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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** INSTALLED: 16 DEC 84 *************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON
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6 THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 *****************************************************************************
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21 at the top!!!!!! boy oh boy, i can hardy contain myself, but did i step
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22 into a time machine? is this really nov 8th. gasp!!! i have to do all that
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23 xmas shopping again? i'm going to faint......
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24 *********************************kathy**********ham it up!*******************
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25 ******************************************************************************
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26 This is a test, this is gnly
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27 a test. If this works, I can
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28 send long stories to bacowater
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29 without any spelling errors!
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30
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31 As long as my stupid phone line isn't
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32 filled with static, that is!!!
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33 ------------=---------------------MM
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34 Dr. Frankenstupe looked up from his book as his friend and
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35 therapist, Sigmund, entered the room. "Hello, Sigmund. Did you catch the
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36 Young and Restless this week?"
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37 "No, what happened?"
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38 "Andy discovered that Tyrone wasn't really murdered in a gangland
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39 execution, but that he has been hiding out with Jazz. And, Victor and
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40 Ashley are making eyes at each other."
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41 "Sounds complicated. What else is new?"
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42 "I bought a new hat. Would you like to see it?" Sigmund nodded.
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43 Dr. Frankenstupe walked over to his closet and pulled out a double-billed
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44 Sherlock Holmes hat. "There's only one problem. I think the hat has shrunk
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45 It fit when I bought it, but now it's too small. See?" The Doctor put on
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46 the hat. It perched ridiculously on top of his head.
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47 "Let me see it." Sigmund said. He took the hat and paused to
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48 examine it. "Hmmmm... If you wait a few days, the hat will fit properly."
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49 "What's the problem?" Frankenstupe asked.
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50 "When you read your personal essay at the Inn, 'd' and the Grand
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51 Dragonmaster laid some heavy praise on you, didn't they?"
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52 "I guess they did." Frankenstupe puffed his chest out proudly.
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53 "It made me feel good--they're such good writers."
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54 "You're suffering from a temporary case of swelled head or fat-
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55 headitus as we call it in the business. You'll return to normal, soon."
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56 "I can see your point." Frankenstupe said. "Sometimes the Inn
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57 can magnify feelings and emotions."
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58 "Yes, remember the Dark Prince?" Sigmund said.
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59 "I'd rather forget." Frankenstupe laughed nervously. "I went a
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60 little overboard."
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61 "Mushy to say the least."
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62 "Yes, sometimes you can misinterpret your own feelings. I saw my
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63 own desire for simple friendship as something else." Sigmund nodded in
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64 agreement. Both men sat quietly for a moment. Frankenstupe broke the
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65 silence. "I'm preparing another essay for the Inn. Let me show it to you."
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66 He handed the essay to Sigmund.
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67 "Hmmmm.... lots of feelings here. Some may see this as being
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68 overly sentimental."
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69 "Do you think so?" Frankenstupe took the draft and reread it
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70 intently. Sigmund tiptoed out the door.
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71 Dr. Frankenstupe
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72 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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73
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74 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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75 To All At The Inn:
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76 Hello again!! The wandering college student is back from
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77 OSU, and has just finished the last disk and a half with great interest.
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78 I only have a couple of questions...
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79
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80 1) What the Heck is PorSFis?? Is it a gathering of those at the
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81 Inn, or of general SF fans,or what?? I would really like to know.
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82 (See Point 2)
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83
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84 2) I am collecting info on various area Special Interest Groups.
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85 I happen to be a Sherlockian Whovian Fantasy-SF-loving Trekker,who would
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86 also like to get into MENSA and the SCA. If anyone could furnish phone
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87 numbers,contact names,or meeting data,I would be in your debt for all of
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88 spatio-temporal time (in this plane,of course.)
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89
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90 Stories are as good as ever...keep up the great creating!!!
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91 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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92 P.S.:DUNE was absolutely fantastic. 4Stars!! But if they ended it that
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93 way,how are they going to film the next stories??
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94 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil again/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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95 :::::::::::::::O O::::::::::12/16:::::::::::::::15:09::::::::::O O:::::::::::::
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96 Luingil: to address your questions -
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97 1) Yes. PorSFiS is the Portland Science Fiction Society. It meets every
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98 other Saturday (next meeting 12/29) at 2 PM at the Multnomah County Library
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99 (downtown, on 10th). This is followed at approximely 3:30 by the Friends
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100 of the Doctor (Who). (They are the strange looking folks you see on OEPBS
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101 during the pledge drives after Doctor Who).
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102 Several of the Innhabitants attend the PorSFiS meeting, and then retire to
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103 the PC&S tavern at 1038 SW Morrison (2 blocks from the library) for socializing
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104 and discussion of latest happenings on our favorite board. PC&S does not
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105 seem to be picky about ages, so if you are underage, don't let it stop you.
