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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ******************* INSTALLED: 23 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,,,
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21 there now that i said it nobody else need mention it ever again
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22 ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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23 I'm looking for information on building a computer and input on the subject of
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24 speech synthesizers if you know anything about either of the subjects please
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25 let me know what you have to say!!!
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26 ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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27 oops forgot!!! leave the feedback to,,,
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28 hawkwind,,,
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29 ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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30 The Island
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31 Episode IV Scene I
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32 Walking along the beach, my heels digging into the fine black
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33 sand, I contemplated the sunset. A hugh red disk sinking into the
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34 horizon just were the beach and ocean meet. Waves silhouetted
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35 against its glow. I would gaze at the waves against the sun for a
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36 moment and have to look away, the afterimages purple and green
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37 blotting out my eyesight for minutes afterward.
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38 Safe. The feeling was almost alien. After many months of
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39 constant vigilance this tiny haven of security was like a dream
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40 world. The waves in the sun and the patterns they burned into the
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41 eyes only added to the surrealistic atmosphere.
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42 Taspoli was a small village perched on the edge of a small inlet
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43 on the northern side of The Island. The cliffs surrounding the inlet
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44 protected it from wind and weather as well as humans. The most
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45 beautiful place I have been is standing on it's beach at sunset.
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46 An hour before the blazing ball was due to sink for yet another day I
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47 would walk along the north beach to a place where the sun's orb was
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48 aligned with the edge of the sand and water, framed between the high
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49 cliffs, then I would stare at the spectacular view until the last arc
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50 of flame had been swallowed by the sea.
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51 My time of rest and meditition would soon be coming to a close.
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52 There were things to be done in the rest of the world and
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53 tempting as Taspoli was, I could not stay here long. Boredom is
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54 a mighty and terrible force.
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55 -------------------------------------------------
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56 ***********************
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57 GREETINGS ALL:
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58 I WILL BE ENTEring the final chapter
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59 on the "great peanut butter caper "
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60 on monday night. im composing now based on the work jack entered.
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61 thanks jack..looks real good
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62 as for the oreo cookie scandle now
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63 showing at your local theater, itz
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64 comming to a end. my waist line can
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65 only handle such sweets say on tuesday
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66 nights.
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67 ttyl
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68 **********kathyd*************
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69 Mikey: I just removed a "for a good time" msg. Called the number & asked
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70 for the person whose name was in the msg. Asked If he had left his number
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71 on Backwater. "Huh? What's a Backwater?".
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72 "A computer bulletin board."
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73 "A WHAT???"
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74 "Never mind, it's being taken care of..."
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75 Thank god for second phone lines....
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76 ________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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77 --MM@20:37'20on8502.23---
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78 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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79 Troubled skies and troubled waters
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80 Troubled sons and troubled daugbhters
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81 water and waste
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82 carelessness and haste
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83 feed fanatical economists
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84 thick gooey paste
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85 -- the Dog of Rill --
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86 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
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87
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88 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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89
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90 kathyd... the last episode... sounds final to me... guess it is... ah well...
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91 i suppose if you think it has gone on long enough... fine then... sniff... more
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92 sniff... fine... but consider this what many would call a popular demand...
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93 l'homme... the dogs were nothing... it was those collars mckane seems to get
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94 into... studded leather... on the normals who work there... And the dogs too...
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95 ever since mckane started out this pornography thing... it is ever so... um...
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96 hawkwind... no offense is taken... in fact... a nice kindred feeling... do you
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97 know the feeling... if not... meyhaps you ought to now...
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98 sage... what... no response... avoiding me i guess... sorry if i leaned a bit
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99 hard on the gotcha stuff... they were merely the cries of a pathetic agennt...
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100 remember... the squeeky wheel gets the grease...
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101 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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102 tttttgtgtgtgttggtgttgtgttgtgtgtgtttgtgttgtgtgtgttgtgtgttgtgttgtgtgttgtgtgttggt
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103 Great news kathyd, to hear you kicked the habit. I know how hard it is to break
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104 such a driving force that habits can be beings that I am an expolice officer
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105 and (of course) a low profile type of individual. I've seen lives ruined and
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106 in shambles because of urges and addictions that shook the very foundations of
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107 peoples souls. So it is with great glee to hear that a great person like
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108 yourself was able to do it on her own, without help from the Schick Center or
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109 Serenity Lane. Good for you kathyd and I hope those black and white orbs never
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110 darken your life again. It's time to move on to bigger and better things in
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111 life. It's time to smell the roses and go out into the real world and really
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112 see life as it can be. With your habit licked(excuse the pun) I hope that you
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113 will be able to find something better to replace those sometimes uncontrolable
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114 urges. Might I suggest chocolate covered marshmellow filled Pinwheels?
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115 Your Ever Admiring THOR
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116 =+=- Kicked a habit Kathyd? GOOD FOR YOU!! GREAT JOB!!
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117 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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118 It seems that I have missed part of a disk. Words disappear, like rain upon
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119 water.
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120 Sage
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121 Thank you for your concern. It has been some time sence I have written here.
