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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$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* 25 MAR 91 **************************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up.
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17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18$**************************************************************************
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19$
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 03/25/91 09:51 Msg:5926 Call:34009 Lines:2
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20 Life, Liberty, and the persuit of the opposite sex.
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21 ****************************************************************
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003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/25/91 19:23 Msg:5927 Call:34012 Lines:68
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22 &*&*&*&*'s
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23
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24 At the Top!
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25
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26 Ok, now that the prelims are over.
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27
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28 A poem/song. Chords to the left, words to the right.
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29
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30
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31 Dm Terror in the
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32 Am underground you
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33 Em had to have your
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34 Am Say.
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35
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36 Dm Mirrors on your
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37 Am Bedroom Walls, They're
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38 Em going away
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39 Am today.
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40
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41 Dm Put you through to
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42 Am information,
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43 Em will they have the
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44 Am clue?
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45
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46 Dm Polish up those
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47 Am old sunglasses,
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48 Em They will help hide
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49 Am you.
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50
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51 Chorus/Bridge(not figured out yet.)
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52
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53 Dm Powerfull in
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54 Am Observation,
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55 Em Mellow to the
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56 Am touch.
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57
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58 Dm Powder burns out-
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59 Am side your window,
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60 Em oh its such a
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61 Am rush.
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62
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63 Repeat unwritten Chorus.
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64
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65 Dm Carefull now, your
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66 Am looking crazy,
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67 Em Have you lost your
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68 Am nerve?
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69
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70 Dm Poster hanging
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71 Am on the wall will
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72 Em throw you your last
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73 Am curve.
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74
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75 (The chorus again.)
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76
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77 (Following spoken quitly as music fades.)
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78
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79 Dm This grammar has
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80 Am been context free,
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81 Em You'll never und-
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82 Am erstand.
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83
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84 That last part will probably go away in future versions, or atleast be
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85 rewritten.
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86
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87 An Astral Dreamer
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88 &*&*&*&*'s
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004=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 03/26/91 08:56 Msg:5928 Call:34020 Lines:7
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90
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91 *******************************************************************************
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92 I would like to tell everyone that I like wafers. If you like wafers too, leave
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93 a note! Lets start our own club! Yea! It'd be like so cool!
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94 *******************************************************************************
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95
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005=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 03/27/91 06:04 Msg:5929 Call:34029 Lines:5
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97 *%*@#%)(@#(_)!$_)(%@#(%_)@#%(#*%@%(*^_)%(_)$+!_@$)!+_%*#+%!_%!_+%!+_%+_!%)@#+_%
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98 Astral: Hey, I like it! I assume given the chords that you play this as well.
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99 If so, I would like to hear it sometime...
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100 (%_@#(_)(@#%(@#(%)_@#%_)@#(%_)@(%)*_)%@#(_)@_) L'homme sans Parity *$@*$_@#*%_@
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101
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006=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 03/27/91 08:03 Msg:5930 Call:34032 Lines:2
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102 I wish to take this time to wish one and all a happy holy Week, and a happy
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103 Easter. I allso would like to hear the song some time. It sound like a good
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007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/27/91 08:28 Msg:5931 Call:34033 Lines:16
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104 &*&*&*&*'s
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105
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106 Thanks, Its a bit away from being complete. I'd probably die of stage
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107 fright if I were to try to play in public. My playing skills are still
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108 a bit marginal, and my singing... well, I have no training, and
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109 singing along with the radio only goes so far.
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110
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111 I'll post the rest when I figure it out.
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112
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113 I'm going to be buying a four track recording deck next month. That'll be
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114 fun. I want to be able to hear myself play and or sing in the privacy
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115 of my own home before I torture anybody else. :-)
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116
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117 An Astral Dreamer
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118 &*&*&*&*'s
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119
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008=Usr:322 Stray Cat 03/27/91 19:52 Msg:5932 Call:34037 Lines:110
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120 ---------------------------A Stitch in Time----------------------------------
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121
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122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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123 dumb duh duh dumb ...... Dumb duh duh dumb duuummmmmm-um-ummm-ummm-umb
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124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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125
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126 The story you are about to read is fairly true. Names are not changed ...
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127 we don't protect the guilty. Only Codependents do that. Some names have
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128 been material but that's immaterial. The important things is its sink or
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129 float from here on out and either way you're guilty.
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130
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131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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132 duhhh' duh duh* duhhh' duh* duhhh' duh* duhhhh'
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133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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134
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135 I was doing nightbeat at the ad building. Possibilities were endless and the
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136 money was good -- even for us lower-level prostitutes in the swingshift sweat-
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137 shop. Although we performed our tubal litegations dutifully with a minimum of
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138 supervision (none at all if truth be told), we had paused from the drudge one
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139 night just long enough to discuss atrocities and swap horror stores on the
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140 perils of working swingshift. Trsts of this sort are generally called staff
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141 meetings, or committee or board meetings, or sometimes even hen parties or
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142 group therapy ... whatever. All depends on who you are.
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143
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144 I can remember what brought it on, but we were conferring on safety prodecures
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145 for late night prowls to such places as ... well, say the restroom, for in-
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146 stance. So a fellow floozie starts retelling the one about how she'd been
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147 scared poopless one night when she'd entered the restroom only to find a
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148 custodian snoozing on the adjoining sitting room sickbed.
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149
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150 I followed her with accounts of my own tortuous trips to the candy and pop
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151 machines downstairs, point out that although I preferred the north stairwell,
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152 it made the trip twice as long and you still had to traverse a long, deafen-
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153 ingly silent hallway and turn a corner. With the south stairs, I reasoned,
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154 you could at least see the machines from the door and could make a mad dash
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155 and be gone.
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156
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157 But the south stairwell had heavy concrete walls and a twist midway that
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158 not only made for incredible accoustics, but you couldn't see around the
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159 corner (goes without saying, I guess). And te steel doors at both ends
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160 were so heavy they could hardly be opened or, due to some wonder device,
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161 shut. They had to SLAM shut ... slowly. And just about the tme you're
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162 becoming paranoid about turning the corner, BAAAMMM! the door slams, sending
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163 bone-chilling echoes up and down the stairwell and chills up your spine,
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164 starting a chain reactionwhere even quiet footsteps seem thunderous and,
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165 amplified with your own rapid heartrbeat and pounding in your ears, becomes
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166 almost deafening and the steepness and light color of the stairs begins
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167 making you feel lightheaded and almost dizzy. And all the while you know,
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168 in the back of your mind, terrorized screams for help would be muffled by
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169 that same reverberating concrete and the heavy steel doors ... should
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170 "anthing happen" to you ... on the way down.
