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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 7 JAN 85 **********************
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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 L'homme: Stupid generic disks. Sigh. I'll get you replacments next time
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21 I see you. In the mean time, try taking the disks out of the black jackets,
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22 check them for damage, if they need it, clean them with Isopropol alchohol,
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23 then put them back in the jacket and tape it back together. That sometimes
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24 will do the trick. (Don't get heavy with the Alchohol, use VERY light pressure.
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25 don't worry about leaving streeks, that's normal.
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26
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27 M.S.: Huh?
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28
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29 All: Sorry about not changing disks sooner, some things came up which prevented
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30 me from getting into here to take care of it.
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31
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32 Pam: Did you get a chance to try the CPM system?
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33 (For that matter, did you even see the message?)
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34
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35 L'homme again: Actually, just about anything could have happened to them,
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36 they were kicking around underfoot for several days before I passed them on
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37 to you. It wouldn't surprise me if someone dumped something on them and
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38 just didn't say anything. Oh well, they are replacable, so no real big deal.
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39 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY **************************************
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40 *_#*_)*!_)@*_!)@*_!)@*_!@)$*!@_)$
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41 Thanks Mikey. As you said, no big deal. I'll try to cleaner. I have taken
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42 disks apart before, with sometimes good luck and sometimes not-so-good
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43 luck. I'll let you know how it comes out. Also, sorry I didn't get a
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44 chance to give you a call. Today was add/zoo day at school, and I spent
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45 most of the day standing in line. As the commercial says, "I HATE TO WAIT!"
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46 *_)*%_@#)%*@#_)%*@ L'homme sans Parity *_@#)*_@#)*_)!*_)!*%_)!*%_!)%*!)%!_%)
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47 Why do people lurk? Maybe because they know whatever they say wouldn't
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48 be heard anyway. And maybe they don't have anything worth saying, or
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49 writing a story about.
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50 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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51 Petrov sat immersed in black stillness, knowing that light in the hall and
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52 darkness in the apartment would give him an advantage over anyone entering the
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53 room. It was only a short time before the doorknob began to slowly turn.
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54 The door creeped open, revealing a man with a gun. As Petrov's eyes adjusted
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55 to the light, the man's face began to gain definition. That face...
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56 that face... THAT FACE! Petrov's attention altered such that he no longer saw
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57 the gun, no longer saw the beaten man standing next to... that face!
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58 Time slowed for all but Petrov. In the time it took his heart to make a
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59 single beat, Petrov was washed in a gamut of emotions -- scenes of the past
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60 flashed in his mind. Joshua! Ghost? Couldn't be... couldn't be...
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61 Nervous energy flooded his body and his mind. Quickly he turned in a ninety
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62 degree angle, raised the collar of his trenchcoat (which he had found in the
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63 occupant's closet) and tilted his hat to obscure his face. The lights which
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64 Joshua activated danced off the beads of sweat trickling down Petrov's face.
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65 "Don't move," Joshua's voice was low and even. "Who are you and what are you
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66 doing in my apartment?" (Fellows went straight for the couch.)
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67 "Call me a friend," Petrov responded. "I did a little housecleaning for
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68 you." He stiffly motioned at the dead body on the floor, his voice
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69 uncharacteristically shaky.
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70 Joshua glanced at the green-clad body and was just about to speak when a
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71 voice came from behind him. "Why don't we all just hold it a minute."
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72 Petrov had never seen the man enter the doorway; all he could think about was
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73 Joshua. He couldn't let Joshua know who he was--at least not yet.
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74 With gun in hand, the man who had just entered circled the room until he had
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75 a clear view of everyone. After whispering something into a small
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76 communications device he took a long look at the other three. "What a pretty
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77 picture we have here. Listen, I don't feel like playing games. My name's
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78 Farley. Which one of you is Joshua?"
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79 "I'm Joshua," Joshua said.
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80 "No, I'm Joshua," interjected Petrov.
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81 Farley looked expectantly at Fellows. Nothing. "Well, would the real
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82 Joshua please -" Farley was interrupted by his wristwatch/comset.
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83
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84 "Come in Farley." Farley backed away and lowered the volume on his watch.
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85 "This better be important, Fred."
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86 "I've run the voice pattern check you wanted."
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87 "Already?"
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88 "One voice was incredibly easy to trace. He was filed under recent news
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89 broadcasts. The second man who told you he was Joshua is actually a man
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90 (and I use the term loosely) named Petrov. He's known for his rather strange
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91 habits involving sheep. I've also tracked down other dubious connections
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92 with McKane Industries."
