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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 11 JUL 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: HELP! When you left the keypad bug left with you. I can't get the
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21 problem to return. I did find the problem with the clear screen, it seems
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22 that the IBM goes weird if you tell it to erase between lines 25 and 26
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23 (think about it...). It only happens when the cursor is at the bottom of
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24 the screen. it looks like it is the problem both in the VT52 mode and in
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25 VT100. I was not able to duplicate any of the other problems. Can we get
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26 together again to check it out?
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27 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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28
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29 OF
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30 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="
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31 Anybody there? *knock knock* guess not. Gee. Nobody else seems to be
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32 here. It's lonely at the top!
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33 Ah but here comes someone, and that someone is:
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34 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="=""="="="="BETA UNIT"=
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35 Ok. Ok. I've had enough!
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36 Ferret and otter: PLEASE GO ON A LONG VACATION AND LEAVE US ALONE!
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37 "="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="="BETA UNIT "="="="="="="="="="="="=="
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38 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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39 Let me adjust my score card... Lemme see. Ferret, otter, and Beta Unit
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40 are the same person, right? Used to be Minstrel and Midge, right?
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41 Just trying to keep track. Things change so quickly around here...
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42
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43 (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( P. V. Jeltz ))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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44 Well Well someone seems to have said something that makes good sense
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45 ************************POPE**************************
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46 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+>
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47 CISTOP MIKEY: I have a small question, everry now and then when g[25
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48 giving the 'ON' command I've receiced the usual response with an added
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49 'FILE UNSAFE'. What does this mean? I just type 'OFF' and then 'ON'
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50 again which usually cures the problem. thanks...
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51 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> dan <+><+><+><+><+><+>
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52 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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53 hmmm, lotsa markers out there.
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54 markermarkermarkermarkermarker
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55 ppppppppppppppppppppppppptight on time in a.m.ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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56 dan - FILE UNSAFE just means that the last person didn't type OFF before
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57 hanging up. it makes no difference to you (the next person), so
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58 ignore it. you also don't need to OFF then ON. +++
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59 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"
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60 Allow Me to give you all my identities and we can see if this
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61 whole matter cannot be settlesd like civilized beings.
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62 Ferret: Zancresta the ferret
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63 Minstrel: Mudge, Hoojib, and I don't know about Beta Unit. It just
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64 might be him.
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65 Cistop Mikey: Ever notice how the people of BackWater LOVE to keep a
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66 conversatipon that'S bad about someone ggoing. I try and apoligize for a
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67 the hman/animal debate...BUT they still hafe to keep on making rude c
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68 commNnts. Mabye they DO want people in BackWatNr to be unhappy. Which i
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69 isn't saying that Aall the people here are like the bad ones. Such p
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70 people as the Observer and such. Now they have a good sense off humor and
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71 can tell when someone doesn't really meanwhat he is saying and he is o
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72 only saying it to see if others on the board have a sense of humor as
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73 well. I was originally hoping to see what sort of offbeat and sometimes
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74 hillarious entries people would give about intelligent animals and
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75 humans. Why, on other boards when I did this I was flooded with such GOOD
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76 comments as:
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77 "Oh, no! The animals are coming! Hey ferre|, run for pres. you might win!
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78 and such, not:
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79 "WE would all like to know when and if yo will be going on a very long
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80 vacation so txat the board will
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81 be rid of you forever. Please stopwriting!"
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82 Now that makes someone really feel bad about trying to contribute to
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83 the board. Being flatly rejected every time you turn around no matter
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84 what sort of identity you become and no mtter how many times you try your
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85 best to apoligize, tthey still tell you to go away so that the nice and
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86
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87 "normal" people can write. Well, I thought you all might enjoy a
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88 change from constant seriousness. I guess I was wrong. Well you people
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89 can just sit back and read the same thing you read every day and we
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90 can simply forget about sseeing
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91 anything that compells you to do something. ucan enjoy your little
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92 fixed world and I'll enjoyy mine, as many, many others have done in the
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93 past.
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94 Zancresta the ferret.
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95 P.s.:Don't take me seriously, I'm just trying to compell someone to be
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96 NICE for a change!
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97 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*
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98 ``````````````````````````````
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99 ZANCRESTA THE FERRET: THAT WAS
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100 WELL SAID...
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101
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102 MAX...
