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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************* REMOEVD: 23 JUL 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 OK, LET ME ANSWER THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS/STATEMENTS SENT MY WAY;
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22 1. COMPLAINT ABOUT HIGH TECH IN THE INN: THE INN IS AN IMAGE THAT WAS
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23 CAREFULLY BUILT UP OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BY MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHERS
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24 THE INTENT WAS TO CREATE A RELAXED AND COMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE THAT DID NOT
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25 HAVE ALL THE COMPUTER AND RELATED TALK THAT THE OTHER BBS SYSTEMS HAD AT THE
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26 TIME. THIS WAS USED AS A SPRING BOARD TO CREATE STORIES FROM. MY COMPLAINT
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27 COMES FROM SEEING THIS CREATION BEING MODIFIED AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL
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28 INTENT. NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT COMPLAINED AGAINST THE MCKANE STORYLINE OTHER
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29 THEN THAT IT DOES NOT INTEREST ME AS I AM NOT INTO THAT SORT OF THING. I
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30 WOULD HOPE THAT I HAVE THAT PARTICULAR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN JUST AS YOU
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31 COMPLAIN ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE HERE. AND I ALSO HOPE I HAVE THE
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32 RIGHT TO DEFEND MY FANTASY WORLD AS DO YOU. I MIGHT REMIND YOU OF THE NEAR
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33 TOTAL DESTRUCTION THAT OCCURED BEFORE THE NO TECH OATH WAS TAKEN.
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34 2. MORBY: I WAS NOT TAKING A SLAM AT YOUR WRITING, I WAS ANSWERING YOUR
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35 QUIRY ABOUT WHY CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED GREAT. I DON'T REMEMBER
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36 SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEBATE PHASE OF BW TO BE BETTER OR WORSE THAT THE
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37 CURRENT PHASE, ONLY THAT SOME MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED GOOD WRITTERS
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38 CAME INTO BEING DURING THAT PHASE. INDEED, SOME HAVE CONTINUED THRU TO THE
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39 CURRENT CONDITION. I NEVER MADE ANY SORT OF COMMENT INDICATING THAT YOUR
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40 WRITTING IS POOR. IN FACT, IT IS GOOD. BUT DOES NEED WORK. ATTENTION TO
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41 DETAIL IS WHAT MAKES GREAT WRITTING. SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, GRAMMER, AND
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42 MESSAGE CONTENT.
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43 3. TO PERSON SAYING THAT D/PAM ARE GOOD ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN. I HAVE
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44 TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE ON PAM (NOW ON DB) NOTE
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45 THAT AS I INDICATED TO MORBY, IT HAS NO SPELLING ERRORS, PUNCTUATION IS
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46 CORRECT, THE GRAMMER IS GOOD. IT IS CONCISE, AND IT DOESN'T RAMBLE. IN
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47 SHORT, IT IS READABLE WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTING TO THE READER BY HAVING TO
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48 STUMBLE OVER ERRORS AND CONFUSION. NOTE THE ABOVE WRITING BY ME, HERE YOU
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49 HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF FAIR WRITING STYLE. THERE IS A SCATTERING OF SPELLING
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50 ERRORS, PUNCUATION IS HORID, AND GRAMMER IS POOR. NOT TO MENTION THAT IT IS
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51 DIFFICULT TO READ BECAUSE IT IS IN ALL UPPER CASE. ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND
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52 TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU WRITE IS READABLE IS WHAT MAKES GOOD
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53 WRITING GREAT.
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54 AS I SAID, YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF PAM, NOT A GOOD STORY, BUT A REASONABLE
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55 SHORT EXAMPLE. MAYBE YOU CAN PERSUADE D TO LEAVE AN ENTRY TOO. SHE IS STILL
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56 AROUND, SHE JUST DOESN'T FREQUENT THE INN AS MUCH. DON'T YOU THINK A REAL
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57 ENTRY WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE THEN A HASHED OVER ENTRY FROM THE PAST THAT HAS
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58 NO RELAVENCE TO THE HERE AND NOW.
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59 **************************************************************************
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60 PAM: WHAT?! NEW BOARDER CLOTHES? WHAT WOULD ANALOG ALAN SAY? BUT THEN I
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61 HAVEN'T SEEN HIM AROUND HERE FOR SOME TIME, SO I WOULD SAY YOU PROBABLY HAVE
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62 AS MUCH RIGHT TO CLAIM IT AS ANY. GODDESS EH? MAYBE WE SHOULD ERRECT A
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63 TEMPLE TO WORSHIP YOU FROM? MAYBE INSTALL A FEW VESTAL VIRGINS TO RUN IT?
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64 SERIOUSLY, I AT LEAST DO MISS YOUR STORIES HERE, AND LONG TO SEE THEM AGAIN.
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65 I HOPE YOU CAN FIND AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO OCCASIONALLY SHOW UP.
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66 PLEASE?
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67 **********************************************************************
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68 [*=*] : SEE WHAT A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT CAN DO? A COUPLE OF THINGS I
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69 MIGHT SUGGEST TO MAKE IT MORE READABLE, TRY NOT TO BREAK WORDS AT THE END OF
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70 THE LINE, IT IS DISTRACTING TO HAVE TO TRY TO RECONSRTUCT THEM WHEN READING.
