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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ***************** INSTALLED: 30 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
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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21 Gasp, choke, cough, sputter... I'M ON THE TOP!
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22 It's amazing, it truly is...
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23 Voyeur: Did the decipherment go okay?
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24 Ian: Fun, another code. This one doesn't even restrict the ciphertext to the alphabet. What a devious mind you have
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25 there...
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26 Joshua: We wait with our breath held for a marvellous entry on your part, but what do we get? I don't mean to sound
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27 nasty or anything like that, but why no story?
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28 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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29 Fred found what PC&S meant, but unfortunately, too late. I arrived a few hours later and could not disern at all if
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30 one of the people there was an agent. I cursed my rotten luck again.
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31 I sat down, and waited. Perhaps a drink would help me. I got up and got a beer from the bar.
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32 I sat down again, all the vigor from the morning gone. I proceeded to stare into the foam of my drink and mope.
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33 Something caught my eye. A small scrap of paper peeked out from underneath the top of the table. I tugged at it,
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34 and it came loose from the chewing gum that had held it in place.
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35 Despite the stickiness, the paper was still clearly legible. It read at the top, "E.F. Farley". The rest of the
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36 paper was composed of five-letter blocks of code.
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37 I nearly screamed with the frustration that had built up inside me. Another cryptic note was all that I needed at
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38 the moment. I studied the paper more closely, hoping beyond hope that it was all just an elaborate joke.
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39 Nope. The code still remained, although it seemed different from all the ciphers I had been dealing with. Odd
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40 characters sprang up at peculiar intervals, dotting the codified landscape on the scrap I held. I finished the beer.
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41 Shuffling out the door, I signaled Fred who still waited in the Hilton garage. "Fred, another cipher. This one has
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42 priority over the rest. The stuff you've been digging through is old, but this one seems new, thus more valuable."
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43 Ignoring the stares that I provoked, I recited the cipher through the 'com to him.
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44 Those stares were nothing compared to the ones my 'com got when it replied (with Fred's voice): "Ok, Farley. How
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45 soon will you be back?"
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46 "Soon, Fred. Listen, is the term still in your trunk?"
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47 "If you mean that keyboard thing, yes, it's still there. Why do you want it?"
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48 "It's government make, and has a built-in ID string. I can log on to any government computer."
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49 "Why, for heaven's sake?" Fred, I thought, you'd better stop listening to human figures of speech.
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50 "I want to know where John has been assigned. Perhaps there will be information on the NET in there, too."
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51 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 12/30/84 - 08:58 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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52
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53 I'm amazed, every time I call the people get more and more inept. It's really
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54 incredible how much people worry about doing the right thing, trying to impress
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55 people they have never met or will never know. People who don't care and
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56 wouldn't give them a second glance. Who cares what computer you use, how wide
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57 your screen is, if you don't like graphic art, if you don't like 80 columns.
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58 Who are you trying to impress? I list the new messages and one looks really
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59 good, I read it and like it a lot, then I see the name "NET" and I get up and
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60 go get something to eat. Personaly, NET stories and CODES make this a hard
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61 board to handle. This so called elite, speacial group leave coded messages
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62 about people they don't like or new people. What are they trying to hide????
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63 They have something to hide???? And this new wave of computer kids. They just
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64 get the expensive preasent and they call here. Why? did they have to try abd
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65 become one of the speacial? Why try when they know it is impossible. Like
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66 why am I entering this message? Good question, it will probably be deleted
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67 like all the rest, a lone voice, deleted! I leave this note for it is my
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68 opinion. If you don't like it I can't help that. The "NET" should try and
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69 see both sides to this. And why are you guys writing about such a thing when
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70 this is an Inn? A MEDIEVAL Inn, wine and chip chip chierio stuff. Not
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71 computers and people shooting each other. MEDIEVAL- a long time ago if you
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72 don't know what that means. But who cares? This is a place where people can
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73 have a say, and then get deleted. People who try and monopolize a BBS??????
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74 and the funny thing is they are doing it too. They leave so many messages it's
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75 hard for anyone else to get on. But who cares???? Not I.
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76
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77 ........................................................................
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78 To the person above: As far as I know no msgs have been deleted. However
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79 every time a disk fills up it is shifted to drive b (type db & you will
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80 be using that drive. type da to return to this one)
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81 As for the complaint about line lengths the guy was just saying that he
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82 can't read anything past the 80th position on the line (he is not the first
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83 to have this problem). He was ASKING if people could use shorter lines, so
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84 that he could read their entries. Is there something wrong with that?
