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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 22 JUL 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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19
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20 Murphy's Law !!!
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21 -------- --- ---
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22 No good deeds go unpunished
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23 Leakproof seals - will.
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24 Self starters - will not.
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25 Interchangeable parts - won't.
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26 There is always one more bug
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27 Nature is a mother.
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28 Don't mess with Mrs. Murphy!
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29 90% Of every thing is crap
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30 If you're feeling good, don't worry, you'll get over it.
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31 Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.
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32 All warranties expire upon payment of invoice.
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33 Where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit.
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34 Never eat prunes when you are famished.
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35 If you try to please everybody, no one will like it.
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36 A short cut is the longest distance between two points.
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37 You will always find something in the last place you look.
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38 The chance of bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.
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39 No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
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40 No one's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
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41 The other line always moves faster.
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42 In order to get a loan, you must prove you don't need it.
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43 Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than you thought.
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44 If you fool with an object long enough, you will screw it up.
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45 A $300.00 picture tube will protect a 10 cent fuse by blowing first.
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46 If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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47 Any tool dropped while repairing a car will roll to the exact center.
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48 The repairman will never have seen a model quite like yours before.
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49 When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repair man it will work perfectly.
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50 A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
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51 Everybody should believe in something - I believe I'll have another drink. (W.C. Fields)
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52 Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
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53 Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
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54 In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
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55 You will remember that you forgot to take out the trash when the garbage truck is two doors down.
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56 There's never time to do it right but there's always time to do it over.
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57 When it doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
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58 Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
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59 It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
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60 A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.
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61 Murphy's golden rule: Whoever has the gold makes the rules.
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62 The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.
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63 Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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64 A Smith & Wesson beats four aces. (A CCM Commandment)
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65 In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
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66 Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
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67 The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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68 Everything east of the San Andreas fault line will eventually plunge into the Atlantic Ocean.
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69 Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
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70 Celibacy is not hereditary.
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71 Never sleep with anyone more crazy than yourself.
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72 Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear thru.
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73 If everything seems to going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.
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74 If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, no one will be at fault.
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75 To know yourself is the ultimate form of agression. (Freudian Psychology)
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76 Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear warfare.
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77 The universe is not infinite. Man is just too lazy to make the journey.
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78 Wisdom is not the ultimate power, just ask any politician.
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79 Computers did not start their existance with the intent to take over the world, they did not have to. It was given to them.
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80 A black hole is nature's perfect garbage disposal.
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81 The answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42!
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82 If the sun were to fail to rise tomorrow, most people would just sleep in late.
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83 They said that the item was guaranteed for life. They did not say whose life.
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84 Anything can be repaired regardless of age, availabilty of parts, or wheather it is worth reparing. But can you afford it?
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85 Nothing in life is certain. (that's for sure!)
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86 Nothing is inevitable but death and taxes. (did you read the previous line?)
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87 Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.
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88 It seems that in order to use a dictionary, you must already know how to spell the word.
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89 This Wonderful Reprint was brought to you by -Beatrice- (A division of CCM/DL)
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90
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91 Downloaded this from another BBS in town and thought you might like it!
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92 I would like to ask one question of Mikey or some of the people
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93 associated with this system! Why is this system so slow at taking uploads??
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94 I realize that the system is an old homebrew type that is liminted in
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95 its capabilities and speed but it seems to be fast at output but not on input.
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96 I have to take my hat off to the owner who keeps a system that stays the
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97 same for many years and people can get used to it's operation and functions.
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98 But why can't that one item be improved. Would it be that hard to speed it up?
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99 I send as slow as my terminal program will send and it still drop an occasional
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100 character. Would it require a total redesign of the hardware to
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101 instigate such a simple upgrade of the system's preformance???
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102 Thanks in advance for your courteous response
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103
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104 //Tony\\
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105
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106 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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107 %&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&
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108
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109 Come on Children,, Grow Up..
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110
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111 God..
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112
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113 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%Of COURSE you always find a lost object
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114 in the last place you look. You would
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115 have to be a total IDDIOT to keep on
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116 looking for something after you have
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117 found it...
