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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 21 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 Hey, hey... at the top. What can I say?
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21 Val
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22 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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23
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24 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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25 Gradually the pegasus folded her wings, continuing her canter over the
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26 soft grey pavement that had solidified beneath her hooves. The piper
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27 finished his song, then began another. Somehow even the soft rocking mothin
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28 of the pegasus' canter lulled the piper into a strange mental state. Trees
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29 seemed to bow and dance along the sides of the highway, prancin a stately
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30 minuet, weaving their way between the underbrush, bushes and shrubs running
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31 like children beneath their elder's feet.
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32 The road they followed rolled gently up, then down, alternately revealing
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33 and concealing small hollows, in which the piper imagined that he could see
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34 ghostly dwellings. Breasting one especially large hill, the piper looked
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35 down into a larger than usual hollow. The soft road that he was following
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36 let down the hill and along the main street of a small village.
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37 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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38
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39 ^^^^^ --->G 80:06
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40
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41 ??????????????????????????????????????
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42 With a "Hi Ho Silver" and a hearty "Well done" the Guardian receives a solid
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43 thump on the back.
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44 ??????????????????????????????????????
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45 *.*.* ANNOUNCEMENT/WARNING*.*.*
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46 TO: All Local Skydiving Enthusiasts
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47 If you are one of the hundreds of skydivers who bought
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48 easy skydiving parachute (model EC-25A) from Bournemouth
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49 Broilly Mailorder House; please correct page 7 line 8 of
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50 the instruction booklet (Publication 625, 1985); the
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51 words "state zip code" should read "pull rip cord." I
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52 followed the instruction to the letter, resulting to a
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53 very rough landing. I started reciting "97214 -97214 -
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54 97214" at 600 ft, but the chute didn't open. I kept on
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55 yelling mu zip code till I hit the bough of a fir tree.
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56 I learned it the hard way.
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57 M. Miller *.*.*
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58 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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59 The wraith like phantasm floated lightly in the dimly lit void. He
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60 waited patiently, it had been a long hard struggle for him to locate
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61 the position he is in now. He is waiting for an occurrence that happens
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62 only once in any given life time.
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63 For a seemingly endless period of time he had hypothesized about
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64 this occurrence. No one had
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65 believed him, they had all thought of him as strange. Now it was
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66 coming true. They would see, they would suffer, they would pay for
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67 their blindness and doubt. Never again would another doubt him.
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68
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69 the Farseer
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70
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71 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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72 up 10
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73 stop
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74 help
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75 off
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76 HELP
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77
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78 Gee, I'mm seeing two of everything. It's probably due to having set up my
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79 terminal to go into chat with another terminal. Odd to have picked up the
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80 phone to hear a carrier signal. After I realized what was going on, I
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81 changed the b.p.s. to 300 from 1200 and reset a few of the variables.
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82 On the fifth call, success! I was then informed to keep the bells down to
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83 an extreme minimum- he was in class, silent typing. This is hard on the
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84 eyes. I guess I'll quit for now. Nothing much new here since the last
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85 call... Farseer? How interesting...
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86 *** The Man from RECALL ***
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87
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88 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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89
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90 quark strangeness and charm
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91
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92 einstein was not a handsome fellow
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93 nobody ever called him al
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94 he had a long moustache to pull on
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95 it was yellow
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96 i don't believe he ever had a girl
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97 one thing he missed out in his theory
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98 of time and space and relativity
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99 is something that makes it very clear he
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100 was never gonna score like you and me
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101 he didn't know about
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102 quark strangeness and charm
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103
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104 i had a dangerous liason
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105 to be found out would have been a disgrace
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106 we had to rendevouz some days on
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107 the corner of an undiscovered place
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108 we got sick of chat chat chatter
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109 and the look upon everybody's face
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110 but all that does not anti-matter
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111 now we have found ourselves a black hole in space
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112 and we're talking buot
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113 quark strangeness and charm
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114 quark enessgnarts and charm
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115 quark strangeness and charm
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116 here it comes it goes "quark quark"
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117 quark now
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118
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119 copernicus had those renaissance ladies
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120 crazy about his telescope
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121 and galileo had a name that made his
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122 reputation higher than his hope
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123 did none of those astronomers discover
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124 while they were staring out into the dark
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125 that what a lady looks for in a lover
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126 is charm strangeness and quark
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127
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128 QUARK STRANGENESS AND CHARM
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129 here it comes; quark quark
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130 hawkwind,
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131 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP< 8ACICFP<
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132 AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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133 UNABASHED PLAGERISM. MEIN GOTT, ZE DUBERLING EICH
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134 VERBOTTEN. MACHT IENSHITZ AGEAN UR BOTE.
