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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ REMOVED: 20 MAY 84 *****************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day CISTern 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 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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11 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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12 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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13 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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14 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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15 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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16 ************************************************************
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17
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18 && && &&
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19 Guess who made it to the top this time??
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20 && && &&
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21 Gaius was pleased. The decoy he'd sent to occupy his brother was working perfectly. Not that he was worried about
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22 his sibling's interference, it was those blasted drinking buddies of his from the Inn. Individually he felt hee
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23 could handle most of them, but they had gotten in the habit of travelling in packs, and even the great Gaius
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24 couldn't watch every direction at once. Now, however, he felt secure that he could proceed with his plan in safety.
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25 Stepping to his workbench, he picked up a strangely cold card, so absolutely black that it was hard to see.
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26 "This is the Shadow Uncast," he spoke to the card, "the plan to isolate the Inn in Shadow is proceeding on
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27 scedule. Interference is expected soon, so be on your guard and report often. That is all."
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28 Gaius laid the card back in it's case and turned to his freshly-drawn bath. Might as well relax and enjoy it, he
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29 thought, it may be the last chance for a while...
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30 && The Mad Actor &&
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31 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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32 Well, HAWTHORNE, since no one else volunteers to answer your Trekkie question,
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33 here's the answer: The USS Constellation was destroyed in "The Doomsday Machine",
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34 second season, written by Norman Spinrad. Costars William Windom.
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35 'I beamed them down to the second planet.' 'Matt, there IS no second
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36 planet.' 'Don't you think I know that? There WAS, but NOT ANY MORE!'
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37 ???????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ?????????????????????????????
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38 %#$%(#$^(@$#^(#(^@(^($(&(%#$(&(@(&($(%@(&(&($%(&@(&(#(&($(&(@$(&@$(&(@$%(&(@&(@&
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39 Voyeur...Everyone seems to be breaking up into groups...What say we join forces
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40 and try to get back to the inn together? You seem to know much more about this
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41 strange land than I do, but I do have a mode of transportation, if I can get
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42 the car running again...the car does have special suspension and a limited
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43 slip Detroit locker 9" rear end, if that is any help...
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44 And you who call yourseld the Bard! You certainly do have an interesting
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45 assortment of gadgets and gizmos in your pack. You are welcome to join us
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46 also, unless you already have other plans to get back, in which case, maybe
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47 WE can join YOU!
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48 When we decide, I'll go out and try to get the car started again, and this
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49 time, no sneaking up behind me! One dent in the hood in enough!
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50 By the way, does anyone know what time it is back in Portland? I had an
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51 appointment out at a hi-tech place called Tektronix before I found myself
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52 here, and I just want to know if I am going to be late or not...
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53 Well...off to internal combustion, rather than reality conflict for me...
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54 *)(#@*%)#$@*%
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55 PS To Voyeur: Hopefully I will make it do the meeting Saturday. It depends on
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56 how my Fortran compiler and I get along before hand. Do you have any docs to
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57 give back to me yet? Just checking...no big rush...
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58 Hawthorne: DO you upload your messages? There seem to be several dropouts
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59 in your messages. Either that or you like to ride HOSES... The former seems
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60 to be having some tough luck...
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61 *$)#@*$#@)$* L'homme sans parity - Le mecanicien de voiture aujourd'hui (*)$(%#$
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62 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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63 The Ninja swung his stick shift through the cubicle which dissolved
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64 and brought him back out in Innifall where he started.
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65 The Ninja
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66 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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67 ***************************************************************
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68 GUESS WHAT GUYS?
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69 ***************************************************************
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70 * *
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71 ***************************************************************
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72 THIS IS THE PHANTOM WRITTER AND I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY I'M LEAVING LET'S CHEER YEAH YEAH THRILLS I'M NOT BUGGING THIS SYSTEM A
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73 Well,what ever happend to Phoenix???????????????????????????????????????>?????????????????????????????????Phantom Writter??????
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74
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75 does anyone know where I can buy a hard disk for an Apple II
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76 for about 1k ?
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77
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78 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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79 JEE-SUS CHRIST but it got dark fast,must be some realy bad weather comming down.
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80 with that,Graymalkin goes back to the baths and relaxes in a stone tub...
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81 The Man in Gray
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82 p.s. Voyeur,you know the method used to find you out?? can we perhaps arange
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83 something of the same for the so-called "phantom writer"?? i'm a fan of free
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84 speech,but this has GOT to stop.????????????????????????????????????????????????
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85 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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86 Master: Are you admitting that my comments were true by not replying?
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87 I thought as much!!!
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88 ?????????????
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89 As The Doctor, Milchar, and K-9 step into the magical 'hole' that Milchar has
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90 created, The Doctor decides to cast a few protective spells on his friends and
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91 himself. "No need to cast them my friend," says Milchar, "we are quite safe in
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92 here. My power is still at the same strength as when we last battled Arson.
