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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ******************** REMOVED: 9 AUG 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 PLACED ON
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6 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 What?! No one caught my little joke about Abby Hoffman's 'Steal This Book'?
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21 I'm really disappointed! Then again, maybe it is too old for you. It does
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22 date me I suppose, but I would have thought someone would have caught it.
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23 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************
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24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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25 Well, with crappy modem the only one working, this has to be
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26 MUST read them. i will leave them up till next risk.
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27 Voyeur: thanks for the info, it shows what i thought it
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28 would show.
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29 Mikey:i know who abby hofman was, but am too young to get
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30
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31 the reference.
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32 MiG
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33 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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34 ,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,
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35 So, whats up in the land of Backwater?
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36 Last time I was on, there were a few debates going, what become of them?
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37 Ok, so things are slowing down here, thats ok, it's just part of being British.
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38 So, what could spark a conversation here. in the past you could do it by
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39 entering in a few bad words and an insult and you'r in business. Well,
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40 I'm not going to do that at all. If anyone reading this would like to start
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41 up a conversation tell me.
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42 ,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,;,
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43 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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44
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45 With everybody probably already boored to tears with the Olympics, I'd
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46 still like to put in my two cents' worth about the TV coverage by ABC.
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47 On the negative side, as so many others have already stated, ABC has
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48 put more emphasis on American efforts and flag-waving than on balanced
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49 coverage of outstanding athletic efforts irrespective of the national
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50 origin of the athletes involved. To counter this, most of the outstanding
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51 performances, and I say 'most' knowing that the oversimplification will
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52 get me into a lot of trouble, have been by American atheletes, or involed
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53 American atheletes. However, by reading the newspapers, there seems to
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54 have been other nations competing
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55 at the Olympics this year!
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56 Politics and commercialism seem to be playing a bigger part of the
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57 Games this year than ever before. Perhaps the spirit of the Games should
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58 be officially changed (as well as the rules) to reflect the true state
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59 of the world rather than an ideal that has outlasted its time. It seems
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60 that there is really no such thing as an 'amatuer' athelete in the sense
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61 that the founders of the Olympic movement saw an amatuer. There are a
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62 lot of 'professional' atheletes that really should be in these Games
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63 because they are the best in the world at something the do. The East
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64 Bloc atheletes as well as MOST U.S. boxers who are members of the
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65 WELL, FOLKS, I THINK IT'S TIME TO GET SOME SERIOUS DEBATING
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66 GOING. SINCE FRANK HAS DISCOVERED SUNDAY TRADER (WHERE
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67 I UNDERSTAND HE IS QUITE COMF-
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68 ORTABLE) AND MIG DOESN'T HAVE ANY
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69 JUVIES TO HUNT (THE LAST HOWEVER MANY LINES ON DISC B WERE SOME
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70 SORT OF CP/M INSTRUCTIONS, NO)
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71 THEN I GUESS I WILL TAKE THE BALL. I SUBMIT THAT THE FEDERAL
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72 GOVERNMENT IMPOSE A 15% TAX ON UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENE-
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73 FITS, WELFARE, SOCIAL SECURITY AND WORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS
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74 THIS MONEY WOULD BE USED TO HIRE SQUADS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TO
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75 INVADE AMERICA AND GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR, AND KILL ALL OF THE PUPPIES AND KITTENS THAT BELONG
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76 TO LITTLE CHILDREN ALL ACROSS AMERICA. COMMENTS?
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77 V
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78 V5V
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79 VVVVV
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80 WASSIR: I SEE WHAT YOU MEANT ABOUT GETTING EVEN. WAS IT REALLY
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81 NECESSARY TO BLOW UP THE LITTLE TRAWLER THAT WASN'T EVEN MINE?
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82 NOW I OWE MY GREEK FRIEND A LOT OF MONEY. SHEESH. WELL, FUN IS
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83 FUN. YOU MIGHT TAKE SOME SATISFACTION IN KNOWING I SPENT
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84 A LOT OF HOURS IN THE WATER 'TILL I WAS RESCUED. YOU KLUTZ.
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85 I MUST ADMIT I AM IMPRESSED. A THREE MILLION DOLLAR FLOATING
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86 PALACE IS OF "MINOR IMPORTANCE?"
