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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 6 NOV 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 ppppp, Thank you for your subtle and constructive criticism concerning my
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22 first attempt to upload to Backwater. Your concern and your loyalty to this
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23 most stimulating interplay of human(?) expression is admirable, and I
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24 commend you,Sir; I am grateful for your having made me aware of my
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25 imperfections.
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26 @@@@@@@: May you be reincarnated as the only tree on a planet of full of dogs
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27 Oh well, it's good to be back. Wassir a cop? Of course. [*=*]
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28 ................................................................................
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29 ________________________________JD 2446376.9479_____________________
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30 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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31 Note about Commodore Torture: It was not meant to put down anyone. I own a
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32 Commodore. I also know, from experience, what a pain it is to write matrix
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33 code for it because I've done it. All happy?
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34 Torture #42 : Having 'So Long and Thanks for All the Fish' read to you 700
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35 times while you are strapped to a chair. For those really masochistic, wear
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36 a fishbowl on your head.
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37 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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39 L'homme: I'm around. I think the reason we don't bump together is merely a
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40 simple one- our time schedules differ. My latest lecture ends on 2:30 Tues,
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41 2:00 on M-W, and I leave before noon Th-F. We can always arrange a meeting
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42 via landline if necessary. Hate to say this, but I'll miss the Friday concert
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43 this week... must leave for Eugene a.s.a.p. after last class. Gonna see how
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44 the Doc is doin'. And party. Not necessarily in that order.
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45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++ 06 Nov 85, 11:03pm +++++++++++
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46 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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47 is this called lurk mode?
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48 %%%%%%% rebalsa %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 11/06/85
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49 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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50 French Toast: thanks for the encouragement.
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51 Everyone else: I'm sorry that my spelling wasn't up to it's normal
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52 standards; we all have our bad days...
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53 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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54 IF A MAN AND A HALF CAN DIG A DITCH AND A HALF IN A
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55 DAY AND A HALF THEN HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE A HALF
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56 BLIND MONKEY TO KICK THE SEEDS OUT OF A PICKLE
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57 about half as long as it took you to enter that message.
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58
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59 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\16
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60 James groaned and rolled over. Memory kicked in and he suddenly sat up. Shading his eyes from the double suns'
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61 light, he called, "Tari? Where are you?"
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62 "Right here." He turned and she was sitting in the sand behind him. Her eyes were focused on the whitecaps in the
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63 distance. "You know," she said thoughtfully, "I had forgotten how much I missed seeing the ocean. The living take too
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64 much for granted, sometimes."
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65 James said nothing for the moment. He was trying to fight down the pain. The pain in his head and his muscles was
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66 nothing compared to the tearing deep in his guts. He carefully kept his head turned so she couldn't see his
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67 expression. After several endless moments the agony began to fade and he could sit up straight again. He finally got
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68 his breathing close to something like normal when he realized Tariya had said something. "What? I wasn't
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69 listening."
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70 "I said, what happened? How did you do it?"
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71 "I moved very quickly." He went into greater detail of their escape. "...so we got out just ahead of the collapse.
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72 You should have kept your eyes open. You missed quite a ride." he gestured to the row of craters strung down the
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73 beach.
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74 There was something in her eyes. Awe? Admiration? It seemed like something more. "I... I don't mean to sound
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75 ungrateful, but... why? I mean, you had everything to lose. You could have escaped alone without risk."
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76 "Maybe you don't mean to sound ungrateful, but you do." but when he saw her hurt look he decided to lighten up. He
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77 wondered if it wasn't time for a major personality overhaul. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Look, the way I understood it was
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78 that I either had a sure chance of saving myself or a considerably smaller chance of saving us both. I decided to go
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79 with the second one because I thought it was worth the risk. I'm not totally heartless, I just act that way out of
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80 habit."
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81 After a long pause, she said, "I see. It's just that, well, I thought-"
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82 "I know what you thought." James interrupted, turning back to look at the waves because he couldn't look at her.
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83 "And it's about what I deserve, from the way I treated you. There's no excuse for it. No good excuse, anyway."
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84 "Don't worry about it. I think I understand. But you did save my life, when I thought it was beyond saving. I
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85 should... I mean I just wanted to say..." she struggled with the words for a moment, and then, she leaned over and
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86 kissed him full on the mouth.
