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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 7 FEB 85 **********************
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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 A.T.T --- No this is not a Hayes/Hayes compatible command to set the modem for touchtone dialing. It means...What else???
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22 Farley : Chilling indeed? Do I traverse the Carver Curves when I visit you? I'll never forget my adrenalin filled drive
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23 in front of a '68 Camero that one rainy day out to your place. But of course, it wasn't snowing, there was no ice or slush,
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24 and thank heavens for wide tires, gas shocks, and sway bars. Your entry was very appropriate for the weather. Foul weather
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25 driving requires a different mentality. Perhaps your message will help reinforce the need for careful driving during times
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26 of less than perfect conditions (and the rest of the time too!) Thank you...
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27 &%)#_@&%_)@#&%
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28 Mikey : I'll be getting to PCS around 9:00. I have a class that ends around 8:40. If you have new archive disks, go ahead
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29 and bring them. See you then...
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30 Alex : Did you enjoy the statistics? I guess we have proved that no one really was at a terrible advantage or disadvantage
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31 during the game. There goes another theory down the drain...
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32 Mesolithic Math: I am still having trouble finding Dr. Halo. Conroy claims they have never sold it. I have called half-a-
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33 dozen software shops (eggciting stuff) and none of them carry it. The mouse has been ordered, and we should be receiving
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34 it any day. I can see it now...A softwareless mouse... Rats!
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35 *)%@_#*%#_)*%#_@)*%@#_)%*#@_)%*@#_)%* L'homme sans Parity *_)@#*%_)#@*_#@*%_)%*^&_#)&^_)^&*#_$&^_*@#_%)*@#_%*_*@%*@5
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36
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37 NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET
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38 To : All Agents assigned to Portland Area
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39 Fm : Missing Minsky Detail
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40 Re : Missing Minsky & Floundering Flemming
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41
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42 As of this moment, Agents Fellows and Parity, and Junior Agent Farley
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43 are searching the NW region of Portland for clues that will aid in the recovery
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44 of agents Minsky and Flemming. The two missing agents have not checked in or
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45 been seen for nearly a week. All agents are directed to call in all snitches,
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46 paid and unpaid, in an effort to collect as much helpful information as
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47 possible. Special funds have been set aside for payment purposes. The special
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48 cohersion file is now open, and a list of public official that can be
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49 controlled by NET for purposed of recovery is being distributed to all field
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50 agnets via COMSET. Please route all information through NET-Ione. The data
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51 will be relayed through the appropriate channels ASAP.
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52
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53 NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET NET
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54
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55 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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56
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57 it seems what man hates most is being reminded of his own mortality... mentioning mortality... have any of you ever read a
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58 book titled lost horizon... it was printed in the late twenties to early thirties...
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59
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60 it is the original referrence to shangri-la... a place where life is not a struggle... but a paradise to be maintained...
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61
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62 alchemist... i liked your last story... it illustrated some neat pictures...
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63 sondargaard... bedridden once more... some godawful medicine to deal with... and the usual drops are necessarily aborted...
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64 missing gaudy minsky deail... why is she missing... i mean in the netless world...
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65
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66 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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67
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68 ZZZZZZZZ
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69 Z
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70 Z
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71 Z
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72 Z
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73 Z
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74 Z
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75 ZZZZZZZZ
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76
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77 The Mark of Zorro...
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78 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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79 L'homme: Yes, you do pass through 'THE CURVES' to Estacada if you go by Highway 224 straight through. You can avoid
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80 them if you know the backroads around here.
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81 Hmmm, snow today helped a decision to let school out early.
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82 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 14:29 - 02/07/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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83 (*==marker==*)
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84
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85 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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86 Zippy:Hows life? Where did you all dissapear to?Leaving me all alone
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87 to fend off Beaty's 'Mini-workshope'! Rember the girl with the nose
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88 problem in the lib.? Well, we are in a class all to out selves.In
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89 outher words.In future assingments we will be working together it
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90 seems because we were the only people interested in data procseing.
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91 Lucky me.
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92 I heard that Vffn(or whatever he is today) tried out your 'system'
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93 .How did he like it?Find the bug in chat yet?