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106 (just don't press your luck by being too obviously juvenile).
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107 In attendance yesterday was bard, voyeur, kathy, L'homme, MiG, Mad Max,
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108 Ian MacHinery, Quizmaster, Petrov, and several other identities I am not at
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109 liberty to divulge. (oh, and the meeting was well-infiltrated by the NET).
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110 Piper made an appearance once, accompanied by his pipes (which he played),
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111 but he left his pegasus parked elsewhere. Unfortunately, we have been unable
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112 to entice him back again. Noticable by their absences are Grand Dragonmaster
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113 and Wassir, Tarn, Pam, d.
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114 2). For the SCA, I would suggest talking to _Leonard_, as he seems to
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115 be involved in that rather bizzarre group.
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116 MENSA has an answering service for non-member inquiries, the phone is 223-4502.
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117 The membership secretary is Alix Drake-Williams, 777-0421. One or the
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118 other should be able to help you. If you've taken the SAT and gotten 1300
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119 or better, you've already qualified for entry. There are other tests/scores
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120 that can qualify, but I don't konow the details on them. Otherwise, you have
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121 to take their test.
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122 So you liked Dune, eh? Several of us saw it Friday, and were greatly
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123 disappointed. For anyone who has read the book, they left a lot out,
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124 and while the first half of the movie was fairly faithful to what was left,
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125 the second half diverged rather too much.
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126 I'm expecting a review by A FILM FAN any day now on it; he's usually much
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127 better at describing such things than I am. ("I don't know about art, but I
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128 know what I like").
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129 Oh, FYI, Petrov is a fellow Beaver.
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130 :::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::
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131 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{sniff}{}
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132 The sun rose slowly over the distant mountains. The snow created a
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133 white blanket over everything in sight, only a few tracks from little
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134 bunnies and the tall forest pine could be seen. Milo turned to see if
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135 he was still being followed. Only a little bit more and he could find
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136 cover in the forest ahead, got to keep moving.
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137
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138 The faint barking of dogs were heard, Milo picked up his pace, got
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139 to keep moving. He couln't feel his feet it was so cold, a nice
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140 warm fire and some hot cider sounded better than ever before.
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141
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142 Milo was now running in and out of the tall pine trees. He stumbled
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143 and fell almost every twenty feet, the dogs were getting closer.
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144 Milo stopped neer a tree that had a lot of branches near the bottom, he
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145 tried to climb it but his fingures were too cold to grab anything at all
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146 Oh his hands hurt trying to move them. He fell into some snow covered bushes
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147 below. He could here the dogs, they had been onto his trail for hours
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148 now. Milo was running out of ideas, he reached into his pocket where he
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149 kept whatever magical items he had; He collected them, not knowing wha
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150 some of them were, a few were from his father. He fumbled around until
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151 he found the one he was looking for. His grandfather gave him this and told
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152 him never to show it to anyone else and to only use it in great danger.
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153 The bad thing was his grandfather never told him how to use it, he wasnt
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154 old enough yet. He took it out and looked for something to press. The
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155 dogs were now in the forest and getting closer. His cold fingures felt
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156 around for a hidden catch that he remember his father showing him a
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157 long time ago. The dogs were close, milo had his fingure on the hidden
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158 plate but couldn't press down hard enough. He looked over his shoulder
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159 and saw the dogs racing towards him through the thin covering of bushes.
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160 He had to get it on this try or it would be all over for him. With a
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161 last effort, he gave it all he could and pressed the plate.
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162
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163 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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164 There is a part, I hope you like it. I better get going, I've taken up to
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165 much time trying to fix that story.
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166 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{bye}{c}{c}
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167 p.s. Mike: It's getting a lot worse.
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168 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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169 At last a clear mission. A task. I had to get the secret of the necklace back
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170 to the Diamond Valley so we could return to the Inn. I had hoped to get a
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171 ride with the Pegasus, but she was embroiled in a fight with a griffin of
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172 some sort and I could only watch it helplessly. I trudged off in the endless
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173 sand heading in what I hoped was the general direction of the Valley. As I
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174 did so, a steady wind arose blowing the golden grains into a blinding
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175 cloud. I marched through the sparkling paste of air and sand with no notion
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176 of whether or not I was nearing my goal. So. The old dilemma. A clear pur-
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177 pose, but no clear way of action. One can only struggle. The wind increased
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178 to a shrill whistle and the gliitering sand slithered under my shoes. Soon
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179 I was slogging through loose sand up to my knees, hips, waist. I stopped
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180 worrying about making progress and began paying attention to staying alive.
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181 The more I struggled, the faster the bright tide rose. When my shoulders
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182 were covered, terror stopped my screams and when my eyes were covered I
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183 must have fainted for I felt and thought nothing except for being conscious
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184 of feeling and thinking nothing.
