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MARGIN IS 80
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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 11 JUL 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 privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 THINK LESS OF HIM L'HOMME? WHY, THAT HE IS A HORID LITTLE TWIT? ERR....
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21 ***********************************************************************
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22 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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23 Quizmaster: The man walked for 20 minutes.
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24 ?????????????
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25 Heroes cont':
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26 I began to realize what Dr. Pournelle had demonstrated. A hero is a person with commitment.
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27 It isn't enough to stand up and make declarations. Declarations are cheap and easy. Here's one: "I'm for God, apple
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28 pie, motherhood, and the flag." We hear that one every election season. If it's a particularly rough election, we'll
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29 hear, "Also, hot dogs, baseball, fireworks, and the Fourth of July!!" If it's a issue-oriented election, we'll heatrr,
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30 "I'm for lower taxes, higher pay, more jobs, and less crime." If it's a dirty election, we'll hear, "And my
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31 opponent isn't!!" Declarations without commitment behind them are lies. They vandalize the truth. Ultimately, they
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32 devalue the coinage of communication. We learn to respond with boredom, annoyance, or even antagonism.
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33 No, declarations aren't herioc. It's the results of the commitment that's heroic. I need to talk about commitment
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34 here. Commitment is the deliberate re-creation of intention, day after day after day, even when you don't feel like
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35 it--especially when you don't feel like it, especially when you think that youu're not making a difference or
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36 producing a result. Commitment is the willingnes to be uncomfortable in order to produce a result. It works like
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37 this: You can have your reasons--or you can have your results. Thant's the choice.
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38 People who quit before they produce a result always have good reason. Haven't you noticed that? Reasons are a great
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39 way to avouide responsibility. "I didn't fail. I mean, not really. I had a flat tire. You can't blame me for that.
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40 And besides, the sun was in my eyes. the dog ate my homework. I've been sick, you know. We won a moral victory."
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41 (When I'm being polite, I respond with "Give me a break...". You don't want to know what I say when I'm not polite!)
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42 People who produce results are willing to give up all those reasons. All those reasons--those aren't reasons to quit
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43 --they're actually just your mind clearly identifying the next problem that needs to be handled. That's all.
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44 This is it: Commitment is unreasonable. And, by extention, so are heroes. Aren't they? Think about it. Think
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45 about the hero of your favorite story. Just when it looked like he had all the reasons in the world to show why he
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46 couldn't succeed, didn't he keep going anyway?
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47 Isn't hthat pretty damn unreasonable?? By the way...Villans are also unreasonable. Often to the point of madness.
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48 ?????????????
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49 I shall end this portion right here. If anyone has comments on what I have written so far, please let me know.
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50 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????? July, 6th, 1984 ????????????
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51 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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52 Loam: "...has definatly improved upon his formative years." Gee, with
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53 friends like you, who needs....... Bringing arch disks over today,
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54 missed you at M's this morning; he wasn't in, will try later today. CE
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55 group is definatly forming, will keep you posted.
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56 MiG: CBBS/PCS or CBBS/NW is OK. Aaron
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57 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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58 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##LYSIAS##==##==##==##==ONCE AGAIN
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59 SITTING AT HIS TABLE, LYSIAS WAS INGESTING ANOTHER PIZZA. CANADIAN BACON,
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60 THIS TIME, AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIGURE SEATED ACROSS FROM HIM. "SO YOU ARE
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61 SLARTI, " QUERIED LYSIAS BETWEEN BYTES. HE WAS QUITE TIRED, HAVING JUST EXPE
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62 NDED ALL THE ENERGY NECESSARY TO REWEAVE A PORTION OF THE RECENT PAST, AND
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63 HAD BUILT A RAVENOUS APPETITE. THIS WAS AFTER A BRIEF BUT INTENSE CONVERSATI
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64 ON WITH SLARTI, ABOUT THE C-3 ON MCKANES 6000 PIZZAS. HE HAD CONVINCED SLART
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65 I THAT THE WAY TO FIGHT MCKANE WAS TO EXPOSE HIM FOR WHAT HE REALLY IS. PUBL
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66 IC HUMILIATION, DISHONOR;NOT BY VOILENCE, WHICH WOULD ONLY MARTYRIZE HIM,
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67 AND HIS ORGANIZATION. LYSIAS HAD THEN GONE BACK IN TIME TO WHEN THE PIZZAS
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68 WERE BEING MADE, STOPPED TIME FOR ALL BUT HIMSELF, AND THEN REPLACED THE EXP
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69 LOSIVE WITH MOZARELLA, AND JUST FOR THE HECKOF IT, ADDED ANCHOVIES TO SOME
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70 OF THEM. NOW, HE AND SLARTI WERE DISCUSSING THEIR NEXT MOVE, AND WONDERING
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71 HOW L'HOMME WAS GETTING ALONG---.##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##=
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72
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73 dEAR PAPA GEONELLI,
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74 RE: OUR RECENT ORDER; THIS WAS FOR 600 PIZZAS, NOT 6000.