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94 Well,I think that i have killed enouf of your time.(Is it realy
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95 dead or just sleeping?).See ya on the morrow...
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96 Now that i think about it.((their was a slight pause up their.)
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97 I have no reason to beleve that you will see this beffor the morrow
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98 I am speeking of.In which case it would make little sence,due to
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99 your little 'Mistry trip' on sat. So what i realy should say is that
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100 I'll see you on friday.(have i made any sence? I seem to be weveing
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101 a bit(on my end).Maby I am comming down with some sortof illness
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102 or something.Hummmmmm..... Well,anycase i had better go beffor i
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103 weve my selfe right off my chair.
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104 later....
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105 ASP
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106 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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107 P.S. The '(On my end)' in line 282 was ment to mean on my end of the
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108 line not 'on my END'.
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109 As for the message, it may have sayed a little but it didnot,
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110 to the best of my knowlage, weave.
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111 ASP
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112 <+>(you know the rest)
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113
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114
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115 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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116 Jack H.: Thanks for the comments. I very much enjoy your and kathy's
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117 story. I am a bit confused about your identity(s)... No matter. Keep it
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118 up.
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119
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120 tilleen(sp?): I find your style to be one of the most creative I've seen.
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121 It reminds me of a gentleman known as John Dos Passos. Although not as
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122 well-known as Hemingway, in my opinion he is one of the great American
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123 20th century writers. Like you he had a knack of using multiple
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124 perspectives and breaking all rules for punctuation, syntax, and
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125 capitalization... the effect was awesome. If you get a chance, check out
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126 his U.S.A. trilogy.
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127
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128 Adrain: You, sir/madame, are a genuine Backwater trendsetter. You have
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129 broken the Inn from its fantasy, spy, discussion cycle into the new realm
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130 of relationships. I like it, but heaven help us if I get started in that
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131 vein.
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132
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133 BH: Nice poem a disk or two back. I loved it. It aroused the romantic
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134 in me.
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135
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136 All: I can't help reflecting on TMA's mention of writer's workshops. I
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137 was in one for several months and found it a great spur for my productivity
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138 and creativity. Unfortunately, I was the only male and the only person
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139 under 60 in the group. The nice old ladies took to chasing me around the
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140 parking lot after class. So, I left the group, but I miss the interaction.
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141 If anyone here is interested in forming a writer's workshop drop me a note
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142 here, or to my keeper, Michael Bigham, on the Bit Bucket or CBBS/Aloha.
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143 Perhaps we can discuss the matter.
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144 Dr. Frankenstupe
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145 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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146 P.S. Pam: Hiya.
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147 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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148
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149 {c}{c}{c}{Zippy are you out there?}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}}c}{c}{c}{c}{C}[
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150 zippy leave me a letter on cbbs please? i need to talk to some one....
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151 hurry plese.
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152 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c]{c}{c}{c}{c]{c}{c}{tammy}{c]{c}{c}{c[}c}{c}{c}{c}{c[}]{c}{
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153 How can one find themselves if they are yet to be lost?
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154
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155 THE DOCTOR WILL RETURN TO THE AIRWAVES OF
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156 THE PORTLAND AREA THIS COMING SATURDAY (9-FEB-85)
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157 ON KLIQ-AM RADIO AT 10 P.M.
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158
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159 COME ONE COME ALL --- THE DOCTOR (NOT WHO) LIVES!
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160 ------------------------------------DAMASCUS
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161 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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162 LEONARD : I AM SORRY I HAVENT CONTACTED YOU LATELY. I STILL HAVENT GOTTEN
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163 MY CHECK. WHEN I DO GET IT I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I WILL BE ABLE TO
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164 COME AND GET THE DRIVE.
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165 MIKEY : I KNOW THE SYSOP OF TANIS. IF THERE IS ANY OTHER HARDWARE THAT
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166 YOU WANT TO UNLOAD, THEN GIVE IT TO HIM AND TELL HIM TO LET ME HAVE FIRST
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167 PICK. AND HE SAYS THANK YOU FOR THE STUFF. ALSO HE IS COMING OVER TO GET
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168 IT TOMORROW. (JUST A REMINDER.)
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169 THANX.
