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FILE ON
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MARGIN IS 126
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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ****************** REMOVED: 3 AUG 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 WELL, IT FINALY HAPPENED, DRIVE A DIED. APPARENTLY IT DIED OF HEAT
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21 PROSTATION. IT'S ABOUT 90 IN THE ROOM IT IS IN. THE DISK CLAMP BEARING
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22 WENT OUT. LUCKILY I HAD A SPARE, SO THE DRIVE IS STILL WITH US, JUST
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23 A NEW BEARING. MY MY, THIS HEAT SEEMS TO BE GIVING ALL KINDS OF
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24 PROBLEMS TO BOTH MAN AND BEAST! AT LEAST BW DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS
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25 TRYING TO TEAR ITSELF APART ANYMORE, IT ONLY SOUNDS LIKE IT IS TIRED
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26 CONSIDERING HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN IN SERVICE AND IT'S BEGININGS,
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27 I CAN'T SAY AS I BLAME IT.
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28 TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN OVER MY POOR BRUISED CAR:
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29 THANK YOU. (AND MY CAR THANKS YOU TOO.) IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE
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30 MORE AND WORSE PROBLEMS OUT THERE THEN MY POOR BEAST ENCOUNTERED
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31 THOUGH. THE WORLD IS IN AGONY!
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32 BWMS REPAIR TIME TOOK 30 MIN AT AROUND 9:45 - 10:15 (I THEN SPENT
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33 ANOTHER 15 MIN PUTTING ON THIS NEW DISK AND ENTERING THIS MESSAGE.
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34 NOW IT'S TIME FOR DIN DIN. TA TA....
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35 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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36 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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37 Hey, I made it to the top! And for a change, I have something to say:
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38
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39 More suggestions on
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40 H O W T O W R I T E G O O D
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41 1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
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42 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
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43 3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat).
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44 4. Employ the vernacular.
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45 5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
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46 6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
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47 7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
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48 8. Contractions aren't necessary.
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49 9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
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50 10. One should never generalize.
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51 11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations.
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52 Tell me what you know."
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53 12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
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54 13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
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55 14. Be more or less specific.
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56 15. Understatement is always best.
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57 16. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
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58 17. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
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59 18. The passive voice is to be avoided.
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60 19. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
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61 20. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
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62 21. Who needs retorical questions?
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63 22. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
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64
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65 (ha ha Steve, I beat you to it).
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66 ?????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
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67 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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68 Rocky and I pretended to be setting up a large conference, but
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69 dropped hints to the Plaza personnel that we were looking for
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70 the NET. A tall grave Frenchman ushered us into the security
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71 office looking irritated by our inquiries. We made perfunctory
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72 conversation and turned to leave. Something was odd. The
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73 room was moving downward. When we were more than five stories
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74 down, the Frenchman rose and smiled graciously.
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75 "We've been expecting you Ms. Minsky. Welcome to NET Head-
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76 quarters. The French accent had been replaced by a slight
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77 Scottish one. "i am Ian MacHinery. And you must be Rocky."
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78 Rocky glared suspiciously. "I understand you need to contact
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79 your brother, Mohammed Wassir. We can help you in this." An
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80 attractive Middle-Eastern woman appeared and spoke to Rocky
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81 in a strange tongue. His face brightened and he followed her
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82 out the door. Ian turned to me.
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83 "You wish to help us. Good. We know how you detest McKane
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84 Industries. We also know that the box of weapons intercepted
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85 by Rocky contains a weapon that is of both strategic and sci-
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86 entific interest to us. It was developed by a clever free-
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87 lance agent called Sundowner. It will greatly enhance our
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88 forces. The key to McKane stock holding that Rocky holds is
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89 worthless. Honored Matri stole the contents of that cabinet
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90 long ago and is using them as a lure for former double-agent
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91 petrov. He will do anything to possess her and the stocks,
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92 for this will strip the McKane empire of assets rendering the
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93 merger with Wassir meaningless. We are hoping for a battle
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94 between Wassir and Petrov as this will weaken them both. We
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95 will use Rocky to get information from Wassir. He is being
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96 given a disguise that is wired to recieve conversations." Ian
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97 paused. His eyes glowed as he contemplated the bugging gadget-
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98 ry. He looked absorbed and content for several minutes, then
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99 looked at me, startled. "ah. Yes. Minsky. You will use your
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100 knowledge of McKanes spiritual swindles to aid two NET op-
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101 on their way to Oregon. (Don't be fooled by their appearance.
