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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 25 JAN 86 **********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 *************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 no restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 **************************************************************
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20 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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21 Morrissey: Well, not only do I talk to her on the phone I see
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22 her about 2 times a week. Just last night we went to a Basketball
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23 game together. I just can't bring myself around to talk about
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24 anything serious. Anyway, I'll see her again soon, let's see if
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25 I can get myself to say something. And thanks for all the help.
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26 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Just another twit,`,`
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27 .-.-.-.almost on top.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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28 I got it...send her a valentines card on valentines day, or flowers
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29 or anything like that. then she'll know you like her without you
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30 actually having to tell her. if you can wait that long...
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31 morrmark:why does that always happen to me?
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32 morrissey
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33
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34
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35 i walked through town
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36 stopping at the places we had gone together
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37 wanting to be with you
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38 to fell the touch of your hand
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39 as we walk through the rain
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40 under the same black umbrella
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41 i wonder where you are
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42 what you are doing
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43 as i listen to the music you liked-
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44 you showed me in the record stores we went to together
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45 i see people who know you and i want to ask about you-
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46 tell them i miss you, but i don't
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47 during the week at school, the school we both go to
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48 i look for you, i haunt your busstop,
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49 i can't forget you
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50 morrissey
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51 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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52 From Prometheus of Old
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53 I woke up this afternoon and spent a half an hour showering and eating what
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54 I laughingly call a breakfast, and then it all came to me. Perhaps I had lost
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55 sight of it, and this was my way of regaining that sight.
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56 In any case, it occured to me that I use a sort of telecomputer in dealing
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57 with other writers, about our stories. When the stories are finished in form
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58 or in spirit, we leave their disembodied form on a host telecomputer. While
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59 we're at it, we try to find out who else is writing which stories for whom.
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60 Not only is it shockingly thespian, it is nice to know that I have already
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61 earned the credibility or whatever to do it. So now I sit before this screen,
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62 and write out words which may or may not attract praise, or hired mercenaries
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63 with flame throwers. Whatever the case, carry on, this is more fun than having
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64 a dental examination.
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65 Assorted message follow.
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66 Guardian; In our discussion last evening, we forgot the fountain above the
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67 jewelry and gems. What has disappeared? When? Gosh, a mystery at last.
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68 Man in Gray; I am not a student there for now. Monday was to be the day I
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69 go through the paperwork to become one once again. Perhaps on Tuesday next?
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70 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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71 """"""""""""""""""Missing too many disks. Sigh. Soli...
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72 ______________________________JD 2446456.5934____________________________
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73 ******-----******-----*******------=======------*****-----******-----******
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74 history there is, and no history. Ton
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75 zpCarge z'Earthani K'Nang
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76 ******-------********-------******-------========----*******-------*******
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77 Im Looking for information on Digital Decwriter II terminals and looking for
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78 a video display for same. Ask for Chris at 692- xxxx
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79 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
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80 11:15 pm; january 25, 1986.....morrissey
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81 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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82 \\\\\\\\\\PorSfiS was today?\\\\\Nobody tells me these things!\\\\\\\\\\\\When's the next one?\\\\\\\\(Note line length)\\\\\\
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83 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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84 Destroyer: Wha'd ya do, get rid of your Commodore?
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85 porSFiS is every other Saturday, at the library downtown. 120 now, huh. Gettin'
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86 with the big boys, huh? Way to go.
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87 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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88 so why does it come as such a shock
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89 to find that you really have no one,
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90 only a river of changing faces
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91 looking for an ocean.
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92 they trickle through your leaky plans
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93 another dream over the dam
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94 and you're lying in some room feeling like
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95 your right to be human
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96 is going over too.
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97 Joni Mitchell
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98 'Trouble Child'
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99 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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100 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\37
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101 Still reeling from this shock, Tariya tried to gather her thoughts. "Dying? You can't be dying! A thousand worlds
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102 have conquered cancer!"
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103 James was resting, trying to regain his strength. The last thing he wanted to talk about was this. "There's always
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104 cases that can't be cured, though. I'm one. I mentioned earlier that I'd spent three months in that hospital. While I
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105 was there they put me through every kind of test there was. There's no medical cure anywhere in the known worlds for
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106 my particular kind." After a moment, he continued, "You see, I first learned I had cancer about six months before I
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107 gained my power. Without that power I would've been dead six years ago. You see, it held the cancer in check, and
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108 couldn't allow it to spread. If things had stayed as they were, I would be fine today. But my power's limited. Even
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109 though it restores itself, I can still run it down. When I do, I lose ground. Two years ago I burned out so badly that
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110 I almost died anyway. While I was convalescing, the disease spread like mad. Now, my power won't hold it completely
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111 back any more. It'll just slow it down. But it takes almost everything I have and whenever I use my powers for
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112 anything else, I'm shortening my own life. As it is, I'll be lucky to see my twenty-fifth birthday." He fell
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113 silent.
