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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTEALLED: 23 JUL 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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19
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20 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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21 Well what do you know, I am at the top
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22 of the disk. May it be as good as the
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23 last...
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24
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25 Max...
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26 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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27 (*{(*{(*{(*{ l'oeuf }*)}*)}*)}*)
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28 { damn the 40-col. margins! }
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29
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30 ...much better...it seems I'm near the top again- I guess I'm just
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31 a near-top kinda person...
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32 Fencer raised his now-sober head from the position on the table where
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33 it had remained for a full two days. The transition from transient to
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34 respected, sober inn-habitant had an unpleasant, liquid method- the beans
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35 of the C plant- UNIX grown for freshness unrivaled, though nonetheless the
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36 method worked. Addressing the masses that had gathered to hear out the
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37 story of a quest, he asked "What's going on??"
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38 * sorry folks- I've been outa contact with hi-technology for a few daze *
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39 * can someone fill Fencer in on the happenings ? *
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40 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{l*'*o*e*u*f}*)
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41 If any gets on this board between 2:00
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42 and 2:30 then leave a message i be back
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43 at 2:30 pm. Thank's The s.d.k.
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44 Leonard: Most peculiar. I find a message from you, but I have no record of
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45 you logging on... Oh well. File area #3 has what you are looking for. I
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46 would like to see the B protocol specs, but am in no particular hurry for
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47 them. I will have a talk with Fido, and see if he won't let you past this
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48 time. ttyl.
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49
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50 s.d.k.: This is the first time ive used my modem can you help me?
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51 I want to find some other boards it seems to be impossible....
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52 -------------------
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53 Other boards: 289-xxxx...253-xxxx...252-xxxx...684-xxxx...233-xxxx...682-xxxx.
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54 From there you can find out even more numbers that you can call.
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55 -------------------
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56
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57 s.d.k.: Thank's for the numbers.
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58 Sorry but I have to go to work now. be back at 1:00 am......
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59 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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60 Milchar: disk swap would be fine, or I
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61 could give you a copy on cassette...
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62 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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64 Max: Cassette? Bite your tounge! Ick, (personality change) nasssty vile
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65 little casssssssssettessss...
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66 Via disk, please?
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67 +++++++++++++++++++
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68 We stared at the interior of a barn, quite like something you would find
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69 on a farm. The owner must grow grain, I thought, looking at the modern
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70 harvesting equipment in storage. A quick check: yes, still daylight.
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71 The Doctor looked out, then at the console. He shook his head, muttering,
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72 "No change in position, according to the display, here..."
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73 Grann was having similar problems dealing with the new environment, but of
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74 an entirely different sort. He was looking at the machines, his mouth agape.
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75 He studied them more closely, then asked, "What's U.S.R.A.? Those letters are
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76 marked on nearly everything out there. Shovels, machines, everything."
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77 The Doctor lookedt the monitor, wondering aloud. "Well, history has changed
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78 somewhat, according to Milch. It's probably some variant of U.S.A., or some
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79 such."
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80 I decided it was time to find out. We would need additional information,
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81 anyway. The TARDIS had slipped again; I doubted that the box had drawn us
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82 all this way to look at a barn. The real target was probably near, though.
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83 I said, "Wait", and sent my self adrift. I searched for a consciousness,
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84 found one on a tractor. I merged, delving into memories. He didn't know
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85 of such merging, or how to block me out. I didn't plan on being there long,
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86 anyway. Staying too long muddied your personality with theirs.
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87 Quickly, I found what I wanted, and pulled out. I merged with myself back in
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88 the TARDIS, a bit breathless.
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89 "I...know some of the changes now, Doctor. This is a place where Russia
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90 turned instead to democracy after its revolution. Communism was displaced
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91 in the United States, or should I say, the young colony on North America.
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92 We are now in the United Soviet Republic of America. This barn is property
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93 of the state, on a large communal farm. The only other change I have diserned,
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94 other than the ones that would logically follow Communism in North America,
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95 is that Latin is not a dead language on this world. It seems to be the
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96 universal tounge here, replacing the English on the other Earth."
