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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 16 AUG 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 SCOTT: from the command prompt when you first get on, type "CC N" this will
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21 show the control S's everyone is telling you about. It appears to be some
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22 sort of bug in your terminal software since it is filling the line with them,
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23 What is happening is that your software is sending a XOFF (the control S), but
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24 since BWMS doesn't recognize the character as anything other then a regular
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25 character, it echos it back, so your software sends another to try to stop
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26 BWMS from sending those nasty things, so BWMS echos them because it thinks
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27 you want to enter them...... until the line gets full, then BWMS starts seg
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28 bells to let you know that the line is full. You need to find out why the
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29 control S is being sent.
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30 ****************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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31
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32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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33 En la cima! Been a long time since I've been here last.
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34 Arrgh, looks like my entry on the last disk disappeared. I know it *USED* to
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35 be there (I read it before hanging up)...
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36 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++ 16 Aug 85 - 8:21pm ++++++++++
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37 ========================================gee got in and cant of anything inte
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38 lligent to say ............mi bob
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39 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BRENT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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40 I would appreciate it if someone would tell me why I cannot read anything
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41 once I get logged onto CBBS/aloha. If you have any suggestions leave them by
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42 aug 30, 1985. THANX
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43 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BRENT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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44 I am calling from Eugene, I was wondering how the job situation is up there.
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45 I just graduated from Lane Community College with a 2 year degree in Computer
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46 Programming. Is there jobs for programmers? Also I was wondering if there
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47 any user groups for Apples up there (I have an Apple ][e). I think this board
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48 is really different, but it does the job. What is it run on? Can you do 1200
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49 Baud? It would help my phone bill if you can.
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50 Just saying hi.
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51 DARTH TRADER AKA BRAD THOMPSON AKA DARTH TRADER AKA BRAD THOMPSON AKA DARTH TRADER
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52 !"#$%&()"!#$%()!#()"!#$%)!$()"$!()"!#$%$#(!%$#)("!"(#$%)("!#(")#$%#!(")(")!$#
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53 Ok leonard, how could you tell it was the LNW, and then the IBM? Was it the boarder? Was it the keys I used? I went back
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54 and looked at that LNW message, and except for a couple double spaces there was no noticeable computer-determined errors.
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55 So how? And then the planet? Jupiter what? What argument? Whoosh! Over the head. The cable: How about a dozen disks for
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56 the cable? If you don't mind non-verbatims, I have a few extras. Hold on the RS232? Ok, I'll take out of the out box and put
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57 it back into the extra-parts drawer.
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58 Mikey: Got some copylink news for you and some adventure news for you. I'll call USD Monday.
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59 Guardian: Thanks for the sneak. (l'homme in the making? heh heh)
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60 %*_$*%)_#@*%_)@#*%_)@#*%_@#)%*@%_)*@)_%*@%*@ L'homme sans Parity %&*#@*%*%_@#*%&_&%@_#)*%@#)_%&*)_*%_@#*%&#@_%@_#%@#_&%@_%*
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61
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62 _________________________________________________________________________
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63 Okay! Enough! No more Mr. Niceguy. Responsibility. Yes, think about it.
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64 That strange concept few think about and even fewer practice. No one
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65 takes responsibility. It's not my fault, I don't work in that department.
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66 I can't take responsibility for that. You'll have to get someone else to
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67 help you. How typical. Shrug, shirk, shrink away. It's not my problem.
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68 NO! I want you to take responsibility. I want to take responsibility too.
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69 We must go forth hand in hand, never again to blame another, but to
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70 instead admit our guilt. Time enough has passed without paying the dues
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71 that our owed for life. We can not continue on the present path of self-
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72 ishness. No more, no more, it is time to service the debt, and clean the
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73 slate, and try, yes at least try, to start anew. Can we try? Will you
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74 try? Yes I will try. Now, let us. Please, we must try. It is now or never.
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75 ________________________________________________________________________c
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76
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77 "THAT OUR OWED FOR LIFE?????? HEY C, HOWSABOUT "THAT WE OWED FOR LIFE???????"
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78
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79 HELLO
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80
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81 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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82 Can anyone tell me about any local TI BB
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83 'S? How 'bout a Texas Instruments
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84 users group(preferably free!!!)
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85 thanks,
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86 John Rambo
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87 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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88 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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89 [/]
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90 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BRENT $$$
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91 FELLO W SCIFI/FANTASY FANS
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92 JUST FINISHED READING THE LAST BOOK IN
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93 MY LIBRARY... IS THERE ANYONE OUT THER
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94 E THAT HAS READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY I
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95 Would Appreciate hearing from you with
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96 suggestions..
