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FILE ON
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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 605
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 2 MAR 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 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WELCOME<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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22 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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23 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<TO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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24 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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25 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BACKWATER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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26 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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27 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<INN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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28 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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29 ##########################################################
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30 Good morning! I have signed on a time ortwo to read and enjoy. What a surprise
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31 to come in and find no one here. How often does this happen? Is there any way
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32 to hear the stories that have gone on before?
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33
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34 Maybe I'll stop back by this evening and visit when someone has been here. Talk
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35 to you gents later.
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36
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37 Ree
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38 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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39 Ree:try typing DB at the > prompt, this will put you on the other drive.
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40 ................................................................................
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41 "I'm probably gonna regret this, but count me in for the trip", said the bard.
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42 Rummaging in his pack he pulled out a rectangular object, which he examined
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43 with care. "OK, the controller looks ready...."
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44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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45
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46 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< *.* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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47 ...d, my dear, how lovely to hear the twinkle of your laughter
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48 again. Alas I left a note for you pinned to the taffrail, it's
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49 somewhat weathered and worn but perhaps still readable.
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50 ...Alex, indeed the search for Truth still goes on!!!
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51
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52 Imagine Nila's surprise when she returned to the grove where she
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53 had slept to find a handsome young Prince there and furthermore
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54 he had wrapped about his shoulders Nila's own rainbow cloak of
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55 birds' feathers. He seemed quite embarrassed when Nila appeared.
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56
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57 "Hello.", she said, "Are you cold?"
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58
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59 Hastily the prince took the cloak from around his shoulders.
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60 "Oh no!",he said, "I was just admiring your beautiful cloak. I
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61 was imagining it belonged to a beautiful princess."
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62
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63 "Yes it does.", Nila said politely, "Me, but you're quite
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64 welcome to use it if you're chilly."
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65
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66 "No, No", said the prince, "it's fine but the cloak is so much
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67 more beautiful on you." He clasped the clasp about her throat
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68 and stepped back admiringly. "Well now.", he said, "My name is
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69 A'Lein. What's yours. You truly are very beautiful you know.
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70
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71 "I'm the Princess Nila. I'm very wise too. At least everybody
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72 at home says so, but I don't feel very wise at the moment.",
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73 she sighed. "I'm searching for Truth you see."
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74
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75 "That's interesting.", said the Prince A'Lein, "So am I. Since
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76 we have both come here it must be very nearby."
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77
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78 "Perhaps.", said Nila just a little sadly. She was beginning to
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79 realize that things were not always as they seem to be.
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80
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81 "But it must be nearby.", said A'Lein, "You see, I've had all
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82 the right adventures. There was the old witch with her strange
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83 music and a prophesy when I was born, and a dreadful dragon
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84 on the way..."
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85
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86 "Oh, for me it was a ragged musician and an flippant frog.",
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87 Nila said.
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88
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89 "Oh!", said the Prince, "I suppose it's different for girls."
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90 After a moment he added, "To tell you the truth, I don't feel
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91 any closer to Truth than when I started out. You wouldn't have
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92 a bite to eat about would you?"
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93
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94 "There's some very nice fruit here in the grove", Nila said,
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95 "and the water from the fountain."
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96
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97 "It's a Magic Fountain I imagine?", said the Prince.
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98
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99 "Why, yes", said Nila, "but how did you know?"
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100
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101 "It figures.", A'Lein muttered to himself. It had to be. He
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102 said no more about it.
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103
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104 They ate the fruit of the grove laughing as the luscious juice
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105 trickled down their fingers and the sweet water of the fountain.
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106 They were very content. It was very pleasant to forget about
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107 searching for awhile just to eat and drink and enjoy each others
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108 company in the natural course of events.
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109
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110 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ...to be continued... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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111
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112 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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113 Tick... Tick... Tick...
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114 Just like grandmother's old alarm clock...