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118 ZARDOZ
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119
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120 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DISK...
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121
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122 I'D RATHER HAVE MY BLOOD SUCKED OUT BY LEECHES THAN READ DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
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123 STORIES.
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124
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125
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126 Warwho,,, This is Bow-joe........... We are a go on the meeting next
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127 Tuesday night at the meeting hall. Let me know if you can go ASAP.
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128
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129
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130 Bow-joe
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131
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132 =+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+=
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133
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134 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
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135
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136 *************
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137 *Triple Five*
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138 * Was Here *
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139 *************
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140 TONY: UNFORTUNATELY, IT *WOULD* REQUIRE A MAJOR REDESIGN OF THE SYSTEM.
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141 WHEN YOU SEND THE CARRIAGE RETURN, BWMS WRITES THE LINE TO DISK. DURING THE
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142 TIME REQUIRED FOR THIS, BWMS CAN *NOT* DO ANYTHING ELSE.
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143 BEST RESULTS ON UPLOADS ARE OBTAINED BY SENDING THE LINE AND THEN WAITING
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144 FOR A SHORT PERIOD (.25-.5 SEC?) BEFORE STARTING TO SEND THE NEXT LINE. I
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145 DO NOT BELIEVE THAT INTERCHARACTER DELAYS ARE REQUIRED.
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146 TO AVOID THE LOSS OF THE FIRST FEW CHARACTERS OF THE 1ST LINE, DO A "BO"
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147 BEFORE YOUR "EN".
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148 ***********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER****************************
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149 ......................................................................
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150 Tony: What a lot of drivel. I can't imagine taking up that much space
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151 on TWO systems. It's like reading a bad t'shirt salesman's
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152 catalogue.
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153 I'm appalled.
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154 ......................................................................
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155 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+.the hell with it...etc....
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156 TONY: ditto as above! my god, i feared for my immortal soul. like an
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157 endless line of old, dusty jokes lined up in front of you, all across
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158 the horizon. its enough to drive on mad..... ahhhhhaaaaaaahhhhaaaaaaah.....
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159 the hatter
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160 +-+-+-+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+-+-.....etc
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161 {+|+} <162> 860722^2231
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162 ____07/22/86__________________JD 2446634.7452_________22:53:09_PDT_________
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163 I thought it was funny! A lot better than the spy vs. spy stories that are
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164 always *WASTING* space here. Keep up the good work, Tony, and don't
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165 pay attention to these other lowlifes.
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166
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167
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168 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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169 L'homme: You may think that BOC is tops, and I may have argued in behalf
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170 of Jim Morrison and his friends, but if you weren't at the ZZ Top
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171 concert, you should have been. Good ol' fashioned southern Rock n Roll!!
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172 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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173 WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL
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174 .....................................................................
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175 I DISAGREE ALL IS NOT WELL I SHOULD KNOW...
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176 AGENT JAY IS THE ANTICHRIST.
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177 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=M.M.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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178 7e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e1
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179
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180 The elevator trip to the ground floor took seconds, but it was enough time
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181 for Parity to comprehend the seriousness of Fellows' condition. A large piece
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182 of broken glass from the window in the hotel room had torn into Fellows' side.
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183 His side was covered with blood, as Parity's hand did not make the greatest
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184 compound bandage, and there had been no time to administer the proper frantic-
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185 first-aid.
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186 As the mirrored doors of the elevator slid open, Parity, still holding
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187 the unconscious Fellows around the waist, peeked around the corner and into
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188 the lobby of the Westward Ho Motel. The lobby was uncrowded. It appeared to
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189 Parity that most of the people normally in the lobby this time of day were
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190 outside investigating, gawking, and generally making a nuisance of themselves
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191 amid the rubble that had descended from above, curtsey of one NET booby-trapped
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192 CD case.
