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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 11 JUN 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 privately 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 privately 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 COULD'NT RESISIT BEING FIRST ON THE DISC! HELLO ALL.
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22 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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23 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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24 NEVER MIND....................
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25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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26 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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27 Habitrail - So glad to see you leave your usual occupation and turn
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28 your hand to the adventure aspect of the Inn. I knew you could do it!
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29 Quite well, too, if I may add.
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30 L'homme - We've managed to avoid it all this time, but finally it comes.
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31 And from what source? Piper! (In league with TRON? aaiiyy!)
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32 - also, I get the impression you'd like some docs back. Geez, I've
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33 only had them for 6 weeks or so, how do you expect me to read them in that
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34 short a time? By the way, do you know any DOSPLUS addresses? It will
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35 make it easier to figure it out if I know what's being called.
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36 ?????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ?????????????????????????????
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37 *)$#*)$@*!#)$*)$_!@#()!*%)$*%)$#!*^)*#$%^)#_$^(_#$^)#%*^)*!^)_(%_^&(_%&$^_&*
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38 QuizMaster: Yes piper did open a pandora's box. I never thought I would see
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39 it here...but yes...reduced to a teenager's fantasy world. I will play
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40 along for a while...to see what happens... I hope Aaron sees this, he will
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41 get a good laugh too. (I think Aaron might already be here, watching,
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42 writing, waiting for a chance to jump.) Regarding the DOSPLUS docs, yes...
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43 We The People, Who Own Legit Copies of Operating Systems, Do Have The
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44 Proper Jump Tables And Memory Maps for Said Operating Systems. Fini!
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45 By the way, when is voyeur going to come back? Unless everyone contributes
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46 to the story, it will surely stagnate. Let's all hope we can get out of
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47 this TRON world in one piece.
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48 *)*%)#$%*$#
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49 After awakening voyeur, bard, and dream toucher (snow runner didn't
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50 need any help waking up), L'homme set about to see what new things were
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51 wrong with the car. The others went over to see how piper was doing. The
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52 voice of L'homme was still not "ici", but he hoped it would return soon.
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53 Piper explained to the others what and who these small creatures were.
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54 It turns out they are from faraway place that L'homme had never heard of.
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55 Burying his head in the engine compartment, L'homme checked for
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56 any danger signs. "Head gaskets seem ok, no problem with the card studs,
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57 the carb jets and bowls seem to be in good condition, the throttle is a
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58 little sticky, but nothing a little WD40 won't handle. The Ethanol mods
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59 seem to be holding up quite nicely. Let's see here...what's this???
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60 Ahhhhhh!!!" L'hommes voice seemed to return along with a sudden rush of
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61 pain pulsing from a left hand that strayed to close to a very hot header
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62 tube. Every other words coming from L'homme's mouth was of the 4 letter
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63 kind (Boca Raton (get it Leonard?)), but at least he was talking. L'homme
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64 joined the other over by Piper, and declared the car was operational, as
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65 far as the motor went. There was a little damage to the suspension, from
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66 the fall, but not nearly the amount one would suspect considering the
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67 circumstances. "With a little help, I can patch it up", L'homme told the
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68 others with his new found voice. "Where are we anyway? This place reminds
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69 me of a new Detroit Auto Show Room. Everything looks kinda plastic and
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70 "electronicy". Piper replied in a strange voice, "You may be more
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71 correct than you know.". L'homme reply was cut short. The air seemed to
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72 be suddenly somehow electrified. And a few moments later, the air started
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73 to heat up. They could hear what sounded like a huge fan, but it was a
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74 long distance away. "What now???!???!??", yelled L'homme, as the air got
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75 hotter and hotter...
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76 *)$#@*$)# L'homme sans parity dans un enormement de elecTRONique *)$#*$@)
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77
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78 _________________________________________________________________
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79 Don't call a man a fool...borrow from him.
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80 ___
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81 What do you call a man in a swimming pool with no legs and no arms?
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82 Bob...
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83 ___
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84 What do you call a woman with only one leg?
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85 Ilene...
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86 ___
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87 What do you call a Japanese woman with only one leg?
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88 Irene...
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89 _______________________ A WORD FROM THE WISE - PART II ___________
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90
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91 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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92 Quizmaster:Leave me a message on PCS to 'The Doctor'. NOT PRIVATE! Tell me who you are! (please, Milchar won't tell
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93 me!)
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94 Archer:Told ya we'd get you in...
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95 ?????????
