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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$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* 28 OCT 92 **************************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up.
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17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18$**************************************************************************
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19$
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 10/28/92 22:26 Msg:7573 Call:42686 Lines:5
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20 Perot: right message, wrong messenger
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21 Clinton: right messenger, wrong message
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22 Bush: never got the message
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23
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24 **********************************************************
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003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/29/92 07:51 Msg:7574 Call:42687 Lines:2
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25 Wow, at the top of a short disk.
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004=Usr:758 Thesis Antithesi 10/29/92 10:47 Msg:7575 Call:42691 Lines:24
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28 |
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30 Gee, Clinton should dump Gore & get Perot. Look at the
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31 advantages:
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32 1) don't know
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33 2)gee, um...
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34 3)maybe Perot could fire Congress?
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36 |
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38 On the bad side, Perot would work well to keep
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39 Clinton from being assassinated (the old kill-Bush-you-get-Quayle-sucker
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40 complex).
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41
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42 |
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44 {
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46 Vote libertarian.
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47
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48 H. Celine
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49
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50 }
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005=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 10/30/92 06:54 Msg:7577 Call:42695 Lines:7
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51 &*&*&*&*'s
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52 Meaning is that which lives within
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53 But has its genisis without
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54
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55 An Astral Dreamer
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56 &*&*&*&*'s (Redifining myself)
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006=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/23/92 01:30 Msg:7582 Call:42992 Lines:3
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58 Sorry about that folks. Seems that the modem died and went to modem heaven.
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59 I went back to the old modem I used to use. Luckily it was still around.
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60 *************************** CM *****************************************
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007=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/23/92 06:03 Msg:7583 Call:42996 Lines:6
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61 &*&*&*&*'s
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62 They just don't make them like they used to.
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63
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64 An Astral Dreamer
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65 &*&*&*&*'s (Life is one long series of scenes)
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66
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008=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/24/92 05:37 Msg:7584 Call:43001 Lines:6
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67
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68 The stars may be just points of light
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69 up in the sky
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70 But in the larger scheme of things
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71 They're balls of fire in flight
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72
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009=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 12/01/92 17:47 Msg:7585 Call:43024 Lines:3
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73 Gad, first the modem, now a disk drive. This thing is falling apart!
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74 Well, it is back up for now. At least until something else breaks.
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75 *********************** cm ***********************************
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010=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/02/92 07:00 Msg:7586 Call:43031 Lines:6
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76 &*&*&*&*'s
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77 Maybe its time for BWMS III?
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78
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79 An Astral Dreamer
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80 &*&*&*&*'s (Out to lunch?)
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011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/03/92 20:01 Msg:7587 Call:43039 Lines:4
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82
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83 This space could have been blank. Alas, I couldn't resist the urge to
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84 muck it up. G'day
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85
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012=Usr:758 Thesis Antithesi 12/04/92 11:25 Msg:7588 Call:43044 Lines:8
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86 |
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87 Geez, you would think that a 2400 could connect EASILY to a 1200...
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88 must have been the bad modem. Still, here I am (after several months)
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89 with a good connect.
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90 |
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91 Then again, it could have always been my ineptatude.
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013=Usr:768 Bryan Bybee 12/07/92 19:56 Msg:7590 Call:43067 Lines:5
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94 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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95 it's not how much you talk, it's what you put in it...
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96 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/08/92 18:11 Msg:7591 Call:43077 Lines:12
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99 &*&*&*&*'s
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100 I suspect it was the bad modem. Hmm, what to say... Went to Pittsburgh Penn
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101 for a day. It was work related, so it wasn't much fun. Of course it turned
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102 out to be a great day to not be in portland, since I left sunday morning
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103 (The ice sort of sucked on the way to the airport, but it was no problem
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104 getting home last night.)
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106 What else? Lots I guess, but I think I'm done for now.
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108 An Astral Dreamer
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109 &*&*&*&*'s (Fax me to the moon, and I'll be in a tiff.)
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015=Usr:758 Thesis Antithesi 12/09/92 14:28 Msg:7592 Call:43084 Lines:16
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113 Ah, the joys of children. Being a parent.
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114 |
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115 Not.
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117 {
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118 Um, what's up?
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119
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120 Or down?
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121
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122 Or Around Town? Dunno...
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123
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124 H.C.
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126 }
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016=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 12/10/92 04:44 Msg:7594 Call:43091 Lines:6
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127 *()_@#*(%_)($_()_^()(%_)@%*(_#)^*_)(*~_)!@()_^*_)$#^*)_(~)_($#!_%*&@)_%*~_)
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128 Mikey: Was it the modem we purchased for you years ago that died? Arg! Glad
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129 you had a spare around, but too bad that other modem have to give up the
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130 ghost...
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131 *%)_#@%_)@(#_)(#)_%*@)_*_)!~_)$( L'homme sans Parity *)_@*)_(#)_~$!)_%$*!_*
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017=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/10/92 10:26 Msg:7596 Call:43092 Lines:9
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133 &*&*&*&*'s
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134 What can one say about life? Its meaning has been discussed to the
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135 point of inanity. Its quality has been described to the point of
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136 insanity, and thus it seems to me we spend far to much time in
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137 its practice, and far to little in its execution.
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139 An Astral Dreamer
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140 &*&*&*&*'s (Would somebody run a logic analyzer over that one or me?)
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018=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/14/92 06:51 Msg:7597 Call:43115 Lines:3
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143 Post or die!
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019=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/16/92 18:46 Msg:7598 Call:43134 Lines:11
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145 Execute life? Do you mean "Terminate" or the meaning of putting into motion?
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146 Practice life?? How can you??? Once you are here you get no time to improve
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147 your game, you MUST play. No warm up, no practice. Just see how well you do
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148 in the world of the living (well you do get parental care for a brief period
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149 of time I guess that could be called practice). I guess ummm...
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150 AAAAAAAAAAAAAGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I don't want to
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151 think about anything right now... let me be miserable...
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152
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153 -Aaron
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155 This is transitory...