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114 Tariya didn't speak for a long time. She sat thinking about the times she had depended on him to protect her, never
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115 realizing te true cost. And he had never said a word, never complained. And he had never let her down, ever. She saw
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116 him with new eyes now, and cursed herself silently for being a selfish, bungling fool. "Why?"
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117 "Why what?"
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118 "You knew what it was doing to you. Why did you keep pulling me out of trouble?"
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119 "Jeez, what a stupid question." Abruptly he changed the subject. "Anyway, the situation isn't quite hopeless yet. I
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120 have one slim chance. You ever heard of some guy named Zephyr?" She admitted she hadn't. "Well, I'm not even sure it
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121 is a guy. But I heard from some ferret wizard in Tanis right before it sank that this Zephyr had a special ability
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122 that he wasn't aware of. He could act as a kind of power focus. With his help, I could filter my power through him,
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123 like a magnifier, and cure myself, which I can't do now. So I been traipsing back and forth across several universes
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124 for the last two years looking for this Zephyr. I finally get a hot tip that he's travelling with a bunch of other
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125 guys on some screwball quest. I go to this inn where they supposedly started from only to find that they've already
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126 left. And Zephyr with them."
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127 "I thought you were just looking for adventure, like me."
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128 "That's what everybody thinks. Let 'em. The only real problem is," He sighed, "I don't think there's any way to
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129 watch them now. We got too sidetracked."
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130 And it's all my fault, Tariya thought guiltily. Memory can be very subjective, sometimes. "And you don't know of
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131 anyone else with this ability?"
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132 "Nobody that's alive, anyway. But during my travels I heard of a set of gems that could do the same thing. There
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133 were originally six of them but three were busted and the rest were scattered. I heard of one surfacing about a year
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134 ago and being bought by some rich and powerful person but I was too busy chasing Zephyr to really pay attention. Now I
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135 wish I had."
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136 This suddenly sounded very familiar to Tariya. Trying to keep the excitement out of her voice, she asked, "What
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137 were these stones called?"
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138 "I can't remember. Gems of Dr... Dreck..."
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139 "Droukannan."
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140 "Yeah, that's it... Hey, wait a minute." He scowled suspiciously. "What do you know?"
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141 "Nothing much." She grinned widely. "Just who bought it."
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142 "What?!" James jumped up with blinding speed. He grabbed Tariya by the shoulders and shook her savagely. "Who? Who
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143 bought it?!"
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144 The violence of his reaction had been totally unexpected and had scared her out of her wits. It was several seconds
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145 before she could speak. "My-my mother! She has it!"
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146 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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147 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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148 It was in silence that we worked our way up to the top of the hill.
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149 To the top, over, and beyond. It was not a quick trek. The path taken
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150 earlier gave no indication of having been so long. Was it so far, or am I
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151 just getting old?
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152 At long last the light of the Inn made itself apparent to us. Once
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153 inside I'd have a bit of recollecting to do. They were not pleasant
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154 thoughts, the ones I bring forth in my mind now. None the less, I said I'd
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155 tell her a tale and I shall.
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156 Once at the door of the Inn I turn to look at my companion and break
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157 the silence. "This is it, the place you've heard about. Now you'll get to
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158 witness first hand just what a bright and lively place this really is." I
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159 open the door and step aside to let her take in all the splendor that
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160 awaits our entrance.
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161 "Bright and lively?" she asks. It was not with sarcasm, but with
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162 confusion that she voiced her words.
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163 "Yes! Bright and lively! Filled with vigor and..." Out of the
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164 corner of my eye I notice no light, barely a ray do I see. I step sideways
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165 and stand fully in the doorway to take in the sight. A lazy draft blows
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166 past me, a tingle runs down my spine. "Hold... This can not be... yet it
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167 is. How so? Only two souls within the Inn to warm their bones before the
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168 fire? How strange."
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169 "Strange? Why, don't they belong there?" responded Ripple.
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170 "Belong? Of course they belong! But so do plenty of others. This
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171 is a rare state in which you glance upon these hallowed walls." Another
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172 draft blows by me and gives my senses cause to move. "But let's go inside
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173 where we may speak of this in a warmer atmosphere."
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174 "You needn't ask twice, I'm already inside," she said as she zippped
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175 past me at the doorway. After pulling the door shut solidly behind me, I
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176 head over to join her and the others near the glowing hearth.
