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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 MAR 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 ---------------------------- Poll.
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21 I too was at the clackamas college computer testing. My teem of three
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22 made it to the finals (how, I'll never know) and I'm not sure how we did
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23 in there. After the computer was deleting every line past 110 we moved
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24 to another one, the one that made that horrible sound when turned on.
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25 Well, I typed in the programs that would take us to the stars, if they
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26 worked!
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27 Who else was there braving all odds to get the programs in before the
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28 buzzer? Before all the extra points ran out? Who knows, I might have saw
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29 you there...
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30 ---------------------------- Poll.
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31 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././.
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32 The Wizard watched the interplay between these two still alien individuals.
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33 It looked like some sort of quest was about to begin. The Wizard uttered a
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34 single word that bent the rays of light around him, rendering him invisibl e in
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35 the physical plane.
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36 He collected himself, and prepared to go. This Koala creature drew too
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37 much curiousity to let go uninvestigated,...
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38 /././././././././././././././The Wizard/./././././././././././././././././
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39 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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40 MiG - Fic-tion \'fik-shun\ n 1a: something invented by the imagination or
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41 feigned; SPECIF: an invented story < distinguish fact from ~ >.
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42
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43 By this definition my story is not fiction, though parts of it are
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44 mere percetions of the truth.
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45 entropy - please visit here again.
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46 Harlequin
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47 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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48 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (beconning)
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49 By experience, not all come when called. It is a good wish though.
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50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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51 Then in the morning, the young Master West awoke to find that he was left
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52 behind. This did not bother him greatly for he knew that once he had made
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53 contact with the one he had sought out, things would return to some semblence
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54 of normality in due time. The few hours spent with the piper in discussion
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55 the night before had unlocked a few doors for the boy and had pointed him in
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56 a direction he found suitable. Another thing he noticed was the pipers habit
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57 of fidgiting with the sleek figurine every once in awhile- distracted but
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58 never sidetracked. As the boy stood and shook off the sleep from his limbs,
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59 he noticed that the Innkeeper had already risen and was busy with preparing for
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60 the coming day. Tables were cleaned and straitened, glasses were polished
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61 and stacked in appropriate order, and a steaming mug of hot cider was to be
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62 found beside the boys place of rest. He was deeply touched at the strangers
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63 display of interest. "If only I could tell him how much *I* appreciate
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64 the ability to have visited," was his thought. There would be a way...
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65 (bells in the night!?! sorry.)
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66 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian of tired children 62:03
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67 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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68 film fan:thank you for that nice caustic missive. actualy, you attended PSU and studied C.S.
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69 I find the difference in attitudes shown by you to be quite interesting. When you think you
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70 have anonimity, you take great joy in slashing away, and yet are perfectly friendly when true
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71 names are known. You forget my old habits, I do not forget yours.
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72 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ?-
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73
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74 and some people say that net is dead and gone... some people think naziism is
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75 dead and gone too... some people believe the earth is round... which one can we
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76 all flock to believe...
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77 my bet is one the round earth and i suppose... so is the voice of most of my
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78 friends... then again... it marvels the mind to see what the brain can do...
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79 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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80 Let us not forget how nice
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81 user friendly month was.
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82
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83 I to have watched the work here, if only for the last couple of months, and felt
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84 that the writing at this time has taken quite a turn.
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85
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86 A toast to the familiar
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87 A toast to the new
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88 And even the silent
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89 Here's a toast to you
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90 from THE TIN MAN
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91 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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92 THIS IS MARCH 3, 1984
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93
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IS IS REALLY KIND OF A BOARING DAY
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94
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NOTHING ON T.V. BUT SPORTS
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95
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I GUESS IT JUST SHOWS THAT PEOPLE
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96
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WHO OWN A COMPUTER SPEND THEIR TIME
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97
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TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER
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98
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JUST A THOUGHT?
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99
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BYE Y'ALL
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100
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CHRISS
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101 *******************************************************************************
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102 the final chapter (at last)
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103 The morning broke thru the windows and the persons within were stirring,
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104 monday morning had come to be.
