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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************** INSTALLED: 5 NOV 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 Mad Max has made it to the top!!!
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20 * * * * * * * *
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21 * * * * * * * *
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22 * * * * * * * *
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23 ***** ***** ***** *****
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24 ** * ** ** * ** ** * ** ** * **
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25 ******* ******* ******* *******
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26 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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27 ---------------------------------
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28 )*$!_)*$_!)*)_*@$)_!@*$_+!@$*+!@$_!)&%_@#&%(@)_&^_*_!@*%_)#&%!_)*%!)_+*%!+_*%_!)*%_*#$_)*_)*_#)%*_@)*%@#_%+%*@#_)*%_#@
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29 Milchar : Bah! Reduced to a go-fer this and go-fer that. Is this what I am going to college for? Is this what I am
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30 staying up late into the night for? Is this what I am contemplating buying some no-doze tablets for? Is this what
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31 I am pulling my hair out after having three midterms in 2 days for? Well.... I should have your magazines copied
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32 by tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I can run out to your place sometime this weekend or next week sometime. As for your SAT
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33 scores, you may find that you did much better than you think. Estimating how you did on a three hour exam graded as
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34 the SAT is can be difficult. I was happily surprised by my English scores, while slightly upset about my Math scores.
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35 I was the only person in the group of people I hung around with who didn't get a bloody 700+ on math (i got 680). I
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36 got plenty of teasing about that, I assure you. Well good luck, and here's to MIT!!!
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37 Mikey : A fellow grandmaster on "Big Cave"! I too am a member of that forgotten group. And I also have the FORTRAN
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38 source. An interesting note is I also have a BASIC program for the Original Adventure too. Quite big, but it does work.
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39 Good luck with the games. I am crossing my fingers, but I won't be too stunned if you decide otherwise. If anything else,
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40 you can see what an error trapping file opener in Turbo Pascal looks like (big deal eh?)
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41 Voyeur : Alas, the dice and cards were not with me. Geography is my weakest subject in that game, but I usually escape
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42 by getting a question I can guess at. Saturday just didn't work out that way, and all my guesses were misses. You want
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43 to know something? I would rather lose and be distracted than win and enjoy a hollow victory. (sigh)
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44 *#$_)#*%_)!%*!+*%!)*%_!)*%_)@^@)_#^* L'homme sans Parity *%)_#@*%_@#)*_!)*%_!)*%*+!)*%_!)*%!_)*%!_)*@#%_)*%_%*@)_%*@_)%
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45 ****************************************************************************
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46 Several months pass, our heroine has just graduated from her
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47 education, She is no longer the flaky kid of yesterday, She is a bontified
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48 superhero. (all the fater for the slaughter heeehh heeehh) She has learned
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49 of evil and goodness, she has learned some of the extensive powers of the
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50 sacred trident, She has learned her trident is about 65% reliable, and it
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51 is a good idea to have plan b ready when plan a falls flat.
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52 Our friend Ontho has proceded to get it's self quite fat. The young
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53 duke has made several trips to Venus on orders from the old woman to get
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54 bards for Ontho to munch. Ontho takes on the postion of thinker in the elder
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55 community, and they trained him to be as benificial to Leo as possible.
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56 The young duke and Leo became friends but nothing like what Leo had
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57 been hoping for, duke knew his role as motivator and that was it. On her
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58 last day at training school duke came in to her room with some infomation
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59 on her first "assignment".
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60 "Say, come down off the ceiling for a bit so we can discuss this."
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61 the young duke said to Leo who had levatated herself to the ceiling for
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62 meditaion. "Ok be right down" She came down easily and gracefully to land in f
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63 in front of duke. "what's up?" She inquired. " Your first job, and your
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64 first test"duke hesitated, You don't have to take this one if you don't want
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65 to, you can wait another week if you want..." Leo stamered " What's Up?"
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66 The duke then calmly said "Leo Ill be straight with you, there is
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67 a confirmed threat on your life right now, venturing out could be quite
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68 dangerous.
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69 *************************kathy**************************************************
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70 P.S. ok, I have written 2 ends to this chapter, you get to decide, does
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71 Leo take the mission, or wait untill the threat on her life passes?
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72 personaly I am dying to get rid of her, but you get to chose.
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73 *********************************kathy***************************************
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74 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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75 hmm -- are you going to take a vote then? OK, I'll vote to keep her
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76 around but out on the adventure. Is that one you'll take? Let her get
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77 out in the world and get some rough edges and overconfidence knocked off.
