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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 28 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 L'HOMME: There are 3 more archive disks ready. Will be present at at PCS
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21 social. Note that since we are no longer using Aarons disks, There will be
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22 a price increase to $5 per disk. (I will be most happy to drop back to $4
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23 if someone supplies the blank disks. As noted, each disk will come with
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24 6 BWMS files on it instead of the previous 5 or 6 that was on the 8 inch
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25 disks. The disks are MSDOS format DSDD (Ver 2 format). Line numbers are
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26 provided, with a tag line indicating the total number of lines in each
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27 file, Deleted lines are truly deleted (no skipped line numbers), all control
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28 characters are left in except for the control Z which is stripped out.
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29 The header (LIST, FILE ON, STATUS, ect..) is no longer provided. It starts
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30 right off with "If you are in need of help...". Files are provided
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31 in sequencial order by date. As a side note, the date on the file use
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32 to be the removal date from the system. Since I started dating the files
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33 (Line #2) the date now reflects the date that the disk was started.
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34 There was a transistion period of 2 disks in which I slowly advanced
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35 the date to meet this criteria without having overlapping dates.
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36 Leonard: Paper copy please! I would have to write a special program
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37 to read 256 byte sectors. I can read 512 on my MSDOS machine, and
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38 128 on my CPM machine, But I don't have anything that can read 256
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39 directly, and that would mean writing a program down at the controler
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40 level to read it, and I just don't have time to do that just to
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41 read the information. Paper will do fine for that. Still haven't
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42 gotten thru to CIS. Arghhh.
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43 ********************************************************************
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44
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45 #######################################################
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46 It was late as we look in on the Inn. The Innkeeper was
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47 holding on to Pam's leg and pleading "Please don't leave,
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48 Please don't leave me!" While Pam replied "But I'm not
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49 going anywhere!" The Innkeeper still pleaded as if he
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50 didn't even hear her response "Please don't leave." By
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51 this time Pam was getting just a bit tired of it all,
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52 and said once more "But, I've already told you, I'm not
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53 going anywhere, why do you think I am?" The Innkeeper
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54 seemed to finally hear her answer, as he replied "I don't
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55 know, I just have this unnatural fear of you leaving the
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56 Inn and leaving me with no one to clean the tables and
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57 serve the customers." "But why do you fear this?" She
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58 responds, "I've already told you I'm not leaving. Now
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59 will you please let go of my leg so I can go home!"
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60 "Please don't leave me!" responds the Innkeeper. (Oh, no,
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61 not again) Thinks Pam as she tries to move towards the
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62 door dragging the Innkeeper along who was still clutching
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63 her leg. "Please don't go!" He cries, while Pam just sighs...
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64 It would be quite comical if it wasn't all so pitiful.
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65 ################## The Innkeeper ########################
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66 Well well well... Here I am, and
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67 I AIN'T GONNA SAY IT!!!
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68 nyaah nyaah nyaah
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69 _innocent bysitter_
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70 {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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71 Milchar: was it you with the funny language. "NARTQ RLOOJF", what
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72 does it mean? Drop dead? maybe?
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73
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74 I wrote a little entry about walking home, was it okay? should I
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75 continue? I am new so I don't know if I should write in my entries
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76 along with all of the great entries from Milchar,Piper and all the
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77 others. Should I continue, somebody please let me know.
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78
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79 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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80
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81 :::::::::::::::O O:::::::11/28&29:::::::::00:00:::::::::::O O:::::::::
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82 Bard: Convergent Series, Niven.
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83 Leonard: What I was attempting to ask, without being obvious, was
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84 did you remember Francis X. MacHinery as a character from They Shall Have Stars?
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85 I've read a lot of books, most of them more than once (but not 20!),
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86 and unless the character is particularly memorable, like Valentine Michael Smith
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87 or Jim DiGriz, it's doubtful I remember them for long. Of course, I'm sure that
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88 others have more efficient on-line storage devices, but given the size
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89 of your library, your capacity can only be considered awesome.
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90 For instance, to identify the pentagram story, I knew I had read it relatively
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91 recently, but could not recall name or author, so I started with the most
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92 likely and began looking until I found it. Not the most efficient DASD, I know.
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93 (but hey, that's what computers are for. Now all I have to do is program
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94 it and enter all the data. ha.)
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95 ::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::
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96 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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97 Tammy:By all means, write more. The inhabitaints of BW are sometimes slow
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98 in praise. Tell us a little about who you are, what you like to do. You are
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99 certain to anger some clod with what you write, but thats normal for just about
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100 any new fiction writer.
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101 Theus: Great! We can put our killer bodyguard(retch) in a van and follow him.
