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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ REMOVED: 28 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
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22 A new disk, that makes it twice in a couple of weeks for me.
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23 I apologize for the rather messed up intro. but I fell that what
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24 the previous user had done to it was inexcusable and slightly
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25 --------------. Hmmmm, thats the first time I've actually felt
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26 like calling names on this system and I consider myself fairly
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27 tolerant.
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28
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29 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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30
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31 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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32
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33 Dorothy, Ozma, Tick-Tock, this is getting a bit confusing
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34 if not a bit nostalgic. I suppose the Sawhorse, Proffessor Wogglebug,
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35 and everything else are around also. This is getting a bit unusual,
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36 wizards zapping in and out, and the newly arrived salazar babbleling
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37 about orcs, of all things, orcs in the sewers of the Emerald City!
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38 Let's see here, a quick cover spell to make sure no one takes notice
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39 of me, |he apprentice might notice but nobody else will. If I take
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40 my handy-dandy reality phase controller and place me half out of sync.
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41 I should be able to scout out the vest of the city easily and rejoin
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42 the party as they leave. I slip a small silver object into the bard's
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43 pocket and leave through the nearest wall wondering what I will find
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44 in the rest of the wizard's apartments.
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45
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46 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)The Traveller(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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57 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=
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58 All this talk about meetings and d&d gatherings. do you all want to
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59 hear what I'm doing? I'm working from about 10am to 10pm.
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60
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61 !!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!
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62 tearfully,
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63 Bo
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64 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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65 Ps: Mig:are you who I think you are. If you are then you
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66 know who I am. I couldn't get CSF to work well.
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67 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=
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70
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71 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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72 yes Bo,I am,give the Nerd a call,I KNOW you have a password to that one.
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73 yes,I feel sorry for you,but when you read your mail at the nerd you will
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74 wonder what kind of masochist i am...If the Nerd is down,wait an hour and
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75 try again,the OTHER sysop and I are doing upgrades.we try to do them during the
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76 night at about 4 am(which we like due to our nocturnal nature) but may do some
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77 tomorrow.
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78 The Man in Gray
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79 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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80
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81 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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82 #whats this# thought the wizard as a thin blue strand only he could see waifted
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83 over to him and beconed him twords his lab.#oh,yes that spell,so old and it
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84 still works.Well,blue means peaceful so I will let him go for now#
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85 "All of you,get out of here,unless you need me for something I have work to do"
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86 he normaly did not like to rush his visitors,he got so few of them nowadays,but
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87 the Ninja was soon to try and use the egg the wizard had allowed him to steal.#I
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88 will grant him a few wishes,but if he gets out of hand that little jewel will
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89 get him# thought the wizard.the jewel was made from translucent PETN. mans most
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90 deadly non-magic explosive,set to go off at the slightest tug at a gray strand
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91 set close to his ear.
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92 ::::::::::::WIZARD::::::::::::::
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93
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94 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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95 Voyeur:sence the Backwater bunch has the uncany ability to know and answer
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96 anything I can probably ask,I will nicely request a day of time for you on this
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97 one...
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98
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99 "you know,the day destroys the night,night divides the day."
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100 "try to run,try to hide,xxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxx."
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101
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102 finish the lyric,tell me who the keyboard player was for the group.
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103 see ya saturday.
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104 The Man in Gray
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105 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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106 to all:the sysops of the Nerdolux BBS have been contemplating what to do with
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107 the 200 or so k-bytes of free memory on our
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108 system.would the users of this BBS be willing to have another just like it??
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109 would you want some more/different commands? suggestions please!
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110 The Man in Gray
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111 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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112
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113 MIG: I see I'm not the only one to put 2 and 2 together. I figured
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114 I was giving too many clues away, but thought I would probably expose
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115 myself (figuratively!) at the meeting. Time to create a new identity, I guess.
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116 Actually, I do (did) know what C-41 was, but as I do not dabble in
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117 photography, I didn't have the details at hand. I was able to
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118 ascertain the 7-step 24.5 minute timing, but could only narrow the
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119 temp to 90-100. (my father develops B&W, not color).
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120 Oh yeah: Break on through to the other side.
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121 Keyboards-Ray Manzarek.
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122 Damn, you have good taste! (They were popular during my 'formative'
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123 years, I've always been partial to ... ..... (keep 'em guessing)).
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124 :::::::::::::O O::::::voyeur::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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125 ****************************************************************
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126 DAMN! I WISH I WOULD HAVE MADE IT ON HERE BEFORE VOYER DID! I KNEW THAT
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127 ONE. UGH!!!
