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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************** INSTALLED: 10 NOV 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 Hi all! I'm first, I see, today. I don't have a topic, but am open to
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21 discuss any and everything (maybe).
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22 **************************************************ANNETTE******************
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23 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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24 From Prometheus: The Designed
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25 I was going to announce myself by calling myself Hawthorne, but I realized that with all the nw, and returning old patrons,
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26 my last name isn't well known anymore. How quickly they forget.
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27 To whomever mentioned 666; What you have called attention to is a fine example of ways in which co-incidences can be linked
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28 together. Forming something that appears 'FORCED' or beyond the realm of real co-incidence.
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29 I remeber an article in SMITHSONIAN recenetly which could be of great interest to you. Nary to mention victims of the Liquid
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30 Orange as it is commonly referred to. Vile Orange Liquid is another name for it.
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31 The article to which I refer has a list of about twelve seemingly incredible co-incidences between the assasinations of two
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32 American presidents, Kennedy and Lincoln. As it turns out, four of the observations weren't true and the others were clutching
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33 at straws. At least in my opinion. As feeble as that might actually be.
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34 To Piper, about the prescence of an editor helping the structure not the content of any peice of writing; I agree.
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35 What I was reppeating was simply saying that an editor could have deeper effects than just helping one story.
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36 That what was learned from an editor, however begrudgingly, could train the writer to be better in their field later.
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37 LMan in Gray, the blodclots seem to go away if the stricken clothing or blades or soaked in the saliva of the victim.
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38 Wearing green clothes also helps, as green clothing isn't as easily stained by blood.
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39 I went to a store called the Combat Corner, the local merc outfitters. And one of the attendants, a man named only to me as
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40 GREGORY-VII, recommended the simple shovel. It seems that they are much easier cleaned of hair and blood traces. And less, er
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41 revealing to pharencists.
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42 I still am waiting for my father to let me have a chance at the key to the Gun rack in the black team's van.
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43 That should be it, except for thzanking Annette for mentioning being at the top. A fine tradition that seems to be fading
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44 from sight.
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45 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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46 THUNDER LIGHTINING ,IT CRASHES THE SKY
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47 THE ONE THING IS THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE REST OF THE SONG
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48 TOO BAD....
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49 {BLACK MAGIC}
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50 OH YEAH OH YEAH I'M BACK FOR GOOD....BECAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED OF NOT KNOWING ANYONE ON HERE..AND NO ONE WILL EVEN SPEAK
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51 TO ME....
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52 INTERNATIONAL TRADER:I AM NOT YOU ,AND THAT IS FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!
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53 OH YES OH YES.....WHAT HAVE WE HERE....PLEASE,IF I AM TRYING TO WRITE AN ENTERY PLEASE DO NOT SCREW IT UP.....OK,I'D REALLY
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54 APPRCIATE IT.I AM GONNA DO BETTER ENTERY'S SINCE NO ONE WANTED TO HELP ME LAST TIME I MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT ON MY OWN.BUT I
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55 F I DO ,I ALMOST KNOW FOR A FACT IT WILL GET ERASED YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN....BECAUSE MOST OF YOU THINK I AM THE INTERNATIONAL
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56 NERD BUT I AM NOT...YOU KNOW THAT NOW....BECAUSE I KNOW I AM NOT
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57 I DON'T WANNA BE...I HOPE THIS CLEARED THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT
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58 OH YEAH...IF I FIND MY ENTERIES ERASED AND I CATCH WHO DID IT.
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59 EACH ONE OF THEIR ENTERIES WILL BE DEMOLISHED(OH NO HE'S THREATINING US ...OH NO....) YES I AM.BECAUSE I HATE PEOPLE WHO DESTR
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60 OY AND WASTE DISK SPACE AND ALL THAT JUNK BUT IF THEY DO THAT
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61 TO MY STUFF I WILL SURLY DO THAT TO THEIRS....YOU KNOW WHAT
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62 I MEAN......AND ONE OTHER THING BEFORE YOU START SAYING
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63 I WANNA TELL YOU THAT AFTER
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64 THIS STUPID LECTURE THAT NO ONE IS GONNA READ...I WILL IN FACT
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65 COME BACK UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME IF NO ONE CAN GET THIS STRAIGHT
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66 I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE I.T. IS BUT I HOPE WE FIND OUT
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67 THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
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68 BLACK MAGIC
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69 ****************************************************************
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70 SAVE THAT PLEASE
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71 THANKS
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72 ::::: PROMETHEUS ::: Black Magic, I am more than willing to meet you. I would enjoy it in fact. Please contact me on PCS-CBBS
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73 (775-xxxx) to either give me or have me give you, phone numbers.