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87 IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY IDEOLOGY, I MIGHT GO TO WORK FOR YOU. BUT NOT IF YOU INTEND TO MERGE WITH
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88 MCKANE. I HAVE COPIES OF SOME FILES I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
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89 AT. SO-HOW 'BOUT THAT CAFE IN PALERMO? EOM. DELTA FIVE
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90 DREAMTOUCHER CALL LYSIAS
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91 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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92 Delta Five;
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93 Sorry about the trawler, a little problem with an itchy trigger
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94 finger. You can rest assured the culprit has been serverely dealt with.
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95 As for the meeting, Palermo isn't my cup of tea. Shall we say the
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96 Lavender Parrot in Bizerte, Tunisia at about noon on Thursday?
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97 Mohammed
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98 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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99
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100 Dear Ms. Pam
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101 We regret to inform you, Dr. Frankenstupe has been committed to the
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102 State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He was discovered nude, sitting
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103 on the mayor's desk in the city council chambers. He was singing 'Moon
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104 River' at the time. Unfortunately, the city council was in session at the
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105 time. Mr. Ivancie was quite upset and claimed Dr. Frankenstupe was an
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106 agent in the employ of Bud Clark. Whoop. Whoop.
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107
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108 We would like to bring to your attention the bill for the care and feeding
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109 of this er... thing. As they were putting the straight-jacket on poor
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110 Dr. Frankenstupe, he told us it belonged to you. We would appreciate it
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111 if you would make arrangements to take possession as rapidly as possible.
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112 We are running critically low on Wizard Air Freshener. The total bill for
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113 damages and maintenance is $37,846.91.
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114
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115 Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
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116
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117 Herman M. Pinkstaff
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118 Attorney-at-Law
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119 Pinkstaff, Wassir, and Pedro Assoc.
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120
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121 P.S. Please bring a large net when you come to pick up thing.
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122 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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123
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124 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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125 T H E S Y S T E M S A N A L Y S T F I N A LE X A M I N A T I O N
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126 *time limit is 4 hours*
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127 HISTORY: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially
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128 (but not exclusively) on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe,
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129 Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
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130
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131 MEDICINE: Using only a razor blade, a piece of gauze and a bottle of Scotch, remove your appendix.
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132 Do not suture until your work has been inspected.
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133
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134 PUBLIC 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming your flat. Calm them.
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135 SPEAKING: You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
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136
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137 BIOLOGY: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human development if your form had developed
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138 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parlimentary system.
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139 Prove your thesis.
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140
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141 MUSIC: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum.
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142
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143 PSYCHOLOGY: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment and
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144 repressed frustrations of each of the following: Rameses II, Nicholas of Cusa and Hammurabi.
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145 Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.
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146 It is not necessary to translate.
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147
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148 SOCIOLOGY: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world.
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149 Construct an experiment to test your theory.
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150
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151 ENGINEERING: Using commonly available materials and tools, build whatever mechanism you feel is appropriate to dealing
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152 with a hungry Bengal tiger in your living room (deduct 10 points if you have to use the attached Swahili
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153 language manual for making a high-powered rifle from defective paper clips).
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154 Be prepared to justify your decision.
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155
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156 ECONOMICS: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in
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157 the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist controversy and the wave theory of light. Outline a method for
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158 mitigating these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view.
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159
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160 POLITICAL Assuming a Red Telephone at your side, start World War III.
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161 SCIENCE: Discuss at length its socio-political repercussions (if any).
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162
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163 EPISTEMOLOGY: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
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164
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165 PHYSICS: Explicate the nature of matter. Include in your answer an
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166 evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
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167
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168 PHILOSOPHY: Sketch the development of human thought, and estimate its significance.
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169 Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
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170
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171 GENERAL: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
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172
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173 ?????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
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174 DELTA FIVE. THE MESSAGE YOU RECIEVED ABOUT THE MEETING IN
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175 TUNISIA IS NOT FROM WASSIR. YOU ARE BEING SET UP.I HAVE REASON
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176 TO BELIEVE THE NET IS RESPONSIBLE.THIS IS PROBABLY AN
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177 ATTEMPT TO GET YOUR FILES.I TOO AM A FORMER MCKANE OPERATIVE.
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178 LISTEN ON 14.220 MC FOR CODED MESSAGE. KEY IS LAST TWO WORDS
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179 OF STATEMENT ABOUT ERASTHONESE. I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN FORCES.ALPHA NINE.