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75 HOWEVER, AS THEY WERE SO GOOD, OUR STAFF ATE MORE THAN HALF OF THEM. THE RES
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76 T WERE DONATED TO THE YOUNG LADIES AT THE OROVILLE HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS,
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77 WHO, INCIDENTALLY, WERE MOST APPRECIATIVE-----. THEREFORE, WE WILL GO AHEAD
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78 AND PAY FOR ALL 6000.
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79 ENCLOSED, PLEASE FIND OUR CHECK FOR $32,647.19. AS YOU CAN SEE, MCKANE INDUS
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80 TRIES IS QUITE AN HONORABLE ORGANIZATION. SINCERELY,
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81 DAVE SIMPSON, PURCHASING AGENT IN CHARGE, MCKANE INDUSTRIES.
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82 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********************************
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83
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84 TO EVERYBODY DO NOT CALL ME BETWEEN THE 7TH TO THE 14TH THE DAY YE
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85
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86 DAVID FORD
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87 DAVID FORD
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88 BYE
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89 BYE
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90 BYE
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91 /EX
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92 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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93 The Professor sits in his room thinking of new ways to kill L'Homme. '$500,000 bucks is worth it!!! The new device
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94 that I'm creating will make it look as though he was Motzarella cheese. And the way I'm going to rig it, L'Homme
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95 will actually kill himself!!!!!!' With that though on his mind, The Professor wearily walks back to his workshop.
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96 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" The Professor """"""""""""""""""""""""" July 6, 1984 """"""""""
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97 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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98 Well, I've been gone for 3 hours now, and not much has been written, so I think that I'll write part 4 of 'HEROES'.
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99 ????????????
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100 Heroes cont': 'I mean...would you call Darth Vader a well balanced individual? Or the average Klingon battle
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101 commander? Or Ming the Merciless? (You get the idea, don't you??) But we still haven't answered the question. We've
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102 explored some facts about heroes. We've found out that heroes are commited and unreasonable. But so are villans.
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103 And again, by that definition, the only difference between a hero and a villan is the point of view of the writer.
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104 Obviously, the definition is still insufficient. There's still something more.
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105 The easy answer is to say that tit's a question of good vs. evil. The hero is good. The villan is evil. Except that
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106 it's not always apparent which is good and which is evil. Evil is tricky. It often masquerades as goodness.(Good
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107 candidate for this is the story of the Fundamentalist minister that uses God as a justification for burning books.)
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108 The question reduces to the ultimate theological nightmare. How do you recognize good and evil for what they really
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109 are? Men of God have been arguing that one for centuries, but it's not a question of how each of us as individuals
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110 must also deal with. And that comes down to each of us being willing to be responsible for ourselves. Perhaps what
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111 is necessary is to rephrase the question. Try this: How do we recognize those things that support aliveness? When
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112 you phrase it that way, the question just about answers itself. Aliveness is the expression of the Self. We
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113 experience it as joy, enthusiasm, sence of wonder, and uh...commitment. (There's that word again!)
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114 What supports aliveness is the creation of a safe place to express it. And that's what the good guys are all about,
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115 isn't it? Creating places of opportunity and enthusiasm, places to celebrate our humanity and our joy. (For
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116 instance, have you ever realized that some conventions are a celebration of Science Fiction???)
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117 By that defintion, it's really easy to see who the heroes of the world are. A hero is a person who is commited to
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118 the quality of life on the the planet: A world that works for everyone with no one and nothing left out. A hero
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119 represents the desire of life for perfection--the thrust toward Godliness. That definition is big enough to include
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120 all of us, the whole human species. The truth is, there isn't a person on the planet who isn't commited. All that's
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121 needed and wanted is the expression of that commitment. Try this test: there's a bright red button in front of you.
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122 The card beneath it says: "PUSH THIS BUTTON TO DESTROY THE WORLD IN A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST." Would you push the button?
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123 What is there was a green button next to it: "PUSH THIS BUTTON TO HAVE THE WORLD BE A PARTY FOR EVERYONE." Would
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124 you push this button? Can you imagine ANY responsible human being pushing the red button? And that brings us to
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125 villans...
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126 ?????????????
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127 I'll leave off here. I really would like any/all comments. If you don't understand something, tell me and I'll try
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128 to clear it up.
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129 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ????????????????????????? July 6, 1984 ???????????
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131 HELLO EVERYONE I AM ON THIS FROM A TRS80 COCO.
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132 EXIT
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133 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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134 FOR THE FRESHEST FLOWERS IN THE NORTH WEST
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135 DONT GO TO RANCHOS
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136
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137 HELP
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138 GET SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE FOR COMMODORE
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139 AND SANYO COMPUTERS AT REAL LOW PRICES
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140 AT STAN'S..................
