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BWMS II - a new beginning.
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On May 17, just past midnight, BWMS II was connected to the phone lines
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and went "live". Although the Diskwriter based BWMS was retired, the
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Sanyo 555 based BWMS II continues on the tradition. You will notice a
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distinct change in the message format. Session headers are now provided.
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User numbers and identities now exist. And the message base now consists
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of 999 lines instead of just 629 lines. There were a few problems, and
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a bit of lost data at the start, but the system was amazingly stable
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considering that it was running live for the first time.
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NUMBER OF LINES: 999
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000=Usr:0 05/17/1987 00:30 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:-77
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 17 MAY 87 ****************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately owned
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8$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 999 lines of data can be saved)
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13 to leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C 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 'BYE' 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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001=Usr:0 05/17/1987 02:04 Msg:2 Call:4 Lines:2
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20 Members of avlan species of identical plumage congregate.
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21 *********************************************************
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002=Usr:0 05/17/1987 02:29 Msg:3 Call:13 Lines:4
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22 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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23 My God! BW II is up and it seems that I'm at the top.(Aside from
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24 disclaimer.) This is a first. I am honored. It's been a while, but.....
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25 ?????????????????????? The Doctor ?????????? May 17, 1987 ????? 2:50 am ???????
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003=Usr:0 05/17/1987 07:37 Msg:4 Call:21 Lines:4
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26 Hi 255-xxxx Commodore based open free bbs! 24/7! Thanks!
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27
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28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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29 Hey I'm third from the top! May 17,87 7:00 ish. Good bbs up north!
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004=Usr:0 05/17/1987 09:38 Msg:5 Call:22 Lines:6
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30 ------------------=====================>>>>>>>>>>>>T.R.
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31 What an interesting thing. I take a nap and the world gets a revision.
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32 Do we start a new Inn for stories or play around in all this free space or
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33 what??? Well folks, lets get those minds turning...
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34 -------------------====================>>>>>>>>>>>>>T.R.
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35
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005=Usr:0 05/17/1987 10:43 Msg:6 Call:25 Lines:9
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36 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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37 I must have fallen asleep watching the others work on the door.
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38 I awoke with a start, and saw we were just sitting around a camp-fire,
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39 looking at each...
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40 No, we were fading out. Then there was nothingness. No, I was
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41 something, a conciousness. That at leasr was something.
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42 I floated around for a eternity of microseconds, and then there
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43 was a piece of old writing. "And the world became without form,
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44 and void." And then there was noth
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006=Usr:0 05/17/1987 12:21 Msg:7 Call:31 Lines:33
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45 ...............................................................................
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46 ^IThe apprentice had realized that something was very wrong. By the time
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47 he pin-pointed the Inn as the source it was too late. He found himself afloat
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48 in a void with only those of his tools as had been closest when the universe
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49 disappeared.
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50 ^IHis Master had told him that the prime mover for magic was Will and
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51 the Laws. The materials were secondary. The apprentice was going to have a
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52 chance to test this.
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53 ^IHe took a scrap of parchment and carefully drew a pentagram upon it.
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54 He took his time. Perfection was more important than speed.
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55 ^IFinished, he laid it at his feet. He reached into the pouch around his
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56 neck and sorted thru the rune stones.
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57 ^IUr - strength.
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58 ^IPeord - initiation
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59 ^INyd - constriant
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60 ^IIng - fertility
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61 ^IEoh - defense
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62 ^IEolh-secg - protection
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63 ^IThorn - gateway
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64 ^ISigel - wholeness
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65 ^I^I- the unknowable
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66
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67 ^IHaving made his selection, he carefully placed them in and about the
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68 pentagram. Then he folded his legs and concetrated on the laws of magic.
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69 ^I^IThe first result was that the runes merged with the pentacle. Then the
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70 paper disappeared. The pentacle remained. A network of glowing lines floating
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71 in nothingness.
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72 ^IThen a second pentacle appear inscribed in the first. And another
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73 larger one surrounding the original. The process continued alternating larger
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74 and smaller patterns. Faster and faster.
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75 ^IAs the pattern spread towards the infinetely large and small. The
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76 appentice faded.
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77 .........................the apprentice........................................
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007=Usr:6 05/17/1987 13:04 Msg:8 Call:32 Lines:4
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78@%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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79@Just testing... can anyone read this? (Heh, heh).
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80@%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Author #2 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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81 Lurk.
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008=Usr:0 05/17/1987 13:19 Msg:9 Call:33 Lines:3
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82 Uh, Mike? I think you need to change the last couple of lines on the intro.
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83 Typing "OFF" and hanging up may work, but wouldn't BYE be better?
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84 _________________________Leonard_______________________________________________
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009=Usr:0 05/17/1987 18:12 Msg:10 Call:51 Lines:21
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85 :::::=====:::::=====
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86 What was this I felt? I reached to grab the mug of ale, and my fingers
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87 suddenly slipped through it. I gasped, looking down, and I was also fading
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88 into some indescribable void. What was worse was that I felt for my pouch, and
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89 the pouch was also intangible.
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90 Concentrate, stay calm, your mind hasn't faded, too, and I doubt that
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91 your power has, I told myself. . .
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92 :::::=====:::::=====Zephyr's Private Journals Vol 23. : The New Inn. :::=====::
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93 Zephyr suddenly tried to concentrate on something real, corpreal, anything
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94 that had not vanished into the emptiness that was rapidly filling out. He
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95 tried and failed, as usual, to Focus or Magnifyimself. Cursepower, not good
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96 for anything! When he really needed it, it was failing him. He remembered the
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97 words of the Consolate's Director...
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98 "Ah, a pity he can't Focus himself, or we'd have no need for so many, or
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99 magnify himself, or we'd have all that we needed."
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100
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101 It was beginning to look as though the one that they had needed was about
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102 to have his final fade-out.
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103 He also cursed his bad luck at picking up Zeb's television trivia. The
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104 mental enhancer they had shared had some bad side effects after all.
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105 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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010=Usr:0 05/17/1987 19:34 Msg:11 Call:54 Lines:2
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106 Do mean the system defaults to CC N? What a pit!
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107 ^I^I^I^I^Iinnocent bysitter
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011=Usr:0 05/17/1987 19:48 Msg:12 Call:55 Lines:1
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108 Testing a program...
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012=Usr:0 05/17/1987 20:00 Msg:13 Call:57 Lines:7
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109 =-=-=-=-=-=--==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-The Muse=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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110 You write. I am supposed to inspire you. THats what muses are for.
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111 =-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=5/17/87=-=-8:20pm-=-----=--=---
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112
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113 AIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIRAIR.
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114 Upon the mountain he sat. Muse inspired thoughts lost in the haze,
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115 up on the mountain. A.I.R.
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013=Usr:0 05/17/1987 20:29 Msg:14 Call:58 Lines:28
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116 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-The Muse-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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117 I suppose that last entry sounded a bit presumptuous. Actually, I
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118 hadn't intended for that to be posted: I was just replying to the question
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119 "what should I write?".
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120
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121 ^[[A"What should I write?", voiced by the ever popular A.I.R.
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122 Now, what shall I write?
