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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 24 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 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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21 Were it not for this message the Inn would be a topless establishment.
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22 Petrov smiled at the thought.
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23 Petrov sans predecessors
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24 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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25 uh-oh, looks like more adolescent sudden mood-swing fantasy-landism towards the
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26 bottom of drive b. I wonder if that opening line works?
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27 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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28 ________________________________________________________________________________
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29 A drowning man seeks a life perserver. A life perserver in the sense of some-
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30 thing to save himself with. He seeks aid, help from others. Life perservers
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31 rarely come from within, they must come from outside, from the hands and
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32 hearts of others. Save me, save me, from the dark depths of the cold, heart-
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33 less waters. Throw me a life perserver, give me a chance to live again. I am
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34 too weak to look inside for help. Just this once, offer me a hand, lift me
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35 from the waters, I have been drowning long enough.
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36 ________________________________________________________________________c_______
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37
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38 ___________________________________________________________________________
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39 There are some of us that desire so strongly for help that we may at times
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40 not see the forest from the trees. There is a vast sea of people that are
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41 all standing with outstreched hands, wishing to be pulled from their
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42 miseries. We are all human, we all have our flaws. To finally realize
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43 that we suffer the same anxieties doesn't mean much when the time has come
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44 for each to suffer them on our own. The blue, blue isolation clouds our
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45 eyes... we do not see the outstretched hand beside us.
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46 How long have I been waiting?
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47 ________________________________________________________________________f__
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48
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49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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50 L'homme: I've cracked ciphers less difficult than the 'registration form' at
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51 PSU. Computer Engineering, I'm going for.
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52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++ 24 Aug 85 +++
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53
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54 _________________________________________________________________________
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55 There are times when I just want to run away from it all, but where would
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56 I run to? I plead for help, and all I get is denial, laughter, hatred.
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57 I am told that I am selfish and hateful, that what I want is wrong. But
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58 is it wrong to love? To want to be loved in return? Is it wrong to
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59 desire the happiness needed to truly live? Is it wrong to care about
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60 someone? To want them to care for you? I would do anything to that end.
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61 ___________________________________________________________________d_____
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62
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63 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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64 Micronauts
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65 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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66 Believe it or not, I am now working on an ORIGINAL book with a NOT SO ORIGINAL
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67 title called
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68 The Thoroughly Depressed
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69 Terranoid's Guide To The
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70 Inner Atmosphere!
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71 It's about the HISTORY of this loony
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72 world, not so accurate coming from
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73 the warped disks of ThHIS terraniod!
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74 This'll probably be just another thing
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75 to keep me from exploding with depressive boredom...but it'll be FUN!!!!
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76 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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77 TO ALPHABET SOUP: I AIN'T HUMAN AND I AIN'T GOT NO FLAWS. HERE'S AN ANCHOR
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78 OFF THE MISSOURI--CATCH!!!!
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79 Please help with the pc net at 775-xxxx...Tks...Babysoft
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80 off
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81 here
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82 _
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83 How long will it be until we can trust our fellow human beings? How long will
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84 it be until they earn our trust? Each of us appears to stand alone, unmoving
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85 among each other. Our souls reach out, only to be denied through blindness.
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86 We stand alone with the inability to see the person at our side.
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87
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88 Is it possible to understand each other? Is that our species' flaw? With the
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89 ability to think and communicate, we shall never learn the thoughts of each
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90 other. Each person having his own reality to shape his character, each person h
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91 having his own thoughts to shape his perspective, how can we reach even the
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92 lowest level of understanding? Digging through the layers and layers of
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93 memories and forgotten times, how can we even know ourselves?
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94
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95 The structure of our society is an interaction between individuals. Fear
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96 overshadows that interaction so in emotional expression is withheld. Our
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97 agonies burn within before the flame sees others. We are not that different
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98 after all.