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141 ***************************************
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142 BY THE FUTURE
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143 USERS
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144 ****************************************
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145 HELP
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146 I SURE NEED SOME HELP PLEASE
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147 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`''`'`'`'`'
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148 Dear "Doctor", if you are still looking for a hero, you are looking
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149 in the wrong place. Heros aren't dedicated, they are successful. It
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150 is nothing they want, but what society wants. A hero is called such
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151 because he did something that other people wanted badly. It does help,
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152 of course to get killed doing it, but this isn't really necessary.
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153 As for your buttons, avoid that green one, it could kill all of us.
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154 And, yes, I can easily think of reasons for pushing the red one, such
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155 as why leave the world to the Russians or the Chinese.
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156
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157 One stray question regarding the tobacco ads that claim noone is hurt
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158 by others smoking: How many people were killed by fires last year?
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159 (The leading cause of fatal fires is smoking.) Or don't they consider
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160 the insurance companies' estimate that smokers cost employers over
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161 $2,000 harmful to those who have to pay for it? Why ask, though, if
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162 they fell the smell of burning s... is so wonderful, they will .....
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163 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`
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164 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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165 --->We are watching, and waiting. Now that I think of it, Doctor, I believe that the manuscript does need a few changes
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166 . Call later and maybe I'll share some of my limited wisdom.
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167 --->Watching and waiting.... for the 14th.
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168 --->Written this day of July 6th, 1984 at 11:06 pm,
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169 --->Sundownor, Milchar, Dimat, Novar, Dester, Mithrandir, Weslocke, Tamoc, Fliban, Kayen, Dyx, Conn, Thoth, and Shawn
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170 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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171 P.S. Thank you, Mig. I had wondered.
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172 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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173 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##LYSIAS##==##==##==##==DOCTOR: YOUR
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174 PHILOSOPHICAL APROACH, AND ONGOING ESSAY OF THE CONCEPT OF "HEROS" CONTAINS THE
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175 ESSENCE OF WHAT HEROS ACTUALLY ARE, A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, CONTRAST, OF POINT
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176 OF VIEW. HOWEVER, IN YOUR VERBOSE TREATISE OF THE SUBJECT I BELIEVE YOU ARE
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177 GUILTY OF THAT SOPHMORIC "TRAP" THAT BEGUILES, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, ALL WHO
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178 WOULD, FROM A FINITE EXISTANCE, ATTEMPT TO COMPREHEND THE INFINITE. I SUBMIT
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179 THAT YOU FAIL TO SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. NOTHING WITHIN THE DOMAIN OF
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180 HUMAN EXESTENTIALISM PRECLUDES THE AXIOMATIC REALITY OF IGNORANCE. FOR EXAMPLE:
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181 RELIGION- WE ARE ALL AGNOSTICS, BUT ONLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE HONEST WITH OURSELV
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182 ES WILL ADMIT IT. GOD IS RELATIVE; HE IS (AS WAS ELOQUENTLY STATED BY THOREAU'S
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183 GOOD FRIEND) THE CREATION OF MAN. ("IF THERE WERE NO GOD, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY
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184 TO CREATE ONE") ERGO: THE "HERO" OF ANY EPIC, FROM GENESIS TO BACKWATER, IS A
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185 SIMPLE MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE, WITHIN THE HOLISTIC REALISM OF EVERYTHING IS MORE
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186 THAN JUST THE SUM TOTAL OF IT'S PARTS. THERE ARE NO HEROS, DOC. THERE ARE ONLY
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187 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES AS THEY SEE FIT. SPOCK WOULD BE THE FIRST TO AGREE.
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188 NO ONE IS "GOOD". NO ONE IS "BAD". WHICH SIDE OF THE PROVERBIAL LINE YOU STAND
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189 ON DETERMINES YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
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190 CRITICISM OF OTHERS, AND HOW YOU EXPRESS THIS, SIMPLY CATEGORIZES YOU AS TO YOUR
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191 "TOLERANCE QUOTIENT".MEANWHILE THE APPARENT PROTAGONIST, MCKANE FLORISHES, AND
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192 L'HOMME, HIS (?) TRUSTED COMPANION, SLARTI, LYSIAS, AND THE ELUSIVE DREAMTOUCHER
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193 NEED TO GET TOGETHER FOR AN ALE AND A PIZZA(W/ANCHOVIES-OH-ALL RIGHT, SLARTI,
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194 CANADIAN BACON--) TO CONSIDER ALL THIS. (AT THE INN?-NEXT PORSFIS?)
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195 ##==(PS=SYSTOP MIKEY:PCS7-14?)
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196 OFFLINE
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198 OFF
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199 ................................................................................
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200 After Petrov had left, crawling back through his ventilation duct, I just
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201 stared at L'homme, at a loss for words. Finally L'homme verbally echoed the
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202 thoughts running through my head, "What do you think about that? Can we trust
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203 him?" "Beats me. If what he says is true, he could be quite useful to our
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204 side. But how do we know which side he's really on?"
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205 L'homme suggested we call Ian. He had resources we didn't, and might have some
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206 idea of how to proceed. So while L'homme scattered numerous of the
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207 Network's security gadgets about the suite, I called Ian on the commset.