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105 ****phone call*** more later******************kathyd****************************
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106 as threatened im back
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107
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108 The preceding week had been a real downhill track for our adventuresome, devious
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109 foursome, and ill explain why. The great peanut butter caper fell over on it's
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110 side and kicked twice before dying. Although the "Jimmy" caper had gone exactly
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111 as planned and the entire Peter Pan supply was destoyed; one small element had
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112 been forgotton in the major plan.
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113 ****anotherphonecallgeeimpopulartoday***morelater***ieeee****kathyd*************
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114 AND MODEST TOO???
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115 k e nd k e n dee
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116
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117
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118
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119 KARATE QUOTE
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120 No matter what happens,
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121 No matter how difficult
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122 or impenetrable things seem,
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123 just keep training and you
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124 will find the trut
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125 h
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126 --- Teruyki Ozaki
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127 JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT HELP OUT SOME OF THE KARATEKA ROUND HERE!
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128 AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT PERTAINS TO WRITING AS WELL, AND WRITING WELL
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129 FOR THAT MATTER
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130 KARATE XXXXX
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131 QUOTE
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132 PS. SORRY KATHY I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH THE KYBD AND SCREWED UP A LINE IN
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133 YOUR STORY!
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134 YRROS
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135 SORRY
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136 ...................................................................
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137
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138 maybe
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139 just maybe
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140 with all my heart
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141 I love you,
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142 chris.
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143 and with this
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144 you turn and walk away..
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145 one salt tear slides down my face
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146 and dries in a saline web
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147 the spider of despair has spun.
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148 he won't be held,
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149 my moth, by webs
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150 or promises.
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151 he walks on coals
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152 and flies through fire
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153 seeking flame
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154 be wary, moth,
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155 of candles...
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156 they burn bright
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157 and hot.
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158
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159 ..................................................Entropy.......................
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160 entropy : very very "excellent"; (excellent for lack of a better word)
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161 ********************************************************************************
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162 modesty? depends on the situation i guess.... NO im much to outgoing to be be
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163 modest. (think big and you will be to the stars)(
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164
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165 anyway, where was i? oh yes the gpc...
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166
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167 Our young executives had forgotton they were not the only manufactures of peanut
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168 butter in the country.
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169 Tony sat back and took a long drag on his cigarette. "Let's go and knock off
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170 Annette, couldn't hurt."
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171 Tina gave him a cautious glance and replied. "No my dear, we have been beaten at
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172 our own game. I had no idea Skippy was such a popular brand.
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173 Sales of Skippy peanut butter had soared since the shortage of PeterPan had
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174 become apparent, leaving our bunch up to their ears in peanut butter. The group[
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175 was quiet as Jack brought in the morning paper.
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176 ******anotherphonecallgeeidon'tevergetthemunlessimloggedinrats***morelaterkathyd
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177 DOE
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178 Note to Kathy: Unplug your phone. Cuts down on the rings....
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179 Or leave it off the hook. Then we could all see the final chapter in one part.
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180 '-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'-'
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181 *********************************************************************
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182 Regor became aware of someone addressing him from the other side of the
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183 Inn. As he sat at the table with his back to the wall, he measured
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184 the tension in the room. As the noise level of the Inn dropped Regor
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185 took his hand off the mug of Ale before him and felt in control of the
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186 situation. His assurance was born of the results of past encounters as
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187 well as the vague shape he felt in his left armpit. Their eyes locked
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188 for a full count of ten. The noise level rose to normal as Regor's
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189 antagonist chose to wait for an opponent easier to intimidate. The
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190 Innkeeper brought Regor another Ale. He slowly finished his drink
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191 then went outside into the night. He retrieved his pack from under
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192 some leaves and placed it on his shoulders. He stared at the warm glow
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193 coming from the Inn and wondered if the regulars would welcome his return
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194 or rather he left them alone. The decision was made to return if his
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195 mission would allow it. Regor turned and walked into the night.