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180 STRIKE IN THE NIGHT :OMEGA SIX
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181 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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182
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183 \\\\\\\ - What about the boxers ? You were trampled upon, it would
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184 appear.
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185
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186 000001TED - Have you not considered the possibility that I have been
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187 in the position that you describe ? For shame. I do
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188 not advocate a war for economic purposes, I merely pointed
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189 out that there appears to be an economic reason for
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190 conventional wars.
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191
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192 MIKEY - 1. Yes, I caught it, and thought it was quite funny. I
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193 could not think of an appropriate comeback.
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194 2. This country, and the world, has been in a aggressive
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195 growth period since WWII. The post war booms have been
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196 marred somewhat by recession, but never to the point where
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197 we have gone back to life before the wars. I currently work
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198 about 3 minutes to buy a loaf of bread. Prior to the Viet
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199 Nam War, my father worked about 9 minutes for a loaf. That
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200 is economic progress.
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201 (This measuring system is the most rational method of com-
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202 paring apples to oranges across international or temporal
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203 boundaries)
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204
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205 L'homme - Thank you. I agree that BWMS has always been a civilized
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206 board, and I would like to see it that way always.
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207
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208 MIKEY - 3. Today marks the first anniversary of my attending this
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209 forum. (In an alter ego, of course) Thanks for the fun,
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210 although I just read the fantasy stuff, not being gifted with
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211 the skill to write such.
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212
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213 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^ Laissez-faire ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
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215
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216 I agree about ABC's coverage of the Olympics. They hardly ever show an ev
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217 ent that we are not going to win a medal
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218 in. Did anybody see the fencing?
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219
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220 Being a new user I would like to know
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221 what all this spy business is. Could somebody please explain.
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222
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223 Sincerely,
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224
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225 James Bolivar DiGriz
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226 THE FOGS ROLLED IN OVER LONDON STREETS. THE LAST DROPS BARELY HAD CEASED FALING WHILE MILORDS STOLEN COACH CAME TO A STOP
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227 A TERRIFIED MAN FLEW FROM THE COACHMAN'S SEAT AND RAN STILL TO TALL GATES OF THE MORRISON ST. CEMETARY. HE YELLED FOR THE
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228 CARETAKER,HE SCREAMED FOR A LOST SOUL IF THE CARETAKEWOULDN'T ANSWER.
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229 A CRY FROM AN OLD SHED WITH A DOZEN OR SO SPADES,AND SHOVELS LAIN ASIDE IT'S WALLS SAID "EH, WHAT?!? JUST A MINUTE THEN !"
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230 IT WAS AN ELDERLY MALE AND THE TERRIFIED MAN STILL THOUGHT THE MAN WOULD NOT COME. NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS THEY MAY BE BUT HE
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231 COULD NOT HELP JOKING OF THE OLD CARETAKER NOT SURVIVNG THE RUN FROM THE SHED TO THE GATES.
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232 sTILL THE ELDERLY COCKNEY MADE TO THE GATES WITH THE KEYS. AT FIRST HE REFUSED TO HAND THEM TO THE TERRIFIED FELLOW UNTIL HE
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233 SAW THE SCAR ON HIS NECK.
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234 "NIGHTMARE !"tHE ELDERLY MAN'S TRUE,EVIL VOICE DOMINATED THE OLD WEAK FOOL WHOSE SOUL HE HAD STOLEN EARLIER. tHE BEAST SMI-
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235 LED FOR HE KNEW WHERE HIS FREIND WAS. AND WOULD REPAY FAVOURS WELL REMEMBERED FROM LONG IN THE PAST.
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236
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237 AT THAT MOMENT THE FIRST,FAINT SOUNDS OF HORSESHOES ON COBBLED STREETS STARTED REMINDING THE TERRIFIED MAN(WHO WAS NEITHER)
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238 OF THE DAAGHAREES.
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239 THE CULTISTS OF EHRIIHN
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240 E F F E R N N !
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241
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242 FROM HAWTHORNE : THE DESIGNEX
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243 i AM AS YOU'VE GUESSED BACK.
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244 ASSORTED MSSAGES FOLLOW:
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245 RISKERS: NEVER LOST A GAME...
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246 MIKEY: wOULD PAM HAVE MADE A SLIGHT APPEARENCE OF LATE ?
