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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: 3 OCT 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 10/03/89 19:54 Msg:4426 Call:24371 Lines:3
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20 Whoever he may be that tells me my faults, I hate him mortally.
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21 Alexander Pope
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22 **************************************************************************
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003=Usr:70 Kurfur Redlig 10/03/89 20:52 Msg:4427 Call:24373 Lines:14
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23 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | At The Top! At The Top! At The Top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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24
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25 Boy but you get quite a view from up here. Now, people and others, lets
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26 try and fill the space under this, ok? That way I can smugly be at the top
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27 of the next disk too (if'n I'm lucky).
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28
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29 OLO
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30 \___/ >R
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31 U
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33 KKKKKKKKKurfur Redlig | Fill The Disk! Fill The Disk! Fill The Disk!!!!!!!
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35 This message really isn't here :)
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004=Usr:4 Milchar 10/03/89 22:55 Msg:4428 Call:24376 Lines:8
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37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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38 Celene is back upon the electronic scene, having been dismantled during
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39 the S/T shift I mentioned. My new address is available to those who
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40 know my phone number(s); they know who they are.
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41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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42@And for those L4 types: It is 1535 SW Clay, Apartment 136. Goose Hollow
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43@Village, if you know where that is. Same phone number (thank god).
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44 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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005=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/04/89 15:43 Msg:4429 Call:24397 Lines:63
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45 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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46 #$## Border: Do I detect a gleam of silver?
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47 Friar: My turn!
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51
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53 The Cloaked Man gasped, dodging, as a bolt of shimmering red energy
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54 lept from the Quantier and scorched a nearby tre. He had not expected such
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55 an assault so soon, thinking the goblet damphened by the Stone Triangle. If
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56 the Triangle was enough to hold back the goblet, he thought to himself,
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57 then wasn't it possible that it might prove to be... "No," he whispered
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58 to himself, shuddering. He blocked out the ghastly images that assaulted his
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59 psyche. Doubt and fear, however, were not so easily chased from the corridors
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60 of his mind. Once he had closed the Friar Paradox, he would have to take a
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61 closer look at the Triangle that hung, even now, suspended just over Triantha,
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62 the largest city on Pyrrix A'aaal.
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63 He looked down at his belt, noting that the line had crept up to just
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64 below minimum efficiency. Another few minutes, and he'd be armed. However,
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65 judging from the stance and expression of his adversery, he would probably
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66 never see those minutes.
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67 He considered his options for a fraction of a second. Looking at
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68 the pulsating Quantier, he quickly realized that he had none, and
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69 that this grassy hill might just prove to be his final resting place.
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70 The Friar, a ghostly apparition just barely visible through the
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71 infernal fog, raised the Quantier towards him, forcing the Cloaked Man
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72 to come to term,s with the fact that he had seriously miscalculated, failing
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73 to the Friar. More likely than not, he surmised, a result of some quirk in
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74 physiology between the two. Apparently, cold comfort though it might have
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75 been, the Elders were NOT truly incapable of error, since there had been no
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76 warning of this difference.
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77 "Who are you?" A voice shattered his death-thoughts. "What do you
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78 want?" The Friar's eyes raged, the Quantier throbbing with energy in his
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79 hands. And yet, there was a hint of doubt behind those eyes, of possible
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80 uncertainty. Seeing both the opportunity to accomplish his mission AND save
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81 himself from a gristly fate, the Cloaked man stood, slowly, cautiously, never
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82 taking his silver eyes from the chalice the Friar held. Time, he reasoned,
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83 for a little change of tactics.
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84 He gave the Friar a grim salute, nodding at the Quantier. "Greetings,
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85 fine sir." he lied. "Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Michael, the
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86 Cloaked Man. Forgive my ill treatment of your personage scant moments ago,
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87 but I feared for my life, seeing as how you possessed the Quantier." he pointed
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88 at the chalice. "I know not from where you found this most wonderous of
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89 devices." Lies upon lies. "However, since I am aware of its potential
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90 hazards, and since you seem determined to make it your own, I might discuss
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91 matters with you without resorting to any sort of violence, should you wish
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92 it to be so. Notice, if you will, that my attack was not lethal, nor do you
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93 suffer from any sort of ill physical affects. In truth, it is buut my
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94 defence against the harshness of the many worlds which I call my own."
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95 Translation, thought the Cloaked Man, I'm a lousy shot and didn't get it
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96 phased the first time... the first time. He smiled weakly. "Please, sir,
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97 I mean you no harm. I am but a poor and innocent traveler who has been
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98 seeking the wonderous Quantier, so that I might imbue my knowledge of its
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99 might and malice to the next bearer of its dark burden."
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100 Fear crept into the Cloaked Man, a soft, cold fear that became visible,
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101 sending gasping, whining sparks of blue to sprout around his aura of green.
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102 Silence followed for a moment, save for the fluttering of a cloak of red.
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104 The Cloaked Man tensed, anxiously. If he failed, it could meanthe end for
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105 his world, this world, and countless more. No, he answered to his doubts.
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106 He would succeed. He had to. He wouldd recover the Quantier. He would find
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107 the girl, and the Pool.
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006=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/04/89 16:27 Msg:4430 Call:24398 Lines:1
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108 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/04/89 18:18 Msg:4431 Call:24399 Lines:6
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109 &*&*&*&*'s
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110 Anybody know where I can get a Motorola 68000 cpu? 8mhz is fine. Help!
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112 An Astral Dreamer
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113 &*&*&*&*'s
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008=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 10/05/89 07:54 Msg:4432 Call:24410 Lines:17
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115 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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116 I knew the man was lying. But why? And what was a "Quantier"?
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117 Not dropping the goblet, I said to him, "I'm sorry for firing at you, but I
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118 had been attacked very recently, and by someone who seems to have been you!
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119 Remove all of your garments, carefully, and keep your right hand up in the
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120 air where I can see it. Move slowly."
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121 As I spoke, the man, Michael, dropped his left hand toward his side.
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122 "Foooom!" A pencil thick ruby light shot out from the goblet, (Quantier?)
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123 and passed between the mans thigh and his hand, although not touching him.
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124 This thing had a mind of its own, and was protecting me. Or was it just
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125 not wanting to go back to this man, who perhaps was its rightful owner?
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126 "Don't try that again! I mean you no harm, but I must protect myself. If
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127 you have a weapon there, remove it slowly, and toss it away. I can tell
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128 when you move to harm me."
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129 Curioser and curiouser.
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130 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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009=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 10/06/89 20:25 Msg:4433 Call:24441 Lines:112
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132 *%)#@*)_#@%)_@*)_@%*()_#$%(_)^*)_$*&_)^(*_#)(^%#$+%+_%)$#^*_%()_^$#_@)(%^$_#)%(
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133 AD: Sorry, news doesn't run on 68000's.
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134 Cat of Strayness: What did you mean about rattled cages? Who was going the
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135 rattling? Certainly not me. I rattled awhile ago and got a mouth full of
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136 straw. I see very clearly where I stand, and it's not with a leg to stand
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137 on, if you get my drift. I tried, I hoped against hope, but nay, I got
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138 nothing but a snip of a remark and the dark feelings that came along with
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139 it. I makes me mad, but it makes me even more sad to see such a wonderful
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140 thing turn so cold and cheerless. No :-) and tee hee here please, there is
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141 nothing at all to :-) and tee hee about w.r.t. this...