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93 That scuffle, which I think you will agree it was, actually made me more power-
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94 ful than you think! If my protective spells do fail, I pray they don't, we can
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95 always use the magnetic current modular that you built into K-9." The Doctor
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96 stands there for a moment, pondering his present situation. After a few minutes
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97 he comes to a decision. "Milch, old friend and companion, I hav have trust in
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98 you and your m. The only reasooonn
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99 reason at I was casting those spells was for added protection. Doon
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100
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101 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????????
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102 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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103 hello there!!!,
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104 could anyone please tell me how to get the coller to put around the three
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105 headed dog in zork ii??????c'mon you guys answer!!!!!!!!!
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106 xxxxxxxxxxxpheric foerender xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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107 are you paranoid?????
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108 im doing a poll if you are then print your name and adress and where you wil
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109 be at all times,your phone number and your social sucurity,master card numbers
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110 what clubs you belong to and who you voted for in the oregon primary on may 15.
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111 we will get back at you
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112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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113 "Well, if it will make you feel better. Now to follow this hole."
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114 They walk down a perfectly circular tunnel that seems to be composed of small
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115 white lines intertwined into a rough mat. Pulses of energy flowed from the
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116 hole behind them, as already the natural forces of reality-space were at work
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117 to repair the troublesome breach. The hole was becoming smaller, now there
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118 was no doubt! "Uhh... Doc? We have a problem here. Someone's accelerated
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119 this reality-space's regeneration rate, and the tunnel we are now walking in
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120 will soon cease to exist, with us in it. Personally, I dislike the idea of
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121 non-existance, as it would be so BORING. K-9, could you please slow the
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122 process as much as posssible while we move on?"
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123 "Affirmative. I am complying. Rate of decay now stands at 1 meter every
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124 5.67372 minutes sidereal time."
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125 The Doctor said as he finished the last of the bread, "Well, now. That gives
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126 us a whole 13.5320632 minutes, doesn't it? Plenty of time. Where did you
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127 say our first stop was, Milch? Is there any food to be had thereabouts?"
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128 Milchar ignored him for the moment, and concentrated on the Amulet. Power
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129 surged from him and flew into the latticework of strings about them. Milchar
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130 seems to weaken for a moment... It passes. "Decay of Reality Tunnel now
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131 reversing itself. Estimated time for complete decay is now 34.1573 minutes."
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132 Milchar comments, "I believe that I shall need food also, my friend.... and
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133 rest. How I need rest........."
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134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++
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135 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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136 while the rest of the Backwater crew is triing to get to the inn,Graymalkin is
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137 floating in a hot tub in the roman baths,a thought comes to him from an unknown
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138 source.(##the Phantom Writers phone code is 620-07xx,if he doesn't get real
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139 smart,real soon,use your abilitys on him remember to thank ryur56vh##)
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140 "well damn,lost the thought signal,oh well,perhaps the person to thank will`make
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141 himself known to me later."
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142 The Man in Gray
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143 P.S.Mr T.N. I believe this is your only warning,quit the "phantom writer" shit.
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144 (apologys to Mother/Gran`mother/afyone with overly
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145 (mom,down with the phone,thankyou) sensitive eyes.
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146 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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147 DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER
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148 WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE OUR MAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS - THIS YEAR THE
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149 WINNER IS - THE MAN IN GREY - THROUGH IS EFFORTS, THE HORRIBLE PHANTOM
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150 WRITTER (PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO MISPELL HIS NAME) HAS BEEN EXPOSED, AND
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151 WILL SOON BE GONE FOREVER. MAN IN GREY, YOUR EFFORTS WILL BE HIGHLY
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152 REWARDED. YOU ARE A TRUE CREDIT TO MEN IN GREY EVERYWHERE. AGAIN, WE
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153 THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY, MAIDS (BETTER KNOWN AS DEATHTOA$) CAN LEAVE BW
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154 IN THE CONDITION IT WAS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF PHANTOM WRITTER AND
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155 FRIENDS. NOW IF WE COULD ONLY FIND A WAY TO TAPE HAWTHORNES HANDS
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156 TOGETHER.
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157 DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER DEATHTOPHANTOMWRITTER
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158 *************************************************************************
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159 Apprentice, I think we should go to the INN. I don't know why, just a
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160 hunch. Since you don't have transportation handy why don't you share this
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161 potion of
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162 random potion of transportation with me. It is guaranteed to get us
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163 wherever we want to go. Just no guarantee's of how. Not five minutes
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164 after drinking the potion Whisper and the apprentice are somewhat
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165 surprised to see and hear an electric trolley come tootling out of the
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166 nearby hillside and pull up to a stop beside them. This must be our ride
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167 apprentice, lets get on now before something even weirder shows up.
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168 As they find seats the trolley tottles the William Tell Overture and
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169 with two clanks and groan rattles off into the hill on the other side
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170 of the valley. I don't know how long this will take or whether this
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171 is a thru ride Whisper whispers to the apprentice and greeneyes. I guess
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172 we'll just have to wait and see. Remember don't eat anything well
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173 we are in the hill.