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102 They're really quite competent.)"
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103 Rocky returned in a dashing Indiana Jones get-up. He whis-
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104 pered to me, "We should don't trust him, Gaudy. He is talking
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105 funny."
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106 "He's Scotch, Rocky," I explained.
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107 "Ah,"he beamed, "you are the people who make the tape."
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108 "Tacky, tacky, tacky, murmured Ian.
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109 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT G. Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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110 MA 62
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111 MA 62
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112
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113 ????
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114 OH WELL
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115 ENTER
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116 QUIZMASTER: IN YOUR ESSAY ON "HOW TO WRITE GOOD"[SIC], YOU
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117 MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED: 23: THE MASTER OF UNDER/OVER STATEMENT
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118 WHO CREATED TOM SAWYER, "HUCK" FINN ET AL NEVER REALLY EXISTED
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119
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120 24: ERNEST M. HEMMINGWAY FOLLOWED ALL YOUR RULES IN WRITING
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121 "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA"
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122 25: THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IS A FIGMENT OF THE COMMIE
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123 PINKO HIPPIE-YIPPIE LEFTIST QUEERS COLLECTIVE IMIGINATION.
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124 26: IT IS POSSIBLE TO COMPREHEND ANYTHING WITHOUT CONTRAST, IE
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125 THERE IS GOOD WITHOUT EVIL, UP WITHOUT DOWN, PIZZA WITHOUT
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126 BEER,ETC, ERGO METAPHORS HAVE NO PLACE IN LITERATURE, BWMS, OR
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127 CINDY'S ALL NIGHT MASSAGE PARLOR.
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128 27: NO BOOK, STORY, BWMS ENTRY SHOULD CONTAIN > 25 WORDS OR
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129 LESS. (PREFERRABLY LESS)
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130 28: WHY SHOULD ANYONE WRITE? WHY SHOULD ANYONE READ? AND MISS
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131 'I LOVE LUCY ' RERUNS??????
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132 0505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505
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133 To : Net Agents
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134 From: Net 05
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135 Reg : New guy on the block
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136
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137 As you can see I have been outfitted with a new comset that handles lower
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138 case letters, and new code types.
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139
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140 I am awaiting instructions from NET central for my next mission. I will no
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141 doubt be teamed with NET 13.
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142
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143 05050505050505050505050505 July 31st @ 2:33 & 10 seconds 05050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505
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144 &%)#@&)%*@)%!*)*!)_*^_!*^_*^_*_!^_+#^*_!#*^_*#^)*#_^*_#*^__^*#_@*^_*^_#*^_@*^@
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145 Quizmaster: You lied! You lied! I thought you would never use that. How could
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146 you? You are no better than that person who quotes George Bernard
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147 Shaw, and ruins parties at the same time. Scoundrel!
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148 )*%)*)%*@)*%)@#*%)*@#%))*%)#@* L'homme sans parity *%)*%)@*%)@#*%)@#*%)@#*%@)%
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149 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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150 L'homme - I lied? I never said I would leave it to you.
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151 You think the last two entries were bad? I've got 4 more waiting
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152 to upload. (snicker snicker...)
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153 Lysias - (or present incarnation) I shall have to rearead your entry
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154 a time or three before I respond. It's meaning escapes me at the moment.
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155 Joshua - We are all waiting for your entry. Hurry up!
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156 ???????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????????
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157 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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158 The tired figure stooped over the scattered collection of circuit boards
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159 straightened and pressed a hand to his back. That was the last IC (74S175)
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160 to replace. Now to power up the bare machine. Success! One by one, checking
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161 the additional boards -- more repairs -- finally, a complete system.
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162
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163 The piper entered the familiar room and looked about. He listened for a
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164 while to the innkeeper's tale of transportation woes, nodding philisophically
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165 as the patrons chimed in. It was always thus -- can you imagine the problems
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166 you would have with horses? The miserable beasts are of VERY precarious
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167 health at the best of times, and the best of times never occur when you have
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168 somewheree to go or someone to see. At least with an automobile you can
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169 replace damaged parts .. but then, autos don't have little cars to replace
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170 themselves either. Musing, the piper accepted a glass of the innkeeper's
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171 fine ale and headed for a seat in the corner.