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71 ALSO, IF YOU CAN, LOWER CASE IS PREFERABLE TO ALL UPPER CASE LIKE THIS. I
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72 REALLY SHOULD USE LOWER CASE MYSELF, BUT IT HAS SEEMED TO HAVE BECOME A
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73 TRADE MARK. OH WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE. PAM HAS WHY CAN'T I?!
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74 ********************************************************************
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75 *)_*@#_%*@#_*%_@!$*^%_$!^+(^_#(^_#%*(^_%*#^_#(+^!(+$(^_#!$*(_#$(^_(^_+(%(^_#(^
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76 Gee Mikey: I don't know what to say. Since you talked to our old friend
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77 Hrothgar the A$, I hear that the CPMulator may not be the GodSend
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78 I thought it might be. I guess this ADM3A terminal emulation
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79 might be a hinderance considering Hrothgar will want to use
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80 it with mainly with Kaypro software. But...pause for dramatic
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81 effect, I may still have two IBM PC customers for you.
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82 Regarding the McKane organization adventure, I sure didn't realize
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83 you disliked spy stories. When our little group decided to re-start
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84 an adventure by going after freedom's old nemesis, Leroy McKane,
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85 we thought it might be a pleasant change from the fantasy
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86 adventures that seemed to die out after a few weeks. We thought
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87 that maybe people were interested in a change of pace, which the
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88 spy novel certainly offers. If you look back at the infamous
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89 "Kolumbia" adventure, and its terrible demise, and then at the
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90 "Amber" series, and see how it quite quickly went down in
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91 flames, you can start to see a pattern. Again we hoped that with
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92 a well defined villian such as McKane, and a well known history
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93 such as the McKane organization has, we might get some of the
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94 closet Ludlums to come out and take part in a hopefully successful
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95 venture. After talking with another common friend, who shall
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96 remain nameless, even though we both know who he is, I learned
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97 about both his and your distaste for "cheap dime store detective
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98 novels". Our unnamed friend thought BW at its best when embroiled
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99 in a debate. And looking back at our famous schooling, taxes,
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100 and of course the multiple religious debates, I can see his
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101 point. It was a time when thoughtful contributions ruled the
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102 roost, and the now-coined twits were few and far between. I
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103 think BW has changed from that time. As you can see with the
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104 "Frank" episode, people aren't ready to take opposing sides and
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105 have a good old debate of old. Considering the subject though, I
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106 and others I have talked to thought the entries by Alex and Piper
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107 especially, while certainly establishing their points of view, were
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108 just as good as ANY of the entries of old. I think it is unfair to
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109 constantly compare the new users of BW to the old. The comparisons
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110 do little to encourage new users, and certainly don't improve things
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111 any, but instead make people mad, and possibly drive them away, which
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112 I think is both unfair to them, and unfair to those who might want
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113 to read and enjoy what these new comers have to offer. Where does
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114 all this lead, well like many who enter long narratives, the
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115 original purpose may have been lost, but I think a point had to
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116 be made. To change the cliche a bit, "write and let write...". But
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117 if my explanation of the McKane story is not sufficient, and we
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118 continue to read complaints about how the "Inn is being taken
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119 over" (don't you dare Aaron), I have a feeling it might die like
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120 the other adventures, and I think that will be too bad. End of
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121 another diatribe... I hope you responde with the same thoughtful-
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122 ness I am accustomed to. And on a more somber note, we are 3/5ths
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123 of the way there, and Aaron is going to try and contact the famous
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124 Dragon Lady in order to secure funds. Aaron and I will be shooting
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125 for this weekend to pay you. Thanks very much for your time and
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126 effort on the 33 disks!
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127 )*)#*%)#@*%)@# L'homme sans parity - J'ai son mot a dire *)%*)*%)*_(_)__*#%@%
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128 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:--:-:--:-:-:-:--:-:-:-:-:-:--:-:-
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129 DAVE SIMPSON, S.A.I.C., MCKANE INDUSTRIES, OROVILLE: MR. SIMPSON: THIS IS TO
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130 INFORM YOU THAT I AM RESIGNING MY POSITION AS A MCKANE OPERATIVE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIA
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131 TELY. MY CONSCIENCE WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER THE EFFORTS OF LEROY
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132 MCKANE. I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE PENALTY FOR 'DESERTION'. HOWEVER-BEFORE YOU GIVE
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133 THE ORDER TO TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE, LET ME REMIND YOU OF THE VOLUMINOUS
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134 FILES I HAVE AMASSED OVER THE YEARS, WHICH WILL BE MADE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT OF MY
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135 DISAPPEARANCE. I HAVE BUILT UP SOME VERY SECURE CHANNELS FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS
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136 INFORMATION. I SUGGEST THE USUAL MIA REPORT TO MCKANE, AND THAT THIS BE THE END OF
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137 IT. YOU KNOW MY TALENTS, AND YOUR LIFE IS IN MY HANDS. BETRAY ME, AND IT WILL BE
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138 ONLY A MATTER OF WHO KILLS YOU FIRST-MCKANE OR ME. A CHANNEL WILL BE OPENED TO YOU
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139 IN THE FUTURE, AN INVITATION TO JOIN ME. YOUR CONTACT WILL MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN. HE
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140 WILL BE CARRYING A BOOK ON GREEK HISTORY WITH A RED AND BLUE COVER. IF YOU ARE
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141 READY, APPROACH HIM. HE WILL SAY "ERATOSTHENES WAS THE GREATEST OF THE GREEK PROSE
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142 WRITERS, DON'T YOU THINK? YOU MUST ANSWER "UNTIL HE WAS DEBATED BY LYSAIS".
