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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 22 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 thepright 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\36
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21 The ship descended slowly over a little used landing field on the outskirts of Harrakus, a minor city in the
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22 province of Shai-Kahn. A dozen people watched from a blast shelter on the edge of the field. They were very
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23 anxious.
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24 The ship was about ten meters off the ground when the cargo hatch exploded in a huge blast of blue flame, sending
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25 the door sailing in a high arc over the heads of the startled watchers. The blast took out one of the three antigrav
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26 generators and the ship listed to one side. Trailing flames, if descended as a shallow angle until it slammed into the
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27 ground on the edge of the port. There it sat and burned fiercely.
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28 Emergency vehicles were called in and within moments the fire was under control. They pulled the pilot out, who was
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29 injured but expected to recover. The shielding in the cockpit had saved his life. The rest of the ship was a loss,
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30 including the cargo, which had been literally reduced to ashes.
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31 Watching all this from the relative safety of a ditch about three hundred meters away James turned to Tariya and
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32 said, "What'd I tell you? Now that they think I'm dead we'll be left alone to find out just what the hell's going
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33 on."
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34 Tariya nodded, stil a little shakey. She hadn't quite recovered from the ride on that cargo door yet. "Just one
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35 thing. When you told me about this insane escape scheme you forgot to mention how we were going to survive the
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36 landing. I don't think I've been more terrified in my entire life."
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37 James laughed, "It was quite a ride, wasn't it? I covered us with a telekinetic cocoon to absorb the impact. That
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38 was what I used to save our butts back when we first landed on that sick planet."
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39 "Whatever you say," She replied, "But next time, please warn me."
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40 He took her arm. "Let's get out of here before they before they start combing the area for debris."
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41 As they walked into the city, James noticed for the first time the strange dichotomy that was Kadan's trademark.
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42 Most of the structures were made from stone and morter, but here and there were pre-fab building of sheet steel and
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43 other metals. Horses were tethered next to high-speed gravcars and micro two-seater aircraft. Towards the direction of
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44 downtown steel and concrete towers rose against the sky. Through an administrative error, the Galactic Federation had
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45 introduced the planet to technology far earlier than it was scheduled. By the time the error was caught, it was far
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46 too late. For the last 170 years, Kadan had been struggling to keep up with its new technological heritage and its
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47 older, magical one. Kadan could be a very dangerous place.
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48 But there was something else, something even more strange. It took James a moment to place it: there were no
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49 people. The streets were deserted and there was a strange, tense feel in the air. He asked Tariya and she had no idea
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50 what it was, either.
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51 And James wasn't feeling all that well, either. In fact, he felt downright sick. As usual, he had pushed himself
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52 too far, too soon, and, as usual, he was paying for it. The dull pain in his stomach was growing steadily worse by the
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53 second.
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54 Tariya stoped and turned when she heard a groan. James was collapsed against a building, curled up in a ball.
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55 Frightened, she knelt down by him and saw from the grimace on his face that he was in incredible pain. "Oh, God, what
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56 is it? What's wrong?"
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57 But he was in a world of his own at th moment, a world of pain. Under his breath he kept muttering, "Not now please
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58 not now oh sh-" and his voice turned into a thin wheeze as the breath was squeezed out of him. All the pain he had
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59 ever felt in the past paled before this. Right then, he wanted to die.
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60 After several endless moments, it slowly subsided. His muscles unlocked and he collapsed against the wall. His mind
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61 seemed to shut down and he could comprehend nothing that he was seeing or hearing. That had been a bad one. Eventually
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62 Tariya's voice broke through his daze and he gasped, "It's okay. I'm fine now."
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63 "The hell you are!" she snapped, angry and scared. "You've been hiding something from me since we met. I don't know
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64 what it is, but I heard what you said to Willerd two days ago. Something is very wrong." She put her hands on his
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65 shoulders, her eyes brimming with tears. "Please. Tell me what it is."
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66 He looked at her, still unsteady. Hardly any point in denying it now. "Cancer."
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67 She drew back a little, stunned by his announcement. His voice wavering, he continued, "I'm dying."
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68 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\THE DESTROYER\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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69 &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&
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70 !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!
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71
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72 And who am I, detectives? ^N ^S^S!!!
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73 !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!
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74 Mig: Do you still want a CGP-115? I am selling all my color computer stuff.
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75 Advise, if you want it, and I will bring it with me the 28th. Do run.
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76 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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77 All of you have given fabulous advice for male-female relationship problems.
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78 Does anyone have any comparably valuable advice for depression cures?
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79
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80 Another rainy day...