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97 "Communism and Latin? So radical a change in such a 'short' distance across
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98 Paratemporally?"
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99 "Only one or two decisions difference, Doctor. But very important ones."
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100 "Well...I suppose we ought to go looking around, for whatever we've arrived
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101 for. I think I'll gather travel packs."
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102 "Better hurry," Grann said. "Looks like company has arrived outside."
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103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++ July 23, 1985 ++++++
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104 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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105 The cute little grey rabbit rested on the shoulder of the Trainor.
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106 Txe Trainor ran xis fingers across the little fur-ball's shead, stroking
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107 it gently.
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108 :::::=====:::::=====
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109 Damn! Forgot it was in first person!
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110 Let's start again! Oh how I hate enter only!
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111 :::::=====:::::=====
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112 I rested on the shoulder of the Trainoor as he stroked my soft grey
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113 fur gently. I streached out all 4 of my feet and opened my mouth in a
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114 surprising yawn. I curled up atop his shoulder as more and more people
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115 began to say that they would hel,p, too. Good. i didn't want this to be
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116 a lonely trip and it looked like it wasn't, from the way people were
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117 beginning to wake from their ale induced sleep and their ale enduced
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118 blind jollyness. "I'm in." sounded from Emu and Piper, and some others
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119 who I didn't know quite by name who had come in earlier. I cturned and
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120 spoke to the Traiinor, asking "Where exactly are we going, friend?"
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121 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===Zephyr:=====:::::=====:::::=====
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122 ZEPHYR! When you leave the board you do a few little things...
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123 1) Hit return after the end of your last line.
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124 2) Hit control C to get the command prompt '>'
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125 3) Then you type 'off' or 'OFF'. Don't forget this one!
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126 4) Then you can pull the plug out of the wall or do whatever
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127 to hang up.
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128 Sound fun? Sound easy?!?!?!
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129 Here we go, I'm going to try it now...
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130 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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131 THE TALL MAN WATCHES AS THE BLUE BOX VANISHES. THEN SEVERAL COPS LOOK AT TH
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132 NOW EMPTY SPOT. ONE LOOKS AT ME I SHAKEMY HEAD AND I GET BACK INTO MY CR.
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133 THE CAR STARTS EASY AND I MOVE BACVK INTO TRAFFIC. I LEAVE THE PLACE OF THE STR
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134 ANGE HAPPENINGS.
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135
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136 """"""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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137 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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138 Trainor gazed around at his new found friends, but the movement of his
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139 head caused the small rabbit to suddenly leap to a nearby table. "Piper, Emu,
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140 and perhaps even you Faire Lady are very gracious to offer your aid. I thank
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141 you with all of my essence for your calls of solidarity. Oh Zepher, you too
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142 are very gracious to offer your kind assistance, and perhaps I am out of line
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143 to question help since I need it so much. But I have seen many things in
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144 my travels, and I have been many places in my Pell-mell, but never have I
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145 seen a rabbit such as you! I do not wish to drag such a small creature as
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146 yourself into a fray such as I see ahead of us. The going will be tough, and
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147 I am afraid to say that survival is no guarantee. I would not think any less
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148 of you if you decide you would rather sit this adventure out.
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149 But enough of this downcast talk! Is there anyone else who wishes to
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150 help? You good bard, with your lute and your songs? Could you see your way
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151 clear to come with us and do battle on the side of right? Any others, those
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152 who hang the the outer fringes of the Inn. Are you ready to stake life and
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153 limb on this most important of quests?"
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154 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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155
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156 The Master's Shrinking Song (sung to Its a Small World)
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157 By: The Companions of Doctor Who
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158
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159 Once I learned a wonderful trick to play
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160 On a planet light years
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161 From Gallifrey.
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162 Now opponents I shrink,
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163 Quicker than you can blink,
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164 Till they stand ten inches tall!
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165
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166 Chorus: It's a small world after all;
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167 It's a small world after all;
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168 It's a small world after all;
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169 It's a small, small world.