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185 Then my toes felt cold. My feet and knees got chilly. Death. I waited. I
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186 found movement in all the parts that were chilled and my feet seemed to be
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187 on glass or ice. Not Death. The sand was sifting away from the bottom and
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188 when my eyes were freed, I found myself in the Diamond Valley near the
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189 Citadel. So. the old saying. You must lose yourself in order to find your-
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190 self. As I sprinted up the steps of the citadel I reflected that losing
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191 yourself in liquor, drugs, or any number of other vices would be more fun
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192 and just as instructive without leaving sand in your shoes and pockets,
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193 but there's another old saying about not being able to choose the instru-
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194 ment of your education.
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195 L'homme, Bard, Milchar,Piper, and the Docter were in the great hall inspec-
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196 ting a crazy complex of wires, switches, dials, and gears built from the
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197 contents of Bard's traveling hardware show.
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198 "Where have you been?" demanded L'homme. "We're all set to blow the door.
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199 We almost left without you."
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200 Oh, Boy. Now I get to be a hero. Heroine.
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201 I tried to think of a dramatic way to reveal my gem of wisdom.
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202 "Contrary to our modern, linear, mechanized thought patterns," I began,
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203 KA=--B-O-O-O-OOOOM! Bard had pressed the switch.
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204 So. The old saying. As soon as you're conscious of being a hero, then you're
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205 not humble enough to be one anymore and besides you're too busy showing
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206 off to get the job done that was supposed to make you a hero in the first
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207 place. Heroine.
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208 The blast succeeded in rousing the Blue Demon and several hundred blue
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209 globuloids, but the door hadn't budged.
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210 "Milchar, LISTEN! Give me the necklace," I implored.
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211 Milchar was busy emitting energy bolts to slow Blue Demon as he lumbered
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212 toward us so I grabbed the necklace and ran to the Great Door. Sure enough,
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213 the clasp fit the lock perfectly.
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214 "Hurry!" I yelled and the rest of the band joined me. We backed through
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215 the door lobbing pieces of Bard's epuipment at the blue beast. The Doctor
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216 snatched the yellow part of the necklace just as the door slammed shut.
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217 We turned and found ourselves amidst a band of philosophers, poets, mad
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218 technicians, and assorted dreamers. We were at the Inn!
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219 "Greetings," said the Innkeeper, "A strange fellow came in a few hours ago
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220 and left this for you. Seemed to expect a reply."
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221 It was a small box made of green stone. Inside was a note instructing us
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222 to put the yellow necklace inside. "Opening the North Door has rendered
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223 Blue Demon powerless. Closing this lid will return the necklace to me. You
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224 have completed your quest. --Mariani"
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225 We closed the lid and watched as the box faded from view.
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226 Then we all started cheering and laughing at once. We bought drinks for
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227 everyone and told tall stories until daylight.
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228 So. The old saying. There's no place like home.
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229 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Lila UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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230 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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231 FROM PROMETHEUS; THE DESIGNED
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232 Stricken with pneumonia it seems, or at least that is the general conensus of minds. I see a specialist or something kee
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233 like that tomorrow.
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234 Until then, I have plenty of stuff to do here, which includes reading Dune for an English Literature class, writing three
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235 major writing assignments and finishing off a pente gaming program of sorts. Enough for the duration, I dearly hope.
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236
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237 Assorted messages follow, of course. Sometimes I am slightly affected by the monotony.
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238
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239 Sondargaard; It seems that I am not going to be out of this room for quite some time, therefore I will see if I can ask
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240 somebody to do all this legwork.
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241 About the indecipherable stuff at the top of the page, the first word has special meanings to me, and only me. So please
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242 don't get worried about your eyesight or anything, and as for the other two denotations they are easy for any self respecting
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243 Cryptac.
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244
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245 Man in Gray; I must speak with you again, at the time you spoke to me today I was in my worst condition so far, so please
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246 don't become too worried. I seen a nifty doctor tomorrow and everything will be alright soon.
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247 And as for my sense of humor, I think it is resting up somewhere but my politeness seems to be skyrocketing for some reason
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248 that I don't fully comprehend.
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249
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250 kathy; Sorry for missing the latest PorSFiS and subsequent visit to this universes counterpart of the Inn. I realize that I
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251 am the only thing holding things up, but I will try to do better.
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252
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253 Tammy; Your writing is a fine addition to the annals of Backwater. Very nice, and a pleasure to read. And let me assure you
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254 that you do not have a reputation like that, it was only one comment of yours that someone was talking about.
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255 Anyway, what are your chances of ending up at a PorSFiS someday? I would so much like to meet you, and I always did enjoy
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256 watching peoples faces as they meet Backwater personalities face to face.
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257
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258 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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259
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260 The Former lifted his white cloak and swirled it as far and as wide as it would go. The spirits of everyone seemed to be
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261 lifted quite highly at the moment, probably do to the end of the Ruby Valley quest or something really interesting like that.