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171
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172 But then, when you've finally reach the machines and are feeling quite
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173 confident and concentrating on candy choices ... baammm! the second door
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174 is slammed by its wonder device and for just a moment that same panic sets
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175 in and you're sure somebody's down there with you ready to pounce from
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176 out of the shadows.
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177
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178 ... or that sluggish, silent elevator that always seemed to sneak up on you,
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179 someone else suggested, arriving just in the midst of a pleasant revelrie
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180 conduring during the endless wait ... the elevator that sometimes seemed to
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181 have a mind of its own, making tedious prolonged stops, slowly opening its
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182 decelerated doors to pick up God Knows Who ...
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183
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184 ... OR, I beseeched, marshalling a "dark and story" demeanor anda nodding
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185 to the glassed-in back wall with its door to the adjacent darkened library ...
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186 did they ever wonder if there might be someone hiding back in the library ...
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187 lursking in the dark shadows ... just watching and .... (pregnant pause)
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188 waiting????
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189
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190 ... and with widened eyes, they all slowly turned their heads ... and DID
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191 notice something -- a tiny flashlight beam ... groping in the dark. A
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192 chocked doubletake and we discoveed, to our utter amazement -- and dismay --
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193 someone actually WAS back there ... and it was, on no ... the Big Mac,
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194 Himself.
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195
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196 Poop you not!
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197
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198 It was McElroy, our ringleader's X-boxx, with some burgher "probably re-
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199 vamping their latest reorganization," someone ventured before we exchanged
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200 worried "deep deep dodo time" looks and snapped back to our keyboards/CRTs
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201 and such projects as administrators' wives' theses.
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202
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203 Well, I was doing Daytime next day -- it must've been a Monday because I
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204 wrked Days on Mondays or it could've been a Friday because I volunteered
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205 alot of them, too; but actually it could've been most anyday 'cause I
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206 tended to victimize myself that way thinking I was being "cooperatsive"
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207 and "flexible." But whichever, I was publicly Attacked fo our group's
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208 shenanigans (contrary to my contractual rights, I might add); evidently
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209 our Ringleader had gotten The Word that her night girls did nothing but
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210 sit around shooting the breeze all evening. Of course, I didn't know
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211 whether to laugh or cry (I think I cohse the latter -- stress levels, you
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212 know). And I've never even revealed this Amazing Fate to anybody until now
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213 (obviously Codependence/Dysfunctinality Syndrome). But personally, I cher-
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214 ish crazy coincidences and consistently contemplate their credence.
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215
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216 And even today I continue to wonder what looked sillier -- a bunch of women
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217 turning their heads in unison with looks of pretend terror on the faces
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218 slowing turning to absolute astonishment then to real terror ... or the two
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219 Peeping Dons standing in the dark peering in at a bunch of women obviously
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220 engaging in those shadowy consipracys that rend companys asunder ...
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221
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222 _______________________________________________________________
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223
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224 They may conduct trials by water but they're CERTAINLY on no
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225 witch hunts .... And they're NOT stalking either.
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226 _________________________________________________________________
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227
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228 -------------------------------But will I *ever* LEARN?---------------------
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229
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009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/29/91 06:33 Msg:5933 Call:34069 Lines:16
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230 &*&*&*&*'s
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231 Well, last night saw the return of Twin Peaks. It was even a fairly
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232 good peaks episode. The recap at the begining ought to have helped
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233 out those who haven't seen the show before, though it was a bit to
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234 short to be of to much use. They could have taken up the entir hour
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235 explaining everything, and still had people baffled.
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236
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237 I don't think TP will be back for another season, and that is sad. There
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238 really is so little on TV that interests me in the least. TP is a show I
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239 can actually watch two or three times and still be entertained. There
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240 is just so much going on in almost any given scene that you can't help
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241 but miss some of it the first couple of times through.
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242
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243 An Astral Dreamer
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244 &*&*&*&*'s
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245
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010=Usr:322 Stray Cat 03/29/91 21:31 Msg:5935 Call:34077 Lines:35
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246 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
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247
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248 HOME: About that book .... one really SHOULD be done. I included Margaret
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249 Atwood and Martin Scorsese on the "cc" list of the lengthy documents of
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250 pertinent details I had the Union's secretary "sign for" for my trial by
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251 water but, of course, I was just joshing 'em. I doubt they saw the humor,
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252 but I'd wager my clone they're STILL quivering in ther boots <grin>. And
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253 knowing you're already doing 17 things at once ... as always ... and would
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254 probably prefer a room without a view (in that direction anyway), I think
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255 a former floozie from the swingshift sweatshop could probably do a wonderful
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256 job of it. She placed in a WILLAMETTE WEEK short fiction competition short-
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257 ly before she returned to NY, then evidently wrote a huge tome at home a
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258 few years later. I don't think I ever told you but her "friend" worked for
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259 this very same institution, too. While I knew she was doing magazine
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260 articles and book reviews, I hadn't noticed she'd written a book until I
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261 hppened upon it at the library almost immediately after your remark about
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262 your ... uh, hmmmm ... "friend's" credentials. Like I said, her dad wrote
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263 a book which was later adapted for a moving starring Anthony Quinn, but I
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264 now think dhe's also related to a SF writer/moviemaker who related to
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265 myriad magazine moguls (she never mentioned it though). She's the "punk" I
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266 told you about once that had been a "groupie" for a local NY band that, it
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267 turned out, included my roommate's wacky Oregonian stepsister's LA husband
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268 (her FIRST name was Jessica Rose Boogie; I never memorized her last but it
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269 was even longer <a recent letter said "r jade" so looks like she's shortened
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270 it somewhatly. but she'd be another rather fun novel herself ... she AND her
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271 family!).
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272
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273 But I think there's also an abundance of additional options ... there's so
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274 many pertinent issues involved, I think alot could be made of it lots of
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275 places.