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74 The invitation still stands for a game of Pente, you know. I must be going, but please don't feel alienated.
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75 I don't know of anyone who thinks you are International Trader, twit-files included. So don't let that bother you anymore.
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76 ::::: prometheus ::: The Quest for a key repeat feature goes on ::::: And on ::::: and on ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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77 *******
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78
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79 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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80 I recgonize that, its an older Michael Schenker tune.
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81 Pretty rightous! Killer in fact!
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82
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83 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% dizzy lizzy
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84
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85 ####################################################################
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86 The Innkeeper slept restlessly, tossing and turning in his bed.
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87 He draws the covers about him more closely to try to keep out the
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88 cold, but it is of little help. The darkness is oppressive. Sleep
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89 comes to him fitfully, no position seems to be comfortable enough to
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90 relax. Sitting on the edge of the cot, the cold hard packed clay
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91 floor numbed his feet. Clasping the pillow to his breast, he slowly
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92 rocks back and forth. When will it all end? The noise and pressure
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93 is almost too much to bear. The close quiet darkness offers only
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94 marginal relief. The night seems to last forever.
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95
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96 Finally, the cold gray morning light begins to seep through the
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97 curtained window. Outside the garbage man is clattering the cans,
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98 and the birds are awake and greeting the dawn. The Innkeeper gets up
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99 and gets dressed, preparing for another day. Moving to the dresser,
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100 he sees the golden locket laying there. Picking it up, he opens it
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101 to see the Rowan twig encased in it. Ah, the memories it brings
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102 back. He can almost hear PAM once again in the Inn relating tales of
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103 her latest adventure. Almost?... He can hear her! Rushing to the
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104 doorway, he brushes aside the worn curtain. It was her! Sitting
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105 there talking to the early morning customers. But will she remember
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106 an old friend? Does she even care? He stood there mesmerized by her
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107 once more appearing in his humble establishment.
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108 #################### The Innkeeper #################################
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109 OH DEAR OH DEAR I LOST MY KID
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110 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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111 Did anyone make the Roger's CableSystems presentation at MHCC today? I
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112 would be interested in hearing about it (perhaps if Scott Rainey went???)
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113 Aaron
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114 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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115 (&_!&%!_*&%+!@*%!&*%+)@*#+!)%*)+%*_#$)&^#$&^_&^)_!&_^&!$^*&#$*^!&^)_$#^)_#*^_)#$&^_#&^_*^_#&^_#$&^_*!#*^*+!*^)*#^_*_^
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116 Mikey: The club is easily fixed. The adventure is written so it is easy to add messages and such. Something like,
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117 "The club clatters on the far wall, but nothing happens...". As for the BASIC. If have NEVER heard of a basic that
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118 couldn't handle nested if's. Even the commode 64 can do that. In regards to mixed mode disk I/O, do you mean numeric
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119 and alphabetic in the same I/O operation? This sounds like a real funky basic. There is no color in the basic
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120 adventures, only inverse video and I believe double intensity. Is this too much for the Sanyo too? Both programs are
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121 written under BASICA, and work on such machines as the Tandy 2000 w/o modification save the force capslock and clear
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122 KB buffer type ahead. If you would like me to work on them to make them Sanyo compatible, let me know. I guess these
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123 "intense" conversations can hold until next week (phone call), we wouldn't want to subject the other patrons to that
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124 horrid computer talk!
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125 Kathy: Too wordy? What else can rhetoric be? Would you call Borges wordy when he questions our existence on our little
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126 planet? Would you rather have spartan prose describe life? I would like to think that life, in all of its infinite
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127 expressions, can not be put aside with a few choice words of succinct diction and writer's guide approved paragraphs.
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128 But thanks for the comments, next time I'll try Carlinesque.
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129 Milchar: Ack! Multicolor doesn't work! Hires does, but not Multicolor. I get a blank screen, but if I go to multi-
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130 color character mode, I get a green box on the screen. What gives? Also, XMON has a terrible disassem. It can't tell
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131 the difference between a byte or word load, which messes up the next (n) instructions until it comes to something it
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132 knows for sure again. Very frustrating. Are any of thoese other monitors any better?
