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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************** INSTALLED: 23 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 The top is a mirror image of the bottom,
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21 But the middle is a mirror image of itself.
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22
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23 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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24 Petrov tossed in his sleep.
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25
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26 An eerie voice echoed through his head. "Petrov...Petrov!" Before his
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27 mind's eye a terrible image unfolded. Could it be? "No. Stay away!" Petrov
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28 shouted. The ghostly image of two men, Joshua and L'homme sans Parity,
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29 challenged his sanity; taunting, teasing, mocking.
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30 "You killed us, Petrov." L'homme said, "you will soon beg to join us!" Then
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31 a chorus of perverted laughter welled from the pits of their accursed bowels.
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32 Finally, a serious look swept across Joshua's face. "Tonight you will be
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33 visited by three creatures who call themselves 'bytes', The Three Bytes. aaiieee!
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34 That alone is enough to drive anyone insane."
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35 Petrov awoke in a cold sweat. "I've gotta get out of here," he told himself.
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36 Without waiting until morning, Petrov located a garage with a dozen or so Rolls
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37 Royce's inside. Within a few minutes he had a car running. "Petrov escapes in
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38 style!" He wondered if anyone would be dumb enough to challenge the elements on
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39 foot.
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40 Heading north Petrov wondered what he should do. He wasn't carrying many
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41 possessions, just a couple of his favorite dresses. By daybreak he had reached
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42 Portland. Driving through the streets he witnessed a stabbing, a robbery, two
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43 fistfights, and several assorted acts of vandalism. "Ahhhh, civilization!" A
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44 broad grin gripped Petrov's face.
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45 "What to do, what to do, what to do?" While stopped at a traffic light, he
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46 noticed that the man in the car next to him was talking to the dashboard.
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47 "What a fruitcake," Petrov smirked to himself. With nothing better to do, he
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48 decided to follow.
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49 Petrov
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50 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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51 && && &&
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52 Fill the Bars with Christmas Drinking!
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53 (Fa la la la la la, etc.)
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54 See the people Getting stinking!
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55 (Fa la la la la, etc.)
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56 'Though their brains are half-corroded,
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57 (Fa la la, la la la, la la la)
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58 Still they try to drive hom loaded!
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59 (To heck with typing the fa las.)
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60 See the busy intersection,
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61 See cars come from each direction,
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62 See the pile-up where they're meeting,
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63 What a Novel Christmas Greeting!
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64 (Fa la la la la, la la la la!)
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65 && && &&
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66 The above was stolen from an old Mad magazine. You might hum it to yourself from time to time as you drive. My former
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67 roommate is a paramedic, and he told me that the sampling process is all wrong to estimate the actual number of drunk
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68 drivers on the roads. His own observation after being the first one to arrive at innumerable accident sites was that
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69 something like 80% of all fatal auto accidents are alchohol-related. Remember, folks, even if you're sone-cold sober
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70 ther're a lot of people on the road who aren't. I only bring up all of this depressing stuff because I feel that I
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71 know most of you, many of whom I've never met. You are friends, whom I don't want to lose, and to whom I wish a
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72 very happy holiday season (whatever your holiday-- I know a couple who celebrated on the solstice).
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73 Mele Kalikimaka!
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74 && The Mad Actor &&
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75
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76 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (oh, my eyes)
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77 I don't mind 'Facing the Wind' myself sometimes, but to read up
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78 on these guys shouting to the wind (ie: no-one here specifically)
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79 doesn't really lend to the -real- thinking debates I was told
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80 existed here on this uplifting breath of Fresh Aire that is
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81 different and more enjoyable than the rest.
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82 I guess this will come with Time.
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83 Have Happy Holidays, Cistop and fellow patrons.
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84 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 0413 Hrs 23 Dec 84
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85 ^ ^ ^
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86
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87 -_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_--_-_-
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88 Meanwhile as Rosewood slept, the kid was trying to think of what he could do
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89 that would be of enough importance as to gain him access to that litle known
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90 group of mega-men know to him now as U.N.I.T.
