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MARGIN IS 85
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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 570
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED 28 FEB 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 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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20 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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21 The buzzing sound around the small table in the inn was so faint it could be
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22 a fly buzzing in the bottom of a bottle. Those gathered around the table
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23 including a young man with an oddly shaped hammer in his belt barely noticed
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24 as the sound grew in volume. Soon it was pervasive, the drone of distant
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25 pipes, approaching quicker, the drone increasing in volume as the approach
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26 quickened. Suddenly the air shimmered and the piper appeared, playing
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27 the rather trite march "Scotland the Brave."
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28 His appearance had changed slightly. He carried a different leather sporran
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29 belted around his waist, and, in addition, carried a dirk sheathed at
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30 his waist. He came to the end of the song, stopped the pipes, and sat at
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31 the table.
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32 "Please excuse me for rushing off that way, but I thought that I had
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33 better see if I could catch some essential supplies. I'm afraid that this
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34 is the most weapon that I can carry."
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35 He unsheathed the dirk anddisplayed it's 18 inch length to the company.
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36 He then resheathed the weapon and continued.
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37 "I was also able to get some supplies from an old friend .... "
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38 He lifted the leather sporran onto the table and opened it. Reaching deep
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39 into the sporran, the piper pulled out a long, squared, glass bottle that
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40 obviously could not have fit within. Reaching in again, he fumbled for
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41 some time, then to a clink of glassware, pulled out six or seven glass
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42 tumblers. He passed them to the brave party and poise the bottle over
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43 the first.
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44 "I was able to get a drop of the Glenlivit to send us off on our quest.
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45 For a journey like this it seemed useful to begin with a single malt."
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46 The piper poured each a tumbler of the oily brown fluid, then raise his
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47 glass to the company.
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48 "Chaos and confusion to the Hairy Fish-Nuts!"
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49 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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50 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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51 Foti,why term. reagan? he is just the figurehead for the people who control
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52 him.the people who backed his multi-mega-buck campaign for instance,I too,am
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53 for disarmmament,but in a rather different way...
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54 If we(the u.s.a.) desrtoyed ALL of our nuclear weapons tommorow,what would
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55 happen?
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56 1.Russia would instantly invade us and make us all communnests,right? WRONG!
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57 how would russia control us? if they used nuclear weapons on us the land
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58 that they are after will be radio-active for too long to be of any use.there
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59 are not enough people in russia for this to happen.it seems to me that if
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60 Japan can get along and even thrive w/o nukes,we can too.I realise that this
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61 scene will NEVEr take place,because our government is controled by large
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62 multi-national companys that make lotsa bucks on nuke weapons,TRW for
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63 example.
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64 The Man in Gray
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65 p.s. Tron,ive been told by more then one person that I talk like a 40 year
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66 old wise man.age doesn't matter on this medium.
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67 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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68 ###############################################################
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69 That's right, age doesn't matter. Contrary to popular opinion
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70 I thought you were a kid. I'd guess eighteen years old. Max.
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71 ###############################################################
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72 Johnathan Chance: I was quoting from the article, & in any case ALL
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73 mesons ARE leptons!
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74 In fact according to SOME theories, a muon is merely an excited state of an
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75 electron. (Thanks for the comment anyway)
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76
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77 Derek Kinne: I suggest you read your msgs after leaving them. This system
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78 does NOT accept uploads very well, you lost the first (2-10?) letters of
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79 each line.
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80
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81 DOM: First, in regard to your language, "Shikata-ga-nai".
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82 Now as to your other points,
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83 1. the fact that something can't be proven is not sufficient cause to
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84 believe that it DOESN'T exist either.
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85 2. I agree, one god is about as likely as another (ie not very).
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86 3. I must disagree, nothingness (depending on your definition) is NOT
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87 necessarily the simplest possible state. (see article mentioned on previous disk
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88 ______________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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89 ps. I *hope* I got the Japanese right!