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128 BO: THE WORKING MAN HAS LITTLE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. AT LEAST YOU HAVE WORK!
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129 *************************************DRAMBOUIE**********************************
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130 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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131 People look to me and say
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132 Is the end near when is the final day
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133 What's the future of mankind
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134 How do I know, I got left behind
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135
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136 Everyone goes through changes
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137 Looking to find the truth
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138 Don't look to me for answers
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139 Don't ask me - I don't know
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140
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141 How am I supposed to know
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142 Hidden meanings that will never show
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143 Fools and prophets from the past
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144 Lifes a stage and we're all in the cast
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145
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146 Ya gotta believe in someone asking me who is right
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147 Asking me who to follow, don't ask me, I don't know
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148
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149 Nobosy ever told me I found out for myself
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150 Ya gotta believe in foolish miracles
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151 It's not how you play the game
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152 It's if you win or lose you ca choose
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153 Don't confuse win or lose, its up to you
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154
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155 Hey you nerds out there.
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156 Tonite, Ozzy Osbourne
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157 Motley Crue and Wasted
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158 are going to rock Portland!
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159 Are you miserable
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160 goons ready??????
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161
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162 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.rocker:%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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163
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164 "No, my liege is not a wizard", said the apprentice, "he merely has some
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165 magical aids. Surely, you saw the sword at his side? Since when does a wizard
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166 carry a sword?"
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167 .....................................the apprentice.............................
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168
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169 ps Traveller, art thou planning to attend the meeting?
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170 ................................................................................
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171 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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172
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173 I WOULD LIKE TO BUT I HAVE PRESSING OBLIGATIONS. RELATIVES ARE COMING
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174 AND I GET MY NEW APPLE IIE TODAY. MAYBE NEXT TIME.
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175
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176 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)THE TRAVELLER(<>)(<>)(<>)
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177
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178 PS- COULD YOU PLEASE REMIND EVERYONE OF THE NEXT MEETING WHEN
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179 TIME COMES AROUND
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180
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181 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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182
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183 Hmmmmm.... Wassir's representative would like to attend the meeting.
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184 Unfortunately he works 2PM to 11Pm on Saturdays. Thanks for the invite.
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185 Maybe next time...
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186 Dr. Frankenstupe
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187 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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188
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189
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190
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191 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
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192 The woods were dark and forboding as I made my way through them in my
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193 search. I had been stumbling through the underbrush for sometime now, and
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194 still there was no trace of what I had been looking for. Brushing aside a
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195 branch, I peer ahead. What's that? Is it? No... just a decaying stump, a
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196 shadow of its own once greatness. Pressing on, I wander further untill it
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197 begins to turn dark and the trees start to reach out for me for their own
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198 evil purposes. Then as the last light is fading I trip over an extended
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199 root and land in a clearing. Well, this looks like as good a place as any
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200 to spend the rest of the night.
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201 Sitting my backpack down, I begin to open it up. I had to open it up
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202 to about the size of a small auto to dig out a sleeping bag and enough
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203 equipment to make a fire and something to eat. It nearly filled the little
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204 clearing, and I had great difficulty getting the food out of the storrage
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205 compartment. But, finally I had everything I needed and closed it back up
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206 to backpack size again.
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207 Setting up camp, I started a fire going to get a bit of warmth going
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208 in this cold and damp place. While I sat there eating I considered what my
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209 next course of action would be. Perhaps I should give up trying to find
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210 any trace in the woods. For weeks now I have looked, and still found
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211 nothing. That cloaked man at the Inn who called himself Tarn had said I
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212 would find a clue here, but I haven't seen anything yet. Perhapps he was
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213 mistaken, for his mind was fogged with too many drinks, and he seemed to be
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214 greatly depressed.
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215 Finishing my supper, I decided to not open the backpack tonight to put
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216 away the dinner equipment, and instead I would wait until after I had
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217 breakfast in the morning.
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218 Settling back to relax, I was gazing at the fire when I happen to look
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219 to one side and noticed that the ground had been disturbed sometime in the
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220 recent past. Getting up, I took a look at it. Though it had been
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221 disturbed at one side, it was a pentagram that someone had drawn. This
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222 could very well be what I am looking for! Tracing it around, I found that
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223 it went completly around the clearing except for the north side which had
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224 been partially erased. Taking a stick, I retraced the distrubed line so
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225 that I could better see that pattern. Yes, it was most definatly a
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226 pentagram! I will definatly have to check this out in the morning when I
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227 can get a better look at it.