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96 The Doctor focuses on The Key, says a few words that are better not reproduced, and an image of the 'man' called the
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97 Archer comes to mind. Still focusing, The Doctor 'pulls' the Archer to the Tardis. After a few moments, the Archer
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98 tells the Doctor of his problem, it being he has eight months to live. The Doctor tells him, "I'm sorry, we have more
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99 pressing problems. Go to the front reception desk and take a number. We have a little trip to make, namely retreiving
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100 some wine..." The Archer sets off, promptly losing himself in the seemingly endless corridors of the ship. The
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101 Archer uses an intercom to tell the Doctor that he is lost. The Doctor replies, "I told you two doors to the left!
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102 " The Doctor mutters, "Fool..."
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103 Milchar begins to inform the Doctor of his newest plan...
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104 ?????????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor, Milchar, and Archer ??????????????????????????????????????
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105 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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106 The gem seemed to be carrying the Ninja through some sort of vortex.
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107 When it all stopped, he wasn't in Japan. He seemed to be in some sort of land
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108 that was covered with square black buildings. The strange part was that the
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109 buildings had long silver legs!
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110 The Ninja
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111 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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112 One dark and stormy afternoon there was a
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113 chess game going on in the old cavern by the lake.........
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114 Two people where sitting at the table watching
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115 ,planning,and figuring out each others stratagey.....
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116 Off in the hills,another battle was taking place
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117 a battle between good and evil.Two army's battle each
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118 other......death and life!!!
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119 At the chess game,the game was comming to an
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120 end and the crowd of the MIDEVIL days,started to leave
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121 the far off battle was still going on...
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122 Then finally,the bishop,pawn,and rook
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123 captured the king and were victoreus.....
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124 At the far off battle,just then the king had been catpured,the whole part in this battles are to win
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125 and the winner will fight even more and more battles
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126 Untill everyone is distroyed
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127 Will that happen to the world??
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128 Nuclear-War is the name of the game......
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129 *****************************************************************
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130 AARON: AS YOU PROBABLY ARE ALREADY AWARE BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS,
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131 I WON'T BE AT THE PCS SOCIAL TONIGHT. WORK PRESSES. WE HAVE A
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132 RATHER LARGE ORDER TO GET OUT BY FRIDAY, SO I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND
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133 TONIGHT. MAYBE NEXT TIME. I DON'T HAVE MY NEW STEED NOW ANYWAY,
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134 I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE SELLER TO GET HIS NOSE FIXED. WHEN
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135 IT WAS SOLD TO ME IT HAD A LITTLE SCRATCH ON THE FRONT SPOILER
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136 AND THEY PROMISED TO FIX IT, SO THEY ARE NOW KEEPING SAID PROMISE.
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137 MEANTIME, I'M HOOFING IT FOR A WHILE. AH WELL...
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138 GEE, IT HAS BEEN A RATHER LONG TIME SINCE PAM LAST SHOWED HERE.
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139 I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO HER. SHE DID SAY SHE WOULD BE BACK.
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140 ***********************: CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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141
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142 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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143 Hey!! Lord Morby, this grimsbe saying that if you just happen to
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144 be reading this because the Broken Blade Inn is under repair, don't worry
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145 yourself. It will be up and running in a week.
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146 And by the way, Your D&D game here looks a bit slow. You should pick up
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147 the pace a little bit. You know a little excitement here and there.
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148
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149 Lord Grimsbe.
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150 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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151 LORD MORBY: YEAH!!!!!!! LET'S GET SOME MORE D&D STUFF ROARING UP THE EXCITEMENT
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152 HERE!!!!
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153 ******************-TXHE WARRIOR-*********
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154
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155 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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156 A few words from grimsbe again.
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157 Here are a few laws from the pages of Murphy- Hoare's law of large programs,
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158 "Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out."
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159 Deadline-Dan demo demonstration,
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160 "The higher the 'higher-ups' are who've come to see your demo, the lower
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161 your chances are of giving a successful one."
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162 Thoreau's theories of adaptation number four,
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163 "That's not a 'bug', thats a feature!"
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164 ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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165 HEY WHAT HAPPEND TO MY STORY I WROTE?????
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166 I'M MAD NOW I JUST PUT IN A STORY AND SOMEONE
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167 DESTROYED IT!!!!!!!
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168 Why because it was about nuclear war??
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169 Please awnser this!!!!!!
