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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** REMOVED 11 FEB 84 *******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' 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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20 *************************************************
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21 A LITTLE ADDED NOTE TO THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN MY BEAVER STORY
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22 THE LITTLE PEST FINISHED OFF THE SHRUB, SO NOW IT IS GONE AND I WON'T
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23 BE BOTHERED BY HIM ANY MORE. SIGH.. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE DAMAGE, I
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24 WOULDN'T MIND HAVING HIM AROUND, BUT IT SEEMS THE ONLY REASON FOR
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25 HIM TO STICK AROUND AT ALL IS TO DECIMATE MY POOR LITTLE SHRUB.
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26 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************
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27 Voyeur: Please be more careful about entering msgs. Somehow an Escape sequence
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28 found its way into your msg. It is rather difficult to decipher a msg when my
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29 terminal homes the cursor WITHOUT ERASING THE SCREEN!
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30 In any case, there are three events listed in this month's issue of
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31 The Crier. South Sound Tourney in Evercleare (Olympia, Tumwater, etc).
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32 An Ithra session on Crusaders in Couer du Val (Corvallis). (Ithra is an SCA
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33 unversity, sort of..)
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34 Barbarian Brawl in Windrym (Lethbridge, Alberta).
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35 I doubt that it was the Barbarian Brawl that you heard about. Note that this
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36 list is FAR from complete. There may be many LOCAL events that didn't get sent
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37 to The Crier.
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38 If anyone wants more info, tell me where you live. (city, county, state).
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39 I'll post the address & phone number of the Seneschal of the nearest branch of
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40 the Society.
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41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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42 The Bard helped the piper back to his feet, and called for a CHAIR for his
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43 friend.
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44 ~~~~~~~~~
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45 I could have sworn that Pam planted a hawthorne, not a rowan. They ARE related
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46 but... ah well, I think I shall sing of the rowan & then tell my tale.
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47
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48 Rowan Tree (words & music: Cynthia McQuillin)
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49 Of all the trees that blossom beneath the sacred sun,
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50 The fairest is the rowan tree, who wears a snow white crown.
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51 The fairest is the rowan tree that sang me to may rest
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52 With secret signs of power bare upon her breast.
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53 By the rising of the sun.
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54 The silver of the moon.
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55 I know well what time will tell
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56 Inscribed upon my doom.
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57 For once beneath the rowan I took a sacred vow.
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58 My life to serve the Lady's will. Her crescent graced my brow.
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59 I died beneath the rowan tree defending what I held;
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60 The faith of those who followed me. Their faith was never felled.
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61 By the rising of the sun.
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62 The silver of the moon.
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63 I know well what time will tell
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64 Inscribed upon my doom.
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65 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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66 And now as for that tale..
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67 In West Kingdom some years ago, (perhaps 10?) a meeting was being held
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68 at an SCAer's house. During a break, someone looked out a window and saw three
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69 men trying to force a young woman into a car. He called to others grabbed a
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70 weapon (weapons seem to ALWAYS be at hand in SCA households) and ran out the
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71 door.
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72 The first thing the men knew they were being surrounded by a man & two women
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73 (with more people on the way). To quote Poul Anderson, reporting this in Amra
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74 (a non-SCA fanzine), "The line: 'Unhand that woman' has been used. It proved
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75 QUITE effective!" The woman was invited in for refreshments, while the men were
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76 marched "at sword, spear, and axe point" to the nearest police station.
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77 Another incident in that area, and somewhat later shows an attitude we often
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78 encounter. "Hey, look at all the GUYS in DRESSES!" Many medieval outfits do have
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79 some resemblance to such, but.....
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80 A revel was being held in the auditorium of a school. Some "socially
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81 disadvantaged youths" took note of "all the fairies" and decided to "have some
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82 fun".
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83 They heaved a rock the size of a basketball THROUGH a wire re-inforced window
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84 in one of the doors. (Yes, THROUGH it!) The response of the "fairies" was
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85 somewhat different than the "disadvantaged youths" had expected.
