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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 27 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 Kathy: It is something that I have learned the hard way over many years.
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21 How can you trust anyone? You make a lot of calculations, but in the end
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22 you trust them because they are trust worthy. Why are they trust worthy?
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23 because you trust them. Like love, trust is not something you can buy or
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24 sell. And also as with love, you get back as much trust as yougive.
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25 Oh yes, there are those who violate that trust, just as there are those
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26 who will use love to their own ends, but it usually last very long, they
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27 are soon found out. You tell someone about a private part of your life.
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28 Why did you do so? Because you trust that they will treat it with the
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29 respect it deserves. Why? Because they have done so in the past. So how
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30 do you know that? Because you have trusted them in the past with such
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31 things. The trust grew because you gave that trust little by little. It
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32 stops at the level where you feel that they can't be trusted at. How do
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33 you know when this is? When they no longer treat it with the respect it
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34 is due. Trust and love are very similar emotions.
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35 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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36 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-) At the top... (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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37 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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38 (Almost at the the top)
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39 To myself: I must remember to tell myself how I managed to enter lines 415-
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40 417 on the last disk while at the same time wandering about downtown. The
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41 answer should prove most interesting...
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42
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43 (Mad) Max...
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44 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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45 END OF DISK WISECRACK: YOU CAN PLEASE SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME,
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46 BUT THERE ARE SOME JERKS YOU CAN NEVER PLEASE. LUCKILY, PEOPLE HAVE BETTER
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47 THINGS TO DO THAN STRIVE TO PLEASE YOU. I WOULD SUGGEST RETURNING TO YOUR
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48 NATIVE POSITION OF HEAD BURIED IN SAND.
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49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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50 My life closed twice before its close;
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51 it yet remains to see
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52 if immortality unveil
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53 a third event to me,
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54
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55 So huge, so hopeless to conceive
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56 as these that twice befell.
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57 Parting is all we know of heaven,
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58 and all we need of hell.
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59
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60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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61 Maybe this will aply to Darbon... Type the word 'OFF' before disconnecting
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62 from this system...Makes things continue to run smoothly.
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63 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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64 I don't really want to be here, but
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65 BI I CAN'T GET ON BIT BUCKET!
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66 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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67 And, little do you know, we don't WANT you here. At least with that attitude.
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68 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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69 And, why don't we ALL use the same boarder eh? Sounds good to me.
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70 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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71 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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72 Today's my birthday!! Yay. Woopdeedoo. I'm 17 and sunburnt.
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73 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EW
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74 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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75 All around him, Bard could hear the others preparing themselves, as
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76 indeed he himself was...
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77 "Om mani padme hum..."
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78 "Nam myo renge..."
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79 "I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller."
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80 "...as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever..."
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81 "Yea, though I walk the the valley of the shadow of death.."
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82 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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83 happy birthday EW!
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84 -------------------------
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85 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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86 Aha! A hostile attitude from someone using my border and wwould appreciate
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87 my absence. I'll let the comment slide as the individual in question obviously
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88 knows not with whom he is dealing.
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89 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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90 ********************************************************************************
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91 Mikey: Let's just say our idea's are different on the subject, in my book
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92 trust is earned by the previous actions of the potential trustee.
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93 Love just hits one over the head. *Bang* and sometimes *Ouch*.
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94 *************************darnlinenoise*****************************************
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95 Renan: go for it!, I enjoy your style, don't be swayed.
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96 ***************kathyd********************************************************
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97 .......................................................... Still unicorns......
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98 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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99 The vortex at first took the piper in gentle hands, tugging at outstreched
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100 arms and feet, later grasped more firmley, and at last twisted with cruel
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101 strength as their prey spun falling through the long tunnel. The piper's
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102 time sense, long disabled from the time in no-space, could not estimate the
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103 time of the journey. When, at last, he was hurtled, buffeted and bruised,
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104 onto what seemed to be a polished black marble floor, he lay exhausted
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105 for long moments.
