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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 5 JUN 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 WHAT HAPPENED????? WHY WONT IT CHANGE AGAIN?, DID SOMEONE ERASE EVERYTHING???,WHY ME?
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21 PHERIC
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22 ////////////////////////////////////
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23 The lazy one looked at the shambles which had been the best stocked cellar
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24 on this whole world. Cursing he said I'd offer to restore it but there is
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25 just no magical substitute for proper aging. Perhaps Fast Fred can help us
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26 replace some of the stock. He seems to have some trade connections.
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27 ********************************* THE LAZY ONE *************************
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28 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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29 Darren Spokely:I was mellow when you sent obscene mail usingg my name on CBBS,same with TIBBS and more I will probaly
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30 find later,but those are easy to take care of.you will notice that it no longer works.try CSF Darren,I just finished
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31 kicking you off of that one too! now this is it,you can harras me,abuse me,laugh at me and make a fool out of me,but
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32 when you touch The Man in Gray charicter,and in upper case yet,I will get PISSED! more shit from you and I call David,
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33 thats it.
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34 The (about to screem) Man in Gray
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35 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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36 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::
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37 You tell him, MiG!
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38 :::
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39 L'homme: I forsee no problem giving you transport Saturday, barring
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40 any complications arising from (not) detouring via bard's place.
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41 In other words, if the 'group' stops there, I would like to too.
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42 ::::::
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43 poor piper. I seem to have entangled him in our group, and now our
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44 group doesn't seem to be doing much. Let's see what I can do...
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45 :::::::
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46 L'homme, voyeur, the bard, Dreamtoucher, Snowrunner, and piper sat (or lay,
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47 in Snowrunners case) around the fire, breaking their fast on food supplied
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48 by the piper. The group was taking turns explaining to piper the events leading
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49 up to the present situation. Voyeur told how, while admiring a deck of
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50 Tarot cards, which turned out to be from Amber, he had been pulled through
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51 into Amber by Lord Corwin. L'homme had been in his own universe, driving his
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52 'Mustang' to someplace called "Tek", when some strange passing car had somehow
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53 caused his car to shift planes, also ending up in Amber. The bard had arrived in
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54 Amber using his ever-present gadgets. Other Innhabitants had also somehow
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55 made their way to Amber. It all turned out to be a ruse, instigated by Gaius, the
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56 evil brother of The Mad Actor, who was drawing the protectors of the Inn away so as to
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57 be able to take over the Inn. Everyone had subsequently tried to make their
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58 way back to the Inn to protect it, with varying degrees of success. While L'homme,
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59 the bard, and voyeur were travelling in L'hommes car, it was attacked by a minion of Gaius's, causing serious damage
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60 to car and crew alike. While driving away the attackers, Dreamtoucher and his
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61 wolf Snowrunner arrived, and gave aid. They had been travelling with us since.
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62 L'hommes car was operated by petroleum distillates, and the devices the bard was
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63 using to reality-shift the group was run by the power supplied by the car. Since the last place
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64 they had stopped had been deserted, they had run out of gasoline, and so were
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65 stranded. Would the piper be able to use his pipes to shift the group
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66 (and L'hommes car, he is very attached to it!) back to the Inn?
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67 ::::::::::::
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68 Sorry about the long re-hash. I'm not sure how much the piper has missed (if any),
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69 so I thought it a good idea to give him some idea of what's been happening.
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70 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::O O::::::
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71 LYDYLE YOUR MSG ON CFS GOT SCREWED UP SEND AGAIN ON CFS, BIT BUCKET, OR PCS THANKS-----BILL
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72 EXIT
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73 /
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74 @@@@@@@@@@@@@
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75 Gee,thats what those "disk full" messages ment,imagin,I maxed out a 10meg hard disk!
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76 Lydyle
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77 NETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORK
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78 ** Message to all Net operatives from field agent XRYFU: **
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79 VHSUI RHCEC BNCCQ GYLNS XYKOT HXPPH
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80 RBLIY VKENN EYCUE WOCFW UFJLP
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81 ** message concluded **
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82 * NET out *
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83 NETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORK
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84 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::
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85 Alex: I also am interested in your proposed RISK game. Unlike Whisper
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86 and MiG, however, I have never played. I have watched the game on
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87 CBBS, and am curious. If you hotshots don't mind a novice, count me in.
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88 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur:::::::::O O::::::::::::::::
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89 Bard: It's been a long time so my memory is somewhat thin, but I think the
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90 navigation term the old salts use is 'SKIP ONE'. (re:second star to the
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91 right) Your rendition was ok, just thought I'd add a little sea lore.