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170 **King DRADSKAN**
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171 NEVER MIND I GOOFED SORRY ABOUT BEING MAD!!!
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172 **KING DRADSKAN**
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173
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174
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175 "How about that!", muttered the Wizard. "In this reality there are two
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176 concurrent entropy modes, each occupying separate, but equal,
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177 congruencies. I am extremely puzzled."
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178 "Nothing to it, my yellow-bearded friend!", came a voice out of the vortex,
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179 "There is nothing here that an elementary review of quantum mechanics won't
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180 clear up." "w
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181 Who is speaking, please?", replied the Wizard with some annoyence. He was
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182 not used to vortices being so cheeky. "Who do you think you are,
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183 lecturing me about 'quantum mechanics'? Why, I was writing books about
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184 disunity theory long before you where even an aberation in somebody's
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185 misguided gravity node...." "Can it, old coot!", retorted our miscreant
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186 whirl, "All I want to know is why I was pulled from a perfectly
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187 satisfactory rest-state by some blue-footed booby!" "BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY?
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188 !!?! Why, I ought to ...." But at that moment another event was occuring t
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189 that would divert the attentions of both the Wizard and the Vortex, an
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190 event that would change the entire course of a number of space-time
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191 contiua(?).
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192 >> AND I THOUGHT THE LAST ONE WENT FAST. WHO SAID THE STORY WAS SLOW?
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193 THE WRITERS CERTAINLY ARN'T!<<
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194 >>A BIT ODD IN THE ORIGIONAL SENSE IS A COMPLIMENT. NO I DON'T THINK
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195 ANY OF US ARE FUEL FOR THE FIRE!!<<
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196 ******************************************************************
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197 The Lazy One looks at Lord Morby curiously. The reference points for
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198 Four Eye Monongahela are: old west, geronimo, thief, and quadrent
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199 4c. Look it up in your book and please give us the specific coordinates.
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200 ******************** THE LAZY ONE ********************************
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201 PS:Remember what B. Cassidy said: "We're looking for a few good men"
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202 ******************************************************* TLO ***********
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203 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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204 PHOENIX WAS HERE
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205 ____________________________________
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206 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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207 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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208 Oh goodie! Mike Maxson is at it again.
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209 Hello All,I recently visited a friend of mine who gave me some data he found int
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210 eresting.I should mention that he is both a grower and a user of marijuana.
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211 He is also the head pharmacist at a store you may have been in to get a
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212 prescription filled.
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213 it concerns some circulars he got from the Checkpoint Labs company about there
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214 new home marijuana use test.in bold 8 point type (blue on white) it proclaims
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215 "now,one simple easy to use test for marijuana abuse" and a tiny little asteric
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216 by it.upon further reading,we find that the test makes no distinction between a
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217 first time user and a chronic one.and the last sentince is a doozy,"when not
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218 administered corectly,this and other tests can show false readings." thats all.
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219 when my friend called Checkpoint,he was told that false positive results happene
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220 close to 50% of the time due to the persons diet and because the tests are
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221 sensitive to .001 micro-grams of some chemical in marijuana that is also found
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222 in say,herb teas for instance! and it can show positive when the testee has been
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223 NEAR somebody using marijuana.so there it is folks,a 5p/50 chance of you losing
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224 your job gr thinking your kid is on drugs.the test costs 5 bucks(4.98) and is 70
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225 percent profit.
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226 for the retailer alone!(normal products are 30-40% according to my source)
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227 The test is called "U-care" and if you want,for 5 bucks will be as accurate as
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228 a coin toss in determining if someone you love is using dope.Thought you'd like
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229 to`know
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230 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\N.J.H.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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231 u
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232 Souounds like a deal to me, howetver I never had much luck wxwhhen it came
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233 to a toss of the coin!!!!
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234 #g#######gStoney###############"############
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235 {
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236 ah, but N.J.H., since this test is so sensitive, indeed so sensitive that
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237 it will detect if your kid HANGS AROUND WITH m-j users, think of the peace
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238 of mind that it would give a parent if the test came up NEGATIVE. The test
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239 may be useless for determining if someone uses m-j, but certainly quite
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240 usefull for proving that someone DOSN'T use that substance.
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241 }
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242
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243 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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244 You're right, Mikey! Lot's of bloody little escape chars all over! I'll
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245 have to see what I can do about them. This one should be free of them, I'll
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246 check later.
