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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 *********************** INSTALLED: 21 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
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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 -=*=- In all my years of visiting the Inn, this is the first time! -=*=-
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21 -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- Old Timer -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=-
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22 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /
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23 Mad Max:kindly tell me how Dent can be awoke from sipping tea and reading?
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24 Prometheus:Great! Are we going for the psuedo-nazis in Idaho? Our friend
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25 from SALOG wasn't too clear on that (when is he ever clear on anything?)
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26 I don't want a repete of the Wintermute incedent. I wish we didn't have to
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27 get the cash from Kendall, somebody will eventualy notice that all that R&D
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28 money going in to the observatory isn't finding its way into equipment.
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29 I got a shipment of guns today, we got 4 mini-14's, some god-damned l
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30 deadly looking Remington 870's with vindicator stocks, modified for 3 shot
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31 burst and full auto. I still havn't unpacked the other 2 cases, but we s
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32 should be getting some full auto ar's and a box of 7.62MM Uzi's. where are
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33 we going to get the #$%&'() AMMO for all this crap? You call SALOG, I can't
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34 understand that damn accent of his.
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35 If any info was relayed to me on the last disk, I missed it, the 4023
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36 flaked out on me. Take care.
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37 Meso-Math:Have you ever used the key?
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38 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /
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39 ***********************************************************************
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40 AHHH, MY MODEM DEEMS TO BE BETTER TODAY..
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41 LHOMME: HOW DO I GET UP TO THE SOFTWARE MAGE? ALSO I HAVE FIGURED OUT
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42 HOW TO GET OUTOF THE MAZES WITH FRESH BATTERIES. BUT ALTHOUGH I HEAR
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43 THE PIRATEEE LURKING AROUND BEHIND ME I CAN'T FIND HIS TREASURE
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44 CHEST. ADVICE?
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45 ************************************************************************
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46 Leo was relaxing at the Inn, actually she seemed interested in
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47 young prometheus who was lurking around in the corner. He seemed like
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48 he might make a good pente partner. But, Leo thought of Alex's advice
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49 to cool it on making friends untill here carear was firmer. The Innkeeper
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50 was being quite attentive, keeping her in herbal tea. Suddenly the door
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51 of the Inn blew open and in tramped 4 bedraggled travelers mumbling
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52 something about tired feet and exhausted craniums. "It seems like we
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53 are always solving puzzles just a second to late!" They paid no atten-
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54 tion to Leo and pulled up chairs at what seemed "their" table. The Inn
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55 keeper drew up stong dark drafts to satifiy the newly arrived customers.
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56 Leo seemed content with her tea and thought of the later hour. She
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57 and Ontho had to make an early start tommorow and were instructed not
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58 to return untill the evil force in Iceland was under control. The next
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59 plan would be to follow undetected a craft seen near a explosion. And
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60 see where it leads them. Ontho and the Elders had put toghther a
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61 invisablilty sheild for their disk, first of its kind seen, err not seen.
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62 Leo finished her tea, paid the Innkeeper and tiped him generously,
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63 "you have been most kind, pray for me and my companion on this journey
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64 we begin tomorrow". the Innkeeper was surprized at Leo's words and did
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65 not respond. Leo just smiled and left closing the door on the laughter
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66 of the tired travelers
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67 *********************************kathy************************************
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68 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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69 Just a word to the new writers (yes, you too, ex-deleter)--
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70 Please don't take a seeming indifference as a snub. I for one, begin entries
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71 with the full intention of replying to one or more of you if possible. It's
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72 just not always possible. If I'm working on a story line of my own, or in the
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73 midst of trying to find just the right words to reply to someone else without
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74 unwittingly hurting their feelings (if I hurt someone, I prefer that it be
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75 intentional) or dreging some obscure reference from this tired old brain, I
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76 forget to include the answer. Oh, yes! I begin to feel guilty for the amout
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77 of disk space and connect time that I am taking, also!
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78 Apologies aside, please keep writing! Nearly every serious attempt made
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79 lately has a lot going for it. Remember though, let your characters feel what
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80 goes on around them. If someone sees a beautiful sight, what does it do to
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81 them inside? Does it make them suddenly feel soft and warm, like a lick from
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82 a puppy's tounge, exhilarated like reaching the bottom of a downhill ski run,
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83 what? It's possible to simply put down the facts of a story, but the real
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84 pleasure in reading it is to know the characters. We know them through two
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85 main channels, how they react to each other and what the author tells us
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86 about their feelings. Continue -- persevere -- you are welcome here!