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228 With that thought I returned to the fire and rolled out my sleeping
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229 bag, and settled in for the evening feeling far more relaxed and confident
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230 now that I had finally found a clue. Tomorrow I will have more information
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231 to continue my search. Strange, things seem much quieter then they were
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232 earlier. All I can hear is the crackling of the fire, none of the normal
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233 sounds that you would normally hear in the forest at night. And I could
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234 have sworn that I heard the chuckling of a streem off in the distance, yet
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235 I know that there is none within several miles. Most strange. I will have
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236 take a look in the morning. Turning my back to the fire, I snuggle down
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237 into the sleeping bag and go to sleep.
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238 My dreams were troubled all night with demons, wizards, dragons,
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239 elves, and other strange and bizare creatures. Once I woke up in a cold
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240 sweat and it seemed like the entire clearing was bathed in pale bluish
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241 green shimmering light. I passed it off as just a trick of my bleary eyes
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242 and the dying fire. Settling back once more, I went back to sleep knowing
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243 that I would soon be able to make more effective headway in the morning in
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244 my search for the elusive PAM.
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245 OscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscarOscar
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246
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247 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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248
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249 I HAVE THIS FEELING MY LUCK IS NONE TO GOOD
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250 THIS SWORD HERE RIGHT BY MY SIDEDONT ACT
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251 THE WAY IT SHOULD
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252
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253 KEEPS CALLING ME ITS MASTER BUT I FEEL LIKE
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254 ITS SLAVE,HAULING ME FASTER AND
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255 FASTER TO
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256 AN EARLY,EARLY GRAVE
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257
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258
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259 FROM
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260 PHERIC FOERENDER
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261 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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262 it seems that somebody here listens to the blue oyster cult,albium-cultisorius erictus-trac 1,side 2.
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263 The Man in Gray
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264 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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265
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266 Mikey, about those disks (the archival copies), how is the data stored? Is it
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267 one big file, or 1 file per BWMS disk? If the later, fine. If it's the former
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268 I'm gonna have REAL trouble getting them onto my machine!
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269 ____________________________Leonard___________________________________
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270 HELLO
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271 OFF
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272
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273 ????????????????????????????????TO:
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274 THE MAN IN GRAY
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275
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276 LEAVE MESSAGE ON THE NERD.
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277 PS.I KNOW YOU ARE EITHER MIKE OR JAY,
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278 BUT PLEASE TELL ME.
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279 YOU MUST HAVE AN AWESOME KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC.
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280 BOC IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GROUPS AND
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281 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALSO IF YOU HAVE A
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282 CAPABILITY TO ORIGINATE
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283 SCOTT...
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284 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXON OCTOBER 31FST MANY YEARS AGO
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285 THREE
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286 FRIENDS WENT OUT FOR A RIDE
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287 FOR IT
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288 WAS A FAMOUS PARTY NIGHT AND TO PARTY
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289 WAS TO GET HIGH
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290
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291 THEY LOADED UP ON BEER AND COCAINE
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292 AND STARTED THEIR BIKES WITH A ROAR
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293 THEY COULDNT HAVE KNOWN THAT ON THAT NIGHT
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294 THEY WERE BEGINNING THEIR LONGEST TOUR
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295
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296
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297 SOLVE
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298
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299 THAT ONE
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301 OH MAN IN GRAY
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303 PHERIC FOERENDER
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308 *<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<><*<>*<>*<>*
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309
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310 I'M NEW AT THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST EVER
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313 BOY, DID I EVER MESS THIS UP.
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317 OH, HELP ME, TRAVELLER!!!
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323 *<>*<]>>*<><*<>*<>*<>*<>*<><*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*
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324 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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325
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326 YPLEASE EXCUSE MY FRIEND, THIS IS HER FIRST TIME ON A COMPUTER
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327 AND YOU MUST ADMIT THIS IS NOT THE EASIEST SYSTEM TO USE, OH WELL.
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328 (YOU MIGHT HEAR MORE FROM HER AS SOON AS SHE GETS HER ACT TOGETHER)
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331 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)THE TRAVELLER(<>)(<>)
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333 12345678901234567890123456789012
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334 WHO ON THIS SYSTEM LIKES
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335
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336 WALTER "FRITZ" MONDALE?
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337
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338 AND WHO THINKS JOHN GLENN IS A
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339
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340 QUICHE EATER?