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106 The piper considered himself doubly lucky as he lay sprawled on the polished
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107 blackness. Firstly, he was not particularly susceptible to motion sickness.
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108 Secondly, it had been a long, long time since he had eaten -- what
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109 susceptibility he had would have made its prescence spectacularly visible
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110 had his stomach had any contents whatever. Although, he considered with
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111 his body racked with dry heaves, at least something to eject would give that
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112 vile organ something to do other than torment him.
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113 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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114 [/]
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115 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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116 sitting in the circle on the other end of the link from bard, lady tAyree
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117 began to think of what it is was going to be like to experience the re-
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118 appearance of someone that had just a short while ago disappeared. just a
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119 short while ago? it certainly doesn't feel all that short any longer.
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120 "ohm... pi... ohm..." she muttered while concentrating on the image she
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121 remembered as that of piper. "i ecrtainly hope that this is going to work,
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122 it has to... it just has to!" she thought.
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123 "ohm... pi... ohm..." perspiration began to form on the brows of all
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124 those that sat in the semi-circle. trainor just watched with awe at the
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125 light that began to illuminate those seated before him.
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126 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& the scarlet lion &&&&&&&
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127
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128 WKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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129 (Renan, where I hope you do not stop writing, the understanding that all
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130 people come from different "points" in life, is critical. Self-confidence
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131 is wonderful, but if it is not had by some, why speak with such remarks
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132 of distaste?
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133
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134 Darbon, I'm enjoying your peoms...Dos Manos)
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135
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136
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137 Those of us who find ourselves drowning in the cold black sea of despair
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138 sometimes leave our fetal position and look above the churning waters, into
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139 the eyes of those who would have us drown, rather than risk slipping into
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140 the waters themselves. Sometimes, just sometimes, we reach out and grabt
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141 these onlookers who stray to closly and we pull them towards ourselves. It
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142 is not with malice that we do this, but in panic and fear. Today I pulled,
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143 but I don't feel sorry about pulling. I pulled a person with all my might,
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144 but they were steadfast and did not budge from the shore. It is probably
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145 the best for them, and the worst for me. You see, the biggest problem with
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146 pulling is in failing, and falling down deeper and deeper tha
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147 before. This is the shame and despair of defeat, but it is an enevitable
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148 part of the life we lead just trying to keep our head above water.
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149 ----------------------------------------------------------------c------
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150
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151 Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ BOOOORRRRRINGGGGG!!!!!! /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
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152
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153 -=-=-=-=-=-==--==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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154
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155 After staring at the screen for six hours straight, he decided that he
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156 had had enough... trying to crack this program was like trying to spread
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157 frozen butter on Wonder Bread... but, being the top hacker of the inner
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158 circle, he would not give up. Lotus Development Corporation was only one
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159 more obstacle to clear.
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160
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161 Suddenly, he realized that his coffee was boiling over!!!! OH NO!!!!!!
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162
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163 He flopped over and died.
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164
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165 THE END
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166 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bad story writer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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167 (expect to see more, or my name isn't Risnosick Obenglobben Arrutniputinach
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168 Nockensnopel Pofelllus Gorstegorben Schick)
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169
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170 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\===================== nice to know that there are a
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171 few literate folks around keep it
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172 up guys (& gals ) mi bob
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173 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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174
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175 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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176 Darbon: I've never been a fan of the poetry to be found on Backwater, but
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177 I find yours to be excellent. Please keep up the good work (never thought
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178 I'd invite poetry on BW).
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179 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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180 _L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
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181 Curled up like a ball in the corner, face to a blank wall wondering
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182 why she didn't want to continue on in her life. With a knife in one hand
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183 all there was to see were memories thought to be lost, but now all those
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184 pictures from the past were stretched out in front of her face on that
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185 blank wall.
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186 The hate whirled inside her, despite the freezing weather comming through
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187 the many open windows of her little apartment. She wants to be free of all
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188 the mistakes that formed her life, even she was a mistake.
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189 The memories of past friends she once had, friends that couldn't take the
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190 time to listen to her when she needed a friend to talk to. She never told
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191 them up front what she was feeling, leaving it for them to guess at, but they
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192 never did. Memories of all of the people she knew, what would they think know?