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81 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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82 From Prometheus; Endowed
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83 There is a bitter irony in that the definition of a twit is one who taunts,
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84 teases, and does the kind of things that the ring of twit-hunters (In which I
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85 include myself, simply for sentimental reasons) struggle to do.
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86 Another interesting derivation is twitter, which according to it's list of
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87 synonyms can refer to the tension felt in the writings when twits are about.
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88 To call someone twitty is tantamount to calling them irritable or eeven the
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89 deadliest of insults, irksome. Twitchy would be a stretch, but could apply.
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90 For those who are offended by spelling errors, I apologize for using some
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91 words whose spelling was doubtable. I would have checked were it not for my
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92 fault of slothenliness. On the subject though, could one of you out there do a
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93 fog on this disk somehow? I would like to see how this message played out.
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94 Assorted messages follow this short but startlingly accurate introduction.
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95 Man in Gray; I found a book on disguises and showed it to Retch by mistake
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96 and now he wants about eighty dollars of eyeshadow. I told him Kendall might
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97 approve of his new lifestyle and all, but he still wants it.
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98 Should I go out to Queen Elizabeth's Recreational Costumes and Cosmetics?
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99 I know we could slip it past Salog with a smile and a limp wrist, but they just
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100 might send him off on an assignment worthy of his newest preeferences.
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101 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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102
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103 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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104
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"Now where is he?" The Sage asked the pigeon on his ring finger.
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105 The pigeon leaped from the finger and flew a scant distance. Getting the
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106 air into her feathers and strengthening the forgotten muscles. She flapped
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107 air around that stung the eyes of the Sage and whipped his hair into a tangle.
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108 Refreshed, she lifted off into the darkened clouds and soon was a darker
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109 blot on their surfaces. She toyed with the winds and spiralled at will.
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110 She came down to the tower where the Sage stood awaiting her. Floating
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111 aloft until the Sage noticed her she waited for his eyes to find her there.
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112 When he saw her and took her onto his ring finger once mre, he knew she had
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113 not found the Odd One in all the expanse she had covered. His shoulders hung
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114 low while the pigeon was tense and ready to take to flight again soon.
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115 The Sage let her go off into the waning sun, hidden behind ominous clouds.
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116 He packed a few sticks of cinnaamon into his pouch and stored a few tidy
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117 packets of writing implements in also. Some enscribement might have been
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118 necessary for all he knew.
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119 The tall Sage set off down a winding road that led through a forest. Now
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120 the forest was a thicket in the cold of Winter. It presented a dismal passage
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121 to travel through it and it absorbed whistles without letting you hear your
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122 own notes and timings. The hours walk was a depressing one.
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123 The Sage stumbled upon the little hodgel without noticing. A warm little
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124 collection of timbers, and sod that overgrew the walls, it drew the saddened
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125 spirit of the Sage into it's welcoming arms.
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126
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127 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSaeeSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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128
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129 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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130 don't be depressed. i know, the rain can get to you after while...
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131 especially if your not used to it. but, this sounds dumb, but
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132 somehow, it's true...things alwalys get better. read dear abby
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133 today, there's a good example. but anyway,,,cheer up and smile...
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134 please. bye for now
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135 morrissey
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136 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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137 Mig: If you *don't* want that CGP-115, I may be interested....
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138 Assuming that you don't want it, how much would it run me?
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139 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446453.5821______________________________
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140 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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141 True, eventually things get better - but the key word is *eventually*. What do you do
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142 while stuck in the period where everything keeps getting worse?
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143 Will try smiling, but somehow it doesn't seem to be enough.
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144 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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145 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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146 WELL, NOW THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO DEPRESSION, HMMMM. I HAVE A SURE CURE FOR
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147 DEPRESSION. IT WILL SOUND UNUSUAL, BUT HERE IT IS. WHEN YOU GET DEPRESSED, A
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148 NATURAL REACTION IS TO TRY TO CHEER YOURSELF UP. HOWEVER, THIS SELDOM WORKS. I
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149 HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I GET DEPRESSED, A GOOD WAY TO GET OUT OF IT IS TO ATTEMPT
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150 TO GET EVEN MORE DEPRESSED! GO FOR A WALK IN THE RAIN, SLIP IN A MUD PUDDLE,
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151 DRINK SOMETHING AWFUL, EAT AT MCDONALDS(THE SAME THING) LISTEN TO AN ALBUM YOU
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152 HATE. THIS WILL VERY QUICKLY SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEPRESSED, AND
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153 REALLY BAD OFF, AND YOU WILL SOON BE THANKING YOUR LUCKY STARS HOW WELL OFF
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154 YOU REALLY ARE. TRY IT, IT WORKS. IF EVEN THAT FAILS, THEN LISTEN TO THE ALBUM
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155 'THE WORLD'S WORST RECORDS!' PRESENTED BY THE RHINO BROTHERS.(RHINO RECORDS)
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156 ANY WELL STOCKED INNER CITY PORTLAND RECORD STORE WILL HAVE IT. IN PARTICULAR,
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157 I RECOMMEND THE SONG 'I LIKE', BY HEATHEN DAN. THOSE WHO HAVE LISTENED TO THE
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158 DOCTOR DEMENTO RADIO SHOW WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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159 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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160 "IT BEHOOVES THE COUNTRY TO SCRUPULOUSLY RESPECT THE PUBLIC CREDIT- REFRAIN
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161 FROM PUTTING ONTO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS THOSE OBLIGATIONS WHICH, OF RIGHT,
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162 SHOULD BE OUR OWN........ GEORGE WASHINGTONS FARWELL ADDRESS, SEPT 19, 1796
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163 ++++++++++++++++++0000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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164 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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165 My favorite prescription for depression:
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166 one half pound of Hersey's Chocolate with ammonds (sp?), liberally
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167 applied to the stomach.