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193 Parity cinched up the packs, the CD/ROM container, and the COMSET. He
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194 dragged Fellows as best he could to the rear doors and the parking lot that
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195 faced Industrial Road behind the Westward. Parity could hear the wail of
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196 more and more sirens. Las Vegas put on a real show of force when bombs went
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197 boom along the strip. He knew he didn't have much time to get out the hotel
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198 before the police figured out where the blast came from and sealed off the
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199 place.
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200 As the two agents passed the foreign exchange desk, deserted except
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201 for a young woman at the counter, Parity lost his grip of Fellows, who went
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202 tumbling to the carpet in a limp pile. The woman sprang up from her desk
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203 and approached the pair of agents cautiously
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204 "Is your friend all right?" she asked innocently.
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205 "Oh, him. He's just had a few too many over in the casino. He'll be
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206 alright." Parity tried to keep himself between the woman and wound,
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207 but it was pretty difficult when the blood was all over Fellows' clothes.
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208 "Is that... Is that blood?" Tension had entered her voice.
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209 "Just a nick madame. I'm taking him to his doctor right now." By now Parity
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210 had Fellows back up and was starting to turn towards the parking lot entrance.
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211 "Please, wait. I'll call an ambulance. And there's plenty of emergency
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212 people outside, with the blast... and... all" She looked directly at Parity,
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213 then over to the slumping Fellows, then to the blood running between Parity's
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214 fingers. Parity could see the gears turning, as she started to make what
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215 ever connections she could from the visual evidence.
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216 "My friend is hurt. I need to get him to some help. Who ever you call
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217 will just slow my helping him down. Please, help me by doing what I ask."
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218 Parity knew that if she called out front the hotel would be crawling with
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219 inquisitive cops in seconds. He would not have enough time to get outside,
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220 find a car, and drive off without arousing any more suspicion than
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221 necessary.
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222 "What do you want me to do?" She stepped forward, hands out. "Can I help
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223 you carry him?"
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224 "Thank you. Hold his side. Sorry about the blood. I need to get to the
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225 parking lot and find my car." They started moving towards the door.
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226 Parity still carried the baggage, and held up one side of Fellows. The
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227 woman placed her hand directly over the worst part of the wound. In seconds
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228 her hand and lower arm were covered with the crimson evidence of Fellows'
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229 injury.
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230 "How did he get..." She stopped in the middle of her question, as if she
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231 already knew the answer, but did not want to know it from Parity.
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232 At last they reached the door, which fortunately was electronic. It opened
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233 with a mechanical swoosh. The hot air from outside was a sharp contrast to
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234 the cool air-conditioned interior of the Westward Ho. Fellows shuddered a
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235 bit, and the woman sucked in her breath, but kept her hand firmly on the wound.
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236 Parity spotted a late model domestic sedan one row over, about twenty yards
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237 from the entrance they just emerged from.
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238 "Our car is over there, the green Ford LTD." Parity pointed with a jerk
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239 of his head toward the car. "Just a few more feet old buddy." The woman smiled
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240 weakly. Fellows was in no condition to respond.
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241 They were almost to the car when a police cruiser pulled in to the parking
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242 lot from a connecting lane with the Castaways Hotel. The driver of the car
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243 must have spotted them immediately, because he turned his lights on and drove
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244 in their direction.
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245 Parity and the woman saw the police car at the same time. He knew they would
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246 have to act quickly.
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247 "OK, can you hold him against the car while I unlock the door?" A nod, and
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248 Parity let go of Fellows. He extracted a small set of entry devices from his
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249 front pocket and started working on the car door.
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250 "The police can help your friend." The woman said with a pleading voice.
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251 "They can also ask a lot of questions. There, the door is unlocked. Help
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252 me get him in." As carefully as they could, Parity and the woman lowered
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253 Fellows into the passenger car seat. Trying not to step on Fellows, Parity
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254 climbed over him and got in to the driver's seat. The COMSET and other
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255 equipment was thrown in the back seat. In five more seconds the car's steering
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256 wheel was unlocked and the car was started.
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257 The woman looked in apprehensively. "I won't ask about the car. I hope you
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258 find help for him." She looked at Fellows, then at her blood covered hand.