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87 James hardly had time to be surprised before he, too, was caught up in the moment. He felt feelings he thought he
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88 had long ago crushed surge back in force. Time stood still for a long minute and then Tariya drew back, confused. She
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89 couldn't believe she had done that. Embarassed, she turned away. James cleared his throat and commented, "I think you
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90 said it rather well."
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91 They were both silent for a long time, each with their own thoughts. The only sound was the gentle waves washing
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92 against the shore. Most of the pain was gone. In fact, James felt great. He lay back and pulled his cap down over his
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93 eyes to block out the sun. It was probably a good time to change the subject. Tariya must have thought so too because
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94 she asked, "Where do you suppose we are?"
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95 "Lost."
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96 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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97 :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(:
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98 Milchar: I think you said something a long time ago about testing out a new
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99 modem. If so, what is it? Made any interesting changes to that
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100 terminal program I gave you? Argh, 1:25 in the morning...
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101
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102 [*=*]: do I know you? Probably not, just a hunch...
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103
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104 I've got to put this boarder on a function key!
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105 :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(: :)(:
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106 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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107
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108 What! Was that Leroy McKane I saw? Quick Martha, get out the
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109 bazooka.
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110
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111 Mohammed Wassir
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112 <The stunned Albanian>
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113
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114 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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115
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116 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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117
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118 Phantom 429
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119 by
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120 John Silverman
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121 (Part 2)
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122
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123 The funeral was two days later. A closed coffin ceremony. The afternoon was unnaturally dark and cold, at least to
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124 me. There were a lot of people, mostly Roy's relatives and a few friends. There was little talking amongst them. Most
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125 of them probably couldn't believe that it had happened. He had just seemed too alive to die.
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126 I saw Jennifer in the crowd, looking empty and worn out. I hadn't had the heart to talk to her since the accident.
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127 It was probably time to make up for that. I walked over to her. She wasn't crying, which surprised meat first, but the
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128 marks under her eyes told me that she wasn't crying because she didn't have any tears left. I was uncertain of what to
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129 say, because as bad as my loss had been, it didn't begin to equal her own.
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130 She saw me coming, and it seemed to me that a little of the weight had lifted from her shoulders. Just a little.
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131 "Jim." she said simply.
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132 "Hi." I replied with all my eloquence.
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133 "I... missed you. I... I wondered if you didn't care."
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134 I knew she had spoken carelessly from grief but the words still hurt. My vision blurred a little and my throat
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135 ached. "Don't think that. Don't ever think that. I just... I don't know."
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136 Suddenly she was in my arms and her face was pressed against my chest and I discovered that she had a few tears
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137 left. "I... how am I supposed to go ON?" she sobbed.
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138 "Just like the rest of us." I said brilliantly. I reached into my bag of cliches for a good one. "Roy would want
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139 you to."
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140 Her parents came by and saved me from making a bigger idiot of myself. She went with them, but not before I
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141 recieved a scathing look from her mother. As they walked away I caught a little of what she was saying to Jen: "I know
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142 you're in a lot of pain right now, dear, and I really think it might be best if you would finally listen to us and come
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143 back home..."
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144 After the ceremony the party broke up. I headed for my chevy and was stopped along the way by Jennifer. "Jim, can
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145 I ride with you? I'm in no shape to listen to my mother all the way back. I need a friend."
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146 "Sure" I said, putting an arm around her and leading her to the car.
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147
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148 (TO BE CONTINUED...)
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149
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150 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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151 They sat at a table with a red and white ckeckered cloth, talking quietly
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152 but with great intensity. The odor of garlic hung heavy in the air. Their
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153 voices were raised occasionally to be heard above the din coming from
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154 the kitchen. What do you mean sell? They can't sell this place untill...
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155 The dining room began to fill, people getting off work, hungry for
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156 peperoni and mushroom, and a pitcher of beer, and the two men left
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157 paying their check at the cash register by the door. The usual disinterested
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158 hint of a smile from the manager. Once outside, they became more at ease
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159 and their conversation flowed with little restraint. Mount Shasta towered
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160 above them, and they paused to gaze at the snow still clinging to the
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161 southern face. Are you ABSOLUTELY sure that he's still alive?