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90 ________________________________________________________________________________
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91 The bard, finally noticing what he was doing, apoligized; "I started doing
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92 this a LONG time ago. It's a habit I cultivated to keep off the 'Hairy Fishnuts'
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93 The cord is a Thuggee garrotte, and I'm sure you know how well THEY get along
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94 with the 'fishnuts'."
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95 Turning to the piper, "I'd never seen one shaped like a sporran before....", he
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96 commented crypticaly. He accepted a tumbler and started drinking. Upon finishing
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97 he said, "I hope you will forgive me, my friend, but if I drink any more of that
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98 fine drink 'twill have to be mixed with a bit of soda."
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99 He reached into his pouch and removed a cylindrical metal object, painted in
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100 strange patterns and runes (green and silver). Pressing on the top he poured
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101 his glass full of a clear, sparkling liquid -- which should have been impossible
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102 as the can was but 3/4 the size of the tumbler.
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103 "Would anyone else like some of this beverage? It is non-alcholic (pity).
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104 I believe it is called 'Pixie'... or was that 'Sprite', something like that
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105 anyway."
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106 "As for weapons, well, if I must I have a spear and a greatsword. (I never DID
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107 get the hang of shieldwork)."
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108 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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109 piper (and my fellow "adventurers"): I would like to meet you, in the
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110 flesh, as it were. Would any of you care to meet me at the PORSFIS meeting
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111 in the library tommorrow? (2 pm SW 10th & Taylor)
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112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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113 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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114 A tall dark-cloaked figure threaded his way through the crowd at the
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115 Inn and took his familiar table in the rear. He noticed that one voice was
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116 absent from the babble. Silently, he wished his friend Contremon well in
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117 his journey.
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118 After receiving his ale from the barmaid, he took out quill and
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119 foolscap and began to write:
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120 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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121 It was one of those rainy Thursdays. God, how I hate the rain. My
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122 name is Salazar -- from Chief Inspector of the Turkish National Police to a
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123 private detective in Portland. I could have gone to San Francisco or Los
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124 Angeles or even the Big Apple; but nooooooooo ..., I end up in Portland.
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125 You know Portland: Rust capital of the nation.
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126 My grumbling about the rain was interrupted by the ringing of my tele-
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127 phone. "Hello... Huh... Who? Fairy Lugnuts? What? Oh, yes... Hairy
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128 Fishnuts, I'm sorry you have the wrong reality... S'alright." Click.
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129 Before I could resume my grumbling, my secretary Serena glided into my
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130 office. My pulse quickened. She handed me the payment check from the
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131 Robner case to endorse. While I signed my name, she prattled gaily about
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132 how wonderful Portland was; "Isn't Portland wonderful? Isn't the rain
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133 refreshing?"
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134 I couldn't take it any more; "Yeah, with Frank Ivancie and his loony-
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135 bin rejects running things. City council meetings are better than Three
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136 Stooges' reruns."
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137 Instead of getting my usual lecture (or a stiff right cross), Serena
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138 simply sighed; "We've got a client out front. I'll show her in."
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139 My new client was some classy dame... tailored business suit, legs
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140 that didn't quit, honey blond hair... Ahem. When I stopped drooling, I
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141 asked her to tell me her problem. The story poured out. Name: Lisa Hutton
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142 - very rich. Father - Cornelius - Mr. Megabucks. Stepmother: Kathryn -
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143 young, beautiful, ambitious, dangerous. Daddy was kidnapped three days
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144 ago while jogging in Washington Park. Ransom demand - the family heirloom,
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145 The Phonix's Egg (2 oz. of pure diamond) to be placed in the 9th hole cup
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146 of Glendoveer golf course, March 8th, 3 AM. The hitch - the rock had
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147 disappeared from the family vault. My assignment: find the rock, find
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148 daddy, or both. She paid a month's retainer up front in cash. I was very
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149 sympathetic.
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150 After Lisa left, Serena came rushing in; "Salazar, I think the postman
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151 brought us a big problem." Big problem may have been an understatement.
