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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 *********************** INSTALLED: 12 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 thepright to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 to leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 The line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************************
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19
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20 -=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
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21 Hi All, I'm on top again. I'm not suprised at all.
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22 Tues, Mar. 12, 9:35 - Friar Tuck -
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23 (the origninal)
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24 =========--=========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
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25 %_)#@*%@#_)%*_)#*%!_)*%_*%_)#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_@)#*%_#@)%*#@_%@#_)%*@#_)%*_@*%#_$)*^_)*%#@_%
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26 Kosta: Here! Hear! My sentiments exactly. I am sure GM will not appreciate the direction our story
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27 took while we were away. The last KOSTA entry wis the last NET story entry as far as I am
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28 concerned. We will continue from there.
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29 Mikey: I will await the disk mailer. This modem program is interesting. But I see a few foolish coding
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30 decisions in there... Thanks for all the help.
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31 OAS members: I believe there already exists an organization such as yours in town. I have heard they
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32 meet right after the GO players meet at PC&S. Are you a splinter group formerly associated with
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33 them, or are you a new group on the scene?
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34 *%_#)@%*@#_)%*@#_)%*@#_)%*@#)_% L'homme sans Parity (%@#(%_)(@#%)(@#%_@#)%(@#%%_)$#@%_#$)(%_#$)%(#$%
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35 GIGGLE GIGGLE... SMIRKS AND SMIRKS... GEE... UH... L'HOMME... HOW FAMILIAR
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36 WITH THE ORB APPRECIATION SOCIETY... ARE YOU... I MEAN... REALY...
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37 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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38 may we, for the moment, assume that I am not lying on the floor bleeding from
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39 thealmost certainly lethal discharge from the weapon of my "lover"? Yes? OK.
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40 L'homme sans Parity: TELL ME MORE! Is there another group of creative
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41 entities out there that enjoy the challange of "crankin' 'em out"?
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42 Quite interested, am I, in learning that the meeting ground is so much
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43 more the sophisticated highlight to more than just US writers.
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44 Marci: I, I, I... But how? After ALL I've done for You?
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45 "How sharper than a serpant's tooth...?" and the like.
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46
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47 the trigger was pulled and there was a bright flash of light in Jack's eyes.
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48 everything began to melt before him. He felt himself fall to the floor with
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49 the speed of a feather. As Marci turned towards the unlocked door, placing
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50 the handgun back inther purse, Jack saw an expresion onther face thatthe was no
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51 longer able to read. How had thing changed? Why did it end like this? And
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52 that of the others? Tina and Tony? Tony! He was my friend, but he's become
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53 such an Son of a B. lately. Has he turned Marci against me? Why, if it's the
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54 last thing I do, it'll be evening the score with that low-life, brown leather
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55 pants, know it all, big mouth jerk!
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56 all things faded to black. If Jack were to die now, it would not be in a pool
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57 of his own blood, it would be more like drowning in his own tears. Marci...
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58 unconsciousness.
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59 JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ Jack Hoover 4:50 P.M. JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
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60 XXXX XXXXXX
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61 And so much for Jack, tsk tsk tsk. So much for a story, clever way to end
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62 it though! What will be next, anything? I'll have to wait and see.....
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63 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))>Mark F.>)))))))))))))
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64 +><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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65 Zippy: I may have found a better way to go than EPSON, if i can scrape up
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66 44-88$. Rember Kevin? The one that you never met? Well, he just(about 1hr
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67 befor entering this message.)heard about a great deal on some japanise
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68 diskdrives. Thay are double sided,Kevin was not sure about density(thay
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69 do weird things in japian(sp, i know.)and if all goes well IBM compatiable.
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70 that means, thay will work on my system. now the best part. the cost of one
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71 of them is 44$! and the more you buy you get a discount.hopefully i will
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72 be able to scrape together arround 88$ and kevin plans to get at least one
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73 so we cane put in one big order(maby get some outher people in with us.)
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74 and it will be MULTI-DRIVES for me!
