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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 14 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 WHOOPIE!!! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP! AT THE TOP!
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21 First time ever! Whatta way to start the day! WHOOP WHOOP!
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22
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23 `^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
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24 #$#$#$#$#$#(yawn) big deal#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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25 You're just jealous...
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26
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27 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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28 The Bear stood for a moment, reflecting on his dragon-kill. He stared at the
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29 creature, and felt a touch of regret. Although it had a heart of pure evil,
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30 it was something of a magnificent creature in its total devotion to destruct-
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31 ion. But here it lay, it's side gutted open, the sticky red-black goo of blood
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32 still dripping from the gashes.
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33
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34 The Bear stood iin the blood, itit was fully an inch think around his feet as
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35 it slowly spread over the floor of the grotto. He pondered the egg in his hand
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36 , it was still fairly small, he knew that it would have been several months
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37 before it would have even been laid, and then several more before hatching.
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38
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39 As the excitement of the battle and the thrill of victory began to wane, his
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40 body began to feel the pain it had endured on this day. His skin was incred-
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41 ibly tender to the touch, and it ached with a dull but strident pain from the
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42 repeated burnings it had endured.
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43
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44 His muscles cried out for rest. His head spun. But he knew he couldn't lay
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45 down here, for even as he stood in silence, the evil of the place was sapping
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46 his strength even further. He looked up at the small hole in the wall above
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47 him, where he had crawled out. It seemed like eons ago now. But he had to
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48 leave this place, his senses and spirits were being attacked on all sides.
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49
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50 The aroma from the dragon's body was all-encompasing, and worse than anyone
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51 who has never smelled the inside of a dragon can imagine. The sight was
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52 grisly. Hissing sounds could be heard from the dragon's corpse as the hot
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53 steam from it's inner breath dripping down over the blood. And the evil
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54 surrounded Bear, and took away his will.
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55
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56 He looked again at the hole in the wall. There were just enough crags in the
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57 rock where he could get foot and hand holds. He sheathed his sword, tucked
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58 the egg in his shirt, and started to climb. His muscles cried for him to
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59 stop, and his head swam with the effort, but he took it slowly, lifting him
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60 self up and then grabbing another rock, until he could finally reach his
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61 fingers over the ledge. He finally lifted himself up, and plopped on the firm
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62 ground.
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63
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64 The evil was less here, but still he crawled down the tunnel, until he cou:d
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65 breathe slightly fresher air. And he laid down, his mind turning into a deep
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66 fog of unconsciousness.
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67
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68 But not before he thought of the Toll-takers, and the quest they had sent him
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69 on. A quest they knew he would never come back from alive.
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70
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71 As his mind faded away, he also thought of his Ladyship, and the larger
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72 quest she had commissioned him for. He had not expected such battles, but he
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73 knew he must not fail...
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74
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75 000000000000000000000000000 THE BEAR 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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76 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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77
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78 Phantom 429
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79 by
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80 John Silverman
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81 (Part 4)
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82
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83 A week I stayed there, long enough for Jen's grief to fade into a dark melancholy that would only pass with time,
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84 if ever. Her smile was tinged with a trace of sadness that would probably last for a long, long while. Our spirits
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85 seemed to be recovering together, though, and a kind of bond was forming between us, a bond that never would have
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86 existed while Roy was alive. I felt that it was friendship, strengthened by mutual grief, but I knew it was starting to
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87 run deeper than that. After a week my apartment seemed very cold and small and lonely.
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88 Over the next couple weeks I ran up the most horible phone bill, calling Portland to Vancouver. My gas bill ran
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89 just as high, and it helped a little when they reopened 205. I still felt a little sick every time I crossed the
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90 bridge.
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91 Jen and I went out almost every night. Dinners and movies and shows and all sorts of good stuff like that.
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92 Sometimes we just stayed home and talked. Put two CBers together without a microphone in the room and just TRY to shut
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93 them up. It's impossible.
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94 At first I refused to acknowledge my feelings, but after a while they grew so strong I had to. Being a total loser
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95 with women, I had had very little personal contact with them. Almost to the point where I was a little scared of them.
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96 Jen was different, though. I had known her for better than a year and was very comfortable with her. Often I had seen
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97 her at Roy's side and thought "If only..." but, of course, she was safely out of reach, so I could write off any
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98 possibilties and tell myself I was better off for it. Now, Roy was permanently out of the picture and while I was sorry
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99 as hell, life must go on. I was falling in love. But I was scared to say anything about it. I feared that if I did, she
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100 would not see me as the same person and the tensions generated would destroy out friendship. It had happened
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101 before.
