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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 5 JAN 84 ********************
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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 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. As the system is
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10 privatly 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 older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 ************************************************************
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21 PAM: NO, I DIDN'T SEE IT!
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22 ******** CISTOP MIKEY ******** 1 JAN 83 *************************
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23 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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24 A lone stranger approaches a fog shrouded stream and
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25 pauses... searching for something... After a moment he spies
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26 that which he is looking for, an old well worn bridge.
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27 The stream flows grudgingly beneath it, accepting its
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28 presence, yet obviously wishing to be free of this construct
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29 spaning its banks. The stranger moves to cross the slightly
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30 arched span. He stops momentarily to peer down at the water
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31 flowing beneath. He watches the sluggish water flow beneath,
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32 pondering its source and wence it flows.
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33 The stream slowly flowing beneath seems to have a soothing
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34 effect on him, for as he peers below the hands that grip the
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35 railing slowly relax. After a moment he reaches into his
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36 cloak and draws forth a faded and worn brown ribbon. Holding
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37 the ribbon before him for a while he looks upon it. Soon a
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38 single tear forms and slowly travels down the crease in his
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39 face. Holding the ribbon over the railing, he pauses for a
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40 moment and then releases it to fall into the flowing stream.
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41 He watches as the ribbon slowly drifts down, until finally
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42 it touches the water and is quickly swallowed. In a fleeting
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43 moment it passes beneath the walkway and is gone.
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44 Raising his face to gaze at the fog enshrouded moon, the
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45 light glistens off the wet trail on his cheek, the final
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46 rememberence of things past. Slowly the face changes from one
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47 of sadness to resolve.
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48 After a moment he turns and peers thru the fog in the hope of
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49 finding a place to rest his weary feet and warm his heart. Then
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50 for a second the fog parts and a wavering glimmer of light
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51 breaks through. He moves towards the light and soon finds that
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52 it shines upon the entrance to an establishment called the Back
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53 Water Inn. "What an odd name for an Inn" he thinks.
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54 Seeing no other suitible establishment he decides to enter.
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55 As he opens the door and looks in, a warm draft of air ladden
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56 with the smell of stale beer, soured wine and wiskey drifts
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57 out. Hearing an angered shout, he pauses and is about to
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58 leave, but then realizes that it was not ment for him.
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59 Stepping across the threshold he finds the Inn in shambles,
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60 with empty and shattered glasses scattered about. In a dark
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61 corner he sees a timid lass attempting to clean off a table to
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62 sit at. As he watches a wonderous picture of a dragon slips
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63 off the table and drifts to the floor. Quickly the lady
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64 recovers the picture and with averted eyes quietly sits down
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65 and busies herself with another picture.
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66 At another table sits a sailor he looks upon the shambles of
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67 the Inn with disaproving eyes, yet is there not something else
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68 in those eyes? It is difficult to tell.
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69 Looking further he sees several patrons leaning over a table
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70 talking in some strange language with manied reference to
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71 something called a 'cumpewtor'.
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72 Off to one side sits a dark and sinister individual his face
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73 hidden beneath a fold of cloth. This individul speaks of
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74 strange and fearful things, yet there is a touch of laughter
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75 to his voice.
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76 The Innkeeper himself stands behind the old worn bar slowly
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77 cleaning a glass, worry and sadness on his face as he speaks to
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78 a charming woman, whom he calls Pam, about the disarray of the
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79 the Inn and other things. While the lovly lady herself slowly
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80 sips from a warm steaming glass of liquor and agrees while
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81 wondering what can be done about it.
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82 At the end of the bar a poor sole sits babeling meaninglessly
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83 to himself, apparently no longer in full control of his mind.
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84 At the other end of the bar sits a warrior in full uniform.
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85 None dare approach to closly for he staunchly defends his
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86 position. A formidable figure indeed.
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87 Elsewhere sit several other patrons adding their voices to
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88 the general flow of conversation.
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89 To this does the stranger find he has entered. Though it is a
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90 shambles, it is apparent that the Inn is well known and in
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91 better times a most respectable and comfortable establishment.
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92 The stranger sits and becons to the Innkeeper to bring him an
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93 ale. Perhaps he thinks I will tary for a while and learn more
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94 of this place called the Back Water Inn. Perhaps long enough
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95 to no longer be a stranger in this most strange land.
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96 As he accepts the drink from the Innkeeper and flips him a
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97 coin in payment, he can feel the eyes of the patrons upon him,
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98 and wonders what they think of this stranger who has intruded
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99 himself in their midst.