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133 *)_@#*%_)#*_)*%!_)*%_!)*%!_)*%!%*_! L'homme sans Parity *_%)#@*_)*!_)*%_%+@(!%*_)#*%_)*%_)*%#$)_%*_^*_*^_)*^_)^_#@_*^
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134 ---> SLIME PIT MINDS RULE THE UNIVERSE! <---
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135 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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136 The Diamond Valley glitters and shimmers and is gorgeous. But is is also
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137 sharp and cold and comfortless and I don't like it one bit. What good
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138 does this kind of beauty do you? You can't farm it, can't hug it, burn it
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139 or eat it, so let's get on with this and get out of here, Milchar. Not
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140 fair. Milchar is struggling with consciousness.
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141 I am making a mental chart about who holds what power, who holds a grudge
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142 or wants revenge, who is able to help or heal, who has which part of the
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143 necklace and who is just plain scared to death (me). It is like the organi-
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144 zational charts companies put out except that it includes things like hatred.
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145 And magic of types I have never imagined (or cared to) before. Each little
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146 square in the chart in my head shimmers like the rocks in the Diamond Valley
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147 and each has a cutting edge.=====> And the other thing I don't like about this
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148 place is the enemy. We can cope with monsters, wizards, and demons, but
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149 in this hard unfeeling place we are confronting a machine. I fear the slice
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150 of its logic. Now what??
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151 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Lila UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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152 Voyeur-Thanks for the compliment a couple of disks back. Gaudy Minsky only
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153 comes out for spy & detective stories. So far. My current character pur-
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154 posely has little humor. If I met her in real life I would be respectful
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155 but bored to tears. (Points for grammar and spelling, but no jokes, folks)
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156 -------------------Gaudy M.
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157 *******************************************************************************
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158 yes, 100% to wordy, just as the music of Mozart had too many notes, he was a
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159 master and so are you, but didn't cut down on the unneeded.
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160 And again, I am without an entry, Ill work on one this afterneen at work.
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161 *******************************kathy********************************************
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162 to Gaudy M. Nice to see you again. We have missed your treasured input. Your
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163 words of flowering wisdom, are greatly needed when the days are cold and dark
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164 and wet. A good story is like a good fire: It warms the outer portions of the
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165 body first, but eventually the warmth makes its way inward, for all of the
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166 being to enjoy and take solace in. Please return with us on our great sojourn.
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167 Is fantasy that much different than espionage? Can a division really be made?
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168 Consider this a plea from a humble reader who has enjoyed your writing as
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169 an escape from the drudgery of day to day existance.
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170 I'll just sign my name as, 'Tooting someone else's horn'
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171
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172 The mini disk skimmed the surface of the earth, Ontho was relaxing
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173 Iceland in about 1200 micros. Her first mission: To investigate the strange
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174 volcanic activity now growing more intense in Iceland. The elders had warned
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175 her of their fears. They belived the current erruptions were not caused by
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176 mother nature but were being induced by an evil being. Ontho had confirmed
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177 the elders theories by closely studying the seismograph charts and not finding
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178 the normal patterns. So off they went. The trident was in a special holder
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179 at Leo's side. It was glowing so brightly that Leo could see to write in her
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180 new journal.
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181 Entry One: Alex, Alex, (young duke) why the pained look when I gave you
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182 my decistion to take this mission? You knew I was just dying to get out of
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183 school, I want to prove to myself and the "others" that I am not a over-
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184 confident punk with all kinds of rough edges. I'm ready for whatever happens
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185 to me. Also I'm worried about Ontho, Inmo's are just not meant to be so
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186 damn smart! Just last week the little tart was giving me theories and exp-
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187 lanations on why inmo's were destined to be the rulers of the cosmos, can
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188 you image something so bizarre?
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189 Leo put away her journal and heard Ontho announce they would be arriving
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190 in Iceland in less than 700 micros. Leo went back to her flight seat and
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191 reclined. "Ill show them all!" she spoke outloud.
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192 Ontho looked up at the outburst, which was not uncommon nowadays from
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193 the human. She wasn't nearly as much fun as before the discovery of the
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194 trident. But time would cure that problem permantly. (heehh heehh)
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195 *****************************kathy***************************************
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196 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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197 Aaron:Mr. G and I spent some time last night discussing that presentation.
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198 Do you want me to have him call you?
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199 Theus:I need some help with the PETN shape charges for the 'neeshe run.
