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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 14 MAY 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 privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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21 gee whiz.... MADE IT TO THE TOP! (again...)
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22
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23 MIKE MAXSON (known to the BW as "PHOENIX"):
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24 A reply to your questions:
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25 a) "I am working on my own BBS hope to finnish it real soon what do you
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26 think of this????" [un-caps mine]
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27 Well, Mr. Maxson, I can only say that I am overjoyed. With any luck, your
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28 duties as SYSOP (such as removing "MASG"'s of the quality you leave here
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29 from your system) will keep you sufficiently busy (and entertained) to
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30 remove, or at least detain you from OUR system. Good luck.
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31
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32 b) "Ive been on this board for a few days now, what do you think of
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33 PHOENIX??????????????????????" [un-caps mine]
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34 As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Maxson, PHOENIX can find another round, warm
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35 "PLANT" to take over. With ATARI in hand. Good day.
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36
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37 An after-thought, Mr. Maxson. "I did not mean to make people hate me. I just
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38 wanted to play along with the users??????" I truly feel sorry for you. You
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39 have an unpleasant, failure-ridden life ahead; I sincerly hope that you can
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40 muster what little intellect you have and attempt to modify your rather
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41 warped perspective of what people consider acceptable behavior before you
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42 lose whatever chance you have for a reasonable facsimile of a normal life.
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43 As to "From now on I will be trying to leave good information about
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44 computers, modems, BBS, and world news.", please, Mr. Maxson, leave it on
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45 another system. (Preferably PMS) Thank you.
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46 Aaron
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47 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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48 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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49 My, isn't it a little early to be so unpleasant?
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50 Say, does anyone out there have an extra copy of "Cowboy Bob's Odes to
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51 a Bifurcated Turtle"?
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52 Mikey: thanks for correcting
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53 privately.
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54 Webster
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55 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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56 PHOENIX, TRY TO FORGIVE AARON. HE IS VERY UPSET; AND HASN'T HAD HIS NAP.--MOTHER
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57 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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58 **************************************************************
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59 Voyeur: You're right. I do have to admit the story lines are
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60 rather slow...dreadfully slow. Perhaps you guys should get a
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61 conspiracy going to add a little direction. Too bad Mohammed
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62 and Contremon Valerius drifted off into the sunset; they
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63 seemed to have a knack for keeping things moving. Grand D.
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64 *************************************************************
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65 ???>????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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66 Aaron:someplace around here I`have a printout of yours,150+ lines by`which you said,in essence,live`and let live.
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67 do NOT in any circumstance follow this,I enjoyed your message to "phoenex" VERY VERY much.any word on the 212A docs??
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68 All:after spending 100+ bucks on little black thingies for my heating unit,I can say this,they are WAY too expensive.
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69 Grand D.:Dave Russle(contrimon v and general M) still lives in portland but has no time for the Backwater,maybe he will again
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70 someday.
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71 Warrior Eserhaudin:are you lurking here??
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72 Hawthorn:did I ever get a Nerd password to you?? as I remember,I was going to mail it because you were in a "555" prefix,LD fro
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73 both me and Michael.did I do so?
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74 The Man in Gray
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75 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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76 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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77 Voyeur was bored. Bored, bored, bored. All his old friends, Bard, Piper, apprentice, Man in Gray, Mad Actor, all seemed
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78 to be involved in activities of their own, and didn't visit the Inn much any more. All that was left, it seemed, was a
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79 lot of juveniles and their pet gerbils and hamsters. "Well", he thought,"maybe a game of solitaire." He dug into his pack,
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80 and pulled out a soggy mass of cardboard. "Drat! I'm going to have to talk to White Stag about their waterproofing." Making
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81 enquiries, he discover that no one else in the Inn had a deck they were willing to loan. 'Guess it's time to check out that
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82 store down the road.' He strolled down the road for a while, until he came to a building from which hung a sign:
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83 'Ye Olde Shoppe of Ye Antiquities and Ye Curiosities'.
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84 'Stuff was probably new when they started making that sign' he thought to himself, noting its length. Entering, he had to
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85 pause while his eyes adjusted to the dimness, and to wipe the cobwebs from his face. Looking around, he spied a wizened old
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86 man with bright eyes, grinning at him from behind a dusty, battered counter. "Don't hurt me pets, now" he cackled as Voyeur
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87 pulled a wandering spider from beneath his jerkin. The old man continued "don't git many cust'mers here any more, since the
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88 accident." "What accident", Voyeur questioned, when the old man stopped. "Eh? Oh, never mind. My mind was wandering.