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174 ********************************** WHISPER *****************************
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175 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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176 MiG: your position seems to be very advantageous. Do these people
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177 confide in you? Also, was the person you addressed your first warning
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178 to (Bobby) the same one I addressed a letter to on a certain other board?
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179 If so, he didn't seem to take the hint. See you Saturday? (if so,
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180 does Kelly get to be bored again?)
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181 :::::::::::
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182 L'homme: since most of our communicating seems to be with each other, it
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183 seems logical to team up. My major problem is that this adventure in
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184 'Amber' seems to have strayed rather far from the Amber that I am
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185 familiar with.
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186 I will talk to Corwin, ask him to show me how to 'motivate' your car.
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187 With it running, I will be able to shift realities as we drive from Amber,
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188 each reality being more like Innisfall and less like Amber.
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189 :::::::::
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190 Question: Are we all just returning to the Inn? No concerted attack or
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191 anything clever like that? Just a mob dribbling in as we get there? And
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192 what of the threat, waiting there to pick us off one by one (or two by two)?
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193 ::::::::::
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194 L'homme again: no problem with the docs. I copied everything I needed from
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195 the 'orange' one, the 'blue' one (small pages) I have not really gotten into
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196 yet, due to the hangup it has. (nudge nudge). I also got mine copied for you.
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197 If you want them Saturday, I'll bring them to the meeting, else wait until
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198 I see you again (which will be fairly soon, I guesstimate).
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199 ::::::::
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200 Well, I see Bud Clark got Portland! Surprise Surprise! Now what's he going
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201 to do with it?
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202 ::::::::::
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203 L'homme: (one more time): I caught your act on cable. Complaint--
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204 the film was fuzzy; I couldn't read the messages (like my own. I'm going to
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205 have to be more careful what I write, no telling where it might end up.
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206 One of those messages was private, due to the sensitivity of the subject matter)
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207 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::voyeur::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
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208 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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209 gee, the only person to ask of my well-being was MiG? Maybe my BWMS days
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210 are coming to a close... Will try to visit more often...
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211 BARD: if our mutual friend has your new # will contact you re:arch ASAP.
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212 Aaron
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213 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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214 MAGICAL AIRWAVES CRACKLE WITH LIFE!
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215 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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216 Sometimes a rush from all sides crushes the enemy in the center.
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217 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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218 "I'd be glad to hitch a ride - have you ever WALKED 5000 lines?"
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219 As they approached the car Bard, voyeur & M. L'homme were busily discussing
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220 means of activating the vehicle....
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221 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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222 Voyeur: Once we get a little paratime between us & Amber I can use my gear
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223 to aid in the shifting. I figure that it might be a good idea to have an
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224 alternate method... We will have to be careful though, if we use both at the
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225 same time we may get a synergistic reaction!
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226 M. L'homme:I'll need to hook some gear to the electrical system of your car
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227 a cigarette lighter will do in a pinch, but if you have a stereo or CB
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228 hook-up I would rather use that.
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229 No need to worry about the time, if we get out of this ok. I'll show
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230 how to route thru some reverse time-flows - you can get back before you
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231 left!
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232 MIG:sorry, I meant to address Greymalkin! (hint: Title-The Indian Giver,
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233 characters- Guig<Grand Guignol>, Fee Five Chinese, etc)
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234 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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235 "Whisper, I hope that thou knowest what thou art about. What do you
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236 think of our new friend?" inquired the apprentice, indicating the five foot
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237 saber-toothed cat he had introduced as "Green Eyes".
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238 ..............................the apprentice................................
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239 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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240 How stupid of me Bard,I forgot all about that little hint.I knew that one of
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241 the BW people would be well read enough to catch it.i've decided to give
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242 Graymalkin the capabilitys that Guig had.Wanna try and make the "death to x"
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243 person immortal??(he he,chuckle)
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244 Aaron,perhaps if there was a XXXXXXXXX discussion going on,people would miss
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245 your rapier wit more.
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246 The Man in Gray??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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247 Gee,just spent 4 hours on other BBS's and came back here,BW be gettin slow.
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248 also BW line busy 99.99% of time,very vicious lurkers we have.
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249 Voyeur:No,they don't confide in me,they are stupid and easily caught
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250 A
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251
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252 whoops,there is a GTE man working on my neighbors line today,I think I shall
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253
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254 term him if he hits my line again.
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255 All:does anyone know the delete char for VAX/VMS vers 3.5?? ctrl H doesn't
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256 seem touhhhhaihf8008y8@q@q|~67[([~4qfbf
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257 (will definantly term pho~a
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258 man)
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259 MiG again
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260 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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261 Wait a minute I deserve some of the credit for catching the Phantom
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262 Writter. Who do you think gave MiG the message on the magical tome in which
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263 to find his number?