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75 Now all i have to do is to find 88$(anyone out their got any sigusti-
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76 ons?).
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77 How was IB? Jim & Ivan still doing fine?
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78 ASP
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79 +><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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80 YRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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81 OK folks. Keeping in mind that as far as the STORYLINE is concerned I
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82 don't know about any of this....
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83 . The entry that ORIGINALLY had GM surrendering had a line something
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84 like "Ok, I can't shoot you now BUT IF YOU GIVE ME ANY TROUBLE NO MATTER
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85 WHAT THE PROVOCATION..."(emphasis mine). "MARK" seem to have thought
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86 about the implications of this statement.
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87 . Deep down Fleming KNOWS he can't bring GM in alive. And he can't just
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88 shoot her WITHOUT AN EXCUSE. This is just the kind of thing his twisted
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89 logic might come up with.
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90 . The type of search described IS done. I don't think GM deserves such
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91 treatment, but it is "realistic".
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92 . However I do feel that this scene IF it took place would not be
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93 taking place down the road, but more likely 10-30 yards from the cabin.
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94 . This suggests that if GM concurs, she could start to take off her
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95 COAT. Then while everyone is watching her, the agents in the cabin
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96 would open up. If she does want to forget the whole thing, ok. (But
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97 I still think that as per #1, Fleming will try something equally
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98 OUTRAGEOUS to give himself an excuse to shoot her).
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99 6. Moving on to other subjects, entries from 09 are to be disregarded
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100 until I can have a LONG talk with him about appropriate technology &
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101 not mangling other people's storylines. (Are you listening 09?)
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102 7. I still can't believe that such a group of "NET's finest" would
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103 meekly let GM surrender and then sit around discussing how THEY were
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104 going to escape!!
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105 If I "really" knew that this was going on you'd ALL be up on charges!
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106 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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107 ps. spy stories are noted for "gratuitous sex & violence". Well we've
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108 had the violence. I guess someone wanted to supply the sex! At least he
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109 stopped BEFORE anything had really happened....
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110 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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111 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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112 THANKS, CHIEF.
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113 KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA KOSTA
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114 ******************************************************************************
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115 a new story is brewing, stay tuned to this bat channel.
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116 for sale: nickle plated handgun, used only once. ( a bargain for surrrr)
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117 ******************************************kathyd*******************************
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118 =========================================
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119 -->
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120 --> Portland Computer Society
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121 -->
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122 --> S W A P M E E T
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123 -->
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124 -> Saturday, March 23, 11AM to 4PM
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128 --> Admission FREE Tables $3.00
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129 --> To reserve table call 253-xxxx
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130 --> or leave msg on PCS-BBS 775-xxxx
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131 --> for the "SWAPOP"
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132 -->
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133 =========================================
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134
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135 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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136
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137 I was but a simple man
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138 With no great tales to tell
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139 And there were other tellers
