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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 11 JAN 86 **********************
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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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20 **************************************************
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41 JFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASOND
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42 1982 1983 1984 1985
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43
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44 Usage graph for BWMS. The numbers at the left
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45 are the number of disks used for the month
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46 indicated at the bottom.
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47 ***************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************
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48
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49 Strephon kissed me in the spring,
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50 Robin in the fall,
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51 But Colin only looked at me
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52 And never kissed at all.
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53 Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
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54 Robin's lost in play,
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55 But the kiss in Colin's eyes
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56 Haunts me night and day.
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57 --Sara Teasdale
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58 THE ARROW AND THE SONG
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59
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60 I shot an arrow into the air,
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61 It fell to earth, I know not where;
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62 For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
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63 Could not follow it in its flight.
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64
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65 I breathed a song into the air,
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66 It fell to earth, I know not where;
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67 For who has sight so keen and strong,
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68 That it can follow the flight of song?
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69
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70 Long, long afterward, in an oak
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71 I found the arrow, still unbroke;
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72 And the song, from beginning to end,
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73 I found again in the heart of a friend.
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74
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75 --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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76
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77 ______________________________________________________
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78 simply beautiful.....
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79
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80 FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM
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81 The story shall continue soon...
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82 FMFMFMFMFMFM Fable Master FMFMFMFMFMFM
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83 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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84 From Prometheus; Objected
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85 A slight objection to the title above, fables are difficult enough to find,
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86 let alone master. Though I encourage you to try, it does seem impossible.
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87 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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88
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89 all net agents like to consider themselves as intelligent, inteellectual,
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90 well-trained, and above everything else, better than the rest of us.
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91 their sneers at spelling and how we are taking their spelling with us and into
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92 the gutter, is only an example. others can be cited, but that would get bloody
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93 and i fear i will stain a few shirts and ties as it is.
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94 once you only had to snap nets codes to enter it. to do that you went down to
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95 the Library, central branch, and read three books. like ian did once.
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96 now if you break the code, you are an imposter. well, knock one up for an
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97 imposter who has made net level four obsolete, without officially knowing it.
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98 and if i thought any of you had it in you, i would hope you'd feel sorry.
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99
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100 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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101 This is true. (By the way, there is a key on most keyboards that says "shift"
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102 and if you hold it down while pressing a letter key it will echo a capital
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103 letter. LIKE THIS. Try it, you like it.
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104 This code stuff is the result of one Net Operative who likes games, but has
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105 the consistency of abused J-ELLO. (Lime flavor). Heis an unselfidentified
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106 particle of flotsam swaying perpetually in a vascillating sea of self inflicted
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107 indifference. His self esteem was lost in a flood which destroyed his childhood
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108 home, and his memories of his mother, hence he seeks acceptance from others
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109 He masturbates several times a day, while envisioning,fantisising, sexual
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110 intercourse with women he has not the courage to speak to. He is fat and ugly.
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111 Give him a break. Don't feel sorry for him. If you have a sister you don't
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112 like, introduce them. He really isn't a BAD guy.
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113 ###########WHAT A SWEETHEART################################################
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114 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$
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115 This one came to me while I was trying to get somebody on the phone the other night. Granted, I exaggerated for
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116 effect, but hasn't anybody else felt the same way in the same situation sometimes?
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117 P.S. What do you think of the experimental format? I doubt you'll be seeing a whole lot of it.
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118 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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119 Time: 10:14 AM
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120 Phone: "Beep... beep... beep..."
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121 Me: What is this? I told her I'd call on my morning break. Who the hell would she be talking to at this hour?
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122 Nuts. Gotta get back to work.
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123 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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124 Time: 11:56 AM
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125 Phone: "Beep... beep... beep..."
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126 Me: Still? For crying out loud! Who would she be talking to for two whole hours? Every day she tells me to call
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127 and I call but how can I get through if the thing's busy all the time? Now I'll have to wait 'til I get back from
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128 lunch. Wish I had time to stop by.
