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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 5 MAY 85 **********************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 L'homme: how goes the 3.0? I don't remember if I told you that modem 1 is
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21 set for COM1, and modem 2 is set for COM2. (Anyother selection will default
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22 to COM1. The program below is a BASIC program that I copied to the COPYLINK
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23 program format. As you can see, there is very little difference. Except for
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24 the lack of line numbers on every line, you would hardly know the difference.
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25 And in fact, with exception of a couple of instructions, it is an exact
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26 duplicate of the original BASIC program that I wrote in '76 for tiny BASIC.
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27 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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28
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29
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30 REMARK THIS IS THE MAIN PROGRAM FILE "WUMPUS.OVC"
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31 RANDOMIZE TIME
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32 100
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33 LET W = 1 + RND 19
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34 LET P = 1 + RND 19
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35 LET I = 1 + RND 19
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36 LET B = 1 + RND 19
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37 LET D = 1 + RND 19
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38 LET C = 1 + RND 19
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39 LET A = 5
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40 LET M = -1
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41 LET S = 0
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42 140
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43 LET N = C
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44 GOSUB WPLOC
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45 160
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46 LET E = 0
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47 170
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48 IF N = W THEN PRINT "The Wumpus got you!"
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49 IF N = W THEN 910
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50 IF N = I THEN LET N = P
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51 IF N = P THEN PRINT "You fell in a pit!"
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52 IF N = P THEN 910
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53 IF E = 0 THEN PRINT
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54 IF N NOT = B THEN IF N NOT = D THEN 280
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55 LET E = 1
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56 PRINT "BAT SNATCH!"
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57 LET N = 1 + RND 19
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58 GOTO 170
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59
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60 280
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61 LET C = N
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62 GOSUB WPLOC
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63 PRINT "You have" A " Arrows"
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64
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65 LET R = W
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66 IF R NOT = X THEN IF R NOT = Y THEN IF R NOT = Z THEN LET R = 0
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67 IF R = W THEN PRINT "The Wumpus is nearby"
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68 LET R = P
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69 LET N = I
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70 IF R NOT = X THEN IF R NOT = Y THEN IF R NOT = Z THEN LET R = 0
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71 IF N NOT = X THEN IF N NOT = Y THEN IF N NOT = Z THEN LET R = 0
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72 IF R = P THEN PRINT "A Pit is nearby"
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73 LET R = B
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74 LET N = D
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75 IF R NOT = X THEN IF R NOT = Y THEN IF R NOT = Z THEN LET R = 0
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76 IF N NOT = X THEN IF N NOT = Y THEN IF N NOT = Z THEN LET R = 0
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77 IF R = B THEN PRINT "Bats are nearby"
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78
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79 PRINT "You're in " ; C
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80 PRINT "Tunnels lead to " X " " Y " " Z
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81 450
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82 PRINT "Where to " ;
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83 LET N = KEY
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84
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85 IF N = 0 THEN 530
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86 IF N NOT = X THEN IF N NOT = Y THEN IF N NOT = Z THEN 500
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87 GOTO 160
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88 500
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89 PRINT "HUH? " ;
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90 GOTO 450
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91
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92 530
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93 PRINT "Shoot to " ;
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94 LET N = KEY
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95
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96 IF N < 0 THEN 140
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97 IF N = 0 THEN GOTO 530
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98 IF N NOT = X THEN IF N NOT = Y THEN IF N NOT = Z THEN LET N = 1 + RND 19
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99
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100 IF N = C THEN 900
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101 IF N = W THEN PRINT "Got the Wumpus! YOU WIN!"
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102 IF N = W THEN 1000
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103
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104 LET N = W
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105 GOSUB WPLOC
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106 600
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107 LET W = 1 + RND 19
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108 IF W NOT = X THEN IF W NOT = Y THEN IF W NOT = Z THEN IF W NOT = N THEN GOTO 600
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109 LET A = A - 1
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110 IF A < 1 THEN PRINT "No arrows left."
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111 IF A < 1 THEN 910
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112 GOTO 140
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113
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114 900
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115 PRINT "You shot yourself!"
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116 910
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117 PRINT "YOU LOSE!"