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86 Every lord in the hall came rushing out the door! The "youths" were captured
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87 about half a block away be some latecomers to the revel. The police were called.
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88 When they arrived, they expressed some suprise that the revelers had given
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89 chase to the "youths" (apparently they were part of a "gang"?). Then the
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90 officers took another look at the revelers, this time looking beyond the clothes.
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91 Then they shook their heads at the foolishness of the "youths".
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92 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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93 A figure appeared before before the Inspector and Serena. He was dressed in
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94 black and his face was masked.
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95 "Greetings, Inspector. I'm afraid that you will have to forgo the pleasure of
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96 slaying Mckane. He has become something of a nuisance to us. WE shall deal
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97 with him."
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98 They both protested. Vigorously!
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99 "I do not have time to argue with you. Heed my words!" He then seemed to
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100 disappear into the shadows. The Inspector saw a scrap of white paper on the
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101 ground. He picked it up and froze. Sereena took it from his hand and then
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102 started to laugh.
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103 "The all-seeing pyramid! Leroy has the Illuminati after him." She stopped
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104 overcome by laughter.
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105 The Inspector said, "If he has THEM after him, he is as good as dead."
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106 They headed for a cafe to discuss this new developement.
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107
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108 Meanwhile back at the fortress....
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109 Guards were posted in the hall outside Mckane's bedroom. More guards paced the
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110 lawn outside the doors that opened onto his private terrace. Anyone watching
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111 would have known that there were almost certainly, even more guards hidden from
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112 view. Surely this security was impenetrable.
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113 Inside the bedroom, a figure appeared out of the shadows. It was totally black,
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114 as if it were a shadow come to life. Noiselessly, it approached the bed.
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115 A blade appeared in its hand, and flashed towards the head on the
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116 pillow. The figure stepped back and melted back into the shadows.....
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117
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118 The fortress: 0630 hours....
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119 Mckane rolled over and felt something cold and metallic against his cheek. Even
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120 in his dissipated state, the old reflexes still worked. He was on his fee, wide
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121 awake with a gun in hand.
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122 For a moment he looked as he must have looked in the old days. Then the
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123 muscles, unused to such violent action, sent pain shooting thru his body. He
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124 slumped and almost fell.
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125 Moving as though walking on eggs, he slowly approached the bed. He saw a knife
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126 stuck into the pillow and realized that that was what had awakened him. Then he
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127 saw the note, pinned to the pillow by the blade.....
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128
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129 "Mr. Mckane, you have persisted in crossing us. We were willing to
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130 leave you alone with your 'primal belch' cult. Then you interefered with our
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131 operations by merging with the Hari Krishnas.
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132 We can no longer allow you to interefere. You will step down as head of
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133 your 'religion' and sever all connections with it. You will also leave behind
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134 the funds you have
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135 been amassing for your plans. The million in the wall safe should be enough.
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136 This is your only warning.
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137
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138 The signature was a pair of ideograms. It took Mckane a moment to shake off his
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139 aches (and his growing fury) and recall what they meant.
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140 Then it came to him and the fury turned to fear. They weren't ideograms,
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141 they were Japanese kana. "Myo" & "di". Myodi, the legendary head of the ninja
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142 clans. Who was rumored to work for the Illuminati.
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143 ***************************Jonin************************************************
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144 ps. Contremon, I trust I shall see you. Saturday at 2pm, the usual
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145 location?
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146 ********************************************************************************
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147 Hmmmm. I do believe that 'Figment of the Imagination' could be mentally
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148 unbalanced... perhaps even a little crazy... Hmmmm...
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149 Dr. Frankenstupe
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152 hello
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155 how
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156 are
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157 you
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158 ?
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159 lI
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160 list;
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161 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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162 Bard: sorry about that escape character. You know how it is with
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163 us voyeurs-all we can do is watch; we are terribly ineffectual
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164 when trying to participate.
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165 I live in Milwaukie, so can you steer me towards someone knowledgeable
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166 about Local SCA happenings? Even a group, if they are that structured.