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200 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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201
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202 There was an important job to be
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203 done and everybody was asked to
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204 do it. Everybody was sure that
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205 somebody would do it. Anybody
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206 could have done it, but nobody
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207 did it. Somebody got angry about
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208 that because it was everybody's
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209 job. Everybody thought anybody
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210 could do it, but nobody realized
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211 that everybody blamed somebody
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212 when nobody accused anybody.
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213
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214 *****************************************************************
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215 L'homme: The nested if it doesn't like is:
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216 IF A IF B IF C THEN 100
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217 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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218 <(:=========================================================:)>
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219 George: You're certainly right about the mysterious lack of
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220 news coverage. I called the news departments of both channels
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221
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222 Bill
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223 <(:=========================================================:)>
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224 BILL,
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225 WHAT TERRITORYS MIGHT YOU BE TALKING ABOUT?
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226 THE QUEEN LIVES, THE OUTER GAURDS SUVIVE
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227 B I L L CURT.
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228 EXIT
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229 ::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::11/11:::::::18:51::::::::::::O O:::::::::
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230 I see that Buckaroo Banzai starts Friday. Are all of us WesterCon survivors
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231 going to go and see it en masse, compleat with our Team Banzai headbands?
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232 (safety in numbers, you know). Lets see: L'homme, Marty, Leonard, Prometheus,
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233 and of course moi. Hmmmm?
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234 ::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::
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235 **********************===**************************************
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236 I AM OFF..................WHERE???????????????????????????????
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237 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<====ALLANON==========================>>>>>>>>>>>
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238 I WILL NOT GO ........GO WHERE?
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239 YOU WILL THEN WON'T YOU???
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240 NO.
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241 "NO WHAT?"
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242 "NO I WON'T!!"
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243 "WON'T WHAT?"
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244 "WON'T GO"
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245 "GO WHERE"
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246 "COOL!!"
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247 "NO IT'S A 100 AND ONE DEGREES OUT THAT'S HOT..!"
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248 "NO IT ISN'T IT'S COOL.."
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249 "WHAT?"
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250 "YOU WILL THEN WON'T YOU??"
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251 "NO I WON'T" "WON'T WHAT?"
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252 "WON'T GO."
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253 "GO WHERE"
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254 "ANYWHERE"
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255 "WHERE'S THAT?"
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256 "HERE"
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257 "HERE.HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?"
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258 "KNOW WHAT?"
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259 "SHUT UP"
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260 "STOP MAKING SENCE!!"
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261 "HUH?"
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262 :**:*::::::**:::*::*::==>CONFUSER<==::*::*:::*::::::*:**:-
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263
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264 The Former leaned tiredly over the maps and charts. Looking almost dead, he struck the table hard with his fist.
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265 Taking the sextant and paper and pen in ahand he left the Chart Room for the Quarterdeck. Dodging the boom he went to the
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266 railing.
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267 While aligning the delicate mechanism of a sextant he muttered some things to himself. Trying to remember them better.
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268 As he easily swept through all the steps, and equasions necessary. It seemed to him as if he had been doing this a thousand
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269 years.
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270 It stuck him how easily he had learned the arrangements of this ship. How he'd learned just the right ammount of bounce in
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271 your step to guide you up the stairs in three bounces.
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272 And the right ammount of powder to get a five pound ball thrown twenty leagues by six foot cannon.
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273 All of it had come very easily to him, including how to kill a dying freind when death was better than life.
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274
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275 The Former found the mistake in his equasions and finally knew the new course. Bellowing it to his mate, he went below.
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276
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277 Marking his notes in the log, he penned the fleet code as if it was native to him. The Royal code MIGHT be native to him he
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278 thought. He started thinking in it during an engagement with the French. Perhaps he needed a rest from the wars, a calm day.
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279
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280 At that very moment he decided to visit the inn once again, something he hadn't done in far to long. Since two lives, and
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281 twenty thousand forgotten years.
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282 He went to the quater deck and calibrated the sextant to indications which made absolutely no sense to anyone on the seas.
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283 As the ship faded ever so slowly from view, he watched his mate, Llewelyn gasp. And some of the lower crew scream. #I will
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284 return, Llewelyn, don't forget me...# said the Former.
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285 Only completed in time before the leaves and dark green of the Inn's grounds faded in. The rowan was over there, and so was
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286 the Innkeeper's horse, he might just be home after all.
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287 Once solidified, he patted the sextant and congatulated it's workings for still doing their job after so long a time.
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288 Sixteen paces to get to the entrance, and two more to get inside. Pam was here, as is evidenced by the Innkeeper's presence.