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143 F.Y.I.: MY REASON FOR "DESERTING THE COMPANY": I HAVE DISCOVERED A LITTLE CORNE
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144 R OF THE WORLD, AN ANACRONISTIC SOCIETY THAT HAS LIVED HAPPILY FOR A GREAT MANY
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145 YEARS IN IGNORANCE OF THE TENETS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE-UNTILL MCKANE INTERFERED,
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146 AND NECESSITATED DEALING WITH MCKANE ON HIS OWN LEVEL-SUBTERFUGE. THE LEARNING OF
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147 HIGH TECHNOLOGY WEAPONRY, KILL-O-ZAP GUNS, SOPHISTICATED COUNTER ESPIONAGE METHODO
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148 LOGY, ETC. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THESE PEACE LOVING PEOPLE. REMEMBER THAT "HE WHO
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149 FIGHTS TO PRESERVE HIS OWN LIFESTYLE MUST ULTIMATELY PREVAIL OVER THEY WHO WOULD
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150 CHANGE THE LIFESTYLE OF OTHERS. (SUN TZU, THE ART OF WAR)
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151 ERSTWHILE OPERATIVE DELTA FIVE.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:--:-:-:-
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152 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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153 We seem to have several new contributers here, all of whom are definite
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154 improvements over what has been common lately. Laseter and M'Lan both
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155 have good styles. They pay attention to the details that Mikey mentioned in
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156 the first part of this disk. They have good use of adjectives, their grammar
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157 and spelling is correct, in essence the type of entry I like to see.
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158 [*=*] : the above applies to you also. I would have to request that you
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159 refrain from splitting your words at the end of lines. It is distracting.
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160 Do you have a name or pseudonym we can address you by?
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161 Morby: ignore the critics. Your writing is good. You have few spelling/grammar
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162 errors, and your entries in defense of your style were well worded and showed
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163 a good command of the language. I have no problem with your offerings.
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164 (except - since you compose your stuff off-line and upload it, justified,
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165 could you set the line length to 64 instead of 65? I have a 64-column
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166 screen, and that last stray character is annoying. Thanks.)
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167 L'homme: you seem to have stated our case fairly well. You covered the
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168 topic well enough that I now have to rewrite what I was going to say.
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169 My next entry into the "McKane" saga will have to wait until I can review
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170 what has been happening. Also have to figure in Ian's rescue.
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171 Ian: thanks for rescuing us. I am sure McKane appreciates your method;
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172 your style seems to fit in with the type of writing he likes.
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173 Grand D.: One nice thing about BW (when it works, anyway) is that everyone
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174 gets to do it their way. I am going to take that to heart, and continue to
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175 make my 'Joshua' entries as I have. I like the long narratives. They allows me
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176 to make the points I want to make, and reveal the detail I wish to show.
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177 The use of news bulletins and such is an interesting adjunct, and I may toss
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178 a few into my stories, but I plan to depend primarily on the style I have used
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179 to date. It would serve no useful purpose to try to bend my writing to match
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180 yours. What enjoyment would there be if everyone wrote the same?
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181 In fact, whether you interact with us or not is really irrelevant. We have
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182 managed to have fun getting to our present predicament without much assistance
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183 from you, and I am sure we can continue to do so. Don't take this as a
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184 rejection, it's not. I am merely stating that as long as there are a few
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185 people making contributions to the story, it will continue. The actual identities
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186 of the contributors are not really important. (a sort of communist viewpoint,
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187 I suppose, but then, communism in its pure form is not a bad idea.)
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188 All: The last two disks seem to be doing quite well; there are few twits, and
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189 several new contributors. Let's hope that it will continue this way.
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190 Looking around, notice something. Many of the best writers are not members
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191 of a story, but rather make their entries as a kind of soliloquy. Piper sits
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192 there and makes comments and plays his pipes, but rarely participates in any
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193 adventures. When he does, he is still on his own. Pam and d also
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194 have earned their fame from their entries per se, rather than how well they fit
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195 in with some story or other. Leseter, M'Lan, and [*=*] are so far solitary.
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196 I think some of the best writing comes from people not having to worry about how
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197 well their entries fit in with what someone else has said.
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198 I enjoy writing as a way of interacting with others; my skills do not stand up
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199 to the challenge of being admired for their own sake. Fortunately, others
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200 are different. That is what makes BackWater so great when it works, and
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201 so sad when it doesn't.
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202 I won't apologize for the length of this entry; it's something that I felt
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203 a need to say, and since it is relevant to most of the users of BW, I feel that
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204 it is appropriate here.
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205 (I do apologize for the undoubted disjointedness of it, however; a consequence
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206 of on-line composition).
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207 Good night.
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208 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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209 [*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*] (RATHER SNAZZY BORDER, NO?)
