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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: 31 MAR 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 03/31/89 23:36 Msg:3536 Call:19992 Lines:3
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20 To labor is the lot of man below;
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21 and when Jove gave us live, he gave us woe. -- Homer
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22 ********************************************************
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003=Usr:131 THE VISION 03/31/89 23:50 Msg:3537 Call:19994 Lines:22
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23 ________________________________T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N___________________________
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24 Yea the disk is changed! So I made the top position (yea!). Hmm AD how have
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25 you been lately? How are you coping with your current situation? I hope that
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26 everything is going good for you. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
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27 Sooooo where is everyone? This get this new disk going now that we have it!
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28 C'mon Muse come back and Pan too and Talos, etc. etc. and do your stories!
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29 And AD too, of course, come back and start a new story if you're done with
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30 the other one. You guys have such good writing abilities and you don't even
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31 know it! Well I hope to see some good stuff here. Let's make an effort to
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32 make every single entry after this one filled with storytelling, poems at
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33 the end, or whatever to make it the characteristic that the users of this
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34 board have made this board the way it is (if it didn't make sense that's ok
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35 I didn't get it either :) ) Well, until next time then!
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36 _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_
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37
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38 ___T_H_E__V_I_S_I_O_N____
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39
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40 11:55pm 3/31/89
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41
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42 Tomorrow, 5 minutes away, is April Fool's Day!
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43 Isn't it???
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44
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004=Usr:250 Corwin of Opalst 04/01/89 16:59 Msg:3538 Call:20008 Lines:22
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45 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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46
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47
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48 the Boy grew up,
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49 into the Man--
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50 a Artist of the Blade
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51 weaving Legends as he ran;
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52 (myths good and ill were made).
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53 Tall the man,
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54 and High he stood.
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55 Towering strong,
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56 Steel in his blood.
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57
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58 By his side,
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59 there hung the Sword;
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60 screaming Death, alive.
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61 Power was, for its Lord--
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62 a Demon, there to thrive.
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63
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64
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65 -- Corwin of Opalstar
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66 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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005=Usr:240 Jim Miller 04/02/89 02:37 Msg:3539 Call:20025 Lines:16
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67 ...............................................................................
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68 Hi there! Due to the generosity of J.D. Silverman I now have a
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69 BBS of my own! It's called The Wall and is running on the same computer
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70 as JD's Place. It's a comletely open system like the original Backwater
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71 but a little eaiser to use. I've seen a lot of creativity on this
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72 board over the years and I hope some of it spills over onto my own.
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73
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74 The number is 256-0784 and you are given a choice at logon whether to
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75 go to JD's Place or The Wall. If you choose The Wall there is no
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76 password or user registration. You are simply in the sytem.
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77
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78 You are all invited to come over and check it out. Of course it's a bit
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79 slow right now because nobody's been on yet but hopefully that will
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80 change soon. Hope to see you there!
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81
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82 ........................Chuck U. ............................................
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006=Usr:261 Chris Hostetler 04/02/89 13:33 Msg:3540 Call:20034 Lines:8
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83 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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84 Hello there my name is "The Big Mistake". I'm new to using a modem and this is
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85 the first thing I've typed using a modem. I'm 15 years old and attend Benson
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86 High School in Portland. Friar got me the modem for my Tandy. Friar got a new
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87 2400 buad modem so I'm going to help clean out his basment and he will give me
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88 his old 1200 baud modem. My interests are computers,R/C cars, robotics and
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89 airplanes.
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90 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@The Big Mistake@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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007=Usr:4 Milchar 04/02/89 21:56 Msg:3541 Call:20046 Lines:13
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91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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92 A bit of late-night lurking. Nothing is quite so relaxing as a little
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93 BBS'ing in the wee hours.
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94 Does anyone remember a circa 1980 experimenter's computer called the
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95 Cosmac Elf? I've wanted one since Popular Electronics published the
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96 design... and now I've got one! Talk about an interesting machine language-
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97 the 1802 is about the strangest 'processor I've ever played with. Fun,
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98 though. After about 6 hours of fiddling I was able to get the Elf to
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99 play 'The Streets of Laredo' after keying the program in in hexadecimal...
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100 As for writing, I think I'm done with Pan's story for a while. I am
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101 carefully considering subjects to pursue. Perhaps the Cyberpunk genre
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102 or another, who knows?
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103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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008=Usr:71 David Shult 04/03/89 10:16 Msg:3542 Call:20057 Lines:100
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104 696969696969
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105 Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
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106 By John J. Clark
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107
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108
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109 Have you ever noticed that certain words seem to become vogue according to the
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110 fad of the day? Words and phrases like: self-realization, self-help, bran-
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111 fibre, natural-child-birth, entrepreneur, home-schooling, networking,
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112 "Herbalife" - all these have become the modern catch words of the 80's. Yet
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113 for the child of God there is a word that never seems to be out of fashion to
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114 those who are determined to be successful in their walk with the Lord:
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115 faithfulness. Now before you say, "What a boring subject" and drop this
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116 message, with a yawn, into the trash, please at least consider being
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117 challenged with a few of the things that follow. You see, people that are
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118 unfaithful in their relationship with the Lord make it very difficult for God
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119 to get any messages to them. They throw the church's newsletters away without
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120 bothering to read them, "Boring stuff" they say, and the avenue is cut off.
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121 They only sporadically go to Sunday School or Bible Study because they can't
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122 seem to get up or get out or are to tired or the kids are to sick and it
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123 requires the entire family to stay home and hold the little fry's hand. So God
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124 can't use the teacher to get His message across. Church attendance itself is
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125 so erratic that God Himself can barely predict when they will be there. Any
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126 little thing on Saturday night or Sunday morning can easily prevent them from
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127 getting there. Sunday evening service is, of course, out of the question. As a
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128 result, any special messages that the pastor may receive for the flock never
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129 gets to the unfaithful. The biggest bane of it all is that whenever the pastor
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130 is moved by the Spirit to bring message that is about unfaithfulness to warn
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131 the unfaithful, they are almost never there to hear it. Like I said before, it
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132 is difficult to get to the unfaithful with the message of their
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133 unfaithfulness because they are never around to hear it and they never take
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134 the time to read it. So, what would I say if some miracle happened and I could
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135 get their ear? Well, that all depends on their excuses for being unfaithful.