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020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/16/92 19:32 Msg:7599 Call:43136 Lines:4
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157 Life is an endless series of vignets. Some funny, some sad. And most just
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158 sort of ho hom.
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021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/17/92 13:06 Msg:7600 Call:43140 Lines:1
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022=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/18/92 07:40 Msg:7601 Call:43143 Lines:10
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162 Another night, another day. The time of living.
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163 Master the illusion of growth. All our wonders moving
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164 Towards another uphill climb. To succede
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165 Well it isn't always easy. Programed like the machines
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166 We work our time and we tow the line. Seldom moving against the tide
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167 It doesn't really matter it seems. In the end we are the ones
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168 Dreams that light our life. People who are outside
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169 The existential warriors have never found there way in. Can't in
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170 fact find their way out
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023=Usr:707 GENE JONES 12/18/92 18:28 Msg:7602 Call:43152 Lines:1
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171@I DIDN'T SEE MY ENTRY ANYWHERE WHAT HAPPENED?
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024=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/19/92 08:26 Msg:7603 Call:43160 Lines:18
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172 Waste encompass my mind, we all dribble silently,
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173 saying the words that waste provokes.
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174 Answers are never forthcoming, we spew endless nonsense,
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175 in the place of intelligent conversation.
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176 One sided, we place up thoughts for others to see,
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177 While they pay no heed having their own thoughts to play.
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178 An endless wasteful hateful existence, without acknowledgement of mind,
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179 We who do not answer the call,
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180 We who do not reply to the message,
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181 We who pass by the post of the user before,
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182 Just to waste space with our own unheeded words.
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183 Repetition, redundancy, repitition of our self-proclaimed wisdom.
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184 We... More than one.
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185 We... Alone.
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186 -Aaron George
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187 (Somebody talk to me, I like poetry and the images you guys produce is
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188 stunning, but I want reciprication of intellect. Hence I beg thee...)
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189 Somebody... Talk... To... Me... ,... Please... ???... 8)...
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025=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/20/92 08:13 Msg:7604 Call:43166 Lines:14
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190 &*&*&*&*'s
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191 Hello, here it is, a reply. I'm starved for good electronic communication.
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192 But what to discuss? I've tried starting conversations, but it seems my
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193 abbilities in that regard are far from forthcoming. Having produced
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194 not even the meerist wimper in most casses.
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195
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196 So, a topic. How about the sales tax? Or, we could discuss the decline of
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197 IBM, or music, or computers in general.
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198
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199 Just my thoughts.
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201 An Astral Dreamer
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202 &*&*&*&*'s (Am I the song?)
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026=Usr:758 Thesis Antithesi 12/20/92 10:34 Msg:7605 Call:43169 Lines:36
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204 |
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206 Here, here, a debate! The merits vs. the avoided. (Dicotamized format,
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207 of course). How about the effects physically produced by a person's state
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208 of mind vs. the effects produced in animals, plants, and the activities
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209 of nature? Or, is the Texas Supercollider really needed by scientists
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210 today? What happened to the billion$ of dollars spent on Star Wars?
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211 Why was it that you could get little financial aid in the 80's to go
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212 to college, but you could always join the Army/Navy/AirForce/Marines
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213 and get FREE money? Student loan defauts weren't THAT bad back
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214 then. How is it that we know little of Japanese culture, yet
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215 Japan teaches English to ALL its students, and has adopted American
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216 food, clothing, and attitudes? Has America finally put on cultural
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217 blinders and stoped accepting immigrants from other countries? What
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218 about the use of new optical holographic memories that can stor
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219 large amounts of information in a small cubic crystal? Will it ever
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220 be pratical to replace hard drive subsystems with this, and what
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221 kind of data rate could be sustained?
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223 Aaron, there is plenty to debate and discuss and mull-over and
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224 agree on and disagree on, it's just that the majority of people
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225 suffer from apathy.
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227 Astral Dreamer, I beseech your patience. Your timebox was currently
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228 a void; I've activated it for about a day, using it's time-compression
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229 feature to allow me to count prime numbers. This probably strained
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230 your timebox to the limit, as the instruments indicated it was
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231 at full power. I forgot to slow it down, so it was running full
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232 tilt overnight. I remembered this morning, went back and turned it
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233 down. It now sits idle again, with the same void. Do not be
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234 angry at this misuse; I promise to be more responsible with
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235 time-control devices in the future.
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236
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237 Thesis | AntiThesis
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027=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/20/92 14:57 Msg:7607 Call:43170 Lines:36
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240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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241 Well Astral Dreamer, I don't understand the merits of sales tax, because I've
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242 been living in Oregon all my life and we don't happen to have any (sales tax).
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243 I'm not aware of the decline of IBM, because I'm using one now and the market
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244 seems to be doing well for IBM and compatible products, software, etc. Music?
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245 Music is a device that can be used to move the soul, and encourage emotions. I
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246 like music in all forms, and yes I do mean ALL. No exclusions. Some music just
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247 isn't very good, but I still appreciate it. 8) My computer is an IBM PS/1 and
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248 I never knew much about it, except that it has a modem and a VGA screen.
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249 Someday I want to know more about the computer world and what all those nasty
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250 terms mean so when I buy my own it will be a good one. The one I'm using is
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251 generally termed the family computer, but I am the only one who uses it...
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252
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253 What effects physically produced by a person's state of mind? What effects
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254 produced by animals, plants, and nature? Obviously the human mind is a natural
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255 object, how can it be contrary to that of animals, plants, and nature? We do
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256 run on instinct you know... Our society has become an immense force in that it
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257 limits the way we go about our instincts, but they are still there and must be
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258 heeded accordingly. Wars will arise from overpopulation, disease will spread
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259 quickly and overcome densely populated areas, and famine brings down population
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260 even more as nature struggles to bring down the destructive forces of man. How
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261 can either side win? If man prevails natures security clauses, he has doomed
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262 himself and loses. However nature loses its dominating life form if it destroys
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263 us all, perhaps for the better, but never the less an extinction of severe
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264 impact on the galaxy. Well we should be able to muddle along... Nature will
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265 win obviously, as our technology kills many of us, doubtfully all, and proceeds
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266 it's rebuilding. In a billion years, all will be well... All is transitory. 8)
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267 hahaha... Merry Christmas!!! I feel ill.. 8( I need a psychiatrist and Eliza
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268 didn't help me much... I happen to have a desire to be in love, and ample
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269 opportunity, but seem to be fighting myself due to past relationships dying.