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89 Getting old, you know. So, is there something I can find for you, or are you just here to see where it happened?". "Where
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90 WHAT happened?" The old man didn't answer. "Well, I was wondering if you might have a deck of cards I could buy." The old
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91 mans eyes gleamed. "Cards? Why, I do believe I have some here somewheres." He disappeared into the back of the shop for a
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92 while, then finally returned, brushing the dust from something in his hand. "I acquired these quite some time ago" he said,
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93 handing them to Voyeur. He went on with some story about princes and feuds, Voyeur listening with half an ear while he
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94 inspected the cards. 'That old fool! These are Tarot cards!' he thought. 'But what exquisite workmanship!' The covers
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95 had a picture of a unicorn facing left, rearing back. He thumbed through the cards, until he came to the Greater Trumps.
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96 They were Cold, bearing the images of real-seeming people. He studied one. It was of a man with black hair, green eyes,
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97 dressed in silver and black, with a clasp at his neck in the form of a silver rose. The more Voyeur studied the card, the
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98 more lifelike the image became. Suddenly it moved and spoke.
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99 "Who is it?" Voyeur stood frozen, until the figure reached Out, took his hand, and pulled him through.
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100 ::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur:::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
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101 :*************************************************************:
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102 Voyeur: Beware of cards 13, 13, 15, & 16. Danger lurks. Grand D
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103 :*************************************************************:
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104 *************************************************************
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105 HELLO GUYS!GUESS WHO THIS IS?********************************
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106 ******************************IF YOU CAN YOU GET $100 DOLLARS IN FREE CASH..
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107 YOU DON'T ENEN HAVE TO PAY TAX!
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108 GIVING YOU ONE CHANCE!
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109 HA HA YOU MISSED IT'S ME THE PHANTOM WRITTER!!!!!
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110 *************************************************************
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111 Does anyone know my Real name, if so drop me a message on here to the :
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112 Phantom Writter
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113 ************
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114 Hey!Who wants Fred Smith for president?
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115 Do you want Pheonix for President?
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116 ********Taking nominations now!********************************
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117 Votes need to be in by Satuarday!******************************
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118 ////////////
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120 /////////// //// //// ////////////////
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121 // //////////// //////
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122 // /// //// /////////////////
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123 *** ** ******** **************
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124 ** ** ** ** ** ** ***
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125 ** ** ** ** ** ** ***********
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126 ** ** ******** ** **
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127 ** ** ******** ****************
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128 sloppy huh?
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129 it's suppose to say the MOB!!!!
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130 bye everybody!
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131
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132 MAN IN GREY:NO.AND TO MAKE IT
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133 EASIER STILL THE AREA CODE
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134 503.HASSAT FER FAST SERVICE?
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135 SORRY OVER THE FACT THAT THIS
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136 ONE HAS A 32 CHAR COLUMN.WORKIN-
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137 G ON FINDING A TERMINAL PROGRAM
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138 WITH AT LEAST 85 PER LINE.SO FAR
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139 THE ONLY PROBLEMS ARE GETTING TO
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140 THE ONE STORE THAT WOULD HAVE
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141 ONE.MAYBE TODAY...
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142 UNTIL I DO I WILL GO BACK TO
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143 TRYING TO DIFFERENCIATE THE NUM.
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144 OF CHAR ON THE LINES.SO HERE WE
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145 GO.
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146 IN FINAL I AWAIT THE NERDOLUX
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147 PASS IN THE SAME FEELING THAT I
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148 HAD WHILE FIRST DISCOVERING ALL
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149 THE SYSTEMS HEREABOUTS.WELL TILL
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150 THE NEXT ADVENTURE.
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151 HAWTHORNE
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152
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153 NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF THE
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154 IDEA OF WATCHING MILCHAR WHO BY
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155 NOW HAD LOST THE DRINKING MATCH
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156 AND PASSED OUT.THE FORMER STOOD
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157 AND POUNDED HIS WAY TO THE DOOR
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158 .HE MUST HAVE BEEN WONDERING
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159 JUST WHEN HE COULD REFORM.BEING
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160 8 FOOT 6 AND VERY HEAVY WAS GET-
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161 TING TO BE TIRESOME.
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162 MAYBE I'LL FOLLOW THE VOYEUR
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163 WHEREEVER HE WENT THOUGHT THE
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164 FORMER.AS HE CLUTCHED THE TOP OF
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165 THE SWINGING DOORS THAT HELD
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166 BACK THE SLIGHT CHILLY BREAZE
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167 OF INNISFAL.CLUTCHING THEM HE
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168 COULD ALMOST SWEAR THAT HIS HAND
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169 WAS STICKING TO IT.
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170 PEERING WITH A REDICULOUS CUR-
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171 IOUS LOOK ABOUT HIM HE SPIED A
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172 PEICE OF PARCHMENT STUCK TO THE
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173 DOORS BY RIGHT OF A GUM BRUSHED
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174 ACROSS THE DOOR.READIN UPSIDE
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175 DOWN WAS STRANGE BUT THE FORMER
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176 MANAGED.