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97 address to me $$$$ BRENT $$$$ THANX
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98
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99 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BRENT
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100 /exit
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101 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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102 Trainor et al: It looks like this adventure has run into one of the more
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103 depressing problems with a multiple author story -- we aren't keeping it
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104 moving on a dependable schedule and our our schedules seem to be interfering
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105 with the progress of the story. It's been quite a while now -- shall we
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106 just abandon it or try to revive flagging intrest?
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107 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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108
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109 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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110 Clo, Feb 17
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111 I've just bought a book so that I may keep reminders of what has come to
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112 pass in the trek of our comrades across these great lands of home.
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113 The morning will come to soon, and with the sun will come the sounds of
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114 of boot heels in the sea of mud that for the night we could call home.
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115 I will go now and collapse on the cot next to your brother, weary from
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116 the toils of our labor. Patter would be proud of us.
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117 Wish you were here under the moonlight of Smolensk, you might like it
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118 here.
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119 Tell my friends that I still remember you all. I miss you.
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120 Osram
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121 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU diary
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122 ch /to soon/too soon/etc.
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123 ------------------------------>--------------------------------->
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124 The pale orange sun struggled futilely to make its way past
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125 the grey mist. A cock crowed, and inside the small shack, the
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126 sole inhabitant, a youth of eighteen stirred. Reluctant to leave
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127 his warm bed, he half-consciously shuddered as his feet hit the
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128 cold stone floor. He walked over to the basin, poured some water
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129 from the pitcher into it, and then splashed a handful into his
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130 groggy eyes. His mind still filled with thoughts of sleep, he
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131 shrugged and poured the remainder of the water over his head.
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132 Today was no time to be groggy, for it was the annual day for
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133 examinations to the academy--examinations that were the only hope
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134 for those too poor to make their way on anything but merit.
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135 He moved thoughtfully over to the fireplace, and poked the
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136 coals into a small fire. Adding some kindling, he hung the
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137 kettle on its hook. While he waited for the water to boil, he
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138 quickly finished dressing. He gathered the two fresh eggs from
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139 the henhouse, and fried them with some bacon from the larder. He
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140 could only eat about half his meal, his stomach too nervous to
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141 hold much besides the strong tea. He dumped the rest of the food
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142 on the ground for the hens, washed the plate and pan, and sat down
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143 for one last cup of tea. He struggled to control his thoughts--
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144 he saw himself placing first on the list of scholars, then he
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145 worried about finishing last, his mind fluttering back and forth
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146 between the two extremes. "Enough!" he yelled at himself. "I
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147 will do my best--and that is all any man can do." Shouldering his
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148 bag and pocketing his uncle's pipe, he set off to test himself.
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149 --------------------------------->Straight Arrow---------------->
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150 ****************************************************************
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151 L'HOMME: OK, monday sounds great.
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152 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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153 question ?? would clivisation as we know it today exist without toilet paper
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154 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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155 No. Simply impossible.
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156 The reason: Earth as we know it today HAS no civilization.
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157 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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158
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159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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160 Mikey: This is Scott. I'll try typing a few lines without having to use
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161 the control S. Actually, I have a steak on the fire and should get out
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162 to it. So if the same thing has happened this time, I guess you will
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163 let me know, huh ?
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164 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++SCOTT++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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165
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166 _________________________________________________________________________
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167 Responsibility--such a fearsome thing. But it must be faced, or all is
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168 lost. I for my part shall take my share, I must. Will you take yours?
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169 ________________________________________________________________________d
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170
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171 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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172 I will soon
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173 change my name for
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174 personal reasons...
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175 so it is quite possible you might not see THIS name here again...but I'll be
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176 here.
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177 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"
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178 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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179 K.I.S. Net
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180 A new personal password BBS system.
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181 503-777-xxxx
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182 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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184 SADLEY, THE SUMMER IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE. THE SUN'S PLACE IN THE SKY IS CHANGING
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185 , SHIFTING TO WHERE IT'S LIGHT NO LONGER PROVIDES THE VIGOROUS WARMTH OF THE
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186 MIDSUMMER. RESIDUAL HEAT STILL KEEPS THE BITE OF THE COLD AWAY, BUT EACH DAY
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187 WINTER SUCKS THAT MUCH MORE ENERGY AWAY FROM THE HEATSTORE. ANOTHER SUMMER GONE.
