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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* INSTALLED: 28 OCT 84 *************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day system operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20
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21 Wow! First time at the top...unfortunately I don't have too much to say.
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22 Well, I haven't had anyone call Rome since my last appeal. I realize that it's
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23 nothing like BWMS and alot of people would gladly spit on a networks board if
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24 they had the chance, but if you wouldn't, please call Rome. I find the quali-
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25 ty of messages on Backwater first rate, and I like to have that kind of input
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26 on Rome. Well, this may be the last time I'm ever at the top, so I'm savouring
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27 this moment, but I've got to go, so see ya.
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28 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
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29
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30 ****************************************************************************
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31 L'HOMME: I WILL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT PCS SOC. ? P.S. I HAVE THE LAST 3
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32 DISKS OF THE AARON PACKAGE FULL OF BWMS WHICH WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
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33 OH NO! NOT ANOTHER $12.00! LET'S SEE, THAT WOULD MAKE IT $160. GEE, ONLY
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34 ANOTHER $75-$100 TO GET A NEW MODEM FOR BWMS.
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35 LEONARD: ALSO I WILL HAVE (GASP!) THE BW LISTINGS THERE FOR YOU TO SEE
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36 IF YOU WANT. (YES, I FOUND THEM UNDER AN OLD PILE OF MAGS. LORD ONLY KNOWS
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37 HOW THEY MIGRATED TO THERE.) ALSO, ABOUT THE BACKSPACE THING REMEMBER
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38 THAT FOR EVERY BACKSPACE YOU SEND, BW DOES BS/SP/BS TO ERASE THE CHARACTER
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39 THUS IT RETURNS 3 CHARS FOR EVERY ONE OF YOURS. THUS THERE IS A TIMING
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40 PROBLEM IF YOU TRY TO FEED THEM TOO FAST TO BW. (IT JUST IGNORES ANY EXTRAS
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41 THAT IT CAN'T PICKUP WHILE DOING ITS THING.) AND OF COURSE YOU ARE AWARE OF
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42 THE PROBLEM IN REGARD TO CONTROL CHARACTER ON/OFF WHEN DOING BACKSPACES.
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43 MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER DROPPING THE CONTROL CHARACTER ASPECT (MAYBE ALLOW
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44 A FEW PREDEFINED CONTROL CHARS? BUT THEN IF YOU ALLOW ONE THEN YOU MIGHT
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45 AS WELL ALLOW THEM ALL. OH WELL, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.)
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46 P.S. I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN ON TO COMPUSERVE FOR REAL, THEY HAVE WEIRD
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47 BILLING IDEAS, AND I HAVE TO GET THAT SETTLED BEFORE I CAN GO ANY
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48 FURTHER. SIGH.. AT LEAST THE H150 WORKS.. WELL SORT OF.. IT SEEMS THEY
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49 LEFT OUT THE PARTS FOR THE SECOND SERIAL PORT. SIGH... FRUSTRATING.....
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50 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************
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51 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@
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52 CISTOP MIKEY; It is apparent to me that you are avoiding the issue, and making excuses for not deciding.
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53 All said and done, there still remains that there is a President to be chosen and you are trying to evade a decision.
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54 By voting for None of the Above, you ware avoiding the issue almost exactly like someone who does not even enter a vote.
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55 Neither helping nor hindering, simply sitting in an armchair claiming high morals, and lofty ideas.
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56 On a side note, this practice is reminiscent of El Salvadorian rebels that kill hundreds preventing the populace from voting
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57 and then claim that they are 'Fighting for Change'. Inconsistant?
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58 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
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59 POST SCRIPT; An analagy, not a debate request, it is, as are all analogies, incorrect.
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60 @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@
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61 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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62 Sigh... I just can't seem to keep my mouth shut....
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63 To the above person... One of the major problems with US politics is that
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64 we have no viable independent political parties. We have two monolithic
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65 machines that blunder through the business of government and insulate our
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66 politicians from any real-world concerns. What real difference is this from
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67 a country that has a single monolithic machine that brooks no opposition?