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270 I don't enjoy the idea that the next one will be the same, and I have no way
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271 of proving that such will be the case, but the fear nags me and I shy away
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272 from the relationship I long for... I should stop shying away from it. But
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273 I can't ask her for a relationship till this big ZIT on my forehead goes away.
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274 hehehe... Thanks for listening to me babble. I desperately needed to. 8)
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275 -Aaron George
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028=Usr:758 Thesis Antithesi 12/21/92 09:24 Msg:7608 Call:43178 Lines:17
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276 |
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278 I was speaking in the sense that man seems to be able to make direct
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279 decisions about the environment (create an idea) and then make changes
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280 as we see fit (act on the idea). Yes, man has "instinct", but we call
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281 it "intuition" because it has been through civilization and refined into
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282 something else. Other parts of nature seem to alter the environment out
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283 of instinct and not direct application of thought (otherwise beehive
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284 communities would be "intelligent" enough to make tools instead of using
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285 the community members AS TOOLS).
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286
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287 As for the potential relationship, well, there's always an investment
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288 in Clearasil pads... ;-)
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289
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290 Thesis | AntiThesis
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029=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/21/92 13:06 Msg:7609 Call:43184 Lines:46
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293 I suggest that all Man's actions are directly or indirectly related
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294 to his natural instincts. Maslo's hierarchy of needs states these
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295 instincts nicely in five parts: (1) The need to eat, sleep, breath,
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296 etc. (2) The need for shelter/security. (3) The need to love and be
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297 loved. (4) The need to achieve acomplishments, and recieve
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298 recognition. (5) The need to learn and explore. Society has not in
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299 essence changed these, they are still valid in our everyday living.
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300 We need to eat and have shelter, so within societies structure we
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301 hunt food with money instead of teeth, substituting hunting skills
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302 for skills used to aquire money. The love we feel is a chemical
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303 brain stimuli used to hasten reproductive instincts, we "love"
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304 becuase nature/instinct tells us it's time to reproduce, and sexual
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305 peaks arrive in the bearer at the time most healthy for procreation
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306 to occur, early-late teens for males due to the growth hormones
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307 being still strong and capable of endless sperm prodution, and late
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308 womanhood for the fully grown womb and milk prodution capabilities.
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309 But it is at achievments and knowledge where this query of yours is
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310 directed, so my thesis is thus: Humans, like animals, are stupid.
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311 They require a leader and are all simultaneously striving to become
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312 this leader. They don't listen to nature, because they feel they
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313 have become capable of mastering it completely, so spurn Ideas of
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314 physical perfection (the strongest stallion) as a pack leader, yet
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315 can't seem to take seriously the idea of a mental giant controling
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316 them or they fear/resent the intelligence they are not capable of.
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317 They thus stay devided with only small bands of scientists going on
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318 to evolve thier brains, and small groups of bodybuilders pursuing
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319 physical evolution, going actually nowhere in an unchanging world.
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320 There needs to be significant environmental demands to force us
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321 into evolution. This leader will be a mutant. As are all true
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322 leaders... This will be the first strain of new humans brought
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323 about by drastic changes in the environment. Reproduction will
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324 occur and this mutation will spread to all others untill the entire
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325 population is capable of survival in their new surroundings. Nope.
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326 Never mind all this is just flowing out from my mind without any
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327 preconception and is going to be read as a jumble of meaningless
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328 ponderings. I can't explain why man is different from animals, but
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329 I see similarities. We are all evolving at our own rates, so could
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330 in time achieve the same as each other, were it not stifled by our
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331 dominance of nature through tools, adapting our environment to us
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332 instead of ourselves to it, and in the process wiping out species,
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333 destroying habitats at unatural rates, giving them no time to
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334 assimilate and correct their genetics to mutate. We are pulling
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335 down nature with our manmade tools. I wish we could have evolved
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336 differently, but we are here now, trying vainly to repair what we
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337 have done, and many of us denying the problem entirely. Ah well.
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338 8) -Aaron George
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030=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/22/92 06:39 Msg:7610 Call:43188 Lines:11
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339 Sigh. She doesn't want a relationship... She has had sex with me...
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340 She doesn't want to be used as a piece of meat... If she didn't
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341 feel any emotion for me, why did she sleep with me? I love her.
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342 I told her so when she thought I was using her, and I must wait
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343 till she sees the message before I can know if she cares. How can
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344 she act like the injured party when she's not the one in love?
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345 Women will always be a mystery to me. Yup, that's me Inspector
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346 Aaron, working on a case part of a mystery that can never be
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347 solved... Damn... My chemicals are really messing with my life.
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348 Somebody shoot me and put me out of my misery.
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349 -Aaron George
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031=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/23/92 05:03 Msg:7611 Call:43201 Lines:21
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350 &*&*&*&*'s
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351 Not much time for a reply to all the stuff going on here, have to get to work
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352 soon. Thesis, don't worry about CPU cycles. I ain't using 'em anyway, so
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353 its better that they don't go to waste. BTW, I may be gettin back on the
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354 rain slip-net. Time will tell.
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356 About things in general. I think woman like to believe they want commitment,
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357 when if fact it scares most of them as much as it scares us males. Maybe
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358 we aren't so differant after all.
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359
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360 As for why we are here and how long it will last. These are meerly mind games
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361 used to pass the time. We have at this point no way of telling, and no
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362 matter what happens we will always be able to delude ourselved into
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363 believing that this continues to be true. I am of course refering to the
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364 collective rather than any specific we. You can trust some of the people
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365 some of the time all of the people most of the time, but you can't trust
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366 all of the people all of the time.