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93 "Thank you Fred. I've read about him--I think I'll have fun with this one."
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94
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95 [Farley and Fred were the only ones who heard the previous conversation.
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96 Petrov, Joshua, and Fellows only heard hushed whispers.]
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97 "All right, Farley--if that's your real name--what do you want with me?"
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98 Joshua demanded.
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99 Farley changed the subject. "Does anyone else think it smells like a
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100 barnyard in here?" He smirked at Petrov.
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101 Getting even hotter under the collar, Petrov decided it was time to take
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102 his leave. "Uh... I have some business to take care of. Please lock the door
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103 when you -"
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104 "Aww, come on. You can stay and chat a while. Social intercourse is
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105 supposed to come easily... to PETROV!!" Farley whipped Petrov's hat off, who
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106 suddenly felt his world crumbling around him. He saw Joshua swinging toward
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107 him in disbelief.
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108 Petrov.
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109 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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110 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
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111 lurking is fine. I prefer that people lurk rather than write something unnecessa
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112 ry and fill up disk space.
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113 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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114 ________________Melissa--------------------------------Melissa________________
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115 Since my arrival at the Inn about a week ago I've been sitting quietly near
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116 the back of the room. I was more than just a little surprised by the attention
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117 created by my entry (at the TOP). Thank you Piper. I did dance a little jig to
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118 celebrate the occasion. Now that I know something of the flavor of the Inn I
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119 am looking forward to my visits here. I have a story, if only work will give
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120 me a break, I will get some of it written. For now I have to use the computer
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121 at work. Mine is still lost in the great moving fiasco. Hope y'all enjoy it.
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122 ----------------Melissa________________________________Melissa----------------
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123 *****************************************************************************
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124 Petrov: another fine entry, but then again i'm bias.
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125
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126 5.2 on the scale? I'm not too sure if that is a negative
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127 or postive mark. Perhaps this stuff is tooo easy to read.
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128
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129 I plan to be @ the next meeting at pc&c could someone
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130 PLEASE bring some level one codes for Alex to work on?
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131
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132 darn this enter only, I meant PC&S!!!!
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133
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134 Work wanted: one superhero, have powers and spaceship,
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135 all kinds of missions accepted. major cards
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136 taken.
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137
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138 ******************************************************************kathy*******
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139
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140 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (conversations and such) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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141 FOG Review: Gee, only a 4.8? My average is better than that! Of course it
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142 does help when you use more than one name around this place. And talking
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143 about having more than one, I find it rather odd that the FIVE of mine that
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144 were mentioned have a spread from 9+ clear down to my present status...
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145 Odd indeed. The remedy to this situation may (almost) be a simple one.
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146 CISTOP: Don't mind me, whenever I'm given the chance to ramble on like that,
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147 I will usually jump at it. Then again, my inhabition to enter such an entry
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148 was just about non-existant since I knew that it would be going bye-bye in
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149 only a few short minutes (VERY bottom of DB). By the way, did anything of
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150 what I said make any sense to you, or should I have addressed it to ALL?
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151 Prometheus: When last we were at the Vixen-Mono Corpoation I made the state-
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152 ment that "you can write the spy stories well, but you sure don't act 'em,"
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153 and them proceeded (sp!?) to turn into the real spy that nobody knew about.
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154 (The outfit helped a little bit.) Do you think that before this month is
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155 over that we could prehaps infiltrate the establishment once again? (&2+1?)
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156 MiG: I think I noticed a bit of your work laying around without your name on
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157 it- am I right or not? Have you figured out the great 106 caper yet?
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158 (snicker-snicker) Maybe if the weather isn't right for you to work this
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159 weekend we might count on seeing you again at the next PorSFiS meeting?
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160 If so, then we could discuss those little Japanese models that spit little
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161 yellow capsules; could you find the name on it? In english? If not, ...
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162 Ian MacHinery: What's the matter? Too embarassed to enter a response as to
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163 the malfunction of your latest toy over Europe? If at all possible,
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164 could you bring a couple extra copies for me as well? Alex shouldn't have
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165 to be the only one pulling out hair for no reason/progress!
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166 ALL: If somebody else has already posted an average, I must have missed it.
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167 So here it goes... In reference to that GUNNER FOG listing, there were a
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168 total of forty-one (41) entries proccessed, not counting the report itself.