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276
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277 In an event, it's been interesting!
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278
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279 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{} BTW are YOU the young lad that ...
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011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/31/91 10:47 Msg:5936 Call:34102 Lines:7
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281 &*&*&*&*'s
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282
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283 Hmm, looks like this is going to be a near lurk.
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284
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285 An Astral Dreamer
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286 &*&*&*&*'s
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/01/91 05:42 Msg:5937 Call:34110 Lines:23
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288 &*&*&*&*'s
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289 Wow, for such a long time I had terrible credit. (It wasn't my fault,
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290 but the credit people didn't care.) Anyway, suddenly I seem to be able
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291 to get credit everywhere. Getting that first credit card was a heck of
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292 a break through. I went down to apple music today to see about applying
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293 for credit. After filling out a form and waiting for about fifteen
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294 minutes I got the OK on a $1500 in house credit card limit. I
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295 got a nice used 12 string guitar (Now I just have to figure out how to
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296 tune it.) A Yamaha four track recording deck. (Now I just have to
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297 figure out how to use it.) A nice Microphone, a pickup for the
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298 accoustic, a tuner and some strings and picks. After I pay some of
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299 this off I'm going to buy a MIDI keyboard.
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300
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301 I even have some money left over on the limit. I did notice one thing,
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302 being a computer junkie has really jaded me in terms of money. When
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303 a decent hard drive costs 4 to 600 bucks, its hard to blink at paying
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304 similiar sums of money for musical instruments and such.
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305
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306 So, now I have 4 guitars. I seem to be collecting them.
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307
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308 An Astral Dreamer (Filling the disk line by line.)
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309 &*&*&*&*'s
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013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/01/91 11:13 Msg:5938 Call:34118 Lines:8
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311 &*&*&*&*'s
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312 Well, I'm in the process of recording the song that goes along with the
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313 lyrics I posted earlier. Much fun. I am starting to wish I had a couple
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314 of effects though.
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315
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316 An Astral Dreamer (Ha! two messages in one day. No foolin!)
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317 &*&*&*&*'s
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014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/03/91 08:26 Msg:5939 Call:34137 Lines:7
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319 &*&*&*&*'s
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320 Hmm, Methinks I'm going to have to invent some other aliases. I
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321 need to have somebody to talk to.
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322
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323 An Astral Dreamer (too or to, or i it two?)
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324 &*&*&*&*'s
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015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/04/91 09:54 Msg:5940 Call:34153 Lines:7
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326 &*&*&*&*'s
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327
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328 Sigh.
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329
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330 An Astral Dreamer
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331 &*&*&*&*'s
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332
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016=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/05/91 02:51 Msg:5941 Call:34162 Lines:7
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333 &*&*&*&*'s
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334
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335 Sigh day two
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336
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337 An Astral Dreamer
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338 &*&*&*&*'s
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017=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/06/91 05:37 Msg:5942 Call:34185 Lines:9
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340 &*&*&*&*'s
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341
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342 Sigh day 3.
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343
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344 Is anybody else getting bored with this? I know I am.
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345
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346 An Astral Dreamer
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347 &*&*&*&*'s
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018=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/07/91 15:33 Msg:5943 Call:34201 Lines:2
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349 Lurk sigh.
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350 ***********
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019=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert 04/07/91 16:50 Msg:5944 Call:34202 Lines:1
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351 **************looks like things are a little slow*********KathyD*******
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020=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/08/91 01:08 Msg:5945 Call:34209 Lines:5
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352 Because of the falling ratings for Twin Peaks, ABC will be replacing
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353 the programthis fall with a new show more suited to the intellegence
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354 level of their viewers. The new show will be called Twin Geeks.
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355 We are now accepting plot lines for the new show.
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356 *************** ABC (Already Been Chewed) ****************************
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021=Usr:524 robert kulbe 04/08/91 23:28 Msg:5946 Call:34219 Lines:21
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357
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358 ZDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD?
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359 3 GridCom Network For Swap 3
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360 @DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDY
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361 1 GC-1448 Communicator Unit
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362 1 GC-1148-P Centronics Unit
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363 2 GC-Zero Hayes Modem Units
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364 4 GC-RC Line Conditioners
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365 4 GC-PA Power AmpSupplies
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366 Manuals and cables included
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367 ===========================
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368 swap for anything following
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369 ================
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370 good 20meg hard drive
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371 color monitor and XT card
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372 a bus mouse & card + cash
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373 ===========================
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374 Ask for Bob 285-XXXX
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375 or leave mail here
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376 (Robert Kulbe)
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377 These units make up a "Line-Modem" network using AC wiring.
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022=Usr:322 Stray Cat 04/09/91 09:20 Msg:5947 Call:34223 Lines:21
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378
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379 -------------------------A Stitch in Time --------------------------------
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380
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381 THE CYCLE OF ABUSE
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382
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383 It's not like I wasn't prewarned of the consequences or anything. I'd been
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384 told countless times it would only make matters worse. And, of course, it
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385 did.
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386
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387 Kinda reminds me of he stor a former teacher once told in the staff lounge
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388 one noon about another teacher who noticed signs of physical abuse on one
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389 of her students and, as is required of teachers and physicians, reported it.
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390 The CDS promptly removed the kid from his home for two weeks and, of course,
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391 when the kid was required to return home he was REALLY in trouble. He ended
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392 up in the hospital.
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393
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394 Instead of Five Free at the EAP I think the administration should consider
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395 looking into group rates on frontal lobotomies.
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396
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397 --------------------Or Perhaps an Icepick to the Brain? -------------------
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398
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023=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 04/09/91 22:28 Msg:5948 Call:34233 Lines:2
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399 All Purpose Marker #1.
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400
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024=Usr:526 DONALD MOORE 04/11/91 00:00 Msg:5949 Call:34252 Lines:5
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401
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402 ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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403
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404 You know, it does'nt seem possable that us "Modern day sole Brothers" could
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405 be slaves. If the master said..
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025=Usr:527 kristi g 04/11/91 15:54 Msg:5952 Call:34261 Lines:3
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406 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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407 nice to be back ----- good ale here.