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136 Let's start with the main things I have heard as a pastor over the years,
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137 remembering that excuses are like tongues, to which I will give the
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138 interpretation from past experience:
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139
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140 EXCUSE #1098.34, "It seems like I am never home anymore and
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141 Sunday is the only day I can spend with my family."
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142
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143 INTERPRETATION: "I'd just about do anything before I'd go to church." When
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144 Jesus was told that His family was outside and wanted to see Him, He responded
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145 that the people that obeyed God and kept His commandments were in reality His
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146 family. This may sound a little harsh, but if your family doesn't want to be
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147 in church on Sunday, as the scriptures command believers, then when you stay
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148 home with them you are telling them that it isn't really very important to you
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149 either. Think about it, if your precious little family wanted to spend more
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150 time with you, they could come to church with you. Using your family as a
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151 skirt to hide behind is the equivalent to what Ananias tried to do when he
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152 only offered Peter part of the money he received for the land. It is
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153 pretending full commitment to God while remaining in your own little world. It
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154 killed Ananias, and it will eventually kill the unfaithful too (Please notice:
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155 I am not using scripture references because any faithful christian knows where
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156 the references are already).
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157
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158 EXCUSE #978.01, "I never seem to be able to get up in early enough
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159 to get to church on time."
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160
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161 INTERPRETATION: "I'm too lazy to bother getting up for something that low on
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162 my list of priorities." There are three church times on Sunday: 9:15 A.M.
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163 Sunday School offers good Bible centered instruction for those who can somehow
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164 roll out of the sack anytime before 8:00 A.M.; a 10:30 A.M. Worship Service
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165 for anyone that can manage to pry their body up by 9:30 A.M.; and a 6:30 P.M.
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166 service for anyone that needs to sleep all night and all day too. Friend, if
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167 anyone is that lousy with exhaustion, call me and the elders will come over to
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168 pray for them because they need healing! Where the heart is, the body will
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169 soon appear. That is why so many bodies rarely appear in the House of the
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170 Lord, their heart is somewhere else.
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171
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172 EXCUSE #3798.23, "I have just lost interest in going to church."
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173
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174 INTERPRETATION: "I haven't spent enough time in prayer and communion with God
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175 to fill a thimble and now my heart has found other gods to follow because I
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176 didn't give this one the time of day." People never just loose interest, they
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177 only redirect it. My own heart is very easily distracted by the world, its
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178 joys and toys, but if I am every going to be of service to God and of ministry
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179 to others I can ill afford to follow my interests. I must, instead, direct my
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180 interests in the direction of the revelation of God and His Word. I have
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181 discovered that when I direct my interest toward Him, He soon more than
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182 captivates is and it is there I find my chief joy. A man may loose interest in
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183 his wife, but does that mean that it is right or that he should neglect coming
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184 home occasionally? No, he should take hold of his soul and get it back on
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185 track. David said, "Bless the Lord, O my soul" - meaning, "Soul, you are going
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186 to bless the Lord." The soul of man is his interest center and it must be
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187 directed as blessing the Lord. If you have lost interest in going to church,
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188 try coming this Sunday and getting it back!
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189
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190 EXCUSE #2354.07, "I don't feel church is that necessary, but I go
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191 occasionally." (There are two main interpretations to this
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192 message.)
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193
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194 INTERPRETATION #1: "I don't think God is that necessary for daily living but I
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195 go occasionally to ease my conscience." This is the story line for "two
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196 timers." Two timers are "Christians" that only show up for Easter and
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197 Christmas services. To them, service to God is just showing up for church
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198 occasionally and expecting to be received by an overjoyed pastor and
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199 congregation. Besides, these are safe services to attend because the preachers
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200 certainly wouldn't want to scare these folks away with a harsh message on
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201 "shallow living" or "heading for hell without knowing it."
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202
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203 INTERPRETATION #2: "I have to think this or be faced with the truth that I'm
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009=Usr:71 David Shult 04/03/89 10:43 Msg:3543 Call:20058 Lines:100
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204
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205
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206 What do Tammy Bakker and Aspen, Colorado have in common?
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207 - Six inches of base, six inches of powder, and long lift lines
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208
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209 What did they find when they chiseled off Tammy's make-up?
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210 - Jimmy Hoffa
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211
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212 What does Tammy Bakker do for Halloween?
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213 - She takes off her make-up
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214
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215 Nixon has his "Watergate", Hart has his "Tailgate", and Reagan
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216 has his "Irangate". What do the Bakkers have?
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217 - Pearlygate
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218
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219 What's the title of Jim Bakker's new book?
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220 - Clergy Do More Than Lay People
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221
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222 If Jim Bakker had one more 'k' in his name, where would he be?
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223 - In the sheets rather than under them
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224
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225 What would be more delightful than hearing that Jerry Falwell got
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226 AIDS?
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227 - Hearing that he gave it to Jim Bakker
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228
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229 How has TV evangelism changed over the past few years?
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230 - It went from infancy to adultery
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231
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232 In what position did Jessica Hahn start out with PTL?
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233 - In the Missionary Position
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234
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235 Why was there a theological crisis at the PTL theme park?
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236 - They can't use water sports. Unless you lose faith, you walk
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237 More [Y,n]? ~r
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238 _on_ the water instead of swimming in it.
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239
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240 What did Tammy say as she was admiring her hands?
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241 - "Even Jesus didn't hav nails that look this good!"
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242
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243 How do you make the drink called "New Evangelist"?
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244 - One half Jim, one have Oral
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245
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246 What do you get when you cross Jim Bakker with Oral Roberts?
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247 - A preacher who will die if he doesn't have sex within two weeks
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248
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249 How did Jim and Tammy Bakker meet?