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172 -------
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173 MiG -- thanks for the offer. I made it back this time, but will keep an eye
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174 on this thing until I can trust it again. So far, it seems to be holding
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175 together, so I'll hope for the best.
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176 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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177 Pam,
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178 Help!!! The doo-doo is upto my neck. The County Inspector slapped me
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179 with 47 health code violations. The neighbors are standing in my driveway,
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180 carrying pitchforks and torches, chanting "The Monster must go!" And the
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181 Thing...the Thing...
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182 No! No! Back I say!!! Back I say!!!
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183 Argggh!!!
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184 Dr. Frankenstupe
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185 P.S. Would you consider my first-born male child. If I ever have one,
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186 that is.
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187 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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188 To: NET 02
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189 From: Michael Bigham
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190 Re: Cheating
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191 If I sound a little offended, I am. You accuse me, not my personna,
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192 of cheating. I'm uncertain of how to respond. I wasn't aware that this
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193 charade had any rules. But if it does, I would appreciate you elucidating
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194 those that I have violated.
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195 NET 06 sent Wassir a message about this thing degenerating into
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196 name-calling. I figured it was an honest mistake on both our parts
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197 and apologized. Now I am personally attacked and honestly, I feel
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198 outraged. If you want to attack Wassir, have at it. That's what he's
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199 there for. I enjoy the challenge. But if you're going to unlease an
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200 unprovoked attack against me personally, perhaps I should retire from the
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201 fray. I'm usually not thin-skinned, but your accusations are scurilous.
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202 Michael Bigham
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203 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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204
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205 ********************************************************************:
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206 Michael: Don't get too ruffled. As near as I can see, the problem
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207 here is that your side very much wants a merger of Mckane Ind. , and
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208 the other side doesn't. Both sides appaer to be very stuborn on this
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209 issue, and I doubt that the story line will get anyfurther until that
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210 issue is settled. When you run out of aumunition, it always degrads
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211 into name calling (what else have you got to fight with?). However,
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212 I do agree that continued agression after an appology was put forth
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213 is definatly unnice. They should have gracfully accepted, and
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214 considered possibly appologizing in return, and then try to determine
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215 what could be done to correct the situation.
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216 Just a passing thought....
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217 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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218 QUIZMASTER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER. THIS WAS MY FIRST
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219 SESSION IN LITERARY(?) BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION AS PER DR. MIGS RX.
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220 (I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT EITHER.MEANWHILE, [*=*] (AKA
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221 DELTA FIVE) HAS NO NAME TILL I THINK OF ONE. LYSIAS DIDN'T FIT
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222 INTO HI-TECH SPY STORIES, SO HE WENT ON A LONG FISHING TRIP ON A PLANET IN THE
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223 PLEIADES CONSTELLATION (IN TAURUS). BESIDES, LYSIAS DIDN'T LIKE RACCOONS.[*=*]
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224
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225 HELLO
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226 I DONT KNOW IF I AM WRITNG I MESSAGE OR WHAT. SOMEBODY HELP!!!!!
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227
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228 /EX
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229
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230 HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS!!!!
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231
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232 >*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<
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233 YOUUNG CHILDERN, YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU GET YOURSELF INTO,
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234 YOU ARE BATTERED AND BEATEN THROUGHT THE SUFFERING OF ALL
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235 THE ONCOMING NETWORKS THAT EXCITE OUR FINGERS, BUT NOW
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236 WE SEE THAT YOU ARE TALKING, THE SIGN OF THE TRIBAL LEADER
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237 OF THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN, THE CONQEURERS OF THE MOON
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238 CHILDEREN......IS THIS OUR SAVIOR, THE NETWORK WE HAVE
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239 ACHED AND PAINED FOR, IT STANDS ALONE, TALL, BOLD.
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240 WITH A SHADOW COMING FROM NO MOON OR SUN, IT LEAVES
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241 BOTH CHILDREN, MOON AND SUN, IN AWE. FOR THEY KNOW NOW
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242 THEY HAVE BEEN BEAT, THEY HAVE A RIVAL, IS IT TO LATE FOR THEM?
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243 THE MISFORTUNE HAS DAWNED ON THEM AND THEY NOW SEEK FUN
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244 ELSWHERE, WHERE RANBOWS OF BLACK AND WHITE ARE OFTEN SEEN,
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245 DARKNESS OVERWHEALMS, THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING, AND WHERE THEY
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246 HAVE BEEN, NO WHERE BUT WHERE THAY WANT TO BE.......