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169 With a range of Piper:12.9 (congrats!) to Juggler:2.9 (oops), the
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170 average turned out to be a not so astounding >>>>> 7.34 <<<<<
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171 But then again, I kind of got the idea that only the LAST entry by anyone
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172 listed was run through the download program. Needless to mention that quite
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173 a few people had been skipped over, and some one-time-entries were included
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174 (Knock-out Drops? You mean I can make more than one kind?!?)
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175 Well, I guess that about wraps it up for me this time. Remember, conversation
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176 IS invited. Stories, doubley so. Until later, people-
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177 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 08 JAN 85 4:27:58
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178
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179 FOG: Make that FOUR- I wasn't counting the fifth, it stunk.
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180
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181 *****************************************************************************
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182 The wind was blowing lightly as I put my goggles over my eyes, the
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183 scratches in the lens made an interresting start effect against the white
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184 lights. After securing my straps I wasted no time in finding the fall line,
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185 the wind was blowing a fine layer of snow over the ice and my edges found
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186 something to grab at. Although moving much more quickly than normal, my
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187 turns were clean and controlled, a jump to my right catches my eye, I'm
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188 feeling confident enough to GO FOR IT!!
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189 The jump had a good lip on it and an excellent slope for landing, as
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190 I touch down my skiis feel good. Making a couple of quick turns, I slow and
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191 stop, alright!! I got about 10 feet of air!!! My grin widens as I see another
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192 skier try the jump, comeon... almost.. hey buddy, are you ok?
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193 ***************************************************************kathy************
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194 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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195 Out of a thick bank of (Gunner) fog, the patrons who care can faintly
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196 make out the pipers polysyllabic pontification.
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197 "Eschew obfuscation!" he proclamed, letting his proclivity for multisyllabic
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198 communications override the incompletely instilled inhibitions toward those
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199 same polysyllabic communications constructs. Taking a deep draubght of the
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200 inn's fine ale, he stood up and proclaimed, "Me talk simple now!" sat down,
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201 and placed his head firmly on the table and slept.
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202 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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203 mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm
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204 Dan sat on the bed in his rooms. The man in the inkblot (he really would
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205 have to stop thinking of him that way, his closet contained several suits
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206 of clothes, all marked in a simpler fashon) had shown Dan the basic layout
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207 of the room, then asked him to wait until someone could show him around.
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208 "Oh well," he said to himself, "I may as well check my rooms out, at least."
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209 During the course of his inspection, he noticed the corner of a sheet of
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210 paper sticking out into an empty drawer. Pulling it out, he revealed:
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211 .......................................................................
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212 IF YOU ARE NEW HERE, YOU ARE IN DANGER!
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213
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214 If you have just arrived in this apartment, this note can save your life.
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215 You have been recruited by an underground organization. Do not attempt to
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216 leave your room without an escort. This organization is filled with
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217 fanatics who will stop at nothing to gain their aims. I haven't yet found
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218 what their purpose i, but news of their existence must be communicated to
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219 the NET. Whoever finds this, please survive and carry the news to the
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220 outsi
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221
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222
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223
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224
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225 .........................................................................
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226 Regarding the note critically, Dan replaced it in the empty drawer. He
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227 had heard of the strange organization called the NET -- and he was not sure
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228 that he wanted any association with that group, even on a passing basis.
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229 Of course, the note could be a plant. He really did not know the purpose of
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230 this organization either, so the note could be genuine.
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231 With a slight shrug, he decided to act with caution (as though the note
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232 were true) while still regarding it with skepticism.
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233 MmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm The Machrioness MmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmM
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234 ************************************************************************
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235 BAN THE FOG!!!!!!
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236 ************************************************************yhtak*******
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237
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238 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (two short ones)
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239 kathy: Is this the only place you let yourself be known as kathy (for short)?
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240 Machrioness: Isn't that Marchrioness? ( ch /chr/rch ? )
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241 That's it for now... Four days and counting . . . .
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242 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (Man in Black)
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243
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244
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245 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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246 One may be inclined to say "...the blind leading the blind."
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247 fo the Guardian- Might I say that you have stumbled ov'r your R's ?
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248 To my shame, so have I myself created another assault on mine eyes- (fo?)
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249 for the Machrioness- Call me not the phantom Spell Check, save this singular
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250 ocassion. I am in league with the Guardian as he questions the foundations
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251 of thy name. I have not in my hands the meaning of "machrioness", although
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252 if one were to ask me the definition of "marchioness" I would give them
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253 this: She is the one said to be the wife or widow of the Marquis...
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254 and may we not forget that she is of the rank and dignity of a marquis.
