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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 7 MAY 85 **********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ***********************************************************
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20 Marc: In response to your quiry, as has been noted before, I perfer that
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21 overtly descriptive sexually based stories not be placed on BWMS, and in
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22 fact I have removed them in the past. (See first 19 lines of disk please)
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23 The reasoning behind this is not that I am a 'prude', but rather experience
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24 has shown me that whenever I have allowed such, no matter how well written,
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25 the less intellengent types have taken it to mean that BW has turned 'porno'.
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26 I then have to spend the next week to a month fighting such abuse. There
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27 are more then enough other 'porno' boards around town, and I have no intention
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28 of allowing BW to turn into one. I have very few limits as to what I will
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29 allow on BW, but sexually explict writting is one. The other reason I have
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30 this restriction is that I try to keep BW open to as many different users
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31 as I can, and since many are uncomfortable with such things, it is another
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32 reason for such a limitation.
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33 There is no such thing as freedom, there is only the continually shifting
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34 balance of one persons desires and goals against anothers. Freedom as we
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35 have come to know it is when those goals and desires have reached true
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36 balance. This will always mean that there will be restrictions though as
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37 we give up one freedom to obtain another.
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38
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39 L'homme: Correction, the RND 19 + 1 should be 1 + RND 19 so much for copying
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40 BASIC programs without checking the structure...
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41 left to right left to right left to right left to right left to right
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42 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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43 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%Greetings once again from Blue Beard the Pirate....Really a 44 benevolent fellow I am. I see I was somewhat in error about going
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45 on a tirade regarding all the problems that were going on about
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46 two weekends back. Tho my identity shall forever remain anonymous,
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47 suffice it to say that I've been in these waters for 4+ years now.
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48 It seems that there were a few misunderstandings generated thru
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49 the actions of a single (?) individual who we (as in the collective
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50 sysops of this town) would gratefully strangle. If you haven't gathered
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51 it by now, I am indeed a sysop. Again, my apologies for stepping on
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52 toes.
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53 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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54 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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55 Alas, after reading all that drive B: had to offer, I come away feel-
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56 ing somewhat depressed. We all of us have our good and our bad days.
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57 God only knows that sometimes bad things happen to good people. To
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58 whomever it was that said they felt that they had to "impress" other
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59 people, I only have this to say. We all of us must march to the beat
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60 of our own drummer. Our facades that we try so hard to create are
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61 mere feathers in the wind, subject to the whimsy of nature. A single
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62 puff and it's gone, revealing that which is really us. My drummer is
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63 not your drummer, nor should it ever be so. I view with great trep-
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64 idation the effects of all of us marching to the same drummer. Imagine!
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65 a world where we were all faceless, nameless robots! <Shudder...>.
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66 Cheers......Blue Beard the Pirate......
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67 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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68 To the person asking about modems & baud rate:
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69 The confusion is because 'baud' does NOT mean bits per second (bps).
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70 The baud rate is (as I recall) a measure of how fast a signal is changing
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71 state. The phone lines can only handle about 1200 *baud*. Since you need
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72 TWO channels (one send & one receive) that means they only have 600 baud
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73 apiece. What a 1200 *bps* modem does is have more than two STATES for the
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74 signal (It uses some sort of phase-shifting arrangement) Thus each 'state
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75 change' carries more than one bit of data (on a 2400 *bps* modem each one
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76 carries FOUR bits of data...),
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77 I hope this is of some help. If not someone else will have to help
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78 as I'm at the limit of MY technical info on the subject....
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79 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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80 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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81 please dont be depressed! it changes you all over. friends will
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82 notice the change and back off, thats not good, times when you are
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83 depressed is when you need you friends the most! if you have lost
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84 touch with them give em a call, go out, talk to them!
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85 life is hard sometimes, i egree! but its the only one you have so take
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86 good care of it. dont let other people or things take it away from you.
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87 okay?
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88 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}
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89
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90 I HAVE A QUESTION: IF THERE IS A GOD, AND YOU DO EVENTUALLY SHOW UP ON
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91 HIS DORR STEP FOR THE FINAL DISCISION ON WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND
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92 THE REST OF TIME... WHAT IF THAT GOD WASN'T THE ONE YOU BELEIVE IN?