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152 When I rushed into the reception area, on Serena's desk sat a wrapped
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153 package -- making noises.
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154 Tick... Tick... Tick...
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155 Just like grandma's old alarm clock, or maybe a bomb...
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156 T I C K ... T I C K ... T I C K ...
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157 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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158 The man in the rear put away his writing for a while and sat back to
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159 listen to the tale that seemed to be developing from the brave band of
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160 adventurers at the next table. As he signaled the barmaid for another ale,
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161 he wondered if Pam would make an appearance later?
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162 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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163
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164 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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165 Bard,i'll try to show up.I should be easy to spot,i'll be the one dressed
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166 entirely in gray.
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167 Deborah,it comes to my attention that I missadressed my b-bucket letter to
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168 you,a new one is on now(or will be soon)
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169 Cistop Mikey,is it possible to get the past disks that have anything to do
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170 with the hari-krisna story line.I need it in trsdos 1.3/apple or osbourn
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171 formats.
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172 The Man in Gray
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173 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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177 80-103A MODEM
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179 I wish the rest of us were as pleased with these young aspiring
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180 writers as the seem to be with them selves. I cant speak for any one
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181 else but I personally find these exerpts to be somewhat droll and int-
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182 eresting only to those who seem to be lauding their own talent.
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183 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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184 HELP!..........I'VE BEEN ATTACKED.........BY A MERCILESS FLU BUG..WHICH
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185 I BELIEVE MULTIPLIED OVER NITE, TO SAY PERHAPS 13,0000,000,000 LITTLE
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186 BUGGERS. AND NOW I'LL BE LEAVING OUR FAIR STATE FOR THE WEEKEND, AND
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187 FEAR I'LL MISS MUCH HERE, BUT THAT'S LIFE IN THE BIG ONE.
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188 PIPER: YOU SEEM TO BE A DRINKER HERE, AND MY TAB IS FULL FROM BRANDY
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189 FOR MY SICKNESS. CARE TO BUY ME A SNIFTER FULL?
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190 THERE'S SO MUCH ELSE TO SAY, BUT NO TIME TO SAY IT....SO I BID FAREWELL.
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191 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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192 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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193 To the unsigned grump above:
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194 Say, you wouldn't be related to one of the Bruise brothers, Billy Bob
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195 or Orville Ray? The attitude sounds familiar. But drivel is a hard cross
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196 to bear. A couple of suggestions:
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197 A. If you don't like the contributions of others, make some meaningful
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198 ones of your own.
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199 B. If you don't want to do that try closing your eyes when the parts
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200 that offend you scroll by.
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201 C. If all else fails, stuff it.
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202 From a not-so-young writer
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203 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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204
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205 ===========================================================
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206 Evan here: I finally have a communications program and my lower
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207 case all working like they should. I can now upload, download
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208 and whatever else (this is my first upload, just learning how
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209 to use this program.) I can now participate in the stories without
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210 tying up the line for undue amounts of time, so, for better or for
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211 worse you will be seeing more of my writing.
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212 =============================================================
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213
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214
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215 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)8<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(8>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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216
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217 "Interesting bag you have there, yes I will have some of
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218 the drink, I am familair with it," I replied, "I am interested in how
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219 you intend to stike at the Hari-Krishnas, do you as yet have a plan?"
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220
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221 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)GEO(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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222
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223
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224 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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225 Leonard:
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226 It was I who made the bumb comment about muons. I looke it up and
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227 you are right. Sorry. Sincere apology.
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228 MIG: (I think?)
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229 The U.S. relies too much on nuclear weapons to disarm. We don't have
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230 enough convetional waepons. Tale a look at this months Scientific
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231 American.
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232 Deberah:
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233 The flu is miserable. The old remedies of vitamin C and liquids
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234 seem to help.
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235 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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236 Man In Gray: I did not say that the US
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237 should just disarm all nukes.