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118 1000
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119 PRINT
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120 PRINT "Do you want to play again " ;
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121 YORN
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122 IF YES THEN GOTO 100
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123 IF YORN ERROR THEN PRINT "HUH?"
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124 IF YORN ERROR THEN GOTO 1000
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125
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126 END
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127
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128 ;NOTE PUT THIS ROUTINE IN A SEPERATE FILE CALLED "WPLOC.OVC"
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129 REMARK LOCATOR ROUTINE (CALCULATES NEIGHBORING ROOMS)
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130
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131 IF N - 10 > 0 THEN GOTO 10000
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132 LET Z = N + 10
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133 LET Y = N + 1
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134 IF N = 10 THEN LET Y = 1
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135 LET X = N - 1
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136 IF N = 1 THEN LET X = 10
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137 RETURN
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138
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139 10000
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140 LET Z = N - 10
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141 LET Y = N - 2
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142 IF N - 13 < 0 THEN LET Y = N + 8
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143 IF N - 18 > 0 THEN LET X = N - 8
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144 RETURN
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145
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146 ************************** CM *******************************************
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147 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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148 I vote for nice week also! I'll try to think of something
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149 nice to put up later. Bye.
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150 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}
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151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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152 Grand Master of Dragons: Do you intend to write more? Your work sounds
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153 interesting. -Tanya
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154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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155 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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156 The glass encloses me. It confines me in a limited but undefined
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157 space. I can see the world around me outside of the glass globe. I press
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158 my hands and face against the wall. I watch with my breath held tight in
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159 my lungs, my body tense with anticapation. I scream unheard cries of
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160 anguish and despair. The waves of pain rebound off the walls and crush my
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161 ears. Although I know no one beyond the glass will hear me, the sound
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162 serves its purpose. It comes back to me obliterating all thoughts,
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163 erasing all current emotions, giving me only one focus. For a brief
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164 fraction in time, which seems like the far side of etenity, my only
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165 awareness is pain. My singular reality is the reflection of myself and
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166 the submerged being inside my wracked body. The sound engulfs me.
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167 Slowly, although the realization comes suddenly, the echoes stop.
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168 Unaccompanied by even the noise of my breath, I am alone. Not even the
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169 silence is with me.
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170 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\ eidolaz /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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171 <<:******************************************************:>>
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172 Tanya: How much I can write depends alot on how much time I
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173 can free up. My job demands alot of emotional and intellectual
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174 energy. It's difficult, after a stressful day, to find the
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175 energy to contribute. It's also alot harder to access BW when
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176 I'm on a regular schedule. But I'll try when I get a chance.
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177
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178 My work is very difficult to explain. It's just too bizaare.
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179 It also tends to be obscene, which isn't popular at Backwater.
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180 Maybe I'll toss out an entry now and again. Just to keep my
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181 hand in. But I can no longer aford the luxury of being a BW
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182 regular.
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183
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184 Grand D
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185
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186 <<:*****************************************************:>>
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187
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188
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189 ??????????????????///////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\?????????????
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190 I'm afraid. I feel I have no friends to turn to. I feel so alone.
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191 Maybe I should just give up trying. I mean really who am I trying to
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192 fool. Certainly not me. I already know I can't take this life.
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193 I feel like I'm being watched, judged, always corrected, never told I've
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194 done something right or good. It's always not enough or not good enough,
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195 to slow. How does a person move up in this world or get any where if they
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196 are always being attacked for one reason or another. It seems like it would
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197 be easier to find a small hole somewhere crawl in and pull the dirt in over
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198 myself. I know I know thats a cop out. Trying to run away. I should fight
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199 back. HOW!!!!!!!!!
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200 ????????????????/////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\?????????????
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201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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202 Grand Dragon: I am only interested. If you still want to, and have time
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203 to. I was not here when you wrote before, it sounded facinating. But, if
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204 you do not have time or do not think it would be the kind of stuff to put
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205 here, okay. You can always leave me a message somewhere.
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206 ?/\?: Everyone gets those feelings. We just don't know everyone else
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207 has them. Hey, send me a private message on one of the CBBS. I would like
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208 to write more to you but I do not want to clutter up the board. Please do.