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196 ***********************************************************************
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197 *********************Regor shall return********************************
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198 ***********************************************************************
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199 Person who left the Karate Quote: Your fancy editing only looks ok on YOUR
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200 screen. Bw only recognizes, Backspace, Delete, Form Feed, & Line Feed. any
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201 other editing must be done with the RE or CH commands (type "HELP" if you
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202 don't know what I'm talking about)
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203 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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204 All Net Operatives: Please bring a list of the exchanges that are NOT
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205 toll calls from your residence to the bi-weekly meeting. If you cannot
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206 attend, send the list by any SECURE means available.
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207 Ada Lovelace
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208 (for the Director)
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209 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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210 RYR I'M SORRY ABOUT THE EDITING! IT SURE LOOKED NEAT FROM THIS END
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211 THOUGH! OH WELL, I FOUND OUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUGH.
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212 THIS TIME I CALLED BACK USING A TERM PROGRAM THAT RUNS FROM CP/M
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213 AND THE QUOTE AND ALL THAT FANCY EDITING LOOKED SHI**Y!! OH WELL I
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214 GUESS I'LL RE ENTER IT AT A LATER DATE! WITHOUT ALL THE FANCY STUFF
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215 KARATE QUOTER
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216 what fancy stuff? Looked kinda dull from here.
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217 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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218 entropy - thank you.
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219 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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220 *_@)*^)_@#$*^_)#*^_)#*$^#_!)$&$%_)*^&_)$#^#$)(^_)#*^_)#$*^!_+)#*$^_)#*_)!*#^_^
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221 "Quiet!", whispered L'homme. "Company is coming, and I think it is
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222 four-wheel drive company..."
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223 The group of former and current NET agents, huddled in the mountain
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224 cabin, then heard the shouts of men, and the sounds of not one, but many
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225 vehicles coming up the twisty snow covered road. L'homme and Fellows,
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226 weapons drawn, took up positions behind the front windows. Farley trained
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227 Betsy in Kosta's general direction, to ensure any ideas of escape remained
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228 ideas, and Gaudy Minsky, now armed with her own Walther PPK 7.65mm, courtesy
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229 of L'homme, watched the rear.
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230 "I don't think these guys have come asking for direction to Meadows.",
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231 quipped Fellows.
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232 "Always with the jokes. Someday you may find your humor out of place.",
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233 growled L'homme.
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234 #No sense of humor any more,# pondered Fellows, while keeping a look-
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235 out towards the front. Men were deploying all around the cabin. One man seemed
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236 to be doing most of the directing. Now aloud, Fellows whispered to L'homme, "
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237 You recognize the man in charge, don't you?"
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238 L'homme had recognized him all right. Flemming! #What is he doing
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239 here? And what's with all the artillery?# "I think he has gone off the deep
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240 end. Gaudy, come over here. Your old friend Flemming has come to pay a visit."
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241 Before Gaudy Minsky could get to the other room, an amplified voice
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242 boomed, "Gaudy Minsky! I know you are in there. Come out with your hands up
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243 and you guns down. There is no escape. I traced your car here. L'homme can't
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244 help you this time. You'll never disobey a NET order again. Come out now and
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245 I'll be easy on you!"
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246 Fellows peeked over the window sill, and was greeted by a volley of
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247 automated small arms fire turning the area around the window into splinters.
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248 "Gaudy, you sure have a way of making friends and influencing people, don't
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249 you?", he said to the now crouching NET agent.
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250 L'homme motioned Gaudy back. "NET procedure for such a situation is
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251 absolute quiet. If we keep the enemy from knowing our exact positions and
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252 numbers inside the building, we minimize their chances of getting in a lucky
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253 shot. We can assume Flemming has gone completely mad, pursuing some perverse
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254 personal vendetta against Minsky. He doesn't know the rest of us are here,
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255 since we all came in Gaudy's old car."
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256 "And a tight fit it was, even with the rest of Fred's parts in the
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257 trunk." Farley interjected.
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258 "OK, Minsky! Have it your way!" Flemming's voice was even more
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259 malevolent thanks to the megaphone. "Let's see how you like cooked Fiat!"
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260 An explosion rocked the cabin, and all of its inhabitants. The reactions
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261 told the sad story.
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262 "My car!!!", sobbed Gaudy.
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263 "Fred!", yelled Farley.
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264 "Our escape.", said L'homme.
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265 "There is no way down this mountain.", returned Fellows.