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102 Just what I need, a road rallye to Idaho. We still need to find some ammo
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103 for all this firepower I seem to have aquired. Ever fire one of those Uzi's?
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104 Damn painfull on the sholder.
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105 T-shurt people:Nothing beats "Tresspassers needed for medical experiments."
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106 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? _/
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107 Voyeur: If I'd been asked, I wouldn't have been able to give the Francis X.
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108 part. The last name has stuck in my mind ever since I first REALLY read it
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109 (you know what I mean).
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110 Mig: "Tresspassers will be EATEN"
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111 There is also a rather STRANGE security outfit in California (I think)
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112 puts up signs like "Rattlesnake on Duty" or "These premises protected by
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113 Tarantula". Cute, you say? THEY AREN'T KIDDING!!!! They really do use such
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114 critters, more or less the way some stores up here turn guard dogs loose at
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115 night.
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116 There is the story of the burglars who thought it was a joke & broke in
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117 to one of these places. (a jewelry store). When the psecurity people arrived
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118 (the alarm had been tripped) they found one man unconcious (from FEAR!) and
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119 the other crouched on top of a display case watching the snakes crawl around!
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120
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121 Some buttons from a catalog I'll be bringing to PorSFiS.
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122 BFA - Branch on False Assumption
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123 BSP - Burn and Spew Paper
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124 DANGER 50,000 OHMS
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125 DISK TOO SHALL PASS
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126 E=MC2 (except near a Black Hole)
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127 EOF - End of File judgement day (???)
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128 G.O.D. - Graphic Omniscient Device (from "When Harlie was One")
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129 HACKER
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130 10 goto 20 20 goto 10 30 end
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131 On a clear disk you can seek forever
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132 Programmers do it with their fingers
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133 Programming is a terminal illness
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134 XOI - eXecute Operator Immediate
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135 (there are 317 buttons, 4 notecards, & a bumper sticker in this catalog)
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136 __________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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137
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138 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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139 So, we meet again, Mr. Bond...
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140 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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141 PromeTHEUS: What are you, anyway, a spy? And who's waiting for you on the
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142 plane, Robert Ludlum? (as we stike an eerie note)
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143 Hey, De-ja vu! I was just thinking about you 'the other day,'
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144 Honestly! Yes, now I am quite certain that we have met before, and not
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145 only once. You were with an associate and were both awaiting the
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146 early hour rendezvous (say about 5 a.m.?) of the two others.
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147 As they did not arrive in time, and seeing as my employer and other
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148 compatriots were to have that private screening, my employer said some-
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149 thing along the line of- 'well, why don't y'all come on in?'
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150 Previous to that encounter, I believe we met at E.G., nextdoor to the
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151 Bistro down the street form J.K.G's (not being too cryptic, am I?
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152 I quite fancy being cryptic!)
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153 Also, yes to having met you on Tri-Met more than once. We had cookies,
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154 and you mentioned something about your instructors not caring too much
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155 for your current coat (along the line of 'too many pockets')
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156 I feel that this should confirm my Identity, and would like to see you
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157 again at the E.G. store or on the bus to Vancouver. I'm terribly sorry
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158 to inform you that I will NOT be able to make it to any of the PorSFiS
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159 meets in the very near future, so that pretty much leaves out getting to
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160 see anyone from The INN. Drats.
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Unitl our next encounter...
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161 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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162 Disagree-er: The intention of my comments were that with OPTIONS available,
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163 Foreign films are a good ALTERNATIVE to local films when the pickings are few
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164 YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN. 'Nuf Said. Thanks...
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165 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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166
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167 ****************************************************************
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168 golly gee whiz, wow, like man, i couldn't get on the system
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169 all night. and now i don't have time to do a proper entry.
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170 Tammy: please come to the downtown public library to the
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171 PorSFiS meeting, very unusual crowd. it's at 2:00 and Ill be
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172 more than happy to see another gal there. (I am presumming)
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173 ************************kathy*************************************
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174 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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175 The atmosphere of the Inn seemed somewhat subdued at the moment, or
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176 perhaps a better word was poised. Mez knew this usually signaled a new flurry
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177 of activity, just around the corner. Just then a strangely dressed individual
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178 walked up and handed him a folded note.
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179 "What's this?"
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180 "Oh, just an answer or perhaps a question."
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181 Mez looked up, thinking to inquire just what this Mobius like comment
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182 might mean. Much to his surprise he found himself looking at an empty space.
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183 Why is it people around the Inn keep vanishing like a 'will-o-the wisp'? Mez
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184 unfolded the note and began to read...
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185
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186 A Gypsy was having a quarrel with his son. He said to the boy:
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187 "You lazy, do-nothing idler! How many times shall I tell you
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188 that you should work and not let your life pass in indolence?