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102 It never occurred to me that Jen might have felt the same way. In the end, she took the initiative. Late one
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103 night, at my apartment, we sat on the couch just talking. Out of nowhere, she said that she had admired me from afar,
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104 and while she loved Roy with all her heart, she still had always felt something special for me. With a dry mouth I
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105 tried to stutter out a reply but nothing really witty came to mind. She went on to say that I had done so much for her
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106 lately and I was such a wonderful person and any reply I might have had was stopped by her mouth meeting
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107 mine.
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108 Surprised, I fell back on the couch with her on top of me. Next thing I knew she was all over me. Her living,
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109 breathing weight on my chest and stomach was electrifying. The kiss lasted what felt like an incredibly long time. I
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110 put my arms around her and our bodies seemed to fuse into one. When we finally broke her breathing was quick, agitated.
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111 The sweet pressure of her hips grinding against mine precluded the need for any further talk.
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112 We made love right there on that ratty old couch that I had picked up at a garage sale for ten bucks two years
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113 ago. After it was over we lay together, sweaty and exhausted. For the first time a deep hole in my life had been filled
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114 and I felt like a complete person. It was a far more wonderful feeling than I had imagined it would be. All the old
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115 hurts and pains had dissappeared. For the first time the future looked bright and beautiful. I thought it would last
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116 forever.
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117 I only wish it had.
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118
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119 (TO BE CONTINUED...)
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120
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121 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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122 HELLO GOODBY.
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123 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||Can that guy write, or what!?!||||||||||||||||||
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124 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\19
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125 Damn if it didn't look like a buck. Whatever it was, it had a magnificent set of antlers. Must be another case of
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126 parallel evolution. James had discovered that there was a lot of it going around in the universe. The animal was
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127 grazing about six hundred yards away and he just barely had a clear shot at it through the brush. He raised his
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128 sword.
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129 Tariya was about to ask him what the hell he was doing when he put a hand over her mouth and whispered that he
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130 would brain her if she scared THIS one off. The mood he was in, he would have done it, too.
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131 He held the sword straight out in front of him and sighted along the blade. His body jerked slightly and a hot blue
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132 spark lept from the tip of the blade. It writhed and twisted in its course but hit the target dead on. The animal fell
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133 over like a truck had hit it. The air now stank of ozone. James took off through the brush, not checking to see it
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134 Tariya could follow. She managed to keep up and was right behind him when he reached the animal. She looked down at it
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135 sadly.
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136 James stripped off his jacket so as not to get it bloody. The blade suddenly shrank to a length of about eight
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137 inches. Just right for skinning. He plunged it into the deer's belly and opened it up. Tariya turned a nice shade of
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138 green and gagged. She decided to wait for him back on the path. He grinned as he heard her make her way through the
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139 brush. He could be a vindictive bastard, and knew it, too.
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140 After a lot of screwing up and cursing he managed about twenty or so pounds of meat, which he wrapped up in a
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141 section of hide he had cut off. He felt bad about leaving all that meat to rot but since he had no way to preserve it
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142 it would all go bad in a couple of days, anyway. He very rarely had to rough it like this and knew next to nothing
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143 about wilderness survival, anyway. Besides, he doubted the corpse would remain unnoticed long. Some carnivore would
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144 get a free lunch. He made his way back to the path.
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145 James had still managed to get pretty messy and he washed up in a nearby stream while Tariya gathered some wood. He
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146 only spoke to her in short, sharp sentences and generally made it clear he was still mad. She was just as mad, but no
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147 longer quite as certain of her reasons.
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148 Another spark off the sword started he fire. Who needed matches? James cooked the meat and tried it first,
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149 reasoning that if it was poisonous to them he would stand a much better chance of surviving. Charcoaled on the outside
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150 and half raw inside (a cook he wasn't) it still tasted surprisingly good. Not poisonous, either, or he would have
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151 found out real quick. Tariya took her share but didn't seem too hungry, though whether from the food itself or because
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152 she was still mad he couldn't tell.
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153 Later they were back on the path again. If they didn't find any habitation by nightfall, James decided, they would
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154 be leaving in the morning. It was a nice enough place to visit, he supposed, but he had things to do. The slight risk
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155 posed by extending himself now would be balanced by the time he saved not waiting. Waiting for anything was not
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156 advisable at this point.
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157 The first sun was once again low on the horizon, making it a full local day they had been here. James lagged behind
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158 Tariya, watching carefully for signs of something besides trees. Suddenly a glint of metal in the grass caught his
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159 eye. He knelt down to examine it as Tariya disappeared around a curve ahead, not noticing he had stopped.