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170 << COMMANDER MURDOCK >>
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171 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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172 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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173 To: All UNDERGROUND operatives
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174 From: J.K. O'Hara, DSNAC, UNDERGROUND
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175 Subj: Harry "Sluggs" Floster, Elite Agent Run Amok
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176 As you know, Harry Foster escaped from UNDERGROUND's Portland Med Lab just a
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177 few $days ago. Intelligence reports Harry has been sighted in northwest
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178 Portland. He was, at the time, sprinting at what was clocked as 340 mph. This
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179 means, therefore, that Acclerotine does indeed work. Keep on the lookout for
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180 Operative Foster. O'Hara out.
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181 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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182 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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183 Portland (AP) - In an amazing display of speed and reflexes, a "Mystery Man"
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184 inadvertently got into a 10k run nheld in Milwaukee and won it easily, officials
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185 reported today. "He was just incredible!" one onlooker said. "No one saw him
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186 until the race was half over, but he was goin' like a gazelle!"
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187 Before the race's officials could award the man the trophy, he kept running and
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188 was quickly out of sight. More religious spectators declared the man to be
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189 "a demon straight from the pits of hell. No MAN can run that fast. We see
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190 this as a sign that God has judged footracing to be an evil act,, about as bad
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191 as burning a Bible."
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192 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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193 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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194 CISTOP MIKEY, I don't intend to be a bother, is there a a way that I could
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195 contact you as to the need of deleting lines? Aside from Leonard and a couple
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196 of other people I know, I also access several times a day just to keep up-to-
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197 the-minute. Not for long mind you, just to read the lines since last I've
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198 called in. Anyways, could you possibly leave me message on, say- PCS? I don't
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199 call there as often as here, but I will check now and then for your name on
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200 any subject, namely concerning the smearing of this Inn of yours. Thanks!
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201 JJJJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 10:19 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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202
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203 P.S. kathyd, Don't lose heart... *I* am still here... see ya. JJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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204
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205 Hello kathyd, I hope you enjoyed my poem, if not, I beg your pardon.
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206 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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207 **************************************************************************
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208 Jack: Sorry, there is nothing you can do from your end since the changes
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209 must be done from the operators console.
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210 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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211 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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212 Well it's been awhile but Hhere I am.
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213 Been having some trouble getting through
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214 Oh well. It means that the system's bein
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215 g used........
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216 ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!
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217 FEB 15th 1985!!!!!
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218 Group du Jour
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219 PC&S Tavern 8:30
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220 minimal cover
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221
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222 Almost everyone here should know that ta
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223 vern. If you go please let the person
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224 taking cover that you found out about
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225 the concert on BWMS. I would be inter-
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226 sted to know......
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227 Thanx..... MENTAT
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228 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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229 [[[[[[[[PS Sorry about the blank lines..
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230 Shaky trigger finger....M.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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231 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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232 I am NOT amused! I'm not doing it either! What I
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233 had meant was: is there a way to NOTIFY YOU?
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234 I guess changing disks doesn't work anymore...
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235 JJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 12:37 a.m. JJJJJJJJ
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236
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237 **********************************************************************
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238 thor: yes of course i enjoyed your poem, it was excellent(gloat,gloat)
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239
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240 all: i have written a message about 40 lines long addressing a current
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241 issue. im going to lunch now and will type it in when i get back.
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242 *********************************************kathyd*********************
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243
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244
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245 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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246 I think i finally got up enough courage to put something on this board.
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247
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248 To Fence
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249
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250 It was a few years back when I decided that I would do something
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251 daring. I am not a very aggressive person at all, I just thought it would be
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252 sort of awesome to try something that would be a new challange for me. Besides
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253 I needed the PE credit anyway. When I looked in my little blue and gray
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254 pamphlet that told me what classes I could take, I guessed that it was about
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255 time that I started taking some classes other than my basic running and
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256 fitness class, one that I had made a habit to start out my long days with.
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257 After I chose to skip the obvious running class, I thought that I
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258 might like to try gymnastics. I loved watching the guys do all those neat
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259 things back in high school, but decided that I would try something different.
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260 Gymnastics frightened me so much, there was so much I could do wrong, so much
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261 many ways that I could hurt myself. I cried for not having taken it now. Why
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262 was I always affraid?