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264 The Ninja
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265 TO:SYSOP
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266 FROM: ERIC BERG
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267
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268 COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT LANGUAGE YOU RUN
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269
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270 YOUR SYSTEM ON BY LEAVING A MESSAGE TO ERIC
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271 TO:SYSOP
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272 FROM:ERIC BERG
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273
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274 COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT LANGUAGE YOU RUN YOUR SYSTEM
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275 ON. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE TO ERIC BERG.
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276 HMMMM,THE PHANTOM WRITER HAS BEEN CAUGHT AND DEPOSED AND MOT A PEEP OUT OF HIM SINCE.GEE,AND TO THE DEATH TO WHOMEVER PERSON
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277 AT LEAST YOU DIDNT SPRAY PAINT DEATH TO T.N. ON THE CENTRAL BRANCH OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY.THANK ENTROPY FOR SMALL
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278 FAVORS...
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279 SORRY FOR THE SCANDAL INVOLVIN G THE HOSES.AT LEAST THE FORMER WASNT ARRESTED AND TRIED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE.UGH,AN EIGHT
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280 FOOT TALL BATRACHOID WITH A BAD SENSE OF HUMOR.HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY ONE OF THOSE POLICE CARS COS T THE CITY ?
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281 QUIZMASTER;GOOD JOB.NICE TO SEE SOME BACKGROUND IN A TREKKER INSTEAD OF THE USUAL "Y'NOW THA T ONE EPISODE WITH THE CAT,AND
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282 TERRI GAR ?".DO YOU HAVE A CONCO RDANCE,A COMPENDIUM OR JUST A VERY GOOD MEMORY FOR STAR TREK TRIVIA?HERES SOMETHING TO TRY;
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283 HOWSABOUT GIVING ME THE NAMES OF EVERY EPISODE IN WHICH ANY CONS TITUTION CLASS SHIP WAS LOST OR DESTROYED ?
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284 WELL I FOUND A PHONE JACK IN MY PRIME CLASSROOM AND SPENT HAL F OF THE DAY IN THERE WITH A DISK MOD iii TRASH TRYING TO SH
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285 OW PEOPLE BLACKWATER.BUT NONE OF THE FOUR TERMINAL PROGRAMS THAT I TRIED WORKED.SO I HAVE TO TRY A COLOR COMPUTER VIDEOTEX ROM
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286 PACKAGE.LETS HOPE IT WORKS SHALL WE?AND IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS A SPARE ISSUE OF 80MICRO HOWSDIS ONE LINE TERMINAL PROGRAM SUPP
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287 OSE TO WORK.IT IS THE LAT ONE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ,LORD WOULD I APPRECIATE IT.AND AFTER BUYING ONE OF THOSE CRAP-
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288 PY LITTLE PHONES TOO...
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289 OH YES BEFORE I GO SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHEN WILL THE DEA TH TO WHOMEVER PERSON FINALLY FIGUIRE OUT THAT I DONT KNOW WH
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290 HE HAS DECIDED I AM UNDESIRABLE ?WHAT HORRIBLE DEED COULD I HAVE DONE TO AGGRAVATE HIM SO.OR HER AS THE CASE MAY BE.
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291 WHEN WILL PAM RETURN?
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292 SIGNED,
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293 PROMETHEUS
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294 HAWTHORNE
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295
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296 POST SCRIPTUS;EVAN I ONLY NOW FOUND YOUR CORRECT ANSWER TO THE ARENA QUESTION.NICE JOB.CARE TO EXCHANGE AGAIN ?
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297 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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298 The travellers quicken their steps, and reach the other end of the Reality
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299 Tunnel before it closes. K-9, as always, brought up the rear. The edge of
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300 the Hole passes by..... They are in a dark and misty valley, the sun being
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301 either below the horizon or blotted out by the mist, Milchar wasn't sure
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302 A wave of exhaustion washes over Milchar, as the spell he has used to keep
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303 going has failed. "Magic always did have a tiring effect on me, and with all
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304 this mind-calling I just can't keep up with it. We must find shelter, and
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305 I must put myself in a Trance. I wonder why this happens? It could be my
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306 strange blood..." Through all of this, The Doctor just barely gives any
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307 attention to the mage as he scans the way ahead. "K-9, any sign of
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308 civilization within a one-mile radius? Specify the nearest occurance, please."
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309 "Now scanning. Sensors indicate small cottage .8743 kilometers NW from
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310 present position." The Doctor tplaces himsellf under one of Milchar's arms,
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311 and half-carries the mage off in one direction. Trails of mist are swept
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312 aside as they walk.
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313 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++
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314 **************************************************************************
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315 Apprentice I must admit our new companion gave me a start at first. Do I know
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316 (her/him?) in some other form. Oops the trolley is stopping lets see, where
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317 are we. No, we're not at the inn yet. Must be time to change forms of
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318 transportation. Oh God, an Orc drawn rickshaw. Don't worry, we'll get there.
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319 This potion is guaranteed. I picked it up at Crazy Jacks cutrate magic
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320 emporium but i had it checked out by the best alchemist in Agnath. See,
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321 there's a map in that pouch there and a whip on the running board. Why don't
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322 you use the whip and get those orcs moving while I check out this map.
