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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 11 FEB 87 **************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 no restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain thepright to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 to leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 The line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 *************************************************************************
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19
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20 Surveillance should precede saltation.
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21 ********************************************
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22
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23 &#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&
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24 DR> DEMENTO'S 10 WORSY SONG TITES OF
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25 ALLLLLLLL TIME!!
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26 &#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&#&
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27 1. I Scream, yYou Scream, We All Scream
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28 For Ice Cream
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29 2. They Needed a Songbird in Heaven,
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30 So God Took Caruso Away
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31 3. Plant A wWatermelon on My Grave, and
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32 Let the Juice Soak Through
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33 4. If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon
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34 5. Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with
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35 Friday on Saterday Night
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36 6. Come After Breakfast, Bring Your
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37 Lunch, and Leave Before Suppertime
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38 7. /How Could You Believe Me When I
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39 Said I Love You When You Know I've
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40 Been a liar All My Life
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41 (You're going to LOVE this one!!)
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42 8. I've Got Those Wake Up Seven Thirty,
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43 Wash Your Ears They're Dirty, Eat Your
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44 Eggs and Oatmeal Rush to School
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45 Blues
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46 (Aaaaaaaaaargh!)
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47 9. Would you Rather Be a Colonel with
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48 an Eagle on Your Sholder or a
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49 Private wiht a Chicken on Your
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50 Knee?
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51 10. A Womam Is Only A Woman, BuUT a
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52 Good Cigar Is a Smoke
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53
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54 May the Farce Be with YOouuuuuuuu!
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55
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56
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57 Holy #%$&! You mean I...was....was on
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58 Top! (YAAAAAAAAAAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!)
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59 The Mad Lister
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60 L'homme: one minor problem... I need to be able to switch between (among?)
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61 5 printers hooked up to *at least* three computers/terminals. I'd rather
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62 not have to do my 'reconfigurations' by cable swapping. "Smart" switches
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63 are probably out too, as I'm not going to trust them to be able to tell
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64 their commands from the graphics data on the way to the printer.
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65 Any suggestions?
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66 By the way, I've 'found' my problem with formatting on the AT. All
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67 I have to do is reduce the number of buffers in CONFIG.SYS to 37 and I can
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68 format regular disks. At 32 buffers I *still* can't format HC disks (except
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69 from a batch file run from a menu shell?!?!).
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70 Any idea as to what is going on?
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71 ____02/11/87__________Leonard_JD 2446838.7463_________21:54:40_PST_________
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72 hello i am a new user and don't know much.
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73 please help!!!!!!!
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74 lost
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75 NAME:ANNIE DILKA
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76 CITY/STATE:PORTLAND/OR.
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77 HELLO I AM A NEW USER TO YOUR SYSTEM AND DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL
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78 ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!!
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79 ENTER
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80 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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81
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82 Umm...You wanted to speak to me, sir?
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83
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84
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85 THAT'S RIGHT, GABRIEL. IT'S ABOUT LAST NIGHT. YOU WERE PRETENDING YOU WERE
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86 ME AGAIN, WEREN'T YOU?
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87
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88 Well...(gulp)...yes sir. You see, Peter and I were hitting the nectar pretty
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89 hard, and-
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90
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91 PETER TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT. I HAD TO DISCIPLINE HIM FOR THE NUN THING.
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92
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93 Nun thing?
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94
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95 YEAH. HE WAS TEASING SOME NUNS AT THE GATE LAST NIGHT. TOLD THEM THEY
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96 COULDN'T COME IN BECAUSE THEY'D DEVELOPED SOME BAD HABITS.
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97
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98 Ooh.
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99
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100 I THOUGHT SO TOO. I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MOSES FOR SCRATCHING OFF THE ELEVENTH
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101 COMMANDMENT -- THE ONE FORBIDDING BAD PUNS. I SHOULD HAVE MADE IT NUMBER SIX
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102 OR SOMETHING, THEN SOMEONE WOULD HAVE ASKED ME WHY THEY JUMPED FROM FIVE TO
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103 SEVEN, AND I WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PROBLEM SOONER. BUT I DIGRESS. WE WERE
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104 TALKING ABOUT YOU. YOU'VE CREATED QUITE A PROBLEM FOR ME, GABE.
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105
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106 I didn't think it was all that serious, sir.