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103 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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104 Well I'm over here on backwater this time. I am very new at this story writting
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105 stuff. But there doesn't seem to be any stories here???? what happend? Well I'm
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106 over on Tanis and I'm doing that bizaare,weird,strange story about the Riff...
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107 Yeah that's me well anyways....Better get going..............
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108 Forgot my boreder at the front ? Oh well That's life !!
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109 ((^^------=<Dark Avenger>=------^^))
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110 Hey C'mon everyone post some stuff this is getting
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111 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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112 The soft, plaintive cries of the gulls, along with the gentle,
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113 ceaseless roaring of the ocean were all I needed to calm my nerves. I had
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114 returned to try to merge with it and leave my troubled world behind, or at
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115 least try to etch the scene into my mind, where it would remain forever.
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116 I sit on the huge gray boulders and watch the waves pound on the rocks,
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117 showing off their power. The seagulls fly freely in the salty breeze,
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118 while I dream of letting loose and flying free. On the horizon, scores of
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119 fishing boats drift lazily in the waves, reeling in the morning catch. About
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120 a mile down the beach, the mist is lifting and I can just see the ghostly
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121 outlines of the jagged rock formations.
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122 As I take this all in, Sara comes quietly to me. She stands silently
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123 gazing at me with the breeze blowing through her golden, flowing hair.
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124 After a few minutes she comes close to me. "They're waiting," she says. I
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125 say goodbye to my privacy, and we walk to the car.
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126 The driver holds the door for us as we get inside. While driving off,
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127 I vow I shall return. I then ready myself for my next twenty years
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128 in Walla Walla State Penitentiary.
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129 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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130 ps I have receintly heard of something called LOCALNET. I tried calling
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131 it and got its prompt, but no online instructions that I could conjure
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132 up. Anyone know what I've stumbled across?
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133 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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134 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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135 Emu: Try leaving the number here so we could see if we have stumbled accross
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136 it. What was the prompt? Whats the number? When did you call? Details,
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137 we want details!
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138 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark,`
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139 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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140 DIGITALIAN2
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141 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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142
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143 Michael Jackson And His Vic
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144
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145 Why are you always such a fussy young
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146 vic? You are so hard to program that you make me sick. Well dont you know
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147 ou make me look like just a little hic, so Poke it. Just Poke it...
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148
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149 Don't want to argue I dont want to delate... Dont want to hear about the
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150 kind of text you hate... Well dont you know if I CONTinue I I'll meet an
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151 awful fate, SO Poke it..
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152 Dont you.
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153
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154 DIGIT2
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155 I'm sorry about my last entry but I made a very serious mistake
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156 In my typing. I'll try it again...
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157
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158
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159
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160 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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161 Take 2
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162
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163
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164
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165 Why are you always such a fussy young REM. I didn't know what to say so
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166 I just said IF THEN. Well dont you know I should just send you to the state
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167 pen so Poke It,
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168 Just POke It....
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169
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170
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171 How come your always such a useless 3k VIC. You are so hard to program
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172 that you make me sick. Well all you do is make me look like just a little
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173 hic, So Poke It
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174 Dont you call me a brick, just poke it.. poke it.. Find your central
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175 circuit and smoke it. Just blow it up.
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176 Dont want no Word Prosser dont want no DATA base. Dont want to see your
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177
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178 ugly 3k face so poke it... poke it... poke it ... just poke it
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179
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180 Dont want to argue I dont want to DELate, I used to just not like you
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181 now it's turned to Hate..
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182 Well dont you know if I CONTinue I'll meat an aweful fate...
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183 So POKE it... Just Poke it
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184
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185
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186
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187 I wanted a computer to get somethimng done..I thought a commodore
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188 would be just the one... Now all I do all day is just sit on my bun..
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189 So Poke it... Dont you call me dumb...
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190 Just poke it.poke it.. poke it.. poke it........poke it .... poke it..
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191 poke it.. poke it........
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192 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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193 DIGIT2
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194 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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195 HELLO MY NAME IS PAUL BRAHM AND I HAVE MY BBS UP AT 775-xxxx
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196 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK UNLIMITED STORYWRITING STORAGE
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197 CAPACITY. GAZOO 775-xxxx PLEASE SEND SOME USERS THIS WAY
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198 ...........................................................................