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115 I had that sinking feeling in my gut -- This was not going to be a good
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116 day. The bomb squad had arrived. Men in blue jumpsuits huddled around the
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117 package in my office. Their leader, Sgt. Banks, gave his orders in hushed,
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118 professional tones. Sgt. Banks and I are friends, sort of. But more on
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119 that later. The water cannon was in place. Banks herded us into the
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120 hallway. My disquiet increased...
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121 A water cannon is an amazing device. A 12" stainless steel tube which
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122 propels 6 oz. of water 3400 ft/sec. by means of a black powder charge. By
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123 the time the water hits the suspected bomb, it's almost steam. In theory
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124 it destroys the detonater before it has a chance to trigger the bomb. Some
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125 theory.
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126 So I sat in the hallway watching the paint peel off the wall...
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127 Wondering if I'd have an office left. Banks was ready... I wasn't... Oh,
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128 God... here we go...
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129 K A B O O M ! ! !
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130 The building seemed to be still standing. We rushed into the office.
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131 I couldn't stand the suspense; "Well, was it a bomb?"
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132 Banks poked through the jumbled mess... "It appears the suspected
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133 device may have been an alarm clock."
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134 "What type of explosive?"
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135 "No explosive, just the clock."
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136 W"What! Let me look." I poked through the pile of junk. That dial
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137 face looked familiar. Of course, grandmother's old alarm clock. The old
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138 broad must have sent it to me. I saw red.
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139 Banks was talking to his bomb technicians; "Well, another suspected
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140 device disposed of by approved methods." (Bomb team talk)
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141 My mouth overloaded; "Banks, you <expletive deleted>, you blew up my
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142 grandmother's alarm clock."
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143 He smiled, "Tough luck Salazar, but I owed you for the peanut butter
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144 in my shoes."
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145 He left me sputtering. Serena was cracking up in the corner. Tears
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146 running down her face. I knew this wasn't going to be a good day.
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147 -------O--------
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148 A couple of hours later I was headed to the Hutton estate for a little
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149 legwork. The rain had stopped. Grudgingly, I have to admit the Portland
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150 sparkles like a jewel when the sun shines. What's this up ahead?
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151 USED BOLO LOT... Men in saffron hawking used arms. A brave band of
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152 adventurers sneaking around. They're on their own for now. I'm confused,
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153 which reality is this? I keep driving. The Hutton estate is up ahead.
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154 Looks huge... Nice place to get lost in. I hope my day improves...
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155 More later.
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156 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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157
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158 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< *.* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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159
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160 They bantered with each other and all the jokes meant you are
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161 beautiful to me. They sang all the songs they knew and each
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162 song meant you are beautiful to me. They chatted about their
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163 lives and compared notes on Kings and Palaces and gardens and
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164 logic and adventures on the search for Truth.
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165
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166 "But you see", said the Prince, "everything seems to comes out
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167 just the way you thought it would. To tell you the truth I was
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168 even sort of expecting to run into a beautiful Princess right
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169 about now. Do you suppose? I hope you won't take offense. Do
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170 you suppose you might be a figment of my own imagination?"
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171
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172 "I don't think so", Nila said, "but it would be all right anyway,
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173 because I rather like the person I am in your imagination, and
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174 that would mean I create you in my imagination too, you know.
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175 Perhaps we make each other in our waking dreams."
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176
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177 "Well it all certainly seems real enough", A'Lein said, "and I
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178 guess all we've got to go on is how things seem."
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179
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180 "Yes", Nila said, "I know what you mean. From the palace it
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181 seemed the place were East began was right here, because it was
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182 as far east as I could see."
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183
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184 "Well, seeming and being are two different things.", A'Lein
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185 said, "and anyway you've got the directions wrong. The old witch
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186 said Truth was concealed at the place where West begins."
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187
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188 "It was East I'm sure!", said Nila, "so I've been traveling
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189 toward the rising sun."
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190
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191 "No", the Prince answered, "it was West and I've been traveling
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192 toward the setting sun. I follow my shadow in the morning and
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193 the sun in the afternoon."
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194
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195 "And I do just the opposite.", Nila said wonderingly, "Which of
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196 us is right then?"