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91 What can I do, thought the kid, that would be good enough? {think...think}
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92 Just as he was about to passout due to the amount of pain he feels in his head
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93 ever time he attempts such deep thought, it produced a fruit of inspiration.
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94 The kid staggered his wasy to the kitchen for a cola (cola was his solution
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95 to almost any problem except running out of cola) and drank it all in an
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96 attempt to make his head stop hurting. It worked, except now his nose was
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97 bothering him. I really ought to slow down next time, the kid asumed. {brrp}
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98 The solution that had come to mind was to let U.N.I.T. know what he was going
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99 to do by -not- telling them what he was going to do.
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100 If they are so smart, they can figure it out for themselves. Why should I let
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101 them know everything anyway... gosh, er, gee-whiz... {ad nauseum}
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102 _-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-_abacab_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-__-_-_
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103
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104
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105 *%_)@#*%_)!*%#!_)*%_)@#*%_)@#+%@#+%*+_%@#*%)_@#*^)_*&)_$%*&_)%*&)_%*&_)$%*^_)$
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106 With all of the Dune debate raging over the airwaves these past few days,
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107 I thought I would upload a little file that contained....
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108
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109 Arrakis Metamorphosis
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110 ---------------------
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111 |---------->Sand Plankton
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112 | \
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113 Shal Halud (400 meters) \
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114 Gives off oxygen Little Maker
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115 | |
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116 Adult worm (200 meters) ;
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117 Photosynthetic Surface Prespice mass
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118 ^ / \
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119 | / \
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120 Sub Adult <------- explosion Melange, scattered
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121 sand worm by adult worms
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122 |
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123 ;
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124 Stunted worm
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125 9 meters long
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126 (water of life)
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127 ^%^%$^$%&$%&
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128 Leonard : A little bad news on your 2400 baud modem purchase. A real problem
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129 exists with 2400-baud modems and the current signal/noise levels on Bell
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130 circuits. Many Bell lines can't handle more than 10dB. The new 2400 baud
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131 modems operate at 21dB or higher (A Rockwell chip many use operates at 23 to
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132 24dB). I have heard estimates that as much as 50 percent of all Bell's long
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133 distance lines fall into this problem category.
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134 Kathy : Probably a good move regarding challenge. Sometimes suspicions are
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135 better left suspicious. It makes all the more mystery that way. How goes the
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136 endgame? Still at 320 points? So close but yet so far. I know the frustration
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137 of nearly having the game solved, but being kept from my appointed destiny
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138 of grandmatership by one last puzzle.
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139 P. Hawthorne: Did you get my first message about the computer network at MLC?
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140 Like I said before, I need some inside information from a student computer
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141 user like yourself. If your school really wants to get rid of their network
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142 computers, we would like to know why, what went wrong, and what can be done
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143 to rectify the situation. Thanks for any help you can give...
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144 Mikey : Any sales yet? ha ha! What about this new Sanyo Portable (MBC 780?)
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145 Looks interesting...
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146 Milchar : I know you are trying to clean up the various valleys we disturbed,
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147 but if you could take time off from your chores, I have another C64 related
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148 favor to ask. I know I know, not again!
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149 Petrov : Accursed Bowels!?! To quote Leonard, Hrumph! Also, did I notice a
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150 small reference to the truly accursed Tri-Bytes? Those gangters of the phone
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151 lines. Those desperadoes of the CPU. Aiiiiii!!! Nice message nonetheless.
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152 *_@#*)_$#*)_$*#@)_$*#)_$*@_)$@#)_$@*# L'homme sans Parity *$_)@#*$_@)#$*)_@#$*
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153
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154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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155 Oh goody, now I'm being accused of killing little kiddies
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156 on sleds! And hunters too! Maybe even a deer? As for
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157 your illogical response, I stand by my statement that it is
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158 such. Your accusation that because I like snow therefor I
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159 am somehow related to all the things you hate in the world
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160 does not hold to any logic that I was taught or read of.