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199 BLACK SCREEN
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200
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201 ESTABLISHING SHOT -- INT. LOBBY OF THE PLAZA HOTEL
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202
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203 WIDE ANGLE displaying the elegant white-and-gold Plaza lobby to its best
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204 advantage. Angle favors the revolving doors on the Fifth Avenue side. Through
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205 them a Central Park hansom cab can be seen passing by, and the Plaza double-P
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206 logo with "The Plaza" in script under it is in evidence in the shot. Various
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207 well-to-do looking people, bellmen, etc, are going about their business in the
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208 lobby, as we HOLD on this angle for a moment. Then: SFX:TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION! as the revolving doo
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209 lobby REACT with predictable alarm --
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210
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211 CLOSER ON THE DOORS
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212
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213 Or where they used to be, as fragments of glass and brass and whatnot collapse
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214 inward toward us with appropriate SFX. In over the rubble come running several
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215 STORMTROOPERS, armed with rifle-blasters with which they cover the lobby and
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216 the people in it. And through the smoke and haze still lingering where the
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217 doors were blasted in, comes striding a tall, dark, menacing, very familiar
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218 figure, with his black cloak billowing behind him, and the expected SFX: LOUD,
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219 MECHANICAL BREATHING NOISES coming from inside his helmet. He walks right up
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220 to the camera till he is framed in MED. ANGLE.
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221
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222 DARTH VADER
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223 (that famous voice, making this a very silly question)
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224 Do you know me?...
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225
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226 DIFFERENT ANGLE
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227
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228 CAMERA FOLLOWS as the Dark Lord strolls through the Plaza lobby, past the Palm
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229 Court, and toward the registration desk. As Vader walks along, we see various
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230 people in b.g. REACTING to his presence -- a child starting toward Vader in
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231 absolute fascination, a worried mother realizing just who that is, and hustling
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232 the child OUT OF SHOT -- businessmen staring, elegantly-dressed little old
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233 ladies glancing up in annoyance at having their afternoon tea disturbed, etc.
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234 ad lib. Also in b.g., following Vader as unobtrusively as possible, we see
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235 several Stormtroopers carrying in his luggage. All black, of course....
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236
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237 VADER
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238 (to the camera, as he goes: slightly sinister overtones)
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239 My...*business*...takes me all over the Galaxy. To Force-forsaken
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240 spots like Hoth, and Tattooine.
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241 (very slight beat)
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242 And New York City.
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243
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244 CLOSER -- AT THE REGISTRATION DESK
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245
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246 He pauses beside it, In b.g., again rather unobtrusively, a Stormtrooper comes
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247 up carrying a two-suiter (black again) and leading a pair of Dobermans, on
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248 leashes, each with its own black cloak.
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249
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250 VADER
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251 That's why I carry the American Express Gold Card.
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252 (holds it up)
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253 With the Card, I'm guaranteed an imperial welcome in the
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254 greatest hotels and restaurants on Earth. And no matter where I
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255 may find myself, the Card makes sure I'm treated with the
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256 respect I deserve.
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257
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258 DIFFERENT ANGLE
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259
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260 Including more of the registration desk, and a HOTEL RESERVATION CLERK, who
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261 leans over the desk a bit to take in Vader, the Stormtroopers, the Dobermans.
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262 His expression is rather super-cilious and annoyed, a "Who *is* this clown?"
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263 look.
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264
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265 CLERK
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266 (a touch snide)
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267 Sir...do you have a reservation?
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268
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269 Vader looks at him, says nothing -- simply raises the Card a bit, very slowly.
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270 The clerk clutches abruptly at his throat, choking. He begins to collapse
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271 behind the desk. Vader leans forward slightly as the clerk starts going down,
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272 "following" him. The clerk grabs frantically at the desk for support, then
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273 reaches for the bell atop it and just manages to hit it (SFX: DING!) as he goes
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274 down behind the desk and OUT OF SHOT.
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275
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276 CLERK (CONT'D)
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277 (barely squeaks it out)
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278 Front!
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279
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280 CLOSER ON VADER
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281
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282 Still holding up the Card, Vader glances ever so briefly at it...then BACK AT
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283 CAMERA again. No expression is visible through his helmet, of course...but his
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284 voice sounds like a shark's smile.