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168 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.and an afternoon in the Inn.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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169 #############################################################
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170 Sounds delicious!
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171 Pimple city here I come.....
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172 ################################ The Innkeeper #######################
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173 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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174 when is the innkeeper going to update his(?) ongoing story.
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175 i like listening to the smiths when im depressed...their
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176 songs are so sad. why are you depressed. sometimes just
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177 talking about it and crying or whatever helps you feel
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178 better. well, goodnight everyone....
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179 morrissey
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180 "when you say it's going to happen now
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181 well what exactly do you mean
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182 see i've already waited too long
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183 and all my hope is gone
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184 i am human and i need to be loved
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185 just like everybody else does..."
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186 THE SMITHS
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187 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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188 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))
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189 L'Homme : Would it be to late to call you wjen I get home from work?
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190 Like about 1am? Lat me know ok.
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191 TED : I enjoyed what you wrote over on DB. It is something I greatly
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192 agree with.
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193 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( Ripple )))
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194 The sky was a deep azure that met the horizon, blending with the glassy aquamarine of the Pacific.
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195 Only the distant whitecaps on the gently rolling sea gave sense of where water ended and sky began.
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196 The western sun danced across the waves, casting formless shadows of the giant ship that dipped and swirled
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197 as the carriers fantail gently rose and fell; the rush of the waves punctuated by the shrill call of sea gulls far from
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198
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199 Ensign Simpson took a last puff from his cigarette and flicked it into the churning frothy water below.
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200 Picking up his binoculars, he took one last look at the darkening horizon. His relief, a young second class
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201 with flaming red hair had arrived. His eyes widened, and he carefully focused the powerful glasses.
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202 In the distance, a tiny speck sharpened into the profile of an aircraft, approaching the USS Coral Sea.
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203 The watch officer snatched up the microphone from the comm post, and pushed the red button.
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204 "Stern watch, unidentified aircraft approaching..."
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205 The bridge replied;"Ah, we have them in sight, sternwatch. Looks like a biz-jet. Wonder what he's
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206 doing way out here..."
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207
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208 On the bridge, trained eyes studied the radar screen. The flashing blip was still approaching the Coral Sea.
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209 The nav officer sang out the coordinates; 136 West 14 , 53 North 37 degrees SIR!
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210
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211 Suddenly, another blip appeared on the screen, and then another; and a transponder code flashed off and on.
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212 "Squaking 1421, Sir, Military aircraft in pursuit, Sir", the radar operator explained.
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213 The klaxons screamd, and the Captain spoke calmly into the PA system,"All hands general quarters..."
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214
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215 30 miles to the south, the pair of F4 Phantoms dropped gear and flaps, and came alongside the stolen Lear jet. The cabin
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216 "15LJ this is Air Force blue two. You will IMMEDIATELY come to 285 degrees, follow us, and land the carrier"
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217 The laconical voice left no doubt that his orders would be obeyed.
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218
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219 On the bridge of the Coral Sea, the captain barked orders into the microphone. The flight dwcks were cleared.
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220 Three retaining nets were erevted across the flight deck...
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221 The Lear descended sharply, and assumed a nose up attitude to land on the slowly rolling carrier, but dropped
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222 too steeply. The two F4s shot off into the distance, their afterburners engaged.
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223 The bos'un waived frantically for the Lear to go around, but as the last drops of fuel were sucked from
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224 empty tanks, the port engine sputtered out. The pilot tried frantically to correct the rudder, but the
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225 jet smashed into the fantail of the aircraft carrier...