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161
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162 For someone who professes to enjoy life, you sure seem to
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163 exude an enormous amount of negativism. What would you
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164 like to persuade me to? Having such a dark view of the
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165 world as you do? Sorry, no thanks.
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166
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167 I prefer to look for good things. I would much rather have
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168 the attitude that Tammy expressed, and try to find the good
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169 in a situation instead of looking only at the bad aspects.
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170 Maybe even try to brighten someone else's day if possible.
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171 Or SantaKathy's attitude of revelling in just being alive.
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172
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173 Life is too short to wallow in such negativism.
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174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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175
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176
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177 Fred: Fine. "If it feels right, do it". How silly of me not to notice the
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178 good things inherently involved in someone smashing my car: 1) the body shop
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179 will make a fortune 2) I will be taking the bus for the next couple weeks
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180 3)somewhere out there another will also be getting his car fixed . All these
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181 things contribute to the "recovery". How nice... An enormous amount of
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182 negativism? Perhaps...although I think it's realism...perhaps you caught
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183 "All things considered" Friday night, where they mentioned that 247 teenagers
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184 had been shot in Detroit--by other teenagers. Would you explain what is
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185 positive in that? They mentioned, if any of you NET fans are reading, that
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186 some of them have Uzis!!!!!!!!! Yes, indeed, I am enjoying life, for as you
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187 say, with people like you around it will be short...
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188 Merry Christmas,
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189 "Batman"
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190
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191 Hey Batman, how did you get promoted
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192 from being "Robin"???
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193
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194 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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195 Oh, pity our poor Cistop Mikey,
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196 Who sits there and patiently waits
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197 For authors to finish their typing
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198 And to cease their babbling prates.
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199
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200 Never a long game of Pac-Man;
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201 To play with his joystick--not him!
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202 His CRT's plagued night and morning
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203 With people who in words would swim.
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204
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205 He puts up with all this--and with us,
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206 And we're grateful he's there to provide
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207 A BBS that we can come to
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208 To write on,yell at, and confide.
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209
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210 So to voyeur,kathy, and Tammy,
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211 MiG,piper, the Bard, and the like,
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212 To Milchar,Mad Actor, and Mad Max,
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213 And especially to our Cistop Mike;
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214
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215 To Leonard, Guardian, and the others
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216 That I happen right now to forget,
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217 Merry Christmas and one heck of a New Year--
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218 Each than those before better yet!!
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219
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220 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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221 I know that it don' work in spots, but its the thought that counts!!
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222
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223 To "batman" and the 'realists' out there:
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224 I happen to be a devout Murphologist (on top of everything else),
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225 but to take snow to the extreme lengths seen on the last disk boggles
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226 even my mind. Do yourself a favor: try to find three good things about the season,without being sarcastic about it (people
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227 who are sarcastis 100% of the time lose friends and fail to influence people),
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228 and then find another human (or like species) and sincerly wish them a
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229 MERRY CHRISTMAS. It worked last week for me!!
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230 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/(semi-BAH HUMBUG)/\/\/\/\/\/
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231 <+|+> Joshua was Not here (again) <+|+>
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232
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233 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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234 From Prometheus; Sorry
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235 I did not notice your message about the MLC Network set up, and I am sorry about that. Now on to answering your questions;
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236
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237 The Network they must be speaking of is a series of TRS-80 Model IV Cassette versions linked together with a Network III
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238 from Radio Shack. I can understand why they are trying to get rid of the system.
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239 The software they are running it with crashes every time more than one terminal asks for access or a file or something.
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240 Which means it crashes routinely, about once or twice every hour of use. So I can understand why they are trying to get rid
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241 of it.
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242
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243 All of this is aside from their problem with scheduling use for it. With only one teacher from MLC that teaches on it, one
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244 might expect him to teach BASIC and such to all the grade levels there. Not so, he teaches only to the 5th, 6th, and 7th grade
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245 students, and only an hour a day to them.
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246 What's more, he doesn't even teach them, he merely plugs in the disks with all the games and tells all the munchkins when
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247 they can request access.
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248 All of this combines to make a pretty poor use of the system, whereas the Apples are in use around the clock.
