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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 545
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ REMOVED: 30 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 IT'S BORING AT THE TOP
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21 MAYBE I'LL TRY AGAIN LATER .
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22 .
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23 HELP !!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO DRIVE B ?????????????????
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24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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25 Dearest Pam;
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26 Please hurry! The neighbors are getting up a petition to throw me out
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27 of the neighborhood. I'm completely out of raw meat. The kitty litter
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28 doesn't work. The doo-doo is up to my knees, and my canary, Wilbur, is
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29 missing. Oh God! I don't think I can stand it much longer.
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30 Dr. Frankenstupe
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31 P.S. I also accept Visa, Mastercharge, Diner's Club, or Mervyn's.
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32 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_++_+_+_+__+_+__++_____+++*&%#$%$(>>>.. Awk!
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33 Down! Down Thing!!
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34 Oh no! Not again. <sob>
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35 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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36
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37 ,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,`,
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38 Bill the Cat Lives!
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39 Have you ever noticed some of the striking similaritys between Bloom
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40 County and Doonesbury? 'Fer instance, what about Bill? Hyped on drugs,
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41 always out for a quick buck, and a great big hoopla after his death.
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42 Sounds a lot like Ambassidor Duke! And now, they have both come back from
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43 certain death. In fact, almost all the B.C. caracters have a counterpart
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44 in Doonesbury. Look at this partial list...
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45 Milo, journalist- Rick Redfrend, Post jounalist
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46 Opus, a strange character- Zonker Harris, just as strange
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47 Confused kid- Mike Doonesbury, kind of lost
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48 (Milo's friend, I forgot the name.)
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49 Quiche Loranne, Mankiller- Boopsie, Mike's girlfriend
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50
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51 The list goes on and on. Ponder that. Is Berkly Breathed really
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52 GB Trudeau? Remember, Bill the Cat Lives! Bill the Cat Lives!
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53 STAVING ARTIST.
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54 ......................................................................
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55 WHAT HAPPENED TO DISC B? [*=*].
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56 ***********DRAGON QUEST*****************************************************
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57 DRAGON QUEST IS DOWN UITL THE 8/2/84 YOU MITE HEAR A BISEY SOUND BECAUSE IT IS
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58 OFF LIND
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59 ****************************************************************************
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60 OFF
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61 EXTER
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62
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63 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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64 My, a definatly empty backwater today.
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65 Alex:phone call?
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66 MiG
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67 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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68 -;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;--;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-
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69 STAVING(STARVING?)ARTIST: YES THE SIMILARITIES COULD GO FOR EVER. BUT IF AN
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70 ARTIST IS WHAT YOU ARE, PERHAPS THE ONE THING WHICH MIGHT JUSTIFY YOUR
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71 HYPOTHESIS HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED, NAMELY THE GRAPHIC DETAILING AND THE INKING.
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72 FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, MOST NOTABLY THE EYES, NOSES AND MOUTHS, ARE A DEAD
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73 GIVEAWAYS. IF YOU EXAMINE CROCK, B.C. AND THE WIZARD OF ID YOU NOTE THAT
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74 THEY ARE QUITE SIMILAR. NOE IT DOESN'T TAKE SHERLOCK TO POINT OUT THAT ALL
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75 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED HAVE THE SAME WRITERS AND/OR ARTISTS, BUT THE IDEA IS
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76 TO SHOW THAT PEN NAMES CAN BE USED BY THOSE WHO DRAW AS WELL. SO ANYWAY--
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77 DOES THE LACK OF MATERIAL ON DRIVE B MEAN THAT THE COLLAPSE OF MCKANES'
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78 EMPIRE IS COMPLETE? HMMMMM.
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79 FIN LOOKED AT THE WALL AND CONTEMPLATED HOW THE LIBIYAN FREELANCE AGENTS'
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80 ASSOCIATION WOULD TAKE THE IDEA OF SPACE TRAVEL. THEY HAD BEEN A RELUCTANT
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81 GROUP OF DISSIDENTS, NOT WANTING TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS FROM THOSE OF THE
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82 LATE 1990'S WHEN THEY HAD REALLY BEEN AT THEIR BEST, BUT SINCE THE 2035
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83 ACCORD CONDEMNING TERRORISM AND PLACING A DEATH SENTENCE UPON TERRORISTS
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84 BUSINESS HAD BEEN SLOW ON EARTH. THE $500,000 REWARD FOR TURNING IN A
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85 BONIFIDE TERRORIST HELPED ALSO. THE PHONE RANG TWICE, THEN WAS ANSWERED
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86 BY A WOMAN WITH A DEFINITE BROOKLYN ACCENT. FIN SPENT THE FORMALITIES
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87 NEEDED BY WORD OF MOUTH AND GAVE A CREDIT NUMBER. AFTER HANGING UP THE
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88 PHONE HE LOOKED AT LASETER, WHO HAD HIS FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE 500
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89 GALLON AQUARIUM GLASS, OBSERVING NOTHING IN PARTICULAR.