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78 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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79 Milchar finally grew aware of the growing mood of rebellion building
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80 up in the party. The morning had dwindled into nothing, noon had arrived
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81 and passed with no sign of a break. Songs and stories had relieved the
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82 monotony of travel for a while, but the twin pressures of hunger and
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83 hydraulics had the entire company quite restive. Perhaps it was the sund
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84 of the entire company of mounts (highly amused at the idea, as they had
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85 their own solution to the problem -- much to the dismay of anyone below)
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86 chanting POTTY BREAK! POTTY BREAK! in bass unison.
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87 Somehow, the piper thought, the thing that finally got through to Milchar,
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88 however was the fact that the whole party peeled off to the left and landed
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89 in a large meadow that appeared in the jungle below. Some fifteen minutes
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90 later he landed with his mount, disapproval plain on his face, urgency
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91 making him move quickly. The company was spread over the grassy meadow,
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92 some laying back on the soft grass, a few tossing a strange disklike object
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93 back and forth, a few deep in conversation with their mounts. Friar Mossbac
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94 had a portable grill set up in the shade at one side and a tempting smell
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95 was beginning to waft over the party.
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96 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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97 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
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98 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
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99 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
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100 VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!
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101 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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102
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103 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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104
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105 As I enter the terminal, I find that it isn't the terminal from which
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106 I departed, but more a large reception room with three tables along one
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107 side. Lined up behind two of the tables are the remnants of the other
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108 passengers of my ill-fated flight home, those in front expressing various
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109 degrees of outrage and anger, and those behind waiting impatiently for
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110 their turn to vent their mounting frustration on the hapless
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111 representatives of the airline. The third table is off to the side, and
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112 empty except for a telephone and a few folding chairs.
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113
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114 "That table is a likely spot!" I remark, and rapidly head toward it
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115 with my two plastic bags and Tawny in tow. I sit down, and Tawny
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116 reluctantly sits next to me. She seems somewhat ill at east, so I pull one
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117 of the small bottles out (a Chablis from California, one year old), break
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118 out two of the plastic cups, and pour. Taking a sip, I begin to steal from a
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119 favorite Monty Python sketch. "Ah, Chateau Blue has won many prises, not
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120 least for its taste and its lingering after-burn." She smiles a bit and
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121 takes a sip, so I continue. "Of course, the Australian Wino Society
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122 recommends a 1970 Cot Deu Rod Laver." Another smile. "Another good
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123 fighting wine is Melbourne Alden Yellow, which is particularly heavy,
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124 should only be used for hand to hand combat, and is especially good for
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125 those keen on regurgitation." We both fall into silly laughter at this
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126 point, and I soon open another of these tiny bottles.
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127
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128 "Excuse me," a distinguished looking gentleman sniffs at us, "but I am
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129 wondering if you ladies could break away from your obviously important work
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130 to help one of your passengers." He apparently thinks that we both work
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131 for the airline (we are, after all, sitting behind a table and have a
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132 telephone in front of us, and Tawny is wearing the uniform of the airline.
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133 I am in a business suit, so I must be an executive of the airline), and I
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134 have had enough wine by this point to play along.
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135
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136 "How can I help you, sir?" I ask in my most businesslike voice.
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137
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138 "I would like to use this telephone to make a local call. That is, if
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139 it won't disturb you too much." By his attitude and the tone of his voice
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140 I have already decided that I don't like him.
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141
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142 "Of course, sir, but you will have to deposit twenty-five cents. This
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143 is a pay telephone."
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144
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145 "Hrrmph! Fine, fine, but where do I put the money?" He responds.
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146
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147 I indicate a small crack in the table near the 'phone, just about the
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148 right size. "Right in there, sir."
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149
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150 He reaches into his pocket, retrieves a quarter, and drops it into the
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151 crack in the table. It falls through and hits the floor with a tinkle. I
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152 reach down, pick the quarter up, hand it to him and say, "Thank you, sir!
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153 Go right ahead!" He makes his call, all the while eyeing me as if I might
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154 suddenly become dangerous. Tawny and I return to the wine, and after he
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155 has left we both get a severe attack of the giggles.
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156
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157 "What a twerp!" Tawny gasps, out of breath.
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158
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159 Though my sides still ache from laughing, I am already feeling sorry
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160 for what I did to the man. Certainly he was an overstuffed, self-important
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161 boor, but the balloon of an overblown ego should be slowly deflated rather
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162 than popped. Not to worry though, he didn't even seem to realize that he
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163 was being teased. And that's the sad thing.