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92 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ The Mesolithic Mathematician }}}}}}}}}}}}}
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93 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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94 The piper listened to the summary of the group's adventures, then assured
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95 them that it should be possible to remove to the inn. "However," he cautioned
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96 "I have never been able to shift inanimate objects that are not carried by
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97 the person himself. I doubt that the whole group could hold this "kar" up
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98 long enough for me to move it, and I shudder to think what could happen if
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99 the group were separated while traversing realities, or the distinction between
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100 realities became altered while we were travelling. If we did manage to pick
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101 it up, then dropped it while travelling, it could seriously damage anyone hold-
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102 ing onto it." He thought for a moment, then smiled. "Would this machine
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103 run on ethanol?" The piper reached into his sporran, pulled out a dark bottle,
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104 shook his head and put it back in, reached in and rummaged around some more.
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105 Finally, he grunted. "Huh. That should do it!" and pulled out a clear quart
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106 bottle filled with a transparent liquid.
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107 "191 proof, clear grain ethanol! L'Homme, if that infernal machine of
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108 yours can burtn this, we can get you on your way!" The piper reached back
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109 into his sporran, pulling bottle after bottle until a stack of 30 or 40 lay on
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110 the dusty ground before the group.
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111 "I am not really too comfortable dealing with those machines, so let's see if
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112 this stuff can power your contraption!"
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113 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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114 "If it can handle nitrous oxide, I'd imagine it can handle ethanol!" said
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115 bard. "If not we MAY be able to get it into my pack. 'twould take a bit of
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116 rearranging though..."
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117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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118 ps see you Sat L'homme. "Our" program had had about 6 accesses as of LAST sat!
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119 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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120 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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121
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122 M.i.G.,
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123 Indeed the rules of RISK just beg for modification. I have
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124 played several oddball combinations of the game - Prehistoric ( you start with
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125 just one tribe of 5 men - to - Post Nuclear where various regions are
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126 contaminated and can't be crossed without severe troop losses ). The current
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127 variation we are playing is The Nuclear Option ... where the player has
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128 the option when he turns in his cards to A) get the normal amount of armys
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129 or B) take a warhead instead ( however it must be based on a country he owns
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130 and can only be targeted with the other cards he holds ) there are a host of
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131 other conventions that are associated with this version as to make it a true
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132 Option not a requirement. I have played some 27 such games and so far there is
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133 no clear advantage to either Armys or Warheads.....just depends on the game.
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134 As for your age ....not to worry they allow minors so long as the don't
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135 imbibe ...but should you wish to sample a few of the fine ales & stouts ...I
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136 am sure something could be arranged . . . . .
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137 Whisper,
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138 Jupiter Risk ! ! ! ..... Thats one variation I have never
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139 played, at least not by that name. It sounds ingenious. What are its
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140 conventions ? Does it require a special board ? Do provide me with more
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141 detail, I am always open to new variations - The more oblique the better -
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142 I have contemplated for some time on an extraterrestrial version with no
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143 sucess. I look forward to your variation.
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144 Voyer,
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145 Need not worry about a lack of experience. Often a new player
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146 has an unprejudiced view of the board. Whereas an experienced player may
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147 know of a good low probability gambit and decide against defending or
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148 attacking via that method , a novice will often succeed by an oversight on
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149 the part of the more experienced player. One caution however............
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150 This game can be addictive.
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151 We have 4 players so far....... Any other takers at the INN ?
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152
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153 ::::::::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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154 Alex: Jupiter risk requires three(3) standard RISK boards (minimum). You just
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155 arrange the boards in a line (or triangle) Alaska on one board hooks up to
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156 Kamchatka on the ADJACENT board & the end board "wraps" to the other end!
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157 It provides for some amusing incidents. I have heard of a 5 board session
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158 where while everyone ele was nibbling away here & there, one enterprising player
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159 conquered an entire board! After that the fun really started!
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160 ........................the apprentice..........................................
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161 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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162 NET ONE to: ALL operatives
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163 BEGIN: field agent XRYFU's last transmission was faulty! Proper text follows.
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164 VUGVT JNKBD FAOYF PFBKO OAXJR SITSO GUAME BUJHM OABBT HVPYI VTHNE
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165 Note: proper practice requires decoding msgs after encoding to verify
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166 machine operation. This is to be done BEFORE transmitting the coded msg!
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167 You have been warned.
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168 END
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169 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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170 NETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORK
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171 ** Net field agent XRYFU to NET One: **
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172 What we have here, you see, is a failure to communicate.
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173 My ident is NOT a part of the message, and is not translated with it.
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174 ** Net field agent XRYFU to all Other agents: **
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175 last message from NET one is in error and is to be disregarded.
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176 Let us standardize conventions, or else turn in your magic decoder rings.
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177 ** NET agent XRYFU out **
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178 NETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORKNETWORK
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179 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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180 ALLAH-U-ABAH. JUST LURKING THIS TIME. BE BACK W/ MORE TO SAY LATER; AFTER
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181 ST III THIS PM. NTASHT!