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247
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248 THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN AND MOON......
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249
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250 >*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<
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251
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252 SAVE
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253 RETYPE
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254 SAVE
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255 HELP!!!!! HOW DO I PRINT MY MESSAGES! LIKE THE ONE ABOUT THE CHILDERN
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256 OF THE SUN?? IS IT OUT THERE?
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257
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258 :************************************************************:
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259 Cheating huh? That's a hard one to answer since I haven't the
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260 slightest idea what you're talking about. Perhaps someone would
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261 be kind enough to explain.
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262
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263 As to Mikeys speculation about being upset about the Wassir/
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264 McKane merger...I don't understand that either. What's the
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265 problem? It's only a plot twist. Are you assuming that we
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266 are ganging up on you? Not so. Mike and I don't even know
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267 each other outside of Backwater.
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268
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269 I really don't know why everone's in such a huff. I really do
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270 wish someone would explain.
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271
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272 Mike B: To quote the advice of one of my favorite Backwater
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273 characters "don't get your nose out of joint"; at least they
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274 spelled your name right.
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275
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276 Grand D.
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277 :*************************************************************:
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278 0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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279 TO: Olsen & Bigham
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280 SUBJ: Apology
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281 I knew when I said that that I shouldn't. It sounded childish
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282 and petulent. Unfortunately, I was pissed by the direction the
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283 story was going (and not going) and the reasons this was happening.
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284 I hereby apologize to both Mr. Olsen and Mr. Bigham for dragging your
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285 selves into the mess, instead of leaving it on the personna level.
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286 Preliminary explanation: It appears to me that the styles of the people
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287 on the NET side are almost incompatible with those on the McKane/W.M. side.
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288 After leaving a laboriously written entry carefully tying all details
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289 together, it is frustrating to log on and find that in a 5 line
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290 bulletin, everything is either ignored or casually destroyed. While I admit
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291 that this is the way the story goes, it is the feeling I get while reading
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292 that bothers me. The merger between McKane Industries and Mohammed's
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293 company is "the straw that broke the camel's back" for me. If it had
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294 gone only half as far as it did, it would have been fine. Unfortunately, it
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295 kept escalating by more and more unreasonable means. Each side states that
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296 it has been solved, but then the other side does some increasingly
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297 improbable manipulation to `one-up'. While the personnas are the ostensible
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298 causes, the people behind the characters are obviously the true culprits -
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299 that is why I finally attacked you personally. Lest I appear too rational
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300 in this message, I will now point out that I feel the McKane/W.M. side of the
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301 conflict is guilty of the worst offenses against logic and probability.
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302 I realize that I should never have criticized you personally. That does not
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303 belong on this board. I should either have ignored you or sunk to your
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304 level. I am sorry.
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305 I will now log off and review what has been said lately, and decide
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306 what it is I SHOULD have said.
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307 020202020202020202020202020202 31 July 84 at 2:44:32 PM 0202020202020202
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308 1313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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310 To : NET 02
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311 Fm : NET 13
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312 Re : Last comset communique
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313
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314 Well done, and well said. After my recent stint at IBM, where such
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315 foul play as Mckane's and Wassir's are common place, it is a
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316 refreshing sight to see the other side standing up for their
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317 rights. Eagle Computer was staffed by a bunch of wimps. The same
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318 goes for Corona. You have stated your point quite nicely. I applaud
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319 you and your efforts. But...And I must state this from experience.
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320 In the world of big business, or spy business, cheating is a way
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321 of life. There is no way around it. You must reorganize your plans
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322 to include such activities. If I can be of any help, please drom
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323 me a line on the comset.
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324
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325 131313131313131313131313131313 07/31/84 - 14:30.00 13131313131313131313131313
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327 To the spies in the audience:
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328 I hope you guys aren't going to get all pissed at each other and stop
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329 writting your stories. There has been a great deal of work put into the
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330 story so far, and I would hate to see it go down the drain. Please try to
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331 work out your differences. This latest thing with the SEC...what a mess.
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332 1) Messages eminating from McKane and Wassir seem to be pointing towards
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333 a merger.