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170
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171 There's a billion worlds each around a sun,
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172 And a planet to conquer for everyone.
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173 Oh, how grand it would be,
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174 Even on Gallifrey,
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175 If I shrank them one and all!
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176
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178 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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179 The Bard looked up from his pack. He had been working on something
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180 inside it. He had presented a rather startling view, bent over with both
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181 arms and most of his upper body inside a pack that didn't *look* to be more
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182 than a foot deep. As he straightened there was a mechanical sound from the
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183 pack (as of a bolt being released).
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184 "Yes, I believe I shall accompany you. However... it might be wise
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185 do send someone to do some scouting. I also think that we may need some
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186 HEAVY firepower, that is of course, if we need any at all.", he paused,
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187 "Has anyone seen Fast Fred?"
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188 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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189 Jim: that session was aborted by YOUR board hanging up on me! I might add
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190 that I got hung up on BEFORE THE FOURTH LINE OF THE LOGON BULLETIN *four*
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191 times... it looks like you've got some serious problems there....
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192 __________________________Leonard__________________________________________
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193 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
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194 "It would appear, Dear Isabell, that we left a little too soon. I guess
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195 my fault lies in my anxiety for action. Should I go back for a moment, too
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196 call them outside?" With that, I pulled the reins and Isabell slowly turned
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197 and then leapt forward in a bolt of speed.
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198 After she had slowed from a canter to a trot, something told me she had
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199 done that for a reason. I never did decide what reason it was, only that she
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200 had a reason.
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201 I left Isabell at the hitching trees to the side of the Inn and walked
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202 briskly to the door. Opening it rather quickly, I poked my head inside and
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203 said, "Anyone coming?"
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204 &'&'&'&'&'M'U'R'D'E'R'&'&'&'&'&'C'O'N'S'E'Q'U'E'N'T'I'A'L'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
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206 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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207 an archived report... on the activities of german general shermer of the
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208 nazi african corps... leading up to his demise at the hands of a british patrol
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209 in 1943...
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"i expect another fity kilos of explosive placed by dawn... if they are
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212 not placed... we will not have enough explosive force for operation Khamsim..."
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213 the general was on the radio to a colonel towards the brittish front... the
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214 antenna bobbed as the car made it's way through a desert wind storm...
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215 dust flew at the windshield and the driver was depending on the smallish
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216 green compass on the dash... the needle would go of the center mark... and the
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217 car would turn to straighten with the needle...
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218 a simple and effective way for a car to navigate... in the deep desert...
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219 general shermer lit a cigarette and turned the knob on his radio... a song
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220 about someone named 'lilly' danced over the static...
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221 shermer wore a crooked little smile... due to a scar lengthwise along his
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222 lip... a polish soldier had marked shermer with it... during the blitzkrieg...
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223 on his lap there was a report... the top was marked with a swastika in red
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224 and gold... with the words confidential in black stamped letters... strewn on
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225 the page by a careless secritary in berlin...
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226 the report read... "with this series of explosions... timed to the tides
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227 and the desert Khamsim windstorm... we believe that the coast could recede...
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228 past maradan and to the sea of calanscio..." shermer crooked his smile...
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229 it continued... "thereby engulfing both sand seas with the mediterrainian
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230 ocean... over half of africa would be sunken... most being allied strongholds
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231 and settlements..." shermer laughed out loud at this...
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232 "the writers of this report do not intend to tell the high command strategy
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233 but we all feel... that this would turn the tide of the africa war in our favor
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234 and support the manifest destiny of the master race..."
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235 shermer closed the file and put it into his attache case... the operation
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236 had been cleared through berlin... and rommel... expolsives were being placed
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237 along the designated routes... soon the winds and tides would reach a peak...
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238 and soon the desert would become a sea...
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240
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241 to deliver general shermer to the garisson at benghazi...
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242 it was the desert storm... a torrent of wind blowing over the desert... a
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243 hell to navigate through... in fact... the driver noticed something on the top
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244 of the dashboard... a small notebook... with a pencil inside it... held fast by
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245 a magnetic plate...