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129 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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130 Time: 12:46 PM
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131 Phone: "Beep... beep.. beep..."
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132 Me: Son of a B! Damn. Maybe something's wrong. I'll call Mrs. Price next door and see if she'll check.
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133 Phone: "Brrr... Brrr... *click* Hello?"
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134 Me: "Hello, Mrs. Price? This is Dave, your neighbor. I've been trying to call my wife all morning and the phone's
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135 been busy. I was just wondering if you'd just take a look for me and see if everything's all right."
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136 Phone: "Certainly, I'll... Wait a minute. I can see her from my window. She's sitting in the kitchen, talking on
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137 the phone. Everything look's fine from here."
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138 Me: Sigh. "Thank you very much."
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139 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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140 Time: 2:04 PM
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141 Phone: "Beep... beep... beep..."
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142 Me: Goddammit! Who the hell's she talking to? She's there alone all day long... alone... Maybe she's seeing
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143 somebody behind my back. Maybe that kid that delivers groceries, 19 years old and 180 pounds of solid tanned muscle! Or
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144 maybe that damn TV repair man! She mentioned something about him coming over today to fix the horizontal hold. Maybe
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145 that ain't all he's fixing. Maybe she left the phone off the hook so as not to be disturbed. I can't leave, and now I
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146 gotta go through the rest of the day thinking about that! S**T!
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147 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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148 Time: 4:51 PM
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149 Phone: "Brrr... Brrr... Brrr..."
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150 Me: That's fifteen rings. She's not there. I knew it! I'll kill her! I'm going to go home, get my gun, and blow
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151 her goddamn brains out! And that Goddamn TV man. Or the delivery boy. Hell, I'll waste 'em both, just to be sure! And
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152 that cheap, no good, dirty, lousy sl-
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153 Phone: "*click* Hello?"
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154 Me: "Uhhh... H-h-h-hello?"
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155 Phone: "Dave! Oh, my god, I just realized! Oh, I'm so sorry! My mother called this morning, saying she was coming
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156 to visit for a week. I know how well the two of you get along, and I tried to talk her out of it. It's been such a long
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157 time since I talked to her and our conversation kept getting off the subject but after six hours I convinced her that
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158 it really wasn't a good time to come. I really wanted her to visit but I knew it would drive you crazy. I'm sorry I
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159 took so long to answer but I was in the back of the house vacuuming and couldn't hear the bell."
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160 Me: "Uh... uh..."
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161 Phone: "What's the matter, dear? You sound funny."
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162 Me: "Ohhhh... nothing. Nothing at all. I was just worried 'cause I couldn't reach you."
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163 Phone: "You're sweet. Will you be home soon?"
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164 Me: "Right away. They left me to lock up but I thought I'd call first."
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165 Phone: "Okay, dear. I'm fixing your favorite tonight. Hurry home. I love you."
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166 Me: "I love you too."
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167 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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168 Time: 8:58 AM (the next morning.)
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169 My boss: "Dave. You were here after I left. Do you have any idea who ripped the phone in my office out of the wall
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170 last night?"
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171 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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172 #$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$#$# J.D. SILVERMAN $#$#$#$#$#$
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173
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174 13131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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175 Tilean: Calm down. Tell the WHOLE story and shall relay accordingly. You
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176 have stated old policies. Don't push, be patient. Above all, recheck your
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177 views objectively.
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178 13131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313131313
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179
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180 Oh, Silverman, you DO have a sense of humor. Why did you waste your talent on
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181 a horror story in the first place? Not only was the above story oh-so true,
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182 but it conveyed a story with an unusual point of view, which is refreshing
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183 indeed. Before I slobber all over you and you get a big head, just remember
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184 that you've also proven that you can
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185 write just-ok stuff. But stay funny... humor is a very elusive thing and it's
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186 a real gift when you can do it.....