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208 After making sure Ian's end was private, I described what had been happening,
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209 and then told him about our dilemma regarding Petrov. He indicated that he
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210 would contact his sources and gather all the information he could about Petrov,
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211 but in the meantime we should proceed as if Petrov was trustworthy, but only
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212 insofar as it did not threaten our safety or that of the Network. He then
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213 informed me that we had been given 'unlimited credit' with the Network. We
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214 were authorized to requisition any information, equipment, and/or personnel
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215 that we felt we might need. On that encouraging note, we terminated the
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216 contact. Packing up the commset, we left the room; L'homme pausing in the hall,
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217 and affixing a hair from door to frame. He seemed so proud of himself,
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218 I couldn't bear to disillusion him. That gimmick was so old, that was the first
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219 thing every halfway-competent spy, detective, and burgler checked for. Well,
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220 L'homme didn't have my years in the business. Hopefully, he'd live long enough
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221 to learn.
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222 As we rode down the elevator and then headed for the street, L'homme asked
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223 about my past, and my experiences with the Network. I told him that I was not
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224 actually a Net agent, but was rather what was euphemistically referred to as
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225 an 'independent contractor'. What this meant was that normally I was just your
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226 run-of-the-mill private eye, spending my time on sordid divorce cases and
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227 missing person problems. Occasionally, however, Ian had need of my special
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228 abilities, and would call me in to join their elite forces. The regular
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229 Network agents usually scorned me as an outsider, but c'est la vie.
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230 Then he got personal. He claimed professional curiosity, but I could tell
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231 that he was a bit worried by my casualness in the face of obvious danger.
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232 I somewhat indignantly explained to him that I was a very successful detective,
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233 and there were only four cases I had been unable to solve. Three involved
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234 various arms of the Mckane organization, plus one other. The failures against
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235 McKane were when I was unaided by the Network. In one, I was hired to find
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236 and retrieve several pet gerbils which had mysteriously disappeared. I tracked
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237 them to an earmuff factory run my McKane, but lost the trail there. Another
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238 time I had been hired to get a politician's son back from the Primal Belch cultists,
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239 but the 'temple' where he was kept was guarded by Bolo's, and I didn't have the right stickshift.
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240 The third time I had been hired by the Mormons to prove that McKane's
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241 rent-a-miracle scheme was a fraud, but in that one, I didn't have a prayer.
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242 The last time I was unsuccessful was the time I was hired by a group of
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243 computer fanatics in Portland to find an elusive computer collector/seller
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244 named Aaron. This guy was amazing...the lengths he would go to keep from being
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245 located were phenomenal. Last I heard, they were still looking.
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246 L'homme still seemed to be troubled about my lack of success in my
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247 previous encounters with McKane, but I reiterated my belief that with the
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248 Network's backing, McKane was as good as dead. (Now all I have to do is
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249 convince myself of that!).
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250 As we approached an intersection, I said, "I have no doubts about our
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251 ability to deal with McKane when we find him. But in the meantime, do you
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252 have any idea of where to go now?"
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253 00:47:12 Joshua 07/07/84
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254 ....................................................................................
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255 ######################################## NOBODY IS PERFECT
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256 Each one of us is a mixture of good qualities and some perhaps not so good qualities.
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257 In consideringour fellow man, we should remember his good qualities and realize that his faults only prove that he is ,
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258 after all, a human being. We should refrain from making a harsh judgement of a person just because he happens to be a dirty,
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259 rotten, no-good son-of-a-bitch.
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260
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261 ################DAMIEN II######################################
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262 ###########from a plaque on my wall ########################################
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263 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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264 The recent turn of events found me standing on a street corner, several blocks
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265 from the Hilton. After dictating my message, I had returned to the hotel, only
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266 to find that Joshua and L'homme were gone. I was contemplating my next move when
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267 a temptingly delicious-looking cream puff stepped out of a Rolls Royce and
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268 MOVED (wow!) towards me.
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269 She spoke in a terrible Russlish accent. "The player has a royal fizzbin."
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270 I fumbled for the correct response, "uh...um..."
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271 She stared at me coldly. "The player has a royal fizzbin!"
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272 I got it! "Except on Tuesdays." Contact made. So, she's a McKane agent!
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273 Apparently, this agent, called 'Honored Matre', caught me "investigating" her
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274 body because she suggested that we move to a motel room "for communication
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275 privacy." Naturally, I demanded the right to choose the room--so as to avoid
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276 being bugged. Once in the room I turned to her and abruptly demanded that she
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277 spread her legs. (aw c'mon you dirty-minded people!). I mean I FRISKED her.
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278 My bodily investigation (corpus delectable) lingered longingly at her two
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279 well-rounded personalities. (euphemism). "What are you doing?" she demanded. I
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280 distractedly responded. "Just checking for booby traps."(sorry).