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85 Finally, as to the comments about the art. As was stated, BWMS
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86 stores 1 line PER SECTOR on the disk. Thusly the art (and msgs with short
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87 line lengths ) do make the disk fill up faster. *I* might suggest that they
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88 try drawing their art on it's side ( thus instead of 20 lines at 10
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89 characters per line, they'd have 10 lines at 20 characters..)
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90 Oh yes, I almost forgot - the NET authors DO participate in the Inn
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91 stories, but with different characters! We've had complaints about "all
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92 that fantasy junk". How would you feel if we'd backed off?
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93 __________________________________Leonard__________________________________
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94 AP--QUM, IRAN It was reported today by Irani authorities that the Iranian
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95 Revolutionary Council and McKane Industries have signed a 5 year, multi-
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96 million dollar contract for the importation of hairless chipmunks. Irani
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97 spokesman, Rashid Rezeich, denied rumors that the lovable chipmunks would
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98 be used to bolster Iran's diminishing food supply. "That is a ridiculous
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99 assertion," said Mr. Rezeich. "The chipmunks will be humanely used in
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100 medical research to find a cure for that dread disease, viral hemorrhoids."
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101
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102 In a related note, Leroy McKane, founder and CEO of McKane Industries, was
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103 seen entering the Iranian Interior Ministry late this afternoon.
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104 Accompanied by his bodyguards/masseurs, Wendell and Maurice, Mr. McKane
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105 refused comment on the chipmunk issue, stating only, "I'm not Leroy McKane,
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106 he's dead. I'm an itinerant rug merchant. Now go away, or my boys will
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107 rip your lungs out." This reporter will provide late breaking details on
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108 this story as they become available.
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109 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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110
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111 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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112 Lights. Camera. Action. Action? Fellows was in no mood for action. The events
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113 from the previous night were still vivid in his memory. The bruises were also
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114 very evident, in every part of his body capable of emitting pain. His head was
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115 especially sore. The thugs he met last night seemed to enjoy pummelling him
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116 about the face and neck.
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117 There had been nearly 20 of them, and since this wasn't some Chinese backlot
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118 where they were filming 'Master of the Flying Guillotine', or 'Street Gangs of
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119 Hong Kong', he hadn't stood a chance. If it were only a movie.
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120 It was amazing he was still alive. When the survivors of the initial assault
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121 finally got the best of him, he figured it would be the end. To find himself
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122 still on this earth was the biggest surprise of his life. He felt no remorse
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123 for the few of the 20 that wouldn't be telling their grandchildren how they
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124 helped capture a NET agent.
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125 The images in his eyes were becoming clearer now, as were the images in
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126 his head. Examining himself, he seemed to still be in one piece. Sure it
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127 hurt like hell, but that would go away soon enough... He hoped. Swinging
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128 his legs off the low cot, he finally took a good look at the room around
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129 him.
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130 Certainly not the plush surroundings he was used to, having operated for
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131 the last five years in Europe, but he had also been in places far worse.
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132 A metal door with a small barred window appeared to be the only way in or out.
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133 A solitary chair completed the stark furnishings. Lighting was handled by the
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134 proverbial bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. He tried to get up, to look
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135 out the small window in the door, but he was still too weak to accomplish
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136 such a feat.
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137 His attempts at movement were halted by sounds emanating from the outer hall.
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138 Footsteps, coming this way. He could barely make out two sets of voices. He
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139 was sure one of them was female, the other a New York accent by the sounds of it.
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140 It appeared he was about to be questioned. He had to be on his guard. No doubt
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141 the reason he was not killed was to extract information from him. Let them
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142 bring on the Sodium Penathol! My NET training won't fail me now.
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143 But even NET training hadn't prepared him for what came through the door. It
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144 couldn't be, but it was! Rajneesh Dangerfield himself, has come-a-callin'.
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145 Fellows
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146 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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147
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148 *_)@*%_)*_)!*%_+)!*%+_)#*%_)@*#_%)*!_)%*!+#*%_)@#*_)*!_%)*#@_)%*)_@$*%_)$*%_$#)
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149 Joshua: tap tap tap tap...
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150 Milch : Sorry I didn't get you called. I have been having phone problems, and
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151 I was calling you to ask you to send me a c64 program over the phone. I'll
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152 try again next year. (he he)
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153 Mikey: Have you ever seen a 78H05? It appears to be 5 7805s in one device. I
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154 first thought it was a power transistor, but after looking at the numbers,I
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155 got a real shock (figuratively). This device is on a New LNW Model II, heat
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156 sinked on the chassis. I think I may need another one. Any ideas on where?
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157 Leonard: Patient still out. No improvement.