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247 To everyone -- No, it's **NOT** Tron! We are changed in size and location,
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248 not taking place in a symbolic world. Notice that we have a fan blowing in
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249 the distance, L'Homme's auto, and physical wires embedded in the board rather
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250 than boarding an address buss. However, strange things can happen on a reduced
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251 scale.................
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252 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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253 Looking at the group, the piper concluded a brief explanation. "In short,
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254 the reason I suspect our size has been reduced, is the behaviour of physical
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255 objects. He reached into his sporran and broke off a small bit of cheese and
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256 dropped it from eye level. It moved downward in an erratic, jerkning motions,
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257 sometimes reversing itself, darting one way and another. A particularl
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258 noticable kick landed the morsel in a fold of the piper's plaid where Habitrail
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259 Harry promptly consumed it. The sound of the distant fan grew slowly lder
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260 and higher pitched as they talked. The piper began to look nervous as the
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261 air currents warmed and blew faster.
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262 "One thing really does worry me -- we're quite vulnerable to being blown
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263 away." Many of the party began to take shelter in the lee of the giant
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264 components on the board. L'Homme neatly wedged his car near a high-value
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265 resistor and an IC socket. The scampering little animals slowed down and
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266 joined the party in what shelter they could contrive.
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267 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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268
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269 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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270
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271 Joy stirs the fires of my spirit as I walk the shaded path from the
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272 depths of the forest towards the Inn. Once again, time has passed so
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273 quickly that I have lost track of events, and things change quickly in
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274 Innisfall. Much too quickly for me of late I fear, for even the pleasure I
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275 feel is dimmed by shadows. But the past is the past, and events of other
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276 lands and times should be merely that.
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277
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278 But the feeling in the air as I approach the main road that leads to
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279 the Inn is one of battle, and death? Thoughts and pace quicken as one, and
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280 I round the ancient alder that marks the entrance to the main road at a run
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281 and trip over the rotting corpse of a huge ant! What was such a creature
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282 doing near the Inn, and how did it meet its end? It is scarred from a
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283 battle, and I can sense the final thoughts frozen by death in her tiny
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284 mind: "Why? Home... Used." The poor creature was cynically brought here
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285 and manipulated for entertainment! A tear traces a pattern through the
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286 dust upon my cheek, and I use what little ability I have to send her and
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287 her fellows back to the land from which they were cruelly stolen.
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288
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289 I am left weak and spent, and I wonder what could have happened here.
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290 Have barbarians taken over the land? Rising, I begin to make my way toward
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291 the foot-bridge far ahead, and the curl of smoke that rises in the
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292 distance, marking the location of the Inn. Despite the death I have been
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293 greeted with, it is still good to be here.
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294
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295 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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296
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297
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298 ***************************************************************
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299 Hmmm...another mystery. Is the entry above the REAL PAM? In the
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300 past the REAL PAM always used uppercase throughout, didn't use
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301 a period after her name, and had a different border. Is this a
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302 fake or has PAM merely changed machines? Ah...the mysteries of
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303 the world boggle the mind. This one will keep me awakes nights.
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304 ***************************************************************
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305 **************************************************************************
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306 IF IT ISN'T PAM, IT IS AN AWFULLY DAMN GOOD SIMULATION. ALSO, PAM HAS
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307 UPON OCCASION USED LOWER CASE. AND CERTAINLY HAS USED A PERIOD '.'
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308 SIGNATURE MANY TIMES. OF COURSE NOT HAVING BEEN THERE STANDING AT
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309 HER SHOLDER WHILE SHE ENTERED IT, WHO CAN BE SURE OF ANYTHING?
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310 BUT TIMES CHANGE, AND SO DO PEOPLE. ENTRY STYLES CHANGE HEAVILY
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311 AROUND HERE AS TIME GOES BY. (TYPICALY FOR THE BETTER, THANK GOD!)
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312 SO WELCOME BACK PAM! IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOUR PRESENCE HERE
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313 AGAIN. IT WAS SORELY MISSED. A BRIGHT SPOT OF SUNSHINE IN A
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314 BATTLE WEARY LAND.
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315 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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316 P.S. AARON: ALRIGHT, SO I LIED! BUT I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO SHOW
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317 WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THE OPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, SO I TOOK IT.
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318 ******************************************************************
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319 Bard questioned Dreamtoucher regarding his observations from the top
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320 of the "chip". After getting a fairly good sketch entered into the console,
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321 he crawled over to the others.