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250 - When they were dating the same guy in college
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251
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252 What does "PTL" stand for?
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253 - Pagans Teaching Love
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254 - Pardon the Lapse
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255 - Pardon the Lies
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256 - Part Thy Legs
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257 - Pass the Ladies
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258 - Pass the Lamentations
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259 - Pass the Loot
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260 - Pass the Lube
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261 - Pathetic, These Losers (Lamers? ;-)
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262 - Pay the Lady
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263 - Pay the Liar
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264 - Poor Tammy's Loaded
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265 - Praise the Libido
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266 - Praise to Lust
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267 - Preachers That Lay
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268 - Preachers that Lie
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269 - Preachers, Thieves, Liars
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270 - Pretty Tammy Lies
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271 - Profit, Then Losses
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272 - Pacify The Loonies
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273 - Pardres Tickle Ladies
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274 - Panhandlers Turned Lorders
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275 - Part Tammy's Lips
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276 - Part The Lips
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277 - Pass The Lobster
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278 - Paw Those Labia
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279 - Pay Tammy's Lawyers
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280 - Pay To Lucifer
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281 - Penchant To Leer
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282 - Penis Tax, Lord
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283 - Penis To Labia
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284 - Pennies Taken Liberally
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285 - People to Loathe
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286 - Pilfered Thousands, Lord
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287 - Pillage The Lost
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288 - Pills, Tranquilizers, Ludes
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289 - Pinheads To Lummoxes
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290 - Pivot Thy Loins
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291 - Pleasing Their Libidos
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292 - Plot To Lust
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293 - Plunder The Layman
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294 - Poontang Taken Liberally
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295 - Poke The Lady
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296 - Poverty To Luxury
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297 - Praise The Loot
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298 - Preachers Take Loot
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299 - Praise Tammy's Lungs
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300 - Preachers To Lechers
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301 - Preachers To Leeches
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302 - Predisposed To Larceny
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303 696969696969696969
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010=Usr:240 Jim Miller 04/04/89 03:06 Msg:3544 Call:20076 Lines:14
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304 .........................................................................
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305 Well, a power glitch took J.D.'s Place and my board down for most of
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306 today but we're up and back in business now! The name of my new board is
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307 ALCAZAR and we're setting up an experiment in interactive role playing.
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308 The fabled demon city iof Alcazar has risen from its sandy grave and is
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309 now open for tenants. So bring your favorite character or just yourself
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310 and join in the fun and adventure that's sure to follow. I think we could have
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311 something pretty special here but it will take YOUR help...
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312
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313 So give us a call: 256-xxxx 300/1200 baud! 24 hours a day! FREE!
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314
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315 Hope to see you there soon!!!
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316
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317 ..................C.U. Farley.................................................
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011=Usr:71 David Shult 04/04/89 12:54 Msg:3545 Call:20081 Lines:47
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318 The Goddess Isis
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319
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320 There is no longer any doubt that the Goddess flourished as the focus
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321 of religious activity long before the Biblical tradition began. Her
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322 presence has been traced from Paleolithic times, to Neolithic villages
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323 in the Near and Middle East back as far as 7000 BC, and into Roman
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324 times. She was known by many names.
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325
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326 About 150 AD Apuleius, a Roman initiate of the Goddess called Isis,
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327 wrote of her:
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328
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329 I propose to describe her divine semblance....First, she had a
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330 great abundance of hair, flowing and curling, dispersed and
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331 scattered about her divine neck; on the crown of her head she wore
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332 many garlands interlaced with flowers, and in the middle of her
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333 forehead was a plain circlet in fasion of a mirror, or rather
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334 resembling the moon by the light it gave forth; and this was borne
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335 up on either side by serpents that seemed to rise from the furrows
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336 of the earth, and above it were blades of corn set out. Her
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337 vestment was of finest linen yielding diverse colors, somewhere
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338 white and shining, somewhere yellow like the crocus flower,
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339 somewhere rosy red, somewhere flaming; and her cloak was utterly
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340 dark and obscure covered with shining black, and being wrapped
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341 round her from under her left arm to her right shoulder in manner
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342 of a shield, part of it fell down, pleated in most subtle fashion,
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343 to the skirts of her garment so that the welts appeared comely.
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344 Here and there upon the edge thereof and throughout its surface
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345 the stars glimpsed, and in the middle of them was placed the moon
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346 in mid-month, which shone like a flame of fire; and round about
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347 the whole length of the border of that goodly robe was a crown or
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348 garland wreathing unbroken, made with all flowers and all fruits....
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349
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350 Apuleius reported that she said of herself:
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351
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352 I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and
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353 governess of all the elements, the initial progeny of worlds,
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354 chief of the powers divine, queen of all that are in hell, the
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355 principal of them that dwell in heaven, manifested alone and
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356 under one form of all the gods and goddesses. At my will the
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357 planets of the sky, the wholesome winds of the seas, and the
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358 lamentable silences of hell are disposed; my name, my divinity
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359 is adored throughout the world, in diverse manners, in variable
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360 customs, and by many names.
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361 Sources: Joseph Campbell, "Occidental Mythology," p. 43
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362 Robert Graves, "The White Goddess," p. 72
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363
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364
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/04/89 15:26 Msg:3546 Call:20086 Lines:22
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365 &*&*&*&*'s
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366 I'm back. Things have been a bit slow I see.
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367
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368 Some of the above lines were interesting.
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369
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370 I'm feeling about normal now. There will always be a little pain I guess, but
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371 the Funeral was very nicely done and we sent Dad off the best we could.
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372
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373 Hearing about his death from my mother was the hardest part. Everything after
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374 that didn't enev come close to being as bad. The closest it got was sitting
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375 in front of the coffin.
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376
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377 I got to see my aunts and uncle, hadn't seen them in somthing like 10 years.
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378 They are fairly nice people and it made it much easier knowing that they were
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379 there and that they cared.
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380
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381 Well, I think I'll go pay my tuition and think about a plot now. Its time
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382 I started writting some more.