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249 <<INTERRUPT, Have to go. Be back soon>>
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250 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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251 Mike? : Are you still around for the holidays?
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252
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253 I'm sorry if I am happy, I can only be happy a few time a year and when
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254 I am there isn't much that will make me sad. Well, a few things but that
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255 isn't important right now. If you don't like to drive in the snow or are
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256 to parinoid about getting your car mussed up then don't go. There are
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257 always different ways you could get to where you want to go.
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258 I had to sit in a jam for 4.5 hours and got hit 3 times. My car is a
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259 little mussed up but there wasn't any way to prevent it. I was going to
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260 stay home but I had to go. I'm not sitting around screeming about a dent
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261 in my car, I'm glad it was the car and not me.
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262 I don't know if anyone else feels the same way I do but please take you
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263 sourpuss remarks and keep them to yourself. All I see on the news an T.V.
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264 is how many people have died or gotten hurt, why can't we have a place to
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265 escape and be friends with other people.
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266 You don't have to remind me that I did't have to read the messages about
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267 all the bad things but BackWater is just about the last thing for me. I
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268 come here to read the mail and meet new people and maybe be friends with
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269 someone. I come here to write my story, I know if I put it any place else
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270 it would never get a second glance. Outside in the (real) world all I
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271 see is death and people pointing the fingure and blaming everyone else for
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272 what has happened. Why can't there be one place where we can get away from
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273 all that and have a good time?
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274 I'm pointing my fingure at myself for how I feel and what I didn't do or
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275 should've done, this is one of the last things in my life. I don't even
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276 know why I call here, I have gotten a lot of praise and I thank all of you
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277 who wrote to me(!), I'm going to leave, this is my lasy message here. I
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278 don't have to read the hate towards me and what I am here, I can just turn
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279 on the T.V and get the same.
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280 Sorry for this long message. I'm not tryng to make a dramatic exit or
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281 anything like that, please don't see it that way. Thanks for the good
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282 times on Backwater.
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283 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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284
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285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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286 To The Mad Actor:
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287 Perhaps 80% of auto accidents involve people who have been drinking but
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288 over 90% involve people who are absolutely sober!
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289
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290 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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291 From Prometheus; On again
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292 At MLC we have four apples which are very versatile and used by about everyone ijn the school. Especially the munchkins.
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293 Whereas the TRS-80's are rarely used by anyone. This is not the fault of the computers, it is just that there is no storage
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294 for the TRS-80's without the aforementioned Network III software. Which is terrible for everything it was designed to do.
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295
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296 I promised a person that I would teach them at least proficiency in BASIC and give them a simple understanding of primary
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297 parts in a computer configuiration like the TRS-80'S.
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298 I can not use the Apples because they are so much in demand that I can't get my hands on them for a single period, much less
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299 every day.
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300 If I remember correctly, that is why we got the TRS-80's in the first place. And yet, more people learned BASIC when we had
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301 only a Decwriter terminal than have learned BASIC from MLC instructors,.
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302 I might never stop talking if left alone with this terminal, so ask MiG for my phone number and call me voice. That is prob-
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303 ably the best way to impart all this information.
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304
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305 Sondargaard; My, there seems not to be a response to your statement. Perhaps it is too commonly beleived to be much fun. Oh
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306 well, perhaps at the next PorSFiS or so...
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307 Man in Gray; I found out why are being left in the dark so much, there is some freak at the Federal Building who heard from
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308 one of Retch's reports about Kendall, that I and Kendall had a secret rondezvous in Colorado.
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309 Remember when I had to head off Kendall and those Federal Marshalls? Retch thinks I and Kendall were planning a secret night
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310 in the Observatory.
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311
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312 At least I'll have fun scaring the Daylights out of Retch for a while. Wait till I show him my copies of those pictures we
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313 got from Courtenay...
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314 Tammy; This might seem as if you are an afterthought, but I wanted to figuire out what I was going to say to you.