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99
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100 We don't stand alone. Yet the world seems harsh, an angry stare received by a
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101 stranger cuts deep, we cower, allowing ourselves to be swept away by the sea.
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102 The salwater bathes my wounds and stings like laughter in my face.
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103 _______________________________________________________________________e_______e___
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104 ========================================= need input on the mps-803 commodore
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105 printer planning to purchase one from k-mart 149.95 am i going in the right
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106 direction or could i do better for the
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107 money??????? mi bob
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108 @home@work@play....athome...atwork...atplay...@home@work@play.............
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109
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110 f- you sound like you need an ear. Sounds like maybe I understand the
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111 weight on your shoulders. Leave me a message on tanis. Kearin
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112
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113 @home@work@play....athome...atwork...atplay...alwaysthesamepersonbutquiet.
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114
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115 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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116 A Summary of the Major Types of Celene Magic
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117 Abjuration : dismissal or prevention of something
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118 Alteration : modification of the properties of an object
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119 Conjuration : creation or summoning of objects/creatures
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120 Enchantment : persuasion or domination of other minds
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121 Evocation : as Conjuration, but deals with energy instead
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122 Illusion : the craft of altering the appearance of objects
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123 - Dweomer Dictionary, 42nd edition, pg 404
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124 +++++++++++++++++++++++
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125 "Do you really think this will work, Doctor?"
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126 I gazed at the twisted mass of metal, wires, and black boxes. A few switches
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127 had been inserted along several of the wires, but those had all been left
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128 to hang where they were. Overall, I received the impression that The Doctor
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129 had soldered the dashboards of several dozen automobiles together.
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130 "Don't worry. [Author's note: see 'When to Worry, a Handy Reference Guide']
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131 This'll track the source of that hole thing. Did you find what you were
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132 looking for? That arrrghentite stuff?"
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133 "Argentium, Doctor. Only a very small amount." I showed him the small chunk
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134 of silver rock Grann and I had spent three hours looking for. "Not nearly
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135 enough for what I have in mind."
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136 "Which is....?"
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137 "To find the source of the Convolution. If we deem it necessary, to sever
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138 the being(s) conduit of travel. I have about 200 grams of Argentium- it will
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139 be necessary to find nearly two more kilos."
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140 "I hate to go into anything unprepared. Shall we find more of your rock before
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141 continuing?"
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142 "Unless you have a gadget that can produce-" I named a mind-boggling amount of
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143 energy, "that I can channel. Frankly, I doubt such a device exists."
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144 "All right, so we become rockhounds temporarily. Have you a good idea where
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145 to get more?"
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146 "Yes, and this amount should be enough to get us there. I'm only worried
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147 about getting back. There won't be enough if we don't find any."
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148 "Oh, well, if that's all that's bothering you-" he grinned, and his eyes held
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149 that familiar mischeivous gleam, "then what are we waiting for?"
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150 +++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++ 25 Aug 85 - 12:29pm +++++++++++++++
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151 __________________________________________________________________
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152 From the woodwork, like a thousand slithering vipers, come
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153 the cries and shouts of those just like myself. I too am a serpent
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154 slithering in agony and pain. I too wish to cry and shout at my
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155 misfortune, just like the others around me. We are not so different
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156 us vipers, us snakes, us creepy crawling manifestations that live
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157 in this world, yet live on a different level, a lower level, because
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158 we are not complete. If we were made complete by addition, we would
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159 raise above the level we find ourselves at now, and shirk and peel
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160 the viper's skin that surrounds us. We would again join the human
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161 race, a race of people not meant to be alone. I seek out this
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162 answer to evolution just like my fellow serpents do. We all want
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163 the same thing. We all want to rejoin the human race.
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164 _________________________________________________________________G
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165
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166 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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167 One never has to be alone. You always have someone who will
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168 listen to. But sometimes it is hard to know who to go to. Sometimes
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169 it is easier to just wander off by yourself and think things out, but
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170 at the same time this causes many to go into a deeper depression. Talk
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171 things out with a friend. There all always outstretched arms willing to
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172 help all you need to do is open your door and look.