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182 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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183 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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184 Hi folks. Remember me?
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185 Here's one for today:
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186 A standard chess board is truncated by removing two corner
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187 squares diagonally opposite each other. Can thirty-one dominoes, each able
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188 to cover two adjacent squares, be used to cover all sixty-two squares of
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189 the truncated chessboard? If so, how? If not, why not?
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190 The PORSFIS meeting is tomorrow, is it not? There is a fair
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191 chance I will be there.
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192 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
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193 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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194 Quiz: I'll work on it later.
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195 Riskers: I'm not into playing, but I enjoy watching a good game. Back where
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196 I come from they play a REAL risk game. They've taken a rand-mcnally world
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197 map and sectioned it of into 200+ contries in several continents. They call
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198 it Mega-risk. Other normal rules apply, but it is a killer. I've seen it
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199 strech from friday night to sunday afternoon (rotating players as partners,
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200 play is continuous). That alone convinced me not to play (don't have the
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201 nerve).
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202 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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203 It was a sad sight indeed. The celler was indeed a shambles. Somebody
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204 must have been after the Inn, after all, what would ants want with the
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205 bevarages. "Well, look at it this way," I interjected, "Now we have something
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206 to work for. If it's more alcohol we need, it's alcohol we'll get. Sounds
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207 like a truely noble quest for this group. Who's with me for going for the
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208 new supply?"
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209 Fast Fred
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210 BSAL (beverage searcher at large)
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211 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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212 =-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-
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213 Mig (and anyone else who might care): I found it. Jan and Dean will be at the
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214 festivities located at the expo center next saturday. Just after finals, too.
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215 This one I might actually make.
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216 Bo
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217 =-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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218 *$#)@$*@)#*%!@)$*%^!)#$^*#)!^*)#$%^*)#%!^*)!#^*)!#%^!)*^)!#*)^*%#$)&*$)*&$&*)
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219 Risk Players : I too am interested...Although I am not the novice voyeur is,
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220 I have never played in the marathons some of you write about. Count me in!!!
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221 Voyeur : thanks much (merci etc etc) See you saturday afternoon. I may have
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222 some car parts with me, but they won't be too bulky (unless I buy that 428
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223 cobra jet I was looking at the other day)...
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224 Bard : GREAT! When does the money from all those grateful m100 owners start
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225 rolling in???
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226 *($)#@*$#
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227 "If it burns, it'll run in this engine. Don't you know that Holly makes one
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228 of the most adjustable tunable carbs around? I am sure a little timing,
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229 compression, and jet adjustment will do it. Fortunatly the engine block is
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230 made of a special alloy called FoMoChrome. The pistons and rings will take
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231 upwards of 20:1 (hey this is fiction right?) compression, so we should have
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232 no trouble at all. I won't ask where all those bottles come from though. I
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233 never look a gift piper in the chanter!"
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234 With those words, L'homme started working on the car like a mad man. The only
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235 words the others could make out were of the R rated kind and their associated
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236 use with Ford engines. "It's a love - hate relationship", L'homme had told
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237 the others before he started. While the others scouted around, L'homme worked
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238 without rest. Suddenly, from over a small rise, the others heard a whinning
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239 noise, and then a loud pop...This was followed by a few seconds of silence,
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240 an oath, and another load pop. Finally the clear load roar of the car reached
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241 their ears, and they knew immediatly L'homme was successful with his conversion.
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242 When the others returned to camp, L'homme informed them that car was indeed
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243 fully converted to the new fuel. "I don't know what this will do to my chrome
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244 molly push rods, but it's running, and that is what is important. Where do
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245 we go from here?"
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246 As responses started coming from the mouths of the others, an ominous roar
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247 seemed to penetrate the group's ear drums. It was like nothing L'homme had
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248 ever heard before. Dwarfing the sound of the car, it seemed to come from all
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249 directions. "WHAT IS IT?", mouthed L'homme to the others. I sure hope they
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250 can read lips!
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251 *)$#*$)#@*$@)#$* L'homme sans parity - ecouter! ecouter! ecouter une fort bruit!
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252 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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253 Fast Fred: i would be glad to help you get some more wine to stock the cellar
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254 right after we finish off the ants currently at the in.
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255 sorry, INN(ABOVE LINE)
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256 ///////////////pheric\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----
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257 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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258 I think I've figured it out! Many of us have been replicated and are
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259 both out in the field and in the Inn. Will our two realities kill each other?
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260 I think one of mine fell out a window. (I doubt if that would scratch a ninja
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261 trained in falling) But he may be an imposter. How can an ant just reach out
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262 and grab a ninja. Hmmmm.