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142 *$)_($_)@!($)_@()_$#@%^*#)_$^(# L'homme sans Parity *%@_#)()_#@(%@#_)%*#)_@(_@(
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144 Something else I must say, as my thinking some days returns to time previous...
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145
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146 Are we all happier now then we were a few years ago? Now think about it
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147 carefully. Really, are we doing better these days than we did before? A
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148 few points to ponder...
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149
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150 1. A bunch of the users on this system used to get together *every* two
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151 weeks downtown and chat and eat and drink and joke and plan. It was
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152 simply the place to be and the thing to do! I remember sitting in
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153 the library waiting for the PorSFS meeting to end so we could all
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154 head over to the PC&S for libations. Then after that we would often
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155 go to a movie or to someone's house and continue on from there. It
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156 was social, it was fun, and I miss the interaction.
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157
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158 2. We used to have *big* multi-authored interactive stories on BW. Then
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159 for a long time they died. They are making a small comeback but
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160 frankly it just ain't even close to the same.
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161
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162 3. We used to trade code programs and NET messages and BW disk
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163 deflower programs.
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164
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165 4. We all used to talk to each other a heck of a lot more.
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166
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167 Here are a few of my thoughts on why the above observations represent the
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168 past and why I am afraid the past won't be repeating itself in the near
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169 future, if ever.
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171 1. A law of nature, though I can't find the damn place where this is
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172 written, says that all good things must come to an end. We had a good
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173 thing, it came to an end. Nature's way of reminding us all who is
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174 still da boss?
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175
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176 2. We are all much busier now, right? Many of us have left the relatively
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177 friendly confines of school/self-employment for the absolute prison of
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178 THE REAL WORLD, where mortgages must be paid, money saved, big promises
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179 to your boss and co-workers kept, and so on. No more friendly cramming
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180 for a calculus test here my friends - that report is due on Monday, and
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181 it can't be late!!!
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182
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183 3. The social structures around us failed. Think about it - PorSFS moved,
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184 the PC&S is now a _insert country here_ deli, and people have moved on.
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185 Now think about that last one, it is a real key. I think part of #1
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186 applies here: Nature, through it's good friend entropy, rips circles
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187 of friends apart when they have been together too long. Sometimes it
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188 even rips people apart (and you know who you are) if they refuse to
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189 move on their own.
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190
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191 4. We failed ourselves. Maybe we didn't try to fight #1-#3. Maybe we needed
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192 to work harder to get a new place to meet, or to keep calling every day,
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193 or to take time to write the next decoder ring, and so on. Maybe we
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194 could have fought nature and made things last a little longer, but we
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195 didn't.
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196
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197 So what can we do, if there is anything we can do? Maybe nothing, and here
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198 is why I think that.
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199
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200 1. Too many people have moved away. Remember the RISK games? Alex is gone.
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201 Remember the TWIT wars? *Most* of the twits are gone. Why I haven't
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202 seen the threat to DESTOY THE WOLD in years, and you know very well
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203 that ZZTOP hasn't come out with an album in a long time, let alone
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204 RULE anything.
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205
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206 2. We are all just too busy getting that report done by Monday. WE as in
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207 all of us. Think about it. A, B, C, and D are all working full time.
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208 E has a baby. F is married and has no time for such things. G doesn't
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209 have a computer anymore. H has a mortgage and seems to need pressure
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210 like a drug. I, J, K, and L have moved away and have left no forwarding
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211 address, but even if they did they don't have the money to call
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212 long distance.
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213
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214 3. We still have to deal with that Nature thing. It whipped us once and it
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215 ain't gonna let us get back together, no matter how hard we try.
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216
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217 I once heard the universe described as a big cake batter, and all the galaxies
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218 were raisons placed throughout the batter. When you bake the cake, the
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219 raisons all move away from where they started and away from each other.
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221 We are all raisons.
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222
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223 But the difference is that when the cake is done baking you have something
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224 really nice to feast on. Something good comes out of that process.
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225
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226 Are we as good as the cake?
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227
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228 You know, each and every one of us that remains that I know something
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229 about and feel somewhat qualified to make off-the-cuff remarks about
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230 has survived these last few years, and we have for the most part
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231 thrived in most of our endeavors. Of course there have been shattering
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232 defeats, on both the economic realm and more important emotional realm, but
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233 alive we still all are, and I guess that is saying something in spite
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234 of our raisoness.
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235
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236 I know this is babble, and I know I will probably be flamed, but I don't
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237 give a damn about that.
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238 Our little community was made on rambles and conversations and discussions
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239 and I miss those days and I was just wondering if others were missing them
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240 as well, or am I just a little raison all by myself in a big batch of
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241 warmed-over cake batter................
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242
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243 *%()_@*%)_#@%*()_$#*%^@_)#$^(_)#^ L'homme sans Parity *%@#_%*)_@#%@)_#(%@#)_
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010=Usr:29 The Bard 10/06/89 23:15 Msg:4434 Call:24445 Lines:17
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244 Well, I'll admit it... I haven't had the time to *play* with computers much for
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245 some time. Even a large portion of my net.news habit is dedicated to looking
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246 for stuff that might come in handy at work. (remind me to properly "thank" the
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247 people who got me hooked on the net... something slow and lingering?)
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248
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249 My job takes far to much of my time and I've discovered the curse of being a
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250 "dedicated professional". Recently a new co-worker found out that I had almost
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251 6 *weeks* of unused vacation time. His joking "Get a life!" was rather hard to
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252 smile at. He has never been in the position of having to cancel plans because
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253 due to personnel changes *you* are the entire department.
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254
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255 Even worse is finding that special someone and almost never being able to spend
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256 time together because if her job isn't getting in the way, yours is.
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257
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258 I won't flame you, l'homme, but I hope you'll understand that given the above,
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259 some things seem a lot less important.
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260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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011=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 10/07/89 10:03 Msg:4435 Call:24451 Lines:23
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261 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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262 L'Homme - I was in the position of being out of school and supporting a
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263 family before I discovered the BBS community. So I never really got to
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264 be one of the inner circle. I was sort of second circle. Your commentary
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265 was actually quite depressing in one way, but it showed me the truth that
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266 we do all grow older. I personally refuse to give up my toys, but I find
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267 less and less time to play with them.
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268 I have a daughter on the way, and that has forced a change of career path
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269 on me (I did the forcing, not some nefarious boss). I have chosen one
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270 that has less travel, less stress, less overtime, less chance for
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271 advancement (every yin has its yang), etc. So I am starting a BBS of my
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272 own. The computer has a cradle next to it, to be replaced by a playpen
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273 when appropriate, so I can spend time with Jillian and do the BBS at the
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274 same time, while she is sleeping.
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275 We all make changes, and we choose those changes. The BBS community is
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276 not quite so homogenous as it once was. Once 'puters became user friendly,
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277 the changes became inexorable. But I don't feel it is all bad. We have the
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278 present now, we can visit the past any time we feel like it, and the future
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279 is there to terrify us all.
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280 No flames, just observations, as your's were.
