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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ***************** REMOVED: 28 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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22 July 23, 1984
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25 Dr. Frankenstupe
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26 1145 S.E. Ebcidic St.
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27 Portland, Oregon 97214
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29 Re: Future Purchases
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31 Dear Dr. Frankenstupe,
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32
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33 Thank you very much for your quick response to our request
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34 for delivery of those certain "sensitive" materials.
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35 Enclosed please find payment in full for said materials,
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36 plus a small retainer and gratuity as a reward for your
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37 efficient service.
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38
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39 Please be informed that, due to a change in our accounts
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40 payable department, all future requests on our part will
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41 be accompanied by a purchase order. This P.O. number
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42 should appear on all future billing to us so that payment
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43 and receipt of material can be executed promptly in the
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44 future.
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45
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46 Once again, your service has been greatly appreciated. If
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47 you have any further questions or concerns, please contact
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48 us by the usual channels.
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49
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50 Sincerely,
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51
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52 Jape Enterprises
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53 R. Rommel, Vice President & General Manager
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54 Oregon Area
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57 ****************************************************************:
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58 TO ////////// :
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59 Since the police issue was already handled by Mohamed, I will leave
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60 that issue alone. On the matter of the airplane though, I think that
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61 you will find that the lastest commercial liners don't even have direct
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62 connections from the 'stick' to the control surfaces. (Jet fighters
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63 did away with them a long time ago as it is a very poor way of controling
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64 the plane. Now-a-days the controls run thru computers, and the computers
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65 do the actual controlling. The vision of pilots man-handling aircraft
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66 thru the skys is long gone. It is far more important to have a quick
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67 wit and good judgment as well as good reflexes to handle emergencies
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68 and not strength. Looking at the latest airplane accidents and near
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69 accidents, I have found that they all were adverted or could have beed
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70 adverted by wit and reflex, and not brute force.
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71 As far as the whole thing about women shouldn't work where men now do
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72 because they don't have the physical strength of a man, I find to be
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73 a very narrow minded approach to life. If the woman can handle the
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74 physical aspects of the job as it requires, I see no reason she should be
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75 disqualified. On the same note, if a man applies for the job and can
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76 not handle the physical aspects of it, he should not be given the job
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77 just because he is a man.
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78 ****************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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79 PAM: Why won't you talk? Sniff.
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80 ************************************
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81 MIKEY: AGREED-IF A PERSON CAN HANDLE THE JOB, THEN THEY SHOULD
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82 NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR REASON OF SEX,RACE, ETC. HOWEVER
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83 YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT. COMPUTERS NOTWITHSTANDING, THE FACT REMAINS
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84 THAT THE CONTROL SURFACES ARE OPERATED HYDRAULICALLY, AND IF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IS LOST, OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, THE ONLY
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85 WAY TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT IS
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86 BY HAVING THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH
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87 TO OVERCOME THIS LOSS. THINK ABOUT IT-COMPUTERS CAN ONLY TELL THE AIRFOILS WHAT TO DO, NOT DO IT FOR THEM. THE SAME IS TRUE OF
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88 THE AUTO-PILOT: IF THE "COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS, AND WILL NOT LET
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89 THE AUTO-PILOT DISENGAGE, THEN THE ONLY WAT TO CONTROL THE 'PLANE
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90 IS BY PHYSICALLY OVERCOMING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER FLOWN A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER, ONLY SMALL
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91 AIRCRAFT (CESSNA 150, 7ECA CITRABIA, ETC) BUT I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION OF PILOTS WHO ARE ATR'S, AND THEY HAVE VERIFIED WHAT
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92 I SAY. I LIKE LIVING TOO MUCH TO
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93 PLACE MY LIFE IN ANYONES HANDS
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94 IF I CAN AT ALL AVOID IT, BUT WHEN I MUST(SUCH AS MY LAST DELTA FLIGHT TO SEATTLE,) , I THINK ABOUT THAT. IF YOU ARE WATCHING,
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95 THEN YOU CAN READ THIS. IF NOT, YOU WILL MISS IT, AS I DO NOT WANT
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96 TO USE UP THIS MUCH SPACE ON THE DISC. DO YOU EVER CONVERSE WITH CALLERS WHILE ON LINE? (INCIDENTALLY, I AM [*=*]
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97 WAITING
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98 ?
