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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 11 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 (-)_(-) At the top, just thought I would say Hi! (-)_(-)_(-) Mark (-)_(-)_(Hi!)
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21 aarrgh! So near, and yet so far.
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22 _innocent bysitter_
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23
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24 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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25
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26 Flowers and Hearts
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27
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28 It's the season of flowers; of carnations, violets, and roses.
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29 A time when fond desires begin to blossom into romance.
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30 The tender young buds begin to form
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31 In readiness to burst forth in the spring.
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32
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33 What secrets are shared in the night's gathering gloom?
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34 What whispered embrace has been formed?
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35
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36 For through the winter storm of icy chill blasts,
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37 A warmth and persevering strength has protected the bud
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38 In preparation for the new spring to come.
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39
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40 Life begins anew when the warm rains of spring begin.
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41 When the sweet tears of love have come.
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42
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43 And whispered in dark corners where two heads are as one;
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44 My love, my life, be mine?
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45
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46 BH
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47
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48 <o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>+<o>
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49
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50 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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51 To all of those that have given me kind words ( few really ) Thank you.
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52 I feel as if I am taking to much time to myself by putting this in, but it
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53 is something I feel about Back Water. Since I met a "user" on Saturday, this
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54 feeling has been confirmed. It is sad to think what would happen if this
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55 system would be turned off, like a couple of other systems have that I have
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56 used. This feeling is best understood if you have listened to a song by The
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57 Eagles called "HOTEL CALIFORNIA". It is the way I feel here.
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58 If anyone calls up this system and uses it for more than about a week, they
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59 might fall into this tender trap. The stories I would read were more the
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60 fantasy style, like those of Tarn, Milchar (hello), Inkeeper, and Leo. They
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61 all seemed to be so bright. I'm sorry, I forgot about Piper. They also
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62 showed what I hope were some true personalities. The feelings were so strong
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63 and I felt that I was right there.
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64 The point I wanted to make, and I thinked I may have slipped, is this:
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65 You are welcome to come in if you want to.
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66 If you don't like what see, you can leave and no one will notice, maybe.
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67 If you do like what you see, ( like me ) you can not leave
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68 even if you want to. It will start to mean too much to you.
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69 I feel like I will be losing a whole lot of friends if I have to leave. I
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70 know I hate it when I miss an entire disk. Since I don't call up that often
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71 I usually have a bunch of reading to do when I come back. Sometime
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72 everything! I only know that there are two people that feel the way that I
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73 do and was wondering if anyon else felt this way too. Like you couldn't
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74 leave even if you had to.
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75 This is cruel, I have set myself up. I'm sorry for wasting time. I'll go now.
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76 Becky T.
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77 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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78
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79
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80
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81 up 10
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82 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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83
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84 Becky T.
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85 Know that you are by far not alone. My first move when I get home is to warm
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86 up my terminal and let my modem attack this number.
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87 I have not yet read anything here (other that deliberate attacks) that I
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88 did not find to my tastes. (There were references to a Policeman, but without
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89 reading I will still my words.)
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90
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91 Tanya B.
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92 Where are you. I hope to believe that you are not again behind the bars that
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93 recently held you. Your voice is missed, and there is a masked one that looks
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94 for you as well.
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95
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96 The Guardian
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97 Please continue. I am very much looking forward to see what is in store.
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98
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99 Melissa
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100 I hope you have not left us here. As you may have seen User Friendly Month
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101 seem to be working, I can only wish that it was soon enought for all the
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102 innklings.
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103
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104 Adrian
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105 Again you give us a peice that is far from the norm. Fiction? Interesting.
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106
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107 Pam
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108 Touch you pen to these pages. The pictures you draw are delightful.
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109 Artistry.
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110
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111 Dragon Lady
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112 Has the cat sneeked out while I wasn't looking? The mantle looks empty.
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113
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114 May the waters never run to deep
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115 for our friends to cross.
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116 a toast to all
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117 from THE TIN MAN
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118 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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119
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120 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (only notes...)
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121 Tin Man: Thank you, but it'll be a day or so before I take the next step...
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122 Becky T.: That was the biting truth. Make me the fourth on the list.
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123 (Who was number two? You needn't answer.) I will be one who will
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124 remember ALL your entries, I hope. No, your entries are not a waste
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125 of time. Try to keep up the good work.