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281 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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282 PS. 3.5 file boxes. It's on paper now.
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283 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/07/89 18:33 Msg:4436 Call:24459 Lines:23
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284 &*&*&*&*'s
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285 My quest for a MC68000 seems to be failing. Oh well.
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286
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287 I wasn't around in the golden days. I laked the needed hardware, and for
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288 that I will always be sorry. It is not unusual to be wistfull about
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289 times in the past that were happy, but there is a saying that goes 'You
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290 can never go back.' It never will be the same.
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291
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292 But that is not all bad. Pleasent places and situations can become wombs,
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293 from which we are afraid or unwilling to leave. It may be hard, but eventually
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294 we must move on. If we have learned somthing, gained somthing and given
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295 somthing in the proccess, then I think good has been done.
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296
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297 With any luck we'll all finish this game with a sense of having done
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298 somthing important. Just making it to old age with a sense of wonder
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299 will be more then enough for me.
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300
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301 Heres to new tommorows in which we all find what we need, and if we can
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302 accomplish anypart of it together, then all the better.
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303
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304 An Astral Dreamer
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305 &*&*&*&*'s
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306
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013=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/07/89 19:47 Msg:4437 Call:24460 Lines:85
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307 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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308 L'Homme: Speaking as one who has been around this board for roughly four
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309 years, while I +must+ admit that change has certainly creaked into the
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310 floorboards of the Inn, and that the tone and atmosphere of what was once
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311 Innisfall has also been enveloped in a wave of transformation, I also feel
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312 that such changes might prove somewhat beneficial when looked back upon some
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313 time from now.
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314 Speaking from a strictly, literary standpoint, looking at the entire
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315 Innisfall perspective, I believe that I came into the Inn during one of its
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316 many downward cycles, with regards to both story tone and atmosphere. The
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317 emotions were tensed and hushed, cloaks and hoods flourished, and new
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318 arrivals seldom showed up at the door, preferring instead to sneak in (I
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319 recall, on one occassion, an arrival appearing through the floorboards!).
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320 Oh, granted, there were quests, and noble quests at that, but even they were
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321 touched with a pessimism and harshness, a sense that the shadow of the night
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322 was passing over the Inn. The Piper played, but the tune was abitter one.
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323 Philosophy was a tremendous issue, a question of where the travellers had been,
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324 what their existence, and presence at thhe Inn meant, what the Inn itself
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325 signified, for that matter. Life and death, the eternal opposites, were the
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326 two driving forces for the thoughts and deeds that became legend.
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327 Alas, the thoughts of death foreshadowed the coming of the demise of the Inn,
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328 but with it came a +new+ birth. Trying to compare it with the Old Inn only
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329 obfuscates the obvious... that there can be no comparison. One was one, the
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330 other its own entity, which is only now coming to life, fleshing out, as it
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331 were.
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332 If we had never created this new world, simply letting the memory of the Inn
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333 and the forgotten flagons on dusty tables serve as our only connection with the
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334 deeds and wonders that took place, we would make a mockery of everything that
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335 the Inn stood for, ad everything that Pyrrix A'aaal may yet stand for.
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336 Surely, we both lament the Inn, and those who have traveled down the road,
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337 past the Great Tree, and into the sunset, or those who were mysteriously lost
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338 during the Innisfall Cataclysm, but we must also remember that we are dealing
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339 with something new, as well.
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340 If you are dissatisfied with the direction of Pyrrix A'aaal's development, you
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341 have my permission, as well as the permission of all those who have thusfar to
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342 create this new world, to add to it.Remember, we are dealing with a WORLD now,
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343 and not simply an Inn. Remember, too, that, over the course of my joint
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344 literary effort with Friar and the mysterious girl, we've only scratched the
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345 SURFACE! We created a city, the Stone Troiangle, the Networks (No relation to
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346 the NET), and the Pool. I am SURE that there is more to Pyrrix A'aaal than
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347 these elements. And, if you find that your creativity fails you when you next
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348 take keyboard in hand, those elements already mentioned still need exploration.
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349 What are their origins? What are their purposes? There are literally
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350 thousands of questions about those first few elements that must be answered,
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351 and, as with any truly good questions, the answers will quickly lead to even
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352 more unknown factors. Remember, that was how Innisfall was created in the
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353 first place!
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354 I have yet to see a man without Parity wandering the city, or the Networks, or
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355 some as-yet-unknown part of Pyrrix A'aaal. When he does, and when others
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356 follow suit, something ELSE, no matter how frightening the prospect may seem,
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357 will be there, and each writer can create his own small secttion. If the
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358 Cloaked Man combs the Networks on his dark quests, or if Friar roams the lands
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359 in search of the Pool, and the visitor, and if more and more users join into
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360 the setting, if not the specifc events, then what we have created thus far
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361 will have been worthwhile.
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362 Will it be the same as Innisfall? No. Will it be better or worse? One cannot
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363 judge these things. If it is better, it is so because the authors will it,
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364 and if not, it is so because the authors have yet to MAKE it better. Will it
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365 be? Yes, and that is really all that matters, isn't it?
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367 L'Homme: No flame intended. Glad to see you're reopening the NET. Out of
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368 curiosity, did the previous incarnation have any connections, however
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369 obscure, with Innisfall, or was it a seperate entity on divergent timelines?
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371 So much for Plan *A*, thought the Cloaked Man, backing away from the
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372 object of his attentions. His thin fingers unfastened the holster to his
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373 phaseline, allowing the weapon to drop to the ground, noticing, as it did,
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374 that he had dropped it just in time for it to become fully charged.
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375 Cursing inwardly, he attempted the opposite outwardly. Smiling, he
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376 held his hands in the air. "As you can see, I am unarmed, kind sir. Now, I
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377 beg of you to PLEASE refrain from utilizing that most pernicious device!"
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378 As the Cloaked Man waited for a reply, he shuddered suddenly, legs
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379 buckling a bit beneath him. He looked up at the Stone Triangle, which
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380 throbbed royal purple in the night sky to the west. A wet trickle ran down
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381 the Cloaked Man's arm. Looking up, he saw the hazy yellow fluid seeping from
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382 a small wound on his hand. Shivering, he mentally commanded his cloak to wrap
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383 itself slightly around his lower body, praying that his enemy did not
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384 discern this to be an attack. "Only the cold... " he assured.
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385 Somewhere, deep within his soul, the Cloaked Man couuld feel a great maw
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386 opening up, blasting him with shards of ice, while simultneously drawing from
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387 his reserves of strength.
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388 He pitched forwardd, suddenly, gasping. "The paradox... The Devourer of
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389 Itself... It feeds, it grows, it widens." As the world began to spin around
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390 him, the Cloaked Man thought he could hear the distant sound of thunder.
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391 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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392 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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393 I felt the air grow tense. Not from the man before me, but from nature
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394 itself. Suddenly a bolt of lightning shot from the ground to the sky
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395 and it came from between the cloaked man and I. I felt myself hurled
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396 backwards, with tremendous force, and over many miles. I wondered, as I
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397 heard the thunder roar, if the cloaked man was the cause of the
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398 sustained lightning, or if this infernal goblet had caused it.
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399 Then blackness came over me...
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400
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401 ...Uhh.