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107
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108 OH REALLY? WELL WHAT DO YOU WILL HAPPEN WHEN ORAL ROBERTS MOUTHS OFF THAT I'M
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109 GOING TO KILL HIM?
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110
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111 Uhh...
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112
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113 NOW SOMEONE'S GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING-
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114
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115 Maybe he'll raise the money, and we won't have to worry about it!
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116
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117 NO WAY. NO ONE WILL GIVE HIM MONEY. I GAVE THE EARTHLINGS BRAINS A WHILE
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118 BACK, REMEMBER?
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119
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120 I'm afraid I hadn't heard about that, sir.
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121
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122 YOU DON'T READ THE BULLETIN BOARD, DO YOU GABRIEL?
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123
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124 Well...
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125
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126 BY THE WAY. YOU KNOW THAT I EXIST EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES. HOW DID YOU THINK
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127 YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS?
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128
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129 Well ... uh ... I kinda thought that if I made myself ... look like you ...
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130 then you'd see you were already there, and ... you ... wouldn't ... umm ...
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131 bother checking up. (Pause) It all made more sense last night, the nectar and
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132 all ...
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133
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134 UH-HUH. WELL WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE WE DO ABOUT THIS? I CAN'T KILL HIM, OR
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135 EVERYONE WILL THINK HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT ALL THAT OTHER STUFF HE'S BEEN SAYING.
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136 IF I LET HIM LIVE, SOME GOOD PEOPLE MIGHT DOUBT THAT I EXIST.
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137
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138 Maybe we could make him have a stroke or something. Paralyze him or put him
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139 in a coma!
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140
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141 ARE YOU KIDDING? IF ROBERTS SO MUCH AS STUBS HIS TOE, HE'LL BE CANONIZED.
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142 YOU KNOW HOW HISTORIANS EXAGGERATE. DON'T YOU REMEMBER THE LOCUST THING?
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143
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144 I think so. You sent a plague of locusts on Egypt so the Pharaoh would-
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145
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146 NO! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. I PUT HALF A GRASSHOPPER IN THE PHARAOH'S
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147 SANDWICH, HE FREAKED OUT, WORD GOT OUT, AND BY THE TIME SOMEONE WROTE IT DOWN,
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148 IT WAS A FULL-BLOWN PLAGUE. SHEESH.
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149
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150 Sorry, sir. Hey! I got it ... we could make him go insane, and everyone will
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151 think he was having a delusion!
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152
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153 DO YOU REALLY THINK ANYONE WOULD NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE?
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154
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155 We could prove it! We could make him take one of those Rorschach tests, with
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156 all those pictures of naked women!
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157
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158 UMM ... GABRIEL, THE INK BLOTS ARE MEANINGLESS BLOBS THAT THE SUBJECT
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159 INTERPRETS BASED ON HIS PERSONALITY AND INNERMOST THOUGHTS.
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160
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161 Oh ... oops.
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162
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163 WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO-
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164
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165 Actually, I never really thought much of human psychology, you know.
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166
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167 RIGHT. AS I WAS SAYING, I THINK WE SHOULD-
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168
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169 To tell you the truth, I never even SAW the pictures -- I just heard Peter
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170 talking about them. Yeah, that's it! Peter was talking about them!
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171
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172 ARE YOU QUITE THROUGH, GABRIEL?
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173
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174 Yes sir.
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175
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176 GOOD. AS I WAS SAYING, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO-
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177
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178 Hey! Did it sound like I said "naked women"? I just realized it could have
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179 sounded like that! Isn't that funny? What I really said was "snakes-a-
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180 swimmin". You know, like those snakes that can ... swim ... in ... ... the ...
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181 (an even longer pause) ... Is everything OK, sir? You look a little ... I
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182 dunno, it's kind of hard to describe-
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183
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184 AAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!!!
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185
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186 I'm sorry, sir. Was I interrupting you?
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187
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188 - official transcripts as reported in:
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189
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190 "Heaven: The God Years"
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191
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192
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193 NOTE: It was reported in subsequent sections of the publication cited
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194 above that Oral Roberts failed to raise the required funds by the stated dead-
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195 line. On that fateful day, Roberts did, in fact, stub his toe. Staunch
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196 supporters of the television evangelist maintain that Jesus' message of
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197 impending "death" was actually a symbolic warning of what they now call the
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198 "Holy Stubbing." They acknowledge, however, that the realization of this fact
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199 would have been much more impressive had it occurred prior to the blessed
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200 event. Two thousand years later, Roberts was canonized.