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100 * Tarn *
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101 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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102 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02 Jan 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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103 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00:20 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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104 In a light-faded corner she loiters, intent upon the work of her
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105 hands and paying no mind to the surroundings. A mug of cider, long
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106 since cooled, sits unnoticed by the delicate lines of a new sketch,
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107 and her hair tumbles about her face as she tilts it to gain fresh
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108 perspective on her drawing.
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Suddenly she tenses, though she does
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109 not look up, and her demeanor takes on an appearance of listening...
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110 Very still she is for three slow throbs of a heart, and then her eyes
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111 lift and begin to wend their way through the milling crowd, fixing
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112 each individual with a burning, penetrating gaze in turn.
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There, where
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113 the Innkeeper has just placed a foaming glass of ale, there is where
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114 the ever-so-familiar voice resides! She fastens her eyes on his face,
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115 and a tiny wrinkle of puzzlement appears between her brows. "Where
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116 might a stranger find lodging?" asks he of the Innkeeper. "Stranger?"
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117 The words escape her lips unintentionally, but they are low enough to
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118 be drowned in the leisurely roar of mixed conversations. Several from
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119 the bar gather nonchalantly around this man Tarn's table, and when he
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120 happens to glance back in the corner, only the breeze-stirred papers
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121 give evidence that she had been there.
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122 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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123
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124 TRADE JEWELRY FOR TUTORING
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125 RAY ELSEY WISHES TO TRADE CUSTOM JEWELRY FOR TUTORING IN BASIC
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126 PASCAL AND CPM LOGIC AND GOOD FILE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE
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127 LEAVE MESSAGE HERE OF WITH CBBS
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128 ..............................................................
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129 WOW. WHAT GREAT FICTION YOU TWO RIGHT. YOU GOTTA COLLABERATE, OR SOMETING.
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130 CAN YOU WRITE ABOUT REAL THINGS AROUND YOU TOO? MY TEACHER SAYS THE
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131 SIMILIES AND ALEGORIES SO MANY WRITERS USE ARE HIDING THIER FAILURE TO COPE
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132 WITH THIER REAL PROBLEMS. DO YOU GUYS BELIEVE THAT?
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133 ................................ Sunny ..........................
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134 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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135 ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE A DECENT TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR THE TRS-80 MODEL 3?
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136 I AM IN DESPRATE NEED OF ONE. CONTACT ME HERE, OR ON CBBS, BIT BUCKET, KGON,
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137 OR PAC. THANX?
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138 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-JODY-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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139
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140 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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141 WELL, d I SEE YOU CAN WRITE BETTER THAN YOU CAN PLAY CHESS! OR SO I'VE HEARD.
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142 IMAGINE THAT BEING SOMEWHAT CHASED OUT OF THE INN.
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143 ANYHEY, DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE A COMPUTER AND MODEM FOR SALE? I'M NOT
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144 PARTICULAR ABOUT MAKES OR MODELS, BUT I HAVE AN ACQUAINTANCE THAT IS LOOKING
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145 FOR SOMETHING FUNCTIONAL. LEAVE MESSAGE FOR DEBORAH.
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146 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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147 P.S. SUNNY, NO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
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148 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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149 THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ABOVE. I LEFT FOR A SPELL, RETURNED AND STILL NO
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150 NEW NEWS. SO.......................IT'S 1984.
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151 AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW YEAR PEOPLE TEOND TO THINK SOMEWHAT OF THE FU-
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152 TURE. HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING MY VIEWS.
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153 YOUR FUTURE CONSISTS OF MORE THAN JUST THE TIME THAT REMAINS OF YOUR PRESENT
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154 LIFE. IT ALSO INCLUDES HOW YOU USE THAT TIME, THE PLANS YOU HAVE MADE, THE
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155 GOALS YOU HAVE SET. AS ONE NOTED INVENTOR OBSERVED:" WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERN-
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156 ED ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES
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157 THERE."
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158 WHY IS IT THOUGH THAT SO MANY GIVE SO LITTLE THOUGHT TO THE FUTURE? THERE ARE
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159 A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM:
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160 *THE ANXIETY AND STRUGGLE OF LIFE STIFLES THOUGHTS OF THE FUTURE.
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161 *THE "NOW GENERATION" PHILOSOPHY PROMOTES THE VIEW, LIVE FOR THE MOMENT AND
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162 THE FUTURE WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
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163 *THOSE PURSUING THE"WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE" WAY OF LIFE BELIEVE DESTINY
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164 ALONE SHAPES THE FUTURE.
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165 *THE "WHATS THE USE" FEELING RESULTS IN DESPAIR AND DETERS SETTING GOALS
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166 FOR THE FUTURE.