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93 SURE THERE IS A GOD BUT MAYBE IT'S A SHE? WON'T SHE BE MAD THAT YOU
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94 SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE PRAYING TO THE WRONG GOD? WOULDN
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95 'T THAT MEAN THAT YOU WERE ACCEPTING ANOTHER GOD BEFORE HER, AND THAT
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96 THAT ACT IS PUNISHIBLE BY GOING TO HELL? WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO
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97 WAIT AND SEE WON'T WE? =RABBIT
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98
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99 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=
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100 GOD IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART TO BE, NO BOOKS OR
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101 TOMES WILL SUFFICE THAT THAT...OUT OF ALL THE RELIGIONS
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102 IN THE WORLD THEY TEACH YOU THAT THERE IS NOT ONLY 1 BUT
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103 MANY, EACH HEART BELIEVES IN THE ONE THEY CHOOSE AND
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104 THAT IS ALL THEY NEED...THERE IS NO 'ONE GOD' BUT EACH
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105 HAS THERE OWN...JUST BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART WHAT YOU WILL
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106 NO ONE ELSE CAN TELL YOU WHICH IS RIGHT OR WRONG...IF
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107 YOU DECIDED TO BELIEVE OR NOT TO BELIEVE IN ONE THAT
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108 IS STILL ONLY UP TO YOU...NOW ON THE THE GAMES (OR LIVES)...
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109
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110 SHIFTIN' PLANES (PART 1)
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112 THERE WAS ONCE A MAN CALLED FLIP WHO HAD TO SPEAK AT A SURVIVAL
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113 CLUB MEETING ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE WEATHER HAS TAKEN A STRANGE
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114 TWIST WHEN HE HAD ARISEN FROM BED. THE BRITISH 303 HUNTING RIFLE LAY
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115 IN THE CORNER OF THE LIVING ROOM ALONG WITH VARIOUS OF SURVIVAL
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116 EQUIPMENT HE HAD PACKED THE NIGHT BEFORE. "HMMM... " THOUGHT FLIP AS
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117 HE CHECKED HIS INVENTORY BEFORE SETTING OUT TO THE CLUB..."DISTILLED
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118 WATER, PURIFYING TABLETS, WATERPROOF MATCHES, FISHHOOKS & LINE,
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119 SNARE WIRE, SPARE AMMO..." THE LIST WENT ON...SOON HE WAS READY FOR
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120 THE LECTURE AT THE COLLEGE. THEY WANTED HIM TO SPEAK BEFORE THE
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121 HUNTING SEASON STARTED FOR THE YOUNG HUNTERS WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO
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122 IF THE SITUATION AROSE THAT THEY WERE STRANDED IN THE WILDERNESS.
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123 GUN IN HAND AND SURVIVAL KIT ON HIS BACK FLIP STARTED OUT HIS FRONT
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124 DOOR...!WHOOOOSH!! SSSNNNAAAPPPPP!!!!! A LIGHTNING BOLT STRUCK DONE
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125 AT THE SAME TIME HE STEPPED OUT...HE AWOKE ON HIS FEET IN A CLEARING
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126 OF A VAST FOREST OF TALL FIRS. "WHAT THE..." SAID FLIP AS HE LOOKED
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127 ABOUT HIS SURROUNDINGS. "I MUST BE DREAMING" HE THOUGHT AS HE SAT
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128 DOWN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HIS WATCH (WHICH WAS
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129 ELECTRIC) WAS BURNT OUT WHEN HE LOOKED OVER HIS BODY AND EFFECTS.
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130 THE CLOTHS HE WORE WERE NOT MARKED, NOR HIS HAIR BUT THE FLASHLIGHT
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131 STRAPPED TO HIS BELT WAS ALSO BURNT OUT. "HMMM...I NOT DREAMING
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132 AFTER ALL" HE DECIDED. "WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL FIND MY BEARINGS AND
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133 TRY TO GET HOME..." HE MUTTERED TO HIMSELF WHILE ADJUSTING THE LOAD
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134 HE WAS CARRYING. HE PULLED OUT THE COMPASS AND FOUND THAT IT NOTHING
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135 BUT SSLOWLY MOVED AROUND POINTING IN NO PATICULAR DIRECTION. "THATS
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136 STRANGE, I WONDER INF THE MAGNETIZED NEEDLE STILL WORKS..." HE DUG
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137 IT OUT OF HIS KIT AND WALKED OVER TO THE SMALL STREAM FLOWING
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138 NEARBY. TAKING A BIT OF SWEAT FROM HIS FOREHEAD HE WIPED THE NEEDLE
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139 WITH IT AND VERY SWLY LAYED THE NEEDLE IN A STILL POOL OF WATER. IT
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140 DIDN'T POINT NORTH EITHER. WHILE PUTTING IT BACK IN THE KIT HE
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141 LOOKED OUT UPON THE TERRAIN AND SPOTTED A HIGH SPOT THAT WOULD GIVE
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142 HIM A BETTER LOOK OF THE COUNTRYSIDE...AFTER A 1/2 HIKE UP THE HILLS
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143 HE REACHED THE POINT AND LOOKED OUT...SEEING NO SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION
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144 BUT MILES OF FOREST IN ALL DIRECTIONS. SCANNING THE SKIES HE NOTICED
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145 THE MOON HAD RISEN, JUST BARELY VISIBLE TO HIS LEFT. SMILING TO IT
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146 HE DECICED TO WALK THAT DIRECTION INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE STREAM
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147 WHICH SEEMED TO END AT THE POOL. LOOKING OFF TO RIGHT HIS JAW
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148 DROPPED OPEN AS HE NOTICED THE CLOUDS OPENING UP, A NOTICED A
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149 SECOND MOON..."THIS IS NOT EARTH" THOUGHT FLIP AS HE SAT DOWN AND
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150 DUG A PINT OF WHISKEY FROM HIS KIT...