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177 --TO INNKEEPER--
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178 --FROM A NEARBY RETAILER,IT
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179 HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THROUGH
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180 FREINDS AT ANOTHER REALITY THAT
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181 THERE IS A MAN COMING TO THIS
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182 OUR REALITY CLAIMING TO BE THE
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183 RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THIS INN.
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184 --FREINDS ALSO TELL ME OF A
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185 CERTAIN BAND OF FOLLOWERS THAT
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186 WITH WHICH HE INTENDS TO TAKE
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187 BACK THE INN BE FORCE.KNOWING
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188 HOW THE FREQUENTORS OF YOUR FINE
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189 BUSINESS ARE SOMEWHAT PROTECTIVE
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190 OF IT,AND THE,ER UH AHEM,HELP.
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191 WELL THEY ALSO TEND TO GET CARR-
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192 IED AWAY A BIT AND I QUITE UNDE-
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193 RSTANDABLY DONT WANT MY BUSINESS
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194 DEMOLISHED BY A STRAY FIRE STORM
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195 --I SUGGEST YOU MEET HIM WITH
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196 ALL OF HIS CLAIMS OUT ASUNDER,IF
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197 INDEED HE DOES NOT LISTEN TO
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198 REASON THAN PLEASE TELL YOUR
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199 FAITHFUL NEIGHBORS BEFORE HE AND
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200 HIS BAND GERT HERE.
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201 --HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE EARS-
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202 TWHILE REALITY STOPPED ON A PLA-
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203 NET MASS DESIGNATED V'LACKOTRE.I
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204 AM NOT SURE WHERE.
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205 --A LOYAL NEIGHBOR
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208 THE FORMERS BROW WENT UP WITH
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209 A START V'LACKOTRE?THE PLACE
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210 FROM WHENCE HE JUST LEFT!?!HE
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211 MUST FIND THE OTHERS!
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212
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213
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214 FORMER
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215 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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216 WHO LEFT THE TV ON? --MOTHER
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217 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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218 $@%*($)*%)#$!^*)#*^)*^!)#*^)!*^)!#*^)%*&^)&*)@*&%)$*&)$%*&@)*$@!*)*%$)&*%)&*)&!&
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219 Aaron:Watch out for balloon assaults on late night Trimet buses. You never
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220 know what kind of board people are after. Regarding floating point accels.,
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221 let's race. Optimized F77 and Pascal against anything you can muster. And may
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222 the 'puter with the most MIPS win!
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223 $#*@)%*#$
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224 FORMER:Do you realize how much disk space you waste with those 40 character
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225 lines you use? I am with TMA. The bigger the line length the better. Let's
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226 at least get it up to 80, if not more.
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227 %$#%#@%@%
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228 Voyeur: Lovely! Never have I read such a good story line regarding the Tarot
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229 since "StarShip Troopers". Now if I could only think of an original way to
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230 follow you into your story. I could have myself pulled into the computer
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231 screen, but that would sound too much like Tron (listening Aaron?) What about
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232 one of the "johns" at PSU actually being a mult-demensional time-space vortex
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233 in disguise? Naw... I know...
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234 $%%)*#$)%*
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235 The drive out to Tek would be a boring one for sure...Except for the
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236 mild excitement at the 217 interchange. But wait...what's this guy in the
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237 Mazda here next to me trying to do? Maybe this guy wants to race??? Well I'll
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238 give this guy a chase that would make Gene Hackman proud. I always loved the
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239 sound of 302 inches of hi-pro ported, pollished, balanced, and blueprinted
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240 power come to life! The needle on the speedometer rose faster and faster.
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241 70...80...90..100! But the guy in the mazda somehow seemed to be keeping up.
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242 It was getting difficult to dodge the other cars that seemed to crawl along
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243 at 60mph. Faster still...110...120...and still this mysterious mazda seemed
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244 to keep up. Past Big Reds we flew...Past the interchange...Murry...Cornell...
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245 Ocean Beaches sign...on and on, yet I couldn't shake him. 130 was the speed
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246 now...how much longer could he stay at this speed?!? Suddenly, he tore past
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247 me as if I was standing still. Visions of Knight Rider danced in my head,
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248 but that's a TV show. I saw the face of the other driver...what a strange
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249 look...almost a smile, but those eyes......
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250 Those eyes...
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251 I am not quite sure what happened next. It might have been a pothole, or maybe
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252 a piece of tire from one of the big semi's..but whatever...I seemed to have
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253 lost control of my car, but the car wasn't out of control. It was almost as
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254 if the car were being influenced by some forces Detroit never dreamed of...