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189 How many times shall I tell you that you should learn juggling
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190 and clowning so that you can enjoy your life?"
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191 Then he raised his finger in threat, saying: "By God if you
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192 don't listen to my words any more I'll throw you in school;
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193 then you'll gather lots of stupid knowledge, become a learned
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194 man, and spend the rest of your life in want and misery."
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195 - Obeyd Zakani-
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196
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197 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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198 P.S. Sondargaard: Cryptic indeed! Perhaps it's caused by too much exposure
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199 to arc lamp radiation, or are they using QH lamps these days. One of my
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200 many means of survival in this incarnation once included a stint as a
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201 theater projectionist, but that was long ago and far away. ---Mez
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202
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203
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204 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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205 SONDARGAARD; I never did have a problem with deciphering, alas, those I converse with seem to have problems with same.
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206 MAN IN GRAY; I did, indeed, tip off Kendall, but his Secretary does stints with OSI, and the occaisional UNTIL. She, IN HER
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207 penultimate wisdom, got pictures of the dear fellow whilst laying over. Perhaps he isn't that much of a cheapskate after all.
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208 I might have bought the damn flight plan he did, for her to take pictures of me like that...
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209
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210 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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211
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212 ...............................................................
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213 . SHIRT SHOP-----SHIRT SHOP-----SHIRT SHOP .
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214 . (don't drop those r's people) .
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215 . .
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216 . The shirt shop is proud to announce our new spring line .
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217 . of secret T-shirts for business men. Of course you wear .
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218 . these under your dress shirt under your vest under your .
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219 . three-piece business costume. You can flash them in the .
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220 . executive wash-room during the afternoon coke break. A .
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221 . large selection of new titles include: .
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222 . .
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223 . THERE'S A PLACE AT THE TOP FOR THOSE WHO KISS THE BOTTOM .
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224 . IF YOUR CONSCIENCE GIVES YOU TROUBLE ----- FIRE IT! .
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225 . WHEN IN DOUBT PRETEND .
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226 . A SCAM A DAY KEEPS CHAPTER 11 AWAY .
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227 . MAKE YOUR DAY ----- STOMP A SUBORDINATE .
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228 . GREED RULES .
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229 ...............................................................
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230 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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231 The flying blue smurfs ignored Omar as he slipped into the Inn. He
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232 was a tiny, furtive man with shifting eyes and a nervous tic. He spotted
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233 Salazar almost immediately and went straight to his table.
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234 "Sir, you'd better leave now. They are almost here." Omar said as
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235 he sat down.
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236 "How many and how soon?" Salazar asked.
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237 "Five... they should be at the Rowan tree by now."
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238 "You'd better leave then. This isn't your fight."
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239 "But sir, there are too many. They'll kill you."
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240 Salazar smiled grimly. "I'm tired of running and even they would not
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241 commit violence within the Inn. Go... Now."
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242 Omar shrugged his shoulders and melted into the crowd. Salazar
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243 signaled the barmaid, "Cognac, please." As he waited for his drink, Salazar
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244 thought about the message from the Net, a playful warning with a word of
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245 truth. He had been careless lately, old age perhaps. He hoped there would
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246 be peace with the Net. Amadeus was a big enough problem.
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247 The door to the Inn swung open. Five men in gray and black robes
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248 entered. They were men of the desert. Four were big, all muscle and sinew.
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249 The leader was small and wirey with cruel black eyes. The muscle men spread
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250 around the room, covering the exits. The leader made his way to Salazar's
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251 table and sat down.
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252 "Ah, Mister Salazar... I see we finally meet. My name is Abdul.
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253 Amadeus sends his regards."
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254 "You must have me confused with someone else." Salazar said innocently
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255 . "The name's J.J. Newberry and brushes are my game."
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256 "Cut the B.S., Salazar. I want the key. I'll kill you here and now if
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257 I have to."
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258 "You won't kill me here. Violence isn't allowed in the Inn."
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259 A sinister gleam came into Abdul's eyes. "We do not recognize the
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260 Covenent. We will do what we want here. You're dead meat, Salazar." Abdul
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261 started to reach within his robes. Salazar started to reach for his gun.
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262 "Hold it right there, Buckwheat. We'll have no killing within the Inn.
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263 A large, tanned figure shrouded in white muslin stood behind Abdul. A
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264 long, curved blade pricked the center of his back. Abdul swallowed hard.
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265 Salazar smiled. "Mohammed, nice to see you again."
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266 "And you too, Salazar. Getting a little careless aren't you?"
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267 "Yeah," Salazar chuckled. "That's the second time today I've heard
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268 that."