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188 AND, WHY DO I FEEL AS THOUGH EACH YEAR I ACCOMPLISH LESS, ENJOY THE SUMMER LESS?
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189 IS IT BECAUSE AS I GROW OLDER I HAVE LESS TIME FOR DAYDREAMING, LYING IN THE SUN
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190 AND HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO MEET? MORE WORK AND MONEY I HAVE TO GET? WHY
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191 MUST I WORK MONTHS TO BUY AND SUPPORT A HOUSE, CAR AND OTHER PERIPERAL ITEMS?
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192 ALL THESE DO IS TO HELP ME TO WORK BETTER, MAKE MORE MONEY TO BUY A BETTER CAR
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193 BUY A BETTER HOUSE, MORE THINGS THAT TAKE
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194 MORE OF MY TIME AWAY. AS I GROW OLDER, I FIND THAT MY TIME IS LESS AND LESS MY
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195 OWN. IT IS OTHERS. AND EVEN THEN, OTHERS ALSO LOSE MORE OF THEIR TIME TO ME.
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196 THIS IS NOT A FAIR TRADE OFF, I WOULD GLADLY GIVE THEM THEIR TIME BACK, IF I COULD
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197 EVEN GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF MY OWN FROM THEM. OTHER PEOPLE, TOO WOULD LIKE THIS.
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198 ALL OF US, LIVE OTHERS LIVES. STILL, I HAVE MY SCOPE, MY VISION OF MYSELF, OTHERS
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199 OFTEN LOSE THEIRS. MANY PEOPLE, LOSE TOUCH WITH THEMSELVES, IS IT BECAUSE TO LOOK
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200 AT YOURSELF IS UNBERABLE? BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EVER GET BACK TO WHAT YOU HAVE LOST
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201 AND TO FORGET THIS YOU IGNORE YOURSELF? I NEVER WANT TO BECOME LIKE THIS. EVEN IF
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202 ALL MY LIFE IS GONE TO OTHER PEOPLE, I STILL WANT TO LOOK AT MYSELF AND SEE
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203 EVEN IF IT MAKES ME CRY.
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204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++00000000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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205 ******************************************************************************
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206 ******************.**.
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207
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208
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209 ******************************
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210 *******kathyd****the"irresponisble"*************andbadspeller****
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211 _________________________________________________________________
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212 You could not have been more correct in the statement that
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213 times here are no longer follow that which was once a predictable
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214 pattern. The fluctuating wave that was once story/debate/story/-
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215 gives the impression of having been quelled into the stagnancy of
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216 the flat line. No longer is there a flow to these wonderous
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217 other realities that once were never wrong in our eyes. But who
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218 is to say which is right, and which is a bloody illusion?
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219 __________________________________________________________LP:mg__
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220 -so, two long-distance calls in thirty mins... what gives? one from europe,
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221 and lord knows where the other was from. you're popular i guess. -iiii-
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222
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223
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224
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225
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226
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227 [/]
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228 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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229 Piper et al: I personally would like to continue this adventure, if at
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230 possible. I haven't entered anything lately in hopes that others
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231 would feel compelled to write. Maybe we need some direction? I think
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232 that if one of us could get a hold of as many of the others as he/she
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233 knows, we could make some decisions as to what course to take; follow
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234 the entity? land on and explore Trainor's home planet? Let's get some
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235 excitement into our adventure! Trainor, I imagine that you know most
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236 of us... I hate to saddle you with the responsibility, but how about
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237 calling and confering with some of the adventurers. I also think that
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238 we all should try to come up with at least one entry to the story each
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239 week. Comments? I'll be back on later this evening with an entry of
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240 my own...
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241 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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242 ```````~~~~~~~~'''''''"""""""
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243 WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE
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244 RESPONSIBILITY FOR?????
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245 ```````~~~~~~~~'''''''"""""""
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246 '''
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247 HELLO, I WAS WONDERING HOW TO GET TO YOUR SYSTEM. OR IN OTHER WORDS THE A
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248 PROMPT.
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249
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250 omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni
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251 Trainor greeted the two new adventurers in the commons room, and
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252 then returned to the control room. He surveyed the activities of those
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253 around him, and noticed a strange complacency had befallen the band of
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254 adventurers.