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164
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165 I look over and see that the line is now growing much shorter. Soon I
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166 should at least make an effort to talk to the agents, find a place to sleep
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167 for the night, and arrange for a flight on whatever airline they can put me
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168 on. But the line is still long, and we have wine to finish, jokes to tell,
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169 and hopefully a new friendship to nourish.
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170
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171 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM+[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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172 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-}
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173 {
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174 Frasher started walking down to his hotel room about
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175 3:00am after he got in from the airport.As he walked by the garage he noticed a strange sound comming from the 1st level
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176 so he got in the lobby and into the elevator.He stopped,then he pressed level 3 the third level garage.He walked over to check
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177 and see if his car was allright.Yes it was allright no damage That night he walked back to his room and unlocked his door,ve
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178 ry quitly so he would not desturb the others.He quickly went in.
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179 closed the door.Shut all the windows.The phone rang!!.He answered it in a scared voice "H-h-h hello?"
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180 "Is this Mr.Jim Frasher?".Said the voice
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181 "Yes,and who is this?".Jim replied.
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182 "TThat is no importance right now."
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183 "Well who are you,WHY are you calling at 3:30am?"
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184 "I am calling because you reported a noise down at garage level #3 ,is that right?" She said.
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185 "No no wait a minute.How did you know i was down on level #3??#"
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186 "I knew because when i was pwalking down to check and see if you were one of them!!".She said very confused
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187 "oOne of them???".He was also confused.
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188 "Yes,well you know,i really should get some sleep now,we will discuss it in the morning".
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189 "but,but who are you,how did you know my-".Then he heard a dial tone.
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190 That night Frasher could not sleep a wink.It was already 5:30 almost time for him to go to his buisness meeting
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191 in the morning.He got up out of bed,got dressed,and went down to his car.It was quite in the hotel halls.He quikly got in the
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192 elevator and closed the door.He went to level #3.Then elevator stopped.He got out.He notice something very strange ,different.
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193 He was frightened walked back with his hands over his mouth.Then got in the elevator.
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194 suddenly, he realized what was wrong. HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT HIS PANTS ON! "Gasp!" he said, and without a moments
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195 hesitation, pushed the button for level #5. "I should be able to sneak back to my room from there", he thought to himself.
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196 "How could I forget my pants? What was I thinking of? And why am I spending so much time rationalizing anyway?
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197 Could this be the time of rekoning he had dreamed about in the past? Could the hear and know be the time Frasher went to
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198 meet is maker? "It must be!", he thought out loud to himself. "I must prepare then. All the schooling in the world
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199 will not help me one iota in a situation like this. Level #5 announced itself with a ring and the opening of a
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200 door. He entered the hall, which fortunatly was desearted, and made his way to his room. Within his room, he found his
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201 missing pair of pants, and quickly and silently redressed. After finishing this little episode, he returned via the elevator
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202 to the level #3 below, and to his car, which sat on the same horizontal plane. Starting the car with a roar, he speed out
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203 of the building onto the street. Depressing his foot on the gas, his car increased speed as it picked up
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204 momentum. He was now on his way to meet his destiny on a lonly road outside of a nameless town known only as, Clevelend.
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205 }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{ Hope you like me/Frasher }{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{
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206 *TO WHO EVER:
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207 OUT OF ALL THESE STORIES ON BACKWATER WHY DID YOU PICK MINE WELL I ACTUALLY HAPPEND
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208 LIKE THAT ENDING THERE.ANYONE WANNA CONTINUE IF SO JUST
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209 ERASE THIS HERE AND START UP AGAIN..................
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210 WHO DID THAT ANYWAY:PROBABLY THE OLD INTERNATIONAL TRADER I WOULD GUESS. THANKS
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211 ````````THE MAN FROM SIAM'''''''''''
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212 :::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::11/06/84:::::19:03:::::::::::O O::::::::::
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213 Well, as of 7 PM, it looks like Reagan may just possibly be pulling it off.
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214 While I admit to having voted for him (lesser of two evils, you know, and
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215 *I* don't have the (fortitude?) to vote for NOTA), I sure wish that
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216 Falwell & the 'Moral Majority' weren't coming into power on his coattails.
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217 Now THAT disturbs me like Rayguns playing with nukes and star wars weapons never did.