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315 I am not sure why you think people hate you, no one hates you as far as I know. I like you, Sondargaard likes you, and so
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316 does everyone else who has expressed an opinion about you to me. So don't think we don't want you here. I enjoy having you
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317 here, and you have made a friend after all.
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318
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319 To those who wonder what to call Star Trek fans in general; Actually there are two classifications of Trek fan. Trekkies and
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320 Trekkers. And what is the difference you ask? A trekkie is someone loosly affiliated with the Star Trek shows, and movies.
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321 A Trekker is someone to whom Star Trek is very much a part of their lives. Someone who usually tries to know more than most
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322 people about the Star Trek universe.
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323 I number myself among the ranks of Trekkers, simply because Star Trek is a major part of my life, and I definately try to
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324 know more than most people about the series. What is regulation 46A you ask? I'll tell you...
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325
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326 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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327 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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328 REPENT ALL YE SINNERS!!!
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329 I live again!!!! The time for the second coming is at hand with the
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330 coming of the comet at 4:18 am on Christmas morning!!! Repent now while
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331 you still have the chance!!
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332 I Have Returned!
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333 J.C. and the Boys
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334 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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335
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336
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337 [=-------------------------------------------------------------=]
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338 Oh great, J.C. and the boys are back, lets all jump for joy!
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339
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340 So what has been going on in the Inn while I was away? That
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341 much eh? Oh well, I'll have to go read the drive just so I can
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342 be up-to-date here.
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343 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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344 The presents are under the tree and the eggnog is on the table.
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345 I can't wait till christmas morning. Waking up early and watching
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346 people open the presents with such delight. It's always a happy
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347 time whatever your car looks like.
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348
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349 [=------------------------------------Red-Fox------------------=]
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350
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351 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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352 Things sure don't change much do they. I haven't logged on here for just
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353 about six months and it looks the same. People yelling at people about the
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354 most minor things that could ever go wrong. Have a merry merry christmas
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355 and a very happy new year! I don't like driving in the snow but it sure is
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356 fun when nobody is getting hurt.
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357 It's been a long time since I was here last, but it's still all the same,
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358 just different names. I am thinking up a story and might enter it in a
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359 couple days.
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360 Tammy -:- if you are reading this, give me a call. We could work on your
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361 story a little more. Or we could just talk and share christmas happiness.
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362 GRemember a week ago? Maybe we could do something like that again, it sure
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363 would be fun and it could chear you up!
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364 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(Luke Binkleywalker)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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365
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366
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367 Luingil: In answer to your question about my "promotion": "Robin" and I are
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368 not the same person, as I'm sure he'd be happy to verify...
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369 Tammy: True, BWMS 'tis an escape from the real world for many of us, and sorry
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370 am I indeed if I have caused you distress. I urge you to reconsider...if you
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371 would enter that story you keep promising, why, there'd be no room on the
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372 disk for us "realists", would there? So why don't you put on a and enter
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373 it, hmmmm? I wish that I could look on being hit as cheerfully as you do,
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374 but... Take care, and do have a Merry Christmas, okay?
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375 "Batman"
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376
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377 where have you been Batman, some of her story has already been put on.
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378 Wake up.
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379 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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380 L'homme: Why would I be using AT&T (_NOT_ *BELL* anymore!) Long Lines?
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381 Most of my calls are either local or thru private nets like CIS & Telenet
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382 Thus the noise problem is somewhat different.
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383 Anyway, I don't HAVE to run at 2400, 1200 or even 600 will do
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384 sometimes.
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385 Batman: "Your problem is obvious" (you have seen the poster?)
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386 More seriously, whenever someone says "snow" or "look on the bright
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387 side" you seem to relive the accident! This is not logical, nor is it
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388 "sane". (I do not say it is INsane, just UNsane. there is a difference).
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389 The problem is NOT the snow, it is the DRIVERS. Back home, most
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390 people wouldn't have even bothered to put on the snow tires for light
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391 snowfall like that! But in Portland, if you say "snow" all the drivers
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392 panic!
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393 ICE is hard to drive on, but snow isn't much harder than heavy rain
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394 as far as driving goes.