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408 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& kristi g $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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026=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 04/12/91 00:42 Msg:5954 Call:34272 Lines:8
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409 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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410
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411 Aha! A voice from the past (I think).
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412
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413 Mohammed Wassir
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414 <The Albanian Firebrand>
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415
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416 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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027=Usr:517 Aunt Rant 04/12/91 14:11 Msg:5959 Call:34283 Lines:11
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417
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418 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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419
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420 So.... these employers who use "integrity" tests for hiring purposes, you
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421 know ... if their questions find you anal retentive, does the company sell
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422 your name to a laxative company? I know the school district sells their
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423 student records ... it said so in the Board minutes from August. I thought
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424 those things were confidential!
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425
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426 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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427
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028=Usr:527 kristi g 04/12/91 15:09 Msg:5961 Call:34284 Lines:8
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428
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429 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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430
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431 Welcome to the new, fascist America. And getting more so everyday. The
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432 postwar arrogance is making me ill.
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433
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434 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ kristi g $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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435
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029=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/12/91 17:07 Msg:5962 Call:34285 Lines:10
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436 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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437 What, pray tell, are you looking for here, Mohammed. There are no stray camel
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438 running loose in this neck of the woods. It is quiet and peaceful, here!
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439 You aren't by any chance fleeing the effects of a disastrous war? Albania
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440 wants you folks back. There is soon to be a new order. There will be a need
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441 for new leaders. This is OPPORTUNITY. It may only come to you this time.
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442 z...no seize the moment!
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443 ???????????a old but friendly lurker????????????????????????????
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444
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445 ?
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030=Usr:527 kristi g 04/12/91 23:45 Msg:5965 Call:34293 Lines:6
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446
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447 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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448
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449 waitaminnit - he was talking to me!!! Who are you, old but friendly lurker?
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450
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451 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ kristi g $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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031=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 04/13/91 04:17 Msg:5967 Call:34297 Lines:14
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452 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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453
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454 An old and friendly lurker, eh? Probably one of those Net guys
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455 lurking around in disguise. You're right, though, opportunities do
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456 abound in my homeland of Albania . . . though I'm not sure I'm entirely
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457 welcome there yet. They still haven't forgiven me for the toilet
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458 plunger caper.
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459
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460 Oh, Leroy, where are you when I need you?
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461
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462 Mohammed Wassir
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463 <The Homesick Albanian>
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464
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465 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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032=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/13/91 06:45 Msg:5968 Call:34299 Lines:12
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466 =+-=+-=+-+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-
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467 ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
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468
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469 SALEM--The Department of Public Waterways is probing the buildup of algae
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470 and other pollutants in the meandering waterway affectionately known as
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471 backwater. The damage was first reported to authorities by the little
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472 knon Albanian firebrand, Mohamme Wassir, who had become lost hile
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473 searching for camls. This normally placid stream with its iridescent clay
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474 bottom and woody debris hs become choked with plants ad scum.
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475
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476 Phosphates and oter fertilizer have befouled is otherwise normally muddy
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477 apearance. To clean it up wil require massive taxpayer assstance.
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033=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/13/91 06:56 Msg:5969 Call:34300 Lines:29
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478 Early estimates predict a need to close down unproductive schools in the
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479 state in order to fund this project. A lake may have to be drained to
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480 increase stream flow. Developers are beginning to discuss ways of
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481 utilizing this, soon to be available, fertile land for public assisted
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482 housing.
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483
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484 Wassir plans to sue public sewerage agencies for allowing these phosphates
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485 to enter waterways. The concrete industries in conjunction with the
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486 highway department are studying the possibility of paving the bottom to
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487 keep the naturally occurring phosphates in the clay mud from leaching into
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488 this pristine environment. The EPA will be looking into the possibility of
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489 providing special eddy areas for fish and other denizens to take care of
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490 their elimination needs in a somewhat more organized manner. All this will
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491 take cash.
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492
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493 Sewer bills may have to be as high as 1200 to 1400 a month. Although there
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494 are seemingly few inhabitants of this quiet area, and they have been
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495 observed talking to themselves, one can't help but wonder what changes
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496 these improvements will bring? Is this the sort of place for supernatural
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497 dreamers or reminiscing secretaries?
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498
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499 The activist, Wassir, is pleased with the impact his actions have had so
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500 far. He has been meeting with Lloyd Marbet, his radiant adviser and may
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501 tackle that Chinese company Wah Chang next. We'll attempt interviews in
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502 the future to keep you apprised of any fast moving developments should any
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503 surface.
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504
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505 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-BACK+COUNTRY=+REPORTER+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
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506
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034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/13/91 10:21 Msg:5972 Call:34301 Lines:20
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507 &*&*&*&*'s
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508 Hmm, activity. Neat.
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509
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510 And now, a poem, song. (I'll skip the chords this time.)
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511
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512 Yesterday morning we came to today. Said to our future we've nothing to say.
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513 And we fought with our ancestors, calling them names, in our yesterday mornings
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514 that already came.
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515
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516 Yesterday morning we came to today. Things we have hidden we've nothing to
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517 say. And we'll come to your houses and tell you our lives, we are yesterday
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518 people with nothing to say.
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519
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520 Forgotten people in houses of clay. Left with tommorow they've nothing to
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521 say. And they fought with their ancestors telling them lies, in their
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522 yesterday mornings that already came.
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523
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524 An Astral Dreamer
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525 &*&*&*&*'s
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526
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035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/13/91 20:44 Msg:5975 Call:34318 Lines:7
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527 &*&*&*&*'s
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528 You know, sometimes I feel like the angel of death. I really don't
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529 mind if other people enter stuff on the same day as me. Honoust!
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530
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531 An Astral Dreamer
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532 &*&*&*&*'s
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533
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534 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-==++-==++-
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535 If you want more company, you'll have to offer stronger ale or free stout!
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536 One can't expect boistrous company in quiet towns hidden away in the woods.
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037=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 04/15/91 00:17 Msg:5978 Call:34345 Lines:3
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537
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538 All Purpose Marker #2
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539
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038=Usr:54 George Freemont 04/15/91 00:25 Msg:5979 Call:34347 Lines:68
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540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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541 I first saw the grey lady out behind the Backwater Inn. My boss,
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542 Conroy Portner, and I had a job back there. Conroy is a private detective,
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543 but the private dick business being what it is, he sometimes has to
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544 fall back on his old trade, plumbing. That's where this job came in,
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545 something had backed up the Backwater to the point the neighbors were
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546 complaining. We had to fix it. My name is Wolfgang Amadeus Jones,
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547 but most folks call me Skip. I'm Conroy's apprentice.
