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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 601
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 12 JUL 83 ***************************
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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 PLACED ON
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6 THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly 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.
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10 It is intended that the system be normally used for messages and
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11 advertisments by the users. As the system is privatly owned, I retain the
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12 right to remove any and all messages which I may find offensive
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13 to me. Additionally because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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14 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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15 The saved information will be cycled to drive 'B' while the information on
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16 drive 'B' will be archived, and a fresh disk will be installed in drive 'A'.
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17 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out
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18 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored.
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19 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake,
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20 use the replace command to replace the line.
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21 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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22 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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23 ========================================
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24
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25 IN ELDEN DAYS BEFORE THE RISE OF MIDDLE EARTH THERE ONCE WAS A LAND KNOWN
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26 AS VALINOR...A GOLDEN KINGDOM RULED BY GOOD KING FIRAMAR...
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27 BRIGHT BLOOMS SHOWED THEIR VIBRANT COLORS AND POWDER BLUE LARKS SANG
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28 THEIR JOYOUS SONGS...MEN AND ELVES DWELT THERE TOGETHER IN PEACE
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29 EVEN TIMID FOREST CREATURES WOULD
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30 FROLIC AND DANCE IN THE AIRY GLENS AND GREEN BOWERS WITHOUT FEAR
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31 YOU SEE, FIRIMAR HELD IN TRUST THE STAFF OF POWER, VILYA...
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32 WITH WHICH HE PROTECTED HIS LAND FROM ALL EVIL
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33 IN KTHE GREY LANDS TO THE EAST, THE BLACK LORD MORGOTH LUSTED FOR
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34 THE RICHES OF THE GOLDEN LAND...AND
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35 WITH THE DEMONS UNGLIANT, VALARAUKAR, AND BALROG HE PLOTTED TO
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36 CRUSH VALINOR. BY TREACHERY AND SORCERY FOUL--VILYA WAS STOLEN AND
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37 THEN LOST AND FIRIMAR CRUELLY MURDERED
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38 THE INHUMAN LEGIONS OF THE BLACK LORD WITH UNGLIANT, VALARAUKAR,
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39 AND BALROG IN THE FORE SWEPT THROUGH VALINOR FILLING IT WITH
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40 SHADOWS AND BEWILDERMENT.
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41 MORGOTH IS NOW KING OF ALL VALINOR--
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42 PAIN AND DARKNESS HOLD SWAY THERE NOW...ALL SCIONS OF FIRIMAR ARE DEAD
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43 EXCEPT FOR ONE, THE YOUNGEST...NAMELESS HE WANDERS THROUGH ALL
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44 THE LANDS OF THIS REALM ACCOMPANIED BY A FAITHFUL MONGREL DOG
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45 SEARCHING FOR THE STAFF OF POWER, VILYA AND THE CHANCE TO SEIZE
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46 HIS HERITAGE AND FREE VALINOR...SO IF
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47 BY CHANCE YOU MEET A NAMELESS ONE WITH HIS FAITHFUL SHAGGY CUR
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48 BEGRUDGE THEM AN EVENING REPAST, A GLASS OF ALE AND A NIGHT
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49 IN THE STABLE...FOR THEIR QUEST IS LONG AND VALINOR IS STILL CAPTIVE
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50
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51 THE DARK PRINCE
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52 ********************************************************************************
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53
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54
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55 FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT
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56 TRY (206) 256-xxxx . WHO KNOWES YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY.
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57 OR
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58 (415)658-xxxx
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59
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60
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61 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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62 Lori:sorry I didn't get back to you
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63 a drive ago,but my color TV just went
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64 up in smoke,and I had to hook up a small
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65 B+W I keep for just such emergencies.
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66 If I might be so bold (and I admit,
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67 ungentleman-like) what prime number is
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68 your age closest to?Not to pry,but as
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69 Dr. Joyce Brothers would put it I am:
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70 "searching for members of the opposite
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71 sex whose social millieu would be
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72 conducive to engaging in age-appropriate
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73 recreational activities"(would she say
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74 that?)I might suggest PMS (245-xxxx) as
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75 it has private message capability.
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76
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77 Dragon Lady:SCA activities question
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78 still pending in the queue.