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322 "I think I've got us placed on a partial circuit diagram. If I'm right
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323 we can get out of here." Indicating a couple of traces on the screen, "This
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324 should be the ground trace and that one over there should be +5. Now if we can
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325 scrape enough insulation off the ground trace and get a good connection on
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326 the VCC pin (maybe L'homme's jumper cables?) I can use the power to jump us out
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327 of here."
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328 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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329 Piper, I noticed the ESC chars. They looked to be about where I'd
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330 expect TABs. Does that help any?
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331 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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332 You all realize, of course, that when we jump out we may crash the
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333 system?
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334 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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335 M. D'Autun:
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336 It has come to our notice that Mckane Enterprises is involved with
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337 Bolo class units again.
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338 THIS MUST CEASE!
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339 We hope that this warning is sufficient. You DO remember what happened
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340 LAST time our paths crossed?
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341 for the Network
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342 Ian MacHinery
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343 Network Branch Manager
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344 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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345 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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346 "Doctor, please set the co-ordinates for the rescue, as I've brewed about the correct amount of ethanol, and put it
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347 into bottles. I believe that we will make quite a few people happy."
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348 "K-9, set co-ordinates 5673 point 3892 sector 8. Sidereal time: about two days ago." "Yes, Master. Co-ordinates
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349 5673 point 3892 sector 8 established. SRT two days ago. Now commencing, Master."
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350 "Milch, ol' buddy, do you really think that this will work?" "It has to, especially since we've got the Key to Time.
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351 We'll just do a little switcharoo, and bring back the good stuff...."
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352 The Tardis lands, shifting in from the Vortex into reality. The Doctor opens the door and peers out, into the gloom.
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353 "On the first try! Archer, Milch, help me out here. We've a lot of moving to do."
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354 During the next few hours, the three do nothing but move cases of bottles to and from the gloomy area, from the racks
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355 that were scattered about. The bottles of stuff that Milchar had made were put into the places that the old ones
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356 had been. "Almost finished! Just one more case to go! Whew... I'm drenched with sweat! Remind me to research a
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357 spell to do the moving for us, next time.", Milcharexclaims, just as he goes inside the Tardis. The door shuts, and
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358 the space where it landed is empty once more...
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359 ...but that same area, two days later, is again filled with the Tardis. The Doctor and Milchar open the door to see
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360 the Innkeeper gazing about the wine storeroom and weeping. "Just a moment, sir. No need to fret, those were just
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361 inferior copies of your fine wines. If you'll just help us out, the originals will soon be in their proper places."
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362 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Doctor, Milchar, and Archer, heroes for the moment ++++++++++++++++++++
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363 *($)#@*$)#@*$)*%)#$*^#_$^_#%*^_$*$%*^_*#$%^)_%(^_$%(^*!_^*_%$(^_$%^_$%^_$*^_%*
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364 "I am not too sure about that!", L'homme replied. If Piper is correct, and we
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365 are in some kind of huge elecTRONic component, the voltages here may be too
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366 much for any of our equipment. Remember, 200 mA may have given our former
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367 selves only a tickle, but now, it may be enough to incinerate us.". Just as
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368 L'homme spoke, one of the animals strayed to close to a large copper colored
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369 coil, and disappeared with a bright flash. The only thing left was a whisp of
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370 smoke where that animal had stood only moments earlier. "That wasn't Harry
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371 was it?", cried L'homme. "No! Habitrail is over here.", replied Piper.
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372 "We had better be very careful where we tread.", said Bard. "The physics of
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373 this reality may be different than that of the realities we are used to!"
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374 "Let's try a test", said L'homme. "I have some spare ballast resistors in
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375 the trunk. Maybe we can patch together some kind of filter, so we won't
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376 overload Bard's equipment." With that, L'homme and bard set about kludging
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377 some equipment together. "We should be done in a few minutes", said Bard.
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378 Voyeur had been extremely quite during the group's stay in this electronic
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379 world. "What's the matter voyeur?", asked L'homme. Voyeur didn't answer, but
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380 instead turned his back and walked to the edge of a large chip labelled
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381 "Intel 2183 - 4164". "I wonder what his problem is?", queried L'homme. "Let's
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382 get back to work", said Bard. And with that, the two continued their work
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383 on the power filter. "This stuff reminds me of an old power supply for a
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384 PDP 11-03. That's a popular computer back where I come from", L'homme told
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385 bard. Habitrail Harry seemed to start making some noise at this remark, but
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386 the others ignored him.