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263 One thing I told myself that I would probably never do was to try
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264 fencing. When I had seen some people come over to my gradeschool when I was
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265 in the sixth grade, the whole thing looked so electrifying, so so fast!
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266 Those four people in their immaculate ( or did it only seem that way to my
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267 eyes of a child? ) white outfits seemed to know just exactly what they were
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268 about to do. They all looked so happy, and so awesome! They became kind of
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269 like gods to me, something I knew I could never become.
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270 Eventually the daze of the whole thing went away although I still
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271 loked to watch the old Errol Flynn movies, he was still one of my heros.
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272 Hack! Hack! Take that you meanies! Hack! Hack! Stab! Bleed. Die. Darkness.
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273 It all looked like so much fun, then the hero would die. I swore I would
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274 Never watch that movie again! How can they let a good guy die?
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275 After I settled down from all the amazement and the daydreaming, I
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276 took another look at my little schedule and what it had in store for me.
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277 I didn't ever notice that it had fencing in it at all before. The words kind
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278 of turned on like a brand new light when i finally saw them. I toyed with
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279 the thought for a long time and came to the conclusion that, Yes, that
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280 would be about as daring as I'd like to get.
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281 After I had signed up for the class, ( I got card number 8, that
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282 didn't look too good ) I actually decided to go to the first day of the
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283 class, a Tuesday, to see what I had gotten myself into. As it turned out, the
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284 class was to be held on the floor downstairs from the main level. Great, in
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285 the "basement." When I walked in the door, all I saw was about a dozen or so
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286 guys that were about ten feet taller than me ( almost ten ) and only one
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287 other girl. I stuck out like a match on fire with my long red hair. I felt
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288 sick, everyone in the room stared at me as I went up to the instructor to
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289 give him my class card. I almost cried again. They were cruel.
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290 One of the first things that my new instructor told us to do was to
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291 forget all about what we had seen in those hack movies, none of it was true.
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292 My heart sank a little more. ( Forgeet awl ah-bot zem. ) The next thing he
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293 said was that we wouldn't even do any fencing at all this week or part of
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294 the next. Wow, did that make me mad! ( Yoo muss first leern ha too huld
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295 them rat een your haand. ) I almost couldn't understand his really thick
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296 real French accent, but I learned. His name was Yves, and although not to
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297 many of the others would talk to me, he was always there when I needed to
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298 get some advice.
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299 Well, after a long an horrible couple of weeks, the strangers had
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300 become a new breed of briends for me. In a short time we all learned how
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301 we could "out-think" the other with the simple maneuvers we had taken so
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302 ( Friends, not briends ) we had taken so long to learn. It was neat to be
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303 able to out-fox those guys after a little more practice!
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304 I guess that all it took was for me to decide to dedicate myself to
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305 a special something, and to go for it all the way. After taking the class for
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306 a second term to "shapren" the skills I had learned with the blade, I felt
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307 confident enough to join one of the only two clubs in town, in the entire
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308 part of the state even.
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309 When I finally found where the club was, ( it's called a Salle ) I
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310 felt scared all over again. Would the people inside treat me the same way
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311 that those others had way back when I started this whole charade? I was
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312 surprised to find out that they didn't. When I walked in the door, everybody
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313 was watching someone in a white fencing jacket fence someone in a Black
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314 fencing jacket. "That must be the Master of the Salle" ( Actually he's
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315 called "Maitre" not Master. ) He had noticed that the door had been opened
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316 even though he had his back to the door. After he scored a quick point
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317 against his student, he stopped, took off his mask, and walked halfway to
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318 greet me and shake my left hand.
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319 As I soon found out, the Salle ( I won't say which one, just
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320 knowing that it has a door should tell you if you know ) has many
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321 courtesies that you should follow. One is to greet the Maitre as soon as
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322 you walk in to the Salle. Another is to greet everyone that is present,
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323 with a handshake if possible, or at least a "hello" and a nod if someone
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324 is having a lesson pounded into them. ( Zat way! No! Zat way! Hack! Hack! )
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325 One rule that you knew existed was the rule of Honesty within
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326 the Salle, during practice, competition, and everywhere. I have never met
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327 such an awesome group of people before in my life, they were all "the boy\
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328 next door" kind of people.