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247 DREAMTOUCHER: I HAVE TALES TO TELL OF (MIS) ADVENTURES IN ALL AND EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE TEMPLE. AND I WISH TO SPEAK RATHER
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248 SPECIFICALLY THOUGH OF COLLARS FOUNDATIONS PLASTIIC AND DEMISE OF MCKANE.
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249 QUIZMASTER:ALL GENERALIZATIONS ARE FALS.
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250 IN GENERAL I'M PLEASED TO GET BACK AT MY WORK AND BLACKWATERS. PORTLAND'S NICE. PROMETHEUS.
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251 RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK
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252 PRO- OR SHOULD I SAY AMATEUR, YOU MUST NEVER HAVE PLAYED EVEN ONE GAME !
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253 RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK RISK
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256 Has anybody ever really seen...
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257
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258 A dunce cap, or a burglar wearing a "Lone Ranger" mask, or someone throwning
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259 an old shoe at a cat ona fence, or a newsboy yelling "EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL
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260 ABOUT IT!", or a magician that said "Abra Cadabra", or a hobo with all his
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261 belongings tied to the end of a stick, or an indian that ever said "How!" or
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262 "UGH!", or a jug of whisky with "XXX" marked on it, or a lady flirting with
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263 a man by droping her handkerchief, or a safe falling from a high window, or a
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264 salesman put his foot in a door, or two drunks staggering up the street
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265 singing "Sweet Adeline", or a St. Bernard with a keg of brandy, or a billy
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266 goat eating a tin can, or the "Life of the party" wearing a lampshade on his
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267 head, or a kid getting his mouth washed out with soap, or a man drink champagne
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268 from a lady's shoe, or "Stars" when you're hit on the head, or a wife waiting
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269 for her husband with a rolling pin, or a reporter with "Press" card stuck in
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270 his hat band, or a sentance longer than this one?
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271
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272 Well, that just about does it for now.
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274
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275 In answer to the above: Yes, and anyone who grew up during the depression and
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276 prohibition such as I did would have seen many of the above (accepting the stars
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277 , champagne out of shoe, etc.).
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278 I have personally seen: the shoe and cat, the "EXTRA EXTRA!" newsboy, the magi-
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279 cian, the hobo, the jug of whiskey, the salesman's foot, the drunks, a safe
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280 being raised up to a window from the outside (though luckily I never saw one
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281 fall), and the hat with the press card. Who cares, right?
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282
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283 Mikey,Mig,Wassir,etc.
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284
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285 Would somebody please explain this
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286 spy/adventure stuff to me. I am very interested. I am also interested in the
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287 risk games that are going on. Also I
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288 would like to know if there is anyone who plays Avalon Hill games,such as Panzer Leader or Squad Leader.
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289
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290 Sincerely,
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291
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292 James Bolivar DiGriz
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293
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294 AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS BROKEN..........
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295 HUMFREY
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296
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297 &*$#&%)&#%)@#%_@#%_(#%_@#+%@#*%(%+#(%+!#%+%_@#*%_+%%*_#(%!#(%!#(%_!#(%_!%_#%___
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298 MEL EATS
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299
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300 At least that's what the sign said.
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301 "Shouldn't that be Mel's Eats?", asked Joshua in mock seriousness. "Just
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302 josh'in.", he continued.
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303 "Cute.", I replied aloud, and then to myself, "Just what I need, a comic
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304 for a partner."
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305 I gave the car the STOP command, and it promptly pulled over to
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306 the side of the road outside the rustic looking roadside cafe. With a
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307 swoosh of compressed air, the doors opened, and Joshua and I stepped onto
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308 the gravel shoulder of the road.
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309 "A real do-drop-in, don't you think?", I asked Joshua, as we stepped
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310 up to the cafe's porch. As I reached for the door it opened for me. The
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311 person behind door was the mysterious lady from the meeting! She started
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312 walking for the car, and we, still in a slight state of shock, followed
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313 behind her.
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314 As the still-unnamed lady approached the car, the passenger door
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315 opened on its own accord. Pushing the seat forward, she jumped in to the
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316 backseat, and returned the seat to its former position. Joshua and I
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317 got in the car, and the doors automatically closed.
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318 Before we could speak, she answered our questions in a heavy mid-
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319 western twang.
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320 "I am Gaudy Minsky. I am your new partner, and I believe you're going my
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321 way. Ian sent me on this mission, so I suggest we get going."