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160 It was a broken knife handle, adorned with intricate carvings and strange lettering. He tried to decipher the
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161 lettering but couldn't get more than a vague impression of something considerably less than benign.
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162 He was still puzzling over the object when the woods echoed with a bone-chilling scream.
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163 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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164 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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165
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166 Natasha? Hmmmm.... the last I heard her body had been washed up on
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167 a lonely beach. Will wonders never cease?
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168
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169 Ah, Delta 5, you have a long memory. Bizerte, indeed! I had almost
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170 forgotten that Tunisian garden spot. Wonderful place to visit, but I
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171 wouldn't want to die there. I'm open for any ideas.... did you want
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172 to begin an adventure, or just wing it?
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173
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174 Mohammed Wassir
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175 <The Nostalgic Albanian>
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176
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177 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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178
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179 That's all we need, a long talk about AIDS and VD and herpes and then two
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180 people having sex on a couch. Some have short memories, but this? As long
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181 as we continue to glorify sex without wedlock impressionable people will
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182 continue to think it is fine and dandy to partake of such pleasures. It
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183 is a sad day when the search for moral fortitude comes up empty handed.
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184 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still a believer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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185
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186 Hey John Kingman
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187 I can use up lots
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188 of lines too with
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189 my little titles.
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190 (c) 1985
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191 Phil D. Pantzup
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192
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193 PHIL PHIL PHIL PHIL
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194
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195 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]longenough]]]]]]
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196
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197 Pen Name: I feel reluctant to continue this conversation what with your snide sarcasm and the condescending tone ("that
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198 you even know a shread about the level of biology needed to comprehend what I say") you seem to feel makes you sound so
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199 intelligent. I assure you I know much more about evolution than you obviously suppose. I also happen to know a great
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200 deal about Catholicism. You see, I was raised Catholic, and even attended a Catholic school. At the end of that teaching
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201 I found myself rejecting the church completely, and thereby God's existence as well. After a short time of assuming that
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202 since their teachings were wrong, all must be wrong, I delved into the subject of creation, evolution and religion to
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203 learn the truth. I set aside my bitterness, which like you, I had plenty of, and looked at it with clear eyes, hearing
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204 all arguments. The Catholic faith is full of wrongs, and dangerous ones at that.
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205 I had a sneaking suspicion that you had endured some bitter childhood religious experiences, and you proved me right
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206 before I could ask. And I don't blame you for still being so. But it's time to
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207 start fresh and *set those teachings completely aside*. It's very hard to do, and again, I don't blame you for taking
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208 the easy way out.
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209
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210 But your bitterness turns you into a much-less-than-skillful debator. Using such tactics as steering clear of the
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211 original question (prove evolution) and instead attacking the other side of
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212 the question and *then* the questioner as well indicates a rigid, self-important, tyronistic and self-important
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213 (oops already said that- didn't mean to emphasize the point to harshly.) Any, close-minded attitude.
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214
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215 If you would like to take this discussion to another BBS where we could leave personal messages, great. I'm all for it,
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216 for some odd reason. The challenge of at least seeing you listen I guess. But to bore the other patrons of this
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217 wonderful board with your harsh and probably extended (never to the point! No, the more arguments, the wider their
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218 path, the better, so as poor as they may be, they are irrefutible simply by the magnitude of their numbers!) discert-
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219 ations on a subject you are obviously no expert on is not fair to those who are tired of their rehashing on public
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220 boards.
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221
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222 I don't expect you to go sulking away. I would expect you to get angry, as you apparently have. Your inner bitterness
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223 at your erroneous religious upbringing is quick to rise to the fore. I also never said I'd 'save' you. In fact I said
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224 just the opposite. It's certainly not to be my job (I hope), so don't put words in my mouth.
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225
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226 Anyway, again, best regards, best wishes, I still feel sorry for you even if you don't want me to, and my offer of
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227 continued discussion still stands...
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228
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229 Andy
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230
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231 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] etc.
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232
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233 <<:**************************************************:>>
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234 Mohammed - Loved your Valinor entry. Excel
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235 Unfortunately it's unlikely LeRoy will come out of retirement
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236 any time soon. Life has been to chaotic. Work too stressful.
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237
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238 I thought raising Natasha from the dead was a nice touch. I
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239 thought it fit nicely with all the religious discussion. After
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240 all, her brother LeRoy was famous spiritual leader.