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262 The Former so wanted someone to explain to him what had happened first hand, instead of all this rumor and gossip stuff.
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263
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264 For instance the stories about a Red and Silver pegasus fighting for control of a Citadel of pleasure and pain? All of it
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265 was a little wild, even for Milchar, or even L'Homme for that mattter. A little too wild period!
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266
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267 Someone handed him a glass of some red liquid, with a message carved in the foam at the top. "No place like Home" it said.
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268 Some of the more agile persons were starting to dance, and it was always fun to watch slightly drunk people dance, so The
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269 Formwr stepped carefully to a seat where the sights were good, and the abandoned drinks were full.
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270
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271 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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272 The Twelve Days of Solstice
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273 On the twelfth day of Solstice
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274 My priestess gave to me:
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275 12 Catered orgies,
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276 11 Ancient witches,
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277 10 Captive demons,
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278 9 Sorcelled potions,
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279 8 Red grimoires,
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280 7 Scheming wizards,
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281 6 Bottled djinni,
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282 5 Casks of wine,
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283 4 Chanting priests,
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284 3 Love charms,
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285 2 Magick rings,
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286 And a Sun God all crowned with holly.
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287 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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288 (note to SPELL ALERT: there are NO spelling errors in the above song! You
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289 have been warned!)
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290 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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291 "Well, *I* thought it was appropriate!"
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292 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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293 MIKEY: I finished entering YOUR source today. Next comes checking against the
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294 original for errors. Then comes checking for missing routines (HZTST?).
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295 Then I get to modify the code for my equipment......
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296 _________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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297 *%_)#@*%_)@#*%_)!*%_!)*%_)*%_@)*%_!)*%+_!*%_@)*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_@#)*%_@#)%*@%*%_)@#$*%^_)$*^@_)#*_@)#^*_)@*^@_)^*#
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298 Dual Part Message:
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299 Leonard:I am pretty sure the old TRS80 has ROM problems. After going through the ordered diagnostics, all results point
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300 to bad ROMs. ROM problems can be addressing, non-repairable bit errors, or chip select problems. I can't check for tri-
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301 states with the equipment I have, but given a scope it is easy to detect. If a chip select problem is the culprit, I doubt
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302 the start-up procedure would get as far as it does. I would bet on address or data problems. If I can borrow another set
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303 of ROMs, I can even further reduce the unknowns. All is not lost!
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304 FILM FAN:Don't be too hard on Dune, if and when you impart us your insightful viewpoints. Remember, movies are merely a
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305 visual and auditory extension of someone's imagination, and it can't be all things to all people.
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306 Ian Mac.:Was that really you? If you carefully re-read the entries, you will notice an oversight on your part. Also, when
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307 one is about to be given $200 million, one should not be looking the proverbial gift-horse in the mouth!
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308 voyeur:How was dinner? And desert/dessert(!)? haha! Was Mr. Schmidt there too? Lucky guy, your neighbor...
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309 @#)_%*_@#)*%@_#)%* Part two:
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310 Back at the Inn at last. The place hadn't changed much. The well-worn furnishings didn't look too much more the worse for
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311 wear. What stories they could recount of famous tellers who had regailed all within earshot tales of adventure and
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312 intrigue. Intrigue! Yes...It was time.... It had been many months since I was sent to that forsaken mineral
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313 valley, but before that, Joshua, and that damned guru. I spied a familiar looking person accross the hub-bub of the Inn.
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314 Gaudy! What was she doing here? Who cares. It was time to get back.
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315 Standing on a table, mug in one hand, I attempted to attract everyone's attention. Begrudgingly, the rest of the patrons put
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316 their story-telling and debating on hold for a moment, and lent me their elusive ears.
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317 "My friends, I must say, with some regret and remorse, that I must leave the comfortable confines of the Inn once again.
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318 Nothing warms my heart more than to be here with all of you, reliving adventures, taking part in stimulating debates, but
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319 I must set forth on an adventure of my own. A quest in another place, another time. A place not like the Inn. A place of
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320 evil and hate, where madmen try almost daily to take over the world. Unfortunately, this place is where I was born, and
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321 now I must return. I feel I have some unfinished business there. A dear friend, who I feared lost, may not be lost,
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322 but only momentarily sidetracked. I can not rest until I know the truth. I would like nothing more than to stay here,
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323 slaying dragons, rescuing fair damsels, and restoring kingdoms to their rightful heirs, but a duty of another kind
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324 calls. Enough long goodbyes! Drinks for all! On me! One last time for my dear friends at the Inn, and then I'm off!"