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255 (Definitions courtesy of Misters Merriam and Webster. brief applause.)
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256 for the Innkeeper- How long shall we remain in fear of the presence of the
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257 ones most foul in their deeds of literary grand larceny? May I assumre that
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258 this is the cause for our current dilema of that beast named "Enter Only"?
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259 Were these the dark ages they would most certainly be at a loss for their
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260 very fingers! The theft of a great many lines, how absurd!
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261 Once again the Sun hides behind the clouds and not below the horizon. The light
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262 plays as a reminder that it is again time for my daily collapse into the
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263 the realm of dreams. The Mahanta beckons me "Return"
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264 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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265 for Petrov- "revenons a` nos mountons"
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266 for the Network- "non omnia possumus omnes" ... do you not agree?
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267 for the rest- Good day to you
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268 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' "Mystery Author" `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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269
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270 DISK DRIVE A IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN . . . . . WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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271 By your neighborHOOD lurker.
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272 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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273 Ian,
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274 I have not really delved into this new version with the usual
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275 zeal...as most of my time is occupied with another *fun* cipher and the
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276 time grows short for its solution. Your addition of characters outside
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277 the bounds of normal text also creates difficulty, as many { MANY } of
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278 my already proven solution techniques do not apply ( at least not yet ).
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279 From the standpoint of my initial work, I find the second code
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280 sent far more interesting than the first. However both seem to be singularly
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281 unique. I find half factors,partial factors, compound factors and a strange
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282 binary association amongst certain characters. So where does that leave me ?
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283 ..for the most part -- out in left field with everyone else. On an intuitive
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284 level I feel this smacks of polyalphabetics. 16, 29, 11, 30, 5 and Z, W, X,
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285 and D seem to figure prominently during my intermediate calculations...
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286 not that would mean much to anyone but me..yet there appears to be a pattern.
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287 I would encourage the NET to use this code frequently & often as 435
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288 characters in two messages incoded by an obtuse means from the same party
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289 is not much to work with. Besides others here have expressed an interest in
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290 solving this unique puzzle. I propose a bounty to the first (non-NET)
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291 patron who solves this.....a pint of Salvator at my expense.
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292 kathy,
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293 ? ? ? ? I already have the various Net Level codes.......To whom
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294 are you refering ? ? ? ?
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295
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296 ::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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297 *****************************************************************
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298 I HAD SOMTHING TO SAY, BUT NOW AFTER 4 HOURS OF TRYING TO GET
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299 ON THE SYSTEM, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS. ARGHHHHH!
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300 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
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301 ***************************************************************
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302 M.S.: DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY, IT
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303 WANDERED AROUND A LOT, VERY DISJOINTED. ATTRIBUTED I ASSUME
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304 TO THE EARLY HOUR OF WHICH IT WAS ENTERED.
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305 ***************************************************************
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306
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307
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308
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309 A
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310 B
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311 KGFKG
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312 LKFB
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313 FKFBM
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314 DBKMBKFBKB JB J L JLKJ KJ KJLKMBM IJK IU JFDF WIU IJEJ IJF JGJGDGOJ DIJ
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315 IGOJ IJIJ PI IOI OI I JPDJWJGSJ OI SPJ POIPO PISPI DOI POIPIP PPG PI P GP
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316 OGIJRJ I IJIJ IJ IJIJJIR IEIJJIJI
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317 CAN ANY ONE BREAK THAT CODE????
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318 LurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurker
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319 I stand with those who believe that the general reception for
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320 without a noteable style of prose is rather lousy, and will
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321 remain in the lurker state until those who believe that they are
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322 God's gift to literature humble themselves.
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323 LurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLurkerLuker 1/8/85 4:07 LurkerLurker
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324 Note: Anyone who can guess my former self on this system
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325 should pat themselves on the back, for my hat is off
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326 to you!
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327 `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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328 Down the road a ways, barely in sight of the Rowan tree, a lone figure
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329 emerged from the wood and looked around in a dazed sort of fashion. As the
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330 practitioner consulted the calendar of the surrounding landscape his mouth
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331 fell open in abject surprise. "Why heavens to 'OUROBOROUS'", he exclaimed,
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332 "that has to be the longest, involuted, mobius-like time warp transreality
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333 manifestation in existence." He was definitely correct in his suppositions
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334 having entered the woods sometime in late October and just now emerging. A
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335 short stroll in the brisk air brought him to the door of the Inn. Pausing
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336 for a moment to prepare himself, he opened the door just enough to squeeze
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337 inside. Ah yes, cozy as ever with many of the regulars occupied with their
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338 familiar amusements. The piper's back was turned so it wasn't possible to
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339 determine if he still wore the golden ring around his neck. Well, three or
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340 four of the Inn's famous nut-brown ales would loosen any tongue.