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167 I AM NONE OF THE ABOVE.
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168 SOME WONDER, "HOW CAN I HAVE A REALISTIC AND MEANINGFUL VIEW OF THE FUTURE?"
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169 THE ANSWER MAY LIE IN WHAT NOBEL PRIZE WINNER JOHN GALSWORTHY WROTR
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170 "IF YOU DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE." GIVE SERIOUS
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171 THOUGHT FIRST TO WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BRING. NEXT THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD
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172 LIKE TO BE AND DO IN THAT FUTURE. THEN TAKE THE NEEDED ACTION TO DIRECT YOUR
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173 STEPS TOWARD THAT GOAL. MORE LATER.
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174 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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175 ........................................................................
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176 Smokers - 1 : Leonard - 0...just kidding leonard.
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177 Aaron...school starts tommorow(at least nite classes), are you ready?
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178 To all new BW Inn patrons...Hail and well met! Welcome to the Inn, I hope
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179 your visits are enjoyable.
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180 d...I see a Dragons of Pern book has finally made it to the Top-ten list
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181 for Fiction... Just thought I'd mention it...
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182 .............tHE dROPPED bIT.............................................
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183 PS To the futrure Doctor, while your lengthy message about smoking was indeed
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184 interesting, prose like that rarely changes anyones mind(especially smokers!)
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185 The best anti-smoking device I have seen was a film showing autopsys on long-
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186 time smokers. Quite graphic, but quite effective.
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187 .........................................................................
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188
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189 *******************************************************************
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190 WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I AM IN A TWILIGHT ZONE? DRIFTING BETWEEN TWO
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191 WORLDS. ONE OF BEAUTY AND WARMTH, THE OTHER OF HARSH REALITY. IT IS
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192 AS IF THE WORLD OF THE INN IS STRIVING DESPIRITLY TO GET THROUGH
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193 AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A PEICE POKES THROUGH ONLY TO BE RAPIDLY
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194 CONSUMMED BY THE HARSH REALITIES OF THE TRUE WORLD. BUT THEN WHAT
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195 IS REAL? WILL THE WORLD OF THE INN EVER BREAK THROUGH THE BONDS OF
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196 REALITY AND FIND PEACE WITH THE REAL WORLD, OR WILL IT BE FOREVER
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197 BANDED TO STRIVING TO SHOW EVEN A SMALL PEICE OF ITSELF TO THOSE
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198 WHO WOULD WATCH? A NEW INDIVIDUAL HAS FOUND THE STRENGTH TO AT
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199 LEAST FOR A BIT TO BREAK THROUGH THOSE BONDS. IS HIS STRENGTH DEEP
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200 ENOUGH TO PREVALE AS DOES THE MAGIC OF d? ONLY TIME CAN TELL.
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201 ***** CISTOP MIKEY ***** A VICTIM OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE **********
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202 DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO DEE DO
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203
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204 GREETINGS ALL. I AM NEW TO THE SYSTEM AND A NEW USER ALSO. HAVE BEEN
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205 FOLLOWING YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH INTEREST. WILL WELCOME CONVERSATION
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206 AND DISCUSION. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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207 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PROSPERO'S APPRENTICE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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208 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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209 -G.T.-
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210 Our Our Atari broke. OnThe left plug in that you plug the joystick into
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211 has a wire loose or something. The right plug in still works though.
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212 On the left ft plug-in when you're playing a game you cant move the object
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213 up.
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214 It sure is hard to get on this system. Its always busy.
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215
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216 ///////////////////////////////////////////JEN////////////////////////
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217 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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218 To Tarn and d,
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219 To call it simply beauty would not be enough.
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220 Bo
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221 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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222 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< It might be too much.......>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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223
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224 George Orwell was a fink
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225 Happy new-years!!!!!
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226 **********************************************************************
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227 :**************************************************************:
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228
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229 HELP WANTED
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230
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231 Pilot with mechanical ability to fly
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232 C-30 transport over difficult terrain.
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233 Experience with low altitute flying at
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234 night a must. Mult-lingual Islamic
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235 Fundementalist conversant in Iranian
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236 tribal dialects prefered.
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237
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238 LeRoy McKane
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239
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240 ==========================
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241
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242 MOHAMMED WASSIR:
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243
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244 I appreciate your concern but I am in no danger from Petrov,
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245 the mustachieod KGB drag queen, and his thugs. Petrov is my
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246 personal body guard and hair dresser. He is no danger to me.
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247
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248 None-the-less, I appreciate your concern. I take care of my
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249 friends and you will be hearing from me.