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329 Although I haven't kept up with my fencing obligations, I still
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330 remember having met those friends, those heros, and those Olympic Team
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331 members that have helped me so much. I loved tham all dearly, and promised
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332 to return to them sometime even if it was a long time later.
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333 I don't know if this means anything to you, but it sure made me feel
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334 good to let you know that there are another bunch of neat people out there.
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335 Just as neat as the people I get to read here whenever I get the chance. I
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336 just hope you are all going to remember a little piece of this story like I
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337 remember the stories I read here at times.
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338 with love,
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339 Becky T.
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344 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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345 I felt the new strength flow into me, like the warmth of too much wine, it
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346 flowed like honey out into my arms and legs. The feeling would not last long.
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347 My training was not deep enought to stave off this kind of sickness. I quick-
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348 ened my pace.
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349 My vision was now crystal clear and through the thinning trees I could see
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350 some kind of clearing. The moonlight slipped through the clouds, for a moment
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351 showing me the way. On the far side of the clearing was a swall building with
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352 a stable ajoining. The moon gave an erie incandesce to the smoke curling from
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353 the chimney.
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354 There was light coming from the windows, spilling onto the ground in broad
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355 golden squares. My legs began to run, my boots slipping on the wet ground,
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356 my heart pounding in my chest. I ran like a lunatic, hands trembling, spittle
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357 flying from my mouth. I could feel the blood rushing in my ears. In the time
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358 of a footstep I knew what was happening. I had been warned.
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359 The pressure in my head struck me like a sledgehammer. I could not even hear
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360 my scream. Convulsions took my body and I pitched over, my face in the mud.
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361 Seizures riped through my body. I heard tendons in my leg snap. The last
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362 think I saw was the glow of the light falling on the mud around me.
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363
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364 THE TIN MAN
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365 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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366
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367 *********************************************************************************
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368 this note is for the person who posted two obsence messages on the
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369 walls of our respected Inn, using my border and penname.
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370
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371 slan-der 1: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentaions which defame
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372 and damage another's reputation 2: a false and defamatory oral statement
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373 about a person - compare libel, scandal - slan-der-ous.
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374
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375 scan-dal 4: malicious or defamatory gossip.
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376
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377 li-bel 2 A: a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that
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378 convays a unjustly unfavorable impression B(1): a statement or representation
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379 published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt.
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380 (3): the publication of blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obsence
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381 writings. (4): the act, tort, or crime of publishing a libel.
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382
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383 so much for definitions of these writings, moreover i wish to convay
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384 not a feeling of anger, but discord. when my home was invaded by several
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385 phone call, waking me from needed sleep, a great feeling of contempt lay
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386 simmering. i thought to myself "self, whom have you angered recently?"
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387 no names or faces could be visulized.
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388
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389 and so, if you don't like how i write, or dare i say, are jealous of
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390 my popularity(earned or not) please place direct comments to me on
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391 this or other systems. just for general information, the phone number
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392 published will still be a working number, i however will not be found
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393 there. i am moving tommorrow, my new number will not be forwarded and
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394 will not be listed.
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395
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396 to the other "good" patrons, please excuse this defense of myself, i
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397 felt some kind of acknowledgement was needed.
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398
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399 regards,
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400 *********************************************notgrininkathyd****************
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401 JJJJJJJJJJJJ Glad I could warn you, but sorry you received the calls anyway.
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402 JJJJJJJJJJJJ NOT a "Smilin' Jack" Hoover 4:43 a.m. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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403
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404 **********************************************************************
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405 Kathy: I'm sorry that this has happened. I hope that it hasn't put you
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406 off. As it is well known, my policy in the matter is to remove the msg
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407 and all references. Unfortunatly it takes time for me to get back to
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408 here, and thus things like that can end up on the system for a few hours
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409 before I can have a chance to do something about it.
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410 I will be talking to the phone company tomorrow to see about putting
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411 a tap on the line to put a stop to this once and for all. It has gone
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412 too far.