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548 The Backwater Inn had lately gone to seed. Overgrown bushes
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549 surrounded the place and the shutters were askew. A Rowan tree in front
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550 sorely needed some creative pruning. Conroy was never a social sort,
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551 we passed by the Inn and crossed a rough-hewn footbridge. Following
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552 the stream, we entered the forest behind the Inn. Not too far into the
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553 forest, it became evident that something was seriously wrong. The stream
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554 had overflowed its banks and become a small lake.
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555 Conroy motioned me down a small bank at the edge of the lake.
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556 "Aha," he said, "I think I know what the problem is."
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557 "What?" I said.
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558 "The outlet to the stream is plugged. Look." He pointed to a
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559 culvert stuffed with a jumble of branches, pond scum, and assorted debris.
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560 "Wolfgang," Conroy said, "hand me the plumbing snake."
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561 "It's Skip."
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562 "What?"
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563 "I want you to call me Skip."
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564 "Ha! Last week you wanted me to call you Spike. Why don't I just
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565 call you Muffy like your girlfriend?"
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566 I felt me ears getting red, so I shut up and handed him the plumbing
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567 snake. Conroy bent to the task and worked on the culvert. He may be a
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568 short little cuss, but no one handles a snake like Conroy. Sometimes
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569 when he gets pissed, people make the mistake of laughing. With his
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570 red hair and face, he looks like a fire plug with a gland problem. I
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571 only made that mistake once.
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572 "Nope," he said, "this isn't going to work. We'll have to dig this
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573 puppy out by hand."
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574 We pulled out the branches and garbage by hand. One of the first things
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575 I found was a toilet plunger. "Kid, let me see that," Conroy said. He
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576 examined it and scratched his head. "What was the name on the invoice
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577 for this job?"
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578 I checked the invoice. "Wassir. M. Wassir."
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579 "Curious. This is an Albanian plunger. Very rare, produced by
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580 a company owned by an Albanian named Mohammed Wassir a few years back.
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581 I thought he was dead. Let's see what other treasures are in here.
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582 Over the next two hours, we discovered an assortment of curiosities
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583 in the culvert. Along with the plunger, we found in no particular order:
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584 A pasquinade regarding the local school system,
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585 A dingbatted maledicta in good condition,
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586 A love letter to someone named Natasha signed by Leroy McKane,
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587 Several sets of love letters to someone named Pam by various authors
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588 <names withheld to protect the guilty>,
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589 A Net decoder ring of inferior quality
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590 Pen and ink drawings of dragons
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591 An Illumnati I.D. card
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592 A button reading "Tandy M100 rules",
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593 Several hundred pages of news article rehashes,
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594 Assorted bits of prose and poetry.
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595 Finally, I had enough. I told Conroy I was going up to the bank to
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596 take a break. He grunted and kept at the culvert. I settled under a
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597 tree for my afternoon nap.
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598 "Kid, get your ass down here."
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599 I struggled to my feet and walked to the edge of the bank, wiping
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600 the sleep out of my eyes. "What is it? I said.
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601 "I'm gonna call the cops."
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602 "Honest, I gave up those funny cigarettes, just like you said."
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603 "No it's not that," Conroy said. I noticed he had a cigar clamped
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604 in his mouth. He stepped aside and I saw the grey lady sticking half-out
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605 of the culvert. Water trickled around her body. "This broad has been
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606 strangled." He smiled. "Break out your fedora, we've got ourselves a case.
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607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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039=Usr:527 kristi g 04/16/91 01:36 Msg:5980 Call:34368 Lines:7
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608
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609 $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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610
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611 early morning, birthday, after work lurk.
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612
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613 $$$$$$$$$$$$$ kristi g $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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614
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040=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/16/91 10:22 Msg:5983 Call:34371 Lines:1
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615
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041=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/16/91 11:44 Msg:5984 Call:34372 Lines:28
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616 &*&*&*&*'s
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617
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618
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619 You cry out that life isn't fair. You cry out while other people stare.
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620 You cry out, doesn't anybody care? Nobody told you buyer beware.
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621
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622 Money is all the rage now. Cash flow is slowing you down. Can't see
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623 where you are going to. Don't know which way is up.
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624
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625 Had a dream, I was wondering. Had a dream, I was right. Had a dream that
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626 nobody cared to hear. Had a dream that wasn't quite right.
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627
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628 You cry out that life isn't fair. You cry out while other people stare.
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629 You cry out, doesn't anybody care? Nobody told you buyer beware.
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630
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631 Moon is out, the shadows are there. The moon is out, have you gotten your
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632 share? Moon is out, have you gotten your share? or is that the first tiny
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633 tear?
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634
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635 A manic day, I ran all about. Looked around, what a sight. And I knew that
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636 in my wanderings here, would play the game again tonight.
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637
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638 You cry out that life isn't fair. You cry out while other people stare.
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639 You cry out, doesn't anybody care? Nobody told you buyer beware.
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640
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641 An Astral Dreamer
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642 &*&*&*&*'s
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643
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644 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
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645 "It's my own damn fault!" Alexis muttered as he ambled down the road
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646 kicking rocks and feeling sorry for himself. "If I hadn't called it an
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647 evironmental disaster, this would never have happened."
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648 It was his own fault, of course. Desperate for a story he had
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649 followed up on a chance conversation overheard in the county offices. Some
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650 kind of pollution thing. Knowing public tastes, he had called it an
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651 environmental disaster. So now angry letters demanding action were sitting
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652 on his editor's desk.
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653 His editor was ecstatic. There wasn't much action of any kind going
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654 on so they didn't get much public response to local news. A follow-up was
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655 mandatory. And who better than the guy who had uncovered the mess in the
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656 first place?
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657 The first time he had been out, his car had still been running. There
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658 hadn't been much of anyone around to interview. He hung around the inn for a
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659 while sampling its wares. Lately his biggest excitement in life came when
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660 sipping an, as yet, untasted brew from some foreign land.
