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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 NOV 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 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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21 Hmm -- the view from here is quite clear. A whole disk below me, and
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22 me with very little to say. One thing does come to mind though...
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23 (squeamy stomach warning!)
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24 I've held a philosophical point of view for some time: If a person is
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25 going to eat the flesh of living creatures, s/he is obligated to accept the
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26 responsibility for that creature's death. Our recent National Pig-Out Day
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27 is no exception. Where did your meal come from? Mine came from an egg,
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28 kept warm and moist for 28 days, then sprawled out of the cracked shell
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29 wet and weak to visit this big new world. I taught the little creature to
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30 eat (Turkeys don't lack smarts, they have an excess of DUMB) by tapping in
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31 the food with my finger. Marbles in the water make reflections -- the
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32 little bird pecks at them -- and misses. A few beakfuls of water, and the
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33 systems are all running.
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34 Little birds imprint. They take the first moving, living thing they see,
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35 and for the rest of their life, that is MOTHER. How would you feel, if as
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36 a tiny baby, you saw MOTHER only once or twice a day? If MOTHER only kept
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37 your food and water full, and perhaps gave you a tiny amount of attention?
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38 In about 4 weeks, the little bird has grown a nice crop of feathers. It's
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39 stronger now, although it still wants to follow MOTHER. It can go out into
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40 summer shelter, although you must carefully put it inside at night.
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41 As the months progress, the bird grows. It puts on several suits of feathers
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42 until it takes on it's adult plumage. It still comes running to follow
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43 MOTHER, however. Turkeys may be dumb, but they also know whose hand holds
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44 the feed can.
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45 Cold weather finds the bird nearly adult. The small squaack sounds it made
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46 has graduated to a classic gobble. Proud of itself, it struts, displaying
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47 its tail feathers in a classic
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48 Throughout its whole life, this bird has known nothing but kindness.
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49 Gentle hands do not terrify it -- although it doesn't like to be handled,
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50 it doesn't struggle when it is picked up. It even endures the loop of twine
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51 around its feet, for what harm can MOTHER do? The flicker of the birds
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52 eyelids is feather soft in the palm of the hand that holds its neck across
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53 the chopping block.
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54 I believe that the bird died quickly -- I hope that it was quickly enough
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55 that no sense of betrayal ended its life... but I will never know.
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56 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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57 MAXIE
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58 "THIS ONE WILL BE EASY", HE THOUGHT AS HE SMOOTHED THE BRIM OF HIS PANAMA, PLAYFULL
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59 ENTER
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60 Y. JACK NODDED APPROVAL TO THE WAITER AS HE SET DOWN THE DRINK. HE TRIED NOT TO
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61 LOOK TO EAGER AS HE REACHED FOR THE SNIFTER. THE BRANDY TASTED RICH AND WARM. HE
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62 TOOK A DRAG FROM HIS CIGARETTE AND BLEW SMOKE TOWARDS THE STAIRWAY.
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63 "THAT'S WHERE SHE'LL BE COMING FROM", HE THOUGHT AS HE FOLLOWED HER IMAGINARY
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64 FIGURE DESCENDING THE STAIRS. HE SCANNED THE BAR, TAKING IN EVERY DETAIL. WITH
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65 HIS BACK TO THE SOUTH WALL, HE SAT FACING THE ENTRANCE. TO HIS LEFT SAT SEVERAL
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66 MORNING INDIVIDUALS GETTING THEIR LAST DRINKS BEFORE THEIR WORK DAYS BEGAN. TOURIST
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67 WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DINING AREA. IMPATIENT FATHERS, NAGGING WIVES, ALL
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68 WAITING FOR THE SHUTTLE BUS TO THE AIRPORT.
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69 ###################ok,if anyone wants anymore of this story, leaves a message.