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158 *%_)$#*%_)$#*%_#)$*_@)*%_@#% L'homme sans Parity *%_#@*%_*)_!*%_)#@*%_@)#*%_@)%
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159 ************************************************************
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160 L'homme: sure I've heard of it. I use to get them at Radar.
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161 I don't know if they still carry them, but if not, you might
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162 try Norvac. It's not too uncommon of a part. National Semic
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163 onductor has a 10 amp one last time I was fooling around with
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164 that stuff. I forget the designation, but I don't see a whole
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165 lot of use for the bugger, you had to practically water cool
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166 the thing to make it work, and there are much simpler ways
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167 to do it with power transistors instead. But I guess if you need
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168 that sort of thing it is there.
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169 **********************************************************************
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170 To person above who seemed a bit peeved at someone or thing:
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171 As far as I know, no one is mad at you, but then since you didn't
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172 leave a name, it is difficult to tell.
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173 As was stated above, there have been no major deletions that I am aware
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174 of here. I have deleted some thrashing around that has occured, massive
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175 carriage returns, misc. commands put in while in enter mode, multiple
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176 partial incomplete downloaded messages, ect., but not normal messages.
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177 By the tone of your message, I gather that you are a new user, so
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178 perhaps some explanations would help.
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179 The disk movement has been explained already. As have some other things.
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180 One thing you should be aware of is that if you hang up while still in
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181 enter mode, your message will be lost. the system doesn't get updated
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182 until you do the control C. Also, because of a deep bug in it someplace,
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183 it sometimes will loose the message anyway if you don't give it the off
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184 command. 99.99% of the time it will work with just the control C, but
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185 because the control C was a much later patch installed by me in code
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186 wich I don't have the true source for, you have to expect a few problems.
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187 It use to be that you always had to do the off command to save the data.
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188 By the way, BW is not a computer, it is a data entry device that got
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189 converted over to a BBS system. This is the reason for its limitations
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190 and structure that you see. Basicly all I did to it was to remove a
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191 few of the more dangerous commands (such as delete everything) and
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192 changed some to be more suitable to a BBS format. When I tryed to dig
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193 further into the code, I didn't get very far as I didn't have the
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194 full source code listing, only one that was sort of close.
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195 The disk space concern is due to the rapid filling and movement of the
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196 disks that occur here. As a result, it can be a real challange to just
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197 get on the system before loosing track of the data.
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198 There are currently three groups that use the system, some of them
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199 interreact, and others don't. We have the NET folks, who sometimes drift
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200 to fantasy, then we have the fantasy types who sometimes drift to real
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201 life stories, and then the debaters who like to argue about all sorts of
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202 things and drift back to their respective groups when it's over. All of
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203 this drifting and mingling together in a melting pot of creativity.
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204 Sometimes they work together as a group, or a couple of them work
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205 together on a shared plot, or many times singularly. There is sometimes
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206 an inevitable clash of ideas and concerns in this as is to be expected.
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207 There is nothing new about this, anytime something has been around for a
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208 while be it a story line, or something physical, it gains a degree of
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209 personal attachment, and disruption of it can hurt greatly. Thus the
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210 great amount of halabaloo when it happens. On the other hand, when
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211 something is relativly new, there is not such a close attachment, and it
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212 can be more easily molded and formed, and there is less of a concern
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213 when someone trys to change the direction.
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214 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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215
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216 --------------------------------------
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217 It was a bright sunny day, and nothing
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218 at all happened. THE END
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219 --------------------------------------
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220
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221 recently i listened to a narration of the douglas adams trilogy... and that
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222 was in the finest vein... nice going, max...
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224 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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225
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226 tilean was wandering through the massive set of files that he maintained in
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227 both electronic and paper form... files on everything thrike deemed suitable to
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228 keep a running account of... everything from net induction files... to the quasi
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229 philosophies of an odd cult leader named dangerfield... everything deemed worth
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230 the trouble of entering the information in the powerfull computers at their
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231 disposal... a set of files equal to any... all the storage needed to contain all
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232 of this Encyclopedia was inumerable... no one had ever laid out all the figuires
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233 necessary to find out... there were depositories for both paper and electronic
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234 forms in almost every state... every province... and they were all updated every
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235 single fiscall quarter... which is beleived to be the longest time any deposit
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236 of data was allowed to go without a single update...
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237
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238 one of these deposits was in the form of an area, secret to all but thrike...
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239 deep inside an air force national fuel consumption computer system... and like
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240 most federal installations called national... it had a phone line, a line that
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241 only other computers could call... and with the right password... they could add
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242 new data to old, and many things similar...
