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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 4 SEP 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 ROSES ARE RED
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21 TALK IS CHEAP
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22 SO LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE
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23 AT THE BEEP.
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24 -DONOVAN- (THE COMPUTER WHIZ)
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25
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26 =+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+=
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27
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28 What a SCUM BAG!!!!!
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29
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30 It looks like we have another kiddie board on our hands out in the South
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31
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32
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33 *************
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34 *Triple Five*
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35 * Was Here! *
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36 *************
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37
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38 =+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+==+-+=
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39 Hello!
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40 Are you
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41 there,
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42 Mike?
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43 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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44 Elforson's mind reeled and spun, and his jaw hung slack.His eyes
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45 well beyond any normal width, he blinked, to try and change what he saw.
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46
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47 "Ah yes, mighty white man, you are indeed looking upon the face of a
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48 pigmy, the 'orrible savages infamous throughout your world!!"
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49 And, at that point, his friend's face creased into a smile, then he threw back his head, and laughter spilled forth lon
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50 loud.His shoulders still quaking, he took Elforson by the hand, and led him
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51 down towards the earth below.Elforson took quick, darting glances out of the
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52 corners of his eyes, trying to take in his friend's appearance.He stood about
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53 three foot two, probably eighty pounds, well proportioned muscles, high forehead
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54 and very alive and intelligent eyes, which were steadily obseving Elforson
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55 every time he looked at his face.After perhaps ten minutes of silent walking,
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56 he span around to face his diminutive colleage, and burst forth with:
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57 "This is no good.My name is Halfdan Elforson, I'm twenty- nine,
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58 and British born.Who are you, if I may ask?"
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59 His friend looked at him intently for a long moment, then, with visible
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60 relaxation in his face, said very queitly,
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61 "Whilst you may not have the manners of your brother, you are, I
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62 think, as honourable, and with probably as much integreity.I will trust you.
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63 This wiil be hard for you, I'm sure.I learnt my english from him, as I also
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64 gained reading material from him, and learnt several other languages."
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65 "Wait for one God-damned minute, you, what the hell are you trying
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66 to say, that my brother was involved with you?C'mon, I'm no fool.Anyway, how'd
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67 you find out I had a brother in the first place.And, you still haven't explained
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68 who you are!!"
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69 The little man facing him had smiled at this outburst, a smile with
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70 a touch of nostalgia to it, and, his head on one side, with a broad grin,
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71 he replied, "Exactly as i expected.He was right about your temper.He said
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72 something about how 'Haffie always fancied himself as quite the viking,
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73 what with our ancestory!!', and it seems he was right."
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74 Elforson shut up.He might be a touch arrogant, but he wasn't stupid.
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75 There was aboslutely no way that this person could know his brother's favourite
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76 saying about him without intimate contact.His head spinning, he apologised
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77 profusely for his rude outburst, and begged to be told how the other knew
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78 his older brother, Leif.Leif had been an astronaut, one of the best, before
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79 the test-ship he was in became involved in the Komarov docking accident.Pain
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80 filled memories weled up in his mind, and Elforson's eyes were suddenly wet.
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81 He looked down in surprise as his friend sobbed also.
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82 "Your brother and I were in close collaberation to the end, and he
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83 was a good friend.I hope you will start to help us where he left off."
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84 "Help?How?Of course, but doing what?"
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85 "Do not speak before you know what, for it is dangerous work he was
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86 doing.In fact, it gives me panges of guilt to realize that he died doing our
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87 mission."
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88 Elforson's brain, which had been on the edge of a precipice yawning
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89 beneath him, fell into the sickening depths, and he nearly lost conciousness.