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99 GOONIGHT MIKEY
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100 OFFLINE
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101 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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102 J.C and the Boys:
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103
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104 You say you are the real ones, yet do you
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105 know who you follow (divine leader)? if you
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106 can't state the right answer, then we will
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107 all know you are a farse.
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108 Can you answer that question? Well, how about
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109 who founded J.C and the Boys? Give initials
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110 if you do not want to post names. Why the
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111 new boarder all the sudden? Why havent you
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112 logged on for a while?
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113 Answer all these and we will belive that you
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114 are the true J.C. and the Boys.
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115
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116 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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117 For a discussion, how about a religious one?
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118 That would not contridict the Inn, religion has been around
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119 for who knows how long. There has always been people worshiping
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120 a devine ruler of some sort. So why not a discussion about
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121 the "Holy book" and God?
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122 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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123 RE: GOD- DID YOU EVER WONDER WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN INTO A LIFE
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124 OF LUXURY, WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO WANT FOR ANYTHING?
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125 AND THEN CHILDREN ARE BORN IN BI-AFRA, AND ETC, WHERE THEIR
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126 WHOLE EXISTENCE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A CONSTANT DAILY STRUGGLE
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127 JUST TO FIND ENOUGH FOOD TO KEEP
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128 FROM DYING OF MALNUTRITION? "JC AND THE BOYS, ETC, ET AL, THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU PROSELYTIZE YOUR RELIGIOUS DOGMA.
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129 THINK, FOR ONCE, WHY THIS IS SO. THE HOLLOW, FLIMSY, BALONEY ARGUMENT THAT YOUR KIND RELIES ON
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130 "THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTEROUS WAYS" IS NOTHING BUT A COP OUT. YOU PRETEND TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT IF FACT, YOU
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131 DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY ANSWERS. THERE ARE ONLY 2 POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED:
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133 1. DEISM. (LOOK IT UP "JC")
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134 2. THAT GOD IS AN *******. IF HE CARED (PER THE "BIBLE") THEN WHY BIAFRA, ETC.
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136 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LAST TIME RELIGION WAS DISCUSSED, NOTHING WAS ACCOMPLISHED
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137 BUT NEEDLESS MENTAL ANGUISH. LETS STOP THIS INFECTION IN ITS CHILDHOOD.
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138 STOP IT NOW BEFORE IT OVERTAKES US ALL, IN A SICKENING DISPLAY OF
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139 MORALITY AND COUNTER MORALITY. IN SHORT, STOP THE BLOODY
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140 RELIGION NOW!!!!!!
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141 REMEMBER, THE WORLDS LONGEST WAR WAS CAUSED BY RELIGION.
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142 --------SHTONER-------------------------
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143
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144 The above argument is of no consequence, because god is dead. Specificly, the christian god,
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145 one umm, Jesus Christ was it? I killed him long ago in a child custody dispute. The mother hired me, paid
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146 well too!!
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147 regards,
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148 Ma Yuan, killer of gods.
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149
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150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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151 Dear Pam,
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152 I wish you would come and take this thing off my hands. The
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153 neighbors are starting to get suspicious. The damn thing makes so much
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154 racket that I haven't slept in two days. Then there's the matter of ...
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155 rumble Rumble RUMBLE PLOP!!!
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156 Oops! I guess it'll have to wait. Now where did I leave my hip boots
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157 and scoop shovel?
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158 Dr. Frankenstupe
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159 P.S. If you don't have cash, then of course I'll accept a check.
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160 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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162 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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163 I may have found the trouble! The case on one little black box
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164 broke and let the smoke out. Could the real technology behind ICs be
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165 that they have compressed a lot of smoke and pushed it into a little
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166 package where it swirls around and opens and closes switches??
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167 *SOB*
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168 nope -- still unable to call from home.....