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255 "Friends! What has happened? Bard? You have not said anything for
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256 several minutes. Piper? You look downcast beyond the ravages of your
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257 medicines. Emu? You stand in the corner and lurk. You act as if you wanted
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258 to say something, but you remain silent. Lady Tyree? You too are
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259 strangly quiet, so different from what you were before. Tin Man and Fencer,
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260 so new to our adventure, but still so silent. I ask again, what has
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261 happened? Have we lost sight of that which has drawn us together? Are we to
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262 stand aside and let this evil destroy all that we know? I have already lost
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263 my planet, but it is not too late for you. But we must act and act
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264 swiftly. A group can not function as a group unless all the members act
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265 accordingly. We must not lose sight of our goal. We must not forget that
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266 the universe depends on us. We are the last bastion the Realities have."
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267 Trainor appeared drained from his empassioned speach. He sunk down
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268 onto some cushions behind the main control chairs. He was silent, as were
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269 the rest of the adventurers. The Pell-mell floated in trans-reality.
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270 Trainor's planet, or what was left of it, was only a few realities away.
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271 The path the creature from ZEB had torn a path through the fabric of space,
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272 a path that could be followed by the Pell-mell. The question was would the
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273 Pell-mell follow? Would it visit the planet to see the destruction the
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274 ZEB creature could havoc? Can the diverse and talanted group of people
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275 overcome their problems, and return to the group that looked so promising
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276 at the beginning of the quest? As always, unanswered questions; questions
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277 that could only be answered by the voice of all, or the voice of none.
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278 omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni omni
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279
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280 __________________________________________________________________
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281 Responsibility and Illusion, so each partakes of the other, in
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282 turn, as colors shift to the mind's eye. Yellow is Red and Black
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283 is White, but the gathering gloom surrounds all in its embrace, an
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284 embrace of death. Daylight fades as the onrush of the darkness
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285 overtakes all in its path. The analogy is clear, but the actions
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286 to take are not. What should the responsible person due to avoid
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287 the effects of such an occurrence? As the gloom that approaches
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288 us gains despite our best intentions, clouded are the choices
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289 we can make. d, your words smack of a need for the same thing
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290 when we look deep into ourselves, we all need. It goes without
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291 saying that needs unmet are acids untreated to our psyches.
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292 ________________________________________________________________c_
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293
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294 ***********************************************************************
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295 responsiblity is how i feel about myself, i believe that i am a good
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296 person. i believe that i am making the correct choices for myself,
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297 it is up to each person to make their own choices, and follow up on
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298 them. that is my concept of responsiblity.
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299 *********************************************kathyd*********************
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300 L'homme: A dozen disks sounds reasonable...
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301 As for Jupiter, remember the argument we had after seeing Wierd Science?
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302 You said the bright planet near the moon was Mars. I said Jupiter. You
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303 said you'd check your program. I *did* check my copy of Astronomy...
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304 And as for the LNW/IBM detection... a NET trainee could tell the
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305 difference...
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306 ____________________________Leonard________________________________________
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307 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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308 "We're sorry, Trainor. I don't know about the others, but I was
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309 thinking about the significance, the importance of our journey." Emu
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310 was the first to respond to Trainor's plea, then went right back to
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311 work. "Apogee in the 300 degree range, Bard."
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312 "Check. Coming in from the jump; one more jump before planet-
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313 fall. Bringing in inertial damp..." Bard's voice trailed off.
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314 "Bard, would you check your stream modulators? We're gatting a huge
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315 flux in the ship's gravity." Emu held himself in place as he felt him-
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316 self rapidly lose weight, and just as rapidly regain it. At the same
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317 time, in another part of the ship, Fencer found out why special toilets
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318 are needed in zero-gee environments.
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319 Whan Bard didn't answer, Emu turned to look at him. Following his
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320 wide-eyed stare, he caught the fading glimmer that was where Piper had
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321 been standing. The pretty blue and green bubbles of light boiled and
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322 popped, falling slowly into themselves, finally disappearing with a
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323 distinct "pop".
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324 "gods almighty..." Lady Tayree gasped.
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325 "By the wings of Ariel," Bard cried, "I've never seen that before.
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326 Quick Emu, can you trace Piper with your tracker? I'll hold our position
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327 here."
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328 Emu started at Bard's words, then realized what he had said. "Uh, yeah
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329 , hold on ..." He turned and started tuning for Piper. Setting for line
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330 input, he tied the tracker to the ship's scanners. On a strong hunch, he
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331 first scanned the area of the ZEB creature. Sure enough, Piper's trace
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332 was there, right in the middle of the entity. The tracker showed that
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333 Piper's brain waves were near-normal, except for a disturbing intermittent
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334 dip in the alpha activity.