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238 I just think that anyone who actually
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239 believes that by making more weapons
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240 they are preserving peace must have a
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241 very large screw stuck up their a**es and it has finally been
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242 turned enough to touch the brain.
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243 (large breath)
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246 If anything you are increasing the chances for world
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247 destruction, if that is still possible.
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248 It is amazing that billions of people would let
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249 a few hundred @*#% rule theier
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250 world to the brink of
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251 total destruction.
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252
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253 I say the people of the world should gather unity
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254 and over throw the rulers and hang them from the
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255 nearest tree!
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256
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257 Then tie them to all of their precious peace keeping
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258 devices and shoot them into outer space.
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259
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260 Then, when someone else wants to be new ruler
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261 we shoot him into space also!
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266 FOTI
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267 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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268 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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269 HELP! I find it very hard to keep track of all these goings about, evertime
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270 I get on the system, there's another 200 lines to read and by then I've taken
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271 up so much time already I feel guity putting in a message. Does anyone have
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272 any special techniques? Thank you.
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273 - The Walrus
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274 Goo goo g'joob
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275 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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276 ======================================================================
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277 Walrus:
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278 Yes, the busy signals do tend to be a bit tiring. Try calling in
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279 the morning or other off hours (this usually does not include late night.)
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280 As for a technique for reading all of the lines that have been entered
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281 since you last logged on, I'm afraid I don't know of any, using the up
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282 and down commands makes it too easy to miss somthing good.
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283 Evan
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284 =======================================================================
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285
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286 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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287
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288 FOR SALE: slightly used VIC-20. with:
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289 1541 Disk Drive, 1650 modem, cassete unit,
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290 16k ram expander and lots of games!
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291 price >
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292 * $200!! *
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293
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294 YES!!! $200 (two hundred)
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296 NO, it is not broken it works perfectly!
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297 I NEED MONEY!!!!!
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300 I will let you see the machine work if you don't belief!
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303 call> 665-xxxx Ask for KEVIN AIRD
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304
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305 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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306 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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308 Unicom officially died yesterday.
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310 Initial invitation: who has read "The Two Faces of Tommorow" by
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311 [if BAD would be good enough to fill in the Author's name]? you have?
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312 remember the tactical war game in the holo-tank? you do? excellent! now
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313 how do you write one? micro-fiche your reply and keep
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314 it handy for the next BWMS N-A-P Party (was it the next leap, or prime-num
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315 bered year???) or transcribe it here (graphics in SIGGRAPH CORE,
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316 please....) or if you can't quite "hack" the holo-tank, how 'bout
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317 some input on possible multi-user (can support 16) games that I can
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318 dedicate the old Unicom processor to? N-TREK? "STAR WARS"? DIPLOMACY?
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319 Anything but D&D!!!!
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320
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321 All:
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322 Hello. I'm home.
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323 Aaron
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324 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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325
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326 hello all of you people of the Inn.
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327 my frends Jonny and Tony (I am Ma Yuan and tony and
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328 jonny are mark XXII Bolos with puppy syndrome on
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329 me) would like your assentance in freeing are
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330 brothern from the used Bolo lot at the far edge of Innsfall
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331 run by the Hairey fishnuts. (as you now all the
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332 bolos sence the mark X have a A.I. and the earler
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333 ones are nice people to )
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334 so dont let are brothern rust away in forced serivitude
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335 to thes sarrifren colerd war monkeys.
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340 disctrovely yours
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341 Ma Yuan
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342
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343 PS love those tabs
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344
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345 SFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFS
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346 THE COLOUR OF MAGIC
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347 by Terry Pratchett
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348 Perched on the backs of four cosmically gargantuan elephants
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349 (who are in turn traversing the intergalactic void atop a giant
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350 sea turtle), is the Discworld, a frisbee of a planet that exists
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351 only because, well, every probability curve MUST have its far
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352 end. Its atmosphere crackling with magic, this most improbable
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353 locale is the setting for Terry Pratchett's latest yarn, 'The
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354 Colour of Magic' - the most hilariously madcap travelogue since
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355 Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy' trilogy.