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122 My last entry was during a rather difficult time, but it is times like that I
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123 feel the need to write the most. I have still not seen the face in the shadows
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124 even though the dream is still with me.
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125 Prometheus, Tanya, Michael
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126 Except for here, Adrian is dead. She bids you a fond farewell, but elsewhere
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127 her voice has been silenced. The dream fortold it. I am no longer allowed to
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128 visit elsewhere.
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129 In the darkness
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130 There is laughter
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131 Adrian
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132 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ETC.^^^
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133 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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134 The piper was sitting at a back table, nursing a still-full glass of ale
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135 when a dark figure slid into the inn. Slipping unnoticed through the crowd,
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136 the figure left a dark-bordered slip of paper on the piper's table. Noticing
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137 movement from the corner of his eye, the piper looked up just in time to see
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138 the figure disappearing into the crowd.
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139 The piper picked up the paper curiously, then felt himslef racked with
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140 grief as the meaning written down there penetrated his being. Slipping out
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141 the scarred door, he walked toward the forest -- seeking solace in the
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142 silence. Here, he knew, was healing. Here was the only place that the
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143 forces of life and decay played out their eternal game in a manner that
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144 spoke directly to his wounded soul.
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145 It is one thing to realize that death is the inevitable end of each of
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146 us -- and another to emotionally realize it. The loss of a friend is
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147 hard to take, and the recovery from the loss may take a while.
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148 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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149 Agents. Agents everywhere. Some kind of convention perhaps? No... Just another day in the life of a NET agent;
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150 always alone, yet always accompanied by his peers.
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151 L'homme and Farley where at the top of a ladder leaning leaning against the side of the house on 54th in SE
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152 Portland. They were practicing their Swedish accents while posing as house painters. Fellows was steadying the ladder
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153 from below. Good thing Fellows was there, because the ladder nearly fell when the curtain covering the window suddenly
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154 flew up, and a figure peered out from the room beyond the window. But the figure didn't seem to think much of the painters
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155 outside, looking past them instead of at them. But the figure was not alone!
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156 Gaudy Minsky. It had to be! She was in the room with the as yet unnamed figure. Although a photographer might have
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157 complained about the light, there was enough for L'homme to see that Gaudy was not in the best of conditions. L'homme
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158 smiled, but for just a second. #It's not as bad as it could have been...# L'homme turned to Farley, and said in NET combat
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159 code, which sounds remarkably like Swedish, to get ready for action. "Fellows. Go around to the front and take care of
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160 the heat in the living room. Fellows nodded and set forth on his task. "Ready Farley?" "Ready!" NET's newest agent said.
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161 "I feel I could take on the entire world!" "I know what you mean.", L'homme replied. "1..2..3..Jump!"
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162 Windows certainly aren't made the way they used to be made. They are made better. The cuts and bruises would heal,
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163 eventually. No time to think about such things now. L'homme and Farley had decided to take the initiative. Surprise was on
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164 their side also. Who would expect two Swedish house painters to jump from a ladder, through a window 12 feet above the
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165 ground, and tackle anyone unlucky enough to be standing near by. The struggle was brief; L'homme stood next to the now
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166 broken window, super gun drawn and covering the mysterious man. Farley was standing next to Gaudy, Betsy at the ready.
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167 L'homme couldn't help himself. "I'm L'homme sans Parity. I'm here to rescue you!" Gaudy took the cue, and even though her
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168 head still pounded, continued, "Aren't you a little short for a NET agent?" L'homme laughed, and said, "Gaudy, they
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169 couldn't have hurt you too much. You saw through my disguise again, AND you remembered the lines to the movie!" "Well
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170 Parity, I have been...."
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171 A single report interrupted the mini-reunion. "That must be Fellows taking care of the downstairs welcoming
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172 committee." Moments later, Fellows opened the door, stepped inside, and closed the door behind him. "All done boss. NET
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173 1, Black Hats zip."
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174 "You haven't changed a bit. Still the same lack of morality. Supermen with guns." It was the black dressed man,
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175 speaking for the first time, The surprise of the preceding events obviously long gone. L'homme replied with a high
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176 degree of contempt in his voice. "That will be about enough out of you. Do you want your last words on this earth to be
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177 so vindictive? You were hurting our fellow agent, and our friend. We don't take kindly to such actions." Fellows and
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178 Farley tensed. They had both seen this look in L'homme's eyes before. They knew what was about to happen. NET agent Parity
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179 raised his gun, and carefully aimed it at the would be captor of Gaudy Minsky.
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180 "No! No! Don't kill him!" It was Gaudy jumping as best she could to her feet. "You don't know all the
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181 facts. Pleeaase!" L'homme glanced at Gaudy, his gun hand wavering a bit, but the trigger finger tightened. The man in
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182 black spoke again. "You really don't remember me, do you Esteves?" #Esteves! He knows my true first name! But how?#
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183 L'homme lowered his gun, and for the first time in a long time said, "I think I may have made a mistake..."
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184 %)_@#*%_@)#%*@#_)%*@#%
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185 Mikey: Disks arrived. I'll report ASAP.