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281 Finally satisfied with the search, I donned my most ominous expression and
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282 insisted upon an explanation for McKane's audacity--having ME, one of his most
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283 apparently loyal agents, investigated! Honored Matre laughed in my face. "McKane
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284 is a pile of-" Pause. "I don't think it matters if you know. I work for a person
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285 named Ian." She laughed again. "We know more about Mckane's organization than
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286 you think!"
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287 I was stunned. Tried to hide it. Honored Matre explained that she was going to
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288 discover what my game was. I insisted that I was working against McKane. Still
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289 she persisted, "There's a better way to learn these things." A wildly seductive
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290 voice! Even her speech was a weapon of excitement. Then she touched me HERE and
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291 THERE--a demon was summoned from my soul. Erotic ecstasy welled in me like
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292 molten magma longing to erupt madly from it's earthly grave! How did she do this
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293 to me?!
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294 I stepped back, resisted. "Control through sex is the last refuge of the
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295 incompetent!" I think I lacked conviction. Once again she touched me HERE and
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296 THERE!
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297 ...So what's wrong with a little incompetence?
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298 <To be continued: Plot reaches climax. So does Petrov.>
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299 Petrov
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300 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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301 :************************************************************:
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302 DAILY REPORT
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303 MCKANE INDUSTRIES
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304 PORTLAND OREGON DIVISION
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305
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306
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307 Everything progressing as planned. Joshua successfully
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308 infiltrating the NET. His weekly payment is deposited in his
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309 Swiss bank account. L'homme appears somewhat sceptical of
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310 Joshuas failure to crack past McKane Industries investigations.
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311 Other than that no one appears to suspect.
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312
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313 Some of the lower ranking NET operatives are considering Petrov
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314 for NET membershp. It seems unlikely that he'll succeed
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315 considering that Ian knows about the drag queen and the donkey
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316 business. But then who knows what'll happen with that crowd.
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317
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318 Other than that things are pretty slow. Will keep you informed.
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319
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320 Monsieur d'Autun
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321 :*************************************************************:
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322 ****************************************
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323 WELL, AARON HAS KEPT HIS PART OF THE QUEST, NOW IT IS
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324 MY TURN TO HOLD THE BAG. SO, PLEASE BE PATIENT, IT TAKES
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325 TIME TO COPY 32 DISKS! SHOULD BE DONE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
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326 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************
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327 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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328 Lysias: I don't like being called 'Doc'!!!!!! Call me 'Doctor', when talking to me, or call me 'The Doctor', when
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329 talking about me. Thank You!!!
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330 All the rest of you guys: It would help if you read the whole thing!!! I still have a page and a half to go...
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331 Sundownor: What wisdom???
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332
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333 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????????? July 7, 1984 ???????????
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334 HLP-- M UNABL 2 LOKATE I/O TWR--- TRON
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335 Doctor:The essay seems somewhat familiar. Starlog, perhaps?
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336 ..............................................................
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337 Ian finished reading D'Autun's report. "Good, they're taking the bait",
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338 he thought. As he considered the implications, he sent the report on its way to
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339 McKane.
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340 Perhaps someday it would occur to someone to check the masks for
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341 the data encryption chips and all the other components that they all took for
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342 granted. Until then, the NET had an unbeatable edge.
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343 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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344 Circles (words: Gwen Zak Moore, verse 5: Ann Cass; music: "Windmills" by Alan Bell)
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345 In days gone by, when the world was much younger,
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346 Men wondered at Spring, born of Winter's cold knife.
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347 Wondering at the games of the moon and the sunlight
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348 They saw there the Lady and Lord of all life.
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349 Chorus:Around, and around, and around turns the good earth;
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350 All things must change as the seasons go by.
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351 We are the children of the Lord and the Lady
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352 Whose mysteries we know, yet will never know why.
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353 In all lands the people were tied with the good earth
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354 Plowing and sowing, as the seasons declared.
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355 Waiting to reap of the rich golden harvest,
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356 Knowing her laugh in the joys that they shared.
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357 CHORUS
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358 Through Flanders and Wales and the green lands of Ireland,
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359 In kingdoms of England and Scotland and Spain;
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360 Circles grew up all along the wild coastlines,
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361 And worked for the land, with the sun and the rain.
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362 CHORUS
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363 Circles for healing and working the weather,
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364 Circles for knowing the moon and the sun,
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365 Circles for thanking the Lord and the Lady,
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366 Circles for dancing the Dance never done.
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367 CHORUS
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368 And we who reach for the stars in the heavens,
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369 Turning our eyes from the meadows and groves
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370 Still live in the love of the Lord and the Lady:
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371 The greater the circle, the more the love grows.
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372 CHORUS
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373 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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374 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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375 Man with RYRYRY border: Yes, I did get part of the essay from there. Who the <BLINK> are you?
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376
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377 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? tThe Doctor ????????????????????????????? July 7, 1984 ?????????
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378 MUSS BEE DE DOC. AS IN DEETROIT
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379 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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380
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381 Bard: like those songs!
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382
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383 Is that Doctor Detroit up there? Or doctor who?