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322 Joshua and I looked at each other, and with expressions of surprise,
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323 and a slight deflation of our collective male egos, we set off for Portland.
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324 In the hours our trip to Portland took, Gaudy related her entire
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325 story of the meeting with our illustrious leader Ian, and how he had convinced
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326 her to join in our operation against the Rajneeshies in RAINdeer. She turned
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327 out to have a pretty interesting story; at least interesting enough to keep
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328 Joshua and I from calling Ian immediately and asking why he had sent a women
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329 along with us.
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330 About 30 miles outside of downtown Portland, the car slowed down to
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331 normal traffic speed, 70 MPH, in order to blend in better with the in-going
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332 cars. The car was pre-programmed to head to NET - Portland, in order for us
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333 to pick up some needed equipment and some clothes more typical of the area.
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334 We arrived at the downtown Benson, parked the car using the 11-minute
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335 nickel, and entered the building. Gaudy lead the way to the elevator, and when
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336 it arrived, punched a series of numbers. There was that falling sensation
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337 again! But as before, we slowed to a stop, and the doors opened to reveal a
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338 small office staffed by a single secretary, and occupied by several suitcases
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339 marked L.J.G.
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340 "You must be the RAINdeer contingent.", the secretary said without
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341 looking up from her desk. "Those marked bags are for you. Have fun in
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342 RAINdeer."
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343 We grabbed our bags without saying a word, and entered the elevator.
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344 The flight to the lobby only took a few moments, and we were heading for the
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345 door when a news broadcast on the TV in the hotel bar caught my attention.
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346 A reporter identified as Kathy Hitoranagason was interviewing Ma Prem
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347 Rivers, the Rajneesh mouthpiece, and Rivers was doing most of the talking.
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348 "Yes. Our festival will not be stopped by the actions of a few insensitive
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349 brutes. We will go on undaunted! Damn those who would stop us!"
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350 With that last epithet, the picture switched back to the station's
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351 newsroom, but we were already too busy heading toward the door with our bags in
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352 tow to pay much attention.
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353 "We better get there, and get there fast!", I shouted as we dodged
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354 taxies and mopeds to get to the car. Throwing our bags in the trunk, we climbed
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355 in and started the car.
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356 "Autopilot", I said, and as before, the KITT-like panel appeared. The same
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357 female voice asked nonchalantly, "destination please?" "RAINdeer Oregon"
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358 "Desired time of arrival?" "Now!!!" I shouted, and the car immediately went into
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359 motion. We were informed that the timetable given was unobtainable, but the
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360 computer would do its best.
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361 10 minutes later, we arrived at the outskirts of RAINdeer. Things
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362 were pretty desolate in this part of town. Joshua and I looked at Gaudy, and
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363 we quickly started to plan our attack.
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364 *)*#)%*@#)%*@#)%*@#)%*)!%*)@# L'homme sans parity &*)%#*%)*@)#%*@#)%*@)*%@%*@)#
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365 Extra to Mikey : I got the reference too, but not because I know alot about
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366 Abby Hoffman. It is because of the Richard Dreyfuss movie, "The Big Fix".
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367 In it, it has an Abby-like character who leads the LA Gang of 7, is arrested,
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368 goes into hiding, writes a book, and then becomes an ad-man for a NY ad
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369 agency. The plot revolves around some bad guys trying to frame the name of
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370 the character for some freeway bombs. It was on TV recently in fact.
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371 Person with long sentance : The only thing you listed that I had seen before
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372 was the sentence itself. Where did you get it?
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373 Prometheus : Don't brag about your Risk past. I seem to recall bragging was
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374 what got you in trouble before. You haven't played Risk until you have
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375 played with the bunch.
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376 Riskers : In the name of science, I purchased 2 more bottles of the vile orange
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377 stuff to experiment with. If I am able, I will report my findings. Has anyone
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378 here seen Altered States?