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90 "WELL MY BOY! WE'VE GOT 50 AGENTS BEING BRIEFED RIGHT NOW. WHEN THEY'VE
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91 FINISHED THEY'LL HOP THE NEXT SHUTTLE OUT AND WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY!" FIN
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92 WAS SMILING FROM ONE SIDE OF HIS FACE TO THE OTHER. HE BEGAN TO HUM AN
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93 OLD SPACERS TUNE AND STEEPLE HIS HANDS. LASETER LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER
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94 AND FROWNED. "NOT TO BE ANTICLIMACTIC OLD FELLOW, BUT WHERE DO YOU GET
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95 THIS "WE" STUFF? AS FAR AS THIS ENTERPRISE YOU'VE GOT IN MIND GOES, IT'S
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96 GOING WITHOUT ME! THAT LITTLE EPISODE IN THE SLUDGE TANKS DID IT FOR ME."
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97 THE LOOK OF DISGUST ON LASETERSS' FACE SAID THE REST. FIN SAT BEHIND THE
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98 DESK, GRINNING LIKE A CHESHIRE CAT. "I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I
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99 BELIEVE THAT YOUR CONTRACT COVERS THIS. I QQUOTE PARAGRAPH 17, SUBPARA-
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100 GRAPH A: " IN THE EVENT THAT THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART (THAT'S YOU)
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101 SHOULD FAIL TO DELIVER THOSE GOODS FOR WHICH THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
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102 FOR, THEN THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART (AHEM! THAT'S ME!!) WILL HAVE THE
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103 RIGHT TO PLACE THE PARTY OF THE FIRST PART UNDER THE CUSTODY OF THE NEAREST
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104 INTERSPACIAL LAW AGENCY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE GOODS LOST SRE RECOVERED
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105 OR PAYED FOR." LASETER LEAPED ACROSS THE ROOM."YOU LITTLE FREELOADER!!
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106 I DON'T RECALL SIGNING ON WITH YOU. I DON'T EVEN RECALL THE CONTRACT!!"
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107 FIN SLOWLY SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS " THERE IT IS, MY BOY, IN BLACK AND
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108 WHITE. AND I DO BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND THE LOCAL JUDGE TO BE QUITE ADAMANT
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109 ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAW" LASETER WAS READY TO SWEAR THAT FIN WAS STARTING
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110 TO FADE FROM VIEW. HIS MIND WAS WORKING AT A FURIOUS RATE, TRYING TO COME
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111 UP WITH A WAY OUT. HE KNEW HE WAS CAUGHT, BUT HE WASN'T READY TO GIVE IN
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112 WITHOUT SOME CONCESSION FROM FIN. THERE HAD TO BE AN ANSWER. HE HAD TO
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113 STALL FOR TIME."LET ME THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY?" FIN SMILED, "BUT OF COURSE,
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114 OF COURSE!! I WOULDN'T DREAM OF COERCING YOU INTO SOMETHING YOU DON'T
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115 WISH TO DO, JUST BE READY TO GO BY 7 TOMORROW MORNING. NOW I REALLY MUST
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116 BE GOING, MUCH TO AND SO LITTLE TIME TO DO IT IN!" AND WITH THAT HE MADE
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117 READY TO EXIT, "OH AND ONE OTHER THING: THE FLIGHT DECK HAS BEEN BRIEFED
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118 AND THE TRANSPORTER OFFICE NOTIFIED THAT YOU ARE ON A TEMPORARY VISA HOLD
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119 JUST IN CASE YOU FELT THE URGE TO GO ON A JAUNT" HE SMILED ONCE MORE AND
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120 LEFT, WITH LASETER WATCHING HIS BACK. A VERY DARK MOOD DESCENDED UPON HIM.
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121 -;-;--;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;--;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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122 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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123 Sob! All the great works form drive B gone! I think I'll cry.
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124 Voyeur: I'll be coming to the PorSFiS meeting form Cedar Mill. Maybe I
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125 could pick up your sunglasses from Alex.