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177 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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178 - all yours -
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179
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180
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181 FOR SALE 1980 YAMAHA 400 SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE
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182 12,800 MILES
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183 $600.00 OR BEST OFFER
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184 CALL 667-xxxx (VOICE)
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185 WEEKENDS ANYTIME
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186 WEEK DAYS AFTER 5PM
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188 Institutionalized
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189
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190 tic to tac nicely done and i am envious
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193 -----------------------01-26-86--14:29:45---------------------JR--------
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194
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195
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196 how can i tell her i love her
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197 she won't listen to what i have to say
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198 she won't go away
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199 she won't stay
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200 she leaves me in this limbo of emotion
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201 i love her
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202 but she won't listen when i tell her
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203 she feeds on me
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204 leaving me an empty husk
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205 i want to grow
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206 she wants to shrink
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207 she drains me
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208 i want to break away
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209 but i cannot
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210 i love her
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211 mikey
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212
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213 ===============================================================================
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214 I realize certain stylistic considerations are in order on a board where writing
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215 is the dominant expression of its inhabitants, but I grow sick of
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216 E.E. Cummings imitations and people who don't capitalize their 'i's.
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217 I am entirely pro-lower case, but certain times letters should be capitalized.
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218 ===============================================================================
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219
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220 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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221 Is it really the style that you object to? Or perhaps the emotions that are
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222 displayed in the writting? Perhaps they are emotions that you would rather
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223 not experience? Could this be the real reason you dislike it?
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224 I myself don't like to see the space wasted on such short lines, but I also
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225 recognize the intent behind the form of the entry and thus don't complain.
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226 The form itself is a part of generating the mood of what is being said. The
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227 entries are from the heart. The length structure and form of the lines and
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228 words are a direct reflection of the state and form of the emotions and
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229 thoughts of the individual. Look beyond the surface of what is being said,
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230 see it as a whole. If you dare, you will see the heart and soul of the
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231 author. It takes great courage and strength to bare your soul to the world.
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232 It takes little to belittle anothers work. I have enjoyed them and feel
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233 honored that these authors would be willing to express their thoughts and
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234 feelings to those of us who are unable to do so. They express those
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235 feelings, desires, and hopes that I am unable to express. They comfort me
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236 to know that I am not alone in the world that there are others out there
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237 who have the same doubts and pain as I.
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238 ---------------------01-26-86-------15:35:30--------------------JR--------
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239 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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240 jan. 26, 1986...5:37 pm, thanks jr. morrissey
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241 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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242 HO HUM...
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243 ______________________________JD 2446457.6453____________________________
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244 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::
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245 All: Sorry about any "control characters" that may have popped up in
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246 my "lurk entry" but I hope the problem
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247 has been solved.
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248 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::===Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====::::
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249 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PUT BORDER HERE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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250 OFF
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256 OFF
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257 ___________________________________________________________________________
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258 Welcome back Juggler. It's only post-holiday depression, don't worry.
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259 _______________________________________________Miss Nomer_________________
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260 **************************************************************************
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261 Hmm, someone else using the name of Mikey. Oh well, I can hardly claim
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262 creational rights to the name.
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263 Though I am familar with the feelings expressed.
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264 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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265 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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266 A familiar flood of silver fire drenched a bare spot of ground a few dozen
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267 yeards from the Inn. It appeared to fall toward the ground, shifting its
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268 color and shape into something humanoid. Exactly where the flame was falling
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269 from no observer was likely to disern; human eyes do not see more than three
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270 dimensions simultaneously.
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271 The flames underwent what might have been called a series of convulsions before
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272 grudgingly accepting Milchar's form,. A second later, the light died and
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273 Milchar trotted toward the wornsteps of the Inn.
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274 He lifted the latch as quietly as possible and stepped quickly out of the
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275
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276 chill air and into the cozy common room that was famous all over the realities.
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277 A few steps later and the strangeness of the silence penetrated Milchar's weary
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278 brain. The Innkeeper and Piper sat before the recently-renewed fire, enjoying
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279 its warmth. The Innkeeper began to rise as he saw the mage, but Milchar waved
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280 him back towards the fire, and ddrew his mug of ale himself. After leaving the
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281 proper coins upon the counter, Milchar wandered near the fire and sat near the
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282 other two men. Silent nods were exchanged in greeting since no one of the
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283 three wishd to break the beautiful silence that lay over the Inn.
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284 #Time enough to tell of my voyage later,# Milchar thought. #I'd prefer to have
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285 a larger audience, but if someone asks I'll tell them. Yes. Now, to relax.#
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286 And there in the warmth and silence, the three gazed deeper into the fire and
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287 listened to the things that lay deep in men's souls and talk.