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123 ^[[B^[[B^[[B
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124 Here I am in makeup.
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125 Oh God, I look so pretty.
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126 No one suspects a thing.
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127 They all think I am who I say I am.
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128 Here I am in makeup
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129 which hides me so completely^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[
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130 The ugliness beneath it
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131 And all because of you, my trusting friend
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132 My Peter Pan.
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133
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134 NOw standing at the mirror
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135 and riping off the makeup
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136 My face beyond repair.
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137
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138 ack! I've lost it. my train of thought has derailed.
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139
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140 ^[[A^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[Dmaybe later, kids.
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141
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142
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143 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=5/17/87-=-=-=-=9:02pm-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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014=Usr:0 05/17/1987 21:34 Msg:15 Call:63 Lines:11
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144 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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145 mike, does this mean that the diskwriter is still floating around someplace? i
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146 like the new bbs, much cleaner. is there some chance of me getting your
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147 diskwriter at all? oh, hey, i just noticed that the delete key don't work all
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148 that great. must be for systems with destructive delete...
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149
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150 to:!psu-cs!nelsons
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151 do you think you could give me your phone number so i can have that small C
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152 version 2?
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153 jim michaels 231-xxxx
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154 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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015=Usr:0 05/17/1987 22:24 Msg:16 Call:63 Lines:11
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155 Muse: please don't use your arrow keys! The system stores the ESC sequences as
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156 part of the msg. It does *not* use them for editing. They only mess up the
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157 screen for people who aren't VT100/ANSI compatible (ie most users)
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158 All: The editing commands work now! You can use them (please do!). Of course
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159 they only work on anything entered during the *current* call. Once you hang up
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160 th^Aat's it.
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161 The system also runs at 1200 baud.... try it, you may like it.
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162 Jim: DELete is for support of odd things like hardcopy terminals. You have
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163 something against BackSpace? Or you could just use CHange...
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164 _________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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165@Uh, am I *supposed* to be able to CH any non-protected entry at level 4?
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016=Usr:0 05/17/1987 23:01 Msg:17 Call:65 Lines:1
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166 WHO CARES?
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017=Usr:0 05/18/1987 00:15 Msg:18 Call:70 Lines:1
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167 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~05~18~87~~00~24~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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018=Usr:6 05/18/1987 00:21 Msg:19 Call:71 Lines:7
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168 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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169 Nearly a clean slate. A time and a place for deciding what to create, what
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170 to breathe life into. Will the chaos of transition continue? Will the
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171 famous Inn be replaced with something even more wonderous? Tune in here
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172 next BBS-time, next BBS-number.
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173 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Gyre %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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174@Yes, you can CH anything not protected at level 4. ++++ person.
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019=Usr:0 05/18/1987 01:16 Msg:20 Call:72 Lines:5
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175@We may have a bug. When I made this call, I got a line of garbage followed by
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176@"logout in 1 minute" followed by "logging out to let someone else use the
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177@system" (or something like that) followed by "waiting for CR"....
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178@Tis looks like someone just dropped carrier and the system missed it!!! Yipes!
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179@_____________________________Leonard___________________________________________
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020=Usr:0 05/18/1987 09:02 Msg:21 Call:84 Lines:6
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180 ~~~~~~x^^~~~~}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||~|~
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184@
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185
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021=Usr:0 05/18/1987 10:19 Msg:22 Call:89 Lines:5
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186 TO: THE AUTHORS
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187 With due respect, since you are now operating under MSDos, would it
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188@ possible to include a password system?
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189 be now possible to include a password system?
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190
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022=Usr:0 05/18/1987 11:39 Msg:23 Call:91 Lines:71
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191 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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192 Just before the winds of passage swept them away, Ahmryaba felt a
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193 strange reality shift, as if everything became all at once larger and
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194 faster moving. Had something disturbed the dimension which housed the
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195 world of the Inn, or was the phenomenon just an aspect of the travel
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196 to Aviana?
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197 In her journeys through space and time, the shape-changer had
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198 experienced many different types of transport, some nothing more than
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199 the blink of an eye from one world to another, others seemingly long
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200 and tortuous--as if the very matter of their beings was being
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201 destroyed and recreated in the process.
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202 The feeling of disorientation passed quickly once they arrived at
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203 T'Chree's home world. Their point of emergence was a beautiful
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204 courtyard surrounded by high walls pierced at three points by doors.
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205 A fountain plashed quietly nearby masking any sound of activity which
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206 might otherwise have been heard. It was a restful retreat, shaded by
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207 graceful trees. Blooming flowers filled the air with sweetness.
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208 Ahmryaba stared at her surroundings with pleased wonderment.
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209 T'Chree, seeing her obvious appreciation said, "I'm glad you like my
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210 private garden. We are at the end of the family wing of the royal
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211 palace. That wall there, the one without a door, is part of the
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212 embankment of the river Systris, which runs through the city.
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213 During your stay in the city, it would please me if you would
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214 share my quarters here in the palace. You would be free to come and
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215 go, of course; the palace guards will be instructed to help you in any
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216 way that they can. You would not be a prisoner."
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217 Whatever doubts and suspicions the Dancer may have had on that
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218 last point, still it would be nice to have a comfortable place to stay
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219 until she learned her way around.
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220 "You are very kind to make such a gracious offer," she told the
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221 Princess.
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222 She gently awoke the little boy who was still sleeping in her
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223 arms. When he seemed awake enough to stand, she lowered him to the
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224 ground. Seeing the familiar surroundings and realizing he was home,
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225 he bowed to his mistress politely and asked for permission to go to
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226 his home to greet his parents and family.
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227 "Yes, go little one. And give your parents a greeting from me."
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228 T'Chree smiled at the little boy with fond affection. "You may tell
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229 them that I am very pleased with the work you have done for me. And
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230 say that I think you will someday make a fine member of the royal
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231 family." The little boy scampered off toward the center door--
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232 apparently the one which connected the courtyard with the rest of the
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233 palace.
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234 The Dancer stared after him with amazement. "I've just been
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235 carrying around a member of the royal family?" She turned to look at
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236 T'Chree.
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237 The Princess openly grinned at her startled face. "Oh yes, he is
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238 a son of my younger brother. You will soon meet all the various
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239 members of the family, I think there were 27 at last count. Yuan is
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240 about 18th in line for the throne after his elder siblings, his
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241 father, myself, and lastly the children of the King.
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242 And while it is unlikely that he will ascend to the throne
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243 himself, he will someday play a role in governing the kingdom, as do
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244 all family members. It is for that reason that he was permitted to
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245 travel with me on this particular quest. We cannot afford to be
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246 provincial in our views. We would become too easy prey for greedy
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247 offworlders.
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248 But that is enough information for now. I find that I am very
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249 much in need of a bath. And you," she looked at Ahmryaba askance, "I
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250 believe would enjoy a change of clothing as well."
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251 The Dancer looked down at the Crone's rags and grimaced in
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252 agreement. "Perhaps someday," she said, looking up again at the
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253 Princess, "I will tell you how I came to be wearing this unsightly
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254 outfit. Right now, however, a bath sounds like pure bliss."
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255
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256 Green Eyes (05/18/87)
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257 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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258 Wow--editing and the whole works! Yowee, zowee!