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402 For the second time in what seemed only a few minutes, I felt myself
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403 returning to conciousness. It must have been longer though, for I was on
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404 a rough bed in a place I recognized as a back room of some inn somewhere.
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405 I could hear the gaiety from the front room on the air. I tried to
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406 think more clearly, and found a couple of shreds from the blacked out
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407 period. A pleasant woman, tending to bruises and abrasions. A stout
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408 mule dragging me in an Indian fashion travois. No more, just snippets
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409 of sensory data.
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410 What had happened to the cloaked man? And where had the woman brought
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411 me? And where had she gone? I was hungry, and my pouch was at hand,
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412 yet I was almost afraid to reach into it, for fear the "Quantier" was
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413 still with me.
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414 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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015=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/08/89 00:02 Msg:4439 Call:24467 Lines:81
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415 696969696969
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416 6-OCT-1989 Reaction to Bakker conviction mixed
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417 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -- Reaction to Thursday's federal conviction of PTL
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418 television evangelist Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy charges ranged from
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419 celebration to sadness for his family to relief that the case was finally over.
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420 "While I am personally sorry for Mr. Bakker, his family and the thousands wh
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421 have been hurt by the PTL saga, I am pleased that this dark chapter of religiou
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422 history has concluded," said the Rev. Jerry Falwell, a leading fundamentalist.
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423 "I have no interest in defending my brief involvement with PTL some 2.5 year
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424 ago, as that has already been well documented," said Falwell, who took over PTL
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425 in 1987 after the disclosure of Bakker's sexual encounter with Jessica Hahn.
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426 The jury of six men and six women convicted Bakker of 23 counts of mail and
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427 wire fraud and one count of conspiracy for his fund-raising tactics at PTL.
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428 Evangelist Billy Graham said he was sorry for the Bakkers and for their
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429 followers. "I am saddened by the Bakkers' personal tragedy, but at the same tim
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430 I feel sorry for the many sincere supporters who have also been hurt by this
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431 situation," Graham said in a statement from Minneapolis.
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432 "This verdict doesn't bother the work of the Lord; the work of the Church
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433 continues to go on no matter what happens," Graham said. "God's work is not
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434 dependent upon one person -- it is dependent upon the Holy Spirit."
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435 Hahn said Bakker deserved to be convicted. "I don't feel sorry for him one
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436 bit," she said outside her father's home in Massapequa, N.Y. "I feel sorry for
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437 what my family had to go through and for what people in the PTL minstry went
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438 through."
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439 She said she does not think Bakker will do well in prison. "I don't know tha
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440 Jim Bakker will be able to survive jail. I don't know that Tammy will be able t
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441 survive it, but you know what? I frankly don't give a damn."
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442 Don Hardister, 38, who once served as Bakker's security guard and now lives
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443 near the Bakker home in Tega Cay, S.C., said, "It's hard for me to believe that
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444 I gave 12 years of my life to a scam."
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445 Hardister said his "heart goes out to" the Bakker children, Tammy Sue Chapma
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446 and Jamie Charles Bakker. "They're innocent," he said. "I raised those two."
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447 "I'm sad for the 2,400-plus employees of a great ministry has ended this
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448 way," Hardister said. "It's not fair to all those people who worked hard and
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449 were honest and believed in PTL."
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450 Samuel Trussel, a lawyer for the PTL Litigation Group that has filed a
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451 class-action lawsuit against Bakker, said the conviction will help his case.
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452 When asked by telephone if he had heard of Bakker's conviction, Trussel said
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453 "Yeah, I just heard. We sent out for pizza to celebrate."
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454 Trussel and lawyer Tom Anderson, both based in Indio, Calif., filed the
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455 class-action suit in 1987, alleging fraud, security law violations and
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456 time-share act violations by Bakker and the others at PTL.
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457 "We have sued Mr. Bakker for fraud, and now he has been found guilty of that
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458 beyond a reasonable doubt," Trussel said.
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459 The class-action lawsuit was filed against Bakker, two auditing companies, a
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460 bank and Roe Messner, the contractor who built the Heritage Grand Hotel.
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461 Richard Dortch, Bakker's top aid at PTL, was a co-defendant in the case. On
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462 Aug. 8 he pleaded guilty to four of the 24 charges. Part of the plea bargain wa
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463 for Dortch to testify against Bakker. Dortch was sentenced to eight years in
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464 prison.
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465 Joe Haviland of Atlanta, president of PTL Partners, severely criticized U.S.
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466 District Judge Robert Potter and defense lawyers George Davis and Harold Bender
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467 "The only thing Jim Bakker is guilty of is having a biased judge and an inep
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468 defense team," Haviland said. "There is no doubt of the bias of the judge. He
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469 stuck his fingers in his ears and closed his eyes when there was something he
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470 didn't want to see."
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471 Haviland also said Bakker was treated unfairly when he suffered an emotional
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472 breakdown during the trial. Bakker was handcuffed and sent to the psychiatric
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473 ward at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, N.C., for a competency
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474 test.
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475 "To drag a man through the press in shackles, that's degrading a person and
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476 not trying to get him help," Haviland said.
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477 Haviland said Bakker's defense lawyers were not prepared for the case.
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478 Jerry Rose, the president of National Religious Broadcasters in Chicago, sai
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479 the verdict will not hurt the television evangelism industry.
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480 "I don't think this decision is going to have much impact. For the most part
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481 we've gone through the catharsis in the past two years," Rose said. "People hav
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482 hd a couple of years and a couple of calamities to hammer out their decisions.
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483 People have made their decisions, not just about the television or radio
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484 ministry, but about ministry in general."
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485
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486 Lee Atwater, chairman of the National Republican Committee, commented: "I
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487 don't know what all the hullaballo is all about. Jim Bakker was acting in the
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488 new tradition of the Reagan/Bush Republican Party. I'm thinking of scheduling
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489 him to appear at fund-raisers for our candidates, and to arrange speaking
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490 engagements at Republican gatherings. I think he would be a speaker to
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491 follow Oliver North on the dias. Jim Bakker deserves a medal for initiative in
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492 the private sector, in my book."
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493
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494 696969696969696969
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495
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496 *.*.*.*.*.*.Jessie
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497 The pleasant woman takes a wet cloth and starts to mop up the Friar, who is
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498 rather the worse for wear and exclaims in loud ouches when the parts of his
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499 body are attended to.
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500 "Soul Brother, what in the world were you doing lying in the street for the
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501 horses to step on? You might have damaged some of their feet to say nothing of
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502 what you would have done to yourself! I thought my soul family had better sense
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503 than that! I tucked away the chalice you were carrying for you. There was some
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504 wierd guy trying to steal it while you lay there dazed. Okay...so tell me..what
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505 in the world is going on? Its bad enough to go for years without running in to
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506 family without finding one of them in a most undignified position about to
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507 become a candidate for wheel ruts in the face. My sister runs the Inn here and
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508 she said I could dump you on the bed but to make sure you don't have fleas as
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509 she thinks my family members are all a bit too wierd for her. For common family
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510 she is pretty neat kid. So much for my explainations Friar.....you got one of
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511 your own to offer?"
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512 *.*.*.*.*.*.Jessie
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513 ***************************************************************************
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514 As a certain well known folk singer once sang,
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515 "The times they are a changin'."