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197
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198 Instinctively both looked up for their faithful guide the sun but
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199 they had played away the morning together and the sun was
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200 motionless above in the bright sky, neither rising nor setting.
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201 It was perfect noon and they cast no shadows outside themselves.
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202
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203 "But is there still an East or West?", Nila said wonderingly.
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204
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205 "Yes of course", said A'Lein excitedly, "look Nila look, don't
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206 you see? You are the place where East begins, because in front
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207 of you is East, behind you is west. You are the very place
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208 between that is neither East nor West. Then Nila understood that
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209 East and West were not in the outside world at all. Inside
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210 herself was the beginning and end of both East and West, and
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211 she seemed to hear the sound of many voices saying.
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212
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213 "Don't look outside yourself for something that lies only within."
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214
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215 ...and looking within she found the very Place Where East Begins,
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216 and the thirst quenching fountain that was there
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217 ...and she was Happy ...Happy ...Happy
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218
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219 It was a long time later or perhaps no time at all, when the
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220 Prince A'Lein and the Princess Nila began to wend their way down
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221 from the Enchanted Hills. They walked very close together as one
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222 under the shining cloak of birds' feathers. Behind them on the
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223 flower-jeweled slope there was the faint humming of a million
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224 invisible bees seeking nectar.
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225
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226 The answers' in the question, ho!
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227 The taste is in the thirst.
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228 Which truth seeker, Oh!
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229 Will reach Truth First?
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230
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231 Some travel to the East, ho!
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232 And some go to the West.
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233 But the farthest truth of all, Oh!
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234 Is neither East nor West.
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235
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236 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< THE END >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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237
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238 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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239 Deep in the forest glade the Wizard sat making bubbles from an
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240 unknown fluid.Through this bubble he could see a band of adventurers making
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241 there way twords his dwelling,one of the seemed to shimmer and shift in the
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242 light.The Wizard took note of this and made preperations for the groups arival.
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243 ::::::::::WIZARD::::::::::
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244 This one looks fun! Boy I really want that '69 stick. We're talking heavy
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245 artillery, man. Boy, I want blood. lots of it. Maybe I'll carve that wizard
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246 up. Oh yeah that's right. I have to go to the Bolo lot. No good. I don't even
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247 know what a Bolo is. I just hope that they are fun to kill.
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248 The Ninja
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249 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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250 .............THE END!!!!!......IT WAS......WELL.....I MUST SAY UNEXPECTED!
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251 I PERCEIVE WE HAVE A FEW ROMANTICS IN OUR MIDST. WELL ACTUALLY AS IS TRUE
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252 IN REALITY, OFTEN TIMES THE END IS MERELY THE BEGINNING.
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253 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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254 An answer I seek to a question not so deep, The answer should be simple or
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255 Two of the words are hungry and angry what is the third word ending in G-R-Y
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256
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257 Seeking the answer
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258
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259 ******* the oracle********
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260
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261 ~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM
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262
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263 Alex, d: Thank you for your most gracious greeting. This must be about
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264 the third transmission which I've claimed to probably be my last. Well
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265 this time I'm sure. See you again when I become established in Tokyo and
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266 extravagant enough to call for an up&download (Three months or so).
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267
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268 Piper (I presume): I have at times (nonverbally) questioned the signi-
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269 ficance of the ramblings of fantasy and fairy tales that have pervaded
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270 this system recently. I have, until now however, declined comment in that
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271 regard, noting that there seemed to be those who somehow found some kind
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272 of relevance to something somewhere. I find it very difficult to imagine
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273 however, how a multiplicity of LF's, spaces and periods can have signi-
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274 ficance to anyone. I suggest that in the future you have a little con-
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275 cideration for other users. (Departing
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276 gripe.)
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277
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278 CYM: Let yourself not be discouraged by the ramblings of these minors.
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279 There are many among them who seek enlightenment. If persons such as
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280 yourself and myself do not volunteer our patience and our realistic view
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281 of life and the universe, they will turn, for guidance to the first eager
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282 recruit (usually of religious persuasion) they can find. It is much easier
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283 to prevent cancer (of a physiological or moral nature) than to cure it.