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162 NO, I'm not absolutely sure, damn it, but there is too much feedback from
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163 too many operatives to not investigate it. We have to give this priority.
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164 The taller of the two men reflected the events of that time, the time
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165 when the world had focused their attention on one man, a man thought
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166 dead now, but,...
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167 Okay, you know who to call in. Get him. I don't care if he's fishing
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168 in Saskatchewan, get him on it. Now.Who do we have for Wassir? Put a good
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169 man on him, and re-open the file. The tall man walked away without another
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170 word. McKane? Alive? Couldn't be, but...
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171 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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172
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173 The sounds Bear heard as he crawled toward the entrance to the grotto were not
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174 only ear-shattering, but they sent chills up his spine. He shuddered slightly
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175 as he made his way to the edge.
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176
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177 He gazed out into the grotto, which was surprisingly well-lit for its being
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178 hundreds of feet underground. On the far wall was another, much larger, ent-
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179 rance. It curved into darkness beyond. On the ground lay scattered bones and
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180 decapitated skeletons. The stench of the place was nearly as unbearable as the
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181 sounds now coming from it. It was a
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182 gateway to Hell, and few men's eyes could gaze upon that grisly scene without
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183 vomiting.
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184
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185 And there was the dragon. A huge creature by any standard, it writhed about in
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186 a fury indescribable. It shrieked in pain and hatred, clawing at one eye, which
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187 dripped a dark, almost black-red blood. It jumped in circles, crying, spewing
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188 fire and then rolling on it's back. It lashed out at everything around it, spil-
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189 ling bones and dust through the air like toothpicks. The scene was wild, the
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190 sound deafening. All of Bear's senses were tasked to their limit.
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191
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192 He squeezed out of the small tunnel, sword in hand, and tumbled to the ground
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193 below. Before him, now looming taller than he imagined, writhed the enraged
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194 dragon. The dragon had never felt such pain, and the surprise and newness of
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195 it all had taken him to new limits of wrath and loathing of the creature in the
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196 tunnel. But it did not see Bear standing there, sword in hand, staring at it.
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197 The tunnel was where the enemy lay, and deep in the recesses of the dragon's
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198 cold heart it prepared to lash out at the killer in the cave.
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199
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200 As Bear leaped forward, sword pointed straight in front of him, the dragon's
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201 one good eye caught the motion. The serpent froze for a second, air rasping in
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202 it's lungs in reflex. The Bear plunged forward, sword lashing out towards the
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203 dragon's chest.
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204
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205 It pierced the hard, scaly skin, and the dragon shrieked, clawing with his front
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206 foot at the small creature before him. Before Bear could think beyond his
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207 plunging of the sword, the force of the dragon's blow sent him sprawling across
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208 the cavern.
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209
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210 The sword was still embedded in the dragon's chest as it turned and looked at
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211 the Bear, lying on the ground, shaking his head. It growled a deep growl that
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212 rumbled the ground and the walls of the cave and all the way to the Toll Bridge
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213 where the Toll Takers grinned with evil delight... and edged toward the Bear,
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214 warm slime dripping greedily from its ungly lips...
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215
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216 000000000000000000000 THE BEAR 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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217 Destroyer: good work... it's getting even better.
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218
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219 ==============================================================================
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220 Alit Dulls Dory
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221 Won sap pun a tine dare washer ladle gull culled Goal Deluxe zoo leave din
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222 dissenter offer forced widow mutter hander fodder. Window ladle gull and/or
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223 pear rents swear aweigh, dare hop penned topaz buy tree beers -- ham other
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224 beer, ha dotty beer, inner ladle bay be beer.
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225 Sea ingot dough row pin, bay be beer win tinfoil ode buys modern fodder.
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226 Dot repairs wondered true Goal Deluxe souse; day eight parch; day satin
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227 cheers; sand atlas day fellow slip into tree bids.
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228 One Goal Deluxe inner mud rend fodder god hum, daze awe sum thin whirrs
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229 rung. "Sum bodice bin neat tender parch,", sad Goal Deluxe, "an day aided
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230 awl! Handsome bodice bins it ten end doughs cheers!"
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231 Gong hindu turbid rum, Goal Deluxe led otters cream: "Sum bodice bin
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232 slipping inner bids -- anthers till dare!"