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255 The next thing that made any sense was finding myself driving again, but
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256 now totally alone, over a strange landscape. The speed was much less, but my
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257 speedometer was not registering at all. In fact, the only way I could tell
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258 my speed was less was due to the sound of the engine. Even the tach was out.
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259 I was moving, no doubt about that, but where was I going. I had a feeling
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260 my handy city of portland road map wouldn't get me out of this. I better
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261 stop and get some sense of what is going on. And where is that driver in
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262 the Mazda???
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263 $*)$#*@)$#@*$@#) L'homme sans parity - Cette fois...je ne sais pas - $#@()$#@(
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264 PS I realize this isn't the usual way to get into a story, but voyeur, Milchar,
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265 traveller, et all's knowledge of the fantasy story line is far above mine.
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266 But I know a good chance to get in on the fun when I see one, so give me a
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267 chance. I will try to take part and be a good contributing member to this
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268 next story which looks like a good one. I appreciate your patience.
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269 $%#*)%$*#%)#*@^)#*^)*#)^*)*^)#*^)!*#)^*)%#@*^)%* Merci! %*$#)%*)#$*%)#$*%)#$%*
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270 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
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271 WELL MILCHHAR(?) WHY CAN'T I HAVE SOME ENCAHNTED ARROWS? YOUR LITTLE TID BITS AR
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272 E GETTING BETTER BUT KEEP WORKING ON IT.YOU WILL SOME DAY BEAT OUT PAM IN CREATI
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273 RESTORE
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274 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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275 DEAR CISTOP PLEASE ERASE PAST MESSAGE ONE ABOVE. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
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276 WORKS YOUR HELP SECTION IS HARD FOR A NEW PERSON USING THE MODEM FOR ONLY A FEW
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277 WEEKS. I AM SORRY FOR MY STUPIDITY.
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278
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279 THANK YOU
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280 ARCHER
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281 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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282 Quizmaster:He is a truuthteller, as no matter wfrom where the other native
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283 came from, he would say, "west". So if the messenger also says "west", then
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284 he is telling the truth.
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285 +Next:That particular cryptogram is my own. I think I have already solved i
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286 that one.
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287 +++++++++
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288 Traveller:The Ruby Valley is NOT referred to at all in the Amber books,
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289 I just decided to use Amber as a means to get there.
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290 +++++++++
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291 Voyeur:DonPlease don't tire out my gre!at-grandfather out with talk before I
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292 arrive.
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293 ++++++++
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294 As Milchar and Traveller were crusing along the skyways toward Amber, a
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295 bright flash of blue light below attracted Milchar's attention. "Look! A car!
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296 What is that doing here? Pretty soon it won't be able to move, as gasoline
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297 doesn't burn in Amber! Traveller, before using the Pattern I must go see my
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298 Great-Grandfather, Corwin, and my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, Dworkin.
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299 must know if Amberite powers decline with the passing of generations. I
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300 must also get a set of Trumps, even though none of my relatives like my
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301 using the Magical Arts. They don't trust it, somehow..."
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302 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++
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303 *************************************************************************
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304 TOMMY LOY, THE CABIN BOY
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305 THE DIRTY LITTLE NIPPER
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306 HE STUFFED HIS ??? WITH BROKEN GLASS
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307 AND CIRCUMSIZED THE SKIPPER
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308 *********************************************************WHISPER**********
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309 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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310 MIG: ok, ok....
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311 PHOENIX: Well, maybe I went just a little (tiny tiny) bit overboard.
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312 HAWTHORNE: **PLEASE** set the system margin at 76 with the "MA 76" command,
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313 and procede to type until eithier (if you have a bell) the margin beeper
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314 beeps, or (if you don't) the system stops echoing your characters. Edit
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315 your messages to remove typos. Find some way to make you machine comm in
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316 LOWER CASE.
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317 ALL: Yes, I know. MiG chides me with a long-forgotten document (my "come
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318 on people now, smile on your brother....everybody get together learn to
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319 love one another right now" text of a few years back, from one of BW's less
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320 savory disks... and times.. I was playing Jesse Jackson) and I can
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321 remember (long pause....well, just ONCE......or twice..) when I left mess-
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322 ages containing somewhat less than topical or relevant material. (with
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323 attendant gramatical and spelling "liberties".....ONCE)
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324 I want BW to be a "nice" place to visit. These periods of upheavel
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325 always pass, but in their passing take something with them...perhaps
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326 someone decides that BW is no longer a worth their time; true, we lose
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327 some users and in the same breath another "BOO! I'M NEW" (how PAM intro-
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328 duced herself) appears on our disks. This does not change; users come and
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329 go; but, like flowers, no two are alike, we are poorer when we lose a rose,
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330 even if that day we find a lily. Has anyone seen the Dragon Lady recently?