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68 A small, but important point is that it allows the "outs" to become "ins" if
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69 they can find abuses by the present "ins." Beyond that, the very monolithic
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70 structure of the two-party system is a very effective muffler of dissent. By
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71 the time a politico can run for office, he is so indebted to the machinery that
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72 he/she is morally incompetent to hold that office. Countries in which the
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73 political spectrum is more varied, such as France, or our neighbor to the north,
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74 Canada, have a much larger variety of political parties. It is much easier to
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75 find others of like mind and work towards a change. The number of persons
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76 that refuse to be affiliated with either of the two monolithic parties is
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77 increasing, even in Oregon where you are penalized during the primary.. I'm
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78 sure that they're both a little nervous about some charismatic leader coming
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79 along and forming a viable third party. I'm also sure that if that did appear
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80 to be happening that Measures Would Be Taken and The Situation Would Be Corrected.
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81 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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82 The piper, his awful hunger calmed, looked carefully as Milchar talked to
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83 his aqueous guest. Oh well, a talking pond was not too bad, he could think of
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84 worse things. Muttering to himself, the piper thought aloud...
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85 "Red and green... with blue, these are the additive primary colors... hmm...
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86 three primarys added together make white... that doesn't quite sound right,
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87 somehow. Red and green are complimentary colors in the subtractive system...
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88 no, we get into triplets rather than fours any associations I can make with
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89 colors...." The piper stared into the middle distance, thinking.
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90 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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91 All you ed's are not any good ,all you talk about is Politics.
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92 REAGAN/BUSH RULE ALL
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93 You know who left this don't you?
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94 IT OR IN AS YOU WOULD PUT IT..
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95 MIKEY - THANKS FOR THE TIP ON SANYO. I WENT
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96 TO THE MEETING AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.
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97 I WAS TOLD TO EXPECT TO SEE YOU THERE, BUT HAD TO LEAVE BEFORE
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98 THE SPEAKER. WAS IT YOU ?
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99
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100 DJJ
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101 _____________________________________________________________-------
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102 To: The Walrus
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103 From: Max Bell
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104 Subkject: Rome
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105
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106 I would be happy to join the citizens
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107 of Rome, but I have not been able to
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108 get any recomendation from other users
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109 of Rome.
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110 --------------------------------------
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111 Post Script: Could I user sysop
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112 recomendations instead?
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113 --------------------------------------
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114 I hate to tell you again,and again,but
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115 you can't become a citizen on Rome
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116 unless you have 2 people endorse you
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117 <:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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118 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
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119 Well, I try not to bend my sacred rule of two endorsements. As I said before,
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120 The Piper and Friar Tuck are citizens, and if you call other boards besides
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121 BWMS, there's even more of a chance that people will be able to endorse you. I
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122 know that the endorsement system isn't the best in the world, but please hang
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123 in there. If we can get a few BWMS people on Rome, the process will be much
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124 easier for everyone else.
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125 <(::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
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126 --------/----------/-------N%-,-+-/---
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127 WELL.. I HAVE REINACTED MY BOARD, EXCALIBUR.. I HOPE TO KEEP IT NON-APPLE
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128 ORIENTED AND TO GET SOME DISCUSSIONS LIKE THOSE FOUND ON THIS BOARD TO GET
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129 GOING ON IT.. THE NUMBER IS 775 xxxx..
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130 .. BUT THE HOURS ARE UNFORTUNATELY ODD.. FROM ONLY 10 PM TO 12 AM EACH DAY.
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131 I DO HOPE TO GGET A GOOD START AND WOULD APPRECIATE SOME BWMS USERS CALLING
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132 IT..
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133
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134 SIR GALAHAD
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135 AND
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136 SIR JOHANN
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137
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138 SYSOPS OF EXCALIBUR
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139
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140 ALL BWMS USERS ACCEPTED NO HOLES BARRED.
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141
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142 To Sir Galahad & Sir Johann
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143 Subject:BWMS Users.
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144 What excaly do you mean by no holes barred?
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145 Also is that board(well Obviosly like the other boards)a network?
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146 I will leave you a message on um W.P.
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147 thanx,
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148 To all
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149 From:Black Magic.
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150 Subject:New User Here.