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233 Herring hearse cream, dot repairs leep tout ha bet innate Goal Deluxe
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234 sander pear rents sup.
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235 *****
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236 Ream embark ids: Led led slipping beers lye.
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237 ==============================================================================
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238 :)M(:
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239 Boy that was so clever it took eighteen minutes to read! Imagine someone (not
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240 necessarily whoever entered it here) spending all that time just to be known
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241 as clever.
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242 Wad pea pull wheel doof or unlit toll on tension.
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243
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244 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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245
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246
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247 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( just tip-toeing thru )))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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248 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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249
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JD: Torture #62???? That one is allmost too-terible!! (Except the part
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250
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about the lorrie driver (Rain God))
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251
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Thursday the 6th, and I've got the flu! Good thing I feel
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252
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compeled to stay inside and at my computer, though the radio is giving
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253
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me an even BIGGER headache (ever wonder why one media always has
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254
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advertisments for another?) Wishing I were a Lemming- PEN NAME
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255
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256 What? More people get hit by lightning than get hit by AIDS? Brewhaha! Do those majestique bolts from the sky kill
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257 two thousand people a year? Do electrical storms create panic in the sizeable homosexual community? Don't you
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258 realize that Discover magazine and all the rest are merely extensions of the same media you would have us
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259 condemn? Open your eyes and observe what is happening around you. You can be the iconoclastic demonstrator all
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260 you want in private, but take the problems you would prefer to go away by closing your eyes and really examine
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261 them. You might notice that there is far more than media hype happening here. Fools bury their collective heads in
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262 the sand when life gets tough. Are you a fool?
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263 French Toast
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264 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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265 BREAKER BREAKER ONE-NINE. WE GOT US A CONVOY OF
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266 PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS SPOUTING PHILOSOPHICAL
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267 MUMBO-JUMBO OVER HERE ON CHANNEL 23. CAN YOU GET
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268 A READING ON THAT GOOD BUDY? I NEED SOME GO
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269 JUICE TO KEEP BY THE DOUBLE NICKLE. WATCH FOR
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270 SEAT COVERS IN THE PREGNANT ROLLER SCATES AND
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271 KEEP YOU BUMPERS CLEAN. SMOKEY'S OUT OF THE
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272 AIR BECAUSE THE ANGELS ARE CRYIN', AND WE GOT
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273 A TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE FOR THE TRUCKERS WHO
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274 HAVE DIED MAKING THE ROUTE TO 409. KEEP THE
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275 HAMMER POUNDIN' AND THE CONVOY ROLLIN O.M.,
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276 AND I'LL CATCH YOU ON THE FLIP-FLOP. J.K.
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277 OVER, ROVER, ROLLIN, AND OUT.
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278 23232323232323232323232323232323232323232323232323
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279
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280 K-Mart? MacDonalds? Commodore? All in the same breath. I love it. In one
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281 sentance you have managed to state everything that is wrong with this
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282 country. Only one word comes to mind when those three words are mentioned.
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283 Plastic. That's right folks, plastic is the word. What else could you
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284 think of? What is it that gets bought at K-Mart? Commodors. What is it
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285 that gets bought on the way home from getting a Commodore from K-Mart?
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286 Big Macs. Just filling a niche? So niches are filled by oppossum and
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287 flea and mud larvea and Chuck Norris and VIPS restraunts and exploding
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288 Pintos and modern art and the ibm PCjr. Don't give us niches man, give
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289 us markets. Don't sell us what you think we need, sell us what we know
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290 we want. Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of
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291 the American buying public. Every Commodore sold reiterates that maxim.
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292
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293 Sick to my gills and roasted shorts.
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294
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295 ===================================================================
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296 Call TRONNET Now! 643-xxxx Open 24h a day/7 days a week. 300/1200
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297 baud. Another open minded system.
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298 ===================================================================
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299 ^^
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300 Jest passing through my friends. Very interesting goings on Today. How often do
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301 these messages change? Is it all free format like the above? I am a new user
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302 and am interested in getting to know various systems.
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303 Troy (288-xxxx) Thank you
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304 ^^
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305 Stupid Fact #117: The most expensive hotel in Las Vegas is the Riviera Hotel
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306 checking in at $85-$105 dollars per night for luxury
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307 accomodations.