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266 "What's a NET agent to do?", said Kosta, apparently not realizing the
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267 jeopardy of the situation.
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268 "Need I say more?", taunted the voice outside. "My men could simply
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269 rush your little hideout, and kill you, but I want that pleasure for myself.
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270 I don't mind waiting to see your pretty face Gaudy. I can wait out here as
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271 long as you can wait in there. Longer actually." And then he laughed. A laugh
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272 of such nefarious and loathsome tones that even the trained agents within
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273 the cabin could not deny its chilling effects.
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274 Minutes passed, and it began to snow again. L'homme, Farley, Minsky,
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275 and Fellows worked quickly and silently, using their NET training to fortify
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276 their position. Farley broke the silence. "How could this happen? "How could a
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277 NET agent as good as Flemming turn bad?"
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278 "Perhaps I can answer that." It was Kosta, who was still bound at the
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279 wrists and ankles. "But first you must untie me. These NET knots are getting
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280 rather uncomfortable. Besides, I know how we can get out of here."
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281 L'homme's response contained the appropriate amount of skepticism.
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282 "Sure Kosta. The Enterprise should be in position any second now. All we have
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283 to do is give Scotty the word, and..."
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284 "I admire your brevity in the face of such odds, but I kid you not.
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285 Listen to me, and we'll all get out of this alive. But first, these knots!"
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286 *%_#$*_)@^*)_@#*^)_@#*^_@)#*$^@^* L'homme sans Parity *%_@#)*%_@#)*%@_)!*%_)%*
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287
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288 Mikey: Well, your program works on a regular PC, but I guess you already knew that didn't you. I'll bring all the
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289 results Thursday. By the way, I had never really seen your terminal program in action before, but after using it
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290 this afternoon, I am quite impressed. I like the help screens, and the number of options available is great. I even
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291 got it wotking with an old Racal Vadic 3400 modem. I can't wait to see version 3.0!
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292 Joshua: Message received and understood. <green>
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293 *)_$#)_^*_#)^*_#)*@_)*^)_@#*^_#)*^_)*^_!)*^_)$*^_)!#$*^!_)^*!_#)^*!_#^*!_^*!_
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294
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295 film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film
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296 Like they say Mig, a good defense is a strong offense. I always knew
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297 I couldn't fool the all powerful man of pink cards. Who am I to be so
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298 bold in my assumptions? I don't quite know what your problem is, but
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299 I have my suspicions. Too bad really. Since you seem to know so much
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300 about what I have and have not taken in school, perhaps you can also
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301 warn me in the future when I use material from other classes you have
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302 taken. Far be it from me to attempt to recycle old notes. Tsk Tsk!
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303 As for being caustic; that remains in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps
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304 a little oversensitivity is the problem here. When one looks for
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305 conflicts, big or small, one is rarely disapointed. I would suggest
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306 dropping the whole thing, BW doesn't seem the place for such
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307 carrying-ons.
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308 The Jiz: Your comments are interesting. An important point is that
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309 analyzing a film should never come in the way of enjoying it. While
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310 editing is an important aspect of any film, a poor job, or even a
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311 'noticeable' job would not entirely ruin a film for me, when there is
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312 so much else that is happening. Being not totally unfamiliar with the
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313 problems that arise after the actors go home and the actual filming
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314 is done; pressures from the front office and such, I can see how
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315 such things may end up being rushed. Sometimes there is simply not
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316 time or budget to do a perfect job. But when the editing is smooth,
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317 what a joy!
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318 film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film fan film
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319 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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320 L'homme: Received Message, Reply on PCS.
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321 Ada: Do you mind if I give that information to L'homme to be relayed to you?
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322 Poll: Gee, were you in that tiny room (217)? I was the tall, dark haired guy in glasses at the left front table. My
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323 partner was the loud one with the strange sense of humor (he puts the END statement in line 666).
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324 #$##$##$##$##$#
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325 "Fred," I moaned. No telling how that explosion twisted the myriad of Fred's parts in the trunk.