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172 Let's see now, where was I? Oh yess!!
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173 2. Women in "traditionally" male oriented jobs: It has been my experience
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174 that the female of our species is capable of accomplishing as much if not
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175 more than the male. This stems from my past (as all experiences should)
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176 in the days of yore. I was but a young man then, gone to seek fame, a
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177 little fortune and some skills, and joined the US Air Force. At this time
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178 the Armed Forces were going through the throes of placing women into what
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179 had heretofore been MEN'S career skills. The general consensus amongst
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180 the oldtimers and lifers was that it'd never get off the ground. I can
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181 honestly say that they were full of BS. Those ladies work just as hard
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182 as any man. Oh sure, there were a few that moped about and refused to
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183 give a hundred percent. They either got tranfered to a WOMAN'S job or
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184 discharged under one of a dozen regs. As a rule however, they did just
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185 fine, thankyou and how about passing me that multimeter huh? For those
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186 who feel a womens' place is in the home I can only say WAKE UP!!!!!
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187 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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188 Voyeur,
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189 The glasses are well....and send their best regards. I was
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190 thinking of another game ..say August 4th or 11th...or thereabouts. If
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191 thats too long to wait and you can't make it to this side, I go to
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192 your side once a week or so...could drop them off. But that would
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193 half to wait until after I get back here on Sunday night as I am leaving
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194 this morning.
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196 Riskers,
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197 Comments....any prefered date ?
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198
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199 :::::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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200 Joshua suddenly realized that the elevator was STILL falling. But HOW?
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201 He'd automatically started counting when they started to fall...
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202 "One chimpanzee, two chimpanzee..."
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203 He had reached 9 when they started to decelerate!
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204 The lights came back on as the elevator slowed to a stop.
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205 One of the police officers turned to him, "Sorry about that sir, the blast
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206 must have knocked out the lighting circuit."
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207 The doors opened. A woman was awaiting them, "Welcome to NET Oklahoma City.
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208 My name's Ada. I'm the branch manager."
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209 She turned to the police officers, "The official story is that you were
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210 just getting out of the elevator when the bomb went off. Remember, some of
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211 people at headquarters aren't with us!"
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212 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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213 .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
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214 REPENT SINNERS - I am the real J.C. because I say I am.
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215 I know all and have nothing to prove to you. Rot in hell.
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216 J.C. and the Boys
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217 .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
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219 J.C. and the Boys:
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220
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221 Your 'word' means nothing. You are certainly
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222 NOT the originals, you are doing everything
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223 the wrong way: margins, logon, logoff, signiture
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224 and just about everything else.
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225 Think up some other name and be original, use
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226 a little thought and be a little creative. Just
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227 copying old entries will just prove how much you
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228 don't use your mind. Not to mention how much
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229 you look like a bozo for doing it.
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230 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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231 To Shtoner:
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233 You are not discussing anything! You are mearly
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234 stating your popsition on the subject. People
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235 are to look at both sides of an argument, not
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236 just one. Ignorance will get you nowhere.
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237 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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238 I must agree with one thing Shtoner said about this,
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239 "God works in mysterious ways" is a great cop out when
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240 you don't want to face the facts.
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241 Also, this thing about "Gods will". Was it Gods will
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242 for two young boys to be shot along with a very young
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243 baby at a McDonalds?
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245 ----------------------------------------
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246 I will now present the argument. I should not do this, I {now from past
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247 experience that this will lead nowhere but I simply HAVE too!
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248 The argument for the 2 little boys and`a baby is this, GOD wantel`them in
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249 heaven, he wanted them all in heaven for being such good christians. The gun
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250 wielding man was a deciple of god.
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251 Now, you have an argument, what I have just said`is some of the most amazing
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252 BS I have ever come up with, and yet some people would and do believe it!
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253 Quite simply, there is no devine god at all. I do know from experience that
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254 there are some things out there that need to be explained away, but not
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255 by thinking that a god/devel is responsible for them.