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341 YES?
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342 WELL JOIN THE CLUB!!!!!
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343
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344 FROM,
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345
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346 POLITICO LUNATICO
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347 SECOND TRY, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS TIME....
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348 TO ALL ILLUSTRIOUS USERS, GREETINGS FROM CHLOE
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349 YOU SEEM TO BE VERY DIFFERENT IN PERSONAE;
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350 HOWEVER YOU ALL SEEM TO SHARE A LOVE OF THE WILDER
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351 SIDE OF COMPUTING. SO FOR YOU AND THE WAY YOU THINK,
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352 A SMALL MISSIVE:
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353
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354 "I WOULD SLIP AWAY FROM REALITY
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355 AND SIGN INTO YOUR MAGICAL REAL-TIME WORLD
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356 SWING ME HIGH HEAVENWARD
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357 IN YOUR LOFTY STARRY GRID,
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358 LOSE ME IN YOUR BATCHES;
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359 TELEPORT ME COAST TO COAST AND BACK AGAIN,
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360 WHIRL ME DIZZILY THROUGH THE NANOSECONDS
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361 AND SNEAK ME DEEP, DEEP INTO YOUR
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362 MYSTERIOUS TEMPTING DEPTHS;
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363 TRANSFORM ME INTO A BIT OF DATA
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364 AND PULSE ME THROUGH YOUR REGISTERS,
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365 LET ME LIGHTNING-BOLT THROUGH YOUR CPU'S
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366 AND DRIFT IN LAZY, SHIVERING WONDER
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367 ALONG YOUR STAR NETWORKS LIKE A BIT OF CHAD...
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368 O ARPANET ! O ETHERNET !
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369 I LONG TO OPEN YOUR ACCESS GATES, ONE BY ONE,
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370 AS THE SUN OPENS THE PETALS OF A BLOOMING ROSE,
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371 AND SLIP INTO THE HALLOWED CENTRE
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372 LIKE DARK DANTE ON A MIDNIGHT TRYST,
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373 TO SUP THE SWEET NECTAR WITHIN --
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374 A SYSTEM YET UNTOUCHED, UNKNOWN,
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375 AND READY TO BE BORN INTO FANTASY !"
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376
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377 PLEASE EXCUSE ANY TECHNICAL GAFFES -- EMOTION IS NOT TECHNICAL!
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378 PRINT
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379 *************===========*************================*************========
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380 JLGVY WKWVT UEWUK QGUOW FGLFJ TAPTN SBNHU
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381 QJEUT LFRHA TARUU ZOODI SKQGW OCFWU
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382 *************===========*************================*************========
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383 To the person who wrote the poem above:
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384 (please note, the following is ADVICE, not criticism!)
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385 You were using an ESC D (1Bh, 44h) sequence to backspace. This will
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386 cause the cursor on some terminals to back up, but it does *NOT*
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387 erase the characters on BWMS. Please use ctrl-H to erase, otherwise
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388 some users will get nothing but gibberish on their terminals!
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389 (I went thru and made the erasures you were trying to make
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390 so the poem is ok now!)
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391 _______________________________Leonard__________________________________________
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392 TO: ALL NET OPERATIVESSTAND BY FOR CODE GROUPS
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393 PRTCA HWQBE VRMBO ZOSKM OIRNB NIYVH NTISO QIOVR TSQWO DOPCC UDOBS
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394 END OF CODE GROUPSNET CENTRAL OUT
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395 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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397 TO THE MAN IN GRAY:ANSWER THIS; WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF SLIPERY JIM DEGRIZ'S TWO
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398 SONS? IF YOU CAN NOT ANSWER THIS CORECTLY YOU MUST GIVE UP YOUR TITLE "THE MAN I
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399 N GRAY"AND GIVE YOUR FULL (REAL) NAME.
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400 ********************************:::::ANONIMOUS F
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401 OR OBVIOUS REASONS::::::::::::::********************************
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402
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403 WACHYADOINOUTHEREINTHBOONESDOC??
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404
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405 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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406 Man in Grey:
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407 I've been trying to get to the nurd for 2 hours now, without anything
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408 more than a busy signal to mark my progress. I'll keep trying.
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409 Bo
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410 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-==-=-=-=-=
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411 ps: does anyone know what the value of a used 4051 would be?
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412 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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413 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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414
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415 Man In Gray,
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416 To the best of my knoledge I cannot find
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417 any reference to the afore mentioned " White fruit " ?? Perhaps all I need
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418 is a bit more information
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419
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420 ::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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421 Its terrible to have vacation over sooooooo soon !