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70 I don't want to meander one boring everyone, its all ready had enough rejection####
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71 ##############please excuse my crudeness,
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72 I am still trying to learn how you leave messages.##########shy writer#############
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73 _________________________________JD 2446399.0405___________________________
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74 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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75 well, well, well, line 74. the closest to the top ive ever been. to the
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76 pitier of turkeys, hopefully it will make you happy to hear that i ate
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77 no turkey on turkey-day, but instead had steak! yes, a trusting little
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78 stupid cow died for me! the mere power is awesome! well, i am hungry
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79 once again, as it is lunchtime, so i do believe i shall go make a
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80 hamburger.
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81 jim
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82 (the eater of lesser beings)
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84 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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85 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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86 I appear to have been twitted from the Bit Bucket. I called a few
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87 minutes ago (14:40) and my number now belongs to somebody called
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88 "Brian" and when I tried logging on with my own name the board hangs
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89 up on me. I don't remember havong done anything to rate this treatment
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90 so maybe it's a system foulup. Anyway, since I cannot get back on,
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91 would somebody with Bucket access (I know there are a few out there)
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92 please sent a message to the sysop asking why I have been booted off
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93 the system? I would really appreciate it.
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94 JOHN SILVERMAN
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95 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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96 . . . . too lazy
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97 Jim: Who says cows are lesser?
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98
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99 Piper: I won't even say what "horrible" eating habits I follow, but
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100 were it that I had the courage of you, I would do the same. Too bad
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101 Jewish meat is so expensive. -Tanya
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102 . . . .
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104 JOHN: I WILL LOGON TO THE B.B. AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS GROSS OUTRAGE.
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105 JIM
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106 ( THE RESTORER OF LOST ACCESS)
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108 We're still trying our darndest to heat our house with nothing but wood.
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109 Well, lighting the wood on fire anyway, wood itself isn't much good except for
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110 termites. We're getting used to the cold, but during the "warm spell" we had
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111 a few days back, as soon as it got
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112 above freezing outside we opened up the windows to heat up the house.
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113
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114 My biggest problem is lighting those darn fires. I've got a good supply of
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115 newspapers and dry kindling. It's no problem to light those things. In fact,
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116 I rarely use more than three matches. It's the wood that's tough.
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117
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118 My father-in-law can light up a roaring fire in about fifteen seconds. I swear
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119 he could light one by hitting his fingernail on a piece of rock, and have one
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120 big dripping wet log roaring in no time.
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121 But as for me, I usually spend about forty-five minutes lighting up the kind-
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122 ling. I get a great fire from the newspaper for about half a minute, and then
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123 some of the kindling sort of glows, but then it all dies out. I work the bellows
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124 until I'm in a sweat, but all that does is blow it out.
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125
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126 Sometimes I do get lots of kindling going. I pile on about a foot of the small
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127 loose sticks, and if I'm lucky, I get a roaring fire. Feeling confident, I
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128 then throw on a full-sized log.
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129
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130 About ten minutes later I have a few glowing embers at the bottom of the fire-
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131 place and a slightly singed log sitting on top of them.
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132
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133 I've used hair driers to get the flames going, I've blown on them 'til I've
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134 fainted, and gone through three different bellows. Last time I went to the
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135 store for a replacement, I asked for a magnum. The clerk just gave me a funny
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136 look and shook his head.
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137
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138 Last night I got so frustrated I ran into the garage and grabbed a can of
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139 lighter fluid- the kind for barbecues. I doused the entire inside of the
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140 fireplace with the stuff, but the embers were so died down *that* didn't even
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141 light it up.
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142
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143 So I threw a match in.
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144
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145 The charred brick all around the fireplace is tough to get out. And the painting
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146 above it will never look the same. And probably my eyebrows either.
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147
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148 We use electric heat now. We may be poor, but we're warm.
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149
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150 popopopopopopopopopopopo pooped out popopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopo
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151 :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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152 It's snowing here. More! I want more! Pray for snow!