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226
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227 Twilight became daylight, and in an instant, the USS Coral Sea was vaporized. An ugly cloud rose into the sky.
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228 The sea boiled as if it were Armageddon, which is just what it was for the 4000 men aboard the USS coral Sea.
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229 [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*] [*=*]
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230 j~**
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231
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232 Net One: $80.00 which includes a box of paper and about $20.00 worth of pens, the cover, and cable. Price is firm.
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233 (I would have used DA but its full...)
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234
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235 Walking down the pre-fabbed corridor, I noticed that the lights were
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236 somewhat dim. "Maybe there's a Brown-out" I ti
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237 i
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238 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplurkin'ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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239 ]]]]]]]DEPRESSION - THE RESULT OF TOO MANY HACKERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE KEYBOARD AT THE SAME TIME [[[[[[
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240 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\dying but not depressed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\yet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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241 what is all this depression stuff...come on, it's a beautiful day, get
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242 out and enjoy it...
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243 "grimley fiendish wears a coat that's black and long
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244 he doesn't know that it's all wrong..."
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245 the damned
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246 where is there to go around here?
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247 morrissey
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248 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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249 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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250 Here is something that I am wondering about. (it has to do with
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251 relationships) I know a girl and have talked with her for a while. We
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252 are friends. Now! I don't know about getting any closer, I don't know
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253 if she wants to be anything more than just friens. For the time being
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254 I will just continue as I have been, just being friends. But the hints
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255 from her friends are saying otherwise.
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256 Anyway, HELP! I knew being scared and insecurity go hand in hand with
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257 high school, but this is getting silly! Any help would be appreciated.
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258 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,Mark. It's a great day, get out there!
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259 It was a great day, get inside!
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260 ____________________________________________________________________________
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261 Mark, silence is deadly. Let loose, hang it, and make a bloody fool of yourself
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262 if you have to. Being scared is nothing compared to being stupid and missing
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263 oppurtunities. ASK! Think your words carefully. Turn up your empathetic sensors.
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264 Listen to her words, and when you feel the time is right, ASK! Her friends, if
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265 they are really friends and not just playing mind games with you, are windows
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266 to her mind. She will tell them things she can't tell you, hopeing they will
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267 tell you, and you in turn will ASK! her. It is a sequence that has played out
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268 countless times. If you act friendly and like a gentleman, your friendship will
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269 not suffer. Of course I know little of your situation except what you have
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270 written here, but it sounds similar to periods every male and female has been
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271 through. Not knowing can hurt worse than anything. Insecurity is magnified
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272 by the unknown. Whatever you do, ACT! I wish you luck.
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273
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274 TED, your words are clearly written from the heart, and that is very refreshing
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275 to read. You are partly responsible for this whole discussion, which is one of
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276 the best, least angry rap sessions we have had in a long time. Give yourself a
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277 pat on the back. I have one thing I slightly differ with you on the subject of
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278 sex. For many people, far less are willing to admit to such feelings but they
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279 all feel the same way, sex is much more than an physical act of self-
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280 gratification. Ignore the locker room boasts of your classmates. For males, it
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281 is macho and cool to speak of conquests, and in some cases, unfortunately, that
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282 is all their sexual encounters are. I won't attempt to speak on the female
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283 point of view, there are many here who can though. Beyond the boasting and
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284 posturing, there are caring individuals who look upon the actions of sex as
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285 being one of the beautiful expressions of feelings possible. To make your
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286 partner happy and content is a wonderful way to make your feelings known. The
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287 communication that happens when two are joined as one is unequaled anywhere
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288 else. Sex is physically enjoyable, there is no denying that, but it is also
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289 mentally and spiritually enjoyable, if you allow yourself to feel those
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290 emotions. There certainly are no rules on whether sex should or should not be
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291 a part of every relationship, and I agree with you that society puts undue
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292 amounts of pressure on people in that area, but each couple must decide for
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293 themselves what is right for them. Forget what anyone else would like you
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294 to do. Be true to yourselves. In spite of what we might think listening to
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295 people talk, most everyone is after a meaningful, close relationship with a
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296 person they can talk to, trust, be friends with, share interests with, learn
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297 from, teach, and, if it is right, be with sexually. I have a feeling that you
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298 think this way already. You do not strike me as a macho-hungry male out to
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299 dazzle the world. Let's keep the discussion going.
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300
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301 NDS: Great! One of the neatest starts to a story I have seen.
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302 French Toast
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303 ________________________________________________________________________________
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304
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305 WITH OR WITHOUT SYRUP? AUNT JAMIMA?
