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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 5 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 L'homme: Interesting about the Jr, about as I expected, the Hardware is fixed
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21 at the com2 location, and it is only switched via software. The question is,
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22 why? It only confuses the whole issue. Oh well, who can ever understand why
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23 IBM does anything? Glad to hear you like COPYLINK, I think you'll enjoy 3.0
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24 even more, it has a langauge built in, not you faky script file type thing,
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25 but a basic like language. It is based on the original COPYLINK instruction
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26 format with extentions. It will be going back into beta test again (after
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27 the last batch of fixes/changes) in about a week or so. I'll bring along the
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28 errata sheet for the 2.41 version which tells how to fix some bugs in the
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29 xmodem xfer and log strings. It also has a patch for boosting the speed
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30 of operation when running under dos 2.0 and above. (Fools it into thinking
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31 it is running under dos 1.0) It seems there was too much checking going on
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32 under dos 2.0 so everything started to slow down a bit. I'll also bring
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33 the manual. A quick note, to down load to BWMS via COPYLINK, setup the
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34 end of line function. To do so enter the command "SET EOL" It will respond
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35 with "Not configured, you you want to change it?" You respond by entering
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36 "Y", It will then respond by giving you a short editing menu for the SET
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37 command, and leave the cursor sitting at the left margin. At this point,
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38 type the following (letters in CAPs) "<cr><esc>Z10<ret><esc>X". <cr> means
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39 enter a return, and <esc means type an escape. What this does is when you
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40 do a Blind send, it will look for a CR/LF pair in the file, and when it
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41 finds it it will replace it with the EOL string. in this case the EOL string
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42 being '(0D)(8A)' which is send a carraige return, and wait one second.
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43 The delay was entered by typing the <esc>Z10<cr> Where the <esc>Z tells the
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44 editor that the data following is a command and not data, and the '10' is
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45 is the delay time in tenths of seconds. (1-99 allowed). The <esc>X tells
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46 the editor that you are done, and returns you to command mode. In reality,
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47 what the <esc>Z does is to add 80H to the number you add after it and
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48 when the string is processed it sees the 8th bit on and knows that it is
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49 a command byte, and not a data byte. Normally anything you type is assumed
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50 to be data to be transmitted. An exception to this is if you enter 3
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51 numeric digits instead of 2 or 1, in which case the 80H will not be added
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52 on, and the decimal value given will be directly encoded into the string
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53 thus to be able to send a null, you could enter '<esc>Z000'. note that
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54 no CR is required, since the 3rd digit automaticly terminates the ESC Z
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55 funtion. Typing <esc>Z0<cr> is a special command that modifies the wait
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56 command into an idle command. That is if it is entered before the wait
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57 command '(0D)(80)(8A)' it says to wait until there has been no data recv'd
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58 for one second. I have found that this combination has allowed me to be
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59 able to transmit to over 90% of the systems I've encountered. And for that
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60 extra 10% there are even more commands available. But rather then describing
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61 them here, I'll bring yo the manual thursday, and you can see them yourself.
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62
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63 Pam, I'm waiting for that next installment.... <ahem>
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64 (better hurry before I use up the disk with junk like that above!)
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65 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************:
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66 P.S. L'homme: to do xmodem xfers, be sure to turn 'MULTI' OFF. The ON
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67 condition is for batch transfers ala modem7. Also depending on the
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68 xmodem your talking to you may have to switch to CHECKSUM mode as well.
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69 *************************************************************************
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70 /] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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71 ee, and I could have been AT THE TOP. Oh well I didn't have much to say any-
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72 way. Except when sex becomes boring I'm going to trade the ropes and oils for
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73 a decent stereo.
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74 /] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/]
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75 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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76 Ropes and oils eh? I've heard that there's a big business building up
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77 in penut butter and barbed wire.
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78 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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79 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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80 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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81 AM TRYING TO FIND A CARMEN SMITH LIVING IN THE PORTLAND AREA
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82 NYONE KNOWING HER, PLEASE!! ASK HER TO CALL THE 800 NUMBER.
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83 HANKS, KEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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84 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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85 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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86
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87
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88 /] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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89 Peanut butter? hmm.. That's a new one. See even us kinks keep finding new ways
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90 to eliminate even the possibility of bordom. Sorry but the barbed wire is out.
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91 Not my style, but if there's a market I may be able to do some commission work.
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92 I'm no salesman but I have a few connections.