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289 All drinks were seemingly at the expense of one patron, and as the Former lifted his tankard from the oaken bar, he thought
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290 ho would have purchased it for him. And he did not know. But it was good rum, and watered just right for him. So the evening
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291 proceeded. With no one recognizing the Formmer, which was odd. Damned odd.
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292 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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293 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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294 L'homme: Byte or Word mode? If only the 6510 would be graced with a
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295 word addressing mode....
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296 MiG: PETN? Season on 'neeshees closed last week, you wouldn't stoop (not
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297 as in Michael) to poaching, would you? There are gentleman's rules to such
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298 things.....
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299 Mikey: Do we have Kaypro schems/data at work?
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300 Aaron
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301 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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302 [=------------------------------------------------------------=]
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303 Hi, I'm suprised to see so many ladies using a certain board
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304 all at one time. It used to be that there were 98% guys and the
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305 rest were gals. So were did they all come from? Why weren't
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306 they around when I used to call? Oh well, I don't know if I
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307 can write a story but here is something that someone might like.
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308
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309 "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life,
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310 don't make a pretty ladie your wife. If you want
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311 to take it from my point of view, have a oridinary
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312 gal marry you."
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313
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314 [=-------------------------Red-Fox----------------------------=]
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315
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316 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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317 Aaron: I'm not sure what his problem is with the monitor, but I think it might be he is disassembling at the wrong
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318 location (in the middle of an instruction) or is going through data tables.
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319 L'homme: Nothing to say, your call says it all... thanks for the advice given.
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320 Voyeur: So THAT's what those headbands stood for! I was exposed to my first Buckaroo Banzai comic about a month ago,
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321 much after the PorSFiS meeting in which the headbands abounded.
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322 All interested in current story: May I find out exactly who you are? Possible names right now are Piper, Leonard,
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323 L'homme, Friar Mossback, Unwilling Traveller, and Myself. After this entry there will be much more opprotunity for
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324 input from all of you.
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325 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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326 L'homme stepped quietly from the rear of the party, looking up onto the machine and reading it aloud.
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327 "Letters still, letters in motion:
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328 Of the Key, will you have any notion?
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329 TEVA HEOP HRET EQFA EYFL WUYS AOOA
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330 OIOT NUUS RRUD SHNT DEIS WADT RDSN"
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331 Eyebrows furrowed as everyone began puzzling upon the cryptic enscription. Someone mumbled "net", but the source of
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332 the word was indeterminable.
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333 ++++++++++++++++++
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334 "Found it!", I cried, snatching a hunk of the Argentium from the side of the rock formation. Now to get it back to
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335 Milchar before he suffocated. I hoped the group of adventurers would be successful at deciphering the answer, and that
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336 they would note the cipher was broken into four-letter groups instead of five-letter...
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337 +++++++++++++++++++
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338 My force-knife chipped away at the sphere, sending bits flying into the void. Another contraction of the sphere made
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339 me increase the pace. Damn! It wasn't working... the sphere hardened faster than I chipped. There must be some way,
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340 there must! I gave up supplying energy to the knife, and it faded out of existance. The bubble returned to its former
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341 transparent state, but still it contracted. Time was running out.
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342 Force had been futile. I could not even hope to break the tough bubble. Wait- perhaps burst it by filling it too much?
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343 It was worth a try. I began by composing a song... worked out thirty or so complex calculus problems... strained to
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344 be creative and thoughtful and energetic, all those things this bubble was designed to contain.
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345 Suddenly, I felt the bubble begin to fill with a liquid-like substance, originating from nowhere. The bubble
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346 contracted once more, causing the level of the liquid to rise quickly....
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347 +++++++++++ Milchar & Novar ++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:54 on 11/11/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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348
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349 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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350
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351 The new clothes are serviceable, but the need to buy them simply
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352 shouldn't have existed. How could the airline have lost my bags? The
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353 plane wasn't going anywhere, it was as much a prisoner of circumstances as
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354 I, so they couldn't have taken a detour through Outer Mongolia. In fact,
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355 the plane was still here and probably would be for some time since the
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356 airline wouldn't let it into the air until the faulty engine was replaced.
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357 There was no rush, no hurry, so there could be no excuses as far as I was
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358 concerned. But there is little sense in wasting vast amounts of mental and
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359 emotional energy on something that is completely out of your hands, so I
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360 left to find a local store where I could get a change of apparel, as well
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361 as a toothbrush. Having as personal posessions only the clothes on your
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362 back can spoil your whole day.