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326 "...just untie these ropes, and I'll show you a way out of here," someone was saying. Kosta. L'homme was standing
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327 over him with a now-tell-me-another-fairy-tale-before-i-go-to-bed look on his face. Fellows and Gaudy were low to the
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328 wall, intently listening to the sounds outside.
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329 "For the second time, Kosta, I don't believe you," L'homme said.
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330 "Wait, L'homme. Kosta, why would YOU know of any way out of here?", I asked.
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331 "I've visted a few of the lesser-used hideouts, and, how shall I say it, modified them."
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332 "Give us a bit of knowledge that will prove you're not lying."
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333 "Esteves, find the basement trap-door. There's a padlock on it, there wasn't before. The combination is 23-19-24.
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334 In the basement, there is a subterranean tunnel that goes 50 yards down the mountain. It was used as a jumping-off
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335 point for skiing. There's six sets of skis in the basement."
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336 "Are you saying that we should use the tunnel and ski down this mountain?"
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337 "Exactly. Now untie me."
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338 "Why should we? We can guide you down."
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339 "Well, there are two reasons. One, there's a combination lock on the outer door of the tunnel, too- on the inside.
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340 Two, the way down the mountain is, well, difficult. Several hazards hinder progress down the mountain until the next
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341 cabin. Trees, large rocks, the slope itself..."
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342 Fellows and Gaudy had been listening in by now, and their faces reflected sheer disbelief. Not in Kosta, however.
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343
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344 L'homme seemed to be believing him.
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345
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346 "Forget it, L'homme. I'm not skiing down this pile of rock. Especially when there's rocks and trees in the way that
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347 just LOVE to down someone," Gaudy said.
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348 "Count me out, too, L'homme. Flying into a tree isn't my idea of a good time," Fellows said.
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349 "That goes double for me. I don't mind the rough route so much as the bullets that will follow us down," I said.
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350 "All right, any other ideas?" L'homme asked us.
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351 Just then, someone did come up with an idea.
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352 "All right, Gaudy!" Flemming yelled. "I'm giving you just 5 minutes and then we're going to break in!"
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353 "He sounds like a bad western," Fellows quipped.
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354 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 12:04am - 03/04/1985 #$##$##$##$##$#
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355
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356 Flemming quipped a while back inside the cabin, before he made his nifty
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357 suprise party a twisted reality of sorts. How did he do that? It would help
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358 me well on my road to gneneral and overall divinity.
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359
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360 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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361
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362 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnop
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363 Farley: a padlock with a combination? So that's what the NET labs are
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364 coming out with these days.
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365 AZQUIE
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366 ~}|{zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba`_^]\[ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA@?>=<;:9876543210
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367 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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368 Eugene: It pains me to gain the information that You shall not be in
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369 attendance at the next Departmental meeting. I did so plan on
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370 conversing with you the concepts I had in mind. Prehaps another?
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371 Esteves: Is it possible that Eugene knows not who I am? The idea amuses me.
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372 Entropy: It seems that our similarities/differences are not that much
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373 different any longer. Or am I mistaken, was that also a "dated"
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374 entry as was the grief-ridden one before it?
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375 I shall return the call to TANIS. I am confused once more...
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376 Et al: Tis it once again my "roll of the dice"? [Suppose so...]
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377 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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378
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379
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380 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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381 THE HARLEQUIN: YOUR MANNER OUTSHINES MY ATTEMPTS. I WISH I COULD
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382 WRITE SUCH "STORIES" AS YOURS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THEM
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383 FIRST. PLEASE CONTINUE IF IT DOESN'T HURT SO MUCH.
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384 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- --+ JUGGLER +-- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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385
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386 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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387 Ode to Psychotherapy
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388
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389 Freud sat with pen in hand
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390 His clipboard neatly lined
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391 And peeled back his cranium
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392 To see what he would find
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393
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394 He checked the cracks and creases
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395 He looked for quite some time
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396 Then he grabbed a putty knife
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397 And scraped off all the slime
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398
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399 He put it on a tabletop
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400 And watched it roll around
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401 Then he called his friends up
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402 To show them what he'd found
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403
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404 This is my discovery
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405 I think I'll call it Id
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406 I'll bet Gestalt is furious
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407 I found it 'fore he did
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408
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409 So forget your split-brain theory
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410 Group therapy and your EST
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411 When it comes to psychotherapy
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412 It's Freud this I like best
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413
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414 But I haven't told the best part
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415 The part that I like most
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416 The reason that I hold so dear
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417 Ol' Freud's departed ghost
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418
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419 You see, after all his friends had gone
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420 He set aside his pen
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421 Then he took his putty knife
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422 And put it all back in
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423 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/]
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424 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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425
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426
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427 CONSERVATION OF BOREDOM!!!!!