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126 All: Anyone want to get in on the BW archive buy? I've got the $25 and am
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127 prepared to fork it over Saturday. However, that money was going to buy
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128 food being as I spent my archive money replacing a blown up engine. If
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129 anyone can get the $25 to L'hommes by Saturday at the PorSFiS meeting,
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130 the've bought me out.
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131 L'Homme: I'll have the money Saturday.
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132 The Ninja
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133 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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134 *%)_#@*%_*@#_%@#_*%_@*(%+@#(%_@#*%_*@#_%*_$*^_*^_#$(_^*#$_^*#$_*^#_*^_*^#$_*^
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135 Ninja: OK...I will be waiting for the money. One question. You say you spent
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136 $25 on a blown engine. What kind of engine only costs $25 to rebuild? Last
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137 time I checked on engine rebuilds, they were in the price range of $750-$1000.
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138 What is your engine, a 0.49 Cox???
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139 Mikey: To repeat the above, what happened to drive b? If it is lost and gone
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140 forever, I have up to around line 450 in mint condition, untouched by human
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141 hands.
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142 *%)$*#)%*#)%*$)@ L'homme sans parity *)$*#@)$*#)*$@)*$)$#@*$@#*$_@#*_$*_*$@_#$*
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143 :::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::::
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144 Mikey: and I have what L'homme doesn't have, down thru Petrov's
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145 entry (around line 620, as I recall).
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146 L'homme: Didn't you know? Ninja blew the engine on his '67 Mustang.
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147 He must not have shopped around, though - I'm sure he could have gotten
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148 a better deal than $25. Maybe K-Mart, I think they have them for $20, or
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149 two for $35.
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150 ::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::
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151 Oops, just remembered - I have Petrov's entry, but not the one preceeding it
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152 ([*=*], as I recall, the story with the raccoon etc)
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153 ::::::::::::voyeur::::::
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154 [*=*]. VOYEUR: SNIFF, CRY,WEEP, ETC, ETC
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155
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156 ::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::
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157 Well, since RYRY left this big gap here, I'll just sqeeze in here and
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158 save some room. After going back and looking at what I have downloaded,
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159 I have thru line 526 (the end of the Gaudy Minsky entry), plus the Petrov
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160 entry. Sorry about that, [*=*]. (thats line 545 if you count the logon msg, which I never save)
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161 Ninja: if you want, you are welcome to stop at Alex's and get my glasses.
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162 If not, it looks like I may be back out there in two weeks, so MAYBE
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163 I can wait. Re archives - maybe PAM would be interested? :::O O::voyeur:::O O:
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164 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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165 I am not normally a violent person. I do NOT believe in using force
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166 to solve my problems.
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167 *H*O*W*E*V*E*R*
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168 If I discover that the loss of the contents of drive B was NOT an accident, I
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169 may just make an exception for the benefit of the party or parties "responsible".
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170 Ian MacHinery
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171 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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172
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173 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
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174 Well shtoner, your rebuttle was certainly in character. Complete
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175 with misquotes, misspellings, and miseverything. You don't seem
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176 to realize the content of your messages relagates you to one of
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177 what the MiG character on the bulletin board calls a twit. The
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178 public place where I posted your earlier messages was not computer-
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179 ized, it was printed off and taped to the company notice board.
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180 The comments from my fellow workers ranged from "Where did you get
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181 this junk?", to "What grade level is this? 3? 4? 5?" As you can
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182 see these are in biased opinions. These people obviously can have
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183 no personal malice towards you, yet they said what they said. Can
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184 you refute this evidence? Can you tell me with all honesty that
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185 you knew what you were writing? And your comment about the first
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186 message being entered at a party. I don't know about you, but
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187 when I went to a lot of parties in my late teens, the last thing
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188 we did at them was screw around with computers. Will you dare
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189 reply?
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190 Howard Johnson
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191 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{{{}{}{}{}
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192 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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193 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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194 Now that we have the mind gems, there is nothing we can't accomplish! We can
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195 rule the galaxies from our planet and you'll never find us! Universal control
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196 is but a heartbeat away! Heh heheheheheheh!!!!!!!!!!! SPACE PIRATES
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197 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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198 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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199 YOU MAY HAVE MIND GEMS, BUT IF WE CAN JUST CONVINCE EVERYONE TO STOP WEARING ALL GEMS YOU CAN NEVER GAIN CONTROL.