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259
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260 G.E. (we bring good things to light)
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261 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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023=Usr:0 05/18/1987 12:33 Msg:24 Call:92 Lines:4
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262 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grn 870518123220 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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263@Could it be that the RS232 buffer doesn't get flushed between calls, and
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264@you're just getting belated messages?
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265 ***** 735 lines remaining ..... Wow! ***************************************
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024=Usr:0 05/18/1987 16:39 Msg:25 Call:98 Lines:1
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266 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~makethat734~~~~~~~~~~~~05~18~87~~16~34~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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025=Usr:0 05/18/1987 21:15 Msg:26 Call:127 Lines:11
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267 gee, kinda dead here. I mean, heck there've been lots of calls but
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268 not many msgs. Come on folks! Backwater wasn't destroyed for the heck of it!
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269 We've got a clean slate and we can go any way we want to.
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270 (Actually, I'd guess we'd have several clean slates. No way can I picture the
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271 creations of the various characters who have 'given their all' as being
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272 remotely similar)
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273
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274 _____________________________Leonard___________________________________________
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275 ^IIn a place that is both farther the the most distant galaxy, and yet
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276 no distance at all, there is a slight curdling in the fabric of space-time.
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277 ^I^IThe beginning....
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026=Usr:0 05/18/1987 22:03 Msg:27 Call:129 Lines:18
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278 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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279 "Thousands of years of civilization have culminated with the design of my
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280 masterpiece. It works, indeed. Einstein never dreamed such things might be
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281 possible, nor had anyone else... until now.
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282 ^II have spent years here. My modest workshop is a pocket of space hidden
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283 between tall stacks of books; there are tomes describing every sort of science
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284 known to man. I have read them all. A faded calendar reveals my schedule of
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285 four years ago, when I was a busy, popular instructor at the local university.
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286 That has all changed. I no longer teach, except informally here at home. A
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287 few of the students still come to visit me.
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288 ^IOn the workbench lies my life's work. It is just a little thing... a
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289 small silver box 6 x 5 x 1 inches. The energies of the universe flow through
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290 it. Vast powers may flow through my work. Soon, they will.
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291 ^II have had a theory a long time about the nature of the workings of
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292 the universe. I have not been able to test them, until now.
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293 ^IThe FEGS rests for now. I must go to prepare.
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294 ^IDiary Log Completed."
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295 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grn 870518224015 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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027=Usr:0 05/18/1987 22:44 Msg:28 Call:131 Lines:6
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296@^E-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-
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297@ /hhhhh /h /h /hhhh
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298@ ''/h'' /h /h /h'''
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299@ 4 hrs /h /hhhh /hhh color 64
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300@ ^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T
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301@ll^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T^T
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028=Usr:0 05/18/1987 23:35 Msg:29 Call:133 Lines:19
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302@
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333 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi
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335 Alone with his thoughts, Cragmore floated in the violated void. He was the
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336 violation, which meant that it couldn't be a void. But then again, he mused,
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337 perhaps the void was true, and he really didn't exist. Or... Oh heck. Let
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340 The quiet was deafening. Never in Cragmore's life had he heard such silence.
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341 Always he was surrounded by people. Always voices in his mind. Always hearing
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345 Until now.
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347 Cragmore relished in the silence as if it were an opiate. Tranquil thoughts
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348 eased the pain of so many years of mixed blessing and sure torture. It was
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349 a useful skill to be able to read minds and speak at a higher level of
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350 communications. The skill was also a terrible burden. So many voices crowding
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351 a finite space. The original psyche is herded into a corner. It took a great
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352 deal of self-control and strength to keep the other voices from taking
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353 over.
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355 He didn't want to be known as the crazy man who kept hearing voices.
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357 Suddenly he felt a shift from nothingness to something else. A tug in
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358 his mind, a glimpse of a different place. What did it mean?
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360 He moved with the shift, something inside him making his curiosity the
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361 driving force. Cragmore drifted from thoughts about himself to thoughts
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362 about his friends, and the Inn. The door! The inn was gone! He couldn't
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363 remember what all had happened after the door was opened. His mind
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364 revealed nothing about the accuracy of what he did remember. He had to
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365 find the Innkeeper, Bard, Milchar, and the others. He had to find the
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366 Inn.
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368 Peaceful thoughts were replaced by worry as Cragmore continued to follow
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371 PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSi CRAGMORE PsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsIpSiPsI
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372 1200 BAUD... WOW!
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373 This is a test of 1200 baud.
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375 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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376 I agree. Wow!! While 300 was quaint
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377 and hearkenned back to our roots, 1200
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378 is much faster. A trade I think for the
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379 better.
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380 I did miss one thing before the lights went out. I had
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381 wanted to copy Bard's song off the board for posterity.
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382 At some time, could we see it again, as I'm sure lots
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383 of us missed it, and it was beautiful in a meloncholy
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384 way. (Evoked fond and sad memories for me.)
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385 [][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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387 Ah, this was not going to be easy.
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388 Zephyr mentally cracked his knuckles and realized that he was about to
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389 embark on what might be a very nasty little venture into the void. He would
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390 not travel himself, but he would still be on a journey.
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391 That was the trouble... This WAS a void, after all. Without shape or
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392 form, and therefore not easily changed, since Zephyr had no conception of what
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393 it SHOULD be like.
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394 Why did everything he needed to Focus or Magnify have to be either
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396 Ok, he thought, might as well get to worrk.
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397 Naturally, the first thing to do would be to create blocks for those
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398 among the patrons of the Inn who were telepathically inclined. Cragmore
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399 sprang to mind, and it worried him. The barriers wouldn't be perfect, as
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400 they were being hastily constructed in an unstable environment, and Cragmore's
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401 abilities were very great. Zephy wondered how this would affect him, or if he
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402 would notice at all.
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403 Still, it had to be done.
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404 He quickly created the barriers around where he considered himself in
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405 the void, since he had no idea. He decided to call where he was "the center"
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406 and go on from there. Done.
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407 Next, there was the matteter of blotting out the knowledge of the others
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408 who were here. He had to in order to gain a better understanding of the void
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409 and the Inn that he knew floated somewhere within it.
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410 Ah, done, he thought. Now the hard part. Probing, he sent mental fingers
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411 out into the void. Tense and jumpy fingers, but semi-stable none the less.
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412 They would be servicable for the moment, at least.
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413 This was the part that the telepaths might notice. He made a prayer to
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414 H'Rog that they didn't. Careful...
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415 Suddenly, Zephyr conceptually gasped, and he felt his mental probings
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416 explode backwards, cutting through him, wrapping around him, wild and untamed
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417 energies of the void transforming them into horrors beyond imagining.
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418 He had been wrong. Something was wrong. The world was wrong.
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419 His probings MUST be wrong.
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420 How could there be TWO Inns?
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423 Friar: do you mean "The Very Last Day"? Or "Timewinds Tavern"? The first is on
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424 DB. If it is the second, I'll see if I can make arrangements to place it
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425 somewhere accessible. (Is there any way to use that "empty space" on DB?)
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427 ENter mode - 573 Lines remaining - Type ^C to terminate entry.
