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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 12 FEB 89 ***************************
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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$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace 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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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 02/12/89 19:37 Msg:3119 Call:18441 Lines:3
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20 If you want work well done, select a busy man:
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21 the other kind has no time. -- Elbert Hubbard
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22 ************************************************************
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003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/12/89 20:28 Msg:3120 Call:18442 Lines:76
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23 &*&*&*&*'s
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24 Well, looks like I made it to the top. Vision, I liked your poetry on the
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25 dragon. Has an optomistic air to it. You know your already ahead of me on
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26 the total messages/calls column on the dragon. Gee, I'm going to have to
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27 ty to think of somthing to post over there! :-)
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28
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29 to the story I guess.
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30
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31 "I had thought I heard the sounds of Elves as my men and I approached this
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32 road house. How did you come to know there ways so well?" Sir Alex asked
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33 Moric.
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34
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35 "I am the last of my line. There was many years ago a town established on
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36 the border of the Elven woods. My great grandparents settled there along
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37 with many others. This town acted as a trading post between the Elves and
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38 the lands of man. It was not at all uncommon for there to be several elves
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39 living in the village in those days." Moric paused staring into the fire.
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40
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41 "Then during the days of my fathers youth a great war started amoungst the
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42 Humen kingdoms that surrounded the forest. The village stayed neutral in all
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43 of this and the Elves as they are wont to do took little interest.
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44 It was a long and cruel war. 15 years it lasted according to the Elves.
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45 Trade suffered greatly and one by one the people of the village left as
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46 they watched their livelihood slowly slipping away.
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47 "
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48
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49 "By the time the war was over only my father and I remained."
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50
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51 "And what of your mother?" Asked Sir Alex.
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52
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53 "I don't know, my father would never say. I have very vague memories of her,
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54 But I'm not sure that they are more then my longings taking on a phantom
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55 form that has no basis in fact."
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56
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57 "I see. Why did your father chose to stay."
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58
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59 "He told me that he'd rather live amoungst the Elves. He loved Elven Music,
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60 Dances and song. He was very well respected amoungst them."
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61
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62 "But what of you? wasn't it cruel to force you to live away from all of
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63 humenkind?"
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64
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65 "I was not forced, I chose to stay. All the family I had was my father.
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66 When he died the Elves took me in. "
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67
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68 "And so now you've decided to see the world?"
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69
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70 "Yes, Things move so slowly in the forrest.." He answered wistfully.
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71
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72 "I know of many of the events you speak of. I myself fought in the great
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73 war when I was not much older then you. I was lucky enough to come in at
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74 the end of that ugly time."
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75
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76 "Sir everything is in place and we have set up a watch." one of sir
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77 Alex's retainers inserted into the lull.
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78
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79 "Very good, We'll be leaving soon after dawn. Be sure everyone knows that."
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80
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81 "Yes sir." He replied walking towards the door.
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82
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83 "We are going to the city of borant, You are welcome to accompany us if you
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84 wish."
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85
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86 Moric thought for a moment... "I would be hounered, but I have no horse,
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87 and little knowledge in the proper handling of them."
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88
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89 "We have some extras, and the best way to learn is to do. You are good
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90 with that bow?"
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91
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92 "I have some skill in it."
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93
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94 "good, we may have need of it before this trip is done."
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95
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96 An Astral Dreamer (Off at 9:21 pm 2-12-89)
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97 &*&*&*&*'s
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98
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004=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/12/89 22:15 Msg:3121 Call:18447 Lines:2
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99 It is to silent here. There is I think a need to enter things here soon.
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100
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005=Usr:272 Talos 02/12/89 23:33 Msg:3122 Call:18448 Lines:33
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101 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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102 Well, we just started a new disk. Give us a break.
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103
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104
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105 "Then you realize that we can't allow you leave here until we debreif you and
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106 find out if you can be trusted." said the Admiral.
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107 "Actually, I planned on going home and changing into someniver looking
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108 clothing and heading for a bar."
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109 "Are you mad!" shouted Lt. Commander Lionel from the end of the table.
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110 Lionel was a short man with balding hair and the redness rising in his face
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111 highlighted his hairline.
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112 "Actually I'm quite bored."
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113 "Now listen young man," started the Admiral.
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114 "Walter, I think perhaps we should hear him out. said Commodore Kiefer.
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115 "And why should we do that?" replied the Admiral.
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116 "Because this man is Casey Vila, Supervisor for America's O.R.C., the
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117 Oceanographic Research Center, and son of Senator James Vila."
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118 "Shit!" muttered Lionel.
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119 "Alright Mr. Vila, I do believe you have the floor." Bass said with Ice cold
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120 tones and glare.
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121 "Well, considering the log book from the submarine Nikko lost over a month
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122 ago and the diary of the Captain Jettisoned in that container suggest to me
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123 that the submarine was lost under less than normal circumstances. And,
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124 considering my placement in this operation, I suppose you'll contact my
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125 superiors and demand that I be 'loaned' to you to find the submarine. Am I
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126 close gentlemen?" said Vila with a half smirk on his face.
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127 "It's a start, Mr. Vila. For now let's just found out what else you know and
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128 why."
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129
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130 To be continued (deja vu!)
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131
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132 Talos Valheru
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133 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
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006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/13/89 12:41 Msg:3123 Call:18460 Lines:6
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134 &*&*&*&*'s
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135 Here I lurked at 1:10 pm 2/13/89
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136
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137 An Astral Dreamer
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138 &*&*&*&*'s
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139
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008=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/13/89 15:27 Msg:3125 Call:18465 Lines:16
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141 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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142 Hello everyone! AD, I'm glad you liked the poem. How do you know I'm so
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143 ahead on messages/calls? Is there a way to see those statistics on the
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144 Dragon? Your story is shaping up very nicely. Talos, your story is coming
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145 along very well also. I'm sorry I have to break the tradition but I can't
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146 do any of my story right now, I have too much homework. It's pretty dumb
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147 anyway. Congrats on the top position AD!! Well, I guess for now that's
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148 all I want to say.
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149 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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150
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151 Later......at (4:03pm 2/13/89)
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152 Sould I put the time anymore?
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153
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154 A D M A D E T H E T O P !!!