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323 ****************************************************** WHISPER *************
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324 P.S. Design a system that any fool can use and only a fool will wan't
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325 to use it. SHAW'S PRINCIPLE
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326 ****************************************************************************
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327 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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328 Well, I was watching Johnny Carson this evening, one of his guests was
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329 the puzzle editor from OMNI magazine. That turkey used several of my puzzles!
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330 The OTTFFSS puzzle, and the 3 boxes (apples, oranges, and mixed). Carson had
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331 a lot of problems with those two, although he whizzed through the spelling
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332 parts. (commonly misspelled words: asinine, accommodate, and others)
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333 How much was rehearsed, I know not.
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334 ???????????
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335 HAWTHORNE: I have no concordat, no compendium. Just my worn-out, beat-up
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336 "The Making of Star Trek", which I pull out when need be, but have by
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337 no means memorized. Its uses run more along the lines of general information
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338 about the show, rather than true trivia. Obviously, I am working up to
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339 something, to wit--I don't know the answer to your Trekkie question.
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340 I do know the four ships destroyed: Constellation, Farragut, Valiant, and
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341 Intrepid. I THINK the Intrepid was populated by Vulcans, and was destroyed
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342 in The Immunity Syndrome. The Constellation we've already disposed of.
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343 ??
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344 Your one-line terminal program from 80-Micro looks like this:
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345 10 CLS:PRINT15"A SHORT TERMINAL PROGRAM BY DON MOORE":POKE16890,0
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346 DEFUSR0=90:DEFUSR1=80:DEFUSR2=85:X=USR0(0):FORI=1TO2STEP0:X=USR1(0):
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347 PRINTCHR$(PEEK(16872)AND127);:C$=INKEY$:IFC$=""THENNEXTELSEPOKE16880,ASC(C$):
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348 X=USR2(0):NEXT
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349 ??
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350 I have no idea if it works, since I don't have a Model 3.
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351 Here are some comments regarding your question about your unpopularity.
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352 Appearance makes a big and long-lasting impression. You came in with a
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353 rather bizarre style, and alienated many people quickly. You cleaned up
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354 your act, but unfortunately you have already been relegated to the
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355 "DEATH TO..." crowd. You now face the same problem as is faced by women
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356 trying to make it in male occupations. In order to become accepted as
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357 "one of the guys", you have to do Better than them (but not to the
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358 point of becoming a 'show off'). Some suggestions: Use lower case if
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359 you have it. Upper-case-only immediately tells readers that you are just
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360 a kid with a toy. No self respecting computer user would demean himself with
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361 something so cheap that it doesn't have lower case (unquote. I just converted
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362 my model 1 to lower case about a year ago, so I suppose that I am a recent
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363 graduate).
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364 Also, and this is probably the most important, correct your grammer,
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365 punctuation, and spelling. (no, you can't get away from school, even here).
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366 I get very tired trying to decipher messages that have letters missing,
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367 words misspelled, and gaps like this throughout the text.
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368 I keep a dictionary handy when I enter messages here, especially when I
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369 plan to criticize someone elses spelling. After you have entered a message,
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370 read back through it to check for misspellings and other errors. If you write
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371 like I often do (and am doing now), I compose as I enter. This leads to
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372 disjointed thoughts, and a certain jerkiness in the writing. In a message such
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373 as this one, I suppose it is acceptable (since I am doing it, it must be).
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374 If you plan on entering a lengthy story line, it might be a good idea
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375 to write it first on paper, get the wording right, check the spelling, etc.
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376 As you can see, there is a certain amount of work involved in joining
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377 the 'in' crowd. Here, as in life, you get back what you put in. (that's the
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378 way it's supposed to work, anyway).
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379 This applies to all those who seem to be 'persona non gratas' around here lately
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380 Phoenix, Phantom Writter (the person who writes is a writer, not a writter).
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381 For what it's worth, this is how I view the situation.
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382 Now to go back and check how badly I violated my own suggestions...
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383 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
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384 Well, I went back and looked, and sure enough, it's jerky, and I didn't
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385 say a lot of the things I was going to. Nevertheless, I stand by what
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386 I said. If you need further clarification, let me know. I, or some other
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387 eager volunteer, will be glad to educate you further. (Please, folks, give
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388 the guy a chance. Now that it's been EXPLAINED...
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389 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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390 -----------------------------------(<>)-----------------------------------------
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391 I had jumped through the gate that the assasins had come through just in
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392 time. Now I found myself in a bleak and desolate land, just dwarf trees and
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393 rock as far as I could see in the low hills sorrounding me. There appeared
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394 to be a large stone structure down in the valley below, looks as good as
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395 any destination, hopefully somthing could be found down there to explain
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396 things, now for a quick obscurement spell...
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397 --------------------------(<>)The Traveller(<>)---------------------------------
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398 Quizmaster: Here's one for you- following are 6 groups of letters and/or numbers
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399 the groups may or may not be complete & more groups may be possible (yech! what
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400 a disclaimer... oh well)
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401 The question? How are the groups determined?