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87 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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88 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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89 (Mez continues with the story...)
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90
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91 The children received much advice as to how the seventeen parcels of
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92 land should be divided. Some said that they should sell the land and divide
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93 the proceeds according to the formula given in the WILL. Others thought they
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94 should just ignore the WILL and divide the property evenly.
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95 None of the suggested options would satisfy all the children. Finally
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96 they decided that the WILL had been some kind of riddle, left by the monarch,
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97 to guide them. Perhaps to find a new teacher, someone to guide them wisely,
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98 as the monarch had. They decided to set out to find this person who could
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99 solve the riddle of the WILL.
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100 They traveled far and wide in search of the answer to the riddle. Time
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101 and space are too small to recount the many adventures and mishaps that
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102 befell them along the way. Many times one or the other would be discouraged
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103 to the point of quitting. On these occasions they would gain encouragement
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104 from each other. This gave them the strength to continue the search.
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105 One afternoon as they were resting and refreshing themselves, along
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106 came a stranger walking slowly down the dusty road. Being kindly folk they
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107 offered to share food, drink, and shade. Soon the talk drifted around to the
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108 riddle of the WILL. The children recited the conditions for the division of
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109 the seventeen parcels of land. After so many repetitions it had almost become
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110 a ritual chant.
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111 When the children had finished the stranger smiled and said,
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112 "The answer to the riddle is simple but it requires one more element. I have
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113 some land of my own from which I will add one more parcel, equal in size to
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114 the seventeen you already have. One third of that is exactly six parcels,
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115 which go to the oldest. That leaves twelve more parcels to distribute. A one
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116 third share of this would be four parcels, and a one twelfth share would be
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117 one parcel. We give four each to two of you and one each to the other three.
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118 After these eleven parcels are removed we have one left, my original parcel,
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119 which can be returned to me."
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120 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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121
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122 MiG: He was dreaming it...
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123 -----------------------------------MM
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124 ******************************************************************************
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125 piper: did I miss something what is with the (exdeleter?) just when I
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126 was having fun with my insults!!??
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127 zork folks: what do i do with the coffin?
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128 ***************************kathy**********************************************
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129 As a newcomer, can you tell me what the primary purpose of this bulletin board
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130 is. I find the stories interesting. Are all of you writers? Can anybody join
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131 in?
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132 Woody
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133 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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134 Kathy,
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135 You misted nothing i have just decided to quit my old practices. You can
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136 continue to enter your put downs if you like, I find them quite ammusing.
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137 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILL C.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE EX RANDOM DELETER!!!!!!!!!!!
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138 !!!!! I DECIDED TO CHANGE THE ABOVE IS MY TRUE NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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139 < BilYou're either real gutsy or real dumb. I haven't figured which. >
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140
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141 Come on guys, I know he's been a REAL
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142 pain, but lets give him a chance. If
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143 he starts deleting again, then we can
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144 start taking action...
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145 -----------------------------------MM
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146 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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147 INSPIRATION FOR THE UNHAPPY
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148 Once upon a time there was a little sparrow who hated to fly south for
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149 the winter. He dreaded the thought of leaving his home so much that he decided
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150 he would delay the journey until the last minute. After bidding a formal
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151 farewell to his friends, he went back to the nest and stayed there for an
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152 additional four weeks. Finally, the weather turned so bitterly cold that he
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153 could delay no longer. As the little bird took off and started to fly south,
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154 it began to rain. In a short time, ice began to form on his little wings.
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155 Almost dead from cold and exhaustion, he fell to earth in a barnyard.
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156 As he was breathing his last breath, a horse walked out of the barn and
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157 proceeded to cover the little bird with fertilizer. At first the little sparrow
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158 could think of nothing, except that this was a terrible way to die.
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159 But as the fertilizer started to sink into his feathers, it warmed him and
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160 life began to return to his little body. He also found that he had
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161 enough room to breath. Suddenly the little sparrow was so happy that he
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162 started to sing. At that moment a large cat came into the barnyard.
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163 Hearing the chirping of the bird, he began digging into the fertilizer
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164 to find out where the sound was coming from. The cat finally uncovered
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165 the bird and ate him.
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166
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167 This story contains three morals:
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168 1. Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
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169 2. Not everyone who takes shit off you is your friend.
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170 3. When you are warm and comfortable, even if it is in a pile of shit,
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171 keep your mouth shut.