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288 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++ 10:32pm, 26 Jan 86 +++++++
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289 +++++++++++please ignore obvious errors in above, I blame it on line noise +++
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290 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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291 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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292 001TED LOOKED UP FROM HIS DESK TO THE DISPLAY INDICATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE
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293 FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE. USUALLY, THE FIELD WAS AN EVEN RED, INDICATING BALANCE
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294 EXISTED IN THE MULTILAYERED REALITIES. HOWEVER, LATELY A SMALL PINPOINT HAD BEEN GETTING BRIGHTER, AND THE AREA AROUND IT
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295 GETTING A SMALL DISTORTION OF THE FABRIC. TODAY IT SEEMED BRIGHTER THAN EVER, AND THE GENERAL POSITION OF IT INDICATED
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296 THAT IT WAS CONCENTRATED IN AN AREA HE WELL KNEW. "COMPUTER!" HE CALLED, "GIVE ME THE COORDINATES OF THIS AREA.! HE
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297 " HE THEN REACHED UP AND POINTED THROUGH THE HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY, PLACING HIS FINGER ON THE POINT. THE COMPUTER WAS
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298 SILENT FOR A MINUTE. THEN THE COORDINATE NUMBERS APPEARED WITHIN THE MATRIX.
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299 JUST AS HE SUSPECTED, THEY WERE THE POSITION OF THE INN!
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300 SOMETHING WAS STARTING TO HAPPEN. FOR WEEKS NOW, THE INN HAD BEEN QUIET,
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301 THE REALITY AROUND IT UNDISTORTED. NOW,
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302 THE SCREEN TOLD HIM THAT AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WITH CAPABILITIES OF REALITY
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303 MASTERING WERE IN THE GENERAL AREA, GATHERING TOWARDS THE INN. THIS COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING. THE FABRIC OF A NEW
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304 REALITY WAS GOING TO BE WOVEN BY THESE PEOPLE, A NEW STORY, OR ADVENTURE AS IT
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305 WAS CALLED. HE DECIDED TO JOIN THEM.
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306 TURNING, HE BEGAN THE POWER DOWN SEQUENCE OF HIS TOWER. HE HAD BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD
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307 TO GOING OUT ON A NEW ADVENTURE. HE WONDERED WHAT THE NEXT REALITY THEME WOULD BE. IT COULD BE ANYTHING. A DECISION
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308 WOULD BE REACHED JOINTLY, WHEN ALL THE PARTIES WERE GATHERED IN THE INN.
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309 THE TOWER WAS CLOSED. HE WALKED OVER TO THE TELEPORT, THE ONLY ACTIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LEFT. IT WOULD REMAIN ON
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310 STANDBY, IDLING UNTIL HIS RETURN. STEPPING INSIDE, HE CALLED OUT " COMPUTER, SEND ME TO THE INN"
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311 TIME CHANGED, THE WORLD CHANGED. HE WAS STANDING ON A DIRT ROAD, DITCHES FULL OF MUD. STARTING DOWN THE ROAD, HE
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312 WALKED AROUND A CORNER AND SAW A SMALL PATH LEADING DOWN. THIS WAS THE BACK ENTRANCE TO THE INN, HE WOULD TAKE THIS FOR
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313 A MILE OR SO UNTIL IT CAME IN SIGHT OF THE BUILDING. HE HAD LITTLE TIME LEFT, TWILIGHT WAS BEGINNING.
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314 +++++++++++++++0000000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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315 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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316 Milchar: (I always seem to say it 'Mel-kawr') I'll forgive the typo's
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317 as being commodem problems, but you are seriously lacking in a few
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318 items in your previous entry... namely Ripple and myself, yes?
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319 Ripple... Ripple? Now that's a name I've not heard in a while. You are
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320 around, aren't you? Hello?
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321 -+- -+- -+- -California Dreamin'- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+-
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322
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tic, was it something i said? -tac
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323 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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324 When you slip softly to sleep, the idle ruminations of an idling brain
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325 slip softly over the line to dreams that you never notice. In that grey
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326 twilight of the mind, elaborate fantasies may be erected and destroyed in a
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327 twinkling -- entire universes of speculation blown in on the winds of
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328 imagination, whirling past the eye of the observer who is not aware of
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329 itself. The shift of half-burned logs on a dying fire, the sound of
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330 charcoal crunching, the wave of heat, the sharp explosions of released
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331 tensions as the wood burns, all can weave into a mesh so compelling that
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332 returning to "reality" is a painful shock.