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152 (TO BE CONTINUED...)
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153 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=! BIGFOOT !=!
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155 A British 303? Not exactly your mainstream rifle. I have one, but I could
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156 never get its accuracy to match that of my sporterized Springfield 30-06,
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157 so it's been relegated to the back of the closet as a spare. As a
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158 "survivalist's" rifle I'm a bit sceptical - its relative scarcity means a
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159 concomitant unavailability of ammunition, which is not a desirable situation
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160 once "it all falls apart." But then, not being a participant of that
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161 philosophy, I could be wrong. Maybe it's an advantage? Whatever the case,
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162 I acknowledge your use of a realistic prop in your tale. Here's your
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163 "pat on the back."
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164 _innocent bysitter_
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165 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [little tin prints] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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166 So wer'e telling stories now, are we? Here's one for you...
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167 UNDERCOVER By John Silverman
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168 (c) 1985 John Silverman
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169 So wer'e telling stories now, are we? Here's one for you...
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170 UNDERCOVER By John Silverman
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171 (c) 1985 John Silverman
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172 part one of six)
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173 Frank still couldn't believe this was happening. He stood against the wall of the laundry room, shivering
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174 n his damp dishwasher's uniform, with the other surviving members of
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175 he hotel staff. Facing them were a dozen men dressed in olive-drab
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176 uniforms complete with black ski masks, all armed with various sorts
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177 submachine guns. They were waiting.
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178 From the events of the last hour, Frank had arrived at one inescapable conclusion. He, and all
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179 is fellow co-workers, were going to die. It was just too logical,
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180 iven the situation. His heart thundered as he furiously thought
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181 f some slim hope to cling to. Right at the edge of the crowd, by
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182 PLEASE EXCUSE THE MESS... IF I CAN EVER GET THE DAMN THING TO UPLOAD RIGHT THEN MAYBE I CAN SHARE IHT NOW, THOUGH, I THINK I'LL 183 JUST TURN THIS THING OFF AND BE ILL...(SIGH)
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184 MAYBE TOMORROW
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188 OFF
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We laughed as we exited the car, click-click we climbed the
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stairs. I noticed a note on the storage area "Keep door locked".
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Hmmm that wasn't there earlier, As we turned to unlock our Apt. door
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and door across the hall flung open and our neighbor stood there,
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his eyes blazing with rage. "I want to talk to you about the
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"condition" of the storage area", his tone was threatening. I faced
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him. "Great!" I replied and continued," Let's get together and
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get it taken care of, you move your stuff and we will move ours."
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I had a smile on my face, willing to compromise. The man steamed.
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"I don't have time to do that, and if your stuff ever gets in my way
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again, Ill throw it over the balcony." Surpized at the man's attitude
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201
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I entered my apt, turning saying "Hey, it's past 11:00 at night,
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202
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let's discuss this in the morning when we are both a little calmer."
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The man growled"Ok, lady be up at 5:00 am, I have to be at work early"
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Odviously the man wanted to fight with me and Kristy, She took up
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the conversation "Sir, we waited two months before putting anything
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in there hoping that you would clean out a space for us. We needed
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to get moved into our apt, you can understand that can't you?"
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The man fummed and growled, insisting that we had damaged his property,
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left the door unlocked and our cats were too noisey. We looked at
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each other(kristy and I) and said goodnight to him and closed the door.
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The man was persistant, screaming at us thru the door and banging
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on it. We opened the door again and continued our "talk". After a
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couple of minutes we realized fully just how unreasonable this man
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was and instructed him to consult with the management. closing the
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door in his face. He did not pursure his battle with us, we could
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hear his door slam and we could hear the battle that he waged with
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his own wife. Sounds of crashing furniture and angry tougues set the
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mood for a dismal evening for us. What had we done to deserve this
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oral thrashing and emotional upset? Oh God, why do you test your children
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so?
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222 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Guru of Bliss*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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223 The cacaphony of descension drags the 'Guru' off his mountain and away from
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224 the pleasent contemplation of his navel, as it so often does, to join the frey.