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210 IN MY CRAFT OR SULLEN ART
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211 BEING
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212 AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF WRITING
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213 THERE ARE TWO ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS THAT CONSTITUTE GOOD WRITING. THE FIRST AND
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214 FOREMOST IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMAND (NOT DEMAND) THE READERS ATENTION.
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215 ENGROSS HIM. THRILL HIM. SCARE HIM. (OR HER). MAKE HIM LAUGH. MAKE HIM WEEP. MAKE
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216 HIM FORGET HIS MOTHER IN LAW. MAKE HIM REMEMBER HIS MOTHER IN LAW. STIR HIS
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217 EMOTIONS. CAPTIVATE HIM. IDENTIFY WITH HIM SO THAT HE'D RATHER READ WHAT YOU HAVE
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218 WRITTEN THAN, SAY, WEED THE RUTABAGA PATCH, OR FIX THE ROOF. IT IS THIS QUALITY
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219 THAT PUTS THE AQUITAINE PROGRESSION AT THE TOP OF THE BEST SELLER LIST, RATHER
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220 THAN GROZAS THIRD EDITION OF ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA.
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221 THE SECOND INGREDIENT IS TO USE THIS ABILITY, WHICH REQUIRES A REASONABLY GOOD
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222 COMMAND OF THE LANGUAGE. ENGLISH, GREEK, WHATEVER. TO ARTICULATE. TO BE COMFORTABL
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223 WITH WRITING AND EXPRESSING FEELINGS. TO FLOW, LIKE THE GENIUS WHO WROTE THOSE
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224 MAGNIFICENT STORIES ABOUT A MEDIAEVAL 'TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE', THE ANONYMOUS [*=*]
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225 TRAVELER WITH THE LOVABLE RACCOON COMPANION.
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226 THIS ABILITY CAN BE INHERENT, OR IT CAN BE LEARNED. IN MY ENGLISH COMP CLASS, I
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227 LEARNED SUCH THINGS AS DICTION, VERBOSITY, (I PLEAD GUILTY), REDUNDANCY, CLICH'ES
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228 GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, SYNYAX, INAPPROPRIATE METAPHORS, PUNCTUATION, ETC AD
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229 NAUSEUM.
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230 IN MY WRITING EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED TO UNLEARN MOST OF THIS DOGMA, BUT ALSO TO
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231 ADHERE TO CERTAIN PRINCIPLES THAT I CONSIDER IMPORTANT. THE FIRST OF THESE IS
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232 SPEALENG. IF YOU ARE A TERRIBLE SPELLER, THEN FORGET ABOUT WRITING, AND GO BACK
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233 AND LEARN TO SPEAL, OR TAKE UP SOMETHING LESS DEMANDING SUCH AS LAW OR BUILDING
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234 CHAIN LINK FENCE.
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235 THERE IS AN INSTITUTION IN N.E. ILLINOIS CALLED THE SNICKERING SYCAMORES REST HOME
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236 IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, AND ASCAP, ( THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
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237 OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS, AND PRODUCERS). IT IS AN ASYLUM FOR EDITORS, PROOF READERS
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238 AND TYPESETTERS WHO HAVE TORN OUT THEIR HAIR, GROUND THEIR TEETH TO THE GUM LINE,
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239 AND FINALLY GONE STARK RAVING STRAIT JACKET THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY MAD
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240 TRYING TO SALVAGE AN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT MANUSCRIPT THAT WAS FRAUGHT WITH
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241 MIS SPEALED WORDS.
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242 ANOTHER PRINCIPLE IS PUNCTUATION. A GOOD WAY TO LEARN THIS IS TO TAKE UP
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243 TOBACCO CHEWING. (THIS HAS SOME BUILT IN INCENTIVES- YOU'LL DRINK LESS[DEMON RUM
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244 BEING THE NEMESIS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE], AND YOU'LL FIND THAT PEOPLE WILL START TO
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245 AVOID YOU, GIVING YOU MORE TIME TO STAY HOME ALONE AND WRITE. BEFORE YOU START,
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246 FIND YOURSELF A COUPLE EMPTY BEER CANS.(LOOK UNDER THE SOFA).SET THEM BESIDE YOUR
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247 TYPEWRITER. THEN BREAK OFF A CHUNK OF PLUG, POP IT IN YOUR MOUTH, AND MUNCH. THEN
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248 START TYPING. WHENEVER YOU NEED TO SPIT, TYPE IN A PERIOD. WHEN YOU START TO CRAVE
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249 A BEER, DO NOT-REPEAT-DO NOT-REACH FOR THE NEAREST BEER CAN. INSTEAD, TYPE IN AN
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250 EXCLAMATION POINT. TYPE IN QUOTATION MARKS WHENEVER THE PHONE RINGS.
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251 THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO PUNCTUATION. CONTINUED LATER.