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516
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517 So true. In the guise of my many characters I was at one time quite active
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518 here. I think it is safe to say that I am the longest time "old timer"
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519 here. But, then I get to say that because I started the system. It's
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520 creator if you will. That doesn't mean that I created the Inn though.
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521 Certainly I participated in the Inn's creation, but only as one of the
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522 members. Like a god, I set the rules in place and let the game play out of
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523 its own accord.
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524
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525 In my own mind I divide up the periods of the system in a number of times.
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526 There was the startup period when BW found its name the result of which
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527 soon after brought into existance my own name. That time was different, the
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528 people were different, the times were different, and BW was different.
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529 During that time the BW software changed in minor ways, though the basic
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530 structure remained unchanged.
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531
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532 Then came the time when BW found it's form. When it grew beyond the simple
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533 existance of glowing phospher on a screen or ink on a piece of paper. It
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534 took form and became a reality. This was the formative time when many of
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535 the revered "old timers" came upon the scene. This formation was traced
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536 back to one called "Dragon Lady." She no longer participates here, but her
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537 words live on in the archives. This time was before the NET and multi-
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538 authored stories as they are generally known. There were multi-authored
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539 stories, but it was a time of testing. The formative years as it were. This
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540 was a time when the Inn was new and still being created. Unhampered by
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541 concepts of what the Inn must be. It was not known what the Inn was. It was
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542 just a place for a small group of people to express themselves in a new
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543 way. A time of self-discovery both for themselves and for the Inn.
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544
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545 There then came a time when the Inn changed in several ways. It found a new
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546 home in a move from West Linn to Portland. In that process it gained new
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547 friends and a much expanded use. The Inn changed again, it matured. It grew
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548 and found a world outside its doors. This was the "good-old-days." The
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549 period when multi-authored stories took on their own life. The golden years
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550 that memories are made of.
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551
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552 For those of us who participated, there was a little part of each of us in
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553 the Inn. We each built a little bit of the reality of the Inn, and in the
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554 process we each became a part of the Inn itself. Our own lives and that of
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555 the Inn became intertwined. Our good times were the Inn's good times, and
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556 our down times were the Inn's down times. Perhaps each of us were somehow
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557 tied to the others a little bit because of this. In a way we grew with the
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558 Inn, and the Inn grew with us.
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559
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560 We all gained new friends. Some just passing acquaintances, and others a
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561 close bonding. Some of the friends are gone, and others remain. Some are
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562 well rid of, and others are a painful loss. As a semi-well-known story
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563 starts out, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." This too
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564 can describe the Inn and the times for many of those participating. They
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565 were glorious years when we built the memories that will be a part of our
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566 lifes. Something to look back on and say; "This was good. This was
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567 important to me. This was something I did for myself."
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568
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569 We all have friends met here that have moved on to live their own lives.
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570 For L'homme it is Alex, for another it is Piper, for me it is Pam. We yearn
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571 to recapture a part of that past. To restore something that was lost.
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572 Yet there are friends that remain. They are friendships that survived the
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573 change. Oh they are changed certainly. But in one way or another they
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574 survived. And as always, we retain the memories of the old friendships and
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575 the good times.
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576
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577 What happened to the Inn and those that made up its reality? As was stated,
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578 nothing lasts for ever. There are many reasons that can be said why things
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579 changed, and there is probably a little bit of all of them involved. Was
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580 the Inn too good a thing to last? Perhaps.
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581
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582 Those who were jealous or simply derived their pleasure from desecrating
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583 that which others find joy in drove a part of the change. The Innhabitants
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584 running out of ideas, or growing tied of the same old thing drove another
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585 part of it. Wanting a change but unable to justify to themselves and others
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586 that they don't want to continue with the reality also drove it. And,
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587 changes in our own lives that change our outlook on the world drove it too.
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588
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589 We all looked forward to the change and worked hard to accomplish it. If we
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590 liked the way the Inn was, why did we work so hard to change it? We opened
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591 the door into a new BW, and closed the past on the old Inn. Packaging up
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592 the past in a neat little packet that we can remember without the intrusion
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593 of the current reality. Having insured that the past was safely put away we
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594 got on with the business of living.
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595
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596 Will we ever find the old Inn as we knew it again? No. Why would we exhume
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597 a past that we have buried and left to rest in peace? But, we will find
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598 other Inns in the future. New realities to build and enjoy. New memories,
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599 new Inns to hold dear in our memories of life. New friends to share life
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600 with and old friendship to renew again. In the meantime, we are still here,
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601 and life still goes on.
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602 ***************************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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605 Mikey: My thoughts exactly. Glad to see some interaction with the One On
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606 High again...
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608
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609 The Cloaked Man lay there, in the sharp, stinging nettles of the softly
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610 swaying grass of pink. Looking into the night sky, he could vaguely see the
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611 reflections of the glowing of the Stone Triangle on passing clouds. With each
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612 spasm of energy that erupted from the Triangle, he winced, as a shivering
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613 blade of agony sliced through him.
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614 Quaking slightly, he finally made an attempt to stand. On weakened legs,
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615 he rose, surveying his surroundings. Not that he could see much, with the
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616 blasted fog covering a good pportion of the landscape. Judging from the
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617 accuracy of the shots Friar fired from the Quantier, the fog was invisible to
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618 his enemy, and he had yet to see any of the other beings on this world
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619 suffering from impaired vision. Again, he silently cursed his failure to
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620 recognize this new factor when he had first arrived. Had he, he might have
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621 dealt with the Friar more quickly, and would have the Quantier well in-
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622 The Quantier! With shivering hands he reached into his pouch, drawing
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623 forth the metal rod that he had placed there. Depressing a green disc on the
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624 flat portion of the base, he positioned the middle of the rod at eye level.
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625 The world grew red and hazy for a few moments, and then The Cloaked Man
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626 was faced with a rough grid of the Line Phase Structures of Pyrrix A'aaal,more
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627 specifically his present location, and its relation to the Central City, as
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628 these were the only areas thathe had chanced to visit on his quest.
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629 "Scan for an ambient link." he told himself. "Complying." he whispered.
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630 "It +should+ prove to be rather easy to locate, judging from the lack of phase
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631 technology here."
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632 A bright green grid crisscrossed the red bands, until a skewed
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633 checkerboard pattern emerged. Within each, a tiny square flashed with
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634 patterns particular to it. The eyes of the Cloaked Man took in every facet of
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635 the huge image before him, processing each pattern, and eliminating it from
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636 the overall pattern. Blocks of bright light began trickling ay from the
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637 grids, falling to the ground below and vanishing in the dust.
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638 Finally, one single square, glowing brightly, its unique heartbeat almost
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639 screaming of energy and strength, pulsed before him. "Center the image." he
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640 commanded to himself. "Complying." The square became the only portion of the
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641 grid present. "Linelock." he called. Beams of red jutted suddenly from the
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642 square, careening wildly from its core, with no apparent pattern. "Discern the
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643 lines."
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644 As the images faded from view, the Cloaked Man returned the rod to his
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645 pack, which he slung around to the left side of his waist and positioned the
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646 straps accordingly.