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151 I am a new user and i didn't know wether to use a code name
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152 or a real name so i am using a real name.could someone please
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153 leave me a message on this system about how to go about using it i know the--
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154 Introductory tells you how to use it but i am also wondering
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155 how you go about getting to know the other users.Like The other ones w/psudo-nim
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156 s like i have i couldn't think of anything else.So if you would
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157 please,i am really interested in what types of TOPICS and Speaches and informati
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158 ion is on here,what does everyone go by?
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159 thanks alot...............
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160 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%=BLACK MAGIC=%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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161 Ps-can anyone help me with a better name i sort of think that
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162 one is a little strange.Thanks,what best fits my personality?
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163 see ya.
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164 NOT MAX BELL I LIKE HIS FORMAT
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165
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166 What does the phrase "file unsafe"
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167 mean?
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168
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169 ...............................................................................
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170 Mikey: THANK YOU! Looking at my current attempts at the I/O handlers....
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171 .... well, let's just say I'd be glad to see how someone ELSE did it.
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172 I now have my new 8085 assembler. It caught a few minor errors (a couple
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173 too embarassing to mention!). Now I can code & CHECK at work.
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174 By the way, am I correct in assuming that I can borrow the listings? If
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175 not, how much would you like for Xeroxing them?
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176 L'Homme: I wanted to check on a couple of things. One is the PAUG meeting, are
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177 you going & can I get a ride?
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178 __________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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179 Hmmm, red and green added together make yellow... and the necklace
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180 IS golden now...
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181 Hey! Gyre said "tell me what you wish to see" right? How about
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182 "we wish to see the next item and its location"?
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183 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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184 =====================
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185 Mikey: You mentioned something about a "new modem" in some lines above. Well
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186 the cheapest 1200 baud modem is about $230. I will donate $30 to the cause,
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187 making the cost to BWMS $200. You don't even need to pay me immediately, and
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188 you might ask for donations from 1200 baud users (like Bit Bucket did.)
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189 =============================================== P. V. Jeltz =================
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190 P. S . You can get ahold of me on CBBS/Aloha.
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191
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192
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193 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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194 To any one that reads this and is on Rome. My Name is and I have
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195 asked the sysop to post my name on the "WISHING THEY COULD GET IN" list and
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196 so far he hasn't done it. He claims that he owns a freindly system where he
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197 only validates real users. I know a lot of people and they say that all there
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198 is on Rome is trash about what the newest games are and what the most popular
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199 group is. If all the board has to offer is arguing and petty talk about who
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200 is tougher than who then why should you have to keep people out. Why don't
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201 you let them all in and you could have one hell of a bash. A long time ago
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202 when the board was called "Swing Shift" I had a validated password. So did
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203 a lot of other people but you deleted them all and now they are waiting so
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204 that they can get validated by what is on there now, trash. Try being nicer
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205 to the people that call and your board might have a better name. It is
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206 popular now, but what can you see in a board that only has 8-10 year olds
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207 running the thing?
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208 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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210 Gyre smiled at Bard's request. "Alas, I cannot show you if you phrase it in that manner. I must also know the color.
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211 WILL tell you", he paused, "that Gold is the fourth and final color."
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212 Piper mumbled, "blue...". The puddle quivered, as if awaiting a special signal. Using this as a que, Piper said,
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213 "Show us the Blue Power!"
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214 Gyre exclaimed, "AT LAST! My purpose fulfilled! Come this way, gentlemen!"
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215 Gyre suddenly expanded, and grew to the size of a small lake, only 1/2 inch in depth. The color of the water changed
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216 from blue to black... and I stepped in. I think the others followed.
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217 I nearly became sick to my stomach. The spinning sensation I felt as I fell through a void of some sort came quite
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218 close to making me ill. It did not last long, however, before I completed the journey...
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219 The surroundings had shifted. We (the others had come through, also) were standing in a large shallow lake, but we
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220 were no longer inside the Ruby Valley. The motif here seemed to be water. The Valley here could more closely be
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221 described as a lagoon. The only dry portions were on widely-spread strips of white sand, upon which glittered small
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222 specks of blue... sapphires? I wasn't sure.