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225 Optimal Freedom comsists of the maximum latitude for every individual up to
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226 but not passed the point ware the freedom of one would diminish the freedom of
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227 another. We have NEVER known it! But it is realizable. It is one of the measures of true civilization (though one
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228 of the lesser ones). As long as the generating of stress and of mundaness con-
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229 tinue to be socialy acceptable true freedom will not be atained. (The pre-
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230 meditated generating thereof i mean)
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231 As to God vs 'gods': The Unknowable Essence has ever been and ever remains
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232 exaulted beyond comming ins and going outs. The revealers, the major dawning
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233 points of manifestation, have one and all proclaimed Him to be singular though
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234 unknowable. Thair so called fallowers,
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235 on the other hand, have often found
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236 vested interest in maintaining confusion
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237 on that issue. The pronoun 'He' is used to refer to the Causer of Causes, not
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238 as an indication of biomorphic polarity, such is absured by deffinition in
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239 connection with an infinatly exaulted
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240 supreme being, but rather as default of
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241 a language which lacks a pronoun for
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242 a non-physical and thus non physicaly
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243 polarised scentient. Of course other
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244 interpretations are possible and far
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245 be it from me to set myself up as thair
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246 final arbeture. i simply pass on what
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247 little understanding i have of the
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248 latest 'chapter' of this continual outpouring of Devine will.
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249 This IS the day in which the books have been opened.
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250 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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251 BIGFOOT: a survivalest on the world of two moons? Dreamtoucher loves it!
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252 (might even put in an appearence down the trail a bit after your satisfied that
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253 the scene has been fully set if thats ok)
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254 INNKEEPER: I aggree with your specific motivation in re 'blackout'. I am not
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255 unawaire of the problem. I question only the appearent 'general' motivation
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256 in re the question of 'eros'.
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257 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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258 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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259 Marc -- Although I have been enjoying "Blackout" very much, I must agree
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260 with Mikey that you are coming very close to a fine line of acceptibility
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261 for BW. (I'm sure you're aware of that already, your comment proves that
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262 you are not unaware of the sensitivity of others here.) So far the writing
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263 has been excellent, the situation not completely unbelievable, and the
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264 responses of the characters, while not perhaps enlightening as to great
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265 universal truths, not unrepresentative of at least some specimans of humanity.
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266 The story has been succussful insofar as it has raised erotic expectations
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267 although no explicit sexual descriptions have occurred, however it seems that
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268 nearly all who have read the story fear that the action will quickly turn
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269 from the fine line of erotically stimulating to clinical. I, for one, would
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270 prefer to see you hold on the "socially acceptable" side -- a difficult path
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271 to tread, and one frought with treacherous traps that could destroy your story.
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272 If more than a single erotic incident is involved -- if the persons involved
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273 learn more about themselves or the world around them, please, please continue
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274 but try to keep away from clinical descriptions. If the single incident is
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275 all that occurrs, my imagination has already filled in the rest.
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276 pppppppppppppppppp
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277 The piper turned to a table where a large, hiristute (sp? I misplaced the
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278 damn dictionary!) individual had called out. A flash of polished tin caugh
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279 the pipers eye reminding him strongly of a past adventure and a mental picture
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280 of two gentlemen who normally inhabited a spy-story reality walking arm-in-arm
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281 down a yellow brick road singing an old Judy Garland song nearly brought a
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282 tear to his eye. Ah, yes, the tin man was not involved in the incident --
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283 our minds weave strange associative webs sometimes. The piper sat as
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284 bigfoot began his story.
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285 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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286 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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287 Marc: I, for one, find your story amusing. I don't consider it offensive,
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288 and if I did, I could always not read it. Since you clearly identify yourself,
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289 why don't those who don't like his story just skip reading it? Be a little
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290 user-friendly for a change, instead of just talking about it (all of you who
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291 jump on the "user-friendly month" have a continuing tendency to leave messages
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292 exhorting others to do what you say, not what you actually do...
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293 ------------------------------------The Prodigal-----------------------
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294 To Leonard: I'm grateful for your enlightenment about the bit and the baud.
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295 Used to be confused ... not anymore ...
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296 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^__^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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297 To All...
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298 Thanks you for replying to my comments.. I will observe the rights for
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299 those who don't wish to read it and not post the remaining two parts, but
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300 just give you the ending.
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301 Now can anyone tell me what others BBS's have this format of story telling
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302 This is the only one I know. So could anyone give me a few telephone
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303 numbers for some others.
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304 Thanks---> Marc & Melissa
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305 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_
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306 "BLACKOUT" Final Episode
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307 It was shortly after midnight when the lights went on, more blinding than
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308 the darkness that it erased. They staggered to their feet---two strangers
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309 who had done almost everything that a man and woman can do to each other--
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310 and they dressed, exchanging neither word nor glance. Within five minutes,
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311 they were on the Portland Mall.
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312 He found her a taxi. "Can I drop you off anywhere?" she asked, hoping
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313 that he'd say no. "
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314 He shook his head.
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315 "I'll take the Bus."
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316 But handing her into the cab, he paused.
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317 "Are you sure you'll be okay?"
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318 For the first time that night, he spoke with geniune concern. For the
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319 first time that night, she looked into his face.
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320 "I'll be okay." she said.
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321 He took her hand and shook it--two business acquaintances at the eend of
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322 a long tiring meeting.