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90 They had been walking, and had entered a village of rude huts, of woven leaves
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91 and vines, all around.No-one was in the huts, for all were at the center of the
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92 octagonal village square, all doing highly organized things, but there were so
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93 many that it appeared a hive of furious activity, surrounding something that
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94 Elforson's brain refused to accept.Huge, glinting in the sun, greenish dappled
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95 light reflected in its polished surfaces, it formed the centerpiece of the village.The huge engine nacelles pointing offf to
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96 lforson's left, the entrance hatch a staggering four hundred feet above his haed.The size seduced his brain, led it along, and
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97 efeated ti totally, causing almost total mental collapse.He finally opened his
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98 eyes for a second look, hoping it had gone away, but it stubbornly had refused
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99 to vanish, or change.It was still the largest, most compex, and, above all
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100 ALIEN spaceship he had ever seen.
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101
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102 Adric.
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103
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104 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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105 ____09/04/86__________________JD 2446678.7407_________22:46:39_PDT_________
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106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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107 Busy, Busy, Busy. And so is Backwater, as I see. Just popped in to visit
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108
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109 briefly- I've got a project due soon and time is scarce, if you'd wondered
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110
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111 where I'd gone.
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112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++ September 4, 1986 ++++++++++++
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113 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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114 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////
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115 We need this program on this date!
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116 No excuses we'll allow.
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117 You've got to work until you drop,
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118 It's the honor of our State.
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119
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120 But what you ask, it can't be done.
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121 It's not the program itself you see
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122 but the time frame you allow me.
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123 I try to think who could help, there is none.
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124
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125 That's no way to talk, you work for us.
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126 You'll do what you have to or die.
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127 If you think you've heard the worst we can be,
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128 Remember, there is a lot more than cuss.
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129
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130 I see your point, as you tighten screws.
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131 You'll break my back and discard me.
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132 I'm just a tool in a gigantic box,
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133 like your hammer and chisel and fuse.
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134
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135 Oh no, you are much more valuable than that.
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136 You get much better treatment than hammers.
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137 We realize you have a powerful brain,
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138 and finishing what we ask will earn you a pat.
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139
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140 A pat. How generous, are you sure you can spare it?
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141 Your pay scale resembles are second derivative.
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142 Your benefits would make a prisoner laugh.
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143 And your work ethic, hah, on that I must spit.
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144 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\V///////////////////////////////////////
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145
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146 ++++++++++lurk++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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147 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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148 The night had drawn its cloak tight about the rude little camp. The tiny
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149 fire was down to a bare handful of glowing coals, their enflamed hearts covered
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150 in thin films of cooling ash. The piper had scooped a slight depression for
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151 his hips and cleared rocks and branches from the forest floor to make his bed.
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152 He lay on the unyeilding ground, less than an arm's length from the tiny firepit
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153 that had cooked his meager meal. Sleepless, haunted by memories, he lifted a
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154 tiny aromatic leaf from the forest floor. He turned the leaf over and over
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155 in his fingers, feeling the ridged surface of wooden veins on one side and the
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156 flat smoothness of the light-collecting surface on the other.
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157 Smiling, he dropped the leaf into the almost-dead fire, brushing a few
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158 sweet-smelling crumbs from his fingers. With tired eyes, he watched the leaf
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159 land on the glowing coals. Idly, he watched the leaf darken an char. First,
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160 tiny coils of white vapor curled from the blackening edges of the leaf, then
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161 glowing spots appeared where the leaf contacted the coals. The volumes of vapor
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162 increased, changed to a thick yellow that almost seemed to glow with a light of
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163 its own, and drifted up to tease his nostrils with a somehow familiar scent.
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164 Intrigued, the piper watched the leaf finally burn with a tiny flame, a flame
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165 that seemed to flicker through myriad colors so quickly that he could scarcely
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166 believe that the colors had been there. Looking closely as the tiny flame
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167 died, he saw a miniscule speck of brightness. The piper stared intently at the
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168 brightness and saw it wax into a nearly discernable mote, then relaxed his
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169 attention and saw it wane almost to nothingness.
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170 "Strange," he muttered to himself. "It almost seems to need my attention to
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171 exist. What if I increase the attention?"
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172 Staring intently at the bright mote in the coals, he sat up and crossed his
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173 legs in a posture of meditation. Several moments of intense concentration
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174 caused the mote to grow to the size of a small, glowing pea. A few more moments
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175 raised it to the size of a marble. Nearly no effort was required to get the
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176 glowing object to the size of a golf ball, and the piper began to have second
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177 thoughts of the advisability of continuing the exercise.