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155 Over and out...
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156 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
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009=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/13/89 17:05 Msg:3126 Call:18467 Lines:11
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157
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158 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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159 Here I am, back on again at 5:38. I'm bored and I don't feel like doing
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160 my homework, I can just get it done during class tomorrow. I called in
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161 hoping that AD had stopped by, but apparently not. Well, I'll be back
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162 later to check on the situation. For now, later..............Lurklurklurk.
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163 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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164
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165 Lurk.....at (5:39pm 2/13/89)
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166
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167 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
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010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/13/89 18:32 Msg:3127 Call:18469 Lines:10
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168 &*&*&*&*'s
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169
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170 Hello all,
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171 not much to say right now. I guess you could call this and extended lurk.
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172
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173 Lurk, Lurk, Lurk.
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174
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175 An Astral Dreamer
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176 &*&*&*&*'s
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177
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011=Usr:178 terri bates 02/13/89 20:14 Msg:3128 Call:18472 Lines:25
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178 ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * muse * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) *
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179 thanx for remembering me guys. i guess i forgot to read messages.
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180 love those story lines, fellas. keep it up, and Vision, there's no
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181 such thing as a stupid first story. Keep trying.
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182 ........................
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183 (The screqam of an angry electron tore thru the air and nearly put
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184 Cara on the floor.)
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185 "AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!" She moaned, reaching over to hit the
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186 magic button that killed the alarm. "...most stupid machine..."she
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187 bumped the clock onto the floor and pulled the blankets back up around
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188 her neck.
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189 "BAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!??!!!" screamed the clock. and Cara replied
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190 with a startled scream az she flopped over onto her stomach in effort
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191 to hit the snoze alarm again. This time she picked up the cursed
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192 box and set it on her bed--well within reach.
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193 8 minutes later, she dragged herself from her doze, and shut the alarm
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194 off all together, along with the blanket. Since it was the only heat
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195 source in the room, she'd have to go stand in front of the living room
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196 heater to keep warm.
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197 "One of these days" she muttered as she pulled on a rumpled robe,
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198 "one of these days I'll throw that damned clock away forever." She
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199 gently picked her way thru the variety of garboge strewn liberally across
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200 the bedroom floor, and poked her head ot the door.
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201 ..................
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202 t b c
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/13/89 20:31 Msg:3129 Call:18473 Lines:17
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203 &*&*&*&*'s
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204
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205 Well, Things just keep getting better around here. Good to see you muse.
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206
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207 Vision, There is a function that allows you to see those statistics on The
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208 Dragon, But I think it is basicly only accesable to people who have made
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209 donations. I seem to be moving slowly down. I was 53 the last time I looked.
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210
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211 I agree, there is no such thing as a bad first story. I've been writting on
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212 and off (Mostly off.) For about 9 years now. And still about 2/3's of
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213 what I produce is garbage. It's the other third that keeps me going.
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214
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215 Practice might not make perfect, But it certainly makes better.
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216
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217 An Astral Dreamer
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218 &*&*&*&*'s (Oh, it's 9pm 2/13/89)
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219
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013=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/13/89 20:48 Msg:3130 Call:18475 Lines:13
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220 ___________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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221 Thanks for the advice Muse and AD. Muse, your story is great!! I really
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222 like the way you write. Hmmm, Oh I heard "Stand" again today AD, I love
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223 that song -- It's killer! I just might have to donate to the Dragon....
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224 For now that's it because I'm going to do homework at the last minute. I
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225 will probably begin a new story within the next couple days, the old one
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226 isn't going to work out (I don't think). Well, bye until tomorrow or
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227 maybe later on tonight! Later AD.
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228 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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229
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230 Later.....................................................9:23pm 2/13/89
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231
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232 __Y_O_U__K_N_O_W__W_H_O__
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014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/13/89 22:23 Msg:3131 Call:18478 Lines:16
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233 &*&*&*&*'s
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234
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235 Well, I'm going to try to upload the next part of my story. I've heard
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236 that backwater is real obnoxiose about this sort of thing so you
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237 may see some garbage after this line.
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238 Arggh, as I thought it does not seem to work. I'll try to fix the file
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239 and make another try tommorow.
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240
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241 Oh, I found out that the room # command is brocken.
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242
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243 An Astral Dreamer (11:00pm 2/13/89)
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244
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245 &*&*&*&*'s
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246
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247 test test test test test fjlksajflksajfdlkdsajflkdsajflkdsajflkdsafjdsalkfjdsa
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248@
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015=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/13/89 23:32 Msg:3132 Call:18481 Lines:4
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249
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250 A world in termoil. And yet there is hope. I would think that there will
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251 always be.
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252
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016=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/13/89 23:38 Msg:3133 Call:18482 Lines:30
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253 ___________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_____________________________
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254 AD, the ROom # command is not broken! I just tried it and it works! Maybe
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255 Mike read what you said and fixed it! Oh, well, no B I G deal anyway. Hmm,
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256 not much to say is there...I got my homework done!! Yea! I really care,
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257 and I bet U do 2. Well, well, time for bed I guess. AD, you must stay up
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258 late all the time...I'm like that too...I stay up R E A L late all the
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259 time but then regret it later when I'm tired during class. But I am quite
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260 the "late person". I must get to bed now, however, because I do have to
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261 go to school tomorrow (school is a pile of ****), well it's ok I guess,
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262 a social situation that is pretty fun. I mean, what would I be doing if
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263 I wasn't in school?? Don't ask me, probably dodging traffic in the
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264 freeway and getting hit. I guess that little excitement wouldn't last for
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265 long. Am I rambling? At least when AD rambles it's interesting. When I
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266 ramble it's boring! Well, then, I will relieve you of having to read this
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267 any further. By the way, where's Kaitlyn? Where's Kurfur? Hmmm strange,
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268 Kurfur comes back strong and then leaves again (pop goes the modem!), &
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269 Kaitlyn comes back all cheery too but then leaves again (pop goes...??)
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270 Well, bye for tonight, until tomorrow....Hmmm IT IS TOMORROW well bye
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271 until later T o d a y, then. G'night everyone...............later AD.
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272 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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273
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274 Later................................................at (12:18am 2/14/89)
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275
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276 Sleep, those little slices
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277 of death. How I loathe them.