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263 The Ninja
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264 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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265 All: Milchar and myself-The Doctor, dummies!!-will be attending the PORSFIS
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266 meeting this Saturday. I hope more irregulars will attend this meeting!!
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267 HINT, HINT!!! The Archer (Who hasn't been heard of for a while [He got into
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268 touble and was grounded off his modem] might be there with us.
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269 Quizmaster: 1) I'll get to your question at a later date.
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270 2) I hope to see you Saturday (As does Milch.)
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271 3) Here's two for you:
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272 Is Infinity ODD or EVEN?? The other is: There are 3 cups of coffee. There
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273 are 14 lumps of sugar. Using all the sugar (No cutting, eating, of crushing
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274 the sugar!!) put an odd number of lumps, with a minimum of 1 lump/cup into
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275 each cup. How many lumps go into each cup??
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276 ???????????
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277 On with the adventure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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278 ???????????
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279 The Doctor looked at Milchar for a moment, then asked "Why do we need TWO
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280 Sonic Screwdrivers??" Milchar turned away from The Doctor, then spun around
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281 and told him "Well...I always did want one...and We'll need them in my plan.
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282 Along with the plans and the device that Gizmo is presently making me." The
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283 Doctor turned to a panel, pushed a few buttons, then asked the computer for two
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284 Sonic Screwdrivers and the plans to the High Council chambers. "I'll take
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285 Psycho, and go look for the other stuff that you need." Milchar studied the
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286 plans and the screwdrivers and said "O.K."
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287 With that, The Doctor and Psycho went to The Doctor's personal miniturized
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288 otable Tardis. (It looks like a V.W. with ears!!) They entered, a faint
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289 whirring was heard, then it dissappeared.
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290 Milch: It's up to you, until Psycho and I return.
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291
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292 ???????????????????????????????????? The Doctor, Milchar, Psycho, and Gizmo ????
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293 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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294 Hey, wait! I was thrown through the window, not the Ninja. Somebody has been
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295 mutlating my masterpiece, and eating my pourage.(which was just right).
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296 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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297 " Sure Fred, I'd love to go.....maybe"
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298 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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299 Star Trek III, here I come! Morby
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300 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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301 HI GUYS! IM JOE APPLE-TWIT. I CAN'T SPEL. I SPEND MI TIME TRING TO
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302 COPY ULTIMA III. I LICKE ATE BIT PROCESORS. I ALSO LICKE TO CRASH SISTIMS.
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303 APPLE TWIT
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304 <APPLE DUMPLING DIAPER GANG> RULES
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305 SO DOES THE **230-xxxx CONFEDERACY**
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306 [Oooops! forgot 40 columns. Sorry I was so full of malice]
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307 DUH DUH DUH I'M STUPID
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308 -FAT MAN-
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309 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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310 ATTENTION: ALL FEDERATION SHIPS, OUTPOSTS AND STATIONS
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311 THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL ARE WANTED FOR GRAND THEFT-STARSHIP:
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312 ADMIRAL JAMES T. KIRK
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313 CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY SCOTT
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314 COMMANDER UHURA
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315 COMMANDER SULU
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316 COMMANDER PAVEL CHEKOV
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317 DOCTOR LEONARD MCCOY
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318 ALL ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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319 SPACEDOCK OUT
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320 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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321 ??????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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322 Alex:our version is roughly the same as the orional except that you have C5-A
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323 transports at your disgression when both your turn ends and starts.another fun
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324 one is starting with 100 armies each and go from there.Should we all decide on a
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325 convention? and where is this pub? how about next saturday?(can you tell that
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326 I am ready to play?)
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327 Apple-twit,ANYTHING copys ultima III! therefor you are a real computer user in
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328 (shudder,gasp)disguise!
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329
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330 at the Inn...
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331 "they broke the wine,(sob,sigh,CRY!)"
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332 "he has been like this sence he heard about the celler" remarked Fast Fred.
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333 "they broke good booze,they will die,they will burn!!!"
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334 with that remark Graymalkin disappears for a moment and then returns with a
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335 strange looking device.it has two cylinders,one green,one red and a lenght of
|
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336 colorful hoses leading to a lethal looking nozzle.rappedly agusting various
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337 dials and muttering "we can push the ace to 16 psi" he then produces a book of
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338 STIII matches and lights off a 20 foot flame in the general direction of ants.
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339 "burn babys burn" he could be heard to shout while the remaining aunts were all
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340 fried rapidly.when the last ant was but ash and a heady stench filled the night
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341 air,Graymalkin finaly stopped and remarked "where is Giaus,I wish to talk to him
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342 ..."
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343 The Man in Gray
|
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344 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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345 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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346 with the last of the ants torched, it seems we have a little cleanup and rplac
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347 ent to do.the innkeeper is very distressed at the dmage done to his inn.