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200 *********************************************************************************:
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201 WELL, DRIVE B IS BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT AT LEAST THE DATA
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202 WASN'T LOST. SOMEHOW THE END OF DISK POINTER GOT CLEARED TO ZERO. POSSIBLY
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203 BECAUSE OF A WRITE ERROR TO THE CONTROL SECTOR. ANYWAY, I AM GOING TO
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204 RETIRE THE DISK AFTER IT IS ARCHIVED OUT OF PARANOIA. I'D RATHER BE SAFE
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205 THEN SORRY.
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206
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207 PAM: WOULD YOU LIKE COPIES OF THE ARCHIVES? IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT
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208 SECURITY, WE CAN DO WHAT I DID WITH D LAST YEAR, AND MAIL IT TO YOU
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209 THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, THUS MAINTAINING YOUR SECURITY. (I CAN SEND
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210 IT FOURTH CLASS TO KEEP MAIL COSTS DOWN TO AROUND $10 OR SO IF YOU WANT
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211 PAPER COPIES, ELSE YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH SOMEONE AROUND HERE
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212 TO GET IT ON ATARI FORMAT, IBM, OR WHAT EVER ELSE YOU LIKE. I WILL STILL
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213 HANDLE THE MAILING IF YOU WISH, OR SOMEONE ELSE CAN DO IT.)
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214 OR DELIVER THEM BY HAND, OR WHATEVER OTHER METHOD YOU DEEM ACCEPTABLE.
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215 I KNOW YOU HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO GET THEM IN THE PAST, SO HERE IS
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216 YOUR OPORTUNITY OF A 1/100TH LIFE TIME.....
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217 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *************************************:
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218 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=::=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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219 So much for the religeous discussion. What is it now?
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220 I haven't been keeping track on the elections but I think if
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221 Mondle were to be shot and killed a day after his term began,
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222 we would have the first normal person in the white hose as
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223 president in years.
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224 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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225 No pascal programers??/??
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226 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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227 Milchar: I think people do run in cycles, sort of.
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228 while they seem to repeat previous actions not knowing what
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229 they are doing.
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230 :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
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231 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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232 Pascal Programmer person: I dabble in it, but it has been a L O N G time. Describe your problem, MAYBE I can help.
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233 All: Hooray! I have my disk drive today! Much better than cassette! Still is slow, but relatively speaking it is
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234 very fast.
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235 Entered this day of July 26 at 10:22 pm, Milchar.
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236 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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237 To all of you wonderful people with Money:
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238 I wish to sell my Zenith Z-100. It has the color ROMs (nice graphics),
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239 192K of RAM, two 5-1/4" floppy drives, and the Multiplan program. Both CP/M
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240 and MS-DOS are included. All of that for $1800! Call Jim at 646-xxxx
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241
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242
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243 VOYEUR,OR ANYONE,: I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HARDCOPY OF THE ARCHIVES
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244 OF THE LAST MONTH OR SO. PARTICULARLY MY ENTRIES AS THE
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245 TRAVELER. MUCH OF THIS WAS WRITTEN SPONTANEOUSLY, AND I DIN'T
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246 HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN, EXCEPT FOR NOTES. WHAT WOULD IT COST? [*=*]
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247 ----------------------------------------
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248 "will I dare reply?" what a tag line, if I do not, yyou can denounce me
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249 more, if I do, you get more of my obveously funny entries.
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250 As for refuteing the evidence, how could I when I know not if they have been
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251 indeed posted or you are making this all up. Why don't you tell me where the
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252 commons board is, and what company?. Yes, I knew what I was writing, I wrote it!
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253 As for the party, the prime entertainment is computers/physics and getting
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254 high, in that order. This is being entered at 4:29 a.m. after said party.
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255 Did you have easy access to computers when you were a teen?
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256 If my last entry was in character, what would be out of character? that last
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257 message was as far out of character as I have ever been, trying to end an argument
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258 with obveously no easy ending. I am glad that my entries help liven up the
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259 day for you folks, I know what a boring job is like, having worked now for 3 years.
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260 --------shtoner-------------------------
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261 *:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
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262 ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. I HAVE EVEN BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY. BUT ITS GOOD TO
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263 KNOW THAT SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. PEOPLE HERE STILL TALK IN LITTLE FLITCHES.
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264 LURKERS STILL PRESIDE. I STILL CAN'T SPELL. AND A HINT OF A STORY HERE
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265 AND THERE IS STILL TO BE FOUND. BOY HOW I HAVE MISSED THE LESS THAN AVERAGE
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266 THINGS THAT GO ON IN DAY TODAY AVERAGE LIVES. ITS GOOD TO BE HOME.