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252 SYSOP: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY "SEE WHAT A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT CAN DO" IF
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253 I DO TRY TO END EACH LINE AT THE END OF A WORD. AN EXCEPTION WAS MY ENTRY AT THE
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254 BOTTOM OF THE LAST DISC- I WANTED TO FINISH THE THIRD CHAPTER BEFORE I RAN OUT OF
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255 SPACE. I WILL NOT APPOLOGIZE FOR BEING TOO POOR TO AFFORD A COMPUTER THAT HAS
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256 LOWER CASE. I WILL ADMIT TO BEING TOO STUPID TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS TRS-80
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257 COCO DOES OR DOES NOT HAVE LOWER CASE. WHEN I BOUGHT IT, THEY GAVE ME THIS BOOK,
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258 BUT I LOST IT ON THE WAY HOME. EN BEUA COUP FAUX PAS, C'EST NO?[*=*][*=*][*=*][*=
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259 :::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::
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260 To the above anonymous author: you appear to be someone we would like
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261 to see more of (in more ways than one). Have you heard about the
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262 PorSFiS/PC&S every-other-week get-together of many of the Backwater
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263 Irregulars? We would be most happy to see you there weekend after next.
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264 (more details later).
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265 This disk seems to be devoted to soap-boxing. Breath a sigh of relief -
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266 I'm not going to join in right now; my contacts are getting fuzzy so
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267 I figure it must be time to go to bed.
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268 ::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::
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269 SAY-YOU, VOYEUR-WHADDYA MEAN BY THAT KRAK ABOUT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE? YOU TRYIN
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270 TO TELL ME SUMPTUN? HEY WHAT? I BETCHA YUR OUT TA GIT ME LIKE THAT MIG DUDE. TRYIN
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271 TO OUT FOX ME HUH? DYA THINK IM STUPID OR WHAT. SURE, GO TO DA MEETIN AND GET
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272 BLASTED HUH? YEH SURE, SUCH A DEAL. DUHHHH, I AINT SO DUM.
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273 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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274 The piper suddenly looked up from the table, then noticing the time
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275 stood up to address the other patrons of the inn.
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276 "Ahem... If I could please have your attention ...
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277 Hey your guys in the back! Pipe down! (sorry)
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278
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279 Tonight, July 20, in the mundane world, a piobareached competition
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280 will be held at David Douglas school in east Porland. It will take
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281 place at 7:30 PM. If anyone wishes to hear what classical bagpipe
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282 music consists of, and a selection of excellent pipers, I encourage
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283 you to go. Just show up in the parking lot. You'll have no trouble
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284 hearing where the competition is held. (It does take place indoors
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285 in an auditorium -- quite pleasant and the pipes sound good in the
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286 space that they chose)
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287 Tomorrow, the Highland Games will take up most of the day. They
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288 are usually a lot of fun, and I hope to see many of my old comrades.
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289 This is one event that I can play my pipes and remain almost entirely
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290 unnoticed! I encourage you all to come to one or the other event.
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291 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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292 PIPER -- THAT COMPETITION IS AT THE HORNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
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293 AT DAVID DOUGLAS HIGH. SEE YOU THERE
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294 --DUSTY
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296 **********************************************************************
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297 L'homme: Ok, Let's see if I can answer some of your querries and such.
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298 First, as for the Mckane thing; No, I didn't say dislike, I said I wasn't
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299 interested. (Some of the side issues I didn't care for though.) In fact,
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300 much of what GDM wrote I thought was good. It just isn't of interest to me.
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301 As I said sometime earlier, I get enough of the violence and power trip
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302 thing in real life, and would just as soon get away from it when I can. As
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303 far as the Kaypro/ADM3A thing, ahh well, as they say; "That's life". Let's
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304 see, what else. Oh yeah, the "Frank" thing, while I found the writing by
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305 piper and Alex OK, I would disagree with you about it being equal to the
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306 best seen. But that is because I don't feel that things like "You should be
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307 put away" ect. is a proper form of argument. They were simply dropping
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308 themselves to the same emotional level as the Frank person was on. The
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309 'because I don't think it is proper' is however as good an argument as any
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310 when the issue is basicly an emotional one as it was, though it does lack
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311 substance. When I complain about the Inn, I am complaining about the 'Inn',
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312 (you know, the one with the buildings and roads and trees.) and not BWMS.
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313 BWMS is a whole 'nother matter, and I always have and always will leave it
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314 open to full use (within the guide lines you know and stated in the
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315 opening.) Just as you would take umbrage to someone missusing your
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316 character, I get uptight when someone missuses the Inn that I am comfortable
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317 with. What else? Oh yeah, the debate times at the Inn. While they were
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318 interesting, I too like a change of pace thus I also enjoy the fantasy side
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319 as well. I am just not into the my gun is bigger then your gun stuff. As far
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320 as 'twits' and 'juvies', I think you'll find when you get the back issues
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321 that they have always been with the Inn (and probably always will be) they
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322 come and go in cycles. Some of the more distastful stuff you won't see since
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323 it was removed before archival (ahhh...). Comparison to the 'greats' (yuck!
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324 that sure has become a badly miss used word around here of late!) I would
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325 agree with you. The refferances I gave were simply in response to a quiry,
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326 and not ment to be a weapon to hold over others that they must somehow
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327 emulate these people. That is a most rediculous prospect to be sure.
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328 Let's see, finaly we come down to the disks. They are here waiting for when
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329 ever you're ready. If Aaron has trouble getting hold of d, have him give me
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330 a call, I have a bit more direct method of getting in contact with her.
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331 (though only during work hours.)
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332 I guess that's it. I might add that much of what I have said in the last
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333 few days is in direct response to inquires. And the responses given were my
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334 true thoughts and feelings. I realize that some of them may not be what you
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335 want to hear, but that's what you get when you ask. Perhaps I shouldn't air
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336 my dirty laundry in public? Oh well...