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173 ---------------------------------------------------------------------h--
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174 SIGH... WHY DO I FEEL SO DEPRESSED?........................
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175 +
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176 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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177 Here where the wind is always north-north-east
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178 and children learn to walk on frozen toes,
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179 wonder begets an envy of all those
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180 who boil elsewhere with such a lyric yeast
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181 of love that you will hear them at a feast
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182 where demons would appeal for some repose,
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183 still clamoring where the chalice overflows
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184 and crying wildest who have drunk the least,
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185
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186 Passion is here a soilure of the wits,
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187 we're told, and Love a cross for them to bear,
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188 Joy shivers in the corner where she knits
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189 and conscience always has the rocking-chair,
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190 Cheerful as when she tortured into fits
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191 the first cat that was ever killed by Care.
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192
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193 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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194 -+- 198/629 08/25 -+-
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195 WKWKWKWKWK
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196 **************************************************************
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197 let
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198 us talk about this illusion that one would call so freely "trust".
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199 i don't like people who use that expression, for it means nothing
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200 to me. A man's actions show credibility, nothing else. to "trust"
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201 is to be a fool, but to analasize and make rational choices based
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202 on life story and truth is the path to succes.
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203 a quote to live by:
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204 "Wealth is the product of man's ablity to think"
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205 ****************************kathyd***********************************
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206 sorry about the spelling!
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207 kd
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208 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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209 Micronauts
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210 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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211 The Thoroughly Depressed Terranoid's
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212 Guide To The Inner Atmosphere
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213 SAYS:
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214 -=+>-=+>-=+>Ch.1-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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215 A civilization tha lived around 1900 B.C. dug a small landfill into a piece of land approximately
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216 50 meters wide, 50 meters long, and 1000 kilometer deep. The people, known as the Groggles, loved
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217 pizza...although no one could figure out HOW they could enjoy it so much, for the
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218 only pepperoni available came from modern day Tyrannusaurus thighs.Anyway,
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219 back to the landfill...The people LOVED to look into deep crevaces in the Earth...
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220 Why??...Dunno.
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221 One day, which by a totally useless coincidence happened to be a Thursday,
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222 one of the Groggles spoke up.
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223
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224 "Ogresno ogfronte sti!" He yelled.
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225
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226 ...What it meant was:
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227
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228 "SCREW THIS LIFE! IT'S BORING!"
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229
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230 ...Two years later, he was killed by civil rights leaders...
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231 -=+>-=+>-=+>coming soon:-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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232 -=+>-=+>-=+>Chapter TWO!-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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233 This and much more useful information brought to you by your friendly neighborhood thoroughly
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234 depressed terranoid...
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235 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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236 Micronauts
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237 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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238 *****************************************************
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239 no comment
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240 *************************************kd**************
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241 *******************************************************************
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242 TRUST... Trust is not something you earn, you do not calculate it,
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243 it cannot be bought. You do not make someone trust you. Like love,
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244 trust is something you give, without reservation or strings...always.
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245 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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246 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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247 I'm afraid to let you know. I'm afraid you'll just say no. Is my fear really
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248 justified? Is that why, late at night, I will cry?
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249 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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250 '''' : No is only the worst thing that could be said but many if you just
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251 ask they are very willing to say yes. It never hurts to try.