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267 *:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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268 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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269 The single light bulb illuminates a wisp of smoke curling up from the
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270 innards of a defunct Apple. Bent over the ailing machine, a tired figure
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271 recoils
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DAMN!
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272 The smell of singed flesh fills the air as he sucks the injured finger.
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273 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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274
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275 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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276 Piper:I fixed apples where I once worked as a janitor for a few months.
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277 Want some help? If you tell me what chip number was just branded on your finger
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278 and what the machine does/doesn't do I can probably narrow it down.
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279 MiG
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280 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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281 Shtoner:At least clean up the ends of your lines! If you can't finish
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282 the word then erase the partial word and RE-TYPE it on the next line.
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283 ................................................................................
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284 ::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::
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285 [*=*] : I went back through my disks, and the first entry I could find
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286 of yours in the traveller & raccoon story was made July 17th. I counted
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287 5 entries, totalling 193 lines. It would be no major problem for me to
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288 print that out (3 or 4 pages.) If you want copies of the entire disks, that's
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289 out of my league. Talk to one of the monied persons here. Do you want
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290 your rather interesting dissertation on the fine art of writing?
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291 That's another 50 lines, still no problem.
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292 If you are who I think you are, I can give them to you at PC&S tomorrow
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293 if you are interested.
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294 :::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur:::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::
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295 NEW YORK (AP) The SEC today announced the planned merger of the ailing
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296 McKane Industries with Wassir Toilet Plungers Inc. A spokesman for
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297 WPT Inc, Henry M. Pinkstaff, stated; "This is essentially a bail-out
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298 situation. We believe that McKane Industries is a basically sound
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299 company caught in a credit crunch arising from the rumors of Leroy
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300 McKane's death. This merger can only help both companys." It is also
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301 reported that the top management personnel of McKane Industries will
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302 retain their positions without loss of salary or benefits. The merger
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303 is subject to SEC approval.
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307 [*=*] VOYEUR. I WOULD LIKE THAT VERY MUCH, INCLUDING THE 'DISERTATION'.
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308 THANKS! (I PROBABLY AM WHO YOU THINK I AM, I FIGURED ANYONE WHO
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309 WONDERED, KNEW EVEN THOUGH I HAVE
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310 DISGUISED MY SELF-I FIXED THE "S" KEY THAT USED TO STICK!.[*=*]
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311 (AKA DELTA FIVE. PS ARE YOU IN TOUCH WITH DREAMTOUCHER?
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312 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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313 Laseter was by now furious. he knew it was more than just Fins' audacity
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314 and what he had done to keep him under thumb. Laseter didn't like being
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315 cooped up or told he couldn't knowing full well that should he chose too
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316 do so, he could. He shoved his hands in his pockets to keep them from
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317 fidgeting and found that one them still held the key. A grin split his
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318 face and he pulled it out. Fin would come unhinged when he figured out
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319 what had happened. He began to recite the words.........
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320 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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321 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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322 While L'homme and I were loitering around the NET branch
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323 office, waiting for our audience with Ian, I browsed through a
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324 copy of the OREGONIAN (Friday, July 27th, 1984) I found in the
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325 library. I was curious about what kind of things happen out
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326 there in the sticks. Sure enough, right there on page C3 was
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327 a picture and article about pigs at a county fair. Jeez, the
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328 yokels probably didn't even know about the death of McKane!
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329 Then another article on the same page caught my eye:
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330
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331 `HOT' MERCURY FEARED STOLEN
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332
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333 RICHLAND, Wash. -- Five plastic quart containers of used
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334 and radioactive mercury are missing from the Hanford Nuclear
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335 Reservation and may have been stolen, UNC Nuclear Industries
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336 said Thursday.
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337 The company reported the missing containers to the U.S.
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338 Department of Energy and said the poisonous mercury was
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339 "missing and suspected stolen and probably removed from the
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340 Hanford site."
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341
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342 "Well, L'homme, looks like we know where the mercury
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343 came from for McKane's lethal thermometer. If Ian doesn't have
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344 anything for us, maybe we should check it out."
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345 L'homme thought, then commented, "I doubt that we are the only
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346 ones to make the connection. We'd probably be fighting the FBI,
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347 the CIA, and every other acronym for details on the story.
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348 Personally, I'd rather go after that (expletivew deleted)
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349 Petrov!"
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350 I shrugged and sat back to finish the article, while
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351 wondering what info Ian might have for us in the upcoming meeting.