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379 &*%)*%)@#*%)@#*%@#)*%)@#*%@# L'homme sans parity *%)*%)@#*%@#(%_@#(%@*#%*@#_%@%
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380 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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381 L'HOMME SANS PARITY, & LAISSE-FAIRE, MY APOLIGIES. L'HOMME, YOU ARE PERFECTLY IN THE RIGHT TO CORRECT MY INEXCUSABLE TONE
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382 TOWARDS LAISSE-FAIRE. HOWEVER, ALLOW ME TO OFFER AN EXCUSE. I AM AT THE TENDER AGE OF EIGHTEEN, AND ANY CASUAL DECISIONS THAT
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383 REGAN & COMPANY MAY MAKE REGARDING THE MILITARY WILL HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON MY PRECIOUS BODY. I HAVE NO WISH TO DIE IN SOME
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384 STINKING JUNGLE IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND I VALUE MY AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. I ALSO MIGHT ADD THAT I HAVE NOTICED A DISTRESSING
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385 TENDENCY TOWARDS CONSERVATISM IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE ELECTION OF R&R. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOTHING NORMALLY WRONG WITH THIS,
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386 THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION HAS SUCCEDED IN UNITING CONSERVATISM AND MILITARISM UNDER THE SAME BANNER. ALTHOUGH THIS IS PARTLY
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387 DUE TO POLITICAL MOGULS SUCH AS JESSE HELMS, (SENATOR OF NORTH CAROLINA) WHO RECEIVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MILITARY MONIES
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388 FOR BASES IN THEIR STATE, MUCH IS DUE TO THE MASSIVE MILITARY BUILDUP SINCE THE ELECTION. THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC FIGURE
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389 S EITHER. EVEN PRIVATE PERSONS, PERHAPS COMFUSED BY THE RHETORIC AND PATRIOTICALY INFLAMED BY THE SPECTACLE OF GRENADA, HAVE
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390 BEGUN EXCITEDLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT 'VICTORY'. JUST LAST WEEK, THE 'OFFENSE' DEPARTMENT BEGAN THREATENING THAT
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391 THEY MIGHT RUN OUT OF MEN IN THE 1990'S AND A DRAFT WOULD BECOME 'NECESSARY'. IT IS THIS SABER RATTLING THAT RATTLES MY BONES.
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392 I STILL MAINTAIN THAT WAR IS SIMPLE MURDER, AND IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE. IT IS BETTER TO DIE AND REMAIL SPIRITUALLY UNCONTAMINATED
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393 BY MURDER THAN TO ENGAGE IN 'A PRETENSE OF 'SELF DEFENSE' UNDER A PIECE OF CLOTH.BY THE WAY, MY REAL NAME IS TED MITTELSTAEDT,
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394 AND I CAN BE FOUND UNDER CBBS AND SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR BOARDS+++++++++++++++++++++++++000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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395 ****************************************
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396 ****************************************
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397 Mike Staats,
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398 We have a common friend. Who???? Gary "Dick" Weber. By the way who is Wendy. Have fun at shool in 3 weeks. Still don't
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399 who I am??????? Just write to the name of James DiGriz on CBBS or here.
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400 p.s Juniors are
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401 ------------ unmentionable
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402 ****************************************
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403 ************************************************* James Bolivar DiGriz ********************************************************
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405 *************************************************************************
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406 TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL WONDERING: Abby Hoffman was (is!) a 1960's hippy
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407 freak pinko radical who liked to stir things up. He wrote a book called
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408 'Steal This Book' which caused a lot of fuss because it described in gory
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409 detail such things as how to make pipe bombs, do nasty things to ma bell,
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410 what size slugs = what type coins, ect... The problem it brought up was
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411 where do you draw the line on freedom of press? We can't have Uncle
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412 banning this sort of stuff, but.. is there a real need to popularize this
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413 sort of information so that common vandles can get ahold of it? It really
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414 pushes the freedom of the press concept to the wall.
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415 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************
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416 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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417 Ma Prem Rivers greeted us with a warm smile. EVERYone at RAIN-
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418 deer had a warm smile. Perpetual beatitude. Non-stop bliss.
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419 It was depressing. I was acting as a newspaper reporter with a
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420 photographer (L'homme) and Joshua was from 1001 Pals of Oregon
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421 investigating animal abuses and unnatural acts. Nothing was
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422 more unnatural than the unflagging ecstacy of the Rajneeshis.
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423 Rivers looked like the dog Odie in "Garfield." "Marvelous.
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424 Publicity. I mean people confuse us with those guys in airports
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425 that look like Daddy Warbucks with jaundice. Puh-LEEZ! We are
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426 not a cult. We are a legitimate religious movement." She steered
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427 us through the relentlessly rapturous throng. I was getting edgy
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428 . I'd known guru junkies of every persuasion from Herbert W.