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187
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188 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ TSSC @@@@@@@@@@
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189
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190 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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191 It's always amazed me how unsophisticated bulletin boards such as this are as
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192 popular as newer ones with multiple message bases and download file areas.
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193 Just another example that the users make the system.
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194 And in this family known as Backwater, I applaud you and every memeber who so
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195 much as realizes the value of this
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196 system.
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197 Bravo Backwater!
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198 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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199
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200 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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201
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Washington, January 12
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202 The new Director dropped into his new chair. Sure of the latest fashions,
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203 he was comfortable in his three-piece suit. Steadily he depressed a thin
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204 red key into the shiny desk surface. A monitor rose from the black top and
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205 a keyboard clicked into place also. A secretary entered the office. If
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206 the new Director had not been perplexed, he might have noticed.
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207 "An appointment, Director."
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208 "What? Oh, right."
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209 "Should I go get them, Director?"
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210 He depressed another slim red key and a graphic of the world showed on the
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211 table top. Sattelite charts, oceanographic charts and aeronautical maps
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212 were overlaid there. Pressing keys, it all disappeared in an instant.
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213 "Director?"
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214 "Sorry. Please send them in."
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215 The monitor and keyboard submereged into the desk as the two men entered.
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216 A stenographer followed and seated herself discretely near the Director.
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217 She prepared her pad while the three men shook hands over the table.
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218 "Sit down, gentlemen."
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219 One of the men lumbered into a chair. The other sat down gingerly and made
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220 himself comfortable at last. Neither knew what to say first.
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221 "Now. Explain the McKane account."
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222 The obeise one decided to speak first. As he started talking the other one
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223 interrupted loudly.
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224 "The Agency owes him. When Congress denied us part of the 1983 budget, he-
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225 donated it."
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226 The Director frowned.
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227 "We took him into the Alps after the last engagement with the Net. The ass
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228 nailed us. He threatened full ddisclosure to Congress about fiscal 1983."
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229 "Disperse the McKane organization."
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230 "If he sends fiscal 1983 to Congress?"
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231 "Adopt Delta Five."
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232 The Director was ruthless. Senators Duncan and Smithfield promised support
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233 for the agency as long as Hart got information on the Presidency. President
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234 Reagan was easily deceived anyway. The Agency was his.
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235
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236 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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237
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238 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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239 The ocean waves crash unceasingly against the rocky shore.
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240 Slowly eating away at the rock as it has for eons. Creating the
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241 tiny grains of sand to line the beach.
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242
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243 On the horizon a dark speck can be seen if one were to look
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244 closly. Bobing up and down with the waves, now appearing, and
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245 now gone from sight.
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246 As the hours pass, slowly the speck drifts closer with the
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247 currents. In time details can be made out by those with eyes
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248 sharp enough to do so. A make-shift raft built from floatsome,
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249 the remains of some disaster.
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250 As more time passes and the raft drifts closer. Now a
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251 figure can be seen laying prone on the raft partially covered, a
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252 futile attempt to fight off the wind swept seas.
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253 This close to shore the waves begin to break into white
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254 caps, jostling the raft and its occupant. Stirring and then
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255 rising as a result of the unusual activity, the figure looks up
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256 to see what is happening. Confusion is apparent at first,
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257 brushing the ragged mane of matted hair aside the figure finally
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258 sees the nearby shore line and looks on uncomprehending of its
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259 meaning.
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260 Abruptly the raft strikes a submerged rock, and its
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261 occupant is thrown into the water. Sputering seawater he raises
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262 back up out of the water. Climbing aboard, he begins to collect
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263 what remains of his few posessions into a bundle, stopping for a
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264 period of time within the crudely built shelter. Then sitting
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265 at the front of the raft, waits for the shore line to be closer,
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266 knowing that soon he must leave this raft that has been his home
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267 for these many months. Soon it will break up as it is driven
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268 among the rock lined shore.
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269 As the raft approaches another rock, this one quite visible
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270 above the pounding surf, he dives off to the side and watches
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271 quietly as his home of so many months is destroyed in a few
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272 swift blows against the rocks. Struggling on-ward in the
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273 crashing waves, he swims for the shore that is now quite near.