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186 Farley: Sorry I missed you. I called but you had already left for work.
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187 %)_#@*%)_*%@)_!*%@_!)%*_!@)%*@!_)%!@_)%*!@_)%*!@_#%*!%* L'homme sans Parity *%_#@)*%_#@)%*_)@#%*!@)_%*!_@)%*!_)%*!_%!
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188 ageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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189 "A moment, please. I ought to adjust my wrappings, an odd form of clothing,
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190 I know. It does however serve the purpose, and can be applied elsewhere." The
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191 Sage sighed. Delighted in the knowledge of his new found companion. It was
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192 this knowledge that allowed for the Sage to know what questions he was going to
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193 ask, and why. It was nice to answer questions nicely.
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194 "I see you wear white, may I be so bold as to inquire why you wear the most
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195 easily stained color in the universe?" Inquired the still cloaked figure at
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196 ease next to the Sage. The odd one tipped his tankart to taste the last drops.
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197 "It is neat. All in all it is a nifty color to wear, and if I am willing to
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198 clean it occasionally, it isn' so bad as One might expect." Said the Sage, who
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199 was smiling a quite inimatible smile of content. Delightment in the diversity
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200 of two friends. The Sage continued, seeing that the Odd One was not in any
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201 rush to pose another question. "Oh, yes, I ought to mention; Because they are
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202 loose white strips of cloth, they cn be detatched and attatched easily. A very
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203 adaptive set of clothing, don't you think?"
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204
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205 "I do, but still they are rather bold. Ach, I should not talk so freely,
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206 after all, I sit before you in a fine set of chain that any man might spot at
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207 the width of the Drieges river near here. Forgive my unwarranted outburst, may
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208 I ask?" the Odd One was tryintg to be charming, and was now succeeding.
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209 "Forgiven, friend. Might I ask your name? We have sat and talked for over
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210 four days, departing only to sleep, and still I do not know your name!" Said
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211 the Sage, appearing whimsically as possible, to lighten any dampened spirits.
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212 "My name is, it is, ah, it is One if you must know. I did not choose it for
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213 me, and I knew nothing of the relevance until recently when I discovered this
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214 Inn, and the patrons therin." Said the Odd One, uneasily tapping at the table
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215 top. Playing with tapping at the grain of the oaks.
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216
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217 "Why do you not change it then? Many do, it is nothing of shame. So why did
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218 you not assume another title?"
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219 "I like this one. Please excuse the pun, it is often made."
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220 "If you like it, then why do you hide it so well? It must be difficult to."
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221
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222 "Because of teasing, it is well hidden. Only when I am sure that I will not
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223 be teased do I give t away. And I do not easily feel sure of safety. Forgive me
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224 again please? For not trusting you implicitly, of course." Meakly worded the
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225 Odd One.
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226 "No offense taken, and I do understand. Forgive me also, we have both been
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227 negligent in assuming things this day." Said the Sage, pleased in sounding so
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228 'Nifty' to his friend. I ought to be impressing this 'Odd One', thought Sage.
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229 "Shall we go then? Not an especially nice day for it, what with overcast
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230 skies and such. It ought to be a nice brisk walk of some hours or so." Said
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231 the Odd One, knowing more than he ought to know.
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232 "And might I presume how you knew where our destination was?" Asked Sage.
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233 "During a conversation about your being late all the time, you mentioned it
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234 briefly to me." Explained the Odd One, sounding trustworthy beyond measure.
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235
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236 "Alright then, prepare yourself for a four hour walk of pleasant demeanor.
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237 It is actually a nice walk, I appreciate it more since the ant problem a while
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238 ago. Care to hear some of the details of it? It was interesting, demented and
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239 sad, but interesting." Mused the Sage, delighting again, this time in the easy
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240 and simple way that this Odd One made him think.
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241
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242 And so the Sage and the One left the Inn, and started a walk through a damp
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243 and slightly darkened forest.
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244
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245 ageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage
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246 Nter
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247 *****************************************************************************
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248 T W I S T E D F R I D A Y
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249 (a true story)
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250 The night was long, the computer slow but all things concidered the jobs
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251 finished and the paperwork was completed. Kathy lay her head down on the
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252 desk and closed her eyes. The newsman would be at the front door to fill
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253 the paper rack in about 15 minutes, so just a chance to relax before the
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254 3 flights of stairs must be decended and accended. Kathy thought to herself
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255 #no don't do it, you will fall asleep faster than you can say DTR# so she
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256 dragged herself from the chair and went out to the terminal room. Logging
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257 into her favorite inn she read with interrest the messages left by travelers.
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258 after finishing her buisness at the inn, she called a few more numbers to
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259 receive the customary busy signals. Reseting the terminal she rose to go
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260 and get her daily intake of human problems(newspaper).
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261 The news was uneventfull and she absentmindently forgot to read her
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262 horror scope.(mistake number one). 8:00 am rolled around and her leadperson
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263 came in to relieve her. following her leadperson was her manager with
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264 her bi yearly performance review under his arm. Kathy grabbed a pen and
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265 sat down ready to sign and get out the door. The review was excellent the
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266 raise was acceptable, signing and leaving the department after telling her
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267 newest joke, Kathy headed out the door.