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335 Tin Man came rushing in, followed closely by Fencer, who was wiping
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336 something from his tunic, and Cragmore, who was trying to control Fencer's
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337 dog. The dog was evidently very disturbed by the sudden grav shifts, as
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338 was everyone.
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339 "What happened?" demanded Trainor.
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340 Lady Tayree nervously explained. "piper and i were watching the viewin
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341 g screens, when he started to shimmer. i tried to grab him, but there was
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342 nothing solid to hold. the shimmer started bubbling in reds and yellows,
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343 then changed to greens and blues. then he was gone..."
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344 "I've got him on the scanners, now..." Emu continued, "... and he
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345 seems to be okay. Believe it or not, he's right in the middle of our
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346 friendly neighborhood anomaly."
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347 Bard looked at Cragmore. "You've got psi background, don't you? Can
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348 you contact Piper, find out what's happening?"
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349 "I can try. Can you give me an idea where and when he is in relation
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350 to us?"
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351 "Our time, and only five parsecs distant. Can you work with that?"
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352 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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353
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354 _________________________________________________________________________
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355 Yes, the dark winds of approaching gloom can be frightening indeed. How
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356 to avoid them, how to make the decisions that must be made? Look deep
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357 into your soul, listen to your feelings. Be true to yourself. Fear of
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358 risk, fear of choosing wrong, fear of being hurt; these are what inhibit
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359 the choice. The longer the decisions are put off, the closer and faster
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360 the darkness comes. To do what is right for yourself. What is right? How
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361 can we know that the choice made is the proper one? Life is a series of
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362 risks. We can only listen to our feelings, and make the best choice we
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363 can. When we hide behind our mask of fear we only hurt ourselves.
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364 _______________________________________________________________________d_
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365
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366 Note to the person in Eugene:
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367
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Yes, there are DP jobs in Portland, but you've got to come up here to
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368
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find them. Hit every large employer & the service bureaus. Maybe
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369
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settle for an operator or clerk job just to get in & get visibility.
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370
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Do you know COBOL? Have IBM system experience? These help the most.
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371 ]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%]]
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372 Micronauts
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373 ]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%]]
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374 BLACHHH!!!
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375 How much can a simple chipped terranoid TAKE!?!?!?
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376 My TRANSISTORS]]]]]FIZZZ[[[[[[
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377 ]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%[[[%%%]]]%%%]]
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378 Ah, COBOL. How I love it.
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379 7000-COUNT-ENTRIES.
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380 PERFORM 7100-NULL-PARAGRAPH
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381 VARYING WS-SUB FROM 1 BY 1
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382 UNTIL WS-SUB > 12
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383 OR WS-EOF-FLAG = "Y".
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384 7100-NULL-PARAGRAPH.
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385 MOVE WS-SUB TO WS-TEMP-FIELD.
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386 COMPUTE WS-SUB = WS-TEMP-FIELD - 1.
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387 IF WS-DAY-OF-WEEK = "TUESDAY"
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388 MOVE "Y" TO WS-EOF-FLAG
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389 ELSE
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390 MOVE "FIZZBIN" TO WS-SOMEWHERE-ELSE.
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391
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392
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393
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394 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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395
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396
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397 ((( Ripple )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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398 Juggler: How about starting with major # III it's easiest for me at let
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399 to start.
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400 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripp
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401 ((( Ripple ))) having problems with line noise
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402 Juggler: sorry about the spelling (let is least) ((( Ripple )))
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403 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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404 Tin was feeling a bit bewildered, and a bit light headed as well, but that
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405 was due to the ships gravity problem (or maybe that whiff of scotch). He
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406 was lost as to the reasons behind the fade-out of their companion, but the
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407 gravity problem was a bit more along his line. After a bit of snooping it
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408 became obvious that somehow a bit of hair or fur had been caught in one of the
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409 control contacts. The dog was not to blame, the colors didn't match.
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410 "I've located the problem with the ships gravity. Everyone hold on to some-
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411 thing, I've got to turn the system off for a seco
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412 (line noise).. to get things working again. And someone grab the dog. Giving
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413 everyone a moment to anchor themselves, he cut the power to the gravity control
|
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414 and pulled the offending contact to clean it off. It took a bit longer than
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415 the promised second, but in less than a minute he had the contact back and the
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416 power restored.