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241
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242 Being a caseworker for Children's Services Divisio
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243 totally bizarre experience. It is extremely stressful. Extremely
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244 difficult. And the most interesting work I've ever done.
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245
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246 I'm seeing the world from an entirely different perspective.
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247 Sometimes it's enough to make you sick but it's always
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248 fascinating.
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249
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250 French Toast - Yes...I know I'm sliping. Alot of it is this
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251 hideous Enter Only. I hate it. In the old days I'd wait it out.
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252 I can't do that anymore. I grab my telecomputing time when I
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253 can get it. And that means Enter Only. Enter Only means I can't
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254 do my final editing.
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255
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256 FYI - I think it's terrible the way Frank treated you. I think
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257 you should give him hell.
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258
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259 You've got to be careful with Frank. He's got a sharp tounge
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260 and easily lashes out. The thing to remember is that he's not
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261 real. Don't take offense.
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262
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263 I noticed you used two signatures (FYI & F.Y.I.) and two line
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264 lengths. Does that mean that you're more than one character?
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265 What name, or names, might I know you by?
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266
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267 I greatly enjoyed both of your entries. They were surprisingly
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268 insightful and I found them refreshing. You obviously watch this
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269 board carefully.
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270
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271 John Silverman - You are a very good writer. I have been
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272 impressed with your talent. With experience I think you could
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273 be a top notch writer.
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274
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275 Have you ever considered experimenting with writing styles
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276 other than narrative? I love it when the really good writers
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277 play around with different styles and formats.
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278
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279 I feel that it breathes life into the Inn.
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280
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281 To All - Backwater has been really interesting lately. I think
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282 the quality of the writing is on the upswing. I only wish I had
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283 the time to really participate.
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284
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285 Grand D.
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286
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287 <<:*********************************************************:>>
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289 Andy: Ok, challenge accepted. You want to continue, try 286-xxxx between
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290 6pm and 9am. All the rest of you can follow this there.
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291 I'm tempted to coment on your misconceptions and your ability or
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292 lack thereof to read true my messages, but I won't; we'll carry
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293 all of this to another BBS I know of. I'll say no more about it
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294 here: on that point we agree.
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295
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296 Tom: How are ya'? Write us all a story! Entertain us!
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297 PEN NAME
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298 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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299 ******************FOR SALE*******************
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300 * 1976 CR125 (HONDA) DIRT BIKE *
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301 * COMPLETE REBUILD, NEW GASKETS BARRINGS *
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302 * COMPLETELY REPAINTED. LOOKS AND RUNS *
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303 * EXELLENT. RACED ONLY ONCE ON REBUILD *
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304 * AM ASKING 225 OR WILL TRADE FOR DOWNHILL *
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305 * SKIIS. IF INTERESTED LEAVE MESSAGE.
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306 * *
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307 * ROB *
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308 * PASLEY *
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309 *********************************************
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310
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311 LIST
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312 ______________________________JD 2446384.8431____________________________
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313 """""""""""""
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314 Anyone who knows anything about biology would know better than to speak of
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315 cells "mating"... Just thought I'd point that out...
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316 """""""""""""Nobody Of Importance...
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317
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318 ***************************************************************************
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319 Just an observation, it seems like a lot of the arguments of late are based
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320 on how agressive and overpowering each individual can be. Demanding that the
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321 other individual is not playing the game fairly. + fred + and _ French Toast _
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322 are doing it to each other, as are | PEN NAME | and [ Andy ].
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323 It seems so often that debates around here end up as a emotionally based
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324 argument on the individuals own beliefs and view points. Demanding that
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325 the other individuals beliefs are not acceptable nor proper. That there
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326 is only one true way to see things, and that any other is false. While
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327 that may be true for you personally, it is not true for everyone.
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328 Everyones view of the world is different, and you should not expect and
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329 particularly you should not demand that other people see things the way
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330 that you see them. Nor does it mean that the other persons veiwpoint is
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331 wrong. Learn a little tolerance, and you'll get a lot further in the world.
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332 Nuff said, not that anybody will listen to me. When it comes to emotions
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333 and beliefs nobody wants to admit that they aren't being reasonable.
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334 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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335
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336 Ah heck, a good discussion and rapid-fire words doesn't always have to result
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337 someone saying "now calm down boys," etc. Everyone has a right to their opinion,
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338 and brisk discussions are certainly more worthwhile and get the blood flowing
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339 than miserly chit-chat. Not that I condone name-calling, but lively discussions,
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340 which obviously contain emotions, are not always so bad. They keep life inter-
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341 esting...