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285
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286 VADER
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287 (wicked enjoyment)
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288 Sometimes I help it a little.
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289
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290 INSERT -- ON BLANK CARD
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291
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292 The usual shot of the Gold Card. With SFX: TELETYPE NOISE, the words appear on
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293 it:
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294 D-A-R-T-H V-A-D-E-R.
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295 (There is no expiration date. Would *you* ever try to cancel Darth Vader's
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296 Amex card?)
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297
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298 ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
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299 The American Express Gold Card. Don't leave *your* galaxy
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300 without it.
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301
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302 BLACK SCREEN
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303
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304 ********************************************
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305 Black Screen(Darth Vader): Very interesting I thought
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306
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307 ((^^---------------<Dark Avenger>---------------^^))
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308
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309 Well I guess I really should put in a story here but
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310 I'm still waiting for TANIS to be filled up...oh well
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311 Today is very boring...nothing to do but use the modem
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312 Oh well again....See ya
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313 ((^^---------------<Dark Avenger>---------------^^))
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314 COMSET?
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315 THE BOYs R BACK IN TOWN!
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316
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317
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318 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'
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319 Well now, the twits are becoming civil while the normals are getting too
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320 rude for belief. The ensuing disks ought to be, fascinating.
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321 Backwater is not a place for the simple jewel thief stories of Alternatee
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322 World, and emphatically not a place for forty lines of drivell over who is
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323 bringing what to the bash.
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324 It is a place for elegant stories that are a good deal better than the rest,
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325 at least in my opinion. And when people come in who do not even try to be
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326 good, it insults the high brow users of Backwater.
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327 To see their Innkeeper plagued with delinquents and bored idiots is almost
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328 too much for them, so please, reserve your stories for other systems. Unless
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329 they are a good deal better than the rest.
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330 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'m'u'r'd'e'r'&'&'&'&'&'&'c'o'n's'e'q'u'e'n't'i'a'l'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
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331
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332 :Untill i get a better terminal prog. I am stuck with writing quick entrys.
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333 I thought this system was for everyone, after all , does it say at the beginning:
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334 Welcome to Backwater Message System!
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335 I reserve the right to delete any and all stories that do not meet up with
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336 perfect standards. So if your story isn'tgood enough to win all the awards
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337 Starlog a~d all other science fiction magazines have to offer you might
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338 as well forget about putting it here because we'll just run you out of the sys
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339 system and delete all your further entries. No matter how you try to
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340 fix it, or apoligize for your wrong doing, we'll still delete it because
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341
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342
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343 Bravo! to the Darth Vader author. It's bee so long since I've seen a good
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344 entry here that it's like a breath of fresh air after smelling armpits for
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345 weeks. Let's hear something from you again. (soon).
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346 +DANTE-
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347 Hmmmm....hmmmmm....hmmmmm,.....hmmmm.....h,..mmmm........
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348
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349 Zancresta the ferret: You had an okay idea, but somewhere i
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350 in the follow through you lost it. There seem to be quite
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351 a few people out there who are unhappy with you. Real un-
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352 happy. Perhaps y with your next idea, you'll do better, or
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353 at leat least figure out that it's ineffective sooner. I
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354 assume you will have another idea. . .go ahead and try it,
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355 but feel a little more for the reaction you elicit. You'll
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356 be more welcome anywhere.
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357
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358 emu: Kinder moving there. Nice.
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359
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360 Whoever you are: You did a wonderful job with Darth. Slick,
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361 real slick. When you return, you should take credit. It's
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362 so much easier to respond to an individual than a mystery
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363 soul.
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364
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365 Hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmmmm...hmmm....kearihn......
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366 PAUL BRAHM: JUST TRIED TO GET INTO YOUR SYSTEM, BUT IT
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367 SEEMS TO NEED A KEY. HOW DOES ONE START TO GET A PASSWORD?
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368 IT GIVES YA THREE CHANCES, DOESN'T ACCEPT 'NEW', AND
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369 HANGS UP. WHAT GIVES?
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370 "*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*
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371 "*"*"*"*"*"*"ferretsdon'tlurkdothey?"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*"*""
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372 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::
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373 I hopped up on the table that was empty. Resting on it were strange
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374 things. A large cup filled with a good smelling black liquid., a pstrip
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375 of paper folded many times with scrawled images andwords.