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178 The piper forced his eyes away from the object for a few moments to allow it
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179 to contract again. When he looked again, it had not shrunk, but began to
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180 rapidly expand as he looked at it. Alarmed, he gathered his plaid about him
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181 and stepped instinctivly backwards as the glowing object rapidly inflated to
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182 a sphere nearly ten feet in diameter.
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183 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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184 PorSFiS tomorrow. BPA auditorium 2 pm. It's on the light rail....
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185 ____09/05/86__________Leonard_JD 2446679.5417_________18:00:04_PDT_______
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186 It's on the Mad-Max line? What, is that supposed to encourage us?
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187 Or discourage us.
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188
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189 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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190 The Innkeeper seemed lost in his own thoughts, as I had been in mine. I was
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191 thinking back to younger times, when the world was yet new. There was no
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192 talk then of things all gone astray. No people saying 'This is my place.
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193 Give it to me or you and I will both die.' The sky was for dreaming into,
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194 not for bloodshed. I am tired of hearing the truth these days.
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195 Is there a reason for this ? If I were an advanced soul, would I be able to
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196 see the sense in the nonsense ? Why did I choose this life. I read in a book
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197 that was dear to me that we will know that our mission on earth is not
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198 finished if we are yet in this plane. What is my mission ? Why are these
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199 things happening to me, and to my friends ?
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200 A soothing voice came to me. "Are you not here to learn ? Is there not
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201 something to learn from every experience ? Perhaps those who fill them-
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202 selves with hatred and lust for violence need to learn that hatred and
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203 violence only begets hatred and violence."
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204 I pondered that for a moment, and then thought "Why should the innocent be
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205 forced to share in that lesson ?", and the voice replied, "Perhaps it was
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206 their choosing, perhaps it was not. The truth is hard to see, sometimes.
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207 Other times, it easy to see, but no one wants to believe it. Maybe the
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208 higher power, what some refer to as God, doesn't care about guilt and
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209 innocence." "That seems contrary to all of the religions of the world." I
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210 thought to myself. "But then again, religion does not seem to have a very
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211 enviable record in peace and harmony, but an outstanding record in the
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212 sowing of discontent and hatred. I myself am a man of peace, but I do not
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213 attribute that to my religious training, but to my reading and under-
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214 standing on a personal level." The voice said "You are learning still, but
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215 the Innkeeper is looking at you oddly. He has been a witness to this
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216 learning, and perhaps has something to add."
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217 I turned to the Innkeeper, my friend of longstanding, and asked, "Ponder these
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218 thoughts then, and I apologize for intruding on your own thoughts. Why is
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219 it that only the hatred and violence is made known to us these days ? Is it
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220 that there is more of it ? Do I just feel it more ? Is it age ? Wisdom ?
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221 A knowledge of the wrongs I have committed ?"
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222 The Innkeeper went behind the bar to fetch us each an ale, and looked
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223 quietly into the distance as I waited for him to speak.
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224
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225 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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226 {+|+} <238> 860905^2034 !
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227 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.impending.matrimony.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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228 SHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEIIIIIIIIKKKKK!
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229 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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230 ____09/06/86__________________JD 2446679.8165_________00:36:12_PDT_________
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231 {+|+} <243> 860906^1218
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232 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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233 FRIAR, WHILST I HAVEN'T BEEN AVIDLY FOLLOWING YOUR TALE,
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234 I LIKE THE STYLE A LOT.I HOPE WE SEE MORE OF THIS WORK, THOUGH I DO HOPE
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235 IT DOEN'T BECOME TO THEOLOCGICALLY ORIENTED, FOR THEN PEOPLE WOULD DEVELOP
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236 A TENDANCY TO SKIP OVER YOUR WRITING.
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237
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238 I have further plot developements in mind, and, once they are sorted out,
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239 will continue the story of Elforson's strange odessey, if so desired,(
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240 and possibly even if not so desired!!!)