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201
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202
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203 /=/=/=/=/=/=/
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204
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205 DISCLAIMER: As the author of the preceding passage, I must point out the
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206 fictitious nature of the events described therein. Although it is entirely
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207 possible that the Oral Roberts incident occurred as stated, it is only one
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208 reasonable scenario. I realize that the shocking realism and depth of
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209 character development could have caused some confusion on that point. I repeat
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210 that I am privy to NO special information; devout christians are encouraged not
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211 to convert to Buddhism based solely on the nature of the passage. In fact,
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212 any resemblance the characters may bear to existing or mythical, natural or
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213 supernatural beings is purely coincidental, and, of course, unintentional.
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214 /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/
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215 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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216 Sure.
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217 jewish jerk junk :-(
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218
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219 PNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW
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220 DEMOGRAPHICS - PACIFIC NORTHWEST is a survey group based in the Portland
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221 Metropolitan Area. We are just starting out, and we are trying out new methods
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222 of sampling public opinion. One of the new ways we would like to conduct
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223 surveys is on public bulletin board systems.
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224 If it is fine with you, the SYSTEM OPERATOR, we would like to post a
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225 questionnaire here and call again three or four days later, in order to
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226 collect the replies.
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227 What do you think about this?
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228 DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW
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229
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230
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231 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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232 I think you'll be lucky to get any responses at all. Try something else.
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233 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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234 &*%()*%_@#*%_)@*%_)@#*^+!#*^_#$*^_*)#^_)!^_%&*%(&+#&*_)%&*_)!#*&)_*&_)*&_#*_)*&!_&*_!
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235 DPNW: Ignore Mr. o\=<([V2V])>=/o. Try your posting and see what happens. Backwater
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236 caters to a diverse crowd, so I hope you have plenty of dampening on your results so
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237 stray responses won't cause statistical anomalies.
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238 Leonard: What's wrong with a mechanical switch? I have seen three-one boxes that work
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239 quite nicely.
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240 Mikey: Ditto on the floppy you delivered last PCS meeting. It was as blank as a new
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241 born maxtor.
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242 *%$#*%_)*%)&^)_&^)*^@_#*)_*%@#_@# L'homme sans Parity *%@_#*%#_@)%_)*!)_*%^@_&^_)!%*_
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243 Gofor it guys!!!
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244 know I would use a polliing system suck as this, ~good luck.troy woody
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245 James: I thought that BMS was an open forum that anyone could say just about
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246 anything that they wanted ( even questions, or questionairs for that
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247 matter ).
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248
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249 ___________________________________________________________________________
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250 L'homme: I've seen 3-to-1 switches too, but I need to link 3 to 5....
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251 Slightly more involved...
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252 3 computers to 5 printers is 60 possible combinations.... how much do
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253 25-pole 60-throw (25p60t) switches for? (and where would I post the chart?)
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254 ____02/12/87__________Leonard_JD 2446839.6093_________18:37:26_PST_________
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255 L'HOMME/LEONARD: I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE DISK THING. OH WELL,
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256 I'LL GET YOU NEW COPIES WHENEVER WE GET TOGETHER AGAIN.
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257 TO ABOVE PERSON ASKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM: AS HAS BEEN STATED, IT IS OPEN
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258 TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO USE IT AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES
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259 INDICATRED IN THE OPENNING MESSAGE.
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260 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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261 Good Show!
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262 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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263 It was several hours later before I was truly rational once more.
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264 I blamed my dilemma on bad luck, positive entropy, and Friday the thirteenth;
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265 most of those spent hours consisted of ranting about each of these in turn and
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266 in groups.
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267 Yob tried to understand how I felt, but I doubt if he came close. I felt
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268 severely crippled. Magic was not possible here!
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269 And yet there was no technology, either.
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270 That got me to thinking.
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271 The multiverse, I had found after several decades spent exploring a very small
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272 piece of it, tended to follow a few simple rules. One of the most consistent
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273 of these was the Science/Magic summation.
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274 S + M = K. A universe where magic was common held low technology, and vice
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275 versa. Oh, there were exceptions. Not many.
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276 The world All appeared to be a world null. K factor of near zero.
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277 It appeared magic was not possible. Science was also unknown. What was left?
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278 What indeed?
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279 The sun of All sank slowly in the sky, shedding tinted luminance upon me.