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428 Congratulations to the authors on an astounding project brought to
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429 completion! It looks nice, with the possible exception of the initial CC
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430 setting, which ruins tabs within entries, but other than that, it is quite
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431 sunning to call in and find a new system.
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432 Where is the old one? If it is still around, I would very much like to
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433 buy it. That is, if Jim Michaels doesn't beat me to the punch. !-) But I
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434 do want to buy BWMS I. Mikey, what do you think? Let me know if and when
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435 you decide, either way.
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436 Pasha
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439 As the saying goes, everyone has their price.....
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440 But, BWMS I is not for sale (unless you make an offer I can't refuse..)
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441 The intention is to keep it for backup and sentamental value.
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442 And after over 5 years of continuous operation 24 hours a day it
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443 deserves a rest. As a side note of trivia, there has only been
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444 two repairs required to BWMS in that period. Once the disk drive
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445 went out on it about 3 years ago. The drive was replaced.
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446 Given that the drive was pulled from the garbage originally because
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447 it was dead then, it is amazing that it lasted as long as it did.
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448 The other problem was when I went from one to two drives, the power
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449 supply gave out because it wasn't designed to run two drives.
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450 Afty regulator took care of that. There have been other failures,
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451 but they were either caused by me, or were just disks that crapped
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452 out. There was a period of time when I had some Verbatem disks I was
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453 using in the system, and they were giving me trouble. Once I got
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454 rid of them and cleaned the gunk off the heads things worked again.
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455 The most interesting 'failure' was when I installed the 'no activity
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456 timeout' feature when the Hayes modems started to become popular and
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457 people didn't know how to make them disconnect. After having one
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458 user calling in the morning and then leaving his modem online the
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459 rest of the day because he went off without checking to see if it
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460 was still online a few times I decided to add the mod. During the
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461 process a great big solder splash fell on the board. A couple of
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462 months later I took it to one of the OMSI cmputer fairs. It worked
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463 without problem. After it was over I brought it home, hooked it up,
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464 and it didn't work. After checking voltages and the like and scratching
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465 my head, I tore it apart, and after a couple of minutes looking around
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466 found the solder splash across the bottom of the circuit board.
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467 It was across some critical circuitry too, (data and address lines).
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468 How it ever worked at all is beyond me. Even more so that it didn't die
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469 until I got it home.
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470 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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471@hmmm, about a .25 posting ratio (44/177). much better than expected.
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475@I see I'm gonna have to use Level 4. People are hiding comments in the
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478 Bard - Timewinds, please.
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480 Mikey - I concur with your thoughts on the matter. Let us not resurrect
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481 BWMS I. (Do you need the I, since at the time there was no other ?) I
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482 feel that it should rest. Perhaps a museum.
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484 All - If Mikey gives permission, I will take it upon myself to organize
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485 a wake for BWMS. I suspect that it should occur at, where alse, MT bottle
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486 and Deli. Yes ? No ? Mikey ?
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488 [][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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492 THERE STOOD ARTHUR . ALL ALONE ON A WORLD THAT HE HAD KNOWN . KNOWN TWO MILLION
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493 YEARS IN THE FUTURE . HE HAD WOKEN UP AN HOUR EARLIER ON THE COLD , DARK FLOOR
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494 OF HIS CAVE THAT HE HAD BEEN IN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS , AND REALIZED THE FACT
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497 HE DECIDED TO FIND HIS FRIEND , THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE
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498 PAST FIVE YEARS . HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO LOOK . THEN HE HEARD "HELLO ARTHUR ,
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499 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" AS HE SPUN AROUND , HE ALREADY KNEW WHO IT WAS .
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500 ^I"HELLO , FORD . HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?" FORD LOOKED LIKE ALWAYS . HIS SATCHEL
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501 ONE HAND , TOWEL IN THE OTHER . HE HAD GROWN A BEARD IN THE TIME HE HAD BEEN
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502 AWAY . IT MADE HIM LOOK LIKE A PHILOSIPHER . "HOW ARE THE GOLGAFRINCHIANS
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503 DOING?"
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504 ^I"THE SAME . THE HAVE MADE MONEY , THE FOOLS . THE HAVE TURNED THE LEAVES OF
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505 TREES INTO MONEY . THEY HAVE ALREADY CREATED INFLATION , AND STILL DON'T KNOW
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506 HOW TO MAKE FIRE!!!"
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507 ****************************************************************************
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508 The "wake" is slowly being brought together. The date has already been
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509 set for June 13th. We are currently trying to get a poll of how many will
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510 attend since that will determine where the thing will be held.
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511 I myself kind of like the idea of a picnic type arrangement. On the other
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512 hand that means having it during the day and I'm not sure how many would
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513 attend. As soon as I get an idea of how many intend to be there I'll
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514 start looking at where to hold it.
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515 Those of you planing to attend the wake for BWMS I on June 13th please
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516 speek up. And you might post messages on other systems to that effect too.
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517 The more the merrier!
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518 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY **************************************
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519 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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520 Gads! What happend to MA? I liked the DISKWRITER better.
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521 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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522 Why do you want the MA command? Nobody liked the lines > 80, and very few
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523 liked 40 column lines. If you want short lines, stop typing sooner. If you
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524 want longer lines, thank god for BWMS II.
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525 ^I^I^I^I^Iinnocent bysitter
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526 *%@#_%*!_%)!_)%*_#)%*)_%*^)#$*^_$^*_#^*)~_@$)+$#)^*_#*^_~*_#^*_*!#_%*~@_^)_!)^
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527 Ah... That felt good. The AI program I use to generate my symbolic boarder
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528 has longed for 1200 baud many moons. It uses a complex arrangement of neural
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529 simulators to apply an intelligent learning system over a psuedo-random
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530 associative memory pattern. Since the boarder engine does not employ
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531 buffering, I had to insert wait-states into the output loops or the engine
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532 would outrun the 300 baud input routines in BW. With 1200 baud, the wait
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533 states are gone, and the engine fairly screams along at its peak speed.
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534 Thank the BBS gods for smiling on this system, and granting it a modern
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535 modem with reasonable speeds.
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536 &*%_#&_@#&%)_%&#@_%&_@#&%@#(% L'homme sans Parity *%_@*%_)%*_@%*)@_%@#*%_@^&@^
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537 PS: For the party, MT would be fine, but I also wouldn't mind an outdoor
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538 event either. The weather is starting to turn friendly, and being a native
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539 Oregonian (although I spent many years in France, keeping current on this
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540 persona) I like to take advantage of it. Waddles is another choice :-).
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541 *%)_#%*@_%*)_@%*@_#%@_%@_%*@_)%*@_)%* L s P *(_%#$*_)@^*))@*@)#*^%@_)@^_*_*~_%
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543 Aha! I always suspected that L'homme's intelligence was artificial!
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545 _______________________________Leonard_________________________________________
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547 The problems of a new system is that little "bugs" can crop up.
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548 Something caused all the data on drive A to disappear. Luckily I
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549 had this stuff backed up so not too much was lost.
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550@Did someone try to use the KILL command? PLEASE please please don't!!!
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551@I currently does nasty things and the system gets all scewed up.