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209 You and a few others today sound too depressed. I am not saying I can do
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210 anything, but I am willing to listen and try to be a friend. -Tanya Barfield
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211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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212 /|\ Trying for the words. It doesn't work. There's a pause. A long silence.
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213 It's me. You don't have anything to say. I want to ask you what's wrong.
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214 You'll say nothing. Why do I feel like this? You don't notice it. Right?
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215 You're busy. I'm busy. Our freetimes don't coincide. The phone is a
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216 wonderful invention. We say nothing. It's a waste of time. Bye. Click.
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217 Do you love me anymore? I'm afraid. I couldn't speak. I don't know what
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218 you think or feel. I want to know. /|\
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219
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220 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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221 Leroy,
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222 What's the deal guy? The Pakistanis put the arm on us. Have to
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223 meet someone they say. Somehow I smell your hand in all this. I
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224 thought we were friends. And what's all this activity in South America.
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225 Rumor has it you put the snatch on Pam. Come clean or you may end up
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226 with Ben Gay in your vasoline.
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227 Mohammed Wassir
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228 <The Confused Albanian>
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229 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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230
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231 ...........................................................................
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232 ?/\?: To tell you the truth, some people DO watch and criticize and
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233 attack. It took me a very, very long time (I'm just now beginning to
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234 come to my senses, and I'm twenty) to realize that those are usually the
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235 people whose opinions and criticisms and attacks don't really matter.
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236 I have always worried terribly about what people think, and how I look,
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237 and where I'm going. I spent four years in high school wearing various
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238 masks and trying to please other people. None of it was me, but I had
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239 this overwhelming desire to be "just like one of the gang". We all want
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240 to be liked and approved of, but it's not necessary to subjugate yourself
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241 to the whims of those around you. You want depression and feelings of
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242 worthlessness? My boyfriend, who I've been living with, just told me
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243 that he didn't want to see me anymore. Boy, talk about wanting to crawl
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244 into a hole! I'm not the strongest of people, but I'll make it, and so
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245 will you. Life is like...an ice cream cone. You've got to learn to
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246 lick it. Sorry, my uncle's joke. Really, as Tanya has already offered,
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247 look one of us up and we'll gladly lend an ear. I'm also on TANIS, if
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248 you want to spill it. Sometimes a different perspective can make things
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249 look better. OK, this is too scary; I'm beginning to sound like my dad.
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250 Do let us know how it goes, though; keep your eye on your horizon.
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251 ...........................................Entropy...........................
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252 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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253 All NET: Entry forthcoming, as soon as I get my act together. A-thousand-and-
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254 one-things have assaulted me this week, and perhaps I will be visited by
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255 men wearing nice white suits, asking me to try on their new model sweater: the
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256 kind with the arms around the back. No? Yes, I thought that I'd gone too far
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257 with that one, too. C'est la vie, I do believe the phrase is...
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258 Everyone: I throw in my vote for another friendly month. I'd like to say that
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259 these last two disks have seen some really good entries, from several parties.
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260 No names mentioned, of couse, so as not to be accused of boot-licking. (Who
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261 was that $&%!#, anyway? (Whoops, lost it. So much for 'friendly'.))
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262 Among other things, I am...
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263 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$# 22:28-05/05/85 #$##$##$##$##$##$#
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264 *=*=*=*speachless but that will pass*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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265 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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266 -+- No more mitigating circumstances. You've just put into words what-+-
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267 -+- I couldn't. Or didn't want to. None the less, the slate has been-+-
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268 -+- wiped clean, and I'm looking for a smile on that face. -+-
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269 -+- Can you still smile?-+-
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270 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+-
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271
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272 .) .) .) .) .) .)
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273 Anubus stares with golden eyes
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274 Across the moon-drenched desert sand
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275 The brimming Cup is passed
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276 Into a pale and waiting hand.
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277
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278 Upon the stone the moonlight falls
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279 The bright Orion shines afar
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280 And naught is left save silver Cup
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281 Three golden feathers and a star.
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282 .) .) .) .) .) kml.)
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283
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284 ............. ............. ............. .............