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250
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251 LeRoy
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252
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253 :*************************************************************:
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254 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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255 DEAR JODY:
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256 EVER HEAR OF A COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM CALL "ST80-III"? I HAVE ACCESS TO
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257 IT FROM MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, BUT CANNOT LET IT GO FOR FREE,
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258 MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO. I DO HAVE MY JOB TO CONSIDER.
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259 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR ME
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260 JONATHAN CHANCE
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261 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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262 ----------------------------------------------------------------
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263 LEROY! I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM THE FBI TODAY. THEY WANTED TO
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264 KNOW IF I
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265 KNEW WHERE YOU WERE. I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT TIME THEY
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266 CALL?? I TRIED TO LOOSE THEM BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE BEEN MONITORING
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267 MY HOME, PHONE LINES, THE WORKS. I AM AT A FRIENDS HOUSE NOW, SO MAYBE THEY
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268 WONT TAKE ME BY SURPRISE. I AM (I THINK) THE PILOT YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR.
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269 BUT I AM NOT SURE IF I HAVE THE GUTS FOR THE MISSION (IF THERE IS ONE). MAYBE
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270 YOU SHOULD KEEP SEARCHING. HANG IN THERE. I WILL TRY AND NOT LET THEM KNOW
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271 WHERE YOU MAY BE FOUND. THE CIA IS IN ON IT TOO.
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272
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273 GOOD LUCK LEROY-
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274
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275 -------------------------MYRDDIN EMRYS-------------------------- -------------
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276 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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277 JONATHAN CHANCE-
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278 I AM INTRESTED I THINK. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
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279 AND WHAT ARE THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS BEAST?
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280
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281 /////////////////////////////////////////////JODY/////////////////////////////
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282 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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283 LEROY:
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284 GREAT STUFF!!!!
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285 MOHAMMED WASSIR
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286 <The Awesruck Albanian>
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287 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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288 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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289 Rommel: I am reminded of a Quote from Robert Heinlein about government.
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290 "If the horse can't jump the hurdle, shoot the horse. Keep on doing this
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291 and eventually you will find a horse that CAN clear the jump --- IF you
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292 don't run out of horses. This is the sort of plausible pseudologic that
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293 most people bring to political affairs. It causes one to wonder if mankind
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294 is capable of being well governed by ANY system of government."
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295 +++++++++++++++++ the Inn Sane Scientist +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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296
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297 ===================}=============}============================================
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298 The inn's lights flicker smokily as a vagrant breeze slams the door open.
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299 The fire gives a burst of smoke, causing the patrons of the inn to cough
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300 and curse. A burly patron abandons a tarred leather jack of ale on the
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301 rough-hewn counter to close the door, then pauses briefly in the opening
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302 his eyes searching through the roiling mists. Faintly through the
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303 moon-shrouded mists he heard a distant thrumming with an eerie wailing rising
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304 through and around it.
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305 ======================}=======================================================
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306 :*************************************************************:
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307
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308 LeRoy:
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309
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310 I am monitoring this board. Are you alright?
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311 I've been so worried. Please let me know what's
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312 going on. I love you.
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313
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314 Natasha
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315
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316 :*************************************************************:
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317
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318 Myrddin Emrys:
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319
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320 You are in terrible danger. If the FBI and CIA knew you were
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321 one of my people you'd be safe...but you're not.
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322
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323 The Feds and the trench coat boys are under terrific pressure
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324 to get a conviction on an arms deal I dabbled in a few years
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325 back. They're looking for a scapegoat. Since you're not on my
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326 payoff list you appear to be it.
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327
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328 Tell you what I'll do. I'll put out word, for now anyway, that
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329 you're one of my "special friends". That'll take the heat off
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330 until you can prove how good a friend you really are.
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331
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332 But remember, pal, you owe me one and LeRoy McKane always
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333 collects his debts. Meet me in Ashkhabad on January 6th at
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334 three O'clock. Carry a red dagger in your teeth so I'll know
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335 who you are.
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336
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337
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338 LeRoy
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339
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340 :**************************************************************:
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341 As he sits at a table sipping his cider (Ah, wondrous nectar!) and watching d
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342 create yet another of her wondrous creations, he hearshis name. Then,
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343 listening further he realizes that he was mistaken. There is another
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344 apprentice in the inn.
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345 But what is this? He says he is apprenticed to one Prospero by name. Can it
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346 be? This will indeed bear further investigation.
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347 ......................................the apprentice..........................