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246 it had been drawing the comppass off course for at least the last hundred
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247 miles or more... they had been driving... in circles...
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248
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the driver halted the car... he dropped the notebook... and turned to the
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249 rear seat in order to tell the general... from outside the rear window he spied
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250 a large searchlight... an enormous pole... a brittish tank...
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251 the doors to the car openned and brittish soldiers streamed in... shermer
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252 drew his luger... the driver was wrestled to the ground... shermer shot himself
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253 and the driver cringed...
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255
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256 attack at el alamein... in time to distract the mine laying efforts and destroy
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257 the nazi attempt to flood africa and turn the tides of war...
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258 after the war... the documents and attache case were transferred to the
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259 london historical archives... recently... terrorists detonated several bombs in
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260 the archives... trapped due to an accident in laying the explosives... they
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261 discovered the plans for operation Khamsim...
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262 The plans were sent to tripoli and libyan Prime Minister Khaddaffi... soon
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263 the plans were being set into motion by Khaddaffi who believed they would flood
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264 all of africa... except his little island... of terrorism...
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266
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267 DEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDE
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268 Xi! My name is Dennis. Wxat is your name out txere?
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269 Xey! Xave any of you xumans seen my rabbit? X'e's missing!
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270 Txanks in advance!!!!!! Dennis!!!!!!
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271 DEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDEDBRUSH
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272 OFF
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273
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274 ******* The s.d.k. *******
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275
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276 Whats this about your rabbit you silly
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277 thing you. whats up dock.
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278 *******
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279 Is any one out there be back at 5:35 am
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280 7-24-85
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281 Please leave a message (" I am very
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282 board ")!!!!!..... ?
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283
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284 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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285 The piper streched his arms to work the kinks of inactivity out of them,
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286 then turned to the bard.
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287 "No, I haven't seen Fast Fred around for quite a while. Perhaps he's
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288 lurking in a corner."
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289 Taking a large breath, the piper let out a bellow that startled the
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290 chattering innhabitants to a momentary silence.
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291 "FAST FRED! ARE YOU HERE??
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292 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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293 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{l'oeuf}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)
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294 Fencer, stirred by a mighty cry from across the room, shook the last cob-
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295 webs from his groggy mind and let out an equally loud cry- "TRAINOR- I'M
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296 IN !". Fast Fred- now where have I heard that name before?
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297 (*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(*{(**)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)}*)
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298 +++++lurkmode-testingnewterminalprogram-problemswith'ZZZZZZZZ'...+++milch+++
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299 :::::::::::: jesus, milch. it's a wonder you're ever on ::::::::::::::::::::
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300 A lurking Milchar? Never seen it!
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302 Sorry about this. I know. Only write entries once a week, but I just
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303 can't resist!
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304 :::::=====:::::===== (And you will see why I can't)
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305 "Me?" I said, my pink nose twitching in irritation, "ME? Abandon a q
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306 perfectly wonderful quest? Are you insane, lad? Nay! I'm going to come
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307 along no matter what! " my whiskers fluttered up and down, showing my
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308 abhorance at the very thought of taking a perfectly good quest and tjust
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309 ignoring mit. Once again I hopped up onto the shoulder of the Trainor, whispering "I'm coming along, now just tell me
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310 where we're going!" The Trainor smiled, as he pat my head gently.
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311 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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312 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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313 THE TALL MAN DROVE THE CAR DOWN THE L.A. FREEWAY INTO THE LOWER CLASS AREA
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314 OF TOWN. HE DROVE UP TO A BUILDING AND PARKED HIS CAR. HE GOT HE G
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315 HE GOT OUT AND LOCKED THE CAR HE BUZZED THE BELL AND LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA
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316 THE DOOR OPENED AND HE WALKED IN. THE HALLWAY WAS CLEAN AND HAD PAINTING HANG-
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317 ING ON THE WALLS.