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241
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242 hoping for response,
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243 Adric.
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244 Adric: Not so desired!!! Your writing sucks eggs.
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245 What you said You can't forget
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246 In your mind you'll soon regret
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247 I lived forever but I died yesterday
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248 This life seems dull in everyway
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249
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250 These bullet proof vests don't work
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251 The bullets go through to make you hurt
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252 I've seen nuclear war in the future dream
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253 I died yesterday at least it seems
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254
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255 The middle-east sucks royally
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256 But I can't see what you believe
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257 Nuclear weapons H-bomb mania
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258 Reagans a scum and so are you!!
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259
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260 Dirt! Dirt! Crawl in slime
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261 You don't have a F****** dime!
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262 Spend all your money on underwear
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263 Spend it all again on your spiked hair!
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264
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265 Dream world Russians invade
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266 It looks like a panty raid..
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267 Suicidal maniacs roaming the streets
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268 Killing everyone that they meet
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269
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270 I don't know , seems so unreal
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271 Trying to forget what I feel...
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272 Departure from the present....
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273 Global nuclear destruction
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274
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275 Russians, Irianians, were not alone
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276 They're in this slimy mess too.....
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277 Bombs Grenades and your trusty comb
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278 They're gonna blow up you know who!
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279
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280 The world... self destruct
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281 The world.... Good Conduct
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282 The world, past, the world, future
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283 the world is now under pressure
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284
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285 Listen, slimes and freaks
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286 Stupid Terrorist bastards
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287 It's the game you keepp
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288
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289 Devotion and trust
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290 left in the dust
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291 Why is life so unfiar
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292
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293 Do what you must
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294 No one to trust
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295 Nucear fall out losin my hair
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296
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297 destinty, is really free
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298 your hands are made of playdo
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299 Open your mind you can't see
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300 What this world is really made of
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301
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302 dude, party on the pation
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303 ********************************************************************************
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304 I tried uploading this a while ago, but unfortunately less than half made it.
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305 Line noise. For those of you who may have missed it the first time and those
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306 who read but half, here it is in its entirety.
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307
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308 PARLEY VOUS FRANCAIS? OF COURSE, MOUSSIER.
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309
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310
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311 I can speak a little French. Words like cordon bleau, tete a
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312 tete, parley vous Francais. How about entre vous? Literally
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313 translated, doesn't that mean: ENTER, YOU! If you ask me that doesn't
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314 seem very polite. Hmmm... I wonder how you say please in French.
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315 Strange how I know words like Escargot - baked snails - but not how to
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316 say please. I guess the French just aren't a polite people. That's a
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317 lot like the Mexican I've heard on T.V. They'll give a sampling of
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318 Mexican (Spanish) words and a thick Mexican accent so I get the
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319 flavor, the essence - if you will - of the setting... bull!...
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320 For example, here is an actual Mexican conversation.
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321
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322 Americano: Where is Senorita Maria?
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323 Mexican: Senorita Maria is up in her uncle's hacienda with Don
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324 Carlos, senor. The bandalitos are following them.
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325 Americano: You're sure?
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326 Mexican: Si.
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327
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328 Excuse me, but what kind of Spanish is that? I know many first-year
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329 Spanish students who can speak better than this supposedly fluent
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330 Mexican. I think the filmmakers are trying for effect when they drop
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331 this pseudo-Spanish on us, but why couldn't they be consistent? Pick
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332 ONE language, guys, and stick with it! More often than not, they'll
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333 throw in a Spanish word I don't know and then I only understand half
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334 of what was said. I imagine a Mexican watching the same show would
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335 undersand the other half.
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336 Because of this, I have to hand it to Japanese movies. When they
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337 make a movie, they do it all in Japanese. If Americans want to see
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338 it, they can dub in English... and we do. There's none of this
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339 dubbing in every other word, because half of it was already in
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340 English. No, they do the whole thing in Japanese. They're not
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341 concerned with being 'international' like we are. Bravo, senors
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342 Japanese.
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343 German is a lot like Mexican. They use the thick accent and a
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344 few German words, like: Kapitan, danke schoen and sauer kraut.