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367
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368 An Astral Dreamer
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369 &*&*&*&*'s (Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho)
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374 Um, OK, here's my .02 cents (plus a dime for inflation adjustment):
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376 1. Man can NOT adapt to different environments very well. I would
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377 surely drown underwater, or freeze/suffocate in space. This is why
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378 mankind has chosen to alter the environment. It is people's hubris and
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379 neglect and apathy that has brought the environment to its knees. After
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380 all, ANY living creature will alter the environment; the environment is
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381 a dynamic, rather than static, setting. The Earth could easily support
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382 a little under a billion people without drastically impacting the
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383 ecosystem. Instead of using information to help ourselves, we, as
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384 people, still continue to control the spread of information. Thus,
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385 we still have countries with 5-9 childred per family. At this rate,
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386 the shear numbers of people will be our own downfall.
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387
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388 This is why I support Zero Population Growth.
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389
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390 2. Don't feel bad about your relationship, Aaron. Speaking as
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391 a married young man, I can tell you that no matter who you're with,
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392 it'll never be easy. (I personally think that this is why Romance
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393 Novels sell so well- because people want to believe that it is
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394 very easy to be in love) It seems that she is unsure about what she
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395 wants to begin with (re-read your own message and see if you can
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396 spot the contradiction), so don't stress. Women outnumber men by
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397 about a 45:55 ratio, and y're bound to find someone if you keep
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398 trying. Our society also dumps alot of garbage into both Mens and
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399 Womens minds. By the time that people are ready to pair-bond,
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400 there are so many misconceptions and misunderstandings that there's
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401 bound to be some friction. Now, don't take the ramblings of this
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402 young fool (me) to heart; it just seems that a)you're forming an
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403 obsession with her, instead of going through the first state
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404 of friendship-building, and b)she seems to either not care about
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405 her situation/self/you or she lacks drive/direction/understanding.
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406 I'm not trying to criticize you; just relax, sit down, and reflect
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407 about how you would feel if some strange woman suddenly developed
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408 a STRONG liking to you, but you didn't know what to do with her...
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409
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410 Hopefully, you'll gain insite into both your actions and hers. Is
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411 she communicating with you? This is a big one - it's why my marriage is
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412 so rocky with my wife, she doesn't always like to talk to me. I've
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413 had to re-learn how to communicate with her and to be
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414 patient with her decisions. We're doing pretty good now, but that
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415 doesn't mean that I can just "sit down" and not put an effort into it...
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416 anyway, try keeping your mouth closed when hers is open, and listen
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417 carefully to what she says. When she decides to stop talking, THEN
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418 approach her and find out how she feels about you. If she does the
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419 following, then you know what's up:
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420
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421 a) acknowledges your intentions and immediately replies. This means
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422 that she has SOME kind of interest in you, even if it was a "no" answer
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423 she is at least respecting you as a person, you should feel honored by
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424 her effort and respect whatever she says.
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425
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426 b) acknowledges you but not your intentions; that is, she's
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427 beating around the bush and doesn't answer your questions. It's eithr
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428 a uncomfortable subject for her (in which case I suggest changing the
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429 subject IMMEDIATELY) or if she seems vague in her answer then she's
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430 unsure about her own decisions (which means, cool your heals and let
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431 her have time/space to think - but don't wait forever, you could die
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432 waiting for an answer from some peope)
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433
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434 c) does not acknowledge you or tries to avoid your presence in
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435 person; this one is fairly obvious to anyone, don't need to explain
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436 rejection...
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437
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438 d) does not acknowledge you verbally but instead takes some kind of
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439 direct action OR becomes verbally aggressive (telling you that "we" need
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440 to do this or that, or dictating); This is evidence of denial. The
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441 denial could be something simple (she's fighting with herself because
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442 she doesn't want to have a relationship BUT she also likes you) or vert
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443 very very complex (childhood or adolecent scar caused by some trauma,
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444 needs professional therapy to help the scar heal enough to be comfortable
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445 with herself). In any event, she will be taking this alternative action
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446 instead of giving you acknowledgement because it's a form of a
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447 defense mechanism. By not confronting her delima, she can remain
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448 comfortable with herself, but she will fail to grow as a person until
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449 she accepts the fact that there are some things she can't run away from.
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450 Hence, her "action" will "defend" her "view" of herself, and she
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451 remains "happy".
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452
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453 e) does acknowledge you but in an immature way;
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454 she might need to grow before she can reach a level of relationship
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455 that you are both comfortable with. Treat her like any other adult,
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456 and try not to "judge" or "tell" her anything - it will make her
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457 resentful and she will feel like she's constrained by you.
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458
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459 Geez, I guess I got a little carried away there... take this
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460 with a grain of salt, don't be so hard on yourself, and remember that
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461 I'm not attacking you or her in this, I'm just giving my extremely
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462 biased personal opinion.
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463
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464 Thesis | AntiThesis
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465
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466 |
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034=Usr:771 Aaron George 12/24/92 10:05 Msg:7614 Call:43208 Lines:20
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467 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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468 Well I'm not planning on placing undue stress on this situation,
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469 mainly by giving up hope, but also by trying to see other women.
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470 After christmas caroling and last nights party, I have opened up
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471 several new possibilities for relations, but this time I intend
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472 to measure my strides and keep a watchful eye on myself. I have
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473 always been easily engaged in my emotions, but I will make friends
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474 and shy away from relationships for a while. Let me have time to
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475 get over this past pain, before moving on. Thanks for the help,
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476 it was very well recieved. 8)
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477 Perhaps we should do Poetry for a while, I'm in the mood...
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478
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479 Look here, the layman cuts at my poems again!
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480 Placing my wit at risk.
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481 But for what I value his wit, so rare,
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482 Here takest thou this shiny disk.
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483
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484 (snicker...)
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485 -Aaron
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486 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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488 |
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490 Aaron, it's good to hear that you have made your decision about
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491 your past situation. It's also good to hear that I didn't manage
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492 to give you some crummy advice - sometimes, taking the advice of
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493 another person about your own relationship is the worst thing to do.