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318 HE CLIMBED THE STARS AND WALKED DOWN THE HALL. A BEATIFUL WOMAN LEAVES HER
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319 APARTMENT AND SAYS HELLO AS SHE WALKS BY. HE NODS HIS HEAD AND WALKS ON. THE
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320 MAN COMES TO THE END DOOR AND REACHES FOR A KEY IN HIS POCKET BUT AS HE PUTS
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321 THE KEY IN THE LOCK THE DOOR COMES OPEN.....................
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322
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323 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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324 CRAZY CRAXZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY
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325 Dr Stu here, but, in order to eliminate confusion, I'm going switch to my
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326 alternate handle--Crazy Eddie
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327 By the way, I picked up that nickname in college when I was watching Dr Who
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328 every day on TV. Also, sorry about using someone elses border my first in
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329 I didn't realize that people had there own individual borders.
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330 You probably won't hear much from me for a while, I'm mostly going to observe
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331 and try to decide how I can best contribute to the board.
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332 CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY EDDIE
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333 Xas anybody seen my rabbit around xere? I was following
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334 xim just a moment ago, but now xe is gone! I am in sucx
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335 a state. Ox wxere ox wxere could txat rabbit xave gone?
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336 Mr. Rabbit witx txe funny xat? Wxere are you?
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337 Alice from wonderland
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343 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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344 Some people came, some people went, and some that stayed put up bits
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345 of their writings on the wall for others to see at a later time.
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346 Over the pieces of conversations and inane spoutings that filled the
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347 Inn I sat still while listening only to the voice of Emu. His relaying
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348 of the passage and tribulations of Trainor filled my ears as my eyes
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349 peered into the flames that danced frivolously before the man whose
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350 tale I know heard. I sipped from the mug, and for an instant I imagined
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351 that I was present at the holocaust. I cringed at the moment the tale
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352 concluded, only to be met with silence.
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353 "And his fleeing this terror has brought him here? In search of those
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354 daring enough to hear him out and volunteer aid in his crusade?" I
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355 asked over the crackle of the fire.
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356 "Yes, that is how the situation stands. Though many have spoken with
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357 this Trainor, it remains to be seen how many of us shall attend."
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358 "Ah, you are going along with them then."
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359 "It would appear that a good handful of us shall. Anything to break
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360 the unending tedium of an evryday life."
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361 I paused before speaking again. Gently putting down an empty mug I
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362 then said it. "Tayree."
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363 "What was that?"
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364 "Tayree. You asked me for my name and now I am giving it to you."
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365 He thought for a moment before replying. "And a befitting name it is."
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366 Shortly, a crowd would gather outside to investigate the machine that
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367 stood pominously outside the walls of the Inn.
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368 "I, for one," stated Emu, "would like to take a closer look at this
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369 device that is the cause of such calamity. Would you care to...
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370 join me, Lady Tayree?"
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371 "That you have asked, and that my curiosity has been found, my
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372 answer for you is yes. I would join you." Genuine and distilled
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373 courage soon found its way bak to the door to view the marvelous
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374 contraption that would prove my feeling that this would be no simple
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375 risk-free jaunt.
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376 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&&
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377 **********Replace This Line With A Hamburger**********
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378
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379
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380
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381
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382
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glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of
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383
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each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.
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384
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385
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386
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387
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cell, said " Kid, I'm gonna put you in the cell I want your wallet and your
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388
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belt" and I said "Obie, I can understand your wanting my wallet so I don't
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389
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have any money to spend in the cell but what do you want my belt for?" and
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390
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he said "Kid we don't want any hangings" I said "Obie, did you think I was
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391
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going to hang myself for littering?" Obie said he was making sure, and
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392
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friends, Obie was cause he took out the toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself
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393
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over the head and drown, and he took out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend
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394
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395
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396
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397
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398
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we went back to the church for another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be
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399
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400
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401
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402 all: Sorry for the line feeds, may come back and fix that after work.
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403 Tanya: Are you alive? Call me...
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404 Guardian: See above (to Tanya)
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405 -so
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406 :::::::::::::::O O::::::0725::::::::::::::::::::::::08:18:::::O O:::::::::
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407 Cistop: have you figured out the vector problem yet? I posted the quesion
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408 on Compuserve last night, so perhaps you can find the answer there.