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274 Twice he is nearly dashed against the rock strewn shore.
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275 The third time he is not so fortunate, and the waves drive him
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276 unmercifully against the large rock he is unable to avoid
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277 knocking the breath from him. Unable to breath, unable to move,
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278 he hangs against the bracken covered rock. Again the sea
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279 crashes around him, driving him once again against the unyelding
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280 barier of the rock, causing him to this time lose his small
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281 parcel of posessions.
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282 Knowing that he cannot continue to stay and let the
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283 crashing surf beat against him, or the next time might be the
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284 last, he lets loose and allows the frothing waves to carry him
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285 to the rocky shore.
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286 Stumbling among the rocks, and repeatedly thrown down by
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287 the crashing waves, finally he reaches the small patch of sand
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288 just outside the waves reach. Turning, he reaches out,
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289 beaconing for someone that does not exist. Reaching out to a
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290 shadow. offering help that is not wanted or taken. So long had
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291 he struggled and waited to find the safty and security of land.
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292 But the passing of time has had its toll, as he calls out
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293 to an imaginary friend. Begging her to pass from the sea of
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294 emotional turbulance, to dare to risk the rocks to gain the
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295 solid ground of land. It becomes obvious that the answer he
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296 desires is not forthcoming as he collapses on the sand, great
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297 sobs shake his body. The wind and rain wash away the tears and
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298 carry them to the sea. No one would ever know the feelings of
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299 pain and loss that are felt were it not for the gently echoing
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300 sobs that filled the small cove. A small shivering figure
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301 sitting alone on a remote wind swept beach.
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302
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303 After a period of time, a man in a gray-blue uniform
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304 bareing a leather satchel approaches the raft's one time
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305 occupant. Reaching into the bag, the man digs out a small brown
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306 envelope and throws it down to him saying, "Here, this is for
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307 you."
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308 Picking up the envelope, he turns it over and then sees the
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309 inscription on the front "To: Occupant".
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310 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Elger EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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311
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312 --------------------------------------------------------
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313 A touching tale with a weird ending. But, I am reminded
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314 of a saying, perhaps it will help. Then again maybe not,
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315 but here it is anyway.
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316
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317 If you love something, let it go.
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318 If it comes back, it is your's.
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319 If it does not, it never was.
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320
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321 Let go of your past, look to the future. In the words of
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322 yet another saying. (I seem to be full of sayings don't I?)
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323
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324 Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life.
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325 --------------------------------------------------------
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326
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327 Swamp Gas (words & music: Leslie Fish)
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328 I was walkin' my watchman's rounds one night
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]329 When up in the sky I saw this flaming light.
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330 It looked like a soup bowl flyin' upside-down,
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331 And a hundred people must've seen it cross our town,
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332 But of all the folks questioned by the local fuzz
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333 Not one of them would call it what they knew it was...
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334 They said it was:
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335 Chorus: Swamp gas...swamp gas...swamp gas...swamp gas...
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336 Swamp gas, oh yeah, but I know what I've seen.
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337 I saw the thing settle in an open yard.
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338 It was glowing and shiny, kinda sleek and hard.
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339 I looked it over closely so I wouldn't forget,
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340 And I'm sure it was nothing that this world's made yet.
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341 I woke up all the neighbors, made 'em look and see,
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342 And as soon as they could talk again, they said to me:
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343 "You know, that's just...
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344 CHORUS
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345 Then out of the saucer came this little green guy,
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346 And he asked us for some water, 'cause his tanks had gone dry.
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347 He lifted up a building roof, looked in, and said: "Aak!"
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348 Then he saw that we were worried, so he put it back.
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349 He thanked us for the water, got in, and took off,
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350 And behind me, I heard someone discreetly cough,
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351 "You know, that was...
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352 CHORUS
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353 So I called up the cops and tried to explain,
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354 And while they called the Air Force, they called me insane.