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387 "We better hurry too. This place is getting hot, and the winds that fan is
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388 stirring up are increasing too!", L'homme said, slightly louder now with
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389 all the noise the fan and wind was making.
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390 *$)#@*$#)@$* L'homme sans parity - Cet monde est un hableur! Je suis un comique! *)*%)$*%)#$ Aaron's printer rejoice *()
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391
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392
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393 help
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394 WHERE AM I?
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395
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396 __________________________________________________________________
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397 The world is made up of two kinds of people, the "haves" and the
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398 "have nots". The haves have most of what they want, but are sometimes
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399 burdened because the have not all that they want. What they have
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400 sometimes disturbes them, since even though they may have alot,
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401 they still have not everything. The have nots on the otherhand,
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402 wish they had more, because to have is everything, and to havenot
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403 is not where it is at. But they feel lucky to have something, because
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404 even have nots have, though they don't have everything, they remember
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405 to have any is better than to not haved at all. The have nots sometimes
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406 wish they were haves, and visa versa, but in the end, the haves
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407 have, the have nots have not, and that's not the half of it!
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408 _____________ A WORD FROM THE WISE - PART III ____________________
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409
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410 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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411 #Snowrunner ware are you??#
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412 #Over here - quick - a strange human#
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413 struggling against the now hot wind, Dreamtoucher makes his way to
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414 where indeed a strange human stands calmly but motionlessly. He is dressed
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415 all in black.
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416 "Hello, I'm Dreamtoucher, I'm not sure how I got here, how abut you?"
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417 #snowrunner DO NOT scent mark thaat, or anything like it!#
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418 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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419 "Don't worry about the equipment! IT can take anything we can feed
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420 it. The power cables on the other hand..."
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421 He paused, "Thank ghod for black hole zener diodes!"
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422 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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423 I wouldn't worry too much about the circuit traces. At our scale the
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424 insulating lacquer is about a 6 inches thick!! Hey! I've got it! We can wrap
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425 wire around some leads & pick up all the power WE need by INDUCTION!!!!
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426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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427 ps. Aren't you glad we didn't land in a Josephson junction machine!!
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428 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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429 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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430 Prepare to accept transmission:
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431 OLLDH ESJDS OOACT RKFNC PWUCP DIBHW ESSIW GUAMA XUGPP USQJN FHBRI OFXLP
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432 End transmission.
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433 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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434 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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435 PAM: I HAVE A DISK OR TWO FOR YOU THAT I RESERVED AFTER THE
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436 SALE OF MY SYSTEM. MAYBE I COULD GET THEM TO MIKEY, AND
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437 HE TO YOU.
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438
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439 [][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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440
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441 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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442 Archer: I'll get to your problem....
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443 Quizmaster: Are you going to leave anymore problems???
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444 ??????????????????
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445 After helping the Innkeeper replacing the wine, the 'heroes' decided to leave and try to solve the Archer's problem.
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446 "Well, Arch. What's the problem?" "I have only 8 months to live, thanks to this stupid cybernetic torso. The
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447 mechanical parts are making the natural body deteriate." "I see...I can aleviate that, but...." "But what?!?!?!"
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448 "If you want to live, I DO have a device that can save you. The only thing is...It will make you a (shudder) NORMAL
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449 person." "O.K, let me think about it..." With that problem almost solved, the Doctor turns to Milchar. "Unless you
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450 have an another plan to do something, 'how about a nice game of chess'??? Milchar looks at the Doctor, then tries to
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451 slug him, (He swishes air!!!), but misses. "I told you, I'm getting sick of that phrase...I could go for a game though.
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452 O.K. I get white" The Doctor and Milchar start setting up, and the Archer is still trying to come to decision.
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453
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454 ???????????????????????????????????????????? The Doctor, Milchar, and Archer ??????????????????????????????????????????
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455 *************************************************************
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456 DJJ: YOU STILL AROUND??? GAD I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AROUND HERE IN A LONG TIME
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457 I HAD THOUGHT YOU HAD GIVEN THE OL' BW UP FOR GOOD! IT'S NICE TO SEE
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458 THAT SOME OF THE OLD TIMERS HAVEN'T LEFT COMPLETLY. (OF COURSE IF YOU WANT
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459 TO TALK REAL 'OLD' TIMER, DINGY, sHiFtY, and DBBS SYSOP HAVEN'T BEEN
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460 AROUND IN A VERY LONG TIME.
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461 BUT I AM GLAD TO SEE PAM BACK, IT SEEMS SO LONG BETWEEN ENTRIES AT TIMES.