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376 'This is all very confusing.' I said to myself, dipping my pug nose into
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377 the liquid and tasting it. I frowned. It wasn't as good as a truffle or
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378 lettuce, but it would do. I drank it, and wondered at h where I was. C
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379 Was I actually in Inisfal? Or was this all but a dream? Would I wake up
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380
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381 Call MIDSIX
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382 642-xxxx
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383 New Summer Hours
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384 12 MIDnite- 12 NOON.
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385 Enjoy these new extended hours.
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386 It's a storybased system.
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387 Full access not given until password
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388 is validated.
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389
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390
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391 Anyone who feels they are being thrown off this system can call MID-SIX. All
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392 stories are welcome.
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393
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394
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395 ..............................................................................
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396 The poor little Ferret didn't understand why so many were so against him. This
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397 was the poor little Ferret's problem. He didn't understand the flows and
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398 eddies of backwater. The Inn has survived so long because in its diversity
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399 and craziness an underlying element of preservation and sanity exists. The
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400 patrons who inhabit this little inn are normally a caring considerate witty
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401 bunch. But even their long patience can be tried when a new character enters
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402 and dominates the board with excessive entries of questionable forethought.
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403 The Ferret character and his eternally burning question of furless humans
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404 would have been humorous and could have been humorous if it had be done with
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405 any style at all. Instead the Ferret camped on the backwater phone line and
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406 filled the precious 629 lines with countless entries of drivel and clutter.
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407 Temperance! Understand what the word means. Di not assault our eyes and
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408 our senses with line after line of Ferret/Mudge/Minstrel-like creations
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409 and you will find a much more receptive audience to the more comrehensive
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410 and thought-out entries you will be able to make with all the extra time
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411 you gain by not camping on the backwater phone number. I never like to see
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412 anyone chased away, and I can understand your feelings of persecution, but
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413 you must realize and understand what a precious commodity that exists here
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414 at Backwater and you must treat this commodity and its many users with a
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415 certain amount of respect. Remember this board is here for many, not just
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416 for you. Remember that you are part of a community of special people, and
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417 by lending a helping hand you will find yourself being helped. Treat the
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418 other users as you would have them treat you. Ferret et all might be
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419 surprised what a receptive group we are if we are only given a chance to
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420 have something to be receptive to. Do not damn all for the snide remarks
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421 made by some outsider individual. These comments and insults have existed
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422 as long as Backwater has existed, and they always will. Regular users
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423 have learned to laugh and then pass by, you should do the same. Please
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424 try to find Backwater a place to visit and discuss and debate and take
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425 part in adventure and storyline, but do not abuse Backwater, for no matter
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426 how calm the waters may appear to be sometimes, they have a nasty
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427 reputation for reaching out and striking back at those who would mistreat
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428 them.
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429 A user who has wanted to say this for a long time.
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430 ................................................................................
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431 ch /di/do/
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432 *%_#@*%)_*@#_)%*!_)%*!)_*%!+*%_)!*%_)!*%)_@#*%)@#$*%)@_#&^@)#_%&@)_*%@_%*@%*
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433 Mikey: Hmmmm...strange. I go away, and so does the keyboard problem. Could this be one of those famous software
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434 gremlins that have made such a name for themselves of late? I understand what you are talking about on the
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435 clear screen stuff. It isn't too tough to fix is it? There was no meeting at the Pizza place Thursday. In fact
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436 Dave and I somehow missed connections there, even though we were at the place at the same time. Let me know when
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437 you want the Tandy and I will arrange to borrow one from the school district. These are 256k machines with
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438 monochrome monitors. They have no graphics on board (bw or color). Also we are running an old version of DOS. Dave
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439 has the new version, maybe I can get a copy from him (Dave? Are you listening? RSVP?) The new version of DOS
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440 according to Compuserve has some RS232 initialization bugs fixed. We can get together sometime next week if that
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441 is convenient.
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442 Luingil: Is that SCA activity you attended the same that KOIN's Ray Summers attended and did a segment on?