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256 --------shtoner-------------------------
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257 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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258 I have never seen such a poorly worded argument against religion
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259 as that put forward by shtoner. You sir, and I use the term
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260 loosly, are doing more to further the cause of organized religion
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261 than any of others here on this bulletin board, by your use of
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262 situation that happens to suit your need at the moment. If you
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263 are really so againt religion, why don't you come up with some-
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264 thing truly original, instead of rehashing age-old arguments
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265 like you are doing now. Your last two messages have been printed
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266 off, and are currently posted on our local message board for
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267 all to read and laugh at. In this aspect, I thank you for the
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268 entertainment. If you are really trying to fight this thing called
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269 organized religion, you can help best by keeping your banal
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270 arguments to yourself, and not interfering with those who know
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271 what they are doing. Please refrain from this tirade you have
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272 decided to go on, and switch to something you seem to know
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273 more about, like the lack of schooling people are getting these
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274 days. Again, your messages could be used as a 'See what can
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275 happen' example.
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276 Howard Johnson
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277 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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278 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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279 On religon: God has an interactive will and a permissive will. The
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280 McDonald's shooting was in his permissive will. The killer decided he
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281 was going to shoot the kids. What knid of free will would it be if he
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282 had stopped them?
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283 jjjjjjjjjjj
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284 To: Net Central
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285 From: Net Irregular plnka
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286 Subject: Aftermath in McKane Organization
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287 Many rumors about dealings with McKanes people. A large number of
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288 scientists have been employed. Some sort of payment has been made to an
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289 organization known only as the Bene Tleilaxu.
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290 End Transmission.
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291 The Ninja
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292 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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293 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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294 What do you think those two boys think of Gods permissive
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295 will? Not much right? The Bible clearly states that
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296 whatever happens is in Gods doing. So He wished that
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297 incident to happen, what kind of a God is it that so
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298 many people would be so blind?
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300 ----------------------------------------
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301 Mr Johnson:So glad I could provide something so entertainment for you and
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302 whomever reads the messages. I wrote that while at a party and all present
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303 agreed that it was something good for me to say. Therefor I have my justific
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304 ation(ma 80?!?) Secondly, I was using the subject at hand, the little kids
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305 being shot, it did not "suit me at the moment" It is hard to come up with
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306 an argument that is truly origional when the subject has been debated for c
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307 ountless years. You yourself have proven this because you did not present ev
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308 en a counter argument to my meek meanderings. Instead, you chose to laugh at
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309 me and call me a fool. You sir, are the fool in my eyes.
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310 I am I take it, a good example of what can happen when. When what?
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311 I would appreciate it if you would tell me just which board it is that
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312 my "humor" has been posted on, I would like to see it for myself and to see
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313 just how out of context you have put it there.
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314 I would like the opinions of some of the backwater regulars on if I am indee
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315 d furthering the cause of "organized religion" or not.
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316 --------shtoner-------------------------
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317 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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318 Does anybody in this Inn know how
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319 to program in pascal? I need some help.
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320 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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321 shtoner - I must agree with Mr. H. Johnson. You are a prime example of
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322 how poor the educational system is becoming. Or, in the vernacular
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323 of the Inn's temporal climate, 'Wouldst that thou couldst learn to
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324 spell.
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325
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326 all - the religious discusions that we have had in the past have been
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327 most exciting, and we may even bring back the wit and wisdom of such
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328 past participants as Deborah, DOM, CYM, etc. It might indeed be
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329 interesting. (At least the level of grammar, spelling, and punct-
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330 uation would rise, on an aggregate level)
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331
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332 all - (again) I think a more interesting subject, and surely more
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333 timely at this point, would be the upcoming presidential race. If one
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334 is to believe the polls, Reagan/Bush have dropped behind Mondale/
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335 Ferrarro. What the pollsters seem to have ignored is that we are not
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336 operating in a democracy, but rather, a republic.
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337 To start the discussion off, I offer my humble opinion. If the
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338 democrats regain the presidency, the middle class had better believe
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339 in God, as that is all that will save them from the 'equalization'
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340 the democrats will propose. The 'entitlement' programs the demo's
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341 are so much in favor of are merely a way of stealing from the middle
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342 and giving to the poor and lazy end of the economy. That, my friend,
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343 is Socialism.