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552 ******************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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054=Usr:0 05/22/1987 18:23 Msg:55 Call:263 Lines:6
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553 HEY! SYSTEMS OPERATORS! I THINK I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH YOU CLOWNS!
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554 YOU GUYS GO TO ESTACADA HIGH SCHOOL? I DID! HEY SHAWN YOU STILL UGLY?
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555 HA HA HA!
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556 LOVE,
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557 DOUG KING
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558 CLASS OF 84
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561 TO SLEEP AND PERCHANCE DREAM
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563 that should be "To sleep and perchance, to dream."
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564 #$%^^&&**(()##$$$%%^^&&*((()#$%%^^&*(()())$%$%%^^&&*(*()()_)_+~!^[!@@##$%^&*
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566 Doug: Yes, I believe I am the very same Shawn Instenes that you used to know
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567 at Estacada High School. I don't do much operating, but helped Mikey write
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568 the code that is running here currently. None of the other authors have
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569 gone to Estacada High, nor is it likely you know them. Ah, well. From
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570 what I remember of your computer skills, I am surprised to see you here :-}.
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571 Post Script: Played any Federation lately?
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572 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% S.I. May 22, 1987 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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573 SI: I know you have graduated from high school, but I believe I've seen you
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574 in a beyond-high-school school this year? Is this fact? Fiction? Memorex?
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576 #*^_)*$$@^)@^*)**^(#+!^*_)*#_)*^@_*@#^)*^+*^@#+^@#^*)!)))*%@+*#$^)*+)^))*@*
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577 Thanks Leonard. Remind me to send a napalm chain-letter in the mail
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578 sometime.
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579 Mikey: If Backwater had been meant to go at 1200 baud, it would have been
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580 born with it. No, I do not advocate this ostrich-attitude. I just wanted
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581 to let you know, GREAT JOB, ignore the detractors, and keep the carrier
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583 *%_#$*_@%@@_%*@_^&*)%*@*@_*@#_@ L'homme sans Parity *%_)*%@_%*@%_*@#%%*@%*%
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585 YMNKM: I attend Portland State University. Fact. If you would like to
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586 speak on this farther, send E-mail to me on Applephilia (244-xxxx), user
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587 number 425. Or Blue Parrot (253-xxxx), user number 55. I am curious to
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588 know if I know you...
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589 %%%%%%%%% !psu-cs!psuorpn!t608 %%%%%%%%% SI May 23, 1987 @ 4:35am %%%%%%%%%%%
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590 Is psuoprn a contraction for pseudo-porn?
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592 n it is a uucp adds.
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064=Usr:0 05/23/1987 14:17 Msg:65 Call:301 Lines:5
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594 WHO CARES?
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595 Flames to WHO CARES!!
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596 Flames to psuorpn!
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597 Flames to bwms.personalities!
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599 psuorpn is a contraction of 'PSU Oregon Power Node' if you talk to the
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600 staff. If you talk to the students, its 'PSU's Orphan'.
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602 It's also an anagram of psu-porn... (hee hee hee!)
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607 DO YOU KNOW HOW I COULD GET AHOLD OF THAT OLD FEDERATION GAME? I
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608 DONT THINK I'VE SEEN IT SINCE I'VE BEEN WONDERING AROUND.IT WAS A
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609 FUN GAME IF I REMEMBER RIGHT BUT MAYBE I DONT (REMEMBER RIGHT I MEAN)
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610 ALSO MAYBE IT IS "TO SLEEP AND TO PERCHANCE DREAM" I DONT REMEMBER
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611 THAT EITHER.
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612 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<DOUG OF 84>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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614 That quote is "To sleep, perchance to dream- ay, that's the rub!" -Wil S.
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615 I have not seen any version of Federation since 1983.
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616 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% SI May 24, 1987 @ 1:46am %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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619 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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620 NOT SINCE 83 HUH? SEEN ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT? EVEN ROMOTELY SIMILAR?
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621 I HAVE A FRIEND THAT SAID HE HAD SOME STAR TREK TYPE OF GAME THAT
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622 MIGHT BE CLOSE. YOU A PSU STUDENT?
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623 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<DOUG OF 84>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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624 Mike, do you still have any of those shugart 400 drives lying around?? If
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625 so, I would be interested in buying the remaining drives for say $20.. That is,
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626 if you want to get them out of your living room..
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627
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628 The Judge
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629 Tony
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630 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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071=Usr:0 05/24/1987 14:15 Msg:72 Call:341 Lines:10
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631 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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632 Cistop Mikey:
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633 Please accept my regrets at being unable to attend a wake for
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634 BWMS. That's where I started writing and found a happy niche three
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635 months ago. I hope I get to meet you at the Blue Parrot Spring Thing;
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636 if not, please raise a toast from me at your gathering in memory of
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637 BWMS and to the long life and creative prosperity of BWMS II.
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638
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639 Green Eyes (05/24/87)
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640 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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072=Usr:0 05/24/1987 19:15 Msg:73 Call:352 Lines:1
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641 WHO CARES?
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073=Usr:0 05/24/1987 19:22 Msg:74 Call:353 Lines:1
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642 ...............smoo cares..............................................
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074=Usr:0 05/24/1987 22:45 Msg:75 Call:356 Lines:1
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643@Hoo-ha-ha! Private message! %-} Let me know when names change from Null.
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075=Usr:0 05/25/1987 00:57 Msg:76 Call:365 Lines:1
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644 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~05~25~87~~01~05~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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076=Usr:0 05/25/1987 18:40 Msg:77 Call:375 Lines:4
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645@* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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646@UP10
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647
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648 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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077=Usr:0 05/25/1987 20:53 Msg:78 Call:381 Lines:6
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649 Somethisn ^[[D^[[D^[[Dng witty goes hr^[[Dere . . . ! hello worlk
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650 lets try this again . . . hellow wrok
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651 wait a minute . . . . one more and last time . . . Hllo world . .
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652 come on , this is getting rediculas (sp) andyway . . . something si wrong with
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653 my keyboard . . .. . . . I'll try again tomorrow . . .for those interested
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654 h(backspace) this is my first time i(backspace) on this bbs . . take care . .
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655 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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656 Doug: Yes, there are a lot of Star-trek like simulations out there in the
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657 public domain. TREKRUN.EXE for the IBM is okay.
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658 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% S.I. May 25, 1987 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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659 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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660 "Oordle ploop, ongil splamt?" queried the infant gnome as it crawled towards
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661 its uncle who had visited his family in the village nestled between high
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662 hills and a slowly flowing greenish river.
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663 "Don't fret, now, Oordle. I'm sure Milchar is okay. I must be doing this
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664 spell wrong." The older gnome flipped through a few pages in the old tome that
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665 lay in his gnarled hands. He held out the book for the infant's inspection.
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666 "Is that word `glampt' or `planbt'?"
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667 "Cliggle humpt fleemd. Ongil." The child crawled up into his elder's lap.
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668 "Never mind. I'll be fine, nephew. I must know why all my spells are awry
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669 today. I haven't been able to reach the Inn for days."
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670 The young gnomelet yawned sleepily. Soon small snoring noises waifed up
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671 from the elder's lap.