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269 "Mohammed Wassir, this isn't your concern. My men will kill you, too."
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270 Abdul said.
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271 "Men...? Salazar, do you see any men?" Mohammed said. Abdul looked
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272 around. His men were gone. Fear replaced the cruelty in his eyes.
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273 Salazar smiled at Abdul. "I think it's time you took a hike. Tell
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274 Amadeus that the key is mine, and not for his evil purposes."
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275 Abdul rose. "You'll regret this... both of you." He walked to the door
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276 Mohammed watched him leave, then turned to Salazar. "Let's get out of
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277 here. He'll be back."
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278 "No. Sit down. I'm waiting for a couple of people."
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279 "Who?"
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280 "Leroy McKane for one."
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281 Mohammed snorted and rolled his eyes. "Who else?"
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282 "The Lady Pam."
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283 "I should have known." Mohammed laughed and slapped the table. "You
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284 always did think she was cute."
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285 "Knock it off." Salazar said as his face reddened.
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286 "Okay... now what about this mysterious key?" Mohammed asked as he sat
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287 "Well, it's a very special key. A key to a tomb..."
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288 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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289
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290 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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291
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292 George:
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293
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294 Rumor has it that Salazar is snooping around looking for
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295 McKane. Check it out.
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296
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297 Monsieur d'Autun
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298
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299 P.S. - LeRoy McKane is dead. That's the official line. Stick to it.
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300 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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301 I have currently started a new BBs system for our computer club
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302 if any person is interested the number is 663-xxxx the hours is
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303 4pm to 7am
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304
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305 crypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticrypticryptic
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306 I'm not always that way, but I enjoy getting puzzled looks from some
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307 when I happen to be able to. I think it's a pretty neat idea sometimes,
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308 (like digital watches, don't talk to me about life)
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309 PromeTHEUS: I'll probably leave you a message at the M.C.L. wedged
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310 between the pages of a book titled or about you. I'll date it so we can
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311 find out how long this particular episode will take.
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312 .................. the inconito signification ...........................
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313 Mez: No Carbon Rods Here! we use a high intensity bulb that looks like a
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314 couple of light bulbs joined together at the rounded glass end,
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315 leaving two screw-mounts pointing in opposing directions...
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316 Picture that! The things they do with glass now-a-days...
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317 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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318
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319 ***"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*""*"*""*"*"*"*"*"*"""*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"
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320
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321 The man spoke in to the mike....... ALMIGHTY THIS IS PBR STREETGANG..
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322 COME IN..OVER......THIS IS PBR
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323 STREETGANG COME he ducked as three flying blues smurfs cruised in to attack
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324 quickly and calmly he pulled out the
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325 silenced Mac-10 and cleanly blew them out of the air. Speaking back into
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326 the mike .. THIS IS PBR STREETGANG COME IN ALMIGHTY...OVER his heart
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327 sparked as the radio came alive ........THIS IS ALMIGHTY...GO AHEAD PBR
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328 STREETGANG...OVER he unfolded the paper and read into the mike...CODE WORD
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329 IS "ROLLING THUNDER"....OVER..............CODE CONFIRMED....OVER.......
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330 ......COORDINATES ARE..SECTION 5A..GRID T3.9..SECTOR 7...OVER.....THATS
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331 AFFIRMATIVE PBR STREETGANG GOOD LUCK....OVER...."hell" he thought I'm gonna
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332 need it. He stood back up and put a new clip in the Mac and pumped 10
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333 rounds into the radio. "try and use that now you smurfy slimes". He
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334 cautiously walked out of the alley and
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335 out of the town. Twenty minutes later he was comfortably watching the in
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336 through a pair of Zeiss binoculars and waited.
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337 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*
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338 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*" S the N I agent "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*""*"*"*"
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339 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
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340 With all the talk about Dune and Buckaroo Bonzai, there is a very good movie
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341 that has been overlooked -- 2010: Odyseey Two. There's been a lot of talk
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342 recently about depth of plot. Well, 2001 definately left alot of things to
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343 figure out, perhaps too much. 2010 will not only be a sequal but will also
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344 explain 2001 a little better for those who didn't read the book. So don't
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345 miss it, opening December 7. And don't miss Odyseey Three due out sometime
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346 in 1989.
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347 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
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348 OH NO NOT THAT SPY JUNK AGAIN. LET THE
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349 FANSATY STUFF GO ON PLEASE. WE DONT NE
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350 ED GUNS AND JUNK MESSING AROUND WITH T
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351 HE GOOD STUFF
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352 )*!$)_*$)_*^)*^)#_*^@)_*)_*#^_)!#*_^)*_)#$*^)_#*^_)$&)_#_)^*_$)*^!_)^*_)$*^_+!*^_)*$^_)!^*)_#^*_)*^_)*^_%)&*)_*&_)&
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353 Which reminds me of a story...