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259 "Thank you, miss... I'm sorry, but we've got to go." Parity put the car
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260 in gear and stepped on it just as the police car pulled up behind. He could
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261 see in the rear-view mirror the woman run in front of the police car just as
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262 it started to turn and follow. Parity knew the police car could not follow,
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263 but he also knew there were plenty of others in the area that could.
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264 He looked over at Fellows, head lolling in motion with the car, and hoped
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265 he could find help in time.
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266
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267 7e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e17e1
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268
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269 ++++++++++++M++++++++++++++M++++++++++++++++M++++++++++++++++++M++++++++++++M++++++++++++++++M++++++
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270 ive been bad ive been good dallas texas hollywood.
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271 WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME
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272 WELCOME home Mikey. A call to the Hospital revealed you had been discharged.
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273 My apologies to the elderly woman who now occupies your old room. As you can
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274 see, Backwater has more or less survived, thanks to the phantom of backwater,
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275 whom ever that might be. The big question now is, are you feeling up to some
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276 visitors, bringing tidings of good joy. It is good to have you back!
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277 HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME HOME
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278 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom...
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279 Mikey *was* in the hospital? What for? Why does nobody ever tell me thos things?
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280 Bravo to the spy story writers! I don't know why anybody would call them junk,
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281 as I find them far more interesting than the 'kiddie sysop' arguments and
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282 various other miscellanious stuff left here. The Murphy's law list was fun,
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283 though overlong, though. We need more original fiction here. I know it's
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284 summer and computing is the last thing on most of you people's minds, but some
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285 (nuts) anonymous borders? And whatever happened to all the GOOD writers, anyway?
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286 I only see one that has been active on the last two disks. Whatever happened to
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287 Emu's tale? How about some more fantasy stories? And whatever happened to
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288 Silverman's story? I was enjoying it immensely. Did he die or what?
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289 Let's see some interesting stuff going here, OK? I would post some myself, but,
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290 alas, I have not the talent, as you can see.
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291 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom...
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292 Oops! Up between "some" and "(nuts)" in my message was supposed to be the line
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293 "people are still leaving messages. Can the do something besides leave complaints and-"
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294 (accidently hit "break" instead of "return". I **HATE** Atari keyboards!!)
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295 One more time:
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296 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom!
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297 Did you know that the Spy vs. Spy story is actually *longer* than the
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298 murphy's law list? Well, did you? Naw, I thought not. Please check into
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299 these things before you say the Spy story is good and Murphy's Law is too long.
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300 I myself would prefer to read the kiddie-sysop debate rather than these boring
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301 Spy and Dungeon & Dragons stories. In fact, the last disk was the first time
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302 I've ever actually sat down and read an entire disk on Backwater. I didn't
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303 have to do any DO 30's when I got to the boring, long-winded stories.
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304 Naturally, no one will agree with me, since you're all too mature to prefer a
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305 good debate to a poorly written tale by some amateur. Don't get me wrong.
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306 I don't have anything against books or stories. I probably have read and
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307 enjoy reading more than my share. I just dislike reading these amateur
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308 attempts at writing. I'm willing to bet that more people are reading my entry
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309 than the Spy story above. Why? Certainly not because I'm a better writer.
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310 It's just that the story is BORING! This entry, however, has more impact
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311 on most 'patrons' of this system. That's why entries such as Beatrice's get
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312 more response than these bad attempts at good writing (Spy). And for what
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313 it's worth, I don't care much for Dr. Who either.
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314 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Toro
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315
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316
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317 <[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]>
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318
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319 TONY: I really got a good laugh out of that list of jokes!!
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320 Never mind what the other single-digit IQ users of this system think
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321 Only what I think Matters!!!!!
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322 And if they don't like it me and a few of the boys will be over to visit
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323 them.
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324 FOR THE LAST TIME!!!!
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325
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326 What a joke!!!
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327 Anyway keep up the good work!
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328
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329 530 (DB/CCM)
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330
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331 <[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[]><[<[<[<[]><[]>
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332 MIKEY: HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT I DELIVER THE "MISSING" DISKS TO YOU?