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352 JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua
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353 MR. HOWARD DIAVISON, EDITOR, OKLAHOMA CITY 'OKLAHOMAN', DEAR
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354 MR DIAVISON: I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN NOR RE-
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355 VEAL MY IDENTITY, AS TO DO SO
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356 WOULD CAUSE ME TO LOSE MY JOB, AND
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357 MAYBE EVEN MY LIFE. IEMPLOYED AT THE COUNTY MEDICAL
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358 EXAMINERS OFFICE, AND WAS AT MY JOB THE DAY OF THE AUTOPSY
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359
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360 OF MR. MCKANE.MCKANE WAS NOT KILLED BY AN "EXPLODING THERMOM-
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361 ETER". THIS RUMOR WAS STARTED BY AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT R REASONS I DON'T KNOW. THE REAL CAUSE OF HIS DEATH
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362 WAS, IN FACT, PERITONITIS, FROM A COLON INFECTION, HOWEVER- THE
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363 CAUSE OF THE INFECTION WAS THE RESULT OF A CENTURIES OLD
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364 CHINESE ASSASINATION METHOD. THE KILLER COILS UP SMALL BAMBOO SHOOTS, AND TIES THEM WITH A
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365 PIECE OF SILK THREAD, AND THEN PLACES THEM INSIDE CHUNKS OF
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366 SWEET AND SOUR PORK. WHEN THE SILK DISSOLVES IN THE DIGESTIVE
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367 SYSTEM, THE BAMBOO STRAIGHTENS OUT, AND CAUSES TINY PUNCTURES THROUGHOUT THE LARGE INTESTINE.
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368 THE RESULT IS, OF COURSE, PERITONITIS, AND IS A SLOW AND
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369 EXTREMELY PAINFUL WAY TO DIE. RUMORS ARE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN A LOCAL RESTAURANT PLACED THE BAMBOO IN MCKANE
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370 S FOOD.HOPE THIS IS USEFUL TO YOU. A FRIEND
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371 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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372 [*=*] there are few who even know where DREAMTOUCHER is living and he does
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373 not have a phone. He does however come to PorSFiS meetings.
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374 MiG
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375 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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376 help
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377 I am lost
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378 enter
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379 *****************************
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380 New BBS: CBBS/ALOHA Phone 649-xxxx 24 hours
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381 *****************************
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382 some people on this system don't know when to shut the &%$# up!!! Some
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383 guy tells this story to the maximum 629 lines of DAta. Pretty boring if
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384 you ask me!!!
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385
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386 Quit being such boring people, people. Otherwise, The cursor will develop
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387 a horrible case of anerorexia from being
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388 overtyped.
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395 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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396 ALL Archive: We are ready! Oficially, Aaron, Steve, Dave, Leonard. And
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397 possibly Ninja, Steve S., DJJ, d, and Duffy. If the possiblies could
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398 contact the officialies; we will be in business. Having perused the printed
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399 archive sitting in a brighter-than-average corner of *THE* inn, I can
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400 promise all ARCHIVERS a treat beyond the touted and fortold glimmerings from
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401 the "premium no-lead" archive promoters. Truly an education.
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402 Aaron
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403 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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404 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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405 Those who made fun of my car: I have a '75 Fiat (Fix it again Tony) 124
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406 sports coup. I lost two pistons and the head. Luckily, I have a
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407 brother who is a mechanic at freeway FIAT and got me parts at cost.
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408 after his fees, it cost me $400 to fix my car. Anyway, I had to dip
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409 into the archive money as well as any other money that was handy.
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410 (I owe CIS quite a bundle, too)
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411 Voyeur: I'd get your glasses, but it's too late to tell me where Alex lives.
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412 [*=*]: Let me take a stab at your identity. Did we scheme to still an 11/70
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413 on a moped one time?
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414 The Ninja
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415 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
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416 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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417 Rocky seemed unaware that with Wassir's arms shipment and the
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418 key to the stocks, he had a lot of power. All he could think
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419 about was disguises for his meeting with this brother. The
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420 more I watched him and listened to his exotic voice the more
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421 I thought, "he can't possibly be a criminal. His attention
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422 span is too short." I had to get him to throw his resources
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423 to the good guys. But who WERE the good guys?
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424 PREMISES:
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425 1. Most NET agents are good guys.
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426 2. Petrov is a NET agent some of the time.
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427 3. Joshua and L'homme are NET agents all of the time.
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428 4. That Wassir is a terrorist is true.