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323 "It's been..."--he was sudden;ly awkward--"it's been nice knowing you."
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324 Her last glimpse was of a figure in a crumpled business suit, disappearing
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325 into the steps of a Tri-Met bus.
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326 ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_
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327 Thanks for those who all read it, and if a offened anyone I give my
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328 appoligies. I'll see what I can dig up in another story that's fitfully
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329 right for BW and thanks for all the comments...
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330 Marc & Melissa
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331 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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332 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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333 My life fades in and out. My thoughts are passionate like the rage of
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334 a wild fire, they're the pain of the single flame that licks about inside me.
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335 They are often detached and my mind dwells in a nebulous haze that qualifies as
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336 something other than reality.
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337 My breath condenses on the window to the world, then it evaporates
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338 and reappears. I look out at the people beyond the glass. There's a war
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339 between them. They have no weapons, but they are fighting each other, although
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340 they don't seem to realize it. Either that or they don't care. Every once in a
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341 while a person will fall, they'll fade away. And people will wonder what
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342 happened. They really do care.
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343 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\ eidolaz /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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344 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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345 After having made a rather clumsy but successful landing, Kosta removed
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346 a small black leather case from within the large tote he had brought with him.
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347 "Ah, be things as they may, I could not have set hands on a finer
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348 instrument... The lads back at Head Quarters will surely be at a loss when
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349 they realize that one of their most traesured pieces are in 'enemy' hands..."
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350 Opening the sealed flaps that contained the device within, Kosta prepared all
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351 settings before initializing the power-up proceedure.
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352 MEM:ON DIR/ACP:DIR ORG/ANS:ORG POWER:ON
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353
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354 <COMSET ACTIVATED>
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355 [QUERY DIRECTORY]
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356 <ENTERING DIRECTORY; SPECIFY DIRECTORY SUBLISTING REQUIRED>
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357 [OPERATIVES ON ASSIGNMENT]
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358 <OPERATIVES ALL ON ASSIGNMENT; SPECIFY OPERATIVE SUBLISTING REQUIRED>
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359 [LIST OPERATIVES: FLAG>STATE]
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360 <FLAG LISTING OF OPERATIVES BY STATE QUERIED; INDICATE STATE>
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361 $:[CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANSISCO]
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362 <ILLEGAL PARAMETER; REENTER>
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363 $:[CALIFORIA; SOUTH]
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364
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365 <LISTING OF ALL AGENTS ASSIGNED TO, OR ON DUTY IN: CALIFORNIA; SOUTH.>
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366 <.....................................................................>
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367 <.....................................................................>
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368 <.....................................................................>
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369 <.....................................................................>
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370
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371 "What in God's good name has happened here? Why, you blasted infernal
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372 contraption! You have failed me! I shall see about that!" In a flurry,
|
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373 Kosta checked and recheck the settings of the device to verify that all was
|
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374 as it should be. Everything on the outside appeared to be in fully operational
|
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375 order. When he came to reset the power switch it finally dawned on him that
|
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376 an internal working had somehow malfunctioned, and that it would most likely
|
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377 not be in fully operational status without having it checked into by one of
|
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378 the technicians back at the labs. The word 'infernal' kept spewing from Kosta's
|
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379 lips. Delicately, he powered off the machine and replaced it in its black
|
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380 leather case to be carried as a reminder that he had at least deprived the rest
|
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381 of one of their impliments of location. Kosta then shouldered his large bag
|
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382 of contents and left the aircraft after having punctuered the wings and
|
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383 setting a small fire downhill from it... He would be a safe distance before
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384 the fireworks would go off.
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385 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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386 Farley: The entry I said I was going to enter was lost with the COMSET.
|
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387 Nothing I can do will make it operational. All files lost.
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388 Ian: Not to worry (too greatly), I transcribed the programs to paper before
|
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389 having purged them as non-essential. Now about the COMSET...
|
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390 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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391
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392 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________
|
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393 Marc--> Indeed, a very fine story, if not a bit incomplete in the middle for
|
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394 rather obvious reasons. I sincerely look forward to your next story, hopefully
|
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395 one that is a bit more fitting to the atmosphere. But don't leave us!
|
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396 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: The Jiz /// __________::::::::::__________
|
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397 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
|
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398 The radiant bride was gay. She had never been so happy in all of her
|
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399 life. She had met her 'knight in shining armour.' Setting her cap for him,
|
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400 she had won his love, znd knew they would make their marriage a blissful and
|
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401 happy one.
|
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402 The bride was gay. She stared in the oval mirror on the wall in her
|
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403 bedroom, tiny beads of perspiration forming under her nose and on her
|
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404 forehead. She had blanketed her sexual preferences for years and was now
|
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405 about to commit a crime against herself, as well as her husband-to-be. But
|
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406 she would go through with it-her cold blue eyes staring back at her told
|
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407 her she had to.