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494 I'm just happy it worked out for you. Also, *DO* concentrate on the
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495 friendship part (that you mentioned); I think you will find that
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496 when "the time" comes as to wheather or not you would be comfortable
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497 in a relationship with the other person (and vis. versa for the
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498 said person), you and her will find that it'll be somewhat easier
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499 and less "uptight", 'cause you'll both "know each other" already,
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500 i.e. no need to hide things from each other. Good luck on
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501 your pursuit of happiness...and don't be afraid of anything...and
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502 last of all, never forget to be yourself.
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503
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504 Astral Dreamer, have you been busy? Seems I can't locate you
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505 to well. Happy Holidays to you and a Merry / Exciting New Year,
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506 should I not be able to find you in a few days. Will make an
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507 effort with timebox...
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508
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509 Thesis | AntiThesis
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511 |
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512 &*&*&*&*'s
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513 Busy , Busy , Busy. But I am alive and well. Thanks for th holiday greetings.
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514 Happy new year to all, and now its time for work.
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516 An Astral Dreamer
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517 &*&*&*&*'s ()
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518
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520 How Now Brown Cow?
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521
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522 All creative people are crazy. They have to be to major in the arts.
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523
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524
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525 Theres a ships boat on the horizon
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526 And holds a heavy load
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527 Its full of all the things we've plundered
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528 From the islands of this sea
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529
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530 On its bottom lies the anchor
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531 That once held us in our place
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532 So now we cast it in the water
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533 But without its chaining grace
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534
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535 We have sacrificed all our future life
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536 In an effort with no code
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537 So to all our false tommorows
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538 Walk the ones that can't say we
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539
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540
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541 &*&*&*&*'s
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542 Ah life, the only frontier. Makes you wonder why we didn't have something
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543 better to do sometimes don't it? Like maybe figuring out proper sentance
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544 construction. Not to mention what the heck a paragraph is.
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545
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546 What is a paragraph anyways? Who cares say I.
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547
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548 An Astral Dreamer
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549 &*&*&*&*'s (Sureal variant on a name that denotes the unreal)
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550
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551 &*&*&*&*'s
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552
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553 Wow, sometimes its hard to come up with something to say. Especially when
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554 I want to be clever. I think I'm suffering from clever block.
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555
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556 Oh well, maybe next time. Meanwhile, I have to ask what everyone thinks is
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557 going to happen over the next few years?
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558
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559 An Astral Dreamer
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560 &*&*&*&*'s (Many fish live in the sea, but some just live in water.)
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561
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562 |
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563
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564 Here I am, glued by gravity to a lintball some 27,000 miles in diameter,
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565 circling an uncontrolled nuclear reaction. Sounds like fun you say? Then
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566 you should try
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567
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568 N E W A N D I M P R O V E D
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570 L
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571 L i ff
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572 L f f eee
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573 L i fff e e
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574 L i f eeeee
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575 L i f e
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576 LLLL i f eee
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577
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578 ...with the miracle ingrediant, DNA! Yes, new and improved LIFE will
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579 bring tears to your eyes, a smile to your face, and pleanty of fun
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580 and excitement as you dodge wild carnivores who want to clean the meat
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581 from your bones! And while trying new and improved LIFE, also try
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582
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583 R O C K - N U T S
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584
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585 ...the cerial that's mined, not grown! One bite of tasty ROCK-NUTS
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586 will have you saying, "Gee, when can we see the dentist?"
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587
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588 |
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589
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590 Just what I've always wanted: to eat cerial, loose my teeth, and run
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591 from wild animals ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Just goes to show how capitalism
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592 has brought us to new and exciting levels of entertainment. And I just
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593 can't wait to move up to the next stage: using a new Zero-Gravity Toilet
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594 while learning subliminal Swahili and keeping the ship's airlock shut
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595 to prevent decompression.
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596
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597 So what's on the horizon? Virtual Reality will bring us to having
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598 Virtual Sex that leads to a Virtual Orgasm, which is to experience making
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599 love to something and getting something back in return, even thogh
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600 it didn't happen. Then we'll need Virtual Police to patrol the Virtual
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601 Red Light District. I've never made love to my computer...don't intend on
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602 starting right now.
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603
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604 When does advertising begin? Where does it end? Have you ever
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605 seen an advertisement in the middle of a hardback book? Just imagine
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606 how many copies of "Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason" you could sell
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607 if it had every other page plastered with a semi-nude model selling cheap-
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608 smelling purfume, or a sporty new X200 sports car.
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609
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610 Ban advertising. If you wanted to know about something, you would
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611 be willing to get up and go out to find it. Advertising plagues our minds,
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612 saps our spirits, and cools our hearts away from those we love. Advertising
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613 is the plague of the Information Age. We need to formulate some kind
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614 of "vaccine", something that would selectively remove advertising fro
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615 everything we see, hear, and sense.
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616
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617 You don't believe me? Just how many hours did YOU spend in front
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618 of the TV? Listen, if you're going to absorb X-ray emmisions from a CRT,
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619 might as well do it while learning something usefull; so use your computer
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620 and modem more often. Call other BBS systems (including this one too!),
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621 "talk/chat" to other people on multi-line systems, and most importantly,
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622 READ THE MAIL LEFT BY OTHERS. You just might learn something, or worse
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623 yet, you may even AMUSE yourself.
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624
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625 Thesis-AntiThesis
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626
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627 |
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628
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629 *%_@#*%_)@#*%_)*%_)%(@_)#%^*@$_)^*@_(_$!_)($_)(@~_)$*@)_$%*_#)!%(!($!+$*_)$*
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630 I use this system so I can learn how depressing everything is from Astral
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631 Dreamer! (just kidding AD, but sometimes you get, well, a little down on
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632 things). Perhaps you might try writing some B52 lyrics instead of The Cure
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633 lyrics... just a dumb thot :-)
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634 (_(_)*(%_@(%_+($+@_*%+@_*^+!_(% L'homme sans Parity *%_)@*_)!@(#_)%*_!*!_)%*
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635
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636 &*&*&*&*'s
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637 L'homme, I don't try to write depressing lyrics, it just tends to happen.