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140 Who always told them well
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141
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142 They told tales of other lands
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143 And people they had seen
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144 The beauty of a maiden
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145 The hue of some stones glean
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146
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147 I thought if I were more like them
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148 The things that I would see
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149 I thought if I were bolder
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150 The teller could be me
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151
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152 I'd begun considering
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153 What might be wrong with me
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154 When would these great happenings
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155 Start happening to me
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156
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157 And still I sat and listened
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158 While other people talked
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159 And told of distant travels
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160 And roads that they had walked
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161
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162 But as for sitting quietly
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163 That time is finally past
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164 For when it comes to telling tales
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165 My time has come at last
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166
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167 I needn't sit and listen
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168 To hear their endless wail
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169 For I have seen a Dragon
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170 And lived to tell the tale
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171
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172 a toast from THE TIN MAN
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173 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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174 020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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175 To: Ian MacHinery Subj: as per PCS
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176 [A_NV GHB[S XSCWU GADDA VVD_Y CGIDD [SJD_ TXGJE HBHBC RPAJL CPADS XJRIH B[GGG CVGVX DAVVD _YCGI DD[SJ D_TXG JEHBH BC\FZ
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177 XD\GR PFVRA ]HB[U PACSW GSDDA VV]WS VVD_Y CGIDD [SJD_ TXGJE HBHBY CNOSC PAJD\ AEECZ ADEUE PA\HB [SAVC WVJWD DAVVD _YCGI
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178 DD[SJ D_TXG JEHBH BYFPD YGNOA PD[O_ PTFED EUEPA \[RHB SPJCV JPFDD AVV]W SVVD_ YCGID D[SJD _TXGJ EHBHB NYYE[ ]_LSH B[UJU
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179 CPPWV D_XJD [SFJC PSUVD DAVV] WSVVD _YCGI DD[SJ D_TXG JEHBH BNALP AJDMX JDPTA DEPGI UDXMD PTADM GPGJA DYYED [O_NE M[RHB
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180 SFJCP WAVDD AVV]W SVVD_ YCGID D[SJD _TXGJ EHBHB NX\\X IXJA[ ]_VI] HB[US VCUUJ SD_XJ D[SFJ CAUSJ DDAVV D_YCG IDD[S JD_TX
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181 GJEHB HBA]N CRFYG JHB[G GPCSA SPDDA VVD_Y CGIDD [WV_V \D[CD G_C\D ICFRU HBHBZ CRRFM JAUHB [SFJC VJGGD DAVVD _YCGI DD[SJ
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182 D_TXG JEHBH BZALA EFEDN XLLAN PFXLD [O_MX J\AJR UDIFC R[C_U XGJ[C _\CPN T[RHB UPUCG SGGDD AVVD_ YCGID D[SJD _TXGJ EHBHB
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183 RADLA JIHB[ SAWCU AGADD AVV]W SVVD_ YCGID D[SJD _TXGJ EHBHB LXJPT SAEPD NXLLA NPFXL HB[SF PCVUV PDDAV VD_YC GIDD[ SJD_T
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184 XGJEH BHB\C NEUEP A\[]_ LSD[O _MXJ\ AJRUD LS[]_ JYYE[ C_VND MFIXD [TJXR HBSAA CUPFA DDAVV ]JPV] WSVVD _YCGI DD[SJ D_TXG
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185 JEHBH B\FRS CGOFA DNX\\ XIXJA DNX\V GPAJD NRGYD YYED[ O_\N[ CARHB GUVCP AVWDD AVVD_ YCGID D[SJD _TXGJ EHBHB LXDLC \ADYY
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186 EHB[S PACSA WGDDA VV]WS VVD_Y CGIDD [SJD_ TXGJE D[O_E AADLX PA[RH BHB_X CODZJ X^ADG LIAJZ JXGLI HB[UP XCSUJ SDDAV VD_YC
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187 GIDD[ SJD_T XGJEH BHBVN E[]_N YYEHB [GGPC JFAFD DAVV] WSVVD _YCGI DD[SJ D_TXG JEHBH BVXJP RCLID CJACD PJE[C FVD_G EAJED
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188 ZJXGV DYYED [O_VC GZ[RH BSAFC UPGSD DAVVD _YCGI DD[FD _V\D[ CDGD_ C\DSA AOICU E[LD_ TXGJE D^CJU DSAAO ALIEH BHBVX JPRCL
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189 IDCPC JFDNR GYDYY EHB[S JPCXJ VPDDA VVD_Y CGIDD [SJD_ TXGJE HBHBJ CFLDM XJAEP HB[SJ PCWAV ADDAV VD_YC GIDD[ SJD_T XGJEH
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190 BHBPC LFEHB [GUWC VUVXD DAVVD _YCGI DD[Y_ TXGJE HBHBP TAD[E _W[EH BSAJC AJJGD DAVVD _YCGI DD[SJ D_TXG JEHBE [UZ_A GZ[ZK
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191 0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 13 Mar 85 at 00:24:18 AM 02020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
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192 p.s. don't decode by hand - it's not worth it. 0202
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193 131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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194 TO: 04 RE: A THE Q
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195 URWIA XXKOL CEQZP XMCEV UJLRU EIOGK KPSXB MRSUA OFGSI OMMOF PYOOR BDLLJ
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196 TCGQU UQOVE QZNMO EEKQG PFEOA WHJNK JPIOS MIBUW OUHIG WOCUI SOQIT IIWYZ
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197 131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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198 OUCH!