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333 ********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER*****************************
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334
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335 zzzzt..... crackle.... pop....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
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336 swoosh.... testing... testing... 1...2...3...testing....
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337 ahem, well, bw seems to be working from remote base 2 ok.
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338 Things seem to be back to normal (?) or at least as well as can be
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339 expected at this point.
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340
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341 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ****************************
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342 DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION??
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343 ************************************** SEE B
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344 -----------------------------
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345 Mikey: Call me at 626-xxxx for an almost once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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346 ------------------------------------------------- P. V. Jeltz ------------
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347
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348
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349 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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350 Well, Well!!! I left town for a week and I find my first message
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351 still intact on BWMS. I didn't expect to start such a wild debate, but merely
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352 ask an honest and sincere question that was avoided by making lame technical
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353 excuses as to why my messages are always deleted on BWMS. First of all, I
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354 always execute a "OFF" command before I hang up and I know about drive "B." Second, I really don't believe
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355 that even Mikey and his cronies just happen to accidentally leave the system in
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356 some edit mode every time I leave a message, and that the twit who calls in
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357 every time deletes just my messages. While I am being disagreeable, I would
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358 like to state for the record that I also don't believe messages from supposed
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359 "NON-Mikey-cronies". Gentlemen, Gentlemen, I am not trying to start rave
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360 controversy over the operating practices of BWMS, I am just trying to find the
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361 true story behind the editing process on this mysterious system. It is obvious
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362 that they are not what they are outlined as being. Let's let the log-on message
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363 speak for itself:
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364 ********************************************************************************
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365 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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366 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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367 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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368 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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369 I may find offensive.
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370
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371 ********************************************************************************
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372 Are messages to friends about meetings and the like considered "Offensive??"
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373 I would really hope not! In college I had a language professor who despised
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374 general discussion of anything. He thrived on controversy and "intellectual"
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375 debates of any orgin. Some friends of mine have suggested that this is the desired operation of BWMS? Are entries of a
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376 "non-intellectually stimulating" nature undesirable here?? If so I see no
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377 crime in making it known. The only problem I have with that theory is that I
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378 see codes, childish arguments and other "intellectually-offensive" entries that
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379 remain on the disk until it is removed from drive "B" and dies a normal BWMS
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380 death. As I have stated before, I am in no way demanding my rights to use
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381 Mikey's personal equipment. I'm merely asking a simple question as to --WHY--.
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382 Why are such harmless messages deleted? Or is it that there is something
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383 going on with all of these "codes," something that no one is allowed to know
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384 and BWMS is a front for the MAFIA!!!!!!!!!
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385
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386
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387 BAC...
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388
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389 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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390 OH QUIT WHINING!
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391 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom...
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392 Toro;
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393 Your 'rebuttal' to my statement is so one-sided and opinionated that it can
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394 hardly be called that. First off, the actual length of the entries in question
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395 had nothing to do with my remarks on them. The Murphy's law list was long
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396 because lists tend to wear on the reader after a certain point and I thought
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397 that entry had passed that point. I did not notice the length of the spy story
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398 because it had a plotline that more than held my interest throughout. I have
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399 thoroughly enjoyed the stories that have been put on this board in the past,
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400 amatuer or not. granted, some have been mediocre or just plain trash (Re: The
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401 Destroyer) but some others have been surprisingly good (Emu and Parity, to name
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402 a couple). And I don't think others will disagree with you because they are too
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403 'mature', but rather because their tastes differ from yours. This board is ment
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404 for the posting of any non-obscene non-garbage material and that means that the
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405 writers have just as much right to be here as the 'kiddie-sysop' debators and
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406 the others. It's just that the writers have been conspicuously absent lately
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407 and I hoped perhaps to draw some out. Futile hope. And I don't know about your
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408 message being more interesting than the stories. Personally, I dozed off twice
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409 while reading it.
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410 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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411 Toro, of course you enjoyed the last disk, which was called by half-
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412 a-dozen other back water writers one of the worst disks of all time. And most
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413 of us have seen all-time. Those childish messages do not warrent being called
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414 debates. They are name-calling arguments akin to some kid who doesn't get his
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415 own way and throws a tantrum so everyone else can see just how upset he is.