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395 I would suggest looking over your previous comments. Or, better
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396 yet, having a friend do so. It is rather difficult NOT to take most of
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397 them as PERSONAL ATTACKS! Remember, all WE have to go on are the WORDS.
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398 No vocal tones, facial expressions, etc. Thus it is far to easy to come
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399 across much heavier than intended.
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400 (Just a friendly warning!)
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401 PS what (if anything) does your control character border look like on
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402 YOUR display? I'm amazed that it hasn't given anyone's equipment fits yet!
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403 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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404 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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405 I hope everyone had a good time while I was gone for a few days?
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406 From the looks of things, everyone did. MERRY CHRISTMAS and
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407 I'm glad you are in a good mood TAMMY.
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408 >>> PaPa Smurf
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409 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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410 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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411 L'homme: I'm afraid to ask. I'd give you a call to-morrow but I'm afraid that I've lost your home number. By the by,
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412 did mixing multi-color and hi-res work?
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413 +++++++++++++
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414 Commodore users: Who are you? Does anyone want to 'fess up that they're using (gasp, shudder) a 64? I know Alex,
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415 Mad Max, and MiG (on occasion) use 64s, but is there anyone else here?
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416 +++++++++++++
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417 I woke early. There was little to do in the morning except eat breakfast, and feed Camille. She was in wonderful
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418 shape. I saddled her and placed my equipment upon her back, gently.
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419 I mounted. Camille sprang into the air with all the force a Griffon could muster. Once we had circled about a few
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420 times above the tower (Celene was lovely this time of year), we began to pick up speed. We headed out for empty sky.
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421 The lands below slipped past as we flew. Fields, farms, and forests one by one fell back behind us. We were ready.
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422 I hurled a sphere before us with all my might. Suddenly, it exploded, emitting a ring of violet light that spread
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423 farther and farther apart. It was through this ring that we flew.
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424 The change was abrupt. No longer were we in the sunny lands of Celene, but in the wintery hills just south of the Inn.
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425 I was tempted to stop for a bit and chat, but I knew that if I did I would be delayed by hours. I turned toward the
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426 Nor-gate, instead.
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427 The nightmares and horrors of the marsh below were lost under its white covering. I passed the point were a manticore
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428 had attacked us and did not give it a second thought. How peaceful the land is when it is slumbering so, I thought.
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429 ++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:33 on 12/23/84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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430
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431 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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432 "If it feels right do it"? Hmm, it has been a while since
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433 I have heard that worn out phrase.
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434
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435 Exactly what do you mean in regard to the statement above?
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436 If you presume that I somehow enjoy doing all the things
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437 you so blithly accuse me of, you are sadly mistaken. I do
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438 enjoy life, and yes, if sitting back and watching a good
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439 movie with a warm cup of cocoa feels good to me I do it.
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440 But I hardly see how that provides you with any reason to
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441 accuse me of running around wreaking mayhem upon the world
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442 at large.
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443
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444 You still haven't explained to me why you think that just
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445 because I enjoy snow that somehow you have come to the
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446 conclusion that I enjoy smashing up cars. (Or more
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447 particularly, I gain the distinct impression that you
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448 think I smashed yours.) Really now, all this because I
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449 presented my sentiments that I like snow.
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450
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451 As for the good aspects of your experience, consider that
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452 you could have been in the car when it happened and got
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453 hurt, or killed. Or it might have been you who smashed
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454 into someone else.
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455
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456 Realism? Hardly.
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457
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458 Negativism is seeing the starving people in Ethiopia and
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459 bitching that no one is doing anything about it.
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460
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461 Realism is doing like Evergreen airlines and recognizing
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462 that you can do something about it, how little it may be,
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463 and doing it.
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464
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465 Optimism is thinking that somehow you can eliminate the
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466 starvation.
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467
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468 Fanaticism is thinking that you can eliminate all the
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469 starvation in the world.
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470 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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471
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472 ********************************************************************
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473 L'homme: No not yet, having problems, marketing manager doesn't
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474 like it, so is not impressed about carrying it in the product line.