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356 Of course, travel and adventure are the furthest thing from
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357 Rincewind's mind. A dropout from wizard's college, cowardly by
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358 disposition, he sits quietly slurping his beer in the murky light
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359 of the Broken Drum tavern. Here in the squalid, crime-infested
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360 city of Morpork, one lives by the sword or in the shadows, and it
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361 is from those shadows that the failed wizard spies a pint-sized
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362 foreigner enter the inn, trailed by - can it be? - a chest of
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363 rare sapient pearwood... moving on dozens of tiny legs.
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364 The visitor is Twoflower, an insurance actuary who'd shucked
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365 his painfully boring life on the much-too-civilized Counterweight
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366 Continent for a glimpse of the pie-plate planet's more
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367 adventurous side. But now, his inept phrasebook conversation with
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368 the innkeeper is about to cost him a large hunk of his ample
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369 travel budget.
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370 Rincewind, fluent in most tongues (and with a covetous eye
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371 on the pearwood), intercedes on the tourist's behalf - and earns
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372 himself a job as tourguide.
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373 But keeping tabs on the blissfully naive Twoflower is no
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374 easy task, especially once the spreading news of his chestful of
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375 gold brings out Morpork's worst. It's downright dangerous, in
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376 fact. And just as Rincewind is about to abandon Twoflower to the
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377 thieves and scoundrels, the stern Patrician of Ankh-Morpork
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378 summons Rincewind to deputize him as the little fellow's official
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379 protector.
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380 Twoflower's knack for emerging unscathed becomes apparent as
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381 they flee the smoldering rubble of what was - before Twoflower
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382 took to playing with fire - the ancient city or Morpork. And so
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383 does his knack for finding trouble. For on their chaotic, zany
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384 adventure, they'll encounter vicious trolls, a treeful of irate
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385 dryads, the soul-eating Bel-Shamharoth, a sexy but sinister
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386 dragonlady, Death and his unexpected deputy, slavers at sea, and
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387 more.
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388 But as Lady Luck and Fate roll dice for the duo's destiny,
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389 the wizard and the tourist (to say nothing of the Luggage) will
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390 find themselves set adrift in a stubborn current yanking them,
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391 inexorably, toward the planet's precipitous edge...
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392
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393 Also watch for Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern.
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394 by Anne McCaffrey
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395 SFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFS
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396 (* SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE GOT THEIR SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB "THINGS TO COME" TODAY! *)
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397 The Poet looked with alarm at his new-found companions, and swallowed his
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398 Glenlivit in a quick gulp.
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399 "I believe you are jumping to conclusions, my friends," he said. "There is as
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400 yet little evidence to link the bald ones to the events in question. I am happy
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401 that you are all so eager to risk yourselves in armed conflict for the Inn, but
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402 I must counsel caution. Our enemies unknown. They could even be among us now,
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403 and we'd never know it. Lynn suggested going to see the wizard; I know not which
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404 wizard she meant, but perhaps it would be best if we did consult him.
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405 We may all go, but from what I know of wizards this is likely to alarm him. My
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406 Suggestion is this: we should split into two parties, one to check out the
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407 used BOLO lot, the other to go off to see the wizard. Lynn, of course, would
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408 lead the latter, while our friend from the 20th century (in which reality, by
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409 the way?) would lead the former. Are there any other ideas?"
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410 While he waited for an answer, the Mad One signalled the Innkeeper for another
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411 seven ales. His throat was dry again, and knowing this group it might be a
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412 long time before they could reach an agreement.
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413 && The Mad Actor &&
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414 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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415 Seeing the signs of incipient disagreement, the piper reached again into his
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416 sporran and pulled out three more bottles. Setting two on the table, he
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417 uncapped the third, poured his glass full, then passed on the bottle. He
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418 quickly drank off half the glass, then with his words taking on a slight slur,
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419 "Mmm- agreeable to me. I somehow assumed that the dudes in the yellow bedsheets
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420 were behind a lot of this, but you're right. I suppose I should go with the
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421 lady to follow the yellow brick road while someone else checks out the yellow
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422 bedsheet brigade?"