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223 A groan to my left made me turn. L'homme was laying there, breathing slowly. My God, I had forgotten all about him.
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224 Thinking back, I hadn't seen him since the attack on the Gazebo. He awoke with a start. "Where... what... why...",
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225 sputtered L'homme, unsure of his method of arrival, or ours for that matter.
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226 "If you're asking why you're there, and how, I think I have a solution to the 'strange water' mystery. It comes from
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227 here. It seems to be semi-sentient, and can track a hurt person to cure him with its healing properties. I would
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228 venture to guess that you were hurt in the attack and Gyre brought you here, L'homme.", Bard said.
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229 "Now what? We look for a Blue necklace? Then a Gold one? THEN what happens? Do we get the jackpot?", I asked
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230 everyone, almost as puzzled as before, but not quite.
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231 "Better yet, HOW DO WE LEAVE?", Piper added.
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232 "How about someone helping me up?", L'homme asked.
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233 "Here. I am anxious for more answers.", I said, and helped him up. "Let us continue. Which direction?"
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234 "Try the nearest beach, and work your way from there.", the Friar piped in.
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235 "On we go then!", we all cried in unison. Stunned, we laughed at our common thought.
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236 +++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++ 11:12 on 10/29/84, with a thanks to L'homme +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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237 **************************************************************************:
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238 LEONARD: YOU WON'T LIKE IT, IT IS VERY POOR CODE ALMOST UNREADABLE.
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239 BUT, WE'LL SEE COME THURSDAY.
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240 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************:
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241 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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242 What with politics dominating the scene, the laughter and normally lively
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243 conversation had dwindled to a trickle. Light speculation and heavy drinking
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244 soon drove the mathematician to seek relief. Looking up at the far wall he
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245 noticed a small sign, carefully designed, in exquisite gold letters:
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246
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247 ----------------------------
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248 | Why worry about TOMORROW, |
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249 | when today is so far off? |
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250 ----------------------------
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251
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252 Now that at least makes sense, he thought to himself. The graffito on the
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253 near wall was much more cryptic:
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254
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255 DOC HID DICE ---- CHECK BOX BED
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256
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257 Probably some secret spy message, he mused. Then he noticed that it read the
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258 same when viewed in the mirror. How odd, mirrors are supposed to reverse
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259 things, the message should have been unreadable. Maybe there was more going
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260 on here than meets the eye!
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261 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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262 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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263 MM -- that's very strange. I don't remember any mirrors on the floor or
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264 ceiling at the inn... or was the grafitti on the wall? In fact, I though
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265 the looks of the Innhabitants had shattered all glass for miles around...
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266 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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267 Milchar -- continue, please!
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268 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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269 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*~
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270 Sitting on the sand, I let it run through my fingers. I leaned out a bit to get
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271 some more sand. "Look at your robe !", exclaimed Lila, "It is not worn out on the
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272 elbows any more." I jumped up and noticed that the places that had touched the
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273 sand were all repaired and made as good as new. "Fascinating.", said I, "Do you
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274 suppose that it will fix other things as well?" I removed all of the items from
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275 my pockets and poured handfuls of the amazing sand over them. All of them were
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276 quickly returned to a better than new condition. "Amazing ! If you will turn your
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277 back, Lila, I will fix up the rest of my robe." She turned away in deference to my
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278 modesty, and I quickly doffed my robe and let the sand do its magic on the robe.
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279 Slipping it back on, I noticed that it was softer, as well as stronger and of more
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280 vibrant brown than it had evrer been new.
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281 "If you like, Lila, we will wait for you to repair all of your clothing as well."
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282 "Thank you," She replied, and we turned our backs. A startled cry made me turn
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283 around too soon. Lila, wrapped in a shimmering cloth, had run a handful of sand
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284 through her hair, and it had cleansed it better than the finest shampoo.
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285 We were all excited at that prospect, and one by one cleaned everything about us,
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286 and fixed all of our belongings. Even the rowan staff I had made had the burned
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287 spot from the green fire fixed. Once cleansed and repaired, I looked to our leader
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288 and said "Where to now Milchar ?"