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417 "Well, that's that. Now where did I put that poem...."
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418 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
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419
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ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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420 such gloomy words... such gloomy thoughts... perhaps... the subject makes
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421 the gloom... of course this is all speculation... as are my grades next year
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422 and my friends...
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||
|
||
423 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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|
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424 allean checked his watch... the three dials rotated... a minute had just
|
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425 passed in algiers... benghazi... and cairo... technometers are sometimes too
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426 flashy... sometimes too accurate... tilean grimaced at the click the watch
|
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427 made... it was beginning to annoy the other agents...
|
||
428 they stood at the airport... gray cement stretched out flatly for yards...
|
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429 then the desert stretched ever farther... someone clicked their heels... a
|
||
430 tie flew up in the breeze... sall four agents waited...
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431 finally a jeep arrived... it turned a tight circle and some men wearing
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432 arab costumes... straight out of the movies... hopped out and shuffled the
|
||
433 agents into the jeep... it turned tightly once again and sped down the flat
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434 desert floor...
|
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435 tilean spoke to one of them... the other agents could not understand...
|
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436 he was making travel arrangements... getting each agent where he ought to go
|
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437 and when he ought to be... except himself... he would stay in the oasis...
|
||
438 the oasis loomed above them... the trail of dust dispersed as the jeep
|
||
439 slowed... the palm trees towered above them... and they had entered maradan
|
||
440 oasis... the people from the market were chattering loudly... and the kids
|
||
441 playing in the street made even more... it is hard to hear yourself think in
|
||
442 maradan... the jeep slowed...
|
||
443 the brakes squealed to a slow stop in front of the International Club...
|
||
444 one of the building erected by the nazis during the war... and kept open by
|
||
445 the many visitors to maradan... after all... where would they know to have
|
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446 each other assassinated...
|
||
447 flies descended upon the jeep... everyone hopped off... allean's watch
|
||
448 clicked again... the arabs stood as if they did not know where to go... then
|
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449 tilean realized... the arabs may not enter the International Club... that is
|
||
450 only for those of european or far east descent...
|
||
451 tilean led the way into the club... his hand pulled aside the soft cloak
|
||
452 the covered the entrance... the dampness flooded out at him... the sunlight
|
||
453 flooded past him... into the club... his agents found their way inside...
|
||
454 tilean let go of the cloak... and everyone resumed chatting...
|
||
455 a man with a turned up nose arrived at the scene... he wore a tuxedo...
|
||
456 in stark contrast to the primitive entrance.. he asked about a reservation...
|
||
457 soon they were seated at a table and waiting to be told where to go...
|
||
|
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458 the whole series of events... passed without a word...
|
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459
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||
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||
|
||
460 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
||
461 From Prometheus; Sardonicus
|
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462 Sure, I believe I will get back into MLC next year, uh-huh.
|
||
463 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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||
464
|
||
465 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
466 The piper swam in what seemed to be a soft grey fog. At first, there was
|
||
467 the slight sensation of a breeze -- a feeling of motion, either of himself or
|
||
468 the medium surrounding him. Later, whether he simply stopped moving, moved
|
||
469 with the wind, or stopped feeling it, the sensation of motion stopped.
|
||
470 The tempurature was not hot, not cold -- no sensations reached his skin. The
|
||
471 unrelieved grey seemed to soak into his eyes, a thick, uniformly illuminated
|
||
472 fog of undetermined thickness. The light and heat seemed unvarying, a thick
|
||
473 sensation of incredible ennui.
|
||
474 Only gradually did the piper begin to realize a change. Tiring of the
|
||
475 monotony of the grey fog (the piper was a firm believer that when something
|
||
476 occured, one should wait patiently if possible until the situation became
|
||
477 more clear) the piper began rummaging by touch in his sporran. His fingers
|
||
478 seemed to have almost no sensation. Lifting his hands, the piper was
|
||
479 greeted by almost no changes in the soft grey surrounding him.
|
||
480 A sharp bolt of fear filled the piper. He placed his palms tightly over
|
||
481 his eyes, and could see only a slight darkening of the greyness that surrounded
|
||
482 him. Working from memory rather than a sense of touch, he reached up for
|
||
483 his earlobe, grasped it tightly and twisted. He was rewarded by only a slight
|
||
484 sensation of pressure, a nearly undetectable twinge.
|
||
485 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
486
|
||
487 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
488
|
||
489 ........................................................... Why unicorns?......
|
||
490 ........................................................... Why Virgins?.......