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355 I hauled in fifty people who had seen it too,
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356 So they shut up fast and let the experts through.
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357 But the answer from the experts raised a lot of smiles,
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358 'Cause there's no swamp nearer three hundred miles.
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359 But they called it...
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360 CHORUS
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361 So I went back to the cops and said it was a crime
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362 That the government shoiuld lie so much of the time.
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363 I guess a lot of people must've thought so too,
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364 'Cause just then a bomb down in the basement blew.
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365 And as half of the station up and flew away,
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366 I could swear that I heard someone below me say,
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367 "You know, this is...
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368 CHORUS
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369 Now the flying building took its time in coming down,
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370 And it scattered bits and pieces over half of our town.
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371 And I'm here only 'cause a tall pine tree
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372 And its big soft branches made a net for me.
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373 Way up there in the branches I could sway and swing,
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374 And the people walking past didn't see a thing.
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375 They said I was...
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376 CHORUS
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377 Now, why do they try to tell you that tale,
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378 And tell you to believe it or go to jail?
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379 Or worse, they'll send you packing to the funny farm.
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380 'Cause if they can tell you lies about what happens next door,
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381 Don't you know that when you ask about the latest war,
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382 They'll tell you it's...
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383 CHORUS
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384 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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385 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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386 Ian may have been a bit hard on the second one of the would-be NET agents,
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387 but the first one only *thinks* he knows the code! What he thinks is the
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388 code is only a *portion* of it (this leads to sections of his msgs being
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389 garbage)
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390
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391 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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392 wat a dum song
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393 ---------------
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394 Nick Danger was here!
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395 ---------------
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396 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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397 To: Ian MacHinery
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398 From: NEXUS
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399 Subject: Cipher on last disk
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400 Ian, ordinarily NEXUS would do nothing to prevent any discomfort you may be
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401 suffering, but NEXUS believes that the situation should be clarified to others.
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402 One: No member of NET sent the 22 lines, including borders, of the lower case
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403 cipher on the last disk. Any complaints should be directed to UNDERGROUND,
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404 not NET. Two: This message was NOT a worthless m"I'll be at the meeting", but
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405 valuable information. Three: This cipher is the only message UNDERGROUND has
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406 placed on the last several disks. NEXUS would prefer another means of sending
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407 ciphertext, but alas, none is available. Four: Such transmissions shall be
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408 kept to the barest minimum.
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409 Thank you for your tolerance. NEXUS out.
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410 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
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411 ------->----------------------
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412 WHO WILL BE MY FRIEND?
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413 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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414 mr. silverman you are quite a fine writer and i enjoy your stories.
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415 Please keep up the good work. many thanks.
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416 _________________________________________________________________________
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417 What is all this cipher talk about. Please let us other people in onit.
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418
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419 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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420 I think our friend Mr. Purvis has been hiding out too long; he's showing
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421 signs of mass paranoia. Not only is he on a one man vigil against Delta V,
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422 he seems to be seeing communism everywhere. Maybe growing up in the
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423 middle of the McCarthy scare is finally coming out in him. Watch out, he'll
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424 start writing up his 'black lists'...
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425 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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426 Miss Nomer re-read the words she had scribbled on the pink message form.
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427 She had written is as accurately as she could, but the roar in the background made it hard to understand the muffled v
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428 ce on the other end of the phone. It looked important, and she pressed the intercom button for the comunications section
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429 "Yes sir, just a couple minutes ago. It says 'EIGHTHBIT/HASSADICAWARE/TRIXASAHRS/LOOKFORBODYBLACKFE2/DELPHI', sir."
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430 A few minutes later, the message was broadcast on a special NET frequency. [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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431 *+**+**+**+**+**+
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432 My apologies to Net. To UNDERGROUND: If you have that much confidential
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433 information, why don't you reach out and touch someONE, not someTHING?