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280 Long moments passed before the upper rim of its shining globe was the last
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281 light peeping over the mountains of All.
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282 Then was sunset. The earth seemed to shake just slightly, only for a moment-
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283 The universe held its breath during that instant. As did I.
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284 And suddenly I knew where All had hidden its magic.
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285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++ 13 Feb 1987 at 1:20am +++++++++
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286
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287 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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288 My mind cannot stop traversing. Help!
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289 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$kaos$$$$$$$$$
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290 LEONARD!!!
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291 Use TWO of those techy switches back-to-back...One to select the computer,
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292 then one to select the printer.
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293 ==========================JIMSKY=========================================
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294 Jimsky: Nice idea, but only one *minor* problem.... I tend to be using
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295 several computers at the same time.... (who needs a multi-tasking OS when
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296 you've got several machines?).
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297 ____02/14/87__________Leonard_JD 2446841.6037_________18:29:25_PST_________
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298
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299 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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300 % %
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301 % Bryce Tomlinson's Quicksilver Bike %
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302 % Salvage & Repair, Sales & Exchange %
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303 % %
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304 % 4 Sale: Huffy ST-500 BMX bike with %
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305 % chrome frame, transparent %
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306 % red Motomag Rims, spread %
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307 % clamp double gooseneck, %
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308 % caliper brake, seat cover, %
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309 % chromies, and handle %
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310 % cushions. %
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311 % ONLY $30.00! %
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312 % %
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313 % 4 Sale: Kent AGRESSOR BMX %
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314 % Certified with white frame,%
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315 % reinforced crossbars, red %
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316 % LESTER mags, coaster brake,%
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317 % and allen wrench double %
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318 % gooseneck. %
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319 % ONLY $30.00! %
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320 % %
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321 % Need a bike fixed? Need a certain %
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322 % part? Want a new paint job on YOUR %
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323 % bike? Need a new BIKE? %
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324 % %
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325 % Call Voice: 284-8863 %
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326 % %
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327 % Bryce Tomlinson's Quicksilver Bike %
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328 % Salvage & Repair, Sales & Exchange %
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329 % %
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330 % We also BUY BIKES! %
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331 % %
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332 % Cool bikes at a HOT price! %
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333 % %
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334 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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335
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336
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337 OFF
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338
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339
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340
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341 For the person on disk b that wanted alist of local bulliten boards here is
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342 a partial list.
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343 1. UNICORN WEYER..........761-4592
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344 2. HACKER JACK............653-2172
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345 3. PAUG...................236-0281
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346 4. OMEGA QUADRANT.........659-7977
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347 5. IBBS...................292-1321
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348 6. THE PLAZA..............248-9634
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349 7. THE ROSE...............283-9677
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350 I hope that you have as much fun bbsing as I do. As I find more I will
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351 leave the names and numbers here if itis alright with the SYSOP.
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352 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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353 To the above person: *NEVER* post a list of boards unless you have called
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354 *all* of them recently (like within the past week). Hacker Jack has moved
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355 to Corvallis. And I believe that The Rose has changed to a Beaverton number
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356 If The Plaza is the Club Plaza, it is now 641-0649. For an up-to-date list
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357 call Applephilia (244-3105).
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358 ____02/15/87__________Leonard_JD 2446842.4238_________14:10:21_PST_________
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359
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360 ==========================================================================
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361 PEDDLING PIPER WARES
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362 --------------------
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363
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364 The cold stoneness of the corpse against his cheek pulled him to
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365 wakefulness; awake, yet not fully alert.
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366 A faint clicking scattered through mind, making careful and regular,
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367 gradually forming the beats of a clock. All was silent without, save for
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368 the faint, second-hand clicks. He dressed himself up, looking out the
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369 window to see the cool frost glittering on frozen brittle blades of grass,
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370 their gentle stalks housed in an icy-sheen cage of transparency.
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371 "Let's get moving," shouted a voice from a dark passageway in the
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372 floor. slowly, he edged to his belongings, picking them up one by one.
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373 The last, deadly weapon though it was, must come as well. He admired it
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374 for the deadly power he had when he clutched it, yet was revulsed by it for
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375 the same. A wanderer's life amongst hostile land invites enemies, and
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376 there was only a single response those enemies understood... violence.
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377 The sword was necessary.