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93 What did everyone think of the Freud poem? Admitted it is quite a deviation
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94 from most of my stuff, but I am inordinately proud of it. It is the first thing
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95 I have done that actually rhymed. I have been tring to do a "real" poem, for
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96 some time now, and had been completely frustrated. I think I was inspired by
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97 a combination of Silverstine and Gaham Wilson. It came out real fast.
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98 This is not an invitation for ego-stroking; if you liked it say so, if you
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99 didn't say why. It is the second phase of my working to improve my writing,
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100 the first being simply to write regularly.
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101 I am reminded of what a comic said after one of his jokes bombed," It's good
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102 that you didn't laugh. It encourges me to improve."
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103 /] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] [/]
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104 LADY S: What resonses have you been recieving?
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105 TIN MAN: I hope I was suppose to laugh, I was.
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106
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107 There seems to be a definate lake of borders.
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108
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109 Yes, between noon and now (5 pm), this disk has changed somewhat.
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110 Lines have disappeared, along with borders. Must be a bad disk. (I wish).
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111 _innocent bysitter_
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112
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113 A Spy story of a slightly different kind...
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114 Birds of a Feather
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115
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116 Cold, dark, and rainy. It was a Hell of a night to be outside. It was
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117 obvious nature was firmly against my efforts. Why don't I listen to Mother and
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118 get inside where it is warm and dry? No, that wouldn't do at all. I've got
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119 blocks to go, before I sleep, and appointments with destiny to keep. What a
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120 poet.
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121 Maybe I shouldn't blame this whole thing on destiny. After all, it was
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122 my decision to become a spy. No one coerced me, well not too much at least.
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123 So I was a young and aspiring government courier, looking for a little more
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124 excitement out of life. I guess I got what I wished for. Plenty of excitement;
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125 ignoring the flying bullets, enraged governments, and sinister enemy spies
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126 from the other side trying to do it to me before I did it to them.
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127 But who am I to complain? The pay is good, the perks are great. I can
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128 ignore the occasional knife wound and feel I am doing more for my country
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129 than the average Ivan who every Sunday cracks a six-pack and becomes a
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130 couch potato. I am doing something for my country! I help further the
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131 goals of my glorious country, who's only ambition is to make the world a
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132 better place to live and bring up plenty of children. Some countries call
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133 it imperialism; I think they are jealous of the strength of our nation and
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134 the well defined purpose of our goals. Not many other countries around the
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135 world can claim that their destiny has already been put down on paper more
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136 than 100 years ago by a man of great vision. Other great nations on this
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137 earth point to their own national texts, claiming that our country is not
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138 so different. They confuse manifesto with guidelines; guidelines that
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139 are open to free interpretation.
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140 But I digress. I am out here on this dreadful night because I am on a
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141 mission. I remember so clearly what the head of the organization said to
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142 me before I left.
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143
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144 "Comrade, it is imperative that you complete this mission. You must
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145 not and can not fail. Our glorious empire can not continue its glorious
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146 plan until you eliminate your target. You have been briefed, you know what
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147 to do. I will not wish you good luck. Men like ourselves can not and do not
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148 rely on happenstance. When you return, the mother country will salute you
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149 as a hero!"
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150
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151 Enough to make a grown spy cry. So here I am, stalking my prey, like
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152 the great white hunter of the dark continent. I had observed him for many
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153 days now. I knew his routine, although he attempted to disguise it. I
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154 observed his actions with great care. Oh there is no doubt he is good, one
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155 of the best. But I am better, I am here to kill him.
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156 While waiting for him to come down from the apartment across the
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157 street, I have time to rethink my plan. He spends most of his evenings
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158 painting the town, always with a different woman. The plot is always
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159 the same. He and the woman return to her apartment. A more virile man I
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160 have never seen! Sometime in the early hours of the morning, he makes
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161 his escape. I have seen this exodus without deviation every night so far.
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162 As the taxi arrives and he enters, I see the smile on his face; and the new
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163 notch on his gun. He doesn't know I follow him. I have taken advantage of
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164 his slightly drunken and euphoric state. Before a taxi comes, I will meet
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165 him. A jealous husband, a jilted boyfriend, it doesn't matter. He has
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166 a reputation, the authorities won't look too deep. I know all this because
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167 I have done my homework. The plan is perfect in its simplicity. I can not
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168 and will not fail.
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169 I check my watch. It is nearly four A.M. He should be leaving any
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170 minute now.I move into position, my cloak pulled tight around me as a
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171 defense against the weather. My gun is in my left hand. An instrument of
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172 death, an instrument for life. The doors open, and he steps out. Tall,
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173 handsome, much more so than I. I step from around the corner. He hears me.