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342
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343
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344 P.S. Thanks Andy- good move to see that the discussion was getting out of hand
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345 on a public board. No interest to follow it on my part... but congrats for
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346 keeping a cool head and thinking of others...
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347
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348 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP JUST LURKING AROUND PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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349 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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350 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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351 [*=*] They had walked for more than an hour, leisurly now that they were safely away from the pizza place, away from
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352 people, eyes,ears... The taller of the two men stopped and leaned against an Eastern Maple tree, and removed his right
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353 shoe. Twisting the heel to the right, he removed a small metal object, and handed it to the other man. "Good lord
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354 ,where did you get it, he asked, the incredulity of seeing another one causing his voice to tremble. "I got it from
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355 Delta. HE has the other one. The younger man was visibly shaken. Delta? You mean..." "Yes. He's come out of 'retirement'
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356 They set off, walking a little more quickly now, heading back to the 'office'. They walked in silence. Finally
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357 the younger man spoke. "Wassir". "It WAS Wassir". It was a statement, rather than a question. As they continued, they
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358 both reflected upon the events of about a year ago.McKane dead. Then the Albanian is supposedly lost at sea. And the
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359 woman. Dead. It all fell apart. And everyone went their seperate way. And now McKane is reported to be alive. Wassir
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360 is got something going in South America. And the 'dvices', the toxins with which McKane had threatened the world.
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361 In the small metal cannisters. And Delta V has onel[*=*] DELTA V.
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362 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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363 Bard looked up at Tayree. "Aedem?"
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364 "yes," the scarlet lion assured him. "aedem has been telling me all
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365 about herself and where she's from. her home is another temporal plane,
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366 where people rise from the grave and live until their 'birth'. time essentially
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367 flows backwards there. in a sense, she's growing younger here in our plane,
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368 although we see her growing 'older'.
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369 "from what she's told me, she was exiled for political reasons. some big
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370 misunderstanding between herself, her husband and the former king of her land,
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371 whose name was nosaj. oh, i'm sorry, that's her husband's name. the king's
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372 name was noerc."
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373 At that point, Tayree saw the piper laying in the hall clutching his
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374 wrist. It was bleeding quite heavily again, and he looked quite pale.
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375 "emu, cragmore," she called, "help me get piper into the stateroom." Once
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376 there, she and Emu set to work bandaging Piper's wound.
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377 Cragmore looked at Trainor, sleeping against the bulkhead. "Bard, let's
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378 get Trainor into his own room. Aedem, could you help us? Thanks. Yes, just
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379 inside this room, up onto the bed. What was that, Bard?" Bard was mumbling
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380 to himself, with a puzzled look on his face.
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381 "Huh? Oh, just uh, just thinking to myself. Let's leave Trainor alone
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382 here, and Aedem, why don't you see if Emu and Tayree need any help with
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383 Piper's arm." She nodded and as they left the room, Bard motioned for Cragmore
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384 to follow him.
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385
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386 "Okay, I'll bite. What's up, Bard?"
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387 Bard closed the hatchway into the control room, and made sure that all the
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388 communication circuts were inactive. Only after making sure that they wouldn't be overheard did Bard answer.
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389 "Cragmore, did you catch anything interesting about this Aedem woman?"
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390 At the mentalist's look of confusion, Bard continued. "What do you know
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391 of Earth's Greek mythology?"
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392 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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393 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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394 <<<X>>>>X<<<<X>>>>X<<<<X>>>>X<<<<X>>>>X<<<<X>>>>X<<<<X>>>>X<<<
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395 PEN NAME; THANKS FOR THE HELLO!!
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396 GOT ONE HERE THAT I BEEN WORKING ON!
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397
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398 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE COUSIN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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399
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400 They came to the river,young,rich,adventurous and desirous
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401 of seeing the magnificence of the gourge. He found it all that he
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402 hoped, its water, its sun, feasts, - and the beauty of its
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403 man. He took quarters in the aristocratic old house boat and
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404 there , one day, was talking with some of his new River friends.
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405 He had just done complimenting the women of their morrage
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406 when Tommaso spoke up,saying, "ah, but you have not seen
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407 most superb beauty of all, our legend, our famous lady of
|
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408 ystery, whom every man praises but whom almost none has ever
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409 seen."
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410 Pressed for a further account, Tommaso continued, "she is
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411 e wife of a well-to-do master sail maker. Two years ago, there
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412 was a rumor that the bigest longshoremen here was so inflamed by
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413 one glimpse of her that he swore he would put her to the
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414 oof. And there have been other tales. Still, though there are
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415 servants in his home , none will admit to having seen her, I
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416 have been to his shop often, and often have I seen him at the
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417 er or the city --always in the company of his cousin, a young
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418 n who stidies law at the university, but never with a wife."