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268 She jumped into her overly beaten V.W. and headed at Mach 8 home, she
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269 was late picking up Meme because of the unexpected review. At home she
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270 cleaned out the car in less that 60 second and grabbed her ski equiptment.
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271 checking for her cash, drivers license and visa card she jumped in a raced
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272 over to Meme's. Putting on her Vuarnet's with a big finger print in the
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273 center of the right lense she hurtled to the apartment where Meme lived.
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274 Bringing her car to a stop she saw Meme comming out the door with her
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275 stuff and they were loaded up and off faster than you can say *pokeacabinboy*
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276 The two hours up to the mountain went quickly as Kathy and Meme caught up
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277 on the good gossip currently circulating Tektronix dp departments.
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278 The next thing the two knew was they were at the mountain ready to ski and
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279 the sun was shining bright. Kathy skied nonstop for about 6 hours, Meme
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280 took a couple of breaks for beers and boywatching. At the end of the
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281 day Kathy was beat and Meme was still feeling very good. It was decided
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282 that Meme drive home(mistake number two). Kathy was groaning with fatigue
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283 and her legs were shaking as they took off down the mountain. Kathy
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284 almost has her eyes closed when the car took a little jump, looking back
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285 Kathy say the cause, a large pointed rock about the size of a adult skull
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286 was spinning in the road. Kathy thought #no, im not even going to think
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287 about a flat tire, not even going to think about a flat tire, not even#
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288 HISSSS, CLUNK, CLUNK, CLUNK, "Meme, pulled over, weve got a flat" Meme
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289 nodded and pulled the car to the side of the road. Kathy got out and looked
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290 'sure enough the left front tire was flat as a road kill named frisbee.
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291 "meme" get the release for the trunk in the glove compartment." Meme flipped
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292 the latch and Kathy tried the truck, "gee what's wrong with this thing?"
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293 "it won't open" after giving it the college try for a minute, a police
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294 man drove by , seeing the two young girls in trouble he pulled up behind'
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295
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296 them and turned his lights on. "what seems to the trouble girls" the friend
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297 ly cop enquired. Kathy replied, despair in her voice" I can't get my spare
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298 tire , the trunk won't open" The police officer smiled and put on his best
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299 macho look. "that's ok girls let me at it" Kathy went to the car and flipped
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300 the trunk release and the policeman tried . After a few minutes the police
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301 man went to his car and returned with a screwdriver. pushing it up under
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302 the hood her mangled the hood for 20 minutes without the trunk opening.
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303 "ah girls, ive tried my best, ill look for a tow for you" he jumped into
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304 his car and was gone. All Kathy could see was dollar bills with wings
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305 flying out of her pocket at the thought of a tow into portland,
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306 And so Kathy started to think creatively, while Meme said "Well at
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307 least it isn't raining" Kathy turned to agree with Meme as she felt a
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308 drop of water hit her nose. Smiling she said "Meme, we need a tire, let's
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309 flag down the next V.W." and so the girls turned on the charm and within
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310 a few minutes, Ma and Pa kettle in their sky blye bug pulled over, Kathy
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311 rushed to the car as Ma kettle rolled downt he window and enquired what
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312 the trouble was.
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313 Kathy: Ill give you my drivers license, my credit cards, the rights to
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314 my first born child, if you let us use your spare tire.
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315 Ma Kettle: hold on dearie don't you have a spare?
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316 Kathy: I can't get my truck open, and my spare is in the truck with
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317 the jack.
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318 at this the older couple agreed to help. Of course Pa kettle put his
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319 share of dents into the hood trying to open it. at last a tire was
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320 being offered by the older couple. Just as the car was up on a jack
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321 and the tire was being replaced, the cop and the tow pulled up. the
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322 towtruck driver stepped out with a pair of LARGE tin snips and said,
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323 "Ill get that hood open for you little lasy" Kathy nearly fainted at
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324 the sight of the giant scissors and the tow truck man smile and
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325 him and the policeman left.
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326 And so the story ends that ma and pa kettle followed Kathy and Meme
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327 into portland, left the car up on block and took their spare home.
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328 Kathy got the address of the kind couple with a promise to send them
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329 a chistmas card every year. Meme's boyfriend came and got her and
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330 Kathy took the dead tire up to the service station in the Benz. The
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331 tire was a total. At this point Kathy was ready to fall over with
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332 fatigue. #what's that i heard about sleepy eyed women?# she drove
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333 slowly home and past the wounded car. she was asleep within 15
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334 minutes of her arival home.
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335 L U C K Y S A T U R D A Y ?
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336 Kathy awoke, and dressed. Her little car was where she had left it
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337 the night before, up on blocks, #so it wasn't just a funny dream?#
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338 She went to the front of the car and pressed the little knob, heard
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339 a click and the hood opened. She sat down in front of the car and
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340 began to laugh.
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341 ****************************************kathyd***************************
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342 i thought i might as well make it an even 100 lines, i think this is my
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343 longest ever, hopefully not too boring.