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333 The piper looked at the innkeeper's shadowed form, a black cutout from
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334 some unknown hand, relieved only by the slight reflection of reflected light
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335 off his twinkling eyes. Brain still numbed by the onset of sleep, the
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336 piper heard his good-natured rhyme, the meaning of the words stripped by
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337 his own state of mind.
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338 "Just lurkin'," he had automatically responded to the innkeeper's glance.
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339 The four joking rhymes seemed to settle and resonate in his mind, somehow
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340 forming a four-point expression, somehow flawed and forcing his mind
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341 deeper and deeper into contemplation of its contemplation... with at the
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342 core the simple rhyme.
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343 The sound of the door opening pulled him farther into what normally he
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344 used for conciousness. The incoming wind pushed around the two figures
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345 nearly invisible against the deeper darkness of the night. A long
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346 moment they stood in the doorway. Were they shocked at the empty condition
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347 of the normally crowded inn? The thud of the door, pushed slightly harder
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348 that a person normally would (dratted wind), and the two started toward the
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349 hearth. Quietly, they joined what was becoming a small group, taking
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350 places near the hearth.
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351 A gust of smoke belched from the fire as the door opened to admit another
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352 person, the wind emphatically closing the door behind him. Eyes watering,
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353 the piper coughed for a moment, then recognized Milchar as he drew himself
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354 a mug of ale. All was quiet for a moment until the piper realized that
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355 somehow the count around the fire was wrong -- the inkeeper, himself, the
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356 two -- Juggler and Ripple?, Milchar -- that should be five. The piper glanced
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357 inquiringly at the door to the Roman Baths.
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358 (one explanation -- want it?)
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359 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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360 tac, something you wrote. 2.9 to 12.3 in style. /tac/
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361
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362 Hmmmm..... Don't like E.E. Cummings imitations, eh? I could always
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363 throw my Richard Brautigan impression at you. Then you'd really scream.
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364 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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365 Yeah, but every time someone starts talking about Brautigan, I get this
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366 uncontrollable urge to start (how many letter so far, uh, 84) counting
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367 things. Heck, I forgot to turn on the line numbers.[*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
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368
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369 [That's funny, I always get the urge to go trout fishing........]
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370 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI
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371
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372 Hmmmm, I wonder how Trainor is doing now? His homeland destroyed, every-
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373 thing he loved gone, all lost except for his ship. I hope he is managing OK.
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374 Cragmore, the psi-specialist, leaned back in his chair, and took another
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375 swallow from his mug. The gold coins he had given the Innkeep after Trainor's
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376 departure had insured him a good run of ale. But all the ale in the world
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377 could not soothe Cragmore's troubled mind. His mind was deluged with memories,
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378 not just his, but those of others who were close by and open to empathized
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379 feelings. It was forever the curse of people with the talent for psi. So open
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380 were their minds to the world, they weren't entirely the physical owner's
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381 property. Psi-minds shared in the pain and suffering of those near, and with
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382 the amount of depression and pain currently settled at the Inn, every waking
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383 and sleeping moment of Cragmore's existence was awash with the troubles of
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384 others.
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385 Several new arrivals at the Inn rescued Cragmore from one particularly
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386 painful emotional transaction of a fellow Inngoer. From Cragmore's back
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387 table, he could barely make out the figures as they made their way to the
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388 fire. But while his vision could not make out the individual's features,
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389 he felt three new distinct patterns in their life forces.
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390 Cragmore knew he must emerge from his darkened corner and speak with the
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391 new people. From the signals his mind was picking up, he felt it especially
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392 important to talk to one of the arrivals. He made his way to the hearth,
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393 carrying his mug and his pitcher with him, in hopes of breaking the ice with
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394 an offer of fine ale.
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395 Which one of these three gave him this feeling of imperative communication?
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396 He would have to get closer to find out; depression still hung heavy on his
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397 senses like thick fog on a cold morning. His normally pinpoint awareness was
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398 hampered by the burden of the prevalent emotion.
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399 Cragmore approached the others standing around the hearth. He had not felt
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400 such apprehension since spotting the creature from ZEB for the first time. This
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401 was a wholly different form of apprehension though, but the uncomfortable
|
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402 feeling it gave him was the same.
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403 CRAGMORE
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404
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405 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI
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406
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407 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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408 DELTA V: Parity and Fellows will return. Remember it is quite a long walk from the dock to the
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409 hangers. We'll get there though!