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434 *+**+**+**+**+**+
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435 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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436 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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437 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
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438 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DESTROYER?? I WAS HOOKED! -NOM DE SANT
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439 !##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!##!
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440 I have a better saying than the one above 120 lines or so:
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441
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442 If you love something, let it go.
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443 If it comes back, it is yours.
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444 If it does not, hunt it down and kill it.
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445
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446 *****************************************************************************************************************
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447
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448 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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449 COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY DEEPENS
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450
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451 By Franklin Pervis
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452
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453 Most upstanding and well-informed Americans are well aware of the evil threat that pervades our land.
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454 The word 'Communism' has almost become taken for granted now, the dread it should bring has almost been
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455 lost to the new generations. In past weeks, I have informed the public of a menace as terrifying as the Communist
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456 conspiracy to take over our way of life, Delta V.
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457 My sources now tell me that Delta V has received direct payments from deep within the Kremlin. We have copies
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458 of two cancelled checks, drawn on the Moscow National Bank from the account of one Vladimir Uralinianski, for
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459 the sum of $200,000 US dollars each.
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460 This evidence of Delta V's Communist ties confirms our knowledge that he must be tracked down and eliminated.
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461 Immediately.
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462 Our sources also indicate that Delta V has dealt with the following people, either secretly or in quick
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463 rendezvous' across the country:
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464 Miss Jean Marple. Mr. Frank Li; Mr. John Buck; Mr. Ivan Seaner; Mrs. Rose Bowles; Mr. Jack Kaughman;
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465 Ms. Cicely Initaly; Mr. Delbert Johnston, Mr. Thorton Fogbottom; (continued pages 4, 5, and 6)
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466
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467 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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468 Tilean: The truth about your alleged code breaking is known. Shame on you for
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469 entering such a message as the one above. Shame on you for telling an untruth.
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470 Shame on you for not acting more mature. In other words, Shame Shame Shame!
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471 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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472 NATIONAL ENQUIRER
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473 Predictions for 1986 by Jean Dixon!
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474
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475 Cut-throat newspaper man and 1985 winner of the Yellow Journalism Award Franklin Pervis will marry Joan Collins
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476 in early 1986, but an annullment will be announced the next day. Joan will give her reason as 'I was so
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477 disapointed on our wedding night. It was like listening to some marketing guy. He just sat on the edge of
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478 the bed telling me how good it would be!'
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479
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480 A young couple living in Anytown USA will win the Parants-of-the-Year award for 1985. The award will be
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481 presented in New York City on March 15th, 1986. The selection committee will be quoted as saying 'Never in the
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482 history of this award has a more deserving couple been our receipient. Our lucky parents have instilled good
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483 American values of kindness, love, and above all honesty, in the mind of their child. We are very proud of
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484 this year's winners.
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485
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486 1986 will also see many earthquakes, fires, wind and hail storms, hurricans, and bomb blasts that will kill
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487 hundreds of nameless faceless writer-assassins who inhabit a computer hangout known as the Backwater Inn. Several
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488 Backwater irregulars will only go as far as saying, 'It must have been an act of God....Or some other local
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489 diety.'
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490
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491 The Alternate World computer system will again return to AE format, and then change during the summer of 1986.
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492 The management of Alternate World will refuse comment of the latest change, except to say 'AW is NOT an AE!'
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493
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494 The Chicago Bears will smash the New England Patriots in the upcoming Super Bowl. Chicago coach Mike Ditka will
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495 say after the game, 'I still can't believe how easy that was.'
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496
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497 Jim Bell, Portland Oregon area hardware hacker, will crank the speed of his liquid helium cooled Z80 to 25 mhz.
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498 Unfortunately, his coolent tank will rupture, and when the liquid reaches the super-hot Z80, the entire casing
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499 will explode, leveling all houses within one city block, and breaking windows as far as 5 miles away. By some
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500 miracle, no one will be hurt in the explosion. Another local hacker will be overheard as saying '...hand of God.'