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278
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279 -- Edgar Allan Poe
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280
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281 ____T_H_E___V_I_S_I_O_N_____
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282 I AM GOING TO SLEEP
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017=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 02/14/89 03:10 Msg:3134 Call:18487 Lines:100
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283
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284 {}
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285
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286 I Lurketh brithkly apon thy dithk...
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287
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288 * *
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289
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290 Most of what I write is impromptu - that is, very short, and very
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291 short-lived. The EnvironSuit, and The Man, were both short ideas that
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292 I had but could not put into drawing, nor on paper, so I wrote them down
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293 for me to share with others. Methinks some story lurks inside my
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294 little nogin, waiting to explode forth like pus. Yech, that was
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295 graphic - let's try again...
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296
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297 * * *
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298
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299 HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-
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300 -HRONK-HRONK-HRONK-HRONK * B A M * beep.
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301
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302 "um."
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303
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304 I turned over.
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305
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306 beep.....beep.....beep.....beep.....beep * WHAP *
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307
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308 "uh...um." I turned back to where I was. An eyelid opened to
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309 behold my clock's little LED's blareing at me like the eyes of
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310 some creature from the dark. "oh." I thought for a moment that it might
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311 be upset for hitting it twice. "Oh." I finally woke up from my
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312 half-dream. It was cold - probably 40 degrees in the room - and the
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313 warm, soft, heavy blankets clung to me, begging me to stay, to never
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314 leave that spot of comfort. But I had the unfortuneate knowledge
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315 of being born with a functional mind, which reminded myself that
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316 I had to get up, reguardless. I kicked a leg off of the side,
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317 sh*t, it was cold! - and sat up in bed. YAHhh...it was COLD.
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318 Making a quick bolt for the robe, I donned it in record time, waiting
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319 for the heat of my own body to turn the garnment into a mobile place
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320 of comfort. Stepping into the house proper, my robe finally stopped
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321 giving me the cold goose, and warmed up.
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322
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323 Breakfast. No - bathroom. Which first? "Give before you take,"
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324 so the bathroom it was...and relief. Funny, how the bathroom never
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325 seems as cold as the rest of the house. Even when you're sitting,
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326 and you basically have nothing on (because you just got up), you're still
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327 not as cold as you were that first moment you sat up in bed.
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328
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329 Six minutes and a bowel movement later, I made a bee's-line for...
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330 the couch. Still tired. Wanted to sleep. GRUMBLEGRUMBLEGRUMBLEGRUMBLE
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331 GRUMBLEGRUMBLEGRUMBLEslirp. That hurt. My stomach was reminding me
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332 that I had not eaten a thing in several hours, most of which was during
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333 my sleep. Breakfast it was, then.
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334
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335 Cracking the door to the 'fridge revealed several posibilities -
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336 bagels, apples, bread, jam, peanut butter, milk, and various other
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337 foodstuffs - while my mind was simultaneously thinking about the
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338 juice in the freezer. A picture formed inside my head of eggs
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339 (two scrambled), a bagel with half peanut-butter, half cream cheese,
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340 milk - no - juice, yes, orange juice. Not the neatest breakfast, but
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341 certainly something I could sink my teeth into GRUMBLEGRUMBLE damn,
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342 I had better get a move-on! Um, grab that bagel & do one half of it
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343 with the peanut butter. SHEWSHEWSHEWswallow that first bite hit the
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344 spot. Working my way to the freezer in the garage, I located the
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345 item I sought. Running back in with a can of very very cold
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346 concentrate of squished fruit, I procured a pitcher. Whoops, hands
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347 were full, either set the bagel down or eat it. I was hungry, so
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348 I ate it. Now, about the juice.
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349
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350 It never fails. Every time you try to open orange juice, or
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351 apple juice, or grape juice, or whatever, if it doesn't have the little
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352 white plastic strip around the side, you can't do squat with getting
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353 the lid off of the can. Cursing, I grabbed the butcher's knife
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354 out of the rack and began to hack at it. The semi-melted juice splushed
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355 onto the counter like the blood of some foe I had just slain.
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356 Maybe the paper towel industry and the squished fruit people
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357 were in kahoots. But I did get the can open! Hurray! Wha -
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358 the juice-block doesn't come out! OUT, DAMN SPOT! MOVE! I squished
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359 the can and the blob emerged like an enormous slug. A very good-tasting
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360 slug, that is...
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361
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362 Well, I always made juice with 2 cans, just to make it strong.
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363
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364 * * *
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365
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366 I hope you've enjoyed tonight's story, and please remember to
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367 comment freely about how you feel the story is progressing.
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368
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369 Oh, I almost forgot. This too is impromptu writing.
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370
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371 As for every other story on the board - keep it up! I'm
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372 not just lurking here for a good time ;->) I want to see the end of
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373 the stories, each and every one!
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374
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375 * * * *
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376
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377 I seem to be either loosing my sense of humor or my mind.
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378
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379 Maybe both.
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380
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381 Hagbard Celine
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382 {}
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018=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/14/89 12:34 Msg:3135 Call:18489 Lines:18
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383 &*&*&*&*'s
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384 Hello Hagbard, it's been to long. Your story is going very well.
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385
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386 I guess Friar must still be feeling ill, as we have not heard from him
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387 recently. Hopefully he will be feeling better soon.
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388
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389 Vision, I am indeed a 'late' person. No civilized person should be out of bed
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390 before noon or in before three or so. Unfortunetly the rest of the world
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391 has these really strange ideas about getting up a 7 and being in bed by
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392 11.
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393
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394 I'll make another attempt to enter the next part of my story somtime today.
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395 If the text send fails I'll just have to type it in by hand.
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396
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397 TTYAL.
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398 An Astral Dreamer
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399 &*&*&*&*'s
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400
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019=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/14/89 13:56 Msg:3136 Call:18492 Lines:13
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401 _____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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402 AD, those people who believe in getting up at 7 and going to bed at 11 are
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403 very crazy indeed! I L O V E staying up late! But I do regret it later in
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404 the day (did I already say all this)?? As for Hagbard's story, I L O V E
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405 it!! Hagbard, your story is very good. You are a very good desciptive
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406 writer. I could see the scenes you described as I read your story. The
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407 juice not coming out, the refridgerator, I could see it all, I call that
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408 I N C R E D I B L E!! Well, bye everyone for now.