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638 When I'm in a good mood, the last thing I'm thinking about is writting
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639 poetry/lyrics.
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640
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641 I really should stop by sometime with the MIDI module I bought recently.
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642 I think you'd be impressed.
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643
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644 To the world in general, hello. Are we having fun yet?
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645
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646 An Astral Dreamer
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647 &*&*&*&*'s (Time keeps on keeping on)
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648
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649 &*&*&*&*&*'s
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650 The Light that shines on the window is only th smallest part
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651 Of the the that comes from the sun, atleast to my human eyes.
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652
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653 An Astral Dreamer
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654 &*&*&*&*'s (Closer to reality, farther from accuracy)
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655
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656
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657 To be tenacious is to never give up when you know your cause is just. When
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658 you have the good fortune to be both tenacious and wise, great things can
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659 be achieved.
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660
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661
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662 Today is a day very much like any other. The only real differance that I
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663 can discern is that I am living it in the first person.
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664
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665
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666 If people think me stupid, I sometimes wonder if it is perhaps not because
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667 I do not understand, but instead because they do no understand.
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668
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048=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/23/92 08:24 Msg:7635 Call:43441 Lines:3
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669
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670 Not as profound as you would otherwise believe.
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671
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672 |
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674 Understanding separates the fools from the foolhardy. ;-)
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675
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676 -Just kidding, I know perfectly well what was meant by the last few lines
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677 above my message. Seems that those who do not comprehend are more
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678 inclined to pass off wisdom or information as "stupid or foolish
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679 non-sense", simply because they themselves do not wish to appear
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680 foolish or stupid. I try to talk about what I know, and what I have
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681 been told, but if I know nothing, I'll try to also come right out and
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682 say it. If I can guess the meaning of new information (what we would
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683 call learning in school years) then I will not bother to say
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684 that I don't understand; then again, if I don't guess right, I'll
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685 still try to apologize and ask for more specifics.
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686
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687 How do others react to this situation? Do you notice yourself
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688 doing this "rejection", or do you try to comprehend the situation,
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689 or do you simply do a "politician" (ya kow, if their mouth moves,
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690 then they're lying). Think about what you do when confronted with
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691 news that you fully don't understand... you might suprise yourself.
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692
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693 By The Way, where have all the callers gone? Long time ago? Seems
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694 that Backwater is in need of new callers and new life, along with
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695 stories and poetry and debates and satire and witicism, and all the
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696 other stuff that makes a boring life not so boring ;-)
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697
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698 T-AT
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699 |
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050=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/25/92 07:46 Msg:7639 Call:43456 Lines:4
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700
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701 A small fish in a big pool stands a much lesser chance of being eaten than
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702 the big fish.
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703
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051=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/26/92 08:44 Msg:7642 Call:43464 Lines:4
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704
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705 Sometimes a penny saved is a doller lost. Put another way, prudent frugality
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706 is a virtue, compulsive frugality a vice.
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707
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052=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/27/92 13:34 Msg:7643 Call:43482 Lines:6
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708 &*&*&*&*'s
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709 Yes, there is life here. Its just slow to respond.
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710
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711 An Astral Dreamer
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712 &*&*&*&*'s (Why do I put this stuff here anyway.)
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713
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714
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715 A teltale reminder of the thing that hid beneath your bed as a child. Is it
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716 a bird, is it a plane? Is it just another user picking up the verbage of my
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717 brain?
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718
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719 Could it be the under signed on a contract with your name? Or is it just
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720 another bit of prose that looks about the same.
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721
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054=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 01/29/92 08:01 Msg:7645 Call:43491 Lines:10
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722 &*&*&*&*'s
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723 Fun and games, fun and games. I hate being in situations where I don't feel
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724 as though I can ask questions. Especially when I know that if I even bother,
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725 I'll just get ignored.
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726
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727 Ain't work grand? Makes me want to go to work for myself. And I just about
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728 could I think. Tempting, very tempting.
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729
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730 An Astral Dreamer
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731 &*&*&*&*'s
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055=Usr:530 Jessie a. 01/31/92 06:18 Msg:7648 Call:43505 Lines:36
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732 *!*!*!*!
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733 By the time of eveningside, the sweet tender grasses grew.
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734 No longer to be in fear, no longer to tremble under the
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735 cruel hand of... of the unspeakable. Far, far into the
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736 distance the sweet moon graced its tender light. How sweet
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737 the field. How sweet the violins of crickets on soft breezes.
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738
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739 Perhaps no genteler thing nor kinder scene than this had
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740 ever crossed the face of creation.
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741
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742 Where comist. Note the time. Play the breezes. Warm. Sweet
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743 the smell rushes of the grasses.
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744
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745 Now the soil, well the soil it releases. Play the air again.
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746 How the ...well, how the air it is sweet. Is it
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747 night? Perhaps but the soil knows only the feel of purple
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748 twilight. Does it cross the face of the grasses, long and
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749 the grass heads hanging by their tender love of their selves.
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750
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751 Now again rushes the breeze. Play, play soft wuch swet
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752 encompass as these. Lie upon the earth. Tender. Oh tears,
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753 oh such tears of tenderness. Never again. Perhaps, but no.
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754 No, again and again and again into infinity.
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755
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756 LOng the green grain. Yellow the...well the tender food of the
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757 earth. RAin for the bees...well, no but how do you say?
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758 Sweet. Lie amongst. Down, down close to the earth there is
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759 sweet baby. Which baby? Oh.....child. Child of the earth.
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760 Player. PLayer of sweetness. Earth, earth is moved. Silly earth.
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761 So many childs like this. All learn.
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762
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763 Now the grasses again. Tip toe the winds...far, far across the
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764 face. Rest. No more the....
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765
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766 Jessie
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767 *!*!*!*!
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768
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769 |
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770
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771 Who Am I?
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772
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773 Is it identity that creates self-perception, or is it
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774 our intangible friend, conscienceness? Or are we apart from
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775 our perceptions? If I am like others, then I am the same.