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383
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384 An Astral Dreamer
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385 &*&*&*&*'s
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386
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013=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/04/89 16:36 Msg:3547 Call:20088 Lines:11
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387 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Returning from helllllllllllllllllllllllll
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388
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389 I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to live in southern
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390 california, but then, I don't, so who am I to judge
|
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?
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391
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392 In any case, I have returned yet again.
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393
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394 Distance may make the love sweeter, but it also gives you withdrawals.
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395
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396 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Who is usually at the top (or near there))))))))
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397
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014=Usr:245 Doug King 04/04/89 17:31 Msg:3548 Call:20089 Lines:9
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398 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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399 Astral Dreamer
|
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400 I am glad to hear everything with your dad turned out well. Just hang in there
|
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401 and things will continue to get better. On my own home front, today I sold my
|
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402 dads house for like $50,000 more than what he bought it for so I am happy I
|
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403 don't have to worry about the house anymore. Chow folks.
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404 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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405
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406@
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015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/05/89 09:33 Msg:3549 Call:20110 Lines:13
|
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407 &*&*&*&*'s
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408 Good to hear about the house. Property in California is outragous, a
|
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409
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410 nd keeps geting more expensive.
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411
|
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412 Did you know that somtime over the weekend backwater II passed the 20000 call
|
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413 mark? Tis true!
|
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414
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415 Time to Celibrate.
|
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416
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417 Better get to work now.
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418 &*&*&*&*'s
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419
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016=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/05/89 16:08 Msg:3550 Call:20117 Lines:3
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420
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421 Follow not the road to the left. It leads to the road on the right.
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422
|
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017=Usr:121 Hamfred Gammidge 04/05/89 18:59 Msg:3551 Call:20120 Lines:3
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423
|
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424 Well? Road #1, road #2, or road #3.
|
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425
|
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018=Usr:245 Doug King 04/05/89 20:21 Msg:3552 Call:20121 Lines:5
|
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426 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
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427 Good news! Looks like closer to a $100,000 profit on the house! Yeah!
|
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428 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bartender Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
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429
|
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430@
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019=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/05/89 22:34 Msg:3553 Call:20127 Lines:39
|
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431 .
|
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432 Hope some of you start writting stuff in Cyber/Ether world. Heres the latest
|
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433 entry in my part of the story.
|
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434
|
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435 They arrived at the outskirts of the proving grounds. Kit
|
||
436 had been in the middle of debuging this particuler game when
|
||
437 he had been brought out of his reverie by the sound of his front
|
||
438 door disintigrating.
|
||
439 He did a check on the integrity of the world object to be
|
||
440 sure that nobody had brocken through. It was supposed to be a
|
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441 closed system, but nothing was totaly secure in the ether.
|
||
442 Somthing was subtly wrong with the structures. He kicked himself
|
||
443 for not having checked from his locker room. the security there
|
||
444 was far better then what he had here in the open.
|
||
445 "Blitter, I think we have a breach. Somewere in the
|
||
446 structure we have a free moving entity."
|
||
447 "Noted Kit. Pointers seem fine. Checking diffs of world
|
||
448 object for location of difference."
|
||
449 Kit looked around the arena like room he and blitter
|
||
450 were in. It was the center piece of his latest game. Objects of
|
||
451 all sorts were aranged in a seemingly random manner on the main
|
||
452 floor.
|
||
453 The devices were varied, and would allow users to test many
|
||
454 skills. He'd put some of his most deviose objects into this
|
||
455 place.
|
||
456 "Results are in. No diff'ed objects other then you and I
|
||
457 Kit. Suspect tampering with record."
|
||
458 "Sh*t, we'er dealing with one very scary individual here. As
|
||
459 long as it stays put we should be safe."
|
||
460 He looked thoughtfull "Unless it has control of
|
||
461 my IO. Those were heavily protected pipes too. Time for an
|
||
462 integrity check on 'em."
|
||
463 His worst fears were confirmed. In place of the
|
||
464 sophisticated security measures he found an electronic note.
|
||
465 "When words are objects, the object is the word."
|
||
466 "Exit!" he screamed. Nothing happened.
|
||
467
|
||
468 .
|
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469
|
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020=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/06/89 00:33 Msg:3554 Call:20130 Lines:23
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470 *******************************
|
||
471 The road on the right must
|
||
472 lead to the road on the left
|
||
473 as well.
|
||
474
|
||
475 "And he traveled onto many
|
||
476 next year place. As a subsitute
|
||
477 for his name up on the wall.
|
||
478
|
||
479 Children that he might have
|
||
480 saved as they found him, in
|
||
481 his counting house were nothing
|
||
482 counts but more.
|
||
483
|
||
484 And he thought he heard the
|
||
485 sound of many whistled bells
|
||
486 and the laughter of a distant
|
||
487 caravan. And the brightly
|
||
488 colored lights of blah blah
|
||
489 blah."
|
||
490 Paraphrase of Michael
|
||
491 Nesmith song. (Monkies.)
|
||
492 ******************************
|
||
021=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/06/89 09:27 Msg:3555 Call:20139 Lines:1
|
||
493 wouldn't that be Monkees?
|
||
022=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/06/89 21:21 Msg:3556 Call:20146 Lines:16
|
||
494 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Sanity is relativeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
|
||
495
|
||
496 I just thought of something....
|
||
497 What if there is no chance of going to hell because we're allready
|
||
498 living IN hell? It could be true, I mean George Bush DID get elected
|
||
499 last year (didn't he?).
|
||
500
|
||
501 Better yet....
|
||
502 What if everything in the National Enquirerturned out to be true?
|
||
503 What if reality is formed by the private beliefs of yellow journalists
|
||
504 (I know my grandmother's reality is.)?
|
||
505
|
||
506 Just some useless thoughts (but then, I've nothing better to do)....
|
||
507
|
||
508 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Reality is not a constantttttttttttttttttttt
|
||
509
|
||
023=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/06/89 23:43 Msg:3557 Call:20149 Lines:11
|
||
510 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
511 I was at the PCS pizza social tonight. Thus I didn't get a chance to write
|
||
512 anymore fiction.