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419 LaBones asked to be taken to the sail makers shop and
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420 roduced to Him. Having arrived, Tommaso made the introduction
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421 nd excused himself for other business while LaBones sat down to
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422 order a set of sails.
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423 As the sailmaker bent over some measurements, LaBones
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424 glanced around the shop and was astonished to see a beautiful
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425 ng woman spying on him from the back of the gallery. She had
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426 e fairest face, the reddest lips and the most enchanting eyes
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427 he had ever beheld. So struck with love was he that he almost
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428 cried out. Then she was gone.
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429 A little latter, a young man came down the stairs from the
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430 allery, The sailmaster looking round at him, said, "ah,
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431 n,"as he ushered LaBones to the door. But the face of the
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432 ng man was the face LaBones had seen in back.
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433 LaBones went at once to meet Tommaso and the two had a very
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434 long talk, at the end of which they made a plan.
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435
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436 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CONTINUED<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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437
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438 TALK TO YOU TONIGHT IF YOU ARE NOT TO BUSY DEBATING ON THE OTHER
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439 RD,\\\\TUGBOAT\\\\\
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440
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441
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442 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Dreamtoucher*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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||
443 First a 'Loc'.
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444 John Silverman may be a techniquely competant, perhaps even excelant
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445 writer. I certainly make no claim to such ability let alone greater, yet
|
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446 neather his style nor subject matter holds my interest. Perhaps its a matter
|
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447 of personal taste. Just as some people care little for open verse poetry, I
|
||
448 find neither delight nor enlightenment in mundane mainstream prose.
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449 (By all means keep writing it though; a lot of other people appearently do)
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450 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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451 "Zypher: if you look above your head, floating just below the table's top
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||
452 you will see what appears to be a translucent green sausage. This is person.
|
||
453 On another world there were many brothers in spirit to yourself. person
|
||
454 figured in several of thair adventures. Perhaps you have encountered such a
|
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455 one in such dreams as are usualy forgotten upon waiking. He speaks only in
|
||
456 the mind lacking organs of speach. Also I use he in the sense of generic
|
||
457 sentient, person lacks any recognisable biomorphic polarity (a term I picked
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458 up from Themnax ). It was person's voice spoke last time"
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459 As Dreamtoucher said this the green sausage shape bent slightly in the
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460 middly, 'forward' end bobbing up and down slightly. Snowrunner mearly lowered
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461 her chin further on her forelegs and sighed.
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462 "These are streinge times indeed for a simple elf who loves to run free in
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463 the woods. Among humans I've been something called employed lately. An odd
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464 experience, not without benefit but benifits not without cost. One of the
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465 costs is some prescence of mind."
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466 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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467 An extension to my 'Loc' at the start of my entry above: Both Rebalsa
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468 and Destroyer (in his current encarnation) are absolutly delightful. Bear is
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469 at tymes 'unBEARable' but perhaps learning by doing. As to non-story
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470 commentaries, I will perhaps run off at the keyboard at greater length some
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471 future tyme.
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472 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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473 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#
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474 Having read through three hundred lines (entered since thid morning, Urgh!)
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475 lets see if I can get it straight the first time:
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476 Grand D.: First, is it really you? If so, then you are a person who has the
|
||
477 respect of a lot of the tenants of this inn (Which they don't give easily) and
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||
478 therefore I am flattered by your comments. Pardon my skepticism about your
|
||
479 identity, but still being a relaitive (6 months) newcomer here, I still have to
|
||
480 take everything I see at face value, which is made doubly hard by all the
|
||
481 fakery and border stealing going on lately.
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482 Second, you mentioned styles other that straight narrative. I like narrative
|
||
483 because I enjoy reading it, becuase I can do it somewhat well, but mostly because
|
||
484 it's the only style I know. I don't know what you mean by "other styles", honestly
|
||
485 I do like to experiment, though, so if I had some idea what "other styles" meant,
|
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486 then maybe I could try.
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||
487 Finally, are you the one who informed me about Frank? Or was that someone else
|
||
488 stealing your border? If that was you, then thank you for the info. It was
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||
489 driving me nutz.
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||
490 Dreamtoucher: So prose puts you to sleep, while poetry puts me to sleep. I can
|
||
491 handle that. Thanks anyway. See you around.