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193 This will surely give them a shock! Maybe this once they would sit up and
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194 notice who I am, what I am. This will teach them.
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195 _L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
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196 tam
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197 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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198 Emu had been trained in personal meditation, primarily as a method of
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199 relaxation and mental 'regrouping' of thoughts, feelings, and all of the
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200 other clutter'ers of the mind. He had seen this sort of combined effort
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201 in other circumstances, but never with the power that seemed to be present.
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202 Cragmore was truly a well trained mentalist.
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203 As the others started repeating their private chant, Emu was reminded
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204 of his own chant and it's curious origin. Emu's chant was not the usual
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205 simple one sylable sound, but a more complex, two syllable utterance: lazlo.
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206 He smiled as he thought of the chant's namesake. Many years before, when
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207 Emu was learning some of the simple secrets of his universe, he came across
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208 a brilliant teacher. This person opened Emu's mind to the truth:
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209 [ ^ is AND ]
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210 (P ^ Q) => (R ^ S)
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211 (T => Q) ^ (S => U)
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212 (W => P) ^ (T => U)
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213 !R
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214 --------------------
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215 W => P
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216
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217 Emu had been very impressed when he saw the insight expressed, and from then
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218 on, this professor was Emu's 'guru', and his first name became a permanent
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219 part of Emu's mandala and meditations.
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220 "Lazlo ... lazlo ... lazlo ... lazlo ... lazlo ..."
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221 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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222 L_L_L_: DON'T DO IT!!! PLEASE!! Sure, the others will notice you, but what
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223 good will it be if you are not here to receive that recognition. Many
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224 in your position forget that death is irreversible. YOU CAN'T COME BACK
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225 from death.
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226 There are many other ways to attract the attention that you crave. One
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227 that you may not have tried is to simply ask for the attention. Ask your
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228 mother and father for a hug. They may not have told you lately that they
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229 love you, and they might need help too in expressing themselves. Help them
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230 to communicate to you by telling them that you love them.
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231 You are a special person! You can help your friends communicate and
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232 you and each other, by reaching out your hand to them. Maybe you've read
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233 some of the preceding on loneliness? The way to help is to reach out your
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234 hand to someone. Grab the person next to you, give them a hug, and tell
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235 them that you love them! Even if you don't feel it... the feelings will
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236 come.
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237 Give life a chance!
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238 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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239 l'Homme: What's all this about CP/M and Kaypro stuff? Give me a call
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240 Thurs or Friday evening ('tween 10:30 and midnite) or Saturday morning...
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241 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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242 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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243 As usual, I seem to be misunderstood. Perhaps the problem lies in my
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244 ability to make my self clear. At least that is the premise that I will try
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245 to adopt.
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246 I do not attempt to ignore those that flounder in the waters, they have
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247 both my sympathy and my support. It is those that wallow in the waters of
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248 depression, reveling in their misfortune, mus usually of their own making.
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249 (sorry, later........ line noise.
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250 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|: Renan :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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251 Later...
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252 Depression ia a state of mind rather that of being. It is a normal
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253 reaction to some of the things that happen to us in our lives. However,
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254 some people adopt this attude purposefully. Seemingly as some form of penance
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255 for some imagined trangression. You can see them on the street. They stand
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256 apart from the crowd, head lowered, shoulders slumped. They 'dress down',
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257 wearing neutral colors to blend in with the background. They speak when
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258 spoken to, but otherwise for the most part remain silent. They are slow to
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259 speak of themselves, if they do at all.
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260 How these people come to be as they are is hard to see. Sometimes it
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261 becomes obvious when you see the other people in their lives; spouses and
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262 parents especially. The people that help us create our self image.
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263 All this is who these people are. The differences come when you look
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264 at who they are trying to be. To the ones who strive to shake off this negative
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265 self-image, my admiration and support. But neither I, nor anyone else can do
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266 it for them. Only they can change how they look at themselves. It is not an
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267 easy decision to make, deciding that you are a good and worthwhile person
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268 in spite of all your flaws and drawbacks. In spite of what others might tell
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269 you, through their actions, speech, or silence.
