about it that needed checking into, he set
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403 aside the new staff and went to the corner. Well, the old rowan staff didn't
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404 appear any different, he still couldn't shake the feeling that something
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405 strange. Sighing, he decided that he might as well use the oversight to settle
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406 his mind about the matter. Sitting back, he closed his eyes and let his mind
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407 drift....
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408 After a while he opened his eyes, went to the cupboard and took a bag. He
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409 reached into the bag and removed several stones. He looked at them thought for
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410 awhile. Finally, he replaced them in the bag and replaced it in on it's shelf.
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411 He gathered up the staff and clasped his cloak about his throat and left.
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412 Later, he stood on a bridge over a stream. Holding the staff above the stream
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413 he chanted:
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414 By the force of your desire you have called
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415 You have been heard,
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416
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417 May the rowan preserve you from darkness,
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418 may the iron with which it is bound be your strength,
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419 And may the skill of it's carving be your guide....
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420
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421 At the final word he dropped the staff into the water, watchin as it floated
|
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422 around the rocks on its way downstream. He hoped that the one whose need he
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423 had felt would be served well by it.
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424 ......................................the apprentice..........................
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425 His world was one of simple joys. The Garden held out all the food
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426 and protection he needed. The rains washed the accumulated grime from
|
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427 his naked body, the sun in the slightly pastel sky kept him tanned and
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428 healthy. And most of all, there was quiet; the quiet of no other
|
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429 creature's thoughts other than his own, the quiet of no other human soul.
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430 It sometimes bothered him, however, that of all the animals and plants
|
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431 in the Garden, the dragon was the only one he couldn't hear coming. It
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432 was if its mind were so different that it was outside his range. But
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433 he didn't bother with that long. Today he was going to the beach.
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434 Running again, for Marck liked running best of all, he thundered
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435 through the tight brush, eyes darting everywhere. Seemingly
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436 oblivious to the path he traveled, his feet still never missed a step
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437 or landed in some small burrow. His awareness of his surroundings and
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438 his empathy with them showed him where to plant his feet without
|
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439 unnecessary bother. His growing empathy with the area in which he lived,
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440 however, was still no match for his physical senses. He still had to
|
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441 rely on his normal senses if he were to remain fed and alive.
|
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442 As he topped the rise before the broad stretch of ocean sand, he
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443 spotted the speeder on the beach. Instinctively he hid himself in
|
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444 the bushes nearest at hand, hiding himself so well that even a dragon
|
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445 couldn't have found him. He knew he had to hide. One of the few
|
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446 memories he had of his earlier life was of a small room and a man
|
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447 bending over him.
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448 "If any strangers come, hide until you are sure you are alone.
|
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449 Hide for your life until I come to get you!"
|
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450
|
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451 ****************************** daver *******************************
|
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452 Aretaeus:
|
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453
|
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454 I agree with your pleas for humanity in general, but it seems you
|
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455 have fallen into the same trap as so many who blindly decry our
|
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456 civilization: You fail to offer an alternative. Given ALL of
|
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457 the problems we face as a conglomerate of hundreds of millions
|
|||
|
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458 of individuals, can you offer a better solution to this problem?
|
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459 Granted a problem exists, but calling our attention to it, while
|
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460 it right to do so, is ineffectual without providing an alternative.
|
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461 I don't have any idea what to do with the mentally ill, so I entrust
|
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462 (however misguidedly) the solutions to the problems wherein I have
|
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463 no expertise to those who do. That is the crux of why so many of us
|
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464 seem to do nothing. Simply, we do not know what to do.
|
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465
|
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466 Contremon Valerius
|
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467
|
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468 _____________________________________________________________________
|
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469 IST
|
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470 ?
|
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471 ]HELLO IA AM A NEW USER ON THIS SYSTEM
|
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472 ]AND I AM HAVING AN EASY TIME ACCESSING IT COMPARED TO SOME OTHER BBS'S
|
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473
|
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474 ?SYNTAX ERROR
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475 ]AS I DON'T HAVE AANY MODEM SOFTWARE
|
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476
|
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]IN DESPRATE NEED OF SOME
|
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477 SYNTAX ERROR
|
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478 L TRABE PROGRAMS FOR IT OR PURCHACE IT
|
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479
|
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] JEFF
|
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480 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
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481 Leonard:
|
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482 Do you doubt my powers? I am prepared to take my life in order to bring
|
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483 shame on my enemies. The sting of my blade is felt by those who oppose me.
