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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 *************************** REMOVED: 3 JUL 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 PLACED ON
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6 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 ALAS. I HAVE "MADE IT TO THE TOP", AND I HAVE NOTHING PROFOUND TO SAY. SIGH.##==
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21 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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22 For those of you who worry about such things, this Saturday is the
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23 normal PorSFiS/PC&S meeting. Due to the Westercon SF convention this
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24 weekend, PorSFiS/PC&S has been cancelled. Normal programming resumes in
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25 two weeks.
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26 If you think Backwater has some crazies, go to Westercon!
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27 #######################################################################
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28 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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29 As I sit here, unaware of any part of my body except my mind, I wonder about
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30 things. I ask of all of you, if Planck's constante were, say 10 instead of what
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31 it is now, what would happen? What would be our life styles?
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32 Think of it, everything defracts everything else! Think of the social
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33 consequence of it all! Does anyone remember the equation for time dilation?
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34 Something like the suare root of tau over t *C where tau was the amount of
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35 time spent in dilation and t was the dilation factor. I thing that a time travel
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36 ship would be easy to construct, given that for 20 years in space at .54C you
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37 would find 30 years gone by on earth. I take trusty welding torch in hand and
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38 begin to make my ship. Does anyone know how to get clean fusion w/o ll those
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39 "#$%$#ing n
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40 eutrons making you ship into fissionable material? I know lithium and s few other
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41 things will block it, but I want a somewhat perminante solution.
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42 Carefull not to burn eyebrows when lighting fusion drive
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43 The Man in Gray
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44 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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45 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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46 Tarn found himself walking in the moonlight night unable to
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47 find sleep, he decided to continue his trek. Looking up at the
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48 moon, he is reminded of that night long ago when he had first
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49 come to the Inn, and the foot bridge where he had parted with the
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50 last trace of his painfull past.
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51 Though he had continued to be haunted by the specter of the
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52 woman who had hurt and deceived him, at least he had broken the
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53 tie which had prevented him from continuing with his life. The
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54 kind folk at the Inn had helped him to heal the wounds and grow
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55 back to health.
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56 They had offered companionship when he needed friends, and
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57 peace when he needed to be alone. Tarn doubted that he could
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58 ever repay them, or express his gratitude enough, but then Emer
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59 had come, offering her friendship.
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60 At first he was delighted to just have another friend, but
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61 soon he had found it grew into something more. He had found a
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62 kindred soul. Someone he could reach his hand out to and not
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63 have it returned as a bloody stump.
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64 Then the day came when he reached out to touch her, a desire
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65 to bring the friendship even closer. Yet when he had touched
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66 her, she had disappeared in a wafting cloud of coloured smoke.
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67 After that, she began to appear less often. Seemingly growing
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68 more distant with each encounter, as if avoiding him for fear of
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69 his touch again.
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70 He had fallen into remorse at this, not knowing how to
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71 combat this everwidening gap. Until finally she no longer showed
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72 up at the Inn, and he had fallen into a deep depression. Then
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73 not knowing what else to do, he had struck out in search of her,
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74 following cold trails and missleading spores. And now he found
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75 himself on this mountain, on a moolight night, underneath an
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76 overhanging ledge, with no place left to search.
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77 Not able to go any farther, he sat down against a small
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78 boulder. How could he express his affection for her when he
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79 could not even find her? Pillowing his head on his pack, he
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80 pulled his cloak about him, and tried to get even a few hours of
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81 sleep. After a while, a small shudder passed thru his body.
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82 "Oh, Emer, I miss you so."
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83 *O* Tarn *O*
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84 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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85
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86 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*==*=*=*=*
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87 BARD: I PICKED DAVID M'S STUFF FOR WIZARD CON. WILL BE AROUND TOMMAROW
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88 AM. AT THE CON THAT IS. WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE GAME ROOM OR ONE OF THE
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89 VIDEO ROOMS UNTIL AT LEAST 1500 OR SO UNLESS I DROP BY ART SHOW OR DEALERS.
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90 DIDN'T PICK UP ARTHER'S AND JOYCE'S 'CAUSE JOHN ANDREWS INSISTED I SHOULD
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91 HAVE HAD SOMETHING IN WRITING! OY! SUCH AS THEY SAY IS LIFF!