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167 Thanks.
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168 (now to see if I can get out of enter mode without leaving
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169 the usual trail of debris behind...)
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170 000000000000000000000000000voyeur000000000000000000000000000000000000
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171 ############################################################################
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172 Hey! Dr. Frankentupe! If you were talking about
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173 me your wrong! If I'm crazy
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174 then so are you because I'm just a
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175 figment of the imagination!
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176
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177
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179 [THE JOKE THAT WAS HERE WAS VERY SICK. IT IS NOW HEREBY DELETED.]
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182
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183
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185
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186 *HA HA*
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187
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189 Figment of the imagination saying
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190
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191 Later days (or thoughts).
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192 ############################################################################
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193 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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194 Bruce Wren is no longer going to
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195 Gresham. But we live on! Steve Tenhonen
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196 and Rich Melo are still wondering why I
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197 like this one chick, but I won't say!
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198 Actually This is just a waste of time and
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199 space. But most of you jerks out ther
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200 do the same with your stupid stories and
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201 subjects! By the way who is figment of the imagination?
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202
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203
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204 Mad Hacker saying: Bye!
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205
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206 Hey Dave Engstrom just showed up!
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207 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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208 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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209 .......SIGHHHHHHH....................
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210 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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211 ========================================================================
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212 ...I AGREE, DEBORAH, BUT SOME OF THE TALES KEEP ME COMING BACK...
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213 EVAN
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214 ========================================================================
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215 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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216 CISTOP MIKEY,any way to tighten up this system? for that matter,what is this
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217 system???
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218 Mad Actor,it seems txhat the velour man has passed out,he will be sober
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219 again in about 18 hours.
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220 ? The Man in Gray
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221 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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222 -----------------------------------------------------
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223 GET THOSE SHOES!
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224
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225 More than a hundred years ago the Compiler was a small but excellently published newspaper. Often its front-page news was
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226 days old, and yet for a provincial journal in Civil War times, it reported the nation's events promptly.
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227 Reading the issue of June 29, 1863, one learns much about the era.
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228 "The prospects of the Democratic Party were never brighter than they are at present," one article says. Republican Abe
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229 Lincoln was then president.
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230 Some of the advertisements are fascinating. One, placed by Tyson Brothers, exclaims: "Eureka! Eureka! The Excelsior Washer
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231 is acknowledged by all wo see it to be the most complete, and without exception, the most perfect Labor-Saving device ever i
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232 invented. Price $8."
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233 Another ad, this one placed by the R. F. McIlheny store: "BOOTS AND SHOES comprising Men's fine calf boots, Men's Balmorals,
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234 Men's Wellington Boots, Congress Gaiters, Brogans."
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235 It was this advertisment that attracted the attention of three Confederate Generals, Ambrose Hill, Henry Heth, and Johnston
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236 Pettigrew. Hill was in charge of the entire Third Corps; Heth and Pettigrew were two division generals serving under him.
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237 The reason that one newspaper ad intrigued the Confederate brass ws that much of the Third Corps, after many months of long
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238 fighting, was now marching barefoot. They desperately needed footwear, and now they knew where to find it.
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239 Heth told Pettigrew to muster his brigade, head for the town where the newspaper was published, and get those shoes. The
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240 town was some eight miles distant. Pettigrew and his men, about 2,400 infantry, started out in the early morning of the hot,
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241 humid thirtieth and returned late that afternoon. Where was the footwear, General Heth wanted to know? General Pettigrew
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242 related THE REST OF THE STORY.
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243 One the outskirts of town he had seen a small group of Union cavalry; no infantry, although a few of his men had sworn they
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244 heard distant drums. With no cavalry of his own to perform reconnaissance, Pettigrew could only imagine the ultimate strength
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245 of the Union forces before him. He would not gamble with the lives of his troops. That's why he returned empty-handed.
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246 Sixteen sizzling, suffocating miles of barefoot marching---for nothing.