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378 He shifted his belongings to accomodate the little headroom in the
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379 floor passage. With a quick glance around he ducked into the passage and
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380 stumbled headlong into the darkness off-balance. Slowly adjusting eyes
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381 gave him faint traces of movement, then forms. His ankle buckled on the
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382 stairs and forms disappeared from vision as he tumbled down into
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383 resignation, the sword sticking from his side, pommel out, blade in. His
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384 blood ran. And he dreamed of lost mirrored reflections in the shadow of
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385 death brought by a necessary sword.
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386
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387 ========================================= SLJ ====================
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388
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389 HELP
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390 I'M BEING HELD PRISONER BY MY OWN IGNORANCE OF HOW TO EXIT THE ENTER DATA MODE ON THIS BBS.
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391 ********************************************************************
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392 I guess I'm not very patriotic, I find "Amerika" to be BORRRRINGGGG.
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393 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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394 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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395 Mikey - you should have watched the movie just before it. Disney's
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396 dramatization of Mr. Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" has
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397 a political statement *much* better expressed than anything that I've
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398 seen on TV for a long time. For those who don't know what I'm talking
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399 about, what was the power source for Captain Nemo's vessel?
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400 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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401 O\=<([V2V])>=/O
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402 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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403 Hey,
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404 Did anyone see Saturday night live? AMERIDA. Could it happen?
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405 I have some other questions too. Why do these tv executive dudes put dumb
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406 stuff on tv? AMERIKA, The Two Mrs. Grinwalds, ect. I personally would like to
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407 see more of Disney's stuff. Sure some of it's for little kids, but some can
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408 be pretty cool. And maybe instead of paying 40 million to make stupid, and
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409 overall boring shows like AMERIKA they should get some newer movies like
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410 Beverly Hills Cop would be a improvment. Not super new movies but ones that
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411 are'nt 7 years old and everyone has seen 20 times.
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412 A little opion from....
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413 ________________
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414 *
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415 *
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416 *
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417 *
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418 * he Unnatural
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419
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420 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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421 I am selling a Commodore 64 with two 1541 disk drives, a 1702 color
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422 monitor, a MPS-803 printer, and a WHOLE BUNCH of software, I am selling
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423 all of this fine equipment for an great low price of $650 or best offer.
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424 At retail price it would cost about $725, but you don't get all the fun
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425 misc. software!!!
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426
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427 If you are interested in this CHEAP BONANZA call me... at
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428 (503)282-xxxx (voice), ask for Greg, or leave a message. Ok.
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429 Thanks...
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430 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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431
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432 James: Is it OK to post items for sale?
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433
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434 Greg; Yeah, as long as the postings aren't wildly huge. - Reuben Look Alike
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435 By the name of Jones.
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436
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437
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438 If the fellow from DPNW posts his questionaire, remember: he is making mon
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439 money from your answers. Why should he be allowed to use a free BBS to poll
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440 opinions for his business?
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441 (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)p(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
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442 *^$$*@^#^*#^##^(##^*&*@%^_#$^*)*&(+_^(^)@+^(@+(%(!_(~+_$(!(^@_|(@+^*_)*&#%!+%*(@
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443 emu: I am *UNCLEAR* to what power source he used. Could you radiate some light
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444 as to the answer. I am sure the fallout from the answer will be minimal.
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445 Mikey: Sure Amerika is boring now, but what if it had starred Chuck Norris or
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446 Sly Stallone? It would have been full of bombs and machine guns and explosions,
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447 as a small group of outlaw GI Joes keep the rotten Rusky amry at bay, ala
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448 Red Dawn. I think the makers of this film wanted to present 'What I think is
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449 wrong with our country' with a 14.5 hour movie. You don't demonstrate such a
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450 grandiose thought with M16's, you do it with talk, and more talk, and still
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451 more talk, unless you are Kris Kristofferson; then you just state at people
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452 and mutter a word or two.
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453
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454 What bothered me from the beginning about this movie, is how the situation
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455 depicted could ever come to pass. America is (I believe) the fourth largest
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456 country land mass on the earth. It has the third largest standing army, and
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457 the second (or first depending on who you listen to) largest nuclear
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458 arsenal. It has the largest weapons manufacturing capability of any country
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459 on earth. So how did we lose the war? Did the Ruskies walk in and take over?
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460 I don't fall for this apathetic BS. Nationalism is at a high right now, and
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461 I fail to see how in 1987 the US could be taken so easily. I find it difficult
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462 to base a 14.5 hour show on the premise that the Russians could walk in and
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463 take the country relatively unscathed. Perhaps we will see differently in
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464 the upcoming hours.