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243
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244 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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245
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246 an engraved invitation to Farley... and Guest... and perhaps a strength in
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247 thrike... one that no one seems to mention in net... or elsewhere...
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248 thrike is under development... and i think understandably... i would like to
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249 reserve decisions about the nature of thrike for myself... for now... later...
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250 when thrike is developed... and is understood in principles... and actions...
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251 i will actually steer it into the stream of storylines... untill then i will
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252 keep notes... good day to you all... or good night...
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253 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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254 Petrov sat in his car, parked on the side of a dark street in Old Town.
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255 To the right, a group of girls displayed their lithe young bodies, seducing men
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256 whose hearts were empty and pockets were full.
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257 To the left, young men--boys, really; just old enough to sell themselves
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258 for the hope of one day rising above the dregs of humanity. Though young,
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259 they were strong and attractive.
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260 Petrov looked back and forth, then straight ahead. "I hate decisions."
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261 Petrov
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262 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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263
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264 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (various msgs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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265 Salty: I don't know about the rest, but *I* like the Python jist of things.
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266 tilean: What? No reply? Oh well, such is life in the slow lane...
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267 PaPa Smurf: I guess that this is as good a place as any to leave a msg,
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268 So I won't. (just kidding) When you get on this system on
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269 the remote terminal, please -DO-NOT- update the reader-board as
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270 per _your_ latest info on _my_ side of the data sheet. I hope you
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271 understand what it is that I am trying to tell you. Later...
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272 Man in Gray: Tuesday? Sounds terif! But what to do? Huh? Later...
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273 Haywood: Watever you do, don't lose that little red calculator!
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274 (Sh**! Please don't do that again.)
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275 Dex Digit: Have you made it on yet? I don't see you anywhere...(peek)
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276 Or are you just lurking for now? If so, please contact me on PCS.
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277 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 0445 Hrs 31 Dec 84
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278
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279 MmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm
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280 Stil buoyant from his good luck in getting an interview, Sam walked back to
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281 the door, unaware of the pity in the eyes of the lady who had passed him on.
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282 He pressed through the door into another office inhabited by an older man --
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283 who looked in rather good shape for his age. The man was dressed in a white
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284 shirt and tie, but the white shirt had a rather bad black ink stain over the
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285 front. Actually, Dan realized, it was centered just over his heart.
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286 "Sit down, Mr. Spade? I believe."
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287 Dan was ushered into a relatively comfortable chair, and prepared himself for
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288 the upcoming interview.
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289 ...............................
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290 31/12/84
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291 Input processing interview 003
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292 Name: Spade, Daniel F.
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293 Birthplace: New York City
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294 D.O.B. 4 July, 1962
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295 Parents:
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296 Father -- Not attached to family. The subject has no attachment to his
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297 father, who was a well-know private detective. His life centered around his
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298 mother, who was never married to his father.
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299 Mother -- Deceased. His mother was killed in an incident in a supermarket
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300 parking lot nearly four years ago. She was accosted by a carful of purse
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301 snatchers who snatched her purse. Unfortunately, she carried the purse with
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302 the strap wrapped tightly around her upper arm. When her arm finally came
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303 loose from the purse, the car was travelling at high speed in heavy traffic.
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304 Nearest concerned kin: The nearest kin that could be established in this
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305 interview was a maternal uncle in Duluth, Mn. This person has never met, nor
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306 expressed any interest in the subject.
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307 Reccomendation: This one looks like he may be useful. He's had a rough time,
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308 from the look of it. Take him down for minimum training and observation.
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309 If he still looks O.K. in three weeks, send him on for deep training.
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310 ..................................
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311 Dan had never felt so exhausted during an interview in his life. He now
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312 understood why the uphostered chair during the interview. He stood up and
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313 rubbed his hip -- strange, he must have gotten a cramp sitting for so long.
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314 The man wearing the ink stain stood also and offered his hand. The words!
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315 "Thank you for your time, Mr. Spade."
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316 Ohghod no... the cold streets...
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317 "I think we can use a man like you. Can you go to work today?"
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318 "Yes, Yes, of course!"
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319 The man in the ink stain moved around the desk and put a fatherly had on
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320 Sam's shoulder.
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321 "Look son, you seem to be rather down on your luck. Is this your last set
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322 of respectable clothes?"
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323 Dan swallowed a lump of embaressment. "Yes, and they're not all that good."
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324 "Do you *really* need to go back where you are staying? Did you leave
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325 anything there that is important?"
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326 "No."
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327 "Well then, let's go out back. We've got some temporary quarters out here
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328 and some clothes that might fit."