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429 5. All terrorists are not good guys.
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430 6. All good guys are not bad.
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431 7. Rocky's not bad at all in his soccer player disguise.
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432 8. You can fool some Albanians all of the time.
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433 9. All NET agents are mortal.
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434 CONCLUSIONS:
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435 Wassir is for sure a bad guy & maybe sometimes Petrov, but
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436 probably not L'homme & Joshua but you never can tell & Rocky
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437 mostly just does whatever he feels like.
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438 I decided to abandon logic and rely on my gut instincts and
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439 rapier wit. I got Rocky to disguise himself as a stockbroker
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440 and we headed over to the Plaza. I was hoping to find a way
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441 to get Rocky's assets into the right hands before Hon. M.
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442 got to them and gave them to some ego-maniac with no morals.
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443 With any luck at all, Petrov would turn out to be an ego-maniac
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444 with a conscience.
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445 Gaudy Minsky
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446 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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447 *)#*%_@*%_$(%+@$(^_$*^_#@(^+!(^+!#(^+(_#^(#+^_$%(^_%$(&_%()@&+(_&*@_(&_%(&_(#(&_(_$(&_%$(&_!(#&_(%_(&_@(&_(&_%#(&_%(
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448 "Be seated gentlemen." Ian had the type of voice that could bring wild dogs to their knees. When Ian spoke, most of
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449 NET listened.
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450 Present at the meeting was myself, Joshua, Ian, NET 06, who's real name turns out to be Gregory, NET 03, our
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451 phone company agent, and an unidentified woman. As we took our seats, Ian flipped a switch on the arm of his chair,
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452 causing the lights to go out, a screen to appear, and a projector to come to life.
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453 "The files you see before you contain pertinent information regarding the entire Mckane operation. Everything remotely
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454 involving this case has been gathered, compiled, cross-compiled, and interpreted. These files should be
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455 memorized and understood down to the last iota of information. These slides contain germane information just received by
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456 outside NET operatives. Please read and memorize everything very carefully while I elaborate." Ian removed a paper
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457 from a special folder, and with the aid of a small flashlight, read to us its contents.
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458 "With our blessings, Bunker Hunt delivered his speech to the SBAC, and as we expected, the Dow Jones went through the
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459 roof. It might interest you to know that the NET made 700 million on the deal. WE have contacted the SEC, and are
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460 putting friendly but firm pressure on them to nix the possible merger deal between McKane and the albanian toilet
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461 interest. We have managed to secure photographs of Rocky entertaining known McKane agents, and are closing in on tieing
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462 up that loose end."
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463 In the dim light, I could see Joshua's face cringe at the end of Ian's latest revelation.
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464 "We are also in the process of securing very damaging papers regarding the McKane organization from a disgruntled former
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465 employee."
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466 The lights came back on and the screen returned to its hiding place in the wall."And now for the assignments"
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467 This is the part I always dreaded the most. What would it be this time? Beruit to look for stolen Holiday Inn towels?
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468 Canada to look for missing beer? Or maybe Cincinatti to look for missing hitting? What ever it was, I dreaded it with
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469 every bone in my body.
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470 "NET 03, you return to the phone company, and keep those taps going. You are a prime source of information. NET 06,
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471 you are headed for Tripoli. I want you to find out more about this Albanian character Wassir. And this time don't let
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472 your brother-in-law get the best of you! L'homme, Joshua, for you I save the best. I want both of you to head up to
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473 Oregon.
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474 "Oregon?", I ask. "You mean the land of whoop whoop and rust?"
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475 "The same.", continued Ian, without missing a beat. "Our information shows that Oregon contains the largest and most
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476 important circle of prayer facility in the country. We need to neutralize this religious enterprise ASAP. Your target
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477 is a guru named Rajneesh Dangerfield. A man who claims to get no respect, but don't let it fool you. You will find
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478 the commune in the city of RAINdeer. The rest of the information is in your folders. By the way, your car was impounded
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479 by the city, but we have recovered it. It is waiting in the garage. You will find a nice surprise for you concerning
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480 the speed and handling of the car. I suggest you drive to Oregon. You will make it in 1 day, I assure you."
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481 "What about her...", I asked, and was just as abrubtly cut off by Ian.
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482 "Don't concern yourself. Now off you go. And don't forget the new comset code!"
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483 Joshua and I headed for the garage, where according to Ada, our baggage and weapons were waiting for us in the trunk.
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484 "Have fun", she winked as we left the main floor of the complex.