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501
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502 Also in the Portland Area, The Messenger, a BBS long besieged by locak crackers and repeated attempts of
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503 sabotage by The Phone Company, will finally
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504 return from the ashes like a Pheonix, with 2400 baud capability, 10 megabytes of online disk storage, and three
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505 multi user capability. It will rise in popularity until it is second only to THE OMEGA QUADRANT in
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506 calls per day.
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507
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508 Still on the computer front, Apple Computer will fire John Scully, and bring in Lee Iacoca, lured for big bucks
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509 from the chairmenship of Chrysler. Lee's first computer offering will be the highly acclaimed Blackintosh, a
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510 slick black box with '1 million bits of storage, and Sinclair ZX81 compatibility.'
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511
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512 Not to be outdone, IBM will announce the IBM PCjr Ewing, a computer specifically built for oil millionaires and
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513 other big corporate pundits. The PCjr Ewing will have the ability to cheat, steal, and destroy competitor's
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514 electronically stored data.
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515
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516 While the two continual microcomputer front runners continue to battle each other, a new company, I.C. Computers
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517 will emerge as the third largest computer retailer in the country, mainly on the strength of its I.C.U. computer/
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518 surveillance machine, priced at only $699.95, the I.C.U. will totally revitalize the neighbor-versus-neighbor
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519 mentality of the late 50's. With its advanced peek-a-boo (tm) mode for looking in on unsuspecting neighbors
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520 the I.C.U. will create mass buying sprees where entire city blocks will arm themselves with the unit, so no
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521 single occupant has an advantage over any other.
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522
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523 In the entertainment world, who will still be reeling over the Purvis/Collins annullment trial, the movie
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524 industry will see a reawakening from its dulldrum late '85-early '86 business. Sly Stallone and Steven
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525 Spielberg will be the two men chiefly responsible for the upswing with their Mega-hit, 'Rambo meets ET.' The
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526 daring post-traumatic shock Rambo is sent to ET's world in order to save the little guy and return the
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527 government to the hands of the aliens it belonged to before the power was usurped by the Mohawkens, whose leader
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528 is masterfully played by best supporting actor winner, Mr. T. The movie will gross over $700 million in domestic
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529 rentals alone.
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530
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531 Lionel Ritchie, Dolly Pardon, Michael Jackson, Cindi Lauper, The Statler Brothers, Madonna, The Judds, Quiet
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532 Riot, and Glen Frye will all appear on stage together in August on '86 for a special benefit concert for the
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533 Bikini Islands, whose populace is still suffering the affects of The United States of America's H-bomb testing
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534 is the early 1950's. The concert, which was dubbed 'Moola-aux-Guam', will raise over 25 million dollars of
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535 relief money, and will be the pattern for all fund raisers of the future. Bob Geldof will not be involved with
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536 this particular project.
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537
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538 But his group, the Boom Town Rats, will have the big album his of the year, with their double LP, "I Don't
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539 Wanna." The album will become the watch-word for teenagers all over the world who are protesting treatment by
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540 their parents, teachers, and clergymen. Similar to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' in scope and breadth, the nations'
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541 young will return to a 60's style revolution of 'Turn on, Tune in, and Toke out', the name of one of the
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542 songs on "I Don't Wanna." Record sales will approach 30 million, making it the biggest hit since the Bee Gee's
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543 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
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544
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545 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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546
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547 BACKWATCHER I DON'T quit know what to say about all this, but i
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548 must say so
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549 mething.
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550 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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551 B B
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552 B ANOUNCING THE M1 BBS B
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553 B B
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554 B 300/1200 BAUD B
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555 B B
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556 B 24 HOURS/DAY 7 DAYS/WEEK B
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557 B B
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558 B OPEN SYSTEM B
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559 B ALL WELCOME!!!! B
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560 B B
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561 B PHONE : 663-xxxx B
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562 B B
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563 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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564 B PS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS B
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565 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
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566
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567
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568 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\The Destroyer will return...\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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569 ______________________________JD 2446444.5895______________________________
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