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218 Leonard: Did you happen to discover a silver pen behind your sofa?
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219 I dropped my coat there Saturday, and the pen was in the pocket. Yesterday I
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220 discovered that it was gone, and that is the most likely place for it.
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221 It has some sentimental value (I've had it for an Awful lot of years),
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222 and I'd hate to lose it.
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223 So you had to take a cab, huh? Missed your bus? How much is a taxi these days?
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224 Last time I rode in one was 1964 in NYC, and as an 11-year old, I wasn't much
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225 interested in such details. Now, however, it could be useful knowledge.
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226 PAM: Another entry!? I'm in shock!
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227 ::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::
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228 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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229 I couldnt't stop thinking about the people we had just left and Mariani's dark
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230 face as he watched us depart. At over nine feet, he towered above his people,
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231 the Kalai. His powerful frame toiled with devotion to the brood; his broad
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232 face contorted with concern. He worried about disease, housing, the appear-
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233 ance of blue and purple rays in the night sky, food, and now about these ami-
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234 able but foolish strangers. Mariani never worried about himself.
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235 One of the Kalai had told Friar and me the story of their liberation.
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236 The delicate Kalai had been forced to dive for pearls until exhausted by a
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237 wizard, Blue Demon, who bullied them with his power to pollute the water.
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238 With a compelling mix of animal strength, magic, and sheer rage Mariani
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239 had snatched the yellow necklace from the wizard's throat, but the demon
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240 had escaped with the other part. Blue Demon was said to rule by cunning
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241 and deceit and was a master of logic and double-talk. (Consequently, Mar-
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242 that only someone much smarter and better than they could percieve their
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243 imperfections since they themselves certainly hadn't noticed them. When they
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244 heard that we were going to look for Blue Demon, the Kalai sent their best
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245 wishes and gave us lovely pink pearls to use in trade. Only Mariani worried
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246 about the deadly water and the return of Blue Demon.
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247 I am glad Milchar is insisting that we hurry. We dare not be late
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248 in returning the necklace (although it is unnerving to have a telepathic
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249 steed. I THINK she's a steed. I think she's a she. She is lovely and
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250 the Friar is mounted on her mate. If they have mates. ) The Friar is
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251 quite cheerful, and I suspect he looks forward to some sort of verbal
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252 encounter with the wizard. The Kalai had repeated (without understanding)
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253 the wizard's saying, "Look for many meanings." I am anxious to proceed.
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254 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Lila UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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255 *************************************************************************
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256 L'homme: A basic version?? BLAHH! The only other version I have is the
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257 disassembled source to the 8080 assembler version that was running
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258 around on the CPM systems for a while. (Actually it is the Heath H-8
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259 version which runs 8K higher then the CPM version. The CPM version
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260 has a patch at the bottom to setup the restarts and jmp to the entry point.
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261 This is the version that wouldn't allow you to save the game image.)
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262 Kathy: Why not just drop Leo and create a new character if you don't like Leo?
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263 Just put Leo on ice until you need her for some other story.
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264 Leonard: The reason for 'killing' the 1771 (forced interrupt) is that when
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265 the 1771 receives a hardware reset, it tries to restore the head to track 0
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266 at the slowest rate. It does this until it sees the track 0 indicator, or
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267 it has tried 255 steps. Since the drive isn't selected, the track 0 indicator
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268 never gets seen, so the 1771 keeps trying for 255 steps. This takes about
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269 15-20 seconds to do. Thus the forced interrupt is used to tell it to stop
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270 that nonsense, and let us continue on with other things.
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271 PAM: Your story got a smile out of me. Thank you.
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272 Debaters: Well, I went to the voting booth, and looked at the ticket.
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273 I had been wondering if I really would carry thru with my stated intent
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274 of voting for none-of-the-above for president. I took care of all the
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275 other offices and measures, then went back and starred once more at the
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276 position of president. I finally decided that I could not in good faith
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277 vote for either one of the given parties. Thus with one fell swoop of
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278 my pen I voted for my stated preference of none-of-the-above.
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279 Sigh... I'm glad it's over.
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280 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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281 All: Mondale conceded to Reagan about 2 hrs ago (8pm PST).
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282 Mikey: AHA! that explains some things about the old Model I boot process!
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283 I regret to inform you that at least one line of one of your "penciled in"
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284 subroutines got cut off. I've got :
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285 STWAT IN TST
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286 ANI ?? (unreadable, 0 something or other)
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287 JNZ cut off by edge of page (I'm guessing about the JNZ)
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288 next page starts with
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289 JMP STEST
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290 (the page in question is the 5th (0315-044B)
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291 I see that it is going to be tricky putting the LF *AFTER* the CR.