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199
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200
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201 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (...Chronos!)
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202 "Think not so little of yourself. For you are a Guardian, are you not?"
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203 These words came echoing into my left ear, they could not be stopped. Once
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204 had been spoken, a person of great stature side stepped to stand in front of
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205 me, hourglass in hand. From what I could see the sands of the hourglass were
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206 dropping so slowly that they could almost be counted as they fell.
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207
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208 Ooops, gotta go... More later, THOR...
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209 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the disconnected Guardian 72:02
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210
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211 ******************************************************************************
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212 tin man: the poem was great!!!!!!!! i read it through about 4 times!
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213 readers: ah yes Jack is dead thus marking the official end (finally) of
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214 the great peanut butter caper(comming soon to a luxury theater near
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215 you.) and now....
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216
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217 The Odd Couple
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218 (rewritten)
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219 As we enter the beaverton area apartment several things are noticed right
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220 away, high quality electronics equiptment sitting on bricks and boards next
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221 to the ugliest couch and chairs you have ever layed eyes on. Fine china
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222 with dried leftovers sitting on the kitchen counter next to the empty diskwasher.
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223 4 cats of various ages and sexes are sunning themselves in the front room.
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224 One of the cats, Diablo by name is sunning himself up on the dinning room table.
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225 The kitchen is full of empty boxes signify a recent move in. The tv set in the
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226 living room is broadcasting "Wheel of fortune" a tv in the small bedroom sounds
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227 like a football game. The bookcase contains a collection of history biographies
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228 next to a large stack of comic books.
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229 Kristy and Kathy have arrived, the human comedy in it's truest form will b
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230 begin to unravel.
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231 ********************************************************************kathyg********
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232
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233
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234 GEE... IT KIND OF MAKES YOU WONDER... WHAT DOES ALL OF THE SHIFTING MEAN...
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235 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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236 For another endless moment, the piper gazed at the dragon before him, eyes
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237 glazed in wonder at this shy monarch of the skies. Slowly, he put out his
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238 hand to meet the cautiously outhrust head, returning in kind the tentative
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239 welcome. Softly he ran his hand down the angle of the dragon's jaw, the
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240 texture of the scales like nubbed velvet beneath his fingertips. As his
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241 fingers traveled in the caress, tiny thrills, like shocks just on the
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242 threshold of detectability, travelled up his arm and shoulder. He slowly
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243 dropped his hand, reluctant to break the contact with this strange creature,
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244 but aware that the chance meeting might not occur again. For a long moment,
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245 he stood, gazing into the intellegent eyes of the creature.
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246 Suddenly, a nudge from the pegasus reminded the piper of why he had come.
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247 placing his arm about the pegasus' neck, he turned to the creature.
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248 "Lovely creature of the skies, we go to ride the moonlight an drink the
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249 wine-rich night air above the valley. If the one whom you bore here and
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250 you, yourself wish to share the sky roads with us, Peg and I would be
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251 most glad to ride with you."
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252 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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253
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254 09090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909090909
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255 On rereading, my last entry seems a bit presumtios to me too. That's what I get
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256 for wrighting first and thinking later! Please feel free to disregard if so
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257 inclined!
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258 Maybe someday I'll have more time to sit down and do things right.
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259 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Thmnax of Lananara*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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260 a ps. to the above: as to >muddling of tecnologies<: All of those mentioned are
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261 well within existing, published, capabilities!!!!! In addition to Sex and
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262 Violence, flashy technologies, are very much a part of spy vs spy type stories;
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263 at least my favorites there of!