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647 His legs buckled again, suddenly. Remembering his wound, he examined it
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648 once more. The pinprick had widened into a deep gash, soft hazy light
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649 filtering through the useless flesh that had been torn asunder. Tearing off a
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650 section of his cloak, he wrapped the cloth tightly around his hand to lessen
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651 the loss of energy.
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652 His head jerked upright. "Line has been discerned." he muttered.
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653 "The time has come to end this." As he drew his tattered cloak around himself,
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654 he winced, feeling a sharp pain stab at his left shoulder. A tiny pinprick
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655 of a stab had appeared. "Damnable paradoxes." he gasped, ignoring the pain.
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656 "You've eluded me twice, Friar. You'll not do so again."
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657 Drawing his weapon from the ground, making sure it was fully charged, he
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658 refastened the holster and placed it within. "The games of cat and mouse
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659 are over. You've played me for a fool, and thus far I have sadly fit the part,
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660 but no more." He stopped, pausing. Staring off into the night, at the
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661 Triangle, he asked "Recording?" A spark of acknowledgement flittered through
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662 his green aura. "Both audio and visual." Another spark. "Good."
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663 Again, he drew his cloak around himself, sinking into the blackness.
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664 Within the dark, he could see the line of red... the path of the Quantier.
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665 He would be with the Friar in but a few seconds. This time, however, he would
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666 be ready, and the paradox would close once and for all.
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667 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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019=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 10/08/89 20:10 Msg:4445 Call:24488 Lines:48
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668 *%@#)_(*%)_#@($%)_#%(_$#%_+)!@_+$(#)_*^_)(%)_#@(%$#_)+_#@)%#_%(@_+$)(%@_+#(%#$^
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669 Bard: You know, I have never quite seen a message like that from you, but I am
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670 glad I have now. It was a thoughtful summation of your reaction to my message,
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671 and it gave me some insight into how you feel about the situation. Thank you
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672 for sharing it with us. A lot of familiar words were contained in your entry.
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673
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674 Friar: You too represent the changes I was talking about. More important things
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675 do come along, and the old hobbies must take a back seat to babies and new
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676 jobs and so forth. I understand what you are talking about, and I wish you
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677 luck on your computer placement.
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678
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679 Zephyr: I think you have misunderstood much of what I was talking about. I was
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680 not sad about the changes to the Inn, or the creation of a new world. I was
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681 a part of the death of the old Inn, and had a major role in the whole death/
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682 rebirth storyline. What I was discussing was the higher issues of the social
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683 interaction above and beyond the board. We all met at the Inn, but as a group
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684 we developed far beyond "bon ami l'electronique." I miss that interaction with
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685 flesh and bones friends most of all.
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686
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687 Backwater started dying long before we undertook the rewrite of the system.
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688 It was adrift with twits and abusers, and something had to be done. The
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689 apathy, not malicious in nature, was because of external changes. Yes, I
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690 am all too familiar with change, and I am as guilty as anyone of changing,
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691 but change doesn't always have to be a drastic as it was to our group. For
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692 as much time as we used to spend together, hardly anything exists now. That
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693 is what I am talking about.
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694
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695 We enjoyed/suffered through countless debates, stories, deaths and rebirths
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696 on the BBS. These things are all fine and good, and the archives are wonderful
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697 for going back and looking at all of this.
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698
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699 Unfortunately, there is no easy archive for all the times we spent in each-
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700 other's company, save those memories we each keep for ourselves.
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701
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702 Perhaps that will have to suffice.
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703
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704 Mikey: I know you understand the loss of friends, and the loss of someone
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705 you care for. I wish there was some way to bring back some of those old
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706 friends, but I don't think there is. Too much water has passed under the
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707 bridge to bring back people now, even if it were possible above and beyond
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708 simple logistics.
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709
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710 That's all I can write for now. I fear that recounting some of these old
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711 memories are rather painful, but I won't shy away from the discussion, but
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712 no more right now. I hope you understand.
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713
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714 *%@_#)*%_)#@%()_#@(%)_#^*)_$^!_)^*! L'homme sans Parity %*@#_)%_(%@#_*_)@%@_)#
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715
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020=Usr:13 voyeur 10/09/89 02:46 Msg:4446 Call:24499 Lines:8
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716 ::::::::::::O O::::::::::10/09/89::::::::::::::::::::::::::::02:39:51:::O O::::
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717 I imagine I'm supposed to share *my* views on the death of our group/BW now.
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718 Sorry, no. Nothing would be accomplished but a lot of negative vibes.
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719 However, to paraphrase one of the twits of that time, "Entropy Rules."
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720 Or maybe my own personal philosophy applies here - "Sh!t Happens"
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721 Whatever the case, I grievously miss the good-old-days, both the writting <g>
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722 and the camaraderie.
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723 :::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::
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021=Usr:371 The Adherent 10/09/89 06:00 Msg:4447 Call:24500 Lines:32
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724 L----!----!-----------------------------------------------------!----!---R
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725
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726 Monsieur sans Parity, amazed am I that you should compare yourself un-
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727 to a raisin. Though greater than a mustard seed, or grains of sand, I
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728 concur with the analogy. From discourses on this, the prsent disk, I re-
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729 member such times of gathering. Faces seen but once a fortnight, words
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730 traded, drinks downed and occasional shared, reflective car-rides home;
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731 such memories we have in common, such motivations! Blatantly, writing was
|
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732 in effort to rejoin parted companions.
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733
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734 And such were the tales told. A story of ruby valleys, where came a
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735 fantasy-warrior -- whose name had been "dropped" -- his entry to a curio
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736 shop and the emrgence of the bete noire against evil, a NET agent. Those
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737 present, then and now, can not deny you were and are a luminary.
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738
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739 Indeed, circumstances have changed since, a new generation of contrib-
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740 utors are at lage. Old masters are dearly missed, and those who might be
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741 giants now slowly write the pages that shall lift them before others. To
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742 join you now is but a dream, the sands of time have narrow allowances.
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743
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744 "For the sands become a curse, and most of you have gone away."
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745 Truthfully, I am the one having left, and the curse self-imposed. Few of
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746 us are free from the wandering away. So, Monsieur, your presence was
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747 missed at the latest such gathering -- Milchar's and voyeur's as well.
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748 -adherent
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749
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750 L----!----!------------------------------------------------------!---!---R
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751
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752 An aside... Note that M. sans Parity does not make mistakes.
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753 Not "raisin," but "raison;" in mastery of his foreign tounge.
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754 Raison, as in "raison d'etre" -- "reason for being." Very clever. -ad
|
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755 L----!----!------------------------------------------------------!---!---R
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022=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/09/89 15:41 Msg:4448 Call:24513 Lines:9
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756 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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757 L'Homme: Understood, and agreed. Now, a small question. I am familiar with
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758 the NET organization, but am curious as to what possible link it might have had
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759 with Innisfall. Looking over my 5 years + archive data, I've not seen any sort
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760 of "real" interaction between the two. Were they serperate enties?
|
|
761 Since I see that the NET organization is rebuilding to an extent, I'm wondering
|
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762 if, in the event that the Innisfall/NET link DID exist, you plan on linking up
|
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763 with Pyrrix A'aaal.