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408
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409 My brother is cool. He can pop a wheely for almost a whole block!
|
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410 Also, he talks Mom and Dad into anything, pays me 25 cents to clean his
|
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411 room, and has his own walkie-talkie with his best friend, Herb. He's the
|
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412 best brother I ever had!
|
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413 My brother is cool. The fever has been gone for two days now, and
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414 he has slipped into a coma. His cheeks are pale and thin. His eyes are
|
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415 always closed. The stale smell of medicines and antiseptics are beginning
|
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416 to nauseate me when I walk into his room. It'll be over soon.
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417
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418 My teacher is neat. He tells funny jokes, but always in the wrong
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419 order: introduction, conclusion, and the story-line filled in at the end.
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420 At first, he scared me with his untameable hair and heard and his high,
|
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421 hoarse voice, but now I can see that his bark is much worse than his bite.
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422 He is a good teacher and I have learned much from him.
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423 My teacher is neat. Everything on his desk is in perfect order. His
|
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424 papers are stacked just 'so-so,' his books are lined on a shelf like
|
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425 soldiers on parade, and the pictures on the walls coordinate. Little dust
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426 germs don't stand a chance against his meticulous cleaning. I hear they
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427 are going to stage a rebellion, though, and put a stop to the polishes,
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428 insectisides, and air fresheners. I don't know whose side I'll be on. I
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429 think I'll put my money on the germs.
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430 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{NEW POET-TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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431
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432 *%#@)_*%@)_*%)_@#*%@)_*%@#)_*%@&^#$&^_*^)_#*^)_*^!_)*^)_*^#)_*^#)_*^)_^*_^*@
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433 Mikey: Copylink works on the IBM PC/AT! (Big surprise eh?) This is under
|
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434 DOS 3.0, using a Hayes 1200 baud modem. I called a few BBS systems, down-
|
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435 loaded a file, and tried out a very simple script for 'attack dialing.'
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436 I have encountered no problems yet, EXCEPT... (you knew there had to be
|
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437 an except didn't you?) Once in a great while, after leaving terminal mode
|
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438 to say, help or command mode, the first word that is printed is missing
|
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439 its first characters. I can't explain it, and there appeared to be no
|
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440 ryhme or reason to the occurrence. Any ideas? (I know this is VERY minor,
|
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441 but as a judicious tester, I wanted to report EVERYTHING) I'll be doing
|
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442 much more testing, and I will of course report everything that happens,
|
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443 or doesn't happen! Thanks for the wumpus program on the previous disk.
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444 Anyone: Who or what is Central Intelligence?
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445 Kosta : Another entry! Someday I will respond in kind.
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446 Piper : I'll be calling regards our 'graphic' problem.
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447 *%_)#*%_)@*%)_@#*%)_@#*%@_)#*%@_) L'homme sans Parity *(_#)*%_)#@*%_@)#*_)@
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448
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449 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=
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450 DREAMTOUCHER!: I WOULD BE HONORED IF YOU APPEARED...I WILL SET THE SCENE
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451 IN PART 2...LATER TONIGHT (5-8-85)...
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452 THE TIN MAN: I USED THE BRITISH 303 BECAUSE I OWN ONE (DATED 1918 IF THINK)
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453 AND IT HAS NEVER FAILED ME (HAS SPIT A BIT OF METAL AT A FEW TIMES BUT THATS
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454 MAINLY FROM AGE)...IT'S BEEN THROUGH TWO WARS AND STILL GOING STRONG. BUT
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455 I WILL SOMEDAY RETIRE IT AS A SECOND AND GET THAT RUGER MY GUNSMITH UNCLE
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456 HAS...HOPE THAT THE UPLOAD WORKS THE NEXT TIME...TIL THE NEXT THOUGHT FLOWS...
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457 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!= BIGFOOT =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=
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458
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459 SHIFTIN' PLANES (PART 2)
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460
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461 FLIP TOOK A LONG PULL AT THE PINT OF WHISKEY AS HE TRIED TO FIGHT
|
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462 THE FEELING OF FEAR THAT WAS WASHING OVER HIM. THE WHISKEY SLOWLY CALMED
|
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463 HIS NERVES AND STEADIED HIS HANDS WHILE HE CONTIMPLATED HIS SITUATION...
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464 "I'M ON A DIFFERENT PLANET, DON'T KNOW ANYONE AND CAN'T SEE CIVILIZATION
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465 FOR MILES" SAID FLIP ALOUD, REMEMBERING THE OLD BOY SCOUT RULES OF WHAT TO
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466 DO WHEN LOST. "AT LEASE I DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FED'S ANY MONEY THIS YEAR!"