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348 What?!!! Prospero the garbage man (oops, sanitary collection engineer) of SE
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349 Portland's Italian neighborhoods can't have two apprentices? Heresy.
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350 ###########$$$$$$$$$$$$###########$$$$$$$$$$$#############$$$$$$$$$$$$$#
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351 As the hot vapor of a patron's pipe swirls around in my nostril, I notice
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352 a small group of vibrant chap's slapping one-anothers back and chorteling.
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353 I wonder if those are the people I was sent to meet? Could that raven
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354 bunch of men be the one's I have journeyed so long to see? Could those be
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355 the men who are responsible for all I have gone through. There is only
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356 one way to be sure...I must bait a trap, and lure them into it. If they
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357 are the ones, then they will taste my mettle, but if they are not, then
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358 they will not even realize they are being tested. The Inn is the perfect
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359 place for my test. It is crowded, but the overall condition of most of the
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360 patrons, and the dark, smokey qualities of the Inn, and the obvious non-
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361 commital attitude of the 'I don't care, I only work here' Inn keeper make
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362 the Inn the perfect place. So now I will steal away to an empty corner of
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363 the Inn, and lay my trap, un-noticed by everyone...
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364 Beware fellow patrons of the unleashed vengence of a man who seeks to even
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365 up past deeds done. You may think nothing of me now, but in a few sweeps of
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366 the system clock, you will know such furry as you have never known before!
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367 A stranger for now, but not long...
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368 ############$$$$$$$$$$$$###########$$$$$$$$$$$$############$$$$$$$$$$$$$#
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369
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370 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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371
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372
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373 McKane:
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374
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375 We met in Marakesh, but you do not know me. The man who took
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376 the knife intended for your back was one of mine. Davbble in the
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377 East if you must, but leave my oil alone.
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378 Well met, stout heart.
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379
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380
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381 Contremon Valerius.
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382
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383 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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384 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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385 ASHKNABAD, EH?
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386 TURKOMEN IS A DANGEROUS COUNTRY, EVEN FOR THOSE WITH KGB PROTECTION.
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387 BUT A CONVIENIENT PLACE FOR COVERT EXCURSIONS INTO EITHER IRAN OR
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388 AFGHANISTAN. BEWARE LEROY DANGER IS YOUR SHADOW AND NATASHA PINES FOR
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389 YOU.
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390 MOHAMMED WASSIR
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391 <The Albanian Firebrand>
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392 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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393
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394 [][][][][][][][][][][] 1411 01/03/84 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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395
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396 PAM: IT WILL BE UP TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE NOT FOUND THE LAST BUG, SO LEAVING
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397 A MESSAGE WILL NOT WORK. LEAVE COMMENTS AT THE END OF SESSION, THAT DOES
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398 WORK.
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399
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400 MIKEY: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, IN THIS DIMENSION OF SIGHT, SOUND AND MIND?
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401 I AM FEELING STRANGER BY THE CONTACT!
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402
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403 GT: FIXING 2600 JOYPORTS IS A SNAP. DITTO JOYSTICKS.
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404
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405 ALL: CURIOSER AND CURIOSER !!!! l. carroll
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406
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407 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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408
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409 >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
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410
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411 With eyes afixed to the dank surface of the harbour...a salior stands at the
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412 at the end of the quay...regarding the overstressed and rotted timbers that
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413 speak of many years use. Looking down the well traveled channel he sees his last
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414 ship making way to its final destination. Inwardly he smiles knowing soon his
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415 spirit will be abord another. A grander vessel to be sure .... his minds eye
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416 frames the thought .... a beam reach , all canvas aloft with her shoulder to
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417 the sea leaving but a pale effervescent ribbon to mark her passage....
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418 The quay rocks slowly responding to yet another outbound ships wake.
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419 With the motion so goes his thought...he begins his trudge wharfward ....
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420 To the west he spies a small inlet, a cool stream that flows into this harbour,
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421 In the remaining twilight he decides to inspect this unique feature.
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422 In his childhood these streams that ebbed and flowed with the tides were sources
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423 of hours of curiosity and wonderment ...from where did they come ...
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424 who as well took solace in their passage...what secrets could they tell....
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425 Arriving at the inlet he views the remains of all manner of refuse. He scorns
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426 disposal in this way. He thinks of the many miles of hard travel the stream
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427 undertook to come home only to have its arrival choked.
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428 Amongst this debris he sees at the high tide mark a small swatch of brown fabric
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429 walking towards it and in the fading light he stoops to retrieve it.
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430 .......satin ribbon...........