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443 Piper: That sounds like a good idea... On the graphics front. I have given up on the 4113 device. They didn't want to
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444 spend the money on the IGL support I needed. I think I told you the software costs between $4000 and $17000 (there are
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445 five levels of support.) PSU could get a 85% discount if I met two committments: Teach a class in the use of the
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446 software and publish a usage of the software in some catalogue. Even then we are talking a minimum of $600 and a max
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447 of $2500, so...dinada. BUT... I got some plot_10 software that works with the Tek 4010, fixed up the driver software,
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448 re-compiled ALL the source (some administrator/jerk erased all my .o files) and put the whole system back together. A
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||
449 few thousand k-bytes later I have a Movie.BYU ready to go, and no Tek 4010 terminal. I compiled for the 4010 because the
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450 other driver we got was for a CALCOMP plotter (yiii!) and I figured I would have a better chance with the 4010 than
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451 getting my hands on a Calcomp. What an easy project this has turned out to be. But oh what I have learned about the
|
||
452 inner workings of certain organizations. Thanks very much for all your help and advice. I will keep you posted on how
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453 things turn out.
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454 %*@_*%@)_*%@_#)*%@_*%@)*%@_*%@)_#*%@_#)% L'homme sans Parity *%_#)*%_*!_#)%*@_#)*%_)*%@_)*%_@*%@_*%_@%*@_)*%@_%@
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455
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456 L'homme: I've got a name and number for a guy who *HAD* a TEK 4006 (wanted
|
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457 $100). I can't afford it right now & don't know if he has sold it yet. It
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458 supposedly runs 4010 protocol. Maybe we could chip in together?
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||
459 All: I uploaded the AMEX/Darth Vader text. It came from the SF/Fantasy
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460 Forum on CIS (Hom-29). No idea who the author is... They also have an
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461 'extension' to DECWARS....
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462 _____________________________Leonard___________________________________________
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463 Harumph! And here I thought we had some great new talent. But NOOOOoooooo!
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||
464 It was just someone plagarizing a work from elsewhere. Tacky, Leonard,
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||
465 from one who knows...
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466 ??????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
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||
467 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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468 What is this? Backwater's raising its story standards? Gee, I had a story I
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||
469 was kinda working on, but I don't know if its good enough. I mean, I really
|
||
470 don't want to spend forty minutes typing in an entry only to log back on later
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471 and find it erased. Oh, well, the writer's lot is never an easy one...
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||
472 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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473 So who has said the standards of Backwater were going up? Personally I never
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||
474 beleive anything until the word comes from Mikey anyway. I think that only
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475 the bad ones should be deleted, the ones that people can hardly read and deals
|
||
476 with things you have to be 21 or older to even see in films... Any creative
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477 effort, and original work should be left up. If a person starting out takes
|
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478 the time to type it in Backwater should give the writer a chance.
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479 '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"' '"~"'
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||
480 *************************************HI
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||
481
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||
****************************************HI!!!!!!!!!!!*************************
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||
482
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||
I HAVE NOT TYPED IN A LONG TIME BUT I AM STILL HERE!!! WHAT I REALLY WANT TO
|
||
483
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||
NOW IS HOW MANY OF YOU OLD COMPUTER WIZARDS LIKE ROCK?????? AND THEN HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED THE LIVE AID??ON SATURDAY
|
||
484
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||
***************************************************
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||
485 *****************************HI!!!!*********************************************HELLO MY NAME IS THE WIZ. AND I WANT TO
|
||
486
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||
KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU DUDES WATCHED THE
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||
487
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||
LIVE AID CONCERT AND GAVE MONEY TO
|
||
488
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||
THE STARVING PEOPLE??????????????
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489
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||
PLEASE ANSWER ME WITH EITHER A
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||
490
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YES,NO OR MAYBE A COVERSATION.
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||
491 ................................................................................
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||
492 oy, am it really a rocka rolla bimbo? where'd he come from?
|
||
493 personally, i avoid rocka rolla as much as i can. it's tough.
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||
494 ...............................................................................
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||
495 ****************************HI!!!!!*+*******************************
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||
496
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||
I READ THAT GUY!! BESIDES I AM NOT A HIM I AM A HER THAT IS IN THE
|
||
497
|
||
7th GRADE BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING.I HAVE
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||
498
|
||
I HAVE FOUR GRATE STORYS BUT I AM TOO LAZY TO
|
||
499
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||
TYPE THEM IN BUT ON DAY I MIGHT!!!