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292 Oh well ....
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293
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294 Voyeur: Sorry, no pen (I just looked). I'll check & see if anyone else found
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295 it.
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296 As for the Archives, it FINALLY dawned on me that ALL the files end on sector
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297 boundaries. Thus I can open them as RANDOM files with record length 256. This
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298 makes things MUCH easier!
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299 I'll have to give you and L'homme a copy of the CIS A protocol. It allows
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300 variable length blocks & error checking.
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301 TMA: I found your umbrella hanging from the computer room's doorknob. It's
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302 still there. Any ideas on how to return it?
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303 _PAM: Welcome back!
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304 ________________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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305 Death to Ronald Reagan
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306 and the Immoral Minority!!!
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307 ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
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308
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309 Leonard!!!! You don't know me, BUT... I'm Andy Gillcrist, a
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310 student at Western Wash. University, and a fellow Model I owner!
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311 There IS another in the world! Geez, I thought I was the only
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312 one left. What a relief!
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313
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314 Sounds like you know a bit about disk drives, too, from that
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315 last message. I think it was from you, anyway. What kind of
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316 stuff have you hung on the computer? Mine is, actually, a VER
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317 SION A board, with the 48K internal RAM board from Holmes Engin-
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318 eering, homebrew clock mod, home-done video deglitcher, two driv
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319 es (one flippy), the drive interface from the Micro Mint (Disk-
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320 80), an early LYNX 300-baud DC modem, and 9" Comrex amber moni-
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321 tor. And, the best part is, all this ancient stuff Still Works.
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322 I've even got the CPU board in a seperate metal case, and the
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323 keyboard is on a 6-foot coiled cord (used to be long ribbon
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324 cable but that was too awkward). I just finished raepairing it
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325 for the Nth time about two hours ago... one of the strands in
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326 the Level II ROM board ribbon cable had broke. Weird - there's
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327 never any stress on that thing. Anyway, gotta leave before the
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328 bill gets me...... ---> Andy Gillcrist
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329 otherwise known as: Dr. Megabyte
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330 (my consulting password
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331 in the Terminal Ward here)
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332
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333
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334 ##############################################################################
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335 Well, Mr Reagan has his mandate, Isn't it strange how people forget two
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336 years ago and 12% unemployment but don't forget Iran (where all came home alive
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337 and safe). I don't remember who said it but a good quote at this time would
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338 be "Give a man a couple of good meals and he forgets that he was starving"......
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339 Personally, I feel that the mandate has moved this great country back at least
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340 50 years, Civil rights, ERA, and those not "born again" have been
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341 disenfranchised!!! The only good news is that he didn't bring in a right
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342 wing congress with him.......
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343 ########################################DAMIEN II AKA CYM
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344 ##############################################################################
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345 ===========================================================
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346 Yes, isn't it strange how people are against the liberal policies
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347 of the democrates that left this country in a resesion. Yes it is
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348 strange that they would vote back in someone who has managed to
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349 turn that rampaging beast of inflation, and changed the jobless
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350 rate from an increasing factor to a decreasing factor.
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351 Yes, it is strange.
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352 Don
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353 ================================================================
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354 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$
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355 Don: It wasn't the liberal policies of the democrats that was
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356 responsible for the recession. It was the Vietnam War, which
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357 was hardly a liberal policy.
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358
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359 Of course, Johnsons policies of fighting the war on credit,
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360 rather than raising taxes to pay for it, is the real cause
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361 of the recession. We're paying the price for the incredible
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362 debt he got us into.
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363
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364 I don't recall either the republicans or democrats demanding
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365 we raise taxes to finance the war on a pay as you play basis.
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366 Everybody wanted to put it on credit so later generations
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367 could foot the tab. You are among that later generation. You
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368 got screwed by everybody...not just the democrats.
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369
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370 Frank
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371 $%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$%$
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372
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373
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374
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375 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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376 <><<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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377
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378 WHO CAUSES WARS?
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379
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380 NONE OTHER BUT THE SATANIC JEWS!
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381
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382 HE WHO HAS DISCOVERED THE TRUTH ABOUT JUDAISM, AND DOES NOT
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383
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384 FIGHT JEWRY AND WARN HIS FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE JEWISH MENANCE
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385
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386 BECOMES AN ACCOMPLICE OF THE JEWS AND AN ACCESORY TO THE
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387
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388 MISFORTRUNES OF HIS NATION.................