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409 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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410
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411 Later.......and have a nice Valentine's Day..........at (2:36pm 2/14/89)
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412
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413 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
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020=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/14/89 14:28 Msg:3137 Call:18494 Lines:4
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414
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415 Hagbard, you are not losing your mind or sense of humer. It is just the
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416 winter blahs. Cheer up, soon it will be spring.
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417
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021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/14/89 16:01 Msg:3138 Call:18496 Lines:11
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418 &*&*&*&*'s
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419 I work part time, and they don't mind to much when I come in as long as I
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420 get in my hours, So I can sleep in till 9 or 10 if I'm not behind. Still,
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421 I somtimes end up with only 6 or 7 hours of sleep, and that ussually makes
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422 it hard for me to concentrate.
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423
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424 Oh well, back to work.
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425
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426 An Astral Dreamer(2/14/89 4:36pm)
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427 &*&*&*&*'s
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428
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022=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/14/89 18:25 Msg:3139 Call:18499 Lines:13
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429 ______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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430 I just woke up. Right after my last entry I went to my room and went to
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431 sleep. Hmm, it's now 7:00 and I went to sleep at 2:36 (from my last
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432 entry) so I slept for some time. Often all those hours I spend up
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433 late will slump together in these after school L O N G sleep spells.
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434 Well, I'm well rested now, but now I'll be up tonight until 2,
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435 because I'll be wide awake and won't be able to get to sleep.
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436 Well, have fun at work AD, and bye for now.
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437 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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438
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439 Later.........................................at (7:01pm 2/14/89)
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440
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441 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
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023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/14/89 18:44 Msg:3140 Call:18500 Lines:6
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442 &*&*&*&*'s
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443 I'm home now and I lurk. Back later.
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444
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445 An Astral Dreamer(7:17pm 2/14/89)
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446 &*&*&*&*'s
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447
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024=Usr:178 terri bates 02/14/89 20:20 Msg:3141 Call:18502 Lines:11
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448 ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( * ( muse ) * ) * ) * ) * ) * ) love parens)
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449 Hagberd, You're beautiful!! I feel the same exact thing every time I get
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450 up. You have a talent for making the mundane fresh and excitig--a very
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451 good trait in a descriptive writer. I ejoyed this segment and wait with
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452 baited breath for the next.
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453 I'm afraid my story will have to wait a few moments...am in the middle
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454 of a project......ever try chockie chip cookies without an electric
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455 mixer? God, that butter is harder to cream than some people I know--
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456 take tat as you will.............
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457 your musie baby
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458 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><just a little something different for the bottom
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025=Usr:245 Doug King 02/14/89 21:20 Msg:3142 Call:18507 Lines:5
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459
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460 Anyone noticed that about 90% of the mail here is from THE VISION? Get a life
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461 bub. Jeez.
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462
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463
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026=Usr:199 TIM MILNE 02/14/89 22:58 Msg:3143 Call:18510 Lines:20
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464 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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465
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466 TO ALL WHO USE THIS SYSTEM,
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467
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468 MY NAME IS TIM AND I AM NEW TO THE USE OF A MODEM, THIS SYSTEM IS THE ONLY N
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469 UMBER THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME.
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470 IF ANY ONE COULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME THE PHONE NUMBERS OF SOME OTHER B
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471 BS SYSTEMS IN THE AREA, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MY MODEM IS CAPABLE OF
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472 1200 BAUD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TEST ALL OF ITS FUNCTIONS.
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473
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474
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475 THANKS TO ALL WHO COMPLY.
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476
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477
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478 TIM *555*
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479
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480
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481 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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482
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483
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027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/14/89 23:27 Msg:3144 Call:18511 Lines:10
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484 &*&*&*&*'s
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485 Tim, typ bbs at the Command: prompt and hit return/enter and you will get
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486 an up to date listing of all the known portland bbs's.
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487
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488 If Vision uses the board 90% of the time I must use it a good deal of the
|
||
489 other 10%. Maybe this is my life you know.
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490
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491 An Astral Dreamer(12:00 2/15/89)
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492 &*&*&*&*'s
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493
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028=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/15/89 10:38 Msg:3145 Call:18525 Lines:3
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494 Live long and prosper. Don't ask to many questions though. The answers may
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495 make you uncomfortable.
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496
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029=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/15/89 15:01 Msg:3146 Call:18527 Lines:7
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497 &*&*&*&*'s
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498 Mighty quit in here. HELLO! HELLo! HELlo! HEllo! Hello! hello! Wow, heck of
|
||
499 an echo.
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500
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501 An Astral Dreamer
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502 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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503
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030=Usr:245 Doug King 02/15/89 16:30 Msg:3147 Call:18531 Lines:4
|
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504 Anyone notice that the other 10% of the mail hear is from Astral Dreamer?
|
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505 Jeez bub get life. Or a clue maybe? I think I have dain bramage. Duh duh duh.
|
||
506
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507
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031=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/15/89 16:49 Msg:3148 Call:18532 Lines:18
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508 ______________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__________________________
|
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509 Anyone notice the mail from this guy who thinks I and AD call too much?
|
||
510 Neither did I.
|
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511 Hey buddy I'll bet you $500.00 that I have a better life than you (but
|
||
512 you don't have any money so you wouldn't be able to pay) because I have
|
||
513 better things to do than call up BBS's and tell people they call too much
|
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514 when you are the one calling all the time!
|
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515 Hey buddy get a life...and a car....duh duh duh duh duh duh duh dork.
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516@I think the twittling fag needs to be removed.
|
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517 There, I think I scrubbed his face enough.
|
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518 Perhaps to the point of bleeding?
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519 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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520
|
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521 Later...............................................at (5:25pm 2/15/89)
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522
|
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523 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
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524
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||
525 Some people in this world are soooooo annoying and stupid at the same time.
|
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032=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/15/89 17:45 Msg:3149 Call:18533 Lines:1
|
||
526 P.S. Do you know how to spell hear? Or brain? Jeez.
|
||
033=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/15/89 18:17 Msg:3150 Call:18534 Lines:63
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527 &*&*&*&*'s
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528 To the Sysop. Maybe it's time to engage you know what mode. That's all I'll
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529 say on this subject. Thanks.