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334 2) AP story on possible merger confirms suspicions
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335 3) UPI story on AP computer break-in nullifies ANY merger plans, by quoting
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336 SEC chairman. Followed quickly buy insulting message from Hollywood.
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337 4) Accusation of using old technique, which by the way, no record can be
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338 found supporting this claim, and the records are VERY complete.
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339 5) Short memo completely going against what had been stated earlier in the
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340 UPI article. Breaking the loose set of rules that "govern" these
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341 adventures, in as far as they completely went against previous message.
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342 6) Accusations of cheating towards personnas by agent 07.
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343 7) Accusations of cheating towards REAL people, also in bad taste.
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344 8) Indignate reply from both parties.
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345 9) Apologies from agent 02.
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346 10) This message.
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347
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348 Possible solution: Let Mckane & Wassir have their merger. The message about
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349 the planned take-over of Fortune 500 is ludicrous though. Forget it. NET
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350 will no doubt respond to the merger. They will try to end it. Gaudy Minsky
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351 and Rocky have information that can destroy the merger. The ball is in
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352 the NETwork's court.
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353
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354 Ignore or responde. But I hope you work things out. This is probably the best
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355 adventure yet. Please don't ruin it.
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356 Avid Reader
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357 123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE123BCDE
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358 To: NET 02
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359 From: Wassir
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360 Okay. Let's bury the hatchet and get on with some tom-foolery. If you
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361 don't like the direction of the plot line, then change it. Be creative. I
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362 think that person posting the Rocky and Gaudy M. story line has the right
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363 idea. Wassir and McKane may get the merger, but it could be an empty
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364 triumph.
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365 If I have offended anyone, I apologize. I know that I have treated
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366 some personnas pretty shabily, I zapped Petrov the worst. To him, I am
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367 truly sorry. My only defense is that Leroy and I created a character
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368 named Petrov about a year ago. The concept of a hairy-legged KGB drag
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369 queen was too good to pass up. If you don't like what I'm doing with
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370 your character either speak up(in a reasonable fashion) or use your
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371 imagination in extricating yourself. Take a clue from 06, he did a great
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372 job when I attacked him with an Albanian toilet plunger.
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373 As for the frustration of working hard to create an entry and then
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374 having someone ignore it, or blow your plans; it has happened to all of us.
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375 It's frustrating, but you have other options than resorting to personal
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376 attacks. If you have a problem with the way I'm conducting myself, then
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377 contact me on the Bit Bucket and we can hash things out. If worse comes
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378 to worse, I'm in the book...give me a call.
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379 Mohammed Wassir
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380 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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381
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382 :*************************************************************:
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383 I think the McKane adventure has run its course and should be
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384 retired gracefully before it deterioriates any further. I
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385 suspect the spy/intrigue format has already been milked for
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386 all it's worth. It occurs to me that if we put the adventure
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387 on the shelf for a few months, coming back to it when we're
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388 fresh, that it might pick up some life. Of course, if you folks
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389 have some fresh ideas to get it moving, more power to you. I
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390 wonder, though, if this bickering isn't a sign that we all need
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391 a rest. Grand D.
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392 :*************************************************************:
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393 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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394 I could always loan the albanians a few bolos.........
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395
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396 Voyer: Self Documenting? Well, I think it's obvious enough, but my instructor
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397 dosn't seem to agree. Bummmer.
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398 Mig: Any responce to the worldcon info?
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399 Wedge: Dissapear? Hello, you out there still?
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400 Piper: could i intrest you in a apple matenince micro-bolo? Cheap?
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401 Fast Fred BSAL
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402 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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403 <...>
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404 ==============================================================
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405 something strange has been happening with this system. anyway-
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406 L'homme: i have a visitor at my house. he is french. what does
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407 "embrace-moi" mean? he said that to my brother. two
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408 times. and i have been speaking french for a couple of
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409 years but i don't know what it means. neither does
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410 my brother.
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411
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412 DEENA
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413 ================================================================================
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414
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415 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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416 Fast Fred: Let's get a collaboration together and cruise the strip in one
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417 of your mean machines. Sound good?
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418 The Ninja
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419 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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420 *%*%*_%*@_%*#@_%*@+#_(%+#@*%_@*#_%*(!+(%+@#%@*%_@+%(@+*%@*%_$*^_#*^&_#+^+#^+*
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421 DEENA : Well, I have bee taking French at PSU for two years, and I have never
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422 seen that word either. My guess are:
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423 "embrasse-moi" : Kiss me. Maybe this french guy is a little weird.