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92 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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93 :************************************************************:
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94 MIG: Yes, you are correct. The formula for time dilation is
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95 the square root of TAU over T * C. I've become very familiar
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96 with the practical aspects of this theory in my work
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97 recalibrating transmogrification guns for McKane Industries.
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98
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99 I'm currently working on a feedback loop theory that would
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100 modify the time echo factor so the transmogrification gun
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101 could be used under water. I haven't been successfull yet but
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102 am expecting a break-through as soon as I get the water out
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103 of my ears.
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104
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105 Professor Erzats
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106 Research Department
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107 McKane Industries
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108
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109 :*********************************************************:
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110 GDM: I also use Vidtex Plus, but uploading to BWMS is NOT very practical.
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111 If you wish to try however...
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112 1. use Meta-Y (xmit w prompt)
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113 2. pick a prompt char that does NOT appear in the text
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114 3. be prepared to either have the char at the beginning of every line or to use
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115 the CH function to remove it (one line at a time!)
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116 4. set the margin >> your line length (MA 120 works well for 80 col lines)
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117 5. after the first line is sent wait AT LEAST 10 seconds, then type the prompt
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118 char.
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119 6. repeat step 5 until you reach the end of text.
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120 7. exit enter mode
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121 8. list your msg
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122 9. use CH to correct the INEVITABLE errors
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123
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124 The alternative is to write (or buy) a terminal program that
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125 will send 1 line at a time when you hit a key (eg SPACE).
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126 Sincerely,
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127 Your enemy
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128 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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129 Mig: tau factor= sqaure root(1-(v^2)/(c^2))
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130 mass = rest mass/tau
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131 time rate = tau
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132 length (in direction of travel) = rest length * tau
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133 All of the above apply for CONSTANT velocity. Mass & length & time rate are good
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134 AS INSTANTANEOUS VALUES ONLY if you are accelerating. I can give you formulae
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135 for calculating the elapsed time aboard a ship at constant ACCELERATION, but
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136 they are VERY messy!
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137 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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138 Oh, you don't need to worry about neutron flux IF you use one of the
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139 reactions that doesn't PRODUCE them! (ie 4 H -> 1 He, or the carbon-nitrogen
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140 cycle to name a couple) They DO require higher pressure/temperature/density but
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141 it is worth the trouble! (You DON'T want to know what my power packs are like!)
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142 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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143 I am Jason Shaw and would like to join a club with my modem.
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144 If you have any imfo please reply to me at my home
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145 PHONE # 646-xxxx
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146
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147 print
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148 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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149 Talk about intimidation, ever since the GDM challange, I'm don't know
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150 if I really want to give another chapter out. Oh well, nobody
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151 probably remebers the story but.....
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152 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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153 I heard a sound near my foot. Looking down, I noticed a throwing star
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154 has just taken the laces off of my shoes. Rabindranith had a daggar out,
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155 looking up at nothing. "What was that? Were you followed!" he managed
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156 to get out.
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157 I examined the star. The insignia on it was a stickshift. "Probably,
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158 but it dosent matter." I tossed him the star, "Believe it or not, this
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159 came from a friend." I knew however, that the bolo gate wouldn't last
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160 much longer. I doubt if the Ninja would be around, but I hoped he
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161 arrived at his location safely. No telling where (or when) he might land.
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162 The event was quickly forgotton. We made our way down the road to
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163 a small establishment where we could talk, while Salsman decided to
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164 chow down. excessivly.
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165 "What about this group, Rab, how far is it?"
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166 "about 10 hours trip from here. We got horses, so we can pack whatever
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167 we want."
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168 "I hope that won't be nessesary. I have a feeling we'd better traval light"
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169 Fast Fred
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170 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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171 ================================================================================
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172 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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173 TO THE MAN IN GRAY AND PROFESSOR ERZATS:
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175 AS SOON AS YOU BOTH COMPLETE YOUR STUDIES, I WILL BE NEEDING A RIDE TO THE
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176 GREAT SPIRAL IN THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY. PLEASE!!FOR ALL OUR SAKES DON'T
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177 SCREW UP THE CEPHEID VARIABLES.
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178
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179 YOURS IN HISTORY,(PAST AND FUTURE)
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180
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181 GRIGORI RASPUTIN
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182 ################################################################################
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183
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184 OFF
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185 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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186 Greg:I am just going for simple time dilation by good ol' enstines method.