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475 Sigh... (I'm working on him, but I don't hold out much hope.)
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476 p.s. it is the 775, not 780. It is a sort of IBM look alike like the T1000.
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477 almost, but not quite just enough differences to cause headaches. What do
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478 these people have against DMA anyway. Sheesh.
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479 Luingil: Nice poem.
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480 Tammy: Yes, I am still around, but I haven't had much time to be on BWMS
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481 lately. It gets to be very hectic around this time of year.
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482 Don't let one bad apple ruin your whole life! Just remember that for every
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483 joker like him, there are a hundred others who are nice and don't hate you.
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484 It is your decision to come or go, but no one is forcing you out. If you
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485 don't feel like inputting anything for a while, then just lurk for a while
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486 no one will know you are there, and you can still watch things happen.
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487 Then when the urge to write comes again, you can do it.
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488
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489 PAM: Are you still around, or have you gone south for the winter? Hello?
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490 Anybody home? Oh well, I guess she'll be back when she's ready.
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491 Anybody else: Have I missed anyone who asked a question? If so ask again,
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492 maybe I'll see it and remember to answer next time.
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493 Snow thing: I don't care much for driving in snow or ice, but I do enjoy
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494 the snow otherwise. It is fun watching it fall covering up the the garish
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495 man made objects returning them for a while to the domain of nature.
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496 I won't comment further, as I don't care to get into hateful arguments.
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497
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498 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOODNIGHT!
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499 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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500 *$!@_)$*!_)@$*@_)%*_@#)*%@_#)%*@_#)*!+_@*%_@#)*^_)#&^_)*^@_#)*!+_)*%_@)*^_)*^_*^_*!@#%_+)*@%*!+%*@_*%_@#%*_@*^_%*^_$%
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501 Mikey: That is bad news. Oh well...I'll keep waiting, but if things go to absolute zero chance, let me know. I have
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502 other plans, not much on the monetary scale, but good for circulation on the IBM BBS systems around the country.
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503 (Fido, RBBS, etc.) Also, on your comment regarding DMA, The story from Tandy on the Model 1000 is that DMA is included
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504 on the extra memory board, in order to reduce costs on the base 1 disk machine (competing against the PCjr) The Tandy
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505 1200 has XT-like DMA support, and the 2000's 80186 has 4 DMA channels on chip.
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506 Leonard: Lost your sense of humor eh? OK for you! Be that way! But please oh please stop John Dvoraking me to death!
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507 Joshua: So what's new? I guess all of that risking the elements really did you in, like Petrov commented on.
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508 G. Minsky: Thanks again for all your help. I am happy to hear more than 'wired' comments this time. Borrow a towel and
|
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509 dry your shoulder off!
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510 P. Hawthorne: You have already told me a great deal. I appreciate your frank comments. It sounds like you are having
|
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511 real problems (rather your school.) I know for a fact that the problems with the software crashing can be fixed. Also,
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512 an improved cirriculum can be investigated, and something might be able to be done on that subject too. Problems with
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||
513 teachers are another story. You or MiG can leave me private mail on CBBS/PCS with your phone number. Again thanks for
|
||
514 the comments. We are trying to go to each individual school and talk with teachers and students about their computer
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515 programs and what problems they may be having. It is a slow process, but with every school we visit, an effort to help
|
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516 is really made. Honest opinions like yours help us a great deal. Believe me, I hear a lot of district rhetoric, and
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517 sometimes it gets pretty deep. Until later...
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518 Milch:I'll call tommorow. Tsk Tsk, losing phone numbers. I would think you'd have all that computerized by now! Haha
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519 _)%*#@_)*@#)_*!)_$*@#_)%*@#)_%*_)!*%@)_#%*@#)_%* L'homme sans Parity *%#_@)*%_@)*_)!%*)_#*%_@#)*%)_@#%*_@)#%*@_#)%*@#%
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520 Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Est-ce que L'homme aime la femme????? (Si vous parlez
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521 francais, vous pouvez repondre la question, n'est-cs pas?)
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522 Oubliez-la... Je ne dois pas parler francais ici. Merci...