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389
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390 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>>
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391 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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392
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393 FRANK, ARE YOU IN TO ANTI-SEMITISM NOW ?
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394 ARE YOU A PEDOPHILE OR A HEBEPHILE ?
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395 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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396 Ah, seattle, what a place to be, now that I am back I can call BW and write
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397 w/o the LD phone costs.
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398 The above was not Frank, the message about Jews. Which happens to be a direct
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399 quote from Hitler. I wonder at the sainity of those who repete his words.
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400 I think it will be interesting to see what Raygun does with his trippled deficit
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401 and his expanded military. I hope that I have enough currency in the proper
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402 amounts to ride out the massive ression we have when his financial card house
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403 falls flameing to the ground.
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404 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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405 Yes,I voted. Looks like I lost on every try, though............
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406 ............................................
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407 that does it since i am the only guy here who is cool all you guys
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408 don't even know how to write a story.God,give these people a chance to write som
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409 ething don't just k
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410 ck them off.
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411 ---------------------------------------ANTI-MEANMAN---------------------i'm huma
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412 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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413 (put the repeat ON this time for the plus signs)
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414 L'homme: You mean that's NOT what you went to college for?
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415 Prometheus: I had taken that as granted the second I read the entry above yours. Perhaps your next 'first impression'
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416 will turn out better.
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417 +++++++++++++
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418 With the rest of the group chanting away, I consented to a stop, grumbling about 'lost time'. I consoled myself in
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419 saying that if we had to fight in another battle it would do us no good to be tired, and I somehow accepted it.
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420 Suddenly I realized how hard I had been pushing the others. I took a good hard look at Lila, the Friar, Piper, Bard,
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421 Poet, and the others, and saw their fatigue displayed in their every move. I examined myself, and found I could barely
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422 summon the energy to walk. The only thing keeping me consious seemed to be some sort of support radiating from the
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423 necklace. I held onto it, for it was all I had.
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424 The others enjoyed the stop, for we had found one of the few strips of beach which had any vegetation at all. This one
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425 was fortunate enough to have a few trees, something rare hereabouts. I took it all in, but could not relax. I feared
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426 I would fall asleep if I did, and waste even more time. What a sour person I must have seemed to the others!
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427 I was restless, and so I paced the shore of our small strip of beach, pondering the question of the dampening field
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428 placed about me. If not removed soon, I would...
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429 "RRRROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!!!" An earth-shaking screech filled the air, knocking me senseless for a moment. Falling flat,
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430 I looked in the direction of the noise. Far to the west, towards our destination, a massive bluish shape lumbered
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431 our way, ignoring the immense depths of the water as he (I think it was a he) scrambled nearer. My magic-sense, not
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432 inactive after all, told me this was a creature of hate, destruction, and of immense sorcery. I had nothing to combat
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433 it if it chose to attack, and little doubt remained of that. I cursed the magic chains placed on me. "Everyone!
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434 Prepare! The Blue Demon spoke of is here!" I had yelled without really realizing the words had torn loose from my
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435 mouth. Astonishment met astonishment - I saw a man of indeterminable age persuing the beast, trying desperately to
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436 turn it about. Escaped from a prision of some sort? From the Keystone?, I wondered, just as I fell unconsious.
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437 ++++++++++++
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438 As the beast neared, I saw the people scramble for their mounts. One had fallen to the ground, an easy target for the
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439 beast. Another psychic whip had no effect on Barkahni, he was possessed by the need to have something down there. I
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440 cursed my bad luck again. If I hadn't been stationed to this post, perhaps I would have been promoted by now. This
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441 incident will surely put me at the bottom of D's list. Frotz, this job wasn't that easy! Constant watching over this
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442 thing, foregoing sleep at times... and now this, and only after 1 drink! Sometimes I wonder if existance is worth it.
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443 I sure felt sorry for that poor sucker on the ground. Perhaps if I... no, too risky... but if I save a life... what
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444 the hell, my life is gone as of now anyway...
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445 Summoning all of my remaining will, Shouting the words, I uttered: "Ehonv, Degtk, Fika- Novar coma zaat!" I rather
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446 liked the ring of my name in the spell, but didn't bother to appreciate it at the moment. Something was happening.