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174 He is smiling.
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175
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176 "At last we meet face to face. I have wondered how long it would take
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177 you to build up enough courage."
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178 I try not to act surprised. My face does not reveal my shock at his
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179 words, his knowing. "Courage has nothing to do it. I am cautious, I make my
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180 plans carefully."
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181 "Caution does not enter in to it, or you wouldn't be here, holding
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182 that Karmakov on me."
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183 "You are very skilled, but you make one mistake, with the ladies. You
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184 leave before breakfast, when the streets are all but deserted, save the cab
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185 that comes to pick you up and take you home. Tonight, the cab will have a
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186 slightly different mission."
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187 "Then you mean to kill me, here and now. No pomp, just streetside
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188 murder." His voice seemed to grow a bit quieter. Or was it my imagination?
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189 "It is for the greater good." And then smiling add, "Don't take it
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190 personally, ok?"
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191 "Ok!"
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192
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193 Things here began to move very quickly. I saw the glint of the mercury
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194 vapor street lights in his silver gun. Standard HMSS issue. I fired, he fired.
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195 He fell, I fell. My side was like a flaming torch, throbbing waves of pain.
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196 I could feel the warm blood as it poured out between my fingers where my
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197 right hand had raced as if to plug a simple leak. I was on my side, and I
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198 could see him. No better condition than I. No movement at all, only a barely
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199 audible rasp.
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200 Lights tracked across the wall of the apartment building above me. The
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201 taxi was coming. the lights of the taxi grow dimmer, but it is getting closer.
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202 The taxi that was supposed to take me away from this, to the airport, where
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203 I would return home, to a hero's welcome.
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204
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205 *******************************************************************************
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206 $##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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207 Hum... Sorry about the combination lock, at the time I didn't give it a second thought. I suppose I've just not
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208 quite adjusted to NET thinking yet.
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209 Kosta: Your theory is correct- I do not know who you are, although I could make some good guesses. Yes, perhaps later
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210 we may talk face to face.
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211 #$##$##$##
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212 As time goes on, it becomes shorter and more valuable.
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213 $##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 23:48 - 03/05/1985 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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214 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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215 Story above: Good, quite good! I wonder if the NET will try to outdo your
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216 quality of writing now...?
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217 ++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 03/05/83 +++++++++++
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218 :::::::::::O O:::::::::::00:03:::::::::::::::::03/06::::::::O O::::::::::::
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219 Story Above above: I also liked your entry. Not a typical shoot-'em-up
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220 story, and yet not just introspection. A nice balance. TBC?
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221 :::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::
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222 *%_#@*%)_@#*%_@)#*%@#)_*%_@#)&%^@)_#^*@#)_*%^@#)_%^&*@#$_)&^#$_)&*^)_&*^)_#$&*^_)#$&*^)_#$*^)_#$*^)_#$*^_#)$*^_#$)*^
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223 Mikey: I am overwhelmed by all the information! Thank you! Actually I hadn't made of copy of the COPYLINK disks. I
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224 guess I should get that straightened out with you on Thursday. I take it you already have a corps of beta-testers?
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225 That's ok...<sniff>... Until Thursday...
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226 %)_@#*%@_#)*%)_*!@%_)@#*_)%@#*_)%*@#_)%@#*% L'homme sans Parity *%_)#*_)%@*%_)@*_)!*%@_)%*@#_)%*@_#)*%)_%*_)%*@_)%*@
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227 ************************************************************************
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228 L'homme: The disks are yours, I don't use people like that, you do a service
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229 for me and you get payed in return. (In this case you get to keep the
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230 software.) As far as 3.0 goes, I think we can work something out.
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231 (We do need a PCjr and Tandy 2000 test site, soooo......)
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232 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************************
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233 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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234 I see that objections have been raised to the thought that sex is boring.
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235 Come, now, friends--if sex (kinky or otherwise) is all you need to keep you
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236 from boredom, what are you doing in this Inn? Surely it is frequented at
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237 hours when many of its patrons might otherwise be in bed.... The point made
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238 by Roz has been missed. Sex is not obsolete--it simply isn't ENOUGH for
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239 humankind, as at the dawn of history, it presumably was.
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240 Lady S: You are on the right track--the human race is young and
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241 precocious and plays with dangerous toys more from curiosity than from
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242 boredom of the depairing sort. But it is TIME to play with more
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243 CONSTRUCTIVE toys. The common view that "Earth is room enough" and/or "all
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244 we've got" would be merely sad if it were not so perilous. Humankind has
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245 satisfied its curiosity about how to make things go BOOM, and having done
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246 so, must move on. That is how things work in this galaxy, and for that
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247 matter, in others....