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153 :):):):):):):):):):):) BB :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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154 *%_)#@*%_)@#*%_)!*%_)!*%_+!)@*%_)!%)_!#*%#!_*^)_@#*^@_^*$_@*^@_^*@$_^*@$_^*@^*^@$_^*$_^*@_*^@$_^*$_)^*_^*@_^*@
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155 Shy Writer: Please enter more! Do not let disparaging remarks get you down. Please let us hear more from your
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156 world!
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157 Mikey: Sorry I didn't get you called yesterday. Here is what I wanted to contact you about. This came through
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158 USENET, and I thought you might be interested...
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159 FROM: HUGGINS@USC-ISIE.ARPA
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160
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161 My son at Baylor University has a Sanyo 555 with the video ram board modification. He uses a Hayes Smartmodem
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162 (300 baud) and copylink to connect to the university's vax system. he'd like to be able to use crosstalk ot
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163 (or) pc-vt to emulate a vt100 but neither will work on his machine. We've also tried to run kermit and qmodem
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164 with the same results. All will load but each acts as if there were no modem connected to the port. In fact,
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165 crosstalk gives error messages to that effect. Copylink works fine, but it had to be patched when he first
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166 bought it (using info which came with the program). We're assuming the other programs mentioned might have
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167 to be patched, too, but we keep drawing blanks. Can anyone help?
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168 One more plea....doea anyone know of a way to generate an alternate key function on the sanyo 555? even if we
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169 are ever able to get qmodem, pc-talk, etc. to run, he wouldn't be able to do much--if anything--with them since
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170 the sanyo 555 has no alt key.
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171 if anyone can help, please send a note to huggins@isie.
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172
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173 Mikey, do what you will with this, but I thought you might be interested.
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174 *_%)*%)_@*%_)@#*%_^&)_!*!_)%&)_!^*!_^&!_)*^! L'homme sans Parity *%_)#@*%_%&*_)#_)&^_)#*^@#)_*^_@#^)_@*^_@
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175 (((*)))
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176 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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177 Sorry, my vote is for NO snow, 'cause it makes it awful hard to get to my
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178 Chemistry lectures. On time, that is. Tri-Mess is usually 1.5 hours late
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179 when it snows here in Estacada.
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180 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar (a.k.a. psuhon!f3217017) ++++++++++++++++++++++
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181 Ah,snow is beautiful, white, cold and the essence of everything that is good
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182 with the world. It blankets our lives with a clean freshness that is otherwise
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183 unobtainable.
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184
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185 So it makes for a few inconveniences, tardinesses, traffic accidents and fouled
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186 up
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187
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188 holiday plans. So a few people die in accidents or from frostbite. So others
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189 are taken to the brink of financial ruin simply because they cannot afford
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190 to heat their homes.
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191
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192 It's beautiful, clean, white, and lovely.
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193
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194 Love it, or move to Southern California.
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195 ())(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\(\8\()(\)\)\9\9 undecided but helpless ))\9\))\9
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196 p.s. what good does it do to bitch about it or pray for more? Whatever is
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197 going to happen, will happen. Adjust
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198 to the situation, don't curse those things out of your control
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199 0\)\9)9)\9)9)9)))\\\\))9)))9))))\\9\9)))09\9\9))\9 a stupid border)00\\000\\00
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202 SMOW BE GREAT,
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203 SNOW BE GOOD,
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204 NOW I GONNA EAT
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205 MY LUNCH FOOD. (LINE ONE:SMOW/SNOW)
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206 ORIGINAL POETRY BY JCP1
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208 Thanks for the encouragement. I will add a bit to my story here, but not too
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209 long to bore the rest of you snow complainers!
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210 Maxie, cont.
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211 As he studied the walls, framed pictures
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212 looked back at him. "This was once a grand place", he thought. The eyes of Teddy
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213 Roosevelt assured him that at one time this was the spot for action
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214 Now, with its aging walls and once beautiful barmaids, the hotel remained open
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215 for ignorant tourists, discreet relationships, and people like himself.
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216 Jack was lost in his brandy when a voice startled him. "Sir?", the bellboy
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217 tapped Jack's shoulder cautiously, as if he knew why Jack was there.