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363
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364 Tawny was reassigned to a new flight, and she left around noon the
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365 next day. We exchanged addresses and 'phone numbers, hugged each other,
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366 cried, and made promises to keep in touch that I think we both knew would
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367 never be kept. We had so much fun! Night spots, restaurants, even a
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368 "singles" bar (an idea of that filled me with trepidation, but I surprised
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369 myself by having fun despite the constant hits by men trolling for a catch)
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370 on the one day and night we had together helped to cement an intimacy in
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371 our relationship far beyond what I would have believed possible for so
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372 short a time. I found the perfect card in a small shop before she left:
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373 two humorous cartoon lizards on the front, crying, and an interior that
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374 read "Iguana miss you!" And I do.
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375
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376 When finally that afternoon I was informed that all arrangements had
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377 been made for a new flight late that evening, and that my bags had been
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378 found (they had somehow taken a side trip to Canada, don't ask me how) and
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379 would meet me in Seattle, I thanked the agent and headed back to the hotel
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380 room. I didn't feel glad to be going home, or relieved that my belongings
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381 had been recovered, or much of anything else; my entire trip had been an
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382 emotional roller-coaster, and all I could feel was tired, numb, and
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383 hung-over from the almost continuous intake of alchohol.
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384
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385 Entering my room I flung off my clothes and dove into bed, hoping to
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386 sleep for the rest of the afternoon in preparation for the next attempt at
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387 a return home. "What I really need," I told myself as I began to drift
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388 off, "is a pair of ruby slippers."
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389
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390 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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391
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392 Yes, an editor would be helpful, but as someone said, the nature of
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393 the medium is such that one wouldn't really be practical. Our work is here
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394 for just a few days, then it dissapears into the vaults of the Innkeeper,
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395 never to see the light of day again. And I simply don't have the time to
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396 devote to rewrites of these contributions. Usually, I write what I enter
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397 here in one sitting and then read it quickly for spelling and punctuation.
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398 Other writings of mine (more personal, and more private) receive more
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399 attention.
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400 Of course, probably my biggest fear of an editor would be that they
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401 would immediately spot those things that I DIDN'T say and question me about
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402 them. There are some things a person would prefer were left hidden away,
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403 and a good editor would be too quick to grab them and force me to look at
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404 (and perhaps include) them.
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405
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406 Promethius, I'm glad to hear that you've read my recent entries. And
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407 don't worry, neither you nor your name have been forgotten. I always
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408 remember those at the Inn who show intelligence and a sense of humor, and I
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409 hope you'll continue to drop in even if you don't plan to contribute, or be
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410 "in the service of". (Snicker!)
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411
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412 My thanks to the Innkeeper! Your aid in cleaning up the mess left by
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413 a previous patron was greatly appreciated. Would you join me in a warm
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414 brandy? Do you think there's room?
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415
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416 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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417
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418 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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419 The piper had strange feelings of trepidation looking at the enigmatic
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420 machine. The meaningless words marched across the face of it, holding a slight
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421 familiarity -- as though something seen long ago through different eyes.
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422 He turned to his compainions and remarked "If any of you have connections
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423 with the NET, perhaps you could be of more help here than I, who have no
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424 aptitude for cryptography."
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425 Stepping back to let the others crowd closer, the piper soon lost himself
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426 in contemplation. As he turned the facts of the situation over and over in
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427 his mind, the raw feeling of loss increased. The beating of great white wings
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428 was engraved deeply into his heart, and the need to find his pegasus was
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429 nearly overpowering.
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430 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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431
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432 IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM;
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433 : :
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434 : Why worry about Tomorrow, :
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435 : when today is so far off? :
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436 : :
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437 HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM<
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438
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439
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440 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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441
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442 TO STYRAX:
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443
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444 2345 6789 5634 9008 4567 4536 5678 6789 5644
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445
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446
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447 HUP
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448
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449 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%11128490856%%%%%%%%
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450 <==========================================================>
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451
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452 Bill:
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453
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454 It's no joke. Carrol, John, Mike, Bob, and I took the four
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455 wheel drive up to investigate. When we got to that clearing
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456 where we partied this summer we got stopped by three guys in
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457 suits. It was real strange cause they all wore suits, no boots,
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458 and really looked out of place. It was real bizaare.