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325 After the last of the round had been downed, a few good-lucks and pats on the back, and a rather large bill to
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326 settle with the good innkeeper, I set off to get Gaudy. She was standing by the entrance to the Roman Baths, and her
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327 expression of apprehension told me she had heard my speech, and knew of the quest I spoke of. Without a word, I grabbed her
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328 hand, and we made our way to the exit. Closing the heavy oaken door behind us, we took one last look at the Rowan tree,
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329 and bid the Inn our silent goodbyes. How would we get back this time? It didn't really matter. We always found a way; that
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330 was never a problem. What would greet us on our return? That was a question that could only be answered in another time
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331 and place.
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332 *)_%*#@_)%*@#_)%*@_)#%*_)!*%!_#)%*_@#)*%_#)@*% L'homme sans Parity *%_#@)*%_)@*%_@#)%*_@)%*@_#)%*@_)%*@#_)%*@#_)%*@#_)%
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333 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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334 Lila; Thank you ever so much for finishing. I had thought about my leaving the story to the rest of you later, then
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335 decided to *MAKE* time for one more entry, but you seem to have wrapped it all up for me. Thanks again.
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336 Ahhh, the Inn again. Amazing how it stays unchanged by all the action and excitement that surrounds it on all sides.
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337 I believe that my visit will be longer next time before I venture forth on another quest. Time to return to my Tower.
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338 Hm. Been awhile since I've been there... just before the Kol-um-bee-ya (sp?) adventure (about April, earth time).
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339 Waving goodbye to L'homme, Gaudy M., and the rest of the patrons of the Inn, I strode through the door into the falling
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340 snow outside. "Farewell for a while...", I whispered.
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341 Taking a bit of the dust out of my bag, I spread it out in a circle about me. "Crilcoelfmaem.", I said, invoking the
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342 slumbering power within the dust. A faint tounge of flame arose from the dust, spreading quickly to ignite the entire
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343 circle. As the flame rose higher and higher, I was lifted from this world to another.
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344 Abruptly, the silvery fire vanished, all traces of it gone. No one but the Rowan tree noticed that the man inside
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345 the circle had disappeared.
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346 ++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 11:25 on 12/16/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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347 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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348 Milchar:the closing entry was hastily written and I hesitated to use it, but
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349 it did tie things up. I appreciate your response.
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350 ok, voyeur, how come I'm not on the list of conspicuously missing persons
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351 from PorsFis? Didn't anybody NOTICE? And you guys weren't even totally
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352 floored by Dune like we were and like anybody with even the rudiments of a
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353 central nervous system should be. So maybe later you'll put in a list of
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354 INconspicuously missing people, huh?
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355 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Gaudy Minsky"""""""(Lila)"""""""""""
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356 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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357 If someone knows the -exact- wording of the following, I'd like to see it...
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358 "What once were habits are now vices" I think I feel the metamorphosis...
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359 {Tammy}: Bravo! I feel your entry is on par with the best, keep it up!
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360 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 0326 Hrs 17 Dec 84
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361 )-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-
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362
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363 FF---Shall we play a game? "R"
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364 )-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-)-
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365 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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366 At the inn at last! The piper, bereft of his pipes, sat quietly at a plank
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367 table in the shadows. A plate of the innkeeper's famous stew, several flagons
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368 of the famous nut-brown ale with the faint flavor of summer, and he felt much
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369 refreshed. He stepped into the Roman Bath at the rear of the inn and repaired
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370 much of the damage to his adventure-scarred costume -- then examined himself
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371 in the mirror. Staring back from a tangle of beard, two guilt-rimmed eyes
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372 accused him of abandonment and betrayal.
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373 "Excuse me sir, could I help you?"
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374 The piper jumped, startled out of introspection by the bath attendant --
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375 a rather quiet, unassuming person. "Yes... Yes, indeed," answered the piper.
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376 Some time later, costume mended, clean, fed, and ready to start again, the
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377 piper pushed open the scarred plank door of the end. He had not paused for
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378 lengthy farewells, but left confident of a swift return. He had crossed the
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379 bridge, giving brief glance to the stream, then followed the path into the
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380 woods when he stopped with a grunt of pain. Clutching his side, he tried to
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381 hold in burning agony. After infinite moments, he could again move and think
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382 and he looked down at the once-pristine whitness of his shirt. No longer
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383 white, the blood was soaking through the tightly pulled linen. Gritting his
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384 teeth against the pain, the piper removed his blood-soaked shirt and used it
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385 to wipe the blood from the wound. In the moment before it was obscured again,
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386 he saw his skin whole and unbroken.
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387 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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388 ::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::12/17:::::::::::08:19::::::::::O O::::::::::
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389 Gaudy Minsky: I was referring to the nevershows, not those who have been
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390 there at least once. Granted, my list was Inncomplete, so you were in
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391 good company. (I forgot Prometheus H., Milchar, the Doctor, ....)
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392 ::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
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393
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394 The Former saw a few depart from the Inn, knowing sadly where they must go. As the heavy oaken doors closed, and no longer
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395 could he see those departing, the Former looked around for another empty table.