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672 "I wonder-" the gnome began, then silenced himself. He closed the book and
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673 lay it down upon a small oak table nearby, then closed his eyes and
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674 concentrated deeply.
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675 Contact seemed impossible. A dark wall appeared between the gnome and his
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676 goal, thwarting his efforts easily. Not so easily daunted, the apprentice
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677 mage turned his mind and sought an opening.
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678 A crack, the tiniest opening possible to discern. The gnome deepened his
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679 trance and pressed on.
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680 Pushing hard, he squeezed his way though to another place, one of light and
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681 beauty that was somehow familiar but nonetheless different. The gnome
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682 memorized all he saw. It could be useful later.
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683 Was Milchar here? Yes, and no. Strange, the gnome thought to himself, this
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684 mind-set I have never encountered before. The mage's aura was around, but
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685 it did not seem to be at any particular place or direction.
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686 The apprentice mage of Travelcraft and Saycraft withdrew from his trance, as
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687 prolonged exertions were dangerous in the extreme. He must go physically to
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688 that place, and search in that way. "If I can only get this little ruffian
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689 out of my lap, so I can get to work." he whispered.
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690 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann !^!^!^!^!^!^! May 25 at 10:15pm !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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691
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692 *#@%@#%*()*%!@$(!#$*_#*@%*_%*_)*#@%_@%_@*^)*_%)*^+_)^*@~+(%@*%@$_^*%_^*_!)
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693 psu-porn? Now there is a new one. Actually porn is the last thing on the
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694 minds of the psu Gould powers-that-be. Can you believe these guys? A main-
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695 frame mentality, make that brain-damaged. psuorpn is probably the only
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696 unix system in the country that has user names like 't608' instead of
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697 'joe' or 'smitha'. It is a slap in the face of every other unix administrator
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698 in the country who tries to keep their system as nice for the users as
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699 possible given the operating system. The admins at psuorpn are IBM and
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700 Honeywell guys (two companies well-known for their non-friendly programming
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701 environment) who can't change their old ways and insist on pushing their
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702 old fashioned ways on unix users too. psu-porn? No. psu-scorn? Definitely.
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703 *#*%@%&@#%!%&_)!&@%&!_^&_)%@# L'homme sans Parity *&%###%_)@*^&@*&_!)*~)$%
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704
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705 ***************************************************************
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706 Tony: Yes, I have two drives left. One needs an IC to make it work.
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707 I am willing to unload the two drives and the box of spare parts for
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708 the $20 if you are interested.
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709 Green Eyes: sorry to hear that you won't make the wake, maybe some other
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710 time.
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711 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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081=Usr:0 05/26/1987 00:22 Msg:82 Call:389 Lines:1
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712 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~26~87~~00~22~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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082=Usr:0 05/26/1987 21:13 Msg:83 Call:400 Lines:11
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713
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714 CISTOP MICKEY:
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715 IF YOU HAVE A BROTHER NAMED SCOTT WHICH I AM QUITE
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716 SURE YOU DO TELL HIM I SAID HELLO THE NEXT TIME YOU TALK TO HIM.
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717 HE ONCE CAME TO A PARTY AT MY HOUSE AND GOT QUITE WILD IN MY
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718 PARENTS HOT TUB. HE CAME WITH JIM PHARIS WHO LIVES UP THERE IN
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719 THE BOONIES OUT BY GEORGE (GEORGE THE TOWN OR AREA. I GUESS
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720 ITS NOT A TOWN. HA HA.) SAY HI TO BECKY TO SINCE I GRADUATED WITH
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721 HER.
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722@
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723 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<DOUG KING OF 84>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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083=Usr:0 05/26/1987 22:02 Msg:84 Call:403 Lines:4
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724 WELL THIS LOOKS GOOD, HAVEN'T LOGED IN SINCE THE CHANGE, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS
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725 THAT MIKIE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ON SETTING UP THIS NEW VERSION OF BW.
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726 SWORDSMITH
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727 ******************************** 26 MAY 87 ************************************
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084=Usr:0 05/26/1987 22:12 Msg:85 Call:404 Lines:5
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728 **************************************************************
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729 Unless my parents haven't mentioned something that I should know,
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730 I do not have a brother, nor even a close relative by that name.
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731 Wrong age group I suspect as well.
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732 *************************** CM *******************************
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734 {|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{{|{
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735 In this world is about a world's worth of concrete. If the streets and
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736 gutters aren't paved in the frozen sand, the alleys and the sidewalks are.
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737 Some people never leave the concrete. Sleeping on the streets or driving from
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738 desitnation to destination, it is rather like a patch of moss growing on some
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739 outdated architecture from a crumbling civilization.
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740 Yes, I walk on those same streets. Often however, I walk the streets of
|
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741 aother world. A world of cobblestone, trodden streets slashing through a
|
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742 villiage or an inner keep, and above all, a world far removed from your own.
|
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743 The stories that have turned to myth in your world, have merely turned to
|
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744 yellowed tomes in mine. Dragons, faeries, and goblins all thrive in the
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745 world that my humanity has somewhat of a domain over. The passages between
|
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746 them have faded and become obscured. Some are grown over by poisonous ivy
|
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747 ad still others are divided by crates on a wharf in Newcastle. Only a few
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748 daring ones know of their existence. I like to consider myself one of those
|
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749 who crosses from one world to another and keeps affairs somewhat straight on
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750 both sides.
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751 To tell the truth, however, I have no more strength or daring than an
|
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752 everyday thief. Someone who can steal into a room and slip out again with
|
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753 enough wealth to keep him alive until the next theft, now there's what an old
|
|
754 radio program on Earth called chutzpah. It is not very often that I find
|
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755 myself firm and strong in something, and when I am, it is usually because I
|
|
756 have an ace up my sleeve. Or should I say, Ace.
|
|
757 Ace flies aeroplanes. He was a pilot during the Big One on Earth. He
|
|
758 just happened to be on the right side, and now he runs a flight school for
|
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759 the rich kids who like to show off their expertise behind an instrument
|
|
760 pnel before revealing their prowess in bed. If you ask me, which you can't,
|
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761 they're buying the priviledge of trying either one. But ignore that.
|
|
762 Suffice to say that one of those times I stood up for something, I did
|
|
763 have an Ace up my sleeve. Let me go get a Coke and I'll tell you.