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661 He wasn't exactly in his prime. He'd quit his job in the big city to
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662 write the great novel only to discover that he'd misplaced it. It was
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663 probably somewhere with his missing socks or in amongst the clutter of his
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664 room. After awhile, realizing that eating seemed to be his real passion, he
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665 got a job with the local tabloid covering rural americana.
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666 It was actually quite a lovely day, sunny and warm and crystal clear.
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667 Certainly a change from all the rain. But he wasn't thinking about weather.
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668 He was plodding along cursing to himself that he had to come out to this old
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669 inn again. There wasn't even a bus out this way. So here he was, walking
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670 along in his clever disguise as a fisherman.
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671 Course he had a fly fishing outfit which was all he owned. It had
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672 been a gift from his ex father-in-law who was a confirmed fisher type
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673 person.
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674 The pond he was headed to was more suited to a cane pole with a bobber on
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675 the
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676 end. But Alexis wasn't enough of a fisherman to even realize how out of
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677 place he would appear.
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678 White flowers dotted the mountain ash adding a splash of color to the
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679 otherwise dreary appearance of the inn. Alexis decided it would be better
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680 to
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681 fish for a while before entering the inn. It would add some credence to his
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682 cover. Alexis crossed over the footbridge and entered the forest behind the
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683 inn.
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684 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
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043=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 04/17/91 02:01 Msg:5988 Call:34390 Lines:38
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685 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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686 The California Grey was lashed by cables to the side of the
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687 pirate whaler. Quick, yellow men deftly cut the whale's blubber
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688 into long slabs to be stored in the ship's hold. Steam arose
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689 from the carcass in the chill of the north Pacific April night.
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690 The men were experts and it would take them only two hours to
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691 reduce the great animal to ribs and bones.
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692 On the bridge, the captain and his first mate watched the
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693 process with an air of competant boredom.
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694 "She put up quite a fight didn't she, Captain," the mate said.
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695 "Bah, nothing like the old days. The big fish are no more."
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696 "And the sport . . ." the mate prompted. This coversation had
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697 been played out before.
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698 "And the sport is gone," the Captain said, "explosive harpoons
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699 and sonar make the kill quick and sure. Business." He spat on the
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700 floor.
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701 From the rear of the bridge, the radar operator said, "Captain,
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702 I have a radar contact bearing 270 at thirty miles."
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703 "Greenpeace?" the mate said.
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704 "Perhaps," the Captain said, "but how did they get so close?"
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705 "I don't know. Should we unlimber the deck gun?"
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706 "Yes, let's finish what the French started and sink the
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707 Rainbow Warrior for good. They are fools if they challenge us out
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708 here with no one to see." The Captain spat on the deck again and
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709 both men laughed.
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710 "Captain," the radar operator said, "I have two more contacts,
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711 same bearing, closing fast."
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712 The mate and Captain turned and peered through the gloom. They
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713 caught but a glimpse of the two missles skipping across the waves
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714 before the first one took the ship directly amidships. The second
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715 one slammed into the engine room and it was mere seconds before the
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716 ship sunk, pulled down by the weight of the California Grey.
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717 Being a stubborn man, the mate clung to a hatch cover for two
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718 hours even though he knew there would be no rescue. Neither his
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719 government nor the Tokyo-based corporation that owned his ship
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720 would admit to its existence. Finally, he surrendered himself to
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721 the sea, and the pirate whaler was no more.
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722 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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044=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/17/91 22:48 Msg:5989 Call:34412 Lines:6
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723 /////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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724 Wisdom is
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725 the booby prize
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726 given when you've been
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727 unwise. Piet Hein Grooks III
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728 ////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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045=Usr:4 Milchar 04/18/91 00:45 Msg:5990 Call:34415 Lines:4
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729 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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730 Oh, my. ENter mode. I hope I remember how to use this thing...
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731 Welcome back to BW, M.W. & kristi g! My, but that was an extended lurk. :-)
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732 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++ 9104180049 +
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046=Usr:529 Joel Hobart 04/18/91 01:49 Msg:5991 Call:34416 Lines:13
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733 ^^^
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734
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735 It has been about five years since I have seen BWMS, but I am back, looking
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736 for my old friends.
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737
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738 Has anyone seen, heard from, heard of, or felt the presence of Mike Zenner?
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739 He frequented here long ago, but I have lost touch with him.
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740
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741 Anyone with info, let me know. User 529, or Joel Hobart...
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742
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743 ^^^
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744
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745
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047=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 04/18/91 14:51 Msg:5992 Call:34427 Lines:34
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746 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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747 "Come in, Ms. Kelly. Tell me, did the Exocets work as
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748 advestised?"
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749 "Yes, Mr. Wassir, two direct hits. The ship was lost with all
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750 hands."
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751 "Excellent. You don't approve, Ms. Kelly . . ."
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752 "Lauren."
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753 "Lauren, then. I didn't realize a Harvard MBA brought with it a
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754 sense of moral outrage."
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755 "Moral outrage has nothing to do with it. I can't understand why
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756 you involve yourself in something that won't bring a profit."
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757 "That's one of the benefits of power, being able to exercise one's
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758 will in the manner of one's choosing without justifying it."
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759 "And you see fit to send fifty-seven men to their deaths."
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760 "Lauren, could it be you're a closet romantic? I see fit to do what
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761 I want. To paraphrase a great Albanian hero, 'Extremism in defense of
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762 the environment is no vice."
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763 "I see. What about the Ralph Nader visit?"
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764 "Set up a press conference for this weekend. We'll announce the
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765 grant to Common Cause. Invite that back country reporter . . ."
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766 "Alexis."
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767 "Alexis. Anything else?"
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768 "We have a problem with Portner."
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769 "Who?"
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770 "Portner, the plumber."
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771 "Ah, for the Inn. Pay him what he wants. There's no reason to
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772 stiff a guy for doing an honest day's work."
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773 "It's not that. Our police sources indicate that he discovered
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774 a body behind the Inn. They're on their way there now. One of yours,
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775 I suppose."
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776 "The body? Hardly. I never clutter up my backyard, it's bad for
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777 business . . . Put on your grubbies, Lauren. I want someone on the scene
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778 to see what's happening and you're elected. This is most curious."