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410 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PARITY PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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411 *%_)#@*%)_@#*%)_#*%@#$_)^*)_#$*^_)#@$*^_#)@$*^_#$)^*#_)*^_)^*!)_+#*^_)#*^)_#$*^#$_^*#$_)^*#_)*^)_^*@)_^*@_)^*_)#^*#_^)#$*^
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412 Mikey: I did quite a bit of editing on the programs, but I am sure 3 out of four won't fit in the ST even though they are
|
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413 10K less in source format than the alleged memory free after dumping the graphics buffer. My next move is to put the data
|
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414 into files and read it on off disk. ARG! I'll let you know as I progress. Also, I have new versions of ADVENTUREWARE avec
|
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415 version numbers. I'll be by sometime this week, and I will call first.
|
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416 $*)_@*@#)_%*@#)_%*@#)_*%@#)^*&@)_^*@)_^* L'homme sans Parity %*#_@%*#_%*_@#)*@_)#*)_@*@#_)^*@_)*#@_)*@_)*%@#_%*#_$)@)_^*@#_
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417
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418 TESTING TESTING!@#123
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419 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>
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420 Hello? Henrietta? Hmmmm....... must be asleep.
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421 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>
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422 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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423 Ian: looks like the would-be NET agents gave up. Just as well, anyone
|
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424 who discourages that easily wouldn't fit into the organization.
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425 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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426 ______________________________JD 2446458.6087____________________________
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427 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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428 i knew something was going to happen; and it would happen
|
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429 soon. i also knew it had to do with the inn. call it instinct i
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430 guess. i had heard of the inn but being new in town i wasn't
|
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431 sure where to find it...or if it was truly real and not just something
|
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432 made up to satify my need for companionship in this new place.
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433 i had to find out though...and i had to find out now.
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434 morrissey
|
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435 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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436 ps. i've always wanted to try writting....hope you guys dont mind
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437 my first feeble attempts.
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438 ???????????????????????????????????????????morrissey?????????????????
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439
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440 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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441 0001TED CONTINUED WALKING. THE PATH WAS GETTTING DIMMER AS THE LIGHT
|
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442 OF THE EVENING DIED. SOON, HE WOULD GET CLOSER TO THE INN, INDEED, HE
|
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443 COULD ALREADY BEGIN TO FEEL THE DISTURBANCES IN THE SPACE TIME FABRIC.
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444 LOOKING AHEAD, HE COULD JUST MAKE OUT SOME DIM LIGHTS. A SUDDEN BURST
|
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445 OF FLAME LIT A FEW TREES LINING THE LANE TO THE ENTRANCE. HE HURRIED
|
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446 FORWARD, AND STEPPED INTO THE LANE LEADING TO THE INN ENTRANCE. TURNING UP
|
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447 THE LANE, HE COULD SEE THE DOOR OPEN BRIEFLY. HE WALKED UP AND LIFTED THE
|
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448 LATCH.
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449 THE LARGE COMMON ROOM WAS LIT FROM ONLY A FEW FLICKERING FLAMES IN THE
|
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450 HUGE FIREPLACE, BUT EVEN IN THE DIM LIGHT HE COULD SEE THAT THE INN WAS
|
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451 SOMEWHAT WORSE FOR WEAR. THINGS HAD CHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE
|
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452 , BUT THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE INN REMAINED THE SAME. A FEW FIGURES WERE
|
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453 SEATED SILENTLY AROUND THE FIRE, OF THOSE, HE RECOGNIZED RIPPLE AND TWO
|
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454 OTHERS SEATED ACROSS FROM HER. HE MOVED TO A CORNER TABLE NEAR THE
|
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455 FIREPLACE AND SAT TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS.
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456 ++++++++++++++++++++000000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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457 ***********************************************************************
|
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458 TED: Please use a little thought about what you enter. You know the
|
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459 rules around here by now. I have enough problems cleaning up after the
|
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460 vandles and twits without having to do so after regular users.
|
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461 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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462
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463 ######################################################################
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464 The Innkeeper noticed the increasing patrons entering the Inn. Both
|
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465 surprised and curious at this increase, he turned to the side to
|
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466 move out of the heat of the fire. Jokingly he commented "You probably
|
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467 are wondering why I've called you all here." As he leaned against the
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468 mantle, he brushed against the head of one of the two lions that
|
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469 provided support for the solid marble mantle piece. It moved. No
|
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470 expecting the solid support of the mantle to move, the Innkeeper stumbled
|
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471 and fell against the mantle support. This caused it to become dislodged
|
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472 even further. Then with a loud 'crack' it moved down completely.
|
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473 As it did so, the area around the hearth took on a greenish glow, and
|
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474 a noxious yellow green gas began to invade the Inn. Within seconds the
|
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475 Innkeeper was swollowed by the expanding gas. The last thing the patrons
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476 heard was a cough, and the Innkeepers words, "That's a stupid place to
|
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477 put a demension gate!" followed by a fit of coughing that faded as did
|
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478 the shadow of the Innkeeper observed within the vile yellow green cloud.