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135 EEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
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136 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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137 MR.HAWTHORNE: I Have bene trying to call the system we spoke of tooday(3
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138 /21/85) from home. It dosn't seem to like my terminal.I can't get a
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139 responce what so ever.I have tryed alereing the parity, It didn't work.
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140 Do you have any idea?
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141 Zippy:Look in the buy&sell section of Le'nerd if you havent recently.
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142 Joel is selling his system! And an 80 colum card for Apple also.
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143 Did you know about this?
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144
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145 Asp
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146 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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147
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148 (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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149
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150 Val: So you made it to the top, huh? Well, it's where you belong.
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151 Thanks for the kindness and the compliment the other day. My story continues
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152 as follows:
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153
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154 He was now in the shadows of the inner courtyard. Silently he made his way
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155 along the base of the wall, muscles ready to spring into action instantly
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156 should the need arise. Carefully he proceeded step by step, feeling along
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157 the wall about six inches ahead of him with his hands. Somewhere, there should
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158 be a...ah, there it was. A small cord, invisible in the darkness, ran from
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159 the wall in a straight line towards the palace. Pausing once more to allow
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160 a group of samurai pass over him on the wall, he began to follow the cord,
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161 careful not to disturb it lest the guards be alerted of his presence. The
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162 cord was a new addition to palace defenses; effective - yet here it defeated
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163 its own purpose. He was nearing the end of the rope - he could tell by the
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164 decrease in the sag of the rope. Yes, here were several wooden blocks hanging
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165 close together. Any movement of the rope would cause the blocks to colide,
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166 alerting the guards. And there, to the left, was the watchman, looking straight
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167 through him in the shadows of the night. Carefully, so as not to make a sound,
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168 he eased his way to the side and circled around back of the guard. Slowly,
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169 he eased forward and gingerly set his dagger at the base of the man's throat,
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170 careful not to betray his presence by any sound of movement. Then, in one
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171 quick flash of movement he drew his dagger across the man's throat. The man
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172 dropped silently to the ground, blood pooling on the ground where he lay.
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173 Quickly and quietly he drug the body into the darkest shadows, and carefully
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174 covered the trail of blood and disturbed earth with dust. Searching the scene
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175 one more time for anything he might have missed, he quickly produced from
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176 his pack four small claw-like items, made of steel - Ashikos and shukos, made
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177 for the specific purpose of scaling walls. He slipped the ashikos over his
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178 boots, making sure they were secure and would not come off. Then he quickly
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179 slid the shukos over his hands, turned to the wall, and began to study the
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180 wall for difficulty of ascent. In the darkness, he could barely make out the
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181 faint outline of a window, far above him and a little to the right.
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182 Positioning himself directly beneath his goal, he began his ascent. One small
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183 misjudgement of balance, and he would fall to the ground below. Carefully
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184 he made his way up the side of the building: left foot, left hand, right
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185 foot, right hand...until he at last arrived at the top. Listening from the
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186 outside, he quickly determined there was no one in whatever room or passageway
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187 lay beyond. Quietly, as he had been taught to do since childhood, he pulled
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188 himself through the window and into the true darkness beyond.