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467 HE THOUGHT AS HE ATE SOME OF THE RATIONS IN HIS KIT. THERE WAS ENOUGH TO
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468 LAST HIM A WEEK AND THERE SEEMED TO BE PLENTY OF WATER AVAILABLE. WISHING
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469 THAT HE HAD SOME COMPANY HE BEGAN THE LONG JOURNEY TO 'SOMEWHERE'...AFTER
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470 WALKING FOR A FEW HOURS HE NOTICED THAT THE TREES WERE THINING SOMEWHAT,
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471 AND THE BEGININGS OF A TRAIL WEAVED THROUGH THE TREES. WHISTLING A OLD
|
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472 SONG HE CONTINUED ON THRU THE DAY FOLLOWING THE TRAIL WINDING DOWN THE
|
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473 ROLLING HILLS INTO A LARGE VALLEY THAT STREACHED TO THE LIMITS OF HIS
|
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474 SIGHT. NEARING NIGHTFALL HE DECIDED TO BREAK CAMP NEAR A SMOOTH FACE
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475 OF GRANITE, USING THAT AS A REFLECTOR HE BUILT HIS SMALL TEPEE FIRE AND
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476 PROCEEDED TO EAT A LIGHT DINNER. THE BIRDS SANG SWEETLY AS THEY FLITTED
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477 THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES NEAR HIM..."QUITE A LOVELY LAND I SEEM
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478 TO BE IN" THOUGHT FLIP AS HE STRETCHED OUT NEAR THE FIRE. THE TWO MOONS
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479 LIT UP THE COUNTRYSIDE LIKE TWO LAMPPOSTS ON OPPOSITE STREET CORNERS,
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480 ENABLING HIM TO SEE PERFECTLY THAT NIGHT. WAKING FROM A FITFUL DREAM
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482 COALS OF HEAT. AFTER ADDING MORE TWIGS AND SMALL 'SQUAW WOOD' THE FIRE
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483 RETURNED TO ITS BRILLIANCE IN THE NIGHT LIGHT...SUDDENLY FLIP NOTICED
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484 MOVEMENT AT THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. QUICKLY HE UNSLUNG THE 303 AND READY
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488 PEACE...
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493 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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494 It was a cold morning. Too cold to be out and about, but be that as it
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495 may, Josh still had to be there. Grumbling to the great gods in the sky,
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496 muttering about the -10 degree weather, he climbed into the cockpit.
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497 "Hmph. Damn thing just doesn't want to start this morning. Perhaps a
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498 little fuel in the carb might work.". Dumping three capfuls of booster
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499 into the carb, Josh pulled himself back into the cockpit. Whirrrrr. Whirrr.
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500 Click. Click. Kathunk. Finally. The engine engaged. Taxiing down the runway,
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501 Josh knew he had a long day ahead. That run back to Aleut was going to be
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502 a tough one, especially if the weather didn't clear up, and soon. The radio
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503 reports indicated a gut-busting flurry coming down from the pole. Josh
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504 didn't think to highly of this, and moaned out loud when the radio
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505 crackled "Josh, honey, you ok this morning?" His wife. Of course. Josh
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506 had to put in that two-way radio to pacify his wife. "Yeah, Sandy, I'm
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507 doing fine.". "Uh, Josh, you sure you don't wanna wait to make that
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508 run?". "Nah. Gotta get it done. The boys up there need me as soon as
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509 possible, can't afford to wait any more.". "Ok. But you just be very
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510 careful. I don't wanna hear that your little 180 went down in the middle
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511 of the sea somewhere. That just terrifies me.".
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512 >>>>> Blue Beard the Benevolent Pirate <<<<<
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513 5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%5%
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514 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*X^n*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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515 Mark+Mellissa: Other story boards:Tanis=761-0609/Alt World=777-0709 There may
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516 be others but these are the two, other than here that i know of.
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517 Bigfoot:if not tonight then sometime real soon. Even the pointed eared dream
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518 shaper gets streatced a bit thin trying
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519 to be in as many places as seems to be.
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521 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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522 Kosta: Ian seems to be pre-occupied with something, so I'll risk this.
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523 It's probably too late now, but you'll need the info for the next time
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524 the Comset has a malf. It IS possible to recover files after what
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525 happend to you. More details at /pcs drop or meeting...
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528 __________________________________________________________________________
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529 when two people live under the same roof for long enough they begin to
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530 have an edge of concern and maybe even a little possesiveness. after only
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531 a short passage of time you begin to feel as if you have known each other
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532 for all of your life. at least that is how i feel. something else will
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533 happen as well. when the two are around each other for so long they start
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534 to share some concepts even if they do not fully believe in them or are
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535 able to comprehend them fully. i can tell that this has in some manner had
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536 an effect on me as well because there was a time not too long ago that i
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537 would feel no pause or inhibition what so ever in responce to effusion.
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538 the next thing i know is i am hesitating. it is not me that waits but an
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539 ideal that has been expressed by the other one. it is not me. it passed.
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540 after many long minutes of talking about how the office was not such
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541 a nice thing that one could look forward to going there in the morning we
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542 got down to what was on each others minds of late. at first we had both
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543 appologized what we both felt were our rudenesses and inconsiderations.