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187 I already have a full complement of people on this ship and have not the space
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188 for more. Most sorry, perhaps someone else with a higher physics background ca
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189 n build you something FTL for your trip.
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190 Leonard:Carbon-nitrogen?!?! ye gods,you must be kidding.
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191 The Man in Gray
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192 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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193 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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194 The reality around the Ninja seemed to be growing unstable.
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195 Something was wrong with the bola gate. Lights started to flicker on and off
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196 all around him. The strain was too much. He passed out in spite of his Ninja
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197 training.
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198 The Nija started to stir again. He was no longer in the same reality.
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199 This one looked vaguely familar. Why, he was in Japan -- outside of the
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200 ninja temple where he was trained. There was something different, however.
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201 There seemed to be loud chants of prayer coming from the temple. Something
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202 about patrons of McKane enterprises.
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203 The Ninja
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204 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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205 * * * W A N T E D * * *
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206
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207 Atari disk drive or any drive that works with the At
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208 ari. Also wanted ATR-8000 or 850 interface. Can trad
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209 e CPM computer or pay cash. Call Peter 657-xxxx
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210
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211 ****************************************************
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212
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213 My word! trading a CPM computer in for an Atari?!
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214 What's this world coming to?!
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215 (I think I'm going to be sick!)
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216
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217
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218 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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219 To: All those who know what's going on...
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220 What is going on??? I leave for a week, and miss at least 3 disks and mass
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221 amounts of messages. Could someone please fill me in a little??? Sundownor
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222 told me very little. Yes, I do know who Sundownor is. I wont tell though.
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223 Well, I've got to go now. See Ya' Later!!!!!!!
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224
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225 ?????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????????
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226 P.S: Milchar, reply to the messages on PCS, will you???
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227
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228 ?????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor ??????????????????????????
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229 :***********************************************************:
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230
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231 URGENT - PRIORITY ONE
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233 Mr. McKane:
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235 Professor Erzat has been kidnapped. I discovered he was missing
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236 when I visited the laboratory and he was gone. There was a note
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237 saying the abductors would spell out their demands later.
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238
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239 Fortunately, the cognative transmogrification gun was locked
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240 safely away in the hidden vault. Yet without the professor to
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241 complete the recalibration it is useless.
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242
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243 What are we to do. Your instructions are urgently needed.
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244
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245 Monsieur d'Autun
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246
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247 :*************************************************************:
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248 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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249 DEAR TRUE BELIVER:
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250 THANX FOR THE SUPPORT. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH TASK BUT WE'LL DO IT
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251 J.C.&T.B.
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252 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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253
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254 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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255 Are you still being bothered by those pandimentional beings in you
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256 refrigerator or backyard ???
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257 Well, if so, you can still contact us.
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258 Parapsychologists at large. (P.A.L)
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259 Bye all,
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260 Mark Forsyth..
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263
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264 How about a Bruce Lee spin-off. We can make a movie called"EXIT KING
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265 SILICON". Then make a sequel called"ENER THE GRIZZLY". Pretty spiff
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266 huh?
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267 Have a nice day,
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268 THE GRIZZLY
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270
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271 PARAPSYCHOLOGISTS: YES, I COULD USE YOUR HELP. BESIDES THE UFO'S(UNIDENTIFIED
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272 FROZEN OBJECTS), THERE SEEM TO BE SOME GREMLINS OR WHATEVER IN THERE. I DON'T KN
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273
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274 ***********************************************************************
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275 Uploading to BWMS: First, change all carriage return/linefeed sequences
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276 to carriage return/wait one second. This will allow you to down load in
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277 most cases. If you are having problems with dropped chars, or garbled
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278 characters during the transmission, you may want to add a wait after
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279 sending each character until it is returned to you before sending the
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280 next one. I have been downloading most of my text to BWMS for over two
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281 years automatically with COPYLINK which can do all of the above and more.
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282 Oh yes, when doing your down load, be sure you go to the bottom before
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283 using the ENTER command. This prevents the 2 to 3 second delay that can
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284 occur on the first line entery as the disk drive would have to seek
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285 a number of tracks to write it on the disk if it isn't on the bottom
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286 already. Since the drives are SA-400's, they take 40ms per track to
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287 seek, that means to go from top to bottom of a full disk it takes
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288 1.6 seconds plus 400MS to find the sector. For a total worse case
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289 time of 2 seconds. Conversly, if it is already there, it only takes
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290 100MS to seek the new track plus 400MS to find the sector, for a total
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291 worse case time of 500MS (or 1/2 second). Speaking of the drives, I
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292 am continually amazed that they are still running, considering that
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293 they were resurected from dead hulks, and currently sound like a
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294 rock crushing machine. I keep expecting them to die any day, yet they
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295 still keep on running. Those Shugarts have got to be one of the most
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296 reliable drives around I have ever seen. They really need to be given
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297 a decent burial, but they keep on working.