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284
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285 ALL: On previous disks I have avoided discussions of economic matters, as
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286 they seemed to consist largely of political viewpoints, and I el-
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287 ected not to display my political ignorance. It is my contention that many,
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288 in fact most, of the economic ailments of this society have very little to do
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289 with politics. Many have complained of Reagans ineffectivenes with regard
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290 to the economy. I too am rather perturbed at the aforementioned Pres, but
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291 not because of his ineffectiveness. I have never held the slightest hope of
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292 any individual (even one of normal intellegence) having a significant ef-
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293 fect on the economy. My distaste for the aforementioned stems mostly from
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294 his multitudinous campaign promises which he knew, or at least should have
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295 known, he could not possibly fulfill.
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296 I believe that, in general, the economic ills of this society are ele-
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297 mental to the extent that attitude changes on the part of the general pop-
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298 ulace, rather than policy changes, are required for recovery.
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299 Anthropologists believe that humankind would have faced extiction long
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300 ago had it not been for social trends within the species. Man began to
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301 think of himself not as much as an individual with all others regarded as
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302 external objects, but more as a member of a family and/or society. This
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303 hairless, physiologically fragile creature is simply not adequately suited
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304 for self-defence, predation, nor for coping with the environment on an in-
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305 dividual basis. In societies where the social structure is decaying due
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306 to a return of individualistic trends, famine is inevitable.
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307 The US, I believe, is one such society.
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308 Many have labored considerably analyzing the economic differences,
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309 and causes thereof, between US and Japan; and many such causes have been
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310 identified. At the root of all these causes, however, is this trend of
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311 individualization and its devastating by-product, greed. In this society,
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312 the individual has vastly superceded in personal significance, the family,
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313 the society (nation), and the species; thus, resulting in an inflated drive
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314 for self preservation and severe neglect for family and species preserv-
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315 ation, which, in turn, undermines the former drive.
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316 Japanese, however, tend to think of themselves first as human, sec-
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317 ond as Japanese, third as a member of their family and last and least as
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318 an individual. Some of the effects of these differences are easily il-
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319 lustrable.
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320 Consider first the American disregard for commitments and respons-
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321 ibilities. Such are honored only when it is convenient or advantageous to
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322 the individual to do so. In my recent preparations to move, I have had to
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323 make a vast number of appointments with various people. On the basis of
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324 those appointments, I have found that about 92% simply don't show up, and
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325 of those, 80% are late. How can we expect business to function efficient-
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326 ly with such a mutual disregard for our business associates time.
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327 I also recall a time when my family was in the grocery business (1957-
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328 1972?) and the customer enjoyed even greater respect from the employee than
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329 did the employer; in deed, the customer is the employer's employer. In
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330 Japan this is still readily recognized. As one barely sets foot in a typ-
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331 ical Japanese store, he is immediately greeted with a very polite yet
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332 friendly "Irasshaimase, nani wo sashiagemashoo ka?"; which is similar to
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333 the tone with which a commoner would speak to the emperor. Shopping is a
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334 much more inviting activity in such an environment than one in which the
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335 customer is generally ignored until he makes his existence unavoidable to
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336 the employee, at which time he receives something like "Yeah, whattayawant?"
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337 Perhaps appreciation of the customer, or lack thereof, is related to
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338 the level of pride with which one's work is regarded. I suddenly realize
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339 that I have ommitted one of the important social groups within the heirarchy
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340 of the Japanese social structure. The typical Japanese person and family
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341 also considers itself a member of the company by which he/they are employed.
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342 Such an inclusion is a natural consequence of the lifetime commitment
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343 mutually enjoyed by employer and employee. When one changes employers on
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344 a roughly annual basis, as in the US, it is difficult to attain any degree
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345 of comittment toward that company and therefore, to take pride in your
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346 quality (and quantity) of work.