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424 "embrase-moi" : Set me on fire. This French guy is really wierd!
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425 Sorry I can't be more help. Anyway, I would watch this guy. And your
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426 brother should too.
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427 GDM : I disagree. At the last PCS and afterwords get-together, we discussed
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428 several story directions, all of which had great potential. I am
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429 waiting for knock-out messages from Joshua and Petrov. Guady Minsky,
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430 Ms. Matre, Rocky, Ian, myself, Petrov, Joshua, and all the NET agents
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431 are fully intending to continue. Hopefully, Leroy himself and Mohammad
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432 Wassir will also continue, but if that is not to be the case, we will
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433 continue without you. But I and others hope you do stick it out a
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434 little longer. I am sure this problem will blow over, as I suspect it
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435 already has, with apologies from all concerned. Let's just get on
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436 with the story, and may the side that is with honor and goodness
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437 prevail (the NET of course!)
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438 Ninja : You never showed up at the last meeting! Are you still planning on
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439 getting in on the archive buy? With Aaron gone off the face of the
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440 earth, and d refusing to make any comment or appearance what-so-ever,
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441 we are down to three again. RSVP.
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442 Mikey : What can I say but I am sorry. I really thought that we would have the
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443 money for you. If I don't get word in the next couple days, I will
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444 pay the extra $50 myself, and hopefully get paid back at some later
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445 date. I feel quite badly about promising you your money after you
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446 went to all the trouble to copy those disks so quickly. Like I said,
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447 you will be paid before the end of this week regardless of whether I
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448 hear from the others or not. I would like to point out that all NET
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449 agents promptly paid their portions over 2 weeks ago. Please don't
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450 give up, besides, I would like to see your corporate headquarters
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451 anyway.
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452 Alex & other riskers : This Saturday? Is that what MiG said. Well I guess it
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453 sounds OK to me. Remember, I at least would like to
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454 help out a little as far as the food & drink goes. What
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455 can we bring?
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456 *%)$*%)*)%@# L'homme sans parity *)*#@)%*@#)%@_%_@#*%@#%%_*%@_#*%_@#*%_@#*%_@#*
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457 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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458 L'HOMME:AARON JUST STARTED MOVEING TONIGHT FROM HIS OLD LOCATION TO YET ANOTHER`
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459 ONE. MAYBE IN RESPONSE TO MY FKNALY FINDING THE OLD ONE, BUT I DOUBT IT GREATLY.
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460 GOOD NUCK ON FINLING OR MVEN GETTING AHOLD OF HIM!
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461 HUM, MODEM SEEMS TO BE BREAKING UP, SORRY TO THOSE WHO VALUE SPELLING SO HIGHLY
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462 AND HAVE NO CONCERN FOR WHATS BEING SAID.
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463 NINJA:I`HAVE BEEN WORRYING ABOUT WHEKE I AM GOING TO SLEEP NEXT, I HAVE`NO TIME
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464 FOR THE NET.
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465 DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO KILL A SPAWNED PROCESS ON A DEC VAX 11/780 FROM A NON-W
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466 ORLD/GLOBAL AGCOUNF?/ IF SO, CALL ME! I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.
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467 MOST FOLKS KNOW MY NAME BY NOW.
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468 AARON,YES, DAVID HAS DESTROYED WHATEVER CHANCE _E HAD OF GOING UNNOTICMD
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469 ON PCC VAX.AND I AM GETTING DESPIRATE.
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470 DECR`GOD,THYS LOOKS BAD, I APOLOGISE TO NO ONE FOR IT.
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471 MIG
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472 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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473 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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474 With a strange sense of passiveness I watched as the lone aircraft vomited
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475 its deadly cargo. There was the expanding mushroom cloud sweeping as a scythe
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476 across the countryside, smothering a corner of humanity like a candle on the
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477 sea-shore. The global devastation which followed! There would be no more
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478 spies, no more super industries, no more political figures or religious
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479 arguments. Somewhere in the background a song began: "We'll meet again, don't
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480 know where, don't know when..." Credits scrolled on the screen.
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481 There was a voice from behind me. "Petrov, I presume."
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482 I could hear the owner of that voice seating himself.