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764 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
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023=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/09/89 20:56 Msg:4449 Call:24524 Lines:100
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765 696969696969
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766 MOSCOW (10/9/89) UPI - The official Soviet news agency Tass reported Monday
|
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767 that a flying saucer landed in a Russian city recently, and its occupants,
|
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768 tiny-headed aliens up to 13 feet tall, frightened residents during a stroll
|
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769 through a park.
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770
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771 The agency said scientists confirmed the landing and extravehicular activity
|
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772 in Voronezh, a city of about 780,000 people 300 miles south of Moscow, and
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773 noted that the aliens, who were escorted by a robot during their "promenade
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774 around the park," left behind two chunks of rock never before found on Earth.
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775
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776 "A large shining disk was seen hovering above the park," Tass said. "It
|
|
777 then landed, a hatch opened, and one, two or three creatures similar to humans
|
|
778 and a small robot came out. The aliens were 3 or even 4 meters high (10 to 13
|
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779 feet), but with very small heads, witnesses say.
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780
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781 "They walked near the disc and then disappeared inside," the official news
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|
782 agency said. "Onlookers were overwhelmed by a fear that lasted for several
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783 days."
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784
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785 Tass added, "Scientists have confirmed that an unidentified flying object
|
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786 recently landed in a park in the Russian city of Voronezh," Tass said. "They
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787 have also identified the landing site and found traces of aliens who made a
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788 short promenade around the park.
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789
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790 "The aliens visited the place at least three times after dark, local
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791 residents report," Tass said.
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792
|
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793 Tass quoted Genrikh Silanov, head of the Voronezh Geophysical Laboratory, as
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794 saying his scientists identified the landing site by using a technique called
|
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795 "biolocation." The term was not described.
|
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796
|
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797 Silanov said in an interview with Tass that the unidentified flying object
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|
798 left clear marks in the park. "We detected a circle 20 meters (65 feet) in
|
|
799 diameter," he said. "Four dents 4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2 inches) deep,
|
|
800 each with a diameter of 14 to 16 centimeters (5.5 to 6.3 inches), were clearly
|
|
801 visible.
|
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802
|
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803 "We also found two mysterious pieces of rock," Silanov said. "At first
|
|
804 glance they looked like sandstone of a deep-red color. But mineralogical
|
|
805 analysis has shown that the substance cannot be found on earth."
|
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806
|
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807 The scientists acknowledged that "additional tests are needed to reach a more
|
|
808 definite conclusion."
|
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809
|
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810 Tass said that "the route along which the aliens walked as described by
|
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811 witnesses and the route established scientifically coincided."
|
|
812
|
|
813 Meanwhile, back in the U.S. of A. :
|
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814
|
|
815 (10/9/89) UPI - A study found college seniors do not know much about
|
|
816 history or literature - with nearly a quarter unable to identify Franklin
|
|
817 Roosevelt as president during the Depression or distinguish between sections
|
|
818 of "The Communist Manifesto" and the Constitution.
|
|
819
|
|
820 The survey by the Gallup Organization was Sunday released in conjunction with
|
|
821 a National Endowment for the Humanities report calling for a core curriculum
|
|
822 in colleges that would teach students "basic landmarks of history and
|
|
823 thought."
|
|
824
|
|
825 "A core of learning ... encourages community," NEH Chairman Lynne Cheney said
|
|
826 in the report "50 Hours," which offers a sample core curriculum. "Having some
|
|
827 learning in common draws students together - and faculty members as well."
|
|
828
|
|
829 The NEH-commissioned survey asked students in the spring of their senior year
|
|
830 87 multiple-choice questions about history and literature. Fifty-five percent
|
|
831 flunked, answering fewer than 60 percent of the questions correctly.
|
|
832
|
|
833 Even more troubling, the study said, was that more than a third of the
|
|
834 questions were taken from 1986 test for 17-year-olds. When only the questions
|
|
835 designed to be answered correctly by most 17-year-olds were considered, 49
|
|
836 percent of the college seniors still failed.
|
|
837
|
|
838 The students even had trouble with five history questions derived from tests
|
|
839 given to people trying to become U.S. citizens. Only two of the questions were
|
|
840 answered correctly by a high percentage of students - and on one of those, 24
|
|
841 percent did not know Roosevelt was elected during the Depression. Of the 696
|
|
842 students at 67 colleges who took the test, 68 percent failed the literature
|
|
843 section and 39 percent failed the history section.
|
|
844
|
|
845 Eighty-three percent did not know T.S. Eliot wrote "The Wasteland" and "The
|
|
846 Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and 58 percent could not identify Plato as
|
|
847 the author of "The Republic" or Shakespeare as the author of "The Tempest."
|
|
848 Only 58 percent of the students knew that the Koran is a sacred text of Islam
|
|
849 - with 12 percent identifying it as a Jewish text, the survey found.
|
|
850
|
|
851 On the history section, the survey found "significant gaps," many of them
|
|
852 dealing with American history. Only 21 percent of the students, for example,
|
|
853 correctly answered that the Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves to be
|
|
854 free only in areas of Confederate states not held by the Union.
|
|
855
|
|
856 Forty-two percent of the students could not place the Civil War in the correct
|
|
857 half-century, and about a quarter said Columbus landed in the Western
|
|
858 Hemisphere sometime after 1500.
|
|
859
|
|
860 Twenty-three percent identified the phrase, "From each according to his
|
|
861 ability, to each according to his need," as a section of the Constitution
|
|
862 instead of "The Communist Manifesto" of Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels. On
|
|
863 average, men scored higher on the test than women, and seniors at private
|
|
864 colleges or universities had higher scores than those at public universities.
|
|
024=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/09/89 23:21 Msg:4450 Call:24527 Lines:45
|
|
865 696969696969696969
|
|
866 696969696969
|
|
867 ATLANTIS MAY FACE SHUTDOWN:-10/9/89
|
|
868 The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch Thursday, but
|
|
869 environmentalists are attempting to keep the shuttle on land. Their gripe: the
|
|
870 48 pounds of plutonium that will power the Galileo space probe that the
|
|
871 Atlantis is carrying. The anti-nuclear protesters will be in Washington, D.C.
|
|
872 Tuesday to air their complaints.
|
|
873 The two generators that contain the controversial radioactive plutonium
|
|
874 were loaded aboard the space shuttle Atlantis Sunday. The countdown for
|
|
875 Thursday's launch begins Monday by the National Aeronautics and Space
|
|
876 Administration in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Astronomers said the shuttle must be
|
|
877 launched by Nov. 21 or Jupiter will be out of the correct position.
|
|
878 NASA MUST MEET `WINDOW':-10/9/89
|
|
879 NASA says it must use the space shuttle Atlantis to send the Galileo probe
|
|
880 into orbit, because it can't refit Galileo for a regular, unmanned rocket by
|
|
881 the "launch window" deadline of Nov. 21. Galileo must launch by then or wait
|
|
882 until 1991, when Earth and Jupiter are again aligned for the spacecraft's
|
|
883 trajectory. The mission already is seven years over schedule.
|
|
884
|
|
885 696969696969696969
|
|
886
|
|
887 ..............................................................