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416 It is amazing that people intelligent enough to hook up a computer, modem,
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417 and software and call a board suddenly take an IQ nose-dive as soon as they
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418 hear a carrier. I haven't seen such actions since I was in grade school.
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419 Fortunately, that was some time ago.
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420 Since you seemingly have nother better to do that bitch, why don't
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421 you try and help improve things. Show us what a good writer you are by
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422 entering something other than whinning little diatribes against anyone who
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423 happens to be in range. Indulge in a real debate. State your point, and
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424 LISTEN to other's points of view. Anything less will further show the others
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425 on this board just how little you are. Show us you are better than that.
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426 Build your self up not by cutting others down as you have done in the past,
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427 but by making a good reputation for yourself. If you can't do that, leave us
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428 in peace. Certainly there are more entertaining things to do if Backwater is
|
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429 as bad as you say.
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430 French Toast
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431 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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432 4:01:15PM 7-24-86
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433 ...............................................
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434 LOST PARTY SHERPA
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435 ...............................................
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436 Ok, I'll have to do some editing.
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437 ____07/24/86__________Leonard_JD 2446636.5636_________18:31:40_PDT_________
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438 MIKEY: THE FIRST ONE IS THERE.
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439 ********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER******************************
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440 I fail to see why most people on here complained of the "kiddie-sysop" debate. I was called one and I stood up for myslf.
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441 What is wrong with that??????
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442 -DK-
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443 [O O] -- lurkin' 1
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444 Ya know I really feel like writing a good story right now, but when I hear people continually b****ing about how offen-
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445 sive they find other peoples entries and how amateurish other's stories are, I really don't feel that I need to waste m
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||
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446 time trying to give some kind of enjoyment to those who are just going to "DO 30" when they see the beginning.
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447 Oh well.
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448 [O O] -- lurkin' 1
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449 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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450 Minutes later, a NET vehicle crew arrived and took the van, leaving a
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451 nondescript Mustang behind as transportation for the agents. Farley's mind
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||
452 buzzed with thoughts and half-worked-out theories, which mercifully blanketed
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453 his fustration for the time being.
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454 "I've never heard of a case of sabotage within NET, James. Never." A quiet
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455 statement. James just sat unmoving in the passenger seat, with only a twitch
|
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456 of a muscle given as a response for several long seconds. "Yeah. But androids
|
||
457 and CD roms haven't been walking the earth before, either. Somethin's screwy
|
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458 here, I dunno what...another one of my hunches, I guess."
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||
459 Eugene considered that. "I'm beginning to trust your intuition." He brought
|
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460 the Mustang into HHQ entry #7, the sub-sub-level of a parking structure that
|
||
461 was close to HQ, but not too near- and still, after the automatic transport
|
||
462 ride, Farley was not sure exactly where HQ was. "Time to put some questions to
|
||
463 Nick. He should be around."
|
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464 Dull procedure executed perfectly got the agents past Outer Security, and a
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465 lift took them to Douglas' Robotics Section.
|
||
466 It was a perfect, beautiful white. Eugene wondered for a moment if Nick ever
|
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467 suffered from eyestrain from the glare, when the roboticist himself poked his
|
||
468 goggled head out his office door.
|
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469 #$##$##$##$##
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||
470 Click. Dr. Douglas has visitors. Ident scan commence. Scan complete.
|
||
471 Match: Eugene Farley. Match: James Garret. Two targets identified.
|
||
472 Directive: Destroy targets and witnesses. Classify Dr. Douglas as witness.
|
||
473 IAN4: Commence execution of directive. Following termination of program,
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||
474 execute pre-program Leebig.
|
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475 Click.
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476 #$##$##$##$##
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||
477 Unnoticed by the agents, an android detaches itself from its niche in the wall,
|
||
478 soundlessly creeping closer as its fingers grasp a nearby steel strut...