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331 Colonel Batgauno? Mike Bigham? They all still have computers, modems, live
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332 in Portland, (well, I havn't talked with Mike for a while) and no longer
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333 frequent the BW. We lose every time a potential user decides that "BW
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334 is just a bunch of kids playing with modems" upon spying "MOB RULES"
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335 splayed across their screen, or when a "premium no-lead" simply can't
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336 access the system because the line is tied up by undesireables entering
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337 100 lines of "WRITTING", or a Mike or a Denise or a Pamela finds their
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338 messages adultrated one too many times...and doesn't call back. We lose.
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339 BW has had golden times; everyone can remember when the magic "works"
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340 and a disk is a mystical tapestry woven of loveingly spun fibers.. of a
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341 different world than p-n junctions and magnetic domains. A world of beauty,
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342 of mystery....of magic! Then, of course, are BW's tin times..the system
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343 is little more than random bubbles of ego, floating in a sea of self, bursting
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344 as if never having been. Our world is reduced to phase hits, 103A, and
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345 weather or not someone is using MA 76.
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346 I believe we have a choice. I beleive we can prolong our "golden
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347 times", and eliminate our tin ones. ("I have a dream....") Individually,
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348 we are helpless. Collectivly, we are strong. No one would vandalize a system
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349 if they knew it would put an end to their telecomputing days in Portland,
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350 that they would be caught, exposed.. Everyone would strive to do their best,
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351 be the MOST creative, make the FEWEST spelling errors, if they were using
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352 a system that was, unquestionably, THE BEST, MOST RESPECTED system in the
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353 state. OUR SYSTEM.
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354 Well, I've had my say, vented my spleen at Phoenix (and subjected
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355 all of you to my Negative Vibes in the process), and generally wasted a lot
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356 of disk space. Comments?
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357
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358 WHISPER: I am ashamed to admit that I found your "poem" most humorus. Gee,
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359 almost as good a the Bard, eh? Hmmmm....
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360 Aaron
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361 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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362 )#@$(@)#($)#!($)!($)@#($)@#(%)#$(^)$#(^)@#$(^)!(^)@#(^)(%)@^(@)(^)%$(^)$#
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363 Yes indeed Aaron...A diatrib that would make Chris Serling proud. Look...
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364 a signpost up ahead...it's the zonette zone....
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365 By the way, are you on the May 15th primary? Surely you are running for
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366 some office??? BW comptroller? Secretary of Messages? BW Supreme Court?
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367 **$#@)*$^#$^*#)^# L'homme sans parity *)%*#)*%)#*%)%*)@*%)#@$*%)#$*%)#$*%
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368 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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369 Aaron--when you are not arguing religion, you can produce some rather
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370 nice writing. Why not try your hand at one of the adventures?
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371 ????
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372 Well, Milchar, since you are the only one responding to my quizes, I might
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373 as well address it to you. You got the last one correct, so here's
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374 another one, set on a neighboring island.
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375 On this island, the whites get sunburned to the same shade as
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376 the natives, so the only way to tell them apart is thus: Islanders
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377 always lie (of course) and the 'whites' alway tell the truth.
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378 A visitor paddles up to the island, and sees three people on the beach,
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379 all the same color. He asks "are you white people burned brown, or are
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380 you islanders?" The first oe calls out something that is lost in the sound
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381 of the surf, so the man shouts out his question again. This time the
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382 second man on the beach calls back, saying "The first person who answered
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383 said he is a white man, and he IS a white man, and so am I." The third
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384 person on the beach calls out "The first two people here on the beach
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385 are islanders and I am a white man burned brown."
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386 What is each man really?
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387 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
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388 && && &&
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389 Grand D.: There is no conspiracy, no group of cronies & insiders plotting to exclude others from the tales. I
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390 was making a slightly facetious commenton how the last adventure started. What I was trying to say was "somebody
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391 get the ball rolling". I'll agree, the last one was lacking in pace, but taken as segments there were some good
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392 things written. Now we need to practice our pacing. Care to show us how?