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248 oooooooooooooooooooooo OBSERVER FROM ANOTHER GALAXY ooooooooooooooooooooooo
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249 ???????? Sydney Smith says: There are only two sexes, men, women...
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250 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
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251 FOR SALE:
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252
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253 64K FRANKLIN ACE 1000 COMPUTER
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254 (APPLE COMPATIBLE)
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255 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
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256 1 DISK DRIVE W/CONTROLLER CARD
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257 1 HI-RESOLUTION AMBER MONITOR
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258 1 APPLECAT II MODEM
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259 (INTERNAL, 103/202, EXPANDABLE
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260 TO 212)
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261 SOFTWARE
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262 WORD PROCESSING
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263 SPREADSHEET
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264 DATA MANAGEMENT
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265 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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266 PROGRAMMING UTILITIES
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267 (FORTH, BASIC, PASCAL)
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268 GAMES
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269 BBS SOFTWARE
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270
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271 I AM ASKING $1000 FOR THE ENTIRE
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272 SYSTEM, OR $800 WITHOUT THE MODEM AND
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273 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE.
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274
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275 I NEED TO SELL THIS SYSTEM PRONTO DUE
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276 TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. EVERYTHING
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277 WORKS PERFECTLY, AND IS IN ALMOST-NEW
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278 CONDITION.
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279
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280 CALL 643-xxxx AND ASK FOR BRANT. IF I
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281 AM NOT AROUND, LEAVE YOUR NAME AND
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282 PHONE NUMBER.
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283
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284 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=HEAVY METAL-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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285 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=03/06/85--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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286 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=11:08 AM-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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287 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=11:08 AM-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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288 /END
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289 ND
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290 Nter
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291 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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292 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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293 And some people wonder about why some people attack dial. I have heard one
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294 or two things about it causing leprosy, but I attribute these tales to the
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295 imagination of attack dialers.
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296 I personally have found that attack dialers give up on being bored for
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297 all intents and purposes, and instead concentrate on releiving their boredom.
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298 Makes more sense than people who sit around taslking about how bored all this
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299 talking is getting to be.
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300
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301 All of this is leading up to something. And I think it is that sure things
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302 can become really boring, but at least there is momentary releif. And if Roz,
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303 our friend from the lecture circuit, think that nothing can releive boredom:
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304 then perhaps he ought to stop attending the lectures and head for somethin
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305 like international espionage or maybe even minelaying.
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306
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307 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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308 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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309 International espionage and minelaying may be fun and games to you people,
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310 but it is stark real;ity to us people from the bowels of Nets salaries.
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311
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312 ::::::::::O O::::::::12:07::::::::::::::::::::::::03/06::::::::::::O O:::::::::
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313 Ahem... MIKEY: I recently acquired a Tandy 2000, which just happens to be in
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314 DRASTIC need of a terminal program.
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315 (at home I'm still using my 64-column Model 1, and here at work I'm using a
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316 Model 100). I might be persuaded to give your 2000 version of COPYLINK a
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317 workout ("persuaded"? people who need to be persuaded don't make the first
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318 offer). In any case, if you're interested, let me know here, or thru L'homme,
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319 or at the PCS social, or I live 1/2 mile from U.S. Digital.
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320 :::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
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321
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322 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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323 I cannot see her face. But she radiates an incredible beauty, as well
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324 as a feeling of great age. She stands before me, tall and graceful, her
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325 posture indicating a lithe strength of body and character. Her clothing is
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326 an elaborate floor length dress festooned with bows and lace: a wedding
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327 gown, but all in a shade of black such as that which greets horrified eyes
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328 upon waking from a nightmare. It is old and torn, with holes that appear
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329 to be caused by decay, and sprinkled with dust and what seems to be mold.
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330 Her face is veiled, her head covered, only her voice, dress, and body
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331 betray her gender.
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332 "You... startled me," I stammer, "I'm sorry to have used your home
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333 without your leave, I was lost, I needed a place to sleep," I continue for
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334 awhile, embarassed and disconcerted at being found here without permission.
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335 "Uh, you have a lovely home," I end lamely.
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336 At this she laughs, and her laugh is a direct contradiction to her
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337 appearance. Deep and sincere, it bursts forth in wonderful tones, a
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338 marvelous litany of joy. "You are always welcome here, and you may stay as
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339 long as you wish, though for this trip I suspect your stay will be short."