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347 A third example of the ill effects of individualization is the western
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348 affinity for luxury. The computer industry illustrates this. Japanese
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349 computer manufacturers have had difficulty establishing an export market
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350 to the US. One of the reasons is the stress on simplicity, functionality
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351 and as a result, affordability of Japanese designs. The american consumer
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352 though, compares the various models of computers on the market by counting
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353 and comparing the number of knobs, switches, buttons and lights thereon.
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354 The result is the purchase of a device which far exceeds their needs and
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355 their budget.
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356 Many other examples of such side-effects of individualization could
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357 be cited, but the essence of my arguement is that a successful individual
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358 depends on a successful family which depends on a successful company (em-
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359 ployer) which depends on a successful nation (society) which depends on the
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360 success of the human race in general.
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361 The individual who gives a damn about noone and nothing but the individual
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362 condemns to poverty (economic, emotional, etc.) the individual and makes a
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363 sizable contribution toward a similar fate for the upper levels of social
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364 organization.
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365 I sincerely hope that the members of this society someday recognize
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366 their interdependance and the fallacy of mutually destructive individual
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367 competition. Until then, not even McGovern can save us (you).
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368
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369 Well, I've thought long and hard about my final words on BWMS. I've
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370 written, rewritten, edited, re-edited and rehearsed diligently and repeat-
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371 edly; but I don't want to keep you waiting too long, so here they are:
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372 GOOD BYE
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373
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374 Dirty Ol' Man
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375
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376 PS...Mikey: Whatever happened to "fa" command; it doesn't seem to work.
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377
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378 Also thanks for maintaining the most entertaining BBS in Portland.
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379
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380 Dirty
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381
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382 ~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM~DOM
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384 **********************************************************************
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385 DOM: THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT. THE FA COMMAND STILL WORKS, MAYBE YOU
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386 RAN AFOUL OF THE UPPER/LOWER CASE MATCH PROBLEM, THE FA COMMAND REQUIRES
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387 AN EXACT MATCH INCLUDING MATCHIN ON UPPER OR LOWER CASE LETTERS. A PAIN
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388 I KNOW, BUT THATS THE WAY IT WORKS.
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389 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************************
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390 Dear Mr. Figment:
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391 Not withstanding your affinity for hamsters and duck tape, I did
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392 find a good amount of humor in your thoroughly tasteless jokes. I
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393 personally would enjoy some more. Just don't use terms like
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394 <expletive deleted>. They may offend some.
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395 Dear Piper:
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396 I for one found your line feeds, periods, etc. quite creative.
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397 Perhaps those who complain are suffering from a lack of fantasy.
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398 (Whatever that means)
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399 Dr. Frankenstupe
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400 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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401
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402 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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403 (back to third person for now)
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404 The piper sighed a sigh of deep relief and followed the others to the OTHER
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405 back room. Waiting while the bard finished his request, he asked,
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406 "Are you really going to the BOLO lot? If so, please tread lightly, and
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407 good luck!"
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408 Moving into the room, he thanked the apprentice, "thanks, you have a quick
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409 mind and good ears! The only residue from the drug is a slight tingling
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410 that is fading fast.... and... I haven't been this sober for several hours.
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411 I think we had better get moving. If the hairy fish-nuts are not the
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412 problem, we don't know who our adversary is, while they have proven they
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413 know who we are. Wasn't there a lady Lynn? One who was going to lead the
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414 expedition to the Wizard? Has anyone seen her?"
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415 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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416
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417 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?