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393 && The Mad Actor &&
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394 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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395 (I'd still like some info on the Ruby Valley so there can be some coherence, or is it strictly a figment {haven't seen
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396 Fig lately, come to think of it})
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397 Voyeur found himself in what appeared to be a library. Books covered the walls, and there was a glass cabinet off
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398 to one side containing several decks of cards similar to the one which had brought him here. He was interrupted in his
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399 review by the man in silver and black. "I am Corwin, Lord of Amber. Who are you, and where are you from?" Voyeur
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400 stammered "I am Voyeur, that is, I am Called Voyeur, because of, well, uh," he felt his face grow hot, which increased
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401 his embarrassment. He hurried on "I am from Innisfall, the Backwater Inn, and..." he went on to tell how he arrived
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402 in Amber. As he spoke, Corwin grew thoughtful. "Innisfall, eh? From your description, this CISTOP MIKEY sounds like
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403 a shadow of a shadow of one of my brothers. Possibly Gerard, probably Random. His powers indicate that he must have
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404 a fair amount of the blood of the House of Amber. As must you, Voyeur, to be able to manipulate the Trumps. Your name
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405 puts me in mind of Random also. Tell me of your ancestry." As Voyeur began relating his family tree, Corwin suddenly
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406 held up his hand, and got a faraway look in his eyes. Then he turned his attention to Voyeur and said "your coming
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407 seems to have opened gates which have been closed for some time. Do you know this newcomer?" A picture began forming
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408 in Voyeurs mind. He saw a car, a Mustang, floating through the air over a forest, and as the image grew sharper and
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409 focused in on the errant vehicle, he recognized a familiar face behind the wheel. "L'homme! L'homme sans parity!
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410 What is He doing here?" "That's what I'd like to know" responded Lord Corwin, darkly.
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411 ::::::::
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412 Actually, L'homme, if we were to get in a race, if I Did get in front of you, you Would be lost. Lost in great clouds
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413 of blue smoke from the quart of oil I burn every 120 miles. And Hey! This is Backwater! There is no Right way to
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414 get involved. Your method was as good as any and better than most. I certainly enjoyed it. (inside jokes help a bit,
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415 of course)
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416 :::::::
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417 All: how's my 120 character lines look? I like them, since my 64 character screen makes two proper lines out of it
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418 (as opposed to the line + 8 characters I get at 70-80). Consider this-the 26 lines I just entered would 've used 41 @75.
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419 ::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur:::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::
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420 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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421 Far from the inn, in a lonely glade by a swiftly running stream, the piper
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422 sat upon a large rock. His pipes were dissasembled and laying in the grass
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423 before him, his head bent over, and his face wore an intent expression. He held
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424 a yellow tube about three inches in diameter and about 4 inches long in one
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425 hand and an exceedingly sharp knife in the other. Never faltering in his
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426 concentration, he pared a tiny sliver off the tounge of still another bass
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427 drone reed. Placing the tube in his mouth, he blew a raucous cawwww, then
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428 smiled faintly. Perhaps now he could escape this self-imposed prison and
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429 rejoin his old companions at the inn. He straightened and a circle of gold
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430 shaped as a serpent biting its own tail swung from his neck. He pressed the
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431 newly trimmed reed into the bottom of the drone, assembled the stand of pipes
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432 and swung them to his shoulder. With the first few notes, he knew he was in
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433 deep trouble. The golden torc pulsed alarm as some force took hold of him and
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434 left only a fading impression of a greyish stain laced with scarlet and gold in
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435 the air of the deserted glade.
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436 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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437 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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438 Quizmaster:The man who wasn't heard was a white burned brown, as the second
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439 man (who truthfully said that the first had said "I am a white") did tell the
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440 truth. Therefore he is also white. The Third man is an Islander, as he lied
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441 about both of the other answers.
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442 +++++++++
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443 Wind rushed by the two adventurers as the "Flying Mat" took them to Amber.
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444 The great expanse of the city was before them, as they were quite close now.
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445 The sparkling city below made Milchar very glad he decided to come, but he
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446 also was grieved by events that were soon to come.
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447 Milchar steered the mat to hover above the Glen of the Unicorn, as he summoned
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448 all of his will to pass to the real one. The pain increased as he fought,
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449 and just before Milchar couldn't stand it any olonger, they were through.
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450 The area that they were now in seemed almost identical to where they were...
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451 but seemed DIFFERENT somehow. Everything was sharper, more real. "If I
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452 hadn't have had mental training, I would have never been able to manipulate
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453 Shadow so close to Amber. Now to find Dworkin."
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454 The mat lazily flew about a quarter of a mile to the seashore, where an
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455 enourmous expanse of rock was etched with a strange spiral-like design, which
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456 glowed with silverly light as they landed. The mat, in a guesture of exhaustion
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457 , promptly disintergrated when they landed. "Poor spell. I hardly ever work
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458 wthem that hard." Milchar finds a tunnel dug into solid rock, and gestures
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459 Traveller inside.
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460 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++
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461 ***************************************************************
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462 Mad Actor: Good God...I hope I didn't sound that paranoid. I
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463 never said I thought there was a conspiracy to exclude anyone.
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464 If anything I was expressing my frustration. Mostly it comes
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465 down to missing the work of Mike Bigham.