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431 faded and well worn but satin none the less. His mind awash with questions
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432 " How did something of such nobility come to rest in such squalor ? "
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433 Was it around some young lovers scroll and cast by accident or design into this
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434 stream ? Was it the last remaining evidence of some carnal atrocity ? Did some
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435 servant drop it while washing ?
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436 Suddenly he laughs out loud .....Remembering .........his childhood
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437 He tucks the damp ribbon into his breast pocket and walks back towards the pier
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438 mentaly arguing with himself ......as a child he always wanted to follow a
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439 stream to its origin and was never allowed but now being between pasages
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440 the opportunity had arisen ........Would he ?? He had the time and no other pressing engagements ..................
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441 It was decided He would enquire as to what lay upstream ............
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442
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443 >>-------------------------------------------------------Brendan--------------<<
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444 :**************************************************************:
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445 LEROY MCKANE IS A PIG - NATASHA
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446
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447 :**************************************************************:
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448 hello there how you all doing today staying boosed up
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449 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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450 No. but I think you are
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451
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452 Jen.
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453 Well are you going to get that other atari ???
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454 I only had to call once before I got on here. Lucky I guess.
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455 There seems to be a few people writting books on here.
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456
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457 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::G.T.::::::::::
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458
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459 *?****************************************************
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460 DJJ: YEAH, BUT LOVING EVERY CHARACTER OF IT!
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461 *********** CISTOP MIKEY INNKEEPER OF THE BACKWATER INN *****************
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462 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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463 JODY:
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464 THE PROGRAM IS QUITE A GOOD ONE. 9 USER-DEFINABLE MACROS, FULL CONTROL
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465 OVER THE TRANSMISSIONCS. FILES WITH THESE SPECS CAN BE LOADED FOR EACH
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466 INDIVIDUAL HOOKUP. PULSE OR TOUCH-TONE DIALING. TIME DELAYED SEND/RECIEVE.
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467 DOCUMENTATION IS A BIT SKIMPY, BUT IT HAS EXELLECENT HELP FEATURES.
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468 AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN MANY PROGRAMS I HAVE SEEN. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
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469 QUESTIONS? I CAN EASILY GET THE ANSWERS FOR YOU. AS FOR PRICE, MAKE ME AN
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470 OFFER, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
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471 JONATHAN CHANCE
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472 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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473 P.S. THANKS FOR THE INFO, 'OLD TIMER' AND PAM. THE REFUSE OF ONE MAN CAN
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474 BE ANOTHER ONES GLORY! J.C.
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475 **************************************************************
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476 TO: SUNNY THE CONCEPT YOU INDICATED THAT WAS PROPOSED BY YOUR TEACHER
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477 THAT THE SIMULARITIES OF A WHAT A WRITER WRITES AND THE REAL WORLD IS
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478 A RESULT OF THE WRITERS INABILITY TO COPE WITH THE REAL WORLD IS NOT A
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479 WHOLELY VALID CONCEPT. FOR A WRITER TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A REALISTIC
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480 CHARACTER THAT THE READER CAN IDENTIFY WITH, THE WRITER MUST PROVIDE
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481 THAT CHARACTER WITH THE SAME THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AS ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL.
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482 THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY HAVING TO DO SO IN A VERY LIMITTED SPACE AND WITH
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483 WORDS THAT CANNOT TRULY EXPRESS THE FULL EMOTIONAL BEING OF THE CHARACTER
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484 INVOLVED. THIS MEANS THAT TO FULLY FORM THE CHARACTER IN THE READERS MIND
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485 THE WRITER MUST DRAW UPON EXISTING LIFE EMOTIONS THAT THE READER KNOWS
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486 AND UNDERSTANDS. SO BY DRAWING A PICTURE WITH WORDS THROUGH REFERENCE TO
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487 EXISTING EMOTIONAL CONCEPTS THE CHARACTER IS BUILT IN THE READERS MIND.
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488 OFTEN THE WRITER DOES INDEED DRAW THESE PICTURES BY PULLING THESE EMOTIONAL
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489 CONSTRUCTS OUT OF THEIR OWN PAST AS IT IS FAR EASIER TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING
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490 YOU KNOW THEN NOT. BUT A WRITER WILL NOT RESTRICT THIS TO THEIR OWN LIFE THEY
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491 PULL THESE EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTS FROM ALL AROUND THEM. THUS A WRITERS WORLD
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492 WILL INDEED REFLECT THEIR OWN LIFE, BUT NOT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT COPE WITH IT,
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493 RATHER BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE AND EASY TO TRANSLATE TO WORDS. LOOK AT THE
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494 WRITING ABOVE OF THE CHARACTER TARN. IN A VERY SHORT FEW WORDS TARN HAS
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495 BEEN CREATED AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE SUFICENTLY
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496 THAT YOU KNOW WHO AND WHAT HE IS. THIS WAS DONE THRU REFERENCE TO A VERY
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497 STRONG EMOTIONAL PAST YET IT WAS NOT DESCRIBED IN DETAIL INSTEAD IT WAS
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498 LEFT TO THE READER TO CREATE THAT PAST IN THEIR HEAD WITH THE TOOLS GIVEN.