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79
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80 Max:I assure you, everyone on this
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81 end of the VDT is well prepared for
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82 an intellectual phantasmagoria of w
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83 ich the likes of BWMS has yet to see.
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84 (no insult intended,Mike).Just type
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85 the word(s) on any rational subject
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86 and I promise to put forth my best(?),
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87 as I have yet to..........
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88
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89
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90 Aaron Eastlund
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91 or Arien of Estolad to the Dark Prince
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92 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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93 Mike: please explain File unsafe,etc
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94 <><><><><><><><><><>aa<><><><><><><><><>
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95 Lori:please don't think me to forward,
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96 the early hour at wich I compile my
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97 thoughts here takes its toll,ignore
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98 anthing you fell inapropriate.
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99 Aaron
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100 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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101 About FILE UNSAFE message, Don't worry about it, it just means
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102 that who ever was on last time didn't type OFF before they
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103 hung up at their end. Beyond that it means nothing. It is a
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104 left over message from older and more disasterous days.
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105 ***** CISTOP MIKEY AM I AWAKE? *** 8:30AM *** 7 JUL 83 *******
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106 Ahh I see a new customer in the Inn! Welcome to this humble
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107 establishment fair Lori. May your stay be pleasent and merry.
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108 ****** CISTOP MIKEY WELCOMES YOU **** 7 JUL 83 *** 8:40AM ****
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109 My my business does seem to have picked up! New and active
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110 users coming in to stir up the dust and bring new blood!
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111 Hurahh! Things were getting just a bit stale around here.
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112 *** CISTOP MIKEY QUITE PLEASED *** 7 JUL 83 *** 8:50AM *****
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113 To: Lori From: Tron Re: You
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114
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115 Yes, we may have met. I was at the Gresham roller rink a
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116 little before Christmas. Let me give you a description of the
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117 girl I met.
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118 She was about 3 inches shorter than me, had braces, brownish-
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119 blonde hair and was a freshman at the time.
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120 She said that her parents or someone was a computer dealer
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121 which informed me that it MIGHT be you. Just in a curious
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122 state......
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123
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124
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125 Tron (Chris Bradley)
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126 P.S. I used "miffed" as a question mark.
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127 ----------
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128 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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129 TO MIKE DAY: IN YOUR OPENING MESSAGE ON EACH DISK, DOES THE NUMBER OF LINE
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130 REFERED TO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION BIT OR JUST WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE THE
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131 DISK WAS CHANGED? THANKS, TEE DAWSON
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132 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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133 -----
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134 For sale:
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135
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136 1979 Chevrolet Crewcab Pickup. Started at $13,000 and then
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137 $12,000 the next ad. Now we are selling it for $10,500.
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138
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139 Description: One ton. Long wide bed. Automatic transmission.
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140 Powersteering. Powerbrakes. Cruise control. Air conditioning.
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141 Step hitch. Warn Hubs (4-wheel drive). Warn 8000 lb. winch. Dual
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142 exhaust for the 454 cubic inch engine which is the replacement
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143 engine for the original 360 cubic inch. Aluminum mag wheels with
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144 all new steel belt radials. Extra set of steel rims and tires.
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145 Cobra CB/FM/AM Cassette (regular cassette - not 8 track). Tilt
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146 wheel. Sliding rear window. Tool box to fit across the long wed
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147 bed. Extra gas tank to fit on top of tool box. Total of 200
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148 gallons to feed through regular dual gas tanks with electric
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149 change over. One compartment can be set up for diesel. Dual
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150 batteries which recharge off the main alternator. One battery
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151 used for winch. Fog lights. Uses regular gas. Passed DEQ in
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152 Portland last month. Extra set of cloth seat covers. Interior
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153 clean and damage free. Is not the "Dooley" wheels in order to
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154 accomodate a camper.
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155
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156 We bought this rig in order to travel across the country in a
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157 camper. Just as we were about to buy the camper, we had a motor
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158 fire. The insurance company paid for the repairs which amounted
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159 to about $10,000. I put in another $1500 in work to make it all
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160 perfect down to replacing the cam shaft in the engine. Cooper
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161 Auto did most of the work at l06th and NE Halsey and he said he
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162 will give itemized receipts. The point of all this is that the
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163 guts of the engine compartment are new. The odometer reads
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164 50,000 miles, but the odometer is the only thing that old.