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306 HOMO-THEUS - WHAT YOU NEED BADLY IS FAG INDEX............................../
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307 IN FIVE LINES OR LESS: "MAN IN GAY, EYE SHADOW, COSMETICS,
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308 QUEEN, SLIP" 95,96,97,98,99. BAH!
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309 YOU SHOULD MOVE TO BAY AREA AND BE A QUEEN!!!!!
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310 MACHO RAMBO
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311 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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312 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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313 SOMETHING ON GAMES PEOPLE PLAY: I WAS INTERESTED BY THE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT
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314 FRIENDS COMMUNICATING. THIS SCENARIO: BOY MEETS GIRL, BOTH ARE TWO SHY TO
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315 SAY ANYTHING DIRECTLY TO EACH OTHER. SO, GIRL TELLS HER FRIENDS SHE LIKES BOY, AND BOY TELLS HER FRIENDS HE
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316 LIKES GIRL. THEN, THEY BOTH LISTEN TO THEIR FRIENDS REPORTS ON EACH OTHERS FEELINGS BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO DO
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317 ANYTHING.
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318 HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE ENGAGED IN THOSE KINDS OF GAMES? WE ALL HAVE! IT'S GREAT FUN, AND A GOOD WAY TO KEEP
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319 YOUR NECK FROM BEING CUT OFF. I SUPPOSE IT IS KIND OF SILLY, YOU SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SAY YOUR FEELINGS,
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320 BUT STILL WE ALL DO IT.
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321 ABOUT SEXUAL RELATIONS, I DO INDEED AGREE ABOUT THE ABOVE COMMENTS ON SEX. BUT, AS MY ENGLISH TEACHER ONCE
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322 SAID, "IT'S VERY HARD TO WRITE WELL ABOUT SEX. THAT'S WHY THERE IS SO MUCH TRASH WRITING ABOUT IT ON THE MARKET"
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323 SHE WAS REFERRING, OF COURSE, TO THE SUPERMARKET PULP ROMANCES. I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH HER. SO, WHILE I WILL
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324 COMMENT ON LOVE, AND WHATEVER ELSE, I WILL ATTEMPT TO REFRAIN ABOUT WRITING ABOUT SEX. (IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN).
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325 AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE SEX, WHEN IT'S GOOD IT'S BETTER THAN ANYTHING. WHEN IT'S BAD
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326 , IT'S REALLY BAD.
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327 AT LEAST, THE HIGH POWERED DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ABOUT A TOPIC THAT EMBARRESES MANY, HAS KEPT THE
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328 BOARD RELATIVLY FREE OF IMMATURE COMMENTARY. FOR THAT, I AM THANKFUL.
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329 ++++++++++++++++++++++000001TED+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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330
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331 A TRAGIC JOKE
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332
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333 From the city were
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334 the stars burn brightest,
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335 to the island were i
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336 lie,
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337 you've exercised your
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338 cannon's,
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339 leaving behind a beautiful forest
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340 of dark shadows,
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341 lovely scorched flowers
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342 filling the air with the perfume
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343 of that
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344 that isn't.
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345 To protect our world
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346 from our commrades
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347 your goal,
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348 at any cost
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349 you say,
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350 turning my brothers
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351 from red to black.
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352
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353 -BRIAN
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354 -----------------------------------------------------
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355
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356 ______________________________JD 2446454.6213____________________________
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357 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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358 Depression Cure: I agree with the idea that to cure depression one must get
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359 SEVERELY depressed. I go about this by listening to, in order:
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360 Pink Floyd: Collection of Dance Songs/Dark Side of the Moon/Relics
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361 Yes: Fragile/90125/Classic Yes/9012LIVE
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362 I hope to expand both collections, and so be able to remove depression more
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363 quickly in the future. Final Cut, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall should do
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364 it nicely.
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365 On the other hand, another highly sucessful way of curing depression is to
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366 force yourself to go to a party, as I am this weekend. A term has gone by,
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367 time once more to visit the Doctor in Eugene. See you next week,
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368 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++ 10:18pm 23 Jan 86 ++++++++
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369 ________________________________________________________________________________
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370 L'homme: I get it.
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371 Nom de Sant: Don't be rash, there may be lessons to be learned.
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372 _________________________ Miss Nomer ___________________________________
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373 ********************************************************************
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374 Miss Nomer: I restored your last line for you. Hit return first before
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375 doing the control c, else the line you are on will be lost.
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376 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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377 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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378 %$%$%$%$e$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%
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379 Ah! It's like the good old days. The twits are back. Time for a good old fashion
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380 ed twit hunt. All this stuff about relieving depression by making ones self
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381 feel even more depressed is stupid. If you sprained your right ankle, would
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382 you then go out and sprain the left? Cut off your nose to spite your face?