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270 :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:||:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|: Renan :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:
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271 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Zymphrumple op Cargh*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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272 The supple flesh was warm beneath his paw as he stroked the short green fur
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273 of the purring kitteyfly.
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274 I wonder how virgin unicorns would go with alphabet soup...
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275 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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276 ***********kathyd******lurkmodious******************************************
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277 ________________________________________________________________________
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278 Renan: Your ability to speak your mind clearly has not been the case in
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279 all actuality. Your thoughts are well chosen and I see that you
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280 are indeed quite wise. It would behoove some to know that because
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281 one makes a statement contrary to that of another, it doesn't mean
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282 that a heated argument will ensue, just that the foundations of a
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283 discussion has been created. ___g___ and **kathyd** would
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284 benefit from this. Please, remain and contribute.
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285 Kearin: I have indeed heard your offer, it shall not soon be forgotten.
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286 Once the chance has been recreated, I shall leave not with you...
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287 _____________________________________________________________________f__
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288 Behind me lie the waves, the briney scent does not allow me to
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289 forget from whence I came. I have turned my back on it for now. Before
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290 my path is the road that might lead to any of a hundred possible fresh
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291 horizons. To the south is a lagoon, lush with the sea creatures that
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292 take the tranquil waves as their home. To the north lies the barren
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293 wasteland, there I could find solice amoung the caribou, but no.
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294 To the east, far to the east lies the vast desert of my opening
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295 mind. To trod across the soil and into the sand fills me with a sensa-
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296 tion I have not experienced before. Its newness enshrouds me as I take
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297 in the sight of the nothingness. Soon there are only the crests of sand
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298 for as far as the eye may perceive. Quite the same is the spirit even
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299 when the sea has changed from that of droplets to granules.
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300 In my travels I come o reach a solid block that bars my path. It
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301 is no taller than I, and as I draw near it gleams with its cheval glass
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302 surface facing me. I approach only to see that which I fear most.
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303 Within the reflection I see that which is truly my inner self. As I
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304 cringe, the image stands with the utmost of confidence. I see that if I
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305 am to gain any strength, it will only come if aided by the good side of
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306 my own pride. Perhaps the help I need does exists within.
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307 Cautiosly, I lift a hand to touch that which is the reflection of
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308 my secret pasts, my hidden futures. Heat begins to seethe from the very
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309 tendrils of my fingertips. Am I being drawn to true self realization?
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310 _____________________________________________________________________f__
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311
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312 ch /shall leave not/shall leave note/ (my blunder) __f__
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313
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314 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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315 The human brain is a curious organ. Having no sensation of its own, it
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316 is dependent upon the network of nerve sensors throughout our body for all
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317 its inputs. Our experience of reality is the sum of these inputs. Deprived
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318 of sensation, reality disappears and the brain creates its own...
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319 The waves of nasuea finally faded, leaving the piper limp and weak on the
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320 polished black floor. Slowly he pushed himself away from the soiled black
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321 surface, noticing as he did so the gleaming points of light embedded deep
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322 within its substance. Mouth still warm from the acids, the piper stepped
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323 away from the repellent puddle that even an empty stomach can produce under
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324 enough stress, and tried to rub the scent of sickness out of his nostrils
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325 as he looked at his surroundings.
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326 He was standing on a featurless black plain, smooth and polished as far
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327 as his eyes could see. Above was featureless whiteness, supplying the
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328 light. It could be a very carefully painted flawless ceiling, only slightly
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329 out of arm's reach, or an infinite depth of luminous space -- it was
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330 impossible for the piper to tell the difference. Kneeling, he examined the
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331 black surface more carefully. Smooth, hard and black, he could detect
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332 faint points of light within its surface, but could make no impression with
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333 his fingernails. He was about to try the surface with a knife when a
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334 noise brought him whirling about.