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402 1
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404 4 C F
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405 2 3 b d E
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406 0 6 A
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408 Have fun!
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409 ____________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
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410 MIG: That sounds like a wonderful idea! Be careful, just think what it would be
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411 like if you SUCEEDED!
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412 As for the phone man...
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413 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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414 Whisper: I do believe that he hath a liking for thee! As for the orcs, I shall
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415 allow Green Eyes to "pace" our bearers. I believe that that should suffice.
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416 Wilt thou grace us with thy presence Saturday at the Library? I await thy
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417 reply.
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418 Thy servant,
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419 ....................................the apprentice..............................
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420 && && &&
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421 QUIZMASTER: you misspelled "grammar". ...and yes, I know that I used an "it's" when I needed an "its". Sorry.
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422 && && &&
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423 Gaius lolled in his bath and thought. The backwater crowd was heading back to the Inn. They were such tourists,
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424 always dashing about aimlessly; but he was afraid that when they found out his plan to cut the inn off from all
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425 the other realities they would find a common goal uncomfortably quickly. There must be some way to slow them down;
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426 perhaps he should start killing them off. That wouldn't stop people as accostomed to multiple realities as the
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427 Innhabitants, the religious would simply walk back from Heaven and the others would not be intimidated when they
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428 found out that Hell was in Troutdale, Oregon. But at least it should delay them long enough for him to complete his
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429 ultimate plan. Yes, he thought, I must start killing them as soon as I finish my bath. With that thought the
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430 infamous Gaius gave his rubber duck a playful squeeze and slid beneath the bubbles.
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431 && The Mad Actor &&
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432 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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433
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O.K., what is "nxxyz"? Another UNIX wonder program, or just another
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434
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garbage file? Better list it and see what is. TYPE nxxyz< Nope that
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435
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didn`t work, guess "type" isn't the UNIX print command. That's
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436
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called "cat". So what does "type" do? It did something. Soo, drag out
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437
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the manual, shuffle,,but right next to TYPE, I found
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438
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TURBO, identified only as "encabulator". Curiosity overcame my good
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439
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sense, and I skipped TYPE to read TURBO.
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440
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441
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442
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443
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Programmer's Manual
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444
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edition 2.1
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445
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446
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Department 9473
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447
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448
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451
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Turbo - Encabulator
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DESCRIPTION
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456
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For a number of years now work has been proceeding in order to
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bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a machine that would
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458
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not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase
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459
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detractors, but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing
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460
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cardinal grammeters. Such a machine is the "Turbo-Encabulator". Basically,
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461
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the only new priniple involved is that instead of power being generated
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462
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by the relaxive motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the
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463
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modial interaction of megneto-reluctance and capacitive directence.
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464
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465
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466
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467
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bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter
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468
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469
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ambifacient lunar waneshaft that sides fumbling was effectively prevented.
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470
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471
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panendermic semiboloid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor
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472
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being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential
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473
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girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters.
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474
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475
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Forty-one manestically spaced grouting brushes were arranged to feed into
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476
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the rotor slip-stream a mixture of high S-valve phenyhydrobenzamine and
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477
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five per cent reminative tetryliodohexamine. Both of these liquids have
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478
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specific pericosities given by P-2.5Cn where n is the diathetical evolute
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479
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of retrograde temperature phase disposition and C is the Cholmondeley's
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480
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anular grillage coefficient. initially, n was measured with the aid of
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481
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a metapolar refractive pilfrometer (for a description of this ingenious
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482
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instrument, see L. E. Rumpelverstein in "Zeitschrift fur Electrotech-
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483
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nistiatischs-Donnerblitze",vol vii.), but up to the present date
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484
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nothing has been found to equal the transcendental hopper dadoscope
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485
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(see "Prological Sciences", June 1914).
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486
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487
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Electrical engineers will appreciate the difficulty of nubing together
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488
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a regurgitative purwell and a supramitive wennelsprocket. Indeed, this
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489
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proved to be a stumbling block to further development until, in 1942,
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490
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it was found that the use of anhydrous nagling pins enabled a
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491
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kryptonastic boiling shim to be tankered.
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492
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493
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The early sttempts to construct a sufficiently robust spiral decommutator
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494
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failed largely because of a lack of appreciation of the large quasi-
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|
495
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piestic stress in the gremlin studs; the latter were specially designed
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|
496
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to hold the roffit bars to the spamshaft. When, however, it was discovered
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497
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that wending could be prevented by a simple addition to the living
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498
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sockets almost perfect running was secured.
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499
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|
|
|
500
|
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The operating point is maintained as near as possible to the h.f. rem
|
|
501
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|
peak by constantly fromaging the bitumogenous spandrels. This is a
|
|
502
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distinct advance on the standard nivelsheave in that no dramcock oil
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|
503
|
|
is required after the phase detractors have remissed.
|
|
504
|
|
|
|
505
|
|
Undoubtedly, the turbo-encabulator has now reached a very high level
|
|
506
|
|
of technical development. It has been successfully used for
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|
507
|
|
operating nofer trunnions. In addition whenever a barescent skor
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|
508
|
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motion is required, it may be employed in conjunction with the drawn
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|
509
|
|
reciprocating dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.