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||
492 Time to prepare another upload. I'll probably need it tomorrow (sigh)...
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||
493
|
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494 JOHN SILVERMAN
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||
495 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
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||
496 2 PEN NAME .. I WAS HERE BUT GONE NOW.. FOUND NOTHING WORTH WRITING 2
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||
497 2 ABOUT. |||| TUGBOAT |||| 2
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||
498 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
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499
|
||
500 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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||
501 DreamToucher-Today I go visit "Stevie" at the art place, Anything I should
|
||
502 know about before hand? /dorun/ has mentioned a few things already. Which
|
||
503 is why I am going. Still have the CGP-115? Still want to dump it? It would
|
||
504 go well with something else I am working on.
|
||
505 For the person commenting[sic] on John Kingman, Kingman has not written
|
||
506 here for more then 6 months, get your names right.
|
||
507 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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||
508 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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509 The piper watched the group with slightly glassy eyes. The speed with whitch
|
||
510 events were changing had him somewhat bewildered. The sight of the young woman
|
||
511 with whom he had been in such violent and intimate contact, whose fate was
|
||
512 heavy upon his mind, seemed almost to be a dream vision. Worry surged up,
|
||
513 he attempted to rise. She was injured! She shouldn't be...
|
||
514 The hands of the others interrupted his revery. As the lady in the grey
|
||
515 cloak moved out of sight, helping with the unconcious Trainor, the piper
|
||
516 was almost unconcious of the strong hands helping him. While his body might
|
||
517 be fully engaged in getting the reopened wound sutured, his heart was
|
||
518 wandering the corridors of the machine, following a young woman dressed
|
||
519 in a soft grey robe.
|
||
520 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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||
521 ????? Ask Stevie to introduce you to Darla. You'll like her. Watcha gimme for
|
||
522 a CGP-115? [*=*]
|
||
523 for sale for sale - sport fishing boat - coast guard approved with registration
|
||
524 number, electronically welded seam, inboard trolling moto . all yours
|
||
525 for only the cost of freight and handling of $695. cod. c. o. d.
|
||
526 send all orders to toogood to be true scam c.o. local postmaster
|
||
527 for sale for sale
|
||
528 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
|
||
529 For anyone even mildly interested, Pen Name and I (Andy) had quite a chat (letting
|
||
530 our fingers do the walking), saving about 59 weeks of back and forth on a BBS like
|
||
531 this as well as your boredom to sift through it. And while he couldn't provide any
|
||
532 arguments proving evolution, neither could I disproving it. The end result was an
|
||
533 agreement to disagree as well as a realization that it's much easier to shout
|
||
534 and curse when communications are slow in coming. Direct talking has quite a
|
||
535 number of distinct advantages. Perhaps Reagan might realize this?
|
||
536
|
||
537 On second thought... perhaps not.
|
||
538
|
||
539 Andy
|
||
540 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
|
||
541 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
542 Dreamtoucher 'Loc':
|
||
543 I am interested in constructive criticsm and appreciate the fact that you
|
||
544 speak up. Writers who take offense at honest opinions should keep their
|
||
545 writing to themselves. That's why I would enjoy hearing you elaborate on why
|
||
546 my stories are unBEARable at times (other than the fact that they feature
|
||
547 graphic killing- the point there being that killing and destruction etc. are
|
||
548 certainly not pretty things to see...). Anyway, your continued response would
|
||
549 be appreciated since I'm only trying to provide interesting, and somewhat
|
||
550 different, materia.
|
||
551 Thanks
|
||
552 Bear
|
||
553
|
||
554 00000000000
|
||
555 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
556 Any other opinions?
|
||
557 00000000000000
|
||
558 Grand D: Oh yes, you do know me from BW quite well. We have spoken many times under different circumstances, and we
|
||
559 have even been on opposite sides of the net, so to speak. When I saw the incarnation of Frank being trod upon by
|
||
560 neophytes, I was forced to speak up. I did not know whether Frank would ever return, and I felp compelled to set
|
||
561 the record straight. I am not big on being a brother's keeper, but when the brother might be blind, deaf, and
|
||
562 mute, I had to act. Frank was such a wonderful invention, not because of the response he gathered from the good
|
||
563 users of BW, and not because of his particular interests, but because through his characterization he allowed all of
|
||
564 us a glance into our own pyches. If we were able to see beyond the red haze of anger before our eyes, and comprehend
|
||
565 what Frank was really all about, we grew, and in doing so received more from Frank than we would like to admit. It
|
||
566 was an experiment worthy of great praise, and I commend its creator. The logistics were perfectly planned, and I don't
|
||
567 think Frank slipped up once in all the messages he left. FYI (or F.Y.I.) was merely a character constructed to help
|
||
568 set the record straight, and hopefully cause Frank and/or Frank's creator to return. FYI distorted history a bit, but
|
||
569 only in the hopes of Frank/Creator noticing the distortions and in turn coming back and telling his own story. It is
|
||
570 difficult to know when someone lurks if they don't leave even a trace! Anyway, my job is complete. My creator will no
|
||
571 doubt meet you in other personnas and on other battle fields, be they Oklahoma City, Oriental Torture rooms, or the
|
||
572 front row of the Mormon Tabernacle.