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252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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253 (((*)))((( just checking in ))))
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254 Juggler : I like to try for this disk )))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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255 *%#_@)%*@#_%*@_#*%@#_)*%_@)*)_*!^)_!#^*^_)*^)_*^)_@*^_)@&^_@)@_)^*@)_*^@_)^
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256 Mikey: New versions completed. I will bring them by early next week. I'll
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257 try to remember to ask for the LNW stuff next time. Also I can, if you
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258 want, pick up that ADV stuff you described last time I was at USD. Also,
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259 I copied the Amodem.hex over to the LNW and used LOAD on it. It loads in
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260 fine, but I had no way of testing it. I haven't read the docs yet, but
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261 just how do I make initial connections? There isn't any TERMinal mode. On
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262 the XMODEM program I have under NEWDOS, it has a built in -t for terminal
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263 mode along with -r and -s for send and receive. I know, I know, if all
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264 else fails, read the instructions. I shouldn't have wasted the disk space
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265 asking dumb questions, sorry. I will see you sometime next week. From what
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266 I have seen though, it looks nice. I see the roots of COPYLINK!
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267 *%_)#@*%_@*%@_%*@#_%*@#_)%*@_) L'homme sans Parity %*_#@*%_)@*%_@)*%@_%*@#%
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268
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269 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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270 All this talk of life preservers and outstreached arms is getting to me.
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271 Doesn't anyone learn how to swim anymore? Must we always look uotside ourselves
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272 for salvation? If there is any devine innervention, weeping in the dark seems
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273 a dim way to earn it. If there is none, the tears are just wasted water. The
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274 most powerful belief is the belief in oneself, and the rewards are immediate and
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275 are not subject to the whims of others. People are like cats, they do not
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276 caress us, they caress themselves on us. And we do the same. We chose our
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277 friends, lovers, even our enemies, in accordance with patters of our own
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278 choosing. And they do the same. It is the way we are.
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279 Friendships grow old, loves grow bitter, and old foes become amiable. Each
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280 day the road of our lives pass below our feet, and the scenery that seemed so
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281 involving just days before dims in the distance. And in our travels we find new
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282 friends, discover new loves, and make new enemies. That is the adverture.
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283 But their are those that fear the road ahead, and seek the safety of the
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284 roadside. Fearing change more than stagnation.
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285
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286
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And then call to the road for an outstreached hand.
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287 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|: Renan :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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288 ____________________________________________________________________________
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289 Learning individual worth, confidene in one's self is indeed important.
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290 But we are dependant on each other, we need interaction and trust amongst
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291 our species. It goes back to predators and survival. A community was far better
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292 of than he who walks alone. The difficulty is a social one, when the enemy is
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293 each other.
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294
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295 Perhaps, learning to do for one's self is one of the most difficult but
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296 beneficial lessons. Another is learning how to care, or showing someone that
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297 you can be a friend. One they can trust.
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298 _________________________________________________________________________e__
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299 ch confidene/confidence
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300 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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301 Predators and survival. They are far removed from the social invention
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302 man calls community. Mans beginning lies with the predator. He was a
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303 scavenger, a mover, a meat eater, a stalker. These are our true heritage.
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304 The farmer, the socialite, the builder, these are artificial. Inventions of
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305 the genetic accident called intelligence.
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306 It is in our nature that we have our real strength. Our intellegence our
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307 direction, not our thrust.
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308 Each of us have the power, the will, the confidence. But little by little
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309 the social inventions strip them away, dulling our senses, muting our ancestry.
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310 Inside us the predator lies bound by the silken chains of intelligence. Robbed
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311 even of the privilage of pacing behind the bars.
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312 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|: Renan :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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313 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II II
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314
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315
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316 I'M not afraid of death. I have no feelings about it. But I don't believe in a
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317 superior power and that we will all end up hovering above. Honestly that's
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318 crazy!
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319
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320 MARLENE DIETRICH
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321
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322
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323 New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled, the
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324 humiliating question arises. Why then
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325 are you not taking part in them?
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326
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327 H.G. WELLS
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328
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329
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330 Anybody, almost can make a beginning: The difficulty is to make an end - to
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331 do what cannot be bettered.
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332
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333 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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334
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335
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336 II II II II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
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337
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338
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339 /end
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340 help
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341 /en
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342 delete
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343
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344 sorry I forgot how to get out of the enter mode.