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218 "Telephone,Sir. You are Mr.-"
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219 "Yes", Jack interrupted,"Thanks".
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220 As he eased out of his chair, he tugged at the crease in his trousers. The bll
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221 boy lead him to a private phone. In a few moments he was back in his chair,lean
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222 ing comfortably against the wall and learing at the stairway.
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223 Everything was set. He ordered another brandy and eyed the man reading the
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224 Daliy Journal. The man coyghed twice and set his paper down. In seconds,
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225 the man was gone.
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226 Ok, about this snow business, my vote is to keep it coming down.(Its a
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227 selfish vote, mind you. I get paid whether its there or not!)
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228 And as far as these turkeys, to the person who objects, have you ever sen a
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229 turkey peck to death one of its own?
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230 Well they will, I saw one peck a chick to death because when it hatched
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231 there was a spot of blood on it- turkeys are almost as vicsious as we are!
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232 Why not stop worrying about what you eat, and be concerned about those
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233 who aren't eating?
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234 Well, this is getting too serious for me, I am really not like this!
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235 #################shy writer######################################
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236 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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237 They killed a pig so i could enjoy thanksgiving
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238 gggggggggg shamefully disgruntled gggggggggggggg
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239 _________________________________JD 2446400.2718___________________________
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240 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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241 His hand flashed over the key board frantically. Beads of sweat formd
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242 on his forehead.his eyes read the words "illegal entry; call traced.
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243 gasping in unfeigned horror he ran to the phone cord and yanked it ot
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244 of the wall. Andrenilen shot through his body as he grabbed his
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245 suitcase and stuffed his belongings into it.
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246
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247 Throwing open the door to suite 302a he stared straight into the eye
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248 dropped the suitcase and fell down to his knees with sobs..........
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253 GRAFFITI #107: PIPER IS A CLOSET CARNIVORE.
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255 Loam: General Archivists Meeting? Laser?? Yiiiiii???
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256 Aa
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258 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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259 No no no!!! I carniv out in the open in front of the ghreat ghod ghu and
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260 everybody else! (You've heard of Ghu, haven't you? He only goes after
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261 folks with purple souls. Everyone else, he leaves alone, but for purple
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262 souled folks, he's more tenacious than the Jehova's Witnesses. Who has
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263 a purple soul? Well, as soon as you hear or read the name of Ghu...)
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264
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I have philisophical and ethical leanings toward vegetarianism -- but
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265 these leanings aren't enough to push me over the line ... yet. I do,
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266 however, believe in accepting the consequences of my actions in eating
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267 flesh and using animal products. One of these consequences is the death
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268 of other living beings for my convenience. I can and do accept that.
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269 I cannot, however, condone cruelty towards animals (an attitude that those
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270 who lived in the middle ages would find hard to fathom -- they felt that
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271 panic improved the flavor of flesh... no animal died easy then). Insofar
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272 as I am the economic cause of these creature's death, I feel the respons-
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273 ibility to ensure that their death is painless as possible. The pain I
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274 feel while actually killing a creature atones in some small way for taking
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275 that creature's life -- I try to make that life as pleasant as possible
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276 while it lasts. Well, time for a leftover turkey sandwich...
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279 We know, we know... It hurts you more than it hurts us.
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280 Habitrail Harry
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281 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
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282 DEATH TO ALL GERBILS!
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284 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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285 Those poor gerbils. Hmm... Waiting expectantly for John's next entry.
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286
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287 John Silverman: Will try leaving message to sysop of Bit Bucket. Maybe if
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288 we bug him enough...
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289
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290 Maybe I'll try my hand at writing sometime in the future.
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291
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292 Anyway, back early due to weather.
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293 12-1-85 4:15 pm
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294 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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295 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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296 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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297
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298 "Yes, of course. Now tell me Fellows, what was your dream about?" Dr
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299 Macrobius leaned forward in his deep leather chair, his legal paper pad in
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300 one hand, and a Cross classic black pen in the other.