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126 Adrian: I have a theroy as to your name, but will not post it for your privacy.
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127
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128
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129
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130 (oops... held down c/r too long.)
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131 ......: Time flew. Words may have been misunderstood. Sorry about the chicken.
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132 The grapes are still waiting...
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133 Lady S.: Wow, do you cover alot of ground! Congrats on doing your homework
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134 for the story. See you when MLC recalls me. (snicker)
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135 I'm sorry if I missed anyone. If I did, then :Hello!
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136 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian a lowly 43:02
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137
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138 ****************************************************************************
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139 the lights are on again, but noone is home, oh gawd did i oversleep?
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140 someones mad i can tell.... have hat will travel.
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141 ******************************************kathyd****************************
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142 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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143 Guardian -- (thanks for the clarification) Please proceed! I look forward
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144 with great intrest to your entry.
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145 Becky T -- It happens. Somehow you get involved with this group and find
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146 yourself addicted to sharing. If you will forgive the maunderings, I'll
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147 give you a little history of "telecomputing", which some call this activity.
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148 In the beginning was CBBS. It alone was a light in the darkness and
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149 has endured undimmed since then. Shortly thereafter, two more systems came
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150 on line -- The Backwater Message System and ABBS (Apple Bulletin Board
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151 System). I'm not sure just in what order Backwater and ABBS came on --
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152 memory does fail at times -- but the ABBS seemed to be progressing well.
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153 It went up to 1.2 Mb. on line, numerous contributors, features, etc.
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154 (I had a weekly book review, several others like L'Homme had spaces or
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155 made substantial contributions.) Unfortunately, the ABBS was the first
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156 victem of concentrated twittery. The twits -- tiny persons with even smaller
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157 minds -- made the system operator, Jeff Freidman, so irritated that he no
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158 longer took any pleasure in operating the system. The shock, for me, of
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159 losing my first "home" was devastating. I had been a frequent visitor of
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160 backwater and CBBS, but with the demise of the system where I had put so much
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161 effort, I lost much heart. It was over a year later that I felt even the
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162 faint stirrings of an urge to become part of another system. By then,
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163 the Backwater had taken on the identity of "the inn" and gradually I began
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164 to contribute towards maintaining this metaphysical structure. I have
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165 actually emerged from my physical isolation and met, in the flesh,
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166 some of the innhabitants, or innklings as they seem to be calling themselves
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167 now. Unfortunately, this meeting (which has occured twice) requires me to
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168 thread a pickup truck through the wilderness of the city streets -- a feat
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169 of which I am only marginally capable. I would far rather be driving along
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170 a grease-slick mountain road, treading the thin line of disaster and depending
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171 only upon my own capabilities, rather than sharing the streets with others
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172 who find it embarassingly easy to bluff out that fool in the pickup.
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173 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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174 *******************************************************************************
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175 piper: thanks for the info, as a "new" modemer like becky t, it's neat to
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176 get background information. so the twits have been around since the
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177 beginning of time? and so be that they shall be a very important part
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178 of our system, after all, whom whould we have to threaten and scream
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179 at? i myself take great pride in b*****y well, maybe my gender has
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180 something to do with that.. and now look who's rambling on...
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181 anyway, thanks again, sorry about the near miss on the road; im saying
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182 that in a generic term. and this will help me to drive more consideratly
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183 im crawling under my rock for a while, ill be watching with interest.
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184 *********************************kathyd******atthewheelofabatteredvwbug-grin*****
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185 PLDASE.
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186 EXIT
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187 I.HAVE.NO.SPACE.BAR.>
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188 THIS.IS.WHY.I.AM.UFING.THE.PERIOD.INCTED.
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189 ROGER
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190 BUY...
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191
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192 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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193 ________________Melissa-------------------------------Melissa_________________
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194 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ----------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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195 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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196 From all of us to all of you --- Fair Winds & Smooth Seas.
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197 Another turn of the `wheel of life'- all of these are again one.
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198
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199 `'`'`' -alchemist-`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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200 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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201 ----------------Melissa________________________________Melissa----------------
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202 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< capt'n barefoot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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203
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204 ***********************************************************
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205 Piper: Jeff was up with his system before me by about 4-6 months.