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337 Did you know that 'Caucus' is an Indian word for PowWow? It is derived from
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338 'Cau-Cau-a-su' meaning advisor.
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339
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340 C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre!
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341 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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342 P.S. [*=*] : The comment about encouragement was in response to your comment
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343 about not putting anything on here because you thought no one would be
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344 interested. I was not compaining about your upper case, only inquiring
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345 as to if you could use lower case instead. If you don't like the right
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346 margin setting, you can change it with the 'MA 76' command (where 76 is the
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347 desired position of the right margin. For readability on about 50% of the
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348 terminals/computers set it to 76. For readabliity on about 60% of them
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349 set it to 63. If your worried about eatting up too much disk space and
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350 aren't as concerned about readablity, set it to 126. Alternately, set it
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351 to what ever you feel like.
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352 **************************************************************************
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353 060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606060606
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354 TO :NET CENTRAL
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355 FROM :NET JUNIOR AGENT 06
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356 REG :MISTAKEN IDENTITY
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357
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358 THIS COMMUNIQUE MAY BE A LITTLE DISJOINTED, BUT I AM SURE YOU WILL SEE
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359 WHY AFTER YOU READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
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360
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361 I WAS VISITING MY SISTER IN TULSA WHEN I GOT YOUR COMSET MESSAGE. MY
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362 BROTHER-IN-LAW SEEMED QUITE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT SOME OF MY
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363 ADVENTURES FOR THE NET, AND SINCE I HAD BEEN CLEARED TO RELATE ALL OF
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364 THE OPERATIONS I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN SO FAR, I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT.
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365 HE SEEMED ENTHRALLED BY MY EXPERIENCES. WHEN I WENT A BIT TO FAR AND
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366 TOLD HIM I WOULD BE GOING ON ANOTHER OPERATION SOON, HE PRESSED ME FOR
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367 MORE INFORMATION, BUT I DID NOT YIELD. UNFORTUNATLY, HE FOUND THE
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368 PRINTOUT THAT I HAD MANAGED TO FORGET TO DESTROY. REMEMBER, MY COMSET
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369 ISSUE HAS A BUILT-IN EPSON PRINTER. ANYWAY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,
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370 HE SLIPPED ME A MICKEY IN MY FAREWELL PUNCH, AND ASSUMED MY IDENTITY.
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371 SINCE HE HAD THE DECODED MESSAGE, HE HAD NO TROUBLE GETTING HIMSELF IN
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372 A HEAP OF TROUBLE. MY SISTER TRIED TO WAKE ME, BUT WHATEVER HE GAVE ME,
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373 IT HAS JUST NOW WORN OFF. I AM STILL A BIT GROGGY. SHE SAW THE
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374 ARTICLE IN THE PAPER, ABOUT THE NET AGENT BEING FOUND NAKED, AND WENT
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375 INTO COMPLETE HYSTERIA. I AM RETURNING TO NET CENTRAL, TO AWAIT
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376 PUNISHMENT, BUT I PLEAD WITH YOU TO GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE. I AM SURE
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377 I CAN GET RID OF THIS WASSIR CHARACTER. I WILL BE VERY CAREFUL, AND I
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378 WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. <END OF XFER>
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379
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380 060606060606060606 July 20th, Year of our Lord 1984, at 10:20 and 5 sec 06060606
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381 *)*%@)_#*%_@#*%_!*%_#!%_!#*%_*&!#_%*#_^*_%^_&*^_(^#_+@(^%@*^$_&^@_^*(@_*^_#$*^#$
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382 Mikey: Thanks for your response. I don't mean to argue a point, but I remember
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383 many times in the past when the facade of the great debaters took a
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384 break and angry pure emotion took its place. But, as we have both
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385 indicated before, those are times gone by.
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386 I will try to have Aaron contact you. I apologize for the delay, but
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387 let me assure you that the NET members of the BW buy were all prompt
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388 with their payments, it is these OUTSIDERS who are delinquent!
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389 Joshua:Another good entry, and considering how it came about! Online...shudder
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390 All :Some people seem to think that the PC&S get-together offers a chance to
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391 the otherwise somber group of writers of BW to get blasted. We assure
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392 you this is entirely up to the individual. No liquor is forced, and
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393 pain rendering devices are not used to garner information from
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394 possible McKane operatives. All is quite friendly, peaceful, and fun.
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395 The management has assured us quick and complete ejection if the
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396 contrary should ever occur.
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397 Piper :I lived next door to David Douglas for one year, and one thing has
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398 always puzzled me. Where do all those cats come from, and why do they
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399 keep coming back each year? (just kidding...actually I enjoy a good
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400 bagpipe. By chance do you know someone by the name of Dean Forbes?
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401 He works at the same place I do, and every sunny day he practices out
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402 on a little grassy area. He has worn circles in the grass where he has
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403 walked in a circle too much.
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404 *%)$_*%)$#*%$)# L'homme sans parity - ensemble a la fois *%)$*)%*)*)@*%)@#*%
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405
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406 070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707
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407 GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS TO PERSON KNOWN AS : OPERATIVE DELTA FIVE
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408 FROM : NET 07 AND RECRUITMENT OFFICES
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409 REG : POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT
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410
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411 PLANTS IN THE MCKANE ORGANIZATION HAVE RELAYED YOUR RECENT DEPARTURE.