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301 "Oh, I, well doctor, it is very hard to describe. It was vivid enough,
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302 but I find it difficult to relay it to you because it was so strange to me."
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303 "Fellows, you have to relax. I can't help you with your dream unless
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304 you tell me about it. That is what you want isn't it Fellows?"
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305 "Yes, I want your help. Ok, I'll try." Fellows paused for a moment. He
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306 sat back on the finely appointed couch, drew in a deep breath, and relaxed
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307 his muscles and his mind. "It went something like this. I'm standing at one
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308 end of a large field of tall grass surrounded by a dark green forest. It is
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309 clear and sunny and I can see many people gathered in an area at the opposite
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310 end of the field. One more strange thing. The grass is dead and dry on my
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311 end of the field, but it is deep green at the other end where the people
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312 are. Suddenly, one of the people at the other end of the field turns and
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313 waves at me. I start walking towards the group of people, but the grass is
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314 tugging at my feet. The person, who I can now see is a woman, is still waving.
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315 Others have turned and are looking at me too. I try to run faster but the
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316 more I run the more the grass pulls at my feet and my legs. It is a real
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317 struggle, but I am making progress. I start to breath hard, and the only
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318 sound I can hear is my heart pounding in my ears. Finally I break out of the
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319 tall dry grass and stumble out onto the shorter green grass of the other end.
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320 I look up and the people have their backs turned to me.
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321 I get up and the people are gone. I rub my eyes and when I look again, I am
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322 back in the tall dead grass, and in the opposite direction, there are a
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323 bunch of people looking my way and laughing. I start to walk towards them
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324 again, but instead I turn and walk into the forest..."
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325 "Just a second," Dr Macrobius interrupted "I want to ask you some
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326 questions about this first part, before you tell me about the forest."
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327 "Sure doctor, whatever you say."
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328 "Good enough. Now, did you recognize any of the people standing in the
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329 field, especially the woman who turned initially?"
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330 "That's funny doctor, because while I didn't recognize any of the people
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331 by appearance, I felt I knew them. I think that is why I was so quick to run
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332 after them."
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333 "Of course. Now, did you see anything else in particular about the field
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334 or the forest around it?"
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335 "No, I can't think of any."
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336 "How about the sky? Did you notice anything strange about the sky?"
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337 "No. It was clear and sunny, like I said. I didn't pay attention to
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338 anything else once I started running towards the people."
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339 "Ok, now, go on with your dream. You were walking towards the dark
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340 forest."
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341 "Yah, the forest." Fellows paused again, as his face took on an even
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342 paler shade of white.
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343
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344 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT FELLOWS TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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345
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346 ...And snow does its wonders, even if it only places a cover over the dark
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347 dank world of ours, giving a luster of brilliance to all that it encompasses.
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348 Sit back and see the snow for what it is, a cover of beauty and wonder that
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349 we are priviledged enough to witness.
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350 Observing Nature
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351 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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352
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353 The only thing that I don't like about the winter months is the poor snow that
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354 landed on the roads where it is turned into a brown mush. It looks awfull and
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355 I'd bet it would be pretty embarasing for the little snow flakes that have to
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356 live with it.
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357 As for eating flesh from another animal - I don't feel responsible for thier
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358 deaths, the people that killed it should. Unless it was you and your axe that
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359 cut it's life short then you should have the same done to you!
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360 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tam}{c}{c}{c}{c}{trying to stay warm.}{c}{c}{c}
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361 \COAE DXLAD _SXLI AJ@DS TAPTA _JDPC \DTCE DCDVX LUPCF R
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362 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
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363 I, sir, am not a Gerbil. I am a Hamster, although I have been
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364 seen in cross-spiecies bars...
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365 HH
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366 xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
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367 Delicate flakes of cheerful cold descend softly
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368 As a blanket of lonliness resting on the dismal streets.
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369 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE? COWS, ETC, ARE
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370 HOISTED UP BY THEIR HIND LEGS AND THEIR |THROATS CUT. THE
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371 OH WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?