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329 mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmM The Machrioness mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmM
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330 HIZZONER THE MAYOR BUD CLARKS "EXPOSE YOURSELF TO ART" IS REALLY FAMOUS NOW,
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331 IT APPEARED IN THE FEBRUARY 'PLAYBOY'.
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332
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333 as if we read PLAYBOY!
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334 SYSOP: (or any backwater user) Register-Guard newspaper doing story on bulletin
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335 boards and would like to talk to you. Please call Bob Keefer voice/collect
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336 at 485-xxxx (or home, 343-xxxx, New Year's Day). Thanks
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338 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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339 *************************************************************************
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340 alas no time to make a entry. could someone please make a hardcopy of
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341 alex's code to crack. i don't have a hardcopy unit. it's on db now.
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342 the meeting was swell. prometheus plays a heck of a game of pente.
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343 ill have to get him to give me some (private) instructions. it was quite
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344 embarrsing to lose so quickly. My mind is a frazzel to many BIG choices
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345 right now.. IEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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346 black thunder: what happened to my ship?
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347 ***************************************************************kathy******
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348 NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE
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349 TO : ALL NET AGENTS IN PORTLAND AREA
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350 RE : MISSING AGENT
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351
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352 PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SPECIAL AGENT FELLOWS. HE HAS FAILED
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353 TO ANSWER HIS COMSET CHECK IN, AND NO WORD HAS BEEN HEARD FROM HIM
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354 IN THE PAST TWO DAYS. WHEN HE WAS LAST CONTACTED BY OTHER AGENTS IN
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355 THE AREA, HE WAS INVESTIGATING THE ARRIVAL OF A LARGE RED AIRPLANE
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356 LANDING AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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358 NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE NET NEWS SERVICE
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360 ___________________________________________________________________
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361 Portland Or (UPI) - In a predawn raid in the red light district of
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362 Portland Oregon, city and state police have rounded up nearly 100
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363 sexual deviants and perverts, in what outgoing mayor Frank Ivancie
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364 has proclaimed the biggest smut bust in the city's history.
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365 At a news conference in downtown Portland, lame duck mayor Ivancie
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366 told the group of reporters he was going to break with tradition
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367 and personally interview each of those arrested in the raid.
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368 As the sexual criminals were paraded in front of the reporters in
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369 an obvious publicity stunt aimed at bolstering the sagging image
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370 of the police bureau, this reporter couldn't help but notice one
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371 man with blond hair and a Russian sounding name still clutching
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372 a large sheep close to his person. The reporters were quickly
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373 ushered out of the room when the man began shouting at the
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374 group to "Leave me to my own devices!"
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375 More on this story as details become available.
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376 __________________________________________________________________
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377 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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378 01,
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379 Nice.....could be real *fun*.....By now I am sure that L'homme has
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380 told you of another *fun* project I am also working on ...Pray tell could
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381 we have a bit more of your *fun* to work with ??
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382 kathy,
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383 Tis not I who leaves these *fun* ciphers...The one from Farley is
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384 basic polyalphabetic substitution....As for 01...It remains to be seen.
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385
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386 :::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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387 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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388 Sondargaard: I took a close look at that picture you gave me a PorSFiS,
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389 the only F-106 instalation I know of is in Germany! What pray tell were you
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390 doing there? Tuesday is out, or in if the outside temp is less then 0C.
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391 I froze a truck in 1 inch of ice today trying to wash in wilsonville, publishers
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392 was NOT happy and I have to go finish tomorrow. Also Union oil has 15+ tankers
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393 that I have to work on. Such is life, if I get hold of you toniight we can
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394 discuss methods of meeting again.
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395 Prometheus:MARIANNE is dead as a doornail, she lived a scant 10 days(daa's?
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396 thats a hint Aaron!)
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397 Somebody want to tell me what the local compuserve node number is? I seemed
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398 to have lost it, I know it ends in something like -0627. Thanks,
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399 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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400 NOTE: THE COMPUTER INTERNALLY CONVERTS ALL COMMANDS
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401 (MADE IN UPPER OR LOWER CASE) TO UPPER CASE.
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402 SO BE IT
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403 { MiG- Try 232-xxxx }{ The one you'r thinking of is 226- That's DJNS }
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404
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405 When, exactly, will it be safe to cautiously return to the margins of above
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406 eighty. If it is impossible to say, right now, perhaps whenever the infrmation
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407 becomes available.
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408 And whoever leaves the margin at seven, why? It is a very curious size, you
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409 know. Anywaay, it does not bother me, for I am used to changing margins as I
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410 come on.
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411 I enjoy using Backwater very much, and I want to thank Cistop Mikey who shells
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412 out thirty dollars a mnths to keep it running. And that does not include labor,
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413 or the tedium. Anyway, thank you for doing that.