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172 [I've seen this somewhere before; if it was here I apologize for
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173 the redundancy.]
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174 ????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ?????????????????????????????????
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175 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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176 .. Ubtain lasguns. The forman stopped in his tracks seeing the guns a warm
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177 felling came into him the feeling that it was his end.Getho raised his las
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178 gun and fired directly at the forman, the shot pirced his head in a clean
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179 cut. There was no blood or brain shed since the lasguns enable the user to
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180 a silent clean shot which breaks all nervous system bonds on the victum. As
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181 the forman fall to the floor the gathering turned to see what had happened,
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182 as one of the droids in the front turned his eyes caught those of Ramcos.
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183 Ramco stared deeply into his eyes and saw sudden fear erupt in the droid. As
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184 he continued to stare he noticed something odd about the eyes something that
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185 bothered him extremly, the eyes of his counter part had no thought behind
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186 them. He tought," when i look into the formans or any other outer gaurds
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187 eyes i see something there, its not just blank like this workers seem to be."
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188 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BILL CU.
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189 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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190 It was late on a bitterly cold winter night. I think I had been
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191 walking for too long, the cold night air was starting to pierce through
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192 my small coat. Just a few more miles and I'll be there, I couldn't believe
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193 this was happening to me. I haven't bee able to come home for years. I
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194 gripped my coat around my throat and walked on. I could barely see the side
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195 of the raod it was so foggy. I was fealling so wonderfull in side I almost
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196 didn't hear the truck comming up behind me. I spun around as it rushed by,
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197 the big tires spraying the wet slush that was on the ground all over me.
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198 This was just great, but I was in too good a mood to be messed up about a
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199 little water. I turned and started to walk again. I started to sing a little
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200 song that I once sung when I used to live at home. A small song that reminded
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201 me about the lovely trees and the playfull waterfall. Oh, I wished I could
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202 hurry and get there so I could lay in the front lawn watching the fluffy
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203 clouds float by. Only a few more miles and I'll be there, can't stop now.
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204 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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205 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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206 CISTOP MIKEY:I think your way of
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207 handling *ahem* vandals is superb.it
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208 is definitely one of the better ways ive
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209 seen.
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210
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211 BILL C.:I'm glad you changed.but im
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212 curious as to what made it happen...
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213
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214 I, too, find it in very poor taste
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215 to point out peoples mistakes when they
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216 are just having fun.REALLY!
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217
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218 Anyway, im glad to see a lot of
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219 Douglas Adams take-offs being written.
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220 i think that they are thoroughly
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221 enjoyable.
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222 OH YEAH,I'D LIKE MY ERRORS POINTED
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223 OUT TO ME SO I MIGHT NOT MAKE THEM AGAIN INSTEAD OF BEING TOLD LATER SO I
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224 CANNOT REMEMBER THEM.
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225 AND PLEASE DONT POINT OUT MY ERRORS IN THIS,I KNOW I MADE THEM.
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226
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227 Arrio
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228
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229 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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230 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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231 ARRIO,
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232 The reason i changed is because i figured the world did not need yet
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233 another destructive person since we nave enough already, the seiks in india,
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234 reagan,the sandanistas in nigaragua,the nazi war crimunals that are still
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235 alive, and such. So from the comments of people on this board and my own
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236 power of reasoning I have decided to change and input something creative
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237 instead of rampage,pillage,and plunder and all around destroy.
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238
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239 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill C.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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240
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241 P.S.
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242 CISTOP MIKE,
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243 Why did you erease the statement below my entry and the other entry below
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244 that, I would like to go ahead and take the chance of what ever any one mi
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245 ght want to do to me since i feel that i deserve what ever they dish out to
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246 me.
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247 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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248 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK
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249 WELL, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SPELL ALERT IS HAVING
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250 PROBLEMS IN DETECTING SPELLING ERRORS. OR RATHER
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251 DETECTING NONEXISTANT ERRORS. SPECIFICALLY,
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252 INDICATING THAT D HAD FOUR ERRORS, AND ONE TYPO.
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253 IN CHECKING IT OVER, I DID NOT FIND ANY. THERE
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254 WERE SOME WORDS THAT WERE SPELLED IN OLD ENGLISH,
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255 BUT THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ERROR, PARTICULARLY
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256 WHEN THE WHOLE ENTRY IS WRITTEN WITH THAT FLAVOR.