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372 A FEW CENTS FOR A BULLET. NO DOUBT THE ANIMALS SUFFER. BEING
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373 SOMEONE WHO HAPPENS TO CARE MORE ABOUT MOST ANIMALS
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374 THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DON'T LIKE TO SPEND MY EASILY EARNED
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375 MOMONEY TO BUY MEAT.
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376 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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377 JOHN SILVERMAN: I HAVE ASKED SYSOP RICK OF THE BIT BUCKET
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378 WHAT THE DEAL WAS WITH YOUR DELETION, AND HE SAID THAT IT
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379 WAS PROBABLY DUE TO A SYSTEM CRASH THAT TOOK PLACE A COUPLA
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380 DAYS AGO, AND THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO RE-APPLY FOR A PSWD.
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381 EVERYONE: AT LEAST THE SNOW KEEPS ME OUT OF SCHOOL
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382 (I HOPE).
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383 JCP1
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384 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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385 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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386 Oh! That "darn" snow! The Gorge (Columbia, don't 'cha know) was an actual
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387 terror for returning college students this 1st of December. With wind gusts
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388 of 50mph and over, blizzard conditions, icing (icing?) rain, and all in
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389 combination with the blue VW-Squareback (19--, don't 'cha know).
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390 Ask me to tell you THAT story sometime! (You know about when they say
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391 you are close to biting the Big One, that your life passes before your eyes?
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392 Well, I'm here to say, it don't.)
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393 And then more good news when I get home; my system crashed the day
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394 after I left! FEH!! (Yiddish, don't 'cha know).
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395 Time-of-my-life, at 11:18pm: PEN NAME
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396 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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397 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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398 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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399 Anyone here familiar with the short play "Silent Snow, Secret Snow"? For
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400 a good psycho-drama, read it. In the summer.
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401 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>...!psu-cs!nelsons<><><><><>
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402 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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403 Managed to get back on Bit Bucket with little problem today. So much for my
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404 pursecution theory. Thanks everbody for the help.
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405 And thanks for liking my story, badly plotted though it was. Next one's going
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406 to be plotted before I even put anything onto paper (disk).
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407 JOHN SILVERMAN
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408 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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409 ....................................................................
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410 The snow is great...fascinating, to a SoCal girl like me (snow? without
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411 ski lifts?)...but the hole in my favorite shoes (and the corresponding
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412 hole in the socks I had on today) admits too much of the white stuff
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413 for comfort. It's beautiful, though; snow makes edges less distinct and
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414 swirls, eerie, on the road at night. It muffles sound like cotton, when
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415 the wind dies down. Stay warm, y'all!
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416 .....................................Entropy (a.k.a. ...!reed!suki)....
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417 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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418 Early AM. Too bad, not much comment on the ethical issues. Oh well...
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419 Time to disconnect and face the frozen stuff on the roads.
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420 Just an observation -- it's the first time since I left Montana that I'vef
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421 seen the shifting arabesques of drifting snow in the road. Sorry, but I
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422 definitely prefer my H2O in liquid form. Oregon rain, where are you?
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423 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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424 Ah, piper...
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425 YAHOO! NO SCHOOL TODAY!
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426 :::::=====:::::=====
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427 A question of snow? I love it! Although my "grey and small white s
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428 spottedness" is diffiicult to hide in snow. However, the problem has been
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429 lately solcving itself, what with all the grey snow we come across as of late.
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430 Piper: A head of lettuce, truffles, and a carrot died thtat I may eat during
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431 Thanksgiving.
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432 :::::=====:::::=====
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433 Dreamtoucher was silent. The shock of this sudden movement to another p
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434 place must be still setting in. Gazing at our surroundings, I noticed that the
|
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435 place where we had "landed" was not unlike my home. A clear stream was to t
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436 the west, and the sound of it running aoainst the rocks was a welcome change
|
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437 from the sound of so many voices in unisomn at the Inn.