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409 :::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::
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410 Leonard: As you probably know by now, YMODEM.DOC is on CBBS/NW. You can get
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411 it there, or my board (if you can get on at all...I have complained to PNB
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412 but what good it will do, I'm not sure). Sorry for the problems. Jim
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413
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414 By frob! A new face!
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415 SAD
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416 Dunderson fretted, As well he should. It is not everyday such a low
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417 man on the Company's totem pole has quite so much responsibility. Oh he was
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418 the executive assistant to the head of the Company (SAD liked the term
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419 company, so what if the CIA already used it too) and he did have some
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420 weight around the place, but seeing to an operation single handidly like
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421 he was doing now? Dunderson was worried and with good reason. Directing
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422 several agents in a cross country operation was difficult enough, but
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423 this time NET was involved, and that made the task even more formidable.
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424
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425 Why?, Dunderson thought to himself, why did I ever get myself into
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426 this mess. I can't be expected to watch over those agents when they are
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427 3000 miles away. And who can trust Joshua to make it easy for the the agents
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428 to follow once he leaves Nirvana? This is all too much for one man to
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429 take.
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430 "Ella? Yes, I want you to book me on the next flight for San
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431 Francisco. Yes, that's right. Oh no need to inform him right away. I will
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432 take care of that. Yes, standard issue travel parcel. I'll pick it up
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433 on my way out. Please ring me when you have confirmed reservations. Yes
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434 Ella, I know what I am doing. Thank you, no, Ok, thank you. Good bye Ella."
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435 It's the only way, he thought. Boss will appreciate my devotion.
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436 Sure he will. I hope.
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437 <RING>
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438 "Yes Ella. It leaves in 45 minutes? That is fine. Please have them
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439 bring my car around. No I'll drive myself. I can use longterm parking. No
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440 I will be fine. Good bye Ella."
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441 That's it. Nothing more I can do now except not miss my plane. Joshua
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442 will have a party waiting for him when he arrives in the bay area. I will be
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443 at the head of the party. Not bad, if I do say so myself. Not bad at all.
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444 SAD SAD
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445
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446 Is that really "the the" ? I bet he meant just one "the" there. It
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447 all makes sense now. The-the-that's-that's all folks.
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448 Porky
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449
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450 """"""""""""""""""""""7-25-85""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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451 THE TALL MAN LOOKED AROUND THE DOOR THE LIVING ROOM WAS EMPTY AND THE LIGHT
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452 WAS ON THE DOOR TO HEIS STUDY WAS STILL CLOSED. HE QUITLY PULLED HIS 38 SNUB-
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453 NOSE PISTOL OUT FROM HIS SHOULDER HOLSTER. HE SLIPED THROUGH THE DOOR AND
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454 LOOKED INTO THE KITCHEN/DINING ROOM NOBODY THERE. THE DOOR TO HIS BEDROOM WAS
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455 CLOSED ALSO. "WAIT," HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF "I LEFT THE DOOR OPEN WHEN I LEFT
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456 THIS MORNING.....................
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457
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458 """""""""""""""""""""""""""MISSFIRE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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461
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462 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua
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463 I lay by the pool, enjoying the sun and the scenery. NET keeps its R&R
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464 facilities well stocked. All it needed to make it perfect was a little
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465 diversion, but that was too much to ask for. But wait! what's that vibration?
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466 Turning my head as little as possible, I see Ian approaching. Great,
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467 someone must have heard my request for a little diversion, for here he comes.
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468 As he neared, he eyed the chair sitting closest to the pool suspiciously,
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469 and sat in the other one. Pulling a file folder from his capacious pocket,
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470 he opened it, scanned it briefly, then handed it to me.
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471 "while you've been a total blob here for the past several weeks, L'homme sans
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472 Parity (you remember him don't you?) has been on a mission in San Francisco.