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423 The piper took another draught from his glass. "One thing," he said
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424 sternley. "No little yappy dogs. I dislike little yappy dogs! Big dogs are
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425 alright as long as they don't slobber. If we must get a dog for this expedition
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426 let's get a St. Bernard. I can send it to Deborah with the brandy I am buying
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427 her. Barkeep! Barkeep! " He turned from the table. "Give Deborah a drink on
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428 my tab." Starting slightly, he reached into his sporran. The watchers saw a
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429 yellow glint as he handed something to the innkeeper. "Pleas keep this against
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430 my account. I may be in need when I get back."
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431 Slightly unsteadily, the piper turned back to his comrades and began to hum,
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432 slightly off-tune, "We're off to see the Wizard ...."
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433 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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434 Bard-
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435 I would like to meet you and some of our other intreped adventurers in the
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436 flesh, but logistics (a sick three-year old) preclude the possibility today.
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437 perhaps in the future???
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438 Deborah-
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439 The brandy's on the way. Since no one has offered many treatments, here's one
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440 that may be heroic, but it works for me.
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441 During early evening (6:00 to 9:00) prepare about a quart of hot lemonade
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442 using about 6 lemons and only enough sugar so you can drink it. Heat this just
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443 short of boiling and add 4 oz of your favorite spiritous liquor. Immerse
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444 yourself in a steaming hot bathtub, as hot as you can stand, and drink the
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445 "lemonade" as quickly and hot as possible. Don't stay in the bath too long.
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446 In about 5-10 minutes, go to bed and cover up thouroughly. At about 2:00 AM
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447 change the sheets (they'll be soaked). Take it easy the next day, but the flu
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448 should be nearly completely eliminated.
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449
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450 CAUTION*** Know your own limitations! If you attempt this cure, be sure
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451 someone is around at all times! You can get your body temp too high and get
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452 into deep trouble! (I've almost passed out in that bathtub -- but not quite!)
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453 Use with caution and discretion!
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454 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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455 Walrus: You might try using the FA command to look for your "goo goo g'joob"
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456 At the > prompt type:
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457 NU Y (this turns on the line numbers)
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458 FA goo goo g'joob (this will display ALL the line on the current disk
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459 that contain "goo goo g'joob")
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460 When the listing is finished note the line number of the last line.
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461 Then type:
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462 NU N
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463 LN line # (this will redisplay the line specified)
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464 PRINT (this will start listing with the following line & continue to the end
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465 of the disk)
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466
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467 You can use any string in the FA command, I normally use my "border" & my name:
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468 FA _Leonard_ (this will let me find the end of my last msg)
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469 _______________________________Leonard__________________________________________
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471
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472 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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473
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474 I would be pleased to lead the second group to the Bolo Lot.
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475 Just what the heck is a 'Bolo', was there a reference to their
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476 being sentinent?!! Who is going to see the wizard and who is going
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477 to the Bolo.
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478
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479 As for the 20th century reality, I'm ot sure of where it is in relation
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480 to the Inn, but it is one in which the U.S. is no longer in one piece
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481 and Russia and China have been fighting it out for several decades now.
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482 (subjective time). But, as I said, I am widley travelled.