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428
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Since the dawn of time there has been a conservation of
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429
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boredom.
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430
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First there was primordial soup, and it was good---but after several
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431
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billion years and unsuccessful parcheesi (?) games, it was
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432
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boring.
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433
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Then there was the dinosaur, and things pycked up a bit---but after
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434
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a long and unfruitful food chain, they gave it up and much of
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435
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their bordom became irrecoverable, compressed into crude oil
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436
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along with them.
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437
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Then there was the cave man, and the invention of kinky sex really
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438
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warmed the caves--- but bordom caught up and sex was legalized
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439
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and institutionalized.
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440
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Now we stand on the threshold of yet another bordom plateau. Earth
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441
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itself has become an object of our bordom. It has been explioted
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442
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and raped in every way possible and there is just nothing left
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443
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to do. The last hope we have left to relieve bordom is nuke the
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444
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baby---but can even genetic mutation rid us of the conservation
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445
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of bordom?????
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446
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ROZ.
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447 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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448 I AM TRYING TO FIND A CARMEN SMITH. ANYONE KNOWING HER, PLEASE!! ASK HER
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449 TO CALL THE 800 NUMBER. I MUST TALK TO HER, THANKS.........!!!!!!!!!!KEN
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450 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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451
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452 Hey, Carmen! Hey, you! Yeah, you, Carmen! Call the 800 number, OK?
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453 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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454 Kathyd - Next time you are at Fridays, writing on the back of placemats, come
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455 up to the bar and say "hello" to THE TIN MAN. I'm the only bartender
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456 there with a beard.
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457 I have a lot of placemats sticking out of the ends of my journal.
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458 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/]
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459 ******************************************************************************
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460 Regor swung further east than needed on his journey to the Garthian
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461 settlement. Avoiding trails he traveled cross-country until he was
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462 overlooking the reason for the detour. The sun had set four long hours
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463 ago and below him the warm glow of the Inn invited him to return. Regor
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464 waited several minutes watching the Inn and waiting for that feeling that
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465 always came to warn or reassure Regor about upcoming situations. Stashing
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466 his pack in some bushes Regor approached the Inn with caution. Upon
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467 entering Regor scanned the room and went to a corner table where he sat
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468 his back to the wall. Several faces seemed to have been here during an
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469 earlier visit. A few, like himself, seemed to be outsiders who were here
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470 for reasons of their own. The Innkeeper caught his eye and raised a glass
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471 of Ale. Regor smiled and nodded yes. The Ale came and the Innkeeper left
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472 leaving Regor to his thoughts. No one seemed to notice when Regor left.
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473 Shouldering his pack Regor watched the Inn for several minutes then
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474 continued the journey to the settlement.
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475 *****************************************************************************
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476 ................................................................
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477 PAM: Why is the songbird silent?
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478 ...........................The poet.............................
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479 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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480 Roz: Threshold of a boredom plateau? Earth itself the object of boredom? You
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481 are absolutely right; that's how it usually looks to a species that's aready to
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482 expand into a larger environment, yet whose vision is as yet too narrow to
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483 perceive that its range is NOT limited to a single planet. I do not criticize
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484 you personally for this attitude, since it pervades Earth's culture. It is in
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485 fact a major indication that a new plateau has been reached (as is the
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486 unfortunate notion that to nuke the planet will be the ultimate way out).
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487 Boredom has a place in the scheme of things; it serves to prod cultures into
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488 efforts they might not otherwise be motivated to make. There's a whole universe
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489 out there to explore, and species busy exploring it don't have to let off steam
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490 by nuking worlds; they've got more constructive outlets. But it's sad to see
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491 how many people hereabouts really do believe that there's "just nothing left to
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492 do". Wake up, Earthlings! Do you really suppose that one small world orbiting
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493 one small sun is all that exists to occupy your attention?