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462 (TOO LONG IN MY OPINION!)
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463 **********************************************************************
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464 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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465 I wonder if Cistop Mikey is around. This system is massively on the blink. Full duplex gives me two
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466 Characters while half duplex gives me three characters.
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467 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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468 Please pardon any spelling mistakes as I can't see...
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469 Dreamtoucher approached the figure clad in black. The figure was stone silent. Suddenly, he reached out his hand
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470 and grabbed Dreamtoucher around the throat. His hand glew dull green as a superhuman strength entered him.
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471 "Take me back to your comerades so that I mmay use them in my quest to complete myself."The Ninja spoke in a demon
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472 possessed voice.
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473 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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474 ___________________________________________________________
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475 A supository library can help you pass the time of day.
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476 ___
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477 Even if we win the rat race, we are still only rats, other
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478 wise we wouldn't be in the race in the first place.
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479 ___
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480 You can get through times of no money with drugs, but...
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481 You can't get through times of no drugs with money.
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482 ___
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483 TANSTAAFL
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484 _______________ A WORD FROM THE WISE - PART IV ____________
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485 ----------------------------------GURU OF BLISS-------------------------
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486 I'LL BUY THE TANSTAAFL PART BUT EVEN THAT IS WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD!
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487 MONEY IS A TOOL. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. LIKE ANY TOOL;
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488 IT USUALY OF SOME USE, AT LEAST POTENTIALY. LIKE ANY TOOL: IT'S VALUE IS
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489 UTTERLY DEPENDENT UPON THE MANOR IN WHICH IT IS USED!
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490 TO REGARD IT AS AN END IN ITSELF IS MINDBOGGLINGLY INANE.
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491 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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492 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*DREAMTOUCHER*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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493 THE COMATOSE BLACK-CLAD FIGGURE SLIPS SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR, IT'S
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494 GRIP BROKEN BY THE UTTER SUBMISSION OF UNCONCIOSNESS. THIS SUDDEN
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495 RELAXATION SAVING, IF NOT LIFE, AT LEAST A FEW TEATH MARKS AND A LOT OF EXPLAINING!
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496 #COME SNOWRUNNER, WE MUST DRAG THIS ONE BACK TO THE OTHERS#
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497 "THEY, I HOPE WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. I HOPE THEY HAVE SENSE ENOUGH
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498 TO BIND IT PROPERLY BEFORE IT REAWAIKENS", HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF.
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499 "I WONDER, WAS IT MEIRLY IGNORANT OF A WILD CARNIVORS INSTINCTS
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500 OR WAS IT PREPAIRED TO DEAL WITH HER IN A SUMMARILY VIOLENT FASSION?
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501 THE FORMER IS FORGIVEABLE. I WISH I COULD READ IT'S INNER THOUGHTS.
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502 IF I KNEW THE LATTER TO BE THE CASE I WOULD NOT BOTHER TO DRAG THIS
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503 MEAT FURTHER THAN THE NEAREST EXPOSED METAL!"
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504 ALL THIS TIME, OF COURSE, THE WIND WAS GETTING STROUNGER AND THE AIR HOTTER.
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505 IT WAS ALL DREAMTOUCHER COULD DO TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GRAB THE NEAREST
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506 VIRTICAL OBJECT TO STEADY HIMSELF AGAINST THE INCREASING GAIL.
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507 COMMING INTO SIGHT OF THE OTHERS, HE SENT RATHER THAN WASTING
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508 HIS BREATH AGAINST THE WIND; #SNOWRUNNER FOUND THIS ONE NEARBY, HE ATTACKED ME AS SOON AS I GOT CLOSE ENOUGH.
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509 I SUGGEST WE BIND HIM. AND WITH CAREFULL EFFECTIVENESS. HE HAS THE LOOK OF A BETRAYER AND A SKILLFUL ONE AT THAT.
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510 WERE I ANY OF MY KIN BUT MYSELF, HE WOULD NOT NOW LIVE.#
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511 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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512 NINJA: DREAMTOUCHER'S PRIMARY WEAPON IS SLEEPSENDING. IT IS 110% EFFECTIVE TO HIT. IT'S EFFECT IN D+D TERMS IS 1D6+2
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513 FULL(!) GAME TURNS (NOT MELEE ROUNDS!) IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ELFQUEST YOU WILL PERHAPS REALIZE JUST HOW LUCKY YOUR
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514 CHARICTER IS TO BE ALIVE. UNPROVOKED IMPLIED THREAT IS A GOOD WAY TO LOOSE POTENTIAL ALIES. AT THE LEAST. THE REASON
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515 DREAMTOUCHER NEVER DELIBERATLY KILLS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH ALTRUISM AS SUCH (THE HE
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516 DOES SEEK TO FALLOW A MYSTIC PATH).