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348 windows broken, the wine is now ant-drink and the dead ant bodies litter the
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349 outside of the inn.ok, fast fred, when, where, do we start searching for
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350 ne??????
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351
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352
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353 p.s. i might be able to make it to the porsfis meeting tomorrow, but it is doubt
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354 ful
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355 ///////////////PHERIC////////////////////////////////////////////
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356 The lazy one looked over at Fast Fred. I will be happy to help find more
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357 wine and other replacements for the cellar, right after we take care of this
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358 Gaius fellow. There would be no point in rushing off after the liquor, if
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359 we came back to find no inn. Now to get rid of those ant remains we need
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360 a can of Rid, a match, and one ant corpse. I've got the Rid, theres no trouble
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361 finding a corpse. Who's got a match on them?
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362 ******************************************** THE LAZY ONE *****************
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363 PS. Things are not always as they seem. (Mandrake)
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364 *************************************************************************
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365 Whisper, slightly the worse for wear and bearing scorch marks, stumbles
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366 into the inn. I wish you guys would at least shout if you're going to
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367 use flamethrowers, she says.
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368 ********************************************* WHISPER ******************
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369 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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370 The piper bent in at L'Homme's window and shouted over the roar (my ears
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371 are ringing -- next time warn me so I can wear ear protection!) "If you have
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372 room, I could ride along for a while, but if you're all filled up, I have my
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373 own means of transportation!"
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374 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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375 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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376 Quizmaster: You can't. Reason: Consider a whole chessboard and 32 donimoes. Each piece, when placed on the board,
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377 would cover one white and one dark square no matter what you did. Now, the cut-up board, if you cut opposite corners,
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378 is missing either TWO darks or TWO whites, which prevents you from placing the last donimoe.
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379 +++++++++++++++++
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380 Milchar, watching The Doctor & Psycho leaving, expereinces a terrible wave of pain. "Oh no... the wine! They dared
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381 attack the cellar!" Gizmo turns from his work, and stares at the mage with his eyespots for a good while. #Don't
|
||
382 know about this wine stuff, but your machine is ready. Top quality, for a low-tech.# "Thank you... Hmmm.... Aha!
|
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383 I'm sure The Doctor will agree with this trip I'm thinking of after we get the sceptre, and it would solve a lot of
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384 problems..."
|
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385 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar & Gizmo ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
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386 THE WARRIOR COMES IN WITH A SUPRISED LOOK ON HIS FACE MAKING HIS WAY OVER TO THE BAR. WITH A GREAT THWUMP...HE SLAMS HIS
|
||
387 GLOVE ON THE COUNTER AND DEMANDS AN ALE. LOOKING VERY TIRED, HE REALIZES, FINALLY, THAT THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF ANT
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388 CORPSES LAYING AROUND IN DIRT. HE TAKES ONE LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF THE INN AND SEES
|
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389 NOTHING BUT TIRED MORTALS JUST (ALMOST) DROPPING LIKE FLIES IN FLY PAPER! AAND ASKS WHTHE BAR KEEP, "WHAT HAPPENED TO
|
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390 THE NINJA?"
|
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391
|
||
392 ******************THE WARRIOR***********
|
||
393 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
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394 at the Inn...
|
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395 "here" Says Graymalkin handing The Lazy One his book of STIII matches."if you can get rid of all the ant ash with some
|
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396 spray and a dead ant."
|
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397 "Does anyone want to tell me just who all of thease newcomers are?
|
||
398 The Man in Gray
|
||
399 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
400 && && &&
|
||
401 Hah! thought Gaius as he watched the scanner hanging on the wall. Those folks in the car haven't yet realized
|
||
402 that there's sugar in the tank! Maybe I'll get lucky & they'll get stuck somewhere in the trans-reality waste... I
|
||
403 wonder what that noise is...
|
||
404 && && &&
|
||
405 "Dung Pits" read Billy-Bob out loud (the only way he knew how to read). "mmm. looks like I'm going the right way.
|
||
406 Away. Hey, what's that singing sound over there..."
|
||
407 && The Mad Actor &&
|
||
408 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
409 L'Homme -- I'm afraid that car's a goner! Or did you wash the gas tank?
|
||
410 Hey -- all you who mourn the loss of the religious arguements -- I just gt
|
||
411 a copy of Mother Earth News and there is one statement by a guy named
|
||
412 Edward Abbey that I'll reproduce here.
|
||
413 "I wouldn't call myself an atheist because -- even though I admire the
|
||
414 audacity, the boldness, and perhaps the basic entellectual honesty of that
|
||
415 position -- I think it's a little risky. It's a little too definite. After
|
||
416 all, they could be wrong. There are just too many mysteries in life and inhe
|
||
417 world and in the universe to say with any certainty that their is no God ...