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766 I mentioned 'psu-porn' partly for that reason. The silly usage of names
|
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767 like t608 and h7sn is quite obscene in a system such as the Gould. The
|
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768 sysop of the Gould agrees, but is surrounded by 'superiors' of another
|
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769 age and mind. Of course, psu-porn is heaven compared to MUSIC.
|
|
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770
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771 BsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsBsbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbSbS
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772
|
|
773 A grim-faced wayfarer strode along a woodland road, making no
|
|
774 effort to disguise his presence or his movements.
|
|
775 "This next clearing had better be the right place, or one lying
|
|
776 map-maker is going to get his name immortalized in marble."
|
|
777 He clutched a quarterstaff tightly in his left hand, and swung it
|
|
778 brusquely as he advanced. It never touched the ground, for he gripped
|
|
779 it well below the top. His right hand was empty, but was held rigidly
|
|
780 palm-up behind him, just as though . . . Hmm. "Just as though"--
|
|
781 *what?* It could hardly have been a comfortable position--could it
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|
782 have meant that he was a cripple? Or did he hold his hand in that
|
|
783 position in constant readiness to release some deadly weapon that he
|
|
784 had hidden up his sleeve as a precaution against attack? Or (petty
|
|
785 thought!) was the position of his hand merely the unconscious,
|
|
786 habitual mannerism of a corrupt public official who had grown
|
|
787 accustomed to receiving bribes at all times, and especially when he
|
|
788 held his palm up behind him at such an inviting angle?
|
|
789 Never mind. He continued along the roadway until he entered a
|
|
790 clearing. Once he had left the trees, he uncocked his right hand,
|
|
791 reached into a pocket, withdrew his hand again empty, and sat down.
|
|
792 He shrugged off his pack, rummaged briefly, withdrew something and
|
|
793 stuck it into one of his pockets. Pack back on, he stood again and
|
|
794 moved further into the clearing.
|
|
795 There was an Inn in the clearing, and the wayfarer walked over to
|
|
796 it.
|
|
797 "That scribbler may survive yet," he marvelled, opening the door.
|
|
798 "We shall see what we shall see," he continued, stepping through.
|
|
799 Inside, the Inn's appearance seemed uncannily generic--it
|
|
800 reminded him of every other Inn that he could remember.
|
|
801 "This Inn looks as though lots of people went to lots of trouble
|
|
802 to get it to look this way," he thought. "This could be a trap; or,
|
|
803 it could be the place I seek."
|
|
804 He noted with satisfaction that the Inn was well-occupied,
|
|
805 despite the time of day and the absence of many horses and wagons out
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|
806 front. "They probably have a livery stable around back," he decided.
|
|
807 "Best place for it, too," he reflected, "considering how wrong it
|
|
808 would be for the customers themselves to get livery."
|
|
809 "Not that they aren't trying," he added cynically.
|
|
810 Having allowed his eyes to grow accustomed to the semi-darkness
|
|
811 inside, he approached the bar to inquire about lodgings, sustenance,
|
|
812 and brew. Then, with a mug in his hand, he sought to find some large
|
|
813 table neither fully occupied nor entirely deserted; there were more
|
|
814 than one such, and he approached the nearest one.
|
|
815 "With your permission?" he asked the people there.
|
|
816 He received replies like, "Welcome, certes," and "Help yourself,"
|
|
817 and "Be his guest,"--the last delivered with a broad gesture in the
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818 direction of the bartender. The wayfarer set down his mug and his
|
|
819 staff, doffed his pack, and sat.
|
|
820 "I hope I am not interrupting," he began to his new companions.
|
|
821 One of them opened his mouth to say something, but before he
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|
822 could speak another one answered, "Rest assured--if you dare to
|
|
823 interrupt, we will tell you about it immediately! Actually, we had
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|
824 just been rehashing an old argument left over from last week--one of
|
|
825 our favorite arguments, one we love to dispute, for it never gets
|
|
826 settled.
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|
827 "However, we do welcome interesting diversions. You look fairly
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828 interesting; if you are feeling talkative, please tell us whatever you
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|
829 will of your name, your home, your business. Or ask, instead, and
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|
830 some of us might be feeling rash enough to answer you."
|
|
831 "Well, as to my name," the wayfarer replied, "I have been in
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|
832 several different places and have used different names in some of
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|
833 them; recently, however, I have been using my real name once again--
|
|
834 Yes, I have, believe it or not as you will! I regret to have to admit
|
|
835 that you are listening to none other than Jack the Fork, son of the
|
|
836 nefarious Dork from the justly obscure planet Cork--or so I'm told.
|
|
837 Rumor has it that Dork begat me and then left--unscathed, so they say.
|
|
838 I'm sure I can't imagine how he did it. Perhaps this is nothing more
|
|
839 than a rumor; possibly one of the locals fathered me instead, and
|
|
840 spread that rumor in order to escape responsibility."
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|
841 "Thus, by coming here, you are way off base?" his interlocutor
|
|
842 inquired.
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|
843 "That's a fact," acknowledged Jack. "A way-off, base-born fool
|
|
844 have I been for Lo! these many years, and none too proud of it. I had
|
|
845 little choice, of course: who can change his parentage? Who,
|
|
846 virtuous enough to 'Honor His Father And Mother,' would?
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|
847 "This I tell you gladly, for I have--I assure you--no other irons
|
|
848 in the fire just now: 'Nothing to Jeopardize, Nothing to Lose.'
|
|
849 "My name then is Jack; my home I have left behind me; my business
|
|
850 is largely open, and unknown: I come here to find a cause, seek an
|
|
851 effect, learn a direction, develop a taste--any or all of the
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852 foregoing, or possibly something else, if I find something
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|
853 interesting."
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854 "Well then, Jack: welcome to this Inn where so many diverse folk
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|
855 are wont to gather--indeed, we wonts even had a flock of sky-diverse.
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|
856 Strange things have been known to happen, for (aside from our noble,
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857 courteous, and reasonable selves) this place has betimes been host to
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858 one of the oddest collections of weirdos available! (Though never all
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859 at once, yet, thank goodness!) Tell me, if I may be so bold as to
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860 ask: what sort of cloak is that one you wear? It looks elvish."
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861 "As to elvish, Sir, I know not; elvish it might be, for it has
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|
862 lasted uncommonly long and serves me fairly still. I acquired it
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863 through the good offices of a maid named Arizona, who believed in
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864 honesty and brotherhood and colors of green and gray, or something to
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865 that effect. Anyway, she seemed to have a supply, or could get them."
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|
866 "And why, Jack, do the colors of your cloak extend even to your
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|
867 beard? Is it contagion; or do you dye your whiskers green; or is
|
|
868 there some sort of growth on your chin?"
|
|
869 "To take those in order, Sir--Yes, it may be contagion, though
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870 perhaps of a magical sort; No, I like to imagine myself as being of an
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871 un-dye-ing kind; and No, I am decidedly of the no-growth sort. I keep
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872 my chin clean, aside from whiskers, and I even oppose urban sprawl."
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873
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874 /\
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875 <BS>
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876 \/ ________Blather's Kite
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877 \______/ May 27, 1987
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878
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880@well, looks like *that* is settled...
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882 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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883 mike: this is great! now i can use xon/xoff to pause the screen! thanx!
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884 as far as the delete key goes, i didn't mean for you to get offended.
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885 i was curious. do you have a schematic of the diskwriter someplace?
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886 if i can give you a call someplace or if you call me, i would be glad to give
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887 you a demo of MUSICRAFT running thru a simple DAC and a plain old amplifier.
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|
888 here's one to joke about: my electronics teacher always referred to
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889 amplifiers as "apple-fryers". amazing similarity.
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890 JJJJJ M M
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891 jim michaels 231-xxxx
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893 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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894 ^I"Where do you go, Grann?" asked a voice.
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895 The gnome turned to view his visitor. As he turned, tables bearing tomes,
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896 beakers, bent tubing, and braziers came into view.