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247 So Generals Heth and Pettigrew met with the commander of the Third Corps, General Hill. Hill told them to relax. Both he
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248 and General Lee were confident that the only Yankees in the vicinity of the town were the small detachment of reconnaissance
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249 cavalry which Pettigrew had observed. Pettigrew could have easily wiped them out and returned with the shoes.
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250 Immediately Heth spoke up. Might he have permission to lead his own division over to that shoe store and relieve the
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251 proprietor of his stock?
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252 General Hill readily granted permission, and the next morning, July 1, General Heth was on his way.
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253 It was a complete accident, you see. No one, neither the Rebs or the Yanks, either anticipated or intended the carnage that
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254 followed. The Confederates, so preoccupied with the advertisement in that small-town newspaper, had utterly miscalculated the
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255 size and tenacity of the Union Cavalry, as well as the proximity of the First Corps and the Eleventh Corps.
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256 So began the footwear war, a spontaneous three-day holocaust. And all the Confederates wanted were shoes from the R. F.
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257 McIlheny store.
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258 In Gettysburg.
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259
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260 --------------------------------------------------- P. V. Jeltz --------------
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261 **************************************************
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262 AGREED, SIGHHHHH.....
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263 BUT, THERE IS NO WAY TO "TIGHTEN" UP THE SYSTEM, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU
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264 GET AS THEY SAY. I WOULDN'T ANYWAY, AS IT WOULD REMOVE THAT ASPECT WHICH
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265 MAKE BWMS WHAT IT IS. THERE IS ALWAYS GREAT HARDSHIP WHEN RUNNING IN
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266 THE FRONTIERS AND BWMS IS NO DIFFERENT. ITS OPEN DOOR POLICY ALLOWS IT
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267 TO CHANGE AND ADAPT TO THE CURRENT MOOD OF ITS USERS. THIS MEANS IT CAN
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268 CHANGE ITS OUTLOOK RADICALLY OVERNIGHT. WHILE THIS HAS CAUSED GREAT
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269 CONCERN FOR SOME WHO ARE CAUGHT UNAWARES BY THE SHIFT AND LEFT HANGING
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270 IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CREATION, IT IS IN THE END REALLY ADVENTAGOUS AS
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271 IT KEEPS THINGS MOVING AND PREVENTS STAGNATION. OF COURSE THE MUTABILITY
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272 OF BWMS DOES MAKE THOSE WHO PREFER STABILITY SOMEWHAT UNNERVED BY IT ALL,
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273 BUT THOSE WHO ENJOY THE CONTINUOUS CHALANGE OF FOLLOWING ITS WINDING PATH
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274 SEEM TO BE QUITE HAPPY WITH IT. OF COURSE AS WITH ALL THINGS OF THIS SORT,
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275 YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THE BAD ALONG WITH THE GOOD, BUT BY NOT LIMITING
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276 AGAINST THE BAD (WHAT EVER THAT MAY BE PRECEVED TO BE) YOU ALSO DO NOT
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277 LIMIT OUT THE VERY GOOD. THAT IS THE INHERENT PROBLEM WITH LIMITORS,
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278 THEY CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN GOOD OR BAD. THIS IS BECAUSE GOOD AND
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279 BAD ARE RELATIVE CONCEPTS AND THEY CHANGE WITH TIME. INDEED, GOOD CAN
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280 OFTEN COME IN THE DISGUISE OF BAD, SO YOU INADVERTENTLY LOCK IT OUT.