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418 DOM: WELL PUT....IN PART. OF COURSE WE HAVE SIMILAR IN ONE WAY AND YET
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419 OPPOSITE IN ANOTHER, VIEWS TOWARD RELIGION. MOST OF IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE
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420 PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD. BUT LET'S FACE IT, SO DOES THE OTHER SIDE. THE TWO
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421 LARGEST GROUPS OF PEOPLE, STATISTICALLY, ARE EITHER INVOLVED IN SOME
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422 FORM OF SO CALLED CHRISTIANITY, OR ARE IRRELEGIOUS. (athiest, agnostic)
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423 THERE ARE 1,433,000,000 THATCLAIM THE FIRST, AND 911,000,000 THAT CLAIM
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424 NONRELIGIOUS STATUS. THEN WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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425 REFUSES TO REMOVE NAMES FROM THERE BAPTISMAL ROLES, FOR INSTANCE IF
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426 SOMEONE CHANGES RELIGIONS, QUITS THEIRS, OR DIES, THIS NUMBER WOULD
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427 ACTUALLY BE SOMEWHAT SMALLER FOR THE SUPPOSED CHRISTIANS.
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428 ANYHEY, THE POINT IS BOTH GROUPS CONTRIBUTE THE LARGEST EFFECTS. IDEA
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429 WISE. SO THE SELFISH PREVELENT ATTITUDES CAN BE BLAMED ON BOTH. BUT IF
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430 A PERSON TRULY LIVES UP TO THE TEACHINGS IN THE BIBLE, AND APPLIES IT'S
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431 PRINCIPLES, AND RULES THEIR LIVES BY IT'S LAWS......THEN THEY WOULD BE
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432 LIKE THE INDIVIDUALS YOU DESCRIBE. THEY WOULD BE HUMAN 1ST, EARTHLING 2ND,
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433 MEMBER OF A FAMILY 3RD, AND THEN FOURTH AND LASTLY INDIVIDUAL.
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434 GHANDI MADE A GOOD POINT WHEN SAID THAT IF THE WORLD WOULD GET TOGETHER
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435 ON THE TEACHINGS IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5,6) THAT IT COULD
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436 SOLVE THE WORLD PROBLEMS. READ IT.......IT COULD!
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437 I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MANY OF THE YOUTH IN THE PORTLAND AREA, AND IF
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438 YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUALISTIC TRENDS, THEY'RE A GOOD START. FO
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439 THE MOST PART THEY HAVE NO BELIEF IN A GOD, BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION, AND
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440 THEREFORE FEEL THERE IS NOTHING TO ANSWER TO, AND DO THERE OWN THING.
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441 IN OTHER WORDS, THE MAIN TENOR IS EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY FOR TOMORROW
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442 WE SHALL DIE. THIS IS AN OVER SIMPLIFICATION, I REALIZE, BUT I'M LIMIT-
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443 ED TIME WISE. WE ALL KNOW THE FAILINGS OF FALSE CHRISTIANS, BUT LET'S
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444 TAKE A REALISTIC LOOK AT THE FRUITS OF THE OTHER SIDE, TOO. BOTH HAVE
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445 VALID POINTS, AND BOTH HAVE SERIOUS FAILINGS.
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446 I THINK I GOT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MORN.
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447 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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448
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449 --------------------------------
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450 Oh my,have you people seen the bathroom in this place?
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451 You walk in to this little room an your in this Roman bath!
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452 I have never had so much fun getting clean,there is a small
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453 language problem though.
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454 did anyone miss me?
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455
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456
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457 Lynn
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458
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459
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460 --------------------------------
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461 The bard suddenly realized that the apprentice was staring at him.
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462 Looking down at his pack he saw why. When he'd pulled out the controller,
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463 his ID had fallen out. It had landed with the orange A-arrow symbol showing.
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464 Damn! He swiftly replaced the card in the pack.
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465 "Look," he whispered to the apprentice, "I know the Guild
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466 doesn't get along with us, but I think outtime weapons fall more in our
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467 department." At the apprentice's skeptical look he continued, "Does
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468 'NEMSEC five' mean anything to you?"
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469 The apprentice gave a start.
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470 "Good, I see it does. Perhaps we can discuss this later..."
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471 "Oh, thanks for the hangover cure!"
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472
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473 He watched as those who weren't going to the lot, entered the back
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474 room. Funny, there hadn't been a door there before. No matter he'd seen
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475 stranger things since he left Ouray Center. Someday he might find the Center
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476 again (& it might even be the RIGHT Center!).