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344 Next ?
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345
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346 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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348
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349 ...............................................................
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350 Laissez-faire - The old religious debates where just as stupid
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351 as this one. Keep it up and the old crowd will return to prove
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352 me right. Moses.
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353 ...............................................................
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354 OK. "HOWARD JOHNSON"- HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION THE BIBLE
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355 GROUPIES COULD NEVER ANSWER: IT YS SOMEWHERE IN THE 'GOOD BOOK' THAT INCEST
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356 IS EVIL (THE DEVILS WORK, AND ALL THAT) AND THAT THE CHILDREN
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357 OF INCEST ARE EVIL, DOOMED, ETC.
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358 WELL, THEN IF ADAM AND EVE HAD BUT TWO CHILDREN, AND BOTH (CAIN
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359 ,ABEL) WERE MALE, THEN ALL OF MANKIND ARE 'EVIL, DOOMED, ETC.
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360 PLEASE EXPLAIN. MEANWHILE, FROM ME, NO MORE ON THE SUBJECT
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361
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362 "What is this president stuff!" a voice yelled and slammed down
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363 his drink on the bar. "There is nothing of presedents at the
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364 Inn, just dinks and tales of good and evil. Who are presidents?"
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366 Now there is a question, what are presidents doing in the Inn?
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367 You can hear all the debates you want on the radio.
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370 DEBORAH: DID YOU CALL MY NAME?
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371 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY *************************************
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372 I'M STILL WAITING PAM?
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374 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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375 Person with "RY" border: Beware 'Deus ex machina'
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377 My favorite saying of the day: "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed!"
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379 To the one who calls himself voyeur:
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380 Here is a little schematic and the plans to rectify the keyboard
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381 deficiency of the TRS-80 Model 1.
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384 down arrow, right arrow, left arrow, spacebar, and shifted versions
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412 The Story of Creation
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413 or
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414 The Myth of Urk
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415
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416 In the beginning there was data. The data was without form and null,
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417 and darkness was upon the face of the console; and the Spirit of IBM was
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418 moving over the face of the market. And DEC said, "Let there be registers";
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419 and there were registers. And DEC saw that they carried; and DEC separated
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420 the data from the instructions. DEC called the data Stack, and the instructions
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421 they called Code. And there was evening and there was morning, one interrupt...
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423 -- Rico Tudor
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424
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425 ________________________________ A WORD FROM THE WISE - PART IIX _____________________________________________________
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426 SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN
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428 NEW YORK (AP) - A joyous recovery on Wall Street today culminated a day that
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429 saw Bunker Hunt, the noted Southern business man and silver dealer, give a
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430 captivating speech to the Stock Brockers of America Club.
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432 In his speech, during which there were eight interruptions due to standing
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433 ovations, Mr. Hunt urged the stock brokers in attendance to not panic in
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434 the light of the recent death of world financier Leroy Mckane.
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435
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436 "You must remember this!", Hunt said to the packed room at the NYSE diner,
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437 "Mckane was only a single man, and nothing compared to the combined monetary
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438 weight of your clients!"
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439
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440 Hunt continued to downplay the recent death of Mckane, which has been
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441 attributed to an accidental explosion of a thermometer. Each time Hunt
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442 paused in his speech, thunderous applause arose from the audience of some
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443 1200 stock brokers, who are members of the nation's largest and most respected
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444 Stock Exchange organization.
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445
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446 After his speech, Hunt autographed hundreds of copies of his most recent
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447 book, "Silver and Gold, a biography of Burl Ives"
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448
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449 The late afternoon rally, which saw several Wall Street records broken, was
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450 directly attributed to Hunt's empassioned speech.
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452 Afternoon trading reached 78 million shares, as stocks rose 32 points, and
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453 winners outnumbered loosers 7 to 1.