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165
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166 To replace this rig with all the special equipment would have
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167 cost the insurance company $23,000, so they could not have felt
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168 too bad to get it done for "only" $10,000. For someone who needs
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169 this kind of rig with all the recent work done on it, it should
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170 be a good deal.
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171
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172 We own it free and clear.
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181
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182
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183 Bill Flowers
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184 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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185 To: Aaron From: Lori Re: Age
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186 No, you are not being bold. It is only natural to want
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187 to know the age of your correspondents. I am 18 years of
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188 age. Is that close enough for you?...
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189 To: Tron From: Lori Re: ?
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190 Sorry to disappoint you but I DO NOT and never have had braces. I
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191 just graduated from high school and am 5 feet 1 inch tall. My hair
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192 falls to just about the middle of my back and is of a dark brown
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193 color. Does that sound familiar to you?? My family is not into
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194 computers. In fact, the terminal that I am now working on is my
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195 sister's. Well, it is on loan to her. I originate from West
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196 Seattle, Washington where I have lived all my life.
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197 Lori
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198 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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201 TO: Bob FROM: Art
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202 Howdy!
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203 ****************************************************************
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204 To: Lori From: Tron Re: Darn it!
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205
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206 Geez. I've been looking for her for a long time. To bad, Well,
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207 we are still friends, aren't we?
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208
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209 Tron
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210 ----------
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211 It would seem that the "Dragon Lady" would turn all the Local
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212 BBS' into taverns such as this one. The use of pseudonyms helps to
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213 set the atmosphere of the establishment. One would expect much different
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214 people and conversations at other places within the (electronic) comm-
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215 unity. CBBS is more of a country store or community center
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216 than Backwater. There is room and nessesity for both. The picture
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217 one would get of the Dragon lady is of an empty-headed party girl
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218 unable to deal with any other situation and thus insistent on
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219 transporting her desires to other establishments.
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220 --------- Max Grody
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221 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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222 Dear Mr. Grody;
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223 I do believe you have hit the nail on the head...
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224 Best Wishes
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225 the Phantom Glitch
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226 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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227 To: Bit Byter:
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228 How old are you? You sound over the hill. The newer computers
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229 are not junk. They are usually better at what they are. They could
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230 be better, but you couldn't afford them (see more on this below.)
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231 We all live in our own dream world, which is OK as long as you know
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232 it, but your comment implies you don't. Ah,well.
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233 ........................
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234 Electronics, jun 30,1983; page 50
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235
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236 Breaking it's long silence on the successor to it's Cyber 205 supercomputer,
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237 CDC has revealed plans for an 8 processor machine called the 2XX. It's made
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238 of CMOS logic arrays cooled with liquid nitrogen to acheave speeds of up to
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239 40 times faster than the Cyber 205 (which is about tied with the Cray as
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240 the fastest computer made). It should peak at over 10 gigaflops, with
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241 sustained rates of 1 to 2 gigs. (wowee!!) Each of the 8 processors will
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242 have up to 32 megabytes, and up to 2 megs of shared memory.
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243 If that is out of your price range (no, they weren't willing to burn the
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244 mag up with the price) you can still get a TI 99-4a for $100, but perhaps
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245 not for long, as they are losing money on them pretty fast, and are likely
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246 to do what they did with digital watches:buy the market but not be able
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247 to afford to stay in the market once they did. Or, in other words, I
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248 think the 99-4 is a dead end. Buy now while it still exists.
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249
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250 In any case, the quality of the machines is very good, but what counts
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251 is the software. (As walt Bilofsky say "with out software, it's just
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252 an expensive paperweight.") Sorry to say, this means CP/M. Even a perfect
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253 machine would die in the market without software.
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254
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255 Compare your dream computer with what BWMS runs on, and see what even a
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256 real dog can do. I like my VIC-20; it's not a big, powerful machine, but
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257 for $82.99, you can't beat it. If you don't like it, pay your $50 million
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258 and get a 2XX.