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465
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466 My predictions for upcoming events in Amerika:
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467
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468 Mariel Hemingway, in her most stunning role since Star 80, will knife Sam
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469 Neill in the back when he least expects it... Think about it.
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470 Wendy Hughes will get hers when Kris catches up to her and makes her sorry
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471 she ever turned him in. Meanwhile, their older son will takes Dad's side and
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472 become a leading freedom fighter.
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473 Cindy Pickett, sick of Robert Urich's rise to power in the name of helping his
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474 country, will split with their daughter and hide out with Krisofferson.
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475
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476 One thing I thought very funny about the first episode: Apparently the Russians
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477 have used their touch of gold on the midwest farm land by dividing it up into
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478 a bunch of tiny plots, they have turned the most productive land in terms of
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479 bushel/acre in the world into dust. But this time there is no US to buy wheat
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480 from.
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481
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482 Peter (oRAGogian) Farrell says the last four hours are the best. I bet the best
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483 is yet to come! :-)
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484 *%#%@)*@*_))^*_)^!_^&!_%!@%!@ L'homme sans Parity *%_!$!_)$*!_)$*!_)$*!@$!_$!
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485 PS To mikey: Check percival this evening, stuff should be there (I hope).
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486 %*#@%#%%*_)%*@_%)*%_)*%)%_)*_%*@%*^*&^*@*@^@)*@@^@_&_*_)*_)!*!_*%!_%*!_%*!_%*
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487
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488 bit of fictional relief:
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489
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490 -- Tam held the spoon with such a rigid grasp the her fingers lost the
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491 color of healthy flesh and became pale white. Her eyes were the same color
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492 as the liquid medication that poured down into the spoon. When her shaking
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493 started again, she jabbed the metal spoon into her mouth, glancing off her
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494 teeth once. You see, she played one of the instruments in a string
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495 quartet. But she also was insane and under medication to keep her
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496 reasonable. The medication kept her from playing well however. Knowing it,
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497 she kept herself on dosages far under what was needed to keep her sane.
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498 Only now, she was losing it so fast if she didn't take the medicine, she'd
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499 lose it all. --
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500
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501 ___________________________________________________________________________
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502 L'homme: While I missed part of the first episode, I got the impression
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503 that the SU used EMP to knock out communications. (yes, I know there are
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504 problems with this).
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505 As for the size of our armed forces, please check the figures for
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506 *combat* troops and for percentage of units combat ready, and percentage
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507 at full strength. (As an example, US Navy missile frigates have to
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508 rendevous with their reliefs and transfer the missiles as there aren't
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509 enough to go around).
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510 As has been noted in the media, we do not have enough supplies
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511 (especially ammunition) to fight a war for more than a few days. Our
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512 *only* choices are surrender, or "push the button". Care to make any bets
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513 as to what a Democratic president might do given that choice? Especially,
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514 since (from what we've seen so far) the terms were quite generous. If you
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515 don't think they were generous, try picturing us under the same kind of
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516 control as the SU uses in Eastern Europe.
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517 ____02/16/87__________Leonard_JD 2446843.6480_________19:33:08_PST_________
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518 Reuben Look Alike: Really now, I don't think that you look like Reuben at a
|
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519 So, why don't you pick another name... - James
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520 (that's all not a)
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521 Reuben Look Alike: What do you think about an "Ask The Staff" column in the
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522 paper? Or perhaps that should be "Ask Mike"? - James
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523 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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524 FINGERS: TELL BOSS THE MEET'S SET FOR FRIDAY AT VINNY'S. LEFTY
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525 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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526
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527 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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528 Regarding Amerika: I have not watched it a, and I have no intention of
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529 wathching it, but from what I have heard, it is wildly inaccurate, especially
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530 in its portrayal of the Russian people. I have spoken with people about
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531 Russian history, and they may have every right to be as paranoid as they
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532 seem to be. During the course of their history, they have been invaded
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533 several times, tyrannized and basically stepped upon. This even shows in
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534 parts of their language. One episode of their history involved the Tartars
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535 who would ride to a town and demand tribute. If it was not paid, they
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536 killed every man, woman, and child, rode to the next town ( with smoke still
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537 on the horizon ) and demanded tribute. VEEEEERRRRRY effective. And you
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538 wonder why they aren't willing to negotiate and improve relations? The
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539 president has missiles situated all around the Soviet-bloc countries, and
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540 he wonders why they aren't willing to negotiate?