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257 I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST SPELL ALERT THAT
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258 YOU UPDATE YOUR DICTIONARY, OR AT LEAST USE A
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259 BIT MORE CARE IN WHAT YOU DETERMINE TO BE A
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260 SPELLING ERROR.
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261 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK
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262
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263 *************************************************************
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264 Archivers: I will be making changes in the way I archive things
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265 This is caused by several things, one the increasing expense
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266 of 8 inch disks. Since I maintain double archives (having learned
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267 in the past that when dealing with that much information you
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268 will always have some disk error problems.) this means I have
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269 two 8 inch disks for every archive disk. Two it is a pain in
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270 the neck to setup the thing to do the archives. Fire up the
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271 8 inch system, load COPYLINK, turn on the filter, take BWMS
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272 off line boost the baud rate to 1200, turn on the line numbers,
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273 then realize I don't have any formated 8 inch disks, go back to
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274 the system load format routine, format system disk (Arghhh!),
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275 dig up backup system disk, copy files back on to system disk,
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276 load format routine. put blank disk in drive run format, take
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277 disk out and throw on trash can because it wouldn't format,
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278 put another blank disk in and format it, reload COPYLINK,
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279 turn filter on again (I got to run the custom command one
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280 of these days, but there never seems to be enough room on
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281 the disk.) take current disk out of BWMS put old disk to
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282 be archived in, open file on 8 inch system to save the data,
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283 type LIST, twidle thumbs while transfer is taking place, close
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284 file on 8 inch system, turn off BWMS, put next archive disk
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285 in BWMS, open next file on 8 inch system, type LIST again,
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286 twidle thumbs again, close file on 8 inch system, turn off
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287 BWMS, put next disk to be archived in, ect..., run out of
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288 space on 8 inch disk, go back to system, run format routine
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289 again format system disk again (SOB) recopy files from backup
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290 again, format new disk, reload COPYLINK again, open file, ect...
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291 finally done, go back to system, format another disk (why didn't
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292 I format them all ahead of time?) (This time I didn't format
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293 the system disk wow!) copy new BWMS archive disk to archive
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294 backup disk, get disk error in file, reload COPYLINK, retransfer
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295 bad file, go back to system copy bum file, format another disk,
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296 create new archive disk off of good backup disk, throw bad disk
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297 in trash, carfully put disks away in box, put current disk
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298 back in BWMS, put it back on line, go to bed and sleep it off.
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299 ************************************************************:
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300 I will now be copying the disks directly on my 5 inch cpm system,
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301 This way I don't have to take BWMS off line for 4 to 5 hours to
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302 do the archiving, and, it is a whole bunch faster. The problem is
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303 that the format is still weird, the CPM system uses the same
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304 format as BWMS does, (18 sectors per track) but is a bit bigger
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305 (40 tracks instead of 35) it also uses the back side for a total
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306 of 80 tracks, track 0 on the back side is track 41. I can however
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307 still upload to 8 inch, so no problem there. The 5 inch cpm system
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308 only holds 171K instead of 250K though, so not as much archival
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309 storrage. I have thought about saving as double density, but
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310 my CPM machine is the only one in the world that uses my DD format
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311 (26 sectors per track (128 byte sectors)) and again, track 0 on
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312 the back side is recalculated as track 40. (I thought about rewritting
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313 it to be in MSDOS format, but I haven't had the time (use what works)).
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314 Anyway, what all this means, is no more line numbers, I can regenerate
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315 them if you prefer, (just more code in the copy routine). I will
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316 also no longer be filtering control characters (with the exception
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317 of control Z which is used by CPM and MSDOS as a end of file mark,
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318 so can't have it floating around in there!) Again, I can filter out
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319 the control chars if you want, only a little bit more code to deal
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320 with. And finally, the startup information (file open number of lines
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321 margin, ect..) will not be there, again, I can poke it in if you
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322 want. What I need to know, is do you want line numbers or not,
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323 do you want filtering or not, do you want header or not. And for
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324 that matter, do you want archives anymore or not?
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325 (It's eight o'clock, so tell me, what am I still doing at work?
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326 I think I'll go home....
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327 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ****************************
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328 ::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::11/21::::::::::21:23:::::::O O::::::::::::::
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329 Mikey: actually, the new archive format is what most of us are editing our
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330 archives to look like. (i.e. removing the header [after 200 of them, it
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331 gets redundant], removing line numbers, etc.) As far as the disk format
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332 itself, I shall leave it to L'homme to comment on, since he seems to be the
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333 one in charge of conversions.