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341 `'`'`'`' -alchemist- `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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342 yakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyak
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343
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344 Death has been proven fatal in more than 90% of all laborotory animals!
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345
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346 yakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyakyak
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347
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348 @******************************************************************************
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349 To everyone---
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350 If you would be so kind, please
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351 get on drive b and go 337 down from
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352 the top and read the mstory there. I am
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353 new to this and want some opinions.
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354 ******** The Jiz /// ***************************************
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355 ********** 1/08/85 18:40:40 ********
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356
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357 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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358 Jig: Interesting, a bit deep for me.
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359 Piper: It took me several attempts to waddle thru all of that, boy,
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360 now I know that the rating was justified. I'd give you a good 15.3
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361 for that one. Really, the FOG rating indicates that your writting
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362 style is just on an average, the highest of this board. Your writting
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363 is around a Freshman in College, which is not a common reading level
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364 since it is thick with large words at times. This should be taken
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365 as a good sign for your writting teachers. Show this to them.
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366 FOGGY PERSON: How does Piper's last entry compute?
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367 Kathy (ythak): I think that the FOG is a very good indication of the
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368 writting abilities of this board. It indicates the average reading
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369 level that we enjoy to write at (7.3). Since the FOG has been around
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370 for 50 years now, I think it should continue to function on this board.
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371 Besides, being on the top or the bottom is not the name of the game, it
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372 is just an indications of what level your writting is on.
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373 ALL: My luck is changing, I've been able to call in twice today
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374 instead on just once, and both on the first ring.... Gee Wizzz ...
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375 Well, I will see most of you at PorSFiS. Until we meet again,
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376 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf 19:00 1-8-85 ~~~~~~
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377 ~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%
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378 Mystery Author: The Mahanta beckons you to 'Return'? Cute.
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379 Mahanta means the Spiritual leader .. Do you really mean:
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380 Your Spiritual leader beckons you to 'Return'?
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381 Sounds like another JOSHUA to me folks. And I though Dangerfield was dead?
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382 ~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%% The Chela
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383 OFF
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384 *****************************************************************
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385 Papa Smuf: Surly you jest! I haven't been able to get on for 4 hours
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386 this morning, later today I got on after camping on the line for an
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387 hour. and just now, it took 2 hours. Sheesh!
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388 Hmm, my writing must have changed, my Fog use to be around 8.5.
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389 Of course that was when I was writing a telecommunications column
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390 for Compute! a couple of years ago, and not writing fantasy junk.
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391 I think the change in style is probably the main difference. Of course,
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392 my earlier entries in this system would probably score much lower.
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393 The Fog index is a useful tool for writing as long as you don't take
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394 it too close to heart. It is far more important to target your writing
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395 to your intended audience. The Fog can help direct you in the direction
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396 you want, but as all things generated via rules, it only works when
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397 the writing fits within the narrow confines of the rules. In the end
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398 it is up to you to decide if it is reasonable or not. I used the Fog
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399 when I was writing the column because I had to maintain a fairly easy
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400 to read article. The main usfulness was is learning sentance strutcture.
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401 That is how to properly break apart sentances. Before, I was making
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402 them far too long, also being excessivly redundent in how I stated
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403 something thus making the sentance overly long there. I was fighting
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404 against another problem though, because the column being technical
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405 tends to fight against the Fog index. Thus I ended up having to rely
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406 on my own judgement alot. Even then, after a couple of years the whole
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407 thing became too much. We finally decided that the thing was just not
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408 suited to the direction they were trying to go, so the column was
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409 dropped. Wich releived me to no end, as I was getting very tired trying
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410 to break techy talk down to 7-8th grade level. Yuk!
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411 As was stated earlier, the Fog doesn't tell you how GOOD the writing is,
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412 it only gives you an idea of how the structure is. Take a look at pipers
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413 last entry for a good example. The first sentance has a high fog index,
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414 and the last one has a low index, and they both are examples of poor
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415 writing. It is still up to you to put together the right words to make
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416 it readable and interesting.
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417 *************************** CISTOP MIKEY ****************************
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418 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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419 From Prometheus; Awe struck
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420 Imagine me looking for some wire in my locker, and rippithe wire from the phone, only to have someone tell me there was
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421 a weird note on one of the highest shelves.