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206 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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207
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208 how did the fictional analogy of the inn come to pass... it seems quite the thing to do...
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209
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210 +++F/++++++++++k#++++++;++++36k+++++++++/+++++++)++/+/+//+/o++j#9++/k);+
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211 i me__need help with my vic-20
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212 rs232 program
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213 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpxxxxxxxxxxxpxx
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214 hi; ig'm having trouble with this termainal so please bare with me.
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215 i have a vic-20 and i need more info on opaeration of the rs232 port
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216 i have the adaptmer but i need more on the soft ware and i don't now
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217 what to do other than ask for help on this system .
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218 if you can help me please call #657-xxxx and ask for roger after 5:15 pm.
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219 thann{kn.you and agiaain sorry for the extra garbage this terminal is ptuttan ing out.
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220 roger .cd.s.
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221 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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222 We have finally finished a masterpiece,(i hope) here it goes
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223 spirit of the age
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224 i would have liked you
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225 to have been
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226 deep frozen too
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227 and waiting still
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228 as fresh in your flesh
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229 for my return to earth
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230 but your father refused
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231 to sign the forms
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232 to freeze you
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233 lets see
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234 you'd be
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235 about sixty now
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236 and long dead
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237 by the time i return
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238 to earth
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239 my time held dreams
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240 were full of you
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241 as you were
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242 when i left :
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243 still under-age
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244
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245 your android replica
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246 is playing up again
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247 it's no joke
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248 when she comes
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249 sh moans
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250 another's name
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251
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252 that's the spirit of the age
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253 it's just the spirit of the age
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254 you know the spirit of the age
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255 this is the spirit of the age
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256
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257 i am a clone.
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258 i am not alone.
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259 every fiber of my flesh
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260 and bone
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261 is identical to the others'.
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262 everything i say
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263 is in the same tone
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264 as my test-tube brothers'
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265 voice.
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266 there is no choice
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267 between us,
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268 if you had ever seen us
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269 you'd rejoice
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270 in your uniqueness
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271 and consider every weakness
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272 something special
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273 of your own.
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274 being a clone
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275 i have no flaws to identify.
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276 even this doggerel
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277 that pours from my pen
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278 has just been written by
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279 another twenty
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280 telepathic men
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281 word for word
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282 it says :
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283 o for the wings
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284 of any bird
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285 other than a battery hen.
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286
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287 but that's the spirit of the age
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288 you know the spirit of the age
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289 this is the spirit of the age
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290 adjust the spirit of the age
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291 unjust the spirit of the age
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292 SPIRIT OF THE AGE
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293 spirit of the age
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294
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295 well i hope that i didn't dissapoint any of you or keep you waiting, because i told you there'd be an entry yesterday.
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296 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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297 hawkwind,,,
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298 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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299
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300 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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301
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302 The Former looked down into the swirling white cream of his drink, and let the tankart cap fall down into place. Somehow
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303 the drink did not appeal to him as it had before he made it. It was a drink prepared with the powders of some nuts, and even
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304 though it bore no alcohol, it was somewhat near the quality of the Inn's ale.
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305
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306 The Former did niot drink, as a rule, except for the few occaisions that he did not mind that he would ache later. No
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307 matter what the form, it always seemed to make the Former ache to drink a lot of alcohol.
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308
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309 Far too many people were engrossed in several conversations about trees to notice him looking nervously into the cup, and
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310 then dropping the tankart lid, the open it and look nervously into the cup. Was funny to see.
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311
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312 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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313
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314 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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315 Guardian- I shouldn't let my inquisitiveness get the best of me, however, I
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316 would like to hear your theory... In private. I visit Aloha CBBS.
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317 Adrian
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318 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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319 I am Sir Gareth a Mystic Knight,I live in Edmonds WA. I was wondering would
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320 anyone of you like to join if so,
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321 Give me a call at 206-778-xxxx,
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322 the group has been around for a couple
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323 of years and has about 75 members,
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324 in Washington,Oregon,Tand Texas
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325
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326 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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327
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328 Sandergaard: Thank you.
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329
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330 Lady S.