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779 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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048=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/18/91 22:42 Msg:5994 Call:34437 Lines:29
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780 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-+-=+-
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781@np
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782@li781
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783 Alexis started to hum to himself once he entered the shade of the
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784 forest. He found that he was actually looking forward to fishing and was
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785 wondering what sort of lure might attract one in these waters. Poking
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786 about amongst the flies and shinny spinners as he walked, he didn't even
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787 see the dingbatted maledicta until it barked his shins. It was puzzling at
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788 first. He'd seen maledictas before, but the only dingbat he'd known was
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789 named Edith.
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790 When he tripped over the pasquinade, he was at a complete loss. A
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791 feeling of being in over his head began to overwhelm him! He looked about
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792 him at the mess that had been dredged up out of the water.
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793 "Someone's been busy here," he muttered wishing he had someone
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794 other than himself to mutter to.
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795 It was then, that he noticed the culvert. Or more specifically what
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796 seemed to be stuck in the culvert. His heart began to race and he became a
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797 little short of breath. Manys the time he had visualized himself coolly
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798 investigating violent death and even solving the case for the inept
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799 detectives assigned. Yet suddenly, he had this queasy feeling in the pit
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800 of his stomach. He looked about wildly, hoping to see someone. He didn't
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801 want to go any closer by himself.
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802 Whoever had been digging in the muck, must have gone off. They had
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803 to have seen the lady in the culvert. Alexis forced himself to go down the
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804 bank and get a closer look. He slipped. It was a damp, muddy, somewhat
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805 portly figure that puffed his way up the bank and out of the forest and
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806 into the inn.
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807 =+-=+-=+-=+-=+=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-=+-
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808@GREAT IT WORKED
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049=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/19/91 20:10 Msg:5995 Call:34459 Lines:8
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809 Two types that had far better
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810 leave to their betters
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811 the civilized art
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812 of exchanging letters
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813 are those who disdain
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814 to make any response,
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815 and those who infallibly
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816 answer at once. Piet Hein Grooks III
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050=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/21/91 10:13 Msg:6001 Call:34491 Lines:9
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817 A DIPLOMATIC COMPROMISE
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818 A fellow I know
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819 can get mountains to move
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820 and all opposition
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821 appeases:
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822 he preaches what God
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823 cannot help but approve,
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824 and does
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825 what the Devil he pleases. Piet Hein Grooks III
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051=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 04/21/91 11:42 Msg:6002 Call:34493 Lines:31
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826 *_)@#*(_%($_)($_)@#($_)#*(_)!(_)!)%@#%#(%@(%_)@(_@(%)@#(%_(%(%_)(_)(~!@_)$(@!#_
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827
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828 Some days you wake up and you just know things aren't the same as they were
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829 the day before. Today is such a day. Why you ask? Because in what seems like
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830 one sudden swoop of activity, Backwater appears to live again. How long will
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831 this bloom last? No one can say for sure. All I can do is enjoy the writing
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832 while it lasts.
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833
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834 Now to those specific users:
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835
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836 kristig: Words almost fail me in my expression of happiness to see you here!
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837 I take it your PC lives again, along with the modem you write about.
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838 Just when I was about to give up on sweet miracles, you show up.
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839 Thanks for the email! Happy belated birthday (check your snail mail!)
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840 Astral: Ok, no getting out of it next time. I want to hear you play,
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841 and I don't care how "unpolished" you think you are! To a wannabe
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842 player like myself, who is so frustrated with his current lack of
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843 creative muses, *any* guitar playing sounds great. I am impressed
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844 with your efforts at recording. Will you be able to make tapes that
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845 you can play on your new (if slightly clawed) stereo system?
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846 Wassir: Just when we all thought it was safe to let our pets out at night,
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847 you show up. Perhaps it is time to reactive a certain para-military
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848 organization....
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849 Mikey: Have you given up with backwatr polling qiclab? Perhaps you can talk
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850 to shawni@celene, who is able to connect when the system isn't busy.
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851 The only changes are that the Telebit 2500 answers PEP tones first,
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852 so you might have to increase the "wait for carrier" setting on your
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853 modem...
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854
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855 *%_)@*%_@(_)@*_)~!@(_)%&@ L'homme sans Parity *$%_@*$_!@(_)~(_@$%_)$($($)(!$
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856
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052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/21/91 19:29 Msg:6007 Call:34513 Lines:17
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857 &*&*&*&*'s
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858 L'Homme, I'm slowly building up a demo tape. I've written four songs
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859 so far. I'm only really happy with two of them. I'd be happy to
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860 pass on a copy of this tape at some point in the future. Warning in
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861 advance, it is very rough. The only thing I guarentee is that everything
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862 is more or less in tune, and the tempo should be semi-consistant. I've
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863 learned that I can sing a little bit. I'm thinking about taking
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864 lessons in the near future, both guitar and voice. Meanwhile I'll
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865 practice, and maybe sometime I'll even work up the courage to perform
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866 live.
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867
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868 Anyway, its fun stuff. Helps keep me busy. And it has sort of been a
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869 dream of mine for a long time.
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870
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871 An Astral Dreamer
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872 &*&*&*&*'s
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873
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053=Usr:322 Stray Cat 04/22/91 20:32 Msg:6010 Call:34543 Lines:6
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874
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875 I hope all district employees see fit to honor Joe Vorboril at the end of
|
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876 his term on the Board. I admire those people who take a stand despite having
|
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877 a lot to lose by doing it. And he didn't just drop the issue after the
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878 elections either!
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879
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054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/22/91 20:46 Msg:6011 Call:34544 Lines:9
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880 &*&*&*&*'s
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881 Hmm, what issue are we talking about here. There are so many of them
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882 in an organization the size of PPS, that it is hard to keep track.
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883 (Yes, there are politics in education. And they ain't all that
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884 pretty either.)
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885
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886 An Astral Dreamer
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887 &*&*&*&*'s
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888
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055=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 04/23/91 00:31 Msg:6013 Call:34548 Lines:10
|
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889 L'homme: Not given up on QicLab, rather my machine hasn't seen
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890 Unix for a while cause I'm busy on a deadline getting a
|
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891 project done for a certain laboratory down south NM way.