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473 He is long overdue, and we haven't heard from him since shortly after he arrived
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474 there. Your job is to get down there and find him (or his body) and report
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475 back here. Everything we know about the situation is in the folder.
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476 You can leave when you are ready, as long as you're ready by tomorrow night.
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477 You can browse through the garage and see if anything there is up to your
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478 standards (and durable enough), or you can arrange some other transport.
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479 In other words, you are, as usual, on your own. Oh, by the way,
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480 you'll also find a little information in the folder about some new small-time
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481 subversive group which has been making attempts lately at moving up in the
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482 world. Our intelligence suggests that they might try something with you.
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483 whether it will be friendly or hostile, we're not sure. Just be aware of
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484 the possibility. They'll probably turn out to be nothing more than that other
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485 group, what was their name? underground? Anyway, keep your eyes open."
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486 As he started to get up I said, "hey Ian... do the words 'deus ex machina'
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487 ring a bell?" At the sound of the key phrase, the small voice-activated
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488 charge in the leg of the chair went off, tumbling Ian toward the pool.
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489 As the sparks flew and I covered my head, I thought, 'its a good thing
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490 I'm leaving. They don't mind me breaking in a few of their androids,
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491 but I think I'm a little too enthusiastic. Besides, Ian would make a
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492 formidable opponent, even if just on the practical joke level.'
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493 "Hey, Ada? I regret to report the passage..."
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494 joshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshuajoshua
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495 joshuajo... I hate entering on-line ...shuajoshua
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496
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497 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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498 Joshua: Never fear, we shall return in force when other storylines die down.
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499 One story is easy enough to keep going, but two or three gets a little rough...
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500 We lurk, we watch, and we always make careful note of the actions of others...
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501 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ UNDERGROUND [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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502
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503 *******************************************************************
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504 Voyeur: Found the vector, but still having problems, some sort of weird
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505 interaction with the keyboard. Every time I get any input from the serial
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506 port it locks up the keyboard. I'm in the process of disassembling the
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507 code in the 2000 to see what they do to make it work. It'll take a little
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508 time, but I think I can get it figured out. I found the vector by making
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509 an educated guess, and then looking for recognizable code at the address
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510 pointed at by the vector. For what it's worth, the vector used for the
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511 serial port in at interrupt 72.
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512 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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513
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514 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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515 Milch: I finally got on. I really should enter some of the storyline...but
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516 sometimes, ya gotta say "what the f**k!"
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517 Later. (sleep now, payday tomorrow!)
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518 ???????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????? July 26, 85 at 12:43 ??????
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519 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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520
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sad agents... not exactly doing exhaustive researching are you... there is
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521 an entry for sad in some referecnce work of mine... it reads like this...
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522 "sad... special analysis division... under emergency preparedness program
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523 to develop ways to control information and impose censorship in the us..."
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524 do not worry... i wont flamme you in a story if you explain it craftily
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525 enough... and you seem to be crafty if nothing else...
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526 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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527
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528 waiter approached... taking a slippery route through the other tables... at the
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529 other tables lurked men in varius states of finery... turbans and veils were
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530 rare... and most everyone was attired in business suits...
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531 the loud din of noise from each conversation was unnerving tilean... who
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532 could not seem to make out aany single voice... they all faded into one another
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533 and distinguished themselves...
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534 someone at his table asked if tilean was feeling ill... tilean admitted the
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535 algierian food was not healthy for someone with a delicate stomache... to which
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536 someone answered "and you say you do not like candied grasshoppers..."
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537 loud crunching noises stopped as everyone realized what it was that they
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538 had been eating... nervous glances were exchanged... everyone put down their
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539 portions...
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540 "europeans... i bet your mothers had to force cheese down your throat...
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541 stomaches of glass... each and every-" the arabian put a grasshopper in his
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542 mouth and bit harshly... he went on... "one of you..."
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543 the arabian belched loudly and everyone seemed to become rather ill...
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544 "when did khadaffi get the plans for operation Khamsim..." asked an agent
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545 sitting next to the arabian... the agent looked almst nervous aboutit...