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189
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190 Ronin
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191 (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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192 ----------
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193 (*==marker==*)
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194 @(++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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195 Hippocrates regained
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196
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197 Rodgar was tired. Almost four days had passed since he had last seen
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198 ny sign of civilization at all. The shapes of houses and sidewalks,
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199 familiar to you and me, faded from his memory. All he remembered was the
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200 ss of the snake, the chattering of the birds, and the trickle of water
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201 flowing swiftly nearby.
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202 Looking up, Rodgar saw that the sun would be at its fullest in a few
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203 more minutes. He leaned against a tree to rest, and opened his canteen to
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204 drink. So much was he one with the other creatures here that a rodent
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205 passed silently by him, hardly noticing his tall frame blocking the sun.
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206 A glint of light, a reflection of the sun made by some shiny material,
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207 ught Rodgar's attention. A mirror?
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208 Intrigued, Rodgar crept closer to the shiny object. Peering through
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209 the dense brush, he finally was able to see the rest of the object.
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210 In a small clearing was a fountain, about 2 meters high. A
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211 lear liquid gushed forth from various openings, falling in an intricate
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212 nce to the pool below. Faint markings could be seen upon a plaque.
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213 Rodgar stepped through the brush as if enchanted by the strange
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214 untain. Almost as if he were dreaming, he kneeled down and drank
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215 deeply of the water at the bottom.
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216 If anyone had been around to watch, they might have glimpsed Rodgar
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217 gin to glow, shine brightly, then vanish altogether. Only an old
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218 nteen marked the place where the young explorer had been.
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219 Rodgar himself beheld an interesting sight. His mind filled
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220 ith disbelief as he found himself shedding light, nearing the
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221 luminesence of the sun itself. His mind, unable to go into shock any
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222 urther, was unaffected by the larger of the two surprises- he found, after
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223 he had stopped glowing, that he was no longer in the world he had known.
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224 large building with a stable lay nearby, the rowan tree before them
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225 isplayed the early buds of spring. Looking frantically about, then rubbing
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226 his eyes four or five times, Rodgar tried to change the scene. Nothing
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227 orked. Recovering from shock, he made
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228 decision. He got up, brushed himself lightly, then made his way to the doors
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229 what seemed to be an Inn.
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230 +++++++++++++++++++++ Rodgar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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231
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232 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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233 Please excuse the missing characters at the beginning of the lines- this is
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234 my first attempt at uploading. Next time I'll include two spaces at the
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235 beginning of each line.
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236 +++++++++++++++++ Milchar/Rodgar +++++++++++++ 21:44 - 03/21/85 ++++++++++++
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237 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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238 Anyone: About how many disks have I missed? The last I was on, there were a
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239 few NET ciphers on drive B.
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240 L'homme: I'd call to see what's happened to the storyline, but if my memory
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241 is any good at all, I seem to remember that this week is either Dead week or
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242 finals week. Either way, I wouldn't want to disturb you.
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243 Ian: What? An assassination attempt? Perhaps NET is churning out combination
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244 locks for security, if someone can get to you that easily. Or rather, near
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245 you.
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246 #$# a-too-tired-to-go-to-sleep Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$# 21:55 - 03/21/85 #$#
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247
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248 13131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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249 To: Ian MacHinery
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250 Fr:
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251 Re: Safe Houses
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252
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253 It might interest you to know that the recent aquisition of the new
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254 safe house in the south east Portland vacinity is in its final stages. This
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255 facility will be available for necessary usage within the next seven days.
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256 Regular office proceedings may begin within the next ten days as electronic
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257 systems are being refitted to the surroundings.
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258 Debriefing for senior agents will be made available in the near future.