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384 "Who?" you say!, well he is the guy with the rack and pinnion stearing
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385 phone booth, with duel disk brakes and the works!
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386
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387 ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))Archer))))))))))))))))
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388 *%)#@*%)!*^%)$@^*_#(^_!#(&_!(&+_(%+&(#_+&*!%_#&*_$%*&_@$%*&_$^*&_$^*&_#*^&_&*_&#*_&*#_$&*$_*&_@$*&_!*%_*$_@*&@_*&_@*&
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389 "I hope you don't think I am being too personal, but I like to know as much as I can about the people whom with I work.
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390 In the past, before I joined the network, I always worked alone. I couldn't really afford to trust anyone in the
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391 business I was in."
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392 "Which was?", asked joshua.
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393 "Well...let me say that a knowledge of mechanics, fast cars, chemical properties of substances, old movies, spy books,
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394 computers, political science, french literature, pre-columbian art, and fine wines are all a part of what I used to
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395 do. And with the knowledge I have retained, I find this network business fascinating."
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396 "Why are you and the network so interested in McKane?", continued joshua, obviously trying to find out as much about
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397 me as I had found out about him.
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398 "The network doesn't need to explain the reasoning behind every covert action we are involved in. That is why we employ
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399 a special lobbiest in Washington. That is why we must utilize the commset. That is why we use an uncrackable code.
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400 And that is reason enough to go after McKane, bring him down, and bring him down hard. His past actions were merely
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401 the work of a frustrated maniac. His kidnappings, his primal belch fiasco. All of these actions simply further the
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402 existance of the McKane organization a little longer. The Network had noticed McKane a few years ago, when he was
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403 involved in some rather delicate operations originating in the mountains of Columbia. We were intrigued, nothing more,
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404 nothing less. When he got invloved in international politics, we sat back, and we watched. We sent a couple junior agent
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405 s his way, which he dispatched without much trouble. We were indeed impressed with that, but they were only junior
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406 agents. But now...now", my voice rose as my contempt rose, "he is fooling with something he has no right sticking his
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407 pitiful nose into. The circle of prayer can do something to this country...somthing that I don't think this country
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408 can handle at the moment.", my voice trailed off as I began once again to ponder with horror the ruin McKane could
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409 cause.
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410 Joshua seemed at first surprised at my diatribe, but I guess he was relieved that I was indeed talking. Even if I wasn't
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411 answering his questions directly, I was giving him more information that he had had before.
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412 "This ruin you speak of", started joshua, carefully choosing his words as he spoke. "Why does it scare the supposedly
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413 all powerful network so much?"
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414 "McKane may be able to accomplish something that no other organization of evil has been able to accomplish before.
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415 Popularity. SPECTRE couldn't get it, KAOS couldn't get it. That's why these organizations have failed. That is why they
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416 are no more. McKane has the ability to get the public behind him. He may be able to get the public to sympathize with
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417 his cause. Then all who remember what this country is built on...all who remember what freedom really is, all of us
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418 who know...we will be in the minority, we will be the enemy, and we will be the ones who are under the gun. I dread that
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419 day. And I and the Network will do everything in our power to stop Mr. Leroy McKane. Stop him, and his organization!"
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420 Joshua stood there on the sidewalk speechless for a moment, unable to think of anything to say. FInally he regained
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421 his usually complete composure, and we continued on down the street.
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422 "Ah...Where to know?", asked Joshua, still digesting all that I had told him.
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423 "To my car. We will drive to McKane headquarters, and see what we can see. And we will go in my car.
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424 "That's fine with me.", replied joshua, as we headed for the parking lot.
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425 *)%*$#%)*#$)%*#$)%*)#@*%)#) L'homme sans parity - jamais parler politiques avec moi *%)$*%)#$*%#)$%**)$*%)#$*%)#$*
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426 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'``'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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427 Hero's. Nothing more than hero's. Nothing more than heeerooo's, eating awayyy
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428 Heeeerooo's. oh oh oh heeerooo's. heeerooo's, have one todayyyy.
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429
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430 Yes you too can enjoy the delicacy of a big juicy hero sandwhich.
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431 Come and try all our new creations. We are the JLA Sandwich shoppe.
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432 Our aim to to give our customers the best darn hero sandwich they
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433 have ever tasted. We have all kinds of hero sandwiches. We can
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434 supply you with your favorite of old, or introduce you to a new
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435 favorite. Come on in and ask us about our new Kirk line of
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436 sandwiches. They come in a variety of configurations. Don't
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437 delay. Have a hero on us today. You WON'T be disapointed!
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438
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439 Hero's. Nothing more than hero's. Nothing more than heeerooo's, eating awayy
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440 Heeerooo's. oh oh oh heeerooo's. heerooo's, have one todayyy.
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441
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442 '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' Ima Hero `'`'`'`'`'`''`'`'`'`
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443
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444 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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445
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446 I just called a place and the first thing it prints out is,
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447
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448 "ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE".
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449
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450 Now what was that board? Oh well, boards will be boards.