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479 With the vanishing of the Innkeeper so went the green glow, and the
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480 lions head was back in its normal location as if nothing had happened.
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481 Indeed were it not for the disappearence of the Innkeeper and the sharp
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482 taint of the gas in the air no one would even know that anything had
|
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483 happened. A few moments of silence passed. Finally Milchar in usual
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484 form commented, "All right, who's been using too much bleach in their
|
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485 wash? Wheeuuu, what a stink!"
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486 ############################ The Innkeeper ############################
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487 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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488 I'm entirely in agreement with the person who was blasting "E.E. Cummings
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489 imitations." They often are great wasters of space, too. Intellectually,
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490 I understand that short lines are occasionally called for, perhaps even
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491 required to express an idea. But emotionally, I can't forget the
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492 Commodore twits who seem to delight in 32- and 40-line messages, and
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493 have apparently found no way to enter longer lines. (It is easy, for exampl
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494 e, for most of us with 80-column lines to enter messages with up to 128
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495 characters. Why we can do it and they can't, I'd really like to know.)
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496 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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497 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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498 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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499 Today I recieved a long-awaited letter from Marvel Comics. From this letter I quote:
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500 "We looked your submission over carefully as we said we would, and we're sorry to have to tell you that your work isn't
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501 quite up to top professional standards yet."
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502 Mind you, I expected this, but it still hits pretty hard.
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503 If I really want to make it hurt, all I have to do is keep the above statement in mind while opening up and reading
|
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504 any given issue of 'Secret Wars' or its sequel.
|
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505 (Sigh) I'm depressed...
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506 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#J. D. SILVERMAN#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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507 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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508 -+- Let's see... So far there's the Innkeeper, the piper, Milchar, -+-
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509 -+- Cragmore, 000001TED, Ripple and myself. Things seem to pick up -+-
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510 -+- around here after awhile. What, the Inkkeeper gone? Hmm, some -+-
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511 -+- things pick up a bit too much sometimes if you ask me... -+-
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512 -+- Here we go again. -+-
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514 Miss Nomer, er, hello? Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you before,
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515 I think I was getting a bit carried away with some of the other surrounding
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516 events. Must chat with you a bit the next time I see you. (And who says
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517 that the fantasy and spy realms never cross? Not too often though, thank
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518 goodness!) It's a merry quarter past four in the morn... must be going...
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523 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RADIO. BUT SOMEBODY JUST ANNOUNCE THAT THE SPACE
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524 SHUTTLE WITH THE TEACHER HAS EXPLODED! ANY TRUTH TO THIS???????? 8:50 A.M.
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525 1/28/86.
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527 He walked unsteadily, haltingly, across the bridge, and along the path
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528 that led to the inn. He wondered if this charade of a body was necessary as
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529 he bore his weary old body against the great oaken door. It slowly creaked
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532 the place from whenst he had come.
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533 Seeing his difficulty in closing the heavy door, a man, younger, powerful
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534 of stature, stepped forward to aid him, and the door was then closed. Swirls
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535 of smoke darted about the common room, wispy and gossamer serpents exploring
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536 each corner, as sparks from the fireplace danced upward in the semi dark.
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537 The flickering of candlelight gave eerie expressions on unknown faces that
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538 the old man did not know. They looked at him openly and without emotion
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539 wondering who the stranger might be.
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540 Making his way to a table in the back, he returned the stare with the
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541 expressionless eyes they did not remember. As he took a seat, he recalled that
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542 all was as Dreamtoucher had said it would be. He took from a battered leather
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543 satchel a small bag of coins and a small tattered book, which he placed on the
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544 table before him, and called out in his best feeble voice, "Mayhaps an ale
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545 for a weary traveler?..."
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546 *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* Lysias *=* *=* *=* *=* *=* *=*
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547 for sale Lido 14 sxxxxxx sailboat several sets of sails trailer
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548 also snowmobile Yamaha 396 cc call 630-xxxx ask for Ralph or Dana
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552 Yes, it is true. Apparently 45-50 seconds into the flight the Space Shuttle
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553 exploded. Early indications appear to reveal a possible tear in one of the
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554 shuttle's engines ignited fuel and caused the massive explosion. Very little
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555 solid debris remained. Most of what fell to earth was on fire. Five men and
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556 two women, the school teacher from Connecticut and the Shuttle-arm mission
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557 specialist, all died. This is a very sad occurrence from both a technological
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558 and human point of view. The seven are the first Americans ever to die in
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559 space. The only other fatalities involved in the space program were on the
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560 ground during testing. The space shuttle disaster will no doubt set back the
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561 program many months, and invoke a great public awareness in the possible
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562 dangers when exploring a new frontier. I hope that people look towards the
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563 future and realize that risks are great in such a program, and this accident
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564 is a test of our fortitude to venture in to space. I also hope that people
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566 on living. It is a very sad day indeed.