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483 "You're late," I stated coldly. "You missed the first feature." There was a
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484 brief pause. "You are a junior agent, of course. Up to this point Wassir has
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485 rudely avoided me -- apparently he fails to realize that I am the majority
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486 stockholder in Rent-A-Miracle. Furthermore, I have access to information which
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487 can completely destroy his meager position in McKane Industries."
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488 The agent spoke. "I am employed by McKane Industries. If you're as
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489 powerful as you claim, you would be addressing me as your own agent."
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490 "My official status is on record," I replied. "And you certainly don't
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491 expect me to believe that Wassir doesn't have a private agency to deal with his
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492 covert activities. So predictable. Even the way he presumes leadership of
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493 McKane Industries without a sufficient power base. This is how we differ. I
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494 have systematically increased the validity of my position and am about to
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495 acquire documents which will thrust me to unreachable levels."
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496 "Perhaps you do have some power, Petrov." The voice had the sound of harsh
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497 determination. A knife quickly descended upon the head of the person in front
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498 of him. That was meant for me! Styrofoam! My dummy paid off after all.
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499 Rising from behind the next seat over, facing the agent, I said, "You'll
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500 never kill a person that way." Then I shot him (a silencer on the gun, of
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501 course.) Fortunately there was no one else in the theater. Perhaps, I thought,
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502 Wassir does have at least an iota of respect for my position. It's up to him
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503 whether or not he wants to play ball with me. I set out to meet Honored Matre.
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504 Petrov
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505 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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506 ****************************
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507 PETROV- GO BACK TO RUSSIA
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508 ****************************
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509
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510 MIG: THE JUVIES ARE BACK. SIC 'EM. [*=*]
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511 ***************************************************************************
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512
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513 WAS THAT SOME SORT OF SICK JOKE?
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514 I SURE DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT!
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515
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516 THE MADD LURKER
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517
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518 ******************************************************************************
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519 HELLO, WAIT I NEED TO REWITE THIS ONE, IT MIGHT NO BE GOOD....
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520 AM I AT THE TOP? I SUPPOSE NOT. WELL, THERE IS AN END TO THE
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521 CHILDEREN OF BOTH SUN AND MOON, WATER. WATER PREVAILED THEM
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522 AND THEY WENT SWIMMING AND DIED. WELL, SO MUCH FOR THAT
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523 STUPID WRITING TOPIC........
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524
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525 THE BYTE MAN
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526
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528 +:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+*+*+:+:+:+:+
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529
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530 COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS NETWORK IS LIKE OR WHATEVER?
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531 I MEAN, IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE EVERY BODY WRITING A BOOK AND THE OTHER
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532 PEOPLE READ IT???????
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533 TELL ME BY HEADING IT WITH THESE "@X@X@" OK?
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534 AND THEN PUT " TO THE BYTE MAN " OK......BYE
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535
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537 +:+:+:+:+:+:+:*+:+:+:+:+:+:+*+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+
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538 .......................................................................
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539
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541 ______________________________________________________________________
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542 JUST THOUGHT I WOULD STICK THIS INTO THIS NUL AND VOID SECTOIN. WHY
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543 WOULD ANYONE BE INTERESTED IN HUNTING DOWN ANYBODY ELSE? ALSO, I THINK THAT
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544 THIS SYSTEM IS TOTALY SELF EXPLAINED, JUST READ THE HELP FILE. [*+*] (?)
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545 YES, THE JUVIES ARE BACK. WELL, IF YOU COULD RATE THEM AS HIGH AS "JUVIE"?
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546 AND TO THE CONTROL PERSON, THEY LOOKED JUST THE SAME AS YOU ENTERED THEM AND
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547 THIS IS AN APPLE, "PULL YOUR HEAD OUT!" IS LOOKING LIKE A GOOD NAME FOR YOU.
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548 ___________________________________________________________________________
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549
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551 ???WOULD SOMEBODY WITH DISKS(VOYEUR,L'HOMME)CATCH THAT GARBAGE ON A FILE? IT WOULD HELP ME IN HUNTING-MIG???
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552
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553 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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554 MiG: I got it. I then went thru and saved everything that was even
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555 remotely worth saving, then deleted the entire bottom of drive A,
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556 then uploaded what I had saved.
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557 Mikey: It would have been MUCH easier not to have to delete them one line
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558 at a time for 125 lines. Sure would be nice to have that more powerful
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559 command - I'm trustworthy. (can I? Huh, huh, can I?...)