|
|
888 As another long time user of Backwater, under various aliases and borders over
|
|
889 the years, I would like to add my thoughts to the nostalgia for the "good ole
|
|
890 days". Is it just my fading and faulty old memory, or was there a time a
|
|
891 long time ago, and far far way, when a story line here didn't always dis-
|
|
892 integrate into some cyberpunk sadistic shoot-em-up with laser weapons drivel?
|
|
893 I remember when there was some thought put into plot development, character
|
|
894 integrity, and continuity. I have absolutely no desire to re-create any of
|
|
895 the old scenerio, but it might be nice to get back to some good, articulate,
|
|
896 literate writing. Writing about lurking, or filling the disk writing about
|
|
897 filling the disk does not seem, to me, to fall into this catagory. The recent
|
|
898 discussion has been interesting, and a dose of reality mixed with the fantasy
|
|
899 seems, again, to me, to keep Backwater interesting. I mean look at the times
|
|
900 in which we live. The OFFICIAL news agency in the Soviet Union, and United
|
|
901 Press International are reporting a "scientifically confirmed" landing of a
|
|
902 UFO and extra terrestials while NASA is about to launch a space probe that
|
|
903 could potentially kill us all while the President is conducting drug deals
|
|
904 across the street from the White House (after the prior one was conducting
|
|
905 them in the White House basement) and tax money that was supposed to help
|
|
906 the ever-increasing number of homeless has been going to the very wealthy
|
|
907 power elite. What better fiction could any of us imagine, or write?
|
|
908 .................................................................
|
|
909
|
|
025=Usr:232 bob lindski 10/10/89 13:54 Msg:4451 Call:24542 Lines:4
|
|
910 ????? ?%
|
|
911 COMRADE: IS your foregoing statement cleared by KGB? or at least
|
|
912 by the politburo?
|
|
913 HAMMER & SICKLE FOREVER?/% !
|
|
026=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/10/89 16:26 Msg:4452 Call:24548 Lines:15
|
|
914 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
915 Ok, So I'll try not to Yack to much about filling a disk.
|
|
916
|
|
917 The Wanderer sat contentedly at the small table. Contemplating
|
|
918 style and good story writting. He dreamed of a world where his writting
|
|
919 could keep people interested. "Not bloody likely." He thought.
|
|
920
|
|
921 Somthing carved in the table caught his eye. "SA <Hearts> BD".
|
|
922 There was probably a story there somewhere he thought. Standing he walked
|
|
923 over to the bar and ordered lunch. Returning to the table he began again
|
|
924 to scribble. Just another hobbiest filling paper.
|
|
925
|
|
926 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
927 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
928
|
|
027=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 10/10/89 20:54 Msg:4453 Call:24559 Lines:21
|
|
929 *_*$_)!@($_)!@($_)($~!_$)(~_+)$#~+|!$)!+$()+%*@)_#*@)_#%(@_)!$!+_@)$!+_@$!+_$(!
|
|
930 Zeph: Alas, the NET never made it to the Inn, though the possibilities of such
|
|
931 a convergence were discussed more than once. Writing is a cyclic thing, and
|
|
932 the NET offered a change of pace from the fantasy-science fiction genre that
|
|
933 surrounded the Inn of old. I very much doubt any NET agents will show up in
|
|
934 the new place, or even try to pronounce it!
|
|
935
|
|
936 voyeur: We aren't really looking to spread bad vibes, just make commentary on
|
|
937 something that has affected all of us. I am sure you know how you have fit
|
|
938 in to all of this, and I hope I didn't stir any anger while discussing these
|
|
939 times and those.
|
|
940
|
|
941 adherent: At least someone saw my mis-spelled fruit as more than a stoopid
|
|
942 type. Thank you for your words, and your understanding of what I am trying
|
|
943 t say. Last Thursday is a case in point: I can't speak for Milch, but I was
|
|
944 not taking in a movie or downing another B-52 (the drink, not the bomber),
|
|
945 I was at home keeping promises to others, homework, schoolwork, workwork,
|
|
946 whateverwork, it all runs together after awhile... Try as I might, I will
|
|
947 try to make the next meeting on the 2nd of November.
|
|
948
|
|
949 %@*%_)#@*%_)@#*%_@)#*%@#__@)# L'homme sans Parity %*@)_#%*)_@_@)%(_)@%()_@#%*@%
|
|
028=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 10/10/89 21:12 Msg:4454 Call:24561 Lines:7
|
|
950 696969696969 if it's so safe, why postpone it?
|
|
951 NASA has postponed the launch of the Galileo-carrying shuttle
|
|
952 due to problems with one of the engines. I guess some risks ARE too large
|
|
953 even for them.
|
|
954
|
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955 696969696969696969
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956
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029=Usr:368 Nemesis Warlock 10/10/89 21:25 Msg:4455 Call:24562 Lines:12
|
|
957 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
|
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959
|
|
960
|
|
961 L'Homme: The proper way to pronounce Pyrrix A'aaal? Hmmm, it is rather tricky.
|
|
962 For someone living in the Networks, the twisted maze of alleyways in the
|
|
963 northern part of the Central City, it is aa garbled series of clicks. For
|
|
964 the nobility, it becomes Pie Rix Ah Hall. For a commoner, it varies with the
|
|
965 particular section of the culture from which they originate. For the sake of
|
|
966 the visitor, however, we may use the name as it is registered by the Triant
|
|
967 Society... Pih Rix All.
|
|
968 :::::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::==Zephyr::=====:::::=====:::::=====:::::====
|
|
030=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 10/10/89 23:56 Msg:4456 Call:24566 Lines:5
|
|
969
|
|
970 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
971 Slug has returned after a large Backwater vacation! Anyone miss me?
|
|
972 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slug >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
973
|
|
031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/11/89 21:12 Msg:4457 Call:24588 Lines:12
|
|
974 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
975 Good to see you back Slug.
|
|
976
|
|
977 So much for my need for a 68000. My Floopy drive died. One of the heads
|
|
978 disintigrated. Very depresing. Looks like my Amiga will be in the drawere
|
|
979 untill I can buy another drive. And to add insult t injury, I cant get my
|
|
980 PC too boot. Gives me massive errors and then comes up in basic. Computers
|
|
981 really shouldn't be moved I guess.
|
|
982
|
|
983 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
984 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
985
|
|
032=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 10/11/89 23:10 Msg:4458 Call:24590 Lines:5
|
|
986 Obviously you haven't been making sacrifices to the proper hardware gods.
|
|
987 Everyone knows that if you don't pay proper homage, the angry gods will
|
|
988 wreck havoc on things like RAM cards and hard disks...
|
|
989
|
|
990 Better sacrifice quick, before your amiga turns into a pile of ashes!
|
|
033=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/11/89 23:54 Msg:4459 Call:24593 Lines:9
|
|
991 *********************************************************************
|
|
992 Well, I see that today's Wall Street Journal once again snubbed
|
|
993 the Soviet report of the UFO sighting. I guess I'll have to read the
|
|
994 National Enquirer if I want to hear the "real" news! <grin>
|
|
995 Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a bit more irresponsible
|
|
996 reporting recently? Is the news really that slow that they have to
|
|
997 make it up by pumping up some weak second rate story to become a
|
|
998 headline? Better than "1000 children killed by madman" I suppose.
|
|
999 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
|