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776 But I am also different from others, so I am apart. Which
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777 leads to empass.
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778
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779 |
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780
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781 You're you, schmuck. Get a grip! If you're not you,
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782 then who's inside your head?
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783
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784 | "I'm argueing with myself again..."
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785
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057=Usr:131 THE VISION 01/31/92 13:35 Msg:7650 Call:43507 Lines:6
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786@_____________________________T_H_E___V_I_S
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787
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788 ___________________________T_H_E___V_I_S_I_O_N________________________
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789 Hi all... don't recognize anybody around except Astral Dreamer. How
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790 are you doing AD? Long time no talk... Anyhow, take it easy.
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791 ______________________________________________________________________
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058=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/01/92 07:49 Msg:7651 Call:43508 Lines:12
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792 &*&*&*&*'s
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793 VISION, I am as always here. Atleast some small part of me is. Some things
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794 can become a part of your soul. For whatever reason, Backwater qualifies as
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795 such an entitiy in my life. I don't call quite as much as I used to, but
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796 I almost always get on a few times a week.
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797
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798 Sometimes life seems dumb, sometimes life seems grand. Sometimes life is
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799 the promise that you hold in you hand.
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800
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801 An Astral Dreamer
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802 &*&*&*&*'s (Changes keep on happening. Scenery's not the same.)
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803
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059=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/03/92 08:48 Msg:7653 Call:43523 Lines:11
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804
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805 Many have lamented the passing their years, And I must confess that I am no
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806 better than they. It seems to me that when I look about, all I see is a
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807 world that I am slowly failing to understand. It is the young who play
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808 the game of fashion and fads the most ardently. Perhaps because it is new
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809 and fresh to them, while we have grown weary of it. Of course, the older
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810 generation inevitably holds the power, and thus for all their posing and
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811 playing they have in fact very little.
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812
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813 Who knows, who cares?
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814
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060=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/08/92 13:41 Msg:7655 Call:43555 Lines:6
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815 The words that are put forth on this page
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816 Are minor players on the stage
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817
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818 Of the life I live inside my head
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819 Yet they help keep my creative hunger fed.
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820
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061=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/11/92 05:45 Msg:7656 Call:43566 Lines:5
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821 People wander by
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822 Don't care enough to say
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823 Don't care enough to stay
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824 Why?
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825
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062=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/12/92 07:33 Msg:7657 Call:43571 Lines:8
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826 &*&*&*&*'s
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827 Here I am again. Hmm, been sort of silenter than normal around here recently.
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828 Must be that people are still in their winter hibernation. Springs just around
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829 the corner, so that should be changing soon.
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830
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831 An Astral Dreamer
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832 &*&*&*&*'s (Still dreaming after all these years)
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833
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063=Usr:9 Pamela Coleman 02/15/92 11:13 Msg:7658 Call:43598 Lines:5
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834
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835@>.........>.........>........>.......>....>.....>....>...>..>.>>>>>>>>
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836@
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837@ It' not really rational... it's spit on a htplate, skittering
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838@around, skipping and jumping from place to plae changing form, losing
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064=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/17/92 08:42 Msg:7659 Call:43611 Lines:3
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839 Sometimes life can throw you a curve ball. Its even worse when it hits you in
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840 the face.
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841
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065=Usr:786 Ben McCrea 02/18/92 23:25 Msg:7660 Call:43616 Lines:21
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842 +======================================================================
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843 Hello world. I'm new here and I like what I see. Have you heard of the
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844 melibdemaboral sesp? I happen to have connections with a very prestigios
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845 (really prestigiouuus) physicist who has made a fantastic breakthough in
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846 unification field theory. Dr. Bodough Ilgner of the Int'l Physics Asylum
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847 will soon become famous due to this incredible discover. Time travel (of
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848 a sort) has become possible throught the utilization of Dr. Ilgner's
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849 discovery, The Melibdemaboral Sesp. In brief, the sesp works on the
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850 following principle: objects immersed in the sesp experience a slowing in
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851 the passing of time, providing a longer pathway into the future. In layman's
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852 terms, an hour becomes approx. 62.34 sec. and a month would become 32.2 days
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853 for the object in the sesp. Although applications for the sesp have yet
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854 to be concieved, it is clearly a neat thing. Says Dr. Ilgner, "it allows
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855 one to sneek up on the past from behind!"
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856
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857 Ok, so that's all nonsense. But I NEED diversions like this. Cruel world!
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858 Catch me in a more poetic mood sometime, and remember, I'm generally
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859 considered an overly serious individual.
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860
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861 - Dorian -
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862
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066=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/19/92 06:44 Msg:7661 Call:43618 Lines:9
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863 &*&*&*&*'s
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864 Welcome Dorian.
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865
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866 An Astral Dreamer
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867 &*&*&*&*'s
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868
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869 Tiny little objects made of nothing more than light. Travel through the
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870 inbetween and take away the night.
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871
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067=Usr:787 delta-v delta-v 02/19/92 22:35 Msg:7662 Call:43624 Lines:14
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872 [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*]
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873 I have three new books published on electronic surveillance, privacy, and compu
|
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874 ter security. For details write Lysias Press PO Box 192171 San Francisco 94119
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875 I don't get on here very often. Is Wassir (the friendly Albanian) or Dreamtouch
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876 er still around?
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877 Is Sysop Mikey still having wet dreams about Pam?
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878
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879 ?
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880 s
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881 save
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882 off
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883 /s
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884
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885
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068=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/21/92 09:24 Msg:7663 Call:43639 Lines:3
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886
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887 A time and place, inside the ace that helps us win each hand.
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888
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069=Usr:789 Iolair Tiene 02/21/92 19:09 Msg:7666 Call:43645 Lines:13
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889 _____________________________________________________________________________
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890 Well It's Been A long time since I have Written Anything here!!!!
|
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891 Many's the day I'd Stop by to read a story or 2 and maybe even write a line
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892 or three to continue ya see
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893
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894 Oh Well, the days have been long and the work longer
|
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895 and now i only have five minutes to compose something to say
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896 so I'll Just let You Know I stoped by this way
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897
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898 21 FEB 93
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899
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900 Iolair Tiene
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901 __________________________________________________________________________
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070=Usr:789 Iolair Tiene 02/21/92 19:26 Msg:7667 Call:43646 Lines:3
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902 Is There Any b o d y o u t t h e r e ?