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||
447 The air shimmered, the ground changed its colors rapidly, and the Beast itself faded from view... It worked! Where he
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448 went I knew not, but I could worry about him later. Now I must find out about these strangers.
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449 I floated down gently. A man near a Pegasus (my, been a long time since I've seen one of those) seemed to be in
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450 charge at the moment. I said, "Greetings, and long life. I am Novar, ex-keeper of the Blue Demon. He is gone for now.
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451 Why are you in the Sapphire Valley?"
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452 "We are travelling, seeking the last piece of the necklace about our friend's neck." The man seemed to be telling the
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453 truth. A short Detect Lie confirmed it. Wait...necklace... D's project! Better keep quiet, I reminded myself.
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454 People who messed with D's projects found themselves in very awkward positions. I was determined to not be one of them.
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455 "The last piece lies ahead, you need but do one thing... how is your friend there?" I reconized the person there,
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456 a mage named Milchar. Top of his class, not that there were many in his class. I thought I had heard some standing
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457 orders about him, but I had forgotten them. Oh well.
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458 "He lies in coma. I don't know why. Could you take us somewhere where he may rest, and we talk?" He seemed worried
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459 about the chill. The sun was setting, and dark would come soon.
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460 "Of course. Please follow me, to rest, warmth, food, and drink!" I flew westward at a fairly slow pace.
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461 ++++++++++ Milchar & Novar ++++++++++++++++++++++ 10:37 on 11/07/84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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462 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&@'&'&'&'&@'&@'&@'&'&@'&'
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463 Grattus hopped onto the wagon and took the reins into is palms and gripped the leather in the perfect manner.
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464 Ascomb knew this was going to happen, and was still ounging in the couch. One twist though. The couch was strapped
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465 atop the wagon.
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466 It actually seemed that quite everything in the galaxy that was ever lost, might be found attached to the wagon in som
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467 manner.
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468 S-FTEY was also tied to the wagon. Well, actually the wagon was tied to him, and so was the couch. But it is all very
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469 confusing. So let's not go into it.
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470 As Grattus twisted the leather in his palms, the horseless wagon started to rock and shake. Inside heir were boards
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471 plying themselves loose, and dust thrown askew everywhere.
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472 S-FTEY notified Grattus, by making his left toenail curl, that there was a dweomer-ripple going through them.
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473 A dweomer-ripple is a swirl in mental energy caused by use of magic. As th magic fluctuates, so does the ripple.
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474 After finding their way above the ripple, the former inhabitants of Limbo Road decided to land.
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475 But when you have a wagon that lands through thought patterns one doesn't speculate too hard about where to land.
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476 But Ascomb did, and because she did, the wagon came to rest. It was dark, and cold with null gravity and wind.
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477 They had landed in a place we call, the upper atmosphere. I guess the didn't *LAND* after all.
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478 S-FTEY thought he could see lights in their approxamate landing pad...
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479 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&&&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'''&'&''&'&''&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&''&'&'&'&'&''
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480 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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481 Theus:did you get that little problem with the blood clots in your chainsaw
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482 fixed?
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483 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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484 **************************************************************************
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485 SOME VERY RADICAL WRITING TODAY... HMMMMMMM, I ENJOY MOST OF IT,
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486 *******************************kathy***************************************
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487 ****************************************************************
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488 I took a look at my previous entry on the 5th and noticed it
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489 was quite messed up. please don't tamper with my entries, I
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490 don't tamper with yours. As far as keeping Leo around I have
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491 one vote to keep her and put her out on an adventure and one
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492 vote to put her on ice. Well i don't hate Leo so much as
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493 to keep her in suspense over her fate so the ice trick is out.
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494 I think Ill send her out on the mission as soon as the sysop
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||
495 purges the files again. Although Leo knows for some reason
|
||
496 there is a little black cloud over her head for a reason that
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497 she is quite unsure of. She confided to me earlier." I think
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498 the gods are in some kind of competion that I am an unwilling
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499 participant, sigh,"
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500 note to pam: if i was an old guy in an airport I wouldn't fall
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501 for dropping a coin into a crack in the table to satisfy a
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502 couple of drunken wenches... just a thought, with no substance
|
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503 really.....
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504 **********************kathy*************************************
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505 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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506 Milchar -- I left the pegasus behind in the ruby valley. I certainly hope
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507 you don't intend to take a short cut home!
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508 ppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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509 kathy -- having been the victim of some twit's misguided meddling myself,
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510 I can only sympathize. Unfortunately, part of the freedom that this type
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511 of environment gives is also the environment that allows others to tamper.