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345
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346 If your name isn't Frye then don't reply. what is your pen name here?
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347
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348 II II II II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
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349 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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350 Somewhere, somewhen, in a featureless grey mist a chance combination of
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351 chemical and electrical energy exceeded a variable threshold. The
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352 insignificance of the action paled with the result.
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353 The output of the neuron went out and crossed several synapses, bringing more
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354 hypersensitive neurons past their thresholds, causing in turn more impulses to
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355 bridge the tiny gaps that separated one cell from the next. This cascade of
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356 electrical and chemical energry swept through the sensation-starved brain
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357 of the piper, growing as it propigated, becoming patterned by the very
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358 topology of his brain and nervous system. The patterns, in turn, reverberated
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359 through the nerve-net, interfering with each other, altering thresholds,
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360 changing patterns, increasing the complexity of the electro-chemical
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361 wavefront that surged and roared through the waiting sensation-starved brain.
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362 The piper, adrift in limbo, had seen and heard nothing for a very long
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363 time. He had no sensation of his body, and sensibly avoided trying to move.
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364 He realized, just as he began to try to kick, that with no feeling, that
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365 the powerful muscles of his legs and torso could seriously damage himself.
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366 The vision of the powerful leg muscles bending and snapping his thigh
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367 bones, forcing the jagged bone ends through muscles, veins, arteries, and
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368 skin -- letting the contained vital bloodstream out to dissapate within this
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369 featureless space, and incedentally his life with it -- caused him to
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370 instantly relax. Hanging limply, he could only wait, hoping that no
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371 damage had been done before he realized the danger.
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372 The tiny stirrings of the grey fog before his eyes suddenly began to increase
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373 into small vorteces. One by one, the tiny twistings in the greyness began to
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374 absorb one another until they had combined in one huge twisting funnel.
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375 To his aching ears, a muted roaring slowly increased in volume, until the
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376 vibrations seemed to shake his very bones -- an alien sensation so long had
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377 he been divorced from bodily sensation. Scents began reaching his nose --
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378 rare perfumes, homily scents, the putrescence of rank corruption intermingled
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379 into a chaos of smells as the vortex reached him, spun him, and began to
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380 carry him on the beginning of another journey.
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381 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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382 cap'n: large green long-horned grasshopper having stridulating organs on the fore wings that pro-
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383 duce a loud shrill sound. - imit ...................///////............................
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384 ..-. .._. ..-. .._. ..- -.-.
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385 George: One of the indictments of life is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in
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386 the same person.
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387 Happy all the times? - No human alive could bear it; it could be hell on earth.
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388 To be happy all the time is not to be happy at all. Although there's a farm near Salem
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389 where people are happy all the times.
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390 Horn E. Moose
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391 -.-- .- -..- --. --.
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392 [/]
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393 (-)_(-)
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394 WKWKWKWKKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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395 RENAN: YOUR WORDS HAVE TOUCHED ME DEEPLY. IT IS IN TIMES LIKE THESE THAT
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396 WE NEEN PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND OTHERS SO WELL. SOME TIMES THE MASK THAT WE
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397 ALL WEAR NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF.......
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398 WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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399 ReNAN: Don't mock others just because you consider yourself well adjusted and
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400 in no need of help from others. Everybody isn't as secure with themselves as
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401 you obviously feel you are with yourself. Messages like "Can't anybody swim
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402 by themselves anymore" don't help a bit and instead hurt. There are several
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403 people here who within the safety of the single alphabetic letter have been
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404 able to write down their innermost feelings and share them with others of the
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405 same circle. Please do not break in with self-righteous monologue condemming
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406 those who are still in need of help. We don't need it and we don't want it.
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407 Be welcome to partake in the discussions, but don't damn without knowing us
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408 any better.
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409 _____________________________________________________________________________G
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410
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411 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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412 Mad Max was here.