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903
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904 pink floyd
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071=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/23/93 07:13 Msg:7668 Call:43659 Lines:4
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905
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906 We exist. For a fleeting instant. We have form. But here we are void.
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907 Only our words can be found. When we are not around.
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908
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072=Usr:54 George Freemont 02/24/93 20:38 Msg:7669 Call:43667 Lines:5
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909 .................................................................
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910 Rumor has it that Wassir still checks in from time to time.
|
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911 I'm sure when he does, he'll say "Hail, and well met". Not
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912 being Albanian, I have absolutely no idea what that means.
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913 .................................................................
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073=Usr:787 delta-v delta-v 02/25/93 01:23 Msg:7670 Call:43672 Lines:4
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914 L'homme: Howzit? Have a helluva time getting onto my UUCP node, and still haven
|
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915 t got on NETCOM...Hey, no Leroy McKane, Wassir, here?
|
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916 I'm gonna have to come back to Orygun!
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917 [=*=] Delta Five [=*=]
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074=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 02/25/93 12:07 Msg:7671 Call:43675 Lines:3
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918
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919 In any concept there is a core of deception.
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920
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075=Usr:26 Mohammed Wassir 02/25/93 21:03 Msg:7672 Call:43680 Lines:15
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921 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
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922 Delta,
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923 Nice to see you back at the Inn. Haven't seen much of Leroy
|
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924 lately, rumor has it that he's been hiding out at the Lonely Hearts
|
|
925 Mission in Old Town. Do come back to Orygawn . . . it's been a while
|
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926 since I've had a real challenge. That French guy with the funny name
|
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927 is a real cream puff (That oughta get the poop flyin' eh?)
|
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928 Thought I spotted Pam on Internet, but I guess I was mistaken.
|
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929 Oh well . . .
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930
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931 Mohammed Wassir
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932 <The Friendly Albanian>
|
|
933 P.S. I'd say Hail and well met, but I don't know what it means
|
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934 either.
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935 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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076=Usr:790 Stray Cat 03/01/93 16:46 Msg:7674 Call:43706 Lines:2
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936 ************************************************************************
|
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937 Well, since Mikey seems to be out of town I'll just have to replace the crud
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077=Usr:790 Stray Cat 03/05/93 07:59 Msg:7677 Call:43748 Lines:8
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938 I wrote before then post it again later when Mikey ***FINALLY*** puts up a new
|
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939 wall (am I ungrateful or WHAT??) So now I have the space, I'm at a loss for
|
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940 the words I had yesterday when, for some reason, I'd found in physically im-
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941 possible to post graffiti here for some technical reason, I suppose. In my
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942 extreme frustration I went out & purchased some books I couldn't afford just
|
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943 to keep my mind off IT. So, when I get my act together I'll call back and
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944 hope the lines are still here.
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945
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078=Usr:790 Stray Cat 03/05/93 18:15 Msg:7679 Call:43750 Lines:12
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946 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% really, I DO need to get a grip...
|
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947
|
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948 (and I shouldn't have wasted that line) Since I DO tend to be offensive
|
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949 to MOST readers here, from here on out I shall use %%% as my border so you
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|
950 can program anything between them right on out (that is technically possible
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|
951 isn't it?) Maybe that way I myself won't have to encounter it either. I'd
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952 like to read the OTHER stuff on here without having to go through all this
|
|
953 too. One diskful by some of the regulars here could last most imaginations
|
|
954 a lifetime, if you know what I mean. Earlier today I felt like a spinning
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955 swaztika just thinking about SOME of it. Thank the gods I've settled down.
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956
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957 When IS Mikey gonna change the disk I wonder??? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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079=Usr:54 George Freemont 03/06/93 12:48 Msg:7681 Call:43756 Lines:6
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958 .....................................................................
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959 Babe of the month: Laura Tyson: Chairperson of the President's
|
|
960 Council of Economic Advisors
|
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961
|
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962 TV Show of the month: Beakman's World
|
|
963 .....................................................................
|
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080=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/06/93 14:39 Msg:7682 Call:43757 Lines:10
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964
|
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965 The last line in any great story is the one we most easily picture. It is that
|
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966 last image that will stay with us, and in some casses haunt us. So, save
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967 yourself a lot of time and just read the last page.
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968
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969
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970 For my birthday I want something that nobody else has. Something like a
|
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971 5000 pound lemon pie. Then I could invite the whole city to come to my party
|
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972 and have a pie fight. First one to the pie splatters everyone else. Start
|
|
973 working out now, it could happen.
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081=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 03/07/93 12:15 Msg:7683 Call:43764 Lines:18
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974 ^
|
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975 Wouldn't you like to have a flying saucer? Imagine the fun you could have
|
|
976 with rural aliens on other planets.
|
|
977 ^
|
|
978 I love the smell of asphalt. Especially when mixed with the fumes of passing
|
|
979 cars. Theres no other rush like it. Especially when you add the noise from
|
|
980 all that traffic. Ah, nature in all its unbridled glory.
|
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981 ^
|
|
982 I remember hearing once that if Alpha Centuri were just a little closer, you
|
|
983 could get a tan from being in its light. But I just can't picture myself
|
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984
|
|
985 Just what I've always wanted: to eat cerial, loose my teeth, and run
|
|
986 from wild animals ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Just goes to show how capitalism
|
|
987 has brought us to new and exciting levels of entertainment. And I just
|
|
988 can't wait to move up to the next stage: using a new Zero-Gravity Toilet
|
|
989 while learning subliminal Swahili and keeping the ship's airlock shut
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|
990 to prevent decompression.
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991
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082=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:1
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992 So what's on the horizon? Virtual Reality will bring us to having
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