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892 Soon as I get it done I will be eyeing a new computer
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893 with the funds received. I'll also be less busy enough
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894 (hopefully) to be able to call QicLab on a more normal
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895 basis. These days though almost all of my time is spent
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896 coding or sleeping. But the project is very near complete.
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897
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898 ***********************************************************
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056=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 04/23/91 22:53 Msg:6017 Call:34568 Lines:3
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899
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900 All Purpose Marker #3
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901
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057=Usr:333 Bartender Slug 04/25/91 21:21 Msg:6028 Call:34616 Lines:2
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902 All Purpose Marker #4
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903
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058=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/26/91 06:29 Msg:6029 Call:34624 Lines:7
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904 &*&*&*&*'s
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905 Hmm, We really need to finish this disk off. Oh well, I don't see myself
|
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906 doing so at this time. Later.
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907
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908 An Astral Dreamer
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909 &*&*&*&*'s
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910
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059=Usr:512 Alan Zehntbauer 04/26/91 07:08 Msg:6031 Call:34625 Lines:1
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911 What purpose do markers serve? (A confused reader!)
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060=Usr:267 phoenix polymorp 04/26/91 11:33 Msg:6032 Call:34631 Lines:3
|
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912 PHOENIX is back, and this time (I hope) for good (or ill...)
|
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913 So ev'ry one Raise your cans of beer on high and seal your fate forever!
|
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914 Pp ^C
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061=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert 04/26/91 16:59 Msg:6035 Call:34637 Lines:1
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915 *****happybdaykristig!!!*****lookslikean adventureisbrewing****kathyD*****
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062=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 04/27/91 17:34 Msg:6038 Call:34660 Lines:7
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916 *$_@#)_*@#*#)()_(#_)!*%_)#*%_)($_)~($_)@*%^_@$&^_)*$_)!(#!()_@#&%_)*_)$~_)#(%&(
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917
|
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918 Astral: I don't care how rough they are. I am sure I will like it! So, when
|
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919 can I get this tape??? Thanks for the Twin Peaks fix the other day. I needed
|
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920 it, considering there will be no fixes until June. Arg!
|
|
921
|
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922 *%_@#*%_)@#%#@)*%_@#*%_)*_!)&%@#%)#%*) L'homme sans Parity *$_*~!_)#*!_@$!_@)*!
|
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063=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/27/91 21:53 Msg:6041 Call:34662 Lines:18
|
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923 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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924 L'homme, give me some advance notice the next time you're going to stop by and
|
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925 I'll make you a copy. The tape is getting longer all the time. I've written
|
|
926 about six songs, and am writting a new one about every four or five days.
|
|
927 I don't know that I'll be able to keep this pace up. Most of them will
|
|
928 probably end up being throwaways, but if I manage to come up with just a
|
|
929 few good ones I'll be happy.
|
|
930
|
|
931 On the down side is the fact that I don't really know anyone else that
|
|
932 plays. I wouldn't mind exploring the possibility of forming a part time
|
|
933 band. I've always enjoyed playing. When I was in High School Jazz band
|
|
934 I remember it being one part terror and one part thrill. Oh well, I've
|
|
935 kinda taken the attitude that most things in life happen for a reason.
|
|
936 Being a Rock & Roll star would be a passable life. :-)
|
|
937
|
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938 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
939 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
940
|
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064=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 04/29/91 11:27 Msg:6047 Call:34681 Lines:21
|
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941 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
942 I wrote the following piece in a slightly different form back in 1985. I don't
|
|
943 think I've posted it here before. I was at best 19 when this was written.
|
|
944
|
|
945 Upward bound but inward wound, there is in each a changing ground.
|
|
946 Seldome found, never sound.
|
|
947
|
|
948 Cracks an fissures here and there, life is very seldome fair.
|
|
949 Are you there, do you care?
|
|
950
|
|
951 They built up all your fears from small, to make it seem that others pall.
|
|
952 Reach out and call, break that wall.
|
|
953
|
|
954 Locked your sure, inside so pure, they have the lure, they've got the cure.
|
|
955 Better converse, A final Verse.
|
|
956
|
|
957 And Now you've found you have the skill, Don't have to drill, no one can kill
|
|
958 your heart and will.
|
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959
|
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960 An Astral Dreamer
|
|
961 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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065=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/02/91 01:40 Msg:6053 Call:34749 Lines:12
|
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962
|
|
963 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
|
964
|
|
965 Astral! Maybe you can enlighten me here. I've been taping Twin Peaks
|
|
966 but not watching them...saving 'em for later...so maybe I lost count.
|
|
967 Where did it go? No show last week, and doesn't look like there's
|
|
968 gonna be one tonight (5/2) What's the deal..is the series over?
|
|
969
|
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970 ThingFish
|
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971
|
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972 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
|
973
|
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066=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/02/91 06:28 Msg:6054 Call:34751 Lines:19
|
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974 &*&*&*&*'s
|
|
975 No, the series is not over. ABC canceled it. There are two more episodes
|
|
976 in the can, and they will be shown as a two hour movie on june 10. Right
|
|
977 now it looks very unlikely that ABC will pick up TP for next year. But,
|
|
978 TP is very popular in England, spain, Australia and several other countries
|
|
979 around the world. So, it is looking like there might be new episodes, but
|
|
980 they will be payed for by outside interests. No telling wether or not they
|
|
981 will be availble here in the US.
|
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982
|
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983 This show is not going to die easily. Sort of sad that one of the best shows
|
|
984 on TV couldn't make it in the rateings. Seems to me that this is just another
|
|
985 symptom of how far down this country has sunk.
|
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986
|
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987 My prediction is that Laura Palmer will return in the TV Movie. But we shall
|
|
988 see.
|
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989
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990 An Astral Dreamer
|
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991 &*&*&*&*'s (ACK, I hate waiting weeks on end to find out what happens.)
|
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992
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067=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/02/91 14:01 Msg:6056 Call:34753 Lines:7
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993 &*&*&*&*'s
|
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994 Hmm, think I'll finih off the disk.
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995
|
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996 Another rumour I've heard about TP is that they may make a movie for
|
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997 the big screen.
|
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998 An Astral Dreamer
|
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999 &*&*&*&*'s (At the bottom!)
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