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334 :::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::
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335
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336 We often think that when we have completed our study of ONE we know
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337 all about TWO, because 'two' is 'one and one'. We forget that we still
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338 have to make a study of AND.
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339 -A. S. Eddington
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340
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341 It's here, it's here!!! The fourth
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342 book in the Hitchhikers Guide to the
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343 Galaxy series is here!!! Hee Hee!!!
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344 My story line is on hold so I can
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345 encorperate the stuff from the new
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346 book. If you want to read it too,
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347 go to your local book seller and be
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348 ready to shell out $12.95. Got to
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349 finsh the chapter...
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350 ------------------------------------
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351 Mad Max was here. NEW answer...
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352 ------------------------------------
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353 WHY DON'T YOU try using original ideas rather than copying them out of a book?
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354 THAT'S WHY SOME people call is so that they can view original writing.
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355 The story was only a continuation. Every action that took place in it was
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356 mine. Since the fourth book is finaly here, I won't bother making up anymore
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357 continuations. Why do you capitalize the first three words? Also, why didn't
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358 you sign your name? I always like knowing who's views are being expressed...
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359 --------------Mad Max----------------------------------23:31--------------
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360 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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361 OK, MiG, here's a comparison of Repo Man and Buckaroo Banzai.
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362 In Repo Man, daily life is sleazy, unjust and senseless. The hero is a
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363 creep and a sinner, but he's got style (business suit-punk) and he's always
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364 SEEKING-mostly for ways to rip people off and for sex, but occasionally for
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365 truth. The only real difference between him and the villains is that THEY
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366 dress in L.A. Psycho style.
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367 In B.B. daily life is fair and orderly except for the homicidal maniacs who
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368 are about to End the World. The hero is brilliant and brave and kind and
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369 musical. He wears imaginative clothes that have enormous shoulders or look
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370 like they've been run over by trucks. He works tirelessly for justice,
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371
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372 technical excellence, and rock & roll. The villains are brilliant, too,
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373 but they are dedicated to BADNESS. (That's why they call them bad guys.)
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374 They want to oppress the whole universe and are not at all funny or musi-
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375 cal. They wear disguises so you can't tell what their taste in clothes is
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376 but you CAN tell they are sneaky and coldly violent. So the hero SAVES
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377 THE WORLD from these fiends. Then he goes backto being heroic.
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378 Morality-wise, Repo Man is like Candide as told by John Calvin. B.B. is
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379 like Marvel Comics as told by John Wayne.
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380 Buckaroo Banzai has better special effects.
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381 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Gaudy Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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382 Mad Max-I like the Arthur Dent series. Are you going to wait until you've
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383 finished #4 to continue? Is it a solo act?
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384 -------an MM fan =======
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385 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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386 Gaudy M.:Thank you. Would it be possible to obtain the date and newspaper
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387 name for that article you showed me on networking authors?
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388 Theus:Bad news, Gregory dropped by this afternoon, started flashing his ID.
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389 We have to stop him from doing that, everybody and there grandmothers know
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390 that he works for the NSA, so why does he flash that dumb FBI badge all
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391 the time? I ran back the capture tapes of his "secret" radio transmission
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392 with HQ, he kept talking about how prettily the stars were shineing today.
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393 I think we should definatly not get any cash from Kendall, the observatory
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394 is too hot.
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395 I tried getting more info from SALOG, no dice, his bodyguard was stoned
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396 again, wouldn't let me talk to him. I think its going to be the Neo-nazi's
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397 in Idaho, this looks like far too much firepower for the Rajneeshe run.
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398 And if were doing that, we will need the black van. So lets }ake another
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399 payment on the van O.K.?? Get that thing out of the shop.
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400 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?p? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /
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401 ? ? ? ? ? ? > ?/Gee, why don't I start signing things?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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402 Mikey: I vote for REMOVING the headers, keeping as many ctrl chars as possible
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403 (that msg on what is NOW "drive c" would disappear without ctrl chars!)
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404 & keeping line numbers.
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405 I want to keep line #s because with all the format conversions we are
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406 occasoinally going to trash a line. If it hadn't been for line #s, I would have
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407 missed several errors ithat have crept in along the way.
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408 (considering the way SOME people write, it's hard to tell if part of a line
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409 is missing unless there isn't a line number. ie that disk [mar84 maybe?] that
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410 had block get "munched" in the xmodem xfer.)