|
||
418 or -- in my opinion -- to endorse simple gods like the Christian conception
|
||
419 of an all-knowing, all-wise, all-powerful being.
|
||
420 In fact, mystery is the one thing that we can be sure of. The unkown.
|
||
421 Perhaps the forever unkowable. And I would be willing to call that God, exept
|
||
422 that the term God seems to me too limiting. We don't know enough to be atheists
|
||
423 -- just as we don't know enough to be theists. I can't accept either position
|
||
424 wholeheartedly. Also, most of those who call themselves atheists are a silly,
|
||
425 semi-fanatical bunch, not unlike the worst of fundamentalist Christians.
|
||
426 Madalyn O'Hairs are, to me, no more appealing than Jerry Falwells ... the're
|
||
427 just fundamentalists of a slightly different stripe.
|
||
428 In short, I don't care for intitutionalized beliefs or attitudes of any sort
|
||
429 -- religions and philosophies or otherwise -- and in my writing I strive to
|
||
430 offend them all. And I usually succeed."
|
||
431 -- Edward Abbey
|
||
432 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
433
|
||
434 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
435 Are you trying to say he's agnostic?
|
||
436 ++++++++++++++
|
||
437 The Doctor and Psycho enter the mini-tardis, and he sets co-ordinates for a red sun about 293 parsecs to the galactic
|
||
438 north. A whirring and clanking sound breaks the stillness of the air, and when it finishes, the Mtardis is there no
|
||
439 more.
|
||
440 On a planet known as Amonode, the Mtardis shifts into "reality". The Doctor, getting out and looking about, sees
|
||
441 that he has arrived at the correct location and emits a sigh of relief. Psycho has seen worse places, but right now
|
||
442 he can't seem to remember them....
|
||
443 A series of lights illuminated the streets of a city ahead, and so they travel...
|
||
444 +++++++++++++++++
|
||
445 Milchar, putting the final touches on the plan for the sceptre, stops for a moment. He reflects on all the aventures
|
||
446 that have occured in the past towo days. And sleep! "When was the last time you slept?", Milchar asks himself.
|
||
447 "I hope that the Doctor hurries up...."
|
||
448 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Doctor, Psycho, Gizmo, and Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
449 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
450 CisTop Mickey:
|
||
451 If one has been perusing drive [B], should one change the system back to
|
||
452 drive [A] before leaving, or does it always answer on [A]?
|
||
453 *********************************************************************
|
||
454 I'LL ANSWER THAT WITH A QUESTION, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN IT TO COME UP ON
|
||
455 DRIVE 'B'?
|
||
456 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY **************************************
|
||
457 ###################################################################
|
||
458 Oh no! The wine! I hope the wine spirits survived and haven't decided
|
||
459 to move out after all this violence. The wine can be replaced, but
|
||
460 not the little guys that make it the best there is.
|
||
461 The Rowan tree! Rushing outside the Innkeeper breaths a sigh of relief
|
||
462 upon seeing that other then a few superficial sorched leaves and a couple
|
||
463 of broken twigs that it survived. Ahh, that reminds me now I wonder just
|
||
464 where that barmaid of mine has gotten off to. It has been some time since
|
||
465 she has made an appearance.
|
||
466 Have you grown tired of BW Pam? Or are you just too busy to be bothered
|
||
467 anymore? Of course the current activity has made it a bit difficult to g
|
||
468 get on of late, But I do hope that you haven't given up on us completly.
|
||
469 ######################## The Innkeeper ####################################
|
||
470 The apprentice surveyed the shambles with disgust. SOMEONE was going to
|
||
471 have a lot of cleaning to do. Then he struck his forehead and muttered "Fool!",
|
||
472 (apparently to himself).
|
||
473 "Everyone please stand back, I am about to get the Inn straightened up
|
||
474 and things will be a bit disorganized for a few moments." Turning to the Lazy
|
||
475 One, "Please don't dispose of the ant corpses, I need them for the cleanup."
|
||
476 He now seemed to regard the empty (?) air near the ceiling. He spoke rapidly
|
||
477 in a strange tongue while gesturing.
|
||
478 "Oh, Maxwell! I believe that thou hast been somewhat remiss in the
|
||
479 performance of thy duties. Thus not only renew thy former charge but I shall add
|
||
480 to it! Now thou shalt clean the Inn and also protect it. I do so charge thee! By
|
||
481 the names of Power do I bind thee. Murphy and Finagle! Speed thy children in the
|
||
482 performance of their duties."
|
||
483 A group of strange figures had become partly visible as the apprentice spoke.
|
||
484 Thy were seated in mid-air just below the rafters. In appearance they were
|
||
485 somewhat akin to pixies yet there was a distinct demonic cast to their features.