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344 *************************************kathyd***********************************
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345 --MM@15:04'35on8502.24---
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346 N
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347 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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348 I watch as she stumbles, a small cry of pain escapes her lips.
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349 Reaching out to help her, she screams back at me to leave her
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350 alone. Grasping at the crude sticks she has employed as crutches,
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351 she once again struggles to her feet. Moving slowly forward, she
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352 takes a cautious step forward again. First one, then another.
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353 Then a small pebble turns her foot, twisting her ankle. As she
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354 falls, I rush forward to catch her. Again as I touch her she
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355 screams her anger and frustration at me. It hurts and I want to
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356 help. It is frustrating to have to stand and watch my friend
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357 struggle this way. I want to help, for her success is mine.
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358 I want to reach out to her, I want to provide the steadying
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359 support she crys out for. If not physical then at least moral,
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360 as she provides me. For in truth I need that support as much as
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361 she. For I have not the strength to stand on my own.
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362 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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363 hey guys!(and gals) i have been thinking about putting up a b.b.s. of my own
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364 for quite some time now, and i have finally started working on it. i am thi-
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365 nking about making a sort of blend of this system and a "normal" b.b.s..
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366 what do you think of that? will any of you call it? it would have a couple
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367 of message bases, and also a board similar to this one. please respond,
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368 and tell me what you think about it!!?? address responses to "ME"
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369 any comments and/or suggestions are welcome!!! PLEASE RESPOND!!!
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370 mlmlmlmlmlmlmlmmlmlmlmlmlmlmmllmlmlmlml to:"me" the best bbs i can think of
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371 is probably p.a.c. forem at 245-xxxx
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372 so if you make your board like that you can't go wrong!
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373 (*) (*) mark l
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374 )
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375 /---/
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376 lmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlmlml
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377 $##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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378 L'homme: See message on CBBS/PCS. I hope I can talk to you soon, I'm afraid I'll create a disaster if I enter
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379 anything now. Forty or Fifty things are all screaming for my attention simultaneously nowadays.
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380 $##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 17:26 - 02/24/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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381 ______________________________________________________________________________
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382 Love is like an old hat, up in the closet. You put it on, but hey, it doesn't
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383 fit. Wait a minute! This isn't my hat! This must be the hat of the man who
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384 came to see my wife! But I'm not married. What is going on here?! Oh, wait.
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385 There, now it fits.
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386
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387 Now matter if they live in mud huts or igloos or glass shacks, people all over
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388 thw world want the same thing: A new house.
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389
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390 When you die, if you go somewhere where they ask you a bunch of questions about
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391 your life and what you learned about and all, I think a good way to get out of
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392 it is just to say, "No speaka English."
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393
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394 I wish I could go back in time to Pompeii, so I could warn everyone about the
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395 telephone.
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396
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397 I bet when they weren't fighting, Vikings with helpmets had to stick potatoes
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398 on the ends of the horns, so as to avoid eye pokings to fellow Vikings and
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399 lady Vikings.
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400 _________________________ A WORD FROM THE WISE _______________________________
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401 NTER
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402 KWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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403 IN EVERY PERSON THERE ARE FOUR ROOMS. THE FIRST IS THE LIVING ROOM
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404 WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL AND ALL SEE. THE SECOND IS THE DINING ROOM IN WHICH
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405 FEW ARE INVITED TO DINNER. THE THIRD IS THE BEDROOM, FEW SEE IT AND
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406 INSIDE ARE AIRY AND LACY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. THEN THERE IS THE BASEMENT>
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407 THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH A PERSONS DARKEST SECREETS.
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408 THERE ARE THOUGHTS HERE THAT SCARCELY AND RARLY REACH THE SUB-SURFACE
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409 OF CONCIOUSNESS, THE HIDDEN DESIRES AND HATES.
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410 TAKING THE CANDLE OF MY CONSCIOUS THOUGHT, I WENT TOwARD THE FOURTH D_O
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411 DOOR. THM STAIRS MADE OF ROTTEN THOUGHTS SAGGED UNDER ME; I CAME UPON A
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412 LARGE AND RUSTY DOOR. COVE@ED WITH LOCKS. THIS WAS THE DOOR
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413 THAT NOT ONLY BARS MY FEAR BUT ALSO ]MY DREAMS AND
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414 INNOCENCE.
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415 NNOCEBNCE.
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416 WHEN I FINALY ENTERED THE ROOM I FOUND MORE THAN A LITTLE DUST FROM
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417 DISUSE AND THE PLACE WAS THICK WITH COBWEBS. THIS WAS THE DUST
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418 OF PAST THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT WERE NEVER USED. THE DIM LIGHT OF MY
|
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419 CONSCIOUSNESS FLICKERED ON THE WALLS AND A SHIVER OF FEAR RAN THROUGH ME.