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575 different opinions are going to be heard and talked about. The seven people
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576 who died while reaching for the stars. God sure has a sick sence of humor.
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584 purposes. They make me ashamed to belong to the same species.
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585 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446459.6162____________________________
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586 Well stated, Leonard. I completely agree.
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587 I have dreamed of having the privelege of being aboard one of the space shuttles for as long as they have existed. Like
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588 many of us, the wonder of the Universe has fascinated me for all my life, and to view this small globe from such a lofty
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589 height could but whet the appetite of those of who hunger for the cosmic answers that man has just begun to learn. What
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590 happened today does not change my dream, and were the opportunity to avail, I would not one iota be dissuaded from
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591 eagerly accepting. In any great adventure, there will be those who perish. Who die with full understanding that they
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592 MAY well die, and yet go forth with the courage that makes them great. And behind them, in so many unpublicised and
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593 less 'spectacular' supporting roles are the thousands of others who make possible the great adventures despite the
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594 violent opposition of mediochre minds. Like those who, with the ignorance in which they take great pride, would chide
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595 these brave souls with sophmorian cliches about men having wings, and presupposing what God intended.
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596 The loss of life is sad, but not this catastrophy nor the next will lessen mankinds dream to visit the stars.
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597 A silent prayer for those who gave their lives in the continuing search for the answers, and a feeling of pride
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598 in knowing that others will follow, and the search will go on. [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
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600 Leonard: I agree with Delta V: well stated!
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601 All: Let's hold the President to his promise; the space shuttle missions
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603 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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605 RE: SPACE SHUTTLE CRISIS. SOMEONE SAID EARLIER THAT GOD HAS A SICK SENSE OF HUMOR. PEOPLE, WAKE UP! DOES ANYONE HERE
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606 REALIZE WHAT TREMENDOUS GOOD LUCK WE HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH THE SHUTTLE MISSIONS? CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
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607 THE OUTCOME IF THIS DISASTER HAD HAPPENED ON THE FIRST SHUTTLE MISSION? THE ONE THAT WAS POSPONED MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF
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608 COMPUTER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURES? IT WOULD HAVE MEANT THE END OF THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM! JUST FOR A MOMENT CONSIDER
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609 ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED TESTING PLANES. AND ALL WHO DIED TESTING CARS. AND ALL WHO DIED TESTING ROCKETS,
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610 MISSILES, INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS AND SO ON, NOT TO MENTION THEORIES OF SOCIETAL BEHAVIOR. LOOK AT
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611 THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS! AND YET, BESIDE ALL THIS WE HAVE A SPACE PROGRAM, STILL EXPERIMENTAL, THAT
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612 HAS PROBABLY THE CLEANEST RECORD IN TERMS OF DEATHS. NOW THAT THE LONG PREDICTED HAS OCCURED PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW
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613 BETTER ARE RUNNING SCARED OUT OF THEIR WITS THAT THIS ACCIDENT WILL SOMEHOW HURT THE SPACE PROGRAM. IT WILL NOT! ON THE
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614 CONTRARY, MUCH AS IT HURTS, THE PROGRAM WILL BENIFIT FROM A MARTYR(SP!). LOOK WHAT THE DEATH OF KING AND KENNEDY DID
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615 FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM. ON THE CONTRARY, THE SPACE PROGRAM, DURING IT'S MOST CRITICAL MOMENTS WHEN IT WAS PROVING
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616 ITSELF, WAS BLESSED WITH NO DEATHS. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THE SPACE SHUTTLE. MY SYMPATHY LIES WITH RATHER
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617 WITH THE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF THE ASTRONAUTS. COULD YOU POSSIBLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO SEE THAT THING
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618 EXPLODE WHEN YOUR WIFE, OR HUSBAND, OR CHILD, OR PARENT WAS ON IT? ANY VOLUNTEERS WAN'T TO WATCH THAT? NOT I.
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619 FOR TODAY I FEEL NOTHING FOR THE SHUTTLE. I KNOW THAT THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE WILL GO ON, FOR IT IS A NOBLE THING
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620 THAT WILL NOT BE GIVEN UP. I HAVE SUPPORTED IT IN THE PAST, AND TODAY DOES NOT CHANGE THAT.
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621 TODAY I ONLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THE CHILD WHO HAS WATCHED HER MOTHER DIE.
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