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383 If you burned your hand on a hot stove would you stick it back on the burner
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384 in the belief that doing so would make it feel better? Stupid. Unless depression
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385 has reached the point where one is totally unable to function (which requires
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386 hospitalization) there is SOMETHING that will start the process of overcoming
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387 this melancholia. Whether it is a giant gooey 'with everything' banana split
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388 at Robertos in the Galleria, forcing ones self to take a vacation, kicking
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389 the dog, getting drunk, or whatever, there is ALWAYS something to start with.
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390 No one, no matter how depressed, hates EVERYTHING. So do something GOOD for
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391 yourself. Not something bad.
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392 *%_@#)*%@#_)*%@#)_*%)_*%#_)$*%^#@)^*+#)$(^)!*^+!^*(+)!*^_)#*^_)*^#)^*#_)^*_
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393 Juggler: It works! Beeps everytime I make a mistake, a quite a few times when
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394 I don't make a mistake. The in-memory parts works nice, but it is a little
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395 small. Now here goes a syn... DepresRDissoluteR Well, I don't think it worked
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396 perfectly. I'll work on it.
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397 Mikey: 520 conversion coming along nicely. I am ready to bring the source
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398 code out to USD and try it out. When's best?
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399 To above: You got what?
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400 !@#$%^&*()(*&^%$#@!@$#%$^$%&$&*$ L'homme sans Parity *#%#@*%)_*%_)@%*@#_%@
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401 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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402 mark, it's easy...just take a deep breath and...tell her you
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403 like her. i can't speak for every girl but i think guys like
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404 you, who are concerned enough to ask advice are great. it's so
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405 sweet to have a guy say he likes you as long as he's not pushing
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406 himself on you or swearing his undying love to you when you've known
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407 him for a week. just let her know you care and take it from there..
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408 slowly. best of luck to you!!!!!!
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409 morrissey
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410 ps. "i know it's late and i should go to bed
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411 but i can't tear away from the night
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412 it holds the seed of a memory
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413 it's true, of you...
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414 the damned
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415 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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416 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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417 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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418 L'homme - Can't win 'em all you know. The Lighning program might be a
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419 nice addition, although somehow I get the idea it'd be better used off-line
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420 for best results. Ryght? Yas, thet's wut I thot. (Beep! Beep! Beep!) :-)
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421 Promethues - Might I have a word with you? Oh, and have you visited
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422 that place upstairs from our favorite jewelry store? Things have either
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423 been disappering or have been removed without reply. Reply here or there.
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424 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+-
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425 Oops, one too many beeps... ch/Lighning/Lightning/ (Lay on Mcbeep!)
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426
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427 ************************************************************:
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428 L'HOMME: ANYTIME IS FINE
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429 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY ***************************
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430 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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431 Leonerd: I just picked up a HP thinkjet for the M100, which is what I was
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432 going to origionaly use the CGP-115 for. I would like to have the CGP, but
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433 if you have a use for it, then it's yours. I think, however, that
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434 Dreamtoucher still wants to sell his, so there should be one avalible
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435 for me. Fun little printers, they plot, and they can fit 80 columns on
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436 four inch paper.
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437 Prometheus:Monday, eh? We need to handle our little Retch carefully,
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438 can I discuss him with you at Emm Ell Cee say around 1:15 in the afternoon?
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439 >.
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440 +Dante- Let me guess, enough money has befallen you in order to pick up
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441 a "7" and play? or another 2-3-4 with ports? Do you know anyone who could
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442 put something like what you had in my Datsun 210?
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443 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG
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444 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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445 Moressy -- go for what purpose? (I can't give you reccommendations without
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446 knowing what things you like, probably not then if I don't share your likes.)
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447 If you want to meet folks, go to things you like to do -- you've got a
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448 better than average chance of meeting folks there that share at least one
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449 like with you.
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450 Personally, I stay indoors in winter, head for the mountains or beach in
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451 the summer. There are lots of folks that like to ski -- if you don't
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452 mind snow it's fun (brrr... nasty white stuff! Water should remain liquid
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453 as the Ghreat Ghod Ghu intended all along!).
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454 All -- once in the great long ago, there was a Backwater Not-A-Pizza Party.
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455 I managed to miss it. Isn't it about time to organize another one so I
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456 can miss that too?
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457 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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458 Mig: Then shall I bring it the 28th? (It is the 28t isn't it?) Or are you
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459 not typing to me cause of Darla? (snicker) Do run.
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460 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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461
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"Odd thing, for me not to have noticed this before," Muttered the Sage.
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462 He knelt onto the leaves and twigs and inspected the timbers of it, finding
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463 that they were of cedar and not even months old. The stains of wet dust and
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464 rain were well earned if they had been gotten in a month.