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412 THE NET WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO ACCEPT YOU INTO OUR ORGANIZATION,
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413 WITH FULL BENEFITS AND SALARY. WE APPRECIATE THE SKILLS YOU HAVE TO
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414 OFFER, AND I AM SURE THAT WE COULD COME TO SOME AMICABLE AGREEMENT. WE
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415 AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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416
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417 0707070707070707070707070707 no date given 070707070707070707070707070707070707
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418
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419 ****************************************************************************
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420 BACKWATER CLASSIFIEDS
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421
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422 Grand D.---Come back, all is forgiven. I return to the Inn and you
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423 disappear. Don't tell me I get to handle these Bozo's alone. M.W.
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424
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425 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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426 PORTLAND (AP) Units of the Portland Police Vice Squad and Army National
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427 Guard announced a daring midnight raid on Darcelle's XV last night.
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428 Arrested was the notorious Russian drag queen, Petrov. Police state that
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429 Petrov will be charged with Flashing to Persons of Indeterminent Sex.
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430 Also arrested was a French speaking person known only as L'Homme sans
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431 parity. Mr. Parity is charged with First Degree Sheep Abuse. Capt.
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432 Henry Macho of the Portland Police said, "It was the most disgusting
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433 thing I've ever seen. The worst part was when that French guy jumped
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434 up on stage and attacked that poor little lamb." Trial for the arrested
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435 persons will commence before hanging judge Wilbert Hardcase on July 26.
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436 When contacted at the Sunnyvale Rest Home, the victim sheep, Fluffy,
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437 could only bleat mournfully.
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438 ****************************************************************************
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439
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440 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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441 I now take space to appoligize for any offensive work that I have
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442 entered, especially of late. My outcry was not meant to come across as
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443 a angry one, but only of thoughtfulness. My problem is that I write in
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444 such a manner that is not agreeable with the set limitations of the Inn.
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445 Comedy really doesn't go over well, and it will take a little doing for
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446 me to alter my entries to poetry/prose. Because of this, I will have
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447 to stop my efforts and planning of the quest to save Blackpool.
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448 Already, two of the adventurers have expressed that they do not wish
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449 to be included, and I have not heard from the others. Therefore, I
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450 will devise a clever way to end the storyline, and Morby will find a
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451 unused corner of the Inn to haunt. Maybe I will continue to upload short
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452 stories, or work another character into the framework of this system.
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453 Either way, this is my last entry under the assumed name of Lord Charles
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454 Morby - Earl of Blackpool. I just no longer wish to make the effort to
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455 establish a storyline of my own, or even be involved in one.
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456 Just out of interest, the vital statistics posted on drive B, are
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457 correct, although they are a tad on the harsh side. Now I am just
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458 wondering who put them there...
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459 With my real name and a new border Andrew
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460 ^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^~~~^
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461 Hope Eyrie (words & music: Leslie Fish)
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462 Worlds grow old and suns grow cold
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463 And death we never can doubt.
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464 Time's cold wind, wailing down the past,
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465 Reminds us that all flesh is grass
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466 And history's lamps blow out.
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467 Chorus:But the Eagle has landed; Tell your children when.
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468 Time won't drive us down to dust again.
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469 Cycles turn while the far stars burn,
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470 And people and planets age.
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471 Life's crown passes to younger lands,
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472 Time sweeps dust of hope from his hands
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473 And turns another page.
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474 CHORUS
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475 But we who feel the weight of the wheel
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476 When winter falls over our world
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477 Can hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes
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478 To a silver moon in the opened skies
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479 And a single flag unfurled.
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480 Chorus:For the Eagle has landed, ...
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481 We know well what Life can tell:
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482 If you would not perish, then grow.
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483 And today our fragile flesh and steel
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484 Have laid their hands on a vaster wheel
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485 With all of the stars to know
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486 Chorus:That the Eagle has landed, ...
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487 From all who tried out of history's tide
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488 Salute for the team that won.
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489 And the old Earth smiles at her children's reach;
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490 The wave that carried us up the beach
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491 To reach for the shining sun.
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492 Chorus:For the Eagle has landed, ...
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493 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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494 Fifteen years ago a man stepped onto another world...
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495 How many remember?
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496 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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497 "Eye of bat and toe of dog..."
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498 "NO!", his master shouted, "You've got it backwards AGAIN! I want you
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499 to get it right. At the rate you're going you'll poison someone. And it
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500 might not be yourself!"
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501 The apprentice sighed and opened the tome once more. At this rate he would
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502 NEVER get back to the Inn.
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503 Spells were easy, but he just couldn't seem to remember potion lists.
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504 .................................the apprentice.............................
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505 UPI- Washington- The Justice Department today filed suit against McKane
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506 Enterprises for violation of the Equal Opportunity Employment Act.
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507 "They are engaging in religious discrimination. If they wish to continue
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508 with their 'Rent a Miracle' service they will have to meet our quotas for
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509 religions represented." stated a department spokesman.
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510 "They have NO Jews, Moslems, Hari Krishnas,... In fact they only seem
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511 to have Christians employed at the monasteries. And from only ONE sect
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512 at that!"