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308 Torture device #22: Force your restrained victim to watch 6 hours on Nashville
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309 Network without the aid of earplugs, eye patches, or knock-
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310 out drops.
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311
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312 PITTED MINDS SLIME THE RULED UNIVERSE, BUT THE SKULL STRIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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313 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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314 NEOHAMA
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315 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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316
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317 Hey sage, doI know you? Please leave
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318 me a mesage.
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319 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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320 NEOHAMA
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321 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
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322 ______________________JD 2446377.7708______________________________________
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323 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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324 Torture #1: Have a well paying, easy job with wonderfull co-workers. Then
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325 have them be country music fans. The worst tortures are the ones you have
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326 to live with.
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327 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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328
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329
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330
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331
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332 This is a test to see if my brand new homemade version teminal
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333 rogram will work with BWMS. It should make nice, neat wod breaks
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334 t the end of a line. It was designed by me for custom uploding
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335 o Backwater.
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336 Now we see how that worked. It should ident
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337 nd everything. Anyway, this should be enough.
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338 Please pardon the above returns, since I am still working to get
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339 this working on BWMS. Thanx
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340 #########################################################################
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342 Hi, this is Jawanee
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343 I am a new user and I just wanted to see if this worked.
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344 enter
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345 I have one question how the **** do I get out of this mode.
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346 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++00000001TED++++++
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347 WEL, I'M BACK AFTER A LONG SLEEP. DID ANYTHING INTERESTING HAPPEN THE LAST
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348 YEAR OR SO? DON'T ANSWER, I PROBABLY WONT READ IT AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T
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349 REMEMBER ME. +++++++++++++++++++++++
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350 THE NIGHT BEGAN TO APPROACH AS I GAZED ACROSS THE DARK FOREST. A LIGHT MIST
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351 OF RAIN WAS FALLING, AS IT ALWAYS FELL. THIS FOREST WAS NEVER DRY, THERE
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352 WERE PLACES IN IT THAT THE MOULD HAD NEVER BEEN WITHOUT WATER. THE
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353 UNDERGROWTH WAS SICKLY, COVERED WITH COUNTLESS LAYERS OF THE STRANGELY
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354 SHAPED LEAVES THAT SEEMED TO DISINTEGRATE INTO PULP UNDER THE ASSULT OF
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355 WATER. AT TIMES I HAD BEEN ALMOST BEEN SWIMMING IN A SLURRY OF MUD AND
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356 LEAF FIBER. "WHY DID I COME BACK?" I THOUGHT. EMPTY LANDS WITH NO ONE, NO
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357 CREATURES LIVED HERE WHO WERE LARGER THAN A RAT. I SMILED TO MYSELF. THIS
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358 WORLD HAD NEVER SEEN RATS, THEY HAD BEEN BANNED AGES AGO FROM LEAVING EARTH
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359 . NOW, WITH EARTH HARDLY A LEGEND,
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360
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361 THEIR KIND HAD PERISHED. I LOOKED AROUND AGAIN. THERE WAS NOTHING FOR IT
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362 BUT TO CONTINUE WALKING. I HAD LIFE RATIONS IN MY PACK THAT WOULD KEEP MY
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363 BODY ALIVE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY. WHETHER MY MIND WOULD EMERGE FORM THIS
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364 DECRIPT MASS OF DECAY, HEALED, WOULD BE ANYONES GUESS EXCEPT MY OWN. I KNEW
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365 WHAT I HAD TO DO HERE. I MUST CONTINUE WALKING AROUND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
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366 , OR UNTIL MY WILL SNAPPED. NO DRAIN ON MY BODY WOULD BE PLACED BY THIS
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367 WORLD. THE TEMPERATURE WAS CONSTANT, THE SLUDGE NEVER VARIED FROM A DEPTH
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368 OF 3 FEET, AND IT WAS MUCH LIKE TAKING A CONTINUOUS BATH IN WET PAPER. MY
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369 PACK WOULD KEEP ME ALIVE, AND I HAD NO RESPONSIBILITIES AT ALL. MY MIND WAS
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370 BURNED OUT. IF IT COULD EVER REBUILD IT MUST GO DOWN TO THE ABSOLUTE BASE.
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371 I MIGHT GO MAD FIRST. I JUST MUST DRIFT,AND LET MY HATRED OF THIS PLACE DIE
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372 INTO NOTHINGNESS.