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259 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B.A.D.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
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260 ----------------------
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261 FM:Wealthy Entrepaneur
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262 TO:B.A.D.
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263 SJ:ORDER
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264
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265 Will you take an order for one of these 2XX'S??? I already
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266 have it on my Christmas list...
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267
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268 By the way, do I have to change the liquid nitrogen every 300
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269 gigaloops???? By the way, what's a gigaloop???
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270
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271 Signed,
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272 Howard Hughes older brother.
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273 ____________________________
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274 Ah, Lori (and other females), don't you realize that all these male type
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275 computerniks on here just want to get into your drawers? If only they
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276 could figure out how to do it electronically!!!
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277 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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278 think nothing of that cur,Lori,I for
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279 one am depending on bio-chemistry to
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280 get into your drawers.
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281 In a humorus vein,Aaron
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282 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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283 Glitch and Grody: I would guess that you are soon to be heavily shelled--
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284 maybe even by two related cannons--and rightfully so--for your comments.
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285 Run for cover and repent. HUMBUG
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286 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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287 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 08 Jul 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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288 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02:27 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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289 Slinging mud again, are you, Grody? I will not stoop to such depths
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290 myself, although I have more than enough cause to! Curious that you come
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291 stabbing when you figure that my back is turned, just as you did when I was
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292 taking my leave last winter...On, to indignantly rebut your appraisal of
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293 this female's intelligence and adaptability! First, your point regarding
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294 the variety of atmospheres that can be found--and the necessity for this--
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295 displayed a measure of imagination and tolerance. In fact, your comparing
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296 CBBS to a community center was quite the apt illustration (I see not the
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297 rustic flavour of a country store, though) and is persuasive logic
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298 towards adapting to its crisp style. But why, Max Grody, must you mar
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299 your musings with negative suppositions and judgments against a fellow
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300 billboard-peruser? The basic assumption that you must have started with
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301 was plausible, perhaps: that of seeing a female 'insist' on creating
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302 anarchy in order to make herself comfortable. From this-->groan<...
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303 now I'M assuming!--you evidently decided it was because she was not
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304 CAPABLE of handling other environments, and therefore slabbed on some
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305 extra labels, i.e. "party girl" and scatterbrained. Now, to dissect
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306 and refute! To begin with, your basic premise was wrong. When I came
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307 wandering into CBBS, I had no clue that I would cause a major uproar over
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308 pen names; as my first comment reflects, I was rather pleased with the
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309 system as it stood, and found their rule on nicknames reasonable and
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310 seemingly flexible. (The wording of it does not specifically ban their
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311 use, only restricts it.) Then they started this 'vote on nicknames' bit,
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312 and I soon discovered that I was swimming against the tide on an issue
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313 that I didn't really raise! (No doubt Samuel Langhorne Clemens would be
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314 cheering me on, if he had not been so boorish as to die in 1910!) It
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315 became simply a matter of principle to muster as much ingenuity as could
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316 be found to defend the cause, even though the outcome was not of Great
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317 Significance to me. As for another implication in your unfriendly blurb
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318 regarding how this female 'can't handle the situation', which seems to be
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319 a slur on my ability to converse on the business-like level of CBBS: I
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320 reveal precisely what I wish to about myself, and why should I have to
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321 prove my versatility to YOU? Because a person does not change faces when
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322 commanded to does not mean they are incapable of it! Your comments that
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323 accuse me of being the 'party-type' and 'giddy' I have to laugh at! Such
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324 labels are quite ridiculus; if you only knew the reality--! By the way,
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325 if your slander continues in this vein, I will not bother to answer; and
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326 you need not think you're eroding my self-image, either. My reputation
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327 is built with my own hands, and will not easily be torn to bits, if that
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328 is what you're after, Grody my man...(and what is YOUR name?)
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329 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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330 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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331 Your response noted,Lori,thank you.
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332 <><><><><><><><>Aaron <><><><><><><><><>
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333 *********************************************************
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334 About line number thingy at opening of disk, no it does not indicate
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335 the number of lines since last use. BWMS is VERY dumb it has no way
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336 of knowing who what or when anyone (or thing) has been on.