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530
|
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531 To the story.
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532
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533 Early the next morning Moric was awakened by the sounds of many men packing
|
||
534 and preparing breakfast.
|
||
535
|
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536 "Ah, I see you are up, I had been about to wake you." Sir Alex said
|
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537 handing him a steaming cup that gave off an eye opening oder.
|
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538
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||
539 Moric Yawned and reached out for the cup. "I suppose I will have to
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540 learn to ride if I am to accompany y."
|
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541
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542 "Yes, as we discussed last night. Of course if you can keep up with a
|
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543 trotting horse for 8 hours.."
|
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544
|
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545 Moric laughed. "No, I'll just have to learn to ride. I only wish the
|
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546 Elves had been more fond of horses."
|
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547
|
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548 "Good, I've asked Williem to give you some brief instructions, It's
|
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549 really quite easy."
|
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550
|
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551 The lesson was a brief one and soon Moric was riding slowly back and
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||
552 forth outside the building.
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553
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554 They rode many miles that day and as the sky began to darken they
|
||
555 came upon another building very similier to the one they had camped
|
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556 in the night before.
|
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557
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558 "The one we used last night was the first one on this route. King
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559 Otto had them built two summers ago. It is his opinion that they will
|
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560 encourage people to come out and settle in the countryside and thus spread
|
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561 his influence. There are three more before we come to the capitol, the
|
||
562 two nearest to the city do in fact have the beginings of what may
|
||
563 someday become decent rest stops. Theres nothing out this far yet though"
|
||
564 Sir Alex explained.
|
||
565
|
||
566 That night at the urging of his companions Moric took out the lute
|
||
567 that the Elves had given him and played an Elvish balad know in the humen
|
||
568 tounge as 'The song of the land'.
|
||
569
|
||
570 "You are one of the greatest Bards I have ever heard!" Sir Alex said
|
||
571 after the song was done.
|
||
572
|
||
573 "Thank you for your praise, but anybody could play beutifully with
|
||
574 this." He said holding up the Lute.
|
||
575
|
||
576 "I think that you are being humble."
|
||
577
|
||
578 "Perhaps." He said smiling."
|
||
579
|
||
580 "There is a song I am very fond of. If I were to hum a few bars would
|
||
581 you play it?" Asked one of the soldiers.
|
||
582
|
||
583 "I will try."
|
||
584
|
||
585 End this part of story.
|
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586
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587 An Astral Dreamer
|
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588 &*&*&*&*'s (7:11 pm 2/15/89)
|
||
589
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034=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/15/89 20:52 Msg:3151 Call:18536 Lines:7
|
||
590 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
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591 I lurk. And like what I
|
||
592 see. AD, your story is
|
||
593 very very good. Lurking
|
||
594 at 9:27pm 2/15/89.
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||
595 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
|
||
596 Goodnight.
|
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035=Usr:272 Talos 02/15/89 22:57 Msg:3152 Call:18541 Lines:8
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597 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
|
||
598 If Vision uses the board 90% and AD most of the other 10%, how do you account
|
||
599 for my messages, Muse's and your own? Think before you make a statement. Just
|
||
600 checking in, will post more later. What's this AD? The elf and the Magic Lute?
|
||
601 :) CU L8r,
|
||
602
|
||
603 Talos Valheru
|
||
604 <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>
|
||
036=Usr:322 Stray Cat 02/15/89 23:54 Msg:3153 Call:18544 Lines:6
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605
|
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606 So AD, bet he's gonna hum greensleeves next, huh? I like your story as well
|
||
607 as the alarm clock ones. Where the #$%& is Kurfur???
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608
|
||
609 sorry no border this time
|
||
610
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037=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 02/16/89 00:39 Msg:3154 Call:18546 Lines:98
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611
|
||
612 {}
|
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613
|
||
614 The two cans of water were in the pitcher. Looking in, I could see
|
||
615 the juice/blob/slug bobbing like a bouy, bumping into the walls of the
|
||
616 container. ---News Flash--- hey stupid, get a spoon! Yur friend,
|
||
617 the Brain.
|
||
618
|
||
619 I had a bright idea: get a spoon and stir it! Turning around, I
|
||
620 openned the drawers "In Search Of: the Lost Spoon Tribe" no, that was
|
||
621 a re-run from last night. I must still be tired. Cold. Cold water would
|
||
622 wake me. The stuff splashed onto my checks from the slap of my hand.
|
||
623
|
||
624 Bad mistake.
|
||
625
|
||
626 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
|
||
627
|
||
628 * *
|
||
629
|
||
630 It just so happens that there were no spoons, so I had to use
|
||
631 a fork. But, whenever you use a fork, the juice blob would get stuc
|
||
632 in it, which made it ideal for harpoon practice, but not for drinking.
|
||
633 Ten minutes of beating yeilded a yellowish-juice that smelled. I
|
||
634 quickly poured some into a cup and drank it all in three gulps.
|
||
635
|
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636 I also remembered that I was hungry. I think, that, maybe, I
|
||
637 was hungry. Was I? Oh, screw it! Grab some eggs andCRACK. (sigh)
|
||
638 Grab an egg CAREFULLY and clean up the mess. Reach for the paper
|
||
639 towels (again? maybe I should look into investing...) no, put
|
||
640 the egg in the bowl, but, no, clean it? Just put the egg in
|
||
641 the bowl wholeCRAckdrip and NOW clean the floor. And the stovetop.
|
||
642 (sigh) let's try again, slowly...
|
||
643
|
||
644 * * *
|
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645
|
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646 Makeing breakfast was invented by the Marquis DeSade, master of
|
||
647 pain for pleasure. I don't care how many nuns he flogged, I still
|
||
648 say that breakfast is a form of personal torture, the anti-climax
|
||
649 of a morning. If you can't understand how cooking food to eat
|
||
650 can drive a person to drink, then try doing it while inhaling the
|
||
651 smell of the salty bacon, looking at the bubbling moist scrambled
|
||
652 eggs, and listening to the tempting call of the mini-bagels sitting
|
||
653 in a basket just three feet from you, calling to you, saying:
|
||
654 "...put...cream...cheese...on...me..." "eat...me...now" "Please...