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455 "I have never seen anything like it", said former Reagan economist Martin
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456 Feldstein, in a rare NYSE appearance. "For stocks to rise this much on the
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457 weight of one man's speech, is incredible. Yet all indicators point to
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458 continued gains in the Dow Jones Index. With the incredible weight of the
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459 Mckane financial empire of the backs of many companies, we are seeing a
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460 renewed interest in the welfare of the entire country's economy. I expect the
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461 stock prices to hit the magic 1200 mark in the space of one week."
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462 SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN SPECIAL BULLETIN
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464 *%)#*@%)*@#%)*)*%_%__%@+_(%_!@*%_@(%+@(%_*_%(@+%(_@*%_#*^_#(^+(^_+$*^_#$*^_*^*@
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465 A debate on politics! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Just what I have been waiting for.
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466 Here are a couple of observations. Programmers, and technical people as a whole,
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467 tend to be rather conservative. They see themselves as successful, and can't
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468 understand why others are not the same way. They tend to vote republican, since
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469 the republican economic views tie more closely with their own. They have little
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470 tolerance with such democratic institutions has welfare, and medicare. They do
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471 however, seem to be quite aware of current events, and sometimes modify their
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472 beliefs if the need arises.
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473 Also, since the choice is now down to two distinct choices, does anyone out
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474 there have the feeling that, "However I vote, it will merely be for the lesser
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475 of two evils."?
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476 Did anyone watch the latest presidential press conference? Would anyone like to
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477 share their opinions on it?
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478 I don't mean to ignore the religous debate brewing at the Inn, but it is a
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479 subject that has been thrown about so many times, that I think it may be nice
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480 to see a change in the flavor of the debate!
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481 )*)%$*%)$*#%)$#*% L'homme sans parity - parler! parler vers politiques! *)%*$)%
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482 Oh yes...Alex... Either date sounds fine with me. Maybe the 11th since it will
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483 be after a PorSFiS meeting, and we can carpool out to your place. But...are
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484 you sure you want to subject yourself to nuclear fallout again? Also, please
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485 let us bring some goodies to eat, so we won't munch away your monthly food
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486 budget.
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487 *%)#*%)$#*^)#*$^_($#^*#_^_#(^&_*&_#*%&_*%&_*%_&*#_(&#+&_#&_#(+&(#&*#+&+!#*&+!#*
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488 ----------------------------------------
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489 "do you think he will survive?" asked the intern.
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490 " good chance, the religiodebateacillin seems to be working nicely now"
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491 In the bed, the subject rises and screams wildly "there wrong, spelling has
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492 nothing to do with it, there all full of crud!! there using names never before
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493 seen on the board!!" just then doctor twitson yelled "another half-amp of valium!"
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494 "Gee, who cares about it, lets talk politics for a few days" the subject again.
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495 "well, he seems to be all right,better watch him though, and don't let him get
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496 neer to any computer terminals!"
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497 "Yes sir, glad we got to him first."
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498 --------a *VERY* mellow shtoner---------
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499 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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500 Alex, sorry that I have not answered sooner but other matters press. Any day is fine with me as long as I have a way
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501 back. How be the leg? I should be home from 6 a.m. to noon, let it ring a few hundred times, Ii may be doing yard work.
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502 I REFUSE to join in a debate, unless of course, I am asked too!
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503 later,
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504 MiG
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505 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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506 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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507 FROM: DAVE SIMPSON, MCKANE INDUSTRIES, OROVILLE.
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508 TO: DELTA FIVE.
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509 D5: AS YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION IS CRUMBLING AROUND US. AN
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510 AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASTAKEN CHARGE OF
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511 THIS BRANCH, IF NOT ALL OF THEM
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512 THEY HAVE AUTHORIZE ME TO INFORM
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513 YOU THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FOR THE
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514 FILES YOU HAVE. (PARTICULARLY THE CODE BOOKS, AND INFO ON THE
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515 BANK ACOUNTS IN LUXEMBOURG. THEY ARE WILING TO MATCH ANY OFFER
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516 BY THE NET. INFORM YOUR CONTACT
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517 ON FREEBOOTERS OF YOUR ANSWER.EOM
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518 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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519 I have decided that Hon. M. is not evil. At her center is a
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520 solemn child staring into an abyss. To protect this child,
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521 she has trained her body as a sexual tool and weapon, but the
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522 child is still afraid. To nourish this child she has omnipo-
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523 tent lovers like McKaneand yet the child starves. To amuse
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524 this child she is a luridly wanton adventuress, but the child
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525 feels no pleasure. The only only person to ever ever touch
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526 that child is Petrov, agent of ambiguity. What bothered her
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527 about Petrov was that she couldn't figure out whether he was
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528 betraying McKane as a rebel against the king of evil or as a
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529 pretender to the throne. Hearing the rumors about Petrov
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530 leaving the Plaza prior to the blast, she ran to her room.