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337 ***** CISTOP MIKEY **** 8 JULY 83 ***** 8:30AM ************
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338 Aaron: I will put the definition of Cistop on here as soon as I
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339 can find it again and have the time to do so. I'm sure you will
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340 find it amusing. In fact it might just be suitible to the current
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341 situation!
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342 ***** CISTOP MIKEY AGAIN *** 8 JULY 83 ***** 8:35AM **************
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343 Lady of Dragons: Whoof! My, I am totaly blown away with the last
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344 little speech. I must applaud you for your excellent response
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345 to Mr. Groady. I was wondering who was on here at 12:30AM last
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346 night when I got home. (I should have known, but I was too beat
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347 to even turn on the terminal and see who was there.) I do wonder
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348 though if Mr. Groady and the like have ever REALLY read anything
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349 you have said. It seems they have simply taken an idea and blown
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350 it all out of proportion because of some prejudice they have
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351 which they find threatened by this idea of nicknames. It does
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352 seem strange since they didn't have this prejudice when DOC WATSON
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353 was on the system. As for CBBS being more of a community center
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354 then BWMS, I really do wonder how much they have paid any attention
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355 to these systems and the goings on thereof. Finally to have the
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356 gaul to speek of you as an empty-headed female! My! I now know
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357 for a fact that they can't read! As it is quite obvious to any who
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358 would even glance at you writings that this is not even close.
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359 Your last little speech proves it yet once again.
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360 ***** CISTOP MIKEY YET AGAIN **** 8 JULY 83 ***** 8:45AM *********
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361 Lori: Hello yet once again. It is refreshing to see another lady
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362 on the system. Particularly after listening to the Mr. Groady
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363 person. With comments of that sort it is no wonder there are
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364 so few women here! It would take a very strong woman to stand up
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365 to that kind of asault! Hmmm, do you think maybe we've touched on
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366 the real reason for this attack? Maybe that is exactly what they
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367 are after (I.E. Removing women from these worlds.) Considering
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368 it to be an exclusive 'mens' club of some sort. If this is the
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369 case, I feel very sorry for them. But I must leave now, I've
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370 got to get to work. I'm already late>>>>
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371 ***** CISTOP MIKEY ONE LAST TIME **** 8 JULY 83 *** 8:55AM *********
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372 Hey, Dragon Lady, if max's name is "MAX GRODY", why not call him:
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373 "GRODY TO THE MAX"?
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374 ****************************************
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375 to: maxie grody et al
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376 from: the dark prince
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377
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378 i've been following the debate on this
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379 system and cbbs regarding aliases with some interest.
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380 i would not presume to defend dragon lady (she's shown she can do that
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381 very well herself). but i thought i would throw my two cents in
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382 anyway. first i would like to point out that the 'party' personality
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383 is not restricted to the female gender. men can be just as big empty
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384 headed twits as women. second, it seems that a party person would
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385 not even bother with this type of systemthere's all those parties to
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386 go to, right? as for the fantasy world aspect of aliases---personally
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387 i deal with the darker side of reality every day in my avocation and
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388 this is a convienient escape...more feasibile than the other vices
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389 available. this bbs is the most creative in the portland area
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390 i see this and other systems as an art form in infancy
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391 so come on maxie boy, back off a little and enjoy it for what it is...
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392 if the dragon lady and others of her ilk offend you so much, try another
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393 system.
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394
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395 dp
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396 ********************************************************************************
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397 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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398 To: Mikey From: Lori Re: Your welcome
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399 I am pleased to see that I have been accepted by the Innkeeper. It gives
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400 me great pleasure to be accepted as a guest in your Inn. It does seem,
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401 doesn't it, that Grody has some complaints against the female gender!
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402 That will not stop any of us from enjoying the company of others in this
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403 Inn. It is men like him that make us even more determined to continue on!!
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404 To: Aaron From: Lori Re: Disgust!
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405 Do you really think that that is the reason why I entered this system?!
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406 You are sadly mistaken! I am affronted that you would even THINK that I
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407 would jump into your drawers! How DARE you even assume that I am immoral!
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408 If any more is said about jumping into your drawers, I shall not respond!
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409 To: Tron From: Lori Re: Friendship
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410 Yes, we can still be friends.