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264 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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265 Fellows was here, and is disgusted with Ian. Making value judgements with so
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266 little knowledge. The mark of a leader of men? Hardly! Perhaps NET 07 was
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267 right. It may be time for a changing of the gaurd. If the Russians can do
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268 it, why can't we?
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269
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270 tin man : what is there to say but,
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271 very nice,
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272 hawkwind,,,
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273 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICP<
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274
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275 C O M P U T E R F O R S A L E ! ! !
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276
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277 HEATHKIT
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278
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279 H11 SYSTEM - DEC LSI - 11 CPU+4K
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280 H09 TERMINAL
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281 H10 PAPER TAPE READER
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282 H27 DUAL FLOPPY DISK RX-01 +FLOPPY I/O CARD (VERY FAST)
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283 H11 PARALLEL I/O CARD
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284 H11 SERX16
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285 DEC
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286 YES DEC
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287 DEC
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288 DEC 32K MEMORY CARD 4X18 M8044 (MOS)
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289 DECWRITER II STAND UP PRINTER WITH KEYBOARD
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290 DEC RT-11 OPERATING SYSTEM
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291 HEATH OPERATING SYSTEM
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292 FORTRAN (DEC)
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293 D&D, ADVENTURE (LOTS OF DISKS, BLANK AND 'GAMED`
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294
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295 CALL 228-xxxx beST OFFER BEst offer
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296
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297
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298
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299
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300 GOOD BYE . ........................................
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301 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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302 I look across the bartop
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303 And what should my eyes see
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304 But a banana margarita
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305 And a strawberry daiquiri
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306 Ordered by two members
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307 Of an oreo society
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308
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309 It feels so strange to meet them
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310 like someting from a dream
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311 So to show them that my cocktails
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312 Are not always what they seem
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313 I suggest a mixture
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314 Of oreos and ice cream
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315
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316 We talk of small things for awhile
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317 Then much to my delight
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318 One requests a placemat
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319 And settles down to write
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320 Soon a not-so-subtle play on words
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321 Is delivered to my sight
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322
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323 So I promise them a poem
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324 To thank them for the smile
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325 But I feel I must apoligise
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326 It has taken quite a while
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327 But now I can rest easy
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328 With THIS placemat in my file
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329 a toast from
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330 THE TIN MAN
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331 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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332 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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333 Rite of Passage
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334 Slowly, the crystal moon descended over the rooftops. Darkness
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335 gripped the city. The air was still... expectant. Rats scuttled through
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336 the night scavenging for food. It was the 'dead' time; the hours before
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337 dawn when few humans ventured into the streets. Those who did were
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338 watchful, alert for misfortune.
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339 From the east, headlights pierced the purple blackness. A police car
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340 moved like a silent predator. The tight beam of its spotlight probed empty
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341 alleyways, searching. The harsh glare paused on a dog sifting through a
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342 trash can, then moved on. The soft rumble of the vehicle's engine was
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343 punctuated by the crackle of a police radio.
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344 Inside, a large man with a gold shield on his chest slipped a tape
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345 about it himself. He had faced danger on more that one occasion in his
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346 career. But he had not yet stood at death's shoulder. Like most cops, he
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347 often rehearsed how he would react to a menacing gunman or in a heated
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348 shootout. The moment still awaited him.
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349 Deep inside, Frank worried. Would he be able to drop the hammer when
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350 he had to? To take a human life was an enormous responsibility, especially
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351 with his deep sense of humanity. As one of his professors used to say;
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352 "Life is a voyage." Frank's problem was deciding his own destination.
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353 It had been a quiet night. A few drunks, a couple of minor problems to
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354 be resolved, a domestic battle that ended with the combatants falling into
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355 each other's arms. Frank's intense eyes peered into the vacant lots and
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356 alleys of the city. In a few hours, dawn would arrive; another tour into a
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357 reality few experienced would be over.
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358 As Frank rounded a corner, he spied something unusual in the distance;
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359 two figures in the shadows. He killed his headlights and moved forward.
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360 They seemed intent and did not notice him. Frank's heart started to thump
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361 faster. In an instant, he realized what was happening: rape. A man held
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362 a gun on a woman pushing her down to the pavement.