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414
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415 iyiyiyiyiyiyiyiiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyi
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416 +#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#+
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417 NEW BBS.....TANIS.....761-xxxx
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418 I THINK THAT THE USERS OF THISSYSTEM WOULD LIKE TANIS...GIVE IT A TRY.
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419 +#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#++#+
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420 BLUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUB
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421 OOOGEY WOOGEY WOOOO!
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422
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423 BLUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUUBBUBUBUBBUBUBUBUBUBUUUB
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424 FROM CHRIS CHANEY
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425 BLUBUBUBUBUBUUBUBUBUBBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUUBUB
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426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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427 GUARDIAN: Boy do you have my blood on fire. I am very upset at your last
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428 entry. You and I had already discussed the matter only a few hours before
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429 your entry, and had come to an understanding about it. So what do you
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430 do, but let every BW critter know about it as well as getting on my nerve
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431 about it. HOW CHILDISH. We had already settled the matter. The *NET*
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432 will for sure hear about your CHILDISH acts of ill-reput.
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433 === Now that my tempor has somewhat reduced itself, What do you think
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434 of them apples? What a sour note to leave off the year.
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435 === Need I remind you of the FUSE episode?!?
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436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A very hot and mad PaPa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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437 Fellows captured ... My My, and PETROV getting snagged in a vice hunt
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438 by the police. What is this world coming to. Please DO NOT answer that.
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439 ~~~MiG: F106 only in Germany, Ha. Even I know and I'm not telling.
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440 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12/31/84 18:08 ~~~
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441 |||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!
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442 A new story, Part 1
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443 "In the memory of my Grandmother - June 1910 to December 1984"
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444 By John Kingman
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445 |||||!!!!!
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446 As the last of the moons was about to set, Erik knew that dawn would
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447 soon be here. The morning birds were already singing. The dew was
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448 thick in the air. When was the last time he had sleeped? he taught.
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449 Ever since the piper had appeared, everything had turned upside down.
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450 Yes, the piper. He and peg had almost been killed trying to get
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451 here with that message. Now peg and the piper were recovering from
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452 their ordeal, but what of the message about the evil MARJOT invading
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453 from the north. Why, already news about Calhorn failing to turn
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454 the invaders had reached his ears; and with the King gone to the
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455 south on an important trade mission, Erik had to govern. What to do!
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456 He was only 14 standard years old. So he had little time in which to
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457 grow wise. Maybe Zach would know what to do. ...
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458 |||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!|||||!!!!!
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459 I hope that the brief use of peg and the piper is alright. No other
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460 reference will be used except for the message that was brought. If
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461 this does conflict to much, just think of it as another piper and peg.
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462 Maybe Piper and Peg, Jr.
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463 ========================================= John
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464 :::::::::::O O:::::::::12/31:::::::::::::19:36:::::::::::::O O:::::::::
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465 Farley: message received and understood. You should receive my response
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466 by the weekend.
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467 :::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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468 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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469 CPPAL PFXL[ ND_XG JDPCV DXLDP TADVX RFNAD FLPAJ CZALN UDRFL ADTCE DNXLM
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470 FJ\AI DPTCP DVAPJ X^DFE DFLDN GEPXI U[\D_ JARCU DGVIC PAEDP XDJAR A^CLP
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471 DIAVC JU\AL PEDCL IDCZA LPE[\ HB_EP FRRDL XDSXJ IDXLD MARRX SE[\H B_R[E
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472 _TX\\ A[ND_ VRACE ADNTA NODFL [MHB_ ALIHB
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473 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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474 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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475 Voyeur: My thanks a thousand times.
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476 L'homme: You can spare time to call Milchar, but not me? Now, really, that *IS* playing favorites...
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477 Ian: Nasty, nasty. This new code, that is. If I could only determine your exact method of calculating the key...
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478 #$##$##$##$##$#
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479 "Fred?", I said, munching on a Big Mac aas I drove.
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480 "Yes, Farley?", Fred asked.
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481 "How have you been progressing on that code?", I managed to get out as I swallowed the last of the burger.
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482 "None of the cipher has been deciphered yet, Farley. Would you like to know what I have discovered so far?"
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483 "Go ahead.", I said. A piece of paper whistled by in the wind. I reached up, and deftly snatched it.
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484 "It appears to be a polycode, but a cleverly designed one. The letter frequency is all out of whack. I have, however,
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485 determined probable words."
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486 "Probable words? What are they?" I hadn't glanced at the paper yet for fear of what may be written on it.