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335 Standing before him was a small being, sexless in gray robes, face shadowed
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336 by the cowl of the robe it wore.
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337 "You won't be able to scratch it." a cool voice repeated.
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338 Ever quick of wit, "Wha?" the piper responded.
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339 "It's too hard. I've tried, but I just can't get through it."
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340 The figure moved toward the piper, accompinied by a blaze of light from the
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341 surface beneath it.
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342 "What?" the piper pointed at the light with a finger.
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343 "It is a consequence of my existence here," the figure replied. I draw my
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344 sustenance from the light you see. My existence is dependent upon it.
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345 It serves me as food and drink. In this place, you are the same."
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346 The piper moved slightly, watching the surface beneath himself. As he did
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347 so, a barely perceptible glow radiated up from the surface, the radiance
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348 seeming to flow into his body rejuvinating his energy. Moving again, the
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349 radiance seemed to increase, bringing with it greater rewards.
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350 "Who are you? What is this place? What is this radiance?" the p
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351 questioned, looking closely at the figure before him.
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352 For a long moment, the figure stood silent, head bowed then it looked at
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353 him. Within the shadow of the cowl, he could see two tormented eyes with
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354 tears running down from both of them, tracing silvery trails along an
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355 anguished face.
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356 "The radiance," began the figure, "is life. Or rather the destruction of
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357 it. It is our only means of survival." The figure reached up and brushed
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358 the cowl of the robe back, revealing the long hair and delicate features
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359 of a tearful young woman. "This place is the interface between bands of
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360 realities. You may call me ZEB."
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361 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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362 [/] [/]
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363 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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364 All: Thank you for the kind words. I shall continue to post these
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365 poems until someone finds dis-like in them.
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366
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367 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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368 to sarah:
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369 hows everything on the other side of life? some people can talkbut they cannot speak? some sppeak,
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370 but they cannot xhear? Isn't it stupid
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371 what bulliten boards can do to your thinking abilities. they make you blabber like your socrates
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372 or aristotle or someone like that? toto, i dont think
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373 were in kansas anymore. *woof* *woof*
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374 you bet ur booty mrs. priss! -------
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375 get a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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376 $$,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$d$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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377
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378
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379
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380 [/]
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381 da/db
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382 help
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383 list
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384 terminal
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385 break
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386 <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> YELLOW <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> <__^__>
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387
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388 I was woken by a knock at the door of the apartment. I looked up to
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389 notice that my clock said 6:00 AM. " Who could this be at this hour? "
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390 Putting on some clothes, I rose to answer the door surprized to find
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391 to gentlemen in uniforms, blue uniforms. At first I thought maybe
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392 it was just some disturbance in the complex but soon I found out they
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393 were there just for me. Fear suddenly shot through my body. I froze
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394 in my footsteps. One officer came forward and read me a name and number
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395 asking if I recognize them, unfortunatly I did. The next comment that
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396 followed was "I'm sorry but we have a warrent for you arrest". There
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397 was nothing I could do. I went with them handcuffed like a common
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398 criminal and I had no idea what I had done, neither did the two policemen
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399 They just told me that I would find out when we got down to the jail.....
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400
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401 <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> YELLOW <__^__> <__^__> <__^__> <__^__>
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402 _L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_
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403 The wall seemed to brighten a little bit as she hesitated with her
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404 final cry. Confusion swept through her, what did she realy want?
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405 All the things in life were terrible and she didn't want to continue
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406 seeing them any more. She was tired, tired of the whole thing!
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407 She looked around her frozen body and what little clothing she had
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408 out on those many days ago. Her body ached as she tried to get up,
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409 but again she found herself on the cold floor. Many times the effort
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410 was made to get on her feet, get going again, but as always it failed,
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411 like it will fail again. She would screem if she could, even that
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412 was too difficult. It was time to just wait. Soon all these agonies
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413 would be over.
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414 _L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_L_LL_L
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415 HUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPP1!!!!!!!