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373 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++000000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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374 +0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+
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375
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376 thithis is kristi galt....
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377 anybody out theree speak
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380
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381
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journalism for a long time, if you believe half of what you read, see, or
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382
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even hear, your probably half mis-informed. I say mis-informed is much,
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383
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much worse than non-informed.
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384
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386 0000000TED m.: of course we still remember you. Was your entry your
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387 opinion of OSU? Or just the Corvallis-area bulletin boards? Oh yes,
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388 you weren't too thrilled with the booming metropolis of Corvallis.
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389 +Dante-
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392 Darn...nobody seems to have enjoyed my Lit Dulls Dory. Sniff. Hertz
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393 ===============================================================================
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394 ***************************************************************************
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395 Greetingss humans,
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396
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Just a note to say Howdy and I'm back on-line for what it's worth
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397
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kristi galt: welcome, we are here and it's your turn to speak.
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398
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399 ************************************************************************
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400 It's been a few hours since i checked in last and nothing new... oh well
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401 John S.: Great story as is normaldarn terminal...
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402 untill later
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403 ********************************kathyD************************************
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404 Some of the stories here make me wonder if the writers are Lifespringers.
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405 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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406 This is a test to see if my brand new homemade version terminal
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407 rogram will work with BWMS. It should make nice, neat word breaks
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408 t the end of a line. It was designed by me for custom uploading
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409 o Backwater.
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410 Now we see how that worked. It should indent
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411 nd everything. Anyway, this should be enough.
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412
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413 S
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414 Sorry for the repeat message. Apparently, I still need to make the
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415 delay longer at the beginning of a line. Thanx
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416 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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417 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++=
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418 Malcolm X's belief in the religion of Islam was reinforced
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419 hen he was making his pilgrimage to Mecca and he met fellow Muslims.
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420 His attitude toward the white race was transformed when he learned
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421 hat white does not necessarily mean complexion, but the actios
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422 f white men.
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423
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424 Malcolm X's belief in the religion of Islam was reinforced
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425 when he was making his pilgrimage to Mecca and he met fellow
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426 Muslims. His attitude toward the white race was transformed
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427 when he learned that white does not necessarily mean complexion,
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428 but the actios of white men.
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429
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430 +++++=========+++++++++++================+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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431 ********************************************************************
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432 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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433 ********************************************************************
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434
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435 THE DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION invites you to a fund
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436 raising party at the BLITZ HOSPITALITY ROOM, November 15th at
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437 6:30 PM
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438
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439 ######### FOOD DRINKS PRIZES GAMES *******
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440
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441 Assress ::: 12th and West Burnside, Portland,ORE
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442
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443
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444 MENUE: RAVISHING ROLLS
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445 SPECIAL CUSTOM SUPER BUFFET
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446 VEGETABLE TRAY WITH EXOTIC DIP
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447 GOURMET CHEESE AND MEAT TRAY
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448 SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALLS
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449 BARBECUED PORK CHINESE STYLE
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450 BEER--SODA POP--MINERAL WATER
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451
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452 EVERYTIHING IS FREE FOR $10.00 A TICKET
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453 CALL BONNIE BENSON AT 223-xxxx FOR TICKETS.
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454
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455 This is a scholorship fund for DP and Computer Science majors
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456
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457 *******************************************************************
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458 _________________________________________________________________
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459 *******************************************************************
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460
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461 CH /Assress/Address/
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462 Just to let you know, I rather enjoyed your Lit Dulls Tory - A. M. Goer
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463 /exit
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464 WHY WASN'T I INFORMED?
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465 -A. M. Goer
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466 **$)@!#_*$!@)$*!@)_*$)_@*%)_!@*%)!_@*%)_!@*%_!)@%*)@#_*%!)_*%!@_%&_**%)@#_*%@_*%@_#)*%@%*@#)_*%@#_%*@#)_%*#@_)%*@#%*@%@#
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467 Mikey: Thanks for the check last night. I would frame it but I am in too desperate need for the money. I hope JAPAN
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468 Inc. likes the program. We had a good discussion! Rap sessions like that are really enjoyable. Thanks.
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469 Milch: I guess we are very incompatible as far as time goes down at the U. Maybe next term.