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281 THOMAS EDISON HAD THIS PROBLEM, HE NEVER FELT THAT "AC" WAS A GOOD
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282 WAY TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICITY. HE WAS STUCK WITH THE IDEA THAT "DC" WAS
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283 THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE POWER. AS A RESULT HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO
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284 EFFECTIVELY EXPLOYT THE POTENTIAL OF "AC" POWER TRANSMISSION, AND
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285 MISSED OUT ON SOME VERY MAJOR THINGS IN THE FIELD. AND NICOLA TESLA
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286 MADE THE MONEY INSTEAD. UNFORTUNATLY TESLA WASN'T TOO GOOD AT HADLING
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287 MONEY, AND HE BLEW IT ALL ON HIS EXPERIMENTS. HE DIED A POOR MAN
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288 ALMOST UNKNOWN. WESTINGHOUSE DID TAKE PITTY ON HIM THOUGH AND PROVIDED
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289 HIM ROOM AND BOARD THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. THEIR REASON FOR DOING
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290 SO WAS BECAUSE HE HAD SOLD THEM THE RIGHTS TO HIS "AC" PATENTS. BY
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291 THE WAY, NICOLA NEVER DID FORGIVE EDISON FOR OBSTRUCTING HIS WORK.
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292 IF IT WASN'T FOR GEORGE WESTINGHOUSES WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A RISK
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293 ON A NEW AND DIFFERENT CONCEPT WE COULD BE USING "DC" POWER TODAY.
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294 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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296 Bard, (I assume it was you who asked about the Rowan
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297 tree, it was difficult to tell.) PAM did speek of
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298 a hawthorne several times, but it was indeed a Rowan
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299 that she planted outside the Inn before she left on
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300 her long jorney. To use it as an anchor of stability
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301 to mark her eventual return.
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302 +++++++++++++++++++ I.S. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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303
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304 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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305 MIKEY: GOOD POINT! IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO ALLOW ALL INPUT, I'LL NOT
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306 READILY COMPLAIN AGAIN. THE VARIETY IS REFRESHING. JUST THINK, YOUR
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307 BUSH IS PROBABLY BLOCKING A MAJOR WATER SYSTEM SOMEWHERE IN S.E
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308 PORTLAND. ALL IS NOT LOST.
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309 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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310 NO, ONLY THE BUSH! (BUT THEN THE BEAVER KNOWS WHERE THAT IS!)
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311 ***********************************************************************
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312 hello?
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313 anyobody there/|
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314 stipid system
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315 off
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316 exit
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317
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318 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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319 A lone figure aproaches the Inn. Passing the sturdy Rowan
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320 tree that grows outside the Inn, he notices that though it shows
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321 signs of batterment, it still grows strong and proud. Stepping
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322 thru the doors he notices that the righthand door is broken. A
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323 shame he thinks that this would happen to such a place. Upon
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324 entering he looks about apparently searching for someone.
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325 Obviously not finding the one he seeks, his held breath is
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326 released with a heavy sigh. Looking again about the Inn he
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327 notices the intense disarray of the Inn. It seems that in PAMs
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328 absense the Innkeeper has done little to keep the Inn in shape.
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329 Though it could be just that things have been a bit rowdy of
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330 late, who is to tell when one is not there to see? Moving thru
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331 the jumble of broken tables and chairs, he pauses and obtains a
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332 mug of ale from the Innkeeper. With an inquirying look at he
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333 backroom he looks back at the Innkeeper, but the Innkeeper just
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334 shakes his head no, "Emer has not shown since when last you left.
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335 She did however ask of you before she left concern in her voice
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336 over your dark mood. Then took off as if someone had set fire to
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337 her britches." Tarn thanked the Innkeeper for the information,
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338 and tossing him a silver coin asked him to let Emer know that he
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339 was here if he saw her. With that Tarn picked his way thru the
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340 littered mess of the Inn towards the small room in the back which
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341 though once was used for storrage had now been converted for his
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342 odd habit of not wanting to be in the midst of the Inn for fear
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343 of getting hurt in one of the many brawls that always seem to
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344 occur, yet not wanting to miss the things that go on, or possibly
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345 miss the enterance of his dear friend Emer. Hopeing that if he
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346 waited long enough that she would show up after a time. Easing
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347 down at the old familar table, he breaths a sigh, relaxes and
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348 prepares himself for the indeterminate wait.
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349 * Tarn *
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350 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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351
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352 ######################################
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353 Hey! Everyone on this system seems to be
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354 down in the dumps! I didn't mean to offend
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355 anyone by my tasteless jokes, just
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356 thought I'STING' into
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357 this system.