|
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484 The laying down of my life is felt by my comrads.
|
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485
|
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486 And to the asker:
|
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487 The reason that I am currently unemployed is that my previous employer
|
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488 betrayed me and now has a throwing star embedded deep into his body.
|
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489 The Ninja
|
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490 __________________________________________________________________________
|
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491 TO MIKE DAY AND EVERYONE ELSE----DOES ANYBODY KNOW WWHAT THE PHONE NO# TO
|
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492 THE ICS BOARD IN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND OUSIDE SEATTLE AND ANY OTHER BOARD
|
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493 NUMBERS ARE AND ANY INFO ON THE SYSOP.COM PROGRAM FROM THE CITADEL LIB.,
|
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494 MY NAME IS RICK AND CAN BE REACHED AT 287-xxxx-THANKS FOR THE HELP...
|
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495 #######################'#################'#################'###############
|
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496 ...Mikey, PLEASE DESTROY the 35 empty lines.
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|
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497 I'm tired of excising them one by one...Thank you.
|
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498 ***********************************************************************:
|
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499 P.S. OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY ENDING?
|
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500 ***************** CISTOP MIKEY ****************************************:
|
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501 CONTREMON VALERIUS: IT IS SO TRUE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE WOMAN BEING
|
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502 GIFTED WITH MINDS (AND WINDOW DRESSING). I GUESS I SHOULD LOOK AT THE
|
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503 INNER QUALITIES BEFORE I LOOK AT THE WINDOW DRESSING BECAUSE THE OUTER
|
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504 LOOK CAN BE VERY DECEIVING! THANKS FOR THE THOUGHT!!!!!!
|
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505
|
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506 GARY: COULD YOU SEND ME SOME INFO. ABOUT "NUTS TO YOU"? I'M REALLY
|
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507 INTERESTED! YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB ABOUT THE MENTALLY ILL. I HAVE
|
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508 A YOUNGER SISTER WHO IS RETARDED, BUT THERE IS NO WAY THAT ANYONE IS
|
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509 GOING TO PUT HER IN AN INSTITUTION OR "HOME" BECAUSE I KNOW THAT "ISN'T"
|
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510 WHERE SHE BELONGS! I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD SEND ME SOME
|
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511 INFO ABOUT YOUR SHOW. PLEASE CALL ME AT 287-3997 ANYTIME.
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512
|
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513 THANKS!!! MY REGARDS TO EVERYONE ON THE SYSTEM!!!!!
|
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514
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515 THE ONE AND ONLY
|
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516 **************************LONESOME LONER********************************
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517 run
|
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518 TY
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519 N M
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520 T Y
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521 ***********************************************************:
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522 AS I LOOK SEARCHINGLY OUT THROUGH THE CROWD, I SPY THE
|
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523 STRANGER WHO ARRIVED BUT A SHORT TIME AGO. TARN I BELEIVE
|
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524 HE SAID HIS NAME WAS. HE WAS STILL AT THE TABLE HIS HEAD IN
|
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525 HIS ARMS APARENTLY FAST ASLEEP. NO ONE BOTHERED HIM FOR IT WAS
|
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526 OBVIOUS FROM THE NUMEROUS EMPTY GLASSES UPON THE TABLE THAT HE
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527 WAS TRYING TO FORGET A VERY UNPLEASENT PAST. I HAD CONTINUED TO
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528 SERVE HIM THRU THE PAST NIGHT, FOR HIS COINAGE WAS GOOD, AND WHO
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529 AM I TO TELL ANOTHER HOW TO LIVE HIS LIFE. I LEFT HIM ALONE SAVE
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530 FOR DELIVERING HIS DRINKS WHICH HE PAID FROM A PILE OF COINS ON
|
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531 HIS TABLE. EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASIONAL ANGRY SHOUT HE WAS A MOST
|
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532 RESPECTABLE AND QUIET PATRON. BUT, NOW I MUST BE OFF TO ATTEND MY
|
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533 CHORES AND BE TO BED, SO I INSTRUCT MY EMPLOYEES TO WATCH OVER THE
|
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534 INN AND ASK PAM TO CLEAN THE FEW TABLES THAT REMAIN, AND I AM OFF.