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541 unbeliever
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542 P.XS. The Russian word for money comes out of the period of history I mentione
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543 d. Russian is my major, and sometimes it gives an expanded view of things
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544 beyond the nationalism that most people exhibit. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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545 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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546 O\=<[(V2V)]>=/O
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547 lEONARD: JD (JEWISH DJERK): Never ever say *NEVER* again .
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548 O\=<[(V2V)]>=/O
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549 DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW
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550 Watch this space for our QUESTIONAIRES about
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551 A I D S (Accute Insufficient Disk Space).
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552 We're going to offer free CONDOMS (COmputerized NonDestructible Output
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553 Message Systems) for everybody participating.
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554 Demographics Pacific North West
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555 DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW DPNW
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556 How about using NOx|A (Numbskull Operators).
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557 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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558 What a car load of tar! I am heading east to see some czar. I don't think it
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559 is very far. I'm taking some friends, in the back of the car.
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560 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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561 Lefty: Fingers got knocked off last night by the boss himself, so I told him...
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562 - James
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563
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564 ****************************************************************************
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||
565 L'homme: How can it be anything *but* better from where it started.
|
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566 Yes, the way the thing was written requires gobs and gobs of talk too
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567 set things up. Then about once a night they can lead up to a "powerfully
|
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568 emotional" scene that doesn't need any words to make it understood. Of
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569 *course* it doesn't need any words, they provided them all night long.
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570 There were many many scenes that I felt were of little use and didn't
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571 need to be there. Most of the stuff I saw could have been tightened up
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572 by at least a factor of 3 or 4. This thing makes Gandi look like a
|
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573 (up)Chuck Noris film. I have been watching most of it, but I do confess
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574 that I have been switching channels when it gets so blasted boring that
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575 I can't take it anymore. I'm not after shoot 'em up stuff, I'd just like
|
||
576 to see some movement, and a relief from the tedious repitition of the
|
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577 same plot line over and over and over and over and over and over and ov....
|
||
578 In regard to Russia's past problems definning their current mind set,
|
||
579 I agree to some extent, but not entirely. There have been *many* societies
|
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580 that have endured such problems and they survived. No tow societies go in
|
||
581 the same direction. Americans have a problem of expecting the world to
|
||
582 think and operate the way they do. And when the world goes on its way
|
||
583 and ignores America we get all upset and *demand* that they follow our
|
||
584 path. Every society has its own values and ideals. Ours is not the
|
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585 only way, nor is it the best way for everyone.
|
||
586 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
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||
587 ____02/17/87__________________JD 2446844.7389_________21:44:01_PST_________
|
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588 Egad...I'm sitting here and AmeriKa is getting even worse. I'm going to
|
||
589 have to give it up. Booooo-ring.
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590 SKNXXXXXX ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
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591 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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592 Mikey: This is very true.... I really wasn't thinking clearly, just blindly
|
||
593 striking out against ofall of the anti-Soviet dreck everywhere. I think that
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594 perhaps the U.S. could get along a great deal better with the Soviet Union.
|
||
595 It is also very true that the Americans think that everybody thinks and acts
|
||
596 in the same way they do. The Soviets are used to their system, and we are used to ours. I doubt that we could ever completely
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597 understand each others' viewpoint, because of cultural, social, and ideological
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598 differences, but relations could possibly improve greatly if we took the time
|
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599 to take into account these differences in those areas.
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600 Unbeliever (pessimist at large)
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601
|
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602 P.S>. Milch can tell you that I don't often think clearly. This is due to
|
||
603 a general tendency to procrastination and general fuzzy-mindedness. And insomnia.
|
||
604 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
605 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
606 Hmmmm, an Unbeliever at large. Now who let him out of his dorm/cage? :-)
|
||
607 Unbeliever: Your fuzzy-mindedness hasn't been *too* prevalent recently; I don't
|
||
608 recall a count of over 3 on anything I've said in the last week or so.
|
||
609 Some true accounts of what goes on in the USSR may be found in R.A. Heinlein's
|
||
610 "Expanded Universe" (he has been there on sightseeing trips at least twice).
|
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611 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++ 18 Feb 87 at 12:46am +++++++++++++
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