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411 ....must go, it's getting early & I'm starting to babble..
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412 ________________________________Leonard_________________________________________
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413 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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414
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415 From Prometheus: Leasoon
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416 I am going far away for a few days, and traversing my way to Spokanne, Washington. I plan to be back on Monday morn.
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417 Some freind is getting me in, and he claims that the Chairman hes neo-nazi AFFILIATIONS. Only problem being how boring the
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418 Society is to non-vintners...
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419 I have a plane to catch so I can't say much now, but i will when I get back. If ever...
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420 Those vintners you know, wild parties lasting weeks on end, before ANYONE goes home. Sick, smut in every corner, icky poo!
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421
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422 BILL C; Well aside frpm the incredible reversion of a disK back, OR SO, I can not complain any about you preformance.
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423 I do however suggest that some of your "enemies" are a bit more adept at social kills than, perhaps, you know.
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424 If you behave consistantly, in the mature manner you have now, i'm sure the social ambiant will come toSPECT YOU IN TIME.
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425 As for my opinion of you, I have not formed a solid one, as yet...
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426
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427 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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428
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429 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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430 Mikey: I got tired just reading your message about archiving. Your efforts are appreciated by all. You run a fine
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431 establishment. Sorry about the disturbed ninnies who force enter only mode.
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432 MiG:Speaking of enter only mode, I left out some lines in the above to the
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433 effect that Repo Man ascends to heaven in a Chevy Malibu but not because
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434 he deserves it. Through grace. Hence the calvinism. The article is from
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435 November 2, 1984 Wall Street Journal.
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436 Page 23.
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437 Social Note:L'Homme sans Parity was recently observed spreading knowledge
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438 and culture across the face of managerial inertia ( a face vastly improved
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439 by any change whatsoever, but one notorious for its imperviousness to
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440 the galvanizing effects of intellect such as L'Homme's. Dashing in app-
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441 earance and (superior in knowledge, his presentation was flawless, presen-
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442 ting a feast of revolutionary tools and information and prompting such
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443 comments as "Is there any more coffee?" and "Why would you want to commu-
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444 nicate with anybody that fast anyway?" We are confident that learning
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445 took place at some subliminal level and have filed the incident in our
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446 Pearls Before Swine folder. L'homme, undaunted, continues to provide
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447 sparkling service and jokes of varying quality.
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448 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Gaudy Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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449 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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450 Just stopped by for a moment.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING, all!
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451 +++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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452 How much did L'homme pay Gaudy Minsky for that dazzling endorsement?
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453 And Why?
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454
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455 We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough
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456 to operate without scrutiny or withthout criticism. We know that the
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457 only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to
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458 detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error
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459 undetected will flourish and subvert.
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460 --J. Robert Oppenheimer
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461
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462 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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463 Happy thanksgiving! Just don't forget to cook the turkey!
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464 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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465 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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466 And eat it!
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467
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468 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
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469 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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470 The apprentice stopped by the Inn but briefly. He had been very busy of
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471 late. After finishing his meal (you can all guess what kind of spread the
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472 Inn has available on Thanksgiving!), he left a scroll for d, Pam, and his
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473 other fiends with the innkeeper.
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474 ...............................................
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475 (herewith follows the text of the scroll)
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476 1 gallon of apple cider
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477 1/2 package brown sugar
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478 3-4 tbsp whole allspice
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479 3-4 tbsp whole cloves
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480 6-8 cinnamon sticks (broken)
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481 1/2 tsp salt
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482 1 jar small spiced crab apples (optional)
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483
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484 combine ingerients and boil 1 hour.
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485 (WARNING: remove the spices after boiling. If they are left in the cider will
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486 get EXTREMELY strong. We did NOT remove the spices the first time we used this
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487 recipe and after a couple hours of being kept warm on the stove, the cider
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488 was so dark it resembled COFFEE! We finally had to mix the remaining cider
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489 with unspiced cider (1:1 to 1:2 proportions) to render it drinkable once more!)
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490 ................................the apprentice................................
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491 *************************************************************************
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492 Happy thanksgiving to you all from a slightly overstuffed Innkeeper.
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493 Just got back from hood river, and boy am I tired.