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259 1313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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260
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261 Here was a writer with excitement in his blood, thought THOR of the author
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262 called RONIN. Yet, he tells of death and of killing that fill the spaces but
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263 not reality. For THOR knew too well the ways of death. Especially the methods of quiet assassins. To feel the
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264 victims presence before striking, to smell your victim and to reach out and take him by the throat.
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265 It was then that you felt the victims heart stir into high gear and the blood in his veins would race passed your
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266 fingertipss. You could feel the gland in his neck, yes it would be there. You
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267 could not see it for it would be dark yet even so your fingers could feel
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268 the throbbing dove eggs which were your guide to your victims death.
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269 The knife must cut below this gland and thrust downward towards the victims
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270 sternum. The razor sharp dirk would enter quickly and slash through the victims carotid artery. It would then
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271 travel downward across the victims windpipe, under his voice box so that the fight for life would be a silent
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272 and losing battle. The only sound that would be heard would be the release of air from the windpipe as the lungs
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273 emptied themselves in a vain attempt to scream. But THOR knew there would be no shrill, no cry, no noise, as the
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274 victim no longer would have a voice to cryout with. THOR thought to himself how some had spoke of this kind of
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275 killings as being an art. Only a mad man or one whose morbid sense of talent and tastes were detached from
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276 e method of murder an art form then they must feel like an atomic explosion was some kind of great light-show.
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277 THOR hoped that this kind of art would become a lost art for all of mankind.
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278 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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279 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (the sighting)
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280 Just to make things a little easier, I'll try to keep the name dropping to
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281 a minimum... (The maiden Indian is Awullsu, and Wipunxit is accompanying us.)
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282 Wish I had more time, I'll have to continue tomorrow. Maybe.
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283 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the guardian 81:01 back soon...
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284
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285 ********************lurkmode****kathyd***********************
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286 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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287 The piper gazed a long moment down the road through the village. The pegasus,
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288 impatient at the delay, danced on the soft gray pavement. Down the soft winding
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289 road the piper heard whispers and tags of conversation, issuing from what seemed
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290 to be some kind of central structure.
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291 Urging the pegasus onward, they wound down the hill toward the waiting village
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292 below. The brilliance of the moon cast the edges of the road into sharp relief,
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293 and cast impenetrable pools of gloom at the base of stately trees edging the
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294 road. The sound of the pegasus' hooves was not the crisp clicking "chunk"
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295 we associate with a horse's hooves on pavement, rather it was a softly muffled
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296 sound like that of the tired head of a three-year old child striking a pillow.
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297 ppppppppppppppp(getting lots of line hits ... more later)pppppppppppppppppp
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298
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299 [no no. 5] [guess who?]
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300
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301 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK LURKING IN THE LINES WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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302 ---------------------------------------------------------------->
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303 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WRITE
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304 BUT EVIDENTLY COULDN'T READ.
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305 IF THEY WOULD JUST READ THEIR STUFF,
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306 THEY WOULD DEFINITELY
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307 STOP WRITING. WR
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308 <-----------------------------------------------------------------
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309 *=*=*=*=*=*:-:-:-:-:-:-::::::::::::
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310 RONIN: HAVE YOU READ THE "SUNSET WARRIOR" TRILOGY BY ERIC LUSTBADER LATELY??????
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311
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312 STUDENT
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313 :0:0:0:0:0:000:9:999999:9:9:0:0:
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314
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315 ********************************@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@********************************
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316
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317 HELLO , THIS IS M!#S , HOW'S LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS? DOES ANY ONE WANT TO ARGUE, I'M AN EXPERT
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318 WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT REALITY IT'S SELF.
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319 INTELLIGENCE IS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE WISDOM TO CONTROL IT.
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320 THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, HE IS THE SUN GOD RA,RA,RA
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321
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322 I AM,THEREFORE .......................I THINK?