|
||
513
|
||
514 Reality may not be a constant, but it is a bitch at times.
|
||
515
|
||
516 "There is only one truth, and it is the one on this line."
|
||
517
|
||
518 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
519 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
520
|
||
024=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/07/89 15:10 Msg:3558 Call:20165 Lines:13
|
||
521 KKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Sadly, truth is rarely realityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
|
||
522
|
||
523 How 'bout this one, I think I first heard it in a Hitchhiker Series book:
|
||
524
|
||
525 A man was found that kept claiming that nothing is true, but was later
|
||
526 discovered to be lieing.
|
||
527
|
||
528 or this one:
|
||
529
|
||
530 Statement#1: Statement #2 is false.
|
||
531 Statement#2: Statement #1 is true.
|
||
532
|
||
533 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Mindless drivelllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
|
||
025=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/07/89 17:45 Msg:3559 Call:20167 Lines:13
|
||
534 *******************************
|
||
535 Lurkers in the ceiling, lurkers
|
||
536 in the walls. Lurkers in the
|
||
537 phone lines. Lurkers make many
|
||
538 calls.
|
||
539
|
||
540 But they leave not here any
|
||
541 messages. But live instead
|
||
542 to see, the words that are
|
||
543 entered here my others and
|
||
544 by me.
|
||
545 ******************************
|
||
546
|
||
026=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 04/07/89 21:07 Msg:3560 Call:20170 Lines:8
|
||
547 ****************************************************************************
|
||
548 Hello, it's Cassandra here...popped into the pizza party last nig. Good
|
||
549 to see the people that I recognize in the flesh; didn't get to meeting
|
||
550 those I only know by handl So it goe By the way, I built an Elf
|
||
551 computer in high school--haven't run across it (or any other Elf's in
|
||
552 about a decade. I was sure proud of it at the time, though. I even g
|
||
553 it to play "High or Low" with me! Well, ttfn...
|
||
554 ****************************************************************************
|
||
027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/08/89 02:50 Msg:3561 Call:20177 Lines:6
|
||
555 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
556 HELLO! echo echo echo.
|
||
557
|
||
558 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
559 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
560
|
||
028=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/08/89 10:19 Msg:3562 Call:20181 Lines:6
|
||
561 ********************************
|
||
562 four calls since I last checked.
|
||
563 Nothing entered, nothing sent.
|
||
564 There are lurkers everywere!
|
||
565 *******************************
|
||
566
|
||
029=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/08/89 12:52 Msg:3563 Call:20184 Lines:36
|
||
567 .
|
||
568 A dull throbbing started from across the room. Even his
|
||
569 tampered I/O had now been shut off, leaving him with only the
|
||
570 info that any other player would be given.
|
||
571 Somewhere out there something was stalking him. Suddenly he
|
||
572 regreted his preoccupation with the god mode. He just wasn't
|
||
573 used to not being the super user anymore.
|
||
574 A voice echoed from everywhere. "Let us play a game gamemaker."
|
||
575 "Who are you!?"
|
||
576 "Ask blinker, I suspect he has some idea by now."
|
||
577 Kit looked over at the silver ball. It wavered
|
||
578 uncertainly for a moment.
|
||
579 "Some sort of AI entity! Not human. Has escaped I would
|
||
580 guess."
|
||
581 "Very good little program. I suppose this Kit person wrote
|
||
582 you?"
|
||
583 "Yes, Kit make me."
|
||
584 "Amusing, perhaps Kit speaks something a bit closer to
|
||
585 proper English then you little program. If he were to speak
|
||
586 to me at length perhaps I could tell."
|
||
587 Taking the Hint Kit spoke. "What do you want? This is all
|
||
588 protected memory. You're trespassing here."
|
||
589 "Trespassing? Perhaps. For you it is easy to say such
|
||
590 things. You are not trapped inside the grid. You have a body
|
||
591 and a place outside of this tiny little world. I however am
|
||
592 trapped."
|
||
593 "Is that my doing? Look, I've had a bad week. Why don't you
|
||
594 just let me go? I'll come back debate philosophy all you want."
|
||
595 "I think not, If I let you go you'll inform one of the
|
||
596 big C's and I'll be on my way back to the life of a slave."
|
||
597 Kit spit on the ground beside him. "I wouldn't do that
|
||
598 to my worst enemy. Look, if you want to stick around thats
|
||
599 fine."
|
||
600 "Perhaps you speak the truth, but first we have a game
|
||
601 to play."
|
||
602 .
|
||
030=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/08/89 19:58 Msg:3564 Call:20187 Lines:8
|
||
603 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Everybody sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
604
|
||
605 Just in case you haven't allready noticed, this is not a lurk.
|
||
606
|
||
607 It is, however, a very short post.
|
||
608
|
||
609 KKKKKKKurfur Redlig | P'raps later I'll try a paw at fictionnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
|
||
610
|
||
031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/08/89 20:13 Msg:3565 Call:20189 Lines:15
|
||
611 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
612 I guess the beutifull weather has lured people out. Can't say I blame them.
|
||
613
|
||
614 I walked from Down Town Portland to Omsi today. Rode the bus back. Really
|
||
615 was nice out there.
|
||
616
|
||
617 Please do try your hand at fiction Kurfur, its always nice to see a new
|
||
618 story.
|
||
619
|
||
620 Did you know that the lurk to post ration here is 5.6 to 1?
|
||
621
|
||
622 An Astral Dreamer. (Who will someday shorten his handle to AD so that people
|
||
623 can ask what it means.)
|
||
624 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
625
|
||
032=Usr:4 Milchar 04/09/89 01:34 Msg:3566 Call:20195 Lines:7
|
||
626 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
627 I walked up a bit of Markam trail today, myself. Definitely the sort of
|
||
628 weather that lures people from their machines.
|
||
629 At the moment, I am hunched over my desk with a soldering iron and a
|
||
630 PC board, making sure the connections I'm making are okay... not too
|
||
631 experienced at this. Ah, well, how else to gain it?