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494 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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495
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496 )_*%#_@)*%#_)!@*%!_@*%!)_#%*@_#)*%@#)_*%)_#$*^_)#*)_*%@#)_*#$)_^*#)_&*)_*%@#_)%*@#_)*%+_%*@)_%*_)%*@_#)%*@_)%@%@*
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497 aH...Hood River...The city of my origin. So how is the old town anyway? As for the archive disks, unless I have the
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498 exact information of these new 5" disks, including skew patterns and such, I can't use them. Double sided stuff is
|
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499 bad enough, if it's not something popular like Xerox or Osbug 1, and your format sounds ultra strange.
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500 Milchar : Color? Finally! Outstanding. Now you can see the famous L'homme/Milch line. plot, and fill routines run out
|
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501 of stack space in living color. One note on the adventure. Get your compass fixed. I was careful to mention the citadel
|
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502 was to the east, while you spoke of looking west. What gives? Too much kool-aid? Any word on the koala program?
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503 Voyeur : You made an entry. Another Omen must have come in the mail. heh heh. Seriously though, how was your
|
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504 Thanksgiving dinner? I suppose the ENTIRE family was there...sigh...(sorry leonard)
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505 Mikey again: What do you know about rectifiers? I was helping a friend finish up his LNW computer kit, but when we
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506 tested the power supply, I got some STRANGE readings. The +/- 12 were there ok, as well as -5, but no +5. The windings
|
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507 off the xformer gave the rectifier 9vac, which is right, but coming out of the rectifier was +7.5 vdc, instead of 5.
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508 If you see a pattern, let me know. I can tell you more about what I found on various test points on the board later.
|
||
509 And last but not least...Kathy...Your adventure helper is here. The treasures you must find are GOLD NUGGET, SILVER
|
||
510 BARS, JEWELRY, COINS, DIAMONDS, MING VASE, PEARL, EMERALD, PLATINUM, CHAIN, SPICES, PERSIAN RUG, AND TREASURE CHEST.
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511 ok...From west end of 'The Hall of Mists.' W,D,N,E,(ORANGE COLUMN PIT),E,NW. OK, this is where the pirate hides his
|
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512 booty. Let him steal your treasure, then make a bee-line for this location. Your treasure that was stolen, long with
|
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513 the treasure chest will be at this location. Tell me if this works.
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514 *_)*$@#_&%@_)^&)_&!_@)+)%_@&^_)@!&!_@)%&^$#_&) L'homme sans Parity _)!@*$!_)!_+)*%_)#*%)_*_)#!*%)_^&%()&*^)^*#$_)^
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515 ****************************************************************
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516 L'Homme: Stop that, your giving away all the secrets! Besides,
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517 you forgot about the eggs.
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518 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY **************************
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519 SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL
|
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520
|
||
521 Why if it isn't thy sister's keeper. Normally I don't reply to
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522 comments, especially if they are as feebly worded as yours, but I will
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||
523 make an exception in this case.
|
||
524
|
||
525 These are the words my equipment found problems with.
|
||
526
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527 word / correct spelling
|
||
528 ---- ----------------
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||
529 murmer / murmur
|
||
530 humour / humor
|
||
531 collegue / colleague
|
||
532 savoury / savory
|
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533 medly / medley
|
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534 cauldren / caldron
|
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535
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536 And according to Webster's 20th century 2nd edition Unabridged
|
||
537 dictionary, there is no such word as 'blousy.'
|
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538
|
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539 If a message is to have English (British) spelling contained in it,
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540 the entire message should be written as such. Dropping such words out of
|
||
541 context is considered tacky and pompous. Nevertheless, my equipment obviously
|
||
542 did not count all of the errors.
|
||
543
|
||
544 In closing, you take all of this far too seriously. This is merely
|
||
545 an attempt to raise consciousnesses, not ires. If you can't take it in the vein
|
||
546 it was meant, then you have problems indeed.
|
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547
|
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548 By the way, you misspelled 'nonexistant' / nonexistent.
|
||
549
|
||
550 SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL ALERT SPELL
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551
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552
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553 SPELL ALERT, I'm afraid that your equipment is faulty on a few of those. Humour and Savour are both acceptable
|
||
554 alternative spellings, and Cauldron (spelled "on" and not "en") is also an acceptable variation. Check your Webster's,
|
||
555 you'll find them listed. Otherwise....... who cares? I agree that this is a great fuss about nothing.