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531 Rocky is in another disguise; this time he's a butcher with a
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532 droopy little mustache, a big white apron, a cute paper cap
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533 and a big shiny cleaver which he buries in the door beside M's
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534 face as she enters wearing 3-inch heels and a Joan Crawford
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535 mouth. "Red letter woman!!!! You can't give all the stocks
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536 and bank numbers from the Okeydokey city suckers to that snake
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537 Hunt!!" And before our eyes he EATS the key to the stock and
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538 code book file. It is a small key. M. looks disgusted and
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539 saunters off saying, "I detest that man's wardrobe."
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540 Where IS Albania, anyway?
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541 ttttttt Gaudy Minsky TTTTTTTTTTTtttt
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542 :::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::
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543 Good grief! I think someone went crazy after I talked to them on the
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544 phone this afternoon!
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545 Alex: As of this moment, either date mentioned is acceptable. As someone
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546 commented earlier, though, the 11th might be better since it is a PorSFiS
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547 day, and several of us could carpool again.
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548 :::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
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549 [*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*]
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550 I AWOKE JUST AS THE SUN CAST IT'S FIRST RAYS OF GOLDEN LIGHT
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551 ,FINGERLIKE, ACROSS THE TREETOPS, PAINTING A SILHOUETTE
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552 ACROSS THE FACE OF THE CLIFFS ABOVE ME.IT DANCED AND FLICKERED
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553 AS THE TREES WAVED IN THE EARLY MORNING BREEZE.
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554 THE LAKE WAS YET UNTOUCHED BY THE LIGHT, AND LAY IN NEAR DARK
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555 NESS, THE STILLNESS BROKEN ONLY BY THE OCCASIONAL 'SPLOOK' OF A FISH BREAKING
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556 THE SURFACE, AND THE GENTLE RUSTLING OF BULLRUSHES AND CATTAILS
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557 TODAY I WOULD CROSS THE LAKE, AND BEGIN MY ASCENT ON THE FOOTHILLS
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558 , THE MAP GUIDING ME TOWARD THE PASSAGE WAY-THROUGH THE CLIFF
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559 FACES, AND INTO THE VALLEY THAT LAY BEYOND.
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560 I REBUILT THE FIRE, AND MADE TEA, AND THEN TAKING THE LEATHER
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561 BOUND BOOK FROM MY RUCKSACK, I TURNED TO THE JOURNAL, AND THE
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562 ENTRIES MADE BY THE VILLAGE ELDERS.
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563 THIS WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OFMY JOURNEY, AND AS I READ
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564 THE WORDS AND SYMBOLS, I REMEMBERED WHAT MY FATHER HAD
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565 SAID THAT DAY, SO LONG AGO. I REMEMBERED THE SADNESS IN HIS
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566 VOICE, AND, SOMEHOW, THE TASK THAT
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567 LAY AHEAD OF ME SEEMED EASIER TO ACCEPT. "YOU MUST NOT FAIL" MY FATHER HAD TOLD
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568 ME. AND THEN HE WENT AWAY, NEVER TO RETURN.
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569 "IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1143, IN THE SEVENTH MONTH AND THE
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570 24TH DAY, SOL SAHLL NOT SHINE, AND LUNA SHALL GIVE NO LIGHT"
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571 "AND IN THE 3RD DEGREE OF CAPRICORNUS SHALL LUNA RISE".