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358 I also like a change. I like to be a Leberal close to
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359 radicalism!
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369 [UTTERLY TASTELESS.]
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370
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371 Figment of the imagination signing off.
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372 ######################################
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373 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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374 FIGMENT: IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN THAT NAME TO SPITE ME, PLEASE DESIST! IF NOT
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375 PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU CALL YOURSELF THAT.
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376 ALSO PLEASE IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF YOUR MATERIAL(IE. TRULY TASTELESS JOKES
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377 TO AVOID PLAGARISM.
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378
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379 AN INTERESTING QUESTION CAME TO MIDND TODAY:
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380 WHERE IS BACKWATER INN????
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381 WE KNOW IT IS NEAR A STREAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST.
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382 THIS FOREST IS CLOSE TO A SEA PORT.
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383 THE CLIMATE IS FAIR, WITH MOSTLY SUN BUT SOMETIMES A LITTLE RAIN.
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384 IT IS A PLACE WHERE A ROWAN TREE CAN GROW WELL.
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385 IT IS FAIRLY SECLUDED AND NOT KNOWN TO MANY.
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386
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387 A GOOD START, HOW ABOUT SOME MORE INFORMATION?
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388 FOR EXAMPLE, TIME. IT APPEARS TO BE MIDDLE AGES PERIOD, EXCEPT FOR THE
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389 USE OF TOW MISSILES AND THE PRESENSE OF THE ILLUMNATI.
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390 WHAT ABOUT ANIMALS. THERE APPEARS TO BE BEAVERS(THE INNKEEPERS PET), BUT
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391 WHAT OTHER LIFE EXISTS HERE?
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392 LET'S HERE SOME MORE DEFINITION OF THE LOCATION!!!!
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393 JONATHAN CHANCE
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394
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395 P.S. P.V. JELTZ: THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION!
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396 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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397 ######################################
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398 Hey! Jonathan Chance!
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399 For one: Not all of my jokes came from
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400 the book Truly Tasteless Jokes!
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401 Two: I use the name figment of the imagination because
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402 I once thought that of other people (I.E. They were my imagination).
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403 But I never thought that I could be such.
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404
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405 The thought of being a figment of someones imagination is
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406 interesting.
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407
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408
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409 Well, NO joke this time.
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410
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411
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412 Figment of the imagination.
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413 ######################################
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414 Fig.:
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415 From the bottom of my (admittedly small) heart, I thank you.
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416 I also agree with the above statement that things have been a bit down
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417 in the Inn lately. In that much I agree with thee, Oh Imaginary Fig;
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418 humor may be helpful...then again...
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419 P.S.--let the children have their fun. The immature ones will find nothing
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420 of interest here and soon leave. The best will stay and improve the brew.
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421 Per Aspera Ad Astra,
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422 && The Mad Actor &&
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423 P.P.S.--The Inn may indeed be pinned down to a particular location, butt
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424 I prefer to think of it as a genuine trans-reality tavern, able to show
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425 up wherever and whenever it's needed most. Except when the phone's busy.
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426 && TMA &&
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427 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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428 Grasping the back of the chair his friend the bard had obtained, the piper
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429 regained a more secure seat.
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430 My thanks! It sometimes seems that as a newborn on this plane, I lack
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431 coordination as well as good sense.
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432
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433 Mad actor: the land containing the inn is sometimes known as Innisfall,
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434 sometimes by other less known names. The inn seems to keep a reasonably
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435 fixed geographical position, but wander through alternate frames of reality.
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436
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437 In truth, reality is simply a bit more mutable here than in the mundane
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438 world that our alter-egos inhabit. The members of the SCA show more courage
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439 than many such as I who seem to need the anonymity of the inn to express
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440 other facets of our personalities.