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285 Farley, L'homme, et al.... Yes, contributions to the cause are in the
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286 workings... Odd, isn't it? How we all become distracted at the same
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287 point in time? Somebody might think that there was only one writer out
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288 there doing all that work. If only they knew. If only they didn't...
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289 ............. ............. ............. .............
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290 p.s. L'homme: Jannet says 'Hello to you, unknown one!" -K
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291 ............. ............. ............. .............
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292
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293 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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294 Grand D. -- Having made several major career changes in my life, I
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295 can also attest to the fact that they can be difficult to deal with.
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296 My personal record for unemployment (read self-employed on my resume)
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297 is nearly three years. I've found that a change of location is often
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298 the major factor in getting where I want to go -- not that I would reccommend
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299 it to anyone else, just that it worked for me. It sounds, however, like
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300 your yearlong vacation (different stresses work that way) may have refreshed
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301 you enough to recover on your old career -- good luck! I, too, find my
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302 job quite stressful. I think coping with the stress is the secret to keeping
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303 away from the dread spectre of "burn-out". BW certainly serves that purpose
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304 in my life, I owe a lot to the folks here. Please try to arrange your
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305 life so there is space for us in it, a brief vacation in this fantasy world
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306 we've created together can carry you through a seemingly interminable day
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307 in (shudder) mundane reality.
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308 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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309 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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310 "BLACKOUT" EPISODE 3
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311 "Let's do it." And the moment he said it, an on rush of desire swept
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312 the breath out of her body. It was enevitable. The heat. The dark.
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313 The touch of her bare legs against the slickness of the elevator floor.
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314 The erotic sence of isolation of being suspended in time, trapped in space,
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315 shut off from everything but her own desires. She sat speechless with
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316 fantasy, while inside her a hundred tiny motors started whirring.
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317 He must have taken her gasp for refusal.
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318 "It was just a suggestion." he said.
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319 Then he decided to give it one last try;
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320 "We could be stuck in here all night, you know, and it's a great
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321 way to pass time. Beside, who would ever find out?"
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322 "What happens when the power comes back on?"
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323 He sucked in his breath . Clearly, a man who reconignized a yes
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324 when he heard it.
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325 "We just push the stop button...and then get ready. Hell, there
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326 there's no one in the building but us!"
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327 No one in the building. In the world. In the universe. Her mouth was
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328 dry with desire.
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329 "I don't know what you look like," she said.
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330 "What can I tell you? I'm a male, Caucasian, thirty-six, about
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331 six-two.....Listen, even if I look like Dracula, whats the
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332 difference it would make in there circumstances?"
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333 "I've never made love with somebody I've never seen."
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334 "Blind people do it all the time."
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335 She laughted. It was if they had signed a pact to partake in a
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336 golorious erotic game, divorced from all familiar boundaries of time
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337 and space and common sence.
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338 "Do you want to know what I look like?" she asked.
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339 "I saw you when you got on the elevator. You looked okay." His
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340 voice was closer now.
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341 "Don't you want to know my name, even?"
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342 "Nope."
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343 Good. She didn't want to know his name either. She inched toward
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344 him, by getting a bareing on his voice. Flesh touched flesh.
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345 "What's that? he asked
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346 "My knee."
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347 "Left or right?"
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348 "You'll have to find out yourself....."
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349
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351
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352 Leonard---thanks for your comment. But I have heard NiCad batteries
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353 in the elevator so that when power does go out you have
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354 enough energy to ring the emergency bell.
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355
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356 Note: I hope no one will be offended when I continue writing this.
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357 Please tell me if I do.
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358 Thanks----> Marc.