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396 After finding one, and avoiding as many collisions as possibe the Former quietly stepped onto a chair and from there stepped
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397 to the top of a table. Quickly he sat himself down,and asked soemone to bring his bushel of leaves.
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398
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399 After selecting a slender leaf, one with many lines embedded in it's green length, the Former ate a small bite of the edge.
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400 As what the Former had just eaten reached his tounge, the Former remembered where these had been collected. A small world,
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401 when compared, but for all of it's length, it was covered with swamps and forests, most especialy the rain forests.
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402
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403 The rain forest where his one had been picked was a large and tall one, with heavy scents of wood, and plants wafting throug
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404 the air which was already damp with light rains.
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405
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406 A small and noble race was living and dying in this forest. It was fighting against all manner of perils, picking these damp
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407 leaves as a delicacy for only a few grew within that forest.
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408
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409 The Former wanted to tell a story about these little friends of his, old time compaions. So why not?
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410 The sitting figuire tried to cllect all the facts, and to allow for a littlle embellishment. Soon he would tell the story.
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411 Soon, for the first time, he would tell a story at the Inn. First he ought to watch others telling tales, to learn their
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412 ways of entrancing those that sat against a soft chair and listened.
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413
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414 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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415 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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416 VOYEUR: Thanx! I have it all written down, and it'll give me something to in-
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417 vestigat during the break.
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418
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419 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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420
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421 as the cloaked and hooded figure passed the Rowan Tree, the sounds of talk and
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422 boisterous laughter filled the air from the building on her left. She pushed
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423 the door open, and her eyes drank in the scene. The people sitting, standing,
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424 moving from table to table with their ale-mugs,the jokes, the stories...
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425 "Well, and what can I do for you?" the Innkeeper took her measure with
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426 his glance, and Luingil relized for the first time that not only was she in,
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427 but she had walked the length of the Inn while taking in the sights.
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428 "Just an ale, please." The Innkeeper gave her a mug and she gave him one of
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429 her few remaining coins, then moved to a small unoccupied table in the corner
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430 of the room. She unfastened her grey cloak, letting her long blonde hair
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||
431 spill out of the hood, and draped it over the back of her chair. Then she sat
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432 down and took a long pull at the ale, finally relaxing and listening to the
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433 stories circulating around the other travellers.
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434
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435 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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437 Well, I liked DUNE so much that I have now watched it 3 times. There
|
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438 is some of the book that was left out as it always is with book adaptations
|
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439 otherwise it would have been a 5 hour movie and we all know that the big boys
|
||
440 in movieland do not like movies that long.
|
||
441 CITY HEAT was a bomb, but them again this is just my word. Great to see
|
||
442 once if you can see it FREE.
|
||
443 STARMAN: Ok, worth at least a look at. I was put together ok.
|
||
444 2010: Now I liked the movie, but I've only seen it twice now. I must
|
||
445 say, I like DUNE better and a lot of other people must agree with me.
|
||
446 2010 is having about the same amount of business as Beverly Hills Cop
|
||
447 is right now. And DUNE is way out in front. (For this Weekend).
|
||
448 MOVIES STILL TO COME: John Dangerously, looks ok, not sure yet; The
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||
449 Flamingo Kid, maybe another sleeper; PROTOCOL (potential bomb);
|
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450 Micki & Maude (with Dudley Moore) im seeing this one; The COTTON CLUB,
|
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451 (not my kind of movie); and WALT DISNEY'S CLASSIC "PINOCCHIO", a great
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452 movie to take little nephews too. Oops, (sorry Tom) I left out Tom
|
||
453 Selleck's RUNAWAY. All of these will be starting FRIDAY (not sure about
|
||
454 John Dangerously yet) so be watching for them.
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||
|
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455 PaPa Smurf at the Movies
|
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456
|
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So, another WHO fan wanders into the INN. Doctor Craig follows the
|
||
457 Doctor and gets called upon at work to straighten out the novice
|
||
458 watcher friends. "What happened to the older Guy", You mean Pertwee,
|
||
459 "yea", well he was the third Doctor who regenerated into Tom Baker.
|
||
460 "But we are watching Peter Davidson now", that's because we have
|
||
461 OPBS, this is how they have them. "But... But... ", forget it.
|
||
462
|
||
Now for the Doctor list:
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463 Peter Davidson will be aired in its entirety (Season 19,20 & 21).
|
||
464 earlier this year we saw (19&20) but we have not seen 21 yet. After
|
||
465 the 21st season. OPBS tells me that they are going to reair Pertwee
|
||
466 without any holes. As you may have noted, some episodes were not
|
||
467 available earlier this year. They also told me that maybe some Hartnell
|
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468 or Troughton maybe aired (the early Doctor archives have had a lot of
|
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469 film moths) but which ones is not sure.
|
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470
|
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Lila -- "philosophers, poets, mad technicians and assorted dreamers", does
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||
471 indeed about sums up the lot at the Inn. But you may add One Smurf to your
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472 list that is able to drop in from time to time to let you hear from him.