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470 Leonard: I prepared your disk. Perhaps I will see you Sunday at Orycon.
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471 *)_@#*%)_@#*%)_@*#%)_*@#)_*%)#@_*^#$)_^*@)_^*@# L'homme sans Parity %*_)@#*%_)@#*%_@)*)_^*@^)_@#$^&*@)_*^^)_*_)@*^@#)_^*
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472 ANNOUNCING A NEW BBS SYSTEM IN TOWN: THE ROUSER.
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473 THE PHONE NUMBER IS 246-xxxx. HOURS OF OPERATION
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474 ARE 9:00PM TO 8:00AM. PLEASE DO NOT CALL DURING
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475 OFF LINE HOURS. CALL NOW!
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476
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477 _________________________________________________________________________
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478 Why Pen Name, do you journalism types always say stuff like 'your (sic)
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479 probably half mis-informed?' I would have thought that someone who has
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480 been working in journalism as long as you have would know better. Your
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481 (no sic) comments on TV studios escape me. Why would you say such a
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482 thing? What do you know about my information gathering habits? Are you
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483 aware of what my line of work is? Do you realize how funny you should
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484 drop the old journalism line to me? No, probably not. Anyone who shoots
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485 from the hip as you have done on this disk must be in the dark about
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486 humor, rationalization, and pure common sense. Let he who is 'mis-
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487 informed' cast the first Oregonian.
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488 French Toast
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489 __________________________________________________________________________
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490 *****************************************************************
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491 Enuf guys. Don't rock the boat please.
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492 ****************************KathyD*******************************
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493
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494
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495
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496 26 HELLO, I'LL BE GENTLE ITS MY FIRST TIME.
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497 LF
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498 They came to the river,young,rich,adventurous and desirous
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499 seeing the magnificence of the gourge. He found it all that he
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500 ad hoped, its water, its sun, feasts, - and the beauty of its
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501 woman. He took quarters in the aristocratic old house boat and
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502 e , one day, was talking with some of his new River friends.
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503 He had just done complimenting the women of their city and
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504 er when Tommaso spoke up,saying, "ah, but you have not seen
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505 he most superb beauty of all, our legend, our famous lady of
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506 mystery, whom every man praises but whom almost noone has ever
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507 n."
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508 Pressed for a further account, Tommaso continued, "she is
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509 the wife of a well-to-do master sail maker. Two years ago, there
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510 a rumor that the lord duke of the beach was so inflamed by
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511 e one glimpse of her that he swore he would put her to the
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512 proof. And there have been other tales. Still, though there are
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513 servants in his home , none will admit to having seen her, I
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514 ve been to his shop often, and often have I seen him at the
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515 river or the city --always in the company of his cousin, a young
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516 ho stidies law at the university, but never with a wife."
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517 LaBones asked to be taken to the sail makers shop and
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518 introduced to Him. Having arrived, Tommaso made the introduction
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519 and excused himself for other business while LaBones sat down to
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520 der a set of sails.
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521 As the sailmaker bent over some measurements, LaBones
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522 lanced around the shop and was astonished to see a beautiful
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523 young woman spying on him fromn the back of the gallery. She had
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524 fairest face, the reddest lips and the most enchanting eyes
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525 e had ever behled. So struck with love was he that he almost
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526 cried out. Then she was gone.
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527 A little latter, a young man came down the stairs from the
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528 lery, The sailmaster oing round at him, said, "ah,
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529 cousin,"as he ushered LaBones to the door. But the face of the
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530 ng man was the face LaBones had seen in back.
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531 LaBones went at once to meet Tommaso and the two had a very
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532 long talk, at the end of which they made a plan.
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533
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534 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CONTINUED<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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535
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536 =========================== RIVERRAT ============================
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537 G
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538
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539 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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540 replace
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541 ___________________________________________________________________________
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542 Nick Danger Is Back!!
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543
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544 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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545 From Prometheus; Delivered
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546 Phantom arguments always frustrated me. Phantoms do not plan anything that
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547 has anything to do with their arguments. Especially borders, oh, the idiocy of
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548 most Phantom borders. Names are almost always worse though,.
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549 Names such as "Anon E. Mous," or "Jess Guessit" are the hallmarks of the
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550 Phantom. Most likely since they sound semi, or at least demi, intelligent, or
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551 at least when the name is made up anyway.