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345 Despite all this, I think the most well-know German phrase is Heil
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346 Hitler. ...Pathetic...
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347 Italians just talk fast. They use words too, but fortunately
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348 they're all food. Words like: spagghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, garlic
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349 bread, etc... I think I'll award Italian the most delicious language
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350 award. With words like Escargot, French certainly didn't give any
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351 competition in this category.
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352 Latin is like Spanish and German, except that it is used more in
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353 books than in movies. They have the common abbreviations like i.e.,
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354 circa, et al, etc... These are usually used in writing to confuse the
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355 reader. You see, Spanish, German and French dictionaries are readily
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356 available to many people. But when was the last time you saw a Latin
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357 dictionary? Hard to come by, aren't they? I think this is why Latin
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358 is considered the language of intellectuals. Only the people with
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359 good memories can remember any of it. Also, Latin is a dead language.
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360 Nobody speaks it anymore. It is just used in reading and writing.
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361 And as we all know reading and writing are dead these days. The last
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362 thing that bugs me about Latin is that it has less to do with English
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363 than many people think, yet it is ingrained in our national heritage.
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364 Look at any U.S. coin and the words e. pluribus unum are emblazoned
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365 upon it. This doesn't exactly make me feel patriotic. I speak fluent
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366 American and I can't evern understand half the words printed on our
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367 currency - they're in Latin.
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368 My pen's running out of ink, so I think I'll leave Russian, Greek
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369 and Swaheely to someone else. Besides, languages that consider
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370 triangles to be letters are better left alone. I guess that's not so
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371 bad though. We use circles.
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372
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373 Brought to you by
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374 Beatrice (Oppose us and we will crush you. -David Letterman-)
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375 No, D.L. did not write this. He just said the Beatrice caption.
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376
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377 ch undersand/understand/know/known/evern/even
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378 and numberous other typos/misspellings/dropped letters. e.g. numberous.
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380 ********************************************************************************
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381
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382 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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383
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384 THERES A LADY I KNOW
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385 WHO TAKES YOUR VISION
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386 AND TURNS IT ALL AROUND.
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387
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388 THE THINGS YOU SEE
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389 ARE WHAT YOU`LL BE,
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390 LOST AND NEVER FOUND
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391 LADY EVIL
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392 THE ROSE OF THE GARDEN
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393 HAS BEEN SEWN
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394 THE "GATE AND GARDEN"
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395
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396 IS NOW KNOWN.
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397
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398 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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399 the KEEPER
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400 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999
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401
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402 }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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403 ____09/06/86__________________JD 2446680.6661_________20:59:18_PDT_________
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404 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
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405 Cistop Mikey - If you would like that I create a new account on
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406 Lem., just ask. It isn't all that difficult; would
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407 only take me a minute to set things up and get things
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408 going. Oh, and sorry I have little to contribute.
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409 Maybe I could help the person you've asked to write the
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410 manuals? (Are you still out there?)
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411 L'homme - Glad to see we've been misinformed. <chuckle>
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412 See first sentance to Mikey.
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413 so @ lem
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414 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo -oo
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415 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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416 *%)*%@%#@%%@(%+@#%+^*^*&$_*_)*%)!+*(+!($#@!%_|#^($*^_*@%!+_%(_@(%@+*#^*#+@__(@#^#$*+_
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417 "Ignore them and they'll blow away in the wind"
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418 David E. Rumelhart
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419
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420 so@lem : What's this about needed new accounts on Lem? And manuals? Are you
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421 thinking we could write manuals without ever meeting.... nah. Of
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422 course that would really be an experiment in electronic communication.
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423 I am surprised that National Egyptian Tours hasn't severed that
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424 possibility too. They are such baddies.
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425 piper : welcome back to non-lurk writing!
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426 Leonard: How did the PorSFiS meeting go? I assume no crazed science fiction fans
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427 attempted an armed take over of a MAX-train?