|
||
655 hurry" etc. etc. while the back of your mind works feverishly to
|
||
656 control and direct everything else on your body to keep your instincts
|
||
657 from taking over. Instincts yelling, yearning for one thing:
|
||
658 FOOD. And lots of it. Your forehead perspires, your back aches from
|
||
659 leaning, and your hands shake as the adrenalin in your little heart
|
||
660 gushes forward and out to mix'n'mingle with my type O positive.
|
||
661 Rushing, rushing, rushing. Must move. Must cook. Must avoid
|
||
662 making a mess. Must move faster. Almost finished. OH NO
|
||
663 where is the plate? The plate? SQUEEKgrab one fastsshhhhhBANgting
|
||
664 not too fast (don't want to break the other plates) and close
|
||
665 * Bam * the cupboard. (sniff)....(sniff) THE EGGS ARE BURNING!
|
||
666
|
||
667 Quickly I scooped the eggs out, by tilting the entire pan
|
||
668 onto the plate. The pressed bacon was then heaped on top, and
|
||
669 promptly hit the eggs. Almost running, I turned the stove off,
|
||
670 grabbed the bagel basket, and plopped everything onto the table.
|
||
671 An unset table. (NOOOO) my mind screamed, I would have to wait
|
||
672 just a little longer, running to and from the kitchen to fetch
|
||
673 king-size knapkins (read:more f*cking paper towels), a fork, and
|
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674 the juice, whoops, and a cup too.
|
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675
|
||
676 Sitting down, I directly inhaled my food through the use of
|
||
677 my civilized shovel (read: the fork) and ten flexable appendages.
|
||
678 Thirty minutes of cooking yeilded into seven minutes of pleasure.
|
||
679
|
||
680 But I was full. And that means I was no longer hungry. No-one
|
||
681 cares if the pleasure of eating was short, for the simple reason that
|
||
682 they are too full to eat anymore. And if they tried, that short-lived
|
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683 pleasure would surely be given to the city sewer system, courtesy
|
||
684 of your esaphigial muscles.
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||
685
|
||
686 Maybe I ate too much. I was abit queezy.
|
||
687
|
||
688 (...aren't...you...tired...?)
|
||
689
|
||
690 The couch.
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||
691
|
||
692 Standing up, I felt like a water balloon. Teetering to the couch,
|
||
693 I plopped into its soft cussions, and proped my body against its
|
||
694 inviting, cool arms. The tension from eating too quickly disapated
|
||
695 into nothing as my eyes became heavier with relief and comfort and
|
||
696 very tired and mustn't sleep and tired and..and.......and...........
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697
|
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698
|
||
699 I promptly fell asleep.
|
||
700
|
||
701 * * *
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702
|
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703 Sorry about the quality of the writing this time, but as I mentioned,
|
||
704 most of my writing is impromptu.
|
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705
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706 Hagbard Celine
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707
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708 {}
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038=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/16/89 15:58 Msg:3155 Call:18554 Lines:9
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709 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N_____________________________
|
||
710 I lurk. Hagbard, what do you mean sorry about the quality of your writing?
|
||
711 Your story is excellent. Funny, descriptive, and realistic! Man you have
|
||
712 got to be kidding if you think your writing style is bad. It's excellent!
|
||
713 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
|
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714
|
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715 Later..................................................at (4:03 2/16/89)
|
||
716
|
||
717 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
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039=Usr:483 Lord Beaker 02/16/89 17:27 Msg:3156 Call:18557 Lines:7
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718 ___++++++++++_+________+_++++++++++++_+_______+_+++++++++_+_______+_++++++++
|
||
719 Hello people, and various others.
|
||
720 Alow me to introduce myself. I am Bob Satan. And of course, very pleased
|
||
721 to meet you. If theres anything you need... Just ask.
|
||
722
|
||
723 Bob Satan
|
||
724 ___+++++___++_+__________+_++++++++++++_+__________+_++++++++_+________+_+++
|
||
040=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/16/89 18:06 Msg:3157 Call:18559 Lines:17
|
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725 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___
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726 I lurk. And lurk. And
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727 lurk some more. Hmm, I
|
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728 wonder where the smart
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729 ass guy who bothered AD
|
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730 and me about calling in
|
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731 so much went? Perhaps
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732 he lurks too!
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733 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
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734 Lurking at 6:11pm 2/16/89.
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735 P.S. AD, where are you?
|
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736 MUSE, do more story.
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737 HAGBARD, do more story.
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738 TALOS, do more story.
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740 AD, do more story.
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741 Bye for now!
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041=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/16/89 19:01 Msg:3158 Call:18560 Lines:12
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742 &*&*&*&*'s
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743 Here I am. Hello all. Vision, I'll work up some more of my story soon, Maybe
|
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744 later tonight or tommorow it will be here.
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745
|
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746 So, who else will take the plunge? How about you vision?
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747
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748 More stories would be nice.
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749
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750 (7:04pm 2/16/89)
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751 An Astral Dreamer
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752 &*&*&*&*'s
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753
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042=Usr:201 Robert Armstrong 02/16/89 21:02 Msg:3159 Call:18563 Lines:19
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754 ------------------====================>>>>>>T.R.
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755 BAMF
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756 cough, choke ... hack ... hack
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757
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758 and never appear in a cloud of sulpherous smoke...
|
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759 Heres to lurking (any grues out there?)
|
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760
|
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761 It's good to see all of you again ...
|
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762 thanks to my recent modem transplant I'll get to read the stories here on a
|
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763 regular basis.
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764 Hagbard- just keep writing, if you think to much about your style, it will
|
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765 crip your style.
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766 And- to those who say that "some people" ar hoging the system time, they
|
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767 are either just un-lucky or there is a different prime time for modeming now
|
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768 than a year ago, because I log in on a regular basis and I just can't seem to
|
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769 get a busy signal...