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413 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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414 wk
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416 Do not mistake security for egoism. Nor self-confidence for
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417 self-righteousness. Security and sensitivity are not necessarily mutually
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418 exclusive. This is an open board. Monologues are an impossibility. This is
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419 a discussion, or so I thought. It is possible to disagree with the idea with-
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420 out damning the person. At least in MY circles. Perhaps here it is different.
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421 I give you back your circle. But it is good to see you defend yourself so
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422 quickly, especially when you know me no better than I do you. In that I see the
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423 teeth of our heritage. Best wishes cousins.
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424
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425 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|: Renan :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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426 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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427
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428 "Cragmore! What's happening Cragmore? Can you reach Piper?" Trainor's manner
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429 revealed the urgency and importance of the questions.
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430 But Cragmore couldn't respond, less he lose whatever slim thread of contact
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431 he had achieved with the adventurer's missing companion.
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432 "You must not disturb him Trainor." Bard advised. "The psi contact is a
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433 fragile one, and outside stimulus could nullify the progress Cragmore may
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434 have already made."
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435 "I understand, but we can't sit here forever. Look at these gauges. The
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436 Pell-mell is taking substantial buffeting from the turbulence the ZEB creature
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437 caused when it passed through here. Emu, your idea has some merit, but I don't
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438 know how we can maintain sufficient integrity within an air bubble on the
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439 exterior of this ship with this much turbulence. The grav-dampers keep the
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440 insides of the ship at pre-defined levels, but outside it is a maelstrom of
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441 intra-reality stuff."
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442 "Stuff? You sound like that 20th century Terran astronomer, Sagen I believe
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443 his name is." laughed Lady Tyree.
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444 "Well, stuff, for lack of a better term. Emu, without Cragmore's help in
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445 getting us closer to Piper's location, I don't think we can risk a grav-bubble
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446 outside the ship. Now if we are very close to his location, we could shut down
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447 auxiliary systems and put as much output as we dare into the grav-generators,
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448 and then, just maybe, we can put an envelope around Piper, and bring him back
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449 into the ship. It all hinges on Cragmore and his ability to reach Piper."
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450 Just then, Cragmore stirred from his lotus-like position, slowly opened his
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451 eyes, and looked up at the assemblage who had gathered around him.
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452 "I... am sorry. I can't seem to get Piper to respond. I believe he is caught
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453 up in the ZEB's void to a very high degree. Sensory deprivation is a tricky
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454 thing. A person who has been acutely aware of their senses all their life
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455 is more likely to be confused and disoriented when those senses are taken away.
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456 I can see him, but he doesn't seem to be able to see me. I tried speaking to
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457 him, but he apparently isn't listening. I... don't know..."
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458 "Don't know what Cragmore?" Trainor queried.
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459 "It, I hesitate to say this, but it... it sometimes seemed like he didn't
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460 want to see me or hear me. I can't be sure though. Mind you, the ZEB area isn't
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461 the optimum place for psi communications."
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462 "Well why on earth wouldn't he want to communicate and get back on the ship?"
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463 "I certainly can't answer that. All I know is I can be sensitive to such
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464 feelings and those are the feelings I got from Piper. It could be the void, or
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465 it could be interference. For a void area, it is void only in terms of our
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466 dimensional understandings."
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467 Emu perked up at this last comment. "What do you mean 'our dimensional
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468 understandings?'"
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469 "Just what I said. The ZEB creature came from beyond our zones of reality,
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470 and it appears that beyond those zones our rules and our concepts don't apply.
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471 It is difficult to describe. Perhaps... Yes, I have an idea!"
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472 Trainor was growing impatient. "We MUST hurry Cragmore. While the Pell-mell
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473 is a well-built ship, it can not withstand too much more stationary
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474 positioning within the ZEB path. We either move, and possibly loose our common
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475 placement with piper, or we sit still and possibly break apart."