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438 Snowrunner and I didn't sense any immediate danger so we waited, the warm
|
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439 sun beutiful in the sky. Dreamtoucher gently touched my shoulder, and I jumped
|
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440 about 14 feet. "Zephyr.." he sent, "We have little time for relaxing. We must
|
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441 find out where we are, and if possible, find a way back to the Inn."
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442 :::::=====:::::=====
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443 Your turn, Dreamtoucher.
|
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444 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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445 JOIN THE SPCV - - The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Vegetables.
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446 PC\DF EDEGN TDCDM COA[\ D_ETA DXLRU DETXS EDGVD IGJFL ZDPTF EDSAC PTAJ[
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447 \D_SA DCRRD OLXSH BPC\D CRJAC IU[\D _ETAD FEDSF PTDGE DLXS[ \D_KG EPDRX
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448 XODCJ XGLI[ \D_FD RG^DE LXSDE LXSDE LXSHB
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449
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450 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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451 anymore.
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452 ++++++++++++lurk++++++++++ psu-cs!psuhon!f3217017 +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++
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453 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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454 Just in lurk mode again. L'homme : Ok Ok hooven beasts will show
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455 soon. I think I am ready now. Would like to get together with you
|
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456 and go over a few things. Juggler: We need to get together for
|
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457 another early breakfast. How about I come by after work this
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458 Wednsday? Let me know. What is the chance of borrowing the 'book'?
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459 Give me a call at work Wednsday night.
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460 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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461 +++++++++++++++++++********************+++++++++++++++++
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462 the lost tales: but grey i do i need you for
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463 this quest and if you can help me get the "book of the gods"
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464 and i will save this my kingdom!
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465 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.EmuLurk.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.021285.1340.-.-.-.-.-.
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466 """"""""""""""""""
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467 Ah, back in Portland am I. Back one day late due to ice and snow in the
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468 Emerald city, but back none the less. "Cross classic black"? Hmmmm. I
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469 have, at any rate, returned once again. And I am:
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470 """"""""""""""""""SOLI...
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471 John Silverman- I know the feeling. I too was 86ed from the Bucket for
|
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472 staying on for 36 minutes on a night when I didn 't even log on.
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473 So, if anyone with access would mention this, maybe I can get reinstated.
|
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474 Shore would 'prishate it. Michael Shannon, #, (former #) 368. Thanx...
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475 All this talk about eating animals has made me hungry...
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476
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477 `P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`PP`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`
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478 Those who try and deny our carniverous nature are indeed denying their very
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479 roots. We were created to eat animals, whether you believe in pure evolution
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480 or creationism, as a higher form of
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481 life and as hunters we have a right, neigh, a responsibility to eat other
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482 animals. It is not cruel, it is their destiny, just as the hunted is eaten
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483 by the hunted in nature.
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484
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485 Nature, and survival is a cruel thing in nature, if cruelty is defined as
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486 death.
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487
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488 But cruelty to animals is a whole 'nuther subject: it's not so much what is
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489 done to them, and the pain they suffer, rather, it's the indication of what is
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490 in the heart of those who torture, whether it's insects, animals, or in
|
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491 Germany and earlier U.S. case, jews and negroes. So it's a reflection of evil
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492 in the heart, not an act on it's own, that is terrible because a dumb animal
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493 suffers.
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494
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495 Red meat is the only food nature provides which man can live on alone and
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496 reap all the nutrients necessary for survival. That should tell you
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497 something...
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498
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499 `P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P JUST TURKEY LURKIN' `P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`P`
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500 p.s. Broiled hamster sounds great to me... on a bed of lettuce with spiced
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501 tomatoes and several wedges of lemon, and a hearty but taciturn wine...
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502
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503 hunted/hunter
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504
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505 @p@p@p
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506 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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507 DEATH TO ALL GERBILS *AND* HAMPSTERS!!!!!
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508 DEATH TO ALL SMALL WARM CUDLY FURRY ANIMALS!