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340 She steps forward, and she continues in a voice as smooth as oil on water.
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341 "I know that you are confused, so let me explain. You are in county Shay,
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342 the land of Klee, a world much like your own. This is a place where old
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343 ideals come to die, and worn out concepts wait patiently to be called to
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344 life again by the unimaginative." Slowly, dreamlike, she reclines on the
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345 couch across from me, and as she pulls her legs onto the cushions and
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346 adjusts the folds of her gown a moth flutters silently from within. "Why
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347 have you come here? To lay to rest more of your tarnished ideals? To dig
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348 more coal from the mine of overused ideas? Or perhaps you merely wish
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349 to... join me?" Extending her hand to me, I feel a powerful urge to grasp
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350 it, to hold it to my breast, to promise that I'll never leave. "Join
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351 me..." she again whispers.
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352 The compulsion is so strong, I begin to feel that I can't resist. But
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353 the memories of past manipulation by others begin to crowd into my mind,
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354 and I grasp at them as though I was drowning. "I will not be controlled!"
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355 I shout, "No more! Not again!" I stumble backwards, fall over a chair,
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356 regain my feet, and burst through the front door at a run.
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357 Her laughter follows me, and it isn't a mocking laugh, but instead one
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358 filled with compassion. "Enjoy your stay in Klee, child, do stop by again
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359 before you leave," her words echo through the trees.
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360 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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361
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362 MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM
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363 TO ALL CONCERNED;
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364 Our illustrous cheap (chief) and founder ordered today that to
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365 fully achieve our sales target for the second quarter, dealers in the metro
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366 area should be discouraged, if necessary by force from ever mentioning
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367 "assembly required" or battery not included in their sales calls.
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368 It cannot be overemphasized that our mission is to traffic those
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369 transformer toys and modems to keep kids of all ages from their school works.
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370 To avoid detection, the cheap also suggested to use subterfuge,
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371 such as assuming false identities, representing themselves to school author-
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372 ities as, say, peanut butter derivatives or peachee folder salesmen.
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373 The cheap also will discontinue umbrella/raincoat allowance imme-
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374 diately. All would now have the option whether to work or not
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375 if it rains.
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376 END OF TEXT
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377 Dragon Lady: I was being rather cyrptic on CBBS/Aloha as I did not want to
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378 broadcast my identities to all and sundry. And since Jim & Louann can read
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379 even the private msgs, I have to consider what I want THEM to know. I had
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380 hoped that by SPECIFICLY denying the one identity (Piper) and not saying
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381 anything about the other three, that you would infer that you were correct
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382 about THEM. I referred you to PAM for another of my identities as that
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383 "mask" serves a VERY important (to me, at least) purpose on systems other
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384 than Backwater (and on at least one of those systems it would become useless
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385 if the Sysop knew it was "me"). I freely discuss this sort of thing in person
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386 (which I realize is of no help to you). OR we can exchange PRIVATE msgs on
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387 The Messenger (639-xxxx), as the sysop there is aware of my identities and
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388 won't mention them to the wrong people. I know you would not do so either,
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389 but I'm not so sure about Mr. Bell.
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390 If you do wish to leave me msgs on The Messenger, address them to
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391 Leonard.
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392 ________________________________________Leonard______________________________
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393 ps to PAM.: Yes that was ME on that system. *PLEASE* do not let it get around!
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394 _____________________________________________________________________________
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395 (*==marker==*)
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396 ................................................................................
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397
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398 Ink-stained hands,
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399 casualties of poetic meandering,
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400 flutter with nervous tension
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401 that comes of long lying still in my lap.
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402 Tears trace a path to my chin
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403 there to drop or evaporate,
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404 joining, perhaps the dampness in the air,
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405 leaving faint cobwebs behind.
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406 After the tears have dried,
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407 after I spend the unmeasurable time
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408 gazing with blank eyes
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409 into the immeasurable distance,
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410 the energy begins to return
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411 in pin-pricks of feeling
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412 that stir me to life once again,
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413 hands and mind a-flutter.
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414
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415 ...............................................Entropy........................
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416 Not being into overly analyzing stories, it tickles me when I actually notice
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417 what has been hidden. To wit - the land of Klee, county of Shay.
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418 Hierarchically speaking, Klee.Shay, also spelled Cliche. "..and worn out concepts
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419 wait patiently to be called to life again by the unimaginative..".
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420 I wonder what other jewels I may find when I reread the entry.
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421 _innocent bysitter_
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422
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423 *************************************************************
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424 Pam: Well! You finally got the next installment put up here!