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331 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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332 ^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
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333 Becky T. That feeling is also in me. All the places there are to go and this
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334 is the one I like the best. Backwater is fun to read, heartwarming and so many
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335 more. It makes the other systems look so drab and mundane. If the Inn were
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336 taken away (never I hope) all the creativity would go down the drain, there
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337 isn't anywhere else to go. There is something about this board that makes it
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338 easy for people to express how they feel and what they think.
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339 Oh, I don't think you wasted any space on this disk at all, you have
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340 brought something into the light that people like to talk about. I hope to
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341 see you catch the 'bug' and write something for people to see.
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342 ^+^+Mark^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
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343 xyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxzzzzzzzzzzz
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344
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345 Lets take at thought for the moment the theory of evolution. We supposedly evolved from apes, but couldn't we have been
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346 put here by a higher life form and gained the knowdledge that we have today from our experiences of yesterday.
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347 Which leads to my thought....
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348
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349 Man has began creating man, but in a mechanical form. After many more generations couldn't these mechanical men
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350 begin gaining a new knowdledge from their yesterdays, and wouldn't evolution begin again with a new form of man.
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351
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352 Now lets jump centurys into the future. Man(anotomical) is gone from the earth, our mechanical replicas are still thriving,
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353 evolving.
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354
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355 Haven't we began a new evolution with the robotics and artificial inteligence we have created. Finally, when we are gone
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356 we will still be here in the form of our creations.
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357
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358
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359 A SIMPLE THOUGHT
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360
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361 XYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYXYZZZZZZZZ
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362
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363 && && &&
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364 --Yes, but would you want your sister to marry one? Your brother? Your Clone?
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365 Piper: if you think it's tough to bluff in a pickup you should try it on a (little) motorcycle sometime. Hard to carry
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366 your pipes on, too.
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367 Let's all celebrate, folks! Not only are we priviliged to have the use of the finest creative and political forum I
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368 have ever seen (take a bow, Mikey), but today (12 February) marks the first anniversary of another (albeit less unusual)
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369 BBS in town. Yes, Le Nerd is one year old tonight, and I hope everyone who can get through will call in to join the
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370 celebration. Merriment will abound, with no guarantee of decorum on anyone's part. I'll be there, you come too...
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371 Hmmm... I thought I heard a story starting up on the wind.....
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372 Shade and Sweet Water,
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373 && The Mad Actor &&
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374
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375
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376 we may have started another process of evolution... but at the same time... it can be said that the earth did... in
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377 the same way also... so was earth what many people call god... or are the same people right... and god created earth...
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378 and thus started the process of evolution...
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379 it not possible then... that god was created in a process of evolution... and in that way... he created man in his own
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380 image... along with everything else... by evolution...
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381
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382 MARGI^A
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383 ********
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384 T@XHIS IS ILLMY
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385 FIRCTST
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386 TIME TO USE
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387 SYs0TEM
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388 NEW GUY 7z:000010
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389 ***********
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390
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391 {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0003}
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392 {hear and I obey the commands of my beloved brother!" adding to the Wazir, }
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393 {"But we will not march till after the third day's hospitality." He appointed }
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394 {for the Minister fitting quarters of the palace; and, pitching tents for the }
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395 {troops, rationed them with whatever they might require of meat and drink and }
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396 {other necessaries. On the fourth day he made ready for wayfare and got to- }
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397 {gether sumptuous presents befitting his elder brother's majesty, and }
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398 {stablished his chief Wazir viceroy of the land during his absence. Then he }
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399 {caused his tents and camels and mules to be brought forth and encamped, with }
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400 {their bales and loads, attendants and guards, within sight of the city, in }
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401 {readiness to set out next morning for his brother's capital. But when the }
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402 {night was half spent he bethought him that he had forgotten in his palace }
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403 {somewhat which he should have brought with him, so he returned privily and }
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404 {entered his apartments, where he found the Queen, his wife, asleep on his own}
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405 {carpet-bed, embracing with both arms a black cook of loathsome aspect and }