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|
510
|
|
|
|
511
|
|
DIAGNOSTICS
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|
512
|
|
All diagnostics are printed on file descriptor 2.
|
|
513
|
|
BUGS
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|
514
|
|
The living sprockets can sometimes react unfavorably with
|
|
515
|
|
the hydrocoptic marzelvanes to produce a high level of radiation.
|
|
516
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|
This should not be considered a problem thaough.
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|
517
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|
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518
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page 1 November 1979
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|
519
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520
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521
|
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Egad, Edlin is awful!!!!!! Never again will I curse ED1.
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|
522
|
|
No wonder there are so many editors for the PC, anything is better
|
|
523
|
|
than !@#$$%^&(unprintable....) Edlin.
|
|
524
|
|
////////////////////////////BAD\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
|
525 $*#@)%*)%*$)*^%)!#*^)#$*^)%*^&)@*#$&^)*&)!@*%$&)!*)$%*^&)&)@*$%&)*$)&*$@)&*@$)
|
|
526 Voyeur: Bring the docs! I will be there. It is not so much that I have made
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|
527 up with my Fortran, it's that I can't stand its sight for too many hours
|
|
528 without a break in between. That break will come on Saturday between 1 and 4.
|
|
529 So be it...
|
|
530 Quizmaster: Here is another in a series of special Star Trek Questions... It's
|
|
531 a two-parter, so read carefully...Name all the episodes where Capt. Kirk got
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|
532 laid. There are several, and in some shows, it happened more than once. The
|
|
533 second part is a little tougher...What are the names of all the women who
|
|
534 were on the receiving end of all this attention. And as a special bonus
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|
535 question...Which episode found kirk the proud father to be? Now isn't this
|
|
536 better than questions about starships? I hope this isn't risque...We are
|
|
537 all adults...well most of us anyway...
|
|
538 BARD: My car comes equipped with all the necessary electrical outlets you
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|
539 could possibly want. Would a nitrous oxide system be any help?
|
|
540 BAD: Sure edlin has its problems, but it ALWAYS works, is small, is free, is
|
|
541 fast, and doesn't have a lot of useless commands... (I must admit I use
|
|
542 other editors too, but I always keep a copy of edlin around)
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|
543 Did you leave the unix message? Very good, except for a couple of notes. Most
|
|
544 MANuals I have seen are not double spaced, or is it due to my 80 column screen?
|
|
545 Also, you (or whoever) forgot the SEE ALSO section that comes equipped in
|
|
546 all UNIX literature. But I did enjoy it very much! Good job!
|
|
547 *)%$*#%)$
|
|
548 On to the adventure...
|
|
549 Glad to have you abord BARD...Let's go voyeur...Can you get Lord Corwin to
|
|
550 get my car going? Is he a real mechanic, or just someone who works out of
|
|
551 his garage at home?
|
|
552 And on the subject of getting back to this 'inn' you seem to be talking
|
|
553 about...where is it? Is it near Civic Stadium? Or is it closer to the
|
|
554 river? And why would someone bring us all here, just to have us try to
|
|
555 get back? It seems like an awful lot of effort for nothing? Amber seems
|
|
556 like a nice place to visit, and as long as BARD can get me to Tek in time,
|
|
557 I was hoping we were going to stay here awhile before we had to return.
|
|
558 I guess that is life eh?
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|
559 *$)#*@$)@*$ L'homme sans parity - C'est la vie! *$#@*$)@*$#)@*$#@)$*#@)$*#@)$*
|
|
560 PS to MIG : Any idea when the Nerd will be up. I never got a chance to use
|
|
561 my new password.
|
|
562 PPS to Voyeur : Fuzzy picture??? C'est impossible! It looked fine when we
|
|
563 looked it over on the studio monitors. It must be the cable, or your TV...
|
|
564 Sorry it did't look so good. Fuzzy letters on such a show do not make for
|
|
565 good ratings (haha)...
|
|
566 *$)#@*$)@#*$ L'homme sans parity - encore *$%)#@*%@)#*%#)$@*%)#@$*%^#)$*^#)$*^