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416 the screaming hairy hominids ran in pursuit of Rake as he
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417 sl;ipped on a pile of something slippery in the school cafeteria. It stained
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418 his Nike`s brown. Fortunately his blaster had a full charge and with a gracefullballet step he dropped
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419 to one knee and ,drawing from the hip,hit the repeating stud. Blossoms of blue energy struck the
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420 disguised faculty members and reduced them to hot raw meat. It steamed nicely.
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421 Jim awoke with his face buried in his mashed potatoes and gravey.
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422 ?????????????????????????????????????
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423 TIME TRAVEL AND YOU.
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424
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425 Strange things happen when you interfere with the space time continuim. There is on record,
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426 documented proof that people have actually been turned into sheezfood by simply not setting your
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427 directional warp pointer back to zero after every flight. Then there was the man who materialized
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428 inside a very small orange. Needless to say, it was just a bit cramped. The amazing thing was, that
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429 the person who ate the orange actually managed to swallow the poor soul. simple thing to remember,
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430 DO NOT leave your time machine on "auto continium monitor". Time machines have a mind of their own
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431 `when traversing the continium day after day. They occasionally pick up phrases of speech, and
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432 SOMETIMES even coordinates that it feels you would like the least, and promptly takes you there.
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433 It then turns itself off and will turn a deaf microchip to your pleading and groveling.
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434 COMING UP NEXT....CARE AND MATINENCE OF YOUR TIME MACHINE
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435 ??????????????????????????????????????
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436 Emu: Could you please restate that in Lukasiewicz notation?
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437 Also, am I correct in assuming that:
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438 P => Q :: if P then Q :: Cpq (Lukasiewicz)
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439 (also P and Q :: Kpq)
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440 (and P or Q :: Apq)
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441 ____________________________Leonard________________________________________
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442 ps Lukasiewicz is better known as 'Polish' notation (as opposed to reverse
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443 Polish (like HP or FORTH) or algebraic (like FORTRAN)
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444 ___________________________________________________________________________
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445 ************************************************************************
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446 _____f____: check your premises.
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447 ***************************************kathyd***************************
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448 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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449 Leonard: I'm not familiar with Lukasiewicz notation, but here goes...
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450
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451 [^ is and]
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452
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453 (p ^ q) => (r ^ s) C(Kpq)(Krs)
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454 (t => q) ^ (s => u) K(Ctq)(Csu)
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455 (w => p) ^ (t => u) K(Cwp)(Ctu)
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456 !r not r
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457 ------------------ -------------------
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458 w => !p Cw(not p)
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459
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460 What's the expression for logical not? Anyway, there is an expression
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461 missing from this set of statements. Can you figure out what the missing
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462 assurtion is?
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463 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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464 [/] THE TIN MAN [/]
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465 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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466 The piper paused for a long moment, trying to allow this information to
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467 sink in. "I don't really understand," he finally said. "What is the
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468 nature of this place? How do we exist here? How did you get here?"
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469 She turned from the piper, the hem of the long grey robe sweeping over
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470 the black surface, bringing a wash of light from deep within. "How can
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471 I begain? There is so much to tell..."
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472 The piper, sensing a need for comfort, stepped forward and took hold of
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473 her shoulders in his large hands. "Begin with this place. What is the
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474 nature of this place? What do you mean by an interface between bands of
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475 reality? Is it not reality by the fact of two of us sharing it?"
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476 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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477 TIN MAN: How disappointing to see only your boarder.
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478 [/]
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479 _________________________________________________________________________
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480 When I started I thought of it as an experiment. Instead of hate cond-
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481 itioning, I tried compassion conditioning. I see now that it was foolish
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482 to think such an experiment could keep up a steady pace for long. My words
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483 have been twisted, I have been insulted by nameless faceless creatures,
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484 and the direction has taken a new course which I no longer wish to persue.
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485 I thank those who voyaged with me even for awhile. I learned and I grew,
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486 but now, I must leave. I trust you all can find solace in your new paths,
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487 but mine must continue in the opposite direction. I am hurt by some of
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488 the words on here, and in my present state I need no additional hurting.