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476 "Ok, I understand. Trainor, you keep at the controls, everyone else, join me
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477 in a semi-circle here on the deck. Everyone has some latent psi ability, some-
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478 times it just needs a little push to emerge on the surface. Join hands
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479 everyone, except Lady Tyree and Bard. Leave a space about three feet apart
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480 between you. This space in our semi-circle is where Piper's essence, if we can
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481 reach him, will sit. Nothing in psi is more powerful than the attraction of
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482 a semi-circle for the part that will make it complete. With our combined
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483 powers, we should be able to reach him. If not, then there is no chance."
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484 Tin Man, Bard, Tyree, Fencer, Emu, and Cragmore all sat in the prescribed
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485 geometry, each holding hands with those to the left and right, save the space
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486 for the missing adventurer. Cragmore took the lead again as Trainor, from the
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487 control room, looked on in amazement.
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488 "Now flush your minds, and let me be the focus of your thought. Through all
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489 of us we will reach out to Piper and try to bring him in to complete the
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490 circle, complete the circle, complete the circle..."
|
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491 Trainor had never seen anything like it. The area above the semi-circle
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492 appeared to glow with an aura of no identifiable source. Would this attempt
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493 be successful at rescuing piper? Trainor wondered and worried has he prepared
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494 the Pell-mell to follow Cragmore's directions to Piper, if any directions
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495 should come.
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496
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497 OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI OMNI
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498 ch /loose our/lose out/
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499
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500 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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501 Say not of Beauty she is good,
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||
502 or aught but beautiful,
|
||
503 or sleek to doves
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||
504 wings of the wood
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||
505 her wild wings of a gull.
|
||
506
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507 Call her not wicked; that word's touch
|
||
508 consumes her like a curse;
|
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509 but love her not too much, too much,
|
||
510 for that is even worse.
|
||
511
|
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512 O, she is neither good nor bad,
|
||
513 but innocent and wild!
|
||
514 Enshrine her and she dies, who had
|
||
515 the hard heart of a child.
|
||
516
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||
517 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
518 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
519 I apologize for the mistake right after 'or sleek to doves', I accidently hit
|
||
520 the return key. I corrected as well as allowed.
|
||
521
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||
522 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
523 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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||
524 Moicronauts...Hmmm
|
||
525 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
|
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526 NO COMMENT???
|
||
527 NO COMMENT???
|
||
528 O.K....
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||
529 -=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>-=+>
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||
530 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././
|
||
531 The green land was green and the crimson leaves were sort of a dark red
|
||
532 color. The earth beneath Aystring's feet was firmly packed and obviously well
|
||
533 traveled. Along either side rose gigantic oak trees surrounded by soft beds of
|
||
534 grass whose blades, though quite large at times, were not as large as the oak
|
||
535 trees. Standing majestically, yet modestly in front of him was a forcefully
|
||
536 passive and altogether radiant but not completely mundane looking building.
|
||
537 The strange and powerful force that caused Aystring to pull open the door
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||
538 involved the building's architecture which prevented the door from opening
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||
539 inward.
|
||
540 Aystring's senses were immediately alerted to the striking differences
|
||
541 between the wilderness from which he was coming and the Inn he had just entered.
|
||
542 Such a contrast! Though both places had the look of human travel, were
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||
543 surrounded by wood, had the taste of adventure, were damp and dirty, and smelled
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||
544 of smoke, Tthe Inn was a little darker than the woods were,. Aystring took a fe
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||
545 few moments to adjust to the drastic change in surroundings.
|
||
546 The innkeeper was cleaning up a pile of rabbit droppings while a group of
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||
547 armchair adventurers amused themselves around a hearty fire. It was one of
|
||
548 those special kinds of fire you very rarely see -- the kind with flames and
|
||
549 smoke. The rabbit droppings weren't all that special.