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513 So far there has been no reaction from Leroy Mckane or his counsel.
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514 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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515 Somebody was here!
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516 :*************************************************************:
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517 Mohammed: Forgiven? Give me a break. I humbly offer my
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518 apologies because my intentions are misunderstood and I'm told
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519 I'm not needed. So be it. I've other things to do. Grand D.
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520 :************************************************************:
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521 (*)(*)(*)(*)
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522 Archer and whiteliner have left the Inn.
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523 They are traviling to a place called the Dale.
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524 There they can find peace among~ peers and others.
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525 This was short and got right to the point.
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526 (*)(*)(*)(*)
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527 .........>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>,m<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<,,,,,,.....
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528 Gaudy Minsky is trapped in the McKane Spiritual and Financial
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529 Organization and will mafe a fast break tonight.
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530 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::
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541
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542
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543
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544 exit
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545
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546 [*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*] TO: ALL. FROM [*=*]. I DID
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547 OT REALIZE I WAS BREAKING UP WORDS. I GUESS I JUST ASSUMED THAT
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548 SINCE MOST LINES ENDED IN A COMPLETE WORD ON MY SCREEN, THAT
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549 THIS WAS TRUE OF ALL OTHER SCREENS. I APPOLOGIZE FOR MY
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550 IGNORANCE. MIKEY: THANKS FOR MAKING ME AWARE OF THIS. I HAVE
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551 TAKEN YOUR ADVICE, AND SET THE MARGIN TO 63. I WOULD APPRECIATE
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552
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553 SOMEONE TELLING ME IF THIS IS BETTER, OR PERHAPS SUGGESTING
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554 ANOTHER WIDTH. IF I COME TO THE END OF A LINE WITH AN UNFINISHE
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555 D WORD (LIKE I JUST DID WITH THE WORD 'UNFINISHED'), OR IF I
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556 SHOULD HAVE REASON TO TYPE IN REALLY LONG WORDS SUCH AS
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557 CONSTANTANOPLEISHHIPPOPOTAMUSES (VERY FAT TURKISH WOMEN), THEN
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558 SHOULD I BACK UP AND ENTER, AND THEN START THE WORD ON A NEW
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559 LINE? P.S. I WENT TO RADIO SHACK AND THEY GAVE ME A NEW BOOK.
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560 TO ABOVE. YOU MAY BE STUPID BUT AT LEAST YOUR WILLING TO LEARN
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561 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:---:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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562 NET 7: MESSAGE RECIEVED. ANSWER DELAYED.COMING VIA COMSETMES. G
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563 OING FISHING INDEFINETLY. EMERGENCY CONTACT C. LOVONOVITCH FREE
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564 BOOTERS. EOM DELTA FIVE
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565 ________________________________________________________________________________
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566 CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
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567 BY
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568 STAN D. READY
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569
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570 Portland - The recent story regarding the arrest at Darcell XVI of one L'homme
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571 sans parity was in part, incorrect. When contacted at a telephone booth in the
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572 vicinity of the Oklahoma City Fine Arts Centre, L'homme, as he prefers to be
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573 called, denied all charges against him, and relayed to this reporter a bizzare
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574 story involving a foreign imposter using his name, a bottle of sheep dip,
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575 a tattered copy of an old Woody Allen film, and several copies of the PlayBoy
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576 interview with Jimmy Carter. The story is currently being serialized for future
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577 publication in the Oregonian.
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578 "I just don't know why this keeps on happening to me!", L'homme said.
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579 "I have been in Oklahoma City taking care of some business interests, and was
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580 recently tied up in some important meetings with a group of oriental importers.
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581 I wish who ever was doing this would stop. I don't cater to some of the sexual
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582 perversions that my countrymen are known for. And I hated 'La cage aux folles'", continued L'homme.
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583 As more facts are brought into view, this reporter will continue this
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584 interesting story.
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585 _______________________________________________________________________________
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586 To the above:
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587 Nice Stuff! M.W.
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588 To Grand D.
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589 Don't get your nose out of joint because some jerkwater doesn't
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590 appreciate fine craftmanship. M.W.
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591 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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592
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593 [*=*]. SOMEONE ASKED HOW I MAY BE ADDRESSED, IE IF I HAVE A NAME. I DO NOT W
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594 MA 63
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595
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596 [*=*] SOMEONE ASKED MY NAME, HOW I MAY BE ADDRESSED. IT WOULD B
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597 E INCONSIDERATE OF ME NOT TO ANSWER. I DO NOT WISH TO BE KNOWN
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598 BY ANY NAME. I DO NOT WISH TO REVEAL MY IDENTITY. NOT YET. WITH
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599 OUT ANY INTENTION OF TURNING THIS ANONYMITY INTO A GUESSING GAM
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600 E , I WILL SAY THIS: THE GURU OF BLISS KNOWS ME AS "COOKIE". AS
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601 HE AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE. MIG KNOWS ME AS "TWIT".
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602 L'HOMME KNOWS ME AS MICHELLE, BUT THAT IS NOT MY NAME. I PREFER
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603 TO WRITE ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF A SOLITARY TRAVELLER WHO HAS A
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604 LOVABLE RACCOON AS A COMPANION, AND A MISSION IN LIFE.[*=*][*=*
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605 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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