|
||
486 "Gremlins", muttered Whisper in a shocked voice.
|
||
487 One of them shrugged, as if to say "can't blame a guy for trying". Then
|
||
488 they faded from sight. There was a pause...
|
||
489 Broken glassware and tables "fell" back into place and were whole. The 'random'
|
||
490 drifting of smoke from the fire was always towards the door. Other equally
|
||
491 strange (but helpful!) things occured.
|
||
492 It was about this time that someone asked the apprentice what had happened
|
||
493 to the ant corpses. "Thou dost not wish such knowledge." was the only reply.
|
||
494 ...................................
|
||
495 There now the they're back on the job, things should be easier. They HAVE
|
||
496 to clean up the mess (and any future messes). So to compensate for all the
|
||
497 negative entropy in the Inn, they will cause massive amounts of POSITIVE entropy
|
||
498 for any would-be attackers.
|
||
499 ......................
|
||
500 "Since prehistoric man, no battle has ever gone as planned."
|
||
501 D. GRAEME
|
||
502 ............................the apprentice......................................
|
||
503 "Hmmm, look at this- when we drained the last of the gas out of the
|
||
504 tank this came out." They had decided to drain the tank before adding the
|
||
505 ethanol, so as to avoid any problems with shifting gasahol mixtures. "It looks
|
||
506 like half-dissolved sugar!"
|
||
507 The bard wandered over, "Well, we could waste a lot of water trying to
|
||
508 clean it out, but I've got a better idea." He held up disk shaped object he'd
|
||
509 taken from a pocket. "This is a sort of 'filter'. It'll pass ethanol one-way and
|
||
510 anything BUT ethanol the other way. It'll just fit the fill pipe."
|
||
511 "Yeah, but what about the sugar! It'll ruin my engine if any more gets
|
||
512 in there" complained L'homme.
|
||
513 "Look, with this we'll have PURE ethanol in the tank. The water vapor
|
||
514 will all go out thru the filter, OK? Sugar WON'T DISSOLVE in ethanol!!"
|
||
515 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
516
|
||
517 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
518
|
||
519 A LARGE FIGURE OF A CYBORNETIC DRAGON AND A RIDER FLYS OVER THE INN LATE AT
|
||
520 NIGHT HE LANDS QUITLY SEEING THE LIGHTS ON HE WALKS TO THE DOOR STILL HOLD-
|
||
521 ING THE RAINS OF THE MOUNT. HE TIES IT TO THE HICHING RAIL AND FEEDS IT
|
||
522 KNOWING IT WILL MAKE SHURE THAT NO MORE ILL WILL FALL OPAN HIM THIS NIGHT.
|
||
523 HE GRABS HIS BOW AND ARROWS AND WALKS IN SEEING MOST OF THE PEAPEL DEAD TO
|
||
524
|
||
525 THE WORLD HE KNOWS IN THE MORNIG THE ARCHER WILL HAVE TO ASK THESE PEAPLE TO
|
||
526 HELP HIM. HE GETS A KEY TO A ROOM AND GOES TO SLEEP.
|
||
527
|
||
528
|
||
529 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ARCHER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
530
|
||
531 BY THE WAY DOCTOR YOU AND MILCHAR ARE THE ONES WHO GOT ME GROUNDED!!!
|
||
532 SORRY I COULKD NOT MAKE IT TO THE MEATING<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ARCHER<<<<
|
||
533
|
||
534 THE NEXT DAY THE WARRIOR SUDDENLY WAKES UP TO A SUN-FILLED DAY OUTSIDE THE
|
||
535 INN. HE LOOKS AROUND THE ROOM AND SEES MOST OF THE PEOPLE JUST LAYING AROUND
|
||
536 AND SLEEPING. HE WALKS OUTSIDE TO GET A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND NOTICES THE
|
||
537 CYBORNETIC DRAGON STARING HIM IN THE FACE. THE WARRIOR TURNS IN THE OPPOSITE
|
||
538 DIRECTION WALKS FOR ABOUT 50 FEET THEN CALLS OUT "HORSE OF EVIL!!!". THEN
|
||
539 IN A FLASH A DARK HORSE APPEARS IN FRONT OF THE WARRIOR AND GIVES THE DRAGON
|
||
540 AN EVIL LOOK THEN TELLS THE WARRIOR "YES MASTER...WHERE TO.". THE WARRIOR
|
||
541 GETS UPON HIS MOUNT AND FLYS OFF SEARCHING THE CITY FOR ANY RUCUS GOING ON
|
||
542 IN THE CITY FROM THE ATTACK OF THE ANTS.
|
||
543 ............................................................................
|
||
544 The engine was off, yet if anything the noise had increased! Everyone
|
||
545 was looking around for the source. Now the ground was shaking...