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354 What's Good for the Goose...
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355
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356 The beach was lovely this time of year. The Oregon coast was
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357 considered by native Oregonian and out-of-state visitor alike to be
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358 one of the most beautiful unspoiled examples of nature's ability to
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359 create the spectacular around. While the height of the tourist season
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360 was during the summer, there were still some who were attracted to the
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361 stark vistas the coast offered during the winter.
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362 I was one of these people who enjoyed the solitude the winter
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363 coast could offer. Time to think; about love, life, and other eternally
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364 burning questions that never ceased to bang about in what my friends
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365 called my overactive mind.
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366 "Overactive indeed! Can I help it if I'm high strung? Is it my
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367 fault that my mind never rests? What would they have me be? Comatose?
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368 No! I'm glad that's the way I am. I won't change. Why should I?"
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369 It was during one of these rationalizing sessions that I spotted
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370 the bottle. Oh I didn't realize it was a bottle at first, only a glint in
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371 the wet sand where the tide was going out. I was walking alone along one of
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372 my favorite wintertime haunts, a stretch of beach about 5 miles outside of
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373 Nehalem, where very few souls ventured, and I was always assured the
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374 solitude I desired. The sky was overcast, as usual, but it was not raining
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375 at the time. I didn't really care, being a twenty-year veteran of Oregon
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376 weather, the rain had ceased to bother me long ago. As I approached the
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377 glint, barely visible in the semi-subdued light, I saw that it took on
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378 a curved shape. This was no piece of glass, no broken pop bottle. Only after
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379 exhuming it from its half-buried position in the sand, and wiping it off
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380 with the sleeve of my wind breaker, did I realize what I had found.
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381 This was no ordinary bottle, to be sure. This was something
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382 special. It didn't take an expert in antiques to see that this bottle
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383 was very old, either. They just don't make'em like this anymore, I
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384 thought while admiring the intricate handwork that adorned the exterior
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385 of the bottle in bizarre, oriental-like patterns. It was made of what
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386 appeared to be copper; shiny, and lacking the usual green oxidation that
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387 accompanied objects exposed to the elements for any length of time.
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388 Maybe this washed ashore from a ship. A ship out there, I thought,
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389 looking out across the cold, rolling breakers crashing on the sand,
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390 then receding as if terrorized by my presence on this secluded beach.
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391 The top of the bottle was capped with a large cork stopper. Of
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392 course I had to open it; it's human nature to investigate. The next few
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393 moments are a little sketchy, not only by time but by the unbelievable
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394 events that followed my investigation into the contents of my find.
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395 Suffice it to say that I found myself seated none-too-comfortably on the
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396 ground, with the bottle laying a few paces in front of me, and the cork
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397 no where to be seen. Nothing so incredible about this? I forgot to mention
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398 the 8-foot apparition that floated in front of me, about three feet off the
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399 ground, a tiny wisp of smoke trailing to the bottle below.
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400
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401 _to be continued_
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402 Voyeur: Be sure to bring a couple blank disks to PCS.
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403 Leonard: You should have come to the Tandy Computer Showcase at the Hilton today. Mine eyes have seen the future:
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404 MSDOS,UNIX/XENIX/LANs/etc, and the past TRSDOS/MODEL 12/etc. If its multitasking you want, right now on my PC
|
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405 I am running software that allows up to NINE jobs to be running simultaneously! One of those jobs can be a
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406 terminal running at 9600 baud, and doing anything it wants with the PC except display color/graphics, or make
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407 sound. Right now I am entering this message from an ADDS Regent 100, which is sitting on the kitchen table, while
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408 the PC is running a text editor (ghost writing?). Now forget IBM, and imagine doing all of this on a Tandy 2000,
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409 where everything moves about 3 times faster. You can put your BW emulator on one of the jobs, giving it small
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410 time-slices, until someone calls, when it switches to a higher priority job, with bigger time slices. Sound neat?
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411 Voyeur? Are you listening?
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412 Kathy: I'll bring my adenture maps Saturday, if you still need help with the pirate's treasure.
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413 G. Minsky: Thanks much, and please stop bringing all those mysterious people to PPS. You are ruining the image of the
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414 place! haha
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415 Mikey: The MSDOS disks sound fine. I'll have to check with the others about the money. I am kinda tapped at the
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416 moment. Maybe leonard and voyeur can fill in the gap, both being employed at hi-tech computer related jobs...