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451
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452 ) ) )))))
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453 ) ) ) How is every body out there?
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454 ))))) )
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455 ) ) ) WOW! thats nice to hear.
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456 ) ) )))))
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457 I'm great too.
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458
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459 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))Archer))))))))))))))))))))))
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460 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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461 --->Drivel, Drivel. Bard, your songs are getting better, although I prefer the ones referring to Computers.
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462 --->Doctor: You're being associated with Dr. Detroit of all people so you'd better set that ignorant slob straight.
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463 --->A twit a day keeps intellegence away.
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464 --->Well, since I believe that I have no business using McKane anymore I shall strike out a new path....
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465 ++++++++++++ (back to old border, for good reason) +++++++++++++++++++++
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466 "Dimat, I have completed quests for Wizard status of very high level. What shall be my quest now?"
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467 "Milchar, you must become an Enchanter. You must learn how to tap the energies of the mind, summon and control the
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468 power locked into every sentinent being."
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469 "How shall I do this? Where do I seek enlightenment?"
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470 "The first stages I shall teach to you, but beyond that you must find more skill within yourself. Mayhap this will
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471 occur soon after I release you but I think not. Such mental power never comes prematurely."
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472 "Then I shall begin. Where shall I go when you have taught me what I need to know?"
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473 "A planet called Earth. It is quite similiar to Oerth, but your magicks will not function. There is no direct
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474 contact with the Positive Material Plane. Thus, you must learn the Enchanter craft."
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475 "Why do I need any craft at all there?"
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476 "There is a man there who deals with power that Earth is not ready to control. He calls himeself Leroy McKane."
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477 "McKane...that name sounds familiar, but I cannot place it."
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478 "No need. Let us begin our lesson. First, you need this ring to trigger your power. It is made of pure Argentium."
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479 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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480 help
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481 Does anyone out there know anything about "SMALLTALK"? Where can I go to
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482 read about it or get a tutorial?
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483 ########################################### Fault Tolerant ##############
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484
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485 ##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##==##LYSIAS##==##==##==DOCTOR: NO OFFEN
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486 SE INTENDED;IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO REFER TO DOCTORS AS "DOC", HOWEVER, AS YOU PREF
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487 ER DOCTOR, OK. NO BIG DEAL.
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488 BARD: I REALLY LIKE YOUR SONGS. SO LITTLE MUSIC/POETRY HAS RHYME, STANZA, ANYMOR
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489 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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490 Yes, I still exist (too bad for you all). Sorry for not being around, but
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491 I was at westercon and then at tacoma for the past week (without sleep) and
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492 I'm really having a hard time catching up.
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493 Doctor: I liked what I read, but I had no chance to read part 1. (gone already)
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494 Mig: Any chance of still being able to get an observation spot on the game.
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495 This time I'm going to try to make it to porsfis (how often have I
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496 said this before?).
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497 well, being as it's 2am, I think I'll retire to my room and slip quietly
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498 into a coma.
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499 Fast Fred BSAL
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500 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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501 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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502 In a small room above the common room of the inn, the piper's body lay
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503 deathly still. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest betrayed the fact
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504 that life still resided within him. Suddenly, his entire being convulsed,
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505 catapulting him onto the hard, cold floor. Sitting up, he scanned the room
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506 without comprehension for a few moments, making thick, mucous laden sounds
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507 until a comprehension of where he was came to him.
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508 Dressing slowly, the piper splashed cold water into his face, ran a ragged
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509 comb through his hair, picked up his pipes and walked down the stairs. How
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510 pleasant it was to hear the bard belting out another song! As bard finished,
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511 the piper winded his pipes and moved in with scarce a momen's quiet, smiling
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512 past the mouthpiece in appreciation.
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513 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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514 To the person interested in Smalltalk:
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515 Addison-Wesley has three books available on the language: one deals with
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516 the user interface, one on the language and it's implementation, and one on
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517 "Bits and Bytes of History." The best information of a tutorial nature that
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518 I know of is in the August, 1981, issue of Byte magazine. I am presently
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519 trying to learn the language (still having some trouble with the precise
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520 details of the inheritance mechanism and creation of new classes of objects
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521 along with the full power of the system browser and when and why to use
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522 workspaces rather than other specialized windows) but I have made considerabe
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523 progress. The major obstical to learning Smalltalk is the availability of
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524 suitable hardware to run it on! If I can be of help, let me know.
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525 The Piper
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526 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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527
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528 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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529
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530 On, the subject of computer languages, is there any books on how to run
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531 te Pascal system. I have most of it figured out, but I still don't know
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532 how to get it to turn my text in to code files. Please help.
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533
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534 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Archer((((~
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535 =--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--
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536 Up in the air, Junior Bird-Men
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537 Up in the air, upside down
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538 Up in the air, Junior Bird-Men
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539 We're here to save the day once again.