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494 ooooooooooooooooooooooooo OBSERVER FROM ANOTHER GALAXY ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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||
495
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||
496 I'm Jay Anderson. Whoever is using my name here (which thank god has been
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497 deleted) and other systems, please stop. Sure, I'm rude ocasionally, but I'm
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498 not that rude! I'm no demon and I'm no assassin either. I don't want my name
|
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499 curtailed to your stupid insults. Please stop, is all I can say. I really
|
||
500 don't care what you say about other people, but don't use my name. It seems
|
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501 I've got people who decided that they want to be me. But, come on! That isn't
|
||
502 very nice, you've probabley made a bunch of people out there hate me. That
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503 was the idea?
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504 Tanya, Allow me to apologize for any offence I or any of my imposters may
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||
505 have caused you here and on other systems as well.
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506 Spectral One, Like I said: I don't care who you're going to critize, just
|
||
507 don't use my name, the one you had chosen seemed fine to me.
|
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508 If this continues, I'm likely to become an assassin! Sorry.
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509 Sincerely, Jay Anderson
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510 ````````
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511 JUGGLER: Don't think so harshly of yourself, I don't.
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||
512 TIN MAN: Wonderful!
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513 ```````
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||
514 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::________
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515 Roz. --- A thoughroughly enjoyable thought (except for the extra LF's), but,
|
||
516 come now, do you really think that death would relieve our eternal boredome,
|
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517 or was that just sarcasm? Anyhow, the world is a pretty boring place. That is
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||
518 why Backwater was created: to provide a place to creatively and intelligently
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||
519 reelieve the boredom of at least the small modem-owning segment of society.
|
||
520 Perhaps if all the world owned modems, we wouldn't need to worry about
|
||
521 nuclear war? Crime? Kinky sex?
|
||
522
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||
523 Film Fan--- Yes, you are right about that one. Technical quality is, for me,
|
||
524 always a second consideration when reporting on a film; entertainment level
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||
525 always comes first. Take the recent "epic" Dune for example. I really
|
||
526 loved the film, but a few of the technicians must have been on quaaludes
|
||
527 when working or something. I meanthis one
|
||
528 had pretty choppy editing, and directing could have been better (Lynch
|
||
529 did far better with The Elephant Man), but when my friends asked me how I
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||
530 liked the flick, I gave it raves. Just goes to show what the REAL purpose
|
||
531 of films are in our society. Take that, Gene Siskal!!!
|
||
532
|
||
533 Entropy- Entropy does it again! PLease check The the usual place for a note
|
||
534 I have left for you.
|
||
535
|
||
536 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: \he Jiz /// __________::::::::::________
|
||
537
|
||
538 (Sorry, Pam, I couldn't resist)
|
||
539
|
||
540
|
||
541 ---------------------------- Poll.
|
||
542 Farley- Yes, I did see you up there in the left front. You were one of
|
||
543 the first ones done. The teem that I was in was last. Oh well. We
|
||
544 were seated at the very back middle. I was the one with the Blue and
|
||
545 white lettermans coat. Anyway, those problems were fun, too bad my
|
||
546 partners didn't finish thiers. At least we made it to the finals...
|
||
547 ---------------------------- Poll.
|
||
548 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
549 Newsbreak: a revolutional new way to create mind zonking bordom has just been
|
||
550 discovered in Lake Oswego, Oregon! The method is simple but effective. Just
|
||
551 start work on a term paper two days from the due date, and work solidly for 4
|
||
552 hours in a row! Your brain will start to enter a zombie like state. Works so
|
||
553 well it should be patended. Film at 11...
|
||
554 -------------------------------Mad Max in a warped state of mind--------------
|
||
555 *_#*%_#@)*%_)*%^_#)!$^*_#)!^_+#!)*^_#)*^!)_+#$*^_)#$*^!#*^_!)#*^_!*^_#)!*^!_#
|
||
556 Mikey! Good news! Results are in. PCjr: 2.4 and 2.6 mhz. Also, and this was
|
||
557 a bit of a surprise, COPYLINK worked with the COM2: version. COM1: was dead.