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||
417 *%#)_@*%#)_*%@#)_*%_)@#*%_)^&)_%*^)_#$*^#$ L'homme sans Parity *_)*@#_)%*_)*_*+*$_@#)*)_#*@#)*@#_*%@_#)%*
|
||
418 L'homme: not only did I attend the showcase, I seem to have picked up a
|
||
419 possible programming job out of it!
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||
420 I didn't get there 'til about 3:30. When did you leave?
|
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421 On a different subject, I downloaded some interesting info during my
|
||
422 sessions on Delphi. The phone list included some cryptic notes (Vadic 3470?)
|
||
423 one was something about 2400? Gee, now we know what to use the Hayes 2400 on!
|
||
424 __________________________________Leonard_____________________________________
|
||
425 *"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"
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||
426 SONDARGAARD: What can you tell me about the movie "Falling in Love" starring
|
||
427 Meryl Streep and Robert Dinero(??)
|
||
428 Many reviewers say it is bad but some say that it is good. But I want to here from normal person who has actually
|
||
429 seen it.
|
||
430 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"* SPOOK *"*"*"*"*"*"*"**"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"**
|
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431 Isn't it strange that Princes and Kings,
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432 And Clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
|
||
433 And simple folk, like you and me,
|
||
434 Are Builders of Eternity?
|
||
435
|
||
436 For each is given a bag of tools,
|
||
437 A soul to save, and a set of rules,
|
||
438 And each will fashion, ere time has flown,
|
||
439 A Stumbling Block...or a Stepping Stone.
|
||
440 That last poem was from Paul -- hope you like it.
|
||
441 ???????{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
|
||
442 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
|
||
443 Mig: Thank you very much. I'll try to write something better, maybe
|
||
444 it will be good.
|
||
445
|
||
446 Paul: I like that poem, did you write it?
|
||
447 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
|
||
448 *********************************************************************
|
||
449 Tammy: Yes, please do leave some more, always happy to see more input!
|
||
450 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
|
||
451 HELP!!! I AM BEING HELD PRISONER IN A
|
||
452 NIGERIAN HIGH TECH TOOTHPICK FACTORY
|
||
453 PLEASE SEND HELP!!!
|
||
454 VOYEUR: YOUR NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
455 Mikey: I've got the printout ready for next week. Would you believe 29 pages?
|
||
456 About half is the source to a term prog implementing the A protocol (with a
|
||
457 small note about B protocol). The rest is an edited dump of some on-line
|
||
458 docs for VIDTEX.
|
||
459 One warning, the list of escape sequences is FAR from complete. I'll
|
||
460 try to find the list I've compiled from various sources.
|
||
461 I can tell you about ONE sequence though. ESC I is supposed to trigger
|
||
462 an auto-id, which includes a list of the VIDTEX options supported.
|
||
463 Example: #RS233,CC,HC PB,CW
|
||
464 means Radio Shack 2 (model 3), Cursor Control,Hard Copy,B Protocol, Control width.
|
||
465 I've got a list of the "allowed" codes somewhere. The machine type is "optional".
|
||
466 _________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
|
||
467 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
468 The tired figure looked up from the keyboard, hoping to come back
|
||
469 to that alternate reality he so enjoyed. The last message scrolled off
|
||
470 the screen, and mundane reality took over. Back to the grind.
|
||
471 (But when this stint is over.... )
|
||
472 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
473 ::::::::::::::O O::::::::11/30::::::::::::00:11::::::::::::O O::::::::
|
||
474 Who called me nuts, and why? (I don't deny it; I'm just curious about what I did THIS time).
|
||
475 L'homme: listening? Hell, I'm drooling all over my keyboard.
|
||
476 I wanted to go, but the jerks scheduled it during business hours.
|
||
477 Considering my will power, it's probably a good thing...
|
||
478 Strangest thing happened a short time ago - I got dropped into Chat on
|
||
479 CBBS/NW. I was used to it on Nerdolux, but on CBBS? Needless to say,
|
||
480 they were curious about how to pronounce my name. It's hard to type phonetically
|
||
481 without the proper punctuation, but I think I got the point across.