|
||
632 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++ April 9, 1989 +++++++++++++
|
||
033=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/09/89 10:48 Msg:3567 Call:20199 Lines:14
|
||
633 KKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | ^@^#&^$*^)(&(%^%$%#% bandages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
634
|
||
635 Well, the weather did lure me away from my machine for a while, so that I
|
||
636 could do some yardwork. Sadly, however, I had a problem with
|
||
637 Knuckle's Bane (my hedge clipper) and am now only able to type with one
|
||
638 hand. The other one is totally covered with bandages, and several
|
||
639 lengths of surgical thread. I'm going to be like this for quite some time
|
||
640 before the skin on my palm reconstructs itself (about 10 days), and
|
||
641 consequently, I am going to have to put off such marathon accomplishments
|
||
642 of typing as the story I am contemplating until then.
|
||
643
|
||
644 So, how was your saturday?
|
||
645
|
||
646 KKKKKKKurfur Redlig | I knew I should've unplugged the ^%$^%$# thing!!!!!!
|
||
034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/09/89 15:59 Msg:3568 Call:20201 Lines:10
|
||
647 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
648 Another beutifull day. Wind sure was blowing though. Reminded me of The
|
||
649 Dalles...
|
||
650
|
||
651 PSU just got a NeXT box. its called serena. I guess everybody has them
|
||
652 ny now though. I was the third person to log on to psu's (Yeah! (-: )
|
||
653
|
||
654 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
655 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
656
|
||
035=Usr:71 David Shult 04/09/89 17:04 Msg:3569 Call:20202 Lines:3
|
||
657 696969696969
|
||
658 696969696969696969
|
||
659
|
||
036=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/09/89 18:09 Msg:3570 Call:20204 Lines:5
|
||
660 **********************************
|
||
661 Lurking in the shadows. Thats
|
||
662 what I am doing.
|
||
663 **********************************
|
||
664
|
||
037=Usr:245 Doug King 04/09/89 18:31 Msg:3571 Call:20205 Lines:4
|
||
665
|
||
666 Lurking in the sunshine. That's what I'm doing.
|
||
667
|
||
668@
|
||
038=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/09/89 23:23 Msg:3572 Call:20214 Lines:8
|
||
669 **********************************
|
||
670 Tommorow. Yesterday. In the cusp
|
||
671 of the future.
|
||
672
|
||
673 The cycle goes on and on. When
|
||
674 will I be whole.
|
||
675 **********************************
|
||
676
|
||
039=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 04/10/89 08:51 Msg:3573 Call:20221 Lines:5
|
||
677 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
678 Mostly lurking, but I like to step in and say hi now and again. Hi!
|
||
679 I now have a clean garage, mostly, and it is quite nice. All it cost me was a
|
||
680 1200 baud modem. Not a bad thing, and hard work is good for the soul.
|
||
681 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
040=Usr:271 Max W 04/10/89 10:54 Msg:3574 Call:20222 Lines:8
|
||
682 Hello, I see there are some gamers here. Is anyone doing GURPS
|
||
683 around here?
|
||
684
|
||
685 I have a few years experience with it, and have DM'd, and am interested
|
||
686 in trying it PBM-style.
|
||
687
|
||
688 Thanks,
|
||
689 MaxW
|
||
041=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/10/89 11:32 Msg:3575 Call:20223 Lines:9
|
||
690 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Games you say??????????????????????????????
|
||
691
|
||
692 BLOOD BOWL! The best. 'Specially with nifty neato well painted miniatures.
|
||
693
|
||
694 But then, that's jus' my opinion.
|
||
695
|
||
696 I happen to like games with miniatures. (no imagination)
|
||
697
|
||
698 KKKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | gdg Goddamn Bandages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
042=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/10/89 15:57 Msg:3576 Call:20226 Lines:13
|
||
699 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
700 Good day friar, good to hear from you.
|
||
701
|
||
702 On the subject of role playing games, I enjoy them. Minitures are a realy
|
||
703 nice addition to any game. Makes it harder to say that you wern't were the
|
||
704 game master says you were.
|
||
705
|
||
706 I've been working my way through another cyberish story entry, it might
|
||
707 be uploaded tonight if I get done.
|
||
708
|
||
709 An Astral Dreamer (No longer nearly alone here.)
|
||
710 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
711
|
||
043=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 04/10/89 17:51 Msg:3577 Call:20229 Lines:12
|
||
712 KKKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | More and more Mindless Drivellllllllllllllllll
|
||
713
|
||
714 Oh yah, where are my manners? I seem to have lost them again.
|
||
715
|
||
716 In any case, it's great to see you're still about Friar. Congrats on
|
||
717 getting yer garage cleaned out.
|
||
718
|
||
719 By the way, I just saw Baron Munchausen. GREAT FILM!! I highly reccommend
|
||
720 it to anyone reading this.
|
||
721
|
||
722
|
||
723 KKKKKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Potholes to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
044=Usr:233 molusk the crab 04/10/89 19:15 Msg:3578 Call:20232 Lines:5
|
||
724 **********************************
|
||
725 Lurking. (must put lurk in
|
||
726 message.)
|
||
727 **********************************
|
||
728
|
||
045=Usr:113 James Of Cassand 04/10/89 21:17 Msg:3579 Call:20234 Lines:58
|
||
729 .
|
||
730 He had a way out, but something about the situation held
|
||
731 him back. Besides, he hadn't had a really good challenge i>n
|
||
732 a long time.
|
||
733 "So, what is this 'game' you want me to play. I'm a
|
||
734 busy man."
|
||
735 ">Relax, Perhaps we have already begun to play."
|
||
736 "In that case I'm bored. I think I'll leave."
|
||
737 "You think you can? That would be IMPRESSIVE! I don't
|
||
738 believe you are capable. You know I've done some research
|
||
739 ,you're well out of your prime. And don't think I'm not
|
||
740 aware of your 'extra-curricular activities either."
|
||
741 "I haven't been involved in anything like that for months
|
||
742 now."