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466
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467 I've found that certain contributions to the Inn are easier to
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468 relate to than others. The great discs are the ones where
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469 members really clicked with one anothers styles and
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470 contributions. I've found that my style clicks more often with
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471 Mikes' than with anyone elses. I really miss Mohammed and
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472 Serena. I haven't found any adventure that inspires me like
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473 theirs.
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474
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475 But who knows? Maybe someday someone will hit on something that
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476 I can really get my teeth into. It's that hope that causes me
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477 to at least remain a lurker when nothing good is going on.
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478
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479 I'm taking my computer in to get a disc drive installed which
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480 means I won't be around for awhile. Don't do anything
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481 interesting while I'm gone. Grand D.
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482 ***************************************************************
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483 Aaron: Greatly enjoyed your BWM editorial. Good work. - GDM
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484 ***************************************************************
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485
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486 *******************************************************
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487 PIPER: CAN YOU WATCH YOUR ENTRY A BIT BETTER? MY TERMINAL
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488 DETESTS ESCAPE CHARACTERS, THEY DRIVE IT BATTY. IT DOESN'T
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489 CARE FOR CONTROL N EITHER, BUT AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY
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490 IN YOUR ENTRY (MILCAHR ON THE OTHER HAND.........)
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491 ************************: CISTOP MIKEY *********************
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492 Aaron: I am not Whisper, but I am aquainted with her....
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493 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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494 Before the figure could reply to the apprentice's query, reality {BLINK}ed once
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495 more. When the bard glanced around, he discovered that the apprentice & the
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496 prairie cat were no longer with him. He decided to worry about that later as
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497 he suddenly realized that he KNEW where he was...
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498 There ought to be a hidden supply cache in that ruined department store....
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499 ....Later after repairing/replacing much of his equipment, he was ready to
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500 start back to the inn. But first, a test of the new scanner. What's this -
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501 traces converging on Amber? This bears checking out!
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502 He replaced the scanner & took out another device. Any observer must
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503 have been very bewildered. This new device did not bear close scrutiny. Imagine,
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504 if you will, a cross between a 3-D analogue of a blivit, a Klien flask & a
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505 tesseract. This will give you some idea of the kind of mayhem the opener wreaked
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506 on normal eyes!
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507 He triggered the opener. A hatch opened in mid-air, beyond was visible
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508 a service tunnel of some sort, running at right angles to the hatch. Strange
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509 boxes, conduits & the like covered the walls and floor. The bard stepped through
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510 the hatch. As it closed he muttered, "Shouldn't be more than a million miles or
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511 so... God I *HATE* walking!"
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512 The hatch vanished.
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513 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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514 I'll answer a couple of questions in advance. No, I haven't gotten into a ship.
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515 Yes, I am going to WALK a million or so miles. You rembember the "holes" in
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516 "Time Bandits"? This is sort of a hi-tech analogue. Inter-universal service
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517 passages. Alteco uses 'em, but I never got an answer when I asked who BUILT
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518 them.....
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519 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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520 The apprentice found himself and Green Eyes standing behind a VERY familar
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521 figure.
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522 "Art thou Whisper?"
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523 .............................the apprentice.....................................
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524 ps. Whisper, I believe that Green Eyes has a liking for thee. Mayhap we should
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525 all join in this journey to Amber? What sayest thou?
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526 ................................................................................
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527 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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528 MOTHER'S DON'T PREFER AQUAFRESH. --MOTHER
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529 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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530 Here we are, all converging on Amber. Most of the Innhabitants are as
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531 starved for a good m.a. story as I am. It reminds me of the beginning
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532 of the Kolumbia Disaster. I hope we have better luck on this one. Does
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533 anyone have any real idea what is going on? We need a real live honest
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534 to goodness GOAL, else we'll just mill around in Amber for a while until
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535 Corwin gets tired of us and invites us to explore Chaos. (I just wish
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536 the books were fresher in my mind, but there's no way I'm going to get
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537 the 900 or so pages reread in time to be useful. Doesn't really matter,
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538 I guess. Not everyone seems to be as interested in following the setting
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539 as closely as I tried to. 'Openers' indeed!)
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540 ::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur:::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
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541 Upon reflection, I realize that my greeting to L'homme is rather at
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542 odds with that I tossed in the direction of Bard. The males in my
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543 family are notorious for their crabbiness when awakened prematurely.
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544 A nuisance phone call did the honors for me a while ago. Sorry.
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545 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O:::::::::::
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546 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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547 Whisper was sitting by herself in the field writing in her book of
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548 of curiosities when there was a sudden rush of displaced air and a
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549 mild BAMPH. Looking up she spied the apprentice and a large green eyed
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550 cat. Is that the kind of cat I think it is. I've only come across them
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551 mentioned once and that was in my copy of the BOOK OF SAGES, she said to
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552 the apprentice. I do wish that book hadn't had the index torn out of it
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553 before I found it. I can never find anything twice in the thing! I'm
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554 sure I saw some mention of the Ruby valley in it but i don't remember
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555 the page number or what was said. Let me get my armor on and lets go.