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323 THIS IS HASBEEN M!#S
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324
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325 BYE
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326 ********************************@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@********************************
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327 M!#S IS A GOOB
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328 NNNNNNNNNNNNN
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329 *************@@@@@@@@@@@*******
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330 I AM NOT
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331 @@@@@@@@@@@@@************@@@@@@@
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332
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333 =-----------------------------------------------------------------------------=
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334 -- VARIED SHADES OF GRAY --
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335 There was to be a time when two men would meet. They would not know
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336 what the other looked like, but vague descriptions were all they had to go on
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337 in order that they would someday meet. Both men had spoken on the land line for
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338 only the shortest of time, and then it was only through a mediator, the only
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339 one that knew what these two actually looked like.
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340 "I've heard of you, you know. Your reputaion precedes you." It was
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341 the darker of the two that spoke first. Darker to some, pale to others.
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342 "It has? I'm not at all surprised." The other felt that it was point-
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343 less to return the comment of having been heard of. He had learned to mind his
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344 tounge while in conversation with ones not know to him.
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345 "If you are to meet, you must decide on the place. It is up to you."
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346 The words came from the one that had arranged it all and had connected to two.
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347 Long drawn out moments passed before either one spoke, each expecting the other
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348 to take the initiative. Then the short silence was broken.
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349 "How does the city center sound to you?" It was again the darker one.
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350 "That's too easy. Yes."
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351 "Where then? Would the Francis and Martin Offices be OK?"
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352 "Yes that would be OK." Constantly did this one watch his own words.
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353 "Fine then. I've named the place, now you name the pin-point. Where?"
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354 "Again, too simple. How about the Data Processing Department, do you
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355 know where that is?"
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356 "Yes," said the dark one. "I can do that. Let's make it for ten
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357 thirty in the morning, or is that too soon?"
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358 "Make it eleven-thirty, and I'll see you tomorrow."
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359 The two then made clear a few more important points, such as what it
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360 would be that they would exchange once having met. It would be paper. It was
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361 not to be common paper for these papers held secrets to the safety of their
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362 nation, papers that would be traded to be used by others that had made this
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363 confrontation a mandate.
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364 For some reason the two never met on that day, the day they
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365 planned for with not enough detail. But noone would pay, time was not critical.
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366 Not yet.
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367 -- VARIED SHADES OF GRAY --
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369
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371 Thor: I understand your hope, I as well hope it. I say that only so you
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372 will not confuse me in my following words.
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373 I do not understand how you could call say it had little to do with real-
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374 ity. One level, perhaps. For the samurai warrior dwels in quite different
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375 reality. It is not quite "human". But, could hardly be called "animal" either.
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376 Stripped of there emotions, it is an art. Yes, a deadly one. One that brings
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377 a sensation of disgust to our thoughts. But, the art is reality. For the
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378 samurai, as well as the ronin, deal with a very different reality than I do.
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379 They are murderers. They deal with death. I would say that is pretty real.
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380 My thoughts are stumped, when I think of what (on both a social and personal
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381 level) one's past would have to involve in order to turn it to such a course.
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382 But, then, it is our species' history. Ah, often horrid. But, I think it
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383 would follow a more individual level to make one turn to such a thing. It is
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384 that way for the samurai, I think, as well as for the ronin.
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385 Now what was said up there? Something that implied plagerism? -Tanya
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386 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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387 . .I think, if you can understand the samurai, you can understand the ronin.
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388 He was after all, once a samurai. And, yet, we do not know why he is no
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389 longer. I wish to find out. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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390 To the above: Sir, I fear that you are somewhat confused. A Ronin was merely
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391 a masterless samurai. They often took to banditry. The person in the story
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392 is obviously a NINJA. A quite different type of person. Samurai are best known as
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393 warriors. Ninja are spies & assassins.
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394 ________________________________Leonard_________________________________________
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395 SAMURAI, NINJA, TOYOTA, DATSUN, PPPTTTUUUIII....... AREN'T YOU TIRED OF JAPANESE THINGS?????