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459 One of them asks us what we're doing out there. Mike tells
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460 them we're just out driving. He says the bridge is out and we
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461 have to go the other way. Mike says that with four wheel drive
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462 we really don't care about the bridge. Then the guy gets mad,
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463 flashes a badge, and demands to see our ID. We show him, he
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464 writes down all our names, then tells us to get the hell out of
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465 there.
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466 We take off but try looping around that overgrown trail
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467 John's been wanting to explore anyway. We get about half a mile
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468 when two other guys appear. They're wearing suits to but at
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469 least they have the sense to be wearing boots. One of them has
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470 a thing plugged into his ear so we figure he's talking to one
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471 of the clowns we met earlier. We got the hell out of there
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472 fast.
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473 We're thinking of going back but we want to have some kind
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474 of a plan first. Keep in touch. This is getting interesting.
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475
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476 George
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477 <=============================================================>
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478 George,
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479 I am very interrested in what happened to you guys. Because a similar incident happened to me, I wont go into it here but
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480 I think they are covering up something very important or controversial.
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481 Please leave me a message on the portland atari club bbs if you would like to discuss this further. adress it to OPUS.
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482 BILL C.
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483 OFF
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484 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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485
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486 Ahhh.....To again be telecommunicative....
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||
487 With a questionable effort on the part of Hayes I am once again among the
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488 modeming public. Bless UPS on this veterans day holiday. I see some familiar
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||
489 borders have returned .... And others discreetly changed so they may continue
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||
490 their " terminal " addictions unfetted by a previous reincarnation....And
|
||
491 still others whose fresh entrys do justice to the Inn.
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492 MiG,
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493 Several weeks ago I was mailed some purulent garbage of a financial
|
||
494 nature....Would you know how I came by it ?....I feel we should meet sometime
|
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495 this week...at the same old place...you pick the time & day. The outline
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496 is complete.
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497 L'homme - voyeur & Leonard,
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498 Played a new variation last weekend .... The addition of tactial
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499 neutron weapons as a part of your mobile forces....and an expansion of the
|
||
500 targeting capabilities of strategic weapons....did wonders keeping Bart
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||
501 to a manageable level in South America...As well ( grumble grumble)
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||
502 the tried and true Australian technique.
|
||
503 Milch,
|
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504 YDLI EEAT OHEF ATME UAAT LOBN CVSE PRLD OETD HSEF UAST ACDI LTHH BRIL
|
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505
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506 :::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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||
507
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508 HI ALEX....
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509 HI MIG
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510 H LENOARD
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511 HI KATHY
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512 HI PHROMETHUES HAWTHORNE
|
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513 HI CITSOP MIKEY
|
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514 HI PAM
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515 HI PHANTOM GLITCH
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516 HI BLACK MAGIC(ALLANON)
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517 HI MAD MAX
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518 HI ALL YOU BACKWATER MESSAGE SYSTEM PEOPLE
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519 YOU GUYS ARE COOL
|
||
520 -------------------NEW U.---------------------------------
|
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521 OH YEAH WHO EVER I FORGOT LET ME KNOW......................
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522 Kathy, Are you interested in other partners, or is yours a solo act ?
|
||
523
|
||
524 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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525 "I feel I should get back to Milchar" I said, not wanting the others to know about the pre-
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526 monition I had had that morning. "I will see you all in a few hours. I knew that my death
|
||
527 was planned. I did not want any of them struck down with me.
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||
528 Rather than heading back towards Milchar, I circled around behind the machine, a good distance
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||
529 from it. Clearing my mind, I began a probe of the insides of the machine, using techniques long
|
||
530 forgotten by most of our order. I was able to see inside for only a short time before a cover
|
||
531 was thrown over the insides. "What !?!?" I exclaimed. I had never had anything of the sort
|
||
532 happen before. Suddenly a wave of energy came in my direction, and the pain was unbearable.
|
||
533 I slipped quietly into unconciousness.
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||
534
|
||
535 Friar Mossback
|
||
536 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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537 ENTER
|
||
538
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||
539 TELL IT TO MIKEY. HE`LL READ ANYTHING!
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||
540 MONDALE `88! HOORAY............................................................................................................541 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
542
|
||
543 *!)_@$*!_)*$)_!*$_)@*_+)$*!+$)!@#*)!*$)+_*_)%&#@_)%*#)*_#$)&_)#$^&_)*@#_)*%_@#)%&@_)#&%@#_)*%@_)*%@#)_*%_@)#*%@_#*
|
||
544 Code! I hadn't seen any code in many months. Back when NET was after that Leroy McKane character. That
|
||
545 scum of the earth who tried every dirty trick in the book to take over the world, and still came out on the
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||
546 short end of the shtick. Code. Different, somehow... It was different from the NET code. It had four letter
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||
547 groups, instead of five. And the clue at the top. Could that mean this code is some kind of offset code. Now the NET's
|
||
548 code was a substitution type, with an n-position substitution key. But this code could contain some kind of
|
||
549 shifted letter value, and to decode it would be a simple procedure. Let's see...Hmmm.hmmm.hmmm...