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556 You do have a spell to get us there don't you?
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557 (((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))****************))))))))))((((((((((((
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558 P.S Aaron i'm fond of puns and limericks. the one about Tommy Loy is
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559 an old one. The original is much dirtier. I originally came across it
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560 in a collection of short science fiction stories called, I think,
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561 "FIRST CONTACT", I don't remember the editors name.
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562 *****************************************************WHISPER************
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563 PPS: REMEMBER WHEN IT HITS THE FAN IT IS NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY!
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564 ********** WHISPER*******************************************************
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565 ----------------------------------------(<>)------------------------------------
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566
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567 Milchar: Thankyou for keeping the adventure going in my absence. (I have not
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568 missed anything, but have been unable to enter any messages. I will be
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569 absent for the weekend but should be back in force MONDAY, armed with
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570 a goal (I hope), somthing related with the instabiltiy of Innisfall.
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571
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572 Grand D: I do often take into account the older magics. My specialty is in
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573 being competant at both magic and tecnology, often where magic is being
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574 used technology is overlooked. (Though more often the reverse is true.)
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575 Have you ever been in the vicinity of dragonfat, it will drive off anything!
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576
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577 --------(<>)--------------
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578
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579 Following rapidly after Milchar was a bit tiring, but we were getting
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580 somewhere. The reality transphaser indicated that there was significant
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581 activity converging on Amber, things were going to get interesting.
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582 I had my doubts about patterns too, I hope Milchar has the prerequisits
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583 for walking it or this expedition would end fast. He has hinted...
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584
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585 -------------------------(<>)The Traveller(<>)----------------------------------
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586 && && &&
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587 "Who are you?" The woman had been the Poet's constant companion for several days, and had yet to reveal her name.
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588 "I'm your ideal lover." "I know that; lord knows I should by now. But WHO are you? What's your name? Where are you
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589 from?" "I'm from the best of all possible worlds, and I've dedicated my life to keeping you happy."
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590 The poet could see that getting a straight answer was going to take a long time. Maybe months, constantly in her
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591 company. *Sigh* It was a dirty job, but...
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592 && The Mad Actor &&
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593 $('#")'($)"#!*'?$!)"*#+'?$)"#'$!)$<'")#!*<$?")#!*'$"!)#+$'")'%)"$!*'?%=")%='
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594 The mazda was certainly no where in sight, but I had bigger problems to worry
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595 about at the moment. My normally fine tuned high output engine was making
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596 sounds that would make Carol Shelby turn in his grave! "But I just tuned this
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597 beast!" I said to myself. "What could be wrong now???" I was still moving
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598 at a relatively high rate of speed, although no where near the speed I had
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599 achieved back on the Sunset. Ah yes...the Sunset...was has happned to
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600 Portland? What has happened to Tektronix, my original destination? And why the
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601 heck am I here???
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602 At first I wasn't sure if it was some distortion due to the heat, or if
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603 it was real, but as I drew closer...yes...some kind of city...Well at least
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604 there is some kind of civilizaion here. The engine was starting to miss
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605 now...I cringed when I thought of the damage all of this might do to those
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606 beautiful 13:1 molly pistons I just had put in. Stuck out here with no idea
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607 of where I am is not my idea of fun at a Saturday Concourse. If I can just
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608 nurse my car into that city...what ever it is, maybe I can get some help
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609 with my car. I was getting closer now, but finally the engine just gave up.
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610 No amount of manual choke adjustment would help. It was as dead as a flat-6
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611 air cooled corvair on a hot summer day. "Well it looks as if I'll have quite
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612 a long walk into town". But for some strange reason, beyond my 15 hours of
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613 General Physics I had taken my Sophomore year at PSU, my 2600lbs car kept
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614 on rolling, as if defying friction, and taking Newton totally to heart! I
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615 couldn't explain it, but if it was going to spare me a long walk, I am not
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616 going to complain. As I rolled into the outskirts of town, I thought to myself,
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617 "I better find a Union 76 station...They're the only ones who sell leaded
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618 premium..."
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619 $')#$'#")$#"$'#" L'homme sans parity avec problems de voiture ())(%)"#(!#)$()$
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620
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622
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623 Having finished the last of my cleaning (not finding too many stray,
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624 strange characters), I take my cloak and cape and head towards the door.
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625 It is warm outside, but the sky is grey and the air is damp and chilling, so
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626 I wrap my cloak tightly. Suddenly, a deeper chill runs across the surface
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627 of my mind, and I begin to run; someone is in my home!
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628
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629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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