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517 IT IS SIMPLY THAT WHEN HE DOES HE EXPERIENCES A KIND OF SPIRIT/EMPATHY/CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, BACKLASH WHICH RENDERS
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518 HIM(!) COMOTOSE FOR UP TO A WEEK.
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519 THERE ARE FURTHER DETAILS, IMPLICATIONS AND RAMAFICATIONS ABOUT WHICH I COULD GO ON ABOUT INDEFFINITLY. I REFRAIN IN
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520 DEFFERENCE TO OTHERS WHO MAY WISH TO USE THE REMAINING SPACE ON THIS DISK.
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521 (I REALIZE THAT WITH YOUR NINJA TRAINING YOU CAN MOVE AND STRIKE VERY FAST,
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522 BUT CAN YOUR HAND MOVE FASTER THEN A THOUGHT? THIS I WOULD SERIOSLY DOUBT.)
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523 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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524 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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525 -> Dreamtoucher: I know that your terminal has lower case, your first
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526 couple entries had the cases reversed. PLEASE use the lower case.
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527 I would rather read all lower than all upper. Also, pocket dictionaries are only a few dollars. Splurge!
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528 -> Milchar: hope you like simultaneous equations.
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529 MAN: How many birds and how many beasts do you have in your zoo?
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530 ZOOKEEPER: There are 30 heads and 100 feet.
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531 MAN: I can't tell from THAT.
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532 ZOOKEEPER: Oh, yes you can!
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533 Can YOU?
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534 And a terribly difficult one -
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535 You have 10 gray socks and 20 blue socks in your drawer. If you reach
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536 into it in the dark, how many socks must you take out to be sure of
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537 having a pair that matches?
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538 Your friend the Doctor seems rather curious about my identity. Good.
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539 ???????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
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540 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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541 Well, I must now change my marker pattern, because some else is now using
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542 it. ( Pam ). She has senority. This also my last entry for almost the next
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543 month, because I'm leaving for England in 5 days, and I will be there for
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544 almost three and a half weeks. If people want me to rejoin, leave messages
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545 now, before I leave.
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546 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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547 Morby looked at the people standing around him.
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548 " I am afraid that I cannot go on any missions with you all, my friends.
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549 I must return to Blackpool, where matters press. Goodbye. "
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550 Without any other words he and Dawg went into their room and collected
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551 their few belongings. They then entered the main room and took the map and
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552 the books. He went out to get his horse.
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553 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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554 Through the window the adventurers could see Morby astride his horse, with
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555 Dawg walking next to him. He stopped and turned to them.
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556 " A good smoke is the key to time spatial travel. With good fortune I
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557 shall return. Tally Ho! "
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558 They could detect the sadness in his voice. He then pulled out his pipe,
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559 and it lit up. After he smoked for a moment, Morby, his horse and Dawg
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560 traveled through a door in space which went as quickly as it had come.
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561 " Goodbye....."
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562 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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563 I shall call again soon as I am able. And again, goodbye.
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564 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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565 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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566 Quizmaster:DT has lower case,but has to shift to get it,try typing with the
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567 shift key held down by one finger constantly! the hardware phreak in me screems
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568 "modify,modify,do it in hardware!!!" but the owner of said terminal would
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569 probably object! don't tell the doctor your identity,it is one of the few left
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570 that people still don't know! (I have told nill)
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571 All:the Nerd is at 1200 baud now!! and I think the fastest board in town w/o a
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572 semi-disk.
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573 Voyeur:no,not the boat anchor 212a,but a 256$ investment on Michaels part in ano
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574 ther anchor(signalman this time!)
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575 The Man in Gray
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576 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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577 ,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',','
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578 Please, all users on this system please call the Broken Blade Inn, at 635-
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579 xxxx. We will eventually be staging a adventure game there, of whatever the
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580 majority cause is. If a voice answers the line, listen for it's instructions.
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581
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582 Thanks, and call soon...Inkeeper Fig and Stableboy Nibs...
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583 ,',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',','
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584
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585 * PAM? * <sigh>
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