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411 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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412 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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413 my message was intended as a reply to
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414 the person who commented as to the probable intentions of a specific subset of
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415 the users;it was with the intent of showing the irrationality of such a line
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416 of thought.My apologies to you.
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417 I myself lept in surprise after perusing your note,who said anything about
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418 immoral?I find mock indignation almost as annoying as max's diatribe;both are
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419 to the same end,max comments on what he believes to be the mental condition
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420 of a specific woman,and apparently women in general,reactions such as yours only
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421 encourage such skewed thinking,by supporting that females are somehow "more
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422 airheaded",more "sensative",or differnt in some nebulus way.
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423 I find the contents of back-water a
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424 mental breath of fresh air,especially when there is input from the more capable
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425 gender(female),as some of us men get caught in the rut of believing that all
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426 is cut-and-dry,that we have to stand on protocol to relate to fellow humans,and
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427 that those who are following there own path such as our D.L. ,are somehow less,s
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428 somehow different from us.
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429 Don't fall in,Lori.
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430 My apologies again to you,and
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431 welcome.
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432 Aaron
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433 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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434 -----
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460 WEIGHT TRAINING! A balanced fitness program to fit your
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461 individual needs.
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462
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463 o Strength
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464 o Flexibility
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465 o Endurance
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466 o Stress Reduction
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467 o Prevention of Injuries
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468 o Slenderizing
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469 o Muscle Tone
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470 o Weight Loss
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471 o Control of Appetite
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472 o Injury Rehabilitation
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473 o Cardiovascular Development
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474
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475 Call 254-xxxx for an appointment. The Court Club,
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476 Portland, OR, 97220.
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477 -----
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478 ***********************************************************
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479 TO: Bob FROM: Art
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480
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481 Had enough!
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482
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483 ***********************************************************
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484 ----------
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485 Ah! But my words got a response and from the tone of the response(s),
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486 it would seem that I have touched a nerve. First, read my last message ag
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487 again, as I never used the words "giddy" or "scatterbrained".
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488 Dark prince, I specifically said that establishments such as
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489 Backwater were nessesary - my point is that it would be bad
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490 to turn all the other BBS's in the area into Backwater Inns.
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491 The Atmosphere of CBBS is very much akin to an old Country store,
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492 with a few people on the corner playing board games, and salesmen
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493 or farmers hawking their wares, etc. -- the only part missing
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494 is the propriator selling his wares.
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495 As for masks, we all wear masks - but the mask should be appropriate
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496 to the occasion.
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497 You disapprove of my tone, yet you not only respond but now have
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498 some emotional investment. As for my "dislike" of women-
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499 it doesn't exist - what I am echoing is womens dislike of themselves!!!
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500 ---------- Max Grody (yes Grody to the Max!!)
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501 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING A NEW VIC USERS GROUP (N.E. PORTLAND), CALL MIK
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502 E AT 289-xxxx.
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503 HELP
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504
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505 OFF
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506
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507
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508 THIS IS A TEST FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY
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509
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510 *********************************************************
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511 What an interesting and absured thing to say! "What I am echoing is
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512 womens dislike of themselves!" I find this most unusual comeing
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513 from a male (or one who professes to be) My reaction is 'how would
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514 you know? Are you a woman that you can know what they think and
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515 feel for that matter what of the many varied number of women out
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516 there? Yes there might be some who dislike themselves for some reason
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517 or another, but I hardly find this to be special or out of the ordinary
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518 there are just as many males who have the same feelings. But on the
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519 whole I cannot beleive that all those women out there hate themselves!
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520 That is a totaly absured thought!. I really wonder what rock you have
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521 been hiding under? Surely you are capable of coming up with a more
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522 intelligent accusation then that, or at least you should be able to.
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523 You speek of the bubbleheadedness of some who use this system, but
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524 I really wonder who is the bubblehead after seeing that comment.
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525 *** CISTOP MIKEY WITH A BLISTERING COMMENT IN RETURN ***************
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526 ********** 10:45PM ******* 8 JULY 83 *******************************
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527 WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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528 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> well spoken,O Mikey
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529 just trying my new auto time key
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530 this one 01:56 and my new auto
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||
531 head/foot<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>and all with one key!