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465 Pushing at the door, he stood back and watched what the opening of the door
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466 would let him see. Inside, it was dark and bleak as it was outside, a pair of
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467 stoves stood oppposite each other for warmth, and individual candles provided
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468 thhe light for the whole thing.
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469 The Sage assumed the Odd One had better taste than to enter ino this bit
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470 of gloom, and shut the door, going on his way to the Inn.
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471 A shout spilled out of the closing door and found the Sage down the road.
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472 The Sage ran back to the dismal hodgel and found himself staanding in the
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473 doorway, preparing to fend off anyone who threatened the owner of the voice
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474 that had shouted. For the Odd One owned it, and it was not easiily mistaken.
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475 "Doom you, and your wife," Said the Odd One to a short and lean man who
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476 had the look of someone in authority. Since the Odd One had his back turned,
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477 the Sage thought it best to approach the bar and make no suprises for him.
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478 "I assure you," Said the timid little man with a voice as creaky as his
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479 door, "These drinks are on the house, the way paid by a gentleman of reknown,"
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480 "Thank you," Slurred the Odd One. In a stupor, he rose the drink to his
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481 lips and poured the whole thing down. Drunken once again, he fell into his
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482 stool and grumbled proudly about his reputation and ethics.
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483 "Fellow! Fellow," Said the Sage to the drunken Odd ONne, "Can you hear?"
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484 "I would say not, if you would like, here is a rink for you, while you wait
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485 for him," Volunteered the timid little barkeep.
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486 "No thank you," Said the Sage out loud, not looking at any but the broken
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487 frame of the Odd One. "Wake, dear fellow, wake and I'll take you home,"
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488 The Odd One lingered a moment and rose his head. His eyes were engulfed
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489 in blackened flame, that removed all his eyes from view. "I don't want to go,"
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490 "Lord," Said the Sage, stumbling back from the Odd One, and onto the floor
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491 below, "What is this!" The little man was at him in a second, trying to pour
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492 the stale liquid down his throat. Eventually, the Sage succumed, and drank.
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493
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494 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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495
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496 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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497
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498 Damnit! Destroyer, look. Every single time you do that in 128 columns, it makes
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499 the FI and the FA commands useless. That'ss why it says 128 is an illegal
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500 parameter! Understood? --A--
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501
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502 TWIT TWIT TWIT
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503 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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504 hmmmmm, probably why I use 120... Really safe - long but safe, don't you
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505 think? You do think? That's not what I meant...... Piner.
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506 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/DV?/=/
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507 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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508 Well, sounds like some good cures for depression. How about a good cure for
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509 boredom? I seldom get depressed but often get bored. Hmmm...
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510 I'm off to a toga party saturday night and just wondering if anyone can
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511 find a cure for my usual sunday afternoon boredom, provided my head is
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512 still intact.
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513 Ho hum. How I hate doing homework on Fridays!
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514 Think I'll just sit here and be bored.
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515 Maybe I don't mention it enough, but I enjoy all the stories on Backwater
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516 and wish all the writers a merry Friday.I guess Backwater is as good a cure
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517 as any for boredom, but unfortunately it can't go on forever.
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518 RAMBLE Ramble ramble.....
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519 O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+ POPPING IN O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+O+
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520 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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521 ______________________________JD 2446455.5396____________________________
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522 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`
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523 Morrissey: That sounds like a good idea ( to just tell her, without getting
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524 pushy) but I don't know if I will be getting myself into something that I don't
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525 know how to handle. In fact, I wouldn't know what to do. I have a hard time
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526 ( very hard time ) saying what I feel, this would be near impossible. Anyway,
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527 if I do get the chance I'll go through with it, what do I have to lose? Well,
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528 don't answer that... I'll let you know what happens, hopefully it will be
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529 good.
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530 `,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`Mark`,`,`,`
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531 I HATE A LOT OF STUFF. THE ONE THING I HATE MOST, IS THE ONE LINE CUTSIE! ARG!
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532 Me too!!! :)
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533 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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534 104 "Now where is he?" The Sage asked the pigeon on his ring finger.