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487 "Probable words are those words that I have guessed are contained in the message. If I am correct, then I can compare
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488 the ciphertext and the plaintext and determine the key. The key will unlock the rest of the cipher, so to speak."
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489 "Well, what's the problem with this cipher, then?"
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490 "I believe that the key is just as long as the cipher, calculated as the encipherment goes along."
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491 "But what is it calculated from? It has to start from something."
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492 "Indeed it does, Farley. In this case, I believe it starts from IANM. Does that mean anything to you?"
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493 "IANM?" I thought for a bit. "Didn't we hear 'Ian' through the bug at the PorSFis meeting?"
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494 "Yes, we did. That was what inspired me to try it in the first place."
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495 By now, I had gathered the courage to look at the paper. More ciphertext.
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496 "Fred, here's another cipher. It appears to be encoded as the last one is. Here, use it to check against the one you
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497 already have. I can tell you this much- it begins as the last one did. CPPAL PFXL[ ND." At this point, I didn't care
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498 any longer where the cipher had come from.
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499 "All right, Farley. Where to, now?"
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500 "Well, I'm going to get that term out of your trunk and try that. Just find some place to park for a while, if you
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501 like. If not, then let's explore Portland. Maybe we'll be lucky and stumble across something."
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502 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 12/31/84 - 09:51 #$##$##$##$# Happy New Year! #$##$#
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503 .***THE TEK*** is just passing by beav. on my way from tacoma to Maryland, just saying how dee
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504 i'm looking for some good bbs action in Maryland if any one has some connections that away
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505 i'll be floating around for about a week so leave word .......please
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506 by the way---------happy 85
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507 exit
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509 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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510 The road to the Inn had been long and hard, but now Tarn
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511 stood once again at the bridge he had so long ago stood when he
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512 entered this land. Where before he had stood here in pain, now
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513 he stood in sorrow. He had come to bid the Inn goodbye, for with
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514 Emer gone, he found that he could no longer stay. The memories
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515 here were just too much to bear. Moving towards the Inn, he
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516 paused at the door... Deciding against going in, instead he
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517 reached into his pocket and pulled an acorn from his pocket that
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518 he had found during his journeys in the mountains. Stooping down
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519 at the entryway opposite the Rowan tree, he used a small stick to
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520 dig a hole and buried the acorn. Patting the earth over it, he
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521 stood up. Taking one last look at the Inn, he paused as if to
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522 say goodby, but instead moved off towards the road and headed
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523 north towards the wilderness, and the northern pass out of the
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524 valley. Maybe someday he would return, and maybe not.
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525 *O* Tarn *O*
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526 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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527
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528 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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529 .....and a happy new year!!!!
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530 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555
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531
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532 No, I am not a new user and the messages were not put to the second
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533 drive. I have been around to long not to know about them. Now I
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534 read the new messages and see one from a very mad smerf. He is
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535 going to tell on another guy because the he was childish. He let
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536 people know something that they were hiding and he didn't like it.
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537 So now he runs to mom and screams bloody murder. Way to act like
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538 an adult, you'll be a fine one someday, someday. and a new code too!
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539 I'm just thrilled to death. I just live for new codes! I got sick of
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540 them about six months ago and it
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541 is here again.
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542 People always jumping to conclusions to answer what they can not.
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543 You don't have any good reason in your mind for me entering these
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544 messages and the ones on another disk. A story and a few other things,
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545 no reason so you make up a few to help yourself out. I was a new
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546 user who didn't understand. I do understand, that's why I am here.
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547 I didn't know about a second drive. It
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548 's in the help file and I already know about it.
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549 I'm being childish, it may be, but I'm here and you've seen me.
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550 Too late! But then again, you don't have to read this anyway, just like I don't
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551 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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552 As I entered the elevator, I noticed that the Weston Benson was not immune
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553 to the 13th floor phobia. I always made a note of such things, since a time in
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554 the Oklahoma City Plaza Hilton... I pushed those memories from my mind; now
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555 was not the time to be distracted with reminiscing on L'homme, Gaudy, and
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556 that damnable Petrov. The elevator was empty, as one would expect at 3 A.M.
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557 I waited for the door to close, then pressed the sequence of buttons that I
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558 remembered Gaudy pushing last time we were here. Nothing happened. They must
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559 have changed the combination - annoying, but not unexpected. Opening the
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560 door, I hung my 'Out of Service' sign on the outside, then reclosed the door
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561 and dropped my bag on the floor. Rummaging inside, I withdrew my handy-dandy
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562 super-agent tool kit, and began to disassemble the elevator control panel.