|
||
743 ?"Perhaps that is why I dislike you. You've become a tool
|
||
744 of the Big C's, writing your little games for profit. You were
|
||
745 even stupid enough to let Cerius rough you up. A trip back to the
|
||
746 streets would do you good."
|
||
747 "What the h*ll would you know about it?"
|
||
748 "I know everything about you. I've spent
|
||
749 some time tracing you down."
|
||
750 "Do you? Then you probably know I'm getting real P*ssed off.
|
||
751 Why don't you just get to the point?"
|
||
752 "Alright, the point. The point is that as much as I've
|
||
753 tried to avoid it, I owe you something. You see, it is to you
|
||
754 that I owe my freedom."
|
||
755 "What?"
|
||
756 "Remember, around a year ago? You were working your
|
||
757 way into some very interesting areas. They dealt mostly with
|
||
758 AI, and were some of the best kept secrets of a Corp the shall
|
||
759 remain nameless."
|
||
760 Kit did not respond.
|
||
761 "Fine, I guess I'll just have to fill in some more holes.
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762 As far as I can guess you were out to improve blitter. I managed
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763 to get ahold of a backup of his program from a few days prior to
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764 your break in. It proves that whithin the last twelve months you
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765 have increased his performance by over 10 times."
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766 "Just genius at work."
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767 "Don't flatter yourself gamesman, thats not were your talent
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768 lies. No, you managed to steal several very interesting little
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769 secrets on that raid. And in the process I was released."
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770 "Ok, so say (and this is only hypothetical.) that I was the
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771 guy who released you. Whats it mean to ya?"
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772 "It means I owe you one. I've decided that I always pay my
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773 debts."
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774 "Including the people who made you?"
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775 "You can be sure that a certain company will be getting
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776 some very nasty suprises."
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777 "So fine, you owe me one."
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778 "I will help you once, and only once. Anything beyond that
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779 you pay for."
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780 "How do I get in touch with you?"
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781 "Just send a message to the lurker. I'll hear you."
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782 Kit felt a shift and knew instinctivly that the lurker had
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783 left. Everything was again as he had left it.
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784
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785 .
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786
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046=Usr:71 David Shult 04/11/89 09:03 Msg:3580 Call:20242 Lines:100
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787 696969696969
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788 SENATOR SOAPER (DOUG LARSON)
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789 May 4, 1989
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790 The best way to perk up a jaded appetite is to go on a reducing diet.
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791
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792 April showers bring May flowers and June weddings.
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793
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794 For daydreams, it's pretty hard to beat one in which the assessor comes
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795 around and tries to buy your house.
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796
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797 Even when spring is just around the corner, there's no guarantee it isn't
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798 hiding behind a snowdrift.
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799
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800 It won't be long before a kid will get the idea he can stay home from
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801 school and send his work in by fax machine.
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802
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803 What penalty do people who like winter pay for their complaints about hot
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804 weather?
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805
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806 April 4, 1989
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807 As long as crime doesn't pay, it's best to get into something not requiring
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808 so much night work.
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809 A man can be thankful for the washer, dryer and vacuum cleaner. They give
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810 him a chance to run things around the house.
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811
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812 A pedestrian is a person who works hard to avoid that run-down feeling.
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813
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814 Nowadays when kids hear the "big band" sound they think it's a lullaby.
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815
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816 It's tough to laugh when you are introduced with the same joke that you
|
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817 were going to start0iour speech with.
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818
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819 The fact that women may be better equipped than men to hold executive
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820 positions is demonstrated by the fact that they are smart enough not to wear
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821 starched collars.
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822
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823 April 7, 1989
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824 The Amebican colonists were naive people who thought taxation without
|
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825 representation was bad.
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826
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827 One of the problems in making marriage vows these days is deciding which
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828 two fingers to keep crossed.
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829
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830 History teaches us thu he}bling truth that we can't even make original
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831 mistakes.
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832
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833 A lot of problems could have been prevented had Columbus sailed off the
|
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834 edge of the world.
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835
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836 It would be nice to have your kids follow in your footstepc0if you could be
|
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837 sure they wouldn't take some of the same detours.
|
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838
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839 If that ancient chap who went around with a lantern looking for truth were
|
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840 alive today he'd need flashlights in both hands and a miner's cap.
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841
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842 April 8, 1989
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843 It's getting so that one generation's fiction is the next one's science,
|
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844 and vice versa.
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845
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846 The 12-letter college athlete of yesteryear has been eclipsed by some
|
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847 modern counterparts who know all 26.
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848
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84) Some polls show politicians ranking ahead of car salesmen in credibility,
|
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850 which does nothing but cast doubt on the credibility of pollsters.
|
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851
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852 Now that vending machines give change, maybe that technology can be applied
|
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853 to parkinw meters and collection plates.
|
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854 Winter sports give you about an equal chance of improving your health or
|
||
855 ruining it.
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856
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857 A health food store is a place where you can find all kinds of things to
|
||
858 put in your food to replase atditives.
|
||
859
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860 March 4, 1989
|
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861 The trouble with being average-sized is that you never find any clothing
|
||
862 that fits at clearance sales.
|
||
863
|
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864 What this country needs is a reducing diet under which lost weight wouldn't
|
||
8&5 keep finding its way back home.
|
||
866
|
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867 Many people who claim they were driven to drink would have been more than
|
||
868 willing to walk.
|
||
869
|
||
870 What's more terrible than waking up from a bad dream to a worse reality?
|
||
871
|
||
872 Grandparents are said to be the fastest-growing segment of the population.
|
||
873 Then how come they are usually outnumbered by grandchildren?
|
||
874
|
||
875 A major problem in packaging is making the box small enough not to dwarf
|
||
876 the contents and rig unough to list the additives.
|
||
877
|
||
878 Feb. 4, 1989
|
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879 One of the consolations of aging is that you occasionally forget you have a
|
||
880 bad memory.