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298 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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299
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300 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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301 & i was here. .......................................... &
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302 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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303
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304 &*)#@%)*)!%*#$)*^!^_(_^!#_$^+#!(&_!(&+#%*&_@$%^*&*$_^%*&_@^$*&_*%_&*_*#_&*_&*#
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305 As I pulled in to the Plaza Hilton, I realized how close I really was to
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306 McKane. Now I realize that Oklahoma City is not the most exciting place in
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307 the country, but I had a feeling that things would start poppin Real Soon
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308 Now. "He must be close...I can feel it in the air."
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309 "Park you car sir?", interrupted an attendant...
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310 "No thank you, I will park it myself. There are too many tricky things to know
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311 to allow someone besides myself to drive it."
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312 "A car is a car.", argued the attendant, visibly angered by my response.
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313 "This is not a normal car, as you so glibly say. Anyway, why am I arguing
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314 with you for..."
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315 There is nothing like the sound of spinning tires on blacktop, and this time
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316 was no exception. I had things to do and places to go, and I wasn't going to
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317 waste my time with the parking attendant.
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318 As I entered the hotel, trying to balance a suitcase, a backpack, and a special
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319 coding device, I spyed an interesting looking figure. The figure was interesting
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320 only because he was so plain looking. This man reminded me of the perfect
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321 Bogart character from any of a dozen movies made during the 40's and 50's.
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322 I approached the desk, and told the desk person my name.
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323 "We have your room all ready sir. My that's an interesting name you have. Where
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324 are you from?"
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325 "It's a long story, and one I don't feel like retelling now. But maybe later."
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326 "Would you like some help with those bags?", she asked, looking at my
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327 collection of bags and cases.
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328 "No...I'll be fine. Thank you though."
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329 I made my way to the elevators, and while I was waiting for any of the half
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330 dozen operating at the moment, I noticed that the plain looking man had
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331 repositioned himself, now closer to the elevators, and he was occasionally
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332 peering from over an old newspaper.
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333 Finally the elevator arrived..."Let's see...floor 14...Lucky thing I didn't
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334 get floor 13."
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335 The doors closed, and I watched the lights as the elevator rose. 1,2,3,4
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336 ,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14. "12 to 14!!!", I thought..."Oh I get it...the old
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337 13 hex...how cute. I wonder if they do that at all high rise hotels?"
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338 The door opened and I stepped out into the hall. Room 1428 was to the left,
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339 and I found it quickly, thanks to the guiding signs on the walls. As I
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340 unlocked and opened my door, I immediatly set down my parcels on the floor.
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341 But to my surprise as I entered the main part of the room, there sat the
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342 plain looking man, and next to him, an arrangement of flowers.
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343 "They are from McKane", he said, pointing at the flowers. "He knows you are
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344 here, which means he probably knows I am here too. We must be on our guard.
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345 I haven't read the note yet, I thought I leave that to you, since they
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346 are addressed to 'L'homme sans parity. By the way, before I forget, My
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347 name is Joshua, and I am on your side. I am here to help you put an end
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348 to the McKane organization once and for all."
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349 "How do you know so much about me and what I am doing here", I queried
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350 suspiciously.
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351 "Do the initials RYRYRY mean anything to you?", he retorted.
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352 "OK...so you know about the net, but how can I be sure?"
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353 "Let me see that box you set down by the door. I think I can prove who I
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354 am to you."
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355 Within five minutes, I was convinced. Well now at least I had some help.
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356 But now to see what these flowers have to say...
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357 &*)#*%)$#*%$# L'homme sans parity aven un ami et comrade *)#*%)@*%)@#%*@)%*@
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358 Notice I have changed to the first person. This is to better fit in with
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359 the rest of the characters on my side. It should be a little easier to
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360 interact with the others now.
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361 Joshua...nice to have you aboard. I am not certain who you are yet, but
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362 I have my guesses...