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428 *%()*#$%_*)$&)&#@^_#$^*)(+_)#$@^+@#^@^* L'homme sans Parity $#*)$_+)*(`%*_)%*@_**%)_*
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429 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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430 I'm a hundred and seven today, Bagoom!
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431 I'm a hundred and seven today!
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432
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433 Of course, this being me birfday, I'm gonna ignore the Pessamist
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434 Poet of destruction and international hatred.It's a damned good thing he
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435 doesn't represent all Americans, 'cos if he did, that would make the Ugl
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436 y American the true stereotype.I wonder what we capatalist warmongers
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437 are said to be like in the soviet socialist republics!!!!!
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438 I hope someone out there can reassure me that all Americans aren't
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439 haters of the rest of the world as well!!!
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440 hoping not to be
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441 horrified,
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442 Adric.
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443 =============================================================================
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444 Actually the Russians view us about the same as we view them.
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445 mazing what politics and peer pressure can do to warp peoples thinking.
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446 And you thought that peer presure was just something for the kiddies.
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447 Hardly, it is always there, it just gathers fancyer names and gets
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448 more orginaized later in life, but it is always there. Others dictating
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449 how yu are to think and feel about everything. Isn't life wonderful?
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450 ========================= fred =============================================
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451 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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452 Adric - Please continue... I am reading with interest. As for basic
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453 writing mechanics, practice makes perfect. I see a good story emerging...
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454 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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455 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
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456
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457 She stands there at the window,
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458 looking out into the gloom of the night.
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459 I want to go to her and tell her I understand.
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460 I want to touch her, to tell her I'm there.
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461 I want to hold her, tell her I care.
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462 But I cannot, I am nothing,
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463 an image without form.
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464 She cannot hear me.
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465 She cannot see me.
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466 She cannot feel
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467 my touch.
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468 I don't
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469 exist
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470 .
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471
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472 <o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o><o>
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473
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474 God that's depressing, don't you ever write anything upbeat? Sheesh!
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475
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476 There once was a lady of Bright,
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477 Who could travel much faster than light.
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478 She left one day,
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479 In a relative way.
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480 And returned the previous night.
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481
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482 There once was a man of Breen,
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483 Who had the fastest machine on the scene
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484 Late one night,
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485 when the cops weren't in site,
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486 He blue shifted the red lights to green.
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487
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488 _________________________09.07.86____17.11______________0001.00______________p1
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489
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490 W .W .3
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491 I hope i shall see
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492 for who knowith of the
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493 coming of dejiess.
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494 Death & Souls shall pay his tolls
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495 for the power hell deeply hold.
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496 With eye`s a blaze
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497 and in a mindless daze
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498 he shall conqure & win
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499 the War of Sin.
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500
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501 the KEEPER.
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502
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503 JACDAN GRAY I'M LOOKIN' FOR YA-----GIVE ME A CALL BUDDY
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504 / / / / ? / / ? / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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505 FRED: I'm glad that you think of the Soviets in that manner. I find it inter-
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506 esting that many people who use computers--people who are supposed to be looking
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507 towards the future--are such nnarrow-minded and angry of 'them.'
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508 To find someone that realizes that the distrust is basically mutual, and
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509 ttherefore can be altered is a good sign.
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510 I thank you...
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511 *** STARPATH ***
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512 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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513 ==============================================================================
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514 I think you misjudge most computer types. Yes there are a some out in modem
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515 land that have little knowledge of such things and indeed avoid the subject,
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516 But I suspect that most of the ones you think of simple do not have enough
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517 years under their belts to have gained knowledge of how the world really
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518 works. There are very good reasons why a man is inducted into military service
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519 at the young age of 18 or 19 and generally refuse beyond the age of 26. In
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520 this case the younger the better, because the younger they are, the more
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521 suseptable to the propaganda and brainwashing of the military. And that's
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522 the point here, those who echo the blandishments of the popular media seldom
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523 assume their own thoughts on matters. But as you grow in years that often
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524 changes as you begin to see it for what it is, an attempt by one peer group
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525 to get you to think the way they want you to think. At that point in your
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526 life what usually happens is that you either fall in line and accept their
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527 teachings as gospel, or learn to recognize it for what it is and take it
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528 all with a grain of salt. Computer folk normally being of a more educated
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529 group usually are more often found in the later group. But don't assume
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530 that just because someone has a modem that they are automatically among
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531 the computer lot. It simply means they have a modem, and at $100 or less these
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532 days for a computer and modem it doesn't take much for anyone with even the
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533 slightest interest to get in. Thus we get those who must show their own
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534 worth by the vandlistic response to the rest of the users. Because they have
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535 found in their lives that if they can't get someone to notice them that by
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536 doing such they can even if it is negative, at least they are noticed.