|
||
573
|
||
574 FYI
|
||
575 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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576 ch /felp/felt/ /other mistakes/utter correctness/
|
||
577 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=9
|
||
578 "Bard, it has been so long since anyone has asked, I don't know how much
|
||
579 I remember, or what condition that which I do remember is in. Aedem... Aedem.."
|
||
580 Cragmore sat down slowly on a nearby cushioned bench. His face was the face of
|
||
581 deep concentration. The thumb and index finger of his right hand rose and
|
||
582 snapped, as Cragmore tried to remember. Slowly his memory returned. His powers
|
||
583 quickly fashioned traces into concepts, concepts into visions, and visions
|
||
584 into pure memory; memory that could be relived and spoken of.
|
||
585 "I am not sure, but Aedon was the wife of Zethus, the king of Thebes,
|
||
586 and mother of Itylus. She was insane with jealousy over her sister-in-law
|
||
587 Niobe, who had six sons and six daughters. She tried to kill the eldest son
|
||
588 of her sister-in-law, but instead killed her own son Itylus. Zeus changed
|
||
589 her into a nightingale to forever sing her plaintive song. The only other
|
||
590 thing I can think of is the Aedes mosquito which transmitted dengue and
|
||
591 yellow fever. I must have failed because I can not relate either of these to
|
||
592 our own situation. What exactly do you mean? And why all the secrecy from
|
||
593 the others?"
|
||
594 A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= CRAGMORE A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A= A=9
|
||
595
|
||
596 *%_)@*%_@)#*%)_*%_)!*%_!)*(%)_!*%_)#*%_#)*%!_)%*_!)*%_)%*@_)#*%)_@#*%_@#)*%
|
||
597 PIPER: I am really enjoying this 4107. How much did you say they were? Or
|
||
598 should I even ask lest the price send me reeling?
|
||
599 Mikey: Any more downloads from Compuserve on COPYLINK? Last count on adventure
|
||
600 games is over 260, with one game now missing from the IBM board. I left a msg
|
||
601 to the SIG sysop but have not received a reply yet.
|
||
602 *%)#@*%)_@#%*@#)_%*_)@#*^@)_#^*@_#)^* L'homme sans Parity %*#)_@%*#_@)%*_@#)%
|
||
603 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||
604 |||TUG BOAT|||: Busy lines this am-no could get thru-but oh well, a marathon
|
||
605 is a marathon. Looks like the $ went up un the USR C2400,
|
||
606 but not to worry. What did Kell say? 286 is where it's at!
|
||
607 John S.: Loved it! Ready to create an environment and stock it with kind,
|
||
608 loving people (more or less) now. See me later with the d/lo.
|
||
609 Andy: Sneak around. That wasn't taken for Bear, but the idea did occur to me.
|
||
610 Slept well, I hope?? (up 'till 4:30, personnaly) 3 hours. Marathon!
|
||
611 PEN NAME
|
||
612 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||1:23pm||
|
||
613 ######################OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR USERS OF BWMS:
|
||
614 I have a principal who's willing to pay $25,000 for any one who can supply
|
||
615 1953 or earlier "Corningware" oval dish, made in Corning,N.Y.,regardless of
|
||
616 condition or size.
|
||
617 Go and check your pantry and cupboard at once before this type of announce-
|
||
618 ment appear in your local and national newspapers.
|
||
619 This is not a contest but a quest for collectible dishwares by a well-known
|
||
620 collector. Details would follow. ####################################
|
||
621 :::::=====:::::=====
|
||
622 "Person?"
|
||
623 The sausage shape quivered, as it acknowledged my summons. This "sending"
|
||
624 was getting easier.
|
||
625 "IDreamtoucher.....what sort of dreams? And why should *I* have any?"
|
||
626 I paused, wondering about something that the elven mystic had mentioned
|
||
627 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.At The Bottom!!!.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
|
||
|
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