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363 *%)#@%*!$)@#*^%)#$!^*!*^)!#$*^)_*!)^&*%_&*@_%#$*&)@#%*&)@#$*&)@%$*&)*)&*&
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364 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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365 The essence of the piper found himself wafting along above the treetops
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366 surrounding the inn. The piper had surrendered to the pull that had caused
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367 his essence to leave his body -- the so-called "astral travel" that one hears
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368 so much about nowadays -- and was waiting to see just what would transpire.
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369 After a few long moments
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370 The piper began to quest out in increasing circles, examining the landscape
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371 below him, looking for the source of the call that had brought him. Logically
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372 he should be directly above the source of whatever seemed to be pulling him,
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373 but nothing was visible. "Oh, well," he said to himself, "I may as well see
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374 if I really can go underground." Figuratively taking a breath (you really
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375 needn't breath if you are little more than a vagrant breeze, yourself) the
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376 piper plunged directly downward. The astral essence of a person is still
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377 tenuosly connetcted with our material being. In astral form you cannot drink
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378 a cup of coffee, but can savor the aroma of the steaming cup. (In point of
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379 fact some acquaintances have mentioned that this is by far the best part of
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380 that omnipresent brew -- at least as it is most often prepared.) Thus it took
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381 all the piper's courage to plunge into that dank, damp ground of the forest
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382 floor. It was an unpleasant reminder of the cold grave that is in the future
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383 of each of the living. His ethereal essence penetrated the ground slowly.
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384 Seeping between the grains of soill, visiting the busy acid factories at te
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385 tips of countless plant root hairs, learning secrets and knowlege never ment
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386 for the human brain the piper oozed on. Protracted immersion in an environment
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387 inevetably has its effects on the psyche. As the piper found himself recounting
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388 his adventures to a sympathetic group of slugs (really, they are rather charming
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389 creatures once you get to know them) he realized that he must continue with
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390 his previous quest. Some time later (for time had long since lost it's meaning)
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391 he found himself near a large, glowing, red stone.
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392 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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393 Scarlett -- I thought you had somehow left L'Homme's car -- is this true?
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394 If indeed, I have found the Rothmann ruby, I should be beneath its notice!
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395 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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396
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397 :*************************************************************:
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398 Dear McKane:
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399
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400 Thank you so much for your "Rent a Miricle" program. I never
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401 would have passed my English lit class without it.
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402
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403 When I first heard about your program I never dreamed I could
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404 afford your prices. How lucky for me that you accept
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405 merchandise in trade.
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406
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407 I'll deliver Candi, my fifteen year old sister, to the man you
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408 called the pimp. Anyway I think that's what you called him.
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409 By the way Mr. McKane, what is a pimp?
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410
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411 Thanks again for getting rid of my two biggest problems, my
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412 F in English lit and my stupid sister. I'll be praying for you
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413 and your good work Mr. McKane. God Bless You.
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414
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415 Danny
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416
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417 :************************************************************:
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418 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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419 "The move from the McKane Building was a good one. It will not buy us much
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420 time, however. All I hope is that they will not find out my true nature."
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421 "Quit babbling, will you? I've just got a message that my top scientist has
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422 been kidnapped."
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423 "What was he doing that was so important?"
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424 "Working on an underwater transmortification gun."
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425 "Faugh! And I thought that Earth was at leaset a little civilized. Playing
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426 with those toys? What need you of them, when there lies power untapped in the
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427 Sun itself?"
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428 "Well, we use solar energy... I have a chain of Heavy-duty cigarette lighters
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429 in the Southwest."
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430 "You use just the very outermost shell of the true energy. Let me demonstrate."
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431 Sundownor moves to the side, eyeing a chair in the corner. Gauging the
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432 intensity of the sun for a moment, he points two fingers at the chair. A
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433 yellow glow springs from his hand, enveloping the chair. An instant later,
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434 the chair disintergrates, leaving a fine dust to settle to the floor.
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435 "If your world had true science, you would know how to do that. And many more
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436 things. I am again appalled at the primitiveness of this world."
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437 McKane was speechless, his jaw having already dropped a ways. "Can...can...
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438 you build something that will do that?"
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439 "Yes....."
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440 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sundownor %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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442
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443 Dear McKane Industries:
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444 What is your purpose, storie/other? I am very confused because I
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445 not been up(bwms) for a while. Please help! I'm confused .