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897 ^IShe was slender, as gnomes go, and blonde hair was very rare among
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898 gnomish folk. Her age appeared to be somewhat less than that of Grann's.
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899 Her hazel eyes searched his face as he stammered out a reply.
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900 ^I"To..to.. Innisfall, if I can find it again."
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901 ^IHer reply was simple. "Why?"
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902 ^IGrann sighed. Trying to explain his reasons to Silvi was not
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903 going to be easy. "I must, Silvi. I think Milchar needs my help. He's
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904 helped me so much, I must make return..."
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905 ^ISilvi placed a hand gently over his mouth. "I understand what the
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906 human mage has done for you. Your position today is much due to the magic
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907 you can perform." She lowered her eyes. "Will this voyage be..."
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908 ^I"Dangerous?" Grann prompted. "Not as far as I am able to sense
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909 those things." He took Silvi's hand. "I shall return to thee."
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910 ^ISilvi did not seem comforted. "How long shall you be gone?"
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911 ^I"A day, or two. No more, my love."
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912 ^I"Get thee going, then, so you may return the sooner!" Silvi drew
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913 close, then kissed him lightly. She left quickly.
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914 ^IGrann heaved a small sigh, then turned back to the implements
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915 spread out upon the table. One by one, the tools he owned, such as they
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916 were, were placed neatly within a grey pack. All except his Travelbook,
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917 which lay open to a well-used page. It read: "Innisfall point 2" in a
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918 handwritten script at the top, with the rest of the page littered with
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919 odd runes used for Travel magicks.
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920 ^IGrann put on the pack, and took the book in hand. This place was
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921 as good a departure point as any. Silvi's words had put a haste in him.
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922 ^I"Plovana ordilbasto, wendik scaramdu jyunsodeu, vurgibza cloabs!"
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923 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
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924 ^IA sheet of silver flame erupted from above, briefly hiding Grann
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925 from view. Indivdual flamelets splashed onto the floor, glittering with
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926 their light for a moment before dying and fading to nothing. The gnome
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927 was nowhere to be seen.
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928 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann, May 28, 1987 @ 12:30am !^!^!^!^!^!^!
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091=Usr:0 05/28/1987 09:39 Msg:92 Call:456 Lines:1
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929 Michael James: You bootlicking, horntooting egomaniac, are you still at it?
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092=Usr:0 05/28/1987 14:03 Msg:93 Call:459 Lines:2
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930 Yes. I admit it. I am still at it. And you?
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931 MJ
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093=Usr:0 05/28/1987 20:01 Msg:94 Call:471 Lines:19
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932 TO: COMPUTER OWNERS SUBJECT: SUPPLIES AT SUPER SAVINGS
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933 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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934 BITCOM DATA SUPPLY * GRARANTEED QUALITY
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935 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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936 DELETE
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937 1) SINGLE SIDED SINGLE DENSITY DISKETTES 10 PER BOX ...$ 6.00
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938 2) DOUBLE SIDED DOUBLE DENSITY DISKETTES 10 PER BOX....$ 7.00
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939 3) 3.5IN. SINGLE SIDED DISKETTES 10 PER BOX ...........$21.00
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940 4) PIN FEED COMPUTER PAPER (1000 SHEETS PER BOX .......$20.00
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941 5) SELF STICK ADDRESS LABELS (1000 PER BOX ............$ 4.00
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942 6) SURGE SUPRESSOR (WITH 6 OUTLETS) ...................$28.00
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943 7) EPSON MX80 PRINTER RIBBONS .........................$ 6.00
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944 8) APPLE IMMAGEWUITER RIBBONS .........................$ 6.50
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945 SEND CERTIFIED CHECK, MONEY ORDER OR VISA/MC# WITH YOUR ORDER
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946 TO:BITCOM DATA, OREGON CITY, OR 97045
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947 ADD 2.50 FOR SHIPPING & HANDLING - ALLOW 1-2 WEEKS FOR DELILVERY
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948
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949 *PLEASE SEND MAKE & MODEL OF YOUR COMPUTER & PERIPHERALS WITH
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950 YOUR ORDER TO HELP ME BETTER SERVE YOU, THANK YOU!
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094=Usr:0 05/28/1987 22:46 Msg:95 Call:475 Lines:4
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951
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952 Oh, please! We need no advertisements to litter this board... And
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953 just to *where* has Grann gone? I'm anxious to see where he might
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954 materialize, if it truly is a *where*.
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095=Usr:0 05/29/1987 21:15 Msg:96 Call:495 Lines:4
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955@
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956@
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957@
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958@Hey JerkwaterII you suck!
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096=Usr:0 05/30/1987 00:55 Msg:97 Call:502 Lines:1
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959 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~30~87~~00~07~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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097=Usr:0 05/30/1987 14:12 Msg:98 Call:514 Lines:40
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960 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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961 A man with a dream. Gary Ronald Nadey held within his hands the work of
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962 years. The properties of the FEGS were simple. Their application
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963 required the expenditure of lots of imagination.
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964 ^IHe carefully opened a small panel on the FEGS, and placed a tiny
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965 mass within. The power source. Amazing what sort of energy can be
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966 produced from the smallest mass. Gary closed the panel, and ran a system
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967 check. A row of tiny squares emitted a greenish light. It was ready.
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968 But was Mr. Nadey?
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969 ^I"Just a short trip," he said to himself. "But first, a test."
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970 ^IGary sat down near a window. His fingers moved deftly, pressing
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971 dozens of tiny squares in a mysterious sequence. Then he checked the
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972 setting, twice. With not a little trepidation, he pressed a sequence to
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973 activate the FEGS.
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974 ^IA globe of light erupted from nowhere, to appear in the center of
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975 Nadey's living room. The globe shone with a hellish red light, producing
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976 a glare that stabbed into the darkest corners of the room. Satisfied,
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977 Nadey pressed another sequence. As suddenly as it had appeared, the globe
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978 vanished. It left a sulfuric odor in the room.
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979 ^INadey packed a small case. If necessary, he could live from the
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980 case for a short while. Most important (to Gary), his toolkit was in
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981 the case. With that, he felt (with some justification), he could build
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982 whatever else he needed.
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983 ^INow, with greater care, Gary pressed a longer sequence on the
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984 FEGS. Nadey knew his theories were not proven, and any one of a dozen
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985 things could go wrong- but the risk was worth it. If he died, the plans
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986 for the FEGS would be found eventually. Nadey was primarily trying to
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987 get out of the acedemic world he found himself stuck within.
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988 ^IIt was done. The sequence shone in lights upon the front panel.
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989 Gary held his breath, and pressed the "GO" sequence.
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990 ^IA dazzling, intense blue-white dot hovered in the living room.
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991 It moved slowly about, tracing a blue-white rectangle that hovered a few
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992 inches above the floor. As the dot finished, the interior of the tracing
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993 seemed to fall away, leaving the rectangle to encompass what appeared to
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994 be a picture of a sunny summer day.
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995 ^INadey looked out a window. The rain was continuing, as it had for
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996 a week.
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997 ^IWith slow, purposeful strides, Gary Ronald Nadey walked through the
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998 doorway he had created. The rectangle faded. The living room was empty.
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999 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grn 870530142925 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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