|
|
567 OK GUYS YOU WIN I'M LEAVEING
|
|
568 HPHANTOM WRITTER IS NO MORE!!!
|
|
569 HE KILLS HIMSELF!!!!!
|
|
570
|
|
571 ONCE AGAIN LASETER LOOKED THROUGH THE KALEIDASCOPE, "HMMMMM, THERE SEEMS TO
|
|
572 BE A DISTURBANCE IN THE GORMATH SECTOR! THIS COULD DEFINITELY CAUSE THE
|
|
573 TRANS-REALITY OFFICE SOME PROBLEMS. I'D BEST PUT IN CALL FOR SOME HELP FROM
|
|
574 THE OUTSIDE" ALL THE WHILE A TINY, INSIGNIFICANT LOOKING GRIMNALESE FLYING
|
|
575 CATCCHERCAN HAD BEEN LOOKING AND LISTENING WITH GREAT INTENT, NOW IT SPREAD
|
|
576 IT'S FRAGILE LOOKING WINGS AND SPED WITH HASTE TO IT'S MASTER. SOON MORE
|
|
577 THAN THE TRANS-REALITY OFFICE WOULD BE HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CATCHERCAN HAD
|
|
578
|
|
579 QUIZMASTER;THANK YOU FOR THE HELP WITH BACKWATER'S ETTIQUETTE .HMM,AS LONG AS I FINALLY FOUND AN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE MANUAL FO
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|
580 THE 6809E AND WITH ALL THIS WORK ON TERMINAL PROGRAMS MAYBE SOON I CAN RID MYSELF OF THE LOWER CASE PROBLEM.AS IT STANDS THERE
|
|
581 ARE ONLY TWO TERMINAL PACKAGES THAT I KNOW OF FOR MY COMPUTER THAT FEATURE UUPPER/LOWER CASE AND I REALLY DONT THINK THAT I
|
|
582 WILL GET EITHER OF THEM REAL SOO N IF AT ALL AND AT THIS STAGE I DONT REALLY THINK I WILL.BUT TH E IDEA OF DESIGNING A TERMINAL
|
|
583 THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO DO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS ATTRAC TED TO ASSEMBLY IN THE FIRST PL ACE.AND AS FOR THE IDEA OF QUO
|
|
584 TE UNQUOTE TOYS DOESNT THE COMMO DORE HAVE UPPER/LOWER CASE.AND I THINK THAT THIS MEASLY SYSTEM THAT I HAVE HERE BEATS A COMMOD
|
|
585 ORE ANYWAY.HORRID LITTLE THINGS ARENT THEY.
|
|
586 AS FOR THE LATEST TREK QUESTIO NS.THE SECOND ONE IS EASY;PARAD ISE SYNDROME.I WILL NEED A WHIL E TO CHECK THROUGH ALL THOSE
|
|
587 TIMES THAT KIRK DISPLAYED HIS SE CONDARY KIRK CHARACTERISTIC.SEC ONDARY THAT IS TO DESTROYING LO GICAL THINGS WITH ILLOGIC.AND
|
|
588 JUST IN CASE THE SECONDARY KIRK CHARACTERISTIC IS ROUTINE FEMALE SEDUCTION.JUST IN CASE ANY IMAG INATIONS WERE RUNNING WILD AS
|
|
589 THEY SAY.
|
|
590 I GUESS TIME AND SPACE CONSTRA IN ME TO MUCH AT THE MOMENT SO UNTILL THE NEXT DISK,GOOD DAY.
|
|
591 SIGNED,
|
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592 HAWTHORNE
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|
593 POST SCRIPTUS;I REALLY DIDNT MEAN TO ALLIENATE ANYONE.SORRY THAT I DID.
|
|
594 ======================================================================
|
|
595 For those that care--tomorrow, Saturday, May 19 1984, the biweekly
|
|
596 PorSFiS meeting takes place at the downtown (Portland) Multnomah County Library.
|
|
597 It starts at 2:00 PM, and runs until around 3:30, at which time the
|
|
598 Friends of the Doctor (Who) group meets. At 3:30 several of the PorSFiS
|
|
599 members move to the PC&S tavern, 2 blocks North and 1 block West. Several Backwater participants also attend the PorSFiS
|
|
600 meeting, and then move on to the PC&S tavern. From there there may be
|
|
601 further groupings. Attending are commonly apprentice, Bard, voyeur, L'homme, MiG, &TMA&, sometimes Piper, Fast Freddie, Travel
|
|
602 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
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603 BAD: I have another suggestion for an edlin replacement.... for the quick jobs.
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|
604 just type in 'copy con: a:filename.typ' to copy frrom console to a file, the
|
|
605 colon at the end of con(:) may or may not be the correct syntax. To end the
|
|
606 entering proccess, just hit a ctrl-Z and a return to save the file ctrl-C
|
|
607 to abort.: you can also copy to and from the printer ('prn:'):eg.
|
|
608 'copy con: prn:' --> copy from console to printer.
|
|
609 'copy a:filename.typ prn:' --> output ffile to printer.
|
|
610 These are only best for the small jobs, autoexec.bat, and any other short file
|
|
611 or maybe a long one for messages to be dumped on a BBS.
|
|
612 type ya later...
|
|
613 /Z/z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ XENON /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
|
|
614 P.S.: The reason that I believe this is more profitable is that you do not
|
|
615 need to have a disk with the correct editor file in your drive to start
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618 LETS SEE IF ANYONE FINDS THIS MESSAGE,IF SO LEAVE A COMMENT TO 'DUNT'. -- DUNT(HAWTHORN E)
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