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523 ----------------------------------------------------- La femme...
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524
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526
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527
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528 The door slammed as the tall bespectacled stranger strode purposefully
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529 into the room. The others, relaxing by the fire, looked up, startled
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530 to see an unfamiliar face at this time of night. Some cast sidelong
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531 glances his way; others stared outright at the new arrival. Their
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||
532 conversation momentarily forgotten, they appeared taken aback at the
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533 sight of the stranger's byte-saber which, they could see as he swept
|
||
534 his black cloak aside, was slung from his belt over his left hip.
|
||
535 He stood silently, watching each face at the table, meeting each
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||
536 gaze with his own, and then spoke in a bold voice that commanded
|
||
537 attention: "Doctor Megabyte has returned to the Backwater Inn."
|
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538
|
||
539 The large fire that warmed the room against the chill air of the
|
||
540 December night seemed to grow brighter as he spoke. At the same time,
|
||
541 the front door opened again, and the rushing wind hurled a billowing cloud
|
||
542 of snow into the midst of the room's occupants, causing them to close their
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543 eyes and shield their faces against the cold. Someone quickly arose and
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||
544 ran to the door to push it closed, and when the wind had been ushered
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545 out again, the stranger was nowhere to be seen. Speechless faces turned this
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546 way and that, searching every corner and possible hiding place in the Inn's
|
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547 lounge, wondering where he had gone, and why he seemed so strange,
|
||
548 when after all, Doctor Megabyte did seem a vaguely familiar name and
|
||
549 the half-memories it brought to life conjured up images of...
|
||
550 no, the pictures would not take form. As the guests whispered among
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||
551 themselves and glanced around nervously, each one heard a voice,
|
||
552 not unlike that of the stranger himself, which seemed to come from
|
||
553 everywhere and nowhere at once, saying "I will be back..." and
|
||
554 fading awaw into nothingness. The guests shivered as one, and slowly
|
||
555 returned to their places by the fire, still whispering among themselves,
|
||
556 wondering many things about the evening's events...
|
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557
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558 ||||||||||||||||||||| Dr. Megabyte, in the wee hours of 12/24 |||||||||
|
||
559 *_)#@*%_)@#*%_)@#%*)_@#%*@_#%*@#_)%*@_#%_)@#*%_@#)*%_@#)%*_#@)*%__)*%@#_%*@%@#_
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560 ***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-
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561 Tammy: My identity is indirectly known to you. Please make contact. Would like
|
||
562 to talk to you. No, you aren't being forced out........Unfortunate that so manypeople feel that they have to attack
|
||
563 everyone else....Not good to read nor "listen" to. I like hearing from you
|
||
564 and hope you decide to stay! To all: Why in all hell argue about everything?
|
||
565 SHEESH! You'd think we all LIVED together! I frequent the Inn to get away
|
||
566 from such dross which I come across almost daily! CEASE AND DESIST! (I'll
|
||
567 probably catch my share of heat for this, but that's ok. I don't mind.).
|
||
568 L'homme sans parity: AH HA! Long time no chat! You seem to have forgotten
|
||
569 my existence! If you think hard enough, you might remember me....Seems to me
|
||
570 that we had a certain "sporting" event in common a year or so back! Does
|
||
571 THAT trigger your memory????! In any case, you do know who I am, even if
|
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572 I can't reveal my true identity.......
|
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573 ### Leonard: Good to see you are on here as well, and no doubt a few others
|
||
574 who are familiar to me......And vice-versa.......
|
||
575 "The stranger slowly looked about the room....Thinking to himself that many
|
||
576 of those present were friends from long ago. He rumbled to himself. It was
|
||
577 time for food and then sleep. He had been gone on another journey, even
|
||
578 bloodier than the last........Looking L'homme in the eye, there was a
|
||
579 certain understanding that flashed between them........A vague rememberance
|
||
580 from a time past......But who might this stranger clothed in black cape and
|
||
581 black boots be??????????..........."..
|
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582
|
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583 Black Thunder
|
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584 ***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***-***
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