|
||
482 Remember I mentioned that 'Petrov' is getting a printer for christmas?
|
||
483 Well, do you or Milchar have any good word processors (C64). PorSFiS Maybe?
|
||
484 :::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
|
||
485 I CALL MYSELF THE LIMERICIST AND I HAD A LIMERICK ON THIS SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW THE LINE NUMBER TO IT, NOR EXACTLY WHEN
|
||
486 I ENTERED IT; BUT IT IS GONE NOW.
|
||
487 IT WAS NOT VERY BAD, IN THE TELLING, BUT I THINK CISTOP MIKEY DELETED IT. PERHAPS BECAUSE IT WAS ADDRESSED TO L'HOMME
|
||
488 AND HIS 'ILK'.
|
||
489 DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? IF SO, PLEASE INFORM ME QUICKLY.
|
||
490 POST SCRIPT; LOOKING BACK OVER THIS FILE, THE LIMERICK WAS ON ABOUT LINE 212 OR SO.
|
||
491 ***************************************************************************
|
||
492 Hello friends, I started my Christmas shopping yesterday, after
|
||
493 buying some trinkets for friend and family, I stopped into a cards shop
|
||
494 to get some funny cards for friends far away. One particular card caught
|
||
495 my eye, strange but I knew I shouldn't pick it up, but damn it! I did!
|
||
496 The outside read some thing like this. "Inside there is a special little
|
||
497 message that I could only say to you." And when I opened the card the
|
||
498 message was simply "I Love You."
|
||
499 I winced in pain, memories of my summer of 81 came flooding back,
|
||
500 thinking about sharing, fun, climbing my first mountain with him. Oh
|
||
501 God I was such a fool. But indeed my love for him has never lost the
|
||
502 intensity of the very beginning. You would think after 3+ years of brok-
|
||
503 en promises and non commitment my faith would have faded. But no, It
|
||
504 seemes even stonger now.
|
||
505 Later that evening, I has sorting out my wardrobe, throwing away
|
||
506 7+ pairs of shoes hat I hate, and a couple of boxes of clothes. I saw
|
||
507 a shoebox in the corner of the closet, and picked it up and took off
|
||
508 the lid. And I'll b damned if those same feelings of remorse didn't
|
||
509 come right back to torment me again, for inside were "his" letters
|
||
510 to me, written after his return to school in the fall of 81. The sig-
|
||
511 nals of the beginning of the end. I was smart and didn't subject my-
|
||
512 self to the pain always associated with opening those old letters, and
|
||
513 thrust the lid back on and dropped the box like it was radioactive.
|
||
514 IEEEEEE.
|
||
515 And now you good people have become my shrink, my hands are shaking
|
||
516 and my pulse is high. I think it's high time I cleared out this old baggage
|
||
517 in the back of my mind.
|
||
518 But, again, it was a hell of a summer.
|
||
519 **********************************kathy**************************************
|
||
520 *****************************************************************************
|
||
521 sorry about the drivel, but I had it bundled up inside of me and it was
|
||
522 making me ill.
|
||
523 ****************************************************************************
|
||
524
|
||
525 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
526 K; Those certainly must be some strong emotions you have tied up inside to
|
||
527 make you type your entry so early in the morning. I'm certain that I'm not
|
||
528 the only one that can tell you 'I know how you feel,' if that's any con-
|
||
529 solation. Maybe not, but my experience was 3+ years that faded to friendship
|
||
530 after several long, dark months of tension.
|
||
531 Now I too am shaking from a chill and will say 'Rest well, you are in
|
||
532 Good Company....'
|
||
533 Good night, and good morning...
|
||
534 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0510 HRS 30 Nov 84
|
||
535 p.s. the young Master West, episode II, 3 Dec 84....
|
||
536
|
||
537 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
538 Hola, here for a moment, be back this evening as I don't have time right now, Voyeur: yes, I do, Tammy: yes, it does
|
||
539 have meaning. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 06:54 / 11/30/84 +++++++++++
|
||
540 KATHY:NO OFFENSE BUT BOY THATS DEPRESSING BUT I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU AND I HOPE
|
||
541 YOU FEEL OKAY
|
||
542 A CONCERNED PERSON
|
||
543 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|
||
544 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
|
||
545 Kathy:I too have a shoe box of letters, never to be read lest my past come back to haunt me.
|
||
546 Theus:I go to the library A LOT thease days...
|
||
547 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?`? ? ?/
|
||
548 LESSON LEARNED: DO NOT BUY SHOES IN BOXES.
|
||
549 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
|
||
550 Well- Maybe you will accept my presence
|
||
551 please? Nobody else seems to enjoy me
|
||
552 much. I dont know why, i dont put then
|
||
553 down, or anything else like that........
|
||
554
|
||
555
|
||
556 -F. Youth
|
||
557
|
||
558 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
|
||
559 [][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
560
|
||
561
|
||
562
|
||
563
|
||
564
|
||
565 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
|
||
566 OI don't feel very much at home here,
|
||
567 Would some of you help me get into the
|
||
568 "Community" here?