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540 Unguard! you foul and vulgar slimes that come to post tacky messages
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541 (like this one) and clutter the boards. We, the Junior Bird-Men, will
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542 not read any of them, untill there are none left. The P.A.L.s shall
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543 quiver at their keyboards, and Cthulhu will dream no more. How about
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544 that Lord Morbe? Wouldn't you all just love not to read some of his
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545 messages? Join the Junior Bird-Men, and don't read a message today!
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546 Up in the air, and back to thd floppy...
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547 =--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= Junior Bird-Men =--=--
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548 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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549 Voyeur:The acustic is now direct connect to the lines, I hope GTE doesn't mind
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550 my not using transformers! I mean REAL direct`connect!
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551 Bo:you are in. I will call you sunday night.
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552 JBM:tacky Mark,tacky
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553 The Man in Gray
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554 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /
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555 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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556
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557 "Control through sex is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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558 Witness the two most incompetent people in Oklahoma City...
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559 ...uh...Due to a sudden relapse of a Puritan sense of morality, the obvious
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560 course of Petrov's encounter with Honored Matre will NOT be detailed.(awwwwww!).
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561 Of the situation, however, I will say this:
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562 Once in bed, Petrov and Honored Matre fought for supremacy(sorry, no details).
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563 Petrov discovered very little from Honored Matre. She did mention that Joshua
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564 was pretending to work for McKane so as to gain insight into his organization.
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565 Petrov couldn't be certain, though. During his mind-blanking ecstasy, Petrov
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566 was unsure what he was telling Honored Matre about himself.
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567 (end of summary. Back to first-person text.)
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568 My thoughts were unclear--a baneful predicament for my line of work. What did
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569 I tell her? I forced myself to concentrate on my present destination. After
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570 leaving the motel (Honored Matre was already gone), I proceeded back to the
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571 Hilton. Perhaps I could find someone who observed L'homme and Joshua leave. I
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572 was anxious to track them down.
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573 And so I did. Though L'homme and Joshua were too elusive to be seen by
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574 "common people," I found success by contacting McKane. Temporarily working
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575 both sides did have its advantages. One of McKane's men had placed a homing
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576 device in L'homme's car. McKane gave me the frequency needed to track the car
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577 with my nifty McKane requisition "Swiss Army Watch." He also warned me about
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578 L'homme and Joshua's resourcefullness--three of McKane's Junior agents had been
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579 slaughtered by some very clever booby traps in L'homme's hotel room.
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580 (the agents in question were surprised to find a hair strung across the door,
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581 the first thing they look for and never expect to find.)
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582 In my business, one gets used to excitement. Living in fear, body parts
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583 threatened, piloting space shuttles stolen by the McKane Organization.
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584 (The government still hasn't admitted that one!) The one thing that still
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585 reduces me to a blob of jelly is the occasional taxi ride. At the rate we were
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586 moving I'm sure we were gaining on L'homme and Joshua. My watch indicated
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587 dead ahead--heading straight for the heart of Oklahoma City's famous china town.
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588 Yuck! Five square miles of raw fish. My watch led me to a parked
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589 car-L'homme's! There they were, looking for transportation. Gosh, Joshua
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590 spoke fluent Chinese. I found a rickshaw. Banzai! Laying the driver out cold
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591 and donning his clothes (and my "Team Banzai" headband--I knew that would come
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592 in handy someday), I pulled the cart over to the two superspies, hat hiding my face.
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593 Joshua and L'homme gratefully climbed aboard. They were discussing recent
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594 events. Both men seemed to think I should only be trusted SO far--and was
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595 probably incompetent anyway. At that instant I turned to them, "Where to?"
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596 They were visibly stunned and momentarily speechless. Finally Joshua found his
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597 voice, motioning with a broad gesture, "out there...thataway!"
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598 Petrov
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599 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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600 ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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601 TMA:getting`on BW is easyer then calling you! this proves it. I am home wso
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602 give me`a ring
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603 MiG
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604 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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605 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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606 Petrov: you must have been at westercon. I've got a headband too, but I
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607 still don't know what to do with it.
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608
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609 Ok all of you out there: I just want to brag someplace. I've recieved
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610 a pass for two for a screening of The Last Starfighter, and can hardly keep
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611 myself off the ceiling! Sure, most of you are probably going 'so what?'
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612 but I just had to tell somebody someplace.
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613
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614 Mig: awaiting your call
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615 L'homme: What color mustang? Just wondering.
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616 Fast Fred BSAL
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617 (:::O O::: Freddie - need a second for that pass? {hint hint} ::::O O:::voyeur:::O O:::)
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618 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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619 HELLO ALL.
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620 MIG: don't connect me with the JBM's,I'm the parapsychologist in P.A.L's.
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621 *************************************************************************
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622 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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623 ->Doctor - 20 minutes is INcorrect. Better consult with Milchar,
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624 his success ratio is almost perfect.
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625 ->All - since this is currently the bottom of drive B, I'm not going to
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626 waste a puzzle down here. Maybe later on drive A.
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627 ????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????
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628 kjhdjdjlkf
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629 here
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