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552 Arguments and beliefs are also common between them. The purposelessness
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553 of human existence, idiocy of aristocracy, intellect of democracy, planned
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554 obsolesence and cynical ideas all around.
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555 Phantom arguments do make us appreciate debaters like Laissez-Faire and
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556 Mesolithic Mathematician though. Where are they when we need them?
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557 Assorted messages follow;
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558 The Man in Gray; Once upon a time, we snagged a medical kit. Remember?
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559 Well we also hocked about three days later. Remember that? Well, we never
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560 really read the labels on the stuff. Remember yet? Uh, well, Retch had some
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561 assorted nuts in there. Remember Retch? Remember Retch, angry?
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562 Sondargaard; Are we playing for keyps this time?
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563 Montague; NDC Saturday? GSC till then.
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564
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565 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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566
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567 **********************************************************************
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568 Greetings humans and fellow bbs addicts,
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569 It;s only my first day back and already someone has taken the
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570 liberty of entering a message using my pen name. I never told anyone not
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571 to rock the boat and I formally retract that message.
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572 now, where are those stories....
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573 **************************kathyD*******************
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574 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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575 Prometheus Unbound- Lets not be talking stolen medical equipment, I like my
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576 job, my job likes me. If only they would stop listening to the damn country
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577 music. Wasn't Retch doing some work with old Datsun 210's and Nitrous Oxide
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578 injectors? Wasn't Retch killed after that??
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579 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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581 French Toast: 'Shoot from the hip' eh? May I remind you who started this
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582 dribble? Why, YOU, dear person. As for my knowledge of what
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583 -goes-out-that-never-came in in popular meadia, rest assured
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584 that I do not speak without the knowledge gained only in field
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585 work. As for popular media in general, I suggest you read
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586 'The Glass Teat' by Harlan Ellison. And, it's not published
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587 by Gannet.
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588 PEN NAME
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590 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\marker\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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591
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592 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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593 French toast:
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594 No, I am not a fool, but maybe you are. You are showing all the
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595 wonderful blandishments of a person who has belived what the media has said,
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596 instead of studying the problem for yourself. It is not the epidemic that
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597 the media would have you believe for the average person. As was stated,
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598 unless you are a homosexual who practices anal intercourse, or a hemophliac
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599 who requires massive transfussions, the chances of contacting AIDS is *VERY*
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600 slim. About the possiblity of being struck by lightning. *IF* you are amoung
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601 one of the high risk groups as mentioned, someone who on a daily basis comes
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602 in contact through direct or indirect infusion to your own system of the
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603 body fluids of someone who does have AIDS, then yes, the chances are good that
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604 you will contact AIDS. I'll restrain myself from saying I hope you are among
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605 the high risk group, since that would lower me to your level of name calling.
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606 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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607
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608 I WONDER IF HAMSTERS GET AIDS? NOW WHAT DID I DO WITH THAT DUCT TAPE......
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609 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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610
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611 Did I hear something about a stolen medical case? Hmmmm.... this
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612 could be the crime of the century. Now where did I put my badge?
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613
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614 Mohammed Wassir
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615 <The Authoritarian Albanian>
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616 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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617
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618 Dearest fred: Practice what you believe, but please don't come begging to MY
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619 TREASURY, MY IDIOT-LAWMAKERS, and MY SENSE OF SYMPATHY for assistance because
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620 you and your brazenness suddenly face death from AIDS. If one believes the
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621 numbers offered by national news releases (potentially at least 3/4 truth),
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622 only 7000 of 14,000 diagnosed American AIDS sufferers ARE STILL ALIVE. You a
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623 gambler; willing to bet my future and your own? Thank you--NO! Remember:
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624 FLIES BREED DISEASE -- KEEP YOURS ZIPPED. Humbug
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625 Oh please... I need to receive some anal intercourse quick! Screw the risk, I
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626 need it bad! I don't care if I die! I have the right to live my homosexuality
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627 the way I want! Now... US Govrnment! I have AIDS! Please help! Spend billions
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628 on me! I'm just a poor lost faggot in a woods full of large trees!
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629 So spend your billions on me! I deserve it!!!!! hELP!!!!!!!!
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