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||
473 Just because you do not see any entry from me, do not think that I am
|
||
474 not around.
|
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475 I did see the remark about Tammy and me and I must say that since she
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||
476 does not work at THE LAB that she and I are not. (Too bad?).
|
||
477
|
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I think Sondargaard is sleeping from all of the late nights he has
|
||
478 been puting in recently.
|
||
479
|
||
Well to all ------ A Merry Christmas & and happy reading.
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480
|
||
481 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The always watching PaPa Smurf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
482 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
|
||
483 Milo pressed his frozen fingers onto the hidden plate. He heard
|
||
484 a faint click, he knew he was done for, he closed his eyes and prayed
|
||
485 for a miracle. His hands clutched the small artifact as he waited for
|
||
486 the oncoming doom. But nothing happened, he listened without moving his
|
||
487 head, he couldn't hear a thing. He gathered his courage and looked
|
||
488 over towards the dogs, they stood there like statues, no breath, no
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||
489 barking, no movement. Milo was unsure about this, he took a twig from
|
||
490 the bush and threw it at the stone like dogs, it fell in front of one
|
||
491 and nothing happened.
|
||
492
|
||
493 Walking over to the dogs, milo noticed that the sound from the forest,
|
||
494 the birds and creek had stopped. He looked at the artifact in his hand,
|
||
495 that must be what caused all this. Milo walked over to the two men
|
||
496 further behind the dogs, they were ridding behind the dogs on some sort
|
||
497 of sled. They wren't moving, they weren't even breathing. They were
|
||
498 still warm but there was no heartbeat, on them or the dogs. Just then
|
||
499 milo looked up and saw a couple of birds frozen in mid air, wings
|
||
500 stationary. Milo though, this little artifact must either stop time
|
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501 around him or make him so incedibly fast that time didn't mean much anymore.
|
||
502 Milo walked over and hid behind a tree, he paused for a minute watching the
|
||
503 still figures remain motionless. He laughed a little bit then pressed the
|
||
504 plate on the artifact again. The dogs burst to life and jumped into the
|
||
505 bushes where he just was. The dogs barked and snarled at each other while
|
||
506 the two men rushed up with very puzzles looks on thier faces. They looked
|
||
507 around and saw something moving behind a neer by tree. They drew thier
|
||
508 swords and marched forward.
|
||
509
|
||
510 Milo seeing this, jumped out and threw a snowball at the man in front
|
||
511 then jumped around. The men rushed forward again swords slashing the
|
||
512 cold air in front of them. Milo stopped jumping and shouting and stood
|
||
513 still, fingure on the small plate getting ready to press. The man ran closer
|
||
514 and leaped sword first into the waiting joker, this was the last time
|
||
515 anyone would find him sneeking around the town store. Milo waited until
|
||
516 the last second then pressed hard down on the plate, the two men stopped
|
||
517 dead in thier tracks. This was getting fun, milo walked over and took
|
||
518 all of the weapons and supplies from them and then placed them face to
|
||
519 face. This wasn't bad, new swords and a lot of food to boot. Milo was
|
||
520 a long ways away when he pressed the plate again. He looked back just in
|
||
521 time to see the two men smash into each other. Milo turned and walked
|
||
522 on. What was this artifact that he had, the things he could do with it.
|
||
523
|
||
524 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
|
||
525 Maybe I could make this into a soap? Naw, I don't think it is finished
|
||
526 so I'll upload the next part on a new disk. I hope the writing is up to
|
||
527 the Inn so far?
|
||
528 Is Kathy still out there?
|
||
529
|
||
530 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}{c}{c}{yeah snow!}{c}{c}{c}{c}
|
||
531
|
||
532 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (I thought so...)
|
||
533 See, Tammy, I told you you'ld feel alot better!
|
||
534 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 2025 Hrs 17 Dec 84
|
||
535
|
||
536 #######################################
|
||
537
|
||
538
|
||
539 to Sonadargaard
|
||
540 TRIPLE ENTENDRE is fairly old as group du jour goes ... Their emphasis is
|
||
541 no longer on folkise music but much more of a creation of their own Daniel's l
|
||
542 ove of eletronics is finally seeing fruit and the sound system is 100% better
|
||
543 Seeing them live is much better...
|
||
544 They have at least 2 or 3 tapes other than the one you have, not to mention
|
||
545 Daniel's own prolific collection of work. If you get a chance to see them do ...
|
||
546 you might be in for a pleasent suprise.....