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425 It looks ok, though I must confess that it did get
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426 just a tad bit dry and long winded getting to the point. I
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427 think maybe you're starting to get just a bit too verbose
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428 in your descriptions. By the time you got done describing
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429 it I started to lose track of what you were describing.
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430 Thus causing a loss in being able to follow the plot. I think
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431 maybe you're starting to fall in that old trap of spending
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432 to much time describing something, and not enough on how the
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433 story flows. <ahem> Now that I've got you mad at me for
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434 telling you all the bad things I saw... The story line itself
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435 I like, it is very interesting, and you've got me waiting
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436 for the next installment, and wondering what will happen next.
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437 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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438
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439 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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440 Auntie Em, Auntie Em, I'm lost!!!
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441 It's dark in here Auntie Em, help!!!
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442 ISTOP MIKEY-my deepest apologies for not getting onto the INN in time
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443 o read a message addressed to me. It is not that I was not earnestly
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444 rying, as I have been for TWO WHOLE DAYS-but besides that, I would
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445 ppreciate your assistance again! And perhaps(if luck prevails)I will get onto
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446 he INN before the flowers bloom.
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447 iss seeing kathyd too, I guess I was not the only one who had a tough
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448 ime finding a slot here at my favorite hideaway.
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449 was told (by a reliable source)that CISTOP MiKeY knew everything about
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450 verything and would certainly know about Heathkit 8 and 89's.(sort of makes
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451 ne want to say Heathcliff doesn't it)
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452 (shades of Red Skelton-God why'd I say that, dates the hell out of me))
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453 etting on with it, I want to finish with my applaud of the two great writers
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454 bove. Definitely young blood, thinking and talent. I guess it is true, you
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455 ust can't teach an old dog new tricks, Arf, Arf, Arf.
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456 ell I must go, used too much space as it is.
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457 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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458 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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459 Mad Max--I WILL access your system--I've been wanting to and meaning to but
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460
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461 work and sleep keep intervening.
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462 Prometheus Hawthorne--P.P. at MLC reports A-OK progress on TSS. DP is willing
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463 to provide some guidance (Gary Scheel wants reports of your progress.) Are
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464 you able to get Honeywell manuals? Casey will get you the initial TSS guide-
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465 you can get the advanced guide through Academic Computing at PSU. Questions?
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466 Fellow NET agents--Carry on in adversity. (or perversity) I know this makes
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467 for a dull pace in the story line but I'm not able to enter often so do what-
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468 ever you want with the plot & I'll wing it.
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469 Prometheus again--I met someone in a completely different context who knows
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470 you. His name's Jubal. (His real name.)
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471 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT G. Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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472 **********************************************************************************
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473 A story for the TIN MAN by kathyd
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474 (i wrote this on the back of a placemat at fridays and gave the TINMAN the
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475 orginal, so this is from memory, hope it improves with retelling)
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476
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477 Murray the accountant was having a very murray day, such a happy man this murrayay
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478 is. The morning started as usual when Murray caught the 7:03 express into town
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479 arriving promptly as usual at 7:40. Walking into his office at 7:45 he takes off
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480 his hat and coat and gives them to his nude secretary Miss Smile(she has great
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481 teeth). "Miss Smile, has Mr. Drake been in with the day's accounts?" Murray said
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482 as usual. "Oh yes Murray, Paul has been in and out several times already today"
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483 Miss Smile says with a slow grin. "Well Miss Smile, it's great to know your still
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484 keeping on top of things." Murray then ordered his morning coffee and sat down
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485 to review the accounts promptly at 8:00 as usual. The morning went by quickly as
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486 clients came and left satisfied, as usual. The next thing Murray knew it was
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487 1:00 pm, Murray stood and walked to his bookcase, as usual and turn to face the
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488 room. To his right he grasped a well worn copy of "The Wild Kingdom" by Marlin
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489 Perkins; the bookcase shuttered and moved as usual. Murray turned and entered
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490 his secert rooms. With the help of Miss Smile Murray dons his Purple cape with
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491 the mink collar, and as usual pulls on his red leather pants. It's Super Murray!!