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396 AND SAKI, AND RAW SQUID, AND ROCK N ROLL TEE-SHIRTS WITH KATKANA, AND GODZILLA, AND MITA, AND MIDI
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397 AND SPEED RACER, AND GEISHA GIRLS, AND CAMERAS, AND ORIENTAL DREAMS, AND _[i
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398
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400 Farley: You may call anytime. Finals est fini! I get a whole week off. I can bring you
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401 up to date, and fill you in on all the details. Where ya been? (as if I didn't know
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402 already.)
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403 Ian: What's this? An attempt on your life? Who could be so bold? But of course you
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404 grabbed the hand of god again, and dismissed the attempt with a three-line shorty. Oh
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405 Ian, how wonderful.
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406 *)_#*_)#$*^#_$)^*#$_)^*#$_)^*#)$_^* L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%_#)*%@_)%*@_)%*@_)%*@_)%
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415 D_EAA DCRRD CZALP EDECP GJICU [\D_S ADTC^ ADEXD \GNTD PXDIF ENGEE [\HB_
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421 Thor: Your wish for such methods of killing to be forgotten is noble, but is,
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422 as you said of the method, not likely to happen in reality. It would, however,
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423 be a better world if all thought like you and Tanya.
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424
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425 Student: Yes, as a matter of fact, I have read The Sunset Warrior Trilogy lately.
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426 Even within the last year. I enjoyed them thoroughly.
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427
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428 Leonard: You are absolutely correct on all accounts. Ronin is simply a word of
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429 the Japanese language meaning 'masterless warrior'. Whether or not he was at one
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430 time or another a samurai is an independant matter.
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431 As for the person in the story, I tend to agree that he must be a Ninja. He
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432 certainly does not fit the traditional description of a samurai or ronin.
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433 Perhaps time will tell.
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434
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435 * Sayonara *
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436
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437 RONIN
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438 (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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460 L'homme: speaking of things Petrov needs, how about some docs on stuff on the
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461 disk, like Speedterm, and the WP program? He's kind of spinning his wheels
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482 Petrov gazed out the window. The gentle scent of fresh cut grass heralded
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483 the coming of Spring. The sunshine taunted Petrov, who had been in hiding since
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484 fleeing from Joshua and L'homme. The longing to enjoy the warm weather reminded
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485 him of the feeling he got when studying for finalls during Springtime.
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486 Only one thing could make Petrov happy, but alas, you don't see too many
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487 flocks of wild sheep around any more.
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488 Petrov
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489 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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490
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491 //// darn this enter only (finalls) ////
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492 What? Tired of Japanese things? Where would we be without them?
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493 A na ta wa ni ho n ji n de su ka? Probably not...
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494
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495 Alpha Beta Delta Gamma Omega
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496 Olpha Geta Atled Bamma Amega
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497 THORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHORTHOR
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498 RONIN:Please do not be offended, I was very much pleased with your story line.
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499 I was just tired and rambling over old and thought forgotten memories. I am
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500 not usually a critizer of anyones writing and I apologize if I offended. The
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501 method that you described of killing with a knife was not in line with the
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502 direct teachings of assassins. I was only describing (too descriptively) the
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503 method used by not only warriors but also soldiers. If one cuts the throat of
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504 a victim for instance, from ear to ear, you run the chance of having him
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505 living long enough to either kill you or warn his comrades. If it is an instant
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506 death you are looking for then the blade must be placed into the base of
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507 the skull where the brain stem resides and controls the functions of the motor
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508 and reflex systems of the body. Enough said and again I am sorry if you thought
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509 I was being critical, please write more as you have the talent to do so.
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510 kathyd:Lurking huh?.......
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511 Guardian:hello friend and I hope to see more of your writings.
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512 TIN MAN:where are those great poems of yours?