|
||
550 As near as Aystring could tell, the main topic of conversation seemed to
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||
551 concern a quest for a cigarette which had been kidnapped by a Japanese Buddhist
|
||
552 sect. It was all very confusing, but he was sure he knew the meanings of Pall
|
||
553 Mall and Zen. Deciding to join the group for a while, Aystring unstrapped his
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||
554 peacekeeper sword and sat down. The others watched with wonder as he introduced
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||
555 himself, "Hi! I'm Aystring and I'm new to this Inn! This is a strange place!
|
||
556 Does anyone here know of any other Iinns I can visit? PLEASE answer soon! Bye.
|
||
557 Exit,., off, exit, help...."
|
||
558 Aystring
|
||
559 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././
|
||
560 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
561 Aystring: Salutations! An "interesting" entry above, although I doubt very
|
||
562 much if our good Innkeeper would allow dust in the common room, much less
|
||
563 rabbit droppings. Also, a fire usually is not lit unless the temperature
|
||
564 dictates this- not often, in summer months. All together, though, much better
|
||
565 than my first greeting to the Inn. Welcome!
|
||
566 As for other 'Inns', there aren't any. BWMS is special. There ARE other
|
||
567 'storyboards', Tanis for one (if it is still around), 761-0609. I'm sure
|
||
568 other Innhabitants (Innklings?) can expand the list, or correct me if Tanis
|
||
569 is no longer as it was.
|
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570 ++++++++ Milchar +++ 26 Aug 85 - 10:00pm +++++w/ODL today!++++++++++++++++++++
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||
571 ****************************************************************************
|
||
572 Milchar: Tanis's storyboard is down... (that why im bugging you guys here.)
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||
573 MIKEY: If you were not the sysop, i would debate you on the "trust" issue.
|
||
574 *****************************************kathyd******************************
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575 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|
||
576 Once when I was little
|
||
577 I saw a deer
|
||
578 Young, as I was
|
||
579 Wobbling on new legs
|
||
580 Just a few feet away
|
||
581
|
||
582 I held very still
|
||
583 As not to scare it away
|
||
584 For it was beautiful
|
||
585 And somehow
|
||
586 Being near it made me feel good
|
||
587
|
||
588 I wanted to keep it
|
||
589 Like my jar of bugs
|
||
590 But, I decided,
|
||
591 It wouldn't fit in the bottle anyway
|
||
592 And it wouldn't be beautiful anymore
|
||
593
|
||
594 After a moment
|
||
595 It tettered off
|
||
596 Into the trees
|
||
597 And I just stood there
|
||
598 And watched it go
|
||
599 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/]
|
||
600 ... just a small note from my tomes. now lets get the Piper back.
|
||
601 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|
||
602 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././
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603 Milchar: Thanks for the greeting. Many new personalities are subjected to
|
||
604 the often harsh opinions of the established members of the Inn. While my style
|
||
605 may be unorthodox at times, I should fit in well with some of the stories
|
||
606 taking place on this board. Keep up the writing, and ythanks again.
|
||
607 A Aystring
|
||
608 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././
|
||
609 ch /ythanks/thanks/ ch /A Aystring/Aystring/
|
||
610 /./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././
|
||
611 TO ALPHABET SOUP: OK, IF THERE ARE "SEVERAL OF (YOU)" GROUPED TOGETHER AS ONE
|
||
612 LETTER, WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF BORING EVERYONE ELSE?
|
||
613 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Guru of Bliss*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
614 'All endings are new beginings'
|
||
615 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
616 pssst . . the new names (on the good(?) ship(?) Pell-Mell) are great.
|
||
617 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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||
618 'There is NOthing which cannot be bettered (improved)! Perfection is a
|
||
619 process not an end point'
|
||
620 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
621 Renan: at the risk of sounding trite; wright on!
|
||
622 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
|
||
623 pppppppppppppppp not quite at the end -- but oh, so close!! ppppppppppppppppp
|
||
624 *************************************************************
|
||
625 Plenty of space left... Bundles of space... Still more... Oodles of space, no problem... Oops, out of space!........
|
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