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563 Pulling the cover off, I surveyed the exposed multicolored spaghetti, attached
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564 a jumper HERE and THERE, cut THIS and THAT, plugged this thingy over there,
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565 and LO! the cage began to move downward. As it descended, I put my equipment
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566 back, crammed the wires back into the panel, and replaced the cover. Now,
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567 however, it would answer to MY code.
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568 Last time I was here, this was the Portland branch of the NET. Since the
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569 reorganization, though, I wasn't sure what I would find down there. So, as the
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570 elevator began slowing, I checked my trusty Heckler & Kock VP'70Z, made
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571 sure the 19-round clip was full, and stood to the side as the elevator stopped.
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572 And waited. Nothing. So, this was not a regular entrance anymore, or the
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573 NET was no longer here. In either case, I had best be careful. Quietly
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574 reopening the control panel, I released the door lock, and slowly pried the
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575 doors apart. As soon as I could see through, I scanned the room.
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576 Interesting. There was a large potted plant right in front of the door!
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577 Yes, not only was this not the usual entrance, it was apparently unknown.
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578 Well, since I was here, I might as well take a look. There didn't seem to
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579 be anyone around, and people that would overlook an elevator (albeit well
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580 camouflaged), didn't worry me too much.
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581 I headed down the corridor, 9 mm in hand, every sense alert for traps.
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582 Voices! One of them strangely familiar... I crept forward, until I found the
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583 source. To my left was a door, with a small barred window. Peering in, I saw
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584 two men, one sitting, apparently being interrogated by the other, standing.
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585 The inquisitor was the one who sounded familiar, and even from the back, I
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586 knew who it was. A tremor ran through my body; I felt hot/cold; strange
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587 thoughts ran through my head... I couldn't help myself - I opened the door
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588 and stepped into the cell. As they heard me enter, they both turned and looked.
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589 The seated man looked too sunk in his own misery and fear to pay much
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590 attention, but the other..... He looked at me in surprise, then smiled.
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591 "Joshua. So, at last you return to me. You see? You finally realize, that
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592 I am your father, your life. Without me you are nothing. Isn't this true?
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593 Your soul was empty; I will fill it. Come to me now, Joshua."
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594 I stared at him, entranced. My gun began to droop toward the floor, and I
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595 could feel my will being drowned in his, my volition sapped. But as I approached
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596 him, some deep core of Self cried out in desperation, stirring in panic at
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597 the thought of being lost. Louder it cried, but stronger came the pull from
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598 the man facing me. My feet slowed as the struggle moved deeper into my soul.
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599 Suddenly I felt Self gaining dominance, and I saw the realization reflected
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600 in the eyes of my adversary. My gun lifted again, and I looked past it at the
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601 too-familiar face. "Rot in Hell, Dangerfield," I breathed as I pulled the
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602 trigger. A small hole appeared in his forehead, a third eye. The wall behind
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603 him was suddenly splattered in red as the 135 grain hollow point expanded
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604 in his brain and removed the back of his head. As the body fell, I jerked the
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605 trigger five more times, convulsively. I looked back at the crimson pattern
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606 on the wall, thinking morbidly that the Rorschach displayed there was
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607 definitely his own personal interpretation. Coming back to reality, I realized
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608 that the shots had doubtless been heard, and I had best not be around when
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609 reinforcements arrived. I had not lost too much time in my daydream, though,
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610 as Dangerfield's corpse was still twitching on the floor. Yes, I could hear
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611 shouts now, time to get moving. Oh yes, the prisoner... any enemy of His was
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612 a friend of mine. "Come on," I said, "unless you want to be here when they
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613 find That?" He looked at me, undoubtedly wondering whether he'd be better off
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614 with them or this madman, but finally decided to give me a try. He KNEW what
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615 Their hospitality was like. Seeing he was following, I left the cell and
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616 headed back toward the hidden elevator. Fortunately the noise was coming
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617 from the other direction. But, as we got to the concealing shrubbery, I saw
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618 chips fly from the wall, accompanied by the CRACK from behind. Pushing my
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619 companion into the elevator, I managed to close the door just as I heard
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620 someone cut loose with an automatic. I punched the button for the lobby,
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621 then waited impatiently for the lift to reach possible safety. I now wished
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622 I had stashed a car in the garage for a getaway, but I hadn't expected such a
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623 need. I must be slipping....
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624 As the door opened on the lobby, I looked out, but everything was quiet;
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625 they hadn't gotten there yet. We headed for the exit, trying to look casual
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626 (me somewhat disheveled, him covered in bruises and dried blood!).
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627 The clerk was busy trying to make the maid, so we left the building unhindered. Now, back to my apartment to get cleaned up,
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628 and to find out who this pathetic looking escapee was. JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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