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485 "Yea...fun..." I thought, as we made our way to the start of our next mission.
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486 *%*)_*_@*%_@*# L'homme sans parity - Je me dirige vers aventure! *%)*%)#$*%)
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487
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488 [*=*] PLNKA: NO.
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489 [*=*]
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490 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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491 Aaron:I hope I can laugh at my past mistakes, all 5 million k of them!
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492 PorSFiS:maybe, looks like 35% or so.
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493 MiG
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494 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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495 some of your messages are gramaticzally incorrect and do not makesense.
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496 because of this, as a beginner, i have a hard time understanding
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497 what to do. any advise? thanks.
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498 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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499 I can't say as I understood that very much either!
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500 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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501 [*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=][*=*][*=*]
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502 THE LAKE WAS MUCH WIDER THAN IT WAS WAS LONG, ANS AS SEEN FROM THE
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503 ISTANCE, DECEPTIVELY SO. NOW, AS I SAT ON MY ROCK, WITH THE WAVES L
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504 LAPPING AT MY FEET, I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT CROSSING IT WAS NOT GOI
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505 NG TO BE AS EASY AS I HAD THOUGHT. I COULD SWIM IT EASILY ENOUGH,
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506 BUT THE MAP WOULD BE RUINED FROM HOURS IN THE WATER. AND WHAT OF MY
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507 COMPANION? COULD A RACCOON SWIM SUCH A DISTANCE, COULD HE SWIM AT
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508 ALL? THE THOUGHT OF LEAVING HIM BEHIND SADDENED ME, AS I HAD BOCOME
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509 VERY FOND OF HIM- THE WAY HE YAWNED AT ME, JUST AS I REALIZED IT
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510 WAS TIME TO GET GOING, AND THE WAY HE CAVORTED PLAYFULLY ABOUT IN
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511 THE MEADOW, CHASING BUTTERFLIES----. THEN, SUDDENLY, MY FATHERS
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512 WORDS ECHOED FROM OUT OF THE PAST, AND A GRIM DETERMINATION SET IT.
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513 I MUST NOT FAIL.IT WAS TIME TO GET GOING. AS I STARTED TO RISE I
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514 SAW A WATER SKATE SCAMPERING ACROSS THE STILL SURFACE OF A TINY
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515 POOL, CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCKS. HOW I ENVIED HIS ABILITY TO WALK
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516 ACROSS THE WATER. A CURLED LEAF BOBBED UP AND DOWN AT THE EDGE OF
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517 'MY' ROCK. AN ANT WAS CRAWLING BACK AND FORTH-TRAPPED, I THOUGHT,
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518 SEEKING A WAY OUT, AND SUDDENLY A PICTURE APPEARED IN MY MIND. I
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519 SPRANG UP FROM MY ROCK, AND RAN ALONG THE ROCKY SHORE TO WHERE THE
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520 BULLRUSHES GREW. REEDS! I COULD BUILD A LITTLE RAFT, TO HOLD THE
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521 BOOK, AND MY COMPANION TOO! I SET ABOUT MY TASK WITH GREAT
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522 ENTHUSIASM, AND SOON IT WAS COMPLETED. I LEFT MY LITTLE CAMP AS IT
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523 WAS, AND PLACING MY RUCKSACK, AND CLOTHES ON THE RAFT, AND LASTLY
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524 MY COMPANION, WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO DISTURBED AT ALL. THEN I SLIPPED
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525 INTO THE COOL WATER, AND PUSHED AWAY FROM THE EDGE. HOW STRANGE
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526 THIS MUST APPEAR, I THOUGHT, BUT IT WOULD WORK, AND, ONCE AGAIN,
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527 WE WERE ON OUR WAY. 2BCONT'D[*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*][*=*]
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528 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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529 Mr. Haflinger - I read your book last night (All of it!). I think
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530 I see why you like it. You identify with the hero, don't you?
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531 You also envy his abilities with computers. Yes, I definitely
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532 see similarities between you and him.
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533 If I see you in the near future, we can discuss this further.
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534 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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535 :*************************************************************:
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536 LeRoy: Everything is going as anticipated. Hunt is satisfied
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537 with your plan. The speech went very well and he's about to
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538 cash in. The NET was thrown into total confusion; they're just
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539 now starting to recover. The SEC chairman has been taken care
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540 of and the merger is assured. Everything is going like
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541 clockwork, no serious difficulties in sight. Monsieur d'Autun
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542 :************************************************************:
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543 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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544 Things seldom workout the way people would like them to.
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