|
||
569
|
||
570 -F. Youth-
|
||
571 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
|
||
572
|
||
573 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
574 F. (Faded?) Youth; the community will be home once again as soon as
|
||
575 the skies/eyes dry up and the turn back from gray and blue to blue and bright
|
||
576 Welcome 'home'
|
||
577 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard
|
||
578
|
||
579 HI THERE
|
||
580 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
581 Apple Peeks, Pokes, and Calls
|
||
582 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
583 Thanks to: Aurora-Net and Jim Barrie
|
||
584 303-343-8401 Aurora, Co
|
||
585 POKE 32,X {$20} : SETS LEFT SIDE OF TEXT WINDOW. (0-39 NORMAL=0)
|
||
586 POKE 33,X {$21} : SETS WIDTH OF TEXT WINDOW (1-40 NORMAL=40)
|
||
587 POKE 34,X {$22} : SETS TOP OF TEXT WINDOW (0-23 NORMAL=0)
|
||
588 POKE 35,X {$23} : SETS BOTTOM OF TEXT WINDOW (0-23 NORMAL=23)
|
||
589 POKE 36,X {$24} : SETS CURSOR HORIZ.POSITION
|
||
590 POKE 37,X {$25} : SETS CURSOR VERT.POSITION
|
||
591 POKE 48,X {$30} : SETS COLOR FOR LORES GR
|
||
592 POKE 50,X {$32} : SETS MODE (63 FOR INVERSE, 127 FOR FLASH, 255 FOR NORMAL
|
||
593 VIDEO MODE)
|
||
594 POKE 50,128 {$32} : TO MAKE LETTERS GOING TO VIDEO BLANKS
|
||
595 POKE 51,0 {$33} : DEFEAT 'NOT DIRECT COMMAND' SOMETIMES
|
||
596 POKE 72,0 {$39} : RESETS THE STATUS REGISTER
|
||
597 POKE 214,128 {$D6} : TURNS APPLESOFT INTO 'RUN ONLY' MODE. USED FOR
|
||
598 PROTECTING SOME PROGRAMS
|
||
599 POKE 214,0 {$D6} : CANCELS THE APPLESOFT "RUN ONLY" MODE
|
||
600 POKE 216,0 {$D8} : RESETS THE APPLESSOFT ERROR FLAG. DISABLE "ONERR GOTO"
|
||
601 POKE 243,X {$F3} : WHERE X=1TO255 THIS
|
||
602 POKE WILL USUALLY MAKE LISTINGS UN-READABLE, WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF
|
||
603 X=64 OR 192. (X=63 IS ALL "?" IN LIST) TO FIX IT JUST POKE 243,0
|
||
604 POKE 1010,102:POKE 1011,213 : MAKES
|
||
605 POKE 1012,112 {$3F2/3F3/3F4} RESET RUN
|
||
606 POKE1014,165 {$3F6} POKE1015,214 {$3F7} WILL MAKE & LIST
|
||
607 POKE 1014,10 {$3F6} POKE1015,165 {$3F7} WILL MAKE & CATALOG
|
||
608 POKE 43624,X {$AA68} : WHERE X=1 OR 2. WILL SET/CHANGE THE CURRENT DRIVE TO
|
||
609 X. (SAME AS ADR -21912)
|
||
610 POKE 43626,X {$AA6A} : WHERE X=0 THRU 7. WILL SET/CHANGE THE CURRENT SLOT
|
||
611 TO X. (SAME AS ADR -21910)
|
||
612 POKE 43698,X {$AAB2} : WHERE X=ASCII OF DOS CMND CHARACTER FOR EXAMPLE POKE
|
||
613 43698,64 WOULD MAKE @ THE DOS CMND CHAR NORMALLY IT IS A CTRL-D (SAME AS
|
||
614 ADR -21838)
|
||
615 POKE 44505,234 {$ADD9} : SHOWS UP DELETED FILES IN THE CATALOG
|
||
616 POKE 44506,234 {$ADDA} : NORMALIZE WITH 48 and 74 IN THE SAME LOCS (SAME AS
|
||
617 -21031 & -21030)
|
||
618 POKE 47617,12 {$BA01} : SPEEDS DISK ACCESS (SAME AS ADR -17919)
|
||
619 POKE -21912,X {$AA68} : TO SELECT DISK DRIVE ON A 48K SYSTEM WITHOUT ACTUALLY
|
||
620 EXECUTING A COMMAND
|
||
621 POKE -20940,96 {$AE34} : TO OMIT PAGE PAUSE FOR A CATALOG
|
||
622 POKE -16368,0 {$C010} : CLEAR KEYBOARD
|
||
623 POKE -16336,0 {$C030} : TOGGLE SPEAKER
|
||
624 POKE -16304,0 {$C050} : SETS COLOR GR MODE
|
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|
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