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532 Aaron at 01:57
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533 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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534 -----
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535 I would appreciate it if the person who changed the first word in my ad
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536 would keep his damned fingers off of his keyboard until he is able to con-
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||
537 duct himself in a more mature manner.
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538 -----
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539 HELLO. A NEW VIC / 64 USERS GROUP IS BEING FORMED IN N.E. PORTLAND. IF YOU A
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||
540 RE INTERESTED, CALL MIKE AT 289-xxxx.
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541
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542 It would seem that Senor Grody suffers from an affliction common to computer
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||
543 enthusiasts. (I am not speaking of myopia.) People (male or otherwise) who
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544 enjoy spending hours with a computer often feel less than comfortable around
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||
545 other humans. A machine is predictable (even when suffering from intermittent
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||
546 anomalies). A machine doesn't laugh at you. A machine won't hurt your feelings
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||
547 because you can always turn it off (and it knows it!).
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||
548 The machine lover finds it difficult to interact with people who don't
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||
549 share the same love of machines, especially members of the opposite sex. They
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||
550 resort to clumsy attempts to gain the attention of possible "objects of
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||
551 affection" (if you will please pardon the expression). Often as not, these
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||
552 attempts backfire and produce the opposite effect desired.
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||
553 And what delightful fantasies you can have with a crt when a desirable
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||
554 creature leaves messages on Mikey's disks! Drawers? Not unless they are
|
||
555 the drawers that contain the archives of BWMS.
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||
556 It is always nice to dream, eh Maximillian?
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557 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} July 9, 1983 1213 PDT {}{}
|
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558 TO CHANGE THE MODE OF THINGS FOR A MOMENT-I HAVE FERNS THAT SEEM TO
|
||
559 BE DOING ALRIGHT BUT DON'T SEEM AS HEALTHY AS THEY COULD BE-WATER-
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||
560 ING THEM EVERY OTHER DAY AND MISTING WITH OFF SOUTHERN EXPOSURE-ONE
|
||
561 SITS NEXT TO THE TERMINAL-IS THERE ANY PLANT-MANICS OUT THERE WITH
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562 A HEALTHFUL HINT::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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563 THANK YOU...........R.GREGORY..........7/9/83.............
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564 OFF
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565 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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566 Hello there, plant lover! Being new here, you wouldn't know that nobody
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||
567 is likely to find you here tucked away on the end of drive b! Except
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||
568 curious little ole' me...your poor fern is being fried, Mr. R, so trot
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||
569 that droopy yellow plant over to an eastern or northern exposure (depending
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||
570 on the kind) and keep misting it. It likes that, as well as a moderately
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||
571 cool environment. Do croon at in once in a while, too, and it'll perk up!
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572 .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
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573
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574
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575
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576
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577
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578 *****************************************************************
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||
579 Consider the title of CISTOP and the meaning thereof;
|
||
580 This is a strange title you might say, for few have seen its like
|
||
581 before. What is its meaning and why was it chosen? At first it
|
||
582 would seem but a humourous misspelling of a commonly used
|
||
583 abbreviation for systems operator. Closer examination will show
|
||
584 that it goes much deeper then this. If you look in your dictionary
|
||
585 (Ahhh do I hear the rusling of pages?) you will find an interesting
|
||
586 deffinition accorded the word. (I would in hope that you are looking
|
||
587 at an unabridged dictionary.) The definition being that of a tomb or
|
||
588 chest. Yet if we look further, we find that it comes from a Greek
|
||
589 word 'CISTA'. If we look yet even further, we find that this was
|
||
590 also used for the base of the word 'CISTERN', which may be defined as
|
||
591 a reservoir of water. Does the meaning now become clearer?.......
|
||
592 Of course, it is quite possible that some will mistake it as simply
|
||
593 a misspelling of 'CYST', a saclike structure filled with diseased
|
||
594 matter, Which a few would consider BWMS to be on the backside of
|
||
595 the message system community. No matter, you may choose the
|
||
596 definition you wish....
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597 **** A DEFINITIVE CISTOP MIKEY **** 10 JULY 83 **** 12:30PM ********
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598 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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599 hows the fern?
|
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600 Aaron at 15:23
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601 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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