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537 But we were speaking of computerists, keep in mind that they too are
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538 subject to peer pressure, they have their own groups and concepts of what
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539 should and shouldn't be done. Of what is right and what is wrong.
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540 When a person will not accept the basic tenants of a group they seldom
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541 stick around. If not because they don't like the company kept, then by
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542 the group itself which rejects and expels a foreign and thereby unwanted
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543 intruder. All things in life follow the basic tenants of life principal,
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544 the need to reproduce and grow to gain dominance whereever one can. Be it
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545 an individual, a group, or system of any sort all follow the life
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546 principle rules.
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547 There, now that I've yakked on for a very lengthy period of time and said
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548 really nothing I suppose I should shut up and let someone else have access
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549 to the system.
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550
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551 Leaders lead, and workers work, it is the way of life.
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552 ============================= fred =======================================
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553
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554 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||???????????????\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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555
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556 We have a new user here, she wants to get on to the Backwash on a
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557 regular basis.....but, as yet she hasn't stepped up to the responsibilty
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558 of a modem.Ah well, as I know 'er an' she an' 'er worthy sis are yer, I
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559 brouhgt 'em up, hence the undecided border......Adric.
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560 Now, let them speak for 'emselves, he both of 'em.............
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561
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562 Uh, well... Pleasure to be in the presence of such..(shall I say it?)
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563 talent?
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564 This will take some getting used to won't it? Me friend, Adric, did say
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565 I must be gettin meself a name. As of now I shall simply be an annonymous
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566 type people.
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567
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568 hi <I'm the better half the two<(otherwise known as the younger) I really
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569 have no idea of what to write and I am feeling utterly stupid. oh well that's life living in the
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570 fast lane. SNORT.
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571 well the old hag of us two just gave me a wonderful idea. (to entirely
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572 slew insults at the one who once did the same to me. HA ha ha!!!!! This
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573 is the one who has the entire animal population living on her scalp.
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574 She is now informing me that it is time to leave but to hell with her!
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575
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576 Hmmm. There I went introducing me younger sibling to a good (?) friend, who also be a younger
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577 sibling himself.... Saints, but the abuse I do endure. Ah ha, but who holds
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578 the car keys tonight, eh?
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579 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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580
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581
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582
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583 Well, whilst they are a trifle unusual, they've
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584 genuine, and interestin' to be around, 'cos their fights remind me 'o me an' me
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585 bruvver, an' so I sticks up for de wee'un, so if all goes well, she'll have
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586 a series of crushing remarks soon enough added to her present arsenal......
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587
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588 (Allowing that her Amazonian sister don't deck me first!!!)
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589 That being a SERIOUS possibility, I'm getting the hell out of..Ouch!Damn it
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590 Why do elder siblings follow Hitler youth so close as to get all the
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591 up-to-date torture methods????
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592
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593
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594 Running very quickly,
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595 Adric.
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596 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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597
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598 !!!!!The Amazon strikes again!!!!
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599
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600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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601 I must say, Amazon, that that was very corny... but oh well. We all know
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602 that Amazons have brains in their tails (like dinosaurs, of course) (You
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603 did know that it was younger siblings that made them go extinct in the first
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604 place)
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605
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606 -Zola
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607 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------O
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608 Well, I suppose I should finish off this disk.
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609 Only a few lines left.
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610 Golly, what to say.
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611 I'm really at a loss.
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612 Anybody have any ideas? Oh... it's at the end already... oh well.....
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