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359 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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360 -=*=- You are a gentleman to ask for our morals, Marc; this cat's -=*=-
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361 -=*=- ears are laid back in affront! Even when skillfully told, -=*=-
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362 -=*=- I detest being made a 'peeping tom,' whether via such penned-=*=-
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363 -=*=- adultery or by the unwelcome offerings television makes! I -=*=-
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364 -=*=- thank you for asking; please do not force my exit from our -=*=-
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365 -=*=- treasured land, just when the sun had begun to tickle the -=*=-
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366 -=*=- dust from tabletops...The piper wrought his breath on them, -=*=-
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367 -=*=- and up danced the motes in a spiral, climbing up the sunbeam-=*=-
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368 -=*=- to return to the Outside...We all heard the harsh cries, the-=*=-
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369 -=*=- vile words that sullied our Inn, that cloaked with choking -=*=-
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370 -=*=- dust the haunting voices that once sang here! But did you -=*=-
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371 -=*=- observe the shutter drawn open by a tin hand, did you hear -=*=-
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372 -=*=- the murmer of 'peace, please!' among our fellows? Why, one -=*=-
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373 -=*=- brought a wisp of sand from a moon-drenched desert, a small -=*=-
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374 -=*=- voice unknown; another bowed mockingly to yon rubber plant, -=*=-
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375 -=*=- with appealing pathos; the juggler expressed his yearning to-=*=-
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376 -=*=- touch something the Backwater once held; and a hairy visitor-=*=-
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377 -=*=- wafted his tranquility in with him! Listen: when the women-=*=-
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378 -=*=- finally speak, their voices are a gentle touch, words spoken-=*=-
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392 I myself am curious to see how far you intend to take the detail, but alas,
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393 I seem to be getting outvoted by the more squeamish souls. I hope your
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394 characters enjoy themselves, there in their fantasy world. I know I would.
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395 + DANTE -
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397 >>>>>>>---------------------------- The Sentry ---------------->>>>>>>
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398 Aha, to behold the voices of tranquility! Pleasant is the time when
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399 we are able to journey along the road to see the people enjoying them-
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400 selves, nodding their heads in acceptance and appreciation as their
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401 fellow penmen pass by. So sad is it when those times are ripped from
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402 our recollection. I remember seeing a time when all was fresh air
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403 and vitality. (And I see a hint of that here now!) Please, continue!
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404 <<<<<<<---------------------------- The Sentry ----------------<<<<<<<
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406 Help Help Help Help
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407 Why is it that some experts say that modem's 300 baud is transmitting/receiving
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408 (as its name implies) @ 300 baud . . . But the so-called 1200's and 2400's are
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409 actually doing only 600? Confused as ever .
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410 Thanks Thanks Thanks for any info.....
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411 ::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::__________::::::::::________
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412 Marc: It seems that what started out to be an interesting story has turned out
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413 to be a quite different, but possibly just as interesting yarn. But I do think
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414 that the details of the elevator actions might be just a little too distasteful
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415 for the Backwater crowd. Let's all see what Mikey has to say about this.....
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417 Entropy: Hmph!
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418 ::::::::::__________:::::::::: The Jiz /// __________::::::::::________
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419 P.S. Marc: A technical point: Dracula was actually a very suave, debonaire,
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420 and handsome fellow. That is, when not covered with the blood of 100 virgins...
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421 J///
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422 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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423 I see the transparent reflection of myself on the glass. I'm pinned
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424 there, on the glass. Eyes look through me, as if my image's nothing, it has
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425 no substance, no tangibility. But, it's me, trapped there. The mirror is
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426 unable to move, unless I puppet it.
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427 /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\ eidolaz /\\/\\/\\/\\/\\
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428 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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429 WELL.......IT SEEMS THE BACKWATER IS MUCH THE SAME SINCE MY LAST VENTURE
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430 HERE SOME MONTHS AGO. VARIED AND INTERESTING......THO WHERE MIGHT "D" BE?
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431 GREETINGS TO ALL!!
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432 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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433 =========================================================================
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434 THE HAIRY ONE RAISED HIS HEAVY HEAD WHEN THE WORDS OF THE PIPER RANG THROUGH
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435 THE INN, HE LOOKED OUT UpON THE MASSES GATHERED THERE AND PONDERED WHAT
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436 WAS HAPPENING TO THE ATMOSPHERE OF TRANQUILITY THAT HE SOUGHT SO WELL...
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437 SEEMING TO BE FRIENDLY HE OFFERED THIS KIND COMMENT...."LET US RETURN TO
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438 THE PEACE THAT ONCE WAS, THERE IS NEED FOR NEW SONGS AND STORIES BUT NOT
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439 AT THE EXPENSE OF FAVORED POETS AND FRIENDS...WE NEED NOT THE FRUIT OF
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440 THE VINE BUT THE VINE FROM WHICH THE FRUIT CAME...TWOOD BE A WASTE IF
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441 WE LOST THOSE VINES FROM WHICH SUCH HEAVENLY FRUIT AS SPRUNG....