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422 Perhaps I ought to explain that the wire was to leave inconspicuously hanging from someone else's locker, to prevent them
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423 from opening it before we had a chance to clean out the spilled rubber glue, anyway, back to the point...
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424 I find a note from Gaudy Minsky left in a place where the locker must have been opened. Odd, but at least it was a releif
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425 from the duldrums of wire splicing.
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426
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427 It was really nice, and my attempt at intrigue was foiled too. Embarrassing, and I do not know how to respond.
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428 Anyway, I will try at least, perhaps a visit to the AVCnr (To get cryptic) or a late night pack of lies to a janitor.
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429
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430 Man in Gray; That annoying little cretin, Seymour got fired from his job at the Federal Building, I feel kind of sorry for
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431 him though. I mean, for all the information breifs he stole, he still deserved the decency of having the Chinese consolate
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432 accept his defection requests.
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433 Anyway, some Boulder, Colorado colledge wants to rent out the observatory for a while, I told them yes. It might be an
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434 interesting experience really. Courtenay never picked up those transmitters, and I still have her receiver. Interesting.
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435 It is a research group doing studies on some gibberish or another but I know it had the word re-entry in it though.
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436 So we cn safely assume they are dealing with some observations on launched stuff. Which could mean anything from ELF to
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437 NASASECf to Kastalkin. Anyway, they must have read up it's qualifications the same way we did, and chose it for essentiAlly
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438 the same purpose. Anyway...
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439 Sondargaard; Impressive text files, not the tapes but the stuff you did on the manual single data entry generator terminal
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440 that PaPa Smurf is loaning to you. Anyway, sorry for all the twits asking you if you liKe Duran Duran, but those are the draw
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441 backs of telephone conversations going on in-between class periods. Or in a kindergarten through high school program.
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442 Gangrenous person; Did some checking, ad you should not do things like that to former shool chums. And Todd Takach is not
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443 pleased with you much either, be carefull of walking alone. He is really not pleased at you.
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444 And you know what he gets like after he eats too much breakfast cerial.
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445
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446 ::::::::::::::::::::
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447
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448 Sorry, some control characters got pressed *ACCIDENTLY* by a houshold member. And obviously some form feeds resulted. I
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449 am very sorry, and would apreciat it if you woUld delete the lINE OR Something.
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450 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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451 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES ARE FOR TRAINEE AGENTS. OTHERS WILL PLEASE IGNORE
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452 THEM.
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453 LEVEL 1
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454 VZATB VJNOI HAREV KETLM UJBTP VITYH RFWLP QSIOG MUWSI OTLFO DLFMY UGVAM
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455 .OSOCQ DUHIL KGTIA XICQD MEHUJ HMVSM DDRXE IHHAU EBNHH KPBME MOVKE XAFFC
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456 .QDCAG LQITI EFBTL NBSSM QJANE EMNPI NSCXG UEUHI CQUOH OZFUD NETLF ORMFR
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457 .EUJVO VTKBD HTIEP BFBTI AXTMQ OXNET NRUPC TPTEJ YQMVM EDMUA MQLVV PAGJE
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458 .FUDGL LMYRD DACDJ VOYJF ZMCNQ YEWRT FSVEG PGLRP HZUCU GZBDV BMFOS CMZEY
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459 .JXNEP TKNRW YJPUR
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460
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461 LEVEL 4
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462 PXDST X\DFP D\CUD NXLNA JL[NH BDDDD DDDD_ FMDUX GDTC^ ADEGN NAEEM GRRUD
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463 .IANFV TAJAI DPTFE [LD_U XGDTC ^ADJA CRDVX PALPF CR[\H B_JAP GJLDU XGJDC
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464 .VVRFN CPFXL [KD_C DNXVU DXMDP TFED\ AEECZ AD[CD _CLID XMDPT ADXJF ZFLCR
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465 .DPX[N HBHBD DDDDD DD_LA PDJAN JGFPF LZHBD DDDDD DDN[] _XDR[ \D_AJ FNOEX
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466 .LHBDD DDDDD D[SAA AD_EA D[PJ_ PTHBD DDDDD DDVXJ PRCLI [LD_X JD[XG SWPHB
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467
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468 (SORRY, THE LEADING PERIODS ARE *NOT* PART OF THE CODE. THEY ARE ARTIFACTS
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469 OF THE UPLOAD PROCESS.)
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470 ADA LOVELACE (FOR MR. MACHINERY)
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471 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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472 Oh boy! More "code"!