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420 ALONG THE WALLS AND SCATTARED ACROSS THE FLOOR WERE STRANGE YET FAMILIAR
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421 TROPHIES GOF FORGOTTEN AND PETTY TRIUMPHS>
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422 ACROSS THE ROOM WAS A SOOTY FIREPLACE, AND IN IT BURNED THE
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423 INFERNAL FIRES OF HATE. WHAT C_UGHT MY ATTENTI_N THOUGH WAS A MIRROR WHICH HUNG
|
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424 OVER THE HARTH ACROSS THE ROOM FROM ME. THE MIRR_R OR ITSELF HAD A SILVERY LOOK
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425 AND NOT A SPECK OF DUST TOUCHED IT; EVERY THING ELSE WAS THICK WITH GRIT AND
|
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426 GRIME. I SLOWLY WALKED IT WIT@H THE WSTRANGE SENCE OF ANTICAPTION.
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427 LITTLE CLOUDS OF PAST THOUGHT WERE CREATED WITH EACH FOOT FALL.
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428 MY CANDLE FLICKERED A MILLION TIMES IN T THE INFKINATE DiSTANCES OF THE MIRROR.
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429 IN THE MIRROR, FAR AWAY APPERED A SEA OF TEARS PHAT I HAD CAUSED. THE RAINBOWS O
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430 OFF TINY DEAMONS THAP WERE FLERTING`AT AT THE
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431 EDGE OF MY PERCEPTION AND MY HEARD BEAT FASTER. THEN I NOTICED MY REFLECTION IN
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432 MIRROR AND MY HORROR GREW. FOR IN THE MIRROR WAS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS
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433 BUT WHAT I AM. THE MOSTER I BEHELD WAS ALL THAT I DESPISED. THE HUNGRY LOOK OF
|
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434 SELFISHNESS DROOLED DOWN HIS FACE. THE MALACE OF A THOUSAND DIFFERENT
|
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435 KINDS OF PREJUDICES APPEARED IN HIS EYES. THAN A GOOD AND KINDDY IMAGE
|
||
436 APPERED AND MERGAD WITH THE MONSTER, TOGETHER T@EY BLENDED AND FORMED ME.
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437 THEN FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE MIRROR FLEW A DEMON THAT FILLED THE MIRROR WITH
|
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438 IT'S PRESENCE AND DEVOURED THE REFLECTION. IT WAS A SIMPLE THOUGHT, COLD AND
|
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439 STERILE. THE THOUGHT ITSELF WAS NOT EVIL IN THE NORMAL SENSE, BUT IN T IT'S
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440 TRUTH IT GNAWED AT THE CENTER OF MY BEING AND IN MY MHEART I FELT DISMAY.
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441 ITS HIDEOUS GRIN SHOWED NEEDLE-SHARP TEETH. I COULD NOT MOVE AND IN VAIN I
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442 ATTEMTED TO REFUTE IT. ALL MY SENSES HIGHTENED IN TERROR. THE DEAMON ONLY
|
||
443 GRINNED FURTHER AND IT'S EYES GLINTED WITH PURE DELIGHT. IT WAS THEN
|
||
444 ,IN SHEER COLD TERROR; A COLD`SWEAT TRICKLED DOWN MY BACK. MY CANDLE FLICKERED
|
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445 AND GREW DIM; IT'S LIGHT SEEMED TO BE ABSORBED BY THE DEAMON. I RAN FOR THE DOOR
|
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446 TRIPPED AND FELL. THE DEMON FLOWED OUT OF THE MIRROR AND SANK IT'S TALLONS.
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447 INTO MY FLESH. I WRENCHED MYSELF FREE AND SCRAMBLED FOR THE DOOR. I SHUT THE
|
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448 DOOR AND BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF; THEN A STRONG THRUST AGAINST THE DOOR
|
||
449 OPENED IT A CRACK. I COUGHT A GLIMPSE OF`THE DEMON,. ITS EYES AL WELL AS ITS
|
||
450 LAUGH MOCKED ME. WITH THE STRENGTH BORN OF FEAR I CLOSED THE DOOR AND QUICKLY
|
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451 L_CKED ALL THE LOCKS. THE DEAMON BATTERED THE DOOR FRUITLESSLY.
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452 MY VICTORY WAS A SMALL ONE, THOUGH, FOR IT'S STILL THERE. SOMETIMES I CAN HERE
|
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453 IT POUNDING, wAITING FOR MY GUARD TO L_GOWER SO THAT IT CAN ESCAPE TO TORMENT ME
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454 ONCE AGAIN. STILL I FEAR THE TH_UGHT THAT I DARE NOT THINK.
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455
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456 KWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKwKWKWKWK THE WHITE KNIGHT WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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457 PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISTAKES, THERE IS A LOT OF LINE NOISE.)
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458 Looking for the \|/. Drop a line down in CornValley. The conservatives
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459 down here a driving me nuts. Will call after big bucks and other fortunes
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460 come my (surprise) my way. Regards, BarefOOt
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461 exit
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462 HORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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463 Well, well kathyd, we're talking
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464 PULLITZER material! Loved the story
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465 and think you are letting a talent go
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466 by that should be shared and revered
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467 by all. I was completely engrossed while reading it and the ending was just
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468 terrific. It would make a greagt e
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469
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470 (excuse the mispelled GREAT) episode for a TV sitcom. Think I'll notify the
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471 three major concerns. And beings the story was a TRUE one means only that beside
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472 being a writer you are also a skiier. Is there nothing that you can not succeed
|
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473 in? I am more and more amazed each time I find myself here at the Inn.(Correct
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474 Nomenclature?) and now that you have "kicked the habit" it is obvious that you
|
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475 are on to bigger and better things. The writing is only an example of what you
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476 have inside yourself. Aren't you glad that what you have inside yourself is not
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477 OREOS?