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406 {foul with kitchen grease and grime. When saw this the world waxed black be- }
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407 {fore his sight and he said, "If such case happen while I am yet within sight }
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408 {of the city what will be the doings of this damned whore during my long ab- }
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409 {sence at my brother's court?" So he drew his scymitar and cutting the two in }
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410 {four pieces with a single blow, left them on the carpet and returned present-}
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411 {ly to his camp without letting anyone know of what had happened. Then he gave}
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412 {orders for immediate departure and set out at once and began his travel; but }
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413 {he could not help thinking over his wife's treason and he kept saying to him-}
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414 {self; "How could she do this deed by me? How could she work her own death?," }
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415 {till excessive grief seized him, his colour changed to yellow, his body waxed}
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416 {weak and he was threatened with a dangerous malady, such an one as bringeth }
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417 {men to die. So the Wazir shortened his stages and tarried long at the water- }
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418 {ing-stations and did his best to solace the King. Now when Shah Zaman drew }
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419 {near the capital of his brother he despatched vaunt-couriers and messengers }
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420 {of glad tidings to announce his arrival, and Shahryarcame forth to meet him }
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421 {with his Wazirs and Emirs and Lords and Grandees of his realm; and saluted }
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422 {him and joyed with exceeding joy and caused the city to be decorated in his }
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423 {honour. When, however, the brothers met, the elder could not but see the }
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424 {change of complexion in the younger and questioned him of his case whereto he}
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425 {replied, "Tis caused by the travails of wayfare and my case needs care, for I}
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426 {have suffered from the change of water and air! but Allah be praised for re- }
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427 {uniting me with a brother so dear and so rare!" On this wise he dissembled }
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428 {and kept his secret, adding, "Oh King of the time and Caliph of the tide, }
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429 {only toil and moil have tinged my face yellow with bile and hath made my eyes}
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430 {sink deep in my head." }
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431 {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Al Hajji~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~}
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432 _________________________________________________________________________
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433 |We are all boxed in, in some way or another. Through writing we may escape.|
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434 |_____________________________Just a thought______________________________ |
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435 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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436 Ah Mohammed...you tempt me. You try to lure me into another
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437 adventure, but I can't. My time is so taken with the victums
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438 of rapisits, molestors, and firesetters that I haven't time
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439 for Backwater. I barely have time to download and scan the
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440 highlights of the action. Ah for the time for a Backwater
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441 adventure. But believe me, my friend, that being a casemanager
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442 for Children's Services is far more bizaare an adventure than
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443 anything I've seen at the Inn. The difference is that it is
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444 more personal, more exciting, and it's for real. Grand D.
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445 <<:********************************************************:>>
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446 yea frank
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447
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448 *%)_#@_)*%_@)!%*_*)_%@#_)*%_)#*%_!)*%_+!*%_+)*@)_%*@_)*^+_*^+#)@$!*^_)*^!_+*^+!*^_+)!*^_)!*^+_$*!_#)^_)_)#*^_)%*^@_^*@
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449 Milch:Shhhhh! The Humans must never see us copy!
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450 Mystery Author:I'll print off the message and show it to Gaudy. Along with the printout I'll be returning her car. She
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451 has done me a great favor while my car was headless, but now things return to normal, and GAWD it's great! Besides
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452 increasing horsepower by fourfold, I can now listen to FM radio too. It may take me a day or two to get used to my
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453 old pony again. You wouldn't believe the differences between a Fiat and a Mustang! But enough of that! Your entry was
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454 indeed welcome. With the recent vacation of agent voyeur, and the umpteen attemps by the self-proclaimed pseudo-agents,
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455 it is good to have another fine voice in the fold. Welcome M. Author. Welcome!
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456 Piper:Uhoh... Can you say deep %$#%? I knew you could. How am I gonna extract myself now. Take two happens tomorrow.
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457 I remember the good old ABBS system. I remember well your book review column. You always started out by opening the
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458 creaking door, entering the book room, etc... Who was I toput TRS-80 program reviews on an Apple board? Oh well, the
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459 jokes were better received. Remember the statue story? It seems like only yesterday. I remember how saddened everyone
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460 was when Jeff was forced off the air. Sometimes I wish I didn't remember so well. A good memory can be depressing at
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461 times.
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462 And now... I will pass on the enter torch to my distinguished lawyer friend, who has presented me with an interesting
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463 case:
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464
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465 Steve Neighorn
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466
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467 who is that guy? ^
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468 What happened to the case?
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469 :::::::::::O O:::::::::02/12:::::::::::::::::23:25:::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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470 Hmmm.. L'homme seems to have faded away into oblivion (or Neighorn; same difference..)