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422 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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423 Vacation? What's that? I just spent the whole week working (during a sale,
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424 with 30% of the other employees on 'vacation'). Now I get one day off to
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425 relax & do what I want, and what I want turns out to be laundry! AAAAAGGGH!!
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426 I missed the meeting b/cuz I had to work for a fellow worker who was called
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427 out of town--to Hawaii! Is there no justice?!?
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428 && The (VERY) Mad Actor &&
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429
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430 TO: WHOEVER
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431 FROM: RANDY
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432 SUBJ: BWMS
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433
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434 What the heck is this mess. I don't quiet understand.
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435 Randy
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436 3/25/84
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437 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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438 VACATIONS WERE NOT MADE FOR YOU
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439 TO HAVE FUN.THEY WERE MADE SO YOUR PARENTS
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440 COULD HAVE CHEAP SLAVE LABOR
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441 PHERIC FOERENDER
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442 ********************************************************************
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443 LEONARD: ABOUT THE ARCHIVAL DISKS; THE DISKS ARE SAVED ONTO 8" CPM DISKS
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444 AS INDIVIDUAL FILES. (ONE PER BWMS DISK). ALSO NOTE THAT I DON'T LOAN THE
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445 DISKS OUT, ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY BACKUP THERE IS OF THE OLD BWMS
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446 DISKS, AND TWO BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE CAN READ THEM. OF COURSE I AM PERFECTLY
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447 WILLING TO SELL COPIES OF THEM. THE REASON THEY ARE NOT READABLE IS THAT
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448 THEY ARE FORMATTED AS NORMAL 8" DISKS WITH IBM 3740 FORMAT, BUT THEY ARE
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449 HARD SECTOR DISK. YOU SEE, I GOT THIS GREAT DEAL ON 200 HARD SECTOR 8"
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450 DISKS, SO I FIGURED WHAT THE HECK, I'LL GET THEM AND MODIFIY MY DRIVES SO
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451 THAT I COULD READ THEM. OF COURSE UNFORUNATLY NOBODY ELSE CAN READ THEM,
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452 SO THEY ARE ONLY USEFULL FOR MY OWN BACKUP USES. OH WELL. WITH LIMITTED
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453 NOTICE (AND AN EXTRA CHARGE TO COVER THE TIME TO DO THE COPYING) I CAN
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454 DOWNLOAD ANY FILE ONTO A 5" DISK, THOUGH YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
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455 TO READ IT YOUR SELF IT IS A WEIRD FORMAT. (STRANGLY ENOUGH VERY SIMILAR
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456 TO BWMS. SINGLE DENSITY, 128 BYTES PER SECTOR, 18 SECTORS PER TRACK,
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457 40 TRACKS PER SIDE, DOUBLE SIDED, WITH TRACK 0 AS FIRST TRACK ON SIDE A
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458 AND TRACK 40 AS FIRST TRACK ON SIDE B. THE FIRST 3 TRACKS ARE THE CPM
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459 SYSTEM TRACKS. IT ALLOWS 64 DIRECTORY ENTERIES. TOTAL SIZE = 171K OF
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460 AVAILABLE STRORRAGE.
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461 THE REASON FOR THE WEIRD FORMAT, IS BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BACK IN '75
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462 AND WAS INTENDED TO BE UPWARD COMPATIBLE (DOWNWARD?) FROM 8" DISKS.
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463 IT STARTED ON SHUGART SA400'S WITH ONLY 35 TRACKS AND THEN WENT TO
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464 40 TRACKS WHEN THEY BECAME AVALABLE. THEN WHEN DOUBLE SIDED CAME OUT
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465 WE JUST ADDED MORE TRACKS ONTO THE BACK SO THAT THE NEW MACHINES
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466 COULD STILL READ THE OLD MACHINES DISKS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE A DIFFERENT
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467 DISK READ ROUTINE. CONSIDERING THAT THE OPERATING SYSTEM WAS IN EPROM,
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468 AND THERE WAS ONLY 8K AVALABLE (ONLY 2K OF WHICH WAS ALOCATED TO THE
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469 DISK ROUTINES) YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEM. YOU'VE SEEN BWMS, SO YOU KNOW
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470 WHAT THE MACHINE LOOKED LIKE, SINCE BWMS IS THE MACHINE THAT I AM
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471 TALKING ABOUT.