|
||
558 I dialed, got a bunch of busy signals, downloaded some stuff (finally), and
|
||
559 everything ran fine. COPYLINK is really nice! The more I use it the better
|
||
560 I like it. As a diehard CROSSTALK then PROYAM fan, I though no other term
|
||
561 program could wrangle a way into my modeming heart, but COPYLINK has. If you
|
||
562 have room for beta-testers on Version 3.0, I would be happy to accomodate. If
|
||
563 you already have a network of designated testers, I understand. You'll get
|
||
564 ALL the results on Thursday, see you then. I will be a little late, so don't
|
||
565 get too worried when I don't show up at 7:30pm.
|
||
566 All others leaving messages to me:They have been received and files. Responses
|
||
567 forthcoming.
|
||
568 *)%@_%*@_)#%*_)@#*^_)#$*^_)*^_ L'homme sans Parity *%_#)*%@_#)*%_@#)%*_@)*%@
|
||
569 r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm
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570 Using boredom as a motive for desrtoying our lovely home (as of yet, Earth is
|
||
571 not only Room Enough, it's all we've got). Well, I suppose it's better than
|
||
572 doing it out of disgust or, as I have wanted to do, out of a desire to see how
|
||
573 far you can push. I was younger and more in love with my intellect then, I had
|
||
574 mistaken coldness for empiricism. But I digress.
|
||
575 I don't think it's out of boredom that we are pacticing how to make things go
|
||
576 Boom, and BOOM, and boom. I think, rather, that we're curious. Mankind has been
|
||
577 given a marvy, neato-keen, chemestry set with no rules (don't you hate social
|
||
578 metaphores?). Being young and precocious, we are trying to figure out the rules
|
||
579 for ourselves, mostly by breaking them, but were're learning. If we were bored,
|
||
580 we'd have started playing with a new toy by now, like that model spaceship in
|
||
581 the corner.
|
||
582 And about sex being boring. I understand that all of you are YEARS older than
|
||
583 me, but I don't think it's become "Just not what it used to be, my dear.". Not
|
||
584 quite.
|
||
585 Oh, I've decided that you folks are stuck with me and my opinions. I've tried
|
||
586 using other names, but I get the same response. So, I'm just going to have to
|
||
587 keep entering until I come up with something worthwhile.(That last comment is
|
||
588 not, I repeat NOT, a plea for acceptance.
|
||
589 Sarah R. McKinlay AKA Lady S. AKA Jamila Morgan
|
||
590 r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm r/sm
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||
591 If anyone enyone (except Cystop Mikey) daleates this, I'll just start entering
|
||
592 MORE often.
|
||
593 ............................................................................
|
||
594
|
||
595 Simon and Garfunkle
|
||
596 in the adjoining room
|
||
597 are Homeward Bound
|
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598 (the empty feeling gnaws at me,
|
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599 sharp teeth, dull pain)
|
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600 Outside Chris' window there is
|
||
601 youthful chatter,
|
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602 drunken laughter
|
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603 (curled in a chair, and
|
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604 my blue eyes grey with clouded thought)
|
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605 The party down the hall
|
||
606 is full of happy people
|
||
607 and the keg is full of Blitz
|
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608 (i look and look
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609 but fail to see)
|
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610 The record ends.
|
||
611 (silent tears slide slowly
|
||
612 down my face, silvered
|
||
613 snail-trails on a summer sidewalk--
|
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614 my childhood rushes back, too late.)
|
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615
|
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616 .....................................................Entropy...............
|
||
617 ********************************************************************************
|
||
618 only a couple of lines left. i guess the final part of the final chapter will
|
||
619 have to wait untill tommorrow. next time i promise ill ignore the phone.
|
||
620 kinky sex boring? somebodies got a screw loose(chuckle).
|
||
621 Entropy: terrific!!!!!!
|
||
622 ************************************kathyd***seeyaatfridays*********************
|
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623 After hanging up, the JUGGLER covered his face. Yes her answers were good, too good. He might try to hold back the tears.-+-.
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