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429 Armstrong to Bubba Free John. Drunk on the act of spiritual
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430 transport and with little personality of their own, they will-
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431 ingly submitted their ego to anyone willing to be known as a
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432 prophet or saint. This utter bliss could turn instantly to
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433 fanatic hatred if Wassir or Petrov tried and failed to shake
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434 their leader's credibility. If they succeeded, things could
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435 be even worse. Facing thousands of devotees who had discovered
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436 their idol to be a humbug would be no day at the beach.
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437 It was a fine sight. Thousands of green-clad worshippers
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438 milled about joyously in a large open area with farm buildings
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439 at one end and living quarters at the other. They were hav-
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440 ing a great time. Why did it seem so ominous? May be I was
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441 just grouchy because we hadn't been able to get into the
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442 trunk for 12 hours. The rest of the car talks like the nice
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443 Time lady. The trunk sounds like Vic Tayback. "OPEN THE
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444 TRUNK?!?!?!! You think I'm a sinusoid elephant???!!" The trunk
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445 was highly amused. We were not. "OK, OK, OK. Guess the pass-
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446 word. What former Olympic athlete taught millions of mothers
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447 how to raise their children? And what was his event? And if
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448 you try to use force I'll jam the doors, too, wiseguys, so what
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449 do you think about that? HAH?!!!" A real charmer; We'll have
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450 to make an addendum to the operator's manual.
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451 Anybody know the password(s)?
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452 Gaudy Minsky
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453 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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454 V
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455 V5V
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456 VVVVV
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457 WASSIR: I'LL BE THERE THURSDAY. I GIVE MY WORD-A TEMPORARY TRUCE
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458
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459 IS THIS AGREEABLE? ALPHA: NOT JUST YET, THIS I MUST DO ALONE.
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460 OMEGA: FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED. EOM DELTA FIVE
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461 LOAM- THERE IS NO TELEVISION SET IN THE BENSON BAR/LOBBY. SOME
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462 ONE MAY BE TRYING TO TRICK YOU. BE CAREFUL. A FRIEND
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463 TO ?, ABOVE: I REMEMBER NEWSBOYS YELLING "EXTRA, EXTRA". AND I
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464 ONCE REMEMBER AN INDIAN SAYING "UGH".(IT WAS AFTER TASTING SOME
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465 UNIDENTIFIED ORANGE LIQUID FROM
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466 A JUG MARKED "XXX").NEVERTHELESS I THOUGHT YOUR ENTRY WAS QUITE
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467 AMUSING;I LIKED IT. TO THE PERSON WHO REMEMBERS THE
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468 DEPRESSION: DID YOU EVER HEAR A HOOKER ACTUALLY SAY "HEY, SAILOR
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469 OVER HERE" OR "BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME"?(EXCEPT BING CROSBY)
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470 SIGNED: 'OLD FOGEY'.
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471 TO ALL: BUMMER. BEING ONE OF THE FEW BW IRREGULARS WHO HAVE ONLY
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472 UPPER CASE, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT
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473 EVERYONE KNOWING WHO I AM.
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474 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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475 From his seat near the edge of the bar where he had been
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476 sitting and listening to the tales, the piper rose and called to the throng,
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477 "A slight change of subject, perhaps, but I would like to address the
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478 concept of "victimless" crimes. The Portland city council is trying to
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479 "crack down" on prostitution in the city. My question is simple -- if both
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480 parties are willing, who gets hurt? Why is prostitution, taking drugs,
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481 attempting suicide, and any other act that does not infringe upon anothers
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482 rights legislated as illegal? By what stretch of the imagination can any
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483 government claim to be legitimate that interferes in a persons life when that
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484 person is not performing acts that affect other persons?
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485 I can see the need for and reluctantly accept the right of a group of
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486 people to pass and enforce by collective violence certain rules of behavior
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487 that protect each member of that group from acts committed by others. It
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488 is, unfortunately, quite easy to go from that point to a point where the
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489 group can construe protecting it's members as aiding them against all who
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490 might resist the members will in any matter -- material, moral, or religious.
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491 My point is, that as soon as a society crosses the line of legislating
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492 behaviour which infringes upon another's rights, and attempts to regulate
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493 morals, religious beliefs, or any other private behaviour, that society
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494 forfeits its claim to legitimacy.
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495 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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496
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497 to Gary weber.