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413 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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414 *********************************************************************
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415 mikey: thanks for your concern, i hope i didn't sound too b****y,
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416 im not really sure about what to say, but fortunatly(or elsewize(
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417 i'm not going to be running off with my kitty tail between my
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418 legs. i think i'll be seeing that silver linning anytime now.
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419 **************************startintosmilekathyd****************************
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420 Missing Minsky Detail : You had better be quick about finding your lost sheep.
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421 One can only imagine the emotional and physical torture she is probably being
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422 put through at this very moment. Every man, women, and child has their
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423 respective breaking point. There is no such thing as a pickless lock, just as
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424 there is no such thing as a breakless mind. In a case like this, speed is of
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425 the essence. Disregard the wayward unmentionables uttered by those who display
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426 their lack of cognizance daily as if it were some sort of ritual. Put aside
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427 the derogatory comments of those infantile cretins who's discourse can only
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428 be described as flatulant. A time exists when all must be put to the wind, and
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429 one basic mission; one all consuming purpose in life, must remain alone,
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430 unscathed, and unhindered. Do this now, and don't come back empty handed.
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431 Remember, one bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but an empty hand is
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432 not worth a damn.
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433
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434 JJJJJJJ the person that wrote the above hung up (didn't log out) at 9:12 a.m.
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435 JJJJJJJ I know, because I "Attack Dialed" and turned "on" the disk to find
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436 JJJJJJJ it "Unsafe", something i was told meant a hang up. Am I right?
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437 JJJJJJJ Cistop, I give you my full support! (financial if it would help...)
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438 JJJJJJJ Jack Hoover on the watch... 9:17 a.m. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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439
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440 *%#_@)%*#_)*%!_)%*!_)*%_)*%!_+%_!)%!+#(%_)#*^)_&*^)_!*%_)!#%*)_!#*%_@)#*%_@#)*_%*_#*%@#_)%@#_%*_@#)^_)@#^_@#)*@#_)%*@_#
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441 Alex : Avast ye matey... And swab dem decks... I have indeed seen an image of the Alchemist's craft. And a fine boat
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442 it is indeed. If memory serves me correctly, a 45 foot Staysail Schooner. A beautiful sight indeed. Five working
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443 sails, including the elusive fisherman. But there's more... The is a vessel from the old school. It hauls no
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444 engine, no sir... The wind and the currents are its sole proprieter of movement. Truly a vessel fit for the open
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445 sea. Three years our alchemist called this schooner his home. Voyages far and wide... What a glorious life! It
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446 makes me yearn for the feeling of the salty breeze in my face, and the utter dependence on oneself for survival.
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447 Down to the sea in ships............
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448 *_%*)_@*%#@_%_&#%_)*!_)%*#!)_%*_)&%#_@*_)@^_@) L'homme sans Parity *_%)#*%_!)%*!_#)*%_)!_)*%_!)*%_^&_)$^_*%_@#)*%_@#)%*
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449 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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450 no school today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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451 it was once said...
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452 a break from the manotany
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453 leads to a lift in the creativity.
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454 hey i said that!!!!!!!!! i also misspelled it.
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455 i can feel the creative juices surging through my head as of now!!!!!
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456 i'll mhave an entry of justifiable length soon
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457 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFCICFP< 8ACICFP<
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458 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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459 To ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (guardian of ?? -- sloppy memory at this end!)
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460 Please feel free to use the piper as a character in your Young Master
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461 West series. My only request is, please don't damage him too badly.
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462 kathyd: I am sure that I echo many others feelings of outrage that you
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463 have been subjected to such an unforgivable atrocity. Although there is no
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464 way I or any other can undo what has been done -- please remember that we
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465 are here, we can and do offer our moral support and best wishes. Although
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466 a basically peaceful person,I almost wish I could find the perpetrator of
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467 the deed and punch his/her lights out! (luckily for me, this is not too
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468 likely to happen -- with that evil a mentality, my lights might end up
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469 flickering a bit.) We who know you through your writing -- and it may be
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470 a more real you than we could know in person -- know when this type of slander
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471 is attempted. We will be with you in spirit.
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472 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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473 M.R. Hawthorne&MIG.:Thay took away the modem this morning,so thay can build a cord for it.