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289
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290 Friar Mossback
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291 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
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292 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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293 OOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHEEEEEEERRRREEEEEEE
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294
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295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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296
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297 COMPUTERS OVER MINDS DELUTED WITH FICTITIOUS SOUNDS AND IMAGES PROGRAMED
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298 BY MARKETERS ( SEDUCERS )
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299
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300
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301 THE AMERICAN
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302
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303 Mikey - Thank you for the tip on the Sanyo users group. I said it above, but something got
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304 clobberred. Were you in fact the speaker ? I am now in the process of receiving
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305 an MBC1000 for a very reasonable price. Is the newsletter of use to 4 digit owners ?
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306 Or is it all for 3 digit types?
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307 Thanks again,
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308 DJJ
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309
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310 HELLO
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311
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312
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313 LASER DISK PLAYER FOR SALE
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314 MAGNAVOX 8010 LASER VIDEO PLAYER
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315 WITH REMOTE CONTROL
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316 STILL IN WARRANTY
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317 GOT TWO WHEN WOLFS WENT OUT
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318 OF BUSINESS.
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319 NORMALLY
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320 $ 600.OO
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321 I WILL SELL FOR ONLY
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322
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323 $399.00
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324
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325 CALL ERIC AT 666-xxxx IF INTERESTED
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326 LEAVE MESSAGE ON ANSWERING
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327 MACHINE IF NOT HOME
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328
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329 LATER
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330
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331 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Look out! - - - - - You'll never know - - - - - - - - - -
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332
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333 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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334 I followed the example of the good Friar, and cleaned everything about me- my robe, my sandals, my hair- then I got
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335 to the items in my pockets. The Amulet of Zelgar, which I can no longer use, a pipe, a small wand, and a large box
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336 filled with written spells. All useless to me. I sighed. I cleaned them with the sand, and the sand seemed to
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337 dissolve the items into nothing. Perhaps they were a "dirt" on my character. The only remaining thing I had was my
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338 ring- but it was as bright and shiny as ever. I decided to forgo cleaning it.
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339 "All spic and span now, are we? The only thing I can see to do is to keep looking for something out of the "ordinary".
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340 Just walk in a direction.", I said.
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341 We decided to head north, and soon after we noticed that the pools were deeper. We began to turn back, but saw that
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342 pools behind were deeper still. "Odd... I don't recall it being that deep.", Bard said. Everyone else mumbled i
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343 unison. We trudged on, treading water. Fortunately the water was warm, and there was no wind.
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344 Finally, it became easier to swim. We began to dive under the water to travel easier. "Wait. I could swear I saw a
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345 dark shape moving there.", Piper said.
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346 +++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:13 on 10/30/1984 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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347 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::)>
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348 To: Tom Blodgett
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349 From: The Walrus
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350 Re: Rome
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351 I feel that your message above aways was unjust. I try to run a respectable
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352 board on Rome, and I like to think I've generally succeeded. Yes, there are
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353 quite a few messages about "The Newest Warez" and "My New Club," but I'm trying
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354 to change that, and it's getting better. That's rather why I'm plugging my
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355 board here. Because of the quality of messages here. If it was easier to get
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356 on my board, if I just let everyone on right away, do you think it would be
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357 better? I really doubt it. I'm trying to mix a "frills" board with a "good
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358 message" board as best I can, and that's all I can do.
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359 <(:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Walrus:)>
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360 && && &&
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361 To those who don't like my voting the NotA ticket, I can only say that I feel a moral imperative to vote for a candidate
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362 whose Presidency would be in the best interests of the nation, and that None of the Above qualifies. I would vote for
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363 myself, but I don't think I'm up to the job (besides being a bit on the down side of the Constitutionally mandated
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364 age). I wouldn't wish the job on anyone I know, so if I'm to vote at all it must be for None of the Above. To the person
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365 who doesn't think this supports our American system: Right! I'm not anti-American, I simply think the System needs to be
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366 changed for the good of the country. Maybe it's time that our Senators & Congresspeople took back the responsibility
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367 that was supposed to be theirs in the first place, and return the Presidency to the position in government the framers
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368 of the Constitution intended it to have.
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369 Diatribe ended.