|
||
546 "EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
|
||
547 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
548 Little Earthquakes (words:David Bratman, music:Little Boxes)
|
||
549 Little earthquakes on the hillside,
|
||
550 Little earthquakes shake the ticky-tacky,
|
||
551 And they all fall down sideways
|
||
552 And they all look just the same.
|
||
553 There's a flat one and a smashed one
|
||
554 And a broken one and a crumpled one.
|
||
555 And they all fall down sideways
|
||
556 And they all look just the same.
|
||
557
|
||
558 Little earthquakes hit the seismograph
|
||
559 And they make it go all ticky-tacky,
|
||
560 And the geologists shake their shaggy heads,
|
||
561 But they count them just the same.
|
||
562 There's a big one and a little one
|
||
563 And a great big bunch of in-betweens
|
||
564 And they all shook up the ticky-tacky
|
||
565 And they all work just the same.
|
||
566
|
||
567 At the newspapers they are gleeful
|
||
568 As reports come on the ticky-tacky,
|
||
569 And they write up all the stories,
|
||
570 And they all read just the same:
|
||
571 Little earthquakes on the hillside
|
||
572 Have big numbers on the Richter Scale,
|
||
573 And they all shake up the ticky-tacky
|
||
574 And they all work just the same.
|
||
575
|
||
576 Little filkers sing of Dorsai
|
||
577 And they play tunes on their ticky-tackys,
|
||
578 And an earthquake shakes the filk-hold
|
||
579 As the Chemist's Drink goes BOOM! (pause)
|
||
580 There is silence in the room now
|
||
581 As they marvel at their efficiency,
|
||
582 And they decide they should not sing
|
||
583 About black holes any more.
|
||
584 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
585 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
586 The piper straightended up from L'Homme's window and looked around. They were
|
||
587 in a fairly level area, no buildings or trees were overhead, it seemed safe
|
||
588 from falling objects. The others were crying "Earthquake!" but the piper had
|
||
589 not yet felt a tremblor. The other causes of roars on that scale were all
|
||
590 disasters of one sort or another ...
|
||
591 "L'Homme! Get moving! Now! Shift out of this reality fast! I'll get every-
|
||
592 one else!" As L'Homme looked into the piper's face, shocked by what he saw,
|
||
593 he rammed the car into gear and sprayed the slower members of the party wih
|
||
594 a spray of gravel. The piper already had his pipes up by the time the car
|
||
595 faded from view. Leaving the drones untuned, the piper threw the zone defined
|
||
596 by the pipes as large as possible, striving to carry every living thing in
|
||
597 as large an area as he could. His mind, clouded by the effort, felt the small
|
||
598 movements of small furry creatures near the limits of his power, then just as
|
||
599 he felt nearly incapable of further effort, he saw a huge wall of water rising
|
||
600 over the embankment of the freeway. Spurred by adrenaline, the piper exerted
|
||
601 an immense mental effort, and the life forms in an area over 100 yards in ;
|
||
602 diameter shimmered and dissappeared just as the curl of an immense wave crashed
|
||
603 down obliterating the former camp site.
|
||
604 The piper, already exhaused by shifting such a large area, had no idea who
|
||
605 or wahat was with him. The mental effort of shifting realities with the
|
||
606 mistuned pipes caused his vision to be streaked and surrounded by black. His
|
||
607 knees felt weak and suddenly he found that he was standing on them rather than
|
||
608 on his feet. "How curious." he thought to himself. "What an interesting
|
||
609 surface we are standing on. I wonder wat it is made of? It certainly is nice
|
||
610 that it has come so close so I can examine it." Blackness claimed the piper
|
||
611 as he crumpled down.
|
||
612 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
613
|
||
614 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
615 Themnax: First off, MY Tardis is a repaired version of the show's. I left in
|
||
616 the shape of a Call Box because I got used to the shape. Your little statement
|
||
617 on drive A, wouldn't affect it at all.
|
||
618 Quizmaster: The answer to the coffee/sugar problem is as follows:
|
||
619 You put 1 lump in the first cup, 1 in the second, and 12 (a very odd number
|
||
620 when it comes to coffee) in the third. I know that I should have told you that
|
||
621 it was a trick question...
|
||
622 Archer: I told you that I would get you to us, but I didn't tell you how. I
|
||
623 won't until I can get on drive A...
|
||
624 LATER ALL...
|
||
625
|
||
626 ????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ???????????????????????
|
||
627 TO NET ONE:WHAT THE H*** ARE YOU DOING WITH EVERYONE. TRYING TO MAKE US CRAZY OR
|
||
628 <><><><><><><> Fine. Just fine. Everyone ignore me. (sob) Aaron <><><><><>
|
||
629 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!d, where are you??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
|
||
|
||
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