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509 NOW WHERE DID MY MCKANE EAR MUFFS GO?
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510 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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511 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+P+
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512 Gift ideas...
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513 What can be given to the technical genius who has everything? I sure have
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514 a hard time with figuring out what to give people. Anyway, Christmas is
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515 around the corner, or so the stores tell us. I think a Hallmark will have
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516 to do.
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517
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518 Nobody of Importance: Is that you venting rage on all those innocent, cute,
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519 cuddly, fury and warm animals. Personally, I prefer cats myself, so no
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520 offense taken against gerbils and hampsters. Hmm.. What about rabbits?
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521
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522 What do you think of a cheap parody on detective stories. I've already
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523 written one, but just wondering if it is suitable for uploads.
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524 12-2-85 7:28 pm
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525 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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526 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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527 ________________________________JD 2446402.3260____________________________
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528 **********************************************************************
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529 Greetings,
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530 Leo had given her report to the old woman(report to be posted) and
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531 had spent a week relaxing in her home and watching the wind and snow
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532 thunderr by her window. No Alex or Ontho around to bug her. Just a chance
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533 to relax. For a week.. A slight taw rolled into town and The Old Woman
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534 showed up at her door. After the normal, "hello, how are you surving the
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535 cold?" and other such greetings, The duo settled in on the couch. The
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536 old woman was as usual straight to the point on what Leo's future mission
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537 would include. Using "Tri-juice" Leo would return with Alex, taking along
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538 several other passengers. Their mission: Populate the alternate universe
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539 The remaining ships were due to rendezvous in less than 2 Months. Timming
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540 was important.
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541 Leo looked at the old woman, her mouth slightly agap at the words that
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542 were comming out of the old womans mouth. Her reply: "When was the last
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543 time you undertook this kind of mission?" The old woman: My dear, your
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544 the one thats taking on this one. You and that trident are the portal
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545 through which we can pass thru, without you no mission could possibly
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549 good, when do we start?". And "can Ontho come along?"
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550 "sure", And now for those d-tails...
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551 ***********************kathyD**********************************************
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552 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] NEXUS ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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553 cidp\ myhgn vf_^d mkmnu ]u^_u jjvml sobkm wnb@[ ]uotj wlhrn kxa^[ hemm^
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555 _nvpm l@osn c@[lo pcgxx enmld cruoe _sbfq hb\hy jcsfa uhbt^ ^bjdm fqqkq
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556 @osuw olnev pdo]d wbgne oq]iz ocdkh folvp kt_@x ]^ifm f^hyo enmpt nlpk^
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557 z@kqa iqxyy bqec[ bplng slvhu \kyfm @qiap msswc ig^sy blgxs suq^z ffplh
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558 @xw@b knreg ]^nbn cjfvt k_mpm gt\wc zdem@ mdslw ebafr pw_^b xjmov rcylg
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559 tz[qy y[gyl cnwoe plfie aa]^z sbbwh bu@pp bpiwp jmisx v@\co @ykq@ ehtvj
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560 sim_c hptk] bmur[ tvtno cmdhb udmbo a_@w] motog c\y]j lpbab vtvy[ @o_xs
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561 xx]lq btcrx qc[sc mdhbo dwqoi us\wc ggiol ^soej kz@in pxkur x_
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562 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ NEXUS [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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563 """"""""""""""""""
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564 Popping In: Nope, that entry is not mine. I see why you ask as the boarder
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565 is quite similar to mine. As to your question about my thoughts on detective
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566 story parodies, go for it! Well, I'd
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567 better go before I hit the bottom of the disk. More when more space..
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568 """"""""""""""""""SOLI... (previously known as Nobody Of Importance)
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569 <">%<">%<"%>>%<">%<">%<">
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570 I FEEL THE SWEAT
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571 I HEAR TEARS OF BLOOD
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572 I SEE THE SOUNDS IN THE M,
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573 IN THE SOUL'S MIND EYE
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574 PITTY COMES THE TIME
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