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478
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479 :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:
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480 Now I understand why I always ask to see people's bedrooms when I first
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481 visit thier homes.
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482 Lady S.
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483 :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:
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484 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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485 L'homme--OK, message receved. Standing by for input from Kosta --- Gaudy TTTT
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||
486 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
|
||
487 WHAT IS ALL THIS INFERNAL MENTION OF KICKING THE HABIT? May not the ones have
|
||
488 noticed mention to Tuesday Night? Doesn't anyone else around here know that
|
||
489 that is the night of the weekly Oreo Appreciation Society meetings? Dark Orbs,
|
||
490 indeed! Just keep in mind: BULK IS CHEAPER! More Middle for the Dollar!
|
||
491 kathyd: before you call a halt to the ruckus (don't even think about it) leave
|
||
492 a message on my honest-to-god real-life answering machine if you can't reach
|
||
493 me. there are a few points i would like to add befoe you put in the "/30/"
|
||
494 JJJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover; VP/OAS, Oregon JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
|
||
495 OSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
|
||
496 L'homme: Allow me, thy source of confusion, the time to don yon hip boots and
|
||
497 engage with the rest into what I now know to be a tale of great consequence.
|
||
498 #My dear Kosta, what has thou gotten thyself into this time?...#
|
||
499 OSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
|
||
500 "Esteves!... Esteves!... Esteves," spoke the dark figure in confident, smooth, and commanding tones.
|
||
501 "You really don't remember me, do you? Do you? Really don't remember me? Esteves... Don't remember me..."
|
||
502 Yes, the tones were commanding and they seemed to be having an effect on L'homme in a way that didn't make
|
||
503 Farley look to comprehensive of the matter, nor Fellows to pleased.
|
||
504 "Alright Mister, enough monkey business, you can just knock it off." And with that, Fellows sent a couple
|
||
505 of rounds into an empty corner of the darkened room just to make sure his point was being taken seriously.
|
||
506 The rounds seemed to have done the job for L'homme staggered back a step, blinked, and wavered his weapon
|
||
507 back in the direction of the dark figure.
|
||
508 "Don't move, I've got you covered!" was the first thing that came to L'homme's mind. Then it all came back
|
||
509 to him. He realized that he had just been the subject of hypnotic speach, something he had prided hiself
|
||
510 for being able to recognize and ignore while in official training. Not so any longer.
|
||
511 Gaudy took another slow, and somewhat painful step to try to come between both L'homme and the dark figure.
|
||
512 "Don't kill him! You still don't understand, he's one of us!" said Gaudy in such a way as to totally
|
||
513 confuse both Fellows and Farley. "Just don't kill him..."
|
||
514 "L'homme, do you mind telling the rest of us just precisely what the heck is going on here? I mean
|
||
515 even though you get carried away at times, I'd still like to know the facts. We ARE the good guys, aren't
|
||
516 we?" asked Farley in a confused, yet demanding voice.
|
||
517 "Hold on Farley. Gaudy, are you trying to tell me that this guy is NET personnel?"
|
||
518 "Nevermore!" said the dark figure.
|
||
519 "Yes. I mean, that was before my time. You do remember when I came in, don't you?" stammered Guady.
|
||
520 "Yes, but that was because Coolidge didn't... he didn't come back..." Recolection could
|
||
521 be seen on L'hommes face. Back to the time of Bulgaria, back to the time in Nepal, back to the time in
|
||
522 Croydon. Memories flooded him, both of the good times and the bad.
|
||
523 "Coolidge? 'Back to Square One'?" said L'homme in a humbled voice.
|
||
524 "Yea, 'Send thee to Square One.' You recall well more than the passing lines from movies. We hadn't
|
||
525 used that Key Phrase in over five years. Yet how shall one attempt to ignore time spent in Nepal?" asked the dark one.
|
||
526 "Coolidge, You're back!" he said as he lowered his gun-like weapon. "Why did you do this?"
|
||
527 "Don't slip now Parity. Don't let him do anything funny to your mind," said Fellows.
|
||
528 Parity then raised his gun hand slightly. "Why?"
|
||
529 "Shall I not gain attention in an attempt to replace that which has replaced ME? I can NOT be refused.
|
||
530 Due to the nature of the dissolvement of the bonds between the illustrious NET and their one time
|
||
531 former agent, the files would have liked to have assumed me 'Missing in Action' I believe the cliche goes."
|
||
532 "No, they don't. They're missing. Can't you give a simple answer anymore? Why?"
|
||
533 "Because someone from within must bring to light that even though the Organization exists, the cause must
|
||
534 be a true one. 'The Humanity of the Service' must not be marred."