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535 ********* CISTOP MIKEY INNKEEPER OF BWMS ***************************
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536 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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537
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538 I STAND IN THE COLD AND THE FOG OUTSIDE THE INN THAT HAS BECOME ONE OF
|
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539 MY FAVORITE RESTING PLACES, AND THE DAMP CHILLS MY BODY AS MY THOUGHTS BE-
|
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540 NUMB MY SPIRIT. IT IS 3:00 IN THE MORNING, MOST OF THE PATRONS HAVE CEASED
|
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|
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541 THEIR CLAMOR IN FAVOR OF SLEEP, BUT I FIND THAT I AM RESTLESS DISCONSOLATE.
|
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542 I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT 3:00 AM IS THE MIDNIGHT OF THE SOUL, AND MANY TIMES
|
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543 I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS TRUE. THE LOSS OF ONE SO CLOSE THROUGH MY OWN SEEM-
|
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544 ING INABILITY TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS, TO SAY WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID AT THE
|
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545 TIME, ONCE AGAIN STIRS IN ME THE REALIZATION THAT I MUST SPEAK MORE OFTEN
|
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546 FROM MY HEART AND LESS FREQUENTLY FROM MY MIND.
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547
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548 THE INN HAS BEEN CROWDED OF LATE, AND IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO FIND
|
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549 MY WAY THROUGH THE DOOR, BUT THE CRUSH IS WELCOME TO ME. I CAN STILL FIND
|
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|
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550 ENTRANCE DURING THE LATER HOURS, AND WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT BY OTHERS IS A PLEA-
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551 SANT THING TO SEE. BUT AT TIMES I MISS SOME OF MY FORMER COMPATRIOTS, AND I
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552 WONDER WHAT MIGHT HAVE BECOME OF THEM. HROTHGAR OF THE MIGHTY TOWERS OF
|
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553 HEREOT, ANON, CYM, AND DOM WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR MANY MONTHS WERE ALL
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554 DEAR TO ME. AND AARON HAS BEEN AWAY, BUSY WORKING ON A UNICOM DEVICE AND IS
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555 UNAVAILABLE TO US. I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WILL RETURN SOON.
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556
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557 THE CHILL IS DEEP WITHIN ME NOW, SO I MUST DEPART FOR HOME. THE EVIL
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558 THEURGY OF PAST EVENTS IS A POWERFUL TALISMAN WORKING AGAINST ME, BUT I KNOW
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559 I HAVE THE POWERFUL AMULETS OF MY OWN WILL AND DETERMINATION THAT WILL GIVE
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560 ME PEACE EVENTUALLY, SO I WILL ENDURE.
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561
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562 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM-[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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566 PAM: I AM QUITE STRUCK AND MOVED BY YOUR WORDS, FOR THE WORDS
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567 FROM YOUR HEART ECHO THOSE THAT ONCE CAME FROM MY OWN. THERE
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568 IS FAR TOO MUCH PAIN IN THIS WORLD, SO WHY DO WE BRING YET
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569 EVEN MORE ON OURSELVES? PERHAPS WE FEAR THE RISK OF EVEN
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570 GREATER PAIN AND THUS STAY CLOSELY ENCASED IN OUR OWN LITTLE
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571 SHELL OF EMOTIONS NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE SHARED BY ANY OTHER FOR
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572 FEAR THAT THEY WILL BREAK IT. AT 7:00AM IT IS FAR TOO EARLY TO
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573 BE THINKING OF SUCH THINGS, FOR THE MIND IS STILL FOGGY FROM
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574 THE COLD NIGHTS ENFOLDING ARMS.
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575 *************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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576 -------------------------------------------------------------
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577 The words of Tarn are familar, I wonder who it is....
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578 --------------- Not ME --------------------------------------
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581 PAM: GET THIS SPACE FILLED UP!!!!