|
||
547 ###########
|
||
548 P.S. does Perplexed(Pattyrose) still show up at PorFris meetings??????##########
|
||
549 ******* MOOSE *******
|
||
550
|
||
551 If this Perplexed, or Pattyrose person does attend the PorSFiS meetings, then
|
||
552 I have missed meeting Him or Her. Regretfull, as HE or She sounds delightfulL
|
||
553 (Spelling?) Perhaps in another form, Moose.
|
||
554
|
||
555 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
556
|
||
557 FROM PROMETHEUS; NOT DEAD YET
|
||
558 Despite all attempts, I am still alive. tHE Doctor I went to has put me on very heavy doses of antibiotics, and I am now
|
||
559 tied permanently to little plastic bottles which I can not open anyway, but such is life.
|
||
560 Or death, I suppose, however it is to dangerous to ponder further, some Maniacal Metaphysicist will start helping me or some
|
||
561 thing dreadfull like that.
|
||
562
|
||
563 Sondargaard and Makeeson; Risking life and limb I wearily stumbled my way (Actually I feel fine, but that ISN't any fun in
|
||
564 the telling...) to the latest drop point TO RETRreive the Item. After some odd glances (Young man, tipped felt fedora and
|
||
565 trench, the whole bit...) I retreived it. Source of my amusement for quite sometime, I eventually found the Answer.
|
||
566 The deal was, dear fellows in theE Key, that we be cryptic, not deceitfull. As any turn in the game, it is welcome though.
|
||
567 Wading though deceit is also an admirable trait, if it can be called a trait (Look out, I can see the Maniacal Metaphysicist
|
||
568 now...)
|
||
569 Anyway, the parcell is due for collection tomorrow before Mt1629.59. And so it goes...
|
||
570
|
||
571 McKittrick; Sorry, but even when Rome was operating I was not a member. Now that it is down, I am even less of one. I am 572 sorry for you, there are other systems, all quite similar, so you could try one of those.
|
||
573
|
||
574 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
575
|
||
576 I'll try a story as soon as I find a terminal that really enjoys showing me whether characters are lower case or not.
|
||
577
|
||
578 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
|
||
579 L'homme: T$200M? Be realistic. Our budgets would give CONGRESSMEN heart
|
||
580 attacks.
|
||
581 Remember, money is just a substitute for power. If you have
|
||
582 power money is easy to get (and usually not worth the trouble!).
|
||
583 Ian MacHinery
|
||
584 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
|
||
585 L'homme: Is there some reason that you can't try using YOUR ROMs in it?
|
||
586 If by some chance it turns out that RS doesn't have M1 ROMS anymore,
|
||
587 (I have heard rumors to that effect) how much would it cost to have a set
|
||
588 burned? I just happen to have to the source code for BOTH versions on
|
||
589 disk.....
|
||
590 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
|
||
591 )*#_)*%!_#)*%_!)#*%_@#)*%_)*^_#)$*^_#)$*^_)#*^_)@*^_!)*^_!#*^_)!#*^_!)^*_!)
|
||
592 Ian:It takes money to make money. Since you have grown lazy in your leader-
|
||
593 ship role, I had to do something. Be thankful for an outlet instead of
|
||
594 complaining about particulars. Just because the NET takes a small loan
|
||
595 from the US government does not mean we are a part of them. Let's just
|
||
596 say NET is acting as a consultant. Also, if you call the NET's position
|
||
597 after the RAINdeer debacle power, than you are indeed at Wit's end, as
|
||
598 Mr. Woodward stated.
|
||
599 Leonard:MY ROMs! No way. Remember, I no toucha your books, you no toucha
|
||
600 my ROMs. Since the saying goes, "It all evens out in the end", I am happy
|
||
601 to oblidge. I have other sources...and by the way, YOUR WELCOME!
|
||
602 G. Minsky:Did you make it home OK? Sorry to leave you in such a lurch, but
|
||
603 I just had to get home to another exciting evening of work. I hope the
|
||
604 auto repairs go OK.
|
||
605 Prome....:What can you tell me about MLC's computer network? We got a call
|
||
606 from someone there regarding dissatisfaction with the system. This is
|
||
607 surprising to me in light of the good results other schools in the
|
||
608 district are having with the same setup. Any inside objective from-the-
|
||
609 student's-point-of-view help would be greatly appreciated.
|
||
610 Aaron:Are you out there? Somewhere? Searching through the void?
|
||
611 *($_@#)*$_)@*$)_@#*$_)@* L'homme sans Parity _#)@*$_)@#*$_)*_!)*$_!)*$_!*$!
|
||
612 well, well. Not too much room to do too much of anything...saw "Runaway"
|
||
613 tonight...if you like to imagine computers as being operated by some sort
|
||
614 of magic, you might like it...the review in this morning's Oregonian said
|
||
615 that "humans are not perfect, so machines can't be perfect". That sort
|
||
616 of explains this movie...Sorry, Tom... The Crimson Blues
|
||
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