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477 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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478 O^a)a)================================================================
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479
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480 I was thinking of other topics of interest that could be
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481 discussed on this board and couldn't think of anything that
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482 either everybody pretty much agreed on, or nothing could be
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483 gained by bringing it up (the only exception I could think of
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484 being religion ). What subjects are there that tend tg lead
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485 to a great deal of varing opinions, and can be discussed
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486 reasonably?
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487
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488
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489 Reveiw:
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490 Religion: many varing opinions, tends to get well thought
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491 out arguments from all sides.
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492 Sex: was discussed recently but everybody who participated
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493 seemed to agree.
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494 Time Travel: Interesting, but no new theories presented,
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495 unless someone out there hes a time machine nothing
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496 can really be proven.
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497 Reagan & Economics: Recently introduced, well just have to see.
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501
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502 Ah well... I'll just sit in a corner table, order a drink
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503 and keep my ears open, maybe things will heat up.
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504
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505 Mikey: as commented on before this system does not tend to like
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506 uploads, could this be a result of the speed of your
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507 'enter' routine?
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508
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509 ======================================================-Evan-======
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510
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511 Bard:
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512 Oh boy, it looks like it's just me and you. We'll have a good time.
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513 Maybe I'll even let you borrow my old stick shift. Good fun! I hope you
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514 can write a song for the occasion. We'll be a good team.
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515
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516 Any other nice people want to come?
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517 The Ninja
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518 P.S. I'll bring some raw shark. It's good stuff.
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519 The Poet turned to the short fellow in black who called himself 'Ninja'
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520 and said, "You're not paying enough attention, son. Greymalkin and the
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521 Geologist are going to the BOLO lot, too. As for myself, I'm not much
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522 in a fight, but even less for tact, so I'd better join you too. At least
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523 BOLOs aren't as touchy as wizards. I am also better suited to espionage
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524 than frontal confrontation."
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525 Turning to the Apprentice, he shook his head. "I'm more sober now than
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526 I've been in a very long time. I don't know whether to thank you or punch
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527 you in the nose. Anyway," he turned to the assembled group, "I think we'd
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528 best be off. Our enemies obviously know where we are, and so we are
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529 safest if we keep moving. See you at the lot!"
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530 So speaking, the Mad One stepped back into the shadows and seemed to
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531 vanish. There was a moment of quiet confusion in the room, and then he
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532 reappeared with a sheepish look on his face.
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533 "Uh...which way did you say that BOLO lot was?"
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534 && The Mad Actor &&
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535
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572 I NEED BBS PHONE NUMBERS AND A LIST OF USERS METTINGS FOR THE VIC 20 PL
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573
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574
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575
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576 LIST
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577 HI THIS GRAY, I JUST GOT A MODEM SO I'AM TRYING IT
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578 OUT I WILL COME BACK LATER AND SEE IF MY MESSAGE IS
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579 ON HERE ? BYE BYE.
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580 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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581 Ninja: You can count me in. I don't have
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582 a stick shift put I do have An Artificialy
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583 inteligent joystick!
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584 And I'm willing to bet that it could
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585 lay waste to a BOLO, What ever that is.
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589
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590 Frankenstupe: I would keep writing the
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591 jokes but I found that
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592 about 95% of the patrons did not
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593 exactly 'enjoy' them as maybe you did.
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594
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595 Thanx though.
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596
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597 FOTI
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598 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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599 ABOUT UPLOAD PROBLEMS, YES, THE UPLOAD DOES TAKE TIME, SPECIFICALLY
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600 WHEN YOU SEND A CARRIAGE RETURN TO THE SYSTEM, IT GOES AWAY AND WRITES
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601 THAT LINE ONTO TO THE DISK, AND THEN COMES BACK WHEN IT IS DONE. THIS
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602 TIME CAN BE FROM SEVERAL MILLISECONDS TO AS MUCH AS A SECOND DEPENDING
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603 ON WHAT IT HAS TO DO TO GET IT ONTO THE DISK.
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604 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
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605 BOO?
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