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474 With luck, we will have it working in a week.
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475 ASP
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476 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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477 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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478 L'homme: What is on your agenda for tomorrow (Sat. 9th) besides PorSFiS? I am going to try to attend (I also have
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479 some business at PSU to take care of), if the weather permits. For some strange reason, travelling in snow doesn't
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480 appeal to me much. (Isn't it funny how being upside down in a car off the road will alter your thinking?)
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481 #$##$##$##$#
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482 Time marches on, but I promise to have a NET entry entered later tonight. For now, Hasta la vista...
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483 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 13:43 - 02/08/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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484 it was said long ago that he who cast a
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485 sidelong glance shall soon be living a
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486 sidelong existence. whoever said such a
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487 sidelong thing can really believe such a
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488 sidelong thought. for to me that is what a
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489 sidelong person would tend to forget in a
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490 sidelong way of life. it all starts out a
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491 sidelong year ago without so much as a
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492 sidelong yell of warning. it now finds a
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493 sidelong time to remember what has been a
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494 sidelong history of things and people and a
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495 sidelong place to be. such is the life of a
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496 sidelong missionary. living in the jungle a
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497 catch thats soon to be. hunting in the forest
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498 where large cats try to roam free. men come
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499 who dont understand it, but it makes me feel
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500 allright, when women come to visit, the end
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501 is nowhere in visible sight. children like to
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502 come too, and play and play and play, in a
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503 couple sidelong years, maybe in a bygone day.
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504 if you hurt enough inside, and the pains too
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505 much to bare, the bones will crack, the face
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506 will snap, and theres no one left to care
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507 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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508 Becky T.: Yes, I will remember some.
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509 Farley: I understand you reason for writing about the accident, I think.
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510 Not too long a time past, I was in an accident. I, a type who does not believe
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511 in her mortality, have often dodged Death and done such things labelled "Dare-
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512 devil". The whole concept of death seems nebulus and foreign, farther off in
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513 the future than Christmas seems to a young child. Foolishly, I was not wearing
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514 my seat belt; luckily, I was wearing my glasses. My head crashed against the
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515 windshield, just in time, I braced myself and fell back into my seat. Glass was
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516 cascading onto my face. (Luckly, not into my eyes, or very little). 'Oh, God,'
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517 I thought 'I am dead.' But, I soon relized that I was only in shock, I managed
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518 to stumble out of the car on weak, almost paralyzed, legs. Alive.
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519 "The universe was teaching you a lesson. You are lucky, it was a very reason-
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520 able price." Was said to me later... It is all too strange... a have become
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521 greatly more learned, it seems. But, still death is not a reality to me, even
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522 when confronted by it myself. I can only wonder, have you read the newspaper
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523 lately? I have seen two articles with children who have froze and been "brought
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524 back to life". I wonder if they have feelings any different than we? -Tanya
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525 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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526 The following is the text of a handout that was being distributed at the
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527 Douglas Adams autographing session:
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528 Doug Adams's
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529 HITCHHIKER'S TRSAVEL PACK
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530
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531
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||
532 People often ask me how they can leave the planet, So I have prepared
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||
533 some brief notes.
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||
534
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||
535 How to Leave the Planet
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536 1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-xxxx. Explain that it's
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||
537 very important that you get away as soon as possible.
|
||
538 2. If they do not cooperate, phone any friend you may have in the White
|
||
539 House - (202) 456-xxxx - to have a word on your behalf with the guys at
|
||
540 NASA.
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||
541 3. If you don't have any friends in the White House, phone the Kremlin
|
||
542 (ask the overseas operator for 0107-095-295-xxxx). They don't have any
|
||
543 friends there either (at least none to speak of), but they do seem to have
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||
544 a little influence, so you may as well try.
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||
545 4. If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number
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546 is 011-39-6-xxxx, and I gather his switchboard is infallible.
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||
547 5. If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and
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||
548 explain that it's vitally important that you get away before your phone
|
||
549 bill arrives.