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588 UPON RETURN TO THE INN I FIND THAT, ONCE AGAIN, THIS TABLE HAS BEEN
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589 ABANDONED AND LEFT TO ME TO CLEAN. THE MAN WHO WAS AT THE NEARBY TABLE HAS
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590 LEFT, LEAVING MANY TANKARDS TO SHOW HIS PRESENCE, AND THE AIR LEFT BEHIND IN
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591 HIS ABSENCE IS FILLED WITH A SORROW THAT IS FAMILIAR TO ME IN ITS SENSATION.
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592 A SENSE OF LOSS, OR PERHAPS ONE OF DESERTION, CAUSES HIM TO INDULGE IN A
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593 REVERIE THAT MAY NOT BE PRODUCTIVE OR IN HIS OWN BEST INTERESTS. BUT IT IS
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594 NOT FOR ME TO DESIDE WHETHER IT IS IN HIS BENEFIT, FOR I TOO HAVE TRAVELED
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595 THAT ROAD. I WILL MERELY CLEAN HIS PLACE, AND HOPE THAT WHEN HE RETURNS HE
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596 WILL FIND HIMSELF IN A HAPPIER MOOD.
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598 I HAVE SEEN OCCASIONAL GLIMPSES OF MY FRIEND OF THE DRAGONS, BUT NOW I
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599 BELIEVE SHE HAS AGAIN LEFT THE INN. I HOPE THAT THE LOOSE TALK OF HUNTING
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600 HAS NOT CAUSED HER OFFENSE, OR GIVEN HER PAUSE TO THINK THAT SHE IS NOT WEL-
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601 COME. SHE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ALL HUNTERS SPEAK OF ADVENTURES THAT HAVE
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602 HAPPENED ONLY IN THEIR IMAGINATIONS, AND EXAGGGERATE SO TO APPEAR GREATER IN
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603 THE EYES OF THEIR FELLOWS, OR EVEN TO STOKE THE WANING FIRES OF THEIR OWN
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604 EGOS. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT, WHILE EVEN DRAGONS ARE NOT
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605 ABOVE PETTY EVIL AND JEALOUSY IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, THEY ONLY THREATEN DEATH
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606 AND DESTRUCTION IN THE MINDS OF HUMANS, RATHER THAN IN REALITY. THOUGH
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607 THEY MAY NOT BE ABOVE AN EXTREMELY SUBTLE HUMOR THAT FEW ARE CAPABLE OF
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608 SEEING.
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610 CLEAN THE TABLE, CLEAN THE TABLE!! I WILL, SIRRAH, IF ONLY I HAVE THE
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611 CREATIVITY TO DO SO. I DID ATTEMPT TO VISIT YOUR OWN LITTLE ESTABLISHMENT,
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612 DJJ, BUT I FOUND THE DOOR CLOSED AND LOCKED AS IT HAS OFTEN BEEN IN THE PAST
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613 FEW WEEKS. I HOPE THAT THE DISASTER THAT BEFELL YOU WILL SOON BE RESOLVED,
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614 AND THAT YOUR DOORS WILL AGAIN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PERHAPS HE NEEDS A
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615 GOOD BARMAID TO CLEAN UP AFTER HIM? BUT THEN, I AM HAPPY IN MY PLACE, AND
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616 I WOULD HESITATE TO EVER LEAVE THE STERN BUT GRACEFUL EMPLOY OF OUR CISTOP.
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618 I WOULD THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORDS, FRIEND MIKEY. THERE ARE TIMES
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619 WHEN THE HEART IS HEAVY AND FULL OF DOUBT, AND IT IS AT THESE TIMES THAT WE
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620 MOST NEED THE REASSURANCE OF THOSE FRIENDS. I HOPE THAT YOUR MISADVENTURE
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621 CAME TO A PROPER CONCLUSION. I WOULD SAY A HAPPY CONCLUSION, BUT SOMETIMES
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622 THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
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624 ONCE AGAIN, THE INN IS EMPTY OF PATRONS, AND THE TABLES AND BAR ARE
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625 CLEANED AND STRAIGHTENED, THE CHAIRS UPTURNED AND ON THE TABLES, AND THE
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626 LAMPS AND CANDLES EXTINGUISHED. THOSE WHO WILL STAY THE NIGHT HAVE RETIRED
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627 TO THEIR ROOMS, AND I MUST RETURN HOME. AH, I LONG FOR THE WARM SPRING.
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