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471 MesoMath: Surprise surprise! I was aware of the alchemist/MM, but the << * >>
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472 escapes me for the moment. But -- Melissa?? You set that one up well.
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473 I remember her appearing on CBBS/NW, looking for a board. The description of
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474 the board she was looking for matched BackWater remarkably well, and I subsequently
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475 experienced a bit of suspicion, but You were never the subject. I saw a message
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476 from Pam on Bit bucket, implying that she was here in disguise, so I thought maybe
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477 her. Or, one of the other 'regulars' was playing Melissa. Or even, perhaps
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478 she was a real person (unlikely, I know, but stranger things have happened.)
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479 It has often been suggested for some regular to appear on BackWater (a male)
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480 using a female nom de plume, to test out the hypothesis that being a woman
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481 on this board entitles you to 25 brownie points of extra praise automatically.
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482 Did you find it so? I seem to recall that it was not disproved.
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483 Now, THE QUESTION: what prompted this great disclosure? Tired of the masquerade?
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484 Or are you (shudder..) abandoning us and shipping out for alternate ports?
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485 Whatever the case, Bravo!
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486 :::::
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487 Oh how I hate the sloppy syntax resultant from Enter Only!
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488 ::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::
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489
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490 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (the mask dropped, will be found later)
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491 Probably the only reason that I am doing this is because I am fighting to get
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492 these words out in the "open" and, I know that once I have released them I will
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493 not be able to recant them do to the incredable dare set before me by E/ONLY.
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494 It has been said that "a man is the sum of his memories... [and his experinces]
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495 ..." This being the case, how much of a man can there be if there has only been
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496 but one experience in his life? True, it would be difficult in these times to
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497 live off having had ONLY one experience to call from. Of course what I am
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498 leading to is not the total of all experiences, but those that may be numbered
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499 in a particularly delicate field- the field of Love.
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500 As these words are struggled, just as hard as if from my lips, I will attempt
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501 there entry with as little or no regret as possible. Onward.
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502 When one first falls in love things seem to change, anthough unnoticed, their
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503 change is inevitable. Little things are thrown from the mind and other things
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504 take their place. Points at hand: love songs on the radio and, a constant
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505 drifting of the mind back to the one they love. (Silly but true)
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506 I would enter more now but, the one that has caused this in me requires
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507 my attention to sooth the heartache.
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508 I will continue, for I shall end what I have started. I must.
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509 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Michael 44:00
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510
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511 ^^^ the phone call sends me away. I might be home by noon?
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512 ^^^ whatever, I'll call once I get back. Love, Michael
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513
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514 ************************************************************************
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515 hello lurker John at f. electronics.... m and i are working on a
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516 new story now called "max, the friendly skyman" ask m about it @
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517 the work 20.
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518 ************************************kathyd********************************
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519 RumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumor
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520 This thursday the Portland Computer Society will be having a sysop (cistop?)
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521 panel discusion as the main topic of their meeting. It is rumored that
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522 cistop Mikey will be on the panel. If you're interested, the meeting is
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523 at the Children Services Center (Old Washington high school) at 534 SE 14th
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524 (corner of 14th and Stark) Room C121.
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525 RumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumorRumor
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526 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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527 What? Am I being deafened by the crash of falling identities as they are
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528 dropped by their several owners? Help! Help! the identities are falling!
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529 L'Homme -- (I refuse to call you steve on this board!) how did your meeting
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530 go? I have found out more about the software and some extra technical help
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531 if that becomes necessary. In deep ----? That doesn't sound good.
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532 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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533
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534 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:kks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks
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535 PaPa,
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536 this is the reminder you told me about and I forgot. I'll call you from school.
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537 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k
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538 P.S. today is Freud, not yearly celebrations.
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539 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k Lady S.
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540 ..................................................................................
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541
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542 Horizons
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543 (for my Christopher)
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544 If the earth were flat,
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545 we'd find forever,
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546 you and I.
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547
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548 My best friend says
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549 the horizon lies fifty miles distant
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550 from here,
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551 from now,
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552 but each step you take
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553 nudges it just beyond your g r a s p...
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554
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555 If the earth were flat,
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556 we'd need not chase horizons,
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557 you and I.