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370 && && &&
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371 The Poet stumbled up the mountainside where he knew his friends to be. The exertion was more than he was accostomed to,
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372 and he was panting heavily as he rounded the corner of stone his scanner had shown hiding the campsite.
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373 "Hello, everybody! I'm here! Finally caught up with y..." Huh? The campsite showed no signs of life... Not again! He was
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374 never going to catch up with them... Dejected, the Poet thrust his hands into the pockets of his robe and turned to
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375 leave...and fell into a pool of water. Odd, he thought as he sank and sank, this wasn't here a moment ago... maybe I
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376 should surface for a bit of air... Struggling to the surface, he sputtered and fought against the weight of his sodden
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377 robe, felt the bottom suddenly come beneath his feet, and sloshed to the shore, where he fell with a squish to the sandy
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378 beach. Aagh, he thought, now I remember why I hate the beach, sand gets in everything... Spitting the sand from between
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379 his teeth, he looked about. Hey! He wasn't in the Ruby Valley anymore! NOW how was he ever going to find his way back to
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380 the Inn?
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381 && The Mad Actor &&
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382
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383 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'
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384 GRATTUS WAS SITTING BACK IN A PLUSH VELVETEEN CHAIR AND, WELL "SUPERVISING" THE PACKING OF THE ENCAMPMENT ON LIMBO ROAD.
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385 ASCOMB WAS INSIDE THE CARRIAGE PROBABLY WRESTLING WITH A BEAR SUIT, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR WHEN GRATTUS WAS SURE HE FELT
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386 A SLIGHT TWINGE.
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387 ON HIS LEFT NOSTRIL, WHICH HAD ALWAYS MEANT IN THE PAST THAT SOMETHING WAS AWRY IN HIS PATH.
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388 IT MAY SEEM AWKWARD SAYING THAT SOMETHING AWRY WAS IN HIS PATH (There always was) BUTTHIS TIME THERE WAS AN AUTHENTIC,
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389 CURIOUS HAPPENING AFOOT.
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390 THAT MAY ALSO SEEM AWKWARD (There is always something curious afoot) BUT THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT WAS.
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391
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392 SOMETIME LATER, OUR HEROINE, MISS ASCOMB EMERGED FROM THE CARRIAGE HOLDING A RED GOWN THAT LOOKED AS IF IT MIGHT HAVE
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393 BEEN THE CAUSE OF SEVERAL MARRIAGES. POSSIBLY DIVORCES TOO, IF WORN A SECOND TIME.
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394 PROUD OF HER SHINING ACHEIVEMENT AND OF THIS EVENINGS CLOTHES SHE HURRIED BACK INTO THE CARRIAGE TO PUT IT ON.
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395 iIT HAS ALWAYS SUPRISED ME HOW THE GRINS OF LITTLE GIRLS ALL ARE SOOO SIMILAR.
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396
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397 &'&'&'&'&'&' December 31st, 1984 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&
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398 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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399 Anybody out there know anything about OP AMP's and linear signal processing?
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400 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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401 { ^+/* ---------------- ^+/* ---------------- */+^ ---------------- */+^ }
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402 .... "Good Lord", he thought aloud, "Now I'm hearing voices that sound like
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403 the piper talking, right here next to me. Last time I heard he was flitting
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404 all around the countryside, on some great winged horse, in search of..."
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405
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406 The haze cleared and the room swam back into focus. The scene was not one
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407 that an external objective observer would call normal. One of the basins was
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408 nearly full of blue water and 'Mez' was looking intently at the reflections
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409 in its mirror-like surface. At just that moment he looked up and opened his
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410 mouth, as if to speak. No sound emerged, but if anyone had been reading his
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411 lips they would have seen, < BLUE WATER? >. It certainly was not the usual
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412 thing one might expect to find in the baths, that were part of the Inn.
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413 { ^+/* --------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician --------------- */+^ }
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414 P.S. /MiG/ ----- I've had some experiences with them.
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415 :kike, before you reccommend the system in france, please check to see
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416 what it does for them. Since no one party can win, it becomes necesary
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417 to form coalitions, unstable things best described as strange bed partners.