|
||
491
|
||
492 enter
|
||
493 _________________________________________________________________
|
||
494 Depression is so relative. A presence with a conscience will
|
||
495 quickly realize that there is more to life than nights of white
|
||
496 satin and days of blue sky and sunshine. We will not stay this
|
||
497 way forever, but as a temporal state it is indeed important
|
||
498 to justify its existance. We are not always to ask questions,
|
||
499 just as we are not always to accept. As in all things, a mix
|
||
500 of ingrediants produce the best outcome and the most stability.
|
||
501 ______________________________________________________________c__
|
||
502 ****************************************
|
||
503
|
||
I seem to be typing a double of every
|
||
504
|
||
letter. Does anyone see this or just
|
||
505
|
||
me. Also it seems to be double spacing.
|
||
506
|
||
This is very wierd.
|
||
507
|
||
****************************************
|
||
508 ****************************************************************
|
||
509
|
||
|
||
510
|
||
I'm looking for a program called ASCII Express, and DFX. If any
|
||
511
|
||
one has thoes programs and would like to swap for something, I
|
||
512
|
||
have many programs to choose from. Of course I have an Apple IIe.
|
||
513
|
||
I have tons of arcade quality games and other stuff. The new 5.5
|
||
514
|
||
Copy II PLUS is among one of them.
|
||
515
|
||
******************************SCOTT******************************
|
||
516 ((( Ripple )))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
|
||
517
|
||
518 Finally accepting the fact that I had missed every one, that and a
|
||
519 comment from a passer by that ship had all the passengers it could
|
||
520 handle
|
||
|
||
521 I settled back and went to sleep.
|
||
522 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
|
||
523 "Emu, I hope you can do something FAST. From these readings it looks
|
||
524 like Piper's sensory inputs are damped *way* down. At least as bad as a
|
||
525 sensory deprivation tank..."
|
||
526 Bard's thoughts flashed back over the years (all too many) to his
|
||
527 training. He remembered the 'tank'. I f you goofed on your co-ordinates
|
||
528 you might *literally* wind up 'nowhere'. Thus the tank sessions, to give
|
||
529 you a chance to work out how to operate without sensory feedback.
|
||
530 If Piper was 'normal' he'd have 15-30 minutes before he started
|
||
531 getting too far out of touch with reality...
|
||
532 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
533 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
534 Sonic Screwdriver (sa'-ik skroo'-driv-er) n.: A small device commonly used
|
||
535 for manipulative work. Uses vary, but include disintergrating small objects
|
||
536 (.5 cm^3 or smaller), and manipulation of objects without actual physical
|
||
537 contact. Noted to be exceedingly useful in the opening of locks of all sorts.
|
||
538 [Exerpted from Encyclopedia Dementica, a Gallifreyan publication, circa 2650]
|
||
539 ++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
540 The Doctor had little trouble with the lock, and we gained the foyer. The
|
||
541 interior of the house struck me as odd- for there was no furnishings. Scrap
|
||
542 papers scuttled back and forth across the floor, as if hurrying to find the
|
||
543 remainder of their comrades. Perhaps the wind that followed us through the
|
||
544 door was really to blame. Whatever the cause, one scrap in particular caught
|
||
545 my eye, and I grabbed for it. It read:
|
||
546 [Translated from the Latin, which is in no manner like the Latin of this line
|
||
547 anyway, to a rough approximation of English]
|
||
548 A Proclamation, the Seven Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eighth such made by Our
|
||
549 Esteemed Leader, Yule Frenbunder:
|
||
550 On this day of June 15, the Frenbunder estate will be evacuated, and all
|
||
551 objects within moved to the nearest suitable estate, until such time as the
|
||
552 Odd and Exceedingly Strange Occurances in that vicinity cease. Patrols will
|
||
553 inspect an area about the estate on a daily basis, in search of evidence to the
|
||
554 effect that the Occurances have Indeed ceased.
|
||
555 [Signed, in an exceedingly lavish and gaudy manner, Yule Frenbunder]
|
||
556 "An explanation, Doctor. What we seek is truly within." I gave him the notice
|
||
557 so he could read for himself. He scratched his head, and gazed at it. I
|
||
558 snatched it back and read it to him. I'd forgotten the Doctor's inability
|
||
559 with languages. (It rarely showed, but sometimes it was a severe handicap.