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513 ^^^^^^--------THOR------^^^^^^^***^^
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514 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (the sighting)
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515 As we made our way through the field of knee high grass that seperated one
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516 clump of trees from the next, our new companion and guide motioned us to stay
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517 still. For silence to be maintained in an upright position while moving in
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518 this sun dried field was a science in itself, something I had never needed,
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519 something he had mastered. While we were forced to slow in our advance we were
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520 also afforded greater time in which to seek any foreigners in the approaching
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521 strands that were to be called trees.
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522 Five! There were five figures to be seen in woods before us. Although
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523 scarcely joined, they appeared almost to be of the same party. It was not
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524 easy to tell the individuals from the pairs. Before I was able to halt our
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525 guide, he had already drawn his bow and was in the process of knocking one of
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526 his practice arrows. Practice? This was odd, if he were to draw his bow with
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527 such haste, would it not have been for something of grave importance?
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528 "It is to be a sign. A gesture to warn the outlanders that they have come
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529 to the boundaries of our village." She was calm in saying so, but I felt that
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530 there was more to it than just that. Was she holding out on me? I thought not.
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531 Before I could even utter the words to say 'nay', the first arrow had been sent
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532 on its route to meet with the leader of the group. The whistling of the fletch
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533 was thunder in my ears. The time was now and the warning could not be revoked.
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534 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Nagatamen
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535 Curses to the random 'bad connection' and the infamously cruel 'line hits' for
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536 they have stolen away a work that was sure to have created a new vision.
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537 May your next venture be of good fortune, Piper...
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538 ANY: What need is there that murder must be preformed that incapacitaion could
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539 not aquire the same end? (Unless the one released was to be The target?)
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540 ***kathyd***: You have my heartiest applause in responce to your last scribing
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541 of your bout with "Desire"! You have made me both laugh and become most
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||
542 still with the recognition that you have realized Desire for what it is-
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||
543 a thing that we must all face and deal with in our own way. How fortunate
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544 you were to have retained your escape! I, for one, wish to see more. I am
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||
545 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian! 82:04
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546
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547
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548 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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549 Nearing the bottom... well, the story can wait another day.
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550 L'Homme -- how goes the quest for deletion of incompleteness?
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551 (best place to answer is on Le Nerd board #2)
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552 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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553 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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554 For lack of oxygen, I think I can just forget the from Prometheus and stuff
|
||
555 for this entry. I lack a little too muc hoxygen right now. Lost it during a
|
||
556 pair of long sessions in a Risk game. And after twelve hours of that, I dare
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||
557 anyone to have decent oxygen levels in their heads.
|
||
558 The games were a little similar, the advocate of all the other players won.
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||
559 The pair of games was split between myself and the Man in Gray. Who was not
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560 playing during the second game. So I did not actually beet him.
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561
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562 Wow, are we in enter only? I guess we are, oh well, so any talk of oxygen
|
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563 is like, in there forever? Gee, I should have thought, but there was this itsy
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564 bitsy problem with oxygen.
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565
|
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566 Toward the end of any Risk game, there is such a military escalation that it
|
||
567 just fits the exhausted players so well. Their tired minds just kind of adapt
|
||
568 and all of a sudden they are making these jokes about death and dying. Cute.
|
||
569 Then again, at the front of any Risk game, everyone is calm cool and trying
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||
570 to look collected. It is all an elaborate hoax really, but a social nescessity
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||
571 to psyche fellow players out. Interesting to see them go between the two at
|
||
572 the end of one game and the start of the other.
|
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573
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574 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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575
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576 ever seen them go from trying to seem neat... to trying to seem mean...
|
||
577 the do it so well... too many times it is a bluff... so it is not considered
|
||
578 as imprtant as it ought to be... the threats i mean....
|
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579
|
||
580 ............................................................................
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581 Mikey: Can we KILL your phone co? The only reason I haven't been disconnected
|
||
582 twelve times during this session is that MY modem WON'T hang up until I TELL
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||
583 it to!
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||
584 __________________________Leonard____________________________________________
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