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446 The GRIZZLY
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448 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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449 To troubled person,
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450 to het those pesky UFO's out of your life I suggest that you send~
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451 at least a thousand or so volts of electricity through your body.
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452 That should hold them off for a while, and if that doesn't work,
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453 eat a gallon of Bresler ice cream an hour. They should be gone
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454 within the week.
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455 Mark Forsyth.
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456 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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457 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}}{}
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458 REPENT YE SINNERS!
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459 I have foundthat someone is using my name!!!!"THERE WILL COME FALSE
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460 PROPHETS!!".Who ever it is( your initials are A.K. and you are also often
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461 referred to as DOI for obvious reasons!) PLEASE STOP!!! Or you will be
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462 forever damned to eternal fire and immortal agony!
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463 Despair fills me. I have tried to save yur souls and yet I am met
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464 with hostility. I am going to leave you all to your decadence while I
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465 lie down and bleed awhile. I will leave you with a poem(make of it what
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466 you will, and please Mike don't erase it):
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467 As you burn upon the stake,
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468 As your flesh begins to bake.
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469 I remember how pagans flee
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470 Because they played D&D.
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471
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472 As the smoke curls above,
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473 I remember my true love.
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474 Beautiful was she,
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475 Intill she played D&D.
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476
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477 As you start to die,
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478 Tears start to fill my eye.
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479 I tried to save you from DAMNATION,
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480 All you did was laugh at salvation
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481
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482 Sickened at heart, Goodbye FOREVER,
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483 See you from above- J.C. and the Boys
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484 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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485
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486 Steve: call Dave re Westercon Sunday. Anytime (and you know what THAT means!).
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487 eah Steve, better call dave beause you know what that means!!!!
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488
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489 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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490 SPOOK CENTRAL.
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491 Tell your friends, your neighbors, your dog, tell everyone "SPOOK CENTRAL
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492 WANTS YOU!!!", WE'RE READY TO BELIEVE YOU!!!
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493
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494 CALL NOW AT MDJ-XH1B (and thats no code
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495
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496 Parapsychologist At Large.
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497 (P.A.L) fo short.
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498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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499 +----------------------------------------------+
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500 | thats 635-xxxx if you didn't catch that.... |
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501 +----------------------------------------------+
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502
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503
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504 F.T
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505
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506 JC AND THE BOYS: I WONT MISS YOU A BIT
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507 ARE YOU ALL A BUNCE OF CRAZY INSANE PEOPLE. WHAT IS THIS SYSTEM
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508 Person directly above, why don't you join the big J.C. You two seem to be in
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509 the same class of humanoid subcreatures.
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510 BBOORRIINNGG this system is, every one talking about them selves and
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511 what group or party they are in, are not bulletin boards set up for the
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512 princeple of comunication. It seems that one group is comming down on
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513 another group and so on. Can't everyone on this system take everyone
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514 else f~or what they are, not what you want them to be. This would be
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515 an enjoyable system to log onto if it were'nt for all these contrasts
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516 of personalities. I used to be a steady member of this board (called
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517 regulary a week) but now it seems to be run over by this group who
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518 call them selves 'networks', 'juvie hunters', 'porfis' or whatever
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519 it may be, havegiven this system a bad, even horrible name. I wouldn't
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520 be on now but I'm so didsturbed by these groups, and what they are doing.
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521 And what of these names, 'the man in gray', 'the ninja',and all those
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522 others, why can't you show your real name, got something to hide or is
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523 it because if those peopl knew your real name they would stop talking
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524 to you alltogether.
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525 HEY, all juvie hunters, why don't you tell us your real names. Juvies
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526 are so dumb and stupid, they won't know what to do with them RIGHT?
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527 so why not. Be a couple of real studs that you pretend to be by telling
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528 me, or is that to difficult to do? if not, great. Well, I still havn't
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529 said enough but I must be going.
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530 Mark Forsyth.
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531
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532 ~ ok, Now that we have all of your attentionMaybe I can have a word with someone
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533 Or maybe not at all, thats the usuall pollicy here isn't it.
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534 OK, you groups can think that you control
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535 but that control is always based on the lower
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536 PLUS, what are all those stories about, don't you have anything better to do?
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537 I know I don't.