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||
479 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$## Farley #$##$##$##$##$# 86:07:24:22:38:35 #$##$##$##$#
|
||
480 *%*_)%*!_%&@%_))*!)^!_^*!)*!_)*^!+*!_)!*%_)~%*!%&%!%*!_)^&#^*!_)*!_)%*!_%*!)%
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481 Farley : I always liked the cliff-hangers!
|
||
482 Mikey : Good to see your real boarder again. I have a few bits of communication
|
||
483 for you. When can they be transferred?
|
||
484 (*%@%*#*@*%!%*_)*!_%*@)$#^&_)) L'homme sans Parity %*@%@%_*)_*%!_)%*_)#%*_))%*@
|
||
485 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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486 Thanks to those who have mentioned my name when discussing writers that
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487 they missed. I hope to eventually continue what I started, when I have
|
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488 a little more time (?) and when I have a little more plot figured out.
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489 I believe that there are some outstanding authors on this board, most of
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490 whom are lurking at present. At least a couple NET agents are continuing
|
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491 their thread. I'd like to hear from Piper and some other "oldtimers".
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||
492 They've been *awfully* quiet of late...
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493 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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||
494 o french roast: you're addressing a diatribe to yourself.
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||
495 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|
||
496 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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497 What is the status of the following boards?
|
||
498 South of the Boarder 252-xxxx Surf Country 245-xxxx
|
||
499 The Count 668-xxxx Zoron 252-xxxx
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||
500 Alhanbra 631-xxxx Road House 286-xxxx
|
||
501 ??????????????????????????? the bbs watcher ???????????????????????????????
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||
502 THEY ALL DIED, OF INFANT
|
||
503 MORTALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
504 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom...
|
||
505 Awake again. I7m glad to see that the spy stories weren't discouraged by the
|
||
506 ravings of the philistines on this board. the only complaint I would have
|
||
507 about you spy writers is that I have never seen you finish what you started.
|
||
508 I have seen so many interesting storylines fade from lack of writer intrest
|
||
509 or lack of time. I hope this current storyline continues to a conclusion as
|
||
510 it may be the best one yet...
|
||
511 Emu: You're welcome. Hope to see more of you soon.
|
||
|
||
512 Piper: Where are you?
|
||
513 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom...
|
||
514 **************************************************************************J****
|
||
515 Wrong disk. I think, that is the old disk b and not the old disk A. Though
|
||
516 I'm not sure what is on the old disk b I pulled out now. Things are getting
|
||
517 just a bit screwed up here.
|
||
518 ****************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************j**
|
||
519 MIKEY: I HAD TO COPY 860629 OVER 860623. I THEREFORE ASSUMED THAT YOU DIDN'T
|
||
520 HAVE IT. I ALSO HAVE 860629 TO DELIVER (WHEN/WHERE/HOW IS UP TO YOU...)
|
||
521 *****************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER**********************************
|
||
522 (PS 860716 WAS COPIED OVER 860629. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE 860716.....)
|
||
523 ****************************************************************************
|
||
524 What I don't have.. what was on here when all of this started. DA and DB.
|
||
525 What I do have.. disks proir to that. Sinc I don't know for sur anymore what is
|
||
526 on the DB I pulled, I'll assume that it is invalid until we get this straightene
|
||
527 out. I'm getting more confused as this goes along....
|
||
528 ******************************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
|
||
529 P.S. Steve now knows the whole story involved. I talked with him last knight.
|
||
530 THE DB THAT WAS ON WHEN YOU GOT HOME WAS VALID. THE CURRENT DB IS THE ONE
|
||
531 THAT WAS ON WHEN YOU "LEFT". I HAVE A DB HERE THAT WAS ON IN BETWEEN THOSE
|
||
532 TWO.... IF THIS ISN'T CLEAR CALL ME.
|
||
533 [SAUC WFWSD @_XJD [SAUC WF_[W @PHB
|
||
534 *************************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER**************************
|
||
535 :::::=====:::::=====
|
||
536 Holy Cow!
|
||
537 How did I get on Backwater on a friday night?
|
||
538 Is the popularity of America's very favorite board slipping?
|
||
539 Zephyr
|
||
540 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=<===:::::
|
||
541 ____07/26/86__________Leonard_JD 2446638.7612_________23:16:20_PDT_________
|
||
542 question??????????