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498 TO Gary weber concerning WDY.Gary I have finnally gotten into this system.
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499 list message
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500 enter
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501 to Gary WEber,concerning WDY.
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502 Garyuout of all the b'boards this one uses totally different commands and
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503 and a few different functions.
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504 Well gotta run ,hope you can catch my next message,Mike+WDY.
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505 print
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506 ********************************************************************************
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507 Gary and Mike,
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508 I know who you are but you don't know who I am . to find out leave
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509 a message to James DiGriz on CBBS or BWMS. Mike please learn to use this system
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510 properely, you mess up the whole screen.
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511 ********************************************************************************
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512 ******** James Bolivar DiGriz **************************************************
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513 ****************************************
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514 AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
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515 ==========================================================================
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516 To ALL NEW People: PLEASE read carefully the first 18 lines or type HELP
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517 and read CAREFULLY the commands to find out how to enter a message, and
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518 how to get OUT of the Enter mode. These disks don't hold much as it is
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519 and it is a pain to see a bunch of empty lines where someone did not know
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520 how to exit the ENTER mode when finished leaving their message!
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521 T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! !
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522 ================================================== Sudden Death ==========
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523 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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524
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525 TED: Apology accepted. I understand where you are in life. I do,
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526 however, disagree about war always being murder. In many cases
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527 it is self defense, eg. WWII. Are you advocating death rather
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528 than self defense ? Before discussing war again, I would like to
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529 know if that is indeed your premise, because if it is, we have
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530 such a difference in viewpoint that I feel it would be a
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531 fruitless discusion. RSVP
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532
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533 Piper: Prostitution is not always agreeable to both sides. Many
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534 times the woman is forced into it by Pimps or other mitigating
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535 circumstances. If all are truly willing, then it is none of
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536 the states business. Read your bible, prostitution is older
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537 than Christianity. (Genesis describes temple prostitution
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538 as from a primitive religion)
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539 As for suicide, that usually affects a lot of other people,
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540 the coroner, the family, friends, etc. That is a much harder
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541 question to discuss. Where does ones autonomy end, and ones
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542 obligation to others take precedence.
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543 Drugs are another problem altogether. I have known many people
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544 who are into drugs and are productive members of society.
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545 But there are many others who through misuse of drugs become
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546 burdens on society. That is intolerable. (This holds true
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547 for that most insidious of drugs, alcohol)
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548
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549 L'homme: Do you feel that a balanced budget is possible with the
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550 promised increase in social welfare programs that Mr. Mondale
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551 has proposed ? Increases which do very little other than to
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552 discourage individual effort and encourage people to lay\
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553 sideways in the public trough.
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554
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555 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^
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556 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$
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557 Piper - Bravo. It's about time someone else came out in defense
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558 of perpetrators of victumless crimes.
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559 Though most of us don't recognize it, we are unthinking
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560 slaves to irrational values that linger from our puritan
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561 heritage. Yet rather than admit our values reflect socially
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562 instilled taboos, which may no longer be relevant, we deceive
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563 ourselves into believing that we came to our values through
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564 rational thought and examination.
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565 The fallacy of this thinking was demonstrated in our
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566 earlier argument. Though people pretended to be rational,
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567 logical, and scientific, their arguments made no sense at all.
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568 If you examine the entrys from that period you'll see that
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569 they were emotional to the point of being absurd.
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570 This is understandable once you accept that man is not a
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571 rational animal. We are basically herd animals who are
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572 motivated by fear, instinct, taboo, social pressure, along with
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573 a myriad of other complex motivations. We react from instinct
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574 or social conditioning. It's only later that we become rational
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575 in order to justify what we do or believe.
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576 When I portrayed myself as a child molester I triggered
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577 familial instincts, territorial instincts, while violating the
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578 the most sacred of the social taboos. You saw the reaction.
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579 Mankind has always been motivated by the herd instinct and
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580 always will. Rational thought, scientific method, and logical
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581 constructs are merely tools to create a workable illusion that
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582 gives life meaning. They are not real.
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583 Since it's all an illusion anyway don't be too hard on
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584 society for not living up to your standards. Reality is a sham
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585 and things are not as they seem. Your best bet is to go off,
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586 smoke a joint, and forget the whole thing.
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587
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588 SOMEBODY CLEAN ME OFF...I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING...BIG BROTHER...
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