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418 Unstable governments are even worse than bad ones, and they are usually
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419 bad too. Stability has merit. We sure don't have a perfect system, but
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420 it is the best there is.
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421 .............................................BAD..................
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422 *********************************************************
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423 DJJ: YES, THE SPEAKER WAS SUPPOSE TO BE ME, BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES
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424 I WAS UNABLE TO SHOW UP. VERY FRUSTRATING! AS FOR THE GROUP AND NEWSLETTER
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425 THEY SUPPORT ALL THE SANYO COMPUTERS INCLUDING THE 4 DIGIT CPM MACHINES.
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426 THEY ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF MBC555 PEOPLE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS A MORE
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427 POPULAR MACHINE, AND THUS MORE PEOPLE USING IT. AS A SIDE NOTE, I JUST
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428 HEARD THAT THE SANYO MBC555 IS OUTSELLING THE KAYPRO. INTERESTING IT IS
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429 TRUE.
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430 BAD: TWASN'T ME TALKING ABOUT FRANCE. IT WAS PIPER I BELEIVE. I HAVE QUIT
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431 DEBATING THE SUBJECT, AS I SEE NO NEED TO REPEAT MY VEIWS FOR THE UMPTEENTH
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432 TIME WHICH IT HAS SEEMED TO COME DOWN TO. IF THE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T ACCPET
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433 MY PHILOSOPHY AFTER ALL THIS TIME, REPEATING IT ANOTHER COUPLE DOZEN TIMES
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434 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. I DO NOTICE THOUGH THAT THOSE WHO
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435 SEEM TO BE AGAINST THE NOTA VOTE PRECEIVE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
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436 CANIDATES AND THUS FEEL ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE VOTED FOR. I DON'T SEE A
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437 DIFFERENCE, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHICH ONE GETS CHOSEN, AS I
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438 DON'T CARE FOR EITHER ONE. THEY BOTH STINK. THUS I'LL USE MY VOTE TO
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439 SATISFY MY OWN VIEWS. I'LL MAKE IT COUNT FOR ME. THAT IS AFTER ALL WHAT
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440 THE 'SYSTEM' REALLY IS ALL ABOUT. VOTING FOR WHAT 'YOU' BELEIVE IN.
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441 IF YOU BELEIVE IN FRITZ, VOTE FOR HIM. IF YOU BELEIVE IN RONNIE, VOTE
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442 FOR HIM. IF YOU BELIEVE IN PAT PAULSEN VOTE FOR HIM. BUT, HERE I AM
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443 DEBATING THE ISSUE AGAIN AFTER I SAID I WAS THRU, SO I'LL SHUTUP.
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444 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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445
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446 --------------------------------------------------
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447 Bad - Colitions are the way things get done in
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448 America too. Just take a look at a typical day
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449 in congress and you'll see.
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450 ------------------- fred -------------------------
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451 Mikey: Not to worry, MY code gets a bit opaque at times too!
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452 ___________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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453 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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454 Meso-Math. What I need to do people keep telling me is simple. But they can't
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455 tell me how to do it! What I have is 2 tones on one line. I need to split them
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456 into two groups. Those under 1KHZ and those above. I need about 35 DBA of d
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457 difference between the two. Any ideas?
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458 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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459 ___________________________________ ________________________________________
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460
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461 CAN ANYONE TELL ME THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DC TRANSFORMER?
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462
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463 WHY SUNSETS ARE PREDOMINENTLY RED.
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464
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465 WHY WATER SPINS COUNTER CLOCK_WISE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND
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466 ALWAYS CLOCK_WISE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHEN YOU FLUSH THE TOILET.
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467
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468 WHY COTTEN GETS TOUGHER WHEN MESMERIZED IN COLD TEMPERATURES.
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469
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470 WHY MOST BATTERIES DELIVER MORE CURRENT WHEN THEY ARE KEPT AT WARMER
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471 TEMPERATURES.
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472
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473 _____________________________________________________________________
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474 ___________________________________________________________________
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475 SERIOUS REPLIES ARE MOST WELCOME.
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476 ______________________________________________________________________
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477 This is Black Magic here,boy no one has left me any messages
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478 too bad.