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441 Inkeeper: I fully agree that keeping an open door policy is the most
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442 rational method of dealing with this motley crew. I watched and lurked
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443 for a long time before joining. I may retire as a participant at times,
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444 but will attempt to keep current as possible.
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445
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446 The piper picked his way through the debris (he hadn't noticed it before,
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447 but someone has changed reality slightly) and bent to the small door of
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448 the back room where he had recently seen a figure enter. He called within
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449 "Sir -- are you quite aright? You seem gloomy and depressed and perhaps
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450 some conversation or a tune would improme your mood."
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451 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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452 Piper: To shift reference frames slightly, here is an SCA tale that is better
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453 told from a slightly more mundane viewpoint than the previous tales.
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454 First, I will explain a few details of SCA combat. We may have steel
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455 weapons for show (and know how to use them!), but in tourneys we use weapons
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456 that are somewhat less lethal! They are made of rattan, a woody relative of
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457 bamboo. It is NOT hollow. Weapon requirements state that it must be more
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458 than 1 inch in dia. (to avoid weapons slipping thru the eyeslots in helms).
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459 So basicly, we are out there wearing armor and bashing each other with
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460 sticks. This is at least as safe as tackle football, but not much safer!
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461 I have seen many a dent put in a helm (16 gauge steel plate) by one of these
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462 "sticks".
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463 At a tourney in California, we were paid what some consider a
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464 high compliment by another famous organization. Some Hell's Angels saw the
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465 fighters out on the field and stopped to watch. After one hard-fought duel,
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466 the fighters involved walked past the bikers. One said to the other, "Come on
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467 over to my pavilion, I've got some beers on ice."
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468 A biker asked someone, "Hey, man. They were just out there trying to
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469 bust each other's head. Now they're gonna have some drinks? What's goin' on?"
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470 "Oh, they're friends."
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471 "But it looked like they was tryin' ta KILL each other!"
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472 "Oh no, we do this for fun."
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473 "FUN!!", says the biker, "You guys are CRAZY!"
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474
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475 We consider this one of the highest compliments the SCA has ever recieved!
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476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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477 Voyeur: You (and anyone else in the Portland area) are in the
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478 Barony of Three Mountains. The Seneschal is Peter Blackbeard, (mundane name:
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479 Peter Nilsson), Portland, OR 97201.
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480 You might also check with the College of Gryphonsward (Reed College SCA)
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481 Seneschal: Alfiriel (Ellen Eades)
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482
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483 Portland, OR 97202
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484
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485
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486 (Sorry, but I don't have a farspeaker rune for Peter Blackbeard!)
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487 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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488 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF BULLETIN BOARD IN OR USING SALEM
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489 PREFIXES----PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGE ANY INFO APPRTEC APPRECIATED THANKS TT
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490 OFF
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491
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492 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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493 through my desire for disk space saving the tale of my daughter and I has finish
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494 ed drive b
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495 The Man in Gray
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496 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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497 ######################################
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498 Hey! How man Physiciatrist does it
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499 take to change a light bulb?
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500
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501
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502 *1, but the light bulb really has to
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503 want to change!*
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504
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505
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506 *HA HA*
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507
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508
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509
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510 Figment of the imagination once again!
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511 ######################################
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512 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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513 that's psycologist, figment.
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514 Bo
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515 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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516 Dr. Frankenstupe:
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517 Oh goody. Are you another man of science to show up here at the inn.
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518 Maybe sometime we could discuss my theory of the true nature of the primal burp.
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519 To all:
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520 I think the inn will pull through. The sigh-inflicters get bored soon.
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521 Well, keep the stories coming and have a nice evening.
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522 Dr. Buck
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523 ######################################
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524 HEY! This Sigh-Inflicter is sick
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525 of you people!
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526 Most of you peoplem are worse than me.
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527 You take up so much space, and put nothing
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528 but crap into your messages.
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529 While I on the other hand take up very little
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530 space with the same amount of crap.
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531 So quit your griping!
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532
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533
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534
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535 Figment of the imagination
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536 ######################################
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537 Yes Figment, but you are indeed the cause of many a busy signal, as evidence
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538 I offer the large number of messages you leave.