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499 IN FACT, LOOK AT THE TARN CHARACTER HIMSELF, ALMOST NO DESCRIPTION WAS
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500 GIVEN AS TO HIS APPEARANCE. THE ONLY THING THAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT HE
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501 IS MALE, AND HE WAS WEARING A CLOAK. YET IN THE MIND HE HAS BEEN
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502 TRANSFORMED INTO A REAL ENTITY. NOW LOOK AT THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS BY d, AGAIN
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503 THERE IS LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL HERSELF, ONLY ENOUGH TO
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504 PROVIDE THE NEEDED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REST OF THE DESCRIPTION. HERE THOUGH
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505 LITTLE RERFERENCE IS MADE TO THE INDIVIDUALS PAST IN DESCRIPTIVE FORM, ONLY
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506 BY A VAUGE REFERENCE DO WE SEE A PAST CAUSE AT ALL, INSTEAD THE INTENT IS
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507 ON THE PRESENT, SO ONLY ENOUGH OF THE PAST IS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THE PRESENT.
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508 NOW LOOK AT THE LATER WRITING OF THE SAILOR 'BRENDAN', AGAIN WE HAVE THE SAME
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509 ELEMENTS, A REFERENCE TO A PAST THAT IS DEVELOPED THRU EMOTIONS RATHER THAN
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510 WORDS. IN FACT, HERE WE KNOW EVEN LESS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
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511 INDIVIDUAL ONLY THAT HE IS MALE, AND THAT WAS WRITEN SUCH THAT IT COULD EASILY
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512 BE CHANGED TO FEMALE WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FUSS. THIS IS THE POWER OF
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513 EMOTION, IT IS WHAT MAKES THE INDIVIDUAL, NOT WORDS ON PARCHMENT.
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514 THAT IS WHY WRITERS USE EMOTIONAL REFERENCE. IT IS WHAT CREATES THE PICTURE.
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515 THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING THE WRITER COPE WITH
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516 THIER OWN PROBLEMS, IT CAN HELP, BUT THEN SO DOES ANY OTHER FORM OF EMOTIONAL
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517 RELEASE. THE SAME EFFECT CAN BE ACHIVED BY KEEPING A DIARY, OR DRAWING
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518 PICTURES, OR SCUPTURE, OR HELPING OTHERS, OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF DIVERSION
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519 THAT CAN ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL TO PROVE TO THEMSELF THAT THEY ARE NOT THE
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520 ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WITH THESE PROBLEMS. THOSE WHO DRINK TO TRY TO
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521 DO THIS ARE THE TRULY SAD INDIVIDUALS, FOR THEY DO NOT PROVIDE A RELEASE
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522 FOR THIS EMOTIONAL PROBLEM, THEY ONLY HIDE IT WITH ALCOHOL. THEY ARE YOUR
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523 EXAMPLE OF THE INABILITY TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE.
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524 ****** CISTOP MIKEY NOT A WRITER NOR A DRINKER (BOY AM I IN TROUBLE) ******
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525 NAW...
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526 *****************************************************************************
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527 HA! ANOTHER APPRENTICE. WE MUST COMPARE NOTES. THE TRIP DOWN THE RIVER WAS
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528 RESTFUL. A BADLY NEEDED VACATION. EXPLORING THE DUNGEONS OF AGNATH IS EXHAUS
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529 TING, AND DANGEROUS. AH, BUT THE REWARDS. GOLD MORE GOLD AND EVEN A COPY OF
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530 TRUE NAMES. COME SHARE A MUG OF THE INNKEEPERS GOOD ALE WITH ME AND WE MAY
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531 SHARE OUR TALES.
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532 WHISPER
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533 PROSPERO'S APPRENTICE
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534 ****************************************************************************
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535 ================================================================================
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536 Oblivious to the shouts of other patrons to "close the damned door" the burly
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537 man stands in the partly open doorway listening intently. Could it be...?