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492 Jumping into his 1969 Caddilac Couple Deville, Murray hits the streets, ason his
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493 way to collect his "union" dues, as usual. So far as you can tell Murray is no
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494 ordinary man, he spends a carefree afternoon collecting on debts, checking the
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495 docks for "shipments" and has time left over to sit in with the boys in the
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496 band for a number, as usual. It's 3:00 and time for Murray to get back to the
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497 office, he drives in the secert entrance and Miss Smile is waiting there to
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498 help him change, as usual. On his way out the door, Murray gives Miss Smile
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499 a wink and rushes down to catch the 3:50 home.(as usual)
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500 *******************************************************kathyd***********************
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501 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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502 A refreshing entry, as usual. I shall cherish my original. Perhaps I shall
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503 try a poem in your honor. It only took twenty-four years to write the first
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504 one, but I've learned alot, I will probably be able to do the next one in half
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505 the time.
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506 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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507 ********************************************************************************
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508 tin man: well that makes two that like that silly little tale, if nothing else
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509 we have each other(grin) oh im sure you will crank that poem out in
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510 3 minutes given the correct inspiration.
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511 good night all; please understand im a very neurotic person, only heaven knows
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512 the odd thoughts that go whipping around in my head.
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513 *******laughterfading,nowhowlingafullmoon********kathyd**************************
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514 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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515 Remaking New Friends
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516 Within the past few weeks or so I have been able to make quite a few
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517 new friends. They may not know that they have met me, but I have seen them
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518 none the less.
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519 I have always wondered just what some people looked like, how the
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520 faces would match with the voices I have read. In some cases the interest
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521 was just to be able to make references by more than just words. In other
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522 cases it was out of true wonder as to what kind of person was hiding behind
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523 the words they have given us here and elsewhere.
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524 To hide in the shadows as a couple of people introduced themselves
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525 to another person, only mentioning pen names, it was truely interesting to
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526 see how they reacted to one another. The tip of the hat and the shaking of
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527 the hands seemed warm and sincere. Friends had finally met one another for
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528 the first time. Prehaps someday I shall step forth and say, "Hello, I'm
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529
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530 Becky T.
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531 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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532 It looked like so much more when written on the back of a placemat...
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533 btbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbtbt
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534 __Leonard__: Beware, thy cloak(s) may not be as obscure as you might think--peek-a-boo!
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535 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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536 Kinkey sex -- my mind judders and leers. Mayonnaise and bungee cords!
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537 Plastic bags and motor oil! Applesauce and elastic bands! Ohmigawd!
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538 consider the possibilities if we get into triads! (judder)
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539 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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540 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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541 ONBOARD THE FLAG SHIP ATLANTA, TANIS WAS READING FOR THE ATTACK TO
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|
542 COME.ALL THE PILIOTS WERRE POSITIONED IN THEIR FIGHTERS AWAITING FOR THE
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|
543 SIGNAL TO LAUNCH. A LIGHT ON THE FAR WALL FLASHED AND A ALARM WENT OFF.
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|
544 THS FIRST SHIP HAD BEN SIGHTED. THW POWERFUL FIGHTER ENGINES SCREAMED AS
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|
545 THEY PROPELLED TTHE SLEEK FIGHTING MACHINES DOWN THE LAUNCH TUBES.
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|
546 "ACTIVATE DEFENCE SCREENS', SAID THE COMMANDER OF THE ATLANTA. THE
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547 AUTOMATIC ANTI-FIGHTER TURRETS ACTIVATED AND FIRED A FEW TEST SHOTS. THE
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548 DESTROYERS SPLIT UP AND STARTED TO ATTCAK FROM THREE DIFFERENT SIDES WHILE
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549 THE WAVES OF FIGHTERS TOOK ON THE ENEMY SMALLER DEFENCS CRAFT. FOR THE
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550 FEW FIGHTERS THAT BROKE THROUGH MET ALLMOST INSTANT DEATH AS LASER
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|
551 CANNONS LASHED OUT AT THE FIGHTERS.
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552 FORR HOURS THE SKYS WERE FILLED WITH VOILENT FIGHTING. LASERS AND
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553 TORPEDOS FLYING INTO OTHER SHIPS AND THE CLEEN MHSSES GOING OFF INTO DEEP
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554 SPACE DETONATING AGAINST SOME DISTAND ROCK OR OTHER DEBREES. THE BATTTLE
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555 WAS EVEN UNTILL THEIR BIGGEST CRUSIER FINALY BUCKLED UNDER AND EXPLODED,
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556 TAKING 5 SMALLER SHIPS WITH IT.
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557 THE DOG FIGHT WAS CRULE AND INHUMAN, REQUIERING ALLMOST COMPUTER
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558 REFLEXES THAT A HUMAN WAS ALL MOST NOT CAPBLE OF.
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559 'TANIS, I HAVE ONE ON MY TAIL, I NEED HELP!", CRIED A WARRIOR.