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539 M.I.G. Check LN -1 on DB. wetting my appatite ? That was too much.
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540
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541
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542 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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543 to the above rock pisser,I realise that my grammar is not the greatest around
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544 but youdo not have`to nit-pick everything I spell wrong!! you do not also have
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545 to deface my messages either! if you do not like it`then do not read it.and may
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546 I suggest that you use a commode made from solid sodium in an oxygen filled room
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547 sometime.
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548 The Man in Gray
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549 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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550
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551 *****************************************************************
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552 DEBORAH: ON THE OTHER HAND, IT CAN GET A BIT TIRSOME AT TIMES
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553 YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOME WOULD HAVE AT LEAST A REASONABLE
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554 COMMAND OF THE LANGAUGE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS
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555 IN A REASONABLE FORM (WHATEVER THAT MAY BE). WE SEEM TO BE
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556 OVERCROWDED WITH BARBARIANS.
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557 ******************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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558 NO PAM YET, SIGH.......
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559 **************************************************************:
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560 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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561 Hey figment!
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562 Do you know how many Michael Jacksons can fit in a Volkswagon?
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563 ?
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564 ?
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565 ?
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566 Five! Two in the back, Two in the front and ONE in the ASHTRAY!!
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567 ha*ha*ha*ha*
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568
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569
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570 da
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571 exit
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572 help
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573 off
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574 Figment:
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575 Since you are so concerned with crap, I have come to the conclusion
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576 that you may have an anal-retentive personality. See your local plumber
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577 at once!!! Hmmm...
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578 Dr. Buck:
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579 I've heard of primal scream and rolfing, but primal burb seems to have
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580 escaped me. Isn't Leroy McKane mixed up in that? Hmmm...
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581 Dr. Frankenstupe
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582 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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583
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584 ==================================================================
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585 EVER THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE TALKING TO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE
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586 TEND TO GAIN IMPRESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE ENTERING THE MESSAGES BY
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587 WHAT THEY WRITE. AND THIS DOES LEAD TO SOME INTERESTING
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588 IDEAS ABOUT WHO WE ARE TALKING TO. WHEN WE MEET SOMEONE FACE TO FACE
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589 WE IMMEDIATELY KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM BY HOW THEY LOOK, HERE IT IS QUITE
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590 DIFFERENT, A GREAT EQUALIZER IN MANY WAYS, YOU ONLY SEE WHATS IN
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591 THIER MIND, NOT ANY OTHER 'DISTRACTIONS'.
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592
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593 FROM THE TALES OF THE SCA I GET A FEW SCRAPS OF INFORMATION ANBOUT IT
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594 BUT FOR US RELATIVE NEWCOMERS COULD YOU REAPEAT THE SOME BASIC BACKGROUND
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595 ABOUT IT.
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596
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597 WHO IS PAM????
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598
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599 HMMMM... I DO SEEM TO GET SERIOUS AROUND MIDNIGHT.
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600
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601 MUST SEE ABOUT GETTING MY LOWERCASE INTO OPERATION ON THE MODEM.
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602 EVAN
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603 ====================================================================
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604 ######################################
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605 HEY! Did anyone hear about the car accident
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606 where the driver had his entire left side
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607 cut off?
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608
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609
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610
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611
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612 *He's all 'RIGHT' now*
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613 ****************************************************
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614 *** NOW PLAYING----AT THIS LOCATION !!!!!! ****
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615 *** ---- THE VILLAGE IDIOT ---- Starring ****
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616 *** THE ORIGINAL CAST OF ONE ****
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617 ****************************************************
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618 This is just another of the 'MANY' messages from:
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619
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620
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621 Figment of the imagination!
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622
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623 By the way, I'd rather have to take a
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624 little bit of crap at a time as apposed to
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625 a whole pile of it at once!
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626 ######################################
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627 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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628 Either way, I think you'll get it.
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629 Bo -=-=-=-=-=-
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