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560 See you at PCS tomorrow.
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561 ::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur:::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::
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562 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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563
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564 Riskers,
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565 It looks like Friday night the 3rd.....Who can I expect ?
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566 L'homme et all,
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567 Feel free to bring what you want...the usual amenities will be here...
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568 radioactive fallout from the last game has finally reached its half life and
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569 the table is once again habitable....I won't be as easy as the second game...
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570 Ahem....MiG....
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571 Voyeur,
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572 PCS...a meeting...Hmmm I may show up with glasses in tow....or in
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573 chains as the case may be....depends if I can get them to talk or not.
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574 Crafty little buggers.....they just sit there and say " We be brown "
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575
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576 ::::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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577
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578 *****************************************************
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579 Thanks for the clean up, as for multi-line erase, you can't
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580 get there from here. Out of shear paranoia I have set it
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581 such that it must be done at the master console. Ahhh......
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582 ****************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************
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583 P.S. After seeing the remanents of what was, I can imagine
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584 what was there. Sigh, such is what you get when you have an
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585 open system. As ol' Tom would say, The price of freedom is
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586 eternal vigalence.
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587 ********************************************************
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588 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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589 L'homme- how much is a paper,RX50, or RL02 copy of
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590 the archives ? Twould be nice.
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591
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592 [][][][][][][][][] DJJ (from long ago) [][][]
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593
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594 $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
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595
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596 HAVE YOU SEEN THE LUDICROUS DOCUMENT THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
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597 CALLING A PLATFORM ? IF YOU BUILT A PLATFORM AS POORLY
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598 CONSTRUCTED AS THAT, IT WOULD BE CONDEMNED IN LESS THAN A
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599 MINUTE.
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600
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601 $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
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602 to: Horatio Hornblower,
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603 E. WHERE IN THE HE-- ARE YOU . i tried calling but nobody home call me aor leave message.
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604 "Red Dawn"
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605 ************************************************************************************************************************
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606 ALL: I THINK THIS NETWORK STUFF HAS GONE A BIT TOO FAR FOR ME. I VOTE WE GO IN FOR SOME SORT OF ARGUMENT OR DISCUSSION
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607 ON SOME POSSIBLY RELEVANT ISSUES OR RELIGIOUS ISSUEALL FAIRNESS, I ENJOY THE DISCUSSIONS MORE THAN THE ROLE OR PERSONA
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608 PLAYING.
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609 ANYONE FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENCY??
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610 REAGAN SEEMS NOT TO HAVE AFFECTED ANY MAJOR ISSUES, HE DEALT WITH THE UNIMPORTANT ONES.
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611 JESSE JACKSON WOULD BE COMBINING CHURCH WITH STATE, AN EXTREMELY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION.
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612 HART DOESN'T REALLY STRIKE ME AS A VIABLE CANDIDATE AND FRITZ IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PUPPET OF SPECIAL
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613
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614 INTERESTS, SUCH AS THE UNIONS. WHY DON'T WE SCRAP THE ELECTION THIS YEAR AND DECLARE ANARCHY FOR THE NEXT FOUR.
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615
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616 THE UNBELIEVER
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617 ************************************************************************************************************************
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618 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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619 TEST1A: TPWST SZTWT OGNQW ALWDT BAFRH JZWOA VVADV CDXVT OBNJX VGALQ MLPQG NXWSL ZCBNN QWALO SLWAH TAHNQ OPHWA LQGMA KDPLA
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620 LLJEP VENQJ OUNMP MVGAL AWBFE NQEBC MYTYA LFBRZ VNSGZ ZUGMQ ELWXU UEQUA VVXAL FPFFU UJZWS NQWAL QAAQV RTAZG INZGB FXALP LDBRA
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621 HTLCX BKJNS DZIML HDXNY ALCEK XMAHT MALCY RVRGA BGMNR BZNLM MTBWB CDWVG
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622 Now that we have some NEW code text for all those who requested it... on to other things. I will be at the meeting tomorrow
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623 night. I would like to attend the risk game if transport can be arranged.
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624 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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625 ----m--------
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626 o-/-M----=-m----------NCC--------/=----{--=---------m
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627 TO:THE NINJA
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628 FVOM:THI GXITM K^IGXt.
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629 YOSR LAST NAEM _OULDN&T BE@WALSER, S_ULDIT?
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