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538 This system will never improve, its now stuck with those network creeps
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539
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540 ******************************************************************
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541 Yes, let's all conform! Death to creativity! No more stories.
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542 Let's only talk about computers and IC's and bits and bytes
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543 and all that wonderful stuff they talk about on other BBS's.
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544 No more of this fantisy garbage that everyone keeps putting on
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545 here. Let's hear it now, all together;
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546 Death to creativity! Conform! Conform!
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547 Death to creativity! Conform! Conform!
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548 ect........
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549 *******************************************************************
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550 .....................................................................
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551 Whats this I hear about destroying creativity??
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552 We cant do that, this system is known for its creativity.
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553 .....................................................................
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554
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555 ******************************************************************:
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556 Hmm, the last time didn't seem to get Pam to show, so I wonder
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557 what I can say to get her to leave something? Is it because
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558 there is too much space here that you feel obligated to fill and
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559 can't think of enough to fill it? Are you mad at us all, and don't
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560 want to talk to us again? Maybe your just fed up with all the
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561 bickering going on and waiting for a better time to return? Or
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562 possibly (heaven forbid) you are just tired of BWMS and have moved
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563 on to other more interesting things? Come back Pam, Please?
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564 *******************************************************************
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565 FORSYTHE: YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A VERY EASILY CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED PERSON (?). IF YOU DON'T LIKE BWMS THEN WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE I
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566 ALONE? NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO LOG ON. I AM A RELATIVELY NEW USER HERE AT BACKWATER, AND I LIKE IT JUST AS IT IS:-DIFFERENT.
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567 CREATIVE. A PLACE FOR THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF SOME STRANGE, BUT REFRESHING CHARACTERS, WHO HAVE SOMEYHING TO SAY BESIDES
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568 "I WANT TO BUY/SELL THIS OR THAT, ETC, AD NASEUM. THINK ABOUT IT
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570 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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571 (In his house ar R'lyeh dead Cthulxu waits dreaming.)
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572 I, Cthulhu, have returned. For a great black serpent bearing many
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573 messages has come to R'lyeh beneath the waters. I travel the serpent
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574 seeking followers for when the stars are right.
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575 Hesitate not, for R'lyeh rises. Seek out the Nicronimconicon.
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576 Follow the passage and bring me forth.
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577 Cthulhu
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578 Follow me and you will die quickly.
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580 ************************************************************
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581 GOD I'M DEPRESSED.
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582 ********************************************************
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583 ########################################
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584
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585
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586 -----------Hello BWMS!! ----------------
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587
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This is the MSD-PS board in
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588
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Vancouver, WA!
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589
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Here is vancouver's finest
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590
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board number:
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591
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(206) 695-xxxx
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592
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MSD-PS runs 24/hrs. a day!
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593
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BWMS user's,PLEASEC CALL!!
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594
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595
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Give it a try today!! It won't hurt you too much.
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596
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You might find a Pen-Pal?!?!
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597
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598
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599 Why is drive A full and this one not?
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600 Frankly, all of this fantasy on here is boring drivel. There does exist
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601 writing in fantasy that is original, thought-provoking, and creative. I
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602 have seen none on this bbs that answers to any of those adjectives. Let's
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603 get out of this stupid rut. P-L-E-A-S-E!!!!!!
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604 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} Analog Alan {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} July 3 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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605 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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606 One called Spock: First off, I want to say that I respect your opinions.
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607 Secondly, when I wrote that PART of the 'Heroes' essay, I was writing it in
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608 a speculative kind of way. The part about the Empire being a "lawfully
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609 constituted government" is in actuallity a true statement. When you
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610 talk about government, isn't it the government that says what is lawful of not
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611 ????? Yes, it does. So, by that revelation, the statement is true. If you
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612 were on the Rebellion's side, (Which I am!!!) then it would not be true. You
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613 see, as guoted from Return of the Jedi, 'It all depends on your point of view.'
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614 TIn regards to the 'Trouble with Tribbles' episode...When the Tribbles got
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615 around the Klingons they became violent. And I was talking about the
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616 Federation in general, not the actions of just one individual.
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617 To the Unnamed One: I thank you for the compliment. I do have about 4 or 5
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618 more enries on the subject of heroes. There is a part of it that is on
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619 villans, too!!! Please reveal your name to me.
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620 THERE IS MORE TO COME ON THE SUBJECT OF HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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621
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622 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Logan... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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