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||
770 TTYL<
|
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771 T.R.
|
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772 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<======================-------------------
|
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043=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 02/16/89 21:22 Msg:3160 Call:18565 Lines:2
|
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773 Well, Mikey's been at it again. Try entering the command "Help Stat".
|
||
774 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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||
044=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/16/89 22:23 Msg:3161 Call:18572 Lines:15
|
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775 ____________________________T_H_E___V_I_S_I_O_N__________________________
|
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776 T.R., I agree with you. Not once (well, maybe 1 time) have I gotten a
|
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777 busy signal when trying to call into this BBS. I will probably not call
|
||
778 as much though from now on as I usually contribute nothing much when I
|
||
779 call in. AD, I don't know about doing a story. My writing skills are
|
||
780 really lame....my stories aren't science fiction/folklore/fantasy like
|
||
781 most of the stories here so I wouldn't want to bore anyone.......Just
|
||
782 got back from seeing "Dangerous Liaisons". A good film. Not good enough
|
||
783 to win best picture though (It was nominated). "Rain Man" should win
|
||
784 that. Well, again I leave you saying.......
|
||
785 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
|
||
786
|
||
787 Later.................................................at (10:29 2/16/89)
|
||
788
|
||
789 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/16/89 22:59 Msg:3162 Call:18574 Lines:14
|
||
790 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
791 Don't worry about what style they belong to Vision, What ever you are
|
||
792 comfortable with is fine. What muse is writting (atleast so far.) is not
|
||
793 Science Fiction/Fantasy.
|
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794
|
||
795 One of the first stories I ever wrote was when I was in the 9th grade. It was
|
||
796 a short story that was entered into the Scholastic National writting
|
||
797 contest. It one an hounerable mention which was more then I even dreamed of.
|
||
798
|
||
799 Theres a story or two living in all of us.
|
||
800
|
||
801 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
802 &*&*&*&*'s(@around 11pm 2/16/89)
|
||
803
|
||
046=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/16/89 23:23 Msg:3163 Call:18575 Lines:12
|
||
804 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________
|
||
805 Hello again. OK AD, I will begin a new story or go from that one I started
|
||
806 S O O N. I can't say when as I am not sure. That's good that your story
|
||
807 won the mention. I can see why. You are a very good writer of Fantasy. Oh,
|
||
808 how's your tooth anyway? Did you get a haircut yet? Hey I saw that note
|
||
809 you left me on EPISCOBOARD -- I sent you back a note too. Well, I guess I
|
||
810 better type up this vocab list I have to do and then go to bed. The list
|
||
811 will take about 20 minutes and I will be back to lurk.
|
||
812
|
||
813 Later at (11:28pm 2/16/89)
|
||
814
|
||
815 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ T H E V I S I O N _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
|
||
047=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/16/89 23:47 Msg:3164 Call:18576 Lines:3
|
||
816
|
||
817 A form that is lost is a passing moment in time.
|
||
818
|
||
048=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/17/89 00:15 Msg:#165 Call:18578 Lines:11
|
||
819 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
820 Lurking....lurking....
|
||
821 Hmm, well maybe I will
|
||
822 go back to the original
|
||
823 border I used. OK? Who
|
||
824 wrote that anyway?
|
||
825 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
|
||
826 Goodnight at 12:18am 2/17/89
|
||
82' I dold you I was a late person!
|
||
828 Usually it's worse!
|
||
829 Bye AD.
|
||
049=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/17/89 13:48 Msg:3166 Call:18596 Lines:7
|
||
830 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
831 The tooth is fine. Havn't got around to the hair cut yet. I'm still working
|
||
832 out thu next part of my story. Hopefully tonight I'll have it ready to enter.
|
||
833
|
||
834 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
835 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
836
|
||
050=Usr:178 terri bates 02/17/89 15:16 Msg:3167 Call:18598 Lines:8
|
||
837 == ( * ) == don't ask me what I'M doin' 'Cause I dn't0know ( * ( * ) * )
|
||
838 oh, I've got the flu doot da doo and i'M not at all aMUSEd, doot da doo.
|
||
839 Head achey, back feel like somebody put me on the wheel, and i swear that
|
||
840 im going to die any moment. got little red bumps in various locatio~c
|
||
8$1 but banana jana says its not chicken pox. never had em before, so i
|
||
842 souldnt know. and im sure that if i drink anymore ill drown. gotta go
|
||
843 to neep now. bye bye boys and girls.
|
||
844 ----------------------------the unhappy sick little muse-------------------
|
||
051=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/17/89 15:22 Msg:3168 Call:18599 Lines:12
|
||
845 ____________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____________________________
|
||
846 AD, I will look forward to reading your work tonight. MUSE, I hope that
|
||
847 you feel better. If you haven't had the chicken pocks yet then you might
|
||
848 Hmm, can't explain the problem here.
|
||
849 have them. Isn't the chicken pocks one of those diseases that everyone has
|
||
850 no matter what 99.9% of the time? Well, in any case, get better so you can
|
||
851 come back and aMUSE me some more.
|
||
852 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
|
||
853
|
||
854 Later....................................................at (3:28pm 2/17/89)
|
||
855
|
||
856 ___T_H_E___V_I_S_I_O_N___
|
||
052=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 02/17/89 15:29 Msg:3169 Call:18600 Lines:4
|
||
857
|
||
858 Fortune telling is the art of telling people enough to interest them, but not
|
||
859 enough to give away thu game.
|
||
860
|
||
053=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/17/89 17:50 Msg:3170 Call:18603 Lines:6
|
||
861 __T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N__
|
||
862 Lurking at 5:54pm. Who
|
||
863 keeps entering those
|
||
864 short lines like the
|
||
865 one above?
|
||
866 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
|
||
054=Usr:84 Micxael0Miller j 02/17/89 23:23 Msg:3171 Call:18611 Lines:50
|
||
867 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
868 Heres the next part of my story. Where is everybody else? Oh well, I
|
||
869 guess I'm being a bit impatiant.
|
||
870
|
||
871 Moric awoke the next morning to find that the sky xad turned cold and
|
||
872 grey.
|
||
873
|
||
874 The travelers ate a quick meal and were on their way again. The land
|
||
875 about them had been steadily flatening and near mid day they came to the
|
||
876 ridge of a hill. From the ridge they could see the begyningc of a broad
|
||
877 flat valley that continued on into the mist.