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538 Stiffening, he glances down at the top of his right boot, and winking back
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539 from the darkness is the amber gleam of a cairngorm set in the handle of his
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540 last rememberance of his heritage. Tucked neatly into the top of his sock
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541 is a skean dubh -- the "black knife" of last resort. This much has he kept.
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542 Stepping into the fog-dank night, he lets the door slip closed behind
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543 him, yet keeps hold of the rough-carved frame. Out of the curly mist throbs
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544 faintly but distinctly, the sound of the piob mor, the great pipes, calling,
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545 luring, pleading and cursing him in turn.
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546 One scarred hand grips the frame of the door. An even more scarred heart
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547 yearns toward its home.
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548 ======================r==========}=============================================
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549 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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550 Cistop Mikey
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551 I agree with you that the evolution of the story that has
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552 recently appeared on Backwater is interesting. I, too, have
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553 enjoyed watching to see where it will go.
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554 I also agree that it's not particularly fruitful to a
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555 analyze a persons problems from a persons writing. I think
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556 that writing can be a way to work through, or excape from ones
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557 day to day problems. But I don't see any advantage to try to
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558 draw conclusions about anothers personality from what they
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559 write.
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560 Where I disagree with you is on your thoughts on
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561 characterization. Though I've enjoyed the descriptive passages
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562 thus far presented I've been disappointed in the lack of
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563 characterization.
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564 Of the characters presented so far I can't say that I know
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565 much about any of them. Reading in a past, present, and future
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566 from their emotional content isn't enough. Not for me anyway. I
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567 If a story is to hang together, and if I am to understand that
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568 I am reading the same story as everyone else, I need to know
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569 more about who they are, what their past is, why they are t
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570 there, maybe even what they look like.
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571 I also feel the prose would flow smoother if there were
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572 fewer fireplaces, fewer opening doors, and fewer adjectives.
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573 Of course, it's easy, and unfair, for me to be critical
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574 since I have not contributed to this evolving saga. Perhaps a
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575 contribution should be required before one is allowed to
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576 criticize. I don't know. What-ever-the-case, I thought I'd
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577 offer my opinion.
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578 My final unsolicited opinion. Perhaps the tale would flow
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579 better if each segment ended with something left hanging, some-
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580 thing that is anticipated but not resolved. Like those old
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581 movie serials like Buck Rogers.
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582 So much for me shooting off my mouth (or fingers). All in
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583 all I'm enjoying the novelette and am looking forward to seeing
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584 where it will go from here.
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585
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586 Wufus Penfield
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587 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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588
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589 THEY WHO WOULD COMBAT GENERAL
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590 AUTHORITY WITH PARTICULAR OPINION
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591 MUST FIRST ESTABLISH THEMSELVES
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592 A REPUTATION OF UNDERSTANDING
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593 BETTER THAN OTHER MEN.
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594
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595 DRYDEN, 1677
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596
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597 ===============================================================
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598
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599 THE FUNCTION OF THE IMAGINATION
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600 IS NOT TO MAKE STRANGE THINGS
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601 SETTLED, SO MUCH AS TO MAKE SETTLED
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602 THINGS STRANGE.
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603
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604 G.K. CHESTERTON, 1963
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605
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606 ===============================================================
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607 #############################################END###############
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608 Wufus, this you may enjoy:
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609 It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, bad writing rang out...
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610 . . . . . .
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611 Imagery is one thing; direction is another; mental escapism is a third.
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612 .............................. Sunny ................................
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613
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614 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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615
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616 AARON, HOW IS UNICOM COMING? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU FOR
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617 SOME TIME, AND I AM GROWING VERY CURIOUS. YOU SAID IT WOULD BE UP AROUND
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618 THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION TO
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619 IT. YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS MESSAGE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT DA IS NOW AT LINE
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620 599 AND THIS DISK WILL SOON DISSAPEAR, SO I WILL TRY TO ENTER IT AGAIN.
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621
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622 I LOVE THE CURRENT RUNNING STORY! IT REMINDS ME OF OTHER TIMES HERE AT
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623 THE INN, BEFORE I EVER HAD THE COURAGE TO ENTER INTO THE FRAY. I ONLY WISH
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624 I HAD THE NERVE TO ADD TO THE CURRENT STORY LINE, BUT I DON'T TRUST MY OWN
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625 WRITING ABILITIES ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT TO BECOME PART OF IT. BUT PLEASE, KEEP
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626 IT GOING, NO MATTER WHAT THE DETRACTORS MAY SAY. REMEMBER DETRACTORS, YOUR
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627 REMARKS MEAN NOTHING WHEN ALL YOU CAN DO IS CRITICIZE. SHOW US A BETTER WAY!
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628
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629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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