|
||
535 "Here we go again..." said Farley under his breath as he raised his other hand to support the one already
|
||
536 grasping Betsy with this dark figure in its sights.
|
||
537 "Do all you guys get this way after awhile? Start spouting philosophy?"
|
||
538 Fellows just grinned as Gaudy took another step towards the dark figure.
|
||
539 "It is not a philosophy. It is Life itself. Understand and you may live."
|
||
540 Things were going from bad to confused.
|
||
541 OSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
|
||
542 Sorry to leave on such a disorganized note, Gaudy. An emergency had just arisen
|
||
543 calling me away from my entry. Unfold the story in any of the predescribed
|
||
544 directions. Then again, I may just drop by and see you before you see this...
|
||
545 OSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
|
||
546 NT
|
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547 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
548 lchemist,
|
||
549 Perchance were you on the waters...Sunday ?...A witness to the
|
||
550 BROACHING WORLDS ??..An explosion of chutes would be an adaquate discriptsion
|
||
551 ...Even one poor soul scored a perfect " 10 "..in the stern diving competition.
|
||
552 After dropping off a wave with too much crew weight forward...
|
||
553 Can you say PITCHPOLE ? .....almost drove the boat onto the beach ! ..So much
|
||
554 for breaking in a brand new 25 footer. I would love to see film of that Olson
|
||
555 going ass over teakettle. We had no problems, ran 3/4 oz chute at 10+ kts
|
||
556 most of the time ...What a ride !
|
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557
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558 L'homme,
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559 Heh..heh...
|
||
560 MiG,
|
||
561 Snake has been sold to another ..........
|
||
562 ::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
563 WHITE KNIGHT THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH YOU CAN BLAME THE MISTAKES
|
||
564 IN YOUR MESSAGE ON LINE NOISE. SHAME ON YOU FOR TRYING TO BLAME
|
||
565 LITTLE OLD PHONE LINES FOR YOUR INADEQUACIES.
|
||
566 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (aw, c'mon)
|
||
567 It's been awile since he's been around, Modems can go soft after awhile you
|
||
568 know. Then again, it could be one of those nefarious "BAD CONNECTIONS" we
|
||
569 hear about every once in awhile...
|
||
570 WHITE KNIGHT: Sir Knight, welcome back. I hope you have received my letter
|
||
571 from the battle field?
|
||
572 tilean: Why "UNPUBLISHED NUMBER?" strange forebodings...
|
||
573 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian of KAY-EL 36:14
|
||
574 Nter
|
||
575 -------------------------------------
|
||
576 hite Knight: very nice!
|
||
577 ------------------------------Mad Max
|
||
578 ================================
|
||
579 hite knight: I don't want to ruin the party but using that story wasn't nice.
|
||
580 Maybe you should have named it 'A candle in the darkness'??? Sound
|
||
581 about right? Changing a few words doesn't change the story, the
|
||
582 real meaning is still there, whatever you do to it. Don't let me
|
||
583 spoil your fun, but maybe you should start calling yourself Castles...
|
||
584 ll: This entry won't make much sense unless you know what I am talking about.
|
||
585 The Knight should know and understand...
|
||
586 ================================ [6:26 (pm)]
|
||
587
|
||
588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa
|
||
589 Well, it seems that my little smurfs have been doing just fine while I
|
||
590 was away. Good to see all of you again, and a few new ones.
|
||
591 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf
|
||
592 ::::::::::
|
||
593 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::________
|
||
594 The STtar---> #1
|
||
595 "You are WHAT?!?!?" Sandi's mother demanded.
|
||
596 "I'm leaving home. With Frank. He's going to put me in pictures, and he
|
||
597 promosed me his boss would love me. He said that I had the aura of a star, and"
|
||
598 "The aura!!!! You actually belive that lying sonofabitch?!?!? You know
|
||
599 how many girls go off to be in pictures, with the promise of being a star?!?
|
||
600 You know how many actually make it?!?!?!"
|
||
601 "Mother, you don't know Frank!" Sandi reasoned. "He would never lie to
|
||
602 me!"
|
||
603 "Ha! I wonder how many parents who slaved away for years hear that one! No
|
||
604 daughter of mine is going to Hollywood. And do you know what a bed of iniquity
|
||
605 that place is? If you don't end up as a plaything for Frank and his rich
|
||
606 friends you'll be on the streets, selling yourself for money!"
|
||
607 "Mother, "Sandi sobbed, "Frank loves me, he told me so!"
|
||
608 "Loves the thought of taking his pleasures with you, maybe. You stay
|
||
609 away from that good for nothing, forked-tongue devil!"
|
||
610 "But Moth...."
|
||
611 "That's an order!"
|
||
612 Now in tears, Sandi wallowed off to her bedroom. #If only she could MEET
|
||
613 Frank,# She thought. She thought of last night with Frank, him telling of his
|
||
614 boss, Mr. Riobaldi, that would love to have her in his pictures. Mother
|
||
615 just didn't understand......
|
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616 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: The Jiz /// __________::::::::::________
|
||
617
|
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