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473 Mikey: I'll be mailing off the programs & docs on Wed. I'm sending both
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474 M100 cassette AND printout of two "XMODEM" programs with documentation.
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475 The "better" one even has the assembler source for the M/L subroutine it
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476 uses to get around a couple of "bugs" in the M100.
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477 ________________________________Leonard____________________________________
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478 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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479 PERSONAL- TO: Alex
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480 I believe that "kathy" has a character named "Alex". I do hope
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481 that you find the ciphers interesting. You help keep us on our toes by
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482 providing an outside check on security levels.
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483 Ian
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484 PERSONAL- TO: kathy
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485 I read with interest your msg to Tanya on the CBBS. You should
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486 realize that the NET has eyes everywhere. (and in any case *I* use that
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487 system!)
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488 Yours,
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489 Ian M.
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490 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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491 I made it! I got on! After one hour
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492 and 20 minutes, but I did get on! If
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493 possible, could the person who wrote
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494 the message clearing Todd please tell
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495 me who really was responsible? Only
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496 3 days...
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497 -------------------------------Mad Max
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498 ***************************************************************************
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499 To any and all who wonder what I do off this board, nothing personal,
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500 but it's personal.
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501
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502 to Alex: yes we DO have some lite confusion here, I have a chariter named
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503 Alex also, but he is a REAL somebody, and he is interrested in cracking
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504 codes.
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505
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506 papa smurf: Things like "spell check" and "the fog" just tend to make
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507 me and other authors nervous. And since our stuff is only readable for
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508 a couple of days anyway, well what i am saying is that i don't really
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509 think it's al that needed. (or wanted)
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510
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511 see ya at the meeting on sat at pc&s, ill have my red shoes on.
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512 **********************************************************kathy************
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513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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514 jiz--your really have a nice narrative style, but there is no conversation
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515 or action, so we need more entries to form a complete opinion. My advice,
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516 as always, keep writing.
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517 -----------------------------------------emiliano------------------------
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518
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519 ************************************************************************
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520 ok, this is a slight challenge, does anyone care to follow me
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521 down the ski slope on paper? Or perhaps pass and dust me? Let loose.
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522 Prometheius: Just one private lesson in Pente before the next
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523 meeting? (beg, beg, cower)(whimper)
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524 Jiz: need more background, very visual, good.
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525 Mad Max: A special challenge, please write a short on your trip
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526 to Rio. Sun and sand and girls with not a lot of clothes.
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527 This should spark you imagination, mine is already whirling.
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528 Piper: Are you in Rio? or still recovering like me in the Inn waiting
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529 for something to happen.
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530 Lurkers: stimulatestimulatestimulatestimulatestimulatestimulatestimulate
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531 ****************************************************yhtak*******************
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532 ..............................................................
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533 If you gave more than a rip about the quality and the
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534 details of your writing not only would it be more
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535 pleasing to the eye but you wouldn't have to dread the
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536 infamous Fogger & Speller. Don't take offense now, just
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537 a friendly suggestion. (Knowing your tendency toward a
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538 short fuse) The disk may roll over in a day or two but
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539 the archives live on forever, on that great disk up in
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540 the sky. The watch goes on... Yours in jest,
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541 ....................OBSERVER..................................
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542 P.S. kathy, please note above in case you didn't know it's
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543 for you.
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544 *****************************************************************
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545 to the observer: i can't help but take offense and i don't dread
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546 the FOG or Spell check. And again i say to you LIGHTEN UP!!!!
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547 ***********************************************kathy*************
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548 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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549 Cistop MIKEY -- Thank you, I'm glad someone saw what I was trying to do.
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550 (I wish that I had had time to make the writing exerable, rather than just
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551 poor. Unfortunately, it was a spur-of-the-moment try.)
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552 To all: I am not here. I am enjoying a sunny vacation somewhere that is
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553 rather broad-minded about costumes (they are optional). What you see before
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554 you is simply the results of an overheated imagination.
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555 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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556 ***************************************************************
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557 kathy, yhtak, S.D., yak,yak,et.all---if the red shoes fit??????
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558 ****************************************************************
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559 && && &&
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560 Well, it only took me 2.5 days to get back on this time... I LIKE the fog/spellcheck stuff. I am the sort of picky
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561 person who'd do that myself if not for fear of insulting a fellow boarder. I'm glad to see that all of my characters'
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562 writing falls nicely in the middle -- as a long-term college student one of my biggest writing problems has been a
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563 tendency to go for a uncomfortably high fog rating. My papers averaged an unreadable 13 before I began writing here,
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564 but with long work and little sleep I have been able to bring it down. I am going to try to make it to PC&S this Sat.,
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565 hope to see you all there (especially those I've not yet met). Maybe we could do another Trivial Pursuit evening?