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546 "the impetuous fool... he got the plans sometime in february this year...
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547 it took him two weeks to realize the signifcance of it... and then the mad man
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548 actually set the plan in motion once again... damned fool..."
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549 tilean ignored the arabian's feelings toward khadaffi and asked how they
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550 were setting the plans in motion... and where...
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551 "the idiot will detonate bombs in each of fifty oil wells along the desert
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552 until the sea flows far enough past the coast... that a river will form... and
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553 the continent will sink... all of this done in accordance with the tides and
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554 the weather... the interminable fool is going to try to sink his continent..."
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555 the arabian was frustrrated at the seeming stupidity of the libyan prime
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556 minister... alarmingly frustrated... although he did enjoy candied grasshoppers
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557 to no end...
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558
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"these wells... do we know which wells..." asked another agent who sat on
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559 the other side of the arabian than the last one...
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560 "the wells are nationalized and numbered one to fifty... starting with the
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561 first one... offshore and going all the way to fifty... near the north bank of
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562 the sand seas..." the arabian's spirits lifted with the arrival of some green
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563 leafy things... garnished with a ring of deep purple slices...
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564 seeing this as a convenient time to make an exit... tilean stood and bid
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565 his thanks to his host... the arabian... and asked the other agents if they
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566 wished to enjoy some of the night life of algiers... he signalled them to agree
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567 and come with him... in turn they all stood and exitted...
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568 all five agents left the darkened and stuffy atmosphere of the restaurant
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569 and were promptly blinded by the naked sun... as their eyes adjusted they began
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570 to make out the fablulous traffic in this north african city... people yelling
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571 at one another and offering their wares as they have been for hundreds of years
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572 and more... without any significant change since the days of the barbary states
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573 and before...
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574 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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575
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576 wiped it off slowly... his mind churning out comments on the agents who left
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577 seconds ago... two of them were nothing significant... but the other two...
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578 they were significant in that they felt... they understood the vastness of the
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579 trouble ahead...
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580 only those two seemed affected by the tale of desruction that was his job
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581 to tell them... and both of them seemed quite confident in their positions...
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582 what were their namesns now... according to his reports... they were tilean
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583 and allean... the other two were not even worth considering...
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584 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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585
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586 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (-so)
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587 Yes. I am alive. Hardly breathing for reasons beyond my reckoning, but
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588 I am still one of the living. You, my friend, are now in another state of
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589 consciousness at the moment and shall not be disturbed by me now.
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590 I was....
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591 I am EXTREMELY disconcerted with the fact that small box of holding
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592 has once again decided to up and ******* emptied it's ENTIRE contents into
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593 another dimension. ********! ***** *** ***** ** ****! But enough of such
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594 vulgar language, I should now rest so as to retype about three weeks of
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595 material from scratch. Where's my bottle firey relaxants when I need it?
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596 Four stories ready for the uploading... >>>POOF!<<<
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597 As for me? The same. Don't expect to see my name here again for a
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598 short while... perhaps a year or two.
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599 (You just had to ask, didn't you?)
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600 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---> 207. I think.
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601 All typing errors, improper usage of punctuation, shifts in tense, et cetera
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602 were placed in the previous message intentionally so as not to break a
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603 particular person's "track record". Not that the message mattered, nor
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604 that the particular person ever existed. He doesn't. 207:04
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605
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606 **********Replace This Line With A Plate Of Fish And Chips**********
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607 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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608 not at the bottom yet, but...
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609 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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610 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\bordermark
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611 HI!!
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614 >_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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615 NEOHAMA
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616 >_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>_>
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617 Hey y'all
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618 Awile back, I did some reserching on
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619 Mars to see if there was a way to thicken
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620 it's atmosphere. IIt was useless.
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621 Now I'm working on Venus. It's problem
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622 is that it's average tempeture is
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623 600d F. due to the thick clouds it has.
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624 I'm trying to find a way to remove them. But I need all the help I can get
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625 If any of you dudes have any ideas,
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626 I'd apreciate knowing them
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627
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628 Thanks NEO.
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