|
||
560 Once he had tried to barter with a group of Cinsdians for a new scarf, and
|
||
561 ended up calling the trader a 'erduhslytum'- an insult incomprehensible in
|
||
562 English but unforgivable when dealing with a Cinsdian. It was three days
|
||
563 before I could persuade their chief not to saute' him, and three more before
|
||
564 they released him.)
|
||
565 We set to work. The ground floor and two upper stories produced nothing, but
|
||
566 our luck changed in the basement.
|
||
567 Off to the left side of the damp chamber, a black oval hovered slightly above
|
||
568 the concrete floor. It was utterly
|
||
569 black, not the variety that reflected light somewhat. This ABSORBED it.
|
||
570 "A Convolution, something I had not expected to see in my lifetime. This is
|
||
571 the source of those presences I have felt, Doctor. This is a direct pipeline,
|
||
572 a duct, through time, space, planes, and lines. The TARDIS brought us here,
|
||
573 supposedly, because this is the nearest outlet. I wasn't sure such a thing was
|
||
574 possible until now. To directly span all the dimensions at once, and to
|
||
575 maintain it... the energy!"
|
||
576 "Hold it, I'm trying to figure the equivalents in my head. Er, the output of
|
||
577 two good-sized G stars would do it." The Doctor stopped. "We're going to
|
||
578 mess with something that can harness THAT sort of energy?"
|
||
579 "Unless you have a better idea."
|
||
580 "Well......", the Doctor began.
|
||
581 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++ 18 Aug 85 - 10:40pm ++++++++
|
||
582 A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=2
|
||
583 "I think I can reach him, if he's not too far out." Cragmore emerged
|
||
584 from a storage room where he had been examining some of the Pell-mell art-
|
||
585 work in more detail. "If I can grab piper in psi, we should be able to
|
||
586 guide the ship using Emu's device and my directions."
|
||
587 Gragmore settled down on the metal floor of the ship. He pressed his
|
||
588 back hard against the wall, his neck and head in perfect alignment with
|
||
589 his spinal column. He closed his eyes tightly, and a look of incredible
|
||
590 concentration spread across his darkened face. For another moment he was
|
||
591 motionless, and then his outstretched arms began to curl inward towards
|
||
592 his chest. Sweat began to form on Cragmore's brow. His hands spread out
|
||
593 until the fingers were as wide as his joints would allow. He pressed them
|
||
594 together in an isometric manner, and then sat still again. No sound, no
|
||
595 movement, for several moments, until, "I see him... I am near him. Piper!
|
||
596 Piper! Can you hear me? Look out, ignore what your body tells you and
|
||
597 listen to your mind. The mind's eye! The third eye! Listen and see. Piper!
|
||
598 PIPER!!!
|
||
599 A=2 CRAGMORE A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A A=A
|
||
600
|
||
601 *%_#)*%#_%@#)_*%@#)_*%@#_%&)_%&_)#$&#)_&^!_)&^!)_#^&!)_*^_!&^!_^)_#$&^!#_)^&!#_)&^_#!&^!_)&^#)_^&#$_)^&!#^!^
|
||
602 Mikey: I got on a programming role and finished re-writing the intros using US DIGITAL's name, address, and number. I
|
||
603 will bring the programs by for your approval ASAP.
|
||
604 Leonard: OK, you win (gasp) but I still want to run my own program. How do I know you didn't doctor the results of
|
||
605 your celestial calculations?
|
||
606 Milch: Isn't that PSU visitation coming up soon?
|
||
607 %*_%*_)^*#$)_*^)_@&*^@#_)*^@_)*^@_)^* L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%#@_)%*_)%&_%&!_%&!_#%!_)%&!_)%!_)*%!_)%*)_%
|
||
608 [/]
|
||
609 /\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\./\.
|
||
610 A new BBS has arrived in
|
||
611 Portland. It has an old
|
||
612 number, but a new name &
|
||
613 new format.
|
||
614
|
||
615 K.I.S. Net
|
||
616 503-777-xxxx
|
||
617 24hrs
|
||
618 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
||
619 / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \
|
||
620 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
|
||
621 Bard - Your tinkering with all these gadgets has shown me the way of
|
||
622 removing that nasty little demon from my Pandora's Box. I've performed the
|
||
623 litany of the three lines and the creature has finally vanished. I wish
|
||
624 you good fortune in your against the demon you now face in the company of
|
||
625 Trainor and friends.
|
||
626 Ripple - I think I've worked something out... Wait and see.
|
||
627 -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+-where I belong -+- -+- -+-
|
||
|
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