|
||
543 WHAT DID ABE LINCOLN SAY AFTER A TWO DAY DRUNK???????
|
||
544 ANSWER>>>> I RFREEFREED WHO>>>>>>
|
||
545 OFF
|
||
546 I heard on the news that Delta Five is not dead, but is alive and well, and
|
||
547 hiding in Arizona---
|
||
548 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
549 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
550 To Walk Alone
|
||
551
|
||
552 Crying softly to myself, I continue north through the sleeping pines and dozi
|
||
553 ng willows. Morning air with a slight nip, washing past my hair, and soul.
|
||
554 What's wrong with me? Why do I feel this way?
|
||
555 The song of an ancient reptillian bird echos through the background. Coming
|
||
556 closer, I must hide... Sounds of despair and death, remain hovering in the air,
|
||
557 for anyone to hear; anyone who may be around.
|
||
558 Weeks later, still going north. The spark is gone and I am cold. Hate and
|
||
559 frusteration as my only companions, my heart is blue, frozen. Bad memories
|
||
560 follow me; a haunting presence that persists in staying. Annoyed, I try to
|
||
561 ignore it:
|
||
562 "I can't wait to get out of this miserbal state..." "But I've finally found
|
||
563 a group of friends, set down ties! Please don't move me. I want to..."
|
||
564 "...you can make new friends. I don't like it here. What I say goes." "Why do
|
||
565 you always have to dominate other peoples lives? You only care for yourself!"
|
||
566 "Shutup! Don't you ever Don't you ever talk to me that way again in my house.
|
||
567 you're lucky to have such a nice home."
|
||
568 One of the last arguements I had with him. Well, I'm not in his "nice home"
|
||
569 anymore.
|
||
570 Pulling out a knife, it's sharp blade glistens in the dim light. Is there
|
||
571 life after death?...
|
||
572 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
573 """""""""""""""""""Soli was here...
|
||
574 SHEESH
|
||
575 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZoom?
|
||
576 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 ***
|
||
577 I HOPE YOU GIT FEELING BETTER MIKE. SORRY ABOUT
|
||
|
||
578
|
||
579 BIENG SUCH A JURK BEFORE.
|
||
580 BEST WISHES.!!!
|
||
581
|
||
582 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 ***
|
||
583 THE KEEPER OF lost SOUL`S
|
||
584 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 *** 666 ***
|
||
585
|
||
586 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
587 Jeez, that is quite a change of heart. Thank you keeper. And do get better
|
||
588 cistop.
|
||
589 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Arthur Pendragon^^^^^
|
||
590 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
591 I am a three letter word.
|
||
592
|
||
593 A furry little beast when beheaded
|
||
594 Becomes a horned bovive beast instead;
|
||
595 But when this beast is cut in half,
|
||
596 This division gains nothing,
|
||
597 And an unknown quantity as well.
|
||
598
|
||
599 What am I?
|
||
600 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
601 I am a six letter word.
|
||
602
|
||
603 At first I'm protection for a new invention.
|
||
604 Curtailed I am a plate for a holy bread,
|
||
605 Curtailed again I'm the top of your head,
|
||
606 Again, you have me pat,
|
||
607 Curtailed at the last, I'm a father.
|
||
608 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
609 I am a four letter word:
|
||
610
|
||
611 I never move, and yet I run,
|
||
612 From place to place all day;
|
||
613 When scrambled up for word game fun
|
||
614 My letters Dora say.
|
||
615
|
||
616 What am I?
|
||
617 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
618 ****************************************************************************
|
||
619 Methinks I hear the voice of Tanya here....
|
||
620 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
|
||
621 Well, the last riddle is "Road"...
|
||
622 -DK-
|
||
623 [O O] -- lurkin' 2
|
||
624 Well, the first is "Patent"
|
||
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