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489 Good luck dear letters, may your travels continue and may you have more
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490 strength than I.
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491 _________________________________________________________________c_______
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492
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493 _________________________________________________________________________
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494 I must admit that I have not aided you well, c. I saw from before
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495 the beginning the path you had wished to journey, and still I went my own
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496 way. Each of us have those pieces of sorrow that we would greatly share
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497 with others if that would make living any easier. In relating that which
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498 is thought to have been unique, we have found others that mirror us.
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499 It was never my intention to cross anyone, the words I have given
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500 were only meant to have been helpfully prodding in some small way, I
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501 failed in my choice of words.
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502 I do not doubt that we shall ever see you again, but if our paths
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503 are never to cross again, thank you for having given a few of us the
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504 nerve to put in words the feeling that would otherwise have remained
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505 buried too far within us.
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506 **kathyd**, allow me to it in other words: Because two individuals
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507 do not have the same stand, the same point of view on any given topic
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508 shouldn't inhibit the conversation. It provides both with a chance to
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509 speak their mind, see the possible alternatives, and perhaps reconsider
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510 just where they really stand. I hadn't meant to hamper your discussions
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511 with Cistop Mikey, and I hope that you are ablr to resume them with a
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512 full wind in your sails....
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513 Yes, I do look up into the glass to see that which is myself. And
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514 the face I see stares back with a condecending scowl. It shan't be easy.
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515 _____________________________________________________________________f___
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516
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517 WHAT ARE WE`T TO WITH CALL _OUR SORROWS NOW?
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518 This is a test... only a test. We must see if we can upload properly.
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519 0123456789...9876543210...01234567890...0987654321...01234567890...09876543
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520 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz...ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ...
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521 SYSOP: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DELETE ABOVE LINES
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522
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523 ___________________________________________________________________________
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524 Emu: Ahhh! I'll have to take some time to work it out. In the meantime,
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||
525 here it is in Polish notation:
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||
526
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||
527 CKpqKrs
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||
528 KCtqCsu
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||
529 KCwpCtu
|
||
530 Nr
|
||
531 -------
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||
532 CwNp (in case you haven't guessed by now N is not & no parens are
|
||
533 needed)
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534 ____________________Leonard________________________________________________
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||
535 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
536 ___c__ thank you for letting me be a part of the letters. It felt good
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||
537 to get the feeling off my chest.
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538 ----------------------------------------------------------------------h----
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539 Darbon: Where have you gone? I miss your poems!
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540 IS THERE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON FIRST USER (INCAPABLE OF READING DIRECTIONS AS STATED....IF THI
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541 IF THIS MESSAGE IS READ BY SYSOP PLS CALL VOICE 653-6442 THANKS
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542 *%_#@*%_)@#*%_)%_)!@&%_!@)*%_!*%_!@)&%!_)&%^!#_)!_)#&^!)_^&_!#^&#_!)^&_^&!_^&!_^&!_^&@_#^&!_^&!)^*!+#&
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543 Emu: Tsk Tsk on your stated problem. I doubt if poor _leonard_ has much of a chance with that one.
|
||
544 Of course I could always be surprised, but somehow my memory keeps me from giving that much merit.
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545 Mikey: Sorry I did not get by with the adventures last week. I will do so Tuesday. I leave for Queenly
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||
546 cities on Wednesday (yaaa haha). It turns out that the local Tandy group is a newsletter group only,
|
||
547 they don't have formal meetings yet. Tom Almy is going to show me their first newsletter tomorrow, and
|
||
548 I will get any information I can from it. No COPYLINK news to report, except that it is working great
|
||
549 and I have found no new bugs.
|
||
550 Milch: ODL eh? No wonder the streets aren't safe anymore. "Mystery Truck Terrorizes Estacada." But
|
||
551 seriously, good job.