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512 Sometimes the best reaction is to ignore and endure -- the tamperers rarely
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513 have the endurance to stick around -- particularly if you realize that part
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514 of the reason for tampering is to provoke a reaction. People soon quit using
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515 tampering as an attention-getting device if all it gets them is ignored.
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516 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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517
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518 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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519
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520 Finally arrangements have been made for a place to stay, to eat, and a
|
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521 flight the next afternoon, all at the expense of the airline. The agents
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522 have been remarkably helpful, much more than I would have thought, and they
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||
523 tell me that my bags will be delivered to the hotel this evening. With
|
||
524 everything finally taken care of, the tensions and stress of the previous
|
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525 week descend on me all at once. I'm so tired!
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526
|
||
527 I return to the table where I had previously waited, and when Tawny
|
||
528 sees me coming she raises her cup as if toasting me, and then when I get
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529 closer she stands and a concerned look crosses her face.
|
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530
|
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531 "Is everything all right?" She asks. "You look awful!"
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532
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533 "One of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. No, I think
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534 that everything is just catching up with me." I collapse into the folding
|
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535 chair, grab a cup, and pour myself some wine. "Where are you staying?
|
||
536 Perhaps we can get a cab together."
|
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537
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538 "Same place you are," she states while taking my cup from me, "we have
|
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539 an account there for employees and any passengers that we need to provide
|
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540 rooms for. You don't need more wine tonight."
|
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541
|
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542 "Always the helpful attendant, eh? I s'pose you're right though, what
|
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543 I really need is sleep. They've provided a bus for passengers, but I've
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544 been in enough lines today. Let's go get that cab!" I stand up quickly,
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545 then sit down just as quickly. "And right again," I grin sheepishly, "I
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546 don't need any more wine."
|
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547
|
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548 "Good! What you REALLY need tonight is a little therapy. The hotel
|
||
549 has a resident masseuse, and he's very good." A quick smile. "Gay, too,
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550 but he doesn't hate women, just wouldn't marry one."
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551
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552 "Sounds just like my kinda guy!" I laugh. "Let's go. He can beat me
|
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553 up, and you can put me to bed." I stand up (slowly this time), grab what's
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554 left of the wine and cups, and we go to flag a cab.
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555
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556 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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557
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558 Kathy - I left a comment on the end of a previous disk directed to
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559 you, but I can't be sure you saw it. I just wanted to thank you for your
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560 kind words, and welcome you to the Inn. Don't let any negative (as opposed
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561 to constructive) criticism you may attract bother you, since no matter what
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562 you do or say there will be someone who won't like it. Those that can, do,
|
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563 and those that can't become critics. Your work is good, and becomes better
|
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564 with each entry. Don't kill off your character, find a way to make her
|
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565 more interesting to you. Or leave her alone for awhile, maybe you'll think
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566 of something to do with her later. Whatever you decide though, keep
|
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567 writing!
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568
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569 Voyeur, yes I am making more entries than I have in quite some time.
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570 Guess the ol' creative juices are flowing a bit more now than they have for
|
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571 awhile. By the way, you asked me a question in regard to an entry I made
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572 many months ago, and I never responded. Yes, the events that I related
|
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573 were reality and not merely creative writing, and I'm sorry that I didn't
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574 respond to you when you asked. Depressing events tend to make me
|
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575 depressed, and I was just too busy feeling sorry for myself to be polite.
|
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576 Sorry 'bout that.
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577
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578 Thanks for the welcome, Milchar! It's good to be back. "Intelligence
|
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579 level nominal"?! Would you please kick that computer of your's for me?
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580 Sheesh! I hope it meant "satisfactory" and not "insignifigant"!
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581
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582 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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583
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584 *****************************************
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585 pam: thanks much for the kind words that
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586
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587 i don't deserve, with all the ribbing i give
|
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588 these folks here.. thanks again,
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589
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590 ********************kathy****************
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591 My thanks to who ever killed off the
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592 170 blanks lines entered by some twit
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593 by the name of "D.S.W."!!!
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594 -------------------------------------
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595 Mad Max was here...
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596 ################################################################################
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597 Welcome back PAM! you have truly been missed. Forgive me for not giving this welcome sooner but had to be sure it really was
|
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598 you. So many Phonies out there ya know.
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599 ########################################11/8/84 8:55am####################################################DAMIEN II AKA CYM
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