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566 && The Mad Actor &&
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567 !|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|
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568 OHH IT'S A FOGGY NIGHT IN LONDON TOWN...
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569 IT'S A SHAME THAT I DON'T WRITE ENOUGH TO GET FOGGED TOO. BACK TO LURKING...
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570 !|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|__THE SILVER GHOST__!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|!|
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571 66 66 66
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572 Gaius had been trailing the Device for days now through the unseasonably foggy Portland streets. He'd almost caught
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573 it once, but it took off at high speed and lost him in a used car lot. Damn the engineer that made it to look like
|
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574 a nondescript old VW. Now he had no leads as to where to find...
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575 His thought broke off uncompleted as he spotted something that set his mental alarms ringing. On the sidewalk in
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576 front of that motel were small brown pellets...sheep droppings! Here in the heart of the city that could only mean
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577 Petrov. The trail led up to the door... Gaius went in and scouted around. There was no sign on the first floor, but
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578 in front of the door to room 23 was another pile, this one badly trampled, as though several people had unwittingly
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579 stepped in it. Gaius knew too much about the people he was dealing with to try entering through the door, so he broke
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580 into the next room and went out onto the ledge. Carefully he edged around to the window of 23 an peeked in. A bonanza!
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581 The room was PACKED with his competitors! If only he'd thought to bring that grenade... Taking a deep breath, he
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582 swung the butt of his automatic to meet the windowpane. *CRASH!* Now that he had their attention... "Gentlemen, my
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583 men have the door covered. If you would all be so kind as to hand over your weapons..." before anyone could comply,
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584 the door crashed in, and there in the doorway was the Device's drone! Gaius wanted no killing while he was present;
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585 it was always inconvenient to explain. "Device! alanna megadodo tump tump tump! Disengage!" The code sequence was
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586 part of the device's programming,meant to keep any field agents in its vicinity alive. Unfortunately for Gaius, he
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587 forgot that he wasn't the only one who'd been programming it. The drone faltered for a moment, then turned its laser
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588 from Farley to point to where Gaius stood by the window...
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589 66 Gaius 66
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590 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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591 Everybody: sorry for hogging the time, but codes take me awhile
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592 to copy down, verify, start over, ... you get the idea.
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593 Ian MacHinery: Nice. Did you really mean DDN[] though?
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594 This is going to take at least a couple of six pacs of cola.
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595 I'm a little short, but I thought that Three-Cities deserved some-
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596 thing extra for having borroed their little tiny articulated bus
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597 for a couple of minutes... (where did my decoder-ring go to?)
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598
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599 Kingman: I know you probably can't do this, but if you can't see
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600 if Bruce can. Could you get me a copy of the code lists on paper?
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601 One of those printers ought to be able to tie-in -somehow- Tnx.
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602 kathy: maybe having -your- Alex go through the induction wouldn't
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603 be such a bad idea seeing as there is already someone else by that
|
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604 name in the "Service" and it would confuse the "emeny" when Ian
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605 would just say "hey, Alex..." (Wait comrade, I thought you said
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606 Alex was in Moscow...) This could get interestingly confused!
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607 This could get confusingly interested!
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608 NULL: looks like your deterant didn't work. better luck next time.
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609 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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610
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611 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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612 Hello Aall, Zippydalurker here.
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613 Tammy, If you should happen to see this message, get onto PCS-CBBS; there's a message for you.
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614 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZippydalurker
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615 GREETINGS
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616
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KR(o)CK (crock?) is dead (did that backspace/correction take?) and now we have
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617
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a rare opportunity to give Portland a partially listenable radio
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618 tation in the form of the former #1 station in the USA: KGON. If we (that's
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619
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us on the net) all start badgering (phoning) them at the office and in the
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620 I am having a hard time entering data. The previous was probably lost. If not,
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621 ere it is briefly: CALL KGON EVERY DAY and demand that they EXPAND THEIR
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622
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PLAYLIST and start playing more variety and HIRE CHRIS BURNS BACK so he can
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623
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do the news like the old days. MORE NEW WAVE, DOCTOR DEMENTO and how about
|
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624
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a HARTDCORE PUNK SHOW once a week or more?
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625
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