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||
552 *%#@*_%@#&)_@#&^)_@#&^_)@&^_)@#&^@_#^ L'homme sans Parity %*#_@)*%_@#%*@_)#%*_@%*_@*%_@*%_@*%@*%@)%@
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553
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554 II II II II II II II II II II II II II III II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II II
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555
|
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556 Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps;
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||
557 for he is the only
|
||
558 animal that is stuck
|
||
559 with the difference
|
||
560 between what things
|
||
561 are, and what they
|
||
562 ought to be.
|
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563
|
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564 WILLIAM HAZLITT
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565
|
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566 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II
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567
|
||
568 (yes this is still me ^)
|
||
569
|
||
570 Swat!!
|
||
571 "God damn bugs, this lousy jungles crawling with them" Parker half-laughed.
|
||
572 Bradford and Jones just kept staring into the mist covered foilage. There was a
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||
573 reason for them to act that way. I called over to Parker, "If you don't keep
|
||
574 your big trap shut I'll shut it for you
|
||
575 , Corporal"
|
||
576 "Lieutenant, He's going to get us all
|
||
577 killed. Just like he did back at Phong
|
||
578 Mua."
|
||
579 I knew how Jones felt, that was a closeone for all of us. Now all thats left
|
||
580 of Delta company is the four of us.
|
||
581 There was no way I would have thought
|
||
582 this morning that are usual morning
|
||
583 parimater scout would turn into a 10
|
||
584 mile hike for life. Not really all that difficult untill you add in whats just
|
||
585 happened in the past 2 hours. Little
|
||
586 Phoenix, offically Charlie Two Echo,
|
||
587 ceased to exist at least in the way that it had existed when we started this
|
||
588 patrol. We had been outside the gates for almost an hour when the shelling
|
||
589 first started. We went back as quickly as we could considering the terrain
|
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590 But by the time we got to the camps parimater we could see that there was
|
||
591 nothing left bigger than a crushed can.
|
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592 We had heard of similar attacks they said that it was a new Soviet weapon. That
|
||
593 is one heck of a weapon.
|
||
594 We had decided to try to get to Houston, the closest know camp that we still
|
||
595 held. It seemed that they were going down faster than they could be reported.
|
||
596 But we had to make a try. We were about a mile out when we heard them.
|
||
597 The Viet Chong that had just finished
|
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598 leveling off our camp. We just wanted to slip by them. Thats when Parker started.
|
||
599
|
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600 II II II II II II CAPT AWOL II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II
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601
|
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602 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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603 From Prometheus; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
|
||
604 The wee ones return to the schools soon. And their commetnary will
|
||
605 fade away. Scrolling off the disks and safely into the hands of the archives.
|
||
606 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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607 Ah, there's nothing like the brisk workout provided by cleaning up
|
||
608 after almost everyone's gone, no longer pasing the time away by looking in
|
||
609 the darkened corners... The notion that gets me to wondering is this:
|
||
610 What is it that has been cleared out to provide so much more breathing room
|
||
611 to those that remain, seated quietly where the filtering sun finds no place
|
||
612 to land? Oh well, destiny will find its way to even this hallowed hutch.
|
||
613 Looking back at the counter, there is no one there. Those that I had
|
||
614 once envisioned as being ever present are now but memories, fading rapidly
|
||
615 with each passing hour. The friendship, the comradarie... where are they
|
||
616 now that the seasons have changed?
|
||
617 Well, that's all behind me now. No sense trying to latch onto the
|
||
618 past, it's time I head back to the future. Words spoken, words not spoken,
|
||
619 tipped flagons spilling what little that remains into the shadows... that
|
||
620 is behind me. Now I face down the road, a short distance from me sits the
|
||
621 pixie that draws in the sands of the bank by the stream.
|
||
622 Closer examination will provide the answers that do not seem readily
|
||
623 apparent. The fact that the drawings are simple should not confuse the
|
||
624 viewer that the story, the definition may be far more complex than dreamed
|
||
625 of. Dreams... what strange things. But then, so are the drawings...
|
||
626 The sound of the rushing current, the scent of the trees telling you
|
||
627 that the leaves are soon to turn amber and red, the feel of the cool breeze
|
||
628 as it plays upon your face... They all play with the meaning, with the mind.
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629 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+-
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