|
||
550 A few moments later. Make that a few more moments later, I had it solved. "Hah!", I announced, to
|
||
551 no one in particular. "It's easy! All you have to do is be a little shifty!"
|
||
552 "What! What does it say? What does it mean?", someone blurted out, the excitement ringing in their
|
||
553 voice. "Well... I don't know if I should tell you right away. Wouldn't you like some intellectual stimulation
|
||
554 yourself? Do you want to go through the rest of your life having other people figure out all the puzzles you are
|
||
555 going to encounter? I think everyone should solve this little puzzle for themselves. I think everyone will feel much
|
||
556 better for it." Ignoring the oaths directed towards me, I sat myself on the ground, and watched the others
|
||
557 mull about while trying to skirt the latest complication in our adventure...
|
||
558 $*_)@#*$_)@*%^@#_)*%_)*%_#)%
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||
559 Mikey : I see...still sounds pretty suspect, but fortunately that is easy to change. I'll try to call you Tuesday.
|
||
560 Alex : Welcome back to Backwater. I have two Apple Sourcebooks for you. When can we arrange a delivery.
|
||
561 Voyeur : This Friday? Sounds like a good idea to me. I can talk to Marty, and unless her busy social schedule
|
||
562 offers resistance, I think I can convince her to come. Can you talk to Leonard? I'm sure he'll be up to donning the
|
||
563 old banzi head bands. I still have mine. I'm sure Marty kept hers. Good idea!
|
||
564 Milch : Thanks again for the help. I'll tell you how it worked out after tomorrow.
|
||
565 Football Fans : It looks like the Breakers are coming to Portland. Let's hope history does not repeat itself and
|
||
566 we end up with another Portland Storm/Thunder debacle.
|
||
567 _*%_)*%_)*%_)!*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_@#) L'homme sans Parity *($_)#*_)*!_)*$%_!)*%+!_*%_!)*%_)#*%_)@#*%_@)#*
|
||
568 PS To Aaron : XMON.880D doesn't know how to disassemble something like :
|
||
569 ldx $14
|
||
570 ldy $15
|
||
571 It returns a :
|
||
572 ldx $A414
|
||
573 ???
|
||
574 _%&_@#%&*_#*%_)*%_)%+#%)@#&*%)_@#*%_@#)&%_#&%_!)%*+#%_)!&*%_)#*%_)@#*%!_&%_)@#*)_#$&)_%&*_*)_#*%%
|
||
575 I picked up a few old magazines at ORYCON this weekend & in one of them there
|
||
576 was a science article on COMPUTERS! The magazine was dated Feb 1951.
|
||
577 "... Work now going on in this field offers a hope that the problem can be solved
|
||
578 with machines that may reach a speed of ten thousand multiplications or one
|
||
579 ndred thousand additions a second."
|
||
580 Wow! Imagine that! Machines might someday operate at 10 kips! (snicker!)
|
||
581 L'homme: I am planning on going. Which theater & time?
|
||
582 __________________________________Leonard____________________________________
|
||
583 :::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::11/12:::::::20:34::::::::::O O:::::::::::
|
||
584 Banzaiists: Shows are at Bagdad (SE 37th & Hawthorne [symbolic?]), Rose Moyer
|
||
585 (165th & Division), Washington Square, and Clackamas Town Center. As I recall,
|
||
586 the best picture/sound is obtained at Rose Moyer & Clackamas. Bagdad is
|
||
587 most convenient for Leonard, Clack. for me, Wash. Sq for Marty, and Rose Moyer
|
||
588 for L'homme. I *KNOW* Leonard has no hangups about wearing his headband,
|
||
589 so I will exhume mine. The show STARTS playing on Friday, so there are later
|
||
590 possibilities if need be. The newspaper ad doesn't mention showtimes yet,
|
||
591 but we're all big people so we shouldn't have too much problem there.
|
||
592 L'homme: my NET skills must be slipping - I had no luck with Milchars code. I did try shifting, plus NET, so....
|
||
593 ***********************************
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