|
||
878
|
||
879 "This is the valley of Ketch, across it lies out destination." Sir Alex
|
||
880 said with a heavy voice.
|
||
881
|
||
882 "You seem uneasy, is somthing wrong?" Moric asked.
|
||
8(3
|
||
884 "There are people in this area who wish me ill."
|
||
885
|
||
886 There was a moment of silence. "I don't understand."
|
||
887
|
||
888 "Good men occasionally see things differently." Was all Sir Alex said
|
||
889 before motioning the party forwabt.
|
||
890
|
||
891 The land now was unlike anything that Moric had seen before. It made him
|
||
892 feel uncomfortable to be so out in the open.
|
||
893
|
||
894 The mist did not clear that day and when they came upon the next
|
||
895 lodge house there was thu feeling of rain in the air.
|
||
896
|
||
897 The good spirets of the night before had dissapated and the soldiars
|
||
898 went about their business in near silence.
|
||
899
|
||
900 Moric set up his bed roll and pulled out one of the Elven cakes he
|
||
901 hat brought with him.
|
||
902
|
||
903 Sir Alex walked in through the front door and strod towards him.
|
||
904
|
||
905 "I must tell you that I was not altogether hounest to you when I asked
|
||
906 you to join out group."
|
||
907
|
||
908 "Optomism can cled ones judgment." Moric replied.
|
||
909
|
||
910 "A lesson I should have learned long ago." The Knight replied tiredly.
|
||
911
|
||
912 End this part of story.
|
||
913
|
||
914 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
915 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
916
|
||
055=Usr:131 THE VISION 02/17/89 23:5 0 Mcw:3172 Call:18612 Lines:7
|
||
917 ____T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____
|
||
918 Lurking at 11:55pm. AD,
|
||
919 I am still enjoying your
|
||
920 story. It's really good.
|
||
921 Well, I must go for now.
|
||
922 Will be back later.
|
||
923 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__
|
||
056=Usr:498 Hagbqrd Seline , 02/18/89 01:47 Msg:3173 Call:18616 Lines:76
|
||
924
|
||
925 {}
|
||
926
|
||
927 Hello everyone. I'm afraid that's the end of the story. But as to
|
||
928 how I achieve the realistic effects, well, that's one of the world's
|
||
929 worst-kept secrets>
|
||
93
|
||
931 In short, the above story was pieced together from my memories,
|
||
932 spanning a meger 7 years or so of cooking, and a pitiful 20 years
|
||
933 of my life. Events, sensations, and feelings that were unusuall or
|
||
934 quite strong stayed in the0back of my mind. Writing the story only
|
||
935 brought forth my own experiences with getting up in the morning, and
|
||
936 my more recent memories got to me before anything else.
|
||
937
|
||
938 But I have something to discuss briefly with you - is life itself
|
||
9#9 a story? A story that we interactively write from day to day,
|
||
940 weaving though infinite plots and sub-plots and plots within sub-plots
|
||
941 and (etc. etc. etc.), or...
|
||
942
|
||
943 ...is it just an existence? There is no correct view of the
|
||
)44 wrld because people see the world through their own viewpoints. Even
|
||
945 the statement I just made is incorrect... and so on. You could go
|
||
946 on for years contradicting your own logic. But I try a more simplistic
|
||
947 approach.
|
||
948
|
||
949 We0are all sentinent beings (for the most part). To survive, we
|
||
950 prey upon other life forms (ie. eat plants, meat). In some cases,
|
||
951 we even prey upon each other. I don't believe in attacking my own
|
||
952 speicies to further my own life. We all havu problems, hopes, dreams,
|
||
953 desires, feelings, dark pasts, and other numerous goodies that
|
||
954 dwell within our little nogin.
|
||
955
|
||
956 I guess what I'm trying to say is that we live upon a big dirtball
|
||
957 that moves quickly around a nuclear fub~ace0that provides the basis
|
||
958 of our lives. And, while we can create elaborate abstractions, we still
|
||
959 kneel to the underlying insticts within most of us. Things SEEM hard
|
||
960 to those who do not wish to think things through. Things SEEM easy
|
||
961 to those who do.
|
||
962 ---aw, rubish. My mind is wandering again. I'm extremely
|
||
963 tired (18 hour stint) and my brain contains the focus of a burnt
|
||
964 matchbook.
|
||
965
|
||
966 Anyway, if you wish to improve your writing "just a little bit",
|
||
)67 (or in this case, as it applies to me alone), I simply
|
||
968 * draw upon past experiences
|
||
969 * avoid redundant word usage to keep the storyline fresh
|
||
970 * "borrow" writing styles to convey ideas that you yourself might have a
|
||
971 hard time with
|
||
)72 - - - AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - - -
|
||
973 * don't be afraid to write, and don't be afraid to write what's on your
|
||
974 mind. Sometimes offending people is what you need to do in order
|
||
975 to make the story good. I'm not advocating profanity, I'm si}pli
|
||
976 saying: "Go for the Gusto!"
|
||
977
|
||
978
|
||
979 Sometimes I feel like an old fart. I'm a meger 20 years old, but
|
||
980 my mind wanders too and from obscene ideas and places without
|
||
981 understanding time (whew - a mouthfull!). In short, I dqydruam
|
||
982 my stories, or conjure up a mood before or during my writing.
|
||
983 I hope that when you read one of my humble stories that I can convey
|
||
984 my own feelings and thoughts to you. And, if I have, then I will
|
||
985 have accomplished something in0my |ife. Part of life is
|
||
986 laughter, and when I can make people feel something without taking
|
||
987 from them, then I feel good about what I have done.
|
||
988
|
||
989 Yag! Enough junk already! I meant to fill in the disk, but this
|
||
990 philisophical trash is too much! Where am I coming up with this
|
||
991 stuff? And where are my manners? Right here. Say, who are you?
|
||
992 I'm your manners. No you're not, you're simply my imagination
|
||
993 working for me to produce answers. Oh really? Yes. Well then,
|
||
994 why do you lack manners now? Um, um, maybe YOU are my manners.
|
||
995 Serves you right then.
|
||
996
|
||
997 Hagbard Celine
|
||
998
|
||
999 {}
|