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363 Frank moved into action, pushing the accelerator to the floor. His
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364 engine responded with a throaty roar; the car leaping forward in
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365 anticipation. He snatched the radio microphone and called for assistance.
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366 Familiar voices quickly responded they were on the way.
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367 The gunman looked up in surprise. His act of violation interrupted.
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368 Frank had only an instant to realize that he was a young black man. Then he
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369 was gone, racing off into the darkness, seeking escape.
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370 The police car squealed to a halt in front of the trembling victim.
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371 Frank dived from the car. "Are you alright?" he quickly asked the woman.
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372 An ashen face nodded yes.
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373 Frank turned and ran after the gunman, surrendering a 30 yard lead at
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374 the start. Frank knew this wasn't a leisurely jog on a forest trail. This
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375 was an ancient struggle; two predators moving in the darkness, seeking
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376 victory or escape.
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377
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378 to be continued ....
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379 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Valinor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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380 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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381 Many times I've seen your words
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382 Of strange and mystical lands
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383 Webs of words draw pictures
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384 Spun with delicate strands
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385
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386 Always with words so graceful
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387 are the flowings of your pen
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388 I wish that I could do so
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389 With these cold hands of tin
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390
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391 I have met a woman
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392 A Lady of renound
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393 Instead of pictures in her words
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394 She creats the other way 'round
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395
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396 You speak of an aquaintence
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397 I think it must be her
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398 So pensive was our conversation
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399 There's no way to be sure
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400
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401 And to you, the Piper
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402 I tip my hat of tin
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403 And imagine words of distant lands
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404 And how they might begin
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405 a toast from THE TIN MAN
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406 To All: I realize that poems are a real waste of disk space, but I can find no
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407 other way to enter them that has the same effect as the normal lines
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408 and verses. I DID owe a few poems, I will try not to eat so much of a
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409 disk as I did this time.
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410 Sincerly, THE TIN MAN
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411 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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412 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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413 Fellows: Could you be a bit more specific? I prefer to know what I am
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414 being disliked for. I pointed out a way of fitting an objectionable
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415 entry into the story IF Gaudy was willing. I left the decision up to HER
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416 The only thing that I was firm about was that Fleming is NOT gboing to
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417 meekly take her back to HQ if he can find an excuse to report "shot
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418 while resisting" or "shot while attempting to escape".
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419 Also, where did you get this "leader of men" bit? I pull strings
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420 from behind the scenes. I don't lead. Leaders are FIELD operatives. Not
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421 executives.
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422 09: One of the main objections to your entry was the question of how you
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423 got there & how you had found out about the situation. HQ doesn't even
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424 know about it yet!!
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425 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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426 *****************************************************************
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427 tin man: with the great stuff you have been writting how can you
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428 say that your are wasting space? the only waste of space
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429 here is fighting and advertizements. keep up the good
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430 work, your great.
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431 tanya: where are you? would like to see an entry soon.
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432 ***********************n****.**.**************************************
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433 ******************************************************kathyd************
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434 Still sitting in the shadows of the INN, THOR could see his favorite.
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435 Yes, was she, kathyd, and another near was delicate in his words as
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436 much as she with her prose. This man did call himself a person made of
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437 tin but THOR could see that his metal was much stronger than that.
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438 Others were still at the INN, squabbling over texts that each had
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439 felt an attack. But it was not for real as each was in awe of the other.
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440 It was good, even to see the OREO eater for only a short time. And it
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441 was good to see that all were i.nvolved with each other.
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442 THOR would come back to the INN again, maybe in the early morning hours
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443 when all had been said and the words still echoed in the halls of the
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444 INN.