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550 ____________________________Leonard________________________________________
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551
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552
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First, I wish to thank one and all for the messages left for me after
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||
553 I last came to the Inn. Cistop Mikey has been good enough to allow me a
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554 peek at the disk dated January 27, 1985 so that I might see the support
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555 that my friends here had given me. It is hard for me to express the thanks
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556 I wish to give to all, to let you know that what you've said was just the
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557 boost my flagging spirits needed, and is a reminder to me that the spirit
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558 of the true contributors here is on a very high plane.
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559 Kathy, I didn't see what was left here under your name, and in a way
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560 I'm glad I didn't. I am usually a very quiet individual, and rarely do I
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561 speak out strongly for or against a position, but from what I've read above
|
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562 I feel a great need to do so. Please remember that, though we don't all
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563 speak up in complimentary tones, we enjoy what you place here nonetheless.
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||
564 Two of my favorite entries here were by you (the Pirate adventure <snicker!>
|
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565 and Digital Disk), and though I didn't say so at the time, they gave me
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||
566 enjoyment. Don't allow this individual to dampen your spirit or ruin your
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||
567 zest for making entries here.
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568 To the person engaged in the vandalism and libel: Why? I can't think
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||
569 of a simpler way to phrase the question. Are you incapable of creation on
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570 your own, and therefore take pleasure from the destruction of the work of
|
||
571 others? I find that hard to believe. If you are capable of mastering the
|
||
572 skills necessary to use Backwater, if you can assemble a system that can
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573 even reach Backwater, then you have proven to me that you are not lacking
|
||
574 in intelligence. Do you have friends, family, loved ones? How might you
|
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575 react if you found that they were being harassed in this manner? With
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576 anger, pain, irritation, a desire for vengence? Would you be filled with
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577 rage? Or what if it were you that was treated like that? You don't even
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||
578 need to respond to that, I think that we all know the answer. Please, in
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579 the future, imagine yourself as the recipient of what you plan to do, and
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580 if you think it might not be to your liking, refrain! I know that this is
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||
581 undoubtedly the same sort of sermon that you've heard many times in your
|
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582 life, but it is no less heartfelt for that. I find it hard to really hate
|
||
583 anyone, because I know that inside everyone is something that can't be
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||
584 hated. Would you show us your good side now? We've seen the portion of
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||
585 yourself that is the easiest to let out. Now show us the other. Please?
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586 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]Pam![][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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587 misery loves company
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588 @|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@|@
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589 Becky T.
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590 I will remember your entry for more than just a while. I think
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591 you should write more often, your story was realy nice. I see
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592 that you haven't gotten many messages so far but I think they
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593 will be comming by the dozens when more people read your story.
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594 I hope you see this message when you call, wouldn't want you to
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595 miss a little piece of the praise that you should hear more of.
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596
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597
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About this false message that was seen a while back about kathyd.
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598 I think that was awful wrong to do, I wouldn't like it at all if
|
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599 it was pointed in my dirrection. Kathy is handling it well, maybe
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600 the author didn't want it to be this way, maybe he/she wanted to
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601 cause Kathy to loose face and popularity too. Maybe they feel
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602 like they could never be, could never write like that so they must
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603 pull someone down because of it. At least there are still nice
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604 people around here at Backwater to look forward to seeing.
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605
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606 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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607 becky... your entry was impressive... and accepted more than you might even
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608 know at the moment...
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609 doctor frankenstupe... why thank you... although i do not read many books...
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610 the passos novels will be added to a list to be checked out soon... again... my
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611 thanks to you... and here is to your keeper... one whom i have respected from
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612 afar... for quite some time actually...
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613
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614 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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615
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616 as tilean was about to close the door... the endless feeling he had forgotten
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617 something appeared... it was expected almost... whenever tilean stayed in any
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618 hotel... whenever he left his room he felt he forgot something... a feeling of
|
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619 utter redundancy too k over... and even though he felt stupid... tilean looked
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620 in again...
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621
|
||
622 only a chilly wind from the open window... drapery was being blown about... a
|
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623 chill reminded tilean of the reality of this... it was all so real... tonight..
|
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624 a person would climb over the window... perhaps even pick the door... someway..
|
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625 somehow... sometime... some agent had to steal their way into this room... and
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626 search it... when they did... they would find all the evidence to discover the
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627 false purpose for tilean's presence here... they might find the true purpose...
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