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||
500
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||
AND BOY YOU GUYS WILL SEE GOOD
|
||
501
|
||
BUT I MUST ADMIT DARTH WAS PRETTY GOOD
|
||
502
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||
ONE OF MY STORYS IS ABOUT A KID WHO
|
||
503
|
||
BECOMES A TEDDY BEAR YOU JUST WAIT TILL
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||
504
|
||
I TYPE THAT SUCKER IN!!!!!!!!!
|
||
505
|
||
**************************** THE WIZ **********************************
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||
506 That doesn't seem to be a girl!
|
||
507 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
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||
508 Silently the group of rabbits hopped through the bushes, only disturbing the
|
||
509 sensitive hearing of the smallest of insects as they tread over their familair path that had so many times before
|
||
510 lead them to what they were after. The darkness of the night was foreshadowed by the crisp silky light of the
|
||
511 moon above, it's silver rays like dropping coins onto the wet soil.
|
||
512 There were 3 rabbitss in the group. One, a sure footed yet slow grey rabbit named Strider, another who wasv
|
||
513 not slow, yet could only traverse sxort distances named ZZephyr, and another whos memory of the Nothomeplace
|
||
514 surpassed all the others, named Messenger.
|
||
515 The sounds of night sprang up around them, casting vivid shadows of sound in their minds as the hopped towards
|
||
516 the garden and their prize. The trees that were not firmly rooted to the ground swayed in a cool and refreshing
|
||
517 breeze, kissed by a small drizzle of rain that was falling. Not even enough rain, though, to make the dirt path
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||
518 the rabbits were hopping across become slippery with mud.
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||
519 Ahead, beyond a small bush, where the raindrops collected and pooled, reflectig glints of the moon in 1,000
|
||
520 tiny prisms, lay what the rabbits had hopped so far from the Homeplace to capture and get for themselves, to
|
||
521 then return to the villiage with the food that they needed so badly in this time of the seasons.
|
||
522 "All of us are here, right?" asked the first rabbit, Strider. This was
|
||
523 his first time on a vegetable run, and the new excitment of gathering lettuce lept into him, tempting his soul
|
||
524 and thickening his churning blood. His heart pounded in his chest, not from
|
||
525 fear of the humans withe their BANG twigs, but from the thrill of new adventure, discovery, and deadly danger.
|
||
526 (continued.......)
|
||
527 All-What do you think?
|
||
528 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
|
||
529 ****************************HI!!!!!*********************************************WELL I AM A GIRL!!! AND YOU CANT
|
||
530
|
||
SAY I'M NOT AND I THINK THAT STORY IS
|
||
531
|
||
GROSS!!!!!!AND WHY CANT I BE A GIRL HAVE YOU NEVER GOT A GIRL ON THIS THING!!!
|
||
532
|
||
BUT DONT MISTAKE ME I AM A SMART 7th GRADE GIRL THAT GOES TO ROBERT GRAY
|
||
533
|
||
WELL MOM IS CALLING I HAVE TO DO THE DISHES BUT I WILL BE BACK TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY .I HOPE THAT BUNNY STORY
|
||
534
|
||
ISNT YOURS WHY DONT PEOPLE SIGN THERE NAMES TO THEM OR IS IT BECAUSE THEY DONT
|
||
535
|
||
WANT TO AMI
|
||
536
|
||
AMIT TO WRITING IT.(HEE HEE)
|
||
537
|
||
538
|
||
ITS TRASH I PERSONLY WOULD BURN IT !!!!!
|
||
539
|
||
******************************** THE WIZ ***************************************
|
||
540
|
||
|
||
541
|
||
|
||
542
|
||
|
||
543 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====
|
||
544 All-My name should have read:
|
||
545 ZEPHYR
|
||
546 I think I have the dreaded Typo Fever.
|
||
547 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::::::=====:::::=====Zephyr====
|
||
548 *******************************HI!!!********************************************SAY WHAT
|
||
549
|
||
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM DUDE?? ALL I AM LOOKING FOR IS AN ANSWER TO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS???? I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR
|
||
550
|
||
FEVER BUT THEN MAYBE I DO THEN YOU WILL LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
551
|
||
WILL SOME ONE COOL TYPE IN???????AND SAY SOMTHING WORTH WHILE ???