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445 ************************************************************************
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446 ive been sitting here having a pleasant daydream about a place. This
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447 place is the center and all realities can be reached from here. Over
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448 each door is a sign, "fear" reads one, "adventure" reads another, and
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449 these are just the doors that i am standing in front of. Down a few
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450 paces i see "love" and "suspense
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451 at my right is a dispensing machine, it dispenses escapes. before
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452 one enters a room they take a escape with them. these escapes are very
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453 valuable and must be kept safe, for once in a room, a trapped person or
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454 thing will try to con you out of your escape. i am a newcommer here and
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455 i don't know which door to chose, "success" looks promising but danger-
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456 ous. "beauty" beacons, but i ignore that door for now.
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457 i turn and take my escape, it is a very interresting object. i put my
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458 escape in my pants pocket and choose "courage". As i open "courages"
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459 door fear disapears, i step in and find my self in a airplane, a chute
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460 is strapped to my back. i pat my pocket, escape is there waiting, the
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461 target is near... and i jump. what a feeling this "courage" is, im a
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462 free spirt drifting down towards the earth, i check my altimeter, time
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463 to pull the ripcord. whoosh, the chute is a rainbow and i float with the
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464 winds. i like courage, im going to have to do that again. as my feet
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465 touch the ground and chute falls behind me, i disentagle myself and pull
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466 my escape out of my pocket. the heat of my hand activates escape and
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467 i find my self back at the center of realities.
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468 *************************************************kathyd*****************
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469 I CAN NOT NOW SAY ANYTHING. YOU KNOW I AM HERE. BUT HOW LONG? WWW LEOPARD WWW
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470 A FEW WORDS. WITH ADVENTURE COMES FEAR. THE UNKNOWN IS AHEAD AND FAILURE AT
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471 EVERY STEP. DECISIONS. WITH LOVE COMES SUSPENSE. WHAT WILL THE LOVER THINK?
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||
472 THIS IS NOT SUSPENSE. THIS IS ANXIETY. SUCCESS? BEAUTY? BOTH OF THESE ARE
|
||
473 SHOWN CLEARLY WITH THE WORDS YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN US. AND COURAGE IS SOMETHING
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474 YOU HAVE ALWAYS HAD. I CAN TELL. THIS IS AN ODD SENSATION SEEING MY WORDS
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475 ENGRAVED HERE.THEY WILL LAST FOR A SHORT TIME AND WILL THEN FADE AWAY. I WILL
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||
476 MISS MY WORDS. BUT NOT HALF AS MUCH AS I WILL MISS THE WORDS THAT ARE ALL
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477 AROUND ME. THEY HAVE MEANING. MINE ARE DUST.
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478 W.W.W. I STALK. I AM LEOPARD W.W.W.
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479 **************************************************************************
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480 and again i say
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481
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482 ********************************************************kathyd*************
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||
483 *****************************************
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484 ok mr www, whatever you say, i was just
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485 writting down some thoughts, not to be
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486 interpreted in any particular way, please
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487 do me one respect and do not use my border
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488 or pen name, makes me nervous. also the
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489 word stalking makes me quite uneasy too.
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490 i intend to enter other rooms from the
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491 center of realities and will tell all
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492 what i have found there. who knows maybe
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493 i won't return next time. i think i will
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494 but who is to say, i may lose my escape.
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495 ****thereal************kathyd****************
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496
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497 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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498 All...who wish to be more lovely...may the "beauty beacon" (above) shine on you.
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499 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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500 W.W.W. I WATCH. I AM LEOPARD W.W.W.
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501 IS THAT BETTER? IWILL USE THAT AT THE BEGINNING AND END TO MAKE SURE NO ONE
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||
502 WILL GET MIXED UP. WHAT DOES UNSAFE MEAN? I HAVE SEEN IT 2 TIMES NOW.
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503 I AM SORRY IF YOU THINK THAT I USED YOUR BOARDER. I DIDI NOT. I TRYED TO BE
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504 VERY CLEAR WHERE I STARTED AND ENDED. I WILL NOT SAY STALK. IT LOOKED GOOD
|
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505 THE FIRST TIME. BUT SINCE YOU DO NOT LIKE IT I WILL STOP.