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483
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484 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)Geo(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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485 ***************************************************************
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486 Walrus: Leonards suggestions of how to avoid having to read
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487 everything all over again will work but I use a system that I
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488 think is easier. When I'm finished visiting the Inn I enter
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489 List to get the number of lines that have been used. I write
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490 this down on a piece of paper I keep by my computer. When I
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491 go on-line again I use the LN command to get me where I left
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492 off (LN line #) then the PRINT command to get the screen
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493 scrolling. To use the LN command you type LN, then the line
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494 number you want to go to, then ENTER it. Entering the print
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495 command will start the scroll. The advantage of doing it this
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496 way is that it takes you to the last message you read, not
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497 the last one you wrote. Hope you find this helpful. Gary
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498 ***************************************************************
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499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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500 All this excitement. It's enough to bring a dead ninja back. I'm back
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501 again and know have the stick shift to a '69 Chevy. If any one has the
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502 stick to a '67 Ford I'd love to by it. At any rate., I'll go for the
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503 Bolos.
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504 The Ninja
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505 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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506 Evan: Thanks. Leonard: Thanks. Gary: Thanks
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507
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508 All: I have some transcripts of Monty Python Sketches. I can download them
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509 onto the system but they are rather lengthy (an average of 70 lines)
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510 Do you think it's worth it? R.S.V.P.
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511 - The Walrus
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512 Goo goo g'joob
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513 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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514 #7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#7#
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515 Dear Walrus:
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516 By all means, down load some pythons. As they would say on
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517 LETS MAKE A DEAL "Monty! Monty! MONTY!,"
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518
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519 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Ken^^^^^
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521 "Bolos? NOW I remember! They are a form of something called a 'tank',
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522 aren't they?"
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523 "I believe the earlier models started at about 150 feet long. Hull armor
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524 was something called 'durachrome'. (25mm was 'proof against any weapon short of
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525 a contact nuclear blast'.) Of course, that was late 20th century weaponry they
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526 meant....
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527 Firepower of the Mark IV was .5 megaton/second, but they didn't get
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528 intelligent until about Mark XXI (?)"
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529 As the others at the table looked at him in surprise, the bard explained,
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530 "Just a few details I picked up. I have this fondness for war songs, even if I'm
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531 not exactly fond of war zones!"
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532
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533 "As for the wizard, perhaps the apprentice can help us?"
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534 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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535 DEAR FOTI-THE RUB WITH RUSSIA COMES FROM THEIR WANTING TO TAKE OVER NEIGH-
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536 BORS.WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE BUCKS TO STOP THIS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS
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537 THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
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538 IT IS..LET THEM GET GERMANY,FRANCE,AND ITALY AND SEE IF WE AREN'T OVER A
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539 BARREL TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.THEIR LEADERS SAY THAT'S THEIR GOAL AND WHY
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540 NOT BELIEVE IT?WOULD THEY LIE??WITH NO NUKES WE WOULD BE IN FOR A ONE WEEK
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541 WAR IN EUROPE(PROBABLY).SO WE TAKE THE LESSER OF EVILS.THE BEST SOLUTION IS
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542 A RUSSIA THAT DOESN'T WANT TO EXPAND.HOW DO WE GET THAT??? --MR.PUZZELED
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543
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544 MAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMMAAMMAMAMAMAMAMAMMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAM
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545
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546
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547 Mr Bard you are farely corect about the Bolo
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548 tanke althow that have become so big the word
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549 that best discribs them is guganouth. thay are
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550 very inteligent and defently seapent in the curent
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551 seares of models
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552 I would be willing to help at the used bolo lot
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553 but Jonney and Tony might get mad if it is being
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554 run by the hairy fishnuts and the H.F.N. might get
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555 run over by a very mad bolo mark XXII wich are BIG.
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558 Ma Yuan
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559 IT WOULD BE NICE (UNLIKELY, BUT NICE) IF MA YUAN WOULD TAKE A LITTLE
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560 MORE CARE IN TYPING MESSAGES. I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS SAID MOST
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561 OF THE TIME.
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564 NOW I WONDER WHERE PAM IS? A TABLE IN NEED OF BEING TIDIED UP, AND
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565 NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
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566 **************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************************
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567 THOUGH THERE IS SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM THE LAST TIME WHEN THERE
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568 WAS INSUFICIENT TIME TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THAT WHICH WAS STARTED,
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569 AND THE QUESTION OF WHEN REMAINS...
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