|
||
552
|
||
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
553
|
||
************************* THE WIZ *********************************************
|
||
554 THE WIZ-------------I AM WAITING
|
||
555 COME ON YOU GUYS TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
556 Ok. Ok. Don't call so much!
|
||
557 OK I WONT CALL SO MUCH BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD WRITE MORE!!!!!!!!!
|
||
558
|
||
************** THE WIZ ********************************************
|
||
559 My condolences, CISTOP. It must be quite frustrating to be running the board
|
||
560 while it's going through this phase. As they said about the gall stone,
|
||
561 "this too shall pass." Just wish it would hurry, though.
|
||
562 +DANTE-
|
||
563
|
||
564 WELL HI GUYS
|
||
565
|
||
ITS NIC
|
||
566
|
||
IT IS NICE TO KNOW YOU GUYS CANT WRITE WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?????
|
||
567
|
||
COME ON WRITE .WELL I HAPPEN TO LIKE ROCK AND THE AID CONCERT IS GOOD AND THEY ARE RAISING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE
|
||
568
|
||
HUNGRY AND THEN EVERYONE WILL BE FED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
569
|
||
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD WATCH IT ON CHANEL 6 OR ON MTV AND TONIGHT IT WILLL BE ON CHANNEL 2 SO WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
570
|
||
*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. THE WIZ.
|
||
571 HELLO MY NAME IS FRED AND I AM NEW TO BACKWATER I READ SOME THE MESSAGES
|
||
572
|
||
AND SOME ARE PRETTY WEIRD BUT I WANT TO NOW WHO THE WIZ SHE SOUNDS LIKE A REAL
|
||
573
|
||
CREEP IF THE WIZ READS THIS PLEASE WRITE BACK.AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS THE FEVER HE NEEDS HELP!!!!!
|
||
574
|
||
WELL IF FEVER AND THE WIZ SEE THIS WRITE.
|
||
575
|
||
THANK YOU
|
||
576
|
||
SINCERLY
|
||
577
|
||
FRED
|
||
578 YO FRED THIS IS THE WIZ AND I THINK YOUR WIERD I MEAN WHAT A NAME FRED
|
||
579
|
||
BUT I AGREE FEVER IS WIERD WELL SEE YA FRED.
|
||
580
|
||
***************** THE WIZ ****************************************************
|
||
581 WIZ THIS IS FRED AGAIN AND I YOU KNOW YOU REALLY SHOULDNT WRITE SO MUCH
|
||
582
|
||
**=+=+=+FRED**************************************+-+-+-+-+-+--+-+--1+
|
||
583
|
||
FRED I ONLY WRITE ONCE AND A WHILE!!!!
|
||
584
|
||
**********************THE WIZ**********************************************
|
||
585 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
||
586 Petrov here. Just thought I'd let everyone know that lower case DOES exist.
|
||
587 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
||
588 yo petrov I am using the lower case now happy!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
589
|
||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE WIZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
590 WRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
591
|
||
592
|
||
593
|
||
594
|
||
595
|
||
|
||
596 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
597
|
||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
598
|
||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
599
|
||
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
600
|
||
601
|
||
|
||
602 WELL HI this is fred and here is a sentance to ponder upon:
|
||
603
|
||
"the more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of
|
||
604
|
||
peolpe who should be friends."
|
||
605
|
||
shirley maclaine
|
||
606
|
||
(1934- )
|
||
607
|
||
Don't fall off the mountain
|
||
608
|
||
that my friends is a sentance with great depth and meaning I hope you
|
||
609
|
||
all take a minute to think about what it means and then use it to
|
||
610
|
||
enrich your life.Please take the time to relize its meaning it could
|
||
611
|
||
change your life .this is
|
||
612
|
||
thank you,
|
||
613
|
||
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+* FRED *+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+
|
||
614 Twits galore!
|
||
615 "Oh I won't call much" she srays, then calls 1,000 times! And ofif she/he
|
||
616 calls again to answer this I'm going to panic and go hide somewhere where
|
||
617 the Twitclear Fallout won't get me!
|
||
618 -Sick of Twits!-
|
||
619 Anybody ever coonsider that THE WIZ and FRED are the same "thing."
|
||
620 --still sick of twits!--
|
||
621 Funny similar style THE WIZ and FRED have. They sould keep a copy of this
|
||
622 so when they grow up they can be embarrassed. .................kearin.
|
||
|
||
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