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506 I THOUGHT I KNEW THE RESPECTS HERE. THAT ONE I DID KNOW. I WILL PAY IT FOR YOU
|
||
507 .IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN DO? ASK ME.
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508 W.W.W. I WATCH. I AM LOEPARD W.W.W.
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509 ********************************************************
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510 welll exxxxxuuuuuussssseeee mmmmmmeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
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511 enter only doesn't make for letter perfect entries!
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512 (sticking my tougue out, phfffttt!)
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513 www: no biggie, ehh?
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514 *****************************************kathyd********
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||
515 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (ooops...)
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516 It seems that there's a little midnight battle raging here.
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517 But i'll not poke my noses into that.
|
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518 THOR: No comment?
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519 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the distraught Guardian 73:05
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520 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
521 It always takes courage for someone to admit they simply didn't know any better.
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522 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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523 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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524 Tin Man -- Tanks much! I, also, do not feel that the blank space in poetry
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||
525 is a waste of space. The physical placement of the words in the line has a
|
||
526 great utility. Somehow, however, the medium has different constraints than
|
||
527 pen or type on paper... an interesting field to explore? Although I greatly
|
||
528 appreciated your entry, I'm afraid that the mutual acquaintance may be someone
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||
529 other than the one to whom you referred -- I (believe?) that I know that person
|
||
530 only through reputation and reading her writings.
|
||
531 Ahh! what joy to type once more on a responsive keyboard. The only ill effects
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532 of my recent keyboard troubles is a distressing tendency to attempt driving
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||
533 the <return> key through the keyboard when I reach the end of a line!
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534 (isn't it amazing what cotton swabs and magnetic tape head cleaner can do?)
|
||
535 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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||
536 ****************************************
|
||
537 i can tell "alchemist" is back, phffttt!!
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538 ********************************kd********
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539 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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540 My... I'm goinig to have to get on more often. The last time I got on, there
|
||
541 wasn't any problem with the story...
|
||
542 As someone else has said before, I'd have a nervous breakdown but I haven't
|
||
543 scheduled in the time.
|
||
544 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$# 22:40 - 03/14/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$#
|
||
545 -=*=- But only the cat replied, a frail tune of vibrating notes... -=*=-
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||
546
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|
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547 Pausing hesitantly, I drop the curtain again and wonder what might
|
||
548 have happened. Where once was a window, there now is a wall. And none to
|
||
549 explain the why, nor to give answer to my question. Perhaps I have given
|
||
550 offense, and not known it. As I have so often before.
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551 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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|
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552 NEVER!
|
||
553
|
||
554 ^^^^^ No wonder you are so rarely seen here! Not many take the time to
|
||
555 ^^^^^ see what has been added to the disks that are not in the limelight.
|
||
556 ^^^^^ For those that read these remarks when they are no longer an active
|
||
557 ^^^^^ pawn on the board, know now that this is being entered on wha is
|
||
558 ^^^^^ known as "Disk B". Nechoha, --->the Guardian
|
||
559
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560 nosrepersonosrepersonosrepersonosrepersonoserpersonosrepersoinosrep
|
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561 AHA - some space, if only temporary. will anyone get to see it??
|
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562 person looked around the interior of the oddly familiar INN. A beconing hand,
|
||
563 with mug attached, raised in friendship, from a warm corner table drew person's
|
||
564 attention.
|
||
565 Mug and hand were attached to one who introduced himself as 'Gaurdian'. The invitation to
|
||
566 taste the INN's fine ales was one person could hardly refuse. "while i lack gender, and even
|
||
567 permanent appearence",person said by way of introduction,"i have sometimes been mystakenly
|
||
568 called saphire but never steel. "Isnt this the place my keyfingers accessed from...
|
||
569 but; how could that be? Well i wasn't always as you see me now. Before i became a
|
||
570 pleasent dream of a diux ex mechina i had a physical existance of my own, but i dont mean
|
||
571 to bore you. Yes of course the house ale."
|
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572 nosrepersonosrepersonosrepersonosrepersonosrepersonosrepersxnosrep
|
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