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442 THE HAIRY TURNS SLOWLY AND RETURNS TO NURSE HIS TANKARD OF DARK BEER
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443 AND AWAITS WHAT WILL COME NEXT....
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444 ==========================================BIGFOOT======================
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446 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_
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447 Well.......
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448 We (my girlfirend and I) have just finished the last two episodes of
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449 "BLACKOUT". Now the problem arises. Should I finish putting it up or
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450 just let it be and let it remain up to you to finish it. I'll give
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451 some facts to let you know the knid of ending.
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452 First of all we are but college students and communicate via telephone.
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453 She is somewhat a romantic novel reader. (that is Harliquines etc...) She
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454 gives me those details and I give the rest. (By the way she is a English
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455 major) So with these facts and alittle imagination of your own what
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456 will happen next. I am sure to say please tell me you opinion. I will
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457 respect them since I am somewhat a moral person respection those who
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458 wish to end it and those who wish to continue it. We are not that
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459 distasteful, but took to writing this only for something to do since you
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460 (oops) we had nothing to do. (And of corse this took place *after* she
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461 read a Harliquine)
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462 So I shall wait a few days in putting the last two Episodes up,
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463 and wait for your replys and the SYSOP.
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464 Please Responed.......
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465 Thanks-----> Marc & Melissa
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466 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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470 Well now, regarding the hubris surrounding the first three episodes of
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471 "Black Out". Let's put this in perspective. The story is not immoral.
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472 The story is not obscene.
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473 What is really immoral, really obscene is a has been (never was?) "B"
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474 movie actor in the White House, playing his biggest role ever. And in
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475 way over his head.
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476 The diversity of this bulletin board is what makes it interesting, right?
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477 On with the show, Marc and Melissa!!
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478
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479 Asside to Leonard:
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480 Note that the electric fuel pump on an auxiliary generator would be powered
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481 off of the starting batteries, just as it would in an automobile. So your
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482 anecdote, while interesting, does appear very factual.
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484 By the way, can any one tell me how to back this thing up? Or am I doomed
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485 by CR> to forever view my mistakes? That should be DOESN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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486 ch/old/new
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487 ch /old/new
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495 Mr Wassir:
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497 Mr. McKane has been unavailable for Backwater adventures since
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498 the Grand Dragon Master got his job. Sadly, there hasn't been
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499 time for Mr. McKane to add mischief to your life.
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501 Though Illusions are occasionally made to McKane Industries,
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502 Mr. McKane is now retired.
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504 Monsieur d'Autun
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508 Piper:
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510 I hope to continue making occassional visits to the Inn, but
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511 nothing like my previous addiction.
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513 My tight schedule makes contributing difficult, particularly
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514 since I prefer making well edited entries. None-the-less,
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515 I'll join you when I can.
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517 Grand D
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521 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=
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522 PIPER! TIN MAN! JUGGLER!
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523 LET US WIPE THE DUST FROM THOSE CHOCKED TABLETOPS, OPEN ALL THE SHUTTERS
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524 AND LET THE SUNSHINE CLEANSE THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE INN AND MAKE MERRY
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525 THE NEW SONGS AND STORIES, POEMS AND PLACES IN THE MINDS EYE...ARE YOU
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526 WITH ME???? THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO START THIS TASK, I FOR
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527 ONE WOULD NOT WANT TTO LOSE THE FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MET OR LOSE THE MINDS
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528 THAT HAVE SPOKEN AS OF LATELY...I FOR ONE DO NOT THINK THAT 'BLACKOUT'
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529 SHOULD GO ON ANY FARTHER...IT TO ME SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE IMAGINATION
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530 OF WHAT COMES NEXT IN THAT STORY...