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472 ANYBODY WANT TO BUY A SHUGART MINISTREAKER CONTROLER? ANYBODY KNOW
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473 WHAT A SHUGART MINISTREAKER CONTROLER IS?
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474 ***********************: CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
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475 ***********************************************************************
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476 P.S. CHUCK: REMEMBER C&L TERMINALS? WELL, IT SEEMS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING
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477 FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOME PROGRAMING ON A MICRODATA COMPUTER. IF YOUR
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478 INTERESTED YOU MIGHT GIVEN THEM A CALL. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE
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479 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOME PROGRAMING IN Z80 (8080) CODE ON A
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480 PIECE OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT BUILT BY EDGE TECH. I DON'T KNOW FOR
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481 SURE WHAT IT IS HE WANTS DONE ON IT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION
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482 TO SOME EXISTING CODE. HE SAYS HE HAS THE SOURCE AND ALL THAT. SO AGAIN,
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483 IF YOUR INTERESTED, GIVE HIM A CALL.
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484 IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED, THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 231-xxxx ASK FOR
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485 KEN LANDGRAVER.
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486 *********************************************************************
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487 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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488 Alex:white FOODs are animals bred sfor food use by the now defunct by several
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489 million years PTAVV,rthe rest of the world knows them as bandersnatchi.
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490
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491 For the people playing"stump the MIG":I have not time for now but will soon.
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492 The Man in Gray
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493 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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494 TO WALLY OWNER
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495
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496 WHAT IS SLIPPERY JIM DIGRIZ'S
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497
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498 FAVORITE DRINK???....
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499 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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500 SS.Rat:your kids names are your first and middle names.
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501 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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502 _^_^^^^_____^^^^^^^_^_^_^^^^^^^^
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503
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504 BANDERSNATCHI ARE SLAVER FOOD ANIMALS
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505 I DONT THINK THE PTAVV HAVE ANYTHING TO
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506 DO WITH IT.
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507
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508 HOW DID THE MAIN CHARACTER IN "CONVERGENT SERIES" DEFEAT THE DEMON???
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509 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOBITUARY
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510
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511 AZRIC OF KAARLAK
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512
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513 ELRIC OF MELNIBONE
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514
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515 THORN OF THARNA
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516
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517 JERRY CORNELIUS
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518
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519 CORUM JHAELAN IRSEI
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520
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521 ____________________________________________________________________________
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522 Pheric Foerender :
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523
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524 Before I began my career at Tandy Corp, and more recently as CEO of
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525 Reality Corp (don't ask), I was a big BOC groupie. My hair still stands on the
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526 back of my neck when I get my old albums out and listen to such songs
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527 as 'Black Blade', 'Debbie Denise', et al...Ah yes...the searing vocals
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528 of Eric Bloom, and the wonderful relation between guitar and drum the band
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529 enjoys. Thank you for bringing a little happiness to my office, in a time where
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530 meetings with disgruntled employees and excitable creditors have my stomach
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531 in notes most of the time...
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532
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533 Sam Peckinpah
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534
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535
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536 ___________________________________________________________________________
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537
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538
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539 !"#!#$#%$&'&'(')('<?><?/.,/"!132$#34"$!"#$#%&'&(')('&'$%&#"!$##"$#$%#$$*:*:*=
|
||
540 _____Leonard______
|
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541 Of course I was able to miss the last meeting at the library, I was
|
||
542 busy retrofitting my transportation device with some new parts. A kind of
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||
543 Millenium Falcon on 4 wheels! "I'll outrun any correllian ship in the sector!"
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544 C U
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545 "!#!#$#$#%#$% L'Homme sans parity %$#%&'&%'(&)'()&%$#%!"!#!"%#%##"!$"#$%#$%
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546
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549 *********************************************************************
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550 TO ALL:
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551
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552 THERE IS A NEW BBS IN TOWN!! IT'S CALLED THE PCS/CBBS.
|
||
553 YES, THAT'S RIGHT! THE LONG AWAITED PCS BBS IS FINALLY UP AND RUNNING!
|
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554 GIVE IT A CALL. AS IS THE CASE WITH ALL NEW BBS'S, PLEASE HAVE
|
||
555 PATIENCE WHILE ANY BUGS ARE FOUND AND WORKED OUT, AND EXPECT SOME
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556 DOWN TIME TO OCCUR AS A RESULT. ENJOY!
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557 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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558 P.S. OH YES, THE NUMBER IS 775-xxxx
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559 *********************************************************************:
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560
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