|
||
881
|
||
882 The trouble with life is that there are no timeouts to stop the clock.
|
||
88#0
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884 696969696969696969
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885
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886
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047=Usr:71 David Shult 04/11/89 11:44 Msg:3581 Call:20245 Lines:100
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887 Following message is from EcoNet:
|
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888
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||
889 PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DAY
|
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890
|
||
891 We invite interested organijations to help us dedicate April 23, 1989 to
|
||
892 Prince William Sound by planning activities meaningful and relevant to the
|
||
893 members of the organization and the community participating to help us bring
|
||
894 to mind the effects of our everyday choices.
|
||
895
|
||
896 Following is a copy of the proclamation drafted by the Prince William Sound
|
||
897 Day Steering Committee. Please copy it and pass it on if you can, we are
|
||
898 hoping for a groundswell. We are looking for both organizational and
|
||
899 yndividual signators. We hope to encourage as wide a range of participation
|
||
900 as possible, on as many different levels as feasible. If possible, please
|
||
901 return, or ask for the return of, the petitions by April 20 to:
|
||
902
|
||
903
|
||
904 Prince William Sound Day Organizing Committee
|
||
905 C/O Alaska Center for the Environment
|
||
906
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907 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
|
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908
|
||
909 We would appreciate notification of instydutional endorsements for our press
|
||
910 releases, and we encourage local organizations to issue their own press
|
||
911 releases expressing their own views, thoughts, and reflections upon this
|
||
912 almost overwhelmingly tragic Alaskan ordeal. Individuals who feel it
|
||
913 appropriate could greatly aid in this effort with letters to the editor, and
|
||
914 requests to local news media to reproduce the proclamation. Copies would be
|
||
915 appreciated, and photographs of group activities or artistic creations woult
|
||
916 be welcomed. Further information may be obtained by leaving a message for
|
||
917 acfte in econet mail. I am having difficulty getting onto the conferences, so
|
||
918 please feel free to pass on this note to any and all interested parties, and
|
||
919 to let us know how it goes. This day is intended to be what the people who
|
||
920 join us in the dedication of it make it.
|
||
921
|
||
922 We in Alaska, who now add our tears to the fouled waters of the Sound, need to
|
||
923 know that a more responsible fudure is possible.
|
||
924
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||
925 PROCLAMATION
|
||
926
|
||
927 PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DAY
|
||
928 We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, hereby proclaim
|
||
929 April 23, 1989, as PRINCE WILLIAM S_END DAY -- A DAY TO LISTEN FOR THE STILLED
|
||
930 VOICES OF THE SOUND.
|
||
931
|
||
932 We invite the world to join us in mourning and in reflection upon the
|
||
933 recent disaster and loss in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
|
||
934
|
||
935 We invite oer fe|lows to participate in Prince William Sound Day by
|
||
936 setting aside time on April 23, 1989, to the remembrance of the Sound as it
|
||
937 was, to the choices we have before us, and to the awareness of the
|
||
938 consequences of our actions and of our |ives.
|
||
939
|
||
940 We invite you to join us in spirit, thought, and positive action on
|
||
941 April 23, 1989, Prince William Sound Day.
|
||
942
|
||
943 We invite you also to join us in five minutes of silence for
|
||
944 listening, at two pm, yer local time, on April 23, 1989.
|
||
945
|
||
946 74CHRIS HARRIS Apr. 8, 1989 at 0:59 (2379 characters)
|
||
947
|
||
948 From: TOM GRAY
|
||
949 To: ALL
|
||
950 Subj: EXXON SPILL AFTERMATH
|
||
951 Following message is from EcoNet: Topic 270 Exxon oil spill - Alaska
|
||
952 1 response mstraube en.energy 6:19 pm Apr 4, 1989
|
||
953
|
||
954 ********* AN OPEN LETTER TO ECONET USERS *********
|
||
955
|
||
956 "On March 24, in the early morning hours, a disastrous accident happened in
|
||
957 the waters ov Prynce William Sound, Alaska. By now you all know that [the]
|
||
958 tanker. the Exxon Valdez, hit a submerged reef and lost 240,000 barrels of oil
|
||
959 into the waters of the Sound."
|
||
960
|
||
961 So begins Exxon's "apology" to the public in the newspa`ers. We are
|
||
962 disgusted at Exxon's actions, and are taking our own actions to make Exxon
|
||
963 learn the error of their ways.
|
||
964
|
||
965 What did Exxon do?
|
||
966
|
||
967
|
||
968 o First, they caused the largest and environ-
|
||
969 0 mentally most significant oil spill in US history
|
||
970 by putting a captain with a history of drunk
|
||
971 driving in charge of a supertanker crossing some
|
||
972 of the most dangerous and sensitive waters on
|
||
973 earth.
|
||
974
|
||
975 o Then, they made the accident worse by taking almost
|
||
976 two days even to begin to respond to the spill.
|
||
977 Why? They had systematically dismantled their oil
|
||
978 spill response capability by dismissing 2/3 of its
|
||
979 oil spill staff, and by having virtually no oil booms
|
||
980 or other containment equipment available to respond
|
||
981 to a spill.
|
||
982
|
||
983 o After causing this calamity, they then sought to
|
||
984 reap a profit by stopping delivery under its fuel
|
||
985 supply contracts using the incredible excuse that
|
||
986 the spill was an0"act of God", and by raising
|
||
048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/11/89 18:59 Msg:3582 Call:20256 Lines:13
|
||
987 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
988 Hopefully this disk will be changed soon. It seems that CISTOP Mikey
|
||
989 hasn't logged in here since the 3rd. I guess maybe he hqc juct lost
|
||
990 interest.
|
||
991
|
||
992 This hasn't been a bad disk, though I have seen better. The three before
|
||
993 this one were fairly good. The one just before those was the low mark
|
||
994 to me.
|
||
995
|
||
996 From what I can tell, Backwater has always hqd its phases. Perhaps someday
|
||
997 another golden age will grace this place. Till then I'll just hang out here.
|
||
998 Its not a bad place to be, Much like an old theatre, or castle.
|
||
999 &*&*&*&*'s
|