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558 We'd walk fifty-one miles
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559 into the future.
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560 .....................................................Entropy...............p.s. -->Guardian:
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561 find your horizon...
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562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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563 Melissa-- I'm not quite sure who you are, so I have simply addressed you as
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564 that. Anyways, Glad you are back, if in fact you were gone.
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565 Writer of Simple Thoughts-- Pleased, I am, by them. Especially the one
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566 about light and darkness. Thank you.
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567 Tin Man-- No, I do not see bars when I look out. And, tell me on Aloha,
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568 perhaps, how you knew of the masked one.
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569 Becky T.-- I think many of us here feel so. I know when I fail to work my
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570 magic that allows me to enter here when ever I please (amongst the shadows or
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571 otherwise), I become as though someone has taken away my addicted substance.
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572 But, then, I am always happy after I get here, for there is more to read.
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573 Lady S.-- "Hallo." The magical reference above, by the way, has nothing to
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574 do with witches, for I, myself am not. All of us, however, have certain powers.
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575 I think. -Tanya
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576 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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577
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578 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (before the mask is lifted)
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579 I was asked why I put such an entry here. Isn't it the best place to get things
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580 off one's chest semi-anonymously? Anyway, back to the Onward.
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581 Those songs that go rambling through your head somehow get turned around to
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582 mean something special between the two in love. Which will lead back to the
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583 drifting of the mind. Once I fell in love, all I could remember hearing on the
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584 radio was love songs, nothing but them. I also found myself wondering just
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585 where I was once the song was over because I would lose track of reality.
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586 That was what will soon be Three whole years ago. Three years that I will some-
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587 how relate to being One of my experiences. Since then, the two of us have been
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588 the very best of friends and have done many things, gone many places together.
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589 What eventually happens to two friends in love is that they will be forced to
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590 go their own ways sooner or later. It has turned out to be later and that later
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591 is now. In the past year things have been steadily decaying due to my neglect
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592 for maintaining things from day to day. Days would become weeks and, tempers
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593 would become short. Once the temper would show, it would be the cause for more
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594 delay. How can I go meet someone when I know they are angry at me? I know I
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595 didn't want to go back because the mood would not be condusive to a better
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596 relationship, even though that was the purpose. Things became so confusing and
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597 I would let the state of decay continue.
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598 Now, when I have come to terms that the best thing to do would be to end the
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599 cause of such greif, emotions can only bring to mind only the good times. Why
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600 does the mind have to play such tricks? I DO want to bring an end to it,
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601 (No, L'homme- I don't mean suicide) but I don't want to leave thinking that I
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602 won't still be her friend. She has said that it is also her fear. I have told
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603 her that we will still be friends (why does that sound so corny?) and that I
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604 will still be here, but the fear still remains.
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605 A clean cut does not seem possible, but I will have to make it such before
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606 she will leave on her own accord, a different choice that would have brought
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607 about her own chice for the future. I think that lost in the translation...
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608 Tears could be heard on the phone, and could be seen once I came to try to make
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609 her feel a bit more at ease. Still, time goes on. I will stand by my decisions,
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610 there is to much else in the world to do to let this slow me down. I must live
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611 life as it is given to me, and as I shape it. There is no other way.
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612 Would I be so terribly wrong to fall in love with someone else before I have
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613 made the final seperation? I don't think so- but why do I feel the guilt?
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614 These are to be some of the things that I will be able to call on as
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615 experiences that I may draw on for the future.
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616 "a man is the sum of his memories... [and his experiences]..."
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617 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Michael 44:16
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618 ^^^^^ (and now the mask is returned to cover the face of the frightened)
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619 Piper: Don't worry, the Self you've met has returned and should have the next
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620 installment in within the day.
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621 L'homme: Should the "point du jour" revert and return to his attempts at entry?
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622 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 44:ex
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623 Here may be an interesting chian of thought. The INN >>>>> HOTEL California
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624 inn, n. 1. hotel 2. tavern.
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625 ho.tel', n. house offering food, lodging, etc.
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626 tav'vern, n. 1. saloon. 2. inn.
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627 sa.loon', n. 1. place where intoxicating liquors are sold and drunk.
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628 2. a public room.
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629 It isn't liquor and it isn't sold but, it is intoxicating and it is public.
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