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572 I REMEMBERED THE ELDERS EXPLAINING IT TO ME. HOW THE PATTERN
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573 OF STARS IN THE CONSTELLATION CANCER POINTED TO THE PASSAGEWAY
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574
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575 EACH YEAR, AT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE,BUT COULD NOT BE SEEN
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576 BECAUSE OF THE BRIGHTNESS OF HE SUN. DEMONSTRATING WITH THE ASRSASBS
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577 "THE ASTROLABE", THEY EXPLAINED.IT WOULD BE ONLY ONCE EVERY THREE HUNDRED YEARS
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578 OR SO, THAT A SOLAR ECLIPSE WOULD FALL IN THE FIRST DEGREES
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579 OF CANCER, AND DARKEN THE SUN S
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580 SO THAT THE STARS COULD POINT THE WAY.THEN, THE PASSAGEWAY COULD BE FOUND.
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581 I TOOK ANOTHER SIGHTING WITH MAP AND TWIG, AND FOUND AN OUTCROPPING
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582 OF ROCK TO GUIDE ME, THEN BREAKING CAMP, SAID TO MY COM
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583 PANION "OK, LITTLE FELLOW, LETS FIND A WAY TO CROSS THE LAKE" TO BE CONTINUED [*
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584 [*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*]
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585 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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586 "Fifty minutes left." I mouthed the words silently while standing in the Hilton's lobby. My ears could vaguely discern
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587 the voices of an elite group of individuals who were incompetently discussing religious matters. Such discussions never
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588 solved any questions but they did serve to make the participants feel more secure in their marvelously inadequate beliefs.
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589 Turning my back on the arguers I found a more interesting scene. Taking place in the hotel was a science fiction meeting.
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590 My eyes beheld a room full of individuals being brutally tortured. They were watching as someone read a terrible book while
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591 others acted the story out. During all this, the observers placed bids on whether or not they should continue.
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592 I felt the overpowering urge to leave, and was amused to see a large group of people doing just that. Once on the street my
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593 mind was consumed again by the need to seek my destiny as leader of McKane industries.
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594 TIME PASSES
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595 The world crisis brought about by the death of Leroy McKane had passed it's climax and the stock market was well on it's
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596 way to recovery. Having played the market intelligently, I found myself with a great deal of money. Furthering my plans for
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597 taking over McKane Industries, I met with Honored Matre.
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598 "I know the thoughts and schemes of everyone who could call themselves your adversary," she said. H. Matre, I well knew,
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599 had the ability to find out just about anything she wanted. "What you need to do now is take over key financial industries.
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600 The Mckane organization is on the verge of collapse and needs someone to guide it."
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601 I realized that too. It would be much easier to claim the throne if I solidly controlled some sources of income. Present
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602 target: Rent-a-miracle. "That's a popular industry which will bring me much fame when I save it from imminent bankrupcy."
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603 H. Matre smiled in a calculated way which made me wonder what she was thinking.
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604 Anyway, the loan was floated and I was well on my way to gaining the power which I deserved.
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605 ...My mind drifted regretfully back to the two men who I was forced to eliminate with a small time bomb...
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606 Petrov
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607 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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608 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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609 I seem to have started something. From Intellectualism to Women's Rights and beyond. I wonder at the the logic of
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610 such a sequence.
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611 Here is another question: Do you believe that the reason BW writing goes in cycles is that the members just get tired
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612 of one sort of writing, and look for something new? Is that the cause of adventures being bogged down? Would it be
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613 better to just 'drop' the story for the duration of the debates, and then pick up again after one's imagination has
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614 come to life again? Is the cycle just another form of crop rotation, with the fantasy plot of land fgoing fallow?
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615 Written this day of July 26, 1984, at 7:36 am because I don't have to work today, Milchar.
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616 (This is called good timing, folks.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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617 xavi/g a`hard time using ygur sywtem>>..it garbles ,ostf of the charaaters i
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618 entcern. WhaHow many data bits?` W`at pavirity?
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619 this iHelp`me ple!se.>...Blande Run~ner...
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620 ~orm maYbe' it waws ,thta bootle ofv cawf, s!yrup iI dran;k tihs mrning..)
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