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560 "I'M ON MY WAY, JUST HOLD ON A WHILE LONGER!" AS TANIS NEARED THE LONE
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561 FIGHTER HE SAW THE PURSING CRAFT DESTROY HIS FRIEND.
|
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562 "NO1' AND ALL OF HIS CANNONS BELCHED ONE GREAT BLAST OF ENERGY AND
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563 SILENCED THE OTHER FIGHTER IN ONE SMALL BALL OF FIRE. JUST THEN ANOTHER
|
|
564 FIGHTER THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN IN HIS FURRY HAD CREAPED UP BEHIND HIM AND
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565 HIT HIS MAIN ENGINE. SMOKE FILLED THE CABON. THEN THERE WAS A BUMP
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|
566 THAT COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING. HE WAS TRACTORED. HE COULD FEEL HIS CRIPLED
|
|
567 CRAFT BEING PULLED TOWARED A CARRIER. HE WAS CAPTURED.
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568 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK THE WHITE KNIGHT WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKW
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569 *%_)%*@#_)%*_@#)%*_)*^)_#*^_)#*^)_$*^_)#*^_)*)_@*$#^_)*#$^_)+$*%&_)$*%&_$%
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570 Mikey: I think I owe you an apology. I didn't mean to insinuate...oh I AM
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571 sorry for the mixup. I appreciate the disks very much. I was considering
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572 the whole deal to be a favor for a friend. But I will accept the disks with
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573 a big 'MERCI!' Now for a favor (changes quick eh?) Could you bring the
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574 Sanyo versions of the BASICA adventures again. I seem to have fouled the
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575 files somehow. Also, I recommend voyeur as a fine beta tester for the Tandy
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576 2000. He has had quite a bit of experience with terminal programs in another
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577 life, and I think he would make an excellent person to run the program
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578 through the ringer. I can still do additional Tandy 2000 testing , along with
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579 PCjr.
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580 *%#_)@*%#_)%*@_)%*!@_)%*#_!@)%* L'homme sans Parity %*#@)_%*_)@#*%)_@#*%@#_)%*
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581
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582 :::::::::O O:::::::::12:24::::::::::::::::::::::03/07:::::::::::O O::::::::
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583 Thank you, L'homme, for the vote of confidence.
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584 (God I love having a terminal at work. When the work starts getting to me,
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585 all I have to do is fire it up and see what the latest craziness is on BackWater)
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586 ::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::
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587 KARATE QUOTE AGAIN
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588 JUST THOUGHT THAT I WOULD ENTER THIS
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589 QUOTE AGAIN AS SOME OF YOU MORE THAN
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590 LIKELY WEREN'T ABLE TO READ IT THE LAST
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591 TIME.
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592
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593 NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
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594 NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT
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595 OR IMPENETRABLE THINGS SEEM,
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596 JUST KEEP TRAINING AND YOU
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597 WILL FIND THE TRUTH
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598
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599 --- TERUYUKI OKAZAKI
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600
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601 I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS QUOTE WOULD BE
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602 SOME HELPFUL ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE OF
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603 US WHO ARE KARATEKA. I ALSO THOUGHT
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604 THAT THE QUOTE COULD PERTAIN TO WRITING
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605 AS WELL, AND WRITTING WELL FOR THAT
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606 MATTER.
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607 KARATE QUOTE QUOTER
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608 .........................................................
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609 I'm getting sick and tired of japanese things; cars, tv, stereos,
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610 karates, teriyukky, and to top 'em all: the above quote, and to
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611 think that I'm making this entry thru a japanese keyboard with
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612 japanese crt. Where will this end?? Remember Pearl Harbor?
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613 Who won the war, anyway?
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614 .........................................................
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615 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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616 finally,,, i didn't think i'd ever reach reality again!!! but i did
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617 after all this time i have finally finished all the excess and am now ready
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618 to get down to business... i can't believe how long it seems to have been
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619 since the last time i have been able to even try and reach bwms!!!
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620 anyway i was reading through the second issue of a new piece of computer
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621 literature and just saw some interesting articles that i thought somebody
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622 else would like to see...
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623 the information following comes from "computer power" vol. 1, no. 2 first
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624 quarter...
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625 good news bad news section :
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626 good news - hardware/software sales-persons have an answer for everything.
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627 bad news - it's difficult to differentiate between salesmanship and sincere
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628 concern. good news - software manufacturers ofer simple and inexpensive
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629 upgrades to users. bad news - you must send in registration card to qualify.
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