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479
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480 I moved swiftly along the rugged road until i came upon
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481 the edge of the cliff.No where i could go or i had nothing
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482 to do.So i road back along the dark path to the city
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483 of Adeni(the city of Black Magic).There was a crowd of
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484 people gathered near the entrence to the palace.They
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485 were gathered.near the Queen of Adeni,something must
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486 of happend i thought.No!the Queen was assasinated.She did not
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487 move,they had the killer right there in custody,but what
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488 where they doing.There were five men in Black and one man
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489 in a red suit.Now this is very odd.I asked one of the guards
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490 what happend.i said"Tell me What is going on here,where's our
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491 Queen?".Then he replied"Shhh,listen find out!"
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492 To the power and the glory raise your glasses high
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493 To the power and the glory be with me tonight.
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494 Boy either no one has nothing to say or no one is even
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495 calling..................s ya ,good tonight
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496 is Halloween and that means no one will be calling
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497 the bbs's they will be out at party's or trick or treating.
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498 see ya.
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499 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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500 As the dark mass approached us, the air began dancing and whistling, whipping
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501 the water, making us wild with dread and excitement. An enormous arching wave
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502 neared us. Riding its crest was an immense creature in layers of darkly glowing
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503 robes whose swirling created the mad wind while the sky blackened and boiled
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504 around his head. His eyes burned sulfur and his every gesture laced the air
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505 with gorgeous arcs of luminescence. We trembled as he stood in that chaos of
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506 wind and sky and dark and light, deeply, joyously laughing.
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507 "Parlor tricks," he chuckled, abruptly halting the storm. "This sort of thing
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508 impresses my people." He seemed to think we were above all that in spite of
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509 our gaping jaws. "I understand you will be seeking the golden necklace. For
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510 this reason and no other you are my enemy. The golden necklace keeps my people
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511 from evil and I could not bear to see them harmed." He looked us over sadly.
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512 "We have seen that you are not bad--for myself I could never fight you. But if
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513 you attack what I love it will be fierce and ugly."
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514 His splendidly hideous appearance and tender noble heart made me think of King
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515 Kong mooning over Fay Wray. He was too powerful and too likeable to be a good
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516 enemy. "I hope," he said, whipping up the wind and sky again, "you will find
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517 another way. Don't steal our necklace. Watch this!!" He waved goodby sending
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518 cascades of shimmering light from his fingertips. "I am Mariani," he called
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519 and skimmed out of sight.
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520 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Unwilling Traveler UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
|
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521 ABOUT THE IDEA THAT NO ONE WOULD BE CALLING ANY SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF HALLOWEEN;
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522 HAH! i WISH! THIS IS THE ONLY SYSTEM IN TWO HOURS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ON!
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523 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UNWILLING TRAVELLER UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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524 To Unwilling Traveller:
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525 Just wait just wait.Maybe it's just that now
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526 only they've been calling the systems.
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527 **<MAGIC>**
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528
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529 The Queen layed dark and cold.No one could believe that some
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530 person or something killed her.I couldn't tell who it was there
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531 where so many people gathered around her.To crowded the guard continued
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532 His duty and go about his plan.It was nearing dark in Adeni and
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533 just then the killer was taking out of the city for trial.At least that's my -
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534 guess,just then ,an explosion occured on the outer edge of town it was them-
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535 they are finally here for us.Everyone started to panic,there was no where to run
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536 or even to hide.We tried to out run them in the city but the city was not large
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537 enought,people were dodging arrows,attacking them,even stomping on are own peopl
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538 e just then i knew.
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539 help
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540 *************************************************************************
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541
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542 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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543
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HI ALL, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SAYING ANYTHING ON THIS SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE
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544
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BEEN LISTENING AND READING FOR SOME TIME. I ENJOY WHAT GOES ON HERE AND HOPE
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545
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TO CONTINUE TO INPUT SOME OF MY OWN THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
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546
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!POOH-BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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547 && && && Hail and well met, good ursine! && TMA &&
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548 #############################################################
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549 IT'S A SAME PAM ISN'T HERE TO DEFEND HERSELF, BUT I GUESS MIKEY
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550 IS DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF IT FOR HER.
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551 #############################################################
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