|
||
556 As to "tacky and pompous", when I was first learning to spell (some 40 years ago), "colour", "flavour", and so forth
|
||
557 were as common in this country as the versions you find more acceptable. It is extremely "pompous" of Americans to take
|
||
558 a word, change it's spelling to suit our needs, and then refer to the original (and some would say correct) spelling as
|
||
559 a "chiefly British variation". Those spellings are the original ones, and our spellings are the variations. Or perhaps
|
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560 bastardizations would be a better description. Of course, Americans are an arrogant lot.
|
||
561 ........................................................................................................................
|
||
562 SPELL ALERT: Also please note that the "British" spellings are the STANDARD
|
||
563 spellings in Canada! Anyone who has lived there a while tends to use them
|
||
564 interchangeably after they return to the US.
|
||
565 ______________________________________Leonard_________________________________
|
||
566 ps L'homme: I need a new IBM version copy of Subadv. I seem to have made
|
||
567 ne to many changes to my original... (IBM so that it'll be easier to
|
||
568 convert to M100).
|
||
569 ___________________________________________________________________________
|
||
570
|
||
571 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++;;
|
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572 SPELL ALERT: You talk about people being pompous and tacky because
|
||
573 they use word variations and spelling you don't like. Yet don't
|
||
574 you think what your doing is a bit pompous and tacky? As for
|
||
575 a word not appearing in your dictionary, that hardly makes it
|
||
576 wrong to use it. There are many words that don't appear in the
|
||
577 dictionary. It is one of the beautiful things about the English
|
||
578 language, you can create words to more closely fit what you are
|
||
579 trying to say. I enjoy seeing the creation of a new word. It shows
|
||
580 that the person is actually thinking about what they are writing,
|
||
581 and not getting all wrapped up in what is proper and what isn't.
|
||
582 The way words get in the dictionary is that they are created by
|
||
583 people who use them, and when they become commonly accepted, then
|
||
584 the dictionary folks decide it's time to accept it as existing.
|
||
585 I also disagree that it is not proper to use old english spelling
|
||
586 in or out of context. It is only important that the spelling be
|
||
587 consistant so that it is readable. And as for d's message, you
|
||
588 obviously didn't read it, else you wouldn't have made the comment
|
||
589 to begin with. It most certainly was written with an old english
|
||
590 flavour. And in fact, the particular spelling and words used enhanced
|
||
591 the mood and tone of the writting. That is the important thing, words
|
||
592 should be used to create the picture, not to be important of themselves.
|
||
593 ++++++++++++++++++ fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++;;
|
||
594
|
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595
|
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596 ***********************************************************:
|
||
597 L'homme: +7.5 vdc coming out of the rectifier sounds about right
|
||
598 (maybe it could be a little more. It should be feed to a 5 volt
|
||
599 regulator someplace to get the +5 regulated. The normal cause
|
||
600 of loss of +5 is a short someplace.
|
||
601 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY ***********************
|
||
602
|
||
603 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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604
|
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605 I come to the Inn, but it appears that nobody is home. On this day
|
||
606 after Thanksgiving I would have thought that the Innkeeper would be here for
|
||
607 me to speak to, but it appears that he is not. Perhaps I will try again
|
||
608 this weekend. I wanted to tell him of the tables I cleaned, of the closet I
|
||
609 opened wherein lay the simple tools of the barkeep's trade, and of how I was
|
||
610 unable to once again close the door after it was opened. Apparently I was
|
||
611 using the wrong key, or perhaps using the key incorrectly. Ah well, such is
|
||
612 life for those of us whose experience is only matched by our ignorance in
|
||
613 the ways of these infernal devices!
|
||
614
|
||
615 As I clean this table I wonder at the deep marks that have been scored
|
||
616 across it's oaken surface. It seems that one patron has lifted his voice in
|
||
617 criticism of others, and another has jumped to his feet in chivalrous
|
||
618 defense of the Lady D's honour (honor? I too was taught to spell it that
|
||
619 way, and though I know the forms accepted in this country, I often find
|
||
620 myself returning to the ways of my youth). Gentlemen, please! Sometimes
|
||
621 the best way to take such commentary is merely to ignore it if you find it
|
||
622 overly bothersome. I'm sure my friend D understands. And Sir Alert, you
|
||
623 say that your remarks should be taken in the vein they were meant, but I
|
||
624 find that the vein was not clearly defined. Your original message told of
|
||
625 errors and mistakes, but since it wasn't specific as to what they were, the
|
||
626 tone came across as derogatory rather than constructive. Perhaps future
|
||
627 commentary should give the incorrect words, rather than the pointing finger.
|
||
628
|
||
629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM?[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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