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544 as it turns out neither one of us felt the burden of the others worry but
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545 only our own repressions. the subject inadvertantly came to how i felt
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546 about myself and the break up i just went through. with all the grace and
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547 wisdom i could muster i created my disertation. the first words were an
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548 explaination that i was quoting off the top of my head from a letter i had
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549 just written. then i went on to say that even though it was not an easy
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550 time i was not so effcted by the release as were the others that were now
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551 on my mind. i knew it had to end because i should never have let it
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552 start. it was smoething i have already learned i would never allow happen
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553 again and that i felt nothing of it anymore because i knew that the one i
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554 had let go was now very much more in love with the one i was only a
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555 diversion from. i was then told that i was indeed wise.
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556 i am not wise. i am a fool. i lied. i did still feel something but not
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557 much anymore. inwardly i turned my back on the situation and looked
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558 forward to the happier days i would spend in the future. but all i feel
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559 is the now. tomorrow never comes. it is always beyond my grasp. pain is
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560 the price we pay for our educations and i am ready for my next lesson.
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561 _______________________________________________________________________mg_
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562
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563 $#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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564 *WOW*
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565 AFTER READING THE AMOUNT OF TEXT THAT HAS BEEN ADDED ON SINCE LAST
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566 NIGHT IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY THE LINES HAVE BEEN BUSY ALL AFTERNOON
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567 AND EVENING. ABOUT THAT PARTIAL STORY 'UNDERCOVER';
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568 I AM A COMPLETE NEWCOMER TO BBS'S AND DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO
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569 OPERATE THEM. I HAVE THE STORY, ALL WRITTEN UP, ON DISK. I TRIED
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570 TO DO IT THE EASY WAY BY LOADING PART OF THE STORY INTO
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571 A MEMORY BUFFER AND THEN LOADING THE WHOLE MESS ONTO THE BOARD.
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572 THE PROCESS GOT ABOUT AS FAR AS IS LISTED UP ON THE BOARD NOW
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573 AND THEN STARTED GIVING BACK STRANGE, SCREWY CHARACTERS.
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574 I ABORTED THE LOADING PROCESS AND TRIED TO DELETE THE INFORMATION
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575 ALREADY ENTERED. AFTER THINKING I HAD ALREADY DONE SO, I LISTED AGAIN AND
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576 DISCOVERED TO MY MORTIFICATION THAT THE LINES WERE STILL ON THE
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577 BOARD AND I HAD NO WAY TO ELIMINATE THEM!! AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!
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578 THIS IS VERY EMBARASSING AND NO DOUBT MAKES ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL.
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579 ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED, AND THAT
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580 I AM NOT A FLAKE WHO IS JUST TRYING TO MESS UP THE SYSTEM
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581 THIS STORYTELLING BUSINESS LOOKS TO BE A LOT OF FUN AND I WOULD LIKE
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582 TO PARTICIPATE. HOWEVER, IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE TO ENTER ALL
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583 MY STUFF MANUALLY (LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, NO DOUBT) SO IT MAY TAKE AWHILE
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584 I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE 'UNDERCOVER' UP ON THE BOARD BUT I THINK
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585 I'LL WAIT UNTILL IT'S A LITTLE LESS CROWDED. I DON'T KNOW HOW
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586 MUCH ROOM IS LEFT ON THE BOARD BUT MY 'CHAPTERS' TEND TO RUN 1/2 TO 1 1/2
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587 SINGLE SPACED PAGES TYPED.
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588 I THINK THE STORY WILL BE WORTH IT.
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589 TO THE SYSOP: I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION ON GRAPHIC SEX, BUT
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590 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE IF IT
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591 FITS THE CONTEXT OF THE STORY? MY STORIES DON'T HAVE MUCH SEX
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592 BUT LOTS OF LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
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593 HOW MUCH I WOULD HAVE TO CENSOR THEM IN ORDER NOT TO BE PURGED
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594 FROM THE BOARD.
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595 IT'S 4:15 A.M. 5/9 AND I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH FOR ONE NIGHT.
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596 STAY MELLOW, AND I'LL C U ALL SOON.
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597 JOHNATHON $ILVERMAN
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599 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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600 Marc & Melissa -- more, please!
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601 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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602 ===============================================All users:======================
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603 Please note that there is a BBS called Tanis (Phone 761-xxxx). Hope to see
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604 an influx of new users
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605
|
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606 i bet... i just bet... that a precious few of you... few indeed... read this..
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607
|
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608 *********.*******************************************.
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609 im reading it, mg: wow!! hope you feel better soon.
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610 *******************************kd*********************
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|
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613 _____ ___
|
|||
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|
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|
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615 _______________________________________________
|
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616 getting tricky now aren't we, hmm? thank you..
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|
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617 ____________________________________________mg_
|
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618
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619 mg, lewis: No, I see it not. Tell me on PCS, where is it? . . . .
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