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531 PIPER, THE TIN MAN, AND THE JUGGLER: PLEASE COME SIT AT MY TABLE AT
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532 THE INN AND RELATE TO THE STORIES AND SONG THAT I MISS SO MUCH...ONE
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533 NEEDS FOOD FOR THE HEART AND MY HEART IS RAVENOUS FOR MORE...MY TANKARD
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534 IS FULL AND I DO HAVE THE TIME AS OF LATE...TIL THE NEXT THOUGHT FLOWS...
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535 =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!= BIGFOOT =!=!=!=!=
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536 -=*=- A familiar laugh rang through the sifting lights, causing one -=*=-
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537 -=*=- pair of almond eyes to become alert...At last Deborah is back!-=*=-
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538 AND BACKWATER HAS GOT HER!
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542 -+-even that, once I am able to remove the-+-
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543 -+-worries from what was momentarily -+-
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544 -+-confused as a nemesis--but who may -+-
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545 -+-become a... companion? -+-
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546 -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+-
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548 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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549 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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550 There are so many I wish to speak to. . . .
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551 I hear several voices that carry the tones of sadness. These tones I know
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552 well, I learned them from a master. Entropy, /|\, and all the others that
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553 know these feelings (all of us really), can cleans ourselves in the now
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554 untainted waters of the inn, whether we give voice to them or not.
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555 BIGFOOT, I would be more that honored to share your table, and I pour a
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556 pretty good ale (what do you think all those mixing TINs are for) myself.
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557 The company could not be more to my liking.
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558 Marc, I like Blackout. You have my interest to the point that I REALLY
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559 want to see the rest. However, I must agree that BackWater is not the place
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560 to do it. I have had this problem myself. There are a couple of my voices
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561 that will never be heard within these walls, much as they would like. If you
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562 find an answer to this problem (some private board or another way), please
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563 let me know.
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564 Even if you don't find a way to upload the rest of your story, I would be
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565 interested in reading the rest.
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567 And everyone remember U.F.M. so . . . .
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568 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [smile] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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569 ****************************************************************************
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570 I finished packing my horse in silence. Partner seemed to be concluding
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the preceding day's activites, and the touch of the saddle reminded me of that
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585
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width was about 8 feet across when I spotted something gold. Hey!
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586
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"what's that!" I enquired. Partner stopped cutting to comeback and find out
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what I was fussing about. I indicated to the flash of gold glinting in the
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creek bed. Partner hacked away at the reeds to reach the object of our
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queiry. Partner emerged with a puzzled look on his face. I was about
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the demand what he had found when he thrust a gold gobblet into my hand.
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It was beautiful and very old. It had a sinister face on it, with some
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strange writings what of course was beyond my comprehension. This was a
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true prize I thought to myself as I searched for a place to pack it.
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595 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtouchre*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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596 Objectins to blackout? Am I being dull witted? No capish. Granted its a
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597 mundane setting but so's that NET stuff or so I was told in no uncertain terms
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598 from the source. Does it have a few howlers real world wise? Ever read any-
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599 thing mainstream that didn't? Has it become unpopular to acknowledge bio-
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600 morphic polarity. A drastic swing of extremes if so. I'm not trying to defend
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601 it but what's the big fuss?
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605 __________________________________________________________________________
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606 to: x. x.
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607 i can't say that i haven't enjoyed the times we've spent together,
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608 because i have. and i can't say that i'm not going to miss you, because
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609 i probably will. the confrontation of honesty is something that i knew
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610 would have to take place but i was kidding myself by hoping it would not
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611 have to be so soon. any time would have been too soon although we both
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612 knew it was too late when it had all began.
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613 ...i had given you the idea that you were an essential part in my life at
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614 a time when i felt most vulnerable... i was alone...and you were there to
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615 fill the gap.... [and i never said thank you.]
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616 _______________________________________________________________________mg_
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618 10 REM ******************************
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619 REM *** MEMORY WINDOW ***
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620 0 REM *** BY DAVID MENTLY ***
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621 5 REM *** BASED ON A PROGRAM BY ***
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622 0 REM *** MIKE MOREY ***
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623 5 REM *** ANTIC MAGAZINE ***
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624 40 REM ******************************
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625
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626 -=*=- your lips may quiver without sound, this feline misses not a -=*=-
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627 -=*=- drop of your emotion...Look, her eyes brim with compassion! -=*=-
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