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535 105 The pigeon leaped from the finger and flew a scant distance. Getting the
|
||
536 106 air into her feathers and strengthening the forgotten muscles. She flapped
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537 107 air around that stung the eyes of the Sage and whipped his hair into a tangle.
|
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538 *%#)_@%*@#_)%*@#_)%^*_)*^)#$*)_*@#)_*_)^&)_*_@)*#@_)*%!_@)*#_)$^*_)#$*^#_)*^_)#$*^#_)$^*_)&*^@#_)^&)_@^*@_)*^@_)^*@_)
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539 Mikey: Thanks for the use of the Atari. I now have plenty of editing to do to get those blasted programs to fit inside
|
||
540 the memory contraints of the machine. Should be loads of fun!
|
||
541 Juggler : Just for you... particularly, well it seems to work just fine. Although you can't see the neat stuff
|
||
542 that was going on, believe me, it did happen. No beep beep beep either, haha.
|
||
543 Above, above : Now I understand what you recieved. Thanks for the note.
|
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544 ^beep
|
||
545 %**%@_%*@#_*%@_#)*@#_*@#)_*%@#_)%*@#_ L'homme sans Parity $&@#($@*$@#*%@#%*@#%&#@%&@#%&@#(&%@#)&%@#()&%&%@#)(&%()@#&%
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546 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSag
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547 104 "Now where is he?" The Sage asked the pigeon on his ring finger.
|
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548 105 The pigeon leaped from the finger and flew a scant distance. Getting the
|
||
549 %$%$%$%$%$%$%$! %$%$'$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%
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550
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551 There was this fat loudmouthed whole-grain croissant baker who
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552 had a daughter named Sara. Morning, noon, and naght, Whose
|
||
553 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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554 well, is there any places, well i'm sure there is...but where can
|
||
555 you go to go, let's say dancing...i've heard that you can't swim
|
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556 at the beaches in oregon and the waters always cold...weird.
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557 Mark:do you just talk to this girl on the phone. maybe you could
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558 just ask here to a movie or for something to eat afterschool onw
|
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559 day. it is hard to tell people you like them, isnt it? well,
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560 keep me posted and, it's true, what do you have to lose....
|
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561 morrissey
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562 "i have stood here before in the pouring rain
|
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563 with the words turning circles, running round my brain
|
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564 i guess im always hoping that you'll end this reign
|
||
565 but it's my destiny to be the king of pain..."
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566 Police
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||
567 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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568 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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569
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570 TWITS! We have sighted twits! Get my gun, Liege! We are about to bag our first
|
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571 twit! Get ready, they can be confusing sometimes! Whatever you do, don't lose
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572 that red cattle prod! TWITS!
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573
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574 (((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))(((*)))((( just lurkin' )))((( Ripple )))
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575 Morrissey: There will be a meeting today at 2PM at the library downtown. It is the Portland Science Fiction Society, and some
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576 of us Backwater irregulars show up. Why don't you come meet some people. You might make a friend or two! DELTA FIVE
|
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577 ________________________________________________________________________________
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578 CISTOP MIKRYEY: Thank you for restoring my border, you are ever thoughtful and
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||
579 kind, it's one of the many reasons why this is my favorite board.
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580 ___________________________________________________M.N._________________________
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581 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppplurkin'pppppppppppppppppppppp
|
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582 break
|
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583 *************************************************************************:
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584 M.N.: Always glad to help.
|
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585 L'homme: Yes, but will it FIT?!! <chuckle> maybe if you were to try Logo......
|
||
586 No, no, don't hit me, I'll be nice!
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587 *************************************************************************
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588
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589 ##########################################################################
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590 The Innkeeper awoke with a start. The cold damp draft had put a chill in
|
||
591 his legs. Getting up, he moved to the soot embraced hearth, and stired the
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592 coals to bring up the fire, and sacraficed another log to the ever hungry
|
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593 flames. The fire quickly claimed its prize, and greedily licked at the
|
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594 coarse bark. Throwing showers of sparks as it attacked the moss and lichen
|
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595 that sheathed the wood. Closing the screen, the Innkeeper stepped back from
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596 the new emerging heat of the fire.
|
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597 It was then that he spied the Piper half dozing in a nearby chair. As the
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598 heat from the newborn fire reached him, the Piper looked up to see the
|
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599 source. He saw the Innkeeper standing there his back turned to the fire
|
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600 warming his cold body. Smiling, the Piper said "Just lurking".
|
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601 Chuckling, the Innkeeper responded "What? Just lurking? Not working?
|
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602 What a jerking! Get perking!"
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603 ########################## The Innkeeper ####################################
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604 Ok, so it isn't the greatest, but it rhymes! Besides what do you want at
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605 the spur of the moment, perfection? Boy, you can't please anybody around here.
|
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606 #############################################################################
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607
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608 Where is everybody? Why is the Inn empty? What happened? Somebody tell me please? Won't somebody talk to me?
|
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609 Charlotte
|
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610
|
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611 THE SYSOP IS MAKING ME VERY MAD!
|
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612 HE KEEPS ON REMOVING MY MESSAGES
|
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613
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